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•-a. * . PEO ■ ■ ■'■ ®swl iy VOL. XXXII1 BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 16,1910. ODR NOBLE DEAD WARNS THE DAGOES loiind Erected ii Obi* to Cufederatr Soldier* Who Died COMMAM1KK HIMOH INDULGES IN STRAIGHT TALK. DURING WAR IN PRISON He Threatens to Annihilate the NIc* araguan Forces If American Ves sel is Molested. Dedicatory Exercises Held on John- There seems to he some danger of a collision between tlie American son's Island Wednesday.—Menu-1 nd Nicaraj?uan forcP8 at Bluefleld8 THEY AWAITED DEATH FUNERAL CARRIAGE CRIKHED TO PIECES BY ENGINE. ment Unveiled by Daughter of a Noted Southern Patriot.—Culmi nation of Movement. In the presence of several hundred *At the first shot fired against the American flag or an American vessel I will level the bluff.” This is the reply made by Com mander Harold K. Hines, command Southerners, representing nearly all ' n S t*he American gunboat Dubuque, of the States in the Confederacy, a to a threat made by General Rivas monument to the memory of 2061 (> t the Aladriz force holding Blue- Confederate officers and privates, bluff to stop by force any vea- burled on Johnson's Island, Sandusky Kels cf w h»tever nationality enter- ■ - I ing the harbor. Bay Lake Erie, was dedicated Wed- General R[yM had Rractlca „ y de _ nesday. fled the United States, declaring that The monument, erected by the he w|H di8regard the p roc i amatlon Robert Patton Chapterof the l ni, od | it . 8ued f rom Washington on May 31 to the effect that bhe United States Daughters of the Confederacy, df Cincinnati!, was unveiled by Mrs , . government will deny the right of Mary Patton Hudson, of Cincinnattl. either facUon to 8eize American own . daughter of Robert Patton, a noted I, vessels or propery without consent Southern Ranger. | recompense to the owners. The dedicatory address was deliv- Ho has warned Commander Hln , 8 ered by Gen. Geo. W. Gordan of that hp wlll prevent by force re _ Memphis, Tennessee, commander-in-1 dlp88 of ^ any further Yegge)s chief of the United States Veterans Other addresses were delivered by Gen. Bennett H. Young, of Louis vllle; Joseph A. Mangus, of Cincin- gatti, and Sir Moses Ezekiel, of Rome, Italy, designer of the monu ment. Sir Moses Ezekiel was a sol dler under Gen. Robt. E. Lqe. The movement to erect the staue originated with the Robert Patton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, or Cincinnati, Ohio The ahapter purchased the ceme tery In 1 908, when It was found that the spot around which so many his torical memories clustered was be ing neglected and practically aban doned. Its only visitors were the veterans of a Grand Army Post, who every Decoration Day held memorial services for their former foes. Prior to this, however, one effort had been made to save the cemetery from the neglect into which it had fallen. In 1 889 a party of editors and officials of the state of Georgia visited the island. They saw only brokem fences and weed-grown mounds Stirred by the sight, they returned home and raised a fund, which provided headstones of Geor gia marble for each of the 206 graves it was then found that 54 of them must remain nameless, for the memory of the burled had van ished Lieut. Col. William Hoffman. Fed eral commissary general of prisoners, leased forty acres of land on John son’s Island In the fall of 1861 from L. B. Johnson. The intention was to use this land solely for the accom- from entering the harbor. In re sponse to this, the American com mander at once sent him the above message, which would mean the an nihilation of the handful of Madrlx troops now remaining In this neigh borhood. A serious situation has thus arisen which may involve the United Stator, but the Americans here are of the opinion that General Rivas will not attempt to make good his threat tn an effort to collect custom duties. There are constant rumors of threats against the life of Thomas P Moffatt, the American consul, and the whole situation at BluefielJb, in stead of quieting, has assumed a more serious aspect. TOLD IS DUE TO COMET. Asheville Weather Prophet Predicts Frost Every Month. John P Arthur, an Asheville his torian and student, after an Inves tigation of the weather conditions of 1 835, and comparing them with those of this year, says: "Frost will occur every month of the year in which Halley's comet makes its appearance. In 1835 there was frost every month, and there has been frost every month of this year In 1 835 the crops, dlift' to cold weather, were a total failure, and starvation of the Inhabitants was prevented only by heroic efforts in hauling from Charleston, 8. C., Oaafht oil Track Occupants of Vehi cle Sat Parallzed, Gazing at On- rushing Engine. • t r An awful accldeot happened at Haverstrow, N. Yv, Thursday after noon. Three mourners, their pastor and their driver, sat In a funeral coach and watched certain death come rushing on them at fifty miles an hour. With a screech of grinding brakes, a heavy West Shore freight train, hurrying south to pick up a train at Weehawken, crushed Into the coacJi, scattering Its occu pants along the right of way and came to a stop 150 yards beyond the (crossing. All the occupants were either killed outright or fatally In jured. The dead. tRev. A. Romafh, pastor of the City Methodist Episcopal church; E.. V. Seifred, New York; Mrs. E. V. Selfred, New York; William Beebe, Haverstraw; Mrs. Parry Kesslers, Haverstraw. Mrs. Kesslers died sev eral hours after the accident. The accident wag not only unusual but dramatic and horrifying to a de gree. It happened at the foot of Greveyard Hill, In full sight of the returning funeral procession, of which the wrecked coach was the first, and of the terrified and helpless watchman. The watchman was eating » bite of luncheon, In his little cabin, when the tinkle of an electric well warned him of an approaching train. Me chanically he pulled the lever that set the heavy, balanced gates In mo tion. Then glancing from the open doof he saw a sight that will not be out of his dreams for many a night. Just what happened wlll prebably never be known, but some eye-wit- nfsses say that the arrangements of the crossing gates, late In descend ing, blocked the coach after it had crossed the first of two tracks and held it prisoner on the rails, while the terrified occupants sat paralyzed, gazing at the on-rushing locomotive. The driver lashed his horses In a futile attempt to force the vehicle from the track, until, with a sharp crack, the picture disappeared and it aeemed as if the coach literally blew up. Fragments of splintered wood and mutilated shreds of humanity were flung far and wide. The en gine stopped. There was absolute silence, save for the hiss of escaping steam. A search for the dead followed The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Selferd were found, alde-by-slde, fifty yards down the track. The wife was just returning from the burial of her father, by whose death she had come Into a tidy fortune. Young Beebe, the driver, was the son of a wealthy livery owner. He lay twenty yards nearer, stone dead enough foodstuff to tide them over dation of Confederate officers and, al-J Halley’s comet Is undoubtedly the The Rev. Mr. Romath was the cler- though during the subsequent year><J ca u8e of the extremely unreasonable of the war small bodies of privates j wea tfle r this year.’ were from time to time sent to the Island. It was usually through error] and they were Invariably promptlv drafted to other prisons. The island lies In Sandusky Bay, about three j miles from the town of Sanduskv, and the post who known officially as I "Depot Prisoners of War, Johnson’s] Island, near Sandusky, Ohio.” FATAL TRAIN CRASH. Three Men KiUesl and Twelve Are Badly Injured. Three men were killed outright and twelve injured at three o’clock The greatest number of prisoners | Thursday morning when Iron Moun confined on the Island at any one tain fast mall train for Texas, which time was about 3,000. This was sarried no passengers left the tracks just prior to the close of the war. | '.ear St. Louis, and crashed through All In all, about 10,000 officers and soldiers were -Imprisoned there and 220 deaths were recorded. Fourteen of the dead were budied on the main land When the first prisoners died Mr Johnson gave his consent to their | burial on the island, and the cemc tery was laid out under his personal direction. No lease on the land wat ever executed, and no compensation given for Its use. Subsequently, at the close of the w’ar, Mr. Johnson, at his own expense, built a wire] fence around the plot and kept it In repair for several years. Latei the brick wall of a manufacturing olant. The bodies of Engineer W. B. Douglas, of DeSoto, Mo., and Fire man R. D. Shepard, St. Lotus, were not found until long after firemen who had responded to an alarm ar rived to aid the survlvers of the Tew. The body of Mall Clerk Jas- >er L. Lasater, of St. Louis, was found in his car, which had been rushed by another car. the cemetery and then Issued anoth- t appeal for a fund to provide a suitable monument to the dead. Money was liberally contributed on an officer from the Columbus Fed-1 throughout the South, and a substan- eral barracks visited the Island and f) a i amount was also raised In the had the original fence removed and \orth. The commission for the monument was given to Sir Moses Ezekiel, who executed the statue In his studio In Rome and shipped It here a few weeks ago. The first a more substantial one erected in Its stead. For fnany years afterwards the cemetery was allowed to fall Into decay, until in 1881, the Veterans I photographs of it will be copyrighted of McMeens’ Post, Grand Army oft py the Daughters of the Confederacy the Republic, of Sandusky, Ohio, paid an j sold, the proceeds to be added a generous tribute to the men who to the monument fund, had fought against them. They had The statue occupies a position on the‘cemetery weeded and oared for, the.shore of Sandusky Bay, near the and on the Memorial Day following en t ra nce of the Island cemetery, and held services there similar to those faces to the south. It represents a held over the Unlpn dead in Oak-1 Confederate soldier In uniform The land Cemetery, Sandusky. right hand clutches a musket, the EveVy succeeding Menkorial Day up [stock of which rests on the ground. The left hand Is raised to the fore head, shading the eyes and the figure seems to be peering Into the far dis tance, toward the southland. * The statue rests on a pedestal, constructed of South Carolina -roar- to three years ago they carried out similar services. Aw veterans were all men in advanced years they were forced to discontinue theJ*4rij>s to the Island* They decided also in ▼lew of the fact that qp to tha* time practically no Interest had been upon which is engraved In large shown In the Confederate graves by either the relatives or friends of those burled there, there was no demand on them to continue the sefvices.. ‘ This action by Grand Army post became widely known and drew the attention of the various Confederate organizations throughout the coun try to the neglected cenditions.of one of the most memorable landmarks of the great struggle. The Daugh ters of the Confederacy became In terested. The campaign was headed hr the Robert Patton Post,, which letters “Erected by the Robert Pat ton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, of Cincinnati, Ohio, In memory of the Southern soldiers who died In the Federal prison on this island during the War Between the States. Dead, but sceptred sover eigns who rule us from the dust” On the base Is this inscrlptloq, “The stone upon this was inerlbed and placed by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, In remembrance of the Masons who sleep here." ‘ i On the ends of the base stone are the words, "Confederate Soldiers. raiand t&a tunda for the puritoaae of ‘ Thor warn Masoaa. gyman eral. rho had officiated at the fun- EHCAPKD AN AWFUL DEATH. Indians Getting Ready to Torture a Huppoaed Witch. Driven by fear of death at the hands of her tribe whose members believe her to be a witch. Mamie G. Holmes, a Indian girl, sixteen years old. has walked for more than a hun dred miles from the Coachila reser vation to Santa ManueJ reservation near Highland, Cal. The girl was taken in charge by Indian Agent Royce, who says he learned several days ago of prepar ations to torture and kill her. She will be sent to the government school at Phoenix. Sufficient proof to the Indians that the girl is a witch were the facts that several on the reservation be came 111, a pumpkin withered after the girl’s shadow had fallen on it, and a dog chained up In front of her parents' shack howled all night. She was shunned, and one eve ning when she saw the aged braves gather on a hill at sundown and in dulge in strange rites she slipped away and was four days reaching the Santa Manuel reservation. In fear of being pursued she would hide in the daytime. She was found by officers of the reservation an she was about to re deem herself from “witchhood” In accordance with one of the supersti- tutlons by Indians by bathing in the waters of the Arrowhead. THE FIRST GUN Tke State Canpaif i Opeied M Tfcirriaj at a Large Barfeeae AN INFORMAL MEETING Marked Thler Position. Fifty-nine handsome granite mon uments, with bronze tablets, are be ing placed on Confederate avenues to take the place of the iron battle field markers which have marked the positions of southern brigades at Gettysburg. The new brigade mark ers cost approximately five hundred dollara each. Both Factions Beaten. LaJte .returns from the South Da^ kota primary indicate that George W. Egan, the Independent republican candidate for governor, has won over Governor Vassey the "progressive’’ candidate for renomination and S. H. Elford the “stalwart’’ candidate. Egan's supoprters claim the election by three to five thousand votes. lightning Hit Bayonets, lightning struck the bayoneta In a patrol that - was maneuvering at , Traanoye-Selo, Russia, Thursday, and union. All the Candidates for Governor Are Present and Tell People Where They Stand on the Public Ques tions of the Day.—!>r. Kay Crit icised Lever's Vote. The State campaign was opened at an InfoFmal barbecue held In s grove near Batesburg on Thursday Each speaker was allowed thirty minutes and lots were drawn for the order of speaking by the candklates for governor. Mr. Featherstone drew first choice and opened up at once with a plea for prohibition. He had been told, he said, that he could be elected gov ernor easily If he cut out that plank in his platform and did not stress it so much. He would rdther be de feated than cut It out because he had fought for It for twelve years before when candidate for governor. The argument that prohibition did not prohibit was absurd. No law prohibits, but It reducee. Problbl tlon would reduce the consumption of liquor. At least half of the Inmates of the asylums and penitentiaries can trace th*rir present condition to the use of whiskey. If prohibition would cut this number down 25 or 50 per cent would not that be of some benefit to society? There were 347 homicide cases in the State last year and of these 65 per cent, were traced to liquor. If liquor could he eliminated wguld not that be of benefit? Thos. G. McLeod. Thos. G. McLoed was next Intro duced by Mr Edwards Mr Mc- I>eod referred to his official record and to his services as lieutenant gov ernor. He discussed education and the work he had done for schools and colleges. The people had years be fore made mistakes In not making the common school the basic founda tion as was the case now The spirit of education was now abroad In the land, which means much to the State He also stressed good roads and scor ed the tax dodgers heavily lh his argument for equalization of prop erty. He made a plea for a contin ued appropriation for pensions. As to the liquor question he was no advocate for selling, but thee matter must be sanely dealt with. He had no apology to offer for defending that Democratic doctrine of local option There was nothing for prohibition ists to do but build up a sentiment for prohibition, for no law could be enforced unless there was a senti ment for Its enforcement He thought the whole matter "a carefully pre served and canned Issue’’ to be brought up from lime to time He did not believe, in over-riding the will of the people He promised if elected to perform all duties faithful ly and enforce the laws F. H. Hyatt. After dinner F H. Hyatt was the next speaker. Mr. Hyatt went out of the ordinary line and delivered an address on the progress of South Carolina. He did not consider it a political gathering, he said, having been invited by the ladies committee of a church to deliver an address at church barbecue. Therefore he did not touch at all on the whiskey matter or on taxation. His opening remarks called attention to rural schools and their relation to good roads. The two were closely con nected. Only one man in each hun dred ever thinks. The others let this one man do their thinking Therefore, the necessity for srhooli and colleges. He commended the action of the State hoard of educa tion in selecting Prof. Tate as in spector of rural schools. A man very often paid more attention to his stock than he did to the kind of instruction his children were re ceiving at the schools. He briefly reviewed the progress made in road building in the past ten years and gave some interesting figures along that line. He told of the work of the ^farmers and the Southern Cotton association in rain ing the price of cotton and In urging the farmer to plant other crops. Over 100,000 circulars had been mailed out by the association describing the Williamson plan for planting corn. The wealth of the South was enor mous and constantly growing, but there should be modern methods ap plied and for this end all of us must work. John G. Richards was Introduced next. Mr. Richards reviewed hia 20 years of service in office of which 10 years were In the general assembly. He was proud to say that In this time he had always favored education for high and low. He had advocated ap- propriatliSSis not only for the com mon schools but for the colleges as well. He pointed to the bills, Intro duced by him and passed, Increasing the number of rural schools In the State and the measures providing for educational scholarships at WInthrop and Clemson colleges; appropriations that enabled the poorest boy or girl to receive a college education. He stressed the work being done for the farmer at Clemspn and told of his tlon. Ha had hoped that for once in 20 years the candidates could come before the people with matters of more Importance. Since, however, the first speaker had taken up as his leading topic whiskey, he would In form sll how he stood. He was a prohibitionist, both In theory* and practice. — Oole L. Rleaee. - -C’ole L. Blease took as his sub ject “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and render unto God the things that are God's.” He did not touch on the liquor question but devoted his time to a review of certain conditions in this State In several p< rio<te--that of 1860, of 1876, of 1890, and the present. He called attention to the work of the men confronting him and their fore fathers that madd the names of Le and Jackson imperisjiahle; to the work of the same men In 1876 who made Hampton governor and then later, In 1890 these same men made the reforms possible under the lead ership of B R Tillman. WInthrop and Cletnson are mon uments to thia movement. Two years ago he had endeavored to make taxation the issue with the peo ple of the State and the newspapers laughed at the Idea. Examine the tax receipts for the past several years and show how the taxes have gradually mountejl. He wanted to stress the fact that the legislature makes the laws, the governor only suggesting. John T. Duncan. In characteristic manner, John T Duncan, of Richland, addressed the voters He said; Thos" who can’t read have been taught to curse Duncan,’’ Mr Duncan assailed the newspapers, proclaiming himself to be a reformer. He touch ed on the dangers of vice, the dis pensary, the “public offices and Courts, reeking with rottenness," and referred especially to the Asy lum Investigation and many other matters. Dr. W. W. Ray. Congressman Lever was not pres ent and W. W. Ray, was Introduced as his opponent Dr. Ray touched on the tariff and the necessity for the people becoming more familiar with national subjects He thought the present high cost of living was on account of the Republican tariff The party had broken faith with the people. Dr. Ray attacked Congresaman Lever's vote for the tariff on lumber, holding that Mr Lever had, for the benefit of the few gone back on the Democratic platform and violated his pledge as a Democrat This vote was tn direct opposition to the princi ples of the democracy of Jefferson He was sorry Mr. l^ever was not present to answer certain questions he would like to ask If the man serving the people proves true to his trust, keep him In office; If he proves false turn him out. GOOD FOR TAR HEELS HOME BANKS OVER HUBMCRIRE FOR STATE RONDS. Ddiii Fria Mm I Air That the Sharks of Wall Street and Other Northern Exchangee Tried HORRIBLE A] to Blacklist, A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C. says following the conference of the bankers of the State and th» Gov ernor and Council of State on tne State bond situation, State Treasurer Lacy Wednesday evening announced that there are In hand bids for more than *50,000 in excess of the amount needed to take up the remainder cf the >3,430,000 Issue, the sale of which has given so much trouble of late. , In addition to this he has a num ber of bids In hand that have net been opened and are not included. Furthermore, It develops that the bankers were prepared to subscribe for *250,000 more than Were actual ly taken In the event It should he found necessary. It is estimated that when the final bids are opened It wlll be found that the bonds are a half-million or more over subscribed for.. Treasurer Lacy saya that aftjr re ceiving the liberal bid of the Amer ican Tobacco Company, the principal officers of which are North Carolim Ians, he felt confident that the bal ance of the bonds could be abvorhol readily by t’.ie banking and otb*r business Interests He calls spcc.al attention to the fac* that It requir'd leaa than fifty minutes fur th.> bank ers to subscribe for an aggregate of *1,045,500. Governor Kitchln was enthusiastic over the result jf the conference, declsring (hat It was a sourca of special gratlflcatl >ii to him that rhe bankers responded so generally and adequately to the appeal that It was found necessary to make to them, their prompt action havln* obliter ated the neceesity for the extra set- sion. There were fully one hundred bankers at Raleigh representing t v .t towns and cities from Wilmlng* > i o Asheville. There was a free dU us- slon of the situation In whlcJi it was made clear that the banks proposed to look first to taking care of their local business, financial demands, and that they proposed, after doing this, to do all they could to relieve the situation In the State bond mat ter And this they did moat ade quately. Governor Kitchln promptly wlta- drew his call for a special session i.f the Legislature June* 14. 8TALWARTH WERE BEATEN 8ROWING I I* PEAKY. Took Advantage of Franke’s Condi tion to Rob Him. Commander Robt. E Peary, who was served at Berlin, Germany with papers In a suit for *10,000 brought by Rudolph Franke, left Berlin for Ixindon Thursday morning The American explorer had nothing to add to his statement that he had placed the matter of litigation In the hands of American Ambassador Hill Franke was associated with Dr Frederick A Cook In north polar ex ploration, and alleges that Peary found him ill ai Etah and jook ad vantage of his condition to secur- his collection of furs and walrus and norwhal teeth as the price of trans porting him homeward. While In Berlin Commander Peary said to a friend that he would con tend that the German courts had no jurisdiction in the matter as he had no property or domicile there. He anticipated, he said, that the box office receipts at Philharmonic hall, where he lectured Wednesday, would be attached and he was surprised that they were not. The case will come up on June 26. Mr. Peary has arranged to be re presented in court by an attorney. He expects to sail from England for New York on Sunday. AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN Wholesale Liquor Dealers Lay Plans for Defeating Prohibition. An aggressive campaign against sumptuary laws was planned by the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ association in Cincinnattl on Tues day at a conference of state p;csl- dents of the organization. Previously delegates to the an nual convention of the body had listened tn addresses in which it .V3g argued that the association men.bers had remained too long on the de fense and that a firm stand wo i.d b€i taken for the enactment and an- fbrrement of regulatory statuios by which disreputable saloons might be eliminated. The Insurgents Cleaned Them I’p In Iowa Districts. In Iowa eight progressives and three standpatters were nominated for congress Following are the con gressional delegates: Republican—First district, C. A Kennedy, standpatter; Second, Chaz Grtlk, progressive; Third, C. E. Pick ett, progressive; Fourth, Gilbert N. Haugen, progressive; Fifth, James Good, progressive; Sixth, N. E. Ken- dell, progressive; Seventh, 8. F. Prouty, progressive, Klgth. 8. M Towner, standpatter. (John Parrah, progressive, claims it); Ninth, Wal ter 1. Smith, atandpatter; Tenth, A Frank P Woods, progressive; Elev enth, E. H. Hubbard, progressive* / Democrats- First, B. A 8. Pol lard; Second, J. A DeArmond; Third, John Dennison, (J. C. Mnrtagh claims It); Fourth. D. D. Murphy; Fifth, 6. C. Hubei; Sixth, .Daniel W. Hamilton; Seventh, Clint L. Price; Eighth; F Q Stuart; Ninth, W L. Cleveland; Tenth, no candidate, Eleventh, no candidate. Almost complete unofficial returns from the Seventh district give turns from the Seventh district give Prouty 1,100 over Hull. This rever sal is decided, as two years ago Hull was nominated by 4 0 votes. The People "Were Forced to Flee From Their llo—n, and Thai the Savage* Tortured Their Victims Before Mawtacreing Them in the Most Brutal Manner. * With telegraph wires cut and oper ators murdered or forced to flee for their lives, definite Information la lacking as to the present situation at Valladolid, Yucatan, the scene of a bloody massacre by' Indian insur gents several days ago. Meagre ad-' vices received by the government au thorities estimate the number killed at forty. More than two thousand Indians are said to hare been engagFd In the attack upon the towns. The lasar- genta held Valladolid at last accounts having fortified themselves hi thw jail and other buildings. A force of federal and state troops and volun teers numbering more than 2,00fi men, was concentrated at Drltaa, a short distance from Valladolid, and was about to march upon the rebels. Those enraged In the uprising are chiefly Indiana who never hg?e been submissive to authority. Reports as to the cause of the outbreak are confilcting. Some /declare that It began with a protest against certain orders issued by the civil officer In charge of the municipality, known as the “Jefe Politico,” while other* say that It was the result of a drunken spree. Whatever the origin. It appear* to have had some semblanro of organi sation and I* said to have been led by political malcontent*. Col. Bonilla Montenegro, formerly at the head of the civil government of Valladolid . is said to have been In command ot the raiders. The first attack was made upon the building where all public offices are located. The mob was armed with machetes, pistols and guns. Af- ~ ter sacking thia building the riotem. turned their attention to life Jefe Polltleo named RegH. The buttle had begun tn the night, and It was a. m. when the attack was made on the b* tiding where Regll and many citizens had taken refuge. A bloody butchery followed. The wife of Regll left her four ehildre* and went to the assistance of her / husband, seeking through her and prayers to reach the heartay the Infuriated raiders. Regll, cut down before her ayes, body hacked to pieces. The wife, also is said to have been murdered, as were all the men In the building, numbering some twenty In all. Later the five or six gendarmes In the town met a similar fate. The people of the town were ter rified. Many flod in the direction of Merida. The mob surged through the town, crying for blood and pil- Isge. Victor Ojeda. Judge of thn first Instance, fell Into their hands, and wag assassinated. Other victims were Florentine Scharretta, commander of the police; Jose Marla Hernandez, second in command; Pedro Hernandez, mayor of the town Jose E. Trlay, chief olf the telegraph office at Vallodolid; Alonso Vaunuvia and Demetrlo Riv ero, merchants, whose stores were also sacked. It la said that Trlay, qhlcf telegrapher, was put to death after suffering horrible tortures. PROTECT THE NEGRO. BOUGHT WAY IN. imM Kqot the Girl. Miss Nancy Duncan was killed by whiteoaps near Columbus, Okla., on Thursday night. For some time a feeling of emnity aeainst Duncan and his four sons has existed. Thursday night a company of masked men rode up to the Duncan residence and de- killed one soldier. Cflr manded that Duncan and bis sons record as a member of the Farmers’ j come out. ' This they refused, and ** {the men Arid Into thd house, killing He was tired of the whiskey quee- the girl. • ' Former 8enator 8ays Fifty Per Cent, of 8e*ts Purchased. "I believe that 50 per cent of the scats in the United State senate can be said to have t&en practically purchased.” This statement was made recently at Chicago by former United States Senator William E. Mason, in the course of an interview. Mr. Mason denied a report that he had said he heard at Springfield, be fore the elction, that the senatorial toga would go to the highest bid der. “I have two democratic state rep resentative* who will give important evidence before the special grand jury In regard to the alleged bribery in the election of William Lorimer as United States senator,” said States Attorney John H. Wayman. Negro Troops Remain. The president has flatly refused to accede to the demand from Seattle*. (Wash.) citizens. transmltte<i tq him through Senator Jones, for the re moval of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored, because a soldier is accused of assaulting a white woman. Oook Sues Peary. According to dispatches Dr. Fred erick A. Cook, tke artlc explorer, has entered euit in the Berlin courts law Abiding Blacks at Orange, Tex., to He Guarded. Following the mass meeting on Thursday called by Mayor Brown, of Orange, Texas, at which an organi zation was perfected to protect the law-abiding negroes, a proclamation was issued by the Mayor ordering al{ saloons closed at nine o'clock ontil further orders. District Judge Powell ha* also been urged to call a special court and empanel S grand Jury to !nve*» tigate the aaaaaalnatlon of the ne groes. Rankin, Moore and Lemon, on Sunday night last. Gov. Campbell has been requested by the Orange officials to supplement the reward of *1,000 offered by the citizens for the arrest and convic tion of the .perpetrators of the crimes against the negroes. The better class of white people are now fully organised to ^protect the negroes from the lawless acts of” certain elements of til* wkltn pop? - ulation. This latest turn In the rac ial troubles ia du,e to the failure of a jury to convict Jack White, a ne gro, charged with killing a white man. • L-. Confesses the Oil At Seattle. Wash., a negro soldier, confeseed that he was the one who had assaulted Mrs. Redding. He said be was drank when he attack ed her. He plead gailty and wan sentenced. Took Her life. Frank L. Campbell shot against Commander Robt. H. Penjpy. tke refused b killed