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Engineer Had Plain Orders
as to Meeting Place But
k r Rushed on to Disaster.
Scenes Appalling and
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Heartrending. ;
(One of the worst disasters in the
history of southern railroading occurred
on the Knoxville division of the '
Southern railway Saturday morning. I
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Two trains carrying heavy lists of j
passengers came togetner m a irigm- j
ful head-end collision near Hodges,'
Tenn., sending fifty-four people to I
death and Injuring 120, several of j (
whom died on the relief trains and *n <
% the Knoxville hospital, swelling the
! list to sixty-two.
This appalling loss of life and maiming
of the living resulted apparently ;
from the disregarding of orders given :
to the two trains to meet at a sta- ;
tion which has for a long time been
their regular meeting point. The claim
of failure to see either the station or ;
signals could not be set up by the en- ;
gineer of the westbound train were ne j
alive to enter a plea of defense, as the <
accident happened in broad daylight !
and according to the best information <
obtainable he had the orders in a lit- .
tie frame in front of him as his mon- :
ster of iron and steel rushed by Now :
\ -Market and soon after came upon an
Ieastbound passenger train making for
New Market, in compliance with instructions,
to meet the westbound
train which carried the sleepers from
^ the east for Knoxville, Chattanooga i
and other southern cities.
The possibility exists that the illfated
engineer may have been asleep i
or that sudden death had taken the ;
sight from his eyes before New Mar- ]
ket was reached. But nothing is
< iknown, save that the orders were not <
Obeyed. The trains were on time and
not making over thirty-five miles an i j
thour, yet the impact as they rounded 1
curve came suddenly upon each <
other was friglltful. Both engines and
the major portions of both trainsrwere <
demolished, and why the orders Were :
disregarded or misinterpreted proba- ]
V'i 1>ly will never be known, as the engin- eers
of the two trains were crushed,
Itheir bodies remaining for hours un
tier the wreckage of the monster locof
motives.
The trains were 'turnip > sharp
curve when they met, and the west- -bound
train seemed to jump over the*
engine of the eastbound train. Two
. day coaches were crushed on the east- :
bound-train between the baggage car <
tod sleepers. In one coach only one ;
.person escaped with his life.
The collision - occurred about 1 1-2
miles west of Hodges Station, and 18
miles east of Knoxville.
v At 9 o'clock Saturday night it was
known that fifty-nine lives had been
lost and 120 persons injured, according
to reports at the Knoxville hospifel,
to which institution all the seriously
injured were taken. Workers at the
< scene of the wreck had at that hour
recovered all the bodies except those
,of the enginemen and the passengers
rwhose lives were crushed out in the
aoetKmind tTV?in
QUIUAC' KJL IUC VUdbuuiuu ...
The collision occurred between eastbound
passenger No. 12 and westbound
passenger No. 15, from Bristol.
No. 12 was a heavy train, carrying
v three Pullmans, two day coaches and
PEACE CALL IS SLATED.
President to Act on Suggestion of Inter-Parliamentary
Union.
President Roosevelt announced Sat^
urday afternoon that at an. early date
he would ask the Dations of the world
to join in a second congress at The
Hague for the promotion of arbitration.
The occasion of the announcement
was the reception by the president of
the delegates of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union which recently held a ses*
sion at St. Louis and adopted a reso"
nrpsidont to call
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such a conference.
LOUISIANA POPULISTS MEET.
Hold Convention in Shreveport and
Put Out State Electoral Ticket.
The populists cf Louisiana met in
convention in Shreveport Saturday,
adopted a platform and placed a full
electoral ticket in the field. Every
congressional district was represented
\ when the convention was called to order
by Joe A. Parker, of Louisville,
Ky., campaign manager for the southern
states.
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a mail and baggage car. No. 15 is a'
light local train.
The greatest loss of life occurred in
the heavy eastbound train.
. The trains were to have passed at
New Market, but Engineer Kane ran
through that place without stopping
and had gone nearly two miles whan
the collision occurred.
Relief trains were dispatched from
Knoxville within an hour. All physicians
in the vicinity of the wreck were
ding what they could in the mean- j
time.
Horror Indescribable.
John W. Brown, of Rogersville,
Penn., a newspaper man, tells a most
graphic story of the wreck. He was J
in the rear coach of the westbound j
train and had no intimation of the j
wreck until the terrible crash came, j
accompanied by a fearful jolt. All the :
seats in the car were torn loose by i
the momentum and people and seats j
were hurled to the front end of the j
car. When he recovered from the j
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shock ne nearu tut: 5U1 caiuo i
groans of the dying and injured com- !
ing from the front of the train.
"I left the car," said Mr. Brown, "as
soon as I coul^ and walked to the
main part of the wreck. It was the ;
most horrible sight I ever witnesse-l j
la my life. I saw a woman pinioned I
by a piece of split timber which had j
gone completely through her body. A j
little child, quivering in death's agony, |
lay beneath the woman. I saw the !
child die, and within a few feet of j
her lay a woman's head, while the de- |
capitated body was several feet away, j
Another little girl, whose head was !
fearfully mashed, was pitifully calling
for her mother. I have since learned j
that she was Lucile Connor, of Knox- j
ville, and that both her parents were
killed in the wreck.
"I heard one woman, who was terribly
mangled, praying earnestly to be
spared for her children, but death relieved
her suffering in a few minutes.
"It was the most horrible, tragic
scene I ever witnessed. Both engines
and all the coaches of No. 15 were j
luor^iiv dpmolished. the smoker and |
baggage car completely so. The sleepers
remained on the track undamaged.
"The scene around the wreck beggars
description. Both engines lay to i
the north of the track, jammed together
* in one of indescribable,
ruin. The cars wirfch^wefe demolish-^
Bd w^re piled on the jyj^cked .engines
[ saw wobien, whd 'wefc-e ? perfectlyfrantic,
trying to find their husbands
or children who were buried in the
wreck. I saw one woman discover
her sister lying in a dying condition,
and I never heard such frantic
screamssjas she^ave when she ma^e
the discovery. Forty-eight bodies were
ebunted ^befofe I left for KndxvilJfc."
Death List Increased.
The death-list had grown Sunday
night sixty-two, and it will probably
exceed seventy, as, many Qf^the^ injured
are in serious condition,- a'hd
more deaths will occur at the Knoxville
hospital.
Sunday there were six deaths at the
institution, the last one occurring at
8 o'clock Sunday night, when M. P.
Gant, a prominent North Carolinian,
residing at Shelby, N. C., passed away
Others who died during the day at the
hospital were the two colored firemen,
two little girls and a colored man, of
Johnson City, Tenn. To the corrected
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list of deaa mere UlUOb UC uuuvu ? |
unknown infant found at the scene i
of the wreck and two other unidentified
bodies.
Nothing has developed to change
the previously stated opinion that the
wreck was due to the failure of the
westbound engineer to read his orders
correctly.
SEVEN IN ONE FAMILY KILLED.
One Sad Incident of Frightful Wreck
Brought to Light.
A telegram was received at Gaffney,
S. C., Saturday, announcing the death
of Mr. Lee Hill at Jellico, Tenn., who
was killed in an explosion in a powder
mill.
The corpse was expected at Gaffney
Saturday night, hut instead a telegram
was received that the corpse, accompanied
by Mr. Scott Hill, his father;
Lee Hill's wife and four children and
o eintrip sister, was on the ill-fated
Southern train which was wrecked
and that all the parties were killed.
GRAND SIRE WRIGHT INSTALLED.
Delegates from the Grand Lodge of1
Odd Fellows Call Upon Sick Chief.
Grand Sire-elect Robert Wright, oi
the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows,
who was prevented by illness
from attending the meeting in San
Francisco, was installed at his home
in Allentoown, Pa., Saturday by Past
Grand Sire Campbell, of Ontario, in
the presence of a score of officials of
the grand lodge of Pennsylvania. ^
LEGISLATOR BADLY.CUT. !
Political Opponent* Engag? In Fight
V/hlch May Prove Fatal and
Bring on More Trouble. I
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Dr. J. N. Spen-ce, representative ;
from Ware county, Ga., was seriously j
stabbed by J. R. McDonald, near j
Waresboro, Friday afternoon, and it ,
is stated that his Injuries may provo j
fatal, as one of the wounds is almost j
through his lungs. Dr. Spence was
stabbed four times, once in his left
breast, once in the hip and again from
the stomach down his leg. The most
serious stab is in the back.
Dr. Spence is the democratic nominee
from Ware county and is opposed
by McDonald, as an independent. The
latter represented Ware county six
years ago and has been a candidate
for re-election at every primary since. !
For years there has been bad feeling ;
between the men. The report of the j
row is that Dr. Spence went to Mc- j
Donald's home for the purpose of fore- j
ing him to sign an affidavit withdraw- j
ing certain charges made against him I
by McDonald.
It is said that Spence drew a revolv- j
er and informed McDonald that ne :
would kill him unless the affidavits :
were signed.
A friend was in the buggy with Dr. i
Spence, and when the pistol was I
drawn he caught hold of the doctor's j
arm. McDonald then sprang ui?on j
Spence, and while his friend was hold- I
ing him to prev.ent. McDonald from j
being shot, the stabbing was done. It j
is also claimed that a friend of Mc- j
Donald's was present and held a pis- j
tol on Spence while McDonald was j
stabbing him.
Both Spence and McDonald have !
large family connections, and It is be- |
lieved that there will be further trouble.
RELEASED A MURDERER.
Atlanta Police Captain Ignores Arrest
Made by a Bailiff1.
Owing to the fact that Captain j
Thompson, of the Atlanta police force, !
discharged a negro charged with mur- !
der who had been arrested by J. C. j
Etheridge, a bailiff in Judge Orr's '
court, and Policeman P. F. Cook,
charges will be preferred against the
captain, according to Baili-I Etheridge.
Etheridge is a bailiff in the court
of Justice of the Peace Orr at Atlan- j
ta. He acted as chief of police in I
"Winder, Ga., for tnree years, ana nas j
served in the same capacity in Social ;
Circle, Ga., for three years, and *n :
Monroe, Ga., for one year.
Etheridge states that Thursday night !
he was informed by a negro whom he j
knew and trusted that Jim Davis, an- |
other negro, wanted for tKe mhrder of
a negro, committed in 1900, inJWalton j.
countJ\ Georgia, .was in the colore*!.'
waiting room at tlie union' station. I
1 H4.fi rat found PdUceman Cook and j
told him of the presence of the negro, j
for whom a regard of $150 wag -offer- j'
ed. He promised to divide the reward !
with. Policeman Cook if he would aid
in the capture.
The bailiff and the officer went into !
the colored waiting room, and .finding j,
Davis there arrested him at once. He j
was sent down to the police station in J
fhe patrol wagDn and a charge of suspicion
was docketed against him.
As soon as he was off duty, Police- '
man Cook went down to the police station
and informed Captain Thompsooof
tire charge against the negro. It fe
stated that Captain Thompson did not 1
place ranch reliance in Mr. Etheridge>
and finally decided to set the prisoner
free.
The arrest was made about 9 o'clock, j
The negro was released a little after j
12 o'clock.
In the meantime Bailiff Etheridge }
had telegraphed Sheriff Arnold, or j
"Walton county, asking him to come to
Atlanta and get Jim Davis. Before
the sheriff reached the city Etheridge
knew that the alleged murderer had
been raleased, but as a matter of form
(Sheriff Arnold, on his arrival, went j
down to the station and demanded his [
prisoner.
MISSISSIPPI OFFERED LOAN.
John Skelton Williams Tenders. Cash
to Tide Over Temporary Shortage. |
^ Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi, J
Friday afternoon received a telegram
from John Skelton Williams, president
of the Bank of Richmond, Va., m
which he offers to loan the state of j
Mississippi the sum of $100,000 at 3 |
1-2 per cent to tide over its temporary i
treasury embarrassment.
Governor Vapdaman sent Mr. Wil* j
l!?mo o Afinrfonim ronl v Tffhl'oll ho i
iiauio a WUi bwuo X f " Uivu. us/ ;
thanked him for his generous tender.
It is not probable, however, that the '
state will need to borrow.
A DOUBTFUL HONOR. j
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Kaiser Bill Confers Decoration Upon
Two American Professors.
It is officially announced in Berlin
that Emperor William has conferred
on President Harper, of Chicago uni- !
versity, the Order of the Red Eagle '
of the second class, and on Vice Pres-1 :
ident Judson the Crown Order of the ;
second class. ^ i
DROWTEDTN FILTH I
Most Horrible Fate Befalls!
Nine School Children.
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PLUNGED INTO CESSPOOL I
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While Frolicking in Outhouse on j
School Grounds Floor Caved in
and Revolting Catasprophe
Occurred.
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An appalling horror closed the pub- j
lie school at Pleasant Ridge, a village j
seven miles north of Cincinnati, Fri- J
day, with the first quarter of the ses- j
sion, when nine, possibly ten school J
girls were suffocated in a vault during i
the forenoon recess, and over a score j
of others narrowly escaped the same
horrible death. j
During the rest of the day the lit- !
tie town was wild with mingled ex- i
citement, sorrow and indignation, and j
those openly charging the calamity to !
official negligence are making serious J
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uireais.
On opposite sides of the spacious '
ground in the rear of the school building
ar etwo outhouses. When recess
was given, about thirty of the smaller
girls, all from the primary grades, j
were in the outhouse assigned to
them, when suddenly the floor gave
way, precipitating them into a vault
of filth. This vault is twelve feet
deep and walled up with stone like a
well.
There was four feet of water or filth
that would have been over the heads
of the girls falling in it singly, but
those falling foremost!filled up the
vault partially, so fhat others were
not entirely submerged. The girls fell
eight feet from the flooring before
striking the filth, and the struggles of
those who were on top kept at least
nine underneath until they were dead.
The frame sheds over these vaults
were about twenty feet square, without
windows, and only one narrow
doorway, so that only one little girl i
escaped from the door.
She ran into the school building and
told the teache.rs what nad happened.
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xxio ueauiita 3 v/tsic awu iquiuilcu uj
the entire population of the town.
Those able to climb out on the ladders
themselves were rescued by Principal
Simmerman, who finally fainted. Then
others went into the vault and brought
dead bodies from the filth until the
vault was cleared. The firemen drained
the vault so a3 to be sure that the (
rescue was complete. Those engaged
in the rescue work recite the most
ghastly experiences.
Even those rescued alive presented
such an appearance as to make many
in the crowd pf. spectators faint, but
the sight wftfiin the vault beggared all
prescription. The children who were
onJ^op ofTthe- wWthinginags were rescued.
first While they were getting
out of the vault their feet crowded relentlessly
down on others who were
meeting with a most agonizing death
in the filth. It was noticed that the
older ones were on top and rescued.
The Importunities of friends, especially.
of the weeping mothers, were almost
beyond the control of the offi- '<
cers. i?r. U. G. Senour and P. J. ,
Shank, with their assistants, used the
school building for a hospital and a
morgue un?il after the dead and the
rescued were taken to their homes.
Jbtepons auuui cue uuur uaviug ?,en
a^ray last year are denied by the
school trustees: They state that the
floors were repaired during the summer
vacation and nothing was wrong.
Janitor Smith states that he had told
members of the board that the place was
not safe. Coroner Weaver had 1
the wrecked girders preserved. It is 1
claimed that as soon as they were
dried out that the timbers were found
to be rotten, and it is reported that
ene of them was spliced. J
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TRAIN HITS LOAD OF DYNAMITE. '
Crashes Into Wagon on Crossing and
Dreadful Explosion Results.
Fast freight No. 24, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, struck a wagon
loaded with 750 pounds of dynamite
at the crossing at North Brancn,
W. Va., four miles east of Cumberland.
Md., Friday afternoon. Two peraons
were killed and nine were injure!,
three of them seriously.
James Laing, who drove the wagon,
escaped with only trivial in/dry, as did
the two horses, although the latter 1
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were blown nity yards mio a neia.
According to eye witnesses, Laing,
hearing the train, became terrified, '
and stopped on the track. The engine
was overturned and stripped and seven
cars followed, loaded with high
grade merchandise, were broken, several
being demolished.
BRYAN STILL AFTER MONEY. |
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Nebraskan Determined Not to Let Up
in Bennett Will Case. j
A dispatch from New Haven, Conn., j
says: Mr. Bryan now has suit pend- l
ing against Mrs. Bennett, in which he j
seeks to get possession of $S0,000, (
which he says is held by her in trust
for him, and also $30,000, in three al- (
'eged trusts for educational purposes, j
to be distributed by himself aJid wifa.
DAVIS OPENS CAMPAIGN.
Democratic Vice Presidential Candi.
date Fires First Gun in His Own
State of West Virginia.
The democratic campaign in West j
Virginia was opened at Wheeling by j
rion.. .tienry u. uavis, uie yivjr
dential candidate. Mr. Davis arrived
from his home at Elkins Wednesday
night, accompanied by Hon. Charles
A. Towne, of New York; Hon. George
P. McGraw and Hon. William P.
Campbell, who are leaders of the West
Virginia democracy, and other prominent
democrats of the state. There
was a general gathering of democrats
from all sections of the state Thursday
for an informal conference.
Mr. Davis announced that it was not
his intention to make many speeches
while on his tour over the country
campaigning. "I am not much of a
speaker and rather disliKe the task,'1
said Mr. Davis. "My intention is to
get around among the people and meet
them with as little public speechmaking
as possible. We have with us
here Senator Charles A. Towne, wno
is one of the most able orators I know
of. He will be with me for a short
time. He will do the public meeting
talking, and it will be my aim to meet
as many voters personally as is
possible. I make more friends in that .
way than by getting up before an audience
and making a speech."
Following are extracts from Mr. Davis'
speech. In comparing the two
great parties, he said:
"The democratic party always administered
the government with prudence
and economy. The republican
party is a party of extremists and has
been wasteful and extravagant in its
expenditure of government funds.
More money is being collected In the
form of taxes than Is necessary for
an economical management of the
government, both national and state,
and if the republican party is continued
in power still larger taxes and
greater expenses will follow, as their
leaders tell us they propose to pursue
the same policy in the future they
have in the past."
After citing the tariff on coal as evidence
against a protective tariff, he
continued:
"That the tariff, as a whole, needs
revision is plainly manifest. Combined
as it is at present with trusts, it permits
of too large a Droflt on many articles
of production, stifles individual
enterprise, brings on strikes and disturbs
generally the business interests
of the country. Manuy manufacturers
under present conditions seH their
goods cheaper abroad than at home."
He regretted that the national platform
of the republican party raised
the race issue, and continued: '
"The southern people, who have to
bear the burden of this question, were
dealing with it in moderation and fairness;
but its unfortunate agitation by
republican leaders has made its solution
much more difficult and hindered
the efforts of those who were honestly
striving to aid the colored people in
11 nH ft in o- their rave A larce maioritv.
over a million, of the white voters of
this eou?fcry are democrats. McKiniey
received 864,000 more votes than Bryan
and this was the largest majority
ever given a presidential candidatet
There are, however, as shown by the
last census, two million male negroes
in the United States of a voting age."
HONEST BANKER ANDREWS
Begins Paying Depositors Who Lost
Through His Failure.
Frank C. Andrews, former vice president
of the defunct City Savings
bank, of Detroit, whose overdrafts
caused the failure of the bank, and I
who is now located in New York,
where he went after his release from
Jackson prison on parole by Governor
Bliss, has inserted in the Detroit
papers an advertisement announcing
that he will pay the claims of 250 de- ;
positors whose names are given.
Andrews says that he will continue |
to pay other depositors as fast a3 he I
can.
TRUST TO APPEAL CASE.
Tennessee Court Decision Goes
Against Standard Oil Company.
At Gallatin, Tenn., the jury in the
case of the state against the Standard
Oil Company, Agent Holt, of Nashville,
and Agent O'Donnell T.tutheford,
Oniio+in f/%,. allocor? Tinlatinn rvf the
UL uanatiu, uiivavu ,.v.-v.v
anti-trust laws, has brought in a verdict
acquitting Rutherford and assessing
a fine of $5,000 against the tSandard
Oil Company and a fine of $3,000
against Holt. The case will be appealed.
DIED OF PTOMAINE POISON.
Treacher's Family in Bad Way from
Eating Spoiled Canned Goods.
Mrs. Byron Woodward, wife of rne
pastor of the North Augusta, Ga.. Bap;ist
church, died Friday night of ptonaine
poisoning and her husband is at
:he point of death from the same
?ause.
The sickness of the Woodwards was
jccasioned by eating canned goods foi
Dreakfast four days ago that had been
eft over the night before.
FUED IS RENEWElf
Merry War in Kentucky is
Again on the Boards.
MOB AFTER THE DEPUTIES J
Alleged Slayer of Cockrell Arrested ; I
by Officers and His Friends
Make Mov? t0 Release
Him.
A Jackson, Ky., special says: Officers
from Fayette county have arrest- ?|
ed Britton and started for Lexington ' "'5ja
with him.
Deputy Sheriff Terry and Coroner
Bailey, of Fayette county, who were |I
given a bench warrant from that coun- ^
ty for Britton, effected the arrest
without trouble. Britton was taken
completely by surprise at his home. " ^
Mrs. Britton quickly sent word to
County Judge Hargis, who is a cousin
of Britton, saying that her husband
had been arrested and asking that'the ' ^|||
judge send men to release him.
A posse of Britton's friends left
Jackson to meet Deputy Terry, but
the latter, hearing of this, started witly jga
his prisoner in a buggy for Torrent, ?j|
in Wolf county, intending to take the '|||
train there for Lexington. pjM
The hearing of the feudal troubles
has "been transferred from Jackson,
Breathitt county, to Lexington by the 1 ISH
indictment of William Britton for kill- J
ing James Cockrell, a town marshal of
Jackson, two years ago.
After Cockrell was shot down In 'iJat
the street from the court house at^ "*Wk
Jackson, he was removed to Lexington,
where he died. .?
The indictment was secured under the
statute providing "that in any
case which has its origin in one county,
and its culmination in another, |
either county shall have jurisdiction
thereof." V
After Prosecutor Byrd stated that'
he had tried in vain to get this case
before Breathitt county juries, the ,v| -N
grand jury of Fayette county heard i|S
the witnesses, and the warrant was Ia?
sued for Britton and the posse started - ' J1
in the night, gathering recruits along
the way, and especially at Winchester, %
where Woodson McChord, sheriff of
Park county who arrested Jett and |
others, joined the posse. They left
the railroad at Torrent, niarching m
across the county for Compton, Wolf . || ^
county, where Britton was captured. ^
This feud broke out with the killing
of Benjamin Hargis by Thomas Cock- ^M
rell, brother of the late town mar- 'ism
shal. While "Thomas Cockrell was in
jail, Dr. Cox, the guardian of the
Cockrell heirs, was killed from janiv
bush, and soon afterward James Cock- '-aft;
rell was shot, and the fighting contin- \ 3
ued until Attorney James Marcum
wag killed in the court house. . Curtis ^?8 <
Jett was tried and sentenced to death /:'|s3S
In another county for killing James p 'r
Cockrell, and that case is now 'pending
before the court of appeals. ' *;d|8
It is alleged that Jett and Britton '
acted together In killing CockrelL and
Jett and White In killing Marcum. ?
The posse with their prisoner arrlv*
ed in Lexington late Thursday night, y'faa
Curtis Jett, who is serving a life ^|1
sentence for killing J. B. Marcum, id -JS;
under sentence to be hanged as the _-?
principal in the murder of CoctareiL;r I
Britton is a cousin of Judge James V||
Hargis, of Breathitt county. The shot* -?
which killed Cockrell came from the "^1 \
top story of the Breathitt court house.. *|m >J
Britton says he was on the ground\.|S
floor at the time Cockrell was shot.
Among the witnesses was Riley Gold*
Iron, who swore positively that he sa^iijlR*
Britton on the second floor of the\ VifS
court house at the time Cockrell wa*vJ|| *:
Free Look for Sky Pilots. *
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition- ^
Company has adopted a resolution i
providing for free admission to the.
world's fair for all clergymen present*
ing their credentials during Novem*
BANK WANTS AN ACCOUNTING. |S
Big Suit Filed in Chicago Affecting a ; ::|1
Georgia Enterprise.
Asking an accounting from the Illinois
and Georgia Improvement Company
for a loan of $750,000 made April
1, 1901, and seeking to sebure the payment
of the money, the American ;.|g|
Trust and Savings bank, at Chicago,
as trustee of the collateral security,
has filed a bill in the superior court ^ig
in which sixty-two prominent Chicago-. 'S|i
ans are made defendants as stockholders
of the corporation.
Fight Expected at Fushun.
A dispatch of Thursday from Mukden
says: A battle is hourly expected
to occur in vicinity of Fushun', *
thirty miles east of here. At present
all is quiet. The weather is turning |||
Falling Scaffold Kills Three.
A fatal accident occurred Thursday' ^19j
near Grove, I. T., in which three men "
were killed outright, three fatally and . I
four seriously injured by the falling of '
scaffold work on a bridge. ^