Newspaper Page Text
*) The Bannor of Conyers Will Give nod Ton Bock- All
2 The News
dale County.
VOL. XXV.
HARITV BILL
IS NOW A LAW
ise Passes Porto Rican Appro=
priation Measure.
RESIDENT signs the paper
, op le of the Islands Will Have
Benefit of Customs Re¬
ceipts Collected.
Porto Rican affairs engaged the at
,tion of the house Saturday, the
iference report on (he relief biil be
. taken up with an agreement for a
al vote at 1 o’clock,
yter a brief and spirited debate
j last congressional step was taken
completing tnc relief bill by agree
r to the conference report by a vote
135 to 87.
jhe bill turns over to the president,
i th e use of Porto Rico, about
HlOO.OOO ned’on of customs receipts coi¬
Lnary Porto Rican goods up to
1st last, and such amounts as
jy jyided hereafter by law. accrue The until debate otherwise lasted
au hour, but in this time the
ole range of Porto Rico legislation
b discussed.
dr. McRae of Arkansas, a member
the conference committee severely
ficised the general course of recent
islation toward Porto Rico, and
jssrs. Pierce, of Tennessee; Wilson,
South Carolina; Cochran, of Mis
jri; Cox, of Tennessee; Williams, of
pois; Ridgely, of Kansas; Levy, of
fr York, and Finley, of South Caro
d, also opposed the report. made refer
(everal of the speakers
les to a published report that the
rto Rico tariff bill was designed to
lire a campaign fund.
It 1 o’clock a yea and nay vote was
tea Lyeas on the report, and it was agreed
135; nays 87; present and
L voting, 20.
fctas completed the measure and it
■ immeiMety sent to the president,
■lie vote was on party lines except
ft f dents a number voted of with Democrats the Republicans and iDde
I the report, viz: Bell, of Colorado;
Inler, iri; New York; Cochran, of Mis
Cummings, of New York.; Da
Iport (Stanley) of Pennsylvania;
Key, [cia; of Louisiana; Devries, of Cali
Meekison, of Ohio; Newlands,
[Nevada; pfroth, of Scuddef, Colorado; of New Thayer, York; of
paebusetts; [Ison, of South Wilson, Carolina. of Idaho, and
The bill was signed by the president
p:30 Saturday afternoon.
BOTH WERE LYNCHED.
[hite Mob Take Charge of Negro
jWhile Colored Continent At¬
tend to White Prisoner.
[A Itton, special from Richmond, Va., says:
the negro, and O’Grady, the
kite man, who murdered Saunders
p Walton in Greensville county
lursday, were both lynched at Em
jtia, Iturday a small about town in that comity,
Phe noon.
fits citizens. negro was lynched by a mob of
Rhe white man was lynched by a
bb of negroes.
|Tlie is trees bodies of both men were strung
r and then shot to pieces by
e mobs. There was great glee over
e tbe avenging of the dastardly crimes
ICotton negro and white man.
confessed to killing several
P Nth s ‘Dce his escape from the Ports
jail several weeks ago, in which
ppas confined sentence awaiting for murder, execution of
be citizens of Emporia held an in
fenation meeting Saturday morning
f demanded the withdrawal of the
P°P S , which were sent by order of
L, ver “? r Tyler to protect the negro
^ hite man from summary punish¬
ment. The result was the with
P °t the troops just before noon,
,
m a minutes after their de
l
nre the mobs were organized and
on and O’Grady were taken from
Hail and quickly lynched.
HDx TINGT0N AFTER MORGAN.
it All<. Ke ,, That
Railroad Magnate Is
* 'Siting Alabamian.
i Wa 8ton interesting political story
Mr. iiir’o°i , i nst MW is the alleged
ma Huntington, the great
»tr!i " ua l e i president of the
^. ern ‘ al Pacific fi ght in Railway, into the
H te4 at Huntington Alabama. It is j
| “ is at the head
a s Cr <^
fetion cam P a 'gn against the re- ;
jk® or Morgan ena t° r himself Morgan. I
L 0 vouches for
pij. k; re °ffiess tru e >” of said the the rumor. Alabamian, i 1
L n u-uutington .
is trying to defeat
6ft! r , nrtlier than this I cannot speak j
defence has inning.
'
Idaho Testifies In ... tho _ Ward- , :
L ,ltac hed to the Conr d’Alene (
Station fe. a her presenting Thursday, as testimony the prose- »1
L ^interruptedly for five weeks,
hi- the defense. Governor
r S> of Idaho, was the first
kk to rebut the charges ,
“ 8T * been made. j
The Rockdale Banner.
ARRAWNED IN COURT
Alleged Assassins of William
G-oebel Placgd On Trial.
GREAT LEGAL BATTLE STARTS OFF
Secretary of State, Caleb Powers, the First
Put Up-Various Witnesses
Testify In Case.
The preliminary examination of Sec¬
retary of State Caleb Powers, charged
with abetting the assassination of Wil¬
liam Goebel, began at Frankfort Fri¬
day before Judge Moore. The court¬
house was guarded inside aud out by
militia and scores of deputy sheriffs,
armed with winchesters, to prevent
possible interference from mountain¬
eers, who were reported on their way
to Frankfort, but their presence was
unnecessary, as the mountaineers fail¬
ed to appear and no disorder occurred.
The commonwealth’s witnesses were
called, numbering forty. F. W. Gol¬
den was not in the list. The witnesses
at Eph Friday’s Liilard, hearing Detective included Armstrong, Warden
Sheriff Bosworth, of Fayette county,
who arrested Secretary Powers, ami
Captain John Davis and Silas Jones,
of Whitelev county, who is now under
bonds charged with complicity in the
murder.
The testimony tended to show that
the shots came from that section of the
executive building in which Secretary
Towers’s office is located, although no
one swore that the shots were from
the secretary’s office.
F. Wharton Golden, who is said to
havo made a. .Confession, will be put on
the staud later. Prosebuting Attorney
Polsgrove said that sufficient evidence
had already been heard to warrant
holding Powers, but that tho case
would be much stronger before he was
through. Governor Brown, for thf
defense, said that the evidence was de¬
cidedly weak.
During tho afternoon a soldier in
the rear court yard .dropped his re¬
volver on tho stone flagging and it was
accidentally discharged.
In an instant every man in the
crowded courtroom was on his feet,
fully a third of them with their hands
to their hip pockets.
Eph Liilard, warden of the Frank¬
fort penitentiary, testified that he
walked just a little ahead of .Senator
Goebel, and when the first shot was
fired he saw that the second.* window
in the office of the secretary of state
was slightly raised. The other shots,
he said, did not come from the same
place. The first shot was evidently
from a rifle, while the others seemed
to be from pistols.
Policeman Wingate Thompson testi¬
fied tiiat as the crowd was carrying
Senator Goebel out of the yard, he
saw armed men at the entrance to the
executive building and recognized
John Davis and Berry Howard among
them.
Detective Armstrong of Louisville
said that Secretary Powers refused
any information whatever at the time
of the shooting as to who was in the
building.
Captain John F. Hawn, of Barbours
ville, testified that Powers had asked
him to turn over his ammunition and
company to Lieutenant Gibson pre¬
vious to the shooting.
Governor Brown made the point
that a man cannot be convicted as an
aider of a crime unless some principal
is convicted of the crime. As the act¬
ual murderer of Goebel has not yet
been named, the point possibly in¬
volved the liberty of Secretary Pow¬
ers. Judge Moore ruled-against the
defense.
Silas Jones, of Whitley county, tes¬
tified he thought the shots were
fired from the corner of the building
in which Secretary Powers’s office is
located. He immediately walked into
the ante-room, where he saw Captain
Davis and Governor Taylor among the
others. There was considerable ex¬
citement, the governor came to the
door and wanted to know who was
shot.
“Did yon see any one try to open
Caleb Powers’ door?” asked Attorney
Polsgrove.”
“Yes, I saw a man with sandy whis¬
kers trying to open the door. Ho
struck it with a hatchet,” replied Mr.
Jones. *
Jones said there was much noise,
but he could not say he heard aDy
from Secretary Powers’ office.
TEXAS HAS COTTON MILL BOOM.
Charter. Have Been Granted For a Num¬
ber of New Factories.
During the past few days charters
have been issued for $100,000 cotton
mills at Corsicana and Henderson,
Texas. Contracts for machinery have
been let for a $50,000 cotton mill at.
Wharton and a $50,000 oil mill at Cor
sicana. Seventy thousand dollars of
the capital stock for a $100,000 cotton
mill at Pittsburg has been subscribed;
$48,000 toward a factory at Rice, and
$60,000 toward a factory at Cuero. A
Texas flour mill has closed a contract
for 700,000 pounds monthly tc be ex
ported to London.
_
bank assets impaired.
Cashier of Institution In Rutland, Vt.. Is
A , ked to ExpIaln .
dered closed Monday, pending an
examination of its books by a commit
tee of its directors. Certain assets
have been impaired, and the cashier,
Charles W. Mussey, will be asked to
explain certain discrepancies in the
accounts. Experts are at work on the
bocks.
CONYERS, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1900.
BOTH RAVE TROOPS
Beckham enl Taylor's Soldiers
Quartered Near Each Other.
BECKHAM ISSUES A PROCLAMATION
Tells the People of Kentucky In Long Ad¬
dress Why Ho Has Ordered Mili¬
tary to Frankfort.
A Frankfort special says. Slate
troops recognizing Democratic Gov¬
ernor Beckham are in possession of
tho county court house aud jail, and
will do military duty under order from
G; ternor Beckham during the exam¬
ining trials of Republican Secretary of
State Caleb Powers, Captain John W.
Davis and W. H. Culton, The mili¬
tary is also re-enforced by seventy-five
deputy sheriffs who were sworn in by
the civil authorities Thursday.
County Judge Moore issued an or¬
der to Sherifi Suter directing him to
exclude everybody from courthouse
during examination of prisoners ex¬
cept attorneys, witnesses and members
of the press.
There has been no confirmation of
rumors that armed bodies of citizens
from the mountaiu section would be
in Frankfort.
Democratic Governor Beckham is¬
sued the following address Thursday
night, explaining his situation in call¬
ing out the troops:
“To the People of Kentucky—In
the present crisis which exists in our
state, I feel it my duty to explain to
you my position and to outline the
policy which I intend to pursue in the
earnest effort to restore peace, quiet
and order to our commonweath. It
was the policy of my distinguished
aud lamented predecessor to conduct
this contest, which has so much agi¬
tated our people, in a way to com¬
mend his course to all law-abiding and
conservative people of the state. That
policy I have, to the best of my abil¬
ity, also pursued and intend to con¬
tinue in the same line. In calling out
the militia to protect the courts in
Frankfort I wish to say that no one is
more averse to military rale than I am.
“I believe that it should be the last
resort that any official should use,
aud I lament the necessity that re¬
quires it at this time. As your chief
executive it is my desire and intention
always to rely more upon the law than
upon the bayonet, and I prefer to be
supported by the strong, common
sense and patriotism of our law-abid¬
ing people than by any military pow¬
er whatever. Every honest citizen
should submit without hesitation to
the control of the constituted authori¬
ties and to the courts, the great safe¬
guard of our liberties.
“According to law the civil authori¬
ties of Franklin county have presented
to me a statement of facts which shows
that a condition of lawlessness is
threatened here with which they are
unable to deal, and they have callad
upon me for assistance. I have, in
compliance with their call ordered here
certain state troops to place themselves
completely under the authority of the
sheriff of the county, with instructions
that they shall assist him in protecting
the court of this county from threat¬
ened intimidation as well as to protect
the prisoners who are tried by that
court on tomorrow.
“These troops shall be strictly un¬
der the control of the civil authorities
in preserving order and protecting the
dignity of the court, that justice may
be done to all parties.
“Such is the situation here now,
and I intend so far as I have the power
to protect the courts. In my earnest
efforts to uphold the law and protect
the constituted tribunals, I call upon
the good and law-abiding people of
our commonwealth to aid and assist
mo not by physical force, but by
moral support. We Lave placed our
causo in the hands of the law and we
must continue to rely upon the law.
Let no act of violence or lawlessness
be committed anywhere and let our
people who have shown such patience
and conservatism heretofore, continue
to show it. My great trust and reliance
is in the strong common sense and
integrity of the people of our state,
and trusting in that I believe that out
of our present difficulty there will
soon come peace, order and restora¬
tion of the law.
“J. C. W. Beckham,
“Governor of Kentucky."
PRESIDENT IS ENLIGHTENED
Regarding situation in Kentucky By
Delegation of Taylor’s Friends.
Colonel Andrew Cowan, a merchant
of Louisville, Ky.; Samuel J. Roberts,
editor of the Lexington Leader, and
John Marshall, Republican lieutenant
governor of the state, all prominent
Republicans and friends of Governor
Taylor, had an interview with Presi- |
dent McKinley Friday on the situation
in Kentucky. They said their sole
mission was to explain the exact situa
tion in the state. They said they as
sured the president that they did not
want any federal interference. They
allege the Goebel partisans are not
abiding by agreement of last month.
POPULISTS OF TEXAS CONVENE.
State Executive Committee Calls a State
Convention.
The state executive committee ot
the Populist party of Texas met ia
Waco Saturday for the purpose of
naming a date for the state conven
tion. Waco was unanimously convention, selected which j
as the place for the
will be held July 24th. Nothing re
garding national affairs was discussed
by the committee.
“HIRED NEGRO
SHOT GOEBEL”
Such Is the Deduction Drawn
From Golden’s Testimony.
HIS STATEMENT CREATES STIR
According to Golden,Caleb Powers
Was One of the Prime Mov¬
ers In the Plot,
F. Wharton Golden, of Barbours
ville, was put on the witness stand
Saturday at Frankfort, Ky., in the
examination of Secretary of State
Caleb Powers, charged with con¬
spiracy to murder Senator Goebel,
and gave some sensational testimo
°y- Golden was rather - nervous,
but did not hesttate in his replies to
questions, aud his testimony made a
deep impression.
According to Golden, Caleb Powers
was one of the prime movers in the
bringing to Frankfort of the mount¬
aineers just before the assassination
of Goebel, and that although Secre¬
tary Powers simply instructed him to
bring “witnesses” who were mountain
feudists, yet Golden understood that
they were to come to Frankfort for a
possible more sinister purpose, that
of “cleaning out” the Democratic ma¬
jority in the legislature.
Golden also brought in the name of
Governor Taylor in an incidental way,
also the names of Culton, John Pow¬
ers, Captain Davis, Charles Finley,
Judge Bingham aud others, the plan
to bring the mountaineers to Frank¬
fort having taken on a wider Bcope
than was expected.
Golden was seized with a slight hem¬
orrhage during the morning and ad¬
journment was taken earlier than the
usual hour.
Golden began his testimony by say¬
ing that he had I^nown Secretary
Powers for seventeen or eighteen
years, also knew Culton. He was also
acquainted with Governor Taylor and
Captain John Powers. Ho said he
was a good friend to all of the defend¬
ants. He was in Frankfort in January
and February and saw Secretary Pow¬
ers and John Powers nearly every
day. He was in Frankfort on January
14th, and went to Harlem county for
two or three days, from there return¬
ing to Frankfort.
Golden resumed his testimony at the
afternoon session. He said he saw
John Powers and a red black-mus
tached man talking concerning the
closing of Secretary Powers’s office
during the latter’s absence.
“I had my back turned,” said Gold¬
en, “but when I turned I saw John
Powers give the key to the man.
John Powers said to me:
« ( l Goebel is going to be killed this
morning.’ I said: ‘This must not be
done.’
“Do you know a man named Dica
Coombs?” asked Attorney Campbell.
‘I do. He is colored and lives in
Beattyville. He came down with the
Lee county contingent.”
“Did you have any talk with Caleb
or John Powers about Dick Coombs?”
“No; but they had two niggers there
to kill Gobel. John Powers told me
so. They were Hocker Smith and
Dick Coombs. I saw Coombs at the
drug store near the depot every morn¬
ing for a week or so previous to the
shooting. Coombs, talking to a man
named Wallace in my presence, said:
“ ‘D—n him, I know him as far as I
can see him, aud I can kill him as fur
as I can see him." He was talking of
Goebel.
“This conversation was in the ad¬
jutant general’s office.
Golden told a story of the events
leading up to the murder, which, if
substantiated, will iu the minds of
those connected with tho prosecution
at least, probably go far toward prov¬
ing the contentions of the common¬
wealth that tho murder was the result
of a plan in which several prominent
men were involved.
The testimony did not show that the
alleged plot to kill Goebel was part of
the original plan, nor did it contain
the names of those who conceived the
idea, except so far as Golden’s remarks
about John Powers gave the impres¬
sion that the latter was one of the
movers. The commonwealth sought
to show by Golden’s conversation with
various people that not only John and
Caleb Powers, but others as well, had
full knowledge of the alleged plan of
assassination.
Whether the defense will seek to
impeach Golden’s testimony in this
preliminary examination is not known,
as the attorneys for the defense will
not talk on the subject, but unless
such attempt is made the common
wealth will rest its case, both County
Attorney Polsgrove and Attorney
Campbell being satisfied that enough
evidence has been presented to hold
the defendant on the charges,
—'
_
EDITOR SEEKS DAMAGES.
Files Suit For *50,000 Against a Number
of His Fellow Townsmen.
EditorW.T. Wear,of the Opelika, (Ala.)
News, has brought suit against Messrs.
George E. Driver, H. F. Lowe, R. M.
Greene, Jr., H. C. Jernigan, T. D.
Power, Wiley Ross, C. P. D. Taylor
and J. W. Williams, Jr., for $50,000
damages for an article which they pub
lished denouncing him for charges
made in his paper.
CLARK PAID FORTUNE
For the Honor of Donning tho
Senatorial Toga.
SO ALLEGE THE MEMORIALISTS
It Is Asserted That Wholesale Bribery
Was Practiced and S318,890 Was
Spent By Montana Man.
A Washington dispateh says: Coun¬
sel for the memorialists in the case of
Senator Clark, of Montana, have sub¬
mitted their brief to the senate com¬
mittee on privileges and elections:
After reviewing the testimony in
detail counsel presents the following
facts in the case from the evidence ad¬
duced:
First, that at least fifteen members
< f the legislature were paid by Mr.
Clark and his agents for their votes.
Second, that at least nine others
were offered money for their votes and
that the total amount of offers reached
$175,000.
Third, that $100,000 was offered by
Dr. Tracy, a friend and agent of Mr.
Clark, to bribe the attorney general to
dismiss the proceedings in the Well¬
come case.
Fourth, that the agent of Clark of¬
fered Justice Hunt of the supreme
court $100,000 to dismiss the Well¬
come caso.
Fifth, that Mr. Clark and his friends
engaged in wholesale bribery and at¬
tempted bribery of members of the leg¬
islature to secure the election of Mr.
Clark.
Much is made of the testimony alleg¬
ing efforts to bribe Justice Hunt and
Attorney General Nolau in the Well¬
come disbarment case.
“It is evident,” they say, “thatMr.
Clark and his friends fully realized
the importance of the decision of that
court in its bearing upon Mr. Clark’s
contest, otherwise they would not have
taken a special train to bring his
agents to Helena to negotiate and ar¬
range for the purchase of that court.
The fact that Mr. Clark’s agent, Mr.
Jesse B. Root, law partner of Mr.
John 15. Wellcome, paid Mr. Z. T.
Cason $1,500 to leave the state of Mon¬
tana aud not testify before the court the
circumstances going to bear out the
charge of unlawful expenditure and
corrupt use of money by Mr. Clark
aud his agents to carry out their pur¬
pose.
The offer of $100,000 to bribe the
attorney geueral to move the dismis¬
sal of the proceedings is but another
chapter of the long story of bribery
aud attempted bribery that marks the
the entire history of Mr. Clark’s cam¬
paign for the senatorship from the
time in August, 1898, when he agreed
with Governor Hauser aud others to
put up $35,000 for primaries and from
$10,000 to $00,000 more for the gen¬
eral election and as much afterwards
as was necessary up to aud including
the $1,500 payment to Cason.
Of the 95 members of the legislature
(including Mr. Whitesides) 26 were
sworn before the committee.
“Of these memorialists say nine
have taken oath that they were offered
money to vote for (Senator Clark; two
have admitted the receipt of money,
$5,000 each, after voting for
Mr. Clark, hut tried to excuse it.
Hither by direct testimony or other¬
wise they claim that tho acceptance of
bribes is fixed upon fifteen others.
“From the proof adduced it is rea¬
sonably determinable.” they soy, “that
in addition to the $328,000 actually
paid to members of the legislature by
Mr. Clark and his agents offers were
made to other members, aggregating
about $175,000.”
“HEAP TALKEE, TALKEE.”
Seminole Indians Visit Governor Tanner
at Palm Beach, Florida.
Governor Tanner, who is sojourning
at Palm Beach, Fla., continues to
improve in health, and is anxious to
return to Illinois.
The other day when three Seminole
Indians were .in the city and heard
that the governor was a “big heap
medicine man,” they visited his excel¬
lency and smoked the pipe of peace.
They also presented him with a bag of
herbs for , curing his ills and , a fine In
dian pipe. The governor showed his
appreciation by giving each of his
visitors a present, and they left with
the remark: “Him good medicine
man, heap talkee, talkee.
EX-GOVERNOR STONE DEAD.
Pannes Away At Holly Springn, Miss., After
a Brief Illness.
Hon. J. M. Stone, president of the
Starkville Agricultural and Mechanical
college, a state institution, and for ten
years the governor of Mississippi, died
at Holly Springs Monday morning after
a short illness with erysipelas. The;
remains were carried to Iuka for in
termeut.
Street Railway Company Donates.
The directors .. . of ... the Atlanta Rail- 1
way aud Power company met Monday
morning and subscribed $7o0 to the
guarantee fund of $15,000 for the
Southern Interstate fair.
HANDLED SMALL FORTUNE.
But Young Hodge is Charged with steal
ing Only Fifteen Dollars.
Edward Hodge, a voting white man,
formerly of Dalton, Ga., is in the Bir- j
mingham, Ala., city prison, where he
was placed on the charge of stealing
an express package containing Company. $15 {
from the Southern Express
The day before the young man had
handled $75,000 without touching a
penny. He is well connected. The
company decline to make a statement.
Official Organ of Iloekdale (onn
ty. Has Largest Circulation in
The County.
— » m
Season Vigorously Opened By
Railroads and Activity Is
At High-Water Hark.
The Chicago Times-Herald says:
The colonization season has been
vigorously opened by the railroads
which extend into southern territory,
and the work of building up the south
commercially is to be carried on this
year on a scale hitherto unknown. In¬
dustrial agents declare that the year
promises to be a record breaker for
immigration to southern states and
for the location of factories and in¬
dustries.
Activity in the phosphate mines, re¬
newed interest in the cotton industry,
the discovery of the value of cassava
as a money-making plant, the knowl¬
edge that the railroads have countless
sections of unoccupied and fertile
farming lands, together with the re¬
newed prosperity of the entire coun¬
try, has made new possibilities for'the
south that were little dreamed of sev¬
eral years ago. The work of the Illi¬
nois Central road is a fair example for
the boom that is now on. Up to the
present time the road has exceeded last
year’s record of new factories located
along the line by 80 per cent. This
remarkable showing has been made
despite tho fact that the months of
April, May and June have always
proved to be the best months for pros¬
ecuting this work.
In Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis¬
sippi and Tennessee there have been
established a larger number of new
cotton, paper and saw mills and cream¬
eries. Some of the roads whose agents
declare that the rise of business is ex¬
ceeding all expectation, aro the Plant
System, the Louisville and Nashville,
the Mobile aud Ohio,and the Southern
railway. Tho Louisville and Nashville
is doing au unusual amount of work
in developing phosphate lands in Ten¬
nessee and in colonizing farming lands
and disposing of timber lands in Ala¬
bama and Florida.
Cassava plantations are becoming
numerous in Florida and especial at¬
tention is being paid to inducing peo¬
ple to engage in this now industry.
The fact that from this plant can be
made starch and glucose of fine qual¬
ity aud that as a fattening agent for
stock it has no equal, is engaging the
attention of northern farmers.
In Virginia, North Carolina, Ala¬
bama and Georgia the Southern rail¬
way is locating large colonies and
thousands are taking advantage of the
homestead seekers’ excursions which
are run every first and third Tuesday
in the month. Over 300 families havo
been located this spring between Dan¬
ville and Richmond. At High, Point,
N. C., theie have been established
twenty furniture factories; at Rome,
Ga.; a new basket factory, and at
Knoxville largo hat and woolen facto¬
ries. At Huntsville, Ala., another
largo colony has been located and
many are visiting the peach belt with
a view of engaging in that industry.
The Plant system is developing its
phosphate fields and locating factories
and colonies all along its route. At
the present time it has all of this class
of business it can attend to aud it is
expected that the rush will continue
throughout the summer. Several of
the roads are watching with eager eyes
developments in the Cuban and Porto
Rican situations, with a view to being
a field for colonization purposes. One
or two roads have already made plans
for large business in Cuba and when
matters become settled there they ex¬
pect to get all the business they can
handle.
ENGLISH OFFICERS SURPRISED.
They It ode Too Far and Are Shot Down
By Doer Police.
At a late hour Saturday the war
office in London posted the following
dispateh from General Roberts:
“Bloemfontein, March 24.—Yes¬
terday Lieutenant Colonel Crabbe,
Captain Trotter and Lieutenant The
Hon. E. Lygon, of the Grenadier
Guards and Lieutenant Colonel Cod
rington, of the Cold Stream Guards,
rode eight or nine miles beyond their
camp ou the Modder river without es¬
cort except one trooper.
They were fired upon by a party of
Joliannasbnrg police and Lieutenant
Lygon waB k iH e d and Crabbe, Cod
rington and Trotter were seriously
wouu( ] e d. The trooper also was
wounded. The Boers went to their
as8 j sta nce aud did all they possibly
could, attending to their wounds.
LEE WILL COMMAND.
Two Military Departments In Cuba Aro
To Be Consolidated.
Secretary Root has said that while
wtt8 j u Havana recently arrange
ments were made for the consolidation
0 f the department of the province of
Havana and Pinar del Rio, commanded
by Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee,
atld the department of Havana, com
manded by Brigadier General William
Ludlow, into one department under
the command of General Lee, to be
known probably as the department of
Havana and Pinar del Bin.
Davis Will Direct Expenditures.
Secretary Root has stated that the
money appropriated by congress in the
special relief act for Porto Rico would
be spent in accordance with the rec
ommendations of Governor General
Davis,
Battleship Iowo On Pacific Coast.
The United States battleship Iowa,
flying the flag of Rear Admiral Kautz,
arrived at Monterey, Cal., Sunday, en
route north from San Diego. She will
remain at Monterey one week.
NO. 11.
FAST TRAIN
LEAVES TRACK
Bad Wreck on the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad.
EXPRESS MESSENGER KILLED
Fifteen Passengers Were Hore
Or Less Seriously Injured
In Smash-up.
Train No. 35, the Atlanta and Wert
Point fast mail, which left Atlanta,
Ga., Monday morning at 5:25 o’clock
for Montgomery, Ala., was derailed
eight miles south of West Point short¬
ly before 10 o’clock and one man—
Reuben J. Oslin, Atlanta, express mes¬
senger—was instantly killed, while
fifteen were more or less injured.
Tho train which moves ou one of the
fastest schedules, was drawn by one of
the immense locomotives fhe Atlanta
and West Point is now using and had
just crossed tho Ossanippa Creek when
for some cause the engine left the
track while it was making a speed of
forty miles au hour. The engine was
being handled by John McWaters, of
Atlanta, one of tho oldest and most
competent men on the road, and to his
fearlessness and ability is due the fact
that more deaths were not quickly
wrought in the same instant which
snapped off the lifo of Messenger Os- •
lin.
The track just over the creek has
been under water more or less for
some time pnst aud tho accident may
have been duo to a defective condition
caused liy that. But the impression
obtaining among the railroad men is
that an invisible flaw in one of the
trucks under one of the cars caused
the derailment.
When Engineer McWaters pulled off
the bridge over the creek he opened
the throttle lo pick up his speed. The
great locomotive responded to the mo
tiou of the lever, and was just begin¬
ning to settle for quick work when
McWaters felt that bumping which n
trained engineer knows doesn’t come
from the rails. By it he knew that
his engine had left the track and almost
with that knowledge iustnntly applied
his brakes.
It was all done on the tick of a
watch, but hefoie the ponderous ma¬
chine could be stopped the tender had
torn itself loose from the engine and
buried its nose deep in the ground
while the rear end wont high up in
the air. Tho engine moved on a few
feet and then settled itself squarely
across tho track, successfully blocking
the road.
The mail car snapped the coupler
between it and the tender and with
the baggage car tumbled down the
embankment, going over and over in
its descent. The combination car, the
first coach in which there were pas¬
sengers, turned upon its side, mixing
those within in a confused heap, in¬
juring quite a number. Tho passen¬
ger coach, left the track with its front
trucks, but did not slide down the em¬
bankment, while the Pullman remain¬
ed alone intact upon the roadbed.
The coaches were all well filled and
in a short time people began pouring
from them down the embankment,
some calling for help, others too badly
frightened to do anything but limp
away from the broken cars.
A hurried investigation was made
and willing hands hurriedly removed
those who were unable to help them¬
selves to places of better rest. An in¬
ventory showed that only one person
had been killed, but to the eyes of
those who were about, the condition
of the wounded was uncertain.
A wrecking train was hurriedly and
quickly made up and with physicians
went to the scene of the accident.
This is the identical place where a
wreck occurred about four or five
years ago, when several cars fell in
Ossanippi creek and killed and injured
a great many people. is that in
A singular coincidence
both wrecks the engine and sleeping
car remained on the tracks while all
others were thrown over the embank
ment.
SHELDON’S VENTURE FAILED.
Editor of The Topeka Capital Expresses
His Opinion Tersely.
“The estimate placed on Mr. Shel¬
don’s experiment will generally be
that it was a failure as a newspaper
and not above the average as a relig¬
ions paper.” Charles K. Hud¬
So in one sentence
son, editor of The Topeka Capital,
sums up his opinion of Rev. Charles
M. Sheldon’s attempt to run a Chris¬
tian daily. Mr. Hudson marks his
resumption of the paper’s management
with an editorial which indicates that
the stockholders who opposed a con¬
tinuance of Mr. Sheldon’s policy have
won the day.
NEW NATIONAL BANKS.
Comptroller of tlio Currency Shows That
400 Aro In Process of Organization.
A statement has been prepared by
the comptroller of the currency show¬
ing the number and location of na¬
tional banks in process of organization
under the provisions of the financial
bill approved March 14, 1900. These
banka number about 400 in all and
with the exception of ten or twelve
each will have a capital of $25,000.