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ATHENS
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BANNER.
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ATHENS, GA., SATUKDAY MORNING. MAY 3. 1902.
$5.00 A YEAB.
MR. TERRELL TO
VISIT THIS CITY.
The People’s Candidate for Governor of Georgia Wil>
Address the People of Athens and Clarke County
the Latter Part of This Month. | •;»
Hon. Joseph M. Terrell, candidate for
the democratic gubernatorial nomina
tion, will addrtss the people of Athors
and Olarke county in this city the latter
part of the present month—either May
21 at or 22nd.
Mr. Terrell has many strong friends
and supporters in this city and conuty,
and ho has been very anxious to come to
Athens before now, but his managers
DID NOT CAST OUT DEVIL.
DEAD STOAWAYS
IN SHIP'S BONKERS
Firemen Horrified When Bod
ies Came Through Chute.
CAUGHT AS SHIP WAS COALING
Men Evidently Miscalculated the
Identity of the Vessel, or Thought
the Bunkers Were Not to be Re-
coaled.
New York, May 2.—When th<^ Brit
| i6h freight steamship Sir Itichard
Claimed He Could Rout EVTl Spirit, I Grouvlllo. from the West Indies, ar
but Subject Goes Mad.
Raleigh, May 2.—The town o!
Greensboro Just now is enjoying the
sensational preaching, or t«*aehing, of
b innn nainod Ilodgin. who is at the
head of what he terms the ' Fire-tried
Holiness church.”
Those who make up his audiences
are white perrons, but belong to the
more ignorant (lass. They come firm,
many places, some of them mile:
away, to hear the "holiiers n.a.i,” a
they term him.
There is not a service day nr nigi.'
but what s.er, Ib.dgin’s tent paeke
to its utmost limit. The scene is at
almost indescribable one, as those
who make up the audience are ^va
riably wrought up to the pitch where
they sing, shout. Jump and clap their
hands for hours at a time.
Ilodgin gave it out yesterday that he
would c ast out a devil from an afflict
d young man. The latter, Eel Haynes
by name, was taken by Ms mother to
the "holiness man," who declared that
ho could promptly dispense with the
presence of the evil spirit. Instead,
however, Haynes wont raving mad
and is now confined in jail.
HON. JOS. M. TERRELL
ANOTHER FERTILIZER PLANT.
have been compelled to recognize the
claims of other communities where the
other candidates have better chances
and for this reason his visit to this city
has been deferred nntil the latter part of
the month.
In a few days the Banne^fcriH
noanco positively which of tne above
dates will be fixed for Athens, and it is
hoped that Mr. Terrell will m et large
numbers of onr people, and that his ad
dress will be heard by the larger portion
of the voters of Clarke county.
From all sections of the state reports
indicate that Mr. Terrell is making a
winning fight. There has been large
demands for his presence 4 in every coun
ty in Georgia, the people wanting to be
brought closer to the man who is to be
the chief exeontive of the state the com
ing term, and wherever he bae been the
most encouraging reports have come.
Daring a service in the cilice of at
torney general extending over a number
of years, Mr. Terrell has made a splendid
record. He has measured intellectual
(swords with the best talent in Georgia,
jand he has proven hin;self, in every en
counter, fnlly able to cope with the best
if them. He is a man who began at the
[bottom, and has steadily worked his
[way to the top. He came from among
ihe common peoplo of the state, and
;herefore knows the needs of this class,
in every way he is well equipped to
111 the position to which he aspires, and
ibose who do not know him are certain
be impressed with this fact wheu
they hear him He is straddling no qnes*
ions nor evading issues, but discussing
lem all from democratic standpoint,
inder the light of a democratic plat
form.
The Banner is assured that Mr. Ter*
cannot come to Athens again before
to primary, and therefore, it behooves
the people of the county to turn out
td hear him, and meet him on his
[visit to this city the latter part of this
[month.
As is well known, Mr. Terrell is not
I waging a campaign of abuse and villi-
fication. On the other hand, he is con
ducting his camp&igh on a high lofty
(riane, and nothing will be said that
would injure the feelings of the mo9t
refined. The ladies of the city and
[county are cordially invited to be pres
ent, and those of the men who have not
already done so, should not comit them
[•elves to any candidate nntil they see
[and hear the peoples* candidate—Hon
toseph M. Terrell, of Meriwether conn
Virginia-Carolina Company To Build
One In Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., May 2.—Officers
of tin? Vlrglnia-Carolina Chemical com-
l>any, who are hero, announce 'that
the company will begin at once to
build a fertilizer factory In Montgom
ery. It Will coat between $300.00* I
and $400,000 and will have an annual
capacity of 75,000 tons and will em
ploy 40b persons.
The company recently acquired 25
acres of land in the suburbs of the
city on which the factory will ho con
structed. C. E. Borden, manager of
the company, says the Montgomery
plant will make the forty-fifth factory
own'll and derated by his company In
rived In port Captain Jones reported
the tragic death of two West Indian
stowaways.
The vessel stopped at half a dozen
West Indian ports, among them being
St. Lucia, where she coaled. It is at
this port Captain Jones believes the
stowaways, who were negroes, man
aged to get aboard the vessel by let
ting themselves down to the coal bunk
era through the chutes. The men had
e\ldently miscalculated the time tvat
the steamship was going to remain at
St. Lucia and did not know the ves
sol was to coal up. After they had
reached the coal bunkers many tons
of coal wore taken on board and the
two stowaways were literally buried
alive.
Nothing was known to the captain
or crew of the tragic death of the men
until the morning of April 18. aftei
the vessel had left Guantanamo loaded
with sugar for New York, when one
of the bodies slid through the coa'
chute into the furnace room. A* fh«
tine* the stokers were piling coal Into
the furnace, while the vessel was mak
ing a hard fight against a northeaster
l.v gale.
The sight of the body sent a shiver
through the stokers and caused them
to temporarily quit work.
Captain Jones was notified of th(
discovery and after making sure that
the stowaway was dead ordered th
body buried in the soft.
Six days later the stokers wore
again horrified by another body which
came through the coal chute into th
furnace room.
A search was then made of the coal
bunkers, but no more bodies were
found
PACKERS ARE IDLE
4 |-
Commission Men Decline to
Piaoe Orders.
J<6 8ALES ON DENVER MARKET
OuiRQrners In All Parts of the West
Are Wired Not to Ship a Single Head
Of Cat.le to Denver, Kansas City,
Omaha or Chicago.
Denver, May 2.—Not a single head
of cattlo was sold in the Denver mar
ket yesterday and the commission
men, almost without exception, wired
to their customers in all parts of the
west not to ship a single head of cat
tie, hogs or sheep to the markets in
this city, Kansas City. Omaha or Chi
engo. Commission nu n in other citiet
are understood to have taken slmilai
action.
Many thousands of head are on <h«
way to market and three or four dayi
will pass before the effect of t lie or
r is felt, but at the beginning of next
eek it is thought little or no stock
will be offeci'd at the packing centers.
GREAT DAMAGE
FROM TORNADO.
Property Loss at Bayard, la., Estimated at $20,000.
Many People Are Injured—One Man Was Blown
Into a Tree Where He Remained.
th.- south.
He says the company contemplates
building other lactones, and with iPhis
end in view himself and associates
will go from here to Mobile, Troy.
Seltna and Dothan. Ala. They will
also visit Meridian and Jackson, Miss.
FATAL Cf\5E OF HYPNOTISM.
Negro Who Admits Taking Jewelry
la Found Dead.
Columbia. S. C.. May 2.—What
seems to be a fatal case of hypnotism
occurred at Union in the death of r
negro man named States Gist.
Earlier In the day Gist had gone In
to tlie law office of W. W. Dixon and
told him that some one had hypnotized
him and stolen $15o from him. He
told the lawyer he went to Tinsley’s
jewelry store and took a piece of Jew
elry worth $24. He evidently wanted
to consult a lawyer alxmt the matter.
Mr. Dixon told him he could not take
the case and referred him to another
lawyer, who In turn sent hi into a
third. The next seen of the man he
THEY FELL IN MARYLAND.
Remains of Georgia Soldiers Unearth
ed at Antietam.
Martinsburg, W. Va.. May 2.— Work
men repairing the canal near Anti*
tarn battlefield, on the Maryland sld
have unearthed the remains of t\\
confederates.
The skeletons were clothed In but
part of the confederate uniform, whic
was tolerably well preserved. The but
tons told that they were Georgians
Two dirk knives, much rusted, were
found. Imbedded in the thigh bo
one was one-third of a shell, whic
evidently caused his death. Around
the ankle bones of one was a blu
silk tie.
A score of years aco a party was
re from Georgia looking for the r<
ains of two soldiers. They dug near
the locality, but failed to find the dead
and left without leaving their nnm
remains were Interred in Elm
ood cemetery.
was found dead on the sidewalk,
physicians examined the body
said the heart had failed to act.
Tw
and
Coal Companies Combine.
Birmingham. Ala., May 2.—The
Pearson Coal and Iron company and
the Central Coal and Coke company
combined their Interests In a consolk
dated corporation, at the head of
which Is to bo Mr. Ben F. Roden
Birmingham capitalist. The joint In
terests will control the bulk of the
coal properties in the Warrior seam
and will together enjoy a very large
output. A number of additional houses
and other improvements are to be at
onoo installed on tbo joint properties
Colonel U. H. Pearson is at the head
of the Pearson company, which has
been one of the most successful In the
Birmingham district.
Nightmare Ends In Death.
Carrollton, Oa.. May 2.—Wednesday
night at the county poor farm Mr.
Ralph Jonea. a young man engaged
by Superintendent Key at the farm
after doing a usual bard day’s plow
lng. eating a hearty supper and retlr
Ing for the night, disturbed the in
mates of the dwelling by a si ran go
noise. On Investigation he was found
dead in bed. having evidently strug
gled In a nightmare agony. Ho was
son of Mr. Ray Jones, of Atlanta, who
was notified and arrived here on the
first train.
Che
For Asthma use
ney’s Expectorant.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY AT MERIDIAN
ELD POLICE AND POSSE AT BAY
NO WORLD FAIR NEXT YEAR.
For Two Hours Man Defies Officers.
Brought Down by Boy.
New York, May 2.—After shooting
man twice, Peter Wanett held th
police and a posse at hay for nearly
two hours, says a Wilkesbarro, Pa
special to The Herald. Wanett fired
many shots at the crowd, but finally
was brought to earth by a boy, wh
knocked him senseless with a stone.
Wanett was first noticed parading
before the Russian Cathoke churcli
twirling a revolver and making r<
marks about the church. Sexton Rus
sinlt came out of the church and Wa
nett began shooting him. One bullet
went through Russinlt’s arm and an
other struck his thigh. Several per
sons tried to overpower the Infurlatce
man, but were shaken off. and he ran
shooting at tlu* posse who pursued.
When (he poMce arrived he was oij
top of a steep bluff and they could
not reach him without exposing them
selves. They called upon citizens for
aid and the bluff was surrounded. Foi
niQWkthan an hour police and citizens
tried to reach Wanett. but each time
th*ȣAPproache<l ho flrod. Finally JmU
the police had secured rifles Wanett
dashed through the line, shooting right
and left, and got away.
He was brought to bay a mile dis
tant and another circle formed. This
timo, the crowd having no other weap
ons, began throwing stone, and final
ly a boy brought the man down. Wa
nott was then taken to Jail.
FARMER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Welcomed by Roar of Whistles, Bands
and Cheering Thousands.
Meridian, Miss.. May 2.—Admiral
•hloy and party, consisting of Mrs
•hley and Miss Abert, arrived in th'
ity this morning at 3:30, but re
mained on the sleeper till 8 o’clock
when they were met by a special com
initteo of the Board of Trade and 4,-
OuO schoolchildren and escorted to the
lty hall amid a roar of whistles, mu
ic, brass bands and cheers of thou
sands of visitors, who lined the side
walks and blocked the streets.
It was almost Impossible for Admi
ral Schley and party to get through
the crowd, many old veterans insisting
on stopping the carriage and shaking
his hand.
Despite His Severed Throat He May
Yet Live.
Richmond, Va., May 2.—Jacob
Hutchinson, a farmer near Carters
vjlle, in Cumberland county, bad*
ids family farewell yesterday morn
Ing in apparently good health to at
tend to his tobacco plant bods. When
ho did not return the neighborhood
turned out last night to look for him.
A terrific storm drove nil l»ack homo.
Today he was found near the rivei
bank with his throat cut and his knife
in his hand. It was evident that hr
oVher cut hts throat and Jumped intc
the river and afterwards crawled out
still holding tho knife, or that he Jump
ed in tho water and finding it too cold
or of Insufficient depth, crawled out
and then ciu his throat. He was cov
ored with mud and blood.
Notwithstanding his terrible inju
ries he may yet live. The desire to
end his life cannot he accounted foi
by his friends.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Will
Not Open Until 1904.
St. Louis. May 2.— A statement giv
en out yesterday evening by President
David R. Francis, of the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition company, says in
part:
“For maiif months tho St. Louis
world’s fair has virtually bfv* post
poned for one year. A decided ma
jority of the directors prefer 1904.
“The repeated request of both do
mestic and foreign exhioltors for post
ponement; advices from foreign gov
ernments to the effect that they had
not sufficient time in which to make
preparations for a representative ex
hibit in 1903; the statement of Gov
ernor Taft that the Philippines would
not be able to install their exhibits In
a creditable manner if the exposition
should not he postponed to 1904; the
expressed fear of the government
architect that he could not procuro ma
terial for a government building by
1903, and the fart that the general
public for months past considered
postponement a foregone conclusion,
were some of the reasons that moved
the executive committee to authorize
me to Inform the national commission
that any action of congress changing
the time of the exposition from 1903
to 1904 would be aceptable. The tele
gram from President Carter, of the
national commission was received at
3:30 yesterday afternoon.
Senator Cockerell wired us yester
day afternoon that the sundry civil
bill would pass tho senate on Satur
day, and if a change of date was to be
Incorporated therein congress should
be immediately advised of the wishes
of the local corporation. There was
not sufficient time in which to call a
meeting of the board.rJ
take action on the subject, conse
quently the executive committee au
thorize me to express their wishes
to the effect that a postponement
should be ordained by congress.
"After receipt of Mr. Carter’s tele
gram I framed a reply setting forth
the conclusion of the executive com
mittee. but before sending the mes
sage made an effort to get the views
of every director in the city. Up to
this hour over 50 of them have been
consulted and without an exception
every one favored a postponement. I
have therefore replied to President
Carter, of the national commission, to
that effect and have asked that our
onclusions be submitted to congress
and to the president. I think there
is no doubt as to the action congress
will take and that it will be in favor
of postponement.”
Des Moines, la.. May 2.—A< tornado
struck Bayard, 50 ml lea northwest of
here, last night and demolished proper
ty to the value of $20,000: The atom's
path was 100 yards in yridtlp and a
dozen houses were badly damaged.
The Chlcagb, Milwaukee and £L Paul
depot was almost totally destroyed and
tw o large elevators standing alongside
tho Milwaukee tracks Were unroofed.
At Coon Rapids, LO miles west, there
was. no wind. The! storm seemed to
swoop down on Bayard,'-where It spent
its force,' there-being *no reports of
damage east of that point. *
David Hardin was naught In the
path of the storm and 15 minutes af
ter it had passed was found hanging
to a tree. He was unconscious all
night and this morning cannot recall
what happened to him. It la thought
that ho was struck with -flying 'debris.
Eyewitnesses say that'the tornado
did not occupy more than # minutes
passing through the town. The direc
tion was from west to east. Wires of
all kinds are-down in the- neighbor*
hood of Bayard and communication
with the town la almost impossible.
Another sovere windstorm is reported
to have taken place 5 x&llek north of
Rippey, Green county^ and 15. miles
from Bayard. At this point the uehool-
house and three barns were complete
ly destroyed. . ^
Reports show that the storiA did a
great amount of datnakd to c?0|)6, farm
buildings and agricultural interests..
Following the windstorm there' was a
deluge of rain, which in somerfdaefea
reached nearly the 'proportions- of a
waterspout. ' "Additional * particulars
from Decatur county -state that the
tornado started 6 miles south'd? Van-
Wert -and nfoved Th a northwesterly
direction, passing one mileeaatof the
town. % > , v
A dozen farm houses in' its" path, 100
jntaa mar tm«r
members ofresiding east
California Fruit Growers Organize.
San Francisco, May 2.—Tho fruit
growers of this state have organized
under the name of the California Dis
tributors, with Frank H. Duck as
president and Alden Anderson secro
tary and general manager. Those al
ready In the association represent 88
per cent of the business done last
year and an effort Is being made to in
dnee the other 12 p=>r cent to join,
with a view of absolutely controlling
eastern shipments.
HOLD-UP ATTEMPT FAILED.
Jumped Through Car Window.
Marietta, O., May 2.—Harry Cooper,
murderer, who escaped from Jail horc
Feb. 12, Is again nt large. He was
captured at Reaumont two weeks ago,
and Sheriff Morrow, of Marietta, wap
bringing him hack. Near I.lttle Rock,
Ark., Cooper nskod Short!! Morrow to
enter tho closet and Jumped out. Sher
iff Morrow paid Beaumont authorities
8122, all that remained of tho reward.
The county commissioners will not
reimburse tho sheriff
Robbers Became Frightened and Fled
to the Woods.
Eureka Springs, Ark., May 3.—An
attem *. to hold up the St. Louls-’Frls-
co express was made near Sollgman,
tho first station north of here. Two
men boarded the trnln there and un
der cover of darkness crept over the
tender, and leveling their revolvers at
tho engineer ordered him to reverse
his engine.
Ho told them thnt to stop his train
before arriving at the next siding
meant certnln destruction, as he was
closely foRowed by an extra. When
the train slowed up at Washburn the
robbers became frightened and fled
Into tho timber. Two suspects have
been arrested nt Sollgman.
of Van Wert sustained broken ‘ |lmb*.'
Three son* of J. II. Williams, a (armor
residing wear of Weldon, are reported
missing this morning. The storm blew
with terrific force and had It struck a
more thickly settled, neighborhood
would have wrought great havoc.
Four persons seriously • hurt, two
horses killed and several houses de
molished constitute (he extent of the
damage caused by thp tornado at Van-
Wert last night. Names of Injured
ctxinot be ascertained .as yet. owing to
tho prostration of telegraph wires.
Further details received here r state
that five people were-hurt In houses
recked by last night’s tornado be
tween VanWert and Weldon. 50 miles
south of here. The storm struck a
mile east of VanWert and traveled in
a northeasterly direction, Just missing
Weldon. Two houses are reported
blown to pieces. In one of these Lou
ise and Helog 'Williams were pinioned
In the debris and-, wei-p-hurt ’by Vying
timbers. Thoy'vHf'probably die.
Two women and a child by, the name
of flara were hurt In at similar man
ner In another house a ghort dlstanoe
from the Williams’ home, tint! the de
struction of the butldtng was not so
complete, and ’ the occupants escaped
with less serious Injury.
From Weldon tho storm continued
In a northeasterly direction and struck
Woodburn, a small town oh .the Chica
go, Burlington and Quincy railroad,
where four house* were wreaked. No
one was Injured at this place.
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Furvston Tendered a Banquet
Denver. May 2.—Oeneral Funston
was tendered a banquet last night ig
the Windsor hotel by the officers of
the First Infantry, National Guard of
Colorado. The occasion was the cele
bration of Dewey day, A message was
received from President Roosevelt ex
pressing his regrets at his- Inability
to be present. General Funston re
sponded to the toast, ’’The Eighth
Army Corps."
Will Extend Line to New Orleans.
Houston, Tex., May 2.—The semi
official announcement Is made that the
International and Great Northern rati
road will not only build an extension
from Houston to Beaumont, but that
the lino will also be built to extend
from Beaumont to Orange and thence
to New Orleans, with a connection
from Beaumont to Babine Pass. The
proposed route parallels the Southern
Pacific.
Steamer Cherlbon Wrecked.
San Francisco, May 2.—The large
steamer Cherlbon. flying the Chilian
flag and commanded by Captnln W. T.
Pitt, was totally wrecked on the njorn-
tng of April 12 on Romedios Reef,
near Acajutlan, Salvador, and about
25 miles north of tho spot where the
Pacific mall steamer San Bias was
wrecked a few months ago. News of
the loss of the Cherlbon was brought
by the steamer San Jose, .reaching
port from Panama. On the evening
of April 11. the San Jose passed the
Cherlbon -and the following day learn
ed that she had gone to pieces on the
reef. All hands were saved.
Sheriff! Fire.Upon Striking Sllkdyera.
New York. May S!—Deputy sheriffs
In pursuit of striking dUkdyer* In the
village of Lodi; N. J.,-surround^ the
house of Frederick fiebne snif called
on him and htal friends to surrender.
As Mrs. Behne, carrying her child In
her arms, ran from the house, the dep
uties opened Are end a bullet struck
the woman In the arm. The shooting
has Infuriatedthe strikers, ’Who
marched through-the usually quiet vil
lage streets, threatening to make trou
ble. Several clashes' ensued In' which
a number of persons were- beaten.
New Factory for Dublin.
Dublin, Ga., May 2.—Georgia Coop
erage company, of Hapevllle. Ga.. baa
Jnst completed a large building in Dub
lin and Is fitting up a large barrel fac
tory. The larger part of the machinery
Is already In position. Tho building
Is located near the river. The wood
used by this factory will consist only
of oak, which will be used principally.
Lfov turpentine; oils and other liquids
Twenty-five Story Structure.
New York, May 2.—Contracts short
ly will be signed, according to The
Herald, for the sale of the famous
Boreel building at'Broadway, Thames
and Cedar streets, to a new corpora
tion, backed by the fortunes of several
steel millionaires, to be followed by
the replacing of the structure with a
modern 25-story office building. The
entire deal Involves about $5,500,000
and may be reckoned ons of the most
Congressman Cummings* Condition.
Baltimore. May 2.—The physicians
In attendance upon Congressman
Amos J. Cummings at 11 o’clock this
forenoon made public the following
bulletin: ‘‘Mr. Cummings had e -bad
night and he is not so well this morn
ing. He experiences considerable' dif
ficulty in taking nourishment and'-’kla
temperature Is higher then yesterday.**
After the Capitol 8aloonlst.
Washington. May 2.—A warrant al
leging violation of the liquor law In
selling intoxicants without a license
was Issued against Theo L. Page, who
conducts the reetanrant on the' sen-
ana may oe ret-Huueu una ui mu uiubi 1. mit A w A ^
notable transactions in ihe history of
New York real estate
that the law has been violated at th*
capitol since Jan. 1, , v ,