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FLEE FORI HEM LIVES
Burning of Fifth Avenue Ho
tel at Ford City, Pa.
CNE MISSING, MANY INJURED
Fire Broke Out During the Early Morn
ing Hours and the Flames Spread
With Great Rapidity—New York and
Cincinnati Also Suffer Looses.
Ford City, I’a., Dec. 12—The Fifth
Avenue hotel of this place was destroy
ed by fire at an early hour this morn
ing. One man is missing and several
employes and guests were injured by
jumping from the secoud aud third
floors to the ground.
Those most seriously injured were:
F. E. Hammond, night* policemau;
burned about face anu body.
A. Aronson, Pittsburg, injured inter
nally by jumping.
George Rickards, badly burned
about bands and face.
James McLaughlin, burned about
face and bands.
James Harton, broken leg.
Valentine Daibold, proprietor of the
hotel; face burned.
Michael McCarthy, leg broken.
A man named Davis missing and it
Is feared burned to death.
The fire was discovered about 1
o'clock and the flames spread so rapid
ly that the guests escapea with diffi
culty. The hotel was valued at $20,-
000.
Fire Threatened Broadway Block.
New York, Dec. 12.—A 5-story build
ing. 198 Hroadway, occupied by the
Dennison Manufacturing company,
was badly damaged by a fire which
started early this morning and which
burned for some hours. The fire de
partment estimated the loss on build
ing and contents at $175,000. The in
surance was about two thirds of that
sum. Several thousand dollars’ worth
of stock in a building next door, oc
cupied by the .Hegotan Drug corpora
tion. was destroyed. The fire started
on the third floor in the rear of the
Dennison building at a point where it
was diC. u!t for tne firemen to work.
For a time it seemed as it the whole
block on the east side of Hroadway
from John to Fulton streets would be
enveloped m (lames.
$73,300 Fire In Cincinnati.
Cineiam.ti, Dec. 12.- A lire of mys-
teiio..- <; in occurred todaj in the
lame t house of Lowry Gob-
bel, !! -11'. Elm street. The loss is
estio d ;it STJ.ikiO to $100,<mii); well
Insure ! .
Ih yoiul the tact that the flames were
first si-'!i on the fourth floor issuing
Iron •• e’i. of ru ,s nothing is known
of \\ h;,t s irted the fire. Home oi ...m
emph .ie- oi the fourth and fifth floors
escaped by ladder to the roof of the
adjoining building. Several men on
the fourth floor were nearly suffo
cated before they escaped.
WILL APPROVE CHILI’S ACTION.
Working People to Hold Massmeeting
at Santiago.
London, Dec. 12.—The Times, in its
second edition, prints a dispatch from
Valparaiso, under today’s date, which
says:
The first symptom at the present
Juncture of a possible awakening of
warlike excitement among the Chilian
public is the announcement that a
massmeeting of working people is to
be held at Santiago Dec. 13 to express
approval of the action of the govern
ment in dealing with the urgent ques
tion. Even this apparently is merely
an offset tc another meeting promoted
by the advocates of peace at any
price.
The buying of ships to take the
place of vessels of questionable effi
ciency, the mobilization of the fleet
for maneuvers and the strengthening
of relations with friendly neighbors,
Colombia and Ecuador, are not re
garded here as signs of aggressive in
tention on Chili’s part, but only as
natural precautions evoked by the un
expectedly threatening demeanor of
Argentina.
THREE CHILDREN DROWNED.
Were Skating on Pond and Ice Gave
Way.
New York. Dec. 12.—Three children
o' Tunis Hons, an employe of a steel
manulaciuring company at Hompton
Lake. N. J.. were drowned last night
in a sir. ill body of water near their
Lome known as Slater’s pond.
The children, aged 1C, 12 and It.
years, were skating together on the
pond when the ice cracked and before
they could get to a place of safety
they were plunged into the water. All
three disappeared under the ice before
aid could rtuch them.
Attacked By Highwaymen.
Rumford Falls, Me., Dec. 12.—Levi
Garrett, a young French-Canadian, is
In a critical condition at his home
here as the result of knife wounds
received f?om highwaymen last night.
The robbers secured $150 which Gar
rett had drawn from the hank to do
fray the expenses of his wedding,
Which was to have taken place today.
The assailants escaped and the police
have no clew.
To Wed on Christmas Eve.
New York. Dec. 12.—According to
The Times, It Is now announced that
the marriage oi United States Sen
ator Chauncey M. Depew to Mias Pal
mer will take place at Nice, France,
on Christmas eve.
REGISTRARS ARE APPOINTED.
Fourteen Nam'd Under Temporary
Plun of New Comj. tut on.
Moi’.tgonu iy, Aiu., Dec. 12.—The
1 mi d «iimuriiiug oi t he governor, «u-
Uiloi iiiul coinmi.ssioncr o! ugiictiiiui
ye; lei day uppointci. lor li counties
the registrars under the temporary
plan ot the new constitution. There is
a great scramble going on for the
places, which pay only $2 a day for
(»0 days, Init the list shows that the
Very best class of men in the state is
applying.
Only one Republican was appointed
today, Robert M. Hyars, of Lawrence.
The appointments by counties are as
follows:
Baldwin, O. B. Richardson, S. S.
White, J. B. Davis; Barbour, Charles
F. Massey, Daniel D. Reeder, John B.
Lassiter; Choctaw, W. L. Gray, G. A.
Turner, B, B. Rush; Clarke, J. L. Dean,
Ed Frank, Charles J. Coate; Clay, J.
A. White, John L. Carpenter, J, F.
Willingham; Cleburne, J. T. Boyd, A.
M. Turner, J. Roberts; Conecuh,
Hugh W. King, J. A. Feagin, John P.
Anderson; Escambia, T. S. Howell,
T. J. Stephens, C. O. Gunn; Etowah,
R. A. D. Dunlap, D. N. Jelks, Dovder
Thornton; Jefferson, R. G. Hewitt, M.
P. Lewis, George FA Bondurant; Law
rence, Janies T. Smith, Robert M. By
ars, William H. Martin; Russell, R. W.
Johnson, W. A. L. Turkcr, T. J. Gib
son; Walker, W. F. Stubblefield, W. F.
Sides, Robert Wilson; Perry, S. H.
Helms, W. J. Vaiden and E. H. George.
MERCY TEMPERS JUSTICE.
Mother With Babe Released From Ala
bama Jail.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 12.—Gov
ernor Jelks yesterday granted a parole
to Mrs. Nannie Cheek, who was re
cently convicted in Henry county of
killing Danzey, her divorced husband.
She is a daughter of Joe Baker, one
of the wealthiest citizens of southeast
Alabama, and married Danzey when
she was 12 years old.
A divorce followed after two chil
dren were born. Then Mrs. Danzey
married R. M. Cheek, of Georgia.
She retiffned to Alabama and at
tempted ti secure possession of her
children, who had been placed in Uie
custody ol Danzey by the courts. Dan
zey remarried. In a three-cornered
light between Danzey, Mrs. Cheek and
her brother Danzey whs killed and the
brother-in-law was wounded.
Mrs. Cheek, who is less than 2m
years old. was sentenced to two years'
imprisonment upon conviction of man
slaughter. With her 3-months-oM
child she has been in the Heury conn
ty jail for several weeks.
The parole was secured through the
earnest efforts of Cheek, the husband,
and Bak j r, the father. Executive clem
ency was recomnn-nded by the trial
j"ry. the trial judge and the state's
attorney.
To rieild Big Barn for Cars.
Birmingham, Ala., Dee. 12.—The
Birmingham Railway and Electric
company announces that it will com
mence in a few weeks tne erection of
a barn at Third avenue and Tenth
street to cost $100,000. it will he the
most complete structure of the kind in
the south. A machine shop will also
be built in which 50 cars can be placed
for repairs at one time. The company
is at present building an electric line
to Bessemer, 12 miles away, at a cost
of $225,000.
Governor Jelks Grants Pardons.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 12.—On the
recommendation of the pardoning
board Governor Jelks yesterday grant
ed the following pardons: John Ray,
of Autauga, murder; Mary J. Adams,
of Chilton, bigamy; Charles Belcher,
of Autauga, murder; his victim was a
man named Knight, who betrayed his
wife and boasted about it; James
Grant, negro, of Jefferson, grand lar
ceny, an 1 Francis Coleman, of St.
Clair, forgery.
Trial of Dr. Kraus.
London, Dec. 12.—In the Bow street
police court today the prosecution con
cluded its ease against Dr. Kraus, ex
governor of Johannesburg, accused of
high treason and murder. The coun
sel for the prisoner announced that
he reserved his defense and Dr. Kraus
was remanded until Dee. 15, when he
will be <S( mmitted for the January as
sizes on the charge of having incited
Cornelius Broecksman to murder John
Douglas Foster.
Suit Filed Against Central.
Watkinsville, Ga., Dec. 12.—Mrs. J.
H. Bishop, through her attorneys,
Colonel G. C. Thomas, of Athens, lias
filed suit against the Central of Geor
gia railway for $2,500 damages for
personal injuries sustained recently.
The case will be heard at the Jan
uary term of the Oconee superior
court.
Strange Attempt at Suicide.
Buffalo, N. 1., Dec. 12.—George
Nowaczyk drank nearly a quart of
kerosene early this morning and at-
tempted to sot fire to the oil. He was
arrested while attempting to start the
fire by holding a lighted match in his
mouth. He will probably recover.
Appropriations for Missions.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 12.—The
Baptist state tnission board has held
its annual session and made its ap
propriations for the ensuing year. It
will devote $12,ffi»0 to state missions,
$12,000 to home miBidons and $15,000
to foreign mission$.
V. ,
Two Negrons to Hang.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 12.—Unless
Governor Jelks interferes two negroes,
Will Redden and Jim Winters, will
be hanged at Birmingham tomorrow.
Both were convicted and sentenced to
hang for killing a negro woman.
PAID PENALTY FOB
ASSAULTING WOMAN
Execution of William Albn
at Uniontown, Pa.
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LEAR TC ALTAR HE 10 EXPOSED
1,500 PEOPLE WITNESS HANGING
Death Due to Strangulation—The Oi.iy
Words of the Doomed Man as He
Ascended the Grim Gallows Were
“My God I”
Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 12.—William
Allen was hanged in the jail here at
10:07 a. m. Death was caused by
strangulation and life was pronounc
ed extinct in 12 minutes.
As he ascended the scaffold he
threw hack his head and exclaimed:
“My God!”
These were his only woros.
Fully 1,500 people were jammed in
the jailyard to witness the execution.
The crime for which William Allen
paid the penalty with his lite was com
mitted at the H. C. Frick Ooke com
pany’s works on April 26, 1901. Hiram
McMillan, a middle-aged man, had
come from Preston county, W. Va., in
search of work, bringing with him a
young wife, whom he had just mar
ried. They found temporary quarters
at the shanty of one Kenney, and
while there the first night William Al
len, a big, burly negro, came in and
insulted Mis. McMillan. Siie resisted,
but Allen forced her outside the shan
ty at the point of a revolver and as
saulted her. McMillan attempted to
interfere to save his wife, but Allen
fatally shot him in the abdomen.
Allen was arrested, tried at the June
term and convicted of murder in the
first degree. Since his conviction he
has maintained indifference to his
fate, though be submitted to being
baptized in the jail Monday.
Seymour, H”-, Wedding Closi at Hand,
Accused of Having Lining Wife,
BoJhar, Teun., Doc. 12. A . ar o
Dr. John W. Seymour located at Poca
hontas. t!;!? county, li was poll;*! I
arid 'possessed and soon worked in
to favor.
He passed ns a widower and event
ually he became engaged to a charm
ing lady.
Meantime rumors arose concerning
his history. The engagement was
broken off and investigation, as it is
declared, disclosed that Dr. Seymour
had a living wife, a resident of Madi
son county, Ga. It is alleged he
deserted her in Elbert county at the
beginning of the Spanisu war.
He was confronted with these
charges and threatened with a whip
ping. He denied the statements until
further evidence w’as produced, wffien
he feigned sickness and went to his
room. He remained there' for several
days and left secretly Friday night.
The present whereabouts of Dr. Sey
mour are unknown.
NEW FIELD FOR McLAURIN.
He Will Figure No More In Palmetto
State Politics.
Columbia, S. C.. Dec. 12.—From an
authoritative source comes the iut'or-
mat;on that Senator MeT.aurin has
lormed « law partnei lihip with
Frank L. and J. G. Weiles aud Charier,
Bennett, ot Washington, I). C. it is
said that ei< gant othces have ben fit
ted up lor the linn in the Adams build
mg.
This 'levs is looked on here as con
firming rumors previously circulated
loeally •ini' in Washington to the effect
that Senator MeLaurin would take up
his permanent residence in that city.
It is expected that his family will
shortly move io the capital, althougu
no direct intimation to this effect nus
been received here.
Politicians in Columbia and those
well acquainted with MeLaurin be
lieve that this move means the practi
cal abandonment by him of his politi-
cal career in this state. Following
the dramatic scenes of the last two
days in the senate, the news has un
use significance. Interest through
out me state had been excited by this
new development in the senatorial con
troversy aud McLaurin’s refusal to be
drawn into a second “resignation
throwing duel” is given a fresh inter
pretation from the news of the forma
tion of the law partnership.
PENSION LAW IS VIOLATED.
Federal Court Deals Out Justice to the
Offenders.
Columbia. S. C., Dec. 12.—Violations
of the pension law are rather rare in
this section, hut the federal court now
in session here has hail several cases
before it.
One was against Louis Linn, a crip
pled ex-confederate, who, as notary
public, failed to observe a technical
point and was fined $L0u, although he
had refunded the overcharge.
Against H. \Y. Ackerman there were
eight cases and in five he pleaded
guilty. The charges against him were
various. He was accused of sending
on bogus or fraudulent claims for pen
sions and forging names of witnesses
on the receipts.
Ackerman nas until very recently
been a magistrate in Colleton county
and worked the pension claims in this
capacity. He was sentenced to servi
tude in the prison at Nashville for one
year and one day.
Met Death In Strange Way.
Charlotte, N. C„ Dec. 12.—At the
Charlotte fertilizer works Charles
Simmons, an employe, yesterday met
death in a strange way. A belt was
slipping and with a heavy stick he
tried to replace it. The stick caught
in the revolving wheel and struck mm
such a blow on the breast that it tore
through the bone and through the liv
er. In spite of this injury Simmons,
conscious and in agony, lived five
hours.
Divorced and Married In an Hour.
Wadesboro, N. C., Dec. 12.—In the
special term of superior court which
convened here Lenora Harris secured
a divorce, and immediately she, with
Mr. W. Maston Haire, went to the reg
ister of deed’s office, where they pro-
'ured license and hunted up a justice
t the peace and were married. The
ulvorce was granted and marriage
performed all within an hour.
Many Out for Congress.
Raleigh. Dec. 12.—The new Seventh
congressional district in this state is
without a congressman. There are
nine counties in it and no less than
six of these already have Democratic
aspirants for the nomination.
NEGRO DESPERADO KILLED.
Tennessee Marshal Slays Man Who
Resisted Arrest.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 12.—A special
from Paris says Coleman Mltchum, a
negro teacher, shot and fatally wound
ed his wife and afterwards set fire to
the house. The negro took refuge in
a cabin, where he was located by City
Marshal Mi As, who was fired upon as
he entered the place. Mills returned
the fire and the negro fell dead with
a bullet through his neck.
Mitchum was formerly Industrious
and prosperous, but had lately gone
wrong aud was charged with the re
sponsibility for two -Lres ana an at
tempt to poison his wife.
PANIC AT CADIZ.
Riotous Mobs Attack Citizens and Pil
lage Stores.
Cadiz, Dec. 12.—This city was in a
state of partial revolution practically
all night long.
Riotous mobs, led by striking bakers
armed with knives and bludgeons, pil
laged stores, attacked peaceable peo
ple in tlu- streets, injuring a number
of persons. They threw the whole
town into a state of t and
the night hideous wit h shouts of “l ..;i :
live social revolution:” and ’’Down
with the bourgeoise!”
The police were at last able to <|U 11
the riot.
OLD, GOULD ULUS OF
SYNDICATE’S FLANS
To Extend Network of Lines
In the Sonth.
TEXAS AND PACIFIC EXTENSION
licking
Shirt
A Line Will Be Built From Arkansas
City to Lake Providence, In Louisi
ana, Traversing a Rich Cotton Coun
try Now Without a Railroad.
New York, Dec. 12.—George Gould,
with Mrs. Gould, has just returned
from a tour of the railroads embraced
in the Gould system—a tour divided
into two sections and lasting about
two months broken only by a flying
visit to New Yorn and covering prac
tically 'he entire country from Utah
to Texas. Mr. Gould returns in an
even more optimistic frame of mind
than when he finished his big tour
last spring. Mr. Gould was asked if
he were willing to state at this time
whether he intended to carry out the
rumored plan oi a transcontinental
railroad with the Missouri Pacific.
Denver and Rio Grande, Rio Grande
and Western and Central Pacific as
the main links in the chain.
“I have heard nothing about that.”
said Mr. Gould. “We are working
very harmoniously with our allied
railroad connections, the Central Pa
eifle being one of them.”
Then Mr Gould gave this inkling of
his plans of extending his network
of railroads in the south;
“We are contemplating a line from
Arkansas City south to Lake Provi
dence, in Louisiana. In fact, it is un
der consideration. The Texas and Pa
cific line is to be rebuilt and extended
so that it will form a through lino
along the west bank of the Mississippi
river between New Orleans and St
Louis. Tne improvement will include
also the rebuilding oi the New Or
leans and Northwestern railroad. The
new line runs through a Ik antiful cot
ton country and at present there is no
line to serve it. The < ou-t:y is entire
ly uiluaary to the Iron Mountain sys
tem, hence the construction ot the
branches.’
Convention cf Y. M. C. A. Secretaries.
Cincinnati, Dec. pj.—The national
conference ot state and provincial sec
retaries of \oung Men's Christian As-
sociations continued its session today,
xne time wns devotea to th” reading
ot ; apei’s, followed by general discus
sion. The officers of the conl'ercn a
are H. H. Res; ye ar, of Kentucky,
chairman, and F. II. liurt, of .Missouri,
secretary. The purpose ol tin- oon.er-
nee is to get the benefit of the expe
rience of the others in a general ex
change of ideas and by mutual consid
eration of the problem relating to the
state and provincial work.
Colony In Archer County, Tex.
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 12.—L. F.
Wilson, of Kansas City, but formerly
of this state, has just closed a deal
with a colonization company of In
dianapolis, Ind., by which he transfers
6u,000 acres of land in Archer county
to them. Twenty families have al
ready settled there and it is the pur
pose of the Indianapolis company to
locate 400 families from Missouri and
Indiana in the same district. The new
colony vill try diversification of crops.
Southern Securities Company.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 12.—Articles of
incorporation of the Southern Securi
ties company, capital $100,000, wore
filed here today. The company is au
thorized to purchase, hold and ex
change dealing in stocks, obligations
and securities of any corporation, gov
ernment or municipality. The incor
porators are: C. Frederick Smith,
John R. Turner, Edward B. Hawkins,
Edward P. Magoiiin and Walter H.
Band, all of East Orange.
Hentley Respited Until Jan. 9.
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 12.—A special
to The Sentinel from Greenville says
Armstrong Hensley, sentenced to be
j hanged at Erwin tomorrow, has been
respited uy Governor McMillin until
Jan. 9. Hensley’s friends are now
making a strong effort to have his sen
tence commuted to life imprisonment.
He is ehargeo with having assaulted
and kill *d his Hi-year-old step-daugh
ter last June.
Grand Larceny Charged to Norris.
Ithaca. N. Y., Dee. 12.—The grand
! jury of Tompkins county has found an
indictment charging grand larceny in
the first degree against Charles D.
Norris, who was arrested a few weeks
ago on the charge of having stolen 1
$80,000 m jewelry and txmds from the
trunks of Mrs. Denman Thompson.
NO CLEW TO ASSAILANT.
The Assault Made upon Mrs. Dennis
Still Baffling Police.
Washington, Dee. 12.—The mystery
of the assault made upon Mrs. Ada
G fibert Dennis, the fashionable mod
ule. Tuesday meniing is siili baffling
1 b police. No tact ble clew has yet
been found and desuite t!’“ inve-- J ig-j.
tion of a large corps of bem’.quai tei*s
(i toetives no motive for t!m crime In:.!
been discovered, it was stated todr.y
that if no complications s d in Mrs.
Dennis will recover. The main appre
hension .s that cerebral meningitis
may develop. Her skull already has
been trepined. She is unconscious at
intervals, but so far has not tailed
rat’onuily.
ISTHMIAN CANAL BILL.
Senate Authorizes Favorable Report
on Morgan’s Measure.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The senate
committee on isthmian canal today au
thorized a favorable report upon Sen*
ator Morgan s bill providing for the
acquisition from Nicaragua and Costa
Rica of the right of way via the Nica
ragua route.
Senator Morgan later presented a
voluminous report upon the general
subject of a canal across the isthmus.
Action on the bill providing for the
construction of a canal was deferred.
Collector of Customs Appointed.
Washington. Dec. 12.—The president
has decided to appoint Patrick J. Gar
rett, of Las Cruces, N, M., collector
of customs at El Paso, Tex.
STORM ON ENGLISH COAST.
Fishing Smack Founders In North
Sea—Fourteen Drowned.
London, Dec. 12.—a fierce gale is
sweeping the English and Scotch chan
nels. Many vessels are seeking an
chor shelter and the lifeboats are busy
rescuing small craft.
Dover is experiencing the full force
of the storm and numbers of ships on
there are making signals of distress.
A Belgian fishing smack has founder
ed in the North sea. resulting in the
drowning ol 14 persons. Snow in the
midlands has stopped hunting.
Dr. Zeemp Elected President.
Berne, Switzerland, Dec. 12.—Dr.
Jose Zeemp, of Lucerne, vice presi
dent of the federal council, has been
elected piesident of the Swiss confed
eration for 1902. Dr. Zeemp is a Cath
olic conservative.
Chili Calls Conscripts Into Service.
New Ycrk, Dec. 12.—A Herald dis
patch from Valpariaso. Chili, says:
The Chilian government will call into
service two forces of conscripts as the
result of similar action on the part of
Argentina.
Gold for European Expo-L
New York, Dec. 12.—-Goldman,
Sachs & Co. have withdrawn $50< > 0
in gold coin from the sub-treasury tor
export to Europe on Saturday.
Will Spend $15,000,000 on Plant.
San Francisco, Dec. 12.—It is an
nounced that an eastern syndicate
which has acquired extensive iron
mines in Madra county, this state, pro
poses to expend about $15,000,000 in
their development and to erect a sys
tem of smelters and a steel plant. A
shipyard for the construction cf steel
vessels may also be established. The
work of construction will begin early
next year.
Yerkes System Will Cost $10,000,000.
New Yoik, Dec. 12.—The London
correspondent of The Tribune says
it is announced that the total cost of
the Yerkes system of electrization of
IxMidon's street car system is estimat
ed at $10,000,000, and two years will
elapse before the work on the district
section, which is the shorter of the
two, is completed.
Cigarmakers' Combine.
New York. Dec. 12.—According to
The Tribune the cigar manufacturing
firms of Krebs, Worthelm & Schiffer,
Stratton St Stormcap and Hirschuorn
Mack ft Co. will consolidate on Jan. 1.
J>;M i ■ 'by and night—
7 ‘ i : • i iuit of those whs*
are u; i h.:* a ,o be atHicfHB
will, irt zcina <>> H./it Jliieum—and 'lot—
' " I a] j ' c; ‘ ions do not corcu
Tii.*v can't.
T‘
i ; hourci* 1 -I the trouble is in tf**-
b'ood — iiiaki- that pure and this scaL
dig, burnii g, itching skin disease nils
di-appear.
"I was taken with an itching on umt
arms which proved very disagreeable. J
e< collided it was salt rheum and bought u
bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla. In two dajw-
after I began taking it I felt better and U
was not long before I was cured. Ilatr*-
never had any skin disease since.” Mbs.
Ida K. Ward, Cove Point, Md.
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
and Pills
rid the blood of all impurities and care-
all emotions.
SUICIDE AT CALHOUN, GA.
W. W. Ballew Takes His Life In Wife’a
Presence.
Calhoun, Ga., Dec. 12.—Early yes
terday morning Calhoun was shocketi
by the announcement that Wiley
Bsdlew had met a tragic death by bfe
own han 1. The tragedy was enacted
in his own room at the Calhoun hottfl
come time atter midnight in the pres
ence of hie wife.
Mr. Ballew, who was engaged in tls«r
life insurance business, had been stop
ping at the Calhoun hotel for severtir
days and u day or two ago was joiner!
by Mrs. Ballew.
Tuesday night Ballew came from hip
work and seemed unusually cheerful.
After supper he talked for some time,'
with friends in the hotel office anti
later walked upstairs with an oltj
friend and traveling man and spenix.
some time talking over old times.
About midnight Ballew went dowr/
stairs to his room. His wife hail al
ready retired aud fie undressed pre
paratory to retiring, but instead of go
ing to bed he drew a pistol from h»s-
clothing ana shot himself through the*
breast. He fell to the floor and dif-l!
instantly.
The report of the shot and thr*
screams of Mrs. Ballew instantly
aroused tbi inmates of the hotel, but
those first on the scene found life al
ready extii.ci.
Wiley Ballew was a well known cit
izen of this county. He formerly.*
worked with the Wrought Iron Rang*-*
company out west and was very su<*-
cessful. Later h ■ was manager of th*-
Oothealoga water mills here.
He left no message of any iJnd an*!
the deed vas done so quickly"liis wife-,
did not realize what was occurring uii
til it was over.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Hol":c Passes Set '.tc Resolution Re
garding Property Fund.
Atlanta, Dec. 12.—The house, by
to 44, passed the senate resolution *?f?
Senator Howell to apply the procec*d&
of tiie public property fund to the in
terest account, by adopting the Hard
wick substitute that the courts shouHL
pass upon the matter and directing th**
governor anu stat - treasurer to set th-t.
machinery in motion tor the court tc.
pass on it.
By a vote of 96 to 5 the house passetl
the senate bill of Senator Sullivan
amending the law requiring superior
court judges to hold courts twice fer
every year to not “less than twice isa
every year.”
Under this change any county in th«*
state by special act can hold more
than two terms and thus relieve th*'
congested condition of some of thr*
courts of the state. The change was:
proposed by the Augusta Bar associa
tion.
The resolution of George, of Mor
gan, to appoint a committee to exam
ine into the needs of the common
school system was tabled, the hous«i
being clearly opposed to the resolu
tion.
HIS PRISON A CREMATORY.
Negro Burns Himself to Death In
Edgewood Calaboose.
Atlanta, Dec. 12.—While trying tot
burn his way out of the jail at Edge
wood Tuesday night Charley Cowan.
negro prisoner, was stifled by the head
and smoke and afterwards burned t*.
death in the fiery furnace.
Cowan was arrested .Monday nlglx^
by Detective Steint on the charge eft
having burglarized the store of J. F
Coffee at Edgewood. Tuesday event
ing Marshal Burchanan came to Atlan
ta and took Cowan to Edgewood.
Wednesdav morning the calaboose
was discovered on fire, the marshal
being awakened by the bright giart
that shone into his bedroom window:.
After the prison bail burned to thc-
ground. the charred body of the negn
was found in the ashes.
It is believed Cowan tried to bum.;,
a hole in the s j ( io of the calaboost
and was stifhd and suffocated by th*
heat and smoke.
Girl Mysteriously Disappears.
Atlanta, Dee. 12.— Flonnie Dobbins;
daughter of Officer W. S. Dobbins
mysteriously disappeared from hor~
home, corner of Piedmont avenue asi*.;
Gilmer street, yesterday morning ant
has not since been heard of. Her fai-
tner has asked the members of t.h«
police force to help him find his daugh
ter. He ran recall no reason why sh«
left her home and is utterly at a Iokf
to account for her sudden disappear
ance.
Balloon Breaks Moorings.
St. Johns, N. F.. Dee. 12.—The tiiftit
balloon used by William Marconi. thr«
inventor of wireless telegraphy, who U-
here conducting experiments with hie«
system, broke from its moorings lasar
night and drove away seaward. Ttw-*
inventor 's prepared for such an emev-
gency, however, and will send up nr>-
othsr balloon.
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