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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
VICTIM OF A FIEND.
Waterbury (conn.) Woman Assaulted
and Robbed.

Waterbury. Conn.,. May 14.-Miss
Margaret Crane OF this city. well
known in several of Waterbury's re-
l!gious organizations and fraternal or.
ders, was found in the hallway Of q
tenement on School street, semi-con.
scious. and with her face covered with
blood She was only partially dressed
Her hat and skirt were gone, and she
carried her black silk petticoat on her
arm. Her hair was disheveled and
matted with blood from wound on
the top of her head, made apparently
with q club.
The police believe that Miss Crane
was assaulted criminally after being
hit on the head Her people say she
was accustomed to carry with her
considerable money belonging to an
organization in which she was inter.
ested, and that she had some money
with her at the time Her pocketbook
was gone.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
TEN PERSONS KILLED.
Strikers and Police Clash at VaIpa.
raiso, Chile.

Santiago. Chile, May 14.-The strike
of dock laborers at Valparaiso is be-
coming more serious. The strikers.
after setting fire to the quay as well
as TO the Offices of the South American
steamship company, had a number OF
encounters with the police, during
which ten persons were killed and two
hundred We're wounded. A detachment
OF 5000 troops has been dispatched
to Valparaiso to quell the disorder.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
CANNOT BE ExTRApiTED.
Millionaire Brewer Who 10 Wanted ~
St. Louis.

Washington, May 1.-THE state de-
partment has been obliged to inform
Governor Dockery of Missouri that 1t
cannot grant his request to secure the
extradition of Ellis Wainwright, mil
lionaire brewer Of ST. Louis. who is
wanted in connection with the munic
ipal bribery charges and who Is sup
posed to have fed to France. The OBJ
stacle lies in the fact that the Frenct
extradition treaty does not enumerat'
| bribery as an extraditable offense.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
LARGEST sATTLEsHlP AFLoAT.
British Warship Commonwealth Sue.
cessfuIly Launched.

London. May 14.-The Common
wealth. the largest battleship afioat.
was launched at Govan, on the Clyde.
during the day. She is the first vessel
of the British navy to have her ten
inch guns protected by an extended
barbette. instead of by casemates. Her
other armament consists of four
twelve-inch guns. four nine-inch guns
and twenty-four small guns. The new
battleship's speed is to be eighteen
and half knots per hour and she will
carry a crew Of 755 men. The Com
monwealth is of 1880 tons displace.
ment and her engines are to be of
$4,000 horsepower.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
ELuoEs THE POLICE.
Prominent Toledo (O.) Man Wanted
on Embezziement Charge.

Toledo, O., May 14.-Ex-Deputy
County Treasurer James K Wales.
whose arrest on an embezzlement
charge Tuesday was assured by the
officer. has not only failed to give pim-
self up as had been expected, but has
eluded the whole police and detective
forces of Toledo. How one so well
known could suddenly disappear Is a
puzzle to the public and police. He
was seen on the streets several times
after the warrant for his arrest was
issued. The county books are being
examined by experts and it is the be
lief in official circles that the alleged
shortages in Mr.. Wales accounts wi!
run up into the thousands.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
STRUCK WITH A CLUB.
Michigan Farmer Murdered by His
Neinhbors.

Coleman, Mich, May 14.-John H.
Moore, farmer living two miles from
here, died during the day as result
of injuries received Tuesday night in
fight with Mat Sentz and his son.
neighbors. The men met on the road
and, according to the story told by
Sentz, Quarreled over starting fires.
Moore and the elder Sentz clinched
and the son struck Moore over the
head with club. telling him. The
two Sentzs then came to town and
notified officers of the fight. When
they returned to the scene Moore was
found lying in the ditch unconscious,
with his skull fractured He died with
out regaining consciousness. The
Sentzs are under arrest pending an
investigation. There were no wit
nesses and their statement Is the only
version of the affair
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
LEFT HIM FOR DEAD.
Robbers Beat an Aged Man and Sc
cure His Money.

Monroe, Mich, May 14.-Three
masked men battered in the door of
Laurence Gregory's home. five miles
northeast from here about midnight.
bound Gregory and then robbed him of
$50 cash, certificate OF deposit for
500 and a check for $340. Gregory,
who is a bachelor aged sixty mine
years, lived alone in the house. During
the struggle with the thieves he was
struck on the head with a blunt in
strument and evidently left for dead.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
Fires on the Adirondaeks.

Utica, n. Y, May 14.-Reports from
the Adirondacks indicate that the
gravest danger exists to several large
tracts on account of forest fires. Near
Tupper lake several serious fires are
raging. Gangs of men are doing their
hest To control the flames but the
woods are so dry that their EFFORTS
have little effect.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
THE GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE
Conferences Still Being Held and Possibil=
ity that There'lI Be No Strike on the
Great Northern Road.

ST. Paul, May 1.-The committee of
trainmen and Graud Oficers of the
trainmen and conductors met with a
delegation of the twin city business
men in General Manager Wards Office
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
Railway Strikers Enioined.

Springfield, H., May 1.-THE Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad during the aft
ernoon secured from Judge Humphrey,
in the United States circuit court, an
Injunction restraining E. E. Clark and
200 striking switchmen, yardmen and
other employees of the road from in
terfering with the operation of the
road by stopping trains, picketing
yards or assembling in large numbers
or in any other manner interfering.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
Railway sIacksmiths Strike.

Chicago, May 14.-Four hundred
blacksmiths and their helpers, en-
ployed in the shops of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroad, and
about the same number in the shops
of the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road, struck during the day after be-
ing refused an advance in wages.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
eYsTANDER WINS THE GIRL
Young Woman Induces Two Admirers
to Fight Duel.


Morristown, N. j., May 14.-As re-
suit of duel fought at Wharton over
Rosa Latzsky, an eighteen-year-old
Hungarian girl. who told her suitors
that they would have to fight for her,
Henry VALDEZ is in the hospital in
badly damaged condition.
Rosa helped to arrange the duel
which was to take place with clubs
in the presence Of no witnesses save
Rosa and a young man whom she
asked to accompany her to the place
She watched her admirers cndgel each
other with their clubs until neither
could stand, and then she departed
with her friend and they were married
by a justice Of the peace.
The duelists were found later by
mine employees, both being unconscious
and VALDEZ SO badly bruised that he
was brought to the hospital.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14

this morning to consider the Great
Northern situation. The conference
adjourned at noon to meet again at
2:3O 1t is reported that the indications
point to settlement of the differen.
ces
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
Dead at the Age Of ITO.

Upper Sandusky, o.. May 14.-Peter
Stanley. aged 110 years, dropped dead
during the day, leaving a widow 1O6
years Of age. They had been longer
married than any other couple in
America. Their wedding took place
In 1878
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
ELLSWORTH PLEADS GUILTY.

Postmaster at Eveleth, MINI.
Duluth. May 14.-Ex-POstmaste
Ellsworth of Eveleth pleaded guilty to
the charge of embezzling the sum Of
$4,000 of government funds and will
he sentenced today by Judge Lochren.
Ellsworth, who has been confined in
the county Jail here for several months
awaiting trial, attributes him downfall
to gambling. He says that each time
he appropriated money from the Of.
fee he did SO believing that he would
be able to win back the amounts that
he had lost.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
FINDS HER STOLEN CHILD.
kenosha Woman Locates Husband and
Baby in Kansas City,

Kansas City, May 14.-Mrs. Ger
trude Robinson of Kenosha, Wis, who
has been hunting for two years for her
child, stolen from her by her husband.
found the little one in Kansas City
during the day and Immediately be-
gan habeas corpus proceedings to get
possession of her. Robinson deserted
his wife in 1901, taking the baby with
him
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
Frenchman Charged With Murder.

Glasgow, May 14.-Paul Martin. a
deserter from the French army, was
arrested here charged with the mur-
der in Paris of Madame de Brienne,
a well known young person who went
to that city from America and who
was recently found strangled in her
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
TO DEAL WITH STRIKES.
Australian Parliament Meets in Spe.
cial Session.

Melbourne, Victoria, May 14.-Par-
lament met during the day. The
governors speech was the shortest on
record He merely announced that
parliament had been summoned to
pass a measure dealing with the rail-
road strike.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
SUES KING LEOPOLD.
Daughter Claims Her Share Of Estate
Is Not Large Enough.

Brussels, May 14.-The report that
the Countess Lonyay has brought suit
against her father, King Leopold, has
been confirmed. The countess claims
that her share of the estate of her
mother, the late Queen Marie Hen.
riette, should be $3,400.000, instead of
the $12O,O0O offered by King Leopold
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

skirts Of the city diverted themselves IN a 49,,
coon hunt such as their elders had indpl,os -
during the previous evenings. At the park bv ~
Brandywine The Tribune correspondent s.
dozen warlike white boys following the lead ~ -
older chap who was equipped with an air riss =
was amusing sight 10 observe the desperate I,a,
on the boys faces as they sailed forth IT,
passed through clump OF trees. vowinE dearb !.
the colored race. and presently. after thew 49,
vanished. little woolly head popped I'D from bs
hind tree trunk and much scared little nf,E,
ninny whispered TREMENDOUSLY:
"Dey didn't get dis var coon dis time" ana H..
disappeared with a fine show q heels In the o5no
site direction.
The Wilmington colored man seems to hava 49,
in the past peaceful and orderly citizen Dr,ri,-
the last few years. however. a large influx fro-
the Far South. together with outrageous poli,,c,I
conditions has resulted IA a marked deterioras sio-
As the colored mans value politically has risan
his moral worth has retrograded Driven by eonst
tions such existed IN Wilmington last week a..
negro VIII fight. and did fight A further oroIou-,-
tion BY official supinensss might have resulted N
fearful race riot But with the restoration OF Ia,-
and order the cOored has retired 20 sba
sunny side of the streets to bask in dreams of peac
and profitable election day.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

noticed money going over the counter and re-
volver and supply of ammunition coming back
The 'boogie' carefully loaded the revolver. eyed
1t with satisfaction, and walked out, shouting an
insult across the street to the hardware man.
Just at this point the conscientious shopkeeper
got busy. Having calculated the distance to cover
he set up wild shout Of Help! PoIce"' and in
ten seconds two energetic and determined Whining
ton cops were on the spot.
Arrest that coon there. He has got a gun
Pull the ruffian for carrying concealed weapons!"
shreked the indignant and virtuous hardware
In brief moment the officers had a stran-
gle hold the colored man. and in less time
than it takes to tell his revolver his arsenal
Of cartridges and his disarmed self were in
the stern grasp Of the law. 1t was the quickest
transaction in the whole disturbance. and thor
oughly discouraged the further purchase of arms.
While public sentiment was running at fever
heat, one OF the most frequently repeated rumors
circulated to the terror of the good peo-
pie Of Wilmington was that hundreds of determined
and desperate negroes were on their way from
Chester. 1t was generally known that many per
sons from outside had taken part in the lynching
and it was believed that negroes from other cities
were coming to the assistance OF their outnum-
bered brethren. On the night after the race riot
there was a rumor that five hundred heavily
armed 'boogies" were on their way from Chester
Following this report there was rush among the
newspaper correspondents to get to the station
before the train arrived.
few moments after the breathless crowd
to a full stop In the first rush Of passengers
there was not a negro to be seen. Slowly the new
arrivals left the train shed. and at last they
seemed to be all off, and the train was about to
pull out and the crowd to disperse in disgust
when there alighted from the last car the longest
and most dgnihed negro that ever visited VIII
mington.
Here they GOMEZ shouted a bystander excit-
edly. Hearing the shout the negro peered up over
a huge white collar that gave his head the an
pearance Of an inverted toadstool grasped his
old leather gripsack and incontinently fed down
the track.
There goes a 500 to shot shouted racing
man, the solitary negro disappeared.
The colored man in Wilmington is only less in
teresting than the colored woman and she was
both conspicuous and amusing during the entire
disturbance, and her comments valuable as a feni-
nine insight into the situation. The night when
the race riot broke out. and the whole city was
reused The Tribune correspondent visited the
negro quarter. where the shooting ARRAY took place
later. Dozens of determined negroes carving
clubs and other arms. were standing in groups
puttering and cursEg. and the atmosphere was
extremely rare for any white man. Even The
younger negroes were excited and one little boy
was observed hercely grasping six inches OF a
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

broken umbrella handle and evidently preparing to
assault the entire Wilmington police force with
this formidable weapon. In the midst OF the whole
performance two young colored girls, gay with
ribbons and arrayed in SNOWFALL gowns. sailed
into the crowd.
"Wot all dis var rumpus 'bout7 queTied one
in a tone audible at least a block.
1.-The fool coons,'' struck up the second. ter
make all dis var trubble ober one doggone niger
She said this and passed in grand and unmo-
Tested dignity. Ten minutes later less deroga-
tory comment from white man caused the fracas
in which two policemen and two negroes were
wounded in little pistol argument.
The small boy is always interested figure In
any situation. and the small colored boy appTeei-
ated his prominence to small extent. Whatever
may be said OF the grown-up colored men OF VII
mington the little "boogie' deserves enemies.
When their elders moved to violence OF a
kind that has made Wilmington unduy and un-
pleasantly prominent throughout the country. the
younger white boys followed their example so con-
sistently that the Mayor finally forced to issue
a pronuncamento to parents requiring them TO re-
strain their young hopefuls at home.
While the feeling still bitter against the
negroes for the belgerent demonstration OF Thurs
day night, band Of little white boys on the out
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
THE DELAWARE NEGRO AND HIS WHITE MENTOR
BAD EFFECT OF BUYING THE COLORED VOTE
HU1fORS OF THE RECENT RIOTING.

disturbance was the wholesale arming Of the col
ored population This was a result not OF the
lynching. which approved by most Of the ne
groes but of the promiscuous assault upon the
blacks the night Cornell was released from jail
at the behest Of the mob. On this night negroes
were pulled from the streetcars, chased by ex-
cited mobs and thoroughly terrified. The next day
they resorted to the various hardware stores and
laid in a stock of This done in such
wholesale fashion that the authorities finally
aroused. and visited all the hardware stores and
secured the promises of the proprietors not to sell
any more weapons to the negroes. Not long after
a brawny and "scrappy boogie" strolled into a
hardware shop and demanded revolver
1--WE haven't got any for less than $40" explained
the conscientious proprietor.
The disgusted negro. realizing that he had met
refusal left the store angrily. and went the
street to a Jewish pawnbroker. From the vantage
point Of his doorstep the hardware man saw the
negro in the process Of his bargain, and presently
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

Wilmington. Del. July (SpeciaD-The negro
citizen of this city, who has recently held the
centre of the national stage occupies delicate and
rather difficult position. He might almost be de-
scribed sitting astride Mason and Dixon's line
although he is controlled by public sentiment far
more Southern than Northern. The negro of VIII
mington is a rapidly increasing factor. He was
practically noneutity until Mr.. Addicks to quote
the words of General Isaac Wistar raised the
price of his vote from % cents to $50"
The distinctive quarter of the negro in Whining
ton lies along that picturesque and malodorous
waterfront known as "the coast" Here live and
luxuriate hundreds of 'boogies.' Wilmington
names its negroes. Shoe-shining establishments
gin mills wretched dwelling places; the same are
bound together in ties indssoluble by three four
pawnshops This is "the coast" A sadder shore
to be wrecked upon cannot we'll be fancied The
negro has other quarters less unsanitary, If not
less depressing, but here on ''the coast" is that
habitat where houses were transformed into ver-
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

liable armories during the recent disturbances To
walk along this street last week was to pass hun
dreds of sulen, apprehensive. resentfu negroes
keyed up to the point OF conflict and revenge
Despite the serious aspect however. OF the reign
of terror through which the colored population Of
Wilmington and, for that matter, the white also,
has recently passed, the situation abounded in
humorous incidents more appreciated when
order has been restored than ten days ago, when
race riot was impending. TO the Northerner born
and bred the attitude of Wilmington toward its ne
groes is at once impossible and incomprehensible.
a leading citizen said to The Tribune correspond
ent, in discussing the question;
The 'boogie' up North must be awful stuck up.
Why they tell me if you met the street
and said to him, You - - -, get out of
the way the mpudent rascal would resent it: he
might attack you. That is fine state of af-
fairs Between the lines of this declaration some
mington may be obtained.
Politics has made the negro great even in Will
mngton. From a silent, shambling apoogetic,
but uniformly good natured individual smacking of
the down Souf befo' de wa " variety. the bIan-
dishments of the Election Day demagogue have
changed him 10 an oftentimes insolent we'll as
independent citizen, ignorant ever, but longer
meek and lowly. A sample of the Election Day per-
formance is furnished in the following anecdote re-
lated by a Wilmington wag describing the misfort-
unes of negro who lost his vote in the last cleo
ton. Said he
out toward Christiana Hundred there was
slick darky, who had from repeated experiences
learned the value of in the right way at the
end Of the day, and the knowledge had made him
great. On last Election Day he strolled down TO
the polls in a nonchalant fashion. his hands in his
pockets, and looking bored.
BE yer gwine ter vote Rastus? inquired one
of the captains.
" I dun know said Rastus, superclously; I low
there don seem ter be er Votin'.'
This the usual form of announcement that
Rastus was in the market.
Presently they got the darky IN a corner and
said to him attentively:
% How much der yer want TO voter
q" I reckon bout $l0.' said RasJus, throwing
his chest. Everybody set UP holler. for votes
weren't worth more than 81 In that section.
The coon he sat round sullenly, but he got no
takers. and by O'Clock he ready TO vote for
s.. All the afternoon his price kept tumbng
and fifteen minutes before the polls closed he was
the most scared and disappointed niger you ever
saw.
Look here, boss says he. glib me a pint o.
whiskey and III jest vote de right way By this
time however, they knew they didn't need the vote
and they just turned that loose. giving him
little advice and maybe a little exercise"
One Of the most serious features of the recent
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
SUCCESS OF NEGROES AT HARVARD
-FOUR WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN
SCHOLARSHIP OR ATHLETICS

Crimson athlete Is almost sure to get the position
Herman Randall and Matthews are the only juniors
who will be on the team next year. or these
Matthews is the best player. and the most popular
with the great mass Of undergraduates. HIS color
however is sure 10 keep him from getting the car
taincy. although many think and say be should be
the choice While at Andover Matthews was can
tain of the nine. and some think Harvard should
be equally democratic in her election next June.
StllI another coIored man who has succeeded az
Harvard IL Lewis. the old centre rush. He Is
known to this day as the best at his position
Harvard ever had and his career since leaving
college has justified the popularity which he won
as an undergraduate. His record as Representative
pointment by President Roosevelt as Assistant
District Attorney show concIusively that his a.h-
letic success was not won by brute force alone
but that he had those qualifications OF personality
and mind which shove one forward on the high
road to success.
Many negroes, however, go through Harvard and
have anything but easy time OF It. Many OF
them work in Memorial Hall-not as walters on
their fellow students. but men behind the scenes
and although disrespect is ever shown TO
them their positions cannot be altogether pleasant
Still. even this work does not prevent negro from
being popular. is shown by the case Of Mat
thews who Is working his way IN this very man
ner through college. Jones. the cOlored end from
Exeter, who would have made the varsity eleven
last fall had it not been for an accident, also Is
working his way through college and Is popular
among undergraduates.