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The Atlanta Constitution.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY.
VOL. XXVI. NO. 26.
Wilmington, Delaware, Mob
For Assaulting and Afterward Killing Miss Helen Bishop
Burned Black Brute at Stake
Wilmington, Dels.. June 22.—A northern
mob. led by a Virginian, burned a negro
at the stake tonight within a few miles
'if Mason and Dixon's line. The victim
was George F. White, a negro, just out of
the work house, who was accused of
havirg fclonio assaulted and stabbed
to death Mis \’,]en S. Bishop, the 17-
ycar-old d- -of the Rev. Dr. E. A.
.lie «*ne was committed .ast
*■' .day _..ernoon, and ever since then
there have been mutterings of lynching
the man.
Virginian Led the Mob.
Last night's lack of a leader was sup
plied by a Virginian, whoso identity in
the confusion and excitement could not
be learned. The police of Wilmingon and
the constables tried to disperse the grow
ing crowd, but without avail. It was evi
dent that hundreds came from mere
curiosity, but once in the mob they be
came inflamed with the spirit pervading
the throng and then actively joined it.
The real leaders were few in numbers,
but they did their work well, it was af
ter 10 o'clock when the. march to the
work house, a mile away, was taken up.
The chief warden of the work house and
his guards who have been on almost con
stant duty since the negro was landed in
the prison, had been warned of the com
ing of the mob and prepared to detend the
man at all costs.
Armed with pistols, shotguns and other
weapons, the mob soon reached the jail. 4
A battery of railroad ties soon carried
twav the great outer d or of the work
house. What was going on inside the
lockup was not known to the mob, nor
did it seem to care. The second, third
and fourth doors were battered down
the forward leaders in the attacking
party amid the yells and cheers of those
w were pressing forward’from the rear.
Four Members of Mob Shot.
Then the would-be lynchers wore mo
mentarily halted by a hail of bullets from
the inside A great howl went up from
the leaders, but they were pressed for
ward by those in the rear. More shots
were fired and there was a scramble to
get out. but the braver ones in the at
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the fusillade that followed four persons
fell, all members of the mob. They were
< ilckly arried to the rear and attended
th se who were not brave enough to
'. at the front. Three of the wounded
were men and the other was a boy. None
of them In the confusion could be identi
fied except the boy. who is said to be
Peter Smith, aged 17 years
It was evident that the warden did not
wish tn slaughter the mob in the prison
corridor, so he directed that the fire hose
be turned on the crowd. This also held
NEW PROBLEI
IS NOW READY
Japanese Me Beginning To
Take Hawaii,
Porto Ricans Taken There Soon
Filled the Hospitals—Many of
Them in the Prisons—Few
Negroes Are on the
Islands.
Washington, June 28.—(Special.)—In ad
dition to tiie negro problem In the south
and the Moro problem in th" Philippines
the United States will soon have a Japa
nese problem In the Hawaiian islands.
According to a report on labor condi
tions in the Hawaiian islands, just made
by Commissioner of Labor Carroll D.
Wright, the Japanese element In the is
lands is inultipivlng so rapidly that in a
few years, comparatively speaking, the
Hawaiian born Japanese Ameri. an citi
zens of th" Islands will outnumber the
citizens of other races and will be able
to control the politics of the territory.
The present population of the islands is
slightly’ over and a majority of the.
Inhabitants are Asiatics. In 19'X> the c> n
s is showed that 39.68 per cent of the
inhabitants were Japanese. 24.45 per cent
were Hawaiians and persons with an ad
mixture of Hawaiian blood, 15.72 per cent
were Caucasians and 11.73 per cent were
Chinese. As tho death rate among the
Hawaiians is in excess of the birth rate,
the people of that rate are gradually
dying out. The application of the Chi
nese exclusion law to Hawaii is resulting
In a decrease in the number of Chinese
1:> the island. The Caucasians and the
Japanese are increasing, but the Increase
of the Japanese population is g Ing on at
a much more rapid rate than that of the
Caucasians. The fundamental reason f r
this Is that the sugar planters of the
i-lands demand a largo supply of cheap
labor. It is almost Impossible to get
white American workmen to do the work
on sugar plantations at any wages. The
exp eriments of introducing negr > labor
ers from the southern states of the
I'nfted States an 1 workmen from the
island of Porto Rico were practically
failures
In all about five thousand Porto Ri
ca . r were carried to the Hawaiian is
lands. The men were very poor speci
mens physically. Many of them wore
taken to the hospitals almost as soon as
they arrived and the death rate among
them was large. They did not know
the mob for a tlnie. but not for long. A
general rush was made, the guards were
brushed aside, and a man hunt in the
jail was made for the negro.
There are many negroes confined In
the prison, but with the aid of a man
who knew White he was quickly found.
The cell doors were quickly battered
open and tho cowering accused man, beg
ging for mercy, was dragged from tb«
cell and the prison. When the crowd
outside heard that success had crownc.l
the efforts of the lynchers a great cheer
was sot up. Attempts wore made to
shoot White on the spot, but the leaders
of tho crowd would have nothing but
his life at the stake. Resistance on tho
part of the negro was set up, but his
hands were bound behind him. Thon the
march to the place of execution, just as
though it wore a march to the gallows
in a prison, was taken up.
Chained to Stake and Burned.
It then became evident that a plan of
execution had been previously arranged,
but who the planners were is not known
at this writing. With torch- s to lead the
way, and with 4,000 persons following, the
neg£p was led to the road and to almost
the spot where the assault took
place. White was given a brief chance to
speak and he confessed to the murder of
the girl. A stake had been arranged by
an advance guard, JLTiite was quickly
chained to the post and the drv under
brush soaked wljh oil, was ignited, and
Hie horrible execution was on. White,
suffering intense agony. fainted and his
body hung limp. Shots were tired Into his
body and the victim of the mob was soon
dead.
Satisfied with its night's work, the
great.T number of the lynchers imme
diately left the neighborhood.
White’s Drutal Crime.
The crime for which White was lyn. li
ed was one of the most revolting in the
criminal annals of Delaware. The vic
tim, Miss Helen S. Bishop, daughter of
Rev. E. A. Bishop. I>. D.. superintendent
of the Ferris Industrial school, would
have been eighteen years old next Octo
ber. She w;ts a stude.it of the Wilming
ton high school, and was on her way
home from the school last Monday- after
noon when she was attacked.
The industrial school, which is < miles
from here, where her parents made their
home, is about three-quarters of a. mile
from Price's corner, w'here the girl usual
ly got oft' the ' ■ -'0 ' whfen . . e ittiro
-venom. Lat<- Mrin-l-ty'-sfi'riiKih a
farmer working In the field saw a young
woman stagger and fall in the road. She
got up and fell again and then she tried
to crawl. The farmer and his sons went
to her assistance, but when they reached
the girl she was lying unconscious in
the road. They found her to be Miss
Bishop. She hid three ugly gashes in
her throat, her bou.y was badly scratched
and her clothing was torn in many places.
In one hand she clutched a. small pen
knife, which she used at school in
sharpening pencils. There was every
evidence that Miss Bishop had made a
desperate resistance in defense of her
how to take care of themselves and had
to be taught how to live in their new
surroundings. They were morally upset
by their long travels ami changed envi
ronment and found it difficult to acquire
the new habits of life neves.- try to their
new conditions. So a considerable num
ber became strollers and vagabonds, ami
whenever possible. Hocked into the towns.
There was much complaint about them
by the people in Hawaii, as they were
not personally friendly ami were also
unpopular on account of the number of
criminals who accompanied them. Be
fore their arrival doors and windows of
private residences in the islands were
seldom locked and property could be
left about uncared for with perfect se
curity. Despite their small number rela
tive to the entire population they have
contributed a large proportion to the in
mates of the prison in the islands.
Comparatively few southern negroes
have been taken to the islands. It was
found that the men would not stay on
the plantations, but drifted into tho
towns, where they found employment.
There were also strong social reasons for
not taking negroes to the islands. The
color line between the Hawaiians and th"
Caucasians has been very loosely drawn
The schools, churches and society of
Hawaii are open to both alike ami many
of the leading American and European
residents have Intermarried with the na
tives, who are not racially allied with
the negro, though approaching him in
color. Thus for political and social rea
sons Hawaii public sentiment considers it
undesirable that an element be added to
the population that would be certain in
time to disturb the existing happy con
ditions and to create or emphasize preju
dices which are thought to be unneces
sary at this time.
Influx of Japanese.
So It has come about that the Hawaiian
planters have been compelled to look prin
cipally tn Japan for their labor supply,
and the Japanese are going into the
islands in constantly’ increasing numbers.
The Japanese had at first the same ten
dency that the Chinese have shown to
remain for a few years and then return
to Japan with the money that they have
saved. Os late years, however, they’ ex
hibit more and more a tendency to be
come permanent settlers in tho islands.
They are also bringing over a larger pro
portion of Japanese women and their
children are attending the Hawaiian
schools along with white and Hawaiian
children and are thus being brought up
amid surroundings and with ideas that
would make them practically aliens if
they should return to Japan.
The Japanese make fairly’ good planta
tion laborers, though some of the plan
ts rs would prefer Chinese. The China
man is usually tho more steady and re
liable, but the less energetic laborer of
the two, and is preferred for irrigation
and cane cutting. The Japanese has
greater physical strength, ami is the bet
ter man for loading or for general roust
about work in the mill. He is more
cleanly about his person and tidy’ about
bis surroundings and adopts more readily
al! the superficial tokens of Caucasian
civilization. Ho wears European clothing,
carries a watch and seeks most eagerly
for variety In life. He is constantly visit
ing new places and trying his hand at
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1903.
' honor and her life. The wounded girl
was taken home and died the next after
noon without regaining consciousness.
Parson Cried, “Lynch Negro."
Wilmington. Del., Juno 23.—Rev. Robert
A. Ellwood, pastor of the Olivet Presby
terian church, preached a sensational ser
mon on the probable lynching of White
last Sunday night. Ho took his text from
Corinthians v. 13: "Therefore put away
from among ourselves that wicked per
son."
In regard to the speedy trial for the
negro, Rev. Ellwood said:
"I call your especial attention to that
part of mv text found in the constitution
which sav’s: 'ln all criminal prosecutions
The accused shall "njoy the right to a
speedy and public trial.’
"On the day of this terrible, crime the
officers arrested a man supposed to be
guilty He was taken before a magistrate
and 'held without bail. Tonight he is in
jail with armed men parading about for
his protection, waiting until the middle of
September. Is that speedy? Is that even
constitutional?
"Oh. honorable judges, call the court,
establish a precedent and the girls of this
state, the wives of the homes and the
mothers of our fireside and our beloved
sisters will not be sorry, and neither will
you.
"And, honorable judges," he continued,
"if you do not hear and heed these ap
peals and that prisoner should lie taken
out and lynched, then let me say to you
with the full realization of the responsibil
ity of my words, oven as Nathan said to
King David, of old. after his soldiers had
killed Uriah. ‘Thou art the man.’ so I
would-say to you. The responsibility for
| tiie lynching will be yours for delaying
I the execution of the law.
! ‘‘Should the murderer of Miss Bishop
| bo itnched? Yes. Rut only under one con-
I dilion and that is this: If his trial shall
jbe delayed until September and then,
i though lie be proven guilty, through some
I teilmi ality of tho law or any undue in
: fluence upon either judges or jury he ne
i not given capital punishment, then the
citizens of the stae should arise in their
might and ext cute the criminal and thus
upheld the majesty of the law.”
Rev IL A. Ellwood today dictated he
i following staement:
: "I am very sorry It happened as ft did.
1 believe tho man should have had a
i leg.-.l trial, but 1 also believe that, lie
| should have had a speedy trial. The les-
I son wc can learn from last night's out
nieak is that th* people are tired of the
m 1.-iyr of tho law. Certain terrible crimes
: require stern and speedy punishment and
’ whet the machinery of the law is not set
I In motion the people, impatient of the de
■ lay, move themselves. 1 personally de
| plore the lynching."
Corwell Charged With Leading
Lynchers.
Wilmington. Del., June 24.—Arthur Cor
well, of Hartford City, Ind., who was ar-
I rested last night on a charge of com
| plicity in the burning to death of George
| White, a mgro charged with assault on
new trades. He represents the radical,
the Chinaman the conservative, side of
Oriental character. His vices are more
occidental than those of the Chinese. He
does not fall a victim to opium or the
unnatural practices of the latter, but Is
fond of intoxicants. Tho Japanese makes
more demands upon a plantation manager
in the way of quarters and general con
v< nienc. s for living than docs the China
man Many of them have families and
acquire individual apartments. They pre
fer to board in small companies, upon a
cottage system, while the Chinese like to
in rd together in largo barracks. The one
thing that the Japanese'insist upon above
everything else is plenty of water for
tie it daiiy ti lths and there have been
many clashes between them and the
I’lirto Ri ans employed on the same plan
' tat.ons largely because the Japs object to
Hie disregard for cleanliness shown by
’ th- Porto Ri. ins and because the Japa
, i.< ■ <‘j on the other hand, have a naive dls
l regard for proprieties of costume and oc
casionally walk about their camps in an
al.seneo of attire that was characteristic
of Adam and Eve In the Garden of Eden.
In concluding his report, Mr. Wright
> says: "At present a lalssez faire policy
is being pursued, which—so far ns pres
ent tendencies Indicate- will result in a
: few years in making the islands prac
; tically Japanese. These people are set-
I tling In the country with their families
Ito a greater extent than formerly, and,
' though hitherto transient, show a ten
-1 deney to become a permanent, population.
1 in some respects they might make de
sirable citizens, as they readily ndopt
occidental habits, but they do not amal
gamate wit a Caucasians and are intense
ly alien in their sympathies, religion and
customs. There is’no doubt of the rapid
increase rs tho Japanese population
through births. It is yet too early to do
termine what the attitude ot these Ha
waiian-born Japanese will be toward their
I .lahplace in ease many of them remain
permanently in the islands, but this is a
subject that promises complications m
tic future in tho matter of citizenship
unless some system of registry is adopt
ed sufficiently exact to distinguish them
from immigrant Japanese. A still more
embarrassing situation would be created
i should this Oriental population ultimate
' ly get control of the local government, t>y
i means of institutions established by
Americans and employ their racial
solidarity to maintain themselves in
power in tiie territory."
WILL TRY PEONAGE CASES.
Men. Jnder Charge Will Fight for
Their Freedom.
Montgomery, Ala., June 28.—(Special.)—
Next week, starting with Tuesday, the
United States court here, with Judge
Jones presiding, will take up the peonage
eases against the white citizens of Talla
po '.=a and Coosa counties.
Since the pleading guilty of J. W. Pace
it was expected that several would plead
guilty this week, but they have failed
to do so. and this leaves the impression
that each will light for their liberty.
Tuesday B. F. Cosby, alias Buranens
Cosby. William Cosby and George Cosby
will have to stand trial for peonage.
On July 6 J. F- Turner and Fletcher
Turner will be brought before the court
on the charge of peonage and conspiracy.
R. N. Franklin and Mack Pruett will
be tried on July 9.
J. Berry and James Todd will stand
trial on July 13.
Helen Bisihop, was released on $5,000 ball
tonight. He will be given a further hear
ing tomorrow.
Wilmington. Blacks Arming.
Wilmington. Def., June 25.—A riot
broke out in the streets late tonight be
tween whites and nrjfiocs, and for a time
assumed serious fa portions. The ar
rival of a squad of police, however,
quickly dispersed tho participants. Two
arrests were made. A large gang of ne
groes which had been marching up and
down Ninth street wore challenged by
about twenty-five white men, and in th"
battle that followed a hundred shots were
exchanged.
A squad of policemen under Captain
Evans and Sergeant W Dermott charged
on the mob. The nc.'-’rc < and whites fled,
but the police di ■'a r< '! two negroes.
Leander Moore and ' >sopli Shocklej .
The policemen us t their clubs freely,
and in the melee at ndant on the arrests
McDermott and I atrolman Green re
ceived slight. wounU- One negro. James
Mercer, was shot in ih>- h id during the
riot, but his wound is not believed to be
s-.-rious.
In a brawl in another part of the city
William Cramer, a. neg was shot in
the stomach by a '.>ite man. He was
taken to a hospiu in a serious con
dition.
The leaders of th- party of negroes
who were marchinj Ninth street to
night declared that they intended to re
sent the attacks made on members of
their race last night. They say they
have been abused, and that they do not
intend quietly to submit to such abuse.
They say they ha • no sympathy for
White, the negro lynched.
Arthur Corwell, of Indiana, who was as?
rested .In connection with the lynching,
will be given a hearing lomorrow. It was
the intention of the police to give him a
hearing this afternoon, put for some rea
son it was postponed. At thy hearing to
morrow the charge of murder will be
changed to that of manslaughter. Cor
w'ell's bond of wa.s renewed, Thomas
McHugh, a whop cal • liquor dealer, and
Colonel James I’. MeCon . . a capitalist of
Claymont, going ball.
In an Interview todat, Governor Hunn
said:
"Conditions at Wiirrr gton are a great
humiliation to the entii- state. 1 have
come here, against my physician's orders,
to get a grasp on the si nation. Tiie way
things have progressed is most serious;
what has been done so far mobs I
do not think could ivave been prevented
by tiie authorities, -ut a halt must bo
called Immediately.
"After hearing of he mob's work last
night in forcing tl e 1 ■ ,«<■ of a prisoner
I felt that I could ot stand back any
longer. The fair ::a le of Delaware has
been dragged in the mire. It was no
ordinary mob th.it re'eal the man who
murdered Miss Bisho: Tl crowd seems
to have been eon d of good citizens.
The cffeqt i f '■ . . is.been disas-
trous. The tas mi. * n-.w be sustained
at any cost 1 have not yet decided
whether or not troops will be calleo out.
I trust that will not be necessary, but
the whole power of the state will be
used to protect its officers in the dis
charge of their duties."
Referring to the fact that George White
previously had a criminal record of over
four years In a Pennsylvania state peni-
f'T assault, the Rev. D. A.
Bishop, father of the murdered girl, to
night authorized the following state
ment:
"I notice that a Philadelphia newspaper
holds up its hands in horror and says
such a deed as this (the lynnchlng of
HANNA Wed ~
IN OLD HARNESS
Talk About lodje Succeeding
Him "Hot Air."
Roosevelt Is Anxious To Have Ohio
Senator at the Head of the Re
publican National Commit
tee —Beveridge Liked
by the President.
Washington. Juno 28.—(Special.)-Few
"hot sir" stories circulated in IVashlngton
this summer have caused the amusement
that democrats and republicans alike
have secured out ot the suggestions that
Senator Izidge. of Massachusetts, is to
succeed Senator Hanna as chairman of
the national republican committee. ’I he
sole ground for mentioning the Massachu
setts senator's name in this connection
seems to bo the fact of his personal
triendship witli the president and yet
astute polltttfons point to this fact as one
of the most potent objections to his se
lection as head ot the national commit
tee.
Ever since President Roosevelt entered
the white house Senator Lodge has been
generally spoken of as the "administra
tion mouthpiece" in the senate. \V hen
impoi tant questions have arisen and It
lias been Impossible to get the presidents
views on them direct it has been a
favorite custom to go to Lodge as tiie
man in Washington nearest tiie president
and therefore the one best able to speak
for him. Under such circumtsances tiie
Massachusetts senator seldom fails to
speak. What he says Is circulated
through the country as the president's
opinion and is so accepted until contra
dicted some day.a or perhaps some weeks
later by the president's action. It is
true that tiie president and Senator
Lodge are very intimate friends. Few
Important matters come tip while Sena
tor Lodge Is in Washington that are not
discussed by himself and the president,
but tiie questions upon which President
Roosevelt follows he advice of his Mas
sachusetts friend are after all compara
tively few. On matters of politics the
pnsident is always interested to hear
Ledge’s opinion, but more frequently
than an assent to what Senator Lodge
lias to say comes the remark: "Why Ca
tct. what are you talking about," and
the president goes ahead and acts on his
own judgment.
It can be said on good authority that
President Roosevelt has no Idea at pres
ent of asking Senator Lodge to accept
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White) would not have happened in
Pennsylvania. They should remember
that if White had received the same
treatment in Pennsylvania for his first
offense, of this kind, as lie would have
received under the Delaware, law (hang
ing), he would never have lived to com
mit the second offense."
Illinois Seeking Black Outlaw.
Peoria, Ills., June 23.—Detective William
E. Murphy was killed by "Hilly" Mc-
Ray. a negro desperado, whom he was at
tempting to arrest at the corner of Wat
and Eaton streets about 10 o'clock to
night. Murphy, armed with a warrant for
Mcßay, on the charge of burglary, ap
proached the negro, who was standing <>n
the corner, and. Informed him that he
was under arrest. Without a moment's
warning Mcßay drew a revolver and shot
the chairmanship of the national republi
can committee In the event that. Senator
Hanna declines to serve longer. More
over, the president has declared that ho
earnestly hopes Senator Hanna may see
l.is way clear to take off his coat and
steer the party through the next presi
dential campaign. Probably the scars
left by tiie action of Senator Hanna In
opposing the president's Indorsement for
another term by the Ohio convention some
weeks ago have not entirely disappeared.
But tho president Is too keen a politician
not to see the advantage of keeping on
good terms with the Hanna faction and
at his Instance the senator is coming to
Washington in a few’ days for a confer
ence on the party outlook, at which
Secretary Shaw and Postmaster Payne
will also be present. The president is
anxious that Senator Hanna, shall have a
voice in the selection of a vice presidential
candidate and he will probably ask him
ns to th" expediency of Myron T. Herrick
or possibly Governor Taft being selected
tor second place on the ticket. Thus far
Herrick has indicated that he does not de
sire the place, but, of course, Senator
Hanna's word on such a matter would be
law to him. Governor Taft's mention for
the place Is not altogether welcomed by
his friends.
Will Urge Hanna To Remain.
At this conference the president will
urge Senator Hanna to retain the chair
manship of the national committee and ft
is expected the senator will then be pre
pared to give a definite answer. Post
master General Payne's bungling of the
postoffice investigation will, it Is thought,
preclude his consideration for the Job
In case Senator Hanna retires and there
Is much speculation as to whom the pres
ident could look to in such a contingency.
Any number of reasons are at hand
against the selection of Senator Lodge.
Although a life-long politician, the sena
tor poses as a statesman and his disposi
tion to look down on the common polit
ical herd has not made him popular in
the party. Moveover, he comes from a.
state where the republican gains have
been most pronounced. Factions In Mas
sachusetts have been too little developed
to enable him to develop his skill along
the line of general campaigning. They
do not have in the - y State political
battles royal such as Senator Hanna, has
experienced In Ohio. Unpopular with his
party and too intimate with the president,
republican leaders declare Senator Lodge
is not the right kind of timber out of
which presidential campaign managers
are made and they are losing no oppor
tunity to impress their views upon the
president.
If Senator Hanna feels that ho Is get
ting t<K> out to renew the great fight he
made in I’lT> and decides to retire from
the chairmanship, those close to the pres
ident say he is inclined to look for a
younger man for the place. Until Senator
Hanna's Intentions, however, are known,
suggestions as to who that younger man
will be are not indulged in. When it
comes to young mon in the party there
are none perhaps in whom the president
personally has more interest than Senator
Beveridge, of Indiana. Active, brainy and
a hustler. Beveridge appeals to the pres
ident, who in discussing him the other
day made the remark, "Beveridge means
to get to the top." But whether the
the officer in the breast He then attempt
ed to make his escape, but was caught by
Detective Chadwick. Murphy was taken
to the hospital, where he died within
twenty minutes of the time he received
the wound. Meßaj as hurried to the
| city Jail and in less than an hour a inob
1 numbering at t least 1,000 men and boys.
. had asr.enibleq and majje a demand on the
j chief of police for the prisoner. The chief
I refused to surrender th£ murderer In
j hope of attracting the attention of the
j mob the fire department was called out
: and made a run past the jail. The ruse
i partially succeeded, a large number of
; the crowd following the fire department,
i In the meantime the chief had ordered all
' the electric lights in the city to be turned
I out and in the darkness Mcßay was hur
riedly taken to the county jail In a short
time the mob discovered that it had been
; deceived and formed in front of the coun-
strenuous Indiana senator has the expe
rience, the acquaintance or the political
sagacity required for a chairman of the
national committee is doubtful.
ONE BUSINESS IS ENOUGH.
Treasury Department After Em
, j ployees with Outside Business.
Washington, June 28.—Assistant Secre
tary Armstrong, of the treasury depart
ment, has returned to the city from a
brief business trip to New York, during
I which he looked Into the cases of Messrs,
i Samuel W. Thompson and Walter R.
j Eaton, employees of the custom housq»
| who are advertised as members of the
board of directors of a mining company
whose business has been under investi
gation by an official of the postoffiee de
partment Mr. Armstrong has requested
a written report from these officials r>
! specting their connection with the com
pany and 'the alleged misrepresentation
by tho company in its advertisements
of the positions held by them under the
government, and says he expects these
reports to be ready for Collector Stran
ahan tomorrow. Mr. Armstrong tonight
made It plain that Messrs. Thompson and
Eaton will be required to give up their
connection with the company if they
expect to remain In tho customs service
and that if their positions were mis
represented with their consent and ap
proval they will be liable to removal
from office.
Treasury officials express decided objec
| tion to persons employed in the cus
toms service engaging at the same time
in some other business and Intend to
break up this practice, as far as possi
ble, holding that it is detrimental to the
best interests of the service. There are
many occasions, officials point out, where
the government needs the service of an
employe in the customs department out
| side of regular office hours, and if they
I happen to be engaged in business which
| interferes with this then the government
’ is tiie sufferer.
ROSEBERY SUBMITS A PLAN.
Wants a Great Technological Insti
tution for England.
London, June 28.—The earl of Rosebery
has written to the chairman of tho Lon
don county council submitting a plan for
the establishment of a great institution
for advanced scientific and technological
education at a cost of $1,500,000, toward
which sum Werner, Belt & Co., the well
known diamond firm, and others offer
large contributions. A site for the in
stitution has been practically assured.
Lord Rosebery asks the council for an
annual grant of $150,000 for tho mainte
nance of the institution, upon securing
which the whole scheme depends.
In his letter submitting the proposal
Lord Rosebery says:
"It is little short of scandalous that
our ambitious youths should be obliged
to resort to the United States and Ger
many for technical training.' He points
out that English industries are suffering
in consequence of this neglect of this
Important branch of education in the
United Kingdom.
rRICE: FIVE CENTS.
I ty jail. The entire police force of th* city
I was called out in order to guard the ja.
Sheriff Foiled Negro Chasers
Peoria, His., June 24.—John McCray, a
! negro, who killed Detective W E. Mur
phy last night, was sneaked out. ot t’.e
county Jail through a rear door shortly
after noon today. A carriage was waiting
an dthe prisoner was taken t<> a train Ur
Galesburg. There McCray will be Impris
' onec until trial.
Missouri Mob After Negro.
j St. Louis, June 23 -Two women on*
i white and the other colored, were s
| saulted and left for dead about 31-2 mil's
i east of East St. Louis .this afternoon ami
i a. pcsse is out looking for a negro de
j scribed by one of his victims.
: If he should be captured It Is believed
I there will be alynching.
DEAS POTS CAFF
INFO RDDSEVELT
Souili Carolina Nsiro Republican
Denounces ihe President.
He Says the Administration of Fed
eral Affairs in South Carolina
Is Corrupt—Capers and Jen
kins Also Bitterly At
tacked by Negro.
Charleston. S. C . June 28.—(Special.)—
E. H. Deas, the leadihg negro republican
of South Carolina, has prepared for pub
lication a vicious attack upon President
Roosevelt's administration of par:; af
fairs in this state.
Just after the Ohio convention w s
held, Deas, by request, arraigned tins
national republican administration in Tho
i New York YY'orld. He said, an." - ot -r
things, that it was the dirtiest and re
tenest administration that has ever dis
graced this section, and the statement
that he lias just given out for publication
is put forth with a view of substantia': X
this charge.
In it Deas attacks with great bitterness
United States District Attorney John C
Capers and Collector of Internal Revenoo
Micah Jenkins.
Both of these men were formerly demo
erats and were appointed to office as m
publicans. Cau-irs bolted Bryan and
stumped for McKinley, while Jenkins ■’ s
a major under Roosevelt in the Rough
Riders. Capers is a son of Bishop Ellison
Capers, of South Carolina, and Jenkins is
a son of the confederate general of the
same name. Deas charges that Capers
was present at the lynching of Tlio-nn
son and Preston, at Gaston. July 3". 1893,
and that lie was indicted for pension
fraud in the same w ar. but that, the mat
ter was dropped for some reason nex'. r
explained; that he wag n. t a resident of
the slate when appointed United States
district attorney oj;'. South Carolina; that
he swore he voted for McKinley and ye‘
the records of the town of Maryland, in
which he resided, fail to show an> such
record.
Os Jenkins. Deas says he is such a
personal favorite of President Roosevelt
that it is impossible to get an Investiga
tion of charges against him and his de
partment. When such charges have b.’en
preferred. Deas says, they are referred to
Jenkins himself, he reports f ivorablv to
himself and th.e matter is dropped.
The statement made by Deas is a long
one and is replete with the most vio
lent language, denunciatory of Roosevelt.
Capers, Jenkins, and the republican ad
ministration of pffnirs in South Carolina.
Deas was formerly national republican
committeeman from the state, and is now
chairman of the “black-and-tan” organi
zation. He was n candidate for collector
of internal revenue, and Is popularly
styled by his adherents as "Deas, the
Duke of Darlington.”