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THE MORNING NEWS.
J H. ESTILL, President,
f.-iathshed 1860. - - Incorporated 18SS.
POPE NEARS DEATH
,IUM DESTROYER STALKS IX THE
VATICAN.
pale as sheet about him
A (iED LEO XIII LIES STRICKEN ON
THE PAPAL BED.
A II Day the Pope’s Own Physician,
Dr. Lnpponl, and Dr. Muzzoni At
tended at the Bedside—Ruestton
„I Days Unless the Heart Falls,
l.ast Sacrament Administered,
solemn and linpressl-ve Ceremony.
Statement Hade by Dr. Mazzoni.
•fhe Papal Succession.
Rome, July 6,3 a. m.—" God's will
tie done. Who would have believed It,
when only ten days ago I was pre
siding over a public consistory?” mur
mured feebly Pope Leo, as he felt him
self late last evening sinking into a
sleep which lasted about three hours,
until excruciating pain brought the
dying Pontiff back to consciousness.
He groaned and complained of pains
on both sides of the thorax. Tenderly
Dr. Lapponi, assisted by Pope Leo’s
valet. Pio Centra, and the physician's,
second, de Castro, lifted the frail form,
and. changing the position, succeeded
in giving the patient some relief.
Strung Stimnlaat* Riven.
Though hovering on the brink of
death, the life of the Pontiff is still
prolonged by means of strong stimu
lants and concentrated nourishment,
and while he is still alive his wonder
ful vitality may again resist and con
quer the attack of this illness.
Date last evening, after the excite
ment of the ceremony of the last sac
rament was over, the Pope seemed
less restless, partly soothed by the
religious service and partly by a dose
of chloral, which was given to him in
considerable quantity.
The Pontiff is lying on a small bed
drawn up to a window overlooking the
piazza of St. Peter's. The only picture
in the room is an antique Ma’donna,
and the sole ornament a great ivory
crucifix.
i’fcnt This la the fiStod.
The interior of the Vatican during
the early hours of this morning testi
fies to the conviction .that the passing
of Pope i,eo is very near. The court
yard of St. Damaso is filled with the
carriages of the cardinals. Cardinal
Satolli drove to Rome from Frascati
this evening, the beautiful carriage
horses covered with dust and perspira
tion.
In the cortile are drawn up tho car
riages of the cardinals and of many
notables. Servants and messengers
hurry across the court with bundles or
huge wax tapers and with the robes
of the ecclesiastical dignitaries, who
are waiting within the palace.
The ante-chamber of the palace
were all through the night thronged
with the princes of the church, high
noblemen and members of the diplo
matic corps. Telegrams of inquiry
have been received from several of the
monarchs of Europe.
Who Will Succeed Him 7
All kinds of speculation are already
in circulation as to the probable suc
cessor to the throne of St. Peter.
Opinions are much divided owing to
the many interests which will be af
fected according to the choice made
by the Sacred College.
The first question the cardinals will
have to solve will be whether the
conclave shall be held in Rome or
outside of Italy. It is believed that
the supporters of the idea of abandon
ing Rome will be even fewer than in
'he conclave held after the death of
Pius IX, when thirty-two out of thir
ty-seven cardinals voted in favor of
Rome.
Will Be an Italian.
The second question will be whether
the next Pope must be an Italian or a
foreigner. It is generally believed that
"in be an Italian, because in view
of the struggle between the church and
'he state since the fall of the temporal
power and the constitution of United
all the clergy, as well as the
cl ~ri' U party, and even foreigners,
'hink that an Italian Pope can protect
than a stranger the advance of
religious and political interests of the
church.
The candidates chiefly spoken of are
Cardinal Rampolla and Cardinal Sera
r' no Vannutelli. They are both repre
sentatives of the conservative policy,
hut are bitter antagonists of each oth
tr ’ 1 ordinal Rampolla is a very warm
francophile, while Cardinal Vannu
l*Th is averse to the policy inaugurat
*’a by the present pontifical secretary
state of assuming the power to
"hah he has adhered for fifteen years.
Mutulli Hus u Chance.
„ ’he most probable Liberal candidates
~ r r ''ardinal Bishop Agliardi and
Ordinal Priest Satolli, whose breadth
•'lews and love of modern ideas have
,"' n strengthened during his stay in
‘ n -nca. The most probable religious
Andcdates are Cardinal Priest Gotti.
, ho would carefully avoid mixing up
‘ Politics, and Cardinal Priest Angelo
1 I’ietro, who also ha3 the very de
lrable requisite of old age, being 75
‘cars old.
A| T these candidates live in Rome, but
fc hrong party, which might include a
[' many foreign cardinals, advo
_ , 8 'he election of a cardinal who is
* member of the- curia, such as
CohAi 1 Bato * patriarch of Venice,
hnf? .* Ferra fh archbishop of Milan,
mtranslgeant, or Cardinal Cape
archblshop of Capua, who Is
“ rna P the most laarned member Of
asatnumal) Morning letog.
the Sacred College, and has conciliatory
ideas.
First Ballot lor a Test.
It is believed that the first ballot will
be merely a test, in which nobody will
be elected, but it will be used to see
which way the wind blows. It is con
sidered certain that if Cardinal Ram
polla sees the impossibility of succeed
ing to the pontifical throne, he will
throw ail his strength in favor of an
outsider, with a view to preserving his
candidacy for the next conclave. Under
these circumstances it is supposed that
Cardinal Oreglia, dean of the Sacred
College, will be chosen, as he is 75
years old and lately had a serious at
tack of pneumonia.
Might Be Gibbons.
All these plans, especially those
drawn up by the cardinals of the cou
ria, may be disturbed by the atti
tude of the cardinals coming from
outside Rome, principally foreigners.
Things might be pushed to such a point
as to induce a portion of the Italians
from the provinces to ally with the
foreign cardinals, in which case alone
there might be a possibility of a for
eign Pope. However, no French or
Spanish cardinal could command the
votes of the Germans or English, or
vice versa; so that if an opportunity
arises for a foreign cardinal to be
chosen, the most authoritative mem
bers of the college think that the only
one who could obtain the prescribed
majority is Cardinal Gibbons.
Strrngth Megan In Fall.
During the afternoon the strength
of the Pontiff began to fail
him so rapidly and his con
dition became so critical that it ap
peared that only a few hours of hts
life remained to him. It was, there
fore deemed wise to advise him of his
grave condition, and this was done
with tender precaution.
Pope Leo was thus prepared for his
last communion, which was admin
istered to-night with the participation
of all the cardinals now 7 in Rome and
the whole of the Pontifical court.
The solemn, yet gorgeous, ceremony
of administering the last sacrament
took place at the bedside of Pope Leo.
The central figure was the dying Pon
tiff, whose long life’s journey is nearly
over, calmly preparing to enter the
dark valley. His pale and emaciated
face, almost as white as the pillows on
which it rested, showed little sign of
life, except the keen glittering eyes,
always his most striking features.
Grouped Around the Bed.
Around the bed were grouped the
Noble Guards, in their glittering uni
form, the Knights of the Cloak and
Sword in their picturesque medieval
costume of black with white ruffs,
twenty-five cardinals, all the members
of the Sacred College who are present
in Rome, stately and venerable figures
in their sweeping crimson robes; the
whole forming a scene of rich, yet
subdued, coloring, a fit subject for the
brush of Rembrandt.
The whole of what is called the
Pontifical family, headed by Cardinal
Rampolla and including all the private
chamberlains, were there. Nearest to
the bed stood the tall, imposing figure
of the cardinal grand penitentia y, Se
rafino Vannutelli, with the Pope's con
fessor, to hear the last confession of
the departing Pontiff. Then the priest
apostolic approached, bearing the
viaticum to give the last communion
and administer the extreme unction,
assisted by the grand penitentiary.
Recited the Confession.
Pope Leo feebly recited the confes
sion of faith as formulated by the
Council of Trent, and finally the word3
of absolution and the formula of in
dulgence in articulo mortis were sol
emnly pronounced by the grand peni
tentiary.
The heads of the great religious or
ders who were present granted the
Pope the special indulgences which
they have the privilege of conferring.
Then came the touching prayers for a
passing soul, and part of the gospel,
the Lord's passions.
As soon as the last words died away
all fell on their knees. The Pontiff,
raising his almost transparent fingers
with a feeble effort, pronounced in
scarcely audible words his benediction
on the Sacred College and on all pres
ent, and then sank back on the pil
lows. There was scarcely a tearless
eye in the whole assemblage, and thp
sobs of the Pope's relatives were plain
ly heard. Deep silence followed, only
broken now and again by a murmured
prayer or a pious ejaculation.
In the portion of the loggia of Raph
ael, adjoining the papal apart
ments, were the families of Count Rie
cardo Pecci and Count Moroni, the
Pope’s nephews.
Hi* Family Wm There.
At 11 p_. m. the condition of the Pope,
though still grave, is not so serious as
late this afternoon. Dr. Lapponi ad
ministered camphor caffeine through
the mouth, as one experiment of in
jection did not prove successful, Pope
Leo saying he could not bear it. The
amelioration resulting from the cam
phor caffeine was so marked that the
Pontiff called first his nephews and
then his private secretary and adjust
ed some personal affairs which are
pending.
IJnlvH* the Heart Fail*.
Dr. Mazzoni and Dr. Lapponi now
think that the danger of a catastrophe
occurring during the night has been
averted. Indeed, they hope that unless
there, is heart failure they will be able
to keep their august patient alive for
a few days longer, especially if he will
willingly consent to observe the phy
sicians' prescriptions. This, however, is
the more difficult, as his holiness pre
serves his full consciousness and ar
gues and discusses his doctors' pre
scriptions. The latter, fearing to ex
cite him by contradiction, are some
times at a loss how to proceed.
It is stated that owing to the serious
illness of the Pope the proposed visit
of King Victor Emmanuel to Paris
has been postponed indefinitely.
In these days, when the life of the
venerable Pope hangs by a thread, the
excitement and perturbation which pre
vail within the Vatican are intense.
While the illustrious patient lies in a
quiet chamber, assiduously and affec
tionately watched and attended by his
favorite physician, Dr. Lapponi, and
his trusted valet, Piocentra. the rest
of the vast palace is in a state of con
tinual unrest. Telegrams, following one
another in quick succession from for
eign Powers, high church dignitaries,
and individuals, are being read and
answered by a busy staff of secreta
ries.
Many Made Inquiry.
Carriages are driving up incessantly
to the court of St Damazo. upon which
the apartments of the Pope open and
ecclesiastical dignitaries of various
ranks are standing in anxious crowds
about the doors of the palace in the
hope of obtaining the latest news.
Monsignors are hurrying to and from
the palace, all making anxious inquir
i6B
All sorts and conditions of men are
waiting about the doors or In the vast
piazza in front of St. Peter's, seeking
scraps of Intelligence. The Swiss
Guards, in their brlljjant black, red and
" "(Continued on Fifth Page.)
SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. JULY (J. 1903.
IN A CLOUDBURST
MANY LIVES AND MI CH PROPERTY
ARE DESTROYED.
FROM 20 TO 100 PERSONS
ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN
SWEPT AWAY.
Cnlaniity Befell Pleasure Seekers at
Oakford I’aik, o Resort Near
Gretnilinrx, I’n.—Oflteials Warned
h Great Crowd, Driving the Peo
ple from Buildings in Time to Pre
vent Much Heavier Loss of Life.
Electric Car Swept Away, and
.Ten Passengers Drowned.
Green3burg, Pa., July 5.—A great
cloudburst occurred in the vicinity of
Oakford Park at 4 o’clock this after
noon and created a flood that caused
great loss of life and property.
It is known that at least twenty
persons lost their lives and rumors
place the number of dead at more
than one hundred, but up to a late hour
to-night only three or four bodies have
been recovered, having been washed
to the banks of the little creek that
runs parallel with the park. The
names of those known and believed to
have been drowned are:
Miss Gertrude Keefer, aged 19, of
Jeanette; Edward O’Brien of Latrobe,
an employe of Brown, Keteham Cos.;
Joseph Overly of Indianapolis, em
ployed by Brown, Keteham Cos.; Lucy
Crum of Jeanette; Councilman Light,
wife and two children of Oreensburg.
Raiiieit in Torrents.
At 3 o’clock rain began to fall in
torrents in the vicinity of the park,
and spread over territory covering
probably ten miles.
Half an hour later the cloudburst
occurred. The waters in the lake north
of Oakford Park began to rise, and
Manager James McGrath, believing
there was danger of a final break in
the great walls of the dam, hurried
among the crowds of pleasure seekers,
who had gathered under the roofs of
the eating stands, the dancing pa
vilion and other buildings in line of
the water, should the banks break,
and warned them to run to the hills.
On both sides of the pleasure grounds
are high walls, the park being lo
cated in a ravine about a quarter of
a mile wide and a mile long. The
people were protected from the rain
and were loath to leave, and not un
til Mr. McGrath and Ms assistant,
Charles E. Thomas, entered each build
ing in turn and drove the crowds out
into the rain, did they realize that the
managers were in earnest.
Dam Overflown and Broken.
Half an hour after the buildings had
been cleared of the people the waters
mounted the wall of the dam, and
within five minutes water seven feet
deep was flowing over the entige
length of 400 feet of the wall. The park
or ravine studded with buildings, the
merry-go-round and other amusement
places were twisted about, and all but
the dancing pavilion and lunch stand
were knocked from their foundations.
The rain continued in torrents, and
about 4 o'clock forty feet of the wall
of the dam to the east gave way. The
flood rushed down the ravine with a
roar that was heard for two miles.
Half a mile down, at the junction of
the Greensburg and Jeanette, the park
car barns are located. The entrance
gates to the park were lifted, and with
the force'of a pile driver the mammoth
posts were hurled by the waters
against the basin. Beyond were locat
ed the small waiting room, and on the
track was standing a car laden with
people on their way from Greensburg
and Jeanette.
In the Way, Helpless.
The electric storm had rendered Ihe
power south of here uselesg, and the
motorman was unable to move the
car. The flood struck the waiting
room, containing probably a dozen peo
ple. A number of them struggled to
a point of safety, but in the excite
ment that followed it is impossible to
say how many were lost.
The street car was swept into the
creek. A number of the people in the
car jumped, and there are conflicting
stories as to the number of persons
who were carried with the car.
Among those who were washed into
the flood was C. M. McClain, of Greens
burg: Edward O’Brien and Joseph
Overly and Misses Keefer and Crum.
Young McClain is an expert swimmer,
and the cries for help from the two
unknown women brought him to their
side as they struggled in the water.
The brave young man held to the wom
en for more than a mile, and, then,
exhausted, he released his hold and
the women sank. It. was with the
greatest difficulty that he managed to
get to shore.
Ten Passenger* Drowned.
The names of the women are not
known.
It is believed that ten people who
were in the car were drowned. Stand
ing on the platform near the waiting
room were a man and his wife whose
names have not been learned. When
the flood came the husband escaped,
but the wife was carried away. It is
said that the couple resided at Jean
ette.
It was 6 o'clock when the first mes
senger bearing the news of the catas
trophe reached Greensburg.
Wan NVilil Excitement.
The park is patronized by the people
of this town, and Jeanette, and when
the fact was announced that the dam
had given way and rumor said that
from 200 to 300 people were drowned,
excitement knew no bounds. The
shutting down of the power house by
an electric bolt rendered the cars on
the Pittsburg, McKeesport and Greens
burg Railway helpless, and the fact
that the roads and all lines to the
park were Hooded, made tt impossible
to drive to the scene of the disaster.
There was but one way to get there,
and that was to walk over a circuitous
route, covering a distance of fully
seven miles, and the representative of
the Associated Press was among the
first to reach there after the news
came to Greensburg.
Hundreds of people, who at night
fall missed members of their family,
hastened with lanterns over the hills
in search of their loved ones. Many
or them were overjoyed to meet their
relatives on their way home.
At 11 o’clock to-night anxious fath
ers and mothers, who succeeded In
reaching the scene of the disaster by
carriages and other conveyances after
the waters had receded, were lined
along the flooded districts, anxiously
searching and waiting for someone to
announce the finding of a body. The
army of searchers is headed by Man
ager McGrath, who is do
ing everything to allay the
suffering of the anxious persons.
Some of Missing Showed Ip.
Late to-night many of those who
were first reported . missing from
Greensburg turned up here, and it is
now believed that not more than four
or five people of this place went down
in the flood. It is thought that the
water will subside before morning,
and that at least some of the bodies
will be recovered.
William Clyne, Jr., of this city, bare
ly escaped from the rush of water,
and was an eye witness to the disaster.
Mr. Clyne’s statement is as follows:
“I was standing at the car barn at
the time the warning was given. Two
women came running from the park
and said that the dam had burst. I
afterward learned that the dam broke
at the upper end. and at thg lower end
the water overflowed. The Hood was
headed bv two immense timbers that
came crashing down.
“The waiting room where people
board the street cars was full of wom
en and children. Scarcely any of these
escaped. Cries of mercy and help were
awful to hear.”
FIFTY TO 75 ArFdEAD
BY JEANETTE ACCOUNT.
Some of file Victims of the Cloud
burst Electrocuted.
Pittsburg, July 5.—A telephone mes
sage from Jeanette, received at mid
night, says from fifty to seventy-five
men, women and children perished by
the cloudburst at Oakford Park to
day. The majority were drowned or
their lives beaten out against the rocks
in Brush creek, but quite a number
were electrocuted.
To-day at least 800 persons were at
the park, seeking relief from the heat.
When the storm burst the greater
number sought the hillside, preferring
the shelter of the forest trees to the
park buildings.
When the dam broke a solid wall of
water, twenty feet high, rushed down
and completely filled the narrow ra
vine, with its car barn and restau
rant. In front of the barn stood a
car containing from fifty to seventy
passengers, many of them seeking to
return to Jeanette, others using it as
a temporary shelter.
As the flood swept down the narrow
ravine it carried with it the loaded
street car and the crowded restaurant.
The poles carrying the heavily charged
trolley wires were uprooted, and strewn
along the grounds. In a number of
instances—how many is not yet known
—the victims of the flood, grasping for
anything that might save them, seiz
ed the trolley wires apd met death by
being electrocuted. Instead of being
drowned. Several bodies have already
been recovered that show that de'ath
was the result of this cause.
SOME SAY 15(H)EAD.
The Estimate* of Los* of Life Vary
Greatly.
Jeanette, Pa., July 6.—At 2 o’clock
this morning Brush creek was still
rushing through Oakford Park like a
Niagara.
It was absolutely impossible for the
large cfowds of rescuers to approach
the park beyond a point about an
eighth of a mile from the entrance,
therefore any attempt to estimate the
loss of life caused by the cloudburst
and the collapse of the dam of the
lake, with any degree of accuracy,
would be indeed folly,
It is almost the consensus of opin
ion of Jeanette to-night ih'at fully 100
persons perished in the flood, while
many conservative persons maintain
that the official death list will contain
fully 150 names. Many persons who
witnessed the calamity claim that from
100 to 150 lives were lost, while there
are others who were in the hills over
looking the death valley, who insist
that not more than a score of persons
were washed away by the roaring wa
ters.
CONDON KILLED BY MINER.
Prominent Railrouii Contractor ot
Knoxville Meet* Tragic End.
Knoxville, Tenn., July B.—Meager de
tails of the murder of J. J. Condon,
a prominent railroad contractor of
this city, at Crawford, Tenn., have
reached this city.
Mr. Condon was engaged in building
a branch road from the Tennessee
Central to Crawford, where valuable
coal mines are located, Saturday aft
ernoon, hearing a disturbance in the
commissary, he walked in and de
manded the cause.
A drunken miner, who had been
seeking trouble with the clerk, turned
on him and emptied a load of buck
shot into his body.
Condon grabbed a Winchester and
shot his assailant, fatally wounding
him, but not until after he had fired
a second shot, which killed Condon.
The dead man was a brother of Mar
tin J. Condon, who is president of the
American Snuff Company, with head
quarters in New York.
FRED EWART’CONVICTED
OF WHITAKER'S MURDER.
Key West. Fla., July s.—Fred ETwart
was convicted yesterday of murder in
the first degree and will be sentenced
to hang.
Ewart was tried for the murder of
Frank Whitaker. He made a full con
fession of the crime, claiming that he
had invited Mr. Whitaker to go on
board the New Venice to get some
clams; that while there Whitaker
cursed him, and that while enraged he
picked up an ax and struck Whitaker
with it. He did not remember striking
him more than once, but admitted
that he might have done so.
Mile, to Oil Field..
New Orleans, July s.—Gen. Nelson
A. Miles arrived on his Inspection tour
and took a boat for the river forts to
day. He will leave here to-morrow
with ex-Gov. Hogg of Texas for a trip
through the oil fields.
MET IN BLOODY RIOT
WHITES AND BLACKS FOUGHT
SAVAGELY AT EVANSVILLE.
CITY IN THE HANDS OF MOB.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT TO PRO
TECT THE JAIL
At an Early Hoar Till. Morning the
.lull Was Forcibly Entered—'The
Negro Hud Been Spirited Away, So
He E.eaped the Molt'. Fury—Fre
quent Cln.lie. Between White,
and RlnekS— Several Are Shot.
Store. Broken Open for Arm. liy
the White*.
Evansville, Ind., July 6.—At 1
o’clock this morning this city is in ihe
hands of a mob. Troops have been
ordered out by the Governor to pro
tect the Jail, which is surrounded by
2,000 men.
Two negroes have been killed in the
riot, which is rampant. The crowd
around the jail, incensed at the kill
ing of a patrolman by a negro, is
shouting death to all negroes. The
negro has been secretly removed to
Vincennes, but the mob refuses to be
lieve it and is trying to tear down the
jail.
Stone masons in the mob are chis
eling out the bars of the windows and
a battering ram is being used.
A white boy named Logan has been
shot by a negro. An unknown negro
woman has been killed and several
negroes have been severely injured.
A company of negroes, armed with
Winchester rifles, is marching through
the streets, threatening to kill all white
people. They have just broken into
a hardware store and secured all the
arms and ammunition.
Three business men have just been
fired on and are now organizing and
arming a party to exterminate the ne
groes.
Negro Shot an Officer.
The race riot to-night was the imme
diate outcome of the shooting of Pa
trolman Massey Friday night by Lee
Brown, a negro. Brown and another
negro had engaged in a quarrel, and
Brown had sworn to kill his antagon
ist. He i;an toward his home to secure
a revolver and Patrolman Massey
hearing of the trouble lay In wait for
Brown.
As the negro came back armed,
hunting his enemy, Massey stepped
from a doorway and laid his hand on
Brown’s shoulder. Brown turned
quickly, a revolver in his hand. and
shot the policetnan in the abdomen.
The officer, as he lay on the sidewalk,
fired at Brown and wounded him dan
gerously.
The militia has been ordered out at
1:30 a. m., and within an hour will be
at the jail, and they have been order
ed to protect the prisoners at the Jail
at all hazards.
Almost every hardware store in the
city has been broken into by the citi
zens and not a man can be seen on the
streets who Is not armed. The streets
present scenes of wild disorder.
Excitement has been intense, and
since the arrest of Brown the Jail has
been guarded night and day.
An outbreak was feared to-day, and
the negro was secretly removed from
the jail and taken to Vincenrtes, where
he now lies in the new jail at the point
of death from his wounds. The Jail is
being guarded by armed deputies, who
will remain on duty all night.
Patrolman Massey died last night
from his wounds.
The steel bars of the Jail windows
could not withstand the rain of blows
from the battering rams of the mob.
At 1 o’clock this morning the crowd
swarmed in and began a search for the
murderer.
Police Capt. Brennecke tried to check
their advance by turning a hose upon
them. When he appeared at a window
holding the nozzle, a shower of bullets
was sent through the window. The
captain retreated, and no further at
tempt was made to keep the mob out.
A mob of 200 white men, heavily
armed, is now marching through the
streets of the city, where negroes would
likely be found. Shots are heard con
stantly.
It is reported that another negro has
been shot in First street.
Early last evening, when the mob
surrounding the Jail was told that the
negro murderer had been taken away,
a committee of five citizens was se
lected to go through the jail.
After being in the jail for some time
the committee addressed the crowd and
told them the negro was not there. Dr.
William Gilbert, chairman of the com
mittee, tried to calm the assembly,
but his voice was drowned in shouts of
"Go get the negro!”
The people refused to believe that
the negro had been removed from the
city. The crowd shouted death to
the negroes, and the police fear they
will kill all the negro prisoners in
discriminately.
The race war started yesterday, when
a little boy named Logan was shot
in the leg by a negro. An unknown
negro woman has been killed, and
ctjseveral negroes have been seriously
injured.
The entire police force is stationed
at the Jail, and the negroes are tak
ing possession of the town.
MOB WAS DETERMINED
IN EFFORTS TO LYNCH.
Twice Policemen Hal to Drive It
from the Jail,
Evansville, Ind., July s.—Twenty-five
policemen twice prevented a lynching
at the jail in this city early to-day,
but their bravery was not sufficient
to avert a struggle between negroes
and the white mob that sought the
life of Lee Brown, the negro slayer
of Patrolman Massey.
The mob smashed down iron gates
and was part of the way into the jail
before it was repulsed by the police
men.
The efforts to lynch Brown aroused
the enmity of the negroes of the city,
who gathered about the jail this aft
ernoon and made a threatening dem
®onstration. The negroes were chased
away by a crowd of white men.
mutterings of revenge are heard,
and a clash may be precipitated at
any time.
Brown killed Massey in a street bat
tle Friday. All Saturday there was
talk of a lynching, and about 10 o’clock
at night men and boys began to as
semble in the neighborhood of the jail.
Sheriff C. W. Kratz had several dep
uties sworn in to protect the prisoner.
Shortly before midnight Judge Rasch
of the Circuit Court met the other of
ficers of the court and ordered the
grand jury to convene Monday to look
into the Brown case. It was announced
to the crowd that the negro would be
indicted Monday and his case brought
to trial at once. This appeased the
crowd and it dispersed.
About 2 o'clock this morning, how
ever, crowds began to gather at the
Jail and near the Court House. At 2:30
o'clock a mob of 100 men and boys
made an attack on the Jail with a view
of seizing the negro. They had a large
telephone pole, which they used to bat
ter down the iron gate to the right of
the Jail. Once in this passageway, the
mob tried to beat In the door that leads
to the Jail corridor.
Sheriff Kratz offered no resistance,
but at once sent for the pollee, who
forced the mob from the passageway
into the street.
The mob grew in size, and about 4
o’clock another attempt was made to
enter the jail through the side door.
The officers fired no shots, but again
pushed the mob Into the street, and at
5 o’clock the mob dispersed, promising
to make another attempt on the Jail.
Sheriff Kratz finally took the pris
oner to Vincennes for safekeeping.
One boy has been killed. The riot
still continues.
HAMMOND PACKING CO.
HAS A GREAT FIRE.
Two l ives Lost utul Property Los.
I. *1,500,000.
St. Joseph, Mo., July 6. The main
building of the Hammond Packing
Company’s plant was destroyed by
fire this afternoon. The loss is esti
mated as high as $1,500,000. It is en
tirely covered by insurance.
Two men lost their lives In the
flames. One of them is reported to be
Charles Miller, fire marshal at the
plant. This could not be verified.
Three men were injured, one of them
seriously.
For a time the entire stock yards
district was threatened. By hard work
the Nelson Morris plant, 300 feet north
of the Hammond plant, was saved, and
this saved the Swift plant, which is
north of the Nelson Morris building.
The fire started a little after 2
o’clock. By 9 o’clock most of the build
ing was gone. The greater danger was
at 6 o’clock, when part of the north
wall fell and the fierce flames were
shot toward the Nelson Morris build
ing.
The carcasses of 4,500 hogs, 1,800 cat
tle and 800 sheep were burned. Nearly
100,000 pounds of oleomargarine were
destroyed. The contents of the smoke
house were consumed.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
There was no fire in the dasing depart
ment In the northern part of the build
ing, where the fire started.
Two young men, who were in the
room, said that two failed to escape,
but they did not give the names of
the men. who were said to be employes
of the company.
The building and machinery were
covered by insurance to the amount of
about $550,000 and the stock was insur
ed for about $600,000.
DROWNEcTaT PABLO.
Krnl Frey of New York Lost 111.
Life In the Nnrf.
Jacksonville, Fla., July s.—Fred
Frey, a traveling salesman for Mun
ter Brothers, jewelers, of New York,
was drowned in the surf ,at Pablo
Beach this afternoon at 5 o’clock. The
body was found and brought out in
twenty-five minutes, but though two
physicians, who were on hand at the
time, used every effort at resuscitation,
their efforts failed.
A telegram was sent to the parents
of the deceased in New York.
DEATH THEIR PORTION.
Radges of Bulgarians Were Fitly
Inscribed,
Oskub, European Turkey, July s.—ln
a conflict between Turkish troops and
Bulgarians near Vedona, forty-six
miles north of Salonica, the latter had
ten killed and the Turks two wounded.
The dead Bulgarians wore uniforms,
bearing badges inscribed “Liberty oi
death.”
SEARCH FOR THE BODY.
People Are Dragging ihe River for
Tlioinun Gruber.
Hazlehurst. Ga.. July s.—One hundred
people are at the river near here drag
ging and using dynamite in search ot
the body of Thomas Gruber, who was
drowned at the mouth of Little river
vSsterdav while bathing with other
boys. The body is supposed to have
drifted under logs and may not rise.
He was prominently connected.
DAILY, $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMEe-A-WBBK,SI A YEAR
NORWAY WAS QUIET
SO SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS WERE
WITHDRAWN.
TOWN’S CITIZENS PROTESTED
BIT THE OFFICER IN COMMAND
WUl'IiD NOT STAY.
Assistant Adjutant General, at the
Head of the Battalion, After View
ing the Situation, Did Not Regard
Danger as Imminent—Cittern, ot
Norway Now on Guard With Ritle.
to Protect Women and Children.
Negroes Concentrated Near Nor
way.
Columbia, S. C., July s.—Against the
protest of the people of Norway, the
troops sent from Columbia by the
Governor last night were withdrawn
this afternoon on a special train.
The town was then quiet, and the as
sistant adjutant general did not be
lieve danger was imminent. Norway
people, however, say that John Evans,
a white man, is leading the negroes.
Five men. who are supposed to have
led the mob that lynched Charles Ev
ans, the young mulatto last Tuesday,
have received word that they are
marked for slaughter. These are the
chief business men in town, and the
community is very nervous. Many
farmers have left their isolated homes
and come to Norway.
The negroes were congregated at
Freedmans Hill, a negro village .three
miles from Norway. The people wished
the military to disperse and arrest the
ringleaders, but the assistant adjutant
general would not permit the move.
The women and children are concen
trated in their houses in the center of
town, and these are guarded by men
with magazine rifles.
The ns-groes are still congregated
at their camp, but the feeling here
is that they will not attack.
There are about sixty armed whites
in Norway.
WILL VISIT~ROOSEVELT.
Hanna and a Party Tonch Oyster
Hay on u Cral.e.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., July s.—Senator
Hanna, accompanied by Mrs. Hanna
and a small party of friends, is ex
pected at Sagamore Hill early this
week. The party will arrive in a yacht
on which Mr. Hanna proposes to take
a short cruise, and will take lunch
eon with President and Mrs. Roose
velt and their house guests.
Assurance is given that Senator
Hanna's call will be purely social and
will have no political significance.
President Roosevelt, the members of
his family and his guests attended
services this morning at Christ Epis
copal Church.
Clarence H. Mackay has presented
to President Roosevelt a small section
of the new Pacific cable. It is beauti
fully mounted and rests in a hand
some morocco case.
DIED PROM HIS WOUND.
Hoy Wanted ns n Suspected Mst
derer Died In New York.
New York. July s.—Joseph Ageuar
Lamothe, the French-Canadian boy,
who was wanted in Winchester, Mass.,
on suspicion of having murdered Geor
gia na Ooddu, died in St. Luke's Hos
pital this morning. Death resulted
from the revolver shot wound in the
abdomen, which he received during a
struggle with Detective Becker in the
reception room of the hospital Satur
day morning.
Attendants at the hospital say that
the dying man did not utter a word
which could in any way be taken as a
statement.
After an examination to-day the cor
oner's physician gave it as his opinion
that Lamothe had kille’d himself, prob
ably intentionally.
KILLED BY HISSON.
Young Man Fired to Save Hls
Younger Brother.
Dallas, Tex., July 5.—L. A. Moore,
secretary of the city of Dallas, was
shot and almost Instantly killed at 7
o'clock this evening by his son, Ernest,
aged 22 years.
Mr. Moore. It is alleged, had been
drinking and had attacked his young
er son. The other son, Ernest, was
remonstrating with the father, who
turned upon him when the son fired the
fatal shot.
Moore was well-known in Texas,
having been a deputy sheriff of Dallas
county in the early history of the city.
ARE NOT CONCENTRATING.
Report About the Turkish Forces Is
Denied by the Porte.
Constantinople, July s.—The Porte
yesterday sent circulars to the Otto
man ambassadors in Vienna, St. Pe
tersburg, Berlin and Paris, vigorously
repudiating the accusation made by
the Bulgarian government of concen
tration of Ottoman troops at strategic
points along the Bulgarian frontier.
Representations to this effect have al
ready been made to the Bulgarian
government. '
Germany Makes no Claim.
Berlin. July s.—The German Foreign
Office says the report that Germany
intends presenting to the Cuban gov
ernment claims for an indemnity for
losses sustained by Germans during the
recent war is untrue.
Premier Reported Resigned.
Yokohama, July 5 —The report is
current that the Premier has resigned
on account of the difficulties ot ad
justing the next budget.