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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
LABOR-DAY SENSATION
AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
President of the United Mine Work
ers. of Alabama, Dcnounces jack
son, of w. Va.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, September lin
speech at the Labor-Day celebration at
the Fair Grounds this afternoon, W. i.
Farley, president of the United Mine
Workers of Alabama, created a sensation
by denouncing Federal Judge Jackson, Of
West Virginia. He declared that If every
judge should issue injuncuons, which
would compare with those issued by
Judge Jackson, within short time
strikes would be a thing of the past, and
Iaboring men would have no rights. he
criticised the order of General Goblin in
command of the troops in the anthracita
regions in Pennsylvania, to shoot. should
miners interfere with them He declared
that operators there stated that the
strike was not a matter of public interest,
and said if that was true he insisted that
the operators should not be allowed the
use of public money for troops to protect
their property
APPEAL FROM GOMPERS.
NEW ORLEANS. September LIN his
of the Federation of Labor. referring to
the Pennsylvania situation; said: There
are 600 men on a strike. Ihey are
now in their fourth month, and they are
standing undaunted with ranks unbroken.
Those miners are confronted by the rich
est corporations in America Ihere are
$4,000 women and children who must
have bread and in their name l appeal
TO liberty-loving men and women OF New
Orleans-I appeal for the miners of the
antracite region that they may have
bread to maintain their manhooG:
MITCHELL AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA PA, September L
The organized workmen of Philadelphia
to-day paid their tribute to John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine WORKERS
of America, and at the same time show
ed their sympathy in substantial way
for the striking anthracite sine work
ers of Pennsylvania. The presence OF the
miners chief was made the occasion OF
arohai1lv the greatest demonstration that
organized or labor has ever held on Labor
DsT." In an address at Washington Park
Mr.. Mitchell made the address.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02

.t'ust no more wrong them than we must
summit to wrong-doing by them, but when
We take position let us remember that
our holding It depends upon ourselves,
-aepends upor. our showing that we have
The ability to hold TT
After speaking Of the part Vermont has
paved In the country,s history. through
-admirals Dewey and Clark, the President
continued:.
Shame to us If we assert the Monroe
doctrine. and then IL our assertion shall
be called in question. show that we have
only made an idle boast; that we are
not prepared to back up our words by
deeds. Cloud .applause.>
Almost the entire population of the town
heard The President speak. He took lunch
with Senator Proctor ard his son. Fetch
or ID Proctor Speaker Of the State House
OF Representatives
Rutland was the next stop. The spe-
acial tram reached here at 1890. The
President was greeted by crowd of 5000
people and from a stand In the square
delivered a brief address. The stop made
here was OF about twenty minutes dura-
ton, and the President resumed his tour.
bound for Bellows Falls.
RETURN TO MASSACHUSETTS,.
EAST .NoRTHFIELD, MASS, Septem-
clUded his tour through Vermont at Brat
tlehoro ard IS spending the night here at
Mortified. The reception accorded hin
at Brattleboro was among the most en-
thusiastic he has received in his tour Of
New England. Upon arriving st the sta
ton he was met by company Of infan-
Try, headed by a pand, and escorted to
the Common, where he delivered a brief
address III which he spoke of Abraham
Lincoln IS the man of The hour in the
great Civil War.
Labor Day was generally celebrated
throughout the State. and wherever the
train stopped, holiday crowds were OFT
20 extend the President welcome. The
neat was excessive, but the President
seemed to suffer but little from it's effects.
His remarks on the subject of labor were
confined to tribute to the people of Yer
ment, and lie expire ssed mis- pleasure at
being greeted by tho representatives of
organized labor because, he said, the
typical American is the man who works
10 VISIT MOODY'S GRAVE.
The President crossed into Massachu-
sets in the early evening, and went to
Mortified, to remain tonight as the guest
of William B. Moody, sen of the noted
evangelist. Dwight l.. Moody, at the
Mortified Hotel. Tho President will go
to Round Top IN the morning to visit Mr.
Moodys grave.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
NEGRO DESPERATE
AT BAY IN NEW YORK.
Battle With Patro1men-Seyera OF
Latter Dangerously Wounded.
Negroes Wife Fights
With Old Sabre.

NEW YORK, September Twenty po-
licemen. armed with Winchesters, are
standing guard tonight at house at
North Beach, in the Borough of Queens
in which a desperate is in hiding, armed
and defiant. The man who is besieged
is Jerry Hunter, whose reputation is of
the worst. About the house are the re-
serves of the Seventy-fourth. Seventy
fifth, and SeventysiXth precincts.
This afternoon Hunter shot at a man
who was passing along the beach, but
failed to hit him. John McIlenna, a pa
trolman, was sent to arrest Hunter, and
Hunter shot him from ambush. McI<enna
is now lying in ST. Johns Hospital, in
Long Island City, dying. Both his eyes
were destroyed by d load of buckshot.
Three other patrolmen Were sent to effect
Hunters capture, and in an attempt to
carry the house by storm Patrolman
Arthur Brill received load of buckshot
in the face, destroying one eye. The
charge struck him full in the face and
chest. He, too. is likely to die. The re-
serves then were ordered out, but as it
was growing dark, it was deemed best to
wait until daylight to capture the negro.
Later.-Soon after the police had posted
the guard, hunter opened ire on them.
Four officers were wounded. After at
least two hours of shooting on both sides.
Hunter set fire to the house, or it caught
fire. Hunters wife ran out by the front
door. and attacked the men with an old
sabre. In the excitement HuRter escaped
by the rear, but was run down and cap
tured.
Police Captain Darcy and three of mis-
men were taken to a hospital in ambu-
lances It is not known how seriously
they are wounded
DEATHS.
SHANKS-Died, at her residence, No.
7o6 north Twenty-fifth street, August s1st.
at $3.50 o clock p NJ, Mrs. ELIZABETH
SHANRs, relict Of William Shanks. aged
81 Years.
Funeral from Third Presbyterian
church, corner Broad and Twenty-si
streets, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, Sep
TENDER I'd, at a o. clock. Friends and ac-
squaintances are respectfully invited to at
tend. - SIS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02

Judge William T. Zenor, of Washington.
D. c., writes from No. 21S north Capital
street, Washington. D. c.:
81 take pleasure in saying that can
cfeerfully recommend the use of Peruna
as a remedy for catarrhal trouble and a
most excellent tonic for general condi-
T. Zenor.
Mrs Amanda Morrill,, No. $50 Reid
street Elizabeth. N. j., writes,
81 have been sick over two years with
nervous prostration and general debility
and heart trouble. Have had four doc
tors; all said that I could not get we'll.
I had not walked a step in nine months.
suffering with partial paralysis
and palpitntion OF the heart every
other day, and had become SO re-
duced In flesh as to be 1, mere skeIe-
ton, Weighing only So pounds.
up to this date I have taken Peruna
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
TERRIBLE WRECK
ON THE SOUTHERN.
Three White and T,venty-Seven Col
ored Persons Instantly Killed
Eighty-One Persons Injured.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, September l.
While rounding a curve on high en-
bankment near Berry, Ala, at $50 o'clock
this morning, the engine and four cars
of an excursion train on the Southern
railway, leaped from the track, and over
and over down the incline, smashing the
coaches into kindling wood, and causing
the instant death of thirty persons
and the injury of eighty-one otherR
Physicians say that at least twenty-nine
of the injured cannot live.
With the exception of II. M. Dudley,
trainmaster of the Southern railway, liv-
ing at Birmingham, and Roscoe Shelby,
of Columbus Miss, all Of the dead and
injured ar, negroes who had taken adj
vantage Of excursion rates from points in
Mississippi, to Birmingham.
The dead:
Whites:
J. W. COOK. engineer, Birmingham.
H. NJ. DUDLEY, trainmaster, South
ern railway. Birmingham,
ROSCOE SHELBY, Columbus, Miss.
Negroes:
JIM SMITH. Isola
LILLIAN MARTIN. child, Columbus.
Miss.
CHARLES CARP, Columbus, Miss.
EZEKIEL PATTERSON, West Point,
Miss.
ED. CLARKE, Columbus. Miss
MUTE GREENE, Columbus, Miss.
WILLIE THOMPSON. Columbus, Miss
Eleven dead whose bodies have not been
identified.
Twenty-nine excursionists are thought
to be fatally injured. and fifty two other
negroes sustained injuries of more or less
serious nature.
]. w. Crook, engineer. was killed and
Mrs. Marie Cox, white, was injured and
back sprained.
FOUR CARS CRUSHED.
When the wreck occurred the train was
running at the rate OF thirty miles an
hour, and had just started around a
curve on top of a sixty-foot embankment.
Without warning the tender of the engine
suddenly left the track. jerking the en-
CINE and the first four cars with it. There
We're ten cars in the excursion train, but
the fourth broke loose from .the fifth and
with the heavy engine plunged down the
steep incline. The cars, which were pack
ed with passengers turned completely
eggshells. killing and Gripping the in
mates.
Persons who have returned from the
scene of the wreck say it is indescribable-
The dead bodies of the negroes were scat
tered in every direction. and the means
and appeals for help from the wounded
were heartrending
AS soon as the accident was reported
to the officials Of the road, wrecking
trains. CARR g physicians. were hurried
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
Savableys Futurity.
philadelphia Inquirer.)

ont of the West come the new 1lnanclerS
and racing magnates. chicago not ohly
has broken into finance, but has love
of borsef1esh. Little as Eastern people
may suspect it, there is one OF the hnest
racing courses in the world right IN Chl-
c,po and they have great races theDe.
zoo When some Eastern breeders heard
of This they concluded to so after the
money that was in the big purses Inc
Chicago Derby Is one of the great races
of the wear. and is worth fortune Inc
I,.+a,p cracks sent their horses after 1T
and 10 their amazement were beaten by
f.that man Drake who they supposed
aid nor know the difference between a
shetland pony and a Texas maVefich'
Then Drake came East. ana on SATURDAY
y, staphoricaliy knocked all the Eastern
racing men into the middle OF the next
century ,.;o
name which won the Futurity and Tor
time for its owner. though the pubic qua
NOT bet a dollar on the colt Drake ana
Gates are said to have touched the doom.
makers TO the tune of over $500 900 Uhuer
these circumstances 1t Is without sur
we read that there was no enthusiasts
over the result. Mr.. keene ana Mr.
whitney. both known In finance ana on
Tho t,,rr swallowed defeat as best they
could. while the pubic WalKea iio..e . ~,
won't sunperIess to bed. Savable won oy
only four inches OF his nose, but. that was
as good as n mile and quite In the style
nf those Chicago fellows who seem 10
want an unusual amount OF heart disease
for their money :.
Well. the best horse won. and we arc
glad of H. Only, II these western lns 81.
keep up their unpleasant nioAt 81 -
.,,., q, nm MI OF our institutions. we SHAH
have TO do something FOR protection. WY
don't they stay ont West and leave inc
e1,iieIeaa Easterners aione2
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
SIGNAL STATION CAPTURED.

ROCK ISLAND. r. T.. September L.
The Beacon Hill signal and wireless tele-
graph station, established by the army.
in connection with the extensive war
manoeuvres. was captured by the fleet
representing the enemy. under Rear-Ad-
miral Higginson. just after o'clock. the
station was abandoned after a bombard-
ment Of two hours and a quarter by the
battleships, and the guard escaped be-
fore a superior force of marines, which
had landed under cover of a fire from the
vessels at Great Salt Pond harbor. Eight
hundred marines are now holding the
station and guarding the approaches
while the fleet is anchored OFF shore.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
SHOTS EXCHANGED.

Fort Wright, at 1920 tonight. ex-
changed shots with q battleship of tht
Indiana type. as she passed Fort Wright
going toward Fort Terry, on the Long.
Island side. Afterward the guns of Fort
Terry were heard, apparently trained or
the battleship. A message was received
a short time ago from the signal station
at Fort Mansfield. announcing that the
whole fleet was coming this way.
An officer of the fort here is authority
for the statement that the Mayiower
was blown UP. theoretically. by q sub
marine mine. while attempting to forca
an entrace at Fort Gut.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
co1icc Rcport for August.

Arrests in August were l9o more .hai.
IN tho nreyious month. There were I5i
arrests during the month, only forty-tour
of Them being felonies, 70l being INSIDE
meanors OF this number 26o We're White
and 4Sa co!ored. The ordnance violations
reported were 16S, and miscellaneous re-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
, A Prominent Business
! Man of Indianapolis Re-
I S tore d to Health and
! VigOr by Pe-ru-na. He
! says: !" Pe-ru-na made a
: New Man of Me. =


for seven months. It has saved my life
as can safely testify. have not
felt so well In Ave years. having
walked over one mile without ifi
result, md have also gained thirty.
pounds since commencing to take Peru
ma. In fact.I cannot praise it too high,
ly."-Mrs. Amanda Morrill,.
Peruna never fails to prevent systemic
catarrh or nervous prostration Ii taken
in time Peruna is the most prompt and
permanent cure for all cases OF nervous
prostration caused by systemic catarrh
known to the medical profession.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he VIII
be pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman. president OF tho
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
NEW LONDON ATTACKED
BY ENEMY'S FLEET.
Ships lombard Fort Michie-nIny
Flower Theoretically Blown Up
Beacon Hill Signal Sta
ton Captured.

NEW LONDON, CONN, September l.
1880 P. M.-Admiral Higginson's fleet dur
ing the last ten minutes has been passing
the lighthouse here, and some of the
ships are bombarding Fort Niche, at
Gull Island. Fort Wright, at Fishers Is
land, has not yet opened fire on the ships.
CABLE CUT.
VINEYARD HAVEN. MASS, Septem-
Der 1.-The United States cruiser Olym-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
FOR SYSTEMIC CATARRH
Peculiar TO Summer, Pe-rl-na Gives Prompt
ard Permanent Relief.


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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
KILLED himself in Petersburg.
Lille May Drank Laudanurn.

The ambulance was called last night
about ii o'clock to 21s Mayo street to
attend a negro woman, Lille May. who
had become respondent and invested 10
cents in laudanum. and had drunk the
poison. Friends Of the woman discovered
the fact OF her having taken the poison
and at once sent for the ambulance. The
surgeon got 20 work. and after four hours
the woman was out of danger.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02

.pia has landed detachment OF men at
Gay Head. and the cable from that point
to Pasque Island has been cut, in connec.
ton with the war manoeuvres.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02

WRECKING TRAINS AT SCENE.
WASHINGTON. September Later
advices received here state that the acci-
dent resulted from the engines and ten
der's leaving the rails at a sharp curve
in the road. Four coaches followed. and
these with the locomotive and tender
plunged down a steep embankment. The
rest of the train remained on the track.
Wrecking trains were dispatched to the
scene from Birmingham and Columbus.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02
a Woman Died from Opium Poison

NORFOLK. VA. September 1.-(Spe-
cial,l-Police Chief Vel.lnes says he will
not arrest would-be suicides hereafter.
There is. it DEVELOPS. no statutory law in
Virginia against self-destruction. Inc
police have been much troubled recent
ly on this score, and the Chiefs order
wGI stand.
Three attempts at suicide. one of which
was successful, have occurred within
;weaty-four hours. They are:
Kate n. Murray. formerly of Ports
mouth, ended her life in a disrepu,able
resort by taking opium last night No
cause save dependency is assigned
Annie Harris tcolored), tried to kill
herself by jumping into the river be-
cause her lover was false. She was one
OF the last 30 be arrested on this charge.
Fearing arrest for a trivial offence,
Annie Bryan (colored) also took poison.
She is vet alive
lie Used Morphine.
DURHAM. n. C, September 1.-(Spe-
cial.)-Mr. d. a. Simpson. mos. worthy
Young man, and manager of r. Black
nail Sons drugstore. at West Dur
ham, committed suicide early this morn.
mess he was found in a dying condition,
and physicians were speedily called.
They worked faithfully, but in vain, to
counteract the effects of some drug, sup
posed to have been morphine.
What motive prompted the act is un-
known, as he simply left a note saying
life was a burden. Ec was the son of Mr..
and Mrs a. p. Simpson. of Roxboro, n.
c., and stood high at his home as well
n Durham JJp moi her
father, TWO sisters, and one brother. to
mourn his untimely death.
Dccea scd was about - years of age.
His remains were carried to Roxboro this
afternoon for burial tomorrow,
Third Attempt ut Suicide.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. September Il
Especial. Joseph II. Feloman, after
having twice attempted suicide on the
steamer Norfolk Friday night, again
tried to take his life Sunday morning at
the Emergency Hospital where he had
been taken from tie boat The man was
found beating his head against the wall
OF his room. A constant watct has now
been rlaced Jpon the patient, who is not
yet out OF danger from the knife wounds
about his throat iauicted in his first at
tempt ut self-destruction. 1t is II ught
Fel3srnith is suffering from a temporary
mental arrangement, and he may be
transferred TO St Elizabeth Asylum for
treatment.
Killed Himself in Petersburg.
PETERSBURG. September 1-tSpeciaD-
Willard Nugent, a waite man, attempted
TO end mis- life Saturday evening, while
under the influence of liquor. by jump
Ing into the Appamattox river. He was
rescued by two police officers. who were
called to his assistance. He was taken to
the Jail for treatment, and afterwards
sent 10 the Almshouse. where he died to-
day. of congestion caused by the water
taken into his lungs. The unfortunate
mans mind, it is said, had become I'M
settled by excessive drinking, and hence
',1ts 80 ras s"'fs:-.;it into The river,
Lille May Drank Laudanum.
The ambulance was called last night
about II o'clock TO 2l9 Mayo street to
attend a negro woman, Lille May. who
had become Respondent and invested 10
cents in laudanunl. and had drunk the
poison. Friends Of the woman discovered
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-02

from Columbus, Miss. and Birmingham.
and everything possible is being done to
alleviate the sufferings of the injured.
The dead bodies have been prepared for
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-24
IHE cREW WAs SAVED.
The Spanish Steamer Ca Is Probably
Total oss

The Spanish Steamer Ga is Probably a
Total Loss.
New York. March %. Captain W Garry
If the Spanish steamer Ia and his crew
of twenty seven men were brought to this
port today by the old Dominion liner Prin-
cess Anne The Ia left Fcrnandina March
II for Rilboa, Spain, with o cargo Of
phosphate rock and resin Saturday morn
Ing March g. while feeling her way in
a thick fog with two lookouts forward and
the captain and both his officers on the
bridge, the ship grounded on the sand hank.
Sunday south southwest gale came mp
and drove the vessel further on the har
II kicked mp heavy sea, which broke
over the ship with terrific force and she
began breaking up BY daylight the back
bone WAS broken and she parted in the
middle.
The Ea's lifeboats had all been carried
away but they had one small boat left.
Captain Curry ordered this launched and
il finally put on with fourteen, who were
taken aboard the Algonquin. The cutter
then sent llfeboat on to the stranded
ship ana took or the captain and the rest
Of the crew.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-24
COMING TOGETHER.

The Two Great Branches of the Metho-
dist Church Consolidating Work.
baltimore Md. March % AS result OF
the meeting here n Joint commission Of
the Methodist Episcopal church and the
Methodist Episcopal church, South, the gen.
cral conference OF the Northern church VIII
he urged to adopt at Its next meeting n
plan for federation in several branches oil
work.
Tho adoption Of this plan win result IN
n consolidation OF mission work and Tho
publishing houses at Shanghai, China, tbs
publication OF a union paper in Mexico auc
the preparation OF union hymn hook. com
mon catech!sm end common order OF publ,
worship.
The Northern commissioners acknowledge
that their church made a mistake in be
ginning the work Of revision Of the hymn
book without first inviting an equal com.
mittcc from tho southern church. II has
therefore been decided that the work II
revision must begin over again.
Tho plan Of federation has already boon
adopted 10y the general conference Of the
church.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-24
tspccInl to rhe postl

New Orleans, March -. 4 Washington
special to the Times Democrat says: Henry
Watterson, the distinguished journalist, Is
Of the opinion that General Miles Is marked
for punishment In an Interview tonight
Mr. Wattcrson ssid Little need bc added
To what has been said already as to the
case ot General Miles From the day when
he refused to become an orderly for the al.
miuistratlon he was marked for punish
meut. While Mr.. Mckinley lived this was
limited to condemnation chicHy. hut win
the advent OF MIR, Roosevelt more dras-
tic course OF proceeding was adopted.
Tho president fairy lcaped at the nrst
chance 10 assall aud humiHatc General
Miles that offered itself, or, rather, thar
seemed 20 oncr Itself FOR no had as a mat.
ter OF fact no authority, either under the
constitution Of the United states or the ar.
ticles Or war 10 rcprlmaud the general eS.
cent Tor a single orrcnsc.
"As have repeatedly stated without
contradiction or denial. the only act for
which under the articles N war. tho rresi-
dent may rcprmaud an officer, Us indecent
behavior at divine Worship. General Miles
has not vet been even accused ct that.
TO forge prctcNt tov the president.
the law ruling In such cases was shame.
fully garbcd The head and front Of
Miles offending is that he ngrced win