Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1887 — THE SOUTHERN STATES. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTHERN STATES.

The President and party reached Memphis, Tenn., Friday evening. The reception they received in the South was very hearty. At the stations on tho way from Kansas City to the objective point, crowds gathered to cheer the visitors, and, if possible, to grasp the Presidential hand. Memphis was thronged as it never was before. Over 30,000 people gathered to greet the President When the President and Mrs. Cleveland had been seated in their carriage, the throngs in their enthusiasm broke over all bounds, carrying away the colored militia guards stationed to keep the way open. Indeed, some of the guards seemed to have joined the moving irregular masses themselves, and followed on behind the President’s carriage. In the evening there was a reception and a grand display of fireworks. Train-bobbers attacked the mail car attached to the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio express, near El Paso, Texas, with dynamito bombs. The car was broken to pieces, and the agent was for a moment stunned. His senses returned, however, and he filled one of the robbers with bullets, killing him instantly. The others of the gang fled. Memphis was beautifully decorated in honor of the President’s visit, and there were more people in the streets of the town than were ever seen before. After a formal speech of welcome delivered by Judge H. T. Ellett and responded to by the President, a public reception was held at the Cotton Exchange. A distressing event happened just after the President left the stand where the speeches were made. Judge Ellett, who had stood for some time with his hat off and with his head exposed to the sun, was overcome by the heat, and expired within five minutes. Tho people began to move away, and the Presidential party left the square for the Exchange Building. There Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland received the greetings of thousands, and when the reception was over loft for Nashville. Tho President and Mrs. Cleveland, with their traveling companions, Bpent Sunday at Belle Meade farm, six miles from Nashville. This is one of the moat magnificent estates in the South, and is the home of General W. F. Jackson, a brother of Judge Jackson, who was formerly United States Senator. A telegram from Charleston, W. Va., reports that: Fully three hundred citizens started out after the highwaymen who murdered Rev. Thomas P, T. Ryan near Walton, Roan County. After the house was robbed, and the old man shot, the robbers, thirteen in number, compelled the family to send him up stairs and to get breakfast for them*. The citizens found the “gang” intrenched in George Duff’s house, eight miles from Sissonville, and a regular battle took place, in which one of the murderers, George Duff, Jr., was killed and five of the pursuers were wounded. Another of the “gang,” Jake Coon, was caught and lynched, and three others are held to,await the pleasure of the vigilance committee. A large number of robberies have been committed by this “gang" during the last few months. The Attorney General of Texas ha* re d :- ed a decision against granting a charter to the Metador Land and Cattle Company, organized in Scotland with a capital of $2,000,000, and having for its object the securing and improving of land in Texas.