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MORfffCfa ffOVSMBEB 16 19Q1 TEN PAGES. PRICE TWa CENTS PRICE TWO CKNT3 VOL. SPINNERS OF COTTON HEAR ABLE SPEECHES RASBURY DIBS WHERE DOUBLE TRACKS MEET IN DREAD DEATH TRAP pAGUE RETURNS TO HIS WIFE AND CHILD HE LEFT AT AUGUSTA, IN 1873 campaign of 1873. when every man went with his hand on his pistol. Pague was one of the principal workers for the democratic ticket, and tt the polling place at which he waa sta ailenged a negro voter.

A difficulty foUowed. In which a number of shots were exchanged between hlm self tnd tbe negroes, resulting in two of killed outright. Pague escaping unhurt. He fted to South Carolina and while sleeping in the hay loft of a bam he was surrounded by a posse of negroes who had followed him in order to capture him. Pague opened Are wteh a rifle, killing negro and making Fearing to return to bid his wife and child adieu and realising that South Carolina was totally under negro domination.

His wife here he heard ed a reliable hild were dead. child. learned the truth and determined to return to them. He wrote to his wife, who was living at Spartanburg. S.

C. and she With his children by his second wife he left yesterday for Augusta, where they will meet to spend their remaining days together. EXECUTION OP JOSEPH KEITH. Hanged at Michigan City, for Murder of Woman. Michigan City.

November IB. Joseph D. Keith was hanged in the state prison here this morning for the murder of Nora Klfer. He was removed from his cell at 12.10 a. and led to the scaf 2:12 the drop fell 1 then his boc, 'essed that he committed the had the prison chaplain with 3 o'clock yesterday evening he was removed from the jcended the scaffold singing: song before the drop fell.

BOERS MURDER THE KAFFIRS. This he Charge Made by The London Times. lovember In an article on GERMANY'S NEW TABIPT BILL. I by the weighing SO gramm EARTHQUAKE WAS SEVERE. in Utah Will Exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars.

Lake. rtah. November 14. A Her ln thai ouiuy from last night's earthquake will amounts to almost $100,000. Scarcely a building escaped, damage of "ome Kind The Mormon taVernacle.

at Richfield, waa damaged to the extent of prisoned and only three of them succeeded making their escape. Innumerable minor casualties continue be reported on all coasts of the United Kingdom, marking the storm as the most disastrous that has occurred In many years. Snow is falling In many of the coumrri tonight. Norwegian bark Erratic, of Chrietiansund, baa been wrecked la the Iclnity of Saltburn and eight members her crew have been drowned. An incomplete list of the persons who ave lost their lives by drowning during ae storm already aggregates over 180.

BLIZZARD RAGES IN NEW YOBK. Snow Drifts Six Feet Deep at TJtica. Four Inches at Rochester. Utlca. N.

November 14. A bliixard is raging throughout this section and li northern New York Is quite severe, drifts Rochester, deep region. All street ed for several noun town is struggling blitiard tonight. Se burned rapidly. During the Southern rember Four traffic was block hls evening, ovember James the grasp of the cover the ground and the derce gale which Is blowing is piling it in heaps.

The continued use of the snow plow has kept the street railway lines open. buildings were used as stables and a large number of horses were quartered there. The fire department was notlfled of the fire and responded, but the flames had gained such headway that the work The Electrical originaUy built i tatlon building was owned by Association and when it $25,000. The trans por owners of the realty, Piedmont Expo He ft ness of C. Rathbun.

nmnn nn A UlllUlilV 1U H11U UHfil fiUU A i 3 on Account I Fifth taal of South 1 I rathbun is identified crn Spinners tninu extension of the lease 1 siaslic to rrL I hb is bbotjoht" wp" iH coxxBT SENATOR McLAURIN ar SPOIE LAST EVERIN6 he Held at Little Bock. URl LnO I tlUllHU his location wesi 1, Jeffersonvllle. November 14, New fugitive from justice, having killed Vjf ell C. Rathbun. suspected of Wiling three negroes in Georgia and South Car Jfl Charles Goodman In a hotel here by pms oUna.

He further announced that his J. on. was this afternoon positively Iden living in Augusta. and tided by an officer and an acquaintance IT. he was naking preparations to re the prisoner from Utt.e Rock, where to substantteUy as A Later Rathbun waa arraigned before 1 in 1K7J.

in fc The Southern Cotton Spinners' Asso WW I and Mavor Rader held.hlm over elation met at the Klmbail house i bond. The prisoner had no lawyer. After being arraigned he was taken back to jail. The circuit court will convene In special term Monday and a grand Jury will be empaneled to consider Rathbun's case. Rathbun became tired of being Interrogated and turned questioner himself, drst "How Is my wife?" Deputy Sheriff Chichester said Mrs.

Rathbun was very well. Rathbun expressed his pleasure. When reference was made to his wife asked Chichester "This Is a 11 He i take the following "Everything looks dark for me. I will be with you some day." The prisoner could no longer restrain his feelings. He cried and brushed away the tears with his coat sleeve.

"Sheriff Rave, take me to my cell," said Rathbun. arising and shaking hands with the men from Arkansas. "Here Is a picture. Rathbun." said Chichester. "Tf It Is a likeness of your elf 5 I the se side and Deputy (Sheriff Chichester, who represents Fred Schader.

sheriff qf Pulaski county. Arkansas, and the Metropolitan "Mrs. Rathbun accounted for the mistake of identification In calling Ooodmar her darling by saying she only glanced at the body. Later, when she said It was tit Rock the same proposition Mil Corinne Pryor says he made to her. These women will make depositions and they FAIR BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED BY FIRE Transportation and Electrical Buildings Caught from Unknown Cause at 2 O'Clock This Morning.

Both Were Soon in Ashes. The transportation and electrical build ngs at the exposition grounds were totally destroyed by Ore at 2 o'clock this morning. The origin of the Are is unknown. The burning of the two big structures made a brilliant illumination. The loss is estimated at J55.000.

The buildings were located in the lower part of the exposition grounds and were In close proximity to each other. They sltlon Company originally built. The fire was first stitutlon office and and cost when from The Con fire department was notified by telephone. When partment reached the scene the elect building was practically destroyed the flames were enveTopmg the ti building. To a representative of The Constitution the officer on duty at the park states that he was In the immediate vicinity of the buildings at 11 o'clock and that at that time no fire was to be seen.

The flames spread with the greatest rapidity and it was with difficulty that the fire was kept from spreading. So intense was the heat the bridge over Clara Mere which Is situated near the buildings was In constant danger of catching and the firemen played their hose upon it continually. At 3:30 o'clock this morning the buildings were all down and the flames wen eating away at the heavy timbers. There Is no danger cA the Are spreading further. Sale of Valuable Land.

Roanoke. November The president and board of directors of the Indian Creek coal anc Ciki Company met la this city today to transfer property to the Bumynrii wcite coal of Pennsylvania. Between 300 and 400 Members of the Association Are in City Taking a Lively Interest in the Pro The meeting was one of the thuslastlc In the history of the organisa nd the fact that between threi hundred and four hundred members weri registered is a practical evidence of the great growth of the organization in the years. When, one stops consider that of the three hundred or nbers of the association who as sembled at the Kimball house yesterday in extensive cotton mills in the south, some Idea of this section's vast growth commercially can be gained. The general tenor of vesterday'e sessUm The bly expressed.

H. Edmonds' Address, The feature of the morning session was the address of R. H. Edmonds, editor of The Manufacturers' Record, of Baltimore. Mr.

Edmonds arrived on the 11:40 ualn from Texas, where he had been attending an industrial convention. So impressed was he with the importance of the subject in hand that he went out of his way to visit Atlanta and address the convention. The particular thought brought out In his speech was the duty of the south to the "poor white He suggested that each manufacturer of the south should endow a scholarship at some Industrial school for the purpose ef educating young men who were enable to bear the expenses of education. This, he said, would cost only a small amount probably not more than $126 a and would prove of incalculable benefit to Bouth industrially. The night session was over to a Bohemian smoker unuer the auspices of the Atlanta chamber of commerce.

Light refreshments were served and a thorough ly enjoyable time of Informality prevailed. At the Bohemian smoker Senator John L. McLaurln. of South Carolina, delivered a splendid address on the "Extension of Our Foreign Trade." Hon. Hrke also spoke on the "Development of Our Home Talent." Both were fine efforts.

The Morning Session. The morning session was called to order shortly before 11 clock by President John H. McAden. An eloquent prayer was delivered by Rev. C.

B. Winner, rector of St. Lukes church. He was followed by Mayor Livingston Mlms. whose address of welcome to the visiting manufacturers was felicitous In every phrase.

D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N. one of the foremost mill men in the south, responded In behalf of the association. in tne ccurse oi nis remt, ks he took occasion to pay a high compliment to Atlanta and her rapid President McAden delivered the annual address.

In wnicH He. outlined the future of the cotton spinners' trade. His speech was one of great Interest and was listened to with great attention. In the afternoon the members of the association were the guests of the Southern railway in a tour around the city. Favors Reciprocity.

President MeAden's annual address was a well considered effort, In which he took occasion to speak of the past prosperity of the cotton manufacturers and the more depression In this Industry, caro fully outlining the to the present condition. rmcn led up At the last annual convention, held in Charlotte, N. he said the future of the cotton industry never seemed more roseate. Times were good and prosperity was at hand. Following close on the heels of that date came a period of depression, which still existed to some extent.

However, the cotton men of the south had. managed to weather the storm and in spite of hard times have not cut the wages paid to employees. According to his mind the present state of affairs was traceable to but one over production. However, to curtail tbe output of. southern mi.ls meant to put a quietus on future develop He spoke of President McKl nicy's last address at Buffalo as a practical evidence of his modified views regard to the tariff.

McKlnley. he said, had seen the had been quick to sugi Roosevelt, he said, could be counted on to carry out tne views outlined la McKlnley last public speech. He suggested that the convention pro At It President Spencer, Major Han son and Other Prominent Southern Men Made Speeches. Cincinnati. November The annual dinner of the Commercial Club of Cincin nati was an unusual event tonight, owing to the celebration of the extension of the for slxty dve years of the 340 of railway from Cincinnati to Chatta nooga to the Southern railway and the launching of an active movement here in the Interest of the St.

Louis expositigi. Following the address of President Laws, the welcome addresses and responses were the following regular toasts: "Our International Opportunities," by Judge William R. Day. of the United States circuit court of appeals. New South.

Unifying the National Forces," by J. Hanson, of Macon, chairman of board of directors of the Central of Georgia railway. "The Railways Spencer, president of the South "The St. Loula Exposition. Commemorating the Louisiana Purchase; the First Step In 'National Expansion," by Hon.

D. R. Francis, ex governor of Missouri Exposition Company. George K. Nash, of Ohio, and others, there being many prominent guests from fferent of Ohio and many from luthern who accompanied Presl Spencer and Mr.

Hanson. SOUTHEBN WOMEN IN SESSION. Many Present at United Daughters of confederacy convention. Wilmington, N. C.

November 14 Both morning and afternoon session of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in session In this city, were taken up today In hearing reports the national officers and state presidents. ATI of them were very gratifying and Indicative of a healthy growth of the organisation during the past fiscal year. The report of the credentials commit tee, received this morning, shows that 146 chapters. Including 4,709 members. FOUND WITH NECK BROKEN James Golnga, In Drunken Stupor, Meets His Death.

COMPANION KNEW NOTHTNO BOTM Brings Corpse and Ixuwaaible Inebriate Home in the Buggy Together. Rome, November News of a very peculiar and fatal acci dent at Spring Garden, several days has reached Rome. A well known farmer named James Goings, living near Spring Garden, and another man. went to Center on business and while there Im bibed loo freely. When they started home, it Is said, both were very much Intoxicated.

When th. bum reached Spring Garden Go ings waa round lying across the toot of the buggy with his neck broken, mate was no intoxicated that he ki shout the fatal accident of. arm on the other side over the axle. His head had been rubbed by the wheel of the buggy untll.lt was raw and bloody. It is presumed that In a drunken sleep he pitched forward, and striking wheel against his head broke bis neck.

Goings was well known in thai section. Me only fault being occasional sprees. Bny He Will Hare Larjre Majorities Havana, November The managers of General Bartolome Masso. the candidate of the democratic party for the presidency of Cuba, claim that be will have large majorities in the of Santiago, Puerto Principe and Santa Clara. The national party In Havana, which had proclaimed Senor Tomes Estrada Palma candidate for president, has split and a large faction haa come out for Masso.

The of Senor Palma ace beginning to realise the possibility of a close election. It Is said here that General Maximo Gomes will be ask for Senor Palma. Gen presented In the convention. Tonight Gomes ig accredited with saying the local and visiting daughters are Senor Palma will have to fight hard to guests of the Wilmington Light Infantry. win.

SgMMARY OF THE NEWS Highest temperature Lowest femperature. Normal temperature FORECAST. southwest portion; se Exceae since January 1 Saturday fair: fresh iry 1 L14 LOCAL. and Electrical buildings at the exposition ground were de stroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. In an able address before the general assembly Mrs.

William H. Petton attacked the rural school system of Georgia. Southern Cotton Spinners in session yesterday at the Kimball house listened to able addresses from Senator McLaurln, Hoke Smith, President McAden and H. Edmonds. William H.

Rasbury wss killed yesterday evening at TJ0 o'clock near intersection of Peachtree and Walton streets by trolley cars. GEORGIA The committee on county agricultural displays at state fair yesterday awarded drst prize to Brooks county, second to Spaldtng snd third to Bartow. A case of scarlet fever ems discovered at Emory college. Oxford, on Wednesday last, Watson Knox, of Orlando, being the student who is ill. Every precaution has been taken by the faculty.

An Atlanta negress applies to the State board of Pharmacists at Its recent meeting in Augusta for license, but fells to make the required percentage. A special from Rome says James Goings waa founu dead in his buggy with his neck broken yesterday near Spring Garden. Ala. It 4s believed he Imbibed of Ikjoor too freely and caused the accident by falling forward on the moving wheels. SOUTHERN.

Advlsary board of Charleston exposition's archrtect ln chlef declares the great show will be acclaimed throughout the country a pronounced architectural success. Constitution convention at Richmond. has day of rapid work. Mr Glass offers suffrage plan as substitute for majority and minority reports of com situation in Hopkms county. Kentucky, has reached an alarming stage.

Federal aid been invoked. Miners claim they want only to unionise the miners. General Shelley, leader of Alabama antl ratiflcatlonlsta. has issued a call for the reorganisation of the democratic party. He says he wants a platform of honest elections, white supremacy and a fair constitution.

DOMESTIC. funeral Master Workman Burns, of the Knights of Labor, in his annual address denounced the Federation of Labor for no at flvs miners have been It is thought there aiding tbe Amalgamated TThe extension of the lease of the Cincinnati Southern railroad to the Southern railway was celebrated by the Commercial Club of Cincinnati by a dinner last night. FOREIGN. sathbone and Neely. charged with embeaslement in Cuba, have been altow whleh fl 1 anew attached baggage, has been released on bail.

Tsnana Vases charges that tbe Boers are guilty of murdering whole kraals of Kaffirs, la order to deetroy traces of the movements of the Boers. Germany's tariff bill ktf been, nub llabed. fww are noticeable, some William Rasbury to Death Between Two Cats, MEN OPERATING CARS PLACED UNDER ARREST Young Man Alighted from Transit Oar on Peach tree Between Walton and Bdgewood and Met Instant Death la the Crush. nanea tne conauctor, white man Si ed to death be tween two trolley cars at o'clock last night. The accident occurred on Peach tree street between Bdgewood avenue and Walton street.

One of the cars belonged to the Rapid Transit Company and the other to the Power company. Both cars, according to statements of men operating theam. were headed south. Owing to the peculiar and unusual circumstances of the death of Rasbury the conductor and motorman of both ears were arrested and detained last n'ght at police barracks pending sn investigation this trkrnlng. Rapid Transit car No.

17 was In charge of Conductor C. D. Robson and Motorman D. A. Alford.

and the Atlanta Railway ana Power Company ear No. 151 was In charge of Conductor J. K. Richie and Motorman C. E.

Low. RObson and Alford claim that their car waa atfll at tbe time of the accident, and Richie and Low claim the same for If they were both correct, Rasbury would now be living. William Rasbury was coming into the city on Transit car No. 17. and he was the act of leaving It when he was caught between the car on wnicn ne nao inn and the Railway and rosrer lwk Tracks Form Death Trap.

No other place In the cUy offers ea, great danger to pedestrians and passen gers the Intersection of Walton. Edge wood avenue and Dolnt the double tracks ra trns ased and are always alive with. outsmnat Freauentis. 11 bump Into each other, jolting ana ti Is found with the temerity this point. Witnesses who were on the car tH which Rasbury alighted say that at this WILLIAM H.

RASBURY. li had reacW the point to alight and that the conductor signified that the polnt had reached. Witnesses say that the) Transit car and tbe Power car both In motion st the moment of the accident. Kaeoury leaves a wire ana two cniiaree. He was an attache of the Piedmont Turf i exchange, and lived at 1M Chapel street.

Opinion to the blame for tnaacCMeat Is greatly varied. Charles C. Jones. A Randall and John Stanton, all of wham work at the Piedmont Turf exchange. on the Atlanta Rapid Transit ear with Rasbury.

and say that as Rasbury was stepping from the rear of the car rt backed against tbe Atlanta Railway U4 Company car, and that be ti A caught between them. President Simmons TaDra. i President Jerome Simmons, of the Atlanta Rapid Transit Company, was by a representative of The Constitution last night, and said: "My men say that at the time of the accident their car was standing stfll Conductor Robson states that he was arguing with Rasbury about the payment' irv stemed off the car just in time to be ught between It snd the car of the At lanta Railway and Power Company. The did not touch, and I do not see snvhodv excent Rasbury la to blame Car that they saw the accident, and that when it occurrea our car siaoang still." Superintendent H. N.

Hurt, when seen by Constitution representative, said: "All I know of the accident Is that our men say that when it occurred their ear was standing still. As tbe cars did not touch. I cannot see that there is proof of blame on the part of anyone." Tbe statements made as to the aflstr are so many and conflicting that It is hard to form a correct opinion as to real facts In the case. However. It seems practically certain that when the accident occurred both cars were In motion.

Rasbury bad his skull crushed and wad dtad before the body could be remc to tbe undertaking establishment M. Patterson. His body was moved to his home. Both conductors and both were placed under arrest test are now being held at police bs pending an investigation, which 1 made some time today. As Coroner Stamps held no Inquest lash night.

However, an inquest will be held if the family ef the dead man request It..