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UV- OL XXlli ISO 13 UAliNESVILLE FLOKlliA FRIDAY FEBRI ARY 2H TEN CENTS A Will nnI- I lfuti w a w w- a I r r r r = = = TRUNK LINE PLANNED FOR THE All CoMtmction ArraagsBsnts Have Been Mad Plan Is Backed by Pennsylvania and Already Ten Thousand Men Are at Work on Extension of the South and Western Railroad PltuburK Pa Feb 22 A great rail Toad project destined luuitTiully tu change the face of industrial south will be officially announced by tin Sea board Air Line Railway company In a few days from Its headquarters in PurUmouth Va The project U nothing less than th construction of a trunk line from to the states of Alabama Geor- gia and Florida and to ports on the southwest Atlantic coast This line will also afford the west middle west shortest route to the gulf states from Cincinnati the gateway to the south Plaas for this gigantic undertaking pave been under way by the Seaboard Air Line for a long time but they have keen closely guarded until they were well enough along to guarantee that they could not be thwarted South and Western Purchased The trunk line project of the Sea feoard had Ita Inceptloa la the purchase ef the South aad Western railroad of Teaaessee This comparatively line U In operation between Jehasoa City Teaa and Spruce Plan la the sane state With a short Branch Ita operative mileage t oaiy n mils The Seaboard purchased the prop- erty the rights of way and the fran chlsea of this little Tennessee line everal months ago but It has kept the quiet fearing that If It leak- ed out Its rivals would obtain an Ink hag of Ita plans and thwart then Now however ownership of this line will be one of the things announced hy the Seaboard In a few days In pursuance of the Seaboard Air Linns trunk line plant extensions to the South and Western has been quiet- ly going on ever since the line was bought Tbo work Is now bring ac- celerated by large additions to the con- struction forces which on Feb 1 were brought up to 10000 men Connection has been made with the Norfolk and Western at Dante Tens The road will next be extended north- ward though Tennessee to Elkhorn Ky where It Is proposed to connect with the Chesapeake and Ohio rail- road a road allied with the Seaboard- at other points and over whose tracks it will obtain entrance Into Cincinnati Southward the South and Western will be extended to a point at or near Columbia S C where connection will be made with the Atlanta aad Sevan van division of the Seaboard When these plans are carried out they will give the Seaboard the leading position among the railroads which reach the Ohio river from the south and a great change In the face of transportation facilities for the smiths Industrial sec- tion will Inevitably rome The new trunk line will also give tho Seaboard which has heretofore confined Itself to eastern roast travel to and from tho smith iin l entrance to the middle west will make It a formllnMo rival f tho Nnil tllo nnl Nashville and the fjn fn Cn ri nt The las named line n n others between the All liftii ro M- lslsppl will unil H lv Hrlv r sent entrance ot 11 suit tno their territory hut h Sentomnr pr has the powirfiil of h jrreiit Pennsylvania both Ununrtall and In a trafTir w v The peiiti I tila H o tea of Pltf tiurK liilv will roots rat with the now o th from Clnoln Ball will utv i n bis freight an passenger biisln from the day of its operation Tho extension will bo costly for Seaboard The construction of 20 miles of railroad is necessary to give the new lint tho South Carellaa Junction to Dnclnnatl 1 gill take about two I CINCINNATI TO THE SOUTH the and the V j last caRt J t J I t i and i sod m 11 I j and first L SEA RD L PROM Ten- nessee purchase t anti aril ear arktoe the DIJLh ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > > < > > > > < + + sMtOi to complete construction trains will be moving over the line from the Cincinnati gateway- by the spring of 1909 LUMBER MILL DESTROYED Lop la Estimated at Sal000 with 120000 Insurance Knoxvllle Tenn Feb 22 The Ut tie River Lumber companys extensive sawmill plant at Townsend Tenn 33 mils southeast of this city was to- tally destroyed by tin Wednesday The loss is estimated at fSDOoo WT- U o M insurant The Little River Ittiilroa l rnmpany lost Its roundhouse repair shops tWn freight ram and one passenger roach nil valued at about Jl wlh no Insurance The origin of the fire In unknown trait It not been for the fire protection nvKtem of the plant It I believed the lit would have reached a quarter- of a million dollars W n Townsond of thus city presi- dent of the lumber company and gen- eral manager of the railroad company says they are not crippled financially- and that plans to rebuild at once are being made already Labor Cause Killing Birmingham Ala Feb 22 Follow- Ing labor troubles which occurred at the plant of the Central Foundry com- pany at Bevsemer Tuesday Lee Mor rlslon and Raleigh Jones employes- met In a saloon aad engaged In a per- sonal altercation which resulted shooting and Instantly killing Morrison A stray bullet from Jones pistol also struck ant fatally wounded James a bystander Because of excitement over the affair Jones was hurried to the Birmingham jail Morrison was a brother of the late Jim Morrlxon who figured In a num- ber of desperate encounters In thla district several years ago and escaped from the penitentiary- and was shot to death by Deputy Sher- iff Henry rote Want T House Poor Mexico City Feb 22 Gov Ijinda of the federal district and high officials have under consideration a plan for rehousing the poor of this city It Is proposed to tear down whole blocks of houses In the poorer quarter am to erect groups of model tenements where the poor will have an abundant supply of water and light and be gl- en every modern sanitary advantage Only by this plan It Is believed ran the high death rate of 42 per 1000 be reduced permanently It I thought the operation ran be made financially profitable The federal dis- trict government Is actively pushing Its sanitation campaign with satisfac- tory results Body Found In a Gutter Chicago Feb 22 The body of aa man apparently about 45 years of age was found In the gutter at the cor- ner of Twentyfirst street and Calu- met avenue In the heart of one of the most fashlonnb residence die tracts on the south side of the city Vlne tnv There was a bullet hole above the right ear with a cheap re- volver lying near the corpse but polls are unable yet to state wheth- er It I a case of murder or suicide Held on Bond Atlanta Fh 22 Charles Strallllo the man who was nrrosted for raising fl bills to JU bills was arralcn hefore Inltrd Paen fommlHsionor W T Colqultt hold In n bond of STfifV Straltllo admitted that hi n pns d the raised bill rn 1 said he had furred fn do vi In nkr to set on whli to Iiv lit I n luftV look ins voinir Nlliv rend whv he lll riot work for luntie h did not sax Aged Woman Dies OuthinKtiMi titi 22 Mr- Silvia lJ4tiiltn iMiitirftti tit wrotid- oMft f n in liS difl mi- Vilti i i l Th i t Hf n in t Mrn Uiri- Stilltnan of who i 1C I- sxfriini v ill Cargo It a Total Loss inn J s Cal rvt The Ameri- can sttamer l nl l to 11 mon ha bt r wrerk d on Sanilrras island N Cardigan cue t Tin rrnw waj saved but the cargo waa lust I I Troubl lowery present the mil t b obi f w this and near in- tones after- wards and alt rwards t n you rung Ft store g us p It 22 halt lmore f the > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > > > > > > > > + + THREE BODIES FOUND UNDER R R BRIDGE Officials Believe Yen Jn p d From Bridge BODIES WERE SADLY BRUISED The Louisville and Nashville Struc- ture Which Spans the Tennessee River Is About One Hundred Feet High Where Men Were Found Knoxvlllo Tenn Feb 22 Three white men on only one of whom was any mark of Identification were found dead here Wednesday morning under the Tennessee river bridge of the IxmU- ville and Nashville near the river brink Railroad men and police officials be- lieve the men fell from the bridge while jumping from a freight train that arrived near midnight The bodies badly bruised and bones were broken Thu bridge Is about one hundred feet high where the bodies of the men were found On one of the men Is a letter ad- dressed to James Gamble from lx l lie Gamble from Wheat Tenn All were poorly clad and appeared- to be laborers Held en Suspicion Montgomery Ala Peb 18 A spe- cial to the Journal front Aadalusla- Ala says that a white man Cox of Georgians was arrested on Tuesday night accused of being an accessory to the rape of Mrs J T Bray at Andalusia early for which a negro named Pedigree was shot and killed by a posse Another white man named Ammoaa Is being looked for The negro west to the Bray home aad told Mra Bray he had a message trope her htnbaad and she opened the door whereupea the aegro entered wade her her children Into a side room locked the deer sad that during four long wry buss the was compelled to submit to hla beastly lusts He told her the white sea were standing outside oa guard There are grave doubts as to whether the evidence will justify the charge against Cox Men Rob Jeweler New York Feb 22 Two men en- tered the store of Israel Rauth a jew- eler In Eight avenue and pointing a revolver at his head with the lajunc ties to keep quiet took oat a tray of diamond earrings valued at several hundred dollars aad backed out of the store Whea the men had left Rauth took his own revolver from a drawer and started In pursuit He fired at the fleeing men who turned and began- to return hla fire Rauth then ran back to his store On his way found two earrings and the empty tray oa the sidewalk The men soon dis- appeared Will Try Former Senator Washington Feb 22 Bonn after court met Wednesday a jury was se- cured to try the rue of former State Senator George F Oreen ef New York charged with conspiracy to defraud the government In with the furnishing of supplies to the post office department After the jury had been sworn In an adjournment was taken until next Monday Forbids Pool Selling j iilvlll rob 22 The town of Highland purl a Mtburh Inns passed an ordinance forblMlnj the s lllnK of pool within the limit of Its bounda- ries If the ordinance Is infor oi the o tr rii Jork v club will b n tare truck in l nlsvlllo for the Ponda runs r r nilv ar tilrii l- ithe Vet ni lo k y rlub ln within fV limits of HlKhlatti pnrk Embargo Is Extended I iiUvlllf K I 22Although- thf traffic nfilna f the IjtnlsvlIU and Nashville poetically hail decided to lift ti embark on fr rht caused by heavy traffic it was found Impossible to move tho great acctium- latlon about Birmingham and nihr southern und tbe embargo Gas ben extended ore I ed loa pet hIt connection rill flint sh- out I r ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ < > WOMEN THROWN FROM BUG3V Wife and Daughter of Governor Jelks Are Hurt Montgomery Ala Feb 22 Mrs William wife of the governor tart their daughter Miss Catharine Jells were thrown from a buggy oa Commerce street and badly hurt Miss inks has a long cut across her rhn and her mother has a cat on the forSad and a painfully bruised arm l i lit Ion both were shaken up and I n no possible just yet to tell how ri iisly they are Injured lacy were driving In a buggy and lord Kotten nearly up In the square when a car carne up quickly behind thorn frlphlenlng the horse The an- imal turned abruptly and ran the wheels of the burgy Into a country mans wagon near by The hors then lurched anew and turned both out They were picked up at once uncon- scious and taken to Fowler drug- store on Court Square Dr W W Wllkerson and others were hurriedly summoned When the doctor got there Mrs Jelks had regained consciousness but her daughter had not and did aot for nearly aa hour At this time they are resting easily and It Is believed that the damage will not b more thaw Is now apparent CM Shipment Reeerd aVaken New York Feb 22 Shlpmeata of eggs lo the local market Tuesday broke all previous records The re- ceipts amounted to about MWe cues With the enormous shipments prices dropped to a level reached only ones before about nine years ago Thaee who will suffer by the heavy ahlpmeat and low prices are the speculators la storage eggs Almost the entire egg production of the couatry were takes la the early part of the winter by a rumored combination and by specula- tors They paid 29 wets a doses After keeping la cold iter- ate all winter the piles dropped to 9 cents iron Manufacturer Deed Allentown Pa Feb 22 Samuel Thomas the largest manufacturer of pig iron In the Tnlt d States Is dead at his home In Cataeetta Pa aged 79 years Mr Thomas was a son of Da- vid Thomas who Srst successfully Introduced the anthracite blast for the manufacture of pig iron IB 1884 Da- vid Thomas and his sons organised the Thomas Iron company and estab- lished works at Hokeadaqaa Pa The company operates 11 stacks la vari- ous parts of Pennsylvania Samuel Thomas also oraaabud the Miler Mining and Manufacturing compaay at Thomas near Ala aVflAaV kdhl4dh fJvsve Portland Ore Feb 22 The famous Wllllmette meteorite has been sold to a Now York acleattot who will pre- sent It to the American Museum of Natural History la New York city Tbe price paid was S20GOO which Is said to be the highest price ever given for a meteorite The huge mass of ore Is one of the beet specimens of meteorite ever dissevered weighing about U toga It was found near the banks of TuataUa river In the county ef Clackamae Oregon After its discovery It was the object of much litigation between those who claimed to have found IL Negro Shot to Death Andalusia Ala Feb 22 Monday night a negro named Pedigree forced an entrance Into the ho4io ef a prom- inent white citizen In the outskirts- of the town and dragged a young lady from one room to another whore he Kept her until 4 la the morning Karly Tuesday a POMH located tic no gni and he was lilentlfleil br his vic- tim end several children The posse ntnrtod to jail with him when the n nm bro e end l san to run HP was shot to death by nifin hers of tin T irtySecond Of oration New Fsb SJ Roraln has MitiMlitcd In the German hospital at Newark N 1 to the thirty second operation tint has been p rfonneil on ore of his le within 15 years The thirtyone pr llnit operations tad taken nwav almost nil his s nnl tit surKoons found only a Min ester day Bealiie losing hN e op- erations have rout R ran four years limo ID the hospitals Jell > the the the I ocllc k r 1 eggs Dir tagha Fame the away then Wisps t Cli Ian its le l tit > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < < < > = = ANTHRACITE MINERS WILL DECLARE STRIKE Strike Will Cow ce On April The First CONFERENCE REPORT It DENIED President Mitchell of the Anthracite Miners Says that Aa Par Aa He Knows New There Will Be a Strike ef the Miners Plttaburg Feb 21 As tar aa I know now there will be a strike President Mitchell who arrived here Wednesday from New York wade the above statement to the Associated Press at noon at the Hotel Henry I am not here to have any with bituminous operators My visit to Plttsburg la to laveaUgate the trouble existing among the ofteers and delegate of the PlUaharg die trict organlxUoft Will there he a strike April lr Precldeat Mitchell was asked Aa far aa I know sow he repttsO after coaeMerahle these will he a strike I will poeltrelr say nothing men NotwlthetaadtaeT the denial fre wad PI Robbins teener W the Muuateeoa re etla are still a nleteai that wlM held a conference with Roehteer rrrgl e Mitchell WM told There le la the reatrta- he eaM Ptttatar af course I will eee Mr ReeMae preach bly WBM tine We aea ayM l eat MKeaeU bald a ineiirieii with he sfii aaajBHte rajBiaaf ed at the sees aajemwaeaft that ft seater with the atteraeya ef the delegate after waleh ae be la a poaUtoa to awae a 9 melt New York Pub respondent of the Herat sables Ma- King Edward has a dial letter to the eaperer aa the ee- caatoa of hte aujeetjre birthday lens shadowing the prospect of a friendly eetlas of the twa Bseaareha hi the course of the eeriest year This sews the correeaeadeat says will at- weleoBMd at Berlta with treat faction where Ute faeeat atpakw- lattoaa between the eaiperer sad ale uncle haa bees a most aaataaeaat lav- nroulna Wean Kahaed ef Otameada Chicago Fob 22 her house at twilight Tuesday ereaaaf Mrs T Loemt waUda la Buena park and a member of Tartoaa- womeaa clubs was robbed hy a held up raaa Bhe was choked waft aeariy unconscious and then was draw her two diamond fires her Sager valued at flM tier purse was taken ales Be have become the attacks oa wen that residents of Bueaa park reeeatly Inaugurated a private police service Aped Merchant Deed Cincinnati Feb 23 Robert Reee a member of the Ohio leffalatare la 18578 and for raaay years actively engaged la river trade between CIa rlnaatl and New Orleans and la aea merchandise In thus etty for many years Is dead at his home this city PR years Ho was a na- tive of Boston lint came to this city with his parents In 1226 Ono of his Kons Lewis M close now a jwdaa of the superior court was In the regular army retiring with the rank of major Weakley Made Chief Justice Montgomery Ala Feb 22 Gover- nor W f I H has appolntoil lion Samuel P Weaklfy of an- rllcf Justly of the supreme court of Alabama to nil vacancy by eth of Chief Justice Thomas N McClellan Mr Weakley Is 4 years old end has long been rccoa- nlzed at one of the leading attornefn of the Alabama bar The fluent will hold until the general elec- tion In Alahnmn In November sad It Is probable that the Democratic eon cntlon Ui b hold In Seatember will nominate a can litlate far the full tern tau II yon ten Net It Pt trlcl lie would nTH writ Josephine DIt- to flap eral aCt IIlrmln ham A y4 confer- ences the fret yen a i let tag the deit11 e PlUebeljfIW mlasrVeesvstls uwse 1 weed s- ly Feroskadsws Rrlsndif see wstllilese seeM tier path as a bleak frees ti frequent lea r f the rained tit appoint g a R- aY M < < ¬

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TRUNK LINE PLANNED

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All CoMtmction ArraagsBsntsHave Been Mad

Plan Is Backed by Pennsylvania andAlready Ten Thousand Men Are atWork on Extension of the South andWestern Railroad

PltuburK Pa Feb 22 A great railToad project destined luuitTiully tuchange the face of industrial southwill be officially announced by tin Seaboard Air Line Railway company In

a few days from Its headquarters inPurUmouth Va

The project U nothing less than thconstruction of a trunk line from

to the states of Alabama Geor-gia and Florida and to ports on thesouthwest Atlantic coast

This line will also afford the westmiddle west shortest route to

the gulf states from Cincinnati thegateway to the south

Plaas for this gigantic undertakingpave been under way by the SeaboardAir Line for a long time but they havekeen closely guarded until they werewell enough along to guarantee thatthey could not be thwarted

South and Western PurchasedThe trunk line project of the Sea

feoard had Ita Inceptloa la the purchaseef the South aad Western railroad ofTeaaessee This comparatively

line U In operation betweenJehasoa City Teaa and Spruce Planla the sane state With a shortBranch Ita operative mileage t oaiyn mils

The Seaboard purchased the prop-erty the rights of way and the franchlsea of this little Tennessee lineeveral months ago but It has kept the

quiet fearing that If It leak-ed out Its rivals would obtain an Inkhag of Ita plans and thwart thenNow however ownership of this linewill be one of the things announcedhy the Seaboard In a few days

In pursuance of the Seaboard AirLinns trunk line plant extensions tothe South and Western has been quiet-ly going on ever since the line wasbought Tbo work Is now bring ac-

celerated by large additions to the con-

struction forces which on Feb 1

were brought up to 10000 menConnection has been made with the

Norfolk and Western at Dante TensThe road will next be extended north-ward though Tennessee to ElkhornKy where It Is proposed to connectwith the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-road a road allied with the Seaboard-at other points and over whose tracksit will obtain entrance Into Cincinnati

Southward the South and Westernwill be extended to a point at or nearColumbia S C where connection willbe made with the Atlanta aad Sevanvan division of the Seaboard Whenthese plans are carried out they willgive the Seaboard the leading positionamong the railroads which reach theOhio river from the south and a greatchange In the face of transportationfacilities for the smiths Industrial sec-

tion will Inevitably romeThe new trunk line will also give

tho Seaboard which has heretoforeconfined Itself to eastern roast travelto and from tho smith iin l entrance tothe middle west will make It a

formllnMo rival f tho Nnil tllo nnlNashville and the fjn fn Cn ri ntThe las named line n n othersbetween the All liftii ro M-

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LUMBER MILL DESTROYED

Lop la Estimated at Sal000 with120000 Insurance

Knoxvllle Tenn Feb 22 The Uttie River Lumber companys extensivesawmill plant at Townsend Tenn 33

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tally destroyed by tin WednesdayThe loss is estimated at fSDOoo WT-

U o M insurant The Little RiverIttiilroa l rnmpany lost Its roundhouserepair shops tWn freight ram and onepassenger roach nil valued at aboutJl wlh no Insurance

The origin of the fire In unknowntrait It not been for the fire protectionnvKtem of the plant It I believed thelit would have reached a quarter-of a million dollars

W n Townsond of thus city presi-dent of the lumber company and gen-eral manager of the railroad companysays they are not crippled financially-and that plans to rebuild at once arebeing made already

Labor Cause KillingBirmingham Ala Feb 22 Follow-

Ing labor troubles which occurred atthe plant of the Central Foundry com-pany at Bevsemer Tuesday Lee Morrlslon and Raleigh Jones employes-met In a saloon aad engaged In a per-sonal altercation which resulted

shooting and Instantly killingMorrison A stray bullet from Jonespistol also struck ant fatally woundedJames a bystander Becauseof excitement over the affair Joneswas hurried to the Birmingham jailMorrison was a brother of the lateJim Morrlxon who figured In a num-ber of desperate encounters In thladistrict several years ago and

escaped from the penitentiary-and was shot to death by Deputy Sher-iff Henry rote

Want T House PoorMexico City Feb 22 Gov Ijinda of

the federal district and high officialshave under consideration a plan forrehousing the poor of this city It Isproposed to tear down whole blocksof houses In the poorer quarter amto erect groups of model tenementswhere the poor will have an abundantsupply of water and light and be gl-

en every modern sanitary advantageOnly by this plan It Is believed ranthe high death rate of 42 per1000 be reduced permanently It I

thought the operation ran be madefinancially profitable The federal dis-

trict government Is actively pushingIts sanitation campaign with satisfac-tory results

Body Found In a GutterChicago Feb 22 The body of aa

man apparently about 45 years ofage was found In the gutter at the cor-

ner of Twentyfirst street and Calu-met avenue In the heart of one ofthe most fashlonnb residence dietracts on the south side of the cityVlne tnv There was a bullet hole

above the right ear with a cheap re-

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BODIES WERE SADLY BRUISED

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ture Which Spans the TennesseeRiver Is About One Hundred FeetHigh Where Men Were Found

Knoxvlllo Tenn Feb 22 Threewhite men on only one of whom wasany mark of Identification were founddead here Wednesday morning underthe Tennessee river bridge of the IxmU-ville and Nashville near the riverbrink

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lieve the men fell from the bridgewhile jumping from a freight trainthat arrived near midnight

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Held en SuspicionMontgomery Ala Peb 18 A spe-

cial to the Journal front Aadalusla-Ala says that a white manCox of Georgians was arrested onTuesday night accused of being anaccessory to the rape of Mrs J TBray at Andalusia early forwhich a negro named Pedigree wasshot and killed by a posse Anotherwhite man named Ammoaa Is beinglooked for The negro west to theBray home aad told Mra Bray he hada message trope her htnbaad and sheopened the door whereupea the aegroentered wade her her children Intoa side room locked the deer sad thatduring four long wry buss the wascompelled to submit to hla beastlylusts He told her the white seawere standing outside oa guard Thereare grave doubts as to whether theevidence will justify the chargeagainst Cox

Men Rob JewelerNew York Feb 22 Two men en-

tered the store of Israel Rauth a jew-

eler In Eight avenue and pointing arevolver at his head with the lajuncties to keep quiet took oat a tray ofdiamond earrings valued at severalhundred dollars aad backed out of thestore Whea the men had left Rauthtook his own revolver from a drawerand started In pursuit He fired atthe fleeing men who turned and began-to return hla fire Rauth then ranback to his store On his wayfound two earrings and the empty trayoa the sidewalk The men soon dis-

appeared

Will Try Former SenatorWashington Feb 22 Bonn after

court met Wednesday a jury was se-

cured to try the rue of former StateSenator George F Oreen ef New Yorkcharged with conspiracy to defraudthe government In withthe furnishing of supplies to the postoffice department After the jury hadbeen sworn In an adjournment wastaken until next Monday

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WOMEN THROWN FROM BUG3V

Wife and Daughter of Governor JelksAre Hurt

Montgomery Ala Feb 22 MrsWilliam wife of the governortart their daughter Miss CatharineJells were thrown from a buggy oaCommerce street and badly hurt

Miss inks has a long cut across herrhn and her mother has a cat on theforSad and a painfully bruised arml i lit Ion both were shaken up andI n no possible just yet to tell how

ri iisly they are Injuredlacy were driving In a buggy and

lord Kotten nearly up In the squarewhen a car carne up quickly behindthorn frlphlenlng the horse The an-imal turned abruptly and ran thewheels of the burgy Into a countrymans wagon near by The horsthen lurched anew and turned bothout

They were picked up at once uncon-scious and taken to Fowler drug-store on Court Square Dr W WWllkerson and others were hurriedlysummoned When the doctor got thereMrs Jelks had regained consciousnessbut her daughter had not and did aotfor nearly aa hour

At this time they are resting easilyand It Is believed that the damage willnot b more thaw Is now apparent

CM Shipment Reeerd aVakenNew York Feb 22 Shlpmeata of

eggs lo the local market Tuesdaybroke all previous records The re-ceipts amounted to about MWe cuesWith the enormous shipments pricesdropped to a level reached only onesbefore about nine years ago Thaeewho will suffer by the heavy ahlpmeatand low prices are the speculators lastorage eggs Almost the entire eggproduction of the couatry were takesla the early part of the winter by arumored combination and by specula-tors They paid 29 wets a dosesAfter keeping la cold iter-ate all winter the piles droppedto 9 cents

iron Manufacturer DeedAllentown Pa Feb 22 Samuel

Thomas the largest manufacturer ofpig iron In the Tnlt d States Is deadat his home In Cataeetta Pa aged 79years Mr Thomas was a son of Da-vid Thomas who Srst successfullyIntroduced the anthracite blast for themanufacture of pig iron IB 1884 Da-vid Thomas and his sons organisedthe Thomas Iron company and estab-lished works at Hokeadaqaa Pa Thecompany operates 11 stacks la vari-ous parts of Pennsylvania SamuelThomas also oraaabud the MilerMining and Manufacturing compaay atThomas near Ala

aVflAaV kdhl4dh fJvsvePortland Ore Feb 22 The famous

Wllllmette meteorite has been sold toa Now York acleattot who will pre-sent It to the American Museum ofNatural History la New York cityTbe price paid was S20GOO which Issaid to be the highest price ever givenfor a meteorite The huge mass ofore Is one of the beet specimens ofmeteorite ever dissevered weighingabout U toga It was found nearthe banks of TuataUa river In thecounty ef Clackamae Oregon Afterits discovery It was the object ofmuch litigation between those whoclaimed to have found IL

Negro Shot to DeathAndalusia Ala Feb 22 Monday

night a negro named Pedigree forcedan entrance Into the ho4io ef a prom-inent white citizen In the outskirts-of the town and dragged a young ladyfrom one room to another whore heKept her until 4 la the morningKarly Tuesday a POMH located tic nogni and he was lilentlfleil br his vic-

tim end several children The possentnrtod to jail with him when then nm bro e end l san to runHP was shot to death by nifinhers of tin

T irtySecond OforationNew Fsb SJ Roraln

has MitiMlitcd In the German hospitalat Newark N 1 to the thirty secondoperation tint has been p rfonneil onore of his le within 15 years Thethirtyone pr llnit operations tadtaken nwav almost nil his s nnl titsurKoons found only a Min esterday Bealiie losing hN e op-

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ANTHRACITE MINERS

WILL DECLARE STRIKE

Strike Will Cow ce On April

The First

CONFERENCE REPORT It DENIED

President Mitchell of the AnthraciteMiners Says that Aa Par Aa HeKnows New There Will Be a Strikeef the Miners

Plttaburg Feb 21 As tar aa Iknow now there will be a strikePresident Mitchell who arrived hereWednesday from New York wade theabove statement to the AssociatedPress at noon at the Hotel Henry

I am not here to have anywith bituminous operators

My visit to Plttsburg la to laveaUgatethe trouble existing among the ofteersand delegate of the PlUaharg dietrict organlxUoft

Will there he a strike April lrPrecldeat Mitchell was askedAa far aa I know sow he repttsO

after coaeMerahle thesewill he a strike

I will poeltrelr say nothing menNotwlthetaadtaeT the denial fre

wad P I Robbins teener Wthe Muuateeoa re etla arestill a nleteai that wlM held aconference with Roehteer rrrgl eMitchell WM told

There le la the reatrta-he eaM Ptttatar afcourse I will eee Mr ReeMae preachbly WBM tine We aea ayM

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ed at the sees aajemwaeaft that ftseater with the atteraeya ef the

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New York Pubrespondent of the Herat sables Ma-

King Edward has adial letter to the eaperer aa the ee-caatoa of hte aujeetjre birthday lensshadowing the prospect of a friendlyeetlas of the twa Bseaareha hi thecourse of the eeriest year Thissews the correeaeadeat says will at-weleoBMd at Berlta with treatfaction where Ute faeeat atpakw-lattoaa between the eaiperer sad aleuncle haa bees a most aaataaeaat lav-nroulna

Wean Kahaed ef OtameadaChicago Fob 22

her house at twilight Tuesday ereaaafMrs T Loemt waUda laBuena park and a member of Tartoaa-womeaa clubs was robbed hy a heldup raaa Bhe was choked waft aeariyunconscious and then was

draw her two diamond firesher Sager valued at flM tierpurse was taken ales Behave become the attacks oa wenthat residents of Bueaa park reeeatlyInaugurated a private police service

Aped Merchant DeedCincinnati Feb 23 Robert Reee

a member of the Ohio leffalatare la18578 and for raaay years activelyengaged la river trade between CIarlnaatl and New Orleans and la aea

merchandise In thus etty for manyyears Is dead at his home thiscity PR years Ho was a na-

tive of Boston lint came to this citywith his parents In 1226 Ono of hisKons Lewis M close now a jwdaa ofthe superior court was In the regulararmy retiring with the rank of major

Weakley Made Chief JusticeMontgomery Ala Feb 22 Gover-

nor W f I H has appolntoil lionSamuel P Weaklfy of an-

rllcf Justly of the supreme court ofAlabama to nil vacancyby eth of Chief Justice ThomasN McClellan Mr Weakley Is 4

years old end has long been rccoa-nlzed at one of the leading attornefnof the Alabama bar Thefluent will hold until the general elec-tion In Alahnmn In November sad It

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