Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-28
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

1.-The recent lynching of four negroes in
Alabama reminds me of an affair Of the
sort in which I happened to get accident
ally mixed up down In the same state
good many years ago." said George R. VIII
son OF Cincinnati, at Wizards, last night.
ct had been buying cotton in Lowndes
county, Miss. and left Columbus one morn
ing 10 ride over into Alabama, which is not
many miles away. Along toward evening
crossed the Alabama line. and stopped at
farm house to secure quarters for the
night. found q very agreeable family. who
greeted me most Hospitality, and after sup
per we were all sitting on the porch, when
q crowd rode into the yard, and called for
all the men folks TO Join It. The horses
were brought out including mine. ana my
host told me to come along. / didn't know
what was up. but mounted and Joined the
party We rode for nearly an hour through
q thick woods until we reached cabin.
Two men rode UP to the coor ana demanded
admission. They entered and in less than
q minute came out with an immense col
man between them. Not a word was spo-
ken by any one. The negro was placed upon
q spare horse and the cavalcade retraced its
path until an open space in the woods was
reached. The moon had risen and by its
light / saw a rope thrown over the ne
gro's neck and the other end thrown over
the limb Of q tree that extended into the
clearing. The end was fastened around the
victims neck and the horse he was riding
given q sharp cut with cowhide. The
animal plunged forward and left the body
OF the negro swinging In the air like the
pendulum of a huge clock. The crowd
waited probably o minute and then we gal
Hoped OF. Ny host merely remarked to me
that II would be well for me to forget the
occurrence while in that section of Ala
bama, anyhow, and when 1 asked what
crime the man had been guilty OF. he said
he didn't know exactly. but believed he had
stolen a couple of shoats from neighbor Of
his living a couple OF miles on; IT w was ga
nerves didn't get settled for more than
year.
when left Victoria the other day."
said Roger Lamont, who is making a fly
ing trip from Toxic. Japan, to his native
land Of England and spent yesterday at
the La Normandie. "the entire colony was
mystined over a young man giving the
name of Percy Vital, who was in qrod
for obtaining money under false pretenses.
His story was romantic. 1t appears that
some months ago when q ship called the
Astoria was about to leave Liverpool for
a voyage to the Pacific coast TO get grain
the young man was brought aboard help
lessly Intoxicated. together with a large
amount Of luggage. When he came to his
senses the ship was out at sea and he was
given q letter which told him where he
Francisco and stating that Bell Irving q
Patterson OF Vancouver would act as his
agents in British Columbia On reaching
Frisco he drew 5000 that had been
ousiy in a fortnight. Then he went up to
Victoria and began to pile UP debts like
q prince. He engaged a boxing raaster
and q billiard expert as his attendants and
threw away borrowed money like water.
He gave checks on q bank where he had
no funds and was arrested for IL. Bell.
Irving q Patterson were wired to and
replied that they were authorized 10 pay
all Of the young mans bills without limit.
He was stili in jail when left. and it Is
generally believed that the scamp is no
other than young Lord whittall, who sue
ceeded to the title while on his trip TO
the father. who had shipped him to Amer
lea to keep him from further disgracing
himself in England. The family is Scotch
and very old. and its estates are the finest
in Dumfries."
Ii not due to the speculation In the Chicago
wheat pit. 40 SO many people imagine"
said Morris Collins, q Minneapolis elevator
man, at the Riggs House this morning.
England determines the price OF American
wheat, as she does OF our cotton, and the
prevailing starvation prices should be prop
erly attributed to her. Last year there were
partial failures Of the grain crop in Great
Britain, Germany and France. but there was
big surplus in Russia, India and the
Argentine Republic. whose wheat comes in
to direct competition with our own. In
Russia and Argentine machinery is used
very little and In India not at all, because
labor Is so cheap there that 1t can be gotten
for from three TO ten cents a day. With
this condition, climate and soil being equal
and the rates OF transportation the same
the United States cannot compete success
fully unless the price OF wheat Is such as
to allow 1t to be delivered at the Atlantic
seaboard free on board for shipment
at s. cents a bushel which means
As or 80 cents a bushel to the Amer
lean farmer. Consequently the only cause
that can improve the price of wheat
In this country is crop failure or famine
abroad
THE time will come when an oyster will
be as rare an animal as the buffalo" said
Jerome Fitch Of New Haven at WIZARDS
today. THE natural beds of the north are
nearly all decimated of their habitants.
and If 1t wasn't for the seed grown in my
native state Of Connecticut few of them
would last more than a year or two more
What do 1 mean by seed? Why, Just what
say. The oyster seed industry is a very