Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1900 — Page 8

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1900.

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Twenty-Five Ken Escaped—Beached Yellow Island and Were P1 ' k ' d 0p ' VANCOUVER. B, C., December 18.Ncws of the worst maritime disaster of the season m British Columbia waters was brought here by the steamer Csar from Union bay, on the east side of Vancouver island. The famous steamer Alpha, whose unauthorized trip to Cape Nome last May brought her Into trouble with the Treasury Department, was wrecked on a reef near the entrance to Union bav. and not a vestige of the steamer remains. Her managing owner, captain, purser, ! two engineers, two able-bodied seamen ' and a ftowaway were drowned. The othj er members of the crew of thlrty-foui ! were saved by the pluck of an unknown • member of the ship's crew, who swam In a raging sea from the wreck to a lighthouse with a line around his waist. Drowned: SAMUEL BARBOK, of Vancouver,' managing owner. CAPT. F. N. YORKE, Victoria, master. ENGINEER DUNN, Victoria. ■ SECOND ASSISTANT ENGINEER MURRAY, Vancouver. li. L. WHITE, purser, Vancouver. — CROSBY, ablebodled seaman. — SULLIVAN, ablebodled seaman. STOWAWAY, name unknown. The ship Alpha was valued at 848,000. Her cargo comprised 150 tons of salt salmon and 350 tons of coal consigned to Yokohama, and valued at 830,000. The total insurance on the ship and her cargo was fS.OOO. Started for Japan. The Alpha started from Vancouver for Japan two weeks ago. After she had been four days out she returned to Victoria, partly disabled, and accusations of tampering with her engines were made. Some of the crew and several of the officers left the steamer, declaring that she had been Improperly loaded, and one of the officers was tried and sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment for desertion. Last Saturday the Alpha left Victoria for Union, to replenish her coal supply. A terrific gale was raging, and late Sunday night the steamer ran on a rock at Bayne's Sound, at the fen trance to Union bay. She was quickly dashed to pieces and all would have perished had pot one of the crew made the desperate and successful effort to swim with a line to the light house on Yellow Island. The twenty-five survivoys remained on Yellow Island, which Is a rock 200 yards wide, until Sunday night, when the sea moderated somewhat and a sloop was able to call and take them to Union.

THE LYNCHING OF JIM HENDERSON AND BUD ROWLAND AT ROCKPORT, SUNDAY NIGHT.

atrocious one. The twt> wretches richly deserved death, and no one will waste any sympathy upon them. As a matter of fact. It would not be strange If more of these brutal thugs, with whom every community seems to be more or less afflicted at present, should meet their fate at the hands of an enraged people, especially in places where the police authorities do not afford adequate protection. In this case, however, It would have been better had the people of Rookport allowed justice to have its way. The negroes were- under arrest and In safe custody. There was no reason to believe that they would not have a speedy trial and, as the evidence wae clearly ■ gainst them, that they would not suffer the extreme penalty of the law. In view of these recent lynching! hi Northern States, It Is no longer consistent to taunt the South with Its outrages against Justice or its oentempi for the law. It Is true these outrages occur much more frequently In the South than In the North. There have been but seven cases this year In Northern States, while there have been 101 In the Southern, most of the victims being negroes, but when It is taken ime account that four of the seven Northern victims have been nef roes, that they were In three different tales, that the negro population of the South is vastly greater than that of the North, and that there are proportionately a large number of ignorant and vicious negroes In the South, further criticism of its conduct is Improper. Those who live In glass houses should not throw stones.

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WRECK OF THE TOPEKA.

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Woman Passenger Tells of the Disaster in Lynn Canal. TACOMA, Wash., December 18.—Among the passengers on the City of Topeka, which was wrecked In Lynn canal, December 8,was Mrs. A. J. Clark, of Tacoma, who ha* arrived here. She tells a thrilling story of the wreck. Mrs. Clark says: “About 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon It gre* as dark as night, the wind blew a perfect hurricane, and It was bitter cold. The waves dashed eight and ten feet high over the steamer’s guard rail, and nothing could 5 have lived In those waters. They attempted to run the steamer into some harbor or retreat until the storm subsided. The terrors of that storm were beyond description. The steamer lost her bearings, and 1 think something was broken about the engine. “We Were sitting at a table In the saloon when the steamer struck on the reef with a terrible shock, closely followed by another more severe, and a panic was created and excited passengers rushea hither and, thither, some throwing their baggage overboard. “After the second shock the steamei keeled over on her side. The tide wat then high. The small boats were founa to be useless. Some of the men got to land, however, and built fires and began carrying things ashore. The women waited until the tide fell, or until about 6 o’clock, and then we reached shore b» stepping on the rocks. “It snowed all Sunday night and wae very cold, and continued so until Sundai about 12 o’clock, when It moderated somewhat. One of the men walked three miles through the snow storm to an Indian village or camp and got a tent for the women. Then we found that It leaked. The weather changed, and it began to rain. “Wc staid on the Island until Tuesday noon. We had plenty to eat. Tuesday about 11 o'clock, the little steamer Alert came by and found ns. It transportea some of us to Juneau, and sent another steamer back after the rest. They exE ected the Topeka would probably break er back at low tide."

Royalist Overdue. VICTORIA, B. C„ December 18.-The steamer Royalist Is out thirty-one days from Moji. Japan, with sugar, for Brit Ish Columbia. Even with the stormy weather, she should be here by now. DIED IN HER CHAIR. Florence Palmer Expired While Li«t ening to Piano Music. CHICAGO, December 18.—While listen Ing to the music of a piano, which was being played by a young woman friend, In answer to her request, Florence Pal mer, age nineteen, the daughter of i prominent cttlsen In Waukegan, HI,, fell back In her chair and died. She had been 111 for a long time, and last evening, feeling that dissolution was near, the dying girl, who was very fond of music, asked her friend to play something the piano. A hush fell on the group as the young woman began playing. As the last strains were dying away, an aunt, who was nearest Miss Palmer, saw her eyelids clow. The friend reached out to take the girl's hand, and found it Ufele8,, • ’ The County Council. The County Council did not hold meeting this morning, as two of the members had been appointed a committee to investigate the roads where the county commissioners have asked an appropriation for improvements. The committee was expected to return in time for & meeting late this afternoon.

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It is hoped that Governor Mount will cause no investigation to be made, for it Is believed that It would be futile. A “good citizens’ ” meeting was held last night in the court house to discuss means for the betterment of the morality of the town, and to further the execution of the law. The people were stirred as never before, and over 8500 was quickly subscribed to aid In the movement. An advisory board was appointed and resolutions adopted for the nomination in March of a single-citizens’ ticket for this city. Steps will be taken at once to clear the town of Its many dens of vice and to punish to the fullest extent all violations of law. Conditions are normal here to-day. Simons's body was taken this morning to Winslow, his former home, where It was buried this afternoon. A large delegation of citizens attended.

THE GOVERNOR’S TELEGRAM.

He Set Out Time of Sending It and Time of Bepliee. Governor Mount said, to-day, there seemed to be a misunderstanding as to the order in which telegrams had been received and sent by him to the sheriff of Spencer county, and. In order to give the facts in the case, he thought the telegrams should be printed. “There Is no doubt,” said he, "that the telegrams will become the basis of further action which the State may take in the lynching cases, and the public, at this time, should have a correct understanding concerning them.” Acting on a report that there might be a second lynching at Rockport, the Governor, at noon yesterday, sent the following telegram to the sheriff of Spencer county: Ts additional lynching threatened? Are you able to protect suspects from mob violence? You must, at all hazards, pre-

prisoner had been removed to Warrick county and that excitement was subsid-

ing.

At about 6 o’clock the Governor received word that a mob was assembling at Rockport, and, calling the sheriff of Spencer county, he found that the word was true. Preparations to cadi out the Evansville company were renewed, the company had received Its orders, and a special train had been ordered to transport it when the Governor received word from the sheriff that nothing could be done, as the mob had taken the prisoner from the Boonvllle jail and had lynched him, at 6:30 o’clock. The militia company was then notified to disband. Governor Mount was Incensed at the lynching. He Called Attorney-General Taylor to his rooms at the Denison Hotel for a conference, with a view to seeing what the State could do to bring the lynchers to justice. After the conference the Governor said he had determined to ask the legislature to enact a law that would permit the State to take a change of venue In lynching cases. It had been the experience of the State, he said, that lynchers could not be convicted of their crimes in the county in which the crimes were committed, and the only way of getting at them seemed to be to take a change of venue to another county, where popular prejudice would not affect the case. The Governor declared that the State would now spare no efforts to secure the conviction of the men who lynched the three negroes.

Federal Power Invoked. [Chicago News.] Rockport, Ind., is the latest town to put a black mark against Its fame and that of a great State. The lynching of two supposed negro murderers at that place, with the usual concomitants of brutality and savagery, merely adds to the long and rapidly growing list of such crimes against law and order and the sovereignty of the people themselves. This taking of law and justice Into the hands of a mob Is a grievous blot upon our civilization and a menace to republican Institu-

tions.

In permlttting mob violence the innocent as well as the guilty are frequently involved and suffer the same fate. If appeals to reason and patriotism fail the severest laws must be enacted and enforced If need be by the entire power of the United States against these mobs who take the law Into their own hands, and defy the sovereignty of State and

nation.

A Long Look for the Cause. [Louisville Times.] By permitting Governor Mount to make their State a refuge for criminals, the people of Indiana sowed the wind and are now reaping the whirlwind. One murder and two lynehlngs constitute an ugly Sunday record for the little town of Rockport, but "the best citizens” seem to have acted upon the conviction that Kentucky is not the wily State where murderers "can not get a fair trial."

DUBBIN AND GILBERT.

CLUTCH OF A COMBINE.

What They Said When Asked for Views About the Lynching. Both Governor-elect Durbin and Lleu-tenant-Governor-elect Gilbert, who called at the State House to-day, were asked for their opinions about the lynching in Boonvllle. "I am not Governor yet," said Colonel Durbin, “and as I said when questioned regarding the Kentucky requisition affair, I think It will be time enough to consider the matter when the case has been placed on my desk as Governor.” Mr. Gilbert said he thought the latest lynching would force the Legislature to enact more effective anti-lynching laws. He believe 1 It might be provided by statute that the plaintiff in a lynching case might be authorized to bring suit against the county in which the lynching occurred In some court outside that county. Marshal Kercheval Talks. Before coming to Indianapolis United States Marshal S. E. Kercheval made his home at Rockport. He says that on two or three occasions a race war has been on the point of breaking out between the white and colored people of the town, buV heretofore It has been averted by the cooler heads There are two or three colored men employed about the Government Building, who also came from Rockport. They say Rockport is known up and down the Ohio river as “Nigger Heaven,’’ and that it attracts bad characters from Louisville, Evansville and other points. All the colored people In Rockport are not bad citizens,” Mr. Kercheval says. ’There are about 200 colored Voters in the town, and about 600 white voters. The colored people have the balance of power in politics and the lawless element among them, who drift in about election time, and keep away at other times, are the real trouble-makers. But some of the colored people there have lived In the town for years, own property and are law-abiding. It Is the small depredations committed by the negroes who drift In and out that have stirred up the feeling between the white and colored people.”

Testimony Brought Out Before the Industrial Commission. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. December 18.At to-day’s session of the industrial commission, John Carbutt, manufacturer of gelatine, dry plates and films for photographs, testified concerning the combination of capital in his business. Chairman Clarke asked Mr. Carbutt if bis goods came into Competition with other products of a similar nature. In reply the witness said that In 1878, Mr. Eastman, of the Eastman Company, went to Germany and secured, as he thought, control of certain paper used In the development of photographs. On his return several photographic supply houses entered into a combination, known as the General Arlsto Company. Dealers, Mr. Carbutt said, were compelled by this company to sign an agreement to sell no paper except that produced by the General Arlsto Company, under penalty of refusal to furnish them with other supplies. Mr. Carbutt said he had tried to purchase the paper from ager ts of the combination, but without success. The paper is entirely of foreign manufacture and can not be produced, in this country. Witness said that through friends abroad he had been successful In securing the paper, but was compelled to pay more for It than it cost the "combine.” Mr. Carbutt asserted that he was discriminated against In violation of the law.

HOLE MADE IN THE WALL OF THE ROCKPORT JAIL BY THE MOB.

vent further disgrace to the State, and protect life from lynch violence. If you are unable to uphold the law, wire Immediately.” The sheriff’s reply to this telegram was filed at 2:37 p. m., and read as follows: “Remaining suspect hurried to Warrick county. Excitement quieting to some extent. “DANIEL ANDERSON, Sheriff.* The next telegram from the sheriff was filed at 6:27 p. m., and read as follows: “Suspect at Boonvllle threatened by a mob. People gathering from all directions,” This telegram was received by the Governor at 7:11 p. m. It was then he renewed preparations to lend military aid to the sheriff. GOVERNOR BLAMES SHERIFF.

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Incensed at the Rolla Lynching— Steps to Punish Mob. While Governor Mount was talking with the sheriff of Spencer county, by long distance telephone, last night, in an effort to save the life of Joe Rolla. the negro who was lynched at Boonvllle, the mob that hanged him was battering down the jail doors In an effort to get the prisoner. ■ The Governor blames the sheriff for the lynching. “If he had not been derelict In his duty," said the Governor, last night, after having received word that the negro had been lynched, “this second lynching might have been prevented.” The Governor holds that the sheriff should have kept him Informed of the true state of affairs In order that a company of militia might have been sent to prevent the outrage. On receiving word of the arrest of Rolla. the third suspect in the murder for which two other men had been lynched at Rockport, the night before. Governor Mount telegraphed the sheriff, asking him if he could protect the prisoner. While awaiting a reply the Governor called Adjutant-General Gore to ht$ office and instructed him to make preparations to call out the company of the State militia nearest Rockport, which Is the Evansville company. Capt. Julius F. Blum, of that company, was called by telephone and notified of a probable call. At this point the Governor received ■! telegram from the sheriff, saying the

Justice Should Have Had Sway. [Chicago Tribune.] The crime committed by the two negroes, Rowland and Henderson, was an

COMPULSORY ARBITRATION. New Zealand Statesman Favors It at Chicago Conference. CHICAGO, December 18.—The second and last day of the arbitration and conciliation conference, in session here, and composed of practical and experienced men representing both capital and labor, was marked by the first speech of the conference as unequivocally In favor of compulsory arbitration of labor disputes. This speech was delivered by Hugh H. Lusk, ex-member of Parliament, of New Zealand. Mn Lusk received the closest attention, for, while the great majority of other speakers disagreed with him, deeming compulsory arbitration Impracticable In this country, his story of the success of the system In New Zealand aroused their deepest interest, Mr. Lusk, In reply to Mr. Gompers’s assertion, last night, that It was the laboring man’s right under any and all circumstances, or merely because he pleased, to strike, declared that Mr. Gompers was designating as liberty what should be called license.' "In New Zealand,” said the speaker, “we want no such liberty. We do not want to cause suffering among thousands of our fellow-men because we please to strike.” Among the other speakers were Douglas Wilson, vice-president of the International Association of Machinists; Warren A. Reed, of Massachusetts, and G. Watson French, of the Republic Iron and Steel Company.

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A Grateful Man Diraets Other* to tha Nearest and Quiekast Road to Roliof. As the above art engraving Is a trifle complicated., a word of explanation may not be amiss. The gentleman on the left is a man. whp, after years of suffering, had a sufficient amount of courage to get out of the rut and try Carbonium, the absorption method of treatment. He was cured and now, Anxious to serve mankind, is directing the eyes of this group of sufferers to the wonderful remedy which cured him. That you may fully realise that there are Just such men and women calling attention to Carbonium, read the following: Lebanon. Ind.. November 13, 1900. I tried Carbonium for rheumatism In my shoulder and arm. I had doctored and spent lots of money, but got very little relief. After using two bottles of Carbonium I was able to go to work and believe It is a good and sure cure for rheumatism and I am pleased to recommend It to any one suffering. VESS SHIPLEY. j Note.—Carbonium Is the only absorption treatment known. Has no competitors. Avoid Imitations.

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What can you purchase for a Christmas Present to relatives or friends that will be more useful or more acceptable than some article of Clothing or Furnishing Goods? Our stock for both Men and Boys comprises the newest and most stylish in every line. Our special Christmas Display we think -the handsomest in the city, and there is nothing in Holiday Furnishings that can not be found in our stock. Suggestions of Useful and Desirable Articles, Suitable for Christmas Gifts.

Boys’ Department

Smoking Jackets, Bath Robes, Office Coats,

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Comes but once a year. Please the children—give them the most acceptable toy. We can please them with little expense. MiVe have made a special effort on Dolls, Doll Go-Carts, Doll Furniture. We can Jumish a little girl’s house from kitchen to parlor; can put a little boy in business with a roll top Desk, revolving office Chair, Sleighs, 17e. Skates. 59c. Iron Wagons, 85c. Carts, 8c, Soil Top Haw Ira Qflr* HAiik and “ * ~ $UC. XKMIJk AUU $1.39. Piaao, 17c. Black Boards, 17o. PatreT $4.00. Cradle, 8c. G

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CARPETS 836 Wilton Rug, 9x12, at *29.0C 817 Tapestry Rug, 9x12, at 814.00 14 Tapestry Rug at 83.25 82 Tapestry Rug 81.50 86 Tapestry Portiere Curtains —16.00 83 Rope Portiere Curtains 82.26 88 Brussels Net Curtains 86.75 82.50 Lace Curtains *2.00 25c Oilcloth at 17c 66c Linoleum at 46c 76c Wool Carpets at 5®t* (Be Wool Carpets at 49c 25c Straw Matting at SOe 81.15 Velvet Brussels at 90c 75c Tapestry Brussels ’at 60c 27c Granite Carpets at 23c 32 remnants of Wool Carpets at less than half price, from 5 to if 15 yards, at 20c to 36c per yard. OFFICE FURNITURE *16 Roll-Top Desk at ......813.56 830 Roll-Top Desk at 817.08 86 Revolving Chair at 85.00 84 Revolving Chair at 83.26 WORLD’S FAIR The Most Complete House Furnishing Store In City. JOHN CUM, Manager

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