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THE MORNING NEWS.
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MANY KILLED OR
MAIMED IN WRECK
DISASTER ON THE SEABOARD
THOUGHT TO HAVE. BEEN CAUSED
BV WRECKERS.
Vice-President Bnrr Says There Was
Evidence of an Attempt to Wreck
the Train—Accident Ocenrred at a
Trestle Siear the Catawba River,
as Reported in To-day's Mornings
\ews—One Train Tumbled Upon
the Wreck of the Passenger Train.
Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 9.—Shortly
after 1 o’clock this morning train No.
•it, on the Seaboard Air Line Rail
road, consisting of an express oar, a
trail car, two day coaches, and a Pull
man sleeper, was derailed at a trestle
just south of the Catawba river. South
Carolina, and twenty-two miles south
vest of Monroe, N. C., followed by
the wreck of a light engine and ca
boose, resulting in the death of four
persons, and the Injuring of thirty
live others. The killed are:
List of the Killed.
Engineer E. T. Barksdale, Abbe
ville, S. C.
Fireman Ed Roberts, colored, At
lanta, Ga.
Mrs. Black.
Unknown woman.
The Severely Injured.
Mrs. James Clay, Oakland, Tenn.,
fractured jaw.
T. C. Jerome, Atlanta, Ga., slight
ly bruised.
Mrs. T. C. Jerome, Atlanta, shoul
der and head injured..
Dr. Edward Ranks, Athens, Ga.,
hack injured.
Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Maitland, Fla.,
foot amputated, may die.
Mrs. Jerome Silvey, Atlanta, bruis
ed.
G. W. Hinson, Lenox, Ga., jaw in
jured.
Tom Mitchell, colored, brakeman, Ab
beville, S. C., head and shoulders in
jured.
Pink Carpenter, Monroe, N. C., por
ter, head and body injured.
I#ewn Sorionuly Hart.
The following were slightly hurt:
V. S. Elerby, Atlanta, colored Pull
man porter.
•1. G. Turner, Atlanta, Pullman con
duotor.
G. H. Meares, Monroe, N. C., engi
neer.
•I Duncan, Abbeville, brakeman.
H. If. Chapman, Abbeville, S. C.,
c onduotor.
G. H. Davis, Atlanta, express mes
senger.
'V. Falrman, Atlanta, mall clerk.
B. T. West, Monroe, N. C., con
ductor.
R . F. Meader, address unknown.
E. C. Topleman, address unknown.
'l'. C. Horton, address unknown.
Mr. Black, address unknown.
P.nbert Zigler, address unknown.
Mollle Griffin, address unknown.
A number of colored laborers also
'' r,e slightly hurt.
Special Train Win Sent.
G the (dices of the Seaboard Air
in this city. It wah stated that
*' liately after the receipt of the
1 -of the accident, a special train
■with wrecking outfit and doctors start*
‘ f >om Monroe for the scene of the
v "It. The dead and injured were
* ‘Ught back to Monroe.
■ ! M. Barr, first vice president and
g'" ,r ral manager of the road, said to
‘ 'v iha i there was evidence of a mu -
‘ • inus attempt to wreck the train, a
i m her of rail joints having been found
nnected. He gave the following
ti'-’aiia;
Barr’a Mnlrm.nl Alton) It.
train No. 41 was tn charge of Con*
' ‘ or Richard West and Engineer
i-'on Meares. The wreck occurred
■'it 1 o'clock this morning at the
Ge just south of Cals w
rlver, South Carolina, and
’ niy-tao miles southwest of
>oe, K. C. The engine passed over
trestle and went down the embank
"•'d, killing colored Fireman Ed ftob*
ar.d serf.aisly injuring Engineer
Gaaion Meares.
A light engine and caboose running
“ tio H in charge of Conductor
baMiunttsd m tfiti* Fags.
Jlofnina sfetod
PARKER WILL MOVE TO
NEW YORK FOR A WHILE.
He I* Too Inaccessible at Hi* Home
at Emopiix.
New York, Sept. 9.—There is every
reason to believe that Judge Parker
will make arrangements to come to
New York for temporary residence soon
after his formal letter of acceptance is
made public. It is known that leading
Democrats have strongly represented
to him that his continued presence at
such an inconvenient location as
Rosemount, with no hotel accommoda
tions, has kept Judge Parker from
personal contact wtih many prominent
men who are frequently in New York
city, but who have not time for the
journey to Esopus.
The plan has even progressed as far
as the making of tentative arrange
ments for him to take a suite of rooms
here.
According to those close in Judge
Parker's councils, his idea is to be
immediately in touch with the party
leaders and accessible to those whom
it is needful and desirable to meet as
the campaign progresses.
GREAT BRITAIN FORCES
A TREATY WITH THIBET.
It Ha* Been Signed and the Dalat
I,uina I* in Flight.
Lhassa, Sept. 7, via Gyantse, Sept. 9.
—Col. Younghusband, head of the Brit
ish mission, and the Thibetan officials
signed a formal treaty to-day in the
apartments of the Dalai Lama, at Po
tala.
The ceremony waa simple and was
conducted amid quaint and picturesque
surroundings. The terms of the treaty
were read out only in'the Thibetan lan
guage, and its details will be published
later by the Foreign Office at Simla.
The proceedings closed with a short
speech by Younghusband.
The Dalai Lama is now supposed to
be well on his way into Mongolia, and
the officials insist that his action
amounts to abdication. The adminis
tration is now carried on by a Council
of Regency. It is believed that Tashi
Lama will eventually be recognized as
the supreme religious head.
The arrangements for the return of
the British mission are complete.
TWO WERE KILLED
IN RAILWAY WRECK.
Trainmen Suffered in n Di*a*fer to
a Freight Train.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 9.—Two men
were killed and another seriously in
jured in a freight wreck on the South
ern Railway between Dogwood and
Wilson on the Birmingham and Selma
division this afternoon.
The dead: ,
W. H. Cherry, engineer.
Will Ivey, negro brakeman.
Dangerously injured:
N. L. Snow, white, fireman.
While details of the wreck are mea
ger, it seems that the train was run
ning at thirty miles an hour when the
engine jumped the track and struck
the cross-ties, turning completely over,
crushing The engineer beneath it.
Several other employes of the road
are said to have been bruised, bflt not
seriousiy hurt.
EDWARDS HELD GUILTY
Of Firing the Mint That Killed Su
perintendent Eppe*.
Tallahassee, Fla.. Sept. 9,—The cor
oner's Jury, which met this morning
to inquire into the killing of County
School Superintendent F.ppes, found
that Mr. Eppes came to his death from
a gunshot wound, the shot having been
fired by leham Edwards. Edward* was
held for murder and Caldwell and Lar
kins were held as accessories before
th* fait.
No evidence was Introduced to show
the existence of TWoreday Club*.'
though on* wit new testified to going
to church after midnight.
Excitement !■ subsiding. It ia be
lieved that th* murder waa committed
for robbery. and the existence of Be
foreday Club*" it beginning to be
4outtf+4-
Is• eeligstlm* l,eeM
Huntsville Aim.. —9* .--lnv*stlf •-
lion of th* lyre-bin* of *b* n*ro Ms-
Pie* N began by * fraud jui y
tv-da*.
JAPANESE HAVE
GIVEN UP THE RACE
COULDN’T HEAD KUROPATKIN
JAPS NO MATCH FOR THE RUS
SIANS IN RUNNING.
Track Wn* Heavy and the Going
Rad, But the Russian* Went Un
der the W’lre Winners and Pall
ed Up in Makden—May Rest There
a NVliile If the .lapnne*e Do Not
Objoet—Some Terrible Suffering
and Privation*.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 10, 1:50 a. m.—
It seems to be definitely established
that Field Marshal Oyama’s tired
troops practically abandoned on Wed
nesday the attempt to head off Gen.
Kuropatkin and the latter’s army has
arrived safely at Mukden, after fright
ful experiences in floundering through
mud and mire over the Mandarian
road.
Some descriptions of the scenes along
the line of retreat are almost incred
ible. They tell how the men lay down
in the mud and slept in a drenching
rain and without shelter.
It is evident that the last determined
effort of the Japanese to bring Kuro
patkin to bay was made on Tuesday,
but the Russian commander-in-chief
faced about and two corps with artil
lery beat off the Japanese, while the
remainder of the troops continued the
march to Mukden. After that the Jap
anese could only hang on tn the flanks
and try to shell the retreating columns
from the hills.
The outposts are still in contact, but
they are not even exchanging shots.
A late Associated Press dispatch sent
to-night from Mukden describee the
horrible plight of the tentless and
shelterless soldiers.
The detailed statement of Russian
losses, which it is promised will be
issued Saturday, is awaited with in
tense interest. The general expecta
tion is that the losses will approximate
20,000, as against 30,000 for the Jap
anese.
The work of burying the dead was
left to the Japanese, who were forced
to attempt ‘the task as a matter of
self-preservation, but it was almost
impossible. The awful rains have
handicapped the work of cremation on
which the Japanese relied and only
shallow trench burials were possible
under the circumstances. Not only
is this work one of the greatest diffi
culties, but is is almost valueless from
a sanitary point of view, the storms
undoing it soon after it is accomplish
ed.
The care of the wounded has taxed
the hospitals to the utmost. One cor
respondent says that 12,000 wounded
had passed through the Mukden hos
pitals up to Sunday, and only the
most severe cases could be attended
to by the nurses and surgeons. Many,
therefore, had to be left'to the i-nugh,
but well meant care of their com
rades.
THE WAR SITUATION.
There is still a lack of specific in
formation regarding the exact situa
tion in Manchuria. The Russlaji gen
eral staff, lacking details. Is unable to
speak authoritatively, while advices
from Japanese soutces are significant
ly lacking.
It was established that the Russian
army la safely at Mukden and that
the retreat was accomplished in good
order in spite of the harassing Jap
anese. sodden roads and the fact Jhat
Kuropatkin was hampered by more
than 12.000 wounded.
There la nothing yet to Indicate the
exact whereabouts of the three Jap.
anese armies. When last heard from,
Kurokl's forces were on the Russian
left flank and steadily pushing north
ward. but Viceroy Alexieflf reports that
I railway and telegraph communication
between Mukden and ifarhln la un-
Interrapted Gen. MakharofT report*
that there waa no fighting durlna
Thursday and while th* outposts are
still In contact, they ara not avan ex
changing shots
It saam# to be established that
Oyasna* troop* practically abandoned
on Wednesday the alien,p to Read off
Mu tops thin and that tie* ia#t dvln
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1904.
mined effort to bring the Russian
commander to bay was made on Tues
day. A detailed list of Russian losses
is promised to-day (Saturday) and it
is thought that these losses will ap
proximate 20,000. as against 30,000 for
the Japanese. It is officially reported
that Kuropatkin has not been wound
ed.
The last news from Mukden came
in a dispatch to the Associated Press
filed Friday night. It tells of a great
downpour of rain, accompanied by
thunder and lightning, which the cor
respondent says is considered advan
tageous, as it has checked the move
ments of the Japanese eastern and
southern armies. The dispatch adds
that quiet reigns over the whole front.
There is no news from Port Arthur.
LIKE BLOODY BATTLES
OF THE CIVIL WAR
Wn* the Fight of the Rn**inna and
. Jni>* at Lino Yang.
Mukden, Wednesday, Sept. 7. via
Pekin, Sept. 9.—A correspondent of the
Associated Press, who has just return
ed to Mukden with the Russian rear
guard, after having accompanied the
army the whole time since the battle
of Liao Yang, says the losses on both
sides were enormous. Asa moderate
estimate he places them at 50,000. He
confirms the reports that the fighting
at Liao Yang recalled in fierceness the
sanguinary battles of the American
Civil War.
Gen. Kuroki’s flank movement east
of the Russian position precipitated the
retreat from Lfao Yang. When the
Russians left Liao Yang, the town was
strewn with corpses of the slain. The
Japanese shell fire continued until Sept.
4, when the bridges over the Taltse
were destroyed.
The Russians admit that their posi
tions at Liao Yang were too extended
for their army to hold. The greater
portion of the Russfan forces crossed
the Taitse during the night of Sept.
2, and engaged Gen. Kuroki with two
corps. The fighting on the first day
was favorable to the Russians, but the
conditions changed at night time. The
Russian infantry suffered heavily from
shrapnel and rifle fire.
The lighting was continued Sept. 3
and 4, the Russians successfully pro
tecting the east side of the railroad.
When the Japanese approached Yentai
they immediately commenced to attack
it. The Russian transport began to
retreat at midnight Sept. 4, and was
attacked three miles from Yentai on
the morning of Sept. 5, along the Muk
den road. The Russians pushed out
two corps and much artillery to pro
tect their right flank.
The condition of the roads rendered
the retreat slow and the troops and
horses were tired out. The Japanese
seemed to lack enterprise and failed to
recognize the serious situation of the
Russians, the morale of their troops
having been severely tried.
A Japanese army of 40,000 men is re
ported .to be west of Mukden, and it is
considered likely, in view of the con
dition of the two armies, that hostili
ties may be indefinitely prolonged un
less the Japanese are able to push on
and force the Russians to give bat
tle.
THAT RUSSIAN RETREAT
WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL
Millet Field* Blamed for the Sne
eex* of the Japanese.
Mukden, Thursday, Sept. 8. (De
layed in' transmission) —The Russian
retreat here has been accomplished
without losses and with the precision
of a review at Krasnoye Selo.
The accumulation of wounded be
tween Liao Yang and Mukden test
ed to the utmost the resources of the
Red Cross. Most of the transport
was carried In the roughest kind of
two wheeled carls, but the arrange
ments for ’providing the troops with
food along the line of retreat work
ed magnificently.
During the five days of Aug. 30 to
Sept. 4. 12.300 wounded were treated
in Red Cross ambulances, the Sisters
of Mercy vicing with the doctors In
physical courage and resistance to
fatigue.
Much of the Japanese success is at
tributed to the millet fields, in which
the Russians were not accustomed to
maneuver.
THINK THE RUSSIANS
HAVE NOW ESCAPED.
Mukden, Sept. 9.-10:30 a. m.—All
continues quiet at Mukden.
All anxiety regarding the Russian
transport is over. The Japanese have
crossed the Shakhe and are now rest
ing. Only the Russian And Japanese
outposts are In direct contact. Thous
ands of wounded are being sent
north.
BOTH ARMIES DRENCHED
BY GREAT DOWNPOURS.
Mukden, Sept. 9.—This evening
around Mukden has occurred the great
est downpour of rain of the whole cam
paign und with It a ten trying accom
paniment of thunder and lightning.
There has been the greatest difficulty
In preventing the cavalry horses stam
peding by the double guards, and all
ihe hors* line* have been tied. The
men are scarcely able to keep their feit
around the moving horses, and are
singing and talking to quiet them,
All lha lower ground I* under wstar
and Chinese boat* from the jfun river
•re navigating many of th* roads and
some of the at reels. This makes lit
tle difference to the men who are un
der canvas, but all othsrs are soaked
to the akin end are alaeptng, aahaiiated
in mud and wotar, Indifferent to th'
Ostlsusa on fifth Pegs.
HOW GRANT WAS REPULSED IN A FLANK ATTACK
BROWNS VICTORS
OVER THE BLUES
CARRIED GRANT’S POSITION
AND GAINED A VICTORY THAT
WAS COMPLETE.
Fighting anil Maneuvering of the
fait Day the Moat Sprrtarnlar nt
tlie Campaign—Great Review To
day Will (loir the Performance*
or the Military—Militia Will Re
Paid Off After the Review'—Getting
Ready to Leave.
Corps Headquarters. Gainesville, Va.,
Sept. 9.—The second maneuver prob
lem ceased at 9 o’clock to-day with Gen.
Bell, commanding the Brown army, de
molishing Gen. Grant, commanding the
Blue army, east of Bull Run. This re
sult awards victory to the attacking
force in each of the two problems and
makes Gen. Grant the first victor and
Gen. Bell the second, so far as re
sults can be estimated without bullets.
The maneuvering and fighting to-day
was far the most spectacular and excit
ing of the campaign. The first, day of
the eecond problem had developed noth
ing but a rear guard action on the
part of Gen. Grant, while Gen. Bell
had spent his time endeavoring to make
a demonstration on the left wing, or to
the south of the Blue line.
During the night the situation was
changed. Gen. Grant’s main position
remained the same, behind or to the
east of Bull Run. He withdrew his
First Brigade under Gen. Wlnt, who
had fought the rear guard action the
day before across the Stone bride
across Bull Run, on whose eastern
shores the trenches dug by the federal
troops still remain, and in which Gen.
Grant posted Gen. Wlnt’s line after It
had been driven across the bridge with
the loss of one brigade.
Gen. Bell executed a magnificent
march with the forces, which the day
before were on the left wing of his
enemy. He threw them during the
small hours of the night from the left
to the right of Grant’s position. When
the daylight came they were put across
Bull Run at Sudley, or to the extreme
north of the maneuver scene. His cen
ter remained practically the same and
fought a brigade action at the Stone
bridge.
Then the Fighting Regan.
It was at this point that the fight
ing of the day began. The Brown
forces charged up to the bridge, which
was constructively blown- up, but were
repulsed and ordered back. A second
charge likewise did not meet the ap
proval of the umpires, but the third
was accompanied by a most brilliant
action. A part of ’the Brown force,
a section of the Ninth Infantry, had
deployed in the woods, gone down
stream and waded across. They crept
up on the east bank and got in posi
tion not twenty yards behind the Blue
defenders, when the Eighth Massa
chusetts and Twelfth New York, who
were making the charge on the west
side, came up the third time. It did
not take the umpires a second to rule
out the entire Blue force at this point
and the Brown army crossed the Run
at will.
Irt the meantime, the force which
had crossed to the north of Sudley had
been coming down towards the pike.
They struck Grant’s line to the rear
and the maneuver ended when this
force appeared In a flanking move
ment on a Blue line which was facing
a Brown line that had crossed at the
Stone bridge.
Summing up the situation to-night
Col. Wagner, chief umpire, gave the
precise movement of each brigade dur
ing the night, nfter which he com
mented on the maneuver as follows:
Opinion of tli** | mptrr.
"The Blue cavalry accomplished noth
ing during the day, (Jen. Bell having
taken the precaution to change hi*
base Among the Blue regiments that
lost heavily In constructive killed or
captured, were the Flrsl H<oilh <*.iro-
Itna. the Alabama and the Florida
regiments, all in the TUu# army. Th#
withdrawal of Gen. Grunt to a defen
sive poslilun eami of Bull Run, was ef
fected very skillfully, the handling nf
th* r'ir guard by Gan. Wlnt being
r*l>*c|ily tine.
Gen lleii’a plan of action waa an
able one. Menacing the left flank of
th# Blue, ha had a lng. prompt night
march, by which ha ptared tilmaelf on
the enemy's right flank In a why that
promised hrillisnl results. What ths ra*
Coniinuet urn Fifth Page.
ROMAINE SAYS HE HELPED
TO BLOW THEM UP.
Confession* are Made By a Deported
Negro Miller,
Topeka, Kan.. Sept. 9.—8. F. Sla
gel, alias Robert Romatne, a deported
colored miner under arrest here for
burglary, has confessed to the county
attorney to complicity in the Independ
ence depot and the Vindicator mine ex
plosions, in the Cripple Creek district,
last June, by which fifteen non-union
miners were killed outright and others
Injured. Romaine says he helped to
place the dynamite and wires running
beneath the depot, by which the charge
was set off. Romaine gave the names
of those whom he alleges were impli
cated with him in the plot. There were
twelve other men.
SHERIFF SAYS ROMAINE
HAD BEEN SUSPECTED.
'■*V*.W'-
Cripple Creek, Col., Sept. 9.—Sheriff
Bell said to-day of Slagel or Romaine:
"We know positively that Romaine
worked in the district while the strike
was in progress and was a spy em
ployed by the Western Federation of
Miners. He had long been under sus
picion.”
The men whom Romaine implicates
with himself are said to be former
officers and members of miners' unions
in this district. Only one of them,
believed to be Cfyiries G. Kennison.
former president of the Miners' Union
No. 40, Cripple Creek, is now in the
district. Kennison Is in the county
Jail charged with murder and conspir
acy to murder in connection with the
Independence depot explosion.
COVERED THE TREASURER
AND TOOK $14,000.
The Bold and Effective Work nt
Two Robber*.
Pomeroy, 0., Sept. 9.—Two men en
tered the office of County Treasurer
T. J. Chase to-day and while one of
them covered Chase with a revolver,
the other went through the safe, se
curing $14,000.
They then locked Chase In the vault
and made their escape. Chase was
found three hours later by his wife
'and released. Several thousand dol
lars in gold In the safe was overlook
ed by the robbers.
The sheriff and his deputies were at
the fair grounds, and all the officers
except the marshal were out of town
at the time of the robbery.
All nearby towns have been notified
and offVcens are scouring the county for
the robbers.
The county carried SIO,OOO Insurance
against robbery.
THE STRIKE IS OFF.
After Rclng Out .%!• Day* Meat Work
era Retnrneil tn Their .Inha.
Chicago, Sept. 9.—The fifty-nine days
strike of butchers and allied trades at
the stock yards Is off.
Vice President Smith, of the Moat
Cutters and Butchers’ Unton, said the
vote of the Conference Board of the
Allied Trades Council to bring the
trouble to an end was unanimous.
President Donnelly ho* telegraphed
the decision to all the cities where the
workmen hiive been on strike. Presi
dent Donnelly said: .
"Although we have not won all we
struck for. we go back as an organiza
tion. Both sides have learned a les
son. The butchers will build up a bol
ter and stronger organization front the
experience of the past. Ido not believe
the packers will discriminate against
the union men.”
DEAD BODY FOU*ND
ON THE TOP OF A CAR.
New York, Sept. 9,™While passen
gers were alighting from th# Chicago
Limited train, which arrived at the
Grand Central Station to-day, the life,
les* body of a young man, with tha
head crushed, waa found lying on the
rnof of th* mall car. One arm waa
clasped around a ventilator and the
body was held firmly on the narrow
roof. It li supposed that the young
fellow waa alaallng a rid* and that he
was struck by on* nf th* low bridges
along tha line.
The man was identified as A Jacob
•on. ten of • ne-kwsar dealer of this
•uyi
< 5 CENTS A COPY.
J DAILY. *8 A YEAR.
I WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK. $1 A TEAS
SOLDIERS CALLED
TO PROTECT NEGRO
TROOPS OUT AT BAINBRIDGE.
JI DdK SPF.tiCE THOIfiHI’ A MOB
WAS AFTER WII.UFORD.
Detail *>f (lie flniiihridae Company
Was Stationed About the Jail—
When n Train Arrived the SlierllT
I.eft for Tallahassee With the \e
ttro—\o Mob Appeared—Alarm
Seem* to Hive Been False—heuro
Held for Murder.
Bainbridge, (3a., Sept. 9.— This
morning about 9 o'clock Sheriff Ford
ham received a. telegram from Judge
Spence of Camilla, telling him to or
der out the military company and
have them ready at a moment’# no
tice to protect Whitney Williford, a
negro who had recently been lodged
in the jail in this city, as a mob of
men from Mitchell county were on
the way to Bainbridge to get him.
Sheriff Fordham Immediately noti
fied Lieut. Gremmer and in a short
while he had a detail stationed around
the jail. When the southbound train
of the Georgia, Florida and Alabama
Railway arrived, the negro was tak
en on board and carried by the sher
iff to Tallahassee, whence it is un
derstood they will come to Georgia
again to-night.
About a year ago Williford killed W.
B. West of Camilla and seriously
wounded Turner Cox. while they were
attempting to arrest him. At that
time there was a reward out for the
negro of $250 and the two men were
•attempting to arrest Williford and get
the reward.
Williford was arrested last week
near Sneed#, Fla., and brought to this
city, having been at large nearly a
year. When the negro was taken
out of the city the military compauiy
disbanded and everything has been
Quiet since.
There has been no mob to enter
the city and no suspicion has been
aroused against any strange men seen
to come into town. It Is supposed
that the mob disbanded before reach
ing the oity.
A loss"o*Ts 1-000000
Sustained By the Fire That Raged
at Proxrrino.
Progresso. Mexico, Sept. 9.—The
flerse fire which broke out jiere yes
terday raged unchecked all day. It
wiped out an entire block of business
houses occupied by firms engaged in
the general merchandise business. The
loss is estimated at from $1,000,000 to
$1,200,000, with but little insurance.
The burned territory consists of the
square two blocks south of the water
front, and facing one of the principal
plasas, directly opposite the Custom
House.
Fire fighting apparatus was sent by
special (rain from Merldla. the cap
ital of Yucatan, tp aid iti fighting the
flames, as (he local volunteer corps
was unequal to the occasion.
During the progress of the fire, a
tank filled with alcohol, located In
the part of the building occupied by
a drugstore, exploded, causing the
flames to spread to various sections
of the block and making it difficult to
stay the progress of the fire.
The warehouses in which henequen
was stored were burned to the ground
and the loss on this fibre alone will
agregate ssoo,ooo.
In another building corn was stor
ed. and the loss will reach $50,000.
A large quantity of asphalt destined
for paving the streets of Merldia, the
capital, was destroyed and a consid
erable loss entailed.
The loss of the dry goods and groc
ery. drug and coffee Importing con
cerns will approximate $400,000. The
balance of the loss falls upon the
brokerage firms and small storekeep
ers.
Paid Murderer's Penalty.
Montgomery, Ala., dept, 9-Toney
Jones, a negro, was hanged her* to
day for the murder of Warren Jones,
also a negro. He nearly collapsed when
the black cap was placed on his head.
Manned far Warder.
Anniston. Ala., Kept. 9.—Andrew
Burton was hanged here to-day for
the murder of W. M. KliillShlluu, WO(
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