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OLDIE XXIV. NUMBER 21. SALEIQH, NORTH CABOLINA, THURSDAY, JUNK 10, 183 7 1. PRICK si.00 a Yl A t; " " , " - - - , - - - m- i ' i - - -r i --- r a . - . - 1 wwb 0 LIKH-UW IN Lynchers Killed and Wounded by the Militia. BUT they" lynched him vro Rapist Mitchell Taken by a Desperate Mob. T0 DEAD AND TWO WILL DIE i:vi:n seriously wounded siii:iii'rrs,ruT to flight. TW AT at 7 o'clock this morning. The local com pany, wmch did the shooting, had been on duty for two nights and a request was sent to Governor Bushnell for reinforce ments. . He ordered a company from Springfield to the scene and they arrived before 7 o'clock, irxayor Ganzon met the soldiers and sent them back to the depot, saying that they were not wanted. The local company was also withdrawn from the jail about this time. The mob, which had grown in numbers at the break of day, seeing the way open, secured ' a large sledge hammer and started for the jadl. The hammer was not needed, as Sheriff Mc Laia -delivered the keys" and the crowd soon found Mitchell's ell. A rope was thrown ground the negro's neck and he was -dragged out. When the outer door was reached the noose slipped, but it was soon replaced and the con- I domned man was hurried into the yard. The rope was tnen thrown over one of the limbs of a tree. Mitchell was jerked MIT Til Y ' up un'til bs heacl struck the limb. His neck was broken and his body dropped to -. i viM ivnt THE T IL thc ground. The crowd repeated the jerk- enTY VOLLEYS WERE FIRED J i; A. M. Tim ing several times until they were sure i he was dead. There is some doubt as to ViC A RESPECTED WIDO N ; what occurred inside the jail from mid - - ; night until the time of the lynching. The Cjnequences or the Ueed a a o Um, a : follows: -- f,ay Cause Her Death Governor ! "When the first attack was made on the ia.il at -1:30 a. m. a dozen men mounted Bushnell on the Scene of Actio n--The the Toar step and two of theto used a , a i a cAfr-ri 'sledge hammer on the doors. The local Pmu ation nflamed--A oecond birm-; , Kopuuuun t militia company was under arms on the insham Only Alabama's Militia Stood inside with Sheriff McLain and hrs depu- Their Ground. Ur!..ina, 0., June -fe Two ties. Capt. George W. Leonard stepped out and said: "I will give you three min utes to disperse. If you do not do so I men were firp tillwl aiul nine wounded by a company of The crowd generally believed that Sher tho Ohio National guard at this place at iff McLain had already ordered the troops o."i il l- mi irn in ?. j attacK was renewed on tne rear aoor oi DEAD. i the jail with sledge hammers, the firing AHVEY. BELL, Urbana, shot in the ' t(k. P.l and the crowd dispersed, ,-ieavmg ineir ueaa ami wouuueu. ii was !.after three o'clock when Sheriff McLain North of telegraphed Governor Bushnell, at Woos ter. Ohio, that a mob had attacked the Lrbana. ! iniii. that h had onprved fiiv that his - force was inadequate and that assist ance was needed at once. military company . making ' themselves scarce is presented. Nothing is known of, the whereabouts of Sheriff MeLain and Capt. Leonard.. It is the general urider standing that the sheriff drove to Spring field and nobody outside the captain's circle of immediate friends know where he went. It was reported last evening that a mob of 150 was organized to go to Springfield after the sheriff and such word went to Springfield, having the ef fect, it, is said, of driving the sheriff off to Day ton. He is universally condemned Vy the people and held responsible for the shooting of citizens by the militia. The citizens insist that he was alto gether too officious in this matter and- Should have refrained from ordering out ' WARNING the troops. , ' A DUTY ON CO! roil Bacon Springs a Surprise on V - the Senate. - DECISIVE VOTE OF 42 TO 19 TWENTY PER CENT. AD VALO REM ON WHITE STAPLE. ' NOTES FROM VEST As for the captain, he is condemned j Jones xuso Joins in Repudiating Bacon's r ordering the soldiers to fire, and the , . . fc Position as Democrat c Doctrine for boys of the company for firing into a crowd of their fellow citizens. After their escape from the jail the members of the J company have not dared show their faces up the street and many of them have left j the city. A livery man Wk a timid squad of them to Springfield. Their troubles are not over with yet The Republicans Welcomed the Chance Offered. Washington, D. C, Juiie 8. By the de cisive vote of 42 to 19, the Senate to-day securing an excuse for, increased com iensatory duties on cotton manufactures. He argued that the small importations could not affect the price of the entire domestic crop And said that the duty would . onlySidd - to the price of cotton goods. Mr. Jones said the cotton- grow ers would not be misled and deceived by a proposition so. palpably thin as this. Mr. Bacon "argued briefly that if posd , RECEIVER APPLIED FOR. The Bill Against the Southern Railway Made Ready. ' Aalanta, Ga., June 5.- A special to the Journal from Macon says that a bill bad been prepared there for filing in the United States court to put the Southern tiveness of assertion and vehemence were railway in the hands of a receiver. Ru- to control in this subject then the Sen ator from Missouri (Vest) would have hi- views prevail. But the Senate was a forum of argu ment and no Senator was to be put down by the mere vehemence of the Senator from Missouri, however long and emi nent his services might be. Mr. Bacon 'became impatient at one point over frequent interruptions, the last one coming from Mr. Caffery. "I think the. Senator has enough to do to answer the questions addressed to him yesterday by the Senator from Massa-,1 chnsetts as to sugar, answered Mr, Bacon sharply. The Senator went on to I say that the objectionable feature of the ' . . . re r ii. , i t. . 1 i jmor had it 'yesterday that the bill would be filed today, but it is learned this morning that nothing willLe done in the matter today, though the bill has been made ready. It is understood that Bacon &" Mill r and Dessau, Bartlett & Ellis are the at torneys, representing W. B. Sparks, the Dunlap Hardware Company, M. J. iaatcher, Sam Mayer, B. L. Jones and otners in the petition. . While the suit will be directed primar ily at the Southern Ilailway, it is re ported that all other roads supposed to l controlled by that corporation will be I made parties, including the Georgia Pa- IT-WftSOILYAMATEH But it Dropped Into a Works Factory. Fire- A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS WEItE INJURED. THE BUILDING A S60.00O LOSS Explosion Caused a w.ld Pnc -Had Not it Bee" After Clotlrg Tims Loss Would Have Bi-n Very Heavy. tariff m the past had been its sectional- ""V x m. . r? . a"u u Jsouinwestern ,ess, dnnn,sl 4n ... : Some of the wounded claim to know who . adopted an amendment to the Tariff bill ' isni ami its discrimination of one part of not ie inuded, aa they are nerely mi . - . , r shot them an,l vwnT r1irahin-pp laid ..'-i . , . - the eountrv acainat the other. But the leaseii .Jmes. me ietition, n.is said. Willi"" u4 .-11Ure, at uu iintt. h. snot tnem ana several th ratings are laid placing raw cotton, the great product of up. It is reported" that -the- father of t, , , , . .. . Harry Bell, wjio was killed, threatens .! wulu "Ai ai .u per to kill Capt. Leonard on sight. j cnt ad valorem. It is the first time in The son was an unmarried pan. aged' the history of tariff legislation that a duty about 20- years and a broom maker by J on cott0n jias been incorporated in a bill.' occupation. Baker, the other man killed,1 , was about 37 years old and married. He1 Th amendment was proposed by Mr. Ba was a farmer, being attendant on a farm con (Dem. Ga.), on his individual respon north of the city. He leaves a wife and ( sibility and without the approval of the eyUek" Mitchell, the ' Ftoce ' committee, which thus far has rapist, has been secreted. Before being ' heen requisite to the success of every removed from the court house yard relic' amendment except a minor' one which hunters had nearly cut the coat off of the1 went tlirough bv aefllt. dead man. Every button was gone ana even his shoes and stockings were taken' lbe amendment led to a spirited de- l I'H'mocratic platform recogiviaing a reve- rst maanl: ' A ! rt . 1 J 1 1 1 . m . Irttljfltlltl. mie larnx, msistexi mat ic ie iree irom ,""oulul. sectional benefits and that there be per--or operation of a competing line by the ieet equality in buraen or indent, mis . uers oi anoiuer. was the only "'new evance!" to which dy.on.the provision of the State corner "of. Vfest. Van' Buren and IlaUtcad ion which inhibits the purchase streets, caid a terrific explosku a few off and carried away. Mayor C. H. Gan- f bate, Democratic Senators disclosing the Senator from Missouri had referred Mr. Gray asked if Mr. Bacon believed in a tariff for revenue only? Mr. Bacon answered that he believed in a tariff "for revenue," but not for a tariff 'for revenue only.' He insisted that the tariff platform of the Chicago con I vemtJbn did not contemplate revenue j duties which uitterly ignored questions of j justice in the duties towards sections or classes. - He insisted that the funda- a : menai principle or tne iemocratic party k-aJ. instantly killed. LTT0N BAKER, farmer, . FATALLY WOUNDED. .WESLEY. BO WEN, of Cable, shot in the hip. ZACII WANK, Urbana, shot in the jroin and leg. LESS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. , .v, . ..- , gun scales mac xne xrageay oi nigni oe-, wide difference of views and nt tiniAs o-r. l was to restrict tng tann: to revenue pur- fore last and the lynching were entirely; n.un-. I poss and in imposing it for that purpose .nMiu nrnA.ia .i.tff n I changing sharp personal criticisms. On L , i t to all sections. In Closing, Mr. Bacon re ferred to statements that Jhis tariff views were shaped by ithe interests of his awn State. He was not, he said, indifferent to the fact that his people) might be bene fitted or injured by the characer of the rates imposed. As it was recognized that the country was to have" a revenue tariff bill, he intended to see to it that his State received an equal share of its benefits for, in ithe "words of the Bible, the man who does not care for his own household is worse than an infidel. , Mr. Stewart (Nev.) created aim u semen t by declaring (that the' hair spKtting and aisincnon do ween a revenue tann: ana a uncalled for. He urced the sheriff to get the prisoner out of town When he 1 the final vote seven Democrats, Bacon, was first taken , to jail, but the sheriff and Clay, of Georgia ; McEnery, of Louis neglected to do so. ' - liana; McLaurin and Tillman, of South The Springfield company was ordered ' . to report to the sheriff. They marched . Carolina, and Rawlms, of Utah, voted to the jail, but had no consultation witbj with the Republicans for the Bacon the sheriff, as he did not appear, and amendment while the negative vote was l LT, ,ef .maI?fi solidly Democratic with one exception, Kyle, Populist.' The debate on cotton took up the most of the day and but lit tle progress was made on the 'bill. Early in the day the sugar schedule was passed over and the agricultural schedule taken up. Less than two pages were disposed The colored people are greatly excited atop tho affair. Thv bad rvrvionslv mpf. me them to retire from the scene and adopted resolutions for the punish-1 Captain Leonard and the local company ment of Mitchell, but many of them will no doubt have to explain why they talked about him not being guilty. Worn- ceased to resist after firing into the mob J I'll It'l 1 Vfl I r, A Mn.AUA ' .t .v yv nvvlntv. llATlf i en cnajaren, as weii 'as a niuiuLuue 01. uitMi, : buiucuuuj vm uan i caoiu u.vn witnessed the lyching. There was no at-; the keys happened to be dropped down on IEXXIS GRANDY, Urbana, right tempt at disguise or secrecy. An hour or to the hall floor from up-stairs after the f.K)t. slight. I more after the lynching, Mitchell's body mob had broken in the outside door. lie of during the day. The paragraph on Z-'. -c ,,-r - I was ipicked up and placed in a rough . sheriff and militia were up there at the cattle went over but the balance Of the inx. ..vuaudiw xvxov, :Coffin, but left under, the tree, where time. Lewishurg, head, slight. ! hundreds of people continued to view it. j The sheriff plainly stated before leav- S. S. DEATON, Urbana, Prosecuting Later dn the day the body was removed - ing the city that he and the troops retir Vttornev lee slight r1 the con61 attd other traces of the vio- ed to the up-stairs portion of the jail and u'wmiai?r0 tt t. , f.' ' lence were removed as fast as possible. quit offering any resistance simply be lli S ElfeLli, Urbana, m tne race Mean'time, crowds of people poured into 'cause he was unwilling to shoot down painful. I the city from all surrounding towns and any more citizens. KAY M'CLUBE, Urbana, right arm, viewed the blood stained steps of the jail I There will no doubt be a military inves serious i anxi marks of the bullets on the sur- tigation as to whether the captain acted ' ' V , TT , . 'rounding houses. Amwng thesig'hts shown I under. the mayor's orders in this matter. J011.N MlvbiiVM, urnana, rignt viaittOTig was a tree in the eaane courtilt is said the local company, being corn arm, painful. I house yard where a" man"named TJllery posed of Urbana iboys, who cried over the A MOUNTAIN MURDER. . -- Two Men Blown Up Witili Dynamite on Account of a .Widow. 1 Lenoir, N. C, June 7. (Special.) Ou Anthony's Crtek, a tributary of the Gregg prong of John's River, under the shadow of Grandfather Mountain, three miles 'west of Globe Postoffice. in Cald well county, situated among ' steep mountains, some distance from any public road, ..William -C. Moore and James D. Moore erected a portable steam saw mdll one mile from any residence. Walter Moore and Dallas Bowman managed the mill for the company. On th eevening of June 4, 189G, only a few logs remained to be sawed, which were to have been completed early the next morning, and the mill to be moved to another place during the day. The young men had erected a small shanty to cook and sleep in near the mill and after the 'hands left it is supposed minutes after ii oYlwk tonight. It 'was shortly after the closing time of the fctory and many of the workmen had gone home, otherwise the loss of life must have been very heavy. As it was, a number of the employes were badly hurt and the flying rockets and candles struck several people who were pusning on street cars and on the side walks. Follow ing is the Est of the injured: Mrs. Maggie Kenny, struck by runaway horse; bruised and cut. Miss Minnie Theuey; -bruised and cut. M. Shure, proprietor fireworks factory; badly cut by gluss. Georgie Grant, cut by glass. Obin lemiHT, cut on head by falling beam. Fred A. Stik, motor man on pausing cable car; severely bruised and cut by being thrown from his car. Andrew Lawson, conductor on the same train; bruised by being thrown from car. C. N. Smitih, cut by glaws wule will ing on the street. " Phillip Shepard, struck in t ck by kr- rocket while ou the opposite ide of they went to bed and to sleep, About midnight a terrible explosion was ! stpeet; nnConM ioiw and badly hurt J. F. Harris, cut by glass agricultural schedule up to and, including paragraph 228 was agreed to as repor ted, all amendments except that of Mr. Bacon's being rejected. When the tariff bill wa-s taken up, at 12:20 p. m., Mr. Allison, Iowa, requested that the Sugar schedule be passed, stating Stewart vehemenUy, LLua l ix wouiu ue consiaerea xo-morrow. , , M XV gUL VJLL1 y heard for miles around, but no one could locate it, owing to the convergence of the protective tariff was all 'tweedle-dee nioumams. ii was xaiKea oi nexi morning laad tweedledum." He had followed at the breakfast table by the different this subject for thirty years and he did families, who finally concluded that it not understand this new language re- must have n -thunder or a mountain bating to the tariff. The Georgia Senator slide as larSe rock sometimes give way Ba con) was right, Mr. Stewart said, and go crashing down ,the" side of the in seeing that his State should receive mountains and make considerable Wise, the same 'benefits as other sections. On the morning of June 5, when the What are we here for?" asked Mr. hands arrived, they found everything quiet; no fires had been started in the suggested some I furnace, no one was near. On investiga- were rejected until Mr. Bacon offered his RYA M'CLURE, Urbana, right arm, ' was -lynched twenty-three years ago, for shooting . of their fellow citizens the pre-! amendment, placing. a duty of 20 per cent a similar crime unon the 7-year-oM vious night .absolutely refused to snoot lad vaiorem on cotton. Air. Bacon said mi .1 . . . I llfL LU FllllT-M. xne agncuirurat scneauie .oemg next m sat wnlarl, ;4 ' a whisr. tion they found the shanty wrecked and oraer, a numDer or amendments were oi- : .... . - . " I mnne h dbrU the Lodies of Walter ! XIVTU rt-il VI U'O. LVUUUIULM AIXJ. fcJtCVT- i " ! art. "We are here to represent our con- Moore and Dallas Bowman, fearfully mu- fered by Democratic Senators, but. all painful. The to soldiers were save Cahrles Mitchell, attempting hnrst ooen with a losr and the sheriff the Biirrfi.nrlrtv1 th kTa Tvd nrt ,1iva were again. The sheriff denies responsibility for the , shooting, and so does the captain. On the colored assailant of Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, ! lost except that of the culprit The tree is other hand the citizens assert that tne from the hands of an infuriated mob. but tni standing, but the Kmb on which Ul-j sheriff himself fired the first shot. :oflw0 nn-raiiicr MitoWll lery was hung is dead. . - He asserts that at least five shots were Tvn t-itPTi fmm tho iail t 7-SO this morn- Governor . Bushnell arriyed here to-, fired into the jail from the outside before especially tha action of the troops uvujc -yaiu. I T1 ,, .. , . nisht to investigate the trouble and a shot was fired out from the inside, While j SOLDIERS SCENT DANGER. ti, aA vQt0wi Tne urwraa eompsiuy is .- overwiiwiueu , umcinnati, umo, june o. a. special to nortended the era vest daneer but no such I with local sentiment against theiT ac- the Commercial-Tribune from Urbana St were aSLr Adjutant General Axline, Col. ,, o.n t .oa a m imsL XiL u,ll.- vyapi. lA-uuaiu "-junas. Antnony ana Aajutanx unaries e nours irom z.au to t .ou a. m., j ,v.., rr . ta fh'. . . r. i uicn ixxvr. s""' u..fwut. . xu., 1 tartzman. oi - xne xnira resixnenT, stituents and see that our States have tilated and. cold in death. They further equal rights under the tariff and all other ftmaqTh&t flj nawUn fcaflAeen. placet torws." Mr. 'Stewart insisted that it was log immediately under the corner of the time the raw materials of the South, and building Infwhich they slept, andthe ex West received equal benefits with the plosion Chad wrecked the building and manufactured products of New England, thrown the bodies to the diagonal corner - The discussion had evidently aroused of room and were nearly concealed by mneh. fPATkvsr fmd thi wms iri-rTi pidtm- the rubbish of the explosion. - I 1 i xne neignoornooa was soon lniormea the fi to-Ja y. Those killed by the militia were liie milled, ncic . cJrll:rlfioi j nrtmrwTi,x- tV nnm fmm th spectators at the scene of excitement In nMVor instead of the h when they addition to this list, it is feared that Mrs. turned frora !hotlse. Ehza Gaumer, who was criminally as- Governor Bushnell was attending an saulted by the negro, wall not recover ene;impmeiit at Woodster last night and and several of the injured are in a sen wag met bv a delegation! from here on his ous condition. There is intense feeling Tetnrn to Columbus this afternoon. The asamst some of the officials anu furtner citizens asked for protectioif by troops of complications are apprehended. While tne Sheriff McLain against Whose life threats the past two nights and days witnessed had been freely made during the after- scenes of lawlessness and blood-snea yet noon, and if (he was here tonight it is the feeling at no time has been as in tense as it is here to-night. The body of Mitchell was exposed all day in a rough coffin and it intensified the feeling among the masses. The citizens who believed there wotild be trouble again. Sheriff McLain left here at 8 p. m. and arrived at 'Springfield iat 3 p. m., en route to Dayton. He escaped by the back door of the iail and claims that were killed will ibe iburied Sunday and Y dynamite was being prepared to blow their funeral will tend to keep alive the him up. In the excitement and Wtterness bitter feeling. Several of the wounded are crippled for life. One week ago to-day Mrs. Gaumer was criminally assaulted, in day light, at her home in this city, near the court house. Mrs. Gaumer was prostrated. She felt the disgrace and requested her son to announcet hat she was assaulted for robbery. It was given out that Mitchell attempted' to force her to sign a check fur $."uo. But as Mrs. Gaumer's condi tion K'came more serious the facts be came known and also that the negro was afflicted with a loathsome disease. Mitch- H was first held for robbery, but on last Wednesday he was arraigned for crim inal assault. Mrs. Gatfmer was unable to appear-in court, and the hearing was held at her home. As Mitchell entered that prevails tonight it is almost impos sible to get at the facts as to the responsi bility for the loss of life, but it is general ly claimed that Sheriff MeLam ordered the. troops to fire. It is believed there will be a thorough investigation into the action of he mayor as well as into the action of the sheriff and military officers. Mrs. Gaumer is the widow of a well- known newspaper publisher. Her brothers-in-law are D. H. Gaumer, publisher of the Zanesville Signal and an ex-State Senator, and C. N. Gaumer, formerly publisher of Che Mansfield Shield and an ex-State Representative. Mitchell jwas 23 years old and a hotel porter. He bought milk at the dairy of Mrs. Gaumer and knew she was alone reached the city tonight. They were in consultation with Mayor Ganson, Judge Heiserman and Deputy Sheriff Miller. General Axline stated that they came over to make some investigations as to the course of the militia. He also in quired as to the danger to the officers and soldiers should they return to the city. He felt that the guards were acting un der orders and wanted them to return to the e&ty. He was told by the officials that in their opinion the feeling was not suffi cient against the guards to make their return dangerous. General Axline visited the scene of the troubles and conversed with a number of citizens in regard to the officers. He returned to Columbus this evening. the omission of this article from the du tiable list was a violation of the principle of the Democratic platform that tariff taxation should be so imposed as to dis criminate against no section. The tariff o-a i Ti-Vn-klr -full Hl-ii a Tnul TrOrt otlrf run lv-i I ...... I sion soon after Mr. Cafferv beean sneak- proaucer oi cotton, raising tne price oi an , . TT . . . ... - TJ f tht assassination, and the coroner sent articles essential to his use, and yet on his rr A .A, " k f,M tnfv. x. . i n.an loeen cieany exixjseu as one xavoraDie . iv"' - .. , ....j. to protect interests of his own State, with four mile from the county seat, he nor tne omcers axnvea ai ine scene unxn laie iier rcKtm sh TfltisHi nn in bed and ex- I KK.nv kaa .rrr-i-ntr fAr . x- I ticiiuriaici, iuuicu ni - vyiviiuiiiij turned: "The brute, hang nam. ttow .ossanitinff her. :re you face me again you brute." it is learned tonight that Sheriff Mc- Kn after the identification on Ved- T,a'in and Cant. Leonard left this after- nesday there was talk of lynching. I noon nt fhe reonest of citizens, who fear- Crowds surrounded the jail that night and led they were , in danger of violence to- ;ne sheriff and local militia had trouble 1 nigbt. They took supper at Springfield iv .grand jury was impannelled and it soon I for Cincinnati, but would not tell where returned an indictment -for criminal as- they were going. After the fatalities of S;ult. Mitchell, disemised in a soldier's the night, it is known that Sheriff Mc uniform, was brought last night from jail j Lain and Oapt Leonard decided before into rvn.rt- tt t.. 1,. I rlatrliori- rHiat thfr wmild ibe Tio more - k t ai T i-iiT: icauiuK vn. iu c i ' - indictment, plead giulty and was prompt- i' sentenced to twenty years in the peni- 'tuuary, the hunt for criminal assault, -e trial was over before nine o'clock i lst iiiirlvf, when an attemnt was made to Ta-' Mitchell to Columbus on the train !, u'n !' m. But the crowds were about -'u:t house and iail and when the -j-.a-e drove up, the crowd made a for the jail. The military drove iM-i'ie )ack, but the crowd soon in ,, nit McLean and the troops had i uu.y could -do to hold the jail, and , ' T w'umbua was given up be' me cieparture of the last train. ll v.-as 1 T., .i, it,, n i. .ii i. on the jail. The soldiers open- sfliooting. The guards were Temoved and the militia went from the jail to their homes in- citizens' clothes. Before this evacuation the keys of the jail were thrown; from a window to the mob. Mayor Ganson ' ordered MitcheU's body removed immediately after the lynching but so strong- was the feeling that the crowd would not allow the police to touch the coffin till after dark tonaght, when tne body was removed to- some unknown place. ;:.''.' ."V' - A NEW POLITICAL PARTY. Teller. Dubois and Others Formally Launch the Silver Republicans. Chicago, 111., Jurae 7. A new political organization, already chrisitened "The Silver Republican Party of the United States," is about to be formed in this city. Its promoters are Henry M. Tel ler, Fred J. Dulbois, John P. Jones, F, J. Cannon, Richard F. Pettigrew, Sen ator Mantle, Charles A. Towne, Cbarles S. Hartman, John F. Shaif rotih and Chas. II. Allen. These men olted the St. Louis con vention and supported Wm. J. Bryan. They and their followers now are con gregating there to attend a caxicus" ttf morrcw at which it is proposed to create a national committee and start the campaign for " congressional elections next year. Ex-Congressman Charles A. Tow:ae, of Duluth, acted as provisiona. chairman and instructions were issned by him today to a corps of Keutenauts and information was disseminated as to the objects and aims of the gathering. As explained by Mr Towne the initiatory step was taken on February 22, when the statesmen and men named issued an address calling upon silver-. Republicans in every State and Territory to select national committeemen and have them attend a conference in Chicago on June 8th, to start the fight. - ; TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. Soldiers Flee in Terror from Urbana's Mob. :d Wi 1 V, n TTrbana Ohio. June 5. Instead or a f,n the mob and twentv vollevs nezro dangling from a tree in the most poured into the advancing crowd. I t strer mrner. the excited D0DU- ig tironging the streets, tne .military Xl" dead and .ZTTa.?".! and Sheriff hiding in the county jail, the lilt ( -1 . i , -, 1 ... . I , 1 ti ..AAlnl . rrrr TV TI TVl TTT hue the county convicti3 were marching along Salisbury street early yesterday - morning one of them broke from the squad near the First, Baptist church and tried to escape. He got a good start and had darted around the corner at the arsenal, when one of the guards ran through Capitol square and shot at him. The report of the gun and the whizzing bullet so terrified the man that he stopped and agreed to return to his companions. TI: Richmond, Ya., June 8. There was a head-on collision of freight trains on the Richmond, - Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad near Ashland this morning. The i engines were badly damaged. The crews fifial attack on the jail was made! fleeing sheriff, a missing captain and a jumped and escaped injury. article of production, raw cotton, he was "left in the lurch." Last year the statistics showed that 55, 000,000 pounds of cotton were imported into the United States, valued at $0,000, 000. The arrivals of foreign cotton were increasing constantly. Mr. Bacon said he addressed himself particularly to his Democratic associates. Why should cotton be excluded from the benefits of a revenue duty if all other' agricultural products were to have :he benefit of such duties. Under the rule of consistency, there should be a unanimous vote favoring the duty on cotton. Mr. Piatt, of Connecticutt, who was in charge of the bill pending Mr. Allison's absence, indicated a readiness for a vote favorable to the -amendment and Mr. Chandler (Rep. N. H.), added: "We are just dying to support the Senator's amend ment." - Mr. CMlton, (Dem. Tex.), said the amendment would not raise the price of cotton. According to the Georgia Senator (Bacon) there would 'be no diminution of the importation of Egyptian cotton so that the only effect would 'be to give ad ditional revenue on cotton -without taking away the competition . from foreign cot ton. : . " Mr. Chilton said it was impossible to increase the price of cotton by a tariff so long as it was necessary to find a market for the surplus of American cotton as was now the case, in Liverpool or in any other foreism market. It was with cotton as with wheat the foreign price would fix the domestic price. Hence tne only re sult would be to increase the price on cot ton goods. Mr. Vest said the amendment would- be adopted, as it was hs the line of increas ed rates of duty and would receive Re publican support for that reason and be cause it was calculated to cause dissen sion in the Democratic party. He claim ed that the addition of the 20 percent, provided would simply add that amount to the finished product. He took issue with Mr. Bacon on the contention that the amendmen was in line wih the plat form adopted at Chicago. "If," he said, I had thought the platform meant what the Senator from Georgia says it does, I wotiM not have touched it any more than I would have touched a rattle snake, knowing there was no whiskey within a hundred miles. God help us if the new evangel is to prevail." He expressed surprise at Mr. Bacon's statement that the cotton manufactur ers need notice it. ;In conclusion, Mr. Vest said he was proud that heretofore cotton was ad mitted free of duty as showing the Democratic consistency, in supporting free raw ;materials. Hence his disap pointment that this amendment should be proposed by a Southern Senator, as it would justify and open the way for a duty on wool, lumber and all othf-r ar ticles classed as raw materials. "Indeed," he exclaimed, "it leaves us naked with out argument.? r " . Mr. Jones (Ark.) : also opposed the amendment in an incisive speech. He agreed with Mr. Vest that the Republi cans would support the amendment, in the hope of creating dissension in the Democratic party and added that they rervemifi na a to pre incident "How about Sugar,' inquired Mr. Ba- tlie next ng'n: jury was summoned and n , . ban investigation made by the coroner, wU, .1,,. physician and jury, the bodies taken out Very deliberately Mr. Caffery answered: 0f the debris and an adjournment made - iwice xne oenaxor aecunea to answer i uutu ne5rt moTnittg. my questions and now l aeenne peremp- jurjron assembling next morning toriiy to yieia. decided to hold the investigation isolated "I accept that status between us,", an- from the crowd, for prudential reasons., swered Mr. Bacon. I and jonly one witness or informer allowed 'YoU' made the status yourself," said to be present at a time. When interro Mr. Caffery. - gated as to enemies or threats made by "It is a very great deprivation," con- any one, from various persons, the infor tinued Mr. Bacon in mocking tones, "but mation was given that Simon Gra gg, of I will endeavor to bear it with equanim- the community, had threatened the life ity." lof Dallas Bowman, because he wag the Mr. Caffery was soon interrupted with rival in. the affections of a widow by the another inquiry as to Strgar, this time I name of Burfield, who had given Gragg galleries were much amused and Mr. Jor had intimated that she intended to do Caffery said: "I see that the bad prece- so. There were so many circumstances dent set by the Senator from Massachu- Ibronght to light by the investigation that setts (HoaT) to put me in a hole, is being j the jury agreed that Simon Gragg was followed by my associates on this side Ithe assassin and the sheriff was ordered of the Chamber." I to qnietly arrest him before the decision Before you are out of the'hole," inter- I was known and hurry him off to jail, for jected Mr, Hoar. fear that he would be lynched by the in- The vote was then taken on Mr. Ba- murrated crowd, ns 'he was present and con's amendment placing raw cotton in I bad taken an active part in unearthing the bill at 20 per cent ad valorem. There the mystery. was a great interest in the vote as it be- It is not generally believed that the gan. it resulted yeas 4Z, nays iy. assassin inwnuea to kui younjr juoore. Paragraphs 226 to 228 inclusive (Maca- though it is said they had a slight mis- roni, oats and oatmeal) were agreed to as understanding about same work a year repdrted. before. About hair the tame it was bis When the rice paragraph (229) was custom to go to his ratner s and spend the reached Mr. Allen (Pod. Neb.), took oc- night, and return early in the morning t ' ' l m m m -. casion to speak sarcastically of the differ- I his wotk ences among Democratic Senators as to I With this epitome of the case, the trial what constituted Democratic doctrine, commenced on Thursday morning before These Senators, he said, ehouldgo into His Honor Judge Hoke, who i looking caucus and endeavor to arrange some much improved since his recent illness. A line of action on which they could pro- specinal venire of one hundred and coed together. ' twenty-five citizens had been summoned Throughout this discusison the ten- to select the jury from. Nearly all of dency on the Democratic side, he said, Thursday was spent in the selection of a was to abandon the tenets of Democracy jury; only one witness was examined that and adopt the plan of every man for him- evening. Friday and part of Saturday self and the devil take the hindmost. i the examination of witnesses for the . Mr. Allison stated that the house rates State continued. on rice would be retained but the para- The court adjourned late Satur ctrtTi went over without final action. day, and Solicitor Spamhonr and At 5:20 the Senate went into executive session and son after adjourned. Edward Hayes, passenger on cubic car; head cut. " - Samuel B.rasnik, tailor; jumped from a balcony; leg broken. John Been wa ret, back cut. William Blaha. iujured by a Tunaway horse. Max Braselniek spine injured by fall. Patrick Hussey, struck by a falling beam and several ribs fractured. Unknown boy, run over by Fire Chief Swenie's buggy. Oscar Behlke, clerk for Yondorff Bros.; struck by falling walls, not serious. C. M. Gordon, hurled through a plate glass window into a saloon; badly cut. MM - . . . . 1 1 flying glass, but all are expected to re cover: NelKe Burke, Petty Bullet, Frank . P. Pucker, Charles Cardiff. The force of the explosion was so great that nearly all the windows in the block were demolished and the Shure building four-story was demolished. Immediate ly following the explosion the building was ablaze from cellar to roof and the fire department had a desperate struggle lief ore it succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The building was almost entirely destroyed by the fire, however, and such portions of the large stock oi firework as had not been scattered throughout the neighborhood by the explosion were de stroyed, causing a heavy loss to Shure. The explosion caused a wild panic It that part of the city for a time. It hap pened when the street was crowded with people going to their homes and the street cars, which passed the front of the building every minute, were packed with people. The flying missiles from the fac tory struck a number of people on the cars, and one man who was gazing into a store window fully 400 feet distant bad his attention attracted to other matters by a rocket which hit him squarely in the back. He fell to the sidewalk uncon scious and was carried to the hospital before he was able to give his name. Th majority of those injured have received but trifling hurts and all will be around witnin a uay or two. xue u i" -n building and contents is estimated at $00,000. concluded their EDENTON'S NEW POSTMASTER. Leroy L. Brinkley Appointed Lawrence Townsend Appointed Minister to Portu gal Other Nominations. Hon. WV II. Bower speeches at 4 o'clock. Judge Hoke made a fair ami impartial statement in his charge to the juryflveo statement ro his charge, and the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree at 5 o'clock. Judge Hoke sen tenced Gragg to be hanged July 10, 1817. A difficulty occurred this mornrne near Gatterville between Leonard Henly and John Clark, brothers-in-law, over the measurement of a" half bushel of corn. Henly stabbed Clark in the neck, serer- Washington, June 4. The President to day sent the following nominations to the Senate: - - - State Lawrence Townsend, of Penn- ing the carotid artery. Clark was brought sylvania, to be envoy extraordinary and to Lenoir in the train for repairs, but will minister plenipotentiary of the " United probably die tonight. Henly made his States to Portugal. ' I escape, but fire officers are after him. Treasury Ellis H. Roberts, f New York, to be treasurer of the United States, Reports from different portions o the Conrad N. Jordan, of New York, to be State to the Agricultnral department jn assistant treasurer of the United States dieate that the damage to appk-s by the at New York city; .Wm. B. Andrews, of frosts of early spring, is much greater Nebraska, to be auditor for the Treasury than was at first supposed. Some cor- department; Wm. W. Brown, of Perm- respondents put the apple crop in their sylvania to be auditor of the War de- section this year, as compared with last, partment. - " at 5 per cent; others put it at-20. It is to Postmasters: North Carolina Leroy L. be hoped1 that there is some mis- REAR ADMIRAL LEE DEAD. A Virginia Descendant of Light Ifenifie Harry Lee and Fought on the Union Side. Washington, June 5. Rear Admiral Samiipl P. Lee. IT. S. N.. retired, the last 'Xof the commanders of the great nquadron piu ring the civil war.. died at his home at Silver Springs, near this city at 5 o'clock this afternoon after a short ill ness of a stroke of paralyni. He was a Virginian by birth and a direct deaeen dant of "Light IIore Harry Le," of revolutionary fame. Admiral Lee war record was oneof the brightest in Ameri can naval annals. He was on the Van dalia at Cape Town, when he learned of the breaking out of the war and be re turned the ship to the support of the un ion and participated m the blockade of Charleston and in the attack upon Fort Jackson, where in command of the guard division of the fleet be fought the Fort in the Oneida to protect the operation of the mortar batteries below, standing on the forecastle piloting the ship by the fortifications and relieving the Varuna and capturing Captain KeutHn and oth ers. During the last three year of tie? war he held important naval vmmani and his system of steam -blockade then devised has been followed erer eince. Li the work of blockaders he 'captured or destroyed 54 steamers and sent out 91 affair anl exj-eJitions. He a an im portant, factor in the support of Thoma-i. in Tennessee and was highly compliment ed by that commander. Ia 1VTJ be be came a Rear Admiral and wan retired ia 1S75. also would support it for the purpose of Brinkley, Edehton. (take about this. Washington, D. C, June 8 The fol lowing fourth-class postmaster' were to dar appointed for Virginia: EggleKton. L. B. Williams; Fairfax, Job Hawk hurst; Johnwn. I. J. Wilt: Kimberling. L. K. Morebead; Riely. I. M. FitzgeraM; Saint Clair Bottom, J. H. IIouw; Skip- 'with, II. B. Pope.
The North Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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