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2 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 genuine shock to tho people of this city gggBBBSKB If *’ ou are Tin.z from uleera- tion or indammation. Icueorrhoea, LfIDIES riiHpln<,ni ' nt of t!,< su p- pressed, scanty, profuse <»r painful lUMV menstruation, barrenness. etc., w<- •■ ” ■ can cure you. Write for symptom O3IEFED b,ank - Correspondence c«nndon- tifll. No <>. T>. paekag *s< nt un ■ less ordered to do so. Price SI.OO per box: « for s*>oo. Money back f for the aakmg if it fails. Appohno Remedy Conjpany, 1015 Arch St., (■■■■■ Philadelphia, Fa. I 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 I 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. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund your money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure you. 50 cents. HOOSIER IL. JB GETS ACTIVE. 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. Grove’s Chronic Chill Cure cures the chills that other chill tonics don't cure. Made of the following fluid extracts: Peruvian Bark, Black Root, Poplar Bark, Prickly Ash Bark. Dog Wood Bark, and Sarsaparilla. The Best General Tonic. No Cure, No Pay. 50c. 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. Opium, Morphine—Free Treatment. Painless home cure guaranteed. Free trial. Dr. Tucker, Atlanta, Ga. 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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' 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 '