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The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
HERRlCK FOR GOVERNOR.
New York Democrats Chose Their
Standard Bearer at state convsn.
ton Held In Saratoga,

The New York state democratic con.
vention in session at Saratoga Wed,
oesday nominated the following staee
ticket;
For Governor-D. Cady Herriek. Of
Albany, At present a justice OF the
supreme court.
Lieutenant Governor--Francls Bar
ton Harrison, New York now q rep
resentstive In congress from the
Thirteenth district.
Congratulations Hail, OF So
Lawrence.
State Treasurer-wiliam MuSneh.
Of 0wondaga.
Judge OF the Court Of AppSals--Ed
gar NJ. Cutler. Kings Ciemocratic).
For Associate Judge Of the Court OF
William +. Werner. Monroe
republican,, now Of that bench by
designation by Governor Odell and the
republican nominee.
out Of a situation which at times
seemed almost impossible Of amicable
solution, the leaders Of the party
found a way to unanimous action, and
at 3:23 o'clock wednesday afternoon
the state convention adjourned after
having nominated unanimously the
above ticket.
Former United States Senator Da.
yid b. Hill presented TO the convention
the name OF Supreme Court Justice
Daniel Cady Herrick, of Albany. Judge
Herricks name was received with
great enthusiasm and Endorsed with
cordial speeches of support by repre-
sentatives OF three OF the elements
whose attitude had been an important
factor in the serious situation which
had formed the subject OF the confer
ence. Incidentally Senator Hill was
accorded reception which was little
less than an ovation.
A notable feature OF the convention
was the disappearance Of all open evi
dence OF the factional warfare between
the Kings county organization headed
by State Senator McCarren and Tam
many hall under the leadership OF
Charles f. Murphy.
The platform adopted includes a d.
rect personal attack upon Governor
odell as well as denunciation OF tn:
republican administration, an indorse
ment of the democratic national ticket
platform and resolutions and strong
ly worded discussion OF state and ma
tlonal Issues from the democratic
point OF view.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
Nine SENT TO DOOM
Dynamite Wrecks Crowded
Trolley Car
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT
Box Of Deadly Explosive Falls from
Wagon and ls Struck bya
Trolley With Hor.
rlble Results.

At Melrose, Mass, early Wednesday
night an outward bound Boston cleo.
trio car was blown TO pieces and nine
persons were killed outright, several
fatally injured and at least fifteen 50.
yerely hurt II is thought that the
car struck charge Of dynamite Isit
on the track. The front dashboard OF
tie car was hurled more than City
feet.
The following dead have been identi.
fed: DR.. Malcolm r. McGlennon 2,
b, Haynes, Winfield Dove, motormSn;
T.. Stowe, Frederick d. Marshall.
The unidentified dead we're three
women and a S-year-old girl,
Edward A. Warehouse had foot
amputated and was otherwise badly
injured; DR.. Perry had both legs bro
ken; Mrs. John Conway had both legs
broken; George II. Andrews received
a compound fracture Of the left leg
and his foot was also amputated. All
Of these are likely to die.
The immediate vicinity presented a
fearful spectacle. The ground was
strewn with legs, arms and other por.
lions Of human bodies.
SO great was the force Of the ex.
ploslon that two men standing In the
door OF store 80 feet away we're Sc.
yerely injured by flying pieces Of wood
and iron, while every window within a
radius of quarter of mile was bro.
ken.
The car contained mostly people on
their way to their home in Melrose.
The accident occurred at o'clock,
and at Q o'clock but few of the dead
had been identified, while in the con.
fusion 1t was impossible at the time
to obtain list of the injured When
rescuers reached the scene of the &C.
cident the sight was appalling. The
ground was covered with torn and
mangled bodies OF the dead and
wrlthing forms of the injured.
The police announce that the cause
Of the wreck was the striking of a
6O'pound box of dynamite, which had
fallen from an express wagon Just
ahead of the car. The express wag.
on was driven by Roy Fanton, who
discovered that the box had dropp ID
on and rushed back to take Il off the
track, but before he got within a hun.
dred yards of the box the car came
along and was blown up. Fenton
was taken into custody
The force Of the explosion was ter.
rifle and the report was heard many
miles. Directly opposite the scene
was the Masonic building, every win.
dow OF which was shattered, and
through one Of the windows a human
foot was blown. A score OF persons
within a hundred yards of the car
wero knocked down and rendered deaf
by the concussion.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
EoRruNArE FoR pREsIpENr.
Accident to He Train only Averted by
slow speed Of Engine.

President Roosevelt and party ar
rived in washington over the Pennsyl
vanla railroad at $50 Thursday after
noon from oyster Bay The presi
dents train was delayed about thirty
six minutes by an accident to the real
driving wheel OF the locomotive as II
entered the tunnel at Baltimore.
This engine was Immediately de-
tached and another one was procured
to pull the train to Washington. The
accident caused no damage to the
train.
Fortunately the train was proceed
ing at a very slow rate Of speed when
the accident occurred, or the result
might have been much more serious
II was not making more than three
miles an hour when, in some unac'
countable manner, the tire Of the rear
drive wheel on the left side of the
engine broke and curled off. One end
OF II protruded upward and jammed
through the boiler OF the engine, caus'
ing an almost immediate shutting of
of the steam. This soon deadened the
engine, and the engineer, Joe Wealth
erby realizing that something was
wrong, promptly put on the air brakes
and the train came to a stop.
A hurried investigation convinced
the engineer that the engine was USE
Iess for further service and word was
Immediately sent to the yard to have
another engine sent to the scene, and
after a delay Of half hour another en-
CINE was attached to the train and Il
proceeded to Washington, where 1t ar
rived without further accident.
The cause Of the tire breaking, ac'
cording to the railway officials, was
quite lnexpllcable. The engine had
been attached to the train just before
leaving Philadelphia and had been
thoroughly tested and found to be In
hrst.class condition.
The accident, railway officials say,
was one of those which will happen in
spite Of every precaution.
The president and his party took
the matter very coolly and did not
manifest any alarm. Some members
Of the train crew went back to the
presidents car to shake hands with
him on the run to Washington, and in
their brief conversation with him,
spoke Of the accident, The president,
however, assured them that he had
not been alarmed, and remarked that
II all his troubles were as light a.
that, he would be getting along beau.
tifully."
The president was given a cordial
welcome home by large crowd of
people as he came through the train
shed and walked out to the street,
where his carriage was waiting.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
FREE THINKERS IN SESSION.
congress Assemblies In Rome, italy
With Large Attendance.

congress Assemblies In Rome, italy.
with Large Attendance.
Inc congress of Free Thinkers as.
semoled In Rome, Italy, Tuesday at
tne Roman college erected by Pope
gregory XIII. The event assumed
special Importance, this being the an.
hiVersary OF the fall of the temnoral
power OF the popes and also on ar.
count Of the recent Francoyatican
conflict.
There we're more than 5000 de a.
gates present, the Frenchmen alone
numbering about 1000, including on.
cial delegations from Paris, Dion and
Lyons Spain had 300, chiefly repub.
icans from Catalania; ten delegates
from America, including DR.. Moncure
~ conway OF New York, representing
Ine secular society OF the United
states; DR.. J. B. Wilson. OF C,noir,
natl and Professor Mangasar NJ Man.
gasrian, Of Chicago.
PROFESSOR sergia presided ana deliy.
Greg an address which was warmly ap.
pianded' clarifying the triumpbs .,
science over superstition. He bai,oa
the iaii OF temporal power condemned
o~'noheism as prehistoric and nro.
tested against war. ending with advo.
osuns an indissoluble allegiance OF
nauons and the universal brothsrboos
Of the peoples. "0'a
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
TWO WANTED sy GEORGIA.
Rsquisltion Probable for FeUdlsss In.
eareerated On jacksonville San.


Rsqulsltion Probable for Feudlsts IN
eareerated IN jacksonville Jail.
A Jacksonville. Fla, dispatch saws:
The twenty alleged Baker county feud
lists who we're brought here by the
soldiers ana turned over 10 shcrin
Price OF this county are still in jan
though lawyers. who have been en-
gaged viii institute habeas corpus
proceedings.
Jesse Altman. who appears 20 have
been the leader OF the crowd, states
that he vas deceived into giving him.
self up. lie states that when he sur.
rendered he was to have been taken
TO the JAN at McClenny. the county
seat OF Baker county. and to have had
a preliminary hearing. In the absence
OF any direct testimony to impllcase
any Of those who are charged with
being member Of the mob who killed
the deputy sheriff, he thought to es.
cape prosecution and to be released
at the preliminary hearing.
All OF the prisoners feel confident
OF their discharge from custody as
soon as they are returned to Baker
county for trial. II is a fact that there
Is a great deal OF bitter feeling in
that county among the farmers be-
cause of the turpentinIng OF that coun.
~ by the Duncsns. They interfered
with the burning Of the woods and
other privileges which the farmers
enjoyed for their stock before the
Duncans moved TO Baker county.
The authorities OF Charleton county,
Ga. where the murder OF the negro
and Jackson Duncan occurred last
Sunday night on the train, the au'
thoritles OF Baker county and Sheriff
Price, with the states attorney. were
in consultation this morning in refer
enco 10 the disposition of the prs
oners. There Is no testimony against
Charley and Hillary Duncan for Kill
Ing the negro and Jackson Duncan and
wounding Marshal Duncan and throw
Ing him of the train.
AS all this occurred in Charleton
county, Ca, the sheriff of that couu
ty thinks that he ought to have the
two men, since there Is no direct cv
Idence to implIoate them with the
subsequent AFFAIRS at Baxter. sherif
Herndon will not object, and II is be
lleved that the states attorney viii
concede the justice of tho demand
from the Georgia officials. II this
course is decided upon reQulsitlon pa
pers will be prepared at once, and
Charley and Hillary Altman will be
sent to Folkston, Ca, the county
seat o. Charleton county.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
MUD SINGING BARRED.
Judge Parker insists on Clean Demo
cratic Campaign Book.

Judge Parker insists on Clean Demo.
cratic Campaign Book.
Tho following letter concerning the
democratic campaign book was made
public by George F Parker, chief Of
the democratic literary department al
New York
"Rosemount, Esopus, N Y, Sept. IL,
1904-My Dear Mr. Parker The
Times of this morning says that the
party text book is about prepared, and
that II will go to the printer in a
few days. Therefore. hasten to beg
you TO see to 1t that there is no
word In II that reflects upon the per-
sonal honor and integrity of President
Roosevelt.
"An Evening Post editorial indicates
that but little care was taken in that
direction toward myself by the com.
pller of the republican text book, but
let there be no rejolnder in kind or
otherwise.
II feel confident that you need no
reminder, still my anxiety lmpels me
to send this caution. Very truly yours,
ALTON d. PARKER"
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
SOLDIERS HID UNDER BED.
Jaller Gives Sensational Testimony
at Huntsville inquiry.

Jaller Gives Sensational Testimony
at Huntsville Inquiry.
Sensational testimony in regard to
the conduct OF the Alabama soldiers,
who we're in Jail when the negroes
were taken therefrom and lynched,
was given before the court of inquiry
at Huntsville Tuesday.
Jailer Giles testified that several OF
the men Of Company + were so badly
frightened that they were worse than
useless In the aefense Of the jsll.
some OF the men, he claimed. tooL
refuge under beds and in closets OF
the building. while the mob was be.
ssging the Jail.
Sherin Rogers testified that he gave
orders to the company to take care NJ
the jail ana guard the prisoner. He
did not order the men upstairs 6e
claims, but gave the command M
them to assemble inside the building
Pracucaily every man in the com.
pany testified that they consIderod
themselves under tho orders of the
snerln' The court finished taking ties.
umony during the afternoon and viii
make report to the governor at an
early date.
george Frame, a merchant OF Da,.
las, and Tom WinkIe oot,o. -,
operative, were arrested late TUESDAY
Tor alleged completely in the lyn,b.
ing Wrinkle is charged with arson,
and Frame with murder.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
TALBOT CITIZENS ENRAeEp.
Shooting Of Innocent coIored People
Severely Denounced.


severely Denounced.
The shooting OF two negroes believ
ed to be entirely innocent by party
OF white men. said to have been intox
icated, has caused great indignation
In Talbot county, Ga. A meeting OF
citizens was held in Talbotton Wed.
nesday at which resolutions were pass.
ed favorable to law and order, a
spirit Of common fairness OF humanity,
and calling and requesting all the citi.
Gems OF the county to meet at the court
house In Talbotton Saturday for talk.
Ing such action as may be deemed
proper and right.
The negroes recently dismissed by
the court in Talbotton on the charge
OF belonging TO Before Day club, -
we're followed on their departure by
hack carrying four cor five white
men.
About a mile fro mtown the hack
party met negro boy named Jack
Troy. In passing some one In the hack
shot him, wounding him so seriously
that he is not expected to live.
Six miles from town the hack party
called Ed Martin, negro, on H. c.
Truesals plantation, from his house
and made him get into the hack, where
one of the party shot the Negroes
eye out and he is also not expected
to live. The negroes were not charged
with being members Of Before Day
club"
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
MANY APPROVE LYNcHINe.
Jury In First Trial at Huntsville DIN.
cult TO Obtain.

w 80 OF NNnNhoNlNG OlIlls
cult to obtain.
The first trial Of the alleged partl.
clpants in the Horace Maple lynch.
Ing OF September 18th was commenced
In the circuit court at Huntsville, Ala.
Wednesday before Judge Speake.
Thomas II. Higgins, proprietor of the
Stegall hotel and restaurant being the
defendant.
The court room was filled when the
prisoner was brought into court under
guard of Sheriff Rogers and a posse of
deputies. The militia still guards the
jail, but was not present In the court
room.
After examining 60 special jurors the
task OF forming a jury was finished
every one called was asked IL he would
hold a man guilty OF murder for be.
ing a member Of q mob that committed
murder Many Of them replied mo"
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
DAVIS OPENS CAMPAIGN.
Democratic Vice Presidential candl.
date Fires First Gun In Hls own
state Of West Virginia.


The democratic campaign IN West
Virginia was opened at Wheeling by
Hon, Henry G. Davis. the vice presi'
Dental candidate. Mr. Davis arrived
from his home at Elkins Wednesday
night, accompanied by Hon. Charles
A, Towne, Of New York Hon. George
I. McGraw and Hon. william P.
Campbell, who are leaders of the West
Virginia democracy, and other promi-
nent democrats Of the state. There
wa a general gathering Of democrats
from all sections OF the state Thurs
day for an informal conference.
Mr.. Davis announced that 1t was not
his intention to make many speeches
willis on his tour over the country
campaigning. 81 am not much Of a
speaker and rather dislike the task"
said Mr.. Davis. MY intention is to
get around among the people and meet
them with as little public speechmak-
ing as possible. We have with us
here Senator Charles A. Towne, VINO
is one OF the most able orators know
OF. He will be with me for a short
time. He will do the public meeting
talking, and It will be my aim to meet
as many voters personally as is
possible. | make more friends In that
way than by getting up before an au.
dience and making a speech"
Following are extracts from Mr.. Da.
Wis speech. In comparing the two
great parties, he said:
"The democratic party always ad.
minlstered the government with pru.
dence and economy. The republican
party is party of extremists and has
been wasteful and extravagant In its
expenditure Of government funds.
More money is being collected In the
form Of taxes than is necessary for
an economical management Of the
government, both national and state,
and IL the republican party is contin.
ued In power still larger taxes and
greater expenses will follow, as their
leaders tell us they propose to pursue
the same policy In the future they
have in the past"
After citing the tariff on coal as evi.
dence against a protective tariff, he
continued:
THAT the tariff as a whole, needs
revision Is plainly manifest Combined
as 1t is at present with trusts, It per.
mits Of too large profit on many artl
Giles of production, stiles individual
enterprise, brings on strikes and dis.
turbs generally the business interests
Of the country. Nanny manufacturers
under present conditions sell their
goods cheaper abroad than at home"
He regretted that the national plat.
form OF the republican party raised
the race issue. and continued:
Inc southern people, who have to
bear the burden of this question, were
dealing with 1t in moderation and fair.
ness; but its unfortunate agitation by
republican leaders has made its soiu.
ton much more difficult and hlndersd
the efforts Of those who. were honestly
striving to aid the colored people IN
uplifting their race. A large majority,
over a million, of the white voters Of
this country are democrats. Mckinley
received $4,000 more votes than Bry
an and this was the largest majority
ever given a presidential candidate.
There are, however, as shown by the
last census, two million male negroes
In the United States of voting age"
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
BISHOPS BOOZE JOINT

Draws no Commentator from Arch.
bishop CT Canterbury.
Replying to an open letter recently
sent to the archbishop of Canterbury
~ an American Young Peoples Chris.
tian Temperance Union. taking him "a
task 70 rhis alleged Endorsement OF to
subway tavern, New York, Chaplain
eeison, In behalf Of the archbishop,
writes that "his grace has expressed
no opinion whatever with regard to
ue subway tavern initiated by Bishop
Potter"
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
NO DEFINITE WAR NEWS.
General Fight, However, May soon BE
Rec5rted from Mukden.


Rec5rted from Mukden.
ThurEddy's dispatches indicate that
while the japanese are reported to be
slowly advancing upon Mukden, there
has been no fighting worthy of note
between the opposing armies undei
General Kuropatkin and Marquis Oya-
ma. The latter, according to the NIL
itary critics at st. Petersburg, is like.
ly to pursue tactics quite different
from those essayed by the japanese at
Liao-Yang, and It is expected that the
attack will come upon the Russian
front and tanks rather than in the
form of an enveloping movement.
Definite information from Port
Arthur is very meagre, inconclusive
and minor successes there are report
ed Russian spies allege that a con-
siderable force has been detached
from the japanese army which cap
tured Lao Yang and sent back to aid
the operations against Port Arthur.
The formation of seven Russian rife
brigades for service in the Far East
has been ordered.
General Kuropatkln telegraphs St
Petersburg, under Wednesdays date,
that the japanese continue their at.
tempts to turn the Russian left, but
without success.
The war Office does not expect bat
tie at Fushun until after series of
rear guard engagements.
A detachment under General Renne-
karpff, while accommodating wednes.
day, lost two officers and nine men
killed and had three officers and TWEEN
tythree men wounded.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
WATSON DRAWS COLOR LINE.

Forelbly Objected TO Riding In Hack
With Colored Woman.
A dispatch Of Thursday from Hous-
ton, Texas is as follows: Hon Thorn.
as Watson, OF Georgia, who is to speak
here tomorrow, arrived Unexpectedly
tonight and the committee failed TO
meet hiE. At the station Mr.. Wat
son entered hack TO drive to hotel
and was requested by the driver to ad.
NIT another passenger The driver
thereupon presented a negro woman
as his seatmate, whereupon Mr., Wat
son left the hack and struck the negro
a blow"
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-09-27
FUED IS RENEWED
Merry War in Kentucky is
Again on the Boards.
MOB AFTER THE DEPUTIES
AIIeaed slayer Of cookrell Arrested
by Officers and His Friends
Make Move 70 Re-
lease Him,

A Jackson, KY, special says: on
GERS from Fayette county have arrest
ed Britton and started for Lexington
with him.
Deputy Sheriff Terry and Coroner
bailey, of Fayette county, wto were
given bench warrant from that coun'
ty for BrItton. effected the arrest
without trouble. Britton was taken
completely by surprise at his home
Mrs. Britton quickly sent word to
County Judge Hargis, who is cousin
OF Britton, saying that her husband
had been arrested and asking that the
Judge send men to release him.
A posse Of Britton's friends left
jackson to meet Deputy Terry, but
the latter. hearing Of this, started with
his prisoner In buggy for Torrent.
in Wolf county, intending to take the
train there for Lexington.
The hearing Of the feudal troubles
has been transferred from Jackson
Breathitt county, to Lexington by the
indictment of William Britton for kill
ing James Cockrell, a town marshal OF
Jackson, two years ago.
After Cockrell was shot down in
the street from the court house at
JaclSson, he was removed to Lexing-
ton. where he died.
The indictment was secured under
the statute providing that in any
case which has It's origin in one coun
ty, and its elimination in another
either county shall have jurisdiction
thereof"
After Prosecutor Byrd stated that
he had tried in vain to get this case
before Breathltt county juries, the
grand Jury of Fayette county heard
the witnesses and the warrant was T.
sued for Brltton and the posse started
in tho night. gathering recruits along
tho way, and especially at Winchester
where Woodson McChord, sheriff Of
Park county who arrested Jett aud
others, Joined the posse. They left
the railroad at Torrent, marching
across the county for Compton, Vol
county. where Britton was captured.
This feud broke out with the killing
OF Benjamin Hargis by Thomas Cock.
rell, brother Of the late town mar.
shall While Thomas Cockrel was in
jail, DR.. Cox, the guardian OF the
Coclrell heirs, was killed from am.
bush, and soon afterward James Cock
rell was shot and the fighting contin.
uec until Attorney James Marcum
was killed in the court house. Curtis
Jett was tried and sentenced to death
In another county for killing James
Cockrel, and that case is now pend
ing before the court OF appeals.
II is. alleged that Jett and Brltton
acted together in killing Cockrell and
Jett and White in killing Marcum.
The posse with their prisoner arrly.
ed In Lexington late Thursday night.
Curtis Jet, who is serving life
sentence for killing ]. B. Marcum, is
under sentence to be hanged as the
principal in the murder Of cockreiI.
Brltton Is a cousin of Judge James
Hargis. Of Breathitt county. The shots
which killed cockrell came from the
top story of the Breathitt court house
Brltton says he was on the ground
floor at the time Cockrell was shot
Among the witnesses was Riley Gold
iron. who swore positively that no saw
Britton on the second floor of the
court house at the time Cockrell was
shot.