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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
ONE BUSINESS is ENOUGH
Treasury Department After En-
plovees with Outside Business.

Washington, June 2S.-Assstant Secre-
tary Armstrong. of the treasury depart
ment. has returned to the city from a
brief business trip 10 New York during
which he looked into the cases Of MessTs.
Samuel w Thompson and Walter r.
Eaton employees of the custom house
who are advertised as members of the
board of directors of a mining company
whose business has been under inveSti-
cation by official of the postoffice de-
partment MI Armstrong has requested
a written report from these officials re
specting their connection with the com
pany and the alleged Misrepresentation
by tho company in its advertisements
of the positions held by them under the
government, and says he expects these
reports to be ready for Collector Stran-
ahan tomorrow. Mr. Armstrong tonight
made 1t plain that Messrs. Thompson and
Eaton will be required to give up their
connection with the company If they
expect to remain in the customs service
and that If their positions were mis-
represented with their consent and APP
prevail they will be liable to removal
from office
Treasury officials express decided ob1ec-
ton to persons employed in the Gus
toms service engaging at the same time
in some other business and intend to
break up this practice. as far as posi-
BILE, holding that 1t is detrimental to the
best interests Of the service. There are
many occasions, officials point out. where
the government needs the service of an
employee In the customs department out
side of regular Office hours, and If they
happen to be engaged In business which
interferes with this then the government
is the sufferer
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
Wilmington, Delaware, Mob
For Assautin9 and Ateward Killing Miss Helen Bishop
Burned Black Brute at Stake

the mob for TIME. but not for long. A
general rush was made. the guards were
brushed aside. and a man hunt in the
Jail was made for the negro
There are many negroes confined in
the prison, but with the aid OF a man
who knew White he was quickly found
The cell doors were quickly battered
open and tho covering accused man. beg
ging for mercy, was dragged from tho
cell and the prison. When the crowd
outside heard that success had crowned
the efforts of the lynchers a great cheer
was set up. Attempts We're made to
shoot White on the spot. but the leaders
Of the crowd would have nothing but
his life at the stake Resistance on the
part of the negro was set up. but his
hands were bound behind him. Then the
march to the place of execution Just as
though it were a march to the gallows
in prison, was taken up.
Chained to Stake and Burned.
1t then became evident that a plan Of
execution had been previously arranged.
but who the planners were is not known
at this writing. With torches to lead the
way and with 1000 persons following, the
negro was led to the road and 10 almost
the very spot where the assault took
place. White was given a brief chance TO
speak and he confessed to the murder OF
the girl. stake had been arranged by
an advance guard White was quickly
chained to the post and the dry under
brush soaked with OIL was ignited. and
the horrible execution was on. White.
suffering intense agony tainted and his
body hung limp. Shots were fired into his
body and the victim of the mob was soon
dead.
Satisfied with its nights work. the
greater number OF the lynchers imme-
dlately left the neighborhood
Whites Crutal Crime.
The crime for which White was lynch
ed was one Of the most revolving in the
criminal annals of Delaware The vic
tim. Miss Helen S. Bishop, daughter of
Rev. E. A. Bishop. y. d. superintendent
of the Ferris Industrial school would
have been eighteen years old next OctO-
Der. She was a student of the Whining
ton high school, ana was on her way
home from the school last Monday after
noon when she was attacked
The Industrial school, which is 4 miles
from here. where her parents made their
home, is about three-quarters of a mile
from Prices corner, where the girl usual
~ got off the treinv rar when size cane
-1sobt -scnooG Late monday AFTERNOON Il
farmer working in the teld saw a young
woman stagger and fall in the road She
got up and fell again and then she tried
to crawl. The farmer and his sons went
to her assistance. but when they reached
the girl she was lying unconscious in
the road. They found her to be Miss
Bishop. She had three ugly gashes in
her throat her bO0y was badly scratched
and her clothing was torn in many places.
In one hand she clutched a small pen
knife which she used at school in
evidence that Miss Bishop had made a
desperate resistance in defense of her
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
ROSEBERY SUBMITS A PLAN
Wants a Great archaeological Insti-
tuition for England.

London, June 2S.--The earl of Rosebery
has written TO the chairman of the Lon
don county council submitting a plan for
the establishment of a great institution
for advanced scientific and archaeological
education at a cost of 81 500 900, toward
which sum Werner, Belt &, Co.. the well
known diamond firm, and others offer
large contributions. site for the in
stitution has been practically assured.
Lord Rosebery asks the council for an
annual grant of $4,000 for the mainte-
nance of the institution, upon securing
which the whole scheme depends.
In his letter submitting the proposal
Lord Rosebery says:
1T is little short of scandalous tina
our ambitious youths should be obliged
to resort to the United States and Ger
many for technical training He points
out that English industries are suffering
in consequence of this neglect of this
important branch of education in the
United Kingdom.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29

Wilmington Della, June PA northern
mob. led by a Virginian. burned a negro
at the stake tonight within a few miles
IF Mason and Dixons line. The victim
was George F. White. a negro. just out of
the work house, who was accused of
having felonio r. assaulted and stabbed
10 death Mis z ,<len s. Bishop. the IL
year-oId d. II fof the Rev. DR. E. A.
T'--'e- ne Irlle was committed asst
..dav ---.elnoon, and ever since then
there have been mutterings Of lynching
the man.
Virginian Led the Mob.
Last nights lack of a leader was sup
piled by a Virginian, whose identity In
the confusion and excitement could not
be learned. The police Of Wilmington and
the consta bles tried TO dispense the grow
ing crowd. but without avail 1t was evil
dent that hundreds came from mere
curiosity. but once In the mob they be-
came nhamed with the spirit pervading
the throng and then actively joined it,
The real leaders were few in numbers.
r,It they did their work well. 1t was al
ter 10 o'clock when the march to the
work house. a mile away, was taken up.
The chief warden Of the work house ana
his guards, who have been on almost con-
slant duty since the negro was LANDED IN
the nri-on, had been warned of the COM
Inc of the mob and prepared to defend the
man at all costs.
Armed with pistols, shotsuns and other
v.eauons. the mob soon reached the gan. d.
4 battery of railroad ties soon carried
,wav the great outer door OF the WORK
mouse. What was going on inside the
lookup was not known 10 the mon, nor
did ii seem 10 care. The second, third
and fourth doors were battered down
IN the forward leaders in the attacking
r3rtv amid the yels and cheers of those
who we're pressing forward from the rear
Four Members of Mob Shot.
Then the would-be lynchers were mo-
nantarllv halted by hail Of bullets from
he inside A great howl went up from
the leaders. but they were pressed for
ward by those in the rear. More shots
were fred and there was scramble 10
get out. but the Drawer ones In the at
a4s.tr1 -. ty'- Htos1 49,. St.-1i III
the fusilade that followed four persons
fell. ali members of the mob They were
quickly carried to the rear and attended
nv those who were not brave enough TO
be = the front. Three Of the wounded
were men and the other was boy. None
If them in the confusion could he identi-
fed except the boy. who is said to he
Peter Smith, aged Il years
It was evident that the warden did not
wish to slaughter the mob IN the prison
corridor. SO he directed that the fire hose
he turned on the crowd This also held
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29

Talk About Lodge Succeeding
Him "Hot Air.
Roosevelt Is Anxious To Have Ohio
Senator at the Head OF the Re
publican National Commit
tee-Beveridge Liked
by the President.

Washington. June 8.-(Special. Few
hot air. stories circulated in Washington
this summer have caused the amusement
that democrats and republicans alike
have secured out of the suggestions that
Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts, Is to
succeed Senator Hanna as chairman Of
the national republican committee. The
sole ground for mentioning the Massachu-
sets senator's name in this connection
seems to be the fact of his personal
friendship with the president and yet
astute polititions point to this fact as one
of the most potent objections to his Sc
lection as head of the national commit
tee.
Ever since President Roosevelt entered
the white house Senator Lodge has been
generally spoken of as the "administra-
ton mouthpiece' In the senate. When
!mpor tant questions have arisen and 1t
has been impossible to get the president S
views on them direct 1t has been a
favorite custom to go to Lodge as the
man in Washington nearest the president
and therefore the one best able to speak
for him. Under such circumstances the
Massachusetts senator seldom fails 10
speak. What he says Is circulated
through the country as the president
opinion and Is so accepted until contra
dcted some days or perhaps some weeks
later by the presidents action. 1t is
true that the president and Senator
Lodge are very intimate friends. Few
important matters come up while Sena-
tor Lodge is in Washington that are not
discussed by himself and the president
but the questions upon which President
Roosevelt follows he advice of his Mas
sachusetts friend are after all compare
lively few On matters of politics the
president is always interested to hear
Lodges opinion, but more frequently
than an assent to what Senator Lodge
has to say comes the remark: why Ca
bet. what are you talking about" and
the president goes ahead and acts on his
own judgment
1t can be said on good authority that
President Roosevelt has no Idea at pres
ent Of asking Senator Lodge to accept
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
NEW PROBLEM
IS NOW READY
japanese Are Beginning To
Take Hawaii
Porto Ricans Taken There Soon
Filled the ospitals-Many of
Them in the Prisons-Few
Negroes Are On the
Islands.

Washington. June -(Speciai)-In sd-
tition 70 the negro problem in the south
and the Moro problem in the Philippines
The United States viii soon have a Japa-
nese problem in the Hawaiian islands.
According to report on labor condl-
.ionS in the Hawaiian islands. lust made
BY Commissioner Of Labor Carroll d.
Wright. tho japanese element IN the Is
lands is tiplving so "a pidly that in a
fory years. comparatively speaking. the
Hawaiian born Japanese American citi-
zens Of the islands will outnumber the
citizens Of other races and viii he able
20 control the politics II the territory.
The present population Of the islands IL
slightly over 10000 and majority Of the
Inhabitants are Asiatics In 1900 the cen
suS showed that 50 IS per cent of the
inhabitants were Japanese. PAS per cent
were Hawafians and persons with an adj
mixture Of Hawaiian blood 1872 per cent
were Caucasans and 1913 per cent were
Chinese. AS tho death rate among the
Hawaiians is in excess Of the birth rate,
the people of that rate are gradually
diving out The application Of the Chi
nese exclusion law to Hawaii is resulting
In = decrease in the number Of Chinese
IN the island. The Cauca slams and the
Japanese are increasing. but the increase
Of the japanese population is going on at
much more rapid rate than that Of the
f'aucasians The fundamental reason for
This Is that the sugar planters Of the
islands demand a large supply of cheap
labor. It is almost Impossible to get
white American workmen TO do the work
on sugar plantations al any wages. me
exnerjnen:s Of introducing negro labor
ers from the southern states Of the
limited States and workmen from the
island of Porto Rico were practically
failures
n all about five thousand Porto Ri
-a-y vera carried to the Hawaiian is
lands The men were very poor speci-
mems physically. Many Of them were
taken IN the hospitals almost as soon as
they arrived and the death rate among
them was large. They did not know
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
Wilmington Blacks Aiming.


Wilmington. Del, June ga riot
broke out in the streets late tonight be-
tween whites and negroes, and for a time
assumed serious pr portions. The ar
rival of squad Of police, however.
quickly dispersed the participants. Two
arrests were made. large gang of ne
groes which had been marching up and
down Ninth street We're challenged by
about twenty-five white men. and in the
battle that followed g hundred shots were
exchanged
A squad of policemen under Captain
Evans and Sergeant McDermott charged
on the mob. The negroes and whites fed
but the police cartured two negroes,
Leander Moore and Joseph Shockley
The policemen usci thesr clubs freely,
and in the melee at'en1ant on the arrests
McDermott and Tatrolman Green re-
ceived slight wounds One negro. James
Mercer, was shot IN The head during the
riot but his wound is not believed to be
serious.
In brawl in another part Of the city
William Cramer, negro. was shot in
the stomach by a w,lite man. He was
taken to a hospits'' in a serious con-
dition
Inc leaders OF Ia party of negroes
who were marching ~ Ninth street to-
night declared that they intended TO re-
sent the alta cks made on members of
their race last night They say they
have been abused. and that they do not
intend quietly to submit to such abuse
They say they haze no sympathy for
White. the negro lynched
Arthur Corwell. of Indiana. who was az
rested in connection with the lynching,
Will be given hearing tomorrow 1t was
the intention Of the police to give him a
nearing this afternoon, but for some rea-
son it was postponed At the hearing to-
morrow the charge of murder will be
changed to that of manslaughter Cor
wells bond of 5000 was renewed Thomas
McHush. Wholesale liquor dealer and
Colonel James p. McComb q CAPITALIST of
Claymont, going bail.
In an interview today, Governor Hum
said:
Conditions at Wilmington are a great
humiliation TO the entire state | have
come here, against my physicians orders
10 get grasp on the situation. The way
things have progressed is most serious;
what has been done so far by mobs
do not think could nave been prevented
by the authorities, nut a halt must be
called Immediately
after hearing Of he mobs work last
night in forcing the elease of prisoner
| felt that I could lot stand back any
longer. The fair ma le of Delaware has
been dragged in the mire. 1t was no
ordinary mob that re 'eased the man who
murdered Miss Bishog. The crowd seems
to nave been comm & of good citizens.
The effect o. t'la4 =. rag been dtsas-
trous. The law uiuf, now be sustained
at any cost have not yet decided
whether or not troops will be calico out.
! trust that will not be necessary, but
the whole power of the state will be
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29

honor and her life. The wounded girl
was taken home and died the next after
noon without regaining consciousness.
Parson Cried, Lynch Negro"
Wilmington Del, June 23-Rev. Robert
A. Elwood, pastor of the Olvet Presoy-
terrain church, preached a sensational ser
mon on the probable lynching of White
last Sunday night. He took his text from
Corinthians V. IS: therefore put away
from among ourselves that wicked per-
son"
In regard to the speedy trial for the
negro. Rev. Ellwood said:
u call your especial attention to that
part of my text found in the constitution
which saws: In all criminal prosecutions
The accused shall enjoy the right to a
speedy and public trial
"On the day of this terrible crime the
officers arrested a man supposed to ne
guilty. He was taken before a magistra &c
and held without bail Tonight he Is In
Jail with armed men parading about for
his protection waiting until the middle of
September. Is that speedy? Is that even
constitutional?
"Oh. honorable judges. call the court.
establish a precedent and the girls of this
state the wives of the homes and the
mothers of our firesfde and our beloved
sisters will not be sorry. and neither will
you
land, honorable judges he continued.
''if you do not hear and heed these ap-
peals and that prisoner should be taken
out and lynched. then let me say to you
with the full realization of the responsible
itY of my words, even as Nathan said to
King David. of old, after his soldiers had
killed Uriah Thou art the man., so l
would. say to you. The responsibility for
the lynching Will be yours for delaying
the execution Of the law.
Should the murderer of Miss Bishop
he lvnched? Yes. But only under one con-
dition and that is this: IF his trial shall
he delayed until September and then,
though he be proven guilty, through some
technicality Of the law or any undue in
fuence upon either judges or jury he be
not given capital punishment, then the
citizens of the stae should arise in their
might and execute the criminal and thus
uphC Id the majesty of the law
Rev II. A. Ellwood today dictated he
following staement
Il am very sorry 1t happened as 1t did.
l believe the man should have had a
legal trial. but ] also believe that he
should have had speedy trial. The les
son we can learn from last nights out
% ear is that the people are tired az the
delays of the law Certain terrible crimes
require stern and speedy punishment and
whcf. the machinery of the law Is not set
In motion the people. impatient of the de-
lay, move themselves. ! personally de-
piore the lynChing."
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
WILL TRY PEONAGE CASES
Men Under Charge Will Fight for
Their Freedom.

Montgomery. Ala. June 2S.-(Special)-
Next week, starting with Tuesday the
United States court here, with Judge
Jones presiding, will take up the peonage
cases against the white citizens of ITALIA
poosa and Coosa counties.
Since the pleading guilty of j. w. Pace
il was expected that several would plead
guilty this week, but they have failed
to do so. and this leaves the impression
that each will fight for their liberty
Tuesday b. f. Cosby, alias Burancus
Cosby, William Cosby and George Cosby
will have to stand trial for peonage.
on July J. f. Turner and Fletcher
Turner will be brought before the court
on the charge of peonage and conspiracy.
r. n. Franklin and Mack Pruett will
be tried on July 9.
j. Berry and James Todd will stand
trial on July Is.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
Illinois Seeking Black Outlaw.

Peoria. Ills. June 23.-Detective William
f. Murphy was killed by '13illy" Nc
Ray. a negro desperate, whom he was at
tempting to arrest at the corner Of Wat
and Eaton streets about 10 o'clock to-
night Murphy, armed with warrant for
McRay. on the charge of burglary. APP
preached the negro. who was standing on
the corner and Informed him that he
was under arrest Without a moments
warming McRay drew revolver and shot
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29

White) would not have happened in
Pennsylvania. They should remember
treatment in Pennsylvania for his first
onense of this kind, he would have
received under the Delaware law Chang
ing), he would never have lived to COM
nit the second of5ense.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
Missouri Mob After Negro.

ST. Louis, June 23.-Two women. one
white and the other colored. were as
sauited and left for dead about IL miles
east Of East st. Louis this afternoon and
a posse IS out looking for negro de-
scribed by one Of his victims.
If be should be captured 1t is believed
there will be alynching.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29

strenuous Indiana senator has the expe-
Renee, the acquaintance or the political
sagacity required for a chairman of the
national committee is doubtful.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
Corwen Charged With Leading
IYnchers

Wilmington. Del, June A.--Arthur Cor
well, Of Hartford city, Ind, who was ar
rested last night on Il charge Of com
plicity in the burning to death of George
White, a negro charged with assault on
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29

Peoria, Ills. June 24.-John 1IcCray 3
negro. who killed Detective w e. Muir
rny last nighc. was snea&ed out OF the
county Jail through Il rear door shortly
after noon today A carriage was waiting
an dthe prisoner was taken to a train Tor
Gale$burg There McCray will be impris-
once until trial.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29

ty jail. The entire police force Of the city
was called out in order to guard the jail.
Sheriff Fooled Negro Chaseys.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29

Helen Bishop. was released on S.. 600 ball
tonight He will be given further hear
ing tomorrow
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29

honor and her life. The wounded girl
was taken home and died the next after
noon without regaining consciousness.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-05-20
Forfeiture Notice.

Prescott. Ariz., Jan. 81, 1903.
To Joe Gildner His Heirs and As
signs:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended during the year 1902 one
hundred dollars (S10O) in labor aad
improvements upon the Pennant
Fraction claim, situate in Hassay-
ampa mining district, County of Yav-
apai, Territory of Arizona. the notice
Of location whereof is of record in the
office of the County Recorder in book
AZ of mines, page l72. mining recotss
of Yavapai county, Arizona, in order
to hold said claim under the pro-
visions of section 1924 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, and the
amendments thereto concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, it be-
ing the amount required to hold said
Calm for the period ending Decem-
Der 81, 1902
Aud if, within ninety 800 days
from the personal service of this no
tice or within ninety go days after
the publication hereof you fail or re-
fuse to contribute your proportion OF
said expenditure as co-Owner your in
terest in the said mining claim will
become the property the subscriber
your co-owner, who fas made the re-
quired expenditure by the terms Of
said section 1924.
THON AS i. LAIRD.
First publication Jan. 81, 1908.
First Pub. Journal Miner Mar. Is.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-05-20
VETERANS OF
CONFEDERACY
Hold Their Reunion at
New Orleans.
An Enthusiastic Multitude Meet
and Cheer the Soldiers Who
Wore the Gray.

New Orleans, La, May 19.-The
thirteenth annual reunion of the unit
ed confederate veterans opened here
today under the most favorable cir
cumstances. The great auditorium
erected in the center of the race track
at the fair grounds was filed with a
cheering and enthusiastic multitude,
when at noon Gen Levert, command
ing the Louisiana division called the
convention to order After the invo-
cation, delegates we're welcomed by E.
Kruttschnitt, of New Orleans,>under
whose direction the auditorium was
erected. AS commander in chief of
the veterans, it was the province of
General John B. Gordon to reply. AT
the conclusion of his eloquent ad-
dress, Governor Heard, of Louisiana,
welcomed the convention to the state.