Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY IlfiE: MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1902.
BIG CROWD AT BALL GAME
"Fa" Rourke'i Aggregation Draws Out
Fifteen Hundred People.
OMAHAS WIN FROM ORIGINALS AGAIN
Tbre w Twlrlers for L,eags Team
Arc Tiled ) and Browa Makes
Himself Solid with
Peas.
Fifteen hundred Sunday pleasure-seekers
gathered at Vinton Street park yesterday
to watch the antics of "Pa"' Rourke'i new
base ball players, and they were rewarded
by teeing the prospective champions take
the tecond Rama from the Originals by a
core of 5 to 2. The attendance waa ex
tremely flattering, and Rourke Is wondering
what he will do with the hot weather league
game Sunday crowds to come when they
turn out In auch numbers on a cold day to
ee a practice contest with amateurs. There
were even a doien or so carriages In the
caddock.
Though It was a cold base ball day the
field and battery play was not affected
visibly by this fact, although an Inability
on the part of each team to hit la to be
generously ascribed to this cause. Hi's
were eren fewer than the day previous, and
that left the matter largely a pitcher's af
fair. Three of Omaha's new twtrlers were tried
out, and the first man out. Brown, made
Exceeding good with the crowd. He threw
a nice game for five Innings, allowing two
hits, striking out seven men and giving no
bases. Brown Is the busky coal miner who
waa recently discovered In the east and has
been In the game but a short time.
Third Baseman Hlckey waa on exhibition
for the first time and considering his lack
of preliminary practice appeared a good
actor. He Is one of those serious players,
always working hard, but he failed to hit
aafe yesterdsy. However, the same can be
aald of eight of bis fellow playera, so who
can say what?
The game started out for a big score. The
amateurs poled out two aafe ones in the
first, and made a run. Omaha responded
with two more hits and three runs. Then
everything fell dead till the fifth, when
Omaha did another and took the last In the
eighth. The Originals scored one more In
the ninth.
Some rretty Ball Playing.
, All this goose-egging, however, meant
some pretty ball playing, and the most sen
sational play of the day was Dolan's hand
ling one-handed of a hot grounder from
Welch's bat near second base In the fourth,
" hit by all precedent which Joe ruthlessly
'smashed by capturing the ball and turning
the play to an out at second. The shortstop
also did some more of hie famous Marconi
transmlssloa to first. He seems to throw
overhand, underhand, sideband or sleight-of-hand
with equal speed. The only time
the' crowd could see the ball at all when it
left his right was when It soared over
Cal'a head for the south bleachers In the
sixth, some fathoms high.
It remained for the Originate to make the
sole double, Genlns and Calhoun being
caught at first and eecond on a grounder
by the latter to Bradford. Harry Welch
pitched a strong, consistent game all
through and waa very steady.
The Omaha team goes to Lincoln to pla
a few games with the Btate university boya
today, and will there be Joined by Pitcher
Eddie Gordon, the collegian, and the last
of the staff to report. Gordon is Just con
cluding hia law course at the university.
Next Thursday the team returns here to
play the Crelgbton university nine and Des
Molnea la coming Saturday and Sunday.
8 core:
OMAHA.
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Carter, If a 2 0 2 0 0
Genlns, cf 4 2 2 1 0 0
Calhoun, lb 4 0 1 8 0 0
Dolan. ss 4 1 2 2 2 1
Stewart, lb 4 0 112 0
Hlckey, 3b 4 0 0 0 2 1
K erning, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Oonding. c 1 0 0 7 1 0
Drown, p 1 0 0 0 2 9
Thomas, c 2 0 010
Alloway, p 1 0 0 0 1 0
Graham, p 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 33 6 i 27 12 1
ORIGINALS.
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Holmes. Sb 4 0 0 0 0 1
I-swler, ss 4 1 1 t 2 1
Whitney, cf 4 0 110 1
Welch, p 4 0 0 0 3 0
Taylor. If.... t 0 0 2 0 0
Bradford. 2b 4 110 3 0
Foley, lb 3 0 0 10 0 0
OKeefe, c 3 0 0 8 2 0
Ucully. rf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Total.'. 33 2 3 24 10 4
8tone batted for Alloway In the fifth.
Omaha 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
Originals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Earned runs: Omnha, 1; Originals, 1.
Three-bass hit: Lawler. Double play: Brad
ford to Lawler to Foley. Stolen base:
Oonding. Base on balls: Off Alloway, 1;
off Graham, 2: off Welch, 1. Hit by
pitched ball: By Alloway 1; by Welch, 1.
Struck out: By Brown. 7; by Alloway, 2;
by Graham, 2; by Welch, S. Passed ball:
Thomas. Time of game: 1:46. Umpire:
Buck Keltic
PUNCTURES ABSURD RUMOR
Director Roberts of Mlat Says He
Toalel Net Limit Gold Coinage
If ft Wished.
FORT DODGE. Ia., April . (Special.)
Hon. Qeorge B. Roberts, director of the
mint, In an Interview today exploded
the aewspaper reports which have been
freely circulated to the effect that he may
limit the coinage of gold, grounded on the
rumor that Mr. Roberta had ordered work
to be discontinued on the new mint at
Denver.
Mr. Roberta said: "Nothing could be
more absurd than the auggestlon that the
director of the mint may limit the eolnsas
f gold. He could not. If disposed to. The
mints of the Vnlted States are open
by law to the free coinage of gold and are
bound to receive all that ia brought to
them. The construction of the new mint
'at Denver has been delayed by the Insol
vency of a contractor, but there Is a gov
'erament assay office In that city which
'.meantime receives bullion aal forwards it
at government expense to the mint at
Philadelphia."
Mr. Roberta said that the report of his
disposition to discourage gold production
bad tta origin In his opposition to several
bills for the establishment of new assav
offices In recently established mining dts
trtets. A ' government assay office, he
aald, ia virtually an outside agency for a
mint Bullion is received, paid for and
transported to the mint at the expense
f the government. Naturally, every new
Dining district wanta a government assay
office. The present director of the mint
haa opposed the multiplication of these
offices, having been convinced that the
service rendered to the public was usually
ot of aufflclent importance to Justify the
expense of the treasury.
Travlas Mesasae Service.
BHRKVEPOHT. La,, April l-Passenger
' train service which wae Interrupted by
floods has beea, resumed over the Queen at
LTSsoeat routs.
TonFnhf
Joat before retiring, U your flyer Is
alttgwlsa, oat f tune and you reel dulL
fcWooe, eunstlpsted, take a doe tf
44. you'll be aU right la u Bwrnind,
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DIVORCE PAPERS ARE BURIED
RnTorts to Seeare Information la C'aae
of Prominent New Yorker
Fatlle.
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. April . (Special.)
Extraordinary efforts are being made to
suppress the story connected with the
divorce esse of Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton,
a famous New York physician, who was a
few days ago granted a divorce decree by
Judge Jones of this city. The divorce wss
granted while Judge Jones a as holding a
term of rourt at Elk Point, but It was elated
at the clerk of courts' office In that city
that the papers In the case are not on file
there.
Dr. Hamilton was brought Into national
prominence immediately after President
McKlnley was assassinated, having been
aummoned from New York to Buffalo to
examine Into the mental condition of Ciol
goex, the assassin.
Efforts on the part of newspaper men to
be permitted to examine Dr. Hamilton's
complaint and thus ascertain the grounds
upon which he applied for and waa granted
a divorce have been steadily frustrated by
Interested partlee, and up to this time no
newspsper man has been able to examine
the papers In the case, although they should
be public records.
Hsvlng been freed from his former matri
monial alliance Dr. Hamilton has now taken
unto himself a new wife In the person of
Mae Copeland Tomllnson, who has also re
sided In Bioux Falls for seven or eight
months and who, as in the case of her new
husband, was recently granted a divorce
here from her former helpmate.
COMBINE FOR BETTER RATES
Commercial Travelers Meet at Sloaa
Falls aad Form a. Sew
Organisation.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. April 6. (Special
Telegram.) As the result of a most suc
cessful convention both In the deep Inter
est shown and in numbers, a new organiza
tion, to be known as the National Commer
cial Travelers' association, has been
formed hers. Delegates were present from
North and South Dakota, Iiwa, Illinois,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska.
New York and Missouri. The declaration
ot principles adopted by the convention
la as follows:
Believing that working in unison Is the
only satisfactory way to promote harmony
and good fellowship and secure for our
selves more satisfactory railroad service
and transportation and to raise the stand
ard of hotel service, we Invite all mem
bers of all reputable commercial trav
elers associations to Join us In our great
struggle to accomplish as an order what
is Impossible as Individuals.
L. R. Potter of Sheldon, Ia., was elected
temporary president and J. S. Clarke of
Sioux Falls temporary aecretary. A com
mittee on bylaws and constitution will re
port at another meeting to be held In about
a month, when a permanent organization
will be perfected.
FIGHT ON THE WATER COMPANY
Sloaa Falls Republicans Make That
the Issae la Mnalrlpal
Campaign.
BIOUX FALLS. S. D., April 6. (Spe
cial.) At a city convention of Bloux Falls
republicans the following ticket was plsced
In nomination for the regular municipal
election, to be held on the 15th Inst:
Mayor. George W. Burnslde; city treas
urer, jobn Olson; police Justice, George A.
Ludlow; city Justice, A. B. Wbeelock.
The most significant feature ot the con
vention was the nature of the resolutions
adopted in reference to the litigation pend
ing between the city and the private com
pany which furnishes the city with water.
denouncing the company for the course It
baa pursued and failure to furnish thle cltv
with an adequate aupply of wholesome
water, tor Its - .bitant rates and unwar
ranted restrictions, and commending the
mayor and council for the Initiatory ataps
taken by them to establish at the expira
tion of the present contract with the water
company a water system to be owned.
managed and controlled by the city. Th's
means a finish fight between the city and
the private water company.
STOCKMEN G0T0 RAPID CITY
Interesting Program Prepared for the
Assnsl Meeting This
Week.
8TURGI3. S. D., April 6. (Special.) The
annual meeting of the stockmen of the
Black Hills will be held at Rapid City on
the 8th and 9th. Great preparations are
being made by the people of that town
and an excellent program la already an-
nounced. Nearly all the stocKmen of Btur
gla and vicinity will attend.
Jamplng Claims la Oil Coaatry.
EVANSTON. Wyo., April . (Special.)
Interest in the local, oil flelda la Increasing
with the advent of aprlng and locatlona are
being filed at the rate of ten and twenty
dally. An unsatisfactory condition, and one
that will ultimately cause considerable
trouble, prevails In connection with the lo
cations. It appears that the newcomers
have paid little or no regard to the prior
claims of others, for they have deliber
ately re-located large tracta of land that
have already been filed upon. In aome In
stances clalma bave been filed upon aa many
aa three tlmea. A local association hss
been formed for mutual protection and when
claim-Jumpers attempt to secure land they
will be prosecuted.
New Hetel at Deadwood.
DEAD WOOD, S. D.. April . (Special.)
The Deadwood Hotel company has adopted
the plans for the new $100,000 hotel to be
built this year. The plans agreed upon
call for a four-story building of pressed
brick and atone. Its style, particularly
that of the first-story, is taken from the
Oeorgtan period. Above that It la a com
blnatlon, the Georgian prevailing. It will
front 140 feet on Main street, and will have
a Shine street frontage of seventy feet.
In the rear there will be a kitchen one
story high, 25x50 feet. The building will
be what archltecta term alow-burning. It
will also be provided with modera fire es
capes. Work on the building is to be com
menced at once.
Eleetrlo Light for Meads.
BTURGI8, 8. D.. April . (Special.)
Fort Meade will hereafter be lighted by
electricity. Thle waa decided on by the
War department because of the recently
erected brick and atone buildings, which
are wired for the Improvement. 8. A.
Oliver, owner of the Sturgts electric light
plant, has received notification fit bis con
tract, and wires from the power bouse la
this city will be strung Immediately. New
quarter and barracks to be erected this
years, means aa enlargement of th Bturgla
plant and nay mean connection with the
trolley line to be put In between here and
Fort Meade.
Meaey bat No Borrowers.
BIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. April (.(Special.)
County Treasurer Schaub of Kingsbury
county reports that he has been compelled
to return to the atate treasury th sum ot
$14,000 of ths permanent school fund be
cause he has been unable to loan it. The
same condition of affair prevail in prae
tlcally every other county In the state,
aptly Illustrating ths excellent financial
condition of th people of Bout Dakota.
LOSE BAM ROBBERS' TRAIL
Bloodhounds Sent Home After Following it
for BeTenty-FiT Milei.
PURSUERS SEE THIEVES SEVERAL TIMES
Loss of the Raskin Baak Sot So Large
as at Flrat Heportrd and la
Felly Covered by
Insaraare.
BEATRICE. Neb., April . (Special Tel
egram.) Trainer Maxfleld, who was called
to Ruskln, Neb., yesterday with a pair of
the Fulton bloodhounds to run down the
Ruskln bank robbers, returned home this
evening from Belleville, Kan., where the
chase was abandoned late Saturday night.
The robbers were followed a distance of
seventy-five miles. Mr. Maxfleld, shortly
after his return home, stated that aeveral
times during the chase the pursuing party,
which consisted of twenty men on horse
back, got a glimpse of the fleeing robbers,
but were unable to overtake them.
According to his statement, the thieves
secured only about $300 In coin. The bank
la well Insured. The officials refuse to
make public the amount of money missing
until after the Insurance Is adjusted. It Is
the opinion of the officers that the robbers
are headed for Oklahoma.
8T. JOSEPH. April 6. The Ruskln, Neb.,
bank robbers, four In number were today
chased for thirty miles by a posse of far
mers. The robbers crossed Into Kansas
and separated nesr Bellvllle. A running
fire was kept up for several miles. Blood
hounds were put on the trail of the ban
dits, but lost it near Scandla.
PICK FLINT FOR ANOTHER TRY
Lincoln Prohibitionists Declare They
Will Renew Fight Next
Election.
LINCOLN, April (.(Special Telegram.)
The queetlon of prohibition will again be
submitted to the voters of this city at the
next municipal election. An announcement
to this effect was made in St. Paul'a Metho
dist Episcopal church tonight by Rev.
Fletcher Wharton, who was one of the
leaders in the anti-saloon fight, this year.
Addressing his congregation Rev. Wharton
asked all to abide by the will of the ma
jority and support the excise board In any
thing It might attempt toward the restric
tion or the liquor traffic, and added, "We
are all Americans and as the majority of
the people have voted for the saloons we
are going to stand with them and support
the administration, but next year we will
vote the saloons out of business. The differ
ence against us was only sixty votes. Two
or three times that many who did not vote
assured me they would have been with
us had they thought the reeult could be
accomplished."
The conference on religious education
closed its first annual meeting today. Those
who participated In the program today
were: O. M. Lembertson and H. O. Row
lands of Lincoln; N. K. Griggs of Beatrice.
Charles Fordyce of University Place, F. E.
Ollbert, general aecretary of the American
Society of Religious education, and Chan
cellor Andrews.
The Shllob association of Nebraska will
hold ita annual meeting in Lincoln tomor
row, i
MILES MUST ANSWER CHARGES
Judge Grimes and Thoropaon Appoint
Committee to Hear Disbar
ment Case.
SIDNEY, Neb., April 6. (Special.) A
special term of the district court wss held
in this city Thursday, at which the disbar
ment proceedings against Attorney W. P.
Miles ot Sidney, came up for hearing. At
the invitation of Judge H. M. Orlmes, Judge
J. R. Thompson of the Eleventh Judicial
district, waa present, the Judges sitting en
banc during the proceedings.
The complaint alleged unprofessional con
duct of Miles during his career aa an at
torney and consisted of twenty counts. The
defendant's attorneys filed a motion to
quash the whole proceedings on the grounds
that the court had no Jurisdiction In the
premises, but this waa overruled. Four
teen ot the original counts were stricken
out, owing to their not being specific In
character. The attorneys argued the differ
ent questions all afternoon and until 11
o'clock at night, considerable personal ani
mus entering Into the discussion.
The findings of the court were rendered
Friday morning and were briefly aa follows:
A committee of attorneys from this Judi
cial district to be appointed to take testi
mony and make findings and report thereon,
aa to the truth or falsity of the charge In
the complaint. This committee consists of:
J. O. Beeler ot North Platte. B. F. Hasting
of Grant, and George C. McAllister of Chap
pell. Thle committee is to fix a time for
the bearing at Sidney, Neb., and give both
aldea twenty days' notice of same.
Poatmaater la at Quandary.
SUPERIOR, Neb., April (.(Special.)
The postmaster at Abdal, thle county, ia in
a pretty pickle. He sent his resignation to
Washington some weeks ago. He received
notice from the department to post a notice
that the office would be closed in fifteen
days, but hie resignation has not been ac
cepted and he haa received no notification
of what to do with the supplies ot the
office. He is afraid to close the office and
turn the supplies over to some other poet
master In the county for fear hia bonds
men might be held responsible In some man
ner or other. It Is an odd case of a post
master who wants to get rid of his Job and
can't.
Coart Sastalas peddler Law.
WOOD RIVER. Neb., April (.(Special.)
The case of the Btate against Gerard,
from this county, waa affirmed by the su
preme court. Mr. Gerard waa arrested for
peddling without a license. He was sel
ing buggies from house to house. The ar
rest waa under the new law requiring all
peddlera to secure a license. The license
fee Is $25. The case wss tried before Judgs
Thompson and Gerard wss found guilty and
fined $50. Gerard appealed the case to th
supreme court, which yesterday made lta
finding, affirming the decision of the lower
court. '
Contest Did Not Materialise.
TABLE ROCK, Neb., April (.(Special.)
The village board met last night and can
vassed the returna and declared the elec
tion of the new board and laaued and de
livered the certificate of election to the
newly elected members. It had been ru
mored that a restraining order would be
served on the board before the certificates
were Issued it the proposed contest ma
terallsed. It is now generally thought that
th contest haa gone glimmering.
Farmer Strtekea la tha Field.
WOOD RIVER. Neb.. April (.(Special.)
While working in the field yesterday on
hia farm, James Cannon, ex-sheriff of this
county, suffered a paralytic stroke. Medi
cal assistance was aummoned and as soon
a possible he waa carried to hia home. At
the present writing, though seriously ill.
he shows considerable improvement.
Bllasard la Northern Mlehlgaa.
MARQUETTE. Mich., April (.-Northern
Mtcmgan in i" grip oi s nowiing cut
sard tonight. Heavy snow Is falling and
a gale t lashing the lake to fury. The
weather jrestexaay was balmy and warm.
MONEY GOES TO THE BOERS
Illinois Fand Sent by Presldeat Roose.
Tell. Who will Reeele Other
Contributions.
CHICAGO. April (.A certified check for
$5,000 drawn to the order of President
Roosevelt was forwsrded to the president on
Msrrh 2( by the committee of citltens which
Governor Yates appointed to raise funds for
the relief rf B?er women and children suf
ferers In the reconcentratlon camps of
South Africa. Inasmuch ss the committee
waa without satisfactory means of for
warding ths money President Roosevelt was
requested to accept the fund and have It
forwarded through such channels at be
might deem best, to be disbursed for the
relief of the sufferers for whom It was In
tended A letter from Secretary Hay, under date
of April 3, haa been received by Peter Van
Vllssengen, secretary of the Illinois com
mittee, acknowledging the receipt of the
check by President Roosevelt and stating
that a directed by the president the money
hss been forwarded to the United States
consul general at Capetown, that being In
the preeldent's opinion the most expeditious
way of transmitting It to Ita destination.
The consular officer at Capetown, Secretary
Hay ststes. has been directed to distribute
the fund In the msnner Intended by the
donors.
President Roosevelt and the secretary of
etste having compiled with thla first re
quest Mr. Van Vllssengen announced today
that it was now the purpose of the commit
tee to undertake the collection of a much
larger sum, and that a aystematlc effort
would be made throughout the state to col
lect checks and drafts for $1 each, payable
to President Roosevelt. These checks and
drafts Mr. Van Vllssengen states Will bo
forwarded to the president from time to
time as they accumulate In bis hands.
BOER MINES TO OPEN UP SOON
Industry In Transvaal May Be Ite
snmed Daring the Coming
Hammer.
JOHANNESBURG. April (.A meeting
of the Chamber of Mines, the first since the
beginning of the war, has been held here.
The president of the chsmber aald In An
address that It was greatly due to General
Botha that much wanton destruction had
been avoided, aa he held the commandant
of the town personally responsible for the
destruction of any property which Might
occur.
The president also aald it waa highly
probable that by next July half the mining
Industry would be In operation and that be
fore many months full working would be
reeumed.
PEACE PLANS MOVE SLOWLY
Negotiations Between Scbalkbargher
and Steyn Delayed by Unfavorable
Locations of Conferees.
KROONSTAD, Orange River Colony,
April (.The distance separating the mem
bers of the Transvaal mission here from
Mr. Steyn, the former president of the
Orange Free atate and General Delarey,
the negotiations between the Boer leaders
in South Africa looking to the conclusion
of the war, make little progress. It ia ex
pected, however, that Mr. Schalkbufgher
and his colleagues on the mission will
shortly leave here for a more convenient
center from which to conduct the negotia
tions. KRUGERS BECOME BRITONS
Eldest Son nn4 Other Relative of
Oom Paal Swear Allegiance
to England.
PRETORIA, April (. Caspar Kruger, the
eldest son of President Kruger, and twenty-
four other relativea ot Mr. Kruger bearing
the same family name, are among those
who have recently taken the oath of al
legiance to Oreat Britain.
MANY NEGROES LEAVE TOWN
Colored People Seek Protection from
Whites, Who Threaten Serloas
Trouble.
GUTHRIE, Ok!.. April (.April (, the last
day set for the negroes to remain in Law-
ton, Ok!., passed with no direct attack on
the colored people, but tomorrow la awaited
with omlnoua alienee. Many of ths negroes
left, stating that they were not able to re
ceive protection. A number, however, are
determined to remain. Some own property
and some are In business, and It la thla
class that la dividing the sentiment ot the
white people of the city and vicinity.
The county officials still expect trouble
and have organized matters aa well as pos
sible to preserve order. One hundred dep
uties have been aworn In and an attempt
will te made to control the situation, bow-
ever serious it become. The governor re
ceived notice tonight that there waa no
change In conditions since yesterday. It I
th business element ot th city that la ask
ing protection from mobs. Th governor
again stated today that If necessary he
will use. extreme meana to thwart any ac
tion, and he haa the proffered assistance ot
the federal authorities also.
DA1LV BLOWS
Brought On Appendicitis.
If a person will continue to put a little
poison in the body each day, for instance
like a cup of coffee each morning when
coffee acta aa a poison, and It frequently
does, the result wilt be an attack aome day
In aome ot the organa of th body. The
little disturbances each day pile up and
finally become a big disturbance.
Many case of appendicitis have been
brought on by coffee drinking. It first af
fects the nerves ot the stomach, and tha
disorder travels on down through the
bowels and results In some kind of bowel
trouble, frequently appendicitis.
A lady In Fredonla, N. Y.. aaysj "Dur
ing my school life, both aa a atudent and
teacher, I drank coffee regularly. Most of
the time I knew the coffee waa Injuring
ma, but did not feel like giving It up.
First my nerves felt the effect and later
on constipation developed, and after that,
the last year, I had a severe attack of ap
pendicitis. My doctor and friends all
agreed that these troubles were largely
caused by coffee drinking.
"While I waa ill some Postum was aent
me by friends. I supposed It waa coffee
and hesitated at the first cup. but when
the difference waa explained, and I drank
aa much aa I cared for, with auch good re
sults, I concluded Postum was Just what
I wanted and have used It ever since. It
greatly aids digestion, is nourishing and
refreshing.
"My food and nourishment while getting
well from appendicitis were Postum and
Grape Nuts.
"If I had known of Postum year ago I
might hav been saved g tremendous
amount of suffering brought on by coffee
drinking.
"Rev. ia on of my converts to Pos
tum. He suffered greatly from dyspepsia,
but has entirely recovered sines he quit
coffee and began using Postum.
Dr. , who suffered a long while from
nervous troubles, says Postum brought bias
ut vbsa he quit coffee, said he constantly
urge it on his patients who are coffee
drtiisars."
BULLETS GREET OFFICERS
Sheriff Mortally Wounded and Three Men
Killed in Pistol Fight.
TOWN IN HEAT OF GREAT EXCITEMENT
Officer Are Fired on by Desperate
Negro aad Latter I Shot aad
Thrown la Barnlag
Balldlag.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April (.-A special
to the Age-Herald from Tuscumbla, Ala.,
ssrt:
Tbree men are dead, three mortally
wounded and four seriously wounded as the
result of Sheriff Oassaway attempting today
to arrest Will Reynolds, a deeperste negro.
The dead:
HUGH JONES, shot through bead.
BOB WALLACE.
WILL REYNOLD8.
Fatally wounded:
Sheriff Charles Gsssaway, shot through
the arm and abdomen.
Will Oassaway, abot through abdomen.
P. A. Prout, ahot through the atomach.
Seriously wounded:
Payne, shot through the chest.
Jim Finney, shot through right shoulSer.
Robert Patterson, ahot through leg.
Jesse Davis, shot through Jaw.
All Killed by One Man.
All the foregotng casualties except the.
death of Reynolds himself are the result of
the deadly fire of Reynolds with a 45-cali-bre
rifle. The negro was In his turn riddled
and thrown Into a fire.
This morning at 11 o'clock Sheriff Oassa
way went to a negro settlement, "Knard
town," to arreBt Will Reyonlds for obtain
ing goods under false pretenses. The offi
cer waa met by the negro, who opened fire
with a rifle, wounding the sheriff, and Im
mediately firing upon the deputy. Will
Gassaway, who waa some 300 yards away,
mortally wounding him.
As soon aa possible every man in town
who could procure a gun was In the neigh
borhood, but owing to the location none
dared to venture within the open apace.
Dynamite was procured and the house In
which the negro was barricaded was fired
upon, but to no effect.
At 1 o'clock Captain Simpson ot the
Wheeler Rifles, arrived with twelve guns
and 1,000 cartridges, which were distributed
among twelve picked men. This company
Waa atationed around the house and riddled
it, but the negro had taken refuge in the
cellar and returned the fire, killing Jones
and wounding Finney. Coal oil was then
procured and after four hours of hard work
the bouses adjoining that In which the
negro was located were fired.
Place of Refngee Is Fired.
About 8 o'clock the house in which the
negro waa located waa fired by the Wheeler
rifles who had arrived on the scene. The
negro took refuge in the shed and opened
fire, killing Wallace and wounding Davis,
but the people and some mllltla riddled the
negro and the crowd numbering 1,000,
grabbed the body and threw It ia the burn
ing building. Wallace, who waa killed,
waa closing In on the negro, who ahot him
through the body. His body tell in the
burning debris, but waa recovered, Davis,
Wallace and Falkner were the men who
fired the building.
Relic seekers cut off the negro's fingers
and auch parte of the body as could be
procured. Three bouse were burned in
the effort to reach the negro. Several
horses were killed in the battle.
Tonight it I reported that the sheriff
and his brother cannot live. So deadly waa
the negro'a aim that it waa possibly an
hour before the body of Prout could be
recovered. Not a shot fired by Reynolds
failed to count when those he waa firing
upon could be plainly seen by him.
The excitement today waa Intense, but
there ia no fear of an uprising among th
negroes.
Fully 2,000 people from Florence and
Sheffield were her and every surgeon la
the two towns was pressed into service.
YOUNG NEGROJS LYNCHED
Takes from Jail by Disguised Mob
aad Hanged to a
Tree.
LYNCHBURG, Va., April (.James Car
ter, a young negro, who shot and seriously
wounded Don Thomas, near New Glasgow,
In Amherst county, Thursday night, waa
taken from Jail at Amherst Courthouse
last night Just before midnight and lynched
A party of men estimated at 200 and sup
posed to have come from the neighborhood
ot Cliffords, seven mile away, where Mr.
Tbomaa lives, rod into Amherst late last
night. All were masked or had their face
blackened. When Jailor John Jonea left
the Jail for hia home several members of
the lynching party made blm aurrender the
keys.
The men secured Carter, took him a halt
mile north of th village, banged him to a
tree and fired thirty-five bullet Into hia
body. The shooting of Thomas by Carter
waa the result of an accusation aald to have
been mad by the former that Carter had
et aa outhouse on fire. He had been aent
to Jail to await the action of the grand
Jury.
GOTHAM HAS ONE DRY SUNDAY
City's Saloons Are Kept Closed by
Vigilant Efforts of
Police.
NEW YORK. April (.The police and
the liquor dealer gave Greater New York
a "dry" Sunday today. Though there were
degrees of dryness, so to speak, in dif
ferent sectlona of the metropolis, the day
haa had no equal In the auspenslon of the
liquor traffic since five year ago, when
Superintendent Thomas E. Byrnes tightly
clcsed the saloons one memorable Sun
day. On that occasion these seeking spirltous
refreehment were compelled to resort to
places outside of Chief Byrnes' sphere
of Influence. HI task, however. Is said
to have been easier than that which on
fronted the police today, for he had no
Raines' law hotels with their sandwiches,
to contend with. These bote's must be
taken Into consideration, therefore, when
the word "dry" ia uaed In eonneetion with
the event of today, for the man who had
cash to buy a sandwich and a drink had
email difficulty In slaking his thirst.
Few liquor dealera had the temerity to
keep open and aerve drinks alone, and of
those who did the majority were Invited
to visit ths nearest police station, tbsre
to remain until bond wae supplied.
Brd Seetloa the Dryrat.
Unquestionably the dryeet part of New
York today waa that section where last
8unday "the aeeond platoon" of polls
made so many arrests. This Is known as
the West Thirty-seventh Street police
precinct. Only one alleged vlolater of the
excise laws was found today by the lynx
eyed cfflcers and only two or tbree Raines
law hotels opened their doors and ths
proprietors saw that ths law was closely
observed.
In the Tenderloin, known as the "White
Light" district, liquor waa aold. but only
on conditions which proved drawbacks ti
aaaay et lbs thirsty. , In many of ths aa-
r of the aa
in tAe bar
looaa ths ahadea were drawn
rooms, but It Is ssld that Improvised bars
were established In upstairs rooms.
In a few places the proprietors are al
leged to have established what la known
as the Kansas "speskeasy," or "bllnJ
pig." consisting of a circular opening In a
wooden partition into which was fitted a
round board arranged so ss to swing
about.
Mannge to Sell Few Drinks.
On each side of the round door wis a shelf
on which the bartender could serve drinks
to the waiter without being seen, and even
'f the police had succeeded In getting In
they could aot have arreated the bartender,
aa no one could see him. The customer
simply placed his change on the little
shelf and then rapped, at the same time
calling out his order. A moment later tho
little door would swing around and on the
shelf on the reverse side of the circular
door the customer would find the desired
drink.
Drinks were served all day In the dining
rooms of the big Broadway and Fifth avenue
hotels, although they were served within
the prescribed hours and no one Inter
fered. The hotel folk irsisted that something
akin to a substantial meal at least be or
dered. For the first time In many years the
saloons In the residence district In upper
Harlem were closed. Despite the excise
excitement In the city from time to time
the liquor dealers In that section have kept
ci'en.
Llqaor Scarce on the Bowery.
On the Bowery It wss exceedingly hard
to get a drink. The saloonkeepers were not
ready to take chances of arrest and for the
most part kept their doors locked.
In Brooklyn and other parts of Orester
New York the closing law wss generally
observed.
The police also compelled the small shop
keepers throughout the city to close, ex
cept that the grocers and delicatessen shops
were permitted to keep open until 10
o'clock, as provided by law. For the flrtu
time In years the smalt dry goods shops In
the upper part of the city had their doors
locked and the atatlonery stores and news
stands were also compelled to close up (u
many sections of the city. In some In
stances the police even ordered the confec
tionery stores closed.
Seventy-nine arrests for violations of the
excise laws were made In Manhattan and
the Bronx between midnight Saturday night
and 11 o'clock. There were In these two
boroughs fourteen arrests for violations of
other Sunday closing laws. In Brooklyn
the police reported twenty-seven arrests
for violation of the excise laws. There was
one In Richmond and none In Queens. This
Is a total of 121,-ss agalnat sixty-four lsst
Sundsy.
SUSPECTED OF TRAIN ROBBERY
Stranger Arreated on Sasplclon of
Being In the Barltngton
Holdap Gang.
8T. JOSEPH, Mo., April (.George Car
son, a well dressed stranger, was arreeted
at Union Star, Mo., today and la being held
on the supposition that he la a member ot
ths gang that held up the northbound Bur
lington train near thla city Thursday last.
The Burlington engineer and firemen be
lieve Carson la one of the robbers. He
declines to give an account of himself or
hia movements.
DEATH RECORD.
Jadgo Carman A. Newcomb.
ST. LOUIS. April (. Judg Carman A.
Newoomb, a veteran of the civil war and
78 years old and a former member of con
gress from Missouri, who had been prom
inently Identified with the republican party
In Iowa and Missouri since that party'a
birth, died at hia home In thla city today.
Judge Newcomb waa torn in Mercer, Pa.,
and previous to coming to Mlesourt lived
In Kentucky, Louisiana and Iowa.
Peter Land.
NEHART. Mont., April (.Peter Lund,
one of the best known mining men ot Mon
tana, died suddenly yesterday of heart fail
ure, aged IS years. Land bad been con
nected with many -prominent mining ven
tures. Officials of Varying Minds.
LUSK. Wyo., April (.(Special.) Last
summer P. N. Summers contested Frank
De Castro's desert land claim and the land
officers at Douglas decided In favor of De
Castro. When the evidence reached the
commissioner of the general land office at
Washington the decision ot the Douglas
land office waa reversed. De Castro ap
pealed the case to the aecretary of the In
terior and that officer reversed the commis
sioner's decision, sustaining the Douglas
officials. The case la liable to go to Presi
dent Roosevelt for final decision and th
result is anxiously awaited.
TO BE COOLER IN NEBRASKA
Tuesday Promises to Be Warmer
Aarala, with Winds Shifting
to Soatheast.
WASHINGTON, April (.Weather fore
cast: For Nebraska Fair Monday; colder In
southeast portion. Tuesday, fair and
warmer; northeast winds, becoming south
east. ,
For North and South Dakota Fair and
warmer Monday. Tuesday, fair; southeast
winds.
For Montana Fair and warmer Monday.'
Tuesday, fair; south winds.
For Woymlng and Colorado Fair Mon
day; warmer In east portion. Tuesday, fair;
south winds.
Loeal Record.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, April (.Official record of tem
perature and precipitation compared with
the co-responding day ot the last three
years:
1802. 1901. 1X. l
Maximum temperature... 69 48 75 Dt
Minimum temperature.... tl (6 4S w
Mean temperature 60 42 0) M
Precipitation ... 00 .00 .00 .1)
Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for Una day snd sloes March 1.
Normal temperature it
Kir res for the day 1
Total excess since March 1 IS
Normal precipitation OA Inch
Deficiency for the day ( Inch
Total precipitation since March 1. '.70 Inch
Pendency since March 1 1.30 Inch
Excess for cor. period 1901 34 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period 1900 50 Inch
Reports treat stations at T p. as.
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CONDITION OF THI
WEATHER.
Omaha, cloudy ,
Valentine, cloudy
North Platte, clear
Cheyenne, clear
Bait Lake City, cloudy
Rapid City, cloudy
Huron, cloudy u
Wllllston. clear
Chicago, part cloudy
St. Iula, clear ,
St. Paul, part cloudy
I'avenport. clear
Kansas City, clear ,
Havre, part cloudy
Helena, cloudy
Bismarck, clear
Galveston, cloudy
60 6t .00
28! M .ru
60 l! .Oi
621 Ml on
t2!
t 421 00
3; 42 T
821 M (0
M il .00
S4 701 .0u
341 44! .l
62 t4: T
60 6; .00
66' M .10
61 6s 00
341 81: .'0
(M 701 T
T indicates trace of precipitation.
U A. WELSH.
Local Forecast Official
TRIES SUICIDE BY BURNING
Mr. P. H. Le&ry Use( Kerosene and Beta
Heirelf on Tire.
HER EYES ARE PROBABLY BURNED OUT
Fare, erk and I.I nibs Frlghtfally
Charred. In Places Almost Ex
posing nones At Hospital la
Prerarlons Condition.
Mrs. P. H. Leary, In an attempt to com
mit aulcide Sunday morning, poured a gal
lon of kerosene over her head snd body
and then set fire to her clothing. Her face,
neck, breast, arms, hands and legs were
horribly burned and charred and It Is
thought her eyesight has been destroyed.
She wss taken to Clarkaon hospital and it
Is believed she cannot recover.
The tragedy occurred In a woodshed in
the rear of Mrs. Leary'a home, 1910 Clark
'ret. at 10 o'clock. After having set fire
to her clothing and as the flames enveloped
her Mrs. Leary rushed acreamlng from the
shed Into the yard. A daughter and Wil
liam E. Leary, a son, ssw their mother as
she rushed from the abed and went to her
assistance. Thy threw blankete over her
and then rolled her In the dirt, extinguish
ing the blaie.
Mrs. Leary ws carried into the i.ouse and
Drs. Francis L. Dorglum and II. T. Harris,
who were passing In a buRgy, and who had
been attracted by the commotion at the
house, went to the assistance ot the sen
and daughter In attending the injured
woman.
Charred Clothing Sticks to Flesh.
Mrs. LcAry's clothing wss almost entirely
burned from her body, pcrtloca of the
charred cloth sticking to her flesh. Her
hair wse burned from her head, and It .'s
believed her eyes were burned out; her face,
neck, anus and hands were frightfully
charred, in some places almost exposing
the bones.
Mrs. Leary, who Is the wife of a car
penter employed by the Union Pacific rail
road, la about 60 years of age and Is the
mother of six children, four of whom, with
their father, were abeent from home at the
time of the attempted aulcide. For some
time she has been slightly demented and
lately has beeu under the impression that
her family intended starving her to death,
though her actions led none to believe that
she contemplated suicide. She bad only '
been absent from the house a short time
before she came rushing from the shed with
her clothing ablaxe.
Fnaeral of Former Senator Fowler.
LEXINGTON, Ky.. April (.-The bodv of
Former United States Senator Joseph
Fowler, who died In Washington, D. I'.,
aired K2 years, was burled here today. In
the famous Impeachment trial of President
Andrew Johnson, Senator Kowler voted
against Impeachment, and for this he waa
afterward rncelred with some disfavor by
his party. Before the war he waa a pro
fersor In Vanderbllt university at Nash
ville. He was later comptroller ot Ten
nessee and was sent to the senate from
that state.
Fatal Freaks of Thandrr Storm.
WINONA. Minn., April 6 A peculiar fa
tallty Is reported from Burns valley. Henry
Hnrnberg and Anton Rye were driving
home from Winona, when a sudden thunder
storm came up. A stroke of lightning
struck their rig. Instantly killing Hornbera;
and the two horses, while Rye. who sat
alongside Hornberg, escaped unhurt.
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