Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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l. fl ?< m?4m< ?/^/ ' I win< *I1*''"/nriv | I lit F^'l a^plLL 1 IlYicS'" V - 1 " > '' " ^ trvir. a ArnHQ i ml i * I -.'^ir";;1.'. ,y'.'?-r.'"- :7 .v::.;... '. t. ' .. ; " ? - ? > VOLUME XVIII |n FORT MIL!, !. C., THimSDA^i NOVEMBER 25,1909 NO. 35 H >< i ? : - ?- - 1 f (THAT CAIRO MOB J (,)( -U ?ill '+* "Northward the 'Criminal Negro' Problem Makes lis Wir." 'i . ; CONTEMPT FOR THE LAW W ] I . The Only Novelty Was the Active Participation of Women in the I I Affair, a Tiling That Has Never ' j Yet Occurred in the South and ; Never Will. "* I In dl9CUBslng that Cairo lynching in Its eJitoriul columns the Augusta Chronicle Bays apart from one novelty, hereafU-r to be mentioned, the recent ebullition of mob violence in Illinois was the same old typical American lynching. Same gutting mad all together; same rush for th< k prisoner; same slaughter of thi shrieking wretch by hanging, shooting and burning; same theatrical hurrying to tho spot of troopB. who never get there lu time, and if by some miracle they ever do bo, take a vote not to thoot, as they did the other day. . The only m velty was tho active participation of women in the ailair .: 1 l-r-a thing that has never yet occurred In the Souths and never will. The excuse for the lynching Itself is the same old excuse?distrust oi the law. But the real underlying eafasi^ls-i-oowtempt for {he'iaw. The mob itself is, for the time being a lawless aggregation of madmen; no matter how much each member of it individually may, lu his calmer moments, pretend to respect the law, he is an outlaw, pure and simple. I when he takes the law Into hlB own bands as wag done in Cairo. And this is true whether it occurs in : . in Illinois or in Georgia or Mississippi. And, yet, it would not be outlrelj fair to say that the courts. as a whole, administer Justice as certaluly and with as even a hand as they should. It has been coutended more than once, that in matters between man and man, as the ownership of * i\j i idiaiiur, uui turn io( fluif erally are trustworthy, but that wheu it comes to crime, they are not alto gather effective instruments for th* protection of the community. Thh . is true only in u sense; and it is V generally speaking. true only in the nence that juries sometimes fail t< . do "their duty. ^ We have seen something of this in thiB very community within the paBt few weeks, where more than one prisoner, charged with a heinom ./.crime?and as guilty as any that evei J. faci;d d court?were summarily turn ed loose by the trial jury. Hut. surely, this fault can not be laid at the door of the court itself, when }t is seen that it is with the people, after all, that lies the right and po^efto enforce the law as it should . 4>e enforced. Perhaps it is. in i measure, true that if they would administer justice in the jury box ^ more often than they do, they woult not And it necessary, or, rather, pos slble, to administer it as membcn ,.of a wild, savage mob. There is still another thought, (t^however, |n connection with this Xalrp lynching. It has again beei "prtred-?as It was in the Springflelc riots?that human nature 1h prettj much the same there as in Georgi: or South Carolina or Mississippi It' Only needs sufficient provocatloi td assert itself. The Influx of a certain class of negroeH into the North ? we say a "certnin cIhbh of negroes, because we refusu to place ail ne groes in the category of criminals? lea f nitnioKlticr f hiu nrnt'fiPOtinn It ta ? lurMiDutifft '?? " j/i v? wv?w.v?i ? Illinois as It has furnished It ii J the South since the war. For some years past the negr problem has been moving north i ward. Springfield and Cairo furnish | ed unmistakable mile-stones of it 5 progress. Unfortunately the "negr \ problem" carries with it the probler 1 of cpping with certain forms o ! crime, such as murder and rape And It is inevitable, perhaps?how j ev?r Inexcusable it may be?that tb< ! method pf dealing with such crime j is the same in the North ns in tb? ' South. ..Yet, we would sympathize with ratheV than condemn, the North fo the problem which confornts it. 1 is a problem not of its own making, any more than the same problem wa of^h'e Fourth's making. Therefore , urn' r?fr'tilr4 /mm roforrln? fn thb Cairo affair as "another Northerr 1 outrago;" even though wo have, sc ?^*ten, aeen similar affairs in th? referred to as "another 8outh ' wi Outrage." Perhaps our klndro'' troubles aro rapidly bringing us all ? (to a bettor understanding on thb pdlnt; certainly, neither section haf any cause to throw stones at the other In oonnectlon with it. They ! are both, now, simply confronted ( With a similar problem, or problems; the ,''criminal negro" problem?and the problem of putting down mob violence, without reRpect to provoI cation or persons?and at any pslce. Killed About Lynching. At Cairo, 111., Wednesday Henry Small, a negro shot and killed William Pope, one of the negro soldiers i discharged from the United States army alter the ^'shooting up* of Brownsville. Texas. The shooting | ' followed an argument over the lynching there last wees of Will Jamee. , afae negro accused q! Ijm mordcv of TWO LIVES ARE LOST ! 1$ t TRAIN WRECKERS REMOVE RAILS AND WRECK TRAIN V Near. Denmark, Killing a Colored Fireman and a White Tramp, Who Was Stealing a Ride. A special dispatch to The News and Courier from Denmark says train wreckers are responsible for the derailment of the south bound mall train on tho Seaboard Air Line Railway, which passed Denmark at 1:46 o'clock Thursday morning, the death of two men, a negro fireman and a white tramp, the injuries sustained by Engineer Poteat. the shaking up of the passengers and the destruction of the engine. The trau was in charge of Conductor Harry Butler aad Engineer Poteat. While going downs vgrade Just before reaching a currei two miles south of this place. Thargday morning, the engineer saw just ah tad the end of a rail turned In toward tho middle of the track. Scarcely had he blown for "down brakes" when tho engine reached the dislocated rail and loft the track, plowing Its way along tho tlea until it wna completely wrecked. The engineer was hurled through the top of his cAb for quite a distance. In his fall he sustained a broken nose and several brulnes, but was not seriously hurt. The negro fireman and a white tramp, who Is supposed to havo been riding on the cow catcher, were instantly killed, tho body of the fireman being burned to a crisp when removed from the wreckage, and that of the tramp badly scalded. The baggage master and express messenger were bruised up, but were not seriously Injured. None of the passengers were hurt. Besides the engine, the mall, haggage and one passenger coach left the rails and were thrown across the track. The other coaches were loose from the trucks but did not leave the rulla. After the wreck Investigation revealed the fact that two railB had been removed, a crowbar, a large wrench and a bottle of kerosene oil, which had been used to loosen the nuts where tbe rails are Joined, being found at tbe side of tho track. The accident occurred not far from tho camp of tho Bamberg Ckmnty chain gang, where bloodhounds are kept, and the dogs were boob on the scene. They immediately took up the scent and followed the trail Into the corporate limits of' Denmark, where It was lost. Dete?tives arrived on the scene Thursday and are scouring the region for clews that will lead to tho detection of the gumy parties. It Is believed that the wrockers are the same ones that caused the n i vvn vi tuv doiuu ii <ttu at U1 Oiur, just a few allies further south only a few months ago. The wrecfc Thursday morning was more disastrous In that two lives were lost and tho damage was greater. Conductor Sutler was also In charge of the train that was wrecked on the previous occasion. The detectives who are working on the case claim to have their suspicions, hut they refuse to aay anything for publication. It is intimated, however, that very probably the motive was vengeance, as some of the officials of the road wore on the train. Knglneer Poteat was in the wreck between Swansea and Sweden six or seven years ago, when two passonger engines collided. 8IX KILLED IN EARTH SLIDE. Without Warning Hill Caves hi Vpon dang of Workmen. A dispatch from Winston-Salem,; N. C., says six men were almost lnstahty killed and one was seriously Inured there Tuesday morning shorty before 10 o'clock by a landslide of tons of dirt from thu side of an ibutment being constructed for the 100-foot brldee across the Salem reek valley, on the first section! of he Southbound Railroad. The dc^d. ill white men, are: . ; Lea.ho Frlesland of Iredell coinI ty I Camel Hullln of Stokes <^runtj\ Carl Dortschmldt, a German. t Carl Krner, a German. Franz Lledman, a German. Alfred Llppner, a German. The Injured man Is Oscar MUo of N'orfolk, Va., badiy crushed but will recover. ' Three others were Injured v^ry RltKbtly. . The men were excavating at the *1 'e of a great bill, working flnkb! picks and shovels nearly fifty* 'reef below the top of the embankment when tons of earth broke en masse from the mainland and Covered tnem. A few, by dint of terrific struggles, managed to extrlcte tholr arms from the mass, and the four-score laborers near hv rushed tn their null tance. But at once a second crumbling of thouaands of cubic feet of earth abo*% swept the rescurers aside In the twinkling of an eye. and buried the seven victims hopelessly. It was nearly an hour before tho first dead body was reoove**d. ?o deep was the mass o? eartn wnioh had crumbled down the embankment The last ody was taken out at 11 o'clock. Kach was easily recognizable; the earth had crushed the breath ft*on their bod tea without. B .H ,W : CLAIMS 'SCALED < vt!>* t>'nj'lliff 111<I Tbt Dispw^ GffWIWi .. Maizes lb Final Report , j ,[UiU STATE SAVED" BlG'/MOlteY <I*)?>*>x liwv Mil flni") Keductions in Amounts Claimed by Counter Claims If Collected, Will Savo ;tho ' state At-kHjV FU H Hundred Thousand i Dollars. r f 7"!*>v*> !?rfi; Hhioi'il Nearly a half million dollars representee ,tt> t*P| jEjUft flfj South (Carolina by scaling from dispetasnry claims and over-Judgmente, against ' ttrttf doing t bililhcii' Uilh bp old State dispensary, aqcording tothe^pprt j>f ithp.'Fln^lRgl ptr.corat; mission, which practically concluded A hitetory^'of The'(fid'sfatJ t^kWLsalry system. with that ?ale. ot gr&ty, now a matter of general ihowH&ke. is included In the commission's final report. } 4*6 .wfrfckpn ed to comply with the laws of the Stite In regard to the sale of whiskey. that various devices were used to^ prevent competition; that the bo^rd of directors of the dtBQBSBEEJC failed to advertise for bids; that prices were qxorbltant, cynraldMtoia anjl rebhifcs wWi para,' aVe a few of the many charges brought .and substantiated >by. the fctetttdiisriihU >flnd? lngs. The firqif th^ | Ibug^t- State In the- litigation in the Federal Colirts pro talced costa pjnonatlng ktq( $2^,520. ' TaA iret afiflotm^ hi1 claims considered at this sitting, of. the cofimlsitob waat$?0,d<10v - TUlbidoes hoi include the over-Judgments and th4 decrees formerly rendered.! original fund was $630,000. 6f considerable local Interest, and of much iDtnyiT aiyu Mirrnignnnr the stalfl is the claim of the Carolina Glass wawi|i|i'j?ui<u 10 incn thl^.fi^tn d>V fhj[ |tfte **88 75. which is completely wiped out by the comtninniou's findings, and un over-udgment (^9Ti H2 ?3 V? Ul 2 4. The over-charges found against the concern are $51,432.99. and it wan by deducting tbo^r^lrfal^clrtlnf from this 'amount thlit the ' over* Judgment is ToUfid. The'Cofntnlssioh issues a separate decree against the Carolina Olasa Company, and goes Into the details o f what was alleged to be a monopoly of the sale of to the old State dispensary. _ Ti> tal sales of I pany to the State aggregitfllC|.Tk l.fl 329.90 befonv.ithe yea*#lTAr ? A large ampt^t is m?f|Q|fg| |fl, the list of oveT-Jtidgmbir?TWWfS^ bers of the commission and its attorneys thatothe firms syili d>e preddefled against jtf tVi^1 'courts to re-' cover the various amounts charged agafust them. . . , . , "0.?iA*cled^lipUtftt' I' Col Felder stated that tho socalled conscience funl had already reached i bhtr <$tet>,fl*ft> ;mick.;n'mis"U*} the money paid back by Arms not represented in the list of claimants, but cbaffewl ,w^h..,p,Yidicharging the State. One of the largest claimants and one that came in for some scorching when tho.ofi&l,nal commission met. are tho Ancnor Distilling Company and Ullman & Co., two firms classed ? by *4ho com^ mission as dbti(?4kM4>ti f J Kn ft>vfl--l Judgment o1yfr.Touml' against this combination, this Including a proportionate share, $4.500 pMJlpi ^1*1 Ifc .thtbA9W(H4;:'?JiU( llarn Danahan & Bona are charged up with $23,563.46, although their anr nsb ih I s\W<> raw* $7>,9i6.54. Tne commission went hack of the dates represented by this firm's accounts in the claims against the 'SV&tfe, WdM tRi/'co&Wtksfem/,fn a number of other cases. Flelschmann & Qo. and Op-rson.J Sellgm&U Kf^ouijihny a?nrtfHUtt f^l one concern, and the $70,000 claim Is reduced to $45,645.30. This company admitted overcharKe?T^ni?tHt*-? vits. Clark Brothers & Co.. another large claimant, are given $53,780.96 r5?M.?:iqso3A The commission in its special report in the claim of the Carolina ?Jw ers of tnis concern entered Into u conspiracy to defraud the 9tate of South Carolina by defeating all couipetitrow' ltr Ihe^Wfc WfynaW&V needed." The commission refers to a bid of the company in Septopaber. 1902;/'tq firertsdi 8* tfaraitMpififTWfil bottles at prices ranging about 10 per cent Ln excess of the prices pa'.d the fact that other bids were filed. That also the Flaccus coniract. when purchased, was for stiffllng competltlofl. hs ari mmirffs of the Flaccus Company wore turned over to the Carolina Glees Company and the former had no facilities for filling ort^ru. e-s bids wore sur#ressed, and the Carolina Glass Company was awarded contracts that after Deectqber, 1902, and- weiU 1906, ehaa l-ha eoafceese Ifflttfffl Pif**-. sary board and this company waja. cancelled tMs flem.MafjttAieaxie'tVjnj-. r-lrte monopoly of < all .huslnr-tK Hlosa and ,?PN()lp< w ucjii filled portions rof,^h^cantn ct there' w<04?> )odM4hdi'dK \cJTt JTcts at i axhorbitant prices fotfnffre t lan -2^Q, bottl* JK an ap^TOXlr late value of 9200,000. 1he*c*)m- mission slates blmt.iaccording U>?.tbe >ltUtMtoiU<A?oIl JMfiToncerJ of the Glass Company, the Sta :e saved jior?)||^? |9f JT100 Mbth^coi ip*rfson is made with prices paid f< r -goods i wii : that goods were spld- of t le alime slimr/d MhaVatner a*-'that' sold the State dispensary In Oilier States and in other parts ot this ! FipjiCJ o *i3[ i^ptjf ce it ioVer ftiThrrtrt^prfte *pai?' bT tfco S|atfc dispensary. i liWeTOSJM'M'.SV case of the Carolina Glass Cimp&J'4.' " V)4 ICbr*fl>t<? fljrd I that I he* fjBr. tracts made between the ?ag<4ina i Copjp.iny audnLhd Inard of dVrb'cMcs ofr tW State dlspen lary^ard contrary to -the laws of tie State ' hfctj I MfAlnK * puMle Ip&trcV, ind for,1 J1 those reasons null and vq{d, tnd that ,j f(1#)) fJapql^H <f|aeMrd*iphnj should ] not as a matter of strict faatf^ be , jdntltled tOjfocbvAr aa^uim of money 'n-otn Ine'Sfatfe of Sduth Car >lina on ' account of said contracjt. ?vbii If ' fhdlStkte hkhtno^ofT^eU'dg^lubt them, j whatsoever, but the commls^on, fur- , ;tk/>r -flfpls /that /if ,sfcsy|d determine the matter on 'eqalthble p lncipleo and fix Uiq.m^tterlQf liability <oh a ' 'quantum Tb^rOlt' xmila and haWhc < prices at which the Carollr a Glass t Untnpany sold to the State dlt pehsary the glassware manufactured* Ibf It- < Vnttd thi*>?g|fbutt th* *>ltin paricid I ^>f 4helr' transictionl witn tl i? ?wue i dispensary except fon the yecrs 1906 1 hfcid abjxYW 14 qidr'cei it above ,'t the fair and reasonable mark ot-price > |^(ffl(rtg<>pdq.(|.)?).)*,}| n i Prices Were Rcducedt ' i a&D. ! result of a legislative lnvet ligation t llrttfdJ w d>fctttrmfitidd > rf^poipt^vby i the General Assembly of tqe gtate > ,yfj/8odt|i, fiffaUnay ppjlj.the] reholu- ? tion Adopted by the General! AJbfm-,1 t bly relating especially to tip* econ- t trartB Witn in* L'ftirollna' mass ?$ra- J pany hereinbefore leferred to, ther" "t ComTTO^rw i Vj lower It*)1 bids to ip-leeef t ?|\f <l|rl|K tflt* |be ph'orU ( period of 1907, during whicb -thef : dispensary was operated, 'Vtere*; t tPjiJlii IMaccord with tha- fain t and reasonable market price of 'the | goods sold during that period; t>ut > tfcd !lh*t during the years preceding 190^ the overchard- ( Unn?l.1? nrl?.U ! sold was $51,432.99, which shoulilii bo and Is hereby offsot against thei tj^ni in favor of the said C^colUi.JJ Mss Company- |> jiL _r> ckilni! dt?23,0.7r>.Qhifi-l.tiins btfli&edj ft *11 thKbmiowu of ?pf<jre\i:irKet# M coimillssiim* tlnw ?tmrdilna, juu^iafiiiiiu^ bc iggfittfii ur'TTTP" "si.ttf or tsouxn CanjXflia Tntne? sum of $28,419.24." gj j In More Ulan half the claims thert^ werefover judgments rendered In fa-fl, vor of the State by the Commissions As stated theae may b6 collected^ MWffciP&w ?tWe^ 0ourts. 'l^h, commie-) slon states In Its finding*; that thej members have made a mareful in-ij v*fttJlinb*nwafI khe business of thai old State dispensary andf*also all oG the evidence taken beford the legl?-j com ijittee. I j haudemn2 shrdhhrdlhrdtubrdluuuuuj "Duo and formal no&e,,' states} 8lvcn :to all cred-J itors to produce before ?be comm!?slon their books of accost and other ru^yjrcls and. corresp'uidonce dls'<*14)fi 4 tliolHkilsactlons jjetween the ^c+KMcn-s trnfr The State.illspensary.and In a few Instances ftmu of thecreditors complied with t^ls domand i$ntfu4>ri*luftid their boo^s and records In part at least, for'the lnspec- ( tlnn nf th? (Vimmtoiitnn < ThftjYfO^roJa^on alsofheard oral , testimony and receive^ affidavits 1 from members of whiskey concerns. , , Conspiracy AUeiasd. , n j,'* 11 oil ir.-Jv/ ' Ty , The commission state* that several of the creditors enWrcd iuto a 1 conspiracy with membaga of the i HH'dVi'e'fcVorH to chejat and de- ] framl the State, with thfl assistance^ pf some of the membB-s of the^n 'tfoAHJtJj dfwHtoods wertBsold ut a'" price largely in excess B tho mar- i ket value, the officers ofl agents of V meiuBrH ?' ( JJUll i ?f t? funds in j corruption and bribery. It Is also stated th nj many of the claimants did not dBinply with. \ mm ifi tnnt: jl 1. They rosorted to vofihous devices to destroy comp^tltioB t ' *311 THl*?YiWv?s to advB-tlslng for , bids was so worded as|| > prevedt competition Instead of pHmoting it. *Kl3in&hs?> ,^j!<s submftod upon ' which awards were matm were e<horbitant as to prices, jfwith the olthe board. I. That the claimants Hoisted the law In maintaining ageAs and 60-.. .liciuy.a. I ft.Um .State to Abtaln cod'tmftl *for"IhM?purchase of their goods. 5. That in many cases no bonds--, were furnished on awards given. 6. None of the f If Ungate The commission rules that the claimants have all violated the last, hut tbluha I has it ah on Id deal with I In* tn?0tn^,^?r4*?pt,^pllngs by ; t paying thaxpal /jius of the goodf ^ of i MAY MEAN WAR t ij; t nvoi ' IF. .V ) \ . O' '*. 1' ' r'l.lri!// i"' 1 I. ? !. i 11 ' ,1 i 1 1 | " Two Americans Captured and Executed by the Nicaraguans. TWO WAR SHIPS ARE SENT President fcroatly IncejiHod on n V'r'i I o* ?.')* Homing the Nwvh, and IH*clines I'i'CI.'i In 1 ' 1 ' ' ' 1 >i' I to Have Any tbmmiuiicatlon With ! I - M? i ' r ! the New Xicnraguun Minister, Who . Just Reached Washington. fi I t .?dl hj>SsV?| : , A Washington dispatch says two American war ships have been ordered to proceed to Nicaraguan waters, and President Tafti has postponed ludefihitejjy his meeting of Isidore tlazera, the new minister from Nicaragua to this country, as the result jf news received hero to the effect :hat two Americans, Leonard Qraoe ind LeRoy Cannon, captured while lervlng with the revolutionist*' array in Nicaragua, have been sentencid to death by President Zelaya'a >rdern, and it la believed that aen.ehce has already been carried out. Orders have been issued for the :rulaer Vlcksburg to proceed in all taste to Corinto, and the1 gunboat besMoines will proceed at once to F\>rt Llmon to' observe eyebte there ind report the situation at that point jy wireless., The news as to the two Americans ro&ched the State dopartnent Thursday night from the Amereeh Consul at Managua, who stated hat iheir capture had been followed almost immediately by a death tentenoe. A dispatch received Friday at the Hate department is to the effect hat the men have undoubtedly been executed. Upon this information the Secretary of State aFked the Sec. of he N'avV to order the VTcWhurg to >roj:e?d,ln nil hast? to Corinto for he purpose of protecting Americans ihd American interests. The dolnes was also orderod to proceed o Fort Llmon at top speed for {he lame purjKise. These vessels will t>e in constant Communication ({iy virelebB with the Staje department. The brutality of the Nicaraugnn Government In. ordering 'the exefu.lon of these two Americans, \tftio lappened to be found in'the rovciulonlsts army without,,trial of ahy iort. Is likely to result In tills (lov-rnment taking drastic ifioiisuresbto irevont a repetition of it, and PrdiMlent. Zelaya will be held to a- sti^jct iccountabllUv ttr hlH action. 9tt j he Nlcaraguan legation it was stated' that no news of the execntlon rat he two Americans had been reculvid. Nothing Is known at the State de>:r. t nmut af -the antecedents of Lettn ird Ort}9?, wt\o is reported to h?ve I jeen shot by order of President 55?>1iya!, but the dther American, LcHpy Gannon, seems, to have had an ifnjsual career In Central America. 3ome years a&q he went to Central \upprlca and Blrtce then bib name has figured prominently in revolutions n those countries.' During his eerier, he-has been arrested- a number )f times and trle'd for heading raids ind on several- occasions has nar-crvrty esraprd a death sentence, It .a alleged. A dispatch from Panama says passengers arriving there from Nicaragua Thursday report that a reign >f terror exists throughout the portion of that country controlled hy President Zelaya. Government troope ire rounding up every persons suspected of sympathy with the revolutionists and executing them without trial. More than five hundred men uiipeoted of revolutionary syrup a thles) have bqen purnmarily shot and still the bloody work continues. Residences are ransacked by Zelava's soldiers '(n setfrch of incriminating letturs or evidor^j, and when rpalsUn& pffored f|Jie hoijse^ aro< deig-oycfrjA l] K r , , ^ Wo iff en rt-rtvtiTr?a of f evrtrttc 1 onttry sympathizers have been subjected to the most 'trcWibfd fndignatles and outrages. Nicaraguan refugeer., arriving' on the Isthmus nnd in Costa Rica declare It Is time for the civilized iK>wers to forcibly intervene abd 'put art end to such barbarities and ntroaitles. Botrt'e1 of the claimants Certain foes and expenses Incurred by the commi.splnn in defending recent suits. It is also ruled by the commission that' certain claimants who filed bills In the Federal Court asking for Injunction against the commission, include the firms of Garrett & Co.. Fleischmann & Co., Wilson Distillery fi fti-p The bills "Ijromgfit by , fleischman, the WHsbtr 06mpefc>\ ?fhe J4ck Cranston Company and Gallagher A Bur-1 torn, wre connoUdated int.') one ??tl*<j^aio wfcOh Carrttl'A 'Co.. after warn lnifrveuea, iouowea ny me Big PprfcnigB Dflstllllt>9 Company, IJllman f ityfW0* (??J?,any'' BeUir Distilling Coippany. Uleharde A Co. and'inn New York knd< Kentucky/Ootnp??y. lit// il ? ';f iii'l* won hy ;tho State of 8Qu,tH Car?Un,a, the coti'mTsiilen calls at^nilofa ui the faet,rVhht ?ftght Vikrft^ W the United stateelConrt coat 924,526.17. FINDING THE DEAD . M<> i til "i: ' tl . ! - ; > : ? FIR8T BODIES BROUGHT UP FBIDAY OUT OF THE MINES. Gns Explosions Continue, Which Alarm the Rescuers and Impede Tlielr Work of l/ove. 1 I . i ' A dispatch from Cherry, 111., says the dark tomb of the Cherry mines has been Conquered. After an allnight battle In clearing the shafts of the burning mine, three bodies, the first recovered through the main shaft, were brought to the surface at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. Ins'poctators and geological experts, while penetrating the dismal depths, fighting the smouldering fire in the coal veins, caught sight of piles of other charred bodies, but their passage was hampered by fire. At 6 o'clock Saturday morning a group of miners and railroad men entered the mine, workln* without oxygen helmets, but there was no suffering from noxious gas. Struggling through the dark tomb, the firemen discovered In the second vein a pile of bodlos, from which three were recovered. The east portion of the gallery, where the Are originated, Is badly caved In. The west portion of the gallery Lb still afire, but firemen with hose got within GO feet of the vein. Fireman O'Connor and many other firemen from Chicago, lighting tinunderground flames, emerged from the main Bhaft declaring that they believed that the fire would be extinguished before many hours. They saw many piles of human bodies burled In the wreckage of tho gallery running from the main shaft to the air vent. They also saw bodice lying in heaps In the west vein where the fire Is still raging. Mine Inspector Taylor, who Thursday declared that he would enter the mine or die In the attempt, spent the night In the mine, and gave a gruesome account of the piles of human bodies sighted, but Impossible to reach. Inspector Taylor Bent workmen Into the mine to repair the cant vein, the approach timbers having burned. Another body of volunteers was ?ent later today into the mines. On the second trip of the cage. four othor bodies, one that of a boy. were brought to. the surface. An ambulanco, guarded by militiamen, was followed by crowds to tho town hall, a temporary morgue. Here scores of grief-stricken, sob Ding wiaows sougni to identity tne bodies an their own husbands. but the condition of the bodies rendered Identification difficult. Crowds of grief-stricken men. women and children formed a great circle about the bodies brought from the mines. Many turned away, unable to bear the cries of the bereaved wives and mothers. Three bodies were Identified: Richard Ruckles, a stable boy; Louis Cibbs, George McMullen. The condition of the bodies recovered Indicates that the men died from suffocation the first day of imprisonment. * MANY DR8KRTIOX8 IN* ARMY. Annual Report Mtows That 4,998 Men lWrs<Ttod Past Fiscal Year. Continued extensive desertions In the United States army during the last flnca! year forms the loading featuro of the annual report of Adjutant General Alnaworth. After showing that 4.993 men deserted from tho enlisted foroe of the regular army, General Aineworth concludes that only a strict enforcement of severe penalties will diminish ma luiimij vur iuarui?i ui liiniu^ "French leave" of the soldiers. He regards as rather alarmins the fact that thw? number of desertions during the last fiscal year was greater than In the preceding 12 months. Of the whole number of enlisted men 1.97 per cent deserted during the I last fiscal year^ while the desertions of the precedlug year amounted to i 4.f?9 per cent. General Alnswortb says the abolition of the CAntoen. the monotony of garrlslon life, the Increasing amount of work and study demanded of a soldier, and the ease with which remunerative employment can be obtained In civil life In thewj prosperous times are causes of the evils mentioned. The percentage of desertions among the white troops is about ten times greater than among the colored men in the service. Of the men who desertod (luring the year. 1.* Old were apprehended and 31 & surrendered.' ? " ' ''WttWi *? Bl?*. The mysterious "woman In black" I who committed suicide Wednesday 10 the rest room of an Atlanta department afore wau Identified as Miss WUlano Cotton, daughter of Mrs. Rebecca. D. Cotton. Tbe young woman, who died from an over-doee of strychnine, was said to have been In bad health for several months and despondent. Naval Cadet Fired. Thei Secretary of the Navy baa approved the recommendation of the superintendent of the Na*al Academy for.^bn dlamlaaal of <&4et, Johfc p.i llyman. of South Carolina. 0 oner*I inaptitude, whlbh baa caused aeyeif A MANLY SPEECH John Mitchell Says Drastically That He Endorses Boycott." AROUSES ENTHUSIASM Ho Rightfully Declares Thnt No Concern Has a IVopcrty High! to IIIh Patronage, nntl Charges That Washington Ik Watching ProceoUlugs of the Convention. Endorsing a report of the tornmltteo on boycott, John Mitchell, one of the three officer# of the American Federation of Labor, who are under sentence for contempt of court, made a dramatic speech to the unnvpnt Ion c\f that ? v? ?ui?v t>ciAi i oauuu uuw in session at Toronto, at Wodues(iay'e session. He declared that as far as he was concerned, regardless of consequences he Intended, while at liberty to declare for the rights guaranteed him by the organic laws of his country. The report which drew forth Mitchell's speech, and wUjlch was adopted by the convention among other things declared: "We suy that when our cause Is just and every other remedy has been employed without result, boycott; we say that when the employer has determined to exploit not only adult male labor, but our women and children, and our resources and our appeal to his fairness, and his conscience will not sway him, boycott; wo say that when labor has been oppressed, browbeaten and tryannized. boycott; we say that when socioi and political conditions become so bad that ordinary reme *tal measures are fruitless, boycott, and finally we say, we have a right to boycott and we propose to exercise that right. In the application of thi* right of boycott, to paraphrase th' president (Goiupers), we propose to strive on and on." The convention broke into loud cheering for Mitchell as he couclud ed, and there were cries for "Mor rislou." The secretary did not respond. President Gompers was absent. Mr. Mitchell said he realize 1 that every statement made by those on the convention floor, especially by those who on next Monday will have to deliver themselves to the courts, is being closely scrutinized. "I want the people of the I'nltd 1 States to know my position," he said. "I shall not speak defiantly; but be the consequences what they will, 1 shall not surrender any right guaranteed to me by the oonstitn tion of our country. 1 am not sure how much mental anil physical suffering will be necessary to make me submit, hut If I know myself, not any amount of suffering will persuade nie that 1 have not the right to spend my money where I please or that I have not the right to write mil speak as I please, being responsible under the law for my acts. "Whether the boycott be a benefit or a detriment each man must decide where he will bestow bis patronage. I maintain that my patronage is my own anil no merchant has a property right to it. "I understand that cognizance is being taken at Washington of the utterances of men on the floor of this convention, and I want clearly to stato my position. I propose in the future, as I have In the past, to exercise the rights secured to me oy me tamers or my country; and I propose, If I am sent to Jail, to dccalre again when I come out that I shall not for myself purchase any product of the Buck'B Stove & Kango Co. "I repeat thnt so far as I am concerned, and let the consequence he what they will, I Intend while at liberty to declare fo .rthe lights guaranteed to me by the organic laws of my country. I am proud of being an American." Mr. Mitchell said he had grown up as an American with a stepmother ho poor that she could not, ,buy bread, aud related how he had crept out of bed at night to get his father's soldier coat to keep him warm. ".But 1 want to see the word American stnnd for all the sentiment that is symbolized by the flag of our country," he continued. "I want real liberty, t don't believe In the liberty enunciated by some of our courts that men and women should have the right to work themselves to death. I don't believe in the liberty enunciated by Judge Tuthiill of Chicago, who declare 1 unconstitutional the 10-hour law for w'om'eti. and by that act compelled them to work 14 hours a day." Mr. Mitchell aald ho believe 1 the , present proceedings would brlns home to the people the necessity of working In concert. "Is the time going to come on our continent wh*n the badge of faithfulness to labor must be the bran 1 of Imprisonment?" he sail in conclusion. ''Surely I hope net. I hope that the government may be so conducted that i?o citizen may feel tbat he his not been given Justice and an aqua) right ; with every other citizen." ! ?',' * ' ""'Of! ' Many Were Hart.' .-t??M I j Ninety persons were-. Injurp.1 ..hyit *^1 ^one fatally, when Santbhfutjil pa?