Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1903 — Page 4

MED 8) MOB Angry Illinois Farjisrs Seize Negro Charged With Attempted Assault. Ts<v-Y»ar-Of4 Daughter of a Farmer Wit Assailed and Mob Vengeance Followed. Qenerai Race Fight Followed and Hundreds of Shots Were Exchanged. Thabas. HL. April 27. —An unknown Bagro, agen about seventeen years was lynched by a mob of angry farmers tear the village of Santa Fe Sun day afternoon for attempting to as j aauit the tec year-old daughter of ffiarmer Branson Daria and this was followed by a general onslaught upon a eoiooy of negroes living in teats who were engaged in bvilge construction work. The tents were burned and Beany negroes were shot, but so far as known none was killed Hundreds j of shots were exchanged, but ao • whites were hurt. Branson Davis lives one-half mile east of Santa Fe. a small village near here While his temyear-old daughter

was in the barnyard the negro a' cost l ed her She ran. but he seized her and her s reams brought her mother to the rescue The negro fled Officers were notified and were soon in pursuit 1 News of the assault speedily spread among the neighboring farmers and resulted in an agry mob starting in i search of the assailant. The negro was captured by officers and was brought to Santa Fe when the mob of farmers was met. A scrimmage re , suited during which the farmers se cured the negro He -onlevied to the crime but legged for meny With out a word the mob started with the ‘ prisone- toward the new bridge being constructed across the Misaisslppi where be was han gel t an oak tree, without ceremony or delay After the body dangled in the air a few min titev it was riddled with bullets The officers endeavored to disperse the mob. but their efforts were unavaii lag. A rush was made for a coiony of several hundred negroes employed on bridge construction work and living' in tents near the bridge The negroes saw th“ mob coming and opened fire A fus ade followed and the whites fired with effect, as many of the ne groes were shot down None of th* mob was injured an ! It is not known tow seriously the n“gro"s w see wound ♦d The mob pressed forward, not withstanding the steady tire, until the negrc»? turned and fled toward a n»ar by wood, taking their wounded with them The mob then fell upon the ten's ar 4 burned them After t'-f-ojn plishing a general work of destruction, tae tr.ob dispersed Har.ged on Pub e Square. Longview, Tex . April — New* ha.« ranched here of the lynching at Car tnagv Saturday night of a negro named Hensley Johnson charged with crim inally assaulting a foe -.ear-old white girl of th a' place The negro was captured by the officers, btr was released on bond. A mob from Carthage caught him and hanged him on the public square.

WOULDN’T STAND FOR IT Mcnroe County Whitecaps Resent Race Equality. B'-ximlngton Ind Apni JI —Twalwe wut-d men carrying bundles of switches, visited the houe" of Rebecca and Annie Stevens, two middi«-aged whi’e women who live a mil® north of j thia <fty and dragged from the house a negn—Joe Shively—who had boro living there several weeks Shively was roughly handled taken to a grove of trees near the bouse tied to a sap lias and severely beaten A few minutes afterward the two white women and Shively’s sister s young colored girl were taken from the house, stripped to the waist, and whipped until the blood ran The mob was led by a tall man. whose orders were obeyed implicitly He allowed no talking and the punishment given the four was administered in silen'-e •nly the screams of the victims being heard by terrified neighbors The Stevens house ha*, borne a bad reputation in this community It was learned by the member* of the mob that the negro had been living at the bouse tor some time on terms of perfect eqvaltty with the white worn

on Hl* stater alee wm there After being lashed fully tfty tine* Bhlvely wu ordered to lease the coua ty. and It la said that he obeyed th* mandate at once The Hte»eo« went «■ were ordered to depart but It is sswt known whether they here gone New Preteoot Drawn Up. Wnehlngtea April 17 Mr Harbor W Ro wee the Venezuelan plenipe lentlarr has drawn up a new protocol for the determinatioa by * The Hague arbitration tribunal of the quae <lon whether the b.o< leading power* aball be entitled to preferential treatment In the paymeat of their cleftns again at Veoesurda. In Truly Royal Stylo. Pam April 17.— Elaborate arrange fnenta are being carried out for the welcoming here of King Edward They! Are on a scale at truly royal splendor j 1

A BLOODY ENGAGEMENT Genera Mann ng In* cts Dre Puwiscment on Mol lab’s Men. Aden Arabia. April IT.—Brigadier General .Manning after an engagement. with the Mad Moilah's forces, has relieved Colonel Cobbe. near Gumburru, Somaitlaad. forty-five mi.ee i ■ WlGlk * Habji moxakmto ÜBVUaI rex mad WW.V.S R westward of Galadi. About 2.00 S of the Mollahs men were killed The British loss Is not known The few details obtainable of the disaster to Colonel Plunkett s detach meat. April 17. show that Moilah’s forces consisted of 2.000 horsemen and 10.00*1 spearmen They surround ed Colonel Plunkett’s force in the open and the Somalis after a heavy rifle fire charged repeatedly with their

i j wvera: MAmTWG. i ———— —. ■ — 1 | horsemen and spearmen on all sides The British detachment held out until its ammunition wu exhausted and then charged with the bayonet, but It; was ultimately overwhelmed by weight of numbers The British fores fought until all its officers and 179 j men were killed. Most of the hand I , fu! of men who reached the camp were I wounded The losses of the Somalis are reported to have been enormous The Mollah s forces are said to aggro gate from J.OX» to 4.000 mounted men an: about 80.000 spearmen Another Bloody Battle. Bohotle. Somaliland. East Africa April 27 —Mayor Gough in command ■ of a Mobile column, engaged the en emy n*ar Danop He lost thirteen men I killed including two officers and four officers were wounded The enemy had 200 men killed l CURRENT SCORES k | What the Tnree Big Leagues Did Yesterday.

national league At Cincinnati. 5; St Tzrafs. < A' Chicago •; Pittsburg «. AMKRICAN LKAGUE At St. Louis 8; Chicago 3. AMERICAN AB«O< IATIOS. At Louisville, 1; Toledo. 4. At Kansaa City. 7; St Paul, 8. At Milwaukee I: Mfonepaolis, 9. At Columbus. 2; Indianapolis. I. Cut Sunday Base Ball Out. Detroit. April 27. —No base ball wa> played in Detroit yesterday Owing to vigorous action on the part of m!n istsra and laymen ate the possibility of th* sheriff enforcing the existing laws. Sunday games scheduled for Detroit by the American league have been called off. Body Found In East River. New York. April 27.—The body of’ Adolph E. Openhym. the wealthy merchant, who is believed to have jumped lato the Harlem river from High i brldg* on March 30 was found within a short dls'ance of the bridge Sunday by a boatman, who will receive a reward of 8L 000. BRIBE DISPATCHES. WUMaa*. VacSerbiK wm ■•rrwa M Mrs

tevw M kuth»rfsr< at Loados. Jeekey ReSsn Wstens u dseS trow .Blasts, rersa'se is a rasa M Oak las 4. Cal. A esgTs was yarAsd m THrbsa IU.. far M issiyter. uiauli ,a a tsraMr i daugfetar Maa< a s**ar* •••*• tkat (ba aaartags st Vlllilrir siarixr. at T»al prsataer aaauaM Aa4nw (sraaais las saw li.MSJN ter a ' tasipir »t paars foe tba paraanaat aeurt st srbMrMi >a MTbs Nagoa A4riea> frsai Moraaeo say ika ranasU al Ta laaa sad < sals hsva wtraad ths taraipr raa< iSeato la ba rsady Iv leara si a nnmaat'a asUea Nearly tbs Whole of tba town o' t'wasas ( ' hila. larto4las lha banar talagrapb oMce and all Iks barinax beaten hu bean laatroyad by 1 haw Fira al < olamhtu. 0.. da-1 rorec Itea.ssa worth ot property sad roet the I.fa of Fire < aptain riaalal lawn, who wan eaegbl beneath faiunr walls. AbOSt Mteot Mad Mullah’n for.-e were kill*'! ' by the Rntlnh in an ansam-<nnal followink the recent dMnter to l ei. Plunkett • column In Beat A fora. i 1 The rardiaaln of the <oarre(atlon of the pro- I paaanda hate Mm Informed ibai a msettnit el tba < sn<r«y»ti..n will be bold May I is e iuuae a Mehop of Buffalo. 1

Weather Forecast. Fair tonight and probably Tuesday. • HOME MARKETS. Accurate prices paid by Decatur ‘ merchants for '.-arious products. Cor-! reeled every day. The amount of grain exported yee- I terday from this country was: j Wheat and Flour, 169,214 bushels:, corn 516.800 bushels; oats 5 .297 bushels. GRAIN. BT E. L. CARBOL, GUIN MERCHANT. Corn, per cwt. (new) mixed AS Corn, per cwt, yellow (newi 50 Oats, new 30i Wheat, new > 69 Rye 40' Barlev 40' Timothr 1 601 Clover Seed 5 00 iff 6 00 Aisyke 5 50 fe 6 00, Buckwheat 65 Flax Seed 1 10 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed al 1:15 p. tn. today as follows: Wheat. May ? 77 Wheat. Joly ___ 721 Wheat. September K 9; Corn. May 44 7 Corn. July 451 Oats. May 33* Corn. September 44. Oats. July___ 311

May Pork . 41" 07 ' Julv Pork 417 35 Sept. Pork 316 97 May Lard, per cwt 9 42 Ju[y Lard, per cwt 9 50 September Lard per cwt 9 52 TOLEDO GRAI* MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3001 ; o’clock by J. D. Hale. Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2. red. cash $ 751 May wheat 75 J : July wheat. 72 I Cash corn. No. 2, mixed, cash 45 i May corn 44 I July corn . 451 Oats, cash 34 ■ Oats. May 3311 'Oats, July 31 j Rye. cash _ 53 | STOCK. BT FRED SCHE’. MAN. DEALE*. Lambs ... 41 fe 5 I Hogs, per cwt. 36 Ll 6fe 36 80 ■ Cattle per lb. 3| fe 4; Calves, per lb. 4j fe 5 I Cows 2 fe 3d Sheep, per lb 2| fe 3 Beef Hides, per lb. 6 j POULTRY. BT J. W. PLACE CO., FACEERS. Chickens, per lb .08 Fowls, per lb .08 Ducks, per lb 071 Turkeys, per lb .10* Geese, per lb 05 MAY .TARKET. No. 1 timothy hav (baled). No 1 mixed hay (baled) «- ■ * . No. 1 clover hay i baled) Loose hay 3150 lees. I WOOL AND HIDES. BT B. KALVER k SOX.

Wool 13c to 18 Sheep pelts. 40c to 31 00 Beef hides, per pound 06 Calf hides 074 Tallow, per pound 04| 1 GOAL. Anthracite 3 9 00 I Domestic, lump 4 75 I Domestic, nut 4 50 OIL .TARKET. Tiona 31.8 n Pennsylvania 1.53 Coming 1.33' Newcastle 1.40 North Lima 1.16 South Lima 1.11 Indiana 1.11 Whitehouse 1.23 Somerset 97 . 97 Barkers villa 97 Ragland 57 OTHER PRODCCTS. ' BT VABIOCS GROCERS AXD MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz 3 13 Butter, per pound 12 Potatoes, per bushel Liverpool market closed J to! cent higher on wheat. Corn closed j to J , cent higher. fIARKET NOTES. Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs 22.000 WiMai 75cars Corn — XMcarw Oats_— 290 cars Receipt* at Chicago today: Hogs 49,000 Wheat 40 cars Cora — 35 car* Oats 143 car* Awalynla of a Tear. The chief element in the coniion of a associated minute proportions of salt, soda, phosphate of lime, phosphate of soda and mucus, and when seen under the micros'ope a tear after eva|»oration looks like a very small fish iwne. owing to the saitoes forming themselves Into lengthened crops Hues.

*><«K>e*W<»<fr«**«*<*** •WHEN KNIGHTHOOD? : WAS IN FLOWER t ▼ Ot, Tba Lcre Story of Charles Brar.dcn zed Muy Toder, the King » Sister. u>d *1 4$ Hxppouag la me Reign of H» Angsst Mxjesty King Henry the Eighth ILeantua oed Aendervd fare Madera Ea<l»b Fram Sa Edwin C*.skad«>'s Memoir By EDWIN CASKODEN [CHARLES MAJOR] j £ CorvnoU. is* and IXI. t*' Boerrn-Mrmd Corapanv *♦>>><>♦*♦***♦**♦♦♦♦*<♦♦**

That evening Cavendish took me aside and said his master. Wolsey, wished to speak to me privately at a convenient opportunity. So when the bishop left bis can! table an hour later I threw myself in his way. He spoke gayly to me. and we walked down the corridor arm in arm. I eoeld not imagine what was wanted, but presently ft came out: My dear Caskodea"--had I been one for whom be cockl hare had any use I should hare grown suspicious—"my dear Caskoden. I know I can trust yon; especially when that which I bare to say Is for the happiness of yoor friends. I am sure you will nerer name me in connection with the suggestion I am about to make, and will use the thought only as your own." I did not know what was coming, but gare him the strongest assurance of my trustworthiness. "It is this: Louis of France is little better than a dead man. King Henry, perhaps, is not fully aware of this, and if be is be has never considered the probability of his speedy death. The thought occurred to me that although the princess cannot dissuade her brother from this marriage, she may be able, in view of her ready and cheerful comogi ".Ml dear Caskoden. I know I can trust you." p'.ianee, to extract some virtue out of her sore necessity and induce him to promise that in case of the death of Louis she herself shall choose her second busband." "My lord." I replied, quickly grasping the point, "it is small wonder you rule this land. You hare both brain and heart." "I thank you. Sir Edwin, and hope that both may always be at the service of you and your friends.’’ I gave the suggestion to Mary as my own. recommending that she proffer her request to the king in the presence of W.-'sey. and. although she bad little faith or hope, she determined to try. Within a dar or two an opportunity offered, and she said to Henry: "I am ready to go to France any time you wish, and shall do it decently and willLngfy. bat if I do so much for yon. brother, yon might at least promise 1 me that when King Txvuis is dead I may marry whomsoever I wish. He will probably live forever, but let me hare at least that hope to give me what cheer it may while I suffer." The ever present Wolsey, wbo was standing near and I ward Mary’s petition. interposed: "I>et me add my pray er to that of her highness We must give her her own way in something " Mary was su< h a complete picture of I wretchedness that I thought at the ' time sb* bad really found a tender spot ! in Henry’s heart, for he gave the promise Since then I have learned, as you i will shortly, that it was given simply to pacify the girl, and without any intention whatever of its being kept, but that in case of the death of King Ixjuis. Henry intended again to use his sister to his own advantage To be a iieantiful princesa is not to enjoy the bliss some people imagine. The earth is apt to open at any time and Pluto to snatch her away to—the Lord knows where. Mary again pour'd out ber soul on paper -a libation Intended for Brandon. I mad*- a dozen attempts In as tuauy different ways to deliver her letters, but every effort was a failure, and this missive met the fate of the others. De Longuevllle kept done watch on bis master » rival and complained to Hen ry about tbeoe attempts at communication Henry laughed and said he would see tliat they were stopped, but paM no more attention to the matter. If Mary, before her Interview with Henry, had iwen averse to the French I marriage, she was now e<|nsll.r anxI lous to hurry It on. ami longed to go I upon the rack in order that Brandon | might be free. He, of course, objected ns strenuously as i>omilble to the purchaw of liis life by her marriage to Louis, but bls bettor judgment told him—in fact, bad told hitn from the first— that she would be compelled eventually to marry the French king, and common settso tokl him If It must lw she might as well save his life at the same time. Furthermore, ho felt a certain reuse of delight in owing Ills life to ber, and knew that the fact that

sue nau saveu nuu. tuat ner saennee had not all been in vain, would make it easier for her to bear. The most beautiful feature of the re Ist ions betwiwu these two lovers was their entire faith in eaeb other. The way of their true love was at least not roughened by cobblestones of doubt, however impassalde it was from mountains of opposition. My inability to deliver Mary’s letters did not deter ber from writing them, and as she was to be married in a few days—De Longueville to act as proxy—she devoted ber entire time to her letters and wrote pages upon pages, which she left with me to be delivered "after death,” as she called ber marriage. At this time 1 was called away from court for a day or two. and when I re turned and called upon Brandon at the Tower I found him whistling and sing ing. apparently as happy as a lark. “You heartless dog!" thought I at first, but I soon found that he felt more than happiness—exaltation. "Have you seen her?" I asked. “Who?" As if there were more than one woman In all the world for him. “The princess." “Not since I left her at Bristol." I believed then, and believe now, that this was a point blank falsehood, a very unusual thing for Brandon, but for some reason probably necessary in this case. There was an expression in bls face which I could not interpret, but be wrote, as if carelessly scribbling on a scrap of paper that lay upon the table, the words, "Be careful.” and I took the hint—we were watched. There is an unpleasant sensation when one feels that he Is watched by unseen eyes, and after talking for awhile on common topics I left and took a boat for Greenwich. When I arrived at the patece and saw Mary, what was my surprise to find her as bright and jubilant as I had left Brandon Sbe. too. laughed and sang and was so happy that she lignted the whole room. What did it all mean? There was but one explanation. They had met. and there was some new plan on foot—with a fatal ending. The next failure would mean death to Brandon as certainly as the sun rises in the east. What the plan was I could not guess. With Brandon in the Tower under guard both day and night, and Mary as closely guarded in the palace. I could not see any way of escape for either of them, nor bow they could possibly have come together. Brandon had not told me. I supposed, for fear of being overheard, and Mary, although she had the opportunity. ** as equally noncotumunicatire. so I had recourse to Jane upon the first occasion She. by the way. was as blue and sad faced as Mary was joyous. I asked her if the princess and Brandon bad met. and she sadly said: “I do not know. We went down to London yesterday. and as we returned stopped at Bridewell House, where we found the king and Wolsey. The princess left the room, saying she would return in a few minutes, and then Wolsey went out. leaving me alone with the king. Mary did not return for half an hour, and she may have seen Master Braudon during that time. I do not understand bow the meeting could have occurred, but that Is the only time she has been away from me” Here Jane deliberately put ber bead on my shoulder and began to weep piteously. "What Is the trouble?’ I asked. She shook her head: ’T cannot, dare not. tel! you.’’ "Oh. but yon must, yon must!” And I Insisted so emphatically that she at length said: ’The king!” ‘The king! God in heaven, Jane; tell me quickly!”

| CLOSING OUT ■ Buggies. Com Cultivators—Riders and Walkfl ers, Check Rowers, Breaking Plows, Har- ■ rows, Grain Drills, Lawn Mowers, WeedB ers and Horse Cultivators. I All these goods will be sold very low, as I am going ■ to close them out. 1 AGENT FOR > McOORMICK MACHINES, WHITE PLYMOUTH ■ ROCK EGG.-. TRACTION ENGINES, AND ■ THRESHING MACHINERY. I J K. NIBLICK

When urged. Jane said between her sobs: “He tried to kiss me and to- m i, treat me when Wolsey left the room ar Bridewell House. I may have been ( used to detain him while Mary met Master Brandon; but. if so, 1 aia SUfa she knew nothing of it.” “And what did you do?’ "I struggled away from him anq snatched this dagger from tny breast telling him that If be took but one -sti-p toward me 1 would piling.. j t ln i heart, and he said I was a fool.” “God keep you always a fool"’ salJ { prayerfully. "How long lias this | wn going on?’ “A month or two. But 1 have always been able to run away from him He has been growing more importunate O s late, so I bought a dagger tliat very day and had it not one hour too soon " With this she drew out a gleaming little weapon that flash's! indhe rays of the candle. Thia was trouble in earnest for me and I showed It very plainly. Then Jane timidly put her hand in mine f or the first time in her life and murmured “We will Lie married. Edwin, if y wl wiab, before we return from Fran e ’• She was glad to fly to me to save her self from Henry, and I was glad even to be the lesser of two evils As to whether my two friends met or not that day at Bridewell I cannot say but I think they did They had in soui, t way come to an understanding that lightened lioth their hearts before Mary left for France, and this had I been their only possible opportunity Jane and I were always taken Into I their confidence on other occasions, but i as to this meeting, if any there was, wo have never been told a word. My belief is that the meeting was .-ontrived by Wolsey upon a solemn prom iso from Brand >:> and Mary never to reveal it, and if so they have sacredly . kept their word. Ou the 13th of August. 15L4, Mary Tudor, with her golden hair falling over her shoulders, was married at Greenwich to Louis de Valois. De Longueville acting as bis French majesty’s proxy. Poor, fair Proserpina! Note.—M«id*ns only were married with their hair down. It was “the sacred toksa of maidenhood."—Editor. [TO BX COSTIXTED.I | *— TYNER’S SUCCESSOR KJ. A Question That la Worrying the Post office Department Washington. April IT—Postmaster General Payne is seeking a suitable man to put in charge ot the legal division of the postoffice department As General Tyner, the assistant at torney general, has been removed and fat \ ■SSi JAMBS ■. TTMka i Mr Christlaaey. the officer temporarily in charge. Is to remain away psod Ing ths inveetlgatloa. It becomes lw peratlve to have a new mar. fa ths place, at least temporarily The qu»* Uon of the selection of som* <*• *® succeed General Tyner permanently will be taken by Postmaster Jer.oral Payne very soon. I.aad Peer. Hsssit—lt’s strange you're so hard ! up. old man. I thought you owned half ‘ of Swnmphurst ami had lots to sell. Haddit—l have, but what I want l» , lots to eat.—Town and Country