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The Rale o? the Me. Murderous Mobs Almighty in New Orleans. NEW O ULE A NS, March 12 -There were tea separate and distinct riots here to-day, both probably resulting: from the same plan. One occurred on the river front near the French marker, where the ship Engineer was loadiog for Liverpool. The other occurred about four miles distant, ic the direction of Carrollron, at the foot of Phillip street. Only one man. William Camp? bell, colored, was killed in the latter affair The uames of the dead are as follows : . William Campbell, colored, James Carrabee and two unknown negroes who have not been identified. The wounded are: James A. Bane, nurser of the steamer Engineer, dan? gerously wounded ; Henry Brown, col? ored, will recover; Leonard Mallard, colored, since died ; Tim Fersten, col? ored, may recover ; Louis Cast, colored, will recover; Billy William?, colored, will recover; Frank Lighthdll, colored, slightly wounded ; Robert Brooks, white, shot in the leg, not dangerous A. total of eight were wounded /Doubtless a number of other negroes were slightly wounded, but ran away and cannot be identified. AU the com? mercial bodies are in session to-night, with Governor Foster, present to devise some means of ending thi* trouble. The killing in one case was doti* by a mob of white men numbering about two hundred, who were armed with pis lois and Winchester rifles. Tbe negroes were about to start to work on board the steamer Engineer, lying at that point, when white men approached from all directions. All were armed, and many took positions behind box cars and poured volley upon volley into the negroes. Those who were on the scene say that it reminded them of a battlefield, so fast and furious was the firing. The negroes were given no quarter, and were shot down like dogs Not only were the darkies shot down, bat several innocent persons suffered. Among those killed was Jules Ciice Carabee, a shoe maker, who happened to be io the vicioity. James Bane, the parser of the Engineer, was standing oo the levee near bis ship when the attack was made, and be received four wounds, three in the head and another ia the arm. He was fired upon by several men who aimed over the heads of policemen, who were kneeling be? hind some freight just on the edge of the wharf. His wounds may prove far xl. As ne*r as can be stated, the shooting occurred t few minutes airer 7 o'clock ! this morning There was a deuse fog j prevailing and this afforded tbe white men an excellent chance to do their bloody work. At the time there were, only six policeman ou the scene and there were no arrests effected, as the j police were as badly frightened as the j negroes. The attackers were composed i of two parties. A large number of men appeared at the corner of Dumaiue Street, and equally as large a mob came from the corner at St. Ano Street. Corporal Devaoney, who was io ch?rge ofa' the haudful of pol cernen, ordered the mob to disperse, but no attention was paid to him and the mob began to grow larger every minute, j . Suddenly a shot was fired. This bad a ! startling effect on the mern. The first report was followed by five or six shots and then the firing became general The smoke and the fog combined made the scene almost dark as night. The negroes were on board the ship and had just commenced to raise the tar? paulins off hatch No. z, wheo the at? tack was made. The negroes were taken completely by surprise. They ran about like a tot of wild animals and their cries were pitiful. Many j sought refuge aboard the ship while some ran down the wharf and made their escape. Oue negro, it is stated, jumped under the wharf. It is impos? sible to estimate the number of shots fired, but it is 6aid that there were about two hundred. After the bloody work, the men hurried off as fast as they had come. The attackers fired recklessly on ali sides, not caring whom they shot The white men came ia a body, moving along the levee up town unmolested. After their departure a large number of police under command of Sergeant Day made their appear? ance on the scene and cleared the wharf of the large crowds which gath? ered. SHOT AS THEY BAN. It was known that many men had been wounded and several killed, and a search was made for these persons by the police and others. Carabee was found dead on the banquette in front of one ot the show windows of Lion's clothing store at the corner of St. Ann and Decatur streets. Blood was gushing from a terrible wound in ! his head and he was quite dead. No j one seemed to know how or were he was shot. He had been running back to St Ann street, and just as he ' reached the banquette, he staggered and fell* headlong to the pavement ' and expired a few minutes later. Sergeant Kevron who hurried up from his precinct to the scene, had the bod;e> of t:.vo negroes sent to the [ morgue in the patrol wagon. One of the negroes was lound on the levee at the head of St. Louis street. The I nan was dead und lay in a pool of; blood which came from' a wound in 1 Iiis head. T'ie wound was a large one. The negro was running from I the scene of the shooting;. The j o I other body was found some distance away from the first, [le had crawled nuder an elevated tank arni there died. He was not discovered until some time later. No ono in the vicinit}' knew the names o? the dead men. Purser Bane was not given haifa chance for his life He was on the i wharf attending to some business j when the white men appeared and began firing. Ile was about to go aboard the vessel for safety when he was fired upon. Three policemen were immediately in front of Mr. Bane and they knelt down and seem? ed terror-stricken One man shoved the barrel of a pistol in close proxi? mity to Mr. Bane's head and fired He pulled the trigger again twice and the purser feil, bleeding An? other man shot Mr. Bane in the right arm Captain Wood, of the Engineer, had just gotten up when the shooting occurred. Ile hurriedly dressed himself and came on deck. Captain Wood saw most of the conflict He says that there was firing from all sides and the scene was like a battle? field. It was a wild scene, the like of which was never before witnessed j After the shooting Captain Wood j picked up Mr. Bane and called a j cab Mr. Bane was sent to the : hospital to have his wounds dressed. Captain Wood, while talking to a | reporter, took occasion to score the police and Mayor Fiizpatt ick. Ile said that it was an infernal outrage j that the negroes were not protected j Mayor Fitzpatrick appeared on the j scene soon after the riot and Captaiu I Wood paid his compliments to His Honor in unmeasured terms Mayor j Fitzpatrick had hurried to the scene as fast as possible and directed the police ofSeers Acting Superintendent Journ?e also arrived on the scene in due time. The mayor was very much disap- j pointed when told that there were no j arrests made. He called the police | together and tolo>them in a firm tone that whenever thev saw a man fire a shot to get that man at all hazards. Continuing he said : "You men walk along the wharf, and if you see any ooe whom you think took part in the shooting arrest them.''* WHY THE POLICE WERE ABSENT. The negroes fired upon were in the employ of Stevedore Geddes, of the Harrison line of steamers. It is said that the reason that there was not suf? ficient force of police on hand at that hour was that the hour to begin work was 7:30 o'clock and the police had received orders to report at that time. .There was only a handful of men on the scene at the time of the shooting The wharf at this point is almost totally covered cvith freight and near by are a number of box cars j The majority of the attackers con- j cealed themselves behind these ob- i structions. A COMPLICATION. WASHINGTON, March 12-Sir Ju-1 lian Paunceforte, the British Ambas sador, this evening received a tele- j gram from the British Consul at New Orleans informing him of the shoot- j lng, during the riot this morning. ! of Purser Bain, of the British steamer ! Engineer. The consul added in his I telegram that the city was in a j terrible state of excitement and the j men of the Engineer were fearful j that they might be attacked He ! therefore earnestly requested that i some action be taken to insure their j safety. Speaking of the matter, Sir Julian said : "You know the City of New j Orleans is very much perturbed just now, but the Governor of the State, | I am assured, is able to quell the, dis? turbance. As soon as I received the ! telegram from Consul St. John, I j turned the matter to the Secretary of: Slate and he informed me that he would communicate with the Gov- I ernor of Louisiana, so that the I matter may be investigated." Further than this, Sir Julian re fused to talk upon the matter. LONDON, March 12.-The Dalli/ ' Newt, commenting on the race riots j in New Orleans, La , will sav to mor-1 row: "Negroes are now being: lynched in bulk in New Orleans. ; If it were not for the look of the j thing they might as well return to j their anees-rai seats in Dahomey. New Orleans is a more respectable address than Dahomey, but thc cus ; toms of the two localities are much the saine.'' THE GOVERNOR TAKES CHARGE. NEW ORLEANS, March 12.-The conference between the Governor and representatives of commercial bodies lasted till midnight. The Governor stated that the whole situa- ! tion had been carefully considered. ' He will remain here as long as necea- j sary, personally in charge of : :Vairs He said the only definite plan he would pursue would be the main? tenance of law and order, and that it must and shall be maintained at alf j hazards. Vigorous and effective measures j will bc put into operation for this purpose to-morrow. He is assured ol the hearty co-operation of all good citizens. Charles Nordhoff, who formerly up? held President Cleveland's Sandwich Island policy, is now on thc outs with the administration and far from svmoa thizing w iii the efforts ot Gresham to protect revolutionists who claim Amer? ican citizenship, believes i few execu? tions in Hawaii would be a good thing Telegraphic Briefs. M ai eil 14 Capt. Joseph Brandow, a man aged 72 years, was drowned iii New Yuik by the capsizing of a tug. Ile had followed the sea lor iorty-two years. GowW. M. .McKinley, of Ohio, is spending sometime in Thomasville, Ga , for the benefit of his health. A negro, of Ware County, Ga., went to a white farmer's house a few days since and demanded that the farmer give him Ins daughter in marriage. The negro caught a horse whipping for his imprudence. Such great quantities of shad have been caught by the Georgetown fishermen that some of them are giving up the business for the season as the price has fallen so very low. The killing of the Italians in Colo? rado by the mob may lead to com? plications with the italian govern? ment Three persons were burned to death in a hotel fire in Parsons, W. i Va. j Gov. Oates, of Alabama, has gone to Now York to negotiate an ex- ? change of State bonds in order to | secure a lower rate of interest. The South Atlantic U. S., fleet has j sailed for La Guayra, Venezuela. The strike ol' coal miners has caused the price of coal to advance i in Pittsburg 3? cents per ton The Chinese officials are panic stricken by the success of the Japan? ese and are fleeing from Pekin by the wholesale. Miss Ann Eliza Ilarllee, of Little Rock, Marion County, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. The Fusion Legislature, of North Carolina, adjourned yesterday. It will go down in the history of the State as the Douglass Legislature Many important bills failed passage on account of the absence of a quo rum. The Secretary of State has issued a commission to the corporators of the Kock Hill Tobacco Factory. March 15. The schooner Meteor, from Mobile has been seized by the Nicarauguan government. She is supposed to have been carrying arms. F. A. Daughtry, who was in the Caddo, La., jail for the murder of Charles Chambers, committed suicide i by cutting his jugular vein. Both j men were prominent in business cir- ! cles W. A. Stewart, a freight conduct? or on the South Carolina & Georgia Railway has been arrested for inter? fering with an officer in the discharge j of duty. He refused to permit dis? pensary constables to inspect his waybills James F. Taylor, a deputy U. S. revenue collector was murdered and robbed in the Tennesse mountains. A Pinkerton detective is in Ha vanna waiting for W. ll. Taylor, the defaulting State Treasurer of South Dakota, who is expected to arrive there on a steamer from Vera Cruz. England has expressed a willing? ness to settle the bouudary dispute with Venezuela by arbitration. The new English yacht Ailsa has again defeated the Prince of Wale's cutter Britannia. Chili has made an appropriation for an exhibit at the Atlanta Exposi? tion. Rev. J. B Middleton, colored, of j Camden, has had his commission as notary public revoked by Gov. Evans, j Another rebellion has broken out in I the Samoan Islands. Three thousand i men are in arms against the estab- j lished government. i Gov. Foster has called out the j New Orleans military companies to ! guard the water front and protect | laborers from the rioters. The pres- ; euee of the troops and large forces of! police intimidated the rioters, and the j negro laborers were unmolested, j while at work The troops will be j kept on guard as long as it is deemed I necessary to preserve order and protect life'and property. The impeachment proceedings ; aginst Mayor Fitzpatrick of New Orleans, have been dismissed by the District Court, as the charges could not be sustained. The sixty sixth commellceme', of the South Carolina Medical C^ .ire was held last night. Twenty young . men received diplomas. The honor [ men of the class were Dr. J. M. ; Paper, Dr T. H. James, Dr. K. W. ! Gibbes, Dr. A. R. Taft and Dr. J. W. Davis. "I have heard of sales of one kind arid another," said a man: "reduction sales, annual sales, clearing sales and so on, but in New Haven the other day I saw one that was new to me. This was a sweeping-out sale. I had heard of sweeping r?ductions, but this was a sweeping-out Sale, ami the idea was emphasized by two big brooms tied on to thc sign." - . ? ? - t-? A Severe rheumatic i"i in the '.<?'.: shoulder i: :?[ trou hied Mr. J. A. Loper. .? wi ]] known druggist of D?s Moines, Iowa, foi over six months. Ai times :!;;. ;?Mia was so severe that he could not rift auylhmg,. W ith ul! h:- could do ht- could :,VJ: cet ii i of it until he applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm. ..! only made three applications ot it," he says, ''Aaa have sine? been free from all pain." He uow recommends it to persons similarly i rHicted. is the Cruiser Lest ? Groat Anxiety Felt for Safety of the Roma Regente. MADRID, March 13.-Anxiety for the safety of the cruiser Reina Regente has grown rapidly to-day and this evening it is feared general? ly that she went down with her 420 souls in the storm which swept the south coast on Sunday night and Monday morning. Dispatches from Gibraltar, say that piceos of a boat and several semaphore Hags belong? ing to the cruiser came ashore at Ceuta and Tarifa this afternoon. The cruiser Isla de Luseon, has left : Algeuras to search for the missing vessel. A dispatch from Tangiers says that the Reina Regente left that port in bad weather. The Reina Regente was a steel deck protected cruiser oj 4,800 tons displacement and 12,0?? horse power. She was launched in I SST, and was a sister ship of the Alfonso XIII and the Le Panto, j lier speed was 20 1-2 knots. Foiled by a Woman's Screams. - I After Blowing Off a Time Lock j Boobera Are Forced to Fly. HUNTINGTON, Ind , March 13 - This morning the outer door of the time lock 6afe in Wasmuth Sc Son's Bank at Roanoke. Ind , was blown off with dynamite. The explosion awakened Charles Regedang Ile went out into the street and was assaulted by three masked men His wife followed and her screams aroused the town. The robbers, in a buggy, were chased to Sheldon, eleven miles distant. Here the safe blowers deserted the rig, which was stolen from a Roanoke livery barn, and escaped in a dense woods Officers are on the track and expect ; to run the men down to-day. The cracksmen secured no plunder. The Murdered Italians. DENVER, Col , March U.-Of the j men who were killed near Walsen burg and in the jail there. Jcs. | Wellsby was an American 23 years of age and unmarried. Zafetto, killed on the road, has lately come from Italy, where he left a wife and four children. He had taken out first naturalization papers. Fran? cisco Bonchetto, killed in jail, was an Italian citizen, unmarried, and 30 j years old. Antonio Lorenzo, killed ! in fail, was an Italian ? itizeu, unmar ried, and 25 years ot a?;e. Of the ; others, Giaccabino ai d Vittari had j taken out first papers Dr. Cuneo, acting Italian consul, , started for Walsenburg to-night, hz '. j ing received instruction from the Ambassador, Baron Fava. The mes? sage -received from the Ambassador was in Italian and the only interpre- ? tation the doctor would give was that he had instructions to start for V?alsenburg at once. "1 am ready to go,'' he said, "and ! will endeavor to carry ont the in? structions of my government. I anticipate no trouble for the efforts which Governor McIntyre has been making since the news was received ! from the scene of trouble is quite | assuring that he has the matter in j complete control." In 764 the Black Sea was frozen to a distance of fifty miles from shore. The Hellespont and Dardanelles were froz? en, and the Sea of Marmora was passa- i ble for cavalry. She Said: Lei's Try Hood's And lt Helped Them Both Liver Troubles -Dyspepsia 20 Yrs? *C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Gentlemen:-My husband and I hava been taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and I can truly say it has helped us both. My husband had Lumbago Rheumatism. so that rv could not stand up straight, and went around !:alf heat over. 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