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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-03-13
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New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
GATHERING RAM IN A RIOT.
NEGROES FIGHT WHITES WITH RAZORS
AND REVOLVERS-S STREET SWEEP
ERS USE THEIR IMPLEMENTS.

West one -hundred-and- -thirteth-st. was the
scene Of a race riot between whites and negroes
last night which called out the police reserves
and resulted in several whites and negroes be
ing injured.
Mrs Jennie Williams Of No. GIL West one
hundred nd thirteth-st, is employed an at
tendant by Mrs. Miller. and has been in the
habit OF meeting Mrs. Miller at the Fort Lee
Ferry and cscortng her home. Last night
while on the way there Mrs. Williams met
James Grant. a street sweeper, of No. 622 West
One-hundred- a nd -thrtieth- St He objected to
having negress on the same side Of the street
with himself The police say that he was drunk
Grant was carrying his street sweeping broom
on his shoulder, and with it ne hit the negress
I'm the back. il is alleged. not injuring anything
but her feelings. She screamed. and called to
the negroes IN the neighborhood, OF whom there
are many Instantly the blacks hocked to her
assistance and almost quickly the whites Of
the neighborhood gathered about Grant A free
fight was started. and bricks and stones and
clubs used Many razors were drawn by
the negroes.
A riot call reached the West One hundred
and-twenty- 1fth-st. station, and Sergeant Me
Carly and the reserves responded run
When the police arrived bricks. stones and
curses filed the air, and the angry mob or
blacks and whites hghting fercely.
Just at this juncture two pistol shots rang
out and the police, drawing their clubs. charged
the mob and clubbed their way to its centre. A
burly negro named George Jackson of No. Gil
West one hundred and -thirtieth-st.. stand
ing in the centre of the crowd, with a smoking
revolver in his hand Another negro, Samuel
McLain, of the same address. was lying the
ground with big cut in his head. He was hit
in the head with shovel by Patrick Conway,
Q Il Il hirtia nd
dam-ave. another street sweeper. Four negroes
were found welding a ten foot beam, which
they were using battering ram against the
whites. This weapon did great temporary exc
cution
Immediately after the charge of the police the
crowd fed. whites and blacks indiscrmnately,
and most OF the whites escaped recognition oE
arrest.
The police arrested John Litteton. colored, of
No. 622 West One-hundred and thirtieth- st. ;
Patrick McCarty, OF No 422 Amsterdam ave; ;
George Jackson colored OF No. GIL West One
hundred and -thirieth-st., AMI Grant the street
sweeper who caused the riot.
After the mob had been dispersed the police
picked up two revolvers and a number of razors
in the street. They found innumerable bricks
and stones and clubs.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
TENNESSEE PRISONER LTNCHED.
TAKEN FROM SHERIFF BY FRIENDS OF
YOUNG WOMAN ASSAULTED BY HER
ESCORT ON WAY FROM CHURCH
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1sUxE.I


Nashville. Tenn. Aug. AT SmithvilIe. De-
Kalb County, to-day an irfuriated mob took
Charles Davis. a young white man. charged
with assauting Miss Kate Hughes. a we'll
known young woman of that neighborhood.
from the custody of the officers and lynched
him. The crime was committed Sunday
evening near Wharton Springs, where the young
woman was visiting Davis escaped. but was
captured Monday morning. He was taken by
the Sheriff to Smthville and lodged in Jail.
This morning his trial was called preliminary
examination waived, and the prisoner was
bound over to the criminal court.
The courthouse was packed with people. and
there were evidences of deep feeling.
Immediately after the trial the young wom-
ans father mounted a bench and made an ap-
peal to the crowd to help him take vengeance
upon the assailant of his daughter When the
Sheriff made his appearance with the prisoner.
a rush made at him. The Sheriff and his
deputies resisted, and a terrific struggle took
place for possession of the prisoner In the fight
Davis escaped. and had gone some distance be-
fore the fact was discovered He was captured
by constable. who again started for the Jail.
About a half mile from town the officer was
met by the mob and relieved Of his charge
Davis then taken to a neighboring grove
and swung TO the limb of a tree. After hang
ing him the mob dispersed. The Sheriff one of
his deputies and constable. who trying
to prevent the Iynching, together with the
father of the defendant. were severely injured
In the clash with the mob. The Sheriff is j. II.
Odum. the deputy Bob Odum and the consta-
BILE NJ. A Pass. The crime for which Davis
paid the death penalty was committed while
he driving the young woman home from
church When knowledge of the crime reached
the neghbOrhOOd where the girl lived there
was great indignation and talk OF lynchng was
INDUCED in. In the mean time. however Davis
had been taken in charge by the Sheriff and
was considered safe. The indignation had been
growing daily as the details of the assault be-
came known
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
CONVICTED BY A GAMBLE.
TRENTON COURT ORDERS INQUIRY RE-
GARDINCi \ JURY'S PECULIAR MEANS
OF REACHING \ VERDICT.
tuY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRtauSE.I

Trenton n j. Aug 2.-Startling disclosures
as to the administration Of Jersey justice were
made I'm the Mercer County Court to-day. when
IT was brought to the attention OF Judge Rell-
stab that Henry J. Burtis. a music dealer had
recently been convicted by jury which drew
lots to determine whether II should return a
verdict of guilty or not guilty. The announce
1nent brought from Judge Rellstab scathing
rebuke with instructions 10 Prosecutor Cross
ley to make a fun investigation and report to
! the court next week.
The Jury's remarkable action was brought to
the courts attention by w. Holt Apgar. counsel
for Burtls. who submitted affidavit setting
forth that he had been informed by several Of
the jurors that their decision had been arrived
at by lot TIE informants included Fire Com
missioner William s Ossenberg. Manfred Naar.
William s. Fielder and George w. Price, other
Jurors also admitting the truth of the allie
CATION
Mr. Rurtis who has been somewhat prominent
in local business circles. was accused of mali
cious mischief and petty larceny in breaking
open a gas meter OF the slot variety and eN-
tracing therefrom the 2o-cent pieces within.
Arrayed against the testimony of Burtis and his
wife was that of negro. Asa Smith. con-
vict Judpe ReIstab's charge to the jury was
practicable an instruction that the evidence was
insufficient to warrant conviction.
"rba case was tried a particularly hot
dav." said one OF the jurors this afternoon. and
M Y o'clock we had reached no agreement. IL
we disagreed IT meant staying in the jury ROOM
rendered almost unbearable by the heat. all
night Some one suggested that draw lots
10 decide whether to return verdict of guilty
or not guilty. The suggestion was quickly
agreed TO by all as easy way out of our diff
Guilty so we wrote the words Guilty and Not
guilty on separate slips of paper, which were
placed between the leaves of a book.
THE foreman ]. Wesley Reed. as had been
agreed drew out one of the slips 1t was the
guilty one and we gave verdict accordingly.
T don't see what harm there was in that, for the
Jury was evenly divided anyhow"
Judge RelIstab after hearing Mr.. Apgar's
statement made a scathng arTaignment of a
Jury which would by lot jeoparoize the liberty
of fellow citizen. saying II was deplorable
state of affairs and one which demanded rigor
Gus investigation. If true. he said, the jury
should be made understand that Its action
was IN contempt of court, outrage en- law
and the community and travesty On Justice
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
SHOOTS AT COOK FROM BUNKER.
DISCHARGED EMPLoYE OF kNoLLWOoD
COUNTRY CLUB PURSUED BY ARMED
CROWD AND CADDIES

Because he was discharged. Peter Hubbel. an
employe of the KnolIwood Country Club. at
Elmsford hid behind bunker in front Of the
clubhouse yesterday and fired two shots at Mrs.
Mary Hemerle. the cook The woman. when
she saw the fash. fell TO the ground and escaped
injury
Mrs Hemerle recognized Hubbel as ne ran
away and disappeared in the woods. The viii
layers round about and number Of caddie
hovs armed themselves and beat the brush in
search of him. but could get no trace OF him.
A general alarm has been sent out by the police
of White Plains for HubbeL IL Is oeneved that
he Imagined the cook was responsible for the
loss of his place.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
SOUTHERN DESPERATE KILLED.
PURSUED AND SHOT DOWN BY a VIRGINIA
POSSE

Mddlesboro Ky. Aug. (SpeciaD-Reports have
reached here OF desperate battle between
Johnny Martin. desperado of this section OF
the mountains. and the Virginia officers Just over
the Kentucky line Martin Is wanted on the charge
of killing Martha White. The woman found
dead in a lonely section Of mountain road. with
several bullet holes through her head Martin
found by the officers after long and hard chase.
He took refuge in a deserted moonshine still The
battle lasted about ten minutes. Martin pumping
away with his Winchester necessarily. Finally he
ceased to fire and to start a from
the door of the cabin A bullet through the
back, which pierced his right lung brought him
down. He died In a few minutes. Martin was also
accused of the murder OF Susie Russell at about
the same time. The Russell woman died OF wounds
received in way she would explain.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

The court will receive the report OF the prose-
cutor next Friday.
II was also set forth in the affidavit submitted
- the court that several of the jurors
playing cards when the agreement TO draw lots
was reached
Many are of the opinion that nothing be
cone TO the jurors, contending that the proceed
inSs within the jury room are secret. and that II
is not within the Jurisdiction of the court TO
seek information take official ccgnizance of
what occurred there. Others argue that while
the court may not force any juror to violate his
oath of secrecy it may a.cept testimony from
a third party as to what has been told him by a
juror A Judgment of mistrial is generally an
tcipated.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
MIR. KRUGER MAY NOT COME OVER

The Hague. Aug. People who are in close
association with Mr.. Kruger say that up to the
present II has not been decided that the Boer
statesman will visit the United States
St Petersburg, Aug. 2-Mr. Van der Hoven
secretary Of the Transvaal Legation in Brussels,
is now in St. Petersburg to attend wedding
after which he viii visit his mother, who Is
Russian. He declares that his journey has no
political significance. despite the reports that
Mr.. Krtiger and Or. Leyds are coming here
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
MISSISSIPPI LYNCHING A DISGRACE

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 2-GovernOr LOngino has
returned from Carrollton. where three negroes
ynched last night. The Governor says the
State has again been disgraced by this affair
which is all the more horrible because the lynched
negroes were accused not Of the assassination Of
Talaferro and his wife. but simply OF completely
in the crime or of guilty knowledge of the fact
Everything was quiet to-day. and no further
trouble is expected.
Memphis Tenn. Aug. "A telephone message
from Carroton, Miss. at $50 p M states 'hat lhe
-, ,.,c,t,g NJ three more negroes there this
,nprrinp is untrue Three negroes were lynched
yesterday afternoon put Jhere HAS OSe' IA" u'7NO
ance of any kind since then
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
BRITIsH OFFICER DECLINES \ REWARD.

London Aug. 2.-There is a curious announce
ment in to-night's Gazette 10 the effect that
King Edward has accepted the resignation by
Major Kari Davies Of he Companionshp Of
the Bath, that officer having expressed the
wish that he might be permitted to serve his
majesty without any reward Major Davies
received the decoration for conspicuous services
in South Africa especially in connection with
the relief Of MafekinE Such resignation of a
decoration is unprecedented
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
HOPING FOR SETTLEMENT.
RENEWAL OF DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS BE
TWEEN PARTIES AT INTEREST.

RENEWAL OF DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS Be-
TWEEN PARTIES AT INTEREST.
Pittsburg Aug 2.-Judging by indications
here peace or war In the steel troubles will be
announced from New-York City tomorrow
When the Amalgamated Association executive
board adjourned this evening. President Shaffer
announced that another meeting would be held
tomorrow There will probably be a meeting
here tomorrow of portion of the board. but
the national officers will be in New-Tork They
left town for that city tonight on the Penn
syIvania Limited at 10 o'clock. The circunn-
stances leading up 70 this unexpected trip. while
not officially made known. are evident enough
TO substantiate the story which follows.
In course of the day ma ny telesrams were
received at the association conference rooms,
the last comlns just before adjournment and
IL was answered promptly. This answer was
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
KRUGER TO HIS COMMANDERS.

London. Aug. "A dispatch from Standerton.
Transvaal, dated July >, which had been stopped
by the censor, has just been received here. 1t
reads:
Walter Kitchener met Louis Botha and his
secretary, De Wet, by appointment. Plat
Rand. few days ago. They brought Kruger' s
reply to Botha's surrender proposal. II was:
"Botha De Wet. De La Rey, Steyn: Continue
fighting. Aeviaton will be sent when needed.
Enough for the present"
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
NEGRO EXECUTED IN GEORGIA.
VICTIMS OF HIS CRIME MEMBERS OF HIS owS
RACE.

Savannah. Ga. Aug CSpeciaD.-The first legal
execution in the history OF Chatham County for as
sault took place shortly after 10 o'clock this
Ing, when George Mitchell stepped the false
floor OF cell No. IS. The man walked 10 the fatal
cell without help, and was seif-cOntrolled 70 the
last. MY poor SOUL MitcheIrs final words
as he shot downward six feet. His neck was
broken and death was instantaneous. Mitchell con-
fessed before he the scaffOld and professed
repentance. His crime a particularly brutal
He struck down and assaulted two of
his own race. They we're picking blackberries on
HutChnson's Island, and Mitchell arrested sew
eral days later. After his conviction he hoped
TO escape the gallows
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
RoERs IN PoRTrGrEsE TERRITORY.

London, Aug. 3.-"The Beers who are invading
Portuguese territory" says the Lourenco
Marques correspondent of The Daily Mail"
number five hundred. They crossed the line
near Nanetzi. and are gOin6 nOrthward to
ward KOmat tipOort. A Swiss farmer reports that
his farm buildings have been burned and his
stock has been driven off. and that his wife and
servants are missing. Although the Portuguese
authorities are preparing to make a vigorous
resistance, only l44 men. under Captain Almeida,
pursuing the Beers"
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
CuICAGO TO SAN FRANCISCO

,,,,bout change BY the Overland Limited every
day IN the year via Cheago and North-Western,
Tyn{on pacific and Southern Pacific Rvs. Particu-
lars at North Western Line Office. AsI Broadway
VI
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
YACHTS LEAVE THE AZORES.

THE SHAMROCK AND THE ERIN DUE IN
THIS PORT ON AUGUST H.
Ponta DeIgada. Azores. Aug. Sir Thomas
Ijnton's steam yacht Erin. which arrived here
Yesterday with Shamrock H. has coaled and
Ieft here this evening for New-York. towing
the Gun challenger. favorable southeast wind
was blowing. The vessels expect to arrive at
New-York on August IL.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

! No other pleasure route can offer so many and
| varied attractions as the Hudson river Day Line
| Nnsic.-AdVt.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

At $40 p. NJ each week day but Saturday and
every Saturday at l:5O z. NJ. the New York Cen
traPs Saratoga Limited leaves New York EN-
pire State Express time; luxurious service: all
Pullman cars. including observation car-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

The doctors best prescription for Colds Is
JAYNEsS EXPECTORANT.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
boERs NOT CRUEL. SAYS KRUGER.
1AS CONCENTRATION CAMPS WILL CAUSE THE
p-Opr ?, To cr4T-npEa t5E SAWS


Paris. Aug. 3.-The Figaro publishes long
interview to-day with Mr. KRUGER. After deny
.is the crueties charged against the Beers in
-oFa Kitcheners report. Mr.. KRUGER declares
'Hat the atrocities Of the concentration camps
ere twenty times worse than had been stated
Miss Hobhouse in Great Britain. and that,
"eh fully known they would cause the world
y shuocer with horror and move the nations to
Intervene
We are defending our liberty" continues Mr.
suger' AID when IL is granted we viii lay
s,.sh our arms. Great Britain knows our con-
nm 'mlA MS IL Is not for me TO repeat them. We
g.. never re@ounce our flag and cannot
ba~ any pro;ectorate. / am convinced that the
w.. VIII come when Great Britain will grant
ths.' rs our right. Moreover / am confident
~ soa Is with and viii not abandon US"
sais hischer, who was present at the Interview.
Nh Joining had yet been decided regarding
Afusers visit 10 America
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
OIrTDOOR DINING PLACES

How New-Yorkers who stay in town during ths
hot weather enjoy eating out or dooTA In TAa
SUNDAY Tribune to-morrow.-AdvI
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

How this celebrated resort uulizes eentrifusa!
force. The unique auiuse nents. Loop the Loop.
sFTip Flap'' and Barrel of Love and no" they
are operated there. In The Sunday Tribune To-
paorrow.-Advs
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

WHALES CAUGHT FROM PoUGHKEEPsIE.
The former whaling pier at Poughkeepsie. on the
Hudson A description OF the industry that
carried on there. In The Sunday Tribune to-mor-
yow.-AdyI
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

Live healthfully and long by taking surf baths a
Manhattan Beach.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
OUTDOOR DINING PLACES.

How New.Yorkers who stay in town during the
hot restnsr ea1oy eating out or Doors. In The
SUNDAY Tribune to-usorEow.-Advl
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
Upside DOWN AT coNEY ISLAND.

How this celebrated resort utilizes centrifugal
force The unique amusements. Loop the Loop"
''P1ip Flar' and Barrel Of Love" and how thry
are Operated theirs. ia fAs SUNDAY Jglenhs le-
ogyeW.-AdyI
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

.rbs rbEs CAUGHT FROM PoUGHKEEPsIE.
Ees.ar u sr whaling pier at Poughkeepsie, on the
sSsis4 sn n',tossofigtop of The industry that uss
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

Coast Hgeeia Hotel. the picturesque Virginia
ships rsisnteen hours by Old Dominion Steam
"ay-Adst' cypress trains Dy pennsylvania Rail
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

POLAND! POLANDi POLAND! POLAND!
Purest natural spring water In the world.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

CATARRH OF THE STOMACH-DOCTORS RE-
PORT-MAN-A-CEA Water cures when all Med-
cines fail: one his mother; one. his wife; many
their patients. Then why experiment? Get Man
a-cea the Wonderful Manganese Spring Water.
Druggists or Ben X. Curtis l3 Stone St.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

The defendants in the Mashona case relied on an
vided against restraint by princes, rulers Of
neople The plaintiffs claimed that since the ulti-
nnoatt,m of the Transyaal to Great Britain was
issued on October II, 1893 the shippers must have
known that state OF war existed. The defendants
denied this SAYING that the Boer ultmatum was
not published in the United States until November
o. hat fypar
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03
MUST PAY FOR THE MAsHoNA's CARGO

LonGon. Aug. 2.-Justice Mathew. in the Kings
Bench Division Of the High Court of Justice
to-day rendered judgment in favor Of the plain
tiffs in the of Mackie, Dunn & Co. who
sued Donald Currie & Co and Bucknell Brothers
for delay in the delivery of cargo of foodstuffs
shipped on the British steamer Mashona, from
New York or October Is, 1899. consigned to
Pretoria The cargo of the Mashona was seized
bv the British warship Partridge in Agoa Bay
The court found that the agents of the defend
ants knew that the goods were liable to confs-
cation on board the steamer, and that therefore
delav in their delivery was probable. A STAY of
execution was granted, as six other actions are
penCing.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

The All British Pacific cable scheme has taken
an important step in advance The government
BIN authorizes the sum of f2.ooOoeo to be
spent on line connecting Vancouver with New
Zealand and Australia The cable will be CON
troled by a special board. including representa-
tives Of Canada, New South Wales, Queensland.
Victoria and New-Zealand.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-03

The call Of the High Commissioner for Canada
for twenty thousand men from this country to
assist in harvesting the immense wheat crop OF
The Northwest provinces. will possibly be fuzzy
answered A large number Of men made in
eery at the Dominion Office yesterday, and
mere Is reason TO believe that fully as much IN
lerest has been excited in the provinces.
/ y. F.
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1t needs very simple mind to accept
the statement of one of the taX-raising
and debt-creating organs that pub
lie debt incurred for the construction
of roads, buildings, wharyes and the
like is necessarily a good investment.
1t all depends upon the people chosen
to spend the money. There are cities in
the United States where such OUTLAWS
have been wisely made, but in, these
places the average of intelligence at
the polls and honesty in office is high.
In the South, during and after the re-
construction times. the debts of cities
and states grew so great that the white
people, to save themselves, had to turn
to the heroic remedy of reputation.
Here in Hawaii it may be taken for
granted that any municipality would
be run into debt to the limit fixed by
the organic law, and that the rest of
the money required forsextravagant adj
ministration would be raised by tax.
AS for roads, public buildings and
wharves, just fancy what they would
be like after the "Home Rule party
had spent the money to build them
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NEAR.
MARSElLLES
A Passenger Steamship in Dire
Peril on the
Rocks.

MARSEILLES, Jan. s.-A terrible
disaster threatens the steamer Russie,
from Oran, which stranded yesterday
on the coast near the village OF Fara-
man. during a violent storm, with nifty
passengers and crew of forty on
board. She has keeled to the starboaro'
and the waves are sweeping over her.
Desperate attempts to rescue nef
crew by lifeboats and steam tugs were
made Yesterday and have been repeated
today. but thus far the rough seas nave
prevented every effort to approach her.
The wind is blowing a, hurricane. with
no signs of abatement. A great croWo
is assembled along the shore, anxlousiy
watching the endeavors to communl-
cate with those on board the doomed
ship. which is humping heavily the
seas dashing over her. Rockets nave
been fired but each time the line mas
fallen short. Rear Admiral Besson,
naval project to Marseilles, has tele-
grained to Toulon for the dispatch OF
the powerful tug Travailleur to the
scene Immediately.
MARSEILLES, Jan. n.-Life lines
have been passed to the Russie but the
sea is running so high that no one
can be taken off. &F