The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21
KEEP TROOPS
ON The jump
Serious and Comical Inci=
dents at Springfield.

NSAAs0 W 0F2AASAASA~s
SENTRIES ARE FIRED UPON
Several Attempts Made to Assassinate
Members Of the Militia, but No Cas-
uslties Result-continued Outbreaks
rot Reassuring to the Timid Por-
tions Of the Community, Who Are
Further Alarmed by Idle Rumors.
Springfield, Ill, Aug. 19.-An attack
upon pickets and the forced hegira of
$50 negroes from corn fields on the
outskirts Of the city to the state ar
senal kept the militia busy. The fir
ing upon the %sentries and their an
swering shots occurred less than two
! blocks from the headquarters of Cen
eral Il. c.. Young at the county Jail.
No one was injured in the ARRAY, but
the flying bullets from the militia
caused CONSERVATION in the district.
The trouble followed an attempt to
set fire to a factory building on Eighth
street, between Jefferson and Mad
:son. A negro who had been ordered
away from the place several times
during the night was discovered Turk
ing in a shadow by Private George
Howell of Troop r, First cavalry.
Howell again ordered the man to move
on, but the Negroes reply was a shot
from a revolver. He dashed down the
street, disregarding. the commands OF
other sentries to halt. AS he turned
in an alley Corporal Delman and Pri-
vate Lowenstein, both Troop B, fired
at him. The shots went wild, but
they aroused the headquarters, two
blocks away, and Company E of the
First infantry was sem to the place
on the double quick.
The alley and adjacent houses were
searched, but no trace of the fugitive
was discovered. The affair happened
shortly before daybreak and was the
third occasion of the night in which
attempts had been made to assas-
sinate militia pickets.
The clearing out Of the corn fields
southeast of the city was the result of
successive nights of terror in Har-
ward Park. An inspection of the corn
fields showed that at least $50 negro
refugees had camped therein. The
presence of the negroes is thought to
have been responsible for the dis.
turbed conditions in the suburb. At
daybreak Company Il, First infantry,
under Captain Jacob Junson of Chi
cago, was sent to the place to herd
the negroes into the arsenal.
Outbreaks Not Reassuring.
The continued outbreaks of the
night have not treasured the timid
portions of the community. If one
tenth Of the reports afloat in the be-
wildered city were true Springfield
would be one of the most %sanguinary
places on earth. But they are not.
General Wells had a merry time of it
all night d%ispatching rescuing squads
Ito places where they were not need
ed and escorting firemen to fires that
did not exist. Some of the alarms
were hoaxes and some the result OF
nervousness on the part of citizens.
Out of all the rush and hurry the sole
tangible result was the arrest Of two
%befuddled negroes whose libations had
been indiscreet and strong.
In another instance a whole regi-
ment of soldiers was brought into ac-
ton when a a of molasses exploded
and drenched a negro who was MAX
ing a cautious purchase at a North
Side grocery. The negro vas stand
ing at the store counter when the ex-
plosion occurred. With molasses drip
ping from his face, hands and clothing
he ran screaming from the store
through backyards and over fences
until he reached his home. There he
cried that he had been killed, that the
store had been blown up and that
every one was dead. The sound of
the explosion and the cries of negroes
alarmed the nearest military camp
and several companies of infantry got
into quick action. When they reached
the store the grocer was laughing so
hard that he could not tell them what
had happened. So they followed the
trail Of molasses and came at last to
the dripping negro. The clothing was
stripped from his body, but there was
no sign of a wound. Then the grocer.
who had recovered his composure,
rushed in and cleared the mystery and
the soldiers YEARLY faced toward
their quarters.
Send Invitation. to Roosevelt.
Manila, Aug. 19.-The Merchants
association Of Manila has started a:
movement to induce President Roose.8
welt to visit the Philippine islands
either before or after the big game
hunting trip In Africa. which the pres
ident is planning to take probably
after the Inauguration Of his success
SOL. next March. At q meeting of the.
association a resolution to this effect
was unanimously adopted and a COM
mittee appointed to extend q formal
invitation to the president.