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ATHENS
ESTABLISHED 1832.
ATHENS, GA . WKL NESDAY MORNING. MAY 21. 1902.
$5.00 A YEAR.
AUGUSTA STRIKE
GROWS SERIOUS.
Hill Operatives Out on Strike "Are Actually Suffer-
ing’From Want of Food,in 5ome||Instances.
King Mill Operatives Will.Fight
to the End.
Augusta, Ga.. May A < ommittco
from tho linked out operatives of cot
ton mills in South Carolina who canto
to Augusta to i oni'i r with the mil.
owners and striking employes an
Dounccd today that in their (.pinion
the King mill men. who struck and
brought on the lock out. were not Jus
titled in their action. The South Caro
lina men tri<
the King m
the latter r»
cnee ot the
an impertin
Considera
d to
•me time to Indue
. tit in
rk. hi
lock* d out op.
out h
rdina
uff( ring Is
among the
given no i
textile union.
National Director Ilihhert,
Augusta several we. ks ago :
would he gone four days, ha
returned The rations i >u.
strike] s’ rommissaiy are
growing smaller every day.
alleged that no money has
hursed as promised Ten
people aie out of work.
•rfc:
; was
who left
laying h<
s not yt t
d hy th.
id to h.
and it h
het-n dis
the
WAS NAILLD TO CROSS.
Minister Dec.!
on Accou
Florence. A1
usual and ii:t»
Is that of Key.
In this count:
Fr
his
Ml . tal
Was T
• s Rcligii
cut Mr Diels
is a converted J< w. who was i i’.wim
for the Catholic prh stl.ood lie - p.
12 different languages Hiu ntly. !!•
bears scars on Ids 1« ct. made, he d.
dares, when he was nailed to a cros*
on account of his religious belief. H.
says he left the old world to escap*
further persecution.
Mr. Dlelsh has practically memo
sized the Bible and is a clear and
Impressive speaker. He Is an ovange
"jhe Birmingham association of
Imonary Baptist church. He is
a native of Damascus and came to this
country 22 years ago
LOSS IN MINE HORROR
NOT EXAGGERATED
Many Bodies Removed From
Coal Creek Mines.
SOME MANGLED AND HEADLESS
It Is Now Believed That Nearly Two
Hundred Lives Were Lost—Heart
broken Widows and Orphans Idcnti-
• fy Bodies of Mcsbands and Fathers.
92 DEAD, 103 INJURED
BY lEXASJORNADO
Few In Goliad Escaped Fury
of Late Cyclone.
The daughter
companion in 1.!
he has haptlz •
within the past
I’ielsh is hi:
SLAIN BY UNKNOWN HAND.
Mysterious Mur
at l ?.
Cnlumhia. p-
scream of a t*
quickly followe.
pistol at 10:.in <
ed citizens of 1
house of Walker IMwn:
On the back porch Mr
years old. was found de
let in her brain.
The eoioner’s jury foi
caused hy a p. rson uni
rk la
’•ns t
-I.r-.g Wo mar
.iv : Th
■K« n woman
i eport of a
t night caus-
» rush to the
iatv
arrests hav
irds, 22
i a bul-
ar.d no
although
the
much f«
piazza v
ended tl
on the front
as tired that
CONGRESSMEN AT TUSKEGEE.
Hon. J. W. Thompson and Party Visit
the Alabama City.
Tuskcgec. Ala., Ma> L*» Hon. C. W
Thompson and party of congressmen
and guests reached here late last
night, being met at the station hy a
delegation of citizens and the Tuskc-
gee institute hand.
A large number of the most promi
nent citizens of Montgomery, Birming
ham and Mobile are here to meet
them. The entire party started this
morning to drive to Uolouel Thomp
son’s 1,500-acre plantation 7 miles out
of town, to spend the day there, get
ting a sight of southern country life
Verdict In Ford Tragedy.
New York, May 20.—A coroner’s
jury which inquired into the deaths of
Paul Leicester Ford, the author, and
Malcolm W. Ford, his brother, the
noted athlete, returned a verdict that
Malcolm was temporarily insane at
the time of the tragedy.
New $500,000 Mill for Anderson.
Anderson. S. May 20.- The erec
tion of a $&oo ( o.m i otton mill in this
city will lx* begun inside of 30 days.
Those at the head of this new enter
prise are J. A. Brock R. E. Ligon, N.
It. Sullivan, George W. Evans and J.
E. Boil on.
Asheville Sells Water Bonds.
Asheville. N. C\. May 20.—The First
National bank of Columbus, O., has
Thought AshcviWtf’s $250,000 of wafer
bonds at par on condition that it pays
for them on the monthly installment
plan.
PANIC IN INSANE ASYLUM.
Fire Spreads Terror Among Inmates.
Guards Almost Overpowered.
New York, May 20.—A lire at the
New Jersey state hospital for tho in
sane at Morris Plains has caused wild
excitement among the 2,500 patients
The guards were onlv able to restrain
them by the most vigorous efforts.
As soon as the llames were discov
ered most ot the guards and attend
ants were sent to tho various wards tc
g«-t the patients out. None o
violently insane or criminals were in
the threatened building, but the alarm
of lire caused even those* whose minds
were but slightly unbalanced to be
come frantic with terror.
In some of the wards furthest from
the fire a few patients who could be
trusted were left. The o.hors were
marched from the building. Although
they were greatly frightened, a few
soothing words from the guards paci
fied them, and there was little trouble
until all were assembled in the yard.
Then they again became panic strick
en. and many tried to break through
the thin line of guards. The women
became more frightened than the men.
and several times they led the dashes
for freedom. Had them been any con
certed movement the whole 2,500 would
have escaped. Groups of 2d <
would make a sudden ryn toward the
guards and the latter would have* hard
work getting them back in the crowd
with the others. This would work
the others up to a frenzy, and another
group would charge toward another
part of the line, only to he driven
back.
Men and women used their fists free
ly and several of Hie guards were bad
ly bruised hy the4itruggli»g mob. As
far as afcld be learned, however, none
escaped.
When the flames were extinguished
the patients were led back to their
dorinitori* s. but lm hours they could
not In* quiet- d. The financial loss was
small.
DUNN NAMED FOR COLLECTOR
Brunswick Man Is Nominated by the
President.
Washington. May 20.—The presif
dent has s«-nt the following noraina
tions to the s< r.a* :
Jacob Sleeper, Massachusetts, sec
retary of the legation of the United
States at Havana. Cuba; Henry T.
Dunn, collector of customs district ol
Brunswick. Oa.
Army—Colonels to be brigadier gen
orals: Abram A. Harback, first in
fantry; William F. Spmgin. Fourth in
fantiy.
Confirmations by the senate. Ed
ward S. Bragg, Wisconsin, consul gen-
oral at Havana; C. G. Srnithers. col
lector of customs. Memphis. Trim.;
S. Barber, register < f land office, Mont
gomery. Ala.
Postmasters: North Carolina, P. J.
O’Brien. Durham; Lmisiana, J. B. Bur
nett. Baton Roug»*; Alabama, C. W
Buckley. Montgoim :y.
IYnm. May 2m- A special
cl from Coal Creek says:
k this morning 34 naked
ashed in the- old Armour
ready to be dressed for
MARTIAL LAW 13 DECLARED
Knoxville, '
to The Sentil
At »* o’cloc
bodies lay w
supply store,
burial today.
All of the bodies will be burled in
the Leach cemetery, Just east of town
on a little mound where the United
Mine Workers of America will be ask
« d to contribute to a fund to build i
monument to the dead and whore a
section has boon bought by them
There are at this hour 5no women and
children waiting to see the bodies. The
burials will begin at noon, as some
of the bodies are torn and charred
and a hasty interment is absolutely
necessary.
It develops that the explosion was
one of gr< t concussion and the faces
and heads of some of the bodies an
torn as if they had been pummeled.
Two bodies have the heads complete
ly severed. Superintendent George
Camp and others who worked all night
have gone almost through the entire
course of Fratervllle and Thistle mines
and are now assured that the other
missing bodies arc in tlie rooms anG
wings leading from the main channels.
Air is being pumped into the mines,
but a sickening stench has arisen from
the corpses inside and men find it al
most impossible to work therein with
out stimulants. Doctors are on the
scene rendering assistant
State mine inspector Shifflet wires
he will be here tomorrow.
The number of the contract miners
whose bodies have been recovered or
who are known to have been in the
mine, nil of whom are supposed to be
dead, is 1S5.
PRESIDENT LOUBET IN RUSSIA.
GALVESTON’S CARNIVAL.
Celebration of Cit>’a Rehabilitation
After Great Storm of 1900.
Galveston.-May 2d.—A week ol car
nival was inaugurated here last night
hy the arrival of King Neptune and
his retinue. The king was received
formally and after a lloral parade the
keys of the city were turned over tc
his majesty.
Horse races, boat races, summer the
atrical attractions, athletic contests,
rough riding, allegorical and floral pa
rades are among the features fer th*
week.
Excursions are to be run from all
parts of the state. Several thousand
excursionists got in today.
The carnival is under the auspices
of the Galveston business league and
is to celebrate the rehabilitation ol
Galveston after the 11*00 storm. Gal
veston people hav subscribed for the
greater part of the $1,500,000 bond
which have been voted with which to
build a sea wall on the gulf side of th
and.
He Is Cordially Received by tho
and High Official*. * "
Oronstadt, Russia, May 20.—The
French squadron, escorting the armor
ed cruiser Mont* aim, having Presi
dent Loubet on hoard, was sighted
about 8 o’clock this morning.
The imperial yacht Alexandria, with
the czar on board, arrived in the bar
her almost simultaneously with th*
French squadron. Accompanying the
czar wore tie* ezarowitch. the Grand
Duke Micacl. brother of bis majesty;
Count LamsilorfT, the minister of for
eign affairs; the Marquis de Monte
hello, the Frem h ambassador at St.
Petersburg; the Grand Duke Alexis,
the high admiral of Russia, and their
brilliant suites.
Tie- Grand Duke Alexis boarded the
Montcalm and after President Loubet
had briefly reviewed the Russian licet
ho escorted tho president on board the
Alexandria, where the greetings ex
changed between tho czar and M. Lou
hot were most cordial.
DORTCH LAW IS INVOLVED.
Important Decision Made by United
States Supreme Court.
Washington, May 20.—The United
States supreme court has reversed the
decision of the circuit court of the
United Stab's for the western district
of Tennessee in the case of Thomas
Swafluid versus \V. A. Templeton and
others. Swafford claimed that his vot
ing privileges at a national election
had been denied by the officer
election because he had failed to com
ply with the Dortch law, a state stat
ute.
The court below dismissed the case
for want of jurisdiction, claiming that
there was no federal question involved
In Response to Appeal of Governor
Sayers Subscriptions Have Been
Raised and Food and Other Neces
sities Are Being Sent to Goliad.
GoliaU, Tex., May 20.—Ninety-two
dead and 103 injured is the result of
the awful work of Sunday’s tornado.
This historic little city was literally
swept from end to end by the rushing
winds and 150 houses were razed to
the giouiul by the shock. A revised
list of the dead among the white peo
ple feiiovs: ,
Pinkie V. Lott, daughter of W. \Y.
Lott, aged 2 years.
Marguerite Pope, aged 4, daughter
of Attorney G. E. Pope.
Mrs. Mattie Johnson, aged 00.
Mrs. J. J. Stople, aged GO.
_ Sidney Stople, aged IS.
Owen Stople, aged 0.
Miss Myra Hold, aged 17.
Susie Hoxd, aged 2o.
John Agerstoin.
Marvin Agerstoin, aged 17.
Alice Maddox, aged 17.
Ruby Maddox, aged 3.
Infant. 3 weeks old.
Mrs. J. W. Purl, aged GO.
Maud Purl.
Alice Purl.
Mrs. Mary Harrison, aged 45.
Reginald Harrison, boy.
S. W. Diall.
Vernoll E. Savage, aged 5.
Joseph Savage, aged S.
Mrs. Smith, of Rockport, Tex.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Casey.
Maud Casey, aged lb.
P. Harding. Sr.
Joel Agerstoin. child.
Alvin Agerstoin. child.
Ruby Ageralein, child.
The remainder of the dead are ne
groes.
Of the 100 or more injured it is be
lieved that 20 will die.
:*Iii response to the appeal of Gov
q£nor Sayers subscriptions have been
!s£d in many of the larger cities
d other necessities are now
diad. The Southern
Pacific railroad officials announce that
that road will transport all supplies
free of charge.
The militia company from Victoria
is on duty here and the soldiers ai>
giving assisteneo where they can.
Many bodies wore burled yestordav
and today and a systematic relief
has been organized. Reports
from various portions of tho state
.v that the damage from the storm
widespread. Two churches were
eked at Shiloh and several houses
e demolished. At Ben Hur three
houses were destroyed and three poi
sons wore reported killed there. John
Gorman was seriously injured at
Thorndale, when' several houses were
Red. Candoval and Fairfield re
port severe damage from tho storm,
many buildings having been wrecked.
Truck gardens suffered at many points
astern Texas.
AMERICAN FLAG
FURLED IN CUBA.
The Stars and Stripes Give Way on the Island to the
New Cuban Colors—Brilliant Scenes in Ha
vana During the Transfer of
Government.
OUTRIVALS FLANNIGAN CRIME.'
Crazy to Wed Little Girl, Man Slays
Five Persons and Himself.
Augustine, Fla., May 2b.—Crazed
by his infatuation for little Abitha Mc
Cullough. a 13vear-old girl, William
An: tin, a young man, killed the girl
and four other persons and then com
mitted suicide in a lonely farmhouse
of William Wilkinson, near Hastings,
thriving settlement 18 miles from
this city, yesterday. The dead are:
William Wilkinson, aged 52; Mrs
Wilkinson, his wife; Miss Abitha Me
Gullough, aged 13; Miss Wilkinson,
sister of William Wilkinson; a child,
name not learned.
William Austin, the murderer and
suicide, aged 25.
The crime was first discovered by
John Keller, who visited the Wilkin
son house. He found six corpses,
scarcely cold, and but one living wit
ness to the tragedy, a helpless Infant.
Austin had been madly infatuated with
tho McCullough girl, who lived with
tin- Wilkinson family, and it is claim
<*d that he killed the entire family be
cause ids advances were rejected and
his desire to wed the girl was op
lb- went to the Wilkinson home Fri
day night and proposed marriage tc
Abitha McCullough. He was rejected,
and vowing he would marry her hur
ried to this city and on Saturday pro
cured a marriage license. lie went to
church on Sunday night and told ev-
ry one in* met that he was to bo mar
ided that night. About 3 o’clock this
morning several pistol shots wore
heard, hut no one went to investigate.
Wilkinson failed to appear at a
neighbor’s house, where ho was^n-
gaged in harvesting a crop of pota
toes, and John Keller, a farm hand,
as sent to learn tho cause of his ab-
cnee. He found the murdered ones
nd Austin with a bullet hole in his
roast and the revolver clutched in
is hand.
The unharmed infant was found in
bed beside its dead mother.
Negro Kills Wife With Gun.
Birmingham. Ala., May 20.—Robert
Page is an Ensley negro, who worked
for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail
road company and made about $100 a
month. He saved quite a sum ol
money and went to Texas, whore he
bought a farm. Returning from Texas
yesterday, after completing his pur
chase there, he told his wife to make
ready to go to Texas with him. She
said she would not go to Texas. Page
became incensed and seizing a small
rifle' shot the woman through the
breast. She will die. Page fled. Page
killed a man in Tennessee several
years ago and served a te**m in the
penitentiary for the offens rt
Looking For Missing Girl.
Birmingham. Ala., May LJ.—The fa
ther of Miss Jennie Law, of Roanoke,
Va.. has written the chief of police*
of this city to be on the watch for his
daughter, vjho has wandered from her
home. He says the girl is probably in
demented condition as a consc-
Impressed With America’s Greatness.
New York. May 20.—Lord Kelvin
has returned from the United States
more impressed than ever with the
greatness of the American people and
the magnificence of their Industrial
and political future, cables the Lon
don correspondent of The Tribune. He
' is enthusiastic on the subject of an
ENDS HIS LIFE LEISURELY.
For Two Years Lytch Had Been Plan
ning Suicide.
Raleigh. May 20.—Perhaps one ol
the most deliberate suicides on record
s that of Alex Lytch. a well-to di
farmer, who lived near l.aurinburg.
ast Saturday morning Lytch hlev
out his brains with a shotgun. Pit
dons to taking his life, however, h
vent about his preparations for death
with a calmness and precision of one
who. at tin* point of a natural death
arranges for the inevitable.
Lytch left a note stating that for two
years he had been desirous of ending
his life, but had fought against the
impulse until it had grown so upon
him that it assumed the nature of an
obsession over which he had no con
trol.
Lytch ate his dinner with his usual
relish Saturday, then went out and
looked after his work as if there was
nothing unusual to hamper his daily
routine. Returning to his room he
removed the most of the articles from
it. and thi n, calmly undressing, pro
pared for the end. Taking his shot
gun he sat upon the side of the bed
placed the muzzle to his forehead and
pressed the trigger with his foot. The
whole top of his head was blown off
McDonald Is Superintendent.
Birmingham, Ala., May 20.—Samuel
McDonald, of Youngstown. Pa., has
been appointed superintendent-of the
steel mill of the Tennessee Coal, Iron
.^2d Railroad company at Ensley, vice
John McConnell, who has resigned, ef
fective June 1. With Mr. McConnell
go a number of other officials of the
steel plant. There will be a general
change all around on June 1.
DOWNPOUR OF ASHES.
Island of Martinique Still Harassed by
Pelec’s Yawning Crater.
Fort de France, Island of Martin*
quo. May 2».—A severe inundation at
iasseponte. on th** northeast coast of
this island, at 2 o’clock this morning
wept away 20 houses and 50 other
uildings were damaged hy the flow
ing mud. which has swept over the
Uey de la Riviere. There was no
further loss of life, Basseponte hav
ing been abandoned several days ago.
Access to the ruins of St. Pierre is
till impossible.
The United State's cruiser Cincin
nati and the United States special
imer Potomac, which left here yes
terday for St. Pierre in another at
tempt to recover the bodies of the
United States and British consuls and
heir families, have not been able to
and their searching parties owing to
hi' intense clouds of cinders sweep-
ng over the stricken town.
Georgia School Commissioners.
Augusta. Ga., May 20.—The Georgia
•ounty school commissioners met in
Augusta today in tho Tubman school
luditoiium. Between 1GU and 200 dele
gates are in attendance and among the
speakers on the program are State
School Commissioner Glenn, Chancel
lor Hill, of the university, and Or.
Mclver. who spoke on ‘General Edu
cational Conditions.” An address of
welcome will he delivered by Superin
tendon*. I.awton B. Evans, of the Rich
mond county public school system.
The convention will be in session for
two days. « —
Havana, May 20.—The natal day of
L’uba found Havana arrayed like a
queen to await the coming of her lord.
She seemed reinvested for the occslon
with the dignity of the prosperous
days of hour power and wealth. The
decorations were universal. There
was not a residence, pretentious or
humble, that did not boar upon Its
quaint faeftde some emblem in honor
of tho event. The many arches erect
ed at the entrances of plazas by politi
cal societies, fraternal clubs, resi
dences and business organizations had
an air of real grandeur. Bunting
spread on Venetian maBts canopied tho
deep, narrow streets from the rays of
the sun. Beneath these canopies the
Cuban colors and palms graced the
open doorway. Nature scorned in har
mony with the spirit of the festivi
ties.
The parks were literally aflame with
tropical flowers and the vaulted sky
above might have been chiseled out of
turquoise. Above every red tiled roof
rose a Cuban flag The whole city
seemed suddenly burled beneath a for
est of waving banners.
The decorations along the water
front were exceedingly lavish and all
the shipping in the harbor was dressed
in gala attire. The majority of the
ships flew the American ensign at the
main and the Cuban colors at the fore
or mizzen.
The early morning was cool and de
lightful and the entire population, re- •
inforced by thousands of visitors,
was abroad soon after daylight. The
streets wore swarming with people
and wore filled with a ceaseless din.
There are 4,000 public carriages in
Havana and this morning each one of
thorn seemed racing somewhere on ft
life or death mission. . - ,
The actual transfer of the control of
the island was scheduled to occur ex
actly at noon, Havana time, which is
12:30 p. m. Washington time, but
those invited to witness the ceremony
were requested to be at the palace at
11:30 a. m. They Included besides the
American officers and the members of
Prsident-elect Palma’s cabinet, the
members of congress, tho supreme
court Judges, the governors of the
provinces, the officers of the visiting
warships, the foreign consuls, William
Jennings Bryan, the other visiting
American statesmen, several of Senor
Palma’s Central Valley, N. Y., neigh
bors; Horatio Rubens, counsel for tho
former Cuban junta; Colonel William
Astor Chanler and a few other spe
cially invited guests.
Senor Palma attached his signature
to a document as president of the Cu
ban republic after an exchange of con
gratulations. and the veteran General
Gomez ascended to the roof of the pal
ace, where he was accorded a great
reception.
General Wood personally lowered
the American colors, which were sa-
’ luted, and with his own hands hoisted
the Cuban flag, as an act of the Unit
ed States, Gomez assisting.
At the time the transfer took place
in Havana General Whiteside, at San
tiago, turned over his authority to hia
Cuban successor and sailed away with
American cavalry which had been
in garrison there.
General Wood and his staff and the
American troops embarked immediate
ter the hoisting of tho Cuban flag,
the American ships steamed out
of the harbor.
Battleships Pass Cape Henry.
Baltimore, May 20.—The French
quence of an attack of brain fever, j Anglo-American alliance. The entente cruiser Gaulote, accompanied by the
She is 20 years of age. She has not • cordiale between England and the battleships Kearsarge and Alabama
been located in Birmingham yet. ( United States is of such a nature, ho an( * cruiser Olympia, passed in
says, that X\ J*it lpst long. - Ca Pe Henry at 7 o’clock this msraiug.
Largest Bank In South.
New Orleans, May 20.—The newly
orgajiized Southern Trust and Bank
ing company, with a capital of $2,-
000,000. was organized a few months
ago in New York. There it absorbed
the Union National bank of this city
and yesterday perfected arrangements
for consolidation with the Hibernia
National bank. The new concern will
be known as the Hibernia National
Bank and Trust company and will
start out with $2,500,000 of capital and
$10,000,000 of deposits, making' it the
largest banking concern in the soutlk
ern states.
Thrown Out of Court.
Jackson, Mins., May 2**.—The nolle
prossing of the indictments against
the 28 mills of this district for vio
lation of the anti-tiust law will have a
very decided effect upon tho other
eases of like character that are pend
ing in other courts throughout the
State. The oil mills of this district
were indicted at the last term of the
federal court by the grand jury for
the violation of the anti trust laws of
the country, but the indictments were
defective in a number of points and
were thrown out of court. The oil
mills in the Aberdeen district were
indicted by the grand Jury, when the
comt was holding its last term and it
is predicted that these cases will be
nolle prossed. m
L. & N. to Issue Bonds.
New York. May 20.—The directors
of the Southern and Louisville and
Nashville railroads met today and
agreed to issue Joint 4 per cent bonds
for a controlling interest in the Chi
cago. Indianapolis and Louisville, or
Monon system. The price to be paid
for Monon common is 78 and for the
preferred SML