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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 e/8*»ed. and the „„„ supply .of ..................... ammunition -<~r........tWt____........ T t- Vrt' ""xwii 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. yr S3 1. W 7 i ilk jL£ -■! g^i m The $! DIGESTS .CO Uittiecn-ralrs 2~i WHAT tiroeiths trial size, YOU which sells EAT for 50 cents. PREPARED CNuY AT THE LA30KAT0RY CF E. C. DeWITT Sc COMPANY. CHICAGO. ILL. FOR SALE BY II AI) A WAY & MOORE. To Cure a Cold in One Pay in Cures Two Grip Days. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ^ pw A box. on every 35c. Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 months. Thiti This tiff signature, nature* LA * 9 ' _ 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 ....... olito tlrf* "sTiiTStfon." 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. ’ in 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. i 1 is flavor Disappoint Our Patients, Vie-or Positively cured; no stimulant l>ut permanent. _ laTsoPm^tiof Georgia for too treatment nervous and chronic Uioea-es. I r. > . K. v !K' ^1,;,,, usa.ateU this la-ti union, ie the chief consultant speeiiiliut, f be.ng ass.steu by o a u^c^.^S^^1^t d h^XSKra^ la unsnrp.* lea X-rar, violet ray, and Finsen ray: in fact, every electrical contrivance known to the meoical profession. Our sanitarium la modern in every respect, and we employ none hut the best trained and efficient attendants, regularly qualified graduates and licensed physicians being in charge. to patients and We employ no misleading means for literature secure sent out 0 D-uronaee—no C. O. D.’s or unasked are ’’'“III anre of a cure within a specified time. nnnnutn Omlvwlu DlScftwfcds riceSCEC We successfullytreatandperma Eerily cure all chronic diseases i I kW-Alf mDEFAffh meh" as — Kidney - - and and Bladder Bladder troubles, troubles, Rheumatism, Rheumatism, Rupture, Hydrocele. Drains. Losses etc., and all Private I " W UNTIL I rum rilDcn CURED. ‘‘‘*1/0 Diseases, Throat, Tumors Head and and malignaut Rungs. troubles. Diseases of Catarrh Rye and of Ear, the Nose of Women, such as Displacements, n "■ K iriNO K lr,u M ■" n Chronic Diseases and such weaknesses of women, , TTnnatiirai tlnrunu^a!^D^^^^g-j^ Discharges, crey _ C 0 NsuLT,NQ iK,v 2 ,coN^ afflicted. On request we W tfi lfteratiire, you are sick or JIILL^FonsuLtation, r send you our including symptom blanks for home treatment. examination and advice free —— Oft, KIHG MEMCftLGO.. Atlanta* Ga 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 i I 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 j 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. i KILLED BY BEASTS AND SNAKES. Statistical Paper Says 24,034 People Thus ; lost Lives in India in 1934. j i A special to a New York paper from ; London, says that, according to a ; statistical paper, just published, there I ’ 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. i 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. —THE— “The Old Reliable” GEORGIA RAILROAD Elegantly equipped passenger trains between all points, „ ?»»»••> n , , C a ?. >»»«•' Ml» nt«, A ttga staaud , alsobatweeu Augusta and St Lou is and Charleston and Cincinnati Fast Freight Service between the West and Augusta, Athens Macon, Charleston. Savanah, and ail points in southeastern auid Carolina territory. A. G. JACKSOlSl, Gen. Freight and Pas. agent Augusta, Ga. " NI^YOttfFfEB;-—- __ ^ 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.