Charlton County herald. (Folkston, Ga.) 1898-current, November 19, 1908, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextCanal Proposed Acrosstioridzhl;eaﬁsular for the Passage of Big Ships—--Officers Elected for Ensuing Year. RN UEY ar gk g e s Celumbus, Ga, — After a session crowded with interesting features, the Mississippi-to-the-Atlantic Inland Wa terway association adjourned to meot next year in the city of Jacksonville, Fla., at a date to be determined by the executive committee, The projeet of cutting the peninsu la of Florida in two by an east and west skip canal connccting the Atlan tic ocean and the Gulf of Mexico was the leading question before the con vention. Senator-elect D, U. Fletcher of Florida outlined the plans of the convention ‘in a speech in which he said: “We must initiate waterway improvements in foreign countries by waterway improvements at home, if we maintain -supremacy or even stand ing in markets abroad, “It is believed that if each farmer would contribute for two years one cent for every bushel of corn and wheat he raises which would find its way through this canal, these contri butions would supply enough money to build the canal. This project 1s not new, The importance of a ship canal across the peninspla of Floride Yas long been directed to the attention of the maritine world. Such a .canal would shorten about five hundred miles the route from the Atlantic ocean into the Gulf of Mexico, espec ially to the gulf ports of the United States, and aveid the dangerous navi gation of the gulf stream through the straights of Fiorida. By the construv straights of Florida. By the construc travel of this northern continent would be placed more than one thous and miles nearer to the Central Amer ican republics, ‘ “The weight of opinion seems to be that a tide water canal is impractica ble because it would be impossible to control the water and maintain uni form depths. By the lock system the canal controls the water, and the nav igation is safe at all seasons. | “Almost a straight line across the dO9 LIVES ARE LOST IN MINE Horror Caused in Germany by Explosion of Fire Damp. Only Thirty-Five Miners Escaped. Hamm, Westphalia, Germany=—The greatest mine disaster in many years in Germany occurred in the Radbod mine, about three miles from this place. There was a heavy explosion in the mine and almost immediately the mine took fire, There were three hundred and eighty miners working under the ground at the time, and on ly six escaped without injury. Thirty five were taken out slightly injured, and thirty-seven were. dead when brought to the mouth of the pit. The remaining three hundred and two have been given up -for lost, ——The explosion, which was unusually vicisnt, destroyed one of the shafts, which had to -be partly repaired be fore the rescue work was begun. In addition, the flames and smoke proved almost insurmountable obstacles in t}le early efforts of the rescuing par-s ties, > A special corps, composed of the Of Twenty-Five Per Cent is Asked by the Farmears’ Union in Their Convention at New Orleans. New Orleans, La.—The Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative associa tion, in convention assembled, con cluded its consideration of the impor tant questions brought before it, and adjourned, : The results of the convention may be summed up as follows: Resolution passed calling for the re duction of 25 per cent in the cotton crop and diversification of crops. Resolution unanimously adopted de nouncing “night riding.” Resolution passed calling for the warehouse system on an extensive scale and the fermation of interstate companies, Resolution passed calling for the ap pointment of a committee of one from each state to confer with president of the United States relative to exten slon 6f rural free delivery and estab lishment of parcels post. Authorized the building of a large central warehouse at New Orleans, where the planters of haif a dozen or more states cam-store their cotton and hold it until they choose to sell. The commitiee representing the union in the warehouse matter fol lows: MOUNTS STAGE, KISSES II}TRESS. Ex-Senator Mclaurin’s Son Accepts Pretty Chorus Girl’s Dare. Spartanburg, 8. C.—Loretta Mar shall, a chorus girl of a Musical Com edy Company which played an engage ment here, was kissed fair and square on her lips by young McLaurin, son of the former United States senator. The kissing took place on the stage in full view of the audience. Miss Marshall c¢ame before the footlights and rendered a kissing song, Point ing to young McLaurin, she dared him to kiss her, ' The student was game, for as quick as a flash he jumped on the stage and gave the pretty little actress several smacks on her ruby lips. WIRELESS FOR RAILROADS. Locomotive Equipped—Dispatcher in Constant Touch With Trains. Omaha, Neb.—Dr. H. Milliner, an electrician in Ehe Union Pacific shops, has - equipped a locomotive in the yar(fs with a wireless device, which railroad officials declare will greatly lessen the danger of collisions, It enables dispatchers and station agents to signal engineers between stationg, thus putting them practically in constant touch with running trains. | parrowest part of the peninsular could | be selected, passing through a number sos large lakes, and portions of rivers {could be utilized, There are no engin {eering difficulties in the way. Nearly ' the whole work can be done by float lmg dredges. This canal would be a {part of the contemplated inland wa |ter circuit of the whole of the central ‘and eastern part of the United States, east of the Rocky mountains, ‘ ‘One estimator says that the canal ican be dug for $50,000,000, | “It has been estimatedwalso that jmoere than 30,000,000 tons would pass {through the canal vearly, which does juot include the enormous traffic from | Mexica, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, nor gother countries which will use the {Panama canal. A reasonable estimate {fer these other countries would be a [tetal of 60,000,000 tons annually. { “A complete national system of in | tercoastal canals ought to be construc |ted as rapidly as pessible. A transpor |taticn erisis is. upon us, The demand {tor cheaper and quicked transporta |tion must he answered.” | The following officers were elect ted: | President, Duncan U. Fletcher of {Jacksonvive, Fla.; viet president-at (large, Charles J, Swift of Columbus, |Ga.; secreary, Leland J. Henderson, pralachicola, Fla.; secretary, G. A. Weterman, Pensacola, Fla.; honorary | president, John Craft, Mobile, Ala., re [tiring president, | Vice presidents: Gecrzia, John A. | Betjeman, Albany: Florida, J. H. | Drummon, St. Andrews; Alabama, G. 'G. Grosvenor, Montgomery; Mississip |pa, Benjamin Humphries; Louisiaga, ' Warren B. Reid; Illinois, Robert Ish am Randolph; vice president Nation 'al Rivers and Harbors Congress, S. 'A. Thompson, Richmond, Ind, j The name of the association was ‘changed from the Gulf Coast Inland ' Waterways association to the Missis lsippi-to-the-Atlautic Waterways asso | ciation, men who rendered such valuable aid in the terrible mine disaster at Coui rieries, France, in March of 1906, ar rived on the scene shortly before noon, but were unable to enter the mine, being forced to await the re sult of the determined efforts of the firemen to keep the flames in check. Meantime heartrending scenes were being enacted at the mine when the dead and wounded were brought to the surface, and there were similar scenes in the town where the injured were trangported through the streets to the hospitals, It was decided that any attempt to rescue the entombed men was in vain, owing to the imposi\ibmtqut entering the galleries, and an'order was issuea to flocd the mine. First reports indi cate that the accident was the result of an explosion of coal dust, but the statements of the injured men render this improbable, and it is not clear just what caused it. e T.-J.Brooks, Tennessee; G. X. Hightower, Mississippi; J. Z. Greene, North Carolina; J. W. Boyett, T Louisiana; L. H. O’Marion, Georgia, and L. H, Morris, Alabama. It was stipulated that the commit tee representing the Farmers’ union should have a! its disposal a million bales of cotton to sell whenever it deems the market capable of absorb ing that much. The matter of secur ing warehouse certificates for the«eot ton and making them negotiable at lo cal banks was also placed in the com mittee’s hands, The convention also adopted a resolution urging all the states to ap point agricultural commissions such as exxist in Georgia, Li Sum Ling, editor of a paper at Hong Kcng, China, addressed the con vention on trade. relations between China and America. The address was mainly along the line of the advan tages which would be enjoyed by both countries if closer trade relations were established between China and America, The delegates assembled here rep resented two million farmers, prinel pally of southern states., ' Great Victory for Liberals, Havana, Cuba, —. Practically com | ;TeTe returns of the election show that | the liberal victory was even more Idecisive than first supposed, Official | returns from 1,360 out of a total of ’ 1,493 polling places, show that'General | Jose Miguel Gomez received 183,823 | votes, against 118,329 for GGeneral Mar {io Menocal, the conservative candi date. The liberals carried every prov ince in the island. Havana province | went liberal by 25,000 and the city §by 113,000. The liberal majorities in l the other provinces were approximate {ly as follows: Oriente, 13,500; Santa lClara, 11,000; Canaguey, 1,200; Pinar del Rio, 7,500; Matanzas, 8,000, ] Roosevelt’s Trip Not for Slaughter. | New York City.—That President ißoosevelt’s African trip will not be a (“slaughtering expedition,” is reported | by Major A. E. Meanis, United States i Army, a surgeon stationed at Fort ! Totten, who is in Washington to con | fer with Mr. Roosevelt as one of the | party who will accompany him, { In explaining that the trip was not for “slaughfer” Major Meanis gaid {that it was to be in the interest of | science and to provide specimens soy {use in this couniry, ' FATAL DUEL IN STREET. - 'Ex-Senator Carmack, of Tonn“‘,dﬁf | ed by Robin Cooper. Nashvile, Tenn—As a sequel to the recent bitter democratic primary for the gubernatorial nomination in Ten: Dessee, Hon, Rdward Ward Carmack, former United States senator fromy Tennessee, was shot and killed>4n & street duel here by Robin Cooper, & young attorney, Young Cooper v&g‘ wounded in the shoulder by a bullet! from Carmack’s revolver, and is un der police surveillance in a local hos pital, His condition is not ser}o\%t Colonel Duncan B, Cooper, father of the younger man, was with his son dluring the -affray, but.did not fire & shot, a 4 The direct cause of the killing was' a recent series of editorials in The Tennesseean, a daily paper of which Mr. Carmack hecame editor after his defeat for the nomination for gover nor. The editorials in question have been vigorous in their comment on Colonel Cooper and his alleged connee tion with what Mr., Carmack term’% the “democratic machine” and * its methods, : Colonel Cooper, who is well known in business, newspaper and political circles in Tennessee and the south, had, it is said, notified Mr. Carmack that the references to him must cease, e The men fought at close quarters, and there were but few witnesses, The tragedy created the mgst intense excitement throughout the ecity, and, within a short time, the streets “Were thronged. - _~ It is understood that the troubLe is‘ one of the results of the recent dem ocratic gubernatorial primary, in which Carmack was deleated, Car mack has, since he has been editor of The Tennesseean, been quite caus tic in criticizing what he called the democratic machine, and has had sev. eral editorials about Colonel Cooper. Within the past few days, it is said, Coonel Cooper notified Carmack that these editorial criticisms must cease. Later another editorial reference to Colonel Cooper appeared in The Ten nesseean, and this is supposd to have been the immediate cause of the trou ble. - Memphis, Tenn—Former United States Senator Edward W. Carmack, who was shot and 'killed at Nashville, was born near Castalian Springs, in Sumner county, Tennessee, November 8, 1858, He had an academic educa tion; studied law; practiced in Colum bia, Tenn., and was a member of the legislature of 1884. B Last spring he opposed Governor Patterson for the democratic guberna torial nomination, championing the cause of state-wide prohibition, He was defeated. : i Shortly after his defeat Mr. Car mack was offered the editorship of The Nashvile Tennesseean, He ac cepted the offer, and since then and for the last two months has been at the head of The Tennesseean, Ey : _ Bl GOVERNMENT WORK BEGINS. ‘Appropriationvaeing ‘Spent in Many Townse = e e Washington, D. C.—The govern ent is starting a prosperity boom itself A et bl & ipan BB ST R LO R oxy Tl i R - During the month of November ths national treasury will spend some thing in the neighborhood of $5,000,- :000 in locations scattered all over the United States. That is, contracts in volving that sum of money will be let by the treasury department for construction, painting, repairing, re furnishing public buildings all over the country. The towns to be henefit ed this month by the prosperity policy of the government are: Marietta, Ga.; Eugene, Ore.; Toledo, O.; lola, Kans.; Crookston, Minn.; Rawlins, Wyo.; Trinidad, Colo.; Gulf Quarantine Sta tion, Ship Island, Miss.; Baker City, Ore.; Hazleton, Pa,; Milford, Pa.; Manchester, Va.; Newton, Kans.; Car lisle, Pa., and Gainesville, Ga. % CHINESE TREATY PLANNED, United States and Japan to Respect Independenc eof China, : New York City.—The Herald gives prominence to a dispatch from Tokio that a report is prevalent in thee high financial circles close to the Katsura ministry that Secretary Root and Ba ron Takahira are negotiating a new treaty between the United States and Japan, the chief terms of which are that the high contracting parties shall respect -the integrity and indepen dence of the Chinese empire; shall preserve the “open door” and shall agree that in default of a special ar rangement "the passage of laborers of either nationality from the territory of one to that of the other shall be interdicted after it has heen recog nized in the treaty that the presence of large numbers of loborers of each nation within the territory of the oth er is calculated to impair the friendly relations between the two states, T 0 KILL HER MOTHER. | Daughter Employed Detective Who! told Police of Murder Plans, ‘ Chicago, Ill.—Miss Mae i, Otis, 36 years old, has been arrested, charged by the police with having instigated a plot to murder her mother, Mrs. Sarah Otis, 57 years old. According to the police, the mother was to have arrived in Chicago from Mauston, Wis., and a private detee tive, supposed by Misgs Otis to be a “slugger,” had been employed to help her kill her mother, E Instead of promoting the scheme, the detective notified Police Captain O’'Brien, The mother is said to have money and life insurance, together worth $3,5800, BALLOON RACE A FAILURE. The Failure Came on Account of At. mospheric Conditions, Los Angeles, Cal.—Because of un usual atmospheric conditions, the transcontinental baliloon race which was to have started from Los Angeles was a failure, Only the big balloon America was sent up, and it was car ried by a steady current of air south and slightly west and directly toward the Pacific ocean, It is believed to have landed somewhere on the beach, GHINA'S RULERS DEAD ﬁmperor and Dowager Empress ~ Are Claimed by Death. M d . 3-YEAR OLD PRINCE REIGNS His Father, Prince Chun, is Regent of . Empire---Dowager Empress Died ! Day After the Emperor. * Pekin, China.—Tse Hsi An, the dow ager empress of China, the autocratic head of the government, which she has directed without successful inter férence since 1861, and without pro test since 1881, is dead. - The announcement of the death of the dowager empress was official and followed closely upon the announce ment that Kuang Hsu, the emperor, had died; but it is believed that the deaths of both the emperor and the dowager empress occurred a consid erable time before that set down in the official statements. An edict, placed upon the throne Prince Pu Yi, the three-year-old son of Prince Chun, the regent of the em pire. The foreign legations were no ged by the foreign board of the ath of the emperor and the succes. sion of Prince Pu Yi, Troops have been in readiness for gseveral days to quell any disorders that- might arise on the death of Kuang Hsu, and the possibility of up rising was made greater beeause of the fact that the death of the dowager empress was known to be close at hand. . Prince Chun, the regent, has ordered the viceroys and governors to take precautions for the continuation of the administration of the provinces as heretofoye, and he has ordered a hun ‘dred days of mourning. The court will go into mourning for three years. ~ Pekin already has been greatly itmnsfm;med; all red objects have been removed: and blue substituted, The people learned of the death of the dowager empress, and, although the Chinese are in no wise emotional they showed that they were profoundly im ‘pressed by the passing of their power ful ruler. The foreigners in the city are watching the strange ceremonics with greatsinterest. Death-bed observances of three thousand years ago marked the pass- | ing of the emperor and dowager. They ‘ died alone and unattended, although surrounded by circles of abject spec tators, who remained a rod distant, as on account of the sacred persons of their majesties they could not be‘ approached, The emperor died as he had lived, without ministration ot whatever kind of scientific aid. For months he had refused to permit the | gservices of foreign physicians, and, al though it was stated that he had gone back to the old form of medical treatment, it is believed that latterly he received no treatment at all, The whole nation is now thrown into mourning, the rites attending ‘which are of a stringent character, _ For a hundred days the court and people of rank wear white, trimmed w white fur, this being the mourm: ! 1!56 olor {n Chitfa. For the same pe riod, ‘the men abstain from shaving, ‘while the women lay aside the favor ite' .ornamental head dress, A * RUEPS PROSECUTOR SHOT. |T. J. Heney Wounded by Ex-Convict, Who Later Committed Suicide, ~[San Francisco, Cal—The San Fran cisco bribery graft cases had a dra matic climax when Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney, who has been in charge of the prosecution during its tortuous course of two years, was shot and seriously wound ed in the crowded court room by Mod ris Haas, an ex-convict, . The snooting occurred during a brief recess in the third trial of Abra ham Rues on a charge of bribery now in its eleventh week. The would-be assassin is a saloon keeper, who was drawn upon the jurv panel in the second trial of Rues, and who, after having bheen temporarity passed by both sides, was exposed in a dramatic manner by Mr, Heney as an ex-convict, and discharged from the jury, Haas declared after the shooting that Heney had ruined his life by the exposure, and that hé had ~determined to kill him for that rea son, Haas was arrested and confined in the county jail, where he commit ted suicide by shooting himseit through the head with a small der ringer pistol, : He ended his life while four guards detailed to prevent just such a move stood within three feet of him. The weapon with which the would-be as sassin shot himself he had secreted in the top of one of his gaiter shoes. He fired the shot while lying in his cot and covered with the blankets, Distr}ct Attorney Heney, though badly wounded, will recover, Man Undergoes Fiiteen Operations. New York City.—William Smith, aged 28, is puzzling the medical fra ternity of Staten Island. He is a pa tient in St, Vincents Hospital, West New Brighton. Within a year Smith has undergone fifteen operations ana he i now being prepared for a series of others, His hair has turned white as snow, He has been operated on for appandicitis, intestinal trouble and stomach trouble, has had his right foot and leg amputated and in the course of a few dayvs will have his left leg taken off above the knee, Dy the time this has healed his right arm will be amputated and later hig left arm will have to come off, He is suf fering from tuberculosis of the bone, Umusual Political Situation in Atlania, Atlanta, Ga.-—~The most unusual sit uation in Atlanta in many years was created by the nomination of Robert F. 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