FIERI PUNISHMENT
Coloradoans Burn a Negro
at the Stake.
A SAVAGE 11ETRIIU TION.
Murderer of a Young Girl Goes
to a Frightful Death.
DOOMED 15 Y VIGILANTES.
The < rlmiiial In Taken from a Train
l>y a Small llaiut ol Avenger*, Con
veyed to the Scene of III* Crime mid
Slowly Itoaftled to Death.
Limon, Col., Nov. 17. —Chained to a
Tail road rail set firmly in the ground
on the exact spot .vhere his fiendish
<*rime was committed, l'reston I'oHer,
or, as he was better known, John for
te r, last evening paid a terrible pen
alty for his deed. It was 0:23 o'clock
when the father of the murdered girl
touched the match to the fuel which
bad been piled around the negro and
20 minutes later a last convulsive
shudder told that life was extinct.
What agony the doomed boy suffered
■while the flames shriveled up his flesh
could only be guessed from the terri
ble contortions of his face and the
cries he gave from time to time.
The executioners, who numbered
about 300 citizens of Lincoln county,
liad not the least semblance of the
ordinary mob. Their every act was
deliberate and during- all the prepa
rations as well as throughout the
s-uflcrings of the negro hardly an un
necessary word was spoken. Griml.v
they stood in a circle about the fire
until the body was entirely consumed.
Porter did not seem to realize the
nwful punishment that he was destin
ed to undergo. As he had exhibited
indiflerenee to the enormity of his
crime, so he seemed to lack all under
standing of its terrible consequences.
For more than an hour, while prepa
rations for his execution were in pro
gress, he stood mute and sullen
j-mong* the avengers. When every
thing was ready he walked to the
stake with a firm step, pausing* as lie
reached the circle of broken boards,
to kneel in prayer. He arose and
placed his ba.*k lo the iron stake and
half a dozen men wound chains about
l.is body and limbs. Kerosene oil was
applied to the wood and after a brief
pause liichard \V. Frost, the father of
little Louise Frost, whose mutilated
body was found one week ago on that
very spot, applied a match.
For a moment but a little flickering
flame arose. Then the oil blazed up,
sparks flew into the air and the wood
began to crackle. Almost instantly
the negro's trousers caught lire. Kven
1 hough the flesh must have been
scorched, lie did not utter a sound.
The flames crept slowly upward on
his clothing- and the sparks flew up in
a cloud of pule smoke. Porter turned
liis head and a frightful expression
changed bis face. With a sudden con
vulsive tug-gang he sfretched his head
as far from the flames as possible and
uttered a cry of pain. ' I)h, my God,
i'>t me go, men. I've got something
more to tell you. I'lease let me go.
G, my God, my God."
Not an oath escaped him. bill he
pleaded to be shot. Suddenly, the
rope holding his hands burned
through. Then arms, head and
shoulders slipped through the chains.
For an instant the body stood erect
and the arms were raised in suppli
cation w-hi'e burning* pieces of cloth
ing dropped from them. The body
then, fell away from the fire, the head
lower than the feet, still fastened to
the rail. This was not expected, and
for a few minutes those stolid men
were disconcerted. Tliey feared that
the only remaining chain would give
way. If this had occurred the partly
burned human being would have dash
ed among them and not many would
have cared to capture him again.
But the chain held fast. The body
was then in such a position that only
the legs were in the fire. The cries
of the wretch were redoubled and he
tigain begged to be shot. Some want
ed to throw him over in the fire, oth
ers tried to dash oil upon him. Hoards
were carried and a large pile made
over the prostrate body. They soon
were ignited and the terrible heat
and lack of air quickly rendered the
victim unconscious, bringing death a
few moments later.
This terrible ceremony, out upon
the rolling prairie, concluded the sec
ond tragej.lv upon that spot, ih<> ter
;*ib!e avenging ot the first.
Through the entire affair but little
was said. As they had calmly pre
pared for the avenging, so the people
of the eastern part of the state car
ried out their plan deliberately.
The train bearing the negro in cus
tody of Sheriff Freeman and his dep
uties arrived in Limon at 3:45 p. m.
The ears were crowded with news
paper reporters and people who were
curious to sec the negro executed. It.
W Frost, the murdered girl's father,
was one of the passengers. When the
train stopped 10 men, who had been
selected by the vigilance committee,
entered the train and demanded the
prisoner from the sheriff. The offieer
protested in the name of the law and
asked the men to allow him to take
bis prisoner to the county jail at
Hugo, but his protests were disre
garded. One man carried a rope, of
which had been formed a hangman's
noose. This was slipped over the
negro's neck and he was led to the
place of execution.
It was decided to leave the method
of death to the outraged father. He
decided upon burning at, the stake.
.Inst before he was tied to the stake
the boy tore the leaves from his l!i
--ble and distributed them among his:
executioners.
A BIG FAILURE.
die Dry l.nod» llouxe of W. t>. Slronc
A Co iioem Into (lie lluuili ot' a 14r
t-elver.
New York, Nov. 15. —The nppoint
nn nt of a receiver for the flr/n of \V.
L. Strong A- Co. lias been discussed
with much interest in mercantile cir
cles here, in view of the report that
the linn's affairs lire in much worse
condition thnn those who knew the
late .Mayor Strong suspected. The
Commercial Advertiser prints the fol
lowing:
"A hunk president who lias been do
ing' business with the firm is quoted
as saying that it had been well known
in the street that the ex-mavor was
not by any means so rich as was gen
crally supposed, lie was not a mil
lionaire and he was not very wealthy.
Lately he .ind Mr. Stott had been pre
senting- their notes in sizes all the
nay from $25,000 to SIOO,OOO, so that
the lending banks became cautious,
and then many of us refused to din
count their stock. The two dead mem
bers of the firm had been swapping
paper; Mr. Strong* endorsed Mr.
Stott's notes and Mr. Stott endorsed
Mr. Strong's. It was an accommoda
tion paper and served lo show that
the firm was in difficulties."
Kdward \. Treat, the receiver of
the firm of \\ . L. Strong & Co., said
yesterday that lie was unable to re
move the uncertainty as to whether
or not the firm is solvent. It is not
yet known whether or not tlie firm
was financially embarrassed before
the death of ex-Mayor Strong. Mr.
Treat made the following* statement:
"No one can tell whether or not the
firm is solvent. The books must be
gone over and daj's will he required
for that work, .ivist as soon as I can
1 will issue a statement of the firm's
affairs."
Counsel said that the Strong firm
had endorsed more than $500,000 in
notes for the Stott woolen mills for
which the firm was agent, and that
owing* to the sudden death of former
Mayor Strong* and of F. 11. Stott,
heads of the two concerns, within
three days of each other, had brought
about a crisis by the dissolving of the
firms at a inc merit when large sums
w< re due. The Stott mills are located
in Stottville, Y.
"If either Mr. Strong* or Mr. Stott
bad lived tlie difficulty might have
been settled without public embar
rassment," said a representative of
the counsel yesterday. "We cannot
say what action will be taken in re
gard to winding* up the business of
the Stott Co., but it is the debts of
that concern rather than those of
Strong <fc Co. that have brought about
the present condition. The Stott
p.'vrnership is dissolved the same as
that of Strong <£- Co.".
OLD SOLDIERS.
Society of tlie Army of tlie Tcniicnvee
In Semloii In Detroit.
Detroit, Nov. 15.—Speaker Hender
son, of the house of representatives,
struck the keynote of the meeting of
the Society of the Army of the Ten
nessee in Masonic temple last night
when lit* said that it was a gathering
of old soldiers and friends that was
a veritable spiritual and patriotic
uplifting. I*or over two hours after
being formally welcomed by Mayor
Maybnry, of this city, the society lis
tener, to papers and patriotic speeches
by members that were reminiscent of
the war of Til to 'Go. Gen. ltussell A.
Alger presided and introduced the
speakers).
Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, of Nisw
York, president of the society, the
first speaker, reviewed the achieve
ments of some of the famous gener
als who are members of the society.
Discussing* the insurrection in the
Philippines and the opposition in
some quarters to the administrate>n's
policy. Gen. Dodge said, speaking* for
the society, "with us it is first settle
with the enemy and then this country
will successfully solve the problems
forced upon us by this war with clear
Sight and as much justice as we set
lied the problems arising from the
civil war."
Maj. Itassieur, eommander-in-eliief
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
made a short address in which he eu
logized the private soldi( rs who. he
said, made the victories achieved by
the generals of the Union army pos
sible. Speaker Henderson, after pro
testing against being- forced to speak
whether or no, made the wittiest and
brightest speech of the evening.
RURAL DELIVERY.
PoNtmnwler General Will Auk for $3,-
500,000 for Free Country Delivery.
\i asiiing-ton, Nov. 15.—Postmaster
General Smith has framed his esti
mates to be submitted to congress
ami will ask an aggregate of about
$121,000,000 as the appropriation for
the entire service for the fiscal year
ending June 30, H)O2. This includes
an estimate of for the rural
free delivery servieq.
l'.v the close of this fiscal year 4.300
lural free delivery routes throughout
the I liited Statis will have been es
tablished and the general extension
contemplated for next year will in
volve about -I 500 additional routes.
The success of t!#c service so far in
stituted has resulted in plans for a
very general extension next year.
I lie postmaster general, together
with oilier officials, is iuvestigatiug
the feasibility of putting the service
in operation at every point through
out the country not reached by the
regular free delivery services in oper
ation in the cities.
A Difference cl' Opinion.
San Francisco, Nov. 15.—The Thil
letin publishes the report of Federal
Quarantine Officer Kinyon in which
lie states that from March 7 to Octo
ber 14 there have Jjeen IS deaths in
San Francisco from plague. The P.ul-
Ictin says that it is well known that
there has not been :» single authenti
cated case of plague in San Francisco.
Dr. .J. M. Williamson, of the San Fr.rn
< -sco board of health, says there have
been 21 or 22 cases of bubonic plague
in this citv since the first case war
discovered last March. The hist cuec
wins reported oil November J,,
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1900
ALASKA'S PEOPLE.
Report of the f'eimiia ({numerator ID
the Frozen Territory The Indian*
Are the .Hoot Dcntltllte People In
North America.
Washington, Nov. 15.—The census
bureau recently completed the enu
meration of the district of Alaska.
1 he schedules have been received at
the office mil are now in process of
tabulation. The director of the cen
sus Wednesday gave out the following
Statement wi'tli reference to the work
in that great territory:
"Mr. Samuel C. Dunham, who had
charge of the work in the northern
district, returned to Washington a
few days ago and submitted his final
report, lie left Washington on this
work May 4, 1899.
"The native and mixed population
of the northern district of Alaska is
12,052. The most populous district
with respect to the native population
is the country lying between the
mouth of Yukon and the Kuskoquiu
rivers and extending back from the
coast 100 miles. Mr. Maurice John
son, the agent for this district, trav
eled over 2,000 miles with dog team
during the winter, and enumerated
3,013 persons, ell of whom were In
dians.
"The Indians in this region are
probably the most destitute people in
the North American continent. Mr.
Johnson reports that from December
1 to March 15 he visited 74 Indian vil
lages, and during that time saw but
three fires burning in the shacks or
dugouts. The poor creatures huddle
together in their ipiserable dwellings
during the long winter and subsist
on frozen fish and a little seal oil,
which 'they secure on the coast dur-
I ing the summer. The fur bearing
animals which formerly furnished
them with natural clothing, are near
ly extinct and they have been forced
to adopt the white man's garb, and
as their poverty prevents them from
securing enough to cover their naked
ness there is greaf suffering from the
cold. The spiritual condition of these
neglected natives is no better than
the physical.
"The .Nome district is the most pop
ulous in northern Alaska. The enu
meration showed a permanent white
population on June 1 of 2,704. During
the summer about 18,000 people land
ed at Nome, about 2,500 of those com
ing from Dawson. About 12,000 have
returned to their homes in the states,
leaving about 9,000 people in the re
gion contiguous to Nome. It is prob
able that the population of the town
of Nome during the winter will be be
tween 4,000 and 5,000."
NATIONAL GRANGE.
The Fatron* of Himbandrjr lieu IN a
Week'* Sckhloii lit Washington. "
Washington, Nov. 15.—The thirty
fourth annual session of the National
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, began
here Wednesday with a good attend
ance and will continue for a week or
more. The chief feature of intijrest
jesterday was the annual address of
Worthy Master Aaron Jones, of In
diana, who said that in most of the
slates tlie order bad enjoyed great
prosperity during tlie» year. In a few
states it had not succeeded so well.
Never had tlx l conditions been more
favorable for the extension of tlie or
der than now. While agricultural
conditions are somewhat improved
over what they were a few years ago,
they are not what they should be,
said Mr. Jones. The price of what
farmers had to buy, he said, arc too
high compared with what they had to
si 11. He urged opposition to tiie ship
subsidy bill a*nd spoke of the growth
of the industrial combinations "until
tlie entire country is justly alarmed."
lie urged an amendment to the con
stitution, clear and express in its
terms, empowering congress with the
right and authority to regulate cor
porations.
The interstate commerce law, the
grand master argued, should be
amended so that all sections of the
country could secure fair and equit
able freight rates. This being secur
ed, the hardest blow that at this time
could be struck to monopolies and
trusts and the greatest encourage
ments to enterprise and thrift would
be given.
Ihe report of the secretary, Dr.
John 'I rimlile, of Washington, showed
that If-2 new granges had been char
tered during the year—the order now
numbering over a half million mem
bers.
During the day addresses were de
livered by Assistant Secretary J. 11.
Brigham, of the agricultural depart
ment; Kdward Wiggin and Mrs. Wig
gin, of Maine; Mrs. George A. Bowcn,
of Connecticut; S. 11. Ellis, of Ohio,
end Mrs. Katherine M. Stahl, of Illi
nois, chaplain of the grange of that
state.
Becoming .11 ore Complicated.
Terre Haute, Jnd., Nov. 15. —The
f-tiiking of tin* hoisting engineers in
the coal fields of this state is becom
ing more complicated and an early
settlement is not predicted. The 7,000
idle miners in Indiana do not feel
that the engineers were justified in
forcing idleness upon them at this
time of the year. The miners are un
der contract with the operators to
work until April and it would be a
difficult thing for them to refuse to
v.ork if non-union engineers were em
ployed at the mines. The block coal
operators held a meeting at Brazil
Wednesday and passed resolutions
entering into an agreement not to
recognize the striking engineers as
r.n organization.
"•'«!! < ure" Law ( ncoiiMiitu tlonu I.
St. Paul, Nov. 15. —The state su
preme court has decided that the so
called "jag cure" law is unconstitu
tional because it applies only to coun
ties of over 50,000 population and it is
limited in its benefits to a certain
number in each county one per year
to each 10,000 of population.
At Loggerheads.
Berlin, Nov. 15. —'1 he Frankfurter
'"eit ting prints a dispatch from China
saying that discord prevails in Pekin
between the military and the diplo
mats and that the latter are also at
loggerheads juuong themselves.
PEDDLES MEDICINE.
Former Governor Lenly of Kanuf
Adopt* Sew lluilnm* for Ke-
Irlcvlns Ilia Fortune.
Out in Kansas during- the Inst few
years ninny men have leaped into sud
den political prominence, and with
equal suddenness have gone back into
almost complete obscurity. Among
the more recent and spectacular of
these political meteors is former Gov.
John \V. Leedy, who has started out
to peddle a new patent medicine
through the state.
In explaining his action Mr. Leedy
points out that as governor his sal
ary was but $3,000 a year, and that
he was compelled to spend most of
that sum to maintain the dignity of
the office. When his term expired he
HON. JOHN W. LEEDY.
(Kansas Ex-Governor Now Engaged In tha
Medicine Trade.)
had some money, and with that as
capital he went into the Kansas-Mis
souri zinc districts, where he made
speculations which proved disastrous.
As a result he found himself prac
tically penniless. Then a well known
Kansas physician made him a propo
sition togo into partnership with him
in the manufacture of a patent med
icine, and Leedy took him tip. He de
clares that he feels no loss of dignity
and is not troubled with false pride
in starting out with his wagen.
"I must have an income," he says,
"and a man can't make a business of
being governor. We have something
to sell, and it is my business to find
customers. I am simply doing what
hundreds of men have done before
me. Because I have been a little un
fortunate in financial matters, is that
any reason why I should lie down and
give up the fight?"
MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.
Politic Carper of the l'eer Who lias
Ilren Made llrlti.sli Secretary
for Foreign Affair*.
The lord of 143,000 acres of land,
Ilenry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaur
ice, marquis of Lansdowne, has a long
list of territorial andi other titles, but
perhaps his chief claim to the distinc
tion of long and honorable descent is
the fact that he is the twenty-sixth
baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, which
carries his pedigree back to 1181. and
that one of his ancestors was Strong
bow, earl of Pembroke.
The present marquis, the fifth, is 55
years old. His mother was a daughter
of Comte de Plahault and Baroness
Keith and Nairn. He entered official
life at the age of 24, when, as a warm
adherent of Mr. Gladstone, he was made
lord of the treasury. After three years
in this office he became undier secretary
for war, holding the post two years.
MARQUIS Ol** LANSDOWNE.
(Just Appointed British Secretary of For
eign Affairs.)
In 1880 he was made under secretary
for India, but resigned the olliee the
same year because of his dissent from
the home rule policy.
From ISS3 to 18S8 he was governor
general of Canada, and followed this by
a term as viceroy of India, being namedi
by Lord Salisbury, with whose union
ist policy he lias strongly identified
himself. Bis governorship of India
from 1888 to 1893 was less remarkable
for domestic reforms than for his work
in strengthening the frontier defenses
and building strategical railways.
Study of Finger Nails,
An exhaustive study of the Mails of
the hand has been made by P. A. Mina
koff, and some of the results appear to
be of medico-legal importance.
"Among other things," says Popular
Science, "he asserts that the nails of
the right hand in a right-handed per
son are wider by one-half to two milli
meters than the corresponding nails on
the left hand; lvhile in a left-handed
person the reverse obtains, and in the
ambidextrous the nails are of equal
size on the two hands. The thickness
of the nails diminishes progressively
from the thumb to the little finger."
• ■rent Slaughter of llat*.
After suffering for a long time from
the migratory rats, the inhabitants of
Copenhagen organized war against
them ami lu IS w<j<4ls 100,000. were
kiileti _,
CHEAPER ARMOR PLATE.
kfretary Contract* tor a Lurje
Uiiaiitlty at a Uednctlon of u Ton
Irom Frlce* Originally Anked.
Washington, Nov. 16. —Secretary
Long yesterday announced the con
clusion of the long controversy over
the price of armor plate for naval
vessels, and an agreement with the
Carnegie :>nd Bethlehem companies
for Krupp armor at $420 a ton, with
tli" possible addition of royalty fees,
making the maximum price $455.52 a
ton. The amount of armor involved
is the largest ever placed at one time
by the government and is Raid to
equal all the armor purchased by '.his
government up to IWifi. It covers the
armor for 17 ships now in various
stages of construct ion, including eight
battleships, six armored cruisers and
three prof'ted cruisers. The follow
ing official statement was given out
concerning the agreement:
"The navy department has come to
an agreement with the Carnegie and
Bethlehem companies for Krupp ar
mor of the first class, amounting 1o
24,050 tons, for $420 a ton. The Krupp
process involves the Harvey patent,
the validity of which is now under
consideration bv the courts, and it is
further agreed that the government
will assume in addition any liability
for the Krupp process not exceeding
i's, or $24.32 per ten for Krupp roy
alty, and not exceeding the United
States license fee of $11.20 for Harvey
royalty. The maximum price to the
government is therefore $455.52 a ton,
subject to diminution in case of any
rodu'-tion in the foregoing royalties.
The bid of these companies for this
class of armor was $490 and the price
originally asked $545."
The MUlvale Co. some time ago
withdrew their bid, but they would
have been unable, in any event, to
furnish armor indue season for the
Maine class of battleship. Had the}
not withdrawn their bid it is prob
able that some arrangement might
have been made for the distribution
among three companies of the manu
facture of the armor other than that
of the Maine class. Their bid, how
ever, was of value in enabling the de
partment to secure the above large
reduction. Admiral O'Neil, chief of
the bureau of ordnance, said of the
result:
"The agreement is most satisfac
tory. The terms are reduced not only
to a reasonable point, but more than
reasonable. We get armor cheaper
than any country in the world. It is
due not only to Secretary Long's able
management of the matter, but also
to the fac* that the companies met
him in a very reasonable spirit. It is
only just that this should be under
fct ood."
The armor contract covers not. only
the 24,950 tons specified in the official'
statement, but also some 10,000 tons
of armor of the second and third 1
class, which has not been in contro
versy. but has been dependent upon
the disposal of the first class armor.
The entire amount, approximately
?5,000 tons, is now made available.
TWO GREAT STEAMSHIPS.
Their Keel* are- Uelng Laid In a Ship
yard at (irotoit, ( onii. Will be the
Lurgent In the World.
New London, Conn., Nov. 10. —Work
began this week on the laying of the
keels of the two mammoth iron
s-teamsliips to be built ot the works
of the Fasten Shipbuilding Co. at
Grot on, opposite New London, and
from this date the work of putting
together the hulls of the ships will go
rapidly on.
'1 here was issued from the office of
the company yesterday an authorita
tive statement regarding the size of
the ships,, which fellows them to be
larger than any vessels in the world
now building or planned. The new
vessels will be of 20,000 tons register
and 33,000 tons displacement, or just
10,000 tons more displacement than
the new Atlantic greyhound Deutsch
land. The new steamers, which are
bt ing built primarily for cargo car
riers. are not as long as mainy Atlan
tic liners, bur are much wider and
deeper. The following are the prin
cipal dimensions of the vessels:
Length 030 feet, beam 73 feet, depth
53 feet.
They have each five continuous
decks extending the whole length of
tlie ship, with three additional par
tial decks amidships.
Passengers as well as freight will
be carried and accommodations are
provided for nearly 1 ,000 passengers
in three- classes.
They are designed to carry cattle,
chilled' fir frozen meats in refrigerat
ing chambers, fruit or any kind of
cargo that may appear for transpor
tation.
It is estimated that when completed
the steamships will cost fully $5,000,-
000. and; they are intended to run
from the Pacific co#st to Oriental
ports In connection with the Great
Northern railway.
.tlr». JtlcKinlcy** Nephew l)le«.
Washington, No*. IS. —News was re- :
ceixedi here Thursday of the death |
from typhoid fever of Mrs. McKin- >
ley's nephew, Assistant Paymaster J. '
S. Barber, at Hong Kong. Mr. Bar
ber entered the Eighth Ohio volun
teers at the outbreak of the Spanish
war as a private with his cousin.
James McKinley, and was commended
for gallant contact. He was muster
<ffi out at the- end of the war and was
given a commission in the navy as as
sistant paymaster. He was ordered
to the Philippines at his own request,
being attached to the Don Juan De
Austria.
A Loiig Mi.it.
Minneapolis. Minn., Nov. 16.—Prof.
W. 1". Leavenworth photographed the
asteroid Eros through the telescope
a 1 the State university observatory
\Y ednesday evening. Considering that
the diminutive planet is said to be
:;4,000,000 miles away, it was a long
shot. The professor said that the
planet could not be seen with the
naked eye or through the telescope.
By a close mathematical calculation
he ascertained its exact location niid
the sensitive plat.* caught its likeness,
even though it was. beyond human
ken.
A MORAL CRUSADE.
?Ir. Croker A»k« TanimnnyS Lender*
tu Vive In (irKHlrr New
Vurk.
New York, Nov. 10.—The executive
committee of Tammany Hall held a
meeting last night at wlrieh Uichard
Croker hade all the leaders good-by«
and took a hand in the starting oC
the movement to rid the city of vice.
In a little speech the Tammany lead
er said he was going to Eirope for
health, not pleasure, and introduced
Isidor Straus, president of the Edu
cational alliance, as a man who was
ficcpiaintcd with the condition of
things on the East Side, adding:
"I hope you will give attentive hear
ing to his statements as to the con
ditions of vice that exist and after
you hear what he has to say you will
make every effort to correct those
evils as far as lies in your power."
Mr. Straus said he had met Croker
at dinner accidentally and had talked
with him for two hours over the con
ditions in the East Side and Mr. Cro
ker had asked him to talk to the ex
jcutive committee of Tammany Hall.
Then, addressing the committee, Mr.
Straus told of what was needed on
the Kast Side to suppress crime. He
said that he as a democrat had fre
quently had cast tip to him the state
ment that Tammany Hall receives
the greater part of its revenue from
people in this e\ i I condition of life
und that no good can he accomplished
unless the power of Tammany Hall is
dest roved.
Lewis N'ixon then, bv resolution,
had a committee of five appointed to
"investigate the moral conditions of
the city and to receive and suggest
remedies for the correction of
abuses."
Mr. Croker then arose and said: "I
have nothing to add to what lias been
said to you by Mr. Straus, because ho
is familiar with Ihe matters on which
he has spoken to you. T hope -hat,
this entire committee will give ils full
strength towards helping him and
his work. We should heartily endorse
his remarks and aid him in the work
of crushing out this awful crime. And
right here I want to reiterate what I
f.aid three weeks ago to you. and that
is that not one dollar comes into my
possession from landlords of pool
looms and houses of ill-fame, and if
any one of you gentlemen are collect
ing from any of these people, you
had better get out of the organiza
tion. It has no use for you. You
are a disgrace- to it. The organization
can't and won't stand for any such
thing."
BUTCHERED BY BOXERS.
Flendinli ( rurltlr* dieted Out to ( lirio
tlaiiM by < bliieur Fiuialle*.
Vancouver,. B. C., Nov. 10. —With the
approval of the United States minis
ter and the otlicers commanding the
American troops in I'ekin, George
Tewksbury has been prosecuting in
quiries, dictating terms and arrang
ing indemnities in the villages around
Lung Chow.. Te wksbury's report, ac
cording to Oriental advices, says his
Investigation "brought to light cru
elties of the most barbarous descrip
tion as practiced upon the native con
verts cf that neighborhood by the
Boxers,. Some- of the Christians and
all their relatives shared in whatever
punislimert was meted out. Some
were buried alive, others were burned
at the stake: still others were tirst
saturated with kerosene and then set
on tire. A Belgian Catholic priest
had strips of flesh cut out of his limb*
and the hoh?s filled with kerosene,
which was then ignited."
Almost as horrifying a description
was also brought Thursday by the
steamer Empress of China and is giv
en by iti-v. Tjader, of the Swedish
Protestant mission, of the murder ot
Rev. McConnell, Mrs. McConnell, their
little' boy, the Misses Burton and
King,. Rev. ,fohn Young and' Mrs.
Young and a native servant.
At Tsiln Kia Nan the little party,
feeing for their lives, were overtaken
by 20 scldTei? and a mob of coolies.
The soldiers hacked the missionaries
to pieces with their swords. The'wo
men were forced to look at the mur
der and mutilation of the men anil*
the baby. The bodies were thrown
on tlV.»' road and were still in the dust
sev-iu days after the murder.
A FORTUNATE RESCUE.
itlembm or tlie Crew of a NliiUnt
slil|» are llrouglit Into Port.
Philadelphia, Nov. 16.—After float
ing on the ocean in a helpless condi
tion on a> sinking vessel for; five days*
Ca:pt. Anderson and his crew, of 12
hands of the Norwegian bank High
flyer arrived here Thursday, having
been rescued by the British st.eiuoe*
Georgian Prince. During the five
the crew were at the mercy of the
waves, they saw only two steamers.
The tirst one, according to. C'apt. An
derson, came within half a mile ol
his vessel, but steamed away without
giving any aid. The second ship
sighted was the Georgian Prince.
The Highflyer sailed from Carnp
beltton. Cape Edward Island, Novem
ber 2. for Newport, Wales,, with a car
go of lumber. After eight days out
the bark encountered a severe gale,
which tore away her sails and strain
ed the vessel so that she- sprang a
leak of nine inches aa, hour. AH
hands were kept busy at the pumps
so that the bark could be kept, afloat
until a passiuig vessel' could render
assistance. Four days passed and on
the morning of the fifth day a trans-
Atlantic liner passed near, but only
answered the distressed vessel's sig
nals by raising a flag.
Tuut) Saved Their Uvea.
London. Nov. IS'. —ltev. Evan Mor
gan. the last foreigner to leave Sian-
Fu, litis arrived here. His life and the
iives of the other missionaries in
Shen-Si province were saved by Gov.
Titan, a kinsman of the notorious
l'rinoe TUUB. Gov. Tuan, when he re
ceived a decree from I'ekin to kill all
foreigners, warned Mr. Morgan and
l.is colleagues and gave them tut es
cort. The only foreigners loft in
Shen-Si are SO priests, mostly Italians*
und 12 nuns, who are occupying a
sort of fort near Sian-FTI, DELUDED BY
machine gems. ■ -
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