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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-20
MASSACHUSETTS WANTS
NO NEGRO CONGRESSMAN

Washington. September 19.-(Special.)-
The door OF hope" has been closed upon
Isaac B. Allen of Boston. this, too, in the
home of the Presidents friend, Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge.
Allen was two years ago elected
member of the council. He aspired to
higher things and in spite Of his color
announced for the republican congression-
al nomination in the Eleventh Massachus-
etts district. After the example set by
President Roosevelt. Allen did not see
~s-e~-s-~~<-se-S-e-~~-
u.s. Te aaye .exerentiy each ncFttegsg
opened our deliberation with prayer, plac-
ing our trust for deliverance from evil
and gui ance in the faithful and impair
tfal di,i arge of our duty in the hands
of tn s'-s' etest and wisest Judge.
Examines Many Witnesses.
1--WE have examined large number of
witnesses and have made dilgent inquiry
to arrive at the facts in reference to the
lawlessness and violence which has dis
graced the name of eur county and
brought reproaeh upon the state. On the
evening of September 6, 1904. e. d. Wal
drop was murdered in most atrocious
manner. Robbery was the apparent mo-
tive Circumstances pointed to Horace
Naples, negro. as the guilty party. He
was arrested the next morning and placed
in Jail. A crowd collected on the streets
near the Jail Immediately after his con-
finement and there was considerable talk
of mob violence. The matter was brought
to the attention of your honor. court he-
ing In session, a special grand jury was
organized and within a few hours Horace
Naples was indicted for murder in the
first degree.
notwithstanding this fact that the ma
chinery of the courts had been set In mo-
ton and speedy trial was assured. the
crowd in the vicinity of the Jail increased
and the threatening talk did not abate.
Wisely Closed the Saloons.
In the meantime your honor had wise
ly closed .he saloons and hardware stores
and ordered out the local militia. With
some fifteen men or more at his COM
mand and an abundance of ball cart
ridges. Capt. r. l.. Hay. commanding
Company =. posted sentinels guarding the
various approaches of the jail 1t appears
that these sentinels were ordered to keep
back the crowd, but were not ordered to
load or to fire Nor were they given any
more specific instructions at this time
About D. m. the lines were rushed
and some of the guards disarmed. The
sheriff, who had recently returned from
| supper, went into the jail with the mill
tary company. 1t appears that some fif
| teen officers and several privates failed
to reach the jail. but some fifteen men go
inside with extra guns and ammunition
and not until then were they ordered t
| load
| mo effort was made to hold the lowe
! floor. but the garrison hastened to tak'
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CAUSTIC CRITICISM OF MEN
WHO LET THE MOB RULE
Bold Stand Taken -, Group OF Maai-
son County Citizens Who Desire
to See the Law Reign
Supreme.
NO SECRET SERVICE MEN.

Washington, September 19.-Chief
Willxis of the secret service stated
tonight that there are no secret SER
vicemen investigating the recent
lynching affair at Huntsville, Ala,
as rumored there.
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sortie Made From Fort.

London, September ia dispatch from
Toxic to a news agency says: A strong
Russian force made a sortie from Port
Arthur on the afternoon Of September
18 and attacked the Itezsoan fort, which
was recently captured by the Japanese
The fighting lasted some hours. and the
Russians eventually were repulsed with
haaxtv IOea
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Russian cruiser is Seen.

Madrid. September 1s.-The Correspon-
deneia Of this city published a dispatch
from Bilboa today to the effect that a
Russian cruiser has been seen OF Cape
St Maria and that she fred two shots
al and took possession of merchant
vessel supposed to be a British steamer.
No confirmation Of the report is to be
had
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sheriff. The order came about 7:30 O'clock
to the best of my recollection. l threw
out pickets, seven of them, around the
Jail at the various corners leading to the
jail, and kept the remaining men, about
eleven, as reserve at the jail.
Little Trouble In Dispensing Mob.
II dispersed the mob at once and had
very little trouble doing so, although the
members cursed the officers and men.
When 1 reported to the sheriff / said to
him: L want you to stay here, as we
are liable to have trouble He then told
me If there was any trouble to sound
assembly and order all the men into the
Jail. He did not give any orders to shoot
IN case the mob attacked and reper dur
ing the entire trouble would he allow me
to order the soldiers to shoot, although
I begged him and so did some of the
men in the Jail after the mob had rushed
the lines
81 left the jail and went up town a
short time after I had reported to the
sheriff. 1t was then that received the
telegram from the govefhor. my brother
giving 1t to me. l wired back to him that
the company was in command at the jail
and asked for reinforeements and also
asked If instructions had been sent to
the Birmingham company to come here.
never received reply to this telegram.
after I had gone back to the jail, and
about o'clock, the mob rushed the lines
and assembly was sounded, but not by
my orders or by those of any one so far
as I knew. Shots were fired. but I don't {
know by whom. When the mob rushed
the line md the assembly was sounded
I ordered the men into the jail. but not
until after Sheriff Rodgers had also done
So He marched us to the second land
ing of the stepk and there we remained
until after tho Jail was fired and just
as the negro escaped.
No Order Given to Load.
'T do not know If any of the rifles Of
my command were fired that night.
did not Inspect them to see. The order
to load was never given by me. and so
far as I know none of the rifles were
loaded.
"Tn the jail after the mob had sur
rounded 1t and had started firing IT, I
said to the sheriff that II was pretty
warm and that he ought to do something.
He called to individual men in the mob
and advised them to go home. as he
did not wish to fire on them The BOYS
in my command kept begging the sheriff
and myself to allow them to shoot. and
two of them were suffocated by the heat
and smoke and had to lie down. The
sheriff's son came to me and said. Bob.
if father or,1ers you to shoot. don't do
it. He repkated this several times, and
also severalk times begged his father not
to order us to shoot. I had half dozen
talks with tie sheriff begging him to al
low me to shoot
IT told thht I would shoot and shoot
CONTINUED on Second Page)
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Officers Make Protest.

st. Petersburg September 20-(2I5 a.
m.)-There is a story aaoat that sud
den call has been issued to officers of the
guard regiments stationed at St Peters,
burg to report for service at the front
According to report. the order directs
that eight out OF a total Of fifty-six Of
fcers OF each regiment should be chosen
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Huntsville, September 19.-tspecia1)-
The grand jury tonight found it's final
report, recommending that Sheriff Rod
gers Mayor Smith and Chief Of Police
Overton be impeached in connection with
the lynching of Horace Naples and the
burning of Madison county Jail on the
night of September Z. Seven additional
indictments were returned, and the war
rants will be served today. The report of
the grand Jury is caustic and is a severe
arraicnment of the three officials. The
report in full Is as follows:
The Grand Jury Reports.
',rhe state of Alabama, Madison coun-
ty, circuit court, August term, 1904
ITO His Honor, Paul Speake, Presiding
Judge:
Sir: We. the grand jury organized on
the ninth day of September 1904, to in
auire into and investigate the offenses
and violations of the law growing out of
the assault upon the county jail and the
lynching of Horace Naples on the sew
enth day of September, 1904 beg leave to
submit the following as our final report;
Realizing the gravity of the work we
were called and sworn to perform. we
have assumed our task with the full
consciousness of its Importance to this
and surrounding states, to this and to
succeeding generations Approaching the
enormity Of the responsibility placed upon
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Others Are Drafted in St
Petersburg for the Front
NO FIGHTING ABOUT MUKDEN
Russians at Port Arthur Are Reported
to Have Made Sortle on Japs,
Which Was Re-
pulsed.

Except for important reconnoissancea
by Generals Rennenkampff and Samson
off, there seems to have been little inter-
ruption of the quiet that ensued after the
hard lighting around Lao Yang more
than fortnight ago.
An indication of the mortSlity among
Russian officers st the front is shown by
the report from St. Petersburg that about
one-seventh of the officers in the regi-
ments of guards stationed at the capital
are to be drafted for service with regi-
ments at the scene Of war.
The Japanese are reported to be advance
ing slowly upon the positions held by the
Russians in a line extending about twen-
ty-seven miles. There have been no de-
velopments at Port Arthur beyond re-
ported futile sortie by the lrrison against
a height which recently fell into the hands
Of the Japanese.
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why he shouldn't announce and have the
support of every Roosevelt-Lodge repub-
lican in the district
1t turns out, however. that the Massa-
chusetts republicans are willing to have
the President force upon southern con-
stituencies negro office holders, but when
1t comes to having one of them credited
to Massachusetts, district It is a horse
of another color. The Hon. stephen
Omeara (white) will make the race this
year Allen will continue to work in
the ranks for the success of the republi-
can ticket.
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Decisive Battle Not Expected.

Decisive Battle Not Expected.
st. Petersburg, September 1s.--Cs:59 p.
m.)-While still insisting that General
Kuropatkin has sufficient troops at
Mukden to contest the Japanese advance.
the war office admits that it is not likely
that o decisive battle will be fought
there. Everything goes to show that
the main Russian positions is now at Tie
Pass. nanked by hills out on the left.
and by the river on the right
Official reports to the war office are to
the effect that the Japanese did not make
any further movement towards hfukden
until September II, when reconnoissaa ees
in force disclosed that they were still
massing at Yentai and Bentsiaputze. No
Japanese have been discovered east Of the
! latte. pont The reconnoiss anee5 Gem
J erai KuropatlSln says, were brilliantly
carried out by Generals Sansonon and
RennenlSampfs Cossack brigade, with
mixed detachment OF artillery and In
fantry, under Rennenkampf's personal
command They captured village north
OF Bentziaputze, which was used as
pivot The Russians left lost a few men
killed or wounded after securing val
uable information regarding the japanese
strength and position. A couple days
earlier General Mistehenko's detachment
Of Cossacks reconnoitered toward Yentai,
at the cost OF a few score wounded, as
reported in the Associated Press dispatch
es from Mukden, September 16.
kuropatkin Reviews Troops.
General Kuropatkin says he reviewed
| yesterday the Thirty-seventh division
commanded by General Chekmareff,
which was then just arriving at Mukden.
1t belongs to the First European corps of
which the Twenty second division. Cen
eral Afanasovitch reached Lao Yang in
| time to take part in the battle there.
| The appearance of the newly arrived
European troops at Mukden, instead OF
being evidence of the complete Russian
| concentration there as many persons has
| tlly assumed, is more likely due to the de-
! csion of General KuropatlSin to get fresh
! and untested troops in contact with the
japanese and give the soldiers who suf-
fered the brunt of the fighting at Lao
Yang an opportunity to rest and recuper-
! ate
Kuropatkin has ordered the Issue OF
| heavy winter clothing in the middle OF
October. The Russian troops have al
ready exchanged their summer khaki for
their ordinary cloth uniforms.
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LITTLE DISCIPLINE SHOWN
ON NIGHT OF THE L YNcHING

sheriff. The order came about 1880 o'clock,
to the best of my recollection. 1 threw
out pickets, seven of them, around the
Jail at the various corners leading to the
jail, and kept the remaining men, about
eleven. as a reserve at the iail.
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u.s. Re save Eevereasls each .ncFftsgsg
opened our deliberation with prayer, plac-
ing our trust for deliverance from evil
and gui ance in the faithful and impair
tfal di,i arge of our duty in the hands
OF tn r. Atest and wisest Judge.
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Mccarren Is Opposed.

Senator McCarren today declared HIM
self unalterably opposed to the nomina-
tion of Edward NJ Shepard of Brooklyn
and announced without qualification that
if Mr.. Shepard was nominated, it must
be without the aid or consent Of Kings
county, for whose delegation he is be-
lieved to speak with authority. This
statement was made especially in connec-
ton with his urgent support of the can
didacy of Comptroller Grout but he adj
mitted that If a conference should
agree upon the name of John b. Stanch-
field of Elmira, Kings county might con-
cede the withdrawal of Mr.. Grouts name
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-30
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= WEST MILFORD NOTES. >

WEST MILFORD. Dec. 27-Mr. and
Mrs. Llyod Chalfant, of shinpston.
spent Saturday and Sunday at the home
Of j. d. HoT.
c. B. Morrison came home TO spsnd
Christmas.
L. f. Ward. of Clarksourg. IS spend
ing few days here with friends.
DIR. a. j. Kemper was at clarksburg
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Kennedy and
daughters, Eva and Susan, were SHOP
ing in Clartssburg Friday.
Misses 1cis Williams. Mabel Lee and
Hettie Young, of the Clarksburg SCHOOLS
came home the last of the week to spend
The holidays with their parents.
R. Vance Lynch and H. N. Wolfe were
clarksburg visitors Saturday.
Misses Hattie Holmes and Addie Mof-
fatt are visiting relatives in Adamston
this week
Messrs. Lewis Mcmillan and Edwin
Corbin, of Good Hope, were here Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. IL. G. FcrnaId are visit
ing relatives in Clnrksburg this week.
Messrs Harry and Earl Sheets. of Tn,
Wesleyan University Mt Buclshannou.
are home to spend vacation
Mrs. Brook West, of cIar<sburg, is
here visiting relatives.
Early Lee was at Lost Greek Sat
urday
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-30
FIRST XMAS
SERMON
PraaeAea BY Raw. Laaehtiu, 1xinisteriai
Stadent at Bzeadaus, 10 Wilson
burg Congregation.

Rev. G. G. LapehIn preached SatuT.
day and sunday a. wIlsOnbarg. Sun
day morning be prcsehed his 9rSt Christ
mas sermon. The theme was ''Heaven's
GSfH,y from the text, ~The gift Of Goa
Is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord" R way Of introduction the
speaker said There are a few days
during the year that VIC cherish and
esteem above tbs .pest. TIE first, New
Years day, time which calls foTtn
tarankfulness and praise a. W. look back
at the blessings OF tae past-taen hook
into the rntried days before US and asls
the Fathers blessing 70 till be extende4
toward ue. Then few weeks later we
come to day to which we love to pay
some tribute of respect-the birfhdA:.
of America't first great executive Fes-
ruary %. Then a little Over two
months more we reacn day which calls
forth very sacred memories "a our poo
pie assemble in the family Gareyards
and cemeteries and there on nose little
mounds pay tributes Of reuTecs to their.
noble dead Decoration Doy.
Then about Eve weeks Iabss We come
to day where rica andf pos alike en-
Join in hosting the stars AID srfsp<e "a
commemoration of IA birih.tsy kof
American libersy-July q
"Then on tarougn sgne of tae-e
months We come to another day which
is very dear to Us, OUT own birthday.
''Then coming to the last week in
November in aceordagce to the proclaim.
ton of president and governor, We all
join in the annual Thanksgiving Day.
And last, No come 70 a day, the e5ta
of December. which has been revered
down through over nineteen hundred
years and wili continue to be rcvered
until time Is no more, Becaus It is tine
birthday of dug blessed Lord, day un.
like every other day OF the three aund.
red and si3ty-five."
The speaker then spoke of the purpose
of gift giving and why this great gift"
was given. Among other things ne
said, zine poor cannot enjoy very cost
y gifts, some enjoy none at all. but the
gift Of the text Is free and can be en-
joyed by rien and poor alike"
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Notice e Annual aEeatinr.

ne annual meeting of Toe stsolholdt
ems Of The aEsrdaauts EationaI Bank
OF west Virginia, At clars<sburg, WIN b
held at It's otEiee IN the City Of eaas4as-
burg. STATE Of West Virginia on The
lOth day OF january, 1905, At 10 O'Clock
a M. for the election Of seven directors
for the ensuing year.
s. R HARRISON
gdec4tw. Cashier.
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1. !. : I. !. !. + = = 49, = 49,
Z OIL NEWS. =

!. OIL NEWS. =
+ :. = 3 : = + !. !. !. j. !. :. !. i. =
OIL CITY, Pa, Disc. 2s-creltt bal
ances, sl.55; certificates, no bid.
Shipments, tPenna.) lG49o7 barrels;
average. 76.s21. Runs, l47,9sl barrels;
average. 67,9os.
Shipments CLima) 1886 barrels;
average, 56.2ss. Runs, 1929 barrels;
average. 5sO67
NEW YORK, Dec. s-standard Oil.
1924.
In the Salem district, this county,
the South Penn Oil Company has drill
cd its No. 3, on the Rachel Carpenter
farm through The Gordon and the hole
has filed up 1000 feet with fluid. 1t
viii make light producer. The same
companys second test ON the D. W. Crit
FIN farm has been drilled feet into tne
Gordon and has light saow of oil.
The same company's second test on the
Andrew Spindle farm Is drilling at lo
feet IN the stray eand and has a saow
of oil and gas.
In the same district the Greer Oil Co
has drilled its second test wen on the
Robinson farm into the Gordon and II
produced so barrels the first "a hours,
In the same district, r. L. Lowndes &
Co, have completed their No. ON tae
Ollie Davis farm and have 30 barrel
producer.
In the Wallace district, the South
Penn Company has drilled It's second
test well on the R. V. Thompson farm
Q feet into the Gordon and has a very
light saow of oil
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-12-30
WARRANT
Is Issued For BridgepOrter For Assault.
ing Colonel Man Named

Justice Samuel W. Gordon mas issued
a warrant for the arrest of Phil Hars
man. ut Bridgeport. for alleged assam;
on j. R Meade, colored. The assault
was in the nature OF fst fight. The
warrant mas not yet been executed. the
magistrate being busy with other mat
tiers and not having time TO devote TO
the clse.
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suRE cukr ZOE pnFs.

itching Pisa produce molstme and
cause itching. This form, as well
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. are
cured BY Or. Bo-san-ko's Pile Remedy.
Stops itching and bleeding. Absorbs tn
mors, 50e jar at druggists, or sent by
mail. Treatise free. Write me about
your case. DIR. Bosanko. Philadelphia
Pa. Sold bv stone s Mercer, Druggists
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- A1EsTERs, MFErrEC.

zsefe wiz be a meeting Of tae Cen
~ West viTginia o. S. Tcrnsters or
.tion deld n tae court house at
artsl,lrsy. W. Va, on the second Sat
ilasy IN January, 1905. An PsrsonA
iaierSste1 IN sad mestiug are requested
i attend. Organization win meet At
u cook 4 m.
THOMAS HAwKER. Pres,
b a. REEDER, Secy.
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National Fraternity Meetinr.
By Associated Press.

by ASsUCIdteu FttsS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 27-sfany
delegates are here to attend the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity general con
ccntion. Reports from national officers
were heard and standing committees up
pointed.
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ponular rrav1,inr Nan Her..

A. R Weber, travelling salesmaa for
the Weston Grocery Company, spent
Tuesday night in toe city the guest OF
friends. Ar. Weber Is = member Of the
United Commercial Traveller organize
tioa aere ard y quito wen knows N
GArksenre
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WIN join ths Jas.

Bunker Puliem, Of the SteaIey add.
tiOu, has read the Far East war news
90 closely and earnestly taat Ehsre has
been created n aim Burning desire 70
sniia. IN the SePanese army And 1s e..
pecta 70 dePast b . fsv daya VA thae
end 81 Mr..
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-01
sturgis. s. D.
Seed Test.

The following circular letter has
been sent out to the press by the sec
rotary OF agriculture:
The act Of congress making appro-
priations for the department Of agri-
culture for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1905, contains the following:
The secretary of agriculture is
hereby directed to obtain in the open
market samples of seeds of grass,
clover, or alfalfa, test the same, and
IL any such seeds are found to be
adulterated or misbranded, or any
seedse of Canada bluegrass (POa
compressa) are obtained under any
other name than Canada bluegrass
or Poa compressa, to publish the
results of the tests, together with
the names of the persons by whom
the seeds were offered for sale.
Announcement is hereby made that
the collection and testing Of seeds as
directed BY this act will begin Jdly i,
1904. JAMES WILSON,
Secretary"
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fortably into the arms or the peoples
party taking the Independent as Z
starter) at hand and contents care
fully noted-as they say IN the bnsi-
ness world In recent Independ-
Fent read your somewhat fearful, pity
ing and self-satisfied screed taking
sad farewell of the magnificent Billy
aforesaid. Billy is an Egyptian and
from the next keonnty to Our'n
and besides We are on the river next
to Missouri, and we want to be shown.
We are hell-bent on Sryan down IN
this benighted portion Of Egypt and,
like the old gentleman in that beau
tiful farm drama, Joshua Whitc0mb,"
we want to go where Tidy goes
Please have Charley DeFrance write
and explain how taking the Independ-
ent will dry our tears of sorrow and
plug up the fountain of grief.
Bryan has given out in cold blood
that although it is a great deal like
taking quinine and whiskey without
the whislSey he.cwill support Parker II
it takes the hair. III own up that
burned il we Egyptians down here can
see how he can swallow the dose but
he says swaller II he means spit
have G.. @. telegraph at once.
Better send a trusty messenger out
to the farm and see whether Billy
says "flop.'s 1874 ..
Seriously, boys, we Will publish your
notice and hope you hornswiggle 'em
to take the Independent.
EGYPTIAN.