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LOUISIANA MOB
STORMS PRISON
Man Held Under Charge of Dcublt
Murder Riddled in His Cell.
MILITIA WAS OUTWITTED
Guns of Local Company Were Seized
and All Wires Leading From Town
Cut Before Jail Was Attacked.
After working three hours with
seldge hammers and pick axes a mob
jol twenty-five men broke into the par¬
ish jail at Homer, La., 75 miles north¬
east of Shreveport, Wednesday, and
shot Dick Craighead, inflicting wounds
which will probably prove fatal. Craig¬
head was charged with the murder
of Mrs. Ike McKee, the wife of his
haJf-brotner, and her little son.
• The authorities were unaware of the
design to mob the prisoner until' it
was too late to protect him. Every
telephono and telegraph wire out of
Komer was out and the rifles of the
C.aiborne Guards, the local military
company, were seized before the move
was made on the jail. So quietly did
the mob work that scarcely anyone
in the little town was aware of what
was taking place at the jail.
Having dug a hole through the brick
wall, the lynchers crawled through
the opening, but on reaching the steel
cell in which the prisoner was con¬
fined, found it impossible to break th>
lock. They then began shooting at
the cowering prisoner through the
bars of bin cell, more than twenty
shots being fired and nearly every
one taking effect.
The man's legs, arms and portions
of his body were literally riddled. Be¬
lieving that Craighead was dead, the
members of the mob left the prison
and quickly dispersed.
When Sheriff Kirkpatrick and citi¬
zens of the town reached the jail they
found Craighead still alive. It is stat¬
ed that he told the sheriff the names
of three ol’ the lynchers and that An¬
other prisoner in the jail told the
name of another man whom he recog¬
nized. The names have not been di¬
vulged.
THREE MEET TRAGIC FATE.
Runaway Horse Cashes Into River, Drown¬
ing Man, His Wif» ijmd Child.
Edward Axson, superintendent of the
Franklin gold mines, his wife and lit¬
tle boy, three years old, were drowned
In the Etowah river, near Canton, Ga.,
Wednesday afternoon.
It is seated that Mr. Axson was tak¬
ing his wife and child for a drive
when tha horse became unruly. He
reared for some time, and then ran
- away.
The horse dashed along the country
"pad at breakneck speed, Mrs. Axson
j|^d M Axson her child trying screaming Ills wildly and
, utmost to check
the speed of the runaway animal. As
the horse reached the bridgfe that
spans the Etowah river, it darted to
one side.
Mr. Axson was so completely taken
by surprise that he was at a loss
what to do. The horse jumped
straight into the stream, and, before
assistance could be secured, the whole
family was drowned.
The bodies were dredged out of the
stream a few hours later.
POLITICS VS. OFFICE-HOLDING
Brings Forth Peremptory Ultimatum from
Postmaster-General Cortelyou.
Politics and civil service are in con¬
flict in the Louisville, Ky., postoffice.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has in¬
structed the postmaster at that place
to take the fdllowing action:
“Inform William A. Evans that it is
the opinion of the department that if
he desires to retain his position as : ^as
sistant postmaster, he should retire
from membership in the republican
state central committee of Kentucky.
Bring to the attention of the classified
employees of your office the civil ser¬
vice regulations relative to activity in
politics and require such employees to
comply strictly with the spirit ®f the
regulations in question.”
ALLEGED LYNCHERS GIVEN FREEDOM.
Prominent South Carolina Men Accused of
Murder are Discharged.
Magistrate Caskey at Lancaster, S.
C., Friday, dismissed Burrell Trues
dale, W. R. Belk, S. Frank Hough,
S. W. Heath, John T. Stevens, H. J.
Gardner, Dock Belk, Steve L. Gard¬
ner, Jr., John Holden and Steve W.
Welch, who were brought before him
charged with complicity in the lynch¬
ing of a white man named Morrison
at Kershaw last October. The pre¬
liminary examination attracted crowds
from the neighborhood, as all of the
defendants are prominent men.
REVEALED BY BROTHER.
Hnv Defalcation of Bigeicw Was Ac*
'Mentally Unearthed-Debts Will
Aggregate Three Millions.
A Milwaukee dispatch says: That
William Bigelow, vice president of
the First National Bank and brother
of Frank C. Bigelow, defaulter, ac¬
cidentally exposed his brother to the
(
directors, is the story that is accept¬
ed in banking circles as the true ver¬
sion as to how the crime was brought
out Saturday night. It seems that
Frank Bigelow was called out of town
Saturday and that the affairs of the
bank were left in the hands of his
brother,
Saturday morning a telegram came !
addressed to Bigelow from a New |
York bank, stating that It was will¬
ing to take care of a draft for $50,
000 , even though the bank was already
indebted to the New York house for
$200,000. William Bigelow could not
understand the matter and was more
puzzled when, he discovered that the,
New York bank was charged in the
books with bq;ug indebted to the
First Natior/.i for $200,600. He asked
the bank to explain and found that
the telegram was correct. An exam¬
ination of the books followed and ho
found so many queer things that he
decided not to wait for his brother
to return, but to consult with Mr.
Pfister. They immediately suspected
one of th* cashiers of defaulting, and
called a special meeting of the di¬
rectors.
Ftanlt C. Bigelow returned, but did
not see his brother until he reached
the bank in. the evening to attend
the meeting. When the directors had
assembled Wlilliam Bigelow, the broth¬
er, tolij what he had discovered, and
stated that he had no idea of the
amount taken or who tho criminal
was. Thereupon his brother arose,
and made the startling disclosure that
he was a defaulter for over $ 1 , 000 ,
000 .
The latest step in the case is the
filing of a petition involuntary bank¬
ruptcy by Bigelow. The revised
schedules chow a total liability on his
part of $3,277,000, of which $1,795,
000 is wholly or in part secured.
TEACHERS’ COLLEGE ASSURED.
Great Institution to be Erected in NoshviHe
| \ Through Peabody Fund.
T ~r. - T V. .j oime <5* tua" T l'\X.
j l
body college at Nashville, Tenn., at¬
tended the conference for education
at Columbia, S. C.
He announced that the trustees of
the Peabody educational fund, wbo
met in Washington, January 24, voted
ll.OOO.COO for the establishment of
a teachers’ college on condition that
the trustees of that institution raise
an additional $800,000, and that this
$800,000 had been raised, aTT In the
state of Tennessee. This will insure
the establishment of the teachers’ col¬
lege at Nashville for southern teach¬
ers, with an endowment of $1,800,000
to begin with. Of this $800,000 the
state legislature of Tennessee voted
$ 200 , 000 , issuing bonds to be paid off
so much every year for ten years. It
is also expected that the county of
Davidson, in which the city of Nash¬
ville is located, will give $50,000.
Dr. Rose also said that a member
of the board had made an offer to
give an additional $250,000 on his
personal account, provided the college
raised a similar sum. While it is not
announced, it is understood that this
member is Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan.
ACREAGE REDUCTION IS ASSURED.
No Further Doubt Remains That Cotton
Crop Will Be Curtsi ed.
There is no longer any doubt about
tha farmers of the south having re¬
duced their cotton acreage. The fact
that the amount of fertilizer used this
year is smaller than in many years
before is .an assured fact, and all that
remains for the southern farmer to do
now to make his victory complete is
to hold on to the cotton he now
has on hand.
Reports received from various states
by the headquarters of the Southern
Cotton association show beyond any
doubt that tho reduction of acreage
is already an assured fact.
DOZEN LABOR LEADERS INDICTED.
Grand Jury at Chicago Brings Conspiracy
Charge Against Strikers.
Twelve of the labor leaders prom¬
inently Identified with the teamsters’ !
strike, now in progress in Chicago,
were indicted Saturday night by the
grand jury. Each indictment contains
six counts and charges the men with
conspiracy.
The indictments were based solely
.
on the evidence given during the last j
week by witnesses who testified spe¬
cifically as to the troubles ,of the la¬
bor union and Montgomery, Ward Sc
Co.
DEATH CLAIMS
FITZHUGH LEE
Gallant Warrior. PeerlesjS States¬
man Suddenly Taken fv nce *
WAS VICTIM OF AP0FLEXY
Stroke Received While General Was on
Train Enroute From Bos on
Washington.
General Fitzhugh Lee, Unit 61 * States
army, retired, and one of Virginia s
foremost sons, died at the providence
hospital in Washington Frb ia >’ ni S'ht
from an attack of apoplexy- which
he suffered early in the morning on
a train while on route trot 11 Boston
to Washington.
The end was peaceful u d without
pain, the general 1 maim g conscious
until five minutes befon iK-Jlmd. None
of the immediate family / lid time to
reach his bedside before | tend jd. came. wid¬
The general was 6 \ yeaj K A
ow ami five children, suit • him. Two
of the beys are army S!,cers, and
two of the girls are wi\ el of army
officers, while the remainijg child is
a young woman still in h i teens. The
children are Mrs. J. C Rip a, wife of
Lieut. Rhea, now nt Fort )glethorpe,
Ga. ; Lieut. Fitzhugh Leegnf the cav¬
alry branch, now in Mulila; Lieut.
George Mason Lee of the seventh cav¬
alry, now in San Francisco: Mrs. Anne
Brown, wife of Lieut. Brown of the
seventh cavalry, now at San Fran¬
cisco, and Miss Virginia Lee.
General Lee was stride n with apo¬
plexy, the entire left sice being af¬
fected, at 3 o’clock Friday morning.
The train had just left the Harlem
river when the stroke came. The
train bearing the general arrived in
Washington directly aft©" 10 o’clock.
Under the direction of Mhjor Kean,
U. S. A., of the surg |i general’s
office, the patient was r emoTed to
Providence hospital. The news of the
general’s condition had jreceded him
to Washington, and many of his army
and personal friends vere at the
Pennsylvania station to r» >et him.
General Lee had weeu spending a
few days in the city.°T ftsLon, in the
interest of the iVisJcul Jam<f®tov exposition,
and ware 11 — mm, on
his way to join Mrs. ,-li . heart hes
j and soul was in the e ion work,
and he labored zealon
a success. His visit *> ton was in
this connection and i * 1 appeared
before the legislate ot Vev York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois and ;?< places
in behalf of the project; Since he
took up the work of thefamestown
exposition, he has madeljs Vaf official
residence at Norfolk, However,
his activities in connect !*>1 W jth this
work have given him verynttle time
there. During the sessioF 0 f con .
gress just closed, the ‘genon spent a
large part of his time in t hingt.on
in the Interest of the nectary leg¬
islation authorizing the Exposition.
General Lee long has beei a promi¬
nent figure in Washington, i nf j he a p
ways was given a hearty Vreception
wherever be went. Genera! Lee was a
nephew of the famous and,like cLfederate
general, Robert E. Lee, him,
saw active service in the (confeder¬
acy.
Prior to the civil war, at be begin¬
ning of which he resigned Stafj his com¬
mission in the United s army,
General Lee saw considera>fe fron¬
tier duty against the Indians. He was
an expert cavalry offieq. His
services in the confederate irm y as
a major general are well km wn> an( j
during his active work in the Tpanish
American war, General *Lep- ftjjed a
number of important posit L nK j- n .
eluding the governorship of Lrginia,
the presidency of the Pittsbi, rg anr ]
Virginia railroad, the collecto-ship of
internal revenue for the Lynchburg
district and the consul generalship 'at
Havana.
Following his honorable di)charge
from the volunteer army on M irc h 2
1901, General Lee appoii- ,
was ec j fg
the regular army February ]| 3907
with with this rank of brigadier generic j'
rank ho was retired Q the
month of March following.
PEACEFUL IN SI. PETERSBURG
Expected Easter Rioting and Disorders
Failed to Materialize.
A St. Petersburg special says: Eas¬
ter day, Russia’s greatest festival 0 f
joy and peace, was ushered in with
none of the disorder and rioting that
was dreaded. As for centuries, thUngs
of the Russian faithful throughout
the empire gathered at midnigh;, sat,,
urday night in and around th>! (;a .
thedrals, the churches rising of and shrine: L‘|\ <| to
greet the Lord to
mark gloom the and end sad dess of Lent passion and o- jUhe |
of < je k.
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Success of Japs W> ul 1 Mean Denyrrous
Supremacy in the Orient.
The Novoe Vremya, St. Petersburg
newspaper, calls attention to the state¬
ment of John Hays Hammond before j
ithe American academy r>f political and j
social science at Philadelphia, April 8 , !
as being the utterances of a friend
of President Roosevelt, and as consti¬
tuting a note of warning to Japan- j
ophites in America and England, both 1
politically and industrially.
During the course of his remarks i
Mr. Hammond, among other things,
said that Japan’s strategic positon
commercially by reason of the suzer¬
ainty she will establish over Korea,
would render her the most formidable
competitor of the United States in
the far east, and added:
“America’s interests in this respect
will undoubtedly run counter to those
of Japan. Japan is the only nation,
as I view it, which can seriously com¬
pete with us for commercial suprem¬
acy in that part of the world.”
WEALTHY BACHELOR MURDERED.
Andrew Sundberg Found Dead in His House
Near Fruithurst, Alabama.
Andrew Sundberg, a bachelor, 50
years of age, was found dead in His
house near Fruithurst, Ala., Friday,
v/itb a bullet wound In his body. Sev¬
eral articles of jewelry and money
were missing from the house. Mr.
Hundberg is reputed to be worth
about $50,000.
FRENCHMEN BUY TIMBER LANDS.
Manufacturers of Wine to Make Barre)
Staves in State of Mississippi.
A deal was closed in Jackson, Miss.,
Friday, whereby a tract of 4,786 acres
of hardwood lands in Yazoo county
are sold to a firm of French wine
manufacturers, who will Immediately
establish a large plant on the tract
for the purpose of manufacturing bar¬
rel staves.
IS AWAITING FOURTH DIVISION.
Rojestvensky’s Squadron Reported to Be
Cruising in Gull of Tonquin.
It is intimated in naval circles at.
SL Petersburg that Admiral Rojestven
sky is now in tho Gulf of Tonquin,
where, under the shelter of Hainan
Island and far outsidj* territorial wa¬
ters, ho can await the arrival of the
fourth division of his squadron, com¬
manded by Aflmiral Nebogatoff.
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Gin, Press, Cane Mill und Shingle Outfits.
Building, bridge, P Daolirigo. o G+i »-» rvo
Factory. and Railroad Furnace,
Railroad, PcU.lng, Mill,Machinists’and Injectors, Factory Sup¬
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riles, Oilers. Eto
HHSTL'a'it everyday; work 180 Hands
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Augusta, Georgia.
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FARB1LI. MAY QUIT fQUITABLE.
Vice President Reported as Ready to Start
Company of His Own.
It was rumored in New York Fri¬
day that Vico President Cage E. Tar
bell has decided to retire from the
Equitable and start a new insurance
company. It was understood that he
had an abundance of backing for tho
new company, and it was intended to
offer the presidency of it to James
W. Alexander of the Equitable Life,
if he is willing to accept.
LOOMIS ISSUES FLAT DENIAL.
Declares Ho Was Not in “GraFt” Deal to
Loan President Castro $35,000,000.
A Washington dispatch says: Ab¬
solute denial of certain charges affect¬
ing his official integrity while Amer¬
ican minister at Caracas, Venezuela,
was made by Mr. Loomis, the acting
secretary of state, in a statement giv¬
en out by him Thursday evening. He
was charged with being mixed up in
a deal to loan President Castro $33,
000 , 000 .