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WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—The Repub- ican members H f Repres: att the ves g imous approval to day tc House ncial bill, recently Introduced, and recommended its imme- diate consideration by the House and pas- sage after reasonable deb Overstreet of Indiana, who introduced and who 18 in gencral charge of the bill, to-morrow will | Submit a resolution asking that a Spec rule be reported for the immedi of this measure. The ecial rule are pr Iy agreed rov that the bate shall xt M i vote at of the wéek given to t pproval 2 discussion, { and th proved b the meeting bega is sur- rendered the chair to Hepburn of Iowa, in order to present his views on som ications he thought desirable, These related to the jonal banking features of the bill, and Cannon Eave it as his opinion that this branch of the subject might better be modified or omitted. He stinctly however, that he sup- the a whole and would vot for it, and t further shown wh. « voted f solution of approv Cannon's form of amen did not take the however, and were | ot pressed. The m. mendment was proy the framers of the bill to clear up ambiguity of the present law. It is to be & new section numt lows: d 9, and is as fol- Section 9. That section 10 of an act approved July 1, 1882, entitled “An act to ed In secti shall be entitled to rece of the Currency circulal Genominations in_ bl tersigned as provide the par value of the transferred and delivered: and the total amount of such notes such assoclation exceed the time paid in of its capital visions of sections 5171 and Statutes are hereby’ repealed Another amenament is to section 4 of the bill, inserting the word “redemption” before “fund,” to make more pl redeemed notes and certificate: held Warner of Iliinols time shall tssued to any amount at such stock: and th - offered an amend- ment relating to that feature known as the impounding of the greenbacks, but he was satisfied from explanations given that the amendment was not essential, and it was withdrawn. There were some other suggestions and tentative amend- ments, but none of them were pressed, and a resolution of approval was then unanimously adopted. Overstreet and his assoclates who framed the bill were warmly congratulated on having been able to command such complete unan- imity and approval, which is rezarded as giving assurance that the bu: will be passed before ;he Christmas recess. Evans’ Ale Full of life—as you lke it T | sisting of tho | ing at the stake after suffering torture | cription. e occurred on the | AYSVILLE, Ky., ard Coleman, ated ands of and fright beyond de: T ful spect. Th voung n st high! re mostly only be acc gro SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1899 NEGRO MURDERER BURNED AT THE STAKE BY A MOB Horrible Punishment Meted Out by Kentucky Citizens to a Wretch Who Outraged and Murdered a Farmer's Wife, Dec. colored, 6.—Rich- the con- »d murderer of Mrs. James rook, wife of his employer, s crime fn daylight t at the hands of a mob, con- citizens, by burn- cricket grounds of this, one of and among the proudest citi, barbaritie infl ns of one by citiz civilized cities of the beyond belief and can nted for by the horror creat- ed by long consideration of the atrocious cri; nths ago Richard Coleman, the tn emp of Farmer James | Lashbrook, in a moment of depravity and avagery, red the woman who had 18 factor. Coleman was not iployed on the farm, but hed been hous tly by | brook was at work so from t! use. Col charge of the house. driven to Maysville an “oleman asked her to C frightene not stopping her cries razor and ¢ the bleeding body and bed. He then left th ing, heard h | until he was sure she Without any show of ing the result if that known, the officers qui Covington, Ky., for s ted for the murd W ng by the prisoner. his confession, the prisoner among uld be powerless to AULTY C both Mr. he day of the murder, Mrs and screamed her on the head, knocking h t her throat ax he struck her repeatedly ting crime, including s told without any appearance of | becoming ed a feeling of indign the re! rjends of the victim which made it mor- certain that the officers of the law LIVES LOST BY h full confession had been servant Lashbrook Mr. Lash- me distance a y eman was left in . Lashbrook had nd returned, when enter the cabin to at some work at which he had been engaged. The negro locked the door on t inside. Mrs. Lashbrook became Coleman struck er down, but He n seized a He picked up placed it on the and with an n the head was dead alarm or remorse | for his crime, the negro calmly washed the blood from his hands and clothing and we where Mr. Lashbrook was at work in the field and told him that he had better come to the house, as some one had killed his wife. Mr. Lashbrook did not take the matter seriously until Coleman insisted that his wife was dead. Even then S0 great w the confidence of Mr. Lash- brook in Coleman that no thought oc- curred that he was the murderer. It was not until after officers arrived that suspicion was directed against Cole man. ¥ 1 spots had been found on his he accounted for them by killing chickens. Maysville, ned, and, know- et should become fetly took him to keeping. He was v after h in, at ( n he made 1 horrible confession of his jailer. The ry of his re- orse than mur- public, tion against atives prevent summary OUPLERS Figures Given to Com- merce Commission. WASHINGTON, Dec. | Commerce Commission hearing to the rep eral companies asking fc sion of time allowed equip their lines with Spectal Dispateh to The Cail. 6.—The Interstate to-day gave a entatives of the sev- | or a further exten- the safety appliances. Two years ago the commission granted an extension until January sion asked fc ther exten: time {s one year. various labor present to offer their Represe were 1 The ttendance. organizations 1, 19%. The fur- at the present representatives of were also side of the case. tatives of about a hundred roads John K. Cowen, president of the Bal:i- more and Ohlo, representing as chalrman eighty-eight other He said that June 1, roads miles of line, made the opening 1899, 211,268 freignt having 80,000 1 gumen! cars out of 2,268,000 engaged In Interstate commerce were not equipped with safety appliances. Since that time the numter | had been reduced to between 150,000 and 175,000. The argument of the rallroads asked for an extension, based upon tae de by the rc showing m application. that the railroads had 3 be expected and ther extension. Wayne The show! ds since the last ing demonstrated done as well could ask no fur- MacV h, repre- senting the Pennsylvania and afMifating lines, joined in asking They hs President Knapp of ated for the benefit for the extension. 1 equipped 140,000 out of 160,000 fon ont the commis of those pre that of the roads petitioning for an exten- sion over 9 per cent were fully equipped. id t to the re me thelr cars, no unequly interstate commerce. was some mis ning of the la t not all the roads but that after a certain date d cars should participate in which p ould equip ully equipped roads could not therefore haul unequipped nounced 1hat the Presid s after the expiration of the limit. t this juncture President Knapp an- ent had sent word that he would be glad to receive the rep- atives of the ations reser aken. ss Mr. » commissi railroad extension were not gra withdrawal of 175,000 ca raiiroads and present at the White House he invitation was accepted iator MacVeagh again | on, dwelling upon the enormous progress already made by which he sald had spent 90,000 to comply with the law If the nted, he sald, the | rs from terstate commerce would inflict a serlous injury upon the business interests of the world, Mr. Ely of the motive department of the Penns ident Knapp at that a traveling inspect vIvania road gave it as his view t it would be entirely one road to equip all the racticable for oreign cars on this point stated or of the commis- sion who had been examining the equip- ment of roads an almost ide; or some time had found 1 state of affairs so far as handholds and standard height of draw- bars, but that he had found a surprising state of affairs so far as some of the.al- leged automatic couples were concerned. t was discreditable, he sald. The ap- pliances for operating the couplers, espe- clally the unlocking mechanism, found out of order in 25 couplers. The couplers coul was Y" cent of the d not be work- ed except by going between the cars and were more dangerous than the old links and pins. Mr. Ramsay of the Wabash protested against the statement that 25 per cent of the couplers _were out of order. He thought 1 or 2 per cent would cover the couplers out of order. The secretary of the commission sald that four lodges ot the railroad conductors, eight of locomo- tive engineers and one of firemen had and was | but, return- | and | railroads to | as | wpprehension | vengeance at the first opportunity. Still | the officers at Maysville did not act upon | that basis. There was no call upon the Governor for troops to protect the pris- oner. Sheriff Perrin yesterday received orders from Judge Harbeson and, with four as- sistants, went to Covington, expecting to | return with Coleman yesterday; but after reaching Covington the Jaile t Mays- ville advised him not to attempt to bring the prisoner into Maysville last night. | The trial was set for to-day. Sheriff Per- | rin determined to leave Covington by the train on the Chesapeake and Ohio, which | started at 7:30 o'clock this morning from Covington. Coleman had been | apprised last night to prepare to re- turn to the scene of his crime. He was instantly stricken with fear and begged piteously to be permitted to remain in | Covington until after his trial. He sald | he expected to die, but he dreaded the vengeance of a mob. When he was handcuffed on leaving the ail at Covington he was almost paralyzed d had _to be ass to the patrol con. The crowd about the jall there { and at the Covington dflrul added to his | fear. On entering the train he seemed un- | able to sit down until one of the guards t. It developed that | in the crowd at Covington, and even on the train, there were some of the relatives of Mrs. Lashbrook, ready to convey infor- | mation of any attempt to secrete the pris- oner. Messages were sent here. | " Coleman arrived at Maysville at | this morning under a specfal guard sw | forced him into a se in by the Sheriff, Including Detective Fi erald, Cc Dawson, Chief of Police | Yonovan, all the police force and two Deputy Sheriffs hen they arrived at the Courthou were met by a mob of 1000 persons, headed by James Lash- | brook, the husband of the murdered wom- an, and all went immediately up Second street, through the central portion of the city, to the hill, followed by a crowd which had' grown to 500 persons. All was done | that was posstble by the Sheriff and guard | to prevent a lynching, but In the face of | such numbers, irrespective of color, it was useless to attempt to do anything. The mob grabbed Coleman, threw a rops over his head and took him up above the city. be heard above the t | Coleman could cries of the aw pleading for his life. The mc ed Coleman to a small hol- | Iroad, where they bound | voung sapling. The place been selected weeks ago in accordance | the other arranged detalls of the programme mapped out by | s of the mob. The prisoner was | to and strapped | low n him t of executlo; the st ihe tree, husband of | e victim ge quantities of dry brush | nd large bits of wood were piled around | him while w praying for speecdy | death. James Lashbrook, the husband ot the mur yman, applied the first } »od. A brother of second match. » was viclousiy atch to wom ne | ‘with a occurr of action | art of the mob not a shot was he purpose seemed to be to give | h the greatest possible amount ition of torture. A fatal shot ve been merciful, but there was y in the crowd surrounding Cole- | "As the flames arose his horrors in-| creased. He made vain efforts to with- draw his limbs from - the encroaching fire; his eyes rolled in a frenzy of suffer- ing. The ropes securing him to the tree were burned and his body finally fell for- | by ward on the burning plle. Even then, although it was not certain whether he was living or dead, the vengeful purpose of the crowd led them to use rails and long poles to push his body back into the flam It is not certain how long life lasted. During the process, while his voice could be heard, he begged fur a drink of water, his tongue protruding and :ls de)’ebnlls fairly starting from his ea At the end of three hours the body was practically cremated. During all that time members of the family of Mrs. Lashbrook had remained to keep up the fire, and to keep the body In position where it could continue to burn. After three hours a nephew of Mrs. Lashbrook was still pushing the body on the burning embers, while a curious crowd of several nd persons lingered on the scene. It is said that on the march through the city the prisoner’'s eyes had been burned out by acld thrown in an eggshell. In all the thousands who constituted the mob there was not a single effort to disguise or con 1 identity. No man wore a mask. All the leaders of the mob are well known, and there are hur dreds of witnesses who can testify to their part in the tragedy. They include ading citizens in all lines of ‘busines: and many are members of the churc County "Judge Harbeson will impane a special Grand Jury at once to make a speedy investigation and return indict- men gainst the leaders of the mob. The statement from Frankfort that the Governor proposes to offer a reward for the apprehension of members of the mob does not excite mueh fear that the | reward will be claimed. While there is a wide difference of oplnion among resi- dents of the city who were not connected with the mob, yet there Is a strong feel- ing that no punishment will result from thls tragedy. The Coroner held an inguest on the charred remains of Richard Coleman and rendered the simple verdict: “Death at the hands of a mob."” The body was left lying in the ashes and coals, and at the present writing has not been removed. Rellc hunters took away the teeth and bones and flesh and every fragment of the body that they could lay hands on. All afternoon children—some of them not more than ¢ years old—kept up the fires on the blackened body by throwing g kindling wood, brush, bits of boards and everything combustible that they could gather. This they kept up until dark. It s re- lated that Coleman, before committing his crime, threw pepper into his vietim's eves from a pepper box. One of the mem- bers used that same pepper box to-day to throw pepper Into Coleman's eyes as soon as he was lashed to the stake. To make sure of a good job he held open one eye- lid after the other and peppered them successively, then drew the eyelids. In this city the action of the mob is generally approved—even enthusfastically women, vho think that hereafter they will be safer in consequence. Some men deprecate mob law. but say this case was an stion to all rules The latest report to-night is that Cole- man’s mother s on the way here to take charge of the ashes of her te to-night all that w body of Coleman was rak embers and buried in the potter’s fleld It was only a skull and two or three charred bones. All the rest of the body was ghastly fragments widelv distributed among relic connofsseurs. Perfect quiet reigns in the city to-night. n. as left of the ed out of the T | petitioned In favor of extension, and that | eleven lodges of railway trainmen, ten of railway conductors, three of firemen and three of er ad petitioned against extension. E Clark, president of the Order of | Rallway Conductors, said he 1 no de- | sire to embarrass the commission or the | railroads. The employes wanted to be | reasonable. The defect in the law, he id, was that Its enforcement would pun- the innocent as well as the guilty. | sald he, 198 railroad employes | .761 had been injured. Of these r 600 had been killed and over | 6000 wounded in_ coupling cars. If the law had b obeyed and had accom- | | plished the object, not one of those men | '“nulul have been killed or injured. As | | regards the cost, of which the raliroads | had complained, he said it was hard to strike a balance betw and lost lives and Injuries. Railroad or- | ganizations during the past two weeks d out over $1,000,00 in deaths and sick | | benefits. As men crippled In the service were debarred from further employment by railroads, those organizations wanted as few men crippled as possible. Speak- | ng of the number of couplers in bad or- | der, to which attention has been called, he declared that until the law became act- ually operative it would be impossible to compel the roads to keep their couplers in good order. He called attention to the | fact that many roads which were now completely equipped were before the com- | mission two years contending that it would be absolutely impossible for their | roads to equip their cars In less than five years. He said that few private car lines (owners of refrigerator cars, etc.) showed a disposition to equim thelr cars. He thought sooner or later all roads would be obliged to equip the forelgn cars on thelr Iin While unwilllng to take the position that the law should be mada operative | December 31, he sald the ralir g | ploves asked that their Interests be con- | lered. Two years ago the raflroads | | asked five years. They got two: now they | wanted one. Upon behalf of the employes he asked that the time should not be ex- | tended more than a few months—four to | six months—and that the commission make it plain once for all that if exten- sion is granted it is the last. It seems probable as a result of the | hearing that the commission will grant the raflroads a further extension of six months within which to comply with the safety appliance act. CUT IN THE RAILWAY RATES TO CALIFORNIA | Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Will | Endeavor to Check the Reduc- tions Being Made. | | CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—The Southern Pa- | cific and the Santa Fe railroads have | n dollars and cents agreed to call a meeting of passenger of. ficials of all transcontinental lines to con- sider the California rate. 1t will be held soonafter December 15 | possible. arty of three persons procured tick- Ji: | ets from Chicago to California to-day at | @ net rate of $40 for second class, which is $12 50 below tariff. A rate of $14 fi; ss from St. Paul to New York is hl‘lrn'; made by the Sioux City and Norther and Canadian Pacific. This probably will be met by the Chicago and Great Western and Grand Trunk, which will take other lines into the trouble. Non-Sinkable Boats. The latest invention for saving life comes from London, and s a non-sinkable boat. If people would pay as much attention to the preservation of life in other ways, there would be a great Improvement. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters s a life preserver, discovered fifty years ago. It cures dyspepsia, indigestion and all forms of stomach trouble. It is an ex- cellent tonfc for the whole system and may be had from any druggist. :BEECHAM general health, tPILLS == T0cents & 25cents. DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLS A GAMBLER Wounded Man Makes a Desperate Fight. ———— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. REPUBLIC, Wash.,, Dec. 6.—Joe Wil- liams was shot this morning by Deputy Sherift W. T. Swan. Willlams had charge of the gambling games in the Butte saloon. He had been drinking heavily and was quarrelsome. He went Into another saloon and was Hour{shlni a pistol. Swan wrested it from his hand, when Willlams, who was a powerful man, threw the officer ten feet. Swan then fired Williams' pistol and the ball passed through the body near the heart The wounded man grappled with the officer, wrested the pistol from him and was about to fire when his slrl‘ns(h left him and he fell back and expired. A Coroner’s jury exonerated the officer. Russian Dentists’ Congress asked the Government to assign a dentist to every school In the empire. EIGHT HUNDRED BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE Mason Advances a Resolution of Sympathy With the Boer Republics. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Nearly eight hundred bills and jolnt resolutions, sev- eral important concurrent resolutions, and petitions numbering hundreds, were presented to the Senate to-day. A ma- jority of the bills were old stagers. A few were of national interest and import- ance. Aldrich had the honor of introducing the first measure in the Senate. It was the financial bill drawn by the Senate Committee on Finance, of which Aldrich is chairman, and probably was the most important measure introduced during the day. Resolutions were offered providing for an investigation by the Judiciary Com- mittee of all phases of polygamy recently presented In connection with what is known as the Roberts case; expressing the sympathy of the Senate for the Boers in their war with Great Britain, and de- claring that Senator N. B. Scott of West Virginia 1s not entitled to a seat in the Senate. Harris (Pop.) of Kansas was appointed a temporary member of the Committee on Privileges ‘and Elections. The ment 18 important and significant, be the committee has under consideration the Quay, Clark and Scott contests At the opening of the session the an- nual reports of the Sec y of the Treasury, the Attorney eneral, the Comptroller of the Currency and other officials were present A concurrent resolution, adopted by the Legislature of Michigan, was pres by McMillan of Michigan. It pr against the policy of the Russian G ment toward Finland, and was to the Committee on Foreign Relations. It expr s “profound and heartfelt sympathy for the downtrodden p of Finland in their present hour of di est trouble,” and urges President Kinley to éxpress to the Government the Czar the seri, ernment of the United States because of the abrogation of the assurance of Alex- ander I, the abolition of the Finnish con- stitution and the consequent destruction of Finnish autonomy. Spooner of Wisconsin presented resolu- tions of the Legislature of Wisconsin urg- ing Congress to take action looking to the advancement of American shipping inter- ests. Kyle of South Dakota and Wolcott of Colorado presented a number of petitions against polygamy. Aldrich introduced the Senate financial measure, which is to “aflirm the existing standard of value of all forms of money to refund the public debt, and for other purposes.” It was referred to the Com- mittee on Finance. Among the other bills introduced were following Cullom of Tllinois—To provide a form ernment for Hawall; to pension war yver 70 years of age. of ‘Alabama—To repeal the Mec- of 8 concern of the Gov- war stamp act. By andler of New Hampshire—To rohibit Senators and Representatives rom performing the functions of the ex- ecutiv Lodge of Massachusetts offered and se- cured the yption of a_ resolution re- questing the President, if not incompat- ible with public interests, to inform the » as to the proposed sale of tre s Islands by Ecuador to Great Britain and to communicate any such fn- formation concerning the proposed sale as might be in possession of the Govern- ndler proposed and had adopted a t resolution providing for the of three Senators and two ves of the House on a com- to make arrangements for the un- veiling of rle statue to Danlei Webste this city on the 1Sth of Jaunary next. Jones of Arkansas offered a resolution setting forth that Senator N. B. Scott of West Virginia is not entitled to a seat In the Senate. The resolution, together with a memorial of John T. McGraw on the subject, was referred to the Commi-tce on Privileges and Elect N Rawlins of h offered the following lution, already referred to briefly, and asked that it be considered immediately That the Committee on Judiclary is hereby instructed to inquire into and report to the Senate: n To what extent polygamy Is practiced or polygamous marriages entered into in the United States, or in places over which they Jurisdiction. nd—Have polygamists, or persons reputed to have more than one wife, been elected to office by the people of Utah, and If so, has such election been for the purpose of encour- aging polygamy or in violation of any compact between said State and the United States. Third—Have polygamists, or persons reputed to have more than one wife, been appointed to office by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. or In cases where the concurrence of t.e Senate is not required, and i so, have such appointments been made in aid of ‘polygamy or in violation of the com- pact between the United States and_the State of Utah with reference to the subject? Fourth—What, If any, steps should be taken or measures enacted for the prevention of po- lygamy in the United States and places over which they have jurisdiction? Wolcott objectted to immediate consider- ation and the resolution was referrea to the Judiciary Committee. Mason of Tllinols asked that his Boer resolution be allowed to lie on the table until he should call it up. It is as fol- lows: Whereas, From the hour of achieving their own independence, the people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the strug- gles of other peoples to free themselves from European domination; therefore be it Resolved by the Senate of the United States, That we watch with deep and abiding inter- est the beroic battle of the South African re- There’s ““snap’’ to these $10 suits and overcoats—it’s in the making, the finisb and the cloth, It’s the same kind of “snap’’ you find in mostall $15 clothes. Get our samples—they are free. Our policy: Your money’s worth or your money returned; or a year’s repairing free, S. N. WooD & Co, 718 Market Street and Corner Powell and Eddy. crred | public against crueity and oppression, and th our best hopes Ko out for the full success of the determined contest for liberty. The Senate at 2:25 p. m. went into exec- utive sesslon and at P. m. adjourned. PACIFIC CABLE BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Several bills and joint resolutions were introduced in the Senate to-day. Many of them related al and personal Interests and many were old bills coming from the last ses- ston. The most important were: By Hale, for the construction of a Pa- clilc cable by the Navy Department, to be operated by the Postoffice Department, and appropriating $11,000,000 for this pur- pose. It Is to run from San Franeisco to Manila via Honolulu, the Midway Islands, Guam_and. Ilolo. By Kyle, for the establishment of postal savings banks and a Government tele- graph system; for the restriction of Im- migration and a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment for the regula- tion of marriage and divorce. By Harris, joint resolutions for consti- tutional amendments authorizing the im- position of an income tax and for the elec- tion of Senators by the people By Warren, for the cession by the Gen- eral Government of 5,000,000 acres of arid lands to each of the arid land States, being the same as favorably reported last session, and for the indemnification of the public land States for school lands prov- Ing to be coal lands 3y Chandler, to prohibit Senators and Representatives in Congress from receiv- ing free raliroad passes 3y McEnery, for a deep-water way through Southiwest Pass. By Perkins, extending the irrigation laws for the United States to Hawall By Carter, making further provision for the civil government of Alaska; to provide tor uniform divorce laws. By Nelson, to subject national basks to the usury laws of the States In which they may be located By Frye, several measures for the reg- ulation of shipping and the revenue ser- vice, in addition to his substitute for the Hanna-Payne shipping bill and the bill for the establishment of a_ Government department of commerce and industry, y Pettigrew, for the free colnage of silver. g et To Pension Mrs. Gridley. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—A bill was in- troduced by Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania to-day to pension Mrs. Gridley, widow of the late Captain Gridley of the Olympla, at $100 per month. Highbinder Battle Stopped. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 6.—Timely inters ference of officers prevented another en- gagement between the warring Hop Sings and Suey §gngs in this city to-day at noon. The two factions lined up for battle, but the arrival of two police of- ficers on the scene caused a postpone- ment. It is given out that six must die before the trouble will be at an end. 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