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ATHENS DAILY BANNER.
ESTABLISHED 1832.
ATHENS, GA., TIIUKSDAY MORNING. MAY 8 1902
$5.00 A YEAR.
REBELS ARE
VICTORIOUS.
Approach of Revolutionists to Capital Was An
nounced After Two Days’ Fighting Between
Government Troops andjtVasquez’s Forces.
ACTINiC RAY EXPERIMENT.
BantiAgo, Santo Domingo. May 2 — ]
Thu Dominican capital capitulated to 1
day to tho revolutionary forces com
mainlcd by General lloracio Yasquoz,
the vlco president of tlio republic.
Preaident Jimlmz sought refuge in
the French consulate and many gov
eminent officers obtain.'<1 protection In
the French and United States lega
tions.
The revolutionary tro« ps entered
the capital quietly. Tin re was no en-
thuHiasui shown by the population
here at the entry of the victorious
army.
The anpiouch of the re\olutionisW
to tie* capital was announced after
two days' heavy lighting between the
government troops and loro s of Gen
oral Yanquez, during which many were
killed or wounded on both sides.
When it be« ante know n here that
General Vaaquez threatened to attack
Santo Domingo, tin* United States
minister, Clayton Lowell, head of the
diplomatic corps, requested the 1>*>
mlnb an governm* nt to inform him re
gardlng the arrangements adopted to
protect the lives and property of toi
eignei.s here, adding that in case no
precautions were taken he would eon
aider it his duty to take su< h moss
tires to provide !oi theii safety as tin
situation demanded. Tie* nature oi
the reply was in t made public. Gen
oral* Ah J:.ad..» Wo. gii w..;. appoint.*.!
minister of war at about that time.
lntt-i.se CAciiement pnvailcti her*
among the population and in govern
men! eileles when the news of the ftp
prnach of the revolutionary ai my be
came generally known.
REBELS SACK TOWN.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
Ed Burnett Celebrated Birthday In a
Queer Manner.
Macon, Ga. f May 7.—Ed Burnett cel
ebrated his sixteenth birthday yester
day morning in ft remarkable man
nor. In so doing he had a narrow es
cape from very serious Injury and per
haps death.
He was leaning out of the second
story window of a store when he lost
his balance and fell out headforemost.
Itlfl body made a h$lf turn in the de
scent and he struck upon his right
shoulder on the awning over the door
way and bounded off. He made a com
plete somersault and landed on his
.e* t on the stone sidewalk and did not
sustain the slightest Injury.
Si>cctators who saw Burnett’s fall
thought that he would strike upon hip
head and break his neck.
New Electrical Apparatus for Treat
ment of Germ Diseases.
New York. May 7.—At the Flower
hospital a second experiment has been
made with the actinollte, the new
electrical apparatus through which
the actinic ray or the violet colored
light, which has been found to be ger
micidal, is thrown upon the diseased
partB of the body.
The patient was the same one used
in the first trial of the ray. Frederick
M. Campbell, 14 years old, who before
he became 111 was a great favorite as a
messenger in the Stock Exchunge. So
fond of the boy was the brokers that
they have Just endowed a bed In per
petuity In his name. He Is tiro spo-
ial protege of Anson It. Flower, tho
president of the hospital, who for .a
r has defrayed the expenses
of the boy’s care. The boy's case
is a desperate one. He has tuberculo
sis of tho hip in a very advanced stage.
His only hope Is In the actinic rajr,
and although that has been used on
him but once, already there la no
ticed a decrease In tho discharge from
the wounds. Tho operation lasted ten
minutes, after which the boy was car
ried from the operating room and a
second patient, suffering with a sec
ondary cancer of the neck, was
brought iu. Tho light used is of 3
rtOu eandlepower.
NEGROE8 FIGHT FOR SUFFRAGE.
Alabama Constitution Is Attacked Be
fore State 8upreme Court.
Montgomery, Ala., May 7.—Wilford
H. Smith, of New York, the first and
only negro who ever appeared before
the supreme court of Alabama, has
filed in that court a petition for a
mandamus compelling the Montgom
ery county board of registrars to regis
ter a negro named Jackson W. Giles
and all other negroes who are quali
fied. Giles makes the formal affidavit
that be la qualified and was turned
away by tbs registrars because) he is
a negro.
The petition la an attack on the
constitutionality of both the grand
father and tho understanding clauses,
being mainly directed against the pow
er of the registrars under the latter
clause. It Is declared that there are
75,000 negroes in the state qualified
to register, practically all of whom are
rejected. The permanent plan, which
has neither of the above clauses, is
argued to be unconstitutional because
by the life list of voters the temporary
Is projected forward into the perma
nent schema.
The petition not only asks a man
TRAIN WRECK
BRINGS DEATH.
Accident Occurred on the Union Pacific at a Crossing
in North Topeka, and Was Due to Signal Lights
Being Obscured by Heavy Fog.
POLICE CHIEFS IN SESSION.
Ninth
Annual Convention of United
States and Canada.
Louisville. May 7.—The ninth an
nual convention of chiefs of police of
the United States and Canada was
called to order today by Mayor Chaa.
F. Granger. About 225 delegates are.
•u attendance.
Tho chief* were welcomed by the
mayor and the response was made by
President Sylvester. Harry O. Carr,
damus against tho registrars, but that | secretary and treasurer, made his
the whole suffrage article shall be do * J ”
clared null and void, it la supported
by affidavits from a number of ne
groes In several counties, ail of whom
tell the same story.
8tore Bold for $38,324.
Atlanta. May 7.— Yeaterday being
the first Tuesday In tho month was
legal salosday in Fulton county and a
number of valuable pieces of property
were auctioned off before the court
house doors. One of the largest sales
made was that central store property
fronting 52 feet on Decatur street and
adjoining tin* New Star theater. The
purchaser was Joel Hurt, who paid
$727 a front foot for the land.
He paid $:;s,324 for the entire prop
erty.
Attack Jail at Barabona and Bloody
Battle Ensued.
New York, May 7.— Members of the
crew of the British brigantine Alice,
Captain Innes, which has Just arrived
from the West lndl**«, report that
while the brigantine lay about 1*5
yards from tho shore nt ltaratxma,
the southwest coast of San Ikuningo.
a force of revolutionists entered tho
town and begun discharging rifies. In
habitants of the port ran shrieking
from their homes al >ng tin* lM>ach.
“The revolutionists tlrsi sacked tho
principal saloon in the town," said one
of tho crew.
“They broke all the windows, drank
all the liquor in bottles and then
smashed the bar. They rolled barrels
of ruin out into the street, and what
they did not drink they turned into
tho gutters.
“Next they attacked the Jail and
took out all the prisoners they want
ed TJic freed convicts Joined the in
surroetlonlsts.
“In the attack eleven guards and
one prisoner were killed. Two ci
vilians were killed in the woods which
thickly skirt tho town at the l»ase of
the mountains.
“Tho women and children who tied
along tho beach sought the protection
ct Captain Innes, who brought off as
many as the gig would hold. A sloop
brought off tho rest of the refugees.
“Tho refugees. 100 in number, re
mained about three days. Meantime
100 government soldiers had appeared
and wore driven to ret feat by tho rev
olutlonists, who then disappeared."
Hotel Burned by Incendiary.
Tifton, Ga.. May 7.— Monday morn
ing at 2 o'clock the Hurst hotel, at
Bay boro, was destroyed by fire ami
all the furniture, clothing and valua
bles, consisting of money. Jewelry,
etc., t>elonglng to tho oocupants, were
consumed hy the flames. There is no
doubt but that tho fire was of Incen
diary origin.
Reward for Runaways.
Sargent. Ga., May 7.—Walter Hen
drix, 14 years old, and Bud Kent, 2C
years old. disapp'-an-d from here oi
/\pvll 26. When last heard from they
were in Bremen. Ga. J. J. llendrlx,
father of the younger boy, has offered
a $10 reward for the arrest of the
boys
MISCREANTS WRECK TRAIN.
Placed Angle-Bar on Track of 8ea*
board Air Line.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 7.—Passen
ger train G7 of tho Seaboard Air Lino,
from Fernandina to Jacksonville, was
thrown off the track by an angle bar
placed on the rail within half a mile
of the depot on tho outskirts of the
city, and three men were injured, ons
of thorn, the baggagemaster, Frank
Weeks, dangerously.
At the place where the accident oc*
urn d the track makes a sharp curve
md passes through a small settlement
near several planing mills. The angle-
bar, or “fishplate.” was laid on the
track on the mtdde of the curve. It is
presumed that it was put there hy
some malicious person.
The engine tould iwot have been
PIPE AND POUNDRY COMPANY.
The New Concern Will Do Business in
Bessemer, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala., May 7.—The
American Pipe and Foundry company
has filed articles of Incorporation In
the probate court. The capital stock
is $100,000 and the principal incor
porators are W. J. Long, T. Y. Huff
man and H. 0. Mead The principal
place of business will be at Bessemer.
The new company proposes to make
and sell iron pipe, hydrants, valves,
car wheels, switch and all other foun
dry work. The company reserves the
right to acquire coal and other min
eral lands and to conduct commissa
ries.
Mr. Long was recently awarded the
contract by the mayor and aldermen
i of Bessemer for the construction of
18 miles of sewer in that city at a cost
report and President Sylvester read
his annual address and report.
St. Louis and New Orleans are In
the race for the next convention. Chief
Journicc is making a hard fight for tho
latter city. The chiefs are apparently
In the humor oi electing Major Sylves
ter president and Chief Carr secretary
and treasurer.
During the meeting the by-laws will
be changed in order to make the or
ganization an international associa
tion. This will admit members from
every country instead of from* the
United States and Canada as at pres
ent.
Congress will be urged to pass the
bill providing for the support of the
Bertillon system by the government,
and recommendations will be made as
to the members to serve on the board
of control.
Numerous ehiofr. have also express
ed themselves as favoring a secret
code of communication to t>e used by
the members of the association.
AUTO TRIP UNDERGROUND.
throw'n off the track by a surer means.
On striking the plate the engine war. j of over $40,000.
lifted and rolled on the erosstios, tear* fc —■ » — ■ -
ing them up and wrenching the traekjjjjy^ Disooveey of Mart
Topeka, Kan., May 7.—During the
heavy fog this morning an eaatbound
extra freight train on the Union Par
eifle ran into the regular eaatbound
freight train at a crossing in North
Topeka, causing a bad wreck and kill
ing two men and injuring seven others.
The. dead:
Al McCandless, stockman, Natoma,
Kan.
Unidentified stockman from Luray,
Kan.
The injured:
H. W. Kucker, Miles, Kan., head
badly cut.
J. E. Fields, Hoxie, Kan., badly
bruised.
John Buzzard, Bellevlew, Kan.,
bruised.
John Hammerland, St. Marys, Kan.,
leg cut.
Ed Arnold, Chapman, Kan., Internal,
ly injured.
Joseph Ilearst, Cheyenne, internal
ly Injured.
Ford, head cut.
The regular tralu had stopped at
the crossing as usual. Just as the
train was starting up the extra, com
ing at the rate of 40 miles an hour,
struck the caboose, splitting it com
pletely in two. Three cars on the extra
train were badly broken. The engine
was derailed. Engineer Zimmerman,
of the extra, says he did not see any of
the lights on the regular train on ac
count of the fog. None of the- train
men were Injured. All the Injured are
stockmen, who wore going oast on the
extra with cattle.
apart. Finally the engine toppled over
into the ditch and with-it tho baggage nouni
car and tender wcre overfimiOd.-^r.iS^
trucks of the engine were torn off and
the cab smashed Into splintering wood.
The two jmsseuger couches and mail
and express car were not overturned.
CHINESE REBEL8 ACTIVE.
WHO WILL 8Uv\^EED CORRIGAN7
Much Speculation In Rome Over Ques
tion of Succession.
Now York, May 7.—There la much
speculation, says tho Rome correspon
dent of The Tribune, as to the succes
sor of Archbishop Corrigan, of New
York. Even the pope himself could
hardly say now who will bo elevated
to th vacant office. Tho whole canon
ical procoedure for choosing an arch
bishop requires a minimum of throe
months.
From the Indication* hero It seem*
that tho choice will \te between Blsh
ops McDonnell and Farley. In Vatican
chflea it is said tho death of Archbish
op Corrigan eliminates the greatest
rival of Archbishop Ireland for th'
maw Amor if aii < ardlnalate.
Mrs. Livermore May Lose Her Sight.
New York, May 7.—Mrs. M. A. Liver
more, the well known woman Buffra-
gist. Is confined to her homo In Mel
rose, says a Boston dispatch to Tho
Times, by a serious difficulty with her
eyes. It Is feared she may become
totally blind.
Cures Begems and Itching humors through the
Blood—Cost* Nothing to try It.
B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is now
recognized as a certain and sure cure
for Eczema, Itching Skin, Humors,
Scabs, Scales, Watery Blisters, Pimples
Aching Bones or Joints, Boils, Carbun
cles, Prickling Pain in the Skin, Old
Eating Sores, Uuoers, etc. Botanic
Blood Balm taken internally, cures the
worst and most deep-seated cases by en
riching, purifying and vitalizing the
blood, thereby riving a healthy blood
supply to the skin. Botanic Blood
Balm is the only cure, to stay cared, for
these awful, annoying skin troubles
Others remedies may relieve, but B. B
B. actually cures, heals every sore, and
gives the rich glow of health to the skin
B. B. B. builds up the broken-down
body and makes the blood red and nour
ishing. Over 3000 voluntary testimo
nials of cures by Botanic Blood Balm
(B. B. B.) Druggists, $1.00. Trial treat
ment free and prepaid by writing.
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. De^
Bcribe trouble, and free medical advice
given until cared.
Ten Thousand Participating In Revolt
at Chlng Ting-Wu.
Peking, May 7.—Bishop Favier, the
French vicar apostolic In China, has
received information to tho effect that
10,000 armed rebels, with several can
non, were participating in the revolt
al Chlng Ting-Wu, Chi LI province. It
is doubtful if Yuan (Til Kaf, the gov
ernor of Chi Li, had sent a sufficient
force to cope with the rebels. The
bulk of th«* government forces, with
ten Gatling guns, are due to arrlvo at
the scene of the disturbance today.
The leader of the uprising Is a mili
tary mandarin, who killed his family
lieforc raising the flag of revolt so as
to prevent their punishment in the
event of his failure.
Ala.. May 7.—An
is mtdeibere that a dis-
- pr _
been made on
bnnia belonging In the syndteat. of
which ‘Oinimny T. G. Hush, of Bir
mingham, In tho head. It is stated
that extensive developments of this
property will lx- undertaken 111 a very
short while. They wll)- include the
mining of the crude inaterlai and the
erection of plants to manufacture it
Into cement and terra cotta ware.
Jeiks Makes Appointments,
Montgomery, Ala.. May /.—Appoint
melds have t»oeii announced hy Gov
ornor J.-lks as follows: Notaries pub
lic, Jaiio-s II. Johnston. Sumter, Sum
ter county; Joseph K. Acker. Ozark;
Justices of the peace. J. J. Edge, Tub-
hence, Nsct I. Macon county; J. C.
Shepherd, Horry, beat t*, Fayette conn
ty; constables. Alto I,. Demina, Wes
ley, beat 11, Henry county; W. I>. I.
Atklson. Opp. teat S. Covlngtou coun
ty.
Gift for Battleship Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., May 7.—The com
mission to procure a silver service for
the battleship Alabama today let the
contract to Zadok, of Mobile, at 13.-
000. It Is hoped to havo the ship nt
Mobile for preastation come time tics
summer.
For Palma’s Inauguration.
Now York, May 7.—Colonel Benja
min H Roberta, of the Artillery corps,
who has Just returned from Havana,
said: "Tho Cubans are making great
preparations lor tho inauguration ol
Estrada 1’alrna. They are putting up
triumphal arches all over Havana.
These arches are being paid for large
ly by the Spanish merchants. The
Spanish residents of Ilnvana seem to
he In perfect sympathy with tho new
government nnd satisfied with the
Idea of home rule."
Purchase of Florida Lands.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 7.—Colonel
W. S. Thomson, a largo mill nnd lum
ber man from Greensboro, N. C-, has
bought 100,090 acres of fin* timber
land in Uxid nnd Wakulla counties.
Mr. Thomson will shortly have a lot of
sawmill machinery shipped to Talla
hassee to bo Installed on his lands,
with n vie to getting the lumbet
into merchantable Bhape for market
as rapidly as possible.
Mayor of New York and a Party to
Make Novel Tour.
New York, May 7.—The mayor of
Greater New York will, on May 17,
make the flrst underground trip In an
automobile that has ever been made
offlcla! of the eltjr. He 4* •ehedwi'
o go a f Ole head of a procession
of seven automobiles, the passengers
In which will be members of the board
of estimate and department officials of
Brooklyn, through tho large 15-foot
sewer that Is now being built to drain
the entire Bay llidge section of Brook
lyn.
The officials will have the novel ex
perience of traveling Cor a mile or
more through a subterranean passage
70 feet or more lu-low the surface of
the street*,. The Brooklyn officials
desire to show the mayor the many
places in tlo-ir home borough where
large Hums of money are needed to be
gin or to carry forward improvements
already under way. One of Ihoeo Im
provements Is the Bay iildgc sewer.
This sewer Is one of the largest over
built, and when It Is completed It will
drain a territory covering the greater
1-art of that section of Kings county
south of Prospect Park.
RUMORED RAILROAD CHANQB.-
Movement to Combine Interest* of L.
& N. and C„ I. & L. Road*.
New York. May 7.—Notwithstand
ing denials that have been made that
there Is a movement on loot to com- _
bind the Interest* of the Loulavilla _
and ! Nashville and the Chicago, In-
iUnabolis and Louisville railroads.
The Herald declare* that, namrm
source of high authority, U baa learn- ,
ed negotiations for the consolidation 7
of these roads are pending and that
a definite statement of the detailed
plan will be forthcoming at no distant
date.
President McDoel, of the Monon,
who denied on Monday that hts road
would be controlled hy tho Louisville
ami Nashville, at the same time admit
ted that It would he for the mutual
benefit of both roads If they were op
erated In hnrmony.
Under such an arrangement the
1-ouisvlllc nnd Nashville would have
a direct Inlet to Chicago and a new
system, with almost a direct line from
Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico
would Ik; established, with about 5,700
miles of track.
To Move Convtoti From Coalburg.
Montgomery. Ala., May 7.—On the
report of Dr. Bragg, state convict phy
sician, Governor Jelks has decided not
to grant the Gloss company further
time to get the slate convicts away
from Coalburg. They will be at once
removed. The county- convicts will bo
allowed to remain for a few months
longer until the new mlnek ar* ready
for them.
Veteran Editor Passes Away.
Denver, May 7.—John bhorten. ed
(tor of the Cripple Greek Herald and
one of the best known newspaper men
In Colorado, Is dead. Mr. Shorten was
65 years old and was born In England.
He saw service In the confederate
army and was on board tho Trent at
the time of the capture of the confed
erate agents, Mason and Slidell.
PROFITS OF OVER $1,700,000.
' Bequeaths $100,000 to Charity.
Toledo, O.. May 7.—The will of Miss
Anna C. Mott, who died a week ago
and who was reputed to he the wealth
lest woman In the city, has been filed
for probate. She bequeaths about
$100,000 to the charitable Institutions
of tho city, among them being $5,000
to the Toledo Woman's Suffrage asso
ciation. Sho leaves about $7,000 to
per servants.
Wants - thcra to Know.
••I have used DeWltt’s Little Early
Kisers for oonstipation and torpid liver
and they are all right. I am glad to In
dorse them for l think when we find a
good thing we ought to let others know
it,” writes Alfred Helnxe, Quincy, III
They never gripe or distress. Sore, sa'e
pills. H R. Palmer. & Son. W. J.
Smith & Bros.
To Fight to a Finish.
San Francisco, May 7.—A fight to a
finish has been arranged In this city
between Jack Root and George Gard
ner. the middleweight boxers. The men
are to meet in Nevada on a day bo-
tween July 2 nnd 6.
Many Boers Killed and Captured.
I-ondon, May 7.—Further advices re
ceived here today Horn South Africa
announced that 208 Boars had been
captured and that ten burghera were
killed In tho neighborhood of Llndlay,
Orange River colony, yestejdag^
To Rebuild Burned School.
Dothan, Ala., May 7.—The contract
for rebuilding the schoolhouse here
which was burned last January has
been let to II. A. Moody, of Birming
ham. His bid was $19,840. The high
est bid was $30,589.74. Th* building
will be of brick and stone, two stories
high and modern In every appoint
ment. It is to be completed Oct. 1.
SIX DIE IN A CLOUDBURST.
Fifteen Houses Are Demolished at
Village of Foss, Okla.
Oklahoma City. Okla., May 7.—It Is
now known that six people lost their
lives In the cloudburst at Foss, on the
Choctaw and Oklahoma railroad. Fif
teen houses were carried away and a
Choctaw passenger train had a thrill
ing race to escape the flood that fol
lowed.
Tho dead:
Mrs. Butterfield and granddaughter.
Mvs. Hutchinson.
Mrs. Morgan and son.
Man, name unknown.
Foss was a town of S00 people. It
was built mostly on high ground, but
extended Into the vallpy. The cloud
burst struck Turkey crock some dis
tance from Foss at 4 o'clock In the af
ternoon. raising tho waters of that
stream and the Washita river to a
depth of nearly 10 feet. The flood
reached Foss at G:30 o'clock, coming
Report of Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railway Company,
New York, May 7.—The report ol
the Tenm-saee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company for the year ending Dec. ST,
was made public today. It placed the
mining and manufacturing profits at
$1,640,106; other Inconi** of $85,633
made the total income $1,726,038.
After payment of $19,864 In divi
dends, $862,189 for interest, $359,234
for royalties. $151,094 for reserve and
charging of $49,477 for depreciation,
there remained a balance of $243,809.
There was expended during the year
for new construction: At Ensley steel
works. $636,405; at Pratt workB. $46,-
377; Bussemer rolling mills, $12,670,
ami at other plants *54.209.
Tho company's capital stock consist
ed of $22,552,800 common and $248,800
preferred.
Bishop Confirms Eighty.
Montgomery, Ala., May T.—Bishop
Edward P. Allen, of tho diocese of
Mobile, administered the sacrament of
eonflrmatlon to a class of SO Sunday
at St. Peter's Roman Catholic church.
The confirmation of th* l*rg* class
las witnessed hy a congregation that
crowded tho church building to the
doors. '
Like • Drowning Men,
Five year* ago a disease the doctors
oalled dyspepsia took snch hold of me
wlthsuch suddenness that the people that I could waroely go,” wrttesOeo.
in tho valley could not reach high
ground.
Relief has been sent to Foss frorj
Oklahoma City and other points.
A Poor miltonslr*.
Lately starved in London because he
could not digest his food. Early nse of
Dr. King's New Life Pills would have
saved him They strengthen the stom-
aoh, aid digestion, promote assimilation,
improve appetite. Price 25o. Money
back if not satisfied. Sold by H. R.
PalmeT& Son, W. J. Smith Sc Bros,
druggist.
S. Marsh, well known attorney of No-
cona, Tex. "I toiCquantities of pepsin
au 1 other medicine* but nothing helped
me. As a drowning man grab* at a
straw I grabbed at Kodol. I felt an
Improvement at once and after a few
bottle* am sound and well.” Kodol U
the only preparation whioh exactly re
produces the natnral digestive joioea
and const qnently is the only one which
digest* any good food and cores any
form of stomach trouble. H. R. Palmer
& Sons and Warren J Smith & Bro.
The most lasting reputation is that
which deals with deeds well done.