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PANAMA IS PROSPEROUS.
i.
President Amador, Here on a Vaca?
tion Says Canal Work is Good Ob?
ject Lesson.
Dr. Manuel Amador, the venerable
president of the Republic of Panama,
arrived here with his wife on the
Hamburg-American liner Prinz Joa?
chim from Colon yesterday morning
on an extended vacation, in which
they will visit most of the European j
capitals, returning here on their way
back to Pr nama late in the autumn.
The PriLZ Joachim, as she steamed
up th? bay on her way to the Atlas
piers, in the North river yesterday,
presented a gay appearance, with flags
and bunting everywhere indicating
that among the passengers was some
one out of the ordinary run of W;st
Indian travelers.
Dr. Amador, who celebrated his
74th birthday during the voyage,
does not look much the Latin-Ameri- j
can. He is about 6 feet 2 inches in !
height and built along lines some-"!
what similar to ex-Go v. Black ard
Vice President Fairbanks. He greet?
ed the reporters cordially and readily
consented to tell of the "remarkable
progress" Panama is making. He also
had many nice things to say of the
canal work, and declared that every
one in Panama liked ex-Senator
"Joe" Blackburn of Kentucky, who
was recently appointed governor of
the Canal Zone by President Roose?
velt.
President Amador was met at the
pier by his son, Manuel E. Amador,
the consul general of Panama in
New York, and Mrs. Herbert G.
Squiers, wife of the American min?
ister to Panama. With his. wife the
president was driven immediately to
the hotel Gotham. Dr. Amador may ?
go to Oyster Bay to see President
Roosevelt next week, although no
definite arrangements have bees
made. -
. "Panama," said President Amador,
"was never so prosperous as at pres-,
ent, and there is every indication that
a still greater prosperity is in store
for her. Under the able direction of
Col. Gorgas of the medical depart?
ment of your army the Isthmus has
been rid of yellow fever, not a case
. being reported in the last year and
a half, malaria is about wiped out
also, and pneumosia is hardly ever
heard of, so perfectly has Dr. Gorgas
executed the important work intrust?
ed to him.
"As for the canal, the work is pro
gressisg finely and every month we j
can see an improvement. The army J
engineers are doing splendid work, j
Although I would not venture a guess i
as to when the canal will be completed j
I will say that the Americans at pres- j
ent are ding at least ten times the
amount of work that the French
ever did.
"As to the Republic of Panama,"
the president continued, "I believe
that education will build up quicker
than anything else. In Panama we
are spending more money to educate
our people than many other Latin
American countries are spending on
war. The spledid government of the
Canal Zone is a constant object les?
son to Panama, and its effect is not
lost. Today there are over 3.000 boys
and girls in our public schools, as
against 500 when we were under the
rule of Colombia."
President Amador also told of the
efforts that are \>eir.% made to civil?
ize the San Blas Indians, of whom
there are about 15,000 in Panama.
Recently, he said 17 young Indians
were placed in school, but it took a i
lot of hard work to get them there, j
They weren't kidnapped, but some i
force had to be used in persuading I
them that their education would prove !
a blessing to their people. When the
Indians have completed their educa?
tion they will be sent back to their
people as missionaries. The most in?
fluential member of the San Blas tribe j
is called Charley Robinson. He once
lived in Boston. He is assisting the
government is its efforts to civilize his
countrymen. Henry Clay, another in
fiuention Indian, is also assisting.
"There is also a great building
boom on in Panama at present," con?
tinued President Amador, 'due to the I
high rents caused by the demand for j
business and governmental quarters, i
The government is building a national
theatre that is to cost about $1,000,
000, and also a modern hospital.
Bridges are going up everywhere, and
we are building roads that will prove
fine for automobiling."
While President Amador is away
Domingo de Obaldia. the minister of
Panama at Washington, will be the
acting- president of the republic. Mrs.
Squiers^will give a luncheon in honor
of President and Mrs. Amador at the
Hotel Gotham on Monday.-Xew
York Times.
ORDERED TO PACIFIC.
Greatest Fleet of Warships the United
.. States Has Ever Assembled-Admi?
ral Evans Will Have Command.
Washington, July 5.-Details of the
vast movement of the Atlantic fleet
to Pacific waters have been theoreti?
cally worked out weeks in advance
j by the naval general b*ard. But
j these details are necessarily subject to
; constant change, resulting from the
withdrawal of the battleships from
active commission on account of hav?
ing been declared antiquated or in
need of repairs, and the substitution
of other ships just going into com
I mission and fresh from the builders'
I hands.
The opinion of naval officials is that
but one route is feasible for the big
ships and that is by way of the
straits of Magellan. The route from
Xew York across the Atlantic and
through the Mediterranean and the
Suez canal is open to the objection
that it would bring the big ships al?
most into Japanese waters and that
the movement might consequently be
regarded as a menace, which Secre?
tary Metcalf has stated has never
been contemplated. The Suez route,
too, is longer, by a thousand miles.
thija. the Magellan route, which is
about 13,000 miles in length. The
opinion is that under ?rdinary cruis?
ing seas the Atlantic fleet can make
the passage from New York to San
Francisco in less than 60 days.
It is conceded that Rear Admiral
Robley-D. Evans will command the
fleet in this great movement. He al?
ready has had an extended period of
sea service in command rank-longer
perhaps than any other admiral in
recent years-but it is known by his
friends that he would like to wind up
his active career by safely conducting
around the American continent the
greatest fleet of warships ever gotten
together in these waters and there is
no disposition on the part pf the offi?
cials of the department, who have im?
plicit confidence in his ability, to deny
the officer this request.
Admiral Evans will, it is expected,
start out with 16 battleships besides
the colliers, which will move more or
less independently, and would prob?
ably precede him considerably. The
armored cruisers Washington and
Tennessee, which are now in French
waters, are under orders to return to
the United ' States and, afcer
refitting, to proceed to the Pacific
coast to form a part of an armored
cruiser squadron to be assembled
there. It is possible that they'.will be
detainee! and accompany the battle?
ships on the cruise. When Admiral
Evans arrives off the Pacific coast his
fleet will be increased by the addition
of the battleship Nebraska, newly
commissioned and simply awaiting
the rounding out of her skeleton
crew. The battleships Wisconsin and
Oregon will probably have completed
their extensive repairs by next March ,
so that they, too, may be added to
the fleet, which will then comprise 19
battleships, besides the armored and
protected cruisers of the Pacific ueet.
WAS NOT A SUCCESS.
A Mount Pleasant Farmer Who Got
the Wrong Rind of Immigrant.
To the Editor of the Sunday News:
We have heard a great deal about the
immigrant question from the view?
point of "treating them well." paying
them "higher wages" than the na?
tives, more in acocrdance with the
scale of wages . prevailing at the
north, and many more things of that
nature, but we have heard little from
the side of the employer.
Will you allow me, as a farmer,
and one who employed some immi?
grants from the Wittekind on her ar?
rival, February 12, to state the other
side of the question and endeavor to
show what the employer has to con?
tend with and the trouble he has to
break in and educate these raw Bel?
gians? The majority can speak noth?
ing but Flemish, a language that very
few here can speak or understand.
In the first place I had to prepare
comfortable quarters for them, buy
bedding and household utensils, fur?
nish firewood and groceries.
None of them could speak or under?
stand English. I hired them at $15
each the first month, agreeing to give
them steady work, rain or shine, and
furnish their living.
The actual cost the first month was
$1.40 per day each, not counting any?
thing for the house or firewood. Dur?
ing the months of February and
March they were of very little service,
owing partly to bad weather and part?
ly to the fact that they could not un?
derstand you, and it was therefore
manifestly impossible to tell, them
what to do. The foreman simply had
to go with them and by signs r-.nd
motions direct them about the work.
As there is so much variety on a
truck farm you can hardly under- j
stand it requires the services of a (
man almost constantly to keep them j
at work. Another great disadvantage
was the fact that they did not under- j
stand our method of farming, could .
not plough or cultivate or do scarce- ;
ly any kind ->f work until they were .
trained to it. They were willing and j
industrious, but, owing to their dif?
ferent methods of farming at home
and not understanding our language,
they were of ?io value as laborers on
the farm the first two months.
After the first month I gave them
$25 per month, they to buy their own
provisions. This arrangement seem?
ed to be the more satisfactory all
around, as they could purchase such
provisions as they liked and I was re?
lieved of the trouble.
However, another element now be?
gan to appear. Heretofore they had
been very prompt in getting out to
work, both morning and noon, and
keeping closely to their work during
working hours. Now, as more labor
was employed, they began to copy the
habits to a large extent of the negro
laborer. Instead of being among the
first to appear for work they began to
hang back and wait for the negro to
take the initiative. When time, came
to knock off they ' were among the
first to stop. In the field, no matter
with hoe or asparagus knife, their
gauge and criterion was usually the
slowest hand in the gang. Notwith?
standing they were getting double the
wages of most of the darkies, they
seemed to think they should not try
to do more, than the cheapest. In or?
der to keep them employed during
the slack work I had to hunt up all
kinds of jobs, such as mending tools
and harness and whitewashing the
buildings. They '.vere not handy,
however, and had to be constantly
shown. Finally they had it put into
their heads by some of their country?
men, ? think in Charleston, that they
were working too hard and doing too
much for their money; that they
could do much better elsewhere,
make more money and have easier
times. So at the end of four months
they all quit to get better jobs, they
thought, but I doubt it.
During the time they were- with me
they cost about twice as much as to
have had the same labor done by na?
tive help. There is no telling the
amount of annoyance and trouble
they caused me, not to speak of the
monetary 1 loss in superintendence.
They seemed to have no gratitude or
appreciation of the many favors done
them, or no realization of the fact
that they were by far the best paid
help on the farm for- what they ac?
complished. As an example of their
?ense of justice I will mention that
during asparagus cutting time I had
a colored man, whose duty it was to
follow the hands, see that they cut
and handled the asparagus properly;
in fact to keep the gang at work and
in proper order Any one who has
followed a gang of laborers knows
that this particular superintend?
ent had no sinecure and must be
a pretty competent man to be en?
trusted with so important a post I
paid this man 75 cents a day by the
year
The immigrants complained to
me that this foreman got 75 cents a
day and simply walked along behind
the hands, while they cut their row
with the rest and only got $1 a day.
They seemed to think the superin?
tendent was worth far less t?fan than
those he superintended, because he
did not perform as much manual la?
bor. They could not, however, real?
ize that, while they w^re receiving SI
a day, they were very particular not
to do a stroke more or better than
the laborer alongside o? them who
was only receiving 50 cents a day.
Another thing I wish to say is,
these immigrants hear through their
friends or otherwise of the scale of
wages prevailing in dirferent parts of
the country. No consideration is ta?
ken of the cost of living.
Generally speaking, where "wages
are highest living and rents are high?
est, the one necessitating the other. 1
consider, all things taken into ac?
count a man can clear as much mon?
ey in South Carolina, and probably
more, than in any of the northern
States. The reason of "his, because
the cost of living and rents, clothing
and fuel is much less here than in che
cold northern State"
Through the desire to encourage
the immigration movement I tried to
make my emigrants comfortable and
happy. I paid them more than their
services were worth, and yet I could
not satisfy them. The foreigners who
came here without understanding our
language or our requirements, ex?
pecting to get big wages, no expenses
and light work, are naturally disap?
pointed and unsettled, ready to shift
from place to place trying to improve
their condition.
Until our immigration bureau brings
a different class, those who come with
a fixed purpose and fully understand?
ing the conditions confronting them,
and not the shifting tide, so ready to
move or return, we shall have an
unsatisfactory class, one breeding dis?
content and trouble, not speaking of
our reputation that is spread abroad
through these shiftless malcontents.
For my part, I am through with them,
unless I can secure' a more staple ar?
ticle. Farmer.
Negro Stabbed to Death.
Charleston. July 4.-Among the
most serious casualties of the Fourth
of July celebration today was a stab?
bing affray tonight on the corner of
South and Drake streets, when Mart
Pinckney killed Sam Grant. The ne?
groes had a hand to hand fight, one
armed with a razor and th*? other i
with a knife, both being badly cut. j
but Grant getting the worst.
WH?SKEY AGENT ARRESTED.
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i
H. L. Solomons, of Columbia, Charg
ed With Violating New Law.
Columbia, July 8.-H. L. Solomons,
j a well known representative of whis
key houses, was arrested here today
on the charge of violating Section 46
of the Carey-Cothran law, which pro?
hibits the solicitation of business
from any county dispensary board
by any representative of a whiskey
firm. The arrest was made on a war?
rant sworn out by Dispensary Audi?
tor West, and is based on allegations
contained in an affidavit made by Dr.
M. G: Elliott, chairman of the Beau?
fort county dispensary board. The
warrant was served by Deputy Sher?
iff White, of Beaufort, who was ac?
companied by City Detective Broome,
of Columbia.
The Beaufort officer and his prison?
er went to Beaufort this afternoon,
where the preliminary will be held.
It is presumed that Solomons will ap?
ply for bail. His home is in this city.
In the affidavit made by Dr. Elliott
it is stated that Solomons called on
the affiant and at another time sent
for him to come to Dr. Elliott's office;
that Solomons gave him a sample of
whiskey, which Dr. Elliott declined
to take; that Solomons said he "^pre?
sented the whiskey trust, and among
the firms which he represented Dr.
Elliott recalled the name of only the
Big Springs Distilling Company, of
Savannah; that Solomons advised Dr.
Elliott to visit this firm at Savannah,
and that he would be.nicely treated
and receive valuable information.
The matter reached the ears of
Senator Christensen, of Beaufort, who
wrote to Attorney General Lyon, and
the attorney general took it up with
Gov. Ansel. The governor instructed
Auditor West to go to Beaufort, and
to investigate the statements, and by
some gool work Mr. West secured
the ?whole situation, and obtained the
affidavit on which the warrant was
sworn out.
This is the first case that has been
brought under the stringent Section
35 of the new dispensary law, which
makes it unlawful for any distiller,
manufacturer or brewer, of any alco?
holic liquors or any agent or dealer
in liquors, to approach, consult per?
sonally, or attempt to do sp, any
member,.of any county dispensary
board or any dispensary or clerk in a
dispensary regarding any whiskey or
beer, for the purpose of recommend?
ing its purchase or for influencing
S?id person in any way regarding the
purchase or use of his goods. The
penalty is a-fine of not less than $100,
nor more than $1,000, or imprison?
ment ac hard labor for not less than
six months or more than two years.
In addition any firm or agent con?
victed under th>s section is prohibited
from doing business in this State, and
all county boards are forbidden, un?
der penalty, to do business with such
firm. It Ls made the duty of the dis?
pensary auditor to notify all county
boards of any conviction under this
' section.
It is possible that this is not the
\ only case of the kind in the State, and
the result of the trial will be of in?
terest. It is understood that the mem?
bers of the Beaufort board were re?
luctant to take the matter into the
courts, having given Solomons to un?
derstand that they proposed to ob?
serve the law. plainly, but was urged
upon them that it was their duty to
give the information on which the
prosecuting offiicials might act.
News and Courier. ;
MRS. EDDY'S SANITY.
Two Noted Alienists Have Been Ap?
pointed on Commision to Examine
Her.
Concord, N. H., July 6.-The two
most noted alienists in New England
were appointed today to assist Judge
Edgar Aldrich in determining the
competency and sanity of Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy, the head of the Chris?
tian Scientist church, at the request
of Judge Aldrich, who was recently
named as a master to inquire into
Mrs. Eddys condition, as the result
of the suit to force the managers of
her property to an' accounting.
Judge Chamberlain decided that
the'inquest would be more authorita?
tive if conducted from a medical as
well as a legal standpoint, and for
this reason he named as the addition?
al members of the commission Dr.
Geo. S. Jelly, of Boston, and Dr. G.
Allen Bloomer, of Providence, R. L
A Man From Atlanta Got Into Trou?
ble While His Wife Was Away.
New York, July 8.-Dr. Julian P.
Thomas today underwent an opera?
tion for the setting of his fractured
leg, which it is feared he will lose as
the result of an automobile accident
last night when Dr. Thomas and two
women were thrown from the car in
a collision with an iron post. Miss
Francis Haas, aged 18 years, a mu?
sician, had her right leg amputated
today and is in a serious condition.
The other woman who was in the car
and who finally admitted her identity
as Alvina Weissmann, aged IS, was
able to leave the hospital today. Dr.
Thomas' wife and children are visit?
ing at Arverne, Long Island. Mrs.
Thomas is hurrying to her husband's
bedside. Pr. Thomas, who formerly
lived in Atlanta. Ga., is a well known
millionaire and an amateur aeronaut
of international reputation.
Ingersoll's Arraignment.
Robert G. Ingersoll's arraignment
i of alcohol will still bear reprinting,
i It is as follows:
I I do not wonder that every
I thoughtful man is ? prejudiced against
j this damned stuff called alcohol,
i Intemperance cuts down youth in its
I vigor, manhood in its strength, old
age in its weakness. It breaks the fa- (
ther's heart, bereaves the doting
mother, extinguishes natural affec?
tion, erases conjugal love, blots out
filial attachment, blights parental
hope, brings down mourning age in
sorrow to the grave. 1
It produces weakness, not
strength; sickness, not health; death,
not life. It makes wives widows,
children orphans, fathers fiends, and ,
all of them paupers and beggars.
It feeds rheumatism, invites chol
era, imports pestilence and embraces
consumption. It covers the land with
idleness, misery and crime. It fills i
your jails, supplies your almshouses, ?
and demands your asylums. It en- 1
genders controversies, fosters quar?
rels and cherishes riot. It crowds
your penitentiaries and furnishes vic?
tims for your scaffolds. I
It is the life blood of the gambler,
the element of the burglar, the prop
of the highwayman and support of
the midnight incendiary. It counte?
nances the liar, respects the thief,
esteems the blasphemer. It violates
obligation, reverences fraud and
honors infamy. It defames benevb
lence, hates love, scorns virtue and
slanders innocence. It incites the
father to butcher his helpless off- j
spring, helps the husband to massacre
the wife, and the child to grind the
parricidal axe. It burns up men,
consumes women, detests life, curses
God, despises heaven. It suborns wit- :
nesses, nurses perjury defiles the jury 1
box and stains judicial ermine. It
degrades the citizen, debases legisla?
ture, dishonors statesmen and disarms
the patriot. It brings shame, not
honor; terror, not safety; despair, not
hope; misery not happiness, and with
the malevolence of a fiend it calmly
surveys its frightful desolation and j
unsatisfied havoc. It poisons felicity,
kills peace, ruins morals, blights con- j
fidence, slays reputations and wipes
out national honor, then curses the
world and laughs at its ruin. It does
all that and more. It murders the
soul. It is the sum ot all villanies,
the father of all crimes, the mother
of all abominations, the devil's best
friend and God's worst enemy. ;
RAISULI TO THE FRONT AGAIN*.
1 Takes Sultan's Right-Hand Man a
Prisoner.
Tangier, July S.-Caid Gen. Sir
Harry Maclean, commander of the
Sultan's body guard and, next to the
Sultan, the most influential man in
Morocco, has been captured by Raisuli,
the bandit chief. Raisuli has announc?
ed that he will hold the general pris?
oner until the Sultan grants the
terms which he, Raisuli, demands for
his own pardon and Maclean's re?
lease.
Gen. Maclean is now at Elkimes, in
the heart of a wild'mountain district,
three days' march from Tangier. He
is being well treated and has been al?
lowed to write to the British minister
and send for his baggage.
The capture of * the general was
planned carefully. ' He went out to
the rendezvous against the advice of
his companions. j
The incident is being discussed with
deep interest in diplomatic circles
here, and the action of the British au?
thorities is awaited with considerable
anxiety, as it is recognized that the
affair may entail the gravest conse?
quences.
For some time past Gen. Maclean,
acting in behalf of the Sultan, has
l en trying to persuade Raisuli to re?
sume a peaceful mode cf life, and the
bandit leader apparently had shown
signs of willingness to meet the wish
! es oi the Moroccan authorities, with
the result that Gen. Maclean was en?
trusted with the task of taking some
presents from the Sultan to Raisuli. j
in the hope of finally persuading him j
to come to terms. These gifs con?
sisted of horses and tents and. to es?
cort them to his stronghold, RaiHuli
sent 15 of his banditti to the general
to act as a body guard. Accompa?
nied by these men Gen. Maclean
journed toward Rou ina, where he
was to meet Raisuli. But on arriving j
there the general was informed that
he was a prisoner.
Raisuli save he will hold Gen. Mac?
lean until he is granted the following
terms for his surrender:
First. The reconstruction of his ;
house at Zinal.
Second. The payment of an indem?
nity of 100,000 douros (about $200,
000).
Third. His reappointment as gov?
ernor ?of Tangier and Fahs and his
appointment as commandant of po?
lice.
HOLLY HILL BURNED.
Thc Business Portion Practically
Burned Out-Incendiarism is Sus?
pect et!.
Holly Hill. July 8.-Fire, believed
to have been of incendiary origin,
wiped out the business portion of
Holly Hill about 1 o'clock this morn?
ing, causing a loss of about $40,000,
with insurance of about $15.000.
BOY KILLS HIS FATHER.
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A Saluda County Farmer Shot ta
! Death by His Son.
j Prosperity, July 4.-News has just
been received here of a shooting" af?
fray in Saluda county. Details ar?
meagre, but from such information as
the News and Courier correspondent
can gather it is learned that William
i Taylor was beating his son, Simon?
when his wife spoke to him and beg?
ged him to desist He let the hoy go?
and attacked his wife The son went
to the rescue of his mother and shot
his father, killing him instantly. Tay?
lor was present at the time Stockman
killed his son-in-law, in Lexington
county, a year ago, and was a witness
in that case.
i WASHINGTON WAR TALK.
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Naval Officers Industriously Fanning
i the Flames of Anti-Japanese Feel?
j ing.
Washington, July 9.-While the
naval officers refuse to believe that
Japanese Admiral Sakomoto was cor?
rectly quoted as casting slurs on the.
bravery of the American navy, it is
no secret here that a prompt dis?
avowal of the statements by the Jap?
anese government would greatly clear
the situation. It is not thought the
United States will make a formal
representation to Japan as Ambassa?
dor Aoki says he disbelieves the state?
ment. It is hoped, however, that he
will call his government's attention to
the matter.
It was decided today at the navy
department to send only the newest
ships to the Pacific. Also the aver?
age age of the captains of the ships
will be reduced three to five years.
These two poins are thought signifi?
cant The fleet will be* thoroughly
modern and commanded by young
men. In the Pacific fleet, according
to today's decision, ihr ie will be 3 6
battleships, eight cruisers, two gun?
boats and six torpedo boat destroy?
ers, making a total fighting force of
32 vessels.
NEGRO KILLED IN KERSHAW.
Former Dispenser, Who is Himself
Hnit, Shocks Joe Kirkland.
Camden, July - *>.-Yesterday after
no on at Westville a difficulty occur?
red between Mr. Preston Hilton and
Joe Kirkland, a well known negro^
Mr. Hilton was shot in the thigh with
! a 44-calibre Coltf pistol, and his
1 thigji was badly broken as a result,
j with fatal effect. Kirkland died a
short while afterwards. 'In the me?
lee Hilton's younger brother took a
hand in the shooting as well as did a
brother of Kirkland, so it is reported.
Mr. Hilton was a beer dispenser in
Camden for a while and is well
known here as well as at his home in
' Westville.
Joe Kirkland was a bad negro from
all' accounts. He has been in a good
deal of trouble at different times.
About a year ago he had some trouble
with Mr. Hilton, and it is said that he
shot at him at that time. His father
is a well-to-do negro, but it is said
his son has cost him several thou?
sand dollars within the past few.
years. . j
KERSHAW DISPENSARY FIGHTT
Board of Commissioners Uphold Dis?
pensary Election Result.
Camden, July 3.-The board of
county canvassers were in session all
day yesteday, hearing testimony in
the dispensary election protests. After
all of the arguments were made the;
board adjourned until this morning.-'
at ll o'clock, when they met io de?
clare the result. They decided against
the protestants and declared the re?
sult in accordance with the returns of
managers, which is against the dis-,
pensary and against the manufacture
of whiskey. Their course in this ia
considered by many as the only cor?
rect one for them to have pursued.
The usual appeal will be made to the
State board of canvassers. i
Too Much Booze.
Spartanburg, July 4.-A y?ug man
whose name is believed' to be John?
son and who boarded the Southern
railway train at Saluda, N. C., is in
a boarding house in this ci cy tonight
terribly injured as the result of hav?
ing jumped from the train at Sibsbee*
a small station a few miles north of
here, tonight at ll o'clock. Dr. Geo*
R. Dean, surgeon for the road, said)
tonight that Johnson's jaw bone wa?
crushed and he would probably lose
the sight of both eyes lt he recovery
from his wounds. The man was drink?
ing. This is the only accident so far
reported during the entire day.
TOBACCO DUKE TO WED.
James R. Duke, President of the
Tobacco Trust, Buys House For
His Bride.
New York, July 9.-Jas. R. Duke,
President of the American Tobacco
Company, today purchased the Fifth
Avenue residence of the late Henry
R. Cook. The price is said to be
$1.600,000. The place was bought
as a bridal gift to Mrs. Wm. Inman,
of Atlanta, who will wed Mr. Duke,
in Europe. The couple will sall from
here next week for their honeymoon
abroad.