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The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
TRAGEDY ON TRESTLE.
FEARFUL FIGHT AT oCAPILCO
CREEK BRIDGE.
RIFLE VICTOR OVER KNIFE.
BODY OF VICTIM MUTILATEB by
TRAIN.

The Survivor, Horribly wounded,
Barely Missed aby Train which
Crushed His Victim, and Made His
Way to Quitman on FoOt-TayIor
Had Six Knife Wounds in His Body
and His Neck Nearly Sawed on,
but Was StiII Able to Navigate.
Bass Was Tenant of Taylor.
Quitman, Ga, April 2.-The east
bound passenger train on the Plant
System struck the body of a man at
the east end of the trestle over Oca-
pilco creek, two and a half miles
from Quitman, this morning. The con-
ductor wired back from Ousley and
freight engine standing in the yard
there was cut off and went to the
place.
Evidences of a terrible struggle were
found on the banks and down into the
water. The ground was torn up by the
efforts of the combatants, and puddles
of blood were all about. The shells
of two Winchester cartridges were
found.
The body had beer struck by the
engine and horribly mangled. frag-
ments being scattered for some dis
lance. 1t was that of a Mr.. Bass,
who lived in the neighborhood.
The other party was Carl Taylor,
the bridge Waterman. He was fear
fully cut. having six knife wounds in
his head and neck. one cut reaching
from the back of the neck around to
the throat. severing the muscles. He
crossed the trestle in a run in order to
get clear of the passenger train. He
just succeeded in doing this and walk
ed to town carrying his rifle.
When he reached town he sent for
the sheriff and told him what he had
done. Doctors were called in and
wounds sewed up and dressed. He
displayed wonderful nerve all through,
and this afternoon insisted on walking
up town to livery stable in order to
return horne. The difficulty was over
a business matter. Bass was a tenant
on Taylor's place.
1t is said that Bass attacked Tay-
lor with a knife. and that Taylor was
unable at first to use HIS rifle, Mbut
finally succeeded in shooting Bass
twice in the breast. which wounds
proved fatal.
Bass body fell on the railroad track
according to Taylor's statement, and
was struck by the passenger train
with results as stated. Taylor was not
arrested.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
BRYAN ON CAMPAIGN ISSUE.
Opposes Government Care of COnfed-
crate Graves or Ground That IL
WOuId Arouse bitterness and De-
lay Important Reforms.

crate Graves OF Ground That IL
WOuId Arouse bitterness and De-
lay Important Reforms.
Chattanooga, Tenn, April 2.-Hon.
F. A. Hood of this city, president of
the Bryan Club, to-day received a let
ter from Hon. w. j. Bryan in response
to an inquiry for an opinion on the pro-
posed campaign issue.
In his letter Mr.. Bryan says:
II am afraid that so long as I live
| will be accused of having ambition;
however the fact that l am editing
a paper and exposing the reorganizers
not planning for personal preferment.
while l believe that the Democratic
party would quite generally be in favor
of the taking care of the Confederate
graves along with the graves of the
Union soldiers, l am satisfied that If
it were put forth as a campaign issue
1t would arouse a bitterness which
might delay reforms far more import
ant to the Southern people. The care
of the Confederate graves is a patri-
otto duty and one that the Southern
people would not be willing to have
entirely turned over to the federal au-
thorities, and there are certain great
reforms which are of great pecuniary
value to the people of the South and
which might be lost sight of In a con-
dition that long ago ought to have been
forgotten"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03

Brig. Gen. Hughes to he Major Gem
eral and Coils. Derussey, Burt and
Sheridan to BE Brigadiers-AH but
One Began as Volunteers.
Washington, April 1.-THE President
to-day appointed Brig. Gen. R. p.
Hughes a major general, and Coils.
Isaac ID. Derussey. Andrew S. Burt
and NJ. v. Sheridan to be brigadier
generals in the regular army to fill
existing vacancies caused by retire
ments.
Brig. Gen. r. P. Hughes entered
the military service as a private of
the Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry, April rs, 1861. He was bre-
veted colonel of volunteers for gal
liant and meritorious services at Fort
Gregg, w. Va, and breveted a major
of regulars for gallant service against
Indians.
Col Andrew S. Burt was born in
Ohio and entered the volunteer SER
vice as a. sergeant in the Sixth Ohio
Infantry in April, 1861. He rose
through all the grades to be the Sec
ond ranking colonel in the line of the
army. He commanded the First Brig
ade, Second Division, Seventh Army
Corps during the war with Spain. He
was breveted major Sept. 1, 1864 for
gallant and meritorious services dur
ing the Atlanta campaign, and espe-
cially in the battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
Col. Isaac d. Derussey was born in
Virginia and appointed from New
York as a second lieutenant in the
First Infantry, April 26, 1861, and has
followed the fortunes of the regular
army for forty years, rising through
the grades to be senior colonel in the
line of the army At the outbreak of
the war with Spain he accompanied his
regiment to Porto Rico, where he re-
manned until Decebmer, 1900 He went
to the Philippines in April, 1901, and is
at present on duty in those islands.
He was brevetted major for faithful
and meritorious services during the
Civil War.
Was Also a Volunteer.
Col NJ. V. Sheridan was born in
Ohio and entered the volunteer service
as a second lieutenant of the Second
Missouri Infantry, Sept. 2, 1868. He
was appointed to the regular service in
February, 1866.
He served as a brigadier general of
volunteers in the war with Spain and
he has an unusual Civil War record
In the Army of the Potomac he par
ticipated in action in the battles of
the Wilderness, Beaver Dam, Yellow
Tavern, Meadow Bridge, Hanover
Town, Telephony, Haw's Shop, Metad-
quin Creek, Cold Harbor, Trevillian
Station, Tunstall Station, st. Mary's
Church, Darbytown, Opequon. Fisher $
Hill, Cedar Creek, Dinwiddie Court
house, Five Forks, Sailors Creek, APP
pomattox. and was present at the sur
render of Gen. Lee. He also partic-
mated in a number of Indian cam
paigns. Upon being relieved from
Porto Rico. he was sent to command
the Department of the Lakes, at Chi
cago. fn
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
FOUGHT REAR GUARD ACTION.
Beers Drove Second Dragon Guards
Bacl-Four officers wounded but
other Losses Not stated.

London, April 2.-Lord Kitchener, in
a dispatch from Pretoria made public
this evening, announces that the Sec
ond Dragon Guards fought a sharp
rear guard action, near Boschmans
Kop, during the evening of March 81.
Four officers are known to have been
wounded No further details of the
casualties have been received.
The column commander, Col. Lawley,
detached the Dragons with the object
of surprising a Boer lager reported to
have been located ten miles east of
Boschman's kop. The Dragons found
the Beers strongly posted, and the
Burghers we're subsequently largely
reinforced, with the result that the
Dragons had to fight a hard, rear
guard action in order to regain the
main column. The heavy firing called
up Col. Lawley and his troops, who
drove off the Beers. The latter's loss
is reported to have been heavy.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
VETOED REApPoRTIoNMENT BILL.
Gov. Montague of Virginia Gives
Good Reasons Therefor.

Richmond, Va, April 2.-To-night
Gov. Montague sent a message to the
General Assembly vetoing the congress
sional reapportionment bill. The Cow
ernor cites the act of Congress of Jan.
16 1901, and the article of the Vir-
ginia constitution regarding constitu-
tional reapportionment, and says:
Thus 1t is manifest that the object
of apportionment is the equalization
of population and the compactness OF
area of the several districts, and unless
these fundamental requirements are
met, the apportionment is without law
full sanction. In my Judgment, the
bill under consideration fails to meet
either of these requirements.
The Governor says that as Virginia
is not entitled to an increase of repre-
sentation in Congress, the failure to
make an apportionment win not dis
turb her representation.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS.
Labor statisticians Think Them q
Good Thing.

New Orleans. April 2.-The second
days session Of the national convention
of officials of bureaus of labor sta
tistics was devoted to the hearing of
reports from various state labor COM
missions.
Special attention was given to the
free employment bureaus which have
been successfully established in Illi-
nois, Missouri, Maryland and Michigan.
The sense of the convention was that
states
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
NELSON MINE NOT ON FIRE.
Disaster Leave Fifty-eight Or
phans and Fourteen widows.


Chattanooga, Tenn, April 2.-Inves-
tigation revealed to-day the fact that
the Nelson mine at Dayton, in which
the explosion occurred, is not on fire.
Workmen are removing the debris and
all the bodies will be recovered. The
funerals of those recovered were held
to-day. In all there were sixteen men
killed, leaving So orphans and IA
widows
George Swafford, colored, one of the
miners injured, died to-day. The min
ers claim the explosion was due to
failure 10 sprinkle the mine Sunday.
The prevailing opinion is that ii was
caused by combination of coal dust
and gas The officials of the Dayton
Coal and Iron Company state that they
have not progressed sufficiently in
their Investigations to make full
statement, but they claim the Nelson
was one of the best governed mines at
Dayton.
Superintendent Meyer said the rules
governing the mine were enforced to
the letter and the cause of the ex-
plosion is to him problematic.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
THE ARKANSAS sENAToRsHIP.
Clark Has "a Votes 20 Jones' AZ and
IA Doubtful.

Clark Has "a Votes 20 Jones' Al and
IA Doubtful.
Little Rock, Ark. April 2.--Authentic
returns give the following revised fig
ures on the United States senatorship:
For James P. Clark. "a members of
the General Assembly; for James K.
Jones, Az doubtful IA.
There are 1876 members and the num-
Der required to elect a senator is s..
The election of Clark Is now assured.
Complete returns from the Seventh
Congressional district show that r.
Miner Wallace defeated w. V. Tomp-
kins for Congress, the delegated vote
being Wallace IL. Tompkins 81.
Unofficial estimates from the Third
district place Congressman II. A. Dins-
mores majority over J. c. Floyd on a
popular vote estimated at between 100
and 200
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
A DEAL IN COAL PROPERTIES.
The Isaac Reese Company Sells to
Northern Syndicate.

Chicago. April 1.-The extensive
Isaac Reese Coal Mining Company in
Western Kentucky, extending into
Tennessee, where it owns railroads and
steamboat lines, with elevators at
Memphis and Paducah, has just been
sold for $500,000 to a Chicago and New
york syndicate of which ]. B. Nevins
OF New York is the head, says the
Nashville correspondent of the Chroni-
cle: The syndicate will develop the
holding. opening trade with New Or
leans and other Gulf points. The syn
dlcate will make other extensive pur-
chases in the South.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
MILITARY GUARDING RAPIsT.

VIII BE Tried Before Judge Jones,
who Conducted wilcox Trial, To-
day.
Roanoke, Va. April "A special
from Suffolk Va. says the jail at
Edenton. N. c.. is under strong mill
itary guard tonight, to protect Thorn
as Early. negro. from lynchers.
Early made an ATTEMPT to crimInally
assault Pearl Perry, a 16-year-old girl
at Ryland. N. c.. last Monday. He
escaped to Virginia and was caught
near Suffolk. A lynching was feared
at Ryland. and the officers took the
negro to Edenton to-day by q round
about route. Early has confessed 70
the crime with which he is charged.
lie viii be tried tomorrow before
Judge Jones, who conducted the VIII
cox trial at Elizabeth City.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
THE CHOLERA AT MANILA.
Health Commissioner Maus Com
plains to Archbishop of Conduct OF
Priests.

hcaAtn OOmmzSslOuer MauS COM
plains to Archbishop of Conduct OF
Priests.
Manila, April 2.-Up to noon to-day
III cases of cholera had been reported
and 7s deaths from the disease had
occurred.
The health board, since the estab-
lishment of the detention camp, has
been having much difficulty in finding
the whereabouts of cases of cholera.
AS soon as the members of a house,
hold find a case they either send the
sick person out of the house or flee
themselves.
Maj Maus, the insular health COM
missioner, has written to the bishop
.objecting to the action of the priests in
informing the people that no cases of
cholera have occurred; that only cases
of cholerine have been discovered, and
that the sanitary precautions are only
taken to annoy the people. Mai.
Maus has made a great number Of
post-mortem examinations, and found
that they We're all of the malignant
Asiatic type of cholera.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
WITHOUT DRINKING WATER.
Yet the Whole Country Around
jackson Is Flooded.

Jackson. Miss. April 2.-Pearl river
has begun to fall slowly. 1t win be
several weeks before a pillow can be
run in the valley. The drinking water
situation and fire protection here is
serious, the temporary pumps rugged
up by the water works company yes
terday failing to furnish watez for do
nestle purposes.
The railroads are still tied up No
trains will go east of jackson on the
Alabama and Vicksburg, southeast on
the Gulf and Ship Island railroad, or
south on the Illinois Central for several
days as miles of track on these lines
are under water. In all other directions
railroads are again making schedule
time.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
OLD WOMAN MURDERED.
Texas Has Case Similar to Recent
Chatham County Affairs.

Austin, Tex, April Mrs. o. L.
Levy, aged 20 years, a resident of
Travis county for the past forty years.
Barton creek, was murdered and rob-
bed last night. The house was after
wards fired and parts of the remains
were burned. The trunk and one arm
of the body were horribly mutilated
before the house was set on fire. The
house and two outbuildings were
burned.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
DUE TO MAcEDoSIAN ACTIVITY.
The Porte Makes Reply as to Danger
to Christians.

Constantinople, April 2.-In reply to
the representations of the ambassadors
of the Powers regarding the insecurity
of Christians in Macedonia and AL
bania, the Porte alleges that the rev.
dictionary activity is due to the Mace
DOMAIN Committee on Importations of
Arms and Dynamite. The Porte has
communicated to the diplomats the
instructions it has issued concerning
the protection of the inhabitants Of
the disturbed districts.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
The MaxweII's crew Landed.

London, April 2.-The crew of the
British ship Maxwell, from San Fran
cisco for Hull, which sank yesterday.
eight miles southwark of Dungeness
lighthouse, has been landed at Bremen
haven by the German steamer Pata-
gonna. from Bahia
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
sTEAMER-ATHEN WRECKED.

Eleven SURVIVORS, OF Her Crew Land-
ed Mt Punta Arenas.
Montevideo. Uruguay. April 1.-The
British steamer Athena. Capt. Jones,
was totally wrecked March %. 22O
miles north of Cape Pillar, Chill. Eleven
survivors of her crew have been land
ed at Punta Arenas. The captain and
the remainder of her crew were
drowned. She hailed from Liverpool
and belonged to the Athena Steamship
Company, Limited.
1t was subsequently learned that
twenty men were drowned when the
Athena was wrecked.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
FROST IN MANY STATES.
Hut Wind Is Believed to Have Saved
Georgia Fruit Crop.

Atlanta, April 2.-Frosts were gem
eral last night in Tennessee, portions
of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and
the Carolinas. The frost was heavy at
Nashville, Charlotte and Wilmington,
and severe at Knoxville. Reports from
Macon. Savannah, Augusta, Charles
ton, Memphis and Meridian are to the
effect that the frost was light. The
damage to the fruit crop in Georgia, If
any, was slight, a strong wind prevail
ing throughout the night.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
TWO NEGRO CONNECTS KILLED.
Boiler Explosion Does Great Dam
age ut Richburg, Ala.

Richburg, Ala, April Pin an explo-
sion at the Henderson, Boyd Company
mill to-day two negro convicts. Marion
Wood Of Jefferson county. and Henry
Champion of Crenshaw, were killed.
Five large boilers were wrecked ana
six dry kilns, with half million feet
of lumber were destroyed.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
TURKISH TERRITORY INVADED.
Albanian Chief Said to Have Enter
ed Novibazar With 900 Followers,

London. April 2.-The correspondent
of the Central News cables from Wen
ma that the Neue Freie Presse of that
city publishes a startling report cur
rent in Belgrade, that the famous AL
bantam chief Issa Boljetinac, with 900
followers. has crossed the Turkish
frontier into the sub-province of Novi-
bazar, where he is terrorizing the
Turkish populace and threatening a.
general massacre. The correspondent
says the report lacks confirmation.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
ENGINEER LOST CONTROL.
How Forty-five British Soldiers Lost
Their Lives.

Pretoria, April "Details of the
train wreck near Barberton. March 20,
shows that the engineer lost control of
the train on the down grade after
leaving Barberton, and for three miles
it went at the rate of eighty miles an
hour. The engine jumped the rails at
a sharp curve with five trucks filled
with soldiers. A terrific smash-up fol-
lowed and the boiler of the engine ex-
p!oded. the engineer and fireman were
killed. Six of the injured soldiers
have since died.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
TEXAS ANTITRUST LAWS.
Court of Civil Appeals Deals Them
severe Blow.


severe Blow.
Austin, Tex, April 2.-The Court of
Civil Appeals has dealt a severe blow
to the antitrust laws of Texas in af-
firming the case of the State of Texas
against the Waters Pierce Oil Com
pany, from McLennan county, and the
case of the State of Texas against the
Shippers Compress and Warehouse
Company. The court held. in the case
of the Waters Pierce Oil Company,
which was brought under the act of
1859. that it is unconstitutional to re-
cover penalties and that it contains
the same provisions as the Illinois act,
which was declared to be unconstitu-
tional by the United States Supreme
Court. In the Shippers Compress and
Warehouse Company case the court
held that the act of 1889 is unconsti-
tutional and the case from Illinois is
applicable to this case.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
TWELVE NATIVES WE'RE SHOT.

Private McGee's Testimony in the
Waller COurtmartiaI.
Manila, April AT to-day's session
of the trial by court-martial of Maj.
Waller of the Marine Corps, on the
charge of killing natives of the island
of Samar without trial, Private MCGEE
of the Marine Corps, testified that
twelve men were shot, eleven on one
day and one the next day. When call
ed upon to clear up certain parts of
his testimony MCGEE refused to an
swer, on the ground that it might in
criminate him.
The court will await the arrival here
of Gen. Jacob II. Smith, in command
on the Island of Samar, before hearing
any more witnesses
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03

Vienna, April 2.--The Morgan .zei-
tung declares that number of Alban-
ian magnates have invited Gen. Ric-
Slotti Garibaldi, one of the sons of the
italnous italian patriot, to land in AL
lama lama and raise the standard of rebel
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03

Santiago de Chilli. April 2.-The
Gillian Congress meet in extraordinary
session April Z. 1t will discuss finan-
cial matters.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
HEAVY FROST AT CHATTANOOGA.
Damage to Fruit i'm Tennessee May
BE Fifty Per Cent.

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 2.-Heavy
frost occurred last night in this vicini-
ty. doing some damage to fruit. Up to
last night the damage by previous
frosts had been from rs to so per cent.
in Southern Tennessee, and it is feared
the heavy frost last night will cause
an average of 30 per cent. loss to fruit
growing sections
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
venexueIa's Political Prisoners.

Colon, Colombia, April 1.-The vene-
zuelan gunboat General Pinzon, sailed
for Cartagena yesterday, having on
board Gen. Salamanca and fifty other
political prisoners. The Pinzon also
had strong guard of soldiers on
hoard
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
TO MAKE GEORGIA CEMENT.

A S2,00O,0OO Company Formed by
Michigan and Canadian Capital
lists.
Kalamazoo. Mich, April Am
nouncement has been made here of the
organization in Georgia of the South
ern States Portland Cement Company,
with capital of $2,OO0.0OO. w. r.
Cowham. of Jackson, Mich, is presi-
dent of the company. in which a num-
Der of Michigan and Canadian capi-
talists are interested. The offices of the
company will be in Atlanta and the
plant at Rockmart, Ga.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
MILES OF TRACK CARRIED AWAY.
Mobile and Ohio Road VIII Not BE
Opened Until Saturday Night.

Mobile. Ala. April 1.-THE Mobile
and Ohio officials announced to-day
taat their road, which has been closed
to traffic on account of washouts since
last Thursday, will not be open for bus
mess until Saturday night. Superin-
tendent Clarke, who has just returned
from the flood district. says 300 feet of
trestle has been washed away near
Enterprise, Miss, and that several
miles of track has been turned upside
down and carried into a swamp.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03

Provision Made for Use of voting
Machines.

Richmond, Va, April 2.-The consti-
tutional convention completed the suf-
frage plan to-day, adding a section pro-
viding for the use of voting machines
in elections. should the assembly at
any time desire the introduction of
such machines. The Republican sub
stitute for the majority suffrage plan
was offered and will be voted on Fri
day,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
THE LUTHERAN CONFERENCE.
Three Southern Delegates Read The.
illogical Papers.

illogical Papers.
Philadelphia, April 2.-To-day's ses-
sion of the general conference of
Lutherans was devoted to the reading
and discussion of papers including:
1.-THE Place of the Holy Spirit In
Lutheran Theology" by Rev. DR.. ia
son c. Moser of Hickory, N. c., and
THE Lutheran Doctrine of the Sacra-
ments," by Rev. DR.. L. Z. Busby, Sal
isbury, N. C.
Tonight "Our Home Mission Fields"
was the subject of discussion and Rev.
w. L. Seabrook of Newberry, S. c.,
was among those who spoke.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
WANT IMMEDIATE ACTION.
Financial Situation at Manila Is In
a Very Bad Way.

Manila, April 2.-The Chamber of
Commerce tonight decided to cable
President Roosevelt urging Congress to
currency question here, which, owing
to the present depreciation of silver
and the ratio of exchange of 1927 Mex
lean for 81 gold, fixed by the United
States Philippine Commission for the
ensuing quarter. has caused an i'm
mense loss of business and a great in
crease in the local prices of necessaries.
Many articles now cost 80 per cent
more than they did last December.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03

Liverpool, April 2.--The disabled Gu
nsrd Line steamer Etruria. which left
Fayal, Azores March l. in tow of two
tugs, arrived here to-day.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
Hanged for Murder of Sergeant.

Manila, April 2.-Private Healy of
the Twenty Infantry was
hanged to-day for the murder of Sergt.
Moreland in April, 1901.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-03
NEW GENERALS CREATED.

Brig. Gen. Hughes to he Major Gem
eral and Coils. Derussey, Burt and
Sheridan to BE Brigadiers-AH hut
One Began as Volunteers.