The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 31, 1903, Image 3
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A BLIZZARD HORROR
Frightfully Fatal Disaster on
Railroad in Michigan.
. TWENTY-TWO ARE DEAD
Jn Raging Snow Storm Wind Extin\
guished Red Signal Light and
Swiftly Moving Trains Crash
in Head-On Collision.
An eastbound and a westbound passenger
train on the Pere Marquette
railroad met in a head-on collision six
miles cast of Grand Rapids, about six
o'clock Saturday evening, just west
of East Paris.
The two trains were running at full
speed, and the engines were reduced
to tangled heaps of wreckage. The
first cars were also demolished, and
both trains left the track, except the
last coach on each, so great was the
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force of the collision.
The eastbound train was due to
leave Grand Rapids r.t 5:20 bound for
Detroit and was a little late The
westbound train was due from Detroit
at 5:15. It was also late.
Sunday the death list resulting from
the collision stood at twenty-two, with
twenty-sine injured, several of them
probably fatally.
It was the most disastrous wreck in
the history of the Pere'Marquette system.
and instead of being caused by
v man's carelessness or mistake, is
charged to the nigh wind which extin- j
guisbed the red signal lamp in the j
order board at McCords station, where j
the westbound train was expected to j
stop and receive orders. Two min- :
utes before the train rushed by Mc- j
v Cords the light was burning, says the j
operator there, but in that brief inter- j
val the blizzard that was raging ex- j
tinguished it and train No. 5 nashed by ;
the station to crash into the eastbound j
rain No. 6 at East Paris'. The trains, j
which were two of the 'finest on the ;
system, were reduced to a promiscuous
pile of broken and twisted timber
and metal with dead and injured
pinned down and crushed by the fragments
of heavy cars.
Five cars and two large locomotives
were jammed into a space ordinarily
occupied by three coaches and the
wreckage was strewn across the railroad
right of way from fence to fence.
When train No. 5, westbound,
whizzed by McCords instead of stopping,
the frightened operator notified
the dispatcher and then found that his j
re dlight had been extinguished. He
reported this fact and then there was
but one action to take. The collision
was inevitable. The dispatcher's office
called for medical aid and gave orders
to hold the train over the Saginaw
branch at the depot and get the wrecking
outfit under steam. They then
* waited for the word they knew must
come. There was no chance of the
fast running trains to see each other
through the driving blizzard to even ;
slow down and in a few minutes |
word came from the conductor of No.
5 that they had crashed together and
that there was an awful loss of life.
it was at the rear end of the smoker
and forward end of the cafe car where
all the passengers were killed and injured.
According to. statements made by
officers of the Pere Marquette, the
westbound train wasi traveling down
grade at the rate of 60 miles an hour.
The eastbound train was climbing the
hill at a speed of 40 miles an hour. The
former carried seventy-five passengers,
while the latter is believed to have
been carrying at last 135 persons.
The two trains collided at about the
t . * middle of a long, sweeping curve threequarters
of a mile west of East Paris.
BRITAIN RECOGNIZES PANAMA.
Citizens of Color Evinces Greatest
Jubilation Over Announcement.
Colon is in a state of joyful excitement
following upon the news that
the British government has recognized
the republic of Panama.
The foreign population of Colcn is
largely composed of natives 01 ureat
Britain, and the Britishers joined the
natives in their jubilation.
SENATOR KOAR LOSES WIFE.
Death Comes to' Mrs. Hoar at Sena'
tor's Home in Washington.
Ruth Miller Hoar, wife of Senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts, died suddenly
Thursday night at her home in Washington
of angina pectoris.
Senator Hoar, the family physicians
and Miss Patterson, a friend, were
with her when she died. Mrs. Hoar
had been in poor health for some
time, but an improvement in her condition
had been noted recently, and
her sudden demise caused a great
shock to her family and friends. The
body was taken to Worcester, Mass.
THREE TOY PISTOL VICTIMS.
Wilmington, N. C-, Has Most Strenu*
ous Christmas Celebration. '
The deadly toy pistol claimed three
victims in Wilmington, N. C., this
Christmas, one white and two colored
boys.
The celebration was the most extensive
in years. The police were kept
very busy and the city prison was
taxed to its utmost capacity.
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WRECK VICTIMS ROBBED.
A Revolting Feature of the Baltimore
and Ohio Raiiway Disaster?List
Reaches Sixty-Eight Dead.
The summing up of the results cf
Wednesday night's wreck of the DuQuesne
limited on the Baltimore and
Ohio, eight miles west of Connellsviile
shows a total dead list 01 sixty-eight
and nine injured.
Thursday Connelsville was packed
with curious people attracted by the
wreck. The three morgues found it
necessary to put guards on all doors
tO K66p morula spt?Cl?lll>rs Aicriu cuo
small rooms and walking over the
forms of the dead. The streets were
packed and in front of each of the undertaking
establishments hundreds of
people were grouped, eagerly waiting
for a glimpse at the dead bodies.
Friends and relatives of the victims
came in on every train, and scenes at
the morgues were most distressing.
All but a few of the sixty-eight
bodies have been identified and those
who were still unknown were laid away
in Hill Grove cemetery at the dawn
of Christmas morning.
Those who are still to be identified
are mostly foreigners, and it is doubtful
if their identity will ever be known.
Considerable money was found on the
persons of the unidentified, and tightly
sewed in a belt on one foreigner was
found more than $400, which was placed
in the First i\ational ank. Sums
ranging from $100 to $300 were found
and this, like the balance, has been
put in the bank until perhaps some
time a relative may be located.
Many of the victims of the wreck
were robbed. There are several who
are known to have had a large amount
of money and jewelry on their persons.
Not a single cent was found in
the pockets of several of these, and it
was plainly visible that rings had been
taken from the fingers. Robbers were
on the scene early and before many of
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tfie rescuers arrivea uiuau bc^uicu
considerable booty, much of which con*
sisted of baggage and hand bags that
had been tossed about the cars in the
wreck. A number of these have been
recovered and it is the opinion of local
officers that the bags were quickly
picked up by the gang of thieves
that operated there before assistance
arrived.
It has been learned that the car
which dropped the timbers which
wrecked the train was gondola No.
3,087, of the Nickel Plate railroad.
Superintendent J. F.?Irwin, of the
B. and 0., declares the b'ame must be
fastened on the parties who loaded
the lumber on the car. His theory is
that the stakes at the side of the
gondola were weak and gave way under
the tension of the car when rounding
curves.
NO RESPECT FOR THE DEAD.
Chicago Grand Jury Seeks to Have
Strike Pickets Indicted.
Scathing criticism of pefsons who
have disturbed funeral processions in
unicago were maae Dy ine gran a jury,
which reported to Judge Clifford
Thursday. The grand jury also criticised
"irresponsible organizations"
for creating disorder and defying the
law. The report says: ?
"We find that for several months
irresponsible organizations have been
creating disorder in this county, destroying
property and defying the law.
We have found that ordinary subpenas
duces tecum make 'forthwith' and
issued by this court, have been evaded.
"It is public report that at present
in this city houses of worship and
houses of mourning are made the
scenes of disorder by men calling
themselves union pickets and that the
bodies of the dead- are desecrated. We
believe that these conditions justify
careful examination and we "respectfully
suggest that the conditions we
have recited be made a special subject
of inquiry by the January grand
jury."
CHRISTMAS CASH GONE.
Cnwwwan/ of RailrnjM Cnnstriirtion
Gang ,Missing with Large Sum.
C. E. Lanier, employe of Brooke's
construction gang for the Birmingham
extension of the Seaboard, who had
vouchers for upward of $1,400 to fce
used in settling with the men on his
payroll, is missing after having received
the money from the bank at Austell,
Ga., early Thursday morning.
SLEW CHILDREN AND SELF.
Farmer, Unable to Buy Gifts, Commits
Horrible Deed.
Brooding over his inability to purchase
suitable Christmas gifts for his
three motherless children, Joseph
Phillips, a Hollowville, N. Y., farmer,
murdered the three children's and then
hanged himself in a neighbor's barn.
Phillips had complained lately of his
poverty, and it is believed his mind
became unsettled. With ax in hand
Phillips entered his house Christmas
eve and crushed the skulls of Todo,
aged 15, Frank, aged 11, and Carrie,
aged 10.
POLICE PROTECT THE DEAD.
Officers Continue to Ride in Funeral
Processions at Chicago.
More hearses were used by the undertakers
at Chicago Sunday in conducting
funerals than at any time
since the livery drivers went on a
strike, but in every case policemen
rode on the box with the driver. In
one or two instances regular funeral
processions of hearses and carriages
drove to the cemeteries.
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Martyr French Army Officer!
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CASE WILL BE REOPENED
Special Ccurt Commission Makes
Unanimous Report for Revision
of Case That Has Attracted
World-Wide Attention.
A special from Paris, France, says:
Captain Dreyfus, accused of treason
to his country, degraded, dismissed
from the French army and most bitterly
punished, will have another trial,
this time by a civilian tribunal.
As a result of the examination of all
the evidence submitted to the two
courts martial which have passed on
the question of Dreyfus' guilt, as well
as upon the petition of Dreyfus for a
new trial and the additional facts
brought to light by general Andre,
minister of war, the commission of revision,
representing tne court of cassation,
reached a decision Wednesday
in favor of the revision ot the case
by the criminal branch of the court
of cassation. The court will assemble
next month, and Dreyfus will then
have full opportunity to make a compete
exposition of the wrongs he has
suffered. The former captain, as a
result of this new trial, expects to
obtain a full and complete vindication,
followed by restoration to his rank
in the army.
Though it had been announced that
the revision commission would reach
i a decision Wednesday evening, there
were iew persons ouisiae me ministry
of justice, where the sittings of
the commission were held, indicating
that the interest of Parisians in the
case is not as keen as it has been in
the past.
Dreyfus received the news of the
decision of the commission through
personal friends, who extended to
him their earnest congratulations on
his victory.
There was absolute unanimity among
the members of the commission. One
member asserted that upon the facts
presented, as the result of the investigation
made by Captain Targe,
an officer on the staff of War Minister
Andre, another revision of the case
was made possible.
The details in the report of the
commission have not yet ?een made
public, but it is stated generally that
the production of evidence which had
nrkt Koon ciihmltto/? tr? tVio rmirt mar.
tial at Rennes and the change of testimony
on the part of some of the
witnesses before the court martial,
which entirely reversed. the view as
to the guilt of Dreyfus, brqjight about
the decision of the commission to refer
the case for retrial to a civil tribunal.
COLOMBIAN ARMY "LOST."
American Exploring Party Can Find
no Trace of Invaders.
A Washington special says: Rear
Admiral Glass, writing to the navy department
from Panama, under date of
December 13M reports that, with the
view of investigating the movement
of Colombian troops, he sent a scouting
party fro mthe cruiser Boston to
Santa Maria and Yaviza to communicate
with the inhabitants and investigate
the rumors of an invasion of the
isthmus by the Colombian forces and !
to obtain information as to tne practicability
of such an invasion. The
district visited HRDL HRDLU RDLU
scouting party reported all quiet in
the district visited, and tnat they
could get no knowledge of any movement
of Colombian troops.
Admiral Glass reports chat while an
invasion is possible the progress of
any coniderable force must be slow,
as roads would have to be cut and facilities
for transporting larger bodies
of men by the rivers are inadequate.
Reporting on a scouting trip of the
Atlanta, Admiral Cochlan says that a
trail was found by which small parties
can go from San Bias to Colon, but
that the party neither heard nor saw
j anything of any Colombian troops havI
ing been in that vicinity.
COSTLY BLAZE IN QUITMAN.
Georgia Town Suffers Heavy Loss in
Destruction of Buildings.
The most disastrous fire at Quitman,
Ga., for a number of years broke out
at 4 o'clock Sunday morning in the
store of the Tillman Hardware Company,
and spread to that of M. Elder,
groceries, and then to that of J. O.
Lewis, general merchandise, and the
Masonic lodge over it. But for the
heavy fire wall next to the Lewis
store the whole block would have
gone. The total loss is in the neighborhood
of twenty-five tnousond dollars.
MURRAY ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
I Chicago Man Chosen to Act as Aid to
ouriuiyuu.
Lawrence 0. Murray, of Chicago,
has been chosen assistant secretary of
commerce and labor. The selection
i was announced Wednesday by the
president, who stated that the office
i had been tendered to and accepted by
I Mr. Murray and that the nomination
; would be sent to the senate immediatei
ly aftec the holiday recess.
GEN. WOOD HEARD FROM. |
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Writes to War Department from Ma- !
nila and Takes Occasion tt> Rap
Traducers of His Good Name.
A Washington special says: The j
war department has made public ! lie !
following letter:
"Manila, P. I., July 16. 1903.?To the |
Adjutant General, U. S. A., Washing-!
ton.?Sir: I have the honor to invite j
your attention to statements made j
in the editorial columns of The New !
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York Sun of June 2, 4 and C, and later
dates, which clearly charge'me with
conduct of a most censurable character.
perhaps, contemptible, would be
a better word. I also invite your attention
to the source from which the
Daner claims to have obtained its infor
Riation?namely, the statements of
First Lieutenant James E. Runeie
(late major United States volunteer
cavalry) made to various reliable parties.
and to request that matter j
be referred to the inspector general of |
the army for such action as may be I
required under the circumstances, or j
to any other authority which the war i
department may deem proper. I in- J
close herewith a statement of the facts
in the case, together with true copies
of leters, extracts from letters,, etc.,
bearing on the subject.
"The matter is now one of three and
a half year's standing, and during the
greater portion of this period I have
been within easy reach of the aggrieved
party or parties. The statement
inclosed gives tne addresses of
most of the persons who have more
or less knowledge of the affair. It
will be noted that many of the letters
are confidential in character, the originals
of which are in the confidential
official files 01 the secretary of war.
Very respectfully,
"LEONARD WOOD,
"Brigadier General U. S. Army."
DIPLOMATS FEAR WAR.
Knowing Ones jn the Far East Believe
Japan and Russia Will Fight
Chinese Empire Imperiled.
A dispatch from Pekin, China, says:
The optimistic feeling in some quarters
concerning war between Japan
and Russia are not shared by the other
diplomats at Pekin whose knowledge
of the political situation of affairs entitles
that opinion to the highest consideration.
It is positively known that
the Japanese government has drawn
the line for a settlement beyond
which it will not make any material
concessions, and that she is determinj
ed to fight before yielding what she
considers to be her vital interests. It
[ is believed that unless Russia conj
cedes important points another exchange
of notes will precipitate mat[
ters.
It is also believed that Japan will
I refuse any arrangement holding in
abeyance the question of the evacuation
of Manchuria, which was one of
the terms of the proposed arrangements
recently announced from St
Petersburg, and wbicb It is now supposed
was intended by the Russian
government as a "feeler." This would
be a violation of expressed pledges
given to Japan and China.
Minister Unichida is reported to
have said he would be obliged to resign
his post in tne event of such an
agreement The most dangerous factors
in the situation are the confidence
of the Russian ofllcials in the Far East
.that a war would mean an easy victory
for Russia and the cnallenging
tone of the Russian officials and newspapers.
The intelligent Chinese officials
await developments with tne deepest
'anxiety. They foresee the many perils
menacing China in the event of
war and the possibilities that a portion
of the empire may result from
China's inability to maintain the neutrality
of her harbors and subjects.
Largest Stationary Engine on Earth.
.The biggest stationary steam engine
on earth reached the world's fair
grounds at St. Louis Wednesday on
a? ri . - ?e rr n n ^ ~
iweuiy-oue cars it 15 oj. o,uui/ uuiac
power. The engine is to he installed
in the machinery hall. The total gross
weight of the shipment is 720 tons, divided
into 202 packages.
CHICKEN SHOW BARRED.
Mayor of Boston Protects Sacred Precincts
of Faneu'I Hall.
Permission to use Faneuil Hall for
an exhibition of poultry was denied by
Mayor Collins, of Boston, in a message
to the board of aldermen, which had
granted the privilege to the New England
Light Brahma Club.
"I regard such use of the hall illegitimate,"
he wrote. "The hall is a
resort of all patriotic visitors who
come to Boston, and its use lor a poultry
exhibition or any kindred show is
ridiculous and condemns its sacred
memories.
FIREBUGS DESTROY STEAMER.
New Vessel cf Lucas Line Burned ai
PalatKa, Fla.
At PalatKa, Fla., Friday morning,
the new Ocklawaha steamer, of the
Lucas line, was burned at Boyd's ship
yard. That the fire was of incendiary
origin was indicated by an empty o:J
can which was found floating astern
of the wheel house where the blaze
was first discovered.
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BEAOPRE VACATES!
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Our Minister at Colombian!
Capital Leaves His Post, j
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SAILS ON THE OLYMPIA!
Admiral Coghlan Acted as His Escort j
Great Crowd Was Assembled at
Cartagena, But Americans
Were Not Molested.
Admiral Coghlan's flagship, the crui- j
ser Olympia, arrived at Colon Monday j
afternoon from Cartegena, with A. M. j
Beaupre, United States minister to Co- I
lombia, and Mrs. Beaupre, on board, j
Minister and Mrs. Beaupre arrived i
at Cartagena from Bogota Saturday j
j and boarded the Olympia on her ar- j
I rival Sunday afternoon. The Olympia j
immediately sailed for Colon. Minis- i
tor Beaupre will sail at once for New I
| York on the steamer Yucatan. The ;
! rccepticn of the Olympia at Cartagena ;
| was friendly. The naval authorities !
at Colon received instructions from
Washington Christmas day not to send ;
the cruiser Atlanta, the' converted j
j cruiser Mayflower and the gunboat i
j Castine to Cartagena with the Olym- j
j pia, as previously projected.
The Olympia, therefore, sailed for
' Cartagena along at daybreak Saturday
and arrived oft' "the Boca Chicha en- j
trance to the big lagoon on which Car- ;
tagena is situated early Sunday morn- j
ing. As the Olympia neared the en- j
trance she descried the Colombian
cruiser Cartagena four miles distant, j
making every effort to reach the cn- ;
1 trance and to pass into the lagoon '
ahead of the Olympia, which she succeeded
in doing.
Passed Colombian War Ship.
The Olympia steamed slowly to the
tortuous entrance SeTween two old
Spanish forts which apparently were
deserted and found that the Colombian
cruiser had taken up a position a
short distance inside, but command-1
ing the entrance. It was learned sub- j
sequestly that the Cartagena had j
p-rrtnn^Pfj then* and that later s>he was i
towed into port.
The Olympia passed the Colombian
warship and proceeded to Cartagena,
which is a mile from the entrance.
Anchoring about a mile from the
town the Olympia hoisted the Colombian
flag at her main and fired a salute
of twenty-one guns. Shortly after the
Colombian battery at the edge of the
town returned the salute. Admiral
Ccghlan then sent a boat ashore to
communicate with United States Consul
Orr, but it was learned that Mr.
Orr had left Cartagena about a fortnight
also for Baranquilla. The
British vice consul at Cartagena, who
is a very sick man and is hardly expected
to live, had undertaken to look
after United States' interests pending
the arrival of Mr. Orr's successor.
WOMAN SUSPECTED OF ARSON..
Sensational Arrest of Physician's Wife
by Detective in Macon, Ga.
On fhe police docket at Macon,
Monday morning appeared the name of
Mrs. R. N. Hicks, of Oakfield, Ga.,
wife of a prominent South Georgia
physician, who was arrested by a detective,
suspected of applying a match
to room 46, of the Edgerton hotel, on
Fourth street.
Shortly after her detention, a telephone
message was sent to her husband.
The amount of bond, which was
$200, was asked, and witmn an nour s
time the president of a Macon bank
called and signed the bond. ,
Mrs. Hicks left immediately after
her release for her home. near Cordele.
Sunday morning early the room,
which was occupied by Mrs Hicks wa3
found ablaze. Holes had been cut
through the plastering and kerosene
poured in. The bed clothing had been
piled upon that portion of the room
where the kerosene had been used.
The entire contents of the room were
destroyed. Mrs. Hicks, it is said, lost
her purse and two ten dollar bills.
It is the general opiDion that Mrs.
Hicks is innocent of the attempted
incendiarism and other arrests are expected.
SLUMMERS FOR THE SOUTH.
Plan to Employ New York Tenement
Dwellers in North State Cotton Mills.
A plan to operate a chain of cotton
mills in North Carolina by tenement
dwellers of New York city, taken there
an/i trained hv a few skilled workmen,
is being evolved by men interested in
the cotton business. If the scheme is
carried out, it will result in the establishment
of a self-sustaining charity,
which will take hundreds of women
and children from the dirty, overcrowded
slums of the city into a healthy
country life, wi'h cottages and
schools.
JELKS TO OFFER REWARD.
Alabama Governor Hot on the Trail of
Lynchers and Incendiaries.
Governor Jelks, of Alabama, stated
Monday afternoon that if the newspaper
reports of the lynching of a negro
and the burning of several residences
and stores at Pineapple, Ala., were
true, he would offer a large reward for
those implicated, notwithstanding the
$1,000 reward offered by The citizens.
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CZAR YEARNS FOR PEACE. |
Though Putting Up a Big Bluff, Russian
Ruler is Disposed to Yield to
Demands of Mikado.
Advices from St. Petersburg state
that the consensus of official opinion
among those associated with the government,
but not responsible therefor, *
is ttait the czar is so peacefully disposed
that he will make such conce>- !
sions to Japan as are necessary to prevent
war, provided that no unforeseen
events force the hands of the govern- - ;;
ments concerned. At tne same time, ~;
the czar, it is pointed out, agrees with J
those who believe that preparations for ^ M
war present the best safeguard for
peace and that apparent willingness to
allow matters to be submitted to the
test of arms is more likely to lead to .
a satisfactory compromise than an ex- Jj
hibition of over much peacefulness. '?3
This unofficial opinion, however, believes
the controlling party in Russia ;
regards Korea as necessary to the con- [%
solidation of Russian interests in the |
Far East, and therefore it is deter- k M
mined to prevent the peninsula falling " ijl
into Japanese hands, and that any con- r'
cessions Russia now makes to Japan
will only be with the object of defer- \"jS
ring the difficulty until a more season- :|I|
able time. ,
In St. Petersburg official circles the ' 5|
delay in presenting Russia's reply to ':"M
Japan/ is not regarded as ominous. v|S
On the contrary, the fact that Russia, .y|ji
in accordance with Japan's request, :;|g
is actually reviewing the matters in i|p
dispute is regarded as a favorable
sign. It is pointed out that had Russia ^||
replied immediately unfavorable deduc- /Jf
tions might have been drawn* and although
Russia believes her proposals
were extremely conciliatory, contain- :
ing ail the concessions! she can make,
this does not exclude the possibility
of finding alternative propositions in r
some portions of the general scheme
of settlement, which may more closely
coincide with Japan's wishes. If care- JS
IU1 r^CUU^lUCl (luuu uio^iuoto uuv V'VSSM
bility of such a course, it is said that J|||
there is every reason to believe it will
gladly be embraced. ' - Iffi
TO FIGHT FRANCHISE TAX.
City of Atlanta Issues Fi. Fas. Against
Several Corporations.
At the request of Atlanta's city t|j
i comptroller, J. H. Goldsmith, fi. fas.
have been issued against tne Atlanta ;$3|
i Gas Light Company, the Southern Ex!
press Company and the Atlanta
! Standard Telephone Company by ,;V|S
Comptroller General William A.
Wright, of the state of Georgia, for "i
the collection of their franchise and other
taxes due the city, tnese compa*
I nies having failed to pay their taxes /||j
before the time limit expired. "'1m
Several other companies have not. -'<3|
j paid their taxes, but their checks hard
I been held up and the matter is in lit!- 1?|
j gation or will be, so that no fi. fas.
I were issued in these instances. The '"J||
' Seaboard Air Line still owes its taxes, "\'M
but has until January 5 th to make payment.
The amount of tnis road's taxes ^J|
is $2,405.05. i :-m
The amounts for which the fi. fas.
1 are issued are as follows: Atlanta Gas
! Light Company, which has paid all but..
its franchise tax, $1,843.75; Southern
I Express Company, $2,609.90; Atlanta . ^
! Standard Telephone Company,? $1.- -1$3
j 607.52. The fi. fas. state that the ~
amounts due are for taxes on the tanI
gible and other property of the com pa- \>j||
j nies and upon their franchises, except
L in the case of the Atlanta Gas Light
Company, whidh has paid its franchise
j These companies have paid their oc- - ;J1
cupation tax to the city and contend ^
! that in paying the amounts tor which
the fi. fas. have been issued they ' |||
should have deducted from these
amounts the amount paid for the oc- .
cupation tax. City attorney Mayson
held that the law which allow such re- ;, 4|
ductions applied only to street car com. *
panies.
Oppose Linotype Machines.
Columbia Typographical Union No. :yf
1ft'1 ~ * TXr? nVi?r?rr+rm VlOQ flnnftintAd a
! VY acmuj, wu, ?
committee to go before congress and
! enter an earnest protest against the in* ' ?
stallation of typesetting machines in ; \ %
the government printing office. The f ; |
: claim is made that the machines can!
not do government work.
: LONG TERM FOR TRAIN WRECKER |
Negro is Sent Up for Ten Years for |
Derailing Southern Train
: Arthur Lee, alias Charles Lee, col- .
ored, was sentenced to ten years in 3
i state's prison at Halifax, Va., Monday ' !
: for derailing the Southern railway's
train No. 3, at Milton station, Novem- y,
i ber 1* ' ^11
j Lee was captured while removing
i rails from the Southern's tracks at
Jeffries Junction December 12. For . |
this attempt to wreck ne received a, ,
five-year sentence,
i The negro's scheme was to wreck a
i train, and in the contusion rob the i
! cars.
MONEY OR HIS LIFE.
: Demand of Blackmailer on Superintendent
of a Railroad. a
Superintendent Perkins, of the Bur!
lington road, has received a letter
mailed at Watson, Mo., saying that he
deposited $5,000 in a spot designated,
the writer, "Odell Carter," would kill ' '
him on sight. Mr. Perkins has placed
the letter in the hands of the postofficc
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