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JOHN HOES DENIAL
Says His Father Was Innocent of
Grimes Alleged.
The SUBSEQUENT DEATH At STAKE
Flight Of Young Man and His
Mother From Georgia.
- ~ ~ II 2
REFUGE IN PHILADELPHIA

John Hoes, aged nineteen, of Sam
Hoes, the who was burned at the
stake at Newman. Ga, last Sunday week
for d crime it was alleged he committed,
was this afternoon furnished by Sanitary
Officer Frank. with transportation to Phila-
delphia, where his widowed mother has
taken up her home. He left for that city
a o'clock
The young man, who is quite intelligent,
told Star reporter that his father had
nothing whatever to do with the murder of
the farmer near Newman, which was fol-
lowed by Il felonious assault on the wife
of the latter. and that the crime was COM
mitted by a man who was called John, but
whose surname he did not know, and who
was iyrched previous to the burning of
Hoes. After Johns arrest he implicated
Hoes, and the latter, who was a local
preacher in Atlanta. hearing of it, fed from
the city. As has already been told to the
world, Hoes was subsequently captured and
put 10 death in a savage and barbarous
manner.
Young Hoes declared to The Star re-
porter that it was impossfble for his father
to have told the mob that old man Strick
land, another preacher, hired him for ST.
to kill the farmer, and he asserted that
this was an invention by some of the
lynCherS.
VINE becomes Hysterical.
The news of the murder of Hoes reached
the widow and her son, the latter of whom
kept little tailor shop in Atlanta, in a few
hours after the lynching. and Mrs. Hoes
at once became hystericaL Her screams
were SO loud that complaints were made by
neighbors to the police authorities and
they told her, the young man said, that
she must be quiet. After several hours Mrs.
Hoes gradually grew calm, and fearing
that the mob would call during the night
and murder both his mother and himself,
the gave her all the money he had,
about $50 in all and secured for her
ticket to Philadelphia, for which city she
at once started.
Mrs. Hoes had hardly left Atlanta before
a messenger arrived at Hoes late home
and handed young Hoes an envelope, which,
upon being opened, found to contain
a portion of dismembered finger from one
of his fathers hands. and a warning to
leave Atlanta without delay.
FIees to Swamp.
The young man at once took to the
swamps, where he waited until freight
train came along. This he boarded and
made his way TO Savannah. Here he told
his story to the captain of one of the com
panies in the 16lst Indiana Regiment, and
that officer obtained transportation for
Hoes to Washington. Since his arrival in
this city Hoes has been stopping at the
house Of a man named Hawkins on 9th
street northeast.
Hoes said when he entered the swamp
where he temporarily found refuge, he saw
the bodies Of two cOlOred men who had
been iynChed, hanging to trees So far as
known, neither of those two killings has
been reported outside of the vicinity in
Which they occurred.
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Thousands OF situations have been OBJ
tained through the want columns OF The
Star.
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officials.

The officials of the meet will be as fol-
lows: Referee. Phil King; judges of finish,
John II. Doyle, Oscar p. Schmidt. John E.
Moore; timers. w. Fl. Foley, w. NJ Mack
dermott Ed Votgt; starter, c. A. Holton;
clerk of course. ]. C. Drum; assistant clerk.
]. " Wolfe; field judges. c J. Martell, ].
NJ. Casey. ]. II. Mooney, Richard Mccarthy
T. c. Downs. Chas. Moran; announcer. r.
A L. Schade; scorers, T. Smith W. Metz
ger and 7. Whelan; marshaIs, T. J. English,
r. c. CawthOrne, ]. NJ Smith; custOdans
of prizes, Stephen Douglas and John w.
Barrett
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-04
Entries for Georgetown's Athletic
Meet.
UNIVERSITY CRACKS TO PARTICIPATE
Columbian and Johns Hopkins
Represented
LIVELY SPORr PROMISED

The annual field and track meet of
Georgetown University will be held Satur-
day afternoon. commencing at $50 o'clock
on the Georgetown field. All of the ath-
Ietes Of Georgetown have entered. while
several from Columbian University. Johns
Hopkins University. Baltimore, and the
Maryland Agricultural College are in diff
ferent events. The Eastern and the Central
High Schools are also represented in the
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list of entries.
Events and Entries.
The events and the contestants are:
One hundred yards run-H. Moffett Brad
ley. Eastern High School; NJ. H. Gait.
Maryland Agricultural College; George w.
Knapp. johns Hopkins University; John
Ewing S. l.. Owens ]. b. Daingerfield. P.
J. Fleming W. Byrnes Michael Walsh. +.
NCCauley, w. Finn, law: J. F.. Mulligan,
p Brown, u. Devlin. J. p. Oracle. G NJ.
Barry, c. Lynch. w. Hirst. W. A O'Netl.
Two hundred and twenty yards run-H.
Moffett Bradley. Eastern High School; J.
NJ Mullen Johns Hopkins; George W.
Knapp. Johns Hopkins: a. l.. Virgo. Mary
land Agricultural College; John Ewing, S.
w. Byrnes. VI. Walsh, F. McCauley w.
Finn. J. E. Mulligan. p. Brown, D. Devlin,
J. p. Oracle, c. NJ. Barry. c. Lynch, W.
Hirst. W. A O'Neil. W. White
Four hundred and forty yards rum. c.
Hider. Eastern High school; c. G.. Clark,
Johns Hopkins: J. Nj. Mullen, Johns Hop
kns; T. F. Riggs. Johns Hopkins: W. H.
Talbot, Maryland Agricultural College; w
H. Weigand. Maryland Agricultural college;
J. Wolfe, s. A Douglas. p. J. Fleming, W.
Byrnes J. +. Sheridan, I. II. Dessez. F.
McCauley. W. Finn, NJ. Walsh, ID. Devlin.
J, p. Oracle. c. NJ Barry, c. Lynch J.
O'Shea, F. Murphy. W. \. ONeil.
$50 yards rum. c. Spaulding. Column
bian University: Walter Lee. f. H. S; 7,
c. Kennedy. E. H. S; c. 7. Clark. Johns
Hopkins T F. Riggs. Johns Hopkins: j.
Wolfe. ". Greevy ]. E. Sheridan. T. H.
Dessez. W. Applegarth, ]. O'Shea, F.
Murphy.
one mile run-W. Lee z. H. S; ]. E.
Sheridan T. II. Dcssez. f. Murphy, j.
O'Shea.
12O yards hurdle-Charles Horsey. S. L..
Owens, S. A. Douglas. w. a. O'Neil, j..
keane. David Flynn.
Running high jump-A. McElhone. Co
lumbar University: b. Scholl Johns Hop
kins: 5. l.. Owens. \. Linane, J. keane. W.
Hirst. w. \. ONeiI. r. Saffold. Central
High School J. p. Barranger. Columbian
University; J. Fay.
Running broad jump-G. b. Scholl, Johns
Hopkins; J. Ewing. s. L. Owens, =. j.
Fleming. r. Mccarthy, W. Byrnes, NJ.
Walsh, J. f. MulIigan. J. Kcane, w. A.
ONeiI. T. Cullen, X. Safold, Central High
School: J. Fay.
Putting six compound shot-H. OConnell.
s L. owens. 2. ]. Fleming. n. Linane, r.
Mccarthy. VI. Walsh, J. p. Oracle. Leo b.
Dannemiler, Z. kenEa, John Wilson, A.
Murphy.
Throwing the discus-H. O'Conneu, S. L.
Owens y. L.inane. r. Mccarthy. VI. Walsh.
W. Hirst, L. kenna. John Wilson. A. Muir
ply.
One-nile BICYCLE. S Brady. Louis
LaUve. Leo &. Danneniller. W. W. Pitt
man. J. L. Hanger.
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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.

porch, balcony, or awning below a point
seven feet above such sidewalk, measured
Section. 2. 1t shall be the duty. Of any
person, firm. company or Corporation.
having as owner. or agent. or contractor,
OF employee, charge of any cloth or can
vas shade, or shade of other material
hanging from any porch balcony or avn
ing below point seven feet from the
sidewalk, measured in a perpendicular
line, Immediately after the passage of this
ordinance to remove the same, or to so
adjust the same that the lower end there
OF shall not extend below such point seven
feet perpendicular from the sidewalk.
Section 3. Any person violating any of
the provisions OF this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and uT-
OH conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine not exceeding three hundred dol
lars, or by imprisonment in the City Jail
not. exceeding three months, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take
ehect Immediately from and after its
passage.
Passed February IL 1896
CHARLES Z. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees.
Approved February 20. 1896
G. HI. HUBBARD. Mayor.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
LoNGFELLow MEMORIAL.
The Executive Committee Appeals
for Subscriptions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The Exec
utive Committee of the Longfeliow Ma
tional Memorial Association. formed for
the purpose Of erecting statue of the
poet in Washington, has Issued an ap-
peal to the people for subscriptions to
accomplish this purpose The commit
tee estimates that $4,000 will be
needed to- procure a statue worthy of
the poet and the site. The smallest
contributions will be welcomed.
The Riggs National Bank of Wash
ington has consented to act as finan-
cial agent of the memorial association,
and checks may be made payable to
it. Rev Alexander Mackay- Smith,
Chairman, and General A. w. Greedy,
Secretary, on behalf of the Executive
Committee. signed the appeal.
The President is an honorary Regent
of the association; Chief Justice Fuller
is President, while Secretary Hay, SEN
ators fHoar and Wolcott and Speaker
Reed and many other prominent men
are associated with the movement.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

A bill introduced by Senator McMil-
Ian, and now before the Senate Com
mittee on the District of Columbia, will,
if passed, limit the hight of buildings
erected in Washington in a way dis
pleasing, perhaps, to the owners OF
land but eminently satisfactory to fire.
men, artists, and such other folks as,
for one reason or another, are inter-
ested in sky lines" The bill pro-
vides that structures not ire-proof'
shall in no case be higher than sixty
feet if used as residences, or than sew
enty-f1ve feet if intended for business
purposes. Buildings of non-combusti-
BILE construction can be more ambitious,
but even they must be no taller than
the street on which they stand is wide,
and, if they front on open squares or
avenues exceptionally broad, the build
er of O place of residence must not top
the sidewalk by more than ninety feet,
while the business house cannot soar
higher than 40 feet. These are de-
cidedly modest limits, and they would
certainly excite strenuous opposition
from property owners in New York or
other cities of the same character,
where the convenience of commercial
and professional life is of necessity the
first consideration. Perhaps they are
all right for Washington. however. 1t
is right that aesthetic exigencies should
receive much attention there, for the
capital OF the nation ought to illustrate
nobler-and more expensive-ideals than
those of trade. But are tall buildings
necessarily ugly? No architect will
say so. It is all matter of proper
ton, and, with foundations sufficiently
broad and streets sufficiently wide, the
proximity of roofs to heaven would not
need any limitation.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
He Paid Attention.

The Philadelphia Record" tells of a
teacher who had just finished explain
ing the use Of the ditto marks, when
she noticed one Of her young searchers
for knowledge searching for it. in a
half-dime novel. So she made him stay
after school and told him to write the
sentence Always pay attention a
hundred times. In a very short time
he gave a glad shout: 1--WE got it,"
What kind of language is that?" she
remarked severely; land you surely
haven't had time to do it, well, I'm
done 1t, then-anyhow. here it Isl He
held up his paper. The sentence was
written once at the top. and the re-
manning surface was covered with dots.
But you haven't done it!' she ex-
claimed. He gazed at her scornfully.
"'Course I have-them's ditto marks
made 'em ninety-nine times-they' re
good things" What else was there to
do but to let him go at once. which she
did?
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23


published the opinion recently that the
rocks, and most of all in what is called
magnetic iron ore" has been produced
therein locally by lightning. This the
DRY seems to be confirmed by the fact
that no magnetic ore IS found in deep
iron mines.
In recent years there has arisen q
serious doubt as to the value of light
ming rods, and many people nowadays
do not have. them put on their houses
because of this dubitation. This dis
trust has arisen probably from the fact
that buildings provided with lightning
rods have on many occasions been de-
stroyed. It is a fact that any number
of lightning rods will not necessarily
protect building. After all, the light
ming rod is only a conductor. and is
able to carry only a certain amount of
the electric fluid. If an avalanche of
electricity comes. it may overflow like
a torrent that overfiows the banks OF
the channel designed for it, and the
result is disaster. Nevertheless, the
Weather Bureau declares that lightning
rods may be relied upon to protect
buildings from all ordinary chances of
electrical attack.
City people may congratulate them
selves that they are very much less Ii;
able to lightning stroke than country
folks. In fact, it is reckoned that the
average person in rural district is
five times as likely to be struck by
lightning as a town resident. This is
because the tin roofs, drain pipes, etc.,
of city houses serve as conductors for
electricity. 1t is practically unneces-
sary to provide lightning rods for a
dwelling in a city block. AT the
same time efforts are continually
being made to increase the
protection of buildings against
lightning, and this has been
the subject of many curious inventions.
For instance, one of these would pro-
vide each town or village with one or
more skeleton iron towers of enormous
hight, which should be equipped with
rods extending far up toward the sky.
Thus any threatening cloud would be
apt to direct it's electric discharges
against these towers in preference to
the houses below. Another idea is to
raise, whenever a thunderstorm ar
rives a number Of balloons with pro-
truding metal points, which are expect
ed to carry off the current through
cables connecting with the ground
Hartford Times.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

There are fifty young women study
ing at the College of Agriculture in
Minneapolis. They are entered for the
three years course in farming, and are
to study side BIZ side with the men,
except that instead of hlacksmithing
carpentry and military drill they will
be taught sewing, laundry work and
cooking. Until now, young women who
desired course in agriculture had to
solace themselves with such instruction
as they could gain during the summer
months when the men were away. This
year their fortunes have changed A
new dormitory has been built and new
instructors In special departments have
been provided. In the three years
course are included study of every
practical subject relating to farming
field crops and seeds, agriculture chem
istry, farm economics, animal husband
ny, dairying, entomology, horticulture.
forestry, veterinary medicine and sur
gery.-Woman's Home Journal
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

When illicit distilhng was common in
then Highlands there was en- old man
who went about the country repairing
whisky pots.
The gauger met him one day, and,
|.surmising that he had been doing re-
pairs at no great distance, asked what
he would take to inform him (the gau-
ger) where he repaired the last whisky
pot.
"Och,' said the old man. she'll shust
TAX hauf Groom"
"Done!" retorted the gauger: here is
your money, but be careful to tell me
correctly"
Och. she'll no tell the gentleman a
lee."
Getting the money, the old man
quietly remarked:
II sbust mended the last whisky pot
where the hole was. London Spare
Moments.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
ORDINANCE NO. 42s.
Amending Section 1, Of Ordinance No. 800

The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. Section / of Ordinance num-
Der Three Hundred and Ninety, entitled
An Ordinance to prohibit the cutting or
Trimming or mutilating trees on certain
streets i'm the City of Sacramento, without
the consent of the owner in writing, and
fixing a penalty therefor, passed June
u, 1895, is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section /. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to cut, trim, mutilate
or fasten wires to any tree on any of the
streets in the City of Sacramento, unless
the consent in writing of the owner or
authorized agent of the property in front
OF which said tree stands shall first be
obtained: provided, however, that moth
Ing herein contained shall operate to pre-
vent the affixing to any such tree or trees
of all such wires as may be necessary
in the maintenance of the Fire Alarm
System, the Police Patrol System or for
the use. conduct, maintenance or manage
ment Of any other department of the city
government.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after It's
passage.
Passed May 25, 1896
CHARLES E. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees.
Approved May 49, 1896
c. H. HUBBARD. Mayor.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Jan. 22.-The
Csder from the United States military
authorities in Havana directing the au-
thorities of the Santiago Military De-
partment not to spend a cent of the
customs receipts without the permission
of the Governor General, and the order
directing that hereafter the bulk Of
sanitary work shall be done without
money pay and for rations merely, We're
given to the local press for publication
yesterday, though received here last
Thursday
Ell Cubano," in commenting upon the
instructions of the Governor General,
says: 1.-The feeling is prevalent that
the only course now is to retire to the
mountains y
This, of course, is an exaggeration, al
though the fact is that there are peo-
pie who make just such threats.
As showing how far the province has
drifted backward since the first an
nouncement that the customs were not
to be freely expended for provisional
Improvements, the Santiago "Heraldo''
reports that a band of men are COM
hitting wholesale depredations in the
Mainery district, where several people
have been murdered and that another
in the Guantanamo district have burned
all the cane prepared for pressing on
the Isabel plantation. These out
breaks" says this paper, ARE the first
fruits of the money Capitalization sys-
tenn
As yet the Mainery report has not been
verified, and Mr. Brooke, owner of the
Isabel plantation, who arrived yester-
day, says that the burning reported on
the plantation must have been done
since he left, as the cane there was
intact when he started for Santiago.
He does not accept the report abso-
lutely, but says that the adjoining plan
taticn, the property of Senior Bueno,
was fired at four different points, the
entire crop being destroyed.
AT HAVANA
HAVANA, Jan. 22.-The special COM
mission appointed last week by the Mu-
nicipal Council to call upon the Gov
ernor General to-day with formal pro-
test against the Bank of Spain's ap-
pointment as collector of taxes, post
poned the visit, on the understanding
that such protest is now unnecessary,
as General Brooke has forwarded rec
concentrations iEs that line with the pro-
posed protest to Washington.
There is not a single case of yellow
fever in Major General Lees camp. The
two suspected cases in the Second
Texas Regiment have been diagnosed as
typhoid fever and pneumonia, re-
spectively.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
ORDINANCE NO. 444.
An Ordinance Prohibiting Expectoration
in Public Places, and Providing a
Penalty Therefor.

The Board of Trustees of the City CT
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section !. No person shall expectorate
on the floor of any street railway car or
other public conveyance or public build
ing or on any sidewalk in the City of
Sacramento.
Section 2. Any person who shall violate
any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not exceeding Five Dollars, or shall be
punished by Imprisonment in the City Jail
OF the City of Sacramento for a term not
exceeding two days, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment.
Section 8. This ordinance shall be pub
lished for three consecutive days in the
daily papers of the City of Sacramento.
and shall take effect Immediately there
after.
Passed November 80, 1896
CHARLES E. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees.
Approved December 5, 1896.
c. Fl. HUBBARD, Mayor
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Bids will be received at the Office of
the undersigned until o'clock p. m. on
heater for Water Works. to be not less
than sixteen inches in diameter, and to
contain not less than thirty-one seamless
inches in diameter and six feet in length,
heater to carry. safely working pressure
of one hundred and fifty pounds and to
be tested with pressure of two hundred
and fifty pounds. Bidders must present
with bid, plans and specifications. A GER
titled check, made payable to City Clerk
for an amount not less than 10 per cent.
of aggregate of proposal must accompany
each bid. The Board of Trustees reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
M. ]. DESMOND. City Clerk.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
FIENDIsH WORK.
Attempt to Blow UP Residence
With Dynamite.

SOUTH OMAHA (Neb.). Jan. 28.---
About 3 o'clock this morning an at
tempt was made to blow up with dyna-
mite the residence of E. B. Towle, the
manager of the Omaha Packing Com
pany. A Pickering light on the porch
attracted passer-by. who stamped the
fire out Examination developed that
it was a fuse connected with a packing
containing six sticks of dynamite. No
explanation can be made for the at
tempt, except the theory that the work
was done by persons recently dis
charged from the service of the COM
pany. A reward of 81 900 has been Of
fered for the arrest of the perpetrators.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
DRIVEN ASHORE.
Revenue Cutter Wrecked ON Padre
Island.

CORPUS CHRISTI (Texas), Jan. %
The United States revenue cutter
Alma was driven on Padre Island, about
fifteen miles south of here. Wednesday
during storm. and all on board es-
capped to land. There We're several rev.
enue officers aboard. The party divid-
ed, and each party wandered over the
island looking for a sail. James A. Nc
Emery, Special Treasury Agent of the
District of Texas. and BEDFORD Sharp.
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney of San Antonio, sighted a craft and
signaled it, and We're taken off the ISL
and and brought here To-day an
other vessel was sent to Padre Island to
look for the rest of the Alma's passen-
gers.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
First Session Of the Convention to
be Held Tomorrow.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.-Conven-
ton week of the Episcopal diocese Of
California was opened to-day by a
United Children's Missionary service in
Trinity Church, the principal address
being delivered by Rev. H. L. Duhring
of Philadelphia.
The first session of the convention
will be held on Tuesday morning at St.
Pauls Church, the Bishop Of Salt Lake
making the first formal address. On
Wednesday w. H. Moreland, Bishop
elect of Sacramento, will be consecrated
at ST. Luke's Church, of which he was
formerly pastor. The rest of the week
will be devoted to convention business
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

At Davenport soldier was brought
before the commanding officer for sell
ing part of his kit, when the following
dialogue took place:
Colonel-Now, Private Murphy, why
did you sell your boots?
Private Murphy-Tve worn 'em for
two years, sorr, and thought they were
my own property.
Colonel-Nothing of the sort, sir.
These boots belong to the Queen.
Private Murphy-I'm sure I'm sorry,
sorr, but I didn't know the lady took
twelves.
Collapse Of the Colonel Tilt Bits.