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TWICE-A-WEEK
WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA—FAIR TUESDAY, EXCEPT POSSIBLY SHOWERS AND COOLER IN SOUTHEAST PORTION} WEDNESDAY FAIR, LIGHT TO FRESH NORTH WINDS,
ESTAELfSHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1907.
TWl'CE-A-WEEK, $1.C0 A YEAR.
CENTRAL TRAIN DERAILED
AND 25 PERSONS INJURED
I
Traill \o« 18 From \ tllPHS removed however, until this even-
’ j ir.g or probably tomorrow.
. I EDWARDS I MON U MEN T UNVEILED TO
To 31 aeon, at 10:41 O'clock
Yesterday Morning, Near
Hillsboro, Struck Turned
Rail, Pitching Three
Coaches to Almost Total
Destruction
Passengers Had
Narrow Escape
THE INJURED.
» White.
W. Henry Jones. Macon, scalp wounds
and -leg wrenched.
H. E. 'Bishop, Athens, rlgnt shoulder
hurt.
l'\ H. Bowden, Athens, cut on hoad
and left shoulder.
W. II. Vqndran. Athens, head, neck
and right ankle hurt, back wrenched.
A. R H-irper, Athens,-head, neck and
ai , ’* , e hur*
O. E. Dendwiler. Maysvllle, scalp
wounds and adbomcna! Injuries.
tv. n. Langford, Watkinsville, Inter
nal injuries.
The wreck in Itself was a regretful
happening but might have been much
worse considering the thorough man
ner In which the coache- were smash
ed by the derailment and the number of
passengers on board at the time.
SAYS HE STANDS PAT
CRITICISED BY MANY FOR REF
FUSING AN AUDIENCE TO
NEGRO LETTER CAR
RIERS
FORAKER TANGLED
Ml OF WITNESSES \
DISCREPANCES POINTED OUT IN
TESTIMONY OF POLICEMEN
WITH FOREIGN NAMES
“I have received telegrams congrat
ulating me upon my stand from all
over the South, and am convinced that
the great majority of the white peo
ple approve It. If meeting negro com
WASHINGTON. Mav 20.—Three
mebers of the Brownsville police
force were on the stand today in the
Investigation being conducted 'by the
Senate committee on military affairs.
A'! testified concerning the Incidents
attending the Brownsville affray and nil
becamo somewhat confused under
cross-examination by Senator Foraker
when he called attention to discrepan
cies between thler stories today and
those told on the stand on previous
occasions. Policeman Victorian* Fer
nandez testified that he heard the
shooting and as he ran down town CTRFFT PAD TIF-I1P
from h's home, he was summoned to OI I»LL I lit. Ur
the TiKman saloon, where he found the
bar tender lying dead. He gave It as
his opinion that the man had been
SAVANNAH. Ga., May 20.—Con
gressman Charles G. Edwards has
aroused a hornet's nest In his refusal
to receive a delegation of negro letter
carriers because of their color. . It was
for this specified reason that the Con
gressman declined to give the commit
tee the audience requested and he has
brought about his ears the adverse
comment of many leading men in pri
vate and public life. Among those
who have criticised the Congressman
severely are Judge Samuel M. Adams,
Mayor George W. Tledeman. State Sen
ator W. B. Stephens and Mr. W. W.
Mackall. They declare that the Con
gressman had no right to refuse to see
a delegation of his constituents. Un-
ENSIGN WORTH BMLEY
KEENE'S SUPERMAN WON
THE BROOKLYN
ps.T r j n j?
L ■ 1 f. I : ;;(.
Jl J Itll it*-' J Vw i
Only U. S. Naval Officer
Killed in War With
Spain
20,000 People
Stood in Rain
Department, and the unveiling proper
was in charge of Frederick D. Owen,
chief draughtsman of the United
States department, who had charge of
the unveiling of the Mecklin and the
Rochambeau statues in Washington.
The day is a legal holiday in North
Carolina as it marked the signing of
the Mecklenberg declaration of Inde
pendence on the 20th of May. 1775. The
unveiling was by Rev. John S. Wat
kins. of the Presbyterian Church, of
Spartanburg. S. C„ who was Bagiev's
pastor, and in addition to music by
military bands, there was a chlldren’3
chorus of 250 voices, which gave pa
triotic music. In the procession were
Confederate. Federal and Spanish war
RALEIGH. N. C.. May 20.—The un
veiling on the capitol grounds here
this afternoon of the monument and j veterans, national guard troops and
statue to Ensign Worth Bagley, a , thousand school children.
North Carolinian, and the only naval ! The oration was by Congressman
officer of the. United States killed in I Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Ala-
the war with Spain, attracted a crowd ! bama. and there was an address by
of abouW20,000. The only event of the | Lieut. Victor Blue, of the United
day that interferred with its pleasure j States Navy, who was born in North
was torrent of rain that fell for twelve ! Carolina. In his oration Hobson dwelt
MR HUNDREDS ME
REIS AT ODESSA
Twenty-Five Thousand Per
sons Cheered Winner
and His Jockey
ODESSA. May 20.—Following the I tp-* » r? TV.-ct $*c
assassination of three police officials viliCl L j a 11 ii LI
here today, serious rioting occurred
and at S in the evening the Black
Hundreds were running wild through
the streets, mercilessly beating people,
particularly Jews, more than a hun
dred of whom were seriously injured
soon after the disturbances began.
3T
Gravesend
' minutes immediately after the proces- 1 upon the past primacy in the nation of
wards remains serene and calm. He ... .... - - 1 i - - - • ....
says:
sion reached the capitol, but the big , the South and the promise of the fu-
crowd stood it gamely and the sun- j ture for its repetition brought by Span
shine came out to dry the drenched ■ ish-American.
ones. The statue Is a life-like resem- j The address of Lieut. Blue told of
blance and stands seven feet nine personal incidents of the bravery of
inches on a base the same height It Bagely. On behalf of the alumni of
o' „ | is of bronze, following the work of F. | Annapolis, a tribute to Bagley was
mittees that are trying to snub a good „ 1 1,. wiiv« rh« nresl-
Mrs. Hattie Tuck, Athens, Internal kUiea by negro soldier*. He said that
Injuries. he had seen no soldiers that night as
Lizzie GIndinfcars, Athens, eight most of the shooting was over before
t •*dP et nee*. j he got down town. Senator Foraker
Rev.. L. A. Carey. Rcyston, cut on ! C ai‘led attention to the testimony before
' the citizen’s committee in Brownsville.
head and loft shoulder.
H. L. Garabo'.d, Athens, general
shake up.
C. L. Young. Athens, left side of
face and leg bruised.
R. L. Bramlett. Athens, right leg
and shoulder hurt.
George Thnma--. Athens, five years
ol,d. right arm and head hurt.
B. E. Hatfield, MontlceUo, side of
face and left leg bruised.
D. J. Blaslngame, MontlceUo. loft
arm hurt.
J. W. Baker. Athens, bruised on
head.
F. W. Fox, Athens, loft knee sprain
ed.
two days after the affray when Fer
nandez told a vivid story of having
been chased by two negro soldiers who
fired several shots at him. He denied
that he had given suoh testimony, and
as a result Senator Foraker gave him
a very uncomfortable hour and told
him that he would want him back on
. the stand at another time. Macedonlo
Rammierez, another policeman who
claimed not to undertsand English well
enough to get along without an inter
preter, 'became somewhat entangled
also, and blamed the stenographer who
took down the proceedings before the
{citizen’s committee and before as-
white citizen is a part of my official
duties, I would resign the office by
wire. T do not conceive it to be my
duty."
IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA
Mrs. R. L. Johnston, Athens, neck j slstant Attoracv General Perdue at
j Brownsville. The other -witness was
bruises I Policeman Calderon, who testified that
j he hod heard shots and that he found
I discharged cartridges and ammuni
tion bandol'ers In the streets, which
he identified as of the character used
and left hip hurt.
T. P. Calloway. Amerlcus.
on head.
Colored.
Mattie Jordan, MontlceUo, back hurt.
Mary Cornell Montfcello. hack hurt, j b y the negro soldiers!
Si.la Marks. Mare* - ., neck strained. -.
Louis Clows, Macon, right arm hurt. •
Henry Burke, porter, Macon, knee-
hurt.
j FERTILIZER CASES
WILL BE RENEWED
Coming around a sharp curve two
miles from Hillsboro at a speed of thir
ty lililes an hour and with fifty people I -
c4'. board tlio southbound Central of l WASHINGTON. May 20.—The Gov-
c-eorgia. train due to arrive at Macon ernemtn has decided to renew the
at 11 o'clock from Athens was hurled : f’'' 03 og»1nst the so-called fertilizer
from thn track with the excop-! 'before the United States dis-
tier of the englno yesterday morning ! court at Richmond, Va. About a
a* 1 r -41 o’clock by the spreading of a , J’ e ?. r a ^° Government secured the
rs!’ and twenty-five oejple were In- I indictment and arre*t of a large num-
jured but most fortunately all escaped I ^er of persons residing in different
-v"h their ’Ives ! parts of the country on a charge of
The train consisted of the engine, a t "luting the Sherman anti-trust law
eombinatlon baggage and colored pas- ; 3rl ^ r^ht to secure the removal to
, . ... • Vnahvlllo Tonn ivn cult wo Q ho.
■jenfrer coach, tne white passenger
co.ich nod a special co-ob bearing a
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 20.—The
feature of the street car tie up which
began in Birmingham today has been
the manner in which the authorities
have gone about guarding against dis
orders. Nearly one hundred extra po
licemen have been sworn in during the
day and several score of extra deputy
sheriffs are stationed in all parts of
the city and suburbs to see that peace
is preserved Before the cars had all
censed running this morning Mayor
Ward had issued orders closing all the
saloons of the city and had given spe
cial instructions to allow no congre
gating on the streets.
The tie up was instituted by tho
Birmingham Railway, Light and Pow
er Company as the result of the re
cent organization of a union among
the men and rumors that they were
about to demand recognition. Presi
dent Robert Jcmlson tonight stated
that traffic would be resumed in the
morning and that officers would be
stationed on all cars.
- About 400 men are employed by the
company and It is claimed that nearly
200 of them have affiliated with the
union.
S. Parker of New York, tho sculptor, paid by Col. John Wilkes, the presi
who designed it, while the pedestal dent of the Annapolis Alumni Assoeia-
and base are of pink granite from tho tion. of which Bagley was a member.
Ba3four quarry at Salisbury. N. C. | “Bagley and Four at Cardenas Bay”
Ensign Bagley was killed in action : a poem, was read by Dr. Hubert Roy-
off Cardenas, Cuba, being the deck of- ster. The presentation of the statue
fleer of the torpedo boat Winslow, and was made by Chairman William W.
with him four of the crew were killed. Ruess, of the Bagley monument eom-
•The statue is the gift of the entire . mtttee. and was received for the State
union, contributions of one dollar pay- I by Gov. R. D. Glenn in an eloquent
ins for it. M manner. Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bag-
The city was liberally decorated In ley. mother of Ensign Bagley, was the
United States flags loaned by the War honored guest of the day.
DR. ROWLAND CHARGED
WITH POISONING SON
THOS.
TROY ADMITTED
AIL IN SUM $25,000
Bond Qniekly Given Amid
General Congratula*
tions of Friends
He Will Start
Home at 6 A. M.
MIAMI. Fla., May 20.—Thomas W.
had been so one-sided it was very diffi
cult to overcome. Mr. Wimberly said
Troy could give $50,000 bail, but would
spit the difference and make it $25,000.
The court censured some newspa
pers and correspondents for editorial
comment on the case.
Satisfaction was expressed through
out the ocurt room for the granting of
bail to Troy, but it was felt to be very
excessive. The bondsmen were Miami
men. Mayor John Sewell, Joseph A.
McDonald, a wealthy contractor. S. A.
Belcher, retired C. T. McCrimmon,
lumber dealer, Gaston Drake, lumber,
dealer.
Troy bowed his head when the
amount of ball was stated. His friends
Isrse delegitlon of Odd Fellows from
Athens and small surrounding towns
to tho *3 tat* convention at Columbus.
As the engine struck the curve two
miles south of Hillsboro the rails turn
ed, probably caused bv tho weight of
the engine coming around the curve,
locomotive, however, was over the
• •*11 before it bad turned sufficient to
vr,-nw It and so escaped. The threo
ccHcl-es were hurled about ten feet
from the track, the flrst and Inst being
badly smashed and the second, some
how. miraculously escaping damage
and being laid intact against the em
bankment at the side of the track.
Conductor S A. Moore, who escaped
unhurt, instantly boarded the engine
and with Engineer Beach went as rap
idly as possible to the nearest tele
graph station. Round Oak. where he
wired the bead officers in this'city for
assistance.
Immediately upon the receipt of the
news at headquarters here the wreck
ing train was made up and hurried to
the setne. taking on Road Surgeon
Tlullnrd nt MontlceUo. The doctor,
with the assistance of those who were
uninjured, gave the victims of the
catastrophe all the succor possible and
those nt nil seriously Injured wore
• :Ven from the train when it arrived
here at 3:40 o’clock and placed in am
bulances and taken to the City Hos
pital where they are receiving medi
cal and surgical attention.
,. Those in the list given above who
‘ ad to be taken to the hospital were:
>:• Johnston and Mr*. Tuck and
Mias Gindinfear. the Messrs. VandrSn,
Deadwiler. Langford. Carey and Gnra
il 'id ard Mary Conwell. n negro wo-
m in. who Is the most seriously Injured
! Nashville. Tenn.. when suit was be
gun, of such defendants arrested out
side of the State of Tennessee. The
Virginia defendants, however, contend
ed that before they could be removed
from the, State they should be given
a preilmintry hearing to determine
the sufficiency of the evidence unon
which their removal was asked. The
court sustained the Government on
this point but on an appeal being taken
to the United States Supreme court,
about two months ago it found against
the Government, 'but without prejudice
to its case and ordered that the de
fendants be discharged. The depart
ment of justice has now decided to try
the individual defendants in the State*
In which they re'ide and will almost
immediately proceed to secure the in
dictment and re-arrest »f the various
parties to the alleged combination.
Other indictments and arrests will, it
is *ajd. *be made in Tennessee and
other States. It is *a‘d that there are
31 fprt'lizer companies in the allged
combination and that originally 24' in
dividuals were indicted and arrested.
Troy was admitted to bail a> 9 o'clock —-— . . . .
tonight after the conclusion of the gathered around him, ladies shook his
State attorney’s argument. The court: hand, and flowers were sent to him.
room was quiet as a deserted church ! Everything was done by the people to
while the court wrote the order. When ; show their sentiment The court room
arose Trov looked the judge was crowded tonight. Judge Hejser
straight In the' face and waited for the j held a short conversation with Troy the other side,
order to be read. The amount of bail ; after the case closed. .
was placed at $25,000. i Troy is required to appear at the
Attorney Price for the defense arose j next regular term of the Circuit Court
and addressed the court He said he I in October. Troy and Jus friends re-
RALEIGH, N. C., May 20.—Dr. R. S.
Rowland, a prominent physician here. ; and addressee! tne court, ne sum no , i‘.‘ 'f^7' • A,‘“Awhere re-
was arrested today on a warrant from never heard of such excessive hail in a . were had ••nd he received
aSSH'S I 1 »
obtain insurance money and property j said the newspapers and public opinion xn 0 .
left to the boy, the insurance being
$900. The boy died two weeks ago
after taking a walk in the Woods with
his father and it is alleged that the lad
said his father had given him an
orange which tasted bitter. The war
rant charges murder by poison. Row
land's wife, to whom he was married
last week, was arrested as an acces
sory.
Mrs. Rowland tonight was released
on $2 000 cash bail. The Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers have secured j
an order from the solicitor to have the !
body of Strange, tile former husband j
of Mrs. Rowland, exhumed on the !
hypothesis that Strange was killed by i
strychnine. The hearing here against j
Mrs> Rowland is set for June 3, and it !
is expected Rowland will be tried at
once in Henderson as court is in ses
sion there now.
ADOPTION OF ARTICLES
• OF AGREEMENT FAVORED
: 50
aud 27 Vote to Reject It
MR. SAWYER MYSTERIOUSLY
DISAPPEARED AT HELENA
CJSE WILL
SE HALTED EOS
Pi»nclivfpi>if»ei Yntp for assembly of the Presbyterian Church
riesDyienes >oie ioi, 5n the Unlted States opened thi3
morning with devotional exercises led
by Dr. N. Jefferson Smith, of Georgia.
Moderator Howerton presided.
Dr. Wm. F. Alexander made a par
tial report for the committee on home
missions. It had reference to
Committee Vote
NEW YORK. May 20.—Through
_. , . . serried lines of cheering thousands
The police apparently remained pas- Superman . tho sturdy 3-year old. son
sive spectators of the disorders No j of th0 t Comn , an<j0i carrying Lie
arrests were made and the Black Hun- colors 0 b { James R Keene, and ridden
dreds continued their work of revenge , by Jockcy Miner , Hashed under tho
unchecked. The tragedy which led to • w<re t}ie w jnner of the Brooklyn handi-
the rioting was opcnely enacted. Wnile j cap thjs aftcvnoon over a course fot-
the superintendent of police and a . | oc jj deep in mud at the Gravesend
number of other officials were in the , track. Twenty-five thousand persons
cenrtal police bureau this morning two saw the mud-splashed Keene horso
men and a girl entered the buhaitig, j bold back until the stretch, affd then
deposited an infernal machine In the , s t ar t in front to win in decisive fashion
office and hurried away. f form frora a field of 11 starters. Bea-
The machine exploded almost Imme- con ridden bv Jockey Lowe, was
diateiy afterwards, killing the chief of j secon( 3, a length behind Superman,and
police and two chief detectives of the < xealen, carrying the colors of C. E.
city. They were blown to pieces and , Lurnell, was third. Superman covered
seven others severely injured. Tne i the mile and a quarter in 2:09. Six
police pursued, fired at, wounded and , horses were scratched because of the
captured the two Terrorists, but tho • heavy going whil<>*Okenito and Good
girl who was with them escaped. The i Luck were added'starters. At tho
leader of tho Terrorists was subse- I starting line, the horses fretted and
quently identified as a man named I pranced and the Immense crowd walt-
Tchesthoff. j ed for the drop of starter Mars Cas-
Thc two detectives killed were bit- | sidy’s flag, which seemed an ago, but
terly hated by the Terrorists, one of j i n reality was only a few minutes,
them for participating in inciting the Around the first turn the horses ran
outbreak of 1905 here, and the other, I i n a storm of splashing mud. Okontte
who was nicknamed "The Hangman,” j vras first at the half with Superman
because he had tortured political prls- surrendering the place to Nealon and
Beacon Light. On the van, with no
relative changes in their positions to
the mile, where Okenite. fast tiring,
was followed close 'by Beacon Light,
Nealon and Superman. Into the stretch
they raced and Miller, touching Super
man with >h'!s whip for the first time
sent his mount in front. Okenite
bravely tried to foliow, but gave up,
while Beacon^Light and Nealon, the
only, possible contenders, were whipped
to a final burst of speed.
Superman was in no danger, for his
big swinging strldo carried him well
out in front, and he sped by the judges’
stand an easy winner, with Beacon
Light second, a length away, and Nea
lon third.
There wore cheers for the horse, a
horse shoe af flowers for the Jockey, a
rush of the winners for tho betting
ring, and the Brooklyn handicap, the
third in twenty year3 to bo won by
a 3-year 'Old, Svas over. Gravesend
summaries:
First race, about six furlongs: Jack •
Atkin 3 to 5 won; Voorhees 15 to 1
second: Gentian 6 to 1 third. Time
1:12 3-5.
Second race, selling, -m'.lo and a six
teenth: Tony Borneo 4 to 1 won; Eu-
dora 8 bo 1 second: St. Valentine 5 to
1 third. Time 1:50 2-5.
Third race, the Expectation stakes. 5
furlongs: Star Gowman, 9 to 1 won;
Alauda 2 .to 1 second; George Consid-
ing 6to 1 third. Time 1:08 3-5.
Fourth race, the Brooklyn handicap
of $20,000 one mile and a quarter. Su
perman. 99, miller 5 to 1 won; Beacon
Light. 100, Lowe 3 to 1 second; Nealon,
114, W. Dugan, 12 to 1 third. Tiino
2:09.
Go Between, Flip Flap, Oxford, But
tling, Sewell. 'Beauclaro, Okenite, and
•Good Luck also ran.
Fifth selling raco about G furlongs:
Killecrankie 6 to 1 won; Golden West
12 to 1 second; Barbary Bello 5 to 1
third. Time 1:14.
Sixth race, five furlongs: Spooler
8 to 1 won; Lady Winifred 4 to 5 sec
ond; He Knows 15 to 1 third. Time
1:04 2-5.
27 INJURED IN
WRECK ON CENTRAL
NEAR OPELIKA, ALA
COLUMBUS, Ga., May 20.—While
rounding a curve at Buck Creek fill,
fifty miles from Columbus, near Camp
Hill,* Ala., at 11 o’clock this morning,
traveling thirty miles un hour, the
Central of Georgia Railway passenger
train, No. 2, from Birmingham, Ala., to
Columbus, flew the rails and two pas
senger coaches took a tumble down
the embankment.
The section gang had been working
on the track and it Is said that the
elevation of one of the rails had been
altered. The flrst class day coach flrst
left the track and turned completely
over Us roof burrowing Into the dirt.
The second class coach turned over
twice In its trip down tho embank-
ment* and finally landed right side up.
Both cars were detached from their
trucks. Conductor W. E. Wilmot was
in tho rear coach and sprang for the
cord when the car left the track to
give the engineer the emergency sig
nal. but before he could grasp it tho
car gave a lurch and he was flung to
the other side. There were over thirty
passengers in the train and twenty-
seven of them were injured .
The engine and two baggage cars
were not derailed.
A wrecking train was rushed to the
scene and brought the wounded to the
city this afternoon.* Eight* persons
were carried to the Columbus Hospi
tal. That none were killed seems
almost miraculous.
COLUMBUS. Ga.. May 20.—The ad
vance guard of the Odd Fellow hosts
of Georgia swept down upon Colum
bus today, ahd the hotels are already
filling with people coming to attend
tile 1 the meeting of the grand encampment,
IIIDTCCIH PfiRIl/IPTQ
lOitSLUl bUMiblu
RiijfF wm mm
iflllt intm Lubiill
NEGRO FELLOW CONVICT PUR-
SUED AND BROUGHT BACK
TEN OF THEM.
Cl--J *f C f/. alleged Interference on the part of the ! the grand lodse and the grand assem-
STOOU IU TO I v? Northern Presbyterian Church with j blv of the Reboknhs. Tonight’s trains
] missionaries of the Southern Church, t brought a good many delegates, but
j The report includes certain correspon- j the great majority of the visitors will
•RTRMTvrHAM Ala Mav 20—I dence carried on between the two j not c0lrie until tomorrow. The city
BlKaUNGriA.U, Aia- . ” 4 churches and recommended that a tele- , has a i rea tiy assumed a convention escaped from the Sumter County coain
"When the minority and majority re- be sent to tho assembly of the j and a n indications are that j gang, making a round total of about
ports were submitted to the Southern Northern Church at Columbus, O., this will be one of the largest gather- j thirty esC aplng recently, and costing
Presbyterian General Assembly today asktag that a cwnmittee^b^nair^^o Jn?s Q f representatives of a secret or-j ^ county thousands of dollars.
AMERICUS, Ga., May 20.—Four ad
ditional misdemeanor convicts have
HELENA. Ga.. May 20.—Considera
ble uneasiness has been excited here
bv the mvsterious disappearance last
nicht of Mr. Sawyer, who. until a few
months ago. with Ills family, resided
he-e. Mr. Sawyer reached here on
Inst Saturday from Florida, where he
Is now In business, and spent Sunday
with friends his intention being
FIFTY ADDITIONAL TALESMEN
WILL HAVE TO BE SUMMON
ED PROBABLY
I on the adoption of the Charlotte agree
! ment it was agreed to allow each side
| two and a half hours to present their
j case. After that the speeches on the
: subject were to be confined to five
minutes each until the time for the
go over the correspondence between , de "p ever h c!d in Columbus.
ho accident was so sudden and so
rely unexpected that those pa**en-
■ who were uninjured were dared
n moment and could hardly realize
a time the greatness of the peril
>ugh which they had ra*-ed, but
l all were doing everything possl-
i . remove the wreckage from over
•e beneath or.d all worked until the
■ k ! ng train arrived. It was at
ight Impossible that the coaches
',1 be so completc’v wrecked and
no one have met their death, and
were greatly relieved whfn it was
:i-d that none had heen killed.
■ was ell the more miraculous as
train we- unusually crowded be-
-e of the Odd Fellow's party.
:range but happy Incident of the
dent was the escape without a
• -h rf the Rev. Trov Rotlev. of
-r--. who is r-’ctor of Episcopal
-eh f that citv. He wo? stmr.'rg
he baggage car and hod Jus: fin-!
’ shaving himself and vis putting
...... v y-nrcMen: -c- J
BOISE. Idaho. May 20.—It
inevitable that the Steunenberg mur
der trial -must be halted again tomor
row to permit the gathering of another
to I special venire of talesmen. When to-
ake the 9:15 train last night for his | day’s session ended, only eleven out of
home. He was known to have several • twenty peremptory challenges had
hundred dollars on his person. Just ’ been exercised and only nine of the
before the train was due he handed his one hundred talesmen gathered a
satchel to n friend, with the remark week ago remained uncalled. The re-
that he would return in a few mo- j maining nine will hardly furnish grist
ments. and then walked off. The train , for a day’s work, so some time toraor-
ramo in ore time, and the gentleman ' row Judge Wood will probably adjourn
to whom the satchel was handed at , the trial for at least a full day and
nnei becan to look for Sawyer, and send Sheriff Hodgln in quest of fifty
failing to find h<m in the crowd about additional talesmen. The vacancy
the train, boarded the train, and made i created by the ninth challenge, make
Yirt to find the missing man. ; on Saturday, was open when the trial
Rev. S. L. Morris and missionaries In
the field, with a view of making a re
port to the Northern church. Dr.
Alexander’s report and recommenda
tion were adopted.
Dr. Morris addressed the assembly ]
assembly to take a vote on the sub- and told of receiving letters from mis-
Fourteen were in the attempt to disarm
! ject The majority report of the com- I sionaries on the frontier In which they
seem. , m j ttee fav . ored fbe adoption of the ar- complained of Northern church evan-
ticles. The speakers of the afternoon gelists appearing on the scene where
The first feature of the ' two of the three guards while the third
convention will be the meeting or tne „ uard l3 repor ted to have fled from
grand encampment tomorrow i the scene, the convicts deriding him
Chattahoochee encampment or this | a sprinter _ After the fourteen con-
city has' made extensive preparations • v j cts j, ai j g- one f , r some time, another
this feature, in connection with the j eonvict Bradv Redick, found the gun
lera! preparations made by all tne j Qf the decamping guard and thus
„r "'ty. I armed pursued the fugitives. He cap-
exniDltea ?. fori Iffiq fftllnw nnnvli'ta and
Search Is being mode for the missing
man today, and Inquiries being sent
out to bis realtives and family with a
view to locating him. The fact that it
was generally known that he was car
rying a considerable amount of money
leads many to believe that he has been
foully dealt w'th. Investigations now
being made will probably disclose his
fate within the next few hours.
RAILWAY TRAINMEN
CONCLUDED CONVENTION
ias*
if
ATLANTA. Ga.. M*y - n -—The Brother
hood -f Railway Trair.mer. completed it?
bu-lness 'ate today and adjourned. Co-
hitnbu* 6 . was selected as the rlace for
ext blenni'i convention after a
contest, which has wared f-cm
announced until late
n the following rcsol
was resumed this morning: the vacan
cy created by the eleventh challenge
was open when court adojurned this
afternoon, and the difference between
the two sums up the little stride for
ward of today. George Powell and
Lee Scrivener passed muster today, the
first named for the vacancy made by
the ninth challenge, the last named
for the tenth challenge. They are both
farmers and Mr. Scrivener was form
erly a sheriff in Kansas.
Sixteen men were examined and ex
cused for cause. Most of them had
deep seated opinions as to the guilt or
innocence of Wm. D. Haywood, and
down for bias challenges from the
State. Two of the sixteen had
scruples against, capital punishment
and two oil
had scruples about
murderer on circumstantial
: were the Rev. F. T. Glasgow, elder
from the Lexington Presbytery, against
the articles, and the Rsv. J. S. Lyons,
. of Louisville. Ky. in favor of adoption.
Dr. Egbert Smith, of Louisville, pro-
I posed the motion and was appointed to
lead the supplication.
One of the most forcible and impres
sive statements of the afternoon was
that of Rev. Lvons when ho said:
“I want to snv frankly that in my
judgment the chief value of- the coun
cil which Is provided for in the arti
cles. is rot to be found In the oppor
tunity which it offers for cultivating
fraternal relations or for adjusting oc
casional difficulties, but It is the ser
vice which it will render as a test of
Providence. If God is leading his
churches to organic union-such an op
portunity for meeting eye to eye as
this council furnishes will allow us
to ascertain It and will make it ea=y
for us to safely proceed. If on the
other hard it is plain that God is not
leading us together we would he in a
position where we would suffer no
compromise and from which we can
TO rrflo without harm.
“The church would stand 'at atten
tion’ If Ho cal’s upon us to hold our
present position let nothing move us
from it. but if his command is ‘for
ward’ I propose to try to obey.’
The meeting in the interest of col
ored evansmlizaticn was held ard a
ide bv Judge
Southern missionaries were at work
and organizing churches. j particularly flourishing lodge of Rebe-
A special committee named to study ; j. ahs hcre Miriam Rebekah Lodge No.
the constitutionality of the artieles_ of : ‘
agreement and the overtures bearing i
on closer relations of churches using
the Presbyterian syste’m will make a
majority report this afternoon. THis
committee was composed of thirteen
ministers and thirteen elders. It has
been decided, the vote standing sixteen
to ten on every issue.. Following is .
the majority report:
First—We have counted the vote of
the Presbyteries and find that of the
seventy-nine which have made re- !
turns fifty have voted in favor of the j
adoption of the articles, twenty-seven
have voted in favor of rejection and
two took no action.
Second—In our opinion the general :
assembly can adopt the articles cf
agreement without violation of the
constitution of the church. I
Third—We carefully considered all
hi3 follow convicts and
em to camp at the point
for
gener,
Odd Fellow bodies of the city.
Notable enthusiasm is , jtured ten
amon? the Rebekahs over the meet- re ^ urne ^ v-w*.. _ ,
ins: of the Rrar.d assembly. There is a , of hi * g n ~ afterwards chaining th
particularly flourishing lodge of Hebe* : This brilliant f ea t of a negro ■ :vict
is here, Miriam Rebekah Lodge No. : , g app j f uded b y Amerlcus citizens,
i, and numbered among its members [ four CO nv:cts who finally escaped
are several officers of the grand as- I j, ad a jj escaped previously and were
sembly. among them Mrs. M.. C. Bfir^ j reca p; ur ed within the part month, at
low, the president. The local Rebe- I a c0 ' s!; of flve hundred dollars to tho
kahs have been particularly enthuslas- - connty . j n reward and expense*. The
tic over the suggestion that _the_ Odd j . our esc. ping today mean* a loss of
Fellows of Georgia establish an
orphans* home, and will endeavor to
make this one of the livest questions
before the convention.
RACE RIOT RUMORED
BREWING AT RHEMS, S. C.
AUGUSTA. Ga.. May 20.—A Colum
bia special says Gov. Ansell received a
telegraphic rco.nest this afternoon to
order the Georgetown military com
pany to hold themselves in readiness
to q’uol! a race riot brewing at Rhems. | county.
The order was issued and the com- : —— —
pany assembled, but a wire tonight; BIENNIAL CONVENTION
the situation well
eleven years service to Sumten Coun
ty. Six weeks ago tho commissioners
promised Judge Charles Crisp to re
organize the apparently demoralized
chain gang and institute rt’erms and
this declaration they promise to still
carry out shortly when competent men
can be secured. The present county
management cf convicts has seemingly
degenerated Into a burlesque and
would be laughable but for the enor
mous cost entailed upon Sumter
. says the Sheriff h— —
the overtures and papers sent up by ; j n ’ h and. No explanation was given.
the Presbyteries and find none of them j
requires an answer from this general j Saul Fondren Captured,
assembly other than contained in this ; wAYCP.OSS, Ga., May 20.—Saul
report j Fmdren, a negro brick layer, wanted
Fourth—We recommend that articles here on the charge of murder, has
cf agreement be adopted. been arrested at Mobile, Ala., and will
Fifth—as the Presbyterian Church 1
in the United States will be entitled to
twelve representatives in the council
we recommend that the representa-
I tlves be divided into three classes of
OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
striking address was made bv Judge j tlves oe divided intij three classs
c. Wells, of Jackson, bliss., in j four members each, to consist of two
which he treated the race problem at i ministers and two ruling elders,
length. H-’ predicted that within the j Sixth—We recommend that a mod-
nex V t\vo decades a race war would | orator appoint a committee of
he
vote
ihe Injured ib-’-e (
n-.e, ting of tho K ]
c h * nr i Work;
j , r ,-i i F r
I’.,?, i Mem
Instead of a
■/>? cast was selected,
a rod the winner.
the r r." I
Hows: J. W. Rhodes
n; R .T. Piwers, San
. Roanoke. V.a.. ar.d
McLAURIN NOT EMPLOYED
BY SO. COTTON ASSOCIATION
brought back for trial. Fondren
shot and killed Nar.cv Gale, a young
negro woman, because she refused-to
marry '.im. The State’s reward of
$150 and $50 offered by the murdered
girl’s family will be paid to the Mobile
officer who made the arrest.
flvt
wreckage cannot be en- resent every section of the country.
i n,1 rep-
ATLANTA. May 20.—In the absence
■ of Prssident Harvle Jordan, of the
: Southern Cotton Association, Secretary
W. H. Woods, of tie association, to-
d'.y gave cut a denial to the statement
that the association had employed for-
• -ver Senator J- L. MoLaurin. of South
; Carolina, to represent it in the suit of
j T1 -odore Price, aginst the New York
j Cotton Exchange.
astound the world unless the Bible and
the grace of God Intervened.
Dr. Egbert Smith also made some
significant remarks to the effect that
the South is standing on the verge of
a crater which is likely to break forth
at am- moment. The assembly pass
ed a resolution calling unon all Pres-
byterian ministers to preach one ser
mon each month to negroes.
-The fourth session of the general
SIX MURDER CASES ON
who shall nominate and report to this t MUSCOGEE DOCKET
general assembly the names of twelve ! COLUMBUS, Ga., May 20.—For the ;
persons qualified to serve as re-re- ' first time in many years there are six j
sontatlves from this church, dividing ; murder cases on the docket of Mus- ;
the same into classes as provided for : cogee Superior Court The cases will .
in this reporL j be taken up when the criminal docket j
The m’nority report will take a posi- 1 is reached in June. All the cases are
tion directly opposite to that of the i against negroes with the exception of
majority holding that the adoption of , that of Jule Howard, a white man, who ,
the articles of agreement would be ua- j is charged with the murder of Dozier j
constitutional.
I Huckaba.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 29.—Grand
! Chief Conductor A. >3. Garrison will,
i: is expected, bo re-elected by th.9
i delegates to the biennial convention
i of the order cf railway conductors,
: which re-assemblcd here this after
noon, up/tn its second week’s work.
There are many candidates for other
offices and tie contests promises to
be spirited. Eoston and Cincinnati
are candidates for the 10 OS convention.
• No information Is given out -of th*
| proceedings, but It is generally under-
• stood that the lection of officers will
’ occur Wednesday afternoon and final
' adjournment will occur Thursday.
Among the rcsoluti ns aoopte-1 today
: was one denouncing the action of
; Speaker Cannon, of the National
: House of Representatives. In his in-
. fluence to defeat legislation looking to
t e protection of employes and other
I classes of .abor, an.l of immigrants
now flowing into this country, partic
ularly Asiatics,’'
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