Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1904 — BURN NEGRO AT STAKE [ARTICLE]

BURN NEGRO AT STAKE

ARKANSAS MOB AVENGES DEATH OF PLANTER. Bloodhounds Trace Murderer to I'ather’i House Where He Is Apprehended in a Well—French Heirs Sue for 3,150 Acres of Kansas Land. v i Glenco Bays, a negro, was burned at ■ stake in his father’s dooryard near Crossett, Ark., for the murder of J. D. Stephens, At prominent planter. The murder was committed Thursday evening, and a crowd at once started in pursuit. Bloodhounds were brought on a special train from Lake Village, and they tracked Bays to his father’s home, where he was found hiding in a well. After securing a confession from Bays the mob, which had grown to more than 1,000 men, . from all parts of Ashley County, chained him to a post in the yard, and made tha fire out of a convenient pile or brush. When the body hung limply in the chains some twenty or thirty shots were fired Into the already dead man. Several women witnessed the affair, as did also half a hundred or more of mere children. SUE TO OBTAIN 3,150 ACRES. Heirs of Bachelor Leaving Eatate to Odd Fellows Cry Fraud. Attorneys for Caroline Agatha Lartsch and Albert Pasquet De Lauriere of France began a suit in the Federal Court at Kansas City, Kan., Thursday to recover 3,150 acres of valuable land In Franklin County, Kansas, which originally belonged to Ernest Valeton De Boissiere. In 1892 De Boissiere, a bachelor, gave the land to the Odd Fellows for a site for an orphans’ home and returned to Bordeaux, where lie died two years later. The property finnlly came Into the hands of James T. Troutman and Robert Stone, attorneys of Topoka, Kan. The petitioners aver that Troutman went to France in 1897 and induced Mme. Martinelli, an heir of De Boissiere, then 90 years old, to give him a deed and bill of sale to the property for 50,000 francs. They allege fraud and ask an ncounting from Troutman and Stone and that the land be turned over to them as legal heirs. PORTO RICO IN REVOLT.

Demands Important Share of Power in Affairs of American Nation. Porto Rico, weary of the yoke of Uncle Bam, has taken a bold step for statehood or independence and decided on a demand to the United States which will 'take the form of an ultimatum. In the federal assembly after a debate that was exciting at all times and revolutionary in frequent outbreaks the federal assembly adopted by an overwhelming majority a resolution of defiance to the American government as it at present controls Porto Rican affairs. As finally adopted the demand declares the interests of the people demand a revolution from the existing American administration and insists on immediate stntehfcod, or, if fliat is not granted, independence. r

Conquer Fire In Sen Liner. After nearly foundering on the other aide of the Atlantic, the Hamburg-Ameri-can liner Pallanza, which arrived at Halifax the other day from Hamburg, was seriously threatened by a fire that broke out when the steamer was within 600 miles of the American const. For five hours the crew worked with unabated energy to subdue the flames in the cargo and finally conquered them.

Watchman Dies in Fire* In a fire in the restaurant building of C. 11. Smiley, caterer, 7G Twenty-second, street, Chicago, Joseph Murray, watchman, was burned to death. The building, owned by D. L. Smith, was damaged to the extent of $2,000, and the loss sustained by Smiley was $1,500. An overheated furnace is said to have been the cause of the blaze. Elevator Boy Hero in Fire. Keller, Price & Co.’s clothing store in Muncie, Ind., was damaged by fire. The loss is $40,000, with $5,000 loss to the building. Several persons were hurt. When the fire started there were many people in the upper stories. Many were saved through the heroism of Otis Pierce, the elevator boy, who made nine trips while the building was burning.

Russian Advance Driven Back. Twenty-five hundred Russians were killed in the preliminary battles on the Ynlu river, their advance guards being driven back by the Japanese. The Czar has ordered nu inquiry into the disaster at Port Arthur and many dismissals and degradations are anticipated. Responsible for Iroqnols Disaster. Building Commissioner Williams, Inspector Loughlin, Will J. Davis, Thomas J. Noonan and James E. Cummings have been Indicted for responsibility for the' Iroquois Theater horror in Chicago. Mrs. LlnhofT Is Acqnlttsd. Not guilty was the verdict reported nt Mason City, lowa, in the case of Mrs. L. K. Linboff, accused of the murder of Edward Bromley. Think General War May Come. Increased activity at Woolwich arsenal, In England, and elsewhere shows that all powers are preparing for war, If it becomes necessary. Albanians Lose to Tnrks. Turkish troops defeated the Albanian insurgent army, the rebels losing 600 men killed and wounded. Resent an Insnlt to Flag. A French mail steamship reports that the United States cruisers Newark and Columbia have been forced to fire on the Dbminican rebels outside of the city of Santo Domingo because the insurgents fired upon an f American mall steamship. Olrls Flee In Celd from Fire. The Oreenaboro, N. C., female college was burned and 100 yonng women students, scantily clad, fled in the bitter cold, the temperature being nearly zero. Then were several narrow escapes, lncendiar ism is suspected

AN ABUSED MAN.

Senator Hanna Bore Assaults of Writers nnil*Cartoonlsts wit h Dignity. The worst-abused man of out- day is dead. Conscienceless editors, sensational reporters and hired caricaturists for years belched their scandalous shot and shell of printer's ink upon his reputation until that proportion of the people uhicli gels ilo ideas 1 from the hysterical, seare-lieud, postershect, shrieking press had come to regard him as a Mephistophelian monster of pestilential greed, a noxious ulcer upon the body politic, the personification of craft and selfishness. Week after week, year after year, he was held before the eyes of a gaping pubJie as a big-necked, piulieaded, coarsegrained human monstrosity clothed In ill-fitting garments interwoven with dollar marks, llis friendship for McKinley was seized upon as an excuse for lampooning that President to a degreel more malicious, false and disgusting than has fallen to the lot of any President since the lamented Lincoln was caricatured as a baboon. When the Anarchist Czolgosz had been educated to the point of assassination, when McKinley had boon added to tbe list of our murdered Presidents —then, and Aidt flH^Tfej^dj«P^ :: meadaclous news™ papers which had carried on the disgraceful campaign of villifleation mod’ ify to a degree their policy of brutal misrepresentation, actuated by the fear that to further outrage the public sense of decency might affect the counting room receipts. But Marcus A. Hanna bore these assaults as a dignified lion might bear the yelping of so many jackals, the hideous laughter of cowardly hyenas. He suffered under shameful misrepresentation as a man might suffer, but be gave no word. He knew that his life and his record would outlive the lying caricature which had been labeled with

•fate name. With quiet dignity die went his way—exerting a powerful, if silent, force, upon national legislation; throwing his influence modestly but effectively between the warring forces of capital and labor; treating liis own numerous employes- as men and brothers; spurning with contempt the effort to make of him a wedge for the disrupting of the Republican party. Gradually the people were beginning to understand him as lie was. Death came too soon for him to see himself fully established in the public mind as an educated, warm-hearted, patriotic, Christian gentleman—a political partisan, it Is true, but an honest and an earnest one. But before the end, he must have realized that victory w r as in sight and that its full fruition was only a matter of time. Mark Hanna Is dead. Who is to be the next victim of the scavenger press?—Utica (X. Y.) Globe. -TRIBUTES TO HANNA

Brief Testimonies to His Greatness by Well-Known Men. With one accord the men in all walks of life who knew the late Senator M. A. Hanna speak feelingly of his remarkable characteristics. - Here are a few of the most pithy comments: Gov. John L. Bates —He won the respect of the people of all classes in the nation. Speaker Cannon —M. Hanna was the most forceful citizen of the United -States. Secretary Cortelyou—He fought his battles in the open and won bis victories on the square. Senator Fairbanks —He was closer to the hearts of the honest labor element of the country than any man in public life. Secretary Wilson —He shortened bis life by excessive devotion to liis ideals of public duties. Secretary Taft—lie said what be thought and no man could ever accuse him of trickiness.

Senator T. C. Platt—He was a positive force for good in party, national and international affairs, Dryden—As a great, practical and constructive the whole country will miss him. Secretary Shaw —As a friend be was the truest of the true. Senator Spooner—He was a man of great moral courage, manly, aggressive, sincere, patriotic and kindly. Baron Sternberg, the German ambassador —With that modesty which was the key note of his character he rightly won the position he held among his fellow-men.

Representative Trimbly, of Kentucky —Senator Hanna’s death robs the Republican party of its strongest and ablest leader. Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador—ln the lives of such men is found the secret of the country’s greatness. Secretary Hay—Senator Hanna Avas a man in a thousand for generosity, honesty and loyalty. Secretary Hitchcock —The nation has lost a patriot and Ills personal friends and associates a lOiablc companion. Postmaster General Payne—ln all the phases of life I have never known a truer man or a more devoted friend.