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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23
INFATUATED MOB LYNCHES TWO
NEGRO MURDERERs At
Hampstead, TEX.
BOTH MEN PLEAD GUILTY
After Being Tried in Legal Form the
Crowd Takes One From the Court
room and the Other From the Jail
and String Them Up to a Telegraph
PoIe-Promise of Protection bv Citi-
zens Not Kept.

zens Not Kept.
Hampstead, Tex, Oct. 22.-After be-
ing tried in legal form and procedure
Tor criminal assault and murder and
given the death penalty in each case.
Jim Wesley and Redich Barton. ne
groes, were taken from the authori-
ties and lynched in the public square
ny an Infatuated mob during the day.
The district judge had asked the gov
ernor for militia to accompany the
negroes here from the jail at Houston,
Where they were safe. At. the request
OF large number of citizens of Hemp
stead, who, it is said, signed written
promise to aid the authorities in pre-
venting any mob law, Judge Thomson
countermanded his request and the
troops did not accompany the negroes.
Barton first was tried He pleaded
guilty to criminal assault and then to
the murder Of Mrs. Susan Lewis, aged
slxty-three, on Sunday, Oct. 12 The
Juries in each case, on which were
several negroes, promptly returned
Verdlcts assessing the death penalty.
During the afternoon Wesley was put
on trial. He pleaded guilty to assault
and then to the murder charge. Dur
ing his trial a mob broke into the
courtroom and attempted to take him,
1t having been ascertained that the
sheriff had asked for troops. The mob
was dispersed, however, and the trial
proceeded, the state putting through
its testimony hurriedly in corrobora-
tion of the plea of guilty. Both juries
assessed the death penalty.
The officers of the court sat about
the room at the conclusion of the trial
awaiting the coming of the militia,
when there was a sudden movement
on the part of several men in the
room, the sheriff was overpowered and
Wesley was taken into possession by
the mob and hurried away. Another
portion of the mob attacked the Jail
where Barton had been taken when his
trial was over and the prisoner was
surrendered to them without a strug-
gle. The two prisoners were hustled
to the public square and there exc
cuted by hanging. Neither of them had
been sentenced, although District
Judge Thompson had positively re-
fused to permit them to waive their
thirty days of grace allowed them by
law. The suggestion to burn the ne
groes met with small favor. It was
the general desire that they die quick
ly. They are dangling from a tele-
graph pole, where only last month
another negro murderer had been
strung up by a mob
The town is quiet.
Sheriff Lipscomb was badly injured
in the back by the rough treatment of
the mob. During the first rush a shot
was accidentally fired and Sheriff
Sparks of Lee county was wounded in
the stomach, though not seriously.
The governor was informed of the
lynching.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23
CREW OF EIGHTEEN PERIsHEs.
French Fishing Vessel Founders on the
Grand Banks

St Johns, N. F., Oct. 22.-The loss
of two other fishing vessels has been
reported. Fortunately their crews
were saved. The French fishing vessel
Cecilia has been lost on the Grand
Banks and her entire crew of eighteen
persisted. Owing to the recent heavy
gales on the banks it is feared that
there have been other casualties there
among the Newfoundland, Canadian
and American fishing schooners.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23
GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY.

Missouri Boy Sentenced for the MUIR
der of His Mother.
st. Joseph, Mo-, Oct. 22.-Wil1iam
Coates, an eighteen-year-old boy, who
murdered his mother in the suburbs of
this city six weeks ago in order to get
possession of her property, was during
the day condemned to be hanged Dec
g. Since his incarceration the boy has
gained 80 pounds. He maintained the
same careless demeanor that has
characterized his conduct during the
trial and only when Judge Castell
passed sentence on him did he seem
to realize to any extent the enormity
of his crime A.. = "a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23

He-How charmingly you sing. She
Do you really think so? He-Oh, yes, IN
ing you were where my folks In Colorado
could hear you.-ChicaEo American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23
Gang Of Horse Thieves Broken Up.

Keokuk, a., Oct. PA gang OF
horse thieves that has been operating
in Eastern, Central and Southern Ill.
inois and as far south as Arkansas has
been broken up by the police of this
city. The members are being brought
in and the grand jury is busy finding
indictments against them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Oct. 1.-Wheat-Cash, No.
/ hard, 7Skc; No. Northern, 72c; No.
2 Northern, zoe; No. spring, &c. To
Arrive-No. 1 hard, 73Ac; No. 1
Northern, 71%c; Dec, 69Ac; May,
721zc; Nov, 71kc. Flax-Cash,
81 II !, -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23
MARKET quotations.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Oct. 21.-Wheat-Dec.,
7o% @70%c; May, 71%c. On Track
No. l hard, 7212c; No. 1 Northern
71hc; No. 2 Northern, 69kc. ...
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23

A Kansas mule baked the other day,
real life romance, How? Well, the long
cared quardfuped was being driven 81
an angry father In chase Of his clipping
daughter land the mule stopped to think
it over long enough to let the anxious
couple have the knot tied.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-10-23


a tax for the ensuing year sufficient,
with other sources of income, to pay the
deficiency of the preceding year, together
with the estimated expenses of such en-
Sec. g. Laws shall be passed taxing
all moneys, credits, investments in bonds.
stocks, joint stock companies, or other
wise; and also all real and personal prop
erty, according to its true value in
money; but public burying grounds, pub
lie schoolhouses, PUBLIC hospitals, acad-
naries Of learning, all churches, church
property used for religious purposes, and
houses Of worship, institutions Of purely
ciusively for any public purpose, and
personal property to an amount not ex-
ceeding in value two hundred dollars for
each individual, shall, by general laws.
be exempt from taxation.
It Is proposed by said chapter to amend
the same so as to read as follows:
Section 1. The power Of taxation shall
never be surrendered, suspended or con-
tracted away. The legislature shall pro-
the estimated ordinary expenses Of the
state for each year, and whenever it
shall happen that such ordinary ex-
sfse for sGc 1ear tho
legislature shall at its next general ses-
sion provide for levying tax sufficient
to pay such deficiency. And whenever
sources shall be sufficient to defray all
Of its ordinary expenses without the levy
Of any annual state tax, such tax levy
shall be omitted. All taxes to be raised
In this state shall be as nearly equal as
may be and shall be levied and collected
for public purposes only; and all property
on which taxes are to be levied, except
as herein otherwise provided, shall have
a cash valuation, and shall be equalized
and uniform throughout the state; pro-
for state purposes Is omitted as above
provided, the taxes levied for local pur.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
A SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
1oday's Weather;
DOMESTIC.
Rain in south portion Of The State.


A wireless telegraph company to take
ever the rights in America Of slgnor A.
Msrconl is In process OF formation.
A contract has been closed whereby Miss
Stone will deliver lectures in the principal
cities Of this country
The house Of bishops Of the Episcopal
church will assemble in Cincinnati on April
16 and IL.
The money raised in Chicago for the
Boer women and children Sufferers In ss1th
Africa was sent to President Roosevelt. and
he had Il forwarded to Capetown.
The silver Jubilee OF Pope Leo XIII was
celebrated in Baltimore. two cardinals he
ing present.
The anniversary Of the battle Of Shiloh
was observed In New Orleans as Decoration
Day.
Casper Kruger. son of President Kruger.
has taken the oath Of allegiance to Great
Britain.
The governor of Oklahoma Territory saws
he will adopt extreme measures to preserve
the peace at Lawton. Notwithstanding the
whites have said the negroes must leave
there.
In wreck near Lansing Mich, on the
Grand Trunk railroad. one person was
killed and Eve others injured.
The police and iIduor dealers combined
to give New York a dry sunday and came
near succeeding.
An Alabama negro Killed two men,
wounded three others mortaIly and three
seriously before he was rddled and his
body burned.
Virginia negro was lynched because he
had wounded young man.
II is said spectators are taking great
quantity Of rice to tho Danish West Indies
as prelude 70 bringing It into the United
states when the duties are removed
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
TEXAS.

Sons Of Confed srste Veterans held
meeting at Fort Worth
The directors Of the Agricultural and Me.
chsnioal college meet at Waco today 10
elect a president for the school
There is some unsold cotton held in the
country about Hoarne
The shipment Of cotton from points on the
MRcaroni was largely In excess of that for
tie previous season.
mob attempted to take Sim Daniels
from the Smith county jail, but the sheriff
declined 10 permit Il.
Storm did some damage at Amhia and
q negro was killed
Nine racing teams are entered for the
nremen's contest to take place today at
Cuero
Judge Reagan is now in better condition
than for some time past
heavy travel 20 Europe via Galveston
is expected during the summer
number of new wets are expected In al
Beaumont during the coming week
There were impressive ceremonies at the
laying of the corner stone of the new Cath
ole school AT Waco.
Burglars made good haul at Huntington.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
BECOMING SATISFACTORY.

1eneral Smith Takes a Cheerful View of
Situation in 6amsr.
Manila April 6-General smith o,r,
n,"ndlhs the American forces on the island
OF samar' has arrived here 10 testify IN tho
case ~ Major Waller Of the marine corps
General smith said he considered Guerro.
the rebel leader in Samar who Is n sur'
render April 8, man Of energy ana intel
lgence' and that the armlstice in so,na.
Is nelns faithfully kept Condition IN ne
ave- s.,t's Q, Batangas ana Laguna iuzon.
IN daily uelhs turned
,,, mere s has been total Ut l68 cases ana
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
HOUSTON.

Dick Bowling camp euosizes the mem.
cry Of It's late commander. Captain o. C.
Drew.
Joseph Stevens shot and killed by Horace
Nilby. hotn colored.
Ed huriz OF the Magnolia Bowling club
wins the Hamilton gold medal
Miss Mary Miller, the victim of the cross.
irs accident In the Fifth ward, dies from
the effects.
The city election takes place today.
Or Max urwitz elected president OF the
Houston Turnverein.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
A Flim.y Foundation.
Pl,tsburg Dispatch


oh'ernlng the possible merits OF the
,,,, Iiaordinary story credited 10 Cantsin
an ' soDln NO. opinion can be formed I'M,
lng. As 1t is the demand for AN indini
,nrnl rests solely upon tho claims ~ nna
Nlels Gron, an agent OF the Danish onnoi
c cyn 70 tae transfer OF the West Indian
dence Of Christmas and to have sesura5 IN
taulhennu, copy Of the latters repSTt This
y q nimsy enough foundation uboh which
oase . proceeding which may be the
moAhs o. undoing all that has heen done
towards completing the West Inhian nnr.
ense. However. Mr.. Richardson (and his
eolleasues are not blind TO line wXiaht 81
'es responsibility which they hake as.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
ro DRAW MAXIMuM Wage.
Alabama Miners Have a Good Season
Before Them

Birmh CHAM, Ala, Aprn t. Announce.
trent was made here Today that tho coal
miners weec scale Tor the month Of April
Will remain at the maximum price. SIS cents
per ton, The sales books of the Tount,ss,n
Coal. Iron and Railroad company ana Sloss.
Shehleld steel and Iron company Wcfe IN
spected today and the average selling unre
OF pig iron found 20 be above the m8rsn
necessary for the maXimum wage Tor min.
ing Advance sales az pig iron msurn the
miners the maximum wage until tho cHnir.,
tton OF the present contract. june so
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
COMMERCIAL.

cetton maintains its value on the stats
snent Of the bulls that there is no stock 10
como forward
The end Of the years first quarter brought
easier money in London,
The sudden advance In cotton at Liver
pool paralyzed the Manchester cloth mar.
ket
The phenomenal success Of the Russian
loan did not affect the Berlin boerse
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
Old Newspaper Man Desd

evansville Ind Apru 6 James Haril
ton Noc7iy. aged 70. one Of Inc oI5,.,
~ "1p"P'r men IN the state. died today
~ was Identified with the News Ioprnol
He na' Been 90 Indian agent for the n,st
s,Feo years and was postmaster On M
cry under Lincoln. he was a ds,ego,o
,o me convention that nominated McEtn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
WASHINGTON.

The department OF agriculture has issued
a statement concerning the foreign trade
Of the United states in agricultural prod
ucts.
President Roosevelt ard party ~ friends
viii leave Washington today for the
Charleston exposition
Hanson NJ Laredo will probably he ap
pointed marshal Of the new Federal ini'
cIal hIsirlat.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
Last NIGHTS Storm.

Just before 10 o'clock last night a very
severe electrical storm visited the city, ac
companied by rain. A crew on freight
train coming in from Galveston report
heavy blow twelve or fifteen miles south OF
Houston along the International ana Great
Northern with a hail storm OF such intensl,
~ that the crew had TO get between the
ears for protection.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
FOREIGN

Nothing Is known In 1.ondcn ~ the South
African peace negotiations
The Anglo Japanees treaty. according 70
information from London has played an im
portant part in shaping tho National POLL
cies Of various nations Of the world,
A SPECTATORS stand fell at q football
match At Glasgow Scotland. ana twenty.
one people were KILLED and $50 injured.
Bothg Is given credit for having pre-
vented the vanton destruction Of property
at Johannesburg.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
cork, the NoyeIIat, Ia pNna.

London. April 6.--cabiIng from 81 Pc
tersburg. the correspondent OF the Dairy
HAL says that Maxine Cork, the Rus
elan novelist, Is dying Of consumption.
Cork was expelled from St. Petersburg
year ago for protesting against police
brutality He Is now said 10 be upder 20
lice surveillance IN crimea.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
LNPERoR MILLIAMIs coMMENT.
What He Had 10 say About Cecil Rhodes
ANfU

Regln Apru az IAs Request shows
the vide roach or Ccen Rhodes mind ard
his vision ~ tho fusnre" said Emperor
william 10 Or Won Ksmus, tAe chief -
hls m1iestY's eifil cabinet who alluded 10
ihc VIII IT Nh Rhodes during an auHep =
WITH the emperor yesterday morning. 1t
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
BURIED IN LEXINGTON.
The Remains Of Ex-senator Fowler Car.
red to Kentucky.

Lexington. KY Aprii g Tho body Of
former United States senator Joseph Fowl
er who died In Washington aged s. years.
WAS buried here today IN tho famous In.
parchment trial ~ President Ardrpw John
son, senator Fowler voted az int impe zen
ment and for this he was afterward fecely
ed with some disfNvor by hts friend. lie
was later comptroller 81 Tennessee and "A IA,
sent 10 the senate from that state.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
TEXAS POLITICS.

Wooden is said To he gaining in HI
county but he has not yet won out Tho
fight is to be kept up without relaxation
during the coming week
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
Garlick Crop sufferir,

Diamond, La, Apru d-Renorts trou, a.,
l ,' parts Of the parish are that the large
@ p1 s' rGsiag garlic crop estimated at 40.
ana the truck planters win lose over g'is ~ ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
Groves Slack Root w., en-

ma Madg p from an active principle obta,ns,
e sgs e ~ a. Loot They act on The uyes
effects. No gnpinE, no sios . We paa eiteF
cure safea1e constipation. Price IS cent? MI
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07

snmed or ia tho force Of the i rss,' .rs Y
on their party in case the s enalSSs sni 3.
sustained IL. on the other me apsll
Charges are found 70 be trae II sEiSi
people viii undergo a pa ann.rcss nfs q
for. while the faults Of sous hssn &,
enough known. II has never srnbiect 70 7
posed that that body was s sss iaal az
same shameful kind ot .issA mimi NJ
sionnlly brings disgrace hp' II
Intivn nssemhlies -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07
CONFIDENTIAL,
have deyottt
For twenty years 80 ia ~

vo,r condition you VII Vile 4 b,
g p9pt%9t'tt q lsn' and ssn; 81
delay. ! make no ehar sssTuetsd E
write for symntom ela1 ,Arssstlnsai
perfeet method Of hone 's
nondence confdeutlal,t1aWAY, 100
j. NEWTON HA s,u 1iStoIio. ~
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07

Vow OTI10ns 0l0O0O l0O00 5UOO0
kWgh rico i'm Louisiana outside
mills and min warehouses ...,. cto
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-07

otul rough In Louisiana ana lex
as outside mills ana min ware
houses ........-....... $3.50. 5000
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

CT those established and the fine OPP
pCr;uEities that are offered.
There is at present invested in manu-
featuring industries over three quarters
Of million dollars, and the field is so
inviting TO investors and capitalists that
these figures are expected to be very
largely increased in the near future. Tsey
certainly will if people alive to the great
future of Rocky Mount investigate the
conditions now existing there.
SOME LINES OF WORK.
A sash and blind factory that has been
in existence here for about three years
has done so well that this year it has
been found necessary to double it's ca
pacity and despite this it is rushed with
orders, having all that it can fill. Tween
ty-five hands are employed.
The officers of this company are j. C.
Braswell, President and Treasurer; Geo.
Green, Secretary and Manager. The paid
in capital is $4,000, with a charter per-
mission to increase this amount TO $50
coo. The output is in sash, blinds. doors.
mrrlair2S. T.. ned work brackets. man
tells, anu general builders materials.
Al buggy and wagon factory is one of
the latest additions to the manufacture
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

Who preceded Mr. Thos. II. Battle as
Treasurer, was one of the chief pioneers
in introducing Southern yarns in the
Northern markets. The officers of the
company are r. II. Kicks, President
Thos. H. Battle, Secretary and Treas
urer; F. C. FurgersOn. Superintendent.
Cotton further adds to the success of
the place in a cotton seed oil mill This
has a 40-ton capacity and is run in
connection with a fertilizer plant turn
ing out so tons day and giving en-
ployment to so hands. Within the past
year Its capacity has been doubled
THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
Railroads lead out from Rocky Mount
in four different directions, and eighteen
passenger trains enter and leave the
place each day, while freight trains are
many. 1t is on the main line of the At
lantic Coast Line and its other roads
lead to points on PamliCO and Albemarle
Sound, to points in Virginia and to the
interior of the State. One the Tar River
it has a water route to the ocean through
PamlicO Sound.
With eighteen trains in and out of
Rocky Mount each day the present depot
arrangements have been found made
quate for passenger service, and the At
lantic Coast Line has just purchased for
900 a splendid site for new depot
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

at short distance from the present one
where a modern depot building Will be
erected.
TWO EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
The postoffice receipts of a place is
an index of it's trade standing and the
growth of Rocky Mount in three short
years in this respect is wonderful. For
the year ending March 81, 1900, the re-
ceipts were $5,655.71 in 1901 it was So
635.C3, while for the year just closed it
had jumped to $8012.24. In 1900 there
were sold money orders amounting to
$13 1896 while the past year the sales
We're $27, S6776, over double. The people
are making money and can afford to
send it Off The postmaster is Mr.. Geo.
w. Robbins.
In 1898 the Atlantic Coast Line put in
their main repair and car building shops
just outside of Rocky Mount, at what is
now termed South Rocky Mount, and
established a fine freight yard Over
million dollars was put in the plant. At
these shops and freight yards 975 hands
are employed. At the local depot there
was lilHuleu III lOJU edCu llOUln ABOUT
275 cars, while the present year shows
that 1,Q40 cars are handled monthly.
This does not include those at the freight
yards where over $50 are handled daily.
and sometimes during the trucking sea-
son 2.O00 cars a day.
The men employed in the shops throw
great trade into the hands Of the mer-
chants, for each month there is paid out
to the employees over $4,000.
Another index of the prosperity and
the thrift of the people is shown by the
receipts in the local depot, and Rocky
Mount has marvellous record In 1890
these were $110,500, in 1893 the figures
were 1925 900, in 1896 it was $4,000 in
1897 it reached $250000 and for the past
year $40S,00O. Is this not proof that
Rocky Mount grows and has great ad-
to offer.
One other evidence along this line of
is that in 1890 there was re-
ceived for manufacturing purposes tn
Rocky Mount II cars of coal. which in
1901 was raised to 636 cars This tells
in unmistakable terms of the growth of
in the place, and the his