VOL i.
I SOLD INTO SLAVERY
| Peonage Case in Alabama
Has Sensational Features.
I COP WAS A STAR WITNESS
■ N* B ro«» Were Arrested, Tied With
Ropes and Carried into the Coun
try , and Sold to Farmer.
' Transaction Told in Detail.
The case of he United States against
“ Fletcher Turner.uitowedrwTtE'^
Glennie Uelms, a negro, in a condi
tion of peonage, was continued at
Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, and
some very sensational testimony was
brought out at the afternoon session,
telling how Helms was sold into slav
ery. '
At the morning session U fit White,
a retired merchant, of Columbus, Ga.,
testifled that he was employed by
Helms’ father to purchase Helms’ re
lease, which he did for |4B, which Tur
ner accepted.
Dave Johnson, one Os the negroes
held by Turner, testifled practically
thg^same as Helms did on Tuesday.
He Stated he saw Helms whipped with
a stick as large as r broom handle sev
eral times.
Dave M. White, mayor of Goodwa
ter, Ala., and chairman of the Coosa
county democratic executive commit
tee. brought in records of his court,
showing fines of Helms paid with no
commitment papers issued.
The sensation of the day was the
testimony of J. F. Dunbar, formerly
night marshal of Goodwater, but now
a policeman of Columbus, Ga. He tes
tified that he arrested the negroes af
ter the trial and carried them to Dade
ville tied with ropes, stating that he
thought he could sell them at a better
profit there. He met J. W. Pace, but
Pace said he didn’t want them, but
Turner did.
"1 then saw Turner and Turner said,
... ’ filial are they worth?’
_ I
aer. ’T
[PSHien I said $46. He again said,
Eoo much," but said he wbuid
id. I accepted. He gave me'a
(Check produced in court.)
ked to the negroes, came back
id me to make contracts with
I told him I would not sign nor
•ontract. I had no commitment
I returned to Goodwater, paid
as and costs.”
ross-exa'mination he was asked
ight had he to charge S4O for
legroes. He said he mdde $«
above expenses, which he ac
dged he kept.
carried a man named Durffoy
m. Paid his fare and charged
nst expenses. He ia indicted
same offense, the case having
>een set.
ict Attorney Reese brought out
। accidentally the fact that he had made
a sworn, written and signed statement
before him about the case.
. The attorneys for the defense insist
ed that the paper was best evidence.
The judge made the district attorney
give up the statement. The district at
torney acknowledged that he had slip
ped up, but did not.want to give up the
^mper.
The statement whicn was read to
. the jury contradicted nearly every
fitness the government has on the]
Stand and contradicts Dunbar in sev
erai instances. The attorneys for the
defense offered the statement as evi
dence. A letter was attached to the
[j jitatement to the district attorney prac-
WBhUy offering his (Dunbar's) services
to the government. The attorneys for
.the defense are jubilant over securing
Miiis statement. Court adjourned to
meet Thursday.
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SEIZING AMERICAN VESSELS.
1 Venezuelan Government Forces and
£ Revolutionists Take Five Ships.
P It is reported from Ciudad Bolivar.
Venezuela, that the Venezuelan gov
ernment forces Wednesday captured
!three American steamers near Apure
and the revolutionists at Ciudad Boll
■var have captured two American ves-
NEGROEB ON THE BLOCK.
Harvest Hands in Kansas Sell Their
Labor to the Highest Bidder,
At Russell, Kans. Wednesday, two
negroes were bid for on the auction
block for harvest work. They are
John and Harper Porter, known as
[good workers. The bidding was spir
[ited. starting vritn $2.50 per day. * Au
[gust Reinhart finally secured them on
[a bid of $3.21 per day.
[ At Victoria, Just over (he line in El
|?is county, another colored man asked
[for bids for a farm laborer who would
Ipnch to the stack all the grain a one
jbesder could ent. On this condition
Ifim negro bmgbt $6 per day bid. |
ijRE MILLEN NEWS
1 X 11-J.LJ X^*X. W X ” X—vv
CHILO LABOR BILL KILLED
Georgia House of Representatives Goes
on Record Against the Measure
by a vote of 89 to 75,
The muchly-discussed, child labor
bill Whs defeated in the Georgia house
of representatives Wednesday at the
conclusion of a debate which lasted for
six hours.
Opponents of the bill asserted confi
dently on Tuesday night that they had
90 votes. The result of the roll call
in the house at noon Wednesday dis
closed the fact {hat they had lost only
one of these, while the vote for the
measure was about what had been con-
ceded by them, its failure being record
-•W by 89-tffT£ — — ——” ~
During the debate there was consid
erable feeling displayed by some of
the speakers, but it was all in good
nature, and the evidence was abundant
that every vote was the result pf an
honest, straightforward opinion as to
the merits of the measured One or two
of the numerous amendments offered
were adopted, and when the favorable
report of the committee on education
was agreed to by a vote of 91 to 38,
the advocates of the measure seemed
to tiling they would have things pretty
much their own way. It was very evi
dent, however, that some members
voted in favor of the report of the
committee simply with a view to hav
ing a final vote taken on the bill, and
that on the final vote they were re
corded against it.
As on the day before the gallery was
crowded with interested listeners, and
now and then Speaker Morris had io
demand a cessation of applause.
Those voting for the bill were Mes
srs. Alexander, Blackburn, Boykin,
Brinson. Brown, Bruce, Buchan, Butts,
Candler, Cann, Carswell, Cliatt Cro
martie, Dozier, Duggan. Dunbar, Ev
ans, Felder, Flanigan, Foster of Oco
nee, Franklin, Fussel, waulden, Glenn,
Grenade, Hall. Harden, Hayes, Hendy,
Hicks, Houston, Howard of Baldwin,
Hutcheson, Jones of Dougherty, Kelly,
Kendrick, Kent, Kilburn, Knight,
Knowles, Martin, Mayson, MLler of
Bullock, Miller of Muscogee. Mills,
Mitcham, Mitchell, Misell, Morton,
Mulherin. McHenry, Newton, Nisbet.
Qwen. Overstreet. O’^sinn ^fe of
RanS* Red wino. ’ Reid^Rlchardsom
31aton, Spence, Steed of Taylor, Sto
vall, Tlgner, Underwood, Walker of
- Pierce, Watson, Wellborn, Wise—7s.
Those voting against the bill were
Messrs. Adams, Alford, Almond, Ar
i nold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall of Pauld
ing, Beauchamp, Bell of Milton, Booth,
Bowen, Bower, Buchannon, Burton,
Bush, Carr, Carrington, Conner, Cook,
Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davi
son. Deal, Duckett, Edwards, English.
Fields, Flynt, Foster of Towns, George,
Grice, Grifflu, Hardman, Hawes, Hen
ry, Hixon of Laurens, Howell, Johnson
of Clinch, Johnson of Crawford, Jones
of Pickens, Lane, Lanier, Lawrence,
Leigh, Little, Lowe, Maples,- Moses.
Mcßride, McCurry, McElmurray, Mc-
Lain, Mcßae, Parker, Pate of Dooly,
Paulk of Coffee. Peyton, Phillips of
Jefferson. Phillips of Quitman, Rawij,
Rice, Ridley, Rogers of Hall, Rogers of
Mclntosh, Roper, Rountree. Sanders.
Snackelford. Shannon, Singletary,
Stanford, Steed of Carroll, Stewart,
haompson. Thurman, Tracy. Valen
tine, Walker of Monroe, West. Whit
ley, Wilson, Womble. Wooten, Yatps—
-89.
■
GENERAL LONGSTREET ILL.
Will Undergo Danderous Operation
for Cancerous Growth In* Eye.
General Jame’s Longstreet, the veter
an confederate commander, who is at
present in Gaines Ville, Ga., will go un
der the knife for a cancerous growth
which has destroyed his left eye. Phy
sicians will remove the destroyed eye.
Grave fears are entertained as to
General Longstreet’s ability to with
stand the shock of the operation, ow
ing to his age, 81 years, and his ex
treme weakness.
The general has been apprised of
the situation. He is fully conscious of
the danger of the operation, but Is as
game as be was in his warfare days.
He has consented to the operation.
General Longstreet left Washington
for Gainesville about ten days ago. He
had been far from well for some time
and for three weeks before leaving
Washington he had been under treat
men! at the Garfield hospital.
A THRILUNG FISH STORY.
Boy Tied Line Around His Body and
Shark Pulled Him Under.
At Pensacola. Fla., Wednesday night
while a number of boys were gathered
on Perido wharf fishing for shark, one
of them, Carl Johnsbn. tied his line
about his waist and threw the hook in
the water.
In a few moments a big fish took the
batt and Sndlng itself caught, lunged
for the bottom, drugging the little fel
low from the wharf. He disappeared
beneath the surface and was nevei
I seen as i
MILLEN. GA., FRIDAY, JULY 10.1903.
SCORES WHELMED
Frightful Loss of Life Fol
lows B reaking of a Dam t
' "'9 '
CAUSED BY CLOUDBURST
Sunday Pleasure Seekers Caught in
Park Ravine at Greenburg,
Pennsylvania, by a Terrific ,
Flood.
A water spout.jU-lmttensy'ffiopo^
tlons struck in the vicinity of Oakford
j park. Greenburg, Pa., Sunday after
-1 noon and crested a flood that caused
t great loss of life and property. It is
1 known that' at least twenty ( persons
’ lost their lives and rumors place the
I number of dead at more than one hun
i dried, but up to a late hour Sunday
i night only three or four bodies had
■ been recovered, having been washed to
the banks of the little creek that runs
parallel with the park.
At 3 o’clock rain began to fall in tor
rents in the vicinity of tne park, and
spread over territory covering proba
bly ten miles>
A half hour later the cloudburst oc
curred. The waters in the lake north
of Oakford park began to rise, and
Manager James McGrath, believing
there was danger of a final break In
the great walls of the oam, hurried
among the crowds of pleasure seekers
who had gathered under the roofs of
the eating stands, the dancing pavilion
and other buildings in Jine of the wa
ter, should the banks break, and warn
ed them to run to the hills.
A telephone message trom Jeannette
received at midnight stated that from
fifty to seventy-five men, women and
children perished by the cloudburst at
Oakford park. The majority were
drowned, or their lives were beaten out
against the rocks in Brush cfeek. but l
a number were electrocuted.
At least 800 people were ar the park
I .. . .. I * , » . 1 ... 1
the storm burst ti^e greater number
sought the hillside, preferring the shel
ter of the forest trees to the park
buildings, because they did not care
to b$ below the level of th# dam and
■ but little above the level of Bush creek.
When the dam broke a solid wall of
water twenty feet high, rushed down
and completely filled the narrow ravine
with its car tracks, car barn and res
taurant. In front of the car barn stood
a car containing from fifty to seventy
passengers, many of them seeking '.o
return to Jeannette, others using it as
a temporary shelter. ’
With the immense body of water be
hind it, the crest of the flood bore
down with irresistible force. It car
ried with It in its embrace the loaded
street car and the crowded restaurant.
The flood was filled with men, women
and children struggling for their lives.
The poles carrying the heavily charg
ed trolley wires were uprooted and
strewn along the gounds. In a number
of instances—how many it is not vet
known—the victims of the flood, gasp
ing for anything that might save them
from the fury of the water, seized the
trolley wires and met death by being
electrocuted instead of being drowned.
Several bodies have already been re
covered, showing that death was the
result of this cause.
It is almost the concensus of opin
ion of the people of Jeannettee that
fully one hundred persons perished in
the flood while many conservative per
sons maintain that the official death
list will contain fully one hundred and
fifty more. Many persons who witness
ed the Calamity claim that from 100 to
150 lives were lost while there are Oth
ers who were In the hills overlooking
the death valley who insist that not
more than a score of persons were
washed away by the roaring waters.
Great destruction of property result
ed at Irwin, Manor and Larimer, and
Greensburg suffered still more severe
ly. The great part of the latter little
city was under water, but no lives are
reported lost.
At the Greensburg race track twen
ty-five valuable race horses were
drowned.
The total loss by flood, ft is estimat
ed, will reach $809,069.
RACE TROUBLE IN CAROLINA.
Negroes Threaten to Mob White Peo
ple of Norway for Lynching Evans..
Against the protest of the people of
Norway, S. C., the troops sent from
Columbia by the governor Saturday
night, owing to a reported impending
race riot, were withdrawn Sunday af
ternoon.
The town was then quiet and the as
sistant. adjutant general did not believe
danger was imminent. Norway people,
however, say that John Evans, the
-white man, who is the father of
Charles Evans, the young mulatto
lynched, is leading the negroes and
ftatfew trouble Is expected.
I NEW yCIFIC CABLE OPEN I
President .Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay,
Send* First 'Message Direct te
mr-Away PhHlppwei.
A New York special says: The Pa
cific cab,< was successfully completed
at 10:50 eclock uaturday bight, east
ern tim*. by the welding together of
the ea&ern and western links at Hono-
I lulu, ot I uard the cable ship Arwjla,
thus competing the entire‘line of tX
graph trim Ban Francisco to the PtS
ippine Hands, a distance of over eight
thousßM miles, and bringing to a eon
- -ciflSWn We greatest-aird-mosr ^g^^
of subnarine cable enterprises under
taken in the history of ocean tele
graph'. '
A fram President Roosevelt
to President Mackay, of the Commer
cial PAcHI Cable Company, was sent
over the^w cable around the world
in twelvyninut.es, and Mr. Mackay's
reply wg^sent around the world in
nine am^ne-half minutes. The best
pre-viOw^Luie for a message around
the worlßwas fifty minutes.
Menage Sent by President
The hist message over the cable
was sent at 10:60 p, ®, by President
Roosevelt,.at Oyster Bay, to Governor
Taft, at^^nila, as follows:
“To Governor Taft, Manila.—l open
the American Pacific cable Wl® greet
ings to you and the people of the Phil
ippines.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,"
At 11:19 ®e following reply was re
ceived by the president from Governor
“To Pres.dent—The Filipino people
and the American residents in these
Islands are glad to present their re
spectful g.- etinga and congratulations
to the president of the United States,
conveyed over the cable with which
American enterprise has girded the
Pacific, thweby rendering greatly eas
ier and frequent communication
between tjg Iwo countries. It win eefj |
talaly MW ■ closer union anil a heifer ’
mutual unr ^standing of each others;
aims and »: Lurthies ano of their com-1
men inter^gythe prosperity of the
■ imwro^EkZ' toit*frporaiA !a thU
’ the Vst/ message across the Pacific
’ fromVhe Philippines to America, an
. earnesYpiea for the reduction of the
tariff oikFiliptoo products in accord
j ante witn, the troad and liberal spirit
s Which the’ Am rican people desire to
‘ manifest tbwa d the Philippines anil
of which you 1 ive been an earnest cx-
' ponent. TAFT.”
.
President "R losevelt then sent the
, following message around the world,
, westward to (Jlaren-e H. Mackay, who
was with Mr. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay:
"Congratulations and success to the
Pacific cable, which the genius of your
lamented father and your own enter
prise made possible.”
The message was sent at 11:23 p. m..
and was received by Mr. Mackay at
11:35, making the time of its transmis
sion arQund the wor(d twelve minutes.
Mr. Mackay replied as follows, his
message going around the world east
ward:
"I thank you deeply for your mes
sage, and I earnestly hope tuat the Pa
cific cable by opening the wide horizon
of the great east may prove a useful
factor to the commerce of tne United
States.”
President Roosevelt received the
I message at 12:04 1-2. The time con-
I Burned in passing around the world
was nine and one-half minutes.
Course of the Message.
The course of President Roosevelt's
message around the world was by the
Postal Telegraph Company’s land line
from Oyster Bay to San Francisco,
thence by the Commercial Pacific ca
ble to Honolulu, to Midway, to Guam,
and to Manila. From Manila to Hong
Kong the message passed by the cable
which was lifted and cut by Admiral
Dowey in 1898. From Hong Kong it
went to Siagon to Singapore, to Pian
ffat, to Madras, to Bombay, to Aden,
to Suez, to Alexandria, to Malta, to Gi
braltar, to Lisbon and to the Azores
Between Hong Kong and the Azores it I
came by foreign cables. At the Azores
the message was taken up again by the
Commercial Cable Company and sent
to Canso, to New York and th Oyster
Bay.
MOB RULES IN EVANSVILLE.
Ribeirtg in Indiana Blty the Result of
Negro Shooting Policeman.
At 2:415 Monday morning the jail at
Evansville, lnd„ was surrounded by
500 persons. A mob of 200 whije men,
armed With rifles and revolvers, were
scouring the city looking for negroes
and shorting into wed! known negro
resorts.
The outbreak was eatreed lay the
shooting) of Policeman Massey Friday
night byi Lee Brown, a negro.
Disorder and deadly rioting were ev
erywbere, and every one of the thou
sands oik the streets was carrying Uis
life in his hands,;>
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RIOTERS SHOT DEAD
Soldiers and Mob tn Bloody
Clash at Evansville, Ind*
RESULT OF A RACE WAR
r .
After Four Daya of Rampant Lawless
ness, Brought About by Race
Prejudice, Fatal Climax
is Reached.
Following four days of tfe^ng *^d
general lawlessness, Evansville, Ind..
Monday night saw the most terrible of
Its experiences with ricrar®. Seven
persons are dead and f^yen are
known to be injured, wi— aKaast that
number more thought to l®Lrt.
The dead are: Ed®grd^Bilffman,
painter, top ot head “blown off with
Springfield rifle; Hasel Allman, 15-|
year-old daughter of Joseph H. All
man, shot in breast with shotgun;
John Barnett, shot in right lung; died
in St, Mary hospital; August Jordan,
J 9, musician, bullet wound through
heart; Ed Rule, 31 years old.laborer,
killed instantly; two unidentified.dead.
Six other rioters were seen to fall,'
but got away before their names
were learned. At least that number
are suspected of being hurt. *
Four members of company A, Fir?
regiment, bullet and light gun shiLj
wounds on. the body. One of t^
was shot through the sjiobMh^, 1
other through the ankle arid the other ,
two received slight scratches. Tw-^
deputy sheriffs slightly wounded.
Soldiers FirrPoint Blank, M
.At 10:33 o’clock Monday night tbK
‘Ryberg erf Company A, Flrat regM
m^t, Indiana national guard, after
file’s vigllarice guarding the count. |
$$ and 100 deputy sheriffs, unde ’
I ' 1
i ai^ets, aurrodg^t the Vand^e
^gty ja»', &> WBemptlng its -.wptu
the morning
irri YatlTufiS,■
n vile names, afs&ilw
with stones and berating the deputy
sheriffs who guarded tne jail. ,
How Trouble Began.
The trouble which nas been brewing
for months, came to a crisis last Fri
day when Lee Brown, a negro, shot
and killed Patrolman Massey, who was
trying to arrest him while bent, on the
murder of a man witl) whom he had
quarreled. Threats of vengeance were'
followed by the mob surrounding the
jail. The negro was secretly removed
from the city Saturday and taken to
Vincennes.
Patrolman Massey died in terrible
agony Sunday morning. The crowd
refused to credit statements of the offi
cers that the negro was not in jail and
began threating as it increased. Tw*en
ty-flve policemen were mobilized in
the jail and repulsed the first attempt
to force an entrance after the gates
were crashed in.
A telephone pole was used as a bat
tering ram and the jail windows gave
way. A committee was appointed to
search for the negro, but its report
that he was not there was not believed
and after forcing a breach the mob
poured into the corridors. Finding its
Victim gone, there was a cry of "Kill
the negroes!” and arms were de
manded
A company of armed negroes,
aroused by the race troubles marched
through the streets snouting “Down
with the whites” and threatening
death to all If the regro was lynched.
This started a rush for the gun stores
by the whites. Three were broken
open and 400 lisles and revolvers,
with ammunition, were secured. From
this time on throughout the night
there were thousands of bullets fired.
The mob, after leaving the jail on
finding the negro Brown was gone,
broke into the gun stores of Boetter
icher & Kellogg, Whiterding & Co.,
Bnd E. M. Bush & Co, and after thor
oughly arming all, dispersed through
the streets hunting negroes The arm
ed company of negroes had disappear
ed. DU blacks fled from the streets,
and. failing to find victims, the resort
of Bubb Fruit was visited and snot to
pieces. It is a well known hang-out.
POPE UNDERGOES OPERATION.
Dying Prelate Greatly Relieved by
Puncture of the Pleura.
A dispatch from Rome states that
the pope was operated on Tuesday af
ternoon and felt immediate relief. Af
ter the operation the following bulle
tin issue by bls physicians:
“The test puncture of tne pleura has
been made and eight hundred grams
of liquid taken off. A rapid examina
tion showed some mucous in the lung
which was originally affected.
“The jope underwent the operation
with courage. Hie general condition
NO. 11
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| Cream of News.j
Brief Summary of
Important EvantagMt
of Each Day.
—Trustees of Mercer univercßO
•Macon, (j* Th>. “Im
prepare forma! OIL®
went of wear b ye®
course ia i> M Jan
-By tb.wMHr
Mobile rlv
■—Heims ; |
Turner wir j®
s'-W BS fjSi
—Senato ™:^Hr Wal PljMwli
Kearns ijshched wn; I
veil Tuesday. Thef i
leal discussion.
—A writ of luna<,^|
out for General Cas p
generaLjlws barrleat |
jhete Wr be dang,^'. XZ- ; l Wiff
> I
v—Therri is mti-^ Bi 80*%
ansville, lud Wil Ojii
fired on th ~ S Kk! K 9BB g IMBR
-wy 5
- TrdflHß bM □ VQ I. MMi
«nd jMI
•—Fire destfMWKe iTmrrx
Hammond Psckn^wmpany at St. Jo
seph. Mo., Sunday. Value of plant and
stock, $3,000 000.
—A cloudburst at Jeannette, Pa.,
Sunday engulfed an excursion party on
■trolley cars and many persons wore
■drowned, some reports placing loss of
life at over a hundred.
—The latest bulletins from the bed
side of Pope Leo shows that he is n a
dying condition.
—Four men were given a prelimi
nary hearing at Scottsboro, Ala., as al
leged members of the mob that lynched
Andrew Diggs. They were released on
$2,000 bail each.
—General Cassius M. Clay, tho- aged
Kentucky statesman and duelist, Is
said to be hopelessly insane.
—The trans-Paciflc Cable was ready
for business on the Fourth, and at noon
President Roosevelt sent the first tties
sage.
—The waters are receding at Gaines
ville and other Texas towns and there
is no further danger. Fifteen lives
were lost.
—lt is said that Great Britain and
Japan have sent a joint note to China
urging the latter to demand that Rus
sia evacuate Manchuria.
—A meeting held at Dublin to con
sider the approaching visit of King Ed
ward was broken up by members of
the anti-Engllsh party, who sang “God
Save Ireland.”
—ln an official statement Issued at
St. Petersburg regarding the proposed
Hebrew petition, it is said that the
czar would not think of forwarding an
anti-lynching petition to the United
States.
—The Georgia state railroad com
mission decides that the Atlanta and
West Point road can • continue to
charge the present freight rates un'll
April 1, 1904.
—Edgard Burt, of Hurtsboro, Ala..
16 years old, while examining a pistol,
was accidentally shot and instantly
killed.
—J. F. Turner, of Alabama, charged
with peonage, through his attorneys is
fighting the charge on constitutional
grounds.
—Five hundred teachers are at Ath
ens attending the summer school of
the University of Georgia.
—B. F. Cosby and George D. Cosby,
convicted of peonage in the Alabama
courts and sentenced to one year and
a day. reached the federal prison at
Atlanta Saturday.
—A scandal has developed In regard
to the contract for-supplying the army
with gloves. Congressman Littaur, of
New York, is jnentioned in connection
with the contract.
—The treaties giving the United
States naval bases and coaling sta
tions have been signed at Havana. |
Cuba secures absolute sovereignty i
over the Isle of Pines. I
