Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-26
LAWL NESS PREVALENT
GEORGIA NEGRO BURNED AT
STAKE FOR ASSAULT.
Alabama Negro Stoned to Death
Mob Of Miners in Charge Of Cripple
Creek, col.-Attempt to Dynamite
Bio Ohio Reservoir

posed the SHOOTING parry Inc CRIME
for which the negro was punished
was that OF committing n criminal as
sault upon Levia Reeves, thel3-year-
old daughter OF a well-known farmer
After the little girl had protected
the negro from the attack OF a large
dog owned 10y her father he followed
her To the pasture, where she was
taking a COW, caught her ehoked her
into insensibility and left her bleed
ing and unconscious In a corniield.
Bloodhounds were on the negro's
track all day and he was captured
some distance away late In the af-
ternoon and carried to the home "
the girl, who Identified him as her
assailant. The negro confessed his |
guilt and the crowd Immediately took |
/ him away and riddled his body with |
bullets
The burning Of the dead body al /
/ Cedartown was witnessed by about /
1000 persons. The town Is In a fever
Of excitement.
President Roosevelt left Washing
ton Saturday. Aug 20, for a months
stay al his home In oyster Bay, l.. l.
The democratic national committee \
has appointed Josiah Quincy in II
charge OF the literary bureau OF the
campaign. and Mr.. quincy viii make
his headquarters in New York.
George Leander Of Chicago. the
well-known American cyclist. is dead
as the result of an accident in the
Pare Prizes. Paris. Leander was
riding behind a motor at terrific {
pace when the accident occurred. IL
Sir Thomas Upton has opened ne I
gotiations with the Dennys at Glas- b
gov, scotland, for building the Sham c
rock w, provided George J.. Watson I
accepts a commission TO design an
other challenger for the Americas
cup
Acting Governor Cunningham OF n
Alabama has offered rewards for q
of the mobs which have par e
.icipated IN three recent lynchings IN 81
he state. $3.50 for the first conviction d.
n each case, and 800 for the next ;
.wo. 50
Augustus Heinze, the young Mon e
ana copper king, is charged by the %
Upper trust in a suit on trial at New VI
fOrk this week, with having stolen ul
100000 worth Of ore from the mines q
4 the copper trust, through his en- -
sloyes. ISL
In the first days races Of the Amer oe
ean Automobile association at Glen
He track Cleveland. o.. Monday. "a
Jug. % Earl Kiser driving gaso- ~. ~
ne machine, broke two worlds rec ll'
-ds, one in the five mile race when ~
g made the last miles in "a seconds ur
a. and the second, when he broke ~
rat record in three-eight cylinder y,
achine race, by making the last mile ~ ~
" AS, nor
Town Marshal Nicholson of Cordo- ~ ~
. Ill. was killed Monday. Aug. 90. w.,
ID his slayer, a negro named Avery. AZ.
short time thereafter. was taken Il .
ON calaboose by a mob and put '''N
death with stones and pistols Nc
,lson had gone 10 the home OF The Bat
gro 10 collect a fine, when he was II
q, A brother OF the negro lynched in
lde threats against members of the soci
ID and may be lynched. war
nun
\ mob took a man. at Victor Col, win
nday, Aug. 81 and tried to lynch the
., but Sheriff Bell and deputies res New
81 him. The under sheriff and a but
'nty attempted 10 control the mob, wat
We're easily overpowered. Many repl
the deputies who have been regu- Darl
" employed IN the district since Will
riots early in June, it is alleged. caus
e active as leaders of the mob. unal
2 Iutermountain Mercantile con- sion!
US store was completely wrecked are
Of b
mericau Consul General Guenther of a
Frankfort, Germany, reports that caus
chemist Nerneuh has succeeded In and
ding artificial rubes that are pure able
brilliant and possess all the phys it Is
properties OF natural rubies, by think
ting a mixture of clay and oxide of conc,
,mium to an even temperature of bott}
raj thousand degrees in a blast of can
hydrogen gas. which acts directly Sigh
the mass from the top" 4 ruby cause
ntly produced by Nerneuil weighs serve
pounds but is valued at only 5000. of W
riding 70 Mr. Guenther. wash
| thus
he Chicago Federation Of Labor the s
decided to ask the general public huma
lid for the men now out on strike
he stock yards at Chicago. The
ution asserts that the employ
of the laborers in the packing u
as yvas ca irragular tba+ their the S
weekly, earnings ala NOT amount word,
ore than ST. II is then declared heir
the packers attempted to lower =
wages of the laborers. and the
"a workmen believing that this
d be followed by a reduction in
own rate decided to go out on ms
e in support of the unskilled
If "
n W w Rlackmar of Roston to inS
elected commander chief of some
Grand Army of the Republic at 1t. II
losing session OF the national en- Brattl,
meht convention at Boston last dent /
ana Denver COLO, was selected Fla.
ile eicaInpllleul Oh lso9' me boro a
ntion was tba ,1assaee ~ vase strong
g daclaring that any nnodi6ca Geor
If the voting franchise should be street,
lines of intelligence and fitness to my
than those of race and color Kidney
ilsapproVing or the ADMISSION or over fl
of Veterans TO secret G. A. r. tha 70,
ngs. Mrs. Mary T. Hager of d,.,,o, !
go was elected national presi- aius
If the Woman's Relief corps. 'rea'ih
endorse
attempt was made at st. Ma the me
Ohio. Tuesday. Aug. %. by I'M from k
/ persons to blow up the gates use it.
head of St Mary's reservoir as fror
dynamite fortunately the be the
! of dynamite was not suffi- ohtaira
large to destroy the masonry M,
,en r,rcb an FEEDING apoopg tba For
living in the vicinity of the cents
servoir. owing to widespread New Y,
that the banks of the big body States.
Ter are not sate' notwlthstand- Rene
lat tne s'dte mas spent large take no
ngthenng the earthworks. Had
iect of the miscreants been at 6uf
the town of st. Mary's and
habitants of the adjacent val .
uld have been swept by most
i've HOOD, causing enormous Should