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— •v | ■ | . :.%4 -va-h THE BAXTER ATHENS, <? EOKGIA, AUGUST 13. SS9 nnHnH| HE WAS INSULTED. A SENSATION IN THE POST-OF FICE TO-DAY. -General Lewis Appoints a Negro Man 1 to Work in a Registry Depart* ment>with a Young Lady. RIOT AT A NEGRO DANCE- THE MURDER OF JUDGE CLARK Atlanta, G-i. August 5.—“Mr. Ly- •nns this is Mr.- 1 —” Before the sentence was finished Mr. Lyons, superintendent of the register department at the post-office, had turn ed his back on a negro whom General Lewis, the new republican postmaster, had brought in to take a white man’s place. On the first of August Mr. Fred Wedemeyer, who was copying clerk in the register department, sent in his resignation to Postmaster Lewis, and next day the place was vacant. On Saturday last Charles C. Penny, n black type of the African race, was appointed to fill the vacancy, and this morning General Lewis escorted Penny into the register department. In the register department Mr. Ly on’s daughter is employed and it was on her account more than on his own that he felt indignant at a negro being brought into the office. A PRIVATE TALK. When Mr. Lyons turned his hack on the negro he caught General Lewis by he arm and led him to - one side. The fcilk which followed was plain and to the point. Mr. Lyons told General Lewis that he did not intend to be placed on an equality with a negro and couldn’t work in the same office with one. ‘ ‘And as for my daughter you can consider her resignation in at once, said Mr. Lyons. General Lewis replied that he was doing the best he could under the civ il service reform. Penney was placed at a desk in an adjoining room antil Miss Lyons could close up her books and go home. A BONDSMAN WITHDRAWS. Special to The Banner. Atlanta, Ga. August 6.—Mr. E. Van Winkle, who is one of Pastmaster Lewis’ bondsmen, is going to with draw. The negro in the registry office is the cause of it. Mr. Vail Winkle stated yesterday afternoon that he was going to have his name taken from the bond. “I ^haven’t sent in my notice to Washington yet,” said Mr. Van Winkle to a BANNER"reporter this morning, “and I do not wish to talk about the matter much..I regret that I am placed in euch a position, but I cannot get my own consent to allow my name to re- inain on a man’s bond, when he ap points incompetent men in positions of trust. I think a negro unfit for any place in the postoffice outside of that of carrier. The appointment . of an irre sponsible person in the registry depart ment is, I.think, sufficient reason for my wishing to withdraw from Post master Lewis’ bond. But there is an other reason: I don’t wish to he held responsible by agoverment which can’t afford its officials safe and comfortable quarters. Why, the postoffice is half torn down and business must necessa rily be transacted in. a loose manner.” Mr. VanWinkle is one of the Repub lican postmaster’s best friends. CITIZENS BECOME INDIGNANT. When the people heard of the ap pointment of the negro, C. C. Penny,to a position in the registry department, and of the postmaster’s attempt to in troduce him in the office where ladies were at work there was much indigna tion,and citizens were not slow to open ly denounce such conduct. The white man who was also eligible for the position was named Sturgiss,and the report of the civil service commis sion shows that in examination he stood 87ja, and the negro Penny stood only 85. The white man stood '2}.< de grees higher than the negro. As to delaying, it is known that the Republican pastmaster was told by his predecessor, Colonel Rcnfroe, that there were plenty, of good, efficient white men in the postoffiee who could be pro moted should an unexpected vacancy occur. But the negro got the place, and other places will doubtless he filled by them, as Colonel Buck makes frequent visits to the postoffice with negro candidates who wish positions in the postoffice. Women Use Knives and Revolvers With Fatal Results in Kentucky. - Special to The Banner. Cincinnati, O., August 6.—A bloody fight in which three err four people were fatally hurt and several badly .injured took place early this morning at a ne gro dance in Walton, Ky., twelve miles santh ot this city. The scene of the trouble was the home of Rube Furrell, where a series of Sat urday night dances has been held all summer. Twenty couples from Walton, Crittenden and Cincinnati were crowded into a small room. There was an abundance of bad whisky and the crowd about midnight became drunk and boisterous. Two Cincisnati women named Williams and Mitheit, both bad characters, started the row. They had an old grudge against each other and the Williams woman In the midst of the festivities plunged a knife into her rival’s shoulder. The Mithell woman retaliated with a rasor, cutting two ter rible gaslies in the breast and arm of the Williams woman. At this point Malinda Hawkins, a colored woman residing in Crittenden, entered the room and firal two shots at M;ittie Critchfieid, a sister-in-law of the Mitchell woman.. Then the fight became general. Everybody in the room used a knife razor or revolver,and for ten minutes there was the wildest kind of excitement. The floor was cov ered with blood and injured men and women. The white people-in the vicinity were afraid to approach the place while the fight was in progress, but after the riot ers had taken'fligtit and dragged oft’their wounded and dying friends the mar shal and several others entered the dive. Rube Furrell was found lying on pile of wood with a bullet hole through his abdomen. He is said to be fatally hurt. James Robinson, a sixteeu-year- old boy, was dying near by with a bul let in his breast. Bailey Carson was found on the roadside, three miles from the scene, mortally wounded. 1I« has since died. Participants in the riot say say that most of the shooting and cut ting was done by the Hawkins woman and George Williams, both of Criiten- den. It is known that half a dozen others were more or less hurt, and the latest from the scene is that five, and possibly six, will die. A posse has gone after the Hawkins woman - and Williams with the inten tion of lynching them. There is a bitter feeling between the negroes of ‘Walton and Crittenden and more bloodshed is expected. The room in which the fight occurred is a com plete wreck, and trails of blood lead from the house in every direction. The locality where the. trouble oc curred is a colored settlement on the edge of Walton, known as Buck town. THREE MEN KILLED. The Results of an Old Grudge Betweu Kentucky Farmers Special to The Banner. Evansville, Ind., August 6.—At Princeton, Ky., yesterday afternoon John Hutchins shot and fatallv wounded two brothers, George and Albert Lewis One of Hutchins’ stray shots struck Frank Dunn, inflicting a fatal wound All the parties were farmers of consid erable prominence. The shooting was the result of an old grudge. The mur derer was arrested. Might Have Been Prevented Had Co Inmbia’s Sheriff Done His Duty. Special to the Banner Columbia, S. C., August 0.—The killing of ex-Judge James I. Clark by W. B. Meetze in the very heart of the. city yesterday afternoon is the sensa tion of the hour. Groups on the streets are discussing it) and excitement runs high among the friends of the two men. Though Meetze confidently believes that lie will be acquitted there are many who view the killing in no liglic but that of a deliberate murder. Meetze had had no proof that Clark wrote the note in the case. “Dug” Meetze, to whom it was intrusted for delivery, ays it was for jfche servant girl, but he did not connect Clark with it, and he told the coroner to-day that “Jim Clark was killed for nothing.” He is suppos ed to know more about the case than any one else, and there is some anxiety to know what the filature of his testi mony at the inquest .to-uiorrow will be. The sheriff 1 and chief of police are being severely criticised in .connection with the affair. They knew trouble was brewing and arrested Meetze with a gun, .but allowed him to go on parole instead of putting him in jail. Emma Rivers, the woman «who was walking down the street with Clark when he was killed, said to-day that when the two men were within three or four feet of each other, Meetze pointed a pistol at Clark and said: “You are the mail I’m looking for, and fired twice. She says that Clark did not even put bis band back to his pistol pocket until Meetze bad fired twice. A SENSATION. An Elopement, a Forced Marriage, ane Finally a Murder. Special to Tfee Banner Caruthersville, Mo., Aug. 6.—Miss Vernie Spencer, 16 years old, is the stepdaughter of Bcse Wells. The girl* was in love with a youth named Ben Knott, whose only recom mendation was a handsome face and a plucky spirit. Knott’s attentions were opposed by Wells, who encouraged an older admirer named John Orton. Mrs. Henry Oliver is a sister of Mrs. Wells, and championed the cause of young Knott. The latter planned ail elope ment, and the lovers attempted to car ry .it out last week, but were pursued by Wells and brought back. Knott was beaten and told that his life would be in danger if he ever called on the girl again. Henry Oliver and some of his friends went to Well’s house for the purpose of taking the girl, but Wells had some friends at his home ready for desperate work. On Friday, Wells summonded a min ister and the man Orton, and before the girl realized what was taking place she was married to Orton. All the parties met yesterday at a pic nic, and Wells, without saying a word shot Oliver dead. Mrs. Oliver tried to shoot "Wells, but was disarmed. The whole township has taken sides in the matter. GREAT BATTLE ON TIIE NILE The Arabs Completely Routed and Their Leader Slain. Special to the Banner. Cairo, Aug*. 5.—Gen. Grenfell en gaged the .Soudanese near Toski to day and completely routed them. Wad- el-Jnnii, the Soudanese leader, was killed. The Arabs’ loss was 1500 killed and wounded. The Egyptian loss was slight. Besides Wad-el-Jumi, the slain on the Arab side include twelve meirs and nearly all the fighting men.- Fifty standards were captured by the Egvp-. dans. Gen. Grenfell marched out of Toski at 5 o’clock this morning with a strong reconnoitring force of cavalry and cam els and advanced close to the Arab camp. Making a feint of retreating, he drew the whole of Wad-el-Junii’s force 40 a point within four miles of Toski. Here the Egyptian Infantry was held in readiness for an attack, and a gene ral action was at once begun. The Sou danese made a gallant defence, hut were driven from hill to hill. The Egyptian cavalry made a succession of effective charges, in which Wad-el-Ju mi and the emirs were killed. After seven hours of hard fighting the dervishes were completely routed. Gun boats are following the scattered remnants of the Arab force along the river. N ANOTHER TRAIN BOBBERY. Express and Mail Car Raided, but the Robbers Did not Get Much. Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 5. — The southbound Fort Worth and Denver mail and express train was robbed by six masked men at 2 o’clock yesterday morning, between Cheyenne and Tas- eosa, Texas, about 375 miles from Fort Worth. The passenger coaches were detached from the locomotive, and the engineer forced to pull his engine ahead a few yards and then walk hack and force the express car open with a pick. Express Messenger Marse, real izing the situation, concealed all the express packages and put out the light, and the thieves secured but three pack ages of express matter, which was but a small portion of what was in the car. The mail agent was next compelled to open his car, and the mail matter was searched for valuables. The mail agent hid most of the valuable register ed packages, and the entire sum of money seared in both cars will not ex ceed $2,000. The passengers were not molested. After the robbery the bandits ordered the engineer to pull out, and fired a parting shot at the train. They then made their escape. A STORMY INTERVIEW gone to BETWEEN JOHN S. WISE, THE I RESIDENT, AND CLARKSON. Wise Charges Them with Failure to Carry Out the “ Compromise.” Baltimore, August 5.—The Wash ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun sends to Ills paper an account of a stormy interview which he says took place on Saturday between John S. Wise and the president. Mr. Wise called to see the president about the appointment of a postmaster at Rich mond, Ya. First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson was preseni at the it# terview. Mr. Wise claimed that the appoint ment of a Mr. Grubb to the office was agreed to as part of the compromise be tween the Malioue and anti-Malioue factions recently adopted. The president said that he did not un derstand that any agreement to appoint Air. Grubb had been made, and Mr. Clarkson expressed the same view. Then Mr. Wise took from his pocket a letter which lie said Mr. Clarkson had written, which contains a promise that Grubb would be appointed. He follow ed this with some plain talk about the recent compromise, in which lie said that Gen. Brady was seriously contem plating the resignation of the collector- ship at Petersburg, because tlie people of Virginia thought he had sold out the anti-Malioneites for the office. Subsequently there was another stormy and protracted interview at the postoffiee department between Messrs. Clarkson and Wise, in which the latter was taken to task for haviug divulged the contents of a letter which was con fidential. First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson, says the Sun’s correspondent upon being questioned concerning the matter, acknowledges that there has been a strong interview, in which Mr. Wise, he said, talked in an unreasona ble manner. It was represented to him by both the president and Mr. Clark son that he had been contending for a principle when he agreed to the com promise recently, but it was now ap parent that he merely wanted a post- office for a friend. An objection raised by those in au thority against Mr. Grubb for postmas ter is that he is a clerk in the postoffiee at a salary of $900 per anuum, and is not in any sense a representative man. As the matter stands, Mr. Grubb will not be appointed postmaster at Rich mond, and it is not likely that Mr. Wise will be further consulted. The Wholo Briti 8h Coast Conceutra Special to the Ba„ ner Winnepeg, Mon., AlI(r . learned here hist a -- Columbia offimal ro,!i a through the city, thatn i*, fleet of tha British n J * ception of two torpedo*;*" 1 * % for the scene of the r . lrtt O Behring sea. <xent *i/.u' t . Escape of Special to the Banner. Jait Bir,l s . Cam,.Mid,., A piisoners confined . '"-L tJ I CANNIBALISM IN CHINA. THEY REFUSED THE CORPSE. A Patient Which the Asylum Authori ties Wouldn’t Receive. Special to the Banner. Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 6.—A col ored bailiff from Chatham county start, ed for here with two crazy negro wom en. En route one of them died. The Union and Recorder says that he placed both of them—the live lunatic and the dead one—upright in a hack. The hack with its ghastly burden then proceeded to the asylum. Of course the authorities refused to received the dead woman. Patients almost dead are sometimes forced upon them, but they do not receive corpses The live woman was left, and the dead one brought back to the city, and left at the house of a colored family near Fishing creek bridge. Later the corpse was buried hv order of the ordinary of Chatham county. HYDROPHOBIA. A Young Girl Bitten by One Dog and Frightened by Another. Special to the Banner. Randolph, Mass., August 6.—Mary E. Rooney, aged 12, adopted daughter of William Rooney, of Weymouth, died here yesterday of hydrophobia. On June 10 she was bitten in the wrist by a dog. The wound was cauterised fif teen minutes later. On August 1 the girl was frightened by a large dog, which jumped at her. She ran toward the house, barking like a dog. This lasted only a few minutes, but on Au gust 3d she began frothing at the mouth and from that time grew rapidly worse until the time of her death. THE KENTUCKY ELECTION. Thirty Thousand Democratic Majori ty-Constitutional Convent ion Carried, special to The Banner. Louisville, Ky., Aug. G.—Returns received up to midnight last night in dicate that Sharp, democratic candidate for state treasurer, has been elected by 30,000 majority. All of the Louisville districts return democratic members. The republicans gain a senator in Frank fort district. The new constitution will have a majority. Counterfeit Silver Dollars. Splcial to The Banner. Shelbina, Mo., Aug. G.—United States authorities captured a lot of counterfeit money here yesterday, and arrested Ike Beeler, a prominent young man of the city. The counterfeits were silver dollars, and they were so near perfect that they have been pass ing current in this county for a year without discovery. The fast of Tom Woolfolk, of which there has been so much said, is at an end Friday he ate a meal sufficient for three ordinary men before he was satis fied. The Drowning of Females Will Here after Be a Misdemeanor. Special to The Banner. Sax Francisco, August 4.—The steamship City of Pekin, which arrived to-day, brings tidings of an attempt at cannibalism at Pao Shan Hien, near Shanghai. The proprietor of a public bath there became possessed of the no tion that to eat a child would cure him of an illness from which lie was suffer ing. From an old woman he bought a child which he induced a coolie to kill. The body was discovered by the author ities in a large jar ready for cooking. All the persons connected with the crime have been arrested. The Viceroy of Fukein and Chekiang has issued a proclamation against the drowning of female children, which has been common of late. He notifies fam ilies that hereafter the penalty provided by law will be strictly enforced. The penalty is sixty blows of the bamboo and one year’s banishment. FULL BUTNOT DANGEROUS. The Augustans NotFearful of a Flood- Damage in Carolina. Special to the Banner. Augusta, Ga., August 5.—A heavy rain and thunder occured here last night flooding the streets for an hour. Over in Aiken county the bam of Har rison Butler was struck by lightning and burned, with six hogs and a number of i goats. Four wagons and all the fodder, oats etc., were destroyed. The mules escaped. The Edisto river South Caro lina is higher than ever known. The Savannah river is full, but not dangerous. There has been a slight rise to-day, but the rains are local. LIBERTY’SFALSE MESSIAHS. Looking to the Breaking Up of the Gatherings. Special to the Banner. Atlanta, Aug. 6.—Senator S. D. Bradwell of the second district whose home is in -Liberty county has gone home at the request of the governor. The governor desired the senator to confer with the county authories of his county to sec if some means cannot be adopted which will successfully break up the gatherings of ignorant negroes who arc following leaders who profess to he the Messiah, or kings or queens. The sheriff of the county has written that he wants more authority; that on yesterday, the 4th instant, he broke up a gang that had collected together to engage in some kind of worship peculiar to themselves, which had been the same kind of proceeding which has been described in.the newspapers for the past two weeks or more. He thinks if a little additional authority is allowed him he can break up the business entire ly. Senator Bradley will confer with the county authorities to see if something cannot be done. Attempt to Shoot a Prisoner. Special to tlie Banner. IIomku, Ga., Aug. 5.—Walt McKie, a negro, was brought to jail last week on commitment for breaking into Harry Green’s house, and stealing therefrom. Mr. Green had been away from home several days, his wife remaining at. home at night, but on tlie niglit of tlie theft, feeling lonely, went to a neigh bors to spend the niglit. The thief at some time in the night entered and pilfered the house, leaving the axe he carried on the bed. Mr. Green on returning, and investi gating the matter started for tlie coun ty jail, and on asking Sheriff Scroggins to enter the jail was permitted, and when he spied tlie prisoner through the bars drew a pistol from liis pocket and was about to fire when the Slierift’ caught his arm, seized the weapon and quickly moved him from the cell, The negro was attacked with what doctors call “hysterical ecstacy or liyo- tro epilepsy.” He fell back stiff' and remained so, without eating'or drink ing, or even taking internal treatment. He remained so all night, next morn ing cold water was applied in every conceivable way. He could no longer undergo such treatment. He threw up liis hands and said,“Bless the Lord, I’m all right now. Let me go back to my cell.” McKie then ate and took medicine. Col. John E. Red wine, from Gaines- villOj, attended the Masonic Lodge Fri day evening, to show the boys liow to shoot stray arrows into higher trees. A large crowd attended the teachers’ contest before the boai d of education Saturday. Both Briggs anu Meeks were given schools and the matter is settled Miss Dicie Stevens left yesterday for Atlanta, to visit her sister, Mrs. O’eon- ner. A large crowd is expected at the Presbytery, which convenes at this place Thursday 8th instant. HORRIBLE OUTRAGE. Tiie V ife of a Farmer Near Memphis Ravished by a Negro Brute. Special to The Banner. Memphis, Aug. 3.—Earl} 1, this morn ing Mrs. J. S. Rains, the wife of a far mer living in Desoto County, Mississip pi, twelve miles from M em phi s » "'•is ravished and very nearly murdered by Robert Biggs,a negro with Indian bloocl in him, who was in her husband’s em ploy. Rains was compelled to he away from home Friday night, and left his wife with no other companion than a half-witted sister: At about 3 o’eloek this morning Biggs entered her bedroom through a window and ravished her after choking her into partial insen sibility. As soon as Mrs. Rains lecov- ered consciousness she made her way to a neighbor’* house and there her hus band found her when lie returned. He is now out with twenty armed men hunting for Biggs. THEIR LIVES ENDANGERED The Postoffiee Business Should be Transferred to a Place of Safety. Ai.anta, Ga., August 5.—Tlie post- office poeple are in a dilemma. The legislature has refused to rent tlvo old capital building to them for any price, and yet it is becoming more ap parent every day that a removal is necessary. General Lewis is in favor of building a temporary structure, hut it is not certain that.thls can be done, as so much time has already passed that it would be near ly time for the new building to be com pleted by the time the structure was fin ished and the removal effected. “I consider,” said Supervision' Archi- tect Angier ;“that everyone who is at work or who has any business about the office, holds their lives in their hands. At any minute one of the big stones may fall and kill somebody, but since the old capitol cannot be had, I suppose this building will have the second story roofed over as the best solution of the vexed question.” Danielsville Doings. Special to the Banner. Danielsville, Ga., Aug. G.—Mrs. Mary Long of Jefferson Georgia is visit ing her sister Mrs. George Daniel, of our town. Rev. Joe Shanks began a protracted meeting at the Baptist Church at this place on yesterday. We trust that it will be quite a successful revival. We learn that there will be no issue of the Weekly Monitor this week as the editor is at the bedside of a sick sister and his “devil” is sick himself. Mr. George Smith of Jefferson, Ga. is visiting friends and relatives in our town this week. We join his host of fair lriends here iu wishing him a long and pleasant visit to our little village. confined m jail escaped at an early ho 7 4 mornmg, working aho i r J2 ceiling, entering the attic a * a hole through the sWin / a ' to the ground. The ofl£ r ,t suit. " J-APOHT, Ind., A „ Shoemaker, W m . Van\ii yt n • , ,lI >Aiken ir„t Volheim and John Doe made A escape from the county jail Vf . tunnelling the rear w-,1] ' T , named were recaptured ffieolw* been located in a stretch of Wo 2 their capture is only a Jefferson Jottffi^T Special to The Banner. Jefferson, Ga., August i three years ago there came to j a fair and lovely bride in the n,^ Mrs. J. B. Pendergrass, and she “ by her pleasant manners had * on ' hearts of all of our people. ' gloom equal to tlie pleasure of bt rival is cast over our town, .she last night at one o’clock, surround the relatives of Dr. Pender^ras numerous friends she had made His many friends sympathize Doctor in his sad bereavement. Kilrain on the Itun. Special to The Banner. Hampton,Va., August ft.—Jake 1 ram will leave here to-morrow, bat J fuses to give any information as to | time of his departure or where la j going, though it is reported that Cj ada is his destination. He dedans he will not be guided in his actions 1 Sullivan’s course. He does not wantd surrender to tluj law, hut being in i hands of his friends will do as tb direct. It is very likely, however,t the defeated pugilist will coiuinut l avoid Gov. Lowry’s officers. A Valuable Asset. Special to tlie Banner. Scranton, Pa., August G.—Tlioia^ est of ex-Cashier Geo. A. Jesup, oftk defunct C-ity Bank, in the forty-ul tract of coal lands, that was origii represented as a very llimsy a-d« bought up yesterday by the lbta and Hudson Canal company for?MJ| in cash. Samuel M.Stctler, who ’ supposed to have some slight intd in the property, that was not defined, received a check for flM but lie was immediately arrested at t instance of Attorney K. X. ">;i who claimed that there were j* meats amounting to him. COWBOYS ON A TARE- They Raid a Summer Boarding-® and Earn Terms in Frisco. Saugekties, X. Y., Aug. erable excitement lias been eei-osnH by tlie arrest and triai here of tin who styled themselves Ycllowstoneajj boys aixd raided a Summer boara( house of Saxton, five miles from ^ Saturday niglit. The men arm'd teeth with bowie-knives ami pm tered the boarding-liousc of Lewi tein, brandishing tlieir vveapom mantling supper. There wi-re - sixty guests in the house aim U’-tv all directions. For an hour the held possession, ate what they ' u ' and did as they pleased. 1 ' |C ' H 11 things about in wild oonfu ^ used abusive and insulting * - those they met. One of ^ came here for assistance, -•■- officers proceeded to the scou ruffians liad lied, but tiie guests, fearing their return "officers to remain over night, did. Early Sunday morning tn- ^ returned, yelling at the "i ^ voices. The officers, with draff vers, suddently presented and [commanded the men t their hands which they , ! ■ were shackled together ami w® * this village. To-day they to three months each tu the p £ They gave tliier nameS . a \- i jj ■ and Charles Burt, Fran’ George and Edward Allison- supposed to be the same llKI ized people in Pennsj^m- and also in Sullivan county, recently, t4 fffS^ ‘night,which* inn* Jefferson Jottings- Special to The Banner. ^ r __yii>- Jefferson, Ga., Aug- Bell’s Drama. Dregs.” was presented t * ^ at tlie Martin Institute li ‘ The acting of the whole Jefferson’s favorite, Thompson, sustained here she still retains the P° slt amateur we have. , t bi» In the Superior court t I case of Shelnuttvs JoW> - for ^ damages resulted m »' ^' nutt for $1,600, ami ad dict is considered jus*.