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VOL. IV.
ASYLUM HOLOCAUST
Twenty=Eight Helpless Little Or¬
phans Meet Horrible Death.
SCENE FEARFUL AND SICKENING
Rochester, N. Y., Orphan Asylum
Takes Fire While Inmates
Slept and Is Destroyed.
A special from Rochester, N. Y.,
says: Twenty-eight dead bodies lie at
the morgue, and twelve others, more
or less seriously injured, lie at the dif¬
ferent hospital in the city os a result
of the terrible holocaust which oo
curred early Thursday morning at the
Rochester orphan asylum. Of the
dead twenty-six were children of both
sexes, ranging from two to fourteen
years, while the remaining two were
adults. The fire, which were discov
ered about 1:10 a. m,, and was doubt
le88 caused by an explosion of natural
gas in the boiler room, adjoining the
west wing of the asylum, spread so
rapidly that many of the 109 inmates
of the institution were overcome by
the flames and smoke almost without
warning. three story
The asylum was a of Hubbell
structure at the corner
Park and Exchange street. Of all the
fatal fires iu Rochester, uoue can be
found which can equal this one in its
general horror, in the paretic blotted scenes
in which so many lives w r ere
out; in the gallant sacrifice of lives of
the attendants in whose care the chil
dren were, and in the Bad scenes at
the hospitals and morgues.
That so many wing children of the were building snyod
from the west
seems little short of miraculous, and
when the ruins were visited one mar
veled that the death roll was not evou
larger. The scene following almost
immediately upon the discovery of the
fire and the accompanying explosion,
was one which turned the stoutest
hearts sick. The windows of the west
wing were tilled with the terrified faces
‘of tiny waifs. -
Working like men possessed, the
firemen straggled to release them
from their perilous position. The
rooms of the dormitory were filled
with the smoke of the fire, and the
little ones were being slowly suffo
rated. Most of those rescued were
lowered to the ground by means of
ladders from the second and third sto
ries.
The ambulances from every hospital
in the city reached the sceno almost
a soon as the fire department, but they
proved totally inadequate in provid
ing for those rescued. Many sufferers
and the dead were removed to the
houses in the immediate neighbor
hood. There were awful scenes around
the asylum at this time.
The roof was covered with children,
who had escaped through the scuttle
of the roof and the firemen were kept
busy carrying them down. Many
escaped unharmed in this way.
One nearby house was liken morgue,
Half a dozen dead bodies lay on the
floor in heaps of consumed rags.
Crowds gathered around to look but
turned away quickly, sickened at the
dreadful sight.
Most of those, rescued from the
ed. A general alarm was sent in and
the entire fire department was soon on
the scene, lhe fire was stubbornly
fought from every avaiUble point but
it was over an hour after its discovery
before it was under control.
The horrors near the asylum were
beyond description A large portion
of the asylum was destroyed, and the
portion that remains standing is prob
ably in such condition that its demo
htion will be necessary.
TENNESSEE SOLONS ORGANIZE.
Legislature Get* Down to Bttii*©**—Mc
Millin Send* Hi* Message.
The Tennessee legislature completed
its organization at Nashville Tuesday
and notified Governor MeMillin that it
was readv for business. The governor
...poDde'd th.t 1 ..ndta U.
cramf nominee, for’officers .&d cl^k.
were formally elected.
ALLEGED ABDUCTION.
Student of Georgia Tech I» Spirited Away
From Atlanta.
Frank Bass Frazer,of Union Springs,
Ala., a nineteen-year-old student
Georgia Technological school, was kid
naped at Atlanta last Saturday after
noon. He was taken in a stupefied
condition to Kansas City and is now
held there by his abductors, for ran
Th...l,S« *» * b X'd P T;
SJLXL' oT£V n
dressed to the father of the.stoleu boy,
Captain N. H. Frazer. The writer
wishes to know how much will be pa:d
as ransom.
Wayne County ►— a 3 /5 c
JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 12. 11)01.
fl’SWEENEY INAUGURATED.
For Second Time He Assumes Gov¬
ernorship of South Carolina.
Legislature Convenes.
The South Carolina general assem
*
bly convened in Columbia Tuesday at
noon and the message of Governor
McSwceney was transmitted, The
governor’s recommendation as to the
dispensary indicates a desire to give
the towns and counties more imme
diate control of the local concerns.
He also makes very important recom¬
mendations as to child labor in the
cotton mills.
In his introduction the governor
says:
“You need no better evidence of
the progress and prosperity of the
state than that presented in the figures
contained in the annual report of the
secretary of state. From this report
it will be seen that approximately
$i5 ( 000,000 were invested the past
y ear i n South Carolina companies; and
-while a Jcrge proportion of it is in
C0 jt 0 n mill building, yet many smaller
manufacturing enterprises and indus
t r j es have been organized,
“The receipts for the year, including
§508,875 brought over in cash, were
$3^60,452. This includes $191,300
f ronl the dispensary. Cash on hand
j anuary \ t $625,438.
“Encouraging reports come from
the schools and colleges of our own
8 t a te, and yet much remains to be
done to increase the efficiency of our
public schools. The first essential is
teachers of high moral character and
a dequate professional equipment,
“The importance of levying an ad
ditional tax for the support of the
country schools cannot be too strongly
urged upon our people,
“The county common schools for
white children were kept open on an
avera g e during the past year of twenty
one weeks and the negro schools for
fifteen weeks. *
“The previous year the white schools
averaged nineteen weeks and the’col
<j rec i schools fourteen and a half weeks,
q^he enrollment in the white schools
during the past year was 126,289; in
the colored schools, 155,602; total,
281,891. For the previous year the
enrollment was: Whites, 123,398; ne
groeB> 146,477; total, 269,875. The
expenditures for white schools during
) a8 t year were $700,540.60, while dur
jng the year previous they were $576,-
353 . 26 ; for the negro schools last year,
$202,178.93, and the year previous
$193,461.39.
“There were 3,270 white teachers
an d 2,294 negro teachers in the schools
last year over against 3,000 white
teachers and 2,003 negro teachers the
previous year—a gain of 270 white
teachers aud 291 negro teachers,
“The question of child labor in our
co tton mills is one that has been at
tracting a great deal of attention re¬
cently, and properly so. Government
recognizes the fact that it is the duty
of the strong to care for and protect
the weak. It is certainly the right
■ an( j the privilege of government to
provide for the inspection of any and
a q enterprises or corporations deriving
their life from the state and to see that
they do not impose upon the weak.”
As to the dispensary, the message
! 8a y 8 i n part:
!
'■Tb. P , r »t m.,b.
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enforcement .. A ^f atpln ar „ f flV nr of
|£ f the > jJ law As nub
Bent jmeQt « 8 favor (twill
nforc{j - t Tbe
m 8
and intendaQts of tLe town8 and ci ti es
the 8tate , ’ in response J,„ to a circular
'
^ , “ j - dar J f v ove mber state
| j is well nforced and is for that
8e ntiment of the towns a
S^he . , t
j ! exception's are the and cities few of
Columbia and Charleston a
counties in which the sale of whisky
is prohibited by law. In fact, in those
counties in which no dispensaries are
established it would conduce to a bet
i t«r enforcement of law and there
be less illicit sa e of whisky if
dispensaries were established, As
j P»bbc sentiment grows m favor of the
£,»«»» h.d .nd it then
.iol.lion. will b. e.o
be more rl 8 sdI y enforced.
Manager Must Serve In Pen.
Frank Smith assistant manager of
the Memphis, Tenn., street
has been convicted in the criminal
court of fraudulent breach of
, {ul nse of a g 500 b ond intrusted to
, .
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Venezuelan Trouble Blows Over.
j lArram 2^ received Xilr’lT bv the
‘
® ”“““£«£■ fo^n.bled^hat £LT u iZ
“'“^‘ ^" .ta anoelrs the revolution
j now to be
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EIGHT DIE IN FLAMES
Hotel In Minneapolis Burns and
Gnests are Entrapped.
NINETEEN MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
Those Who Perished Were Suf¬
focated By Smoke—Scene Was
Replete With Horrors.
Eight men lost their live* iu a fire
at Minneapolis Sunday morning. The
fire had its origin in the rear of the
Standard Furniture store. The men
were overtaken by an immense volume
of smoke iu the Harvard hotel, which
occupies the second, third and fourth
floors of the building, and death in
every instance was due to suffooation.
When the men were found in various
parts of the house a man named
Erickson was dead and the seven oth¬
ers were unconscious. The fire was
discovered by Charles Hanson, and he
and the night clerk set about to
awaken' the lodgers. In several in¬
stances it was necessary to break in
the doors. What took place in the
rooniB and narrow, dark hallways
will never be known. Every man
rushed for his own life. Nine¬
teen of the twenty-seven lodgers were
successful, but the others were unable
to beat their way through the oil
smoke and fell in their tracks where
they were found by the • firemen.
Many of those who escaped oame stag
gering out on the snowy sidewalk like
drunken men, barely making their
way through the smoke and heat and
partially clad. Several had the most
narrow escapes. The loss on the
building and contents will not exceed
$3,000. The dead are:
Nathaniel Perly, sixty years old.
C. J. Skidmore, forty-five years old.
J. 8. Bently, fifty-five years old.
B. Scofield, forty-fibre years old.
George Rudey, forty-five years old.
MichaeljMonahan, seventy-five.
J. N. Friokson, of Alexandria,
, ,
The injured Henry cotton, „ . baa- ,
are:
Iv cut about hands.
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OFFERS TO BETRAY GANG.
Cudahy Receive* Letter Containing; Propo¬
sition to lletray Kidnaper*.
A letter has been turned over to
Chief Donahue, of the Omaha police
department, in which an offer is made
to deliver certain information to him
regarding the abduction of young
Cudahy, upon his compliance with
certain conditions.
The chief and Mr. Cudahy evidently
considered the letter authentic, and 01
enough importance to justify a reply,
because the following advertisement
appeared in the columns of a local
paper Sunday morning:
“Your request, asked for in letter
mailed at Lincoln on January 4th, to
be answered before January 7tb, will
be granted. “E. A. Cudahy,
“J. A. Donahue.”
LETTERS LONG OVERDUE.
r
wbicb were mailed in Rome, Ga., on
A P ril l® 99 - 'Where the letters
^ been since that day has not been
determined.
W J. Cooper of Rome, des red to
bfl P la f d °° tbe P^sion roll. He
wrote t0 Congressman , Maddox, of
the Seventh district and Congressman
Livingston, of the Fifth district. The
letters are stamped as having been
mailed on the date stated Nearly
two years has passed since the letters
were P 08 e
Boers Release Helvetia Prisoners.
A London special says that the
Boers have released the members of
the Liverpool regiment captured at
Helvetia on December 29.
Ten Hour Day Causes Strike.
The miners of the Star mine at
A.p.o, Clo.. h... .true. bed..,, o,
.u.mpt oltbe o.nee. lo enloec. .
ten hour day system.
“JOB WAS WELL DONE.”
Aged Father of Kx«cnt«<i Murderer Com
“•“** on the “*“*•**
James Kelly, , b » n ged .
a negrojaa
whom he first robbed. The murder
er ’s father, an old man bent with age
aD fl infirmities, saw the execution.
The father watched the proceedings
closely and when the body had been
out dow. h. th. .b«ur .nd
-i...<
n >gg ^ ers hanged, but dat is de best job
1 all. Dat was my youngest
child but you sure did hang him
HANKING UP AROUND BUILD
INQS.
'For banking up around buildings
sawdust is without doubt the best.
When It cannot be secured, use partly
tted manure, with a large portion ol
8 tr aw in It That; left about old straw
stacks, around which stock run al!
winter, will do very well if the bank
lag up is done early, so it can have
time to settle down before frost. This
Will resist cold wind and keep out
•ffost wonderfully, and it will not heave
fjr crack by frost, as soil or the more
heavy kinds of manure will do. Part¬
ly rotted horse manure is also very
good for banking up around buildings
•New England has now seal nearly
B,000 men to the front In South Africa.
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K Buteful Story.
When a young man, the late Mar¬
quis of Bute, while strolling through i
wood in the neighborhood of Roth¬
esay, was accosted by a little Cockus}
tourist, who told him he was glnd tc
see a civilized human being at last AT
the natives he had met were, he re¬
marked, like a pack of wild beasts
“But maybe, cockalorum,” continued
the tourist, deceived by the patriclai
youth’s accent, “you’re an Englishman
like me?” “No, I’m a Bute man,” re¬
plied the Marquis. ‘Then, where on
earth were you tamed?” inquired th<
Cockney, in astonishment. The juve¬
nile head of the house of Bute put oi
a very fierce expression, and, raisinj
menacingly a cudgel he was carrying
roared: “Who said I was tamed!” Tin
alarmed Londoner uttered not anothei
word, but turned and ran for dear lif<
In the direction of Rothesay.— Lsndoi
Chronicle.
Another . w Victim, ,.
Angellne (tenderly)—Listen, Claudel
Youse are my affinity! I feel it In my
very soul!
Claude—Hully Gee! Wot’s an
affinity? (fervently)—An affinity,
Angelina affinity Is
Claude! O Claude! An a
guy wo t uas got ten cents and Is will
[ UK ter i>i ow it!—Puck.
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'The purest Chinese la spoken at
Nanking, and is called “the language
♦?,* the Mandarins.”
Now being built, is confidently expected to
bo the fastest sailing vessel ever built. Its
<. 0 nBtruotion is being kept a secret, but it is
vhispered that it will easily hold the oup.
Amerloa is rapidly coming to the front. A
good example of this is in that famous
household remedy, Hostetter’s Stomach
Bitters, which has defended health for bait
a cen tury past. It holds the record for the
cure of dyspepsia, Indigestion, constipa¬
tion, nervousness,bilioumess and ia grippe.
Oi CottrAC.
Up lived on the fat of tha land-^
A natural thin#, to bo sure -
When the circumstance* you understand:
He conducted au anti-fat euro.
The ISeat Proscription for Clilll*
and Fever is a bottle of GuOVK’a Ta.8TBI.K84
1 mi x.T onic. It 1* »lmply iron and quinine in
« lamella* form. No cure—no pay. I'rioe-Wu.
The Merry-Go-Round.
The noises of the street I love— *tia natural, you
see —
When other men have business that make*
business for me.
THE CHANGE OF LIFE
Is the most important period in modern a wo¬
man’s existence. Owing to
methods of living, not one woman in
a thousand approaches this experiencing perfectly
natural change without
a train of very annoying and some¬
times painful symptoms. flashes, sending
Those dreadful hot
the blood surging to the heart until it
seems ready to burst, and the faint
feeling that follows, sometimes with
chills, as if the heart were going to
stop for good, are symptoms of a dan¬
gerous, nervous trouble. Those hot
flashes are just so many calls from
nature for h«Ap. The nerves are cry
b:
\
&
Mas. JxsxiB Noam.
ing out for assistance. The cry should
be heeded in time. Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound was pre¬
pared to meet tbe needs of woman’s
system at this trying period of her life.
It builds up the weakened nervous
system, and enables a woman to pass
that grand change triumphantly. caused
“ I was a very sick woman,
by Change of Life. I suffered with hot
flushes, and fainting spells. I was
afraid to go on the street, my bead
and back troubled me so. I was en¬
tirely cured by Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound.”— Mbs. Jennie
Noblb, 5010 Keyser St, Germantown,
Pa.
Plant System.
PASSENGER SCHEDULES.
Arrivals and Departures at Jesup, Ga.
Departures. In Effect Oct. 1, 1900. Arrivals.
______
For Savannah and points North, East and From Savannah and points North, East
Northeast. and Northeast.
Train No. 16 Leaves 8 3) am Train No. 23 Arrives ..... 5 15 a m
. 53 6 34am
. 5 20 p m .....
32 U 23 a m 35 ..... 9 40 a in
•
36 .10 45 p m 33 ..... 4 44 p m
78 .11 20 p m “ 15 ..... 6 45 p m
For Waycross and points South, West, From Wayeross”and and points South,
Southwest and North west. Southwest Northwest.
Train No. 23 Leaves. 6 8u a m Train No. 16 Arrives . 8 20 a m
.. “ “ 22 * 20
•• “ 63 “ . .. 6 34 a m ,. p m
“ *• 35 “ 9 40 a m “ “ 32 . 11 23 a m
. .. •* “ 86 “ 10 46 iA
„ .. ga «. . .. 4 44 p m . p
“ " 15 “ 7 00 p m “ •• 78 “ .11 20 p m
. ..
____ points South.
For Jacksonville and points South. From Jacksonville ami
Train No. 13 Leaves ........ 5 30 a m Train No. 14 Arrives 10 45 p m
Solid train Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Solid train Jacksonville to Cincinnati.
All trains run daily. with Mail Steamship of Peninsular and
Connection made at Port Tampa U. S. Occi¬
dental Steamship Line for Key West and Havana, leaving Port Tampa Mondays, Thurs¬
days and Saturdays at 11 p. m. through service, trains making local Btops, and sched¬
For further information, oar
ules to other points, apply to Agent, Fassengor Station.
A. W. STRIPLING, Ticket Pass.
J. H. PO HEMU8, Traveling Agent. Ga.
B. W. WKENN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Savannah, deck application
Illustrated playing cards can be secured at 25 cents per upon to
agents of the Plant System.
PANAMA IS TUKEAIENED.
Department Takes Steps to Pro¬
tect Isthmus and American
interests.
The state department received ad¬
vices Tuesday from Consul General
Gudger, at Panama, indicating that
the Colombian revolution had again
assumed a serious aspect. He states
that the Colombian government an¬
nounces that the revolutionists are
approaching Panama, and are making
preparations for a fight, which is like¬
ly to occur soon.
The state department intends tak¬
ing vigorous action if the city is threat¬
ened with bombardment, to protect
American interesis and to carry out
the dhties we have assumed by treaty
for the protection of the Isthmus.
At present the gunboat Ranger is at
Panama, and the Philadelphia and
Iowa are on ( heir w ay to that locality.
APPEAL FOB HELP
Had* Bj Storm Victims In Uttlo Town
LsOruft, Tennessee.
The people of LaGrange, Tenn.,
have sent out en appeal for help.
They say that all the business portion
and nearly »U the residence postion of
the town are in ruins and many of the
inhabitants are left utterly destitute.
They ask that contributions be sent to
W. F. Hancock, mayor of the town.
Safe Crackers at Work.
Professional cracksmen burglarized
the Farmers’ bank at Orland, O. T.,
Wednesday night, and secured more
*han $5,000. The robbers blew the
safe open with nitroglycerine. .
BISPENSAKY KOIUSEU OF CASH.
Headquarter* For John Barleycorn at
KlngAtrre, 8. C , Suffer* Los*.
The Williamsburg county liquor
dispensary, at Kingstree, 8. C., is re¬
ported to # bave been robbed of $1,800
in caali Wednesday night. M.
Player, the dispenser, is alleged to
have discovered the loss Thursday
morning.
This is the largest loss by robbery
incurred by a county dispensary since
the inauguration of the dispensary.
II. P. Crum, liquor commissioner dis¬
patched an inspector to Kingstree.
WON’T HELP “BAD” STUDENTS.
Evangelical Minister* of Atlanta Refuse
to Intervene In Their Kchalf.
Evangelical ministers of Atlanta,
Ga., refused to appoint a committee
to co-operats with a similar committee
appointed by the Baptist ministers to
intervene with the faculty of the
Technological school in behalf of the
alleged rebellious students of that in¬
stitution.
One of the ministers Baid there was
no sooner way of destroying authority
than to iuterfere in such matters.
WOKKMEN BLOWN TO ATOM8.
Fovrder Explosion In Repauno Chemical
Company Work* Doe* Fearful Damage.
A fearful explosion of powder oc¬
curred Friday in the powder machine
house of the Repauno Chemical com¬
pany, whose works are located at
Thompson Point, N. Y., 17 miles be¬
low Philadelphia.
The building was destroyed and
three workmen iu it at tho time were
blown to atoms.
TO CHANGE BASE.
Proposition to Deal With China Direct
From Washington City.
A- Washington special Rays: The
United States has proposed that tbe
question of indemnity and of framing
new commercial treaties with China
shall be considered by au international
commission either at Washington or
the capital of one of the other powers
concerned, thus removing these two
phases of the negotiations from Pekin.
NO. 33.
COLD ON THE CONTINENT.
Severe Gales, Blizzards and Frig¬
id Waves Sweep the Whole
of Europe.
Advioes from London state that se¬
vere cold haB suddenly set in through¬
out Europe. In England it is accom¬
panied by a northeasterly wind,
amounting to a gale over the the chan¬
nel. At Dover a boat was capsized,
four persons being drowned, and prob¬
ably other accidents will be reported.
On the continent the weather is still
more severe. Snow has fallen as far
south as Naples, and in St. Petersburg
the oold is so intense that the police
iu the streets have had to be frequent¬
ly relieved, and the schools to be
closed.* At Moscow the temperature
is thirty degrees below zero.
Tremendous gales are blowing over
the Adriatic. Terrible blizzards are
reported from Austria aud southern
Russia, extinguishing signal lights
and resulting in the derailing of the
Orient express at Altpazua.
The storm caused a collision be¬
tween passenger trains at Mikola near
Szatmar, Hungary, six persons being
killed.
Nine people were frozen to death on
a high road in Transylvania. Odessa
is completely snowbound. The har¬
bor is frozen over and trains are un
ible to enter or depart in consequence
of the drifts.
Severe cold is reported throughout
France aud Italy. A foot of snow fell
at Marseilles Saturday evening and
the mercery showod eighteen degrees
of frost in Paris Sunday. There have
been a number of deaths in the streets.
Trains from along distance are greatly
delayed. in southern
Snow has fallen even
Italy, and the city of Rome and sur
romuliiig country are snowclad for the
first time in many years. Crowds as¬
sembled on the Pjnoio to witness the
rare panorama.
SWEEPING CHANGES SCHEDULED.
A Number of Ofllco* of lha A* A W. F.
Railroad to Ba Abolt*had.
The report ia current in Atlanta,
Ga., that under an order which will
be iasued by President and General
Manager Charles A. Wicker-ham, o t
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad
and Western Railway of Alabama,
several of the most important offloes
on the system will be abolished.
In plaoe of the office of superintend¬
ent, which is among the offices abol¬
ished, the office of consulting engineer
has been created and George F. Hug
gans, the present superintendent,
given the position
RULES WERE SUSPENDED.
Home Takes Advantage Thereof and
Passes Many Bills.
Under suspension of the rules the
house Monday passed bills to divide
Kentucky and West Virginia into two
judicial districts, to create another
district judge in the northern district
of Ohio; to refer to the secretary of
the interior for investigation the claim
of the state of Texas for moneys ex¬
pended on public improvements in
Greer county before the decision of the
supreme court placed it within tbs
jurisdiction of Oklahoma.
WISCONSIN COLONY COMING.
Land and Saw Mill Property Purchased
By Promoter In Florida.
A. C. McComb, of Wisconsin, has
purchased 50,000 acres of land south
of Tallahassee, Fla., along the line of
the Carabellc, Tallahassee and Geor¬
gia railroad, and also big sawmill
properties at McIntyre. This deal is
for the purpose oi establishing a Wis¬
consin colony, and Mr. McComb al¬
ready has a number of families from
bis state preparing to move to the
colony site within the next few days.