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VOL. V.
HUNDREDS SUCCUMB
Fearful Work of Heat Wave In
Crowded Cities of the North.
Victims drop on every hind
Blistering Rays of Old Sol Send Mer
cury Skyward and Past Records
of Torridity Are Completely
Wiped Out.
Monday was the hottest July 1st on
record at New York, at 3:10
p. m, the thermometer at the
weather office reached 98 degrees,
one degree hotter than Sunday.
The records show that on only
two days in the last thirty years has a
higher temperature been reached.
These wero July 9, 1876, and July 3,
1898. On these days the thermometer
reached 99 degrees.
The suffering in the city, particu¬
larly in the crowded tenement house
district, was most intense. As the day
grew the deaths and prostrations in¬
creased, and, although provision was
made in all the hospitals for this
emergency, the authorities were
scarcely able to cope with the great
tax made on their resources.
Between 2 a. m. and midnight there
were reported fifty-seven deaths and
141 prostrations in the boroughs of
Manhattan and Bronx. For the pre¬
vious twenty-four hours twenty-one
deaths and thirty-six prostrations had
been reported in Brooklyn.
If the heat was killing to mankind,
it was worse on the horses. They drop¬
ped right and left. At one time there
were eight dead horses lying on Broad¬
way between Twenty-third and Forty
second streets. There were fourteen
horses prostrated in the vicinity of
Madison Square alone.
The rush of the crowds to the parks
and to the nearby seashore resorts
Monday night was unprecedented in
the history of the city.
At 2 o’clock Tuesday morning the
record for the twenty-four hours
ending at’ that time in Greater New
York was eighty-seven; the prostra¬
tions 1S3. For tho previous five days,
covering the heated term, the total
deaths in the same territory were 136.
At Newark the mercury touched 100
at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. This
was the maximum, The reported
deaths were fourteen in and about
Newark.
At Philadelphia.
Philadelphia and vicinity experienced
the highest temperature recorded in
that city Monday, the government
thermometer on the top of the post
office building, 170 feet from the street,
registering 102 degrees even. At
Cramp’s shipyard the prostrations
were so numerous that the 5,000 men
employed there were relieved from
further duty at noon. At Baldwin’s lo¬
comotive works, the Midvale Steel
Works and numerous other places,
scores of heat sufferers had to quit.
Reports from all sections of the state
show that the temperature was exceed¬
ingly high, in some places the record
was broken and in other places it was
equaled. Up to midnight fourteen
deaths were reported and upwards of
100 persons were treateu at hospitals
for heat exhaustion.
Spell Broken at Cincinnati.
The spell of torrid heat which had
been in sway at Cincinnati during the
past week and which left death and
prostration in its wake was broken
Monday evening by a squall. The
etorm came suddenly from the south¬
east. and for a time the wind blew at
a rate of sixty miles an hour. This
•was followed by a thunder shower, and
the thermometer dropped to 75. The
maximum temperature during the day
was 98 at the government station and
S9 on the street. There were five
deaths from heat. This makes seven¬
teen deaths since the not spell began.
There were numerous prostrations
during the day and about twelve are
now- at the city hospital in a serious
condition.
Fourteen Dead at Baltimore.
According to weather bureau re¬
ports Baltimore was the hottest city
in the United States Monday. The
weather bureau thermometer recorded
80 degrees at 5 a. m., and from that
hour the mercury steadily mounted
upward until 102 was reached at noon.
Up to midnight fourteen deaths and
twenty-eight prostrations had been re
^p|;rted. Five at Chicago.
Five persons dropped dead on the
streets in Chicago Monday from heat,
and fifteen others were so badly over
come that they had to* be removed
hospitals. A number of prostrated are
in a serious condition and may die. At
noon the temperature in the
bureau in the Auditorium tower was 93
and on the streets over 100. A severe
thunder storm at 1 o’clock brought
relief and the mercury dropped 20 de
grees.
County News
SINGLE BOLT KILL ELEVEN. |
Chicago Youngsters Sought Refuge
From Heat and Fell Victims to
Deadly Lightning Stroke.
Crowded together in a little zinc
lined stanty under a north shore pier
of Lake Michigan ten boys and young
men and one old man met instant
death by lightning at Chicago Monday.
They had left their fish lines and
sought shelter from the fierce thunder
storm that deluged the northern part
of the city about 1 o'clock. Ten min¬
utes later their bodies lay with twisted
and tangled limbs, “like a nest of
snakes,” as the men who found them
said. Twelve-year-old Willie Anderson
was uninjured, but he lay many long
minutes before he could be drawn out
from the heap of bodies.
The dead are all from the families
of comparatively poor people, and
comprised two men who were fishing
and seeking relief from the heat of
the day, joined by a number cf hoys
who had come to wade and swim cr.
the beach.
There were thirteen men and boys
on the pier. They rushed for the only
available shelter and crowded them¬
selves in through the little trap door
in the top of the cabin until they were
packed almost to a point of suffoca¬
tion. Then came the thunderbolt.
Percy Keane, a small boy watching
from, the water station, thought ho
heard a scream as the bolt struck,
Mindless of the storm, ho rushed
across the beach. At the pier he
heard a cry: ‘‘Help! Get me out!”
He looked into the cabin, and in dis
•nay saw the twisted bodies. Young
Percy, crying, pulled at the dead men's
arms and legs to get them away. He
saw Willie Anderson’s head and part
of his body, hut he could not pul! him
out, nor could he pull the heavy bodies
from on top of him. Then young Keane
telephoned to the police, who succeed¬
ed, after a great deal of difficulty, in
reviving young Anderson and recover¬
ing the dead bodies of the others.
CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROADS.
New Savannah, Florida and Western
Company to Increase Capital Stock.
A great consolidation of railroads
with a capital stock of $25.0o0,000 has
been perfected of the roads in south
ern Georgia, northern Florida and
eastern Alabama.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway Company is the designation
of the new company, and the principal
stockholder in the new corporation is
said to be tne old Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway Company.
Application was filed in the secretary
cf state’s office at Atlanta Monday
morning to increase the capital stock
of the company from its present capi¬
tal to $25,000,000. The cause assigned
in the application for this increase of
capital stock is said to be the absorb
tion of the followng roads: Tho
Charleston and Savannah, the Bruns¬
wick and Western, the Alabama Mid¬
land. the Silver Springs, Ocala and
Gulf and the Tampa apd Thonotasosa.
It is said that this combination of
roads makes a complete link from
Charleston, S. C.. along the coast cities
and across the southern part of Geor¬
gia to Tampa, extending aiso over into
Alabama.
SENATOR KYLE DEAD.
Succumbs to Heart Trouble At His
Home In Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Senator Kyle died Monday night at
hia home in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
He was stricken about ten days ago.
Hia trouble was cf malarial origin and
resulted in a functional affection of the
heart.
Senator Kyle was elected to the
state senate as an independent in
1890; was elected to the United States
senate to succeed Gideon C. Moody;
took his seat March 4, 1891; was re
elected in 1S97.
DETROIT IN GREAT LUCK.
Carnegie Will Contribute $750,000 For
Building Library in that City.
George W. Radford, member of tho
Detroit public library board, has re
ceived a letter from Andrew Carnegie
stating tnat Mr. Carnegie will contrib
ute $750,000 toward the erection of a
new library building in that city.
Reunion of Thirtieth Georgia.
The annual reunion of the Thirtieth
Georgia regiment, confederate veter¬
ans, will be held at Forest Station, on
the Central railroad, on the 2Gth of
July. All of the members of the regi¬
ment are earnestly requested to bo
present. The railroads are expected
to give reduced rates.
Three Die In Eoston.
Heat casualties in Boston were nu¬
merous, with three deaths at the hos¬
pitals and six critical cases. Else¬
where tnere were deaths at Concord,
H Andover and Lowell. The worst
feature ig the gr ea t increase in infant
mortality in the cities.
GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JULY 5. 1901.
OUR PLETHORIC TREASURY.
Government Surplus For Past Fiscal
Year Will Reach Aggregate
of Seventy-six Millions.
The comparative statement of tho
government receipts and expenditures
for the fiscal year ended last Satnr
oay will show an excess of receipts
over disbursements of approximately
$rc.0eu,00ik
This is , i iy about $4,000,0(10 below
the estimate made by congress at the
beginning of the last session in De¬
cember. 1900, at which time the secre¬
tary estimated the receipts from cus¬
toms would be about $245,000,000. The
receipts from internal revenue sources
wero estimated last December at $800,
000.000, while the final figures will
show over $307,000,000. The receipts
from miscellaneous sources were esti¬
mated at $34,000,000. These w#l also
show a considerable increase.
The expenditures for the year will
ha $7,000,000 in excess of the esti¬
mates. During the fiscal year 1900 the
surplus revenues amounted to nearly
$24,000,000, while the surplus for the
present year will reach $70,000,000, and
possibly a still higher figure.
T o view of the fact that the revenue
reduction hill passed at the last ses
soion of congress went into operation
:v onday, treasury officials estimate
that the loss from this source will be
about $40,000,000. It Is not expected,
however, that the net reduction from
this source will reach that amount, as
the officials look forward to a year of
iven greater prosperity than the one
just closing. If this expectation is
realized the officials believe that the
revenues from internal sources alone
will be greater than $30,000,000 below
the figures of the present year, It is
also confidently expected that the re¬
ceipts from customs will materially
increase during the coming twelve
months, so that, notwithstanding the
reduction made in the last revenue
bill, the total receipts from all sources
may even reach or exceed those of
tho fiscal year 1501.
TWO REPORTS SUBMITTED.
r.-,-ffrar;e Question Brought Up In Ala¬
bama Constitutional Convention.
Chairman Coleman, of the commit¬
tee cn suffrage, made a report of the
committee to tho Alabama constitu*
tional convention Saturday morning.
The rea( ]i n g of the article met with
coasS( j eraWe applause. A minority re¬
port was submitted as to a single sec¬
tion—-the grandfather clause—which is
signed by Frank S. White, of Jeffer¬
son; Captain S. H. Dent, of Barbour;
ex-Governor William C. Oates, of Mont¬
gomery, and General George P. Harri
son, cf Lee.
The principal features of the major¬
ity report as as follows:
A registration board for each county
to consist of three persons, to be ap
pointed by the governor.
Any person denied right of registra¬
tion may appeal to city or circuit
court.
All qualified voters must be able to
read asd write any article of consti¬
tution of United States.
ff unable to read, must own by self
or wife 40 acres of land in state, or
other real estate to value of $300.
Any person offering to sell his vote
or buy vote of another shall he dis¬
franchised.
Poll tax upon each male between 21
and*45 years of age to be $1.50.
FOURS, THREES AND TWOS.
Tennessee Couple Married Five Years
Have Ten Little Prattlers.
Mrs. W. H. Burnett, of Jasper, Tenn.,
wife of the head miller of the Jasper.
Tenn.. flouring mills, has just given
birth to four children, all of whom are
doing well. Previous to the advent of
these babies. Mrs. Burnett gave birth
to triplets, and then twins. The cou¬
ple has been married five years and
ten children now adorn their home.
Alleged Train Wreckers Caught.
Five negroes who have given ficti
tious names were arrested at Connells
ville. Pa., charged with the wrecking
of the Southwestern express near
Greensboro Saturday, in which a num¬
ber of passengers were hurt.
TEN YEARS FOR MRS. KENNEDY.
Husband Slayer Given Long Term.
Case Will Be Appealed.
At Kansas City Saturday Mrs. Lulu
Prince-Kennedy was formally sentenc
ed by Judge Wofford to serve ten
years In the state penitentiary for the
murder of her husband, Philip Kejne
dy, in the corridor of the Ridge build¬
ing January last. She heard the sen¬
tence without the slightest display ol
emotion.
After the sentence leading counsel
for Mrs. Kennedy stated that he ex¬
pected to appeal the case to the su
premc court.
BE URGES A REVOLT
Herbert, of Alabama, Says Liviy
Citizen Should Be Sovereign
“YELLOW B0&” THEORY WRONG
Secretary of the Navy Under Cleve
land Delivers Unique Aadrccs
Before the Alabama Bar
Association.
t
Ex-Secretary H. A. Herbert address
ad the Alabama Bar Association at
Montgomery Friday on the subject of
the ‘‘Duties aud Responsibilities of the
American Lawyer iu the Twentieth
J-enttfry." Tho constitutional conven¬
tion adjourned in honor of hia address,
tml tho address was delivered to both
oodies in the state eapitol.
He declared that "the country had
entered upon the most critical period
jf its existence. In the time of nation
il exultation and exaltation, we must
not bo over-confident, it is easy for
a few people of tho same general char¬
acter to agree. The country is no long
jr small or homogeneous. For self
government to be successful, citizens
must be. alive to the increasing ardu
ousness of self-control. Great cities
are multiplying; vast'masses of maim
tact-urea are aggregated, Th(> tern
graph and press bring the whole coun
trSf 7 - under tho same exciting conditions
that* compel mobs of civilized men to
do’th’e work of barbarian?. §
“New complexities are arising. Cuba,
Porto Jtico, Hawaii and Alaska and the
Philippines demand solution. Shall we
return them or abandon them? Shall
wo govern them or let them govern us?
‘‘Two perils assailed us prior to I860
in the days of our infancy. The Hart¬
ford convention threatened disr -ption
and South Carolina attempted nullifica¬
tion. Since 1850 four crises have been
passed—the civil war, roeonstruction,
attempted Impeachment of Andrew
Jqhnson, the Hays-TUden contost.
"ReCcvTstruct.ion gavo the ballot to
the negro, and this led to ballot box
frauds in the south., where the balot
had always been sacred. Fraud stalks
through the land like a pestilence in
the night. The line is imaginary be¬
tween counting out the negro because
his vote Is cast for the wrong candi¬
date, and counting out t.he white man
because his vote is obnoxious. Honest
elections are the only salvation of the
country. Let all educated men pro¬
claim aloud that, except upon the basis
of honest elections the natural out
come of republican government is die
content, unrest, instability and finally
revolution.”
The speaker turned t.» the remedy
and declared it to be greater mdepend
ence of thought and action, less slar
ish adherence to parties. The “yellow
dog” theory of politics will not do.
Worthy men must not surrender their
power in party and state to tricksters.
Every oitizen must he a sovereign to
act.
The power of the independent press
of the north and south was dwelt upon
at length and its influence for good to
the south in t.he past twenty-five years
was described. The Civic Federation
in Chicago anc. the Academy of Pollti
i a. Science of Philadelphia were laud¬
ed, j Colonel Herbert declared:
‘*We are in need of freer fchaught
ami freer action In the south, The
time has come when no man should
support the nominees of his party un
iefd the platform and the man are such
as he approves. rf no party puts out a
pla form and nominees which a man
apr roves he should reject them all. Let
the parties understand that clauses put
into platforms to catch votes will drive
aw ,y intelligence.”
Colonel Herbert specially emphasiz¬
ed Lhe growing readiness to party re
vo! among the Alabama newspapers
and commended those which refused to
sta: d by the party in 1896. He partlc
ula ly urged activity in party prim?.
ries and nominations, iso as to prevent
the (necessity of revolt at tho election.
Hot After Bank Directors;
Ai Leipzig, Germany, Friday Dr.
Oeijtzieh, another director of the Leip
zig bank, was arrested at the In
staiice of the public prosecutor.
EVEN THE GUARD SLEPT.
Detectives Capture Obstreperous Min
ers Who Acted as Bushwhackers.
During Sunday night Detective T. L.
Felti, assisted by John Justice, deputy
Unitjed sik States marshal, Kentucky and a posse side
of men. went to the
of g river, near Thacker. W. Va.
and liharged Icaptured the nine persons who
are with terrorizing the min¬
ers fbr the past ten Cays by shooting
at aii who could not give the proper
strikers’ sign. The men were surprised
in thdr sleep with their winchesters
unde: their pillows. Even their guard
was Raptured, asleep on duty.
Plant System.
PASSENGER SOIIEDUEES.
Arrivals ami Departures at Jesup, Ga.
Departures. In Effect Apr. 14. 1001. Arrivals.
For Savannah and points North, East and
Northeast.
Train No; 24 Leaves . 6 43 a m
82 .11 25 a m
36 .10 45 j> m
78 .11 40 p m
For Waycross and points South, West,
Southwest and Northwest.
Train So. 23 Leaves ..... 3 47 a m
“ 53 ..... 6 27am
“ “ 85 .... y 10 a m
“ “ 33 2 ....... 4 40 p in
“ 25 2 ...... 6 50 p m
For Jacksonville ami points South.
Traiu No. 18 Loaves ....... 5 30 a ni
Solid train Cincinnati to JaeksonviUe.
Trains 21, 3(1 73, 32, 2.3, 13, 53, S3, 33 and 25are dally. aud Ocol
Comioutton mails at Port Tampa with U. H. Mail Steamship of Peninsular Tuesdays,
dnntal Steamship Lluo for Ivny West and Havana, leaving Port Tampa
Thursdays and Sundays at 11 03 p. m.
For further Information, through oar sorvioe, trains making local stops, and sched¬
ules tn other TRIPLING, points, apply Ticket to Agent, Passenger Station.
A. W.
J. H. PO KEitUH, Traveling Pass. Agent.
«. w. WHENN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Savannah, Gft.
Illustrated playing cards run be seuured at 25 omits per deck upon application to
agents of tho Plant System.
DISPUTED OVER WAGES.
Bookkeeper of Lumber Firm S+ioots r
F ellow Employe to Death.
At Edenfield, Fla., Saturday night,
W. J. Lane, bookkeeper for Coffee &
West, lumbermen, shot anu killed Geo
S, Offerman, an employe of the same
firm, over a dispute as to wages due
Offerrnan.
Both ir.cn are well connected, and
Lane is a nephew of E, E. West, one
of the richest men in Florida. Lane
was placed under arrest.
HELD FOR DEDRAY MURDER.
Four Negroes Will Be I riea For Kill¬
ing of /.tlar.ta Policeman.
The coroner’s jury in ‘-he DeBray
murder case, at Atlanta, Ga., after a
brief session Friday morning, returned
a verdict holding Tom Hammond as
the murderer and Ike Hammond, Os¬
car Hammond and Jim Erwin as aeces
series to the crime.
Tho verdict was formulated within
a very few minutes after the last wit¬
ness had been examined and the ses¬
sion w-as in the nature of a summing
up of all the evdence in the investiga
tion, new and old., As thus presented,
a very formidable case was made
KING EDDIE'S CORONATION.
Date For Quaint Ceremonial Is An¬
nounced For Next June.
A London special says: The royal
proclamation announcing that the cor¬
onation of King Edward is to take
place in June next, the exact day no)
yet being determined upon, was read
Friday morning at ot. James palace.
Temple Bar and the Royal Exchange,
with all the quaint, medieval scenes
which marked the occasion of the pro¬
claiming of the accession of the king.
The ceremonial was unheralded, sc
the crush was not so great as on the
previous occasion.
GEN. SHATTER RETIRED.
Four Volunteer Regiments Mustered
Out at San Francisco.
A San Francisco special says: Two
important military events occurred at
Presidio Sunday, the retirement of Ma¬
jor General W. R. Shafter and tho
mustering out cf four volunteer regi¬
ments. General Shafter formally trans¬
ferred the command of the department
of California to General Young.
In the afternoon the Forty-fourth,
Forty-ninth, Forty-eighth and Thirty
eighth volunteer regiments were mus¬
tered out. The services of eight pay¬
masters were required. Over $1,000,
000 was disbursed.
Trade of New Orleans Port.
The imports for New Orleans for the
fiscal year just closed are $20,633,910,
as against $17,390,811, making the to
tal trade of the port $171,771,533 as
against $132,146,762 last year, an ic
crease cf 30 per cent.
Total List Is Thirty-six.
The total number of dead bodies
found to date as a result of the Poca¬
hontas flood in West Virginia is thirty
one. Five other persons are missing
making the total list c. drowned thir
ty-six.
PARK SENDS OUT CHECKS.
Georgia State Treasurer Makes Semi
Annual Intel cst Payment.
Monday checks aggregatng $37,000
were sent out from State Treasurer
Park’s office to tho holders of Georgia
state bonds for the regular eemi-an
nual payment cf interest on these se¬
curities which is now due.
The coupon interest, which is aisn
due, makes the total amount to be dis¬
bursed by the state as interest $1C0,
000 .
JX SSOXSSVSX
obligations has been made, owing to
the Importance of protecting the
state’s credit.
NO. 6. ..
From Savannah and points North, East
and Northeast.
Train No. 23 Arrives . 3 47 n m
53 . 6 27 a in
(( 85 . 910 am
33 “,**** . 4 40 p m
6 50 "
“ 25 . p m
From Wayeross and points South, Wost,
Southwest anu Northwest.
Train No. 24 Arrives..... . (i 45 a m
“ “ 32 “ .11 25 a in
.....
33 10 45 p in
2 . 78 .11 40 p in
SQUEEZE FROM OIL i RUST.
Frieds cf Linceed Advanced Twenty
five Per Ccr.t the Loot Month.
Anothy sharp advance was an
nouncod in prices for linseed oil Mon¬
day by the American Linseed Oil Com¬
pany at Cleveland, O. The wholesale
price is now £0 cents per gallon In sin¬
gle barrel lots, an increase of 15 cents
per gallon since Juno 1st. The jump
in prices was 7 cents per gallon. Tho
Increase for the last month has been
about 25 per cent.
MINISTERS ONLY REPRIMANDED.
Outcome of Sensational Contempt of
Court Affair In Denver, Col.
Judge Palmer, of the district court
at Denver, Col., Monday reprimanded
and discharged Rev. M. A. trader, pas¬
tor of Grace Methouist Episcopal
church, Rev. W. 11. Talmadge, state su¬
perintendent of the anti-saloon league,
and Secretary Walter D. Wynkcop. of
tho Christian Endeavor Society, who
were charged with contempt of court
for criticising the issuance of an in
(junftfon against* raiding saloons. %•
DEADLY HEAT IN GOTHAM.
Eight Fatalities and Fifty Prostrations
Reported Friday In New York.
New Yorkers experienced the hot¬
test weather of tho year last Friday,
the official thermometer registering 92
degrees at 4 o'clock in tho afternoon,
while street thermometers ran up as
high as 100 with the humidity 64 per¬
cent
In Greater New York eight deaths
and fifty prostrations from the heat
were reported up to midnight.
SUICIDED IN TREE TOP.
Negro Climbs High to Shuffle Off Hio
Mortal Coil.
The body of Samuel Turner, a negro
physician, was found Saturday morn¬
ing hanging to the topmost branch of
the largest tree in Floral park, at
South and Ormsby streets, Louisville,
Ky. Great difficulty was met in cut¬
ting down the negro’s body, as it hung
fifty feet above the ground. Tne unus¬
ual method of suicide caused tho re¬
port of a lynching. Turner had com¬
plained of tho heat and said “he meant
to move.”
MISS MORK.3QN APPEALS.
Sentenced For Five Years For Murder
of Mrs. Clin Castle.
At Eldorado. Ivans., Saturday, Miss
Jessie Morrison, who was convicted of
the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle, and
given a sentence of five years in the
state penitentiary at Lansing, through
her attorneys served notice in court
that they desired to file a motion for
a new trial. Judge Aiknaan set the
hearirg for Saturday next.
NEW COUNT BEING TAKEN.
Pensacola Health Authorities Inaugur
. ate New Census Work.
Under direction of the Pensacola,
Fla., board of healtn, the sanitary in¬
spectors began to take a census of the
city in connection with their other im¬
portant business, and as the first
week’s figures and results make a most
remarkable showing, and so far as
healthfulness is concerned the most
satisfactory conditions obtain.
Alabama Tax Rate Limited.
The Alabama constitutional conven¬
tion spent the entire day Monday de¬
bating the proposition to reduce the
maximum limit of taxation from 75
cents cn the $100 to 66 cents on the
$100. l"he section making the reduc
tion finally passed by a vote of 66 to
32.
.. e*—
Three deaths occurred at Cleveland,
O., Monday from heat and eighteen
prostrations.