W)I, All.
i till flifiw
Interest from Many
Parts of the State
K MATTERS OF STATE NEWS
- r
.nines of More or Less IniporV
5 Told in Paraprapas in
Markets.
Tax Commission Reports.
igh, Special The North Caw
" 11
orporatum ooinmission.- as me
tar commistuon, lias made its
report to the governor. The,
of the eoinunssion is outlined
tables prepared ..showing every-
in regard to assessment and tax
k there being 26. tables. From
it seems that' the number -of
isted was 2S 1,076, against" 276,-
,i : i
rr Hie jucviuus jval mm iuui
tal assessed value of aH. the
- t n-t s r sss
My was Hti,ow,ooy, against
IftO 011 clinwiTiivQT mmncA "Vxt-
k440 tor the year which is re-?
jas very satisfactory. " The in
listed were $2,798,895 against
,504. The total tax levy- ou
rty. was .$3,433,829 fori"- State
ins and county purposes and of
&5.156 was not collected. The
iried on polls and property for?
ipal purposes was $1,187,519, of
$155,071 was not collected .
commission "thinks great pro
has been madeiu listing -arid
king property during the past
ears, as in iyuu tne total as-
i r s
ent was $291,269,558, the in-
. t .
f during that period having been
1.110. The commission agrees
there, is more equal assessment
s property taxation than ever
x, vet mere is great mequalin
segments in differeiit counties
ren in different, townships in the
county, list-takers in man
withou't anjr preparation being
led to ierrorm this most lm
t duty. Tlie-commisaio?! thinks
it should be madfi the duty of
officer or county, cominjssionex
penise the wort of,, township
akeis and assessors. ;-1
i Repeal Local poll Tax Laws.
thinks that provision ofvtho
ue act reepjiring secrecy as to
m of corporations' and incomes
diviuals should hje- repealed. It
5 an exemption of ; personal
frty from taxatiou of $300 m-
of 125, that thepoll tax. not ex
?2. The constitution .provides
Ota these things. '-It itirtherrec
eads that laws authorizing cities
towns Ievvins Doll taxes for mn
al purposes be repeal, ras no
otate in the union permits a
tax of $6 or $7.' which' i3" col-
i m some cities -and : towns in
tate, for State, county and mu
ni mi'. ' " '.
purposes, mis oppressive
s .levied upon the idea " that , in
v.lnn I ' I . A 1
"Vxi iaxts, me equaiion nu
itution requires between proper
'd polls must be observed.
lenburg Has Largest Valuation.
'6 total tax raised, " for all pVr
s, State, pension, schodls, coun
and municipal . is $7,935,456
leuburg count v shows the larg-
valuation of property, and the
IfSf to v ilQ HOT C 1 Q J. SOA- QQ
eetiyely, Wake being next, Dur
third, Buncombe' fourth, Guil
fifth, Forsyth sixth, New Han-,
seventh, Robeson eighth, while
i the smallest, having valiia
"f.ouly": $646,406. and paying
N amounting to $8,241. he total
e" v!ue ot corDorations,; cx-.
P railroads and banks 645'024.V
ami of banks, $12,975,365. Meck-
has the largest bonded debt,
."III), . :- : ,
H-oad Nearly Complete. :
Nw Berne Knprool Th
F and Pa
Irnieo Sound Railway i
PHY wiinnlo),.,!
The rails are laic
'US Viil.'too r- r - t-1
aslinton, and it is : being laic:
Uie rate of a mile per day b.
ill i "" tuiiunine. ruat;
r be eorrM.tcto.i . :
High Point indust. ; '
.eu Point. ti
'l lirr.V.ol:).
that another large
industry wilp.be locat
cere
"L"nl'- : Mr. H. Av Black-
m'dum' of the. New
w:c, bteel and Irtm WovVs.'
m city m irh it,:. .i'TJi'- W't
Kel u wire mx
dn ornamental design
has 1'actoripc at Wich-
Me ?J.arvar Neb.; Boon-
k ;.A'0Minnvil1P.inro-nT,. Aa
g5c5SaSgfc: INDEPENDENCE M-n-.vsari .4 ,
OuiYliVibbiUNo K. R. HtPOHT
Oorporation Commission' Makes Pub
lic Its Annual Report to the Got
ernor. . .
The eighth annual report of. the
corporation commission is filed, .trans
mitting to the Governor the reports
56 railways, nine street railways,
the Southern Express Company : and
t"o telegraph companies, up to June
JO, and the reports f 264 banks to
November 12. , . i
The number of miles of railway in
operation are 331. as against 3Jtf 9
last year, showiner ftrertinrlrhlio i:
erease. Of the; four groat systems,
the Atlantic Coast Line operates? 947.
-Seaboard 612, the Southern 1,320, the
rNonouc & Southern. 320. The latter
is building- 120 -miles. Four new
roads have been put in operation, -the
Durham . & Southern, Blue Ridge &
Atlantic, Carolina & Glenn and Ral-
sigh & Pamlico Sound. ; 5
Profits Show Reduction;
- The proportion of expenses to gross
earnings is unusually large, the r
duction of profits -beina: .duerlarsreK
the failure to provide proper f acii-
Aur juiovxog jauu, nanuung ; uusi-ness.-
There .have beeiv innumerable
suits ; for '4amagesf j and penalties fol
delays ln-transportatibn The traffic
congestion has. been largely rpsponsi-;
ble for. numerous ; and bad wrecks.
The gross earnings on business ' with
in ; the State aggregate $6,965,485;
net earnings $ll,803,467j . Numerous
compiaints of ' bad roadbeds , " and
tracks - lire ""made.v The commission
has unfortunately, no" power to re
quire ,the roads to put their proper
ty in safe i condition. Investigation
has been made of bad tracks, and the
necessity of improvement has been
pointed out, the roads improving iu
some cases, while in others conditions
are very unsatisfactory. . .
Many Wrecks. ,
Freight wrecks have been unusual
ly, numerous. There was a very dis
astrous passenger, wreck on the Sea
board near Rockingham, which killed
22 and. injured 35, which would not
have happened if the block system
had been in use the 'commission finds.
The '-Voad'C was wged - ttf ; adpt - it- im
mediately on its main line, ,,but has
not done so. Another fatal wreck
occurred on the Coast Line near Aho--kier"
The - commission " " found 17
trains a day passing there and the
block system not in use. It decided
it could not have occurred had it been
in use." The Coast Line immediately
ordered the block system on its whole
line.. .
there is a marked increase- m the
number of persons tilled and injured
by trains. ' Last year 114 were kill
ed, ' 787 wounded, and this year 126
killed, and 1,051 injured. The com
Wiissi&n finds the freight service has
;rowh steadily worse for over a year,
and is ncw so intolerably bad that it
is -not uncommon for a month to be
required in order to get a shipment
from one point to" another in North
Carolina, in the face of heavy penal-
ies.. As . a -.result, business interests
here are being seriously crippled,
nA cViirmers have lost in the aggre
gate hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Complaints pour in" of lack of
cars .,, f or outgoing, business. Many
lumber-mills are being seriously ham
pered; and some have shut down, one
needing now 200 cars , and having
needed 10 every day for two mouthy
but could not get them.
J A Killing in Alexander.
- 'Taylorsville, Special. "Nes has
reached here of an ; accidental , killing
in Whittenburg township, this county
The five-year-old son of Arthur Da
vis, Tuesdav afternoon, was playing
with a 22-calibre rifle in the arms of
his older brother. The rifle was dis
charged, the load taking effect in the
head otbis brother, killing farm. .The
were in the front yard alfne. . Noth
ing can be learned as the ect
cause of the accident. .
Getting Into Town.
Wilson, Special.-The Raleigh and
oo.iion Sound Railroad Company
W removing the last of the building
on the site of their station building,
'rp-m.iitorv to beginning the erection
,.' ; fWA earlv spring. They
ul eiu i " ' . .
have an open space now extending
fmm Rmcs street back three blocks
: A the tracks Will enter tho
allotted for; freight yards.
which they are preparing to grade in
v .i 1 .l.- rail arrives it
order w&i; -
can be placed in position at once.
Ohai Peacock Awuitted.
Sfor the e to,.
.bemreigbinr the issues itf the caie
of Charles Peacock, chargedwith the
murder of Alonzo E. Woodard, re
med a verdict of not god A
considerable demonstrat ion? Mm
Judge 'Webb's warning, evinced m
s7&'sTappro?lff tKverdict.
COLUMBUS, N, C, TH L'SSDAY, PECF
.
WOMAN PA3SE0 AS Oil
Identity of Deraylan Revealed by
Death in Arizona.
Married Once Before and Divorced
by Woman Who Refuses '
to Talk. . '
Chicago. One of the most remark
able cases of double identity In the
history of Chicago was revealed when
it was announced in a dispatch from
Phoenix, Ariz., that Nlcolai Deraylan,
known in Chicago as a man for more
than, a: dozen years,4 was In reality a
woman. -There ensued evidences of
some mystery in the offices of the
Russian Consulate in Chicago, with
Baron Schlippenbach, the Czar's rep
resentative, telegraphing to Phoenix
for full information on the death of
Deraylan and the details of the dis
covery of the deception successfully
maintained in Chicago during years
of work as a clerk in the consulate.
With word of the discovery by an
undertaker that Deraylan had con
cealed his true sex from his ac
quaintances in Chicago came denial
from Deraylan's wife, who lives in
No. 592 California avenue, of the re
port from Arizona. Miss - Lillian
Sweeney, fori five years Deraylan'g
stenographer, refused , to believe rthe
report that her employer was a
woman." ' :.rv.t'.;io'A,-:;:-V
Deraylan was always well dressed
careful in the selection of his com
panions and friends, neat in appear
ance 'and particular In the care of hi
hands and hair. He never shavpd,
and he snoke in a hleh nltched, treble
voic, peculiarities which often caused
good natured comment by bis friends.
He smoked constantly, seldom be
ing seen. in business hours without a
cigar or cigarette, and his friends
say be was possessed of a discriminat
ing taste in liquors, with ability to
withstand the effects of drink better
thaj-most other men. Deraylan was
last; in Chicago about six months
aero: Dr. W. C. Rowe, of Canyon
City Co., "accompanied him to
Phoenix. Mrs. Deraylan said she was
married to Deraylan , twelve years
aso. She has a son thirteen years
old bv a former husband, whose name
she-decMned to give. -
Mrs. Theodore Shangenberg, of No.
700 Cal'fornia avenue, where DeraV
an -lid for -fnr- yearSrconflrinAd
the statement that he was married
once before and 'divorced, .marrying
the present Mrs." Deravlan only about
three years, ago. Neiehbors of th
Deravlans asprt that after his second
marriage his first wife created scenes
at bis home several times by auarrels
with-the second : Mrs. Deraylan.
Deraylan was the husband ot Mrs.
Franc's P. Bradchulis, No. 3112 Hal
sted street. She divorced him in Chi
cago three years ago, but was non
committal on the subject of the di
vorce. RIVER PACKET BLOWS UP.
Teir or More Whitet, and Negro Vic
tims of Steamboat Disaster.
Vlcksburg, Miss. One of the most
disastrous accidents in the history of
te Mississippi occurred I when the
steamer W. T. Scovil, plying in the
Vicksbiirg and Davis Bend trade, was
destroyed by. an explosion. -Owing to
the large number of negroes on board
it impossible to ascertain the exact
number of dead and Injured, but offi
cers of the boat who arrived here
state that no less than ten nor more
than sixteen were killed. The proba
hilities are that a like number were
Injured. . -
j The white dead are as follows:
Captain John Quackenboss, master
of the 1 steamer, Vicksburg, Miss.;
Wade Quackenboss, clerk, Vicksburg,
Miss. ; Lavell Yerger, commercial
salesman, Jackson, Miss.; Joseph
Smith, clerk,? Yazoo City, Miss.
FOUR DIE IN BUFFALO FIRE.
Husband and Wife and Child Are
f Among th'e Victims.
Buffalo, N. Y. -Four lives were
ended and. one person fatally burned
in a small fire in the Zenobla apart
ment house on Prospect avenue.
Other becupants had narrow escapes,
.half a dozen being rescued oy the
firemen.
The dead are: F. M. Lambrecht, of
No. 40 Elmwood avenue; Mrs. Lam
brecht, his wife; Ruth Crumlish,
three years old, daughter of Mrs. C.
Crumlish; Mrs. J. J. Fischer, ot.New
York, whose husband is said to be a
theatrical man. Injured: A. Charles
Beam, salesman for Weed & Co., of
Buffalo. - - T
The blaze was small and brought
under control quickly.
I HOLD jUP BANK IN DAYLIGHT.
Two Mew With Pistols Cow Cashier
; - and Ride Away. v
. Tesarkana, Ark. The Bank of
Horatio at Horatio, was looted by
two rdblje'rs. They entered the town
on horseback, and after hitching
their nprses near the bank walked
in, held up the cashier with pistols
and look all the cash in sishfT about
-$4300. Thenthey mounted their
horses and rode ajnray.- v : ?
- Tfce alarra "spread while the irob-l-ers
wera In the bank, and by the
Hime their' had remounted aumber
of citizens were running toward the
bank armed with rifles and revolvers.
They fired several shots, at the flee
ing robbers, and it is thought wound
edJ one of them,as he was seen to
reel in his saddle and almost fall,
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ADJOURNEETuTU
Both Houses f of CQnsress Adjourn
... -Till After:New Tear.
v v-
. .;' Biiator' Toraker Angry.
.Senator. Foraker occupied the at
tention of the Senate . in its last sea
sion before the holiday recess in ! an 4
extended ' criticism of the basis of
PresidenV Roosevelt 's action f in ; dis
charging the negro troops . of the
Twenty-Fifth Infantry on account of
the Brownsville raid: : He was replied
to i brita? ,by Senator Lodge", (while
Senator' Scott sustained the demand
of the Ohio Senator for a full investi
gation the, matter by the Senate
commit' tee. "Ar resolution directing
such an investigation is before the
Senate for action at its next meeting.
. Senator" Foraker : began' his -speech
with the, broad declaration that ' The
President misconceived his constito
tional j-wer when he discharged the
troops and he also misconceived the
testimony on which his feetion was
based.""- ' rfx'?.:-:
Continuing Mr.' Foraker said that
the President's constitutional power
was simply to command the army and
navy asi commander-in-chief, while to
longresfe the constitution gave power
to rahSe; armies and to make rules and
regulations for its government. The
regulations prescribed . .that no man
could he summarily discharged with
a right to be tried and the articles of
war, he; ' argued, prescribed minutelj
how these trials are to be 'conducted.
That all punishment should .be in . ac
cordance with the direction of courts -martial.
He contended after" reading
at length from 'the articles of -war it
is inconconceivable thatthe President
should be absolutely without iestiaint i
Duty of Court-Martlal.
The President, he said, stated in his
messaga.." that these ' soldiers were
guilty of mutiny and had been dis
charged .for that reason. He, follow
ed this! with . the article of war.
providing that a court-martial should
direct this punishment. . This was all
to guard against, the exercise of an
automatic power. ; Congress; to pro-,
vide agamst 'excessiv v punishment,
had United the penalties.' .. -
Mr.v Foraker citeaasstront
the work, of General Davis on mili
tary law, Avhere the refusal to give !
testimony was an offense under ths
head of disorder," ancf was punish
able by court-martial.
Senator, Lodge asked an explana
tion of the 352 discharges from the
army 'without honor" during the
past year; but Mr. Foraker contended
that these discharges had not been
ordered - as a punishment. The men
in these cases have been separated
from the service in lieu ; of punish
ment by court-martial, and in cases
where the men would rather take a
discharge . without honor than remain
in the -service and take punishment.
The case of the negro troops was al
together different. The negroes had
desired to stay in the service.
As to punishment in these, cases he
read the President's remark that he
regarded the discharge as punishment
wholly inadequate. Mr. Foraker
agreed tliat if the men were guilty of
murder j the punishment was wholly
inadequate", but if they weie. innocent
the punishment was brutally harsh,
as these men go forth branded as
murderers and conspirators and per
jurers." ' t
The resolution of Mr, Foraker goes
over .without - action until after the
holiday recess. The Senate adjourn
ed until January 3, 1907.
Adjourns For The Holidays.
After being in session three-quarters
; of i an hour the House adjourned
until: January 3, 1907. :Empty desks
greeted the Speaker when the House
convened and -even among the mem
bers who remained the , desire" to get
vway for. the holidays was suprior to
the inclination ; for buslnebS.
Representative Mondell, Wyom
ing, succeeded in passing his bill ex
tending the- time in which entrymea
may make final settlement ron the
Shoshone Indian reservation.
Representative Payne; , of New
York, called up his resolution relat
ing to the distribution of the"; Presi
dent's annual messages to the. several
committees in accordance with .a cus
tom that has existed since the foun
dation of the government. .
The House resolved itself into a
, committee of the whole with Repres
entative Lacy, of Iowa, in the chair,
and the references .by the various
carts of the message to appropriate
committees were discussed. The de
bate was perfunctory, members show
ing little disposition to "tear a pas:
sion to tatters," withjGhristmas just
over the way end af ter sa half 'hour 's
discussion the cemmittee rose: The
House-then, after passing the?Vesold--tiony
.adjomned ... for tfiff Christmas
holidays at 12 :5a p. mi" - ' v '
;. A hundred7 members waited after
the House adjourned - to extend . the
season 's greeting rto Speaker Cannon,
who showed by his manner that his
heart was vanned by the interest
ffcovn in his welfare, . ... i-.
MBEU 27, 1906.
NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB
Henry Davis, Who" Comniitted Crim
inal Assault On Mrs. John Reid
Near( Ingleharts Station Friday,
Taken From Jail ' and Hanged to a
Tree.'
Annapolis, Md., Special. A mob
numbering.. 25 or 30 men rbroke down :
the door of the Annapolis jail at au
early hour Friday, .took out Henry
Davis, the negro who on last Friday
criminally, assaulted irs, John Reid
(white) i. near Ing leharts Station, and
lynched hii)aYis';'who '? also was
known bv the name of Chambers, had
confessed his guilt. Little or no re
sistance was offered the mob by. the
officers "at tiie jaiP and none whatever
by the prisoner. He was dragged to,
a vacant lot oh College .creek, a quar
ter of a mile distant where he l was
strung up to a limb of a free andiJialf
a dozen bullets fired into him.' As
the. body Avas being let down ope of
the lynchers exclaimed: wff Another
I white woman is'avenged.,,r
. On the way to the place pi exe
cution members of the lynching party
kicked -and cuffed Davis at - every
step. His body was left lying under
the tree which had served as the gal
lows. 'It was viewed by hundreds of
persons during the day. Later a
coroner 's jury was I empaneled and
after hearing the testimony returned
a verdict of death at' the hands of
persons unknown. The prison from
which Davis was taken is a hundred
years old. . It is situated in Calvert
street, and is only about . 500 - yards
from. the State House and the-execu-tivemansion.'
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Fires at -Probate Judge..
"Chicago,, Special. A desperate ef
fort was made to assassinate Judg3
Charles S. Cutting, of the Probata
Court, the . assailant being Frank F
Ellerbrock, of 810 North California
avenue. , Judge: ! Cutting escaped lin
jury by, a hairsbreatb and overpower
ed his assailant after a fierce fight. '
As the judge entered the . criminal
court , building;. On his: way to fhis-!
chambe rs Ellerbrock, who was stand-
irig in ,thr, hallway, , atenped :ojrAJjajjpjia
and when within two feet of Judge
Cutting drew a revolver and fired.!
J idge- Cutting instantly turned and
struck his assailant a heavy blow in
the face, almost' knocking him down;
Before- Ellerbrock eould recover
Judge Cutting grabbed him by the
throat and threw him back wards ov
er a steam radiator, where he held
him despite the man's efforts to escape.--
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AFight to Death With Knives.
New York, Special.In the pres
ence of half a hundred women Abra
ham Loss and Loais. Segal fought tOj
the deth in a book bindery in a Cen
terstreet loft. Loss, who was fore
man of the bindrey, received a deep
knife wound in his neck just' as half
a dozen policemen, "who had been at
tracted to the scene by the screams
of the women, rushed into the room.
His jugular vein - was . severed and he
died in a few moments. Segal was ar
rested. - Henry Lapidus, a 15-yer-old
boy, who was employed as a sweep
er in the bindery, caused the row
which resulted in the tragedy.
Captain Wounded By Negro.
Oklahoma City, Oklq., Special.
Captain Mhicklin, U. S. A., was shot
and dangerously wounded by a negro
at J?ort Keno. . ;
- w asiimgton, opeciai. uapiam Jca
gar A. Macklin, .who was dangerously
wounded : at Fort " Reno by a
nesro,, is an officer of the Twenty
fifth Infantry, to which belonged the
battalion of negro soldiers, which
figured in the Brownsville, ' Tex.,
shooting incident. r Captain Mackliii
rose from the ranks. He is a native
of North Dakota, but was appointed
from Missouri. ' 1 ?
On Southern Immigration. -
Philadelphia, Pa., Special. -At a
reception given -in his honor f at the
Southern. Club here,- Gov. Heyward,
of South Carolina delivered an ad
dress oh" "Southern Immigration and
Its Real Meaning," in which he
pleded for an influx of white working1
people to the South as the only pos
sible means of developing the idle and,
fertile soil.: x.v
" : Annie burner Guiliy.
Graham, N. C, Special. The jui
in the case of the two negro womeu
charged with being accessories , ot
Henry Waiker, in tHe shooting of Mr.
L. Banks 'Holt, -after - delibetatin-r
from. 5 o'clock Thursday afteriiooi.
till, 1030 Friday, brought rin' a
verdict of guilty against Annie Turn
er, and she was sentenced to life im
prisonment in the penitentiary. Ac
to Fannie McCain, nine were for con
viction, two for acquittal and one un
decided. She v is remanded to Jaii
to await another trial,
NO.35.
DISCREDITS NEGRO TROOPS
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In Message Roosevelt Says Texas
Rioters Deserved Death.
Conspiracy of Silence' After Blackest
Crime Act of Horrible Atrocity -;
nd 'Unparalleled .For Infamy.
Washington, - D.'- 'C. President
RooseveU sent to rthe : Senate at reply
to a, recent S, enate resolution, asking
for information on the ' discharge of .
the three companies of negro Soldiers
because rofihe Brownsville ( Tex,)
episode. In concluding his brief for
.justification -in discharging-the sol- ,
diers i 'without honon' lie ays;:ti f ,
Vlt is of the1 utmost importance to
all our people that we shall deal with
each man . on, his , merits - as a man, .
and not deal1 with ' hini merely as a
member . of T a given v race; . that . we
shall judge each man by his conduct
and not his Coloiv This is important ;
forthe white man, and it is far more -importantvfoTlheldredrman.
"M(?re: evil and , sinister counsel
never " was glventoanypeople than
that given . to colored men ,by those
advisers,: whether black " or white,
:who, by apology and condonation, enf
courage conduct such as that-of the
three companies in -question..? j. It , the
colored men elect to stand by crimin- s
als of their own race - because the? -are
of their race they assuredly lay
up for themselves -the most dreadful
day offreckoning Ji.,, ' t
The President also says: "1 chal- ,,.
lenge s a right; the support. of-.every
.citizen of this country, whatever his
color.1 provided ohly-lia.'has In htm
the- spirit of genuine and far-sighted"'
patriotism." ' " ' : " : : : x ' .
The Presidentwhose tone through?
out is absolutely uncompromising,
says hq r acted . in- the exercise ,of? his :
constitutional power: and In pursu-
anceLOfihis constitntlcfnal'duty.tlt; ;c
. Denying that .their discharge was
ordered as "a punishment, te Pfesl
dent asserts that the only' adequate,
punishment forvthe Brownsville as-
sault is death. . . . He .declares, his keen
regret at not being able , to inflict that
penalty! x''1' 1 h ': xZ ' T - "
. That the shooting up. of, Browns
ville1 was ; done by a party of : from
nine to r fifteen negro- soldiers,, the,
President, says there can be no doubt '
whatever,, and ' he brands ; .their;-act
aseunjEaraiieiea ior mtamy in
the annals of" the UnftexTTStaTeeC
Army." " ' ,. : t. ':
They werelhe "agressorif from start
to finish, and nothing; that had oc
cured'offered in any shape or' way an
excuse or justification for their
atrocious conduct;' 1 ; - !
After breaking fro ip their bar-'
racks, the Pr ssident says, - they Bhot
at whomever . they saw moving, and
into houses where they saw .lights.
They fired into houses where they
must have known there were women
and children. They killed .a bar
keeper and wounded the lieutenant,
of police! who lost his; arm. b
- These raiders, says the President,
were not schoolboys ;bn a.rfrollcj r Not
withstanding their full ,warnlng at.
the consequences, -their .comrades en-s.
tered Into a consp.irapy of pllence to
prevent the ends 'of 'justice.' ': So i lt:
became necessary, to discharge then;
an. y y.x ;!; - "
NEGROES SUPPRESS CRIME.
Secret Organization Truns Colored
. . Offenders Over to Law.
Galveston, Texas. The delivery of
a negro assaulter .to the officers in
San Saba County by members of his
own race has brought to light a, pow-
erful secret society for the suppres
sion of crime. It Is -called : the U. :
B.'s, is referred to as the United,
Brothers, and is said to have a mem-:
bershfp of 3000 of the better element ,
of negroes in Texas. " '
The negro surrendered was anxious .
to comess. rne u. a. s naa eviaem-
ly had him on the rack. While prom-.
inent colored pastors are preaching
; reform this organization - is quietly.'
assisting the. authorities. ;
A number of 'mysterious confes-J
sions of crime and reforms are traced
to the society; . - - - "
BRINGS GRAFT CASE TO HEAD.
Pennsylvania State Treasurer Befnses
to Pay State Capitol Bills.
: Harrisburg; Pa. At a meeting of
the Board of Public Grounds: -and
Buildings State Treasurer Berry re
fused to approve bills of J. H; San
derson, of Philadelphia, for $108,000
for part of the furnishing and equip
ment of the new $13,000,000 State..
Capitol, and of Architect Joseph M
Huston for $50,000 on .account- of
professional services.
Govtrnor "Pennypacker and-' Audi-tor-General
, Snyder, constituting - a ,
majority of the board; voted to ap- ' .
prove the bills, but the State, Treas-..,
urer says he will not pay them unless '
compelled to do so by the courts i . ':
This will force the whole question
of graft In the Capitol into the courts.. I
; ; : Mexican Southern Horror. ' " '
; The engineer and fireman and nine ;
passengers were killed in the wreck .
of a passenger train near Tlacotepec ' ' .
on the Mexican Southern Railroad,
according to a dispatch from Puebla: "
More , tban ..twenty, : passengers . werfif
lajured'V - ; -;
. Report on Japanese.
4 Secretary; Metcair s ireport ' and the : : r
President's accompanying , message -
l. ere i a ' severe arraignment of San J
vahQlscq for Its treatment pt. Japan-
esc. - . '
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