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REBELS CAPTURE GUNBOAT
An Officer and Nine flen Either Captured
or Kilied By the Fiiipinos.
WAS BEACHED, DISMANTLED AND BURNED
[..Was Doing Patrol Duty On Orani River.
Other Manila News.
[readied Manila Monday
isurgents had captured the
'States gunboat Urdauetn, in
Irani river, on the northwest side j
of Mantle, bay, where she was patrol- ;
ing. One officer and nine of her crew i
are missing. [ i
The United States gunboat Petrel, j
sent to investigate the matter, return., i
cd aiul reported that the Urdaueta was |
beached opposite the town of Orant, |
on the Omni river. She was riddled | 1
with bullets and burned nud the fol¬
lowing guns, with their ammunition,
were captured:
A one-pounder, ono Colt automatic
gun, one Nordeufeld 25-millimeter
gun.
'.Che crew of the Urdaueta are pris¬
oners or have been killed. Further
pis are lacking.
Comuiamled By Naval Cadet.
Hie gunboat Urdaueta, which was
^tweutv-five raptured with her crew at Orant, about
miles from Manila, on the
bay of Manila, is a little craft of forty
'tons displacement, not much larger
than a small tug. She was captured
by the navy early in the war and has
been on police duty in the bay for
months past. The records of the navy
show that she was one of
which the Oregon is the
that is, she was supposed
her supplies from the bat
e manned by the Oregon’s
under the instructions
[ommander.
last reports to the
ttle boat was last
omrnand of Naval
ood, but the per
ot a matter of
to jingq iient
chaiTT^^^^^^^^Vappointed Maval aca^P^H^fcni Oregon, to had the
passed his academic course and was
performing the two years’ sea service
at the time of his capture. Naturally
the department officials are vexed that
the difficulties of the negotiations
looking to the release of Lieutenant
Gilmore, of the Yorkman, and his men
should be added to by this last misfor¬
tune. Still there is no disposition
unnecessarily to curb the junior offi¬
cers of the navy who aro doing such
gallant service in the Philippines.
KILLED FATHER I5Y MISTAKE.
A Tlnjinson, Ga., Merchant Shot By One
of His Sons.
Mr. W. R. Hays, a merchant of
homson, Vson, Ga., was shot and killed by
Willie Hays, Sunday r ight at
clock. The weapon used was a
jfin loaded with slugs.
The deceased was under the influ¬
ence of whisky and left his home just
after supper and was not seen again
uutil the time of the killing. About 9
o’clock one of his sons, Mat Hays, was
passing through a cotton patch near
the house, when he heard a strange !
noise in the edge of the woods.
He called to his brother Willie to
briDg the gun, and together they pro¬
ceeded to the place whence the noise
came. When within forty feet of the
woods they saw something white upon
the ground, making a noise which
made they described to be like the the noise
by a mad dog or a .wild cat.
Willie tired the contents of the gnu
into the object which proved to be his
father.
An inquest was hold and the jury,
earing all the evidence, brought
" [t exonerating the
sons. j
founders; Five Drowned.
Steamship Company’s
a, Captain McAuiey, from
r Baltimore, foundered
irt Morant, on the south
nica. Five lives were
the first officer.
MONY PERFORMED.
rant and Kussiau Count Are
awfully Made One.
The Episcopal marriage service, sup¬
plementing that of the Russian ortho¬
dox church, which made Prince Can
taenz.ene, Count Spernnzky, of Rnssia,
and Julia Dent Grant, daughter of
Brigadier Genera! Frederick I). Grant
and granddaughter of General U. S.
Grant, husband and wife, was celebra¬
ted at All Saints chapel in Newport,
R. I., Monday. The assembly of in¬
vited guests, notable for social and
military distinction, made the eere
jtmony one of the most brilliant ever
witnessed at Newport. -
ANOTHER GINNERY ACCIDENT.
Boiler Explode* Near Fottsboro, Texas,
and Kills Three Men.
The boiler at Henderson & Mangus’
gin, near Pottsboro, blew up Monday
afternoon, completely demolishing the
building and pressrooms, killing the
engineer, Grant Cordor, Pressman
f Steele and a boy named
Lias
ELLIJAY, GILMER COUNTY, GA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1899
Negro* Island Residents Sow Willing to
Mnko Peaco.
Two important dispatches from
General department Otis were made Washington public by the
war at Mon
day. The first dispatch indicates that
the insurgents on the Island of Negros
are about to recognize the authority of
the United States.* The dispatch fol
lows;
ManiIiA, September 23___Adjutant
General, Washington: Hughes, Iloilo,
reports Lopez and 64 armed men snr
rendered to Byrne at Castellano, Ne
gros. Election in that island October
30th. Sought conference. Cheif in¬
surgents of Panev wished to know
what promise could be given them of
formal submission. Told no arrange¬
force ments possible until surrendered and
disbanded. “Otis.”
“The second dispatch is as follows:
"Manila, September 25.—Adjutant
General, Washington: Bates returned
from Iloilo 21st instant, having placed
garrisons at Siassi and Bungham,
Tawi Tawi group; one company each
place. Affairs in archipelago satisfac¬
tory. Bates saw chief insurgents
United Zamboaugai still anxious to receive
States on condition of with¬
drawal should Aguinaldo success in
Luzon. Proposition not entertained.
Zamboanga having trouble with more
Datos in vicini y who have raised
United States flag. Dnto Cagan, Snln
island, visited Jolo, gave a decision
and desired to raise American flag in¬
stead of Spanish flag on island.
AmerUnn flag will be raised there.
Beady to give six months’ notice in
order to establish in archipelago cus¬
toms regulations under protocol be¬
tween Spain, Germany and Great
Britain in 1885. Bates’ report by
mail. Otis. ”
Americans To,Be Released.
Further jMBnces from Manila stajq
that two Englishmen who have been
held by the insurgents since June,
have arrived at Angoles. They report,
that the Filipino cougresshas resolved
that fourteen American prisoners shall
be surrendered. They have, however,
no information as to the whereabouts
of Ci^tain Charles M. Rockefeller, of
the Nineteenth infantry, wbo disap¬
peared in April last, and of whom no
trace has beeu discovered. They as¬
sert that three Americans who were
captured by rebels are acting as offi¬
cers in the insurgent army.
VETERANS WILL PARADE
Notwithstanding Refusal of Offi¬
cials of the G. A. R. To Order
Them Out.
Veterans of the civil war will partic¬
ipate in the land parade in honor of
at New York, despite the
decision of the officials of the Grand
of the Republic not to or¬
der out different pests. Among the
organizations which have decided to
are two platoons of the Medal
Honor Legion, under command of
T. S. Peck, of Burlington, Yt.
who will parade will be largely
of the New York eommand
but other comnianderies will be
All of these men are
of the Grand Army of tho
There will be a contingent from the
Eleventh Veterans’ Association of tho
Civil War. The Hawkins Zouaves
aud two full Gramd Army posts are ar¬
to take part iu the parade.
The confederate veterans, who had
decided not to parade, are now
to have a representation of
their organization in the procession.
4ft Deaths From Bubonic.
Five new cases of the bubonic plague
been officially reported at Oporto,
during the last three days.
Two deaths from the disorder are also
Hobart Steadily Improving.
Vice President Hobart’s brother-in
law says in answer to inquiries that
is no truth in the report that
Mr. Hobart had Bright’s disease. The
vice president, he declares, is suffering
overwork, but he has been slowly
but steadily improving.
Chairman Wellington Resigns.
United States Senator George L.
has resigned the chairman¬
ship of the republican state central
committee in accordance with the re¬
written request of Governor Lloyd
General Thomas J. Shry
wig elected to succeed him.
MISS SIGSBEE DEAD.
Daughter of Former Commander of
Ill-Fated Maine.
Miss Sigsbee, the daughter of Cap¬
Sigsbee, late of the ill-fated bat¬
tleship Maine, and now commander of
Texas, died Monday of heart fail
l 6 college of Mrs. Rittent
X»el., xhere
MERLIN MAKES STATEMENT.
Declares Ills Innocence of the Murder of
Pear. Knott.
Great interest hits befin manifested
in the Kerlin ctse, on trial in Fayette¬
ville, Ga., on ac mint of the promi¬
nence of Kerlir, and it being one of
the most heinous crimes ever commit¬
ted in Fayete county.
, Kerlifi made Lis statement in court
Thursday. He said he was not guilty
of the charge. That on the night of
April 13th he got his father’s buggy
to go to his son-in-law's, Linsey But¬
ler, after his wife; that his mule got
sick on the Jones hill and he had to
return home before he went to But¬
ler’s; that he went to Senoia next
morning, returning a different route.
He said he was out buying cows,
and that was the reason he went In the
direction of the liver on the ittb and
18th did of April; ile said he wds excited
and not remember what he told
Minter; that there were threats of
lynching him, and went there to get
his advice about leaving the commun¬
ity.
lie told the jury this was the only
case he ever had before a jury, and
that he had often been on the grand
jury iu the county, and had never of¬
fended any one in his life.
Kerlin assorted his innoocent several
times in his statement, and made a
rambling statement of about thirly
minutes.
The defense put up no. witnesses,
depending entirely on the weakness
of the state’s case.
MAC YE AG II DENIES REPORTS.
Carter's Attorney Says He Is Not To Re¬
ceive Exorbitant Fee.
The following letter from
ney Geneiat Wayne -MacVctvgh ex¬
plains itself:
To inn Associated Fbess— I beg to
be permitted to correct} through the
Associated Press, tvVo netv misstate¬
ments which 1 am sorry to find the
enemies of Captain Carter have in¬
vented and put in circulation in differ¬
ent newspapers during my absence in
Europe. One is that he has paid me
a retaining fee of .$10,000 and the
other is that he lies agreed It) pay the
additional sum of $50,000 or more in
case of his acquittal. I only desire to
say that both these statements are
sheer and absolute falsehoods, with¬
out a particle of foundation or excuse
for either of them. Yours truly,
Wayne MacVbagh.
MOUNT BLAMES BROOKE.
Governor of Indiana Score* the Former
Commauderof CMckamatt&tt Forjt.
GuvTfrnor ‘Mnnnf, o% In
diana, in an interview at Chattanooga
Thursday stated-that Major .General
John R. Brooke was alone responsible
for the immense amount of sickness
in Chiekamauga park last summer
during tha time the soldiers were en¬
camped there.
Ile says General Brooke made no
effort to protect his men and that he
alone is responsible for those horrible
conditions.
He says that Tennessee and Georgia
were roasted all over the Union about
the paik conditions, when they did
everything to remedy them possible,
but were prevented by the tyranny of
the general commanding.
NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS MEET.
State Convention Held In Omaha nnd
Harmony Prevailed.
The Nebraska republican state con¬
vention at Omaha Thursday was one
of the most harmonious gatherings
ever held by the party in the state. M.
B. Rease, of Lincoln, was nominated
for supreme judge, and E. G. McGil
ton, of Omaha, and William B. Ely, of
Ainsworth, for regents of the state
university The on the first ballot.
platform indorses President
JIcKinley’s foreign policy, and his ad¬
ministration, adheres to the gold
standard and opposes trusts and com¬
binations having for their purpose tho
stifling of eompetion and arbitrary
controlling production or fixing prices.
RESIGNATION DEMANDED.
Governor of Maryland Is After Chairman
Wellington'* Scalp.
A Baltimore dispatch states that the
Maryland republicans are at war and
Governor Lowndes, who is a candi¬
date for re-election on the republican
state ticket, has demanded the resig¬
nation of United States Senator George
S. Wellington as chairman of the re¬
publican stato central committee and
it is understood that Senator Welling¬
ton will comply at once with the gov¬
ernor’s request.
VERDICT IN TWO SECTIONS.
Carterville Jury Undecided as to Parties
Who Shot Negroes.
A Carterville, 111., special says that
tho secret verdict of the coroner’s jury
in the Carterville riot case is in two
sections.
The first states that four of the ne¬
groes came to their death by gunshot
wounds inflicted during a riot and
charges a number of white men with
being engaged in the riot. The jury
states that it is unable to say which
of the accused men killed the negroes.
In the second section of the verdict
the jury finds that the fifth negro
killed, Sam Cummings, was shot by
Elmer James and others.
MISS GRANT WEDS RUSSIAN.
Granddaughter of Famous General Casts
Her Fortunes With a Count.
At 'New York Sunday night, in ac¬
cordance with the rites of tho Rnssia
orthodox church, Miss Julia Dent
Grant, daughter of Brigadier General
_and Mrs. Fred Grant, and grand¬
er of General U. S. Grant, was
Prince Cantaenzenej
of
SHELLS WRECK
FILlPINtt FORT
T!is American Warsliips Entail
Fearful Destdbtion.
INSURGENTS RESIST FIERCELY
Men From the Charleston and
Concord Land Under
A special from Manila says: The
United States cruiser Charleston, the
monitor Monterey and the gunboats
Concord and Zafiro, with marines and
blue jackets from the cruiser Balti¬
more, left Cavite September 18th and
proceeded to Subig bay to destroy an
insurgent cannon thel’ti.
Owing to the bad weather the oper¬
ation was postponed until Saturday,
when the warships for three hours
bombarded the tow^bf Olangapo and
the intrench ments whero the gun was
situated.
Men from the Charleston, Concord
and Zafiro were then landed under a
heavy ucan insurgent mouixcui fire, me, proceeding uiwoovuiuu to the nuo
by gnu cotton and thch returning „ n to
the warship. The Americans had one
mart wounded during the engagement;
While waiting the in Subig bay for bet¬
ter weather, etmericans descried
Filipino re enforcements moving to¬
ward Olangapo. *At 6:40 a. m. Satur¬
day the Monterey began the advance
upon the town, which was about three
miles east of the monitor's anchorage.
The Charleston, Concord and Zafiro
foliovt'Brt.
At 7:25 the Monterey opened lire
with her second artillery and main
hatteries, the Charleston and Concord
joining immediately. At 7:38 the in¬
surgents’ cannon answered, the first
shot passing close to t^ie Monterey’s
smokestack. The gun was fired twice
only.
Thi American bombarding then be¬
came general. At 9:30 the Monterey
advanced to a range & 6Q^yards,
Using
dred ™anuon about
800 yards cast of the at 11
o’clock uuder a severo Mauser fire.
The men from the Charleston wete
the first to reach the beach, but the
Concord’s men were the first to the
gnu, which they reached at 11:10.
The cannon was found to be a sixieen
centimeter Kvupp gun, presumably
obtained from the Spaniards.
Meanwhile the warships continued
to shell the shelving beach on the
cast and west to silence the insurgent
fire upon the sailors from the trenches
skirting the beach.
Gunner Olsen exploded fifty pounds
of guncotton, in Aliree discharges, in
the cannon, whicu had suffered from
the fire of the wafthips. The Ameri¬
cans then returned to the boats, the
firing inland being kept up to protect
the embarkation. The Concord's men
were the last to leavaiha* shore and
the warsliips wore reached fit 12:50
p. m. Concord’s
Cadet Brinser, with the
launch, armed with a gatling, did ex¬
cellent work on the left of the
lauding party. Captain Myers, of the
mraines, captured Lieutenant a muzzle-loading
field piece. McDonald was
in command of the landing party and
the movement was splendidly executed
and controlled.
The number of Filipinos there could
not b9 ascertained and no dead were
seen.
The Monterey fired for four hours—
twenty-one shots from her tou-inch
guns and seventeen from her twelve
inch guns.
The town, which was riddled with
shells, took fire at several points.
Fatal 0)1 Explosion.
While making oiJ^wgfjj||^r_Wells- preparations to
“shoot” the R»jl
ville, O., Salurday ufternoolftihe well
overflowed and the oil ignited from the
fire under the boiler, causing a terrible
explosion. Two men were killed out¬
right aud three others injured, two of
them it is thonght, fatally.
BRITISH CABINET MEETS.
Result of the Conference I. Kept From the
Public, However.
A London dispatch says: A cabinet
council was held Friday. A large
crowd assembled about Downing street
early in the day. The cabinet minis¬
ters were londly cheered, the secreta¬
ry of the colonies! Air. Chamberlain,
receiving the lion’s share of the ap¬
plause. o’clock
The meeting began at 12:30
and ended at 2:40 p. m. The minis¬
ters were cheered as they came out of
the foreign office. Nothing transpir¬
ed regarding the action taken, though
the general aJopusri. a
vigorous line had been
WHEAT CAUSED FAILURE.
Big Chicago Finn Forced to the Wall
With Heavy Shortage.
The firm of Barrett, Fnraur^fc Co.,
a wealthy and influential bfflhd of
trade coucern at Chicago failed Thurs¬
day. The firm hadflold short for sev
that el days, the plunging New York] ^^the exp
READY FOR DEWEY
Eeceptioa Arrangements Com¬
pleted at New York.
DEMAND FOR TICKETS ENORMOUS
A Hundred Thousand Applicants For a
Twenty Thousand Issue—Expenses
More Than Kxpectod.
A New York special says: All the
j general arrangements for the recep¬
tion of Admiral Dewey are now com¬
plete and only a few details ate left to
be settled. The majority of these can¬
not be attended to until the admiral
has arrived and his wishes have been
consulted.
All the sub-committees have about
finished tbeir work and have presented
their reports to the general committee.
The committee on distribution of
tickets was at work all day in the
mayor's office until late at night. They
apportioned nearly 20,000 tickets, all
there were at their disposal. There
were applications for more than 100(
000. Their work did not include tlM
distribution of tickets to the munici¬
pal assembly and the school ohildren’a
stands. These tickets will be at tb.6
disposal of the municipal legislators
and the president of the board of edu¬
cation.
The committee’ on stands is yet to
deoide exactly what will be the capaci
, . ... , * r ” . .. _ •,
it the expenditures it
has authorized, will have spent more
than $45,000 in excess of the first ap¬
propriation made to it of $30,000 and
it, 000 more than it has in sight even
if the municipal assembly votes to give
ft the additional $25,000 that is to*be
asked for at the next meeting o#thfi
aldermen and council.
For the seventy odd thousand ex¬
pended, tho committee has furnished
about 20,000 seats to the ticket com¬
mittee, 4,000 on the city hall stands,
6,010 for the school children, 10(000
for tho municipal assembly and 25,000
for the veterans of the Grand Army of
tho Republic, a total of about 40,500
seats for about $73,000.
Concerning the commi
that is to attend Admiral
his stay in New York, AJ
he had received a rep,’
Chauncey M. Depa Cro"
from Richard
McAdoo. Mr. Cro
miffea could maYo
they desired and tha?
do anything in his power
the success of the celebra,
the exception of Levi P.
W. C. Whitney all the mem
committee have accepted.
MISTRIAL IN HUGHES CASE.
Jury Announce* That It Was Impossible
to Reach Agreement.
Another mistrial has resulted in the
Mattie A. Hughes murder case at
Greenville, S. C.
The jury retired Friday night o'clock shortly
after 6 o’clock and at 10 an¬
nounced that it would be impossible
to agree. They were sent back to their
room with instructions to deliberate
further.
At 8 o’clock Saturday morning they
asked that they be discharged, having
■^reached *Stj uo verdict.
'he jury stood eight for acquittal,
three for manslaughter and one for
conviction.
The defendant will be tried again at
the coming spring term cf court. She
Is charged with the mnrdei of her
husband, George W. Hughes, on No¬
vember 18tb, 1898.
DEAD. *
FAMOUS ASTROLO GEE
He Predicted Date of Hi* Demise Like¬
wise That of His Wife ami Son.
Dr. Luke D. Broughton, president
of the Astrological Society of America,
died in New York Saturday. He cast
his horoscope ir.a iv years ago and pre¬
dicted that the critical periods of his
life were the 15th, 16th aud 21st days
of the present month and present
year. His death, he 22d. predicted, would
occur on Sej t imber
Dr. Broughton has made many suc¬
cessful predictions. On his advice
his eldest son did not marry, as his
father had predicted the exact time of
his death in 1885. Mrs. Broughton
also died as predicted in 1891. He
wrote many many pamphlets and one
book on astrology.
SIX KILLED OUTRIGHT
In Collision Between Freight and Pas¬
senger Trains In Colorado.
A special from Denver says* Six
passenegers were killed outright and
five injured, one perhaps fatally, in a
collision on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad at Reno siding, near Florence,
Saturday evening. The trains in col¬
lision were the Phillips-Judson excur¬
sion from the east and the cast-bound
fast freight. had from
The excursion train run
Chicago over the Chicago and Alton
and Missouri Pacific railroad and was
turned over to the Denver and Rio
Grande at 2 p, m.
WILL BE SENT HOME.
Norwegian Sailors Who Killed Companion
In Midocean Under Arrest.
Warrants were sworn out at Charles¬
ton, S.C., Friday by Vice Consul Witte,
acting for the government of Norway,
agains^^idersen and Thomas, the
vr - — "^"-sailors from the bark
*
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■
Often in the morning there comes a feeling
of weariness, indescribable ; not exactly ill, nor
fit to work, but too near well to remain idle.
A Ripans Tabule taken at night, before
retiring, or just after dinner, has been known
to drive away that weariness for months—
WASTED:—A use of had hreltti that R IT'A'N'S will not benefit. Send fire emits to Ripans Chemical do,
go. 10 Spruce street. New York, tor 10 simple, and 1,000 testimonials.. R IT A'S S, 10 for 5 come, or 13 paekota for
PARADE PROGRAM
As Arranged By the Dewey KecepMon
Committee lit New York.
A New York dispatch says: The
Dewey receptiou committee has finally
decided upon the order to be taken by
the city officials and the guests of the
city in the land parade. It is as fol¬
lows:
Sousa’s band.
Battalion sailors from Olympia.
Dewey and the mayor.
'ewey’s five captains at
personal stai~~
Officers cf nTt*
fadron.
That will complete the naval forma¬
tion. Then will come the gtlests of
the city in this order:
Visiting governors not accompanied.
Alajor General Aliles and aides. !
Rear Admiral Schley and Rear Ad¬ |
miral NIiller (retired.)
Joint committee of the municipal
assembly (fourteen of them.)
Sailors of the North Atlantic squad¬
ron.
Following the the sailors will and be sol¬
diers of regular army other
military organizations.
OIF FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
IYnlf of III© Twenty-Ninth Regiment
Leaves Fort Mcriiergoii.
Six companies of the Twenty-ninth
regiment United States volunteers
have left Fort McPherson, Ga., en
route to San Francisco, where they go
to board transports for tho I’hilip
pines. regiment
The first section of the left
uuder command of Colonel E. E. Har¬
din ; the second section, under com¬
mand of Captain Stern, and a third
section left under command of Major
Case.
Returned Seventy Indictments.
A Chattanooga dispatch says; Un¬
der the charge of Circuit Judge Estill,
the Hamilton county grand jury has
returned seventy indictments against
parties for illegal registration for the
coming city election.
Fend Iu Mississippi.
Cornelius Triplett, colored,who was
shot aud killed at Singleton, Winston
county, Mississippi, Tuesday night,
makes tho fourth victim—two white
nd two colored—resulting from the
an ! raging iu that county
ALABAMIANS SEE M’KINLEY.
Ex-Consi'essnmn and Mayor Are Working
For Birmingham Project.
A Washington dispatch says: Ex
Representativo Aldrich and J. A. Van
Hoose, ex-mayor of Birmingham,Ala.,
had an interview with the president
Friday. They are interested in secur¬
ing better water transportation facil¬
ities for Birmingham and desired to
enlist the president’s co-operation in
whatever legislation an that line may
be proposed at the coming session of
congress. __
OTIS MUST EXPLAIN.
Will Be Asked For Reasons For Exclud¬
ing Chinese.
At the cabinet Friday the subject of
Chinese exclusion in the Philippines
was discussed at some length. It was
decided to ask General Otis for defi¬
nite information as to what had been
done and especially in regard to a par¬
ticular complaint from the Chinese
minister that one ship load of Chinese
had been stopped. General Otis will
be asked to give reasons why this ac¬
ts taken.
NO, 4.
EXPLOSION KSLLLS FOUR.
Boiler of Ginnery at
Ga., Blows Up WiGj
trous Rtsuj
By the explosion of il
nearn ginnery, a half
metto, Ga., about 9 o'zh
morning, three men wl
killed and.
boiler roa
place. the hefp^^_ Sli(?44^
3r
discovered that the engin
order, iu some way, undf
who mind, were undertook of a mecbal^ remefl
to
The three men gathered
engine boiler and were at work
tho explosion occurred, tha helpers™
being in another part of the building.
The three men w*ere within a few feet
of each other and all received the full
force of the explosion, which was ter¬
rific.
D. P. Hearn was lifted bodily from
his feet by the force of the explosion
and thrown through the side of tho en¬
gine room, tearing away the weather
boarding as he went. His body was
picked up forty-five feet away r horri¬
bly torn ami lacerated. One-balf ef
his head was torn away and missing.
.T. P. Hearn was tossed through the
side of the building aud his body was
picked up about twenty-five feet from
the engiuo room.
Penn Hearn, the son of D. P. Hearn,
was thrown fifteen feet away. Ilis
liis right arm was completely torn from
body and was found fifty yards
from it.
The explosion was heard for miles
away, while the houses in Palmetto, a
mile distant, were shaken ns though
by an earthquake.
The building was completely wreck¬
ed and pieces of the boiler were car¬
ried a hundred feet through the air
before falling, while the build¬
ing was scattered in all directions.
The men who were working in the gin
with the Hearns, escaped injury.
Just what caused the accident will
probably never be known. It is sup¬
posed the water had been allowed to
run low in the boiler, while the Messrs.
Hearn were at work on the engine and
that cold water was injected thought¬
lessly or by accident.
JOHN TOMLINSON FOR GOVERNOR
Alabamian Make. Public Announcement
of His Candidacy. a
Hon. John W. Tomlinson, of Jeffer¬
county, Ala., in ft speech at Cen¬
son Satimlay, for¬
terville, Bibb county, eandiuacv
merly announced his
governor of Alabama. He
a canvass on close lines aftei^BI Chicago
Jennings Bryan and the
form, and ho will be in no combinfil
tion or with no clique. He will raakf
no fight in the position of United!
States senator.
ATLANTA IS WAKNED,
Gate City Must Be Careful In Framing
Health Certificate..
At a meeting of the special commit¬
tee from the board of health of Charles¬
ton, S. C., Friday, the manner in
which health certificates have been
issued from Atlanta, Ga., was freely
discussed, Health Officer Horlbeck
was instructed to notify the authori¬
ties of that city that certificates issued
*|here would not be honored hereafter
“*iless more care was exercised in is
dng them.
