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The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
DEATH IN EXPLOSION
OVERLOOK SEVEN WoRKMEN IN
PEORIA DISTILLERY.
ALL IN BUILDING KILLED.
AND FIVE MEN ON OUTSIDE sERI.
OUSLY INJURED.

Twenty-Foot Copper Cylinder Was
Blown From Cooking Room
Through Building and Exploded.
Tore Through Brick Wills as If
They Had Been Tissue Paper.
Three of the Four Walls Blown
Ont and Roof of Building Went
With Them-One Victim Lies I'm
der Debris-Cause of Accident I'm
known,
Peoria, H., Oct. 3.-With a terrific
crash. Cornings distillery, at the foot
of Western avenue, rocked and swayed
this morning. and one large section of
the five-story building rose into the
air.
Out of the flying debris shot a huge
copper cylinder. twenty feet in length
and eight feet in diameter. The ex-
plosion of this tremendous tube of cop
per caused the death of seven men
and the serious injury of five more
Every man who was in the building at
the time of the explosion was instant
ly killed, the injured being men who
were on the outside.
The following is a list of the killed
and injured:
The dead:
James McManus, cooker man.
Charles c. Powells. assistant engin-
eer in cooker room.
James O'Keefe, laborer.
Ed. Schaefer, waterboy.
George c. George. meal man.
Guy Brennan, yeast maker.
John Wilson, United States store
keeper.
The injured:
James Welch, United States gauger
face and body badly scalded.
Daniel Sachen, laborer, right leg
broken at knee.
Charles Lane, laborer, badly cut and
scalded.
The great cylinder of copper. crashed
through the east wall of the cooker
room and on through the mill as if
the bricks and mortar had been tissue
paper; shot in an oblique and down.
ward course through the air; cut down
d large tree in it's flight, scattered a
pile of lumber as if beams and tim
bers had been so many straws and
landed $50 feet away from the start of
it's flight.
Three of the four walls of the build
ing were blown out. Great gaps were
rent in them from top to bottom, pull
ing the roof down with them and I'M
derneath that mass of brick, mortar,
beams and twisted machinery lies the
mangled corpse of John Wilson, which
may not be taken out for a day or
two.
Nobody has any idea how the acct
dent occurred. All that can be said
is that an explosion occurred or that
the cooker gave way.
The damage to the buildings and ma
chinery was estimated by Manager
Casey at about 100000. 1t will be
three months before the plant will be
in operation again. The distillery is
an independent concern, owned by the
Cornings and has been in operation less
| than two years.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
CONTEST FOR MAYOR
WARM IN M0ULTRIE
Citizens of That Town Invest in
Florida Timber Lands-COIquitt
Court to Begin To-day.

Florida Timber Lands-COIquitt
Court to Begin To-day.
Moultrie, Ga, Oct. S.-Municipal
politics is lively now and has been
for the past two weeks. 1t has been
a rapid game of in-and-out for Mayor.
First and last there have been six
prominent citizens to announce for the
Office, but three of these have with
drawn. leaving three in the race at
present.
The most interesting developments
of the past week have been the entry
of MIR. John E. Howell in the Mayors
race. Mr.. G. w. Newtons entry for
councilman, and the withdrawal of DR..
j. 1. Wilson from the race for Mayor,
and his announcement as a candidate
for councilman. The campaign is daily
growing warmer, and Monday, which
is election day. promises to be lively.
DR.. r. C. Smith, Mr.. C. E. Holmes
and c. j. Kendall, who have just re-
turned from South Florida. where
they bought 10000 acres of very fine
trees. The timber is in De Soto coun-
ty, and along the Atlantic Coast Line
They have not yet decided what dis
position they will make of it, They
may work it for it's turpentine and
then esta blish mills and cut it into lum-
Der. or may hold it awhile and sell it,
They are now on a deal for an ad-
ditional 5000 acres that lie near this
body. This timber has been held by
a syndicate for speculation, or would
have been a victim of the turpentine
ak long before this.
Two white men were arrested In the
western part of the county Monday
night, charged with stealing turpentine
from trees belonging to e. P. Ford
They were C. II. Hall and Walter
Jacobs. They We're tried this week.
and Hall came clear. Jacobs was fined
$50 or six months on the gang.
The adjourned term of Colquitt Su-
perior Court will convene in Moultrie
next Monday. The McTier damage case,
which is one of the most important on
the civil docket, will not be tried.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04

notable heroes OF the
OF every span
undaunted courage and
Approached friend recently his opinion was asked as TO the en-
of Without the slightest hes
aon where favorie
indicate wonderful hold that Peruna
1t the question that
great
positive the
emedy s a he i is
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
TO CLEAR TRACKS
WITH DYNAMITE

cambridge, Ga, Oct. 3.-The Georgia.
Florida and Alabama is still able to
run but one train day between this
city and Tallahassee, Fla. A half mile
of the track between Lake jackson
and Tallahassee is still submerged, and
the one train that they do run has to
crawl through three feet of water.
They are unable to move il by the or
binary means. and are going to resort
TO dynamite to clear the water from
the track. They have ordered about 500
pounds of dynamite, and are to begin
blasting Sunday. The officials of the
road do not think that the tracks will
be damaged any by the water, as this
is a remarkably hard bed at this point
They hope to have all trains running on
this end of the line the first part OF
next week.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
George w. scott. Atlanta. GIN.

Atlanta, oct. 3.-George w. Scott,
one Of the most prominent citizens of
Atlanta, died at a sanitarium where he
has been i'll for the past nine days. Mr.
Scott was one of the best known finan-
ciers in Georgia. and was the founder
of the Agnes Scott Institute at Deca-
tur Ga. He was the president of the
George w. Scott Investment Company,
which owns great quantities of real es-
tate in Atlanta and which erected the
twelve-story Century building. Mr.
Scott was "A years of age. He leaves
one son and four George
Butcher Scott, vice president of the
Scott Investment Company; Mrs. c. NJ
Gambler, Mrs. Milton Gambler, Jr., Mrs
Thomas Cooper, and Mrs. Charles E.
Harmon, wife of the general passenger
agent of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
BOND ESTREATED;
PRISONER GIVEN UP.

Columbus, Ga. Oct3.-W. H. McMatha,
a young man of Crimson, Ga. who is
charged with robbing the postoffice at
Lacrosse, Ga, several years ago, and
whose bond was declared forfeited at
last term of the United States court
here, was surrendered here tonight by
his bondsmen, r. L., E. j. and B. H.
McMatha of Americas.
The defendant has a physicians af-
fidavit that he was sick at the last
term Of court. He was convicted once
and sentenced to three years, but lie
obtained a new trial. The govern
ment has instituted suit against the
bondsmen for $500 in the federal
court at Macon.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
CAMBRIDGE WANTS
PAID FIREMEN
Election for Mayor and Councilman
to Take Place Wednesday.

cambridge. Ga, Oct. 3.-There is a
movement on foot among the citizens
of this city to secure a paid fire de-
partment. For years cambridge has
been defended against the ravages of
fire only by a volunteer service. The
city is growing rapidly. the value of
property has increased remarkably and
the largest taxpayers in the city are
interested in getting better fire protec-
ton.
Much interest is being taken in the
approaching election for Mayor and
Council which is to be held Wednes-
day. There will be only one candi-
date for Mayor but twelve candidates
for Council, with only six places to be
filed. The following ticket will be
voted on: For Mayor, E. j. Willis;
for councilmen, Capt. ]. D. Harrell
D. c. Gurley, w. A. Wheeler, j. c..
McCaskill, c. II. Caldwell, Gordon
Chason, H. B. Erich, L. F. Patterson
T. S. Halves, John w. Callahan, w. w
Wright and c. w. Wimberly. All of
these men are conservative citizens,
and the race will be very exciting.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
TO WELCOME THE LAWYERS.

st. Louis. Oct. 3.-President James
Hagerman of the American Bar Asso-
citation tonight announced the APP
pointment of a committee of members
of the association, to act in co-opera-
ton with the committee of authorities
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
for the convention of the Universal
Congress of Lawyers and Jurists in
St Louis during September, 1904.
Among the members appointed are
Jacob Klein, st. Louis, chairman; L.
Nj. Rose. Little Rock; Benjamin S.
Liddon, Mariana, Fla; William Writ
Howe New Orleans; Fabius H. Bus
bee. Raleigh, n. c.; T. Moultrie Nor
deal, Charleston, S. c., Raleigh c..
Minor, Charlottesville, Va.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
FOOT AGAINST HORSE
CONFLICT WAS WAGED
Yesterdays War ManeuverS Gems of Their
Kind
'l M0neuVerS
Hind.
Yesterdays War

Camp Young, West Point, Ky, Oct.
3.-To-day's army maneuyers at Camp
Young developed some conflicts which
were regarded by the military experts
present as gems of their kind. AL
though each of to-day's maneuvers was
detached and distinct from the others
and arranged with a view to testing
the efficiency on the skirmish line of
the particular command engaged, all
were based on the same general prob
lem.
Each infantry regiment was opposed
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
OBITUARY..


Mrs. Mary Daniels, wife of Mr. Thos.
Daniels, Jr., died yesterday morning at
o'clock. at the family residence, No.
COS Drayton street. after an illness OF
two weeks from pneumonia. Mrs. DAN
iels was formerly Miss Mary FaIlon.
She was born in Derby. Conn, in 1862,
and was in her 41st year. She leaves.
besides her husband, two sons. one
only two weeks old Her funeral will
take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
from COS Drayton street. Services will
also be held at the Cathedral. The
interment will be in the family lot III
the Cathedral Cemetery.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
Barn and stock Burned.

Louisville, Ga, Oct. 3.-Mr. ]. H.
Cain, who lives about eight miles
north of this place had the misfortune
to lose his barn, three mules, one horse
and all his farming machinery by fire
at an early hour this morning. How
the fire originated is not known. In his
barn was stored all of his hay and for
are from a tive-horse farm, and his
loss will amount to several hundred
dollars. No insurance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
ENDORSES PE-RU-NA
Pe-m-na Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio:
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
Gems of Their

by two troops of cavalry. The order
given each cavalry command was TO
harass. and annoy the opposing regi-
ment of state infantry as much as
possible with the least possible loss TO
itself.
Perhaps the most notable of the
fights was that of the Eighth Ohio
against two troops of the Eighth Cav
airy, the latter commanded by Capt.
Evans. Capt. Evans men We're so
we'll disposed that only during the last
few minutes were the Ohio men able
10 get more than glimpse of a rapidly
moving brown coat or two.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
Miss ArabeIIn Tison, Brunswic1, Ga.

Brunswick. Ga, Oct. 3.-Miss Ara
bella Tison died in this city tonight
after a long illness. She was a
sister to Mrs. James S. Wright of
Brunswick; Mrs. II. M. Branham, of
Fort Valley; Mrs. George S. Scarlet
and w. Scotia Tison of Savannah.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
at the old burial grounds in Wayne
county. Judge Spencer r. Atkinson
will be one of the pallbearers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
Mrs. VI. T.. sullivan.

Mrs. NJ. E. Sullivan died last night
at No. 7l2 Habersham street, after an
illness of a few days. Mrs. Sullivan
has been a nurse for a number of
years. She was in her 67th year.
She leaves no immediate relatives.
Her funeral will take place from The
Cathedral Of St. John the Baptist, at
4 O'Clock this afternoon.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
BALKAN POLICY ~ 3.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Powers Need Not Fear War Hetvcen
Turkey and Bulgaria.

Vienna, Oct. S.-M.. Sa;winsky. For
eign Minister Lamsdoriff's secretary,
has issued a statement regarding the
between Count Lamsdorff and Count
Goluchowski, the Austrian Hungarian
Foreign Minister. from which it APP
pears that they reached a determine
ton that the two powers shall con-
tinue the Balkan policy arranged last
winter The programme for reform in
Macedonia then drawn up has, how
ever, been essentially extended and
quence of the agreement the Powers
need not fear war between Turkey and
Bulgaria. nor any great difficulty in
the execution of the reforms.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
COMSTOCK HURT
IN SERVING WARRANT
swung to His Mans CoattniIs and
Both Fell.

New Haven, Conn, Oct. BIN serv-
ing a warrant which resulted in the
arrest of DR.. j. j. Doherty of this
city for alleged violation of the mail
laws, Anthony Comstock of New York
suffered a fracture of a rib and other
injuries
Accompanied by United States Mar
shall Parmalee and a deputy sheriff.
Mr.. Comstock went to DR.. DohertY's
home and leaving his companions out
side, entered alone.
DR.. Doherty is said to have attempt
ed to escape. Mr.. Comstock grabbed
the Doctors coattails. stopping him Sc
suddenly that they both rolled down
the stairs together, and as Mr. Com
stock landed underneath he was badly
injured by the fall.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
Royal Arch Masons 10 Meet.

Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 3.-The thir-
ty-second triennial convention of the
General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons of the United States, and the
eighth triennial assembly of General
Grant Council Of Royal and Select
Masters of the United States. will open
in this city Monday and conclude
Thursday.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
GOVERNOR Defendant
IN TWO BIG SUITS
Two Union Miners Sue for 100000
Each.

=
Each.
Cripple Creek Col, Oct. 3-Gov. Pea
body was made defendant to-day in
two damage suits for 100000 each
filed by Patrick H. Mullaney and
Thomas H. Foster, union miners, who
were arrested by military officers on
duty in this camp, and confined in the
guard house for fifteen days and were
set at liberty last Wednesday after
habeas corpus proceedings were insti-
tuted in their behalf. Adjt. Gen. Sher-
man Bell, Brig. Gen. Chase and Maj.
Thomas E. McClelland, were also made
defendants in the suits.
The plaintiffs allege that their ar
rest was without legal process or au-
thority. The arrests, it is said, were
made as the result of malice, intrigue
and conspiracy among the defendants
and others unknown. Suits asking for
more than $1,000,OOO in damages will be
filed by all those who were impris-
Oned.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
ITALIAN SWINDLER
WANTED IN VIRGINIA.
Represented Himself Secret Service
Man and Got Money.

Represented Himself Secret Service
Man and Got Money.
New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. SC. S.
Maltese, an Italian barber who has
been working in Bridgeport, was ar
rested in that city by United States
secret service officers this afternoon.
and brought here. After hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
Wright, the man was held under bonds
of $1,000 for further hearing next
week.
The Secret service officers allege that
Maltese during the past summer was
in Virginia, where he represented him
self as a secret service man and on
the strength of the representations Sc
cured various sums of money. They
have been searching for him for sew
eral weeks.
Maltese informed Commissioner
Wright that he would not go back to
Virginia without extradition papers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.

~~~~~----~~--~-~-----~~--
SULLIVAN-The friends of Mrs. NJ.
f. Sullivan are invited to attend her
funeral from the Cathedral of St,
John the Baptist, at o'clock this after
noon.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04

Macon, Oct. 3.-After hard fought
legal battle of two days. the jury to-
night decided in favor of the South
ern Railroad in J. N, Littles suit for
SIS, 900 damages. Little was injured
IN a wreck at the depot here when
two firemen We're killed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
$4.9S Trimmed Hats, S4.oS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Krouskoff's offer tomorrow hats.
beautifully trimmed at $49S. the plumes
on these hats cannot be bought else
where for what Krouskoff's ask, S49s.
These are beauties in millinery.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
4Sc school Hats, 4sc.
Observation-Disclosures.

All colors, plenty style, and excel
lent for good wearing. School hats,
you can not buy as good a hat else
where for 75c, Krouskoff's price, 4Sc.
-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
"Ostrich Feather Sale"
krOuskOff's Tomorrow.

100000 worth of black and white
Ostrich plumes, half plumes, tips and
pons pons on sale tomorrow, ranging in
price from 23c to $4.9S, worth from
75c, to $1,000. Krouskoff sad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
$1,000 Pattern Hat Sale, $1,000.
krOuskOff's.

To-day at $1,000 Krouskoff's offer the
kind of hats others ask $4,000 for.
Positively no finer quality or better
styles can you get if you pay $1,000
or $1,000. elsewhere. Krouskoff' sad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
"KrOmicO" Ready-tO-Wear Hats
Sale TO-morrOw-Kro

Over two hundred styles in ready-to
wear hats, worth $4.Oo to $500. Spec
ial sale tomorrow, $685. Kromico com
bines quality and style. Krouskoff' $
adj
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
WOMAN SHOT BURGLAR.
wounded Negro Then CIubbed Him
With Pistol.

Ocala, Fla, Oct. ga negro burglar
attempted to break into the house of
H. c. MacDavid last night. Mr.. Mac
David was not at home, but his wife
was She fired at the intruder with
pistol He staggered. evidently badly
wounded, then Mrs. MacDavid, club
bed the weapon, closed with the negro
and hammered him in the face with
the pistol butt. He escaped, leaving
trail of blood.
Quite a number of robberies have
taken place here in the last few weeks
and it is thought that Mrs. MacDavid
marked the criminal last night. The
officers are hunting for him. s,,..
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
81 % Ready-tO-Wear Hat Sale, S1.23'
KrouSkoff's.

Krouskoff's offer to-day at 1923 an
elegant assortment of read-to-wear
hats, others ask, $500 for the same
style, and quality. KrousksSt-Ad-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
Sc Ribbon Sale, DC.

&c Ribbon Sale, DC.
To-mOrrOw-I<rous
5-inch all silk taffetta ribbon &c
yard, special sale tomorrow Krous-
koff' Sad. ,e~
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-15
THE UNCERTAINTIES OF WAR.

As late as the beginning of February there was confessedly war between England and Germany on the one hand and Venezuela on the other As war it must be prosecuted under somewhat novel con- dtions, the European powers being hampered in what they may do by the potent Monroe doctrine. Ordin- arily when one nation makes upon another, it may freely invade it's territory if able and in settling accounts at the end of the fray. if the aggressor is victor he may demand slice of territory com pensaton for his trouble and losses. But in this case the United States told the aggressors beforehand that whatever happened they would be permitted to take part of Venezuelan territory. The invaders
 if the powers decided to invade, would have to act with the knowledge that if they conquered any land they could not keep it. This must have been te England and Germany peculiar sensation of limit ation upon their will. It would prevent them from
 bringing to bear on the Venezuelans the most com polling of all motives the fear of losing their coun- try. It is to be hoped that the war has ended ere this. It is the nature of war that once begun the Consequences cannot be predcted nor, in fact, con- trollcd. Did not the United States enter upon the
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-15
WRANGiING AMONG THEMSELVES.

It is somewhat refreshing but at the same time disappointing to the sourdough mind to learn that certain sef-constituted Alaska delegates in Wash ngton have been finding fault with other self-consti tuted delegates who assumed to represent Alaska the past winter at the national capitol. We venture the assertion that each and every man who has ever wis ited this territory for few feeting weeks has considered himself the whole thing as far Alaska is concerned This is the reason, assume, that these sapient sapheads found fault with each other and decrcd each others pretensons to the title of delegate from Alaska
 Some time ago referred in these columns to the number of alleged Alaska delegates who were in Washington each one pulling different string and each knocking" or "boostng' with all his mig ght, the other fellow and incidentally everything that the other fellow represented thought he represented Recently noticed an interview with one Easerly, of yaldes and Alaska delegate of course, who got himseli interviewed, and who gave out much learned transformation concerning Nome and this section. And there others. The Alaska delegate" busi- as it has been practsed at Washington this win ter seems to have been yeritabe farce, and if any real legislation, which will to the benefit of Alaska has been passed it was brought about by the earnest endcavors of Representative Cushman, of Washington state, and few other members of Con- gress, rather than by the sclfconstitued herde of placeseekers and lobbyists that have tagged them selves the simon-pure Alaskan article.
 If Alaska received no consideration at the hands of Congress during the late session these self elected delegates probably by their wranglng did their full share to prevent it. Better have "dee- gaton" whatsoever than number of men who are working at purposes and mainly for the promo ton of their own somebody elses schemes, and using Alaska as cloak to cover their designs. Hon. est dsinterested endeavor to better conditions exist ingin Alaska should always be heartily appreciated by the people, but we submit that it would be better to endure the wrongs to which we are heir than for Alaska to be placed between the upper and the neither millstones, only, to be ground for the personal az grandizement of the few.