The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 26, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC—NO. B8T7. S —— PRICE FIVE CENTS. LOUISVILLE SENDS THE FINEST OF HER BANDS AS ESCORT FOR THE SIR KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN GATE COMMANDERY OB BURKS ) NEGRD T THE STAKE Tennesseeans Avenge the Murder of a Woman. Throw Oil Upon Their Vic- tim Before Applying the Match. ‘Dying Wretch Utters No Outery as the Flames Rise About Him and He Writhes in Awful Torture. — Speial DAspatch to The Call CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 25— Henry Noles, the negro who assaulted and shot to death Mrs. Charles Willlams, wife of a prominent farmer near Win- chester, Tenn., last Friday, was captured early this moming at a water tank near Coan, Tenn. He was taken to Winches- ter captors and placed in the County Jail. Sheriff Stewart made haste to try to barricade the jail and protect the prisoner. Soon a mob of several hun- @red men gathered about Assistant At- torney General M. N. Whittaker, who ap- peared and made a speech to the crowd. He appealed to it to assist him in allay- d upholding the majesty aw. He promised to reconvene the Grand Jury to-morrow to promptly indict have him speedily tried at term of court, assuring the his conviction and legal exe- ion were a foregone conclusion. This apr was supplemented by Judge Lynch, Captain Tolley, J. M. Litteiton and others Mob Overpowers the Sheriff, No sooner had these appeals been made ral hundred citizens from the ighborhood where the crime was com- ted augmented the crowd to thou- They swept forward upon the jail, he Sheriff and his deputies, and started for the twelve miles distant, m cands rpowered took the scene of the crime. was orderly. but determined. he whole population for d turned out to see the he wretch. A procession three length followed the mob to the home. Arriving at a point in he scene of the crime the negro upon stump and given a e to make a statement. He mounted and laughed as he be- He said: my sisters and brothers to meet me in glory. I am going to make that my home. Tell my mother to meet me where parting will be no more.” He was then asked as to whether any one else was implicated in the crime. Noles said emphatically that no one was implicated but himself. s placed atement Why did you kill Mrs. Willlams?” he ras asked “I just done that because I had noth- ing else to do.” Meets Death Stoically. He ished his statement at 1:35 o’clock. He was taken from the stump, carried to a tree mear by, bound to the tree by ch: d ofl was poured upon his body. At 1:40 o'clock a match was applied and instantly the quivering body was en- veloped in flames. Fence rails were piled about the burning body and soon life was extinct. The negro made no outery at any time and died as stolidly as a stoic. There were mo disorderly scenes about the burning body. At least 6000 per- sons witnessed the horrible fate of the negro Ma remained until nightfall, sugmenting the blaze until the body wa entirely consumed. Then they departed for their homes quietly. Crime of Mob’s Vietim. .Lying on the floor of the family room, Charles Williams found his wife on Friday afternoon when he returned from marketing his wheat in the little town of Maxwell. A bullet had gone through her head, life was extinct and her two baby children were crying alone in their grief and fear. The oldest boy. aged 5, told what had occurred. The youug mother had been shot and killed by Henry Noles, a negro hand on the Wil- liams' place. As the mortally wounded woman sank to the floor Noles shot at the boy, the bullet grazing the child's head. Then he fled to the woods. The mo- tive, it is believed, was robbery, and $20 was obtained by the assailant. Mr. Williams is a farmer, well to do, and+one of the most prominent residents of his section of Franklin County. The dead woman was a member of one of the oldest families in the country. i Negro Probably Lynched. MACON, Ga., Aug. 25.—It is possible that Henry Stewart, 2 negro hackman of this city, has been lynched. Stewart, it is sald, went into one of the suburbs and offéred an insult to a young white wo- man. Some of the men in the neighbor- hood got after him and it is said they Were seen at a late hour to-night, with the negro bound, going in the direction of the swamps. EOW TO PREVENT LYNCHING. Rev. T. Brown’s Advice to His Colored Brethren. The Rev. Brown, pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, took as the subject of his ser- mon last night “A Plea for the Protec- HAYS PLAGE WILL NOT G0 T0 HARAHAN Vice President of Illinois Central Denies Ru- mors. Hag Not Been Offered Post as Head of the Southern Pacific. Says He Is Comfortably Situated ‘Where He Is and Is Not Going Out of His Way to Seek Another Position. Special Diepatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 2%5.—P. Harahan, vice president of the Illinois Central, who returned from a trip to Europe on the St. Paul on Saturday, denied to-night that he would become president of the Southern Pacific. Mr. Harahan was seen at the Waldorf-Astoria by The Call cor- respondent and said: “I will not be president of the Southern Pacific Raflway. The position has not been offered to me. I am comfortably situated as it is and am not seeking on my own part such offices. I have been abroad a month and a half partly on business and partly on pleasure. It is my custom to spend the summer or as much of it as possible abroad. This year I wanted to complete the working arrange- ment between the Illinois Central and the Radcliffe Jine of steamers between New Orleans and Rotterdam. “I succeeded in completing this arrange- ment by guaranteeing the Radcliffe peo- ple rates on trade between New Orleans and Rotterdam which are satisfactory. This new traffic deal will aid greatly in establishing direct trade with Europe for the cotton shippers of the Central South. New Orleans being & great cotton center, it has always been the hope of the ship- pers there t6 secufe traffic arrangements between the railroads and some line of steamers direct to Europe.” Mr. Harahan denied that the Illinois Central would establish a line of steam- ers frem New Orleans to South American ports. He sald that the steamship lines already connecting South Atlantic States with South America had proved them- selves thoroughly capable of handling the trade between New Orleans and ports in South America. REGAINS VOICE WHEN HER TOOTH IS PULLED Shock Accnmpm;;g Loss of a Molar Restores Speech to a Bath (N. Y.) Woman. BATH, N. Y., Aug. 2.—Mrs. George Ferris, who lives on the old Ferris place at Harrisburg Hollow, near here, rejoices in the restoration of her voice, which left her in a peculiar manner some time ago. A dinner horn that was hung on a peg in the Kitchen of the Ferris home for years became mute twelve months ago and Mrs. Ferris had to use her voice to summon the help to meals. As the place is a large one, she was forced to strain her voice to do it, and one day early in May she called so loudly that something in her throat gave way and her voice sank to a whisper and then disappeared altogether. Last Wednesday Mrs. Ferris, accom- panied by a friend, came to this place to have some teeth extracted. The first one was removed without any episode, but when the second one came out Mrs. Fer- ris could stand it no longer. fou mean man,” she exclaimed. “I'll never have another tooth pulled if they kill me.” Then she realized that her voice had re- turned, and from sheer happiness over this she sat down in the dentist’s chair once more and had him extract the oth- ers. She can now talk as well as ever. Armour’s Condition Improved. CHICAGO, Aug. %.—Kirk B. Armour, head of the extensive Armour enter- prises in Kansas City, and who was re- cently stricken with a eritical illness at Watkins Glen, N. Y., passed through Chicago to-day, en route to his Kansas City home. He was in a private car and was attended by a physician and trained nurses. Dr. Griffith stated that Armour was resting comfortably. L e e e i i T tion of the American Disgrace of the Stake.” What the con- gregation lacked in numbers the pastor made up in earnestness. The future of the negro in America lay with the negro, he said. He advised them to stand to- gether, as their surest protection lay in the strength this unity would give them. He exhorted his people to get education, to fit themselves by study to take an honorable place in the world and above all he laid stress on the necessity for the development of character. He advised the girls “to leave their heels alone and give ‘ théir heads a chance” ‘and sug- gested that if they would properly equip themselves the country was full of op- portunities whereby they could better their condition in life and gain for their race the respect to which it was en- titled. “Young men,” he sald, “stop trying to pay for dance halls and saloons. Invest your time and money in night schools and you'll give the colored race a stand- ing which will in itseif be the greatest protection that I can suggest cr you con- trive.” Negro From the b i B S TODDARD » 5 I“i\\\\»\\\\'\\\\\\um m\\\\'\\:\\ N il i TLETY X TARSTER, . IR S // ///// / A Al FIVE CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE IN LOUISVILLE. AND WHO TOOK PART IN THE IMPRESSIVE RELI- GIOUS CEREMONIES CONDUCTED YESTERDAY BY THE VISITING SIR KNIGHTS IN THAT CITY. +* + Special Bearing the Californians Arrives in St. Louis After a Record-Breaking Run Through _the State of llissouri. - \ T. LOUIS, Aug. 25.—Golden Geote Commandery, Knights Templar, of San Francisco, will go mto Louisville to-morrow mnoon in style. The city's finest band will meet the special train at North Vernon, Ind., to-morrow mcrning and there don the habiliments of the California Com- mandery. This band will be on hand dur- ing the conclave, at the exclusive service of the San Franciscans. Sir Knight Theodore Reichert, who went to Louisville in advance, wired to- night that the California Commandery would meet Golden Gate Commandery at the depot and escort it to the Galt House, where both are quartered. The weather at the conclave city is reported to be cool. The Golden Gate specfal arrived at St. Joseph at noon after a run through Ne- braska. An hour was spent in seeing the town this afterncon. The Burlington crew put the train through in fast time, through the beautiful rural region of Northern Missourl. At times a speed of sixty-eight miles an hour was maintained. Hannibal was reached on time at' 8! o'clock, and the way then led down ihe west bank of the Mississippl to St. Louis. Here the train goes on to the Baltimere and Ohio Southwestern tracks for Loui: ville. Peter Harvey has come all the wa from San Francisco to see that the special and its passengers go safely over the Baltimore and Ohio. Colonel W. D. Sanborn of the Burling- ton route, who is in charge of the special, has won praise for getting the train through exactly on schedule time from Oakland to its destination. Eminent Commander J. C. Long of Los Angeles Commandery No. 9 gave a ban- quet this evening in ¢ne dining car to Grand Commander McKee, Grand Secre- tary Davies, Acting Commander R. B. HOW THE SULTAN WAS BROUGHT TO TERMS Ultimatum From the French Embas- sador That Brought Quick Re- sponse by Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 25.—M. Con- stans, the French Embassador, sent. a note to the Porte last Thursday to the effect that he would leave Constantinople on August 26 unless the French claims were settled. Thereupon Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, called at the French Embassy and in- formed M. Constans that the Porte had abandoned the idea of purchasing the quays, first, because convinced that_the purchase would be a bad speculation for Turkey, and second, on account of the financlal difficulty involved, as the Otto- man Government had no hope that the Paris market would take up a loan to cover the purchase. M. Constans then gave the Ottoman Government until Monday (to-morrow) to issue an irade granting the quays com- pany full rights and indemnity for the two years during which the company had been deprived of those rights. 2 LONDON, Aug. 2. — Although the tive. French papers hail Turkey’s yielding as a great triumph for France—more especially as it was largely believed that the Sul- tan's obduracy was due to the supposed Moore, Drill. Corps Commandant William Edwards, ex-Commander Robert McMil- lan and Captain General R. B. Campbell. IMPOSING RELIGIOUS RITES. Knights Hold Services.in a Louisville Methodist Church. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 2.—Com- manderies of Knights Templar poured into Louisville to-day and to-night from the four corners of the United States. The dity is rapidly filling with its plumed guests, although the triennial conclave proper does not begin until the grand pa- tade starts Tuesday morning. Imposing religious exercises were held this afternoon and this was the only for- mal event to-day. At 1 o’clock the Knights assembled at their various commanderies and at 2 o'clock marched to the Galt House, where the general formation. was made for the march to the Broadway Methodist Church, where the services were held at 3 o'clock. The column was led by the Templats of De Molay and Louisville commanderies of this city and the entire body formed an escort for the grand master of the Grand Encampment, Reuben H. Lloyd, and the other grand officers. The ground floor of the church was. re- served for Knights Templars in full uni- form. The ground floor of the Sunday- school room was reserved for ladies of visiting Knights and for Knights in uni- form accompanied by laides. The form of service had been prepared by Sir Knight, the Right Rev. Thomas U. Dudley, Episcopal Bishop of Ken- tucky. With a few changes it was the form of worship used by the Grand Com-- mandery of Kentucky. The services open- ed with a special musical programme. At the opening of the anthem the Knights arose and stood while it was being sung triendship between Germany and Turkey —it is felt in Loncon, despite considerable satisfaction over the outcome, that there is a grave doubt as to whether France has achieved more than a paper victory. The British theory is that M. Constans really wished tv force Turkey to purchase quays, which are notoriously unremunera- The Sultan has avoided this, thus securing the practical results, while giv- ing to M. Constans the empty congratula- “tion. i 3 DEATH SUMMONS AMERICA’S MOST FAr0US BEAUTY BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 25.—A private telegram from Charlottesville, Va., announces the death of Miss Maude Cole- man Woods in that city. Miss Woods was pronounced the most beautiful . woman in America by a committee from the Pan-American Exposition; and her profile adorns all the ‘medals issued by the board of awards. + and while Grand Prelate J. C. W. Coxe of the Washington (Iowa) Commandery de- livered the ritual exhortation. This was followed by prayers, the “Gloria” and “Te Deum Laudamus,” and the reading of Bible passages. The most striking part of the service then came, when the grand prelate deliv- ered the faith of the Knights, who, with swords uplifted, recited with him the Apostles’ Creed. After the coronation hymn Grand Prelate Coxe delivered his sermon, his text being “What Think Ye of Chirst?” After the taking of a collection, to be delivered to the almoners of the Louis- ville commanderies for distribution to the poor, the hymn, “St. Hilda,” was sung, and after prayers the service closed with the benediction. To-morrow will be taken up with the re- ception and escorting to their quarters of arriving commanderies. From § p. m. to 12 p. m. the Grand Commandery and the subordinate commanderies of Ken- tucky will hold a reception at Kentucky headquarters at the custom-house in hon- or of the officers and members of - the Grand -Encampment and their ladies. Hon. 'W. C. P. Breckenridge of Lexing- ton, Ky., will deliver Kentucky's welcome to-the Knights Templar at the opening ‘meeting of the Grand Encampment on Tuesday afternoon. Honolulu Commandery No. 1 of Hono- lulu, H. T., is represented at the Triennial Conclave by Grand Commander Archibald F. Gilfillan, Past Grand Confmander H. H. ‘Willlams and Standard Bearer B. T. King. These Knights have traveled more than 4000 miles for the purpose of attending the grand encampment in Louisville. Their commandery was organized in 1870, and now boasts sixty-six members, twelve of whom are natives. Mr. Gilfillan is a mem- ber of the Hawaiian Legislature. BOILER TESTING RACE CAUSES PRESS COMMENT It Is Generally Admitted That a De- cisive Opinion Cannot Be Formed From the Contest. LONDON, Aug. 26.—The report issued by the Admiralty regarding the boiler testing race between the British cruiser Hyacinthe, fitted ‘with water tube boil- ers, and the cruiser Minerva, having ‘cylindrical, or Scotch bollers, is the theme of extensive comment. It is gen- erally admitted that the contest was not under conditions that would enable the formation of a‘decisive opinion. Con- siderable doubt is again thrown upon the speed superiority of the tube boiler. It is urged that even if the superiority of this boiler should be established, the delicacy of the mechanism accompanying the Belleville creates a lability to serious dcrangement. On the whole the press considers that the Admiralty was overhasty in adopt- ing the Belleville boiler without further experiments of an exhaustive character. WILL ATTEMPT SWIM FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK * BOSTON, Aug. 25.—To swim from Bos- ton to New York is the feat that Peter McNally will atempt, making the start next Sunday, the entire distance to be covered within thirty -days. | INFLUENGE OF AMERICA AERTS WAR The Belligerent Repub- lics Afraid to Open Hostilities. Fear That the United States Would at Once Command a Halt. adily e This Government Will Act Promptly on the Arrival of Its Fleet of Warships' at the Isthmus. g Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Informa- tion received in Washington indicates that President Castro hesitates to plunge his country into a war with Colombia, the outcome of ‘which no one can see. It iIs belleved here that there has been a slight improvement in the South American situ- ation within the past few days, and it is hoped that war between Colombia and her neighbors may be averted. There is reason to believe that President Castro has been much disappointed in his expect- ations of support from Nicaragua and Ecuador and that he will pause before taking a step in which he would not have the united support of Venezuela and in which he-might encounter the opposition of the United States. ; If peace is maintained it will be largely due to the influence of the United States. The strength of the position of this coun- try les largely in the fact that the admin- istration has not given a hard and fast definition of the policy which it will pur- sue under the treaty of 1846, by which it is bound to maintain the sovereignty of Colombla over the Isthmus of Panama. The Governments of Venezuela, Nicara- gua, Ecuador and of those European na- tions which are Jaoking anxiously for an opportunity to meddle tn South and Cen- tral American affairs all know that the Government at Washington is keéping a close watch on the situation and that there is a line somewheré that cannot be crossed without bringing from Washing- ton a- vigorous command to halt, backed up, if need be, by the entire power of the United States. As long as this line is not closely de- fined President Castro and all others wiil be disposed to move slowly, as they can- not know-what step may bring them face to face with the United States. The arrival of the Machias at Colon to- morrow will put this Government in a position to speak with authority in re- gard to the Isthmian situation and it is believed that her mere presence, with the knowledge that the battleship Towa and the gunboat Ranger are rapidly nearing Panama, will be all that will be necessary. While it is believed that some Nicara- guans have been participating in guer- rilla operations on the isthmus, it is not now belfeved here that they are supported by the Nicaraguan Government, the latest information received at the various lega- tions seeming to indicate that the Nica- raguan Government is holding aloof. Nica- ragua is evidently afrald of becoming in- volved . with the United States and does not propose to allow Castro to use her to pull his chestnuts out of the fire. DEATH SUDDENLY CLAIMS A PROMINENT ATTORNEY Physicians Believe That His Life Was Shortened by Overwork in a Senatorial Campaign. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 2.—Robert G. Evans, United States Distriet Attorney for Minnesota, died suddenly to-day from heart disease, on the balcony of his hcme on Queen avenue, Kenwood. He had been apparently in the hest of health. Evans was 47 years of age. He was a prominent candidate last winter to suc- ceed Senator C. K. Davis in the United States Senate, and his physiclan believes that his death was due more than any- thing. else to overwork In that campalan. His wife died four months ago and it is belleved by his closest friends that this loss hastened his death. Evans had been entertalning Senators Fairbanks of Indlana, Quarles of Wiscon- sin and Clapp of Minnesota the past week. and in a runaway accident eight days ago, Senator Fairbanks and Evans were badly bruised and shaken. -— PLANS FOR A SURPRISE PREVENT THEIR MEETING Husband Misses Wife and Wite Misses Husband While Seeking Early Reunion. TACOMA, Aug. %5.—Mrs. J. F. Lyons of Tacoma returned from Scotland this week after an agsravating experience. As the time approached for her return she resolved as a surprise to return a few weeks in advance of the time her husband was expecting her. At the same time Mr. Lyons resolved to go to Scotland to meet his wife as a surprise to her. Several days after Mrs. Lyons reached New York and while she was at the dock she saw the steamer on'which she had returned pulling into the stream for the return trip and on board was her hus- band. It was too late for him to re- turn and she was unable to join him. There remained nothing for her to do but to return to Tacoma and wait her hus- band.. He has cabled that he will start back very soon. -+ CONSPIRAGY OF OFFICIALS WIDESPAEA Further Arrests of Chi- nese Inspectors to Be Made. Government ' Has Evidence Implicating Men in High Station. ————— Hopes to Break Up Gang That Has for Years Been Smuggling Ori- entals Across the Mexican Boundary. it Special ‘Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Further arrests on account of the smuggling of Chinese across the Mexican “border are expected to be made to-morrow. Secret service officers who are at work on the case report that they expect to have evi- dence sufficient to justify the arrest of several more officers of the Chinese in- spection service, but the Treasury Depart- ment will not give the names of the sus- pected officers in advance of the arrests being made. In the case of at least one high' official, secret service men report that they are fully satisfied that he is implicated, but they have not yet obtained evidence that would justify them in making his arrest. The conspiracy in- volved men not only along the Mexican border but also along the line of railway from Nogales clear into California. It is hoped by Treasury officials that the urearthing of this conspiracy will put a stop to most of the smuggling of Chinese across the Mexican border which has been going:on for several years. The depart- mept has known that Chinese were get- ting across, but it was not supposed that the very men relied upon to keep them out were helping them to come in. It was supposed that they eluded the officfals along the long and thinly settled frontier. Recently, as a means of decreasing the Influx of Chinese from Mexico, the départ- 12ent has refused to allow Chinese bound for that country to land at San Fran- cisco and other ports and go overland to Mexico, unless absolutely satisfied that they intended to remain in Mexico. None of those who passed through the United States In transit to Mexico stopped off tefore crossing the border. The railroads carrying them were compelled to give bend, and in consequence every train carrying Chinese to Mexico ecarried guards, and the Chinese were always de- livered on the Mexican side of the fron- tier. Most of them speedily got back into the United States, however. PHOENIX, Ariz. Aug. 25.—The arrest here-yesterday of William M. Hoey, cus- toms collector at Nogales, and that at Tucson of B. F. Josey. Chinese inspector, charged with implication in the scheme for smuggling Chinese from Mexico into the United States. continues to qreats a tremendous sensation. For a long time it has been known that secret service men under orders of the Treasury Department were investigating wholesale smuggling of Orfentals, but Hoey and Josey appar- entlv have been the most active in the efferts to stop the practice. It is charged that they had an arrangement with sev- eral Chinese to let contraband Celostials come over the border at a rate rangng from $50 tn $500 each. The highest price was paid fer girls, who were provided for sale to wealthy Chinese. Several girls kad been captured recently, but it is believed that hundreds of them have been sicretly Lrought in. ————— STARVATION THREATENS MANY POOR FAMILIES Steps Taken to Give Immediate Re- lief to the People of Za- pata County. SAN ANTONIO Texas, Aug. 25.—Re- ports to-day from Zapata County confirm the news that the poorer classes there are facing starvation. They must have immediate help in the way of food, or the results will be terrible. Range water has failed and cattle are too weak tor travel and are dying rapidly. The country is literally burned up by drought. There is not a green thing to be seen ex- cept cactus plants. Zapata County is fifty miles from the nearest railroad and whatever in the way of food is sent to the farmers in the famine-stricken place must be hauled from Laredo, a two days’ trip at best. Mayor Hicks of this city has started a rellef fund, and has already sent a small sum of money t6 Laredo to be used in buying food for the sufferers. Relief work will be continued here. Nothing has béen heard here from the War Department in answer to a request for rations sent by Congressman Kleberg. — Lord Hereschell’s Successor. LONDON, Aug. 2.—Lord. Strathéona and ‘Mountroyal, the Daily Chronicle be- Heves, will be appointed successor to ‘the late Lord Hereschell as head of the dele- gation representing British Interests in the Joint High Commission. R T o Sugar Bounties Cause a Defleit. PARIS, Aug. 25.—The sugar bounties having occasioned a deficit of 14.000,000 franes, the Minister of Finance has issued a decree reducing them by 55 per cenmt, with a view of covering the deficit.