Newspaper Page Text
MORE DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS
Negro Desperado, Charles, Claims
Total of Eleven Victims.
BE IS FINALLY RIDDLED.
Discovered In Hiding and LJuild
i ins: Set on Fire—ln the Mean
time Fearful Execution Was
Wrought by Winchester.
A New Orleanß special says: With
the advent of the citizens’ police force
Thursday night the threatened race
'war came to an end, the turbulent ele
ment yielded and peace and order were
restored. Friday morning the better
class of the negroes resumed their
•vocations free from molestation, aud
the restoration of order promised to
be permanent. The early hours of
the afternoon, however, wrought a wo
ful change iu the situation. The des
perate negro, Robert Charles, whose
crimes caused the terrible events of
the past two days, was located iu ane
jp-o’s dwelling on Saratoga street and
in effecting his capture the lives of
four more white men—two police offi
cers and two citizens —were sacrificed.
Charles’ resistance cost him his life
and with him was killed a negro com
panion who had aided him iu his war
on the whites aud his defiance of the
authorities. The fresh violence re
wived the turbulence of the unruly ele
ment aud added strength to their
forces. The citizens’ police force has
been increased to over 1,000. All
companies of the state militia are un
der arms and are guarding tho prison
and other important points. The gen
eral belief is that the force in hand
will be ample to suppress tho lawless
clement.
BATTLE PASTED SEVERAL HOURS.
It was after a most desperate battle,
lasting for several Lours, aud iu which
Charles succeeded in killing Sergeaut
Cabriel, Porteous, Andy Vau Kurem,
keeper of the police jail, aud Alfred J.
Bloomfield, a young boy; fatally
wounding Corporal John F. Lally,
John Danville, ex-Policemau Frauk H.
Evans, A. S. LeClerc, one of the lead
ing confectioners of the city, aud more
or less seriously wounding several
citizens, that the desperado who killed
Captain Day and Patrolman Lamb
end badly wounded Officer Mora, was
smoked out of his hiding place in the
heart of the residence section of the
city aud literally shot to pieces.
The tragedy was one of the most
remarkable iu the history of the city,
end 20,000 people, soldiers, police
men and citizens were gathered
■ronnd tho square in which Charles
was finally put to death. Tremendous
excitement reigned iu New Orleans as
the battle went on betweeu the police
and citizens and the negro with hia
winchester. After the tragedy was
over aud Charles was dragged from
the mud aud slush in which ho had
fallen, with the mob howling for the
burning of his body, statements were
made that the man killed was not
really the desperado who had killed
l>ay and Lamb, but papers found ou
his person and the fact that he fought
eo desperately for his life and shot so
accurately seem to leave little doubt
that the right man was put to death.
Sergeant Gabe Porteous, one of the
beet known officers ou the force, and
Sergeant John F Lally, who has a
fine record for bravery, were informed
during the day by a uegro that Charles
was in hiding in a bouse on Clio, near
Saratoga street. Determining to take
him alive if possible, the officers sum
moned a number of patrolmeu to their
assistance and went to the house
where Charles was supposed to be in
concealment. The negro informant of
the policemen accompanied the officers.
They entered the side alley of the
bouse and were surprised iu practi
cally the fame way av were Day and
lL<amb. Before the officers were aware
of their danger, Charles, who was
hidden behiud a screen ou the second
floor of the building, raised his win
chester and began a furious but accu
rate fire.
Lally fell with a bullet in the right
eide of the abdomen. Porteous was
shot through the head and dropped
dead across Lally. The other officers
and the negro fled the scene. The re
ports of Charles' winchester aud the
fact that two officers lay bleeding in
the yard, raised tremendous excite
ment. Hurry calls were sent to the
mayor, the chief of police aud Colonel
Wood* in command of tbo special po
lice, and as fast s.s possible armed help
was rnshed to the scene In a little
while there was an immense armed
■crowd encircling the square in which
Charles was located. In the mean
time a priest was summoned to admin
ister extreme unction to the police
officers, who were lying in the alley.
The priest responded promptly and
he was anointing the body of Proteous
with Alfred J. Bloomfield, a young
boy,standing by his side, when Charles
again appeared at the window. The
lad saw him at once and begged the
desperado not to shoot him. Charles
immediately fire 1 his winchester again
aud Bloomfield fell dead.
The priest, unhurt, left the scene.
At this time the ambulance arrived
and two citizens volunteered to go in
to the alleyway and bring out the body
of Lully. They entered, and while
they were attempting to take the
body of the dead officer from that of
his colleague, Charles fired again.
The citizens, nevertheless, got Lally’s
body out of the alley aud afterward
succeeded in taking Porteous’ body
out also.
In the meantime an immense throng
had gathered iu the vicinity, and
schemes were set on foot to get Charles
out of the building. Charles, how
ever, did not propose to bo captured
without selling his life dearly. Time
after time he came to the window and
as citizens, one by one, entered the
alley, he blazed away at them. In this
manner a number of people were
wounded.
At this time the extra police began
to fire indiscriminately at the negro,
and Andy Vau Kurem, keeper of the
police jail, got a bnllet iu the body aud
fell dead. Immediately afterward H.
H. Bratt, an old man, was hit aud
mortally wounded.
Ultimately it was concluded by
those who were handling the situation
that the only way to get Charles at all
was to burn the building in which he
was entrenched. It was determined
that the fire department should be
called out, in order to protect snr-y
rounding property, in case it should
be resolved to burn the building. At
the moment of apparent indecision
someone went to a neighboring gro
cery, purchased a can of oil and,
pouring it over the rear steps of the
building, applied a match aud soon
had the building in flames.
So fiercely did the fire bnrn that it
became evident that no human being
could livo iu the" building and picked
men from the police, Bpecial squads,
members of the soldiery stationed
themselves about the building to pick
off the desperado, as he attempted to
leave the house. A young soldier
named Adolph Anderson, a member of
the state militia, was one of the first
to see Charles as he ran down the steps
leading to the second story. Charles
ran across the yard and entered the
second room. He fired several times
at Anderson and the latter who was
armed with winchester rifle, shot the
negro in the breast and he fell and
died soon after.
A9 soon as the negro fell.nnmbers of
people armed with winchesters and re
volvers rushed in and tired into the
body.
Shortly after the body of Charles
had been taken from the scene a re
port spread that there were still some
negroes in the burning building. Tho
square was again quickly surrouuded
and a special squad made its way into
tho building. In a room which the
lira had not yet reached three negroes
were found dressed in female attire.
They were hustled out and immediate
ly sent to prison in a patrol wagon.
Subsequently a fourth negro was dis
covered in the building. He made a
desperate resistance and while in the
hands of the police was killed by a
shot fired from a pistol in the hands of
one of the disorderly mob that had
congregated in the viciuity.
A list of casualties up to Friday
night was as follows:
August Thomas, negro laborer.
Baptiste Fileau, negro, aged 75
years.
Lewis Taylor, negro laborer.
Gabriel Porteous, white, sergeant
of police.
John F. Fully, white, corporal of
police.
A. Van Ivurem, white, workhouse
keeper.
Alfred J. Bloomfield, white.
John T. Day, police captain.
Peter J. Lamb, policeman.
Robert Charles, author of the trouble.
Anna Mabry, negro woman.
Unknown negro, companion of
Charles.
The list of wounded, so far a9
known, is twenty-eight, the majority
being negroes.
NATIONAL GUAKI) FUND.
Georgia’* Fro ltuta Share of Appropria
tion win lie ase.ooo.
Governor Caudler has been notified
by the war department that Georgia’s
pro rata share of the increased appro
priation to the uational guard will be
922,000. This amount is fully $7,000
below what was expected under the
act of congress which gives almost
twice as much to state troops as dur
ing any former year. The governor
has been informed that the reason the
entire appropriation has not been
divided out is because the war depart
ment thought be3t to reserve $200,000
to be used at another time.
MONUMENT TO INDIANS
Unveiled In the Town of Fort Mill, South
Carolina —A Unique Shaft.
To commemorate the enduring
friendship of the Catawba Indians to
the whites since the pale face first
planted foot on Carolina soil, and to
honor the men of that tribe who in
1861 entered the Confederate army and
fought for the cause of the south, a
monument was dedicated at Fort Mill,
S. C., Tuesday. An Indian brave,
chiseled from marble, stands upon a
granite pedestal, his bow bent aud ar
row on string. On one side of the
base is represented a scene in the
primeval forest. On the others are in
scriptions recounting the services of
the Indians iu the civil war; the names
of those who fought aud those who
fell. It may be added that mauy of
the Indians themselves were slave
holders.
The monument stands in a park in
the town of Fort Mill on the very
ground where, according to the chron
icles of the tribe, their greatest and
bloodiest battle was fought in 1567.
In this battle they defeated the Cher
okees. The battlefield is well defined
and the Indian fort built at that
time stands to this day; it is from that
the town of Fort Mill takes its name.
The tribe, once powerful, numbers
now less than one hundred aud there
are not more than ten full blooded
Indians iu the number. Diseases of
civilization have carried them off rap
idly, while their morals have suffered
as severely through contact with the
whites.
The park at Fort Mill bears the dis
tinction of having the first monument
unveiled to the women of the Confeder
acy, and also to having the only mon
ument ever dedicated to the faithful
ness of the slaves to their masters’
families during the civil war, and to
the Indian allies of the Confederates.
In the group is also a monument to
the Confederate soldiers.
All the full blooded Catawbas and
twenty or thirty of the other members
of tho tribe attended the ceremony of
the day, and they were given a ban
quet by Colonel Hamuel T. White, by
whom the monument was erected.
Colonel White also led in the move
ment for building the monument to
the women of the Confederacy and he
erected that to the slaves. He owned
mauy negroes at the outbreak of the
war and one of the Idiau scouts fur
nished by the Catawbas was a member
of his company,
TO GET BREAD.
I’lea of Attorney Dillon In Extenuation
Of Hia Crooked Deallngt.
George R. Dillon, alias E. J. "Watts,
alias W. M. Mills, alias J. S. Hunter,
the Sandersville, Ga., attorney, has
been committed to jail at Savannah by
United States Commissioner Lewis,
in default of 8500 bond to answer to
the charge of using the mails in furth
erance of a scheme to defraud.
The story of Dillon’s arrest has al
ready beea told. Dillon is the name
under which he has been known in
aud around Sandersville for years. So
far as the evidence before the commis
sioner developed, he has been engaged
in using the mails to defraud for about
a year, and his victims have been book
publishers.
Dillon tells a pathetic story. He
has a wife and four small children,
and has had much sickness in his
family. He had no practice as a
lawyer, and was not making salt for
his family. He says he went into this
scheme to get bread for his wife aud
children; that the people he ordered
books from w T ere rich and w r ere able
to lose small amounts, while the
mooey would do him a great deal of
good.
INVESTIGATING ASSASSINATION.
Italian Tollce Ilusy Tracing the Murderer
of King Humbert.
The police at Rome, Italy, are push
ing inquiries in all directions. Infor
mation with regard to the assassin
Bressi is not yet very definite. It ap
pears that when he was searching for
lodgings at Monza he was accompanied
by a young man, whom the police are
now seeking. The pistol the assassin
used was anew and superior weapon
marked “Massachusetts.”
The police of Milan searched the
house of a man named Ranella and
it is reported, found important papers
showing that Bressi had relations with
persons in the United States aud that
communications had passed between
him aud them in connection with the
crime.
BOERS OFFER TO SURRENDER.
They Attach Condition#, However, Which
Cauae* Hubert* to Refuse.
A dispatch received in London from
Capetown says:
Dewet has offered to surrender on
condition that his followers be permit
ted to return to their homes unmolest
ed. Lord Roberts has refused any
thing but unconditional surrender.
Funds For the War,
In speakiug of the ability of the
treasury to stand large additional
drafts in case ot war with China, Sec
retary Gago said the treasury could
maintain in the field an army of 43,000
additional men for at least a year
without feeling the strain.
MORE EDICTS ISSUED
Latest Crop Engenders a More
Hopeful View Among Skeptics.
MR. WU VOLUNTEERS EXPLANATION
Knckhill Flan Final Conference With
Minister Hay ami Departs For
San Francisco.
A Washington special says: Satur
day brought forth the usual crop of
edicts and reports from various quar
ters, and the usual visit from Minister
Wu to the state department, all bear,
ing directly upon the welfare of the
foreign ministers in Pekin.
This constantly growing mass of
assertion is beginning to have a cumu
lative effect upon the skeptics, and
there was a noticeably more hopeful
view taken of the state of affairs.
Beyond the fact that it is scarcely
conceivable that the Chinese authori
ties should persist iu repeating and
strengthening these stories up to the
rapidly approaching moment when the
whole truth must be disclosed by oth
er agencies, it appeared upou careful
consideration of the reports that there
was really little more ground for hopes
as to the safety of Mr. Conger and his
colleagues at Pekin.
The depressing fact is always in
mind that the Chinese authorities, by
their own statements, able to commu
nicate with the legationers, for some
mysterious reason do not permit these
unfortunates tocommunicate with their
own governments. Mr. Wu’s expla
nation of this, namely, that the Chi
nese methods are different from our
ow r n, is scarcely sufficient for the offi
cials here. The minister, however, is
honestly trying to get a further com
munication through from Mr. Conger,
and it may be that success in this un
dertaking will afford him a brilliant
vindication.
There was nothing of interest from
China respecting the military or naval
forces there. The w-ar department
officials now calculate that General
Chaffee with his troops on the Grant
has arrived at Taku, though it may be
several days before his report of the
fact can reach the department.
The Chinese minister visited the
state department early to deliver an
edict received by him to Secretary
Hay. It is similar in form to the edict
published iu London. The minister
says that the only differences are those
involved in separate translations. Mr.
Wu’s translation of Sbeng’s dispatch
is as follows:
“Edict of 28th of the sixth moon
(corresponding to July 24th) states
that fortunately all ministers, except
Baron von Ketteltr, are alive and un
harmed. They are now being sup
plied with vegetables, fruit aud pro
visions by th 6 government to show its
sympathy for them.”
Special Commissioner Rockhill call
ed at tho state department Saturday
morning and had a final conference
with Secretary Hay respecting his
mission to China. It was not deemed
proper to mike public the exact in
structions given to Mr. Rockhill, but
it is stated generally that he is being
sent out to ascertain the condition in
China for the guidance of the state de
partment and to serve as its direct
representative in that country in case
it should be necessary hereafter to con
duct negotiations there instead of in
Washington.
Mr. Rockhill left Washington Satur
day afternoon fbr the Pacific coast.
The secretary of state has received a
dispatch fiom Mr. Fowler, the Amer
iban consul at Che Foo, dated at mid
night on the 26th. It follows:
‘‘This morning by request of the
allied admirals I wired to the gover
nor (supposed to be goveruor of Shan
Tung) their wish to get news from
ministers themselves. The governor
now replies:
“ ‘Have received today edict from
emperor saying that the ministers are
well. They are sending provisions to
the legations. Am confident ministers
out of distress and request you (Fow
ler) transmit this preliminary an
nouncement to admirals.
“ ‘Yuan, Governor.’”
Secretary Hay also received a cable
gram from United States Consul Mc-
Wade, at Canton, stating that the
Viceroy Tak assures him that the
ministers were alive and well on the
12th of July.
BUYING WINCHESTERS.
Dallas Mills I'eople Fear Trouble With
Negroes Over Clerk Lynching.
A special from Huntsville, Ala.,
soys: The people of Dallas Mills have
heard many rumors the past few days
that the negroes of the city are going
to get even \t ith them for the lynching
cf F.iijah Clark. The Dallas people
are on their guard, aud a consignment
of 300 Winchester rifles was recently
received and distributed. It is re
ported on reliable authority that 300
negroes held a meeting in Shelta
caverns one night the past week. The
nearroes were very much excited, but
the proceedings of the meeting were
kept secret.
Where Cloves Come From.
The clove supply of the world is
produced in the islands of Zanziba and
Pemba, which constitute the principal
producing territory of the sultanate
Cloves were at one time the only eco
nomic product supplied to foreign
countries by Zanziba.
World to End this Year.
This i3 thero;ent decision of one of the
prominent societies of the world,but the ex .
t C K„ d ?T has not yet been flxed upon, and
while there are very few people who believe
this prediction, there are thousands of oth
ers who not only believe, but know that Hos
tetter s Stomach Bitters Is the best medicine
to cure dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation
biliousness or liver and kidney troubles. A
fair trial will certainly convince you of ita
value.
Dangers of the Day.
“That was a mean trick Barry played Louise ”
‘•w hat was It?”
Uy, he disguised himself as a census taker
and iouud out her age.”—Chicago Record.
Lydia
E.
ftinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
cures tho Ills peculiar to
women, it tones up their
general health, eases
down overwrought
nerves, cures those
awful backaches and reg
ulates menstruation.
it does this because it
acts directly on the fe
male organism and makes
it healthy, relieving and
curing all inflammation
and displacements.
Nothing else Is Just as
good and many things that
may he suggested are
dangerous. This great
medicine has a constant
record of cure. Thou
sands of women testify to
it. Read their letters con
stantly appearing In this
paper.
Get the (train drill that in competitio l !
•with all others, the only one that sowa fertil
tier surely all the time, even when it a in baa
condition, lumpy end full of trash. Get t
IMPROVED LOW DOWN PENNSYLVANIA
Force Feed Fertilizer Grain Drill
Made with Hoes or Discs
Cannot clog and will not bunch. Force feed i ftaj
well a. in name. Simplest, most accurate and lighted
7uun“g Drill sow. all kinds of grain. cornand l P-a.
with absolute regularity. Our new corn plantar at.ach
meat furnished if deaircd without eatra cosjn
Bn# nit's, Hollers, Saw .Utils and l itres -
in* Machinery a. Specialty. Send for il
iuetratod catalog. Mailed tree.
A. B. FAItqL HAR < 0., \ ork,^ra
a fl REPAIRS
BRISTLE TWINE, BABBIT, &c.,
FOR ANT MAKE OF GIN.
ENGINES. BOILERS UNO PRESSES
“Zt v
LOMBARD IRON WORKS & SUPPLY CO,
AUGUSTA. GA.
CALESMENWANTED.
Just out aud a splendid seller
A 1 Political His ory of ihe Lotted states.
Complete and attractive. Sample ana
terir3 sent upon receipt of 23 cents.
RAND, McNALLY & CO.,
Chicago, Illinois.
Wanted for the host
AGENTS PbBM
eon ounty. * n
Charleston. 1,130 in Memphis. One agent sell*
230 in one week. *4 00 to *IO.OO per day
In answering state your experience, if any.
1. L- /NICHOLS aCO ; ,
lio. 913-024 Aultell Ilulldins. Atlanta. ■
SOUTHERN DENTAL COLLEGE.
DENTAL DEPARTMENT
Atlanta College of Physician* and
Oldest Ooixeok in t-rar*. *' , ° ur ¥*j2[
nnal session opens Oet. 2: f A {vntHtry
Tnoa- contemplating the st >dy or
should write for ca ataffue. „
AMrf
nnADCV new discovert:
DROPSY qWt relto*-d
Mention this Papar f,,^£&>j£l!!lll
If afflicted with 1 Thompson’s EysWatif