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FUR FLOODS NORTH.
suffering at Wheellns-Tne Rl
Still Rlelngnl Clnclnnatl-A Horrl-
riblo S.looting Affray at Hot
Sprint8, Etc.. Etc.
JIUIOPAPUSD TO THE ASSOCIATED PBESB.l
LoctaviLW, February 9.-Thc river came
a ,tand yesterday about noon, but since
has been rising half an inch an hour. At
10 o'clock last night it registered forty feet
t* 0 inches. The worst situation is at
Jeffersonville. It is feared that a railroad
fill will give away and inundate the town,
jt Frankfort dispatch to the Courier-
Journal says the Kentucky river is falling
and all danger of an overflow is passed,
at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati. February 9.—The river now
marks (8 feet 2 inches, and is rising one-
half an inch per hour. It has been rain
ing since midnight. Tlte gas supply is not
^CnrasaATL February 9, r. m.—The river
is s>xty-tlirec feet nine inches and rising a
little more than half an inch per litmr.
The weather is cloudy and cooler and the
wind is from the north. A white flag is
aealn floating from the signal service of
fice, indicating colder weather. The river
.is not likely to fall here until the rush
^At'lhpley^Oliio, only fifty-four miles
above Cincinnati, the river is rising to-day
an inch and a half on hour, and at it a.
m it was within one inch of last year's
high water mark. Rain was falling there.
The situation is unchanged, except that
as the river rises the loss of lumber yards
and property of that description increases.
Them has been no loss by weakened foun
dations yet reported, and last year's ex-
, perience in that way shows that not much
damage will result from that cause.
Ciscixsati, February 9.—At g o'clock
to-night the river marked sixty-four feet
one inch. Tills is signifleant, as showing
that the rapid rise at points above here,
reported yesterday and the day beforei.is
• beginning to be felt here. The total rise
during the past twenty-four hours
exceeds that oL. the preceding
day. It is the opinion of
close observors of Ohio river Hoods that
not onlv will the rise continue here until
ilonday, but tlyit during to-night and to
morrow it will be increased. The river
has alreadv gone beyond the flood of 1917,
making this the third in rank. It has
only five inches to rise until
the mark of the famous flood of 1832 is
reached. There is now no doubt that that
point will be reached. It has been stated
that the losses this year with the same
stage of water would not be more thah ten
per cent of those of last year. This ap
plies mainly to personal and household
property. But in other and larger inter
ests the loss must be heavy. The
interruption to the business of
manufacturing, trading and transportation
must continue for from two to four weeks.
Mflch damage has been caused to machin
ery by being submerged. Lumber and
eoal yards will suffer to about the tame
extent as last year. In Mill Creek VaW
ley, where there are numerous vegetable
gardens, the loss is incalculable. It would
lie idle to compute in figures the total
losses.
Up to this time there has been nn great
disaster. No railroad property except the
machine shops havo been injured. The
tracks, embankments *hnd bridges in
the vicinity of this city are all
intact. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton road has had no interference with
its travel. Its depot is used by the New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and the
Cincinnati. Washington and Baltimore
roads. The Cleveland, Columbus, Cin
cinnati and Indianapolis road uses its own
track to the Eighth street station, where
the water covers the track.
at wheem.no.
Wiieemeo, Va., January- 9.—The scene
at this city is indescribable. As the wa
ters subside, the amount of destruction to
be seen is appalling. The fire engines are
employed in washing off the mud from the
streets as the water falls. The relief
steamer that went down tho
river to Bcnwood, Mandevllle
and Bellair, Ohio, havo |nnt returned.
They had on board a plentiful supply nf
provisions and none in need of food will
suffer. The points that suffer worst are
above this dty, especially Welltburg. As
far as known at this time, no lives have
bren losL
Wheclino, January 0.—The water has
receded to forty-eight feet, leaving three
inches of inuddy slime over the deserted
afreets. The gas will be turned on this
■evening, but a water famine is threatened,
witi.no prospect of relief before Monday.
Tlic home subscriptions for the relief of
tlio destitute have reaghed (8,000,
With a plenty more available.
Provisions are holding out well
and the promise of restored
communication wifli tho outside world is
bright. Relief parties have gone to Ben-
wood ami Welliburg by steamboat. At
first at Wheeling over the river boats were
(..evented from landing by the inhabitant..,
beaded by State Senator Wagner, who
fired on one boat tbat made the attempt.
It was feared tlie wasli of the waves would
further Injure submerged buildings.
Wheeling, W. Va., February o.—On the
representation of citizens of West Virginia
that the local resources arc insufficient to
relieve-the suffering resulting from the
Hoods, the Governor ha* sent dispatches
to the Senators and Representatives in
Coagrcss, asking that the Joint resolution
for the relief of the unfortunates be in-
creased to »1.000,000.
The Whittaker Street Iron Works and
flteChhmgo Car Roofing Company lose
The steamer John Lewis arrived from
down the river this evening. She was rid
dled with bullets and her passengers were
lying on the cabin floor covered with mat-
"esses and life preservers, as protection
from missiles. The boat left rarkers-
burg fliis morning. She reports that
■tany bosuns at New Martinsville have
hen swept away. The Pittsburg Stove
w orks snu Dry ing Houses are a total loss.
There is not a vestige lift of Cochcanville,
an Ohio village | n Monroe county. At
Maundiville, the penitentiary ran out of
water aul the citizens bad to cam- a sup
ply to tho place. The reason given for
bring oi the steamer \v;i» the inhabitants
feared tzat tile waves from the vessel
would cmtpM* the work of destruction
done by he flood.
The ■hiation here amtig the homeless
who are ihelUrad btAVKses, church-
re and other buildings grows worse,
hot Clough food can lie pro*
cured o feed them and give
aid to neghbonng towns that are suffer*
ing. Ma.-nr Miner said to-night that he
. had hope, to avoid appealing for aid to
tliccountr/atlarge.lmt now feared it wou|d
he necessity. CMthmw; fad is money
are badly lceiled. Two children .lied to
day from 'iposuro an.l insulllclcnt and
unfit food. That the wor-t lias not yet be-
jntn Is the nrvitnlde conclusion to which
■ ■ . rll;: : are i e.|
IfABKisiusclJanuary 9.—The ico in Ce-
Tiodooulnet' t * k, on the opposite side of
tlis Busquelatlia rii.T, broke to-day and
caused a tren.idons ll 1 Four bridge*
’ ' ' "I k le HI, ■ ' arlisle |I.d
liver, valu.da lover Shi.'m), were t rushed
and carried .win an I . inslderablc dam-
**» done oCuMrisa. To real dams were
TVBshad Out puanllls connected with them
aoseriously n,red ns to prevent their
running uuti
■worst ever Ui PI
1'orti‘in* of ti {wr.vkc.l l.r:dg'
j amme< 1 acal; ,tii
y :\%rvd :n to or. v. r.t till
'd riair.-.l I!.. fr«t Ml
k in Cuniferl.111.1 Vail*
if l.lwr.'* k« .l hr:*an- mm
:..i .line piers the No,then,
ventral brnlg Jthe mouth of the creek.
Wilt rt tv., W| Va.. I-Vhruanr •. I;
■ ,1. d tl,a total lo• m ih- v
ledo, no special damage has been reported
to-day. From these reports the
feeling that Toledo will escape
the floods gains strength. Another en
couraging sign is the solidity of the gorges,
which makes it reasonable to suppose tliat
they will remain unbroken, permitting the
water to escape gradually to the lake.
AT riTTSIIl BO.
Pittsbcbo, February 9.—As the waters
are steadily receding, affairs are resuming
their usual condition, and in a few days all
traces of the flood will be obliterate.]. Ef
fective arrangements have been mado for
relief. Much suffering would other
wise havebeenexperienced. Many manu-
facturing establiahm nta resumed opera
tions this morning, and others will do so
Monday. Witli the exception of the Pitta-
burg and Lake Erie and the Pittsburg, Me-
KccsRointand Yanghiogltency. all the
railroads are running as usual. The first
named roads expect to resume Monday.
LYNCBDl'BO THBEATEHBD.
Lynciibceo, February 9.—The recent
rains have awollen the James river nine
feet above low water mark at this point,
and the river is still rising rapidly. Great
fears are entertained of a disastrous Hood.
The water guards at tho first lock about
tho city are gradually giving way under
the pressure of the water, an.l (should they
break loose every vestige of property in
that section of the city will be swept away.
AT CAIBO.
Cairo, III., February 9.—Tho river is
43 feet ten inches, and rising three-fourths
of an inch per hour. The weather is
cloudy and cold. Tlte probability is that
the Hood will hardly reach 90 feet here,and
tlte people are prepared for even 53 or 54
feet.
OTHER POINTS.
.• Wheeling, W. Va„ February 9.—Word
Is received that tho people at Welliburg,
twenty miles up the river, are suffering
from famine. At Benwood the situation
is as bad, but a relief party visited thereon
a steamer and left a liberal supply of pro
visions.
CiNciNNATt, O., February 9.—The Com
mercial (ia-etle lias the following specials:
CatletUburg, Ay.. February 9,—Tho situ
ation here is deplorable. Only one hotel
and one grocery store are open. The peo
ple are occupying the court house and
school house. The river is rising two
inches per hour.
Itipley. 0., February 9.—The loss by the
flood will be fully equal to lost year. Many
houses have been swept from their foun
dations , and whole families are homeless.
The river is rising one and a half inches
per hour. A relief committee has been
organized and the citisens are taking care
of their unfortunate neighbors.
A Terrible Tragedy nt Hot Springe,
Hot SPBrsos, Ark., February 9.—A ter
rible tragedy was enacted on Main street
of this city this morning at about 11
o’clock. Three brothers named Frank,
Jack and William Flynn were proceeding
home in a hack when a party of seven
men, armed with double-barrel shotguns
and Winchester rifles, stepped out from
the door of a saloon and opened fire. The
Fly tins were armed, but the attack was to
tally unexpected. Jack Flynn . was
shot through the forehead by a ball from
a Winchester rifle and died In a few min
utes. William was shot through the breast
and tho wound will probably prove fatal.
Frank received a shot througn the hand,
inflicting a slight wound. Frank Hall,
driver of the hack, was shot through
the back of the neck and
.tied an hoar afterward. Robert
Hargrove, a bystander, was shot through
the breast and will probably die.
J. H. Craig, a prominent lumber dealer,
received a charge of buckshot through the
back and his condition is considered pre
carious. The difficulty originated some
weeks ago in the effort of Frank Flynn to
K revent one Doran from opening a gam-
ling house, and it culminated In Doran
makings cowardly attempt to assassinate
Flynn, failing in widen he fled tlte
city. He returned a few nights
ago, but Flynn was unaware of his pres
ence in the city until tlte fatal volley was
aliened on him. The eeven men who did
the shooting were arrested and are now in
jail. They are 8. A. Doran, two Pruitt
brothers, a man named Howell and three
others. The most intense excitement pre
vails and strong threats of lynching the
J irisoners ore made. The citisens are loud
n their condemnation of the murderous
and cowardlyact. Judge Wood has been
telegraphed to by leading citisens, request
ing him to adjourn court at Malvern and
return here and hold a special session to
try the murderers. JJf he consents, the
law will probably be allowed to take its
course. If not, tne citisens lioMlv threaten
to burn the jail ard bang the prisoners.
Fifteen Men Burled by Falling Walls.
Allentown, Pa., February 7.—A fire
broke out hut night in the factory of
Grossman A Klucker, this city, totally de
stroying it and a number of intall build
ings attached. The main building was
constructed of brick and the roof spanned
by a brick arch, with iron rods running
across the walla. As the men who were
standing on ladders in the building were
doing their utmost to subdue tho dames,
the north and loath walls snddenly fell out
ward and some fifteen firemen were cov
ered with the debris. Streams of water
were directed upon the ruins covering the
men, which prevented some of them from
being burned to death. Fire men were'
killed and eleven seriously, but not fatally,
Injured by the falling walls.
Lynched.
Omaha, Neb.. Februayy 7.—The con
ductor of a freight train reported tbat lie
found a man hanging to a whistling poet
one and a half miles cast of Bassett, heb.,
this morning. The man is supposed to be
"Kid” Wade, the notorious horse thief,
who was taken from the vigilantes last
night by the sheriff, who was to have taken
the tram this morning for O'Neil. Wade
was again taken from the sheriff and
lynched. _____
Railroad Collision.
Mobile, February 7.—A conflict of or
ders brought two freight trains in collision
at Whistler, seven miles north of Mobile,
on the Motile and Ohio railroad, this
morning. Both trains were badly tele
scoped. The engineers and Bremen
jumped and cscaptd with alight injuries.
A lirakeman named Thomas Austin, of
Meridian, Miss., had his foot crushed so
badly that amputation baa since been per
formed.
Officers Reelacted.
Atlanta. Ga., February 7.—At a meet
ing of the directors of the Western and
Atlantic railroad today, the old .officers
were rch'ctod, except W. C. Morrill, who
Is elected to a vacancy caused by the res-
gnation of E. W. Cole.
Washington Notes.
Washington, February 8.—Tlte char
laid before the (senate a communication
from the Secretary of tlte Interior trans
mitting, in compliance with the resolution
of the llth ult., a copy of the report of the
Commissioner of the General Law Office
relating to tlte grant of lands made by the
United States to Florida railroads. Re
ferred to the committee on public lands.
A NOVEL WAY Of PAYING ELECTION EX
PENSES.
C. B. Wiegand, an examiner of thcDe-
S artment of Justice, in Ills testimony to
ny before the House committee on ex-
S cndlturcs in tlte Department of Justice,
escribed a novel method of securing
funds to conduct a Congressional cam
paign. The aspirant was Paul Strobach.
whom the Senate failed to confirm for mar
shal of Alabama. While TumerwaaUnit-
cd States marshal in that 8tate, tlte wit
ness said, Strobach asked to be appointed
deputy marshal, explaining that he was
anxious to make a canvass for Congress.
He secured the appointment, named a
number of deputy marshals and went
through the district making arrests that
fees might be obtained to de
fray the expenses of the campaign.
Strobach was detested and came to Wash
ington and contested tlte seat The ex
aminer said that many poor men were
arrested in Alabama by deputies on the
charge of chopping wood on
the pnblic lands. Theso 'men
were often compelled to sell their small
possessions to pay the costs of their trials.
Living in some instances more titan one
hundred miles awsy, they were forced to
go on foot, and then discharged and al
lowed to return homo os lie.t they could.
Some of tlte men arrested died for want of
food and from exposure while walking to
their homes. Their families also suffered,
having to dispose of their meansof acquir
ing sustenance to pay tlte costa of tlte trials
of the arrested parties. Instances were,
cited where an examiner Investigating tlte
offices of government officials was threat
ened. H. A. Wilson, now receiver of
pubiic moneys, had at one time
attempted to shoot him. Wiegand's testi
mony covered examinations made in Geor
gia, Alabama and North Carolina. He
referred to the reaction of deputy mar
shals to charge constructive tees in tlte
way of transportation for long distances
of persons arrested and for guards, and
for feeding prisoners and guards, while
tlte facts were that prisoners in most in
stances had been, simply notified to up-
S ear at the office of tne United
tates commissioner and had gone
there at their own expense and un
guarded; In Covington county, Ala., the
witness said, there was scarcely a man
who had been arrested, and Wiegand
could not recall a case where a prisoner
had been convicted.
mssissirri improvement.
When the Mississippi River Improve
ment Convention met to-day, the commit
tee on resolutions presented its report.
The resolutions set forth that the interests
for which the convention is authorised to
speak arc entitled in the highest degree to
the consideration of the national perisia-
ture; that no exercise of the power ofCon-
gress can be more legitimate or just than
the relief of the commerce of the Mississippi
Volley and of the immense and varied in
dustries which support it from needless
burdens, by removing those obstacles to
navigation; that the convention earnestly
reaffirm the declaration of the river im
provement convention, svhich me
at St. Louis in October, ISSIt
that it is the manifest and imperative duty
of thegovernment of the United States to
cause to he made such improvement of the
Mississippi river and its navigable tribu
taries as shall permanently secure the safe
and easy navigation thereof; that the con
vention also emphatically approve of the
appointment by Congress of the Missis
sippi River Commission, as the first well
considered and efficient step toward per
manently opening the Mississippi Volley
to the markets of the world; that the con
vention also earnestly urge on Congress
that the scientific and comprehensive
system of river improvement 1 by
a competent commission thus
inaugurated as to the Mississippi should
be applied without |delay to the complete
and permanent improvement of the Mis
sissippi, Ohio and other navigable rivers;
that tit the interest of cheap transporta
tion and to afford choice of water routes
to the seaboard,(the convention regard con
nections between the upper navigable
waters of the Mississippi and the great
lakes of great importance, and that Con
gress in making appropriations ought to
Have regard to tho establishment of free
water commnnicatlon between tlte volley
of the great river of the West and the tide
water of the East
The resolutions also express approval of
tlte views expressed by tho President in
his message concerning Mississippi river
improvement, recognise tlte benefits re
sulting from the extension of the light
house system to the Mississippi and its
tributaries, and authorize the executive
committee to take the proper steps for
presenting to Congress a suitable memo
rial.
Both reports were unanimously adopted
by acclamation, a fact which elicited
great applause. The convention adjourn
ed sine die.
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A Dramatic Suicide.
Cedar RArim. Ia.. February S.—A dis
patch from Eldorado says Sirs. Mix, of
Steamboat Rock, while standing over the
open grave of her husbund, to-day, re
marked that they might as well be buried
in one grave, drew a pistol and shot herself.
She is not likely to live.
Th« Price of Her Retcue.
New York Time*.
Baltimore, February 0.—Mrs. Elisabeth
M. Switzer, age eightv-one, died in this
city yesterday. When fourteen years old
the left Germany, with her parents, for
this country; bnt the vessel on which they
embarked was wrecked. Tlte captain of a
pas-ing vessel refused to old the emigrants
unless they would consent on their arrival
to be sold, to pay the cost of their postage
hither. Mrs. Switzer was purchased for a
term of years by a butcher named Switzer,
whose eon, George, the subsequently mar
ried, and with whom she lived for fifty-
eight years. She leaves a large family of
tons and daughters, all of whom have pros-
Accidently Shot.'
[iTECIAL TELEGRAM.]
Marietta, Oa., February 9.—Mr.
Lcmnel Black'ejitiie eon Ter nent accident
ly shot him-elf to-day while playing with a
loaded pistoL Tho ball passed through
Ids hand and (lodged In his thigh, inflict
ing a very painful but not serious wound.
Mrn Susan Russell, formerly of Athens,
died at Mr*. McCullough's in this place
•net r. lit. She was a very oidand highly
esteemed lady.
Murder In Alabama.
Silma, Fcbnianrcolonel R. D. Boy
kin was murdered Wednesday, near Reho-
both, (Wilcox county, forty miles from
here. It is said two negroes, who were
arrested, have confessed that they shot
him In the back from the yard while he
was walking into his house. It is also
said they were paid (35 each by a white
man to commit the deed.
Rugg Confesses.
Long Island City, February 9.—Rugg
confessed to dotcctlves today that he
alone assanlted and robbed Mr. and Mrs.
Townsend at Oyster bay. This exoner
ates Tappan and the latter will be bailed.
Telegrapher Arrested.
San Francisco, February 9.—S. W.
Knapp, an old Western Union operator,
wea arrested here this alternoon for di
vulging the contents of cipher messages.
CHEAT BRITAIN.
OOboon's views.
Lon r>on, February 7.—A letler from
Gen. Gordon has been made public, in
which lie says it is no secret that England
has abandoned all intention of guarantee
ing a continuance of Egyptian .npreiuacy
over the Soudan. It has decided that the
task is altogether too onerous and would
be attended with no corresponding advnti-
tages.It.will therefore allow the people now
in rebellion to revert to thcir|old sultans.
Gen. Gordon accepts this decision as wise
and just, for be says unlees England shall
secure the Soudan in the possession of
good government, it ought not to coaqner
the country iteclf nor allow others to do
so. Gen. Gordon’s mission, therefore, is
to try and arrange with the people in a
quiet way regarding their future affairs.
A VESSEL WRECKED.
London, February 7.—Tba bark Atolus,
from Brunswick, Ga., f-htrand. 1 atNord-
bye. She is full of water but is riding with
both anchors ouL She lost her foremast
and mainmast Two of the crew were res
cued. They state tbat they were standing
on the deck house lashed tot the mizxcn
mast, without sustenance, for a neck.
Their feet were frost bitten. The rest of
the crew were drowned.
•OUTH AMERICA.
A BLOODY RIOT AT SAN SCAN.
San Jcan, Aeokniinn Retcbuc, (via
Galveston) February 9.—Last night an
armed force attacked the police barracks
and the residence of Deputy Maliar. Tlte
Governor is reported to have been killed
tod several other* were wounded. The
body of Senator Gomes was found under a
Dush, he having been murdered. Troope
quelled the disturbance and today all is
quick
AUSTRIA.
TUB SLOTS AOAINST THE EMritROK.
Vienna, February 9.—During Use debate
in the lower house u( the lU!e i. .rath cn the
et • ptl'nel t.H-A-uiW for the - tp;.r. s-n i.
of s ialism, documents art- to be offered
-bowing that plots exi.t. 1 which threaten
ed the liTCS of tin- highest personages of
the realm.
A Suit For Damages to be Instituted
Agnlnet the Central Railroad.
On the midnight train of Wednesday
night were Mr. J. A. Cox, wife and two
small children, Mrs. William J. Nunn and
three children, tte oldest being a girl
about nine years old. They belonged in
Tennessee amfwcre on their way to Flori
da, and purehoaed through ticketa at Nash
ville for Cedar Keys, Fla., via the Nash
vilie, Chattanooga and St. I-ouis, Western
and Atlantic, Georgia Central, Macon and
Brunswick, Florida Western and Cedar
Keys railroads.
They came through ail right so let .as
travel was concerned, but the trip was
quite an unpleasant one because of tlte
illness of Mrs. Cox and the children. The
conductor on the train from Atlanta failed
to take up the coupon belonging to his
rood, and after the train had made its
nsual fifteen minutes stop in Macon, and
waa on ita way to Savannah, he made his
round and found the Tennessee par
ty on the train. He pnlled the
bell line, stopped the train and put tho
family off on the net work of trestles near
the gas works,telling them that they should
have got oil at the depot.
Mr. Cox was very indignant at what lie
termed an outrage in being put oil in the
middle of the mght at a locality that would
G uzzle a citizen of Macon how to get out
’ on those trestles at night. His wife and
children were sick and the damp night air
ia not calculated to benefit consumptives.
After much difficulty he found his way
to a hotel, where he waited for the train to
Jacksonville yesterday morning.
Before leaving be placed the matter in
the hands of Mr. Sam Jemison to insti
tute a suit for damages. He claims that
no notice was given him of the approach
to nor the arrival at Macon. Being a
stranger, ho did not know when Macon
jvas reached.
That Suit.
Wo saw Conductor Cubbedge at tlte de
pot last night and asked him for his ver
sion of the putting off of his train on
Wednesday night, of Mr. Cox and family,
a report of which was published yesterday
morning.
The conductor stated that the party was
on his train with tickets from Atlanta to
Macon. Three times before reaching Ma
con, he informed Mr. Cox of the approach
to the city, and when the train stopped
under the shed, he told them that they had
reached their destination on his line. Tlte
party got off the train and went out of the
iiejxit. •
When he went through his train on
earing Macon, lie found the family and
told them that they should have re
mained at the depot. He could not
back his train to the depot, and tho
only thing left for him to do was to stop
the train as quickly as possible and put
thorn off. Tilts was done, but not on tlte
trestle as reported, but on the crossing
near the gas works. He greatly regretted
suclt a course as the children were «m»ll
and the hour unseasonable, but it was all
he could do.
As to {the coupon which Mr. Cox
lias and which he says was not taken up,
Conductor Cubbedge says tbat it must
havo been a coupon from some other ticket
as he is quito certain of taking up all
tickets.
He has witnesses to his telling Mr. Cox
that lie had arrived in Macon and also
that he left the car with his family while
the train was in the depot
Some Tall Throwing.
On Thursday afternoon the Georgia Fire
Company, of Augusta, tested their new
Button steam fire engine. As a matter of
interest to our firemen,we copy the follow'
ing from tho Chronicle: . •
Tlte water was drawn from tile canal and
a capital test was had in the presence of a
very largo crowd. The machuto' behaved
beautifully in oil its parts and Its action
something superb. The engine is built
under a new pattern for the regulation of
steam valves, and the movement of her
S aris is short and quick. The following i <
te record of her test; Through a single
line of 50 feet 2K inch hose and IK inch
nozzle, the steamer played 289 feet 8 inches,
performing this feat in 12 minutes from
lighting the fire. Tho second effort was 297
feet 8 inches, and the final test SOI feet 4X
inches. Through two lines of 50 feet hose,
l',i Inch noxsle, she threw two streams 212
feet each. It is believed to be tlte greatest
feat of tho kind ever performed in the
South.
Death of Mr. Ralph Banks.
A telegram was received in Macon yes
terday morning from Fort Worth, Texas,
announcing tho death in that place on
Thursday night of Mr. Ralph Banks, re
cently of Macon.
Mr. Banks was in Texas only a few days
when he was taken ill with pneumonia
and was sick only four days. His mother,
who lives in Forsyth, was telegraphed for
on Thnraday, the telegram saying he was
in a dying condition. His remains will be
taken to Forsyth for burial.
Very few young men enjoyed Mr.
Banks's popularity. He was youag
and full of bright promise, and the news
of his death in a strange land among
strangers will be read with the since rest
regret by all who knew him,
8e«eralCars Wrecked on the Mobile and
Clrard.
Columbus Enquirer.
Tho through freight from Montgomery
to Macon, dae at tills city about I o'clock
a. m., happened to an aceldeut one mile
beyond Gaerryton Wednesday night, by
which six can and the tender of the en
gine were thrown from the track. The
tender and four of the con were badly
wrecked, and the track damaged a distance
of about 100 yards. Fortunately no one
was hurt. The cause of the accident has
not been explained. The track was very
level and almost on a straight line where it
occurred.
Alt trains over the road were delayed
and forced to transfer at the wreck yester
day. but the track was cleared last night
aothat trains could pass over IL The
wrecked can will be brought to this city.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A Freight Train Runs Into a Team of
Oxen.
In Friday’s frsvs we reported the run
ning Into of a wag mat McCall's mill of a
freight train and the injury to the driver.
Yesterday afternoon a similar but more
serious accident o.' the kind occurred at
Guan’s crossing near the lee works.
Henry Walker, a negrofemployed by Mr.
U. II. Gann, with his team of oxen, at
tempted to cross the track at the eroding.
He saw a freight train coming and re
newed his efforts to get the animals to
more on. Engineer Dar. Mathews blew
the usual signal for crossings, and on see-
lag the wagon end oxen on the track blew
down brakes and reversed his engine. The
oxen, evidently frightened at the blowing
of the signal, refused to stir, and
Henry stood up in his wsgou and
pounded them with his whip, but he was
unable to go either backward or forward.
He was about to jump from the wagon
when the pilot of the engine went
crashing between the oxen and the wagon,
throwing one animal under the engine
and carrying the other about five hundred
yards. The nsgro was struck on the bead
by the pilot and thrown fifty feet from the
track. The wagon, which was beavily
loadcd with guano, was broken to pieces
an.1 the guano spilled all over the ground.
The train was stopped aa soon as possi
ble and conductor Jesse Roberts went back
to the crossing to see what damage had
been done. The negro was picked up
more dead than alive. A portion ol
bis skull had been fractured, and he re
ceived several other injuries in tha breast.
He was alive at S o'clock, though it was
thought that be could not live through the
nlghL Both oxen were killed, one being
crushed and mangled beneath tha engine.
There were several nsgro meujsfandiug
at th<-. ro.»int at thetiueof the accident,
«i>icli itiTc.1 shortly alter 4 o'clock.
They ye'.led to Henry to Jump from the
wagon, bat he paid ao attention to them.
The enginsei used every effort toatop
Id-train to prc».-i:t the a. chielit and is in
nowise held to blame.
An Interview with tho President of the
Former Company,
There is no abatement of the enthusiasm
on the prospect of haring a line of street
cars in Macon. Among tile mechanics,
and this class, os everybody knows, is the
main support of a street car U»e, there ia
expressed a universal desire that the line
be built, especially as it will be run on the
streets best suited for their convenience.
Men of money are inclined to think that
the line will be a -profitable investment, to
say nothingof tire benefit both as a conve
nience and an exhibition of the thrift and
enterprise of the city.
Our reporter visited the office of Mr.
George S. Obcar yesterday and had a chat
with him on tic subject. It will be re
membered that Mr. Obear was the presi-
dent of the former street car company,
and his views as to tlte cost of building and
maintenance, routes, and the profit are of
value.
He said that the former line was three
miles long, and that would bo about flic
length of the proposed line according to the'
diagram published in this paper. At Ute
tfmo the iron was purchased gold had a
40 per cent premium nnd hence all tlte
material used commanded high prices. For
instance iron rail was then worth (70 per
ton and it can now lie hod i t (10.
The capita] stock of the former company
waa (30,000, with (28,000 paid hi. Theline
equipped, iron, cars, stock, etc., cost the
company (32.000, or four thousand dollars
more than the amount paid in, which sad
dled a debt on the company to start with.
Four cars were purchased of John Stephen
son, the street car builder, at (900 each,
and the patent fare boxes on these cars
cost (165 each. At that time muhfe sold at
$200, and some of the best can now be had
for (125 to (150.
It will thus be seen that tho entire outfit
of the old line whiclt cost(32,000 could now
be bought for less than (20,000. But Mr.
Obear, guided by the experience in running
the old line, thinks that the new company
should not try to cramp the outfit in order
to place the capital stock at that amount.
Some additions whiclt would redound to
the interest of the company should bo
made. The matter of its being made a
profitable investment should not receive so
much attention. The citizen who loves
Macon and feels a pride in its growth and
prosperity, which is the outcrop of its being
made attractive to strangers, will not be
slow to put bis money In such an enter-
5 rise even if there is not a glittering divi-
end at the end of the year. The citizen
who wants Macon to wear a clean frock all
the time and keep spruce and trim and in
viting, will spend his money to keep up
such a condition. The Academy of Music,
as an example, may never pay any big div
idend to the stockholders and they do not
expect it. It is on ornament and a benefit
to their city. It brings her the highest or
der of amusements, such as have heretofore
left Macon out of their routes. Itaflords
a hail where the largest political, agricul
tural, horticultural, or any other kind of
convention can assemble. It thus brings
crowds to Macon, and these crowds drop a
dollar here and a dollar there and thus the
entire city is benefited. Therefore, In my
opinion, it matters but little whether the
line pays handsomely or not. Yet I nm
confident It will pay.’
“Was there a time when the !old street
qar lino paid?"
“Oh, yes; it paid well. As I have told
yon, we paid high prices for the equipment
and at the same time began the enterprise
With a debt of four thousand dollars. This,
however, would not have amounted to
much ill the way of making the line a pay-
ing investment bnt for other troubles. In
the first place a mistake was made in the
route. Upon the proper route depends
everything, and upon this I will have some
thing to say Inrther on. The route did not
take in Fourth street, which I am satisfied
would have been a most profitable one, and
n °w since that portion of the city has been
so thickly built up it will be bound to pay
handsomely. Then, when the line began
to pay well, even witli its incomplete line,
the epizootic came along and we lost five
valuable mules. Jlcrowas a clear loss of
a thou-and dollars. We were forced to sus
pend for six weeks, and in that time the
people abandoned tbs cars to some extent"
“Have you any suggestions to make to
the new company aa to the management,
based upon your past experience?' 7
"Well, I might make a suggestion be
cause of my feeling interested in an enter
prise that I think will be of incalculable
benefit to Macon, but I do not wish to pre
sume too much. Too many officers eat
away the profits of sny corporation. I
think that the company weuld save much
by employing one good business man who
lias a knowledge of tlio care of stock, who
will look after the stabling of the mules,
see that the schedules are run, and also act
as treasurer. He will exercise a general
supervision over the drivers of course, and
one good man can readily attend to ail
this, tv e had a superintendent and a treas
urer, when one man could' have served in
both capacities."
"What do you think of the route as dia
grammed in the TELEGBAril and Messen-
oob?"
"It Is a capital one, but may be im
proved witli one small addition. It is nec
essary that the line should run on Mul
berry street for several reasons. Tho Acad
cmy of Music will be ready next season,
and people will wan» to ride to and from
the theatre. It carries lawyers, jurors and
others to the court house and the gen
eral public to the post-office. So far as the
line running to each depot and up Plum
street to the Hill, that cannot lie improved
upon; bnt it strikes me that if a line ran
on Cherry street also, from Second to
Fourth, it would be a decided advantage
and at the same time, as the distance is
not great, add but little to the primary cost
of the line. The cars would then cover the
entire business portion of the city. This
is the only change I would make in the dl-
“How about the extensions 7”
“In course of time, and at once if possi
ble, the line should be extended to reach
the cemetery, to Tattnall Square, Windsor
Hill and the park. The extention fo the
park is the most important I am inclined
to think that sufficient stock will be dis
posed of to warrant the building of this ex-
tension.”
Thanking Mr. Obear for the interview,
the reporter withdrew to see what Captain
I. B. English thought of street cars.
“If they will run the lines out to Vlnc-
vtlie, Windsor Hill, through Tattnall
Square and into East Macon, and use
steam engines. I will be one of thirty
men to invest two thousand dollars In the
enterprise. There is no use talking about
mules and horses pulling can up our hills.
The charter says steam cannot be used as
u motive power except by permission of
the city council, and as that body is com
posed of enterprising men, I better* they
will sllow the steam to be nsed."
"What will the engines cost 7”
“I am informed that they can be had
fbr about (2,000 or 0,009 each. These are
the engines used at taw-mills for hauling
lumber, and a much lighter and cheaper
Hnwne would do the work.”
'Why do you want the linea extended
such a distance out?"
"Because we want to place the business
portion cf the dty and th* depots In a
short ride of the suburbs. Our Northern
visitors at the hotels want to look at our
country as well as the city. Every North
erner who slope in Macon for any length
of time wants to ride around and see what
we have got. Our city is taken in by the
stream of travel to Florida. We have two
routes to that State, and every year the
stream increases. With oar climate
and our city facilities, the
people who are forced by the
extreme cold to milder climates would be
delighted with Macon if we had any good
way of showing whst we have herein the
way of inducements to live among us. Tho
mtue car wUl not do this, bnt steam will.
I am informed that ths entire tins, to take
inallonr suburbs, fully equipped with
cars and engines, will not cost exceeding
f<D,000. I believe this amount can be
raised. I know I am ready myseU to sub
scribe at once.”
And thus tba subject is being thoroughly
discussed by our business men.
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BETTER ‘VA.LTJE
In Dress Goods at
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Than can be found elsewhere in this big State. Prices on al
fabrics are reduced, but a specialty is made of cheap goods
on their 10 and 15 cents counters. These goods are not
remnants. Customers can get just the quantity required.
If you wantanice Cloak, Dolman, Circular or Shawl Rice
& Co. will sell it to you. They’ve got the goods and intend
to sell them at some price.
Silk handkerchiefs left over from their Christmas trade
are selling at half price.
A few ofthose handsome Satin Damask Table Sets left
and and will be closed out at reduced prices.
Housekeepers’ Linens and Domestics sold low down, A
line of remnants to be closed out in these goods.
A cordial invitation is extended to all who need anything
in the Carpet line. In Extra Supers, Three-Plys, Tapestry
and Body Brussels, Velvets and Axminsters they show the
largest, handsomest and cheapest assortment to be found in
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While in their Carpet Department ask to see those hand
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Marble, Granite and Limestone Works,
No. SO Plum Street. ... Macon, Georgia.
MANUFACTURER OF
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