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;(Continued froii tively refused to give up the keys. The crowd brushed him aside as if he v-ere a child and broke the lock on the frail doors and brought the three negroes, Johnson. Feldier and Iartwell out, one after the uther. The negres all expected to he lynched and their fear was rreat. It was understood that they knew of the acts of the Evans boys and they were made to tell what they knew. At first they did this very. reluctantly. One by one they were cowhided within an inch of their lives and then they told their stories. It is remarkable that ail three of the negroes. who like all of their kind lie in fear an-i lie under all circumstances. should have told the same tales. Charles Evans shot Mr. Phillips. they all said. His brother helped him to get ready for the crime and went with him when he shot mto, the Phillips household. That Jim was an accessory to the crime they urovEd by stories that tallid, absolute ly. but each said that it was Charles who tired the shot. THE REAL WORK OF THE NIGHT. After the negroes had been beaten so that they will be marked for life they were put back in the guard house and then began the real work of the night. Evans was taken out and car ried to the outskirts of the town. le was asked if he wished to make a statement and in reply said that if the crowd would only let him live un til morning that he would tell them who committed the crime. Ile was denied this privilege and told that he must die. Then he tried to place the cri-ne on his brother. Ie was asked to tell where his brother was. le said that he did not know. but he knew that he could tind him by morning or some of his friends could. The mob, with the thought of old Phillips and his wounded children in their minds, laughed in derision. HUNGRY FOr% THEIR PREY. "Take him out in the woods. We will teach every negro within 1.000 miles of here to keep their guns away from women and old men," cried the ringleader of the mob of now mad dened men. They lifted the negro his yellow face shining in the lights of the lauterns, bodily from the ground and carried him out in a little woods beyond the town -not very far, to be sure, not more than 200 yards at the utmost, from the house where the old soldier's lifeblood was oozing out slowly, and some of them would have carried him further but for the fact that the string of lies that he cried out on the night air seemed to enrage them more and more-at every step they took. BURLED INTO ETERNITY. nallyt y put him down on the und a semi-circle of men stood him-some with their riles raised for fear that he, noted as a fleet-footed negro, would escape- -and the customary piece of rope was pro duced. It took but a moment then to put it about his neck and the co wardly brute was told to make his peace with his Goa. Insted he begged for mercy. "Ask Phillips," was the laconic re ply, and the rope was made taut. 'Now stand back men and riddle the brute, so that every negro thalt comes this way Wednesday may have his lesson." Two hundred guns were fired at the 'word and when your correspondent went to the scene Wednesday morn there were just 12 wounds in the body. THE AWFUL SIGHT A LESSON. The negro made an ugly picture, the sun steaming down on his copper colored face and the blood dripping from his wounds. But his dead face was as nothing to the live ones of the negroes about the scene. Despite the -fact that they knew that there is dan ger for every negro in the county, Un til after Mr. Phillips dies, like a mur .derer to the scene of his crime, they hailed back and camped around the spot. Up to late hour Wednesday evening the body had not been cut down, the towns-people leavinig it -swinging from the limb of the tree all 2day, that it might teach the lesson -that they said was so much desired in the country and from which they hoped much good effect would -emanate. shde Meantime down the hae country lane but a short distance away there is another picture. It is within the vine-clad cottage of the Phillips. Since the fatal wounding it has been prac tically impossible to keep the old man in bed. He half sits, half reclines in a chair with his head on his arm, suf tering the death agony that is only the question of a few hours. The room is on the verandah. The neigh bors sit about and take turns doing what they can to aleviate the fright ful pain. When your correspondent entered the room the wounded man -had just passed though one of his paroxysms of pain, In a moment of consciouness he asked with sonie pathos in his voice what any one could have against him that could have caused the deed. The two sons are -half crazed over the suffering. that they brought on their father; and thus far the physicians have been un able to relieve his pain. The fact that he is alive at all is a mystery and it is thought that he cannot possibly live until morning. .-A GooD comwINrrY. Mr. Phillips was employed as the overseer of Mr. II. L. Solomons, a wealthy merchant and farmer of the neighborhood. Mr. Solomons said Thursday that in ten years' residence in the community he had not seen a half dozen drunken men of any description, and that the citizens were a peaceful, lawbiding people. The assassination of his overseer he regards as the most horrible thing that ever occurred in the community, and al though he had nothing to do with the lynching he did not condemn it. The inquest will be held Thursday morning. It is not expected that any thing will come of the inquest, how ever, as the lynchers are sworn to secrecy, and try as he would your cor respondent could learn nothing of the identy of any of them. Information was received here late this afternoon that Jim Evans had given himself up in Orangeburg. The consensus of opinion wa-, that it was' :best thing that could happen to the community if be had, as scooting par ties had been out all day long and if the other Evans boy had been captur ed it would undoubtedly have fared hard' with him. Neither of the wounds to Mr. Philips' children were at all serious and they were up and about the village. NO NEGiIOE IN NORwaY. Not a negro was seen in the place Wednesday except a few old and trust ed servants who condemn the action of the Evans desperadoes as much as the white people of the community. It has been feared all Wednesday that here might be trouble again that "O;i.Ii iown' t~hat t~tU, gG l at been. congregatg in the country nearby here. The sheriff did hot seem to entcrtain this fear and the request of some of the citizens that Gov. Hey ward b2 asked for troops was not re garded. That the negroes are still much stirred ul. however. cannot he questioned. The saw mill near here and the ulaning miii where some :0 or 40 Legras are employed had t" shut down because they counld get. no uegro labor. On the other hand a nugaber or ne-groes just outside or the town are workini- quietly in tie tields and the hope. ifr not the expectation. is im the hearts of all that the trouble is at an end. COTTON MILL TAXES Will be Fixed by the State Board of Equalization. The State board of equalization has been called to meet in Columbia on the 15th of July. This is a very im portant commission, having for its main object the assessment for taxa tion of the property of cotton mills, oil mills. etc. The chairman of the board last year was Mr. W. W. Braa ley. of Abbeville. The call for the meeting was issued by the comptroller general. ion. A. W. Jones, who would have announced 'an earlier date but for tie fact that the returns from a reat many of the mills had to be sent back to the county auditors for correc tion. The board has a number of new members this year. and is constituted a.; follows: Abbeville-W. W. Bradley. Abbe Ville. Aiken-J. L. Quinby. Aiken. Anderson-C. H. Bailey, Storeville. Bamberg-S. D. Guess, Denmark. Barn well-i. C. Griffin, itobbins. beaufort-J. S. Claghorn. Graham ville. Berkeley-J. St. Clair White, Gough. Charleston-M. Israel, Charleston. Cherokee-T. M. Littlejohn, Star Farm. Chester-C. E. Fant, Chester. Chesterfield-). -M. Barrebting, Chesterfield. Clarendon-A. J. Richbourg, St. Paul. Colleton-A E. Williams, Cottage ville. Darlington-W. J. Rogers, Darling ton. Dorchester-C. M. Gavin, St. Geor ges. Edgetield-11. 1H. Cochran, Reho both. Fairfield-John 1i. Patrick. White Oak. Florence-Alex McTaggert, Hawes. Georgetown-Louis S. Erich, Geor get)wn. Greenville -W. D. Garrison, Green ville. Greenwood-J. W. Alton Green wood. Hamton-H. D. Mallingan, Mulli gan's. Horr-J. P. Derham, Green Sea. Kershaw-J. M. Sowell, Kershaw. Lancaster-J. Wren Tillman, Lan caster. Laurens-R. P. Adair, Clinton. Lee-T. Ed Baskins, Bishopville. Lexington--F . Hendrix, Lees ville. Marion-L. B. Rogers, Latta. Marlboro-A. J. Matheson, Ben nettsville. Newberry--H Hi. Folk, Newberry. Oconee-C. WV. Pitchford, Wal halla. Orangeburg-J. D. Shuler, Felder Pickens--Burl C. Johnson, Easley. Rihland -J. A. Meetze, Columbia. Saluda-J. C. H. Ranch, Wyse Ferry. Spartanburg -J. J. Vernon, Well Sumter.-. L. McLauren, Sumter. Union -R. u. Hill, Carlisle. Williamsbrg-W. R. Funk, Kings York-W. W. Boyce, Rock Hill. NOB KILLED NEGRO. Nobody Seems to Know Anything or Guilty Parties. A dispatch from Anderson Thurs day night says: Reuben Elrod, a re spected old negro who lives near Pied mont, was shot and killed in his own home about 10 o'clock last night, and three negro women, who were occu pants of the same house were given a severe whipping. Details of the affair are meagre. Magistrate Bowen held an inquest over the body of the dead negro today. The vedict of the jury was that he came to his dleath at the hands of parties unknown. The women who testiied at -the inquest, said that about 10 o'clock last night a crowd of about 50 white men came to the house and after shooting and gilling Elrod, gave them a severe beating and warn ed them to leave tbe county. The women said they did not recog onize any of their assailants, but that they did not live in that community. This is all that is definitely known. The general supposition is that the women were objectionable to the peo pie of the community and that a posse of citizens went to the house to chas tise them and driv-e them away and that Elrod~ resisted them and was killed. The affair is strongly con demned by the people in and around Pied mont and a thorough investiga tion will likely be had. NE York girls who are employed in otices and stores remotes from their places and residences have petitioned the elevated railroad management for special cars for women. "Night af ter night," says one of them, "have I waited patiently for tive, ten or even tfteen minutes on the very edge of he platform in the hope of obtain ing a place or a seat in an incoming empty train, and then as the gates were opened I and women around me have been dragged aside and driven back in a malestrom of ruttians striv ing, it would seem, to crush us weaker ones out of their way."~ TH honest, hard-working, law abiding negroes, and there are plenty of them. make a grave mistake when they ally themselves with cowardly muurderers like the man who brutally assassinated Mr. Phillips, and who was lynched for his dastardly crime. Eans was not lynched because he was a negro, but because be had as sasinated a citizen in the presence of his family, and no negro can afford to defend that crime. E Wilmington Star asks: "Why does a man who discontinues his sub sript ion to a newspaper when in debted to it consider himself absolved from all legal and moral .obligationl to pay the 1honest debt?"'x Because he is TIT"; STATE MMLITIA1 Greehiilc, Columbia and Anderson Selected for Camps. WORRIED BY TRANSPORTATION. The Rtegimients. Companies anld their Commanding Omficers. Dates of the Encampment Have Been Fixed. The First regiment of Milita of. the State will go into camp at Co lumbia on the 20th of July, the Sec- I ond regiment will be camped at Green ville one week later and the Third regiment will go to Anderson the first week in August. The time and place of encampment of the cavalry regi ment has not yet been designated. The Naval Reserves will not take part in this encampment, the government making other provisions for them. This is the outcome of the delibera tion of the "war college board' of the State militia, if such a designation is apropos for the commission which met in Columbia Wednesday. At this meeting there were present Gov. fleyward, Gen. Frost, Assistant General Patrick, Gen. Wilie Jo.es, Col. J. C. Boyd, of Greenville, Col. D. 0. Herbert, of Orangeburg, Col. Henry Scbachte, of Charleston, and Col. Sparkman, of Georgetown, com manding the cavalry regiment. Rock Hill, Camden, Sumter, Char leston, Anderson, Greenville and Co lumbia submitted bids for the en campment of all or of part of the troops. Each of these places offered in writing to furnish camp sites, drill grounds, water, lights, fuel and free transportation of baggage. Camden made an attractive offer of the polo grounds, and may yet be selected as the place for the cavalry regiment to go into camp. It was decided to limit the number of each company to 60 men. CENTRAL CA31P NEXT YEAR. A resolution was passed to the ef fect that: "It is the sense of this committee that a central drill ground be located and that the regiments be ordered in turn to encamp at that central drill ground." It was also decided to have a seven days' encampment on five days' pay. In fact the matter of tinances worried the committee no little. As suggest ed in The State the appropriation would hardly hold out if the plans then in view should have been carried out, for the troops from the up coun try wanted to go to' Charleston and the troops from the coast wanted to go to Anderson. IIGB TIDE INTERFERED. But after investigation it was-found that the hour in the afternoon most suited to drill work and to inspection would find the beach at the Isle of Palms covered with water, and that most attractive camp site was ruled out, and the First regiment was or dered so Columbia instead, saving the encampment fund several hun dred dollars. The matter of pans portation worried the committee no little, and the resolution practically ixing Columbia as the place of en campment for all of the militia here after is regarded as the only solution of the transportation problem. FIRST REGIENT. The following companies compose Col. Boyd's regiment, which will camp in Columbia on the 20th of July: First regiment, Col. .J. C. Boyd, Greenville. Greenville Light Intantry, Greenville, Capt. E. M. Blythe. Liberty Hill Rifles. Liberty Hill, Capt. J. G. Richards, Jr. -Smyth Rifles, Pelzer, Capt. J. Adger Smyth. Greenwood Guards, Greenwood, Capt. Ira B. Taylor. Anderson Rifles, Anderson, Capt. Jno. M. Patrick. Morgan Rifles, Clinton, Capt. Jno. F. Langston. Hlaselwood Rifles, Chester, Capt. M. J. Wallace. Catawba Rifles, Rock Hill, Capt. H. M. Dunlap. Lee Light Infantry, Chester, Capt. R. G. Mills. Fort Mill Light Infantry, Fort Mill, Capt T. B. Spratt. Jasper Light Infantry, Yorkville, Capt. W. B. Moore. Jonesville Guards, Jonesville, Capt. R. W. Scott. SECOND REGIENT. Col. Herbert's regiment, which-will go to Greenville the week following will consist of the following com paies: Kershaw Guards, Camden, Capt. S. C. Zemp. Richland Volunteers, Columbia, Capt. L. W. Haskell. Governor's Guards, Columbia, Capt. Geo. R. Rembert. Columbia Light Infantry, Colum bia, Capt. Chas. T. Lipscomb. 'llman Volunteers, O)rangeburg, Capt. J. H. Claffy. Edisto Rifles, Orangeburg, Capt. J. A. Berry. Bamberg Guards, Bamberg, Ca pt. W. R. Wright. Fort Motte Guards, Fort Motte, Capt. A. T. Darby. Timmonsville Guards, Trimmons ville, Capt W. H. Keith. Darlington Guards, D)arlington, Capt. E. R. Cox. Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter, Capt. C. B. Yeadon. Brookland Light Infantry, Brook land, Capt.. Shuler.. Bishopville Light Infantry, Capt. G. F. Parrott. THI RD RE-IMENT. The Third regiment, Col. Schachte's fine body of troops from Charleston, received a special in vitation from An derson and will go there August 3rd. The following are the companies of that command: Sumter Guards, Charleston, Capt. T. T. Hyde. Washington Light Infantry. Char leston, Capt. F. E. Robson. Irish Volunteers, Charleston, Capt. D. F. Kearney. German Fusileers, Charleston. Capt. H. B. Schroder. Palmetto Guards, Charleston, Capt. J. . E . Stelling. Georgetown Rifles, Georgetown Capt. S. M. Ward. Santee Rifles, Elloree, Capt. S. C. Kemmerlin. Calhoun Light Infantry, Florence. Capt. C. E. Johnson. Iartsville Light Infantry, Harts vile Capt. C. W. Coker.-The State. Ten Lives Lost. A special from Austin says a meag er telephone report from Beeville at 1 o'clock says a cloudburst occurred Thursday and that ten lives were lost. All wires are down to Beeville. Wash outs are reported on the Arkansas aes railway. Tmoights Cool'and Favorable t Cot ton Development. Section Director Bauer has issued the following crop bulletin: The week ending 8 a. m. Monday, Jine 2). 19o:3. had a mean temperature of T iegrees which is about 4 degrees below normal. The nights continue too cool or the favorable development of cot ton. There was more than the usnal imount of cloudiness, aid there is an indicated need of more sunshine for -orn, cotton and melons. There were local high winds accompanying thun erstorms that caused slight damage ver limited areas. The western half of the State had eneticial rains on the 22nd and 26th, the latter heavy enough to stop culti vation for the remainder of the week, but the rain was needed to soften cruit ed lands that had become too hard to plow. The central and northeastern ountries had rain nearly every day, with some excessive rains that washed lands and rendered all bnt hillsides too wet to cultivate. In Barnwell, Bam berg, Orangeburg. Berkeley, Williams burg, Sum ter, Clauendon, Florence, 1 Darlington, Marion and Marlboro, and parts of adjoining counties, crops are suffering from lack of work and excess of moisture. The immediate coast counties had moderated and benefi cial rains. The average rainfall for the State was nearly two inches. Ilail storms occurred in many counties, serious damage by hail was reported from Berkeley, Marlboro and Saluda counties only. The general conditions of all crop is better than any time this season, but the improvement is comparatively slight in many places, and all cultiva ted tield crops need dry weather to permit cultivation, and to rid them of grass. They also need more suushine to give them a healthier color, and greater warmth to stimulate to more rapid growth. The corn crop is fairly promising, except in a few central counties where lack of cultivation and an excess of moisture has given it a sickle color and a stunted growth. Early corn is being laid by in the eastern and cen tral counties, with mtny tields in grassy condition. It is tasseling. Bottom land corn has not recovered from the effect of the recent floods and is poor. There is general improve ment in cotton over last week both in color and growth. but the plants con tinue small and in places still lack a healthy color, while stands are broken and irregular. Lice are less prevalent than last week. First blooms are re ported. since the 19lh. from the east ern and central parts of the State, but blooming is not general. Last year cotton was in full bloom by the 1st of July. The work of cleaning fields has made rapid progress but many fields are still grassy, and some have not been chopped to stands. Sea island cot ton is small, but vigorous and healthy. Tobacco curing is in progress. The tobacco crop has improved recently, and now ranges from fair to exceed ingly fine. Rice is doing well. Cantalope ship-nents have begun. Hay meadows, sweet potatoes and cane look fine. The fruit prospects are less promising, especially for ap ples and grapes. Gardens are fine. ANOTEE JOINT OF VIEW. A Chicago Preacher Says Some Sensi ble Things About Lynichings. "I am no advocate of lynching or of mob law, but I would rather see a community wrought to the highest pitch over crimes that would seem im possible this side of hell than to re main apathetic." was s;he declara tion of the Rey. Dr. W. A. Bartlett at the First Congregational church of Chicogo on Sunday in a pre lude on "Lynching from Another Point of View." Dr. Bartlett said among other things: "I have seen so many ser mons, editorials and resolutions de nouncing lynching and mob law that one gets the impression that the citi zens who hang or t.urn the destroyer of life and all that is held sacred by womanhood are the race offenders rather than the monster whom they destroy. "We seem to be so absorbed with the majesty of this vague term 'law' that the notion appears to prevail that the real criminals are those who do not wait for legal processes, and the violator of womanhood- is the abused party. "'We shudder at the torture of the] criminal who is burned, but apparent ly forget to shudder for the innocent girl whose mental and spiritual agony is tenfold greater than that of the tire. This is not a race probiem ex eept so far as one race are the offend ers. The white man who commits the same crime is just as guilty. -"The indignant uprising of a comn munity and some of tne best men in it to avenge a wrong of such awful magnitude may be technically law less, but the spirit which causes the prising is tlpe reflection of a higher iviization. There are~ crimes so lreadful that the pure and the chiv airous and the strong tind it well nigh] impossible to endure the thought that suchi a degenerate should pollute the earth by his presence. It is easy to theorize about the anarchy of mob law, but the same hand which penned the calm editorial might be the first to grasp the torch if it was a mother. wife or daughter who was the victim. I say that when you look at a lynching from another view point it is imply the bursting forth of an indig nation and loathing that will not be. ahecked. In the Old Testament days they made short work of such an of render. "Lynching is certainly a bad method and forms the habit of disorder and makes men bloodthirsty. But if it is to be avoided there certainly is called for a more sure and speedy trial of these wretches who often brazenly ieny crime amid red tape o:f legal processes, but confess abjectly when fronted with determined men. It is1 useless to bring to trial men who rise up to protect their tiresides. The 3mmunity wvill not bear it. If men bject to be burned let them cease rom crimes which make a nation AT a mass meeting of negroes in Chicago to denohunce the Bellcville1 lynching it was decided that the ne-i ro in Illinois should arm himself.1 Strange that at these negro indigna-< tion meetings it never occurs to the orators and agitators to propose resolu-1 ions warning members of their race against assaulting women and murder ing white people in cold blood. By< all means let the Illinois negro arm< imself: the quicker the violent ele ment makes the issue with law and order the quicker well be rid of the1 A MAN ASSASSIN 01 shook Rands With His Victim. Then d Shot Him to Death. t( y rEXAS' COMPTROLLER IS SLAIN 01 ii t< Mne Assailant a Former Attache, r( Who After the Crime. Acci- C dentally Kills Himself, it it Supposed Wrongs. ti There was a terrible tragedy enact- t d at Austin, Texas, on Tuesday b norning of last week. Frenzied by a ;upposed wrongs. W. G. Hill, an ex fi atache of the State comptroller's I )tfce, Tuesday morning, a few A ninutes past 10 o'clock, entered the tC )rivate office of State Comptroller R. n %L Love and killed him by means of a wo well-directed shots from a large b alibre revolver. As Hill turned to b lee, he was intercepted by Chief k 1lerk Stevens of the department. who S( sl ngaged him in a scuttle, during which b dis revolver was accidentllay exploded. s1 rhe bullet entered Hill's abdomen :ausing a wound from which he died a it .3 o'clock in the afternoon, three ours after the death of the man c whose life he sought. Thus, in brief, fi is told the story of the double tragedy, S he first assassination ever cbronicled 0 in the Texas capital. The shooting as thrown the town and State into a ommotion, but the death of the d assassin, as well as his victim, has v losed the story in one chapter. sl As to what caused the shooting none 8 an explain, other than that it was h the act of a madman. Hill had been 6 an employe of the comptroller's office v for 10 years preceding Love's term of a oice. He was let out by Mr. Love I when the latter took charge and it is k presumed that this fact preyed upon b his mind until he went insane. This b morning he -went to the capitol, en- si tered Mr. Love's private office, spoke b to him cheerfully, shook hands, and r handing him a letter to read, sat down : at the invitation of the comptroller. v o sooner had Mr. Love began to read s, the letter than Hill sprang to his feet n and fired two shot into the body of d Mr. Love, one taking effect just above, r and the other immediately below, the a heart. Mr. Love screamed, dropped b tne letter and sprang half forward to wards his assassin, then gasped and fell backward. Hill, seeing that his purpose had been accomplished, turned to make for the door. Ht was intercepted by Chief Clerk Stevens' who grapped with him and was wrestling with him when Hill's pistol was accidentally t discharged the bullet entering Hill's t abdomen. He fell a dead weight in i Stevens' arms and was lowered gently to the floor where he lay until taken to the hospital. He died at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Love was given all medical attention possible but diedr within an hour after the shooting. The letter that Hill gave to Love rea Is as follows: Austin, Tex., xx, 1903. Col. R. M. Love, State Comptroller. Dear Sir: Public ofilce is a public trust. Public oflices are created for the service of the people and not for the aggrandizement of a few Individ uals. The practice of bartering de partment clerkships for private gain is a disgrace to the public service, and in this nefarious traffic you are a record breaker. You have robbed the State employes and your incompetent administration has prompted others to rob the State. The man who,1 clamng to be a Christian, deprives others of employment without cause, is a base hypocrite and a tyrant. The greatest mind that ever gave its wis dom to the world; the mind of all thers most capable of umpiring the mutiny between right and wrong,' said 'you take my life when you do bake from me the means by which I ive.' If that be true, you are a mur erer of the deepest crime. Although cannot help myself before laying ife's burden down I shall strike a blow-feeble though it be-for the good of my deserving fellowmen. For the right against the wrong. For the weak against the strong. Yours truely, W. G. Hill. Mr. Hill was a quiet and gentleman y person and was never known to aave been addicted-to any bad habits. At the time of the shooting he was olding a good position in the city, s0 Ghat dire want could not have in tigated the frenzy that prompted thet shooting. It is the opinion of all that t was the act of an insane man. Im-C ediately af ter the shooting and while Ril was still lying in the corridor, a sottle of laudanum was taken from ais pocket, and reaching fur it, he said: ~Let me take that and die easy." This had led many to believe that he onteplated suicide following his hooting of the comptroller. Both nen have families surviving them. 30mptroler Love's remains were ship ed to his old home in Limestone :ounty for interment and Hill's re nains will be buried Thursday. An Illinois Exhibit. b At a meeting held in Chicago Fri ay night to protest againt the lynch .ng of a negro in Bellevilfe, Ill., Sena- t or Hopkins of that State exercised ilmself chiefly with denunciation of ,he Southern States, which have dis 1ranchised the negro. Among other ~ ihings he said: "In my eighteen I fears of service mn Congress it has t een my pleasure to remark the ability C f a score of negro Congreesmen, who 'l -epresented at one time the States of 7 4ississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.r4 [t Is a shame and disgrace to these States that there are no longer men of olor in their Congressional delega- t ions. It is a shame to the nation t hat the hewers of wood and the Irawers of water in those States are 2t represented by men of their own ass, and, until public sentiment C ;hall he aroused and these States re urn negroes to Congress, It will con-t ;inue to be a disgrace to the United 3tates. In the language of the harleston Evening Post "what had t his to do with the lynching of a f iegro in Illinois? Not the least :hing in the world, but the people )f the South are not and the people Z >f Belleville and Its vicinity are consti- t: ;uents o Senator Hopkins, and will C lave something to say about his soiltical future. It costs nothing to enounce the South and it might be xxpensive to go too strong or at too~ ti great length upon the lawlessness of' the citizens of Belleville. Therefore, he Senator engaged himself vigorous- c: yy with asubject far away from home." ~ 'I Killed rny nown rarties. An inquest over the body of ChId3 vans, who was lynched at Norway i Tuesday night, was held on Thurs y norning by Coroner Rickenbak -. Six witnesses were examined. The first witness, Dr. C. H. Ables, ,stifled, as follows: "About 8 o'clock sterday morning I was driving out town when I saw a dead body bang w to a tree about one mile out of >wn, and about 100 yards from the )ad. I went up to see what I could arn. I found that it was the body of has. Evans and saw many gunshot ounds in the body. I beard no shoot ig the night before. I saw strangers i town but heard nothing that would ad me to think there would be any ing done Monday night." The second witness, Mr. B S. Cog urn, testified. as follows: "I was sleep Tuesday night at home when I as awakened during the night by the ring of guns and as the firing ceased did not go out to see where it was. .fter I arose next morning and went > my place of business I heard that a gro had been lynched out of town, ad with others I went out to where ie body was hanging to an oak tree y a rope around the neck and the nds tied behind the back. I did nct now who the negro was. I had never -en him before. I saw great many rangers In town the evening before, at did not hear any one say anything out lynching a negro that night." Other witnesses examined testified bout the same thing and after a short Lk to the jury by Coroner Ricken aker the jury came to a verdict that the deceased came to his death om the effect of gun shots and rangulation at the hands of a party r parties unknown to the jury." A Terrible Tragedy. A terrible tragedy occurred Thurs ay night at the village of Leecy, ,hen Mrs. Wm. Baxter hanged her lf and two children, Goodson, aged years and Gladys, aged 3. When er husband returned to the house at o'clock he could not get in. He aited for some time; then broke in window and searched in the house. a an unfinished attic over the itchen, reached by a ladder, be saw anging side by side from the rafters is wife and two children. It is bated that Mrs. Baxter handed her usband a bottle of wine to drink. [e took some of it and was so sick hat he had to consult a physician. 'at the wine was drugged or poisoned emed probable. The contents re mining will be analyzed. From in ications, the woman must have car led the children up the ladder one at time. The room was so low that the oy's feet nearly touched the floor. "Doing" Europe In Your Mind. According to a Cairo contemporary, ersons who wish to let their friends :now that they are "doing" Europe on princely scale the while they are liv ng In retirement for a time need only pply to an agency in Paris, which will indertake to send your letters to prac ically any place In Europe you may se ect and there to have them posted for 'ou on any date you may choose. The Lemand for such an institution. arose 't of the absolute horror the Parisian if "high life" has of 1,eing suspected of emaining in Paris or its environs In he bathing season. One feature of the oke s that you can not only get your tters posted from some distant spot, ut you can get answers received for ou and reposted to your temporary hid g place. There are great possibilities or American travelers in this. Why ot stay In America and "do" Europe? -New York Tribune. Insurance Has Its Humor. An enterprising Insurance agent In uced an Irishman to take out an acci Lent policy for his wIfe. A few days ater while conversing with a friend in is office he. was startled to see the rishman rush In, brandishing fiercely stout cane. "Ye rascal!" he yelled, springing to r'ard the agent "Ye wanter cheat Fortunately the enraged man was isarmed and held fast by the agent's riend, who was a powerfully built nan. The Irishman, struggling to get ree, shouted: "Let me git at the spalp~een! Think v It, chargin' me foive dollars fer an .shident ticket fer me ole woman, an' he jest broke her leg a-malli' down htairs! Wot's the good of the ticket nyhow?" _______ Male Blushers. One of the most Ill founded of all 'opular delusions Is that blushing Is he special characteristic of the female ex. As a matter of fact, except in the ase of very young girls, men blush far sore readily than women. The well red woman never blushes at all, while Is a matter of everyday experience hat in the excitement of business or litical discussions m.en's cheeks red en with very little provocation. What ver may have been the case a hun red years ago, the mo4~rn woman hows her emotion not by blushing, but 'y turning pale.-London Tatler. Mathematics of Love. "Margaret," he began, "I have $3,750 s the bank. I own half Interest in a atent churn company that clears $1,. 00 a yes,r. .My salary. Is $20 a week, rith prospects of a raise to $22. I have n aunt who will leave me twenty-sev shares of a railway stock now quot d at 53. Tell me, Margaret, will you e mine?' "Wait," she replied, "till I get a pen For she never had been good at men il arithmetc.-Newar~k News. The Baths of Caracalla. The Romans appear to have been rell off In the matter of' bathing places :i the first and second centuries. In be baths of' Caracalla 1,000 bathers ould be accommodated at one time. 'he inclosed area was 300 square ards, but it included a course for foot acing. The bathing estnblishmnent was 40 yards In length by 124 wide. The mains of the walls are 8-and 10 feet tck and in some places as much as 50 eet high. -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Love Above Par. Towne - Poor fellow! He certainly .oes love her for all, he's worth. Browne -He loved her even more ban that today. Towne-How do you mean? 'Bowne - He sent her a ten dollar .unch of roses and borrowed the price rom me.-PhiladelphIagPress. Men are like sandwiches - there's othing In some of them, and the more here Is n others the worse they are. !hcago News. For a woman to love some men Is like asting a flower Into a sepulcher.-Hagy As long as we have such atrocious -ines as the assassination of Mr. hillips we will have lynching bees. he two things go hand in hand. Te Lyncblrng Q.vuestIon. The sentiment about lyneblng haS undergone a complete revolution at the North. A few years ago the Sam H se horror in Georgia produced a long. fanatical howl of horror throughout the toar-try. T(day the burning of the black tiend. White. in Delaware. becomes an incident (t ethical controversy rather than a text for lamentation and abuse. How mightily sentiment has changed. Here for instance, is a Northern Presbv terian minister preaching a sermon so powerful against the rapist as to be creditel with having produced the lynching. Here, for instance. is the ministerial association of that dear. sanctimonious city of Philadelphi -, re fusing to pass resolutions condemuing the lynching. Here, again, is the pastor of the First Congregational church of that erstwhile howl-center of Chicago, making in his pulpit the most logical. coherent, and clear cut defense of lynching that has ever been made in any section of the republic, and de claring: "I would rather see a ccm munity wrought to the highest pitch over crimes that would seem impos sible this side of hell than to remain apathetic undcr their commission." Here is the fa.ous and eloquent Dr. Lorimer, now of New York. but form erly of the Tremont Temple in Bos ton, speaking brave words, like these: "Instead of holding meetings to de nounce lynching, we should hold meet ings with a view of forever stopping birbarous assaults on the woren of our land. They are too frequent and what wonder human nature boils over before such bloody deeds? We should make it plain-tbat white men w1l not tolerate attacks upon their w.ves and dauglters. This is the i-'perative duty of the hour and I trust it may not be overlooked by our colored citizens in their talk about racial prejudice. The lynching is a regrettable affair, but the wanton murder of a defenseless woman is more:o. This butchery of our women must be blotted out some way or other." Here is the radical Republican St. Paul Pioneer-Press, declaring "we are tired of negroes and the negro prob lem, and we are outraged with negro preachers denouncing lynching with out a word of condemnation for the negro beasts that cause them." Here is the Minneapolis Trilune, equally Republican saying: "The wave of black horror that is creeping over the country will soon or late be met and topped and whelmed by a wave of red horror that will leave the superior race rid of everything of the inferior but the brutal and barbarous passions and habit the conflict has brea. The dark horror that bangs over the South is creeping across the Potom- c, the Ohio, the Mississippi, and menacing the North as well." Here is the radical Kansas City Journal, the organ of "bleeding Kan sas," as it were, saying: "The negro race is but one generation out of slavery, and but a few generations out of barbarism. When he reverts to barbarism and commits a crime against womankind the punishment will be fully as swift and horrible in the North as in the South." Here is General Isaac Weston, one of the most distinguished Republicans of P~hiladel phia, who is not afraid to say in a,.ub lic meeting: "If methods prescribed by statute law, then since they are necessary and will be had, you can de pend on it that society will get them by the short cut."' And here are The Sun, and The Herald, and The Times of New York, and The Dispatch of Pittsburg, and The Ledger of Philadelph~ia, and The Record-Herald and even The Tribune of Chicago, with a whole host of lesser papers from Maine to California, speaking bold, true, wise words of stern and solemn warning to the nM gro. Well, says the Atlanta News, the times are changred. and it is to be hoped that, "our brother in black" will change-with them. Most of all is the country : o be congratulated that the tone of the press and the platform has veered from an indiscriminate condemnation of lynching to a stern and wholesome denunciation of the fearful crime that produces lynch law. Upon this wholesome basis we may at last hope better things. Ancestry of shoemai1ng. There is nothing vulgar about the acestry of the shoemaking trade in the United States. The first shoemak er came over In the Mayflower. His name was Thomas Beard, and he had an income from the London company of $100 a year and received fifty acres of land on which to settle. Seven years later the city of Lynn was founded, and ever since it has been making shoes for the world. Philip Kertland, a native of Buckingham shire, was the first shoemaker of the city of Lynn. In George Washington's day Lynn had 200 master workmen and 600 journeymen shoemakers, turn ing out every year no less than 300,000 pairs of fine shoes. Navigating the Elbe. A curious means of moving boats is employed on the river Elbe-a chain 290 miles long at the bottom of the stream, which is too swift to navigate in the usual way. The boats are 180 feet long and provided with 200 horse power steam engines which turn a drum fastened on the deck. The chain comes in over the bow, passing along on rollers to the drum, around which It is wound three times. The chain is tuen carried to the stern, where it drops back into the water. The steam ers tow five barges containing 1,500 Logical. "I could have married either Whip per or Snapper If'I'd wanted to, and both of those men whom I refused have since got rich, while you are still as poor as a church mouse." H-Of course. I'v-e been supporting you anl these years. Ther havA't - UDER the terms of the will of W. T. Gill. recently admitted to probate, the Epworth orphanage of Columbia is left his entire real estate, after the death of the widow, Mrs Gill, she be ing given a life estate therein; with the further provision that, in the event the Epworth orphanage refuses the devise then the real estate shall go to the Methodist Church. This real estate is very valuable, as it is re ported that the annual rents hereto fore received have footed ap $8,000 to 810,000. "I can't see what you find in me to admire," said the lovelorn youth who had recently blown himself for a 37.50 engagement ring. "Why," gurgled the fluffy-haired angel of his domestic dreams, "that's just what everybody else says." And immediate ly the silence became oppressi ve. THE Springfield Rlepublician says "Mr. Payne has the heartfelt symnpa thy of General Alger. who has been' there under somewhat similar ci rum stances. General Alger had to resign. Xbo* hfas $ade Siapie Bg# Ever since the IndJans in the , of Vermont now knowi W Fletchef discovered "honey" in the mple trees that district has been knoWn far and wide as the heart of the Vermont sug ar country. The way the red men ex tracted the delicious compound was somewhat slow as compared with the present process. He used to cut a slanting gash In the bark and Insert In the lower end a gauge shaped piece of wood, from which the sap ran and dropped into a poplar or basswood trough. At the end of the season these troughs would be set up against the trees and left until the following season, by which time the troughs would be thoroughly mildewed. This materially added to the flavor of the aboriginal sugar, but can hardly be said to have improved it. The -evaporator of those times consisted of an iron kettle swung from a sapling bent over a stump. By a slow and tedious process the sap was first heat ed and then boiled in this kettle, often -taking two or three days' boiling be fore it could be sugared off. bis was the way in which the redskins and the early Vermonters eked out a "sweet uin" of their tea and Johnnycake. A Clever French Captive. A person who was supposed to be the French General Mouton, count de Lo bau,.was once captured by an English vessel, but after a time the captain dis covered that his prisoner was the Count de Montrond. "Why did you'de ceive me?" he demanded angrily of the count. "I did not deceive you," replied Montrond; "not at all. You thought I was General Mouton. You told me so You have a fifty gun frigate. Wasit for me, who have only a pocket pistol, to contradict you?" The captain did not forgive Montrond and took every opportunity to treat him rudely. One evening at dinner some one proposed the health of the French. As Montrond rose to acknowl- - edge it the captain cried: "They are all cowards! I make no exceptions!" When Montrond's turn came he gave this sentiment: "The English-they are all gentlemen. but I make exceptions." How Green Turtles Feed. The green turtles of southern Flor Ida live in deep water and feed on sea plants, mostly the kind called "turtle grass," which they cut off near the roots, eating the lower parts and leav ing the tops floating SO that It collects in great fields and marks the spots where the animals are to be hunted for by the fishermen. After browsing. on such ocean pastures the green tur ties go to the mouths of rivers for baths of fresh water, which they seem to need from time to time. The Floe ida fishermen say the reptiles enter the creeks and roll together masses of grass, cementing them into balls with clay. When the turn of the tide takes the balls out to sea they follow them. The fishermen watch for such balls floating down the creeks, and when they see them they stretch nets across the mouths of the streams and always catch the turtles. How Pausanius Died. Pausanius, the Greek general, died by self administered poison. When. hotly pursued by those sent to aipre hend him on a charge of treason and sacrilege he took refuge in the sane tuary of a temple. Unable, to remove -. him by force and also unwilling to violate the sanctuary, the officers walled up the entrance and began to__ unroof the building. When he could be seen they noticed that he was chew ing something which proved to be a quIll filled with poison. By the time the work had sufficiently advanced to admit of their entrance he was in a dying condition. r": The Anger Fish. The anger-fish, half fish, half crab, is the terror of all vessels but Iron clads that use the south seas. This creature. which Is not bigger than an almond. has a proboscis like an en large gnat sting that can bore throg even sheet iron. Anger fish frequent many of the lagoons of the coral Islands and' burrow holes for them selves in the coral, but they have a perverse habit of doing the same thing to ships lying at anchor, and the dam age generilly shows itself when next the vessel is. at sea in bad weather with disastrous results. Molasses and Salt Poultice. What is said to be an Infallible remedy for sprains and bruises attend ed with painful inflmmation Is a pou- . tie of hot molasses and salt Stir the molasses so stiff with salt that the poultice can be held in place by a muslin bandage and wrap the affected parts well, so as to retain the heat as long as possible. This Is good~ for beasts as well as human-beings. Very Nice Indeed..~ Mrs. Gadd-Woulldn't it be grand If science should discover the moon to be Inhabited and hit on some way to talk with our lunar neighbors?. Mrs. Gabb-Indeed it would. They would be near enough to talk to, yet not near enough to be runing In at all hours of the day, you know. The One Thing Free. "He took some fine views with his camera." "Yes. There wa's nothing else he could take without having it charged up extra in the hotel bll."-Chicago Post. The Main Point. Therese-It must have been a ter rible shock for you when you heard of the death of your aunt, was It not? Helene-Oh no; I had still my new black silk dress.--Lustige Blatter. Just Begun. - Pleasant Old Gentleman--Have you Ived here all your life, my little man? Arthur (aged six)-Not yet Serious PracticaL.Joke. - ' At York, Pa., with a bicycle pump an unknown youth about 14 years old' seriously injured 7-years old Md~lellan Redkard Thursday night by pumping air into him. Tne joker induced the little fellow to hold the nozzel in his mouth and was operating the pump when a policeman came and the vic tim was rescued. The latter was already overcome and a physician was required to revive him. The boy's stomach was, distended beyond the normal size, and It is thought he suf fered internal injury. The youth escaped while the policeman was giv ing the victim attention. IT Is said that when the postollice department scandal is thoroughly stir- ~ red up it will bring to the surface various and divers congressmen and senators who thought they did not participate in a'ny of the financial s-vag, got large quantities of "pork" in the shape of unauthorized appoint ments and violation of the civil ser vice law.- The vociferous depreciation of the investigation in sonie quarters indicates where certain of these states