~ ' Urnmti UtlCTMCMOl TH$5«bj?ct SWH AT PtQVIDtNCC SATBMAT. n 1 IMT m FEKITMTIAIY: M Ky., Throws •■to Btete wf 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 — ■ mm— 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 | Election. • . i % -m- - I -. 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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