The Newark journal., 1903-07-17
News Of the World

the third in5tallment on account of
the Boxer indemnity.
Arthur Shaddon, a young Missis-
sippi county farmer, was shot and
killed by a negro tenant.
Gen Longstreet, the famous Con
federate commander, is critically i'll
at his home in Gainesville, Ga.
All American soldiers have been
withdrawn from Cuba, with the ex-
ception of four companies, which
will guard our eoaling stations in
that country.
Henrietta Distler, aged IS, sui
cided at Cincinnati after discover
ing that her sweetheart was her own
brother. They were separated in
infancy and were raised under diff
ferent names They met about a
year ago, and fell in love. Their
relationship was discovered by acct
dent
A waterspout of immense pro-
portions struck the Bruch Creek
Valley in Pennsylvania, causing a
dam at 0akford to break. The
waters rushed down upon the towns
of Jeanette, Penn, Laimer, Green's
burg, Irwin, Buncll and Warner,
destroying many houses and caus-
ing the death of between thirty and
forty people.
George S. Morrison, who died a
few days ago in Chicago, was one
of the greatest engineers in the
United States. He built five great
bridges across the Mississippi and
ten across the Missouri river, the
bridge over the Ohio at Cairo, IL,
and many others. His greatest feat
was the bridge across the Missis-
sippi at Memphis, which has a sin
gle truss span Of 100 feet.
Cato Garrett, colored, who stab
bed a white man to death, was taken
from officers by a mob five miles
from Ficksburg, Miss, and lynched.
A special grand jury was empaneled
within three days after the killing
and Garrett was indicted. He had
been placed in Jail in an adjoining
county for safe keeping. and was
being returned to Vicksburg for
trial when the mob met the train
he was aboard at small station
and foreibly took him from the
officers.
After four days of general riot
ing at Evansville, Ind, a company
of militia and a mob bent on lynch
ing a negro had a clash that result
ed in the death of ten people and
the serious wounding of about
twenty others. The mob, composed
Of about 1000 men, had gathered
about the Jail and began an assault
on the deputies and a company Of
militia on guard. For several min
utes the contest was waged with
stones and clubs by the mob, the
officers using their bayoncts and the
butt of their guns, when a shot
was fired, apparently by some mem
Der of the mob. Then followed a
fusilade from the jail of several
hundred shots, which was returned
by an occasional shot from among
the mob. When the firing ceased
it was found that ten people had
been killed and that at least twenty
lay on the ground wounded One
among the dead was a young girl
about II years of age who had
stopped with her parents a short
distance from the Jail out of curl
osity. Several others who were
killed or wounded were attracted to
the scene by the noise of the mob
leaders. Only four members Of the
Jail guard were injured, none Of
them fatally.
Twenty-four persons were killed
and thirteen injured in a head-on
collision on the Virginia Midland
division of the Southern Railway
at Roclzfsh, Va. a passenger train
going at full speed dashed into a
local freight standing on the main
track. The fireman and engineer
of the passenger train, two white
and twenty colored passengers were
instantly killed. The collision was
due 10 the engineer of the freight
faii,ag to take siding.
Since the coup of New York
and New Orleans clique, whereby
most all the available cotton was
cornered, the mills have made few
purchases. Some operators assert
they will be compelled to close down
if the present prices prevail.
The police Of Denver are puzzled
over series of mysterious murders.
In each instance the victim has
beSn woman Of i'll repute, and the
manner of death has been by stran-