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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
McCue's Will Probated.

Charlottesville, Va, Special.-The
will of j. Samuel McCue, hanged for
wife murder in Charlottesville on Feb
ruary 10, was admitted to probate in
the Charlottesville Corporation Court
Monday. Four brothers of McCue
qualified as executors, giving bond for
s10O 900. The will is in McCue's hand
writing. The entire estate is left TO
the ex-Mayor's children, three boys
and one girl. Two hundred dollars
is left to erect a monument over Nc
Cues parents graves The will was
made on September 10, 1904, six days
after the murder, and three days after
the arrest.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
over 100 ENTOMBED
readly Work Of Coal Gas 10 Alabsma
Mine
ALL THE MEN BELIEVED TO Be DEAD
Case-in At the Virginia Mines 10
Miles From Birmingham. euries All
the Men at work, and No Hope 10
Entertained That Any Are Left
Alive.

birmingham. Ala, Speciality an
explosion in the Virginia Mines. about
Is miles southwest Of Birmingham. a,
1 o'clock Monday afternoon more than
100 union miners are entombed. and IL
is believed that the entire number suf
cue:s are at work digging into the
mine to relieve their friends and COM
rades on the inside.
The explosion is believed TO have
been caused by gas. although the mine
has heretofore been noted as being
entirely free from gases. 1t is also
believed that as the entire quota has
probably been killed, the details of the
cause of the disaster will never be
known
THE HORROR GROWS.
The news spread like wild fire
throughout the whole district. The
camp is isolated from the rest Of the
world, as there is no telephone station
at Virginia, and the only wire running
to the place is a dispatcher's wire of
the Birmingham Mineral Railroad. on
which Virginia is located. Details Of
the disaster were slow to come in. but
each man who arrived in the city from
the scene told a more grueSome story
of the horror.
BEST CLASS OF MINERS.
Tho ol,ce of ,,;porc ap,ployad Uas tho
best in the district. and all belonged to
the United Mine Workers of America.
Since the strike has been on in the
Birmingham district, many Of the most
Industrious and thirty miners of Pratt
City and other mining points have re-
moved to the Virginia mines, so that
the mines were being worked to their
full capacity by the most skillet min
ers of the community. Relief trains
with surgeons and workmen were dis
patched from both Birmingham and
Bessemer They began the work of
succor in earnest before o'clock, and
at midnight had not gotten ha.t way
through the mass of debris. 1t -
thought that it will be 10 o'clock to-
morrow before the interior of the slope
is reached. The slopes are we'll ar
ranged, and there has never been the
least trouble in the mines before. They
are owned by the Talamada Steel and
Wire Company, but are leased and op-
Grated by Reid & Company.
OFFICIALS ON THE WAY.
]. D. Hillhouse, assistant State mine
inspector for Alabama, will go to the
mines early tomorrow morning to in
vestigate the disaster officially. Presi-
dent Ed. Flynn, of the Alabama United
Mine Workers and National Commit
teeman W. r. Farley, together with
Joe Hallier, district organizer, have
left for the scene. President Flynn said
before leaving that there were 1876 men
employed in the mine generally, but
as yesterday was pay day he could
not say whether the full quota was in
the mine at the time of the disaster Or
not.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
President Sees Cotton Growers.

Washington, Special. - President
Roosevelt received a committee ap-
pointed by the recent Southern Inter
State Cotton Convention at New Or
leans to urge the creation Of COM
mission to extend the foreign markets
for cotton products. The delegation
consisted of about dozen members,
headed by former Senator McLaurin,
of South Carolina. The committee
urged immediate steps looking to Con-
gressional action for this purpose in
behalf of the cotton interests. The
President discussed the question with
the delegation and said he would take
it I'D with the men who represent the
cotton belt in Congress.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
riiiman Advised to Rest.

Columbia. q. C.. Speciai-seaatof
Till man reached his home at Tregton
Sunday after brief stay In Phi.adeI-
phia under treatment Of specialists. The
Philadelphia physicians confirmed the
diagnosis of his personal physician.
DR.. ]. ". Babcock. that Senator TIL
man IN suffering from grip poisoning
affecting one Of his nerves The throat
trouble with which he suffered last win-
ter has been entirely relieved. aaa the
specialists agree tha. the Senator's
general condition Is excellent. but he
will not return 10 Washington dlrin'.
his session OF Congress. being advised
10 rest for a while.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
Bank at Fayet.exiIl. Fails.

Charlotte. n. e.. Special.-Sta;e
Bank Examiner j. o. Ellington took
charge Of the Bank Of Fayetteville.
N. C.. Saturday. posting a notice over
his signature on the door Of the insti-
tuition stating that there was a short
age of $28, 900 In the accounts OF the
cashier and teller and that the bank
would be closed for an investigation
OF the books by expert accountants.
Cashier John C. Haigh and Teller
George Myrover are under arrest. but
were released on $4,000 bonds.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23

Moscow. BY CabIc.-Within the
walls Of the far-famed Kremlin Pal
arr. and almost underneath the his
torical tower from which Ivan the
Terrible watched the heads of his
cU'mcs falling beneath the axe Of the
famous red square, and within a
stones throw Of tIe great bell of Mos
COW. Grand Duke SeTgius, uncle and
brotHer-in-law Cf Empc~c: Nicholas,
and the chief Of the reactionaries, met
u terrible death shortly before 3
o'clock Friday afternoon. The deed
was committed by a single terrorist,
who threw beneath the carriage of the
Grand Duke a bomb charged with the
same high-pOwCr explosive which
wrought Minister Won Phieve's death.
The missile was packed with nails and
fragments of iron, and its explosion
tore the imperial victims body to
ghastly fragments. which strewed the
snow for yards around. Every win
dow in the great. lofty facade Of the
palace Of Justice was shattered. and
bits Of iron were imbedded deeply in
the walls CT the arsenal, a hundred
yards away.
HAD REPEATED WARNINGS.
The assassin belongs to the noted
fighting group" Of the solialistic-rev-
OlutiOnary party, which has removed
other prominent officials and long
since passed sentence of death upon
Grand Duke Scrgius The Grand Duke
knew that he stood in the shadow
OF death. He was the recipient of re-
peatcd warnings. and elaborate pre-
cautions were taken to ensure his
safety
The scene of the crime was the great
open triangle within the Kreml!n
bounded by the arsnel. treasury and
courts of justice. in one angle Of which
is the Nicholas. or, Little Palace, where
the Grand Duke dwelt At the op-
posite corner is the Nikolasky gate
the exit to the town beyond the ram
parts.
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CRIME
few minutes before the bell of the
gate sounded the hour of 3, the
equipage of the Grand Duke emerged
from the gates of the palace and pro-
ceeded, followed by sleighs containing
secret police. 1t swept to a smart pace
towards the gate. passing the Choudeff
tlOister. lyan's Tower, the great Car
DELL and long rows of cannon captured
from Napoleon in the winter retreat of
lSl2. In minute the carriage was
ID front Of the courts of justice. where
the walls of the triangle approach,
forming narrow entrance to the Mix
oldSky gate. There a man clad in
Workman's attire stepped forward from
the sidewalk and threw a bomb, which
ne had concealed beneath his coat A
terrible explosion followed, and hail
OF iron pelted the grim stone walls of
the arSnel and courts of justice. A
thlck cloud of smoke, snow and debris
arose. When it has cleared, a ghastly
sight was presented.
On the snow lay fragments of the
'ody OF Grand Duke Sergius. mingled
with the wreck Of the carriage. The
Grand Dukes head had been torn from
MS body, and reduced to a shapeless
pulp, and the trunk and limbs were
lrlghtfully mangled. A finger bearing
rich seal ring was found lying sew
tfal yards away. The crimson tint and
a slckening smell of blood were every
where. Only a few fragments of cloth
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
Whole Family Asphyxiated.

Cleveland, O., Special-Four persons
WerC IUund dead in small house at
No. so IL Central Avenue today. The
dead are: Charles Heller, Josephine
Heller, his wife: George Nolan,
son-in,law; May Nolan, wife of George
Nolan, and daughter of the Hellers.
When the neighbors entered the No
Ian house today the natural gas was
still burning in the stove, but the
rooms were filed with strong odor
OF gas. The only living thing in the
house was a small dog, which was
found wrapped in a blanket. 1t was
Unconscious.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
improved Demand For Print Cloth

Fall River, Mass, Special.-Sales in
the print cloth market for the week
are estimated at from 175.O00 to 20O,-
600 pieces AL Improvement in the
demand for goods, and especially
sc and So IL widths, is reported, the
bulk Of the trading during the week
being confined to these styles. Regu-
lars, which sold last week at 11-16,
are now quoted at 5-S.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
Peace Formally Considered.

ST. Petersburg, By Cable.-It is
learned on exceptional authority that
the question of peace was formally
considered by Emperor Nicholas and
his ministers at the conference held
at Tsarkoe Selo. No particulars are
obtainable, as, before the discussion
began, the Emperor exacted from each.
one present a solemn promise not to
divulge the slightest hint Of what
transpired. The belief. is, however,
that the possible conditions and terms
were under consideration.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
Lookout Inn Damaged.

Chattanooga, Special.-Investiga
made showed that Lookout Inn, the
noted summer hotel on Lookout noun
tain, had been damaged to the amount
of $1,000 by recent bad weather. The
roof was broken in several places by
the weight of snow and ice upon it and
burst pipes were found all over the
building. Repairs will be made at once
so that the hotel can be opened on time
next month.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
Body Found Near Railway Track.

Goldsboro, Specialize body of
dead negro was found lying beside the
railroad track about a mile this side
Of Boston by the engineer of the A.
n. C. "Shoo-Fly," going east. He
saw the body as the train was ap-
preaching and stopped. An examina-
ton revealed that the negro had been
shot in the head. The coroner, DR..
Thomas Hill. of this city, was notified
and went down to Boston this after
aCIl 10 investigate the affair.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
Freezing Rain Again Ensangers ~
tsnta's Communications.

Atlanta. Ga. spccial.-A cold rain is
falling. freezing on the wires and trees
as II falls and threatening repetition
OF the disastrous sieet storms Of the
pas. two weeks No damage has been
reported 20 far. but unless conditions
change. comm municatign wfth the out
side world may be interferred w!th
again.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
Disastrous Flood in Georgia.

Atlanta, Ga. Special.-A special
from Swaynesboro says that the Eost
disastrous floods that section of Geer-
gia has experienced in years are now
in full sway. Every bridge on the
Ohoopee river, in Emanuel and TAFT
nall counties, is gone. The damage
is estimated at 100000 Rain contin-
ues to fall
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
Southern itinerary.

Jacksonville, Fla, Special.-Presi-
dent Garner. of the board of trade,
has returned from Washington, where
he went to extend to President Roose-
welt an invitation to visit Jacksonville.
The President assured his acceptance
of the invitation, in a tour TO include
Richmond, Atlanta, Montgomery and
possibly some other Southern cities,
but fixing no definite time for the
visit.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
Fresh From the Wires.

The German Reichstag has referred
the commercial treaties to special
committee
Presidena Roosevelt has sent Lady
Gregory s25 toward the purchase of
Irish pictures for the proposed gallery
in Dublin.
A British squadron, under Prince
Louis of Battenburg, in October next
will visit America, the commander
making stops at Washington Ca An
napolis.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
SOLITARY ASSASSIN IS ARRESTED

Uncle of the Gar and Governor Gen
era Of Moscow Instantly Killed
While Driving From His Palace in
the Ancient Capital by a Bomb
Thrown Beneath His Carriage From
a Sleigh by Member of the
So-IaIistic-Revolutionary Party.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
GRAND DUKE SERGIUS IS SLAIN
Another High Russian Official Blown to Atoms
By Anarchist Bomb Thrower

indicated that the body had once been
clothed. The coachman lay moaning
win pain beside a deep hole in the
pavement. The horses. dragging the
front wheels Of the carriage, had dash
ed on, maddened with pain, TO sink
dying before they reached the gate.
ASSASSIN GLORIEs IN DEED.
The assassin was thrown to the
ground and stunned By the force of
the explosion, but he quickly arose
and ran toward the gate, attempting
to escape. His haste and the blood
streaming from his face where he had
been wounded by fragments of the
bomb, attracted the attention of
sergeant of police who seized him be-
fore he could draw his revolver The
man did not deny the crime, but on
the contrary gloried in its success.
He expressed his satisfaction that he
has been able to kill the Grand Duke
without involving the latters innocent
wife. He avOwed his membership in
the Social revolutionary army, but re-
fused to give his name, and at the
jail his papers were found to be false.
CAUSES OF POPULAR HATRED.
Much Of the responsibility for the
catastrophe at the coronation of EN-
perOr Nicholas in Moscow, when sew
eral thousand people We're crushed to
death at the time Of the distribution
of the imperial gifts, was i>A at Grand
Duke Sergius' door. 1t was held that
he had not taken sufficient precautions
and the Liberals after the affair here
Of January % placed the major portion
Of the blame on his shoulders.
THE CZAR FRUSTRATED.
The news of the ASSASSIN ztion of the
Grand Duke reached Tsarskoe Selo
while the imperial family was enter
tanning Prince Frederick Leopold, of
Prussia. 1t created the greatest con-
sternation. The Emperor is reported
to have been conletely Frustrated.
All festivities in honor or the Prussian
guest were at once abandoned.
Friday afternoon Ambassador Nc
Cormick and the other ambassadors
drove to the palace to express their
official condolences, also leaving their
cards at the palaces of the various
members of the imperial family.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-23
THE CZAR FRUSTRATED.
EFFECT OF TRAGEDY

Opinion That 1t Will lnaugurate a
Reaction Not Generally Shared, and
High Authority Declares That the
Parliament Will Be Summoned as
Announced-The Crime Universally
Denounced.
st. Petersburg, By Cable.-The as
sassination of Grand Duke Sergius un-
doubtedly was the work of the fight
ing organization of the Socialistic-
Revolutionary party, which condemned
and executed Count Bobrikoff, COVER
nor general of Finland, and NJ. Sipia-
guine and Won Phlihve, Ministers of
the interior. 1t is regarded as a direct
challenge from the terrorists to the
autocracy. and revival of the famous
duel between the Nihilists and the
government 25 years ago.
Opinions differ as to the political
effect of the tragedy, some inclining to
the view that the killing of a member
of the imperial family may result in
Nicholas II, reviviEg a period of re-
action; but this opinion is not gener-
ally shared.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-03-15
PUSHING ORGANIZATION.

w. S. Ball and Henry Deb. Moor
man, of Hsrdnisourg, as announced
last week. will speak at Chenault on
Saturday, March IS, In interest of the
American Society of Equity. On the
completion of their talks they will
organize a local union of the A. 5,
of E at Chenault. The farmers in this
part of the county are not organized
as in the western, central and southern
portions. The organization is being
steadily pushed by deputy presidents
and enthusiastic members of the A. S.
of E., IN the hope that every part of
the county will soon be as thoroughly
organized as Hancock county.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-03-15
JAS. WALKER DEAD.

James Walker, big jim" Walker
as he was known to many, died Sun
day evening at FraL kfort, after a
months illness. He was the janitor of
the AdJutsnt Generals Office, to
which position h was appointed By
Gen. Gross. under Gov. Brown, In 1890.
Though he was a negro, Walker was
Democratic In politics and because
of this enjoyed the benefits of his
appointment during Democratic ad-
ininistrations. Probably no negro n
breckenridge county. of which he was
a native, ever had more friends among
the white people than James Walker.
A wife and five children, all grown,
survive. The funeral will be neld to-
day, the interment being In this city,
which he always claimed as his
home.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-03-15

the present crop of tobacco for better
prices. This question itself was later
turned into the question of curtailing
the acreage. DR.. p. w. Foote read an
interesting pa per on "What should
the farmer su bstltute for tobaccoI, >
this being the only part of the pro-
gram submitted by the county Off ,
GERS that was taken up.
Among the decisions on questions Of
national interest, the delegates voted
ia vorably for the adoption of pure
food law, the abol itlon OF gambling
in farm products, and the building
of good roads (if by the government,
and unfavorably on an increase In
the Presidents salary.
Afternoon Session.
AT the afternoon session w S. Ball
read letter from the manager of the
Equity warehouse at Owensboro say
ing that he would be glad to make
some arrangements with the farmers
of Brec kenridge county to hold their
tobacco for them.
j. W. Miller was opposed to the ar
rangements He said he would just as
soon put his tobacco into the hands
of the American Tobacco company as
the Louisville Warehouse Co., which
is financing the Equity warehouse at
Owensboro, and that he would rather
sell to home buyer.
Kit DeJernette said a warehouse
man had told him that he had 600
hogsheads of farmers tobacco and
that his advice was for farmers to
hold their tobacco at home.
W. 5. Ball moved that committee
be appointed to decide on the best plan
for the farmers of the county to hold
their tobacco and on the simplest and
most practical way TO get money ad-
vanced on tobacco. This motion did
not carry.
Mr.. Oglesby thought the best way
for the farmers to hold their tobacco
| is at home.
J. w. Miller said he las not in fav-
or of conferng with the trusts, that
the only reInedy Is to reduce the size
of the crop
Hardin Walkers idea is to get all
the farmers organized the first thing.
There are third or fourth of the far
mers out of the organization who con-
troll IT to great extent by taking ad-
vantage of the organization. When
the farmer has complete control of his
own business he can get at the trust
better.
Mr.. Wilson was of the opinion that
each local union should take care of
the members OF the union who are
not able to take care of themselves in
the matter of holding their tobacco
Albert Drum was not in favor of
the local union taking chargegof the
The Breckenridge news., 1905-03-15
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that there has
been established and is now existing
in the city of Cloverport, Breckenridge
county and state of Kentucky,a a corpor
alton, the name of which is the Clov-
export Water, Light & Ice Company,
and that process may be- had on said
corporation in sny suit that may be
brought within the state of Kentucky,
by service of the same on Marion
Weatherholt, its president, or, in the
event of his necessary absence from
Breckenridge county, then upon A. L
Fort, vice president.
Done at Cloverport, KY, this 18th
day Of Feb, 1905.
r. l.. Oelze, Sec't'y.
Cloverport Water, Light Il Ice Co.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-03-15
IMPORTANT A. S. OF E. MEETINGS.
Tobacco Growers At HardinSburg Favor Reduction Of
Acreage..Great Rally AT HaweSyiIle- e---Ca Made For
Joint Convention Here Next Saturday.

selling because he didn't think the
plan would work.
w. S. Ball offered a resolution call
ing for a reduction of tw enty-tve per
cent. in the acreage. The resolution
received the unanimous vote of the
farmers present but only two-thirds
vote OF the delegates from the various
local unions.
During the consideration of this a
man present was heard to remark that
Lexington neld convention several
years ago and adopted resolution to
reduce the acreage, the result being
the biggest crop ever raised.
Before the meeting adjourned, w.
S Ball was appointed a delegate to
the convention 10 be held at Green
vile on March II AID Is, when an
effort Will be made to have the acreage
in the entire dark tobacco district re-
duced
The Breckenridge news., 1905-03-15
Hancock Meeting.

Hawesville. KS., March 1.-THE
greatest farmer demonstration or de
monstrstion of any kind ever held
here was the A S. of E. turnout here
today. Farmers to the number of 1900,
many of them in large wagons rugged
as floats and others in variety of We
hicles and on horseback, entered town
at 10 O'Clock, headed by the Hawes-
vile brass band, which had gone out
in band wagon to meet them, and
marched through the principal streets.
The business transacted consisted in
the appointment of five delegates 10
attend the tobacco growers meeting
to be held at Greenville ON March II
and IS and the passing of resolution
to stand firm for tie Lynchburg
prices
The Breckenridge news., 1905-03-15
Special Meeting.

Cloverporr, KY, March 13, 1904.
Every local union of the A. S. of E
in Breckenridge and Hancock counties
is urgently requested to send a dele
gate to meeting to be held in this
CITY at O'Clock Saturday afternoon,
March Is. for the p lrpose # forming
some warehouse plan tO assist the to-
bacco growers of both counties to
mold their tobacco for better prices
This is the only question that will
he discussed at this meeting This
call for "a special meeting is ilade,
alter due consideration and consulta-
ton with Others, because 1t Is deemed
neces sary that the all important ques-
tion o. how best can we mold the pres
ent crop he settled as soon as possible.
E. b. Oglesby, Dept Pres
D. II Rabbage came down from
Louisville Wednesday.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-03-15
WHERE IS JN0. JOHNSON?
Negro Who Was Fired at Friday By
rIarshal Still Kissing.

John johnson, the worktrain negro
who was shot at byMsrshal DeHaven
last Friday night whiles he was max
ing his escape just after being arrest
ed, Is still at large and nobody seems
to know where he is.
Marshal DeHsven arrested johnson
for "toting" gun and had resched
the Jail with his prisoner when he
made his escape. While Marshal De-
Haven. was unlocking the door, John
SON. hit him in the face and then
broke and ran up Railroad street.
The unexpected blow stunned Marshal
DeHaven and caused him TO drop his
revolver. but he quickly picked it lp
and gave chase, firing several times
at johnson but without effect. 1t
was very dark and the negro was soon
/, out OF sight, being seen last as he was
going towards Clover creek.
Irwin O'Brien, who was crossing the
Glover creek bridge, said he heard
some one struggling in the water up
the stream and crying out as though
IN distress, put, on investigation
later, he found nothing but some
fresh tracks on the bank. This has
led few 10 believe that johnson ran
into the creek and was drowned. 1t
is very probable that he caught a
night freight train and left town.