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S WIGK -TTAiirv^NKWS.
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 139.
MATTERS HANDLED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL4T.
MEETING LAST NIGHT
AN INTERESTING
SESSION HUD
— > —
Houses in the Old Acre
District are to he
lorn Down
"al VIRAL RIPORTS RENDERED
Atlantic Coast Line Asks Council to
Stop Fisiiei'T:en and Others trom
Using the Foot of K Street.
Other Matters Handled.
A visitor wpvM have scarcely recog
n’zed the ounocil chamber last night.
In place of the old gas lights tho hall
vus resplendent with lti-candi- power
metric lights and the horns of the
Ia i hers was .. scene tu one sense at
least of brilliancy.
't hose pros* nt at the meeting were
Mayor Hopkins and Aldermen Golden,
Vot'd. Aiken Tapper. Watkins ana
Newman.
the tint cote,mttniention came Irom
T. ,1. WuMht agent of the Atlantic
trust Lino, p di -i eg lignins'f tin- u ■
nt K street !iy various, fishermen ami
< tin's, and i' j.mg that council do
i i.ay ivith siah u-a of aits property,
since it was 'cased in flic Com Lino
II LSSK. 'I It.* attcr Mas roll ire t to
Hie corn ui'tie : on harbors ami laif
i ..ds.
A tsouimi.niont'Oß was remdvcif from
the Imurl o’’ tualtti. aiitmuiicm the
(cLuii of T. W. in nutters a; ..-a diary
ipector tor the ytar Hiu. r > ;-.kin",
council's coni rmatiou of tame. Tho
election ol Mt .Flanders was cm ifirm
(M.
From ttu a....id of hcalili, mi islny
council til at t|s contiiiiiia;at ion i-> to
tut- condition <>: certain vacan tots
ill Ne.v Town i.ad torn rciorre to a
tat'.al i:ouit" itie l'oi investiga t 0... and
C at same world In- reported u; m ni
t• xb meeting of the hoard, i' u- .
The applicat on of cl.i, . She i, to
retail liqu.-rs on O.neiio.'pe ;..n
--was taken up r.n permission was errant
Cd, the mayor ticlna r. tpicsled it ! . k
into tile reliability of VV. V-Mcfi. . lizn'
proposed as bondsman lor fflLi *
under the head (and reports tile li
i nice tjomthittoo. having in chars© the
matter of an outstanding city bond,
1 fid by air. Sum", reported that coin
rumicatlon had been had with holder
which revealed tile fact that the honu
iti question had been sold to Brobston,
lYnuig & Cos, and that in turn tunl
concern had disposed it it, "inch
mute it impossible for the city to buy
tin bond. Adopted.
The com mt’ eo on police, fire ano
I . lding permits, to ,vhch. -.as refer
:cd tlie c.omi mention o' Dr. ,v. Cf
Hatcher, wuth reference t . unpaid
till of Jailer Clinton Jlrown, iv>_ orteu
t .at invesUg;" ion show* •! that Mr.
t own had p. ol all just claims amt
that no action should be taken ny
council. Adopted.
A it-port wa> received from the com
ii 'Uce on tax , and revenues, report
ii'i; adversely on the petti ion ol Father
i J J. i.uokie, asking lor tax ntnip
uci, on the (a.ihoiic pursonago on
if v,'castle ii'. et. Ado; ted.
The board of health reported on
t.uo rnntter of complaints against the
huh bouse ot U. S. Moody on Grant
siieet to the. etiect tliai no further * >nt
pihints liad Den received and that
ai sii.’h tun r.;c*ic)' proper actu. ii wotitu
If taken. Adopt. 1.
The hoard o: Health also submitted
a petition to touncil, a.,king Dial the
ordinance .'elating to expectorating
in public piac , be amended to in-
Tilde all pavements or the city, fine
c* mmunlfatto'i occasioned considers
fie discussion and wa# finally referred
to the (Amtmif.ee on ordinances.
the report or the chief of police fot
(Tic 'month ot January was received,
find showed 6 i arreuts, seven of which
were discharged. The report also
snuws the fo'lowlng receipts in ih.
cilice'
roilce court burg $173 3,1
Impounding f*es 31 00
Marks and Flirnds 20 25
executions collected lilt; 81
Lost* on game 5 oe
Force sewerage connection* ~ 18 70
Ivl. seellaneons 3 00
'l'otal 2ti
Quite an Interesting report was re
cciveci from the city attorney with rot.
erence to the recent recommendation
pC the board ol health as to the ClWtp
CITY TO HAVE
FIRE EXTINGUNSHERS
THvo impioved tire extinguish
ers are shortly to be purchased
by city council. This was decid
ed last night and a resolution in
troduced to that effect
It will be remembered that sev
eral wtxLs ago a representative
of the oiffp3srv|iau<lling the ex
tinguishers 'vasrti the city and
gave au exhibition, the work of
• lyjrfWtie fire fighters being very
satisfactory .
Chief Green is delighted with r
the idea and believes the extin- •
gulshers will be of much service
to him.
ti.'S up of a section ot the old acre. As
vll be remembered, the board ot
1 callh recently petitioned council to
tear down certain building on Ogle
thorpo street and to otherwise cleanse
;1 is section. The city attorney report
ed that council was fully equipped and
aimed as far as the law was concern
ed to put into i Heel suggestions ot
tbe board of health, and suggested
Unit council giie the owners of tho
property five days notice of its inten
lions to tear down. Council wasted
■ ety near an finny discussing tills mat
>'r and a motion finally prevailed that
n portion of the city attorneys report
I' adopted and that a fart oi it be
recommitted to the board of health
to.- more ape.to tie information.
An ordnnii'c, was placed on find
rinding, submitted by the city attor
ney, making it milav/tui to bring into
Up, city dimmed cow; or other am
cals alllic.t and with disease of any char
s* t, r.
A resolution was adopted, lulroduc
cl by Alderrnt'M Tapper .providing for
•. t rcl.Hsc of two lire extinguishers by
Use city.
At Llo poin' Alderman Newman at:
wnneed that ilie Fisk CaiJltval (’(mi
l.;iny desired to givo performances
m tin: city alt of next week and that
( ot. I N, Fisk was present and would
1,),* to be given the privilege of the
tloor. Tli, courtesy war extended to
< (and Frisk, who made a very catchy lit -
ii-; talk to council. He said his show
v ar a thoroughly moral one, and pro
duced credentials from many cities,
n:ii..'-.ting to tbe m ilt of his pertonn
,o-i • s. On n unanimous vote Mi*' privi
, was grunted Mr. Fisk to give bis
i tiHiltioi:s in the tin l'tiiiTs?‘~ '
C’ie: I, Bussell called attention to the
f.np h ut a violation of any fire ordl
iiance called fi-t a full vote of council
ccd on a call of the aye and nay vote
(very member of council voted to
giant Mr. Fisk the privilege asked
fot
After the leading of accounts for
• tip month of January council adjourn
ed
ANOTHER JURY OUT
C ty Court Jurors Have Been Tied Up
During Past Three Nights—One
Nov/ Out on Six Riot Cases.
For tile thir I successive night a city
court jury lias beta tied up an remain
ed in me anti room of Die court room
i nil Judge dale convened the court.
Hie following morning.
Wednesday night the jury was out
ui tlx case ■ I Bvvift Nelson, a negro
charged with assault. 'I ip* jury bathed
>\it the question of win llier he was
; icily or not lioui 11 o'clock Wednea
uy morning u .til 4:3u yesterday af
ternoon. vvuon a veinicl of not guilty
v :.s returned
Last nigfd. ; jury was out on a case
J slate vs Alex Hill, et. al. charged
with riot. T,iis ca'ie Is agatr.gt five
negro men ;>:.d one negro woman,
wfo are charged with creating con
. dcrable (list' rbauce in the city last
July. It seems that Hill and the city
impounding officer were iu a quarrel
v lien the oilier negroes iuterferred
and for awhile if looked hi it then,
v oulil be seric us trouble. All six ot
it-e negroes were later arrested and
P (.<’< and under bond.
Ihe case ay,aiurt them was called
yesterday, an I all of them were tried
it once. Thj case went to the Jury
■t-rly in the afternoon, but Irom all
indications another mistrial will be
the result, as it is generally predicted
that the jury will not agree upon a
verdict.
Other case., disposed of yesterday
wire the following:
Willie J. Turner, larceny; plea of
amity. Sentence, 12 months on the
RRiirfim
Oco, Tutor’vi;rai.c;, nolle prosaea
iJ CARDIVi CQ,-
TO MITM
f
Fisk’s Syndicate of Fx
hibitions Will be Here
All Next Week
COUNCIL GRANISJft RMISSION
Has Second Vacant
."lots on Gloucester Stree ot
News Office—Will Advertist-^
Through County.
Col. 1. N. .Fisk, at the head of the
Fisk's Syndicate or arriv
<d in the--■■ik.i " .uy morning and
immediately (ommenced innkng ar
rnngements fo • Ihe api'carnnce of his
grnupe of shows, which will tie hero
i i xt week, beginning Tuesday and con
turning throm h the week. Mr! Fisk
sac ceded in getting a permit from
runcil last nteht to give his big exhi
1 itions in the fire limits tie having
recommeodatoiiK from a number ot
< dies in flu* different stules, to the
effect that his shows were al! of ;t
high class nature, perfect order being
kept on the 'rounds, and everything
ret resented to he clean and ot Uio best
Col. Ktsk was seen by a rtpresenta
ilve of Tlie .Vews last night and It"
(dated that toy shows were all strictly
moral and clean and that he had visit
iul many cities in the soul It.
Col. Fisk nas scc.ureu a very uestrn
ele place for the shows, tie., lots on
G ottceslcr slioet. from Toe News i;t
re" down to Bay street
Some of tlie Shows.
iu aii Uni com puny carries ft total
■ twelve or more shows and among
iiifin are koiii , really high <• in -m attrac
tions. Young brothers, in then' groat
train robbery electrical exml.ilion,
have received ’cvarable eonurent fiom
U'tiuy quarters. They have a efiauge
of program daily ami it o, a iJaiiiiv
• and ihp shows.
Col Fisk while in Nebraska some
time ago, succeeded iu securing tie
litttest girl foi her age in existence
Although out, J 2 yuirs old tho gir,
veiglm more itiun four ordinary men.
"Fairyland” m another big Ic.ituiv
of the aUraclit n. From a desci ; pt.iou
it surpasses any dream or tatty taie
showing scene., from the very bottom
ot tlie sea to above Ute shies.
The company lias the ''pike” and on
it Ik all kinds ot amusements lor tin;
visitors. A confetti bait to occurs
nightly, participated in by all the vis
itors.
a high class vaudeville show Js also
carried by tli ■ company, the old plan
tation being aino’.vg the most pieiAing
It has attracted considerable attention
it, Ih cities where the company has
exhibited.
There will he a ferrts whom, a til,
to Uio moon, and a number ot other
euracuoiis and the affair promises to
oe quite an event iu tho snoot fair
or carnival line.
Col. Fisk will tfiuiori lily a/lvcrlis.
ttu attraction throughout the nearby
country and :r Is expected limi a tarr
number of visitors will be hero during
the week.
IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT.
Several Minor Matters Disposed of in
That Tribunal Yesterday
In tlie bankruptcy court yesterday
ike final report in tlie B. Levtson case
I "'its filed by the trustee, J. J. I,issuer,
and same was . et for bearing on Fob
) ifaly 2U .
The trustee in the El. (J. VViHip.ms
[case set asi'i the homeeleau ol s.lo',
otked by the I aukrupt, which was set,
lor hearing on March 1.
( I’. Goodyear, trustee in tho Henry
'• yre Cane, fl'ed a petition for leave
io sell Hie sto. k of merchandise, fixtur
es mules, grist mill, gin, engines boil
its. lumbei ad aceout'i* of the bank
•nipt. This petition was get for hearing
( n February 20.
The trustee iu the 11. G. Williams
case was ordered to pay tho bankrupt
f.'iis for preserving the property be
foie the trustee was elected.
'lhe court will meet tomorrow ana
and spose of a number of matters
Cripple Creek’s Heavy Payroll.
Denver Feu. 9. —The payroll ot the
t tipple Creek mining district, inctud
tr.g company accounts leasers ,sam
fifing works, cyanide plants and team
sMtra. Is now estimated at $l,OUO,OOt)
ii r month with steady additions to the
t.t mber of men employed, jhe mini
mum allowance to miners is $3.00
per day with $4.00 to si.so for ongi
i cers. blacksmiths and machine men.
Ibe demand lor miners or tfiu better
clnss is now general iu nil ot the Go!
oiado, Utah and Nevada camp*.
Jim Stubbs carrying concealed wea
pcia; nolle prossed.
Mary (Jumble, cruelty to animals.
verdict of not guilty.
The court will meet at the usual
hour this morning and will continue on
Ut; w'.umou l
ERUNSWICK, GA®r _v *ifAY MJRNING. 10, 1905.
DEAL M4I)E
TOR CITY
proper
Three L,arg,e Stores i/7the
Wholesale District Have
Been Sold
—£
MRS. GLMjBIR PURCHNStR
I-liberty was Sold by F. M. Scarlett.'
Understood that Stores Will Soon i
be Extended Back Ffteen Feet
to Ogtethorce Street.
A business deal was eonsnqmtaUujL
in the city a few days
< !,c of the beat business blocks in the
wholesale district of'the city cjymgod
bands. f *
the property iu question was \old
■ y F M. Scarlett to .Mrs. 1). GlaubVV
iit rough Brob. ton, Fem’.lg a Cos., who
will represent the new purchaser. The
pioperty is located on Bay sued, be
iv't’cn Glottce ter and .Monk and con
s.fts of three large stoic now occupied
i y S. Watkins the junk dealer, C. 11.
’‘ aylor. commission merc.har.t ami rp
re-entative of Swift & Cos., meats, and
J. K. Knttib, wholesale grocer. The
e ores are situated ta the center of
Hu wholesale district, and is cousid
* red valuable property.
it is understood tin* iu tne net*
t-iture xoiue t;>cat improvements will
made on the lluco stores, ami
einung other things they wBl he ev
tended back till pen f .*el, tc Ogle thorp
j■ ■t. which, wher comrietml. wait
e ihe front of Lite si "res.
As !r well known severs) building
,n lids block wlilcfi arc owned by Ji
10. Brio- "iiick. have rocepUj been in
i' ndril tuiriii i Ogiethorfiie street anil
Hat it reel i, now considered tit.
fiolcsale nlreet of the city. SYEi.
i :<:*• three lunitlfngs are exteirtiH&
there will be only one, of a-u store,,
in tins block fill ing Bay slrect as lor
b'crly.
t his idea ts indeed a good or.i non
gives the wholesale merchants ex
cel teat railroad facilities. The sUP
i racks ot the different lines come wl' n
in a tow feet of the rear door ou Buy
s: (eel, and goons can bo transferred and:
not front th • stores to the f "eight
cn rs.
Mrs. Gialier will be represent :d t.sy
i'robston, Fendig & Cos., who wit* hero
after have full charge of the property.
BOAT'S CREW IS SAFE.
Captain and Those With Hlfn Made
Shore Safely.
Halifax, Fob.'‘J.--After battling for
twelve hours iu an open boat, with tho
temperature "vo below zero, and a
I 'lguty gale It.siring the sea. Captain
(it rsl, three passengers aim ten of
tic crew of tie. ill-fated Furness liner
i ..tiiiira have roadbed Pleasant Point
,u safety. All in the captain's lifeboat
vri'o nadly frostbitten and exhausted
ime of them being so benumbed from
Hie void that, they had to be lifted out
of their seats.
Mrs. Browse, the woman passenger
who was in the boat bore up under
'iu: trying ordeal wonderfully well and
e.. (lured the g''int hardship wiin forti
i uf'e.
COMING SHOWS AT THE GRAND
Gagnon Poilarr, Company Will bo Here
ter a Week.
The Grand has been dark for the
: led. week or so, but ihe doors will
o'.* opened again next week and there
ill he a number of attractions hero
i uring the ri .nainder o ftho month.
On next Wednesday night Jim Jt'l
itics will be hi re in "Davy Crockett.”
!.town's in Town” war hooked for
.-ionday uigh. but nothing lias been
heard from tlie advance agent and it
thought that the date will be can
celled.
T he Gagnot Pollard Stock Company
v, ;li open a weeks stand on Monday,
February 20. T Ills Is said to be one
ii the best popular triced attractions
m existence and the engagement ts
awaited with interest by tue theater
goers.
On Tuesday night, February 21 the
stock company will have au off n.ghr
: rid 'Sargcanl Kitty" the great must
■al comedy, which has mode stub a hit
s i.ee startliu; oui from New York
vill occupy tfe boards.
A number of otht r attractions tire
l ooked for later in tlie season.
TRAIN WAS RECK ED;
SEVERAL BADLY INJURED.
Covry, Pa., Fob, .—a passenger
tialn on the Side railroad was wrecked
“ve miles west of here today. The
express and dining curs left the tracts
•n Immigration osr was turned com
pletely on It* side. Several people
were Injured, hut tu* fatalities have
jet been reported.
HMD 11
f
Rate and Regulation ijill
VVent Through By a
- Majority
DEMOCRATS VOl El) TOR IT
j The Bill the Interstate Com
merce Comi ission Power to Fix
Rates and to jjAmiish Court
to Review Com?>fe^T3f?'s"r‘x*s
Wabtungton Fob. T hoiise this
at torn* *oii f — -j. i iniol ir'AIMC
n hufjoriiy of (lip cjfeiuw uftne
tutersiatv for ign commerce cotnujts-
S’Oll. f
The bill passed this afteriidon is
known as the Esoh Townsend biJI. giv
ing the inters into commorrti commls
s,ou power to fix all rates and estab
lishing a court of transportation to
review the uc‘s of tho commission. j
The bill was pased by u vote of 326
tu 17. Democrats spoke iu favor of
cud voted for the bit!.
ISLAND POSTMASTER SHORT.
Official in Hawaiian Town Embezzles
to Amount of $27.077.
Washington !•’. '* x Muiiuc! Kego.
rostninstor of Koloa islaiul of Kauai,
Hawaiian Is'niuls has been retr.oved
by tl'i’ post at":-ter getK inl on aoconki
it u shorti •: •>.>. $27,077 in bis tios.u* !
rer-omit: li a i 'moved on the r i
CemuieiKuuien of Inspector line, w:;ul
itist'ovrrcd the sliortago.
Ite.gn has been ui'ralgncd bt-ferc T ni :
ed SUli.s C > nmir;.-' oner Judge a.t.t. I
fit-Id for iiin: l.nuk' Kahli'.auin li.; , j
I'M'ii ni l"* at i tcmporarlty to till tu,.-
a vcattcy.
TO APPROVE ObO. iOS LOAN
.V s ,/ <* v
Lackawanna Steeei Cos., Stockholders
Authorize Proposed Bond Issue.
Buffalo, Fo *. 9. At the meeting of
the stockholder* of tho I acl.avanna
F eel Cos, held today nctiov was taken
cu the qucftlor, ot the issuance of first
consolidated mortgage bonds to the
Amount of $‘ 'LOOO.OnO. Of ihr totm
Ot 3-19,711 shfti'OH Of sto'k 261,823
v * rc represented.
By ti vote of the shares ropresenteu
the proposed action was authorized,
'lie meeting ii,o uiinriimiii'iiy ruiified
the action of the directors, as regards
thy sale or the sccuritiPß, authorized
ot terms which were vry favorable to
i he company.
DRUGGED HIS FATHER.
Lexington Avenue Youth of 18 Then
Maks Away witp $7 00
New York, Feb. 8 - Charles Upton,
the IS year old son uf Dr. William it.
t pton a weaitly physician of No. 1994
Lexington avenue, who was released
rrom the Klnilrn Iteformntory less
than two weeks ago, aiier being sent
there for choking iiis grandmother
into insensibility and then robbing her
administered a dose of chloral hydrate
l*i his father Sunday nigiit. and with
the aid of an iuts.de accomplice open
ed a sate in the doctor's otiic securing
about S4OO in money and nearly s:;uu
worth of jewelry .
The doctor says the dose was a big
(no and neat' c killed him. As it was
the physician did uoi recover until
yesterday. Dr. Upton reported the af
tair to ihe police of the Bast. t2tith
street, station, but they have been un
able to get any trace of the boy.
SHORT LITE PREDICTED
FOR NEW FRENCH CABINET
Premier Roovler Beset with Trouble
at Outset.
Parts, Feb. 9. Humors are already
cm rent llial the new French cabinet
will not be of long duration. No defi
nite reasons are given for tills pessi
mistic vie".', but ii"- contention is
made that th * very composition ot the
tt ibiatry does not augur well lor its
continuance and that Premier Kouvler
win either have to turd radical himsett
or convert his minsters into eonserva
t’vcis. if tie hopes t * remain in control
The inajorit v of the ministers the
untried men. Even .1. Ktiroiuj, minis
ter of the interior, cannot be counted
among those who cone tuily prepared
for their otttc.t, fur thei uuty high otfico
i.t-id by him before he was selected oy
M Rouvior was the under secretary
stun of the colonies.
The fired let on j:, that "tile rock
ahead” will Im the name tor M. Hou
1 or mid ms nsßoCitUos an ll was for
ilie Corn boa cabinet. There seouis to
bo little doubt that UK- ltouvier miliis
tiy will carry on the war against um
clericals, us ruthlessly ns did the
(.'unites cabinet, but close observers
calm that ltouvier will-go down with
hit enemies and that If he ever gains
m victor, l.u will not remain io puice
eng enough to enjoy It,
(■dltkliS FRIEtoS SAY
THERE IS NO CHANCE
TO GET HIS RELEASE
'T'*-T T T T T ▼ T
' MUST NOT EXPECTORATE
ON THE SIDEWALKS
►
t Tbe board of health has re
-1 quested the city council to pass ■
an ordinance prohibiting people -
• from expectorating on the streets I
There is now an ordinance which <
prohibits expectorating in public <
places and while it has not been *
rigidly enforced in the past the f
board of health proposes to take *
; up the matter and see that It fs A
• enforced hereafter. i
Tlie matter of prohibiting same i
on streets has been referred to *
hc council r i. alttee, and
- 71 the XUf •'* 8 taVOr ' •
nlile reJiW’f' <il be rendered by A
■ the oonunitt.ee. . <
GONFEDEPATE LICENSES.
Unable to Secure Pensions Some Vet
erans ar; Using Licenses.
1 Savannah. Feb. B.—The fact that
■ and to do Confederate veterans who
it" unable to : "retire pensions are do-
Jig business under Confederate voter-
Dus license* has been brought to the
aTeuiion of. the mayor at>d has added
u now i tlasc to the mu ‘lt discussed
matter. Colonel William Garrard, city
attorney lias been called upon to ren
>h r an opinion
It is stat'd that the requirement*
!•" obtaining a Confederate votnians'
: : ” to do business and to secure
i>■ "irf:on ar.: practically the same.
Tim 'aw allowing the veterans to have
- ' license,., povided that they mu.-J
' • either iiuliai-nt, disabled or ore- 50
of age. TnoHt* making the po'nt
'h the mayor state that there nr"
(.‘•'Ufeui-rate veteran* in the city and .ing
nslnetjs unde- veteran's licenses who
a" ■ dOh '. e and pi u is ion u.
Tne matter was discussed at iengtn
'-'itli Colonel Garrard In the mayor's
1 hire today ti-/ those Interested, 'olo
•i(d Garrard fines not seem fully to
upee with Bute making the joint but
e ewiil rendu: a decision in the tu-iiUf
JAPAN A HEAVY GRAIN BUYER
Purchases 2,000,000 Bushels in Minnea
polis During the Past Week.
Minneapolis, Fob. 9.—Two Million
m shots of grain have lie in purchased
.n Minr.eapolio sinee last Thursday
am! shipped to Japan. Seattle brow
have beei. buyers and though r
is announced that the grain goes to
'he Uhilippiit's if is known and al
■, ifii'.i iiy the prominent dealers that
.m|an is the real consignee. Ten
thousand tons of oat* gold here today
ii and )0,0"O lao/ last week will lie stiip
l ed this week.
The demand ha* made tfe week's
trade a record breaker for M'nnegpo
firn and the Northwest. There ate nc
P'ospects of in end of the pn .chases
K AOaMA PROOUCI
Production of Iron and Ore in that
State Last Year One-Tenth of the
Total Output of the Country.
Birmingham Ala, Feb. 9.-^-Official
figures just Issued on the productotn
or I ig iron in Alabama last year show
that this state makes nearly one tenth
of the pig iron of the entire country,
-ho total production In t.he United
Hates last year was 16,49f,033 tons
of which Hie south produced 2,743,313
0 ns. Alabama's total make in tons
m s 1,153,513, or more than halt of the
entire production of the south. -Dur
ir.g the past three year* this state's
production of iron has increased 63,-
ri 1 tons, wthile tlio total gain ot the
country during the same period was
ot ty 618,699 tons. The gain of the
southern states during the past three
years ’-as been 228,301 tons ol which
A'abama furnitbed Ynore than a tourtn.
Industrial operators says that last
year's production In this state would
nave boon much larger but for the
real miners’ strike last summer and
i K drop m iron prices in August,
which claused ti t furnace operators to
deliberately curtail the production of
iron 25 per rent. This curtailment
continued for about three months ami
-lastly reduced the total output, whlcn
..mild have been something like 1,000,1
100 tons but fir those untoward condi
iii ns. At tlm late now being niatn
ii.'ned. it is believed mat this years
production of pig iron In this state
will be close to I,7UU,UUU tong, provid
ed nothing unforseen happens to re
itard it. While the miners' strike con*
!t:nues at manv of the mines, puces ar 0
I -ugh uud conditions are favorable to 1
tweing production to a certain degree I
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HE KiUS I 111
, ARO SE TRIED
.i-i'Ew E
Tr. pxft Refuses to Let
Novelist's Wife iee
Husband r\
APPEALS NO I tISIIVEB fig
She Leaves Sicked at Rigo and Trav
els to St. Petersburg, Where she
Begs Govpi nor-General to Ad
mit Her to his Cell.
“St. Petersburg, via Eldtkuhnen,
Feh. 8. —Reliable information has
reached the friends of Maxim Gorki
that the hand of the Russian govern
ment has fallen heavily upon the au
thor and agitator. There is no immed
iate prospect ol his trial and so long
Hi he remain: in the Sts. Peter ana
Paul fortress be will be treated like an
i rdinary criminal.
Every effort has been made to se
cure for him certain luxuries, but the
t" thorities have persistently refused
to “treat htm as an exception." Hit,
v 'le who has ptst arisen front a alck
led, arrfved here from Riga a few
cays ago and called upon (Jjveraor-
L' her a! Trem.il’. She told ho that
ter husband ".as not In the nest of
health and tha. she feared the conflne
n'nftt would result in lung troluie and
perhaps bring about Ills death. General
'.lie;off regretted that he co.dd not,
in justice to f) c oilier prisonets, make
r-p cial concessions to her husband,
it lien Mudan Gorki beggud yermls
s on to visit her husband, Gi.nt al Tre.
puff refused 'c grant the roqu.st and
Hen brought the interview tc an ab
rupt close.
Friencts Give no Hops.
in her distress Jlada. :e Gorki
sought out several Influent al .Heads
of iier hushana. They ini ,r, ,and her
u'lt al! hope tc bring abou. h , liber
ation at this tone bud been . j Joned
aid tliat the e was even .ti hope
ct speeding the procctu.n t , para
tory Vo his trial, as tiic otuc. si are by
tc mean3 wiilhig to ticu., ths jrid to
a "cause celeb re” wlLch hi . s very
r.auire is bound to aruut- jterew
througliout the civilized wc.ic.
But these friends of Gorki aa-e man
aged to see him in bis priso*. They
report ihat lie t* confined in a dark
et ii, insufficiently heated a„d .ocatea
.it u section of Ute prison v. sica is
noted tor its unhealthy condition, as It
*k 'damp and l.adiy ventilated, lie re
ce.'ves the ordinary prison fare, and
n,s urgent requests lor 000,-3 ,:or pen
nrd paper, iiave so tar boon dialed by
cm paiiers. '1 hey aiso bay tuat no
icuks ill and that if ho is compelled
to languish much longer in u.e fort
ress he will leave it oluy to go to tbe
consumptives' hospital.
Many Other* Share hi* Fate.
Gorki’s lat" is shared by some ot
the best brains of Russia. Several ed
it* rs, a score or more of lawyers, as
romy teaoine •<> ana ni/vny n. n who
nave had Lhe best interests, uf Rus
sia at heart 'or years are aifau tmprls
01 oil in the fortress. Not only is
tiiero no hope of their early release
out Is ig pos'tively known U.it they
will not be tried until the country is
tranquil again.
For years past it has been tbe pol
icy of the Russian bureaucracy to koep
those whose convictions seem in uoubt
th prison until their spirit 1-ub been
btoken and their health shattered. A
hundred such cases could be ciceo. Be
portation to Siberia for political crim
eu having beer, eliminated from the
penal code Russia, men of tht*
signip are kept iu tbo hoe pi.sons tux
t.l they cease to he a danger to the
state.
(jorki'B friends have the one hope
mat they may ultimately secure his
liberation by promising to take him
out ot the country. Tne d;nger ex
ists of course that, ho may re,use to go
uio voluntary exile, but bis vife may
us relied upu i to change hi. mind M
lie should still consider it hi., duty to
%,main In Russia.
Mitchell Says Keep up btrlke.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. i. —John
Mitchell, president of the Mine Work
ers of America in addreuslp*. a mass
meeting of miners at Easley, today, ad
vised a continuation of the present
strike which has already lasted saves
ths and affected 7,000 persons.