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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-14


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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-24

Special the Indianapolis Journal
NEW ALBANY, Ind, April 23.-The father
of Col. John NJ. Stotsenburg. of the First
Nebraska Volunteers, who was killed this
morning near Manila, is Judge John II.
Stotsenburg. of this city. Judge Stotsen-
burg this afternoon received a telegram
from Assistant Adjutant General Carter at
Washington that General Otis had cabled
news of the death, which occurred this
morning in battle near Malolos. No further
particulars were received. Colonel Stotsen-
burg was born in this city forty years ago.
and he leaves a wife, formerly Miss Mary
Latourette daughter of Rev. James
Latourette, chaplain in the regular army,
who died in Indianapolis. She went TO Ma
nila last fall and has been engaged with
ed soldiers. Their two daughters. Jane,
aged ten, and Laura, aged eight, are living
with Judge Stotsenburg. Colonel Stotsen-
burg leaves brother. Evan b. Stotsenburg.
an attorney, and two sisters. Misses Laura
and Alice Stotsenburg, all of this city. Col.
Stotsenburg graduated from the New AL
bany High School in 1876, being salutatorian
of his class He was appointed to a cadet
ship at West Point by Congressman Bick-
nell, of the New Albany district. in 1871, and
graduated in 1881. in 1852 he was In the
White mountain Apache campaign, being
i'm charge of the Indian scouts. From lssa
10 1887 he was in the campaign against
Geronimo and was also in the Sioux cam
naign. His last visit to this city was about
a
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Said to Have Paid Hose S12 to Muir
ford, Ten Days Ago.
GOV. GAMBLER CALLS TROOPS
FIVE COMPANIES READY TO PRE-
VENT A NEGRO UPRISING.
story Of the Devilish Work mt Pal
mettO Which Was Responsible
for sundays Outbreak.

BULLETIN.-PALMET Ga.,April 23.-
is accused by Sam Hose, the negro burned
10 death near Newman to-day, of paying
him (Hose) $l2 TO murder farmer Alfred
Crawford. was captured by a mob of peo-
pie from this vicinity three miles out Of
town tonight.
He was brought to Palmetto and at mid
night was placed on trial for his life by a
court composed of those who had arrested
him. Speeches for and against his charac-
ter were made and the trial is in progress
at this hour. 1890 a. m.
200 a. m.-The trial took place in an open
square in the center of town. Strickland, the
accused. is sixty years of age. There was
no Judge or jury, the people acting in those
capacities. Many witnesses were heard.
One, a negro who lived on Stricklands place.
testified to the good character of the min
lister. but several neighbors gave anything
but favorable reports. Many speeches were
made.
At 1 o'clock no decision had been arrived
at. but it was decided to adjourn the court
to the woods, one mile out of town. The
sober element is making an effort to save
the negro's neck and have adopted the plan
of moving about to delay verdict and per-
haps win their case. A number of strangers
are here from Atlanta and other towns and
they are trying to force a lynching. The
statement made by Hose Is not believed and
it is feared an innocent man may be lynched
il cooler counsel does not prevail.
Strickland denies all knowledge of COM
picity in the crime The scene in the woods
weird one
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GOV. CANDLER'S VIEWS.
Believes the Negroes Are Responsible
for Sundays Affair.

ATLANTA. Ga, April Ex-Governor Cam
dler to-right gave the following statement
on the burning of Sam Hose near Newman:
1.-The whole thing is deplorable and Hoses
crime the horrid details of which have not
been published and are too horrible for pub
lcation, is the most diabolical in the annals
of the crime. The negroes of that COM
munity lost the best opportunity they will
ever have 10 elevate themselves in the es-
timation of their white neighbors. The dia-
bolical nature of the double crime was well
known to every one of them; the perpetra-
tor was we'll known and they owed IL TO
their race to exhaust every means of bring
ing Hose to justice. This course would have
done more TO elevate them in the estima-
tion of good people and to protect their race
against the mob than all the rewards and
prociamations of all the Governors for the
next fifty years. But they lost the oppor-
tunity, and Il Is a deplorable fact that while
scores OF Intelligent negroes, leaders OF their
race, have talked TO me about the Palmetto
lynching. 1ot one OF them has ever
in the remotest way alluded TO either
the burning OF Palmetto, which provoked
the lynching, nor to the dabolical crime OF
Hose. i do not believe these men sympa-
thized with Hose or the Palmetto incen-
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diaries, but they are blinded by race preju-
dice and can see but one side of the ques-
ton. This is unfortunate. They must learn
to look at both sides. want to protect
them in every legal right and against mob
violence and L stand ready TO employ every
resource Of the State in doing so, but they
must realize that in order to merit and re-
ceive the protection of the community they
must show a willingness to at least aid in
protecting the community against the law
less element Of their own race. The good
and law-abiding negroes must separate
themselves from the lawless and criminal
element. They must denounce crime and
aid in bringing criminals TO justice. whether
they be black or white. In this way they
can do more TO protect themselves than all
the courts and juries in the State can do
for them. To secure protection against law
less whites they must show disposition 10
protect the white people against lawless
blacks"
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General Otis's Report.

WASHINGTON, April 23-The following
message regarding the fight at Quingua was
received at the War Department to-day:
Manila, April g. - Adjutant General,
Washington:
"A reconnaissance on Quingua, a place six
miles northeast of Malolos made by Major
Bell and group Of cavalry this morning.
resulted in contact and battle in which four
battalions Of infantry and four pieces of ar
tillery became engaged. Enemy driven from
intrenchments at Quingua with considerable
loss; our casualties quite severe. Colonel
Stotsenburg and Lieut.. Sessions. First Me-
braska, killed: also several enlisted men.
Considerable number wounded, not yet re-
ported. OTIS"
The following dispatch was received at
the War Department late this evening:
Manila. April 23.-Casualties at ouingua
to-day:
First Nebraska-Two officers and two en-
listed men were killed; two officers and
twenty-six enlisted men were wounded.
Fourth Cevalry-Two men killed and five
wounded
"FTfty-first lowe Seven enlisted men
wounded.
Utah Light Artilery-One officer and two
enlisted men wounded.
Total forty-nine. Names in morning.
"O>Tc
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WELL KNOWN HERE.
One of the Most Popular Members Of
the Legislature.

Col. John NJ. Stotsenburg. of the Nebraska
regiment, who was yesterday killed at Ma
Mia, is well known in this city and State,
although but few connected the Nebraska
colonel with the New Albany man when
the news of his death was received. In
the Legislature of 1895 he was one Of the
most prominent members and was a Demo-
cratic leader. He represented Floyd coun-
ty, and not many people in this city have
known that he bad left that place. lie was
a most clean~cut member. was companicn-
able and very popular with the members
of both sides of the House. There was Il
striking resemblance of his features 10
those of Napoleon and he was man who
attracted general attention wherever he
went.
The news of his death will cause most
profound regret, not only TO host OF
friends in this city, but throughout the
State.
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became a captain Dec. Il. 1898. He served
with his regiment in Arizona and New
Mexico from 1887 to 1890. at the close Of
the latter year participating in the Sioux
campaign in the action st Wounded Knee,
s u. He was at Fort Niobrara from 1891
to 1894 and then served for a few months
at Fort Myer near Washington, going
thence TO the Infantry and Cavalry School
at Fort Leavenworth. Kan, where he grad
uated with distinguished honors- Colonel
Stotsenburg then served with his regiment
at Fort Leavenworth until December, 1897.
and from that time to the following April
was professor of military science and
tactics at the University Of Nebraska. He
was mustered in as major OF the First
Nebraska Infantry May last and as
colonel of the same regiment Nov TO- 1898.
He sailed with his regiment for Manila
June Is.
In appearance he was short and slight
and had rather an ascetic countenance.
partly perhaps due to the fact that he was
always a very studious man. He was
strict disciplinarian and the recruits he had
to break in during the early months of his
command of the First Nebraska resented
his methods so bitterly that they procured
the passage of a resolution OF censure
against him through the Nebraska Legis-
lature. Once they became engaged in ac-
tual warfare. however, the merits OF his
course became so apparent that in response
to a very strong demand from the people
of the State and the soldiers themselves
the resolution of censure, by a formal vote,
was expunged from the legislative records.
Col. John NJ. Stotsenburg was in COM
mand of the First Nebr Volunteer In
fantry, as the result of l. of one officer
and the detachment of .er. The First
Nebraska went to Manila an command Of
Colonel Bratt, and under his command took
part in the operations south Of Manila
against Malate fort and the attack and cap
ture of Manila on Aug. 13. In the selection
of officers for civic positions in the organ
ization of the government for the city,
planned by Major General Merritt and put in
to execution by Major General Otis. Lieu
tenant Colonel Cotton Of the First Nebras-
ka, was made deputy collector of the port.
Later Colonel Bratt became i'll and was con-
| demned by medical board. General Otis
| ordered him home. and then. as he did not
| care to take Cotton out of the custom house,
| where he was doing excellent work. decided
| to select some other officer for the command
| of the regiment. Choice fell on Stotsenburg,
| of the Sixth Cavalry, and he was named.
At first there was strong opposition from
within the command, many Of the other off,
| GERS thinking that those in regular line
| should be promoted, but that was soon over
| come Colonel Stotsenburg endeared him.
| self TO every officer and man in the regi-
ment, and brought the command to a high
state of efficiency. Lieutenant Colonel Col
ton still holds his commission with the regi.
ment but is now collector of customs, hav-
| ing succeeded General Whittier, OF New
York. when the latter was relieved as col
| lectOr.
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PROF. GREEN'S EXPERIMENTS
TeleGraphinE to Tugs Mile and n
Half from Shore.

CHICAGO, April 23-Prof. Jerome j.
Green continued his experiments in wireless
teegraphy in Chicago to-day with uniform
success. He sent signals from the life
saving station to moving tug on the lake
for a distance of mile and a half. At
every intervening point between that and
the shore the dots came distinctly and reg
ularly in response to signals whistled from
the boat to his assistant at the sending sta
ton. AS the crowning feat of the day, the
relay on the tug gave out in succession the
letters which form the name of the great
dscoverer, "Marconi."
This will probably be the last test Prof.
Green will make in Chicago. Several sug-
gestions have come TO him while in Chicago,
some from practical electricians and some
from the tests he has been making These
will be made use of when the new appa-
ratus is adjusted in his laboratory a
NOtre Dame.
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Brought BacI. Pieces of Flesh.

ATLANTA. Ga. April 23.-One special and
two regular trains carried nearly 1900 peo-
pies to Newman 10 witness the burning of
Sam Hose or to visit, the scene of the horri-
bic affair. The excursionists returning to-
night were loaded down with ghastIy re-
minders OF the affair in the shape of bones.
pieces of flesh and parts of the wood which
was placed at the negro's feet. One of the
trains, as IL passed through Fort McPher-
son. four miles out of Atlanta. was stoned
presumably by negroes. a number OF win
dows were broken and two passengers were
painfully injured
Governor Gambler stated during the even
ing that he had been advised that a mob
OF citizens OF Fayetteville and Woolsy were
coming 10 Atlanta 10 take George w Ker-
lin from the jail here and lynch him. Ker-
lin murdered Miss Pearl Knott near Woolsv
several days ago and threw her body In the
river The Governor Immediately ordered
eight companies OF the Fifth Infantry (state
mll!tia) TO be IN readiness to march 10 the
Jail on order. IL Is believed however that
the troops are held in readiness 10 be sent
70 Palmetto in case Of an uprising Of ne
groes there.
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AN EDITORS APPEAL.
Atlanta Constitution Gives a Picture
Of Hoses Crime.


ATLANTA, Ga, April 23.-The Constitu-
tion will say tomorrow: The terrible ex-
piation which Sam Hose was forced to pay
for his crime will arouse a flood of discus
sion carried on by those who know the
facts. on the one side, and by those who do
not care for facts, on the other. But, while
the form of this criminals punishment can
not be upheld. let those who are disposed TO
criticise ii look into the facts-and by these
facts temper the Judgment they may render.
An unassuming. industrious and hard
working farmer. after his days TOLL sat at
his evening meal. Around him sat his wife
and children. happy in the presence of the
man who was fulfilling to them every duty
imposed by nature. At peace with the
world, serving God and loyal to humanity,
they looked forward to the coming day.
Noiselessly the murderer, with uplifted AK.
advanced from the rear and sank 1t to the
hilt in the brain of the unsuspecting vic
tim. Tearing the child from the mothers S
breast, he flung it into the pool of blood
oozing from its fathers wound.
Then began the elimination which has
dethroned the reason of the people of west
ern Georgia during the past week. AS crit
les will howl about the lynching. the Con-
stitution will be pardoned for stating the
plain facts The wife was seized, choked,
thrown on the floor, where her clothing lay
in the blood of her husband, and ravished.
Remember the facts! Remember the dark
night in the country home. Remember the
slain husband. and. above all, remember
that shocking degradation which was in
flicted by the black beast, his victim swim
ming In her husbands warm blood the
brute held her to the floor! Keep the facts
in mind. When the picture is painted OF
the ravisher in flames, go back and view
that dark picture of Mrs. Crawford. out
ragged in the blood of her murdered hus-
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His Father Goes to Montana to APP
peal TO the Governor.
the IndianapoIIs journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind. April 23.-calvIn Fisher,
father of Eli Fisher. the Kokomo boy con-
demned TO hang at Lewistown. Mont. Fri
day, May T. will leave for Montana to-
morrow in the hope OF saving his son from
the gsllows. He takes with him check for
$780, contributed by his neighbors. TO en-
ploy counsel 10 work for new trial. Mr..
Fisher is a poor man. He will save his
boy If he can and IL he fails ne will bring
the body home after the execution. A letter
just received from the convicted boy gives
the particulars OF his trouble. Last fall
young Fisher. the advice OF his father.
started for Washington State. where an
uncle had offered him work. riding as far
as his money would take him. then working
until he earned money to carry him on.
Reaching Montana he fell in with William
and Thomas Calder. brothers. who induced
him to accompany them a hunting trip
In the mountains sixty miles from civiliza-
ton. During the hunt they came on two
sheep herders named Allen and Lee and the
elder Calder proposed to kill them and run
off the sheep and sell them. Young Fisher
objected 10 the atrocious proposition. where
upon a revolver thrust into his face
with the remark: You are with US now
and you will do just as we say"
Fisher tried to escape from the cutthroats.
but all the ranchmen he saw stood in with
the Calder. He realized then that he was
10 be used as the cats-paw for one OF the
worst gangs OF outlaws and assassins that
ever terrified the West The boy was In a
death trap with no hope OF escape. Ii
turned out just as ne feared. The Calders
killed the herders and turned the dead
bodies over TO Fisher while they drove or
with the sheep and sold them. The remains
were sewed up in blankets and secreted
Afterwards Fisher and Thomas Calder built
a fire OF logs and eremated the bodies. At
the trial the Calders put the blame all on
young Fisher and jury OF herders and
ranchmen found him guilty. sentencing him
to hang Friday. May IL Friendless IN a
strange land young Fisher stood no show
at all In the trial and IL took the hardest
kind OF work 10 prevent lynching. He had
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The FiIipinos Well Supplied.

LONDON, April A.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says: "A Span
ish prisoner recently released by the Fill
pinos says that the insurgents have $1,000
rifles and plenty of ammunition and 200
pieces OF artillery. some OF them Of the
latest pattern of quick-firing guns Accord
ing TO his description of the situation they
have established two large cartridge fac
tories, and as II is impossible for the Ameri-
cans TO blockade such a coast as that of
Luzon the Filipinos can easily procure from
abroad everything they require. The In
formant asserts that Chinese. European and
even American merchants doing business In
China are helping the Filipinos in this way
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TALK OF DISAGREEMENT.
Canton People Specializing on the
Verdict in Mrs. Georges Trial.

CANTON o.. April 23.-Mrs. George had
an uneventful day in her cell. The officials
limited the visitors to the relatives who
have been with her in court. The Jail rou-
tine was not even interrupted by religious
services to-day. such services being held
only on alternate Sundays. There is gen.
eral talk and speculation on what the ver-
dict will be and general disposition to pre-
dict a disagreement of the jury. The argu-
ments, which are 10 begin at 10 o'clock to-
all OF Monday and Tuesday and probably
will extend into Wednesday morning The
judges charge will be delivered at or near
noon Wednesday.
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Siss0u Was n Printer.

COLUMBUS, Neb., April 23-Lieutenant
Lester f. Sisson, killed to-day at Manila,
was born in this county and his parents
reside at St. Edward, just over the Boone
county line He had resided here for about
five years before leaving last April with
Company X. He was a printer by trade and
was working on the Times in this city when
the call for volunteers was made. He was
twenty-three years old. He was member
of the Whitmeyer Rifles for two years be-
fore enlisting He has younger brother
in the service.
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DIR. SENN FOR GOVERNOR.
Chicago Friends Of the Spanish War
Surgeon Announce His Name.

CHICAGO. April 2S.-Friends OF DR..
Nicholas Sem. surgeon general of the Illi-
nois National Guard and head professor of
surgery In Rush Medical College. have an
nounced his name as a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Governor of Illi-
nois next year. DR.. Sem has been presi-
dent of the American Medios; Society and
the American Surgical Society, and during
the Spanish war was chief operating sur
geon in the field before Santiago and on the
island OF Porto Rico
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Otis's weekly Death Report.

WASHINGTON. April 2S-The weekly
death report from General Otis received to-
day is as follows:
Following deaths since last weekly re-
port from wounds In action: April Is.
Joseph Grabowsky, private. Company c.
Fourth Cavalry; April Is. Archie A. Aldrich
private. Company r. First Colorado: April
%. Bruce l. Macy. private. Company C.
First Nebraska Drowned. accidental,
April 81. John Montgomery. sergeant. Com
Continued ON Second PageI
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COL. sTOTsENBURG's RECORD.
a West Pointer, Sent tn the Academy
from Indiana I'm 1877

WASHINGTON. April 23.-CoIonel John
Miller Stotsenburg, Of the First Nebraska
Infantry. who held the rank OF captain in
the regular army. killed in the reconnois-
sance at Quengua. was born In Indiana
Nov. "a, ISIS, and appointed a cadet at the
Military Academy July, lSI7 and graduated
No. II in his class. He was appointed second
lieutenant OF the Sixth Cavalry IL 1851 and