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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
NEGRO HANGED AND BURNED
HORRIBLE SECOND CHAPTER IN
MISSOURI RACE WAR.
Bungiing Job Of Hanging Rops
Breaks and Victim Falls Upon
the Fire and Il cremated-

Springfield. Mo.-At els o'clock this
morning William Allen. a young negro,
was taken from the Jail here and lynch
ed in the public square by the same
mob that two hours earlier had hanged
Horace Duncan and James Copeland
The body Of Allen later was burned "a
ashes. a. had been those Of the other
negroes. beneath the spot where they
bad been lynched.
Following the dispatch Of Duncan and
Copeland some one suggested that Al
len and Bus Cain. two other negroes
known to be in Jail, should also be
lyuehed.
The mob. nov bloodthirs;y, and
rrvaght up 10 the highe-t Of excite
nent. readily took up the frenzy and
soon the charred bones Of third vic
tim lay beneath the statue Of the God
tess Of Liberty. Cainescap.d-
Allen and Cain we're being held upon
suspicion % having murdered T. ..
Ruark. while Duncan AMI Copeland
we're accused Of Assaulting Mabel ri
nund>on. a white domestic.
Their work finally accomplished. the
mob quietly dispersed.
When the mob left the Jail At mid.
uixht with Copeland and Duncan four
teen prisoners escaped in the excite
menf- Among them vas Cain Bat
Allen was there yet and the sesoud
mob found him hiding under a cot
He was dragged ont. his hands tied b..
hind his bark. rope was put around
his neck and hs Uas marrhsd down the
street "a the town square The moi
climbed upon the stairway ant ssool
upun the platform % the statue with
Allen between them Que Of th..ss
men. who held lantern in his hand
faced the crowd below. AMI waving hi.
hand toward the negro. said.
ladies ard This = Wi
Allen. the nan who murdered Old mar
RHark- What shall we do with hiIa.'
Hang him cried the crowd
is this niger guiItyg Yes or no.
Some one shouted Yes Other'
-ried No
The mob Els unsiecided While th.
crowd Va Debating the secOni man ot
the platform began tying n rupe to ths
ir0n railing The negro stood directly
above the sEnoublering ash heap fruu
which the smell Of burning ie>h aru..s
In the meantime the rope had beer
placed about Aliens neck and th'
hangman caught the negrO's ankles
lifting him. and threw him over III.
railing. AlIen turned a =pmersault il
the air ami A. the rope became taut hi
neck cracked like pistol shot Tn
rope broke AMI he fell in the bed o
Goals on top of the other ;wo negroes.
There he kicked and fOundere
around until another rope was brough
thrice looped the neck. and he va
again suspended in midair.
More wood was brought. big fr
Was kindIed and soon the swaying fg
ure. now dead. fell into il. sending ul
= spray Of live sparks. After that mos
of the men went home. but some mel
and boys stayed BY the tower all nigh
and fed the fire When daylight bros
upon the scene there remained only III
blacxened trunks and eharred remain
Of the three negroes.
Five thousand persons saw the tri
hanged and burned.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

When httie Johnnie T. Lewis OF
Webster county stole a waternelnn IN
the summer of i>s- he stumPei has toes
a~ain<t the eonstitution Of the STATE
of Mississippi. AMI the house Of repre-
ssntatives spent halt an hour tryia.
to set things right for Johnnie Z n,isF
section 25l of the constitution any PER
son convicted Of n misdeunsanor involv'
ing moral turpitude can not vote The
watermelon inciient barred Lewis from
the privilege OF voting. and his ouiy
hope Of being permitted 20 vote vas an
sppeal to the legislature The appeal
was granted. the house fntiug that
Iohnnie did not actually steal the melon
but took It IN a spirit OF mischief al
though the bill recites that Johnnie waa
r,orvirted
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
HOUSE.

Chairman Stennis called up 4 ball max
in~ the state tax for 1906 and 1907 SIX
mills on the doIlar and also authorizing
that the governor be authorized TO boz
row S200.O00 at 5 per cent during the
year 1907, If Necessary to the opera
ti0u of the State government Mr.
George opposed the borrowing feature
and said that the tax ought To be raised
half a mill instead His amendment to
that effect was defeated The bill was
then passed
Mr. Hicks reported a senate bill pen
aIizing any one who purchased liquor
from an express office and failed to
drink it within one hundred yards of the
place Some witty remarks were made
about the bill. but the house passed II
By a vote OF so to e.
The motion to reconsider the vote on
the bill creating the department of agri-
culture was called up, but the house
declined to reconsider by a vote OF 81 10
-.
The chapter on the University Of Mis-
sissippi was adopted with the senate
amendments The interesting new feat
ures of this chapter are the sections for
a new board OF trustees and one pro-
viding that the university may securs
for anatomical purposes bodies of un-
claimed persons who die at State hos
pitals.
The final act in the abolishment of the
negro normal school at Holly Springs
was enacted when Chairman EddIns OF
the education committee offered a con-
current resolution striking all references
to the defunct school from the new
code.
The following bills were passed:
Authorizing the East Mississippi In
sane Hospital to sell and purchase eer-
tain lands
Authorizing the chancery courts in the
delta to adiudicate cases arising in tax.
ing property for levee purposes and pro-
viding for jury TO assess damages
Requiring all persons or associations
doing an express business to ineorpor'
ate
Permitting cities over 10000 inhabi
| tants TO issue bonds to an amount not
over Is per cent of the taxable prop
erty.
Granting n right OF way to the rail
roads over the State farms in Sunhowel
county in consideration Of the erection
of a depot there
| Providing that all ex-Confederate sol
| diers having an income of $500 annual
Iy, or owning $1,000 taxable property
| shall not be exempt from the Usual PRIV
iiege tax
Authorizing the governor to borrow
5000. 900 in case Of yeII1w fever any
where within the State in or ie- to prop
erly protect the State
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
County Seat Fight.

The opponents to the proposed dIvi-
sion of Jones county secured an inIunc-
tion against the election commissioners,
restraining them from holding the eies-
tion set for April II, when the question
of the new district was to have been
passed upon The bill which passed the
legislature dividing the county into two
judicial districts. locating the court
house for the second district az LAUREL
seven miles from Ellisville, the county
seat, was hotly contested Gov NardI-
man would neither approve nor veto the
bill. so it becomes a law by limitation
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

The contract for paving the streets
of Hattiesburg was let to the Southern
Construction Company Of Chattanooga
for the uptown business streets, while
the residence street viii be paved with
warren's bitulithie, for which the con
tract went to the Southern BItulIthie
Company OF Nashville. The amount of
these contracts Is about s106, 900, and
other contracts for eurbing, gutterng,
sewers and water extensions bring the
total up to 100000. All the paving
is to be done under a ten-year guaran-
tee, and the work is to be finished IN SIX
months
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
LeSislatir. sessien Exterded.

Gov. Vardaman issued a proclamation
extending the present session Of the
legislature until Saturday. April II. one
week from the original date set for fnal
adjournment
Some question has arisen among the
hwvers a. to the governors right 70
extend. but at least one Judge OF the
Supreme Court has given an opinion that
the governor had the authority TO do 50,
citing several preeedents-
The only other alternative would have
been to call an extra session. but this
would have involved 80 much heavier ex-
pense to the State that the governor
finally decided, after consultation with
lawyers, on an extension
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
Meridian Cyclone Funds

The relief committee appointed mel
dent to the cyclone at Meridian on
March = had a meeting and practically
concluded its labors- The total amount
received was something over $4,000
and most of the cases OF urgent need
have been net 1t was determined To
appropriats what was left of the fund to
the rebuilding of the churches destroyed
by the storm. pro rating 1t according TO
the value of the property destroyed. /.
Two white churches and three eolored
churches were swept away
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
Conference on Purity.

Announcements have been issued
for the National Purity conference TO
convene at Chicago October 3. 10. IL.
1896 This conference will be held
under the auspices Of the National
Purity federation. an organization hav-
ing for its object the uniting Of all
forces in the United States that are
striving TO promote purity in the life
of the individual. in social relations
and IN family life by preventive. res
cue. educational. reformatory. law en-
forcement and legislative lines OF
work
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
Bonus for Masonic Home

A committee has been appointed by
the Nasons OF Meridian to solicit sub
seriptions to the fund TO secure the loea-
ton OF the projected Masonic Willows
and Orphans Home The Masonic bod
les of the city have themselves contrib
uted $4,000 to this purpose, and tins
committee is appointed to get additional
subscriptions to constitute bonus that
will be offered for the location OF the
hor,a IN Meridian
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

The hour ia late The meeting OF the
officers and elders Of the people Is al
most over. But still Elishama has not
come. and Joshua with growing disap-
pointmeut searched among the large as
sembly for him In the secluded retreat
where 50 often before IN the dead Ut
night they had gathered. they have
listened to all the words Of Moses and
Aaron. and in the clear moonlight they
have witnessed the confirming signS
which God had given The rod as IL was
cast upon the ground became serpent
and the people turned to fee before u.
and then stood in awe and wonder as
Moses stopped and picked It up and u
became a rod in his hands again He
thrust his hand in his bosom and. AZ
he drew IL forth and the people beheld
il white with leoprosy. they trembIed
and cried out in dismay. Then as he
thrust IL again into his bosom and with
drew il restored like the other hand. e
shout went up that rang about the walls
OF the clay pit. and the people cried.
God has heard our cry. Moses IS cur
leader, Moses q our leader"
Yea shouted Moses. ~and not onlv
has God heard our cry but He has rr-
stored the young man Joshua to his
people At the same time leading him
ont before the assembly
Again the shout went up and as IL
died away there came from the outer
fringe OF the crowd the glad. wild cry
oG an old nan. and the crowd parted N
make way for him as be struggled up 20
where Joshua was standing
Art thou joshua Tell ne. Art
thou Joshua the old man fairly
screamed in the intensity Of his emotion.
while he pesred into the face of the
I young man
For answer Joshua threw his arms
about the trembling form Of Elishama
and embraced him fervidly. and then
whispered
'-Believest now that the Lord has
visited his people,
Yea verify He hath And turning
about and facing his brethren who had
been watching in silence the touehiHs
reunion. he shouted in the visor Of his
+ returning faith.
Surely. the Lord hath looked upon
the affection of His people. He hath
done great things for Us this day. Let
Us worship Him And as be bowed his
head and Moses lifted up the rod al the
people bowed in reyereut worship.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
Would Make Gentlemen

For the purchase Of Mark Twain 5
How 10 Be a Gentleman I bequeath
$1,000. Copies Of this book are to be
distributed in the Y NJ c. AS Of the
north. as they don't need il in the
south" So provided the viii Of A. W.
Carson. better known As Kit Car
SON. a veteran newspaper man. who
recently died At ST. Joseph. Mo.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

Fred Herrick Of Lac du Flambeau
Wis. purchased Of Foley & Larson 10000
acres Of timber land in Scott and Rankin
counties, paying the sum Of s6Oo,o0c
therefor.
Mr. Herrick i one Of the men behind
the Pearl river railroad. and IL IL as
serted that 1t "a hrs intention TO run the
new railroad from Jackson 20 Scutt AMI
Rankin euuntie~ ami passing through
three or four other counties up to Col
umbus. in Ls~ndss county The roaI.
a. will be seen By the latest map Of
the railroad commissioners. touched q
territory that has been without ship
plnx facilities and viii be n great factor
IN the further development Of the STATE
7. j. ruuored that the Illinois Central
10 in some way interested in the con
structiou Of the new roat- The new road
viii no doabt b a valuable tributary 70
the Illinois CsntraL
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

man before her. and as she did 50 shs
detected the unuisfakable features Of
the Hebrew race.
Who are your she demanded. and
then frightened BY her bcIdness %
speech in thus addressing an Egyptian.
she added. by way of apology. Your
dress procIsims you an Egyptian. but
your face IL that % Hebrew.
And am. was the reply. Twenty
FIVE years ago my home was here in
Goshen. when 3 prominent Egyptian
carried me- on 20 Thebes and there
| have lived since. I found favor
In his sight and be educated me a. be
might a son. and as the years went BY
and he grew old he more and more de-
pended upon me. In a spirit Of grati-
tude before his death he gave me nv
liberty. which freedom I was not slow
in improving in getting back to Goshen
and my people
Are you joshua" exclaimed the
woman in establishment. and then turn
ing and rushing into the rear room Of
the hut she called. excitecly-
Aaron, Moses, Joshua has cone.
Joshua has come"
Thus aroused from the snatch Of sleep
the men were trying to get before the
gathering that night. they came hurry
ing out and soon an excited and en-
thusiastic group Of men we're talking
and asking questions.
Now Elishama will core." cried
E1isheba. breaking into the eonverSa-
ton I will go and tell hirn." and as
she moved towards the door she added.
in reply to the remonstrances Of the
men: You would not have time to go
and get TO the place OF meeting in time.
and besides you want to talk over mat
ters. No. I will go,- and she was OF
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
SEEDS HAD sPRourED.
sunAovsrs Were Growing From Lit
tie Girls Ear.

Delaware, Ohio.-By the removal of
two sunfower seeds which had deyel-
oped healthy sprout from the ears of
little Grace Barrett, the child's hear
ing was completely restored. 1t is
supposed the child iammed the seeds
into her ear last fall while at play.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
p.,-v,te to Medical Meeting.

At the request of the president of the
council on medical education OF the
American Medical Association, Gov.
yardaman appointed DR.. Z j. Johnston
Of Yaxoo City delegate to the second
annual conference of the American Nedi-
cal Association, to be held at Chicago
May IL.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

HE morning was
just breaking and
the tinting oferim-
son and gold in the
eastern sky gave
promise OF a glori-
Gus day. but the
beauty OF the scene
was all unnOticed
by the man. who
with downeast eyes
and weary foot
steps left the path
way along which
he had Just come
and turned in to-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19
Asleep On the Track

New Orleans and Northwestern train
No. 3s ran over and killed Charles Don
aid of Virgins. near Paehuta- Donald
was lying across the track asleep when
struck by the engine
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

Biloxi il extending her city limits,
building a new hotel and paving more
streets. There IS something doing down
there for SIRE
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

The Mississippi Legislature Is to Be
congratulated upon boiling the amount
Of realty to Be owned BY a single eorpo-
ration down to the amount that 1t did
Ours i a STATE OF small holdings. and
We should try to keep II that way \
country Of small owners Of real estate; I;
people who own their land and work II
themselves. is far preferable to a landed
domain with the attendant landlord sys-
tenn Keep Mississippi. open 70 those
who would purchase homes and make
GOOD citizens
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

Truck IS moving lively and Mississippi
is right in il, with an excellent yield.
Prizes have opened up satisfactorily and
the trueksters will no doubt reap a
great harvest for their labors this sea
son
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

There has been n great deal said about
the farmer being the rock upon which
the greatness of our country i founded
and all of il was true. too. The follow
ing + forcib'. in its truthfulness: -One
.'-,e merchant put up blackboard in
his store ard asked his customers to
write their name on it and tell what
they were doing for humanity A law
yer wrote: I plead for all A doctor
wrote. I prescribe for all \ preacher
wrote. I pray for all An old farmer
walked up, wrote his name. scratched
his head while and then wrote, I pay
for all.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

Senatobia i taking on healthy
growth and much real estate IS changing
hands A number of additions to the
town have been plated and are readily
finding purchasers IL is in an excellent
section of the country and should be 4
town of 5000 people when the census Is
araiu enumerated The citizens are
working hard to that end
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

Brookhaven will organize n business
league and 90 after all that viii benefit
the town in . systematic manner That
i the only way to do anything If re-
suits are to be expected
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

The Southern railroad is coming TO
Jackson via Yszoo City and will con-
meet with the Goodyear road into New
Orleans.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-04-19

Announcement is again made that the
railroad up the Pearl river valley wil
be built. The timber holdings Of Foley
& Larson have been sold to a capitalist
from Minnesota and the l. & C. Is sup
posed to be behind the project to build
the road About s6oo,OOo was paid for
the timber lands and the prospect fol
the building of the road looks excellent
1t would open up rieh section OF eoun'
try, both for farming and timber
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
SINKING OF THE MAINE
By CAPTAIN RICHARD WAINWRIGHT, U.sN

tain Stevens, close to moorngs She in
swiftly and took her anchorage with precision quite
contrast to the Spanish steamers that entered
and left the harbor slowly, and anchored only
after much backing and filling
The usual eight clock reports were made, in
surfing that the routine safeguards for the security
of the ship had been carried out by the principal
petty officers. Nine-o'c lights had been
ported out, and all but the men on watch were in
their hammocks. The watch had been mustered
by the officer of the deck, and he had satisfied him
self that they were acquainted with their duties. 1
was in the office writing the usual letter home.
Having some stamps that needed mucage, l went
into the Captain S Office In passing the cabin door
| noticed Captain Sigsbee occupied in writing. In
the office found Mr.. Holden the Captains aide and
after fixing the stamp l stood talking to him.
Moment of the Explosion
A T that moment came the explosion. The noise
and the shock, with single long crash, fell on
the senses, stupefyngly for minute. The electric
lights went out at once and the door closed by
the shock. was few seconds in opening the door,
and followed by Mr.. Holden made for the top Of
the after superstructure. Before the door was
opened, | remember hearing noise, which l now
know to have been fragments falling the deck;
but then thought it some vessel firing into
When | reached the deck, the shrieks and groans of
the wounded and dying terrible, and it
great relief to hear the voice of Captain Sgsbee
he gave the order to lower the boats, for in we'll
regulated naval mind the first thought is for the
ship and the second for the Captain
1t was necessary to care at once for the men who
had been thrown into the water by the force of the
explosion, and the boats ordered be lowered
he next was tor the magazines, and the order was
given to flood them. The latter order gave the first
intimation of the immense damage done the ship;
for started to repeat the order to open the flood
cocks, looked down the ward-room hatch and saw
the water rushing aft nsuring against any further
explosions in that part of the vessel In starting to
lower the quarter boats, the only accessible, l
went from fall to fall to that all ready, and
then first realized how few of the crew had reached
the after part of the ship, the boats lowered
and manned largely by officers.
All the ship was destroyed or under water except
the after superstructure, and the few men who
reached there safely watch at the time of
the explosion, sleeping aft Of course, the
quarter boats only were left and the officers and
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men who found themselves near a boat manned it.
A large mass of fire could be seen forward and the
flames appeared to be crawling aft. By direction
of the Captain some of us started forward to if
anything could be done to check the flames. We
were barely able reach the after part of the central
superstructure, just forward of the after turret.
Here we met wreckage fire, and dense, pungent
smoke. 1t required only glance to see that nothing
could be done for the ship, she total wreck
and the woodwork above water must continue to
burn We were helpless.
1t on y short time after the explosion before
the ship surrounded by pulling boats The first
noticed from the City of Washington; but
those from the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII were
prompt in coming to assistance and there were
a number of shore boats helping the wounded.
Those rescued by boats and the boats of the
City of Washington were taken to that steamer and
those rescued by the Spanish boats taken the
Alfonso XII and from there transferred to the hos
pitfalls shore
Some little time after the last cry from the
wounded had ceased, and our own boats had pulled
around the wreck, to if by chance there were
any left to rescue, it still surrounded by Amer
can and Spanish boats. The Maine had touched
bottom, and the after body listed slightly to
port The poop deck just clear of the water.
The officers who had not manned the boats were
ordered to leave the ship, and the gig brought
alongside for Captain Sigsbee. He had done every
thing possible-there only small portion of his
command left-and yet he was reluctant to leave
1t called to his attention that were not GER
tain of the condition of the forward magazines that
there considerable ammunition on deck and
that the fire, still raging, might explosion
that would be likely do serious injury to the boats
crowding about the ship. These boats would leave
only when he left the ship. He climbed UP the
after rigging a few feet, took long look around,
and then stepped into the gig, the last living man to
leave the Maine