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The Atlanta Constitution.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY.
VOL. XXVI. NO. 31.
COBM REVOLUTION IS
NIPPEDJN BUD,
Leader Is Captured and His 'three
Companions Are Killed Men
Were Urging 1 Revolution
in the Province of
Santiago.
Havana. July 29.—The efforts of a quar
tet of wild characters to cause an uprising
in the vicinity of Bayamo, province of
Santiago, have ended in the capture o f
their leader and the killing of three men.
For weeks the men had been attract
ing considerable attention tn the vicinity,
endeavoring to excite the people to trea
son and violence on the ground that the
revolutionary forces had not been and
were not likely to be paid. Yesterday the ;
party was overtaken by a detachment of
the rural guard and the leader and the
horses of tne agitationists were captured.
The other three men were pursued until
late yesterday, when they were killed.
Several shots were tired at the guard, but
none of them were hit.
The facts in tl. ■ case were telegraph?d
to Senor Yerro, secretary of the interior,
by the governor of Santiago. Secretary
Yerro says that this effectually ends the
only semblance of an uprising in Cuba.
Two of the culprits were former convicts.
Only one of the party had belonged to the
revolutionary army,
Cubans Urged To Rebel.
Havana, July 30. —In spite of the asser
tion made yesterday by Senor Yero. sec
retary of the interior, that the killing of
three men and the capture of a fourth
man, their leader, who had attempted to
cause an uprising in the vicinity of Bay
imo, province of Santiago, effectually
ended the only semblance of an uprising
In Cuba, the rumors of uprisings in east
ern Cuba were fully confirmed today in
the governments’ reports received from |
the governor and other officials of San- i
tlago province.
They are to the effect that since the
night of Sunday last sixty armed and
mounted men have appeared outside vil
lages tn the Cauto river district proclaim
ing a revolution and demanding the pay
ment of the former members of the revo
lutionary army. No acts of violence haya
been reported, but the inhabitants of the
Cauto region are excited. The. leader of i
tire revolutionary party is named I'iw.
He )s a brother or one ■: tne bam-nts
killed by the rural guard on Tuesday.
General Rodtlguez, ronin render in culet
of the rural guards, has ordered the mob-
Uizutmn of ail th.’ rural guards in eastern
Cabana ami the governor of Santiago
province ha-- been instructed to emist as
manv volunteers a- may be deemed n«-
rssary to cooperate with the mounted
' Xe-etarv of the Interior Yero says there
re no’ doubt that the authorities wl 1 be j
illy wi h the situa- ;
tion as ail reports, he adds, agree that .
popular sentiment is with the government
o- I're-iden' Palma and that these who,
have risen in rebellion mostly belong to .
the wanton, lazv class of Puerto I rincipe.
H i s reported that, many volunteers are
offering" their services to the got em
inent.
No Rebellion in Cuba.
Washington. August 1.-A cablegram has
been received at the state department from
United States Minister Squiere at Havana,
stating in substance that the reports of incipi
ent rebellion in Santiago province, based on
unsatisfied demands for back pay by vctPr ™ a
the wa r with Spain, have no foundation,
in fact for there has beer, no overt a. t
; mmltt-d and dlseatisfactitm has been ex
pressed by only a. ft I <
PRESIDENT PARDONS FILIPINO.
Emilio Villamor, a Political Pns
oner, Secures Fieedom. ,
Washington, July 29 President Roose
velt has pardoned Emilio Villamor ,
O. inent I -
was pentenced to b • banned *oi
This sentence was afterwards commuted
to ten years' irm ris nment. Villamor was :
•i member of the Insurgents operating m ,
Luzon r G '‘" u, ;;N
-i native corporal of police, v? ho, in j
aXtobemga -I—l. -ted as a siiy
for the American army, and this fact w. a ,
generaliv known. On one occasion, while
t nhln the enemy's line he was captured. .
tried by court martial for being a spy,
convicted and shot. the insur- 1
Villamor v.as an VVurtmarUal
gent army and was on the courtmarin
tried and disposed of Gaaung. i
was for that Villamor was tried and sen-1
t meeo He has served a term of nearly ,
three years. His nardon was recommend-
It n-'a-mv oth.rers and the secretary ot
wat on t™ ground that Villamor's offense
rreUv noliti'M; that he was entitled
-y'”'sr"
: '■
Women Perish in Hotel Fire.
Old Orchard, Me.. July 30.—The Sea
View house, on the camp ground at O,d
Scharf, was burned to
G The°Value pToneny burned was
B The t bo'iv 'of one of the missing women
was found in the ruins this afternoon, it
w’.s BO badly burned as to make recog
nition impossible. Search Is being con-
S1 with energy, us the finding of one
body is taken to show that both women
perished.
GRIP IS TIGHTENED ON THE ISTHMU
Washington, July 27.-Consul General
Gudger. at Panama, has made the fol
lowing report by cable to the state de
partment of the episode at that city.
■'Last night about tu o'clock soldiers,
headed by the commander in chief,
searched the governor's her.se. The gov
ernor escaped. Tried to . reach the con
e >iate. but intercepted. Took refuge at
the house of an American. Streets lined
with soldiers. Arrested secretary of
state, chief of police and departmental
employees."
Another dispatch was received today
from Mr. Gudger. saying the governor
ship had been tendered, but it is not
known to whom. It is added that the sit-
WOMANCRUSHED 81
RDYALCARRIAGE.
King’s Carriage Driven Over Peasant
Woman, Who Is Seriously In
jured —Great Welcome for
Their Majesties at
Be fast.
Belfast, July 27.—A serious accident oc
curred while their majesties were driving
to the Victoria hospital, which they open
ed today. A peasant woman succeeded
in passing the cordon of troops and rush
ed toward the royal carriage. She was
knocked down and falling beneath the
wheels was badly Injured. She was taken
to the hospital.
The welcome extended to Kling Edward ,
and Queen Alexandra at the capital of ;
Ulster was marked by the same enthu- I
siasm which has followed their progress ]
through Ireland. The city was elaborate- |
ly decorated and thronged with sightseers,
and the streets were lined with 10.000
Hoops. 2,000 blue jackets and 5,000 police.
The lord mayor and conoration awaited
their majesties at the railroad station and
presented them with an address. Up
wards of fifty other addresses were pre
sented on the same, occasion. The king
in reply said his highest ambition was
to follow in the footsteps of his motner
and that he hopes for the prosperity of
Ireland and the maintenance of the peace
of all nations
The royal procession was then
formed and traversed the streets to the
citv hull, where the king unveiled a statue
erected in honor of Queen Victoria.
Aftei the unveiling their majesties
lunched with the lord mayor and visited
the agricultural show at Baimora,. Later
they went to Bangor, where their recep
tion was most demonstrative. About !,-
400 children sang the national anthem.
The channel fleet saluted as their majes
ties embarked on the royal yacht Victoria
a,,d Albert, on which they will proceed
to Londonderry.
Peasants Shout for King and Queen.
Galway, Ireland. July 30.—King Edward
and Queen Alexandra continued by motor
today their inspection of some of the
wildes. and most picturesque regions of
Ireland. The start was made at 9 o'clock
from the little town of Ixietane, on the
shore, of Killarney bay, where the mayor,
the local rector, the parish priest and a
re.----.om- ea.XVi re
the wild Connemara mountains, pi ,
sented an address. The king, in replydng I
said he had already inspected some of
lhe cottage industries and he wished to.
assure the inhabitants that he was equahy ;
pleased with the spirit of industrial ac
tivity and the warm. hearty welcome of
the people which he and the queen both
"S' WStfi* . r e»
I was received with every evidence of ap-
‘ P The ti r°oyal partv drove off in motors
I through the beautiful by
! country, everywhere greeted loy <h •
I the inhabitants, many of whom jotini-.
] leagues across the mountains to cate n a
i sight of them. _
The motor journey ended at Races.,
where the party had luncheon The too
was decorated and the hotel wis sur
rounded by a guard of honor-of ' <Jonne
min rnvalrv.” peasants from the
rounding country astride of smW.Mess
mountain ponies and wearing j. . • _
decorated with trl-color ribbons and green
Their majesties took a train for Galway
and arrivel here late In the afternoon.
They met with an enthusiastic reception.
ammonia caused death.
Three Persons Are Killed and Sev
eral Injured.
New York. July 27,-Three men are dead I
and several injured as the direct resul
of the blowing out of a cylinder head of
an engine attached to an ammonia pump
in the Jacob Ruppert Brewing Com
pany’s ice plant on Alexander avenue
early today. One hundred and fifty men
were at work at one time, and as soon as
the engine stopped working the ammonia
flew from the pump, the fumes spread
ing to all parts of tlie building. Patrol
i man David J. Goss was overcome by tho
i fumes while rescuing employees from
I the building, and his injuries may prove
fatal.
I The dead are:
I OTTO SMITH, engineer
I JOHN VINCINSKY. fireman,
i CHARLES CARPENTER, a workman.
I Up stairs the smell of the fumes car
| Tied a w-arjilng and the employees rushed I
i to the roof, the narrow stairway delay |
■ Ing the few who were overcome.
Marietta Man Has Good Luck. ;
Binghamton, N. Y. July 27. —(Specio 4 -' - '
Nathan Smith, of Marietta. Ga., an ern- '
ployee of the Kennesaw Marble Com
pany, has unearthed a treasure . f burl' d
coins that have been hidden rit.ee the
Cherry Valley’ massacre during the revo
lution. At that time, a large quantity ot
gold was buried by wealth; •'a] n ', .’ s
i who were laiter killed by Indians. Smith.
I who is spending a few weeks an the John
j Rockwell farm, picked up a. « uri “' ls
i coin in a recently plow-1 field- ills
curiosity was excited, and on investigat
l ing further he unearthed thirty-two gold
pieces, each bearing the image of George
. 111 and having a value of ?*> each, rnen
■ i he came to a large qua-ntlty_ of silver
■ coin, the dates running frign li6l to liW.
. The find will net him a small fortune,
i and the tesideiiw of Garrattsville, N.
Y., are much excited over the
uation is grave. Acting Secretary D g
is has decided to a wait further ar' t
before taking action. It
the navy is weak on the Pacific lhe
this moment, owing to the absenc^ rg
Pacific squadron in Alaskan ljrea
Dr. Ilerran, Colombian charge rnia _
here, having received no oflicia), tlie
tion from bis government reg.‘ e) j to .
troubles at Panama, was not p ne S|t
day to express an opinion as
uation there. Colom-
An opinion expressed outsidff a j r at
bian legation concerning t govern-
Panama is to the effect thfj to ob
ment at Bogota had dete t hmus in
tain a firm bold upon t n 2 of un
view of the rumors of a in ty as to
rest there due to the u'
the fate of the treaty.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1903.
BOSTON BLACKS WITH RAZORS
RUSH AT BOOKER WASHINGTON
MOB HELD UP A TRAIN
TO LYNCH TWO BLACKS
Huntington, W. Va., July 31.—The
Chesapeake and Ohio express train No.
1 was held up by a mob of two hundred
men near Clifton Forge late tonight and
a desperate effort was made to take two ]
negro prisoners from the train. Over a
hundred shots were fired by the mob, and
when the train reached here twenty bul
lets were burled in the wood work of the
smoking car and all of the windows had
been shot out.
At Clifton Forgo the two negro prison
ers we.e taken on board to be brought
to Covington, Va., for safe keeping. En
gineer James Peck, of Hinton, and Con
ductor Jack Hall, of this city, who were
in charge of the train, saw lights waving
on the track just as the train had begun
to gather speed after leaving Clifton
Forge. The train was stopped imme
diately and Engineer Peek started to get ,
out of his engine to find out why the
train had been flagged.
As the train came, to a standstill, a
mob surrounded the engine and coaches,
and threatened to shoot Engineer Peck
if he moved the train. Then they began
to climb aboard. Conductor Hall, who
had anticipated trouble when he saw the
tram flagged, was prepared for the mob,
and as they made a rush for the coaches,
he ordered all the doors of the cars
locked. The men, finding that it would
bo impossible for them to enter and ob
tain the negroes, began to gather around
the smoking car, in which the negroes
were under guard. As Conductor Hall
ran through the train calling upon the
passengers to lay flat on the floor, the
mob began firing Into the windows of the
smoker, while the passengers scrambled
from their seats to a place ot safety from
the flying bullets. The firing was kept up
for several minutes, and bullets whistled
through the car windows, bile women
screamed, the mob outside continued tie .r
clamoring lor the two negro prisoners.
Fixing missiles of all descriptions came
through the windows, but not a passenger
or trainman was injured. Engineer
Peck, during the firing, had sat upon his
engine covered bv iwolve.rs *n the bands
of several members of the mob.
*At. last when the main body of the mob
had almost exhausted the supply of bul
lets those who had been guarding the
engineer left, going toward the smoker,
leaving Pick unguarded.
As hi-, guards turned and ran toward
th, ’ -n: iking car. V*’'df pulled the throttle
■ Tire mob. S 3, mg the "urn things were.
taking and fearing that they might be
outdone m their efforts to get the
ers, < hmbed upon the platform of the
i ears and attcmpied to stop the train by
turning th. angle c< ek o th<air h ■-
I ther-by applvmg the brakes. Not under
j Standing th,-’working of the brakes, how -
ever tbev wer. unable to apply them a
! full pressure, as the train had gotten
I under headway. . . „
' realizing that they were baffled the
I men jumped from the mtnW <‘n''
i,.-, <1 several farewell shots into U- car
windows. The train gained
I mentum and did not stop untl. j y np ‘ "
i was reached, where the m-gU' b
placed in jail. train was
Tl < n< groet for whom the ’
Id ?T '■ •>’ hot and
are supposed to b, th- m n
seriouslv injured a whit. ~di> m ", i.i
ward Hite, a few days age
Both Races Are > ! 'ming.
Roanoke. U. . July 27 -Se'rtmu trouble
5 '
. : . near Blue Ri 1/ s " , 1 ' n ‘»'
I aS o a cot.red worn: 1 W3S whipped by
i a partv of white ■*' 3 ‘"suiting a
i ,e- ■ of her husband.
' > '■ ■ ' s to such an ex-
i 1 his a J been a rmit g them-
I ‘h-'t L', .' , "jicks name to Roanoke
skives. » 1 j aTV j aminuni-
an< > j 1 tredgl.t s.ys
Rhe 1 white. LJ ■' 1 ‘ 11 idcrabl9
! excitement ex*
Mob-Ch..* (l Ne S ro Surrenders.
x ,. v July 27.-Eddie Jones,
J Q : 111-vear-old egro for whom
> nets of tlvcity and Jeffer-
111 ' ‘ have beepscoured for tho
s ‘ f ' ir hour, surrendered at
i-rers tc-ay and thus es-
’ < './‘. i' , -ej"withenterlng the sleep-
. ,p>- ■■ nt of M’ Shroeder, wife of
("ryn n. while h' husband was away
o ;.g her.
PHILIPPINES ON UP GRADE,
doner Worcester Is Optimls- !
tic of co the Future.
San Francis J ’ llv 31. -Dean C. Wor- (
cester. Philip llo commissioner, one of ■
•he men ent' ste< “ w ‘th the task of estab-1
listing a (?■ government In tho Islands. |
arr j ve >n his way home to Teetford, i
Vt He r orts that the terrible cattle j
• est has , n stamped out; that cholera I
■nd bub ’ P la S’ie have been effective.y|
io'lt W' that the insular government]
'I-''m'ik pcrmani nt improvements and
'lefrav' a “ expenses on the proceeds
uced Import customs duty and
?, , I land tax is solving the problem
for provincial and municipal
or ,.‘nent.
gove ,
nJ J FT. SUMTER FOR SOUTH.
j pMiles, Who Fought the Federal
(Fleet, Is Dead.
altimore, July 30.—Dr. Francis F.
les, 76 years old, died tonight. He
rved through thg civil war. As a cap
,iin in the xonfeder.xte service, he had
harge of Fort Sumter when It was st
acked by the federal fleet.
Lockjaw Cured by Antitoxin.
San Francisco. July’ 30.—The doctors at
the Grand hospital have succeeded in
curing a case of lockjaw. The man was
Pietro Raffino. Antitoxin was injected
in the muscles of the back. No improve
ment had developed and he was given
an injection of anti-toxin in the spinal
canal. The doctors then drilled a hole
through the skull and injected anti-toxin
Into the lateral ventricle. The man is
now’ well.
Biggest Raft. Ever Floated.
Port Huron, Mich., Telegraph to The
Milwaukee Sentinel: The big tug Bos
cobel is lying just above Corsica light
ship with the largest raft of timber that
was ever put together. This raft con
tains 8,000,000 feet of lumber and is owned
by the Cle’veland Saw Mill Company . The
raft is so large that it will have'to be
split up in sections before il can be
towed into the river.
Lecture of the Southern
Educator Results in a
Bloody Riot.
SLASHING WAS STOPPED
BY ARRIVAL OF POLICE
Three Persons Seriously Cut and
Razor Wielders Tried To Reach
ashington Police Had ;
To Fight To Quell
the Negroes.
Boston, Mass . July 30 (Special.)—As
the result of a concerted attempt to
break up a meeting where Booker T.
Washington was the guest of honor, a
riot resulted, razors were i..c d, three
men were more or less s"riou. ly slashed
and an effort was made to reach Wash
ington ”to cut his heart out,” as one of
the infuriated razor wielders rhrleked.
The Riot Begins.
Two of the Injured mon were officers of
the fifth division, while the third victim
is said to have been one of the ringleaders
in the trouble
This meeting, which included ever 2,<X)O
of the better class of Boston’s color id
residents, was bold In the African Meth
odist. Episcopal Zion church, at th" corner
of Washington and Ne: t Iki mptot. streets.
From the moment that Booker T. Wash
ington took the platform the trouble
started. While the-e had been nore or
less discord while the previous speakers
were talking, the din became terrific
when Washington started to speak.
I out!” greeted the negro educator's ap
pearance. For some iji uaents. the latter
Vied, in vain, to make himself heard.
Finally the pollcg wer.? sent for. At the
appearance of the police a general stam
pede resulted. Clubs we”e freely used,
and the officers were beaten and pounded
while attempting t- drag their three
prisoners from U'e church.
E_ven the women joined in the attack
on the bluecoats and Ofticer I’. J Malloy
was dangerously wounded In the groin
with a hii.t pin. Patrolman Underhill, In
warding off a knife thrust Intended for
one of the disturbers., received a wound
just below the heart. While Bernard
Charles, of Everette, a colored opponent
of the Washington faction, was so bad
ly stabbed in the left side that his re
i covecy Is doubtful Three arrests were
i made. It was almost one hour before
| quiet was restored and Washington given
I a chance to finish his lecture.
Statement, by Washington.
I Both factions at the close of the meet
ing Issued statenieiits, Washington said,
in his statement, that the negroes of
Boston should not be held rcsnouslble tor
a few riotous individuals, while William
Munroe Trotter, one of these who was
arrested, said the cause of the rioting
was the ruling of the chairman. Lewis,
in ordering the arrest and ejection qf any
person who hissed or manifested any ob
jection to the speaker of the evening.
It Is said that G' e disturbance wajj pre
arranged. After the meeting. Trotter and
his friends admitted that they went there
with the idea of asking Washington a
number of questions, and to reseat any
attack that might be made on the New
England representatives to the recent
Afrp-ApiericAn council at Louisville.
The meeting was held under the aus
pices of ihe Colored Business Men s As
sociation, of Boston, at which IL W.
Lewis, assistant United States district at
torney, presided.
Razor Users Before the Court.
Boston July 31. —Never before has the
Boston court house seen such an as
sembling of negroes as today when the
corridors were tilled with those trying to
get into court to listen to the evidence
concerning the tumultuous negro meeting
in the Columbus Avenue A. M. E. Zion
church last night, when Booker T. Wash
ington spoke.
Judge Burke was on the bench when the
cases of Granville Martin, William Trotter
and Bernard Charles, charged with dis
turbing a public meeting, were called.
Charles appeared with the others In the
dock, his clothes torn and cut, and he
had been badly slashed with a razor.
No evidence was presented, however, the
cases being continued until August 6,
upon the statement of the lawyers that
they had not had time to prepare.
Boston Blacks Are Condemned.
Tuskegee, Ala., July 31.—(Special.)—At
the convention of the leading negro Bap
tists of Alabama now in session here the
following resolution was today unani
mously passed:
"We, the Baptists of Alabama. In an
nual conventli n assembled, learn with re
gret through press reports of the attempt
on the part of a few irresponsible men at
Boston last night to insult and humiliate
Dr. Booker T. Washington, of the Tus
kegee institute.
"Knowing the latter as we do we have
no hesitation in branding the effort as
one without, provocation and one to be se
verely deprecated. An acquaintance with
the man and his work during the past
twenty-one years leads us to assure the
world of our confidence In him and of
our indorsement of him as a conservative
worthy and safe leader, a man deserving
of the respect and confidence of all men.”
ALL QUIET AT DANVILLE
MO3 LEADERS IN JAIL
Springfield, Ills., July 27.—Adjutant
General Scott communicated with Colonel
Closby, commanding the First battalion,
Seventh infantry, 1. N. G„ guarding the
jail at Danville, today. Colonel Closby
said all was quiet there; that the mob
had dispersed and that the work of re
pairing the jail was progressing.
The adjutant general then ordered
companies A and B to return to Spring
field, leaving companies II and I at Dan
ville In command of Colonel Closby.
Leaders of Mob Arrested.
Danville, Ills., July 30.—The police to
day arrested Winfred Baker, who, it is
said, led the mob in its attack on the
jail last Saturday night. Officers have
been s aia.bing for Baker since Sunday.
He came from Kentucky a few weeks
ago. More warrants are out and by
Saturday night tne officers expect to
have tweni.,’-nve members of the moo in
jail.
The city council tonight passed reso
lutions commending Sheriff yviiltlock lor
firing into the tno_p. The council, after
adjournment went to Inspect the city
prison to see the damage wrought Ly
Die mob. When they entered the lock-up
in a byuy, they frightened a negro pris
oner n.to hysterics, as lie was under me
impression mat a mob iiad called fur
him. T_ne prisoner coold not oe reassured
and tne aldermen gave up the inspec
tion.
The coroner's jury in the case of the
negro Metcalf, who was lynched Satur
day night, tonight rendered a verdict that
the negro met death at the hands of per
sons unknown.
Springfield. Ills., July 30.—" The men
who composed the mobs which attacked
Hie jails al Belleville and at Danville,
and who in the former city took out
a defenseless negro who was a prisoner
I there, and hanged him, aijd who, at
Danville, made a similar attempt and who
did capture and hang and then burn a
defenseless negro, who had killed another
man, are nothing but anarchists,” de
elar.' 1 Governor Yeates, ip an address to
the Seventh infantry, national guard, now
in annual encampment at Cjimp Lin
coln
Troops Retained at Danville.
Srrtngfield, Ills., July 31. —Sheriff IS hitlock,
of Danville, last night wired General Scott
that In his opinion troops might be withdrawn
,m Danvljlg today., biiA. jttyv
retain troops there for the present
Negro Who Caused Riot Is Dead.
I Jeffersonville, Ind., July 31.—Robert Lee,
the negro who shot Policeman Louis
Massey at Evansville, July 3, and started
the riot that resulted in the death and
Injury ot many citizens, died here In
prison today from the effects of a wound
in the lungs, caused bv a bullet fired
bv Massey. Lee's wife was killed by a
train a tew days after the riot.
Ohio Mob Afte.r Negroes.
Lorain, Ohio, JuT.- 2s.— a fierce riot In
which a. mob of *io whites chased two
colored men. threatening to Jynch them,
took place here tonight.
Early In the evening two coloiTtl men—
, Charles Dill and Robert Pleasant—be
came Involved in an altercation with a
white man named Daniel Cronan. One
of the colored men drew a razor and
cut Cronan severely on the face and
neck. A mob Immediately gathered and
the two negroes were chased over the
entire south end of the city, one of them
taking refuge in a saloon, the entire
front of which was battered in with
stones. The negro, however, escaped.
The entire day and night force of police
was ordered on duty and specials were
I also sworn in.
i 1. to loniglit Mr. Pleasant was arrested
1 and taken by side streets to the local sta
| tion, where lie was locked up while tho
- ci-owd still continued their search, a
i number of shots being fired.
I At a late hour Mayor King headed off
I the crowd at Ninth street and addressed
■ them, saying the injuries of Cronan were
i not serious and asking them to quietly
I disperse to their h mes. His words had
' a quieting effect and the mob dispersed.
lowa Farmers Hunt Negro.
Farmington, lowa, July 27.—A mob of
! farmers early today began searching for
| a negro named Clark, who is accused of
having assaulted and attacked with a
razor Gertrude Hess, a white girl, on
Sunday. It is thought the girl is fatally
injured. The mob Is now in the region of
Medill and reports received here state
that they h.rve surrounded the negro in a
hollow and It is only a question of a short
time before he will be lynched.
lioosier Mob After Negro.
Logansport, Ind.. July 27.—An unknown
negro tonight attempted to assault Mrs.
Joseph Watts, wife of a prominent farm
er near here. Threshers on the farm
heard her screams and started after him.
i basing him several miles, and firing a
number of shots at him. He escaped into
the swamp country and is hiiieved to be
badly wounded, as blood was left on his
trail. Farmers are organizing to continue
the pursuit at dawn. AH are securing
weapons and lynching is expected.
Negroes Headed for Dixie Land.
Evansville, Ind., July 27.—Many strange
negroes tape been passing through the
city all diQ’, en route to the south. Some
of them were from Danville, Ills., and
points jjorth. One of the refugees stated
ever one-half 'of the negroes In Danvillo
intended to leave the state and seek
homes in the south.
Hundreds of the negrjes who left this
city during the recent riots have not
returned. Several towns in southern In
diana are free from negro inhabitants
for the first time in years.
ONE ARMED CONVICT IS TAKEN.
Starnes Didn’t Breathe the Air of
Liberty Long.
Kansas City, July 21.—Ben W. Starnes,
the one-armed life prisoner who escaped
in a daring manner Saturday night from
the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kans.,was captured today near Richmond,
Mo., after being shot in the leg by one of
a posse that had been chasing him for
several days. Starnes' leg was broken
by the shot and he surrendered without
resistance although he was well armed.
He was returned to prison today. Starnes
was serving a sentence for robbing a train
in Indian Territory. He had previously
escaped from the state penitentiaries of
Colorado and Tennessee.
MILLS ARE CLOSED BY
HIGH PRICES,
Condition of the Cotton Market Cause
of the Shut Down —Thousands
of Operatives Are Being
Forced Into Idleness
Thereby.
Boston, August I.—ln cotton manufac
turing circles In this city it is expected
more than 2,000.000 spindles will be idle
through the north during the month of
August, due mainly to the high prices
in tlie cotton mailtd and the hesitancy
of purchasers of goods to agree to any
marked advance while any raw material,
purchased before the rise, remains in the
store houses.
Attempts have been made to induce
all cotton manufacturers to enter a gen
■ oral agreement to shut down for a
stated period or on certain days of each
week, but owing to a large number of
unfinished contracts in ironclad agree
ments It was deemed inexpedient at this
time.
The conditions In the cotton market
have caused much inconvenience in Fall
River, the textile center of North Amer
ica. About one-third of the thirty thou
sand operatives there have been idle this
week and of the 4,000,000 spindles, 700,000
will not be working next week.
In Lowell, another leading mill center,
the high price of cotton has not had
any notice-able effect on account of the
; long shut down of six corporations dur-
I ing the strike of the operatives last
! spring.
' In Maine mills at Lewiston. Lisbon and
j Brunswick will shut down for two
I weeks.
I Among other corporations which also
i will curtail their production are the
' Queen City, of Baltimore, and the North
! Pownall, of Pownall, Vt., the Monadnock
I mills of Claremont, and the Cocheco
I mills of Dover. N. H.; the Vernon mills,
i of Dorvill, N. H., and other plants In the
latter state and several of the corpora
tions in the Quinebag valley, eastern Con
necticut.
There is ai confident feeling In some
cotton mill offices that after September
is well advanced a general improvement
; In market conditions will occur.
1
Maine Mills Closing Down.
. Lewiston. Me.. July 31.—The extreme
i high prices of raw cotton has compelled
, the Bales and Androscoggin Manufactur
! Ing Companies, employing 3,W0 hands, to
j order a curtailment of the output. To
{ day notices were posted on the gates of
' those two corporations notifying the em-
I ployees that after tomorrow the mills
l would be in operation only four days each
, week until further notice. Tills is the
| first announcement this season of any
extended curtailment in Maine.
> Brunswick. Me., July 31—Orders were
received today from the Boston office of
the company to shut down the Cabott
cotton mills here for two weeks. The
order affects 1,000 operatives. The clos
ing Is said to be due to the high price
of cotton.
SCORES FELL WITH A BRIDGE.
Victims Were Looking at a Swim
ming Match.
I Portland, Oreg., July 31.—A section of
j tlie bridge which spans the Willemette
| river at Morrison street collapsed this
I afternoon, precipitating more titan one
' hundred people 40 feet into the river.
I Three people arc known to have been
I drowned, and it is feared that the list
I of dead will be much larger when all
j .ire accounted for. Many fell on two
i small boat houses moored to a pier of
1 the bridge immediately under the spot
were it gave war. The known dead:
MINNIE RAYMOND, aged 10.
LOTTIE DAMERON, aged Ifi.
UNIDENTIFIED BOY. aged 15.
Thousands of people had gathered on
the Morrfs'on and Madison bridge and
along the docks to watch Clarence Lutz,
an armless man. swim the river,
about three-eights of a mile wide. As
Lutz was climbing out of the water the
crowd rushed to the south edge of th
bridge in order to get a good view. A
section of the passenger walk gave way
under the heavy weight, and the crowd
ing, struggling mass of people were car
ried down a distance of 40 feet.
Bank Smashed by Speculation,
Washington, July 30.—The Doylestown
national bank, of Doylestown, Pa., has
been closed by the comptroller of the cur
rency. Bank Examiner J. W. Schofield
has been appointed receiver.
The statrment issued by the comptroller
of the currency says that the failure of
the bank was brought about by specula
tion in stocks on the pant of the officers
and a number of the customers of the
bank.
Man Drowned by Big Fish.
La Crosse. Wls., July 31.—William Lenz
went fishing last night in the Mississippi
and hooked a large cat fish. The fish gave
battle and I>enz, unwilling to let go, was
drawn Into the river and drowned.
JETT CONFESSES
Cynthiana, Ky., August I.—The second
trial of Curtis Jett and Thomas White,
for the murder of J. B. Marcum, has con
tinued one week', and the prosecution is
still calling witnesses. The state was not
half so long at Jackson. Ky., closing its
side, but it was compelled to do so be
cause most of its witnesses could not
be secured there. Commonwealth's At- !
torney Byrd has surprised al) in securing
the attendance here of persons from
Breathitt county that it was thought
never would testify against either of the
defendants.
Among the witnesses who fled to the
mountains 'during tlie trial at Jackson
was Henry Freeman, and he was held in
confinement here several days until he
was needed to testify. He was on the
stand again today for the third time, and
told all about his saloon near Jackson;
that he had killed a man himself and
served three years in the penitentiary
for the same, and that Jett and White
came to his place for whisky on the
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
EMPRESS ORDERED A
MAN TORTURED.
Incident the Most Horrible That Has
Occurred in China Since the
Massacres of 1900—Feel
ing Against the Em
press Is Bitter.
Pekin, August I.—Sheen Chien, a jour
nalist of Pekin, was executed yesterday.
According to the official report of the px
‘ ecution, Chien was beheaded, 'but it be
i came known tonight that this report was
; false, and that the condemned man was
' beaten to death in accordance will, spe-
I cial instructions issued by' the dowager
empress, who desired to make an example
of the journalist with which to terrify
other reform >l. . The incident is declared
to be the most horrible that lias occurr<?d
in China since the massacres of JlliiO.
The killing occurred in the court yard
i of the yamen of the board of punishment.
I The victom was beaten with bamboo rods
1 for two hours, from 4 to 6 O ', lock In the
i afternoon, the flesh on his back, arms, and
! legs being torn to ribbons. After lite
I had apparently become extinct, the ex-
I ecutioners fearing that Chien had mere
ly fainted and might revive, twisted a
j rope tightly around his neck and left tho
I body in this condition until this morning.
* No one except officers was permitted to
see the prisoner after his arrest, all tn
formation regarding his condition being
withheld. The evidence al lite trial was
so weak that Chien would probably have
been acquitted had he not boldly pro
i claimed his principles throughout and his
I willingness to die for them. He frankly
I admitted the charge that he had attempt
ed to organize a rebellion at Hon Ku>v
in 1:»W), and boasted that he had always
advocated the assassination of tin?
Manchus in order to rid the country of
the dynasty.
Despite the precautions taken by Cite
officers, tlie prisoner smuggled from in
cell a farewell message in tho form ot a
poem, tn which he glorified n form a.'i't
exhorted his colleagues to continue th»
work,
Chien was 30 years old and had mar -.'
friends among the foreign residents of
Pekin. The affair has created Intenso
feeling in the foreign community.
HEDGES MOURNS FOR SALARY
It Is Held Up by Assistant Post
master General Bristow.
Washington. July 28.—Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow has held up
the undrawn salary of Charles Hedges,
the recently dismissed superintendent of
the city delivery service, for the last
week of his service, pending the settle
j ment of bis expense accounts. Hedges
I asked for leave of absence for sixteen
i d;.ys to begin on the day of his removal,
I but. Mt Bristow has never contemplate.!
i granting the leave. The inspectors have
j been investigating a number of local mat-
I ters in this city, in which it is alleged
; . ■ -. B ■ rs, th form
i the division ot salaries and allowances,
I was concerned.
The grand jury, which has been con-
I sidering postal eases, has not yet re
ported and no specific date for tho
bringing in of indictments lias yet been
fixed, although it Is fully expected they
will be reported some time this week.
NO LET UP IN INVESTIGATION
i Roosevelt Wants Postal Department.
Thoroughly Ventilated.
Washington, July' 27. Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow returned t”~
day from Oyster Bay. where lie conferred
with the president reg . ding the ;- il
investigation generally. Mr. Bristow had
nothing to say regarding the conferen- e.
It may l>e stated, however, that tire-s
--will be no change in tlie policy ot Uta
investigation.
The federal grand jury here was it ses
sion today and examined tw-i wit:s
in the postofiiee cases and .i«!j >uri,•?• i intil
tomorrow. The jury was not ready t.> r<
port the expected Indictments trel: y. but
i may make a report tomorrow.
Southern Car Company Bankrupt.
Trenton, N. J., July 28—The Southern
Car and Foundry Company wi-~ t .lay
formally declared bankrupt by- the cm.: t.
This was the return day’ of th b ink . - -
cv proceedings instituted by the Star. .
Steel Car Company, of Pittsburg, an : no
defense having been put in by tn - 'tn
pany, the bankruptcy order was <-nte I
tonight. The company is also in the
hands of receivers.
Money To Equip Militia.
I Washington, July 31.- -Secretary Boot
today decided to approve an ■ '
o f J 350.000 t o bi ■
of < ieneral Crozii r. chief
equipping tlie militia with the new field
guns and material for their service.
Millions I‘aid to Morgan.
Now York. Julv D.—The final insre’!-
ment of 10 per cent due on the s.">■?.
of bor-.ds underwritten by
tlonal Mercantile Marine Syndicate has
been paid to J. F. Morgan & Co.
MARCUM MURDER
night after Marcum was shot, and talked
freely about "the dog that had been
killed "
Freeman testified that white they were
drinking Jett said:
”1 had to get ahead of him some
way and I did it the best I could."
Freeman was disconnected In his evi
dence, but tlie examination brought out
many points. Freeman testified that
White had said to him that Marcum
fell soon after he (White) had passed
out of the court house.
Mrs. Combs' evidence, as giv-n at
Jackson on the first trial, was read to
the jury, as her husband di-.d here today.
Mrs. Combs corroburaied Mi. Mary
Johnson in saying tlmt Jett had told
her that Mrs. Johnson asked him who
killed her brother and his reply was
that: "Yes, 1 killed your brother.”
There is no prediction il.Qto when the
trial will end, as the defense is now
hunting up witnesses everywhere in
Breathitt county, and it is said sub
penas have been issued for a hundred
witnesses on that
