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INDIANA, A NORTHERN STATE, DISGRACES THE ENTIRE NATION!
MOB KILLS
FIVE MEN
■Wholesale Lynching in
An Indiana Town.
NOTHING IN SOUTH
Eyer Disgraced Ths .Nation As Does
This Awful Affair.
'VICTIMS ACCUSED OF BURGLARY
Shot and Hanged the Men
While Dying.
SHAME FOR NORTHERN MORALISTS
Hang Your Heads and Preach to
bouth No More.
JAILER OVERPOWERED; KEYS TAKEN
One of Those Isjnchen Was a Poor Old Union
Soldier—Threats of Gov. Mount About
The Affair.
Versailles, Ind., Sept. 15.—A mob
•of infuriated men lynched Lyle Levi,
Bert Andrews, Olifford Gordon, Wil
liam Jenkins and Hiuey Schuler. They
were taken from the authorities. The
men had been arrested for burglary.
Frequent robberies- had enraged the cit
izens of the county and the mob waa
composed of citizens from Milan. Sun
man and other towns.
The mob on horseback entered the
town an hour after midnight and called
out Jailer Kenan, who upon refusing to
give up the keys was overpowered. Th*
mob soon pushed its way into the cell
rooms, and in their impatience fired on
the five prisoners and then dragged
them to a tree a square from the jail
door and hung them up.
Andrews and Gordon had already
been wounded, having been shot sev
eral times while attempting to rob a
store at Correct last Saturday night.
Schuler waa in jail for attempting burg
lary and Levi and Jenkins had been in
dicted by the grand jury for robbery.
They had failed to give bond and were
put in jail Tuesday evening. It was
thought that Levi and Schuler were
both dead from the shots fired by the
mob when they were taken from jail.
The bandages on the wounded men
•were found later on the streets through
which the men were dragged along.
Lyle Levi was an old soldier and bore
on his face wounds received during the
•civil war while fighting for the Union.
None of the lynchers are known.
They all came from a distance, pre
sumably from the neighborhood of Cor
rect, where the men were arrested Sat
urday.
The sheriff of Ripley county has re
ceived the following dispatch from
Governor,Mount:
“Wire me particulars of lynching
that has occurred in your county. I
further direct that you proceed imme
diately with all the power you can com
mana to bring to justice all parties
guilty of participation in the murder of
the five men alleged to have been
lynched.
“Such lawlessness is intolerable and
all the power of the state, if necessary,
will be vigorously employed for the ar
rest and punishment of all parties im
plicated. ”
Go«» to the Pon.
Macon, Sept. 15.—Charley Reid, who
killed L. W. Halstead, left the Macon
jail with Penitentiary Guard John Rood
for the camp at the Chattahoochee brick
yard to serve his sentence of three years
for voluntary manslaughter. By good
behavior Reid’s sentence will be re
duced at least six months. Mrs. Reid
and her babies were at the jail when
Reid left and went to the depot with
him.
Foor Another Graat Famine.
London, Sept. It.—Mr. Harold Fred
erick, the London correspondent of the
New York Times, has an article in the
Daily Chronicle describing the prospects
of famine in the county of Cork, and
testifies to the “universal alarm lest the
famine of 1817 be repeated. ”
For iiib*.
Madrid, Sept. 15.—The war depart
'ment is concentrating 6,000 troops with
the intention of immediately dispatch
ing them as reinforcements to the Span
ish army in Cuba.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
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ATLANTA GETS THEM
Lily is Filling up Wilty Yellow
Fiver Refugees.
Three Special Trains From Mont
gomery Arrive. Hundreds
Are Arriving.
Atlanta. Sept. 15—The city is filling
up with refugees from Alabama, Missis
sippi and Louisiana.
Every incoming train brings them by
the hundreds and the hotels -and Ward
ing bouses are filling up rapidly. Three
Special trains came in today frpjn Mont
gomery. t
The people are from Newj Orleans,
Mobile. Birmingham.
many other points. It is expected that
hundreds of others will arrivafemortow.
WHO WILL BE LIBRARIAN?
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Mrs. Longstreet, Nee Miss Dortch, I Oat
of Race. '4 i i
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 15.—WwfciMri.
Longstreet, nee Miss Ellen DortMf- h|s
not formally retired from the for
the position of state librarian Apt is
learned from what appears to good
authority, that she is making J effort
to secure the appointment; andyis re
garded as practically out of the riace.
It is also understood that Miss Dortch
is friendly to Captain John Milledge, and
that her friends are now his fiends.
Little has been said heretofore about
the contest for assistant li&afian. That
race though subordinate^to ttye other,
is getting very ifftefestiag. is said
that there are no less than thirty-five
applicants, but they appear tb have
been conducting a still hunt. They are
somewhat embarrassed to know Jiow to
proceed, as the governor has announced
that the librarian will have the appoint
ment of the assistant, and nobody
knows whom the governor will appoint.
Therefore they don’t know where to
make their peace and are anxiously
looking for tips.
Miss Mary Nagle, -who has been doing
considerable work in the library and
has familiarized herself with it, is the
most prominent of the candidates for
the position of assistant. She is a gen
eral favorite about the state house and
has a wide acquaintance among mem
bers of the legislature and members of
the bar in different parts of the state,
LOST SCHOONER LOCATED.
Guns For the ’yb«e Fortification* Not on
Hoard the Grace,
Savannah, t Sept. 15.—The wreck of
the schooner Agues I Grace, which
sunk Aug. 6. with four 16-ton guns for
•the Tybee fortifications on board, has
been located 20 miles southeast of Tybee
sea buoy by the tug William F. Mc-
Cauley of this port.
The wreck has moved about IU miles
from the position buoyed by the United
States buoy teuder Wistaria last Thurs
day. The stern of the vessel is above
water. Her mizzenmast is gone, but
the mainmast is standing with the sails
attached. The foremast is hanging and
the jibboom is turned around.
The deck was sounded in search of
the guns, but they were not on board.
They evidently rolled overboard when
the vessel sank.
The Grace, which is fast breaking up,
is in the path of the coastwise vessels
and is dangerous to navigation.
Few Insane Indiana Found.
Washington, Sept. 15. Commis
sioner Jones of the Indian bureau has
had an investigation made at the dif
ferent Indian agencies of the number of
insane Indians at each of them. The
poll shows only 68 insane Indians in the
country, and some of these are regarded
as idiots rather than lunatics. The lar
gest number reported at any one agency
was eight, and White Earth, Minn.,
and Flathead, Mon., each return that
number. The census was taken in order
to furnish a reply to a question by con
gress as to the advisability of establish
ing an insane Mylum for Indiana
Fat Position* For Four. 4
Washington, Sept 15—The presb
dent has made the following appoint-,
ments: Thomas Smith, New Jersey, to
be consul at Moscow, Russia; Nolan L.
Chew to be assistant register of the
treasury; Hugh Cramer, Postmaster at
Hailey, Idaho; Frank E. Jordan to be
postmaster at Jerome, Arizona,
Mil., rtaaa French Troop.,
Paris, Sept. 15.—General Nelsoq A.
Miles, U. S. A., attended the review of
troops held at St.. Quentin in honor of
the king of Siam, at which President
Faure was present. The general greatly
admired the French soldiery. 1
Mill. Running ha, Hint Night.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 15 All de
partments at the Eagle and Phenix
plant are now being run day and night.
This arrangement will continue for
some time, at least, and may be perms
bent.
Rf)ME.' GA., THURSDAY. SKPL’JfiMBIiK
FEVER IS:
SPREADING
Five More Cases in The
-Crescent City.
NUMEROUS SUSPECTS
People Not Leaving New OrkanS So
Rapidly Now. • *
RAILROADS TAKINGS OFF TRAINS
Citizens Fear Being Received
Elsewhere by Shot Guns.
JACKSON, MISS., IS DESERTEB
Over Two Third, of the Kaople Have Fled
Panic Stricken—Quarantine JKegil
lation. for Georgia Line.
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New Orleans. Sept. 15.—There has
been no further change in the fever sit
uation since the official bulletin of the
board of health Tuesday night, declar
ing five new cases of yellow fever. ’ In
the matter of the five suspicious cases,
it was understood that the board of ex
perts would pay visits again to further
note the condition of the patients and
ito complete their diagnosis. A final
keport on some or all these cases will be
made during tne day.
Numerous suspected cases are being
reported to the board, but many of them
are found to show no trace of yellow
fever. So widespread is the concern in
the situation that it is doubtful if any
case of fever appears with suspicious
circumstances attending it, that it is
not brought to the atten
tion of the board by neighbors. Every
case reported is entered and rapidly in
vestigated. and the board is constantly
adding to its staff of inspectors.
The absence of the military is hav-
Jug a tendency to strengthen public con
fidence in the methods which are being
applied in the treatment of the cases
and unless the disease assumes a most
malignant form, many people who had
intended to leave town will probabiy
remain and help fight the battle rather
than tun the risk and inconveniences
of traveling through parishes and coun
ties that are terrorized by the wild re
ports of the plague, and which are re
ceiving visitors with shotguns instead
of open arms.
Oil the streets there is no semblance
of excitement and business transactions
generally are going on as usual. It is
only at the steamer landings and rail
road depots that evidence of fever scare
is found. At the depots very little
freight is being handled and the pas
senger business has dwindled to noth
ing.
The Louisville and Nashville has
taken off its through train leaving iu
the morning and its through train ar
riving in the evening. The Mississippi
Valley has withdrawn its regular- day
train to and from Memphis. There be
ing little or no travel on their trains it
was not considered worth the expense of
using them until the country recovers
from its fright.
The board of health will prosecute as
vigorously us possible its efforts to have
the clothing and baggage of all people
who have arrived from infected over
the-lake points disinfected. It is hoped
thereby to crush any germs that exist
here and that 1 have not yet gotten in
their work.
Dr. Frederick-Lober, an eminent phy
sician and head of Touro infirmary, re
ports one case of yeßtkr fever iu that
institution. >
FIGHTING YELLOW FEVER.
Ski-geon Wyman Xracta Barrier. Along
Western Boundary of Georgia.
Sept 15. —Surgeon General
JW alter Wyman has taken 'steps to es
tablish a stridt yellow fever quarantine
>ll along the western boundary of Geor
gia, from Florida to Tennessee. As
Florida is alrsady quarantined this
greets a barrier to travel from the in
fected districts all the way from the
gulf to the Tennessee line.
Dr. O, M. Drake, former chief sur
geon of the Southern railway, has re
ceived a telegram from Dr. V(yman
asking him to Wire a list of’rail road
crossings on the Georgia-Alabama line,
and name of a reliable physician at
each point to act as inspector. Com
plying with Dr. Wyman’s request, Dr.
Drake has selected the following points
as quarantine stations: >
Sulphur Springs, Ga.. on the Ala
bama Great Southern railway; Menloe,
Ga., on the Rome and Decatur branch
of the Southern; Esom Hill, Ga., on the
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WILL NOT BUHM
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Said Now That lyons is-IflH
Asgusta Office, w'
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Johnson Says That He Is NfcdSt
»of Race, /And is Sure
Be Appointed. W.
Washington, Sept. 15$kw. H. JtflnC
son, of Georgia, is here, anjus authorfljg
for the statement that thenK
no truth in the reports
has withdrawn from ihfffMitfrr the Au*
gust* postoffice. Hr’ f'-
He says that Lyons ripn it to the finish,
all denials to the contrary, and that there
is every likelihood of his success.
Johnabn tried to see the president to
day, but failed because he was closeted
with Tom Platt. Plattjis jiSie to con
sult with McKinley in rjfflfed to the
mayoralty contest for GreateFNew York.
Bishop Gaines is here, arid it« under
s’ood that he will oppose Lyons appoint
ment as registrar of the treasurery.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston Kake.lt Three Fr.m the Pbillle. and
Baltimore Beat. Chicago.
Washington, Sept. 15.f-The race
for the pennant remains unchanged
as both Baltimore and Boston won.
The Orioles made il four straights from
the Colts by an -Overwhelming score
yesterday. New York beat Brooklyn
badly. New York plays in Boston to
.morrow, while Philadelphia goes to
Baltimore. The scores:
New York 19, Brooklyn 4.
Louisville 4. Pittsburg 2. ~
Boston 9, Philadelphia 1.
Baltimore 13, Cnicago 2.
WILSON IS NpW IN CHARGE.
Jnatallad Into the Ofltoa nf FvoaHoot ci.
and Lee ,<I»lvm Ity.
Lexington, Va., Sept. 15.—William
L. Wilson, ex postmaster general and
formerly a distinguished member of ths
house of representatives, was installed
into office as presidept of Washington
and Lee university here. At an early
hour students, friends and alumni of
Washington and Lee university began
to gather on the campus and in ths
chapel to take part in the ceremonies.
No brighter or prettier day could have
been chosen for the occasion.
Promptly at 11 o’clock a. line .war
formed and marched into the dhapel as
follows: President-elect Wilson, Gov
ernor Charles T. O’FerraH and .ofK’er
distinguished guests; the board of trus
tees of the university alumni, students
and friends. 1.
The chapel was already filled with
the society people of Lexington and
many guests from the neighboring
towns and cities. • ,
The ceremonies were opened with
music by the V. M. L band. Aftei
prayer by Rev. Dr. Smith, Judge Wil
liam McLaughlin, dean of the univer
sity, made a short address.
After several other speeches Judge
McLaughlin introduced Mr. Wilson,
who began his remarks by thanking
the university and those connected with
it for the honor they had given him.
He then expressed gratitude at the pres
ence of such an audience and'next gave
a short sketch of the university and of
Its standing among other universities of
the south. He closed his address'witli
an acknowledgment of the great drity
he had before him and a short tribute
to Robert E. Lee. Judge McLaughliu
then administered the oath of office.
Four Candidate* In the Field.
San Francisco, Sept. 15.—A promi
nent Central American iu this city has
just received a letter from Guatemala
written a few days prior to the break
ing out of revolution. It contains the
information that D. Emedo.Ubico and
Palin D. Francisto Amado.': two very
prominent men, were candidates .for
president, iu addition to Prospero Mo
rales. The letter went on to state that
Barrios had about completed his ar
rangements to have himself elected for
a second term in spite of the constitu
tional prohibition, and it predicts that
in the event of his success t lie Jr lends
of Morales, Übioo and j&nsdtf would
make serious troqble,
Big strike on sol phut'Cjpeak.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 15—J. M.
Light of Chicago, one of the passen
gers of the South Coast, says that rich
discoveries were made on Sulphur creek,
a tributary ot Dominion creeic, Aug. 15.
A German rooic out $34 to the pan a
short distance from the surface. Miners
rushed there from Dkwsou.
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Big Brewery In Burned.
Charleston, 'Sept. 15.—The 4-storr
brewhouse of the Germany Bt-ev ->g
company of this city nas been >•
stroyed by fire. The propertv was fuhy
insured.
Henry Furroy Expelled. \
New York, Sept. 15.—County Olers
Henry D. Purroy has been expelled
from the Democratic state committee
bv a vote of 45 to 4.
ELANAGAN
W.BTFREE
™pte4 Murder When
iW Found.
FROM HELL
SmbUo Be io This Alleged
Parawk
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RUMOR TWfTffl BA A LIU CUED
Large Werl Offered
For His
THRILLING SENSATI(&aO&ATUR
Note Which He Left For WheriSfJkistin.
Story of Hie Crime of npublSM
Murder. ■
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Sept. 15. /nation
reached here from Decatur thijßEilward
Flanagan, the alleged
convicted of murder after a seißatfonal
trial, and now under sentence MHeath,
escaped from the jail at that flktep dur
ing the night. , £
The announcement createaßa' tre
mendous sensation both in Dem*Kr and
Atlanta. Posses were tc
search for the murderer, and thfilUieriff
offered a reward for his capture?/ Wild
rumors spread abroad that
had really been lynched. In the, jnidst
of this excitement the supposed missing
prisoner was discovered t secnjaed yi an
unused apartment in thAjail.
Smith, a lawyer, who searching
the jail, chanced to entes yoom
when he was attacked with a pieAe of
iron in the hands of the murdererJknd
severely injured.
When Sheriff Austin went to FiaAa
gan’s cell at 7 a. m. it deWrWd.
Mtt the table was a note addressed to
sheriff saying: .
“I will be gone all night. You will
not come in till late to bring any* break
fast. M/ friends are all good friends.
I thank* you for taking off
lofk. My friends got a key
pened to fit the outside locMjHffßm
going to the country %here, be
free. R Gs
The sheriff jumped gt the coqcflßon
that his famous prisoner had fMfced
and spread the alarm. <w
Flanagan was a boarder irmhAome
of George Allen, nearDecatux gips had
a mania for falling in love wUB very
young girls and conceived a
uation for little Leila Allen, jße 13-
year-old daughter of George« Allen.
When he asked her hand in uprriage
apd was refused he set out to ■■termi
nate the family. He stAbeedewin kill
ing Mrs. Allen, George Allen’smiother,
and Miss Ruth Slack, a visiffir. The
Oidme was committed on the Tight of
Dec. 81, last. , ' •
The strange ‘''part df the crime was
that it was evidently his intention to
kill the little girl also, and he was only
prevented by the desperate efforts of
hsr mother from carrying out his deadly
purpose. t i:
' • auagan was s tried, oonyioted and
Sentenced to be hanged and lus execu
tion has only bpen deferred pending an
appeal. The Aefense offered a plea of
insanity and Flknagan himself declare
"thut he was t/yiug to save Leilp
from ruin at the hands of her o*4i
father when the two worn®.
In the course of the trial strendoßs
efforts were ipade to prove that he -was
not of sound mind, and his aftorqpiys
tiled hard to show that he was a “para
noiac,’’ a new legal term wAich* was
brought into common use through-the
pleadings of hit Attorneys. >
Several physicians examined him and
there was a difference of as Jto
his sanity. One. specialist tried hyp
notic tests on him and his apparent im
becility and lack of fo
the tests caused the physioiitn to pre-
Bounce him insane and afflicted wi®
softening of the brain.
Miirw U«>i«l brom Alusaa.
San Francisco. Sept. 15.—The Ibql
overdue steamer Excelsior, which'
St. Michaels, Alaska, for this port six
weeks ago, but was compelled to pul
back to Unalaska for repairs, haying'
broken two blades of- her propellor, has*
arrived here with 6;1 passengers, and
about $3,500,000 in gold.
Msjor nuodr Hoaohtm Baris.
Paris, Sept. r 5 Major. Moses P.
Handy, special commissioner of ths
United States to the Paris exposition,
has arrived here and has had a long in
terview with M. Bouche, ths ministei
of commerce and industry.
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CORONER AT WORK.
Investigation of The Killing of
The Coal Miners.
evidence Is Being Collected.
Sheriff was Mistaken When He
Said Miners Had Pistols.
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Hazleton, Pa,, Sept. ts.—The work
of collecting evidence for the inquest is
already being prosecuted by the strikers*
representatives and others, including
the coroner. Dr. Thodorovitch, secre
tary of the Austro-Hungarian consulate,
Philadelphia, visited the hospital and
took the statements of the injured. He
asked one of the wounded Hungarians
if the mob'ran when tire deputies com
menced to fire.
“Run like the mischief,” was the re
ply-
Dr. Thodorovitch was asked whether
he had read Sheriff Martin’s statement
that two of the strikers had revolvers
and threatened the sheriff’s life.
“Speaking in my official capacity,”
said Dr. Thodorovitch, “I will say that
from the conversations I have had with
the men whom I saw, I am of the opin
ion that the sheriff .was mistaken. I
know that when the miners were about
to start some of them carried canes.
The leaders said these men must throw
the caues away and this order waa
strictly complied with. ”
When Dr. Thodorovitch visited the
wounded victims in the hospital to find
out their nationality, two claimed to be
Germans. They are Martin Sofrauek
and Joseph Pavlacsek. It is possible
the German government also will claim
damages from the -United States.
Among others who will testify at the
coroner’s inquest will be Miss Ooyle,
the assistant schoolteacher iu the Lat
timer schoolhouse, who saw a deputy
shoot one of the mob on Friday, and as
he fell saw him shoot again.
A rather . peculiar incident of the
affray has come to light in the state
ments of Charles Kennedy and Marie
McCarron, who say that the conductors
of the trollev cars passing the scene re
fused to take any of the dead and
wounded to Hazleton unless fare was
paid. The former is said to have pal'd
35 cents and the latter $5 to have them
conveyed to town.
LUETGERT TRIAL GOES ON.
Juror Fowler, Wh<»*« Illnesn Ceased a
Recess, Has About Recovered.
Chicago, Sept. 15.—Juror John E.
Fowler, Jr., whose sudden illness last
Monday caused a recess in the trial of
Adolph L. Luetgert, the alleged wife
murderer, has almost recovered. The
trial was resumed, with Professor
George Vincent Bailey of the Field Co
lumbian museum the witness in the
chair.
The examination was taken up by At
torney Vincent at the point at which it
was dropped Monday. Attorney Vin
cent began a sharp cross examination of
the witness upon the letters authorities
upon sanatnoid bones. Professor Bai
ley named a number of recognized au
thorities aud added that even these
were not e-'tirely reliable at present,
because the world was progressing and
new discoveries were being made in
science ever- day. Then the attorney
for the defe'-se read a long list of au
thors and asked the witness if he was
acquainted with the writings of each of
thenL To each of these an objection
was entered and sustained.
Luetgert looked tired and worn and
the heat is naving a depressing effect
upon him. The crowd at the court
house door was large and deputy sher
iffs in attendance had much trouble
with people who were determined to
get into the courtroom.
NEW OFFICERS SELECTED.
Fire and Follee telegraph Superintend*
•nu Meet at Nashville.
Nashville, Sept 15.—The Interna
tional Association of Fire and Polios
Telegraph Superintendents met in ad
journed session here. The following
officers were elected: W. Y. Eliott, El
mira, N. Y., president; William Brophy,
Boston, Mass., vice president; H. F.
Blackwell, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y., cor
responding secietary; Burt McAllister,
Bradford. Pa., financial secretary; Adam
Bosch, Newark, N. J., treasurer.
The executive committee is composed
of Frank O. Mason of Brooklyn, chair
man; J.W. Aydou of Wilmington, Del.;
W. H. Thompson of Richmond, V ;
H. F. Zuleff of Patterson, N. J., and
J. E Pearson of Des Moines, la.
Cotton Crop liodly l>am*god.
Atlanta, Sept. 15. —The weekly crop
bulletin, just issued by the United
States bureau of climate aud crop ser
vice, is the most discouraging that has
been sent out i'n many months. Ths
report states that cotton has been irre
parably damaged to an extent of 35 per
cent. There is a great deal of complaint
in regard to the scarcity of farm labor.
>‘nt« spuiouovd to Hung.
Asheville, N. 0., Sept 15.—The
trial of Riley Pate, charged with kill
ing Matt Heusiey, was concluded in
Yuacey court It resulted in a verdict
Os guilty und Pate was sentenced to
hang Oct. 15 An appeal wus taken.
AudreWfi *lMy* " It-li Brown.
Providence, Sept. 15 —Benjamin An
drews has withdrawn his resignation as
president of Brown university and that
institution has reopened with renewed
activity and vigor.