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i the morning news,
J ESTABLISHED 1860. INCORPORATED 1886. L
| J. H. ESTILL, President. \
BIRMINGHAM’S RED RIOT
nine dead, four dying and
MANY OTHERS WOUNDED.
The Postmaster of the City Among
tho Slain—One of the Victims Killed
While Lying on the Ground to Avoid
the Flying Bullets -Troops on the
Scene to Prevent Further Trouble.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 9.—A crowd
which had been collecting on the streets
last night, at midnight advanced on the
county jail with tho intontion of lynching
R. R. Hawes, charged with the murder of
bis wife and child. Many of the best citi
zens tried to reason with the crowd and
prevent trouble, and some lost their lives in
the attempt.
OPENING FIRF.
When the crowd was within a few feet of
the Jail door, and had failed to heed tho
numerous warnings, tho officers opened fire
on them, killing three men instantly, fatally
wounding ten, and wounding more or loss
seriously about thirty others.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Following is a full list of the killed and
wounded.
M. B. Throckmorton, the postmaster,
and a very prominent and popular citizon.
Mr. Throckmorton was about HO years of
ago. He was bom in Louisville, and came
to Birmingham in 1880 as agent for the
Southern Express Company. About
eighteen months ago ho was appointed
postmaster. Ho loaves a wife and one
child.
An unknown negro was shot through
the lung3 and died this morning at 8 o’clock.
KILLED BY THE FIRST VOLLEY.
J. R. McCoy was toward tho front of tho
crowd when the firing commenced. He fell
at the first volley.
A. B. Tarrant was shot In tho back.
After the first volley he lay down on the
ground with the hope of avoiding the flying
bullets. Fate would not have it so, how
ever, and a ball struck him as he lay on his
face, and ranged up tho back. After a few
minutos’ suffering the young man died.
a peacemaker a victim.
A. D. Bryant was shot through the
heart. He was standing rather near the
front and was doing his best to restrain the
crowd going any nearer. He fell at the
first volley and died instantly.
C. C. Tate was shot through the hip and
through the loin. He is dying. He is a
painter and lived at East Lake. He is
about 45 years o!d and had a family.
Colbert Smith (colored) was shot
through tho right lung and died this morn
ing.
BADLY WOUNDED.
Lawrence Fitzhugh, a civil engineer,
is badly wounded. He was shot through
the shoulder. He is about 30 years old.
Charles Bailey was shot through the
head, and it is thought is fatally wounded.
He lived formerly at No. 24 Church street,
Boston.
VERY APT TO DIE.
A. J. Schiede, a mechanic, was shot in
tho left side just under tho shoulder. It is
thought that he will die. Ho came here re
cently from Kalamazoo,Mich. Several of his
companions were wounded, but less seri
ously.
Charles Jenkins was shot in the back
of the Lead, the ball coming out in the
center of his forehead. He lingered until
10 o'clock this morning, when he died.
Jeukius was 20 years old, and lived at
Hmithfleld with Ui3 parents and three
j brothers.
TOLD WHO HE WAS AND DIED.
Mr. Brandon, who was at the hospital
wounded in tho thigh and abdomen, died
about 8 o’clock this morning. Just after ho
was shot he told his attendants that ho
boarded at the house of the sheriff of
Etowah county, at Gadsden, and was here
on busiues* before the United States court.
•J W. Montgomery is wounded in tho
left jaw.
SHOT WHILE SITTING ON A STOOP.
Mr. Berkely was shot through both
leg’ below the knee, while sitting on tho
porch of the r sidence of Mr VV. Siddon.
Charles Bailey, a brakoman on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, was shot
in the right side just below the nipple. His
bom is in Boston. His wound, while not
necessarily fatal, may prove serious.
a bullet-hole in his leg.
John H. Merritt is at tho hospital, shot
through the calf of his left leg.
Matt Kennedy, also at the hospital, is
shot in both legs below the knee. His right
leg is badiy shattered and the injury to his
left is a flesh wound. He is also shot in the
loft arm, just below the elbow, and the
hone is broken. lie is at out 50 years old,
and has a wife and seven children.
SHOT THROUGH THE THIGH.
.J- W. Owen is at the hospital, shot en
tirely through the right thigh. Ho is a
carpenter, about 50 years of age.
J- W. Gilmore is fatally wounded through
the bowels. He is 46 years < f age, and has
a wife and five children living at Green
Springs.
Frank Childer is dead.
Albert Smith (colored), is shot in the
nfle* and is seriously wounded. Ho worked
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
u mpany, and has a family iu this city.
A LUCKY TRIO.
Wiluam Youngblood, Mr. Alexander
ail( l Kd 8. Cooper, reported as killed or
wounded, are nut hurt.
W. A. Bird was shot in the right shoul
der, the ball passing entirely through him,
and coming out near the spinal cord. Bird
is 30 years old and unmarried.
TROOPS ON THE SCENE.
Col. Thomas G. Jones, of tho Second
wgimont of Alabama state troops, arrived
ier this morning with five companies, and
* confident of his ability to prevent any
orther attempt at mob violonce. There
vas much excitement for a while last night,
>ut it subsided somewhat to-day.
Sheriff Smith has been arrested on a
charge of murder.
a Gatling gun turned loose.
Hie Way the Story wai Colored Up
for the Wooly West.
St. Louis, Doc. 9.—A special from Bir
mingham, Ala, to the He public says; “At
o'clock this morning a mob attacked
k" jail in which Hawes is conflnod, for the
>urpose of lynching the murderer. When
he mob made a rush the gatling-gun was
timed loose by order of Sheriff Smith, and
' n men fell, among them Postmaster
i; rook mor ton and a spectator named
Bailey. Many will dio. Tho ci y
8 'J fid beyond expression, and Hawes will
vhched, it is ?aid, before morning.
INTENSE FEELING.
} special to tho Republic. re
*ved tonight from
111 > Ala., tays: The scene here is
quiet to-day, though the
111 K intense, and the authorities have
K . very precaution to avert a repetition
last night’s horrors. CoL B. F.
oac ‘ 9 °f the Second regiment arrived
The Morning News.
to-day and assumed command of
the militia. Sheriff Smith in an
interview said be deeply regretted the
occurences of last night, but felt that he had
simply done his duty in upholding the
majesty of the law. He said that he gave
the mob ample warning, and did not give
the order to fire until it was absolutely
necessary to do so, aud that aftor the mob
had begun to fire upon the jail.
A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR.
“Mayor Thompson, who was only in
ducted into office last Wednesday, issued a
proclamation this morning expressing sym
pathy for the families of the victims of last
night’s tragedy, and deeply regret
ting the occurence, but favoring the
maintenance of law and order, and
appealing to all who love peace and good
order to refrain from public assemblage and
to remain in the quiet of their homes. The
doath of Postmaster Throckmorton, which
occurred at 8:30 o’clock this morning, has
added to the sorrow of the community.”
ANOTHER OUTBREAK IMPROBABLE.
St. Louis, Dec. 10. 2a. m.— Tho latest
advicos from Birmingham are to the effect
that the authorities are in complete posses
sion of the city and there is
little likelihood of another out
break. One of the most striking
scenes during the trouble was witnessed
early this morning when Mayor Thompson
was addressing a mob atone point, pleading
with the citizens to disperse, while less than
100 yards away other men harangued an ex
cited gathering favoring another attack on
the jail aud the lynching of Hawos.
HAWES INTERVIEWED.
Hawes was interviewed to-day by an
Atlanta friend. In response to the first
question as to his guilt, he replied. “Oh,
God. This is terrible. Here I am
confined in this cell charged
with murdering my wife and
daughters. Why should I kill them?
I loved those two children, and once I loved
their mother. Tho children I could not
have killed, because my heart was to > full
of love for them. The mother I could not
have killed because wo wore apart.”
“You heard tho shots last night V
“Oh, yes, I heard them.”
“What were you doing!”
“I was lying down upon this bunk. The
shooting soon became general, and I real
ized that the city patrol had come.”
“Whatdid you do?’
“I got up, put on my shoes, then put on
my coat and overcoat and made myself
ready ”
“For what?”
“To go with the orowd to the most igno
minious death any man ever endured.”
“Did you think they would get you?”
“Yes, I felt sure that they would.”
BHOTS FROM THE MOB.
Bullets Whistled about the Heads of
Those in the Jail.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 9. —A special to
the American last night from Birmingham,
Ala., says: “The mob made an attack on
the jail at 11:30 o’clock p. m. As they ap
proached the alleyway leading to the jail,
the officers inside’called on them to halt,
which they did not do. The officers then
fired with Winchesters and pistols, and the
firing was ternffte for fifteen minutes on
both sides. None of the officers were in
jured, but over twenty of the mob.
wore killed and wounded. Among the
wounded is M. B. Throckmorton, post
master of Birmingham, who was endeavor
ing to persuade tho mob to disperse.
Adolph Schiede, of the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad, was also fatally wounded in
the neck. A patrol wagon carted off the
dead and wounded to the hospital. Owing
to the lateness of the hour, it is impossible
to obtain the names of all the killed and
wounded.
THE MOB ALSO FIRED.
Tho firing was commenced by the police,
but fully as many shots were fired by the
mob. Over 500 rounds were fired. Zouaves
aud guards are now in possession of all
s roots leading to the jail. Inside the jail
bullets fired by tho mob whistled around
those confined there. Your corro
sp'rndent was on the inside and bullets
whis led within an inch of his head.
Sheriff Smith gave the order to fire. No
further attack is anticipated. A desultory
fire was kept up for half an hour. Hawes
was indifferent throughout the riot.”
PUBLIC INDIGNATION.
Nashville, Dec. 9, 11:30 p. m.—A special
to the American from Birmingham says:
“The defenders of last night’s wholesale
slaughter declare that tho killing was done
by sworn officers of the law in tho solemn
discharge of their duty, and that this ex
ample of unterrified intent to uphold tho
statutes in all their majesty will prove a
valuable though tragic lesson to mobs in
the future. The public, however, are not
disposed thus philosophically to look upon
the terrible tragedy, and nine citizens out of
every ten in this frenzied city are in open
denunciation of the awful crime. Men
were shot down who were neither mobber3
nor inciters to mob vengeance.
CLASSED WITH ASSASSINATION.
It is generally believed that the reckless
ness and haste of the sheriff in giving the
command to fire was assassination,
and it is stated on all sides
that the immense gathering was not for
tho purpose at all or forcing the jail, but
rather out of curiosity. There was never
any real danger of assault.
The Age-Herald to-day gave to its readers
several extra editions and shaped its edi
torials and local articles' with a
view to allay excitement, and if
possible prevent any further trouble.
There is no lull, however, in tho public
mind, and the interest and excitement is
far greater than twenty-four hours ago. In
the light of last night’s terrors, tnc Hawes
affair has almost disappeared, and the in
dignation expressed is directed against
Sheriff Smith and his posse.
A MILITARY ENCAMPMENT.
“To-day and to-night the city is a mili
tary encampment. The civil authorities
have practically stepped down ami
out, and Col. Jones of Montgomery,
with thirteen military companies, is
absolutely in charge of affairs. Tho jail
is guarded by state troops with picket
lines extended several squares in every
direction, and at each approach there
frowns a Gatling gun. Mounted scouts are
sent out of the city, and at regular inter
vals acquaint CoL Jones with tho con
dition of the public mind and the prospects
of an armed rising by the people.
MILITARY ALARMS.
“Fire bells sound military alarms and
soldiers in uniforms and armed with Win
chester rifles have desolated the principal
streets and driven back the thousands who
have all day been looking toward
the jail. The military was ordered
out by Gov. Heay from Montgomery
and with the Chief Executive Col. Jones, is in
regular telegraphic correspondence. Jn
the meanwhile, the citizens have not kept
within doors. They have congregated at
tho hotels or ou the street corners, and in
front of tho bulletin boards.
A MADDENED MASS.
“The streets have boon a living, maddened
mass, and u very little oratorical pyrotech
nics could readily organize a mob whoso
•oleum duty would bo declared to be to
avengo tho murder of the popular Throck
morton and those who fell by him. All
along the walls of the city are posted peti
tions of various kinds signed by thousands
of people.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, ISBB.
A SPECIMEN.
“One of these recited at length the fact
that Sheriff Smith had butchered in cold
blood some of the best citizens of Birming
ham by un act as unprovoked as unneces
sary aud asked Gov. Seay to immediately
relievo him of his duty as sheriff. Another
Cetitiun side by side reads, ‘This is to hang
im,’ and was signed by thousands of
passers by.
A FUNERAL PROCESSION.
“Great excitement was caused by tho
funeral cortege through the principal high
way of on© of the victims of last night’s
affray. The lengthy procession was headed
by a bra*s band playing solemn dirges.
“The postoffioe building is draped in
mourning and makes a mute apjwal to
every passer by.
“The military were called upon to arrest
Sheriff Smith and others implicat'd, but
this was refused, aud finally at about 5
o’clock this afternoon a citizen went before
a justice of the peace and swore out a war
rant for the arrest of. Sheriff Smith
and his deputies on a charge of murder.
This was served by the corner, who found
Sheriff Smith in the jail, and the coroner
himself took charge of tho jail, and in his
custody that institution is at present.
REMOVAL ADVISED.
During the day Capfc. Peyton Bibb, who
is in charge of tho Montgomery Blues, ad
vised that tho military take Sheriff Smith
and Hawes out of'the jail aud carry t em
to Montgomery, away from the scenes of
riot and for safe keeping. This was not
acceded to by the officers in charge, there
being no civil steps to that end advis. and.
“During tho afternoon a rumor became
widespread that l,soominers from the Pratt
mines, about five miles from Birmingham,
would, after dark,march to tho city, armed
with guns, pistols and dynamite cartridges,
and with the increase of their ranks that
was expected, assault the soldiers, and, with
dynamite, blow to atoms the jail That
such will no attempted is expected by
tho mi itary, though a successful final is
not anticipated.
strength of the military.
“There are already ten military com
panies under commaud of Col. Jones, and
five others will arrive on special trains by
midnight; the Montgomery Greys, True
Blues, Montgomery Mounted Rifles under
command of Hon. A. A. Wiley, and an
artillery company in charge of a Gatling
gun from the Capital City. Besides these
come companies from Tuscaloosa, Ope
lika, Greenville, Anniston and other
Alabama cities. One precaution against
undue excitement and consequent violence
was taken this morning by the city couucil.
who, in special session, 'ordered that all
saloons and drug stores be closed until
further notice.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC.
The following address was issued this
morning by a meeting of citizens;
To the Citizen s of Birmingham:
Tne horrible murder of Mrs. Hawes and her
children, one of the most atrocious crimes ever
known, and the subsequent loss of the lives of
some of our best citizens, has deeply stirred the
public mind, and enlisted the tenderest sympa
thies of every righted-niinded person. There
are some things as sacred as life itself, and one
of them is the maintenance pf the law made
to protect life and honor and virtue. Without
orderly observance of the laws of the land no
man. nor womau. nor child is safe. Public in
dignation at atrocious crime is natural, but at
the same time the law alone should visit the
righteous y>enalty. It must not be said that in
the great city of Birmingham a criminal can
not lie arrested and have a fair trial. Some
good citizens think the prisoner should have
been removed to some other county. With a
great population of business men and worthy
mechanics and artisans and laborers here, the
pride of our city, is it possible that we must
call on Montgomery and Mobile to protect
criminals from the illegal assaults of our own
people? Are we not now strong enough to
maintain t he law without calling on other towns
to do that for us. None can deplore more
than we. the unfortunate killings last night.
The victims were our friends and associates.
We do uot propose to discuss now or bear this
question as to whether the officers erred in the
manner of the discharge of their duty or as to
whether they were hasty in the discharge of it.
We do know that they had no sympathy
for the man they were defending, but acted as
vindicators of tne law. We address ourselves
to tho future, and not to the past, and we ap
ical to every good citizen to commend law. or
der and peace, to repress all attempts to excite
popular indignation, and to refrain from as
sembling on the streets. The good name of our
city, your own security, and that of your wive.s
and children, counsel most strongly strict ob
servance of the law. The govern' r of Ala
haurn and his military staff, and the companies
of soldiers from other cities with field
rifles and Gatling guns, are seen on
our streets to-day to enforce the law’
and to maintain it. Let us ourselves so
to act in this emergency, anu so to speak, that
from this time forth it may he known that
Birmingham stands for law and good govern
ment and needs no help from others to main
tain them.
M. T. Porter.
CuARLES WIIEELOCK.
Thomas Cobhs.
A. A. Walker, Jr.
Jonas Schwab.
B. W. Kddy.
Joseph Johnson.
O. A. Lane.
J. F. B. Jackson.
C. P. Williamson.
R. W. Hayoood.
B. F. Roden.
J. W. Milner.
B. Stiner.
R. W. Mclntosh.
R. D. Johnston.
AN ORDER BY COL. JONJCH.
Col. Jones has issued the following order:
Headquarters Second Reoimf.nt, A. 8. TANARUS., I
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 9. ISBS. f
Charged by his excellency the governor with
command of the troops now assembled here,
and the preservation of the public peace, J
earnestly invoke the aid of nil law abiding
citizens. I Ait everyone of them make it his
sjiecial business to keep down excitement.
1 particularly cmjoin upon all law abiding citi
zens to refrain from assembling about the jail,
and request them not to assemble in crowds
anywhere, aud to disperse when requested to do
80.
They are also requested to report to the
judges and magistrates any person
who indulges in threats of violence
or endeavors to incite others to mob violence.
If any there be who still meditate further vio
lenco, 1 earnestly warn them that it
will be certainly repressed. Let us
have no more bloodshed. The
law in its own orderly and majestic way will
surely punish the guilty. Attempts by Individ
uals to inflict private vengeance always cause
the shedding of innocent blood. The state
troops bow her** are ample to preserve order.
Attention is called to the following sections of
the criminal code of Alabama, sections 407<5,
4078. 4710, 4711 and 471*i. in case the
governor may direct such military or
state troops to perform their duties under the
immediate orders, these sections of tho cod#
must b<* rigidly enforced. Anxious to save tho
shedding of blood, 1 solemnly call the attention
of all persons to these provisions of the law and
warn all persons whosoever that they will be
rigidly enforced whenever It is necessary.
Thomas C. Jones,
Colonel Second Regiment A. ti. T.
AN ADDITION BY THE MAYOR.
To the above tho newly made mayor
added this:
To the Citizeni of Birmingham:
The sad calamities that have tiefallen our city
in the last f**w days have aroused public indig
nation and stained her fair name; and while
the teoderest sympathies of our people go out
to those who sit to-day in the house of
mourning or lie upq/i beds of suffer
ing, y*t it become# us as good
law abiding citizens to put aside our private
grievance# #nd guard with loyalty the public
peace, and maintain the law and order of our
city. Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority
conferred upon me by law, l appeal to all who
love peace and good order to refrain from all
public assem binges and to nnnaiu in the
quiet of their own horn##, to cease
from discussion of the tragic events aud
await a full investigation of tho facts. I invoke
the earnest effort sand co-operation of all classes
in the maintenance of the good order of our
city. The eyes of the world arc upon us aud
let us so act that we shall dignify the name of
the American citizen In every part of the south.
R A. Thompson. Mayor.
WHAT CGL. JONES SAYS.
“Col. Jones taid at 6 o’clock after reciting
rumors that had come to him of organized
bands of minors, that the soldiers by scouts
would be duly notified of their approach.
He feared some disturbance, but believed
that with the force at his command ho
could make successful resistance. He
criticized tho conduct of loading citizens,
and the civil authorities in not coming
actively to his support. Tho soldiers are
conducting themselves well, though several
times to-day they were hooted while march
ing in small bodies to their hotels. Tho only
thing that, in the opiniou of your corre
spondent, will keep off a riot to-night is
the presence of two terrible Gatling guns.
SHERIFF SMITH TALKS.
“As to the occurrence of night in an
interview had to-day, Sheriff Smith said:
We begged ana pleaded with the crowd to
keep back and then they fired the
first shots. Several shots were
fired by the crowd before I gave the order
to fire. Wo begged thorn to halt at the
mouth of the alley, and still they kept com
ing on. We begged them to go brick time aud
again, and w arned them we would shoot,
but they would not listen to us. They
came half way up tho alley, close to the
jail door, and wore shouting blow up the
jail with dynamite. After all this and
after thoy opened fire, I gavo the
order to fire. They continued firing after
we ceased. I feel that we could not have
done anything else under the circumstances,
and I deeply regret the necessity.
“Police Chief Hicknrd said: ‘I do not see
how wo could have done differently under
the circumstances, but I never regretted
anything in iny life so much
as I did the unfortunate ne
cessity. We repeatedly warned them
to keep back, and told them we would shoot
if they continued to advance. I was inside
the jail and heard a shot fired on tho out
side before Sheriff fjmith gave the order to
fire. I do not know who tired this
shot, whether someone in tho crowd
or one of the officers, ns I was in a position
where l could not see the flash. I am not
used to crying, but when the fcerrib e affair
was over 1 cried like a baby. I o uld not
help it.
THE OFFICERS.
“Officers who took part in the affair stood
in small groups and talked in subdued tones.
It was a terrible experience and one they
will not soon forget. All the men who
were at the jail Saturday night were still
o:i guard this morning and every approach
was guarded by military, and all nightlong
crowds remained in the streets and, of
course, talked of nothing hut the terrible
event. All sorts of opinions were expresed.
After the appearance of the military at the
jail, and the removal of all the killed and
wounded, the crowd still lingered in the
vicinity.
ALL QUIKT IN CHICAGO.'
The Anarchists Make no Attempt to
Hold a Public Meeting.
Chicago, Dec. 9.— Tho streets around tho
Haymarket were thronged with people all
this afternoon, who came expecting some
sort of an anarchistic demonstration.
More policerneu than are usually detailed
ou the streets were on duty and did not
allow crowds to congregate about the cor
ners or in the saloons. Tuero were
no more people than usual on
the streets, and aajoining the quarters ou
Milwaukee aveuue, or in the saloons fre
quented by the anarchists on Blue Island
avenue and Twelfth streot.
ALL THE POLICE ON DUTY.
About 3 o’clock this fternoou the entire
police force was on reserve. All the west
stations were filled with officers up to that
hour, but absolutely no trouble was en
countered. Where it was expected that the
anarchists would hold a meeting at a hall
at No. 600 Blue Island avenue, a number
of officers in citizen’s clothes were detailed
to watch the placa, but passed the day in
idleness, for no meeting was held, and not
as many people patronized the saloon as do
on most plea-ant Sundays.
ONLY DRANK BEER.
At no time were there more than fifty
Germans in the saloon, a id these were all
the time seated about the tables, quietly
drinking their beer.
The halls in tho Desplalnet street district
wer3 closed by order of Jnsi>ector Bonfiold.
Usually there are meetings held over
Flouies’ saloon, at No. 71 West Lake street,
and over Griefs, at No. 54 West Lake
stroet. These places were both
closely watched bv special officers in
citizens’ clothes and bv detectives from the
Central station. In the West Chicago
avenue district, only one meeting was held
and that could hardly bo termed a meeting
of anarchists, although among the 250 or
300 who attended, were a number who
were known as anarchists before and after
May 4, ISB6. This meeting was held in Otto
Reichert’s saloon at No. 606 Milwaukee
avenue.
POLICE IN ATTENDANCE.
The police were notified that such a meet
ing would beheld in the middle of the week,
but tho proprietor requested that officers l>e
sent to attend the meeting, in order that
there should be no cause for apprehension.
Accordingly detectives were admitted to the
hall, and were present from the beginning
to the close of the meeting.
ITS OBJECT.
It was held ostensibly by German free
thinkers for the purpose of organizing a
society among the believers of social and
religious liberty, the aim of which should
be the founding of a school for children
where religion might l>e entirely done away
with. About 300 people were present,
mostly women and children. The meeting
adjourned at 4 o’clock, and the detectives
then went to the central station.
LYNCHINO LOOKUP FOR.
Officers Shot While in Boarch of a
Negro Murderer.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 9.— -A special
to the Tima from Gadsden. Ala., nays:
“This morning Deputy Sheriff A. C. Chris
tian and A1 Herzbcrg went out to the new
furnace to arrest Samuel Moore, a negro,
who had killed a man Saturday night.
Moore hud fled, but tho deputy
sheriffs wore shot by unknown
parties and wounded. Officers started
out for Lawson Adams, who was supposed
to Le an accomplice of Moore. He was
finally arrested and locked up in jail.
Mo -re was found and killed for resisting
arrest. It is believed that Adams will be
lynched before morning.”
Bovier’s Riots.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 9.—Gov. More
house, who is now ut Bevier, has ordered
out the militia, and Col. Moore will leave at
6 o’clock in tho morning with two com
panies of the Third regiment for tho scene
of the riots.
Thrown from a Horse and Killed.
DeFcmak Springs, Fla., Dec. 9.—-A
son of N. J. Me Ken non was thrown from
his horse a few days ago, and was so
severely mashed that he only lived about
two days, and never revived or spoke after
the fall.
NINE DAYS OF TAX TALK.
THAT 13 THE FATE PROBABLY IN
STORE FOR THE SENATE.
The Chinning- Match May Continue
Still Longer if Many Amendments
Are Thrust Forward-The Union
Pacific Funding Bill Aleo on tho
Calendar House Prospects.
W ARRINGTON, Dec. 9.—The pathway of
congress this week through the mass of
crude legislation that surrounds it, can bo
traced with tolerable accuracy. In the
Senate, tho substitute for the Mills tariff
bill will be taken up every
day immediately after the iniscel
laneous business of the morning hour.
This bill, as printed, contains 160 printed
pages, and last week an average of nine
teen pages a day was dis))Oßed of.: This rate
of progress, if maintained, will enable the
senate to reach a vote in nine legislative
days, and if tho confident predictions of
some republicans that tho bill will bo out of
the way before the holiday recess is to be
verified, its consideration will have to con
tinue at this rapid rate.
CAUSES OF DELAY.
But in view of the efforts of Messrs. Har
ris and McPherson of the minority and Mr.
Plumb of the majority to procure the
adoption of the amendments now, and
making allowance for others to be offered,
it is hardly probable that the measure will
be returned to the House until after tho
Christmas recess.
The Union Pacific funding bill is on tho
calendar for Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock, but the friends of the tariff bill ox
jHM't it to bo again postponed. If it could
be disposed of in a few morning hours, it
would probably be taken up. but in view of
the declarations made last Tuesday ms to the
time necessary to discuss it. the prob-i
lulitios are ngainst its consideration at
present.
DES MOINES RIVER LANDS.
Mr Plumb has given notice of his inten
tion to ask the Senate to take up the
Des Moines river lands bill pas ed by the
House last week, but it will not be done un
til the tariff bill is out of the wav. There
are several bills in conference between the
two houses, including two land grant for
feiture bills, which are privileged matters,
but it is uot expected that they will come
up this week except In some now uufure
zeen contingency.
In the House.
Under tho rules of the House the first
business in order to-morrow, after tho call
of the states for the introduction and refer
ence of bills, is the consideration of mens
ures pertaining exclusively to tho District
of Columbia.
Tuesday and Wednesday will be devoted
to discussing and finally voting upon the
direct tax bill. There is not much disposi
tion shown to discuss the measure itself, t .e
collateral question, tho cotton amendment,
being the chief target for debate.
The District of Columbia and pension ap
propriation bills will bo taken up Thurs
day, and tho legislative week will close
with further consideration of tho bill to in
corporate the Maritime Canal Company of
Nicaragua.
A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The following notice has been issued:
Hoc e ok Representatives, i
Washington, I>. Dec. 8, 1888. I
There will l>e a caucus of the democratic
member* in the hall of the House of Represen
tatives oil Tuesday evening next. Deo. 11, at
7:30 p. m.. for the purpose of considering meas
up s relating to the territories, and tho general
policy to be pursued this session.
S. S. (V)x,
Chairman Democratic Caucus.
N. 0. Blanchard,
W. L. Wilson,
Secretaries.
A. K. MACMILLAN DEAD.
He Filled the Editorial Chair of the
Commercial Bulletin.
New York, Dec. 9. — Alex K. MacMillan,
editor of the Commercial Bulletin , died to
night at his residence at No. 321 Livingstone
street, Brooklyn. Up to 1872 Mr. Mac
Millan was managing editor of the old Ex
press. Since that time he has been con
nected with the Bulletin. For forty years,
he had been the New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Ledger.
CAUGHT IN THE BUZZARD.
His ill-health dated from the lime of tho
blizzard, when ho attempted to cross the
Brooklyn bridge. The shock to his system
bro e down his health and last summer he
took a trip to Scotland for his health, with
out any good result. He was the sole sur
viving editor of the Sunday Mercury, when
i hat paper was started. Ho was born in
Scotland in 1825, coming hero when 11
years old.
A NORMAL SCHOOL BURNED.
All tho Pupils Escape Uninjured -It
Cost $160,000.
Lock Haven, Pa.. Doc. 9.—The Central
State normal school building in this city
was totally destroyed by fire this afternoon.
One hundred boarding students, moat of
whom were in the building at the time,
were safely removed. Tho building was of
brick, four stories high, and cost $150,000.
The amount of the insurance cannot be as
certained to-night, but is said to be small.
The total number of students in attendance
was over 200. Many of them lost then
books, clothes and valuables.
BALE OF IRON WORKS.
Exceptions to tho Commissioners’
Report to.boilleard.
Harrisonburg, Va., Doc. 9.— Under a
decreo rendered in October last, in the
chancery case of the Fidelity Trust and
Insurance Company of Philadelphia vs. the
Hbenandoah Iron Company of I'age county,
in this state, the company’s works were
off rod for wale on Dec. 7. Only 885,090
being offered, the property was bid in.
Exceptions to tho commissioner "’ rop rt in
the case will I** heard In Baltimore on
Tuesday. Dec. 11, before Judges Bond and
Paul. __
AN ASafIMBLYMAN DUOP3 DEAD
The Incident Somewhat Excites New
Jersey Democrats.
Jersey City, N. J., Doc. 9.—Frank Short.
m>seuiblyman from the Tenth district of
Hudson county, fell dead at his home at 2
o’clock this morning. In the legislature
now there is hut two democratic majority
in tho House and throe on joint ballot. The
death of Mr. Short has caused some excite
ment in political circles. Anew election
will probably bo ordered by tho governor.
Gen. Harrison’s Sunday.
Indiana polls, Doc. 9. -President-elect
and Mrs. Harrison attended divine services
us usual th s morning at t ,e First Presbyte
rian church. This afternoon en. Harrismi
attended the funeral of his friend. Harris
P. Wetzel, late agent of the Yaudalia Rail
road Company at this point.
EAST AFRICA’S WARFARE.
Bagamoyo Destroyed by the Force
Under Bushiri.
Zanzibar, Doc. 9.—A British steamer
which was recently sent to Bagamoyo re
turned here to-day with several Indian
traders and their families ou board. They
report that the town is wrecked. There
was severe fightiug Thursday and
Friday, and tho rebel loss was
heavy. Two Germans and two native
dependents were wounded. Bushiri sub
sequontly retired five miles inland. It is
reported that lie 1< ted an ivory caravan,
ami brutally maltreated the Wanyaiuweze
porters, who refused to join him.
SAVAGE CRUELTY.
Bushiri seized the Ivory ami either killed
or cut off the hands of the porter*, who re
fused to ioin him. lie left Bagamoyo in a
panic, abandoning his guns, owing ton false
report that the German stnonghald was
sown with torpedoes. The rebel loss was
100 killed.
The insurgents at Lindt have seizod all
the gunpowder in the Indians’ houses aud
the Sultan’s stores.
GERMANY’S FIGHTING MEN.
Berlin, Dec. 9. It is stated that Count
H‘i bert Bismarck will announce I'uosday
that the government will not employ Gor
man troops inland iu East Africa, but will
approve of the East Africa company form
ing a volunteer corps.
Herr Windthorst’s slavery resolution
will lie brought lip on Thursday
or Friday, and will probably reopen tho
discussion on the East Africa question. An
attempt will be made to get tho reiohstng to
declare in favor of imperial financial and
other assistance to secure the German set
tlements in East Africa.
INDIA'S BLACKMAN.
Lord Salisbury's Alleged Utterance
Severely Criticised.
London, Dec. 9.—The Bombay Gazette ,
discussing the “Blackman” question, says:
“Lord Salisbury, in referring to Mr.
Naoroji, scorns to have spoken in torniz as
impolitic as they were discourteous.
The Times of India refuses to beliove that
Lord Salisbury used the words.
The Indian Mirror says: “The words arc
a libel upon the whole Indian race mid a
deliberate insult,meriting the queen'ssovero
displeasure.”
Other papers make equally strong com
ments, insisting that Lord Salisbury is un
worthy to retain his position.
SOCIALISTS vs CATHOLICS.
Amsterdam Polico Fire and Wound
Several of the liiotera.
Amsterdam, Dec. 9.—During a meeting
held here to-day to consider the project for
the erection of a statue of the pope, 000
socialists gaiued admission to the meeting
hall and prevented Abbe Brouwers from
speaking. A fight ensued between the
Catholics and socialists. All tho furniture
fn the hall was smashed. The police were
compelled to fire, and several rioters were
wounded. Many arrests were made. Grout
agitution continues throughout tho city.
BRIGHT HAS A CHILL.
Other Grave Symptoms Also Mani
fested During the Day.
London, Dec. 9.—Mr. Bright had a
shivering fit to-day, which left him in a
very weak condition. Other grave
symptoms wore manifested. When Mr.
Bright’s son road to I im an address of
sympathy adopted by the Birmingham
Liberal Society on Friday, he remarked:
“Ye**, they have always been very kind to
me.” He was anxious to hear every word
of the address, and requested his son to
repeat a portion of it.
CAPT. DRIANT’S BOOHS.
Frenchmen Bayonettlng Germans
Among Its Illustrations.
Paris, Doc. 9.—The book written by
Capt. Driant, for the publication of which
ho was arrested, is entitled “Guerre do
Domain.” It describes with irnnginntivo
detail tho coming war of tho Revanche, tho
military subjection of Germany, and the
recovery of Alsace-Lorraine. Pictorial ad
vertisements represent Frenchmen uayo
netting German *.
Flowers on Dusaouba Tomb.
Paris, Dec. 9—Four hundred persons
attended a demonstration at the tomb of
Du*s<juhs to-day. Orations wore delivered,
and a number of wreaths wore laid on tho
tomb.
Bngaata to Form the Cabinet.
Madrid, Dec. 9.—'The queen regent has
entrusted Honor Bugasta with the forma
tion of a now cabinet. Honor Hagaxta en
counters much difficulty in full filling the
task.
Boulanglst Conflicts.
Paris, Dec. 9.—Boulanglst confermons
bold At Ht. Die and Epinal to-day, resulted
in conflicts in which several persons were
injured. The police cleared tho streets.
MERGER OF THE FARMERS.
The Consolidated Body Changes Its
Name.
New Orleans, Dec. 9.—A special dis
patch from Meridian, Miss., to tho Times-
Democrat , says: “Tho consolidated bodies
of the farmers yesterday changed their
namo from ‘The Alliance Wheel and Co
operative Union of America' to ‘Tho Farm
ers aud Lab rers Union of America.’ The
next meeting will bo held in Ht. I/miDon
the firm Thursday in December, 1889. The
Alliance holds a mooting at Atlanta, <ia.,
iu October next.
conflicting RKPOrtTR.
“Conflicting reports are current in regard
to the con^didation. It is given out here
that the action of the allinnco here will
have to he confirmed by tin* subordinate
alliances. A platform of principles was
adopted yesterday, but lias not been fur
nished tuo press L*r publication. Commit
tees on tho establishment of coiton aud
bagging factories iu various state* have
made the r reports, but nothing is known
of the action taken on them.’’
Adjournment of tho Loghtlahire.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 9. Prominent mem
bers of the legislature who are remaining
hero over Hun lay expresH tbo opinion that
the general assembly will adjourn on Dec.
17tli. They think that the appropriation
bill and tax act will bo passed by that time
and that all other busin*- will r> left over
until the summer s , V’iou. Dr. Feltou,wbo
seems to bo one of the leaders of the house,
joins in this opinion.
Fatally Stabbed.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 9.—James Tlco and
Mack Hutto, two young white men, became
involved in a quarrel to-day while canting
quoits near the Augusta factory. Both
were drinking. In the row which ensued
Hutto stabbed Tice iu the neck and back.
Dr. Baker attended the wounded man and
s<iy he c-u not live. He was removed to
his home this atteruoou. Hutto is iu jaiJ.
i DAILY, $lO A TEAR. I
< 5 CKNTB A COPY. V
( WEEKLY,SI.B3 A YEAR.)
OUR DEAD STILL LIVING
REV. TALMAOH TEACHES A LESSON
FROM THB LIFE OF JOSEPH.
Tho Doslrs to Bee His Son the One
Great Object of Jacob'e Journey Tho
King's Wagons Will Likewise Take
Us Up to See Our Lost Kindred.
Brooklyn, Doc. 9. —The Rev. T. DeWitt
l'almago, D.D., preached to-day on “Our
Departed Htill Living.” His text was
Genesis, ch. 45, v. 27 and 28: “And when he
saw tho wagons which Joseph had sent to
carry him, tho spirit of Jacob, their father,
revived. And Israel said, it is enough,
Joseph my son, Ls yet alive.” Dr. Talmags
said:
The Egyptian capital was the focus of the
world’s wealth. In ships and barges there
had l)eon brought to it from India frankin
cense, and cinnamon, and ivory, and
diamonds; from the north, marble a:d
iron; from Hyrla, purple aud silk; from
Greece, some of tho finest horses of the
world, and some of the most brilliant
chariots; and from nil the earth that whioll
could best please tho eye, and charm the
car, and gratify the taste. There were
temples utlame with red sand
stone, o terod by gateways that
were guarded by pillars bewildering
with hieroglyphics, and wound with bra/, a
serpents, and adorned with wiugod c na
tures—their eyes, and beaks and pini on
glittering with precious stone*. Th re
were marble columns blooming into wlnti
flower-buds; there wore stone pillars at tho
top bursting Into tho shape if the 1t ns
when In full bloom. Along the avenues
lined with sphinx, ami fane and obe’ ic p
there were princes who came in g irgsou .1 y
upholstered palanquins, carried by servants
in scarlet, or elsmvhere drawn by vehie e,
the snow-white horses, golden-hitted, and
six abreast, dashing at full run. T re
were fount&itiH from stone-wreathed va *si
climbing the ladders of tho light. You
would hear a bolt shove, ami a door
of brass would open like a flash of the s n.
the surrounding gardens wore satuntvei
with odors that the terrace, and
dripped from the arbors, and burned t elr
incense in the Egyptian noon. On floors of
mosaic the glories of Pharaoh were spelled
out iu letters of porphyry, and beryl, ami
flame. There were ornaments twisted from
the wood of the tamarisk, embossed with
silver breaking into foam. There were foot
stools made out of a Mingle precious stone.
There were beds fashioned out of a crouched
liqn in br nzo. There were chairs spotted
with tho sleek hide of leopards. There
were sofas f*otod with tho claws of wild
boasts, and armed with the beaks of birds.
As you stand on the level beach of thenca
on a summer ilav, and look either way, and
there are miles of breakers, white with the
ocean foam, dashing shoreward; so it
scorned as if the n a of the world’s pomp
aud wealth In the Egyptian capital for
inih*a and miles thing itself up into white
breakers of marble temple, mausoleum, and
obelisk.
this was the place where Joseph, the
fhepherd boy, was called to si ami next to
Pharaoh in honor. What a contrast be
twoen this scone and kirt humble starting,
and the pit into which his brothers threw
him! Vet he wan not forgetful of his early
home; he was not ashamed of where he
came from. The Bishop of Mentz, de
scended from a wheelwright, covered his
house with spokes, and hammers, and
wheels , and tho King of Sicily, in honor of
his father, who was a potter, refuted to
drink out of anything hut an earthen vessel.
So Joseph was not ashamed of hi early
surroundings, or of his old tune father, or
of hiK brothers. When they came up from
the famine-stricken land to get corn from
the king’s corn crib, Joseph, instead of
chiding them for tho way they had mal
troitod and abused him, sent them back
with wagons, which Pharaoh furnished,
laden with corn; and old Jacob, the father,
m tho vorv sumo wagons, was brought
back, that Joseph, tho sou, might seo him,
and give him a comfortable home all the
rest of his days.
Well, 1 hear tho wagons, the king’s
wagons, rumbling down in front of the
palace. On the outside of the palace, to sea
the wagons go off, sta d< Pharaoh In royal
robeß;and beside him Prime Ministor Jos
eph, with a chain of g Id around hi* neck,
and on his hand a ring given by Pharaoh to
him, so that any time ho wanted to stamp
the royal seal upon a document he could do
so. Wagon after wagon rolls on down from
the palace, laden with corn, and meat, and
changes of raiment, and everything that
could help a famine struck people. One
day 1 so*' aged Jacob seated in front of his
house He is possibly thinking of his absent
boys (mods, however old they get, are never
to u father any more than boys); and while
he is seated there, ho sees dust aris
ing, mid he hears wagons rumbling,
anil ho wonders what is coming now, for
rhe whole land had boen smitten with the
famine, and was in silence. But after
awhile the wagons have come near enough,
and he sees his sons i the wagons, and be
foro they come quite up they shout:
“Joseph is yot alive!” Tho old man faints
dead away. 1 do not wonder at it. The
boys tell the story how that tho boy, the
long absent Joseph, has got to be the first
man in the Egyptian palace. While they
unload the wagons, the wnn and wastml
creatures in the neighborhood come up and
ask for a handful of cx>rn, and they are
satisfied.
One day the wagons ore brought up, for
Jac >b, the old father. Is about to go. o ee
Joseph m tho Egyptian palace. You know
it is not a very easy tldug to transplantf an
old treo, and Jacob has hard work to get
away from the place where be ha* lived
ho long. He buls good bye to the old place,
and leaves Ids blessing with the ueigldiors,
and then his sons steady him while be, de
termined to help himself, gets into the
wagon, si iff, old, and decrepit. Yonder
thov go, Jacob and his sons and their wives,
and their children, eighty-two in all, fol
lowed by herds and flocks, which the herds
men drive along. Thoy are going out from
famine to £luxuriaaoo; are going
from a plain country home to tho fluent pal
ace under the suit. Joseph, the prime miu-
Ister, gets in his chariot, and drives down
to meet tho old man. Joseph’s charioteer
holds up the horses c*u tbeoneside—the
dust-covered wagons of the emigrants stop
on tho other. Joseph, instead of wait
ing for his fattier to come, leaps
out of the chariot nnd jumps into the emi
grants’ wagon, throws hi* arms around the
old man. and weepsnloud for past memories
and present joy. The father, Jacob, can
hardly thii.k it u his by. Why, the smooth
brow of childhood has become a wi inkled
brow, wrinkle I with the cares of state, aud
tho garb of the shepherd-boy has became a
robe royally bedizened! But os tho old
man finds out it is actually Joseph, I seethe
thin lip quiver against the toothless gum as
he cries out: “Now let ms die, since I huvi
thy face; I ehold Joseph is yet all vs!”
The wagons roll up in front of the palace.
Help out tho grandchildren, and take them
iu out of the hot Egyptian sun. Help old
Jacob out of the wagon. Hend word to
Ri.aranh that the old shepherd has come.
In tho royal apartment Dharaoh aud Jacob
meet—dignity and rusticity—the graceful
ness of the court and tho nlam maimers of
the (1 *ld. The king, wanting to make the
old countryman at ease, and seeing how
white lum b*?ard is, and how feeble his step,
looks familiarly into his face, and says to
the man: “How old art thou?” *Givo
