The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-30

DISdthitl touhty.
 
 Jackson, Ky, May 29.-The town Is per fectly quiet at s:3O o'clock tonight.
 A heavy storm has been raging since this evening. The guard has not been in- creased in numbers during the past twenty-four hours, but all roads are un- der surveillance. There is no press cen- sorship. The correspondents are kept within the confines of Camp Jackson after. sundown. but their dispatches are given to messenger boys. who are escort ed to the telegraph office, one mile away. by detail of militia.
 The rumor is persistent that the noun taineers are gathering and will make an attempt to release Jett and White, and the vigilance of the authorities has been doubled. The Gatling and Hotchkiss guns are now in places believed to be the most advantageous to the troops and for the protection of the jail.
 Nothing is known of the whereabouts of Capt B. J. McEwen, who left yester- day afternoon.
 Trouble May Occur.
 What is believed to be the first ac- curate information regarding an attempt to release Jett and White came In this morning It is that several of the noun tain desperadoes have been riding night and day since the two prisoners were lodged in jail here, spreading the news of the capture. and urging the mountain eers to be prepared to rescue their com rades. The military authorities here have no further intelligence from the noun tains, and although many efforts have been made to secure something more defi- nite 1t has been fruitless.
 It has been decided to keep an outpost on all roads and mountain passes, not only at night but during the day. This will probably result in a call for more troops and the field of operations Is thus widened.
 Newspaper Men In Tent.
 All newspaper correspondents have been put in a tent at the military camp. They were formerly stopping at the Little hotel here. but were brought in yesterday under orders of the military authorities. None of the writers is allowed to file any mat ter for his paper after dark, and all must remain in camp from dark to sunrise un- der military supervision.
 Several of the correspondents who tried to send stories to their papers of the shooting two nights ago were placed under arrest, as they were leaving camp and returned to their tents.
 The telegraph office will remain open at night hereafter until ordered to close by the superintendent's office of the Postal company in Louisville but the to of which is in the Lexington and Eastern railroad depot, on account of the military rule.
 Attorneys for both sides in the Jett and White cases agreed this morning to allow a jury to be drawn from another county than Breathitt.
 Case Is Set for June 1.
 When the court convened Judge Red wine, over the objection of Mir. McNeil, of the defense, set the case for Monday, June l, when the commonwealth will make It's announcement. The trial will not be entered into then until conditions are considered favorable by both sides. Judge Redwine declined to remove Act ing Sheriff Little, whose term of office ex- pires tomorrow, and who cannot act in the selection of jury for this case. Both sides will try to agree on what county the Jury VIII pc QTaWI iIolil. 1OuTI lHtH journed until tomorrow.
 Sheriff Callahan said today that he would not act In the assassination cases. Another elisor will be appointed for them. The commonwealth has prepared nine names for elisor, and the defense twen- ty-five. No agreement was reached by the counsel.
 Laying in Ammunition.
 Louisville, May 29-Every general store in the feud-ridden district of Breathitt county has received a consignment of am- intuition during the past week It IS im- possible to ascertain the amount Of ann intuition shipped into Jackson and the hamlets nearby, but 1t is admitted today by the head of an ammunition store Tn Louisville that shipments have been made
 we supply that territory" said Colonel Belknap, head of the firm of Belknap & Co. with all their ammunition. I can- not say that the shipments since the trouble began have been extraordinary. but all of the dealers in that territory have been supplied during the past