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VOLUME XXII.
J&&TSVILLE, KYM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1903
NUMBER 238.
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A PLUCKY JAILER,
Ho Stood Off a Mob of Fifty Men
" Bciit on Lynching a' Col
ored Prisoner.
NEGROES FEAR ANOTHER RAGE RIOT
Making Preparations to Take the Al
- Icgcd ASsattltQr of a "White
Woman to Another Town.
Four Masked Men Broke Into the Indl-
anola (Neb.) Jail For the Purpose
of Rescuing or Lynching An
Alleged Murderer.
Sbawneetown, III., Sept 2. Amob of.
50 masked men wont to the Jail, here
early Tuesday morning and demanded
that, Jailer Galloway turn over- to them
John Griffin, colored, who was under
arrest for an attempted assault on
Mrs. Josejph Hobbs, a, white woman,
near her home. Griffin had been fright
ened away by the woman's screams,
ozfcLho had been arrested a short while
afterward.
When the mob demanded that Jailer
Calloway turn the Negro over to them,
Galloway armed himself, and, after
reasoning with the men from the Jail
door, ho warned them thnt any effort
to force the jail door would be at their
peril. The mob, In spite of, the Jailer's
words, made several Ineffectual at
tempts to break down the Jalt doors,
finally dispersing about daylight.
Many of the colored people are tak
ing sides with Griffin, though some of
them havo, In fear of a raco riot, left
trie, town.
-No trouble has followed the visit of
the, mob to the Jail Tuesday1 morning,
but preparations are making to. take
tb'e Negro to Canal for safekeeping.
Ipdlanola, Neb., Sept 2. Four mask
ed men before daylight Tuesday morn
ing broke into the county Jail here
and attempted to blow off the locks of'
the steel cage occupied by Charles M.
AJcMillen, slayer of Leo Jones, await
ing trial on a charge of murder. They
succeeded in getting two of the locks
off, but the noise aroused the Jailer
and the men fled. The identity of the
men is unknown, and whether their
pjirpose was to harm or liberate Mc
Millen is equally am ystery.
SIR THOMAS LIPTON CUP.
Chicago Yacht Club Will Retain ItFor
Another Year.
- Chicago, Sept. 2. The Chicago
Yacht club will retain possession qt
th Sir Thomas LIpton cup for another
year. In the special race Tuesday be
tween La Rita and Sprite, which was
necessary to decide the winner, the
series having ended Monday with both
boats tied for first placo, La RUa won
by, three minutes. Tuesday's race
was sailed over a triangular course six
miles In length, two miles to the leg.
LoJRita won the cup last year and an
other victory will give her permanent
possession of .the trophy.
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Effort to Arrange a Series of Games
Between Winning Ball Teams.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 2. Henry.
Kijltlea, of this city, owner of the Bos
ton American league club, will meet
Barney Dreyfus, owner of the Pitts
burg team of the National league, in
a few days and endeavor to arrange
for a series of games this fall between
the winning teams of tho two major
leagues and play for the championship
of tho United States.
To Annul the Annual Appropriation.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 2. Repre
sentative Woods, of Macon county.
Tuesday Introduced in tho Alabama
house of. representatives a bill Which
seeks to take from the Tuskogee nor
mal school and the Negro normal
school at Montgomery the annual ap
propriation from the agricultural
funds.
Wounded In Fight With Wlce Tappers,
St Louis, 'Sept 2. Superintendent
Matthew'?, of tho Delmar track, dis
covered "wire tappers" in operation at
the track. In a fight between the "tap
pers" and Matthews men one of the
former was shot in the. face and is
thought to hav? been. ba.dlyi wounded
.a i e --j
Multl-Murderer Shot and Killed.
Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 2. Fernando
Valenjjuela, for whose capture, dead
or alive, a large reward was offered,
has bveen shot ah.d. Killed by Mexican
rurales at Santa' Cruz, Sonora. He was
accused of having committed half a
dozen murders.
Pittsburg, Sept 2.One man waj
killed. ,on.e, fatally and one seriously
p.urnea py- the explosion of a largo
a-jaasaffissa"
in Homestead Tuesday,
AGED COUPLE FOUND DEAD.
An Adopted Son Is Suspected of Haw
Ing Murdered Them.
Warranton, Mo., Sept. 2. Mr. and.
Mrs. Ycater, aged respectively "CO and
51, Were found murdered at their homo
on a farm a fow miles out by officers
and neighbors who went to tho house
Tuesday. Information of the murder
was found by the rural mall carrier
in' ah anonymous letter left in a box
in front of tho farm house, The car
rlor at first thought tho letter a hoax
and did not investigate at once. The
bodies when found were badly mu
tilated and indicated that there had
been a fearful struggle between the
.aged couplo and their assassin. Sub
plclon is directed against William N.
Church, an adopted sou of the murder'
cd couple who has disappeared, and'
the most diligent search has failed to
dispose any trace of him, All his per
gonal effects have been removed, from
the house, The .handwriting da the
anonymous note is believed to be'hli
PHYSICIAN TOOK HIS LIFE.
Charged Afith- Being Instrumental In
the Death of a Woman.
Mendota, HI., Sept. 2.Dr. FrankE.
English, who has been a practicing
physician here for nearly 30 ySars,
committed suicide In the city Jail, cut
ting his throat with a penknife. He
Had been arrested only a few hours
before, charged with having been In
strumental in causing the death of
Mrs. Loroy Smith, 18 years old, who
died in a hospital at LnsaJlo Sunday
night. Mrs. Smith, who was a bride
of three weeks, was formerly Miss
Stella Taylor, Her marriage to Leroy
Smith was a runaway match. Mrs.
Edward Mowery, a middle-aged woman
of Mendota, is under arrest, charged
with complicity in the crime whlcji is
alleged, to nave caused the young
soman's death.
A MONTHLY STATEMENT.
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Government Receipts and Expendi
tures For the Month of August.
Washington, Sept. 2. The monthly
statement of tho government receipts
and expenditures show that for the
month of August, 1903, the total ic
celpts were $49,852,677 and the expen
ditures $43,024,544, leaving a surplus
for the month of $6,828,133. The sur
plus for August, 1902, was $5,492,000.
The receipts from tho several sources
of revenue, with the increases or de
creases as compared with August,
1902, are given as follows:
Customs,' $25,121,714; decrease, $,1,
461,000; internal revenue, $19,288,486;
increase, $1,761,000; miscellaneous, $5,
'444,475; increase, $946,000. The ex
penditures on account of the war department-show
a decrease of $1,80Q,000
and the navy an increase of $2,134,000.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
There Was a Decrease of $6,098,951
During- the Month of August.
v Washington, Sept. 2.The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business, August
31, 1903, the total debt less cash.' in
the trensury amounted to $923,924,357
which is a decrease for the month 'of
$6,098,951. This decrease Is accounted
for principally by the corresponding
increase in the cash on hand. The.
debt is recapitulated as follows: In
terest bearing debt, $914,541,400; debt
on which Interest has ceased Ince,
$1,204,070; debt bearing no interest,
$391,629,597; total, $1,307,37567. -
This amount, however, does not con
tain $896,739,869 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding which, are
offset by an equal amount of cash on
hand held for their redemption.
The President's Quiet Day.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 2. ThJs
was. one of. President. Roosevelt's qui
etest week days during his summer
sojourn at Sagamore Hill. Nq fo.cm.al
callers were received. The president
embraced the opportunity to attend to
a considerable amount of departmental
business; tha,$ ha'd heen referred to
him and to dispose of a mass of corre
spondence. Mathematicians Meet In Boston.
Boston, Sept. 2. -Mathematicians
from air over the country as well as
from various parts of Europe who are
in Boston to attend the tenth summer
meeting of .the American Mathemati
cal society, began thejr sessions Tues
day,. ' .
Quarrymen's International Union.
Washington, Sept, VrIn accordance
with instructions foro tftej -American
Federation of Labor, representatives
of the various quarrymen's unions in
tho United States convened hero to
effect an international union of quarry
men, Washington. Sep?;!, 2, Gen". Wado
vsxrz&sTzruoS.
nti sinlsit iKn mm. J ,... & M
Richard Eskridge, U, Si A., retired.
THEARMYREUNION
Veterans of the Philippine- War
Selected St; Lonis as tho
Next Meeting Place.
GEN. CHAS. KING FOR PRESIDENT
During the Past Year New Camps
Have Be,eii Organizcd'hl Four
teen. Different States.
Letters From President Roosevelt, Gen.
Miles and Adm. Dewey Were Re
ceived and Read The Veter
ans Parade Wednesday.
St. Paul, Minn,, Sept, 2. The army
of tho Philippines held a two hours
session Tuesday and selected St. Louis
as the place for tho next annual re
union. In an address of some length,
Gen. Irving Hale delivered a glowing
eulogy on tho work of tho army la
the Philippines and then 'discussed
pending legislation of the convention.
Gen. Hale scored a hit In his address
when he declared that the national so
ciety of the army of the Philippines
were- hero to stay, and that it must
never allow itself to be absorbed. Ho
said: "An important matter for our
consideration is the relation of this
society to the several other societies
of the Spanish-American war. Wo
must co-opera"te with them so far as
possible, and no doubt in time many
of them will combine with others.
But it must be understood that we
must never merge this society into
any other. It has a distinctive char
acter and Is destined to live and grow
in American history."
Gen. Hale took up tho question of
his own succession In so direct a way
that It IS not likely he will be re-elected'
to tho presidency. Ho said that he
(HA not bol,love in the principle of one
man- holding office toq long; .
There is much- talk, of making. Gen.
Charles King president Lieut. Mc
Rae, of Council Bluffs, first vice presi
dent, is also prominently mentioned
for the presidency.
Gen. Hale in his address spoke in
favor of the retention of Secretary
Schutte. He also favored a change In
the constitution, which would admit
contract surgeons to. membership.
Secretary Shutte's report showed
that during the past year new camps
havp been organized in 14 different
states.
The report of the- committed on new
ritual was adopted,
Letters from President Roosevelt,
Gen. Miles and Adm. Dewey were read,
. Wednesday will witness the parade
ot the veterans, preceding which there
will be a brief business session. In
the evening- a public meeting will be
held at which Gen. Hale will deliver
an address.
TRANSPORT THOMAS SAILS.
She Carries $7,000,000 In Treasure For
the Philippine Islands.
San. Francisco, Sept. 2. "She army
transport Thomas sailed for "Manila
by way of Guam Tuesday. She car
ried 307 marines for tho Philippines
and Guam, 25 members of the- 14th
cavalry and a few casuals. In addition
to a large quantity of frejghfth.e
Thomas takes to the islands $7,000,000
in treasure, of which $2,000,000 Is in
the new silver pesos and the remain
der in Philippine silver certificates. It
rit guarded by MaJ. F. H. Hardy, of the
14th cavalry-, and a detachment, of 25
men.
Found Guilty of First Degree Murder.
New York, Sept 2.-The. jury In. the
case of Charles Jackson, the Negro
accused' of the neurder of Charles W
Roxbury,. in River avenue, the Bronx,
in July, Tuesday returned a verdict
of guilty of murder in the first de
gree. Minister Died Suddenly.
New York, Sept. 2. While reciting
a prayer in tho pulpit of- St. Paul's
church at Inwood, L. I., Rev. Gilbert
CombB stopped in tho middle of a sen
tence. One of the congregation, hast
ening to his side, found the minister
dead from heart failure.
Bank Robbed of $500.
Milwaukee,. Wis., Sept. 2.The Ger-,
mania national bank was robbed of
$500 by a thief who gave his name as;
George P. Johnson. The money taken
was a package of currency and was
extracted from tho paying teller's
desk.
Petersburg, Ky., S6pt 2. Owen Al
len has a c8w that has given birth to
three calves. A strango thing about
the yojungsterg Is that thfiy ar& of the
national colorsred,, whito and blue,
, Cloverport, Ky., Bopt. 2.-Rev. T. F.
Walton, who has been pastor of tho
Quelle Memorial Presbyterian church
pftklsdty slmjq .1902, has, tendered,'
bis 'resignation.
CAPT. LONQMIRE'S REPORT.
Breathitt County Jail Filled With Pris
oners Arrested By Militia.
Jackson, Ky., Sept. 2. Capt Long
nlre, who Is In command of the mill
4a,hero, has sent his weekly report to
V.djt. Gen. Murray, showing 13 arrests
ast week. Of these eight were con
'icted before the county Judge for mis
lemeanors committed in the county
ind four were convicted for violation
)f city ordinances.
Four of tho number were tried be
'ore Judge Hargis for participation in
t riot at Wilhurst last Friday, at
ivhlch they engaged in promiscuous
mooting on the street and into the
louses in tho town. They were each
!oupd guilty, and, in addition to being
Ined $50, were required to give bond
f $1,500 each to Keep the peace. The'
ounty Jail is now full.
A SHOOTING AFFRAY.
rwo Men Killed and One Will Die as
a Result.
Pad.ucah, Ky., Sept. 2. News reach
ed here Tuesday of a shooting scrapo
'n a remote part of Galloway county
Sunday afternoon", In which a white
man and Negro were killed and a Ne
pro probably fatally wounded.
Jim Petty, the white man, crossed
the river from Stewart county, Ten
aessee, and engaged in a crap game
ivlth Negroes. A row followed when
sne of tho McCarthy brothers (Ne
groes) pulled a pistol, Petty quickly
ihot both of them down. One of the
Drothers was hilled outright and the
wounded mari grabbed his dead broth
er's gun and shot Petty through tho
heart. The wounded Negro is In Jail
it Murray.
A GREAT GAS WELL.
t Barboursvllle Company Will Heat
and Light the City.
Barboursvllle, Ky., Sept. 2. The Tye
Bend Oil Co. has sold its oil and gas
wells, along the Cumberland river, be
low this place, to J. A. McDer'mott, of
the National Supply Co., and ex-Lieut
Dov. M. C. Alford, of Lexington.
The" gas from these wells, one of
which Is 3,000 feet deep and regarded
is one of the greatest gas-producing-wells
in this state, will be used to light
and heat this city.
A plant will be put la that will cost
from $30,000 to $50,000.
Prominent Woman Dead?
Owensboro, Ky., Sept. 2. Mrs. Jas.
l. Smith died at her home, near this
city, Tuesday. Mrs. Smith was 49
years old and was a member of one of
the most prominent 'families in the
county; ShO is" survived by four chil
dren. Her husband died one year ago.
Cattle Killed By Lightning.
"Richmond, Ky., Sept. 2 During a
thunderstorm lightning struck a tree,
killing three oi five cattle standing un
der 'it The others were, uninjured.
All were the property Of Burton Rob
erts A mule and a calf belonging to
Jack Freeman were killed. ,
Criminal Libel Suits Filed.
Frankfort, Ky,, Sept 2. The charge
of criminal libel was .Tuesday morning
preferred by State School Superintend
ent H V. McCheney, against Editor
Young E. Allison, of the Louisville
Herald, and, against Geo. W, Riley, its
local correspondent
Wants Fire Department Improved.
Covjngton, Ky., Sept. 2. A 'delega
tion from the Fire Underwriters' as
sociation, of Covington, met with the.
board of police and fire commissioners
Tuesday evening, and urged the Im
provement of t,ho fire department In
the city.
The Bridegroom Is Seventy-Eight.
Lancaster, Ky., Sept 2: Jas. Saun
ders, aged 78, and Mrs. Alma Austin,
aged 47, were married at the home of
the. bride In the McCrcary section.
This Is the bridegroom's third and
the bride's second matrimonial ven
ture. Telephone Companies at War.
Bowling Green, Ky., Sept. 2. There
Is a lively war on here between. the,
rival telephone companies. The East
Tennessee Telephone Co. filed. an. In
junction in circuit court against;' the
Southern Electrical Construction Co.
Garrard County Teachers Meet.
Lancaster, Ky., .Sept 2. The Gar
rard County Teachers' institute open
ed; at thq Lancaster ', graded school
building with Prof. M. A. Cas'sldy, ot
Lexington, filling the place of conduc
tor. There Is a good attendance.
Scarlet Fever In Warren County.
Bowling Green, Ky., Sept. 2. There
is an epidemic of scar,lot fever In the
Mlzpnh neighborhood, this county.
Whllo there- have; been & number of
cases liut as yet there has not been a'
rntallty.
Harrodsburg Ky., Sept 2.- Mrs Ed
ward Alexander, wife of a prosperous
forjnex and. sJocUdealer, dled after
only a few dax' iliactt. - "
NEW OUTBREAK.
Macedonian Revolutionists Issno
a Proclamation of General In
surrection in Macedonia.
IS HEADED BY GEN, ZONTCHIEFF,
Turkish Troops, -in the Night Time,
Massacred tho Entire Population
of th6 Village of Armenti.
Arcor'dlng to Latest Official Estimates
About 1,500 Bulgarians Were Kill
ed in the Fighting at SmlleYo,
Neveska and Klissurrar.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 2. Tho Mace
donian revolutionists awaited tho an
niversary of the sultan's accession to
proclaim the long anticipated general
insurrection in Northern Macedonia,
the proclamation of which was issued
Tuesday, signed by all mo members of
tho insurgent general staff. The new
outbreak Is headed by tho famous
Macedonian leaders, Gen. Zontchleff,
president of the Macedonian committee,
and Col. Jankoff, who was wounded in
the rls'ng of 190. The new territory
covers the district In the valley of the
Struma, at the base of the Rhodopo
mountain chain and to the north of the
river Vardar. Col. Jankoff Is directing
tho movements of the bands In the
southern part
News of severe fighting is still com
ing In. At the village of Armenzl after
a day's fighting the Turkish troops in
the night time massacred tho entire
population of 180 men and 200 women.
Tho Turks have also massacred the in
habitants of the village of Velesi. The
insurgent leader Grueff In a letter to
Hllrai Pacha, demanded that he pre
vent the barbarous acts of the Turkish
soldiers and Bashl Bazouks( otherwise
the revolutionists would massacre all
tho Turkish inhabitants.
The Insurgents have occupied the
mountain pass, of Gergele, on the main
line, from Salonlca to Uskub, and
Turkish troops have been sent to dis
lodge them.
The town of Malkoternovo is report
ed to be in a state of anarchy, tlm
Turks plundering the houses and com
mitting unspeakable atrocities gn the
women.
Anniversary of the Sultan's Accession.
Constantinople, Sept 2. The cele
bration hero of the anniversary of. the
sultan's accession passed "oft without
any untoward Incident. The sultan
held the customary reception- and re
ceived the congratulations of the rep
resentatives -of the powers and the
state dignitaries. Tuesday evening the
city was brilliantly illuminated.
Salonica, Sept 2. According to tlie
latest official estimate about l,500t Bul
garians were killed in the recent fight:
ing at Smllero, Neveska and Klissura.
The Turkish losses aVp not stated. This
estimate does include further losses
in the Smilero district, where fighting
was renewed August 30 and continued
Until Monday. It la reported that C50
Bulgarians were killed in this two
days battle Sarafoff, tho revolution
ary leader, left Salonlca Wonday.
BIG FIRE IN NASHVILLE.
Property to the Value of $175,000 Went
Up In Smoke.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 2. Property
to the amount of $175,000 was destroy,
ed Tuesday night by fire. Timothy
Bros', are the heaviest losers. They
carried a stock valued at $200,000 and
that not. consumed is badly damaged
by water. The other sufferers are Hill
& Co., Frankland & Co., H. Metz &
Co., and Keith Simmons & Co., tho
last two being but slightly damaged'.
Losses ar covered by Insurance.
Rejection of the Treaty Causes Revolt.
Washington, Sept 2. Reports frqni
Panama say that the isthmus Is aligHt
witn tne tires or a new revolution. The .
Indians have risen and the late fqlj
lo,wersQf Gen, Herera are mustering Fa ,
the" mountain villages prepanatoryKo
Joining an organised revolt caused bTy
Ith'o rejection of the .Panama canUi
treaty.
There Is No Truth In the' Report.
Havana, Sept 2,Dr. Flnlay, head
of tho health department, says there la
not tho slightest foundation for a state
ment published in tho United States
that a disease resembling plaguo had
developed at Daiquiri, province of Szu
tlago. "
Highlands, N. J., Sept. 2. Tho bMif
yacht, race Tuesday had to bp.nbAaj
donod, aV the'ro was noi sufficient
wind. It will be tried again Wedife?
day. ,-
Lou Dillon Broke Her Former Record.
Cleveland, O., Sept. 2.- Lou Dillon
broko her former record to wagon lato
T,uosday afternoon going-a, mile,, lu
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