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'Atlanta Semi-Week I y 3on run I. VOL. IV. BLOOD FLOWED IN THE CHICAGO STREET RIOTS Terrific Fighting Occurs For Hours Between Mob and Police, Revolvers, Clubs Being Used. I CHICAGO. June 4.—The strike of the drivers for the ten State street depart ment stores was settled at a confer ence held this afternoon and their men, 1,300 In all, returned to work. The terms were not given out. Behind closed doors away from the tur moil or excitement of the day representa tives of the big local packing houses are holding a conference down town, it Is said, which la to determine the settle ment or continuance of the strike. The conference tfi to decide upon what terms the packers will agree to a settlement of the strike and their conditions of arbi tration. It is the first definite movement in the direction of effective settlement of the strike and within 24 hours the packers expect to be ready to issue their state ment. CHICAGO. June 4—Disturbances due to the teamsters* strike increased in ferocity and frequency today. Policemen in a number of instances have had to draw their revolvers to pro tect themselves, several of them had their clubs not only taken from them, but used against them The hospitals began to feel the effect of the battling by the increased number of patients and the police stations were scarcely able to hold the rioters arrested. One of the most serious riots broke out at Congress and State and Harrison streets. By some maneuver the strikers succeeded In divldng the 38 wag on caravan (the second one to leave the yards today) so that the front of It Uy at Congress street on State, and the rear of it at Harrison. While the vanguard battled with a crowd which hurled brok en bottles, stale eggs and other missiles, including spools of thread thrown by wo men sympathisers in the crowd, the rear gnard was called upon to defend itself against a more serious attack. At this place the mob made a desperate assault on the drivers, but was compelled to turn its attention to the police who came upon the run. Twice the blue coats hurled themselves against the infuriated men and twice they were rebuffed and crowded back. It was the most desperate cUsh the police had had with citizens in years. In several instances the strikers and their sympa thisers wrenched the clubs from the po licemen and used them against their owners. Meanwhile several men had gained a position of advantage on the elevated loop from which they fired missiles at the officials. In this way officer John McGuire was hit in the head with a horse >hoe and so seriously injured that ho bad to be taken to a hospital. offlicer John Ltaencurjal was less se riously hurt. Ous JHllngs. one of the crowd, was clubbed Into insensibility by the police and he. too. was taken to a hospital in a seri ous condition. After two ineffectual rushes at the crowd the police managed to disperse the mob. A number of heads were hit, but it was Impossible to obtain anything like a complete list of the injured. * The caravan, after 30 minutes delay, be gan to move, but not in peace, for the crowd followed closely. The police, however, walked by the wagons and confined their-efforts to pull ing from the wagons men who tr|ed to climo into tnem. Perfect Hail of Missiles. The decision of the ponce to confine their attention strictly to keeping invaders from climbing on the wagons did not long en dure. From windows along the route mis siles were flung at them. At every street corner, teamsters in sympathy with' the strikers, so managed their wagons as to bring about a biockadTe. With the con tinued opposition, the bombardment, the blockading and the jeers all stirring them, the police lost their temper and clubbed with apparent indiscrimination. It is said that several women and boys and one helpless cripple received blows from the batons of the police. The streets through which the cavalcade passed by noon had become a perfect maelstrom of surging, exci.ed humanity. The slowly persistent progress of the meat wagons was a goad -o the temper of the crowd. Patrol wagons were kept busy rushing to the various lock ups with prisoners, ambulances hurried to the nearest hos pitals where heads could be sewed up. but never did the strikers and their sym pathisers lessen their resistance. The sight of new arrests and newly cracked skulls wheted their appetites for more. They took the presence of the Immense cara van (a difficult thing to move under any circumstances through down-town dis tricts) as a challenge. An Incident of the fight was the smash ing of an automobile in which were seat ed Charles Gates and a companion. The machine was caught in one of the block ades and smashed to splinters. Another machine. In which were two women, was caught in a similar predicament. The oc cupants were so frightened by the riot about them that they were at the point of fainting when policemen rescued them. While passing under the elevated rail road loop, the caravan was endangered by trolley wires which had been cut from their fastening and hung down to the pavement. No one was hurt, however, from this cause. Business on State street was in a state of barricade several hours. Pickets for the strikers persuaded sympathetic driv ers to drive into the thoroughfare In order to check the advance of meat wagons. At Madison and State streets the volley of eggs, bricks, etc., became so thick and the street so congested that the police were forced to charge upon the crowd. Sympathizers in wagon loads tried* to drive into the squads of police, and many people were slightly Injured tn the fracas. Clubs Freely Used. One old man had his arm broken by a blow from a policeman’s club. Women and children were panic-stricken and fled cry ing into side streets. At Randolph and Clark streets the mob, which was preceding and following the meat caravan, grew riotous again. From standing produce wagons, etc., the crowd threw missiles and pelted the drivers of packing house wagons. Here the police charged the crowd again and again, driv ing them into side streets. At Fifth avenue, near Madison, three coal Wagons attempted to blockade the streets again. One teamster drew a re volver and threatened to shoot any one who touched his horses. The police pulled his team aside, however, and the driver was not arrested. MAD STRIKERS RIOT IN CHICAGO STREETS CHICAGO. June X— Rioting broke out again in the streets of Chicago today as RHODE ISLAND TROLLEYS TIE DP GREATEST STRIKE IN HISTORY OF LITTLE STATE IS NOW ON ANO EVERYBODY IS WALKING TODAY. ' NEW YORK. June 4.—Every street car line in Rhode Island, barring those in Newport, in Woodsocket, in the Scituates and ip Foster, which are independent com panies, was tied up at midnight, says a Providence special to The Herald. Thia was the resint of a decision reached by division No. 300, of the Amalgamated As sociation of Street Railway Employes at a special meeting. ' * A ten hour bill for street railway em ployees was unanimously adopted by the general assembly last fall. It was to go into effect last Sunday. On Saturday the United Traction company posted notices to the effect that the ten-hour act was un constitutional and that it was the inten tion to teat it in he supreme cour. Division No. 300 yesterday afternoon sent an ultimatum to the Knifed Traction com pany, which is about to be controlled by a Philadelphia syndicate. The demand included a specific observ ance of the ten-hour law; that all em ployes now receiving more than $2 25 a day shall continue to have the same wages for ten hours work; that all others shall be paid 20 cents an hour for 10 consecutive hours the first year and 221-2 cents an hour thereafter. That all em ployes other than gripmen, motormen or conductors, whether in the car houses, re pair shops or power houses, shall be em ployed not exceeding nine hours a day and have the same pay given them, and that all work more than ten hours shall be at the rate of ft cents an hour. . If these concessions were not agreed to, it was declared, the entire system of the United Traction company will be tied up, beginning at midnight. The company refused to grant these de mands. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IS HELD FOR ROBBERY. NEW YORK. Jens 4 —Jacob 81 mon, a jus tice of the peace In Paterson. N. J., has been arrested on a charge of receiving stolen prop erty. Frederick Kreyer. a silk manufacturer, was arrested later as an alleged accomplice. Numerous el Ik robberies recently from Pater son mills have pussled the police and the ar rests just made are the first move in an at tempt to clear up the affair. Simon Is a barber, whose shop has been the rendezvous of many of the prominent politi cians In Paterson. It is alleged that Simon was the receiver for the thieves and that he bought the goods, shipped them to Lyndhurst, N. U.. whence they were sent to a mill In an other place and from there forwarded to New York as the product of that mill. He was re leased in 41,000 ball. the result of the teamsters’ strike, an at tempt to move 24 wagons under police protection from the yards starting the troubles. The rioting took place in South Clark street in front of two stores using meats from the big packing houses. The wagons were being loaded when a crowd of spectators and strike sympa thizers began hooting and interfering with the non-union drivers. The disturbance drew a mob of nearly 2000 people. The police tried to preserve order but were not successful. The two Irwin brothers, of the firm of Irwin Brothers, seized. ax handles, and in company with tae police, beat the crowd back. Isaac Bean was thrown down a stair way and had his back broken. A passing street car overturned a patrol wagon on the way to the riots and dump ed the police into the streets. In other sections of the city attempts were made to move meat, but because of the large gatherings of people wagons were put back to warehouses and unload ed. The ten big State street department stores were seriously handicapped by the strike of 1,300 drivers and conductors of delivery wagons, members of the National Teamsters’ union, the same union that is conducting the meat drivers’ strike. Following are the stores affected: Marshal Field & Co. Carson. Plrie, Scott & Co. C. A. Stephens snd brothers. Mandell Bros. \ Schlesinger & Mayer. Hillman’s Boston Store. The Fair. A. M. Rothschilds. A. C. & H. Engel & Co. The reason for the strike Is a difficulty over the wage scale of the stores and an attempt today to relieve "The Fair," whose men were already on a strike, by sending two wagons from each of the other stores to carry goods. All the man agers of the department atores held a con ference and sent out a joint ultimatum against the union and its methods. < »♦♦♦♦♦»«»< ♦ HUNDREDS IN A RIOTj ♦ ♦ ‘ FIVE MEN ARE SHOT. ♦ + EDWARDSVILLE. 111., June 4.*- + ♦ A riot broke out today between ♦ ♦ several hundred striking molders + ♦ and non-union employes of the ♦ ♦ Amerocan Steel and Foundry com- ♦ + pany-and as a result five men, two ♦ ♦ negroes, non-union worker’s, and ♦ + three white strikers were shot, two 4* + of the latter fatally. As far as can ♦ ♦ be learned the names of the wound- + + ed are: + ♦ John Buffington, aged 24, shot In ♦ ♦ the back, bullet lodged in the kid- 4* + neys. condition serious. + ♦ 8. B. Mefford, aged 35, shot In the 4> ♦ right arm. ♦ Alexander Matthews, aged 30, shot ♦ + in the left leg. 4 + The trouble broke out when a ♦ + train load of employes of the com- ♦ ♦ pany who had not struck reached 4> + Granite City. As the men were 4» ♦ proceeding through a narrow lane ♦ 4» to their work in the mills they were 4> ♦ first threatened by the strikers and 4» ♦ then assailed with stones. Revol- 4> ♦ vers were then brought into play + 4 1 and several shots were fired by both 4> + parties. Two non-union men, ne- ♦ ♦ groes. and three white strikers re- ♦ + ceived wounds. 4 CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR OVER; DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ON TODAY Terrell, Guerry and Estill Are Confident of Election. All Candidates Say They Will Win. . EVERY COUNTY IS READY FOR BALLOTS TO FALL Many Interesting Races for House and Senate Are On—Gubernatorial Men Speak For Last Time Today. Today closes the campaign for governor in Georgia—a campaign that has been a remarkable one in many respects and one which will go down In history as one of the hardest fought and most bitterly con tested struggles ever known. The voters are ready to cast their bal lots, and the managers are ready to count them. Every county has made suitable provision for the election and everything is in perfect working order. Chairman Ed T. Brown, of the state democratic committee has received reports from the chairman of all the committees in the various counties telling him of the ar rangements that have been perfected and he will probably receive the consolidated returns early next week some time. Today all the people who have reg istered during the year 1901 and until with in ten days of the primary will be allowed to vote. The primary will settle the gu bernatorial race, the race for state school commissioner, the race for commissioner, of agriculture and the onfe for prlsqn com missioner. * Several of the state house officers have no oppositnon and will, of course, be re elected. In addition to.the state house officers many counties in the state will hold the primary for county offices to morrow and there are many warm races on. Considerable feeling is being mani fested on some of the struggles and in some places it would not be a surprise if there was trouble, a repetition of the acenes which occurred in Savannah seve ral days ago. It is hoped, however, that everything will pass off smoothly as possi ble and that no trouble will occur. Terrell, Estill and Guerry have arranged with their workers for the final work. All three men will be represented at nearly every voting precinct in the state with active workers and supporters and every effort will be made to capture the floating vote. WHO THE CANDIDATES ARE FOR TODAY’S ELECTION The candidates whose names appear on the ballets today fpr state house offi jcera are? ►£■ ~., * ''■■■* 1 “ FOR GOVERNOR: Joseph M. Terrell, of .Meriwether. J. H. Estill, of Chatham. Dupont Guerry, of Bibb. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: John C. Hart. FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL: William A;. Wright. FOR STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. G. R. Glenn. Mark Johnston. W. B. Merritt. FOR PRISON COMMISSIONER. Thomas Eason. Wiley Williams. FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICUL TURE: O. B. Stevens. R. T. Nisbet. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE: Phil Cook. FOR STATE TREASURER. Robert E. Park. Comptroller General Wright, Secretary of State Cook and State Treasurer Robert E. Park have no opponents in the race and will succeed themselves for the next twe and possibly the next four years, GLENN, MERRITT AND JOHNSTON ARE CONFIDENT OF ELECTION The three candidates for state school commissioner feel sure that they will be elected. Glenn's friends claim that he will go in the convention with 240 votes. Com missioner Glenn himself will make no es timate of his strength, but says he is sure to succeed himself as state school com missioner. Mark Johnston is counting on 73 counties, which will give him 180 votes in the convention. Mr. Johnston says he would carry more if he had announced for the place sooner. Merritt states that he thinks he will carry 88 or 90 counties, which would be sure to elect him as state school commissioner. , In the race for this office several Issues have been made. Commissioner Glenn is opposed to state uniformity; Mark John ston is a string advocate of state unifor- ’J >. / ' ' ”** VW f JWWI W RON. JOSEPH M. TERRELL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1902. ONLY FEW AMERICANS CAN SEE CORONATION NEW YORK. Jufie 4,—Many erroneous rumors have been lurrent respecting the number of Americdhs who have been in vited to t|ie coronation at the abbey, ca bles the LondonAcorrespondent of the Tribune. Cdurt officials have emphasized the fact from the futset that only those foreigners having official relations with the government caffi expect to attend the ceremonies, which Annot be witnessed by more than six thousand persons apart PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA ACCEPTS GIFT FROM TAR BERLIN, June 4.-»Admlral Prince Hen ry, of Prussia, has Exchanged presents with an ordinary fifeman of his squad ron. When Prince H nry’s grandmother. Queen Louise, was 1 selng from Napoleon in 1806 she took sh< Iter one night In the dwelling of a peaffi it. The next morn ing the queen gave her peasant host a beautiful watch, together with certain documents which w ire preserved in this peasant family aa heirlooms. This watch came Eventually to be car ried by a sailor on a vessel of Prince Henry’s squadron. " hrlnce Henry noticed the sailor’s tlme-plede. examined and ad mired it, whereupon the owner presented mity In the matter >f textbooks, while Merritt is opposed t the present system of schools. Mr. Gleni says that state uni formity will never o, and that if the school system Is not latisfactory, the leg islature and not h naelf is responsible for it. Johnston stat« i that state uniform ity will make a big i ifference to the peo ple of the state, and ‘lahns that the legis lature should pass a >tarte uniformity bill. Merritt says the present system is not what it should be, nd if he is elected, pledges himself to ai list in changing it. WILLIAMS AND SASON PRISON BO) RD CANDIDATES Wiley Williams am Thomas Eason are running a close rac< for the position of prison commissioner. The term of office is six years. There arte but few issues that can be made in the race for this position and each man is thrown more on his own merits than anytnlnff else. Wiley Will iams for years was the popular chief of police of Columbus, Ga„ and Mr. Eason for numbers of tertgß was solicitor gen eral of his county. Besides he has been identified with the political struggles in ..Georgia far.' ma«y aad has aJiways* been successful. John D. Little, former speaker of the house, who l is managing Mr. Williams’ campaign, predicts that Williams will be the winner. Tom Eason who knows politics pretty well, says he will be elected. NISBET AND O. B. STEVENS WILL BE VOTED FOR TODAY O. B. Stevens is opposed in the primary today by R. T. Nisbet, of Cobb boun ty. Mr. Stevens defeated R. T. Nisbet several years ago for commissioner of ag riculture, carrying 101 counties to Nisbet’s 36. Mr. Nisbet has been making a vigor ous campaign since early in January and announces now that he will be elected without much trouble. Mr. Stevens is se renely confident that he will carry even more than 101 counties today, and If this is the case, he will be elected again. TRIAL WILL BEA LONG ONE BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 4.-The indi cations are that the trial of D. Coff man, the Brookside justice of the peace who is on trial on the charge of killing Rev. J. W. Bradford, pastor of the Brook side Methodist church, will last through out the week. More than 150 witnesses are to be examined and every inch of ground Is being contested by the opposing attor neys. The claim of Coffman is that Rev. Mr. Bradford sent for him to call at the parsonage and that when he got there he was assaulted by the minister. In the fight which followed he alleges that a re volver dropped from the pocket of Mr. Bradford and that he picked it up before the minister could get it. and this was the weapon with which the fatal shot was fired. The state seeks to show that Coff man was not sent for but that he went to the parsonage for the purpose of demand ing satisfaction from the minister for a remark alleged to have been made by Rev. Mr. Bradford concerning Coffman. 41 TOWfe' 1 ; ■ • ... . Aa- • COL. J. H. ESTILL. from the special and regular ambassadors and their wives. It is not probable that rnpre than a half dozen Americans will be among the privileged spectators. Henry White and John R. Carter naturally will attend the coronation, owing to their offi cial positions, and also J. Pierpont Mor gan, Jr., for the same reason, but there is no foundation for the foolish talk about American millionaires buying their way to the best seats. it to the prince. The gift was accepted by Prince Henry with courteous expres sions of his thanks. Later the prince made Inquiries concerning the sailor’s as pirations, and as a result he secured his entrance to the school of navigation at Hamburg and gave him money with which to pay all the expenses of a course there. Princess Henry will accompany Prince Henry to the coronation of Kings Edward on board the battleship Kaiser Frlederich 111. Prince Henry is building a second "sil ver chamber,” in Kiel castle to accommo date a large and rare collection of sil verware which he has inherited from the late Prince George, of Prussia. BndmotheH CHARGED WITH KIDNAPING OHIO WOMAN STOPPED BY POLICE BECAUSE HER SON-IN-LAW WANTED HIS BABY BACK. WASHINGTON. June 3.—Mrs. Catherine Lemmon, 54 years old, wife of George Lemmon, of ZanesvMie, Ohio, has been arvaated here upon iw)r from Phil adelphia, on the request of the superin tendent of police of that city, who asked that she be held on the charge of kldr naping. Mrs. Lemmon had with her two grand children, Bessie Dougherty and Violet Colievan, the latter three years old. She was alleged to have kidnaped Violet. She says her daughter, who was the wife of George Collevan, the proprietor of a ho tel in Philadelphia, died a little more than a year ago. The child was given her by her daughter on her death bed. with the request that'she care for and keep her. The husband, she added, made no objections and she took the baby«-with her to Ohio. Since the mother’s death, she has divided her time between Zanesville and Philadelphia in order that the little girl might be with her father a part of the time. Her plan was to return to Ohio about this time and when she left Phil adelphia she says she thought it strange that Collevan did not appear to say goody bye. She did not see him and was not aware that any trouble awlated her until the officers approached her at the train. While loath to give up the little girl, Mrs. Lemmon said she wished to abide by the law. She returned to Philadelphia with two officers. german’ship glade SUPPOSED TO BE LOST SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 —The rate of re insurance on the German ahlp H. F. Glade has advanced to 95 per cent. The Glade is now out *227 days from this port for Queenstown. She has not been heard of since the tug boat cast her off outside the port. f Seventy-four Lives Lost by Shock. NEW YORK, June 4.—A dispatch from LaPaz, Bolivia, dated Monday, says ac cording to the Valparaiso, Chili, corre spondent of the Herald that two villages have been destroyed and seventy-four persons killed by the eruption of a volca no in the territory of Choico. The serious eruption of the volcano continues. ENGLAND AND SPAIN 1 SEND NEW MINISTERS OPEN SWITCH TAKES TRAIN TO DOOM OREGON EXPRESS ON SOUTH ERN PACIFIC GOES THROUGH OPEN SWITCH AND IS DASH ED TO PIECES. REDDING. Cal., June 4.—The south bound Oregon express on the Southern Pacific road, which left Redding at 10:45 last'nifcht was wrecked about fifteen min utes later near Clear creek, four miles from this city. The accident was caused by a half open switch which had/ evidently been left in that condition by some unknown person. The train was a “double header” and was running down grade at great speed. Both engines were thrown into the ditch and completely wrecked. Engineer J. N. White and Fireman Fred Tassel, of the forward engine, were thrown under the wreckage and crushed to death, their bodies being fearfully mangled. The mail car was thrown across the track. All of the passenger coaches were ditched. A number of passengers were more or less injured, but so far as can be learned none were killed. The names of the in jured passengers have not been ascer tained. RENDER HARD TO HOLD BEHIND PRISON BARS Will Render, the negro who escaped from the police headquarters sixteen months ago, and who was caught last Saturday night, has been planning to get out again. His plan w-ould have probably succeeded had not Turnkey Bostick dis covered it yesterday and taken precau tionary measures. Render had secured the handles from the iron buckets from which the prisoners drink and had fashioned them into such a shape that they would open the locks on the big iron cell doors. These were taken from him and in future he will be handed water and not allowed to get it for himself. The plan for escape was given to the turnkey by one of the pris oners, who-feliwed hl»‘ a note. w Render’s escape sixteen months ago was sensational, he and two cellmates getting away without it being discovered until their cases were called in court next morning. But for the discovery yesterday morning there would probably have been a repetition of the same thing. WAS WORTH BUT IS NOW A PAUPER NEW YORK. June 4.—Without a cent in the world. Edward Reynal de Saint Mi chael, formerly one of the wealthiest and most Influential men in St. Pierre, has ar rived in this city. He was happy, des pite his impoverished condition, for his wife and son was with him. having es caped tjie ravages of Mont Pelee by the merest Occident. Mme. de St. Michael, who is a native of Fort de France, was spending the day with her relatives at the time of the dis aster. and her husband left St. Pierre to join her an hour before the blast of flame destroyed the city. He traveled in a tug to Fort de France and when he reached the Martinique capital the destruction of his native city was announced. WILL NOWECONOMfZE -- IN GOVERNMENT PRINTING WASHINGTON, June 4.—The secretary ot war has promulgated an order Intended to af fect the large economy in government printing. It provides that hereafter there shall be print ed only the reports of superior officers in command of military departments and In the field chiefs of bureaus of the' departments. The reports of the various branches agp not to be printed hereafter. But the superior officers are expected to include a resume of the reports In their report. Sweinhart Recovers. HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 4.—Major S. F. Sweinhart, president of Letter Carriers’ association and a popu lar members of the local force, has en tirely recovered from his critical illness and will go back to his office in a few days. ii w .4 ■ A ■ aS. .4380 - -'iOf’ J MF HON. DUPONT GUERRY. Hon. flichael Herbert Suc ceeds the Late Lord Pauncefote At Washington. WASHINGTON, June 4.—Two important changes in the diplomatic representatives in Washington were announced too ay. The Hon. Michael Herbert succeeds ths late Lord Pauncefote as British ambassa dor and Senor de Ojeda succeeds the Duke de Arcos as Spanish minister. Notice of Mr. Herbert’s appointment simply confirmed the judgment of officials as to the succession and is welcomed by them. At present Mr. Herbert is first secretary* of the embassy at Paris, but with the rank of minister plenipotentiary. In very few instances does the British government employ an official of such high rank in the office of secretary of embassy. The change in the Spanish legation hero came as a distinct surprise to all but the intimate friends of the Duke d‘Arcos. He came to the United States as the first Spanish minister after the war and nat urally his position was a very delicate one, requiring the exhibition of infinite tact to avoid unpleasant inciidents. He was very’ successful in his mission, while < socially his relations have been very pleas ant. •* t' 4 It is understood the change is attribxt able entirely to the retiring miniater’a desire to secure the best possible treat ment for his impaired vision, which has caused him much and growing concern Therefore he has secured a transfer to the Spanish legation at Brussels. There he will be as near as practicable to an eye specialist who already has his treatment at inconvenient Interrala. Senor de Ojeda, who succeeds the Duke d’Arcos, comes to Washington with ex cellent credentials. He was secretary of the Spanish peace commission at Paris and is at present minister to Tangier. 1 WELLS WILLHANG ~ ‘ ;J FOR PIERCE’S MURDER The supreme court has affirmed the de citsion of Judge John S. Candler in refus ing to grant a new trial to W. R. Wells, the condemned murderer of Frederic Pierce, the blind man. Wells, at the time the decision, was handed down,, was on the fourth floor of the tower, in the cell with Millard Lee, the slayer of Mias Lilin Suttles, but the jail officials have trans ferred him to the condemned cell on the fifth floor. Wells has eaten nothing since Tuesday afternoon, when told of the decision. He complains that his head pains him. Th lb < morning he beat his hands wildly against the sides of his cell until they were badly bruised. County Physician Fisher saw him this morning and gave him medicine to control the action of bla heart- Several times since he Mas been in the Tower Dr. Fisher has found it necessary to do this. Wells is a pathetic sight. With both hands pressed against his head, he coin plains bitterly. There is an indentation In his head, caused from a blow, he says, which he received when he was a boy. This, he claims, causes him to have at tacks that impair his reason. Wells has professed conversion since he killed Pierce. He says he is ready for any thing that comes now. , When told that he was to be hanged he • said: “I wish it was now. Oh, I wish they would do it now! It would take me out of my misery. Oh, my Lord, my Lord!” ;• speAkeiTdf house IN MISSISSIPPI I • FOUND DEAD DELIVERED ORATION YESTERDAY AND DIED ALONE DURING NIGHT OF HEART DISEASE. MEMPHIS,. June 4.-<A Scimitar special / from Oxford, Miss., says: Hon. A. J. Russell, of Meridian, speaker of the Mississippi house of representa tives, who delivered the annual oration at the University of Mississippi yester day, was found dead in his room this morning. His death was* caused by heart failure. INDIANS ON WARPATH; MEXICAN TROOPS ROUTED - SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.—A special from Tucson, Arlz., says: The uprising among the Yaqui Indians is becoming general. A detachment of 73 men from the force of General who is pursuing the Yaquis in the Mazat lan. mountains, east of Hermosillo, was ambushed and thirty of the number kill ed. Captain Gomez and Lieutenant Jo seph. Valjo, of the Twentieth battalion, were among the slain. Only one escaped unhurt. The Mexicans ran out of am munition and engaged in a hand to hand battle with the Yaquis. Fifty of the lat ter were reported killed, but their great number overwhelmed the Mexicans. The survivors retreated to Hermosillo. Fif teen of them were wounded. General Torres has retreated and sent out scouts loyal to the government. It is 'reported that everywhere the Yaquis have taken the warpath. Three stations on the Sonoro river have been abandoned and ■ i the English operators have left with Gen eral Torres in command of the Mexican troops, has been reinforced by his brother ’ Lorenzo Torres with 200 mounted men. It is estimated that there are 1,000 Ya quis well armed, assembled in the foot hills of the Mazatlan mountains. The Mexican forces are short of ammu nition and arms and through the authori ties at Nogales all available arms and ammunition at Tucson was ordered ship ped Monday. The Yaquis captured 25 stands of ar ma. In the ambuscade Sunday. Runners arriving at Hermosillo report ' fearful cruelties at the ambuscade, which occurred Sunday near Agua Jito. Aso soon as the expected reinforcements arrive General Torres will attack the Ya quis in the mountains and a decisive bat tle Is expected then. Cattle Thieves, at Work. HUNTSVILLE. Ala., June 4.—During the past two months over 30 head of cattle have been stolen from various parties in this and adjoining counties, but so far the officers have not been successful in cap turing the guilty ones; however, John Robinson, a negro, has been placed in jail here as a suspect. NO. 76.
