THE AGyE-HERALD.
VOL. XXVLL : BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. MONDAY APRIL 29, 1901 ___NUMBER 294
LOW RATES TO BIRMINGHAM ELKS’ STREET FAIR, APRIL 29 TO MAY 6
WITH BITTER WORDS IKE BARER
. o- • ... .
THE STREET FAIR OPENS TODAY
AND BIRMINGHAM WILL HAVE
ONE WEEK OF MERRY-MAKING
They Rendered a Verdict of
Hot Guilty
»
HAD NO PART IN KIDNAPING
Judge Hopes Men Will Never
Appear in Jury Box
RELEASED WITHOUT COMPLIMENTS
CWief of Police Will Urge Withdrawal
df Reward for Pat Crowe.
Wat Disgusted With Result
of Callahan Trial.
Omaha, Nab.. April 28.—After consider
ing over night the guilt or innocenoe of
James Callahan, the jury announced at 9
o’clock this morning that he had no part
In the kidnaping of Edward Cudahy, JtC
The verdict was an evident surprise to
the court and Judge Baker expressed
his disgust In emphatic terms.
Callahan was Immediately rearrested on
two other counts, which the State Is not
prepared to say will be made use of, as
no new evidence Is at hand, and the ex
pense of going over the ground again Is
considerable.
As the words "not guilty” were pro
nounced, however, Callahan half rose to
his feet and smiled. Judge Baker studied
the wording of the verdict for several
minutes In silence, as though he had
doubted the evidence of his ears. Then
he rebuked the Jury severely. "If Calla
han had made his own choice of a Jury.”
said Judge Baker, "he could not have
selected twelve men who could have
served him more faithfully. If the Stiate
had made the selectUjji I.know of no raen
1^ could havejimed who could have bfeen
less careful) of Its Interests, The jury Is
discharged without the compliments of
the cq’art; and the prlsqner Is likewise* re
lsasf'*a. as to this trial, I presume, to
continue the criminal practices in which
you. have failed to check him. I do not
kt iow what motive actuated you In reach
ing this decision, but I hope none of you
1*111 ever again appear In this Jury bax."
The Jury was evidently ill-at-ease dur
ing the arraignment, but It did not make
any response and Hied rapidly fnom the
box as soon as it was at liberty. In the
hallway Callahan mumbled his thanks
and shook the Jurymen's hands. The of
ficers of the court looked on with con
tempt.
Asks Withdrawal of Reward.
Chief of Police Donohue will urge Mr.
Cudahy to withdraw the reward of J6Q00
offered for the arrest of Pat Crowe.
••Crowe might easily maloe an appearance
and claim the reward himself,” said he,
•'as the evidence against him is no more
direct than that against Callahan.
“In my eighteen years of experience
with criminals, I have never heard more
absolutely convincing evidence presented
than that presented against Callahan
•There was not a single flaw In the
testimony and the evidence of guilt was
•ysrwhelmlng From the information I
bave secured as to the sentiment of the
Jury, I believe that Us decision was
baaed largely on the theory that the vic
tim of the affair was a wealthy man and
ag such he is able to suffer Two of the
Jurors, I am informed, expressed, their
opinion that no kidnaping had occured
and they had taken their oath as Jurors
With this conviction in their minds.
fl do not approve of any reward being
offered in a case of this kind and believe
that it operated in the Callahan trial for
the acquittal of the accused. Several
times I heard the expression that the po
lice had simply concocted a plot to send
ao Innocent man to the penitentiary in
the hope of securing the reward."
It is understood here tonight that the
|C0,000 reward offered for the conviction
of the three men concerned in the crime
will stand.
PORTER SHOT BY TRAMP.
matter Dies from Wounds Made by the
( Former.
Savannah. April 28—Last night near
Metdrim, Go., Joseph King, a negro por
ter on the Seaboard Air Line, was fatally
Shot by a negro tramp who was stealing
a ride. The tramp was trying to kill
Baggageman DeGraffenreld when King
went to his assistance.
A dispatch from Pembroke, Ga., says
the tramp, whose name is John Henry,
walked to that place badly wounded by
Kink'* bullets, and died this afternoon.
Many Are Killed.
Pekin, April M.—While the first train
from Pekin to Tien Tsin was traversing a
bridge between Lo Fa and Tang Tsun
this morning, it was derailed through the
collapse of a culvert. Eleven Chinese
were killed and forty wounded, and twen
ty Americans Injured. One of the Amer
icans cannot reoover. • „ .
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FLORAL PARADE FORMS AT
CAPITAL PARK 2:30 P. M.
The floral parade will etart from Capita) park at 2:30 o’clock, sharp,
Monday afternoon. All persons who desire to have vehicles in the parade
must be at Park aivenue and Twentieth street by 2 o’clock so they can be
assigned places In the parade.
E. J. M’CROSSIN,
Grand Marshall.
, The floral parade will form in Twentieth street, immediately south of
Capital park, between 2 and 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, and promptly at
2:30 start on the march through the business section of the city. After
traversing the principal streets the procession will pass through the
Street Fair and men proceed to the Southern Club, Fifth avenue and
twentieth street, where the prizes will be awarded. These prizes consist
of cut glass and silverware.
The Judges selected to make the awards are Mrs. W. S. Lovell, Judge
Dan A. Greene and J. H. Lory of Louisville, Ky.
EARLY MOMC FIRE DESTROY
ti \ II
At 1 o'clock this morning fire broke out
In the business section of Bessemer and
nearly" a block of buildings were de
stroyed, entailing a loss of probably $75,
000. At 2 o'clock the fire was still burn
ing, but a telephone message announced
that the firemen had the flames under
control.
The fire originated In the Bell .Top
saloon and spread to the (Slothing
stores on eitlier side. The fire depart
ment tguickly responded to the alarm, and
though they fought hard the spread of
the flames could not be prevented until
several two-atory buUHIngs had been
burned.
The Bell Top saloon was completely de
stroyed, together with two large dry
goods stores, two second-hand clothing
stores and an Ice cream parlor. Little's
furniture store was badly damaged and
much of his stock ruined In moving It
*irom the building Into the street.
A full list of the losses and names of
the sufferers could not be ascertained
this morning, but the loss Is estimated
at $75,000. Several rumors were afloat in
Birmingham that the entire business sec
tion of Bessemer had been destroyed, but
a message from the Bessemer police de
partment failed to substantiate such re
ports.
MURDER FEARED.
Kansas Farmer Has Been Missing
Since Lpst August.
Saltna, Kan., April 28.—Frederick Kinny
a young farmer of Jewell County, has
been missing since August and It Is feared
he has been murdered. Henry Freeman,
aged 30 years, now in Jail at Wichita, was
with Kenny when he was last seen alive,
near Beloit, Kansas, the two traveling In
a wagon. Freeman is known to have sold
Klnny's outfit. Four weeks ago the elder
Kinny received a letter dated Wichita,
telling him that his son was In trouble
and requesting him to send $300 Immedi
ately to "C. M. Jones.”
Kinny placed the letter In the hands of
a detective and a decoy letter was sent
It was taken from the postoftice by a
man who when traced by a detective to
Ahlllne arrested on a charge of sing the
malls to defraud, and returned to Wichi
ta, proved to be Freeman. He asserted
that he. and young Kinny had parted com
pany at Beloit, where Kinny turned his
outfit over to him Freeman said they
had been ”boot-legglng" and Kinny
fearing arrest, gave up his belongings and
disappeared. Freeman asserts that he
and his father traveled about the coun
try In the wagon, finally selling the out
fit.
TWO ARRESTED.
Greenville Marahal Thinks He Has
Captured Memphis Robbers.
Memphis, Tenn., April 28.—City Mar
shal Quinn of Greenville, Miss., has un
der arrest at that place two men whom
he suspects of complicity In the holdup
of the Choctaw train at the bridge
Junction near this city last week.
The men give the names of Woods and
Woodson. Woods claims his home as
Cincinnati, while Woodson Bays he Is
from Evansville, Ind.
The men passed Greenville Saturday
afternoon. They landed at Greenville and
went up In the city to buy some supplies.
Marshal Quinn took them up as sus
picious characters and noted the fact that
Woodson tallied exactly with the de
scription given out by the Wells-Fargn
people of the leader of the Choctaw train
robbery.
DERBY ATTRACTS ATTENTION.
Alard She^WULJie With
His Eminence Secsrttf.
Louisville .April 28.—Barring unlooked
for scratches and added starters, the
Kentucky derby starters tomorrow will
be as given last night. It is thought to
be certain that Alard Scheck will be first
choice in the betting, and His Eminence
second, and many turf followers tonght
say the chances are good that the finish
will find these two horses In the same
position as the betting. The Tennessee
crowd will back Scheck heavily, especial
ly the Memphis part of It, and Lexington
and the Blue Grass are said to be ready
to bet a fortune on Sannazaro, who by
some is thought to have quite a chance.
The track is lightning fast, and as the
weather promises to be perfect, a new
record may be made.
The crowd promises to be the largest
ever seen at Churchill Downs. Cincinnati
has arraigned to send two trainloads and
Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago will
be well represented.
Kitchener Wearing Down Boers.
London, April 29.—Lord Kitchener con
tinues the process of wearing down the
Boers, who, however, are very active In
the Kroonstadt district, where they re
cently derailed two trains and also cap
tured, after a severe fight, twenty-five
men of the Prince of AVales Light Horse,
whom they striped of their horses and
acoutrements and then liberated. Colonel
Plumer's column captured a small laager
of forty-five men Including the notorious
Transvaal state engineer, Munnlk. who
planned the destruction of the Johan
nesburg mines In the spring of last year,
and his father, who was formerly Land
rost at Boksburg.
Many Lives Lost in Slide.
Port Townsend, Wash., April 28.—Jacob
Rush returned from Valdez on the steam
ship Senator today. Just before sailing
from Veldez for Juneau Mr. Rush says a
courier arrived at Valdez from Sunrise
City stating that in a snow slide there
April 12 twenty or more lives were lost
and a number of houses burled.
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RICHARD JACKS IS KILLED
BY HIS 18 YEAR OLD SISTER
Boy Was Trying to Protect Family From Crowd of Drunken
Men When Sister Walked Out With a Gun to Assist,
Hammer Slipped, Causing Discharge
Richard Jacks, age 16. was accidently
shot and killed by his 18-year-old sister
at Brazil, eighteen miles west of Bir
mingham. Saturday afternoon. When
this terrible tragedy occurred the girl
was trying to protect her brother from a
crowd of drunken men who were creating
a disturbance at their home.
Richard Jacks and his slater lived with
their widowed mother near the Brasil
mines. Saturday afternoon five or six
men, who are said to have bean consider
ably under the Influence of liquor, went
to the Jacks residence and conducted
themselves In a boisterous and objection
able manner
Asked Crowd to Leave.
Richard JackB went out on the front
porch and asked them to cease their
rowdyism and go away. A quarrel en
sued and his sister i»me out on the porch
■with an old gun which had been retained
in the.house. As she stepped out on the
porch she tried to cock the gun, and In
doing so her Anger slipped from the ham
mer, causing the gun to be discharged.
The load struck the young fellow on the
body, penetrating to the vital organs,
producing death within a short time.
Immediately after the shooting the Ave
or six men on the outside ran off and
were not seen in that vicinity again.
Coroner Investigate^.
Coroner Paris was notiAed by telegraph
and went to Braxll Saturday night to in
vestigate the tragedy. His Investigation
resulted In suspicion resting upon certain
men whose names he withholds from the
public until be can further investigate
the matter,
/
Flits Will Roam Hie Streets
With Hie Freedom of
the forest
IT 1:30 P, M. FAIR BEGINS
Floral Parade Starts at 2:30 and the
Queen Will Deliver the City
Keys to the Director Gen
eral at the Grounds.
■
The gates to the Elks' Street Fair will
be thrown open at 1:30 o'clock this after
noon.
All the members of the local lodge of
Elks will assemble at their hall at 11
o’clock and will form a procession and
march to the entrance to the Street Fair.
At 2:30 o’clook the floral parade will
form at Capitol Park: The queen of the
carnival will be presented with the key
of the city ,by Mayor Drennen, and the
line of decorated vehicles will begin their
drive through the city, entering the
grounds of the Street Fair and Anally
dispersing at the Southern Club, where
prizes will be awarded.
At the judge's stand In the Fair
grounds Director General Meglemry will
be pfj(l*nted with the city key by the
queen, and the great carnival will for
mally begin.
Birmingham Is bathed In royal purple
and white, and In every avenue and
street long streamers and hundreds of
flags proclaim the success of the Elks
and the beginning of a great Street Fair
and Carnival.
For many days all Birmingham has la
bored to make this a week of pleasure,
and rainy weather is all that can cause
dlsappo'Ptmept. Tddrfy the merry-maker
will be given license and six days of fun
begin. ,
• The Street Fair buildings are complete
and a beautiful arch bearing the insignia
of the Order of Elks obstructs Second
avenue Just below Eighteenth street. Be
hind this arch there are several blocks
crowded with booths and tents, all elab
orately decorated. The red fez of the
Turk, the arched eye of the Jap and the
stolid countenance of the Arab mingle
with the crowd and make up a scene on
the streets of the Midway Intensely Inter
esting.
The Elks have done a great work in
promoting the fnnmaktng project, and
are being heartily congratulated by out
side citizens who haven't the honor of
wearing antlers. Everybody Joint with
the Elks in their enterprise, and the Girl
With the Auburn Hair greets all alike.
All day yesterday the Street Fair
grounds were thronged with sightseers,
and the Midway artists who happened to
be lounging around their quarters were
kept busy answering questions. The Mid
way Is hardly large enough to accommo
date the varloqs shows, but Manager
Gasklll has succeeded In getting them all
in position and will present one of the
noisiest and most Interesting attractions
ever seen in the city.
Boer Story Not Believed.
Washington, April 28.—The department
of Agriculture has received no Informal
tion bearing on the reports that have been
circulated in England charging Boer
emissaries with inoculating horses ship
ped to South Africa with glanders and
other maladies. Secretary Wilson places
no credence In the story. He says, how
ever, that it is possible it might have
been done, probably by hostlers or other
attendants aboard ship, if at all. There
has been no examination of the horse
shipments by the department's represen
tatives as the British agents never have
requested such inspection.
Denies Rampolli Resigned.
Rome. April 28.—The Italia denies the
assertion, made yesterday by the Patria,
that Cardinal Rampolil. Pontifical Secre
tary of State, has resigned.
INDEX TO TODAY’S NEWS.
1. —Callahan Acquitted.
Street Fair and Carnival.
Floral Parade.
Parkhurst on the Negro.
Dog Causes Battle.
Fire in Bessemer.
2. —Music Festival.
Pennant Race Begins Thursday.
McKinley's Train.
3. —Review of Iron Markets.
Americans Swoop Down on Rebels.
Chinese Forced to I-cave.
Debenture Bonds are Many.
4. —Editorial.
Hotel Lobbies.
Days in American History.
5. —Dr. Murray's Sermon.
Vigorous Policy of T. C. I. Co.
Trades' Council Meeting.
Crusade Against Whiskey.
6. —Paris Fashions
7. —The Markets
■Csnwil'B Mass.
| 8,-4Hh-ec Dollars Thrown to Cowboys,
A DOG CAUSES SHOOTING
WHERE THREE ARE SHOT
Oxford, April 28.—(Special.)—A dag was the cauee of a bloody duel
three miles below this city yesterday evening, in which four persons par
ticipated, J. W. House and his son, Gus House, W. M. Johnson and his
fourteen year old son. Both the Houses and the elder Johnson were shot
with winchester rifles, and are dangerously woundea.
The trouble arose over a oog of Johnson’s which the eider House had
killed. Johnson started in pursuit of House, and shot him twice through
the stomach,
Gus House, seeing the trouble, seized a gun and shot the elder John
son, and was immediately shot by tne fourteen year old son of Johnson,
who escaped injury.
It is thought that all will recover.
FAMOUS OLD MAN
HAS PASSED AWAY
First Superintendent of Tele
graph in the World—Succeed
ed Lucien Julien Walker
New York. April 28.— James Douglas
Reid, known to telegraphers throughout
the county as "The father of the tele
graph," died today at his residence in
this city. In 1889 he was appointed
United States consul to Dunfermline,
Scotland, through the influence of Andrew
Carnegie, who, as a boy, had served as
messenger and telegraph operator under
Mr. Reid at Pittsburg.
Mr. Reid succeeded Lucien Julien Walk
er of Alabama as consol at Dunfermline
and took office January 1, 1890. Mr. Walk
er had been appointed by President Cleve
land in 1885, at which time he was the
youngest full consular officer in the
American service. He served throughout
the Cleveland administration and was re
tained in office nearly a year by President
Harrison, but Mr. Carnegie, although
very friendly to him, pursuaded the Pres
ident to appoint Mr. Reid, Mr. Carnegie’s
old-ti«ne?ti»asteri.<g telegraphy. Mr. Reid,
was then 74, and so at his death he was
85. He was retained throughout the sec
ond Cleveland administration, during
which period Mr. Walker served in the
higher capacity of * United States conBOi
at Cork, Ireland, and the venerable tele
grapher felt perfectly celtaln of being
kept in office by President McKinley,
but he waa early, replaced by a college
professor from Michigan. Mr. Walker re
mained nearly a year in office under Pres
ident McKinley.
Dunrermnne is Andrew Carnegie b uinn
place. and the lowly little stone house in
which he was born in 1834 still stands
and is pointed out to sightseers. It seem
ed to have been a sort of personal ambi
tion of his to have his first American
master made American consol in his na
tive city, the "Auld Grey Toon" of West
ern Fifeshire. Mr. Reid was born in
Edinburgh.
This notable old man bad a double dis
tinction in having been called "The Fath
er of the Telegraph," for not only was
he the oldest telegrapher in the world,
but he was the first superintendent of a
telegraph line or company who ever
lived!
CALCIMINED HUSBAND.
Because She Could Not Keep Him
Home,
Cincinnati, April 28. — Mrs. ±tit*i*ard
Grater, the wife of a house painter, on
being.unable to keep her husband from a
saloon on Ludlow avenue, went to the
place today with one of his calcimine
buckets and a whitewash brush. She cal
cimined him from head to foot in the sa
loon.
After he had accompanied her home and
changed clothing he returned to the sa
loon. She followed him again, and on
her second visit calcimirted the saloon
keeper and his bar and its fine fixtures,
and gave notice that she would repeat
the performance to anyone selling liquor
to her husband.
K. P. Secession Impossible.
Indianapolis, April 28.—Commander-in
Chief Janies R. Carnahan, of the Uniform
Rank, Knights of Pythias, said tonight
, that a secession from the Supreme Lodge
by the Uniform Rank is utterly impossi
ble. He stated that the rumor had its
origin in the report of a district meet
ing held in Cleveland, Ohio, last Febru
ary.
fw—
CHINESE DEFEATED
BY GERMAN TROOPS
Three Engagements Had in
One Da> at the Great
Wall
Berlin, April 28.—The war office ha* re
ceived the following dispatch from Field
Marshal Count von Waldersee:
Pekin, April 27.—Three engagements
occurred April 23 and a fourth April 24
at the Great Wall between four columns
under General Ketteler and the Chinese
troops under General Liu. The Chinese
were everywhere defeated and after a
stubborn resistance were forced back
over the wall, being pursued as far a* Ku
Kuan. Our casualties were four officers
wounded and three men killed and thirty
two wounded. The French troops were
not engaged.”
Subsequent reports, while not giving the
actions in detail, are given to the public
as follows:
“The enemy are everywhere in retreat.
General von Lessl has arranged with
General Bailloud that the French troops
shall occupy Ku Kuan for the present
"arid AeciSre his Te/t flarik.
“Ketteler’s brigade Is marching by short
stages to Pao Ting Fu, and Huehlonfels'
battalion along the mountains to Pekin.”
RIVER IS FALLING.
Danger Line Will Soon be Passed and
Damage Repaired.
Cincinnati, April 28.—1The Ohio river has
continued falling here slowly since yes
terday. The weather bureau predicts it
will be below the danger line of fifty feet
tomorrow.
Further down the river on both shores
and especially the Indiana side are re
ported as very bad. Just above Hen
derson, Ky., there is danger of the chan
nel being changed owing to the water
taking another course in the overflow.
FLOOD LOSSES HEAVL
ABOUi EVAN8VILLE.
Evansville, Ind., April 28.—The river
registers 42.4 feet tonight and will be
falling by morning. The greatest damage
in this region is to farmers. It is esti
mated that 400,000 acres of wheat between
this city and Paducah, Ky., are uestroy
ed. The losses to houses is 1100,000. Over
half a million bushels of corn was de
stroyed in the crib. The lumbermen
along Green river estimate their loss at
$100,000. Merchants in this city lose con
siderable by the water creeping through
cellars. Loss to farmers along the Wa
bash river is heavy, 200,000 bushels of corn
being swept away. Three farm houses
were destroyed.
Stage at Louisville.
Louisville, Ky., April 28.—The Ohio at
Louisville was at a standstill this after
noon at thirty-three feet eight Inches,
which is five feet three inches above the
danger line. The flood is expected to soon
pass away and without damage.
Died from Asphyxiation.
Chicago, April 28.—W. R. Dunnlca, a
prominent real estate and stock broker
of Waco, Tex., was found dead in his
room at 132 Ashland boulevard today.
Death was caused b}' asphyxiation, and
it is believed was accidental. The victim,
who was 55 years old, came here a few
days ago to secure medical treatment,
having been an invalid for several years.
TWO NEW OILCUSHERS
ARE OPEN ON TEXAS LAND
Beaumont, Tex., April 28.—Two more
oil gushers were brought In here today.
The first is on what Is known as the
Gladys property, which Is owned by T. J.
Guffy & Co. It Is close to the other gush
ers. It was permitted to spout only a
few minutes, when, after proving Itself
the equal of any of the others, the valve
was shut oil and the flow stopped. The
other well which taps the oil vein Is
owned by the Texas and Colorado OH
Company. It Is of Importance chiefly be
cause It widens the oil circle, being far
thest ' frotfi the, original Lucas gusher.
The formations paased through have
been different In many respects from any
of the other wells, and there has been
such an immense column of water In the
well that it will have to be balled out be
fore its real capacity will be known.
The rumor that parties acting for the
Standard Oil Company had purchased the
property of the Port Arthur Land Com
pany was fully confirmed today. There
are SO,000 acres In the tract, and the price,
according to reports, was S2S per acre,
making the transaction one of $160,000.
This sale does not Include the wharf
frontage at Port Arthur.
Fifteen thousand visitors were here to
day to view the oil wells. Three of the
wells were turned loose for their dedica
tion. While an Immense crowd was at
the depot waiting for outgoing trains a
white man and a negro got into an alter
cation and the negro was shot four times.
He will probably die.
Says Northerner Hates Negro
as Much as Southerner
BUT LIES ABOUT QUESTION
Says Candler’s Criticism Was
Result of Non-Acqu?intance
NEGRO MUST KEEP QUIET AND WAIT
Should No* Mix in Politic* But Work
Industriously—South Does Not
Hate North *s Much a*
Would be Natural.
New York, April 28.—The Rev. Dr.
Charles H. Parkhurst preached today at
the Madison Square Presbyterian church
on topics connected with his recent trip
south. Te also made an Incidental reply
to Governor Candler, who was reported
as having denounced those northerners
who took an Interest In educational mat
ters in the south.
Dr. Parkhurst said that the party of
northern people who recently made the
trip did It, not because they had any
special interest In the south as a distinct
section, but because they were conscious
of the unity of the north and south. The
conference held at Wlnstom-Salem, N. CL.
he said, was characterised by the utmost
frankness on both sides, and yet from '
first to last not an embittering wp"-9 ires
spoken. Referring to Goyev./bt'' Candler's
criticisms. Dr. Parkhurst said they would
not have been made "had the Governor
of Georgia, as did the Governor of Nepdlh
Carolina, come into direct t^eCif” the •
IMaHMigl. tMr (fonferenre or for five
minutes respired ' the atmosphere which
the conference exhaled."
ttererring to tne estimation in1 wntcn
the people of the south and those of the
north hold the negro. Dr. Parkhurst said:
"The southerner does not like the ne
gro any better than the average north
erner does, and the two carry themselves
toward the negro with just about the
same amount of Christian consideration,
only of the two. the southern white man
has perhaps this advantage, that he does
not make quite as flamboydut a pre
tense of loving the negro a shls northern
conferee does. The southern white roan
dislike sthe negro and owns up to It. The
white man In the north dislikes the ne
gro and lies about It.”
The preacher said further:
“The undiscrlmlnatlng act by which
the negroes had conferred upon them the
right to vote was one of those blunders
that it Is not easy to escape from after
once It Is committed, but which It would
seem we ought to have had northern
statesmanship sufficiently intelligent to
prevent.
"The counsel that both the northern and
the southern friends of the negro are now
giving him is to keep quite upon the
whole suffrage matter, to keep out of pol
itics, not to talk about the constitution,
not to Insist upon his rights, but to at
tend Industriously to the work of getting
himself well ready, which he Is not now.
for what God and the country and the
future may have In store for him.”
Dr. Parkhurst closed by the following
general reference to present conditions
among southern people:
"The south does not altogether lov# us,
but no one there hates us nearly as much
as It would be perfectly natural for them
to hate us. They are all glad that slavery
Is done, they are all glad that they are
In the Union. They all glory In the
flag, even while In tender bereavements
they lay flowers upon the graves of the
Confederate dead. We belong to them and
they belong to us, nd every deed of kind
ness wisely rendered, every word of sym
pathetic Interest prudently spoken, every
new commercial relation and every con
tribution to that perfect readjustment of
relations which shall make for the en
richment of our common history.”
One of tho Gang Surrender*.
May kink Ky., April 28,—New* has
reached here that Creed Po.tter, on* of
the gang defying arrest near Boones
Fork, has surrendered after sending Mary
Johnson, with whom he had eloped, back
to her parents. He wants to plead guilty
to Indictments In Pike County, where )M
will serve a short sentence, but effort*
will be made to bring him back to Letcher
County, where he Is charged with com
plicity in the murder of Mrs. Hall and
her son last November, as well as In the
recent trouble*. There Is a reward for
each of those engaged In the bloody con
tests In Letcher County recently aad Ute
others still defy arrest.
Two Are Drowned. j"
Cincinnati, April While out sight
seeing In the flooded district of Cura
mtngsvtlle today Philip Kennedy and
John Bueam were drowned. Their boat
capstaed. ( " SjjpWJ