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RICE RIOT
Mob Attacks Negroes in Revenge for
Many Assaults on White Women.
ORGIE OF BLOODSHED i j
Negroes Chased and Killed
Promiscuously on the
Streets—Mob Ruled
Four Hours—Mili¬
tary Called Out.
A race riot occurred in Atlanta Sat¬
urday night and it was one of the
most terrible siace tho days of recon¬
struction. The causes that led up to
It were the recent criminal assaults
made by negroes on defenseless white
women.
For months past tnore lias been on
an average of one woman assaulted a
week. The climax came Saturday af¬
ternoon when it was reported that
there were four white women who had
been attacked at their homes bv ne¬
groes. The news given in extras by
tho afternoon papers inflamed the peo¬
ple beyond endurance.
The rioting started at 9 o’clock at
the corner of Pryor and Decatur
streets.
Thousands of white men, with their
pas.dons inflamed, gathered in the
business center of the city, and for
four hours mobs chased negroes,
stoned and shot them to death, and
boarded trolley cars, snatching off ne¬
groes. and beat them to death with
clubs and sticks.
The lire department was called out
in the midst of the terrible excite¬
ment by order of the mayor, and by
streams of water tried to disperse the
inobs. This had a good effect only
for a few minutes, for the mobs quick¬
ly reorganized, and on other streets
began to shoot and stone negroes.
Rushes were made upon the hard¬
ware stores for pistols, but these were
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closed,‘and j n r act every place of
business imo mosed doors long be¬
fore 1 the usual hour.
At one time a number of trolley
cars had to he rushed out of the
city with dead and dying negroes and
policemen upon them.
All the while the air was filled
with cries of ‘‘Kill them'." ‘‘Shoot
them!" Lynch them!" “Down with
the negroes who attack and assault
our women!”
A number of men paraded the
streets holding aloft extra editions of
the afternoon papers whereon were
large type lines displaying assaults
negroes had made on white women.
In some streets the air was filled
with the reports of pistols, and the
shouts of enraged men who seemed
more like wild beasts than human
Ik ings.
The scenes on the incoming trol¬
ley cars were the most fearful of all.
“No sooner would a trolley car reach
the center of the city than it would
be eagerly scanned for negroes, and
if one was seen ou the' car it was
immediately bearded and a rush made
for the blacks.
Property was destroyed by the mon
in the demolishing o' a Greek’s stand
and tin* smashing of a large- number
of plate glass windows on several of
the business streets. The saloon of
Campbell &- Poole, on Broad street,
and the stare of the Pearson Hard¬
ware Company, at Walker and Peters
streets, were broken open and the
stocks demolished.
All the state troops available in
the city were called out and the city
placed partially under martial law un¬
til order was restored.
The entire police force was placed
on duty and all the winchesters of the
MARINE3 LANDED IN HAVANA.
Fifteen Hundred Americans Occupy
Camp Columbia.
Fifteen hundred marines and sailors
landed in Havana Saturday night tor
liansit r to Camp Co.umhia. The Unit¬
ed railways had two trains with a
total of 3d ears waiting to transport
the force. The object of landing
tioops was stated to be* in prepared
ness to resist an attack on the city,
and to he ready to protect American
lives and property in the event that
tlie rebels should become dissatisfied
with the peace negotiations, and un¬
dertake to invade Havana.
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were in use. Many police
paraded the streets armed with
Every negro, no matter what his em¬
cpiickly sought cover and
out of sight. Even the cabs were
on the streets. Finding no
victims in sight the mobs quiet¬
down.
Although there have been several
reports as to the dead, the only au¬
thentic news that could be obtained
a list of six dead negroes, four
which were taken to the undertak¬
ing establishment of L- L. Lee, 36
South Broad street, Sunday morning,
[t was stated on reliable information
that some bodies had been slipped out
of the city for burial.
There were several cases of firing
into street ears late in the night, sup¬
posedly by negroes who -were hidden
from view. Window glasses were
broken by shots, but no one was hit.
Over forty men and boys were ar¬
rested and held at polioe barracks for
inciting to riot.
In Control of State Troops.
Sunday the city was in practical
control of the state troops, though
not under martial law.
The nine Atlanta companies, seven
of the Fifth regiment, the Govern',
or’s Horse Guard and the Governor's
bight Artillery, who were out all day,
were supplemented in the afternoon
H the arrival of four outside com
panics and still four more reached
the city Sunday night.
With these seventeen companies
there were 600 state troops patrolling
the streets and outskirts of Atlanta.
These troops were scattered all
over the city Sunday night under or¬
ders from Governor Terrell, and ev¬
ery street was patrolled, particularly
about the outskirts of the city.
All day long crowds of people
thronged the streets, watching with cu¬
riosity the movement of the soldiers
and eager to learn anything new
that might, have occurred. Only a
few stray negroes were to be seen on
li< ’ streets, aml and £ hPSe were such
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had not caught
wanted to show their biavado. Or
the trolley cars not a negro was to be
seen all day. They did not seem to
think that the trolley cars were
healthy places for them, and if they
went, out, they preferred to walk.
Saturday night what seemed au
tlientic reports placed the number of
negroes killed in the city at sixteen,
Sunday the list of dead was only six.
This discrepancy could not be account
ed for until the police were notified
that bodies of dead negroes had been
taken from the city.
Cause of the Outbreak.
There were four separate attempts
at assault in Atlanta and vicinity
Saturday. The first happened about 2
o’clock in the afternoon at the home
of Mrs. W. H. Chaffin near the Sol¬
diers’ Home. The second attempt was
at T o clock at The home of Mrs. Frank
Arnold, 127 Julian street. The third
was at the residence of Henry Lan¬
caster, cm his step daughter, Miss
Alma Allen, 1S2 Davis street, about
9:30 o'clock. The fourth was an at¬
tack on Mrs. Mattie Holcombe at 275
Magnolia street.
In all these cases only one negro
was arrested as a suspect.
MACHINISTS MAKE DEMANDS.
Asks Southern For Raise in Wages,
and Strike is Probable.
Two hundred and fifty machinists,
employed at tho Southern Railway
shops in Atlanta, and perhaps 2,000
on the system are making a demand
for increase in the wage scale from
$3 a day to *3.23.
A general strike on the system is
probable, if the demand for increase in
wages is not gi anted.
LAND OFFICE ANNUAL REPORT.
R ece jpt s 0 f Last Fiscal Year Show
Marked Increase.
According tc a computation made at
tho general land office at Washington,
tile total receipts of the office for
ihe fiscal year ending June 30, 1906,
are $7,5S3.523, an increase over the
! preceding year of $567,712. The total
an a of land disposed of was 19.431,1 S7
acre s. an increase of 2,734.565.
There were D5.113 final and original
entries and selections, an increase of
31.107.
Patents of all classes issued were
61,361.
AUTO BEATS THIS MOB.
Sheriff, with Prisoner, Dashes Through
Crowd of Would-Be Lynchers
Automobile. ’
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At Atlanta at 12 o’clock Thursday
night Governor Terrell was summon¬
ed from the Bryan banquet by Sher¬
iff Nelms and informed* that there
was danger of a mob lynching a ne- 1
gro named Troy, captured near Fort
McPherson, and charged with the as¬
sault upon Mrs. KimbalL,7fhursday a f.
lerrtocm. N
Governor Terrell immediately order¬
ed out three companies taf militia to
go to Fort McFherson t.o protect the j
prisoner. ^
Before the soldiers could assemble, j
however, Sheriff Nelms and Atlanta j
deputies ami citizens had taken ac* j
lion in the matter. In an automobile ! ;
Sheriff Nelms, Deputy Sheriff Char- ]
lie Daniel and two citizens rushed j
at a rate of fifty miles an hour to- 1
ward the fort, four miles distant, I
where the negro was a prisoner.
At Oakland City, which is near the ]
foil, the auto was- halted by a mob of
some fifty or more men, armed with i
every kind of weapon, and their pur- ;
pose asked. Being informed they were
permitted to proceed.
When the party reached the fort,
Sheriff Nelms was admitted and final¬
ly Colonel Van Orsdale agreed to sur¬
render the prisoner.
Even faster than the outward trip
was the return one. .The negro w T as
forced to lie down in the machine,
and the members of the party watch¬
ed him carefully to see that he had
no opportunity to escape.
The same mob was present w'hen
the auto reached Oakland City, and
party had no
the sheriff and
p m
|I ,e speed of the
auto.
Although the nvibj land members shriek¬
ed at them to stop, several mem¬
bers just managed !to jump in time
to escape being rtm over, the ma¬
chine glided on fasfer than ever, and :
never stopiced until the Tower was
reached where the negro was placed.
The companies of, soldiers were then
notified to take ujj> guard at Fulton
county jail instead of at Fort M.o
Pherson, and were assisted by a squad
of policemen.
A DIFFICULT JOT LOR TAFT.
Secretary of War Nonplussed Over Deli¬
cate Situation Presented in Cuba.
A special from Havana says: Thurst
day’s conferences with the leaders of
tne factions in the Cuban conflict did
.not enable Secretary of War Taft and
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
to announce any plan for compromis¬
ing the difficulty. So strenuous are
the appeals of both the liberal and
moderate party leaders that the sit¬
uation becomes increasingly compli¬
cated as the negotiations proceed
However. Secretary Taft said
•lay aight that he believed that when
they are brought fact to face
the danger of losing- independence for
ever, all patriotic Cubans would be
willing to make concessions.
Mr. Taft added that the United
States peace emissaries were occupy¬
ing a most delicate position, and had
undertaken to hear all oom^kiints and
that until they had made themselves
thoroughly conversant with the ;xo 1 11 -
ical turmoil of Cuba they could not
express therooeIves fieely in the con¬
ferences, fearing that possible misun¬
derstandings might have a deterrent
t fleet on the proceedings.
Mr. Taft has made it clear that the
United States was not seeking to
trol the island or any of its affairs,
but he has quoted President Roose¬
velt’s >etter to Minister Quesada to
the effect that the United States has
a duty which it cannot shirk. To
those whom he has ms: in conference
Mr. Taft has said that njw was the
time to decide whether they would
1 sve Cuba five as a n-sticn. He has
weighed every word careftrly, and ba3
t either upheld nor criticised the prin¬
ciples of either factions.
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HIS KISSING WAS STRENUOUS.
Lover Bites Sweetheart’s Cheek and
Blooflpoisoning Develops.
Miss Nan Bryant, a pretty girl of
Graniteville, S. C., is seriously ill a-t
a hospital in Augusta, Ga., in conse¬
quence of having been kissed with un¬
due force by her lover, Theodore Bar- j
ton. About a week ago, Mass Bryant I
„,d Barton vent wall,Ins, and when j j
she returned her cheek was Idoedin
She said that she had scratched^a
pimple. Blood poison developed and
she was taken to Augusta for treat¬
ment. The girl confessed that the
v.ound was inflicted by her lover while
he was kissing he»r.
SCORE HURI BUT NOME KILLED
Coacbes of Passenger Train Tumble Down
Steep > mb inkmen - A
Between forty’' a?ui fj seagarsT
were injured, none fatally, but sev¬
eral seriously, when a passenger train
of the Fort Worth and Dever City
railroad wrecked few miles; ;
was a
south of Fruitland, Texas, Thursday I
night. The Bleeper and chair car left I
the track, and rolled down an em |
bankmen, and nearly ail those j
aboard fist-iined iniuries j
bryan captures Birmingham. j
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Nebraskan Addresses Alabamians and is ;
Given a Rousing Ovation. j
William Jennings Bryan was the
guest of Birmingham, Ala., Friday af
ternoon and evening, ana was greeted ,
by a crowd made up not only of Bir
mIngham citizens, but of the distm- ;
guished Nebraskan s admirers from ah
over evatkm Alabama. at the He close was of given his a address, rousing j
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BRYAN TOUR IN NORTH STATE ENDS.
Nebraskan Made final Speech in Charlotte
and Headed for South Carolina.
dosing a two-days’ tour of North •
Carolina, in which he made pre-ar¬
ranged speeches in a dozen towns an-1
rear platform talks in half as many \
more, William J. Bryan closed his |
engagements in the state Tuesday | :
night with mi hours’ talk in Charlotte j
and passed on to Columbia, S. C.
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KILLED BY BEASTS AND SNAKES.
Statistical Paper Says 24,034 People Thus ;
lost Lives in India in 1934. j
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A special to a New York paper from ;
London, says that, according to a ;
statistical paper, just published, there I
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were killed in India in 1904, by
snakes and wild beasts, 24,034 per¬
sons. Of this number 21,000 w'ere kill
ciples of either faction.
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10T MURDER OFFICERS ARE HEED.
'•hjrritf and Deputies Indicted for Killing
Mou VHio Resisted Arrest
The grand jury of Lee county, Va.,
Friday returned indictments against
Kentucky officials who captured Frank
Flail at Rose Hill, Ya., on August
9, after a fight in which John Lee,
I a member of Ball’s party, was shot
and killed. The officials are charged
j with the murder of Lee.
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WOULE-BE CONTEST A
of Sage Used as Bairn to Ward 0f r
Court Lilit ation.
The will of Russeil Sage was pre
sented to the surrogate at New York
Friday and proved without contest,
Counsel for the executors announced
that Mrs. Sage intends to give to each
of Mr. Sage’s relatives who are ben
eficiaries under the will an additional
sum equal to the amount of his or
her legacy provided there is no con
test. This was accepted as satisfac¬
tory by Senator Brackett of Saratoga,
who was In Gie city preparing to con
y le v ,j]j A» e lxalf of Edison Con
raf j a g ran( j S on of one of Mrs. Sage’s
s j s t ers _ Under this settlement Coa
ra{ j receive $12,500 instead of
$6 250 and Gach of the twenty-six
!le phews and nieces of Mr. Sage who
were to receive $25,000 will be given
$50,000.
BANK LOOTED BY HUliVVAYVlEN.
Gang Temporarily Held Whole Town at Bay
and Made Their ! sc<?pe.
Eight masked men ami heavily arm
ed burglars held the people of White
Cloud, Mich., af bay early Thursday,
while they rifled the Newaygo Couu
ty bank and attempted also to rob
he bank of R. Garden & Son.
The interior of the Newaygo Co .
bank was completely wrecked
two explosions. The burglars got 1:
tween $2,030 and $4,000 in cash. Wfci!
the cracksmen were at work at t!
Gannon bank, the townspeople, awak
ened by the explosions, gathered r.i
force. Covering the citizens with gun
they rede cut of town on horseback.
TWENTY-FIRST INFANTRY COMING H0MF.£
Soldiers in Pillipp n s Sail lor Manila In
Route to United States.
Major General Leonard Wood, com¬
manding at Manila, cabled the mili¬
tary secretary at Washington, Friday,.
that the transport Logan, with the
twenty-first infantry, 613 enlisted
men, sailed from Manila to San Fran¬
cisco Thursday. These troops were
ordered home some time ago to re¬
place the troops at western posts
which had been ordered east, and
naturally would be first called upon
for Cuban service in case of ne«d.