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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
PANICKY IN RUSSIA
Cars Troops Given Orders
to Shoot to Kill.
WILD REIGN OF TERROR
Strikers Close Electric Plants and st.
Petersburg is In Darkness.
Rebellion Spreads Rapidly.
Through Empire.

St. Petersburg was in tota4 darR
ness Friday night, the strikers hav-
ing during the afternoon stopped the
machinery of the electric light plant.
The last link Of the railroads bind
ing the capital with the outer world
was broken late at night when the
Finland road suspended service be-
tween st. Petersburg and the Finnish
border. Telegraphic communication IS
still open, but there is a possibility
that the cable operators may be COM
PEELED to join a general strike Of teleg-
raphers.
General Trepoff, who is practical
" dictator, has ordered the troops
to shoot to kill should demonstra-
ton be made.
The most alarming reports are cir
culating about affairs in the south. Of
Russia. Private reports received In
St. Petersburg are said to confirm the
stories of the mutiny on board the bat
tleship Catherine II, and the destruc-
ton by incendiaries of the battleship
Patelimon, formerly Kniaz Potemkine.
In the interior of Russia the people
have neither mail nor newspapers
and are the prey to the widest sto-
ries of what is occurring In some
towns reign of terror is reported
to exist.
That the present situation cannot
end without bloodshed is the convio'
ton prevailing in the higher govern
ment circles, which from moment to
moment are expecting a conflict be-
tween the troops and the revolution
lists in st. Petersburg, and news OF
trouble in the provinces, especially at
Kharkoff, which has been declared 10
a state of war.
The governor of Kieff has been in.
structed to take all necessary meas
ures to restore order, which the local
government and the commander OF
the troops are unable to maintain.
One of the most prominent members
Of the emperor's council said with
every evidence of deep emotion:
"The situation is a grievous and a
painful one, and I see no way out
OF it, except by the employment of
armed force. Please do not misunder-
stand me. I look upon the prospect
with tears, but It is becoming more
and more evident that the troops will
be compelled to fire. l can see no
other possible outcome. The revolu.
tionists and terrorists are absolutely
bent on forcing a conflict upon US,
and nothing we can do will satisfy
them. The extension OF the suffrage
and the right of assembly will be
nothing to them. They are deter
mined to have bloodshed, and we can
not avoid the issue. 1t is a frfghtful
disease from which Russia is suffer
ing, and sad and painful as It is the
government must act with force"
A Warsaw special says: The gov
ernor general has ordered the troops
to shoot every agitator caught armed.
At LODI the governor has ordered
the officers In the event of disturb
ances to act without mercy.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
FOUR KILLED; SCORE HURT.

Collision of Trains Occurs on Rock
Island Railway.
-Four persons were killed and be.
tween fifteen and twenty seriously
injured in a wreck near Fairfield,
iowa, Thursday, between two fast
passenger trains on the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railway. The cause
If the wreck is laid to the train dis
iatcEers Cdice.
At the time Of the accident the
trains were running at the rate Of
aroct 80 miles an hour. Both engines
were demolished.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03


Commissioner Of Education w. 3.
-erritt has assurances Of support for
he Worth county industrial school at
ISABELLA. which leads him to believe
hat the success Of the new institution
ougb somewhat Of departure in
eorgia. will prove a success. It is
Understood the school win receive
,rtion Of the Peabody endowment
md and in addition will receive fnan-
,ial encouragement FROM Colonel 9. A.
ford. one Of the best known ana
most Influential citizens OF Worth
county.
II is understood Colonel Afford, who
banker at Sylvester, will give
the school 81 900 in cash, provided the
citizens Of the county and others in.
terested in the institution will sub
scriba $4,000. Commissioner Merritt
has assurances that the money will be
forthcoming and it is believed that
nev+ wear the institution will be ex-
tensively enlarged and its field broad
ened.
Agriculture is being taught at the
school and the pupils are gaining
much valuable knowledge and informa'
ton.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
SITUATION AT PENSACOLA.

Nine New Cases of Fever and Two
Deaths Fridays Report.
The fever summary in Pensacola
Friday was as follows: New cases 9,
total cases 526, deaths 2, total
deaths IA, discharged 374, under treat
ment Z.
Although the number OF cases re-
ported shows but little decrease, the
officials are nevertheless not discour-
aged and believe that big reduction
will be noticeable in three or four
days.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
HocH DECLINES REoUIsITIoN.

Governor of Kansas Turns Down Tex
as Chief Executive.
At Topeka, Kansas, Thursday, Gov
ernor Hoch declined to honor the
requisition from the governor of Tex,
as for the return of Charles Evans, a
negro, to that state. In doing so, the
governor said:
81 believe that It is a good thing
for Texas that Evans be not returned
there. All the testimony tends to
show that if the negro were returned
to Texas, some serious harm would
come to him."
Evans is under indictment for shoot
ing a white man with intent to kill.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03

A Berlin special says: The German
cruiser Luet eek and ten torpedo boats
of the third and fifth divisions put to
sea Monday morning from Kiel for
an unknown destination, giving rise
to a rumor that they are bound for St.
Petersburg to bring the Russian en-
press and her children to be the
guests of Prince and Princess Henry
of Prussia.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
Must Replace Depot.

Upon the conclusion of the hesring
the case Of the people Of Pidcock,
Ga, Brooks county, against the Geo--
gia Northern Railroad company, the
abroad commission has issued an or
or stating that the Georgia Northern
violated the commissions rule
hich forbids the abandonment or re-
moval of any depot or agency without
o commissions consent, and order
z the railroad to restore the depot
nd all facilities to the people Of Pid-
cock just as they stood formerly,
within thirty days,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
$3.50 Reward for Criminal.

Governor Terrell has offered re-
ward in the sum of $3.50 for the arrest
Of the unknown negro who criminally
assaulted Mrs. Alice Moore, wife Of
a storekeeper, about three miles from
Atlanta on the Peachtree road.
In addition to the foregoing, Mr.
Moore has offered a reward Of 5000
and citizens on the Peachtree road
have offered 5000, making a total Of
$3.50. Governor Terrell made the state
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03

wnen you give your seat to a WON.
am in crowded car. IS It an act q
noliteness or a cowardly pandering 70
The greed Of company that "lll mo-
ruB enough cars to accommodate ING
public? asks Town Topics
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
Farmers Uraed to Stand Pat.

President M. L. Johnson of the
Georgia division Southern Cotton AS
sociation, has written a strong letter
to each county president in Georgia,
urging them to keep up the good work
Of the association.
Mr. Johnson calls attention to the
-ictory that has crowned the efforts
# the association. He asks that the
suggest rally of the year he held on
first Tuesday in November and
~ges the cotton grows to stand to-
gether
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
Ownership of Central.

Secretary Montgomery of the rail.
road commission has written to Maj.
+. +. Hanson of Macon and Samuel
Spencer Of New York, presidents Of
he Central and Southern railroads,
respectively, that the commission pro
poses to hear the complaint Of the Au-
gusta Southern railroad on November
til, and desires their presence as
tnesses on that occasion, to testify
5 to the ownership Of The Central
Georgia railroad. It is alleged the
Central is owned by the Southern and
1c minority stockholders Of the Au.
gusta Southern claims this Illegal
ownership operates to their injury.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
FEVER LAID IN SHADE.
visIt Of President to New Orleans
EcIlpsed Yellow Jack.

EcIlpsed Yellow Jack.
All interest in the yellow fever sit.
uation at New Orleans was lost Thurs
day in the enthusiasm over the presi-
dents visit, but the low record was
gratifying just the same. With only
three cases, no deaths and fortytwo
cases under treatment the work is
regarded as practically over with
Passed Assistant Surgeons Blue,
Richardson and Corrupt will be among
those who will remain in the city a
week or two longer in order to clean
up the work they have had in hand.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
-s-ts-t-s@-eR
GEORGIA NEWS
Epitomizcd Items Of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Governor Appoints New Secretary.

Governor Appoints New Secretary.
Hon. Wesley Shropshire of Summer
lille has been appointed by Governor
errell to be secretary OF the execu-
tive department in place of Judge A.
Riley Of Fort Valley, who has re
signed for the purpose of devoting his
ltire time and attention to his law
practice.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
TROOPS sLAY DATTo ALI.
Troublesome Filipino Insurgent is at
Last Laid Low.

A Manila dispatch says: Troops
under Captain Frank Mccoy of the
third cavalry have surprised the Dat.
to Ali, head Of the Moro insurgents
of the island Of Mindanao, who has
been on the warpath for some time
past, and killed him together with
his son and ten followers. Forty-three
wounded Moros we're taken prisoners
Three enlisted men Of the twenty-sec-
ond infantry we're killed and two
wounded during the engagement,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
Refuses Rehabilitation.

Forrest Adair, vice president Of the
Atlanta Water and Electric Power
company, has written Comptroller
General William A. Wright, declaring
the difference between the company
and the state over it's franchise has
been settled by the proper tribunal
a board Of arbitration, and the com.
pany, says Mr. Adair, must decline to
eopen it, or otherwise interfere with
the judgment of the arbitrators.
The position taken by the company
caves the question Of it's franchise
1uation still open. Comptroller
Wright will insist that his assessed
7auation of about $425,OOO against the
,anchise stand, and he will endeavor
to collect tax upon this basis. II
will then be up to the company to
act, and it is presumed the case will
find it's way to the courts for adjudi-
cation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
New Baptist Association Formed.

New Baptist Association Formed.
A new Baptist association to be
known as the Valdosta Baptist Asso-
citation, was formed at a great meet
ing of the members of that denomi-
nation at Naylor the past week. The
new association is formed of churches
on the eastern border of the state,
which formerly belonged to the Mer
Ger association the churches of the
bonneville association, which recent
ly disbanded, and few churches
from the Hamilton association.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03
Many Liquor Law Violators.

The criminal docket of the United
States court for the eastern division
Of the northern district of Georgia,
which is to be held in Athens on the
second Monday in November has been
completed.
The docket shows about 200 cases
ready for trial, the majority of which
are for violations of the distilling
laws. There are also several for VIC
lation Of the postal and pension laws,
and few peonage cases.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-03

reward $3.50 at the request OF Sheriff
helms.
The governor also offers rewards as
follows:
Tentative Reformatory Plans.
Tentative and preliminary plans for
he new state reformatory to be built
nder the direction of the prison com
mission, have been completed by Ar
infect A. C. Bruce OF Atlanta g"
Jhom the matter was submitted by
he commission, and these plans were
own to General Clement A. Evans,
member of that body.
The commission has found it prac-
tically impossible to erect such
dding as lie desired upon the appro-
iation Of $4,000 made by the legis-
lature, and has decided to put up
Hiding to which appropriate addi-
ons may be made. While the quar-
ters may be pretty close, it will be
possible to get 1875 inmates in the pro-
posed building by crowding them
somewhat. The commission will at
the next session Of the Legislature lay
the whole matter before that body,
and ask for sufficient appropriation
10 complete the building in the man
ler in which the general assembly
undoubtedly intended when the bill
was passed providing for this institu-
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-05
CRAzED WOMAN
STARTS FIRES
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VALLEJO, May Mrs. E. ]. Shea
han. who has been conducting a room
ing house here, will In all probability
end her days in>one of the State hos
pita1s for the insane. She first attract
ed the attention of the police two weeks
ago. when there were two suspicious
fires in her rooming house within an
hour of each other. When the Chief
Of Police investigated the origin of
the fires it appeared that both Of them
must have been started by some one In
the house. AS Mrs. Sheahan was the
sole occupant of the house at the time,
suspicion was directed toward her, but
nothing further than the insurance
companies cancelipg the policies on
the property resulted. Since then Mrs.
Sheahan has been arrested for exam
ination as to her sanity. She imagines
that there are fires around her and that
the only way she can extinguish them
is to start other fires. Her 15-year- old
daughter is being cared for by neigh
bors.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-05
Gossip From the Jury Room
Shows That Man" Patter-
son Escaped a Verdict of
Guilty by Narrow Margin
WOMAN SOON TO BE
RELEASED ON BAIL
Little Likelihood That She
Will Ever Be Tried Again
for the Alleged Murder
of Bookmaker Young
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, May 4-There is every
prospect Nan" Patterson will be ad-
mitted to bail within a few days,
upon the assumption that she is en-
titled to the doubt after two juries have
failed to agree upon her guilt. While
she could again be arraigned, there Is
very little likelihood Of it, with the
same witnesses for the prosecution.
Even her lawyers admitted to-day
that she had not done as well as on
the former trial, when there was an
even division of the jury. Levy de-
clared he had heard from a reliable
source that seven jurors had voted for
conviction of manslaughter in the first
degree and five for acQuittal. This was
one of several reports in circulation, all
purporting to be authentic. Levy's
figures were more or less corro oborated
by a person who asserted that he had
overheard the jurors, while at dinner,
say seven of their number were for
conviction, two We're not decided, and
three insisted that they entertained a
reasonable doubt of her guilt.
One of the court officials said he had
learned positively that only one juror
had stood for acquittal.
No positive steps were taken to-day
toward having Nan" released on bail,
1t being agreed by her counsel and her
father, that, even though bail were
possible at once, 1T would be better for
the girl to remain quietly in the Tombs
for rest after the ordeal she under
went last night.
During the day alarming reports
were circulated as to Miss Patter-
sons condition. but it was said at the
Tombs tonight that 1t was practically
normal She shows the effects of her
trial, but is far from real breakdown.
She spent large part of the day sleep
ing in her cell, being thoroughly ex-
hausted from her long vigil and the
nervous strain of last night.
Miss Patterson's lawyers tomorrow
will endeavor to reach an agreement
with the District Attorneys Office as
to the amount of bail their client shall
be required TO give. They say they are
ready to produce bondsman for any
amount within reason.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-05
FOREIGN ROADS
ARE DESCRIBED

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Professor
II. r. Meyer, assistant professor of
economics at the Chicago University,
was before the Senate Committee on
Interstate Commerce to-day. He dealt
chiefly with the railroad conditions In
Prussia and Germany, in which coun-
try the railways are owned by the Gov
eminent. He said in part:
Ore Of the leading objects OF Pr11ssfa's ma
tioaslization OF the railways was the desire 10
and there was the ultimate object OF attainine
social economical results The evidence now
before shows that Prussia has succeeded on
the whole IN the FIRST, but has failed complete-
ly on the second.
Speaking particularly Of rate makins
Professor Meyer said:
To have the Federal Government or its agents
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission eyer
else the power to make railway rates would
in way prevent secret rebates Federal reg
ulations of rates, he maintained would en-
gender sectional struggle and result in mile
age rates and provincial Industries. '''''
Former Senator William II. Harris y,
Kansas, representing livestock in
terests In the Southwest urged legisla
ton giving the Interstate Commerce
Commission power to fix rates. He
spoke Of the increasing cost of RAISING
livestock In the West and of the in
creased price of meats to. consumers
the prices 10 some people being almost
prohibitive. The cattlemen had no de-
sire for Government ownership. but
wanted practical Government super-
vision. He complained of the rates I'm
the West and Southwest on young cat
tie shipped north to the feeding
grounds. He believed that impartial of
ficials appointed by the Government
could arrive at fair rate as well as
interested parties. Cattle rates had
been increased from 25 TO 80 per cent
and besides lower rates the eattlemeu
needed rapid transportation for stock.
Replying to Chairman Elkfns, Harris
said the roads complained of were the
Santa Fe. Rock Island. Burlington and
Union Pacific. which had advanced
rates. The cost of transportation had
Increased. but not in proportion TO the
rates.
There is a complaint of the advance
of the price of meat now" remarked
Chairman EIkins. "and II seems to me
we'll founded
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-05
GLOOM IN PATTERSON HOME.
Aged Mother of Prisoner In Serious
Nervous Condition.


WASHINGTON, May Al Randolph
Patterson, father of Nan Patterson, to-
day telegraphed to his family concern
ing the result of the jLry's delibera-
tions in the Patterson case. adding his
belief that the former how girl shortly
Mrs. j. Edward Taylor, sister of Miss
Patterson, said to-day:
IT feel that the defense in Nannie's
case did wrong in not presenting any
evidence in this trial. Knowing, as we
that the better way would have been
sible.'
do you expect letter from Miss
Patterson very soon?' was asked
Yes, just as soon as Mamie is able
to write to us. She has been writing
all the time. 1t is terrible to think that
she could not have been acquitted, :"
continued Mrs.. Taylor, when we know
the truth. But, of course, / suppose it
might have been worse. We comfort
mamma by telling her that Mamie will
be back soon anyhow and, after all,
that is what we want"
Mrs. Taylor said she thought her sis
ter had borne up wonderfully well.
''I don't see how she ever stood it as
she has" she remarked. 1T has been
terrible-more of a persecution than a
prosecution"
Mrs. Taylor said that her mother was
in a serious nervous condition, from
which she probably would not recover
until Mamie returned.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-05
Prize at Stake Is Entire
Trade of Pacific Coast
in Bindings Used by the
Farmers Upon the Crops
LOCAL CORDAGE MEN
WILL DEFEND FIELD
Order Goes Out to Agents
10 Refuse to Handle the
Home Made Goods and Now
Comes Fight for Mastery

A great fight is on for the market
for binding tWine on the Pacific Coast.
on one side are arrayed the Portland
Cordage Company and the Tubbs Cord
age Company Of this city, home man
ufacturers Of cordage and twine- On
the ether side are the international
Harvester Company and its leading
agencies on the Pacific Coast. among
the agencies being d. NJ Osborne, Ba-
ker & Hamilton, Hooper & Co, the
Deere Implement Company ana the
Mccormick Harvester Machine Com
pany.
The trouble all comes from an at
tempt, as reported, on the part Of the
international Harvester Company to
take away the trade completely from
the Tubbs CoTdage Company and the
Portland Cordagef Company. The Pa
Cific Coast corGage manufacturers are
on the defensive. but are prepared to
put UP an extremely pretty fight if ru-
nlors in that respect are correct.
II the home manufacturers lose they
Suffer largely: if the International Har-
Tester Company forces fail in their on
slsught 10 get all the trade Of the coast
In binding twine it viii be only at the
end of a prolonged contest
ALI farmers in California and in the
other states on the Pacif1c Coast are
interested parties. The chances are
tnat they viii be able TO lay IN a stock Of
binding twine sufficient to carry them
along for some time and at practical
~ their own prices.
Deprived Of the agencies of the In
ternatiOnal Harvester Company 20
market their goods the programme of
The coast manufacturers is to market
OF their own account, through retail
!ers, through agents Of their own en-
plOying and in any other way feasible.
Notices have been sent out by the In
ternational Harvester Company. which
has a twine trust Of its own, that its
agents shall sell none but its twines
The Pacific Coast manufacturers have
had the advantage of comparative
nearness 10 the Philippine Islands for
their hemp supply and also of lower
freight charges on the raw material
than have their Eastern competitors
and have turned out goods Of high
quality. This is expected TO be a factor
IN the contest which has Just been in
iJiated and which may. in a few weeks,
grow TO very large proportions.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-05
TWO SAILORS
ARE DROW NED
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Los ANGELES, May A heavy
westerly gale which had been blowing
all day and which raised an ugly sea
was responsible for tragedy last
night in the harbor at Redondo, in
which two men lost their lives. The
steamer Northland, lumber laden, ar
rived at that port after dark, and so
heavy was the sea that ii was deemed
unsafe for her to approach either of
the piers. A small boat was lowered
and in 1t two members of the crew.
Nels Anderson and II. Roose, left the
vessel with a mooring line intended to
make 1t fast to a buoy in the outer
harbor. The sea was very rough and
the men had difficulty in reaching their
boat. They had rowed perhaps fifty
yards from the vessel, the other mem
bers Of the crew paying out the line to
them, when an unusually large wave
struck their boat and capsized 1t. The
men tried to seize the line, but the sea
swept 1t from them. Olsen reached the
overturned boat and clung on for
time, but a wave lifted him and the
boat and brought the craft down on
top of him. He was seen no more.
Other members of the Northland's
crew launched another boat and went
to the rescue, but by the time they
reached the spot they could find no
trace Of Roose.