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SOURCE OF SHOOTING UNKNOWN

In the meanwhile two other Ne
groes were locked up in the iall
lsom and Louis Robertson, charged
vita having shot and fatally wound
ed another Negro in a gambling
game. Late last night a small mob
went TO Bunkie Jail, but whether to
lynch Straw or the two Robertsons
is not known. There was a shout
tnat the Negro prisoners were es-
Gaping and a fusilade OF twenty or
more shots followed. II was then
found that five members of the mob
had been shot
All are seriously wounded. but
only John Dorman, a sawmin owner
Is fatally injured. A Negro. e.
Madison, was shot through the lungs
ana fatally wounded. and another
Negro was shot. II is believed that
the mob fired recklessly In the dark
ness and shot FIVE OF its members
although those who were engaged In
the AFFAIR aver fired no shots and
suggest that the shooting was done
by friends OF the Negroes. During
the excitement Straw escaped.
The wounded white men are II
V. Crutcher. II. S. Dougherty. q
Quinn, John Dorman, and c. II. EN-
cry the latter OF Brandon, Miss.
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Mr.. C. w. Glenn of I.akewooo
~ " - is stopping at Miller's Hotel
i,e Tan,~I. VIII remain until the opening OF
jamestown Exposition. "a
W Royal Davis OF Hot Springs
us Nc, is IN the city, the guest OF Mrs
81 "un,e in y. Davis. his mother, sec
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$4,000 Endowment Paid.

Richmond. Va, April IS. 1907.
tbs is 20 certify that I have re-
ceiyed from John Mitchell. Jr.
Grand Worthy Counsellor of the
Grand Court. I. o. of CaIsnthe
tslo0.o0) One Hundred Dollars In
payment o. the death claim OF Peeler
Hargrove. who was a member OF
Silver Star Court, No, IS, OF Rich
mond, Va.
Signed--J. Thomas Hewin.
j. Administrators.
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Are offered men and women with
small means to represent us In all
the principal cities. Experience un-
necessary. For information, enclose
stamp.
Consolidated Order Of Friendship.
Roanoke, Virginia.
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ANOTHER CASE.

one more case. One OF the prom
inent florists in Atlanta is W. c..
Lawrence. He is an Englishman,
whose home is In the outskirts of
the city. On the morning of Au-
gust goth his daughter. Mabel, four
teen years old, and his sister Ethel.
twenty-five years old, a trained
nurse who had recently come from
England, went out into the nearby
woods TO pick ferns. Being in broad
day and within sight Of houses.
they had no fear. Returning along
an old Confederate breastworxs. they
were met by brutal-looking Negro
with club in one hand and a stone
IN the other. He first knocked the
little girl down, then her aunt. When
the child came TO" she found aer-
self partially bound with a rope.
Honey" said the Negro, "I want
you 10 come with me-" With re-
markable presence of mind the
child said: Il can't, my leg is brok-
en-" and she let il swing limp from
the knee. Deceived, the Negro went
back to bind the aunt. Mabel. in
stantly untying the rope. jumped up
and ran for help. When he saw
the child escaping the Negro ran OF.
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AGENTS WANTED in every comfy
sIest 81 enahce to make money. WTits
'0-o"y Ior particulars. Address.
LINWOOD & Co
229 e 18th ST.
New York City.
ct
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ALL PARTIES INVITED.

me League is representative T,
tuNltes and has the hearty co-opera-
SIoh OF Independents. Democrete
TrsepuDlcans, labor organization men
hfohlDltlonists, Socialist and others
large number of college nresf-
uehts and instructors are Charter,
nlS SmDers, and there are in AFFILIATED
relationship hundreds of clergvner
ana thousands of professional husI,
ness men throughout forty States a,,,
the several territories. CAV
Up 10 the present time the I,eae,,a
mas Deen supported by the nrivate
contributions OF a few patriotic cItt-
]ens' but the work has grown 10 sucb
vast proportions that IL Is now ~
Sessary to nationalize its support ana
hereaiter It's plan and sconeS vii
De limited only by the funds in band
we use the term Gin hand" adx,iso5I,.
Ior the League is incorporatad anS
VIII manage its affairs on sfr,ctI,.
Sash S. oasis without individual liabIi,
i1y or corporate indebtedness
we ieei that the League has he
hInd IL the heart, brain and cnn-
science or the Nation. That -
cause IS just That II does NOT ra-
p.sseht pI- personal exploitation hnt
"a Detterment and makes for
tne p Ultimate good and peace of the
no one is authorized to coIIec,
oasn ior the League. All cbecls
yOseai and express money orders
snouid De made payable to "Treas.
urer. Constitution League, u. g."
ana sent direct TO headquarters. 5oo
filth Avenue. New York. All CON
,rioutors should insist upon an ack-
nowiedgment from National Head
quarters. All bankabIe remittances
VIII bear the deposit certification OF
tae coioniai Trust Company of New
YORK as fiscal agents for the organi-
zation, BY order OF the Executive
Committee.
A. B. HUMPHREY, Sec.
New York. April. 1907.
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CONTINUED on EIGHTH PAGE.
LYNCHING IN LOUISIANA.
Tho Mob Leaders Wounded.-Onc
Dead.

New Orleans, April 15.-Five
white men and two Negroes were
snot two OF them fatally, i'm a shoot
Ing ARRAY and attempted lynching
al BunSie, la. hast night. The ar
fair is somewhat mixed. and the exact
truth is not yet fully known.
Saturday a Negro named Charles
Straw, railroad hand, criminalIy
assaulted Mrs. Edward Norris. a
waite woman at Haasville, about Z
miles west of Bunkie. He attempt
ed 10 cut her throat. but his knife
was not sharp enough and he chok-
ed her into insens. bility. He was
captured and taken TO Bunkie, where
he was confined in the parish jail.
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heighbors had been sympathetic but
he could not continue TO live there
with the feeling that they all knew.
lie was preparing 10 gve up his
nome and lose himself where people
did not know his story. ASKED
him IL he favored lynching. and his
answer surprised me.
AGAINST LYNCHING.
I've thought about that" he said.
You see. I'm n Christian man. or
try TO be. Ny wife is Christian
woman. We've talked about It,
What good would it do2 We should
make criminals OF ourselves.
shouldn't we? No. let the law take
its course. When / came here, I
tried TO help the Negroes as much as
could. But many of them wont
work even when the wages are high:
they won't come when they agree TO
and when they get "a few dollars a.
head they go down 90 the saloons IN
Atlanta. Every one is troubled a.
bout getting labor and every one is
afraid OF prowling idle Negroes.
Now. the thing has come TO me. and
It's just about ruined my life"
When ] came away the poor lone
some fellow followed me halfway
up the hin. asking: Now. what
would YOU do2"
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A FEW FACTS CITED.

The facts of two OF these cases I
will narrate-and without excuse for
the horror of the details. IL We are
to understand the true conditions
in the South, these things must be
told.
One of the cases was that OF Mrs.
Knowles Ethleen Kimmel, twenty
five years old. wife OF a farmer iiv-
ing near Atlanta. mile beyond the
end of the street-car lines stands
a small green bungalow-like house
In lonely spot near the edge of the
pine woods. The Kimmels who lived
there were not Southerners by birth
but Of Pennsylvania Dutch stock.
They had been in the South four
or fve years. renting their lonesome
farm, raising cotton and corn and
hopefully getting a little ahead. On
the day before the riot a strange
rough looking Negro called at the
back door of the Kimmel home. He
wore cast-off khaki soldiers uni
form. He asked a foolish question
and went away. Mrs. Kimmel was
worried and told her husband. He.
TOO, was worried-the fear of this
crime is everywhere present In the
Southland when he went away in
tue afternoon he asked his nearest
neighbor to look out for the strange
Negro. When he came back a few
hours later, he found fifty white men
In. his yard. He. knew what. had
happened without being told: his
wire was under medical attendance
In the house.
PLAINLY DESCRIBED HIM.
She had been able to give a clear
description OF tho Negro. blood
hounds were brought, but the mr.
suing white men had so obliterated
the criminals tracks that ne could
not be traced. Through information
given by a Negro a suspect was ar
rested and nearly lynched before he
could be brought to Mrs. Kimmel for
Identification; when she saw him she
said: He is not the man" The
criminal Is still at large.
One day weeks afterward I found
the husband working alone in mis-
field: his wife. to whom the sur
roundings had become unbearable.
had gone away to visit friends. He
told me the story hesitatingly. Hss
prospecss. he said, were ruined: MS
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but not much was said Of the terror
which the Negroes also felt. And
yet every Negro I met voiced in some
way that fear. 1t is difficult nere in
tho North for us to understand what
Euch condition meaus: a whole
community nameiessiy afraid!
The better-class Negroes have two
sources OF fear: one of the criminals
OF their own race-sueN attacks are
rarely given much space In the news
yapers-and the other The fear of
the white people. My very first i'm
preston Of what this fear Of the Ne
groes might be came. curiousIy e.
nough, not from Negroes but from
fine white woman on whom / call
ed shortly after going South. She
told this story.
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INNOCENT BUT FRIGHTENED.

Il had really terrible experience
one evening a few days ago. l was
walking when I
saw a rather good-looking young
Negro come out OF a hallway to the
sidewalk. He was in great hurry,
and, in turning suddenly, as a per
son sometimes will dc ne accident
ally brushed my shoulder with his
arm. He had not seen me before.
When he turned and found it was n
white woman ne had touched. such =
look of abject terror and fear came
into his face as ! hop. never again
20 see on human countenance.
He knew what IL meant IL was
frightened, called for help and ac-
cused him OF insulting or attaching
me. He stood still-a moment. then
turned and ran down the street.
lodging into the first alley he came
to- lt shows. doesn't it. how little
IL might take to bring punishment
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UNITED INFLUENCES TO WORK

The League desires the united in
nuences OF Christian civilization.
North and South. 70 uphold the law.
adequateiy punish the guilty and
make every citizen respect the guar
antees OF the Federal Constitution
without regard to person or locality.
ine League proposes, by means
o1 organized lawful resistance and
positive action. TO aid In suppressins
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-04-20
THE 25TH INFANTRY.

The League regarded as unjust.
unconstitutional, and without due
process OF law" the condemnation
and punishment of the members Of
Companies b, G. and ID. Tweuty-ffth
infantry, discharged "without non
or 10 demanded an open hearing
for these defenders of the nap. and
sent two. commissions, part white
and part colored, TO the scene OF
lhe disturbance i'm Texas. 80 san
Antonio and also 20 El Reno. Okla
homa 20 ascertain the facts. The
facts and aldavits gathered by the
league were laid before the presi-
dent and the Senate of the United
states tSenate Document 1917. i'm
consequence OF which the President
sent two messages 20 the SENATE
lDocument 1850, hastened his Assis-
tant Attorney General TO Browns
vile and revoked the most drastic
feature OF his sweeping order of
discharge. There was then precini-
tated one of the most important de
oates on Executive authority" that
the country has witnessed. IL has
Drought the people OF the United
states again face TO face with the
fundamental questions of liberty
justice and humanity. The investi-
EaIIoh OF the entire proceedings
through the Senare COMMITTEE on
,uIll'ary Anairs is now under way.
larseiy through the heroic efforts of
senator Foraker, supported at every
point or the inquiry by the LEAGUES
ooiiiiil llsslohers and Representatives.
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lawlessness, mob violence, lynchings,
and all forms of the murder spirit.
which as statistics show, make life in
the United States, FIVE times less Sc
cure than In Australia, six times less
secure than in Japan. nine times
less secure than I'm Canada, fourteen
times less secure than !n Englan.i.
and thirty times less secure than I'm
Germany (See address of Judge
Thomas at Nashville.)
The Leagues defense of the
black battalion" has earned for Il the
moral and financial support OF the
nation. The great history-mallin, !.
Brownsville anray" viii rank with
the international awakening whica
required ten years hard work 70
clear the record Of the prosecuted
French jew, Dreyfus.
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COLORED PEOPLE BETRAYED
THEM.

In both OF these cases arrests
were made on the information OF
Negroes.
The effect OF a few such crimes as
these may be more easily imagined
than described. They produced a
feeling OF alarm which no one who
mas not lived in such a community
can In any wise appreciate. I was
astonished in travelling in the South
20 discover how widely prevalent this
oread has become. Many white wo-
men In Atlanta dare not leave their
homes alone after dark; many white
men carry arms TO protect them
selves and their families. And ev-
en- these precautions do not always
prevent attacks.
But this 10 not the whole story.
Everywhere went In Atlanta I
heard OF the fear Of white people,
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HER PITABLE CONDITION.

When I got there" said Mr.. Law
renee, my sister was lying against
the bank, face down. The back OF
her head had been beaten bloody.
The bridge of her nose was cut open,
one eye had been gouged out of its
socket. My daughter had three bad
cuts on her head-thank God, moth
Ing worse to either. But my sister.
who was just beginning her life, will
be totally blind In one eye, probably
in both. Her life is ruined"
About a month later, through the
Information OF a Negro, the criminal
was caught, identified by the Misses
Lawrence, and sent to the peniten-
itary for forty years 1.-TWO cases)
the limit OF punishment for attempt
ed criminal assault.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
WORKS HARD ON COMMITTEES
Speaker Cannon Locks Himself in
House, and Gets Down to Work.
Entire List VIII BE Named at the
Session of the House
Tomorrow.

Speaker Cannon yesterday locked him
self up in his home in Vermont avenue
took down the telephone receiver. and got
down TO hard work. fixing up the commit
tee appointments slated 10 be announced
tomorrow.
He told some anxious inquirers last
night that he expected 10 be done by
midnight. and he gave his hard work as
the reason for not appearing at gath
ering OF veterans last night. where he
was expected 10 speak
John Sharp Williams. too. was busy al
day. It is understood that he has his
forces placed TO the best possible ad-
vantage on the committees.
Uncle Joe is not expected 10 do any
thing in the way OF making assignments
that would materially injure his boom. %
There are many of his assignments that
are pretty generally known. but the list
Of vacancies 10 be hlled is so large that
no completed lists viii be public property
until he gives them out The Ways and
Means and the District OF Columbia com
miHees both have many vacancies. and
there are dozens OF applicants FOR places
on each. The Speaker has only vOuCh-
safed the Information 20 the anxious ones
that he would do the best he could.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
WANTS SCHOOL COMMISSION
Newlands VIII Introduce Resolution
IN Accordance with Interview.
Would Have District school system
Examined by Experts to be
Named by President.

Senator Newlands. whose views on the
! District schools were yesterday exclu-
sively given in The Washington Herald
said yesterday that he would. soon after
the Congress reconvened following the
Christmas recess. introduce In the Senate
"A resolution requesting the President 70
name a commission OF experts 10 exam
Inc the entire public-school system Of the
District and report its findings and rec
concentrations.
The Senator from Nevada Is deeply in
terested in this question, and viii do an
In his power to further the improvements
which he deems advisable. He would
have the commission he suggests COM
posed OF such men as President Pritchett.
late Of the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology. now Of the Carnegie Insti-
tute. His idea IS that the examination
should go into. all the ramihcations Of
the school problem as presented in the
District
Air. Newlands' resolution will direct at
tention 20 the District schools only. but
If the plan which he outlined In The
Washington Herald yesterday should be
put into effect and prove successful here.
he hopes 10 see II extended into the
Southern States through Federal aid. 10
be eXerted through the educational ma
chinery OF the several States. with the
Agricultural Department as the agent Of
the government.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
SENATE REFORM SCHOOL GONE.
Committee on Ventilation and
Acoustics l. Abolished

Acoustics Il Abolished.
There is much concern down al the
Capitol Is the Senate drifting away
from it's old ideals2 is the QUESTION asked
on all sides.
Not only was Senator JeF Davis Of
Arkansas allowed 10 make a speech with
in eight days Of his first appearance on
the floor. before a large proportion Of
the membership Of the Senate, but now
the hand Of reform has swept away that
ancient corrective school for the intract-
able new solOn-the Committee on Ventl-
lation and Acoustics.
In days gone by new Senators who have
displayed too great an appreciation OF
their new honors. and proceed TOO soon
10 question the word Of their more sea-
sOned c0mpeers on the floor. or forced
themselves too early in their Senatorial
careers upon the notice OF the body. have
been relegated 20 this committee as a hint
that they devote themselves 10 penance
and reform their senatorial manners
But il is no more. The Committee on
Ventilation and Acoustics was yesterday
changed 10 the Committee on Expendi-
lures in the War Department. and at the
same time its ancient Office as a reform
school was abolished. for the respected
Senator from Delaware, Mr.. Du Pont
was made its chairman
Wherefore the cry arises: Is the Senate
deserving its old ideals?
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
GOES AFTER SINECURE JOBS
Gaines Bill Prohibits Members from
Working for Railroads.
Makes IL Felony to Accept Pay
from Many Kinds of
Corporations.

That the ability 60 write N G." after
ones name does not imply the sinecurs
Of days that are gone. and which were
so ably chronicled by Mark Twain. IS
one Of the things Impressed upon new
Members Of the House. who are learning
that the $3.50 salary must pay all their
expenses
Since the enactment Of the railroad
rate law members have not been per
mitted TO travel on passes. although i
Is said there are a few who stiu cling
70 their 'annuals' and coatinue 70 draw
mileage fees.
But John Wesley Gaines. the great in
terrogstor from Tennessee has gone the
rate law one better. and has submitted
a bin that is calculated 10 separate many
members from the South and West from
their best-Daying clients.
His bin makes il unlawful for any
Member OF Congress TO accept employ
ment or act as atJorney-at-law or re-
ce!Ye payment for services Of any kind
from any railroad company or corpora
ton or any officer OF agent thereof while
a Member OF Congress.
The act would be felony and the pen-
atty nne not exceeding $500 and i'm
prlsonment Of not more than one year.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has ruled on the question Of members
retaining places as counsel for railroads.
regarding the use Of passes. and decides
that only such persons as give all their
time 70 the company for which they work
are entitled 10 passes Hence. II the
members who stiu have their paste boards
bring in as their defense the fact that
they are working solely for the railroad.
their constituents might have something
% say.
That there Is IN the hands Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission information
concerning the Whereabouts of some OF
these ANNALS Is the gossip. II is SAID
they have the names and numbers in
sorse cases
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
ASKS $4,000 FOR MRS. SEMPLE
Senator Martin Wants Woman Paid
for Damage to Property.

Senator Martin, of Virginia, yesterday
introduced in the Senate a bill authoriz-
ing the payment Of $4,000 to Mrs Letitia
Tyler Semple, late OF Williamsburg, Va,
now a resident of the Louise Home,
Washington, for property taken and de-
stroyed by the Federal troops during the
civil war.
Senator Rayner. Of Maryland. intro
duced two bills for the relief of persons
residing in this city. one allows Samuel
II. Walker. formerly an employe in the
firerOom of the General Land Office, So
0e0 for injuries which he received while
on duty. The other grants to Leopold
Luchs H,745.7O to reimburse him for the
purchase and improvement of a lot Of
ground adjoining the James Creek Canal.
on Canal street.
Senator Smith introduced a bill pro-
viding for the extension Of Hamlin, Fifth,
and Sixth streets, in the northeast section.
by condemnation proceedings
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
SENATOR GORE DISAPPOINTED.
VIII Go Back to Oklahoma and Seek
Recollection 10 the senate.

The fact that he drew the short term
on Monday, limiting his service in the
Senate to March 3. 1903. has disarranged
all the plans OF Senator Core Okiahoma's
blind representative in the upper house
Of Congress.
Senator Gore realized his Efs's ambi-
uion when he was elected United States
Senator by the legislature of the new
State. Now. he says. he will have 10 go
back TO Oklah0ma ar once and begin his
campaign for reelection. His present
term, as result of the III luck he had in
the constitutional lottery. win last but
three morths mere than one year.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
NEWLANDS AND TELLER TILT.
Former Speech on Waterways Bill
Leads 10 PrOtracted Debnfe

In a speech in the Senate yesterday
Senator Newlands OF Nevada proposed
that the government set aside a fund
OF $0o00oo0 to De expended each year IN
the Improvement OF inland waterways.
The proposition struck Mr.. Beveridee
.of Indiana as being so appalling that
he sought Information from his colleague
Of the scope of the work he proposed.
In reply Mr.. NewIands declared that he
had been sounding public sentiment
throughout the country. and that Con
gress might as well get ready 10 accept
the command of the people, who would
demand that 500. zoo 600 be expended on
inland waterways in the next ten years.
Mr. Newlands addressed the Senate at
length in favor of mis- bill 70 create a
national inland waterways commission.
During the course Of the speech Sena-
tors G2llinger, Hepburn. and Teller arose
TO question the Senator regarding points
upon which he touched Mr.. Teller oh
Jccted to certain features Of the Sena-
tors bill providing for a waterways com
mission, which formed the text of his
address He eontended that Mr.. New
lands bin provided for violation Of the
constitutional restriction placed upon the
Federal power over waterways. Mr..
Newlands denied that this was strictly
true, and a pr0tracted debate upon the
constitutional points involved ensued be-
tween the Senator from Nevada and his
colleague from Colorado.