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I BRIGHT ANO BREEZY 4 "AU The News:" * £ North Georgia's Great * I Daily. Only 50 Cents a Month. 4 ESTABLISHED 1887. 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. 1 I >. 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? T H 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. j "" - 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 Ea\*4'WLW.^rdl«’.<»»d;.Hoqjapr t .Qjt, on (Continued on Page Five.) WILL NOT BUHM ■> .■ 1 ■ ■ Said Now That lyons is-IflH Asgusta Office, w' _____ '■ 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. — 1 •—■ —ST* 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 ■i, .•» ■» •: ’■ '-rr- 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. ■ ’ W 1 *'''T 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. 4 Increase Your Trades t 4 A Klondike Strike * * By advertising in The j jji Tribune. 4 Best medium in Norih Georgia * PRICE FIVE CENTS CORONER AT WORK. Investigation of The Killing of The Coal Miners. evidence Is Being Collected. Sheriff was Mistaken When He Said Miners Had Pistols. t 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.