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ATHENS DAIEN BANNER. ESTABLISHED 1S32. ATHENS. GA.. FKIDAY MORNING. MAY 9.‘1902 * 0LYnft A " $5.00 A YEAB. THE MINE MEN IN I PEASANTS DRIVEN TO I CITIES TUMBLE FROM SECRET SESSION. The niners of the Coaf Fields of Pennsylvania Held Secret Session at Scranton Yesterday and a Strike May Follow. tiv«* col Of tho 1 in« all Mine w Cl Its : in tli < uni, ;tl Held, re, iers of the \ ten itory, ent There is much apprehension in hufii ness circles all over the anthracite re- Kion regarding the action of tho meet lng. Strong Influences are at work among the mlnerw to prevent a strike, as it is thought a strike at this time mean? a long struggle and a conse«pn*nt para- l>zing of industries. Many officials of the miners’ union HIGDON MAY COMMAND AGAIN. are iking to pi of a strike. There is much sp, what will lie* tie- art Should it decide that are necessary. Granted that no c< made to the men, tin have only two move* they declan They may fresh from t the matter, mittees of ♦ Troubles of Third Alabama Regiment Lim Seem Ended. "kiy. Birmingham, Ala., May 8.—Tho trou hies of tho Third Alabama regiment have been patched up again and it h firmly believed that tho present slat, jvlll stand. A meeting of the officers was held hero and an agreement ha.- boon reached whereby all difference? will he settled. A ticket of officers was made, to b* submitted to the governor, which, i: is thought, will meet with his npprova •ut the declaration I aiw j elation will be ordered at once j The Slate is said to be agreeable t< both factions in the regiment. e reinstallmcnt of Colonel Hig • thuds don W as a part of the arrangement and it is said he will at one#* begin re organization in time for the encamp ment. It has not been given out win are the fortunate winners of the of flees. PILLAGE BY FAMINE Details of Late Disorders In Southern Russia. GRANARIES AND BARNS SACKED Violence Is Reported From Twelve tc Fifteen Villages, While Three Es tates In Khaikoff and 43 in Pcltava Have Deen Devastated. May 8. -A represen • Associated Press, after n estimation of tin* situation Buraia, writes from Mos dale of Saturday, May 3 SHOCKS Details of Late Disaster In V Western Guatemala. BAPTIST ARE 60,000 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS St. IVtersIni tative of the A personal in in south' ! n io\v under as follows: "Comparative order has been re stored in the government of Poltava and Kharkoff, hut the peasants are only outwardly quiescent, believing that the grant of a division of lands o! nohleinon will he effected during the -outing autumn, leaving the Hardy landowners only 20 acres and a yoke >t oxen eh. lation i of th, raslh i •sslon will be in# rs* officials o moves to make unless for or against a strike, call another convention, ic rank and lib-, tj> deeidi or they may send com mploves to the different ALLIGATOR ATTACKS WOMAN. oal op. rai Sum. to Hi f th*- #•< r the 1 for both sides. President Mitch#*] power of Influence that he has hitb**rt is conceded that th, >k for iy official Plan as n Hie sums wields the same nv«T th<- minors exercised, and it question of strike or no strile upon the d< dep«-nds almost r-ision of Mr. Mil# entirely ■hell. DEATH ENDS CAROUSAL. Mr*. George Herget Stabbed at Her Home In Dayton, Ky. 8.- J -Mrp. George W. ■ Uust, night during a r-mtTior' hotfW^Dajton, Ky. • Her ’hiiatianff, George Thornton, Frank Kent, Thomas Shields and William Murray, alias Ford Maddox, have been arrested on the charge of murder. Tier get is the win of a wealthy distiller who died at Pekin, Ill . two y< ars ago. Owing to the habits of Georg#* his In heritance was b it in trust. When bis monthly rcmiitaiu-e earn#* Thornton, Kent, Shields and. Murray w#-re amis tomed to visit the lh rg«t home. One of these occasions, yesterday, eontin ued during the night At 1 a in. the officers were attrn, t,-,l by s< n aming and found Mrs. H#-r;:« t lying piostrate in h.-r yard, badly stabh.-d. She died soon after reaching the hospital with out being able to make any state ment. Tin- five men were taken out ot the house afterwards in such con dition that none of them up until al most noon today were able to talk. The dead woman’s maiden name was Mary Bellinger. of Clyde, (). They had no children. The off!corn think liejg* t stabbed bis wife for protesting during the carousal. Farmers’ Wife Near Castleberry, Ala.. Has Narrow Escape. Evergreen. Ala., May 8.—W. F Price, an industrious and prosperou: famier, who lives 2 miles from Castle b#*rry, was In his field at work nea: his house. His wife had occasion b go to the field, and when she got abou 2on yards from her home she was at tacked by a ferocious alligator ncarl> six feet in length. The animal grabbed the woman b> the ankle. Her screams brought he’ husltand to her assistance at once with u Mr. Monk, who was pnssinj along the {>uidle road and heard th* screams. Fortunately the 'gator onl) made a slight flesh wound, but tor< the ktdy’s dress. In a number of places Bid ##.’ not*Beef for the timely assistance of the tw< men, who killed the animal with clubs Mrs. Itrie#* would have probably boei !>adly injur.-d. Gang of Timber Thicvo6 Caught. Mobile, May h. The wholesale thefl of sawn timber from mills on the rlvei has been repeatedly complained of and an effort to catch the thieves prov ed unsuccessful until today, when dep uty sheriffs arnsted a number of ne grnt-s in charge of two rafts of timber valued at $'.•»##. The negroes claimed they \v#i«' innocent, but implicated others in stealing timber with the re suit that Sheriff Powers has seven In Jail and will arrest half a dozen more. It dev#*|o|»a that the negro«*« had an or ganlzod gang for stealing timber. Th# mill men say their losses will run into hundreds of dollars each, and sev eral mills have 1mh*d victimized. Quesaltenango, the Second City of the Republic, Suffered by Far the Most Full>t'j200 Bodies Were Taken From Ruins at That Place. Guatemala City, Republic of Guate mala, April 2 4.—Correspondence ol the Asiociatefc Press.—For nearly week eartbquukes have been tumbling down cities and villages on the west era slope of the Sierras in this re pnfciie^|£~ On .the night of April 18 at the cap H£l M. binding flash of lightning fol a thunderstorm and torrenth In the space of a few min ted the people in the street?' Cor shelter. In an Instant the earthquake was upon ashing frantically Into tie and through Hooded street? away from tho straining d crackling walls, ran th crying, praying and a fc\ sing the Salve Regina, wing shocks were less se Bp-re and by 10 o'clock many of th rmitting a division,(if inhabitants were wandering about ex walls ot the cathedral of ZfijMUTaceaa, LaRecolleclon and oth er.jctouchea which were more or less da [gaged. News soon began to eomo In from Mdu country, where Quesaltenangc !» situated. This, the second city ot :fUp£pul)Uc, Buffered by far tho most ^flSteda ot residences and publk buildings }trere destroyed or severely rfSmi&ed. .The very narrow streets mftsp not over three or [our yards VNra$. and the Irregular manner 1 Wthfch the^tdwn Is built served to mak Heath tripe of tho house, so that al half of the debris has y been cleared, fully 200 bodies hav The Fifty-Seventh Annual Session of the Southern Baptists Called to Order by Gov. Northen at Asheville Yesterday. "Authentic particulars of the (list lers prevailing during the last thi -seeks show they were largely due •xtreme suffering from famine, whi was utilized by agitators to foment rising. The peasants were not •nly believers in the issue of an.inpi perial iik;i he propei ty of the nobility, and^jiS harilable distribution of potatoes :be stewaid of the Duke of M burg’s estate at Kharloffka tended tej onfirm this belief. "The |K*o]>le of the whole cowitry dde, often led by the vlllag^l-mag iates, streamed to the Kharlof^j^MI >ther estates, afoot, horseback* ami in wagons, demanded til e kw PfOi e pan nes, granaries and barn* and .carried’ iff their contents. Ri. 1. Cessaeks suf- '♦•red equally wiUj&tatt nobiemen. .Yh* n landowner • r*-iused to deliver, ip the keys the pjb^is h*■ doors, quietly s* .. 1 foodstuffs and elurned home, even well-to-do pea* unopposed ‘B® . Peosa nts cont ented PEOPLE IN SESSION. KING’S HOPELESS QUEST. Disheartened After Long Search for Parents Man Attempts Suicide. New York, May 8.—Disheartened at his failure after years of endeavor to learn who his parents wore, Henry King, 30 years old, attempted suicide in the vestibule of the New York foundling asylum. The doctors say ho probably will recover. King was a mere child when taken to the foundling asylum, where he was kept until 1878, when, at the age of six he was sent to a Maryland farm. There he remained until he was of age. As he grew to manhood he felt that his parentage should not be veiled in un certainty. Two years ago he brought an action to compel the asylum nu t boil ties to disclose the identity of his parents. The action brought forth the response that it would he Impossible to tell. For days and weeks after this defeat. King, then 28, frequented the asylum. A growing belief that he was heir to a fortune stimulated his desire, and on one occasion made him so persistent that he was arrested. Every day he called and repeated his questions, un til finally, discouraged at his lark of success, he swallowed morphine in the hallway of the home. SESSION OF THE HOUSE. ints sharing In the plunder.^ Whep£ ir h*«*n recovered and many persons were body Injured. Fire as well as ATLANTA TO HAVE NEW DAILY. Publication Will Begin as Soon as Ma chinery Can Be Installed. Atlanta. May 8.—A company was organized yesterday to publish "The Atlanta News,” which is to Ive an 8* page, 1-oont paper. It will make its appearance as soon as necessary ma chinery can be obtained. John Temple Graves, the well known orator and lecturer, will bo editor-in chief of the new paper; Charles Dan lei, managing editor, and J. Frank Beck business manager. The staff ot the paper beyond these heads of de partments has not yet been announced. The stockholders of the new com pany held a meeting yesterday after noon and accepted the charter recent Is granted -by the Fulton superior court. Officers and directors of tho company were elected as follows: President. Walter P. Andrews; vice president. L. J. Daniel; editor-in-chief, John Temple Graves; business man ager and treasurer, J. Frank Beck; managing editor and secretary’. Chaa. Daniel; directors, Walter P. Andrews, I*. J. Daniel, John Temple Graves, J Frank Beck. Charles Daniel, John S Owens and John W. Zubor. Alabama Druggists Meet. Birmingham, Ala., May 8.—Th» twenty-first annual session of the Ala bama druggists was called to order here at noon by the president, Thomas W. IVagler, of Greenville. The address of welcome was made by Alderman George Ward. A large attendance from all over the state was present at roll call. The m<xst Important mat ter to Ike discussed at tho meeting is the raising of the standards of quail float Ion s for licensed pharmacists and require both practice and fheory com bined. hemselves with supplying their lifhSm-1 flood addocf to tho horror of the nlKlit. '.late needs, but whe»rwsult that many people hav, lnsanh And others have commit- - itlan, San JuaiL Sira Marcos. igutlan - and wiveraf oQ>0* BthaTler~t?wn^iave been :>artly "ruined. Still very few lives, considering tho extent of the disaster, have been lost. Ifco sessions of the national con gross at Guatemala City have been suspended. The meetings of the na tional committee for the Louisiana Purchase exposition, and which Com missioner Chandler attended by spe rial invitation, were continued without Interruption for two hours, though tin shocks made the large crystal chamb llers swing like pendulums over tin heads of the commissioners. Approxi mately 60,000 people have been lef; homeless, and public as well as pri vato subscriptions are being raised ti prevent the poor people from starv inff- hi rned and doetfl.y-1, carried off Jive >tock and* dc^olat.-e. csttu•;**.- Most tho difiottltSjitifeni^^Hli^Hi habitants >n a strained footing with the^rielgh boring landowners. "Violence is reported from 12 to If- tillages, while three estates have boei lovastated In the Kharkoff govern ment and 43 In the Poltava govern ment. To add to the consternation 2(M' Cossacks arrived at Poltava after the regular military forces had restored order. The troops fired on the people in two or three cases, and In one In stance the peasants attacked the troops with ston#*s, whereupon the lat ter fired, killing several persons and wounding a score, among whom were women and children. Corporal punish ment was administered right and loft without over scrupulous Inquiry into the gutlt of the people flogged. Some estimates place the number of turbu lent peasants as high as 30,000. "There was a similar occurrence at Kharkoff. whose governor general, Prince 6boloensky, was particularly severe. "General Eugene Miehelovlch-Douk' vovsky was among the. sufferers. His estate at Mcrhck was ruined and he himself was seized and beaten. He Is still 111 from the effects of the treat ment he received. "As an example of tho extent to whic h the ranks of the famine strick Eii villagers are swollen by the re turn of unemployed factory workers, it is pointed out that one iron works which heretofore employed 12,000 to 20.000 people is now employing only 5,000 for three days a week.” Consideration of the Crr.nibus State hood Bill Is Resumed. Washington, May 8.—At the opening of the session of the house today the speaker announced the uppointment of Mr. Gillette, of Massac husetts, as a member of the committee on appro priation to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Secretary of the Navy Moody. The house then pro- eeeded with the consideration of the omnibus StatehocxLWH-undoi-att.aKree- ment that general debate should close today at 3 o’clock. Mr. Moon, of Tennessee, the rank lug minority member of the commit tee on territories, the first speaker, today earnestly urged the passage of the bill, arguing that the admission of thi three territories to statehood would only be an net of simple justice to the people residing therein. The constitutional right of the* admission, he contended, existed in each case. Asheville, N. C., May 8.—The forty* seventh session (fifty-seventh year) of the southern Baptist convention began here today. The attendance Is large. The first session was called to order by Hon. W. J. Northen. of Atlanta, president of the last convention. This convention Is the largest or* ganized body of Baptists in the world. It embrace's 10,558 churches in the states east of the Mississippi river and south of the Ohio; also in Mary land, the District of Columbia, Mis souri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Ok lahoma, Texas, Mexico and Cuba. The convention is not a legislative, but an advisory body. Under the denomina tional teachings of the church the convention does not make laws for ita constituenc y. The delegates meet for co-operation in missionary and educa tional work. The meeting of several societies and bodies auxiliary to the general convention were held during tho day. The main question for consideration by tho convention will be education and home and foreign missions. Both the home and foreign boards have In creased greatly their work during the last year and will report free of debt. It Is said that tho home board, of which Dr. McConnell, of Atlanta, is secretary, will report a balance on hand of something like |6,000. The report of the foreign hoard, the head quarters of which is in Nashville, will be made by Dr. R. J. Willingham. Mr. Northen having declined re- election as president, there was much spec ulation among the delegates when the convention was called to order as to who would bo the next presiding j officer. Many were of tho opinion that Mr. Northen would yet be Induced to aerve another term. BOLLAND’3 SICK QUEEN. Favorable Report on Nomination. Washington. May 8. The senate committee on common-#' today decided unanimously to report the nomination of H. Clay Evans to be* consul general to London, with a favorable recom mendation. Shot Sister's Assailant Decatur, Ala., May 8.—Tuesday night Sam Johnson was fatally shot by Will Sherman for an alleged at tempt to criminally assault the lat ter’s sister. Sherman rode two miles to town, bought cartridges and rode back to where Johnson was and fired both barrels into his head and chest. This la the third fatal shooting this week. Killed by Falling *Oirt Columbus, Oa., May 8.—A. P. Wat ley. aged 5fi years, a well known white well digger, mot a horrible death on North Highlands. He was digging a Profits From Dispensaries. Florence, Ala., May 8.—The sales for April at the two dispensaries her# 1 were $1,100 at Florence and $093 at East Florence, a total of $2,093, as compared with $1,042, and with a total of $2 306 61 for March, a falling of $212.51. The net profits for last month were about $800. Wire Companies to Merge. Akron, O., May 8.—The Cuyahoga Wire and Fence company, capital stock $1,000,000, will tomorrow’ absorb the Cuyahoga Steel and Wire company of Cuyahoga Falls and the Hartman Manufac turing company of Newcastle, Pa. WRECK ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY Several Cars Are Burned, but No Lives Lost. Lynchburg, Va . May 8.—Train No 87, tho Washington and Southwestern j vestibule#] limited, southbound, on tin Southern railway, ran into the icar o: a freight standing at Lawyers Station 12 miles below here, at 5:15 o’clock yesterday morning. Two postal cars, the combination baggage and smoking car and one Pullman w’ere burned, tho letter mail ind baggage being saved. Engineer McCormick and his negro fireman, Abe Gordon, Jumped Just be- >re the crash and were painfully rut nd bruised, hut not seriously hurt No pasengers wore Injured. It seems that the freight train had ardors to remain on a siding a few miles this side of Lawyers until three passenger trains passed, but that when only two of them had gone by the freight pulled out for Lawyers. Attending Physicians Express Satis faction at Her Majesty’s Condition. The Hague, May 8.—In the bulletin on tho condition of Queen Wilhelmina issued -this morning at Castle Loo th« attending physicians say; "There was no inc rease in the pa tient's temperature yesterday evening. Her majesty had a good night and her condition this morning gives cause for satisfaction.” Prince Henry has telegraphed his mother (the? Grand Duchess Marie of Meoklenburg-Sehwerin) that the queen's condition is satisfac tory and that she has no fever. The prince consort this morning at tended Ascension day services at the church in Apeldoorn. This is taken aa a reassuring sign in regard to the con dition of the queen. Struck by Lightning. Florence, Ala., May 8.—Willie John son, a young man of about 20 years. well and when 35 feet under ground was struck by lightning while going the sand above him caved in, killing up the steps at his home here, him instantly. Fifteen feet of the! He was knocked unconscious. The dirt fell upon him and it took several bolt struck him In the right shoulder has salled f ° r Jfulfill hia en- houra to recover his body, lie leaves and passed down, burning his leg quite gage . ment with Gus Ruhlin for a fight Buys Interest In Lumber Company. Salisbury. Md., May 8.—By a trans action Just closed here a two-thirds interest of the Jackson Lumber com pany, of Lockhart. Ala., has been sold to Edward 8. Croasett and J. W. Wat- zek, of Davenport, la., and Charles W. Gales, of Fordyce, Ark. The price ;aid was on the basis of $1,500,000 for the entire stock of the company. A new company will be formed to op erate the plant, which comprises 144,- 0<H> aci*»s of timber lands in Covington county, Ala. Sharkey Sails for London. New York, May 8.—Pugilist Sharkey p widow’ and seven children. severely. at the coronation. He will begin to train soon alter be lands. PALMA AT SANTA CLARA. He Is Received With the Usual Joyous Welcome by the People. New York, May K.-—President-elect Palma, who has Just arrived heri says a Santa Clara, Cuba, dispatch to The World, found the people from tho whole surrounding country partly drawn hy tho exhibition of Island prod nets being held here, gathered to give him greeting. The narrow streets of the town were packed. The horses drawing Benor Palma's carriage toojt fright at some fireworks bolted and ran over two spectators be fore they were stopped. General Pal ma was not Injured. He reviewed In the evening a parade of tbe police, the rural guards and the secret societies, after which he at tended a public banquet and reception in bis honor and a ball at th? theater. WILL ACCEPT STRIKERS’ TERMS. Operations In Smelter Works At Hele na Will Be Resumed. St. Paul. May R.—A Helena, Ment., q t rial to The Dispatch says: It Is learned upon excellent author ty that as a result of a conference last night between C. W. Whitley, northwestern manager* of the Amerl- an Smelting ami Refining company; ormer Governor Hauser, a heavy took holder thereof; Phil Rowden, of Denver, representative of the Wash ington Federation of Labor, and a lo ad member of the strikers’ commit tee, tin' former two telegraphed the uncials of the smelter trust tn New York recommending that the terms of -he strikers he accepted. These terms are simply for the rec ognition of labor unions formed among the 000 employes of the Helena smelter now on strike. It 1h believed this suggestion will 1m> approved by the officials of the company and opera tions resumed at once. Many mines closed because of the strike will also resumo. HETTY GREEN CARRIES GUN. Noted Woman of Finance Granted Per mission to Go Armed. Now York, May 8.—Hetty Green, tho noted woman of finance, has been granted a permit to carry a revolve! hy the police department of this city. Mrs. Green applied for tho permit a week ago to Captain Steven O’Brien, of tho Leonard street station, and It was on his recommendation that the permit was given. Captain O’Brien's report on the ap plication says Mrs. Green declared sha was In tho habit of carrying large sums of money, stocks, bonds and Jew elry. She also said It was her inten tion to secure pistol permits In all the large cities in which she does busi ness. Patent Medicine Men In Convention. New York. May 8.—Manufacturers of patent medicines from all parts of the country are In attendance upon the annual convention In this elty of the Proprietary Association of Amor lea. The chief matter to lie settled is that of rate cutting by retailers. Bishop Potter Had Fainting Spell. New York, May 8.—It was said at Bishop Potter's residence today that the bishop, who was seized with tainting spell yesterday due to fatigue tom overwork, was much bettor to day and was resting comfortably in bed. Indian Girls Are Drowned. Raleigh, May 8.—News has been re ceived here of the death of three In dian schoolgirls hy drowning. The girls were pupils of the Cherokee Indian school, located at Whittier, Swain county. They ran away from the school on April 26. It was on their way home that they attempted to cross the Oconalufty river, and bo- tng overcome by the swift current were drow ned. The bodies were swept down the stream for a considerable distance and were only recovered yes terday. Sad Condition of Former Senator. New York. May 8.—Former Senator William N. Roach, of North Dakota, who has been 111 several days at bis home in this city, will. It Is expected, pass away very soon. Aa the result of an operation complications have followed, the worst being that he can take no nourishment. His stomach has collapsed and be Is now practical ly starving to death.