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IC6TABLISHKD IS32 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 $10.00 Foil jpj?- Best Guess... The Athens Banner will pay $10.(10 to the person making the nearest correct guess as to the nnmher of comities esch of the three Gubernatorial candidates will catry in the primary on Ju lie 5th , on the following conditions: Ench guess must he made opt. on tho blank form lielow and be accompanied by ONE DOLLAR for.'subscription to the Daily Banner for ten weeks, for the Weekly Banner one year, or * to he applied to subscription to either, now due or past due. All euessi-s must, he in this cilice by Jtme 3rd Each guess will be recorded as it comgs in, and the correct. ^ nr nearest correct guess reaching this oltien first, will be entitled ^ to the prize. Payment will be made on Jcuo 10th FII.L OUT THIS POBSl. 1 . zf- The Athens Banner, Athens, Ga. -1‘! My guess in your prize contest IE as follows: Terrell will carry Counties Guorry will carry aHruinties. Estill will carry ^Auntim. I enclose one dollar to be applied to subscription to The Banner. (Daily ? Weekly if-’. ? Are you now getting The Banner Llgj.. .. ? (Name) agS.. (Add runs) 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 erlainiiiR i' and when ft. hit ween lie ht-anl a 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