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N January, 1770. tliere was
y k a conflict In the streets of
O I O New York City between
^ ft the military and the people
^'*0*' ?a renewal of the old warfare
around the libertypole
in the fields. An unsuccessful
Attempt was made by some soldiers, on
-^the 13th. to bring down the pole by
' -Cutting its supports and explodiug gunpowder
in a hole bored in the wood,
followed by au assault on the citizens
at the neighboring public-house of Montayne's.
a place of resort on the Hue
of Broadway at the lower end of the
grounds, which was much frequented
by the patriots. In another effort, on
the ICth. the assailants, sheltering
themselves in a ruined building near
at hand, succeeded in cutting down the
pole, wbicj they sawed In pieces, and.
in a spirit of bravado, piled up In front
of Mootayue's taveru door.
An "indignation" meeting, held on
the Common, naturally followed these
exasperating incidents. It was numerously
attended. "Three thousand,"
says Bolt's paper, "were present"
Aesuiuuur j were pasaru ueuiuuuiufj
that the soldiers off duty should no
longer be permitted to work for the
citizens, and thai they should not leave
their barracks after roll-call. A com^inittee
was appoiuted to seek permislirtKilP
tlie Corporation to remove
the vacant building on the Common,
which bad been a covert to the assailants
of the liberty-pole. The following
day placards and handbills of a
derisive and decant character, issued
on the part of the soldiery, abounded
in the city. The valiant Sears, with
a ?party of his friends, came upon a
' trio of soldiers engaged in posting one
of the challenges. One of the soldiers
drew his bayonet for au assault, when
he, with his fellows, were carried off
to the mayor's office.
A body of twenty soldiers now made
their appearance with drawn bayonets
and cutlasses, who were met by the
citizens with such means of defense
as chance supplied. The mayor ordered
the soldiers to their barracks,
when they retreated to Coldeu' HilL
a considerable eminence still to be
recognized in the elevation of the lower
part of John street. Here they charged
upon the throng of citizens who had
gathered to the spot. Francis Field,
a Quaker, standing in his doorway,
was wounded by a sword or bayonet
thrust Three other citizens and a
sailor were wounded. The soldiers
in various instances were successfully
resisted and overpowered In the miscellaneous
conflict, which threatened to
assume larger proportions, when the
soldiers were ordered by their officers
to their barracks. Other disturbances
of a like character ensued. Meanwhile,
to give a flavor of legality to the
property, the sanction of the Corporation
was now sought to be obtained for
the erection of a new liberty-pole on
the old public ground.
Failing to obtain this concession
from the prudent Common Council, the
citizeus purchased from a private owu.SAM
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er a piece of land near the old spot,
upon which they erected with imposing
ceremonies a new pole of great
lieight. firmly secured in the ground
and formidably cased with iron bars,
clasped by thick iron hoops. This
mast was surmounted by another, supporting
a gilt vane, on which was inscribed
in large letters the word
'Liberty." Another night-attack was
made on this, the fifth liberty-pole, in
the following March, by a party of the
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kxtneir fiojit for
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troops about iraving tbe Pro<itoce.
They had vowed to carry off with tbebi
a portion of it as a trophy. Unable
to make any impression on the wellprotected
trunk, these Homeric contestants
were endeavoring to unship
the topmast, when they were discovered
by several passing citizens, who
called others to their aid. The Sons
of Liberty, we may mention, were at
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luia niiitr ikrjn uui ui men icovn u c i
Montayne's by ? usurping conservative <
faction, who bad made their owu terms |
with the landlord. Not to be without 1
that indispensable adjunct of political !
action in New York from time im- '
memorial, a good dining-ball. the I
"Sons" purchased a tavern, kept by i
one Bicker, on the site of the old <
Herald building, to which the name I
of Hampden Hall was given. Hither I
the soldiers, reinforced by their com- t
rades from the barracks, drove the I
citizens for refuge, and here the assail- .
THE BATTLE OF GOLDEN HILL, IN
"SONS OF LIBERTY" AND
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ants were kept at Day wuue si. e
George's bell sounded an alarm to the t
town. An officer of the regiment arriving.
as on similar occasions, the soldiers
were sent back to their quarters,
and the liberty-pole was left by them
at their departure unharmed.
Alexander McDougal, the son of a
Scotchman, a man destined to rise to
high military rank in the coming War
of the Revolution, was an early though
not one of the most active members of
the association of the Sons of Liberty.
He now stood forth, the unflinching
champion of popular rights. Bancroft
characterizes him in few words: "A
man who had made a fortune as a
sailor, and had himself carefully cultivated
his mind. Courageous and fiery,
yet methodical and self-possessed."
At the Congress in September all the
thirteen colonies were represented except
Georgia. It was an assembly of
""*"1*1'"- Vomnol anil .Tnhn Adams.
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Roger Sherman, William Livingston, i
Galloway, Rodney. Chase, the Rut- (
ledges and Gadsden, with the eonspicu- 1
ous Virginians. Peyton Randolph. 1
Richard lienry Lee. Patrick Henry ]
and George Washington. The chief
measures of this, the first Continental (
Congress, were, the formation of an i
American Association to carry out a i
general system of commercial lion- t
intercourse with Great Britain, until i
the existing difficulties should be removed;
and the dignified assertion of ^
the principles at stake, in a series of
able State papers, a declaration of
rights, a petition to the King, and several
addresses, one of which, "To the j
People of Great Britain," remarkable ,
for its force and directness, was the J
work of the New York delegate, John .
Jay. The Congress closed after a short
session, having made provision for the |
call of another, snould circumstances
require it, the ensuing May. , I
When, in January, the last of the 1
garrison wore ordered to Boston, and
were about taking their departure
with a quantity of arms in boxes, the
latter were seized by a party of the j
Sons of i.iberty. headed by Marinus '
Willett. and carried back to tlie de- I
sorted Fort (ieorge.
It was about this time, on the night
of the 10th of May. that Myles Cooper,
tlie 1'resident of King's College, who j
had become obnoxious to the popular 1
party by hi* writings and personal ef- ;
forts, on behalf of the Crown, was vis- ;
ited at the college by a mob. intent i
on revenge. He wouldulonbtless have !
hoon roughly handled had not tiruo
hoon gained for his escape by a speech
from the stops by Alexander llamil- (
ton. then a student.
Lamb, who had been commissioned I
a captain of artillery, was sent or. the 1
evening of the -od to remove the cannon
from th^ battery below Fort
tieorge. He was accompanied on this
service by part of an independent
corps, under Colonel Lasher, and a
body of citizens led by the ever-ready
Soars. Young Hamilton also was with
them, with a number of his fellowstudents
in tho college, whom he bad
been engagou ill drilling. On their
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JAMES DUAXE.
A Leading "Sou of Liberty."
irrival at the battery the party found
i barge and crew of the ship of war
Asia lying under the Fort, evidently iu
jxpectation of the movement From
the boat a musket was fired upon the
citizens, which was met with a volley,
killing and wounding several. The
barge then returned to the Asia, which
)pened a heavy cannonade upon the
party; several were wounded, and
nouses in the vicinity, among others
S.iin Fraunces' ta\ern. in Broad street, j
tvere injured by the shock. The city
pells were rung, there was a general
alarm as if the city were to be
lestroyed. numbers fled to the country;
but in the midst of the confusion 1
the original object, the removal of the J
twenty-one pieces of ordinance at the
nattery. was deliberately accomplished.
After this it was not to be wondered
new you ciTr, be; ween tie !
rUE BRITISH SOLDIERS.
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it that provisions for the Asia were 1
o be obtained with great difficulty.
T.vron complains that a boat "carryng
only some milk on board." was
>urnt on her return to shore; and a
ountry sloop, for a similar offense,
ihared the same fate.
The Governor, warned by the unruly '
spirit of the day, in October entered j
nto correspondence with Mayor Hicks .
especting his personal safety in the <
'ity. The Common Council, wit'; the ,
ieneral Committee, assured him that j
here was no danger in remaining, the ,
atter entreating that "his Excellency
vould continue his residence among
he people, who have the most grate- '
'ul sense of his upright and disin- s
erested administration." '
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J. rj uil, uu? e?ui , luiiuviu^ lursc Buuu
ivords insufficient for his security.
;vent on board the Halifax packet in
he harbor, whence he presently renoved
to the ship Duchess of Gordon, \
vhere he received the friends of Government.
who entertained him with
favorable views of the situation. "It
s certain." he writes to the Earl of
Dartmouth, on the 11th of November,
'that within this fortnight the spirit
>f rebellion in this Province, especially
n the city, has greatly abated, and
ive wait now for only 5000 regulars
:o open our commerce and restore our
valuable constitution."
WROTE DECLARATION AT THIRTYTHREE.
Thomas Jefferson was just thirty- j
three of age when he wrote the Dec- (
aration of Independence. He is described
as ardent, accomplished, slow
jf tongue for public discourse, but
wielding a masterly pen.
k At Wellington, a little town in the (
lest of England, of only 7000 inhabJants,
no fewer than 5245 tramps had
to be accommodated last year.
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GROCERS ADJOURN I.
Importent Meeting Was KelJ Willi
Entire Harmony
THE OFFICIAL BOARD 15 ELECTED
After a Spirited Discussion of a Re- !
port From a Portion of a Committee,
Urging Differentials on Flour,
Hay, Grain, Grits and Corn Meal in
Less Than tar Loans, xnc ma.-cWas
Left in Statu Cuo.
Norfolk, Va., Special.?The Southern
Wholesale Grocers' Association adjourned
Wednesday sine die. The old
officers were elected as follows:
President, J. A. Van Hoose, Birmingham,
Ala.; first vice president, G. P.
Thompson, New Orleans; second vice
president, R. P. Woodson, Memphis;
treasurer. S. W. Lee, Birmingham.
Advisory board: J. A. Van Hoose,
Birmingham; Theodore Melehers,
Charleston; B. F. Bowen. Jacksonville;
J. R. Williams, Lynchburg; Adolph
Greyer, Little Reck; A. McD. Wilson
Atlanta.
The advisory board will elect the secretary
and special representative of the
association. a
The most spirited discussion of tl%
session was caused by the introduction^
of a resolution from a portion of the
committee cn differentials and freight
rates reviving the old proposition to
differentials on less than car-load lots.
The committee recommended that the
president and the advisory board take
v.o moHor nn with the railroads, urg
C i J v- AUUtlV/l up > . ... w , _
ing a differential in favor of flour, hay,
grain, grits and corn meal.
H. B. Goodridge. of Norfolk, opposed
the report, which he said was not
in expression of the entire committee.
The report was referred back to the
committee, which later brought in anDther
report, referring the entire proposition
to the advisory board in the
event it saw fit to take it up. The concensus
of opinion seemed to be against
a fight with the railroads on this subject.
A report was adopted urging the general
use of cotton products and recommending
that wholesale grocers substitute
cotton bagging for jute and bagging
of other materials.
The fire insurance committee was authorized
to devise a plan of reciprocal
fire insurance, and directed to take the
matter up with the advisory board and
report at the next convention.
The tobacco committee reported in
favor of a 10 per cent, profit to the
jobber.
The convention decided to meet in
1906, in April, at Jacksonville, Fla.
The president was authorized to represent
the association at the Milwaukee 1
conference of the wholesale grocers of
:he United States. J
Discredits Ryan's Plan. j
Albany, N. Y., Special.-^The report i
Superintendent Hendricks, of the
State Insurance department, to Gov- (
?rnor Higgins, upon his investigation j
>f the Equitable Life Assurance So- i
ciety was made public here and in 1
S'ew York. 1
It is described in the title as "A ,
Preliminary Report," and it sharply i
criticises the management of the So- 1
riety as well as the new trust ar
angement for voting the stock agreed j
apon by Thomas F. Ryan and the three
:rustees designated bv him.
In conclusion. Superintendent He*Iricks
says: "No superficial meas
ares will correct the existing evils
n this society. A cancer cannot be
:ured by treating the symptoms.
Complete mutualization with the elinination
of the stock, to be paid for at
t price only commensurate with its
lividends. is, in my opinion, the only
jure measure of relief.
"This report, with a copy of the
ividence taken* on this investigation,
will be transmitted to the Attorney
Jeneral for such action thereon as
le may deem proper." i
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Degree For Takahira.
Medford, Mass.. Special.?The degree
>f.LL.D. was conferred upon the Jap- .
inese minister to the United States, J
M. Takahira, and Governor Douglas, (
>f Massachusetts, in connection with '
:he observance of the fiftieth anniver
<ary of Tufts College. Following the '
norning exercises a reception was held ]
n the afternoon at which Mr. Takahira j
was one of the speakers. t
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To Test Sunday Baseball.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?A warrant
was Issued by Justice of the
Peace Farris for the arrest of William <
?. West, president of the Jacksonville i
\musement Company, owners or the <
Jacksonville baseball franchise of the |
South Atlantic League, charging him 1
with violating the law prohibiting the j
playing of baseball on Sunday. The ,
warrant was not served Tuesday, but <
tvas served Thursday morning. It Is 1
understood that the warranf was is
sued at the instigation of the franchise '
jwners. who are anxious to have the
law tested as to its constitutionality. J
Raced With Express Train.
Hamburg. By Cable.?In an attempt
to prove that an automobile can speed
is fast as an express train, Emperor ,
William, while coming from Hanover ,
to this city, ran an exciting race with j
i train at a point where the road and i
railway are parallel. The Kaiser's ma- <
rhine maintained a speed of 450 miles j
in hour as long as the race continued i
and it was only ended in disappoint- i
ment, as the result of a tire bursting on |
the Emperor's machine. (
Roanoke Gets Convention.
Lynchburg, Va.. Special.?The Republican
State committee here in a
meeting lasting more than five hours,
decided to hold its State convention for
the nomination of a full State ticket
to be voted upon at the November election.
at Roanoke, Tuesday, August Sth.
The convention will have nearly 500
delegates. Richmond, Norfolk, Newport
News made contests for the convention,
but Roanoke won by a good
majority on the first ballQt,
,?' PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN
Conditions For Past Week ag Giver.
Out by the Department.
The week ending 8 a. m., June 19th,
had a mean temperature slightly above
normal, with extremes of a maximum |
of 98 degrees at Blackvillc on the 13th,
and a minimum of GC degrees at j
Greenville on the 13th. The sunshine :
averaged about normal, although in j
parts of the State there was consider- j
able cloudiness the latter part. There !
were no destructive high winds, or ;
other damaging conditions.
The precipitation was in the form J
of thunderstorms and local shower3. !
The rainfall was heavy in places in the
eastern counties, where it ranged ,
from half an inch to over two inches,
with scattered localities in all parts
of the State that had no rain or had
imounts too small to be beneficial. (
There were some heavy showers in \
the northern border counties, but they .
were widely scattered. The need of
rain is indicated for the central and
southwestern counties generally and
in places elsewhere.
Cultivation made rapid progress,
and nearly all fields have been rid ci
grass and weeds, except where laborers
were scarce, or where the ground
has become too hard to plow and cultivate.
The weather was favorable for
harvesting wheat and oats, which
work is nearly finished except for
spring oats.
There was a general improvement
in the condition of cotton, with exceptions
in the case of fields that have
not been thinned or cleaned of grass,
but only in exceptional instances have
the plants attained normal growth, being
generally undersized. Blooming
is still sporadic, though fairly general
in the eastern counties. Sea Island
cotton is in good condition, but as yet
blooming sparsely. Lice are still
present in sections, but are disappearing.
Chopping has not been finished.
There has been only slight improvement
in corn, which continues
small and yellow, except on fields that
received early and thorough cultivation.
There are many complaints of
corn tasseling low, and of damage by
worms. There is considerable land
yet to be planted in corn.
There is little change in the condition
of tobacco, which shows the effects
of too much rain and lack of
cultivation. Rice is receiving its harvest
water in the Colleton district, and
is generally doing well. Gardens and
pastures need rain in the central and
western parts. Melons are quite promising.
Wheat is yielding poorly at
threshing. Oats also is generally J
poor, but with numerous exceptions, <
where the yields range from good to
excellent. A large acreage of peas,
.'or forage, being sown, and more lands
will be sown as soon as it rains.?J.
W. Bauer, Section Director.
To Have Association.
Columbia, Special. ? Commissioner
Watson will call a meeting of the representatives
of the various commercial
organizations of the State for some
time in July. The meeting will be
quite an important one and every town
and city in the State will have representatives
present.
One of the most interested in the
meeting is Mr. John Wood, secretary
of the Rock Hill Commercial Club. It
Is proposed that the various towns and
cities throughout the State assist the
office so far as the commercial end is
concerned.
At present when there is an enterprise
of importance to some other particular
section of the State Mr. Watson
finds it necessary to drop his other
work and assist in locating the business,
although he Is usually aided in
this by various towns. If the plan
works there will be no further trouble
along this line and a State organization
of the commercial bodies can assist
in the development of the State
In many other ways.
With a very small sum a handbook
ran be gotten out, bearing the official
stamp of the office and yet representing
the entire State in a way that
?hould be. At present the cost is too
great and the postage bills too heavy '
to permit of any along this line on a
large scale, although there have been
i very large number of small and valjable
handbooks gotten out by the J
sfflce. .
The call for the meeting will be isjued
some time this month and a very
large attendance is expected. ^
Secretary Hay Much Improved.
Washington, Special. ?Secretary (
Hay arrived from New York tonight {
and spent the greater part of the ,
evening with the President Secretary j
Taft joining the President and Mr. j
Hay. Secretary Hay will attend the j
cabinet meeting. He looked consider- <
ably improved in health. He said that t
le would remain in Washington t
ihrough this week, and would then 1
50 to his summer home at Sunapee, t
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More Incendiary Work.
Honey Path, Special.?The handsome
three-story barn of Mr. J. E. Knight '
svas burned Saturday night at 3:00 1
o'clock. All the horses were saved but
fodder, oats, etc., were burned. The
loss is estimated to be over $1,000. Mr. i
Knight is a prosperous farmer In lower
Sreenville county, a man known and '
well respected, with not an enemy of
whom he knows, so the fire is a mystery.
By the herois efforts of Mr.
Knight, the ten head of mules and
horses were driven out Just as the barn
was falling in. The faithful and effl- '
[dent help of the neighbors saved the 1
other buildings, which caught fire sev- (
?ral times. J
One Death From Heat.
New York, Special.?One death, that
of Miss Josie Barnard, who lived on (
upper East Side, and a number of i
prostrations besides much suffering in 1
the tenement districts, were the result i
of the excessive heat in New York Cit7 j
and vicinity. At 4 o'clock Monday afternoon
the thermometer registered 89 ]
on the roof of the weather bureau i
building. In the streets it was several <
degrees higher. Sunday was the hot- ;
test June 18 in 25 years. j
Bad Wreck Averted.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sp?al.?A special
from Huntington, W. says that >
passenger train No. 4, onlthe Norfolk j
& Western road, easth^md, narrowly j
escaped destruction at Lost Creek i
trestle. At the highest point in the '
trestle a brake chain had been securely
wrapped to the rail. Fortunately,
the obstruction was discovered by the
engineer, who applied the emergency
brakes and succeeded in stopping the
train,
ANOTHER BAD WRECK
Chicago Flyer Suddenly Goes Into
Open Switch
LARGE LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED I
Although None of the Lake Shore or
New York Central Officials Ascribe
the Disaster to Excessive Speed, a
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nounced.
Cleveland, 0., Special?Nineteen dead
and a dozen slightly injured comprise
the revised casualty list made by the
wrecking Thursday night, at Mentor,
Ohio, of the east-bound twentieth century
limited, the Lake Shore and New
i'ork Central's eightecn-hour train,
which ran into an open switch, crushed
the Mentor depot and partly burned it
up, scorching several of the mangled
corpses. The surviving injured are not
much hurt.
The twentieth century limited, according
to announcement from New
Fork, will hereafter return to a twentylour
schedule, although none of the
railroad officials ascribe the wreck to
excessive speed.
K-M maintained by railway officials
:ha#the switch on which the limited
wm wrecked was thrown open and
locked and tbe switcn ngnt exunguisn;d
by some person, either a maniac
3r some one seeking revenge. It is still
jnknown who this person is, although
ietectives are working on the case. A
careful examination of the switch
showed that it was in perfect condition.
Trainmen are of the opinion that the
jngineer of the twentieth century train
was deceived by the light of the switch
lust beyond the open switch, the light
}f which is said to havo been out.
W. H. Marshall, general manager of
;he Lake Shore, says the spe$d of the
:rain was not a contributory cause to
Ihe wreck. He said that other Lake
Shore trains travel through Mentor at
i speed equal to that attained by the
imited, which was not, Mr. Marshall
says, above 60 miles an hour.
The schedule for the train calls for
i speed of 57 miles an hour at Mentor.
Coroner York, of Lake county, anlounced
that an inquest would begin
lext Monday in Painesville.
A revised list of the dead follows:
John R. Bennett, attorney, 31 Nassau
street, New York.
John A. Bradley, of the law firm
>f Rowley, Rogers, Bradley & Rockwell,
Akron, Ohio.
T. R, Morgan, second vice president
)f the Wellman-Seavers-Morgan Company,
Cleveland.
C. H. Wellman, of the WellmanSeavers-Morgan
Company, Cleveland,
lied in hospital.
A. L. Rogers, New York city, representative
of the Piatt City Iron Works,
>f Dayton, Ohio, died in hospital.
S. C. Beckwith, 115 One Hundred and
Seventy-fourth street, New York.
A. H. Head, London representative
>f the Otis Steel Company, of Cleveat%/f
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H. H. Wright, traveling man, Chicago,
died in hospital.
D. E. /Arthur, traveling man, Milwaukee,
died in hospital.
J. H. Gibson, Chicago, traveling man,
lied in hospital.
H. C. Mechling, New York city, with
?b Wheeling Corrougated Iron Company.
L. M. Eirick, manager Keith's Theitre,
Cleveland.
E. P. Nagle, Chicago, proprietor of
l railway supply house.
Two unidentified bodies, supposed to
>e those of L. A. Johnson, of the milliniry
firm of Forney & Johnson, Cleveand,
and Henry Trinse, barber on the
:rain.
Allen Tayler, engineer, Collinwood,
Dhlo, died in hospital.
E. J. Brant, head brakeman, 2012
Vsh street, Erie, Pa., died in hospital.
N. B. Walters, a baggage man, Hamjurg,
N. Y., died in hospital.
W. D. McKey, porter, Chicago.
The scenes following the wreck were
ippalling. The night was dark save for
;he light from the blazing wreck of the
:oach that wa3 crushed and splintered
)n top of the engine. Men swarmed
ibout it combating the flames with the
neans at hand, grouping their way
:hrough the blinding, scalding steam
hat rose in clouds, hunting for the inured,
whose piteous cries were such as
:hilled the hearts of those who heard
:hem. The water supply was small and
;he means at hand for lighting me
lames were pitifully inadequate, but
;he zeal of the rescuers wrought great
;hings for the first few minutes.
Four Killed In Boiler Explosion.
Attalla, Ala., Special?A boiler at the
saw mill of the Curtis Attalla lumber
plant exploded killing James Watts,
Will Rosson, Gus Cash and Marion
Maddox. C. Smith was fatally hurt
and Barney Works was seriously injured.
Murderer Hc-h Gets Reprieve.
Springfield, 111., Special.?Governor
Deneen granted Johann Hoch a reprieve
until July 28th in order that
the case may be taken to the Supreme
Court Justice for a writ of superseieas.
Ex-Governor Tubbock Dead.
Austin, Texas, Special.?Former Governor
Frank B. Tubbock, one of the
most interesting figures in Texas, died
here Thursday night, aged 90 years.
Governor tuddock suirerea a strose w
paralysis last Tuesday afternoon, from
which he never regained consciousness.
He had been married three
times and is survived by his third wife
and a number of relatives. He had been
State treasurer and was conspicuously
identified with public life in Texas.
Assassination and Suicide.
Atlanta, Special.?A special to
The Journal from Griffin, Ga., says
that Prentiss Chapman, a well-known
farmer living near Head's Shops, assasinated
Tom Head, a neighbor, late Friday
night and then killed himself,
cutting his throat with a rasor. The
tragedy was the result of a feud of
long standing between the men. There
were no eye witnesses to the tragedy
and both men had been dead for several
hours when their bodies were
discovered. Both men were well connected.
BAD RIOTS AT LODZ^?
Two Hundred or More Dead and
i Thousand Wounded
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STREET FIGHTING STILL CONTiNED
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Polich City Resembles a Shambles and
the Fighting Spirit of the People
is So Fully Aroused That the Presence
of Ten Russian Regiments is
Insufficient to Stop Firing From
Houses.
Lodz, By Cable.?Since the arrival of
re-inforcements actual fighting in the
city has stopped, but the outbreak'is
by no means quelled, and fresh collisions
are expected momentarialy.
The city resembles a shambles and
the terrible scenes of the last two days /
will never be wiped (rom the memory
of the Polish people. /
The fighting spirit of the people is
fully aroused. They have tasted blood *
and want more. Certainly the revolutionary
spirit is abroad and It remains
to be seen whether military
measures will have the same effect as
previously. i
Saturday at Baluty, a suburb of Lodz,
four Cossacks were killed and sixteen
others wounded by a bomb which was
thrown into the barracks. Twenty of
their horses were killed.
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Occasional volleys are stilled fired by
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shots from houses.
The soldiers are showing what appears
to be wanton cruelty. Late in
the afternoon they shot and killed two
women?a mother and her daughter.
The funerals of victims of the shooting
of Thursday and Friday took place
surreptitiously in various outlying, villages.
It is quite impossible to give the /
exact number of killed and wounded, a*
reports vary according to the quarter *
from which they are obtained. Certainly
the killed number more than
a hundred, and the wounded five times
as many. An official reports says that
the number of casualitles -was largely
increased by the neglect of persons to
remain indoors, and the others who insisted
on looking out of doors and windows
when the volleys were being fired
upon the rioters by the soldiers. Residents
of the city say that they received
no orders to remain indoors.
Peace Conference Date. <
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Negotiations
for the peace conferenqe have
taken an important step forward, a
proposition for the date of the meet- ^
ing of the plenipotentiaries at Washington
having been submitted to Russia
and being now under consideration.
The exact date proposed has
not been ascertained, but there is reasson
to suppose that it is some time
during the first week or ten days of
August, which is about the earliest
period st which the Japanese repre- / *
sentatives could be expected to reacii
Washington.
The Emperor's answer is not expected
for a day or two, as the diplomatic
mills of Russia grind slowly, and
the Foreign Office, as one of the secretaries
put it, "is not used to yonr
hustling American methods;" but it is
thought that the date will be satisfactory,
as it will give ample time for M.
Nelidoff, the Russian ambassador at
Paris, or other Russian negotiators,
to reach Washington, and there will
be little preliminary work for them
to do until the Japanese terms are
submitted.
Whether the proposal regarding the
date originated at Tokio or at Washington,
cannot be learned, but the fact <i
that the negotiations was conducted
through Ambassador Meyer may indf
cate that President Roosevelt has perhaps
again stepped to the fore and
suggested to the two powers, neither
of whom are willing to take the Initiative,
a suitable date.
Sheriff Resists Gov. Foilt.
St. Loafs, Special.?Governor Folk's '
order to stop race track gambling in
Missouri -with the aid of the militia,
if necessary, met defeat at the hands
of the sheriff of St. Louis county,
John Herpel, who says he will not raid
race tracks or call for troops, and that
if the Governor sends troops to molest
any one the soldiers will be arrested,
possibly shot Sheriff Herpel declared
he was opposed to raids as a usurpation
of the judicial authority, and said.*
"An appeal to bayonets is the first
threat of a bigot, fired by fanatical
zeal, his personal ambition and by
ideas against the guaranteed liberties
of the people."
Hanged For Murdering Manager.
Birmingham, Ala., SpeciaL?A spec*
lal from Tuscaloosa says that John
Carpenter, a negro, was hanged there
Friday for the murder of Stewart
Champion, superintendent of the Stewart
plantation, last AprfL Carpenter,
an employe of the plantation, had a
grudge against the manager, and shot
him in his home at night firing through
the window as Champion sat with his
child in his arms. The child was
slightly wounded and Champion was
killed.
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Killed Fop Making Protect
Tampa, Fla., Special.?A special to
The Tribune from Brooksville says . J
that; Mr. J. Hansell Norman, of the
turpentine firm of Norman, Weeks &
Co.. was shot and killed by S. B. Keag- . jj
gin, white. Keaggin was whipping a
negro employed by Norman, when the
latter asked him to desist. Keaggin
fired twice at Norman, the second
shot hitting him in the side. Norman
died three minutes later. Keaggin fled,
but a posse is after him. Norman's
body was shipped to his former home.
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Passenger Wreck in Co^rado.
Denver, Special.?Westbound passenger
train on the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad was wrecked at Pinto,
a*small station, sixty ?iles west of
Grand Junction, Col. No fatalities re- '
suited. The accident was caused by ^ .
a broken bolt In a frog at a switch. ,7
Three coaches were derailed and twenty-nine
passengers were slightly