Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 2, 1901, Page 2

Re (eeeomnaeerrs SaaaEnnEL Geena ‘The Ferald--Beview. LAW'S DEBT PAID By ©, 0. KILEY, MINNESOTA, GRAND RAPIDS, - ht The Servian, Roumanian and Bul- g@arian railroads are owned exclusively by their respective governments. Boston has added this year 40 port- able school houses to its educational equipment, making a total of 56. Belgium, in 1898, through the ptr- chase of the Grand Cent:al Belge and fome minor private roads, became the possessor of the whole Belgian railroad system. ‘With voluntary subscriptions of $4.000 in hand, a committee in Atlanta, Ga., is making a house-to-house can- vass to raise $25,000 to erect a monu- ‘ment ready by the first anniversary of Mr. McKinley’s death, and to have President Roosevelt for orator of the day. ‘rhe widest possible publicity ‘ougiit to be given to the action of the magts- trate who has held for manslaughterca person who “rocked the boat,” ‘and thereby caused the death by drowning of some of those who were with !him. The class of those who thik -it is funny to frighten timid people by ‘this dangerous trick is large and perennial, and anything which will wann-er-edu- cate them is a public service. Sandow, the athlete, while ttu' Lyons, France, was attacked im a cafe#sy some desperadoes with knives. -He seized une of them by the back cf the neck, lifted him in the air, and “with the other hand clutched his feet. Swing- ing him upward, he brougittthim down ,with great force on the center of a table. This blow with 2 rutman mal- jet splic the table in twe, and' tke man went through it. The other-seoundrels ‘fled, A duel between women todk place the other day at am ‘hotel in ‘Paris. Mme. Louise Nequet,.2 womaniof 30, who had been deserted by ther lover, Leon Povison, imstexil of revenging herself on the latter, sought:out her younger rival, Eugenie Cordelle, and challenged her in due form,:the result being that Mlle. Cordelle was repeated- ly stabbed. The savage encounter would have continued ‘if ‘Povison, who suddenly came upon the -scene, had not sent for the police. The efforts of the state 6f ‘Alabama to punish persons Yound guilty of lynching deserve the heartiest» praise. Already one mam has ‘been sentenced to imprisonment for ‘life fori lynching a@ negro accused of stealing chickens, and two others have !been found: guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to tem years’ imprisonment for their part im the same-outrage. The courage of the judge .and the..fidelity of the jury before whom these cases were tried, have been applauded no less warmly by the iinfluential: papers of the South than ‘by their Northern contemporaries. The Costa Rican government ..has eranted to an American-German.com- pany a concess‘on tu 50,000-acres of coal and agricultwral lands lying. on both coasts of the countny. The term of concession is fifty years, and: the company is permitted to :uze*for~port purposes, 400 metres af land in every nautical mile of coast line. The-com- pany is exempt from import duties and taxation, and is granted railroad and telegraph pr:vileges free. 1Tke vanly stipulation in the agreement isithat the company must dispose of onesfifth of its capital stock of five million shares in Costa Rica. Intelligence has been receive) rfrom Liberia cf the death of # remarkable woman, Martha Ann Ricks, Jknewn as Aunt Martha, who made a journey from Liberia to England nine syears ago for the purpose of visiting Queen Victoria. At the time af her death she was 85 years old. Hersfather was John M. Erskine, a s’ave wiko;pur- chased his freedom and that of his children, and became a Presbyterian minister. Aunt Martha’s gneatest achievement was in 1841, whem she ieuccessfully defended the Haddimgeton Methodist Mission Station with -three others against a cannibal ebief ami mmatives. Popular sympathy with a suffering animal and the readiness of the publie to relieve such suffering were illustrat -ed recently in St. Louis when a man wisked his life to rescue a eat from marrow ledge on the side of a lofty ‘water tower. The cat had been pursu- ing a swallow, and although it had climbed down to the ledge alone, was unable to climb back. For several days it remained a prisoner, one hun- dred and seventy feet from the ground, and suffering severely from hunger anG thirst. The man who discovered the cat’s predicament climbed the two hundred and twenty-five steps to the top of the tower, and was lowered by a rope to the ledge, forty feet below. The damger of livimg in a house that darbors consumptives is illustrated by the fact that of 6,273 patients officially examined ty the German Imperial Board of Health 2,177, or 34.7 per cent, belonged to families that included oth- er victims of tuberculosis, A Frenchmas has invented a sleep- producer consisting of bands of metal and other dev:ccs for the head, which is called the “vibrating coronet.” Sov- ereigns, on the other hand, suffer from énsomnia the moment they find their woronets shaky, £FFORTS ee LEON CZOLGOSZ DIES IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR Am AU- BURN PRISON, PRESIDENT’S DEATH IS AVENGED ASSASSIN GOES TO 1 DEATH UN- REPENTANT AND UNCON- BESSED, VROLENSLY CURSES © RELIGION WO INDUCE THE CON- DEMYED MAN TO TALK ARE UNAVAILING. Auburn, . Y., Oct. 31.—Czolgosz is with Booth and Guiteau, wherever they are. His body has been consumed by acid in a grave in the cemetery attached to Auburn prison—a grave that will never be marked in any way to identify it from the two or three hundred other felon graves in that yard; a grave that will be forgotten. That which was called Leon F. Czolgosz was extermin- ated yesterday morning by electricity at the service of the law and nothing to remember the creature for except the unforgettable significance of that vault in Canton. The being whose body filled the new- ly-made nameless prison grave, but which has ere this been completely consumed, died as he had lived—an an- archist. He knew if he went vo his end with truculent words on his Tips that in dives where anarchists gather, “Remember Czolgosz” would ‘be the watchword, and as he sat in the chair yesterday morning he panted: “I shot the president, and I did it because 1 thought it would benefit the poor pee- ple and for the name of the working people of all nations. I am not sorry for my crime — that is all 7 thave ito say.” The Poor Foo! Died in the flush of vanity and it filled with anger the hearts of all who heard him. It was Czolgosz’s message to anarchy before he passed out of life unshriven, for he would have no priest, ‘to leave his corpse to be buried in unhallowed ground. Czolgosz might have evéked pity as deluded and foolish, ‘but ‘he succeeded at Jast in precluding ‘any such emotion and aroused instead a revengeful spirit toward his kind. Strangely enough the physicians who performed the autopsy found that ap- parently Czolgosz did not ‘have a Gis- eased brain, nor a diseased body, 'to account for his distorted “intellect. Superficially, at least, the ‘brain had all the appearance of health. The following summary of ‘the result. of the autopsy was issued by those who performed and conducted it: “The autopsy was made by Mr. T:d- ward A. Spitzka of New York under the immediate supervision and direc- tion of Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald of New York and Dr. John Gerin, prison physician. The autopsy occupied over three hours and embraced a careful ex- amination of all the bodily organs, ‘in- cluding the brain. All of the pirys- icians who attended the execution were present At the Autopsy | and all concurred in the findings ef ‘the examiners.” Doctors MacDonald and Gerin ana Mr. Spitzka signed their names to ‘this document, which made it appear that degeneracy is not a general condition to an espousal of anarchistic tenets. There may be another, lesson for Americans in this. Czolgosz died probably in a Tittle over two minutes after he reached the death room. An hour and a half later, when it had grown cold, the body was placed on an operating table brought in for, the purpose and the autopsy was per- formed. The detailed report on that autopsy, so far as it related to the | brain, was impossibly technical. Onty | one conclusion was intelligible to the jay mind. This was: “The brain in general is well developed, sufficiently | marked with fissures and the lobes are | in normal proportion.” | Mr. Spitzka took several drawings of the brain for future study. The only thing that was left to do in the pass- ing of Czolgosz was to bury his re- mains. The buria}] took place in the afternoon. The body was placed in a coffin case and loaded into a wagon, which carried it by a roundabout way To the Prison Cemetery. Another wagon going by another route had brought quicklime and acid to the | celved in July, graveyard. The precautions taken had been successful in avoiding a crowd, and only a few persons saw the ob- jectionable scene which followed when che coffin case was opened, lowered into the grave and quicklime and acids dumped in. Earth was shoveled 0: quickly and the grave filled up. It will be a hard place to find by and by. It was estimated that the acid and quick- ime would completely destroy the body in twelve hours, but the grave will be zarefully guarded for two or three ays. Czolgos7"s “brother and brother-in- law went to ‘the prison in the after- noon while the burial was going on. They wanted to have a last Jook at the corpse. The sight was spared them. {t was later learned that one of their objects in staying ‘here had been to get a certificate of the assassin’s death to aid tnem in an effort’ to collect some insurence from a fraternal organiza- tion te which the assassin had be- longed. eee Bourke Cockrax Injured. New Yerk, Oct. 31+Beurke Cockran was severely injured yesterday by be- ing thrown from his horse while riding about his place at Sands Point, Long Island. There was no witnesses to the accident. Mr. Cockran was riding a spirited horse and he was either throws or the ‘horse stuntbled. When he was found he was unconsefcus on the ground and wes suffering from bruises and a cut on the head from which there was a considerable flow of blood, «igi eels As Czolgosz entered the death cham~ ber he looked about him. He.saw the cold, stony, unsympathetle gaze of the witnesses. His eyes giared and he was apparently nerving himself for his final words, His sullen face was almost ghastly in the dim light, but it was not strained. Those who saw it for the first time noted the effeminacy of the lips, the long jaw, the streng, thick nose, In promptituds, ‘Czolgosz was hustled into the chair, It was 7:10 when he entered the chamber and four and @ half minutes later he was pronounced dead by the attending physicians. Once in the chair Czolgosz glanced helplessly about and while the elec- tricians were adjusting the electrodes, drawing taut the straps he attempted to make & ‘statement. “I shet ‘the president thought jit would benefit working people,” he said. It was with an effort he spoke. “The witnesses, surprised, glued their eyes on the ‘assassin and Strained their ears To Cateh the Words which followed. "The attendants fal- tered ‘rot a moment, but adjusted the straps and electrodes with precision. More incoherent ‘words followed, al- most unintelligible. The assassin evi- dentty had made up his mind what he would say, but With death before him he filitered. i: “Icam ‘not ‘sorry ‘for my crime.” This utterance was painfully distinct. Some of ‘the Witnessé¢s ‘cast significant glan- wes ‘at each other. “Let Kim die,‘the dog,” they said. Reports dvviot agree as to Czolgosz’s first speech. After the execution it was ‘declared ve said: “T “Killed ‘the president because he was the eneniy 6f good working people.” With ‘his face elmost hidden by Straps Czolgosz’ made one final effort to talk. ‘He was evidently thinking of ‘home, for just before the current was applied, he said: “Tam heartily sorry I could not see ‘my “father.” ‘All "was ‘in readinéss as Electrician ‘Darts stepped: back and placed “His )Iand on the Lever. “Then Warden Mead gave the signal and 1,700 volts went coursing through the murderer’s body, which stiffened with a suddenness that was startling. It “bounded up with a powerful, convulsive movement, as if it would burst the ‘straps. His chest arched out and ev- very muscle was tense. "The face, co far as could be seen, did ‘rot change expression. Then the cur- rent'was turred off. No sound came from the body. ‘The rnurderer's chest fell in, the body relaxed and sank back imp. “Reduced to 200 volts the current again passed through the body, was increased ‘to full strength, and then, reduced to almost nothing, it continued “Its D y Work. “Dr. MacDonald, standing at Czol- gosz’s left, stepped up and placed his finger on ‘the assassin’s bare neck, while Prison Physician Gerin did like- wise on the right side. “Ther at 7:14:30 there was a third con- tact. which lasted but a few seconds. Again the body stiffened under the powerful current, falling back limp and lifeless when turned off. Dr. Gerin stepped forward with a stethoscope. The assassin’s coat was thrown back, the shirt opened in front, the instrument placed over his heart, and the doctor listened for signs of life. “He is dead,” was all he said. This ‘was at 7:15. "The stethoscopewas handed to Dr. “MacDonald, who, after listening, also pronounced life absent. because 1 the good BAD‘FOR BUFFALO BILL. ‘One Hundred of:the Horses in His Show Killed in a Collision. Washington, Oct."31—A head-on col- lision occurred at Linwood, N. C., early yesterday between “Buffalo Bill's” show train and freight train No. 75. The master of the show train was bad- ‘ky hurt, and:the engineer and fireman ofthe same train received slight injur- ies. About 100 of “Buffato. Bill’s” horses were killed andthe four cars contain- ing them totally wrecked. One car of the freightrtrain was demolished. Nei- ther engine'left the track. The show train was ‘traveling as ~Second section to fast freight “No. -72,.and, according ‘totthe orders had the right ofvway. It ‘ts sdid the’freight conductor overlooked the fact that there was a second section to the ‘fast freight, the:accident being ue tto this.oversight. AWEHICAN’S ‘TRIALS 'IN'RUSSTA. Cerresponiient Receives a Tip That Tre ‘Is Nat Wanted After Nov. 1. Berlin, ‘Oct."31,—Mr. Joseph Herrings, a naturalizei American who was war ‘correspondent of the Staats Zeitung in Cuba jin 1898, and :who also acted in Chima ‘last ‘year for ‘American journals, has reedived snotice of ‘his expulsion from Prussia. 'The -notice was first re- ‘the ground alleged being ‘evasion of oniilitary -service ‘in 1885, when be was ‘sentenced ‘toa month's imprisonment after ‘leaving the coun- try. This sentence was annulled by the Bavarian government in the am- nesty of 1896, ‘but the Prussian police nm | assert that even {if the amnesty holds good it only cancelled the punishment and not the offense. Mr. Herring lately received notice to quit Prussia before Nov. 1. HATED 1S STEPCHILDREN. St. Louis, Oct. 31—Henry Schroeder, an employe of the Home Comfort Range company yesterday shot his stepdaughter, Katie Kirst, aged seven through the heart, killing her instantly, and then fired two balls at his stepson, Henry Kirst, aged eleven, both of which missed him. Schroeder then swallowed a dose of carbolic acid and fired a bullet into his own brain, dying in a few moments. It is said that Schroeder hated his stepchildren. eee eee COLLAR CUT HIS THROAT, High “Choker” Nearly Killed a Bi- eyele Rider. Sterling, Ill., Oct. 31.—Emanuel Day- eler cut his throat on a high collar. While riding a bicycle he attempted to defige a passing horse and was thrown. His head was pressed forward in the fall and the high collar he wore cut his threat, nec2esitating six stitches to draw the wound together. He will recover, ae LEMLY TAKES HIM. Admiral Schley Holds His Own Unier * Cross-Examination. ‘Washington, Oct. 30. — The cross-ex- amination of Rear Admiral Schley be- gan yesterday before the court of in- quiry, and Judge Advocate Lemly as- sumed the role of prosecutor so clearly that those who have asserted that it was an impartial court of inquiry were compelled to abandon that position, Admiral Dewey's wording of a decis~ fon yesterday indicates that the court hokts that Sampson was the command- er-in-chief of the flying squadron the day of ithe battle. Capt. Lemly read from the naval regulations in an at- tempt to show that Schley violated the code if he did not have a plan of battle July 3 and give it to his captains. Gen. Rayner fought this vigorously, and in the course of his remarks declared that the simple signal, “follow the ag” was a sufficient plan of battle. “Nelson “at Trafalgar, signaled “Eng- land expects every man to do his duty,’ said the counsel. “Schley’s werds were ‘Follow ‘the Flag.” Admiral Dewey and his colleagues retired for consultation, and, returning, announced that they wanted no ques- tions asked concerning Schley's ‘control of the fleet after the date when ‘he ‘sur- rendere@ command of the squadron. Just before the cross-examination was begun Schley said the Brooklyn in- flicted 86 per cent of the injury done the Spanish fleet, although constituting but one-fifth of the fighting force. Of the forty-two shots which took effect on the American ships the Brooklyn re- ceived thirty, thus suffering ‘70 per cent of the damage inflicted by the enemy. This recital of the prominent part played by his flagship aroused the enthusicsm of the Schley partisans in the court room. The admiral told the facts quietly, but with telling effect. Judge Advocate Lemly overlooked no oppcrtunity to substantiate the charges made in the department precept. He asked a multitude of questions calcu- lated to show that Schley was guilty of various misd2meanors, and delved Into Trivial Details until the faces of the admirals of the court showed they were growing impa- ticnt. Lemly did his best to elicit in- formation unfavorably to Schley, but nade no effort to develop other lines of wvidence. Doubtless the judge advo- cate will leave it to Schiey’s counsel to bring out that part of the testimony. A feature of the cross-examination was ths number of hypothetical questions Li mly asked the applicant as to what he would have done under this and that cendition. Finally Admiral Dewey whispered in the judge advocate’s ear, and the line of inquiry was altered. The judge advocate in his cross-ex- amination dwelt upon the interview be- tween Admiral Sampson and Commo- “tore Schley at Key West before the de- parture of the flying squadron at which the latter testified that Admiral Samp- son instructed him not to expose his ships to shore batteries until the Span- ish Fleet Had Been Destroyed, on tive fact that Admiral Schley issued no written order of battle, on the ques- tion of coaling off Cienfuegos and the steps Schley took there to ascertain the presence of the Spanish fleet. He was cross-examining the witness upon mat- ters connected with the cruise of the squadron from Cienfuegos to Santiago when the court adjourred. The retro- grade movement, the firing upon the Colon and the battle of Santiago, which constitute the main features of the pre- cept, were not touched upon yesterday. After Admiral Schley concludes to- day two other witnesses will be called in his behalf — Admiral Barker and Capt. Thomas Borden. The latter was an officer of the marine corps aboard the Brooklyn. The judge advocate then will call his witnesses in rebuttal, of whom there are understood to be more than fifteen, and it is probable that Admiral Schley’s counsel will call witnesses in sur-rebuttal. WAITRESS SUICIDES. Wades Into the Lake and Dies tin Three Feet of Water. Iron Mountain, Mich., Oct. 30.—Jean- nette Perault, aged twenty-two, a waitress at the Commercial hotel here, ecmmitted suicide by throwing herself into Lake Antoine, a mile north of town. She partly undressed ‘before getting into the water. Where she drowned it is only about three feet deep, but there is marl at the bottom to a considerable depth. People living not far away heard and saw the water splash, but thought it was a dog, con- sequently the body had been in the water an hour before it was taken out. The coroner was summoned and em- paneled a jury which viewed the re- mains and the inquest will be held te- day. No cause is known for ‘her aetion. SETTLED BY ENGLAND. Adjustment of South African Claims of Foreign Countries. London, Oct. 30.—At the resumption of the sitting of the South African com- pensation commission Maj. Gen. Sir Jchn C. Ardah, on behalf of the govern- ment, announced that all claims of for- eign coountries had been settled diplo- matically with the exeeption of those of the Netherlands and France, as fol- lows: The United States, £6,000; Aus- tria, £15,000; Germany, £30,000; Rus- sia, £4,100; Italy, £12,000; Spain, £150; Sweden and Nerway, £1,000: Switzer- jJand £250, and Belgiam, £800. Effect of the Tobacco War. New York, Oct. 30.—The latest devel- opment in the tobacco war in Great Britain is told in the following dispatch from London: As a result of the cut- ting of prices consequent on American competition, one of the largest English firms engaged in the tobacco business has issued a notice to their work people that the bonuses which they have hith- erto received will now be withdrawn. ELK COMMITS SUICIDE. Prefers Death to Being Robbed of Its Beautiful Antlers. Chicego, Oct. 30. — Fearful of some impending harm and with the fate which befell a brother elk, dehorned at Lincoln Park last week, still fresh in ita memory, a member of the herd de- lilgrately committed suicide, accord- ing to all indications, in the corral yes- terday. It jumped high into the air, and, lowering its head, fell heavily. The neck was broken by the fall. TO HONOR SCHLEY INVITATIONS POURING IN FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. ADMIRAL IS GREATLY PLEASED STANDS RIGID CROSS-EXAMINA- VION OF THE PROSECUTOR WELL. MAKES VERY SLOW PROGRESS GIVES THREE REASONS POR MAKING THE RETROGRADE MOVEMEN’ Washington, Oct. 31—Admiral Schley may make a tour of the country if the court of inquiry vindicates him. Invi- tations are pouring in to visit the vari- aus cities, and these attentions are pleasing to the admiral. Chicago was the first to invite. him to pay her a visit, but it is not settled whether he can be the guest of the Hamilton club. Louisville also has urged him to go there as the city’s guest. The admiral’s critics always have charged him with vanity, but it is considered only nat- ural that he should be elated over these courtesies. Schley’s friends are sanguine the court of inquiry will fully vindicate him, but the impression pre- vails that the report may criticise the retrograde movement. Extenuating circumstances may be taken into con- sideration and this part of the finding softened to a gentle reprimand. Should the court handle the application at all harshly the Schley partisans will de- mand a congressional investigation of the navy department. Admiral Schley’s friends are greatly worked up Over the Charge that W. H. Stayton, the New York at- torney whom Admiral Sampson de- sired to watch his interests in the in- quiry, is assisting in the cross-exam- ination. They say they have informa- tion that he has been given a desk at the navy department and is preparing the typewritten questions which the judge advocate is reading to Mr. Schley. ‘The cross-examiration was contin- ued throughout the session. The prog- ress made was exccedingly slow. Prac- tically the whole day was consumed in questioning the admiral about the cruise from Cienfuegos to Santiago and the motives and influences that governed him in turning back after his squadron had arrived in the vicinity of the latter port. This latter branch of the cross-examination had not been concluded when the court adjourned. The judge advocate in conducting the crass-examination used a carefully- prepared typewritten list of questions. They called for Comparison ef Statements Admiral Schley has made either in his direct testimony, in’ his communication to the senate or in his dispatches to Admiral Sampson or the navy depart- ment, with the testimony of witnesses who have preceded him and the logs and signal books of the other vessels of the fleet. The questions were not asked in chronological order, but jumped from one subject to another, and from one stage of the campaign to another. Throughout the strain to which the witness was subjected while under examination the admiral re- tained his customary composure. Only once or twice did he display im- patience er weariness. At one point when asked a question he replied that he had been asked the same question yesterday, at the same time telling what his reply had been then. On an- other occasion, when he was being ‘searchingly interrogated as to his dis- tance from shore at Cienfuegos, and as to whether the distances were a matter of record, he Responded Rather Tartly: “Oh, I did not know they would be such a matter of great importance or I should have plotted them and made a memorandum as I should of many other things.” ‘The main points to which the cross- examination was directed were the ability of the ships to coal off Cienfue- gos and the reasons for what is known as the “retrograde movement.” The latter point was dwelt upon with much emphasis and detail, and had net been disposed of fully when the court adjourned. The admiral gave three reasons for turning back; first, the statement of Capt. Sigsbee, who commanded the scout schip St. Paul, that the enemy was not at Santiag second, the opinion of Nunez, the pilot, that the entrance was too narrow and shallow for the Spanish ships to enter, and, third, the ambiguity of the de- partment’s telegram. In the course of the cross-examination the admiral said he regarded the department's dis- patch rather as a suggestion than as an explicit order, a suggestion which he carried out after the sea had abated and the coal supply of the ships had been replenished. —————— —— TURNED ON THE TEACHER. Papil Stabs a Fatally Wounds His Chastiser. Owensboro, Ky., Oct. 31—While Ev- erett Bohannan, a one-legged school teacher at Beech Grove was whipping Marshall Hardin, aged eighteen, for misbehavior yesterday Hardin kicked the crutch from under Bohannan’s arm and stabbed him in the left side with a knife. Bohannan is dying and the boy has been captured. HOTHA GETS AWAY. Lut It Was Probably the Closest Call He Ever Had. Pretoria, Oct. 31.—Commandant Gen- eral Botha’s recent escape from the British columns pursuing him was a close affair. Maj. Remington marched on the commander-in-chief’s quarter at night only to find that Botha had got off with a few hundred yards start, leaving his hat, revolver and papers be- hind. The prisoners, incuding Com- mandant Hans Botha and former Lan- corst Schutte, were captured. — A TRAIL OF BLOO! Lett By the Race War Between Blacks and Whites in the South. Balitown, La., Oct. 31.—A race war between the blacks and whites which started at a negro camp meeting at Duncan’s chapel Sunday afternoon has left a trail of blood up the Pear! river valley. One white man is dead, another is now dying with a bullet hole through his stomach and a third white man is badly wounded. Nine negroes were killed in the blody affray—five men, three women and one small child. A dozen or more negroes escaped to the woods or swamps with wounds that are believed to be certain death in the brush away from medical care. Many are perforated with lead. No one is able to estimate the number of wounded negroes who escaped the carnage behind the church. They scattered to the four winds. Some are known to have been shot but they have not been found. The fierce conflict raged for half an hour. Those at @ distance say the firing sounded Like a Pitched Battle between troops. To the camp meeting negroes had come from 200 miles, all up and down the valley. Elder Steph- en Duncan of New Orleans, for whom the chapel was named, was present. One day previous to the camp meet- ing the “negro, Bill Morris, had been burned at the stake near Balltown for an assault on Mrs. J. J. Ball. Public excitement was at a high pitch. Under those wonditions the negroes gathered at Live Oak. There was trouble over a license and Crear Lott’s tent became the center of contention. Some trouble occurred Saturiay evening, but no bloodshed. It came up again Sunday afternoon when Constable Boonjand a posse rode up to Lott’s tent with a warrant. Lott came out and is reported to have shouted with an oath: “One nigger has been burned, but a —— —— white man will be next.” Wade Walker, one of the constable’s posse, was struck over the head with a Winchester, and then the slaughter began. For twenty-four hours it looked like a general uprising to Wipe Out the Black Race in Washington parish. The news spread like wildfire and over 1,000 armed men had reached the scene of the battle. They came for miles and miles, some from as far away as Monti- cello, Gov. Longino of Mississippi and Gov- Heard of Louisiana were notified and the replies came that troops would be hurried to the scene. Monday afternoon the nine negroes who were left in a heap where they died, were piled into three unmarked graves, dug near the charred remains of Lott’s tent house. There was no ceremony. At the same time promi- nent citizens held a conference which was attended by Sheriff Simmons, and @ message was sent to the negroes: “Do you want any more?” was the query. Fs “No,” came the reply. This had a quieting effect’ and peace again reigned. The negroes left the country. They carried all the -versonat effects possible. & THE MARKETS, om Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Oct. 31. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern 69 3-4@70 1-4c; No. 2 North- ern, 67 3-4@68 1-4c. Corn—No, 3 yellow, 551-2c; No. 3, 541-2@55c. Oats—No. 3 white, 35 1-4@36c; No. 3, 34 3-4@35 1-4c. Minneapolis, Oct. 31—Wheat — No. 1 hard, 713-8c; No. 1 Northern, 69 3-Se; No. 2 Northern, 67 3-8e. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 53@53 1-2c; No. 3, 523-4c. Oats— No. 3 white, 35@25 1-2c. Duluth, Oct. 31—Wheat — Cash, No. 1 hard, ,72 7-8¢; No. 1 Northern, 69 7-8¢; No. 2 Northern, 671-4c; No. 3 spring. 643-4c; to arrive, No. 1 hard. 727-8c; No. 1 Northern, 69 7-8c; October, 69 December, 671-4c; oats, 36 1-2@36 5 rye, 521-2c; barley, malting, corn, 55 1-2c; flax, io arrive, $1.4 $1.47 1-2; October, $1.471-2; Novemb: $1.47; December, $1.42; May, $1.46. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 31. — Flour is lower. Wheat lower; No. 1 Northern, 70 1-2471c; No, 2 Northern, 69@70c; De- cember, 70 5-8@70 3-4c. Rye quiet; No. 1, 551-4c. Barley dull; No. 2, 59c: sample, 45@57c. Oats steady; No. 2 white, 38@38 1 Corn — December, 56 1-2c. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 31. — Cattle — Beeves, $3.50@6.25; cows, bulls and mixed, $1.25@3. stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.25; yearlings and calves, $2.250 4. Hogs, $5.70@5.95; bulk $5,72@5.75. South St. Paul, Oct. 31. — Cattle — Fancy butcher steers, $5.25@6; prime, $4.75@5.15; good to choice, $4.15 @ 4.60; common to fafr, $3@4; fancy butcher cows and heifers, $4.25@4.75; prime, $8.90@4.15; good to choice, $3.25@3.75; fair, $2.60@3.15; canners and cutters, $1.25@2.50; good to choice butcher bulls, $2.50@3; common to bologna bulls, $1.75 @2.25; good to choice veals, $4.50@5; common to fair, $3@4.50; good to choice feeding steers, $3.25@4; common to Zair, $2.50@3.20; good to choice steers, $2.60@ 3; common to fair, $2@2.50; good to choice steer calves, $2.60@3; common to fair, good to choice stock cows and heifers, $2.30@2.60; commen to fair, $2@2.25; good to choice he‘fer eaives, $2.50@2.75; common to fair, $2@ 2.40; stock and feeding bulls, $1.50@260; gcod to choice milch cows and spring- ers, $32@40; common to fair, $20@30. Sheep—Good to choice fat lambs, $3.75- @4,15; common to fair, $3.25@3.60; good to choice fat wethers, $2.90@3.25; com- mon to fair, $2.60@2.85; good to choice fat ewes, $2.60@3; common to fair, $2.35 @2.50; killing bucks, $1.75@2.25; good to choice stock and feeding lambs. $3.25@ 3.50; common to fair, $2.75@3.15; buck lambs, $2@2.50; good to choice f-eding wethers, $2.75@3; common to fair, $2.50@ 2.70; good to choice feeding ewes, $2.25@ common to fair, $2@2.25; stock 2.50; ewes, $2@2.75. Hogs — Light, $5.45@5.70; mixed and butchers, $5.50@5,85; heavy, $5.40@5.85; rough packing, $5 @ 5.25; boars, $2 @ 3; stags, $4.50@5; pigs, $4.50@5. Chicago, Oct. 31. — Cattle -- Good to prime steers, $6.25@6.85; poor to medi- um $3.80 @ 6; stockers and feeders, $2.2544.45: cows, $1.40@4.50; heifers, $2.40: @5.10; canners, $1.40@2.40; bulls, $2.25@ 4.50; calves, $3@6.50; Texas-fed steers, $2.50@3.80; Westerns, $3.45@5.35. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $5.75@6.40; good to choice heavy, $6.25@6.42 1-2; light. $5.85 @6.10; bulk of sales, $5.90@6.10. Sheep, $3.25@4; lambs. $3@4.75. Ly