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five MEET DEATH
ON The SCAFFOLO
Negro Murderers Are Hanged
at Sylvania, Ga.
SOLDIERSWEREPRE
WERE MEMBERS OF ORGANIZED
BAND OF CRIMINALS.

Sylyania. Ga. June 1.-THE hanging
of five men on the same gallOws at the
same moment here today marked the
end Of what is thought to have been
an organized gang of murderers The
men executed were Arnold Augustus,
Andrew Davis, Richard Sanders, Will
liam Hudson and Samuel Baldwin, all
negroes. The victims of their crime
We're Constable Mears and Fillmore
Harrington, whom they anbushed and
shot to death, and Captain Wade,
whom they seriously wounded. On at
least two occasions efforts We're made
to lynch the muir erers, but by the
prompt action of the officers of the
law, they We're frustrated. On one of
these occasions the governor found it
necessary to order out three COM
panies of state militia.
The execution today was strongly
guarded by local militia because of a
rUmor that an effort would be made
by negroes to effect the rescue of the
condemned. But there was no dis
turbance. nor the suggestion of any.
The hanging was in private, the
stocSade being surrounded by a strong
Gordon of troops. Five thousand per
sons gathered in the village, but only
about forty were admitted to the en-
closure. The condemned men main
tained a stoical reserve, refusing to
confess or to talk about the crime.
They We're attended by ministers of
their own race who besoUght them to
ease their COnsciences by making ac-
acknowledgement Of theis sins. Still they
refused to talk.
The FIVE. shackled in chains, were
marched upon the gallows together.
When the trap fell the necks of four
were snapped like reeds. The fifth
struggles for five minutes and died of
strangulatiOn. The five bodies were
cut down in a drizZle of rain.
These five negroes were convicted of
a murder committed under an alleged
criminal conspiracy by an organized
band Of blacks known as knights of
the Archer" The motto Of the organ
izatiOn. it is said, was "Dearh to the
Whites
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FoMINI0N or CANADA.
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Story OF the Crime.

The murder for which the men died
was but the elimination of ., long
series of crimes. It is common report
that The charter of this oath bound
organization was signed in blood and
the leader, Andrew Mckinney, assem-
bled his band only a night. when he
swore them, with az esoTne rites, to Sc
crecy and to deeds Of death and rob
berry.
On a night in October, 1893, Milton
Mears, a constable of Screven county;
Fillmore Harrington ana Captain Jesse
Wade started out from SylVania to
serve a warrant for the arrest of Joe
Sanders, a young negro wanted for
some trivial offense. No sooner had
they reached his house than they met
a. fusiltaee from the cracks between
the LOGS of the cabin and from
thicket of dwarf trees close by came
the flash Of rifles and shOtguns and
the three men fell desperately wounded.
Captain Wade managed to crawl to
his buggy and made his way TO Syl-
Vania. where ne told OF the shooting
Harrington ana Mears were literally
shot to pieces. The u1Ur6 erers escaped,
but one after another five were ar
rested and placed i'm Jail here. These
were the meQ VINO met death today
The Others. including Mckinney and
the real leaders Of the Knights Of the
Archer. successfully effected their es-
cape and have never been captured.
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Totals L. S. - 'S2 419. 1s1 .o4s, SIS 81
Tot. outside n Y at. 276. hi 81. 49,.
The colored American., 1901-07-13

Sunday school in Bos on where "Aunt'
Harriet ia so well known, set aside
July 14.b, as Harriet TuOmsn" Day,
when the Pastor or Superintendent viii
try to impress upon the minds OF the
children the Significance OF this Wo-
mans "Singulat Life" and lift col
lection for her benefit. Second, let
every Womsn's Club in the United
States help this cause TO the amount of
at least two hundred dollars more II
possible. Third, let every young man
or woman Of our race that reads this
appeal send in as least one dCllsr from
private purse or col ecticns from friends.
With all the earuestness Of my soul
ask for quick and liberal response.
"Aunt" Harriet hss lifted up her
voice In speech, in song and in prayer
for this people: she has IabCred with
her hands for means TO carry on her
mission of mercy; By day, by night, In
weather fair or foul. her feet ''bave
moved at the impulse of 1--we" for her
feIlowman. Now she Is bowed down
with infirmity Her gait is unsteady,
her eye ia dim; the sun of her life ere
long mus set but Oh! Father, say
that time until this humble message
shsl have accomI lished lis mission.
Please MAKE al checks or money or
ders paysbls to Harriet Tubman, or
order, and address them to Mr.. c. A.
Smith, Parker street, Auburn, 4. \,
will be published except these who re-
quest Otherwise
ROBERT ", TAYLOR.
Financial Sec. etary Of Tuskegee In
stiGute.
Auburn, n 7 June %, 1901.
The colored American., 1901-07-13

Constitution that lsgalized traffic II
hunau flesh and blood, said that than
the institution There is 3 Higher
Law "
About one mile from the home of w
n. Seward, on the same street, lives
that remarkable woman, Harriet Tub
man.
''Who Is Harriet Tubman?3 some
one may ask.
She vas born . slave in Maryland
sb1ut eighty years ago, aud being Of
the most pronounced Negro type, she
was made s'feld1 hand at 8 very
tender age. Her lot was indeed hard
one-too hard for such 8 heart as
shrobbed In her breast to bear, SO IN
Is49 she msde good her escape to free
dem's soil. But what did freedom
mean to her when every wind from the
South was charged with plai tive cries
Of her oppressed brethren for deliver
ance? It was but s mOckery go long as
she could hear the crack Of the over
seer's whip, the clsnking Of slave chains
and the heart rending cries Of mother
bsreft Of their dear ones at the Auction
Block.
Something must be done, and she
proceeded to do it. Nineteen trips did
she make South, rescuing more than
500 slaves from the Jaws Of He'll" Such
. terror did she become to the slave
holders Of Maryland thst q reward OF
so, 900 EAs offered for her head, She
was bold, daring, elusive. All OF her
trips 20 the South were carefully
planned and brilliantly executed. She
told me that when she found her
mother unwilling TO leave behind
her feather bed Itick aud her father
his broad axe snd other tools. she
bundled up feather bed, brosd axe,
mother, father, . ], and landed them
them In Canada To hear her tell Of
her thrilling adventures. hsir'bresth
escapes aud dire sufssFlngs, sxpsrisnesd
The colored American., 1901-07-13
THE CORNER STONE LAYING
Of the Negro Building of the South Caro-
lima and West Indian ExpoSition-News
Notes.

Charleston, s. e, Special-The cor
ner stone Of the Negro Building Of the
Charleston Exposition was laid here
on the afternoon of Thursday July 4tb,
1901, and 1t was o grsKd affair as there
was q grand military and civic parade
composed of all the leading colored
military companies, lodges, unions and
societies of the city.
The closing exercises of the Society
Street School which was to take place
here on last Monday night at Mt. Zion
church was held here tonight at
Emanuel A. n. (. church.
Prof. Sidney Woodward the emf
nent colored tenor gave an excellent
song recital and concert here on Mon
day July 1st at the Mt Zion a. Il. E.
church. All those who attended eE-
joyed rare treat. Mr.. Woodward sang
the Great Aria from ''Don Munlo" by
Buck.
The Parker's Concert Company gave
8 grand concert here tonight st the
Central Baptist church, Radcliffe st.
The Cherokee Qusrtette led by Dir. z.
Wright rendered excellent singing, also
Messrs. George Middleton, W. Green.
a c. Palmer and z. Logan. local
talent 1t was = musical and literary
treat for all those who weretpresent.
The annual baecalrureate sermon of
the Avery Normal Institute vas
preached here last week at the Z,ou
Presbyterian church by Prof. Morrison
a. Holmes, the principal OF the school.
There was large attendance present
msde up chiefly OF the parents snd
friends OF the pupils aoa of the insti-
tuts. The sermon was sa excellent one
and vss listened to most attentiveIv
The subject Of the discour.e was Faith
In Humsn Character" in closing bis
address Prof Holmes gave some sd
vice and counsel to the gradustes who
EFosd Up during i1s delivery.
s. LApsos.
The colored American., 1901-07-13

To The E1itor OF The Colored Ameri-
cau-Here I am in Auburn, Il. Y, the
home Of that ssgacious statesman and
manly man, w liam 81. Seward. l
have just gszsd upon the SewaTd Man
sion now occupied by tie son that bears
the name OF his father. It is situated
on South street the most sTist cratic
throughfare of the city, and opposite
the marston is Seward Psrk, wher'-
in is . mo ument erected to the
The colored American., 1901-07-13

Constitution of the United States,
in plotting the trembling slave from
the "Isnd of midnight darkness" TO the
sunlight of freedom, one cannot but
believe that she was called Of g ID to do
the work which she did SO mRsterful-
Iy, so conscientious1y. so beroieally.
During the Civil War she rendered |
invaluable servics to the Union Army /
ss spy, scout and hospital nurse. With /
re general Of her army, whatever
Noses" as she wss called, said, went. |
She was at Fort Wagner and told me
that she prepared the last breakfast |
eaten by the gallant Colonel Shaw. She |
numbered am )ng her friends such men |
as John Brown. Charles Sumner, VIII
liam Lloyd Garrison, Governor Andrew,
the war governor OF Mas sachusetts,
Frederick Douglass aud many others.
Such in brief Is Harriet Tubman. and
9 rarer soul has seldom dwelt IN hu-
man clay. Never have l nat one who
seemed to think so little OF self and so
constantly Of others. For the last seven
years have all I'd to see her on my
annual visit TO Auburn in the inte est
of Tuskegee. and each time have found
8 rangers under her roof-sged, manned,
blind and orphans. Nothing tou cnes
her heart more quickly tha TO see one
of her race in distress. Sc has never
be an known to turn deaf ear to the
appeal of an unfortunate human be
Jog. At this writiog she has under her
swine and f g tree" two friendless old
woman and two homeless orphans.
Aunt" Harriet cannot do by these
unfortunates, however as she has done
by others, b; cause the hand OF sff1ic-
ton has rested heavily on her for near
| ly year. There was time when she
travelled great deal and whatever re-
quest she made Of her white friends
was granted. Many of her old friends
have Crossed the Bar" while others,
[ am sure, know no. Of her present con-
dition at present her lot is hard one
dependent entirely on what may be
handed her by occasional callers and
the scant earnings Of her brother, sew
eEal years her senior.
The property in her possession is
easily worth six thousand dollars. It
cons jsts Of twenty-five acres on which
are two good houses, and is only .
stones throw from one Of the most
mag uifficent estates IN Auburn. On
this Or party there is an incumbrance
Of 81 700 and her daily prayer IL that
this might be removed so that she can
bequeath 1t, free OF deb, to her race,
to be used forever as 80 Old Folks
Home When I called 60 see "Aunt"
Harriet to day, she said to me, while
tears coursed down her honest cheeks,
"Son, the Lord has sent you to me-
For weeks I've been praying to gee
you, ss have 3 message which God
told me to give you," The message
was that I should come 10 her rescue
By helping TO save her property. 10
assisting Prof. Booker 7 Washing
ton TO raise the large amount OF
money necessary to run Tuske-
gee yearly, it is needless to state
that nay time is well occupied but,
. still I want TO do something TO
help this woman, who has done so
much good for her rare MY plan is 8
The colored American., 1901-07-13
TROUBLES OF A HEROINE.

Mother Harriet Tubman'S Romantic Life
Story-In Her Old Age and Sick
ness She is Without Money With a
Mortgage on Her Home-An Earnest Ap-
peal for Help.
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reached the altar. Ut was 7:S0 p. m. on
the last tick Of the half hour. The bride
groom was not there; An eyes turned to
the door through which he was to enter.
But 1t never opened, and the SECONDS
seemed to. lengIhen into Centuries 1t
was awful. The brides face flushed. and
she was rapidly weakening under the
trying walt Five minutes nearly had
passed, when the door was flung open
and the embarrassed bridegroom entered.
HIS face, too, was NUshed, his hair was
touseled and tdisarranged, his gloves, and
shirt front were soiled, and, in fact, he
was literally covered with cobwebs and
dust, But he had the smile of victory
on his face when he broke through the
door, and everybody seemed TO be al
most in a humOr TO applaud. After the
ceremony he explained why lit was thar
ne did not arrive on time. The yard be-
hind the church was not well lighted. A
huge organ box had been placed up
close to the church. and it was one Of
the boxes with a folding door that swung
on hinges In his excitement and hurry
he had opened this door and had walked
into the organ b6x.s and before he could
get his bearings he had managed TO undo
all the little tidy arrangements he had
made for the occasion. and this account
ed for the dust and the cobwebs which
chung to his hair and clothing when he
rushed into the church.
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why BRIDEGRooM WAS LATE.
He Came Tousled and Dusty ana
Covered With Cobwebs.
New Orleans lTimes-Democra


New Orleans 1Times-D emocrat)
One Of the most embarrassing situa-
tons I ever saw remarked a gentleman
at one Of the hotels. was at a big we'd
ding celebrated at one OF the large
churches in a southern city several years
ago. II was the event, socially, of the
season and the church was filed with
We're an9ng the most popular OF the
Soelai set The young lady was the very
esselce Of grace. in stll things BuL the
man VINO mad Won her was one OF the
most awkward specimens of humanity
Rad ever seen. He was simply built that
way. he looked it, and walked mora
IKE a camel THAN any human being ]
nave ever seen. fie was tne kfli6 az lel-
low, too,s WAC was. always biunderinss eS-
Sepl ~ business ~ freshness ne was g
seen ~ e1tS made thenl, and among the
oldeE men IN fine commercial acommlIslity
ne Nas peso up a. 4 splendid example Of
the yoHpg Tnf3nhO0d OF the time. But
ef3ttisIe back to tbs tafe3ting. the wise
WillSRaf DE- FOLK VIE generally look alter
suel things had arranged for the fair
an the mos popular g5atIrch of taes citv.
ana IN spite OF bis protests they had
Tnaae lf q tribe more elaborate than he
mad even sApected-t They had ARA eel
Tor taes oriae-anq a nuuI9er of attendants
part 81 me church. and 80 was the time
fAftfis4 WAen the meeting between bride
and orlQegrO0nl should take Dlace NJ tf4t
altar. The bridegroom was te come fr8na
she back ot tho church. The -1reaql tffs11l-
oeFe1 tprlh tie usual strains. ard tie
prfttf pffda walked down the aisle To-
ware Tie ait9f With the 4tteEitSsuts. 1ney
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SIZE VOTED 500 TTMEs.
"a New Orleans Woman Had Proxies
That Carried the Day.
(Chleago Record-Ierald.)

CChieago Record Herald.)
New Orleans.-AIfss Kate NJ Gordon
of this city, who has just been elected
corresponding secretafy of the National
American Wonan's Suffrage associa- :
ton, is probably the only person in the.
United States 7vno ever voted legiti-
mateIy several hundred times in one
day. When the louisiana constitution
al convention in 1898 gave taxpaying
women the right, to vote upon all ques-
tions submitted to the taxpayers it
added a clause unique in suffrage legis-
Iation. to the effect that any woman
who preferred to do so might cast her
vote by proxy. Soon after a special
election was held in New orleans to
levy a tax Tor improved sewerage. New
Orleans was almost the only city of
Up to that time every effort to levy a
the women taxpayers were given q
vote they took a great interest in the
question, held many public and parlor
election went in favor of better sani-
tatiOn and all the New Orleans papers
declared that THE women did it," Miss
Gordon was president of the WOmen's
Sewerage and Drainage League of NJ
800 women taxpayers who wanted bet
to the polls, and she spent election day
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Chs Salt Lake FlcraIc.
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ANo zaER BLl.NEZET aNfUNcTIoN

by a
a Napna
b s1ruy by
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no pickles g iea Ger re purpose rreysnng Fade
win opegats f. result fasdaHags 70 The yiss coepany
&
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militia
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i've 1tansL e m members the sans association is accused
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The Game OF FOOtbOI. Makes. a Hit

blows, which may be Indicted by either
the hand or the foot. IN Russia, however.
e bomb is used, as less likely TO infict per
manent injury than the leather bali.
No weapons may be carried By either
side, but at the conclusion Of the great
match last week the Cossacks declared
that Il they played with the AmericaL-
taught students again they must be al
lowed TO carry their whips.
Several Of the students have already be-
come popular Idols because of the extraor-
binary dash and skill when they display in
the new spolt-
Ono Of these favorites is called the Low
tacklesky- He is renowned for his bravery
and adroitness in seizing his opponents By
she kaees or ankles and standing them on
their heads in a vertical position.
Another is the McsseroG. q player OF pro
disious strength and ferocity. and cue. par
ticulatly- expert in the art Of disIocating
Jaws and shoulder blades.
But far mole popular than either CT these
Is the Bonnybhdovitch. This one lies low
when the fight Is fetcest. but the moment
; - - = = = - ~ -@-S44AA%A A4A4(
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THOSE SALARIES.

gPFovo Democracy
The question OF Increasing the salaries
Of the present state .offlesrs is rapidly
( coming to point. The late Legislators
and auditor Tingey has Occurred .rilat he
viii issue increased garranfs 81 accordiug
10 the inv He says. however, thac he
WI Wals tsr z 2 5gl.lIl9,R ln me premises
the wax, IS affected by the raise. From
a point 9f delicacy. Mr.. Ereeden H.iIl ask
F4The whole thing is farce Tn Re-
unqGesttona bly, consulted proper tdesfr-
able) legal authority and AttoBueT Gem
eial Bfeeden N9lie safsty ilot be LETT
publican members Knew the law would
hold good in Breeder mind and We are
informed taas they had tneg assurance
that the supreme judges wo3ild stand BIZ
the law should it be tested. Then why
60 20 the trouble Of asking an opinion
veil planned and caut very well miss
llre. TIE state officers are not TO blame
~ ny, of course, take an inrreased salary
il -the state legislature gives * 10 YOU
The only hing that viii prevent sthe
peayai q public seltment against IL.
lf teey find that their chances fu tie
next eiee ton would s9e js0pareized by
running the grab thr0ugl4 they NAV
back rp EYd piacs aa6fher eofstruc-
ton on tne laW passed by the LEGISLATURE.
II IS absolutely BEYOND question chat
the spirit and broad S5lrrose I'D fl1s sstafs
constitution IS that the salaries Of In
cumbents ia 9ffice shah not he tar10ere,s
with. inflsqf course th-OaEh a technfcaI
eOestructlpn Z may ae heiQ That the con
stitutional cOnHent ion e0utelnplate that
ths state legisIat erss sh0uld regulate the
saiaries at the first sopportnne time and
that there gould ees1so sIasv on The sub
leet 1intll ltffe lsglsiafure should Get 81
th8 tlrst ti5ne ifl our experience.
tilengh, hat we have heard the idea adj
Eaneed tha.tsth me- constitution IS not law q
~ may pe that the Republican adminis-
tIALl1l looks uunFl fnta 5s4
same light as the faaerI ars-erfar,.sllf
cons idered the insular PROPOSITION -
Nnat the constitution does not exfei4f ~
ouF dependencies and that the iesis-
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in driving about and voting over and
over again in all parts of the city. as
every proxy vote had to be cast in the
precinct where the person giving the
proxy lived. Fhe Business Mems assO-
citation Of New Orleans gave Miss Cor
don a medal for her exertiOns, and her
indulgence in this unprecedented
amount or VOtlng-a real suffrage spree
has had no perCeptible effect in inn
pairing the ladylike grace and repose
of her manner.
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THE students IN the great Russian uni
yersities have become adopts in the
new game OF footballsky, which they
have Learned under the tutelsge Of Amer
lean experts, brought to this county by
special command Of che Gar.
Last week they played a match game
with a team selected from the ranks Of
the Cossaeks, with result SO disastrous
to the ASHAMED that General Knout, the
commander incchief Of His hajesty's forces.
declares that uniess the game is materially
modified that branch of the service IS
likely to be seriously crippled,
The game is played vita eleven men 9n
each side and enc Rererewsky, who de-
eitles an disputed points. The players
wear a costume composed chiefly Of spIinJs
and bandages. When lined up in the cen
ire Of the aeld they look Ike severe cases
IN the emergency ward Of a hospital The
object Of each player Il to iuflct as many
wounds possible on his adversaries.
In Ameiica q leather ball. thrown or
Kicked from one part OF the field TO en-
other, provides opport unities Tor deadly
y L 4 :
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the players are on the ground in a strug-
Cling, frenzied heap. with the bomb in their
midst, he hurls himself upon them Ike a
wild beast trampIing upon every face
that produdes from che pile, tearing or
ears, fatteRing noses-In short. throwing
himself into the sport with ali the ardor
Of his nature.
DR. Samovar, who watched the great
match between Lyossacks and students with
the deepest Interest, admits that he has not
yet mastered the scheme OF scoring he
judges from observation, however, that
compound fracture counts ten, disloca-
tiop Of the hip joint nine, other dislocations
and simple bone fractures eight. ears and
eyes six, teeth four and contusions Of the
body two.
The match not only provided the populace
Win an afternoon Of elevating. scholastic
sport, but also served as an object lesson
for the new ambulance service. which has
kept busy removing the wounded TO the
hospital tent, where their Injuries received
prompt attention
MICHAEL STROGOFF.
Transcribed by James L. Ford)
44-4-S~4 $1,000
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Type Of Woman.


~ H know certain lady the good
y Yet she fills a raging iony
The little chihs meet
"A nd Vey i'm andn
to pin
a tina an be said
ind tn
any body asks .ly,sy
re is no doubt
hesh xretch but
meets a etty
II { OF of curl:
adm
ri and
ana she an honest critic Tor Yesterday
sad on how
a s such
Enl sure
a who knows
Iaver- 4
the whoe+Nord would her.
the impression a day
dRhfe
her nd
bright point for
she gathe
of n vo1Id begin
To tidy upthe world picking up pint