North Carolina Newspapers

THE .C33?-..-.. I Th News B The News: ' Is Devoted to the ug J Upbuilding of.. g Polk County. Is Unsurpassed as an Ad vertising Medium.. . . Rates Low. ... 9 , rs,aifcK OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF POLK COUNTY. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOL.IX. COLUMBUS, N, C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1903. NO. 6. ill III 1 i in 9 tst -CO re Tie meet pleat it jttir4 to Veterans GATHER, Sreat Crowds of Old Confedrates in New Orleans HE CiTY FILLING WITH VLSITORSJ Decorations the Host Elaborate and Beautiful JSvsr Seen at a Reunion Gathering of the Multitude. Xow Orleans, Special. One hurr ied thousand visitors within her atcs ana more arriving on every ram. hm-'ju veteran soldiers of the r.i'eueraoy as t her special charge more on the way; anas, oi men ciaa in tne ancient gray r : i i . i li rading, :. through the streets, the laIi of oands and the cheers of unhands who line .the thorough uw: that is the situation in New ir'.oana Monday night oh the eve of thirteenth annual reunion of the onfedfcrato veterans. Never in the i5fo;v or the city have such lavish Taxations teen made for the recep- icn and entertainment of people from broad as has been made for this oc- as.on. end trom all appearances they Kill be successful to the last fl,rpp ie local committees are thoroughly IP in their work and quarters are pro- kled for all who come as soon as they sk for them. All over the city the lospitable citizens have thrown open heir doors, the hotels arp fillori tn verflowing and thousands of the old loiaiers -have taken quarters in the amp at the fair grounds, where ex ellent arrangements have been made for housing and entertaining them. By uesuay nigm tne great mass of visi tors will have arrived and it is rough ly estimated that fully 150.000 people Kill he here by the time the conven- on opens at noon. On all sides it is conceded that the . . . . - . rtem reunion will he -onp nf tho ost successful hat has ever been old by the . organization. No more laborate deeorati Ons hnvo pvpr hnon s u V- A W V u ut. up by any citizens than the citi tfu of New Orleans have arranged pi" ibis reunion. Canal street is a lazo of bunting festoons, grouped, Y"e& totig loose in streamers and wealed in countless tossing banners. 11 the side streets are also 'decorated, 3 ere most of the residences in the Ity. hut the especial effort has been lade alone Canal street, and the ef- t is racst beautiful. The old Stars i Bars form, as a matter of course, e lirP.'.nrHTrnnt fpmtnrva in fha h.-inc- of decorations, bntt.he Stars pi i-inpe;;. arc seen on every hand. hd cn the peak of the auditorium the ttuor of the republic that lives oats over the banner of the republic at (lie.!. The exercises of the day will open jt u) o'cioc-k, in the morning, when, pc't-r the auspices cf the Southern nor -of Jefferson Davis will be held. wo hours later the delegates will be lev! to order by General John B. onion, commander-in-chief. There H be speeches of welcome to the old plo'iers from representatives of the tate at T'Ovisinno nnrl tlio ritv nf ew Orleans, and ether States. It is ot likelv thaf the oteninr session comprise! much of anything be- 'ond the addresses cf welcome. The ssion will conclude with the an- intracnt of committees on creden 's. The afternoon meeting will com- fnrc t 3:30 o'clock and .will con- lor ahont twn hours. Making No Progress. reported from the United States Qaty i:mmittee in China and the ex- nature of the obstacle to the conn-nation of the trade treaty is not 3'u. Tiro Chinese commissioneis aK"o cne statement in the matter. e Russian government makes ftn in conflict and the commission- s do, not know which to believe. It probable that the State Depart viu may feel it necessary to cause the 5;0ose -government -to give more de- !ltf instructions to its commission- s. Heavy Gold Shipments. 'v York, Special. Lazard Freres Co.. have engaged $1,065,000 in gold ' -shipment to' Europe tomorrow. Jhuan. Sachs & Co., have ordered ,'Hooo for shipment at the same time. 11(1 Merchants' Bank of Philadelphia, engaged $500,000 gold at the sub pitsury for shinmpnt- to TCnrnnp. otal engagements for shipment Tucs- $2,325,000. Believed Strike is Broken. Mobile. Ala., Special General Coun 1 E- U Russell, declares there is no pson to believe the report current ,at General Manager C. S. Clarke, of XJ Mobile & Ohio, is to be succeeded ocxlc, uu.v m jaexsoa, ieun., Lionel Russell says that Mr. Clarke wys th-2 fullest confidence of the 0G who control the road. Colonel UsseU claims as one of the strongest n the railroad has that . the strike urCVon . n ji itl' - j -"u ja me rescinaing oi me craer ac to lae acuepiance oi pei- 4JK' height bv the Mobile & Ohio: pSitnicg Sundayat noon, perishalile Nit will h Jl t rfl noiW WHITE MAN KILLED BY A MOB Insurance Agent Shot to Death at ! Wilson, North Carolina. Wilson, Special. Perry Jones, aa insurance agent, who came here some time ago, was shot in his room "Wed nesday nisrht hv n cmwrt nf rltlrna who intended to run him out of town, and as a result died at 7 o'clock Thurs day morning. One of the alleged at- tacking party was also wounded. Eleven men were arrested on the charge of participation in the crime. The objection to Jones was because of his alleged association with a colored woman. Jones stated, after being wounded, that when the men rushed into his room he fired on them, when he wasshot. Jones came to Wilson about two weeks ago as an insurance agent, giving his residence, as Little Rock, Ark. He worked industrial in surance. A few days ago he was ar rested with a negro woman, suspicion having fallen on him about a watch which was stolen in Goldsboro. The trial resulted in his acquittal. After the trial George Whitley, of Wilson, went to Jones and, told him he would have to leave town. Whitley claimed to be a represontative of a crowd of men in WTilson who would not have a man here who associated with a negro woman. Jones, becoming alarmed, had. Whitley arrested on a peace war rant. The trial resulted in Whitley's being put under a $200 peace bond. Jones received information that he would be attacked. He went to Mr. J. R. Uzzell. a lawyer here, and told of his trouble. He" advised him to go to his room and remain there until morn ing, when he would advise him further. Jones was never seen again until he was found Thursday morning in hia room, mortally wounded. Eleven men have been placed under arrest for par ticipating in the, killing. All those ar rested were placed in jail. . Wreck of the Vera Cruz. i Washington,' Special. Capt. Slamm, of the revenue cutter Boutwell, which went to the relief of the passengers and crew of the Vera Cruz III,-which stranded on the 12th inst, on Dry Point Shoal, N. C, has made a preli minary report to Captain Shoemaker, chief of the revenue cutter service. Capt, Slamm says "that on his arrival at the wreck he found that the master of the Vera Cruz had left his vessel with all his personal effects and in struments of navigation in the. keeping of a ! "friend and passenger," to go to Wilmington, N. C, to secure funds with! which to pay for the transporta tion of the passengers to. New. Bedford, Mass., the destination of his vessel. All of the ship's'papers including ths pas senger list, were turned over to the collector of customs at Newbern. whither the passengers and crew were taken. The vessel was practically abandoned by her crew. As near as could be learned the passenger lst of the Vera Cruz called for 240 person.?, while the keeper of the life-saving station is reported to have landed 391, exclusive of the bark's crew. This fact together with the circumstances of the vessel being brought from fresh water into the dangerous harbor where she grounded, the captain says,, appears suspicious. The vessel is imbedded in the sand and "probably will be aband oned. Thirty-five barrels of whale oil comprise her cargo. Prompt Shipments Impossible. Washington, Special. The Depart ment of State has just received from the United State's legation at Havana a report which points out the trade op portunities in the Cuban market in manufactured cotton. The report says Cuba has no advantage in its close proximity to the manufacturing centras of th Southern States, as the freight is lower on goods exported from Eu rope than those exported from either New York; Mobile or New Orleans. As a general rule deliveries can be made quicker from the United States than from Europe, but during the past year it has been almost impossible to get good with any promptness ' frorv. the United States and this ha3 caused a loss to our trade. VVas the Naronlc Blown Up ? New York, Special. Among the ef fects of the man wrho sejit the infernal machine to the Cunard Line dock, last week, iwas a piece of paper, on which was written in French:. "The destruc tion of the Naronic was complete. Mr. LeBrun, who made the box, has this moment gone to Chicago." The Nar onic left Liverpool on tho morning of February 11, 1903, with 4,000 tons of freight, a crew of fifty-five passengers who had gone to England on he pre vious trip in charge of a cargo of cat tle. She was never seen after she left the Mersey, and to this day no word of her fate has reached the owners of the line. ,. j . Engineer and Fireman Killed. Washington Court House, Ohio, Special. the Cincinnati & Pittsburg Express, on the Midland division of the Baltimore & ---o Southwestern, was wrecked" 5 mile3 east of - Washington Court.House. Two persons were killed and several seriously injured. The killed are: Engineer John May, New- ark Shio: ai 1 Newark. and Fireman J. A. Leigh- Ohio. The accident was SPINNERS' MEETING Manufacturers From All Sections in Charlctte PROMINENT MEN AT THE iMEETING The ilembers of the Southern Cotton Spinners' Association Represent a Tremendous Capital. ! Charlotte, N. C, Special. The sev enth annual conventtn cf ixc South ern Cotton Spinners' Association, wrhich is now in session in this city, has brought together manufacturers from all the New England States. .'The list of visitors is largely supplemented by the presence of a numbej ft com mission men and the agents qf bigsup ply houses who find this an opportune season to discuss economic, j matters and transact business with the mill people. . i ?; In discussing the asseinb!yof manu facturers, Otlr. Clareneo C. Bryant, sec retary of the Cotton Spinners Asso ciation, said yesterday: j- "It is a great and an interesting body of men. I do not wish t exagger ate, but I believe that the'.jmill men now in Charlotte represent oyer a ! nil lion dollars in manufacturing capital and probably 10,000,000 cotton spin dles." ' j Beyond a purpose to emphasize! the good to be derived from close personal contact and the purely sociaj features of a great organization, the meeting of the spinners at this time his not pe culiar algnificance. They are deriving practical advantage from hearing ad idresses made by leaders in the thought of the industrial world and they are giving every evidence of being pleased with the good fellowship amqng them selves and the hospitality of his city; but so far there in no indication that they will try to affect the market by any concerted action or recommenda tion. This policy is rather opposed to; the p!anadopted at a majority of the previous meetings of the association, which usually did not adjourn before outlining a new schedule of prices of yarns. Speaking officially, only one; memoei of the association - has recommended action-on the - part of the Southern Spinners. This was President; George B. Hiss, who. in his initial address, re commended the general curtailment of cotton manufacturing. Mr. iHiss de clared that at the present high price 3f cotton and the low price of the manu factured product-ttt is impossible : for the manufacturers to make k reason able profit. j The closing day of the meeting was devoted to business matters. By a vote the name was changed to Ameri can Cotton Manufacturers' lAssocia tion. ; The action of the association was taken by the unanimous endorsement of the following report, which was made by a special committee consist ing of R. S. Reinhardt, chairman;! J. J. Hooker, Leonard Paulson, J. P. Leak and L. C. Turner: j "Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention: j ' ; "Your committee haying duly con sidered the important subject re ferred to them, now beg to submit to your consideration the following reso lution: . I " 'The cotton manufacturing world .using American short staple cotton is facing conditions that are likely to continue so long as present artificial influence dominate the market for the raw material, and these conditions are so serious that action py the Southern Cotton Spinners' Associa tion is deemed imperative, ahd your committee to whom this subjfect has been referred, would recommelnd that the whole influence of the associa tion be used to: i '? " '1st. To bring about an entire ces sation of night work. ; j " '2nd. Operation of mills not over four days per week. " '3rd. These recommendations tc take effect not later than June 1st to 15th, 1903.' : f "Your committee is of the jopinion that by a proper effort the co-operation of the majority of the miMi in the Southern States can be seourpd and believe that an appeal should also be sion houses to throw their influence in the same direction. If favorable action is taken by the convention your committee recommend that the American consul at Manchester t be cabled to communicate this action to Livemool and Manchester ex changes.'' 1 The association elected tinyse new officers: . ' President. ,W. C. Heath, of Monroe, Vice President, Thomas M. Swift, of Elberton, Ga. Secretary and treasurer, C. B. Bry ant, Charlotte. . Board of governors, R. 9- Rein hardt, Lincoln, chairmaii; Dri J. H. McAden Charlotte, Arthur H. Lowe, Fitchburg, Mass.; J. C. Smith, New ton Geo. B. Hiss, Charlotte;! R. R Ray, McAdenville; E. W. omas, Charlotte; A. P. Rhyne, Mt. Hollyj E. Lang, West Pointy Ga.; David Clark, Charlotte; Val .Taylor, j Union town, Ga:; J. P. Leak, ckingham; X3 a g,hi r.harlotte: T. L.S Wain- Wright. Stonewall, .Mass.; . B. E. Wil lingham, Macon, Ga 0 ' v The association adjourned fitlra banquet at the Central Hotel bn Fri day evening. . . nrKA m'nes have been largely at tended, and good work bas hsa done. ?MASSCRE OF THE JEWS A Large Synpathy Meeting Held in V; - Balimore Sunday. Baltimore, Cy Special. Three thou sand people attended an enthusiastic meeting at the Academy of Music Sunday, in behalf of the victims of the anti-Jewish outrages in Russia, It was participated in by many lead ing citizens oi; the State and city, and several thousand dollars were sub scribed. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Fabian Franklin, editor of The Baltimore Evening News, and among the speakers were ex-Governor.; WTilliam Pinkney Whyte, ex Congressman John V. L. Findlay, Mayor Hayes, Roger Hull and oth ers. Letters of sympathy were read fronf Governor John Walter ; Smith, Attorney General: Isadore Ravner. Hon.. Simon Wolf and leading church divines, all expressing their horror over the massacre, at Kischneff and conviction that the United States should use its good offices to bring about a suppression of atrocities in the future. Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, pres ident of Carnegie Institute, declared that similar meetings should be held in all parts of the United States to the end that the public opinion of this coilntry could help Russia to adopt a humane policy. Among the letters was the following from Cardinal Gib bons: "Dr. Harry Friendenwald, Chairman: "Dear Sir: I regret that my en forced absence from the city on May 17th will prevent my presence at the meeting you have called to give voice to your horror at the events that have recently taken place at Kischneff. I have no hesitation; however, to ex press my deep abhorrence at the massacres- that have carried to their graves 'gray hair and innocent child hood. Our sense of justice revolts at the thought of persecution for re ligion's sake;, but when persecution is attended with murder and pillage the brain reels and the heart sickens, and righteous indignation is aroused at the enormity of such a crime. What a blot upon our civilization is- this slaughter of inoffensive men and wo men! Please convey to the meeting my grief for the dead and mf sin cere hope that this twentieth century . will see the end of all such occur rences and that peace and brotherly .v.?e may prevail on earth. ' w JAMES, CARDINAL GIBBONS.'' v- A series of resolutions was adopted calling on the United States to "bring such influences to bear bn the Rus sian government as may tend to bring about a cession of these inhumani ties," and on the members of Con gress to protest "against the out rages to which the Jews of Russia are subjected." Ticket Off fee Robbed. Birmingham, Ala., Special. The un ion passenger ticket office was robbed of $7,000 Saturday. At the time the burglary is supposed to have taken place, A. R. Cook, a clerk, who was on the night watch, says he had taken a nap, as no trains were going out at that hour. There were three or four watchmen in the station at the time, however, and there were several men sitting in the waiting room into which the ticket office opened. After securing several small boxes in ' the safe, con taining valuables, the burglar or burg lars escaped through a small window, which opens on Morris avenue. The robbery was not discovered until 5 o'clock, when Mr. Cook went to the safe to make a deposit. Several rail road detectives and three or four spe cial men from the Birmingham police force were put to work on the case, bit so far have not obtained a clew. They kept the matter a secret and it was not known generally until late in the even ing. The stolen property consisted of $1,500 in endorsed checks, besides paper money and coin. The thief evi dently was familiar with the office, as hrj opened the safe by the regular com bination and did not disturb the clerk, who was asleep a few feet from him . The loss is shared by the various rail roads entering Birmngham and each of them now has a special detective working on the case. IM VWII1 Curtail Production. London, By Cable. A meeting of the Federation of Mancnester vjciton Spinners adopted a resolution to the effect that "in view of the grave con ditions of affairs in cotton, we recom mend that the whole trade stop from one week at Whitsuntide and on Satur days and Mondays thereafter, until further notice." A mas meeting to consider the resolution has been called for May 26. : Fireman Killed in Wreck. Birmingham, Ala.; Special. A freight train, consisting of engine, sev en cars loaded with limestone and a caboose, were wrecked Thursday night south of Romalip, 18 miles north of Birmingham on the Birmingham Mm era! Railroad's north branch. John Maxey, fireman, was killed and three others were slightly injured. Spain's Defenses. . Gilbraltar, Special. Owing to the Troubles. in Morocco, Spain has thrown n defences at Ceuta. a seaport in Morocco belonging to the Spanish gov ernment, and will ship tnir six heavy guns which have been lying at Algiers flace the; Spanish -Aaericaa war.. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of General Interest In Short Paragraphs. Down in Dixie. - ' The S. C. Confederate Veterans had a good time in Columbia last week at their annual reunion. The meeting of the Southern Cotton Spinners' Associatibn at Charlotte, N. C, last week was largely attended. It was resolved to curtail production of yarns. ' ; . ;.- ' j i A Mexico City jdispatch says: "A meeting of the shareholders of the National Bank of Mexico will be held here June 3rd, to jvote on a proposi tion to increase the capital stock of that institution, which now amounts to $25,000,000." ! A Chattanodga, Tenn., dispatch says: "The case of the city of Nash ville vs. the Tennessee Central Rail road Company, will be tried in the United States ..Couft here, on Thurs day, May 21, in which the validity of the issuance of $1,000,000 bonds by the defendant company which was authorized- in an election held in the city of Nashville, One year ago, will be tested.". I ! At The National Capital. Government officials are watching the alleged movement of railroads to shut out Cuban sugar by mean1! of pro hibitive freight rates, j . Owing to the prevalence of conta gious diseases at points of concentra tion, the Navy Department has sus pended recruiting, t At The; North President Roosevelt spent the day in the Yosemite country.! Phillips C. Dermond pleaded guilty to forgery and was! sentenced to three years at hard laborlat Sing Sing. Two lives were lost in a fire that de stroyed the West Chester Apartment House, Chicago. j The assets of the Aenhalt Trust were sold at Jersey City to a representative of the reorganization committee for The Woman's deneral Missionary Society of the Unitejd Presbyterian Church. at its convention in Pittsbure decided to support ! a woman mission ary for every man in the field. Capt. Charles J. Sentef and Miss Martha Fleming elonedln an auto from Notre Dame Academy, near Boston, and were married. "i .- ;.-: . Assistant United I States District At torney Ernest E. Baldwin and Post- office Inspector Olrfleld. of Cincinnati. had a fight With fists in the enrridnr of the Federal Building in New York. A Minneapolis dispatch savs: "Af ter listening to the appeal of the counsel of former Mayor A. A. Ames for mercy, Judge Elliott sentenced the once powerful political leader to spend six years at1 . hard labor in the State prison." A Trenton. N. JL. dispatch savs: The American Stogie Company filed articles with the Secretary of State, wun a capital of $11,975,000. The stock is divided into $11,000,000 com mon and $976,000 preferred. The lat ter pay 7 per cent.) accumulative divi dends." v i A Southport, Copn., dispatch says: "A warrant was issued for the arrest of Oliver T. Sherwood, cashier of the Southport National Bank, and son of E. C. Sherwood, president of the bank, who disappeared from here last Thursday. Sherwood is chareed with the defalcation of j between $50,- uuo and $80,000 of the bank's funds." From Across Tlie Sea, Premier Balfour, in ah address, said he was in favor of free trade, but that protective duties might be expendient under certain circumstances. It was reported ihat a rebuke from Emperor William paused the resigna tion from the army, of the Prince of Saxc-Meiningen and that relations are greatly strained. . j A horrible tragedy took place in a Mexican Insane asfyiuin- one inmate killing another. j I The Lebaudy airship made a success ful ascension. , I Mme. Calve was reported as improv ing irom ner attack or aconite poison ing. i ; .A Vienna dispatch says that the changes in the cabinet at Sofia are regarded there as ihdica in the foreign . policy :ing a change of Bulgaria Prince Ferdinand Is said to have been displeased -with former Premier Daneff's . handling of Macedonian af fairs during his absence and to have declined all responsibility for certain steps taken by ; M. Daneff, Including some promises made to the Russian representatives at sSofla. uen. victonano Lorenzo was senten ced to death by a I court-martial and executed by shooting at Panama. Miscellaneous flatters. E. H. Harriman had an attack of ap pendicitis coming East on his specia train. .:.r.?v;- ; . ; , A London dispatch says: "The loss cf Mrs. Pierre Lorlllardi who is re ported to have been robbed of $50,000 worth cf jewels, amounts probably to a far greater , sum than jat first re ported. Mrs. Lorillard 1 lost ' all hex jewelry, "except what she was wear Ing, and a letter of credit and othe valuables. The robbery j occurred a the Berkley Hotel; to which place two men followed Mr. and Mrs. Loril lard all the way from; Jdcate Carlo." r Bridgeport, Connecticut, tfee Sctzz of Serious Disturbances T CARS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO RUN Strike-Breakers and Officers Pelted: With Stones and Brickbats nany People Wounded. . Bridgeport, Conn., Special The at tempt made by the officials of the Con- . neeticut Railway and Lighting Coni-. -pany to run their cars with jaon-uniom men Sunday, resulted in a riot in which, s at least 32 men were injured. The sher iff says that another euch outbreak, would 'call out the troops. At the pres ent time the county sheriff.jwill sacceed the police. Sunday morning six trolley cars were started out on the Barnura. and State street lines. There were large crowds around the car sheds at the , time. The cars were manned by ,42 of the 123 strike-breakers, brought to this city Saturday by the trolley company.. There was no disturbance of any kind for a couple of hours. When the -first car, however, had completed its third : round trip, and was directly in front of the Wheeler & Wilson factory; where a crowd of at least i,000 persons, had gathered, a bombardment of stones began. Deputy Sheriffs Hendran and. Plumb, who were riding on the car, plunged into the crowd to arrest a man, whom they had seen throw a stone. He was seized and with considerable diffi culty dragged 50 feet to the car. The stone-thrower was a big fellow and struggled so fiercly that a policeman. who was standing near by went to th assistance of the officers.- Immediately Mayor Mulvihill was- seen hurrying through the mob. He rusbed to the po- iceman and ordered him to keep his. hands off the prisoner. He then , told the deputy sheriffs that they had better . et the man go. During the; argument ; the stone-thrower wrenchedLihlnisslfL; , free and dashed away. In the meantime . stones were flying in a shower and one of them struck Mayor Mulvihill on tne head, brusing it badly. The two sheriffss jumped on the car and ordered the mo- torman to proceed to the car sheds,. The bombardment did not abate and : the crowd on the street was such that the motorman had to go slowly. The stone-throwing soon became so furious that the sheriffs drew their revolvers and fired shots in the air. This caused the bombardment to let up a little and the car reached the barns and was run inside. The other five cars operated on the same streets received exactly the same treatment, as they fololwed the first car into the car barns. When the last car had passed within the doors there was a crowd of 4,000 people gathered in a vacant lot oppo site and violence once more broke loose. Brickbats, stones and everything: tbat could be thrown were hurled at the barns and anything that belonged to the company in the vicinity. At this point Mayor Mulvihill saw that the ser geant and nine, policemen stationed at the barns were entirely unable to cope with the mob and he sent lor Chief. Coffin, of the. fire department. After a. short consultation, the latter ordered out engine company No. 6, with av steamer and a line of hose. Superin tendent Birmingham also ordered every available man to the spot to co-operate with the firemen and soon a stream " was being played on the mob, which slowly fell back before the water. One ot the strike-breakers was assisting the firemen in holding the hose when a well directed brick struck him on the head and knocked him to, the ground senseless. When the mob had dispersed ' the firemen and extra policemen were ordered back to their quarters and the rgular detail remained guarding the car barns. ... ... ; ; . v. The officials of the trolley company will not reveal the names of the men injured, or the nature of their injuries It is positively known, however, that not a man of the 12 who were on the - six cars escaped injury of "some kind. Everyone of them, as they etood ori the platform of their cars while gofng into the barns was seen to be bleeding pro fusely from the head and face. In ad- ' dition to Che trolley man injured, Roadmaster Davis, of the trolley com pany, was severely hurt by a stone which struck him on the head. "Sber-' iffs Hendrau i and Plumb were appar ently targets for the mob as well as the strike-breakers," for each of them, was struck in different parts of the body at least a dozen times. No at tempt was made to run cars at night Postal Clrks flake Claims. Tuscaloosa, , Special. D. ' D.- NickoX son, a postal clerk, who nms oo tha Alabama Great Southern Railway, says that the postal clerks of the UniteJ States have a claim aggregating ,$14, 000,000 against the United States Post office Departments, r Nickolson says this claim will be tried before tho United States Court of Claims at. Washington. A BAD SUNDAY RIOT The claim is based upon -.. the section of the postal laws which, prescribes that chief clerks and rait way postal clerks r shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses while ictnally traveling on business of the? Department. . - . - r- r caused 1)7 8preadlsg rails. - It