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Race Riot in Liberty Ga. mt Wemen and Children Leave and Mtutary Ordered Out. Atlanta, Au2. 17.-Gov. Chaodier w>day noon advices received frota the ipaty sheriff cf Liberty county, this State, crderei out the Liberty troop, a tavaby eoe: pao y cf the Georgia militia, io assist Sheriff Brewer of tna: coan ry :a qaellicg a riot DOW said to be as? suming serious proportions at Johnston station, 50 miles from Savaooah, be ?wsn the white? and tbe blacks. The following is the message reeeiv. ed by Gov Chandler frotn Deputy Sherri Heodry this afternoon : "N'groes who murdered R. H. Car ;is are being joioed in the woods by otber negroes. Liberty City was fired in the centre of the town ?as? nisht at 12 oViOc'?. Limber: was fired as the same fime. Tee Sivaooah, Florida and Western railroad is being torn ui< .etw^eo the two towns to wreck train No 7S on which are Sherill Brewer and a part of a posse. One man was taken from 2uarG yesterday Oee mao kill? ed wnile resisting arrest Peoplo much excited and trouble expected. .*Cin': castro! mob at all and every ;bio? is getting more and mere wrought to hoariy. G N. Hendry, Deputy Sherill r Fae aegro29 in Liberty county have ?een troublesome for several weeks and : ia tho last few days a number of arresis . iave b?eu made. R. H. Curtis, tbo saan woo was killed, was weil known ! Io the community, ho had some trou ble with negroes several days ago Tbc negro-s ??? to the woods woore :?PV bave been in hiding. O e of the negroes implicated in the murder was arrested yesterday cad wbilo resisting was killed. Another was taken from the guard and is sup? posed to have been murdered. It is nor known whether any damage was done by the fire started last night, ?y tbe negroes. ?? is the opinion of the government that as soon as tbe ! Libertv Guards make an appearance j on the scene as an armed body that the trouble wilt end The company num? bers SO men. In this vicinity cf Georgia the ne groes are 3 to I compared tn numbers to the whites. Story Sent Out From Locdon Denied ia Fart at Wash? ington, London, Aug M.-President Kru ger at one tims made a formal appli j cation, to the United States tc grant j bim a sanctuary in case the necessity ; arose This occurred, according to Secretary cf State Reitz, of the* Transvaal republic, the day Lord Roberts enteied Pretoria The de? tails of the even: have been related to a lepreseotative of tbe Associated Press by Mr F W, Unger, who has jast returned from the Transvaal and who has secured the information from Secretary Reitz and others After ! quoting the secretary as Saying i President Kruger would never take : to the mountains on account cf his ! age, but would retreat down the lice, ; anally t scaping to Portuguese terri ? tory, Mr Kruger sent for Mr W j Stanley Hollis, the United States consul at Lorenzo Marques, and Mr 3o!?:s Wi? '.?k<?n tc Macnadodorp in a spacial Car President Kruger asked him if his governsneut would gra:it bim (President Kruger; an asylum ia the Lorenzo Marques con ! eula:e uni:! he O?r kroger), made other, v?ra^g-enoe::** --r his departure. . Freshen: Kruger expressed iVars. cone:rt;it;g hts treatment by tbs For tngsese government, arid wished to, gut'.rr against a-:.*. r. >--sib:e Bri;ist: idt?d;:;;i pa.*:*: 3 Mr ! >*.is ?ski'd for ; me t ^consult with . s government and President Krug? r assured him .?8 Would receive fi We&k'.S liOilce : oe:'';:-; vurt!?.*ir plan :r;t J execu? tion iii consequence o? t:..? VJSIC to tue i"r:;::s7aa! i: . ti :- transmission of ? Prc*-; .>:.! Krugers r-.qur.si :. ? Wash- | ??gMr ?? oH?t? t CC: V.VioStrUC lions from Secretary Hay not v, :eav Portuguese territory again lie Ter ?hus i ampelted neglect t?e interests of the Br: :-.?. Noe it : Ocdacht '*? ?hingt? A ag I !. - it is s a. a at lue star* department <i;;:t no formal application ors over come from Con? sul ll >U?e fc-? rtiKiCE-oary i.ri the Auoer Coasulate for Pres; I--::'. Kruger u:.;i tti?t the tnsi-r u^-viaa-. se n t - to- "the-consai io congas hrs e?&grles ta a.s consular da?:es was ? i: .: resal: v>? any dis? cuss: ': of a.: .;.>. i-.>: therBuer ores'. 1 t, ?? :i<-'i:.:rJ:;.eui. '.vas i; ;L awar - that Mr liv.Ii- had visited tae prer>iCvai. lt appears tb ut some ?iitim&livt: ott subject reached the officiate here but il is said to have b^eti not ?v:o!; a fjru?ai appliciti>a as woutiJ have beou rcQaisite. IIr*d ?urm:t! application buen made, it is s?a u-i tri?t it wuuid have boon passed ap-.in hy the president, but there ha: *---/:? nothing commaa?cat ..' which ra??ti for such action. BiaraArck*s iro:? Ncrre Was whs rcsuitofbis .-?>?etj:?i bea I iL. ? ajuste wi!; aad Ufiaeaioa- crer^y are.not 2ound wfccrj ??oozcb, Liver, Ki-jucvs and arc cst of order. If j ou -rui.i these QoaJKtMt MI- lim : usc Dr X*m? N'o-.v Life Pills They develop every TJ ?v of brala and body. Oaly 2?c at J. F. ' -. i;cLorine's Drug Store- ?-r NEGROES HUNTED LIKE BEASTS. Frequent Riot Calls-Mobs Try to Lynch Negroes Found on Streets. New York, Aug IT -Many fights between whites and blacks resulted tonight. Alexander "Bobbins, a ne gro, and a colored friend were on a Thirth-fourth street car. Some one set up a shout as the car neared Eighth avenue thai the two negroes ; ought to be lynched. A rn?u with a ciothe8 lino appeared from some j where and tue two negroes were pulled off the car The rope was i tnrown aroucd Robbin's neck and I with about 50 men and boys ; pulling the mob started fer a lamp post. A squad of ? police appeared before the r?? tb . had gone far and with much clubbing i they dispersed the crowd The i negroes get away, i Word reached the We; 'orty i 6eventt; street station tonight that ! a large mob wa3 at Eighth avenue ? and Forty second street The re : serves were run out and ci.cper:-?a i the crowd, which numbered 1,000 perseus A mob was reported at Amsterdam i nveuue and Sixty first strepi,. , known as "San Juan Hill" at 10 j o'clock A squad of men went there and found about 1.000 tuen, who were dispersed A riot call was sent in from Thirty seventh street and Eight avenue at 10 o'ciock. Chief Devery ordered Capt Cooney to take a large squad and disperse the crowd Cooney found several hundred men and boys at the corner mentioned and they were acting very ugly. The mob was charged and many were clubbed Patrolman Powers was arrested to-night on the charge of be ing drunk and disorderly and flourish ing a revolver to incite the crowd to riot. CHASED IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Aug 16 -Wm Fikua, a colored man from Nashville, Tenn , came dangerously uear being lynch in the street tonight Ile bad snatch? ed a pocket book from a woman and led the police a long chase through the alleys and downtown streets. Whiie the ofneers were tabing their prisoner to the ponce station tbey1 were followed by a crowd folly 500 s'rong, which shouted: "Hang him " "Lynch Mm,;? "Take bim away,77 j The crowd made a desperate effort io iake Fikua, Ropes were procured and if the colored man had been taken from the pciice he wouid cer j ?ain?y have been hanged. The police used their clubs vigorousi3T and sa?ed the orisoner E. ii^umio Andrews who resi^rKG tb - prrv.ceocy of Brown University in I 1893 because of his free silver ideas, j and has eince then be?n at rho heid of ? tee Ccicago schools, ii new in charge j : the University of Neb.-aski, one of j tbs best educational institutions in the sentry For Infants and Children. Tile Kind Yon Have ?iways Bought Signature cf (^^Af^?^^y. ne Invaluable Chma-Bsrry. To 'he Ku i rv cf Th?; Ne ?s '-.wi lourie: : [ hav? been reading t?i:b a reres: the various us;-s sod ht-:.- fir*, o? he China-berry, or cf iod;a, tree nd ifs wood; by y ur eorrespi&.dew?. J " nie add my resiimooy ?? Its us;-. .' .:. Tears ago i used che decayed wooci : this rr-e to sa*eke my bac-'U and io ay rurt?r:.:? no bugs or worms Inter ..i.-.i 'X'.'.h bacon during fho t?un>CL?er. summet L used sam2 rotten rood to smoke my bae;r; anc :. ;;>, thc i :i o? August, my hams, shoulders nd n? iciioc5 aro HS ronna :?. > i free - i rom vermin as chen first hucg for mo'siog 1 <io cos take mv bacon own, but u?c from the gallows poles ? [ need it. A.?.?'her discovery I have made of its sr. My c.rn, a-- summer approrrcacd, ?25 always weevtl eaten until a few ears ::?:> I rted to tho :r: o of .e Doughs <>'. r^o Oiiiua oerr-y tfc<j iv.:-: then 1 no trou Die v; it b the '..cv:-. My cora keeps wei urjd is .. My .i itive?y free ?r::;:j thc*? pestiier u> in.s-.c?. Xiy rule ls ro sween r.i-d rtish r,ij eins tvtii zul \? blus h*v,? :inc Tails ana fi or iv ; ? :i :i .-Tong ?co .. '. rr-ot, y'.-rr i i's er lcav<.-. . ?.ree. reen cover too aoor wirb ..j ^rer:G boughs cf thc tree and aa the ors is hauled ii? u.ix ail through c::ch su tti? bouges *r t*;c i7?!'.:. ?." i< a .cap rcsiedy, and will bo found an " ...M ... "... .,._,.".:.: ? ,* . "0?iiOn> p? esCTvavlO?; .."'r1.;.--_ ?.:c;;: estructivj insecic. Tho bini doi;; ated ?or sawyer usc ousht to bc freely *p?>iicd with t:.<. i, ;ugbs o? ibo treo 'or ~orn used ia thc carly season I un? u s h c s Trv it, lar mc/s, and y j vi will : ?,titfi-d v.!th the tn -rely nominal ;?r?casc comctim- : ?ce weevil ;o.vac . iosc insects ussr;.?7 esca?o iiv:n v tfested bar;> and ester the 'oom near A. ri Wi?liaos, M. L> Mob of White Toughs As ! sault Negroes Outrageously New York. Awe: 15 -A mob o ! several hundred persons formed at ll ! o'cWk tonight in front of the homo ? of Policemen Robert J Thorpe, Thirty seventh street and Ninth ave ' nue to wrr>ak vengeance upon the i negroes of that neighborhood because j ono of their race had caused the j policeman's death Thorpe was ! stabbed and bruised last Sunday j night by several negroes when he I was attempting to arrest a colored j woram Tue man who inflicted most j of th? injury is said to bc Arthur ! Harris, a negro who came here I several weeks ago from Washington j In a few moments the mob tonight swelled to 1,500 people or more, and as they became violent the negroes fled in terror into any binding placo they could find The police reserves from four sta tiony, numbering 400 in ali, were called out. The mob of white .men, which j grew with groat rapidity, raged j through ihe district and negroes, re ? gardless of age or sex, were indis ? criminateiy attacked. Scores were j injured it took the combined ! efforts of the reserves wilb as many ! more policemen on regular patrol j duty in the four precincts to restore ? order. Clubs were used until the policemen were almost exhausted Revolvers were emptied into the air ard ic one or twp instances tired at the upper stories of the negro tone meuts from which the negroes defen siveiy fired bricks, paving stones and other missiie8. j The policeman's body was brought j to his home tonight in Ninth avenue I between Thirty' sixth and Thirty-sev? enth streets At once the house became a sort of shrine, and from all over the vicinity men and women called to pay their respects Many carried handsome floral offerings. A s the night grew on the feeling against the negroes seemed to grow The fac? that many saloons round about were crowded doubtless had its ir-.fluencc on tho rising tide of j arge:^ A few minutes before ll o'clock '?? Irish woman under the influence of ? drink came cut of the place. She ! 60t up a howl and began to recite the virtues of the dead policeman She said the negroes ought to be killed j Just then a young negro walked by i The white men made a rush for him j and he was quickly surrounded Ile ! was beaten and kicked and was res i cued with great difjcultv If there ? had been a carefully arranged plot and ibis had been the agreed signal tbe outbreak could not have been j more spontaneous Men and women j poured by the hundreds from the j I neighboring tenements Negroes j I were set upon wherever the}' could j j be found and brutally beaten The j I blacks at first offered resistence, but ! j they were so soon outnumbered that j I they fled without delay j For the next bour the streets were ! j lilied with a rioting, surging mob j i It was a scene on very much the same ; ? order as th>it which was witnessed a j ! few days ago in New Orleans New j j York has seldom had its f (jual The , ' shouting of men. the shrieking of the ! women, the lamentations of the chil? dren, the shooting of revolvers, the j the crashing of windows-ali rna?e a I perfect pandemonium Chief Bevery was at his home right j in the heart of the battle ground, but j did not take, charee of the place at ; once. He finally took personal con: maru The police said the negroes were ; rapidly arming with the revolv?is: and knives They say that r:e:;rly all j the prisoners had weapons of some sort. The police ?id a great dca! of clubbing the negroes, some of whom o o ^. were roughly handled Many I negroes were hauled into the J west Thirty seventh streets sta- ? lion l':>r protection. None had j escaped without sumo kind of I injury, and some of them were bleed j lng from haifa dozen cuts The crowd thai surged into Broad way seemed uglier than that farther , west There were at one time more than 5.000 pcrs:nr in Broadway up aod down, into ana out of she hotels iin? saloons, through Herald square and side tracks the mob surgi".! and hushed, looking for ne groes Any unfortunate black was set upon and beaten [Jp to i o'clock this morning act a pingle white noe: had been reported under .irrest ChiefDevery said he would lake every precaution !-r prc venting ;* repetition of the outbeak Joh:: B Mallory, a young negro, a ??'.[:.!<, ai in o civil engineer class, was going home iron: tho colored engi ucers club with Godwin Jones, another student about his age The gang jumped on them ?it Thirty seventh street aau Ninth avenan i\?a?ior; wai knoc^eu down po? liceman beard him yelling and managed i,? get him on au uptown cur ii.; told him te g-, to the hospital Just the:, a.winer police? man rai; pail -1 '..ailey from the car J . . tit- rp . and Dogai) to c?ub aira i-ac Dassen gerti on thc eas c:i' ?: "shame and ..i." t;o? iceman s'opoevi ais assault. When ti:'; police charged through Thirty seventh .street-and were dr?v ing trie mob before them the negroes j in the tenements began to fire things at the mob and police. The police? men at unce fired into the upper win do wa and drove the blaclr heads into . hiding Whether anybody was hit by the bullets or not is unknown At 2 45 this morning a heavy police guard was being maintained along the avenues from Twenty-ninth to Forty-second street ?II 11 it < m II - -- Chinamen have overrun Europe three times since the beginning of the Christian era Each time their soie aim was to kill, kiri, kill, and each time they cam;; very near wip ing out the supremacy ol' the white race. Attiila was stopped only at Chalons, in the middle of France, where his army of 700,000 was cut to pieces in thc year 451. it was the greatest, fiercest and bloodiest 1 battle in tho history of the world, and it was decided thai the straight nosed while mau is superior to the flat cosed yellow devil. The grand? sons of Jenghis Khan were not stop- . ped until they readied Germany, and the destruction that would have been wrought by the terrible Tamerlane, had he not turned south after over running Russia, can only be a matter \ of .'?.peculation The Chinamen is moved by thc same wild religious fanaticism that prevailed of old : but that he is a match for the Christian civilization of today seems incredi? ble In the light of history &s wei! as of present conditions, the Chris? tian nations are not only justiSed in stamping him eur : bri- it seems to be their duty to do so if they can The bloody pyramid ol 90,000 heads of Christian prisoners thai Tamerlane piled up on the plains of Syria will ever remain a testimony as to the feelings fhat Chinamen entertain to? ward .?outside barbarians " The New York ?an. a rank im? perialist, and reco^nizr-d authority on ali Republican questions, remarks: '.Thc Graod Army ct the Republic U a band of imperialists, it hs composed of meu who fought to farce upon the Southern people a government against i their consent. ,J SHEPHERD PUPS FOB SALE. 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