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their purpose being to exterminate
the white race. One of the Ave had
committed some trifiipS offense. The
officers went to arresti him and when
they approached the negro gave bird
like whistle. In response the woods
re-echoed with answering signals. Be-
fore the officers could find cover they
| were riddled with bullets. The five
negroes were arrested. their secret so
ciety discovered and today ended the
! long chapter.
SHREVEPORT. La. June IA
Word has just reached here that the
negroes in Jail for the murder of Fos-
ter have not yet been lynched. Ed
wards. the leader of the negroes. has
not been caught, and last night was
one of terror for the whole town. The
| greatest excitement prevails and the
negroes are sure to be lynched.
| PITTSFIELD. Mass. June IA
Grover Cleveland arrived here today
and will spend the summer in the ODD
Berkshire hills. The friends with
whom the ex-president is stopping oc-
cupy an historic house and Mr.. Cleve-
land will be given the room in which
| oiNDt put hiSut
Immediately after the battle of Sara
toga. Mr.. Cleveland had no hest
fancy about occupying the famous bed.
All the farmers about here have open
ed their game preserves to the notable
fisherman and he and Joe Jefferson
expect all sorts of sport
| NEW YORK, June l4.-Flag Day is
being generally observed, especially
here and in Buffalo. The celebration
today is under the auspices of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, the ceremonies being very much
more interesting and patriotic than
those of previous years.
| KANKAKEE, ILL.,, June 14.-John
Craig from near Covington. Ky. ere
ated the widest excitement in the
vicinity of Iroquois. village in Iro.
quois county. near this city, yester-
day afternoon. Craig was married
last spring to young lady named
Daisy Demet. The young couple
quarreled and separated. Craig re-
turning to Kentucky. While there
he wrote threatening letters to his
wife and her relatives.
| Craig returned to IroQuois yester-
day and scared the wits from his rel
atives by peering into windows and
proving about property. His wife
swore oui warrant for his arrest.
and deputy sherifr and posse started
for Craig. He stripped oir his cloth
ing and ran through the neighbor-
hood until he came to a small stream.
and escaped to the heavy timber be.
yOnd.
In Craig's clothes were found n re-
yolver and letters to his wife and her
father. He stated that he had killed
his brother in Kentucky II fe.. years
ago and intended to wipe out the
entire Demet family before he was
caught. posse is still in pursuit
of Craig, bur it is improbable that he
will be captured. as he has Il good
start.
/ WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE ses-
sion of the cabinet tomorrow will be
devoted to the Cuban question. and it
is now believed that the president will
favor, now that the Plat amendment
has been accepted, turning over the
island to the Cubans just as soon as
practicable. Some time must be tax
en-, however. as at present there is no
government which Cuba can be Civ
en- An election must be ordered and
a president and a Legislature selected.
| When that is done the new republic OF
Cuba will arise. Cabinet officers are
of the opinion that never did a people
secure self-government at so small
cost in life and money.
| WASHINGTON. June l4.-Mrs. Nc
l<inley Is still better this morning.
The doctors bulletins Will cease after
today.
NEW YORK. June 14.--William
Herford a carpenter who for 30 years
had worked trying to discover the Sc
cret of perpetual motion, gave up the
struggle last night utterly discouraged
and put bullet into his brain. He
was found this morning with teeth
clinched and his hand grasping paper
containing these words: Its no
use"
MONTREAL. June 1i.-Thirty-five
hundred trackmen on the Canadian Pa
citic railroad will go out on strike
tomorrow. Notices were received by
lhS vi tht oi w
day. 1t is probable that engineers
will refuse to run trains over the road
after the strike is inaugurated.
| PARIS, June 1.-THE engineering
departments of the different French
railways have been beseiged wittir
the past 48 hours by correspondents
of English newspapers, trying to per
suade the officials to-corroboratc the
Midland railways condemnation Of
American locomotives. Thus far sue
cess has by no means attended these
efforts, in spite of reports to that eff
feet in the Oily Mail and other Lon
don journals.
The French officials can be made
to say that the American engines
burn more coal and seem to need ra-
pair sooner than English and Fronch