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CONFLICT BETWEEN SOLDIERS AND
ANTI-NEGRO MOB AT EVANSVILLE,IND.
Evansville, Ind.. July 6.—Following four
days of rioting and general lawlessness,
this city tonight saw the most terrible of
Its experiences with rioters. Seven per
sons are dead and fourteen are known to
be injured, with at least that number
more thought to be hurt.
Four members of company A. First
regiment, bullet and light gun shot
wounds on the body.
One of them was shot through the
shoulder, another through the ankle and
the other two received slight scratches.
Two deputy sheriffs slightly wounded.
Soldiers Fire Point Blank.
At 10:30 o'clock tonight the members of
company A. First regiment Indiana na
tional guard, after a day’s vigilance
guarding the county jail, and 100 deputy
sheriffs, under Sheriff Chris Kratze. fired
point blank into a mob of 1.000 men gath
ered on Fourth. Division and Vine streets,
surrounding the Vanderburg county jail,
and attempting its capture. From 7
o’clock this morning until the hour of
tonight’s catastrophe the crowd surged
about the Jail calling the militiamen vile
names, assailing them with ston.es and
berating the deputy sheriffs who guarded
the jail.
At 9 o'clock the mob gradually became
more and more excited. Its manifesta
tions of uneasiness more frequent and at
10 o'clock it was seen that nothing could
prevent an assault on the jail. At 10:30'
o’clock the rioters pressed slowly forward
and innocent onlookers and the curious
followed. Slowly they forced the militia
men back toward the jail until the allay
way between Division street and the stone
building was reached. Then the leaders
with a bicycle in their front as a shield
to the bayonets of the soldiers, attempt
ed to.enter the alley and storm the alley
way entrance. Captain Blum, of the na
tional guard, ordered a charge on the
rioters. Gradually the crowd was froced
back, the soldiers using their bayonets
and butts of guns. Suddenly a rioter fell.
A soldier tried to drag him to his feet,
but before he could do so was assaulted
by a rioter. Stones and boulders began
to fly through the air A soldier was
struck with a rock and fell. A rioter was
knocked down with a gun butt and then
a shot was fired. The one shot started a
fusilade of musketry and shot gun fire
from the defenders and a scattered re
turn tire from the rioters. Fully three
hundred shots were fired from the jail
windows, the court house steps immedi
ately opposite and by the soldiers on the
streets.
Who Fired the First Shot?
No one knows who fired the first shot.
The soldiers ciaiai It was the rioters,
while the rioters make no claims and re
fuse to talk about it. The governor is
said to have instructed the ..authorities
not to jeopardize the safety of the Jail
with half-way measurejs. The soldiers
and deputy sheriffs fired Into the retreat
ing mob of men who ran into Diyision
street, failing, crying and praying. For
fifteen minutes the firing continued then
it ceased. The mob wap gone and the
soldiers held the place. In front of the
staggering band fifty-eight soldiers lay
dead and wounded. Moans and shrieks
of agony and fear came from the injured.
In the yard of the courthouse wounded
rioters lay and back of the line of sol
diers two of the militiamen had fallen.
On the Jail .--tops stood Sheriff Kratze. At
his side was Colonel M Coy, of the First
regiment Around them stood a few doc
tors and reporters. When the firing had
ceased Captain Blum reformed his men
and gave them orders.
"Keep that mob back! Call on them to
halt! If they don't halt, shoot them
down. We < n’t 1 ike m >re chances.
Men. be careful, but for God's sake keep
a close watch!" shouted the captain and
his men prepared for another struggle. It
did not come.
Quiet Followed the Riot.
The rioters got out of sight quickly and
fearing that another charge would be
made, scattered. They stood in knots
around the corners in the vicinity. They
could be heard at the jail arguing with
themselves. "Let's go get the
murderers," called one. "Down with
them; kill th, m!" and a score of cries
were heard. Some of the rioters tried to
change their positions and were greeted
with cries of "halt!" accompanied by the
clicking of rifl> s. Within a half hour
things had become so quiet that care
could be taken of the dead and injured.
o Negroes in Terror.
Inside the iiil forty-three prisoners lay
terrified in the darkness—sixteen of them
negroes whose lives are far from safe
if th. mob attacks the jail again and
> fleets a capture. The lights were turned
<>ut when the shooting began aitl the
prisoners moaned and cried in their
<ells. Telephone messages were sent
from the jail to the hospitals and to
physicians calling for aid and to them
the response was quick. Doctors from
ail over Evansville drove rapidly at Ilia
cull.
The Vin-cnnes company of militia is
c.n its way here and Colonel McCoy tears
another attack wiien it arrives. All is
now quiet around the jail, the soldier?
still standing under arms. Outposts an;
.--.atiom-d to n! guerrilla shooting
from the streets with cities. Governor
Durbin has summoned a number of
prominent citizens to confer with him at
once over the telephone to decide what
a tion will be taken. Should an out
break follow the arrival of the Vin
cennes company the Terre Haute com
pany will be rushed here by special
‘•Blue Goose'’ Dive Wrecked.
The last work of the mob this morning
before It dispersed was to destroy the
"Blue Goose" saloon, a negro resort in
Baptisttown. The windows and doors
were demolished and a hundred shots were
fired
There was a circus In town today, which
brought additional crowds of sympathiz
ers with the different races. The police
were at work preventing crowds from
gathering. There were dozens of per
sonal encounters, but no duels with weap-
Governor to the Sheriff.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 6.—Governor
Durbin said tonight the situation was
very much to be regretted and he would
do everything to prevent an outbreak.
He said he had authorized tho sheriff
at Evansville to swear in one thousand
deputies If necessary, and If that was
found to be not sufficient he would give
him additional troops.
Adjutant General Ward said tonight:
"The people of Evansville are sensible
people, and they know that the militia
has the power to kill where others have
not. For that reason I think the situa
tion will adjust itself without bloodshed.
Any attempt to parade by either race
will be stopped by the militia.
Nine Men Are Dead.
Evansville, Ind., July ".—The tragedies
of last nlghf whereby half a dozen people
were killed and probably half a dozen
more fatally woutpßd. and some twenty
five more qr less badly wounded was a
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when they awoke this morning and
learned the facts in the case. Most of the
killed and wounded were members of the
families antj terrible events of the night
hav. 0 left hundreds in pretty much of a
dazed condition. There is much criticism
of the militia, but the soldiers probably
acted within their rights as laid down by
law and it seems that the sufferers or
their friends and relatives will have no
redress. The soldiers come from all walks
of life in the city and mapy of them are
close personal friends of some of the
greatest sufferers as a result p.f the pro
miscuops tiring that took place at the
time of the clash.
After the carnage last night Evansville
tonight is obeying the orders of the
mayor and the people are keeping oil'
the streets. Nine men are dead, one is
dying, three others are fatally hurt and
twenty-one more or less injured.
Eight companies of militia and one
battery are here. The Terre Haute,
Evansville and Vincennes companies
were reinforced tonight by four compa
nies from Indianapolis, a company froqi
Martinsville and battery A, of Indian
apolis, with a gatling gun.
The troops were marched heavily
armed through a quietjy curious crowd
of several thousand people, but not a
negro was in sight. At every corner
were seen policemen armed with rilles
and revolvers. Tim troops arrived tonight
were met bs General McKee,
who formally assumed command, and the
Martinsville company was ordered to re
lieve the companies around the jail for a
part cf the night, while tho Indianapolis
companies and the battery were encamp
ed In Sunset park, six squares from the
Jail. As the troops marched through
the streets with the gatling gun rat
tling over the pavements, a by-stander
shouted:
"There won’t be anything done until
you fellows leave, but watch out then.
We don’t care how long you stay. We
can wait."
The Dead.
EDWARD SCIHFFMAN. painter, top
of head blown off with Springfield rifle.
HAZED HALLMAN. 15 years old,
daughter of Joseph Hallman, shot in
breast with shot gun.
AUGUST JORDAN, 18 years, musket
bullet wound In breast, through heart.
ED RUHL. 23 years, old, laborer, shot
through body and head and killed in
stantly.
FRED KAPPLER. 15 years, shot in side.
UNKNOWN MAN, middle aged, shot in
back.
The Fatally Wounded.
JOHN BARNES, shot through right
lung.
CALVIN HAWKINS, shot In abdomen,
left finger shot off.
JOHN GEIL, shot in the back.
ERNEST WALTERS, shot in back.
The Wounded.
Frederick Schmidt, driver Cook Brewing
Company, shot in leg and arm.
Lee Hawley, laborer, shot in log.
Robert Miller, shot In cheek, not seri
ous.
Charles Presky, 17 years, grocery boy.
shot through left, wrist, bullej wounds in
both heels,
Theodore Beem, 20 years, shot in right
side, painful flesh wound.
Joseph Fares, 48 years, shot In head and
hip, may die.
Albert Kauess, shot while picking
wounded rioter up, in right arm. not se
rious.
Denny McPhillips, gunshot wound in
arm and breast.
Union C. Smith, shot in arms and neck,
serious,
Henry Smith, shot In hips and back,
with riile ball.
B. Meyers, slightly wounded in right
leg.
William Keller, shot in thigh, slightly.
Mrs. Joseph Allman, three shots in
shoulders.
Joseph Allman, buckshot in face.
Robert Miller, wounded In check with
buckshot.
Johann Hoffman, wounded in face and
leg. will lose his eyesight.
Alvin Jones, buckshot in back.
William Reece, slight wound in face
G. II Cook, slightly wounded.
Nelson Jacques, buckshot in face.
Charles Smith, slightly hurt about the
head.
Soldiers Warned Mob.
The crowd. Irritated by the presence
of the soldiers guarding the prisoners,
was shouting its determination to again
break open the jail and get the negroes.
For a half houre or more the crush of
the mob against the line of soldiers
had grown worse. The soldiers warned,
prominent citizens begged the mob to
desist and disperse and the city officials
back of the line of soldiers consulted
with the company captains. There were
many personal encounters as the rioters
pressed the line. A stone was thrown,
a soldier fell, a bayonet was thrust into
tiie side of a cursing rioter and the
order to fire was given. It was all
over In a minute. The mob scattered
and disappeared. The dead and wounded
were taken to homes and hospitals and
the line of soldiery was reformed. The
troops stood with ready weapons around
the jail, while inside the negro prisoners
prayed for mercy t*id protection.
A severe '.lash came when a soldier,
after ordering back the crowd and re
ceiving jeers, in reply bayonetted a man.
In vain did the soldiers try to hold their
ground by physical force. But a moment
before the tiring begun to the spectator
it seemed that the mob held but the
object of harassing the soldiers and
meditated no further trouble. Then camo
the crisis. A shower of stones and
sticks was hurled by a jeering, howling
crowd of men and boys. Then the mob
surged forward Suddenly, the soldiers
hard pressed and overpowered by num
bers, gave way ami plunged within the
court house enclosure. The sharp deto
nation of a rifle as the soldier pointed
his pieco in the air followed. The signal
of carnage bad belched out its dread
note in an instant tho death-dealing
volley leaped out. Stunned, astounded
for one brief instant, the mob stood, in
capable of flight. Then it broke in one
mad rush from death. All over the
street, crawling and moaning, wounded
rioters tried to ease their pain and es
•a. by getting away from the jail.
How Little Girl Was Killed.
On Division street, lying between her
grief stricken father and mother, the lit
tle Allman girl was lying dead with her
breast torn away with buckshot charge.
She was out driving with her parents,
who, attracted by the noise, stopped a
few minutes to watch the excitement. In
the yard of the court house wounded
rioters lay and back of the lino of sol
diers two of the militiamen had fallen.
On the jail steps stood Sheriff Kratz.
At his side was Colonel McCoy, of the
First regiment. Around them stood a
few doctors and reporters. When the fir
ing had ceased Captain Blum reformed
his men and gave them orders. His men
prepared for another struggle. It did
not come. The rioters got out of sight
quickly, and fearing that another charge
would be made, scattered.
A remarkable and awe-inspiring calm
followed the rioting. The larger portion of
the population kept off the streets after
nightfall and as soon as tho news of the
shooting spread the city seemed deserted
by all except the soldiers.
The exact time that tiie firing com
menced is placed at 10:20 o clock. It is
estimated that it continued for two or
three minutes in the steady volleys and
about 300 shots were fired. Fifty-eight
soldiers and about sixty deputies were on
guard.
Only White People Are To Be Seen
Evansville, Ind., July 10.—The only re
minders of the recent trouble in this
city, in which rioting and killing figured
prominently, are the funerals of John
Barnett and Frank Lamble. There are
no signs of disorder or demonstrations
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: AIW&X MON DA JULY 13, 1903.
of any kind. Saloons are closed and ne
groes are keeping off the streets, atid
this obviates all chances of clashes. The
newspapers urge that all people continue
to remain at home and in that manner
help preserve order.
The grand jury is still at work and
many indictments may be looked for at
most any lime.
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Negro Cooks Not Allowed To Re
main in Linton.
Linton, Ind.. July 6.—The appearance of
eight Terre JJaute negroes in Linton to
day caused a demonstration in which the
men narrowly escaped death
Alex Sanderson, a Terre Haute caterer,
was employed to serve the banquet at the
institution of a new lodge of the Elks.
He took his cook and waiters, with him
and while the lodge work in the hall was
going on several hundred miners assem
mite the hall unless the negroes were
sent out of town. Tiie eight colored njen
were hurried into a call and driven to
Jasonville, where they were pqj on tiie
train lor Terre Halite. Six policemen
hung on the carriage and beat back the
crowd while the negroes were driven out
of town.
Tiie intense feeling here against tiie
negroes luis bcm fostered tor seven years
and in that time not a negro has been
allowed to Jive in Linton.
In 1896 a coal company Imported 300
negroes to take, tiie places of strikers in
one' of the mines here. The negroes or
ganized a. company and drilled with rifles
on tile : tnets. One of them shot a white
boy and the entire white population,
•aroused at midnight by the lire bell,
raided the negro quarters and drove
ci' ry one of them from the city, several
being shot.
Negro in Eying Condition.
5 icennes, Ind., July 7. Lee Brown, the
negro who was in jail lii-re for saf j keep
ing, inter he killed Policeman Massey,
at Evansville, and precipitated the race
riots there, was today taken to the state
prison at Jeffersonville by Sheriff Summit
by order of Governor Durbin, where he
could not be reached by any mob. The.
negro was bea.reiy alive anil had to be
given stimulants and worked with for
two hours by Dr. Boekcs before he could
be -ikon to the train. Brown's removal
has caused great relief hero, where the
worst, was expected tonight.
Wisconsin Mob Hammers Negro.
Marinette, Wis., July 10.—A negro
named Deb Flynn was nearly killed at
the street carnival here. White men re
sented his walking with a white girl.
Ho talked back and a. large crowd start
ed after him with hammers. The negro
was rescued by company 1 of the Second
regiment. Wisconsin national guards. The
negro was inhiding all night and was
spirited out of town this morning. The
incident created much excitement among
the crowd of visitors.
Illinois Mob at His Heels.
Bloomington. Ills., July 10.—Edward
Barton, of Springfiffi !. today fatally shot
Julius Frank anti. Irving Rosenfield. mer
chants of Macon city, near here. Barton
was arrested and placed upon a train and
taken to the county seat at Havana just
in time to escape a mob which was being
organized.
Negroes Sold on the Block.
Russell. Kans.. July B.—Two negroes
were bid for on tiie auction block for
harvest work. They are John and Har
per Porter, known as good workers. The
bidding was'spirited, starting with $2.50
per day. August Reinhart finally secured
them on a bid of $3.21 per day. Adam
Bender was the auctioneer.
At Victoria, just over the Hue in Ellis
county, another colored man asked for
bids for a farm laborer who would pitch
to the stack ail the grain a one-header
could cut. on this condition the negro
brought $6 per day bid.
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NEGROES TOLD TO MOVE ON.
Murder Near Sour Lake, Tex., Cause
of the Order To Leave.
Sour Lake. Texas, July 9.—Shortly be
fore 11 o’clock this morning word r .ached
S' air Luke that a brakeman of the South
ern Pacific, rind Thompson, had liven shot
and fatally wounded by a negro at Nome
Junction. Thompson Is in a hospital
at Beaumont, where it is said his condi
tion is critical.
Indignation was expressed at Sour Lake
when tins news was made public. Notices
were posted in twenty-live or thirty con
spicuous places about town:
"Notice —Negro, don't let the sun go
down on you in Sour Lake tonight "
Many negroes hastily left the city.
Over fifty left for Houston and Beau
mont. The exodus continues and many
arc walking out of town.
A restaurant which employs negroes is
being guarded by armed men tonight,
ami an effort will 'be made to give the
nt groes protection. The situation is.
grave and may assume serious phases al
any moment.
Tonight two eamps of darkies, one in
the Shoe String district of tile oil field
and the other composed of construction
forces of the Southern Pacific, were raid
ed by a mob of 500 men. The blacks fled
precipitately and about 100 shots were
tired at them. It is not known whether
any of them were killed or wounded, as
the shooting was In the darkness. Ono
of the Mexicans in the construction gangs
Lad hili head beaten into a pulp and
will die.
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MORE TROUBLE AT NORWAY.
Arrest of Five Negroes Caused Re
newed Excitement.
Augusta, Ga., July B.—(Special,)—Excite
ment broke out at Norway, S. C., afresh
last night on account of five negroes
being arrested, charged' with being acces
sories to the murder of J. T. Phillips,
for which Charles Evans was lynched.
As soon a.s affairs quieted down after
the soldiers returned to Columbia the
arrest came and the negroes again made
Incendiary remarks, but Sheriff Dukes as
sembled deputies and prevented an out
break.
The negroes who were taken to Colum
bia this morning as precaution against
any attempt at lynching are William
Donaldson, John Felder. Edward Thomas,
Ulysses and William Johnson.
NO HOPE FOE CANAL TREATY.
Washington, July 7.—William Nelson
Cromwell, counsel for the Panama Canal
Company, had an hour's conference today
with Acting Secretary Loomis respecting
condition in Bogota. Mr. Cromwell has
received a cablegram from Bogota stating
that the treaty was presented to tiie Co
lombian senate July 2 and was to be
taken up for consideration July t.
As less than two weeks remain of the
special session of the Colombian congress
it is apprehended here that tiie treaty
cannot receive final action in li.it time.
It is believed here that the difficulty in
that case will be met by a renewal of
the special order.
CONVENTION OF B. Y. P. U.
IN ATLANTA BIG SUCCESS.
Continued from First Page.
to get new members of the legislature
or new ministers. And to my mind the
greatest reform needed today is in the
object of educational ideas. In olden
times tiie great man used to leave his
name to posterity in the shape of great
theaters. Today he does it in tiie building
of great libraries arid universities.
"Every American is taught to succeed
and the ambition and obje< of his edu
cation is success which means wealth or
power or both. And the doctrine taught
is the doctrine of more personal posses
sions. Wealth is not all we demand, but
mastery as well. And it is this kind of
education that has made this nation the
greatest in all history. We have gained
success by acquisition greater than the
world lias ever seen before in the matter
of material power. But you go to the
average num about some needed change
and you win find him too busy for re
form. Ur perhaps lie is too politic to be
patriotic. U r perhaps his tax list is such
that he is too rich to t>e independent.
"But this system of success is the sys
tem of Hie pagan unu i doubt if any oid
American would find in tiie curriculum of
our average college anything that would
prevent him from sending iris boy there
lor education and that, too, m the belief
tliat he would not or need not learn any
thing that would cause' him to depart
from the teachings of Zeus. In fact 1 be
lieve that if St. f’aul had- met with some
of our modern institutions of millionaire
pat rotis he would have been as displeased
as he was when he found the teniple to
the unknown god.
“Yet 1 believe in tiie education that will
help us to do what oilier nations cannot
do, but 1 belieye tliat they should help us
to do good unto others at the same time.
I believe in tiie education that will make
for us engitn - ru and diplomats that will
bo able to construct (lie great Panama
canal not so.- the American mastery of
tiie Pacific, but for the guardianship of
the Pacific and the protection of our
weaker neighbors. 1 believe it is one of
the schemes of the devil to steep America
in prosperity and I believe that it i« in this
prosperity that her greatest peril lies.
"Let the Baptists stand as did General
Jackson ami his Virginians, like a stone
wail, for the formation of a line of battle.
He was a. national character and he may
have been wrong in some things, but. God
was not wrong when He made such a
noble character. So let us strive so to do
our whole duty that when great crises
shall confront the world, the leaders will
ask where are the young Baptists of
America. And when the time comes so"
the charge of a last hope hear the com
mander say, 'There stands the young
Baptists of America like a stone wall for
the right. Form your line on them.'
Rev. S. E. Price Talks.
The other speakers of the evening were
Rev. S. Elber Price, of Milwaukee, and
Professor M. L. Brittain, of Atlanta.
Rev. Mr. Price made a powerful ad
dress on the subject of "Training." He
advanced many practical and helpful sug
gestions along this line for the young
Christian and his remarks wore
ed to with appreciative interest. "Sin.”
he said, "is the destructive power in
the human heart and life. Sin debases the
affections and vitiates tiie will. It hides
behind law and entrenches iUclf in cus
tom. Conscientious care for the spiritual
life is tin? fundamental essential and one
of tiie great, principles of training should
be the broad' ng of the vision of the
kingdom of God.”
Professor Brcmin's address was un
questionably tlw irtistic effort of the eve
ning, and then was it his peilect com
mand of expi". ion and ins many beau
tiful and pert.ont quotations trom the
classics a fas.-hAling charm tliat held
his listeners > . ilboiiHu with attention.
He talked -ilm - tti' 1 liie.s ot the applied- .
tion of higher ideals and methods in the
business life of young people.
'•Uncle Tout's *Cabiu” Denounced.
••Uncle Tom’s*Cfi >lh,’ the famous book,
was denounced from the rostrum of the.
Piedmont park auditorium last Saturday
morning.
Rev. Samuel D. McKenney, a prominent
Illinois divine, wa,s the speaker and his
words treated tiie gn it audience to a
thrill like the passing of electric waves.
Tiie incident has pr > n the sensation of
the Baptist Young P-ople's Union con
vention and there h s been nothing so
dramatic in any session of the conven
tion thus far.
The speech of Dr McKenney opened
very likt tho: e prece g it, but the tenor
was changed before a minute of his time
was exhausted. This is tiie way the
speech was concluded:
■‘There must come into every life some
sunshine ami some shadow, some dark
and some light spots. Yesterday I was
at Grant j ark and s . v that great pano
rama, 'The B.ttle of Atlanta,' and as I
looked upon the paint' d setn.nance of the
carnage and destruction, tiie bloodshed
and horror, 1 thought to myself: liiat
wiLt one of the dark -pots, one of Lite
shadows in tiie lives ot our fathers and
mothers.’ ’’
• I say it's high time—it's high time
that the people of this country, north
and south, should, keep ‘Uncle Toni's
Cabin’ and similar books from the hands
ot their children; when sectional preju
dice and bitter memories should be for
ever buried, and when the names of
Lee and Lincoln, Grant and Jackson
should be honored together and each
one held in reverence by tho American
A Watermcllon Cutting.
One of the pleasantest social events of
the convention was a Georgia water
melon cutting given especially to tiie
northern Uelegat s. After every one had
enjoyed' the red melons William D. Up
shaw. the host, was called upon. He
said in part:
“In that goodly city, hospitable and
historic Providence, when one year ago
I had the honor of. voicing to you Geor
gia’s welcome to this great convention,
you will remember I not only invited
you to Atlanta, tha most famous city
of 100,000 people in America; Atlanta, a
city beneath the ambient blue of whose
arching skies grow the manliest men
and the queenliest women, it seems to
me in all the world—bur * fh-omised that
we would kiss you with southern sun
shine, fan you with southern breezes,
feed vou on Georgia peaches, and feast
you on that dele-table edible known as
the 'Georgia watrrmlllion.’ In rural life
in Georgia we have had four delightful
gatherings—the old-fashioned quilting of
our mothers, the merry corn shuekings of
our fathers, the sugar cane grinding and
the watermelon cutting. We want your
hands and mouths to go right into their
big red hearts just like you yourselves
have gone Into these Georgia hearts of
ours.”
After the melon cutting some merry
songs were given especially by the dele
gates from Canada Atlanta was toast
ed for her charming weather and Mr.
Upshaw for his thoughtful generosity.
The Evening Session.
Three excellent addresses were made at
the evening session. ”
The first was by Rev. Henry Alford
Porter, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Cedar Rapids. lowa. He took
as his subject. “Christian Young People
and Society.” It was his belief that gay
ety and laughter had a part In the min
istry of this world if rightly used. It
was in the doubtful amusements that
the grave dangers lurked and it must be
remembered that the scriptures taught
that "whatsoever is not of faith is of
sin.” Playing cards were the acknowl
edged tools of gamblers and dancing halls
the chambers of mischief and misery. Ho
believed that one of the great needs of
the present was some great force tliat
should lift society out of the depths to
which it hits sunk and he hoped tliat
young Baptists would show themselves
willing and able to become that, force. In
reference, tp Robert E. I,ee. he spoke of
him as "a blessed memory to a whole
continent.”
Thq second address was by Rev. E. Pen
dletqn Jones, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Owensboro, Ky.» who touk
as his subject "Christian Young People
and the Home.” He placed obedience as
the foundation of the home’s greatest
happiness. He also placed imagination
as one of the strongest elements in the
building of character and urged that the
imagination of the young should be kept
fresh and pure. He also placed much
stress on the matter of good reading,
high seeking and high thinking.
The last address of the evening was by
Baptist state missions of Missouri, with
headquarters at St. Louis. His subject
was "Christian Young People and the
State,” and he advocated that the church
must save both the family and the state
and uiqjed that the young Baptists should
be the leaders in such a movement.
Close of the Convention.
"With a consecration service that was
filled with the prayer and thanksgiving
that has been an earnest of its every ses
sion, the thirteenth annual convention of
the Baptist Young People’s Union was
Drought to a close last evening in the
auditorium at Piedmont park.
During the service Rev. C. A. Fulton,
of Now York, spoke in behalf of the vis
iting delegates and thanked the members
of the many Atlanta committees for all
they had done to make this convention
one that must ever prove «an epoch
marker in the annals of tho union. He
also spoke with much appreciation of tho
many kindnesses that had been received
by the visitors on every side and that
from every one with whom ho had spoken
he found only words of sincerest praise
for the hospitality of Atlantans and Geor
gians, which while proverbial had been
more than realized on this visit.
William M. Upcraft, a missionary to
China, made an address that was replete
with . dramatic, experiences and helpful,
charitable suggestions, in which he plead
with the courage of conviction for char
ity and love for the circumference of the
world.
Afi.er earnestly pleading the cause of
common kinship of human need he closed
by urging all those who felt called to
the work to enter the field of missions,
both at homo and abroad, and labor dili
gently until "the kingdom of this world
shall have become the kingdom ot
Christ.” _ _
William H. Grlstweit. editor of The
Baptist Union, of Chicago, spoke on the
subject of consecration and in his_ acl
dress most beautifully combined the high
ly poetic and the purel.v practical. He
also referred appreciatively to the splen
did work of the choir and its leader,
Professor Porter.
The rest of tiie sevice last evening in
cluded prayers and tho singing of old
familiar hymns and witli the final bene
diction pronounced by Dr. Geistweit the
thirteenth annual convention held m At
lanta passed into tiie realms of happy,
helpful history.
TROOPS GUARD GRIFFIN JAIL.
Father Charged With .Assault hy His
18-Year-01d Daughter.
Griffin, Ga., July B.—(Special.)—There
is great excitement in Griffin over tiie re
ported assault on the jail to chastise
or mistreat Jim Bethune, who has just
been arrested on a charge of criminal as
sault on his daughter 18 years of age.
Bethune is a white man well known
about town. This morning his daughter
had a warrant Issued for him charging
him with this assault. At 8 o’clock to-,
night Governor Terrell on telegrams
from Griffin ordered the Rifles to sur
round the jail and protect Bethune. Be
thune will be sent tonight to Forsyth
where lie will be jailed until the superior
court meets in August.
Bethune's character has been sucn
as to make some doubt tiie story while
many believe in it. A few knots of peo
ple are gathered now near the jail, but
the Rifles are. there with a large posse
and he will be protected. He denies his
guilt emphatically and says that his
daughter was chastised by him on ac
count of. some misbehavior.
’sheriff Freeman sa\s he will protect
his man at all hazards.
MOBS CHASING BAD NEGRO.
Outlook for Lynching Near Darien
Junction Promising.
Brunswick, Ga.. July 10.—(Special.)—
Miss Minnie Johnson, a young white
woman residing near Darien Junction,
ozt the Darien and Western railroad, was
badly beaten and then assaulted by Ed.
Claiis yesterday morning, news of which
reached this city tonight.
From last reports the young woman Is
in a critical condition.
The negro after committing the deed
left the scene. He is well known by
those around Darien Junction. He was
captured by Agent Rooney at Everett
City early this morning, but before he
could be identified escaped.
If captured there is no doubt but that
he will be lynched by the posse. Another
negro answering tho description was ar
lested, but proved to be the wrong man
before the mob got at. him.
Several shots were fired at the negro
when he escaped after being caught
by Everett, but none of the bullets took
effect.
WAR CLOUD OVER THE BALKANS
Conflict Between Turkey and Bulga
ria Seems Imminent.
Salonica, European Turkey, July 10.—
In spite of the reassuring advices from
Constantinople the belief prevails here
that war between Turkey and Bulgaria
Is imminent. Bulgarian bands in Mace
donia are being organized under com
mand of officers from Sofia for use as
scouts and guerrillas and a large con
traction of troops is taking place In the
b.tils near Yenidje, though orders have
been Issued to avoid an immediate con
flict with the Turks, who are concen
trating large force.-; at the Koumanivl.
Constantinople, July 10.—Official news
received from Sofia yesterday was more
reassuring. Bulgaria has abandoned the
intention of reinforcing its troops on the
frontier. In diplomatic circles a calm
view of the situation Is now taken and
It is believed the storm has passed away.
OLD CARPET PAID EXPENSES.
Washington, July 12.—(Special.)—Uncle
Sam has an annu.il house cleaning In
each one of his mint buildings at the end
of each fiscal year. Tn these annual
cleanups the dirt and dust are not thrown
away, but are carefully preserved and
put Into melting pots where everything
that will burn Js consumed and the resi
due is left tn the form of a conglomerate
Ingot In the bottom pf the pot. This is
refined and enough gold and silver Is ob
tained from it to pay the house cleaning
expenses many times over. Even the dirt
that is scraped out of cracks in the floor
contains gold dust and Is carefully pre
served. The. report of the annual house
cleaning at the San Francisco mint has
just been .received in Washington.
One item of interest concerns an old
carpet that originally cost $250 and that
has been in use on the floor of the adjust
ing room for six years. Instaed of sell
ing the carpet, as the government usually
does with Its partly worn furnishings, it
was burnecj and the ashes carefully pre
served and refined, with the result that
gold worth more than $9,600 was obtained
from it.
North State Will Exhibit.
Raleigh, N. C., July 11.—(Special.)—The
most active steps are being taken to se
cure a great display of North Carolina
tobacco, particularly leaf, of the highest
quality at the St. Louis exposition. It is
the purpose that North Carolina shall
t ike her true statistical position in re
gard to tobacco growing, which is secon.l
in the United States. Hoge Irvin has
been ajipointed by tiie State Tobacco
Growers and Warehousemen to collect
specimens, which he is to send here so
they can be forwarded to St. Louis. The
executive committee which has tliis mat
ter of collection in charge is to meet
again at Old Point, Va., July 29. 4
POPE DRESSES HIMSELF
THEN LISTENS TO MASS.
Continued from First Page.
gardlng Monsignor Volpini. Tired of the
Insistent excuses made by those who were
trying to conceal from him the tact of
Monsignor Volpinl’s death by saying that
he was ill, Pope Lgp exclaimed: "Then
we must appoint a coadjutor,” and he
thereupon solemnly declared that Monsig
nor Marini should act as assistant to the
man who was buried on Friday. The
grim oddity of the situation was heighten
ed by the coincidence that Monsignor Ma
rini himself was coadjutor to the sccto
tary of the consistorial congregation
when Pope Pius IN died. He is now a
substitute at the congregation of briefs.
This indication of the wishes of his holi
ness, though given under circumstances
of concealment, is likely to secure lot
Monsignor Marini tiie place made vacant
oy the sudden death of Monsignor volpini.
Another incident showing tile wonder
ful vitality of his holiness occurred when
tiie pope was told of the postponement
of King Victor Emmanuel s visit to Paris
on account of the papal ailiiction. Ah,
said the pontiff, "we know how chtvat
.rotis is tiie house ot Savoy, even to its
opponents. ' 'I his note ot harmony struex.
trom a sick bed makes it apparent on
all sides that the chasm between tne
government and the Vatican has almost
apparently been bridged over by tiie na
tional sympathy witli the dying pope.
Cardinal Orcglia is credited with the
intention of not leaving anything at tiie
Vatican untouched during his short pe
riod of supreme power, when alter tiie
deatli of Pope Leo he will lie Cardina
Camerlingo until a new pope is ejected.
It is known that he has already decided
that even the work necessary to build
cells for tiie conclave and the walling up
of the entrances, and other arrange
ments shall not be done by the regular
papal architects and engineers, Man
nucci and Schneider, but by a person en
joying ills confidence, and that ne lias
selected an outsider, Engineer Ross, with
whom he has already conferred regarding
the matter. He has also chosen Con
troller Rorsi de Gaspcris to supply all
tho necessities, such as food
the services of barbers and doctors and
other persons required inside the con
clave. Naturally these measures, taken
by Cardinal Oreglia while the pope is
still alive, are much commented on.
Reduces Number of Callers.
Paris. July 12,-The reassuring news
received this morning regarding the pope
has sensibly reduced the number of call
ers at tiie nunciature, where this after
noon a telegram f’'° m I Car( J! na! „n
was posted stating that tiie .digit, im
provement in the condition of his holi
ness continued.
Foreign Minister Delcasse was among
the earliest callers.
No Charge For Gibbons.
London, July 12.-The Daily Telegraph
correspondent at P n mc telegraphs.
“I am authorized to state on the au
thority of two cardinals, one of w nom s
himself a candidate, that neither Cardi
nal Gibbons nor any other foreign member
of the sacred college possesses the tv
rr»otest chance of succeeding I ope L»eo.
Sudden Death of Mgr. Volponi.
Rome, July 9—Mgr. Volponi, who was
stricken with syncope yesterday. died
early this morning, shortly after the
doctors In attendance had announced tliat
all hope of saving his life had been aban
doned. Although the condition of the
pope is still the center of interest, the
case of Mgr. Volponi has attracted much
attention, not only because of his office
of secretary of the consistorial congrcga
tion, to which he had just been appointed
by Pope Leo, but also on account of the
manner in which he was seized by his
fatal, illness, and it Is hardly possible to
describe the sensation and emotion which
prevailed at. the Vatican when his death
was announced.
b'roin tiie moment he was stricken and
fell to the floor Mgr. Volponi lost en
tirely the power of speech and the use
of the entire right side of his body anti
he was apparently unconscious when lie
died. The cause of death was cerebral
congestion.
Great care has been taken to keep the
news of Mgr. Volponi's illness ami death
from the pope.
Orders have been given that the bells
of the Vatican and St. Peter's shall not
be tolled for the death of Mgr. Volponi,
as It would disclose his death to his holi
ness.
—«
SLEDDED NEAR SOUTH POLE.
Exploring Ship Discovery Establishes
New Mark in Antartic.
San Francisco. July 11.—Contain Wil
liam Colbeck. of the relief ship Morning,
tender to the exploring ship Discovery,
now in the south pole regions, is here
en route to London to report. He says
the main work of the Discovery has been
the location between 400 and SCO miles of
a new coast line and she worked as
far south as latitude 77 degrees 50 min
utes. By sleds the members of
the party got as far south as <S2 degrees
1" minutes south latitude, tiie furtherest
south any man has gone.
A lot of new marine fauna have been
discovered; also some marine plants, but
they are a very low type of organism.
Seals abound but the polar bear and
walrus are not there No new large
animals were found. The cold there is
far worse than in tho Arctic. In the
latter region in the summer time the
temperature gets up to 50 and 6<) degrees
above zero. In the Antarctic region be
low zero is summer weather. Valuable
geological seismic and meteorical speci
mens have been secured.
GEORGIA MAN WINS PLACE.
Dr. Perry, of Milledgeville, Super
intendent of Kansas Asylum
Topeka, Kans., July 12.—(Special.)—Dr.
M. L, Perry, of Milledgeville, Ga., has
been appointed superintendent of the
new state Insane asylum at Parsons by
the state board of charities.
The Parsons asylum will be used ex
clusively for the treatment and detention
of epileptics and Dr. Perry is a specialist
in that line. The asylum is being built
on the cottage plan.
Several of the buildings are completed
and patients will be moved there from
the Topeka and Osawatomie asylums
about August 1. The board is also ad
vertising for bids for the construction of
more cottages to cost SIOO,OOO.
DIED SUDDENLY AT TABLE.
Mrs. Brumley Was at Dinner When
Attack Came.
Huntsville, Ala., July 11 .—(Special.)—
Mrs. Mary B. Brumley, wife of J. L.
Brumley, of Monrovia, died very sudden
ly yesterday at the dinner table, where
she was seated with her familv.
She was apparently in good spirits and
fell over without a struggle, expiring al
most instantly.
Mrs. Brumley was 66 years old and was
the oldest member of Mt. Zion church.
Winchester, Va., Hit by Cloudburst.
Winchester. Va.. July 12.—This after
noon the most serious cloudburst ever ex
perienced here broke over the city, sub
merging the entire town with from three
to six feet of water. The damage will
retell thousands of dollars, as every
store, residence and building in the cen
ter of the town is several feet under wa
ter.
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Miss Willie Ray Was Best
Farm Hand in Prentiss
County.
' Jackson, Miss., July 12.—(Special.)—
The people of Prentiss county are much
puzzled, over the astute manner In uiii' h
Miss Willie Ray. a citizen of that coun
ty, managed to palm herself off as a
man for nearly eight years without the
identity of her sex being doubted, even
by the most intimate friends and neigh
bors.
Miss Ray has resided In Prentiss county
since 1895, and during the first five or , ix
years worked for various farmers tor
monthly wages. She dressed in the ordi
nary male attire of a farm hand, and
made regular trips to Booneville, the
county seat, each Saturday afternoon,
riding astride on horseback, and to ail
outward appearances being a neat look
ing boy of quiet, gentlemanly habits, al
though a steady user of tobacco in chi vy
ing and smoking form.
Willie was known all over the county
as a first-class farm hand, a hard work
er, and good for his debts. Last year
the g!ri in man's masquerade decided to
start out as an Individual farmer in
stead of a field hand and rented a small
farm, opened a store account, and com
menced to get in debt as all small farm
ers are expected to do.
Last week herr sex was unexpectedly
revealed at the court house in Boone
ville, and since that time Willie has
been compelled to don female garments.
She is originally from Tennessee, about
twenty-five years of age, and when in
terviewed concerning her reasons for
assuming the role of a man said that slm
did it in order to go out and do man's
labor for a livelihood.
JELKS AFTER THE MILITARY.
Alabama Troops Severely Criticized
by tiie Governor.
Montgomery, Ala.. July 11.—(Special )
A.n incident of the encampment of the
Third regiment, Alabama national guard,
at Highland park, in this city, which is
attracting much attention is the fact that
the governor on yesterday went to the
camp and notified tha officers that they
must keep better discipline among tha
troops; that he as the commander in
chief demanded that the men In camp
should be kept under strictest discipline;
that he did not want to hear any more re
ports of misconduct among the men such
as had been reported to him the past
few days, and if there was—if there was
any officer who could not control his men
and have discipline and order —he Intend
ed to take hand and to muster out such
officer's regiment.
Tiie action of the governor has created
quite a sensation among tiie military.
The action of the governor is said to
have been due to rumors that reached
him—(l) that while the military were
en route to Montgomery they shot into
the (residence of a prominent citizen
along the line of tho railroad, endanger
ing the lives of his family, and (2) the
alleged misconduct of the boys after
their arrival in this city.
"I have attended ten encampments for
ten successive years,” said Captain Gul
lette, "and I never knew the boys to
settle down to discipline the first day or
two. The boys come here with some
money for they have to spend it the
first night, be that little or much, and
the officers allow them many privileges
before they begin to discipline them se
verely This encampment has been like
all encampments, and the boys have now
settled down, as they always settle down
after the first day and night, to real hard
work, and are under the best possible dis
cipline.”
HEAVY RAIN AT PENSACOLA
Northern Portion of the City Is
Under Water.
Pensacola, Fla., July 11.—For the past
forty-eight hours the rainfall in this city
has been heavier than before known in
many years. In three hours yesterday
the official measurement was nearly 3
inches. and tills morning it was fully
equal to that amount. As a result streets
have been turned into lakes and rivers.
In one instance, in the northern portion
of the city, a house occupied by colored
people, was taken almost from the pil
-ars, the water being 5 feet in front of
the door. A police officer went to tho
place and rescued an old woman from tiie
house and when he left the building tha
furniture was floating about the rooms
In about 2 feet of water.
Traffic, both on the street car lines and
railoads. has been greatly retarded,
caused by sand being washed over the
tracks in many places. Several small
washouts on the Pensacola and Atlantic
division of the Louisville and Nashville
are also reported, delaying trains for sev
eral hours.
TO RELEASE THE VESSELS.
Navy Department Orders War Ships
Up the Orinoco.
Washington, July 9.—The navy depart
ment, at the instance of the state de
partment, has taken steps to prevent fur
ther interference with American shipping
i i the Orinoco by either government or
rebel forces. This action was taken upon
the advice of Mr. Russell, United States
charge at Caracas, dated on the 6t'h In
stant to the effect that the government
forces had detained two ships belonging
to the Orinoco Steam Navigation Com
pany at San Fernando, and the Insur
gents had detained and were likely to
destroy three other ships belonging to
tho same company at Ciudad, Bolivar.
Orders were cabled yesterday to the
United States ship Bancroft, at Port
of Spain, to proceed at once up tfi&
Orinoco and release the detained ves
sels. No resistance is expected.
Each Barrel Did Its Work.
Columbia. S. C.. July 11.—(Special.)—
Several convicts escaped from a state
farm last night and guards went in pur
suit. This morning in tracking the men
through a plantation one of the guards
got B. L. Swigert, a 16-year-old son of
tiie owner of tiie place, to join him.
Young Swigert carried his father's
double-barrelled gun. After following
tracks several miles the pursuers cams
on two convicts in the woods.
Tiie es -apes started to run. refusing to
obey the guard's order to halt. Thlp
guard's rille refused to work, when youiUj£‘
Swigert fired, killing one man with caojt?
barrel.
"Do you think there are any mor<
around?” he asked the guard.
A coroner's jury exonerated the '