Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JitC N January, 1770. there wa a conldict in the streets 0! O a New York City betweei the military and the peopl( -a renewal of the old war fare around the liberty pole in the r'ields. An unsuccessft ttempt was made by some soldierq. o the 13th. to bring down the pole by cutting its supports and exploding gun powder in a hole bored in the wood followed by an assault on the citizen &at the neighboring public-house of Mon tayne's. a place of resort on the lin( of Broadway at the lower end of th( grounds, which was much frequenteC by the patriots. In another effort. or the "Gth. the assailants, shelterini themselves in a ruined building nent at hand. succeedeti in cutting down the pole, whici .they sawed in pieces, and in a spirit of bravado, piled up in fron1 0t Montayne's tavern door. An "indignation" meeting, held 01 the Common. naturally followed these .'exasperating incitents. It was nu mnerously a ttended. 'Three thousand.' says Holt's paper. "were present.' Resol utiors were pa.ssed demanding that the soldiers o& duty should nc( longer be permitted to work for thi -citizens, and thai they should not leavi their barracks after roll-eall. A com mittee was appointed to seek permis sion from the Corporation to removi the vacant building on the Common which had been a covert to the assail ants of the liberty-pole. The follow ing day placards and handbills of derisive and dedanit character. issue( on the part of the soldiery, abounrdet in the city. The valiant Sears. witl a parry of his friends, came upon St 10 of soldiers engaged in posting ont ot the chiallenges. One of the soldiers drew his bayonet for an assault, whei he, with his fellows, were carried ofj to the mayor's office. A body or twenty soldiers now mad< their iappearance with drawn bayonets and cutlasses, who were met by the citizens with such means of defense as chance supplied. Thle mayor or dered thie soldiers to their barracks wher. they retreated to Golden Hill a considerable eminence still to be recognized in the elevation of the lowel part of John street. Here they charget upon the throng of citizens who hat gathered to the spot. Francis Field a Quaker, stainding :n his doorway was wounded by a sword or bayone1 thrust. Three other citizens and s'ailor were wounded. The soldier: in vzrious instances were successfully resised an overpowered in the miscel !aneous confiet, which threatened t< assume larger proportions, when thi soldiers were ordered by their officers to their barracks. Other disturbances of a lke chiaracter ensued. Mean while, to give a flavor of legality to tfl property, the sanction of the Corpora tion was now sought to be obtained for the erection of a new liberty-pole or the old public ground. Faling to obtain this corcessior from the prudent Common Council, th4 ctizens purchased from a privam own SAM MTAt'NCES' TAvERN, NEwYOR.K, sTRt~cK UT THE "AsIA." er a piece of land near the old spot, upon which they erected with impos - ig ceremonies a new pole of greal height, firmly secured in the ground and formidably cased with iron bars clasped by thick iron hoops. Tfhi. ninan was surmoupted by another, sup aporting a gilt vane, on which was in 4 sried in large letters the wort "Liber-ty." Another ight-attack was inade on this, the fifth liberty-pole, ir DECL A : . gt. Roo~U2Uf U*# W. #V I4004 ##D#UEU1 4~*4 tss~ st "SONS OF4 ,LIBERZTT their fight for can Independence' troops about waving the Province. They had vowed to carry off with them a portion of it as a trophy. Unable to make any impression on the well-. protected trunk. these Homeric con testants were endeavoring to unship the topmast. when they were discov ered by several passing citizens. who called others to their aid. The Sons of Liberty, we may mention, were at this time kept out of their resort at Montayne's by a usurping conservative faction, who had made their own terms with the landlord. Not to be without that indispensable adjunct of political action in New York from time im memorial, a good dining-hall. the "Sons" purchased a tavern, kept by one Bicker, on the site of the old Herald building, to which the unme of Hampden Hall was given. Either the soldiers, reinforced by their comn rades from the barracks, drove the citizens for refuge, and here the assail THlE BATTLE OF GOLDEN lIlLL, IN "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND tow. A dce oftergmetarv diers were et baktoba hile uatrs and the liberty-pole was left by them at their departure unharmed. Alexander McDougal. the son of a Scotchman, a man destined to rise to high military rank in the coming War of the Revolution, was *an early though not one of the most ae:-ive members of the association of the Sons of Liberty. Hie now stood forth, the unflinching champion of popular rights. Bancroft characterizes him in few words: "A man who had made a fortune as a sailor, and had himself carefully culti vated his mind. Courageo' s and fiery, yet methodical and self-possessed." At the Congress in September all the thirteen colonies were represented ex cept Georgia. It wis an assembly of notables. Samuel and John Adams, Roger Sherman, William Livingston. Galloway. Rodney, Chase, the Rut ledges and Gadsden, with the conspicu ous Virginians. Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee. Patrick Henry and George Washington. The chief measures of this, the first Continental Cogrerss, were, the formation of an American Association to carry out a general system of Comimercial nion intercourse with Great Britain, until moved; and the dignified1 assertion of the princi pies at stake, in a series of able State papers, a declaration of rights, a petition to the TKing. and sev eral addresses, one of which, "To the People of Great Britain." remarkable for its force an~d dire:ness, was the work of the New York dlegate, John Jay. The Congress closel after a short session, having made pri'iion for the call of another, snould circumstances require it, the ensuing Mlay. When, in January, the last of the garrison were ordered to Boston. and were about taking their departure with a (i:ntlty of :irms in boxes. the latter Were seized? by a party of the .ns of '.ihrty. leaded by N1irinuis Will:tt , ;t and curritd baek to the de stIcd Fort George. It was about this tiam. (:; :hP night of theit l,.th of Ma1y. that .yles Cooper. the l'resident of King's ('oleg. who had heri'om obnoxious to the popnia pma rty by his wr'ii.s ld ierisonial ef fort, onl beh:alf ofI the Crown. wvas vis ited at the <-leeby a mnoh. inltent on revenge. I(e would doibl ess have been roughly ha indled had not tim been gniled for his esape hy a speec from the steps by Alexander Hamil tol. then a student. Lamb. who had been commissioned a captain of artillery. was sent an the evening of the 23d to remove the canl non from the battery below Fort George. He was accompanied (in this service by part of an independent corps, under Colonel Lasher, and a body of citizens led by the ever-ready Sears. Young Hamilton also was with them, with a number of his fellow students in the college. whom he had been engagea in drilling. On their JAMES DUANE. A Leading "Son of Liberty." arrival at the battery the party found a barge and crew of the ship of war Asia lying under the Fort. evidently in expectation of the movement From the boat a musket was tired upon the citizens, which was met with a volley, killing and wounding several. The barge then returned to the Asia. which opened a heavy cannonade upon the party; several were wounded. and houses in the vicinity, amor g others Sam Fraunces' ta- ern. in Broad street, were injured by the shock. The city bells were rung. there was a gene ral alarm as if the city were to be destroyed, numbiers tied to the coun try; but in the midst of the confusion the original object, the removal of the twenty-one pieces of ordinance at the~ battery, was delibera tely accomplished. After this it was not to be wonder-ed NEW YORK CITY, BETWEEN THlE TIlE BRITISHl SOLDIERS. --- at tat roviion fortheAsiawer 'to beobaie witgratdificuty Tyo/ opan ha.aba cry ingony omemik n bar,"wa atit prsosfo the da, nctbe wnered ito oepobtainc with grao difckst repcing iseml pron sardt inath brty onher retmon tounsio. wi'.i ah General thosmtee fa. d i ta The Govenor aned by ieminrulyh arter etetn hay, ini Octoeenre ioul coepntnehridence Maongck tyThe Cpewohave Coucil most grthe fuli sense of is up)right and disin terested administration." Tryon, however, thinking these good words insutlicient for his security. went on board tihe Halifax packet :n the harbor. whence he presently re moved to the ship Duchess of Gordon. were he received the friends of Gov ernment, who entertained him with avorable views of the situation. "It is certain." lhe writes to thle Earl of Dartmouth. 01n theC 111th of November. "that within tiis fortnighlt the spirit of r'elbellion inl tis Provice,. especially in tile city, has greatly ablated. anld we wait now for only 5000 regulars to open our commerce and restore our valuable conlstitution." WROTE DECLARATION AT THIRTY. - THREE, Thomas Jeffers.>n was just thirty three of age when he wrote the Dee laration of Independence. Hie is de scribe'd as ardent, accomplished, slow f tongue for public discourse, but wielding a masterly pen. At Wellin~gtonl, a little town in the west of Englanld. of only 7000 inhab itats. no fewer than 5245 tramps had GROCFRS ADJURN Importent Meeting 'Ias i1 W Entire ::arrmony THE OFFICIAL BOARD 15 ELECTED After a Spirited Discussion of a Re port From a Portion of a Commit tee, Urging Differentials on Flcur, Hay, Grain, Grits and Corn Meal in Less Than Car Loads, the Matter Was Left in Statu Quo. Norfolk. Va., Speial.-The Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association ad journed Wednesday sine die. The old officers were ele:-ted as follows: President, J. A. Van Hoose. Birming ham, Ala.: first vice president. G. P. Thompson. New Orleans; second vice r president, R. P. Woodson. Memphis; treasurer. S. WY. Lee, Birmingham. 1 Advisory board: J. A. Van Hoose, Birmingham: Theodore Melchers, Charleston: B. F. Dowen. Jacksonville; J. R. Williams. Lynchburg; Adolph I Greyer. Little Rock; A. McD. Wilson. Atlanta. The advisory board will elect the see retary and special representative of the association. The most spirited -.liseussion of the t session was caused by the introduction r of a resolution from a portion of the conimttee on differentials and freight i: rates reviving the old proposition to I differentials on less than car-load lots. The committee reconmmende:1 that the president and the advisory board take the matter up with the railroads, urg- i: ing a differential in favor of flour, hay, grain. grits and corn meal. H. B. Goodridge. of Norfolk. op- s posed the report, which he said was not r an expression of the entire committee. t The report was referred back to the c committee, which later brought in an other report. referring the entire prop osition to the advisory board in the event it saw fit to take it up. The con census of opinion seemed to be against a fight with the railroads on this sub ject. A report was adopted irging the gen eral use of cotton products and recom mending that wholesale grocers substi tute cotton bagging for jute and bag ging of other materials. 1 C) t The fire insurance committee was au thorized to devise a plan of reciprocal fire insurance, and directed to take the matter up with the advisory board and report at the next convention. 0 The tobacco committee reported in favor of a 10 per cent. profit to the jobber. The convention decided to meet in 1906, in April, at Jacksonville, Fla. The president was authorized to rep resent the association at the Milwaukee Iconference of the wholesale grocers of the United States. Discredits Ryan's Plan. Albany, N. Y., Special.-The-reports of Superintendent Hendricks, of the State insurance department, to Gov ernor Higgins. upon his investigationi of the Equitable Life Assurance So-e ciety was made public here and in C New York. IIt is described in the title as "MA I Preliminary Report." and it sharplyt criticises the management of the So cety as well as the new trust ar rangement for voting the stock agreedt upon by Thomas F. Ryan and the three trustees designated by him. In conclusion. Superintendent Her' dricks says: "No superficial meas ures will correct the existing evils In this society. A cancer cannot be cured by treating the symptoms. ~ Complete mutualization with the eli mination of the stock, to be paid for at a price only commensurate with its dividends. is. in my opinion, the only sure measure of relief. "This report, with a copy of the evidence taken on this investigation, ~ will be transmitted to the Attorney General for such action thereon as he may deem proper." Degree For Takahira. of LL.D. was conferred upon thegree anes minster-to he UitedStates, M. Takahira, and Governor Douglas,e of Massachusetts, in connection with 'l the observance of the fiftieth anniver sary of Tufts College. Following the morning exercises a reception was held in the afternoon at which Mr. Takahira was one of the speakers. To Test Sunday Baseball. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-A war rant was issued by Justice of the Peace Farris for the arrest of William t C. West. president of the Jacksonville Amusement Company. owners of the Jacksonville baseball franchise of the South Atlantic League, charging him I with violating the law prohibiting the playing of baseball on Sunday. The warrant was not served Tuesday, buti was served Thursday morning. It Ist understood "that the warrant was is sued at the instigation of the franchise owners, who are anxious to have the law tested as to its constitutionality Raced With Express Train. Hamburg. By Cable.-In an attempt to prove that an automobile can speed as fast as an express train. Emperor William, while coming from Hanover 1 to this city. 'rn an exciting race with a train at a point where the road andt railway are parallel. The Kaiser's ma-< chine maintained a speed of 60 miles an hour as long as the race continued t and it was onily ended in disappoint ment, as the result of a tire bursting on 1 the Emperor's machine.t Roanoke Gets Convention. Lynchburg. Va.. Special.-The Re-' publican State committee here in a meeting lasting more than five hours. decided to hold its State convention for the nomination of a full State ticket to be votedi upon at the November elec tion. at Roanoke. T'uesday. August Sth.1 The convention voll have nearly 500t delegates. Rihmhwmd. Norfolk. New-1 port News made contests for the con-t vention. but Roanoke won by a good< nInmrity on the first ballot.1 PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN aonditions For Past Week as Giver I Out by the Department. ( The week ending 8 a. i.. June 19th. iad a mean temperature slightly above iormal, with extremes of a maximum >f 98 degrees at Blackville on the 13th, mnd a minimum of 66 degrees at }reenville on the 13th. The sunshine veraged about normal. although in A >arts of the State there was consider ble cloudiness the latter part. There vere no destru2tive high winds. or >ther damaging conditions. The precipitation was in the form f thunderstorms and local showers. [he rainfall was heavy in places in the astern counties, where it ranged ai rom half an inch to over two inches. vith scattered localities in all parts f the State that had no rain or had w mounts too small to be beneficial. 0 7here were some heavy showers in tt he northern border counties, but they vere widely scattered. The need of ain is indicated for the central and w outhwestern counties generally and ti a places elsewhere. u] Cultivation made rapid progress, Cc md nearly all felds have been rid ci rass and weeds, except where labor rs were scarce, or where the ground as become too hard to plow and culti- cc ate. The weather was favorable for y arvesting wheat and oats, which h4 vork is nearly finished except for I pring oats. There was a general improvement e1 n the condition of cotton, with excep ions in the case of fields that have tl Lot been thinned or cleaned of grass, ut only in exceptional instances have w he plants attained normal growth, be. lo ng generally undersized. Blooming ed 3 still sporzdic, though fairly general e n the eastern counties. Sea Island otton is in good condition, but as yei u looming sparsely. Lice are still d( resent in sections, but are disappear- et ag. 'Chopping has not been finished. sI There has been only slight im- ' rovement in corn, which continues ez mall and yellow, except on fields that eceived early and thorough cultiva- w ion. There are many complaints of ju orn tasseling low, and of damage by 1 vorms. There is considerable land ,et to be planted in corn. There is little change in the condi- ti ion of tobacco, which shows the ef. tr ects of too much rain and lack of tI ultivation. Rice is receiving its bar- Sl est water in the Colleton district, and 3 generally doing well. Gardens and a astures need rain in the central and Iii ,estern parts. Melons are quite prom- s2 sing. Wheat is yielding poorly at hreshing. Oats also is generally a oor, but with numerous exceptions, t( rhere the yields range from good to xcellent. A large acreage of peas, n or forage, being sown, and more lands n fill be sown as soon as it rains.--J. V. Bauer, Section Director. To Have Association. 0: Columbia, Special. - Commissioner v Vatson will call a meeting of the rep esentatives of the various commercial 01 rganizations. of the State for some p lie in July. The meeting will be uite an important one and ever-y town S .nd city in the State -will have repre- d: entatives present. One of the most interested in the s eeting Is Mr. John Wood, secretary o. I the Rock Hill Commercial Club. It s proposed that the vari'us towns and S ities throughout the State assist the ffice so far as the commercial end is 0 oncerned.l At present when there is an enter rise of importance to some other par- c~ icular section of the State Mr. Wat on finds it necessary to drop his other ~ ork and assist in locating the busi- . ess, although he is usually aided in d his by various towns. If the plan t orks there will be no further trouble , long this line and a State organiza- P ion of the commercial bodies can as ist in the development of the State a n many other ways. With a very small sum a handbook a an be gotten out, bearing the official b tamp of the office and yet represent- b rg the entire State in a way that e hould be. At present the cost is too t reat and the postage bills too heavy o permit of any along this line on a arge scale, although there have been ,very large number of small and val able handbooks gotten out by the^ ifce. .b The call for the meeting will be is-b ued some time this month and a very arge attendance is expected. Secretary Hay Much Improved. tc Washington, Special. - Secretary o, -ay arrived from New York tonight al mnd spent the greater part of the n vening with the President, Secretary ti 'aft joining the President and Mr. ti ay. Secretary Hay will attend the jt abinet meeting. He looked consider- cl .bly improved in health. He said that tU e would remain in Washington tu hrough this week, and would then fia o to his summer home at Sunapee, t 4. H.t More Incendiary Work. Honey Path, Special.-The handsome hree-story barn of Mr. J. E. Knights vas burned Saturday night at 3:00 p 'clock. All the horses were saved but ' odder, oats, etc., were burned. The i oss is estimated to be over $1,000. Mr. a: night is a prosperous farmer in lower g reenville county, a man known and vell respected, with not an enemy of hom he knows, so the fire is a mys ery. By the herois efforts of Mr. night. the ten head of mules and orses were driven out just as the barn as falling in. The faithful and effi- ~ 'lent help of the neighbors saved the t ither buildings, which caught fire sev- I ral times. d One Death From Heat. New York. Special.--One death, that >f Miss Josie Barnard, who lived on e pper East Side, and a number of I rostrations besides much suffering in I he tenement districts, were the result C if the excessive heat in New York City p tnd vicinity. At 4 o'clock Monday af- a ernoon the thermometer registeredl S9n n the roof of the weather bureau ti uilding. In the streets it was several a legrees higher. Sunday was the hot est June is in 25 years. i Bad Wreck Averted. Cincinnati, Ohio, Special.-A special 'rom Huntington. W. Va., says that 'j )assenger train No. 4, on the Norfolk tl & Western road, eastbound, narrowly f scapd destruction at Lost Creek i restle. At the highest point in the restle a brake chain had been secure-t y wrapped to the rail. Fortunately.I he obstruction was discovered by the nginer. who applied the emergencya .am- a seedednan in stopping the OTIIER BAD WREC hicago Flyer Suddenly Goes let Open Switch ARGE LIST OF DEAD AND INJURIH Ithough None of the Lake Shore oi New York Central Officials Ascribe the Disaster to Excessive Speed, a Return to the 20-Hour Time is An nounced. Cleveland, 0., Special-Nineteen dead id a dozen slightly injured comprise te revised casualty list made by the recking Thursday night, at Mentor, hio, of the east-bound twentieth cen try limited, the Lake Shore and New ork Central's eighteen-hour train, hich ran into. an open switch, crushed Le Mentor depot and partly burned it p, scorching several of the mangled >rpses. The surviving injured are not uch hurt. The twentieth century limited, ac >rding to announcement from New ork, will hereafter return to a twenty >ur schedule, although none of the ilroad officials ascribe the wreck to :cessive speed. It is maintained by railway officials at the switch on which the limited as wrecked was thrown open and eked and the switch light extinguish i by some person, either a maniac - some one seeking revenge. It is still iknown who this person is, although tectives are working on the case. A reful examination of the switch Lowed that it was in perfect condition. rainmen are of the opinion that the igineer of the twentieth century train as deceived by the light of the switch st beyond the open switch, the light which is said to have been out. W. H. Marshall, general manager of Le Lake Shore, says the speed of the ain was not a contributory cause to Le wreck. He said that other Lake ore trains travel through Mentor at speed equal to that attained by the mited. which was not, Mr. Marshall iys, above 60 miles an hour. The schedule for the train calls for speed of 57 miles an hour at Men >r. Coroner York, of Lake county, an >unced that an inquest would begin mxt Monday in Painesville. A revised list of the dead follows: John R. Bennett, attorney, 31 Nas Lu street, New York. John A. Bradley, of the law firm Rowley, Rogers, Bradley & Rock ell, Akron, Ohio. T. R, Morgan, second vice president the Wellman-Seavers-Morgan Com my, Cleveland. C. H. Wellman, of the Wellman savers-Morgan Company, Cleveland, ed in hospital. A. L. Rogers, New York city, repre ntative of the Platt City Iron Works, Dayton, Ohio, died in hospital. S. C. Beckwith, 115 One Hundred and venty-fourth street, New York. A. H. Head, London representative the Otis Steel Company, of Cleve .nd, died in hospital. H. H. Wright, traveling man, Cht tgo, died in hospital. D. E. Arthur, traveling man, Mil aukee, died in hospital. J. H. Gibson, Chicago, traveling man, ed in hospital. H. C. Mechling, New York city, with e Wheeling Corrougated Iron Coin mny. L. M. Eirick, manager Keith's The :re, Cleveland. E. F. Nagle. 'Chicago, proprietor 01 railway supply house. Two unidentified bodies, supposed tc Sthose of L. A. Johnson, of the millin -y firm of Comey & Johnson, Cleve .nd, and Henry Trinse, barber on the ain. Allen Tayler, engineer, Collinwood, hio, died in hospital. E. J. Brant, head brakeman, 2012 sh street, Erie, Pa., died in hospital. N. B. Walters, a baggage man, Ham irg, N. Y., died in hospital. W. D. McKey, porter, Chicago. The scenes following the wreck were apalling. The night was dark save for ie light from the blazing wreck of the >ach that was crushed and splintered a top of the engine. Men swarmed :ut it combating the flames with the eans at hand, grouping their way trough the blinding, scalding steamz iat rose in clouds, hunting for the in red, whose piteous cries were such as iilled the hearts of those who heard Lem. The water supply was small and ie means at hand for fighting the ames were pitifully inadequate, but ie zeal of the rescuers wrought great ings for the first few minutes. Four Killed in Boiler Explosion. Attalla, Ala., Special-A boiler at the iw mill of the Curtis Attalla lumber lant exploded killing James Watts, 7111 Rosson, Gus Cash and Marion [addox. C. Smith was fatally hurt nd Barney Works was seriously in ired. Murderer Hoch Gets Reprieve. Springfield, Ill., Special.-Governor eneen granted Johann Hock a re rieve until July 2Sth in order that se case may be taken to the Suprene ourt Justice for a writ of superse eas. Ex-Governor Tubbock Dead. Austin. Texas, Special.-Former Gov rnor Frank B. Tubbock, one of thE ost interesting figures in Texas, died ere Thursday night, aged 90- years overnor Tubbock suffered a stroke 01 aralysis last Tuesday afternoon, fronr hich he never regained conscious ess. He had been married three Lies and is survived by his third wift nd a number of relatives. He had beei tate treasurer and was conspicuousl; lentified with public life in Texas. Assassination and Suicide. Atlanta, Special.-A special ti 'he Journal from Griffin, Ga., says at Prentiss Chapman, a well-knowr irer living near Head's Shops, assas. atd Tom Head, a neighbor, late Fri ay night and then killed himself utting his throat with a razor. Thi agedy was the result of a feud o! g standing between the men. Ther: are no eye witnesses to the traged) nd both men had been dead for sev ral hours when their bodies were iscovered. Both men were well con BAD RIOTS AT LODI ) Two flundred er More Dead and lhousad WoU!ded Si T G!!TIG STILL CONTP.Ea Polich City Rcsembles a Shambic: and the Fighting Spirit of the People I is So Fully Aroused That the Pres ence of Ten Russian Regiments is Insufficient to Stop Firing From Houses. Lodz, By Cable.-Since the arrival of re-inforcements actual fighting in the city has stopped, but the outbreak is by no means quelled, and fresh collis ions are expected momentarialy. The city resembles a shambles and the terrible scenes of the last two days will never be wiped from the memory of the Polish people. The fighting spirit of the people is fully aroused. They have tasted blood and want more. Certainly the revo lutionary spirit is abroad and it re mains to be seen whether military measures will have the same effect as previously. Saturday at Baluty, a suburb of Lodz, four Cossacks were killed and sixteen others wounded by a bomb which was thrown into the barracks. Twenty of their horses were killed. Occasional volleys are stilled fired by the police or gendarmes in response to shots from houses. The soldiers are showing what ap pears to be wanton cruelty. Late in the afternoon they shot and killed two women-a mother and her daughter. The funerals of victims of the 'shoot ing of Thursday and Friday took place surreptitiously in various outlying vil lages. It is quite impossible to give the exact number of killed and wounded, as reports vary according to the quarter from which they are obtained. Cer tainly the killed number more than a hundred, and the wounded five times as many. An official reports says that the number of casualities was largely increased by the neglpect of persons to remain Indoors, and the others who in sisted on looking out of doors and win dows when the volleys were being fired upon the rioters by the soldiers. Resi dents of the city say that they receiv ed no orders to remain indoors. Peace Conference Date. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Negotia tions for the peace conference have taken an important step. forward, a proposition ior the date of the meet ing of the plenipotentiaries at Wash ington having been submitted to Rus sia and being now under considera tion. The exact date proposed has not been ascertained, but there is reas son to suppose that it is some time during the first week or ten days of August, which is about the earliest period at which the Japanese repre sentatives could be expected to reach Washington. The Emperor's answer is not ex pected for a day or two, as the diplo matic mills of Russia grind slowly, and the Foreign Office, as one of the sec retaries put it, 'is not used to your hustling American methods;" but it is thought that the date will be satisfac tory, as it will give ample time for M. Nelidoff, the Russian ambassador at Paris, or other Russian negotiators. to reach Washington, and there will be little preliminary work for them to do until the Japanese terms are submitted. Whether the proposal regarding the date originated at Tokio or at Wash ington. cannot be learned, but the fact that the negotiations was conducted through Ambassador Meyer may indi cate that President Roosevelt has per haps again stepped to the fore and suggested to the two powers, nei her of whom are willing to take the initia tive, a suitable date. Sheriff Resists Gov. Folk. St. Louis, Special.--Governor Folk's order to stoD race track gambling in Missouri with the aid of the militia, if necessary, met defeat at the hands of the sheriff of St. Louis county. John Herpel, who says he will not raid race tracks or call for troops, and that if the Governor sends troops to molest any one the soldiers will be arrested, possibly shot. Sheriff Herpel declared he was opposed to raids as a usurpa tion of the judicial authority, and said: "An appeal to bayonets is the first threat of a bigot, fired by fanatical zeal, his , personal ambition and by ideas against the guaranteed liberties of the people." Hanged For Murdering Manager. Birmingham. Ala., Special.-A spec -ial from Tuscaloosa says that John. Carpenter. a negro, was hanged there Friday for the murder of Stewart Champion. superintendent of the Stew art plantation, last April. Carpenter, an employe of the plantation, had a grudge against the manager, and shot him in his home at night firing through the window as Champion sat with his child in his arms. The child was slightly wounded and Champion was killed. Killed For Making Protest. Tampa. Fla., Special.-A special to The Tribune from Brooksville says that Mr. J. Hansell Norman, of the turpentine firm of Norman. Weeks & Co.. was shot and killed by S. B. Keag gin, white. Keaggin was whipping a negro employed by Norman, when the latter asked him to desist. Keaggin fired twice at Norman. the second shot hitting him in the side. Norman died three minutes later. Keaggin fied. Ibut a posse is after him. Norman's Ibody was shipped to his former home, Norman Park. Ga. Passenger Wreck in Colorado. SDenver. Special.-Westbound passen -ger train on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad was wrecked at Pinto, a small station. sixty miles west of Grand Junction. Col. No fatalities re suited. The accident was caused by a broken bolt in a frog at a switch. Three coaches were derailed and twen ty-nine passengers were slightly in