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ii A.Eq-gIE 49,
ORDINARY DART
n HAS COMMISSION
RECEIVED FROM GOVERNOR YES.
TERDAY AND HE HAS BEEN
SWORN INTO OFFICE.

It is now Ordinary Edwin W. Dart
The commission for the young ordi
nary, who was elected at the special
election held last Wednesday, was rel
ceived from Atlanta yesterday morn
ing, signed by Governor Brown, and
during the afternoon the new ordi-
nary furnished the necessary bond
and, was sworn in by Judge ConyeIs
Of the superior, court.
Mr.. Dart was elected to serve the
pneXpired term of his late father
judge Horace Dart but he will not
be III stranger. ip the office, as he has
served as clerk to the ordinary fbl
MANY years and attended toahe dutie es
of, the, office during his, fathers Ions
illness. He is familiar, Of course
with every branch of the Office apt
will no doubt make the county a very
efficient ordinary ABG1 "A
Mr.. Dart has not yet announcet
whether or not he will appoint &
clerk I \
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WARNED NOT TO
F. GO TOCOLOMBIA
SECRETARY KNOX is INFORMED
THAT HIS VISIT WOULD BE
"INoPPORTUNE."

Washington, Feb. 19.-No charge
was made today in State Secretary
Knox's Latin-American itinerary, be-
cause of the Colombian minister's
letter Of protest. The department will
await word direct from the Bogota
government before alterinS its plans,
Some either automatically
confirmed or repudiating the action Of
its representative in Washington, Is
expected within the next wenty-foar
hours. No action Of any kind in the
mhtter is possible before some time
tomorrow.
profound disappointment on receiv-
ing jntfmations)tc that effect that Sec
rotary KNOX did not contemplate Civ
ing Colombia any assurance OF the
ultimate arbitration OF her claims
against the United states was gen
orally ascribed today as the reason
for he expression from Senor Pedro
del Ospina, Colombian minister, last
night that q visit,by Mr.. Knox to his
country at the present time would bs
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MAN /: JAILED. !: I. :. !. 4.
!. FOR FIRING Al Al t. ]. !.
mi y a., .f-r.t, . ~ ~ ''
!. 4 YOUNG. UN||G|[ ] LADY A. y
QUITE s A SENSATIONAL CASE
FROM EVERETT is TO BE
81 II AIRED HERE TO-DAY.
Frank stukes is Charged with At
tempting to Take Life OF Miss Dora
Siiverstein-one Bullet Passed
Z Through Her Hair.

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Frank Stukes, young white man
employed as clerk in the ticket Of
hce, at Everett, was e. brought to
Brunswick yesterday afternoon in
charsei of Sheriff Lee, Of Jesup,l where
he lad been carried after having been
arrested at Everett charged with at
tempting to, take the life Of Miss Dora
Silverstein, also of Everett, who, it
is alleged. he attempted to kill late
Sunday afternoon, firing one or tive
shots at the young woman, one Of
the bullets passing through her hair,
but not seriously injurtng her.
News of the trouble reached this
city yesterday morning and warrants
were sworn out against Stukes and
Deputy Sheriff Owens left for the
prisoner, who, in the meantime had
been arrested and carried to Jesup on
train 13 leaving Brunswick Sunday
night. He was held over night by
Sheriff Lee and brought to this city
yesterday afternoon.
Full particulars of the trouble could
not be ascertained, as none Of those
implicated would discuss it. The pre-
liminary trial, however, will be held
this morning before Justice Lambright
and the entire affair will then be
threshed out. ~ 2@4
Stukes is a married man and has
been at Everett for, some time, while
M;ce Cilyorcfaiy #siv,od r.-:As, 1,,~ fo,n
lily, her father conductisf 1is2" small
store at the station. 1t appears that
there was nobody around when the
trouble occurred. AS soon as Stukes
was brought to the city yesterday he
employed Attorney J. A. Morris to
represent him and announced that, he
would fight the case. ~
A number of witnesses have been
summoned to appear aat the prelimi-
nary trial this morning, which prom
ises to be very sensational ii|
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TWO CHILDREN BURNED.

Sapulpa, Okla, Feb. 19.-Two chill
dren were burned to death and their
elder sister and their father and
mother were taken to a hospital prob
ably fatally burned when fire destroy
ed a farm hoise near here early to-
day. The family of Fred Clark, a
prosperous farmer, was asleep when
the flames broke out. Almost over
come by smoke, Clark and his wife
awoke to find the house burning. The
eldest daughter awoke at about the
same time. The three made desper
ate efforts to save the two younger
children, asleep in another room, but
failed. The cause of the fire is as yet
unknown. ~
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liens of any description held by said
Mayor and Council, together with the
amount specifically required for said
conveyances, according to the percen-
tage, of value as hereinafter stated.
Sec 3. Be it further ordained that
said application shall be referred to
a. special committee, to be composed
Of three members . of council to be
appointed by the mayor who shall
have the records in the office of the
city clerk and the city treasurer ex-
aminsd and said clerk shall endorse
thereon the date of the expiration Of
the leasehold interest of said appli-
cant in. said property, and the amount
of any, arrearage, If any, in the rental,
or ,axes or liens of any description
due the said Mayor and Council, and
the amount to be paid for said quit
claim conveyance; said last
amount to be determined as
follows. on leases expiring within if
teen years, from July j, 1911, the
sum of IS per cent; leases expiring
from over fifteen to thirty years, 10
per cent; leases expiring from over
thirty to sixty-five years, per cent;
and leads expiring from over sixty
five to ninty- nine years, IL per cent,
said percentage to be based upon the
city assessment OF the value o. SAID
real estate for the year 1911. When
said application shall have been IN
vestigated as aforesaid, and verified,
the said committee shall report saia
application with their approval, back
to council who shall adopt said re-
port. and thereupon, the clerk shall
make I'D. the deed Of conveyance, upon
printed forms, prepared by the city
attorney; said deeds to be signed by
the mayor and attested by the city
clerk p,.f .a., . .,.+.I
Sec. 4. BE it further ordained that
there shall be kept in the Office OF the
city clerk a register, in which shan
be recorded the date Of the applica-
ton. name OF applicant, the original
leases. the last transferee prior to ap-l
tIicant, the expiration OF the lease, the
city assessment for 1911, arrearage
or liens, a description OF. tho property
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BANK SAFE BLOWN.

Atlanta, Feb 19.-Robbers blew
open and rihed the safe of the Austell
Bank at Austell, fifteen miles west OF
Atlanta. at an early hour today, and
escaped with their booty, which con-
sisted of about $4,000 in cash and val
nable papers, it is stated. The bank
is On the ground fioor Of hotel
building, and the force of the eX-
plosion is said to have thrown many
OF the guests of the hotel from their
beds Two men carrying large sacks
were seen leaving the bank soon after
the explosion, and posses, with dogs
have gone in pursuit. e.
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COOLEY OUT ON BOND.

indianapolis, md, Feb. 1s.APhiffp
. A. Cooley.l of New Orleans, who was
brought here today in custody of gov
aernment agents. w5sA released on "a
$4,000 bond for arraignment on the
18th Of March as one of the ffty-four
defendants in the dynamite conspiracy
I cases. "a A8kA 2 s.
4 CooleS's bond was given by, officials
of the International Association OF
Bridge and structural Iron Workers
He was arrested in Savannah Ca I 4
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CONDITIONS In MEXICO
SHOWS SIGNS or IMPROVING

Torreon, Mex. Feb 19.--The first
train to reach Torreon from Juare2
for ten days arrived here on Satnr-
day. Another train left for Juarez on
Sunday.
Less fear is felt now OF re-al as
sault on the city, but raidtng. contin-
ues in the surrounding country
1t is expected that tn shortage OF
provisions which has been recently
felt will now be quickly relieved
This is the first press message oas
Of this city since last Tuesday. IL
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OKLAHOMA LAW Is BAD.

Washington, Feb. is.--A serious
blow I'd Oklahoma corporation legisla-
tion was delivered today. when the
federal supreme court held as un-
constitutional the Oklahoma gross
revenue law of 1910 applicable to pub
lie service corporations other than
railroads. The law had been regarded
as an essential unit Of Oklahoma's IS
system Of taxation. }df oa9m2 cd
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ON Il IS ! KILLED.
H''teA t'3loi 1ise83 "A AtJ
SIA.... INJURED. ] / D. !. | N. !. !.
BAD EXPLOSION
y 9HfaH2fb6e giqniia NJ .1,s. 81, j., b.
SERIOUS AcclDENT OCCURRED
AT ToaeEhTINE PLANT
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. = Z
Explosion Of Dustin Powder Bin Com :
p'ete'y Wrecked the Building and
Did Other pamase-Piant In Run.
ming Order Again.

AS the result of an explosion at the
pant OF the Southeastern Yaryan Ma.
val Stores company in this city al
an early hour Sunday morning one
man was killed instantly, six others
We're more or less injured, ana the
power house of the. plant was almost
completely wrecked. - = 'sf
The explosion occurred Jus. few
minutes before 4 O'Clock and was
heard for blocks away. People who
happened to be awake at the time
rushed to the scene of the accident
At first it was thought that two OF
three, persons had been killed, but
upon investigation it was discovered
that only. one man, Tom Shealey, col
ored, had been killed, while the fol-
lowing We're. injured: C. A. Tatum
Sheppard Boyd, white. John Battle
Dan Stoddard, John Downs and Rob
ert: Bess, colored, all, of whom are
employed at the plant While it was
thought that one or two of these had
been seriously injured, all of them
We're reported to be progressing very
nicely yesterday. #&& " Al
One of the injured men, Tatum, was
the most seriously injured, and it
seems miracle that he was not killed
outright. He was at work on~the top
of the power bin, sixty feet above the
ground, when the explosion occurred
and he fell that distance, coming down
with portions of the bin which were
wrecked. The other men We're all al
werk in the power house at the time
and most of them received serious in
juries. ''--
Two'of. the injured men were quick.
ly removed to the city hospital, where
they at once received, medical atten-
tion, while the Others were removed
to their homes.
1hNoi&a Dust Explosion. a&35l4(
The accident appears to- be a most
peculiar one, and was explained by
those connected with the plant as a
dust explosion, being caused by an
overflow of dust in the fuel room. The
house was blown almost into smith
Greens, and put the plant entirely out
of business. The plant, as is we'll
known, is operated day and night, and
Was in full operation when the explo-
sion occurred. I af4f4 sefs 4t4f
News of the explosion spread over
the city rapidly, there being many
wild rumors at first as to the num-
Der of people killed, and all during
the day crowds visited the plant. A
large force Was at once put to work
clearing thee debris, and yesterday
morning work was started on new
power house, and it was sufficiently
completed by o'clock last night for
the plant to resume operation, there
fore it was idle for only two days.
The explosion, of course, is deeply
regretted by The officers offthe COW
Pany, who did. everything within their
power for the injured men Itl was
simply one ssofs those accidents &that
will occur, and though it was very
serious one, it seems a miracle that
the. death list was not larger
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BUILDING FELL; ONE KILLED.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. !19.-One man
was killed and four were hurt in the
collapse Of three and half story
concrete and steel office building of an
Etna steel plant this morning. The
building, which was nearing compile
ton, was thousand feet long, and,
,with3u warming, about five hundred
feet. of it crumpled UP like an egg
shell and crashed into the cellar, in
a mass Of debris and twisted steel
work.
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EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.

Hactiesburg, Miss, Feb. 19 --Two
white men, George Sapp and E. H.
Johnson, were seriously Injured, ARD
two negroes were killed and two fat
ally injured, when the boiler IF the
Bond Lumber company, at Bond'
Miss, twenty five miles south Of here,
exploded today.
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Labor Leader Protests.

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. ia. l.
Urick, president Of the Iowa Fedora
ton of Labor, today addressed Sena-
tors Cummins and Kenyon, at Wash
ington protesting against the appoint
ment by President Taft Of Chancellor
Mahlon Pitney Of New Jersey, to sue
ceed the late Justice Harlan on the
supreme bench.
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Conditions Improve.

Washington, Feb. 1J.-Although re-
ports to the state department today
from various sources of information
in Mexico showed a continuance OF
turbulent conditions there, the ina-
preston prevails that on the whole
the situation is somewhat improved.
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SPONGE LAW rs GOOD.

Washington, Feb. 19..-The corstS-
tutionality of the sponga law, enact
ed by congress in 1906, to'regula:e Tho
gathering Of sponges in the Gulf oe
Mexico, and the Straits of FioriSf.
outside state limits. was today upheld
by he supreme court.
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COLORADO LAW KNOCKED OUT,

Washington, Feb. 19-The Colorado
statute of 1907, levying an annual
license tax of cents upon each thoG-
sand dollars capital stock of foreign
corporations doing business in Colo-
rado, was today held invalid by the
supreme court. It was charged that
the law was a burden on Interstate
commerce. greg - -
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TAFsT rWlTHDRAWS NAMES,

q :
Washington, D. c., Feb. 19.-Presi-
dent Taft today withdrew from the
senate nominations Of two collectors
Of customs and eight postmasters, all
in North Carolina Political condi-
tions in. that state, it was intimated,
prompted thesaction:
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''inopportune."

"inopportune.'
1t developed today that when Senor
Osnina first read the white house an
nouncement a, week ago stating that
President Taft directed the secretary
Of state to visit the countries border
ing on the Caribbean Sea, he hailed
it with unconcealed enthusiasm. 4
In a statement of comment on the
Knox trip prepared ,atSthat time, but
not made pGbut until today, the CO.
lomoian minister -foresaw a possible
recognition by the United States OF
the demands of Colombia for arbitra-
tibn or the differences growing out OF
tie partition Of Panama ard the ac-
ouisition by this government OF the
ECanal zone strip,l +.
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.CITyS BUDGET
) FOR :| !. YEAR ! 1872
us ANNOUNCED
FINANCE, COMMITTEE TELLS VA
RIous DEPARTMENTS WHAT
THEY CAN SPEND.
Police Department. Most Expensivs
Branch * CITY eovernmen.--whas
the other Departments are Allowed
to Spend During the Year.

s Councils finance committee has an.
nounced the city budget for the year
1912 and all committees and depart
ments will now know just how much
money they can spend during the
year. :,
The budget, which was submitted
to council last night, carries a total
of $50, 800, and it shows that the po-
lice department is the most expensive
branch of the city government. cost
ing $4,000 year to maintain this
department of the city, while the sum
paid cut for light and water, $11,70O,
is the next most expensive item. The
budro f,lI a. fallouc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-05-11
ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE.
Toll OF Human Sufferings Taken by
Torras Flood Waters.

New Roads, May 6.-Conditions
in the inundated section Of Pointe
Coupee' parish grew much worse to-
day At least three-fourths of the
parish, embracing some of the best
farms and plantations in the State,
now are under water.
AS the crevasse water spreads the
damage increases. Financial loss
has already climbed high, but it is
certain that it will be much greater
before the crest of the flood passes.
Many farmers and planters have been
ruined and poverty stares them in
the face. Their homes have been
wrecked, their crops destroyed and
their mules and horses and cattle
drowned. In many cases the saw
ings of lifetime have been swept
away. Unable to stand the strain
some of them are on the verge Of
collapse. Men rescued to-day were
bordering on insanity. Some of
them were in such condition that
they had to be lifted bodily from the
special train and transferred to
trains for other points further south
|of New Roads.
The stories of hardships, suffer-
ing and misery that they told were
larroWing in the extreme. One
farmer wept aud sobbed like . child
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-05-11

Covington, Abita Springs. Mande-
vile and Slidell are all rep
resented in the Farmers Voting Con-
test. The Grand Prize, Seminole
Player Piano, or the second prize, a
Partin upright grand piano, may go
to any of the contestants in the above
mentioned towns. AS the contest
goes on contestants are beginning
to realise that those who loiter in the
shade and watch the busy ones pa
rade by will not be in the list of prize
winners at the close of the contest.
The special offer of $4,000 extra
votes for every $40 in subscriptions
di;, not bring the desired results,
only a few were turned in. Con-
testants should not make the mis-
take of holding back subscriptions
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homes, even after the water is a foo,

homes, even after the water is a foot
or more in depth over their land.
| Many have declined offers CT GOATS
! ana sklfts until the water reached
| tne Hoors of their homes. If the
people of this class would heed warn
1ngs and seek safety in fight before
the crevasse water appears. the army
oHcers say there would not be so
much suffering and destitution.
TOUCH OF HUMOR.
/ When the relief trains begin oper-
! ating at Morganza this morning prac-
tically every negro family hudd,ed
around the depot had a dog, goat.
hog or some other domestic animal
or pet. When informed by the gov
eTnment agents tnat no dogs, goats
or hogs would be transported the
negroes sent. up walls and lam ents.
bat with no effect. One negro slip
ped sack fun of pigs into the bag
gage car. Thinking the sack CON
tanned clothing, the goyernme ment
agents passed the bundle without sus-
picion. After the train started the
motion of theh cars started the pig to
souealing, and their noise in turn
woke up an old hen which was CON
cealed in basket, and she attempt
ed to drown the noise Of the squea]
with lusty eackle. The com bined
racket of the pigs and the hen touch
Led off pair of pups hidden in box.
who began barking and yelping.
For time the noise einenatsng from
the car sounded like the nenagerie
annex of a circus. The fuss was
finally stopped by dumping the pigs,
hen and pups eff in the woods
AGED COUPLE SAVED.
A seVenty-five-year-old man slti
mis- aged wife were taken out CT the
loft of their dwelling here to-eay
where they had been forced to Iae
from the rapidly rising water.
A report was received to-day that
$50 negroes and so Italians were
marooned at McNeely's spur twelve
miles west of this place. Boats have
been sent to rescue them.
Those farmers who intended to
ship their cattle now are driving
them through the country to Por,
Allen, and caravan is marching
southward composed of horses, mules
fcows, hogs, sheep and goats. MANY
owners lost their cattle because Of
Inability to guard them. Many were
lstolen and some we're drowned
Many formers said they might as
well be drowned as stolen on lhei.
way to the hills, and left the cTea.
atures to take care of themselves.
| The white people here have aD-
pealed to the railroads not to take
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-05-11

ABOUT 1850 feet wide The creyasse
now is nearing a new leyee, which
was constructed out of sand. When
the water strikes the sand it will
melt away like snow under the rays
OF the summer sun. and rapidly
spread to mile or more in width.
The governmen tug Major arrived
at Bachelor to-day with a barge in
tow to assist in transporting the peo-
pie of that town who have been cut
of from railroad communication.
The Major brought down a large load
CT refugees to Morganza tonight to
be transferred to the relief trains to-
E,orrow.
Water entered Morganza to-day
and that place is rapidly going under
Trains will operate to Morganza un-
til the track is submerged.
The City of Shreveport, which was
sent to Bachelor by citizens of
| New Orleans with relief supplies, had
not arrived at her destination to-
might.
Cattle spectators have fiocked to
,his section for the purpsoe of reap
ing a financial harvest by buying
cows and steers from farmers who
are forced to sell their animals at
8 sacrifice. Representatives of the
government have served notice on
1.-THE spectators that cattle purchased
by them will not be transported free
The railroads have given similar
lnotice, and the army officers have in
structions to save human life before
moving property.
The st. Martinville Company OF
the Louisiana National Guard went
to Morganza to-day to perform guard
duty on the levees. When the sol
Idiers reached Morganza this morn
ing, they found large number OF
negro loafers who refused to work
for any price, and who were ciamor-
ing for government <rations La
the blacks declined all offers of en-
p!oyment. The local authorities ap-
realedAto the troops to assist them
! in enforcing. the vagrancy law, and
the st. Martinyille young men re-
|sponded with enthusiasm They
rounded up every negro loafer in
town and forced him to work on the
levee at the point of the bayonet.
mo WORK; NO RATIONS.''
Representatives Of the government
refused to issue rations to the negro
Iloafers who declined to work.
A force of convicts was put to wol i
lon the MOrganza levee to-day topping
the great dyke. President Lefebtre
tof the Levee Board spent consider
able time to-day in supervising the
work. Much distress is reported ii
1.-THE vicinity of Fordoche and Marin
slguoin, on the main line of the Texas
land Pacific. The land slants toward
1.-THE Atchafalaya river basin, and tils
Icrevasse water is much deeper ii
that section than otLer portion, cl
the parish.
i One of The strange features Of she
|flaod situation is the way that lis.n
IdIeds OF people ignore the Waisl.:,.s,s
8 Of danger and refuse to leave the:;