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jFivc Persons Killed , Many Injured ,
and Stores Wrecked Mob
Lynches Two Blacks.
QUARTER IS BTTREED.
\fter Destroying"white Ecstaurant
Houses of Blacks Are ITircd
by the Crowd.
eM correspondence :
Riot , arson and ski lighter held pos-
jscssion of the black celt and levee of
Springfield. III. , all through Friday
, -uighL Two men were killed , nearly
100 wounded. Hie streets were full of
, .inilia ! , and rioters set fire to negro
houses in all paris of tbe black belt.
The fire department was intimidated
sand overawed by the rioters , and until
-the arrival of 3,000 additional State
soldiers the authorities wore practically
helpless to control tbe situation.
Mob Kalkcd by 3Ju.sc.
All this turmoil grows out of an at
tempt to lynch a negro who had at-
iacked a white woman. Tbe negro was
rspirifed out of town , and tbe mob ,
balked in its vengeance , immedialely
turned on tbe man who loaned his auto-
. -znobilo to tbe authorities to enable them
to convey the negro to a place of safo-
ty. This was tbe spark that started
-ihe riot.
Special trains were hurried from De-
-calur , Jacksonville , P.loomington , Peoria -
-oria , and half a dozen other towns.
bearing infantry , cavalry and artillery.
Early in the state of riot : > ' . ! the sa
loons and disorderly bouses .11 tbe city
were closed by the Mayor. : nd the mili
tiamen did their best to prevent the col
lecting of any crowds 5n the'streets. '
" Their efforts were futile , however. They
would disperse a crowd in one neigh
borhood , and it immediately reassem
bled in another.
When at 2 a. in. the burning of negro
.houses commenced tbe negroes retali
ated by shooting from tbe upper stories
-5 > f the bouses in the neighborhood where
the torch waj applied. A number of
rpcrsons were bit during these fusillades
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xjfore their identity was discovered.
Origin of the Trouble.
The inciting cause of the trouble was
.an assault made on Friday on Mrs.
Earl Ilallam , wife of a street car con-
-ductor. Mrs. Ilallam. whose husband
works at night , was pulled from her
bed at midnight by a negro , who then
dragged her into a garden in tbe rear
-of the house , where he assaulted her.
This wns tbe last straw on tbe minds
of the whites of the city , the hatred
.against tbe blacks having been smolder-
.ing since a month ago. when Clergy A.
Bailard was slain in his home by a
.negr < . who. it is said , bad entered tbe
Ballard home in an attempt to assault
Mr. P.allard's young daughter.
George Richardson , a negro , was ar
rested for the assault upon Mrs. Ilal-
2am and placed in tbe city jail with
.Joseph James , who was accused of the
IBallard murder.
Mutterings of mob violence began
soon after the Richardson identification
by the woman , and a great crowd col
lected about the jail. After Ricbard-
. son bad been identified by Mrs. Ilallam
-the crowds gre\\- even more violent , and
it was decided to take the prisoner out
.of town.
Sheriff Charles Werner made ar
rangements to take the men to Bloomington -
ington and tbe attention of the crowd
. around tbe jail was distracted by an
-alarm of fire while the men were placed
in Harry T. Loper's automobile and
jwhisked away to the railroad station
the fair grounds , where a traiu
x ctoppetl to let the sheriff's men and
their prisoners get on board. '
As soon as this was known the mob
began to gather , bowling for vengeance
against the man wh'o bad assisted in
ilie escape of their prej' . Tbe cry ,
"Come on to Loper's , " was raised , and
a few minutes later bricks were crash
ing through tbe windows. Leper met
tbe mob with a rifle. They paid no
heed to him , and ho was forced into the
back part of tbe building , where he was
compelled to witness the complete de
struction of his property.
Tbe restaurant was tbe largest in tbe
city , and had a largp trade. Within
an hour it was a complete wreck. All
of the furniture was taken out and
piled on top of the automobile , which
bad been turned over on the street , and
llien a match was applied to the gaso
line tank. Tbe bonfire raged until mid
night. The police were utterly power
less to cope with the mob and the fire
department , which had been called out ,
was not allowed to extinguish the
flames.
During tbe attack an attempt was
made to do bodily barm to Mayor
Reece.
At 30 o'clock Ivouis Johnson , a 19-
year-old boy , was found dead in a rear
stairway leading to the basement of a
downtown building. He bad been shot
through the groin.
At the time tbe riot began Eugene
W. Chaiin , the Prohibition candidate
for President , was addressing a meet
ing in tbe courthouse yard. A negro
pursued by a mob came dashing up the
platform , and in endeavoring to protect
the man from his pursuers the orator
was struck in the face with a brick and
badly injured.
GRAND JURY BEGINS TASK.
I nves ( i raiio it of Ontrnse * at Spring
field Se itiel to Di.sliirbniices.
Springfield Monday entered upon the
investigation of outrages and the arrest
of accused men. A special grand jury
\vas summoned by Judge James A. Creigh-
ton of the Sangamon County Circuit
Court as the result of a conference be-
tu-piMi Governor Deneen and State's At
torney Frank Hatch. A large amount of
evidence , implicating many citizens , was
obtained during the rioting , and this will
bo submitted. Suspects were arrested
each day during the reign of terror , and
will be 'held ' awaiting the deliberations of
the official body.
The assurance of General Young that
his force is sufficient to render abortive
any attempt at mob violence is shared by
the negi-oss. Many more of them from
the residence districts of the city came
to t'he arsenal , swelling the number sheA-
tered by the State to 400 They are
guarded as closely as is tihe ammunition
kept in the building. The colored people
are fed from the kitchens of the militia
men , which are across the alley from the
west entrance to the building.
It is estimated that 1,500 negroes have
left the city , some of them never to re
turn. The exodus has taken them to Chi
cago. St. Louis. Peoria , Decatur , Bloom-
ington. Lincoln. Carlinville , East St.
Louis and Jacksonville. Many have left
the State , and the Kingdom of Gallaway
in Missouri , Tennessee , Kentucky and
even Louisiana will be expected to pro
vide ne\v homes for the refugees.
Two hundred of t'he Springfield rioters
are to face charges of murder before a
special grand jury which Governor De
neen and the State's Attorney have called.
BAYONET KILLS A BOY.
I ail at Kankakee In Sta.bbed to
Death by Soldier on Guard. j '
At Kankakee , Earl Nelson , a delivery |
boy for a local grocery , was stabbed to
death by one of the soldiers of the First
Regiment. I. N. G. . of Chicago as it !
passed through on its way to Springfield.
About 300 residents of the town witness
ed the stabbing and clamored for revenge.
According to the story told by Arson
Arres. a French boy , and witness of the , i
shooting , at the inquest , the killing of <
Nelson was unprovoked. His story is
borne out by the testimony of Elmer Ost
born and Eli Barnett
, other Knnkakee i
youths who were with Nelson and saw
the murder. After a lengthy session of <
the board of inquiry at Springfield , Private - ' ]
vate Joseph B. Klein of Company A , j
First Infantry , was sustained in Oils plea ! ]
of self-defense in the fatal stabbing with i
a bayonet of the youth at Kankakee. I ,
. NOTIFSf CHAHE OP NOMINATION
, Third Presidential Candidate Sounds
Keynote for Prohibitionists.
Kugce W Cbafin , the Prohibition
; candidate for President of Hie United
j States. now knows , officially , that be i ?
the choice of bis party.
ll\i \ was formally notified at a mon
ster meeting and reception held 'in
Murie Hall , Fine Arts Building , Chi
cago. Dr. Charles Scanlon , the per
manent chairman of tbe convention at
Columbus , came all the way from Pitts-
burg to officiary tell him that it was
j so , and in this he was assisted by Sam-
i uel Dickie of Albion. Mich. ; Clinton X.
] Howard of Rochester. X. Y. : A. " A.
1 Stevens , Tyrone , Pa. ; A. G. Wolfcnber-
1 ger of Lincoln. Xeb. , and Felix T. Me-
\Vhirter of Indianapolis.
It was mentioned in passing by the
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speakers that Lincoln had felt itself
honored when a notification party had
informed Mr. Bryan of the great honor
. ' bestowed upon him by the Democrat it-
party ; that Cincinnati had experienced
the same self-gratification because of
i being the home of Mr. Taft , but that
Chicago could feel itself honored be-
1 yond all cities because it will be the
home of the first man ever to be elected
i President of the United States by pro
hibition VOtoS.
If the speakers in notifying the other
presidential candidates dealt in optim-
| isms and predicted certain victory for
their candidates , they did not outdo the
Prohibition speakers , for never once
during the1 entire evening was there
anything that would indicate that the
, supporters of the movement dreamed of
defeat for their cause.
"Never since the Hood , " declared one
speaker , "has water reached such a
i high tide as at present , and it is now
touching the high places of the country.
j It will carry on its crest our candidate ,
and land him in the presidential cbair ,
at Washington. " i
i Like all other notifications. Mr. i
Chah'n's speech was looked forward teas
as the "keynote" of the campaign. The
"keynote" was the indifference the
studied indifference , it was termed
with which the two old parlies had
treated the temperance question , lie
said that" at a later date be would send
a formal letter of acceptance to the
. committee , in which he would discuss
at more length the issues raised in tbe
Prohibition platform and the lack of
issues in the platform of their oppo
nents.
EVANS WAP.S NO MORE.
'Fighting Bob" Goes on Retired List
After Forty-Eight Years' Service.
Far from grim war ships and the sea ,
where he- spent nearly half a century
in the service of bis country , Hear Ad
miral Robiey D. Evans of the United
States navy reached tbe age limit of
( j'2 years Tuesday and passed from the
ranks of the country's active sea fight
ers. His has been tbe longest service
but two year. * short of half a century
of any man who has reached the ofiice
of rear admiral in the United States
navy.
All through the day the hotel at Lake
Muhonk , X. Y. , where Admiral Evans
is staying was thronged with admirers
eager to congratulate him on his sixty-
second birthday and to wish him many
more happy and useful years. Telegrams -
grams by tbe score reached him from
all parts of the country , all expressing
felicitation and affection. ' !
In the evening a reception was held !
in honor of the admiral and a band- !
some loving cup was presented to him , ,
the presentation being made by Dr. {
Andrew S. Draper , commissioner of |
education of the State of Xew York.
Admiral Evans in responding said : "In
one respect at least naval oflicers are
exactly like any other worthy servants
of the people they are glad when they
have pleased their employers. It may
not be out of place for me to say that
during my forty-eight years of service
I have done all in my power to uphold
the honor and dignity of my country ,
and that I have loved tbe dear old flag
as I love nothing else in this world.
That I have suffered severely under tbe
flag must be evident to anyone who
sees , but I would live my life over
again just as I have lived it if I knew"
the suffering was to be a thousand
times as great. I go to tbe retired list
with a feeling that it is a reward for
long and honorable service , and I hope
to enjoy the rest and comfort it may
bring , unless some emergency shall call
me back into active service , when I
shall give all that remains of me to my
country as willingly as I have given
tbe best years of my manhood. "
President Roosevelt was unable to at
tend the reception , but be sent a letter
expressing bis high esteem for Admiral
Evans.
German Cnr First to Paris.
The German auto Protos was the first
to finish in the New York-to-Paris race ,
having covered the 11,000 miles of road
travel in 130 days. The American Thomas
car arrived at Paris two days behind the
leader.
Nevertheless the American machine was
declared the winner owing to time allow
ances for transportation of the rival car
by rail.
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.
Chairman Ilitdhcock of the Republican
national committee has made up his ex
ecutive committee.
Mrs. Lloyd Osbourne , wife of the nov
elist , has filed a suit for separate mainte
nance at San Francisco , Cal.
Alice Johnstone , the actress , was grant
ed a divorce from her husband , Dustin
Farnum , the actor , in New York.
Thomas F. Gargnn , a member of the
Boston transit commission , died in Ber
lin , Germany. He was operated on th *
for a stomach diaprdtr.
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SOLDIERS RULE SPRINGEIELD.
Iron Grip of the Militia Overawes
Mobs in Illinois Capital.
Springfield correspondence :
After three days and three nights of
riot and bloodshed the fourth day
dawned with tbe race war situation
seemingly just as ominous and threat
ening as it was during tbe hours in
which tbe torch was being applied and
negroes were being lynched and shot
and stoned in every street. Tbe anti
negro element in the community has
been curbed and overawed by the mili
tia , but there has been no suppression
of the spirit of antagonism against tbe
colored race.
Fifty-five hundred armed national
guardsmen patrol tbe streets and tbe
fever for blood has abated , temporari
ly at least , among tbe wild element
which ruled tbe state capital for forty-
eight hours. It is not to be under
stood that the trouble is over. Tbe dis
play of strength made by five regi-
jneuts of the State's organized rnilltia ,
Bimply overawed tbe population" which
has been responsible for all of the
disturbance. There was comparatively
little disturbance after the Second In
fantry from Chicago swept through the
streets Sunday afternoon. The news
of the comiii'g , also , of the Seventh In
fantry and the First Cavalry , both of
Chicago , had been heralded all over
the city , and this went far toward
bringing about a little peace.
The most overt act of Saturday
night was an attempt to cut the fire
alarm and telegraph wires at 7th and
Washin'gton streets , in the heart of the
business district. With the wires
down , the city would have been prac
tically at the mercy of the incendiaries ,
who found firing the buildings in
which negroes lived or maintained
email businesses the easiest way of
keepiiig the rioting going. The man
who would have cut off the fire pro
tection of the city was discovered in
the act of reaching for the wires. A
half-dozen shots from troops who were
on patrol in the courthouse square
were aimed at him as he stealthily
climbed toward tbe wires. One bullet
probably hit him , for be dropped to
the roof of the building , but made a
successful escape. To this affair is
added the attempt to fire the negro sec
tion on the northwest side of Spring
field.
field.Overawed
Overawed by the presence of tbe
great body of troops , tbe largest that
has been assembled in an Illinois duty
camp since tbe riots in Chicago in
1S94 , tbe lawless element of the city ,
white and black , which in its fury has
been responsible for tbe death of five
persons since tbe rioting began' Sun
day , made no demonstration during
Sunday. The city is under strict mili
tary rule. Soldiers are everywhere.
Every street in the business portion of
the city is patrolled. National guards
men , with loaded rifles , keep an inces
sant march up and down the thorough
fares. No gatherings of citizens are
permitted. Every one is kept on' the
move. Tbe troops have been given
strict orders to allow no mobs to be
formed , and are obeying these orders
to the letter. The big fact stands out
that the majesty of the law. as repre
sented in tbe khaki-clad troops of the
State , has been recognized , and
through fear of tbe riot ammunition
which was issued with orders to shoot
to kill , Springfield was again at peace.
NOTES OF SPRINGFIELD BIOTS.
A second negro was hanged , but res
cued by soldiers.
Governor Ipnecn ordered the First ,
S'ecomi and Seventh Regiments to Spring
field from Chicago.
Springfield pastors united Sundny in
preaching against the rioting which has
disgraced the city.
Forty-five hundred soldiers at last
overawed the mobs in Springfield nud re
stored a semblance of order.
Troops aided the Springfield fire de
partment , keeping a mob in check while
flames in negro refuge were fought
Prominent negroes in Chicago denounce
the mob violence at Springfield and de-
ILLIXOIS STATE CAPITOL.
clarc the law should be sufficient to pun
ish all offenders.
A woman arrested on charge of inciting
riot was released on bail , but a number
of men are held on suspicion of taking
part in the mob work.
Governor Deneen issued a formal state-
mr-nt reviewing acts leading up to the
oiitbreak , the results of the rioting and
the efforts to restore peace.
The brutal murder of an aged negress
by a man of her own race , crazed by the
Springfield riots , almost resulted in a
lynching in Chicago's "black belt. "
TWO NEGROES ARE LYNCHED.
Deadly Work of Prenzied Mob
Creates Beign of Terror.
Scott I'.uiton , ( j.j years old , a barber ,
was lynched Saturday morning. Bur
ton conducted a little barber shop at
] tb and Madison streets in Spring-
iield. lie is said to have quarreled with
a white man. A house near his shop
was fired on by tbe mob. lie ran In
terror. The frr-ied men P.-.V. ' h'ni : int !
he was oapturtd. ile drew a r. voiver
and was knocked down. A r.u. r fill
from his iHv.-ket. A 10-year-oKl boy
saw the rar. . Grabbing it. he slashed
the negro on the neck. The sight of
blood so maddened the crowd that it
secured a rope and banged the old man
instantly. Thirty shots were fired into
bis body after be was dead.
William Donnegan , an SO-year-oId ne
gro , was brutally beaten and banged by
a mob at bis home Saturday night and
died at St. John's hospital at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning.
The police have gained a confession ,
from one of tbe men arrested on sus
picion be was a member of the mob
which attacked Donnegan. Tbe man is
Abraham Kaymer , who has been in
Springfield only a few mouths , lie i3
a Russian Jew and talks broken Eng
lish. After an hour's grueling by Chief
Morris , Raymer broke down and admit
ted be was one of the mob that so
cruelly strung the old negro to a tree
after slashing bis throat with a razor.
lie also gave tbe police the names of
four or five of the mob which be knew.
Ernest Humphrey was one of the men
accused by Raymer. He was arrested
Sunday. Oflicers are searching for the
others implicated by Raymer's confes
sion.
From Raymer's story , the only prov
ocation for the lynching was that Don
negan was married to a white woman.
According to his statement , the mob as
sembled at Seventh and Washington
STATE ARSENAL , SPHINGFIELD.
Chicago sent l. . 00 additional soldiers ,
including 200 cavalrymen , to Springfield ,
making a total of more than j,000 guards
men in the capital to maintain order.
A boy who attempted to board the First
Regiment train at Kankakee was stabbed
to death with a bayonet by a soldier from
Chicago , and the authorities insisted ou
arresting the man.
Many lyncbings and race riots have
marred the peace in the last few years ,
but the North has had few of the risings.
A total of 1,530 had been lynched in
twelve years prior to 1908.
streets , only one block distant from the
headquarters of Gen. Young and staff.
There were 200 men in the crowd
that went to the home of Donnegan ,
but not more than half a dozen knew
where the rioters were leading or what
their intentions were. As the mob
ueared tbe home of Dounegan members
of tbe negro's family felt that the
marchers were bent on killing them.
The wife and children fled through a
rear door , but Donnegan , who was al
most blind from old age , was unable
accompany
