VOL. VIII.
HE REMAINS FIRM.
Henderson Holds On to His Original
Purpose
HOLDS OUT AGAINST ALL ODDS
The Speaker Says That There is Ab
solutely No-Probability of His Re
considering;. Chicago, Special. David B. . Hender
son, Speaker of the tnational House of
1 i! . 31' j X
Kepre&nicinves, passea tnrougn uni
cago en his wayto Atlantic City,
v;iici c he will join Mrs. Henderson. Be-
far?
leaving for the, East, Speaker
Henderson reiterated his decision to
retire from the congressional race in
lov. a. denied any intention of "abdica
ting" his present position until his
trim of office shall have. expired, and
declared himself in perfect accord with
the tariff views - which President
Roosevelt annunciated in his Cincin
nati speech. "I have spent twenty
years of my life fighting for protection
for American industries and labor,"
and Vp!l not be a party to any jug-,
glins at this late day," the Speaker
said. "President Roosevelt's tariff
views j set forth in his .Cincinnati
speech coincide with my own. There
is no. clifference in our belief. His
speech! was a strong one and it has my
tearty endorsement.'
'Then the differences are confined to
your own State?" he was asked.
Yes. largely. Let the new lights
Te j Speaker smiled broadly as he
, used this phrase.:,. -V.
' "Is there any chance of youis friends
prevailing upon you to reconsiaer your
action?" V V. . "
"Absolutely none. I cannot-see my
way clear to gratify, their wishes. It
grieves me to remain firm, but it is
a matter of principle. The pressure
trought-to bear on me has been strong.
Senator Allison and a host of my old
friendi came to the station this morn
ing to! make a final assault on me. I
had to say 'no.' "
.Will you resign from Congress, and
ge up the speakership before the end
or your term?"
' I shall not," was the prompt reply.
Aly declination of a renomination is
one thing and a resignation from Con
gress is another thing. I shall serve
out my term and I shall continue to
-nil the cSce." -
The i suggestion was advanced that
laeas: a
nd foreign policies" in Mr.
Henderson's home State might change
after a brief period.
"Let the new light shine," again
ame the answer. When told that
Secretary Shaw and Congressman Bab-
cock were understood to" be awaiting
his arrival at Chicago with a view of
adding their efforts to those already
acle to induce him to recede from the
position, Mr. Henderson's reply was:
1 arn on my way to Atlantic City and
fcnaii arrive there tomorrow night.
When it was snarsested that certain
leaders hart intimated that he was not
ai to his party by resigning, a shade
r regret passed over v the Speaker s
iace, blit he quickly said: "The retire
ment of one man or ten from an office
nnot effect the future of Jhe party.
aen one stens aside another takes his
Cotton Estimates. - 4
ashineton RnpnV! The bureau of
statistics cf the Department of Agri-
culture cn complaints of discrepancies
"eiween the Department's reports and
nous commercial estimates, has de-
lmined to make an investigation
ith the view of insuring absolute ac-
Partment and Secretary Wilson has'
.thorized Statistician John Hyde to
"7- every available means' to ascertain
erein the differences lie. It has
Jcea determined to send at once into
cotton belt ten experts who will
St! the closest investlgaUon, taking
C0-5iderati6n every pound of cot
its orirfn whether of this
lcirS crOD or nf haf nf another Reas
on. tv, . " Mt
l)e At c e"ort or tne Department win
sihu VKJ insure lue gnJBwoi V""
accuracy in estimates as to cotton
maHnd' well as to gleaning infor-
S ?.? Mch will tend to absolute re-
of - " J 111 the Department's estimates
DpAtfi r-A i I
anf0rd Conn Speaai.Dr. Walter
fe-20 W 'practicphysl-
acute;,: Yo J1
hero Ieufisy, while visiting; friends
l835,'2nVwas bm at Lincoln; Ga., in
' coaf el:eryed with distinction in the
COLUMBUS,
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters of General Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
The Sunny South.
The burning oil gusher at Reau
mont, Texas, ceased flowing of its own
accord and the fire in the oil field was
extinguished.
Since Texas began the shipment of
oil in 1901 up to July" 31, 1902, the
State exported 7,653,433 barrels of pe
troleum. Richmond, Va., Special. All the
seven gamblers who were arrested on
warrants in the course of Policeman
Wyatt's crusade against the vice in
this city, pleaded guilty in the' nolice
court.and were sent to jail and to pay
President Roosevelt was enthusi
astically received at Chattanooga and
Knoxville, Tennessee. ."
Robert Burrows,'1 of , Johnson City,
was nominated by the Democratic con
gressional convention of the first Ten
nessee district to make the race against
M. P. Brownlow, the present Represen
tative. 1 t
-The New Orleans maritime exhanee;
1 n rm .4-r. U1 .1 ' -J J. 'A. J! li 7 I
una caLttunsiieu a. aepanment ior xne
inspection of cotton seed products. It
is expected to be of considerable ad
vantage to planters, merchants and the
trade generally.
The jury "in the case of Chas. Lowen-
back, charged with implication in the
lynching of the negro Chas. Craven,
near Leesburg, Va.,t July 31st, return
ed a verdict of acquittal after an ab
sence of nine minutes from the court
room.
At The National Capital.'
The Navy Bureau of Intelligence is
about to issue an interesting publica
tion on the naval progress of the
world's powers.
At The North.
At the beginning of the nineteenth
week of the coal strike, neither opera
tors nor strikers show any signs of
weakening. Paul Haulick, a jaon-union
miner, was accidentally killed by a
deputy.
More than 50 persons were burned
to death and a large amount of prop
erty destroyed by forest fires in Wash
ington State. .
Two dinners were given at New
port, at which Grand Duke Boris was
expected, but he did not appear at Mrs.
atuyvesant J?isn s eiaoorate entertain
ment.
Engineer George Lutz was killed and
two others injured by being blown out
of the cab of a Pennsylvania locomo
tive, which exploded near Jersey City.
After being blind for seven years
the sight of Mrs. Julia Morrow, of
Trenton,v N. J., was restored by an
operation.
Ex-Assemblyman J. K. Murrell in
a confession stated that 19 .members
of the former St. Louis Assembly
were in a combine to systematiaclly
sell their votes.
The widow of Bradford B. McGre-
eor. of Mamaroneck, N. Y., who mar-
ried him two
rpreive a
days before his deatn, ,
a fortune of over $1,000.-
000.
J Asninwall Hodsre. Jr., in his an-
swer in the stock convention suit at
Newark. N. J.i declares that tne steei
corporation intimidates complainants,
While defending his wife Thomas
Burke, of Terre Haute, ina., was ia
tally -cut by a negro.
, From Across The Sea.
Rev. J. H. Smyth-Pigott, who says he
Is the Messiah, was mobbea in Lon
don. ' " , "-
Reinforcements of Colombian troops '
are being hurried to . tne istnmus iu
defend Panama and Colon
' F. W. Reitz, formerly State Secre
tary of the Transvaal, will sail for the
United States September 25 on a lec
turing tour.
hecrravest feariT for
mane ncmM, hv.- - ,
gians, whorls ill of heart disease and
asthnja. 4 A 1o4
Destructive storms have c prevailed
in Germany.
Rome, By Cable. Pressure for the
nntnfmpnt of -another American
1 ..tlniiaa tA rAiirh thfl Vfl.ti
Can from American .ChurchmenT
Whatever the futuro may brifif forth,
2L 11 be no Amertefta eardififtl
rljainated at tfw COfiglgtory Whkh
:jnirk tD0 i0g9 0f t!l9 par i Jubl
N.Cl, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1902.
WERE KILLED
Frigtitfu
Panic af Close of Negro
Convention.
78 WERE KILLED; MANY INJURED,
Stamped
e tsesrun When a Lawver
Started
a Fight With the Leader of
the Choir,
Birmingham Ala Rnopial Tn an
-D j ''"y PVVM AAA MU
awful crsh of humanity caused by a
stampedejin the Shailoh colored Bap
tist Church Avenue Ci. and TCie-hteenth
street, sixty-five persons were killed ,
ana as many more, seriously injured.
The disaster occurred at 9 o'clock just
as J3uoKe;r r. wasmngton naa con
cluded his address to the National
Convention cf Baptists and for three
hours th .scenes ground the church
were indescribable Dead bodies were
strewn ii every direction and the am
bulance fervice was not equal to the
tasK. The lnjured-were first attended
to and dozens of dead bodies were ar
ranged in rows "outside the house of
worship, lawaitlng removals to the va
rious Undertaking establishments,
while mofce-than a score were laid out
on the benches inside. The church is
the largejhouse of worship for negroes
in Birmingham, and the . pastor says
thorn worn est lemsst . HAfl Tiorcnne ' In
the edifice when the stampede began.
instructions naa oeen lssuea to - al
low no one else to enter after . the
building had been filled, but the ne
groes .forced their way inside the
church a!nd were standing in every
aisle. The entrance was literally pack
ed..- - '.. - : -r-;; ---i
Just afteiLooker iWashineton ": con
cluded his address, Judge Dillou, a
negro lawyer from Baltimore, engaged
in analtercation with the choir leader
concerning an unoccupied seat and it
is said biows were struck. Some one
in the choir cried, "They're fighting."
jviistaKine tne wora nenuiiK iur
1 4 A A ft J .
"fire." the congregation rose en masse
and started for the door. One of the
ministers!) mounted the rostrum and ad
monished the people to keep quiet. He
repeated 1 the word "quiet" several
times and motioned to his hearers to
be seated. Again the excited congre
gation mistook the word "quiet" for a
second alarm of "fire" and rushed for
the doorJ,Men and women crawled
over benches and fought their way
through aisles like .cattle. The min
isters, trid again to stop the stani-
Dede. butrno power on earth couia
stay the fstruggling, fighting mass of
humanity!
A jCrowded Death Trap.
The screams of the women ! and
children added to the terror of the
scene and many persons fainted and
went to the floor to be crushed. Brick
walls extend on both sides of the out
side steDa and this proved a veritabl3
death trap. Negroes who had reached
t.. . 1 J s -
the top ox the steps were pusnea vio
lently forward and many" fell. Before
thev could move others fell upon them
and in a few moments persons were
piled upon each other to a height of
ten feet. iiThls wall of struggling hu
manity blocked the entrance and the
weight of 1,500 persons was pushing
against it More than 20 persons fell
on the stieps and were killed. White
men, who: were in the rear of the
church, escaped. . j
Moving the Dead Bodies.
The firej department answered a call
quickly and the - patrol scattered the
crowds wtich bad gathered around the
church. The dead bodies werequickly
moved ansd the crowd outside, finding
an outlet, I came pouring out. Scores of
them losf their footing and rolled
down the I long steps to the pavement,
sustaining broken limbs and internal
injuries. In just an hour the church
has been practically cleared and the
sight which greeted those who had
access to the building was most hor
rible. Men and women were strewn
around aid the. crjestof the wounded
were heartrending. In, a few minutes
the work (of removing bodies was be
gun and the wails of the relatives of
the dead Who had waited on the out
side could be heard for several
blocks, i
The Church Turned Into a Morgue.
The Shiloh church was turned .into
a morgue and all the physicians in the
city went! to the assistance of, the in
jured. At least 15 of those brought out
injured (lied ! beforo they could bo
moved from tho grountf. Non of thoio
in the choir or in the pulpit wero in
Jured in the least, For r few minutes
they ftttemptdr to restore order, but
finding' their efforts werr futile., thfiy
waited unHl the struggltuji crowd tm
Rdvaneed Uv enough lor ftem to plolf
thr way out, A rerimrkftule fixture ut
the mtemHy l thai no hlood , vm
mn, (m mm cnishcli op
MANY
is a modern brick structure and has
been completed at a cost of $75,000.
There are four entrances to the build
ing and the main one is 16 feet I wide.
The deaths were caused by every
body trying to rush out of the main
entrance at the same time.' Inside the
church not a bench was overturned
and all of those who were killed died
in or about the entrance.' The people
up near the front of the churchjwere
not injured.'' Mayor Drennen ssaid:
"Most of those who were killed! were
strangers but their bodies , will . be
cared for until Identified and claimed
by relatives." , ; ; i
Booker Washington's Account Of It.
Booker T. Washington, when seen
after the accident at the resident of
U.' G. Mason, said: "I had just finish
ed delivering my lecture on "Indus
try," and - the singing had commenced
when some woman back or me was
heard 0 scream. A member of the
choir .yelled 'quiet!' which the gkllery
understood to be 'Fire! ' This was re
peated and started the ' stampede.' I
founon Investigation that aJ Bir
mingham man had stepped on j the
toes of a delegate from Baltimore
named Ballou. Ballou resented it and
made a motion as if to draw aj gun.
This caused the woman to scream.
There was little " excitement in ' the
centre and front cf the church.! The
rear of tho church was congested and
some men tried to walk out on the
headso fthe crowd. At the time ithere
was probably;; 3,000 people in tho
church , and fully that number ;wlth
out: The crowd on the sidewalk surged
in and that, in a measure, accounted
for the large loss of life. The majority
of those killed were, smothered to
death, very few having , bones broken.
When I saw that a stampede was im
minent I started the choir singing and
part of the audience joined them; 1 1
remained until the excitement j had
subsided for fully 30 minutes.j One
good sister, whose name I could not
learn, caught me .firmly by the , waist
and held me throughout the excite
ment saying, 'Keep still.' I am unable
to say positively, ! but there is a j prob
ability that the convention wih ad
journ out of respect to the dead." ' 1
Attorney General Returns. ' j
Washington, Special. Attorney Gen
eral Knox returned to Washington
Sunday after his trip to Paris, where
he conferred with officials regarding
the sale of the French canal property
,to the tJnited States. Mr. Knox devoted
his time to questions affecting the to
tal of the company and its right to dis
pose of the same and has considerable
data cn the subject. From this hie will
prepare an opinion for the President
and pending that declines to make any
- statement on the matter for the Ipress,
Telegraphic Briefs.
Some 20,000 persons assembled in
Phoenix Park, Dublin, Sunday, to pro
test against the action of the govern
ment in. "proclaiming" the Irish capi
tal. The lord mayor of Dublin presided
at the meeting - and John Dillon and
William O'Brien, Nationalist members
of the House , of Commons, were the
' Extraordinary scenes, urging upon
riot, occurred Sunday at Clapton, Eng
land, where nearly ; 5,000 persons at
tempted to mob a former Episcopalian
Clergyman named Smythe Piggot; who
Is now the leader of an eccentric sect
called the "Agrapemonites." In the
face of howling disorder Piggot affirm
ed that he was the ex-Christ." L
', " 7TT-:. I":,;.
Wife of Senator Stewart Killed
San Francisco, Special. Mrs. jWm.
M. Stewart, wife of the senior United
States Senator of Nevada, was killed
Friday at Alameda, Cal. Mrs. Stew
art was riding in an automobile j with
Henry Foote and a young man named
Taylor. Through an accident the ma
chine ran into a telegraph pole. I Mrs.
Stewart was thrown against the pole
with great force and was so serious
ly injured that death soon followed.
.Her -home was at Washington, D. C.
v -. - - - -
News Briefs.
Italian authorities have sent a num
ber of arm7 officers to prison for en
gaging in duels.
Generals Young and Wood rode 'after
the Kaiser in a German cavalry. charge
at the Frankfort maneuvers. ,
General Chicoye, tho Haitian revolu
tionary commandtr, has been tenten
ced to death,
Important expedltlona of KngUah tcl
entuia will he sent to Africa to study
Vtm Wand t Ilratwoa
was nut mi hlfti in i,mdrtu eharfeM
NO. 24.
ALABAMA POLITICS.
The Ticket Nominated By the State
. Republican Convention '
SON OF EX-GOV. SMITH BEADS IT
The Platform Adopted Expresses
Confidence in President Roosevelt
Some Discord.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. The Re
publicans of Alabama Wednesday nom
inated the following ticket:
Governor, W. J. Smith, of Birming
ham; Lieutenant Governor,: Chas. P,
Lfane, of HuntsvilleT Attorney Genei'ai,
W. H. Armbrecht, of Mobile; Secre
tary of State, J. H. Carter, of Culman;'
Auditor, McNair, of Marshall county;
Treasurer, H. Lee Brown, of . Conuef .
county; Superintendent of Education,
J. C. Fonville, of Crenshal "county;
Commissioner of . Agriculture, T. B.
Morton, of " Fayetteville. W. J. Smith,
the nominee for Governor, is a son of
the late Hon. H...V. Smith, who was . -Republican
Governor of Alabama du
ring the reconstruction period and is a
prominent lawyer of this city.
The platform as adopted reaffirms
the Philadelphia platform, favors "the
organization of labor for its legitimate
protection and the enactment of laws
for the peaceable and fair settlement
by arbitration of disagreements as. .
they may arise between organized cap-1
ital and labor," favors child labor leg
islation relating to - worlc in cottoit.
mills; condemns "the spirit which ,
seeks to arouse prejudice of the people
against the railroads" and advocates
the "enactment of laws so regulating
the railroads as to adequately protect
the interests of the people," but, is op
posed to any drastic measures. The
platform then "endorsed the wisdom of
the Dingley tariff law" and urges a
continuance of that policy. Republican
legislation to build an inter'oceanic
canal is approved. The "bravery and
heroism of our soldiers and sailors in.
the Philippines" are applauded and the
alleged attacks of the Democratic party
on them is condemned. The platform
then expresses confidence in the , ad
ministration of President Roosevelt
and says: We express our faith in his
thoroughly American and patriotic
laeas, and we believe that his leader
ship establishes confidence both in the
success of the Republican nrinciDles
and the continued prosperity and prog
ress of the country and we therefore
favor his renomination to the great
office .which he fills with patriotism and
ability. - '
National Committeeman J. W. Drm-
mick and State Chairmon William
Vaughan are endorsed for their admin
istration of party affairs in this State. ?
There was some opposition to the en-
doresemnt of President Roosevelt for
renomination -due, it . is understood, to
the recent action of the President in.
removing William Vaughan. retiring
Republican State clubman.v from the
omce of district attorney for north -Ala
bama for alleged neglect of duty. A
sunstltute platform omittinar the en
dorsement was voted down, ho wever,
158 to 146, and the original report
adopted by a large majority.
in a resolution which was adonted
the Republicans of Alabama accept the
new estate constitution, but disclaim,
all responsibility for. its enactment.
Boxers Active Again. -Pekin,
By Cable. United States
Minister Conger has presented to the
Chinese Foreign Office a letter from
Dr. Canright, the American milllonary
of Cheng Tu Fu, regarding the massa
cres of native Christians there in July
Dr. Canright says that eleven converts
were killed by ' Boxers and that the
local officials refused to take measures
against the Boxers. The letter was,"
written August 2. The missionaries
were then guarded by .troops and were
unable to leave the mission buildings
except! when escorted by soldiers. Dr.
Canrlght's recent telegram says the
situation is worse. The native papers
declare tho trouble is due to the collec
tion of 'excessive indemnities for Chris
tian an account of troubles ot 1900.
and owing to the Christians arrogant
attitude under foreign protection.
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Turpentine Operators.
Jacksonville, Fla Specials The Tur
pontine Operators Association in scs
slon here Mccted the following omctm
rreMdcntA A, D, Covington temtary
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