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ESTABLISHED 1887.
TILLMAN IN GOTHAM
The South Carolina Senator Addressed
> a Large Crowd.
DISCUSSED THE MONEY QUESTION
A Silver Mass Meeting at
_ Cooper Union.;
THE AUDIENCE WAS ENTHUSIASTIC
Says If the Chicago Convention Does Not
Declare For Free Silver, He Will Have
Nothing to Do With the Party After
waids —Cleveland Is a Tool of Wall
Street, He Declares.
< New York, June 28. —A silver mass
meeting was held at Cooper Union
which filled the large auditorium. The
audience was enthusiastic, and ap
plauded loudly every time an opportu
' nity offered itself. Senator Benjamin
F. Tillman occupied a prominet place
on the platform, and was cheered lustily
when he entered the auditorium a few
minutes before 8 o’clock.
George P. Keeney, general organizer
of the American silver organization,
presided. He said that the object of
the meeting was to get resolutions
adopted declaring for free coinage of
silver and urging the adoption of free
coinage by the Chicago convention.
After Senator Bixby had made a few
remarks, in which he said the country
needed free silver, Hon. Alexander Del
mat was introduced as a recognized au
thority, the world over, on the money
question. He said that the capitalists
were not content with the hign rates of
interest, but they wanted to bind the
people to pay in gold, of which they had
a. monopoly. The country needed a
medium of exchange. Gold would not
do, because it would flow out of the
country. Silver and greenbacks would
■do. because they would stay here.
It took several minutes for the vast
crowd in the auditorium to get through
■cheering, when Senator Tillman was
introduced.
J Paid HJa Reaped. to Newspapers.
Senator Tillman began by paying his
respects to the newspapers. He said
that the night would give an oppor
tunity to show the members that the
newspapers were unreasonable liars,
i The owners of the newspapers, he said,
were prostitutes of journalism, and not
a paper in New York would dare print
his speech in full. Coming to the money
question, the senator said:
“If the Chicago convention does not
give us Democracy and return to the
faith of Washington and Jefferson, I
will have nothing to do with it after
wards. The money question is up, and
has got to be settled. It is as important
as was the slavery question, and if
enough .of you can get together to re
verse the verdict of the two millionaire
conventions you will deserve the thanks
of the whole country.”
Senator Tillman referred to the mon
eyed men of the east as thimbleriggers
and repeated his assertion that • Cleve
land was a tool of Wall street. The
| senator called on all those who had
handled gold within a year to hold up
their hands. Half a dozen hands weie
raised. Then he called on those who
had not handled gold coin to raise their
hands. Possibly 1,000 hands went up.
“Then where has the gold gone?”
asked Senator Tillman. “You have
not handled it, although $450,000,000 of
the $550,000,000 in government bonds
. were sold on Manhattan island.”
What He Would Ask President Cleveland.
The senator said that if he were on
the senate coihmittee investigating the
recent bond sale he would ask President
Cleveland why he made the private con
, tract to sell bonds at 104% per cent when
they were selling on the public market
at 117.
The senator then talked about unem
ployed labor, which he said was a lever
by which those employed were ground
* down to low wages.
“You see on your street car lines ” he
continued, “cars labeled ‘United States
mail.’ Those cars do not carry any
mail. They are on there so that the
car lines can claim the protection of the
United States troops in case of a strike.”
Senator Tillman characterized John
Sherman of Ohio as the high priest of
mammon and the joint owner with
Hanna, of William McKinley.
“All of you who are going to vote for
gold hold up your hands,” concluded
the senator. Five hands went up.
“All who are going to vote for silver
regardless of party hold up your hand.”
Over half the audience raised their
hands.
The speaker said, as he sat down:
“America for Americans and to h—l
with England and all other countries.”
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GORMAN NOT GOING.
Refuses to Attend the Chicago Convention.
Say. Bole. Will Be Nominated.
Baltimore, June 26.—Senator Gor
man will not go to Chicago; this is final.
"If I were to go to Chicago,” said the
Senator, “what more could 1 do than
can be done by gentlemen who compose
the delegation elected by the state con
vention ? Nothing. ’ ’
Senator Gorman cannot be pursuaded
to alter his determination not to go to
Chicago. It is doubtful if he will ac
cept reappointment on the national
committee. Certainly he will not be
on the executive committee of the na
tional committee. Mr. Gorman does
‘ not think there b any chance at this
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
hour to sten. life free silver tide, which
he believes will sweep over the conven
tion.
Asked who he thought the Democrats
would nominate at Chicago, he replied:
“It looks like Boies.”
Ex-State Treasurer Spencer O. Jones
has been designated to serve in place• of
Charles C. Homer, who was elected a
delegate-at-large and declined to serve.
Silver'd Strength at Chicago.
Chicago, June 26. —The Tribune says:
“The canvas of delegates of every state
and territory on the question shows 578
delegates to the Democratic national
convention to be, either by instruction
or personal'preference, for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1
against 328 delegates instructed for or
favoring the continuance of the present
gold standard. ” The estimate is based
on the obse’ vation of the unit rule by
the delegates from the states which have
been so instructed.
WAS NOT WILLIE MYERS.
The Man Arrested at Corsicana, Tex.,Proves
to Be James T. Robertson*
Atlanta, June 26.—Another Myers
fake has been exploded. The man ar
rested at Corsicana, Tex., thought to be
the murderer of Forest Crowley, turns
out to be James T. Robertson of Georgia. '
Deputy Sheriff Green of this city
reached Corsicana Thursday night and
was met at the depot by the detective
who thought he had Will Myers, anti
by two or three of the Corsicana officers.
They had everything in readiness to
carry him to the jail. As soon as Mr.
Green had alighted from the train and
made himself known he was put in a
carriage and driven to the jail at once.
The people of Corsicana had learned
of the arrest of the famous Georgia
murderer, and a big crowd was assem
bled at the jail to learn the news as to
whether it was really Myers. The de
tective introduced Greene to the jailer,
and they were at once ushered to the
cell where the prisoner was confined.
Mr. Green, as soon as he saw the man
behind the bars, said:
“That is not Will Myers. Why in the
world did you fellows bring me away
out here to Texas on such a wild goose
chase? He never looked like Myers,
and could not possibly look like him.”
Tli<s was immediately re
leased.
TRIBUTE TO OUR FLAG.
Must Never Meet the Union Jack on the
Field of little, Says Dr. Hughes.
London, June 26.—The American
Congregatlonalist pilgrims Were ac
corded a reception in the library of the
memorial hall of Dr. Guiness Rodgers’
church. Dr. Rodgers welcomed the
Americans, and then the Rev. Hugh
Price Hughes addressed the pilgrims.
During the course of his remarks he
turned suddenly to the stars and stripes
and the union jack and said:
“There is one thing I want to say to
you Americans. It is, that that flag and
this must never meet on the field of
blood. ’ ’
The audience rose and cheered lustily
again and again. When the enthusiasm
had subsided, the Rev. Hugh Price
Hughes urged the visitors to press upon
their government the necessity of a
permanent council of arbitration.
The pilgrims were received at West
minster Abbey by Dean Bradley, and
were escorted to the Jerusalem Cham
ber, where the dean made a speech.
Later, they were shown through the
abbey.
A GREAT CLOUDBURST.
Much Damage to Properly In West Vir
ginia—Several Persons Killed.
Wheeling, June 26.—Reports from
Marshall, Wetzel and Tyler counties,
which lie south of here, say great dam
age has been done and some lives lost
by a big cloudburst.
In Marshall county the damage in
and about Moundsville will reach sev
eral thousand dollars. The Baltimore
and Ohio tracks and other property were
damaged to the extent of $3,000 by the
washouts.
In the vicinity of Sistersville, Tyler
county, the storm created the most
havoc. For two days it has been rain
ing, and the little streams were swollen
to twice their normal size. They be
came raging rivers and swept every
thing in their pathway.
A mile below Sistersville the Ohio
River railroad was washed out for a dis
tance of a mile and half, and the rails
with the ties attached are lying 200 feet
out of position. The loss will be over
SIO,OOO. Several houses were washed
away, and the occupants narrowly es
caped after ropes were thrown to them.
The Carter Oil company lost several
teams, and it is thought damage to
other oil properties in the back part of
the country has occurred.
Several instances of teams and cattle
being washed away are reported. There
were five men in one wagon, and only
two of them were rescued.
New Martinsville, Wetzel county, is
in great danger, as Fishing creek, which
runs through the town, is a raging tor
rent and the inhabitants of the village
have taken to the hills.
The latest reports from the country
districts are that the danger is enor
mous. Many houses have been washed
away, and it is feared there has been
much loss of life, but reports, on ac
count of the storm, are meagre.
Luther League to Meet In Chloago.
Lancaster, Pa., June 26.—The exec
utive committee of the Luther League
of America met here and decided to
hold the National Luther League con
vention at Chicago on Nov. 17 next, to
continue three days.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA.. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1896
LEE’S CUBAN REPORT
It Has Been Mailed and Will Reach
Washington Tuesday.
FAVORS THE INSURGENTS’ CAUSE
It is Not Deemed Probable
That the President
WILL FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION
If President Cleveland Decides to Act In
Accordance With Our Consul's Recom
mendations. Trouble Between the United
States and Spain May Follow—Ex-Cousul
Williams Calls at the State Department.
Washington, June 26.—Consul Gen
eral Lee’s report on the military and
economic situation in Cuba, which it
was prematurely announced had been
sent last week, was mailed Thursday,
and should reach the state department
next Tuesday.
Its general purport will be strongly
favorable to the insurgents’ cause, and
if President Cleveland should decide to
act in accordance with its recommenda
tions—as is not deemed probable—seri
ous trouble between the United States
and Spain- might become imminent.
The announcement that General Lee’s
report was put upon the steamer which
sailed from Havana Thursday was made
to • Mr. Rockbill, acting secretary of
state, by William Ryan, internal reve
nue collector of the Richmond, Va., dis
trict, who jias just returned from a visit
to General Lee in Cuba.
“General Lee,” said Mr. Ryan “al
though he has been on the island but a
comparatively short time, has had ex
cellent opportunity for learning the true
state of affairs. He has met all classes
on both sides of the controqersy, both
Spanish and insurgents, and has fully
made up his mind as to what the pros
pects of the revolution really are. "
“General Lee keeps in his private
office a map of Cuba, upon which he
marks the daily progress of the respect
ive armies and the changes of positions
of the respective corps. He has been
constantly fit work since June 5, the
second day after his arrival in Cuba,
when he began his investigations in
earnest.”
Mr. Ryan did not feel at liberty to tell
what are General sentiments as
expressed privately to him, bus from
what* he did say it was gathered that
the consul general is prepared to make
Bonie rSflicfil recommendations concern
the attitude of the United States to
wards Cuba. Mr. Ryan denies that he
brought any personal despatches from
General Lee for either Secretary Olney
or President Cleveland.
Ramon O. Williams of Brooklyn, N.
Y., formerly consnl general of the
United States at Havana, was at the
state department during the day attend
ing the settlement of his consular ac
counts. He had a talk with Assistant
Secretary Rockhill, and will see Secre
tary Olney before returning to Brook
lyn. Mr. Williams said he would be
here for a few days. He begged to be
excused from discessing the Cuban situ
ation.
FIRED ON THE COMMODORE
But the Steamer Succeeded In Transferring
Arms to Three Strange Schooners.
Tampa, Fla., June 26. —When the
steamer Commodore left Port Tampa
Thursday afternoon she was followed
by the revenue cutter McLane, the lat
ter having orders to stop the suspected
filibusterer. When Captian Morton of
the Commodore saw the McLane in
pursuit he crowded on steam and a
lively race began. As the Commodore
gained the McLane sent four shots after
the filibusterer and the latter came to.
The McLane’s commander searched
the Commodore, but nothing contra
band was found. The Commodore was
allowed to go and the McLane started
back to port. Six miles down the bay,
however, the Commodore came to and
was approached by three schooners.
Nearly 100 men and scores of boxes of
arms and ammunition were transferred
from the schooners to the Commodore.
The McLane’s commander saw this
transfer by means of his glasses, and
again pursued the Commodore. The
McLane gained at first and fired on the
Commodore repeatedly, but the shots
fell short. The powerful engines of the
Commodore soon told, however, and
she began to forge ahead. When the
boats passed St. Petersburg the Commo
dore was leading the McLane six miles.
As the McLane had no coast pilot si e
had to lay to during the night and this
enabled the Commodore to make good
her escape.
Penna Says Miners Are Mere Slaves.
Columbus, 0., June 26. —The com
mittee in charge of the local celebration
of the Fourth of July had arranged for
100 miners from the valley to march in
the parade in their mining outfits and
with their mining lamps in their hats,
but President Penna of the United Mine
Workers of America, advised them not
to do it. He say's that by doing this
they would proclaim themselves bene
ficiaries of the Declaration of Independ
ence, whereby they are mere serfs, and
would in that way act a lie.
Republicans " ill Support Goodwyn.
Birmingham, Ala., June 26.—The
state executive committee of the Re
publicans met here and finally decided
not to put out a gubernatorial ticket,
but will support Congressman A. T.
Goodwyn and the entire fusion ticket.
THE PORTE DENIES
That Turkish Troops Fired On Armenian
Prisoners.
SANGUINARY OUTBREAK AT VAN
The Persians Are Promoting
the Disturbances and Revolts
DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE IS USED
Four Hundred Persons Reported Killed.
An A rmeuifta Woman Threw Her Two
Daughters Into a Well to Save Them
From Turks—Girls Sold at Public Auc
tion—Hanging of Christians Continues.
New York, June 25. —A special to
The Herald from Constantinople says:
Denial is given by the sublime porte to
the embassy statement that the Turkish
troops fired upon Armenian prisoners.
Complete accord exists between the rep
resentatives of the great powers on the
subject of securing the appointment of
a Christian governor for Crete and the
fulfillment of the treaty pf Haleppa.
Each ambassador will send an individual
note to this effect.
Another sanguinary outbreak has oc
curred at Van and 400 are reported to
have been killed. ,
The Persians are promoting the dis
turbances and fomenting the revolts
throughout Armenia.
The Druses have now received Be
douin support and are driving out the
Turks.
Diplomatic pressure is being brought
to bear upon the porte, increasing the
chances of peace. The following state
ment has been received from Captain
Villiar:
“I have witnessed hideous enormi
ties. Armenian girls and women were
publicly sold at auction. A mother
threw her two daughters into a well be
fore my eyes to save them from the
Turks. Evidences of Turkish official
complicity have been obtained by me.
The foreign press should be ashamed to
remain indifferent,?’
Cagtain YjJiaj deplores the humiliat
ing role accepted by France. The porte
continues to hang Armenians publicly.
It is understood that Russia will pre
v'dnt the publication of Viliar’s report.
j aaies g. "Fair's wt dow,
Mrs. Nettis Craven Claims to Have Been
Married th?
San Fran'cisco, June 26.—-Mrs. Net
tie R. Craven has at last revealed her
relations with the late James G. Fair.
In the presence of a score of attorneys
and a courtroom filled with people she
told Judge Slack that she was the widow
of the dead millionaire. The marriage
was by contract, she swore, and took
place on May 28, 1892, at 823 Sutter
street, where Mrs. Craven was then liv
ing. The record of the ceremony with
Fair’s signature attached, was in her
possession, she said, and would be pro
duced later.
Like all previous developments in the
famous will case, a few of the circum
stances attending the marriage are un
known. Mystery pervades the event
itself. According to Mrs. Craven the
contract nuptials were celebrated in the
evening. The record of the affair was
drawn by herself at her husband’s re
quest, because it might be disagreeable
to his children. Mrs. Craven main
tained silence concerning the ceremony.
Os the courtship and honeymoon she
would not speak.
A revelation was made in connection
with two documents recently filed by
Mrs. Craven, in which Mr. Fair is sail,
to have transferred to her proper tv
worth $1,000,000.
FARMER KILLS FARMER.
Joseph Cooper Shoots Alfred Stafford Foil,
Times Near Elizabeth City.
Elizabeth City, N. 0., June 26.—Al
fred Stafford, a substantial farmer and
a good citizen of this county, living near
Rosedale, was murdered by Joseph
Cooper, one of his neighbors. There
had been bad feeling between the two
for some time on account of stock depre
dations.
Last week Cooper threatened to kill
Stafford if he did not keep his stock out
of his field. Early Thursday morning
Stafford crossed the river, which is very
narrow, to the hog pen on the opposite
side in the county of Camden. Cooper
was either waiting for him or came sud
denly upon him, shot him once with a
rifle and three times with a pistol. A
neighbor saw Cooper run home, deliver
the weapons to his wife and run into
the swamp. He has not as yet been
caught.
Two sons of Stafford, hearing the re
port and apprehending trouble, crossed
the river and found their father welter
ing in his blood. They took him home,
where he died shortly after without
making any ante mortem statement.
BOLD ATTEMPT TO ROB
The First National Bank ofLoi Angeles
Had a Narrow Escape From Pilferers.
Los Angeles, June 26.—The boldest
attempt at bank robbery ever made on
the Pacific coast has just come to light.
The object of the attack was the heavy
steel vault of the First National bank,
one of the largest financial institutions
of its kind in southern California, and
to reach it the robbers dug a tunnel 102
feet in length, extending from a street
adjoining the First National, and run
ning thence under the cellars of three
Other banks. Illis funnel had pro
gressed to a point directly beneath the
vault when the police authorities were
apprised of its existence. When the
scheme was discovered the burglars had
begun to remove the brick masonry sup
porting the steel vault.
The work is believed to have been be
gun by a gang of at least five or six per
sons, but only one suspect—James K.
Stephens—has thus far been arrested.
Fire lu a British Steamer.
. Liverpool, June 26.—Fire broke out
in the hold of the British steamer Lu
cerne, Captain Stewart, loaded with a
general cargo for Montevideo. Several
hours elapsed before it was decided that
there was no way of smothering the
flames .except by scuttling the ship.
This was done, and the Lucerne is now
being pumped out, preparatory to re
floating her. The Lucerne is owned by
J. & A. Allen, and was built at Birken
head in 1878. She is 290 feet long and
is of 1,236 tons register.
IRVING FORD HANGEO.
He Killed a Young White Girl Near Wash
ington City Nearly Two Months Ago.
Washington, June 26. lrving L.
Ford, the negro whose brutal murder of
Elsie Kreglo, on May 4, last, formed one
of the most atrocious crimes in the po
lice annals of Washington, was hanged
in the jailyard here at 11:33 a. m. Ford
made a statement denying that he had
attempted to outrage his victim.
Ford’s crime aroused the greatest in
dignation in the city and a lynching
was talked of. His victim was a young
white country girl, about 16 years of
age, who lived with her parents about a
mile from the city limits. She was
tending a cow but a short distance from
her homo when accosted by her slayer,
who attempted to criminally assault
her. She desperately resisted him and
a terrific struggle between the two en
sued, during which -the negro cut sev
eral ugly gashes across the throat of his
victim with a knife. girl’s screams
brought assistance from her family, who
found her bleeding and exhausted from
the wounds. She died almost immedi
ately without giving any information
about her assailant.
A number of arrests were made as the
surrounding country was searched by
posses of determined men, but it was
several days before the police succeeded
ih obtaining clues succeeded in
fastening the crime on Ford. The lat
ter managed to get as far away as Haf
per’s Ferry, and after an exciting chaFe,
during which the prisoner jumped into
the river in an attempt to drown him
self, he was captured aqd brought to the
city. He at first denied everything, but
filially confessed
girl. Portl was about 30 years old and
a man of low, brutish instincts.
CREDITORS SATISFIED.
The Firm of AbfJey, Schoefful ft Grau
Wilt Begin Its Career Anew,
New York, June 26.—The reorgani
zation committee of the creditors of
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau, at a recent
meeting in the office of William Stein
way, formally adopted a plan for the
final adjustment of the finances of the
embarrassed firm. Henry E. Abbey was
present at the meeting and gave his
complete assent to the proposition made
by the reorganization committee.
Mr. Steinway, as chairman of the
committee on reorganization, stated
that the total indebtedness of the firm
was $365,000 and that creditors repre
senting over $335,000 of that amount,
which is more than 90 per cent of the
total indebtedness, have given their un
qualified assent to the scheme of re
habilitation proposed by the reorganiza
tion committee. The claims of smaller
creditors, aggregating about SIO,OOO,
will be paid in cash.
The larger creditors will receive stock
to the amount of their claims in the
newly organized firm of Abbey, Schoef
fel & Grau, which will practically be
gin its career free of all incnmb-ance
and free from indebtedness.
Veteran of the Mexican War Die..
Washington, June 26.—Colonel A.
G. Bracket, U. S. A., retired, died at
his residence in this city of paralysis.
He was 69 years of age and was born
in New York and appointed in 1847 to
the army as a lieutenant of Indian vol
unteers, serving through the Mexican
and civil wars.
Harrison Has Been Released.
Washington, June 26.—Minister An
drade of Venezuela received a telegram
from his government announcing that
the British crown surveyor, Mr. Harri
son, whose arrest caused a strange feel
ing between the two governments, has
been released by order of the Venezuelan
authorities.
Killed Himself and Daughter.
Chicago, June 26.—J. Roseland of
Pullman ended his own life and that of
his 2-year-old daughter by poison. When
his wife went to his room to call him
she found his dead body in bed. By his
side lay the little girl’s corpse. Rose
land was employed in the Pullman car
works.
Indians Celebrating; Custer’s Death*
Omaha, June 26.—Six thousand Sioux,
the remnants of the most powerful
fighters of the American Indians are
celebrating a great event in their war
history—the twentieth anniversary of
the annihilation of Custer’s command
on the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876.
Thev are gathered at the scene of the
terrible massacre, and though peaceable,
are indulging in fantastic dances and
ceremonies incident to their traditions.
There will be another big celebration
July 4.
PBICE FIVE CENTS.
SEVERAL WERE SHOT
Jake Ziegler, the Outlaw Killed is
the Battle
DETECTIVE ADERHOLT WAS HURT
Jake,Was Charged With Being
an Accessory
TO THE MURDER OFSHERIFF BROOKER
HeJ Made 'no Resistance at First—Some
Women Tried to Take Away Arnett's
Pistol, and it Was Accidentally Dis
charged—Then the Shooting Opened Up
in Earnest.
Sylvania,Ga., June 26.—Early Thurs
day morning Detective Aderholt, accom
panied by Julius W. Arnett, a young
man of this town, went out to Mrs.
Peggy Zeigler’s, the mother of Jake
Zeigler, for the purpose of arresting the
latter, against whom an indictment for
seduction has been pending for two
years, and who was also charged with
the offense of accessory after the fact in
the case of Sol and Corrie Zeigler for
the killing of Sheriff Brooker. Aderholt
and Arnett crept up on Zeigler unawares
and Aderholt leveled his gun at him and
demanded a surrender.
Jake made no resistance and gave up.
Suddenly some women, who were in
the house close by, took in the situation
and came running down and undertook
to take Julius Arnett’s pistol away from
him. In the scuffle for the pistol it was
accidentally discharged, and Arnett says
this was the first shot that was fired.
In the meantime the attention of an
other party was attracted to the scene.
This was Lonnie Zeigler, a cousin of
Jake’s, who was plowing in a field near
the house. He ran into the house and
got a doublebarreled shotgun and when
in about 20 steps of Aderholt and Ar
nett, fired both barrels and Aderholt’s
left side was filled with buckshot.
The firing soon commenced on all
sides ajjd three parties were badly hurt.
Aderholt was badly shot and bleeding. :
Jake Zeigler’s right side was entirely
filljd with from the detective’s
gun ana Lonnie Zeigler, who ran aWay
after he had emptied both barrels of his
gun, was severely wounded by receiving
a load of buckshot in his arm, hitting
him from the wrist to the shoulder.
The detective and Arnett realized that
Zeigler was wounded and they
nmqe pd eSort to bring him into Sylva
nia. They got into their buggies and
drove rapidly into town and medical aid
was at once given to Aderholt, Ader
holt may recover, but it is extremely
doffbtful. i
Jake Zeigler died Thursday afternoon
at 7 o'clock. ’ ’ ,
WESTMORELAND LYNCHED.
The Murderer of Mr. Gilchrist Taken Front
the Jail and Hanged to a Tree.
Montgomery, Ala., June 26.—8i1l
Westmoreland, the negro who murdered
Mr. James Gilchrist in Lowndes county
Monday, and who was subsequently ar
rested and taken to Fort Deposit to jail,
was forcibly taken from a strong guard
Wednesday night by a mob of 200 armed
men, who assembled from the adjoining
tpwns and farms, and hanged to a big
elm tree in the Gilmer woods, near the
Fort Deposit cemetery. His body was
then riddled by 500 bullets.
Westmoreland’s murder was an atro
cious one. Gilchrist had cared for the
negro and his wife when they were al
most famishing for food and had treated
them most kindly. He provided them
with supplies from his store with the
understanding that they were to work
the debt out. The woman worked for
a few days, when she quit and remained
idly at the home.
One day recently she came to Gil
christ’s store and sought to buy further
supplies on credit. Gilchrist refused
her. This angered Westmoreland, who
secreted himself behind an outhouse in
Gilchrist’s back yard and when the lat
ter came along, going toward his stable
lot, the negro fired on him, killing him
insts ntly.
Trust Company Suing a Kall road.
San Francisco, June 26. —The Cen
tral Trust company of New York has
commenced sflit in the United States
circuit court against the California and
Nevada Railway company for $367,050,
alleged to be due for interest on born, i
issued by the company in 1884. A new
receiver is asked for, and the suit in
cludes foreclosure. M
Decision In Hart’s Case Postponed.
Philadelphia, June 26.—A decision
in the case of Captain John D. Hart, re
puted owner of the {filibustering steamer
Bermuda, and Captain Riley, the com
mander of the vessel, which was to have
been announced Friday by United States
Commissioner Craig, has been postponed
until July 10.
Texas Confederate Veterans Meet.
Dallas. June 26.—The Texas division
of United Confederate Veterans held a
meeting here with a small attendance.
The most important work was to form
plans for attending the Richmond, Va.,
reunion.
Nearly Thirty Thousand Drowned.
Yokohama, June 26.—1 t is now stated
that 27,000 persons were drowned and
8,000 injured during the recent tidal
wave and earthquakes in the northern
provinces of Japan.