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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-09
THISOHlO TOWN
NEGROES JONAH
CoIored Citizens Mobbed and Torch
Applied to Their Homes.
RIOTERS HARD TO CURB
Shooting Of a White Man by Two Ne
groes Precipitated Trouble Eight
Companies of Tro,pS on Scene.''

A riot and race war which began in
Springfield, Ohio, Tuesday night as
u result Of the shooting of NJ. M. Da-
Wis, railroad man, by LAID ami
Dean, colored, was continued Wednes-
day night, eight companies Of troops
called out to assist the local officials
in preserving order not beng able 10
prevent the destruction of two houses
and the partial demolition of dozen
or more others at the hands OF the
mob.
Up to midnight Wednesday night
10 casualties had occurred, and the
riot Lad consisted mainly of march
ing mobs, which either set fire to OF
stoned the houses of negroes.
rhe "Flickers' Nest" which is in
haoited by negroes, and which fig
ured in the Dixon mob and subse-
Qnent race wars two years ago, was
assaulted and several attempts made
to. fire it, but as it was guarded by
milItiamen, the effort failed.
Several negroes who had been chas-
ell by the whites from the negro quar-
ter of the city, made their way to
The city building, which was in charge
Of the solliers Colonel c. S. Ammel
Of the fourth regiment arrived We'd
nesday evening and assumed COM
mand of the troops, relieving Captain
Horace Keifer, who had been in COM
mana.
Ihe first place visited was the home
OF George Miller at York ana Harri-
son streets. When the assault began
from the rear Of the home, Miller ran
ill his bare feet and without coat or
hat and escaped from his pursuers by
going to the city hall, where he found
shelter with the troops. Coal oil was
applied to lis house, which was soon
q mass of flames. and was quickly
destroyed.
From EIiller's the mob went to the
Ecmes Of John Logan and Noah In,
graham, double frame on Yotk
street, and the torch was applied fol
lowing the escape of the occupants
few minutes before. The house was
practically destroyed. The militia
gave chase to some OF the rioters, and
at Central avenue pursued them at
the point of the bayonet Even while
this was going on, some Of the mem
bers of the mob who were at a safe
distance from the soldiers continued
to stone the houses of negroes.
The house Of John Scurry, negro
preacher, was stoned, and the family
fed tel Tor~stricken from it. The MOP
then set fire to it, but the prompt ar
rival Of the militia prevented its de-
stru@tion. The homes Of Reuben
Campbell and Charles Fillmore on
Central avenue, were riddled with
stones and at this point q 10y, whose
an5 is not known, was shot in the
ing. The militia have devoted their
attention TO the control of the larger
crowds, leaving the police to look
after the smaller end Of the riot. Pro
miscuous and random shooting was
a feature Wednesday night, and added
to the general terror. Two negro wo-
men who jumped from the second
stories OF their homes when assailed
by the mob were seriously hurt, ana
were taken to the hospital.
Many negroes are fleeing from the
city, going to Columbus, Dayton, Xenla
and Urbana
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-09
DEADL Y STORM
HITS MERIDIAN
Wide Path Of Destruction is Cut IN
Center Of the City.
VICTIMS BY HE SCORE
Many Large Buildings Totally DemoI-
ished and Loss Of Life aid Prop
ertY Damage is Feartul.

information reached Mobile, Ala,
Saturday morning at two o'clock
by telephone, all telegraph
wires being down, that destructive
tornado visited Meridian, Miss, at
$50 o'clock Friday evening, killing
twenty-one white persons and over
hundred colored people and damaging
property to the extent of $1,5OO,OOO.
There are also scores seriously in
iured through being caught in the
wreckage of houses. The tornado
caught the city on the southwest and
travelled to the northeast, expanding
itself in two suburbs where many ne
groes were killed and injured, a whole
tenement district being wiped out.
Two large wholesale stores, several
smaller ones, parts of the principal
hotel, the electric lighting plant and
all the small property between the
Mobile and Ohio railroad and the bust
ness part of the city were badly dam
aged.
Twenty men were caught in one res
taurant and several were killed. Two
stories Of the Young Mems Christian
Association building were wrecked
and other buildings suffered in the
upper stories.
The negro tenement district north
of the city was demolished, and the
debris caught fire, threatening new
danger, but the local department, with
the help OF hundreds Of citizens, over
came this after hard fight. They
were assited by torrential rain for
lowing the tornado.
The city was plunged into darkness,
and the full extent Of the disaster
was hot at first realized. The known
path OF the storm was about six hun
cred feet wide and one mile in length.
A long C-stance message from J.
D Breaux, service man of the Cum
bcrland Telephone Company at Nc
ridian, Miss, gives complete details Of
the cyclone, as follows:
During a heavy rainstOTm at $3.50
O'clock a stormcloud developed in the
south and moved on the city, striking
Front street, the business center, with
full force. The wind was probably
blowing Is miles an hour The cy-
clone passed over in about two min
Utes, and, during that period, three
or four whole squares were deyastat-
ed. A conservative estimate places
the number Of buildings blown down
at between thirty and forty. Among
the heaviest losers are the Meyer &
Neville Hardware company, Tom Lyle
& Co, wholesale dry goods and gro
ceries; the New Orleans and North
eastern railroad freight depot and 9TH
er buildings, the names Of which are
net obtainable at this hour The Mo
bile and Ohio depot is safe as well
as the Sou..2ern hotel, but the Grand
Avenue hotel was considerably dam
aged. The guests in the latter build
ing escaped and no one was injured"
A message received from the tele-
graph operator at Toomsuba, Miss,
four miles north Of Meridian, who had
Just returned from the scene OF the
disaster, was to the effect that up
wards Of one hundred persons were
killed, and that the property loss was
enormous. He stated all buildings be-
tween Front street and the railroad
tracks we're demolished, and calls for
a large force of workmen to assist
in removing bodies from debris were
being made.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-09
CHARGED Win POISONING WIFE.
COroner's Verdict Results il Arrest of Hus-
band of Two Weeks.

Reason Handley, a young man liv-
ing on the plantation Of J. B. Jones,
near Della, Ga, was arrested Friday,
charged with having poisoned his wife.
She died Thursday under peculiar cir
cumstances and on investigation it is
said that it was shown he bought
strychnine under the name of Willis.
The coroner's jury returned a YER
dict Of murder BY poisoning. The
womans stomach was forwarded to
the state chemist. The couple had
been married only two weeks.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-09
HANGING WITNESSED BY GOVERNOR.
Negro at Shreveport Pays Penalty for MUIR
der Of White Girl.

Charles Coleman, the negro Who out
ragged and murdered Margaret Lear,
near Shreveport, La, was legally ex-
ecuted in the parish Jail. No excite
ment attended the execution, public
feeling having subsidized since the con
viction of Coleman. Governor Blanch-
ard arrived during the morning, and
shortly afterwards signed the death
warrant.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-09
Major Gillett's RESIGNATION Accented.

The president Friday, decided to ac-
cept the resignation of Major Cassius
Gillette, engineer corps, U. S. A., and
the secretary Of war accordingly has
written Major Gillette letter accept
ing his resignation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-09
Costly Elevator fire in Rnffaln.

The Wheeler elevator, Buffalo, N.
Y, was destroyed by fire Friday night.
The loss on the building and it's con-
tents is estimated at s175,OOO.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-09
THOUGHT ne HAD KILLED MAN.
After Being Fugitive tor Thirty Years Me-
gro is fined OniY $50.

y'V 70 ''''oU VIIIy WIU.
Louis Ddnkey, a negro, thought he
killed another negro with club thlr-
ty years ago and fled. being fugi-
tive all these years. A few days ago
he was arrested in Montgomery, Ala,
and on trial Wednesday it was dis
covored that the man he hit was not
killed He was let off with a fine Of
$40, after icing thirty years in fear.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-28
STAYS WIFE AND SELF
In INSANE FRENZY
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Chicago, Sept. 2s.-While his brother
was making plans to secure his return
to sanatorium to be treated for men
tai disorders, Charles X. Kline, presi-
dent of the Evanston Elevator & Coal
company, murdered his wife and then
committed suicide shortly after mid
night this morning at his home, 23l8
Ridge avenue. Mrs. Kline died instant
breast, and her slayer, who shot him
self in the region of the heart, sue
cumbed half an hour later.
Kline and his wife were alone in
their bedroom at the time of the shoot
ing and his six children, his mother and
his sister had retired. The other mem
bers of the family were startled by a
scream. quickly followed by shot. Be-
fore any Of them could reach the room
occupied by the merchant, another shot
was fired. Both lay upon the bed, the
husbands body being across that of
his wife, just where he had fallen when
he turned the weapon upon himself.
Kline, who was a. years old, had
been a prominent business man and
club member of Evanston. Both he
and his wife, who was five years his
junior, had spent their lives there, and
large one. None of the members Of
the fsmily nor their neighbors could
remember that they had ever quar-
relied, and it is said their domestic re-
lations were ideal.
For twelve years Kline served as
the Evanston manager for the Peabody
Coal company, and left the service of
that concern to embark in business for
himself.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-28
MILLIONAIRE out
FOR AN INCOME TAX
Thomas F. Walsh, in Speech, De-
clares for Revenue from
Fortunes.

journal Special Service. .=.
Colorado Springs, Col, Sept. o.
Thomas E. Walsh, the multimillionaire |
mine owner, in an address at the ban
uuet of the Pike s Peak centennial
celebration here last night discussing
present conditions that permit a few to
accumulate large wealth and impose
burdens Of the mass of the people, de-
clared in favor of graduated tax upon
fortunes, an income tax, the exemption
of the owners of small cottages from
taxation, government insurance for
workers and government savings banks.
In commenting upon the unequal dis
Crushing Independence.
Accumulated and concentrated
wealth, both corporate and Individual,
is crushing from the masses the life OF
individual ownership, individual indie
pendence and almost individual exist
ence.
ditions means all the commercial
wealth of our country conferred in a
few hands and the masses of the people
left without an atom of ownership IN
our country. If we are to survive as a
nation the welfare of the masses must
ever and always be our first aim. We
must remember that no wealth can be
VI
the people. I only plead that the
masses may get their proportionate
share of the created wealth.
"One of the things 1 would suggest
60 keep the ownership Of our country
from the hands of the few is gradu-
ated tax upon accommodating fortunes.
Make the beginning, if you will, at a
very comfortable sum; then the great
er thes accumulation the greater to be
the share to be given to the public
fund.
Reaches Only Rich.
"To my mind, the income tax is the
fairest that can be imposed. 1t reaches
only the rich, and they surely can af-
ford to pay it. It is humiiating in
Justice to have the owner of humble
little cottage, raising five or six chill
dren, taxed for the little cottage that
shelters him and his family. Why not
exempt him from all taxes of every
kind and desert ption7
"Another thing, the masses of the
people have never received any direct
benefit from the great credit Of the
country. The moneyed interests and
banking institutions have always re-
celved that benefit. Can you imagine
any more beneficial work than for the
government to open department Of in
surance that will give insurance to the
toiling masses at actual costs
~ see no reason why the government
cannot also have department of saw
ings banks to assist the poorer people,
whose interest it is our greatest duty
to promote, for the wealthy can take
care Of Themselves
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-28
CARNEGIE HERO MEDAL
FOR A WISCONSIN GIRL

Appleton, Wis, Sept. 2s.-Miss Elsie
Plantz, daughter of President Samuel
Plantz, of Lawrence university, and IT.
win w. Church of Menominee Falls, a
graduate of the last class of Lawrence,
will receive Carnegie hero medals be-
renee girls, who had broken thru the ice
in the Fox river and were well nigh
exhausted when pulled from the water
John z. Cowan Of New York, repre-
sentative of the Carnegie hero medal
commission was in Appleton today and
announced that some time in January
medals will be presented to Miss Plantz
and Mr. Church.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-28
Homeseekers' Rates.

On the first and third Tuesday of
each month the Rock island lines will
sell Homeseekers' tickets to points in
Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louis
lana, Nebraska and Colorado. at rate of
one fare plus 81 for the round trip.
For particulars apply to A. T.. Steece.
City Passenger Agent, 322 Nicollet ave-
nue., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-28
LOSES BRIDE AT ALTAR

Green Bay Girl Gives Milwaukeean
the Sack at the Last Moment.
Special to The Journal.
Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 2S.-Spurned
William Hoehnen, of Milwaukee, ma
chinist in the employ Of the Allis-
Chalmers company, is broken hearted.
The prospective bride was Miss
Katherine Lang of Green Bay. The
wedding was to have been performed
Wednesday. All the details had been
arranged, the carriages hired and the
friends had assembled at the church
when the young woman informed the
bridegroom that the marriage could not
be. =. .#s.,H .
Miss Lang is confined to her bei
with illness due, it is said, to the shock.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-28
Very Low Rates to the West.

The Chicago Great Western railway
vii! sell tickets to points in Arizona,
california, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada,
one-half the usual fare. Tickets on sale
daily Aug. 9th to Oct. 31st. inclusive.
Get full information from r. H. Heard,
General Agent, corner Nicollet av and
9Th st, Minneapolis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29
REMOVAL OF OFFICIAL
RESULT OF TRIP SOUTH
President Announces Dismissal of Dis.
trict Attorney PettingiIl in
Porto Rico.

Washington. Nov. % President
Roosevelt has directed the dismissal
from office of Noah b. Pettingill. Uni
ted States district attorney for Porto
Rico. Before the president left Wash
ington on his Panama trip charges af-
fecting Mr.. Pettilgin had reached here
and were referred 10 the attorney gen
eral for his consideration. These were
that while district attorney he had in
the capacity of a private attorney en-
tered suit against another government
official charging gross misconduct in
Office. During the presidents absence
Attorney General Moody received an
answer to the charges from Mr.. Pettin-
gill, but this was not satisfactory to
Mr.. Moody or the president, and the
latter directed that dismissal follow.
The action of the district attorney. the
president said, amounted practically to
in office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29
CHANCELL LLOR ANDREWS OF NEBRASKA
UNIVERSITY WARRING ON TOBACCO

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 29.-Chancellor
Andrews of Nebraska university
is determined to ascertain whether it
is necessary for q law student to get
inspiration from tobacco chewing as
well as from Blackstone While the
chancellor does not attempt to prohibit
the mastication OF the weed by embryo
attorneys, he objects to target practice
at the cuspidors where the aim is not
true. He has even gone so far as to
post a notice that where bad marks
manship becomes habitual the Offend
ing student shall be expelled In let
ter to Dean Roscoe Pound of the col
lege of law the chancellor says:
''The superintendent of buildings re-
ports that, though the law students
have much improved, many of them
still spit on the floor, in corners and
around radiators and in cracks It
seems to me that a resolute effort by
all your colleagues might end this.
recommend that you push the reform,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29
President Samuel Spen-
Ger of Southern
Wreck Victim.
FIRE CHARS REMAINS
Private Car on Rear of Limited
Destroyed In Collision at
LaWIer, Va.

Lynchburg, Va, Nov. 29.--President
Samuel Spencer of the Southern rail
way, was killed and his body burned
beyond recognition at Lawyer, II
miles below here, this morning. Phil
lip Schuyler of New York, of Spencer'z :
party. Train Dispatcher f. w. Davis,
Engineer Terry, and one unidentified
man We're also killed. Eight negroes
were injured one probably fatally
Resulted from Collision.
The accident resulted from a col
lision between the Washington and
southern western vestibuled limited
train. which ran into the rear end of
the Jacksonville limited. Spencer's
private coach was entirely burned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29
SLAVE AND UNION
SOLDIER IN 1864
Henderson Bingham, One of Oldest
CoIoredoftizens Of Rock Island
Passes Away.

Henderson Bingham, one of the old
est colored residents of the city an
eX-slave and "A veteran of the civil
war in which he fought on the union
side, died at 4:2O this morning at his
home, 81 Fourteenth street. He was
born in Mississippi in 1885, being 81
years of age when he enlisted in Com
pany J, Gath regiment in his native
state. He was discharged two years
later. having been made corporal dur
ing his term of service. He came to
Rock Island p years ago and entered
the employ of the Rock Island Fuel
company with which he was connected
till year ago, when the illness that
finally resulted in his death came on.
Mr.. Bingham was married twice. the
second union being contracted during
the civil war. The wife and two sons.
Jeffrey and John. both of Mississippi.
survive Frugal and Industrious in hab-
its Mr.. Bingham accumulated some
The funeral will be held at
2:30 Sunday afternoon at Mckinley
Baptist chapel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29
MRS. GRAHAM" WIFE or
A BASEBALL PLAYER
New York World Claims to Have
Found Woman Who Complained
Against Caruso.

New York, Nov. 29.-The evening
world says the woman who gave her
name as Hannah Graham and who
failed to appear in police court to pro-
secute charges which she made
against Caruso. the Italian tenor. has
been found She is Mrs Stanhope,
wife of Adam Stanhope, a baseball
player, the World says. 1t quotes Mrs.
Stanhope as saying there is no ques-
tion but what the insult offered by
Caruso was an intentional one. She
did not desire to make any complaint
against the man, but finally did so be
cause Policeman Cain said the man
had insulted other women there that
day and he wanted to lock him up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29
ROMANCE IN TEXAS
RANGER COMPANY
n. T. MeeIeus, Proprietor and Owner
of Copyright, and Miss Coral
White Are Welded Here.

Herman T. Meeleus of Oshkosh.
Wis, and Miss Coral NJ. White, of
Westfield. Wis. members of the TEX
as Ranger" company which played
here a few nights ago. surprised the
other members of the company yester-
day afternoon by being quietly married
at the home of Rev. R. G. Pearce of
this city. Nothing was known Of the
couples plans by the members of the
company until they returned to Rock
Island after the evening performance
at the Burtis in Davenport Mr. Nee
leus is the sole proprietor of the COM
pany and has a copyright on the play
which he presents. The company will
appear in Moline this evening at the
Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29

suspending a few men if necessary.
| hope you will"
The chancellor has for several years
waged a war against the use of tobac-
co on the university grounds. He first
commenced over year ago by order
ing the installation of cuspidors, with
regulations for their use. The theft of
the entire lot by the offended law stu
dents did not deter him, and they
were replaced by new ones made sta
tionary. Next the chancellor made
rules that there should be no smoking
on the university grounds, the result
being that at the chapel hour every
morning the sidewalks just outside the
gates are congested by crowds of
young men inhaling cigaret smoke
while the services go on in the convo-
cation hall. Chancellor Andrews per-
sonally believes that the use of tobac-
co is unnecessary. The percentage of
users among the faculty, however, is
not small. .en
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29
SEND THE PRESIDENT
GOURD AS BIG STICK
Democratic Admirers of Marion, Ohio,
Advise Use on Con-
gresS.

Marion. Ohio, Nov. 29.-Congress-
man Grant e. Mouser has received a
large gourd from one of his constitu-
ents with a note requesting that it be
delivered to President Roosevelt The
gOurd is about four feet long and IS
said to resemble the published pic
lures of the big stick" Attached to
the gourd was the following message
Mr. Roosevelt: Please accept this
big stick" and send to congress at
tached to your next message and tell
them to be good 1t was apparently
designed by Providence for your Off
cial use
From your trust busting democratic
admirers of Marion, Ohio"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29
FOR JUDGES IN THE EIGHTH
Williams and Jarman Picked at Cor
Ventions to Fill Vacancy.

the two old parties has nominated a
candidate for circuit judge in the
Eighth judicial district. the democrats
in this city selecting Guy r. Williams
of Mason county, and the republicans
at Quincy putting Lewis Jarman of
Rushville in the field The vacancy Is
caused by the recent death of Judge
Thomas \. Mehan of Havana. The
election will be held Dec. p. The dis
trict is made up of the counties Of
Adams. Brown, Mason, Pike, Calhoun,
Cass. Menard and Schuyler.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
is NOW FREE FROM DEBT
Fine Financial Showing Made at Meet
ing of Trustees at Wash
ington.

Washington. Nov 29.-The trustees
of the Catholic University of America
met in semi-annual session Tuesday
Treasurer Michael Jenkins reported
that the university is entirely free of
debt, despite the fact that the endow-
ment amounts TO only 100000 and
that its only other source of revenue
is from collections taken in various
Catholic churches throughout the
country for this special purpose. The
faculty of the university. which was
entirely reOrganiZed last spring. is
proving eminently satisfactory. accord
ing to the report of Cardinal Gibbons,
president of the board of trustees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-29

which has variation from the author
lied version. The subject is the visit
of Jesus and his disciples to the tenn
pie of Jerusalem and their meeting
there with the Pharisee who rebukes
them with their failure to perform the
necessary ceremonial of publication.
In the dialogue which follows. which
resembles in some respects Mathew
xiii. %. the Pharisee describes with
considerable fullness and detail the
formalities he has observed, where
upon Jesus delivers an eloquent, crush
ing reply. contrasting outward with in
ward purity.