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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.