Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NEGROES BURNED AT STAKE Ceuri Had Just Convicted Both Men of Murder. miTIAON GUARD OVERPOWERED Citi*ene of St?tenborOv<3>?-> Pour K?rosene <Wer Victims In Vensreanre For the Murder of the Hodges Family?Brother of Murdered Man Pleads in Vain? Photographer Takes Pictures. Statesboro. Ga. ? With ropes tight abound their necks and their amis I>r?und with thongs cutting the flesh, Paul Recti and Will Cato, two of the g.">ng of negroes that murdered Henry ITorlsce?. Lis wife and three children three week* ago, were dragged from the Court House here and burned at the stake. The negroes had been sentenced to bo hanged before the mob .charged the Court House, overcame a guard of militia with bayonets fixed, broke down the doors to the cells and pulled forth the two cowering wretches, crying piteously for mercy. Dragged to a spot that was qnickly prepared for the execution, Iiced and Cato vvere soaked in ten gallons of kerosene and set atrre. Fagots ITaCKlCU aruilllU t lil'll anu .->uin rving oaths and prayers alternately, the tv.o ruen went to their death. Their bodies were burned to ashes, and when the mob saw that its work had been completed the last smoldering stick was kicked back, and the ashes of the urgroes were scattered by rakes. There was a portent of evil doings in the silence that rested over Statesboro in the morning. Not a word of violence was heard In the streets, the crowd that had hung around the Court House, whispering vengeance at former sessions. of the trial was strangely missing. Only a few men were to be seen near the Court House, and these, stretching in a thin line around the building, convinced the authorities that watch was kept against the prisoners being spirited away. About 11 o'clock Reed and Cato were sentenced to be ' hanged on September 9. The sentences were pronounced iu the presence of only a few spectators, who the moment the last word was spoken slipped out s.F th?v ranm anrt van tr? :? hflrn I far down tlie street, where it has been learned the mob met to await the mo- I rnent for action. At a meeting the night before every I plan was made for the lynching, and the minute the men ran into the barn from the court room the mob rushed into the street on the way to the Court House. Four militiamen were on the steps of the Court House, and these trird to stem the progress of the crowd. *' The soldiers were stationed on the two stairways leading to the second floor, where the prisoners1 were locked p and two lines were drawn across the two wide inner entrances to the building. A few men were at the top of the stairways, and outside the cells of the negroes stood the regular jail guards. Standing with his head uncovered the Rev. Mr. Hodges, brother of the I murdered man, asked the lynchers to j await the sure destiny of the law. When the last militiaman, had been j overcome the foremost in the crowd hurled themselves against a heavy wooden door and smashed it into pieces. Then on into the cellroom went the mob, brushing aside the guards and ! quickly opening the doors of the cells i in which Reed and Cato were confined, j Reed was taken down one stairway, j .with a rope about his neck, and Cato j down the other, both pleading for their : lives. By this time the crowd numbered j C>(JO persons. Tne cioomeu men were dragged, the crowd shouting and cheering, toward the Hodges home, where the five members of the family had b^en murdered and burned. The crowd moved across a field to a si rip of woodland. Several meu climbed trees and called for ropes. "Burn them!" "Burn them!" shouted the crowd. A member of the mob made a speech, recounting the horrors of the crime. This inflamed the crowd to the burning pitch. The men were chained with their backs to a stump twelve feet high. Then a wagon load of pine wood was hauled to the place and piled around tli^nen and ten gallons of kerosene was thrown over them. A photographer was present, and the | crowd was driven back that he might got several views of the meu bound to the stake and ready for the burning. The match was then applied, the two victims dying in agony. Clergyman Dies From Fail. Falling from the second-story window of his house, the Rev. Michael . Ilealey, eighty-one years old, sustained j a fractured skull, from which he died, \ at Youngstown, Ohio. The G. A. R. Encampment. The thirty-eighth annual encampment of the G. A. R. opened in Boston, Aiass., Willi an unusually uirsc aueuuance. Four K?rned in Home. Locked in their home during the al> sence of their parents, four children o? Charles Pitts, colored, were burned to death, near Decatur, <*a. Elevator Falls With People. Elevator weights fell t?ii stories in Mercer street buildiujr, New York City, killing one man and injuring seventeen others. Had to Kin Oldest Cat. The reputed oldest cat in the world was killed by its owner, Belford Bonhain, of Sliiloh, N. J. The cat was twenty-two years and three months old. He fell ill with a cancer of the nose, however, and had to be put to death. Engineer of Flyer Killed. By the wreck of a Cotton Belt flyer. At Texarkana. Ark., Engineer Bob unite was Kineu, arm me nrtmau mm a negro employe were fatall> injured. World's Fair Jotting. Nearly 5500,0<)0 are offered iu prizes In ilie live stock competition. An old rocking cliair, which was used for many years by Daniel Webster. is on exhibit in the Vermont Building. Two caribou, or water buffalo, are exhibited in the Visayan village, on the Philippine Reservation. In the islands they are used as*-beasts of burden. The United States Government has the most complete and comprehensive weed exhibit at ? t.~ Louis ever attempted at a world's fair. t BEAUT/ SEES LOVER SHOT ?** Favored Suitor is Killed in Duel With Pistols Two Rivals For One Mnict ?n" Vernl>aoK, Ohio ?Settle Dispute After P?rnir? ^ Friends For Years Suddenly Turn, """ C'iaciunati, Ohio. ? Their friendship turned into implacable hate by iivalry in lore. Georg? Bacon, eighteen years i old. of McKey, and Henry Kim pp. nine! teen, of Fernbank. fought a duei with i pistols in the presence of Miss Lelia i Peak, seventeen, of Fernbank. the object of their affectibn?. Twelve shots were exchanged, aud Bacon was killed by two bullets through the body and i one in the head. Knapp was arrested when he was hiding in the home of the girl, who was found unconscious over : the body of the dead youth j Knapp and Bacon were reared close | together, and were educated in the j same schools. They were inseparable companions, aud not until when Miss ! Peak smiled 011 Bacon did the slightest | in reeling arise uerweeu uh-ui. 1 Miss Peak is a tall, gracefu* girl, : with beautiful brown hair, fair com! plexion ancl dancing brown eyes. ! Knapp had paid her devoted attention j for two years, and their friends and ) relatives came to look upon their mari riage as the natural outcome of their i tender courtship. Word of their en gagement was whispered only i month ago, and then came the news that the girl had suddenly centred her affection in Bacon. | The change of heart which now has | led to murder took place at a picnic of ! the congregation of St. Joseph's ! Church, in Home City. Knapp took [ the girl to the picnic and insisted that | Bacon shouid spend the afternoon with j them. j Then there was a dispute. The two j youths stood apart in a quiet corner I of the picnic ground and asked Mis? i Peak to choose between them. With | tears streaming down her face she told ; ivnann thof- har lnve for him had died, | 1U.UJ/!/ v and then she turned to Bacon. Knapp rushed from the spot torn j with bitter jealousy. He returned at I once to Fernbank. and soon after his j arrival there Bacon was warned to I guard himself against violence. Bacon bought a revolver on his way to Miss Peak's home on the outskirts of the j village, and then arm in arm with the girl he walked into the spreading fields of the country. At a turn in the road close to the Peak homestead Knapp crossed the path of the two lovers. He asked the giri if she still persisted in spurning Mm, and when she answered in tbe affirmative he told Bacon he would have to fight. Despite the affrighted cries of the girl, the two young men stepped tor. paces apart and began to shoot. The first bullet fired pierced Bacon's hi-nnct nm) is Iia sfnsrirerMl Miss Peak ran to him and caught him in her arms. She screamed in terror to Knapp to stop shooting, but pulling himself free Bacon again leveled his weapon at his rival and on The instant both pistols rang out. The shots went wild, and as Bacon staggered away from Miss Peak he fired four more shots at Kuapn. Not one of the shots struck Knapp, who. keeping cool, tired slowly and struck Bacon twice more. His fifth shot caught Bacon close to the heart. Bacon went to his knees, and with a despairing effort raised his pistol and disked the hammer on an empty shell. The boy let the revolver drop from his lingers, and then as he clasped his hands to his bleeding breast Knapp stepped closer and sent a bulled into Ids brain. Bacon's head was jerked backwards, and as the youth fell on his back with his arms outstretched Mi.?:s Peak ran forward and fell fainting on his body. Half an hour later Kuapp was found hiding in the parlor of the Peak home. He was taken by Constable Hickman to Honi" Oitv. whore he is now in the lock-up. Talk of violence on the part of the villagers resulted in his removal to this city. As he was being led into the county jail he said: "I am sorry Georjre is dead. I didn't mean to kill him. We were the best of friends, but he took Lelia away from me, and that was more than I could endure." r\r>v av CTP \ STTVK" Ppncuit: VTreokod Off Natal Coast? Twenty-five Persons Are Drowned. Durban.Natal.?The coasting steamer Penguin lias been wrecked and twentyfive persons drowned. The boatswain is the only .survivor. Thf Penguin was chartered to search for "Kruger millions." alleged to have been sunk with the steamer Zululand, off this coast, three years ago. Four previous expeditions with the same object in view have ended disastrously. Japs Rcseue Russians. The Japanese rescued nearly 600 of the crew 01 the Russian cruiser Rurik which they sank. The Rossia and Gromoboi caught tire several times during the fight and were badly damaged. Only one Japanese ship was hit. Bad Trolley Collision. Several passengers were hurt in a head-on trolley collision on the While Plains. Tarry town aud Mamaroneck j (New York) line. British Cruiser to Venezuela. I The British Admiralty ordered the cruiser Tribune to proceed to Venezuela, owing to the danger to British subjects due to the asphalt trouble. Feigned Suicide and Marries. TTcii. wihh .Tilling Rraun on posed by iicr parents, who looked lier in her room. Mary Krongberg, of North Bergen, N. J., feigned .suicide and was driven aft' in an ambulance to be married by a pence justice. Typhoid Not From Oysters. Professor Graud in ail official report j to the French Minister of Marine, ac . miiii? to a spit-ial cable dispatch, rethe theory that typhoid is tracc directly to oysters. Promineil People. Au^ustu Vhnmas, playwright, lias ieuded *.o settle permanently in Europe. Madame Zola nas presented her husband's manuscripts to the National Library of France. "Mark Twain" o.nd Riehjud Watson Gilder, editor of The Century Magazine. are near neighbors at Lenox, Mass. Ex-Kripress Eugenie may be seen almost any tine day taking long drives in a motor car in the Bois de Boult>gne. Paris, JAPAN AGAIN MS AT SEA Kamimura Meets Vladivostok Fleet in Korean Strait, ; RUSSIAN CRUISER RURIK ISSUNK I The Czar'* Sqnadron Then Flee* in the Direction of Vladivostok 8even Hun i I tired Miloi Array?Tvro Other Ships Badly Damaged?The Jap T.oin is K?< ported to Be 5>lljrht. I 1 Tokio, Japan. ? In a battle lasting i from G o'clock in the morning until 1 j o'clock the next afternoon the Russian Vladivostok squadron practically was destroyed by Vice-Admiral Kaaiimura's fleet. The fact that nothing was j heard from the warships since 3 o'clock ; the following afternoon led to the bej lief that the Japanese squadron was pursuing the two cruisers which es caped, and that the warships were too far west in the Sea of Japan to commu| nicate definitely by wireless with any of the home stations. It is definitely known that the Rusi sian cruiser Rurik was sunk in the sea i that fh<v T?r>ooii nnil firnrrm , boi fled northwest, after receiving se' rious damage. The first bulletin of the fight came to Tokio at 7 o'clock in the morning from the protected cruiser Takachiho, which announced that the Russians had been sighted west of Tsu Island, at the entrance to the Sea of Japan, and that Kamimura's squadron was about to engage them. This telegram was received at the Takeshiki naval station, and was relayed to Tokio. An hour later another wireless telegram announced that the sea fight had begun. At 11 o'clock the Admiralty was informed that great loss had been inflicted on the enemy, and at noon it dispatch came announcing that | tie Rurik had beensunk just north of Tsu Island. At 1 o'clock came a bulletin from the Japanese fleet conveying the news that the Rossia and Gromoboi, badly damaged, were in flight towward Vladivostok. The final message was the following from Kamimura at 3 o'clock: "We sighted three Russian cruisers at 5.10 a. m. in the Straits of Korea, and at G o'clock engaged them. We found the Russian vessels were the Rurik, Gromoboi and Rossia. After five hours of severe fighting the Rurik was sunk north of Tsu Islaud. The other two ships, which suffered heavily, are fleeing nortnward. Our damages were siignt.~ Kamimura's victory undoubtedly destroys the remaining sea power of the Russians in the Pacific, and now makes certain a sea attack with little delay on Vladivostok. It is well known here that the guns in the forts at Vladivostok are of old pattern, and not at all dangerous to battleships. The Russian torpedo boat flotilla in the Vladivostok harbor is of little value, and previous to an attack a blockade will be at once established. It is certain that ny neutral ships will now enter the harbor, and the Russian population will have to obtain its supplies by rail from Russian territory. There was a great celebration in the streets of Tokio at night in honor of Admiral Togo and Admiral Kamimura. ! 1000 HORSES'FOR MIMIC WAR. Will Ee Needed For the Army Manoeuvres at Manassas. Washington, D. C.?The army manoeuvres arranged for next month at Manassas,'in which nearly 30,000 men will participate, will be on a scale of actual war. The Quartermaster's Department has arranged for the employment of nearly 1000 horses, which will be used in transportation and in meeting other necessaries of the forces in the field. The engineers will go to the camps fully equipped for bridging streams, and in this work will use fourteen six line teams. For tHe medical corps forty-four mounts will be required, thirty-eight ambulances, six escort jwagons and a pack train of twelve mules. This pack train will be in the nature of an experiment in the transportation of medical and surgical supplies. MRS. MAYBRICK SAILS, f'" Coming Here on the Vaderland Under the Name of Rose Ingram. London, England?'The Chronicle says that Mrs. Florence Maybrick left Rouen and was met in Paris by Percy Barnard, stepson of Dr. Densmore, of New York. They then went to Antwerp. There S. Y. Hayden, a Washington lawyer, mot Mrs. Maybrick. He and his wife and Mrs. Maybrick embarked on the steamer Vaderland for New York, Mrs. Maybrick traveling under the name of Rose Ingram. Baroness de Roqnes, Mrs: Maybrick's mother, .will follow Irtter. " \ Waldcck-Rousseau's Funeral. M. Waldeck-Rousseau's funeral was held from a church in Paris. France, and uniforms were conspicuous by their absence. Twenty Drowned in Ocean. Twenty persons were drowned on the British bark Inverskip, which went down off Fastnet after a collision with a tfritisn snip. --ty-i/*. Chinese Welcome Japs. The Chinese Governor of Mukden Issued a proclamation welcoming the Japanese. Prince Henry Not Coming. Prince Henry of Prussia, a special cable dispatch announces, has abandoned his contemplated visit to America. nii'jrmirier Tf.vnrhitnnt IiateS. The Inter-State Commerce Commission decided that railroads in Michigan are charging fruit shippers exorbitant rates. > 4. .. American Consulate Robbed. The American Consulate in Paris, France, was robbed by burglars. Sporting Brevities. Gcorse E. Smith, "Pittsburg Phil," Jias been reinstated by the stewards of the Jockey Club. Fire troubles and broken springs delayed many of the automobiles in the tour to St. Louis. Myopia won the polo championship by defeating Bryn Mawr in the final game of the tournament for the Astor Cup. Holcombe Ward beat Beals C. Wright three sets to one in the final of the lawn tennis singles at Longwood, Mass. GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT Veterans ci tli? Civil War Parade ThfdUfh "Bflstsn. THE BIG EVENT OFTME SESSION rve&tj-iix Thousand Men Fa*i ltevie-.7r lVliara tl,i irnrnnrH TVT AVOI'i EQUAL RIGHTS IN TURKEY | \ The Porte Finally Comes to Terms After Long- Debate. ^ The Appearance of Onr frieet at Smyrna Has It* Expected Effect and Will Now Sail For Gibraltar. Constantinople, Turkey.?After prolonged pourparlers and considerable | haggling on the part of the Turks, a satisfactory solution of the American school question has been arrived at. This matter, which is the most import- j ant of the American demands, was set- 1 tied by extending to American schools ; , the same treatment as that accorded to i schools under the protection of other 1 powers. A settlement of other matters j affecting American interests in Tur- | key, of secondary importance, has also ] been effected, and Minister Leishman has telegraphed to Rear-Admiral Jew- ( ell, in command of the United States' squadron sent to Smyrna, instructing him to salute the batteries on land and ! < depart. J , The sitting of the Council of Ministers, at which the settlement was agreed on, was" a long one, and it was not until near its close that an agreement was reached. The delay in the ' settlement is believed to have been 1 caused by tho intervention of the pal- i 1 ace functionaries, whose policy, in or- j ? der to retain the Sultan's favor, con- j : sists in combatting the rights and priv- j ileges of foreign subjects. Washington, D. C.?The United j : States' war vessels now at Smyrna un- | ' der command of Rear-Admiral Jewell are the Cleveland, the Olympia and the j 1 Balt'.more. They will leave Smyrna j 1 and will sail for Gibraltar. The ships comprise what is known as the American European Squadron and will continue their cruise in European waters 1 for some time. ^ 1 HIS DEATH SAVES OTHERS. i Engineer Stays by Throttle and Keeps ' Cars on Track. Elizabeth, N. J.?James Pettit, engi- i neer of a construction' train on the South Shore branch of the Central Rail- i road of New Jersey, lost his life, but i in doing so saved 200 others from in- 1 jury and perhaps death. The accident occurred four miles from here. The South Shore line "is a single | track affair and is used chiefly l'or 1 transporting laborers and material from the main line in this city to the 1 shops at Carteret. The roadbed is of J recent construction, and is supported by piles driven in the soft marshes. < The train, which consisted of an engine and three coaches filled with i employes, was making the last trip to i this city when the accident occurred, i Engineer Pettit saw the raite spread some twenty feet ahead of his engine and applied the brakes. The train was i aIatttIw ? 4- 4-V?./v +?mft A a c% roonlf ! ULlUVlllg OIUVYIJ at UiC UUIC. ja.o a. I o? the engineer's faithfulness the three coaches remained on the tracks, but the engine bumped along the ties, and finally rolled over the embankment. Pettit went with it, and he was crushed under the engine in the marsh. Fred Mooney, the fireman, escaped death by jumping. He was painfully injured, however. ' BIG AEROLITE FALLS. It Makes a (-treat Light and Shakes j 1 Buildings Twenty Miles Away. Meadville, Fa.?A large aerolite, moving in a northerly direction, struck the earth somewhere near Concord Station, thirty-five miles east of this city, on the line of the Erie Railway. A terrific explosion accompanied the contact with the earth, followed by a high wind lasting fifteen seconds. Erie trainmen from Salamanca to Union City, eighty miles, saw the great light, which lasted from five to ten seconds. The explosion shook buildings l in Titusville, twenty miles away. , i Admiral Wittsoeft Killed. Admiral Wittsoeft was blowa to pieces by a shell on the Czarevitch in the battle of August 10. The battleship was badly shattered, and will , probably be dismantled at Tsing-Chau. Wheat Crop Estimate. * ( Crop experts in the West say the j AnflAAlr io O f\t KR4 i pi COUll U U HKJKJO. AO XVI. tl Jiviu VI. WA, . 750,000 bushels of wheat, but the effect of rust Is still so uncertain that accur- ( ate estimates cannot be made. , : Eight Killed iu Mine Flood* The Barringer Gold Mine, located near Gold Hill, Rovrau County, N. C., \tas suddenly flooded -with water, causing the instant death of eight men employed in the mine. Governess Commits Suicide. Miss Ethel K. Pardoe, governess In the household of Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, worried over letter threatening the abduction of her charges, killed herself. I: Mayor Asked to Intervene. Retail moat dealers in Chicago, III., j decided to ask Mayor Harrison to in- j tervene in the meat strike rioting con- : tinued in the business streets. Bryan is Beaten. William J. Bryan was beaten In the third and final stage of his contest in Connecticut for $50,000 from the estate of the late Philo S. Bennett. lkK, -f Receiver For Big Order. 'A receive1* was appointed in Boston, ! Mass., for the Supreme Council of the American Legion of Honor, a beneficiary organization. ^ British War Boat Sinks. Two British torpedo boat destroyers came in collision off the Scilly Islands and one, the Decoy, sank, but her crew was rescued. Ten Drowned at Regatta. Ten people were drowned by the capsizing of a naphtha launch at a .regatta on the Potomac River, near Washington, D. C. Cardinal Satolli Returns. Cardinal Satolli sailed for Romj on the Sardegna. M Newjy Gleanings. A conductor who found $1500 in his car at Coney Island, Long Island, was given twenty-five cents' reward by an old lady. Joseph Pike, oJ New York City, fell from the fifth floor to the pavement, breaking every clothes line and escaping the slightest injury. The Servian Government is having the Servian coin ^stamped nt the Vienna mint with the head of King Teter instead of that of King Aieiauder. i and Generals Salute Tlinm? General Nelson A. Miles an Honored Guest?A. Human Flair Create* .Sensation. Boston, Mass.?Twenty-six thousand survivors of the Uaion forces which fought in the Civil War marched through the winding streets of historic Boston, and over 500.000 people, who had assembled from all sections of the United States saw pass in review Me Grand Arm.v of the Republic. This was the great feature of national encampment week, and there was a holi- ! flay throughout greater Boston, whose residents flocked to the State capital to view the veteran*. Through street^ brilliantly decorated, between ranks of spectators who < cheered and waved banners, the vet-, erans marched for hours. .From huge grand stands, from the windows and roofs of buildings, aud from wagons, were sent shouts of acclaim. School children sang greeting. To all these the veterans responded with lifted hat or dignified salute./ At the State House the parade was reviewed by Governor Bates, with Governor Van Sant, of Minnesota; W. Murray Crane and George S. Boutwell, former Governors of Massachusetts; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Booker T. Washington. At City Hall Mayor Collins saw the pageant, with former Mayors of Boston and the Mayors of! near-by cities, and in Boylston streetCommander-in-Chief Black reviewed comrades who had come from fortytwo States and two Territories. Among those who witnessed the pafade from Tremont street was General Nelson A. Miles. Seated among the guests under the canopy on the official reviewing stand were members of General Black's family, pa^t and present national officers of the Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of Veterans and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic; several Confederate guests, including Judge Galloway, of Tennessee; General Benliam.'of New Orleans; T. 0. Tlmbeflake and Colonel Finlay. of Kentucky; General Eshleuian and others. The parade started at 11.00 a. 111.. and It was almost 3.30 p. m. before the Inst of the line was in motion, and half a 11 hour later when it passed the reviewing stands of tlie Governor aDd Mayor. It took practically five honrs uud a half for the column to pass a given point. A demonstration differing peculiarly from the others occurred at Winthrop Square, where the disabled veterans viewed their marching comrades. At Temple place and Tremont street the veterans met the most spectacular and picturesque feature of the entire route.^in the form of a '"living flag."' composed of 2000 school children. Alternating ranks of girls wearing red and white dresses represented the stripes, while a square of blue gowned one;* formed a lield in which forty-five, carrying white stars, were placed in a way to give tho effect of resting on the base of azure. The big Grand Army camp lire was held in Mechanics' Building. Tobacco, coffee, doughnuts and cheese .were served to 10,000 persons*, MAXIM'S AIKSHlt' UN VIEW. Sir Hiram's Flying Machin"'' Solves Problem of Aerial Flight. London. England.?The Evening News reports a first view of Sir Hiram Maxim's new flying machine, which, it says, has probably solved the problem of aerial flight..The maehine resembles a gigantic swallow. It is twenty feet long and is painted a vivid scarlet. It is described as a masterpiece of mechanical ingenuity. It flies on the principle of a kite. GIRL SHOOTS A BEAU DEAD. Miss Niedringhaus, of St. Louis, Saves Her Life With Ht-r Rifle. Denver, Col.?The marksmanship oi' Miss Maud M. Niedringhaus, of St. Louis, saved her life while out alone In the Colorado Mountains. A bear attacked the girl, and she gave it two shots from her rifle. ?t? President Rewards Life-Saver. The President has ordered the presentation of a suitably inscribed pair of binocular. glasses t? P. Beategni. captain of the Italian steamer Niceto, for his rescue of the eaptaiu and crew of tHe American uartjc senator reurose, abandoned off Cant Hatteras January 12. Loop-thc-Loop Cyclist Killed. Clarence Deryder, a cyclist, xvas killed wliile attempting to "loop-theIoop" at a local resort in Salt Lake City, Utah. When he reached the upper side of the loop his wheel left tile track, and in the fall his hoad struck the wheel and his neck was broken. Plot io Dynamite Prison. A plot to blow up the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, was discovered by Foreman Griever, who found a stick of dynamite auu a mm jiuu ui imro-gocerine mixed with paiut bidden in one o? the shops. Great Britain Protests. Great Britain lias formally protested to Russia against the inclusion of food as contraband, and lias asked that the list be revised. The protest forms a part of the objection to Russia's treatment of neutral vessels. Want Prince G<n>rge Removed. The Cretans have seur. a petition from Italy asking for the removal of Prince Geor.ce of Greece, and threatenin?: revolt if the reuuest should not be granted. Family of Four Die in Flames. The farmhouse o? B. A. Dowling. near Perth, Okln.. was .set on fire by lightning. Air. Dowling. Iii.s wife and two children were burned to death. The Poric Sends Notice. The Porte has sent n formal note (o the American Legation confirming its undertaking to ,?rant proper treatment to American institutions in Turkey. Ex-Congressman Randall Dead. Former Congressman Charles S. Randall died at New Bedford, Mass. - ' | MEXICO WANTS YANKEES President Diaz Desires American Railroad Men of Experience. The Vera Crtu and Pacific Railroad Now Owned t>y the Meslean Government? Originally or American liulid. Now York City?Representatives of jthe Mexican CJovernraentv.have been 'here within the past few days closing the financial arrangements by which that Government assumes full control of the Vera Crua and Pacific Railroad, and agrees to expend $l,000,900'in putting, the road in shape for speedy operation. Incidentally, these same representatives have brouzht from Presi dent Diaz tempting offers to several American?or, us the Jiexicans say. Yankee ?railroad men to cast th?ir lots with the Vera Cruz and other railway lines in which the Mexican Government is interested. Current rumor mentions the names of some highpriced operating and traffic officers of the Pennsylvania and the Southern Pacific systems' who have been offered large salaries-to go to Mexico. W. G. Eaoul, at one time President of the Mexican National, and well known to railroad men throughout the United States, helped to negotiate the sale of the Vera Oruz and'Pacific to the Mexican Government, and it is expected that he will have some connection with the executive staff of the reorganized company. The Vera Cruz line was an. American enterprise, but, owing to a combination of unfavorable circumstances, caused the bankruptcy of its backer, the American Trust Company. Allan McLane. of Baltimore, was appointed receiver of the trust company, and he brought about a deal by which the Mexican Government agreed to take over the partly completed railroad and guarantee an issue of ST.OOO.CfQO of purchase mortgage bonds. Of this amount the Maryland Trust Company gets $5,000,000 and the railroad company takes $2,000,000, one-half of which is to be immediately expended in completing the road and the other half will be reserved for future needs. President Diaz has taken an active personal interest in this matter and has informed American railroad men that he purposes to have the Vera Cruz road completed as soon as possible, and that he intends to secure the best railroad skill and talent that he can find available in the United States to help him operate the property. * T/Rin T*T?r?K-rctt WTNS BALL GAME. Yonkers Third Baseman Also Settles Westchester Championship. New Rochelle, N. Y. ? With his leg broken in two places, Michael Whalen, third baseman on the Yonkers team, put his man out and won the championship same of basebtll between his team and the Rough Riders of New Rochelle in Dillon Park. Five thousand persons saw Whalen stick to his post and display his wonderful nerve. When they heard how his leg bad been broken in his effort to win the game they sprang to their feet and cheered. He tried to rise to acknowledge the greeting, but fell back and had to be carried off the field. For many months then* has been muchy feelihg between the Yonkers and Rough Rider teams and this same was to decide the championship of Westchester County. As a result a great crowd was present. The game stood 9 to S In favor of Yonkers in the ninth inning. Two Rough Riders were out and a man was on second base. The batter knocked a grounder and the man on second dashed toward third, running into Whalen, knocking him down and breaking his leg. As Whalen fell a Yonkers fielder threw the ball to third base. Whalen saw it coming, reached up and .caught it and r?ut his man out. ra/au tslron tn th#? \"t>W Rochelle Hospital. TIBETANS CONSIDER TREA1T. Object to the Amount of Indemnity Demanded by the British. Llhasa, Tibet.?Supplies are now coming in more freely to the British camp. The Tibetans have the draft of the treaty proposed by the British, and a formal reply concerning it is expected soon. It is reported that the main objection to the proposed convention is the amount of indemnity to he paid by the Tibetans. Colonel Younghusbind. the civil commissioner accompanying the expedition./ has rented a large house and garden. TORTURED BY ROBBERS. Greensburg, Pa.?The iiomc of J. W. Etter, three miles from here, was broken into in his absence by burglar*;, and his wife was sandbagged, after which the visitors tied his aged mother a:.d father to the bed post. The old couple have passed eightyfive years, and the worst is feared from the shock. The burglars got -KM. Sculptor Brings Suit. Suit will be* begun for S^OO.OOf) damages by Sigma- .JJiondi, a sculptor, against the officers and trustees of*the Metropolitan Museum, i,%. New York City, for refusing to exhibit hiv group. Saturnalia. To Ailmit Mrs. M;iybriek. Orders will hi> sent from Washington to admit Mrs. Maybriek. who mailed from Europe for America, vitiiout question. No Corpora I I'uuishnient. Corporal pnrrt^iinrrit is to bo abolished in Russia as .in art of sracu- dinto tiie birth of the Czar's son. First Over New Line. The Orst passenger train v.';?v run over tlie Iiock Maud's now Uiu. i'ruin St. Louis to K.uisis City. Trolley Kiiis ('ondiioto;*. A trolley car r r ItX. j. The conductor w.i.? killed and sevei> passengers wer.- injured. Minor Mention. j The British Moyn! Commi.-^joij doI cided that frozen or chilled meat dues | not contribute iu any way to incr*;<s: intr the number of cda'cs of cancer in the United Kingdom. John Rogers, sculptor. \vl:?? died Hie ; otiier day, ranif into sudden rotiee during the Civil War throusli the inodoIiujlc of groups illustrative ?.>f army and typical American life. Two actions involving about $00,000 I have been beiruu against the Stoe^. Grain aud E'rorisiou Company by a | former correspondent, who alleges that i he was "sold out" without not'.ce. -A DEMOCRATS NOTIFY DAVIS I Candidate For Vic3-?residency OH- I cially Inform 3d by Committee. | JOHN SHARf WILLIAMS SPEAKS I ' CeremonleB Take at llotrl in Whits .. ' H Sulphur Sprinff!''. VV. Va.. Where Mr. 9 DstIi Was Guejt-Httndreda or Party I Enthusiasts Applaud Speaker?Famoo* I "Stonewall Jackson'1 liaad Plays. N White Sulphur Springs, W, Vs.? n Henry Gassaway D-ivi.s was formally, I notified that he is the nominee the I Democratic party for Vice-President of I the United States. Mi*. Davis accepted 0 the nomination in a brief speech re- flf viewing the political situation, echoing H the sentiments of Judgi? Tsrker on the B money question and expressing the de- H termination to be successful in thq X Campaign. H Dnnroonnf a fi rn TaIhi Shnm WDliims. H of Mississippi, Chairman of the Notift- C9 catlou Committee of (he St. Louis con- H ventiou, delivered the aotiflcation. ad- R iress. B The ceremonies were lield on the H (awn of the hotel ?i which Mr. Davis * H is a guest andNvhicli affords a natural "H amphitheatre,''the ground sloping up 99 from the speaker's >t;md on all side' H and sheltered by huge; spreading oaks.' K9 The day was au id.'al on<? from every H standpoint. An early morning fog had: H been dissipated by the sun, and the air H was still and crisp. H Hundreds of enthusiastic Democrats IS bad assembled from Lhe Virginias and. the bordering States, .uii mapy trains BB brought others from a distance-. H Sturdy mouutainecr.s came on horse- Kg back, on foot and in ;vagons, with their M families. H The ceremonies were marked with. Hi the utmost simplicity The famous fl "Stonewall Brigade" baud of Staunton, Va., organized by General Jackson, played stirring air?. W8 At the conclusion of lhe ceremonies' a delegation of seventeen ladles from bH Atlanta. Ga., headed by Mrs. W. I? Peel, all bearing the Georgia State BQ dag. came forward to congratulate t&e HE candidate. . ^ I r'BS $70^009 TO SEVEN FRIENDS. ' H locomotive Engineer Wills $10,000 WM ' Each to His Former Firemen. I HS T.onisvills. Kv.?Seven engineers of ^ES the Illinois Central Railroad received HH $10,000 each from the. estate of Joe1 Bornschien, a rich Jew who died re- HI eently in Paducah. H| Bornsehien for man J- years was one- Km of the crack engineers of the Illinois Central and pulled the throttle on the fast passenger trains between Louisville and Memphis. The siren bene* EH flciaries of his will had been his firemen, and he had secured the promotion H of each of them to be engineer before KH he left the road to take the manage- MJ ment of the large estate left to his care by bis father. Kg Borschien loved his engine, and had BMBj it not; been for the death of his father he would never have left his work. Kfl TRAMTS' UNION GOES ON STRIKE HI Heavy, Hand of "VVilliamsport PoliceBS8 Sends Them Back to the Stone Pile. WsSk "Williaaisport, Pa.-Twenty-six trampi HZ ?4- -.1 /-?* !- An fhft r*\fxr ?si-nno nilft nrnizp#t ^HXl a union and struck, declaring that they ffiK wore not properiy fed. When the Chief of Police put them H|H on a bread and warer diet and in soli- HH ..'M-y confinement the "walking dele-"^^B gates" unanimously decided to call theKli| strike off, and are now again cracking^H| Wisconsin Crops Poorer. ffifflj According to the monthly report of^H| the Wisconsin State r.ourd of AgricuI-^^B ture crop condition's in Wisconsin areHH considerably poorer than they wereHSB ! when the last report was issued foucHH weeks ago. The condition of oats decreased from 98 to 88 per cent. ofBffi an average crop and corn from S5 to^HB 75 per cent. Tobacco will be about per cent, of the usual crop. HH? ' Rurik's Men Lost. The captain and all the higher offl-HBB cers of the Russian cruiser Rurik wereflBH lost in the action which ended with theBflfiR cruiser's sinking. Many of the 601 men^^H rescued were badly wounded. SBW Will Not Use Water. CTjgjfij Assistant Secretary Darling, of. th<Sra Navy Department, refused the reques^Effi of Christian Endeavor societies tha^^H water be used in naming the battleshii^^H Connecticut. SbM New York Subway Car Runs. jsU?| On a secret night trip a subwajflHH ! train in New York City made the jonrHBS ! i*.i- iVnni citv Hall to Harlem in th^Hg9 promised schedule time of fifteen Uttle Girl Scares Burglar. Asnes Berke, a twelve-year-old girflnHj 9f West Iloboken. N. J., with an unH loaded revolver foiled two robbers whHHBjj entered her father's store while shHHH . Statesboro Guards Resign. jnMM Many members of the StatesboiBMH (Ga.)' Guards- requested their di^jHn charges, and severely criticised, CaflHBB tain Hitch on account of the recei^^^H tragedy. jgHHMI New Orleans Cotton Report. HUMMR Scvr Orleans people aivj said to ioc^^^H for 500,000 hales larger movement September than last y./ar. aud an e^BEA cess of from oOO,OUf> to 400,000 bales the visible supply L>y the end of SeHj^H The Coal Markets. gnwffl rtf I, rli r-i r>i lr> nf VCUiiiiiiaiiisiis* v/l ? ? ~~ water aro ofcominc ~o limited thut^^nD would l)-x ilr:.ost impossible to riiriua^HBK order* c.illiu^ i'oi immediate iHB A rut of h tun in sUmM a:ul proline's was anuoiinoed by a iary company ot tlr- United ?u;flNB| f?tcel ('orporatioii. aajaflB .Seercfarj flay u Grandfather. B?EE 5>e? rotary Hay's first sjrar.dson, a ^Hh to Mr. ami Mrs. I'ayn^ Whitney % \flH| born nt .'illswortlt. M<\ SzSfiB TwmiIa-two X'irt.'uim Knocked 1 Twenty-two New York City tirem^^^^f Includintr two battalion chiefs. ' overcome at a Cortlandt stre'A bla;:^B^B[ i .