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The Jones County News.
VOL X
IIBURD IT STAKE
Reed and Cato, Convicted Murderers
Hodges Family, Meet Horrible Fate.
MILITARY IS OVERPOWERED
Molt Secures Prisoners from
Statesboro Jail,Marches
Two Miles Into the
Country, and Ap¬
ply Torch.
At Statesboro, Ga., Tuesday after¬
noon Will Cato and Paul Reed, two of
the principals in the horrible murder
and burning of Henry Hodges, wife
and three of their children, six miles
from Statc-sboro, three weeks ago,
were burned at the stake.
With their clothing saturated with
kerosene, writhing and twisting in
their agony, screaming to heaven for
mercy that the mob would not show,
the two victims died within a few min¬
utes after the flames started.
Shortly after the noon hour a deter¬
mined mob charged upon the court
house, overpowered the military mob,
secured Cato and Reed, who had been
found guilty after a legal trial, and
centenced to be hanged, took them two
miles from Statesboro, and there exe¬
cuted the fearful penalty.
The forenoon passed quietly, the
trial of Paul Reid, the ring leader in
the murder, being concluded and a ver¬
dict of guilty rendered. Sentence was
imposed upon both him and Will Cato,
sentenced the day before, and Septem¬
ber 9 was fixed as the date for the
execution.
Up to the hour of noon there was
no intimation that so soon was to be
enacted the terrible climax. In the
trial of Reid, little delay was caused,
and upon its conclusion the prisoners,
as before, were hustled into the wit¬
ness room, where a strong guard of
military was placed over them.
In the corridors, the agitation be¬
gan. The spectators left the court
room, and from the lawn outside many
entered the hallways. Shortly before
10 o'clock the crowd was addressed by
a tall man, who seemed to inflame it
greatly. He called on those about him
to follow him.
With fixed bayonets, but unloaded
rifles, the guards stood. The mob
surged toward them, but were repuls¬
ed several times.
Before the mob could be prevented,
they had caught two of the guards,
wrested their weapons from them and
thrown open the breech blocks. The
weapons were empty.
That was what the crowd wanted to
ascertain. The troops had been given
orders not to load their rifles.
The captured soldiers were held
prisoners. The same policy was fol¬
lowed with others of the soldiers. Man
after man, caught isolated was re¬
lieved of his rifle after a struggle.
After the mob had overpowered the
soldiers, the jail was entered and the
negroes secured.
The crowd numbered BOO. They
dragged the men along, shouting and
cheering along the roadway leading to
the Hodges homestead, where the fl’ - e
members of the family had been mur¬
dered and burned. That was their
destination, but the heat was so in¬
tense that the crowd wearied when
two miles of the six-mile route had
been traversed. Going a short dis¬
tance into the woods the crowd halted.
The two negroes were made to seat
themselves on a log. They were told
that they had but a short time to live
and that they should confess.
Held was the first to speak. He
confessed, implicating other negroes,
as he had in the court room. He de¬
nied, however, that he had taken an
active part in the murder.
Cato begged to be shot or hanged.
TELL-TALE SKELETON6 FOUND.
Supposed Fate of Long Missing Men
i E Cleared Up in Colorado.
The mysterious disappearance of
Frederick Smith, of New Orleans, and
Jackson Wilson, of Nashville, Tenn.,
who suddenly dropped out of sight in
the vicinity of Divide, Colo., four years
ago. is believed to have been explain-
c-d by the finding on a hill near Fort
Clyde, of the skeletons of a horse and
mule tied to a tree with briddles and
saddles clinging to them. It is now
believed that the two men met death
by falling over some high cliff in the
vicinity.
RUSSIAN SHIPS MISSING.
Fate of Remainder of Port Arthur
Squadron is Speculative.
Public anxiety at St. Petersburg re-
garding the fate of the shipr of Rear
Admiral Withoft's squadron remaining
unaccounted for is still unrelieved. St.
Petersburg continues to be entirely de
pendent on foreign sources for new;-.
the Russian authorities claiming to be
quite as much in the dark as the
lie.
saying that he was innocent; that h«
had had no part in the crime. Some
of the more humane wanted to grant
his request, but they were in the mi¬
nority. The rest wanted to visit the
same death upon the negroes that
they had visited upon the Hodges fam-
ily.
To a large stump twelve feet high
the men were lashed with ropes and
trace chains. Then a wagon load of
pine wood was hauled to the spot. It
was piled around the men and ten
gallons of kerosene was thrown over
them.
A photographer was present and the
crowd was cleared back that he might
get several views of the men bound t.o
the stake and ready for the burning.
The scene which followed beggars
description. Just as the match was
applied to the pyre, one of those in
front asked Reid didn't he want to
tell the truth before he died;
“Yes, sir; I killed Mr. and Mrs.
Hodges,” he replied-
“Who killed the children?" he was
asked.
“Handy Bell,” came the response as
the flames leaped upwards and further
questioning was impossible in the
■wild tumult. The spectacle was
frightful.
As the flames touched Reid's naked
oil-soaked skin, he twisted his head
around in an endeavor to choke him¬
self and avoid the fearful torture. Only
once did he complain. He s.vd:
“Lord, have mercy!” •
Cato screamed in agony and begged
that he be shot. His heavy hair,
which was oil-soaked, was almost the
first thing the flames fastened on, and
screaming with agony, while the hemp
rope became a collar of fire around his
neck a thrill of horror ran through
the frames of the more timid. Before
the flames had quenched Cato’s life
the rope was burned in two and his
head swung from side to side, as he
endeavored to avoid the fiery tongue.
Reid was the first to exhibit uncon¬
sciousness, and was perhaps the first
dead. Before "the flames had progress¬
ed very far up his body his head sank
forward, and many believed that the
fire got into his lungs and killed him.
As Cato's head swung to and fro some
of the more excited members of the
party commenced throwing lightwood
knots at it.
As soon as it was seen that the
men were dead .the crowd commenced
dispersing. A large number remained
behind, however, piling more fuel on,
until both bodies were burned .all ex¬
cept the trunks. Others employed
themselves in threshing out the fire,
which commenced spreading along the
dry streaks of pine needles.
Late in the afternoon, after the last
member of the mob had left the scene,
hundreds of citizens who had in no
wise participated in the execution, re¬
paired to the scene and many remain¬
ed until long after nightfall, picking
up whatever souvenirs they could find.
Conspicuous among the crowds was
a number of small boys in knee pants.
Murder of the Hodges Family.
The murder of the Hodges family
was probably the most horrible ever
committed in Georgia. The family
consisted of Henry R. Hodges, his
wife and three little children.
All were butchered on the night of
July 29th, at. their home six miles
from Statesboro, and their home burn-
ed.
The remains were found in the
ruins of tho homo. There were blood I
stains outside the building, and inves¬
tigation showed that. Hodges, his wife
and one child had their skulls broken
apparently with an ax. There were
no signs of an assault upon the young¬
er children, hut they were too young
to protect themselves from the flame3.
TO MARCH 700 MILES.
Vermont Artillery Companies to Foot
Whole Distance to Manassas.
Orders have been issued at the war
department for the thirty-third and
twenty-seventh batteries of field artil-
lery and two squadrons of the fifteenth
cavalry, stationed at Fort Ethan Al-
len, Vermont, to march from that
point to Manassas, Va., to take part
in the maneuvers in September, a
distance of 700 miles. It is calculated
that the trip will occupy about fire
j weeks’ time. This probably is the long-
est march of United States troops in
j recent times.
PYTHIANS AT LOUISVILLE.
Supreme Lodge of Great Order Begins
With Large Attendance.
i The supreme lodge, which is the
business department of the Knights of
j at Pythias the Masonic .opened theater, its sessions at Louisville, Tuesday
1 Ky. The attendance-was large and
j much shown enthusiasm in matters and interest of interest were
many
to the knights-
GKAY. JONES 00.. GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 25. 1904.
MORE VICTIMS OF MOB.
Suspects Released at Statesboro art
Shot by Unknown Parties—Many
Negroes Leaving Community.
“We shnll have trouble with the ne¬
groes here just as long as they can’t
behave,” was the remark of a leading
citizen of Statesboro, G-a., Wednesday,
as he commented on the terrible
scenes of Tuesday when Reed and
Cato were burned at. the stake.
That he was not mistaken was
shown by the developments of Wed¬
nesday-one negro found dead by the
roadside, five miles east of the town,
his body pierced by two winchester
bullets; two negroes, one of the “old-
time darkies” and his son, 17 years
old, shot in their cabin during the
late hours of Tuesday night by un¬
known marauders; half a dozen cases
of flogging, which are of nightly occur¬
rence, too frequent to excite more
than passing notice—such was the his¬
tory of the day.
The scene of excitement has shifted
from the town to the rich agricultural
regions surrounding it.
Men are reported as roaming the
county at large whipping negroes
wherever found who are thought to be
in any way implicated by deed or word
of mouth in the Before Day Club.
Negroes are now reported sleeping
in the woods, while along the line of
railroads come reports of many board¬
ing trains for other points. The dan¬
ger to the whites of Bulloch county
now lies more in the large deportation
of labor and consequent, effect on the
cotton picking season than from any
other cause.
One negro, said to be Handy Bell,
whom Reed charged with the murder
of the Hodges children, was reported
shot to pieces.
In explaining why Handy Bell and
the other prisoners were released af¬
ter Reed and Cato implicated them in
the Hodges murder, Sheriff Kendrick
said;
“I got my orders from the judge and
turned them loose, as he stated that
their testimony was not sufficient to
hold the witnesses.”
Sheriff Kendrick denies a report
generally circulated that one of his
deputies assisted in overpowering the
guards. Captain Hitch and others of
the soldiers maintain its truth in offi¬
cial reports.
GEORGIA FARMERS MEET.
Annual Gathering of State Agricultur¬
al Society at Hawkinsville.
The convention of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society began at Haw-
lrinsville Wednesday, and the opening
speech was made by Hon. Pope
Brown, president of the Farmers’ Club
of Pulaski county. Mr. Brown praised
the legislature for the passage of the
bill authorizing the expenditure of
money with which to flgth the boll
weevil in Georgia, in protection of the
Georgia farmer, and also paid his high
respects to that body for the recom¬
mendation of industrial education
saying he hoped to see a state agri¬
cultural college before long, at which
not only farmers’ bous, but any man’s
son who wanted to make a first-class
farmer, could be educated in an indus¬
trial way.
Mr. Brown’s address elicited much
applause in his assurance of welcome
to the state society and in liis general
remarks.
Colonel Tom Taylor followed Mr.
Brown in an address of welcome on
the part of the city.
Immigration was the theme of the
first day’s session.
PLOT TO BLOW UP PEN.
Dynamite and Nitro-Glycerine Found
In Big Prison at Columbus, Ohio.
A special from Columbus, O., sayB:
A plot was discovered Wednesday by
Foreman Griever to blow up the peni
tentiary.
He found a stick of dynamite and a
half pint of nitro glycerine mixed with
paint hidden in one of the shops.
Dispensary Law Declared N. G.
At tlniontown, Wednesday, in the
case of state of Alabama versus Jo¬
seph Green and city of Uniontown
versus Joseph Green, Judge Partridge
declared the dispensary law passed by
the last legislature void.
“A COWARD AND A LIAR.”
Both of The se is Atlanta Councilman
if Charges are Not Proven.
Captain J. W. English, who has foi
twenty-three years been an Atlanta
police commissioner, and who is one
of the most prominent and progressive
men in the city, declares that. Conn
oilman Amorous made false state
ments when the resolution tending tc
break up factions on the police board
was introduced and passed in the city
council recently.
Captain English challenges Amorous
to prove his statements, failing to do
which he is branded as a “coward and
a liar.”
REPORT AWAITS GOVERNOR.
No Action in Statesboro Affair UntH
Terrell Returns to Georgia.
While the report of Captain R. M.
Hitch, who was in command of the
troops at, Statesboro, reached the of
flee of Adjutant General S. W. Harris
in Atlanta Thursday, no action has
been taken regarding the situation nor
will anything be done until the return
from St. I-oui* of Governor Terrell.
J H[ fJ[R V E OF JAPS
Forces of Mikado
Surrender of Port Arlhur.
Q£^ t STOESSEL DEFIANT
China Is Warned as to Observance cf
Neutrality—Torpedo Boat Ryc-
ebitelni Will Not Be Re¬
turned by Japs.
An Associated Press dispatch of
Wednesday from Tokio says; The
commander of the army besieging
Port Arthur reports that Major Yanio-
ka, a member of his staff, was dls-
patched under a flag of truce to the
outposts Of the Russians, where he
delivered to a Russian staff officer the
offer of the emperor of Japan granting
the removal of non-combatants. He
also demanded thd surrender of Port
Arthur.
Stoessel Will Not Yield.
The announcement of (he mikado’s
offer to allow non-combatants to leave
Port Arthur, coupled with the demand
for the surrender of the garrison
causes a revulsion of feeling in St.. Pe¬
tersburg, according to the Associated
Press.
Tlie war office is without official
confirmation of the summons served
on General Sloe&sel, but not the slight¬
est idea exists in military circles that
he will yield so long as food and am¬
munition hold out without a fight,
even to protect defenseless women
and other non-combatants from the
horrors of bombardment.
Japan Scores China.
The Associated Press at London
learned Wednesday afternoon that Ja¬
pan has made a demand on China in
the nature of an ultimatum that, she
force her neutrality in the case of the
cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat
destroyer Grosovoi, now at Shanghai.
Japan pointed out that tha time limit,
twenty-four hours, permitted by inter¬
national law, had expired and that Ja
pan therefore was at liberty to take
such action as may seem to her expe¬
dient.
At the Japanese legation in London
it was expressly stated that the Tokio
government . had mten . . .. * n e-
no ton o
maining Quiescent If Russia attempt
to compel China to give asylum to her
of : and , authorize ,. , repairs „ at
men war
her , ports . wh ... eh would enable them to
resume belligerent , . operations. .. Should ,.
China fail to comply immediacy with
Japans demand the division of Japan-
ese warships .. now , in the vicinity ... of
Shanghai will, the legation , .. declares,
, be instructed . . ... to enter „ .. the port and
capture the Askold and Grosovoi, as
was done in . the case of the Hyes nlei-
ni intention Japan but »as has made not n°«ecret.of consult d J" the
powers believing that, the n atter is
one which concerns herself alone Ja-
pan is prepared, the legation further
asserts, to recognize Chinese neutral-
ity only so long as it is respected by
Russla -
-
With regard to the , Ryeshiteln , . . , Ja- T
pan, it is asserted, is determined no
to comply with the Chinese demand
submitted In compliance with the Rus-
sian note, that the vesel be returned
to Chefoo. Japan insists that to ail In¬
tents and purposes Chefoo has been a
Russian base during the war, Chinese
junks having been fitted out there and
sent through the Japanese blockading
vessels to Port Arthur.
No answer has yet been given by
Japan to the Russian protest in tho
case of the Ryeshltrlnl, but when it is
mavie It will lie communicated to all
the powers.
Closing In on Port Arthur.
According to nows received at Che
Foo Wednesday, the Japanese line has
been drawn still closer around be-
leaguered Port Arthur.
Passengers on board the steamer
©ecima, which anchored off Port Ar-
t/hur Tuesday night, witnessed the
bombardment, from Pigeon Bay. The
Japanese shells were visible during j
their whole course. They coursed
comet-like to the town and the expios-
Ions were marked by great splashes of
fire, which shot up into the sky.
FLASHLIGHT POWDER EXPLODES
Experiments of Amateur Chemist at
Chicago Results Disastrously.
At Chicago, Friday afternoon, (#;o.
L. Englls, an amateur chemist, while
endeavoring to make a photographic
flash light, powder, brought about an
explosion that fatally injured him, se¬
verely hurt his wife and destroyed hls»
residence, which he had lately erect¬
ed at a cost of $12,000. The explosion
forced the floors and roof upward so
that, the house resembled a dome. The
detonation was heard for a mile.
SURVIVORS OF THE RUR1K.
Many Russians Were Saved by Japs
from Sinking Battleship.
A Tokio dispatch says: The follow¬
ing is a revised list of the survivors
of the Russian cruiser Rurik, which
was sunk August 14th by Vice Admiral
Kamimura:
Twenty officers, four of whom were
wounded; 67 noncommissioned officers,
16 of whom were wounded; 525 sail-
ore, 150 of whom were wounded
I DAVIS
IS NOTIFIED.
Democratic Candidate for Vice Presi¬
dent is Formally Told of His
Nomination by Committee.
At White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,
Wednesday. Henry Gassaway Davis
was formally notified that he is the
nominee of the democratic party for
vice president of the United States.
Mr. 1>avl8 accepted the nomination in
! a brief speech reviewing the political
situation, echoing the scntlmeents of
Judge Parker on the money question
and expressing the determination to
i he successful in the campaign. Rep-
rrsent.ative John Sharp Williams,
i Mississippi, chairman of the notifica¬
tion committee of the St. Louis con-
’ mention, delivered the notification ad-
'dress. The ceremonies were held on
the lawn of the White Sulphur Springs
hotel, which affords a natural amphi¬
theatre, tli eground sloping up from
the speaker’s stand on all sides and
sheltered by huge spreading oaks. The
day was an ideal one from every
standpoint. The early morning fog
had been dissipated before the sun,
and the air was still and crisp.
Hundreds of enthusiastic people had
assembled from the Virginias and bor-
dering slates, and heavy train loads
brought others from other states.
Sturdy mountaineers came on horse¬
back, on foot and on wagons with
llieir families. The ceremonies were
marked with the utmost simplicity
The famous Stonewall brigade band of
Staunton, Va., organized by General
Jackson, played stirring airs. A pretty
incident occurred at the conclusion
of the ceremonies. A delegation of
seventeen ladies from Atlanta, Ga., all
bearing the, Georgia state flag, came
forward to congratulate the candidate.
These samp ladies tendered Judge Par-
ker a reception in Atlanta last June.
Chairman Taggart, of the national
committee, who had planned to attend
the ceremonies, wired late Tuesday
night that it would be impossible for
him to get to White Sulphur. Perry
Belmont, was the only represontatiae
of the New York democracy present.
Mr. Davis was an early riser. He
> al ^>ed freely with the throngs on
many f br <? impromptu d hotR VF receptions ™ “L*"! in Z the
Mr . Bavin gave every evl
6 8plrI ts and health, and
1 ev need keen interest in meeting tits
old ‘ friends . , • , and making new ones.
The letter . presented , , by . the notiflea
com “ ° * . .
™
av| the committee on
vice presidential .__. nominee, „ we have the
*
honor in . the .. name of » the .. democratic
nallonai convention, which . , . was held . ..
a . 8 T , R ’ , n a m-
' : ’
to with that degree , of . fot- .
nounce you
wW „ CU8tom R nd respectful
observance prescribe, the fad that.
werp , manImonsIy named by Hint
1 flg (he|r rh olce f()r vlce president
Unite( , stateB for the term be-
* ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ of March 1#05> am ,
rft . spectf , llly yo «r accept-
^ of (h0 nom | nntlon . Knowing that
wo w0 ought £ to succeed and confiding In
* Bense of the American pen-
P ^ wJth wp]| mPr |ted rPgar ,,,
■
5 0II1R for the committee,
“JOHN SHARP WILT JAMS,
Chairman.
“W. R- McCATTL, Secretary."
RESIGN UNDER CRITICISM.
Commander of Militia Guard at States¬
boro and Others Ask Discharge.
Over half the members of the States-
boro Guards, one of the two cornpa-
nies that were guards over the prison¬
ers who were lynched, have asked for
their dischargee. Severely criticised,
Captain Hitch, their commander; ( ap-
tain-elect Cone and Lieutenant Lrlner
have written their resignations,
Hitch makes the charge that he was
betrayed by a deputy sheriff or bailiff,
and that the mob could never have
taken Reed and Cato had it not been
for this betrayal and the action o
Sheriff Kendricks, who pointed out, Hie
prisoners. Hitch assumes the respon-
sibility for not shooting into the mob
up to the time he was captured am
disarmed. He says there was no oc¬
casion for firing before that.
WELL KNOWN NOVELIST DEAD.
Col. Prentiss Ingraham Passes Away
at Beauvoir, Miss., Aged Sixty.
Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, of Chi¬
cago, said to be the author of more
than 1,000 novels, is dead at Beauvoir,
Miss., aged 60 years, Colonel Ingra-
ham was born at Natchez, Miss.
As a young man he served in the
Confederate army as colonel and after
the war began writing stories which
were published in various weekly pa¬
pers, and in book form, i.ater he
turned out a nojel every few weeks.
NEW MISSISSIPPI ROAD.
Incorporation Charter Is Filed at Jack-
son for the “Delta Southern.”
A charter for a new railroad, the
“Delta Southern,” is on file with the
attorney general of Mississippi, says a
dispatch from Jackson.
The road is to traverse Washington,
Bolivar, Sharkey and Yazoo counties,
about sixty miles, through as rich sec¬
tion of country a» crows ever flew
over.
DENIES ALLEGATION
Discrepancy in Statements
of Sheriff and Military.
I KENDRICKS HEARD FROM
Sheriff of Bulloch County Gives His
Version of Ho n Mob Secured Pris¬
oners from Statesboro Jail
and Burned Them.
j The long expected report of Captain
R. M. Hitch, of the Oglethorpe Light
j Infantry, who was in command of the
l troops at Statesboro, which were over¬
powered and disarmed by the nuib oi
infuriated citizens of Bulloch county,
which mob burned the negroes Reed
and Cato, arrived at tho adjutant gen¬
eral' office, in Atlanta, Thursday morn¬
ing.
Finally, however, when Captain
Hitch was captured and disarmed and
then thrown from the building, the
! mob made a final charge and ousted
! *be troopers from their position on
I the atatrwa >' ca ‘> tured ,h ® ne * roos ’
1 took them out and burned them.
According to the statement of offi
! j cers under Captain Hitch, the sheriff
I of Bulloch county pointed out the pris¬
; oners to the mob, while another dep¬
uty sheriff unlocked the door of the
prisoner's room.
Sheriff Kendricks has-nmdo a state¬
ment in reference to tiie Statesboro
lynching affair. He says, in part:
“Replying to tlie charges made
against nte and certain of my bailiffs
by Captain Hitch nml one or two of
the Savannah soldiers who were on
guard at the time of tlie Reed and
Cato lynching, it becomes my duty
to state that the report that I opened
Hie door for the mob Hint was after
Cato onil Reed, or that I in any man¬
ner cleared the way or aided the mob
to get the prisoners was absolutely un¬
true, and the statements given out by
these Savannah men do me and my
bailiffs a great and serious wrong.
“When I discovered tlint the ntob
was about to overpower the soldiers
stationed on the stairway, I saw that
something must ho done if possible to
got the prisoners out of the reach of
the mob. I had planned to rush them
up into the roof through a scuttle
hole In the ceiling of the solicitor's
room, If such an emergency should
arise. I at once ran to the door of
the prisoner's room, and ran as quick¬
ly as possible to the door leading to
tiie solicitor's room, thinking to he in
time to get the prisoners out of tho
way and up into the roof.
“I had aimuet succeeded, and in one
more minute they would have been
landed there, but the mob broke in
on me before I could carry out my
plan. The mob found the door closed
and broke it open. I deny that. I
pointed out either of the men to tho
mob. Some one seized Bell, but they
discovered that he was not the man
thoy' were after, and they put him
down. There was no need for any one
to point out. the prisoners to the
crowd, as they were in plain sight, of
the spectators in the open court house,
open to Hie view of the spectators for
two days, and the mob had no trouble
in finding them. In answer to Hie re¬
port that It was one of my bailiffs
who disarmed Captain Hitch, I desire
to sta/a that 1 liavo the statement of
one of the sergeants of the Statesboro
company, who was standing immedi¬
ately at Hie side of Captain Hitch
when this man seized him tyid bore
him downstairs. My informant states
that tlie man was not my bailiff, but a
stranger, a man whom he had never
seen before, Imt whom a certain one
of my bailiffs resembles somewhat,
and both would answer tlie captain’s
description.
■'It, seems to be a ease of mistaken
idently under excitement on the part,
of Captain Hitch, and he does mo and
my men a great Injustice by making
these hasty statements. I have no
quarrel to make with hint, for he did
all he or any man could have done
under the circumstances. He does me
n gross wrong to make these ground
less and untrue allegations against
me.”
WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
Defiant Answer of Port Arthur Gar¬
rison to Surrender On Demand.
A Tokio special gays; Lieutenant
General Stoessel, In command at Port
Arthur, has refused to surrender and
has declined tho offer made by the Ja¬
panese officers for the removal of non-
combatants there.
Reasons for this latter action arc
not given, but it is probable that
the non-combatants are unwilling to
accept favors at. tlie hands of the Ja
panese. They confess however, that
necessity for their removel exists.
TRAIN SMASHES TROLLEY CAR.
Four People Killed and Over Twsnty
Hurt in Accident at Chicago.
A Chicago dispatch says: Four peo¬
ple were killed, another fatally hurt
and twenty-three severely injured in a
collision late Wednesday afternoon be¬
tween an express train on the Chicago
Great Woe-tern railroad and a train of
three trolley cars bound for the Haw¬
thorne race track,
NO. 41.
WATSON’S HOT SHOT.
Populist Nominee, In Hit Speech of
Acceptance, Scores Both Demo¬
crats and Republicans.
Tlktnas E. Watson, of Georgia, the
people's party candidate for presi¬
dent, and Thomas E. Tibbies, of Ne¬
braska, the candidate for vice presi¬
dent, wore formally notified of their
nomination Thursday at Cooper Un¬
ion haJI, in New York city.
Chairman Boulton at once introduc¬
ed Judge Samuel W. Williams, of In¬
diana, who made the speech officially
notifying the candidates of their selec¬
tion.
Chairman Boulton then Introduced
Watson in a half dozen words, simply
referring to him rs the candidate of
(he people's party.
After a formal notice that he would
soon prepare a formal letter of accept¬
ance, Mr. Watson gave up a great
portion of his address to a discussion
of the democratic and republican plat¬
forms, and the candidacy of Judge
Parker, lie referred to the democrat¬
ic candidate's gold telegram as fol¬
lows :
"Surrounded by the Wall street mag¬
nates who had financed his campaign
for two years, Judge Parker bided his
time till the perils of the two-thirds
rule were passed, and when it was too
late for the convention to rftrace its
steps—for even the democratic bosses
require more than fifteen minutes to
turn completely round in—he cracks
the Wall street whip over the heads of
Ids leaders and with prompt, obedience
the great democratic legions were
made to furl their flag and reverse
llieir lino of march."
At another point (lie speaker said
lie would not venture to say a word
against Judge Parker’s character, “for
I believe him n n eminently worthy
man.”
Of President Roosevelt Mr. Watson
Said:
"I have no words of abuse for Theo¬
dore Roosevelt. I believe him to be a
brave, honest, conscientious man. I
give him full credit for having a splen¬
did courage of conviction, but inas¬
much as he stands for those govern¬
ment principles which, in my judg¬
ment, are hurrying this republic Into a
sordid despotism of wealth, I will com¬
bat him and his principles as long as
there is breath in my body.”
Answering a self-asked query as to
why he consumed more time discuss¬
ing the democrats than in speaking of
*lhe republicans, the populist leader
made reply tons:
“It's nn easier and quicker job ta
strike an open enemy right between
the eyes than It is to tear off the mask
from the face of a pretended friend
and show him to bo the hypocrite
that he is.”
The speaker opened with the Btate-
ment. that there never was a time
when the plain people of America
were so dissatisfied with iho condl-
tlons which prevail In this republic.
“Deep down In their hearts," ho
said, "the masse R . of the people feel
I hat. the reins of power are slipping
out of their hnnds. In srue of ail that
r-an lie done by a partisan press, the
fact cannot be concealed from the
eyes of the average citizen that the
most preponderance of all the wealth
produced In this land Is transferred by
legalized robbery in the hands of a
few; that the courts are run In the in¬
terest. of the few; that the law-making
power is manipulated by the few, and
that while both the old political par
ties pretend to devote themselves to
(he interests of the common people,
they arc both financed by Wall street,
both dominated l>y Wall street, both
Hie willing and the servile tools of
Wall street.”
RUSSIA WILL BACK DOWN.
To Meet Views of United States and
England on Contraband Question.
A St Petersburg dispatch says; It.
becomes more and more probable that
Russia will meet the views of tho
United States and Great Britain re¬
garding foodstuffs as contraband of
war, by agreeing that, foodstuffs bound
to n belligerent unblockaded port and
consigned to private firms or individ¬
uals, when the ship's papers leave no
room for suspicion, be not. regarded as
contraband.
LOST POSITION AND SUICIDED.
W. J. Montgomery, Prominent Atlanta
Business Man, Takes Own Life.
William J. Montgomery, vice presi¬
dent of the Georgia Cotton Oil Com¬
pany, at. Atlanta, shot himself to death
late Friday afternoon.
The universal opinion Is that he
killed himself in a sudden fit of de¬
spondency following the request for
his resignation from the office of vice
president of the company with which
he had been connected for the last
twenty-three years.
The news of the tragedy created a
profound sensation on the streets.
WHELMED BY DYNAMITE.
Two People Killed and Depot Wrecked
by Explosives at Minden, Mo.
Two persons were killed and three
injured, two perhaps fatally, at Min-
den, Missouri, Saturday afternoon by
(he explosion of fifteen cases of dyna¬
mite piled on the Missouri Pacific de¬
pot. platform being struck by a freight
engine. The depot was completely de¬
molished