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SATL'P.DAV,.OCTOBEB !"
' ?p y? s. we are progressing.
. people should read and sup?
l? wspapers.
Bis should rstaotaOB ??>
It is indicative of good ! :
tur.
ing
C??i.?>i:iC!i people should not bo loud?
mouthed and boisterous in public. it
"?hows a hick of gtxid b:
? man who inonda all he makes is
"Worse off than a woman who spi n?ts
all that she makes.
\Vk:.i., they arc getting tire?! of abc -
ing tin- Negro and have started in
to abuse the white folks som??, t
latinas to improve our
Condotto ? and encourage those colored
BaopB) who are m:\king an honest ef- j
fort to live upright lives.
Wi should oondnns ha engage in bas?
.nos. If we fail, we arc not much worse
of?. We started with nothing and H
?vili not kill us to land again at the same
et at ion.
We lose nothing by being ? lite feo
people or to colored ones either.
On the contrary, we raise ourselves in
aa? own estimation as well as in the es
tiraaticm of others who observe our con?
duct.
It stems that the charge that colored
men sell ont has been emphasized by
the fact that white men sold out too
and at a much larger figure. Some of
them sold out twice and didn't seem
to care much about it until the investi?
gation by the conncilmanic committee.
If one will observe the daily newspa?
pers, he will come to the conclusion that
?white supremacy is a failure. Capt.
Pizzini testified that $100,000 was spent
to secure a street franchise, and that
white men in Richmond city got the
money.
? 'The lazy, good-for-nothing Negro is
? serious draw-buck to our progress and
a blind man can almost see it. The
white folks have the fame kind of ma?
terial on their side, but there are so
inany industrious, hustling elements
among them that this class is not so ob?
servable."?Richmond Planet.
"You are hitting the nail about right
.now. The lazy, go?ad-for-nothing Negro
i a a greater menace to the Negro race
than lynching. Respectable Negroes
should devise means to make him go to
work or to get rid of him."?Peters?
burg, Va., Index-Appeal.
Our esteemed contemporary has evi?
dently lost sight of the fact that the in?
telligent, industrious,, well-behaved co! -
I orini people have no more power or
I authority ??ver the lazy. good-for-noth?
ing Negr??es than the intelligent, indus
. liions, well baBBWai wlut?> ]????1? have
rerthi lazy, good-for-nothing whites.
. h?? laws of thi? country forbhl drastic
i-un * and we <???? only use the inftu
i'iuv ?>f our displeasure, which counts
but little with this class of worthless
??????? Moreover, we are too busy
working to bother with them. We be
UsyrSi li"?Tt'\'cr. in the doctrine that a
person Who Brill not work should not
eut.
We BasTaB? colored people everywhere
t?) avoid feeding loafers and encourage
the industrious elements every time.
'?An nil? nund is indeed BBS Dsril'l
work shop. "
THAT r'KAKFI'L EXEC1 TIO\.
Tu execution of Do?- Bacon at Boyd
ton. Va., Saturday, October :ird, 1908,
has causili u thrill of BOftOf feo perno?.
atS tl?/? frame of every thoughtful per?
son who may have considered the case
in any of its phases. No one alleges
that a crime was cotnmitte?l. It is c< n
OSded that a crime was attempt???!.
On? BBBn'a life paid the jx-nalty and it
would appear t.? the avorage mind that
this wouhl have appeased the appetite
of the most blood-thirsty. It is conced?
ed that ? \<'<>n's conviction was brought
ahOBtbj the testimony of ABUBBBOB
Fin? it.
His testimony was extorted when the
community was in a high state of ex?
citement over the outrage. But when
Finch went to the gallows, be boldly
?????hired that Bacon was innocent.
'J ?lis testimony made from the gallows
deeply affected not only the common
WSalah'a attorney of Mecklenburg
county, but thousands ?>f white people
lfl other sections of the state. Those in
Petersburg "otiti lbuti d liberally tOWBTlla
defraying the SXpSttSe of counsel to s.iv
the lonely prisoner, who lingered iu the
lVicrsburg jail. GOT. ??\t??;?? was
eviilcntly ininTBBBOd by the represen ta?
lions, although, aooordiasj to his own
statement, he took no action ?>n his own
! moti?01. Il?? usted the case OB
Juiige and the Commonwealth's Attor?
| my and gave to them executive jx>
I in the premises.
Judge HOUTBB had promised, so BBJI
mir oorresnondeat, that the Negro
should be brought, back and hang??.!.
He did not qualify his r?-iiiarks. It waa
S Negro hanging they wanted an?la:
M _:??? hanging they should have. The!
effort feo BBTB ? v?>n should have been!
klenburg county instead of
? at Richmond. This is an BnotDBa u- OOB?
| union of affaira, Still.it is true. Wo]
read v?tv ?..ocfally all that the dis-;
tin;:ui.-heil ?'?:m G K\: futivc wrote and'
we felt strangely satisfied that, so far aa j
?? rued, he Wasnad BOB hands
of the entire affair and left the rcspoi:- :
ability with lb?.? neighlxirb oil in which
the sllegad offense was committed. I
This BSalsd F v? on - fate an?! In- \\.
fasth to his death, bssaaohins] and ins?
ploringa aaan ? ful BaTioar to Boawtra]
his -:.?-???:? -,
V - ti!:? s wonder if 5ome of J
these white tn? :i ?v? r expect mercy i:?. '
th?. hvreafter, or il tin ? ever realize the
fall issport of tha oath sf oanoa. v.
Judge QOBtSf intlu.-nc'?! by his sur-'
round ? - Would he hare insisted oo '
the haugiug of BbOOB If he had bOBB B]
while nan an Ott ?I to assault
a color- I woman: \V?u.Id he have in-J
I apon ih?? banging of b?a]
whits man who had sltmaptod t ?
sault a ? i'.?t? woman: Would
Inatated apon tha hanging f him If ha I
had attempted to assault a colored wo?
man, both parties being .?? (orad '.'
hs witness WOO ISBtthed before a
jury that a man was guilty should'
change tliis testimony on the gullows '
and 1b aha Baos of statulty annanuaoo I
that ha had Had and t!..?.? Bacon was ?
innocent, WOnld he let 1 just i lied in '
hanging him, while the man himself,
protested innocence': If he would,
then wo have nothing more to say. As
the matter now stands, he has the testi?
mony of fewU dying men to the inno
[osBoaofDoc Bado?, if their s?..??.
nu-lits arc to be bv?eved, the blood of an
IrnoOSBl man rests upon the heads if
those responsible for his execution.
BaOOB pS'OtaBfesd ha? innocence upon
the gallows. What more could this!
I poor creature do? He begged aud
pleaded. He prayed aud implored and
i his words were heeded uot. His eue
Imies wanted blood. It is a sa?l picture
and is another graphic illustration of
"mau's inhumanity to man!"
They demanded of this poor, friend- ?
less Negro, cooped up in a eheerless jail, '
with no money and with but few
friends, that he should prove his inno- J
cenee and not that they should establish
his guilt. They said that no new evi?
dence had been developed. What more
did they want? Had not the main wit
noss for the prosecution testified on the
gallows that the man was innocent and
was it not principally upon his testimo?
ny that Bacon was convicted ? But
they wanted more. They wanted him
j to spend $1000 to pay counsel, when he
hadn't a cent. They wanted him to
put some other colored man's neck in
the halter when he took his own neck
out and so they sacrificed his life, com?
mitted a judicial murder in order to ap?
pease the blood? thirsty taste of a howl?
ing mob.
The sacrifice has been made and the
victim has stepped down into the chilly
?waters of death, never more to see the
j light of this world, but will tell all of
' his troubles and his trials and his tribu
i lations to a sympathetic Saviour.
White men who serve as judges and as
commonwealth's attorneys are sworn
to recognize no man on account of race,
color or previous condition of servitude.
If they have observed this rule in Ba
' cox's case, all will be well.
Truly is it time for us to go in mourn
sor osar e see ?'?>??. ? ?>f mir un t ?? e
l'?UI'lllu?. Wo ehWO whi ? ? . i.;s. l.ut
in cases of this km ., ?? -??'.: .m
able to extend a helping han i ?
i> better off they eay. Let us h?>pe so.
Let ns hope that the white tuen, who
brought about his d?>wn-fall and hur?
ried him to his destruction may some
swwt ?lay feel the soothing consolation
?ulmiiiistered to them in their dying
hours.
Death ?xmies to all and there will be a
time when this poor, hapless Negro's
case will serve as a reminder in soino
other. It was a little thing to ask, the
granting ?atm few more days to him.
They wer?? denied and he was hurried to
the gallows. It's all over now. The
troubles are ended. The nights of aux
iety, the words of sympathy from
Moode will osane no more to him. Did
we say all was over? Oh, no. The cof?
fin journeys not to the grave-yard. It
starts for the express oflee and from
tluTe is carried to the dissecting roSSBS
at the University of Virginia, where
the students may indulge in jests and
rhcir keen knives separate muscle from
muscle and tissu?? from tissue. Bacon
is t?> get no rest ?ven beyond the grave.
This is enu'i; it is barbarous. It is a
distressing ending to a most distress?
ing case. Colored folks should have
hope in Got! and believe in His precepts,
for after all, there is consolation in the
fact, "And though after my skin worms
? v th..s body, jot in my llesli shall
1 s?'e God."
RECOGNIZES NO COEOK NOW.
Tn? Aniericai? Federation of Labor
h is prepared S statement to the public
which is very significant ami may have
a far-reaching effect in dealing with
the labor question ha the southland. It
announces its intention of transferring
its fight to congress. It is a special
plea against the open shop, declaring
that to permit this would be the death
of labor-unionism.
The last statement in the document
will be read with interest by
every col? red laborer or mechanic in
the United States. TI, re it is:
'The hope for right and justice here?
after, as well as the perpetuate! ? ?if lib?
erty, and our republican institutions,
lies in organized labor. Therefore,
with the consciousness of the justice
and soundness of our position, we SO?
peal to the judgment of all men, and
particularly to the toilers of America,
that they organise, unite, ^r^i federate
without regard t?> trade, Ottilia) na
tionality, locality, sex, politics, cok r or
?i. '
Bead l! asjahi on-fully and then rend
this list Of :i.uni s, who signed tlie ad?
dress of whi.?h this is an extract. Here
they are:
"Fraternally yours,
Bamnel Qomners, President.
.lames Duncan, First Vice President.
John Mitchell, Second Vice PtreS.
? .1 uius ( >'< 'onnell. Third Vi???^ Fres.
M.TS Morris. Fourth Vice Pr?s,
t'hoinas I. Kiild, Fifth Vice Fres.
!). A. Haves, Sixth Vi -e ?t??.
?lohn ?. Lennon. Treasurer.
Frank Morrison. Se??:; t iry
]'.\ oolite ( lonnoil, A?onriosn
Fed.-ration of Labor."
What say the labor lead ? of Rich?
mond .* Only a sh irt whsss ng . ? 00a?
Orad member at ? lab? r-uniun front
obio had too door of a labor nieothnji
slammed in hi.- ih?v and be was invit???! I
to a seat or stami on the ekle ?jale, sim?
ply OO account of his color. We i-annot
b?. lieve that this ringing call and advi- '
SOS*** sttitenu'iit was inserted f?>r u<e in
the northern and n^eatorn Baa
It seems to us that these far-se?-ing
lenders have come t.? a realisation of
the fact tiiat then? can OB OO narrow ;
platform for the hosts of labor. When
the oTegro ?abo: of the Phtnthland is ig
notad ami insulted, the last nail in the
cotlin of labor-unionism ha boOD driven
home. Laboaoaano4 nflord toaatasjon-1
iso labor, it must be united iu order j
to win or to maintain any advantage'
which it may have attained.
If the labor leaders will smphosiSB its (
last declaration ani see to it that the >
ranks of white labor maintain an an.'
broken front In dealing w'.th the labor?
er of color, the battle will Lie more than :
half won Infor?? the first gun is fired.
As the matter now stamls, the colored
brother is not only with the President,
bot is enthusiastically In favor of the
"open shop." It has been the closed
shop that has caused all of his misery
and the antagonism ?if the labor unions
in the southland which has made him a
' candidata for the poor-house. If this.
body of patriotic men can enforce thia
recommendation, a brighter day will
dawn for ns and the sun of the Ameri?
can Federation of Labor will be in the
ascendency in this portion of the south?
land.
KNEW WHEN TO SHOOT.
The following telegraphic report ex?
plains itself:
?"Henderson, Tex., Oct. 7.?Late last
night a ? \rty of young white men went
to the home of Bob Williams, a Negro,
j for the purpose of flogging b im for some
I si eged offense, not clearly stated. The j
! Negro warned them not approach, but '
! they continued to advance, when the
Negra fired, killing Charles Brown, a1
young white man recently from Gear-1
gin and wounding a young iuan named
( ?ersett. The Negro is in the hands of
J the sheriff, who will probably spirit him
' away to night."
That colored brother had the right kind
' of senee. He was strictly within the
letter of the law, and he knew how to
shoot. The sheriff evidently has more
I respect for him than he has for his
: white assailants. There are thousands
of white men in the southland, who
j will say, "Amen to their damnation."
.J The hoodlum elements amongst us
have no business with a gun, because,
! as a rule, they do uot know when to use
it. But the respectable, law-abiding
ui?i?t ,-hould always have on hand h
g ..?I shot-gun or a repeating rifle. It is
alxut as ????<?< s- r\ to ? nee ami happi
lttfhs down b?Tc a-nu inaurane?? ??obey
aud will eii.-uiv respectable treatment
at the hands of ibe white ???????? ele?
ment, when all other remedies fail.
The other colored people iu Hender?
son, Texas, will ha\e no trouble within
the next five years. And as to flogging,
why it wont even be thought about by
the admiring white neighbors in that
| locality. Great is the gun with a nervy
colored man to use it.
l.illOIMM. Will ? ? MKVS TUOI'?
BLES.
?p??; Labor League of Richmond held
a meeting Monday night, October 5th
aud after "marching up the hill, march?
ed down again" by declaring that it
would place no ticket in the field. It de.
clared in favor of purging the city gov?
ernment, but gave no inkling as to how
this was to be done when the guilty par?
ties were expected to do the purging!
After reading its declaration of princi?
ples, thoughts came thick and fast to us
and we realized fully the truth of the
Scriptures, "And with what measure
ye mete, it shall be measured to you
again."
Head the statements and see if they
do not sound like the wails of the color?
ed citizens ten years ago:
Whereas, these who labor are in ma?
jority in the city of Richmond and State
of Virginia; and whereas, we deem it to
fehs interest of all classes affected by
legislation that said classes should be
raprasanfesd bo the law-making bodies of
State und ?-ity, that their interest may
be preserved.without prejudice to others;
and a hereas it has been demonstrated
by past legislation that there is an ab
solute apath}r on the part of many of our
lawmakers as to the interest of the toil?
ing classes, ?and, we regret to say, a de?
sire manifested to serve wealth,corpora?
tions and trusts in the framing of Laws,
regardless of fens burdens thus imposed
upon the wealth producers; and whereas
we have for years past used the powers
of persuasion and argument with our
lawmakers for a just recognition of our
rights. aud iu almost every instance
have l>een ignored aud our claims set at
naught."
Was this not and is this not applicable
to the colored citizens case ?
Ami again:
"Resolved 1, That we regard the ]>r g.
ant primary system as but a Babtsrzage
to deprive men of ordinary means from
offering themselves for office in State
and municipal elections, under the pri?
mary plan, through excessive fees.placed
purposely at a figure which preclodes
the man of ordinary means from enter?
ing any ?-mtest unler the primary
plau."
The above? is rich reading and depicts
the condition of the ? ';io-hntors who
have been rolling under their tongues ?
all abuse of OS as a sweet morsel.
Bai thaSS mem did not stop there.
Ihey had tha audiuity t<> refer specifi?
cally to th:? Negro in the same declara?
tion **f nrinnlnass Here it is:
"Ht solvi d I That the new Constitu?
tion having su-'ccsstally rjllmlBBtOll the
Negro vot. i:v bnt whim men
to oontaat for politicai ?ralas Usent, that, ?
we rogarti th? priUBWJ as a thing BO]
longer of ni'ccssity lor the supremacy of j
the WhitB race, and therefore rveom
!!? : ?I that until such time as ?
premncy of the white BBSS is tlireat-Micd j
by a lack of a primary ?lection, that our
rafnSB BO sanction a BTSfessnofj
fare which praolads ?she possibili
;?i n . f ordinary means to offer
selvee for olii? ?
There you have it The IVnux ratic
1 .tier- deceived the poverty-str ken
white nien into supporting the uncon
st'.tuti? nal constitution, and then pro?
ceeded tt raise the nieal-.Tough so high
that they have BOt been alle to get even
ti.-ir noses on th?? line with its cont nt*.
They must graie ?>n the .?round.
tt follows With a most remarkable de?
claration, whu ? wml 1 indicate dtath
bsd repentance, and yet, Bd far as we
are concerned, it means nothing. It is
as. fol lews:
"Raaorrad ?8? Thatwa appaal
gOOd citizens 1 cu bands wi'ii
seeking BO give to tlie whole
sdnaii attration winch wii raoogiii ?. fens
great principle m? equal ami exact jus
tice to all."
We shall obSBSTe with int?-rest the re?
fait of this bloodless campaign. The
wails arc ?li-BTBBBBB;, but the pnnish
BBBBl is deserved. Tho p?>or whits man
und the poor colored man's interests are
identical and blind united were the
white labor leaders, who, until this
time, have ti\i!ed to see it.
Fraudulent Bankers Stntenced.
Freehold, N. J., Qfert 7. ? John W.
Newbnry and Ru?l<<lph Neumann, re?
spectively presi?!? at and s?? retary
treasurer of the Mercantile Building
and Loan Association, of this pla/.-e
and Red Bank, who were ?onvicte?! of
having illegally conducted a banking
business under the charter of a build?
ing and loan association, were sen?
tenced, Newbury to pay a fine of $1,
000 and serve three years and six
months in state prison at hard labor,
and Ne-umann to pay a fine of $S00.
-?
Middies Deny Hazing.
Washington, Oct. 6. ? Midshipman
Alvah B. Court, president of the sec?
ond class at Annapolis, has written a
letter to Captain Willard H. Brown
? son, superintendent of the naval acad?
emy, denying that the ?lass Sas bro
i ken its pledge and indulged in hazing.
; Captain Brownson. in his reply, says
: he has confidence in any statement the
class may mane, and expresses the
! belief that the class kept faith. At his
I request Secretary Moody has made the
correspondence public.
Smothered in Pile of Seed Cotton.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 6.?Cyrus John
J son, a 14-year-old boy, while playing
in a pile of seed cotton near his home,
? 11 miles from Raleigh, fell Into a fun
I nel-shaped hole he had excavated in
? the mass, and being unable te extri
I cate himself was smothered to death.
. A younger boy. his step-brother, saw
his legs sticking from the cetton seed
and dragged him out, but only to And
that he was dead. _
"" * '? ? SeaSaaSSSenSOl
MR. CHAMBERLAIN
OPENS CAMPAIGN
j Form.?: H a Cabinet
states His Views ?? Protei a.
MAKES A MASTERLY ADDRESS
Glasgow, Oct. 7.?Whatever may be
the opinion held reganling the .threat
(?iKstion which Mr. Ciiaml><>rlain has
raised or the probable issue %A his
campaign, it is generally admitted that
he has opened it in a masterly man?
ner, befitting the momentous occasion.
and that he can no longer be BOOOOSd
of nebulosity in presenting his case.
For nearly two hours, only referring
occasionally to fairly full notes for
Urines and statistics, he held a vast
and enthusiastic audience absorb???! by
one of his finest oratorical efforts.
The points of his speech attracting
remarkable attention were in eulogy
of Mr. Balfour and his repudiation of
the idea of superseding him; his rep
rosentation of the coming struggle as
one greater in its roOBflOJlllBfiOS than
the Boer war; his declaration that all
work i ? gm en in the colonies were pro?
tectionists, and that any labor leader
visiting the eoloolos would laoritably
be converted to protection; his de?
scription of the American tariff as an
abomination, and his curious pre l D
tation of the ease as affecting the
workmen's exchequer. Thus, according
to him, the increased cost of the new
duties to the laborer would be 4??
cents, to the artisan 5 cents, while
the saving by the proposed reductions
to the laborer would be 9 cents and
to the artisan ;<':! ?cuts.
Adducing statistics, Mr. Chamber
lain contrasted the moderate. Increase
of 7*2 per cent, in the export trade
of Great Britain and the increase ?if
30 per cent, in her population since
1872. with the enormous increase of
trade in the Halted States and Ger?
many, and he sniOd how the country
could expect to support its growing
population with its trade practically
stagnant for 30 years. He proceeded:
"On the other hand, the protected
countries which you have beOfl told
and I my salt one time believed were
BjOing rapidly to wrack and ruin, had
proTi'ssi-il infinitely better in ?G????
tion than Oarsahrea, and instead of
our remaining the workshop for tue
world, we are sending less and BBBJ
of our manufactures abroad, while th?
protected countries are sending more
and more of tin ir inanufa? turos here.
Thai our manufactured exports from
? IU'..000.000 in 1S72 have gradually
dwindled to ?73,500,000 in 1902 to the
protected countries of Europe and the
Dallad Btataa,
"The con I ~"hlch 1 have re?
ferred aro in - of the
protective pro? ess. In th? I
States the prOCSBS is eoaapletad. She
produces east j thing and excludes rv
There Is bo brade to b
with bar for a paltry six ahillini
haad."
Ka Chamberlain continued by aay?
ll ; Fui laud can intervene BaM
save a vast aimumt of conimene by
nocity relations with tha coloni??-;,
winch _'<> yaars banos would be ??> ?
forever. Al"t??r outlinmg a reciprocity
proposition, be sai i:
'.Siipjios?? we bad made such an off?t
to tas United States i>> sr il?? ? ai
am thai we should not
baSB ahi?? to retain a grUBl ?1 d
of what we have now lost and ? ami I
r? I will ulve yon an illustrati??:.
?sBBiirlra la tha strictest of th?? pro
? nations. It has ? tariff which '?
me is an abomination, unreasonabi
and m . :?>?, ami slthoagh
i enormously. I think II
?: carried to exsaaslre lengths,
an,; 1 believ ? that a BBBBt BUBahar ?:
intelligent ABsericans would
UegOtlatS With us for Ibj reduction. Put
until very recent times BTBB this im
BBOd rat?? tariff left BB thfl great ? .?
plate trade, amounting to millions ? i
pounds ])?>r annum, and Which BB
might have Baal if wi bad ??????
reciproca] advantage, it. would no?.
have bean worth Ar.i.'iica's while to
put a duty SBOB an of white, it
had no pai scalar us or spedai
He prop? 5cd to pu a low duty, not
ding is cenis, sa forsigo corn
; at non?? on cora from th?? British pos
! BSSBBOna. lie proposed no tax on :
I ?le proposed a ? oi -responding taje on
| dour, and h<> would giv?? spe?-ial pref
I ara?os to .he miller with the obj? ?? of
tabUshing on?? of the ancient in?
de..-nies and of pre entlng a rush from
the country to th? town, and idso of
placing orn? offal and feeding stuffs
more ? b^aply within the posse-ssion of
the finn er. A small tax of about 5 per?
cent, on. foreign meat and dairy prod
uce -?oald be iiueos? d, excluding ba?
con, \\>ieb was thn food of so many c-f"
thepoircet po;muirion. Lastly, he SCO
posed Jj give substantial prelerenee SS
the ?oionios on wines and f-.uits.
Against t hese increases, he propose
some groat remissions. He propose?! to
take off three-?}Barters of the duty on
tea, half the duty en sugar, with cor?
responding reductions upon cocoa and
coffee.
Reformed Classis Wine Suit.
Easton, Pa., Oct. 6. ? Judge Scott
handed down an opinion in the case of
Rev. Dr. ?. M. Kiefer, the deposed
pastor of the First Reformed Church
of this city, against the East Pennsyl?
vania Classis, refusing an injunction
restraining the classis from endorsing
its decree dissolving the pastoral rela?
tions between Dr. Kiefer and his con?
gregation, pending a decision on an
appeal to the synod. The case is one of
importance, and has created much in?
terest throughout Reformed church
circles.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, October 1.
John W, Lil?, a prominent Texas pol?
itician, dropped dead in a New York
hot?! from heart failure.
One of four robbers was shot and
killed in Chicago by Theodore Ray. a
private watchman, whom they at?
tempted to hold up.
Fire destroyed the Norfolk and
Wee tern hotel, 12 residences and nu
? iiuaui
SOO, ? ??.??'??.
'?. al ni by I
. "?>?. ?? ?? 1 s
% ' '."ites Military
? ??: ? ?. Y.
?* . ? ? eher of f
-
' ?.??? ? : sity.
I. IO 1 I .ir t
a . '
? . , October J. #
I" ' I l?7 th?*?
tor a large uew
mi\al pribon at Portsmouth, ?. H.
While stealing a ri?b? on a freight
trrin at l'nioii City, Ind., one tramp
was killed, two fatally injured and
five ethers seriously injured.
after being reoonclleel to his wife.
Barmy Barane, Ol Bagnata, Ga., fired
a bullet through her heart and then
Killed himself Jealoany was the cause.
A mass of human bones, supposed
to be the person who set fire to Jacob
Schars bara, mar Llizabeth, N. J..
were found in the ruins of the build?
ing.
Saturday, October 3.
Sir Tlumias Li ?it on ail] Ball from
New York for Lond<m imxt Friday.
Th?? Fren? h jewelry exhibit for the
Pt. Louis fair already amounts to %A,
Q and includes a $500,000 pearl
collar. .
Major Gemerai Corinti, adjutant gen?
eral of the army, is to be ?vrtlgnitil to
the command ??r the department of ih??
oast with headquarters at Governors
Is'and. ?. Y.
The ofhYial trial of the battleslep
Missouri oil] take piece on the LMst
inst. Captam Cosrlos, President Roose?
velt's brother-in-law, will be the first
commander.
Monday, October 5.
Seven Chinamen w?-re arrested at
t'liviand. O.. on a charge of trying
to get lato this country Illegally.
While on bis bonoynwon in Niagara
Falls, N. Y.. Herman Hocher? of Chi
OBgOi went insane and was taken in
charge by the police.
Bocanas she was placed in the Chil
drens' Home at Terre Haute, Ind., 12
year-old Anna Fans committed sui?
cide by drinking carbolic acid.
Colonel Le?nidas W. Spratt, one of*
the surviving members of the South
Carolina secession convention, died at
Jacksonville. Fia., aged 85 years.
A. Par? nt and J. Curtis were
shocked to death at Montreal. Can., by
the boom of a derrick tbej srere oper?
ating cominf In b an ???
l rie wire.
Tuesday, October ?.
Fifteen pera ans were tnj :red by the
derailment of a trolley car rzi a sharp
curve at Middle-town. Con-a.
Three small children of George
Hoether, of Casevllle, Mich., were
drowned by the capsizing of a row
boat.
Attorney Oeoosol Knoi ano return?
ed to Waahugtoa from ? ?ateoded
vacation and resassod
his office.
By n exploeion of ? :??? 'n a mine
of the Plyeeootb Coal Ooesas
Plymouth. I'a., seven ???:? ?v.?r?? badly
burned. The cause of the
is uuhiiown.
The ? atire force of botchers In Bh e
ft st? roer*e large abbottotr, at Beth
lebem, Pa?, are on stri;* for nin??
hours with 10 ?.ours' ?
Wednesday, October 7.
<" \v. Itackey, a procainent
lanry r, eras found d ad la bed at hie
bom?? ut Baa ?or. Pa.
Qoeori
ant 'i. dropped
?tend ?it :
New
?
on ? ? '
of \ x. ?'..
ad, bis
son-?? !a\?.
jail.
:t lO l*nit
? ? ?-* ? rs at Hura?a
to e\. .iti.ms of the coal?
stloa ti sty b the United
id C
GENERAL MARKETS
Philadelphia, Fa.. ?,??. 7. ?Flour
?? aa a inter superfine, $:tT/
ni?ls. $4.7.V<i .">.
wi s quiet, at $3.25 i? r bar
r. . w h< ?t raa Urm No. 2 Pen
vanla red, new, 79*?<<fS0e. Corn was
Brm, \'<>. I yellow, local. .">. 54^4c.
Oats ? t; No. 2 white, clipped,
4???.; lower grades, 421_?<-. Hsj
steady; No 2 timothy, fl6@16.50 for
large balea p??? ? was steady; hi
hams. $20@21. Fork was tirili; fan)
-ly, $20.50. Five poultry, sena, 14c;
?Id roo-! . poni
try, cholci fowls, 14c.; old roosters
t??. Butter was steady; creamery, 22c
Bggfl were stead} ; New York sad
Ft niisylv: nia. 2?5c. per don Potate? -
were ateady; 65<S 18c pei basket
Baltimore. Md., Oct. T.?Wheat WBS
dull an?! lower: spot contract, 80?
8nV|<?.; ???? No, _ red western ?
f.;;1,??.: Bteamer No. 2 red, ?2??72?4?
souther,, by as?anle, 63?81c. ; souifi
ern, on BTBde, 7408?C Corn was dull
and easy; spot, 50^4<fj)50*4c.; steamer
mixed. 4.s>, fj 4S%c. ; s.mthern Whtt?
an?l y? How coin. .".?? <t .'? I??. Osts were
eteadj. No. 2 white. 42 !*,<?.; X?. 2
mixed 40,/?e. Rye was firm; No. t,
Pftc; X? - 2 western. 59iri59,ic.
Live Stock IVtarketa.
H. rr's lsla-.nl, Fa.. 0<t. 7. ? Cattle
wars slow; choice, $G?.2G????5.50; prime,
$4.9?i(i: 5.10; lair. |g.4O0)3.9O. Hogs
were lower; prime heavy, $6.35 u
6.40; mediums. $6.45^6.50; Yorkers.
$6.40f6.45; light Yorkers, $6.156/
6 30; pigs. $5.90@6; roughs, $4-i/
5.75. Sheep were slow; best wethers,
$3.95<&4; citlls and common, $1.50'?/2;
choice lambe, $5.?3\)?g5.80; veal calves,
tT@7.50.
Russell Sage's Farm Sold For Tax.
Nyack, X. Y., Oct. 7.?A farm owned
by Russell Sage, at Sickletown, Rock
land county, was sold at the county
tax sale for non-payment of taxes,
amounting to $115. It was bought in
by the county. The county also bought
in the Andre monument property at
Tappan, where Cyrus W. Field erected
a monument to mark the spot of Ma?
jor Andre's execution. After Mr.
Field's death bis heirs refused to pay
the taxes on the property.
Victim of Hatfie?d-McCoy Feud.
Nolan, W. va., Oct. 6.?William Ifo
Coy, a young member of the McCoy
family, shot and fatally wounded Ev?
erett Thompson, a son-in-law of the
Hatflelds. The tragedy is the out?
growth of a feud which has existed
for 20 years.
MORE POSTAL
INDICTMENTS
T\ - ri HL J. Ear-rat!- Must
Face Charge of Cocsnirat'y.
G??G??? PERSONS NOW INDICTKD
Washingl ?:.. Oct ?.?Fift.-fen new
indictments were bn Bght i" by t'.ie
federal ?rand jury for the District of
Columbia as the final result of the In?
vestigation in the postoffice depart?
ment. Several of these findings were
against persons who have already
BOOB indicie?!. The new indictments
iinolve James N. Tyner, the late as?
sistant attorney general, aad his as?
sistant. Harrison J. Barrett; James T.
Mett all*, superintendent of Jjje money
onler system; Norman BfotdBf, son of
Jaims T.; Harry C. Hallenbeck, of
the Wynkoop; Hallenbeck & Crawford
Co., of New York, the firm \<*"*hich for
several years supplied the department
with its momy order blanks, and Wil?
liam D. Dorenms. who is connected
with a house erhlcb bai l-een supply?
ing a stain; caaeelMn? chine to the
deportment Ther? additional
Indictmentl against August W. Ma?
chen. George W. Heavers, W. Scott
Towers an I Suite s?nator George A.
Greco, ? ? ? w York. In some OBBOS
there w. re several inilittmcnts against,
one person.
Three tooJctflttOOtS charge Tyner
and Barrett with conspiracy, and two
additional indictments charge Bar?
rett with agreeing, while still in office,
to receive fees for services rendered
or to be rendered In cases pending be?
fore him a.-< an officer. All the Indict?
ments are founded upon the treatment
by Tyner aud Barrett of the business
of the so-called bond investment com?
panies. The principa] charge is that
of misconduct in office. In obstructing
and preventing the due and orderly
administration of the law. It Is stated
that there were no lc3S than 80 of the
30-called bond investment companies
SO which the opinion of the depart
meoi was sent, together w-?h the cir
enlnr intimating that F.arrett's ser?
vices as attorney cOOtd be secured.
The charge against Hal'en beck and
the Ifetcalfs is that of conspiracy to
defraud tbe 1 aited States. The com?
pany ?G which Hallenbeck Is the head
had a contract with the United S*tates
to furnish the postal service with Its
money-order blanks. Norman Metcalf
was employed as a clerk In the office
of the "Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Craw?
ford Company at a salary of $00 a
w<-?-k. It is all? ped there was an agree?
ment between them that there should
be no Inspect!? ? of the 'onus supplied
by tbi ' on account of * hat
sgreemeat the (orme wive printed on
Inlbrior ? . that on*y one side of
th^m was li: h? ;raphed. while th
tract called foe the lithographing of
both sides, and that by other devices
the comi any wns enable?] to sav?
sums of money at the expense of th<s
am ';;. [t Is asserted by the pnst
autboritlee l>e,l the coren
ios.-, at lee ? ? one y? ar i>
nt. It i- rted t bal
? cat whreby the
contracting company paM young Mat?
calf ? 1-11 sa? h book of forme
shipped, snd U Is stated thai the ship?
ments for reoched as hi
E
enarrati unii Tyner were admit?
bail. The sldsi Met, all" ? nter? d a bond
I of 110.000, and e etmllar bond ?rill be
; ? T'ir. 1 for X ?! BbBB M ! Tal?
li ?beck.
naeter General F.?, ene expressed
aatistact, t the conclaaioa of
?rtm nt investiga
tioa ealmtaatiag in these Indlcta
?
in th?' in ? had now been
? laced bef iry and pi :
upon, aad approxtm diff?rant
parSOBS Indicted as the result oZ the
probtag t! ? i;, prograsa since
.ast aprlag. He said it had not been
determined arhethsr there had been
any admil reforms needing
l?gislation '.ait that many
ma had basa from time t> time
;..i the ? ?<>r. pro?
li.
Jersey Trust Co. G ves Up Charter.
Trenton, X. ?/?. Oct 7.?Attorney
Generi and ranking and
iBBurance Com? Watklas eon
lute; State Trast Com
paay ol Jersey City aurreadarlag its
eharter. This dlsp is??-; of a suit that
had l.? Instituted by the attorney
general :<.r the banking department
against the trust company The coas?
pan] was organ land by Leonard im
boden, ?/f Xew Sarte, aad bad estab?
lished a chain of :-anks throughout the
Country. A proposition to issue $20,
000,000 worth sf honds precipitated
the suit upon the part o? the state
against the coaipany.
1903 OCTOBER 1903
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Th.
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Fr.
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MOON'S PHKSE8.
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ji-Muun 0 ?. in.
a Third -, q 2=56
?5_ Qua? sat 1 ?3 p. ru.
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a. Fitst OQ 8:38
V Quarter ?? a. m.
Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement.
Trenton. X. .1., Oct. a, Booch L Co
wart, casi 1er of the Naraslak Xational
Bank of K< d Hank. X. J.. which is now
in the hands of ? receiver, pleaded
guilty to two ? barges, one of them em?
bezzling 120.000 and the other in aid?
ing the ma kin r.sports, to the
treasury. OoWBlt'? bond of $10,000
was ? ? for his appearance for
sentence oei ? Mon