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TMIf MEL
RESCUES SIXTEEN
Stilish Steamer Finds a Boat
From the St. Hasaire.
OCCULTS WERE HELPLESS
Th:dsen Bad Gens Crazj soil Jumped
Into the Sea.
RESCUED SERE ST POINT GF DESIH
Th* Survivors of the Vessel Told of
the Horrible Torture Which They
Had Endutrd from the Time
the French. Vessel
Went Down.
fr i.» N s ?•« u - f«*r • *!» tor. I .«•!
i. . us* > n of th* survivors of th*
f r*-*l Fr- t.* !i >t. .tin-r St. Nus.tir* .
t ..nt «•» li.n*- !••:» •orroct. Tin-
r .»r; U th.: < lm*l r> x*t» <1 siM.-n oT
th* who I. b • •: “it th*- Hi-fa-* i st* am-
• r a I «! > t. ' t k ■ a -m-ill t>. tt
I- for*- t M Na* r• w . i.t .Sown off Cape
Hath rr - *lur rtf a h* avy teak-.
Th* h k. 1 < n th.- Yanarlra sitfhtc.l a
I- •’ : ran*'*- from h-r di*-
I ci 4 «• *1 r- - S’». hoi- down
t< » f: * ■ ..:h! 1 I a*i ’h- :-utVIVOT» on
1 *ani. uh- r- . >*rythiiitf |- iHv wa> done
f r th. r ’l. A* aoon a< the r*s*’ii**l
I j 4 -i. tat- ’• t*» t 4 %* th* d* tails* of the
th. •- I* .1 a n th «t 3.r.» 1 in all its
r '• rial *.- ailm with th** •• |*oFt of lh«?
T . t w ’k Vir 1 *k« <1 i|»
f. » tl . I t th* r** w* r<e
. 1 -i. 4 it th • w ».l * i .vi all been
t.;W 11 ’*■/-. th’ >F ?•* ’.it. whi h I’ ft
i’ajd.s V». - ■’ ?l t? rof «h» Y.t
• t - ft - h- I- ' N*-w* rt X'*" *. It
% r ”• I t«. r ’ i ■ t *1 srk •»* »«t,
a|’i .r» tty it* iK » • f *li>tr»ss. <**til*l
that 1' r. - - tt- ■ • tn h-r.
II Weik to R
•
t?. - ou n 4« >p 4 ;.. th-
a?, hr- w ••! in lv r, »n»i
j - t-t—! T! *r . *s« u r» a«n iuml h-r-i-
r- - *1 th. d* kof th*
I ?• . 1 pro. i • *
i1- • • •
Af?*- • ■; hr* I- car** i**. -I*
r f «<il * of ih« s«'*' «m*r all of
RIKKICIZ N!« •ipfatn.
r t.Ai »!?:n ry.’ th.rd . ua. r. i
Xh*•»!-* SAI V».X.‘i <’ Ih .n-
€1 * t< wii. n - % wtn .m? : to
! v th. N \\ 1 . n th* I .t
! whl’-h th»* survivor* v. f • in.l u»s
a
r- . ! i : • - V-r ?l •! A s»’ill *.•* • ,:a*'*l,
1 nnlnx d* I>f**r«- th** wind. Th.s. though
1- to h *ve kopt the boat •»«! .-nv
< *|mnt of ria voubl h.ive r«**ult«-<l
• • • e . • f a* 1 rlo«o up «»n th-
- r* a* n*d to Vr* k a. ward ar .1 511 ter.
h-. I . t-.ry •il n t s .- b»u a '
•r- n B’d to th- -kin. The wat*T w.m
9 , »»!.-*lly F:*v«d the live* of Mini-- «»f the
•• th* t f o •*$ an«l and ems-d nitxh
No Food in the Boat.
The Finbb.in* -- w. h which H w»« ««•-
• - •>. iir.d-n t: * S:. N -tire |ir» -
of Wat* *■ In t -• ?- > »n>*' f th-
r t th- ortur of thrist as
T m I ’-d *‘V the t«» which
th y w.t.- t übj- i d. tin y drank *m w.i
t*r. Their a~-ny u Ih’ti w«*r»e than
• % r .rl m • .*< -f ?*m v H, r ” : ’* ;| d
and jamped into the s* a. Th*? strong* st of
i I
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.
the m. n r. frain.’l from putting t!v s. a
wat.r into their mouthA ami prevented
b< fnree >me of the others from «l< ng
so. Those who were n: old. n<-I by drink
ing v. re 1-. M in the Ixmt until th- strength
of th. ir eould-l.- saviors f tiled, when
with ps. r. ing cries they threw t!i< m<eHes
ov.rt. ml to e .-apo th- t .r-ure that tt.ts
racking their frames.
on the morning -t March 12th the smoke
of a Meant- r was s ■ n str. .itniaK in a -•!>„
line ui».a tlw distant horizon.
Th.-r- waa only four Inches <»f the ire®
i...:r.l of tn. boat Mwah*. « " '**
learned afterward' that it w is this that
first •t:r. e»<sl the attention of those on
the Yansirh . 1» fore the signal ‘hat had
( .. i.- wouM
sink, th- men I. mt - .xh -u■■ i t.. make
a-iv attempt t«» fr- • h«r.
vr , r , st } •• «. mis|m nsc. dur-
. . t , '•. I >•• I ’U l'ler h r I- C. tho
T’>. tr j’*> was Ir.l. * wit* n they felt a sol.d
do k <• tin I- n.- rtlt ’>»• ir f< •t.
Th..-. «<t. -v< .1 ino knowledge
of th- fate of t’e -e vi'.o b-i!• ft t' l - ft.
V sVre in the .. her I—i' '•»’ 'or. they
pined < enp.ty «.th th. captains I—it
t> . v Ir-. 't'y '■« th is.- ’<» is rdr ipping
... ...i Ma j of ’
- r 1! ■ ii> ’
■ .
.. mon. ng of M•.h 1. >■ Sb • * “>■ »
■ .. ..... •. ... York 1' v ■ - i .- h*.
i.u ...I d‘ti:. nit t kto moke the r-seuo.
T . t v. ■ lai... a. '• rx lii- i .1 .it
| ‘
th steamer's .1.. k. I " •>' f-at -1 that tt e
st .miner u iM b» driven t .•».'■•■• • to her
•
V . ,1. to '• !■’■ - t ••• ' ■ ’
th-. :e.<n.. r I', g.t I-..; I‘e in atioi -.1. _l’or
i. i. r. and > mie . f th in ha I l-fl th St.
v - . hart t'x tha: th <t i:> have
puopij of .•'•■ dug ;•.. Ji-.-ad
men >.ad >uff. rd extr-tn. ty from t!w <•> id.
.... i • • I t ■
«. .m. -th y Ml h’t i alternate par .xysms
i efl I Cap
i Tin \\ . ■ oil ten ' man at th m ’ i•id of
: . I . . I . ■
• r i«»;tts. but t».» trace of them was t • i»n.
. . .1 reef, d t Van riv i
■•. < • ‘
t-.-.t.ln Weston for !>f bum .ty and sea
n. •• A. . m!i. t. Cap:: ai W' who is
i fair sp. • :m> n «»f ::i■' •' I’ i. Ii "• a
~...... n ,< ~f i,;s a. hi-x• im nt in re-
st..hug all th- r- ndm- at ■ health.
CONCERTED ACTION A FAILURE
War Now Sc-nis Inevitable Accoixling
to Reliable Information.
I>indon. Marvil 25.-Tiw Graphic, tomor
r*»w. w*ll giv • j»r«*niin* n< • t enw-iil
u-ilch it <l.dins to r« ;v< ‘« fr »m an
ill:.|U. -tiuaaid- source, to the < fi. •: that
th- Greek situation is extr-m. ly grave,
it says that with th- departure of Grown
I’riie .• Cotistimtiti.. from A’h. : to t k>-
command of th- troops in Th ■ th«
die S. Illis to hax- b it cast. W.r w. uld
b- inevitable it Gri.s e r< . ailed h. r army,
it Is tho.a nt tl.. concert of tin- 1-xx ts is
no img.r olid. Titer.- has not a tn
•a- r. tl rupture, but the m. tiitier have
I .Ilf t. t ... .-oil. ill. ..nt that colt. err. I nc
t ... is a i iiur... If the t-o-calk-d .ncert
. - s u>r :i wa.ek it c; nnot e-olitinuo
long. r.
T ..j statement arena.-s th- p .-l «>n to
the imp ;t!<nee of the powers with Greece s
L.. • -ti. ■■ .-• nietd of I I.ittrd me a
mile V.:.. .. . • h Std. of th- Tur .-Gre
cian boundary l-. aii-e Turkey li dd« all
turn and .—cupj- the p > >. or.s. wlti. it
XX. d bl li.r to inx-.de Titriox. Tills
xx ..J.l pr.v al * p*c.X‘ r> tr«.’:i local.xiog
th- w -. would s- ' II tin tlkan aflame;
i-a Il id lw-1 indie - In Turkey, .nd
it..:. Austria ad 11 .is<..i to interfere
ARMENIAN PRISONER RELEASED
Firinp on the Insurgents from Gun
boats Does T.o Good.
X*’i. —. March \ b . .1 of Arm. ni.in -.
. . . ~1 . it. .I. . I. . ...I I . a M :•
■
!. : t ken from t : i : i to <'.• tatoinoplo.
■ I. .
I I <’ n . ■ t
tr T r. i ii ••t of ■ • I- t-
•« rt.x .• tn t! • ’-j • •:• * npp tr* •»*
i. Im- ii h-.irn**s t tl * 4m« i*ib< ir
»* • in Ir a kjH »
w i i» • c t*i.«» oi <’ >!•» >••! \ .<>- • the
« nnii-ii - •! i’;. Gr.-k army us c« •up.i-
WILL GUARD THE WATER SUPPLY
International Tro-opa Oppose Them
selves to the Insurgents.
<•:! .. Marell s Hu..- hundr.d infer-
’ ■vt l« . n :• h» «l to
t •- <’utM>nfiarta. where -»re !o-
• I i - j• i - uhuh furnishes th? city
« «• w.u r upp.’:- will KUurd
th* FpiinK- i«» prevent their can'ure hy
th. htsurfc* n?s «• ». wcr** they to <4»:.iin
je ..f n„. v ~;er supply, would pr.ie-
ly h;*Vt «’ain t i their nicrev.
S ?•<•* t . .pture «»t Malax i by the iiiMir
4f*nts th* y li.tv r.i ’• d tl.t jnsrlveM <»n tli<*
h. MA- th town of Suda and co»n
--n »h at: i k u|M»n th* Izzedin fori.
To-day th- |t-ii.«n w.ti'NJ.ips in Sull buy.
>«!*;* rtintr the TutkLli garrison. Hr* <i upon
th* <T«ri.s«ians.
GUARDS FOR MISSIONARIES.
More Blocd Letting Is Reported in
Vicinity of Tokat.
<’oust.in’hmple. Xiereh 25.--H Is r uort
<<l I■ r. 11l at .li.iiiers have ui-cltrr. d at
Arb«h. in th- x: niiy of T-lat. the town
in th- Six.is district of Annlolla wher
«-*• Arm.-ni ms xx.-re recently massa.-nsl.
No •• t.iih of til. trouble are giv.-n, but
th- r< iiort is g.m ridy ace. pt -d as true.
• living to th- f.-ars tl; t .ire ent-rt.lined
that th. r- will b. troul.l in II . e|ix es
Sil.;--, th- Hell. A. W. T< rr. 11. the Am. rl
<;in millist. r. has ..‘4a d th— porte t— rr
npis-itit military i;n (•-- f..r duty at the
thf r-.
BIG rrPEDITION IS LANDED
Csr tai T ;io— Gl v Cuba More F.ifkr,
Cartrids os r.ad Guns.
Wa-hinuton. Much S. n>r Qiie.--.tda
to-1 .y r. - ix’.-l > . suat.-h from E. Truxillo.
X- ' i Ik. -tnt
hig that G. in.-.i <•■.<: -i: .'. ir in I : tided
In Cuba wi’h * . ’ • ri”. - ■ irtndg. s
.jTh'ree 12-paiind Hotchkiss guns.
ATLANTA GA.. MONDAY MORNING Al ARCH u 29. 1597.
GREAT OUER
FROM WATERS
Chief of Weather Bureau Sends
Out Warning.
FLOOD PROMISES TROUBLE
Mississippi River Will Continue to
Rise for Ten Days More.
GREAT STRAIN OH THE LEVEES
People Living in Districts Which Have
B-en Overflowed Advised to
Move Out r.t Once—Danger
nt Hannibal. Mo., and
Other Points.
Washington. March 2S.—Thb following
special river bulletin has been issued by
the xveather bureau:
“The er. st of th— floodwavo is still nt
j Cairo, which shows a stationary gauge
: reading 51.fi feet for the past four days.
‘’There is great danger yet to come from
the flood in the region from Helena south-
I ward to New Orleans.
"The riv.-r will continue to rise for nt
least t< n days in the region from Helena
southward to Vicksburg, and to rise dur
ing a longer period from Vicksburg south
| ward
“If no break occurs before, levees will
I be subjected to the greatest strain about
April P'th. in southwest Arkansas, xv< stern
M.-'i- lppl ml In Ixxulslana. S.iould the
1 lev.-.-s br.-ak. the result will b- one of the
: most disastrous flood ever known.
atle r conditions note additional
j fall In the middle and lower Mississippi
I valleys, which will materially Intensify
. th- flood conditions.
•"i 1 . g iii •' -tri-ts overflowed In
| f-.rtr- t years, should be on the safe side,
.-,1 transfer stock at.d movable property
to pji -. of known safety while there 1s
yet time. Wild.lS b. MOORE.
“C lief of Bureau."
LEVEE BREAKS IN MISSISSIPPI
NINE MILES FROM GREENVILLE
WATERS WORK THROUGH.
The Rupture Ls a End One and Is nt
a Point Which Was Regarded as
Measurably Safe.
M. r phis. Tenn.. March 2?. 2:30 a. m A
m< ssage Just in says that a large break
li.is 0.-eurred in the levee at Wayside,
Miss., nine n .!• s south of Grwnvllle.
Tl.. I t. ak is report' d to be a had one nn<l
in a * -ti .ti of l« v,. b.igh and regard.’d as
m- asurably safe.
THREE FLOODS TOGETHER
MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS SWELL
WATERS OF MISSISSIPPI.
Farms in Two States Inundated and
the Levees A«e in Great Danger
nt Pivsent.
St Louis. Mo. March .--the forecast
of th- >:.ix i rnm.-nt - .g-i.il ri -- that the
Missouri nnd th- tip;-, r M : ppi rivers
would rise to dancer point h is be. n well
. v-riti. .1 an I n< w high xx it. r m irks are l»e-
I Ing mid,.
Th i* str. ti h of low! md country on both
sides of the MS tsslppl river from the
mouth of lies Moines to the hills lielow
Jl.innili.-d. Mo.. rid Quin-y. 111., is under
wat-r
At Quincy th- record tonight !.« 15.2 feet
- xx.th .i rl-ing riv.-r. This is two feet above
th- d mg. r line. Great suffering has been
I o. • -tote I among the f.irrn. rs .md the
boatmen about Palmyra and W< st Qumey
o-i tli- V -■ ■•iri . Id. . This h.-.i of ovet flow
bus ruim d < v»-rv f n m from Palmyra north
forty miles to I.iGrang.-. Should the rise
1 r< - h another foot . very railroad In the
x al', y xx-111 liav. to b<- .limd ei-d. Horton's
and Ward’s isl mds below Qulney ar- In
undated. th-- t’l.-rs barely .scaping with
tl-ir l v.. Ti < Indian grave lev— north
of Qiiln-y tl. it protects 20.000 acres of
firm land w.i" till intact tonight, but a
, little more water will sweep It away.
At I.ouis ma. Mo., the wit. - Is spr..id!r.g
ox-, r th- lowlands. At Burlington. lowa,
th,. r:v ’■ is five miles wide and has de
. d . ■ v.-- 'I m Is on th<> li.-.ts. At Al-
ton. Id., the rise h s b.. n very rapid.
Th- Mississippi Hood xv.is met by the
overflow from tho Missouri .md Illinois
rivers and the current of ihe latter was
about t a stun I. lining held in cheek by
I. ,k xx.it.r- from th- liig riv.-rs. R.-scu.-
i, ,u. ir bu v bringing families ami stock
to Qi..ii'-y from the loxi'lands.
TWENTY-FIVE MILES WIDE NOW
Misrouti. Kentucky end Arkansas
Overflowed from Mississippi.
St. Iranis. Mo.. March 2'<—lnf.ir nation re
rdv-il tod...i- from th- flood.-d country
south of Calm. HI-. >- barren of eneourage
nn nt for immeiliate r. li< f.
The half doz-n points win re t',icr - were
yesterday slight del n as.- in tile height of
the flood, today report steady rises. Num-
erous breaks In the bx : on bath sales
of tile river have served as sal' ty cutlets.
The rises reported in the northern tribu
taries of tlm great rlv-r ar - la-ginning to
be felt. About all the damage that can
come from high xviit-r has alr-aly b..n
done, lioxvei’vr. South of Cairo, ten inllest
to Columbus, Ky., the river b.-e. nv-s a sea
twenty-live miles wide. < olumbus is on an
elevation and only a 1 rt of the town is
flooded. From Columbus to Hickman
another str. tch of t< n miles, the lev—s
have disappeared. Hi'-lauan is ti city s*-t
up on a hill ami is i city of i-’.ug-- lor
hundreds of flood null-rer.-. From Hick
man to M idrid. Mo., th- re is a gr-sit l> nd
in the river, ovei wl h - rs travel
fifty miles down stream in ordi.tary s t iges
of water an.l are then txvo miles north of
Hickman. Today steamers sailed dire.-ily
v.. | ;■ ,n, Hickman to - - N w Madrid,
ignoring tile riv.-r current and rising on the
turbulent yellow s i across t ie sites of
hamlets and plantations. South irom New
Madrid to the Ark.in sis onto line, ninety
mile--, tiierx- is a steadily swelling tide that
has oldilerated ev. ry landmark.
From tin- state line to Osceola, Ark.,
th. re ar.> o—asioua! .-.r.-tchi-s of le-.-. -s
plot—t- .l by er . . l.ii - r back to the St.
Francis hills that hax.i withstood tho
flo< d.
The pn at crevasse at Osecoln, of a week
ago. lies v> .l.iinj, and a stretch of water
now extends back to Sr Francis river and
south 120 miles to th.- liver’s mouth, twen
ty mile: above Helena.
Au this i normous !>■■.. > r of xva’er is now
l .ai ug up n the cirei. i- '• e north of tho
town from tin- hills io th- riv.-r lev. . .
The greatest efforts ar-- mid- to keep this
intact ami ♦*' men were working in 1. lays
today to str.-n tli.ri ti s two-mil. barrier.
Alli. .1 -S’ nd; patrol -.1 • - lull uil 11. nts
Should this i ;x.- xvay. nothing would te
inuln of tin- l x— south, nln. ty mil. i to
| Arkansas City.
I At a |.u!die meeting he! 1 there last night
<x • r-.- business man In I’i*- city pl. dg. d
i iifms.lf to discontinue business nnd fight
tin- flood. Tli- l v— there still holds, l<ut
a ri -. of on, foot v. . aid inui date tl <•
whole v:-.ll< y of tin- Sunil- wer riv.-r, sixty
miles wide.
The most critical points on all tho river
11.- lKtw.cn Helena . I Modoc La-onia
nnd Arkansas City, for it is in these
latt.r str< t. h» a of levee that th* great, t
wat.-r tight • ver nv-u-- on the Mississippi
riv. i is now in progr. .
CRAWFISH V7EAKEN THE DYKE
Illinois Towns Are Under Water nnd
Great (Danger Is Imminent.
Peoria, 11!.. Mare!, 2S. The Illinois river,
which lias been at a standstill liere for the
past four or five days, fell one inch today.
Tin- flood ha.s spread oxer the lowlands
along Tazew -il county and acres of land
tire under water. Consideralilo anxiety
has Is en expresso.l for the re id. -its of the
I.arnrasli drainage dlstra t lying ><-low Pe
kin. It has backed in for mil..- and tho
o—upants of tlie hous- have been com
pelled to tl— for safety.
The Village of W- sl. y is thr. iitm-d with
destruction, as tie w;:.. r is slowly en ep
ing toward it. The r - lence of Kward
Hu; lis has l> on sum-md.-d an I Jam. s
Blair and Ids family ha\ ■ been eompeli.-d
to movi out, ;is th ■ xv: -■ is aver tl’o win
dow - ills on tit. tii t •r. Ttie f irm of
Thomas Short has ti. . r over d and < :.ly
the top of his crib Is vi - blo.
It is fe.ir. d erawti.'h v ill aid the high
water In breaking the ! vke In the I‘< kin
anil I.timrnsh drsim: . district. The drain
age district authorities - ■ an ex imlna-
> :on Oi the dyke tui-1 o k. ox--r-<1 tli.it' In
several places the i rt.x> tlsh li ii tioney
eomb.-d tin- dyke by burrowing It until
it is as porus as a sieve. A pant' of no n
was set to work digging down in .he . < n’< r
of tho dyke and plugging the he h s with
I eth-ks.
HIGH WATERS IN MINNESOTA
East Side of the Mississippi at St.
Paul Is Away Out.
St. Pau!. Minn . Marell 2s. The Boho
' m'ali flats on tin- i ‘ side of the Missis
. Pippi are haff under xv.it.-r tonight and the
r.-.sid.nt.s nearest the river hive been
I forced to til. hill-
Tlie gauge showed ti; it tin- r‘v. r had
I readied the 1- ’. foot ro irk sliortly bes. ro
fa o'clock tie- ni.-rning and sin.'. that
hour there lias lie, ti a si. .-j.lv but slow
: rise. Tli.- i.-e has b.. u going out all day
and gorged at the high bridge and at
South St. Patti. As it i thaxving v. ry
j rapidly, the gorge,] j .... becoming rotten
and xv II bf. ak away probably during the
notht.
Lake Pepin, the Mississippi at Lake City.
Is report, I still . -.i .l. lint it 1 < x;» c-, d
I to br,ak up d.irim-r the a.-xt thr— days.
All the rivet-s to the north are rising
i and th. r.' wi l ! Is- a further r'se h. re.
I FALLS ONE INCH AT MEMPHIS
I.eveo Is Thought to Ee Strong Enough
to Hold Out.
I Mim.d.'--. T- rm.. M.ircli 2 Another dux'
ha.s pa- d with no !>■■• ik ta the lev— sx
t. ni, . itla r alr.Vc or below tills pei n, and
tonight Hilda tnose met dir, .'t!x <-..ii-
certie.l in the lability of t’i, 1, v—s <1 -
eid.-dly more coillid nt in pr. vent.ng di--
Tlw chief interest of the <1 ,y cent, red
at II 1. nr. Ark., ar. I G1 .eiiville, M,..-.. .
, xx ry hour at tinplaces xv is devoted to
hard work try the ml- ponul-iti 11, r in
forc. -d by hundreds of volunteers from the
vh Inity.
A’ other shaky points In tho syst. m hun
<lr<-ds of eor.vlcts have been k- pt busy. In
this wiv th.- < in—s are d. eid,.,|lj- j;, favor
of holding tho lev—s agaim t the flood
pr. .-.-ure. Major Dabney, eld f engineer of
tin- !- \ -o board, wfr- d tonight that they
hid sui <-■ psfully combatted all d mg, r.
Tin- river h.-r- f.-ll one ln.-h tod ty.
TEXAS HAS ANOTHER BIG FLOOD
Railroad Bridges Wnsned Away nnd
Traffic Brought to a Standstill.
Dallas. T<x.. Man-h 2S. The big rains
1 that subsidid ti.o il. ys ago broke loose
I again last night and preclpltati I a xvorse
flood than h- fore.
All railroad tiatlic centering nt D ill,is is
tied up. Two bridges on th- M-iutn Fe
south of Dallas nnd one on the M -s >uri,
Kansas ami Texas hive been swept axvay.
Pad washouts are reported -»i ot'u-r lines.
Tlu-re are rumor, of lt cyclone hiving
pass. ,1 over the country to t;,o s, it iv.- g . f
Dallas tills evening, bit i-ii-irtr nation is
lacking.
DANGER POINT AT HANNIBAL
Water Rises Ten Inches in Two Days
in Missouri Town.
Hannibal. Mo.. March 2*!.—The ri.er at
this point eontinti'-s to rise nnd now rem-h
--,,l tin- dting-T line. Rise yesterday and to
day 1" Indies, th.- greatest during the pres
ent flood, and all the lowlands are sub
m< rg. d.
Stock has b -n driven to the highlands
and those livi-r.r in th ■ bottoms have moved
to places of safety.
AUSTIN HIT BY A BIG CYCLONE
Aus'm. T •: . M.nreb A cyclone
i slru-k this , ity about 2 o'clock this aftcr
n—u. .loir . nnn i damage to property.
Ele- rie light tow, rs were blow n down and
bon. ' - d. tnoli-in d. Tli" State I’nlv-rsity
sufl- r d much. Tin- roof of .-t domitory
ija.-. < ari I d i luiiidf,-I yards
persons arriving on tile evening trains
tell a story of ruin in the town of Bml .
Two persons ar said to have been kill d.
-TEN PAG
SAFFOLD HuSTLEB
CO MIL
Fear the Enraged People Would
Bo Violence Io Him.
CHIME OF A STEPFATHER
M Dnnk Startled His Ufa bj a
Statement
INVESTIGATION PBOVEO IT TRUE
Fourteen-Year-Old Girl Confesses That
Iler Step-Father Assaulted Her
nnd Threatened Her Life If
She Made the Crime
Known.
Grlffln, Ga„ March 28.—(Spec!il.)—A story
reach.',l her. from Barnesville today which,
for an in tan— of moral depravity, has
never b. . n e.prdcil in tills section.
All tie lari- - are form, r rnd-nts of
this place, and the fa nilv is quite xv.'d
known here. Th- u ts as mar as they
could be learned, are as follo.x ::
Friday morning a m.-r li.int named Will
SafTold Illled up on dispens n y whisky ami
went home. Reaching there lie heard his
sii'p-daugliter, a young girl li. -ut fourtxtn
years of ag.. mimed L in’." Baird, com
plain of feeling sick. In a jm it of di "inki n
bravado or n rm- other fr-ak of drunken
rei ki- tie ■ ■-, he sai l se.'eral things that
alarrm d his wife and almost stuplfled h< r.
He Slid lie knew lin- can ot her dutigh
•er's illness .- nd t,,:d it. H - th-n I- ft
tile liousi and ;i , in .-leian was imm.il. itely
s<-it Io;.
An ex imuiation i f th- girl r uai il the
•act that s'■ was in a.' I --. condition.
I’pon 1. ing urn - tlcn i 1* xvas fonn . ; ir.t
i.er stepfather. Safloid. w ts re-pom-il ’ ■ for
i<r eond.ii-m that he hi 1 assaulted lit
and threaten' d h'-r .vi'ii death if '-In re
xialed ti, truth. With this threat liang.ng
over 'ner s'. kx pt -sile.it as long as me
could.
Huxv long tii. iarrfldc ill iinn-'irii
ll: son was l;.pt up i- m>l known, i-.it It
mus: have covered a good, long lime.
A warrant xvas sworn out and Saffolil
was arr-sted ami hurrl. il to Zebulon to
jail. It is aid that the people of Barm s
vide ar,' < xi ..-lingiy wrought up over the
matt, r ami it is well for Saffold that lie
xvas carried away n> num.
Tile family Ilv d h-re for a iiinid.-T cf
year Mrs. SafTold was the widow of F.
M. Baird, xx'ho was killed out at the xvater
xx'i-rks by Joe iI a 11.'. xx ■ .«'-xeral year: ago
S',.- \x., marri.d to S-ffuid about
t. -a mom hs a i.
BODY FILLED WITH BUCKSHOT
ASSASSINATION OF A FARMER, AT
WAYNESBORO, MISS.
Hollingshead's Evidence Had Con
victed Some of His Neighbors of
Engaging in Lynching.
w XI M March 2S (Specixl.J—
J. W Hoiliiig-'i ad. tlie xvliite f tiim r who
was on- of the lead, rs In tii-- ■ -|.-l»r tt- .l
Chand-'i ■ ly: ching ease in xV ishlttgton
I,unity 1.1 t v-ar and who. win n art.. ', 1.
turm I smie'.s cv-deme. a id In .11-at aleilt
th-, e «iv, t'.in of i nimib- r of b: -• neighbors
: .nd th- 1! ,:■> from th, .i. ig'ib-n i > .-1 of
sever d d--'-' i other.- who p irtl -ip r ! in
tile lynch:: " xvas assassinated m nls dv.eTl-
Ing m ar b. r-- I ■ -t night.
H.- had umlr---••■I and was pn-ptriig to
get i«>to be !. xxlien an unknown petson out
side of Ills window fired a load of l.uck
siiot Into bls holy, killing him Instaut'y.
His death will be a relict to scm fifty
of bls farm.-r neighbors
TOOMEY KILLS HIS BROTHER
FAMILY HAS A VERY BAD REP
UTATION FOR FIGHTING.
Brothers Had Been Drinking When
Jarnos Killed Dan—Slain Man
Was a Murderer.
Knoxville, Tenn.. M irch 2S. —‘Sp—l:t!.
Last night, or at an early hour this morn
ing. Janm- Toom, y -'hot and lulled his
l i,it’.., i. Dani'l T'"‘im y. at I' •!•- ixvo >I.
small station on the f'incinn iti Southern
railw iy. n- i" Harrim ii.
Tin- Toomeys se- rn to have a pretty bad
fighting reputation ami wii- n th- I rolbers
w- re drinking they some tim- ; night each
other. Daniel T—nwy. tii-- mm liill.-l, xvas
himself a mur.kr.-r. h-viig hided a man
named Lewis Eaton elgrtt y. ars aso.
TAKEN BACK TO MISSOURI.
Officer Leaves Anniston With Two
Prisoners.
Anniston. Ala. M i:-. li !*. (Sp.-dal.)—
Sheriff G—rge W. X-'ii-y. of Jcffe--;.»,i, M >,
w!«> had previously seeured r -.pil mlon pa
pers. left :r M -mi list •light xxltti Jim
Gr—ll an I Jo! a Harris, two m :r . s war;-
ed for a: ;auHing with Intent io murder
Deputy S ', rill .1 .i'll t'.'.xvl .'. ■ f I- t itm iil,
Mo. Tlie t'-x ■ m-groes got into i oxv oxer
a <-ra-> game b- r •' f-' v -’ dr s ago and each
r , p , r j, | th< ot her to the olfl
law. resuham in tie arr. st of b e!,.
INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Butte, Mmt.. Marell 28.—I'liat ies J. John
son. formerly county <•!< rk am! recorder,
xv.is indict, dby ihe grand jury y. st-rday
charged with embezzling of county
funds received by him as fees and which
he failed to turn over to the treasurer. He
has dlsappi ared.
He xvas an American Protective Assn -ia
tlon polltieian and served as county < 1» i_k
for four years. He was a candidate for
re-election last fall, but was defeated.
DAY OF FATAL ACCIDENTS
j ALL OCCURRING IN CHATTA
NOOGA SAME DAY.
Merchant Takes Dose to Make Him
Sleep nnd He Dies —Old Citizen
Killed by Train, Etc.
Chattanooga. Tenn.. March !T—(Special.)
A series of fatal accidents occurred lure
today. Which strikingly Illustrate the
truth of the saying that troubles nev-r
come singly.
First xvas tho tragic death of J. F.
Coffey, a well-known merchant tailor. Mr.
Coffey xvent to his room this morning,
having taken a dose of some narcotic to
make him sleep. His dead body xvas found
at noon by his landlord, lying on his b- 1
in his room, his clothing half removed, as
If preparing to lie down. Coffey cam.- here
from Cincinnati. He xvas state secretary
of the Order of Hibernians and was well
Squire J. D. Blackford, ap <1 eighty
years, one of the pioneers of this sc- tion,
while going to ait -mi church this morning,
was run over by a train of tl-e Memphis
and f'liarl. ton railroad and r. c :ved in
juries from xvhich he died this i-vi ning.
This morning Mrs. H. C. Lfn'erman, wife
of a well-known German dairyman, xvas
thrown from her buggy, while driving to
th.- city, ami sustained injuries, from which
lltis < xpeeted she will die before morning.
It appears that her horse was fright- n>d
by a mischievous negro boy. xvho jumped
out at the animal from behind a fence
along the roadway.
Walter Houston, a < olored drayman, and
a man of some prop- rty, while
assisting in the preparation for a
balloon aseension this afternoon, w.s
struck on the head by a heavy
scantling. which had I. < n knock- -1
from Its place by the swaying balloon, ami
was kno. ked senseless. His nos-' was
broken and he was otherwise injured, from
the effects of which he is noxx' lying at
th.- point of death.
This evening a tir-" broke out tn the
St. Klmo buteh. r shop and th-- building
ami coni- nts were totally destroyed. Tho
proprietor narrowly escaped xvith his life,
and not until he had b ■ n svv. r- *y burned.
VESUVIUS LEAVES SUDDENLY
CRUISER EVIDENTLY AFTER FIL
IBUSTERING EXPEDITION.
Left Jacksonville in Such Haste That
Some of Her Crew Were Left
Ashore.
JackFonville r-i.. M -li - --v-i-;i.)~
i r V- >ux i, . o. •• i. i; ■ • r s’:'am d
down the river, I- ivinp six of her m- -i
ashore <n 1- ive. T! t the v-■ 1 1-ft in
a hurry is .-vi-Ltit from th" : - t that i
numb-r t vit: •>: - xx to on in-ard. wl:« n
a teh i-ram xvas r- ■ ix -1 by t’i > c.-pta'n,
ami word xvas p -->• I aroun i ih.u ill
vls-to ■ must have at once, as the vessel
was going to tl o St John'- bar for r-rto
practice. Several men xv. r.- x-a- athore
to ook up the m.-n on sii-.r-- ie tv.* ami
order th- m on board. A 1-w men w- ro
found, but six fli.it could mit be In-a ted
' X'.ir- left ashore at.d the x-;-el headed
■ for .*• a.
| Reports from Fort G -ral the mouth
of th. riv-r. ton! -lit tat. that •!; V. su
vlus cro-sed the St. .1- fin's bar and it • id- -1
<-> the si.uthxx.ird tim -r a full I: ad ol
■ xte.'im. 11-r .! ~;;n..: -a is not known, but
tlierc is good reason to b-ii- x-- tbit sue
lias gone to the F„|al . ! y'.-. i»< low Mi itllf,
to hit- ret pt a liltbi: t, t.i g - arm r ti- :
reported to 1... lying th re xx ilting for a
cargo of coal that xvas shipp- d from t’e
port on tit-' x i-.-.■>>,< r Tortim - 1-st Thur>-
day. The schooner - arri- .l 2‘-o ton - -if i al,
tmt no munition- of war.
Tlie Cubans have for ,-viril weeks had
| a larg- stock of arms and munitions on
f a key tw-nty-flv,* mil-s south of Miami,
I and it was from t'li- s-.--r- li.-us-- that tii-'
! tug xv.is to g.t In r sujip’y
Fifty-liv< t'uliaii;: I it here this ti: irnlng
j for Miami.
GEORGIA WATERS RECEDING.
Damage in Sumter County More Than
$20,000.
Am. r:- us. G.t.. M i -'i 2* (So- -i i’.i T'
I waters inundating th.s s- ti--n oi s'
i are now receding and an , <:im .1- • i-t b--
. m i-le of th.- enormous dam g .in.. W
< ■ ; . o . * :
will e.isiiy ex. . e.l SP>.<«-. in Sum; r - -m ty
i a lon.-, xx hile ad j---.n! :iu - -lunti.-s w- re • -
ly hard hit. Th, dim .--- in tills , , . .ty
alone will doubtless . x--. ed
| fr.-m thf v-ry lit ivy io- r. s'.-'.fing •i
--railroads, which xv. re ent rely sitl.m. rg-<i.
' The county su tatned con o-i-ra->!<- 10.-s in
-‘i.'eag- to roads and Itridges. several
structures being carri. d away by the sxx.-t-
I -n streams and must is- replaced i: ;r- if
Farmers also lose .-normousiy. M iny h 1
plant-,I corn ami file .ntire crop will h;tx
to Is- plan:-*! again. - ail pl**w* ■! grour 1
was wa ii-d badly. Tie I "-s nt guan-' xxiil
also bo gr-at. F xv farmers hid planted
cotton, though all who it.id done u xvlii
j lie compelled to plant ag-.n.
LED THF STONEWALL BRIGADE
General Terry, an 01.1 Confederate Sol
dier, Dies in Chesterfield.
Richmond. Va . March G< n-ral Wil
j Ham R. T.-rry died in Ch st. r’l-dd county
I this morning. He wax on.- of the l ist com-
I mantiers of the S'.onew til brig.id- . H.-
' niir x-nt.il XVyth-- eaunty in tip- stat,-
j senate; xvas at one tint-- sip. Tin- : nt oi
I th-- penitentiary, and I:,t, - command up of
i f " Lee Camp Soldi, r ■ home, near this
city.
MEMPHIS MAY GET A CYCLONE
Big Gale Moving from Texas Into
Tennessee at Rapid Speed.
, Memphis, Tenn.. March Lo al wcath
i er bureau tonight refiorts tli.it cyclonic
disturbance. <• titra! near A istin. T. x.. this
I afternoon, is sweeping in thi' direction of
tl m. - dppl va! ■ y 't-l will prdi jbly
' strike tomorrow afternoon, bidding fair
to create l-.avix- with the 1. v < ■;.
THEY HAVE ACCEPTED AMNESTY
Madrid, March 2S.—A dispatch form
i Manila to tin- lmi_ r.ial si. that a large
Ittur.li'-r of r - f »m:' ted to the
government, having a pted the offer of
atrncsiy off.-r- <1 by General Polavieja af
ter lite capture of Ymus,
’RICE FIVE CENTS
porainw ms
BIC siw ME
-
Two Hundred Thousand Collars
Destroyed by Fire,
OLD CHURCH I’l ASHES
Two Public Halls and Twenty-Seven
Dwellings J:e Destroyed.
HOBFOLN FIRE DEPJBTMEHT CULLED
Two Blazes Com? at the Same Time
and. Aided by a Stiff Breeze,
They Get Beyond the Con-
trol of the Firemen and
Do Great Damage.
Nbrfelk. v • ■■ -x
vi.-it.-i - ..riv .’ roua
fire, xvhich di stro - d j .->p ty valued at
betw.en F 2--. ■ ? I ». - •*i. . >n i-t'ng of
a Catholic ciiur 't. :xvo public hulls aral
1 twa-nty-s.-ven dw. I■, -- Most of the lat
ter wer.. tram.- •::-a.-t-.r- ;.
sons are hom.-l. s t<>.
The tin- br. out 1 o'clock in t! e
, m-Ttditg - ! •! a. larg- va-
| casionally f-r <!., '■ irtio- -s. The
flames spr» t stiff
I bn ,'ze, with r. nt irk.J'l - rapidity, and w- re
quickly cummuni-'..: : <> the buildings ad-
Ju-. nt t'l th-- ha’!. 1?. -y:i>ing in that end
over to London sir :. int-i the bits k
I ton, a:- I pr -i down r - gow ~ toss
Gr.cn. in 1. ti a txv- :.-y minut's af
ter the hall hid been C. -.ver.-d ablaze.
I the sparks from th.- g. -wing conflagration
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‘ ;r ’ *’ ' rjov ipi; department w
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■ fx>lk •• parti. •rtw ;- | . j u;,<, n , and re-
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Al-;' ".m-Z.nt
another br f . - r in p.
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Colutn; :a. Bs. M.: ii -* - Sttaiter
: t.i:i swim With 1 ; >un s
of toba. co. 1r.K1.,1 an-! p; k--I. was de
stroyed by lire this ■
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PAPER COMPANY FILES LIENS
Cleveland. OiJio, Company Gives Mort
gage foA $130,000.
Cleveland, Marvil 2S —Adams, Jewett
& x'o. p.-iu " ba:* , :a>mf t-'turers. tii, <1 chat
tel tiiid r. tl .-stl".-- i::.irt, iges in the re
c.-r.’rs o I- • X"S:, tally for about SI3O.MM.
T .- mortg;.--. < -re it favor or Anna S.
I Ranu.y --•id other.; ;::i l cover tlie si - k of
tile company, as wa ll ,<s r-.a! estate and
i other properly at Chagrin Falls. O.
A statement of th-? n ■ aning of the filing
of the mortgag ; is promised within a day
1 or two.
