Post.
WEATHER TO-DAY,
fcr Faleigh and vicinity:
Thunderstorm this evening,'
Vol. IV."
RALEIGH. N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 1?, 1899.
No. 12.
he
LEWIS PftTRIGR IN
HiDMF A IB
probable Case of Lynching
in Carteret County;
IIF 1 HOI PUH
Disguised Men Broke Into Beaufort
Jail and Took the Prisoner Away
in a Boat Various Surmises in
Regard to the Fate of the Negro,, y
Morehead City, N. C, June j 14 Spe-
ic i n 1 Lewis Patrick, colored, I who is
charged with the murder of Elijah" B.
Weeks, a highly esteemed white man
of Carteret county, is now in the
hands of a mob, and if he has not al
ready been lynched the event will like
ly take place tonight. Forty men, their
faces painted with blacking, entered
Reaufort Tuesday night and forcibly
took Patrick from jail. The jailer
was covered with a score of pistols
and made to surrender the prisoner,
TEMPEST ABOUT I
POSTOFFICE SITE
CLOUDBURST ON
as the lynching party were pulling out
When are you going to have the
fun?" the mayor cried out from the
shore. "Not until tomorrow night
came the answer from the lotat. That
was the last seen. of Lewis Patrick.
I 'went over to the iail ifcodav. It Is
an antiquated old structure. The mob ;
could have battered it in easily enough.
Jailer D. B. Consleton lives in the
building. His wife, two crown sins I rnf ar4- rAniirr1 n atiirAon I Horms nuAr...l,Alrnrl
. 7 . , .,, , " . vwihmi ntiivnu uuumvvii iivhuuu vv&i niiuiuivu
tkiL aewrui smuii wumren 'live wiere
B'S HEELS
by
Winston and Salem.
Wind and Flood.
also. The family was at home when
the mob came. Jailer Congleton was
in bed today. .He wta ssick. The jailer's
story of the affair is as follows:
I heard 'some one knocking and I
Aid 'What do you want?' A man
replied that he .had a prisoner. My
boy says 'Have you got a permit?' The
man said the sheriff had just given
him one. I got up to open the door George S. Powell Rerjarded as a Few People Escaped Injury Hun-
mmi uie ciuvvu uursi in tiuu put miree '
nenomenai product 01 norm
relief train returned to Blair later, car
rying feventy-flvc victim oi tor
nado. The injured iersoas were taken
to the local hospital.
QHEWHODECUtlEDAHOFFICt MANY DEAD AHD WOUKDED
Estimate of tie Losses.
Blair, Neb., Jun 14. Six hundred
p-Jple are digging today In r.he d. oris
of homes destroy el ot Herman. It Is
definitely 'h-.i rnr that oVren peTns
wvip killed and fourpsm feri.atsiy in
Jtrred. Tim lo.s tf pnewrty ! a quar
ter of a million. Only two! re lmus-
in town -were left sanding and over
thirty families ore wholly destitute.
mmm
juuJAfl
TRIAL OF KIDNAPPER
or four pistols in my face. One of
thern said, 'Your prisoner or your life.'
I said to them, 'I am here to protect
the jail; if you take une as a prisoner
you will have to do it.' They made me
give up the keys. They ithen made me
march in front and unlock the door,
I want you to say in your paper that
the mob treated me and my family
very gentlemanly. I have no com
plaint against any of them."
Carolina Harry Skinner to Re
ceive a Federal Appointment.
Richmond Pearson to Be Dispenser
of Postofflces In Ninth District.
dreds Homeless and Destitute.
Town Traversed Three Times by
the Tornado-6eorce Coyle Wit
nessed the Destruction of the
Town.
nerman, rTeb., June Tf. At r?nst
Washington,Jtme 1 1. Special. The
hyphenated twin cities of Winston-1 thirteen,, persons were killed and as
. i
Patrick protested ihis innocence to Salem are at dagger's oinrs over the! many dangerously injured In the tor
the jailer on several occasions this .site question. Ever since it was tele- nno and flood which devastated this
I'vyvi.. i 1 j n. T- i. .A.,4. a.i. Y1'Int.. I A. . , .1 . rw .ik . I .....
fcrapllCO. IU X-llX: i WSL ILLUI L 'LllU IQHJ! Klt CVCUlUg. .AUUUt 1W OluvfJ I rjnCl'UJCQ tUO COUTt Cil I JUnK'd.
site had lieeu selected and that Salem I are dangerously injured, having suf-
uau worsted wnsron, telegrams anuircrcu broken llmus or baa oru'.scs.i DFNNVl VAN I A. nFMOCDAfY
W mm mm m mm m v mm mm wm m m m m
letters have rained 'in on the depart-1 Few, In fact, of the SK) Inliabitants oT
Filipinos Retreat and In
trench Strongly at Imus,
ii
Crrl Jn Turns statts Evldcac ted
Telia et th Plot and Its Execution.
New Yor!c, June 14. riat cf
Georgt Harrows, clurgrl rri'Ji n!
dtvlion. kidnapping and evepiracy. !-
gan today. Mr. and 3Ir.. Clark ?i
licd :x 1 how 'Market ':i-.Mjh-n und
movervl. Carrk Jon.-. who d.Jvl
guilty aWl tunil Site's o idac
ttwk t!ie j.irid. hMje told how lo
(ame acfpiiutid with lSarrow antl
de;a'.lel tiie him which Harrow
prrjjioJH'd to Jh't for makiuc kiov by
ftral'-ncr a hJ!d anl ImVlius it for
e'om.'lrcrr nsutng to twyvnut u pnr-1 ' "
. - n r
Marion. Before T!ie -ttv-ujuony wa!
IlllOli
5111
I
1
Message to the Geversor
Morehead City, June 14.
Hen. D. J a. Russell, - Governor:
About 11 p. m. last night ay armed menit.
body of men came Jto my jail in Beau- Winston
Tuesday's Flflhtlng Was Very Se.
verc Otis Reports Losses of
Killed and Wounded Amounting
to Flfty-Cavlle Wavy Yard At
tacked from Masked Cattery.
Mansu. WVla-iay. Jin H. r;en
wton, wlih St?n-arl"s cavalry.
fomid -tlutt ih tan:rsrrr:-,i tutd evaru
Itnn., ?ntng lw heavy rmo'-h-lKsre
cur. -ion b.iin I them. The ty Tr&ct
Inspector Crane, who visitetl the village escaped without some ia-1 seveeteta Patriots wiillna to Take tAejof tl;e chcrcn rrrahW a p;rrx,
. has received several offensive iurv. A cloudburst followed the na-l nomlaatlon for Supreme Ceurt Jutfoe. L, .,
- ; . 1 . A. 1 . .. . I - 1 I ...1 IIJV 4Ut v. t ... v . w -
Who begged the mob to kiU him on the farccd ,my jailer to deliver to them a ana icaei-s on uie tneory sago or me wlnstorm. and some 01 nenxoetV
spot. The mob, which is supposed to prisoner-Lewis Patrick, alias Charles that he favored the Alspaugh site, and those who lost their lives were drown- n7?Tr .J:0"" w,v
load change.! front and now favored ed in the torrents of water which mculIon uf ry amio waa cr.vtnl
uie nnsin sire, as a ttuwter or iacx, swept through the strc?U and among I wiili s-hout
have come from Bogue, the scene of'
the crime some twenty miles distant
,)U Bogue sound, left by boat with
their victim late Tuesday night.
Sheriff Willis, with twenty-six spe
cial deputies, followed in pursuit in
a naptha -launch at daybreak this
morning, hoping to rescue the negro.
The coroner also went along to per
form his duty if necessary. The of
iieers arrived at the scene of the crime
about 11 o'clock and remained there
until 4. Sheriff ' Willis and his 'depu
ties made a vain search for the negro.
They ascertained that Patrick was
m the vicinity of Bogue and that
lie Had not been lynched. The
mob is believed to ibe holdmg him until
nightfall, when they will make quick
Hardesty held for murder of M. 15.
Weeks on the 7th inst. I have been
pursuing the mob since 12 last night.
No trace of the mob or prisoner, lie
has not been murdered up to .this hour.
A. S. WILLIS,
Sheriff Carteret County.
POLITS GETS SIX YEARS.
The ereelc Counterfeiter Tells His Stery.
Marshall Held la $5,000 Ball.
nlmington, N. C, June 14. SpecTal.
When the United States Court recon
vened this morning Nick Polits, the
Greek on trial for counterfeiting, re
sumed testifying, and, as was expected.
attempted to implicate A. J. Marshall.
A tu.tti.in;il hMMnt
he has not submitted his report. Now the wreckage of stores and dwelling. I vn the willrdrawal t IVU-tre John
Assistant Secretary Taylor, who has There were persons who might have Cndwalkuler nf 1'hlladt phii Uw4
I I 1htiTi u tit v-a Va d ft ivt ftal ra
immediate charge of site matters, is been rescued but that they were plnn- llkVfrm n. xvaH h'ivi
informed that a delegation of Winston e,i down In the nrins, and the water I iwllots were -taken without' nult.
people are coming here to favor the rose above them. Judge YiTkes recdving th. hl-)it
ALpaugh site. Senator Pritcherd and riTe hundred persons are homeless. "niner 01 vot-. .-naniy a. an-
favor of tlie ilsoii site, and Assistant has lecn askcnl of the large towns of
Secretary Taylor is inclined to give the !tate. Olost of the homeless are
great weight to their recommendation. eafed for temporarily at Ilkilr. and the
in fact, a-s txiiegitiplied, the Jison railroad company has nm In a number
site was (selected. Tlie jrajiers were 0f iox earn to house the destitute for
being prepared for official signature a time, brlnzinir provUions from
11.1
v fK1! At nearly all the He tried to po,i as a martyr to the
Z u tf ,y,?hf, ffl,C FS th wiles of Maihall aonl the Gerek arrest-
a ere absent and the officers think vi, la o,,,.
ley were in the woods near by guard- lo j'the- instigator of the counterfeit- wixlded to the Wilscm site, for it J
ig the negro. ; - in scnem. Furfll-r he testified that an easy matter for Uie departanemt ,
Meuft AVdlw.says he believes the tn aixirtments where the coining of o reverse its pivdetermined deelin. .
They
in
when WJnstxm protested loud and vig
orously. Mr. Taylor says he will ac
cord the Winston 'people a inUlcnt
hearing. It behooves the Salem folks!
to bestir themselves too, in ease they
Omaha.
IIK.SCUING THE INJURED.
Katloaal League Oanes.
At New York: It. II.
New York 4 0
Ho ton ." it
Httterles: Meekla, Warner: Klilcn.
IVrgen.
At Cleveland: JL If. E.
war vciTk V Irrz mruity of 2
muaitJoa wr. foad by U.c Atuerimns
and destroy I. A rnr-Uja of xc
Ninth Infaai.T replaeTJ the cavalry 4a
gun1""nuig the town.
Ceuf-rul Wbratca made a cveccmi
5aiu"e thU aftiTauon towanl I tnti.
where tlie rnomy ore wtrviagty la
trene!j(f 1. liating n:ninteI in pl r
dcr af:er their def-u nt Zapnte. Many,
refugees are returning to In I5ra.
lTiTy-lght ril!ph fcho -were kSU
ei la th; tretHii! nt Zajwite tridr
yetenl.ty uvre butiiil by tit Amrl-
ettn thW tmvrn'mg. A tiujotity of them
;;iwt-n tlie vlrtliiK of ch ar;il2ry nro
H'ef Ktuley'n ln!:-ry. Wicy llr 1111-
p-n d-ooer wlui trca wrc caf
turel lal a.'jht.
ma-1
the bo-
llliVh viva i'.a trtnlr m Vi)iin o-n u I . I i(. T t n n n. 1. f,,.!., I
thlh. .m; r;V: Ti tte spurious mtmey was carried on v. ; ' MVMMr and injured were overlookexl. In facr.
rr r.rT1 " rtZ reMed. by Marshall for this u ic iu ?a e . ; Uninjured could -vnly U? located by
xli Kj-fet mxa -that Marshall oixleretl
there were. ;He, thinks there is a possi- terjal fcr ihe comTXsi,tian of the
nimv .luai.rue prisoner will do re
turned to hi
couple of days. This idea is scouted
by others, who argue that the mob is
not go i n
Cleveland .... 1 d 1
'Not until daylight came to the aid I Pittsburg ....10 10 I
of the rescue parties did the extent of Uatteries: Tannehlll. Ilowerman;
the devastation and death appear. IMaunhin. Schreckengast.
.Ul night dozens of persons worked I At Chicago: IU II.
In the debris and ruins, but many dead iChlcago .... 1
CinclnuatU. . . . ...... - 0
nriT. .pin
ia ucuuLV ill. jjuauL" All 1L
(Ten InningsK
n.nterles: Taylor, Chaace: Phillip.
Vauglran.
Several witnesses were introduced to
estabrisn carcumstances nxing tne
It almost passes belief, but It is ni their crle and moau. In the torrentK
fact, that a North Carolina man has (r rnin tlint followed the torn.ulo the
decUned to accept a good fat JTorcro- ,r(Ht wcre conTcrlcd into rlvcM.
3.X y-e t I .
meni joo. iiis name m t.corge r?. p.wttn.mtpr ltiebnnls. nil ilil man. I Vnh!r.Ttn
Powell, and he comes from Ashevllle. was t.atlirht in the wreck of his home htnltlmore
Mr. Powell was offered the appoint- aml oflUed rewatedly far help. When Itatterlcs: Dinvn.
At Washington:
1Z tO ailOW atrick to papnnn -r -n i . m tt i .u i.l .. r - -.x k -nt. I. . . . . . . . . .1
u- -w---vuUa i i- ' i I'i'ni jw w i ill v i i i ivt' ii i 1 1' iiifii iii - ii i i . i i i ii i i ii miiii i in i.iiivwiiA .a . r tmi a i
. UUIX . . . . . r. a.rmr: 1 1 I r I . I .wi I I I 1 . J . L' I- J 1 . .. I . . . . . . .h n.n . . . . n I . . . a . ... ....... .
, 1 v - - " - 1 1 nituiurirv, a u 1 11 v. iwm.
It.
e D
McIuire:
II. E.
1 -11
2
Nops
II.
;
Tf I til..
L? iSf . .aW?Ch JSY?J testified of hearing .the operating of tranports in recognition of hls.ser-LOUJ ero fouml thu drowns while iulnvllle
TnoT, T4n7;f ;w TtLJruJ maehmery an their (rooms, and that. Vkes to me government ot ronce . begging for help and in sight of the st. IouU
.- J - lv. tvv Luu V HIV. I J. 11 I lit f i.-J-rt rv y-v - y-w y-v y- i a tj"umj-irt I I y-wT"rf-V 11 .TV ' HlvT I VI TUP Alt I .AT11 : 1 I . a. t I a 1 m a . m
S BeiS returned kim on lthe subject of counterfeiting will return to his mountain home n not be removed; pinning them down. llatferles: Phillips. Kittrldc; Pow-
mr.nrtt 1 1 w 111 .1111 iiiiniu mi .1 1 aw -l j i 1 m . - k a a. m.
uuiiit-. I f i'uirn'iv wii. icALr rriiins were rim mio uie eii inn. r 7nr.
-I , m x I f a 1 Jf , I 1 . . .
ine most startling mciuent or tne sisun nis menu, tapuun iiamson, inirpon Omaha and Sioux City all night.
with surgeons and ' medicine aboard
.The lynching party silently stole into
J,.71 uuout ten o ciock Tuesday, trial transpired when a young Greek, closing up Ills property papers in thi
night, landing at the wharf in Ttheodore Ia,rklev. was inlaeexl on the Ouartermasfer's Iemrtment. Mr
a one-masted sharpie. Nearly all Kvitness tstand and testified of having Powell's friends here expect to see the
u.r au uuts ui mac qmec town se,e,n Marshall wand the New York State press publish the handsome pic
. x vsnnaster Ueorge Greek cm I)lit room making money
in.o- , y clasd his office at His recital was like a chapter from a
j".w aim suineu collie
ture as ithe only man known in this
?en prat ion at lettst In Noi-tli Cairollna
who has declined a government ofllei.
IVurmer Congressman Skinner will
receive an appointment at the hands
of tlie President soon. What it Will be
even "the President don't yet know, but
iit will be something good. If possi
ble, he will be .given some federal po
rtion in the State, as he naturally pre-
Two blocks ,n,i1 i 1ip -stnP'rl irlieit tb fiiwk dls
11 A "T"8 1 ne accost- covered him while he was looking at
ed by the mob The leader of the par- them, caught him and threatened his
w ru a piLui iu nis iace ana tola Me if he told what he had seen
uuu iu accompany mem. xne surpris- When Polits was arrested he said
eu postmaster demanded to know Marshall warned him not to be known
Their object. The man with the pistol m ,the matter. Polits' counsel, dis-i-ephed
"e will explain later. No suited bv the action of their client,
.1 1 ) I'll) vr-i I I tf Tt'i .1 I " .. . I" v '
Xr.Y .V'T "auey did not deem it necessary to argue be- fors .to rcmai,n tliere so he'ean keei in
1 ae irom, anu fore the jury in his behair. The ver- touch with Khties, but if such a place
o ;u . " Vi m iuw, wim diet ot tne jury, wnicn was -guilty," uot available lie will le .given a po
tSiIv SS fef i ? nroes- followed promptly upon the coocliu sition in the federal senice out West,
1 Z 0US he ?ai ordered, a ne- sion of Judge Purnell's charge, am mtor Pritchaixl did the turn for Mr
uut ui. nit; pibioiuce, ana tne polits was sentenced to six years im- skinner
l wuiu aiasueu iiiruugn nis mma that prisonment in ithe penitentiary at Ka-
111c muU vuwpuseu or negroes wno leiigh and tto pay a One of 500
10 IOimy "eat him in revenge The convicted counterfeiter, Walter
ior 111s action. He accompanied the SMvy, was also sentenced at this term
moo aoout a diocic under protest. At to a year and a day imprisonment at
JU- oinvi, xjiixm juouse xne gate was Ualeih
open, xne postmaster quickly darted This afternoon A. J. Marshall was
in tne yard and with protection of given an opportunity for a preliminary
shrubbery, entered the house1. The trial, but through his counsel waived
party did not pursue him, but kept examination. His bond was fixed at
on to the jail. The mob-had no other smnnn whiMi pvokerl hot mwl lrm?
object in holding up Wheatley than to speeches of dissension from all of Mar
keep him from givinz them aWav. The bn11'. iinsur VvmnrfcPifl nf nirlr 'thp
The Postofiice Department has or
dered a .renewal for live years of tlie
lease of the present premises now oc
cuivied as a iostolhce at Durham. The
rent is $1,000 ier year and the lease
takes effect September 1 next.
Former Congressman Ilichmond
Pearson has been designated by Sen
ator Pritchard as referee in tlie Ninth
district, and will make all recommeu
datious In respect to appointments to
postoftices.
While here last week Senator Pritch-
"rmmwmm m m. m) A Tm-m m.
The injured were taken Into Klalr and " lB"
the deatl were'lil In a box ear that Austin. Tex., June 11. Attorney
had been blown into the centre Of the Genital Smlih cook u ww turn todiy
city.
J FUIIY OF THE TORNADO.
A string of .cars on the railroad wa
blown up a steei hill and across a
corn Held -and piled Into the general
wreck of buildings In the town. Piles
of dead animals litter the streets of
Uie town. The animals .seem to have
rushed in from the fields in their ter
ror. Among them were several human
bodies.
The funnel-shaped cloud which
wrought this destruction appears to
In his light against trurs mid eorjorx
tlons by Issuing an order u Ser:ary
of State Hardy ha: n company tir
inrjvnuion chart cn-.l tju.hr. the laws
of New Jersey for Che pur-pose cf do
ing business In Texa-i rhall U gran;!
a pennlt to transact business la dd
Stat.
Otta ea Retail ef tae Flf at.
Waahlooa. Jur. H. OSler of tJbi
Wnr lN'tirtn.fat K-I!.te tint yester
day' leaUe nt In l1na wdl 3ir- a
K. telling effict on Cf lu-urgti. Tirat
Sltin? Ainvrlexina wrtibl? drtvthc3i
I'.out or rue:r rKrvitna in-31 rat- ut
there H no rmoa to fear that Geaersl
Orti trill permit ttwut trorpncaeU taw
near to 31,-tnlla. WJwct It twvat np
lireat tlat KUSplrH rontrmpiteil ad
vancing on the tity urU dc-:-rinl::M
not only to lireeik tip thir tirgaalzn
t.on, but o ndm'niir as htv p jn
thnjvat an ij-.lb. atvl to thJi l
11. It 1 prulable that Inntua TrUl folVitr
tlup the lurrle of ye.terlay ci1 driv
0 she fumuy zi far from Manila na
sitde. The foCJowlug dj3?eh friKn
OtU was UiH morning made public ty
the War Department:
Manila. June II.
Adjutant GcaraL Waxh'uirum:
I-iwta'iS tro.M, under Wheaion cl
Ovrrh.nv. oorupy the country io-utli
ta Dicoor: Lave icoiitl westwaM nn-l
muie dKanre tijuiJiward m the Urn
of Za;ote river ood the Itacoor nnd.
The enrmy apprar :o la re retiAxl on
Iinus. aliandoning the lay cjuntry.
Tlie lighting ycScrJjy wa iserere.
and our h wa tea killed and forty
Tow on Fire and Flremea Killed.
Kruatr Apprehensive of War.
Pretoria, June 14. The Itaad lias ac-
eep him from gi ving them -away. The bahnll'a counsel: eomnosed of nearlv the
two negroes were forced to accomDanv LntirA wilmnfirtn Iwir. Thev fordblv
tliem with thesame object. PxmrVpd their as.bonishmenit nt the ard spent an hour and a half with tlie
Tlie niofb kept on to the jail two large amount of bond and character- President. This is an unusually long
blocks distant, and with little diffi- ized it as oppressive, unjust and with- time. for the President to accord to
culty .intimidated the jailer, forcing out a parallel dnthe history of North any ou-' a meniber of the cabinet,
him to unlock the iail and the cell in rn.rnUn.n t.1w cmiimiissiaiwr. 8iow- Tlie two have many points in common.
which the prisoner was confined. So ever, at uhe time adhered to' his decis- aml are fas,t rri?Dlls lersonally and po-
quletly did the lynching party pro- i-cia, but laifcer reduced the bond to hticaliy.
ceed that Patrick was not awakened $5,000, which Marshall at once gave
tintil his cell door was unlocked. He There is no doubt 5n the minds of the
was chained to the floor with a heavy people of Wilmington that Marshall
ix toot Iron. cham., The Deputy Shr- win be able to establish his innocence
iff hid the key to the lock
ed the chain and they had
midway. Without utterin
the leaders proceeded with their work 0f the people of this city.
or severing a uuk in xne.cn ain. Alter
"Ilt 5e LAWLESSNESS AT EL CANEY.
wrjixr ouvjiv - 11 j iu iiiguu jl'uc; jailer Ss
on snva that Patrick's face was t"h
picture of despair. .The negro ' first I Anonymous Circulars Announce aa Uprls- he could n!ot gramt more without aac-
broke the silence. "Kill meight ,n0 to Takc PUce June 24-
iiere',' the darkey said. "We are not Saintiiago, June 14. A garrisoa eon
poing - to kill you," said one of the Kiting of a company of 1 the Fifth
leaders. "Don't you - make any alarm, Infantry was established today at El
we don't want to hurt you.J' W'e wantlCaney. There have been no troops ait
you to tell who did the work. The ne-the place since last August, and law-
CumNrLmd. Md.. June 14. Fire
started In the heiirt of the -ty t.
night which threatens its tnitlre de
struction. A thrc-e- w.ory luiildlng col-
have developed on the edge of tlie vil-1 Liiisetl, and It 1s iM-liew-.l eljat fifteen
lage, and is said to have passed lor twenty firemen were crumbed to
through it -three times. dea:h. The flames are spreading In ell
tlin Ktillnn .nent. who I direction.
was Ivadly hurt when the railway sta-
tkra was torn to pieces, was siammix First on Record.
LZfJ? rirU!f..rr J.L1: WadrfrurtttV June ll.-The aprxJnt
loiuauu i'i-a .. . meat by ithe lrrV.dct;t of TtiomzM F.
...i 1 1 11 p!t.wi r. 1 'i i y i.. 1 1 lieutenant in the rtrutir marine ma.
. . 1.1: 1, V'? .k "v llie flirt cae where aa enlKt inrnj
"v,.. iv;.oi...i ,"r,;i ,;;"r that v. ou-
UUIUUUg JlUUiUn UUlllJl.l J.
STORY QF AN EYE WITNESS.
T witnessed the complete destruc
1 1..1 t : .1 T. . . m , .
that. fasten- of the gmve crime -charged against !? t- " "'""V"
to saw it him, as his past life is most exemplarv i,roiaf .. aai
g a word, and he has always had the confidence rar aciw 1. -tie ne coum not
grant more than these propoals. En
land, he declared, had not conceded
anything. The times were Itroubulous
amd he did not know -what was gedng
to happen. He did not want war, but
riflcrng thif independence of the Boers.
They had cnee flost tlieir independence,
but God had (restored it.
Political Prisoners Persecuted to Death.
IJverpecI, June 14. Tilie steamer Ni-
irro was told to put his hands! to his ldssness is becoming too prevalent,
back. , He did so," and they were se.- .Major General Wood, governor of ger, which has just arrived fro:n tlie
cured with a rope. , . the province, &aiiled 'today for Boston, west coast of Africa, reports that only
The mob moved on . sHently; out of lie was given an enthusiastic send-off five of several hundred .Cuban and
the jail and down to the wharf "with by the civil and military authorities. Filipino political prisoners confined in
their viatim.: r Postmaster Wheatley! Violenit discuission is being carried the Spanish penal cokmy on the Island
in the meantime had ascertained the on in :the press for land against annexa- Fernando Po are alive. The prisoners
object of the mb. He spread the news
and managed to get Mayor Haocoek
wid one or two other eMzens up.
Mpyci IJau? : r?r. the .vMrt. Jgg ;t J Jjp-. 24, f
ition. Funther . anonymous circulars were treated with incredible feroeitv
have been issued annoamcing that there They were herded like sheep and mer-
wui'l De an ombreiLK.,saiiist Amencaos cuessly freaifeein. Disease killed dozens
-r n -!.- . I j. 11
dally..
1ng a cccnmKdou.
Train Rcbbtrs Get Away.
woia.lel-raot of them at the. cross
ing of Zajiote rJtiT. The Jitny trero
tlrtnn from heavy and welN'oatruct-
cl lutrenehments to which they held
teta cloudy. Tlieir r was eeveml
hundred, of whom fifty nvre burled
thU momjng. They will not prolinlJy
nike any dcirrmituM future Ktaad la
tlie woutheru prariaec. DTIS.
Attack on tbe iravy Yard.
Wa-hing:iKi. June 1 1. The fllowIn;
diin!ehes fretn Caplaln Darker, la
romntit?I of tlie 'American Cet In th
Philippines, regarding tlie lati o"
yertrrday, were xnad.- public Uxlay:
Maaiiu June 13.
SeTetary of the NaTy. Wcshlagoo:
Ir,urgt:: linl t the navy yard
from mak-I lxir;ie. .Mj. of wax
Miidlcd their otlt!on and la'rench
cnesii. The Helena end th? MacaJ
noek lanilcd a force ta 3tot oalniala
Uie .p.si:la catll reinforced by th
tlon of the village," said Coyle, "before
I was hurt, and the depot seemed to Cheycono. Wyo.. June 11. Acourler
lie sucked Into-the cloud after the arrived j night f.u.ni pursuit of the
twister had apparently finished Its Union Pacific. tnirn rubber. He re
work. The balloon-shaped cloud start- Iporsa That the robbers, who were min
ed Just outside of town. The snout hioscd to be corralled In the raoun'.alnsi.
of the twister whlppel around over had escaped and had forty tnllca t:art-
the ground, and seemed to thresh ev
erything it toadied into One straw.
It 'moved down the street of the village
with .in -iwfnl mar. klahln:? back nnd
forth.Jand then turnetl and went back pnra wiay, invoinng mine ax f-r-n-
over Its path. Bnlldlngs arose high Jn -""7. atJ
the air with their screaming inbab- f . t u nuia"
itauts and came down in a thousand ,,CT 1-no,t)- The Pituburg adl Erie Ill
ifieees I IX -U crol crews.
V.'Mn-ln At iTfc . I i .
I csw aovrl hnm.nn fliriirea n nni . I " r
rently disappear In the heavens. I
should say ten mmutes was sufficient.
for the work of destruction. When
,,. . ... , 'nnny. Tne ojovemrai wsj ucrerux
S10 i50- J J --V courier -Jie tnjemy w rated. No raiual-
Mtaers Strike Spreading.
. Altoooa. Jose 11 Th ctl Ftrlke
A Western Town on Fire.
Spokane. Wxih.. June 14. A Os
the twister had passed over the place patch to tho Spokeman-nevIew aays
lle la the nary. BATTLE It,
Manila. Juco li.
r-creary of the Nary:
lie girding the engagement of Jtc
13. the diaTl of oShTT for Kpec-al
lUTvice ladlcatcil were ingsaled
"Appreciate a.vlsrance of nary.
width I hal ackuowledg with p!
urc otncSally. Lar.ina." BAIIICEIl.
Oreaen Veloateers Sail for ltomo
Washington. June 14. The following
d5i.tch fnuji General OrSa waa mad
putiUc this CDornJiaS by the War De
partment: Manila. June li.
Adjutant General, Wiahingtnri:
The rran ports Ohio nnd Nowport.
Uie First Oregnn. a signal company
twice and. as I thought, had passed I that Uie whole town of Colrllle. Wash., "and d:cliarged ridrs Jrxxu Ufferrnt
sight, I suddenly distinguish-1 1 on fire. Colvllle la the county seat organizations Ift for 5an JYatjeiaco
on out of
ed a peculiar whirr and" the depot of Stevens county, and J one of the
seemed to riso in the air and fall to oldest towns hx Eastern Washington,
pieces' ' The population cs about 1.000.
The news of the destruction of the
town was sent to Blair br a teleirranh Tae atacedeala Sank.
operator, who, though painfully In- New York," June 14. The Ward Line
Jured. succeeded In sending a short steamer Macedonia, which wn In col
message to the Blair office of the rail- Hslon with the Old Dominion Lino
road company. A special train was at steamer Hamilton off Ixrng Branch In
once started for Herman with a num. the fog Tcevday night, ennk. ns It was
her of physicians and a large nuanti- feared sh wiuld. a few hmmi nfnr
lty of medical supplies on board. The ' the. crash, - "
this morning via Nagasaki. The Ore-,
con troop number forty-! r offlcert
und 1.035 enlisted men. - The rignal
company comprise four oClej.-m and
tbirty-ocie enlisted men.. The transport
Leviarmw arrlve-l ye? onlay. OTLS.
nope of Savtag tie Palls.
London. June 14. Improved weath
er nnd the arrival of & third ralraga
ateamef greatly Increase fcopw ofKur
tzxz thi) irarriran I.'r rrenrneg-rarty