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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. ISO3.
TUCKER’S BILL
WAS REPORTED
Republican Filibustering Was ot No
Avail Against the Demo-
cratic Members.
TOM REED MADE A FUSS.
nut All Titer Could Do could Hot Pre
sent o Heport — Senator George
Speaks In Opposition to the
Repeal Dill.
"•a* then put on the demand for the
previous question, mid on a division
no quorum voted, and Mr. Burrows
tailed for tellers and Mr. Fitch de
manded the yeas and nays. Everv
Democrat rose to second the demand,
and as it requires but one-ntth of the
members voting to order a roll call,
the speaker without counting them an
nounced that a sufficient number had
nsen.
‘‘The other side," demanded Payne.
There it* no other side,” responded
the speaker.
"Oh!" replied Payne, “I thought there
was."
The speaker said he did ndt mean this
remark in an offensive sense. He merely
Intended to say that there was a suf
ficient number rising: to order tho yeas
and nays, no matter how many might
rise on the other side.
Mr. Payne was glad to hear that
there was aiwther side. He then pro
ceeded in a pleasant manner to ad
dress the house, but the house* was not
in a mood to listen to him and he was
ordered by the speaker to resume his
Washington. Sept. 20.—There did not
appear to be a larger attendance in t'he
house thh morning when it met ut noon
(ban there toad boon for come days past.
The leaders of t'he opposing forces, were,
however, on nainci bright and ".nl».
Mr. Loud. Republican, of California
asked unanimous consent for the Imme
diate consideration of a resolution call
ing on the secnafery of the treasury
for information as to the number of
uuncea of silver bulikm purchased un
der the Sherman act during t’he months
of July and August, a.nd further what
the reason was that the Sherman act
was not executed during those months.
Mr. Tucker objected.
The speaker directed the dork to call
Sts s.sa.nnal««A* <r»e- rHrw«4
Mr. Furrows moved to dispense with
the call. landing this motion Mr.
CrvtcV.JlgS pp<5«*!»i**i St rflrjrtj't fwvm tftfi
committee on rules. Before it wan read
Mr. Burrows made the point of order
that the T*i*ort was not in order. His
point was that She ocsntntther had not
the right to originate an order of busi
ness.
The speaker overruled <lh* point of
order hi holding that on the question
of determining the ordir of business lh«
committee on rules had a right to act.
Mr. Burrows appealed from the d:els-
i,-,n a.nd Mr. Fttcti moved to lay Cn®
appeal on the lalbl*. pending which Mr.
Burrows movul that the house take a
rece» for one hour. .
Mr. Caitchlngs made Che point >f or
der dhait pending a report from the
oammltt** on rules (this motion was not
in order.
The speaker sold that he would hear
the gentleman from Michigan on the
question.
Mr. Burrows -was surprised that he
should be asked to speak on this ques
tion. There was no report from the
committee on rulto before the house.
The gentleman trim Mississippi had
tendered a retain and his (Burrow-*) had
object:!! to its reception and iud raised
a point of ardor against it. It was idle
to say that there was a report, before
the house. The report was not in pos
sesion of the house until it was read
t<> the house.
- In order to obviate this objection the
-speaker directed the clerk to road thic
report.
THUY WERE NOT NOTICED.
The vote on the motion to order the
previous question resulted: Yeas, 174:
?®5 r, ***-d>ne less than a quorum and
Mr - Fitch demanded a call of the house
and the yeas and nays were ordered.
But the Democrats, believing that their
quorum had returned, voted against
motion which was made by Mr.
Fitch in order to give absentees an
opportunity to return and the motion
was lost—Yeas. 23; nays, 1)14.
BURROWS FAILED TO HEAR.
The vote then recurred on ordering
the previous question. Before the vote
was announced. Mr. Burrows arose nnd
asked to be recorded. The speaker
put the stereotyped question as to
whether the gentleman had been pres
ent during the roll call and had failed
to hear his name. Mr. Burrows ans
wered in the affirmative.
Mr. Richardson, Democrat, of Ten
nessee showed some symptoms of ques
tioning the itccuracy of this response
but the speaker said that the gentle
man from Michigan understood the
rules, and he (the sneakers must nc-
cept his statement. ’ Thereupon Mr.
Buitowb voted in the affirmative and
as soon as the result was announced—
purchasing act. Senator Platt rose at
the same moment to make a statement.
Senator Voorhees was impatient at
the Interruption but yielded and Sen
ator Platt explained that as Senator
George of Mississippi desired to speak
upon tbe repeal bill he would not to
day introduce that amendment to the
rules relating to the closure of debate
of which he gave notice yesterday. Ho
would do so. however, at some future
date.
Senator George then addressed the
senate in opposition to the repeal bill.
As he happened to differ, he said, from
the demcratic administration on that
very Important question and as he
believed that n large majority of his
constituents concurred in the position
which he took, he believed it to be his
duty to state with some precision the
views which led him to refuse his sup
port to the bill now before the senate.
The passage of that bill, he thought,
would be a Wap In the dark, as like
ly to increase as to diminish the aggre
gate of the cadis from which the coun
try was suffering. He was convinced
that the present disaster was not at
tributable in any manner to the Sher
man act.
/*.-**», ,4v, imjs, a—m*jveu
ration.
Fitch moved to lay the motion on the
table. This was carried—yeas, 180;
A QUORUM WAS MISSING.
Senator George, although he had hla
speech prepared In advance, delivered
It with all iho Impressiveness which ho
Generally gives to his off-hand speeehra.
He did not seem to trouble himself ns
to whether senators did or did not de
rive an instructions front hW efforts:
for uuw, wiieu Setmlu, Call ir.dlc,".tcd
on intention of calling the notice of
the presiding officer to the fact that
there were but few senators in tho
chamber, he was prevented by Senator
George himself, who told him that he
was indifferent whether senators list-
< lied to him Or not. Nevertheless as
he went along, the absence of senators
became too evident, nnd it required
two calls to get a sufficient number of
them into the chamber to constitute
p quorum. The quorum noon went
rway again, but Senator George took
no heed of the fact, ami he • was al-
lowed to go on with the reading of his
speech without further interruption.
Rlucn ot it was given iu sww
the national banks and to a denuncla-
t.on of the circular sent out' from New
vnrw tn states whoso senators were
rerajusw 1 opposed to the bill, recommending that
pressure” be applied to them.
At 4:15. however, nn Interruption came,
from Senator Quay. He said that he
ONE OF THEM
A MURDERER,
A Partial Confession From a Man Ac
cused and Jailed For the
Murder.
BLOOD ON THE SACK OF FLOUR
Found in Ilia House by the Posse When
He Was Arreited—Had the 3Iur
doreil Hun’s Spectacles—Tho
Troutmuns Implicated.
and the Previous question was ‘™ ticed thttt while 0 n* of tho strongest
speeches was being made in th« Inter-
est of th» silver states there was not a
quorum present.
"That makes no difference to me.
Senator George interposed resigned y.
"It seems to me,” Senator Quay in
sisted. "that a suggestion should bo
,i .Ua»» I., nn niinflim nlVSPIU
ordered.
Mr. Reed said that he could not equal
the fiery denunciations of the gentle
man from Indiana (Bynum) against the
rules of the fifty-first congress, nor
could he equal the choice epithets used
(our years ago by the gentleman from
Kentucky (Breckinridge). He, Heed,
was suffering from the fact that lie
was not backed up by such a chorus as
bad made the air vocal four years ago.
made’that there is no quorum presen t
The vice-president directed that the
roll be called. But forty-one senators
— . otuwpitd two Ipss than ft quorum.
The members of the Republican side 7. however. Senator Dubois en-
“ •- 1 ?“red the chamber, making the number
forty-two. Senator Teller also came n
and his name was called, but ho did
Senator Voorhees asked that the ser
geant-at-arms b« directed to enforco
the attendance of the absent senators,
but as several of them came into the
chamber, he withdrew his request.
Senator George then resumed the
floor, but etated his wlllmguess to
were too well educated to indulge in
mere noise. (Laughter.) Te Republican
party in the flfty-flrst congress had
made certain rules. First impressions
were the most powerful. The Rcpi^li
cans today occupied an unusual post
tion. They ntood to win in any event.
(Laughter). The Democratic party had
cither to resort to everything they hsd
trnounccd or to be beaten. (Laughter.)
■Jhe Democrats had thetr choice be-
.wcen humiliation and defeat and they no „, n(1 rC sume tomorrow tf any
V -" n hotr.lKatlon (laerhirn. . - ^ senator dCSireii iq auui'o—= ".s
De.cptte tti* amgry protest* of Messrs.
Reed and Burrow*, which tlho speokrr
declined to notice, the clerk read -JSvs
resolution. It provides that invmediitly
alter the adoption of this order the
speaker shall call the committees for se-
ports and the reports Shall bo referred
to Che appropriate calendars and no mo-j
lion shall be entertained until this ord.r
is executed.
Mr. Read said that It was a recog
nized custom in tMs and all other par-
lLumenUxr bodies that whenever em
body had a right to object the pthysLul
fact of reading a measure would not
obviate (hot objection. This was a very
simp!* and plain parliamentary law
about which (here couM be Do question.
The gentlemen from Mississippi bod
proposed to present » certain docu
ment to tho House to be soled upon.
Prior 'to iu reception the gentleman
from MiaMgvn had made the point of
order to toa speaker thou It was not
receivable, without any reference to
Che measure. The question before the
house was whether the report should
be rcottwd. The speaker had recog
nized shot that wax to* question by hla
ruling upon It. That was the question
before the houie. The failing was the
roost turprleing that had cv*r been
made.
Thie* sally, coming from the source It
did, amused th» house, and it was greet
ed with prolonged laughter.
Continuing. Mr. Reed, addressing him
self to the Democratic side of the house,
said that if the majority of the house
were ready to do this thing It must
take the consequences. ("We ar* ready,"
came in chorus from the Democratic
side.) The speaker hsd deckled, con
tinued Reed, contrary to all parlla-
montary rules, and had decided that a
committee had a right to originate leg
islation. That was a now departure.
The question waa upon the reception
of th* report of the committee on rules.
The speaker has undertaken to hare it
received prior to action of the house
permitting Its reception. It made no
difference whether the speaker directed
the clerk to call tbe roll or not The
house had to decide, and until the house
decided the resolution was not before
the house. Ho was aware that the ma
jority could over-ride the plain pflncl-
I let of parliamentary law. but if It in
tended to do so he wanted to know It.
If Herod was to be out Herodcd, Herod
wonted to witness the transaction,
(Loud and contlnuoua laughter and ap
plause.)
REPORT BEFORE THE HOUSE.
The speaker ruled that the report
was before th* house until otherwise
determined by the house and being be
fore the house a motion for s recess
was not in order. (Applause.)
Mr. Fitch’s motion to lay the appeal
■ n the table was agreed to—yea* 172;
taya M.
several other dilatory motions were
ewept away, and then Mr. Catchlngs
demanded the previous question on the
teport of the committee on rules.
Mr. Payne raised the question of con-
aeration.
The Speaker—The chair will not en-
t-rtatn the motion.
Payne—i appeal from this decision.
The Speaker—And tho chair declines
to entertain the appeal. lAppiause uu
ls-mocratlc side.) The house has d*-
t’ded that question for Itself.
"When?" queried Reed.
"lout congress,” replied the *t**ker. _
"Last congress?" ejaculated Reed,
with an emphasis on the last.
MR. CRISP WAS EARNEST.
The speaker then rose from his chair
*nd with great earnestness and with a
ting In his voice which showed that he
meant every word be sakl. announced
bud ettuacu hUuililatiuu. (Laughter).
CATCHING8 IN REPLY.
Mr. Catchinga said that it was hardly
worth whilo to say anything in vindi
cation of the parliamentary rulings made
by th® speaker today. It was cruel
(sarcastically) ot tho gentleman from
Maine to advise 4b« Democrat* that
they were in a slate of humiliation.
He (Catchlngs) had hot discovered it
himself. He thought] that the Demo-
trat* were getting along pretty well.
* Laughter). The trouble with tho gen
tleman from Main* was that h* had
discovered that there were other meth
ods than those Invented by himaelf provoked to say something byto* very
and ht» associate* in the flfty-flrat con- elaborate and interesting * atement or
gres* by which the house could tlo Senator George a* to-.the enormous ng
Senator Stewart intimated btejaaiU
ness and desire to occupy the door, but
Senator Butler suggested that
about time to adjourn or to proceed
l °ThuXnot b i^"the views of senator
Kr-tt Mrfi
hour* more, and said that the senator
from Delaware (Gray) had some rc-
irdVks to make.
GRAY PROVOKED TO A SPEECH.
Senator Gray said that he had been
here U very little if nny doubt but
that :hc murderer or murderers of Julin
Braswell arc now it. Blob county jail.
Just at midnight last jtight Henry
Miller, a negro about SO years of age,
was brought to town ami lodged iu jail
by a posse composed of Tony Hunnl-
tint. tv. H. Huunlcutt, Robert Knight.
James Allen, .1. I). George, Calvin
Tltniris, Frank Heath. Charles Wood
end A. C. ‘ Braswell, all friends nnd
1 datives of the murdered man.
Henry Miller lives ebout four and a
half miles from tho oity and was ar
rested at 9 o’clock last night.
The man was suspected of being an
accomplice in the murder of Mr. John
Braswell.
When Miller was told to consider him-
setr under arrest ho showed no uneasi
ness or alarm, but sat perfectly still. •
The posse then began searching hla
house, but ho apparently was uncon-
med until they opened a trunk and
took from it a sack of “Martha Wash
ington” dour on which there were blood
stttins.
When Miller saw this he Jumped to
his feet ns If about to make a break
for liberty, but the posse closed in on
him. and he saw that un attempt meant
instant death.
FII8 SPECTACLES.
Further search resulted In finding Mr.
Braswell’ spectacles that had been given
him by Mr. Bud Home the day he
was murdered and a razor that those
.resent recognized as Mr. Braswell’s.
After further search revealed nothing
the posse confronted Miller with the
dine, and he told them that while he
took no part In it ho knew who did
It as he was present when it was done,
hut that he slid not want to soy any
thin* further that would criminate him
s. if until they had placed him in Jail,
wnere he seemed perfectly willing. to
go, as he was afraid **t beuig iyuenru.
on the way to th? juil the negro said
lie knew he had don* wrong nnd ought
to be punished, but hi: did not want
to be lynched. He alto said that the
Troutman boys did the killing nnd that
no one else was prerent so far os he
knew except himself.
The posse arrived at the Jail with
Miller at XljiS o’clock and turned him
over to Mf. John Birdsong, -acting
Jailer.
• ” MILLER’S STORY.
After being placed In a cell directly
underneath tho me occupied by the
Troutmans. Matthews and Bostick, a
Telegraph reporter asked Miller what
he had to any about It.
hunt that night. Miller nays that Trout
man had the gun, whl’c Troutman says
that Matthews was 1 ho only man who
bud a gun.
But where is the gun that killed John
Braswell? There are many develop
ments yet to come :n this case, and
something startling may yet be the
o-itcomc of investigation.
OTHER EVIDENCE.
Yesterday morning a m ssengcr *v.?s
sent in from Mr Braswell’s neigh bar-
hood to tell Coroner Hodnett to hold
the tour prisoners already In
Jail as-' new end stronger evi
dence had been found against Ithcm.
The mesuong.r did not state w'hat the
evidence was. but said tihait the parlies
who had i-t would come in after the fu
neral with it. Late in the afternoon
several parties came in from Wis neigh
borhood and -said that It had been
learned tha t -the Troutmsn n:«rocs laid
burned a trunk with Its contents on
«i« morning after the killing and liia-t
■lh« oont:ia:s of the trunk were supposed
to be the bloody clothes of the man who
cuit Mr. BratsweU’u throat. It waa also
stated that a min’s tracks had been
trued from the rottd near Shiloh
church, where there were evidences of
th.:- goods Caving been .taken from the
wagon to -the home of -the Troutmans,
amd tWaf the tracks fitted the feot of
one of the negroes.
The funoral of Mr. Braswell took
place Oit 12 o'clock yesterday and was
urjtondcd by n large number of |
friends and neighbors.
his
NOW HE HAS THEM.
NINE WERE
SHOT DOWN.
Lynchers Fired On By the Militia Un
der Orders Given By the
Mayor of Roanoke.
TRIED TO BREAK THE JAlL
re on the Officers Returned by
Volley From Stute TnmjH- All
Caused by Hrutat Robbery
of a Market Woman.
rlnniauuo The deetx-st I Lr•.*-•*tton of one day’s business trans- in a rambling, disconnected manner,
methods now proposed were eminently actions in the United Stale* of tt?at *?'* ,h *- impression that he want-
fair. (Applause). The gentleman had the comparatively small amounttor
hail a little taste of the power of the gold, silver and currency w>«h whlc “
house, nnd It was natural that he ahnu d to carry on those trBnzsetlons. it
chafe to find out that the house could (Gray) drew from the VrEoraato
da business without resorting to the entirely different from Senator Georgt *.
rules of tho fifty-first congress. Thu jf such transaction? "*»“"■*" *!*
house stood ready to do business when v -lth the present volume of money, it
it chos* wtthout the con.ent of the gen- showed that tho SS
tii men on the other side. (Applaus*). rerlng a* Senator George argued nai
Mr. Henderson of Iowa said that the it was. from * J“!D. lnC vinMv’ftve per
rcsolulon which it was proposed to au d paper currencj. Ninety-fiv® P«r
adopt under circumstance* that were cen t. of the country s business was car
without parallel was au intermediate bal- ,led on without fctual money. \\a*
lot box. in the name of toe great com- „ step backward to betoken and me-
monwealth which he represented, which tnllic JBWPW — , 0
respected the laws, which loved liberty present fscU ties? Was toe eowry to
andwhlch honored th* ballot box. he travel back in Its J**.?.”®. 1 , Ihat haS
entered hie protest against a measure „i| the frulte of civtljzatlou that nsa
which would destroy the only safety- been so conspicuous In business mat
salve .of the republic—too ballot box. [ rera? affirming sen-
a.?“w’. ^«lon. « e'etemeW ty «h.
managers- of one olJhe largest N.w
money, to be «*«•«!*
tllcpubllcan applause).
MR. PAYNE’S MUTTERINGS. ■
Mr. Payne of New York “Id that I Y*rt?ba'nka’to the effect that In a Ijana-
congress was aaked to place New York ^ rtlon 0 ( over 35,000,000 which the bank
along with the »oUd South. Let the ^ a( j n^qe. the sum of 38 cents bad
gentlpman have a care. Thero waa a M , he balance. The point thus
time before the war'when anitnera I U ed up b y Senator Oray was dla*
slavery was opposed by philanthropic I by senators on both s.dcs of th
men it) the North -but that the feeling question. „ . . .
was not general. Then the slavery \vh*-n Senator Gray finished. Senator
advocate* wanted to deprive Kim*®" voorhees admitted that the *i-n*te had
of its legal stste government and then „ K00ll day’s work anil said that
the Republican party arose. The De- wou | d not ask It to fit later, but
mocrata might deprive the negroes In llmt h „ might salt it to sit to a later
the South of their votes, but when hour tomorrow.
they attempted to deprive the wUltr' Th „ „,nate nt «J«. after a ahort ex
men of the North of their rights the ecutlve aeaslon, adjourned until to
day of Nemesis would come. (Ap- mo rrow.
Pl MrI° Hatch sarcastically and vigor-1 SHOOTING AFFRAY IN BUltKE-
outly alluded to Reed as the “tan who
"* I Promlnnit L
Negro Badly Hurt
Waynesboro. Sept. a).-(Spccl.iU-A
In the fifty-first congress had ruled the prominent Citizen Wounded and
h ,use with a hand of iron and who ' - " *— ”—
now came in and protested aipIMta
majority of the representatives of the
American people controlling its •£ SttKHtof place in toe op
tions. The action today"** Ttot the ( of thlB county lactwcen Jlr. U.
the °act?o n ‘of Te touT ^'pplsu^.) IC. Cur.I. and Jack Bostick and Squire
Editor Sutton's Delinquents Must
Show Up.
Editor Sutton of the Montgomery
Monitor has the usual troubles pecu
liar to the publication of a live news
paper, nud especially those troubles
brought about by n lack ot financial
appreciation. Now it seems that he
has the upper hand of the subscribers
who have not paid nnd is going to use
his advantage. Here la what ho has
to lay:
Two weeks from now,” says the
editor, "the Monitor will he in great
demand. It will contain an account
of one of the greatest tragedies ever
enacted in the state. Five men will
be lunged at one time and upon one
gallows in expiation of three separate
and distinct murders, entirely uncon
nected with each other. Now If you
want the account of the hanging you
must pay your subscription. We In
tend to cut off from our subscription
book every wnn who la in arrears for
two years or more and sell their paper
to somebody else; also those wbo owe
for one year and never paid us any
thing at all. Ton may think we are
Joking, but you’ll see. These two
classes will be dropped: Those woo
owe us for one year or more: those
who have paid us something ou aub-
scriptton heretofore, but who now owe
us for two years or more. We are not
going to furnish nn aooount or the
greateit Judicial tragedy ever enacted
in Georgia at our owu expense and
wait until we are dead to get our
money back.
"It make? no difference who you -re
or how good your account la: pay us
or wc part. We have paid cash anil
Hold on credit until our cash Is exhaust
ed and oor patience, too. 8o If you
don't get the paper w.th the hanging
in it you may know whafa up.
A SUMMER YOUNG MAN.
He Created an Active Demand for Bmall
Ribbon Knots.
t* e «?? not The action of a man who I Brown. .. „ . _
rounted men In the cloak room or men | Mr. Curtis is n highly esteemed
who were a thousand mile* from W«»h-1 farmer nnd merchant. It ***■“* ‘J?*
Ington; It waa the action of a majority I j ac k Bostick had gotten In debt «>Mr.
in determining that It would come to GurtI , aD( , would not pay b in. Mr.
a vote on a certain measure. (Appisure) , whUe rfdiog OVlT to hoc him
reW£Tre^
P Rcferring to a remark made by-Mr. and engaged In conremtl<™jrito <hr
Henderson to the effect that If this bill woman. She knew of the bad blood
"Slw pSSld in the great dtles toe bet*** the men ami of course took
polls Would be surrounded by a rabble. Ihc pj, n „f her brother.
Mr Hatch declared vehemently that jr nt an ,i angry words were used, nth-
today that the h«d and the front of J JJr c *nrtto atarted to frail the wo-
the rabble w*a John I. Davenport, and : when her husband. Brown, drew
this declaration waa loudly qheere-l by | ' ’ j ( Cu rt ; s in tho tlzljt-1.
the Democrats. »Jw i ns hWnTond ran In tbe h *use
U. ntt,n made a brief and hu-1 wotUKi.n* . *red
morima ape«h In which he refereed nnd aWU toe <W ...ro s. «
to the calm and suave manner in which
yesterday and the day before Mr. Bure
row* bad suggested to 'be ap«kertj»t
of course" there could be no ObJrc-
Gon "to this or t> that. He con
tranted that manner with
In which the gentleman had addressed
commlttreon rulra
was then agreed ^
t; and the speaker proeeeden
that he woulld entertain no motion as , be committee* tor report*.
• gainst the report of the committrej« Mr. Tucker reported the re***? ^
aor would he entertain any appeal from — * **~ d the Rou ^
b**l from his decision or any motion
>.hlch was covered by the resolution
presented by the committee on .rut**-
nor would he entertain an yappesl from
hi« (IrH’Moii un any motion which wm
to wed by the resolution presented by
he committee on rule*.
After this declaration the speaker was
he recipient of a wave of applause
font hi* Democratic colleague*.
Mr. Burrows moved to lay the
•wt on the table. The
fined to entertain tha inottot
►vs appealed and the a
► soferuln toe appeal,
nt the door and saw a-el heart algna
of a wounded man-
He then rode off and, returning to
the house, be waa tokl that Brown had
gone from here to parts unknown,
(-artl* did not believe it and wrved ii*»
way .nto the hoose bleeding and in
Min. lie looked around amt aawnoUi-
Ing of the uegro. but blood was all
over the floor.
Finally he stooped and looked under
the bed. Right at hi. n *-t a rocked
CnrtU, quick
tina bill and It wm on th * t* 0 ?* .^tol \va« 1* CanU ”
« "-udir 2nd th.n tbe houra .1 »:« raiST the pU.tfl
Adjourned. tj> kivo bis lif*\ us the Iliminor
- THE SENATE SESSION. down on fils tluKT. prevent,n* a thou
**fiver* imr-
nc'act,*SeSbw Morgan said that
chasing *«. .. emanat-
„ «... one of those petltFv* emanat
New'York capittfiet* ami
(^L-lritAl It ae a taaudst* from
th». be repr*. ple o( Alabama,
them not from the prom epont , n lht
After h’jhinriA SCOAlftr Vojr* I MW VB n» vih«-
rooiln# cttornlny coiwli* 1
I dntggteto.
Curtin dr.tggtxl th*- nigro out.
bis pistol away «nd ■n»«bed him I
dnridfully. The n*-groe» are stUJ a
large and Mr. Curt la <■ resting easy.
el to be careful, not to criminate him.
self Miller said that he left hla home
to go over to Mr. Joe Amardu's place
to see a negro named Preeton. .
When crossing Seven-Mile branch, on
Ja return he met up with too two
Troutman boys and after tolling them
he was going home and they in turn
tolling hint that they were ’poesum
hunting he left them and went on up
the road.
After ho had gono a short distance,
about one hundred yards, he met a
wagon In the road, but paid no atten
tion to It.
in a few moment* more h» heard a
gun fire and atoppel. Ho had noticed
Gi-orc,- Trou'man with a gun and
thought he had shot at a ’possum.
While he waa standing in the road
ho two Troutman boy* cam* up and
George atm had thu gun. He aak«d
him what he shot at and Qeorge aald
he had shot nt a man who curaed him.
He then noticed that toe Troutman*
laid a aack of Hour nnd some meat and
nikeu them Why they were taking auch
things ’possum hunting. They did not
explain why, but asked him to buy
the sack ot (lour fo.’ 25 cent*, which
he did, and they then asked him to
buy the meat for 1 cents, which he
a'ao did. When asked to buy the spec-
lades he refused, but they gave them
:*> him an*l he took them, say tug bo
might get old some time and need
them, lie could not explain about the
razor. When questioned further Miller
only repeated what ho had said and
nothing more definite could be got out
of him. a* he waz evidently waa greatly
frightened. To the posse who arrested
h'm he xplained that Mr. Braswell was
sitting down In th* comer of the wagon
when he was tho: and stated positively
that George Troutman ahot him.
The negro waa evidently on* of th*
party thu murdered Mr Bra*we|| and
o_f -r the murdered man’s proptffly has
been found in his possession ia trying
to place toe full bhun* on to* Treat-
imm*. who, no doubt, bid a bind jn It,
but that Miller know, more twin hi has
told is plain to anyone why talk* with
Wm TROUTMAN DENIES IT.
George Troutman cr*mpt'.co:«.1 imt-
ters very aarioualy when he waa se n
In his cell, which ri on the floor above
that In which Henry Miller to confined.
It wiH hoped by the Telegraph re
porter that b* might give toe snip
away If las waa faced with too vctisx-
t Ion nude against tan by ML:«r atri al
to« WLme time led to believe Chat Milt r
had not btD uttfltod*
When aaked If h* knew Henry MUler
tie .sM tout he did. but that h: had
not ren him cm *>• «*«!« of the imu£
der. -nor tea/1 tee ee n him tor toe last
H<?»mt into a loo* account of how
to amt hie tow*-*, w-tft CT—j-- ——
tvw, i;«A tfwntotet ’POtatm bunting,
tel'inx wtvat field* they had hutvted, but
earneofly naming tteu they hid at no
time b -n n-sr th* launch where ttt*
muni«r waa oonvnXiAd.
T*ad*mn dftt od th* bum MAt*
thews carried th* gun. awl here U
v. -h r- ilit’er'a etocy and hi*. Ttn SUP;
w . . n- th* toe Troutmvis w«r* the
m iVr *: -. differ, tor Miller aiy* tbit
G-«*r(r • Tco:m.n csrctod-tha gua.
Toutman was aek«d where he sup-
ri,Mllb-r V. I- that rtffht and »a!d
• . • .<• *•..! no tdci. U- sail th*: he
na of m;”.*.-"* mavot. *at«
SmTn«’»?iM ol trttow.tuo-
tmuttortiujg.
jr ->u. by ..m
From the Detroit Free Press.
"Young men ar* scarce «|tk# watering
place* this summer," remarked the drum
mer to toe hotel clerk. •
••Why Mon’t you go and mtbtraot on*
from that scarcityr r suggested the clerk.
•That’s what every Tirl totridafri
do." laughed th* drummer. ButJ have
been." he went on. "1 Just got bock. I
was at a ntuce down by the ***** and to
about forty girls there were not over
six men, not counting the old tnenand
husbands. There wa* a lark though
there from Detroit, who was equal to a
dosen ordinary l 'hap*.»ndsn?ore vigor
ous and perststrnt tfirt 1 never saw. He
wa* a daisy, and all tbs stria wars stuck
on him. but he had to gel up and hustle
between two days."
-What was the mstterr’
tF» clerk: "did be try to b«*t the hotelr’
"Not much. He wasn’t that kind. TV hat
hu did waa a’Joke. 1 said he was a flirt.
'girls onYh*“string, V-‘nd he handled them
So skilfully that each thought she waa
a favorite. On the leat hay a new slrl
was Ititentn* to his vow*, and when they
parted she had a llttl* bow of gr«n rib
bon which she waa to waar on hsr right
ahnuldcr ut the maak baljTrsy were giv
ing that night, to be would know her and
devote himself to her. Hit* waa greatly
nattered and kept the secret close, and
that evening, when th* ball opened, she
was there ,ln all her glory, looking tor
him In the suit he bad promised tier he
w-ould weer. Hut she didn't look long lor
him. because Eight next to her was a girl
with th* Identical green how on her shoul
der she wore, and a little beyond waa an
other and still another. By this time the
others began to take notice, end in about
ten "ntnuito mere were twenty-seven
green bows piled up In the middle of the
floor, and twenty-seven maidens looking
fo? a rnstk in toe -,hape of Uunthome.
but they couldn’t find him, and they nev
er did find him. for before the ball was
5»1te EU |3ja Mt Wll and skipped on
ARrin'V^rou. waa It?** And tbe drum-
mer swore ft wasn't.
Hinny Persons are broken
down from overwork or household cares.
Brown’s Iron Bitters n«buiidiih«
mum, aids dlp-siioo. rcroovrs exetm of bile,
ud cor?a maUria. Get ibe genome.
Roarcke. Va., Sept. 20.—One of tho
n*»t ditstardly crimes in the history ot
toe city occurred ut about to o’clock this
morning. Mrt Henry 3. Bishop, aged
about 50 yoire, and a respectable whim
v.-ernac fr'.-r. Ciavcrdaie, cljht :r.i!e;
from this city, wes entloid by a negro
named Thomas Smith foam ihc market,
where ah* had come to sell produo;, to
an empty ealcon basement and beai’..*n
Into insensibility and robbed of her
pocketbook containing less than 52.
Ha; woman waa left Cor Bead but
managed to revive a few moments later
and crawled up to to* atre-.i, where rtto
told her story. The fiend had in toe
meantime rgxiped, but was detected
from the description given by Mrs.
Ktahop, on an outgoing train. A col
ored man Jumped on toe car and grabbed
tan onrniua;. Tn* two ten to vne
ground. A crowd immediately sur
rounded toe prisoner and throats ot
iynchiug w-.-e ioua ana frequent.
Detective Oept. W. W. Baldwin seized
toe man, and holding th* crowd at hay
with hie revolver, started ou horseback
with toe frigCitcned negro behind him.
He drove to use tulaon -where th?
wounded woman was removed and she
positively Id .milled him. He was then
taken to jail.
THE CROWD GATHERED.
A crowd gathered about to* Jail and
kept increasing tut night approached. At
o o’clock to« Ko-uaoic; Light infantry
marched U> the jail by oruur ot Mayor
Trout. Guards were pasted and too
eJrtVku in tin* vicinity cleared. About
dark toe crowd was tnavesaed oy a hun
dred run tram too vicluny ot toe wo
man’s house, b.adcd by 51ns. Bfcihop’a
aou. a fireman uu to- Norfolk .tad
Western railroad. ,
At 8 o'clock portions of tho mob bat
tered ait a and* ocor ot th: jail wuere too
militia and Mayor Trout natl retired,
bnuotlnz was commenced by th* nv,o
and th* mayor anot m the fax. Ta«
mutua were inert ordered to return uu
fir; and- a volley from about twenty-live
rifiees win poured into the mob. H\ia
thought that about five men were
k:il *1 by tot* fire afid as many more
wroundeu. some of toi-m latatly.
During the exettomont caused by tho
voiley to* negro was t-ikon from tn« Jatl
by an officer and zecre.c-i.
The dead ana wounded were removed
to adrug store, a.ad to the **rtrre Ot nc u -
ry pn»ictau». Th mtlKia wtre Uu-u
dfepers'-d and ^ft toe -cone as qul.-.iy
a* i*os-|r>;*-.
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
Tho following is a fiat of the dead
and Injured as tar us kuuwn ut prvcval.
The dead are;
S. A. Vit-Jt, hotel proprietor.
Will Sheets, fireman on the Norfolk
and Western railroad.
Charles tv hltmeyer, conductor on thu
Norfolk and Western railroad.
•I• B. Tyivr of Blue Ridge.
George White was shot through the
leg and bled to death.
W. Jones, engineer on the Norfolk
and Western railroad.
John Mills, distiller. Back Creek.
W. J. Small of Nortbweot Roanoke.
Oeore E. White, fireman on the Nor
folk and Weatcrn railroad.
The Injured are:
Georg* Settles of Vinton, mortally
wounded.
Otto Falla, ahot through the body and
will die.
Will Eddie, shot through the groin.
George O. Monroe, ahot In th* head.
Frank Mills, ahot in arm.
Tim Nelson, leg shot off.
Leroy White, ahot In back. ' ^
J. B. McGhee, shot tn leg.
Shepard, ahot In leg.
E. J. Small, ahot In abdomen.
Cbarica Powell, ahot through body.
J. II. Campbtdl.
Edgar Whaling. N
C. W. Flggatt.
N.41h.
Mill.-r 1
w-.ts -upp:r.V'
ther. vh* stood
.... ii. .n.- .«erv4:-».
f the rn-ti bad any Was that
except that
t be hsu heart
Rev. Ot R. StrlrglWd of
N O. writ**: "tove boxes of-5«P»nere
at nut nrt*r tVHTV . ^
rl b4* th
Miller** voi. •• *1 .-*n -’..ir?.
The cos - I. - in; L it : -•> W
kttev th* two Troutmans in
th.i* *.. in- ■ Mslth- -•
j were
.int Mr.iih
II thr- togeih-
:he
CHURCH ORGANIZED.
From the Taibotton New Era.
A Prewbyterian church was organized
it. Taibotton Monday, under the au
thority of the Macon presbjrtery.
Dr. J. B. Mack, synodical evangelist
of the Macon presbytery, preached a
sermon In the Baptist church In which
h* gave a very Interesting history of
the Presbyterian church organization
anti its work, j-
uon and It* work.
yirears. T. H. McDowell of Ephesus.
I. C. Chandler of Geneva and Jlcv. C.
H. Hyde, the committee on organiza
tion appointed by the preebytery, were
present and took part in the ceremony.
Dr. Mack, who wae present by invita
tion. organized the church, the ceremony
being very brief autl simple.
Nineteen Presbyterian* signed tbe pe
tition presented to the presbytery. Af
ter th* organization was effected the
members w»nt into executive Session
and named the new church the Tal-
notUm Presbyterian church and elected
Dr. S. Boyd. Professor J. B. McDowell
and Mr. W. P- Watt* elders, and Measra.
J. H. Dennis and H. B. Kimbrough
deacons- ,
The Presbyterians will use the Bap
tist church for tb« present, this denomi
nation very kindly offerering them the
use of todr church when th« Baptists
are not using It.
This is beyond question the most suc
cessful cough medicine we have ever
sold. A few dose* Invariably cure*
the wont ooae of croup, cough and
bronchitis, while IU wonderful suc
cess In the ere of consumption is with
out a parallel In the history of medi
cine. Since IU first discovery It has
been aol-I on a guarantee, a t-st which
r.x other medicine • - .:.-l If you
bare a .-oust • ,rn-»:l> as) you to
try It. Prlc- l-> cents, a* .-nt* and It.
If your !unj-« ore sore, c heat or bark
I lama use Shit ■•>'» Porous Pit ’
Sold by Goodwjm ft hm .lt Drug Cnm-
pmy. corner Cherry street ... I Cot: ••>
C. P. North. , V , ’ .
O. B. Taylor. 7 t - .
Hall. ' 1
David Rngglet. , ■ . ’
N. E. Sparks. - *
T. E. Nelm.
SEVERAL SPEECHES JfADE.
Several speeches were rondo nfier
the militia retired an*I Judge Smith
assured the mob that the negro Smith
had been removed from the Jail and
accompanied them through tbe Jail to
prove his statement. His statement and
the speech of J. Allen Watts, the De*
mocratlc candidate for the state senate
did much to pacify the crowd. But
they bung around tbe Jail and adjacent
strata fir several hour* afterwards,
many dispersing to search for the se
creted prisoner.
At midnight the scene had quieted
down and no further trouble la expect
ed. The militia remained under tho
mayor’s orders although it U proba
ble that they will not be called out
again. Mayor Trout is firm In the
position he has assumed and declare*
that he will uphold the laws. Tho
dead, which at midnight had Increase*!
by the death of George Settles, were
removed to tho undertaking establish
ments and will be prepared for burial.
CAPT. STANSBUUY’S SUICIDE.
Second* Case In the Family Within a
Few Mouths.
Rome, Sept. 20.-(SpeciaU-C?apt. J.
A. Stnttsbury, a prominent wholeealo
merchant of this city, committed (fili
cide this morning by hanging himself
with a rope to the coal ahed. At 5dD
o’clock tola momin* Cap:. Sti&ASjS
aroae an l walked out to the cow lot,
aa It wa* tisutl with him. but falling
to appear at breakfast, hi* wife tv cut
in search and found him banging to
a rope dead. IL* body was warm and
life had Jnat gone- „ u
Mr. Hlanshury was (B years old. s*r.
oral month* since hi* beautiful daugh
ter committed suicide Iiy sb utmg her
self with a pistol while In a Bower gar
den. Since then the father baa M«a
very despondent, and today ho ended
hi* Wo
ol
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