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SAMMIN GANG IS DOOMED Tie Pursuing Posses Continue Work of Extermination. LIST OF VICTIMS REACHES FIVE. Additional Particulars cl Lynch¬ ing of Sammin—Great Ex¬ citement Prevails. A state of terror reigns in Decatur and Early counties, Georgia, as the result of the outrage upon the Ogle trees at Safford; the lynching of some of the perpetrators and the exciting chase of others of the gang. The officers of the law are power¬ less to check the fury of the people, even if they were so disposed, as the feeling that the criminals have com¬ mitted a diabolical crime and are de¬ serving of no sympathy, is general. Five members of the gang so far have been made way with, while an exciting chase is yet going on for the associates of those who have been dis¬ posed of. It is said that no mistakes have been made by those who have taken the law in their own hands, for in each instance it was known beyond all doubt that the victim of the mob was guilty of the crime for which he was executed. One of the captives was- Charles Mack, the companion of Sammin. It was Sammin and Mack who outraged Mrs. Ogletree in the presence of her husband at Saffold, one holding a pis¬ tol at the head of the husband to pre¬ vent his interference. Mack was captured at Iron City by & white man named Cardell. Cardell tried to get his prisoner through to jail, hence secreted him. A mob of *several hundred country people met Cardell and asked the whereabouts of his prisoner. He declined to say. A rope was quickly put about his neck and he was given ten minutes in which to give up the rapist or his life. He thep told where the negro was. In a short while the crowd had Mack, who confessed, corroborating Sam min’s statement. The men, he said, were banded together for murder, rob¬ bery and rape. Sammin’* Kxecution Dramatic. The scene presented at the execu¬ tion of Sammin was a dramatic one. Sammin had been completely identi¬ fied by both Ogletree and Mrs. Ogle tree and had not opened his mouth in denial of the charges. He was being led to a place of execution and those about him were discussing how they would put him to death. Suddenly Sammin turned to one of his captors aad asked to be allowed to have a word. He was given permission to talk, and then in an off-hand way he told how he and his comrades had en¬ tered the store, robbed Ogletree,made him lead the way to Mrs. Ogletree and how one had held the gun against Ogletree’s breast while his wife was at the mercy of his associate. Sammin begged for his life, promis¬ ing to take the authorities to where he could find six other members of the gang. The mob, numbering some two hun¬ dred men, were too highly incensed, and nothing but justice on the spot would quench their thirst for revenge. They at once chained him to a tree and after mutilating parts of his body he was riddled with bullets. Two Dead Near Balnbrldge. Early Sunday morning the bodies of two unknown negroes were found on the Plant System railroad embank¬ ment near Bainbridge. A big crowd congregated at the place and examined the bodies. It was believed by some that the men had been accidentally killed by a train, but others asserted that the negroes had been hanged by a mob and their bodies placed on the track to be run over by a train to make it appear that that was the means of their death. So divided was the opinion that the coroner was summoned, and he em panneled a jury which, after several hours of deliberation, returned a ver¬ dict that the negroes came to their death aecidentaly. DEWEY ARR1YES AT SUEZ. Admiral’* Health I* Good. But Most of Hi* Men Suffered From Malaria. According to a cable dispatch the United States cruiser Olympia, from Colombo, Ceylon, Jun§ 28tk, arrived at Admiral Suez Wednesday. Dewey said on his arrival he was in very good health. He ap¬ peared to be in excellent condition, which was also the case with his offi¬ cers and men. Most of them have suffered from malarial fever, but have now quite recovered. The Olympia has been quarantined, no direct communication with the shore being s’lewed. EPWORTH LEAGUERS CoBMntion at Indianapolis Finish Work —Resolutions Adopted. The work of the Epworth League convention at Indianapolis practically ended Saturday. The closing day was the most im¬ portant of the convention, 14,000 vis¬ itors thronging the city. The follow¬ ing resolutions were adopted by the convention: the “Resolved, That we congratulate country on the passage of the anti¬ canteen act, which so accurately repre¬ sents the will of the American people. Its nullification by Attorney General Griggs is viewed with painful solici¬ tude and ever-increasing indignation, and we hereby pledge congress our hearty support in maintaining it against the untenable opinion of a subordinate executive officer, We heartily indorse the union of the tem¬ perance forces sought by the American Anti-Saloon League. “We regard the election of a polyg¬ amist to congress by the state of Utah as ican an citizen indignity offered to every Amer¬ and an insult to the sanc¬ tity and purity of the Christian home. “We protest against the election of Mr. Roberts to the house of repre¬ sentatives and demand that one whose life is so repugnant to Christian prin¬ ciples shall be expelled from that gveat law-making body. “We favor a federation with other young people’s societies both locally and nationally through suitable execu¬ tive committees for the promotion of Christian citizenship.” CROWDED CAR WRECKED. Striker* Do Dastardly Work In Cleveland. Six Person* Badly Hurt. At Cleveland, O., Sunday night, a trolly car, loaded with passengers, was wrecked by an explosion of nitro¬ glycerin or gun cotton. Six persons were badly hurt, half of them being women. The explosion tore out the front end of the car, smashed all the windows and destroyed the brake. After con¬ siderable difficulty the car was stop¬ ped and a call for an ambulance was sent out. The motorman was dazed by the shock, but the conductor esoap ed injury. The force of the explosion was so great that it shook all the houses in the neighborhood and was heard for a distance of two or three miles. There is no clew to the identity of the person who placed the explosive on the track. Persons living in the neighborhood say they saw a man in the buggy stop at the corner of Ken¬ sington street where the explosion oc¬ curred, and get out by the railroad track. He remained there a short time and then drove rapidly away. Within a few minutes after the ex¬ plosion a crowd of a thousand people assembled and the injured, who were suffering from shock, were cared for until the ambulance arrived. None of them were dangerously injured, their hurts being confined to bruises about the feet and legs. PRIEST CAUSING TROUBLE, Calls Upon Filipino Insurgents to Force Independence of Church. A Manilla dispatch says: A Filipino priest named Gregorie Agripay, with tie insurgents, is trying to lead a noveraent for the independence of the clurch in the Philippines from the Spanish priesthood. proclamation de He has issued a caring himself the vicar general of all tie Filipino priests in the districts oitside of American oontrol on the island of Luzon, and is inciting the priests to disobey the regulations of tie church and brotherhoods. The aichbishop of the district has issued a bill excommunicating Agripay, and tHs action has increased the feeling bftween the Filipinos and the church. OTIS AMENDS DISPATCHES. i«cent Fight Was Bigger American Vic¬ tory Than First Reported. Sunday the war department received f:om General Otis another dispatch giving additional particulars of the fght between Captain B. A. Byrne, vith seventy men of the Sixth infan t y, and robber bands in the islands of Jegros. It shows that the victory of the ders was greater than that reported ii General Otis’ dispatch of July 21st aid that the loss suffered by the rob¬ bers was considerably larger than be¬ fore stated. DISCUSSED THE LYNCHING. Iiilian Count Vinchi Again Call* at the State Department. The Italian charge d’affaira, Count Yiuchi, called at the state department Nonday and had a talk with Mr. Hill, assistant secretary of state, concerning tie Louisiana Iynchings. Count Vinchi submitted nothing farther from the Italian authorities aid evinced satisfaction with what had bien already done by the officials in Vashington. Thus far there had been 10 suggestion that indemnity or other firm of reparation would be expected, Ike representation having been con ined to securing full information on the subject. KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS DECIDE TO ORGANIZE A “BOLT.” GATHERING EXTREMELY LIVELY. Sy*t«ma*tlc Fight Is to Be Winged Again*! Nominee of Louisville Convention. Resolution* Adopted. The anti-Goebel meeting at Bowling Green, Ky., Monday afternoon ended in the greatest disorder. Personal violence was resorted to several times before the convention was adjourned. One man was struck with brass knucks and several others received blows. For a time it looked as if the meeting would end in a general riot. Pistols and knives were drawn, and but for a temporary adjournment, more bloodshed would surely have followed. It was county court day and an un¬ usually large crowd was in the city. The meeting bad been widely adver¬ tised and was largely attended. A num¬ ber of prominent speakers from a dis¬ tance, among the number being Har¬ vey Myers and Theodore Hallman, of Covington; Hon. Thomas H. Hays, of Louisville, the defeated candidate for the nomination of lieutenant governor; William H. Smith; ex-United States District Attorney Jim Williams, of Louisville; J. C. Flournoy, attorney, of Fulton; J. J. Constantine, of Sparta, and others were present. J. McKenzie Moss, a gold democrat of Bowling Green, called the meeting to order. An effort was made to elect a secretary from the local newspaper ranks, but each one suggested refused to serve. Trouble Is Precipitated. Mr. Moss was continued as perma¬ nent chairman. Harvey Myers, of Covington, an oldtime enemy of Goe¬ bel, attempted to address the conven¬ tion, but he had scarcely begun the address when he was interrupted by some one in the hall with the ques¬ tion: “Did you betray Hon. Will T. Cox, whose picture you now face, in the race for the speakership of the Ken¬ tucky house of representatives?” Mr. Cox was a resident of Bowling Green and was a very popular man. He was defeated by Myers, his per¬ sonal friend, by a few votes for speaker. set^the This remark convention in an uproar. A great howl went up and in a minute there was the great¬ est confusion ever witnessed at a po¬ litical gathering in Kentucky. During the disturbance the commit¬ tee on resolutions reported. The res¬ olution was declared carried. Fearing more serious trouble, a motion to ad¬ journ was declared carried and half the crowd left the room, when several personal altercations occurred on the outside. When part of the crowd had left the hall something like order was again restored and many persons were in “——■ —<■« - The resolutions deny that the ticket is entitled to or should receive the support of the party in the state. The convention repudiated ~r the so called ,, . nommee, . and , in order to . pre serve the integrity of the party and to secure the election of democrats, re quested a provisional executive com mittee of twelve to meet at Lexing ton, August 2d, and meanwhile to take steps to secure a full represent tion at that meeting of democrats throughout the state who are in sym patby with the movement. Owens Sends Letter. Ex-Congressman W. C. Owens sent the letter condemning the movement inaugurated by so-called democrats and eastern states to abandon the principles of the Chicago platform and indorsing William Jennings Bryan for president, and charging that the state convention in Louisville which nomi¬ nated Goebel ‘was perverted from its true parpose by corruption, fraud and force; by intrigue and treachery; by infamous rulings of the acting chair¬ man, thereby setting at naught the time-honored principles of democracy that the will of the majority of the people shall be the governing power.” MILITARY IN CLEVELAND. Four Companies Located In Ohio Town Are Called to Preserve Order. Orders were issued at Cleveland, O., Saturday for the assembling of four companies of the Fifth regiment, located at Cleveland, to do strike duty in the streets of the city during the present street railway trouble. Decision to call out the Fifth was made after a long conference between Mayor Farley and Director of Police Barrett. It was decided that it was absolutely necessary not only for the safety of the property of the street railway companies and lives of its em¬ ployes, but for the protection of the lives and property of citizens. WHAT POS TERITY I S TO MISS. f peculations by tlie Pale HathetnatlclM That Bored the Buddy Business Man. “Hare you noticed,” said the pale mathematician, “how much easier it is going to be, after this year, to write the number of the year in Roman numerals?” “What do I want to write the yeai in Roman numerals for?” said the ruddy business man. “Maybe you don’t,” the pale mathematician answered, “but notice the difference. In Arabic figures rt has taken just four figures to write the number of the year ever since the year 1000, and it will take no more till the year 999S. But in Roman numerals the year 1000 was written with a single ‘H.’ We shall never get back to one letter again. Now for this year it takes nine letters, ‘MDCCCXCIX.* And think of 1888, which we can easily remember. Then it took thir teen letters, ‘MDCCCLXXXVIII.’ That was the hardest year to write of the whole Christian era thus far. “But next near, 1900, it will drop light down to three figures, ‘MCM.’ And a hundred and one yeats hence it will goto two letters, ‘MM.’ And how long do you think it will be be¬ fore another year comes as hard to write as 1888?” “I don’t know,” said the ruddy business man, absently. He was wondering whether h*e could turn the crank of the messenger call to the word “Police” without being noticed. “Not till the year 2388,” said the pale mathematician. “That will be written in Romans ‘MMCCCLXXX VIII’—thirteen letters again.’* The ruddy business man was get¬ ting more and more uneasy. “And what—what of it?” he said. “Why, only think,” said the pale mathematiciau, “how many genera¬ tions of our descendants will never see a year so short to write as 1900, and bow many and many more will never see a year so long to write as 1888.” “And what of—what of that?” said the ruddy business man. “Nothing, I suppose,” said the pale mathematiciau, “only those things al¬ ways impress me.” A Syrian Village Funeral. The gatherings of villagers at fu¬ nerals in a Syrian village are very large. The entire population of the, village above the *age of fifteen is ex¬ pected to attend. At such gatherings men and women do not mingle togeth¬ er., There are always two places pro¬ vided, one for each sex. The women surround the corpse, and do most of the mourning and wailing, and the men spend the time discussing sub¬ jects pertaining to life and death. As soon as a person dies the news is com¬ municated to the villagers with all swiftness. Women hurry first to the bereaved home, and men come in large companies a little later. When the relatives see a number of men coming they stand in line to receive them. It is not good manners to say “good morning” to the bereaved before ex pressing one’s sympathy to them. So when people come they stand in line facing the relatives of the dead, and all together say: “Our mind is with you in this bereavement; may you be kept safe; may the dead be a sacri¬ fice for the prolongation of your lives; it is extremely grievous to us, but it is the will of God.” This is the short¬ est form of expressing sympathy at a , , . ... . „ “ d ba ” t ia ,‘ luiok answered m . the 1 same manner by the relatives of the dead. After tins they aay “Good morning all together and exchange f “How are you? ' etc. Un dertak( rs are not fo ud in s J ia ex . J ti * in tbe large cifcie Th« ghb ra with the nearest relative! ch of the Whe^a and ther< is a0 embalming. person diet a carpenter is called to take the meas ure of the e and make a .< taboot . _ a kin(J of caaket . The law requirea that the dead be baried after twe nty four^hours from the time of death, and not sooner, but this law is seldom obeyed.—New York Times. 4 Fricing a Pair of Trousers. Lord Brampton was on one occa¬ sion presiding over a case in which the plaintiff was giving evidence against a man who had stolen a paii of trousers from his shop. “How much were the trousers?'' querried Hawkins. “Well,” replied the plaintiff', “it depends who wants to buy them. I sell them to one man for thirty shil¬ lings, to another for twenty-five, but you can have them for twenty-three and six.” “Sir!” cried Hawkins, angrily, “J want you to tell me how much those trousers are worth.” “Well,” replied the plaintiff, “shall we say twenty-two shillings for yon?” “Look here,” thundered Hawkins, “if you do not instantly tell me what those trousers are worth, I’ll send you to jail for fourteen days for con¬ tempt of court.” “Well, well,’’replied the frightened plaintiff, conciliatingly, “you 'may have them for a guinea. I’m giving them away; still, you may have them at that price.” Even the stern aspect of Justice Hawkins could not stop the roar of laughter which broke out on hearing the reply, a roar in which Hawkins, after a few minutes, joined hixnselL— Weekly Telegram. NEW YORK MAN IS SELECTED AS SUCCESSOR TO ALGER. HE ACCEPTS THE PORTFOLIO. General Alger Send* Congratulations—A Brief Sketch of the New Head of War Department. A Washington special says: Elihtt Root, of New York, has accepted the war portfolio in President McKinley’s cabinet. The telegram of acceptance was reoeived shortly after noon Satur¬ day, while Secretary Long was with the president. Secretary Alger had left. The tender of the war portfolio was made to Mr. Root Friday night after the conference at the white house. Secretary Alger had confidently ex¬ pected the appointment of Mr. Root, and was very much pleased at the president’s choice. This was evidenc¬ ed in the following letter which Secre¬ tary Alger addressed to his successor: My Deat, Mr. Root: All I kaow is what the say, that you are to succoed me as secretary of war. Should it oome to you most earnestly urge you to make the and accept the position. With your great knowledge of law and your ex¬ cellent health, you can serve the country in a way given to few men. Sincerely yours, R. A Aloeb. ‘‘To Hon. Elihu Root, New York.” Who the New Secretary I*. Elihu Root was born February 15, 1845, at Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y. He graduated from Hamilton col¬ lege in the class of 1804 and entered the New York university law school. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, since which time be has been in the active practice of his profession in New York city. He was United States attorney for the southern district of New York from March, 1888, to July, 1885. He was vice president of the association of the bar of the city of New York for a number of years; vice president of the New York Grant Monument Association; at one time president of the republican club, and is the present president of the Union League Club. He has been a trustee of Hamilton college since 1883 and has served as president of the New England Society in the city of New York. He was on© of the most prominent members of the last New York state constitutional con¬ vention, where he served as chairman of the judiciary committee. MAY DEMAND SATISFACTION. Italian Government Seeking In¬ formation About Lynching In Tallulah, La. A Washington special says: The lynching of five Italians in Louisiana last Friday promises to assume an in¬ ternational aspect through the action of the Italian government. Count Vincbi, the Italian charge d’affaires, called at the state department at an early hour Saturday morning and made representations to the officials son cerning the atrocity in Louisiana. In order to get full information as a basis for action by this government, Secretary Hay thereupon telegraphed the governor of Louisiana requesting all the facts in the case. Count Vin chi’s action was predicated on reports from the Italian consular officials in Louisiana, and by the press reports. There is reason to believe also that the Italian foreign office is already fully informed on the occurrence. It is probable, however, that the repre¬ sentations of the present are only pre¬ liminary with the view to calling at¬ tention to the facts reported and to pave the way for any protest or de¬ mand of reparation which may follow. Count Vinchi’s representations to the state department were based upon a brief dispatch from the acting con¬ sul at New Orleans, Pabini. Count Vinchi at once directed that all the particulars in the case be se¬ cured and that special inquiry be made as to whether the victims of the lynch¬ ing were Italian citizens who had not yet become naturalized. Success comes alwajs to those who believe in printer’s ink judiciously used. Let us have your advertise* French Judge Suspended. The oonrt of cassation at Paris has suspended M. Crosjean, the Versailles judge, for two months, for communi¬ cating to newspapers documents con¬ cerning the Dreyfus case. Refrigerator Plant For Manila. Secretary Alger has approved plans for a building for the refrigerator plant at Manila. The building will cost $230,000 and the plant and ma¬ chinery $400,000.