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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