Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1895 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

Will Caldwell,colored, murdered a wo-man-near Osceola, Ark., in order that another negro might get a sum of money she possessed. Caldwell was arrested, confessed and was promptly lynched. At Louisville seventy-five persons were seriously injured Thursday evening by the falling of a portion of the grand stand erected for Grand Army and other invited guests to view the fireworks on the river front. No one -was killed outright. Text thousand people were thrown into a panic, but-the crowd was so great that tens of thousands did not know of the accident. 'Senator Roger Q. 'MTHsj of Texas, in a communication to the chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Texas, comes out squarely and vigorously against the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 10 to 1 by the United States, independently of the other commercial nations of the world. He contends that in taking this stand he is following the example and teachings of the fathers of the Democratic party aad Its greatest leaders in recent years. : *~ — 7 The report of Adjutant GeneraT C. C. Jones, of the G. A. R., made at Louis.JuUe, shows that on June 30, 1804, there were 0,432 posts, with a Total membership of 353,038: The total amount expended for charity was SIOB,SOS. He recommended that the time for holding the department encampments be not before Jan. 1 nor later than May 15. The report of Inspector General Q. V. R. Pond showed that the posts haye $1,305,913 in securities and $1,049,007 in other property, a total of $3,254,570.' Thfe report of Quartermaster GonetaF ,T. W. Burst showed receipts from all sources $33,427 and expenditures $29,403, leaving a balance of $12,333. The receipts from the per capita tax were $0,154, a decrease of $293. The twenty-ninth encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic ended at Louisville Friday night. A fitting finale to the encampment festivities was the brilliant ball given at the Auditorium by the ladies of Louisville and of Kentucky. . The feature of the day, was the old-fashioned Kentucky barbecue and burgoo at Wilder Park. The attendance was about 150,000. The last business transacted was the adoption of a pension report protesting against the cutting of pensions, and the selection of the following council of administration: Illinois, T. W. Scott: Indiana, W. H. Armstrong; lowa, A. W. Swalm; Kansas, I). B. DoAbl&ser,' Michigan, G.'H. Hopkins; Minnesota, Albert Schaeffer; Missouri, F. M. Sterrett; Nebraska, T. J. Majors; Wisconsin, 11. L. Thomas. & A horrible accident resulting in the death of six and the wounding of several members of the Louisville Legion occurred shortly after 5:30 Wednesday morning by the explosion of a caisson. The dead are: Corporal A 1 Robinson, Private Charles Geetrich, Private Charles Woods, Private Mcßride. Private Hutchins, Private Howard Irwin, Private Driver William Adams (colored). The wounded are: Fred Cohn, William Hobbs. All the men excepting the colored driver were members of Battery A of the Kentucky National Guard and all resided in Louisville. The place where the accidept occurred is one of the finest residence districts in the city. Few people were on the street, owing to the early hour, or the list of killed would have been greatly increased. Every window in the block was blown out. Nearly every one in the neighborhood was asleep, and as half-clud men and terrified women came running from their homes a most horrible sight met their eyes. The body of the colored driver. mangled almost beyond recognition, fell on the front porch of a residence fully 300 feet from the place where the accident occurred. Two of the bodies were blown over the house tops and were horribly mangled. The wounded have been removed to the hospitals. Two horses attached to the cannon were so horribly mangled that they will be killed. All the killed were members of the First Kentucky Artillery of Louisville, which has always been considered the finest in the State.