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Fp'ahllslied 1850. - Incorporated 1888 >
J. H. ESTILL, President. *
GEN. NELSON A. MILES
He Will Be Adjutant General of the Massachu
setts Troops.
Brockton, Mass., Dec. 3.—Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles has accepted an ap
pointment as Adjutant General on the staff of Governor-elect William L.
Douglas. This information was given to the Associated Press to-night by
Mr. Douglas personally.
Mr. Douglas returned to his home In this city to-day, after a stay of two
weeks at Hot Springs, Va. The Governor-elect said that the appointment
had been made and accepted.
Mr. Douglas in a statement said:
"I am anxious to secure the ad vice and co-operation of Gen. Miles in
the administration of military affairs of the commonwealth, and Gen. Miles
has stated that he would consider it an honor to be asked by the Governor
of his native state for his advice and assistance.
"Gen. Miles will serve upon my staff, and his great ability and experience
cannot fail to be of inestimable benefit to the state and its organized
militia.
"It is almost likely that both the positions of Adjutant General and In
spector General on my staff will be filled by retired gfficers of the regular
army.”
KILLED HIS WIFE
AND HER BROTHER
POSSE LATER KILLED HIM.
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TRIPLE TRAGEDY IS EI.WTED AT
KELLYTOWK. S. C.
J. Mmliaon Jmues, n Few Weeks Ako
n Patient In the Insane Asylum,
Shot His Wife—When R. Sidney
Kelley, Her Brother, Called James
Also Killed Him—When Sheriff’s
Posse Went to Arrest James They
Were Compelled to Kill Him.
Columbia, S. C„ Dec. 3. —Madison
dames, 50 years old, one of the most
prosperous farmers of Kellytown, Dar
lington county, some time during last
night shot and killed his wife and this
morning killed her brother, R. Sidney
Kelley, who was endeavoring to get
James to surrender.
James himself was killed at 4 o’clock
this afternoon by a sheriff's posse,
after an all-day battle, in which W.
A. Sumner, a young man names Dan
Eegars and another were wounded.
After James killed his wife the other
Inmates of the house fled. James then
barricaded himself and remained with
in until he was shot to death this
afternoon.
Tried to Trap Him.
Sid Kelley, James’ brother-in-law,
’went to the house early this morning,
tnd conversed with him through an
open window with the hope of induc
ing him to surrender. He asked James
Five him a JlO bill he had got from
Mrs. Kelley yesterday, hoping in that
'way to grab his hand and hold him.
Although James passed out the bill,
Salley failed to hold him.
As Kelley turned to dismount from the
box on which he was standing James
fired at him, tearing avrdy a large por
tion of his neck and killing him in
stantly.
James would allow no one to touch
hr approach the placo and acted with
the utmost deliberation and Judgment
in defending himself and waging an
unequal battle for the next eight hours,
Kelley’s body remaining where it had
fali-n under the window. He would
11,,en t 0 no overtures for surrender,
1 shot all who came within range,
wounding three members of the posse.
Eheriff Scarborough was shot at twice,
"nd it Is miraculous that ho was not
killed.
11 was thought tbat the man might
wounded and captured, but he
bought with such coolness and daring
I *•* 11 was soon seen that be could
tot be taken allvt.
1 b* whole ond of tbs bouse In which
II • desperate men was barricaded was
•>‘Ot to pieces by the poees of MS men,
James was wounded many times
be was finally shied
jsatoatmab Uterting
TVTTMRTCR 17.862.
Recently Ont of Asylum.
Why James murdered his wife is not
known. Two years ago he was placed
in the state hospital for the insane,
but was released seven weeks ago,
apparently cured. By some it is
thought he was madly Insane, while
others say his coolness and delibera
tion was not that of an insane man.
Kelley leaves a mother, wife and
seven children.
FELL DEAD WHEN TOLD
HE HAD WON THE RACE.
Sad Fate of a Candidate for Magis
trate In Auirnsta.
Augusta, Dec. 3.—1. B. Lewis dropped
dead this 'afternoon upon being told
that he had been successful in the
race for magistrate in the upper part
of the city.
There were four candidates for the
place and the race was close. It was
not until the last hour that his friends
were certain that Lewis was ahead.
When they told the old man, who was
72 years old, his face lightened up
with an expression of joy, then a shad
ow of pain swept across his counte
nance. He fell to the sidewalk and in
a few minutes was dead. His plural
ity was 24 votes.
MAY HAVE LYNCHED”HIM.
Vamchn Wn Cnptnred, Rat Cannot
IS’ovr Be Found.
Seale, Ala., Dec. 3.—William
Vaughn, colored, who is charged with
robbing, murdering and cremating in
her home his wife’s grandmother, and
who later made a sensational escape
from the deputy sheriff, was captured
to-day near the scene of his alleged
crime. The negro had a bullet wound
in his left arm, which was inflicted by
the deputy sheriff when he escaped.
The capture was made by a white man
and two negroes.
After his capture Vaughn was taken
from his captors by parties in the com
munity. and his present whereabouts
is unknown to the officers.
It Is stated that there was imminent
danger of mob violence when the negro
was captured.
TEN CASTS 7 VOTES
According <o (lie Testimony of n
Handwriting Expert.
Denver, Col., Dec. 3.—Startling dis
closures were made in the Supreme
Court to-day In the trial of the six
election officials of Ward five. Pre
cinct nine, who are charged with con
tempt.
George King, a handwriting expert,
said that fifty-seven of the ballots In
the box had been written by ten dif
ferent persons. The highest number
written by one person was nineteen.
The lowest was two. The five Repub
lican ballots were written by one per
son. The other flfty-two ballots on
which the expert noticed similarity of
bandwriting were Democratic.
"It is evident that two kinds of ink
were used in the writing of the bal
lots." said Mr. King. "Whether this
was occasioned by two different kinds
being furnished by the Election Com
mission or whether certain ballots were
written outside the booths, I am un
sbls to say.”
It Is the general belief among the
attorneys, who have followed the con
tempt proceedings closely, that tbs re
mit of the discoveries made by the
court will be to bring the ballot box
of every precinct where contempt Is
charged idle court for * samios tleu.
PROMISE OF TRIAL
STAYED LYNCHING
VIOLENCE WAS IMMINENT
BIT CALMER COUNSEL PREVAILED
AT THOMSON.
Friends of Rad G. Story Were
Wrought lip By Ilia Murder and
the Confeaainu of Rntler and Reid,
the Gnilty Negroes—Butler Told
How the Dend Vaa Done—Shot
Story und Then He and Reid Fin
ished the Work With an Ax.
Thomson. Ga.. Dec. 3.—There has
been no little excitement here to-day
since the finding of the dead body of
R. G. Story yesterday and the confes
sion of the two negroes, John Butler
and Guy Reid.
There was a strong feeling here of
lynching, but since then there has
been a meeting at the Court House,
where there assembled a large crowd
of citizens, together with Judge Ham
mond, who came from Augusta and
promised a speedy trial, which will
take place next Tuesday.
The coroner's jury has not yet ren
dered a verdict, as It expects to sift
the evidence, when it is expected oth
ers will be implicated. At this hour
the crowd is dispersing, and it is hoped
that all indication of lynching has
passed.
John Butler and Guy Reid made
statements in the jail yard in the
presence of the Morning News cor
respondent. According to John But
ler’s statement, he had been employed
by Mr. Story, who was a farmer, to
pick some cotton. On the day of the
murder he wished to quit work to at
tend a negro burial. This Mr. Story
objected to, and Butler says he threw
his hand behind him as if to draw a
pistol. Butler then drew his pistol,
firing three time at Mr. Story, one
shot inflicting an ugly flesh wound in
the latter’s face.
This occurred in a wood a short dis
tance from Butler’s house. Butler,
with Guy Reid, then went to his
house, secured an ax and pursued
Story, who, wounded, was making his
way homeward. They came upon him
in a clearing on one side of which is
a cane brake. Guy Reid now grap
pled with the white man and John
Butler dealt him a blow on the head
with the ax.
According to Butler’s statement, Mr.
Story was then dispatched by com
bined blows with the ax delivered by
himself and Guy Reid. When dead, his
body was dragged by them to the cane
brake and concealed therein, where it
remained until found yesterday morn
ing.
Mr. Story, the murdered man, wAs 46
years, of age. He leaves a wife*and
several children. He was a member
of the Thomson Methodist Church and
was a quiet, law abiding citizen.
CRAWFORD IS HELD
ON BIGAMY CHARGE.
Says His First Wife Died In Savan
nah Eight Month* Ago.
Atlanta, Dec. 3.—William Crawford, a
fainter, 23 years old, who lives about
three miles from the city, was yester
day afternoon married to Miss Lizzie
Akrldge, daughter of W. T. Akridge,
without the consent of her parents.
Two hours after his wedding Craw
ford was arrested by two of the coun
ty police on a warrant charging him
with bigamy. The warrant w*as sworn
out by the young woman’s father, who
objected to the wedding. Crawtord was
found at the house of his brother-in
law, on the Mason and Turner's fer
ry road and was placed In Jail at 11
o’clock fast night.
Crawford to-day stated that he had
been married before, but had been
compelled to leave his first wife, who,
he declares, died about eight months
ago in Savannah. He said he had re
ceived a letter from his sister In Sa
vannah announcing the death of his
first wife and that, therefore, he can
not be held on the bigamy charge.
Akrldge claims that Crawford’s first
wife is still alive.
NURSES HAD’TO FLEE.
One Young Man mul Fonr Young
Women Severely Burned.
St. Louis, Dec. 3.—One man was
burned to death and four young wom
en nurses were severely injured by
jumping from windows, and In running
through the flames while escaping from
the nurses’ home of the Missouri Bap
tist Sanitarium, which was partly de
stroyed by fire to-day.
The sanitarium itself was not touch
ed by the flames. The dead man Is
Frank Roberts, a fireman employed In
the sanitarium, who lost hts life In
attempting to save the nurses.
The fire is believed to have started
from the furnace.
MAY TR7TO CHANGE
THE JURY SYSTEM.
New York, Dec. 3.—The Nan Patter
son trial will be responsible for an ef
fort to change the jury system of New
York, according to a story which the
Times will print to-morrow morning.
Senator-elect Jacob Marks Is said to
be preparing amendments to the New
York constitution, which will make It
possible to swear In supplemental Ju
rors, who are to hear all testimony
and may be drawn on In case regular
Jurors are taken sick. An amendment
will also be advocated making it pos
sible for nine members of a Jury to
return a verdict.
REVOKED THE ORDERS.
Hoston, Dec. I.—J. W. Smith, district
forecaster of the Boston Weather Bu
reau. notified the Boston Herald by
telephone thte afternoon that he had
received Instructions from Washington
to furnish the Herald wMh the daily
weather map and weather reports and
other euub information on usual.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1904
RUSSIAN STORY OF
RUSSIAN HEROISM.
Early Morning Attacks in Which
Japs Were Defcnte*l.
Mukden, Dec. 3.—Ail day Friday
Russian siege guns bombarded villages
occupied by the Japanese to the east
of the railroad, and early this morn
ing to the west of the railroad Don
Cossacks routed the Japanese south of
Lidlatoun and captured eight guns.
This brilliant action, described by a
Chinese, who, dressed as a Cossack,
participated in the attack, is as fol
lows:
' When volunteers were called for
from two infantry regiments every
man stepped forward, and the Cos
sacks in chorus asked not to be left
behind when the little party was form
ed. The order was given to depart
at 2 o’clock in the morning, and all
the men advanced with extreme cau
tion and in dead silence, sometimes
crawling and sometimes running.
"The party divided and attacked the
Japanese position from two sides. The
Japanese were sound asleep, and did
not even have time to raise a cry be
tore all ivas over.
“Again we advanced and soon saw
before us the outlines of a battery. AU
the Japanese were asleep except the
sentries. We encircled the battery and
attacked from the rear. The Japanese
had not expected such an audacious
and sudden attack, and when the Don
Cossacks charged on a dead run, fol
lowed by chasseurs on foot, the Japa
nese were badly scared and unable to
realize what was happening. They
rushed, half dressed, from their tents,
only to be received by spears and
bayonets.
"The fight lasted only a few min
utes, when the whole camp broke and
fled in a wild panic, leaving eight
guns in our hands. We had no losses
and only one man was slightly wound
ed. The Japanese left at least fifteen
dead and probably as many more
were wounded.”
Continued crouching in rifle pits and
Incessant firing have so hardened the
men to danger that they Ignore it. Pe
culiar war sports are becoming more
popular among the troops.
Gen. Rennenkampf's Cossacks are
still in pursuit of Japanese and have
driven them out of the villages of
Intsagoundzy and Dapindunigan, tak
ing many prisoners and rifles.
JAPANESE READY FOR
THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON.
Che Foo, Dec. 3.—Japanese prepared
ness for an encounter with the Rus
sian second Pacific squadron was evi
denced by the officers of the French
steamer Binh-Thuan, which left Japan,
Nov. 30, and arrived here to-day. Near
Sasebo they saw the Japanese battle
ship 'Mlkasa unscarred and evidently
repaired and painted. Forty miles
south of Shantung promontory the offi
cers of the Binh-Thuan sighted the
Japanese battleship Asahi similarly
rehabilitated. She was steaming
north. The repair work of the Japa
nese fleet has been progressing with
great secrecy since August.
The torpedo boat and torpedo boat
destroyer flotilla is reported to have
been maintained in good shape. The
boats are mostly at the Japanese naval
base and at Port Dalny.
SAKHAROFF'REPORTS
ON BAYONET FIGHTS.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 3.—Gen. Sakha
roff, telegraphing yesterday, reports a
successful reconnaissance by sharp
shooters Thursday night in the direc
tion of the Japanese entrenchments
southeast of Tungoon (Tunganon?).
The Russians first bayoneted a Japa
nese outpost of thirty men, surmount
ed barb wire entanglements, entered
the entrenchments and bayoneted
twenty Japanese. Reinforcements
coming up attacked the sharpshooters
with hand grenades, forcing the Rus
sians to retire.
The Russians carried off five dead
and fourteen wounded, some Japanese
rifles and equipments.
ARMISTICE DECLARED
TO BURY THE DEAD.
Tokio, Dec. 3.—The first armistice be
tween the combatants at Port Arthur
was declared on Dec. 2, for the pur
pose of burying the dead. It lasted
for a period of six hours.
The Port Arthur besiegers report that
yesterday bearers of flags of truce in
the direction of the left wing ar
ranged for a partial armistice to ex
tend from 10 o’clock In the morning
to 4 in the afternoon for the removal
of the dead and wounded.
TO BREAK THE STRIKE
Fall Hirer Mills Will Bring In Oat
side Operatives.
Fall River, Mass., Dec. 3. —It was
announced to-day that all the Fall
River mills would be started again on
Monday, and It is said that the man
ufacturers will make a concerted at
tempt to break the strike by bringing
in operatives from other towns and
cities.
The union officials claim that the
mill owners are making extra offers in
the way of higher wages than those
which prevailed before the proposed
reduction.
It Is understood that the mill
agenta have requested that additional
police be sent when the mills start
Monday. The strikers have been or
derly up to this time, and although
the relations between them and the
manufacturers are becoming more
strained, there was no Indication to
day that there would be any disorder
next week.
PLANTER WAS KILLED.
Old Fend Result* In the Death at
Smith Murphy.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 3.—A special to
the Commercial-Appeal from Humnar,
Miss., says that Hmltti Murphy, one
of the richest planters In the Missis
sippi Delta, was killed there to-day
by Jerry Robinson, also a wealthy
planter.
The killing, it la said, was the result
of an eld feud originating several
years ago In the shooting of a negro,
whose services were claimed by both
men
Robinson surrendered immediately to
ths sheriff He Id 31 year* old, Ms
vtotkn was U.
Japanese Storming One of the Hights Near Port Arthur.
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The Japanese Carried Hand Grenades, Which They Exploded in the Rus
sian Trenches- In the Foreground of the Picture May Be Seen the
Officers and War Correspondents in a Trench Pro
tected by Sand Bags.
COULO NOT FIND
ANY PROPERTY
WRIT FOR MRS. CHADWICK
HUT NOTHING DISCOVERED ON
WHICH TO LEVY.
Deputy Sheriff Went to Her Room In
the Hollnnd Iloase, lint All He
Found Was a Handling:, With 11
Hat mid Jacket—Believed She Had
Other Apartments 111 the Hotel-
Newton’* Attorney Still Believes
That His Claim Will lie Paid.
New York, Dec. 3.—The financial af
fairs of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick were
further complicated to-day by the is
suance of an attachment ’against her
property for $1,367.50, on behalf of a
firm of milliners of this city. The ap
plication was made by Lawyer Theo
dore H. Friend, on the ground that
Mrs. Chadwick is a debtor and is not
a resident of this state. The writ v*as
issued by Justice Conlan of the City
Court.
The writ of attachment against Mrs.
Chadwick's personal property was
served upon the clerk and manager
of the Holland House this afternoon.
Lawyer Friend holds that this w*as
sufficient to act as a service and would
prevent Mrs. Chadwick from removing
any of her personal property from the
hotel.
“There Is absolutely nothing to pre
vent Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick from
leaving the Holland House with her
baggage, if she see fit,” said Philip
Carpenter, counsel for Mrs. Chadwick,
to-night, when asked concerning the
report that a writ of attachment had
been served.
‘‘The papers were served on the
manager of the hotel and not on my
client personally, and that fact renders
the service null and void,” continued
Mr. Carpenter.
“Asa rrfatter of fact, Mrs. Chadwick
has no intention of leaving New York
for a few days, but there would be no
legal objection if she saw fit, according
to my views of the law.”
Mrs. L'hatlwlrk Was Defiant.
In contradiction to the statement of
Mr. Carpenter, Deputy Sheriff Frank
C. Rlnn said to-night that ho served
the attachment on Mrs. Chadwick per
sonally to-day after first serving it
on a clerk and Manager Hnrrlman of
the Holland House.
Rlnn says that he was permitted to
go to the Chadwick apartments, where
he found Mrs. Chadwick reclining on
a couch. Owing to her defiance, Rlnn
says he was obliged to carry on con
versation In a loud voice. When he
made his errand known the deputy
says Mrs. Chadwick took the papers
and placed them on a table beside her.
He continued:
“I then searched the room as well as
I could, but all I could find there was
a small handbag and the woman's
hat and jacket.
“We have been Informed that Mrs.
Chadwick has changed her apartments
In the Holland House three times. We
believe that the hand bag that I
found in her room does not constitute
all her effects.”
Detectives Miailnnlns Her.
A story was published In an evening
paper to the effect that several detec
tives alleged to be in the employ of a
New York millionaire, whose name has
been mentioned in connection with the
Chadwick case, are shadowing Mrs.
Chadwick. According to this rumor
two detectives are in the Holland
House In the guise of patrons, while
others are watching the exits and
lounging about the corridors. The ho
tel management is quite unaware of
the alelged presence of detectives, and
it has been impossible to confirm the
story.
George Hyall, the New York attor
ney for Herbert D. Newton, gave out
the following statement to-day re
garding the settlement of his client’s
claim against Mrs. Chadwick: “I am
satisfied that our claim against Mr*.
Chadwick will be paid. Th# settlement
will be In full and In cash. Of course,
there may not be a full payment of
Newton's claim of $190,800, because f
believe there are some of the notes
held by Newton on which Mrs. Chad
wick did not get thslr full face value
and of course deductions will have to
be made In such cease, but all th*
juet claims and legal obligations of
Mrs. Chadwick to Newton will be met
by her In full end with cash, and by
Mra Chadwick bar seif regardless of
the bankruptcy proceedings brought
against her in Cleveland on Friday."
Itoiißlt Oil Her Nerve*.
Mrs. Chadwick is said to be in a
state bordering on almost total col
lapse to-night. The nervous strain of
the last few days had been so great
that she is reported as hysterical. Dr.
Moore, who is her New York medical
attendant, was called in to-night and
after prescribing for her said:
"Mrs. Chadwick Is suffering from
nothing except the nervous strain
from whtsh she has been undergoing.
It. is no wonder that a woman of her
age would give way considering what
she has been though lately. There is,
however, no const 11 utional trouble."
The Fane at Cleveland.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 3.—The suit
brought by Herbert D. Newton of
Brookline, Mass., against Mrs. Cassie
L. Chadwick was again continued by
Judge Babcock to-day. The attorneys
representing both Mr. Newton and Mrs.
Chadwick were In court and requested
that the hearing go over for a week.
A. F. Stearns, of the legal firm of
Carr, Stearns & Chamberlain, repre
senting Mr. Newton, said the entire
matter would be doubtless settled out
of court.
Nathan Loeser, appointed receiver
for Mrs. Chadwick, said to-day:
“I have taken no action as yet to
ward securing possession of any of
Mrs. Chadwick's property. The prop
erty is practically all in the hands of
adverse claimants. In order to get
possession it would be necessary for
me to bring an action In court. This,
I am inclined to think, will not he
done immediately, or not, at any rate,
until we have conferred with Mrs.
Chadwick's counsel. There have been
no developments In the receivership
case,to-day and the matter rests Just
where it did when I was appointed.”
Conference About the Bank.
Cleveland, 0., Dot-. 3.—Receiver Ly
ons, in charge of the closed Citizens'
Bank of Oberlin, and Judge Oldham of
the office of the Controller of the Cur
rency at Washington had a long con
ference here with United Stales Dis
trict Attorney Sullivan to-day. extend
ing over a period of nearly two hours.
At its conclusion none of those attend
ing the conference would discuss the
matter under consideration.
ABOUT7SO PASSENGERS
INJURED IN A WRECK.
Eighty of Them Reported as Seri
ously Hurt.
Holden, Mo., Dec. 3.—Missouri Pacific
passenger train No. 1, westbound, from
St. Louis to Kansas City, due here
at 4 o’clock this afternoon, was wreck
ed at the waterworks bridge, two
miles east of here, resulting In the In
jury of about 45 passengers, 10
of whom were seriously hurt.
The accident was caused by a broken
rail, which projected from the track,
catching the first coach behind the
mail car, throwing it from the track
down *a twenty-foot embankment and
causing two other coaches, a Pullman
and the diner, to follow It.
The broken rail was on the bridge
and the rear Pullman roiled off the
bridge Into the creek below and the
passengers Inside were all seriously In
jured. Two old ladles Imprisoned In
this car were taken out at the top
‘after holes had been made with axes
The engine, two baggage cars and
the mall car passed the bridge in safe
ty and remained on the track, but ail
the remainder of the train was de
railed.
Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 3.—A relief
train which went from here to the
scene of the wreck returned late to
night, bringing many of the Injured
to the Missouri Pacific Hospital and
other hospitals In this city.
The wreck occurred fourteen miles
west of Dead Man’s Curve near War
rensburg, where the worst wreck In
the hlstorv of the Missouri Pacific
Railway happened in October, when
thirty persons lost their lives.
Supposition has it that orders were
given the train crew at Center View,
Mo., to slow up at the waterworks
bridge on account of a broken rail
there. It seems that the train was
behind the schedule time, and this
order was not heeded.
Maw the Levee*.
New Orleans, Dec. 3.—Members of
the congressional party who are re
turning from the lethmus of Panama,
spent three hours on th* river to-day
seeing the harbor, the facilities for
handling commerce and the levees. Alt
the congressmen, except Mr. Town
send of Mhblgan and Mr. Mnackleford
of Missouri, who expect te go heme
first, left over the Southern Railway
to-night for Washington They ora
due there Monday mot sing.
5 CENTS A COPY.
DAILY. *8 A YEAR.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK. 81 A YEAR
WILL SETTLE ON
ST. MARY’S RIVER
FITZGERALD BOUGHT LAND
TO HE t'SED BY COLONISTS FROM
THE WEST.
Colony Planter lias Closed a Deal
With a Jarknonvllle Real Estate
Dealer for 511,000 Acre* in Charl
ton County—Expects to Hnve Sev
eral Thousand People Establish
Home* There—Survey of the Tract
and Allotment* to lie Made *;
Once.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 3. —P. H.
Fitzgerald of Indianapolis, Ind., the
founder of the old soldiers' colony lo
cated at and about Fitzgerald, Irwin
county, Georgia, has Just closed a deal
with Brobston, Fendlg & Cos., a roal
estate firm of this city, whereby he
ha* purchased 50,000 acres of land for a
rvew colony, which he has organized to
'bring to Georgia. The lands are lo
cated along the St. Mary's river, In
Charlton county, twenty-seven miles
from Jacksonville, and adjacent to the
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway.
This netv force of settlers has been
recruited from the Northwest and Mid
dle Western states, and numbers
several thousand people. Those fa
miliar with the country which has
been selected state that it is one of
the best sections in th* South.
A city will be laid out at once along
the banks of the St. Mary's river and
will be named St. George. Surveyors
under the direction of Capt. G. C.
Welch, the manager of the old soldiers’
colony, will commence work at once.
About 400 members of the new colony
have already reached Georgia and are
now waiting for the survey and allot
ment of colony land. It is estimated
that hy April 1, 1906, not less than
8,000 to 10,000 people will be located
along the St. Mary's river.
MINERS DASHED TO IDEATH.
Cable Broke and They Fell Upon
Hocks 700 Feet Below.
Huntington, W. Va„ Dec. 3.—The
breaking of a cable at the Loop river
mines at Tuloquon, near Welch, to
day dashed three miners on the rocks,,
700 feet below, killing them all in
stantly. A searching party an hour
later found their bodies crushed and
mangled beyond recognition on the
rocks at the bottom of the precipice.
The dead are:
John Winters, Harry Wolbura and
Henry Clay, colored.
The accident caused a general cessa
tion of work in the mines, the 300
men employed refusing to work until
after the burfs.l of the dead.
The mine superintendent cannot ac
count for the breaking-of the cable.
HEARST GETS INJUNCTION
To Prevent the Payment of New
York City Gas Bills.
New York, Deo. B.—An Injunction
was granted to-day against Mayor Mc-
Clellan, City Controller Grout and City
Chamberlain Keenan to prevent them
from paying city gas bills alleged to be
excessive.
Justice Mareau of the Supreme Court
granted the writ upon the application
of W. R. Hearst.
During 1903 and a part of 1904 vari
ous gas companies furnished the city
with light without a contract. Their
bills aggregate 35,000,000 for that time,
and Mr. Hearst maintains this is $1
300,000 more than should have been
charged. Arguments to make the In
junction permanent will be heard next
Friday.
TO GET ANOTHER JURY
TO TRY NAN PATTERSON.
New York. D*o. I.—A special pan*)
of 300 talesman, from among whom a
jury will be chosen for the • sound trial
of Man Fatter eon. charged with th*
murder of Caaear Toting, has been
summoned to appear to the duprems
Court MtMidas.