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About The Ashburn advance. (Ashburn, Ga.) 18??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1899)
V*-L VIU. ATE FLESH OF DEAD MEN Horrible Story of Two Survivors of Storm- Wrecked Bark. DRIFTED FOR DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER. Drew Lots to See Who Should Die and Furnish Blood and Flesh to Survivors. The British steamer Woodruff from Hiuiburg, arrived at Charleston, S. C., Saturday with two half starved, half wild devils who had lived for two days on a raft at sea on a feast of blood and human flesh. They were Morrison Anderson and Goodman Thomas,mem¬ bers of the crew of the Norwegian bark Drot, which was wrecked in the hur¬ ricane off the straits of Florida on Au¬ gust 11th. The bark enrried a crew of seven¬ teen. When tlie storm came down, the vessel was smashed into, the captaiu mu! eight meu being swept overboard an! drowned. Eight men clung to a ra:T, a part of the bark’s deck, and drifted out. The waves, however, suaslied this iu two, and left six men swinging to the larger part. The two m:n on the smaller raft were driven avay, and one saved by a passing ship aid landed at Baltimore. When the storm had passed the six mm were left drifting about, with no hOp in sight aud without food or wn- te. Some of the bark’s trappings w-i-e found on the raft and among thse was a fishing hook and line. T e fish caught were devoured raw b the starving crew. The thirst was firce. While one of the sailors was filling with his line staying far out, b'drew in a fish, but in an instant be wnt mad. “I am saved!” he shrieked as’ie lunged for the fish, and he ovi- and was lost. With his death the las means of obtaining food was gone. Bon after the man was drowned, twemembers of the crew were taken Ready ^>gi! sick from eating the raw meat. Aid of death were falling over them, the three fellows, still strong 'Foil'll all the suffering, stood by qemwith a knife ready to cut for the eartblood as soon as that organ fail- d to ieat. The sick man’s feet were ♦Id sad clammy when his heart was it, aud the half fiends scrambled for e trickling blood. Cant Loin For Victim. ATiile they were sucking this, the fond sick man died nnd there was t same rush for the weak blood from I-heart and veins. Pasts of the fiy, sickly flesh were eaten, but the tkt for hot blood came over the three Hi left and they agreed to cast lots t( e who should die. e unlucky man was a German, a biailor, thirty-five years of age. He bund surrendered manfully, baring hiircast that bis heart might be stik good aud clear. The German xvatahbed. Anderson and Thomas slu their lips to his breast and drain¬ ed j blood. Arwards the heart was chopped outid particles of the warm flesh eahwith a relish. All the time the mei/ere on the raft a stench to heav¬ en 11 arisen and scores of sharks canstraggling up. They fought to eveirn the craft and find the human pre-hut they were driven off and parof the German’s body was tossed oveito them. The survivors were weaand thirsty and had agreed among theielves to cast another lot by Fri- dayiorning at snn rise if no help was in gilt, but the steamer Woodruff sighd the raft Thursday afternoon at n’eloek. 'je small boats sent out to rescue thrnen hud to fight away tlio sharks. Anerson and Thomas were picked wef, demented and emaciated, with ultra and sores steaming over their boies. Both men were in a dreadful coilition and when lauded at Charles- to* were Bent to a hospital for treat- met. Iiomas was the cabin boy and was onl seventeen years of age. Thomas’s fac< and breast was bitten fiercely. Hedaims that it was done by Ander- son N) intimation of what the courts will do, if anything, is given. The Dro sailed from Pascagoula for Bue- nos .yres on August 3. 1AST YEAR’S COTTON CROP A Record Breaker, According 1 to Mr. Hes¬ ter’s Annual Report. The totals of Secretary Hester’s an¬ nual report of the cotton crop of the United States were promulgated at New Orleans Friday. They show re¬ ceipts of cotton at all United States port? for the year of 8,579,420 hales, against 8,769,300 last year; overland to northern mills, 1,345,623, against 1,237,813; southern consumption, taken direct from iuterior of the cotton belt, 1,353,701, against 1 , 192 , 821 , making the crop of the United States for 1898-99 araonnt to 11,274,840 bales, against 11,199,994 last year and 8,- 757,963 the year before. Jjlif Asltlmvn .\tl14ncc, ASH BURN. <JA.. SATURDAY. SKl’TEMHKlt \m. COURT WORKS RAPIDLY. Trial of Rioters in Darien Satur¬ day Resulted in a Split-Up Verdict. At Darien, Ga., Saturday, the court moved more rapidly in the trial of the negro rioters. The jury, out Friday night on the seoond batch of five, sat on the case for twelve hours gpd tlieu returned with tho statement that it was impossible for them to agree on the woman, Josephine Bird, while for Abram Green they found a verdict of not guilty. back Judge Seabrook sent tho jury nnd told thorn to agree and report. The foreman stated thnt they would not agree if they were out six months, and Judge Seabrook told ihem they could sit seven if necessary. In about an hour the judge sent for the jury, accepting their verdiot, as they were then ready to return it. Those convicted were Jones Green, Moses Miller and Lawrence Baker. Josephine Bird's case was reported a mistrial and Abram Green was found not guilty. The cases against Charles McDon¬ ald, Dave Petty, Hugh Thompson, Moses Bailey and John Thompson were on trial iu the meantime and tho jury was out only about ten minutes when a verdict of guilty against them w-as returned w-ith the exception of John Thompson. The case against Bill Jenkins was tried separately, he having employed a different lawyer from the rest, uud the jury brought in a verdict of guilty against him in about ton minutes’ time. Court then adjourned until Monday morning. The grand jury Saturday afternoon took up the caso of Henry Delegal, charged with rape, aud about whom the entire trouble at Darien origina¬ ted. The jury did not conclude its labors and adjourned until Monday. BYRNE TAKES STRONGHOLD. Filipino Rebels Driven With Great Ross From tlio Town of ArffOtfiila. A Manila special says: Argognla.tho most impregnable stronghold of the bauds which have been destroying plantations and levying tribute on tho people of Negros, has been taken by the Sixth infantry under Lieutenant Colonel Byrne. The only means of reaching the town was np a perpen¬ dicular hill, covered with dense shrub¬ bery anil a thousand feet high. The Americans accomplished this under fire, although an officer and sev¬ eral meu were hit and rocks rolled down upon them. The native strength was estimated at 400. Many of tho rebels were wounded and captured, and twenty-one were killed. CHAMBERS IN WASHINGTON. Chief Justice of .Samoan Inland* Will Make Report. To the President, Hon. W. L. Chambers, the chief justice of the Samoan islands, nrrivod in Washington Sunday from his home in the south. While ut the capital ho will make a report to the president nnd the secretary of state of recent hup- penings in the islands and of the part lie took in the affairs there, BLACKBURN BREAKS DOWN. I5a<l Health Causes Him To Abandon the Tour With floebel. A spicial from Lexington, Ivy., says: Ex-Senator Joe C. S. Blackburn has broken down and will have to go home to Versailles and rest, while his brother, James Blackburn, ex-United States marshal of Kentucky, will ae- company Mr. Goebel oil his tour through the mountains. PUBLIC DEBT DECREASED. A AVashing dispatch says: The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at tho close of business August 31, 1899, the debt less cash in treasury amounted to 81,157,300,555, a decrease as compared with last month of 84,281,110. Chief Arthur Criticised. Birmingham (Ala.) division, No. 152, Brotherhood of Locomotive F.u- gineers, at a big meeting of the divis- ion held Sunday passed resolutions severely criticising Grand Chief P. M. Arthur for riding on boycotted street ears at Cleveland. WAS A DREYFUS DAY Strongest Evidenoe Yet Given In Favor of the Prisoner. HOPE OF DREYFUSARDS IS AWAY UP They Declare That Conviction Is Now Im¬ possible nnd That the Tide Hum Turned. Elution is the only word that oonhl express tho feelings of the Dreyfns- ards after Saturday’s proceedings of the Dreyfus conrtmartinl at Rennes. The tide has turned at last, they say, nnd Dreyfus eannot Y>« condemned af¬ ter the ovidence given Saturday morn¬ ing. The spirit of the Dreyfusards are now bouyant, and they claim the evidence puts the verdict out of doubt and the judges must acquit Dreyfus. Major Hartmann, of the artillery, occupied nearly half the session with tho conclusion of his expert ovidence to the effect that Dreyfus as an artil¬ lery oflicer would not have displayed such ignorance regarding the guns nnd brakes as was shown in the bor¬ dereau, while the other subjects of the bordereau were matters upon which any officer should inform himself. Major Hartmann's testimony prac¬ tically stood uncontested, as neither General de Loye nor General Mercier, who replied,refuted any material point therein. Labori asked General Gonso to enumerate the documents to which he alluded. Colonel Jouaust, president of the courtmartial, however, declined to put the question, whereupon Labori raid ho reserved to himself the right to submit a formal application for these docu¬ ments. Then came the lending witness of the day, M. Defend Lamothe, a pro¬ bationer contemporaneously with Dreyfus, who is now a civil en¬ gineer, nnd has no reason to fear tho wrath of the military clique. The witness opened by declaring that de¬ spite the fact that he had a brother in the garrison at Rennes, he camo to tell what he knew in favor of Dreyfus, and proceeded to make a statement which, according to the Dreyfusards, practically decided the case. First ho recalled tho fact that a circular was sent to tho probationers on May 1, 1894, informing them that they must not go the inauouvres, thus showing that the man who wrote the bordereau in August and said, “I am going to the manouvres,” cannot he Dreyfus. The witness then pointed out that none of the ministers, who, lie believed, acted in good faith, were informed of the existence of this circular, which ho declared: "I consider a vital point in the case. flhe circular, ” ho continued, “shatters the prosecution, because af¬ ter May 17th Dreyfus could • not say, ‘I am going to the manouvres,’ for then he kuew he would not go, while prior to May 17th he could not have known the five documents comprised in the bordereau." This practicully ended the session, which was one of the most interesting and undeniably tho most favorable to Dreyfus yot hold. UEN. OTIS ACCUSED. Counuel for Captain Carter CliarjfctM FJiil- lppino Commander With I’crjtiry. The Chicago Times-IIerald says: Charges of perjury and subornation of perjury have been filed against General El well S. Otis, commander of tho American army in the Philippines with President McKinley by Frank I’. Blair, one of the counsel for Captain Oberlin M. Carter. Counsel Blair deolnres that at an early date lie will also file charges of perjury and subornation against Gen¬ eral Advocate Colonel II. B. Barr with President McKinley. Colonel Barr appeared in the famous trial of Carter for tho government. General Otis was president of the Carter courtmar¬ tial. BRYAN WILL 1IKLI* M’LEAN. Nehruskan Will Deliver Hpeechew For Democracy In Ohio. Jlon. W. It. Barnett announces that Bryan will visit Ohio aud take a swing urouud tho state with McLean. James Seward, of Mansfield, has been selected for chairman of the ex¬ ecutive committee, and cx-Mayor Con¬ stantine, of Springfield, is slated for treasurer. DISASTROUS BOILER EXPLOSION. Five Men Killed at Republic Iron Work* In Pittsburg, Pa. A boiler explosion at the Republic Iron Works, at Pittsburg, Pft., shortly before daylight Friday, killed five men and seriously injured seven others. A fire which broke out fol¬ lowing the explosion added to the horror. The mill was partly wrocked and the entire plant was closed down, The explosion occurred just as the night force was leaving and the day force was going on duty, and tlie^e were only a few men in the mill at the time. If it hud happened a half hour later, the list of dead and injured would have been appalling. YELLOW FEVER CASE Results Fatally In New Orleans and Quarantining Begins. PROMPT ACTION IS BEING TAKEN The Situation In Key Wcst--<5ari‘lno;» at Florida City In Ordered to Atlanta, On., For Safety. A special from Now Orleans states that an autopsy held Friday on the body of Young F. UdolpU, who died in that city Thursday, showed the death to be duo to yellow fever. Tho ease wns reported to the Louisiana board of health as yellow fever days ago by the experts, but Mr. Mur¬ ray, of tho United States hospital ser¬ vice, did not think it that disease. Montifomory Quuruiifiuon. On receipt of news of yellow fever at New Orleans tho authorities of Montgomery at once instituted strict quarantine against that city. The Texas stato health department bus alBO ordered a rigid quarantine against New Orleans on passenger and height ImsiuoHs, to continue indefi¬ nitely. Mobile quarantined Friday night against New Orleans. Situation at Koy Wont. Communication with Key West by the rest of the world has been cut off by the orders of Dr. J. Y. Porter, ex¬ ecutive officer of the Florida slate board of health, on account of two deaths and several cases which have Vieon diagnosed as yellow fever. The order was issued late Thursday oven- iug’by Dr. Porter on tho report of the existence of the disease in Koy West from Dr. Charles'B. Sweeting, agent of tho board at Key West, and sani¬ tary inspector of the port. Dr. Porter, who left Key West a week ago on a brief vacation, was reached in Virginia and left immedi¬ ately for Florida, wiring his orders to quarantine the island cities. The board officials lmvo established a launch quarantine patrol at Miami and inspectors have been appointed ■ i guard possible infoction from Key West. At Tampa the quarantine station and patrol are considered to be suffi¬ cient protection as all vessels are com¬ pelled to stop at tbo station. The news of tho fever iu Key West was reoeived in Jacksonville with no alarm. The only communication, ex¬ cepting telegraph, is over 150 miles of water and this rigid quarantine that has already been ostab ished is suffi¬ cient protection. Sent To Atlanta. A Washington special says: Owing to the reports of yellow fever at Key West, the navy department decided to withdraw the force at the naval station there, leaving only one or two care¬ takers, who aro immunes. The station is small, and two lugs constitute the cruft there. The army garrison at Key West will go to Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga. FIVE RIOTERS CONVICTED. Jury Disposes of the First Block In Fifteen Minutes’ Time. A Brunswick, Ga., dispath says; The first block of five of tho Darien riotefB were found guilty Friday. Tho jury was out only fifteen minutes. The rioters were three men and two women, who wero the most, prominent in the leading affair against the sheriff of McIntosh county. Tho opening speech for tho de¬ fense was made by Attorney Oolding, followed by Attorneys Hartridgo and Charlton, for the prosecution. The closing argument was made by Judge Twiggs,for dofdnse, iu a speech over one hour long. Ills main line of argument was that the negro rioters were not rioters ut all, but out of cu¬ riosity assembled when tho church hell began to ring. It took all day Friday to try the first block of five, and at that rate it will be a weak before those trials are concluded. In the meantime there are the other arrests to he made. Following these trials comes that of the three Delegals for the murder of Deputy Bheriff Townsend. No sen¬ tences will be passed until all tlio cases are disposed of. DAIRYMEN OF GEORGIA To flotil Annual Meetlne at fJrantvlllu (lr. tober hitli and lBfch- Mr. M. L. Duggan, the secretary of the Georgia Dairymen’s association, is sending ont a prospectus and pre¬ mium list of tho sixth annual meeting of tho association, which is to bo held at Grantville on October 12-13. Five hundred dollars in premiums will be given for the best displays and exhibits of dairyman’s products, and it is expected thnt the exhibits this year will lie the beat ever seen at a meeting of the association, The program of the meeting is being arranged, and it will include many features interesting to the dairymen. ALL FRANCE IS TREMBLING Trouble Is Confidently Expected Over the Dreyfus Affair, REGARDLESS OF AN ACQUITTAL OR A CONVICTION An Alleged Imposter Appears As a Witness Against the Prisoner At Monday’s Session. Advices from Bonnes, France, state thnt as the end of tho Dreyfus court- martial trial comes within sight the French government is beginning to display a fear that tho verdict will give rise to troubles, and orders have just been received by two regiments of infantry and ouo cavalry regiment, already within hail of Rennes, to hold themselves iu readiness to inarch on tho town at the first sign of disorder, to occupy all strategical points and to repress manifestations iu their incep¬ tion. Tho local anti-Dreyfus organs, by their nnti-foroign articles, have al¬ ready singled out foreigners as ene¬ mies of the country, and there is little doubt that foreign journalists will lie Ihe first victims of the violence of the mob--not so much Anglo-Saxon ns Austrian, German and Russian Jews, who form a majority of tho press rep¬ resentation of their respective coun¬ tries. Monday’s session opened rather badly for Captain Dreyfus, ns a sur¬ prise was sprung upon the defense in the advent, of nil Austrian political refugee, Eugene Cermischi, who came out with a flat-footed denunciation of tlio accused, which, even though it may eventually ho proved a pure fairy tale, is bound for ihe moment to exor¬ cise a malignant, influence upon the French people, who have not seen Cermischi and arc thus unable to form a personal opinion of tho man who launched these direct accusations against Cerniiscfii’s Captain 1 >reyfn«. appearance is undenia¬ bly against him. Nobody even aus- peet-s that ho is what lie claims to ho, a scion of the royal Berviau house. On the contrary, one would take him to lie a groom dressed in his best Sunday suit. It was remarked that ns soon as ho had delivered his testimony and M. Labori had asked to have him put on oath at Tuesday’s session behind closed doors iu ordor that ho might he puuished, if guilty of perjury, ho loft the room hurriedly. Cernusehi’s testimony which was in the form of a letter to the president of tho courtmartial, Colonel Jouaust,was most unequivocal. He claimed that on three distinct occasions, twice in France nnd once in Geneva, he was told by a high placed foreign officer NEW YORK DI-IMOCUATS MEET. Tlusy 1 1 it v<‘ ti HI k Rally Iu Coojtoi' Union uud Union to A<1 <U’okhgh. The Chicago platform democrats hold a meeting Monday night in Cooper Union, New York, addressed by ex-Judge James T’arvin, of Coving¬ ton, Ky., and Congressman John ,T. Lent/, of Ohio. Both of them declared for tho rc- nomination of William J. Biyrn aud against tho policy of President Mc¬ Kinley in the Philippines. Cooper Union wus crowded to its capacity. At the conclusion of the speeches resolutions were read endorsing the whole Chicago platform anil each of ite specific details, recognizing Will¬ iam J. Bryan as tho loader of the democracy and the exponent of the principles contained in tho Chicago platform and pledging the earnest efforts and endeavors of those present to the presidency of Hie United Htutos in 1900, declaring thnt the war against the Philippines is a principles grossly immoral assault on American of gov¬ ern ment. Mormon Elders Mobbed. The Mormon headquarters in Clint- tanooga Monday received notice of a mobbing of Mormon elders nt Oils- ville, Va., forty miles from Richmond, u few nights ago. CANNIBALS WILL RECOVER. Norwegian CoiumiI Af, Charleston Make* In vuMltfftfion of Man UnHntf Story. A Charleston dispatch says: Con¬ sul Witte, for the government of Nor¬ way, made a report Monday of the cannibalism reported from tho raft of the Norwegian hark Drot and forward- oil it to tho consul general in Now York. The substance of the report will bo cabled to Norway. Consul Witte saw Andersen and Thomas, the survivors, anil got their story. He is unable at present to say if the courts of Norway will deal with the men. Andersen and Thomas are recover¬ ing and their livcB can ho saved. NO. S that Dreyfus communicated treasona¬ ble documents to a foreign power. In the third instance Oernusuhi said the officer showed him documents emanating from Dreyfus, and that this officer left France hurriedly Captain two days prior to the arrest of Dreyfus. The allusion was evidently to Col. Schwnrzkoppeu, the military attache of tho German embassy in Taris in 1894, whoso movements were coinci¬ dent with thoso described as the movements of the officer of Cor- nuschi’s deposition. Now this evidence is of transcend¬ ent importance to tho prosecution, and it is incredible unless Ornuschi is proving to bo a humbug, that tho government commissary, Major Oar- vicre, should have admitted that he Imd received a letter from him offer¬ ing important testimony and thrown it asido on tho ground of its coming from a political refugee. Tho deposition evoked expressions of incredulity. One suspicious feat¬ ure was the fact that although tho witness said he could not speak French fluently, Ids letter tb Colonel Jouaust, asking an opportunity to testify was drawn up in perfect Froncb. He explained thnt he had been assisted by his wife iu writing the letter. This introduction of a foreigner as a witness for the prosecution gave M. Labori an opportunity to submit the most important request be has made throughout the trial, n request which if granted by Colonel Jouaust, though this is extremely doubtful, would cer¬ tainly lmvo momentous consequences. May Apply to GoiTiuiny. M. Labori announced his intention, iu view of tho steps taken by the prosecution in calling foreign evi¬ dence, to ask thnt inquiry should he made through the regular diplomatic channels sh to whether tho documents mentioned in the bordereau were ac¬ tually communicated, uud if so, l>y whom? This involves an application to the German government, which the court- martial is scarcely likely to approve. In any cuso the application means the lengthening of tho trial for several weeks. The introduction of Cernnsehi and tho other developments of the day, it is generally predicted, imply another fortnight’s sitting, at tho least. CHANGE OF VENUE llritiiteil tin, Ili.lcifuU At. Diirlmi lly Juil|[« Hualiroiikn. < < 1 am opposed to trying cbhob that involvo human life, whflre tho shadow of the courthouse falls upon the mili¬ tary,’’ was in substance the statement made by Judge Seabrooko from tho bench of McIntosh superior court in session at Darien Monday, as ho an¬ nounced his decision to grant a change of venue in tho eases against John Delegal, Ed Delegul and Mirrandjr Delegal, under indictment for the murder of Deputy BhoriffT Townsend. This statement created a stir in the courtroom and a great discussion on all sides. The judge then set the case against tho three nogroos for trial in Effingham county superior court. CAR FULL OF PRISONERS. Atlanta Pollen Make Dio Mont (/tiltjoo Raid on Ilnf Ord. The most novel wholesale arrest that over occurred in Atlanta, Ga., took place Monday night when a trolly car wus transformed into a temporary black maria, and about forty negro men and women wero rolled through the city from Lincoln park to tlio po¬ lice barracks. An officer stood at cithqr end of the cur with a rovofver and club, nnd etch had a citizen whom he had deputized to help him keep any of the prisoners from escaping. CARTER’S FRIENDS ACTIVE. They Declare Courtmartial Verdict Will Never De Approved fly McKinley. A Washington dispatch says: Agi¬ tators of the now notorious caso of Captain O. M. Carter are slowly but surely crowding the front page of the loading newspapers, and relegating the French military scandal to less prominent columns. Captain Carter’s attorneys aro show¬ ing more courage and determination in pressing their caso before the pub¬ lic, and are declaring with apparent confidence that the sentence of the courtmartial will never bo approved by tho president.
