UV-

OL XXlli ISO 13 UAliNESVILLE FLOKlliA FRIDAY FEBRI ARY 2H TEN CENTS A Will

nnI-I lfuti

w aw

w-

a I

rr

r

r= = =

TRUNK LINE PLANNED

FOR THE

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-

lslsppl will unil H lv Hrlv rsent entrance ot 11 suit tno theirterritory hut h Sentomnr prhas the powirfiil of h jrreiitPennsylvania both Ununrtalland In a trafTir w v

The peiiti I tila H o tea of

Pltf tiurK liilv will roots ratwith the now o th from ClnolnBall will utv i n bis freight anpassenger biisln from the dayof its operation

Tho extension will bo costly forSeaboard The construction of

20 miles of railroad is necessary togive the new lint tho South CarellaaJunction to Dnclnnatl

1 gill take about two I

CINCINNATI TO THE SOUTH

the

and the

V

j

lastcaRt

Jt

J

I

t

i

andi

sod

m

11

I j

andfirst

L SEA RD

L

PROM

Ten-nessee

purchase

t

antiaril

ear arktoe

the

DIJLh

¬

¬

¬

¬

¬

¬

¬

>

>

<

> >

>

> <

+

+

sMtOi to complete constructiontrains will be moving over theline from the Cincinnati gateway-

by the spring of 1909

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

mils southeast of this city was to-

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-

volver lying near the corpse butpolls are unable yet to state wheth-

er It I a case of murder or suicide

Held on BondAtlanta Fh 22 Charles Strallllo

the man who was nrrosted for raisingfl bills to JU bills was arralcnhefore Inltrd Paen fommlHsionor W

T Colqultt hold In n bond ofSTfifV Straltllo admittedthat hi n pns d the raised billrn 1 said he had furred fn do viIn nkr to set on whlito Iiv lit I n luftV look

ins voinir Nlliv rend whv he lll riot

work for luntie h did not sax

Aged Woman DiesOuthinKtiMi titi 22 Mr-

Silvia lJ4tiiltn iMiitirftti tit wrotid-oMft f n in liS difl mi-

Vilti i i l Thi 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 Sanilrrasisland N Cardigan cue t

Tin rrnw waj saved but the cargowaa lust

I

I

Troubl

lowery

present

the

mil

t b

obi

f w

thisandnear

in-

tones

after-wards

andalt rwards

t nyou

rung

Ft

storeg 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 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

Railroad men and police officials be-

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

The bodies badly bruised andbones were broken

Thu bridge Is about one hundred feethigh where the bodies of the menwere found

On one of the men Is a letter ad-

dressed to James Gamble from lx l

lie Gamble from Wheat TennAll were poorly clad and appeared-

to be laborers

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

Forbids Pool Sellingj iilvlll rob 22 The town of

Highland purl a Mtburh Inns passedan ordinance forblMlnj the s lllnK ofpool 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 thePonda runs r r nilv ar tilrii l-

ithe Vet ni lo k y rlub ln within fVlimits of HlKhlatti pnrk

Embargo Is ExtendedI iiUvlllf K I 22Although-

thf traffic nfilna f the IjtnlsvlIUand Nashville poetically haildecided to lift ti embark on fr rhtcaused by heavy traffic it was foundImpossible to move tho great acctium-latlon about Birmingham and nihrsouthern und tbe embargo Gasben extended

ore

I

ed

loa

pet

hIt

connection

rill

flint

sh-out

I

r

¬

¬

¬

>

¬

¬

¬

< >

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-

erations have rout R ran four yearslimo ID the hospitals

Jell

>

the

thethe

I

ocllc k

r

1

eggs

Dir tagha

Fame

the

awaythen

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 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

l eat MKeaeU bald a ineiirieiiwith he sfii aaajBHte rajBiaaf

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

delegate after waleh aebe la a poaUtoa to awae a 9

melt

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

Is probable that the Democratic eoncntlon Ui b hold In Seatember willnominate a can litlate far the full tern

tauII

yonten

Net It

Pt

trlcl lie

would

nTHwrit

Josephine

DIt-to flap

eral

aCt

IIlrmln ham

A

y4

confer-ences the

fret

yena

ilettag the deit11 e PlUebeljfIW

mlasrVeesvstls uwse1

weed s-

ly

Feroskadsws Rrlsndif seewstllilese

seeM tier

pathas

a bleak frees

ti

frequent

lea rf

the rainedtit

appoint

g

a

R-

aYM

< <

¬