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nn Morn Pasi K Hi n Vol. VIII. RALEIG-H, N. (X, WEDNESDAY, A.iyGrTJST 21, 1901. No. 19 HE kg A Missouri Community Completely Under Control of an Infuriated Mob n ij Negro Burned ta Death in His House BLACKS TARE FLIGHT All Kinds of Outrages Perpe trated in Revenge for the Murder of a White Girl No Discrimination Between the Innocent and the Guil tyTwo : or Three More Subjects for Hanging Tierce City, Mo., August 20 The hanging of -Will Godley for the murder of Miss Wilde shortly after midnight by a mob numbering from 800 to 1,00 men, has produced a stafe of terror among the colored people of Pierce City. French Godley-, the grandfather of Will Godley, was shot, and Pete Hampton perished in the flames of his own house. Last night was one of ex treme excitement, amounting almost to frenzy. Some three hundred people tied in all directions. The mob broke open the hardware stores and seized tire arms and ammunition and rifled mus kets from the armory of the Pierce City company of Missouri National Guards. The attack on the negroes continued as long one could be found. Sonne of them went to the woods while others left on the morning trains never to re turn. A number of them went to Springfield.., Many were so panic-stricken that they did not take time to pack their household goods. Ilngene Barrett, a negro boy .18 years old, says that the train Forte- Starke, who runs on the Oklahoma division of the Frisco, killed the young woman jind he, Barrett, is now in jail at Mt. Vernon. Starks was arrested at Tulsa, -Indian Territory this morning. He is about 24 years old. What will be done with him is not yet known. Taking him to Pierce City for his preliminary ex amination now means his de-ath at once. Barrett says that Starks boarded with Joe Lark, a Frisco porter, who was ar rested in Springfield this morning and placed in jail there. The bloodhounds are said to have tracked some one from the body of the murdered girl to. Lark's house. Lark is allowed to remain in the office of the jail, but says he would rather be in the jail than free in the streets of Pierce City. Lark denies that Joe Starks boarded with him and denies any knowledge of the crime. He seems confident that he will not be im plicated although he was arrested and is held n't the request of the Pierce City authorities. Young Barrett, who is in " jail at Mt. Vernon expecting to be hanged every minute, connects- Joe Lark with the crime. Godley said to a cor respondent in his cell before he was hanged that he hod servedtt ten years for an assault on a woman sixty years old. The evidence against him was not complete when he was hanged, but it is claimed that it was made complete afterward. If is alleged that he made the statement once that if ever he eom- : mitled a criminal assault again a young girl would be the victim. He could tot or would- not explain his where abouts when the crime was committed, and bloodhounds tracked him to where he admitted he had gone, then to his home, from there to. the jail and to the cell where he was confined. The bloody work may not be ended, as other negroes are implicated, Bar rett's confession charging Joe Lark implicates himself. The work of the frenzied mob in the negro quarter was terrible. There was no apparent dis tinction between guilt, and innocence. Houses were , set on fire; others were riddled -with bullets and riot reigned . supreme with the slogan "The negroes must ro." ' The funeral of Miss Wilde took plae at ten o'clock this morning and trouble was looked for and certainly would have been precipitated had a negro been seen in the streets when the -body wis ta ken to the. cemetery. The first outbreak of anti-negro feel ing occurred about 1-o'clock this morn ing when the negro Fete Hampton left his home and went to the home of Frank Godley, just' south of the 'Frisco depot. The mob was looking for Hampton, who fired a shot from the upper story iz6 the crowd and uttered some words of defiance. A .part pf the crowd returned the fire and Hampton fell dead. Frank Godley then came to the door and -he too was shot dead. Meanwhile some of the mob went to Hampton's house, hvM a block away, and set it on fire. Thev returned and set , fire to the house of "Shack'.! Brinson, Frank Godley, Mrs. Carter and Alex Robinson, all nesrroes living near together. All five houses fl I were burned down. The dead bodies of Hampton and Godley were burned past all recognition. . An orphan girl, colored, is missing and is supposed to be burned in the ruins of Godiey's house. Will Godiey was hanged and shot to pieces.. BRITISH IN PEKIN Chinese Annoyed by Their Persistence in Remaining Tekin, August 20. The British troops who have been here since last year are leaving and are relieved by new com mands. Three companies of the Four teenth Sikhs and a battalion of the Sixth Burniah have, arrived. Col. Cary replaces Col. Alexander as commander in Tekin. The failure of the Briflph to evacuate Pekin annoys the Chinese officials. They alone refuse to permit Yuan Shih Kai's troops to enter Pekin. though only two of the twelve proposed posts are within the former British section. Chinese officials say that the reason given for the court's delay in returning to IVkin is a mere pretext. The ex cuse offered lately has been the bad condition of the roads, the heat, the in firmity of the dowager empress and the desire to celebrate her birthday at Kaifig Fu. The real reason is becau.-e the powers are retaining supremacy in IVkin and vicinity and the evacuation has not been aceomolished. -?- VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS Their State Convention Meets Today in Roanoke Richmond, Va., August ' 20. The State Republican convention meets at Roanoke tomorrow. J. Hampton Hoage wjll be nominated for Governor in spite of a bitter fight against him by Thomas L. Rosser, General James A. Walker and Captain Warren S. Luray. D. Lawrence Gromer will be nominated for attorney general. Tbere are no avowed aspirants for Lieutenant-Governor, though the names of J. D. Ilona ker and C. M. Louthan are mentioned. The platform will oppose the submission of the new constitution to an abridged electorate or proclaiming it. without sub mission to the voters. The convention will be the largest held by the Repub lican party in Virginia for ten years. There are very few colored delegates and they are from the white countus. IN NORTH LUZON Philippine-Commission Wel comed by the Natives Lacog, IIocos, North Luzon, August 20. The Philippine Commission arrived here today and had a rather lively expe rience in landing on this coast. They were compelled to land in native boats at the riiouth of the Laoag river, and, passing through the surf, the party were all thoroughly drenched. The com missioners received an unusual recep tion, some of the delegates welcoming them having travekd forty miles through a very mountainous country. There are no signs of hostility to the Americans in the province. The inhabi tants have been struggling with the most tangled politics. The commission appointed the candidate of the military authorities, but all the other officials appointed are natives with the excep tion of Lieutenant Currie, who was appointed- treasurer. A typhoon is threatening and the com mission therefore shortened its session find is making haste to reach Aparri, province of Cagayan, by sea before the storm breaks. A STRIKER SHOf Fight with Non-union Men in Which a Gun Figured Troy, August 20.-The first outbreak in the strike of the shirt, collar an2 waist cutters which has been in progre?s here over a month occurred tonight about G o'clock when one of the strikers was shot. Several non-union cutters and a crowd of .strikers became engaged in a row. A non-union man fired ino the crowd striking John Dugrinnier. He was picked up unconscious and it was at first believed he was dead. A physician was soon in attendance, however, and it is believed that he may recover. Two brothers named Collins, who recently came from Montreal to take the Dlace of strikers, were arrested. One con fessed firing the shot and pleaded serf defense. ' ' '. Craven Criminal Court New Bern. N. C, August 20. Spe cial. On the second day of the criminal court six cases were heard. The trial of Lewis Humphrey of Dover a capital case .was set for ' Thursday afternoon and is -expected to take three days to hear. The grand jury today brought in a long list of trite bills. Frank Hill wanted on a charge of larceny, was brought down from Kinston, having tried to skip his Bond. . . . OIL TANKS BURNING The Great Fire in Philadelphia Still Rages Philadelphia , August 20. Another tank, containing eighty thousand gallons of oil, exploded at 4 o'clock. this after noon at Point Breeze oil works. Burn ing oil, wood and nieces of iron loll among the firemen and spectators, four teen of whom received injuries that ne cessitated removal to a hospital. None was .seriously hurt. Fire Chief Baxter sa! today that only thre firemen were killed by the explosion early this morning. The ma jor part of the fire department - is at work at the fire, which shows no signs of abatement. The blazing tanks are lndng allowed to burn without any nr tempt being made to check the rlams. the firemen eonfin'ng nil their energies to preventing a further spread of tin flames. There are several naptha and gasoline tanks near Where -the flames are ra-in- and as the air is filled wirb a o ra-inr, ana a. tne air nnea v mi blazmg bits of wood, it is scaicely pos- sable that they will be saved. The imos- pect now is that the whole plant will e destroyed. The Standard Oil Com- pany officials are very reticent and have hampered the firemen in their work by refusing to tell the contents of the tanks. They are also loath to make an esMiiafe of th loss, although on em ploye Ihis ,-f;cri'Con said '.lilt tie dam age already done would reach $300,000. UNAV0ilMBLEDIS ASTER Nobody to Blame for Loss of the Islander- Victoria, B. C, August 20. The re sponsibility for !ho Islander disaster is l 1 .1 1 . - U . t. - -.1 L-wns mscusseu, nu, me pranafatner clause, section 5. by which of 14 knots is criticised, the accident mcQ- aTe given the electoral franchise seems ta have been unavoidable. Thejj,ecanse their grandfathers were voters, stories told by passengers, of the cap-is unconstitutional, this does not affect tain being excited by liquor are known sections 1 and 2, which make ability to be untrue. When the Islander struck Captain Foote, who acted coolly, evidently thought the bulkheads of the Islander would save the steamer. Without doubt, siccordirg to the surviving officers, the ice struck the steamer on her port quar ter just abaft the second bulkhead -beneath the bridge", and through the hole torn there water rushed into the large portion amidships to the . next bulk head. It rushed into the engine room and two firemen vainly endeavored to shut the top wheel and keep bnek the flooding Avatei1 from the engine room. The water poured in through the hole, and when the orders were afterwards given for "full speed ahead" the steam er was down so much by the head that both her propellers raced and with then non-resistance of the air the tremors caused by the racing wheels shook the vessel considerably until the engines, now useless, were stopped. There was nothing for it then but to get out the boats. The story of getting out the boats as told by the survivors now returned, shows that the officers ' and crew of the steamer Islander acted like heroes. It is also shown that many of the pas sengers rushed the boats and fought to push off before the boats were tilled, neglecting chances to save others iu their hurry to get the boats away. : N SIGNED TO FIGHT Jeffries and Ruhlirr Will Meet on the Pacific Slope San Francisco, August 20. It looks as though the long expected fight be tween Jeffries and Ruhlin would take place early in .November in San Fran cisco, for today inside of an hour arti cles for a fight between Jeffries nr.- Ruhlin were signed by Billy Madden representing Ruhlin, and Joe Egan, rep resenting Jeffries. Jeffries and Billy Delaney were also present.' The articles were copied directly from the Cincin nati articles for the fight between Jef fries and Ruhlin which never came o!F. They provide for twenty rounds. Queensbury rules, with five ounce gloves, in San Francisco, in November or December, before the club which shall offer the best inducements, the winner to get 75 per cent and ' loser 25 er cent, with a forfeit of $2,500 each and the same amount by the club selected. Geo. Siler is chosen referee. HUMAN FUEL i Fearful Punishment for a Negro Murderer of a White Woman Gainesville, Tex., August 20. Abe V-der, a negro who murdered Mrs. Caldwell near Whietsboro la-te Fridav afternoon, was captured this morning in Indian Ti-r'tni-v iml hiwmrht across country "to a point one mile south of j Dexter, this State, where he was burned I at the stake t 6.30 this evening. - For J three days hundreds of men have, baen scouring the country in the hope of D m Suit Brought on the Grand father Clause DISMISSED BY JUDGE The Case to Be Carried Up to the Highest Court The Link in the Chain That is Likely to Break New Orleans, Aug. 20. Judge Somer ville, of the Civil District Court, before whom the case of David J. Ryanes, a negro, against Jere Gleason, supervisor nt registration, was on trial, has sus- jajned the exceptions filed by Attorney General Guion and dismissed the suit. - This is he suit instituted at the sug- gestion and expense of the Afneo-Ameri- ,0m I"P"e. Washington, to test the , constitutjonaiity cf the suffrage clause of the i,ouisiana Constitution, by which I n-mety per cent of the negroes are dis- franchised, which clause has been adopt- ed m North Carolina and is in process of adortion in Alabama A test ease was made with the negro Ryanes, and it is announced that it is the purpose of the league to carry the case up to the Supreme Court of the United States. Ryanes demanded regis tration, although he is disfranchised un der the Constitution of Louisiana, claim ing that the constitution and statutory laws in regard to registration are un constitutional and nul and void. The court decided that if this contention pre vails Ryanes could not be registered because the supervisor would have no legal duty to perform in connection with the registration. A significant point in the decision Is the declaration that if part, of the law affecting suffrage quali fication is unconstitutional it does not in any manner affect the other sections, and .if it be found that the famous to rend and write -or owners of property the basis of suffrage. Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States are quoted on this point. Thus, if the case reaches the United States Supreme Court it will be possi ble, by sacrificing the grandfather clause, to save the rest of the suffrage section by whieh -th. negroes are disfranchised, and the action of the Supreme Court will have the effect only of disfranchising those few illiterate and, propertyless white men who' claimed the right to vote because of their grandfathers. CONSULS IN COURT Boer Sues Britisher for Al leged Slander New Orleans, Aug. 20. Gen. Samuel Pearson, representative of the Boer gov ernment in this country, who is at pres ent a resident .of New Orleans, this morning carried out his threat and brought suit in the United States Dis trict Court against the British consul at New Orleans, Arthur G. Van Sittart, in the sum of $20,000, charging the con sul with having slandered him in his alleged demand upon the superintendent of police for his (Pearson's) arrest. The suit grows out of the attempted blowing up of the British steamship Mechanician early on the morning of August 9, and which caused such a sensation at the time. Consul Van Sittart is said to hare sug gested that General Pearson was a par ty to 'the explosion, to have demanded his arrest and to have been instrumental in putting detectives on his trail, thereby defaming and annoying him. There is some question of the jurisdiction of the court in this case, as neither General Pearson .nor Consul Van Sittart is a citizen of the United States, and the decision on this point will be of general interest. Mother Stewart a Dowieite Springfield, Ohio. August 20. Mother Stewart, known the world over for the prominent Dart she ook in the temper ance crusade of 1878 and the founder of the W. C. T. U. is now a Dowieite. She was baptized into the faith at Chi cago last week. Friends attribute le step to the weakening of her energy on account of old age. 9 -". Boers Suffer Reverse - London, Aug. 20. According to a dis patch received here today from Pretoria the Boers have suffered a severe Teverse near Carolina in the eastern. Transvaal. FOR FLAMES running down the miscreant, and last night they were successful. At 5.10 this evening, on learning of the arrest of WilrW and the intention "i f fViA ti V u:rc cm u . .) 4- . I . . . uui outrun. nure?uuij uuu i j deputies mounted their horses and start . ed to head oft the nveners and rescue jthe prisoner if possible, but failed to arrive in time, and it is doubtful whether they- would have beeii able to prevent the burning at the stake had they arrived earlier. The telegram says that burgher laager was surprised by a force under Colonel Benson, and in the fight that followed two of . the bvrrghers were killed and thirty were made prisoners. Among those wno were captured was Commandant De Villiers, the father-in-law of Mr. Schalkburgher, who is the acting presi dent of the South African republic. AS KITCHENER SEES IT Boer Resistance Has Passed the Stage of Patriotism - x ' London, Aug. 20. The official gazette contains a long dispatch from General Kitchener detailing the operations in South Africa from May 5 to July 8. In the course of 'his report General Kitchener makes an amusing reference to the yeomanry recruits, many of whom, he says, are unable to ride or shoot. He considers that there were at the time referred to 13,500 Boers in the field, but the long railway lines neces sitate the employment of a large num ber of troops to prevent the Boers from capturing trains. General Kitchener de clares that great patience is required. He says he sees the inevitable end of the insensate resistance which some may consider patriotic, but which. In : his opinion, has long since forfeited silch a designation and has resulted in an unjustifiable prolongation of the war suf ferings of the women and children. Such a continuance is due to the arrogance of the Boer leaders who originallv op posed tne war, out wno are now unwiii ing to submit to what they foresaw would be the inevitable consequence. The Boer party who declared war have quitted the field and are now urging on those they deserted by lying assur ances of outside assistance and by rais ing absurdly deceitful hopes that Great Britain has not sufficient endurance to see the matter through. KILLED BY AN OFFICER A North Carolina Negro Done for In Maryland Cumberland, Aug. 20. Frank Luckie, a colored deputy sheriff, shot and killed James Hoskins, also colored, near Pin to, this county, last night. Hoskins had previously shot John Sommers, an other negro, through the foot. Deputy Sheriff Ij. I. Davis, of Key ser, was notified and a warrant for Hos kins' arrest was procured. He was ad vised that Hoskins was a -dangerous man, and Luckie proffered his assist nnce Together they went to a mountain dive, Luckie entering first. Davis drew a revolver as Hoskins was pointed out, and the latter reluctantly threw up his hands. Whiler Davis was" in the act of . putting the - handcuffs on Hoskins, the latter attempted to overpower the deputy sheriff and grabbed his revolver. Luckie then' shot, felling Hoskins, but he continued his resistance until another shot killed him. Twenty colored men and women in the shack beat a hasty retreat. It was Hoskins avowed intention to murder Davis. He was 25 years of age, unmarried, and came from North Caro lina. He was employed on the Balti more & Ohio cut-off. AMERICAN SAILORS ' FOR COLOMBIAN NAVY New Tork, August 20. The govern ment of Colombia is engaging American seamen here as officers for her navv On board the steamer Advance, which sailed for Colon today, were Joseph A. Merritt and Jno. sGrundal, who have been engaged as first and second officers respectively. They will be assigned t duty on - the gunboat General Pinzon. which -was formerly James Gordon Ben nett's steam yacht Namocna and re cently purch-ased by Colombia in Eng land for $100,000. - The British officers refused to , serve after they had deliv ered the yacht to her destination. Wen. Carlos Alban, Governor of Panama, then commanded Captain Sukefort of the steamer Advance to secure men here. A third American- officer ttss- to sail today with Merritt and Grndal aa first assistant engineer, but he demand ed more for his services, it is said, than Colombia cared to pay. The two who have already accepted billets in the Co lombian navy have contracts, calling for a substantial monthly allowance payable in United States gold. Merritt and Grundal, who have been connected with some of the steamship lines here, are not certain whether or-not-they -will be reqitired to help fight the rebels or .Ven ezuela. French Press Overjoyed Paris, Aug. 20. The announcement that the Czar and Czarina would attend the French manoeuvres next month has caused an explosion of joy in the French press. The visit was arranged six months ago, but the fact was kept secret. The plans for the visit were submitted to the Csar nd received his approval, but the .details thus far were vague. The director of detectives called on the President today and discussed the measures to be adopted to protect' the Czar during his stay in France. Doctor Called in Too Late Asheville, N. C. August 20. Spe cial Melvin Brown, eighteen years old, a popular young man, died of menin gitis. He and his people were Chris tian Scientists and a physician was not called until too late. Practical Patriotism London, August 20. Queen Alexan dra, writing to Lady Amherst, express ed the hope that all ladjes who attend the coronation ceremonies will wear dresses made as much as possible oX ma terials of British, manufacture and em broidered by British, workmen. ' i Attorney - General Not In formed About Steel Trust REPLIES TO A LETTER He Has No Information, Offi cially or Otherwise A Les son in .Propriety Thrown Out to His Questioners Washington, 'August 20. iLttorney General-Knox yesterday afternoon re ceived a letter from the joint committer of American Anti-Trust League and District Assembly No. 66, Knights of .Labor, requesting informatioo from Mu Knox regarding the United States Steei Corporation The letter was signed bj f II. B. Martin, chairman, and Win. L ' Dewart, secretary. Mr. Knox today replied in a lettef addressed to Mr. Martin. Mr. Knox writes as-follows: ; . , "I have the honor to acknowledge th receipt of your letter of August 19, 1901, in which you request me to obtain for you certain information with refer ence to certain- alleged agreement oi agreements made between the consti tuent companies and individuals who or ganized the United States Steel Corno. ration. You. ask me to afford you all the information that I may possess oi can obtain and you specifically refer to an alleged trust or syndicate agreement' which you state the president of tlm United States Steel - Corporation, Mr. C. M. Schwab, refused to furnish to the United States Industrial Commission when on the witness stand before that body, and you further state that your request for information is understood as 'covering aijy contracts of a similar kind with -which you are acquainted or which you can obtain for us.' "You also state' that your reauest for information is 'founded upon informa tion and belief that at the time this contract, or these: contracts were made I was in some way officially connected with the Carnegie: Steel Company, and you therefore assume that' fhe informa tion you request may be in my posses sion, xtr. conveniently, at hand, i am therefore requested to. give. .you the sub stance, or if possibie,a copy thereof. "Primarily, permit me to say that your request is founded1, upon an erro neous assumption. I do not know whn the individuals are who organized the United-1 States Steel Corporation. If they are the persons usually named in the newspapers ns the promoters of that organization, with the single exception of Mr. C. M. Schwab, I do not know, never saw, and was never in any wav connected with, any one of them. I never heard of 'any agreement between them and the constituent members ot the steel corporation,: either at the tim of the formation of. the United State Steel Corporation nor at any time I was officially connected with .the CarnegiA Steel Company. .1 was formerly one o . its legal advisers in the conduct of its manufacturing business, but was neve " consulted with reference to the forma tion of the United States Steel Company nor in relation to the sale to that com t pany of the shares of stock held by tha stockholders of the Carnegie company. "I havo never seen the papers oj agreements to which, you refer, nor hava I been informed of their contents. , 1 have no knowledge - -whatever of thehJ existence, terms or scope. I am thus specific as I desire to cover both fha spirit and the letter of your inquiry. . "I must say, bowever, that I haveno access to the agreement or papers tr- which yon refer. I know nothing of'tha one to which yon especially refer and do not even know that such agreement is in existence. "The information which yon reauest. therefore, is not in my possession or 'conveniently at hand' "as yon assume, and it is therefore, impossible for me to comply with any of the reauests set forth in your letter. All this informa tion -yotr could at any time nave ae quired through the usual method of di rect personal inquiry, thereby avoiding ' the doubtful propriety of addressing ma hrough the medium of an open letter which you concurrently, delivered to the press. "Whether, if such papers were acces sible to me it would be my duty to ob- tain them and furnish them, for use in " legal proceedings in which' you are a party and the nature of which you do not explain, is a question which I do not care at this time to discuss. "If I may regard the' letter as ad dressed to me officially, I will say 'I' this department is under dbligations tj' furnish information to prospective liti gants in undisclosed proceedings, its re sponsibilities and labors are necessarily greater than they have eer been im agined .from the time -of its formation. Indeed, as there are. generally , two par ties to every controversy it would be difficult to discharge . such, alleged dntv to both parties in view .of conflicting in terests. This department was not called into being to furnish .information to private litigants. Its duty and its ob ject is to enforce the Federal statutei as interpreted by the courts where ve there is probable cause for . believini that they have been violated, "yery ;. respectfully, , . P. C KNOX, - "' . "Attorney. General." ' Ml V. i ! Sr.
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