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The Jones County News.
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STRIKERS LAID LOW
Resisted Deputy Marshals and
Five are Killed.
PITCHED BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
Seventy-three Arrests are Made.
Trouble Caused by Violation of 1
Blanket Injunction by West
Virginia Court.
A pitched battle took place at
Wright’s Coal Works in Raleigh coun¬
ty, West Virginia, Tuosday evening be¬
tween one hundred United States dep¬
uty marshals and deputy sheriffs un¬
der Chief Deputy Cunningham, of
Charleston, and Sheriff Cook, of Ral¬
eigh county, anil two hundred and fif¬
ty striking miners who refused to
permit federal officers to serve injunc¬
tion papers.
The posse met with a mob,armed
with Winchesters, which defied arrest
and service of papers. The mob fol¬
lowed the defiance with hostilities,
opening fire on the deputies at once.
The deputies responded and the battle
raged furiously for several minutes.
Five striking miners were killed,
twelve wounded, two mortally; one
colored deputy marshal was killed, two
wounded and Special Officer Howard
Smith, of the Chesapeake and Ohio,
was shot in the arm.
A striker slipped up on him and
fired. Smith dodged the builet intend¬
ed for his heart and received it in his
arm. He then killed the striker with
a pistol.
Seventy-three arrests wore made,
ten falling to the share of Deputy Cun¬
ningham and sixty-three to Sheriff
Cook. All the prisoners were taken
to Beckley, the county seat ot Ra¬
leigh, where the United States prison¬
ers were given a preliminary hearing
by Commissioner Dunn and held for
their appearance in Charleston, whith¬
er they were later taken.
The federal authorities will try to
get the state to give up the sixty-
three, so that they may he tried in the
federal court, but it is doubtful if it
will be done, as the state court will
meet on Monday, and it is thought
they probably can be tried more ex¬
peditiously there.
S. C. Burdette, attorney for the mine
workers of America, went to Beekiey
Wednesday afternoon to attend the
case of the miners. The injunction
which the miners wore charged with
violating was the blanket writ of
Judge Keller, in the suit for the Ches
apealie and Ohio Coal Agency Com¬
pany.
POLICE AND SOLDIERS MIX.
Incipient Riot at Pensacola Dance
House—Several Shots Fired.
For a long time bad feeling has ex¬
isted between the soldiers and tho po¬
lice in Pensacola, Fia. Wednesday
morning shortly after midnight, Officer
Fendehilla went into a dance hall in
the tenderloin district anil arrested a
disorderly soldier. As he was passing
out, his club was snatched from him
by a soldier, who struck him in the
face. The policeman knocked him
down, and with the assistance of an¬
other policeman placed the soldiers un¬
der arrest. About fifty soldiers who
had congregated made a rush for tho
patrol wagon and attempted to release
their comrades. The policemen drew
their revolvers and fired into the m^b,
but without hitting anyone. The ar¬
rival of a number of officers from the
barracks prevented further trouble.
VICK WILL FAIL TO L<-»ND.
Colored Postmaster in North Carolina
Not to be Reappointed.
A Washington dispatch says: Re-
cently Senator Pritchard, of North
Carolina, withdrew the name of the
man whom he had recommended for
the postmastership of Wilson, N. C.,
and requested the president to appoint
Dr. B. T. Person to the post.
The incumbent is Samuel H. Vick,
colored, who has made a spirited con¬
test for reappointment. It is said now
by authority that he will not be reap¬
pointed.
TUNNELED TO LIBERTY.
Four Prisoners Take French Leave of
Columbia, Ga., Jail.
One of the most daring jail deliv¬
eries on record in Georgia took place
Tuesday night at Columbia, Appling
county. several days
Four prisoners, after
of arduous labor, succeeded in escap¬
ing through a tunnel they dug from the
jail ceil out into the street. The fol¬
lowing note was found pinned to their
cell door: well. We
“We hope this will find you
are sorry, but had to hurry. We want
to see George, so we leave it with
you, old boy.”
SMOOT A POLYGAMIST.
Affidavit that He Has Two Wives Pre¬
sented in Senate.
Senator Burrows, chairman of the
senate committee on privileges and
elections, presented to the senate
Thursday a protest signed by Rev. J.
L. Leitch, representing the Ministers'
Association of Salt Lake, against the
Beating of Reed Smoot.
The statement, which is sworn to,
declares that Smoot is a polygamist
NEW STARS KNOCKED OUT.
Democrats, in Caucus, Vote to Reject
Two-State Proposition, Thus
Shelving whole JVlatter.
A Washington special says: The
democratic senatorial caucus Tuesday
rejected the two-state proposition for
the admission of now states, submit¬
ted by the republicans. The matter
of further negotiations was left with
the democratic members of the com-
mittee on postoifices, which has
charge of the appropriation bill with
the statehood rider.
Speeches were made by Senators
Clay, Bacon, Toller, Dubois, Simmons,
Foster of Louisiana, Morgan, Pettus
and others.- All the speakers took pos¬
itive grounds against the compromise
proposition and several of them spoke
emphatically against the proposition
to put the statehood hill on any of
the appropriation hills as a rider. They
at the same time stated that they had
no intention of casting any reflection
upon tho statehood supporters on the
committee on postofflees and agricul¬
ture, and thoy favored placing the
matter of determining the future
course of the party with reference to
the bill as such, and as a rider in the
hands of the democratic members of
the committee on postofnees.
After the adjournment of the cau¬
cus the democratic members of the
committee on postoffices met the re¬
publican members of that committee
who have been friendly to statehood.
They decided to ask the chairmen of
tho two committees, on pcstofiices and
agriculture to withdraw the statehood
riders which the committees have
placed on two appropriation bills.
Thoy also decided to continue the fighf
for the omnibus bill as it came from
the house, without amendment, but not
to antagonize appropriation hills or
executive business with it.
The republicans have decided to
present their compromise bill to the
senate.
The indications are very strong
that the question will receive very lit¬
tle if any more consideration during
the session, and even the best friends
of statehood generally admit that
there is no chance for success at this
time. ■
TEACHER SHOOTS PUPIL.
Rebellious Boys Cause Tragedy in
South Carolina School r.com.
Edward Foster, a young man 18
years of age, was shot and perhaps
fatally wounded by R. B. Pitts, at In¬
man, S. C., Tuesday afternoon.
Pitts ia a school teacher and Foster
was one of his pupils. Monday a mem¬
ber of Foster's class was whipped by
the teacher. The boys resolved on no
chastisement in the future. Pitts heard
of the agreement aud determined to
quell the rebellious spirit.
Tuesday afternoon he called young
Foster after the adjournment of school
and told him he intended to punish
him. Pitts is rather a delicate young
man and seems to have Deen prepared
for tho purpose of frightening the
boys. Foster seized the whip from the
teacher’s hand, whereupon the latter
pulled a pistol from his pocket.
Foster caught hold of the gun, caus
ing it to discharge, The ball entered
the young man’s stomach and is con¬
sidered dangerously wounded.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROZEN.
Six Mexicans (Die Miserable Death
Near Goliad, Texas.
The bodies of six Mexicans, three
women and three children, who had
frozen to death, were found Monday
on the river eight miles above Goliad,
Texas. close
The bodies were found lying
together, their positions showing that
the women had tried to protect the
children. They started for a camp oif
the north side of the river. It is sup¬
posed that they were lost and froze to
death during the night. They were
not missed, however, until three days
afterwards, their friends supposing
they had reached their destination
safely.
Philippine Currency Bill.
The house Tuesday passed the Phil¬
ippine currency bill, accepting the sen-
ate bill so far as it relates to the is¬
lands.
CARTER’S EXTRAVAGANT WORK.
Fernandina Jetties Badly Constructed
and Almost Total Loss.
At the hearing Friday in the case
of ex-Captain O. M. Carter, at Savan¬
nah, Ga., before Examiner Hewlitt, tes¬
timony was introduced to show that
Carter had conducted work in Fernan¬
dina harbor with great extravagance.
James H. Bacon, a civil engineer, tes¬
tified that the Fernandina jetties built
in 1896, lost 90 per cent of their vol¬
ume by 1900. Jetties built by Gillette
at the same place were cheaper and
more substantial. The attorney for
Carter made frequent objection to in-
treduction of testimony.
TO FIGHT DIVORCE LIBEL.
General Phil Byrd Alleges Service of
Papers by Sheriff Was Illegal.
An Atlanta, Ga., news item states
that General Phil G. Byrd will appear
at the next term of the DeRalb county
superior court, which meets in a few
days, and attempt to have the divorce
libel brought against him by Mrs.
Byrd dismissed on the ground that the'
service of the sheriff oi DeKaib county
was illegal.
(HUT, JONES CO.. GX THURSDAY, MARCH *. imi
DOWN EMBANKMENT
Fast Train on the Southern
Dashes to Wreck and Ruin.
THREE DEAD; SCORE INJURED
Accident Result of Spreading Rails
Caused by Heavy Rains—Dying
Engineer Refused Proffered
Whisky.
Tho Southern railway’s fast passen¬
ger train, Chattanooga to Salisbury,
leaving Chattanooga at 11:15 Friday
night, was wrecked about 3 1-2 miles
west of Lenoir City, Tcnn., Saturday
morning about 2 o’clock. The wrecx
was caused by spreading of the rails.
It was first reported that six were
killed, but later investigation revealed
only three fatalities, all of whom are
trainmen. Twenty-four people were
injured, one of whom may die. The
dead are:
John H. Bibb, of Knoxville, engin¬
eer; A. J. Tucker, of Newport, Tenn..
mail clerk ; Alfred Best, of Knoxville,
colored porter.
Where the Wreck Occurred.
Tho wreck occurred on tne top of a
steep embankment and the train
plunged down this. The locomotive
went within thirty feet of the Tennes¬
see river. Four of the coaches were
telescoped and partially piled up on
tho engines. Three coaches were burn¬
ed outright. The Cincinnati southern
train from Chattanooga to Cincinnati
was traveling behind the ill-fated
train, it having to . o by way of Knox¬
ville on account of the damage to the
tracks of the Cincinnati Southern be¬
tween Chattanooga and Harriman.
The train was awaiting orders at Lou¬
don, when it was aaviseu of the wreck.
The engine of the Cincinnati Southern
train ran up to the scene of tiie wreck
and by pulling two oi the rear sleep¬
ers back on the track and away from
tho wreck succeeded in saving them
from destruction by fire. The wreck¬
ing train with physicians and railroad
officials left Knoxville immediately af¬
ter the wreck was reported.
It is stated tha. the wreck was
caused by two landslides. In the first
it is thought a big boulder came down
the side of a bluff and fell on the
track. These ian'.slides spread tho
track and when the locomotive struck
tho boulder, it was thrown down the
embankment carrying several coaches
with it.
Just before Engineer Bibb died a
physician endeavored to have him
drink a little whisky in the nope of ex¬
tending his life as long as ossible.
The engineer refused it, saying: “I
have never touched it and don’t expect
to begin to drink it now.”
Continuing, he said: “As I am go¬
ing to die, go and look after the wo¬
men and children in the coaches.” He
expired a few minutes later.
The Chicago and F orida limited of
the Cincinnati Southern road, one of
the finest trains in the country, run
ning from Jacksonville to Chicago,
was hut a short time a.ieau of the
wrecked train. Haa tms train ucen
wrecked the loss of life might have
been much greater, as it always car¬
ries a long list of passengers and
runs on a very fast schedule.
There v/ere over four hundreu pack¬
ages'of letter mail and 100 sacks of
paper mail in the mail car destroyed.
There were two pouenes of regis¬
tered letters for New York ani Wash¬
ington destroyed.
SOLONS WORK ON SUNDAY.
Four-Hour Session of House Held
While Church Bells Chimed.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house of representatives held a four-
hour session Sunday and put the Dis¬
trict of Columbia appropriation bill
through its last parliamentary stage
in the face of the democratic filibus¬
ter. The previous question of the con¬
ference report on the Alaskan home¬
stead bill was ordered.
That was the net result oi the Sun¬
day session. Although u was Sunday
by the calendar, it was still Thursday,
February 26, according to parliament¬
ary fiction.
GEN. GORDON RESTS WELL.
Flood of Telegrams of Inquiry Show
Affection in Which He is Held.
A special from Jackson, Miss., says:
The love and the reverence of the peo¬
ple of the south for General John B.
Gordon, commander in cniei of the
United Confederate Veterans, was
strikingly shown t riday when hun¬
dreds of telegrams making anxious in¬
quiry concerning his condition poured
into Jackson from all parts of the
south and many northern states.
The distinguished patient passed a
good day, although he is quite weak
from his illness, caused by acute indi¬
gestion and nervous collapse.
DR. CURRY’S WILL FILED.
Document Was Drawn at Madrid, and
Leaves Property to Wife.
The will of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, oi
Richmond, Va., dated Madrid, Spain.
December 28, 1887, was filed Wednes¬
day. Dr. Curry leaves all his property,
except a life iisurance policy, to his
wife, Mrs. Mary W. Curry. The life in¬
surance, the amount of which is not
stated, is for ti. u I oi the chil-
dren of Dr. Curry.
GORY DEED OF DRUNKEN HAN.
Slays Father-in-Law, Desperately
Wounds His Wife and Winas Up
Tragedy by Suicide.
Crazed by drink ami enraged be¬
cause his wife had threatened to quit
his home because of past brutal treat-
melt, Ellis Farmer, deputy sheriff of
Clayton county, Ga., went to his home
Saturday morning at 1 o’clock and
shot his wife through tho lung, inflict¬
ing a dangerous wound.
He turned the smoking revolver
upon his wife’s aged father, Janies
Christian, and blew out his brains.
Reeling from the tragedy Farmer
placed the pistol against his heart and
blew a ragged hole througu his body,
falling dead at the feet of his victims.
This in brief is the story of a terri¬
ble tragedy which shocked the com-
munity of Mt. Zion church on t ho
Jonesboro and Ellenwood road about
three and a half miles from Jones¬
boro. Tho killing was the climax of a
quarrel which Farmer had with his
wife after his return from town.
Mrs. Farmer was hit in the 1 uek,
the ball passing through her body as
she ran out of the nouse, and she fell
desperately wounded on the front
porch. Charles Farmer, the eldest
son of the pair, who was living with
liis grandfather’s family in a house
about 200 feet down the road, hearing
tho first shot, dashed out of his room
and arrived at his father’s home in
time to pick up the body of his mother
as it. lay on the floor.
Staggering into the house with his
burden, he entered Mrs. Farmer’s bed¬
room and laid her on tho bed. Pistol
in hand his father came toward him.
but tho hoy waved him back. Farmer
made no attempt to snoot his son, but
hearing Captain Christian, who hail
followed young Farmer, xs no came up
the front steps, stepped out into the
hall, blazed away and the old man
fell with a bullet in his thigh. As lie
was falling Farmer fired again. Tho
hall pierced Captain Christian s head
and passed through the brain. The
body, limp and quivering, fell into the
doorway. The aged veteran lived
about half an hour, but never spoke.
From all accounts Farmer proceed¬
ed about his terrible wor,. without ex¬
citement and without explanation. Af¬
ter finishing his father in law he re¬
turned to his wife’s bed room. Mrs.
Farmer was lying on the bed where
her son had laJd her, anil the young
man was sitting at her side. The
father camo toward the i,ed, and
Young Farmer held out hls nrm as if
to keep him away, If he meant fur¬
ther mischief. Farmer clutched his
son’s wrist, for a moment, as if lie
wanted to shake hands, backed away,
and placed the muzzle of tho pistol to
his breast, shifted it once or twice,
and finally reaching a point on the
right, side, he pulled t-ie trigger. Th arc
was a deafening report, and tho body
fell headlong to tho floor. The hall
had ranged slightly upward and pass¬
ed through the heart.
CharleH Farmer, the son says his
father frequently quarreled with Mrs.
Farmer und that after hearing his
treatment, as long as she could, she
decided to separata lrom him. In
fact, arrangements had been made
for her to go to Atlanta, where a
house had been rented, hue evidently
told her husband of her intention to
leave and this further enraged him,
although just what took place between
them in their bed room between mid¬
night and the time the killing took
place no one appears to know'.
Mrs. Farmer May Live.
Late Sunday afternoon it was stated
that Mrs. Farmer was resting easy.
Members of the family feel encourag¬
ed at her condition, but the attend¬
ing physician does not hold out any
hope.
Captain James Christian and Farm¬
er were buried Sunday afternoon in
Mount Zion church yard. The-two
funerals were largely attended, people
coming from miles around to be pres¬
ent at, the interment.
It is said that - nrmer was burled
in such position that, in the evenl of
the death of his wife she will not be
placed by his side.
Gun Inventor Gatling Dead.
R. H. Gatling, aged 83, the inventor
of the gatling gun, .died suddenly in
New York Saturday after taking an
exuausting trip to the down-town sec¬
tion of the city.
NO LIQUOR FOR TAR HEELS.
North Carolina Legislature Ratifies the
the Watts Prohibition Bill.
Prohibition will prevail throughout
North Carolina except in towns after
July 1 next. The Watts bill was rati¬
fied in the legislature Thursday. Liq-
uor can not be manufactured or so.d
except in towns, and thoy have a privi¬
lege of voting on the question.
Cash for Ex-Queen Lit.
The senate has passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill which carries
an appropriation of $200,000 to ex-
Quecn Liloukalani, of Hawaii.
MABINI MAKES PROMISE.
Erstwhile Bellicose Filipino Official
Takes the Oath of Allegiance.
A dispatch from Manila says: Ma
bini, the former president; of the Fili¬
pino supreme court, and at one time
minister for foreign affairs in tiie Fili¬
pino government, took the oath of alle¬
giance Friday on his arrival froih
Guam, to which place he was deported
December, 1899.
ON 1NDIANOLA CASE
Tillman and Carmack Deliver
Speeches in Senate.
THE PITCHFORK IS LAID ASIDE
South Carolina Senator’s .Remarks
Were Dispassionate, But Con¬
tained Warnings—Carmack
Scores Roosevelt
The Indianola, Miss., postofflee case
occupied the major portion of the time
of the senate “Tuosday. Senator Till¬
man spoke for three hours in continua¬
tion of his remarks begun Monday on
the race question, and was folowed
by Mr. Carmack, of Tennessee.
Mr. Tillman in his speech said that
iu dealing with Indianola postoffleq
the president and postmaster general
transcended their authority and resort¬
ed to methods which were both tyran¬
nical and unconstitutional. He want¬
ed (o know if In figuring up the pur¬
pose of their new horn zeal, "this cold
blooded, calculative, advisedly taken
action” was not prompted by a low
motive. Ho charged that, eight hun¬
dred thousand negroes are coercing
fifty millions of white people in the
north to deal with seventeen million
white men in tho south in the interest
of the eight million ignorant negroes
in that section.
Ho referred to tho cost in lives and
money on account of tho race problem
in this country, and addressing the re¬
publican side, called on thfcm to meet
him "upon the same plane of patriot¬
ism of race pride arid of civilization
and not to fall into the pitiful cess-pool
of partisan politics.”
Ho added that the people of the
north nave no more use for Che negro
at close quarters than he had. He
cited instances of assaults by negroes
on white women unit declared that the
more the northern people find out
about the negro the less uso they havo
for him. The ballot of tho negro, ho
maintained, was a menace to good
government and the people of the
north are coming to realize that the
enfranchisement of him bordered on a
crime.
Reverting to the president’s utter¬
ance, that he was unwilling to shut the
door of hope and opportunity in the
face of a worthy and competent col¬
ored man, Mr. Tillman said at first
blush there is not a man alive who
would not agree with that sentiment,
but he inquired if it ever occurred to
any one that in opening that door of
hope it might not ho shut in the face
of tho white man.
He declared that he did not hate
the negro and that all negroes are not
bad. Only a small percentago aro
bad, and these, ho said, are loading
the rest and being patted on the hack
by politicians.
He regarded it as his duty, he said,
to his state to stand forever opposed
to any idea of political or social equal¬
ity on the part of the negro with thd
whites. Continuing, he referred to the
adoption of the fifteenth amendment
to the constitution. “When you re¬
morselessly stand by that,” said ho,
“and say it is sacred, you force us to
face tho alternative of a conflict of
races.”
“I beg yon, for God’s sake,” ho
said, facing the republican side, “not
to produce an acute stage of hatred
which will bring the tw'o races togeth¬
er with the resolve of the whites to
die in order to maintain their supre¬
macy.”
Mr. Tillman said he did not want to
see the African driven to the wall, and
he did not want to shut the door of
hope in his face, but he could not con¬
sent to the dominance of that people
over the whites.
He then poked fun at Mr. Hanna
and read the title of the bill he recent¬
ly introduced to pension ex-slaves.
“Oh, my God!” said he. “Did Mr. Han¬
na mean that or is it a political
dodge?” The effect of the hill was, he
declared, to give opportunity to un¬
scrupulous negroes to bamboozle and
deceive their people by securing sub¬
scriptions ostensibly to further the in¬
terests of the hill. He concluded by
saying that “in proportion as you
arouse false hope in the minds of
these people, you are only sowing the
wind which will (lame up into a whirl¬
wind later on.”
Mr. Tillman was followed by Mr.
Carmack, of Tennessee, who said tho
action of the president in the Indian¬
ola case was not in accordance with
reason, justice or tho constitution.
He said that if the closing of the Im
dianola postofflee is to be taken as the
measure of the strength of the execu-
tive and the power of the federal gov-
ernment, then the government at
Washington deserves to be despised
for its weakness and imbecility.
The postofflee belonged, he said, to
the United States, and he inquired if
a handful of ruffians was more power¬
ful than the government “with its mili¬
tant president at its head.”
COTTON ABOVE TEN CENTe.
Another New Record for the Season
Made in New York Thursday.
Cotton made a new high figure for
the season Thursday and the feeling
on ’change is that prices have not yet
reached the limit in this movement.
With an active dry goods trade and
a small stock of cotton in the visible
supply, operators in control of the fu¬
ture market are able to advance prices
easily.
GlNtKAL (itlKIJON STRICKEN.
Unknown and Among Strangers He
Was Taken Violently III on Board
a Train in Mississippi.
General John B. Gordon, commander
in chief of the United Confederate Vet¬
erans, was taken violently Ill on board
an Alabama and Vicksburg train while
oil route to Jackson, Miss,, Thursday
night from Clinton, where he delivered
a lecture.
It was necessary to remove him from
the train on a stretcher, and ho suffer¬
ed several severe spells of nausea
while being carried to the Lawrenco
house.
Unknown for a Time.
The following dispatch was sent,
out from New Orleans:
A man apparently In the greatest
suffering and agony was taken off tho
Alabama and Vicksburg train at Jack-
son, Miss., a short time before mid¬
night. He was moaning and scream¬
ing in his pain. He had to be carried
on a stretcher from the depot to the*
hotel. On account of tho hotel being
overcrowded he was left seated In the
rotunda.
No one knew him, but when he re¬
covered from the worst of the attack
he told them he was General John B.
Gordon, of Georgia, commander In
chief of the Confederate Veterans.
As soon as this was known a room
was obtained for him and doctors were
sent for. Thoy found his condition
serious.
For years General Gordon has suffer-
ed from spoils of acute indigestion,
which always cause intense pain to the
sufferer and are accompanied by dan¬
gerous symptoms. The last serious
spoil of this nature camo some time
before the reunion of Confederate vot-
erans in Atlanta, and while General
Gordon was on his way to the city
from Ids homo near Decatur. He was
removed from the Decatur car to the
Aragon hotel, where his condition was
shortly relieved. It was some time,
however, before General Gordon fully
recovered from this attack.
Throughout the greater part of the
winter General Gordon lias been on
his plantation near Miami, Fla., with
the members of his family. His health
there was better than it has been in
years. Tho members of ills family
who are still at Miami have been noti¬
fied of his serious condition.
General Gordon has been on an ex¬
tended tour of the country for the last
few weekB. He has lectured in several
western cities and lias everywhere
been received with ovations.
BIG BLAZE IN CINCINNATI.
Half Square in Center of City Burned,
Entailing Enormous Loss.
Cincinnati was visited with fire
Thursday that destroyed one-haif of a
square in the most central part and
caused.a loss of over two millions oi
dollars.
Tile burning embers wero carried for
miles, the Kentucky suburbs being cov¬
ered with them.
The fire departments of Covington,
Newport and other Kentucky townH
came promptly to the assistance of the
local firemen and it was noon before
their combined efforts had the conflag¬
ration under control.
Tho American Book Company will
lose a quarter of a million on their pub¬
lishing house und stock of machinery.
The plates of the eclectic system of
school hooks are all stored in this
building, which was well equipped with
presses and electrical apparatus in
publishing work. Robert. Clarke &
Co. place their loss at $350,000, includ¬
ing $175,000 in plates of law books and
other works. Among the other large
losses are tho following:
Pike building, $475,000, insurance
$180,000; Seasongood building, $125,-
000; Harrison building, $125,000; For-
diclt building, $125,000; Duhme Bros.,
jewelers, $75,000; Richter & Phillips,
jewelers, $50,000; Joffeo’s grocery, $15,-
000; Strauss, wholesale cigar store,
$75,000.
Most of those in the Pike building
were without insurance as the rate
has recently put at what some of them
considered too high.
Mrs. Fairbanks Again President.
Mrs. Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, of
Indiana, was unanimously re-elected
president general of the Daughters of
the American Revolution at Washing¬
ton Thursday.
SWAYNE NOT IMPEACHED-
Proceedings Fall Through Owiffly to
Near Termination of Congress.
A Washington special says: The
Impeachment proceedings proposed
against Judge Swayne, of Florida, fell
through Tuesday after tho memorial
of Banker Neal, of Pensacola had re¬
ceived brief consideration by a sub¬
committee of the judiciary committee
of the house.
Jn view of the shortness of the ses¬
sion, the sub-committee decided that it
would be impossible to make the in¬
vestigation of Judge Swayne prayed
for in the memorial.
FIRM OWES A ROUND MILLION.
Extension Is Asked for by Boston
Leather House.
The leather house of C. Moench &
Sons, at Boston, has requested of its
creditors an extension of time. This
firm is a corporation capitalized at
$1,200,000. It owes $1,000,000, mostly
to New York banks, though some Bos¬
ton banks are involved. Assets are
stated to be about $1,500,000, inclusive
of the value of three tanneries.
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FIEND’S CDNFESSION
Knapp Admi!s Assault and Mur¬
der of Many Wom;n.
NAMES FIVE OF HIS VICTIMS
Mysterious Murders that Baffled All
Efforts to Solve Revealed by De¬
praved Criminal Nov; in
Law’s Clutches.
Albert Knapp, arrested in Indian¬
apolis Wednesday and who is now con¬
fined in tho Butler county jail at Ham¬
ilton, Ohio, sell-confessed as the'most
depraved criminal run to earth since
the deeds of H. H. Ilolmos wero laid
bare in 1895, has the following crimes
at his door, by self confe33ion, with the
exception of the barn burning:
Emma Lltlleman, killed in a Cincin¬
nati lumber yard January 21, 1894.
Mary Eckert, strangled to death op¬
posite the Cincinnati Young Men's
Christian Association. August 1, 1894.
Jennie Connors Knapp, his second
wife, murdered in Cincinnati and
thrown into the canal there, August
7, 1904.
Ida Gehhardt, a child, assaulted and
murdered in Indianapolis, July 19,
1895, her body found several days lat¬
er in a barn In West Indianapolis.
Hanna Goddard Knapp, his third
wife, murdered at Hamilton, Ohio, and
her body thrown into the Miami river,
December 22, 1902.
His Prison Record.
Knapp has served fi\/: prison sen¬
tences, three for larceny and two for
assault. He has served two terms at
Jeffersonville, Ind.; one at Columbus,
Ohio; one at Joliet, Ills., and one at
Michigan City, Ind., to which prison
he was sent, from Indianapolis in 1896
for assault on Bessie Drapier, a child.
Binee ills return to Indianapolis in
December, ho has, tho police feel Btire,
been guilty of two barn burnings.
When he was convicted for the Dra¬
pier assault he threatened to get even
with every one concerned in his con¬
viction.
Former Sheriff Womack, then sher¬
iff, gained his enmity. His barn was
recent ily burned ami several thousand
dollars' worth of fine horses and im¬
ported cattle were roasted to death.
A1 Boardman was one of the jurors
who convicted him. His barn was
burned about six or seven weeks ago.
Almost every hour adds to the long
list of crimes laid to the man’s door.
Hannah Gc’dard Knapp, the mur¬
der’s third wile, called at the office
of an Indianapolis attorney last. Octo¬
ber and asked him to bring divorce
proceedings for her. She said she fear¬
ed her husband would murder her, us
he had made threats. He told her she
had not lived in Indianapolis long
enough for a divorce.
His Sensational Arrest.
Knapp was routed from his bed at
the home of his bride, formerly Anna
May Gamble, at G30 Indiana avenue,
Wednesday, by the police and taken to
Hamilton on the charge of murder.
Knopp’B confession, which was
sworn to before Mayor Bosch, is as
follows:
-On January 21, 1894, I killed Emma
LRtleman In a lumber yard in Gest
street, Cincinnati.
“On August. 1, 1894, I killed May
Eckert in Walcut street, opposite the
Y. M. C. A., in Cincinnati.
“On August 7, 1894, I killed -my
wife, Jennie Connors Knapp, under
the canal bridge in liberty street, Cin¬
cinnati, and t/irew her into the canal.
“in India:lapolis, in July, 1895, I
killed Ida G ebhardt.
“On December 22, 1902, I Idled my
wife, Abide Knapp, ai 339 South
Fourth i-treet, in Hamilton, and threw
her into the river out by Lindenwald.
This is the truth.
(Si'^ned) “ALBERT KNAPP.”
“I 'make this statement of my own
fre e will and not by the request of any
officer or anyone else.
(Signed) “ALBERT KNOPP."
“Sworn to before me this 2Cth (lay
of February, 1903.
(Signed) “C. F. BOSCH, Mayor.”
TEACHER’S BULLET FATAL. <
Boy Shot in South Carolina School
Room Dies of His Wound.
Edward Foster died at his home at
Inman, S. C.. at noon Friday as the •
result of a bullet wound inflicted at the
bands of his teacher, Reuben B. Pitts.
It is understood that when the
wounded boy realized tnat he could not
survive ho made another statement
concerning the shooting.
It is said that several of the stu¬
dents attacked Pfofessor Pitts whilo
he was whipping Foster. In tne scuf¬
fle that followed Foster was shot by
Pitts.
GENERAL GORDON RECOVERS.
Decides to Finish Out His Lecture
Tour in State of Texas.
General John B. Gordon was suffi¬
ciently recovered Saturday afternoon
from his recent attack to leave Jack-
son, Miss., to fill his lecture engage¬
ment at Mt. Vernon, Texas, on Mon¬
day night.
It is stated on good authority that
General Gordon will retire permanent¬
ly from the lecture platform after
completing his Texas tour.