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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27
GROwTH OF TIE SOUTH.

Few persons realize the extent
AMI intensity IF the activity that
has been going on tor some time
spastin this generous section of the
Urion, the Sunny South. Repre-.
sentative McIAurin,0f South Caro-,
lina gave Congress some astonish-
ing figures the oshet day. He finds
1S3, 000, 900 acres oi unbroken for
ests in the South, with pine, walnut,
oak, cherry, cypress, hickory, and
other woods; enormous stores Of
granite, marble, and sandstone ;
phosphate rock in wonderful abun.
dance, and in some places, as he
barns, coal, iron ore, and limestone
close together in the Same range,
- condition that exists nowhere
else in the world"
Last years cotton crop Of the
South was 9,837,000 bales, or 80
per cent. OF the whole worlds pro-
dgetion, and brought more money
Y ssa5ad than all other agri-
d snesducts combined.
ekf the South produced
392, Sol rounds of sugar, ST.
;176 gallons Of molasses and 1853, !.
no pounds OF rice, although of
Atot these articles far more was
tafactured products doubled
Salhe between 1880 and 1890,
pile The wages CT factory hands
efly trebled, as also did the capi-
q b -ayested in cotton manufa ctur
it9g, That capital has nearly. dou-
bled siLce 1890, being about $780,
100000 now to SCI, 100000 then.
In 1880 the cotton-seed.oil capital
was $500, 900, and now it is over
sS0,0Q0,000 in 1880 the South
made 397 tons Of pig iron, and in
1890 made 1,7O2,88O tons; in 1890
its coal output was 100000 tons
and now il is at the rate Of 100000
900 tons. Within two years the
South's addition of cotton spindles
has been 882,746, and New En-
glands only 671,223, the. former
being an Increase OF 80 per cent.
end the latter Of 5 J per cent.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

South Carolina has no marriage
license laws and no divorce laws.
There is no trouble for fellow to
get married but when they get the
moose on him there is no escape in
that state. He has to emigrate or
stick to his wife.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

An exchange remarks that "wo.
men were made before mirrors.
This leads the Americas Herald to
add: Sand most of them are there
yet"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

Mr.. James P. Crockett, very
wealthy citizen OF DeKalb county,
blew his brains GU. with shot gun
ON last Sunday morning. He leaves
o family.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

Immediate arrest, prompt indict-
ment, speedy trial, commensurate
sentence, and punishment without
delay, says an exchange, are the
surest preventive of crimes. Every
county official in Georgia should
paste this recipe in his bat.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

They are eating peaches down in
Southwest Georgia. Great country,
this.-Darien Gazette.
We are doing the same in North
Georgia. They are canned, how
ever.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

WAIVER NoTEs.--lronclad, in book OF
100 for Scots; in book of so for 25cts. Al>
so Book of 100 Receipts good quality of
paper for 25cts at Marietta JOURNAL Of,
tice.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

The Old Dominion>Suano worke,
of East Point, nearV Atlanta, was
destroyed by fire.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

An armistice between Greece and
Turkey for seventeen days was
agreed on last week, Turkey had
forced the lighting 80 savagely and
successfully tina. the Greeks had no
alternative but to sue tor peace.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

Grace Episcopal church, Savan.
naA, was burned Saturday night.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

Governor Atkinson ems deter.
mined to rectify the wrS bgs in the
convict 1 tenn. He is Working to
that end lie is making an efficient
Governor.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts Sis, 1926 90
Overdr ats, secured and unsecured 1,49724
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 1900 90
Premiums on u. s. Bonds 1910 w
Furniture, and fixtures, 1854 80
agents. 5,2s7 Is
Due from State Banks and bankers, 443 90
Due from approved reserve agents, SO,S76 80
Checks and other cash items, 6l271
Cs,0nai paper ou.ae 6s 95
Lawful Money Reserve st,ra,,' in Bank, viz:
Legaictender notes 1858 90 1928 90
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer
Is per cent of circulation. ......-....... 562 5O
Due from U. S. Treasurer, other than
per cent. redemption fund,......... $40 81
TOTAL $4,000 is
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid i'm $40, 600 90
Surplus fund $1,000 90
Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes
paid, ltyol o.
National Bank notes outstanding, 11,240 90
Due to other National Banks, 1891 SO
Individual Deposits subject to check, 110,S26 70
Total, $4,000 IS
STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CoBB, SIS:
1, C. S. McCaudlish, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement ic true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
G. S. MCCANDLIsn, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of May, 1897.
w. S. BUrToLPH, Notary Public.
Cobb county, Ga
| CoRREcT-Attest:
w. p r: w Power, ln;rector..
r, n. HOLLAND.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
or The
First * National y Bank,

AT MARIETTA, IN THE STATE OF
GEORGIA AT THE CLOSE OF BUSI.
NESS, May ID, 1897.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-27

The New York Sun all
iiedged Republican, paper I'D de
tends that party sRd y AAtforr
with vehemence. Nal . turn
coat ofthe FIRST water
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
BRYAN ON PROSPERITY.
Utterances That Indicate the POpo.
crat Has Not Yet Reformed.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4-The Post Dispatch
tomorrow will print letter from William
J. Bryan, the first utterance after three
months of travel and observation during
the return Of prosperity. Among other
things he says
Wheat has risen because the foreign
crop has been exceedingly short.
The fact that silver and wheat have
parted company will cause no dismay to
those who understand that the law of sup
ply and demand regulates the price of both.
Nothing can better disclose the weak
ness of the Republican position than the
joy manifested by the Republicans over
events for which their administration and
their policies are in no wise responsible
IF the Republicans desire to claim credit
for the high price of wheat they must as
sumo the responsibility for the famine In
India.
"A general rise in prices should be fol-
lowed by a rise in wages"
Mr.. Bryan says that the joy over the
increase of money from wheat is evidence
that we have too little money; that il the
farmers are benefited by the rise in one
of their products, how much better would
it be if the rise was universal; that the
price of wheat will fall when the foreign
demand becomes normal and that the pres
ent spasmodic rise will aid rather than
injure the cause of himetalliSm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
RAT RAN UP HER LEG.
A BLACK Cat Pursued the Rodent and
Miss ScheIIer Tainted.

Jersey CITY, N. J., Sept. 4.-Margaret
scbeIler. seventeen years old, of No. 1858
New York avenue. had a startling expert
ence last night with a rat. While stand
ing talking to Kate Dixon, in front of the
Carvings flats, on South street, huge ro-
dent pursued by a black cat, sought
refuge under her dress. The girls saw the
rat. and, gathering up their skirts. fled
for dear life. Miss scheller was not quick
aNay the rat had run up her leg. to her
knee. With a shrek she grasped it through
her clothing and held on tight, imprisoning
il in her dress. The cat came on after the
rat. and in it's mad efforts to reach it's
nrey it scratched the girls ankles fear
fuily. The rat began to squeal, and Miss
Scheiler tainted Bicycle Policeman James
Sniffen ran up and raised the unconscious
Young woman off the sidewalk. In doing
so he dislodged the rat, which ran up the
Sidewalk. still pursued by the cat. The cat
caught it before il had run hall half block and
killed it; The girl srd was taken Ken TO neigh
revived and was able to go home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
ALL BODIES RECOVERED.
The Twelve Victims of the Colorado
Mine Explosion Horribly Mangled.

GLENWOOD, Col, Sept. 4.-Twelve men
were killed by the coal-dust explosion in
one of the chambers of the Sunshine coal
mine, the property of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company at Sunshine, sixteen
miles southeast of GlenwooC arings, last
night. Eleven were Italians q cne Amer
lean The dead are; Ant Martone,
George Mandon, Louis Damon, Louis Ralki,
Joe Martini, Joe Casagrandi, John Jennoni,
Antoine Eppic, Theodore Polozzi, John An
driani, Emil Andriani and Francis Nc
Cloud. The men were preparing to leave
the mine on the day shift when the disaster
occurred. A shot had been fired, and, in
stead of it's being a direct explosion, it was
what in miners parlance, is called a
''blowout"-that is, the powder created a
fame which shot backward and caught the
dust that had accumulated in the chamber
instead of dislodging the seam of coal in
tended. AT the time OF the explosion there
was a barrel of gunpowder In the chamber,
which ignited and increased the disaster
which would have occurred through the
coaI-dust EXPLOSION alone The coal is a
combination of anthracite and bitumlnous,
and there is belief that the gathering OF
the dust in the chamber OF the mlne was
due to excessive explosion caused by a de-
sire to empty the chamber too quickly.
In the whole property there are nfty to ht-
ty-five men employed. Ihe single chamoer
where the men were Killed WAS lne ohly
one damaged.
Two hours after the explosion occurred
the bodies of the dead men were all brought
to the surface. They were practically un-
recognizable The force of the explosion
had completely crushed each bone in the
twelve bodies so that the remains We're
merely shapeless mass OF fesh ana oone,
and as easily rolled into a knot as though
CONFUSED of yarn. Three of the dead min
ers leave families. An idea of the force of
Tho exnlosion can be had when it is seen
tbet the timbers, many twenty-five inches
in diameter, were twisted and broken as
though they were pipe stems.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
EXPLOSION FOLLOWS EXPLOSION.
story of the Broad Ripple Catastrophe
Yesterday Morning.

A frightfuI casualty occurred at Broad
Ripple yesterday in which six men lost
their lives and about twenty others were
more or less injured. The cause of the
calamity was an explosion of chemicals or
gas in the drug store owned by James NJ
Watts, which was followed by fire that
consumed the drug store and commune
Gated with the adjoining grocery store be-
longing to Henry Gresh. Pending the spread
Of the fire to the grocery, crowd Of twen-
ty-five or thirty men rushed into the store
to remove the goods, and while they were
there a second and more terrific explosion
than the first occurred. Immediately the
walls of the grocery parted and the second
floor crashed down upon the men in the
store 1t was all over in a minute. A scene
of horror ensued, women were screaming
in the streets and men rushing about panic
stricken. From the building came the cries
of the helpless who were pinioned down by
the debris, and those who were not so Sc
riously injured or so hemmed in that they
could not get out rushed madly from the
ruins.
MEN BLOWN FROM BUILDING.
A number were blown from the building
and lay in the street or the ditch
that runs along one side Of the
store. The windows in the houses
in the neighborhood were broken
and whole sections of the destroyed build
ings were thrown many feet away. Burn
ing embers were found two and three
blocks from the scene.
But the most heartrending part OF the
fatality was yet to come. A few cool
headed men went to work zealously, imme-
diately after the second explosion. to rescue
the men that were fastened in the ruins.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
Injured.

THOMAS MITCHELL, stone mason,
Augusta Station, compound fracture left
leg above ankle, badly bruised ana cut
about head face back and breast Not nps Ups
pected to live until morning.
EDWARD MORRIS, aged thirty-fve
years married, living at Broad Ripple,
flames Injuries believed to be fatal.
TYSON KITCHENER, farmer. widower,
Carmel, back badly cut and bruised, in
jured internally. Injuries will probably
prove fatal
SAMEUL KEL.SO, laborer, married aged
about fifty-6ve years, living at Broad Rip
ple badly cut about head, right hip badly
bruised and back terribly lacerated.
JESSE DAY. street-car conductor, aged
twenty-six years, married, living at Broad
Ripple; right shoulder, left hip and back
bruised.
WILLIAM DAY, laborer, aged about
thirty years, living at Broad Ripple; chin
and neck badly bruised, several teeth
Knocked out and tongue badly lacerated.
JOSEPH WAMBAUGH, proprietor of
Rppe Hote f f9ty head 9d boS ed5
lips badly cut Severely but not thought to
be fatally injured.
AMOS DAY, llaborer, married, aged
badly cut under cN'n, Jaws bruised, teeth
loosened and right knee badly bruised
CLINTON RECORD. laborer, married.
aged thirty-four years living at t, Broad Tee
Ripple; face and breast badly cut by glass,
and lips cut and bruised.
EDGAR WATTS, druggist, married, aged
| twenty-six years, living at Broad Ripple.
badly burned about head, face neck and
hands.
EMsLEY JOHNSON, single, aged twenty
| four years, living at New Augusta, burned
about face and hands.
| JAMES WATTS, aged two and one-half
years. son of Edgar Watts; of Broad Rip
pie. bruised about head and shoulders.
ORvAL HEADY, single, boarding. at
Broad Ripple, compound fracture OF left
| bruised.
HARRY BOLTAN, aged about twenty-six
| years living at Oaklandon, bruised about
! head and body.
sixty-five years, living at Broad Ripple,
| three ribs broken and probably injured in
ternally.
WILLIAM E. PRIVETT, married, aged
about thirty years, living at Broad Ripple,
cut about face and neck.
FRANK FETHERSTON, laborer, mar
rled. aged thirty-four years, living two
miles from Broad Ripple, near Willow creek,
left forearm cut and bruised
THOMAS JONES, single, aged twenty
three years, living at Broad Ripple, severely
cut about head and body bruised and cut.
JOHN r. DOKES, laborer, aged about
thirty-five years, living at Broad Ripple,
back severely bruised.
FRANK NORVIEL, living at No. 3OS
North Delaware street, city, hand and leg
lacerated.
CLAIR WHITAKER, single, aged eigh-
teen years. living at Oakland, cut about
face left arm bruised, left leg sprained
and left foot badly cut
DANIEL NJ HEALON, living at Broad
Ripple, burned.
ANDERSON PLUMBE, living at Oak
landon, burned.
J. MLELAND, living at Broad Ripple
cut in leg.
WILLIAM BASS, colored, living at Broad
Ripple, burned.
OMER BOARDMAN, living at Broad
Ripple, burned.
c. A. CULBERTSON, living at Broad
Ripple, slightly hurt.
A. CULBERTsoN, living at Broad Rip
pie, slightly hurt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
IMPRoMPTU FIRE BRIGADE.
One Was Killed and Joseph Wam-
bauGh Terribly Hurt.

After the explosion in the drug store and
the bursting out of the flames a crowd
of about twenty-five gathered on the scene
and it became evident to all that the groc-
cry and other buildings were doomed. The
grocery faced Airline street, between
which and the Monon road there is a ditch.
Adjoining the grocery on the north was the
dwelling of Manford Lang and beyond this
was Whites livery stable, both facing Air
line street The crowd that gathered, see
ing that every one was safely out of the
drug store, started to remove the grocery
stock, while people in nearby houses, be-
coming alarmed, set to work taking out
their household effects. Only a few seem
to have endeavored to check the progress
of the flames. Among these were J. r.
Dokes, Charles Yountz, Joseph Wambaugh,
Tom Jones, Ready Duggan and Harvey
Duggan. In front of the grocery was a
pump and these men started to form fire
line using buckets. Dokes is very tall
man and it fell to his lot to throw the wa
ter on the rear of the grocery. While he
and Joe Wambaugh were pumping buck
etful, the second explosion came. He was
air and lighted on the far side of the ditch
in front of the store By his side was
large box Of fruit cans. Dokes. who lives
in Broad Ripple, and works for Frank
Hoffman, was the center of an interested
group much of the afternoon as he ex-
planned the fight he took through the
air. The man who was by his side when
the explosion came Wambaugh did not
fare as well as Dokes. Wambaugh runs
the hotel in the village and is now kept
under opiates, being seriously injured by
the falling of the roof of the porch in front
of the store. This roof also bore down up
on an old man named Mitchell and also on
French Jefferson. One of the men in this
iTnnr0mDtu brigade
was YouEtz, who was last seen by C. K.
Boardman as he broke into a side door
Of the grocery. Boardman yelled l9t him
not to go in as the room contained barrels
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
SON OF SIAMESE TWINS.
Kansas Farmer Who Has Made a Sue
cess in Growing Wheat.

WICHITA, Kan, Sept. 4.-W. L. Bunker
of Milan, who is said to have raised the
largest wheat crop in Sumner county, is a
son of the famous Siamese twins. When
the twins became rich they settled in South
Carolina and bought two large plantations
adjoining each other and married mulatto
girls. They divided their time between the
two places, spending day and night on
each alternately. About 1886, ten or twelve
years after the death of the twins, two of
the boys came West and settled near Milan
where they still live. w. L. Bunker has a
large farm we'll stocked and fenced and is
Weather than the average Kansas farmer
He is proud of his lineage, though he sell
dom mentions his ancestry. He is now
about forty years of age, and says he re-
members well how the twins went about
from one plantation to the other. He has
family of several children.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
POWERLESS TO AID.
Women Hear Their Dear Ones Cry
ing Out for the Last Time.

Women Hear Their Dear Ones Cry
ing Out for the Last Time.
The explosion was heard miles away
Down the river a party Of campers heard
it and thought one of the Broad Ripple
steamboats, had blown up. People We're at
tracted to the scene from every direction.
Wattss drug store faced to the south on
North street, at the corner Of an alley.
Across the alley to the west was a large
stable owned by Frank Shields. East of the
drug store, running parallel with North
street and facing to the east on Airline
street, was Gresh's grocery store. There
was an open space between the west end
of the grocery building and the drug store.
About thirty feet north of the grocery store
stood a cottage owned by Lucius B. Swift
of Indianapolis. 1t was occupied by Man
ford Lang and his family. Lang is a sec
ton hand. Still further north of the Lang
cottage was the livery stable of Isaac
White. The four buildings. the drug store
on North street, the grocery store at the
corner of North and Airline street and
the cottage and livery stable were all some
distance apart. Together they covered
about quarter of a block They were de-
stroyed completely. Nothing was left but
the almost indestructible brick foundations.
The site of the burned buildings is within
a stones throw of the Monon Railroad sta
ton and just west of the Hoffman House.
With the first detonations of the explo-
sion IN the drug store and the wild cry of
fire the populace of Broad Ripple came
running 10 the scene. The volunteer fire
department got out a little hand engine.
but it was useless. Men worked with it
trying to get stream through the half
inch hose. 1t was clear that the drug store
was doomed, and after assisting the Watts
Continued ON seventh Pagel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
SEPTEMBER 5, l897--sIXTEEN PAGES

Of oil. but Yountz would not heed the warn
ing. Up over the grocery store was the
hall. about 20 feet by p feet, which was used
by the Odd Fellows. and in the confusion
preceding the second explosion a number
Of the members of the order proceeded TO
the hall to rescue the societys records.
They were r. j. White, one cf the trustees
of the society, Amos Day, William Day and
Jesse Day All four men escaped
without serious injury. Jesse Day.
who was post guard, was in the
act of opening tho safe when the explosion
occurred He was injured slightly in the
hip. Amos, who sells fishermens bait, was
gathering up books and was rather serious
ly hurt. William Day, who is common
laborer. was blown out of a window with
an armload of books. He was hurt in the
leg and on the chin. The safe fell into the
street. The Odd Fellows society numbered
a hundred members, and Ii loses all us par
aphernalia and property. Last night was
it's regular meeting night. Mr. White es-
caped without injury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
A COMMERCIAL BRIGAND."
What the Rev. f. @. TyrelI Calls the
Charitable ROckefeIIer.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Sept. AT the
closing session of the New York Missionary
Society convention the Rev. F. c. Tyrell,
of st. Louis. spoke on Social Reform in
the Church. and created a stir by his ref
erence to millionaire Rockefeller I'VE
have come to the day. he said when
the commercial brigand stands not on the
highway to filch the pasSers-by, but be-
hind an oil faucet, levying toll on his fell
low-citizens in the form of profit. The
smell of Rockefellers millions will not i'm
pregnate the air with one-half the stencil
as do his donations to colleges and univer-
stiles of the land, for the latter are given
under the mask of religion"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
The Modern woodmen,. ROW.

FULTON, ILL.,, Sept. Am Injunction is-
sued by Judge Gest, of Rock Island. at the
request of attorneys for the Modern Wood
men of Iowa, enjoining Fulton people from
Hawes's Office from Hawkes. has lust been
served After citing by name Master in
Chancery McPheran and many prominent
Fultonites, 1t goes on to enioin all other
residents of Fulton and Lyons and Clinton
Ia. The document is voluminous Mean,
while hearing is pending before Judge
Gest on the injunction against the removal
of the office from Fulton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
TRAIN DERAILED.
Passengers Bruised and shaken and
Three Tramps MangJed.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4.-As the st. Louis &
San Francisco limited express for Galveston
and other points in Texas which left this
city at $50 o'clock last night was passing
Valley Park station. about twenty miles
west of here, at high rate of speed, it
was derailed and the baggage car. smoker
and two day coaches thrown in various d.
rections from the track None of the pas
sengers Is reported hurt beyond bruises ana
a good shaking, but three tramps stealing
& ride on the baggage car We're seriously
Injured, cne having his skull fractured ana
will die and the other two having their legs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
oh.istinn Socialism

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 4-The newly
organized National League for the Propa-
CATION of Christian Socialism, has elected
the following officers. President, Paul
Tsvner, of Denver. treasurer, j. NJ. Rey-
noIds, of San Francisco; secretary Rev. j.
Il. Scott OF San Francisco.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

The ROpuIar
MONON ROUTE
/; nnd the e. oDe"tCHICAGOTThimnssa e. o,4s HOURS


Leave Indianapolis-7:OO a m. n:so a. m. s:sS
.. m, 1866 night.
Trains Arrive Indianapolis-s:3o a. IN. 7:45 a.
N, 2;35 .. M 4:37 D.
Local sleeper in indianapolis ready at $40 p.
m. Leyves Chicago, returning at 2:45 a. m. Can
be taken any time after $3.50 p. m.
Ticket Offices West Washington street, Union
Station and Massa chusetts-avenue DEPOT.
GEO. w. HAYLER. d. p. A.