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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 4.1902. ONE DOLLAR PEK YEAS.
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CYCLONE HITS TRAIN
Fast-Flying Engine Pnrsned and
Cangbt by Fleeter Tornado.
A FRIGHTFUL WRECK RESULTS
Two People Killed, Three Fatally Hurt
and a Large Number of Passengers
Hurt in Frightful
Crash.
Two persons were killed, three fatally
injured and more than a score
of others hurt Saturday night in the
wreck of a train which had been
hurled an embankment by a tornado.
Train No. 7, westbound, on the Chicago
and Northwestern railway, consisting
of a locomotive, a baggage car
and two crowded passenger coaches,
was struck by the tornado while running
at the rate of 35 miles an hour,
near Meridian, Minnesota. The passenger
and baggage cars were hurled
18 feet down the embankment to the
fence guarding the right of way. A.
brakeman had been lightning the
lamps when the crash came and the
wreckage wa6 ignited with the spilled
oil.
The engineer is reported to have
seen the tornado In apparent pursuit
of the train, and scarcely an instant
before the cyclonic wind struck the
cars, the train gave a lurch in a sudden
spurt to evade the funnel-shaped
fury.
, Fully an hour and a half elapsed before
a wrecking train arrived. The locomotive
did not leave the track, the
baggage car and passenger coaches
having been twisted off as .if by giant
haifds and hurled downward to the
bottom of the embankment. The baggage
par was shattered io splinters.
A The two dead persons were jammed
In the wreckage and their bodies were
cut out with axes It 'S feared that
more bodies may be found underneath
the debris and wrecking gangs sent
from Waseca are at work on the
crushed cars.
The brakeman who was lighting the
lamps in one of the passenger
coaches when the tornado struck, cannot
be found. It is reared his body
" may be in the wreckage. Passengers
saw him hurled against the underside
of the coach with terrible force and ?t
the same time the lamp he had been
. * trimming was crushed. Oil 'from the
vessel was ignited by the flame on
the wick, and to the horrors and terrors
of death by violence was added
the danger of death by fire for those
of the victims who were imprisoned
in the wreckage. But men who were
the first to pick their way out of the
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splinters exunguisueu cue ua?uvD
fore attempting to aid the survivors.
COLORED BROTHER ELIMINATED.
Republicans in Alabama Follow Plan
cf Party in North Carolina.
White republican conventions were
held Saturday in many of the counties
of Alabama to prepare for the state
republican convention which will assemble
in Birmingham.
In the various conventions the color
line wa sstrongly drawn, not a negro
being present There were many negro
executive committeemen, but their
proxies were transferred to white republicans.
The executive committees
selected were composed entirely of
white men.
SIn-ce all but a few thousand negroes
have been disfranchised, the Alabama
republicans appear to have thrown the
colored brother overboard.
ROOSEVELT RILES BRITONS.
Hl? Speeches on "Monroeism" Bring
Forth Sharp Criticisms.
A London special says: President
Roosevelt's recent speech on MonroeIsm
has stirred the chancelleries of
Europe more than any deliverance by
a president of the United States since
the famous Venezuelan message of
Cleveland.
Ehe trend of comment is to the effect
that the peace of the world will
not be safe so long as President Roosevelt
is in the white house.
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KNOX EXPRESSES AKrnu/?u.
t Attorney General is in Accord WitK
President on Trust Question.
Before sailing foi Europe Wednesday
Attorney General Knox expressed
himself as follows regarding the president's
speeches on the trust question:
"In regard to the president's, recent
speeches on the trust qustion I can
only say that I am heartily in accord
with everything he has said. I think
after what the president has said that
something in regard to the trusts will
be forthcoming at the next meeting
of congress,"
CHOLERA SLAVING THOUSANDS.
Epidemic Reaches Fearfully Alarming
Proportions in the Orient.
- The epidemic of cholera is reaching
alarming proportions on the other side
of the-Pacific, the outbreak extending
further and having more victims than
ever before reported.
It extends from Java to Japan and
almost every city on the coast and
many in the Interior are affected.
SOLDIERS BAYONET STRIKERS, j
Exciting Fracas Orccure in Little Town j
of Lansford, Pa.
In an encounter between troops and
strikers at Lansford, Pa., Friday, Cap- j
tain W. H. Helm, of company K, !
Twelfth regiment, was slightly injured. \
A half dozen strikers were bayoneted !
by the soldiers as a result of the 1
fracas. Major Gearhart, in command
of the troops, states that he will appeal
to the military authorities to put
the town of Lansford under martial
law. i _
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CRITICAL IN STRIKE REGION.
More Soldiers Dispatched to Quell Disturbances?Several
Claehes Occur
and Others Expected.
A special from Tamaqua, Pa., says:
The situation in the Panther creek
district is serious. At 8 o'clock Wednesday
the streets of Lansford and
Summit Hill were thronged with strikers.
Early In the evening two companies
of the Twelfth regiment were ,
sent through the valley on trolley 1
cars, All along the soldiers wer6 '
hooted and jerred and it was not deemed
prudent to take them off the cars.
While Mary Markley was carrying
supper to her brother, who is employed
at a colliery near Lansford, she
was set upon and severely beaten by
a crowd of women. Late during the
night the crowds on the streets dwind
ed down considerably and order has 1
been partially restored. The civil authorities
express the belief that there
will be no serious disturbance. They 1
are fearful, however, that a terious
clash will occur between the troops
and the strikers later on The fact
that the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company is hoisting coal at its No. 4 1
:o liery has greatly incensed the min6
workers, especially the foreigners., and
they are determined not to allow nonunion
men to go to work. 1
The governor's troops and the first 1
battalion of the Twelfth regiment will
go to Laasford and Summit Hill. If 1
the strikers continue to interfere with i
the non-union men it is probable that both
the towns will be placed under !
martial law.
The Governor's Troop, under com- 1
mand of Captain Ott, left Shenandoah
Wednesday night on a special train
over the Philadelphia and Reading
railway for the Panther Creek valley.
The Second City Troop, of Philadelphia,
under Captain Schermerhorn,
has been tendered by Governor Stone '
to report to Colonel Clement who is in
command at Shenandoah during the ,
absence of General Gobin. ,
Great excitement existed in me vicinity
of Red Ash and Beury, W. Va.,
Wednesday caused by the constables '
removing the striking miners from j
the company's houses. About forty
families, who were notified to leave
the houses of the Red Ash Coal Company,
refused to vacate and when the 1
constables began to remove their J
household goods a volley of shots was J [
fired at the officers from the opposite I j
side of the river. They returned the J
fire, using Winchesters, and it Is efsti-1
mated that 800 shots were fired. The I
shooting was all at long range and no I
one on the Rod Ash side was hurt I,
BOATING PARTY DROWNED. I'
Five Employes of Batle Creek Sanlta- J '
tarium Find Watery Graves. J
Five employes of Battle Creek, I,
Mich., sanitarium, nurses, probation-1 (
ers and stenographers, were drowned I,
at Lake Goguac Wednesday night as I
a result of a collision between the I,
steamer Welcome and a row boat con-1,
taining a party of young people. Five I,
girls had been out for a row about the I (
lake with a young man named Ben- I,
nett and were returning to the sanita- I
rium villa. The Welcome was- start- I
ing for her last trip. Bennett was at |
the oars and he became bewildered J
and the steamer struck the boat broad-1
side on. 1 ,
Carrie Fyock, of Johnstown, Pa, r
clung to the boat and was the only I
one saved. Two girls were evidently I
struck by the steamer and killed, for I,
thPTr wprc found floating. The others J
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sank in twenty feet of water. j
A SOUTHERN BOOK PLANT. I,
Charter Asked for Big Publishing I
Concern at Atlanta, Ga. I
A big book publishing house, in I
which representatives of several south-1
ern states are interested, is to be lo- I
cated in Atlanta. Ga j
The concern is to be known as the I
Southern Book Publishing Company I
and is capitalized at $250,000. A peti- I
tion for a charter has been filed. j
This is the culmination of the move- I
ment to secure text books that will j
deal in an impartial way with the I
south during the war period. j
CANDLER WATCHING MORGAN. J
If Need Be Georgia Governor Will I
Fight Proposed Merger Scheme. I
If the rumored merging of the South- |
ern, Seaboard Air Line and Louisville I
and Nashville reaches a stage where j
a fulfillment seems probable. Governor I
Candler will take a hand In the mat- I
ter and use such measures as may be J
in the power of the state to prevent it I
so far as Georgia is concerned.
He stated that he had read the ac- I
counts of the merger, and considered I
It clearly illegal and opposed to the I
constitutional law of the state. j
DEMOCRATS SWEEP ARKANSAS.)
Present Governor Davis Re-Elected I
Over Two Republican Candidates, j
Monday's gubernatorial election in I
Arkansas passed off quietly. Returns I
j indicate that the victory of the demo-1
?o f>nmnir>tp Onlv one I
HVIVt C 1 o VV1W t/4x?vv. ? v
county so far heard from Is in doubt,
Davis, democrat, for governor, sweeping
the other twenty-four counties by
a large majority. The republicans had
two nominees for governor in the field.
MILES PREPARING FOR TRIP.
Will Sail on Transport Thomas From
'Frisco September 16.
A Washington special says: General
Nelson A. Miles, accompanied by
Mrs. Miles and his aides. Colonels
Whitney and Maus, will leave Washington
for the Philippines Wednesday.
The party will arrive in San Francisco
in time to sail on the transport Thomas,
which leaves September 16. Mrs.
Miles may not go farther than San
Francisco with the general,
I SOUTH CAROLINA I
i STATE NEWS ITEMS, s
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Captain Heyward Confident.
Captain D. C. Heyward, candidate
Cor governor, was in Spartanburg for
a few days the past week, where he
wa9 constantly beseiged y friends
and admirers. He is confident not
only of being elected, but of receiving
an unusually flattering majority.
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Farmer Cut by Thieves.
"While attempting 'to arrest three
unknown negroes who were stealing
his corn, William Ray, a farmer living
near Greenville, was seriously cut in
the neck last Sunday morning. Ray
had a gun, but 'the negroes overpowered
him and took it away. The
wound will probably prove fatal. There
is no clew as to who are th? guilty
negroes.
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Alleged Train Wrecker in Jail.
Alfred Cohan, colored, who, it is
thoughl was implicated in wrecking
the Southern train at Harbin's last
week,, was arrested Monday near Marietta.
about twelve miles north of
Greenville, by Sheriff Moss, of Oconee,
and Railroad Detective Haynie.
Cohan was arrested and convicted
at Greenville last year on a charge
of forgery, for which he served one
year on the chaingang. He has also
served a term for killing a negro woman
near Greers. Sheriff Moss took
the prisoner to Walhalla jail.
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Auditor Brewton Suicides.
Auditor R. Eber Brewton, of Spartanburg.
killed himself by cutting his
throat with a razor at his home last
Sunday morning.
For six months Mr. Brewton had
been in declining health and been unable
in a large measure to attend to
the duties of his office. He was a gallant
soldier in the civil war, and received
two wounds?one in the head
and the other in the body?from which
be suffered greatly, and were perhaps
the indirect cause of his rash act. He
was honest and upright, and universally
liked throughout the county.
The governor will probably appoint
some one to fill the office of county
auditor until January, when his regular
successor will qualify.
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Specifications for Dry Dock.
Specifications for the dry dock
which will be erected at the navy yard
at Chicora Park have been received
in Charleston. Bids will be opened
In Washington on ucioper n, auu uie
successful bidders will be required to
complete the work within three years.
The total cost of the structure is not
to exceed $1,200,000, and $850,000 is
now available. When this amount
has been expended other appropriations
will be made by congress to continue
the work. Admiral Endicott is
anxious to have the contracts awarded
at the earliest possible time, as
there is need of the dry dock for south
Atlantic waters.
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"Citizen" Josh Ashley Retired.
"Citizen" Josh Ashley, of Anderson
county, who stepped out of the state
legislature to make the race for senator
from his county, has been completely
snowed under, and this unique
character in South Carolina politics
will be retired to private life.
Ashley got into the legislature in
Senator Tillman's early days, and his
candidacy was at first looked upon as
a joke. He made a phenomenal run,
however, and was elected easily. Since
that time he has been re-elected. This
year he decided 'to seek higher honors,
with a view, it is said, of running for
congress in 1904. He also had his
eyes on the governor's chair, but his
aspirations are knocked in. the head.
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Inter-Urban Line Opened.
The celebration of the opening of
the electric railroad between Augusta
and Aiken the past week was a complete
success. Several hundred guests
from all along the line enjoyed the
hospitality of the Augusta chamber of
commerce at a fine barbecue dinner
served in the pavilion at Lakeview
Park.
E. B. Hook, president of the chamber
of commerce, was toastmaster. and
speeches were made by Mayor Phinizy,
Judge W. T. Gary and Attorney
General Wright, that were responded
to by W. Q. Davis and Hon. George
W. Croft, of Aiken, and President
James U. Jackson, of the Augusta and
Aiken railroad. The guests were
hauled over the new line without a
single mishap to mar the day.
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Recount for VonKolnitz.
A Charleston dispatch says: By a
unanimous yea-and-nay vote the county
democratic executive committee at a
meeting Monday night decided to have
a recount of all the boxes in the city
anH pnurvtv in the state senatorial
race.
There was a long discussion, and,
after the vote, a committee was appointed
to make another tabulation.
Work was started at once.
VonKolnitz lacked only 104 votes of
being elected over Grace and McMaster,
and because of this deficiency VonKolnitz
and Grace had to go in a second
primary. The former, who filed
the protest, charged irregularities,
which he alleges defrauded him out of
the count and the office.
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"King of Cupids" Wins Out.
The election of Thomas I). Green
as magistrate of Ten Mile Hill will
bring this notorious colored settlement
into public notice again. Green
made a warm fight for the office. He
was opposed by Louis Manigault. a
member of the well known Manigault
family of South Carolina, who has
served at the Hill for the past, two
years. There were two other candidates;
but Green defeated them all on
the first primary.
When Green was first put in charge
of the legal machinery several years
ago attempts were made to assassinate
him, as the wild element was not
inclined to be disturbed. Several of
his constables were killed, others!
were maimed for life; but a charm
saved Green's life, and he used an iron
rod on the community. He made nearly
one thousand negroes marry, drove
others to the swamps, and changed
the place to a quiet resort. Green
says the negroes are getting wild
again, and he is willing to go there
and tame them.
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Official Primary Returns.
The official returns from the democratic
primary show that of the six
candidates for John L. McLaurin's
place none received a majority, and
the two highest, .Congressman Asbury
C. Latimer and ex-Governor John Gary
Evans, will be voted for September 9.
Latimer has a lead of 9,000 votes on
Evans, but their chances are consid
erea even.
In the gubernatorial race the candidates
in the second primary will be I
D. C. Heyward, of Colleton, and Con- (
gressman W. Jasper Talbert, of Edgefield.
M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, was
only a few hundred votes. behind Talbert,
and owing to an error it was
sent out from Charleston that Ansel
was in the second race. Heyward
received double the vote of Talbert in
the first election and more than Ansel
and Talbert together.
For superintendent of education O. |
B. Martin, of Greenville, has defeated
the incumbent, John J. McMahon, of
Columbia. The result In this race was
not known until all the official returns
were in.
In the second district the candidates
for the congressional nomination who
will be voted for in the second primary
are Attorney General G. Duncan Bellinger
and George W. Croft, of Aiken,
the latter having a slight lead. In the
third district the candidates who run
the second race are D. "Wyatt Aiken,
of Abbeville, and Dr. R. F. Smith, of
Pickens. The other congressional
nominations were decided on election
day.
For the other nominations the candidates
in the second primary are as
follows:
John T. Sloan and Frank B. Gary
for lieutenant governor; A. W. Jones
and G. L. Walker for comptroller general;
Colonel J. C. Boyd and Colonel
John D. Frost for adjutant general;
Banks L. Caughman and Boyd Evans
for railroad commissioner.
ORIGIN OF CYCLONE8.
Rotation of the Earth a Factor in
Their Formation.
Professor Cleveland Abbe treats
thus of the origin of ^cyclones In the
Monthly Weather Review: "We object
to the tixpresslon, 'When winds
are blowing In opposite directions
near the place where the; volume of
air rises we may have a whirlwind or
cyclone.' It was an old observation
that eddies of water are formed between
currents moving in opposite
directions or between a swift current
and a body of quiet water. Having
once been formed, the eddies move
away, and are soon broken up by friction
and irregular motions. Analog
ous to these are the edc'liea of wind
knd dust blowing around the corner?
of a building; but the whirlwinds of
meteorology, viz., the water spouts,
tornadoes, hurricanes ar.d typhoons,
involve a different principle. These
nmv form between winds blowing in
opposite direcilons, but the logical
mechanics ib, first, an indraught of
air toward the center, producing gentle
winds; then the deflection of the
winds by the rotation of the earth,
producing strong whirls. So far as
the direct indraught is concerned, it
can only produce winds blowing from
all sides straight to the ceDt.er, where
tjhey might possibly rise up and flow
back upon themselves so that each
particle of air might move in a nearly
vertical plane. The irregularities of
the earth's surface or inequalities of
friction or temperature, or moisture
may induce horizontal whirls in connection
with the vertical motion, but
they will be as often to the right as
to the left. It is to the credit of Ferrel
that he demonstrated that our
whirlwinds actually owe their directions
of whirl wholly to the rotation
of the earth on its axis, and he especially
opposed the idea that whirlwinds
are formed as a consequence
of or between winds blowing in opposite
directions. It is perfectly true
that when we have a whirlwind the
air is moving in nearly opposite directions
on opposite sides of the storm
center; therefore, when the weather
map shows us spirally incurving winds
on the opposite sides of an area of
low pressure wc may think of these
opposing winds as constituting a cyclone
whirl, or a whirlwind, but not
causing it. About 1890 Professor
Wonn showed that in some storms
there is often an absence of buoyancy
In the cloud region, and that, therefore,
we must look elsewhere for the
force that maintains the whirlwinds.
There is, therefore, a lender.cy to allow
that the general currents of the
atmosphere must contribute their surplus
energy to the maintenance of
hurricanes and cyclones. However
this may be, the initial whirl is, we
suppose, always due to the systematic
deflection of inblowing winds by the
diurnal rotation of the earth."
UNCLE RUS3 IN NEW ROLE.
Champions Cause of Labor and Roasts
the Greedy Coal Barons.
Russell Sage, man of millions and
5-cent lunches, is appearing In a new
role, that of a friend to labor.
Nobody ever thought it was in Uncle
Russell until Thursday, when he announced
that the coal presidents are
entirely too greedy in their dealings
with the miners and that their greed
is responsible for the strike. Mr. Sage
! announces that he has a syndicate
i ready to purohase the coal fields and
carry on the business without endangering
the industries cit the nation
j ORDER TO ARREST WOMEN. (
Taunts or Strikers Must Stop, Says
General Gobin?Strong Protest to
Governor Stone. ^
| A special from Tamaqua, Pa., says:
Strike leaders went from door to door
111 the Panther creek valley Friday
night spreading the news of Gobin's
crder and fcis instruction to shoot
and shoot to kill, If molested in any j
manner. That the words of the commanding
officer have had at least a
j temporary effect was shown Saturday
when the troops escorted several
non-union men to work without being
molested in any way. Companies E
and F went out at daylight with their
j guns loaded and their best markesmen
i on the flank. When the soldiers passed *
the crowds of strikers on the way they ?
deliberately turned their back on i
them. However, there was no hoot- t
ing or Jeering. 1
Supplementing his first order, General
Gobin has directed Major Gear- <
hart, in command at Tamaqua. to ar- }
r<?s>t all women and girls who insult ?
the troops In any way. The opinion (
seems to prevail among the officers j
and citizens tha/t the lull in the riot- f
ing will last but a short time. The (
fact that more men 1 ave gone tb work {
is not calculated to improve the te-ni- i
per of th? strikers. ]
General Gobin Denounced. 2
The Central Labor Union of Philadelphia,
at Its regular meeting Sun- ,
day, unanimously adopted a resolution .
denouncing Brigadier General J. P. S. (
Gobin, in command of the troops now j
on duty in the anthracite coal fields, ,
for issuing an order calling on his j (
men to shoot, the strikers if they re 1st
the authority of the troops. The
resolution sets forth that it is illegal (
for the general to issue an order to ,
kill citizens of Pennsylvania who are
guaranteed a trial by jury for any of- ,
fense they may commit. The resolutions
request Governor Stone to re- 1
voke the commission of General Gotin
and the civil authorities are asked
to have the general Indicted and tried
for "threatening the lives of citizens ;
of the state of Pennsylvania."
The secretary of the up ion was instructed
by the union to send a letter
of protest to Governor Stone for the '
alleged breaking of a promise that he
Is said to have made to the three anthracite
district presidents, to the effect
that he would not permit he state '
troops to escort non-union men to and
from the mines. It is claimed that
the governor made this promise to
Presidents 'Mitchell, Duffy and Fahey
MAN AMD WIFE MURDERED.
Bloody Work of Would-Be Robbers
Near Bronson, Florida.
L. B. Lewis, a prominent and wealthy
citizen of Florida, and his wife
were found murdered about 8 o'clock
Friday night and the entire county is
shocked and aroused over the horrible
affair.
The tragedy occurred at their residence,
five miles south of Bronson,
and was not known until Saturday
morning. They had returned from
their son's residence, a short distance
away, and Mr. Lewis was preparing to
retire when two loads of buckshot
ended his life.
From thf: Indications at the scene
of the murder. Mrs. Lewis was nearby
writing when her husband was shot,
and when she rushed to his assistance
a ball was fired from a rifle, penetrating
her mouth. This, it seems, did
not prove fatal, and she managed to
reach his side, when a load of shot
was fired which ended her life, and
she fell across his lifeless form, and it
was in this position they were found.
It was learned than an effort had
been made to rob the safe during his
absence, which proved futile, and it is
believed that fear of detection by Mr.
Lewis caused the robbers to co mmit
the crime. The belief is that the murder
was committed by two parties and
the genert.l Impression is that they are
white mei who are acquainted with
the premises and knew of his wealth.
Chinese Rebellion Spreading.
The foreign legations at Pekin are
receiving reports from Szechuan
province that the rebellion there is
constantly spreading, and that foreigners
are in great danger.
LAWYERS KNOCKED OUT.
Fair Estate Is Settled Amicably OutSide
the Courts.
By the terms of the agreement made
between the heirs of the late Mrs. C.
L. Fair and Mrs. H. Oelrichs and Mrs.
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.. the former are
given more than $1,000,000. Of this
sum, $300,000 In gold coin has been
paid by Herman Oelrichs. on behalf of
his wife and sister-in-law, to Mrs. Nelson.
Within a. month the balance will be
handed over to the heirs of Mrs. Fair
who will have ir their own right more
than a million dollars.
ALGER ACCUSED OF FRAUD.
Parties In Tennessee Reopen Suit
Against Former Secretary of War.
The noted law suit between e?-Secretary
Russell A. Alger and the heirs
of John F. Anderson, deceased, Involving
some 15,000 acres of land in the
mountains of middle Tennessee, has
been reopened by the filing of a bill
in the chancery court at Winchester.
TROOPS GUARD RAPIST.
"Sonny" Thompson, Assailant of Mrs,
Dixon Safe in Tallahassee Jail.
Under a military guard "Sonny"
Thompson, the negro who assaulted
Mrs. Delia Dixon, an aged white woman
at Pensacola, Fla., was s<nt to
Tallahassee for safekeeping. A company
o' state militia was on guard at
the Pensacola jail. The mob. com
posed largely of Mrs. Dixon's neigh J
bors, was demonstrative fc: a timt,
but finally dispersed.
;RY TO ROOSEVELT
iafferers from Coal Strike Lay
Blame on "King" Morgan.
1PPEAL OF A PUBLIC ALLIANCE
Business Men of Anthracite Region
Declare Morgan Has Placed Ban
Upon Them Vvhich Means
Utter Ruin.
The Public Alliance, of Wllkesbarre.
3a.. which has been endeavoring to
)ring about a settlement of the coal
itrike in the interests of the business
ncn of the anthracite region, has sent
he following appeal to President
itoosevelt:
"To the President of the United
States?Since the inception of the barbarous
and senseltss struggle In the
mthracite coal region, we, the non:ombatants,
who stand upon neutral
ground, have suffered the inevitable
'ate of such unfortunates. The tiao
)f battle ebbs and flows over and
lbove us. We have endured patiently.
tV'e have petitioned humbly. We had
ioped for much upon J. Pierpont Morgan's
return.
"But now, after a struggle of four
months' duration, a period of suffering
ind business' paralysis, when it seemed
to us that the time was propitious
tor a settlement of some kind, it not
as a matter of concession to public
opinion, yet as a plan business proposition,
Mr. Morgan has met with his
henchmen and the edict has gone
forth: 'There will be no settlement,
no arbitration, no conciliation, no mediation,
no concessions. The fight
must go on.'
"Mr. Morgan has placed a ban upon
lis which means universal ruin, destitution,
riot and bloodshed.
"Is J. P. Morgan greater than the
people? Is he mightier than the government?
Will he be permitted to retain
this menacing power?
"It is time that the people should
speak. It Is time that their voices
should be heard.
"Representing interests and sentiments
of nine-tenths of our people, we
appeal to you to use your influence
to stay the juggernaut which crushes
us. Encouraged by your recent utterances,
relying upon your judgment and
patriotism, confident of your moral
courage, we appeal from the king of
trusts to the president of the people.
"THE PUBJ.IC ALLIANCE,
"T. F. Hart, Chairman."
A SUICIDE AT SEVENTY.
Pioner Citizen of Atlanta, Ga., Puts
an End to His Troubles.
James Craig, 76 years old, one of
Atlanta's pioneer citizens, hanged
himself at his home, No. 110 South
Prvor street, Friday some time between
9 o'clock in the morning and 5
ntolock in the afternoon. He was
found at the later hour suspended by
tho neck from a small hemp rope to
the top of a door opening from hi*
room into another room In the house,
Craig was one of Atlanta's oldest
and best known citizens. He located
in Atlanta in the early fifties-, coming
from Glasgow, Scotland. He was a
patternmaker by trade, and for ove>*
forty-two years was employed at the
Western and Atlantic shops, where he
was considered one of its most skilled
employees.
BLOCKING EXTRADITION. |
Writ of Habeas Corpus Issued in Case
of Munroe Rogers.
A Boston dispatch says: Judge
Knowlton, of the supreme court, issued
a writ of habeas corpus Friday
in the case of Munroe Rogers-, the colored
man who is wanted in North Carolina
for arson and for whose extradition
Governor Crane has signed papers.
The writ was made returnable
forthwith.
Rogers claims that he is unlawfully
res-trained by R. W. Smith, keeper of
the lock-up in Brockton, and N. E.
Leach, city marshal of that place. His
contention is based on technicalities.
WILL BE A FLYING TRIP.
President Will Make a Hasty Run
South and a Quick Return.
It was made known Thursday that
President Roosevelt, almost immediately
after his return to Oyster Bay
on September 3, will make a flying trip
to Tennessee and Nortn Carolina.
'He will leave on the 5th for Chattanooga,
where he will attend the conference
of the Locomotive Firemen.
Sunday, the 7th, will be spent in looking
over the battlefield of Chlckamauga.
On the return trip, Asheville
and perhaps one other place in North
Carolina will be visited.
QUAKE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Twenty Moros Killed by Falling Walls
on Mindanao Island.
The war department Wednesday received
a cablegram from General Chaffee,
at Manila, reporting the occurrence
of a series of earthquakes on the
island of Mindanoa. Twenty persons
were killed by falling walls, the victims
all being Moros The American
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TEXAS COTTON CROP SHORT.
Eight Hundred Thousand Bales Less
Than Last Year's Figures.
TIip Galveston Dallas News publishes
a statement showing the Texas crop
cf cotton for the year 1901-02, which
closes with this date is 2,207,259 bales,
i decrease cf 801,027 bales compared
vith the Texas crop for 1900-01.
Tl-e crop for the Indian and Okla.onia
Territories for 1901-02 is 531,018
bales, an increase of 208,067 compared
with last year's crop.
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BLACKS WILL RETALIATE
Colored Delegates Barred by North
Carolina Republicans Will Fight
Against Pritchard.
As a result of being ruled out of the
North Carolina republican state convention,
the negro delegates have
launched a campaign against Senator
Pritchard, and it is freely predicted
that they will have a convention of
their own for further carrying out
their plans to defeat Pritchard in his
race for the senate.
They held a meeting in Greensboro
late Thursday night and denounced
the state chairman for unseating
them. H. H. Taylor, a wealthy negro
from Warren county, says he would
be in favor of lynching a negro who
would now vote the republican tleket.
He predicted that the colored men of
his county would vote the democratic
ticket in the coming election.
The anti-Pritchard movement among
the negroes promises ?o spread over
the entire state, and it is freely predicted
that a majority of the blacks
who are qualified to vote will oppose
the senator.
The white republicans who unseated
;!ie negro aciegtuea ai rut? cuuvention
seem to be unconcerned at the
defection of the negroes. They claim
that the republican party in the south
is better off without the negro and
that his place will be taken by white
voters. During the state convention
one white republican stated on the
floor that the negro had been a body
of death to the republican party in
the south.
COTTON CROP ESTIMATE.
Agricultural Commissioner* Place
Number of Bales at 9,713,394.
Members of the Cotton States Association
of Commissioners of Agriculture
in session at Nashville, Tenn.,
have turned in an estimate of the
growing crop of cotton.
These estimates are, of course, subject
to the weather conditions during
September, and are based on great
deterioration that they believe has
taken place in a number of cotton
states during the latter part of August.
The total estimate Is for 9,713,394
bales, as compared with 9,952,762 bales
ginned last year.
The following table shows the estimate
for this year:
State 1902.
Georgia 1,000,000
Louisiana 700,000
Arkansas 950,000
Tennessee 241,000
Alabama 875,000
Texas 3,000,000
Mississippi 1,087,394
South Carolina .. 755,000
! North Carolina 500,000
Oklahoma 200,000
Indian Territory 300,000
Florida .. . 50,000i
All others 35,000
Total 9,713,394
Mr. C. B. Wood, Jr., of Sanders,
Swann & Co., one of the largest cotton
firms in the south, was surprised
at the figures given out by the commissioners,
j "The trade world," he stated, "has
been expecting a crop of at least 11,
| 000,000 bales, and the figures as given
out by the commissioners Is over
1,760,000 less than the trade has been
expecting.
I "I hardly think that the crop will
be that small.. Last year the department
of agriculture of the United
States gave out the figures as 9,600,000
for the year's supposed crop. In
reality the crop was over 10,700,000
bales, being 1,100,000 bales more than
had been anticipated by the government
statistician."
WENT OPOSSUM HUNTING.
Parents Lock Children in House and
Usual Tragedy Follows.
Near Myrtle, Miss., Thursday night,
Jim Cullens, a negro, had two children
and his household goods burned. Cullens
and his wife had put the children
to bed and went opossum hunting. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
MAYORS IN CONVENTION.
Fifth Annual Convention of American
I League of Municipalities.
I Two hundred delegates were present
j at the opening session of the fifth annual
convention of the American
League of Municipalities in Grand
Rapids, Mich., Wednesday. An ad?
dress or welcome Dy iuayui raimw,
of Grand Rapids, opened the morning
session. This was followed by an address
by PresideD.t Charles S. Ashley,
mayor of New Bedford, Mass.
WANT VOTING TRJST EXTENDED.
Morgan, Lanier and Baker Address
8outhcrn Railway Stockholders.
A circular to- the stockholders of the
Southern Railway Company was issued
at New York Thursday by J.
Pierpont Morgan, Charles Lanier and
George F. Baker, the voting trustees,
recommending a continuation of the
voting trust for Are years. The company
postponed a dividend declaration
recently in order that the shareholders
might have an opportunity to
lecord their wishes as to an extension
"KENTUCKY MURDERED MY BOY."
VA/-?r>/i*n from i
Pathetic Letter to rn?wn
Mother of Bishop.
The Kentucky penitentiary mutiny
Incident was closed Friday by the burial
of Wallace Bishop, the leader of
the desperadoes.
Warden Lillard received a letter
from Mrs. C. F. Bishop, of Hammond,
Ind., mother of the dead man, saying:
"Kentucky murdered my boy; 1^
her bury him. What Is a lump of clay
to an outraged, broken-hearted
mother?" ;
MINERS FACING GUNS f
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Soldiers Literally Swarm Orer
Affected Strike Regions.
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MORE CLASHES HAVE OCCURED :
West Virginia Governor Order* Out
Troops to Suppress Disorder,
But Not to Break Strike.
Hot Times Expected.
A special from Tamaqua, Pa., says:]
The first olash between the striking \ f
miners and the troops occurred Thursday
morning and five prisoners are in .
I the cimrd tmnse at the Twelfth read. S3
ment camp, and Captain J. B. Gearhart,
of company F, Twelfth regiment, -?|
is suffering from a wound on hit
shoulder, made by a stone thrown by
a striker.
Man Killed by Strikers.
Advices from Bluefleld, W. Va., elate
that there is considerable excitement
on Crane creek and Simmons creek /-.ifj
over Thursday's shooting by strikers. ^
John Ruble, a blacksmith employed -:<M
by the Sagamore Coal and Coke Company,
was shot by striking miners and
killed. Reports were current dorinff
the day that a number of guards had
been killed and wounded by the strik- '
ers but investigation proves that Ru* .
ble was the only man killed.
Sheriff Appeals to Governor. '*
Governor White, of West Virginia, ^
has ordered the Second regiment of .Sj
the West Virginia national guard to *:
the New River district, not, as he says,.
to settle the strike, but to protect life
and property. Colonel Morrison, art .%
Parkersburg, was given orders early '
Thursday morning to call out his regfc- ,
ment and proceed by special train to J|Sj
Thurmond, which will be the head*
quarters. The cause for this action ; J0
by the governor is the appeal of Sher- . ;
iff Daniel, of Fayette county, for as*
sistance on the ground that the cltl- ^
zens refuse to respond to his sum- -Sq
mons to act as deputies to enable him ^
to execute the orders of the court, and
on his declaration that he is powor- ^
lese to protect life and property. Ho
communicated with the governor Wed- ,
nesday when his deputies were fired
on in the vicinity of Red Ash, whero
they were evicting miners who are
strikers and who are in arrears fot ,
Statement by Governor.
Regarding his action in sending militla
to the New river district, Gorer- -J|
nor White gave out the touowing : ja
statement:
"I ordered the troops sent because
the sheriff of Fayette county made *
formal demand in writing upon me - Yii
and came in person to see me, stating
that he was powerless, with a
posse comltatus, to control the situation
and keep the peace and preserve a||
persons and property in Fayette
county from violence and destruction;
because repeated attempts at asses* .|j?
sination had been made, several men, r '\
had been assaulted and wounded and r^ll
conditions exist, owing to the topography
of the country and the numer- '
ous operations, which made it impos- | ;
sible for him to effectively repress die- %Y
order. He demanded aid to keep the
peace and order, and from investign- YYvgi
tion made by me and the outbreaXpli
yesterday at Red Ash, I felt it my duty
to respond to the call Y jjS
"I have instructed my private secretary,
who accompanies the troops to '-YSf
the New river coal fields, to explicitly .
state to all concerned that the militia
is sent only to suppress lawlessness
and to protect life and property and .
frvr th<> DurDose of breaking the
J strike, nor to act in any sense as ||H
I guards or policemen for any coal opI
erator. My purpose is to enforce the
I laws of the state."
J Held for Murder of His Brother.
j Mack D. Paulk, accused of the murI
der of his brother, William Paulk, was
I committed in trial before Justice .^3
I Chestnut at Tifton, Ga., Wednesday,
I and was carried to Nashville jail. H#
refuses to talk about the murder.
I GREAT SON OF SALVXTOR. ?- J
I Wine Rich Futurity Prize of $45,400 at
| Sheepehead Bay.
I Savable, sired by Salvator, the most
I sensational race horse the America* .
turf has ever seen, won the rich fuJ
turity at Sheepshead Bay Saturday.
I John A. Drake, a western millionaire,
owns him. August Belmont's HastI
ings cold, Lord of the Vale, was secI
ond, only an eyelash behind, while ^ ^
Dazzling, one of the four Keene horses, ^
I finished third.
j The value of the futuriSf was to
I the winner, $45,400; to second, $5,200;
to third, $2,750; in all $53,400.
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SECOND FAKE BATTLE ON. :?JM
I Army Will Now Contend With Navy
j on New England Coast.
! A special from Newport, R. I., says:
I Under cover of fog and the blackness
I of night, the north Atlantic fleet, comI
manded by Rear Admiral Higginson,
I slipped its cable in Menemsha Bight, 7
Vineyard sound, shortly before 10
o'clock Sunday night and put to sea,*
making the flwft move afloat In the >'
war game between army and nary in
the Imaginary war along the southern
New England coast.
Having found by experience that
American mules and horses are the
hardiest for veldt work, the British authorities
will continue the shipments
from Port Cbalmette to South Africa,
in order the better to carry out the A
promise of restoring the Boers' rained
farms. Thus does alien officialism
I pay a deserved compliment to the
j American mule?first in peace as well
as in war.
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