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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. 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