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PTMkfort. Ky„ 8pecteL—The oA
•tab of the State penitentiary and the
atresns of Frankfort were thrown lato
t State of wild excitement by a riot In
—s prison. aliitif by an ntteatpt to
t»l» teetr liberty on the part of three
desperate murderers. Lafayette Brooks
st Morgan county, aad Wallace Bishop
•ad T. Mulligan of Keatoa oouaty.
Baton the riot, which began at d
Fiocfc aad Mated until after IP. waa
•wited. tha mutinous convicts were
•watered, pope being fatally wounded.
Mulligan shot* In the ehowMer aad a
•egro convict, Albert Ransom*, of
toalsrille, whom tee deep era doss had
rwwted Into service, waa hit by a rUM
balL The rioting started while Brooks,
Mulligan aad Btehop. one at whom had
• pistol concealed about his person.
wesw coming out of the dining room to
aaawur a hospital ealL. Suddenly one of
tee coevicts drew a weapon aad cma
piMd a guard. A. H. GUI. to give up
hM arms. Guard P. T. Hurst, who rush
ed to QfU*t sashaace. waa also com pall
id by the convicts to give up his sms.
C»|t. Mad. Hadlgss thaw raahsd for
ward with six guards aad ftrsd on the
baaeh. but ae owe wae wounded.
The con rl eta then ran across tea
yard aad at lbs eotraace to tee reed
department of tea chair factory captor
sd Chap. WHIM, of Clarke countya
foreman. They covered him with their
platoM aad placing him between teem
wad the guards retreated to tea rocker
dteartmeat. in tee chair Metory,
whence they could command a s<x>d
vMw of tee cnfre yard. At a window
thsv stationed Willis nnwiv. —i>v
a twelver la hU babd. took a position
laat baalda th« csptlvs, resting the
maaatoof tha weapon oa the foreman's
Tha convicts ton defied Warden
Ullard to attempt to capture them,
•boutla* that they would kill the fore
maa at tha lrat more against them.
By this time several hundred ett
**“. many heavily armed, had gather
ed at the prison gates, hut the warden
denied elabeiea to all. He leeneil or
ders for all the shops to dose and for
ell the prisoners to be returned at once
totbelreylla. fir thea placed a guard
of CO men 1 round the building Id
jrhkh tte dreperadoee had barricaded
Utemiei*^ aid railed oa them to nor
rrndcr. The convicts' only reply was e
tount. Far the protection of roramen
WUlia. the warden then determined to
■tarre the deeparddoea into enbmlaslon
fames Baeklay, former dty work house
keeper, aad Morgan Brewer, a former
caard at the prison, climbed to the
roof of a residence overlooking the
build tag la which the eoavlcta had tak
en vefbge sad fired several shots into
the room where the dec perm does were
Intrenched. They were compelled to
I—let, however, as Foreman WlUfli
was toned to the window In tha lias
of lire.
TtoaUy a letter was dropped from
tha window saying that If the warden
would conn to the head of the steps
landing to the reed department, the
eoavlcta would surrender, first seed
tog thUr weapons down by Frank
Brooks. .
Wardsa LfBart . prepared to accept
toe tmrasg of this note, and ea a matter
of ereeaatloa a half doaeu eoavlcta
wars placed to the hospital overlook
tog the rued department. Warden Bin
art accompanied by sight men then
proceeded to tha toot of the stairway.
Thp P'iaoasrs emerged from tha read
rooms as they had promised, with
to* toaRsS^Jhop^rSSudhSe huh
to hie aides as If to draw a weapon. He
had hardly made the motion when ooe
toe warden's party fired, the ballet
striking Bishop In the breast. Inflicting
a fatal wound. When Bishop fell Mw
U«sn aad Breohe sank to their knees
begging the warden to saw their Uvm
aunt 10: to o'clock tha two deperadoes
were heavily shackled aad accompan
ied by tea men with draws pistols,
were placed to their cells and quiet had
« Kwroii riffftr.
Baltimore, Special—The atockboldera
of tha Balttmorw ft Potomac Railroad
Company held a special mooting Thora
dap aad reeoluUoa waa naanlmotiely
adopted to morpa tha company with
the Philadelphia. Wilmington ft BalU
mora Railroad Company, ft meeting of
the atoekholdera of tha latter waa bald
In Philadelphia for the name purpooa.
tha organltatloaTot’tiim'*PhUaSSphK
Baltimore ft Waahlagton Railroad
Company, with a capital atoek of MV
m aharaa, of tka per value of Me ■
to tko aggregate to
fPMM.Mft ThJa atoek will ha owned ti
me* entirety by tha Pannaytvaala
Mlmnd Company, and tko Northern
Central road. Thd oompany will alao
toko ear* of tko boadeddebt of tha
rzrssasr
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HONORED BY CUBA.
DistlifnUktf A aericai* Receive He
Decora tioa.
GOVERNMENT IS NOT UNGRATEFUL
TbeUtoatf labile Show* 1*4 Ay
pnomUom of effort* M*«* fa So*
curl** It* Intfopoodooca.
Ha Tana. By Cable.—It baa been de
cided by the new republic of Cuba to
decorate Congressman J. M. Moody,
at the Tenth North Carolina district,
and other Americans who readsred
aetahte services to the •"•-■•-»-- re
public.
Resolutions ere now pending la Ooa
snaa to prepare a Ust of Cubans and
for •!re see who rendered special ser
vice la the la ter set at Cuban tadepen
deaea sad the eetabllahmeat at self
government.
The foUowlng are among tha names
which wlU appear la this Ust: Seaa
tora Morgan, at AI sham a; Money, of
Mississippi; Oalllager, of New Hamp
shire; Thurston, of Nebraska; Repre
sentative Moody, of North Carolina;
William R. Hears! and James Oordoa
Bennett, of New Topk, and others.
General Gomes, former commander
In-chJef at the Cnben army, favors the
payment of pensions to these men.
but President Palma says many at
them are too distinguished to receive
money tor the!r services and win be
more honored by the decoration and
the presentation of a certificate re
counting their deeds and expressing
ths gratitude of the Cuban republic
for the work done to secure for them
•elf-government This plan will be
adopted.
Seehoerd Not In the Merger.
Atlanta, Os., BpednL—With refer
•ace to rumors that the Seaboard Air
Line would enter Into n merger with
•Char Southern roads, under the con
trol of J. Plerpont Morgan, ths follow
ing telegram was received by an At
lanta paper: "Reports that any nego
Uatlona .are now or havo been under
consideration looking to n sals of tha
controlling Interest in this system by
Ks present owners are absolutely
without foundation. The Seaboard Air
Line system la now and Intends to re
oaln Independent and will continue to
devote Its best energies end efforts-to
ward advancing the interests of the
territory which it now occupies, or
which It may hereafter eater la Its
work of davalopamt John Skelton
Williams, president of the Seaboard
Air Liam
Fenner Found Dead.
Tlfton, Gsl. Special.—Hillman Paulk,
am* of the most prominent farmers of
Irwin county, was found deed In a
tract of woods two stiles northeast of
Tlftoa, with four bullet wounds In hla
body nay one of which would have
proved fatal. Tha discovery was made
by a party of mas who found blood
•tains and evidences of n struggle on
a highway which lad Into the woods
•tear by. No weapon, beyond a assail
pocket knife, was fouad oa or near tke
body and only 11 seats wee in the, deed
■An's Pocket*. Paulk was last assn
•live In Tlfton Saturday, sad U la said
left later for his borne, tea miles awn/,
with several companions.
aupfrlaiHMat* Changed.
New York, Specials—Belrldere
Brooks, general superintendent of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
baa been appointed assistant general
superintendent of the Bon them di
vision of the same company in place of
James Merrthew, resigned, to take ef
fect September 1. This combines the
two aoperlafea fits etas under one
head.
Ax and Uriadetoae Traet
loalsnriUo, Special—The Tlmaa
»«r»: “Caleb D. Oates, president and
general manager of the Turner, Day
n Woolworth Handle Company, baa
lust returned from Haw Tor! . where
ho conferred with capitalists who are
promoting a •SS.MMM traet. to take
n alt the axa factories, handle manu
factories and grindstone factories In
this country and Canada, the plants
«o be operated under one management.
Killed In Street Car CnIHetoa.
Norfolk, Ve.,'Special.—la a head-on
■Elision btewren two care on the Bey
(bore Terminal Mm lata Bead ay after
noon. three people ■ were killed and
■any others badly injured. The dead
ere: W. B. Yaadle. motormaa; C. B.
Col den, motormaa: Mnwood Fentress.
••Sd ten. The Mrioaalj Injured sr«:
^,THERN INDUSTRIAL
African Cotton.
Under date of August 1 there vil
telegraphed from PhlUdelphla a story
published la one of the local papers
to the effect that options bad bseo*ob
talned oa 50.000 square miles la the
“cotton (000" of Africa, where eot
too plantations would he established
to asset the competition of the South.
Tbt story wsat oa to say that cer
tain great financiers of England In
terested la South Africa ware con
nected with this scheme, which. It
was predicted, was of such gigantic
proportiohs as to threaten tbs su
premacy of the United States aa a
producer of the staple. The --mis of
Lord Kitchener and Bari Roberta sra
also linked with the scheme. Oa Its
toes tho story wsa a dream, and It
was denied within forty-eight hours
after Its first publication. That the
growing of cotton la Africa may be
•steaded is s possibility. That its ex
Iwgloa shall threaten the supremacy
af the United States Is a very distant
sonttngeacy. sad an utter Impossi
bility should tbs cotton-grower of
America adopt mors generally the pol
ler of Innreetlng the production of
the staple per acre along with the
natural Increase of acreage devoted
to the crop.
AlteMNAMMtM.
Tha management at the Standard
Cotton Mills, Oedartown. Oa.. has for
acta* time peat been contemplating
the establishment of an additional
mill which should utilise the lower
grades of cotton. Wm. Parker, the
company's manager, has returned
from a trip to Boston, and states that
while la that dty ho placed the order
far this additional plant Tha addition
al bonding required will bo 76x100
feet la ells, sad Its equipment will
manufacture the coarse number of
7arn% the output each woek to bo
about 10,000 pounds. This Important
addition will enable the cotton-grow
ers la the vicinity of Cedartowa to
dispose of their crop at acceptable
prices, whereas heretofore there baa
been ao local demand for costs*
grades. The Standard Cotton Mills’
present plfht has U.600 spindles end
manufactures extra carded double
woTsn mule-epuu hosiery yarns, it la
capltaHied at *100.000.
The Drayton Mill.
The Drayton.Mills of 8pertanburg.
B. C., which was reported at aorna
length last month. Is now laying the
foundation for Its building. It has
been decided that U.440 spindles and
about 160 looms will constitute tha
principal textile equipment, and that
fine goods shall be manufactured. P.
J. O. Smith la the contractor for tho
buildings, end, as stated several
weeks ago, tS* main structure will be
three stories high, 160x106 feet; the
power-house will be 67x106 feet.
Arch B. Calvert has beta elected
president. The company is capitalised
ymoMo.
Will Add 6,eoo Spindles.
An addition of 6,000 spindlee wiD
be made by tha Harriet Cotton Mills
of Henderson, N .0. The management
has lust decided upon this enlarge
ment, end probably about *100.000
wm be expended. This new machine
ery will utilise the remaining apace
in the present building and make use
of the surplus power. The company
Is operating 10,600 ring spindlee In
the production of hosiery yarns, and
has been manufacturing lust twelve
month a Last weak K declared a divi
dend of I per ceah. aad finds Its
prospects warrant tha addtticew noted
herein.
Notes of Progress.
war* Blfbak Manufacturing Go. ha*
begun the devalopment of Ha exten
sive water-power aear Lauren a. 8. C..
and will pasb tba work aa rapidly a*
poaalbla. It la also laying og tba ground
and preparing-to build Ita mill of 16,004
aplndlea, previously reported as to be
located to utilize the power. Maser*. W.
B. Smith Whaley * Co., of Columbia,
8. 0., are the engineers In charge.
United States Consul J. F. Monaghas
writes that there Is no question that
American manufacturers of cheep cot
ton half-hoee can And a market tot
their products If the combination ot
cokfra which the Oriental people desire
Is careful provided for.
•The Transatlantic Trading uo. or
Oahrceton, Ttzez. report* the elearun
eea of oottoaaeed meal from that port
tor the month of July at 460 toes, and!
of eottoaseed uk* HU tons, making a
total of 10,4*4 Van.
The Dunn OiLMflls Co. of Dunn,
Harnett eoeaty.Wforih Carolina, was
Incorporated last week, with a capital
stock of 6U.M0, and the right to In
crease to 9*04,400. The Incorporators
are J. D. Barnes, B. F. Young aqd M.
T. Young.
Application has oeee maee tu mtmt
tor Southern Manufacturer*' Muteal
Imwiiii CO. of South Carolina for
snakUag Ita member* to Insure each
other against loa* by Are and other eao
walUcs. AU the prominent mlD man of
the But* are tatoreotod, and many of
them are nambered among the Incor
porators. Mum. El neon A. Smyth ot
reloar. Si C.; Jao. L Orr, U W. Per
her. F. W. Poe. J. H. Morgan aad O. P.
Milk of OreeavQk, tft;T,a Deocaa
of Union, S. O.; J. A. Brock of Aader
m. Si C.; aad othera ora nomad la
Booth Oarwttaa a (0 per sent, valuation
SERIOUS RACE RIOT.
Clash Betweei Whiles aad Nefroes
SU PARTICIPANT? MDly SHOT
Trouble Grew Out of a Secret Or
SMlsatlaH of Negroes, Members of
Which Fired oa the Eubenks
Brother*.
Tupelo. Ml**., Bpeclal.—Six person*
seriously shot and a number Injured
la tbs reported result of a race riot
now In progress In the south end of
Lee county, near Shannon. Three ne
groes and three white men are badly
Injured and other* probably more ar
lose. This le the result at a riot par
ticipated In by a secret organisation
of negroes firing upon and wounding
the Eubank brother*, while on their
own premises. The shooting occurred
Tuesday, soon after dark. Possess lu
pursuit bad*a lively encounter with
U>o negroes sli miles south of Shan
non. Thursday afternoon, when more
or leas ■ hooting waa done. On# white,
■tnn and three negroes were badly
wounded and several more negroes
vrere slightly hurt. Other posses are
to pursuit and the affair Is not yet
ovar. Deputy Sheriff Temple has Just
reached the city with eight despera
does, under e heavy guard. About 500
n»en are under arms and great excite
ment prevail*.
Fbr tome month* negroes at (Shan
non have been giving considerable
trouble, secret societies being formed
under the guidance of a former school
toacher or preacher. These organisa
tions are paid to be (or the purpose of
resisting the whites and protecting
negroes in daeda of lawlessness. The
alleged Instigator of tbe serious out
breaks of the last few hours la a he
gro preacher named Jeff Roger*. H*
has been held under suspicion by the
whites for some time aa a bad char
acter. H* le a negro of some educa
tion and baa considerable tnfieoce In
his church. Tha flrut serious trouble
broke out some time ago. when a ne
gro named Giles Jackson assaulted
the Lauderdale* to a corn field, ser
lously wounding them. About a month
ago this negro died In the county Jail
from wounds Inflicted while resisting
arrest. A few days ago a negro waa
seen taking corn from a field belong
ing to Mr. Eubanks, who llvaa close
to Shannon, and when spoken to
about It became Insolent and defiant
and a warrant was sworn out tor hi*
arrest.
On Tuesday evening a son of Eu
banks, bring Just across the road, no
ticed n number at negroes congregated
arouad hi* borne. He >uspasted that
they meant to attack his horns, and
crossed the read, where he Joined Us
father and young brother. Shortly af
ter Eubanks want to his father's
house a command to fire was given
and a blinding volley rang out from
tha guns carried by the negroes. Both
at the younger Eubanks were bit and
badly wounded.
After the shooting at the Eubanks
brothers, the whites Immediately or
ganised Into a posse to bring to Jus
tice the guilty negroes. Wednesday af
ternoon. headed by Marshal Ran
dolph. of Ksttieton, and Marshal Irby,
of Shannon, this poses went after
two members ad the negro mob who
were supposed to be hiding In a cabin
about six miles from Shannon. Tbs
posse, reaching the cabin, ordered the
door opened, but tbe command waa
unheeded. After waiting a moment
Tlandolph pushed tbe door open, lie
wee met with a volley of btrdshot and
fell across the threshold with blood
guebtog from his face and shoulders.
The negro** ran ovar too prostrate
farm of toe oMctr. They were met by
a volley from the poeee and three ne
groes were Injured so badly that they
ware left lying on the ground. The
others escaped In the darkness, some
leaving behind traces of their wounds.
A deputy hat returned from Shannon
and reports everything gulet there
n^w.
Aeteplclon of Foul Ptoy.
Will lam i port, Pa., Special.—It to re
ported from an authoritative source
that Bd ward P. Remington to not aatlm
fled that hla brother Robert died by hla
owa hand. When It became known that
he waa entertaining a suspicion of fool
play, which originated before he left
Newport with the body, aa Associated
Press representative called oa Mr.
Remington aad regnanted a statement.
Be replied that ha would neither deny
nor aSlrm anything relative' to hie
brother's death, except that the au
topsy performed revealed that the bal
let la the mouth caused death. Whan
ashed If the bullet found Imbedded la
(he dead man's brala fltted the revolver
Sound by hla aide, be declared that he
bad nothing further to any. Asked If
development* la the case could be ex
pected. he aald time alone would tell.
Mr. Reaalugtoa aad hto attorney, Seth
T. MeOormtok, as well an the physi
cians who performed the autopay. were
together la secret conference until late
at Mght aad their action to surrounded
by much mystery. They positively re
fuse to glee out nay farther lalorme
HUS
Me eon. Oa., trafilal—Report* from
▼alley, are to the egeet that the recent
ear lesde of Oiargle pas She* Is Bag
Mad was highly auiumfuL The fruit
arrived la Baa shape aad brought
haaBauma pruBt*. Than who export
the Bum ana markets Is ha opened to
OeergH fruit are »lot ad.
ALABAMA PRIMARY.
Jetts Woi (her Jobisoi hi Hornby’s
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COVERNOI KE-ELECTE6
Tk. Former ^> Qo ''•r"or «<» E«
Ter Noel Oelceted In ^a**BW’*
Fir*I U|*l Prlntnry. ^
Montgomery. Ale., Special.—In the
Democratic primary, held In this State
Monday for the nomination of candi
date* for State officers and congress
ional representatives, Wm. D Jell*,
of Barbour, the present Ooveraor, won -
over former Governor Joe. R. John non.
of Jefferson, for Ooveraor, by a major
ity which will probably reach *0,000.
The day's primary was the first held
since the addition of the new consti
tution, by which the negro la eliminat
ed aa a political factor la Albania, but
the new organic law was not made' aa
Issue In the campaign. Today's result
la equivalent to an election in this
State. The new constitution was en
dorsed in Itn entirety by Governor
Jelka, and ex-Ooveraor Johnston also
guaranteed to uphold It. although ho
opposed its ratification. R. M. Cunning
ham, of Jefferson, defeated C. R. Wal
ler, of Hale, by almost >0.000 majority
tor Lieutenant Governor. The etlectlon
of State officers by a general primary
was an Innovation In Alabama and the
voting passed off quetly throughout
State.
R R. Pbole, of Marengo, for Com
missioner of Agriculture; Thomas U
Sowell, of Welker, for Auditor, end J.
Craig Smith, of Dellas, tor Treasurer,
had no opposition, they being accorded
a second term by precedent. For At
torney Oeneral, Alex Troy, of Mont
gomery; A. M. Garber, of Talladega;
Maaeey Wilson, of Clarke, end former
Congressman J. E Cobb, of Macon,
were the contestant*. It Is not believed
that any one of the four con tee tan ti
wee nominated and a second primary
will be held between the first two re
ceiving the highest vote, the State con
stitution demanding that the success
ful candidate for State office should
have received the majority of all the
vote* cast. For Secretary of State. J.
T. Heflin, of Chamber*, F. N. Julies,
of Cobert, and Ja*. L. Tanner, of Jeff
erson, were the Candida tea end a second
contest will probably be ordered be
tween the flint two as no nominating
not# was received by any of the candi
dates. In th* contest for nomination
for Bopariatendsat of Educatloonfl^^^.
O. Harris, of Montgomery. Thomas L.
Bulger, of Tallapoosa, Chapel) •Corrie.
of Montgomery, end J. W. Hill, of
Etowah, was nominated. The following
Cougrassmen ware nominated with op
position: First district, O. W. Taylor;
second district. A. A. Wiley; third-dis
trict. Sidney J. Bowls; sixth district,
J. H. Bankhead; seventa district. John
L. Burnett; eighth district, Wm. Rich
ardson; ninth district, Oscar W. Under
wood. In th* fifth district former Con
gressman Willis Brewer Is opposing
Charles W. Thompson, present incum
bent. Th* returns Indicate the rtnom
tnatlon of Thompson.
Put Mall Wrecked.
Toecoa. Oa.. Spacial.—The taat mall
on the Southern Railway, south-bound,
was wracked Monday morning by an
open switch, near Harbin's, 8. C. The
entire train, except the sleeper*, turn
ed over, but none of the paseengerm
were hurt. Engineer Henry Busha, of
Atlanta, was severely but not fatally
Injured, and a tramp, who was steal
ing a ride, was fatally hurt. Slight In
juries were sustained by Fireman Chua.
8. Swan, of Atlanta, Mail Clerks. N. E.
Lowenthal, W. A. Dagnal, of Tocooa;
J. R. Anglin and J. W. Oracy, Jr.
Three twitches near the scene of the
wreck were found to have been tem
pered with, Intentionally, it Is believed.
An attempt is being made to gapture
the supposed wreckers.
Jailed Far Libel
Manila, Special.—Frederick Dorr,
proprietor, sad Edward O'Brien, editor
of Freedom, have each been sentence
to six months In prison and Sned
UNO each, for libelling Benito Legsr
da. g native member of the civil com
mlesion, by publishing a certain article
In Freedom. Both Dorr and O’Brien
have also been convicted of sedition,
but have not yet been sentenced on
this count The case hss been appeal
ad to the Supremb Court of the Islands.
Fatal TraMay Accident
Memphis, Teas., Special.—Ooe par
son la dead and eaves Injured, oae of
wham may bta, la the remit of a trow
ley accident here Monday. The dead:
Mrs. Newton B. Morris, of Mg Iowa
avenue; the Isjured: Mrs. F. M.
Watson, of Pleasant Hill. Mies., shoul
der wrenched. Injured internally; col
ored woman, asms unknown; W. J.
Tiax, negro, knee dislocated, horned by
electric current; Ufa Williams, negro,
heads eat; Mrs. Fleher, bruised, not
serious; Doela Adair, colored, ankle
fractured, mouth eat; Conductor W. U
Scheel Beard Acte,
■beuaadoak. Pa.. Special—The school
booed of Mahony township removed
•da of the oldest leathers la the town
ship. The reason given was that tha
members of the families of OUoa
lea eh ere wore aeo-uatoa mtae Workers.
Among those aCseted Is oae named
Bade!' sister of Jos. Bedell, who was
killed during the riot of July M. The
board unanimously decided that apgtt
rials in say way connected with nan
saiga wartmia Mould nod receive ay
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