Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
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SELMA. Ala., special: The house of
DAVID Sanders, IL white man who lives
ahoua sin miles from Selma, wus shot
INTO by crowd OF negroes. Sanders
got out OF his bed and followed the ne
sr"cS aud SHOT and killed two of then.
lic rcii!rErd Ia his home procured IL
wagon. and carried tho dead bodies of
lh'. negroes 10 the village OF Sardis
>an"rf> VA arrcs ted and on prelimi-
mary hearing VAS discharged Later
Wesley f.ihridsc. another young white
hlali residing ut the town of l:icbmond.
became involved in Il difficulty with IL
crowd oi negroes. lie Shot and in.
siahi,y killed omc of them. Columbus
Reeves, who h;iu drawn his pistol To
shoot Nlneridse. Reeves mother at
tackled E1ieriase with an aN Ethe-
ridge shot ami fatally wounded her
Another negro attacked I..theridge and
no WAS shot and dangerously wounded.
Everything is quiet.
III BINGHAM. Ala. s1ecial: News
comes from Monroe County of the
lynchins near Monroeville of Allen
Parser. Il yonn. negro. lie had been
arfs>'e'i Oh the charge of burning gin
house ana fifteen haies of cotton. The
pro" was regarded as conclusive A
deputy >hefln had him in charge and
was taking him 10 jail at MoMroevile.
Two miles from town the deputy was
surprised by Il party of twenty masked
men. who tooH larller and, after he
confessed. hanged him TO a tree. The
mob then dispersed. II was in Monroe
County. where four negroes were
lynched TWO weeks ago for the murder
of The johnson family.
JACKSON. Miss, special: The drug
si>is of this city have addressed an
open letter TO Gov. Stone and the at
,orney general asilias them to construe
the Jaw which went into effect on the
LIST "f November forbidding the sale of
opium i'll amy form. They say opium
enters into the formation of SO MANY
medicines that it is almost impossible
10 obey the law without suspenuing the
sales Of many remedies. The law after
Aovemhef forbids The sale of opium.
morphine: parcgoric. etc, without a
phySirian'S prescription. and !; new
I prescription must be produced each
time there is II demand for these RENE.
dies.
Ell. PN>". Ten. special: In the
United States District Court Ah Jake.
accused of IL si>,in. thinamen to enter
,hs county from MEXICO unlawfully,
WAS acquitted. .Nfter the finding of
this verdict one of the cases against
Collector of Customs Webster Flanagan
was dismissed by consent. and upon
TRIAL he WAS acGutcd on the other in
dictmeni. The evidence was CONTRA
alciory, even among officials of the
luStom Department. 1t was the opin-
ion ot the bar that ho case was made
, out against Mr. Flanagan and the
Government had failed at every point
TO Sun>tantiatc in charges.
GArvE>.nN. Texas. special: Two
fires occurred in one day on cotton
steamers. During the morning liz the
hold Of the Dewsland $40 bales of cot
ton were badly damaged by fire and
water. About midday, in the hold of
the Uncomfortable, 1000 bales of cotton
were badly damaged or entirely de-
stroyed. 10th vessels had cleared and
We're ready 10 put 10 sea The full en-
tent OF the damage is not known as vet.
New q LEANS special. Grucnawald
! Hall burned. The loss is $a0O, 600: in
suranre half. \ number of persons
narrowly escaped cremation.