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W THE VP INDIANS
Brc American and Eleven Mexicans
Murdered.
RAILROAD MIN ARE IN TERROR.
Employe of the Southern Pacific Ex
cited Over New That the Yaquia
Are on the Warpath Reported
Several Americana Are Among Vic
tim of the Blood-thirsty Red.
Nogale. Mex. (Special). Details
are arriving here of the massacre of
a, party of Mexicans by Yaqul In
d'aas near Valencia, 60 miles below
Gnyamas.
Eleven Mexicans and one American
ware killed and, from all accounts,
there were over a hundred Indians
In tho attacking party.
The employes on the Southern Pa
cific. Railroad In thnt section are
frightened. It Is sal.l many are leav
ing, and that the massacre may de
lay the road to Guadalajara.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special!. Col.
H. B. Maxson, vice president of the
National Irrigation Congress and
lecretary of the Board of Education
sf Reno, Nev., who has been spend
ing the past few weeks In the State
of Sonora, Mex., arrived here with a
graphic story of a massacre of Mexi
cans and Americans, which occurred
at the little town of Lanrho, on the
Cananea, Yaqul River and Pacific
Railroad late Saturday afternoon.
According to the statement of
Maxson, hi train stopped an hour at
Lancho. While there rumors were
received that the Yaquls were upon
'the warpath and that the few peo
ple In the neighborhood of the rail
road were In danger. Tho station
master, a man named Thompson, be
littled the matter, and said he and
his wife would remain at their post.
The train bearing Colonel Maxson
and party had not left the station
for more than an hour when the
Yaqul descended on the little party
of Mexicans and Americans and
murdered four of them.
Station A,?ent Thompson and his
rife defended themselves behind the
barricaded doors of the station until
a work train appeared, when the In
dians withdrew.
The train bearing Colonel Mnxson
and party continued to a station
about IB miles farther along the line
and then, as the signs of the upris
ing became more alarming, the party
decided to return. The train start
ed back toward Lancho, and when
it arrived the station-house had been
burned and demolished and four hu
man bodies lay along the track.
Tho party stopped a few minutes
in the hope that the survivors might,
be found and taken to a place of
safety. While the train was at the
ruins of the station the Yaquis ap
peard In the distance, but did not
tome within range of the few armed
people on the train.
, Mot many miles along the road
the scene was duplicated. Four more
dead bodies of 'Mexicans and Ameri
cana were discovered along the
.tracks. The little band at this sta
'tlon had been able to repulse the at
tack of the Yaquls with the loss of
but four of their number. The re
maining members of the company
refused to leave on the train, but
aid they could stand off the Indians
nntll the next day, when the rurales
would raech tho spot and summary
justice would be meted out to the
murderers if captured.
TOWNS ARK SHAKEN DOWN.
Earthquakes Again Terrorize Tho
People.
Santiago, Chill (Special). Half
of the town of Arlca, In the Province
of Tacna, has been destroyed by an
earthquake, nnd other towns in the
neighborhood have suffered more or
lea severely.
The seaport of Iqulqui, 120 miles
aouth of Ark-A, was not damaged.
With the recollection of the August
disaster fresh In their minds, the
people In the earthquake zone are
Kreatly alarmed.
London (By Cable). Professor
Belar, of the I.aibaeh Observatory,
telegraphs the Dally Mail that trie
instrument" at the observaory re
corded another great earthquake at
7.11 Wednesday morning. The cen
ter of activity was 1,876 miles o the
west-south west. He adds tho sug
gestion that the recent extraordinary
atrong earthshocks may have dam
aged St. Paul'? Cathedral, London
Me recommends that, test measure
ments be taken and repeated after
every world-ahaking seismic move
ment. He recalls that the roof of
the Charing Cross Railway Station
(ell the day after the lustrum.
Lalbach recorded a great earthquake
JAPAX1.SK TURNED RACK.
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic
Joseph D. Snlsona was arranged
before the 1'nlted States commis
sioner In New York and held tn
$t,000 ball as a confederate of
Boehm and Orhera, who were ar
rested last week on a charge of mak
ing and attempting to make counter
feit peo note of the Republic of
Columbia.
Mrs. Jeanne Trnutman, wife of
Dr. Alexander Trantman, a promi
nent physician, who wa arrested on
complaint of Peter J. Hogan, who
declartd she was a street walker,
who had stolen $1.1 from htm, was
honorably discharged In a New York
police court,
A rail for a second conference of
the growers nnd manufacturers of
cotton In October, 1907, has been
sent out by .lames R. MacColl, the
president of the National Association
of Cotton Manufacturers.
Former President Grover Cleve
land and other Princeton residents
have made application to the na
tional government to stock Carnegie
Lake at Princeton with game fish.
A grand jury of New York has
found Indictments against two for
mer officials of the New York Life
Insurance Company, charging forg
ery. An Indian massacre, In which
Yaqul Indians attarked a party of
Americans nnd Mexicans and killed
eight, has occurred in Mexico.
W. J. Atkinson, president of the
defunct Lincoln Bank of Morton
Park, was sent to jail In Chicago
In default of $25,000 ball.
Dr. Marker G. Dadarlan, of New
York, has been threatened with as
sassination by the "Dlack Hand''
unless he gives tip 110,000.
The Lackawanna Steel Company
has purchased the Ellsworth Coal
Company's properties In the Pitts
burg district.
In Dayton. O., Roy Fowler was
sentenced to die In electric chair for
the murder of his sweet-heart.
An effort Is being mnde tn St.
Petersburg to compel the authorities
to investigate the naval scandals of
the Grand Ducal regime, which are
said to be largely responsible for the
defeat of the Russian at the battle
of the Sea of Japan.
Judge Duncan, of Ohio, in a decis
ion rendered in the Standard Oil caBCs,
decided that the probate court has no
Jurisdiction to try criminal prosecu
tions under tlM Valentine Anti-trust
Law. The $5,000 fine imposed upon
the Standard Oil Company Is there
fore invalid, as well as all the pro
ceedings in the Probate Court. The
case will be carried to the Circuit
nnd Supreme Courts.
A mass meeting of citizens of San
Francisco denounced .'.he position of
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Metcalf on the Califorlna school ques
tion, declaring that state's rights is
now the paramount Issue.
J. G. Phelps Stolscs. the million
aire, has refused to make hi annual
donution to the Y. M. C. A., because
of the creation of a class in real es
eate and stock investment.
D. J. Beresford, a brother of Ad
miral Lord Beresford, of the English
Navy, was killed In a train wreck In
North Dakota.
Nicolai de Raylan, the Russian
woman who masqueraded as a man,
was of noble birth and a mother.
Ten persons died or were over
come by the cold In New York.
The Washington and Florida ex
press on the Southern Railway, which
ran into the private car of Samuel
Spencer, Thanksgiving Day, was
wrecked In the South, owing to a
misunderstanding over signals. The
fireman was killed and the engineer
badly scalded.
Five hundred horses and mules
were burned in a Harper Brothers
livery stable, Atlanta, Ga. The loss
is about $100,000. The Are was
started by safe-blowers, who explod
ed the safe In the office, the shock
overturning a lamp.
T. E. Brady, a Great Falls lawyer,
has been indicted by the federa'l
grand jury in Helena, Mont., on a
charge of unlawfully fencing a 13,-167-acre
tract of public land In Val
ley County.
J. Plerpont Morgan, Dr. Lyman
Abbott and other prominent citizen
of New York, have addressed a letter
to Secretary Root, calling attention
to conditions in the Congo Free State.
Frederick J. Schaffhauer. consider
ed the most important witness In tho
suit of the city of Philadelphia to re
cover $5,000,000 from .las. P. Mc
Nlchol on the filtration contract, Is
dead.
KING PETER MAY
BE DETHRONED
Dire Threats Made Against The
Servian Ruler.
WARNINGS SENT TO HIS PREMIER.
Secret Meeting of the Antidynastlc
Leader Indicating a Conspiracy
Casting About for a European Prince
to Succeed King Peter in Case He
1 Overthrown.
Belgrade, Servla (By Cable.)
The National Assembly finally ha
accepted the Loan and Armament
Bills, which were sent, for signature
to King Peter. Tho debate on these
measures was attended by disorderly
scenes on the part of member of the
Assembly, arising from the opening
expression of sentiment agnlnst the
present Karageorgevltch dynasty,
which gave rise to report In German
and Austrian quarters of a move
ment to dethrone King Peter.
Following the street dlsorderj of
the last few days, the occurrences
In the chamber have added to tho
seriousness of the present situation.
Tho King Is at present confronted
with ninny difficult problems, not
the least of which Is the renewed
activity of the supporter of tho late
King Alexander and Queen Oraga,
who were murdered the night of
June 10-11, 1903, and the popular
Ill-feeling arotiHed by the recent es
capades of George, the Crown
Prince.
One of the deputies opposed the
loan on the ground that the members
of the reigning family would per
sonally pocket a large proportion of
It. and the final debates brought out
antidynastlc demonstrations, in which
a number of riotous students sus
tained serious Injuries. Premier
Paslcs has received a number of
threatening letters, Intimating that
the present dynasty will meet a fate
similar to that of Its predecessor.
The late King Alexander was a mem
ber of the Ohrenovits family. It. 1b
asserted that secret meetings of the
antidynastlc leaders have been held
here for the the purpose of selecting
a European prince as a successor to
King Peter In the event of a success
ful antidynastlc movement.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happening Briefly
Told.
Many Keputtd Veterans Of Millfhdo's
Army On Rio Grande Border.
El Paso, Tex. (Special).- Japanese
are flocking to the Rio Grande bor
der attempting to get Into the L'nlted
States, f ost of them are said to have
been discharged from the Japanese,
army.
Thursday fifty-four were reft i
admiEsion here. Later a num.
were smuggled over to Fort Han
cock, Tex., but they were recaptured
by Immigration officials, who arc
patrolling the entire border.
The Japanese were turned hack at
El Paso because .hey were without
fui. l . and therefore likely to be
omu paupers. The men arrested
Were part of a party ro'used admls
ilon at El Paso.
Fell 300 Feet To Death.
Bessemer, Mich, (Special). Ellas
Lebtenan and Joseph Bardessono
were Instantly killed ut the Colby
iron mine hero hy falling 500 feet
to the b trite m of the shaft, when a
"Bklp,' on which they were riding
to the surface, was dumped by strik
ing on a projecting beam. Two other
miners rldir.g In the skin naved their
lives by catching hold of the rope
and clinging to It.
Ei'!.i Of Explorer! Found.
El Paso, Tex. (Special). The
bodies of Prof. Thomas Grlndell and
Mi follower, who left Douglas, Ariz.,
Ill June, 1904, on an exploralng expe
dlti n to Tlbuion Island, in the Gulf
jUM California, but who were never
afterward henid from, have been
found. It was reported, In u desert
JB Sonora, where they perished, evi
dently for want of water Identifi
cation was made through lotterH ad
dressed to Grind.). I found with the
bodies. Grlndell wa principal of the
Douglas siiioolf.
1-oreign.
The Princess Victoria Alexandra
of Schleswlg-Holstein has been be
trothed to Prince Augustus William,
fourth son ot tho Emperor of Ger
many. Governor Magoon declares that
the dlBpatch of additional troops to
Santa Clara province was merely
a precautionary measure.
'he German Government small
arms factory Is working overtime
1 1 . .... i . a new model rifle with which
to rearm the Infantry.
The Indian National Congress of
Calcutta adopted a resolution of in
dignation that they should be denied
the rights of citizen in the Trans
vaal. Bishop Turinoz, of Nnncy, France,
was fined $10 for striking a gen
darme on the occasion of the Bishop's
expulsion from the episcopal resi
dence. The Moroccan War Minister has
established seven small forts around
Tangier, and has ordered Kaisuli to
cease "governing."'
Major von Wledenbach Notitz Zu
Jaenkendoi f , member of an aristo
cratic German family, committed
suicide.
Colonel De Gelmann, Russian con
sul at Liverpool, was found dead in
bod, having shot himself.
Eleven Mexicans and one American
wei 3 massacrei. by Yaqul Indian)
near Valencia, Mcx.
The court martial In St. Peters
burg condemned Vice Admiral .eho
gntnff and other officer of hid squad
ron to death for surrendering to the
Japanese, but will aak the Czar to
eoniBUta the sentence.
The blizzard in England continue!.
Bid a number of persons have per
ished In the snow.
James Bryce. who will Hiiececd Sir
Mortimer Durand as ambassador at
Washington, is arranging his affairs
to leave England within a few weeks
to as.iume hi diplomatic duties.
Rulsull 1 reported to be arming
men, presumably to attack the aultan
of Morocco, and the latter U also
making warkllke preparation.
Colonel Obrourheff, commander of
the Eighty first Infantry, has buen
killed on bin estate, near Lukow, Po
land, by an unknown nutn.
Crown Prince Makes Trouble.
King Peter is regarded a an ami
able man, but not a particularly clev
er one by no means clever enough
for the extremely difficult position he
has to fill. Many things aro against
him. To begin with, he has no private
means; they were all used up In his
40 years' exile. According to com
mon report, the last remnants of hi
fortune went in forwarding the con
spiracy which resulted In the assas
sination of Alexander 1 and Draga.
King Alexander had not much money
It Ib true only some $60,000 a year
but It wa better than nothing,
and King Peter would be glad If ho
had as much. His Income a sov
ereign Is only $240,000 a year, which
is not a very great sum for the
maintenance of a royal household.
The people generally were dis
posed at first to give the King a cor
dial welcome, but when It was seen
how completely he was under the In
fluence of the conspirators, and the
news of his implication in the bloody
tragedy gradnally spread throughout
the land, popular opinion began to
turn against him. His want of tact
and cleverness has made his position
still worse.
His Worst Misfortune.
But the sorest trial and worst mis
fortune 1 the Crown Prince, whose
future accession to tne throne is
viewed with positive alarm and ap
prehension on all Bides. Prince
George has many failings, but the
worst, is his ungovernable temper.
This has already led him into innum
erable troubles - some slight aud
some more serious. For several
years Major Lavasseur wa the
Prince's governor and the young ty
rant mnde it hot for him. Shooting
was Prince George's favorite pastime.
The walls and ceilings of hi apart
ments were covered with bullet
marks, which were particularly num
erous In the door leading to the royal
quarters. The reason for this was
that the Prince, in order to keep his
governor from coming into the room
took the door for a target.
HON KEY STARTS 1 PANIC.
Lights Matches, Catches Fire And
Scares Audience.
New York (Special). Sweet Wil
liam, a clown monkey of an educated
Simian troupe at Proctor's 58th
Street Theater, was accidentally un
fettered during the matinee, and get
ting hold of a stage carpenter's coat
which contained in a pocket a box of
matches, lighted three or lour and
with one set fire to the carpenter'!
handkerchief. Presently he was on
fire himself.
When ho d Baked out on the stage
hi brick-rod cat-fur surtout a-craekle
the women and children who filled
the house started to rush for the ex
It In a panic.
Two men In the audience sprang
to the stage and besought the terri
fied people to elt quiet, the orchestra
struck up nnd a fireman dashed in
and from one of the stage boxes
hulled a philippic at the multitude
that, taken with his blue uniform,
brought it to it senses.
It calmed, cooled and sat down to
get the rest of its money's worth.
llfMOO.OOO Hie In Denver.
Denver (Special). The Ernest
Crammer Building, one of the finest
office buildings in the city, located
at Seventeenth and Curtis Streets,
was greatly damaged by fire, the
seventh and eighth floois being en
tirely destroyed. The total loss to
the building and tenants is estimated
at $200,000. The upper floor! of the
building were tenanted principal)
by lawyers, and one of the most val
uable luw libraries in the Wej'. was
housed on the top floor.
5(H) Home Are Burned
Atlanta, Ga. (Special I. Five hun
dred horse a.id malei were burned
In Harper Bros.' livery stable. The
lo Is about $100,000. The fire waa
started by afe blowers who explod
ed the safe In the office, tho shock
overturning a lamp
i .n ill. i i. it. In Miirti-iUiic.
Port De Franc?, Martinique (By
Cable). An earthquake shock oc
curred at a o clock A. M., an. I con
I tinned for twonty second. No dam
i tga waa done.
President Roosevelt left Washing
ton for his holiday vaca.ion at Pine
Knot, the Virginia cottage owned by
the Roosevelt, near Charlottesville.
With him were Mr. Roosevelt and
their five children, also Assistant
Secretary M. C. Lattn, Surgeon
General of the Navy Rlxey, Secret
Service Agent James Sloan and Ml
Landon. of Oyster Bay, a friend of
Miss Ethel Roosevelt.
Secretary Shnw has Issued a cir
cular that no surety company shall
be accepted on bond In which the
government I Interested for an
amount greater than 10 per cent,
of Its paid up cRpltal.
The Department of Agriculture I
determined to have enforced tho law
prohibiting railroads from confining
live stock beyond the 36-hour limit.
Sir Mortimer Durand, the retiring
British ambassador, called upon Sec
retary Root.
The aword of Paul Jones ha been
deposited In the Library of the Navy
Department.
Brig. Gen. J. Franklin Bell will
be promoted to be a major general.
The Supreme Court decided that,
the succession tax of $7,000 assessed
against the bonrd of education of
Kentucky Annual Conferenro of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church Is valid.
The Supreme Court decided that It
has jurisdiction to try Sheriff Shipp
and others, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
for contempt of court In connection
with tho lynching of Ed Johnson.
The constitutionality of tho North
Carolina statute forbidding the oper
ations of a bucket ahop wa upheld
by the Supreme ' ijp-t of the United
Stntes.
Justice Moody, formerly attorney
general, has been assigned to the
Third Circuit, embracing Pennsylva
nia, New Jersey and Delaware.
The Inheritance tax of Louisiana
was declared by the Supreme Court
of the United States to be constitu
tional. Anton Winter, who made the new
counterfeit two dollar certificate, wa
arrested In Rochester, N. Y.
The Enterprise Transportation
Company of Jamestown, R. L, filed
complaint with the Interstate Com
merce Commission against the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company and the
New England Navigation Company
as to existing transportation rates.
In his annual report Rear Admiral
Rae, chief of the Bureau of Steam
Engineering of tho Navy Department,
say that the steam turbine presents
one of the greatest problems of the
day.
Captain Marix, of the Navy, re
ported experiments for coaling ves
sels at sea to be unsuccessful.
Edwin T. Sanford of Knoxvllle,
Tenn., will Eiiccecd J. C. McReynolds
as an assistant attorney general.
President Roosevelt will spend a
portion of the ( hristmas holidays at
Pine Knot, Va.
NINE MEN DEAD
I RACE RIDTS
Mississippi Mob Still Slaying
Negroes.
HURRYING TROOPS TO THE SCENE.
Troops Withdrawn, When Rioting
Break Out Afresh at Scooba and Five
Negroe Arc Slain in Fight Between
White and Black Wagons Meeting
In Narrow Road Cause of Trouble.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Latest News Gleaned From Various
Parts.
INDIAN WHO IS A PRJEST.
RAISULI TO BE DISPOSED.
Bandit chief So Longer To Govern
Tangier District.
London, (By Cable). The Tan
gier correspondent of the Times says
that Sid Mohammed Gabbas, minis
ter of war, with practically his
whole army, will go to a spot three
miles east of Tangier, on the border
of the Anghcra territory, and there
read to the neighboring chiefs a let
ter from the Sultan deposing Raisuli
from the governorship of the Tan
gier district, and calling upon the
tribesmen to submit to the maghzen,
or Moroccan foreign office. This they
nre believed to be reaJy to do. Ex
cellent order Is being maintained In
the Moroccan camp. Mohammed
Gabbas is unsparing in his efforts
to restrain his forces from any acts
offensive to Europeans or natives.
Toulon (By Cable!.-The trans
port Lanlve has sniled hence for Al
giers, Oram! and Merselkebir, where
she will take on board 1,000 colonial
Iroops and 200 horse. She will
join Admiral Touchard's squardron
at Tangier, where her troops will b
landed to take part with the Spanish
soldiers in the joint noticing of Mo
rocco, under the Algcctras conven
tion. ( Astro REPORTED worse.
If He Dies, Gomez's Slice-ssion Will
Be Oppoeed By Largo Element.
Port of Spain, Trinidad (By Cr
ble). Latest Caracas advices Indi
cate that President Caatro is much
worse, and It is even claimed that
he cannot live more than a week
longer. Should he die. First Vice
President Gomez will immediately
assume the Presidency, and will be
supported by a large section of the
army. A very large element of the
country, including the Andino8, or
mountaineer supporter of Castro,
however, will he opposed to Gomez.
Gen. Alrantaru, president of the
State of Aragua, l.as accumulated a
large army and considerable war
material, and Is determined not to
recognlia Qomefl, but lo raise a revo
lution for the purpose of obtaining
the Presidency.
In the meanwhile, the rebel force
headed by (Jen. Rafael Mont ilia,
which recently captured Barquesi
meto, 160 mile from Caracas, Is
daily Increasing !: st -cneth
The condition of Vrnezula Is de-
plorable. Outrage by bandits are
increasing daily and the country 1
threatened with anarchy.
Woman Robbed Of 7,,r,(W.
New York f Special)- I'liaddeus K.
Green, a wealthy Aqueduct contrac
tor, and one of the Democratic lead
er in Westchester County, notified
Sheriff Janus S. Morrltt that his
mother. Mr. Hester Green, of Kato
nah. was robbed of $.",. "i00. A young
man I raployed on the Aqueduct Ik
suspected, and hi arrest Is expected
hourly. The booty con!ted of $2,
oO In Jewelry and $3,000 in gold
.Ins, which Mrs. Green had beeii
nvlng tor year.
Voting student Put To Dctathi
Hadoin, Russia Poland l By Ca
ble i A youth named Werner,
seventeen years old, and a student
it the technical school, was tried by
dmnibead court-martial 'here, i ou
rlcted and shot to death for basing
killed Col. Plotta. commander of
the gen-'armerle of the government
ot Radom. Werner threw a bomb
it Dot. I'lotta, Decembi r 16, and the
colonel died the next day of his Injuries.
Meridian, Mlgs. (Special). Nine
dead and three wounded Is tho record
of the race riot In Kemper County
Blnce the trouble started Sundny
morning. Eight of the (lend are ne
groes, while but one white man was
killed.
When the troops arrived at Wn
halak Monday night they found the
little town in a fever of excitement
over the clash between the races enr
ller In the day. Colonel McCants,
the commander of the 8econd Regi
ment, was Informed that the negroes
had fortified themselves two miles
from Wahalak and a parly of sol
dleis went out to dislodge them, but.
when the troops arrived on the scene
the blacks had disappeared. Two
negroes were killed noar Wnhnlak
by whites early Monday night, but
no further trouble occurred there
during the night. All of the negroes
in that section had either fled or se
creted themselves In their homes,
and believing the trouble over Colo
nel McCants returned to Meridian
with the soldlerB this afternoon.
Tuesday rioting broke out at.
Scooba, a town In the same county,
five miles south of Wahalak, bb a re
sult of which five negroes were killed.
The sheriff of Kemper County was
unable to control the situation, and
sent Governor Vardaman an urgent
appeal for troops. The Governor Im
mediately notified the militia at Meri
dian, Macon and ColumhuB to pro
ceed to Scooba by special train.
All of the white people In the
country are up In arms, nnd a deadly
clash is on between the races. The
negroes are said to be heavily armed
with rifles and shotguns, and It Is
believed that much blood will be
shed before the troops arrive. Two
of the alleged slayers of the negroes
at Scooba have been placed under
arrest, and Governor Vardaman has
ordered a company of state troops
rrom this city to prevent their es
cape. The race war Is an outgrowth of
the killing of two conductors on Mo
bile and Ohio Railway trains by ne
groesone Sunday and the other
Tuesday.
Another White Man Killed.
Conductor Robert Harrison, of this
city, was shot and killed by an un
known negro at Crawford, a station
above Wahalak, where the race riote
occurred Monday. The assassin was
Immediately killed by R. O. Mims,
formerly yardmaster of the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad. When the
freight train on which were Harrison
and Minis reached Crawford, a hot
box was discovered, and Harrison and
Minis got off the train to Investigate.
As they stepped to the ground, the
negro stepped out from concealment
and fired point blnnk at Mlms, but
the shot struck Harrison. Mlms Is
said to resemble the young fireman
who was with Conductor Cooper Sun
day morning when the conductor was
badly slashed In trying to eject an
Intoxicated negro who raised a dis
turbance, following which Cooper
pulled his gun and killed a negro
companion of the drunken negro and
mortally wounded the latter. This
case of mistaken Identity Is believed
to be the cause of Tuesday's fracas.
According to advices received, the
moment the negro shot Harrison,
Minis drew his revolver and killed
the assassin, who has not been posi
tively Identified up to the present
time.
At 10 o'clock Tuesday night, the
Meridian troops ordered out by Gov
ernor Vardaman to prevent a repeti
tion of race riots, confiscated a loco
motive on orders of the Governor,
and twenty-five were rushed to
Scooba, five miles this side of Wahalak.
A coroner's Jury has derided thst
Mnrtln Chascheck was killed hy a
Shamokln-Edgewood Park trolley
car running him down at Trcvorton.
It was Ihoueht first he had been mur
dered and the body placed on the j ... n0w known Father Nohmnnnot i.
... j- -
tne only living Roman TTatholIc prlet
A Pottawatomie Who Spoke In the
Tongue of HI Father In Rome.
To be the first full blood Indian to
become a Roman Catholic priest I
the unusual distinction of (he Rev.
Father Albert Negnhnquet of Kan
sas, now conducting religion laoors
among hi fellow racnmen In Okln-
noma and Indian Territory. So fir
FIGHT WITH maim: QUARDI.
Three Dead And Four Wounded In
Battle At Owens bo ro,
Oweniiboro, Ky. (Special). Throe
men were killed and four prohably
fatally wounded In a fight between
guards employed by tho West Ken
tucky Coul Company, at Sturgla,
Pnior County, and the striking min
ers at the place.
The tight occurred In a downtown
Street about one mite from the mine,
but Just what precipitated the fight
Is rot known. It bioke out suddenly
aud continued until 23 tshots were
exchanged.
The members of the Miners' Union
WVe been on strike for the pa:t year.
The coal company has been work
ing nonunion men under guards nnd
serious trouble has been long ex
pected. The fight caused a panic and
n reign of terror existed for an hour.
There 1 only one officer tn town
but the sheriif of Union County and
deputies have arrived at Sturgis.
Summoned Hy Hoimpiirtc.
San Francisco I Special ) , United
States Attorney Robert T, Devlin hns
gone to Washington In response to
a telegram from Attornev General
Rpunpni'te, who : ummoned him there
for consultation, presumably In con
nection with the Japanese question.
Tragedy In .liuksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla. (Special). John
N. Benjamin was shot and killed here
by Charles Church. Church had been
drinking, nnd while quarreling with
his wife drew bis revolver and at
tempted to shoot her. She screamed
for help. Henjamln, who had a room
in t iie same apartment house, rushed
to her assistance. As he entered the
door Church Bred four times n rapid
succession, each bullet lodging In
Benjamin's body The wounded man
was carried to the hospital, but died
shortly after reaching I here.
Women Demand franchise.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special). About
twelvo women sul.'raglsts. represent
ing organizations In a many South
ern States, formed an organization
to be known as the Southern Wom
en Siifftaglsts. Miss Laura Clay, ol
""ntucky, was elected president and
Mrs. Nance Curtis, of Texas, per
manent secretary. It whs decided
to adopt resolutions demanding that
women tie allowed to vote In ali elec
tions. It is claimed that the grant
ing of the right of suffrage to wom
en will go far toward alleviating the
:ace feeling In the South.
t racks
Fire from a defective fine totally
destroyed the residence of David
Grtihc. near Lexington. Lancaster
County. I-'rozen pumps prevented
the use of the water supply. The
loss Is $2,000.
Qaorge w. Wfhehold has been
again r -elected president, of the
Laurel Kite Company of York. The
vice preait'ent! are: M. S. Gotwalt
and Throd ire R. Helb: secretary, 8.
P, W'eli-i". treasurer. Otto Geucke;
foreman, t'nrge 8. Cro'.l; chief en
gineer. Joseph rt. Hlrsh: clerk, W.
T. Mauri; aslstant engineers, Sam
uel Smith. Joseph F. Lelh and An
drew Bellati; chief fireman, Chnrle
E Noiberk; assistant fireman, Wil
liam Wagner andJoha P. Amig: chief
plpeman Ivan K. Walllck; assistant
plpemen, Penree Spnngler. AlexanJct
ClOUdsey, Charles Land" William
llison. Leper Gemnilll. John Ware
ind William J. Gardner: chief hose
director, Harry Messersniith.
Hereafter Darby will have llltle
leniency for corner loungers. Squire
Simpson has Usued an edict against
them and from now on they will
Slther leave town, go to work, or
go to jail.
Preparations are nearly completed
by the members of the Sharon Hill
Methodist Episcopal Church for the
celebration of their twenty-fifth an
niversary, which will take place dur
ing the week of January 20 to 27
Many prominent speakers will be
present. The members of the Ladles
Aid purchased new china and sliver
ware, which will be used then fot
(he first time.
Remarking that what was proba
bly her last Christmas was one ol
the happiest of her long life. Mrs
Catharine Helnkey, SI years old:
went to bed early Wednesday morn
Ing carrying a candle. The flam
EOmmUttlcated to her clothing wher
he leached her room and before helf
arrived she yvas burned from hear'
to foot. 8he died a few hours latet
n a hospital.
Mrs. Manna Stlllyvagoner, wht
Ives near Wrightsvllle. is Ml year?
)ld. The aged lady has knit I nnm
aer of presents, such as scarfs, glove?
ind other useful apparel, for a nutn
tier of her desceudants and friend
is Christmas presents. Her sight is
nuch better than that of other per- j
ons at SO years, It is said Hint she
has never been 111 a day of her life, j
She Is a great walker and has spent
much time In taking long walks i
She wa born in Chester County.
The Increase of wages in what Is ;
known a the Pittsburg district Is !
stlmatod at over 16,000,000 during .
1907. Almost every class of labor I
is afferted, especially iron and steel !
workers and railroad men. Some ,
of these have already received ad
vances, while others expect them
abottt the first of the year. "Tho ;
year 1907 will be the most prosper
out In the history of the steel busi- j
ness and In fact all lines of busi
DMI," said Wilis L. Klr.g. vlce-prcsl-dent
and general manager of the 1
Jones & I, an:, hlin Company. The j
Jones & Laughlin Company 1 the I
largest Independent steel corporation
In the United 8tates and the opinion i
of Mr. King Is significant. "Great
as has been the business prosperity !
of the steel industry this year, It '
will be even greater next," he contin
ued. "This is due to the general
prosperity nnd great growth of the
country. The greatest prosperity has 1
not yet. been reached." Higher
Wages, more work and an increase
of prosperity are predicted with the
utmost confidence by the officials of '
all the large Industrial and railroad
corporations In the Pittsburg district.
Many corporations have already an
nounced Increase In wages, some of j
hlcb were instituted during the
present month and others are to take !
effect on the first of January. Other I
corporations are to follow although
they have not yet mado official an- 1
louncemcnt.
An old love letter from a Chum-
tiersburg girl which he left behind
him when he left Altoona suddenly I
a week ago. resulted In the arrest of i
Lloyd Shatzer, an alleged boarding '
house thief. Shatzer got board on 1
ih. East Side. He stole $8.4S from
M. Thui-Bton and $4. 7a and a gold !
who 1 s full blood Indian.
Father Negahnquet was born on
the Pottawatomie Reservation near
St. Mary's, this State, In 3 877. Boon
afterward he was brought to Topeka
by his parents, and In the Church of
the Assumption here be was baptized.
He was the youngest of a family of
ten children.
His parent nd members of the
family removed to Pottawatomie
County. Oklahoma, where there are
now many members of that tribe.
In the southern part of that county
the Catholics In an early day estab
lished a great rommunlty a monas
tery, school and the like. The mis
sionaries of that church naturally
esme and worked among the Indians
near by. Father Negahnquet, as a
boy, was sent to the school. He wa
an interesting child, readily tracta
ble, and ho applied himself to his
studies. Mother Katherlne Drexel,
daughter of the millionaire Drexel, of
Philadelphia, on the occasion of one
of her periodical visits, took notice
of this particular little Indian boy.
She never forgot him, and when he
became old enough she sent him to
the large Indian school at Carlisle,
Pa. Later he was transferred io the
Catholic College at Washington, D.
C, with the purpose in view of edu
cating him for the priesthood.
He was the honor man at Wash
ington, and from the he went to
Rome. He Btudled philosophy and
theology there In the Propaganda
College, being one year in the Col
lege of the Pope. Before the depar
ture from Rome of priests of this
class It Is customary for each in his
mother tongue to glvo an address.
It must have been strange when the
young American Indian priest came
forward and In the tongue of bis
fathers, the warlike Pottawatomles,
spoke.
Then Father Negahnquet sailed
away to Oklahoma Territory, and for
a few weeks was the guest of his
parents In their rude home. Soon
afterward he sang the first mass giv
en by a full blood Indian priest on
American soil, in the big Catholic
Church at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Hi consecration was by Bishop The
ophlle Meerschaert, of Guthrie. Okla
homa. The Bishop spoke proudly of
the honor of consecrating the first
Indian priest and pf having him in
that diocese.
Since coming back to America,
three years ago, Father Negahnquet
haB labored faithfully among his peo
ple, and those efforts have been well
rewarded. Topeka Capital.
Diplomatic Silence.
The recently published "Addresses
of Frederic R. Coudert" contains a
story of Benjamin Franklin that is
probably new to most American read
ers. It was first related by Mons.
Gabriel Hanotaux. formerly Minister
of Foreign Affairs of France, at a
Fourth of July banquet held by the
American Chamber of Commerce at
Paris.
When Franklin arrived in France
he was somewhat astonished at the
luxury, noUe aud bustle of the court
of Versailles. The courtiers, who
are by nature effervescent and vola
tile, made much ado over him. He
was himself inclined to be taciturn.
The Society Ot Friends, to which he
belonged, had, as you know, estab
lished a rule of silence. Vergennes,
the French Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, also was of a reserved, circum
spect, uncommunicative nature.
The Introducer, having presented
Franklin, withdrew. The two states
men, left alone, bowed to each other.
Vergennes, with a gesture, invited
Franklin to be seated, and then
waited. Franklin, however, said not
a word. Probably he wished to put
his companion's gravity to the test
the French had t.lway been pictured
to him as so loquactotiB.
The French minister fwit th.n h
ilng from William Gearhart, fellow was on the verge of overstepping the
. , . It (a . ...... i ....I I . .. - -
.' , R ,i u . ' ,UJ' , rules of courtesy and hospitality,
setting to take an old coat, in the i Ho ,wof,. ,i, v.- v.
and Invited Franklin to take a pinch
1 of snuff.
I Franklin complied, reflected
pocket of which was found a love
letter, written at Chambersburg.
After a brief suspension the "Mln
er's Dally Journal" resumed publica
tion at Pottsvllle under the old man
agement. The "Journal," whose his
tory dates back to 1825, caused the
greatest astonishment by Its suspen
sion a few days ago. Tne dlfflcultiee
of tile management Is the result of
an
instant, and took his snuff In silence.
Vergennes, on bis part, did the same,
and then the compliment was re
turned. After a brief flash of silence
Franklin rose; so did Vergennes,
wncrcupon, after a farewell obel-
I'cctill; idltion ol the times, sauce, they parted. This was thoen-
ioi m;'. .1,1 ii whs rusnea wun pa
tronage, the high prices of materia)
made the publication unprofitable.
Falling from the steps of a horns
ffhere be had meen visiting, Harry
0. Sbaner broke his neck nnd died
tire sum and substance of their first
Interview, which, happily, was to be
followed by others of a more fruitful
character.
Kleptomania.
Kleptomania is occasionally In
duced by continued and close appli
cation to the study of a particular
subject. A singular case wan recent
ly reported from Germany.
A well-known professor waa found
to have transferred to his own pri
vate collection many of the valuable
butterflies of which lie had ch
his official capacity.
The existence of mental
ment, says the Boston Tra
was clear fisjm the facts th
ater John Jenkins. aioi r,:t, of Union wut 111 th! course of the investigation
n a few minutes. Shaner was re
garded as the heaviest man In Potts
own. He weighed about 250
pounds. Some years ago he wai
tenter on the Pottslown football
earn nnd was one of the organize
if the Pottstown Athletic Association
(e was 26 years of age.
George W. Ammerman, aged 25
earB, a laborer, was killed on tbc
'ensylvanla Railroad at Union Furn
ice, by a train, while his family
vas waiting the Christmas dinnei
or him at Pemberton. Half an bout j
'lirnare, wai cut to pieces at Bane
'our miles away, and was Identified
y a letter in his pocket.
Becoming wearied of his duties as
me of tho three borough policemen
if Darby, Dennlc Quinu, who Iish
ieen a policeman for several years,
ins resigned.
Crazed by religious zeal, Mrs.
Prank Schoenberg, a "Christian Holl
ies" street evangelist, attacked her
husband with a butcher knife ut
Iceland, Inflicting an ugly wound
n his face. When arranged before
he burgess he quoted passages from
he Scriptures to show that her hus
nind was unworthy of her. A phy
tlclan, ha declared tho woman In
itio and she will bo commltt.d t,j
I retreat. For many years Mrs.
Ichoanberi took an active Interest
n religious work aud was the leader
if a band which held forth on the
Itieet corners exhorting the populace
o come and be -saved.
large in
derange-
nscrlpt.
at came
afterward made In the museum au
thorities. ..,
It wa found that the professor
had often sent his wife out all day to
catch butterflies, so intense was his
passion for these lusects. On one oc
casion the professor, while bunting a
butterfly, was nesrly run over by an
express train; at another time he fell
into a river, and once both he nnd
his wife foil Into a pond.
Diuiuoiids in n k. disks.
It Is reported thau diamonds ot
fine quality have been discovered in
Plko County, Ark., about fifteen
mile fiom Nashville, aud that there
will be a thorough prospecting ot
the field, wblch was described years
ago as containing old lava, pumice
and other evidences of volcanic no
ttlon similar to conditions in th
Bouth African diamond fields.-
South' i ii Farm Magazine.