EUOOHTY DIRECnsr.
Warren county" was formed In 1778 out
of old Bute, county, which wa what is
now known as Franklin and Warren
counties and that portion of Vance coun
ty cut oil from Warren. - 5
Its present area is about' 600 square
miles.
Population in 1900, 19,151.
: Chief Products Tobacco, Cotton, Corn,
" Wheat, Oats, Gratses, Gold and Granite.
Surface Hilly and rolling. ,
Soil Loam and clay. No wast land, all
well watered by streams.
OFFICERS.
Court,
Second
Judge of the Superior
District, R. B. Peebles.
Solicitor of Courts, Hon. W. B. Daniel,
Weldon.
Congressman of Second District, Ho a.
Claude Kitchln, Scotland Neck.
WARSHIP BLOWN UP M,NE worth, millions j jg DIE IN CHURCH congremtpr
Hundreds of Lives Lost On a
Barzil Vessel
Wild Panic Caused By a Small
fire -- -
212 DIE, INCLUDING 4 ADMIRALS
Turret Ship Aquidaban is Sunk at a
Port South of Rio Janeiro by ah
Explosion in Her Powder Magazine
and Great Loss of Life Results.
TIME OF COURTS. f
Superior Courts Second Monday la
February, Third Monday in June and
third Monday in September of each year.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Clerk of Court J. R. Rodwell,
Warrenton.
Sheriff R. E. Davis, Warrenton.
Register of Deeds, J. A. Dowtin, War
renton. - . -----
Treasurer, J. L. Coleman, Macon.
Coroner, S. P. Fleming, Warrenton.
Road Supervisors, Q. G. Egerton, W. A.
Overby, Macon, N. C.
Surveyor. J. D. Palmer. Macon. N. C
County Supt. of Health, Dr. P. J.
Macon,, Warrenton, N: C. : -v "
County commissioners, H. j. ' White,
chairman; P. M. Stallings, J. J. Myrlck,
R. B. Davis and Walter Allen. .
Board of Education, W. G. Coleman,
Chairman; M. B. Alston and W. T. Car
ter. .. . . r . .,
County Superintendent, Nat Allen.
Public examination days, second Thurs
tlays in July and October. Fee on those
days, nothing, all other days, $1.
Warrenton Directory.
Situated on high rolling lands,- three
miles from the great S. A. I. system of"
railroads ana connected with the said
railroad by the Warrenton R. R.
Communications with ail the world by
the Postal Telegraph and Western Union
Telegraph companies, and telephone eys
tems. ,
Good water and a health record second
to no other town In America, Populations
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, By Cable.
Brazilian turret ship Aquidaban has
been sunk at Port Jacarepagua, south
of Rio Janeiro, as the result of an ex
plosion on board, and the dead num
ber 2J2. The cruiser Baroso has ar
rived here from Port Jaearepagua
with those iujured,'nuniberin; 36V The
Aquidaban blew up at 10.45 Mondaj
night. Nearly all the officer were
killed or injured.
. . Four, rear admirals perished on
board the Aquidaban, which had been
used for the accomodation of a num
ber of supernumerary officers' and
men attached to the flotilla escorting
the cruiser Baroso. The Baroso had
on board the Minister of Marine and
his staff, who were 4 inspecting- the
sites proposed for a new arsenal.
The explosion on the Aquidaban oc
curred in the powder magazine. The
vessel sank in three minutes.
The following members of the com
mission which left the arsenal on
hoard the Aquidaban, accompanying
the Minister of Marine, were drowned
Rear Admiral Rodigo Jose Da Ro
cha, Rear Admiral Francisco Calhei
ros Da Graca, Rear Admiral Joao,
Captain Alves De Larrigo.
- Two commanders, two German pho
tographers and one reporter aiso were
drowned. Later advices show that 98
of those aboard were saved. The
bodies will be brought to Rio Janei
ro and given natural funeral.
OFFICERS. s
Mayor, W. A. Burwell. "!!
Treasurer. R. J. Jones.
Chief of Police, E. L. Green.
Commissioners, Dr. J. G. King, H. Tt
Macon, W. G. Rosrers. Dr. C. A. Thorn
Frank Rose, W. T. Johnson and Taske
Polk.
CHURCHES.
M. E. Church. Rev. C. W. Robinson,
Pastor: Services every second and fourth
Sundays at 11 o'clock a. m. and 8.30
p. m. Sunday school at 9 o'clock a. m,
H. A. Boyd, Supt.
Baptist, Rev. T. J. Taylor, Pastor. Ser
vices every first, third and fourth Sun
days at 11 o'clock a. m. and 8:80 p. m.
Sunday school at 9 o'clock a. m. J. R.
Rodwell, Superintendent.
Presbyterian, Rev. Carr Moore,
Pastor. Services every first and third
Sundays at 11 o'clock a. m. and 8 p. m.
Sunday school at 9:30 o'clock a, m. Jno.
Graham, Supt.
Episcopal, Rev. J. E. Polndexter, Rec
tor. Services first and third Sundays at
11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. Sunday school
every Sunday at 945 a. m. W. Q.
Rogers, Supt. -
POSTOFFICES. .
Warrenton, Macon, Manson, Oak
rille, Nutbush, Elams, Odell, Mt. View,
Wise Embro, Areola, Warren Plains,
Merry Mt., Ridgeway, Newman's, Inez,
Creek, Marmaduke, Grove Hill; Vau
ghn, Afton, Brodie, Vicksboro, Axtel,
Elberon, Shocco, Dewberrle, Glenn
and Norlina.
sylvania, that $5,000,000 migh not. be
too much lor the property. - -'
Brooklyn "L" Oar Derailed.
New York, Special. The, middle
coach of -a three-car elevated train on
the Cypress Hills branch of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
was derailed at an "uncontrolled"
switch and plunged 30 feet from the
overhead structure to a vacant lot.
The forward end of the ear struck a
heavy boulder and was split from end
to end, collapsing into a mass of
wreckage. Of the 12 passengers Avho
went down with the car, one was kill
ed and the others seriously iniured.
A guard was standing on the front
platform was so badly iniured by be
ing hurled to the ground that he is nol
expected to live. '
Fell in Whiskey Vat.
Greenville, S.. ., Special. OUie
Smith, 12 years of age, fell into a
steaming. vat of mush at a government
distillery, seven miles from this city
Saturday afternoon and was literally
cooked. He cannot live through the
night, physicians say. The boy was
reeding cows from a cool vat arid, as
he watched them eat the boiled "corn
mnol Via lAnnn nL - ' A.
. hnmr. 7i.i T V - ii posed t0 Protect the beaming vat. The
In home at that place and it is alleg- nKt . . , ,f . - ,
I t ' . ami 11c It 11 i 11, U11I
his head and one shoulder bcinr held
Discovery of Very Valuable Deposits
of Iron Ore Near Southern Town.
Crreenvilie, Si C, Special Iron ore
was exhibited In the city Which was
found in the mountains above Green
ville, and analysis show that it con
tains not less than 63 per cent. The
ore was exhibited by R. E. Johnston,
of this city who has options on the
property. He says the iron vein ex
tends across an entire ridge and is 14
miies in length. Mr. Johnston while
jverlooking a section of prest noticed
the ore. He paid little attention to
it at first but, when he found that it
was so extensive, he selected a num
ber of samples from different parts
of the ridge. These samples were
recently analysed in Philadelphia,
with the results mentioned. This is
saia to De as mgn grade ore . as is.
to be found in the world with the
single exception of a pocket mine in
Spain. It has' been hinted to Mr. and Girard avenue. The terrible rush
Johnston, by a steel company in Penn- to gain the street Avas of brief dura-
VICTIMS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Smell of Smoke in Philadelphia Cal-
ored Baptist Church Gives Rise to
Shrieks of "Fire 1" and 18 Are
Killed and Nearly 4CLOthers Injur
ed in Terrible Rush for" Exits. "-.
What Our National Law Makers Are
, . Doing Day by Day. . . ..
. I r . i : ' I f , t -.'
Tillman Gets Warm. .
Senator Tillman raad-j a passionate?
speech upon the ftrecent?' ojectment
from the JVhite House v6f Mrs MinOr
Morris. 0"jf Thursday he introduced
a resolution to appoint a committee of
investigation, which ic-sciution failed
to pass.
. A.LOt of , Discussion.
Abiise TiTlthe expenditureTof appro
priations was the text of the discuss
ion in"the Huse' dunng 'the vconsider'
tion Of the urgent deflciecy app'rdpria
tion bill. But little ..progress was
made ill consideration of the bill,
which will be . the continuing topic
for Monday. iM.k -
The portrait of ex-Attorney General
rvnox for -which Jthe : Department of
Justice has asked $2,615 was again
the topic of comment. The mos. ani
mated discussion of J the 'day took
place on an amendment by Mr. Keif er
Ohio, to increase the amount for the
transportation of silver coin.
Mr.. Smith (Iowa) declared that the
practice of transporting silver coin
from and to sub-treasuries was graft
pure and simple and in the interest
of express companies.
Mr. Hill (Conn.) said it was "un
adulterated graft." Every Secretary
son the 8torvof.-thj.d.nri,; Fho. said had disapproved of the practice,
tried m vain io allay, the tears 01 the TT , n r
stance where an express company was
position expects to- realize a profit of
about $300,000 on the difference .be
tween the cost of the silver -and the
circulating value of the coins. Rep
resentative Maynard believes there
will be a great demand for $2 silver
pieces especially coined for the ex
position -and bearing scenes typical of
Jamestown,., as the coin will be of such
unusual : size that ' it fwill "be prized as
a souvenir.
Philadelphia, Special. A wild pan'
ic followed a loud shriekrf -"Firel'
brought death to 18 colored persons
and injuries to nearly two score of
others Sunday night at- St.? Paul's
Baptist church, on, the west side of
Eighth street between Popular street
tion, and that more were not killed in
the stampede was probably due to the
fact that the church was not crowded.
Not more than 300 persons were on
the second floor of the building which
with the gallery, was" capable of hold
ing 600 to 700. The fire was a trifling
one and was extinguished before the
firemen arrived. The smell of smoke
added to the panic and despite the
heroic work of the Rev.E.,W. John-
frightened worshippers, the terror-
stricken people made a desparate rush
to leave the church, only to be choked
up on the narrow stairway. , Those in
the rear leaped over the prostrate
forms of those who fell, and . when
the rush was over, 18 lay dead on the
first floor and stairs of the building.
Death in nearly every case , was due'to
suffocation or trampling.
BLOODY DAY IN ECUADOR.
IVo Killed in Mexican Wrack.
Mexico City, Special Two men, a
locomotive engineer and expess mes
senger, were .killed outright, in a col
lision between a passenger' train and a
freight train on the Inter- Oceanic
Railway, Two others were severely
injured. The baggage car contained
half a million silver dollars, but none
were lost.
Augusta-Columbia Trolley.
Augusta, Ga Special. James -U.
Jackson, vice president of the Augusta-
Aiken Railway ' Company, and
others, filed with the Secretary of
State at Columbia, S. C, application
for charter of company to be known j
as the Augusta and Columbia Rail
road Company Jt is their purpose to
extend the Aiken trolley line, now 22
miles long, on to Columbia, shorten
ing the distance between Augusta and
the South Carolina capital nearly 20
miles'.
SEABOARD'
AIR LINE RAILWAY.
Schedule Effective'Jaoa&ry 8, 1905.
DIRECT LINE
To Principal Cities North andSuuth
V
From
Death From Alleged Hazing.
Natchez, Miss., Special. Telegra
phic advices received here from
Greensburg, La., state that Joseph
bitman, a sub-freshman who left Jef-
ed that his death was due to injuries
received at the hands of a crowd of
hazers at the college. The boy's fath
er, Dr. C. W. Sitman. will demand an
investigation. Lieutenant Gus Morris
who was day officer at the college
denies that there has been any hazing
at the college and said that" Sitman
was suffering from a carbuncle and
took French leave of the institution.
above the boiling mass of meal, four
feet deep. When pulled out he dash
ed himself m a cool mountain stream
m the hope of easing the pain. When
his clothing was removed most of the
skin came with it. .
MASONIC.
Johnston-Caswell Lodge No. 10, A. F. A
A. M. Regular communications first and
third Monday nights in each month. M.
J. Hawkins. W. M.; W. C. Parker, Jr., 8.
w.; B. P. Terrell. J. W.; Ed. Peter, S. D.J
W. S. Terrell, J. r.; Sol. B. Wllliama,
Treasurer; A. S. Webb, Secretary; Alex.
'pristein. Tiler.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
PITTMAN m. KERR,
WMrenton, - North Oarolfna,
f&WilI attend to bnainaa.
Assaulted Aged Negro.
Winston-Salem, Special. Loo
Thaeker, colored, was arrested Satur
day n'ght and committed to jail on
th charge of assaulting, with intent
to rob, Jim Watlington. According
to Watlington's story, Thaeker came
to his home on Chestnut street and
borrowed a lantern for the all eged
purpose of finding a quarter. The
lantern went out and Watlington was
called out to light it. WIiiIe"stoorin
down, Thaeker grabbed the lantern
and struck Watlingtoc several blows.
The old negro called for heln and
Thaeker skipped out. In an hour or
two thereafter he was arrested aud
locked up.
17 Washouts Near Roanoke.
Roanoke, Ya., Special. The trains
on the .Norfolk & Western Railwav
west of Roanoke are badly delayed
as the result of washouts along the
line. It ws reported that there
were 17 washouts between Roanoke
and Bluefield. Of this number, 15
or tnem are said to be between Blue-
A J T 1 . ,
... ijuricn on tne iew nver
division, and two others are near Mar
ion. Westbound passenger train No.
A, which left Roanoke was cansht in
an onrush near Lurich and stood for
two hours "m five feet of water.
Two New Governments in an Hour
Makes Notable Record Even for
South America, People of Guaya
quil Revolting Against Assumption
of Power by Vice President Moreno
Guayaquil, Ecuador, By Cable-
General Alforo occupied Quito, the
capital, at 3 p. Thursday. A juanta
of notible persons met in the govern
ment palace here at 4 p. m. and form
ed a new government. Vice President
Baquerize Moreno assumed the execu
tive power, establishing a new Minis
try.
Rioting followed. The people dur
ing the afternoon attacted the prisons,
liberating the political prisoners and
paid- by the government $16,000 for
transporting its own money from San
Fransiseo to; New York. . ?-j
Mr. Williams (Miss.) stated that of
the movement of silver was stopped
or restricted it would work hardship
in agricultural districts. The amend
ment was lost. 'KI ; ; 1U M
Want License Record.
Mr. Humphreys (Miss.) discussed a
measure he has pending to make the
government records of Federal liquor
taxpayers and license-holders . availa
ble as evidence. In prohibition and
local option sections of the country,
he said, the present practice of with
holding this information really placed
the Federal government in the posi
tion of aiding the violators; of local
laws. Persons operating ''blind ti
gers," said Mr. Humphreys,- obtain
Federal license and thus avoid pursuit
by government agent, but the govern
ment records were withheld by the
rules of the Internal Revenue .Bureau
from being availableby State officials
in making prosecutions. The rule of
the Internal Revenue Bureau, he said,
contravened the well-established rules
of evidence of our jurisprudence.
Stating that there had been con-
afterwards capturing the police bar
racks, where the rioters obtained poss-J siderable criticism of Southern cotton
ession of a number of rifles and some I planters in their efforts to decrease
Cracksmen Get $2,050 Gold,
Oklahoma Bank.
Oklahoma City, Special. After
four attempts, robbers blew the safe
of the Bank of Dale, near this city,
and secured $2,050 in gold and made
their escape. It is thought that the
thieves belong to the same gang that
has been robbing banks near here for
the past three months. :
rrains leave Warren Plains for Ports
mouth, Norfolk at 3:45 a, m., ana
x.o p. m. - connects at Weldon with
A. C. L. at Portsmouth l6f BteamerBi
for Washington, Baltimore, New7
York, Providence and Boston.
trains leave Warren Plains for Italeighi
at 1:13 a. m. , und 1:13 p. m. Con-
, necta at Norlioa for the North via.
Richmond, at Henderson fjr Dnr-"
ham and Oxford at Norliua wit&
, through trains for all points South,
and Southwest.
Shoo-Fly leave Warren Plains Sout&
bonnd 7:55 a. m., North odad 7:20
p. m.
All Trough Trains composed of .vesti
bule, day coaches and Pullman draw
ing room, Bleeping cars.
For time table, rates and general i&
formation, address
C. H. GATTIS, T..P. A. ,
Raleigh, N. C.
TELEPHONE
SERVICE
Half Baltimore Block Burns. , :
Baltimore, Special. Fire occurred
in the plant of the Baltimore Chrome
Works. Probably one-half of the ex
tensive plant, covering about a citv
block, has been destroyed. The loss
well be very heavy as mach stock
ready for shipment . was destrojred.
The fire was still burning at 1:30 a.
m., but is believed to be under control
It is impossible to estimate the money
loss. . ;
3. C. Green,
Attorney - at - Lata,
Warrenton, N. O.
Practices im
all Stat and federal
Uourti.
M. J. HAWKINS,
Bidgeway, N. O.
T. W. BICKETT,
Louisburg, N. (X
Hawkins a Bickeit.
Attorneys -at - Lata.
Dr. 7 J. Macon.
Physician a Surgeon,
Warraaton, North. Carolina.
Calla promptly attended to.
opposite court boas.
H. A. Boyd. B. B. Williams.
BOYD & WILLIAMS,
Attorneys-ai-Law,
v7a-renton. N.'O.
T. a RODWELL: Hi
Atforaey and CcinseHor af Law,
WARRENTON. N. C. ,,
, All business placed la bts bands will r
)v prompt attention. Oflkajiautto LacJ
Texas
Texas hallways. ., fJ
is buildins "or nlVnntn
many new railroads that it Is nexl
to impossible to keep track of therp
all. " When they- are ?all -completed
Texas will not fall far short of hav
ing 5Q per cent more main trach
than Illinois, which was the ' statt
of greatest ioiieage until recently,
whsfti the Iron horse took a frgsh gpuri
ATir tht boimi5!fig areas 'oi the lm
r News Notes.
Baron Boris Korif, who was ordered
to Livonia, Russia, to help crush the
uprising, committed suicide rather, he
said, than kill Helpless persons.
Because Saturday was the Mo
hammedan Sunday there was no ses
sion of the Moroeean conference.
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina,
visited the Virginia Legislature.
China proposes in ihe future 'to have
a voice in the management of foreign
settlements within her borders.
West Belfast, for many years a
Unionist stronghold, elected " Joseph
Devlin, Irish Nationalist, to the Brit
ish Parlimeut.
In Santo Domingo it is said the ati
tude of the United, States during the
late revolution has strengthened the
proposed treaty.
Speaker Cannon and the House
leaders decided to bring , the Joiut
Statehood bHI toa test in the House
early next week.
The Senate committee iiivpstio-af ;o-
Panama Canal affairs decided not to
punish Poultney Bjglow for not dis
closing his SOlireeS of infnrTnatJnr, .-
Phares May was sentenced " to b
hanged and Berl Lamb sent to the
penitentiary for life for the murder of
. bynan ; peddler , in s Pocahontas
county, West Virginia. ' " 5 ; ' '
The Walter Wellman-Chicaeo Re
cord-Herald North Pole Expedition
was incorporated in Augusta, Maine, r
Secretary Root announced " that
Gen. Luke E. Wri-rht. of Tennesson.
lias been selected as Ambassador to
Japan; Judge Henry C. lde to succeed
him as Gevernor-General of the Phil
ippines.
President John Mitchell, ' of the
Unied Mine Workers, in the course of
a debate on ' the . motion to' accent
transfer cards from. the the Western
Federation of Miners, accused that
organization of trying to disrupt -the
United Mine Workers.
Hung to City Scales.
nopmnsviile, Ky., Special. A mob
ol 600 men, early Sundav morning
took Ernest Baker, a negro, from the
county ,ail and hanged him from a
beam of the city scak-s in the center
of the city. Baker ttternDted. Sat.
urday night, a criminal assault on i
miss Alary Gentry,-aged 18, whoni
ne knocked down and dragged by the
heels into an alle3 " Her .screams at
tracted neighbors and the n?TO fled
Out later was,captured bv oHcers. The
mob's work was so secretlv done that
the prosiners in the jail next to Bak
er did not know of the lynching un
til morning.
cannons, nine snots later were beard
in all parts of the city and the rioters
became so bold that they attacked a
bat tall km of artillery. Many persons
were killed and wounded durinsr the
fighting.
The new ministry, however, only
lasted one hour. The people rejected
the administration of Baquerizo Mo
reno and proclaimed as President
General Elroy Alfaro, the former
President of Ecuador, and leader of
the revolution, and in his absence Dr.
Emile Arrevalo assumed the civil and
military authoritj-.
A great panic prevailed here during
the evening and in the midst of the
disorder General Leonidas Plaza,-min
ister, of Ecuador to. the United States,
who arrived here Jan. IS "and assumed
chief command of the army in its
operations against: the rebels, escaped
from the city and embarked on board
the Chilean steamer Leora, which
leaves here to-morrow for Panama.
Later in the evening order was re
stored.
Two hundred persons were killed or
wounded in the lighting here.
their cotton acreage Mr. Sims (Tenn.)
denied that this would increase Euro
pean acreage and placed in The
Record an article from the govern
ment crop reporter on the subject.
Bill in Exposition's Behalf.
Washington, Special.- Representa
tive Maynard, of Virginia, introduced
a bill authorizing the government to
participate in the Jamestown Ter
centennial Exposition at Hampton
Roads in 1907, and providing an ap
propriatioir of $1,340,000 for govern
mental buildings and exhibits. The
bill also provided for the coinage by
the government of 1,000,000 $2 silver
pieces, the exposition to. pay for the
bullion used. By this means the ex-
Fatal "Wreck Neaa: Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga. Special. Two men
were instantly killed, another is
missing, believed to be under the de-;
bris, and a fourth fatally scalded as
the result of a head-on collision be-'
tween a north-bound thiough freight;
and a switch engine on the Seaboard
'Air Line Kailroad near Mina, a small,
station about eight miles from At
Would Kill Negro Schools.
Kackson, Miss., Special. Senator
Clover introduced into the Mississip
pi Senate a concurrent . resolution to
amend the constitution' by providing
that no children shall be admitted to
the public schools of toe State when
the parent is liable for the poll tax
for the current year .and. the 'same re
main unpaid.
SAVES TJME
TIME IS THE
STUFF OF LIFE
Have- Telephone Service at
Your House, as well as Your
Office, and SAVE TIME at
Both Ends of the Line
IfOR FAT 3
APPLY TO "
&OCAL MANAGER or
Home Telephone and
Telegraph Company,
HENDERSON, - N. C.
fill
Warrenton, N. C. Jan. 9,
Hi-
' :7
1905.
MAIL SCHEDULE.
Trains will leave Warrdntoh daily
except Sunday to connect with S. A. Ii.
train at Warren Plains as follows: "
Shooply, Southbound, 7:30 a, m.
eMails, North and Southbound, 12:40
P m .... ,
Shooply, Northbound, 6 ;50 p. m.'
1 1 ,
W. B. BOYD, J. M. GARDNER,
Pre. Secty. & Treas.
B. P. TERRELL. Siipt. and Agent.
. : 5 Years on the Roads
Hades boro, bpecial. Ilery Rich
ardson, a negro who claimed to rep
resent a New York firm and wlio was
arrested some time ago on a warrant
sworn out by -three neroes living near
n adesboro, on the charge of obtain
ing money under false pretence, was
sentenced by Judge 'Moore to five
years at hard labor on the county
voads.
Train Kills Two.
Greenville, S. C, Special. Carroll
Hall, a negro boy, was killed by a
ouTnern train here. The boy was on
his; way home from school "and was
holding an umbrella, .which probably
prevented him from seeing the v ap
proaching train.
Preston Crawford a mill operative
from Easley, was run over and killed
by: the , Southern 's fast. trainTfrom
New York "to" New Orleans.-' The ac
cident occurred a. mile north, of the
station and his body 'was brought to
the city on the pilot of the locomo--tive
to which he was fastened. "L; I -
Mishaps in Fog at Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga. Special The steam
er Hessie, plying between Brunswick
and Darlen, was sunk in five feet of
water off jSt. Simon pier. Fortunate
ly the accident r occurred in shallow
water . and the crew and passengers
were not in any great danger. The
Hessie was returning from Darlen
and in feeling her way through the
dense fog struck an obscure piling.
7 Deep" Water Tor Bfuaswick.f
: - Washington Sjiecial -Tiic Secre
tary'o'f '.AVar has traiisitnitied" to the
House a letter from, the chief of en
gineers'; with'-.reporrs. of a preliminary
esamiiiAtion and survey of Brunswick
Harbor, Ga. . TUc board of engineers
who i-eyieved the reports stated tlia
the f Hmprpvement to a depth of 30
feet at inean liigb. throughout
thfi harhiiv" suould b undertsken
finl receiiiishids Adoption of Um pro-
Chairman Shouts Defends Canal Com
. ... "mission. '
Cincinnati, Special. Theodore H.
Shonts, (chairman f of,, the .? Isthmian
Canal commission, was ihn guest of
honor. and sole speaker at the January
meeting of the Commercial Club. Mr.
Shonts defended the work '"of" the
canal commission against 'scandle
ino'ngers," bis speech taking much the
same turn the recent writings of
President Roosevelt fsnd Secretary
Socialist Rallies in Berlin.
Berhn, By Cable. Socialist meet
ings held here passed off with com
plete quiet. The halls, which were
filled to overflowing, j were closed by
the police half ir.n hour before', the
speaking commenced. Strong resolu
tions were passed and protests against
the present tripartite suffrage system
in Prussia were adopted.
Preacher Alleged Poisoner.
Gainesville, Ga., Special. Rev. J.
AY. Austin, at one time pastor ofM the
Methodist church at Belltown, neai
Gainesville, was placed in the count j
jail herer having been- arrested :..autl
brought from Gwynette county; charg
ed with attempting to poison Hon.
Bob Quilliaii, of Belltown, giving Mr.
Quillian a medicated apple. It is al
leged that Rev. Mr. Austin while ai
camp meeting at Popular Springs last
summer, Mr. Austin preaching a ser?
mon a few minutes, after giving Mr".
Quillian the apple -which made the
latter violently ill. ; v; "'
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Charged Witli Murder of Sleeping
. Brother.
Madison, Tex., Special.tRangers
arrested and jailed R. D. Defee and
J. H. .Defee on affidavits charino
' ' j, r . O O
them with the murder of Tom Defee,
a son and brother of the accused, who
was beaten to death .with an axe as he
lay asleep in; hi home at Midway! 1
Folk Addresses Bostonians.
Boston,. Special. Five hundred of
the leadinsr business men o P Rnsf'nn
members of the " Boston; Merchants'
Association, attended, the annual din
ner of the organization at Hotel
Somerset ' andt heard addresses by
Governor Joseph A' Polk',"" of Mis
souri; Mayor John AYeaver, of Phila
delphia; Governor Curtis Guild, and
others. Governor Folk v?'a& accorded
a -hearty reception, He'dlsoitsd n
a mm way reform fo polities.
To the Pacific Coast to California Oregon, Washington
round-trip, long transit and return limits, liberal stop -oyer
privileges..
The rate is practically on the basis of one fare for the round
trip. Of course, if you wish to visit both California and Oregon
or Washington, the cost is slightly more.
These reduced rates are in effect on cert&n dates in months
of May to October, inclusive. They apply from all Eastern points
via Chicago, St. Lows or, Memphis gateways. ' The Rock Island
System will take you up in either Chicago or St. Louis, or at hundreds
of other Middle West pointe and carry you to the Coast in through
Standard or Tourist Sleepers with unexcelled Dining Car service.
The Rock Island also affods a choice of routes: on. the "Scenic"
route you can stop off in Colorado see Salt Lake City visit
Yellowstone National Park; oh the "Southern" route you can go
via El Paso, thru New Mexico, then "up coast" to San Francisco
and on to Portland or Seattle tf desired. , k
In short, these Pacific Coast excursions offer an unusually good
chance to see our western country in a comprehensive manner. ;
If you desire to go only as far as Colorado, there are excursion
rates in effect - to that ' section ' and return, all summer long,
specially reduced June 30 to July 4," August 12 and 13,
and. August 30 to September 4. Extension trips to Ogden
. or. Salt Lake and return at low cost also.
? From September 15 to October 31, 1905, one-way
tourist or "colonist" tickets will be on sale to California and ,
the Pacific Northwest about half regular fare. .
, M interested, send name and address on this coupon, designating '
which booklet wanted and to what point you plan to go. Name probable
date of start also, so we can advise definitely with respect to ratet, etc -
Address '
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Vm, Traf, MpvRecb Island Syittw,
CHICAGO,
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