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SOYS STARTED REIGN OF MUR-
DER AT HARRISTON, MISS.
TWO NEGROES ARE LYNCHED
Troops Were Rushed to the Scene and
Arirved Just in Time to Prevent
a Pitched Battle.
Harirston, Miss. —Two drug-crazed
mulatto boys, brothers, began a reign
of murder here that ended only after
three white men, four negro men and
a negro woman had been killed. Twen
ty wounded and the two boys lynched.
A serious clash between the races was
prevented by the arrival on a spe
cial train of a company of National
Guardsmen from Natchez.
The trouble started at 2 a. m. and
continued until ten o’clock, when Wal
ter Jones, the older of the two boys,
who started the firing, was lynched
just after the soldiers arrived. His
brother Will had been shot by citi
zens earlier in the day. Soon after
people who had barircaded themselves
in their home began to cautiously
emerge from their hiding places, and
by noon the town was quiet. No more
trouble is feared.
The shooting was started by Wal
ter Jones, aged 20, in the negro quar
ter, where a negro woman and Thead
Grayson were shot and killed. Wal
ter then went to the home of his
mother and aroused his brother, who
was only 18 years of age.
Together they proceeded through
the main street of the little town, fir
ing at every one in sight. Citizens
aroused from their slumber by the
shots peered out of the windows and
then hastened to cover, believing, they
said, that Hots of more serious pro
portions had broken out.
The two boys, soon after leaving
their home, went to the home of for
mer Constable Frank Keinstly and
when he replied to their call to come
out he wks shot through the head by
Walter Jones. Death was instantane
ous. Keinstly’s son, William, grab
bed for a gun when he saw his father
fall, but before he could fire he re
ceived a bullet in one of his hands.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
depot is near the Keinstly home and
the two negroes walked in that direc
tion. A train had arrived from Natch
ez just a few moments before and
Conductor E. B. Appleby was stand
ing at the ’station talking to Flagman
W. C. Bond, Without warning the two
negroes fired on them and both fell.
Then they directed their fire at Claude
Freeman, who was waiting for a train
to take him to his home at Fayette,
Miss. He was instantly killed. The
negroes then fired into the train, ter
rorizing man yfo the passengers. A
sleeping car from Natchez is left ev
ery night at Harriston until the
through train from Memphis, to New
Orleans arrives. After the train which
had come from Natchez left, this car
stood alone on the tracks and was a
target for the fire of the two negroes.
While many windows were broken,
no one was hurt in the car.
CHINA MAKES AN APOLOGY
Regret Expressed for Killing of Sev
eral Japanese and Insult to Flag.
Nanking, China. —Gen. Chang Hsun,
the commander of the troops at Nan
king, accompanied by a body guard
of fifty cavalrymen, went to the Jap
anese consulate and apologized ac
cording to the Japanese demands in
connection with the killing of several
Japanese and an insult offered to the
Japanese flag. The consul expressed
his satisfaction at the action of the
Chinese commander.
Eight hundred of Gen. Chang Hsun’s
troops with the republican flag at their
head marched to the Japanese consul
ate and presented arms while the com
mander saluted the consul. The Jap
anese troops meantime stood at at
tention.
Peking.—The Japanese legation em
phatically denied that an ultimatum
had been sent by the Japanese gov
ernment to China. The legation stat
ed that the Chinese authorities at
Hankow’ and Shantung had fully com
plied with the Japanese demands.
Rebels Defeated by Huerta Forces.
Piedras Negras, Mexico. —Reports
from Sahinas and Barroteran indicate
that the Constitutionalist army has
met defeat and is in full retreat to
ward the border with 1,600 Federals
hanging on its flanks. Americans,
who were ordered to leave the dis
turbed district, arrived from the front
and asserted that the great mining
properties at Moner, Agujita, Rosita
and possibly Esparanza, as well as the
town of Barroteran, have been de
stroyed to prevent their raptures by
the invading Federals.
"GEN. BENJAMIN F. TRACY
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General Tracy Is one of the leading
counsel for Governor Sulzer In the Im
peachment trial at Albany. Despite
his eighty-three years, General Tracy
displays all the mental vigor which
earned for him his high rank In the
legal profession. General Tracy waa
secretary of the navy in the cabinet
of President Benjamin Harrison.
MURDERERKiLLSMERCHANTS
POLI IE OF COUNTRY NOTIFIED
TO BE ON WATCH FOR
JOSEPH ELLIS.
After Stripping Corpses of Valuables,
Murderer Vanishes —Latest CHme
in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Convinced that
tlie young man who brutally murder
ed Joseph Schlansky, a clothing mer
chant, in a hotel here, is the same
person who has committed similar
crimes in -several Eastern and Middle
Western cities, the local police de
partment asked officers in every large
city east of the Mississippi river to
watch for the slayer. They believe
the murderer is Joseph Ellis,
After murdering the merchant, the
man discarded a collar spotted with
blood, walked to a nearby store,
where he purchased another and then,
returning to the lobby of the hotel
wherein his victim lay dead, remained
for an hour or more. Late in the
afternoon the slayer returned to his
room, and then, going to the union de
pot, secured his suitcase from the
checkroom and is believed to have
caught an eastbound train.
In each town where the man oper
ated his scheme was the same. He
would register at a hotel under an
assumed name, call on either one of
the smaller clothing merchants or a
second-hand dealer and, explaining to
them that he had some samples he
must get out of his possession at once,
asked the dealer to go to his room.
Once in the man’s room the proced
ure nearly always was the same. The
victim either was struck down or was
forced at the point of a revolver to
submit to being bound and gagged.
Then his valuables were stolen, and
the robber, leaving the merchant to
be discovered by hotel employees, de
parted.
Will Serve in Pen to Study Convicts
Auburn. N. V,—Thomas Mott Os
borne, chairman of the New York
state prison reform commission, ap
pointed investigate and suggest pris
on legislation, will begin a self-im
posed term in Auburn prison. The
primary purpose is to determine the
sociological effect of prison confine
ment upon man, Mr. Osborne in out
lining his purpose to the convicts
said: "I have the feeling that after I
have really lived among you, marched
in your lines, shared your food, gone
to the same stone cells at night and
in the morning looked at God’s sun
light through these same iron bars,
that then and not until then can I
feel the knowledge which will break
down the barriers between my soul
and the souls of my brothers.”
Across Mediterranean Aviator Flies.
Bizerta, Tunis.—Roland G. Garros,
the French aviator, flew 558 miles
across the Mediterranean from St.
Raphael, France, to this city, the
most northern seaport of Tunis. His
time was 7 hours and 53 minutes. He
started here at 1:45 p. m. The flight
is the longest over-sea journey ever
made in an aeroplane. The aviator
refused to accept the advice offered
him that he should affix floaters to
his aeroplane as a precaution In case
he should be forced to descend on the
water.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE. ALAMO. GEORGIA.
TEN MEN ARRESTED
AS TRAIN BANDITS
ALL DENY CONNECTION WITH
HOLDUP AT BIBBVILLE,
ALABAMA. '
STORY OF THE ROBBERY
Posses Abandon Chase and Leave the
Case to the Railroad
Authorities.
Montgomery, Ala. —Specials from
Tuscaloosa. Ala., say that the depu
ties from Birmingham and Montgom
ery and armed farmers of Tuscaloosa
county have abandoned the search
for the three men who held up and
robbed the express car of the Ala
bama Great Southern train at Bibb
ville, Ala., and that the case is now
entirely in the hands of the railroad
special officers. Five men have been
arrested "at Eutaw, Ala., below Tus
caloosa, none of whom is over thirty
years old. and five others have been
landed in the Tuscaloosa county jail
by Special Agent Hall. All of these
men deny connection with the hold
up. •
Mail Clerk Leander Poole gave out
the following statement:
“The robbery was committeed by
three masked men, only one of whom
appeared to me to be at all experi
enced. The other two were young and
nervous. One of them did consider
able promiscuous shooting and cursing
in the mail car. Bullets passing
through the mail car narrowly missed
four men. I am confident the rob
bers doing the shooting were drunk.
While crouched under the counter I
had the presence of mind to save
a few registered letters.
"The last charge of dynamite that
blew the express safe was very heavy.
It jarred us. 100 yards away. They
had modern appliances equipped with
lights that threw rays so they could
see us, but we could not see them. As
they were marching us back to the pas
senger coaches I fell into a cattle
guard and sprained my ankle. One
robber warned us of the cattle guard
just as 1 fell.
"The fireman stated the robbers got
off with mail sacks full of booty. My
impression is they left the car before
we reached Vance, letting the engine
run wild to throw the posses off the
track. 1 believe I can identify the rob
ber who did the shooting and cursing.
I got a good look at him. The smaller
robber, who guarded the rear end of
the express car seemed experienced.
The express messnger had no chance
to defend himself.”
According to statements of the train
crew, Engineer Daniels and fits fire
men were covered with revolvers
when the train stopped on the block
danger signal at Bibbville. The fire
man was forced to uncouple the ex
press, mall and baggage cars, and
they were run down the track some
distance from the passenger coaches.
There the mail clerks and express
messenger were driven from the cars
and the sates blown open with nitro
glycerine.
PROGRESSIVES WILL RUN.
Chairman Says Party Will Not Join
Republicans.
New York.—Fifteen members of the
Progressive national committee met
here and decided at the next congres
sional election to place a Progressive
candidate in every district in the Unit
ed States. Representative William
Hinebaugh, Illinois, chairman of the
party’s congressional committee, de
clared the Progressives had no inten
tion of joining the Republicans.
“There can be no so-called Progres
sive Republicans in the Progressive
party,” he said. “A man either is a
Republican or he is a Progresive.”
A joint campaign committee repre
senting the Progressive national com
mittee and the Progressive congres
sion committee was organized. It
consists of Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
former Senator Beveridge of Indiana,
Walter F. Brown, George W. Perkins,
Medill McCormick, Representative
Hinebaugh and Miss Frances Keller.
It will meet at an early date in this
city to mature plans for the party's
fight to nominate and elect straight
out Progressive candidates for con
gress in the campaign of next year.
2,000,000 Lady Buga Visiting Chicago
Chicago—About two billion lady
bugs are flying around Chicago ow
ing to the carelessness of an employe
of the International Refrigeration Ex
position at the stock yards amphi
theater. The frozen insects were
packed in an icebound case with a
glass top. When an attendant filled
the refrigerator he forgot to close it
and soon the bugs were revived by
the warm air and flew away. The
lady bugs Were shipped from Califor
nia, where they are used to fight the
fruit scale.
FREDERICK COLLIN
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Justice Frederick Collin Is one of
the judges of the court of appeals sit
ting with the senate as a high court
of Impeachment for the trial of Gov
ernor Sulzer of New York.
ttUERTABOWSTOUNCLESAM
FOREIGN MINISTER OF MEXICO
IS NOMINATED FOR THE
PRESIDENCY.
Futility of Opposing U. S. Dawns On
Him—Believes Gamboa Will Sat
isfy Washington.
Mexico City.—Frederico Gamboa,
minister of foreign affairs, was nom
inated for the presidency by the^ath
olic party convention. Gen. Eugenie
Rascon was nominated for the vice
presidency. Both candidates are re
garded as men of high standing. Se
nor Gamboa accepted the candidacy.
Frederico Gamboa was a disciple of
Ignacio Mariscal, at one time minis
ter to the United States. He was sub
secretary of foreign affairs under Mar
iscal. Later lie became minister of
the Netherlands, and has recognized
ability as a diplomat. He is a writer
of some note, and is about fitly years
of age.
Gen. Eugenie Rascon was minister
of war under Provisional President
de la Barra. He served as military
commander of the federal district for
a short time, and later as governor of
Yucatan. He Js 65 years of age and
has a long military record.
The efforts of the Catholic party, it
is said, have been directed at the
selection of men who would be ac
ceptable to the United States. The
choice fell upon Senor Gamboa, for
the reason that he has not been prom
inently identified with any political
party, while it is believed that he will
have the confidence of Liberals as well
as Catholics, and upon General Ras
con, who is regarded as a desirable
running mate for similar reasons. He
was a friend of Porfirio Diaz, and was
Madero’s choice for war minister in
de la Barra’s cabinet.
Alcohol Congress for U. S.
Milan, Italy.---The president of the
fourteenth international congress on
alcoholism, Dr. Angelo Filippetti, an
nounced at the session that the per
manent committee had decided to pro
pose that the congress in 1915 should
be held in the United States. This
requires the ratification of the whole
congress prior to adjournment. Sev
eral Interesting papers were read, in
cluding one by William Johnson of
Westerville, Ohio, dealing with the
fight against alcoholism in the Unit
ed States. The delegates also dis
cussed the liquor traffic
Hermit Is Robbed and Shot.
Waycross, Ga. —After lying in the
bushes near the ruins of his home,
which had been destroyed by a negro
who first robbed the pla^ and then
shot him. James Bennett, known as
“The Hermit” in the Manor section
of Ware county, was found in a seri
ous condition. According to a story,
a negro strange to him entered his
home and when discovered fired twice
at Mr. Bennett, only one shot taking
effect. The negro then finished his
search of the house, presumably try
ing to find a sum of money
ADMITTED DEBTS TO WIFE
British Statesman Proud to Acknowl
edge the Benefits Conferred by
Their Better Halves.
Compliments have frequently been
paid by famous statesmen to their
wives. It will be remembered how Dis
raeli dedicated "Sybil” “to the most
severe of critics, but a perfect wife,"
and when a certain wit, who never al
lowed good taste to wait on his hu
mor, was rallying Disraeli on his mar
riage he received the cutting reply:
“I married from a motive which I
do not expect you to understand—
gratitude.”
Mr. Gladstone, in old age, said to a
friend: "My wife has known every po
litical secret 1 have ever had, and has
never betrayed my confidence.” and
others have borne tribute to "the ten
der vigilance which sustained and pro
longed his years."
Lady Salisbury, with no aptitude or
inclination for public life, was the stay,
confidante and social helpmeet, of her
husband.
At a dinner to Mrs. Lloyd George in
London, at which she was presented
with a replica of a portrait of her
husband, a letter was read from Mr.
Lloyd George expressing deep appreci
ation of the "great kindness which
prompts my friends to present to the
brave little woman who is my wife a
portrait of the troublesome person
whom she has stood by through good
and evil report.”
NOT WANTED AS CO-LABORER
Church Was Minister’s Appointment
and He Needed No Help From
Canine Friend.
A wideawake minister visited a
neighborhood for the first time. When
aroused his explosive tones were
rather startling. A good brother who
always occupied a side seat near the
pulpit was accompanied by his dog,
and the dog lay regularly just In front
of the pulpit. All went well till an
explosive sentence from the minister
led the dog to raise his head and howl,
much to the amusement of the people.
This occured several times, and
each time his dogship arose to the oc
casion and let. off a chorus of howls.
The audience was convulsed with
laughter. The preacher, however,
easily won the day when he turned to
the dog’s owner and said:
“Brother, it may be your dog has a
call to preach; 1 do not know about
that. But this is my appointment.”
New Use for Carbon.
Carbonic acid snow (pure carbon
dioxide) is now being used success
fully at the West London hospital by
Dr. Reginald Morton in the treatment
of many diseases. Moles are eradi
cated by it, warts removed by two or
three applications, and birthmarks—
except, the so-called "port wine stains"
—yield to it. Chronic localized
patches of eczema are healed by it;
it is useful in many cases 4f rodent
ulcer; in trachoma it Is about twice
as rapid as any other cure, not nearly
so painful, and can be used without
risk.
Association. i/
"She’s an airy sort of miss.”
“That's only since she became en
gaged to an aviator."
The man who is doing things never
seems to have time to realize that
the town is going to the bow-wows.
For SUMMER HEADACHES
Hicks’ CAPUDINE Is the best remedy
no matter wbat causes them—whether
from the heat, sitting In draughts, fever
ish condition, etc. 10c.. 2Bc and 50c per
bottle at medicine stores. Adv.
Some men fall to meet their obli
gations because they are headed the
other way.
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