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THE WEATHER.
Fair Saturday night and Sun-
day; colder Saturday night, with
minimum temperature about 26
degrees. Saturday temperatures:
; a. m. 41 degrees: 10 a. m.. 28
degrees: 12 noon, 87 degrees; S
p. m., 36 degrees.
The Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, <*a*U»r: 6.15. Atlanta, nomi
nal: 114. Ntv Orlean*. quiet; 11*4. N«*w
York, quiet; 11.35. Augusta, *te*<Iy;
11*4. Havannnh. steady; 114. Wlltning-
lloijstoji. steady; 117-16.
VOL. VI. NO. 167.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1908.
DDTPT?. In Atlanti..TWO CENTS.
On Train*..KIVR CENTS.
VALLEY
Men,Women and Chil
dren in House Boats
Reported Lost.
damage reaches
into thousands
Boats Around Pittsburg
Torn From Moorings
and Sink.
INDIANAPOLI8, Ind., Feb. 15—
Southern Indiana Is facing one of the
greatest flood situations In years as a
result of the firing Wabash. Ohio,
White and other rivers. Many people
have removed to the hills and others
are being removed from their homes in
boats Bridges are gone and railroad
, i n many places are washed
away Many persons are unaccounted
for and It labored they tats bean
drowned In the torrente that swept
away their homes. n „__
Nashville, the county seat of Brown
county Is entirely surrounded by water.
Evansville report, that two hou.e
boats containing men, '
dren were torn loose last night by the
flood and swirled away In thedsrkness
There Is (Ittle hope that the Inmates
" Flood'^Vamlngs are being sent
throughout the Ohio valley.
PITTSBURG BOATS
SENT TO BOTTOM;
RIVERMEN FLEE
$50,000,000 BOND ISSUE
OVERSUBSCRIBED 4 TIMES
NEW YORf<, Feb. 15.—Eleven hun
dred and sixty-eight bids, oversubscrib
ing the $50,000,000 bond issue six times,
indicates the investment demand and
exceeds the most optimistic predic-
BELOW FREEZING
tlons.
The bonds are 4 1-2 per cent. The
highest offered was 106 by g syndicate
Including J. Plerpont Morgan, Harvey
Fisk & Co., the First National Bank
and the National City Bank.
BACK TAK SOUS
Rain Washed City’s Face
and Wind Came to
Dry It.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 15.—A flood stage
Is expected In the rivers here before
sight. Forecaster Henry Pennywltt
nates that « singe of *8 feet will be
reached early today. , . „
The maximum height can not be as
... .i Awinir tn pfinttmicd rain.
Tilt maximum uci***l .
ret estimated, owing to continued rain.
It Is possible, however, that last
rear's flood will be equaled. At that
Im* some of the city's best hotels and
heaters, large wholesale and retail *9.
abllshments were surrounded by water
levsrsl feet deep. Dwelling houses In
he low lying district, both of Alls-
rh»nv and Pittsburg, showed only their
oof. about the deluge. Many thou-
ands of dollars worth of damage was
on*.
Already th« high water It causing
mage. Laat night the towboat Rob-
t Taylor waa caught by .a heavy Ice
e. filled and aank almost I m med iate-
The crew took to the email boat*
d had a hard struggle against the Ice
d current to reach shore,
rive barges, a sand digger and a
mp boat were swept away from their
)nringa In Aihlnwall, on the AUe
eny river, laat night and sank. Sev-
il hundred employees of Bhang *
laifowt. in■ •» Aetna, were
ii nunarea empiuywo k»4»»ss*
ntfonte Co.’s mills, st Aetna, were
•own out of work when the water
ichsd the flywheel pit and caused a
itdown,
MANY RESCUED
FROM FLOODED
OHIO HOMES
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Fsb. 15.—F.lgh
ty Houses In the lowland district are
under water as a result of Buck creek
overflowing last night. Police and citi
zen* are at work taking out persona
from the second stories of their homes
and delivering food to them. No street
car* are running and no trains are be-
friff operated Into the city.
CITY’S STREETS
UNDER WATER
GREENVILLE, Ps„ Fsb. 15,-Flve
streets In the lower part of the town
nre under water and many persons are
leaving their homes In boats, while oth
ers are moving to the second stories;
fifteen hundred men are thrown out of
work and thousands of dollars' dam-
»ge Is being done u a result of the
rise In the Hhenango river. Railroad
and telegraph wires are down, causing
great Inconvenience.
The Georgian contains
many offers of services
and positions, rooms,
homes and property
bargains, investments
and opportunities;
The following Is list of such
offers In the want columns of to
day’s Georgian;
Messages.
Help Wanted—Female *1
Help Wanted—Male 27
Situations. Wanted—Female.. 81
Situations Wanted—Male.. .. 68
Business Opportunities 21
Personals *
Board and Boarders 80
Rooms and Apartments 78
Poultry. Pets, etc 82
Lost and Found 1*
Money to Loan 6
For Sale or Exchange U8
Real Estate 62
Miscellaneous Offers 7
Read those that appeal
to your special needs
today.
B-r-r-r-r-r-r! ,
Button up your overcoats, watch the
water pipes Saturday night and see
that the coal bln Is not empty. For the
weather man hoe a bundle of cold stor.
age ready for Atlanta Saturday night
and Sunday.
''Fair Saturday night and Sunday;
colder Saturday night, with minimum
temperature of 26 degrees.” la the way
It reads officially.
Following the deluge of rain Friday
night, Atlanta was treated to a fierce
wind Saturday morning, which reached
a maximum velocity of 60 miles an
hour at one time. More wind end fair
er weather Is expected Sunday night.
More than an Inch and a half of rain
fell Friday. It came down by the bar
rel full between 8 and 8 o'clock at night,
when half an Inch of water dropped
upon the city In twenty minutes.
The gale of wind swept away all
signs of the night's rain by 8 o'clock
Saturday morning, leaving the streets
clean and fresh os If they had been
scrubbed with the newest patent soap:
the lateat brand of dish rag end the
muscle of ten thousand scrub women.
Congress May
Restore Motto
On U. S. Coins
TOSUPREMECOURT
IY
Important Move by State
Expected in Famous
Case.
In all probability the eupreme court
of Georgia will take under considera
tion Monday morning the mandate of
the United States supreme court In the
‘‘back tax" coses of the Central and
Georgia railroads.
Just what course will be taken Is not
known. There are several rumors cur
rent. One Is that the state will moke
an important move, but Just what It
will be no one knows. It Is also ru
mored that the attorneys for the rail
road will ask for an order dismissing
the eulta altogether. A light is ex
pected.
Many Important conferences have
been held between Governor Smith. At
torney General Hart and Boykin
Wright, of Augusta, since the United
8tates supreme court decided against
Georgia on the point that the ma
chinery for collecting the bock taxes
on the 80,000 shares of Western Hall
way of Alabama, held Jointly by the
Central and Georgia railroads, woe In
adequate..
For a time there was strong talk of
an extra session of the general assem
bly to provide this legal machinery,
but the fact that It was not called Indi
cates that the state has discovered a
means of correcting the fault In the
courts.
Near a million dollars la Involved In
the suits.
Wind Sweeps Over
2 States, Destroying
Life and Property.
TYLER, TEXAS,
WRECKED BY WIND
Destruction Left in Path of
Storm in Lone Star
State.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—A bill to
restore to the United States coin the
motto. "In God We Truet," will be
reported by the committee on coinage,
weights and measures next .Wednesday
to ths house for paeaage.
Contract Is Let
For Construction
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WASHINGTON, F«b. 15.—The con
tract for the euperetructure of the poet-
office end court house buildings et At
lanta, Ga., wee .today awarded by tha
treasury department to Charles M.
McCall Company, of Philadelphia, for
$799,110. Stone Mountain granlta and
marble were selected.
LABOR MEN WILL
VOTE ON NEW PARTY
Chiefs Agitating Vote On
Organization
March 1.
NEW YORK, Feb.15j—Thst organ-
lied laboring men of New York will
force tha consideration of establishing
JmTndspendenMabo'r party at once Is
again predicted today by
....... — leaders of the
movement to bring all workingmen
imiTa'political - 'organisation of their
— d by thla knowledge,
own. Encouraged
many of tha most Influential labor lead
era In thla city favor the plan advo
cated, and a resolution will be present-
ed to the Central federated Union,
uppeallrdf to the American lederatlon
Sf Labor to call a convention to or
ganise a labor party, and they,*'•**'
crtlng every energy to secure Its adop
tion. A vote will bs taken March 1.
and backers of the resolution today
predict they will win.
HE MADE DEATH
DOUBLY CERTAIN
Cannon Kills
Forestry Bill;
Deficit Is Cause
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—All hope
for the passage of the bill creating
A delegation
of Southerners and Naw Englanders
visited ths speaker today and ware In
formed that the bill can not be passed.
Cannon has been oppoeed to the
measure ever since It has been Intro
duced. He le particularly opposed to It
now because the Republican adminis
tration faces a deficit In the treasury
and the program of the house leaden
le not to epend a cent that la not abso
lutely necessary.
Ten •Seamen
Lost in Wreck;
Six Rescued
PORTLAND, Ora., Fab. 15.—Ten sea
men were lost In the wreck of the
American ship Emily Reed. 118 days
out from Halifax. N. 8., for Portland,
with coal, which went ashore yester
day at the mouth of the Nelam river
and broke In two. Six perabns, Includ
ing the captain and hie wife, were
eeved. The chip and cargo are a total
lost. .
MOBILE. Ala., Feb. 15.—Moaavllle,
Miss., has been practically wiped from
the map by the cyclone of yesterday,
and so far as ascertained several per
sons perished, many were Injured and
much damage to property. All that la
left standing, of the once prosperous
town, la the railroad station and ona
residence.
The known dead are:
AI.EX WTNDHAM AND WIFE.
MRS. WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
MISS MINNIE CAMPBELL.-
At Service, six miles west, a child
was killed.
The cyclone has caused much dam
age thru Jones and Jasper counties,
Mississippi.
TEXAS TOWN WRECKED;
MANY ARE KILLED
TYLER. Tex., Feb. 15.—Five persons
were killed and forty badly Injured by
a tornado which wrecked Tyler early
yesterday morning.
It Is believed that seven of the In
jured will not recover. Four of the
dead are In 'the family of C. A. Fran
cla. and the other was an old negro.
The wind swept a path 100 feet wide,
destroying a church and a score of
houses. Farmers who rushed to tha
city say many houses and barns were
blown down In the country.
STORM PREVAILED
OVER 80UTHWEST.
MEMPHI8, Term., Feb. 15.—The
downfall of rain, which hod continued
here for three days, ceased at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and the weather Is
growing colder. Wire communication
with Hot Springs. Shreveport and Tex
as points la complately prostrated.
Twenty reported killed. Texas news
papers are being served with dispatches
from Kansas City.
Ths severe wind and rain atorma In
the 8outh and southwest, causing loss
of many lives and much damage to
people were killed by a tornado,
and much damage was wrought. Many
olnts In Mississippi report damage by
icavy winds and an unusual downpour
of rain.
HON. W. J. NEEL
DANGEROUSLY ILL;
48 YEARS OF AGE
CARTERSVILLE, Os., Fsb. 15—
Hon. W. J. Nssl Is reported as bol tc
n > better this morning. He Is danger
ously III.
Today la hla 48th blrthdiy. His
friends throughout the state ure anx
ious about hfs condition.
FAIR DIRECTORS.
ARE INDICTED
rilARlsOTTB. N. <\. 9Vh. l$.-Two hill*
of Inillctmeat *jr*lti*t the M*«*k!enbnr* Fair
of tha directorate hare been returned by
the grand jury, one count charging (hem
with permitting Immoral ahoara at a county
men of> ('harlotte.
MUNCIE Ind.. Fab. 16.—Benjamin
Ncwberaer aged 61. worth 2160.000.
at Matthewa, Ind., committed aulclde
today. Removing the planke from *
bridge ipannimr tn« MI*»l*«lne wa rl\er.
he foatened a rope to » r °und hl* neck
and Jumped into the watera below, tnua
hanging and drowning with one atroke.
COAST LINE ADOPTS
REDUCED RATE
MONTGOMERY* A Is.. Feb. I*.-The Ate-
no.br fro- -^A-lsnM.- ^se.tb.,
April I It wl» P«» ■■■ *t»-
ernr passenger rales si>4 the Will rate
pot la by to* Heather*. I* la ea4.islo.wt
the Cueet Line be* inerte thla propoaltloe
tv all the state* thru which It rasa
WHAT CONGRESS
DID SATURDAY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—In the
house today the legislative appropria
tion bill waa considered.
Mr. Slhts, of Tennessee, made a
speech declaring that the saloons are
responsible for ths recent attacks on
women In Washington.
The committee on military ' affairs
raised the pay of enlisted men In the
army from 118 to 118 per month.
The present'Indications are that the
clause In the legislative bill for the
superannuation of government clerks
will be stricken out.
The senate was not In session to
day. .
THREE KILLED BY 8TORM
IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
NEW ORLEAN8, La., Fsb. 15.—An
Investigation by The Georgian corre
spondent today finds that only three
deaths occurred as n result of yester
day's cyclone that swept thru Jones
and Jasper counties, Mississippi, two
of the victims being negroes at Moss-
vllle and. the third a 6-year-old child
of Ike Holloway, 'of Service, Miss.
Others were Injured, tyit not seriously,
and the property damage Is large, tho
It Is difficult to estimate It. The loss
on timber alone Is said to be a quarter
of a million dollars.
All streams are flooded and many
bridges are waahed away, making trav
el difficult.
The first stories sent out were ex
aggerated.
CITY OF HATTIESBURG
IN THROES OF FLOOD.
HATTIE8BURG, Miss., Fab. 15—
The cyclone which swept over Mlssis-
destruction to property, has se
riously Injured traffic In many portions
of the state. Passenger ti-glns on the
Mobile. Jeckson and Kansas City rail
road have been annulled. Leaf rlyer
la over Its banks and a rise of three
feet Is promised by the weather bureau,
which means that before the day Is
over all the low-lying sections of this
city will be Inundated.
Commercial and railroad telegraph
MISS THEODORA SHONTS
DVCDECHA ULNES’BRIDE;
WEDDING WAS BRILLIANT
SHONTS-CHA ULNES
DUC DE CHAULNE8.
More Than 1,000 Gifts
Received at Home
of Bride.
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O MIS8 8HONT8 WELL KNOWN O
THRU VI8IT8 TO ATLANTA. O
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The Durheaa da Chaulnea waa, O
O aa Miss Theodora Shonts. well O
O known to Atlantans. With her O
O sister, she waa a pupil at the O
O Agnes Scott College. In Decatur. O
O several years ago; and waa a O
O visitor to Atlanta friends a few O
0 months ago. when she was the re- D
0 riplent of much social attention. O
win
still blowing.
reported from Moss, which entl
logs was ravaged.
Service, Mlnden. La., and Laurel,
Miss., suffered severely, but a full
account of the loss of life Is impossible.
11 LIVES ARE SAVED
BY BREECHES BUOY
IN TERRIFIC SURF
EASTPORT, L. I., Feb. 15.—The
breeches buoy saved eleven men from
death In the sea when the three-masted
schooner Howard B. Peck was driven
ashore about a mile west of the Qfogue
life-saving station, early today.
Captain Dodd and the ten men of
his craw were hauled ashore thru the
terrific surf, which almost battered out
their lives.
FLOODS ALARM
OHIO RESIDENTS
GALLIPOLIS. Ohio., Feb. 15—The
Ohio valley is threatened with destruc
tive floods unless a cold wave checka
the heavy rainfall of the laat 24 houra.
All atreams are pouring Into the Ohio,
Great Kanawha and Muaklngum rivers,
which have riser, rapidly. The resi
dents are alarmed. A heavy rain woe
'ailing late laat night.
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NEW YORK, Fab. 15.—Another
American helresa todny became a mem
ber of the nobility of the republic of
France. At high noon Theodora
Shonts, daughter of Theodore P.
8hont», became the bride of Due de
Chaulnea,
The ceremony waa particularly bril
liant, despite the fact the Shonls resi
dence was not spacious enough to per
mit the display that characterised the
wedding of Mlsa O’adys Vnnderbllt to
Count Sxechneyl. of Hungary. About
GOO guests witnessed the ceremony,
among them being members of the dip
lomatic corps from Washington, a*
well as the titled relatives and friends
of the groom.
Gown Beautiful Creation.
The ceremony was iierformed by
Mgr. Michael R. Lavelle, of St. Pat
ricks Cathedral. Miss Slmnts was ra
diantly beautiful uml there was a mur
mur of appreciation as she slowly
walked to the awaiting prelate.
Her beautiful gown, from the estab
lishment of Cadworth, In Parle,
made with court train, accentuated,
her youthtulness In n way Hint con
vinced nil the guests that nothwlth-
standing her acceptance of k foreign
suitor, here waa a real American girl.
An cnormoua crowd surrounded the
Shonts residence. The police were
forced to considerable activity In
checking tne curious, and the women
were particularly eager to get a glimpse
Bride Mary Theodora Shoots
Aiidress...V.IJ8 West ThlYtj-lfib-st.
Horn Kankakee. Ilia
Father Theodore P. Manta
Mother's ninlden oume Mills links
nrldcsrootu .. Kininsiiuft TUeodorle Iter-
Hard J>'Albert llel.nynee, Due lie■
Cbnahies.
Age tl
Address 4 Arenue Von llyek. Psrls
Born Psrls
Esther loir DsChsnlnes
Mather's nislden earns .. I'rlneoaa H. Cel-
It Issue, Hossls.
20,000Georgians
Hear Lectures
By JACK L. PATTERSON.
BRUN8WICK, Ga., Feb. 15—Mayor
J. K. Overstreet and Colonel W. L.
Sheppard, the able editor of tha Bax
ley Banner, had perfected arrange
ments for a successful meeting at Bax
ley, where tha town was filled with
people. Many ladlea were present
there, as at Eastman and Haslehurst.
Dr. Houle was Introduced by Hon. J:
W. Burnett, of Waycross,' member of
thq board of directors of the State Ag
ricultural College and one of the three
members of the agricultural committee.
Professor C. W. Davis, superintendent
of the Eleventh District Agricultural
School, Joined the party at Haslehurst.
R. S. Paltlilo, of the McCaw Manu
facturing Company, Macon, la alao with
the train.
The apeclal left the Southern rail
way at Brunswick, which separated
Division Superintendent E. EL Norris,
Industrial Agent C. 8. Chase and Di
vision Freight Agent L. L. McClesky
left the party.
From Athens to Brunswick, at the
stops made, it Is estimated that 20,000
people attended the.lecturea.
The points for Saturday on the At
lanta. Birmingham and' Atlantic are
Offerman, 8 o’clock a. m.; Nichols. 10
a. in.; Douglas, 12 noon; Fitzgerald, 2
p. m.; Vienna, 4 p. m.
The special will return to Brunswick
Saturday night to spend Sunday, nnd
on Monday will go to the Atlantic Coast
Line railway, making the following
stops on Monday and Tuesday: Bruns
wick. 8 a. m.: Waynesvllle. 10 a. m.;
Waycross, 12:20 a. in.: HomersvHie.
2:25 p. m.; Stockton, 4:10 p. m.
Wednesday—Vuldoata, 8 a. in.; Quit-
man, 10 a. in.; Cairo, 12:40 p. m.; Baln-
bridge, 2:40 p. m.; Donnldsonvllle, 4:10
p. m.
Probably the largest crowds that
have attended the lectures up tn date
ware at Tdllhpoosa and Jesup. Among
the distinguished visitors at Jesup
were Senator 11. W. Whaley, Iteprc-
aentatlva J. A; Morris, Mayor R. It.
Huff. Hon. W. B. Lyons, Captain Ben
Menkln, tha city council, members of
the bar and the county officers.
PIUTE
BYU.S.FLEETS
Signal,. “Remember
the Maine,” Is Run Up
by Admiral Evans.
FLAGS IN ALL SEAS '
ARE AT HALF MAST
‘Fighting Bob’s” Armada
Will Reach Cailoa
February 26.
WASHINGTON. Fsb. 16.—"Bemem-
ber the Maine," la the signal displayed
by Admiral Evans .on board the Con
necticut today as his fleet sails up tho :
west cosst of South America and the ,
flags on each battleship are at half- -
mast.
In the Philippines, on the Chinese {
the various navy yards In the Unite.
States, everywhere American vessels lie i
at anchor or sail the seas, allent trlb- \
ute la paid to the memory of the 2t>>5 i
sailors who lost their lives In the fate
ful explosion In Havana harbor Just ten .
years ago today. It Is the first time •
that the navy department In a general j
order has taken official cognizance of
"Maine Day."
VALPARAISO, Chile, Feb. 15.—After
a magnificent reception at this port. ■
which afforded delight' to the bands of l
Chileans as well as ths men aboard the
fleet. Admiral Evans’ battleships put j
out to sea and today are steaming
north for Callao, Peru. Thla port will
be reached February 20 and tho fleet
will remain In harbor until February
29. There will tie great festivities,
such as marked the etay of the fleet at
Rio de Janeiro.
When the ships steamed around Car-
aumlla Point and stretched in a great '
circle around the bay, tho spectacle
was magnlflcept. Crowds were
hills .to enjoy the pleasure of n bird's-
eye view. People from every city In
Chile had Assembled In Valparaiso nnd
their enthusiasm knew no bounds.
President Montt and other Chilean of
ficials'were on board tho training ship
Baquedane, which took up position
well out In the harbor.
As each of the battleships swung by
the training ship, n president's salute
was fired. Altogether 1.200 rounds
were used In the salute and the ech-
Ing roar rfmong the hills was terrlfli
The forts arid ships of the Chilean |
navy saluted In answer, completely i
drowning the cheers of the people. ,
The buildings in tbe city and ship, '
In the harbor., were decorated with ;
flags, the day being observed Bs a holl- i
day In honor of the fleet.
FLOTILLA SAFE
AT PUERTO MONTE
PUERTA MONTT, Chile, Feb. 15—
The American destroyer flotilla 1s safe
at this port, after a pleasant trip thru
the channels from the Strait,of Magel
lan along the coast. The Chilean vex- /
eel piloted the vessels. The little war-
rlors were greeted with great enthu-
slasm.
CITY IS $65,000
MODE THAN EXPECTED
El
Assessors Say Only Normal
Increase in Assessments
This Year. - , ■
SANDWICH LOST
IN BROAD-ST. FIRE
atneae
St 2 o'clock kxtnnlnr sflernmiu. In s few
inlnatrs Arc engines were on the xrvtie.
nnd s great rhn.tig Jammed ttl- street,
'law,, mic bum ninl egg eandwlfb," wild
fireman, aa he came out of Ike smoke-
Mled room.
RANDALL IS REMOVED
TO ASHEVILLE JAIL.
Continued on Page Two.
ASHEVILLE, N. C., Feb. 15—John
Randall, who was laat week arrested
end bilged In Jell at Marshall, for the **.-,. ...
murder of his wife, has been brought I train going off. No peett-ngers ai«
to Asheville for safe keening. tmrted Inlured.
That Atlanta will have about >65.<K'd
more to spend this year than has been
calculated upon, la the opinion of K.
C. Peters, ex-alderman and chairman
of the finance committee of 1907.
.Mr. Peter* expressed this opinion !•)
the streets committee Friday afternoon
hen setting forth the need of certain
atreet work. He stated that his In
formation was that tax values had been
Inc reased about 16,000.000, according to
the books of the tax assessor*.
A representative of TJie Georgian
asked the tax assessors about thla
statement of the former chairman of
tho finance committee.
"I suppose there Is an Increase over
previous years.” said an assessor, "but
this Increase Is only normal. In cer
tain sections of the city we thought
there should be an Increase of valua
tion. end we made one. It Is Impossi
ble to estimate Just what Is the tuts)
Increase. It would take live or six iIhn ,
to ascertain.
“It should be understood that the
decreased revenue of the city k- c-au»e
of prohibition did not enter Into the
assessment*. As a matter of fact, and
a* Is well known, the assessmenta for
one year on real estate ore made the
year previous. The assessmenta for 190*
were all flxed In 1997."
BRISTOL, Tann., Fsb. 15.—The
bound passenger train on the Son
railway left the rails near Jon<
this, morning, practical)]