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HORRORS AS YET UNHEARD
Fresh Tales of Suffering and Calamity
by Fire.
Burned, Blinded and Half-Cooked
Victims of the Fire’s Relentless
Fury Straggle Into the Village of
Mora in Quest of Aid—A Man With
Both Byes Burned Out Carrying
Another Whose Feet Were Gone.
Pine City, Minn., Sept. 5.—A courier
rode into this city late yesterday after
noon with an ‘urgent request that
medical aid and supplies be forwarded at
once to Mora, a small town twenty miles
west of here. The messenger, Henry
Luther, said that a dozen refugees from
Pokegama were dying for need of medi
cines. A call for volunteers was made and
in ten minutes Doctors Norton, Perkins
and Allen and Miss Maggie McLeod, a
trained nurse from Toronto, Canada, who
has been ministering to the suffering here,
announced that they were ready to go. A
team of four horses was hitched to a farm
wagon, and at 5 o’clock the start was
made. As the road was crossed by the
trail of fire, their way is extremely diffi
cult, charred trunks blocking the way.
A TALK OF TERROR.
The story told by the messenger brings
to light hitherto unpublished horrors of
the devastation. Mora itself escaped de
struction, and the human beings whose
lives are ebbing away in its limits re
ceived their injuries at Pokegama, nine
miles to the north. Late • Sunday night
leaders of those who fled from there ar
rived at Mora. They were burned, but
not badly. Nevertheless, they kept the
only doctor in the neighborhood busy and
made serious inroads into his stock
of liniments and medicines. All
Monday they straggled, but Monday
night a band of fifteen half cooked
human beings stumbled into the village,
more dead than alive. They had not
had a mouthful to eat since Saturday
afternoon, and in their reason
bereft condition, had lost their
way in the tangle of blackened stumps.
There was one man with an eye burned
out and the other nearly sightless who,
despite his agony, being the strongest of
the party, was carrying another
whose feet had been burned off.
A woman had taken off her skirt
to keep the flies and mosquitoes
from her bleeding head. Dr. Lewis did
all he could to alleviate the agony of
these ‘ unfortunates, but his medicines
gave out, and finally he, after three days’
incessant work, succumbed and was una
ble to do more. Then the appeal for aid
was sent. The courier also said six more
bodies were found at Pokegama yester
day. There were 118 inhabitants in Poke
gama. Twenty-two bodies of the dead
have been found.
MORE FIRES SPRINGING UP.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. s.—Reports still
come in from towns to the southward re
porting fresh fires springing up. Early
this morning it was reported from the
railway junction and saw-mill town of
Carlton, twenty miles south of here, that
fire menaced the town, but later, after
strenuous work, it was beaten back.
Brief messages from surrounding towns
are as follows:
Cloquet, 10 a. m.—The smoke is so
dense that it is impossible to see clearly
twenty feet. Even buildings are indis
ftuishable across the street. The smoke
s so dense that the pain resulting to the
eyes is almost unbearable.
Kerrick—Fires surround the town, but
there is no wind at present, and as long
as quiet continues the'town is safe. Most
of the people have left.
South Superior—The fires near this
town last night were all put out. Rumors
are current here that Iron River, Wis., is
burning, but they are probably not cor
rect. In this city the smoke is more
dense and pungent, showing it to be from
nearer fires than any time yet. It is ut
terly impossible to distinguish even faint
outlines of buildings 400 feet away. The
appearance is that of the densest fog, and
vessels arriving from down the lake re
port navigation a very serious matter, and
collisions narrowly avoided. This smoke
Is believed to be from fires
in the brush and dead timber in the im
mediate vicinity of Duluth, in all about
000 refugees are now listed here by relief
committees and the lists are not com
plete as yet. Nearly 200 people have
already been sent back to Hinckley and
Sandstone, who are not included in the
above lists. More will be sent down to
day. The temporary relief fund sub
scribed here grows, and now reaches over
SIO,OOO, of which all but S4OO from Two
Harbors, a little village near here, comes
from Duluth. It is estimated that not
less than $350,000, to $400,000 will be re
quired to keep the poor people until they
Bn get some returns from their own
bor on farms next summer. Many are
going to work herein this vicinity, in
railroads and in the woods and mills.
On the arrival of a train over the Du
luth, South Shore and Atlantic at noon
to-day came the statement that at the
village of Marengo, ninety miles east of
Duluth, the bodies of six persons were
found, who had been burned to death dur
ing the night. Offers of aid to sufferers,
both in cash and goods, are coming in
from distant states. Tacoma, Washing
ton, telegraphed this morning asking if
aid was needed, but was answered by the
mayor that Minnesota would be able to
care for all and rehabitate the land.
DESTITUTE BROUGHT IN.
A message from Patridge on the East
ern Minnesota states that at 6 o’clock
this evening a special train left there for
Duluth, bearing the party of thirty ex-
Blores8 lores that left here two days ago under
Be leadership of W. T, Bailey to scour
the country on both sides of the
track, into which no one else had
penetrated. Bailey reports that they
discovered twenty-three bodies of
settlers, scattered over a wide extent of
country. Most of them were identified.
They were all buried without even a box.
Six children and two women, who were
in a destitute condition, were found and
are being brought in. On the train are
also Mrs Billedeaux and Mrs. Lefevbre.
each with two children, all of whom were
picked up at Sandstone.
Nothing but a good wind is needed to
fan the forest tires around Carlton, a
place of 1,000 population twenty-two miles
west on the Northern Pacific, into a blaze
that will destroy the town.”
SEVEN MORE VICTIMS.
St. Paul, Minn.. Sept. s.—Seven people
were burned to death in the fire at Ma
rengo, a few miles north of Ashland, Wis.
The news was just received at Ashland.
The bodies have reached that city, but
are so badly burneu recognition is 'impos
sible. The dead are: Frank Bergrom,
Isaac Towney. Miss Ida Towney, Eliza
Towney. William Towney, Jessie Towney
and Walter Graft. The last four were
children.
LIVES LOST IN MANITOBA.
Winnipeg, Man., Sept. s.—Fire is burn
ing on both sides of Rainy lake and along
Rainy river. Largb tracts of timber have
been burned on the Canadian side. A
woman and four children were burned to
death. The fires jumped the Rainy river
from the Minnesota to the Canadian side.
All settlers back from Rainy river have
been burned out. losing everything and
Mveral lives have been lost.
ANIMALS BURNT IN BUNCHES.
Ashland, Wis., Sept. s.—Homesteaders
near Marengo report 28 deer burned in
one bunch where they had huddled in a
green thicket and suffocated. Baked rab
bits, partridges and porcupines are num
berless. In a district five miles square in
the town of Marengo thirty-two home
steaders lost everything, and but three
houses remain.
Provisions have already been sent to
Marengo. Dispatches from Sanbron an
nounce to-day: “This place is all right,,
but it has been a hard fight. The town
is full of refugees from the * surrounding
settlements. The majority of those people
had to run for their lives and only saved
the clothing they had on. There were
about twelve or fifteen homesteaders
between Sanbron and Bibon that
were burned out and lost every
thing they had. There have been
no mail trains through since Saturday,
and we do not expect any before next
Friday or Saturday. James Morgan, who
walked in from Shore’s Crossing last
night, reports that that place is in a pre
carious condition again. Fires were burn
ing up to within a few feet of the town
last night, but the absence of wind gave
the people a good fighting chance to save
property.”
The Brule correspondent telegraphed
the following to-night: “News just re
ceived of burning homesteads and logging
camps along the Lake Shore north of
Brule. The citizens are constantly on the
outlook for fires.” This is in the vicinity
of Fort Wing and Cleavedau.
FIGHTING THE FLAMES.
News from Port Wing this morning is,
that nearly one-third of that place has
been destroyed by the fires and the fire
is advancing on other sides. The place is
not yet out of danger.
Iron River, a thriving town midway be
tween Ashland and Duluth on the North
ern Pacific, has anticipated the march of
the fire and sent out a small regiment of
volunteer firemen this afternoon to cut
off the flames by building back tires. Iron
River was completely wiped out by fire
two years ago and the citizens are alert.
Clevedau, however, is the object of
anxiety to-night. The Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic railroad has a force of
men laying a new track where the long
trestle was burned Saturday near Ma
rengo. The foreman of the crew was
called upon for assistance last night and
took an engine a few miles down the line
to Shiloh, where he rescued some section
men who became surrounded by flames.
It is not known how Shiloh has fared
since.
fire Chief Scott of the Ashland fire de
partment has been out all day supervis
ing the work of providing better protec
tion against the advancement of fires
upon Ashland. A brisk wind set in this
afternoon, causing considerable excite
ment and apprehension. The path of the
flames has thoroughly destroyed vegeta
tion. Fires can be seen blazing from Ash
land very plainly. It is almost impossible
to extinguish them, as the very roots of
the trees burn.
It is dangerous to leave Ashland for
over three miles. The most critical mo
ment of the day was between 11 and 4
o’clock, when the wind was strongest.
If the strong winds of to-day continue to
morrow fires will.break out again in all of
the burned districts. Once burning over
does not seem effective ,in stopping the
fire’s headway.
Owing to the large amount of destitu
tion to look after there has been no or
ganization for looking after settlers and
families that are placed among the miss
ing. It will probably be several days be
fore any organized effort along that line
can be put forth. At Shore’s Crossing,
which was burned at the same time.
Phillipa went >up in smoke: determined
efforts were necessary to prevent a
second burning last night and to-day.
Three hundred men thoroughly organized
are keeping back the flames from the
newly constructed houses. The flames
were within 300 feet of the town at one
time last night. This illustrates the fact
that one or even two burnings of the
forests doesnot prevent another fire.
FLAMES BLAZING FIERCELY.
Aitken, Minn., Sept. s.—Fires are
around three sides of this town, and the
fire department is hard at work. One
boy is reported burned to death from the
township of Nordland. There is not one
foot of unburned land from Aitken to
Mille Lacs Lake, a distance of twenty
miles south, while the extent of the
burned district north and south through
the pine woods is unknown, but settlers
for fifty miles reported fire beyond them,
and burning fiercely.
FISHER MEADOW WIPED OUT.
Chippewa Falls, Wis.. Sept. s.—Fisher
Meadow, near Estella, a small settlement,
was wiped out to-day. The fire is said to
be running toward Murray, where danger
is apprehended.
. DEATH ROLL OF THE DISTRICT.
Pine City, Minn., Sept. 5.—A careful
estimate of the number of lives lost at
Hinckley places the total at 275, and the
total in the burned district at 625.
APPLING COUNTY’S RALLY.
A Thousand People Listen to Demo
cratic Speeches.
Baxley, Ga., Sept. s.—The democrats of
this county are jubilant. To-day their
rally occurred and there were present, at
a low estimate, 1,000 people. A large
arbor had been built for the occasion, but
about the time set for the speaking to be
gin the rain began falling, and the people
were forced to go into the court house,
which, although a commodious building,
would not hold near all of the large
crowd.
Hon. A. S. Clay was the first speaker,
and for two hours he held the crowd
spell-bound by hiS eloquence. He tore
the populist platform to pieces, and, as he
proclaimed the doctrines and principles
of democracy, and compared them with
the populist demands, the populists pres
ent lobked pitiable. The verdict of the
people is that Hon. Steve Clay “can't be
beat” as an orator and stump-speaker.
After he had concluded. Judge Spencer,
R. A. Atkinson, another of Georgia's most
brilliant sons, who is a fine speaker,
poured another volley into the populist
camp.
These two speeches were enough to con
vince any impartial hearer that the Dem
ocratic party is the party of the people.
The Democratic party in this locality has
been greatly benefited and strengthened
by to-day’s exercises.
Our populist friends were invited to a
joint discussion, but failed to put up any
speakers. Dr. S. W. Johnson was here
yesterday and announced that he would
speak if as much time was allowed him
as was given to Mr. Turner. Mr. Turner
could not be here, but the committee had
arranged for Dr. Johnson to have all the
time he wanted, but he fled. He did well,
as he saved himself a good scorching.
MUST BE STOPPED.
Gov. Turney of Tennessee Will Punish
Lynchers.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. s.—Gov.
Turney intends to punish the members of
the mob who lynched six negroes alleged
incendaries at Millington Friday night.
The governor passed through the city
yesterday on bis way to Nashville. In an
interview he said: “The Millington
I lynchers must be brought to justice
and I will begin with a
thorough investigation at once,
i I will assist the authorities by offering a
large reward and employing detectives to
run down the beasts who committed this
| crime against civilization. Such outrages
■ as this Millington affair would disgrace
any community, and an example must be
: made of the savages who composed the
I mob. There is no use in talking about the
i matter. Action is what is necessary.
I Lynchings must be stopped in Tennessee
I if it is in my power to do so, and 1 believe
l that it is.”
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1894.
SLUGGERS FIGHT A DRAW.
Dempsey Seemed to Be Too Much for
the Australian.
The Fight Seemed to Be Dempsey’s
All the Way Through, Though He
Failed to “Put Out” His Game Op
ponent—The Money Divided as the
Fight Was Declared a Draw.
New Orleans, Sept. s.—Jack Dempsey
and Billy McCarthy of Australia fought
to-night in the arena of the Auditorium
Athletic Club before a very large audi
ence. Both men were carefully trained,
the ex-Nonpareil having Jitted himself on
the coast of Georgia and in the gym
nasium of the Young Men’s Gynnastic
Club of this city. McCarthy has been
in constant training for two months
at Capt. Smith’s quarters, in the upper
district of this city. Both men entered
the ring, followed by their seconds, at 9
o’clock, each receiving a good share of ap
plause, but the greeting given to Dempsey
clearly showed that his friends were in
the majority. The contest was confined
to twenty rounds. Interested spectators
were Bob Fitzsimmons and Stanton Ab
bott.
John Duffy entered the ring a few mo
ments after 9 o’clock to take charge as
referee. Dempsey was first to weigh,
fixing the scales himself. He weighed in
at 146 pounds. McCarthy tested the
scales,, weighing 154 pounds, the exact
limit. *Time was called at 9:15 o’clock.
The men advanced to the center of the
ring and the fight was on.
First Round—Mac led for the stomach.
Dempsey missed a right swing for the
head. Mac was on the aggressive;
Dempsey scored a body blow. Dempsey
landed a right on the head. Both landed
heavy swings on the head. Both men
landed left bn the jaw and both scored
heavy swings.
Second Round—McCarthy scored a
right on the body. Both landed blows on
the heacU The Australian was fighting
mainly for the body and Dempsey for the
head. Dempsey missed a left swing for
the head, but caught the Australian on
the nose a moment later. Dempsey
scored a heavy blow on the neck and
landed on the body a moment later, but
received a left-hander. McCarthy was
caught by a heavy left-hand swing on
the jaw. This was Jack's round.
Third Round—Dempsey landed a left on
, the nose and the men clinched. McCar
thy missed two vicious rights, but ran
into a heavy right on the jaw. Dempsey
landed another right on the jaw, nearly
knocking McCarthy down. The Austra
lian received terrible punishment in this
round. Dempsey scored a left on the
nose.
Fourth Round—Dempsey landed a
heavy left on his opponent’s nose and got
away. Both men scored blows on the
head. Mac missed a left lead for the
body. Dempsey was landed a heavy
swing in the stomach and a right a mo
ment later in the same spot. McCarthy
ducked into a heavy upper cut and got it
again with the right ■on the head
before he could recover. This was an
other Dempsey round.
Fifth Round —Both men missed leads
and both nearly fell. Mac recovered and
nearly fell through the ropes in attempt
ing to land a right. The men clinched
repeatedly in this round. Dempsey
scored a left on the nose and right on the
body. Dempsevwas now the aggressor
and landed right and left on the bead.
Sixth Round—McCarthy became ag
gressive. Dempsey landed a left on the
jaw, and one on the body a minute later. He
seemed able to score heavy blows at will.
Mac avoided a heavy swing that nearly
lifted Dempsey off the ground. McCarthy
caught a left on the jaw, but missed a
similar blow a moment later. Both men
landed heavy body punches. ,
Seventh Round—The men commenced
by clinching. Dempsey landed a heavy
body blow after the breakaway. Mc-
Carthy forced Dempsey into the ropes
and landed a heavy right on the head.
Dempsey scored a stomach punch. Mc-
Carthy’s swings were very wild. Both
men landed body blows, but McCarthy
received a vicious right without giving a
return. Dempsey landed a right on the
face and head and had much the best of
the round.
Eeighth Round—McCarthy clinched to
avoid punishment. McCarthy missed a
right swing, and the men nearly fell
through the ropes. Dempsey continued
using his terrible right on the body.
Both men landed lefts on the head and
fell on the ropes. Several clinches fol
lowed m this round, due to Dempsey’s
generalship. Dempsey landed two rights
on the jaw just as time was called.
Ninth Round—Both landed blows on
the head. Dempsey scored a right on the
jaw. Both men landed on the body.
McCarthy scored a right on Jack’s head.
Jack landed a right on the face, and as
time was called scored heavy lefts and a
right on the body.
Tenth Round—Both men landed body
blows, and Dempsey clinched. Mac
landed two heavy rights on the head, but
got body punches in return. Dempsey
scored a body punch that could be heard
all over the arena and missed a return.
McCarthy received two heavy rights
over the heart, and Dempsey clinched.
Dempsey landed a heavy right on the
nose and a left on the body.
Eleventh Round—Dempsey landed his
usual right body punch and repeated it
again a moment later. The men clinched
and Dempsey landed a right on the nose.
I Dempsey then landed a right on the body,
; and hit his opponent one, two, three in
' the corner. The men were fighting very
I fairly. Dempsey outgeneraled his oppo
l nent at every point.
Twelfth Round—Dempsey had clearly
the best of the twelfth round, hitting his
opponent at will.
£'rom the thirteenth to the twentieth
round Dempsey did all tho execution,
landing right and left, but he could not
knock his game opponent out.
Tho fight was declared a draw and the
purse, $2,000, was divided.
TEN THOUSAND SINGERS.
A Professor Wants That Many Geor
gians to Sing at Atlanta.
Washington. Sept. s.—Prof. Cloward
has formulated a plan to organize a cho
rus of 10.000 voices all over the state of
Georgia to‘sing at ttie Cotton States In
ternational Exposition. He will go south
in a few days to submit his plans to the
exposition managers. He intends to or
ganize subdivisions of the chorus in a
number of centers of .population, and
said to-nigbt that he would make Savan
nah one of his chief points. The
basis of his chorus will be southern
plantation melodies in conjunction with
national songs and airs of all cotton grow
ing countries. Those back of the scheme
intend it to rival the great peace jubilee
in Boston conducted by Pat Gilmore.
Prof. Cloward is at the head of the mus
ical world in Washington, and his latest
triumph was the organization of a chorus
of 3.000, which satig during the Centen
nial celebration of the laying of the cor
ner stone of the capital.
Secretary Hoke Smith left for Atlanta
to-night to attend a meeting of the expo
sition managers Friday.
Sixth Mississippi District.
Pass Christian, Miss., Sept. s.—The
Sixth district democratic convention is in
a dead-lock; Stockale 15: Martin 9; Den
ny 8; Goran 6.
PROSPEROUS FLORIDA.
Plenty of Rain Make Farmers and
Fruit Growers Happy.
Sanford, Fla., Sept. s.—pur brief dry
spell has been succeded by a second rainy
season, and the showers come later in
the day and stay longer. This gives veg
etation a grand forward movement and
makes the farmers and fruit growers
happy.
Strange as it may seem, not a few or
ange growers are putting in irrigation
plants during this prolonged rainy sea
son. The fact is, a wise man here in
Florida provides for the dry season with
out regard to the usual wet spell, as irri
gation has been found to be a necessity for
successful cultivation the year round.
Plenty water and abundant fertilization
are necessary to our sandy soil, and with
them the grower is sure to have fine crops.
Vice President C. H. Leffier of the San
ford Loan and Trust Company, with
other prominent citizens, is actively at
work seeking to organize a board of trade.
Being at the head of river navigation this
city has become an important wholesale
center and enjoys a steadily growing
trade, and this fact has led to the desire
on the part of our leading business men
to have a board of trade. The success of
the movement is already assured, as it is
in the hands of men who seldom fail at
anything they undertake.
As an indication of the growth of trade
here it may be stated that Capt. Billy
Shaw of the steamer Everglade brought
upon his last trip over 1,500 pieces of
freight for Sanford alone. Another
straw is the fact that where one steamer
used to do the upper-river business to
Lakes Jesup and Harney, we now have
two—the Belle and the Jennie. With
five railroads centering here, we are,
with our fine river facilities, capitally
fitted for a wholesale distributing center.
A BOOM IN BUILDING,
This has been a lively summer for
building in Sanford, despite the fact that
the l consolidation of most of the depart
ments of the South Flor ia railroad with
the Plant system departments in Savan
nah was considered “a black eye” for our
city. On the contrary, there seems to be
a new growth of a most encouraging char
acter. Handsome and substantial resi
dences have been erected, and yet the
demand for houses is not supplied. This
’demand will be met in part by the early
putting up of several brick blocks in the
business part of the city, the second and
third floors of which will be arranged for
families.
The city council declined to reduce
the fire limits, and this action will give
us several very desirable brick buildings
in the near future. There are also many
signs of growth and improvement to be
seen in the suburbs, and Sanford’s future
seems to be growing every day.
THE FLORIDA GRAND ARMY.
The headquarters of the Grand Army
of the Republic for the department of
Florida* are in this city, Capt. D. L.
Way, teller of the Sanford Loan and
Trust bank being the commander, and
Capt. E. J. Blinn, the assistant adjutant
general. Both are now busy arranging
for the “headquarters train,” which
leaves here Friday at midnight. From
Jacksonville it goes via the Atlantic
Coast Line through Savannah in charge
of Mr. G. Deming. Unfortunately there
will not be a large crowd go by any route,
and the department will not be very
conspicuous in the grand parade at Pitts
burg. Some delegates go by the Clyde
Steamship Line, and others by the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular railroad and
Southern railway, both of which are
making a strong pull to divide the busi
ness with the Atlantic Coast Line, the
“official route.”
THE NATIONAL FARMERS’ CONGRESS.
Col. Thomas J. Appleyard of the Gate
City Chronicle, who is assistant secretary
of that organization, has just been no
tified by . Secretary J. M- Stahl of the
Farmers’ Call, at Qhincy, Ill.'j that he»
has been appointed to take charge of the
press reports to be sent out from the
next meeting of the congress, in October,
aVParkersburg, W. Va. As Col. Apple
yard is a life-long newspaper man, as well
as secretary of the Florida Press Associ
ation. he will prove to be the right man
in the right piace. The programme for
the meeting has been completed, and Col.
Appleyard appears on it for an address on
“Success in Florida! How to Achieve
It. The ‘Breakers.’ How to Avoid
Them.” The colonel is the Florida vice
president of the Young Farmers’ Club of
the Southern States, was formerly pub
lisher of the Florida Cultivator, and has
been an active official of the farmers’ al
liance. All of which ought to qualify
him to prepare and deliver an address on
Florida worthy of the occasion.
City Marshal J. E. Killebren, who has
made such a tine record during several
terms as marshal of Sanford, is being
highly recommended for appointment as
deputy United States marshal of the new
district, and while Sanford is not anxious
to lose his services, his friends feel de
sirous to see him successful in securing
the desired promotion.
Tourists who come to this section of
Florida via the Clyde Line of river steam
ers from Jacksonville will be glad to
know that the South Florida railroad
has rebuilt the long trestle running to the
wharf and made it much more convenient
as well as a great deal safer. The whole
structure is made enduring by the use of
carbolinum, which this road is now using
extensively on all its new platforms,
switch timbers, trestles, etc.
The Gate City Rifles feei highly hon-*
ored that their surgeon, Dr. Ira Porter,
was made battalion surgeon at St. Augus
tine. Although a young man he has won
quite a reputation here, and on the recent
death of the venerable and beloved Dr.
A. C- Caldwell, be was elected city physi
cian,
j; At last we are to have a new post
master. Mr. John Smith, formerly of
Savannah, then of Atlanta and lastly of
Sanford, has been appointed after a pro
longed and somewhat bitter contest. Tue
Woman s Christian Temperance Union
and its supporters objected to him tie
cause he was a saloonkeeper, but he
finally won the fight. Mr. and Mrs.
Dolph Edwards have given us a model
postoffice and it will be hard to improve
on it, but John Smith is energetic and
public spirited and may keep up the good
record.
. DOUBLE MURDER.
A 16-year-old Wife and Her Mother
Shot in East Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. s.—William F.
Hayes, a young white man. 20 years of
age, a fisherman by occupation, murdered
his 16-year-old wife and dangerously
wounded his mother-in-law, Mrs. Susan
Nason, last night in East Jacksonville.
Hayes’ wife had left him on account of
cruelty several months ago and gone to
live with her mother. Mrs. Nason.
Last night Hayes appeared at the
house and was admitted. Without
provocation he began shooting,
first wounding Mrs. Nason twice in the
head and once in the side. His wife ran
behind the bed and he followed her,
snooting her through the back. The ball
passed through her heart, out of her left
breast and through her left hand. Hayes
then calmly reloaded his pistol and
walked out. This is the statement of
Mrs. Nason. A watchman, who rooms at
the house, discovered tne dead and
wounded pair this morning at 5 o’clock.
Searching parties are now after the mur
derer.
Hayes, the husband of the murdered
woman, was captured late this afternoon
in the outskirts of the city. He denied
doing the shooting and said he could
prove an alibi. Hayes was carried before
his mother-in-law. who is rapidly sink
ing. and she identified him as the man
who did the shooting.
STRIKERS AT THE BAR.
Proceedings in the Contempt Case Be
fore Judge Woods.
A Brilliant Array of Legal Talent on
Both Sides and Prospects Good for a
Bitter Fight Over One Hundred
Witnesses in the Case—The Prelim
inary Skirmish Taking of Testi
mony.
Chicago, 111., Sept. s.—The contempt
cases against Eugene V. Debs. George W.
Howard, Sylvester Keliher, L. W.
Rogers, James Hogan, W. E. Burns, Le
roy M. Goodwin, W. J. Elliot and J. F.
McVean, directors of the American Rail
way Union, came up in the United States
circuit court this morning before Judge
Woods. The defendants are accused of
violating the injunction issued by Judges
Woods and Grosscup during the
recent strike which restrained
the American Railway Union
and all others from any interference with
the mails or with interstate commerce. It
is alleged particularly in the cases_of the
officers of the union that the injunction
was repeatedly violated by sending tele
graphic orders to strike and in other
ways. All of the defendants filed an
swers in which they denied specifically
the charges preferred. Over 100 wit
nesses have been subpoenaed by the gov
ernment, and the array of legal talent on
both sides is a brilliant one. Ex-District
Attorney Milchrist and Erwin F. Walker
will lead the prosecution, while W. W.
Erwin and S. S. Gregory appear for the
defendants.
At the opening of court this morning
Attorney Erwin, for the defendants, an
nounced that all were in court with the
exception of President Debs, who was de
clared to be ill at 5949 Princeton avenue,
in this city. The court decided that Mr.
presence was not necessary. Edwin
F Walker, chief counsel for the govern
ment, told the court that since July 25,
from which date the contempt proceed
ings were continued, supplemental in
formation had been filed against Hogan,
Burns and others At that time Hhe
judge on the bench denied a motion made
by the defendants, Debs, Howard, Ke
liher and Rogers, to dismiss the charges.
Attorney Gregory stated that supple
mental cases would be proceeded with
the same way, a motion to dismiss them
being before the court. These are the
cases of the remaining directors. Mr.
Gregory said he believed the court would,
of course, deny the motion and the court
said he would, and if he found on examin
ing the supplemental information any
reason for a different decree from that in
the original cases he would change his
decree accordingly. Mr. Gregory then
moved for a trial by jury, but Judge
Woods denied it on the ground that this
was not a criminal proceeding. Ex-District
Attorney Milchrist read the supplemental
information. At this point John D.
Miller noted his presence on behalf of
the Santa Fe Railroad, which is one of
the roads alleged to have been injured by
the actions of the defendants.
Various legal points were raised but
Judge Woods (declined to listen to quib
bling. He said: “The essence of all these
cases is whether the defendants have
violated an injunction issued by the
United States court. That is the impor
tant point in this case. The court decided
that all of the cases against the various
defendants should be tried as one, and
the cases of the Santa Fe should go along
with the government’s and witnesses for
one be considered as witnesses for both.
The first witness called was Edwin M.
Mulford, manager of the Western Union
company. He was asked to produce cer
tain telegrams in court.jbut refused io 1 do
so until the court ruled on it. The court
ruled that they must be produced. Then
a number of objections were made by
the counsel for the defense on technical
points. They fought every step of the
way, and it was evident that there would
be a bitterly contested legal battle.
Finally the witness was permitted to
read telegrams which passed between
Debs 1 and Phelan. Objections were of
fered to all telegrams on the ground that
they were not sufficiently identified.
At the afternoon session the examina
tion of Mulford was continued. Numer
ous other telegrams signed “E. V. Debs”
were produced. The witness had no
knowledge of any of them save
that they were tiled in the tele
graph office. Judge Woods said
the government would have to offer
supplementary evidence to prove that the
telegrams were actually sent by the de
fendant Debs. All were paid for by the
American Railway Union, and bore ini
tials showing they were sent from the
Revere house, where Debs boarded at the
time the messages were sent. A tele
gram was read frem Division Su
perintendent Seal of the Mobile
and Ohio railroad, asking Debs to
“please release the boycott” on that
road. To this. Debs replied that he
would do so if the road was not a.menjber
of the general managers’ association. On
being assured that it was not, Debs
raised the state of siege on the Mobile
and Ohio railroad.
When court adjourned until to-morrow
Mr. Mulford was still on the stand.
VERMONT’S ELECTION.
Heavy Republican. Gains Over Former
Years Reported.
White River Junction, Vt., Sept. 5.
Returns from 103 towns give Woodbury,
rep., 21,834 votes; Smith, dem., 6,897;
McGinnis, popl., 463; all others, 189. Jhe
same towns, in 1890, gave Rage, rep.,
16,606 votes; Brigham, dem., 9,363; all
others* 634. Woodbury’s plurality, 14,937.
His majority over all. 14,385. The vote of
the towns thus far reporting gave, in 1890,
49 per cent, of the total vote of that year.
Should the same ratio of gain be main
tained in the remaining towns of the
state the republican plurality would be
30,500: majority over all exceeding 29,000.
The indications are that the republican
majority will exceed that of any in the
last twenty years and far surpass that of
1892, a presidential year. The average re
publican majority in off years since 1876
is .less than 7,000. The general assembly
promises to be overwhelmingly republi
can. In the 103 towns reporting there
have been elected eighty-nine republicans,
two democrats and one citizens’ can
didate, and in some no choice has been re
ported. The same towns in 1890 elected
eighty-six republicans and twenty-two
democrats, and five were not represented.
RETURNS COMING SLOWLY.
White River Junction, Vt., Sept. S.—
The gubernatorial vote is being reported
slowly. Returns from 185 towns and
cities give Woodbury, republican, 35.289;
Smith, democrat, 11,810; McGinnis, pop
ulist, 549; scattering, 303. Woodbury’s
pluralit.y in these towns is 23,470. major
ity over all 22,627.
Good Work in the Second District.
Thomasville. Ga.. Sept. 5. —The county
commissioners have fixed the Thomas
county rate of taxation at 25 cents on
SIOO.
The Second congressional district is
ablaze with democratic eloquence. Ben
Russell, S. A. Rodaenberry, Jr., H. W.
Hopkins. Judge Guerry. M. R. Mallette,
R. G. Mitchell. John T. Triplett, J. H.
Merrill, H. K. Shackleford and A. T.
Maclntyre, Jr., are all on the stump and
making the “welkin ring.’’ Appoint
ments are also made for Gordon. Crisp
and dußigncn. It is the purpose to grind
the populist party into tine powder and
to blow it into the outer chaos.
NEW YORK’S STRIKE.
Many Tailors are Out, and the Car
penters Declare War.
New York, Sept. s.—The third day of
the big clothing workers’ strike opened
to-day with a small altercation between
the strikers belonging to the United
Brotherhood of Tailors and the men in
charge of the headquarters of the local
Assembly No. 465, Knights of Labor, at
No. 89 Suffolk street.
The brotherhood tailors are angrv with
the Knights of Labor tailors because they
refuse to join them in the strike. They
began hostilities in front of headquarters
by abusing those in charge of the office.
Sticks and other missileso were hurled
through the windows, compelling those
inside to close the shutters. The strik
ers were finally dispersed by a policeman.
It was said this morning at the head
quarters of the United Brotherhood of
Tailors that the strike was progressing
favorably for the strikers. There are
now 14,000 men out in New York city
alone. In Brooklyn, including Browns
ville, not a machine is in operation. It is
estimated that 7,000 are out, making a to
tal for both cities of about 21.000.
The war waging between the organized
carpenters and the subcarpenters,or lump
ers, bids fair to be a long and bitter one.
The present fight is not a question of
wages or hours, but is to do away with
the present system of lumping or sub
letting of contract jobs. Nearly 1.000 car
penters have been called out already,
quitting work on over 150 buildings, and it
is stated that before forty-eight hours
the number of men wifi increase to 2,500,
tying up the work on over 250 jobs.
ARCTIC PERILS.
Heroic Rescue of Officers and Crew of
the Explorer Miranda. <
North Sidney, N. 8., Sept. s.—The
fishing schooner Rigel of Gloucester,
Mass., arrived this morning with the
passengers and crew of the ill-fated
steamship Miranda, which left New York
on July 7, carrying Dr. Cook’s Arctic ex
pedition. The Miranda left Sukker
Toppan, Greenland, Aug. 9, for Holsten
berg. The vessel struck sunken rock out
side of the harbor. There was a heavy
wind and sea prevailing, and a large hole
was stove in the ship’s bottom. The
ballast tank was filled with
water and pumps were useless.
The tank did not burst, and
the Miranda succeeded in getting
back to Sukker safely, but was not re
garded as tit to return to St. Johns with
the passengers. A relief party consisting
of Dr. Cook, Rogers, Thompson and Dun
ning of Yale University; Lbdd of Har
vard, V. Porter of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Phrenology, set out from Suk
ker toppan to Holstenberg, 140 miles dis
tant with open boats. The journey was
made in five days under stormy condi
tions. The schooner “Rigel” was by
chance met with. The passengers and
foods were transferred to the “Rigel,”
and the Miranda then started for Labra
dor with the Rigel in tow. On account
of the bursting of the water tank of the
Miranda her crew and officers were trans-«
ferred to the Rigel on Aug. 23, and the
Miranda was left to her fate.
’ A MURDEROUS PLOT.
Convicts in the Kentucky Peniten
tiary Conspire to Escape.
Frankfort, Ky., Sept. s.—News of a
threatened outbreak at the penitentiary
has just been received. The Hatfield-
McCoy gang of Pike county and James F.
Little of Breathitt, all desperadoes and
life men, were coficerned in the plot,
which was made known to Warden
George Sunday by a prisoner who
chanced to overhear the men talking. It
was their purpose to make an attempt
this week, as the guards and prisoners
were going to supper, with four large
knives made from files and ground to*a
keeh edge and point. They intended to
kill the guards and take their weapons,
kill the guard on the wall, be
tween the male and female wards,
and make their escape by passing over
the wall. Warden George placed the
plotters in irons and in separate cells.
All soon confessed, each saying that the
others were the traitors, except Wick
Tallant, who held out for thirty hours
before he revealed the hiding place of the
knives. Besides Little and Tallant,
George West, Hockingheiler, McCoy,
Cook and a dozen others are known to
have been in the plot.
WAITE RENOMINATED.
Populists Name a Standard-bearer
Amid Sounds of Pandemonium.
Pueblo, Colo., Sept. s.—The state popu
lists’ convention of Colorado convened
this morning to hear the report of the
committee on credentials. It reported in
favor of seating the Waite delegation from
Arapahoe county. The anti-Waite people
tried to precipitate a riot, but were com
pelled to restore order. The temporary
organization was made permanent, and
Gov. Waite was renominated by acclama
tion. Pandemonium then broke loose in
the hall.
Every place on the ticket is being hotly
contested, but the best of feeling pre
vailed. At midnight only three candi
dates had been nominated and the out
look was that the convention would not
finish its labors before daylight. The
candidates nominated up to midnight are:
Governor. Davis H. Waite of Pitkin
county; lieutenant governor, S. W. Han
non of Arapahoe county; state auditor, S.
L. Lincoln of Boulder county.
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was . chasea by Hay tian men-of-war, as
the Haytian authorities believed that the
yacht had arms aboard for the insur
gents. The yacht will remain here for
some weeks undergoing repairs.
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The Compress Case and the Americus-
Albany Matter Heard.
Atlanta,'Ga., Sept. s.—After hearing
speeches from Mr. Owens of the Savan
nah, Florida and Western, Mr. Pope of
the Savannah, Americus and Montgom
ery, and a few remarks from Mr. Comer
of the Central, the railroad commission,
at the request of the latter, granted an
other continuance in the cotton compress
case to-day. Mr. Comer said be wanted
time to bring in expert testimony, and
for that purpose the hearing was sus
pended until to-morrow morning at 9
o’clock, when the railroads Will probably
conclude their side of the issue.
To-day S. J. Whitesides of Columbus
and J. D. Turner of Atlanta, both com
oressmen, were witnesses, Mr- Whitesides
who is in charge of the Central railroad
compresses, being introduced by the rail
roads, and Mr. Turner being subjected to
cross examination by Mr. Comer and the
railroad attorneys: The old rate fixed by
the railroads for compressing was about
50 cents a bale; the new rate is about
35 cents a bale. Mr. Whitesides stated'
that the cost of compressing was from 16
to 22 cents a bale, while Mr. Turner
claims that it costs 80 cents a bale. It is
claimed that the rate of 35 cents
offered by the railroads is not
a living rate. It was brought
out when Mr. Whitesides was questioned
by the attorneys for the compressrpen
that the Central railroad ownstheground
upon which its compresses are located,
pays all taxes, insurance and expense ana
operates under the railroad license. In
addition to this the Central got insurance
at half what other compresses have to
pay. The facts, the compressmen say,
show how it is that the Central com
presses can compress a bale of cotton for
from 10 to 22 cents After granting Mr.
Comer’s request for a continuance the
commission this afternoon took up
the complaint from Americus
against the alleged discrimination by
the Central railroad in cotton rates in
favor of Albany- Capt. A. S. Cutts and
Mr. Bascom Myrick of Americus pre
sented the case, showing that cotton ship
ments from Albany to Savannah are seven
points cheaper than from Americus to
Savannah, which is a discrimination in
favor of the former.
DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS LOADED.
A Girl Playing With Her Lover’s Re
volver Kills Her Brother.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 5.—A special
to the Times-Union from Acme, Fla.,
says: “‘Last night Miss Ella Durance shot
her brother Willie in the breast, inflict
ing a mortal wound. John Tillis, Miss
Ella’s lover, was at the Durance home
and the young lady was playing with his
pistol when it was accidentally dis
charged, the bullet striking her brother
as mentioned above.”
JUDGE PRESSLEY DEAD.
He Was Once Assistant United States
Treasurer at Charleston.
Charleston, S. C., Sept. s.—Hon. B. C.
Pressley, ex-judge of the court of general
sessions. First circuit, died at his resi
dence in Summerville to-day, aged 80
years. Judge Pressley was assistant
United States treasurer here before the
war, and at the close of the war was im
mediately reappointed without his solici
tation. He was the author of Pressley’s
Law of Magistrates, a well known text
book in the courts of this state.
Will Be a Chaplain.
"Washington, Sept. s.—Rev. W. E. Ed
mondson of Murfreesboro, N. C., has suc
cessfully passed examination by the naval
examining board and will be commissioned
chaplain in the navy.