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fated cottage. The man had such a
shaking fit at the gate that he FUN
bled some time before he found the
latch, all the while pleading and in
sisting he could not go in the house.
"If 1 undertake to help you" I
said in my sternest manner, 1--WE be-
gin right here. 1 am going to see
just how things are before we get
to the police court. / want this story
right and straight"
Entering the house, all was pitch
dark; the light from the oil lamp
had long ago flickered out, but I
struck n match and lighted the
greasy wick. Meanwhile the man
leaned trembling against the door of
the hall.
The dim light fell upon the parlor
Aoor. No mans body was there. A
large mirror was shattered into a
thousand fragments, over carpet and
furniture. The confessed murderer,
with stumbling steps, slowly tot
tered forward at my smiling signal.
One dazed look into the room and he
fell at my feet in swoon.
Gradually the realization of the
facts came to him-that his wife
must have purchased the mirror in
his absence and had il placed to
command the entrance to the room.
"What she want with that looking
glass? She never have nobody here
20 see it. That thing cost $500. /
don't get but $40 a month"
ooh, no." 1 said, "the glass is
thin; it may not have cost more than
SEQ"
well, she amt got no more look
ing glass, and 1 amt got no dead
man, nuther."
L found he was coming around all
right, so l proposed that he should
go to bed and have a good nights
rest and go about his business the
next day, after his grewsome vaca-
tion.
mfr. VIM, you have been very
good to me. No other man would
have done for me what you have
done. will see you safe to your
office. / am no coward, me-"
mo, thank you; shall go to nv
rooms on st. Charles street. Good
night. New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
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Notice "!

The East End Memorial Burial Asso-
citation of Richmond informs the pub
hc that having purchased six (6l acres
OF Land, situated in Henrico County,
near the city of Richmond, adjoining
lakewood cemetery and that they are
dlsposlng OF the same, in sections, half
sections and at the following terms.
Sections, $500 and Half Sections.
$500.
The situation of this Cemetery is
high, dry and rolling and accessible TO
the Richmond Traction Street Railway
and Seven Pines Railway lines, adjoin-
ing lakewood cemetery.
This Association has at a considera-
BILE expense divided this tract of land
into sections, erected fence around its
boundaries, which with the additional
improvements contemplated, will be an
lnducement to those desiring or con-
templatlng purchasing resting places
Tor their deceased relatives and friends.
The attention of the general public is
solicited and advantageous inducements
offered
J. r. Griffin, President. No. 2412 f.
Broad street; E. A. Washington, Secre-
tary. Old Phone, 1888.
For information, apply TO John cole
man, Keeper, No. 1920 p street; VIM.
Oustalo, 702 East Broad street; w. III.
Jones, 1887, st. Peter street; w. II.
Lewis, 500 Buchanan street; Samuel
Meredith, 1928 North Goth street; JOS
eph Robinson, No. 40 LIST Market or 2S11
9-mile Road; ID. J. Chavers, Supt., 1927
Darlington street.
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with which the boys were charged.

1t viii finally result in persons charg-
ed with crime resisting arrest as was
done by WILL REYNOLDS at Tuscum-
bia, Alabama, and WILL RICHARDSON
at Atlanta, Georgia.
1t may be all right for theorizing
critics TO talk about surrendering to the
officers of the law; but when it is real
lied that in most cases, these officers
are but the advance agents of the mob
leaders, sensible colored men will take
the chances of dying with rifle in
their hands rather than by the slow tor
ture of an agonizing death.
For our part, we prefer the route tax.
en- by WILL REYNOLDS and WILL RICH.
ARDsoN rather than that traversed by
the unfortunate HARRISON and JAMES
GILLESPIE, who must be presumed in
nocent until they have been proven
guilty in accordance with our forms q
legal procedure. Lynch-law must gol
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
STRIKE INVESTIGATION OVER
Commissioner Wright Had Two-Hou
Conference With Operators.

Commissioner Wright Had Two-Hour
Conference With Operators.
New York, June 11.--Yesterday af-
ternoon Labor Commissioner Wright
bad two-hours' conference with Pres
ident Bear. OF the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad; President ELEPHANT,
of the Delaware and Hudson Company,
and President Truesdale, OF the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road. Mr.. Wright said that the books
had been opened and he had secured
all facts and figures, and now had suf-
ficient information of both sides, which
would probably not necessitate his go
ing to the coal fields. He declared the
investigation as practically over. He
said he expected to hold no more con-
ferences.
Commissioner Wright will make an
official report to President Roosevelt.
The report will touch at the root of
the difficulty and will explain the
real causes leading to the great in
dustrial conflict, which causes have
been jealousy guarded by both sides.
Mr.. Wright will not make any sugges-
tions or recommendations
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
HORRIBLE LYNCHINGS.

HARRISON and JAMES GILLESPIE (col-
-SoredD aged sixteen and thirteen years
respectively were lynched at Salisbury,
N. O., last Wednesday morning, June
ii, 1902, at about half past two o'clock
by a mob of white men.
They were not charged with criminal
assault; but it was asserted that they
killed a white woman, Miss NEELY
BENSON, using rocks a. the weapons.
The older boy was hanged and the
younger one was made to climb tree,
sand leap from a limb. Their bodies
were riddled with bullets. Lighted
torches were applied to their feet to
make sure that they were dead.
1t is an open question as to how long
these murderous conditions shall be
permitted to exist in this section of the
ocOuntry.
The mob was guilty of the same crime
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Ing at such straws, with apparently
no reason in him.
where's your bag?"
81 leave il in the house"
"Your bag in the house and dead
man on the foor2"
1 was beginning to lose patience
with the frenzied coward.
There's only one thing to do;
will go to the nearest police court
with you, and help you out of your
scrape the best can"
He was so startled and alarmed at
such a proposition that tried to re-
assure him, by explaining to his
dazed brain, he had the right to pro-
tect his property and to defend him
self; that he could not have had any
response to call for aid, the police
patrol did not extend to that remote
part of the city; that there was
really nothing for him to do but
shoot the man who threatened him,
and that he was lucky to have got
in the first shot. If we found the
mans body on the floor and the pis-
tol at his side, that would be vindi-
cation before the law.
$50 put on your hat and be man.
and will see you through"
L pocketed my pistol, and we
started out. It was now long past
midnight, and the deserted street,
with its grim tragedy across the
way, seemed grewsome enough. Ex-
cept for the light of an expiring
moon, we might have had difficulty
in avoiding the mudholes and pitfalls
of an unpaved street and broken
sidewalks.
led the way across Canal street
and its neutral ground to the ILL
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
A FEAST OF ROSES
Mannheim Church Pays Its Yearly Rem.
tai With One Flower,

Mannheim Church Pays Its Yearly Rem.
tai With One Flower.
Lancaster, Pa, June 9.-Tha annual
fest of roses was celebrated at Man.
helm yesterday. when Zion Evangeli.
cal Lutheran Congregation OF that
place paid to the heirs of Baron Henri
gStiegel their yearly rental-one re
rose. A crowd of nearly 10000 people
poured into the little town to witness
the quaint and beautiful ceremony,
The church in which the exercises
were held was wholly inadequate to
accommodate such q throng. The
church was beautifully decorated with
roses.
Baron Stiegel, a German Nobleman.
In 1870 decided TO the Zion Lutheran
congregation ground for their church,
.stipulating that they should in return
pay to him or his heirs forever in the
month of June each year one red rose.
In 1873 and 1774 this unique rental
was demanded and paid to the baron.
Then the custom was abandoned and
seems to have been forgotten until
1892, when it was revived Since the
latter year it has been celebrated an
nually, attracting wide attention.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
SENATOR QUAY IN CONTROL

sueh Bitterness at Meeting of PennsyI.
Vanla Republican State COMMITTEES.
Harrisburg, Pa, June 1.-THE Bit
terness between the leaders of the
Pennypacker and Elkin factions
cropped out several times during a
meeting of the Republican state COM
mittee yesterday afternoon TO prepare
the roll of delegates and select the
, temporary officers of today's state con-
vention. Senator Quay, the leader of
the Pennypacker forces, and Attorney
General Ell1in, in personal command
or his adherents, shook their fingers in
. each others face and threatened polit-
1cal reprisals If each was not given
lair treatment in the disposition of the
contested seats in the convention. State
Chairman Reeder accused Senator Quay
OF making a deliberate misstatement.
, and Senator Quay instantly replied that
this was an insult which he resented.
The vote on two propositions showed
that the Pennypacker forces had de-
cisiye majority in the committee
Contests were filed with the commit
tee on contests from the Twenty
eighth Philadelphia district; the fifth
LuZerne district, the First Luzerne dis
trict and the Fourth Schuylkill dis
trict. The Philadelphia contest was
thrown out by the committee, and that
from the Fifth Luzerne district was
withdrawn. In the a Irst Luzerne dis
trict, A. H. Fell and w. II. Morgan
were unseated and their seats given
to Charles A Manor and Morgan b.
Williams, Watres' adherents. In the
SchuylSill district John Woodward
and George w. Seiders were unseated
and Samuel Lee and John T. Shoener.
Pennypacker adnerents. we're given
their seats. The four delegates VINO
were unseated were pledged to Elkin
The action of the committee was sus-
tanned by the state committee.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
FIERCE BLAZE IN PHILADELPHIA
Big Warehouses Destroyed and Many
DWELLINGS Damaued.

Philadelphia, June u.-Fed by the
most inhammable and combustible ma
terial, and famed by a southwest wind,
fire yesterday swept through the block
on North Broad street, opposite Ger
mantown Junction, and licked a north
easterly path parallel with the Penn
sylvsnia Railroad tracks to the lire OF
Thirteenth street. Coal and lumber
yards, an immense feed warehouse.
! and nearly dozen dwellings combined
to furnish fuel for the gigantic blaze.
which for more than one hour was be-
yond the command of the fire depart
ment, and threatened to extend it's
fiery length over several blocks. The
loss is estimated at $250,0O0.
When Chief Bakers men finally
gained the mastery the big buildings,
1881 and 1888 North Broad street.
three-story brick structures. occupied
by the Germantown Junction Elevator
and Warehouse Company, and by L. f.
Miller e. Son, feed and grain mer-
chants, were wiped out, while the coal
sheds of George B. Newton & Co.,
extending eastwardly along the rail-
road tracks, were entirely DESTROYED.
/ Rows Of dwellings on North Broad
street and Sedgely avenue were badly
damaged, while the occupants of many
narrowly escaped with their lives.
/ abandoning their belongings to the de-
vouring flames.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
PRINcEToN's NEW PRESIDENT
Woodrow Wilson Elected to Succeed
e. 1. Patton, Resumed.

Princeton, N. j., June iO.-The chief
event in connection with Princeton's
l55th annual commencement, and was
great surprise, came yesterday In the
annual meeting of the board OF trus-
tees, when President Francis l.. Pat
ton resigned the presidency, and Pro-
fessor Woodrow Wilson, professor OF
jurisprudence and politics, was elected
to succeed him.
There was a full attendance of the
trustees, and after the meeting had
been called to order President Patton
handed in his resignation and at the
same time suggested that Professor
Wilson be elected to succeed him. A
prominent member of the board of
trustees said that President Patton so
strongly urged his own resignation
that the board could not do otherwise
than accept 1t. He also said President
Patton's suggestion that Woodrow VIII
son be nominated to succeed him was
acted upon and the election was made
unanimous on the first ballot.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
THE SOFT COAL STRIKE
Nearly All Men Out and Business at a
Standstill In New River District

Nearly All Men Out and Business at q
Standstill In New River District.
Thurmund, w. Va, June 1.-THE
strikers succeeded yesterday in tieing
up almost every operation in the New
river district. Not 100 miners out OF
5000 were at work on Loup creek, and
not a single car OF coal has been sent
down that branch. All the Chesapeake
and Ohio shifting crews in this field
have been laid off, and business is at
a standstill. The fires are out in the
thousands of coke ovens that have
heretofore illuminated the New river
valley. and from all indications the
situation will not be soon improved.
At mass meetings held at Glen Jean
the strikers decided to remain out in
definitely, unless the operators meet
! their demands. There has been no vio-
lence along the Chesapeake and Ohio
/ yet and operators believe there will
i be none
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
Live Stock Markets.

East Buffalo, N. Y, June 10.-Cat-
tie were steady and unchanged; prime
steers, $72547.60; choice steers, Sc. %
Q6.50; best fat cows. $5.50Q6; choice
heifers, $6q6.50; butchers bulls, S475
05.25; choice feeders, $505.25. Veals
were firm; tops, $7@725; fair to good.
$5Q6.75. Hogs were active and SD
10c. higher on light grades; steady on
heavy; heavy, $7.40G75Q; mixed, 81. Is
OBS; pigs, $6;S0@6.S5; roughs, $685.
az; stays: $5i5Oq6. Sheep and lambs
to good, S425Q4.50; culls to common,
S2.50@5; ewes, $4.4094.45; lar,Os, tops.
SQ735; fair to good, $6@650; culls
to common, $4Q5.5O; yearlings, $3.50
Q5.75.
East Liberty. Pa, June 1O.--Cattle
We're steady; choice, $715@750; prime,
S7.0507.25; good, $66D650. Hogs were
higher; prime heavies, $75097 so; me-
diums. $7106715; heavy workers., 81
@7.05; light workers.. $6.S5@6.95; pigs,
$5.SOQ6.9O; roughs, S596S5. Sheep
Were slow; best wethers, $4.65@4SO;
cuIls and common, $15002; choice
lambs, $6.2506.50; veal calves, S767.75.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
coNvlcrs KILL THREE GUARDS
Prisoners In Oregon Jail Shoot Down
Their Keepers.

Prisoners In Oregon Jail Shoot Down
Their Keepers.
Salem, Ore, June 1O.-Two desper-
ate prisoners, Harry Tracey. sentenced
to 20 years, and David Merrill, H.
year man, serving sentences for as
sault and robbery committed in Multi.
nomah county, escaped from the peni-
Tertiary yesterday after killing three
guards, Frank Terrell. s. 1. Jones and
Benjamin Tiffany.
The prisoners had just marched into
the foundry for work, wnen Tracey ap-
peared suddenly with rifle and shot
Terrell, killing him almost instantly.
Ingram, life prisoner. attempted to
take the rifle from Tracey, when Mer-
rill shot Ingram through the leg.
Other prisoners, forced at the point OF
a pistol, permitted the two men to
climb ladder to the wall.
Getting outside, they shot Jones.
Tiffany, after being wounded, leaped
over the fence and followed the men,
shooting at them until they killed
him. The prisoners then escaped into
the woods. A posse of 40 men is out
after the prisoners and has them To-
Gated in the woods.
battle is expected. The posse is
headed by Sheriff Durbin. Sheriff-elect
Goliath and several officers from the
prison. The prisoners are armed with
two rifles and two reviewers. The
arms are believed to have been thrown
over the stockade Sunday night by
friends among excursionIsts who came
from Portland.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
GENERAL MARKETS.

weak; winter superfine, s2.S563I0:
Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.4Om3.65:
city mills, extra, sS.1O@3. 80. Rye -four
was quiet, at s325GS.S0 per barrel.
Wheat quiet; No. Pennsylvania.
yellow, local. 671sc. Oats were quiet;
No. 2 white, clipped, 5lc.; lower
grades, soc. Hay market steady
No. 1 timothy sold at S15.50@16 for
large bales, Beef was steady; beef
lily, 20.50Q21. Live poultry sold at
141zc. for hens, and at loo. for old
ROSTERS; spring chickens, 2402Sc.
Dressed poultry sold at l31kc. for
choice fowls. and at S1219c for old
roosters. Butter was steady; cream
cry, 23c. Eggs were steady; New York
and Pennsylvania, 171sc. per dozen.
Potatoes were dull; eastern, old, Coo.
per buShel.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
New Outing and Picnic Park at Jones'
bOrO.

There is n New Outing and Picnic
Park, Jonesboro, at Fort Lee on the Eas-
tern Branch of the Q. s. o. r. r. con-
yenient for Picnics by wagon or rail.
There is large pavilion that will ac-
commodate 500 persons and other at
fractions such as swings, base ball etc.
Excellent water on the grounds. You
cannot find more desirable. resort for
church, Sunday School, society or pri-
vate pic-nics or one that will afford a
more perfect day of rest, recreation or
pleasure. For particulars as to dates
and rates apply at once to
JNo. Fl. BRAYToN,
10 w. jackson st.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14

CoLoRED men, let US encourage the
well-behaved elements in our midst.
The low, degraded, insulting elements
amongst us are serious handicap to our
progress; but let us hope fer the best
and press onward.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14

DR., R. E. JONES has formally opened
mis- settlement at Fort LEE and it is
KNOWN as Jonesboro, being only about
six miles from Richmond.
He is blessed with energy and rich
an plans. If the people will follow his
leadership and heed his advice, one of
she most unique and prosperous colored
settlements in the state will be an OBJ
Ject lesson to all classes. So far, he and
his associates have done well.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14

A contemporary now announces that
like the right to vote, the right to hold
property is a conferred privilege and
not an inherent right. Is it possible
that the next step will be legislation to
curtail the colored mans right TO hold
property?
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14

The unlawful proclaiming of the new
constitution was a fragrant betrayal OF
the Democratic people who authorized
and directed the calling of the unconsti-
tutional CONSTITUTIONAL convention.
They got what they deserved.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
Nearo Found Hanaina to a Tree.

Newport News, Va, June 1.-THE
dead body of an unknown negro was
found hanging to a tree on the Brier-
field road, near the city, yesterday.
The county authorities are unable to
determine whether the case is one OF
murder. lynching or suicide, but are
inclined to the suicide theory. The
scene Of the CHASTITY discovery is in a
neighborhood which has witnessed
seven tragedies in the past year. MUIR
ders, accidental killings and suicides.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
WnheImIna,s Physlclara peeoratsd.

The Hague, June 10.-The physicians
who attended Queen Wilhelmina dur
ing her recent illness have been dec
Grated. Professor Roosenstein, the
pathologist or Leyden University, has
been promoted to the rank Of com
mander Of the Order of the Lion of
the Netherlands and Drs. Konwer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14

1T is officially announced that the
Boer War in South Africa is at an end.
4f England is no more successful in
ending hostilities in that section after
the announcement than the United
States government has been in the Phil.
1ppines, it will be the English and not
she Beers, who deserve to be pitied.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14

London. June e.-Ths remains OF a
young woman, sawed and chopped up
into a dozen pieces, have been found
In an alley In the Lambeth district.
The body had been apparently baked
and boiled. The scalp had been torn
Off, and the hands. feet and intestiues
were missing. II has heen impossible
TO identify the remains as the woman's
face was practically destroyed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
Mob Strung Up a chinaman.

Idaho Springs, Colo, June I1.-Lou
Sing. Chinamsn, has been strung I'D
to tree twice by a mob and threat
ened with death if ne did not leave the
town never to return. The mob's
wrath was aroused by the Chinaman's
efforts to run away with a white girl
named Nellie Merchen. 1t is not be-
lieved the Chinaman suffered severely.
other than being cut around the neck
with the rope and knocked down twice
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
MAssAcRED BY ARABS
Traders and Escort, Numbering Over
500, Are SLAUGHTERED

Vienna, June 1.-THE Tageblass
says that an immense caravan. under
a strong escort of gendarmerie, has
been wiped out by Arabs near Koweit,
on the Persian Gulf. The assailants,
the paper says, massacred $50 gen.
darmes, besides nearly all the traders
and their servants. numbering over
500 persons.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-06-14
Y. M. c. A. Secretaries In Session

Mountain Lake Park. md., June IL
Nearly 500 secretaries of the Y. M. c.
A. from all parts of the United States
and Canada are here attending con-
ference. Sessions will continue be-
hind closed doors until Sunday. The
wives of the secretaries, debarred from
attending the conference, are holding
meetings of their own,