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BLACK LIST LEGAL * # A Far-Reaching Opinion By St. L(fcis Federal Judge WESTERN UNION WINS A VICTORY This Judge Asserts That Membership in a Union is Sufficient Grounds For Discharge of Workmen. St. Louis, Special?Judge Rogers, In the United States Cirouit Court, recently handed down an opinion, sustaining the demurrer of the Western Union Telegraph Company in the labor Injunction case of Bever et al. against that company. In the written opinion. Judge Rogers sustains every point urged by Attorney Elenious Smitli, representing the defendant company, holding that the company has the absolute right to dismiss employes because they belong to the union, or for any other reason; that there can be no conspiracy to do a lawful act; that 4 aa11a,1 Klfinb Hot TTiflV mlill# lur SU-iajICU Uia^n uov U.UJ >V .... ? tained fcr the use of others. This case resulted from a bill filed b> Telegraph Operator Arthur Boyer and others, alleging they were members of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, local lodge No. 3, of St. Louis, and that they had been discharged from the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company solely because they belonged to the union. The bill sought to prevent the Western Union from discharging any employe because of membership in the union, and the St. Lcuis officers of the Western Union from conspiring to that end, and to prevent interference of any kind with the union, and to prevent the Western Union from maintaining a black list and placing there, on the names of those who might be ? discharged because of being members of the union. The Western Union Company demurred to the bill, and this demurrer was sustained by Judge Rogers, of Arkansas, sitting in the United States Circuit Court today. Judge Rogers held that the Western Union had the absolute right to discharge employes not under contractual relations with the company, for any ? * ~ in.A cause or without cause; iuai u hao right exists cn the part of the employes to sever their relations with the company for any cause or without cause; that if a contract of employment is violated, the recourse of the employe is at law. and not by a bill in equity, such as was brought in this case; that there can be no conspiracy to commit a lawful act. such as he "held to be the discharge of the company's employes, because of being members of the unions; that the company had the right to maintain a list, on which might be placed the names of discharged employes and the cause of discharge, and this list might be given others, provided its contents were truthful and its circulation honest; that as the bill alleged the union was formed for moral and proper purposes. there should exist no objection upon the part of an employe to have his discharge based upon the mere fact that he was a member of such an order. ? Oil Company Fails. Norfolk. Special.?The Oliver Refining Company, Fred Oliver, secretary and treasurer, owning a large plant for the refining of cotton seed oil and other products of cotton seed, on the southern branch of the Elizabeth River, has faihd and King Waddell, following a suit in equity, filed in the United States Circuit Court against the Oliver Company by the Williams & Flash Company, of NewYork, has appointed Edward S. Flash, Jr., of New York and Percy S. Steph enson, of Norfolk, receivers 10 raxc charge of the affa' '** of the defendant company as trustees and operate the Oliver factories in Norfolk county for the benefit of all creditors and until such time as the said affairs can be wound up to the best interests of all involved. The receivers are appointed under bond of $50,000 each. A Suicide. Nyack. N. Y., Special.?Herman T. Coates. who murdered Louis Hull, at Spring Valley, May 19, 1902, committed suicide in the Rockland county jail Tuesday by cutting his throat with a rusty rasor which he obtained in some unaccountable way. Coates was brought from Richmond, Va., where he was arrested for vagrancy. While there he confessed to the murder of Hull. On Sunday he jumped from an Old Dominion steamer off Sea Girt, but was rescued. British Win. Chicago, Special?Capt J. L. Lowe's visiting team of Oxford and Cambridge English golfers won the honors in the first international golf contests in the West, defeating Captain L. L. Boyd's all-Western team on the links of the Chicago Golf Club in the scheduled four-ball foursome events 3 to 2 and winning the team competition by a score cf S to 3. El!| Arp Dyinj. Cartcrsville. Ga., Special.?Major -C, H. Smith (Bill Arp) is lying at the point of death at his home here. His physician. Dr. Ralph Smith, a son of Major Smith, says there is no probable chance for recovery and the end is momentarily expected. Dr. Clark Dying. Saratoga, N. Y.. Special.?Dr. Finley Clark, of the Geisers, who was recently prostrated by paralysis, is dying. He Is president of one of the leading mineral spring companies. He formerly lived in Gerogia, and came hare shortly after the civil war. v: ' ' JUDGE CRAY'S AWARD i J ' 1 Settlement of the Mining Trouble in the Birmingham District. | Birmingham, Special.?The board of ] arbitration appointed to adjust mat- , j ters in controversy between coal op- !, I orators and miners in the Birming- j t i ham district, made its award through . ( I its chairman. Judge Gray, of Dela- j j ! ware, at a late hour. After recit-: ( j ing the claims made by the miners , i and the operators, respectively, the j report, about 1.400 words in length, malces the following awards: Minimum and maximum rate of the sliding scale; the rates per ton for mining coal on the Pratt basis vary according to the selling price of pig iron. 47 1-2 cents when pig iron is selling at 53 per ton, to 57 1-2 cents when irsn is selling at $11.50 per ton. The same proportionate increase is to be given on day wages for work in and about the mines, but no increase is given by this award for narrow work. A semi-monthly payment of wages: Prom and after October 1, the earnings of day men shall be paid semimonthly and 3uch commissary checks or credits as the operators may issue to their employes shall not be transferable. but shall be redeemable in goods at the respective commissaries upon which they are drawn only when presented by the employes to whom they have been issued or by some member of their families. Rates for narrow work: The total of the maximum price?on the Pratt basis?to be paid for work in headings, exclusive of air courses, shall be $2.71 per yard Jn lieu of $2.84 per yard, the present rate; rates for work in air courses to remain on the present basis. On the subject of differential be- s twon machine and Dick mining, the s board makei?no conclusion, as insufficient data have been presented on which to form an intelligent award. The board suggests that a committee from both sides be appointed to make experiments and fix a differential. Minimum days of labw: The award on this subject provides for a system of fines to be imposed for absence from work, except for sickness, or after notifying and obtaining the consent of the mine foreman. An alteration of mining is a suspension for work for a fixed number of days. Men who do not work 20 days in any one month when the mine is in opera- ' tion 20 days or more shall be fined $1 1 or suspended the first six days in the ' following month, or be assigned to an- ' other working place. The fines imposed shall be collected through the company's officers and be paid to the ! secretary-treasurer of district 20 (Alabama) of the United Mine Workers of America, on or before the 10th day of each month. It shall be optional with the operator to impose fines or sus- 1 pend mine workers, or assign new places, in cases provided for above. Diffentlal between Pratt and other 1 mines: The differential in the rate for mining coal at the Jefferson mine , , and the Kimberly mine of the Central ' Coal Company shall be reduced two . and one-half cents per ton, the yardage at the above mines to remain as at j present. Employment of boys under 14 years | of age: A submission having been ' made by representatives cf both sides tM?a nnntmversrv of the Question of the age at which boys may be em- ! ployed, it is hereby awarded that on and after September 1, 1903. no boys under the age of 14 years shall be employed or permitted in the mines by , any of the mine operators who are I parties to this arbitration. Shot to Deaih. Henderson. Tex.. Special.?Jot Sanders. a negro accused of having attempted criminal assault on a young girl Saturday night, was shot to death i Sunday by a posse of citizens which went to arrest him. Sanders was standing in his door when the men approached, holding a shot gun. He was , struck by four loads of buckshot. ( Fatally Wounded. Roanoke, Va? Special.?John Hall was shot and fatally wounded by A. E. ' Hodges at the latter's home, near Cog- i ginsville, Franklin ccnnty Sunday i night, and died early Sunday morning. , 11.. .1 Moll woc nr_ , me men quarmicu ouu j.iq.w ?., dered to go away. He turned to re-enter the house when Hodges fired on him with a shot-gun, the charge takine ef- 1 feet in the breast. Hodges is in ja'l at Rocky Mount. , Wants Sunday Laws Enforced. Pensacola, Fla., Special?The Sunday ( league sent letters to the sheriff and (' mayor demanding a rigid enforcement ; of the Sabbath observance laws, which have become gradually relaxed since their temporary enforcement a few months ago. The mayor replied that 1 J that the laws were State statutes and ' that he had no authority for their enforcement. The sheriff refused to do anything in the matter unless those who called for the enforcement of the laws would swear out warrants for the arrest of the offenders. Work of Robbers. Norfolk. Va.( Special.?Five men bound and gagged the night watchman at the Port Norfolk power house at 2:30 o'clock Sunday morning, and were about to rob the officer when( William Hopkins, a negro fireman, discovered the watenman's plight and gave an alarm. The robbers shot the negro twice and fled. Hopkins may die. The robbers have not been captured. THE PRESIDENT'S OPINION. Strike in Government Bindery Discnssed By nr. Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, Special.?President Roosevelt has made applicable to all lepartments of the government service the principle h? enunciated at the itne he re-instated Wm, A. Miller to lir. nz-cifion n tV>o ITnvflrTirnpnt Print ng OfTi:from which Miller had been lismisscu because of a disagreement r.'?th the bookbinder's union. The 'resident has plainly stated to the nembers of his cabinet that the prin iples is to "indicate the policy of the 'resident" in similar cases. Thursday night the President authorized the publication of a letter, hich was sent to each member of his abinet on the 22nd of July. The leter was signed by Mr. Barnes, acting secretary to the President, and is as ollows: "My Dear Sir: The President diects mo to send you herewith, for rcur information, copies of two letters lent to Secretary Cortelyou with refer nce to the Government Printing Office vhich define the attitude of the adminstration in connection with the subect discussed. They are sent you for rcur information and guidance, as hey indicate the policy of the Presiknt in this matter." The letters to Secretary Cortelyou verc written on July 13 and 14. The salient sentence of the first letter was: 'There is no objection to the employes )f the Government Printing Office conititutlng themsef -es into a union, if hey so desire, but no rules or resoluions of that union can be permitted to iverrlde the laws of the 7~nited States, vhich it Is my sworn duty to enforce." In the letter of the 14th, the Presljuoted the finding of the Anthracite Strike Commission regarding the em)loyment of labor a3 follows: "It Is idjudged and awarded that no person ihall be refused employment or in any vay discriminated against on account >f membership or non-membership in tnv labor organization, and that there .Koii Ka /iiopriminatinn aeainst or nterference with any employe who is iot a member of any labor organizaion." Conceding this principle the Presilent wrote: "It is of course mere elementary decency to require that all he government departments shall be landled in accordance with the prin:iple thus clearly and fearlessly enun. dated." The South Leads. Washington. Special.?The Census Bureau has published as a bulletin a liscussion of the increase of population m the United States as shown by the census of 1900. The principal results of the study of these figures are summarized as follows: "The increase in the population of ?ontinental United States, that is. the United States exclusive of Alaska and the recent insular accessions, was 13, 34G.961, or 20.7 per cent. Only one country. Argentina, has shown by the most recent figures a more rapid growth. "The present rate of growth in continental United States is estimated as double the average rate of Europe. In the decade 1890 to 1900 the first time in our national history, the Southern States Increased faster than the Northern. East of the Mississippi, however, the Northern States as a group nave grown in the late ten years somewhat more rapidly than the Southern, but west of that river to the Southern States have increased almost two and one-half times as rapidly as the Northern, and it is this fact which * -? as o makes the growtn oi me OUU i Ll ao u whole exceed that of the North. The region west of the Mississippi river is still increasing faster than that east of it. The rates of increase la the North and South during the last 20 years were practically the same. But in the character of this growth the two regions differ widely, there being a rer latively uniform growth over the whole South, equalized by a balance in the North between a lower rate of rural growth and a higher rate of urban growth. The most noteworthy result of the entire discussion, it is stated, is the cumulative evidence of the approach to equality in the rates of increase of various parts of the United States. This appears whether North be compared with South, East with West, or city with country. Woolen Mi!i5 Burned. Roanoke, Va., Special.?The Salem Woolen Mills and the Salem Pants Factory, owned by the Salem Woolen Mills Co., and located at Salem, Va., were destroyed by fire last week. The fire started in the lower part of the woolen mills, and was caused by the lantern of the night watchman coming in contact with some combunstible material. An ovninsinr followed, and the buildings were soon a mass of flames. The local firemen were powerless to control the tire, and the Roanoke department responded to a call for aid, but reached the scene too late to be of any service. The loss is estimated at 5150,000, with 550,000 insurance. Situation More Acute. Berlin. By Cable.?A dispatch to The Cologne Gazette from St. Petersburg, dated Thursday says: "The situation in the far East is becoming more acute. Even in Manchuria, the Chinese are assuming an insolent attitude toward the Russians, particularly toward the troops. At one place stones were thrown at the commander of the troops. While all Russians are the objects of insult, a spirit of opposition to the Chinese government is also manifested." , Another Bank Closes. Groesbeck, Tex., Special?The Groesbeck National Bank has been closed at the request of Rod Oliver, president. Mr. Oliver is president of the defunct Citizens* Bank at Beaumont. There is no uneasiness as to the bank, as it is regarded perfectly solvent and it is generally believed will resume busine* in & few days. BILL ON MOBS. New York Politician Discusses a Live | Issue. Olcott Beach, N. Y., Special.?From 20,000 to SO.OOO persons attended the nnn.,oi nf tha Niagara Countv ( ? SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Condition of Cotton. The great maturing cotton crop Is probably more generally late than has been any crop for many years. It, therefore, is an interesting problem as to what extent and how late we may count on the "squares" or "forms" now assuming-shape and yet to appear. It has always been a debatable question hov,' late in the fall blooms may be counted on to produce well-matured open bells. Of course, it depends finally- on the date of the first killing frost?a cold sufficiently severe to freeze the untimely and immature bolls; and to some extent on the character of the weather immediately following. Every farmer is supposed to know about what time such killing weather usually occurs. It varies considerably, some years occurring a month, or even six weeks later than in others. I remember the abnormal season of 1849. There were only a few moderate freezes between January 1 and March 1. The farmers planted their crops of corn and cotton some weeks in advance of the usual time. But on April 15 a severe freeze including sleet and snow in some sections of Georgia, destroyed every stalk of cotton and corn and ruined the wheat and oat crops. However, the crops were again planted, the seasons following, throughout the summer and fall were nil that heart could desire, and the "killing frost" did not occur where I was until late in December. Indeed, I remember seeing cotton blooms on the living plants on December 25! The result was very fine yields of both corn and cotton. Within the last thirty-five or forty years I recall but three or four years in which the traditional "top crop" amounted to anything, although its promise was often used by the "bears" to pull down the market prices. From Bulletin 33, issued from the office of Experiment station in 189?, I gather the following results of somo painstaking experiments, or rather observations, made in South Carolina, near Augu3ta? Ga. "Plants coming up in May showed the first 'squares' (forms) in from twenty-five to thirty-nine days, the average being twenty-nine days from the time of their appearance above the surface, "'Forms' appearing in May bloomed in twenty-one to thirty-two days, averaging twenty-five days; forms appearing in June bloomed in twenty to twenty-seven days, averaging twenty5even days; forms appearing in July bloomed in twenty to twenty-six days, averaging twenty-four days: forms appearing in August bloomed in twenty-one to twenty-seven days, averaging twenty- five days. "Blooms appearing in June made open bolls in from forty-five to fiftysix days, averaging fifty-two days; blooms appearing in July made open bolls in from 3lxty-four to seventy-one days, averaging sixty-five days, and blooms appearing in August made open bolls in forty-six to forty-eight days, averaging fifty-two days. "Forms appearing May 24 made open bolls August 9; forms on July 2* made open bolls October 8, and forms on August 24 made open bolls November 9.'' The reported results conclude as follows: "As killing frost occurs about November 17, it would seem that the latest blooms that can be counted on would be about September 1." It does not appear, however, that the concluding observation is quite justified by the previously 3tated observed results. It assumes that a boll mUst become an "open boll' before a killing frost occurs. This is not necessarily true, and as a matter of fact is not usually true. In other words, a full-grown, well-matured boll is not usually seriously injured by a frost that kills the entirs foilag? of the plants and all immature bolls Very many, if not all, of such bolls will open good "white cotton" after the frost, especially if the weather be open and sunny for a week or ten days. My observations lead me to say that (in lattitude 33 degrees and thereabout) the first killing frost occurs at from November 1 to November 10, and that bloom3 occurring from September 1 to 10 may usually be considered as safe to mature good bolls of white cotton, although these bolls may not open until the first killing frost.?Atlanta Constitution. Textile Notes. Southern Manufacturing Co.. Athens, Ga., will build cotton mill to have 4000 spindles. Roberdel Manufacturing Co.. Rockingham, N. C.. will add 300 looms. It now has 13,000 spindles and 600 looms. Great Falls Manufacturing Co., Rockingham, N. C., will add 100 looms. Its present equipment is 4312 ring spindles and 147 broad looms. N. B. Mills, Statcsvillc. N. C.. is endeavoring to organize $100,000 company to build cotton mill. Dickscn Cotton Mill. Laurinburg, N. C., will Install 1200 additional spindles. Contract for this machinery has been awarded. Company at present has 6.300 spindles. It is reported that the Merrimack Manufacturing Co., Huntsville, Ala., will, upon completion of 63,000-spindle mill No. 2. lately contracted for. build - J *? *v? ill \Ta 1 a ort/mmmn. an auuiiiuii iv iiiiii x iu iHwiujiiudate 30,000 spindles. Messrs. Leslie P. Montgomery, Thomas Conyngton and Clarence P. Moser have incorporated the Southern Textile Co. of Mississippi at Vicksburg. Miss., for textile-manufacturing purposes. Their capital is $10,000. .J. J. Mather, Cleveland, Tenn., contemplates establishing knitting mill. He proposes manufacturing heavy blaclt-ribbed half-hose, with double fcot. Mr. Mather solicits correspondence from makers of knitting machinery. power plants (steam and electrical), dyeing equipment, eac. It is proposed to organize company for the erection of a cotton mill ?t Moundville, Ala., and R. L. Griffin is interested. Endeavors are being made to interest outside capital in the enterprises. Correspondent* is invited. i Pioneers' Association. The morning : was taken up with a business meeting of the association, followed by a reception to former Senator David B. Hill. An immense crowd gathered at the open-air theatre, where the exercises of the day were held. Attorney General Cuncen was the first speaker. He extolled the industry, intelligence and characters of the pioneers of western New York. Mr. Cuneen then jwid a tribute to Senator Hill, who was I the next speaker. Mr. Hill, in opening, discussed "Mob Law Versus Due Process of Law." He said: "Mob violence is not rendered less objectionable even if it be true, as frequently asserted, that unless It shall interpose its strong arm. the guilty may escape punishment through a lax administration of the criminal laws, or indifference to its enforcement on the part of the people themselves. The very excuse offered is a reflection on the community itself where the crime has .been committed, and the remedy lies, not in the people themselves overriding the law, but in the people upholding and enforcing the law, and in aD appeal to their patriotism, their good sense, their innate love of justice and respect for order?qualities which are seldom or never invoked in vain. We cannot permit this government to become moborracy. which acts upon impulse, feels no restraint, and recognizes no appeal from its hasty prejudgment. "Crimes which cAn only be punished by such Irresponsible tribunals as mobs might as well not be punished at all, because in the end the remedy would be found t> be worse than the disease. The duty of every American . citizen who loves his country and Its free institutions is plain. He should assist In the creation of a healthy public sentiment. which should demand that no person charged with crime shall be punished therefor except under due p:ocess of law, and by lawful officials, and after a trial before a court and Jury, as provided by the wise and beneflcient provisions of our Federal constitution, and these vital provisions. so essential to the public welfare, must be respected in every part of our domain and wherever our American flag shall permanently float; and every man. whether white or black, native or foreign born, rich or poor., educated or unlettered, must be protected in his I life and liberty." Taking up another subject, Mr. Hill said: ' "The tendency of the times is toward indulgence in that peculiar species of sensational performance, which i may be characterized in general terms as 'spectacularism." if I may be permitted to coin the word. Spectacularists usually affect superiority over other people; in the matter of patriotism they desire to be regarded as the only true patriots: they assume to possess all the virtues; while other people, in their estimation, posses all the vices. They abhor silence and obscurity. They assert the commonest kind of self-evident propositions, which have be(ome moss-covered from age. with an emphasis as though they were oracles, and as though their platitudes were wholly original. "Thev have their cress agents, who, unsolicited, supply newspapers gratuitously with the details of what they do each morning, noon and night, as though the world was holding its breath for fear that something would escape it pertaining to themselves. If they happen to hold office, they are delighted to see their smallest public acts paraded, magnified and applauded. They are sure that there was never before such public officials as themselves?so earnest, so honest, so self, sacrificing. They meddle with everything. whether within of without their official jurisdiction, and usually muddle everything with which they have anything to do. "Spectacularism. as here interpreted, is a sort of disease?it expands the head and contracts the conscience, and may appropriately be called "ego-mania." which is another name for egotism. "The hope of the country lies in the great masa of cool, deliberate and conservative citizens, who pursue their avocations and perform their duties unostentatiously, and entertain sincere convictions of their life's work. They neither delight in war. In contention, nor In unnecessary strife. They carry no chip upon their shoulders, always looking for trouble. Their ways are ways of pleasantness, and their paths are paths of peace. They believe that righteousness, more than triumphs of war, exalteth the nation." Big Bank Failure. Beaumont. Tex., Special.?The Citizens National and Savings Eank was closed by Bank Examiner Logan, who has been here for several days looking over the affairs of the institution. The examiner positively refused to say anything concerning the status of the bank affairs, except that he had pre j _ tn-r thp comptroller pilTfU it Slaicuivuc 4v/a 4 of the currency. It Is rumored that the bank has a large sum in paper, which is alleged to be practically worthies.?. It is also stated that there are $200,000 in overdrafts. The bank was opened for business May 31, 1901. The capital Stock wa3 $100,000, and the deposits have ranged in the neighborhood of $3C0,0C0 until recently. Southern flill Merger. Chicago, Special.?A dispatch to The Record-Herald from New Orleans says: "The organization of the Southern Textile Company, a combine cf Southern cotton yarn mills, has been practically completed and the mills will soon be taken over. This Is the largest cotton mill merger that has ever taken place. The company, which is capitalized at $14,000,000, will take over about 70 mills In North I Carolina, Geogia, Mississippi, Ala | bama and Tennessee. ~ - ''fc - '-r - .. V. /? , WORKING MYS IN MINES. f ^ Developments of the Alabama Coal Mine Investigation. Birmingham, Ala., Special.?In the course of the testimony for the miner* I It developed under cross-examination that many miners are in the habit of taking their boys into the mines to work with them, each boy be'ng allowed a half turn on cars, although his coal output goes under his father'* - ? check. Controversy over the responsbility for this class of labor led to an agreement between the miners and the principal operators involved in the arbitration, that the commission, in it* finding, shall rule that no boys under 14 years of age be allowed to enter the mines in this district. Under the State law of Alabama ,it has been possible to utilize the labor of boys of 12 years and over, in the mines. The miners, Is all their contracts, have insisted on this rule being incorporated, although j some of the companies, notably the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, have protested. Mr. Percy, attorney for the Tennessee Company, commenting upon the testimony, stated that the miners were in the habit of working their boys in the mines. Mr. Falrley, for the miner*, replied that the miners did not wish young boys in the mines, but that the companies had encouraged it. Mr. Percy said that the Tennessee Company had endeavored to prevent boys under 14 years of age from working in the mines, but that the union fell back on the State law and insisted on the 12- . year-old clause being a part of each new agreement. Mr. Flynn, president of the Miners' Union for this district, declared to the commission that the union would gladly agree that the commission, in its findings, should make a rule that no boys under 14 years of age be allowed to work in the mines. The representatives of all the large A. companies who were present, immeui- ? , atcly declared themselves in favor of the 14-year-old clause, and Judge Gray said that the commission, on these assurances, would make such a finding. The testimony showed that any miner working 20 days per month could earn $100 a month. Negroes Kidnap a White Girl. ** Fort Smith, Ark., Special.?The kidnapping of a young whice girl and the killing of one of a posse that tried to rescue her are the crimes charged against a party of eight negroes, for- -~ tified on Bruce's Island, 16 miles west of the city. It is feared that their capture will lead to a bloody encounter. The negroes are said to be well armed. A few days ago two farmers, living near Wilson's Rock, landed on Bruce's Island in search of plums, and accidently ran into a camp, in which there were two negro men and r. whito riri about 12 years of age. They mado some inquiries about the girl, and tbo negroes said she waa the daughter of ? white man who was traveling with them, and who had gone to Fort SmlMa for provisions. The negroes would not let the girl talk, and this aroused suspicion. A watch was kept on the no- * groes for two days, but no white man appeared. Monday afternoon a party of farmers decided to investigate tbo case, and, as they neared the' island, tHey were fired on by the negroes, and one of the party, a man named Roland, was killed. A sharp fight was kept up for some time, during which the girl escaped from the negroes and ran to the white men. She was so excited she could not give an intelligent account of herself. She said, however that her father was not traveling with the negroes, but that she had been stolen from her home near Fort Glt>son, I. T. She had been taken to Mulurew. Roland, the dead man. was a comparative stranger at Wilson'a Rock. Russian Fleet Sails. Seabastopol, By Cable.?The squadron of the Russian Black Sea fleet, which has been ordered to the Turkish coast, sailed Monday. It is under the command of Rear Admiral Krueger. The squadron consists of the battleships Catherine III, Tria Sviatelia. Rostislaw and Bvendatz Apostoion. four torpedo boat destroyers and six mine and torpedo transports. Nebraska Republicans. Lincoln, Neb.. Specia.?Nebraska Republicans in State convention Tuesday nominated the folloring ticketi Associate Justice of the Suprema Court. John B. Barnes, of Madison county; regents of the State Univerjity, Chas. S. Allen, of Lancaster, and W. G. Whitmore, of Douglas. The unexpected feature of the convention was the adoption by unanimous vote of a r'solution declaring John L. Webster, of Omaha, one of the delegates to the convention, and one of the well fcnown party leaders of the State, to be the choice of Nebraska Republicans for Vice President in 1904. Killed By Discharged Workman. Nashville, Tenn., Special.?Edwin H. Kilburne was shot and killed Wednesday morning in the composing room of The Southern Methodist Publishing House. He wag the foreman of that department, and was killed by C. O. Pettus, a former employe. Pettu3 waa discharged about three years ago for threatening to kill a company employe, and his mind is said to be affected.