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VO I a VI IT. NO. 13.
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gets of Russian Capital Dyed With
Rood ot Men, Women and Children
■ in Deadly Clash With T roops.
■AILING SCENE I | I
j
limber of Bl.to Not
CUiViEely Known_Rovnln i
tion ' Throughout |
Em¬ |
pire is Predicted.
I
A revolt of striking workmen cul-
iminsted in St. Petersburg Sunday in
B bloody conflict with the troops. At
Ip" 30 o'clock P- m„ ft was believed
hundred people had been
:ounded: but all estimates
The present be acepted with
W Popular rumors say tiTat
pousands have fallen. The city
i was quiet. Troops are biv- i
around camp tires here and :
the streets. One detachment
^^Hntry r< fused to fire on the peo j
!d laid down their arms, but Uh- j
‘‘nd Cossacks attacked those
i Miry would not.
m de.i on the Eland of
deKtn^cnBPFhtips i ■HHPf SuBday almost niKht immediate-I were
ly, wtih thWloss of thirty workmen
'*•
T i< ‘ q,,iet ot Saturday and preced- j
.
,ng days ehangeiTSunday to the most j
inte h*e excitement. Blood is
flo T‘ng, and no one can predict what j
tie end may he. Conftjc.s between I
°! ,roops 8m} fHrvvV.oyi. mo,m of The strikers strikers, oc
1
AM by the kiliinsi of their com-
JB'-’k ^Hiict thrown insistence aside which all semblance marked j
^Ktitude Hi the strike since trouble, the turned commence- into
Hctimmunes, urged on by their
now ready for anything
^authorities in tile had a firm At
^■morning, regiments
H^btry Fross had every one
the frozen Neva,
canals which interlaces
' aml ,hp * ates loa,,ln e froni
ustrial section, while in the
square, at the storm center, ,
Fmassed dragoon regiments . of in- .
fry and Cossacks of the guards.
rred from the bridges and gates.
Lvom- ii and children crossed the I
mrivi-r and canal.'- on the ice by
kre, d threes, where hurrying they to the pal the j I
wi re sure
Ljpuid aproaehes be presnt to to hear the square them, I
H^by PfWand volleys women. and infu Cossack SMed
^^He loss of loved ones,
soldiers while they re-
,ets Emperor's Answer.
r of the Interior Sviatopolk-
resented to his majesty Sat-
night the invitation of the work-
to appear at the winter palace
[day afternoon and receive their
uion but tho emperor's advisers
>ady had taken a decision to show
rm and resolute front, and the em-
er’s answer to 100,000 workmen
ng to make their way to the palace
ire was a soiid array ot troops,
Lp' 3 k them with rifle, bayonet and
X
iriest, Gopon. t^c leader and
the mer, in hts church vest-
holding aloft the cross and
at the head of thousands of
, through the Narva gate, mi-
f escaped a volley which laid
L: hundred parsons.
npn were accompanied by
p and children, and in the
rwhich left no time for dis-
on, the latter shared the fate
len. The troops, with the ex-
ceptwn of a single regiment, which
is reported to have throw-n its arms,
remained loyal and obeyed orders.
But the blood which crimsoned the
'Z
men , as well as men, into wild beasts,
and the cry of the infuriated popu-
lace is for vengeance.
Led by Two Priests.
At the Neva Gate the troops fired
on a crowd led by two priests—Go-
pon alul Sergius—the priests caryihg
a cross and ikon and a portrait ot
Emperor Nicholas. Sergius was kill¬
ed, and the portrait of the emperor
was smashed.
At the Putiloff works the scenes r-
sembled a sham battle, There the
workmen facing the troops w’hen the
order was given to fire, threw them¬
selves upon their faces on the ground.
The troops fired on them as they lay
Prostrate.
Troops Begin Using Guns.
The first trouble began at 11 o’clock
when the military tried to turn back
some thousands of the Putiloff strik-
ers at one of the bridges connecting
the central’ groat industrial quarter with the
portions of the city The
thing happened almost simulta
neously at other bridges. The con-
Ktant flow ot workmen pressing for-
ward refused to be denied aaccess to
t he common rendezvous at the palace
square. The Cossacks at first used
knouts, then the flats of their sabers
finally their gnns.
The front ranks of the demonstra-
tors fell on their knees and implored
fhg Cossacki to let toota pass, pro
testing that fffey hart no hostile in-
Their pleas, however, were
refused, and orders were given for
tbc military to load their rifles with
ball cartridges.
As the mob pressed forward the
Cossacks fired. Then the public’s
passions broke loose like a bursting
,i ain aK the people saw the dead and
dying carried away in all directions.
The snow on tho streets and pave-
meats was soaked with blood while
cries went: up for vengeance.
j n i.hr * meantime a great mass meet-
s
the workmen's union, where speakers
denounced the military, inveighed
against the government and attacked
the emperor himself while the crowd
responded “Down with monarchy."
Meanwhile the situation at the palace
was becoming momentarily serious.
The troops reported that they were
unable to control the vast masses
continuously surging forward. Rein
forcements were sent and at 2 p. m.,
t fc e on j er was given to fire into the
(; rowd. Men, women and children fell
with each volley and were carried
aw ay in ambulances, sledges and carts.
Barricade Defenders Killed.
The Associated Press correspondent
present when the first, barricades
constructed at, Vassilostrov isi-
and, where fighting occured later, re
suiting in the killing of thirty of the
defenders of the barricades.
The strikers, driven -from the river
front, had ^gathered in front, of the
union.headquarters out of sight of the
soldiery. Buzzing like a nest of angry
hornets, a hundred men brandished
saber blades secured from a junk shop,
which were ihe only weapons seen in
; the bands of the strikers during the
day.
Others swarmed up poles and cut
down telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires, which they strung from
; lamp post to lamp post, across the
street, to break up charges of cavai
ry.
A military Land, was playing while
this conflict was going on. The em-
peror remained at. Tsarakoo-Selo. At
2:22 p. m. the mob and troops were in
in open conflict, around the palace.
q SEES REVOLUTION,
Press of British Capitol Comments on
Outlook at St, Petersburg.
Such phrases as the following ex-
tracted from editorial articles in the
4 Lon tion morning newspapers, suf-
-ficientiy indicat* the opinion held of
the bloody event, in St. Petersburg:
M “Revolt has been quelled and revolu
tion
“T 1 hes be*
gun ||n Rus-
n
HOMER VTLLE; GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1005.
REVOLT IN THE CAUCASUS.
Circassians Kill Russian Guard of Two
Hundred Men at Slavini.
Captain Orlan Cullen at Victoria,
b. C., representative of the Imperial
Marlne Association, of Tokio, has re
cel¥ cablegram from Consnantl-
. LoOO
i nople to the effect „ mat rcas
isians had revolted and killed the Rus¬
jsiao guard, numbering two hundred,
| at Slavini, in the Turks Caucascus, targe and numbers that
j Russians and »n into the
were crossing the frontier
Caucasus to spread revolution in Tif
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
VITUPERATIVE'LANGUAGE
Bandied Between N. S. Morris, For- j
iner Speaker of Georgia House,
and Osborne of Savannah.
Moll. Newton A. Morris of Marietta,
Ga., former speaker of the litmse of
representatives, who has been engag¬
ed in a controversy with Hon. \V. W.
Os-borne of Savannah, over the
charges made by Mr. Osborne that
the corporations contributed largely
to his election as speaker of the
house, brands Mr. Osborne in an open
letter Wednesday cm “a malicious
and common liar.”
Mr. Morris recites that Mr. Osborne
admits that be iff a “bold, bad man,”
and that he is “unworthy of belie,,f.”
He charges further that Mr. Osborne
has not produced one scintilla of
proof to sustain his charges, and that
he (Morris) therefore dismisses the
matter by saying: “Consequently the
only alternative left me is to de¬
nounce your assertion as a wilful and
deliberate lie and brand you as a ma¬
licious and common 1 liar.
Mr. Osborne was seen at. Savannah
Wednesday afternoon by a represen¬
tative of The Atlanta Constitution, to
whom he replied as follows, in ihe
shape of a signed card, to the decla¬
ration made by N. A. Morris relative
to the charges made by Mr. Osborne:
"The Moultrie Observer very prop-
eriy remarked that Morris represents
all that Is bad in Georgia politics. If
j is fitting that he should be the spokes¬
: man of those who have so lost their
sense of honor and shame as to sell
i litical ir^nence for
| ,neir P° money,
I I dose T attack are guilty and they
know it. They dare not. engage me
j controversy, so they select, a typi-
f, nl blackguard to father their coun-
j ter attack. 'The charge I made was
' based on statements made to me by
j | l write wo °f the the last very card, men r have who ohnllefifc. helped
I ed them to deny it. I am now await-
ling their denial. * * *
| "The language used being the pur-
; eat blackguardism, coming from a
typical .-blackguard and being used for
: no 'other purpose than to disgust the
i public with the controversy, is
j ed which by mo I hold with the the author. same contempt in
I “Inasmuch as Morris mggests that
i this is his last, appea^gnee, I feel the
; | following letter will be Appropriate to
his exit:
j “Bill Jones, Mercenary — Better
| come and look after your hired man,
; Morris. I caught him skirmishing in
j j to advance make him of your line and endeavored
captive. I pulled him on
; a high plane and assigned him a
; task, 1 but. he entirely
was unused to
his surroundings and fell off. The
last I saw of him he was wallowing
j in the slough and was in imminent
()a ngo r of being strangled by his own
vomit. I ,tm sorry At one time f
f pI , tJ)at f ,-ould make him a useful
citizen. I n time, if God had given
me the power to work a miracle, i
might have made a gentleman of him,
though I do not claim this to he pos¬
sible, even if the contingency I name
j had happened. .
“W. W. OSBORNE.”
DE ARMOND RAPS PARDEE.
j Judge Comes
in For More Criticism
j | on Floor of the House.
In the house Wednesday, Represen-
j tatfve DeArmond of Missouri added
j denunciation of Judge Pardee lo
that of Rourke Cockran of New
j 'York.
He severely scored Pardee, declar¬
)ng that the letter he wrote to Gros-
, venor, in which he said a republican
house should not impeach Swayne,
. was the first time in the history
] civilized courts that, such an attempt
, had been openly made
j in a Judfcial
; proceeding.
DeArmond said the spectacle made
Him blush with shame to contemplate
lt
Senator Beveridge Re-Elected
The legislature of Indiana In joint
session at Indianapolis Wednesday
1 formally elected Albert, J Beveridge
to a second term in the United States
senate.
HAD HIS GUN READY.
Ji'/ge Hargis is Finally-'^ot^sed .of
Complicity in Feud Murders,
A. F. Byrd, attorney for the eom
monwee'U- in the case against Bili
Britton for the alleged assassination
of James Cot-krill, a*. Jackson, in the
feudal war, made a sensational state¬
ment in court at Lexington, Ky,
Wednesday, that, he would J prove that
Judge Hargis sat in the window of
bis store with a rifle in his hand pre-
pared to shoot at. the time that Brit
ton and Curtis Jett arc*' allege^ t<>
have killed Cockrif),
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DANGER NEAR CZAR
Strikes Church Where
He W; s Attending Service,
DIRE PLOT IS ALLEGED;
Affair Might Have Been
Only Accident, But All Circum¬
stances Point in Opposite
Direction.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: lhe
festival of Epiphany, the blessing of
the ' waters, had just been concluded
at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon when
simultaneously with the salute fired
Horn the Sit. l’cter and St. Paul fort¬
ress', either a vain of bullets or little a
shrapnel shell swept over the
chapel built over the frozen Neva,
in front of the winter palace, where
Emperor Nicholas and every member
of the Romanoff family were partict-
paling iu the service.
The missiles went high, entering
windows of the splendid row of an-
long along the wntor front, from
which the empress, the ladies of the
court and members of the diplomatic
corps including Ambassador McCor-
mie.k, Secretary Eddy anti Second Sec¬
retary Bliss, and all the high dignita¬
ries of the state, army and navy were
witnessing the glittering spetacle-be-
low. Fortunately, the bullets passed
over the heads of all present, striking
the opposite waits and clattering down
on the parqueted floor of the white
salon. who
The first Impression of those
hoard the crash was that It w as due
t.o falling crystals from the glass
chandeliers and Claused by concussion
from booming guns. Everybody
had been laboring under a more or
loss nervous strain, because of th"
strike* situation, and when the truth
was leal!z«l, the windows were hns-
tilv vacate.) and the great eat excite-
monf. reigned within the palace.
Ifrom the holes passing through the
dotuhic windows, it. is certain that the
bullets carrie from the direction of the
bourse. In the meantime, there is no
evidence ’ozitside of what occurred-
The crowds of people who' formed
black lines along the quays, the pal-
ace bridge, the steps of the bourse
and every other point of vantage in
the white Antic landscape did not
betray the least ixvitiunont. Neither
did the imperial i^rty tin the chapel
below. t
Everything on tho surface seems to
indicate the existence of a deadly and
deep-laid plot against ihe emperor in
which artillery men were enlisted.
It, is understood that all the men
and the officers of the battery were
Immediately placed under arrest for
examination.
The 'police toot; charge of die spot,
where the battery still stands and
drew a double cordon across the river,
searching out everything in the line
of fire.
An old barge frozen In the ice was
thoroughly examined to ascertain
whether the bullets could possibly
have come from it, hut. no evidence
waR M-overed tending to substantiate
suoh a theory-.
® i ' rom arl authoritative source It, ap-
pears that doubt of the existence of a
plot, arises from the fact that, shrap¬
nel was distributed to the battery in
anticipation of trouble on this occa¬
sion. UnderiCthls fact rests ti#- the
ory of a possible mistake made by a
gunner.
“If this was a deliberate plot,” said
an official especially charged with the
safeguarding of the person of his maj¬
esty, “it. was very ingenious. I have
been prepared for an anarchist, at¬
tempt in any form we could conceive,
but an attempt to kill • the emperor
with one of his own guns, under the
guise of firing a salute was never
dreamed of. It. is a new departure
aKainst - a repetition of which wo must
,ak « Precautions. If gunners - pf the
wn P eror ’ s P !cked K» ard ran be en-
listed in s,K ' h a <,a ' stardly conspiracy,
serious possibilities are presented.”
FALL RIVER STRIKE ENDS,
Through Efforts of Governor Douglas
a Truce is Arranged.
The -Sj^rik'" q£ life cotton mill oper-
tKes at. Fall Rrftr was settled at a
conference in Boston Wednesday.
Representatives of the manufactur¬
ers and operatives met under an ar¬
rangement made by 'Governor Doug¬
las. The strike began July 25, 1004.
when the manufacturers posted no¬
tices of a .12 .12 per cent reduction
of wages.
By the*settlement, agreement,
operatives reducflqp. return to work at once
der.) he
50 CENTS PER YEAR.
C. B. PEEPLES,
VALDOSTA, GA.
Building and Fire Proof Brick, Lime,
Cement, Plaster and Hair.
Oils, Leads, Varnish,
1 : Brushes, Mantels,
■i Tiles and. Grates.
McOORMICK MOWER8 AND PART8 FOR SAME.
HOR8E RAKES, IRON AND WIRE FENCING.
TO BOOST FOREIGN TRADE.
President Recommends the Appoint¬
ment of Special Agents.
The president, Thursday sent, a
message ro the senate recommending'
action upon a suggestion made by As- :
sis!ant Secretary Loomis for co-opera- j
tion by the departments of state and
commerce and labor in collecting in¬
formation concerning trade conditions
in foreign ountries.
Tho president recommends that
provision he made for the appointment
of special agents for the purpose.
OFFER FOR CUBAN BONDS.
New York Firm Willing to Take Large
Issue of Securities.
Frank D. Pavey of New York has
submitted to President Palma in Ha¬
vana an offer from Clarence Jones &
Co. of New York, to purchase Cuban
bonds to the amount of $30^000,000, if
Cuba decides to authorize 'such an
issue, in order to pay the balance of
the revolutionary soldiers’ claims.
MINERS STAND BY MiTCHELL.
Delegate Randall, His Ac.user, i 8 Ex¬
pelled from Miners’ Organization.
An Indianapolis disrat'/h says: Rob¬
ert Randall, dolegale to the United
Mine Workers’ convention from Wy¬
oming, who charged President. JJitch-
ell with having sold out to ihe op¬
erator:: during the regent Colorado
-strike, was expelled from* the organ
izatlor* Friday by the national con
vention
SEVEN BANDITS CORRALED.
Members of “Black Hand” Band Run
to Earth by Officers.
Seven alleged members of a “black
hand” band, which, for months, has
been terrorizing Italian tradesmen and
merchants of Williamsburg, N. Y.,
have been arrested by Brooklyn de
tectives , after two desperate fights
with knives. Several officers were
injured.
HEARING PEARODY CONTEST.
.
Coldf-ado Legir,(stive Committee Holds
Its F-rst Open Session.
In th ol appeals chambei
at. Deny* i. Co!., Wednesday afternoon
the committee of twenty-seven nieru
hern of Ur- general assembly, eigli-
teen Jc ’d^ ru. j, appointed | () hear the
contest’ n James H. Peabody for the
Seat <•»' Governor Alva Adams, held
Ita fire.r. op-it session.
CHARGES AGAINST MITCHELL.
Labor Leader Scored by iD-eiegate at
Convention of United Mine Workers.
In the national convention of tho
United Mine Workers of America at
Indianapolis Thursday John • Mitchell.
president., Robert was accused by Delegate
Randall of Wyoming of having
sold out the Colorado striking miners
to the operators; of having been a
traitor to the miners’ organization
and of having entered into a con¬
spiracy with the mine owners. D.
M. Parry and Governor Peabody's
peace organizations, to ruin the Colo¬
rado miners ami lost the recent strike.
INDIANS SLAY AMERICANS.
Party Traveling on the Highway Am¬
bushed by Yaquls.
Four Americans and one Mexican
were ambushed and killed by Yaqul
Indians on Thursday afternoon, Jan¬
uary 10, four miles east of Cobachi,
thirty-five miles east of La Colorado,
state of Sonora, Mexico.
H. L. Miller and a man named Tarle-
ton, both of Chicago, and a second
Mexican, Oochero, escaped and made
their way to Cobachi, thence to La
Colorado. Miller was slightly wound¬
ed, but the others were unhurt.
GIRL HORRIBLY MURDERED. *
At New Deatur, Ala., Miss Bloodworth
js Waylaid.
Miss Belle Bloodworth was found
dead in an alley in New Decatur, Ala.,
Saturday night,. Two pistol balls were
in her head and her skull was crushed
with a stick.
The body had been- dragged some
distance. She was on her way from
her father’s store, leaving the store
at 7 o’clock p. m.
There is no clew. She was one of
the most popular girls in town and
all ihe city is wrought up over the
matter.
SOUTHERN cattle barbed.
Quarantine Against Spread of Spin,
netjc Fever is Established.
The department of agriculture at
Washington has issued regulations Oa-
tablishing on February 1, a federal
; quarantine against a Rrge part of the
south to prevent the spread of sple-
netic or southern fever among cattle,
The quarantined territory embraces
the eastern part of North Carolina, all
j j of Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi Indian Territory,
an r | Louisians,
t all of Georgia but Union. Towns and
Rabun counties.