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' SCORE OF CORPSES]
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from the Explosion-Wrecked
Mine in West Virginia.
MORE ARE YET TO GOME
It is Believed That There Are Between
30 and 40 Still Entombed.
Pitiful Scenes Enacted at th*
* Mouth of the Pit.
-? Nineteen kncwn dead, twelve white
and seven colored, and from thirty to
forty, more .entoipbed and doubtless all
dead, was the situation up to a late
hour Thursday night at the \Vest Font
mines of tjie Pocahontas, Va., Collieries
company, where the explosion occurred
late Wednesday afternoon.
Parties going to work Thursday
morning from the Tug river on the
West Virginia side of the mines diu
not know that there had been any
trouble in the mines until they had
4 run into some bodies on the tracks,
and found some mules dead with a
man pinned between them.
The bodies of the nineteen mer
were recovered from the mines as
the result of the heroic work of a
hand $>f 35 men constituting a rescue
party -that worked incessantly through
V the hours jf the night ai5fi day. It was
not until 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening
that the rescuers reached a point
near St. Paul entry, where the explosion
occurred. The wcrk of rescue
was very stow, as the conditions confronting
the party jy~re difficult to
surmount. Toward the middle of the
V,nnc was OVirOS5P(^ thai
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all the bcdies would be recovered by
midnight.
The authorities anticipated the fearful
extent jf the casualties by ordering
a carload of coffins and burial
supplies. The order was rushed to
Bluefield.
Edward Jones, the inside mine foreman,
led the first rescue party and
when that party -arvd to return in a
reasonable time, a second rescue parly,
under Superintended Leckie, folt
lowed. Two of Leckie's party, John
Oiham and Ed Brown, were overcome
by gas and died., and Leckie
barely escaped with 'his life. The
third party was formed and continued
the work. Meantime the first party
m had reached another entrance to tho
^ mine in safety and sent word over the
mountains announcing that fact.
The scenes arcund the mine were
pitiful. Relatives and friends gathering
in groups at the entiances and
elsewhere awaiting tidings of the victims
and gave vent to their grief as
the oodies one by one were brought
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PLANNED A MONTH AGO.
Intervention Had Long. Been Settled
Upon by Cuban President.
-j, Secretary Root made public at
Washington Thursday the correspondence
leading up to the intervention in
Cuba. The correspondence took place
between Consul General Steinhardt, at
' Havana, and acting Secretary Bacon
of the state department. An important
feature developed in the dispatches
was that intervention was asked by
the Cuban government as early as
September and that as long ago as
September 14, President Palma had
. deteimined to resign as president of
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and cabinet ministers had also determined
to no longer continue in office.
It is also shown that intervention
by the United States had long
been planned by the Palma government,
anjl was communicated to the
state department in a letter by Consul
Steinhardt as early as September 3.
CONVICTS DIG TO LIBERTY.
Three Negroes Make Their Way
Through Walls of County Jail.
Three negroes, serving long terms
In the county chaingang, dug through 1
the walls of the county jail at ThomasvHle,
Ga., Thursday morning before
daylight and made good their escape.
The sheriff was aroused and nnickly ,
gathering :i posse together started in
hot pursuit . . " - ; '
MILLION FOR EACH CHILD.
Father Was Anxious to . See What
They Would Do WJth It.
That Captain Frederick Pahst gave
each of hi3 children one million "dollars
prior to his death because he
wanted to be relieved of his business
cares to a certain extent turn uetausc
he wanted to see what they would do
with it, and how they would bear the
responsibility, was the testimony of
Henry Fink, collector of internal revenue,
before Judge Carpenter in the
county court at Milwaukee Wednesday.
The proceedings were instituted
to determine the amount of inheri
tance tax due the state.
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SHAW AND MOODY TO RESIGN.
Two Members of Presiden't Cabinet
Go Out This Winter.
Attorney General Moody and Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw are to resign
from the president's cabinet, Mr.
Moody in December and Mr. Shaw
early in February. It is understood
that Roosevelt will appoint George
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dor to Russia, to one of the vacancies.
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COAL DIGGERS ENTOMBED
Seventy-Five Buried in Burning Pit in
West Virginia?Catastrophe Was
Caused by Explosion.
A special from Bluefield, W. Va.f
?ays: As ;he result of an explosion
Wednesday afternoon at the West
Perk mines at the Pocahontas Collieries
company, where the explosion of
ID02 occurred in which Superintendent
Walter O'Mallv and sixteen others
lost their lives, 75 men are supposed
to be entombed.
Two rescue parties entered the
mines, and up to 11 o'clock Wednesday
night two men named Dolbert
and Oodash had been rescued and
revived.
The mine is on fire, and the work
of rescue is retarded.
The cause of the explbsicn is not
determined.
Great excitement prevails in the
neighborhood of the mines. Crowds
of men. women and children remained
around the drift mouth anxiously
awaiting news of relatives and friends
among the missing.
The work of rescue proceeded slowly,
because of- the fire in the mine,
and because of the lack of brattice
cloth, a carload of which was hurried
on a special train from Bluefield. It is
hardly possible that the results of
the explosion will be known definitely
for many hours.
The force of the explosion was hardly
noticeable at the mine's mouth, as
the entry in which it occurred is two
and a half miles in the mountains, although
a uumber of men in the south
mine wore almost suffocated before
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GUNNERS PLEASE PRESIDENT..
Was Elated to See 12-Inch Shells Hit
Bull's Eye at Target Practice.
Stories brought asnore by United
States sailors at Provincetown, Mass.,
are to the eiteet that President Kooaevelt
was enthusiastic over the recent
target practice he witnessed. The big
gun leconls especiaii; pleased him.
Eight shot a lired from a 12-inch gu'i
in three and one-half mihutes scored
eight hits. As the shells, one after
another scrucit the target, President
Roosevelt wouid bring hi!: right fist
into the left palm as though striking
a blow and exclaim, "Buliy," "That's
great," "New, isr't that ine?" "Another
right through."
When eight shots had punched a
hole :'ust under the bulleye, the president
said: "Eight shots and every
one right square through the target;
it's wonderful, and a 12-inch at that."
Mr. Roosevelt learned that for more
vhan a year every 12-inch shot fired
on the Missouri had struck the target
CARING FOR THE HOMELESS.
Stortn Sufferers in Vicinity of Mobile
Are Being Looked After.
A special from Mobile, Ala., says :
Heavy rains along the lower part
of the bay caused some interference
Wednesday with relief work, but all
things considered-the situation is well
in Land, and all of the destitute are
being well cared for. Contributions
are pouring in steadily from the. citizens
of Mobile, and from * outside
points. Shelter for those whose homes
were wrecked is the thing most gene-rally
needed, and it is becoming evident
that many of those who lost everything
in the storm must have aid
in rebuilding the homes.
Governor Jelks made a trip to Coder.
and other places in that vicinity
Wednesday in order to satisfy himself
about tne conditions there and to
institute further measures of relief. <
Several bodies have been found
floating in the lower bay, but they are
believed to be those whose deatbs
have already been reported.
ADAMS DECLINES NOMINATION.
Sheppard-Brannen Congressional Contest
Will Be Renewed.
The formal declination of Judge
Samuel B Adams of the nomination
of the democratic convention for the
first congressional district of Georwas
receded by the committee Wednesday.
This means that the contest
between Walter W. Sheppard and J.
A. Brannen for the nomination will I
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CITY GETS LIGHT MONOPOLY.
JacksorjvMIe, Florida,...Purchases the
Property of Electric Company.
Negotiations .which have ..been pending
for* several months w?ie closed
at Jacksonville, Fla.. Thuisclaj-,whereby
the Jacksonville Electric company
agrees to transfer to the city its franchise
for electric lighting and will
retire, from fuither competition with
the city plant, thus giving the city the
exclusive right to fur^'sh electricity
to consumers. The Jacksonville Electric
company operates the locah street
railway system and has been furnishing
lights and power tp consumers
COTTON USED IN UNITED STATES
Census Bureau Shows 4,784,274 eaies
Taken for Year Ending August 31.
The census bureau at Washington
issued a bulletin Friday showing that
during the year ending August 31,
last, 4,7S4.274 bales of cotton were
taken in the United- 'States for consumption;
that 4,871,168 bales were
consumed, and that 675,987 bales
were still held by manufacturers
THREE TORNADOES
Swoop Down Upon Crescent
City and Vicinity.
FOURTEEN KNOWN DEAD
No Lives Were Lost in the City, But
Many people Were Injured?Property
Loss Will Reach Into
Millinnc
'JLhe region about New Orleans wa3
the center of cyclonic disturbances
Friday, at least three of which were
tornadoes and caused the loss of six
lives with nine persons fatally injured.
About daylight heavy storms broke
through the country for 100 miles
west, north and east of New Orleans.
Reports of sugar cane and cotton
crops blown down or sugar milis demolished
are reaching the city from
the entire section. The damage, including
that done in New Orleans,
is placed at over one million dollars.
The worst of the tornadoes was
north of New Orleans, where between
5:30 and 7:00 o'clock Friday morning
it devastated portions of three parishes.
New Orleans was visited bf another
tornado, and a third passed
northward of-Biloxi on the gulf coast.
The firs: tornado struck West Baton
Rouge parish about 8 o'clock, killing
Mrs. Theodore Fcret and her daugh
ter, Mrs. White. Mrs. Foret's body was |
found in a field near her demolished
house. Two children in Mrs. Foret's
house were fatally injured and five
men were injured in the collapse of
a sugar refinery on the St. Delphine
plantation. The city of Baton Rouge
was slightly damaged. In St. James
parish one woman whose name has
not been learned, was killed, while
Mrs. H. R. Webber and daughter and
Mrs. John Meyer and also a negro,
were reported fatally injured.
In Pontchatoula, which the tornado
reached about 7 o'clock, George
Hawes and son were killed in the
collapse of their house and two other
children of Mr. Hawes were fatally
injured.
Another tornado struck New Orleans
about 8 o'clock. While no lives
were lost in the city, property damage
reached $500,000, and about, fifty
persons were injured, one fatally
Fully 800 buildings were damaged,
about seventy-five of which wero
blown down. Most of the demolished
buildings were small negro cabins,
and it was here that nearly all the
injuries occurred. The path of the
tornado through the city was about
two miles long, entering from the
Mississippi river at Audubon park
and traveling northwest to Marengo
and Carondelet streets, and then, after
a circuitous course to Gravier
and Magnolia streets, it went northward
out of the city. In places the
storm's path was but thirty feet wide
and only at two or three points did
it reach a hundred feet in width.
The tornado here appeared at a distance
as a cloud sweeping along the
surface of the earth. Its course was
undulating, some buildings being
skipped entirely as it bounded upward.
Frequently it demolished verandas
and fences on one side of the
street, while not an object on the
other side was disturbed. The cloud
occupied several minutes in crossing
the city and hundreds of persons who
saw and heard it approaching had
lime to run out of its pathway. One
exciting race of this sort was made
by a Carondelet street car, which
was loaded with passengers on their
way to work. Another street car was
derailed by the wind.
A small negro girl was blown so
far across the new basin caDal as to
be rescued by persons on the opposite
bank.
The saving of the Charity hospital
from more than nominal damage was
attributed to a big gas tank which
stood between the hospital and the
tornado. The tornado struck full
against the tank, which withstood the
shock, although its iron sides were
dented by flying timbers.
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PRAISED BRYAN AND HEARST.
Massachusetts Democrats Aiso Noml'
nate Moran for Governor.
A new era foi the Massachusetts
vlemocracry was inaugurated by the
state convention of that party in Boston
Thursday, when, after a turbulent
struggle over indorsing William Jennings
Bryan and William R. Hearst,
John B. Moran, district attorney for
Suffolk ccxinty, who was already the nominee
of the prohibition party and
T?^oi,an<ioncp T>?a.??ue was noml
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nated for goverooi by acclamation.
TWO DOLLARS A BALE HIGHER.
Cotton Takes Jump in Price Owing
to Storms in the South.
The New York cotton market had a
very strong and excited advance at
the opening Friday, with the spring
months selling above 11 cents and
the general list about 40 points or $2
a bale over the closing figure of
Thursday. Reports of further stools
in the south and a prediction of a
rmone f*ealcrs short of actual
cotton for October delivery were the
factors in the advance.
RIOT AND RUM JOINTS J
Discussed By Baptist and Methodist
Ministers in Atlanta?Some Terse
Resolutions Passed.
Eoth the Methodist and Baptist mm.
isters of Atlanta held interesting sessions
of their ministerial associations
Monday morning. The Baptists held
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discussed with considerable animation
the recent race riot in Atlanta. The
Methodists went deeply into the liquor
fight and showed a desire to have
not only a local, but a general state
prohibition election.
The Baptist ministers had a thorough
and good-tempered but animated
discussion of the race issue and the
causes leading up to the Atlanta riot.
They expressed the belief that the j
best leaders of both races should get
together and solve the situation. It
was the expressed belief of the majority
present that the colored race j
was by no means entirely to blame j
for riotous conditions, and that the |
white people ought to shoulder their
part of the burden and help the colored
race to get out of conditions
which are alike unbearable to the
test element of both races.
The resolutions adopted at the
meeting weje in part as follows:
"Among the chronic and general influences
liable to arouse acute race
oniomnitni oi- nnv timp is thp in
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creasing alienation between the
whites and blacks, due to the following
causes: * - "1.
The illiterate class, or uneducated,
or :niseducate4 class, from
which the criminal negroes come, is
very large. The illiterate portion of
the blacks is actually as large now
as it was in 1865. In a word, it is
about four millions. These millions
the whites view with increasing
alarm.
"2. Race hatred is intensified because
of the unspeakably brutal and I
devilish nature of some of the crimes
committed by the negroes and because
these are directed against helpless
white women and unprotected
girls. . . ,
"3. The lack of sufficient rural police
force and the feeling of insecurity
because of that fact which
sometimes amounts, to a state ,of terror
in some homes far removed from
legal protection.
"4. The apparent unwillingness of ;
a certain element of negroes to co- j
operate with the officers of the law j
in capturing the guilty members of ;
their race with a view to their trial !
before the courts.
"6. Social contact between whites
in thp barroom. The sa- i
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Icon where whites and blacks drink |
together at the same bar is the angle !
of dangerous contact bringing together
the most inflammable class of
whites and the lower and most desperate
class of blacks.
"The local and temporary causes i
cf the riot in Atlanta may be stated
as follows:
"1. An idle Saturday night crowd
in the cpngested part of the city.
"2. Attacks by negro boys on wh--e
boys, as some allege, or the thoughtless
hazing cf negro boys by white
boys, as others maintain.
"3. The excitement arising in the
hearts of older persons by witnessing
these scenes induced in part , by i
liquor and much more by the feeling i
of resentment against the whole negro
race because of recently reported j
attempts at rape in or near Atlanta. I
"4. Increased excitement brought on
by the crying of sensational extras
on black outrages published by some
of our city papers.
"5. The liidifference and probable
slowness and inefficiency of the po
lice force.
"6. The temporary indifference at j
the time of the riot of many white
people to any active aeieuse ui ill CI LI" j
bers of a race which had so sorely \
tried their patience and excited their
indignation."
AFRICAN PIGMY IS FREED. Request
of Delegation of Negro Cler- j
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gymen Complied With.
* Freed from his cage in tie monkey j
house of the New York Zoological j
Pai?k, Ota Benga, the South African J
pigmy, more man than beast, now [_
roves about the park grounds. J
Ota Benga was taken from a cage*'after
a delegation of negro clergymen j
liad declared that his imprisonment {
and exhibition in zoological museum '
was an outrage. The pigmy was j
brought to this country recently by '
Samuel P. Verner, an African ex- j
plorer, who found him two years ago j
in the hands of a hostile cannibalistic j
tribe of the Baschild. The pigmy was j
to be served up at a feast. Verner ,
bought him from the cannibals with a
bit of calico and a string of beads.
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Tentative Decision to That Effect
Reached by Shonts Anent Canal.
A Washington dispatch says: A tentative
decision has been reached" by
Chairman Shciits of the isthmian canal
commission that the Panama canal
be built by contract. An announcement
of the final determination of
the cynal official respecting the method
of construction is expected in a j
lew -lays.
MOB STORMS JAIL !
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At Macon, Georgia, in Hunt
for Negro Prisoner.
SEARCH UNSUCCESSFUL
Negro Shot Two White Men at Fair
Grounds and Race Riot Almost Resuited
? Removed to Atlanta
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for Safe Keeping.
Bibb county jail at Macon, Ga., was
baitered to pieces Ly a mob early
Sunday morning and two white prisoners,
Joe and A.onk Curt.s, held tor
the murder cf John Newsom, were released.
One negro prisoner was snot
in the hip by one ol' the mob leaders,
but not seriously hurt. Sledge
hammers and railroad rails were used
in battering down the doors. An entrance
was gained through a threefoot
brick wail, a..d later through a
steel door.
All this was dene in an attempt
by angry citizens to lynch a negro,
Henry Fews, who, Saturday night, shot
Chanes Adams and William Solomon,
prominent ycu:g white men, at the
fair grounds, where night shows were
giving performances. The Midway was
thronged with hundreds of young people.
Adams and Solomon were escorting
two young ladies when Fews, in a
very offensive manner, forced his way
between the couples', separating them.
A remonstrance Horn the young men
ted to an encounter, when the negro
whipped cut a revolver and opened
lire 011 Adams and Solomon, Dotn
receiving wou ds In the stomach. Adarcs
was not so seriously wounded, but
Solomon's condition caused much apprehension.
The negro was promptly
and nlaced in jail.
A general stampede ensued among
blacks and whites at the fair grounds
as friends of the wounded men inado
thiea.s of vengrance. Young ladies
scrambled into cars and hacks and
sought home at once. A great crowd
socn formed, and half of them went
to the jail and others to the barracks.
Before the attack on the jail was
mad", the police had hurried Fews
to the city barracks, >T;ich was strongly
guarded. The military was called
out and order restored.
Later Fews was hurried to Atlanta.
He was p'a.ed c.i the Central train
north of the city. Three knife wounds
and one shot wound are on his body.
Joe and Monk Curtis, who were
liberated by the mob, were re-arrested
at their fathers home early Sunday
morning by deputies, who went immedia
elv in eeorch. They said they
intended to return tc jail after the
troj"1? was over..,
Greene and Gaynor Scared.
United States Marshal George
White denies a pub ished statement
that John F. Gaynor a:d Benjamin
Greene found themselves released by
the mob at the c u ty jail and chose
to remai'n jather than escape. Marshal
White and two cf his dituties were
In the jail befme the entrance was
gained and were in Charge of the t*o
fede:al prisoners in time to remove
them aod find a mere quiet place calil
order was restored. Foth m:n were apprehensive
of serio;s danger at the
outset and for their safety they were
carried away unmolested. That they
chose to remain without any effort to
take advantage of the cccasion there
was no doibt, but the two men had
company that afforded a safe escort.
FOR PREVENTION OF CHiMfc.
Leading Negroes of Birmingham, Alabama,
Form Societv.
Leading tegrces cf Birmingham,
Ala., have formed a society for the
preve ition of crime. It is known as
the "R^pTJse tri 'e Council." W. R.
Fe tif rd, piesid nt of the local uegro
bank, is chief counsellor, and J.
Wu Galliger, is secretary. Both stand
well in the community. An invitation
is extended to all preachers, doctors,
teachers, lawyers ar.d "thoughtful citire
s" of the race to become members.
* MANY LICENSES REVOKED.
Atlanta City Council Weeds Out Objectionable
Liquor Joints.
Twenty-six saloons were refused li
censes at tne session ui cue Auama
city council Wednesday night to act
on the report of the investigating committee,
and their owners will have
to seek other vocations than that of
? aiing intoxicating drinks on Deca- ;
tur and Peters street, for it was on
tnese thoroughfares that the majority
of licenses were revoked.
The sum total of the business finished
was 39 renewals, 26 licenses revoked
and 14 reconsidered.
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BARRON SHORT IN ACCOUNTS.
Columbus Agent of Cud3hy Company
Skips Out.
It is reported that \7. S. Barron,
who has been manager of the Columbus,
Ga., braknch ci' the Cudaliy Packing
company, is short in his accounts.
He has left the city." Auditor Body j
of the Cudahy company is checking
the books of the local office. An official
of the company ccnfiims the report
as to the shortage
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FIVE DEAD; TWENTY HURT
The Net Result of Frightful Rear-End
Collision of Trains on the Outskirts
of Troy, N. Y.
Five passengers were killed outright
and a score injured in a rear
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end collision between a regular passenger
traill and a military special
on the Bos con and Maine railroad, directly
in front of the Lansingburgh
depot, nortii of Troy, N. Y., about
) o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The collision took place on a heavy
grade and sharp curve.
The passenger train was one that
leaves Boston daily at 9:30 a. m., for
Albany, N, Y. It consisted of five
cars, a baggage car, smoker, day
coach and two parlor cabs, and was
about one hour late when it reached
Lansingburgh station.
Without apparently any warning the , *|jj
"special" came thundering along with
eiahteeh cars and crashed into the
passenger train, smashing the last tv#
cars, which were Pullmans, like egf? ,
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Both these cars were swept from
the track, and rolled down the em*
bankment. The engine of the special
Kent on for a dozen yards, and then
turned turtle, the front end plough- - . $
ing into the ground and the car behind v
being telescoped by the tender.
The special was drawing four troops
of the fourteenth United States carairy
from Fort Bthan Allen, to New* ^
port News, where they are to embark
for Cuba. The soldiers quickly got to
work to rescue the injured. In a
comparatively short time most of
those pinned down by the wreck- Ji
age were on their way to the Leon- 'Js
ard hospital, near the scene of the
wreck.
One man'3 grief was pitiable. His 'Jjj
name was J. .W. Dacey, and he ran
up and down the track crying for
his wife. In a few^minutes her life- ^
less form was identified. They had
been married only Wednesday night . v
at Arlington. Mass., and were on their r*
honeymoon, having planned an extended
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CHANNELS CUT SANTA ROSA. ,
Island No Longer a Breakwater for -iM
City of Pensacola.
Another serious break through
Santa Rosa Island, Florida, was found
Tnursday by parties near Fort Meyer. '
The channel is about three feet deep
and fifty or one hundred yards wide. J.
This makes three channels that have
been cut in the island by the Jiurri- ./Ji
cane, one of which is a mile wide. .
and is one of th? most serious matters
connected with the hurricane. The ~M
island has always served as break- Jj
water and protected Pensacola^and the *^ji
shipping, but with several channels
already cut and the seas constantly ;C|
washing through and widening them. ?
it is feared that unless the govern- M
ment immediately undertakes to build s 'M
breakwaters that the condition will be'
serious. v
turpentine men meet.
Georgia Operators Gather in Savannah
and Fix Scale jif Wages. . , (;|S
Banded in a movement intended to ; -3
put prices for labor upon a uniform
basis, the turpentine operators of
Georgia met in Savannah Thursday
and perfected organization. The or- v|s
ganization undertook to be in close ^
harmony with the recent action - of |||
the turpentine operators' association
of Florida, which declared for a certain
scale of wages for labor and placed
a heavy penalty for the violation
of the agreement The scale adopt _ ^
ed by the Georgia operators, however,
shows an increase over that of the \xjj
Florida operators.
WITH ^SIXTY SOULS ABOARD. w
Immigrant Steajner Goes to Bottom In
Chinese Waters. * 'M
A special from Hong Kong reports
the sinking of the immigrant steamer
Charter House. Captain Clifton and
sixty passengers were lost. The North
German Lloyd steamer Kohschang
picked up a raft belonging to the
Charter House, pn which were Chief
Engineer Wowas, twenty-three <5f the *
crew and two women, after they had -I
been drifting for forty-three hours. J
BAD BOOZE IN ARKANSAS. |
Two Men Doad and Another III From |
Drinking Pcisonod Whisky. v _ -jj
Daniel Webster of Caldwell: Mc.,
and B. Nelly of Geneva, Mo., reached
Jonesboro Tuesday from Manila, Ark.,
and were taken violently ill. They
said they had bought whisky at Manila
which made them sick. They
died Monday. Another man is lying at
the point of death in the hospital,
having also been poisoned.
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FRENCH AUTO FIRST IN CONTEST
Record of Three Straight Victories In
international Road Race.
France Saturday won the third international
automobile road race for the
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., cup, completing
a record of three straight victories
in this event, which is run over , - .
IJie. turnpikes of Long Island, the center
of the course being about twenty
miles from New York ?ity. Italy was
second in the race, France filled third
r<nd fourth positions, while Germany
furnished the fifth car.'
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