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The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
SASSED POLICE CHIEF
MRS. NATION Boards MURPHY IN
HIS LAIR.
"D0 YOU THINK I'm CRAZY 2"
so SHE ASKED COMMISSIONER, AND
HE SAID HE DID.

Kansas Cyclone Wanted to Talk
Sunday Saloons with Head of New
York POlice-He CouIdn't Find the
Time-TOId Her the Freed Mr.. Ma
tion Ought 10 BE Happy Man.
sHatchetatiOn" in New York VIII
Bring Arrest.
New York. Aug. 2s.-Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton arrived in this city to-day. She
had an interview with Police Commits
sioner Murphy, during which he told
her that she would be arrested If she
violated the law in this city.
When Mrs. Nation entered police
headquarters she was shown at once to
Commissioner Murphy's room. In
opening her interview with the COM
missioner she said she had called on
him for an account of his stewardship
and asked If he did not think New York
was an awfully wicked place.
The commissioner replied in the neg
alive, and Mrs. Nation repeated the
question as an assertion. whereupon
Mr.. Murphy requested her to stop, say
/ ing he would not discuss the matter
with her. She continued, however, to
ply with questions the commissioner
concerning drinking places, all of which
he refused to answer Mrs. Nation
said she had come here to do the city
some good.
You don't know what you are talk
ing about" said Commissioner Muir
ply. Go back to Kansas and stay
there. If you want to do something,
why don't you do it for your hus-
| band?"
! II have no husband now" said Mrs.
Nation. II suppose you know all
about that matter"
"oh. yes" said Commissioner Muir
ply, Il congratulate Mr.. Nation. He
ought to be a happy man now"
why don't you want to discuss
Sunday saloons?" asked Mrs. Nation.
and the commissioner replied angrily:
Because 1 don't want to. 1 won't
sit here and be lectured."
''Do You Think I'm Crazy"
What. do you mean to say that you
won't discuss good morals in New
York? Don't you want to talk about
the closing up of these hell holes and
murder shops? Do you think I am
| crazy?"
Yes. 1 do" Mr.. Murphy responded.
Mrs. Nation then addressed Mr.. Muir
| ply as Father" which term the COM
missioner warmly resented. But the
| Kansas reformer persisted
| Father. don't you think little
'hatchetation would be good for New
York;"
IF you violate the laws, I'll have you
locked up" Mr. Murphy warned her.
Commissioner Murphy finally termi-
mated the interview by reckoning to
his secretary. who escorted Mrs. Ma
ton from the room. Before leaving the
room Mrs. Nation said she would re-
turn to town Sunday and visit the
''Tenderloin' and ''see everything that
| was open"
Mrs. Nation also called at John L.
| Sullivan's saloon to see the ex-pugilist
in reference to a statement he was al
legged to have made to the effect that
| he would throw her in the sewer"
| Sullivan sent down word that he was
| i'll. but made an appointment to meet
her next Monday. She then went to
see Archbishop Corrigan, but he was
/ out of town
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
SCHLEY'S LIST OF NAMES.
His Brothers I'm Arms Whom He
Wants to Testify.


Washington. Aug. 2S.-Capt. James
Parker, associate counsel for Admiral
Schley in the coming court of inquiry
proceedings, to- night made public the
list of witnesses originally asked to be
summoned on behalf of the Admiral.
They make total of thirty-seven
persons in ALL to which, however, will
be added about six or seven more
names, mostly from the navy, whose
identity counsel for Admiral Schley do
not care to disclose just now.
The list as made public gives the rank
of officials as shown by the naval reg
lister of July. 1898, the period of the
battle of Santiago. 1t is as follows:
Rear Admirals J. c. Watson and A.
S. Barker.
Capts. c. E. Clark and F. A. Cook.
Commander N. L. Mason.
Lieutenant Commanders A. G. Hodg-
son, Alexander Sharp, Jr., James H.
Sears, Thomas d. Griffin, w. b. Bush.
Lieuts. c. II. NARROW. Edward Simp-
son.
Lieutenant, junior grade, Charles
Webster.
Ensign Edward McCauley.
Captain u. S. M. Corps P. c. Muir
phv.
Second Lieutenant u. S. M. Corps,
Thomas S. Borden.
Medical Director Paul Fitzsimmons.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Charles M.
DeValin.
Paymaster l. G.. Hobbs.
Passed Assistant Engineers Thomas
F. Carter, John B. Patten.
Naval Cadets John Halligan, Jr., r.
M. Marble, Jr., j. A. Hand, Jr., Will
liam p. Cronan, u. S. Macy, c. A.
Able.
Boatswain William L. Hill.
Gunner. f. T. Applegate.
Carpenter George H. Wexford.
b. w. Wells, the admiral's secretary:
William b. Wells, ]. P. j. Ryan, E. T.
Fitzgerald. S. e. Moses. George B,
Rice, formerly in the engineer corps,
and still connected with the naval es-
adjustment; Chaplain w. T. Helm.
The great number of these persons
served with Admiral Schley on the
Brooklyn. The exceptions are Admiral
Watson, Rear Admiral Barker, who
commanded the Newark. Capt. Clark of
the Oregon, Lieutenant Commander
Alex Sharp Jr., of the Vixen and
Lieutenant Harlow of the Vixen.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
ASSAULTED, THEN KILLED.
Miss Mary Henderson Victim of
Black Beast at Columbus, Mo.


Black Beast at Columbus, Mo.
Columbus, No. Aug. 2S.-Miss Mary
Henderson, aged 40. was assaulted and
killed last evening by William Francis,
a negro, at the farmhouse of her broth
er-in-law, Charles E. Hyatt, near here.
Francis fled, but hundreds OF men are
securing the entire county. and his cap
ture and death are considered almost
certain. r.
Miss Henderson resided with the Hy-
ats on the farm near Columbus, in the
heart of the richest agricultural dis
trict in the state. Last evening the
Hyatts went to the home of friends for
a brief visit. Francis, who had been a
trusted employee on the place for several
years, was left to his own devices.
Shortly after sunset he entered the
farmhouse for his evening meal. Miss
Henderson personally prepared it and
was about to call the negro when he
stepped into the kitchen and attacked
the defenseless woman. She screamed
loudly and long for help, but none was
at hand. The negro was driven, final
ly, by her desperate resistance, to the
yard in the rear of the house, but in
the end she was overpowered.
When the Hyatts returned Miss
house with a bullet hole above the left
ear. The only horse remaining on the
place had also been killed in his stall,
evidently to hinder pursuit. Miss
Henderson is said to have survived
long enough to inform her relatives
of her assailant This announcement
removed all doubts from the minds of
the citizens here, and half a dozen
posses were Immediately formed. Ev-
cry inch of territory in the county is
now being secured.
Francis has not yet been captured,
but 500 men are. securing the woods to-
night in the vicinity of the scene of
the crime, and it is said Francis cannot
possibly escape. 1t is not known
whether he fed on horseback or on
foot. but the pursuit was begun so soon
after the discovery of the crime that
| every outlet from the country was
| closed promptly Francis has always
| lived about Columbus. knows every
| foot of territory thereabout, and is
more likely to hide in the bursh than
| to flee to a strange district.
The volunteers will hunt all night
and will be relieved by others to-mor-
row. Bloodhounds were sought last
| night but were not obtainable while
| the trail was fresh. Francis viii un-
| doubtedly be lynched if caught, but
| burning at the stake is not advocated,
nor have innocent negroes been in
! jured or threatened.
Bud Francis, brother of the murder
er. took to the woods after the dis
| covery of the crime He was seen to-
| day near Center View and when caught
| will be strung up, members of the
| posse say, and compelled to say what
| he knows of his brothers whereabouts.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
DIPLOMATS NOT PLEASED.
TypicaIIy Chinese Edict Grated on
Their Nerves.

Their Nerves.
Pekin Aug. 2S.-The imperial edict
forbidding the Importation of arms and
munitions of war is not satisfactory to
the foreign ministers. 1t ignores the
vital fact that the prohibition applies
to the government and that is part of
the Chinese punishment. The edict
makes it appear to be merely the gov
errment's voluntary act, prohibiting
Chinese subjects from importing arms
and munitions as the country is dis
turbed by brigands.
Later in the day 1t was announced
that the ministers had decided to &C
cept the edict, but to omit the first
paragraph in publishing it as part of
the appendix to the protocol
1t is understood that the British
minister, Sir Ernest Satow, proposed to
return the edict to the Chinese peace
commissioners as unsatisfactory, but
the proposal failed. Several of the
diplomats, including Mr.. Rockhill, OPP
posed this feature of the protocol.
Among the reasons was that it was
impossible of enforcement and that 1t
was illogical while insisting that the
Chinese government maintain order, to
deprive it of the means of so doing.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29

on the port side. for some unaccounta-
Ole reason, began revolving with light
nlng rapidly. AS a result of this the
rudder turned the bow of the boat to-
wards the shore and she quickly ran
around, fastening herself in the mud.
BY this time the vessel had caught
hre and those of its passengers who
were still aboard were compelled to
leap for their lives Fortunately the
water was not more than four feet deep
and many of the victims of the disas-
ter were able to walk ashore Some,
however, who were too seriously in
Jured to help themselves, were rescued
by members of the boat clubs whose
Aouses line the river front at this point.
The captain and crew of the boat con-
Quoted themselves as heroes. They
rendered all of the assistance possible
to the injured and Capt. Worrell was
the, last man to leave the boat. All of
the seriously injured were hastily con-
veyed to the hospital at the House of
Correction at Holmesburg, about three
miles below Torresdale.
AS soon as possible word was sent
to this city for the police boats Sam
uel H. Ashbridge and Edwin S. Stuart,
and the emergency corps of physicians.
The two police boats rendered effective
service in eXtinguishing the flames,
which were fast consuming the boat,
and in caring for the injured. The ply
sicians and surgeons of the emergency
corps assisted in relieving the suffering
of the injured.
The Explosion a Mystery.
Chief Engineer Murphy. who was on
watch when the accident happened,
reported to the officials in this city to-
night that the boiler which exploded
carried only $50 pounds of steam.
Murphy, along with an oiler named
Bryson, had just left the boiler room
when the explosion occurred and both
carry the limit of steam allowed by
law
Murphy was slightly injured and
Bryson escaped without a scretch. The
assistant engineer, Chew, and a fire.
man, who were off watch and were on
deck, were killed.
The boilers of the City of Trenton
were inspected in June by federal in
spectors, and stood a hydrostatic test
of 26S pounds to the inch. She was al
lowed to carry ITS pounds, and her
safety valve, the company officials say,
was so arranged that steam blew off at
100 pounds. Engineer Murphy also
maintains that there were seven inches
of water in the boiler at the time of
the explosion.
The steamboat City of Trenton was
launched at Neafie and Levy's shipyard
last March. She was built for the VIII
mington Steamboat Company. to ply
between Philadelphia and Trenton and
was designed for speed in shallow wa
tiers between these cities, her draught
of less than five feet permitting her to
run at top speed on low tide. She was
1862 feet long and 80 feet beam.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
BRITONS WILL RETALIATE.
War ONCE Wires Instructions to
Lord Kitchener.

London, Aug. 2S.-The war office has
telegraphed to Lord Kitchener as fol-
lows: I'VE understood that you have
not received satisfactory assurances
respecting the murder Of our wounded
at Vlakfontein.
lin view of the occurrences referred
IN in your telegram of Aug. rs, we
are of the opinion that you should no.
tify by proclamation that the members
az anv commando by which such an
outrage is committed who may be
captured, and after trial proved to
have been present on such occasion,
win be held guilty whether they ac--
tually committed the deed or not: That
Tho leader of the commando will be
sentenced to death, and that the other
members will be punished with death
or less according to the degree of COM
plicity."
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
DereIict on the Coast.

New Orleans. Aug. 2S.-The steam
ship FL Vale. from New York. reports
at noon. Aug. q. latitude 25.51 North.
longitude S4.b3 West, sighted a derellct
bearing southwest about eeight miles
distant, apparently vessel bottom up;
too far to note details.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
Are CounseI for sampson.

New York, Aug. 2S--This statement
was given out to-day at the law Of
fees of Stayton & Campbell OF this
city:
1--WE have been retained by certain
naval officers 10 represent their inter-
ests In connection with the Schley
court OF inquiry and to appear before
that court. or to take any other steps
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29

that may be necessary to the protec-
ton of our clients.
I'VE are not authorized to make any
further public statement, as our cli-
ents feel that proper respect for the
court forbids public discussion of the
matter by them until the court has as
sembled"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
FRENCH FLAG HAULED DOWN.
1t No Longer Flows Over Embassy at
ConstantinOPIe.

1T No Longer Flows Over Embassy at
ConstantinOPIe.
Constantinople. Aug. 21.-The French
flag was hauled down from over the
embassy of France after the depart
ure of the ambassador, M. Constans,
and it will not be hoisted again until
diplomatic relations are restored. The
staff of the embassy remains here, but
there is no charge d'affaires. The
French consuls in Turkey have been
ordered to continue to protect French
interests.
Besides the immediate causes of the
disagreement, it is pointed out that
constant difficulties were placed in the
way of French commercial interests
in Turkey which contributed to M.
Constants resolution. All the embassies
complain of vexatious interference with
trade.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29

Britons in south Africa Killed fin
Cold blood.

London. Aug. ga dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Aug.
25, says:
Sworn evidence has been brought to
my notice by Gen. Elliott that on June
6, Lieut.. MAR. of the New South Wales
Artillery, and Privates Harvey and
Blunt, were shot down after surren-
dering at Graspan near Reitz. l have
forwarded to Steyn and Botha copies
of these statements"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
THE SULTAN Is REsOLUTE.
He VIII Not Yield to Unreasonable
Demands.

Vienna. Aug. 2s.-The Tageblatt to-
day published mail correspondence
from Constantinople, which says the
Sultan will go to war rather than to
WELD to unreasonable demands that
he is studying plans for defense and
that he has ordered 300 guns from Ger
many.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
THE RAINS sTOP WARFARE.
Operations Against Insurgents oi
samar Are Suspended.

Manila, Aug. 2S.-Owing to the heavy
rains. active operations against the
insurgents in the Island of Samar have
been temporarily suspended.
Capt. Harry c. Hale, with a detach-
ment of the Twentieth Infantry. has
been engaged with Gonzales, in Batan-
gas province. 1t was at first thought
that Malvar, the insurgent leader in
that district, was present. The insur-
gents fed. A few prisoners were cap
tured and two Americans were wound
al
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
cargo of Cotton Ahame.

London, Aug. 2S.-Fire has broken
out in the cotton in the second hold OF
the British steamer Mineola, which
sailed from Galveston Aug. and from
Norfolk Aug. 10. and arrived at Havre
yesterday for Rotterdam.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
schIey's Array of Counsel.

Washington, Aug est is stated
here on authority that Messrs. Wilson.
Rayner and Parker, constitute all the
legal aid to be employed by Rear Ad-
miral Schley in the approaching court
of inquiry
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
Consul General AT Cane rovu.

Washington. Aug. 2S.--The President
to-day appointed William r. Bingham
consul general at Cape Town, South
Africa.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
To Sail for Hampton Roads.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-The Navy De-
partment announced to-day that the
North Atlantic squadron will leave
Wood Holl Saturday next for Hamp-
ton Roads.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
British Troops for China.

London, Aug. 2s-A dispatch from
Shanghai says the British authorities
at Pekin have telegraphed for more
British troops.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
omccr Torn From wheel.

y. w men the explosions occurred Mate
,Landerveer and Pilot Curry were in
,, ue pilot house. Both were hurled
c %lth terrific force from the little en-
Sosure and the wheel on the star
@'ard side refused to work, while that
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-29
SHAMROCK IFS TRIAL SPIN.

the discharge of his duties.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-08-22
RlOTlNG AT PEARSON.
Armed Men Surround and Threaten Agent
Moore.

Triton, Ga, August 21.- Quite an Iu-
olpient riot occurred at Pearson, in
Coffee county, last night. About IL
o'clock Agent Moore, Of the Plant Sys.
tenn at that place, tsiegraphed along
the line for help, as he was surrounded
in the d pot by crowd Of twenty or
thirty ;rmsd men, who sought his life.
With Agent Moore in the depot was his
brother, Will, and relative, Mr. Shaw,
OF Adj.
Mr.. Moore's family lives at Willacoo-
chee, and a dozen Of his relatives and
friends arms themselves with Win
chestsrs and boarded thu eas.-bound
through freight for Pears On. reaching
there shortly after u o'clock.
The rioters had doubtless got wind
Of the coming OF endorsements, and
none Of them oous be found when
Moore's friends arrived,
The cause Of the rloting is largely
surmise, bat it is thought that Agent
Moore knew the guilty parties In The
stealing Of some hisky there not long
since, and that the demonstration last
night was to frighten him away or kill
him. The rioters probably did not
expect to find him armed, or with as
sistsnce at hand,
There are several desperate chsrac-
ters near Pearson, and rene W al of ,hs
trouble is feared unless the agent can
get away. 1t will be remembered that
several shots were fired at him through
his depot window one night a month or
SO ago.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-08-22
PREPARING FOR LABOR DAY.
Local Unions Will Appropriately Celebrate
the Day in Brunswick.

The Brunswick Labor Unions are
making great arrangements for the
celebration of Labor Day on September
2, and a very interesting program is
being arranged.
The committees in charge are hard
at work and report considerable en-.
couragement so far in their work. A
number Of unions from other cities
have been invited to Brunswick to
participate In the celebration and it i.
likely that several other unions will be
here as guests of the Brunswick Labor
unions.
The local Labor unions, both white
and colored, are only q little oyer q
year old, but they are in a fiourishine
condition and have an enormous men,
dership. Not the least trouble has ever
occurred since the unions were organ
ized and they are adding new names
to the membership roll at every
meeting.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-08-22
TO CROSS NIAGARA ON A BICYCLE,
Geo. H. Farrell Preparing to Accomplish
Feat on Wire Cable Next Sunday.

Niagara Fall, N. Y, August 21,-
George II, Farrell, who is at orsssu,
stopping In Buffalo. but whose home
address is 6S35 PAruell avenue, Chioaso
Was a. Niagara Falls yesterday, max
ing arrangements for stretchinga rope
cable across the gorge, from clff to
cliff, between the oantalever aud lower
steel arch bridges, his intention being
to cross the gorge on the rope while
riding bicycle with grooved wheels,
He said that he had secured a cable in
Buffalo, and that it would be shipped
to the Falls today. Then the work Of
stretching it is expected to begin.
Farrell hopes to GROSS next Sunday
but the feat may be delay ed, as Cora
Bsckwith wants him to do a double
turn with her on the day she expects
to swim the Whirlpool Rapids. At the
point whers 1t is expected to stretch
the rope, the cliffs are about 500 feet
apart. In making the trip Farrell says
he will carry balancing pole Of pipe
about fifty feet long. He appeared
confident that he could make the trip,
anticipating no trouble in ASCENDING
the slope Of the cable from the center,
but he made nervous inquiries as to how
far he would plunge If he fell.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-08-22
NEGRO BURNED At
STAKE N TEXAS
FEARFUL VENGEANCE WAS TAKEN BY
TEXANS FOR ASSAULT AND MUIR
DER OF A WHITE WOMAN AND A
BRIDE OF ONLY SIX MONTHS.

Dallas. Tex, August 2i.-A dispatch
rece we'd here tonight from Whitesborc
ia TO the effect that the negro Abe
Wilder, charged with assaulting and
numbering Mrs. Caldwell, the wife Of
q Grayson county farmer at her home
on Saturday last, was captured by q
mob and burned at Nelson's ranch, 21<
miles east of Red ranch.
The negro was taken to tree and
swung up in the air. Wood was piled
beneath his body and hot fire started.
Then it was suggested that the man
ought not to be permitted to die too
quickly, and he was let down to the
gr ound, while party went to Dexter,
about 2 miles distant, to procure GOAL
oil. This was thrown on the flames
and the work completed.
Wilder was cspiured near Dexter
about O'Clock this afternoon. he had
been seen the day before BY q negro
who knew him sn3 who had informed
the citizens of the fact. A posse was at
once organized and the work of beating
the Red river bottoms began. IL ia
said that it was the intention Of the
mob to take him back to the scene of
his crime and there lynch him, but
messages by telegraph and telephone
gave warning that the authorities were
hastily repairing to the scene with a
considerable force, and the work Of
execution was expe dited.
At Whitesboro a great crowd had
gathered In anticipation Of q chance
to participate in the lynchipg, and
when it WAS learned that the work had
been done, they expressed great disap-
pointment.
Mrs, Caldwell was bride of but six
months.
Dexter is far removed from railroad q
there are no telegraph facilities and it
will be some time before all the tails
Of the lYnching can be made known.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-08-22
|0LD NAN MURDERED:
BODY CAST IN RIVER
VERY MYSTERIOUS CRIME COMMITTED
NEAR BUCHANAN, GA.-N0T KNOWN
WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME
@ VICINITY IS GREATLY EXCITED.

Buchanan, Ga. August Alt, 8.
Latham, an old man, about SO years
Of age who resided miles from Buch>
anan, was killed about 2 O'Clock this
evening and his body thrown into the
river. He was shot IN the back of the
head with shotgun. The whole fair
is shrouded In mystery AS he was not
thought to have had an enemy. Rob-
berry is not thought to have been the in
oentive to the killing. as 50 in money
and bis watch were found on his per.
son. No clew as yet as to who did the
killing.
Great excitement prevails and parties
are searching the country in an effort
to find the murderer.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-08-22
BROUGHT IN A CRAZY NEGRO.
Has Been Disturbing People in Vicinity d
Barnwell's Rice Plantation.

A colored constable frem Justice
Lambright's court yesterday arrested q
crazy negro near Barnwelps rice plan.
tation, and brought him to the clty
He IL now Ia the county Jail. I
The negro imagines he is quits
wealthy and says he has just returned
from New York, where he bought
many thousand dollars worth of goods,
and says he will shortly open q NAM
moth store. He says he is no negro
but was burned black, and thinks he
will be white In = few days.
he was given a preliminary hearing
IN the Justice court yesterday and was
bound over to the city court for
vsgrancy, but be will probably be tried
for lunsoy by Ordinary Dart.
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-08-22
NEGROES WILL MEET.
National Negro Business League Will
Hold Convention in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. .21.- Prominent ne.
groes from all over the country are ar
rivinR in Chicago to attend the oon>
vention Of the National Negro Busi-
ness League, Of which Booker T.
Warrington Of Tuskegee College 10
president. President Washington
gave dinner tonights1 the Palmer
House. His guests were Giles B.
Jackson of Richmond, Va, first vice
president Of the league; T. II. Fortune
of New York, chairman of ths Ex>
eoutive Committee ; Edward ECooper
Of Warrington, editor of the Colored
American, and T. WJones of Chicago