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ATHENS, GA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 20
Vi02
SlYOO A YEAF.
TRAIN KILLS
MR. W. L. PRATER.
Well Known Athens Painter Run Over and Killed
Seaboard Train Early Yesterday Morn
ing On a Trestle Near the City.
by
Mr. William L. Prater a respected
citizen of this city was the victim of a
horrible fate yesterday morning and
now lies dead at his home in this city
mangled beyond all recognition.
Mr. Prater was overtaken and rnn
over by the early morning .'■■eaboard
train No. 41, at McKlroys trestle about
two miles west o( the city limits and
was instantly killed.
Mr. Prater )and his two sons, John
and Frank, left their homes early yes
terday morning to do some painting on
the residence of Mr. John Fowler who
lives abont s miles west of the oity
They were walking along the tracks of
the Seaboard Air Line Railway and all
three were .mat crossing the small tree,
tie when they taw the train coming np
behind them running at a terrilic rate
of speed
The two yonug men were u few feet
behind their father nub seeing that they
could not cross the trestle in safety
called to him to come back, hut he re
plied that he could make it alright.
Ho ran rapidly across the trestle and
was abont to gain the other side, when
his foot was oaught between two cross
ties and be |fell and struck by the
iron monster pulling the heavy train
n id literally crushed to death.
The pilot of the engine struck Mr.
Prater just below the knees, breaking
bis legs and nearly every bone in his
body and life was extinguished install
taneonsly before his awe stricken sons.
Tho news of the hortible tragedy
quickly reached the city and the body
was soon brought to the undertaking
establishment of Dorsey <te Fundeustein,
where it was drossed and prepared for
burial.
Mr. Prater was fifty years old and had
been a resident of Athens since his boy
hood. He leaves a wife and live chil
dren, viz : Messrs. John and Frank, and
Misses Della, Iua Belle and Rosa Lee.
He was a member of the Methodist
church and of Glenn L »lgo of Odd F,1
lows.
Tho interment will take place this
morning at Prospect church cemetery in
Jackson county, near the birth place of
the deceased.
The sympathy of the entire city is
extended to the bereaved family in their
hoar of trouble.
CUBAN CABINET HOLDS SESSION.
United States Coat of Arms Removed
from Portal of Custom House.
New York. May ID. The United
Btates coat of arms has been removed
from the front portal of the custom
house and the Cuban < oat of arms suh
stltuted. says a Havana dispatch to
The World. Above it remains an old
Spanish crown, which was mil remov
ed when the Spanish eoat of arms was
taken.
President Palma and his eahinet vis
ited the senate chamber in the sec*
ond paTaec on Sunday, where he intro-
dueed the ministers to a lommlttee of
aenat rs. The senators ili.n withdrew.
At one end of the council table was
Placed a large black chair General
Palmn sal at the other end. saying
that the empty chair was reserved in
honor of the dead hero and patriot,
Jose Marti. The eahinet session was
•e< ret.
Mrs. Wood and her children will
leave May 2b for Spain, where they
will spend the summer. General Wood
will Join them there after reporting to
Washington, when he will be allowed
•lx months' leave.
CALM AFTER STORM.
Qulat Prevails After Saturday’s Riot.
Relief Fund Grows.
Atlanta. May IK • A Sunday of calm
and quiet folio*r«1 the storm of Sat- !
urday, and the scenes of w ilei rioting
on that day. A desolation that seem
ed to rise from the ashes of the burn
ed block at Pittsburg settled over the
entire district. The tramp of an oc
casional sentry and the throng of cu
rious sightseers alone disturbed the
monotony of the day.
An arrest was made by Deputy
Sheriff Chastain in connection with
the Saturday morning riot. He locked
up Eli Sanders, a negro, who is said
to have admitted he was in the store
where Will Richardson and his gang
were barricaded. He told an officer
he was forced to enter the store, and
slipped out of It at 5:30 o’clock Satur
day morning.
Shepard Piuizy, the negro cabman
who was shot and was taken to the
Grady hospital, is doing well, and it
is believed his wounds will not prove
fatal.
The subscription to the relief fund
for the wives and families of tin* po
licemen who lost their lives in the
Pittsburg riot were more than doubled
yesterday, the total now being $049.
This addition was secured In spit*
of the fact that yesterday was Sunday
and there was no solicitation of sub
scriptions. as there will he beginning
with today. All of the subscriptions
made yesterday were voluntary.
Mi.'ltia Withdrawn.
Atlanta, Ga., May 10.-—The militia
doing duty on the scene of Saturday's
clash between the police ami the ne
groes were withdrawn this morning.
There was no disturbanc e last night
and no further trouble Is apprehended.
POLICE CAPTAIN FIRED UPON.
Negroes Waylay and Try to Kill At
lanta Policeman.
Atlanta. Mav llr. T;/u negroes way
laid and attempted to shoot Captain
PianK M. McCurdy, of the city police
lone. \*st« iday n uiiiii.v at 3 o'clock
idijig in a buggy on
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TORNADO RUINS
CITY IN TEXAS.
One Hundred People Injured and Ninety Lives Lost
by a Tornado Which Swept the Town of
Qoliad off the Map.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
B’nal B'rith Convention.
Kansan City. Mo., May ID.— 1 The fif
tieth annual convention of the district
lodge No. 2, B’nai B'rith, !h in session
here with about 100 delegates present
from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Mlssou
M. Kansas, Colorado and Now Mexico.
Alfred Muller, of Denver, president of
tho district, ts presidinR. The endow
incut fund for 1901 has a total of Ji’.O.-
<100 paid In endowments. The total re
sources of tho department are $383,-
029, of which amount $333,950 is In
real estate.
Fair
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AWFUL DISASTM"
CflAL SftEEK MINES
One Hundred and Fifty Mi
ners Blown to Atoms.:
5 KILLED, 6 INJURED
IN ttULROAD WRECK
t. Louis Flyer Col-
ith Stock Train.
all was quirt and
in it ached \V. Fair Ht
Chapel and Walk<*r streei
man say:
"Vos, that’s him.”
Tin; next Instant the report of a pis
tol rang out. Captain Mr-Curdy-drew
his revolver as quickly as possible and
returned tho flic.
Four or five pistol shots were ex
changed. Two holes w**ro made In the
top nf th<? vehicle, but Captain McCur
dy was unhurt.
Tho affair, occurring, as it did, when
tho polio** for*** was on u norvous
strain ovor tho fatal riot of Saturday
morning, created ronowed excitement
wlu n reported at police barracks.
The negroes after firing tho shots
ran into an alley and disappeared.
SECOND WEEK OF COAL STRIKE.
Situation Undisturbed—Sabbath Qjiet
Prevails Everywhere.
Hazeltou, Pa., May IB.—The second
week of the total suspension of l ard
coal mining as a result of the dead
lock between miner and mineowner be
gan today without the faintest ripple
to disturb the calmness of the situa
tlon. A Sabbath stillness prevails
everywhere.
Not one of the coal companies In
this territory made an attempt to start
up a colliery today and not a miner
wandered near the big black break
ers. The Uierles and their surround
ings had a desolate appearance.
No one was about except the en
gineers, firemen and jump runners
whose duty it is to keep the mines free
from water and gas; the stablemen,
who are looking after the mules that
have been brought to the surface af
ter having been In total darkness for
two years, and the repairmen who are
doing odd jobs of patchwork in and
HORROR CAUSED BY EXPL.OSIOI
A-
Only One Man 16 Reported to Have
Escaped—He Was Blown Through
Shaft Like a Rocket—Fire Augments
Horrible Catastrophe.
Knoxville, Tenn., May 19.—A spe
cial to Tho Sentinel says the Frater-
ville and Thistle coal mines at Coal
Creek, Tenn., exploded this morning.
Only one man escaped, he being
blown out of the mine.
About 15o men were at work in the
mines.
Flames were soon issuing from the
mouths and vent holes.
George N Camp, superintendent of
Thistle mine, gave out an offieial state
ment estimating the number killed in
both mines at 150.
None have been rescued.
Fraterville coal mine is located in
Anderson county, Tenn. It is owned
by the Coal Creek Coal company, of
which Major E. C. Camp, of this city,
is president and general manager.
This is the oldest mine in the Coal
Creek district, having been opened in
1870. A large area has been devel
oped and worked in it. The Coal
Creek coal seam is struck by this
mine, the hard and tenacious top aV-1
'•raging 4Vfe feet in thickness.
Fraterville mine has always been
considered one of the safest mines in
tho Coal Creek belt.
Two rescuing parties were started
Into the Thistle and Fraterville mine
entrances as soon as possible after the
explosion. The Thistle party was un
able to make any headway whatsoever,
as the Fraterville party went as far as
"the parting of the ways” into the
mine, whore a heavy fall of slate was
encountered. This has cut off any fur
ther progress into the mine until the
state obstacle can be removed. The
intense heat indicates that tho mine
is on flro.
At 11 o'clock there was no longer
any question hut that the Thistle
miners also suffered in the disaster.
Kingston on-Thames Celebrates.
New York. May 19.—Klngston-on- s, ' oul thc maln Uulldln 6*
tho-Thamcs, ono of tjie many charming
little riverside towns on the outskirts
of the great metropolis, will today be
en fete, says a London dispatch to The
Tribune. On Whitsunday, 1902, King
Edward, the elder son and successor
Of Alfred the Great, was crowned on
the stone that now rests In the market
place at Kingston, and the thousandth
anniversary 'if that interesting hlstori-
*,cal event will today be popularly cel-
lebrated.
Agc*1 Couple Injured.
Waycross. Ga., May 19.—Obcdiah
Barber and wife were both hurt in an
accident near here. They were com
ing to town, when their mule took
fright near the city limits and ran
away. The old people were thrown
out and each one of them had $. rib
broken and sustained other bruises.
They were taken to the home of a
friend, where they were given medical
Attention.
Supreme Court Decision.
Washington. May 19.—In an opinion
delivered today by Justice Peckham,
the United States supreme court de
cided the case of Captain Petei C.
Peming in tfcat officer’s favor. The
case involved the right of a courtmar*
tial composed entirely of officers of the
army to pass on a case Involving the
rights of a volunteer officer. The ef
fect of the opinion is that such a trial
is illegal.
Veteran Missionary Bishop Dead.
San Francisco, May 19.—Bishop Wil
liam Taylor, perhaps one of the great
est missionary bishops of the Method
ist church, died at Palo Alto after a
long Illness at the age of 81. Fifty
years ago he began the career of evan
gelist which carried him to all quar
ters of the globe. He served as bishofr
of Africa until 1898 when he was re
tired for age.
Collision Occurred One Mile East of
Hyannis, Neb.—There Is Nothing to
Indicate Who Was Responsible for
the Wreck.
Lincoln, Nebr., May 19.—Five men
were killed and six others injured, two
of them seriously, in a collision on the
Burlington’s Billings line yesterday.
The dead:
William Ray, Teeumseh, Nebr.
W. W. Pitts. Eldorado Springs, Mo.
M. Tuttle. Whitman. Nebr.
John Cox, Strong City, Kans.
Lee Lein hart.
Seriously injured: O. F. Philips, en
gineer; Isaac Cox. Strong City. Kans.
Slightly hurt: Brakeman R. H. Sit
zer, T. Houston, freight engineer; K.
K. Colvin, conductor; J. McDonnell,
freight engineer.
All of these, save the fireman, were
riding in the smoking ear at th<* time.
This ear was reduced to kindlii g woo,,
in part. All of tho injured have been
removed to Alliance.
The collision occurred a mile east
of Hyannis, between the Portland-St.
l-'ouis flyer east bound and an extra
stock train bound west, with 25 car
j loads of cattle. There is nothing to
indicate who was responsible for the
two trains, moving in an opposite di
rection, being on the same track.
WHISKY MADE Hlltf MADMAN.
Peter Lineman Wrecks Three Houses
and Fatally Injures Woman.
New York, May 19— Peter Lineman,
30 years old, a farm hand employed
by Charles Winner near Green Village,
has wrecked three houses and nearly
killed Mrs. Winner. Lineman, who
had just quit'work, is said to have
been intoxicated.
Returning to the Winner house he
found the door locked. Securing an ax
he broke in and demolished every
thing In sight. When Winner and his
wife appeared Lineman hurled his ax
at the woman and she fell, severely
wounded. Lineman took up the weap
on and visited the homes of two other
families, breaking In the doors and de
stroying the furniture.
Meantime Winner ran to the nearest
telephone, half a mile away and tele
phoned Sheriff Baker, who swore In a
posse of eight men. Before they reach
ed the place, however, Lineman had
fallen before a load of shot from
gun In the hands of a house owner and
he was carried to Jail. Mrs. Winner
probably will die.
The New Industries Reported In the
South In • Week.
Chattanooga. May 19 Among the
more impoilaiit new industries report
ed by The Tradesman lor the Week
ended May 1. are the following:
A $25,000 Iron works at Rockdale,
Tenn.; $25.0wu foundry and machine
shops at Johnson City, Tenn.; an ice
factory at Florence, Ala.; $55,ouo land
company at Elizabeth City. N. C.; an
oil mill at Athens, Ga.; a $100,000 oil
mill and fertilizer factory at Battle-
boro, N. C.; two oil mills at Eatonton,
Ga., one with capital of $iU,uoO; an oil
refinery at Griffin, Ga.; a trunk factory
at High Point, N. G.; a $100,000 fur
niture factory at Union City, Tenn.; a
flouring mill at Jamestown, N. .C; a
$G0O,o00 electric light, power and trac
tion company at Talladega. Ala.; a
I00.OO0 oil mill at Henderson, in. C.;
an oil mill at Talladega, Ala.; a $400,-
oOO cotton oil mill at Anderson, S. C.;
a planing mill at Chattanooga, Tenn.;
in iron furnace at Birmingham, Ala.;
\ planing mill at Suruter. S. C.; a cold
storage plant at Huntsville, Ala.; an
( electric light plant at Djuin, £.: a
51 o.eVkTToTiudry and machine shop at
Hickory, N. C.; an oil mill at Dunn,
N. C.; a cotton gin ami saw mill at
Leary, Ga ; a saw mill at Clayton,
Ua.; a $t'»oo,nnn cotton mill at Durham,
N. C.; a flouring mill at Friendsville,
Penn.; a 5n-barr**l flouring mill at Lex
ington. Ala.; a $loo,uoo cotton produce
ompany at Memphis. Tenn.; a
barrel flouring mill at Wi..te Pine,
Tenn.; an electric light plant at Dyers-
factory;
Vnce, & C.j a $20,000 plant ’to manu
facture galvanized imn at Atlanta,
Ga.; a $250,000 manufacturing com
pany at Jackson, Tenn.; an $80,000
cotton (»il miH at Ozark, Ala.; knitting
mill at Winston-Salem, N. C.; a $25,-
000 hardwood manufacturing compa
ny at Greensboro, N. C.
MONT PELEE'S VICTIMS.
First Official Estimate Places the List
of Dead at 31,000.
New York. May 19,—The first of
ficial estimate of the results of the ex
plosion of Mont IVlee Have been r«*
'ed. says a Foil de France dis
patch to The World. This gives 28.-
as the number of people buried in
tin* ruins of St. Pierre. Six thousand
persons wer rescued by steamships oi
tied to places of safety. Three thou
sand probably were drowned. This if
the most complete estimate made sc
far.
The relief steamers now on the
scene are the American ships Cincin
nati. Sterling, Potomac and London
Fellow, the French cruiser Suchet and
the British supply boat Madiana. Ow
ing to the red tape it has been found
impossible up to the present time to
unload the supplies sent by the chain
her of commerce of New York.
The bodies of Thomas T. Prentiss
American consul, and James Japp,
British consul, have been identified
and will be brought here for ship
ment. Both bodies are bruised by the
fall of lava and stones almost beyond
ror ognition.
MONT PELEE STILL ACTIVE.
Dallas. Tex., May 19.—A special to
The News from Goliad says: I
Ninety are dead, over a hundred arej
wounded. In addition there is a gap "
ing wound in the town—the path of
one ot (hr- most destructive tornadoes
ever known in Te.*as.
1’he tornado struck ibis place about
8:45 o’dock Sunday afternoon, lasting
only about 5 minutes, leaving death
and disaster everywhere In its wake.
It came iroin the southeast without
a warning, completely demolishing a
strip about two blocks wide through:
out the whole western part of the town
about a mile long.
Among the many houses demolished
are the Baptist church and parson
age. just built, the Methodist church
and a negro ehurc-h. s
It is Impossible to estimate the num
ber of houses destroyed, but it is
thought the number will reach 100.
Damage done cannot be approximated,
but it is very gre at. About all thc hu
man dead and wounded have been
taken care of.
The path of devastation is strewn
with all kinds of debris and dead and
wounded animals.
The. torutidoovj**
minutes by a heavy hailstorm
deep rumbling sound, but no one had
any premonition of the* disaster, and
there was no opportunity for escape,
as the tornado. <1* tiling death and dis
aster, was all over in a few moments.
The section which has most suffered
was thc? resident portion, the lower
part being the negro settlement, while
tho upper part contained many resi
dences.
'Cyclone Is believed '• to lugr*
ircd’ tto tfie'gulf coast at a point
almost directly south of Goliad, and
traveled in a northeasterly direction
as far as Kentucky. It left desolation
behind in four states, but Texas seems
to have suffered more than the others.
The Injured are being cared for this
morning by physicians and nurses ar
rived on special trains late last night.
TTp to this hour, lrt a. in., no names
of the dead or Injured had been re-
clved hero In addition to those st
eady reported.
The storm which swept Goliad de-
troved much property in other por-
ions of the state, but so far as known
liv
lost.
Reports Say Volcano Is Throwing Up
Immense Quantities of Cinders.
Paris. May 19. - Governor L’Huerre,
of Martinique, has called to tho colo
nlal minister. M. DeCrnis, announcing
that Mont Polee continues to throw up
immense quantities of cinders which,
owing to change In the direction of
the wind, are now covering the south
ern district of the Island. Violent ex
plosions have been heard at Lecarbet.
The governor further declared there
is no danger of an outbreak of the
population of the northern districts of
the island, as alleged In consequence
of tho people being out of work.
Shortly after noon tin* storm struck
San Antonio and demolished property
to the extent of possibly $75,000 and
Injured several persons, none serious
ly. however.
Austin also suffered considerable
property loss.
At Mineola a windstorm, followed
bv rain, uprooted hundreds of shade
trees ami blew several houses from
their foundations. A Mrs. Willing
ham was injure d.
Heavy rains fell throughout the
western portion of the state and will
help crops materially. The Panhandle
especially was drenched.
Destructive Hurricane In India.
Bombay. May 19.—A destructive
hurricane has swept over the prov
ince of Scinde, British India. Forty
miles of the Srinde railroads were
washed away and bridges, houses and
embankment*? disappeared Fifty miles
of telegraph wires also disappeared.
Many lives were lost.
Big Educational Rally.
Montgomery, Ala., May 19.—Rev.
Edgar Gardner Murphy, executive sec
retary of the southern educational
board, has called a grand educational
massmeetlng to assemble in Montgom
ery on May 28. The purpose is to for
mally inaugurate the campaign of the
board in Alabama, and It will be push
ed vigorously from that time. All
friends of education, especially the
county and city school superintend
ents. are invited to be present.
Kelly Has Been Fired.
Manila, May 19.—Treasurer Kelly,
of the province of Nueva Ecija, Lu
zon, w'hose charge that the native gov
ernor of that province, Senor Santos,
had been guilty of dishonesty, was not
proved on investigation, has been dis
missed from office by Acting Civil Gov
ernor Wright following his refusal to
resign.
British Mule Purchases Have Ceased.
Chicago, May 19.—The wholesale
purchase of Missouri mules by the
British government for service in
South Africa has ceased, according to
a telegram received by agents of the
British at St. Joseph, says a special to
The Tribune. The telegram, in ef
fect, said the war in South Africa,
would close at an early date and that
no use could be found for more horses
and mules.
Justice Miles Beach Dead.
New York, May 19.—Justice Miles
Beach, of the supreme court of New
York, died early today at his apart
ments in the Wajdorf-Aatoria. Hia
fatal illness was reported as diabetes.
Kodak Enterprises to Combine.
New York. "May 19.—Details of the
plan for the consolidation of the Ko
dak enterprises have Just been made
public, says a Rochester dispatch to
The Tribune. Thc aggregate cash vkl-
ue of all these enterprises is estimated
at $20,000,900 and capital stock of the
consolidated corporation is $38,000,000.
The new company, which has been in
corporated in New Jersey, will acquire
properties all over the world.
Ferryboat and Steam Yacht Collide*
New York, May 19—The Staten is
land ferryboat Middletown was in col
lision with the steam yacht Aileen this
morning. The ferryboat’s cabin was
badly damaged and it Is reported one
man was killed. The Aileen belongs to
Richard Stevens, of the New Yor)|
Yacht Club. . j
