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WftML VOLUME LVIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST '17, 1904. NUMBER 270. MURDERERS ARE BURNED BY THE MOB Georgia Negroes Who Killed and Burned a Family Are Taken Prom Jail and Lynch ed at Statesboro. Were Cuarded by the Military but Infuriated Crowd Overpow ered the Guard. CRIED IN VAIN FOR MERCY The Two NegroM Hud Ileon Con vl-Mt mid Sentenced to He Hiliijr hut Mob M ould Not Walt. rHutboro, ua Aug. Wllti ' -)( h I hit saturated with kerosene, writhing utiil twisting In thtr ugnny screaming to heaven for the mercy the mob would nut hIiuw. I'uul IUd and Will Cuto, negroes hihI two of the prluvlpal In th itiurilwr and burning tif Henry Hodge hihI wife mid three of thvlr children, six iiiIIi from 8tnt? boro three vf'kn uk, were burned nt the lnke today. Thin .if lei -noon U 1:20 o'clock the mob charged on the court house, over powered the nillltiiry guard, secured Oslo niul It-ft, who hud been found guilty Mftop n legal trial, snd were sentenced to be hanged, took tlwm two mile from HtatAtmro and there burned them alive. Both hud been foun t guilty the d'ty before, nnd were sentenced to hung Hept ember 2. The crowd as- mbled about the court house wn not -a large yesterday, T.or wu It so threatening, though for that mutter there was never much jmmde, the countrymen always being quiet. It) the trial of Reed, little delay had been caused mid on lit conclusion the prisoner, im before, were hurried Into the witness room, where a strong guard tf mllltlii was mounted over them. In the corridor an Agitation began, spectator left the court room and from the Inwn outside many entered the hallway. Shortly before 1 o'clock the crowd wa addressed by a tail man who neemed to Inflame It greatly. He culled on those about him to follow him. With fixed bayonet, but unload ed rifle the guard stood. The mob urged toward them, but were re pulped several time. Overpowered the Guard. Suddenly 25 men crowded around the guard, Before they could be prevent ed. they had caught two guard nnd wreted their weapon from them. The captured soldltir were held primmer The mime policy followed with other of the oldler. Man after man. cnught Isolated, wa relieved of his rifle after a struggle. The small guard about the prisoner withdrew into a room and closed the door. The mob crashed against It, bursting It In easily, and Cato and need were dragged out. Keel wa taken down one stairway with a rope about hi neck, and Cato down the other, both pleading for their live, By thla time the crowd numbered GOO per sona. The doomed men were dragged, the crowd shouting and cheering, along the roadway toward Hodge' home stead. TnTTieatwaa o Intense that the crowd wearied when two mile of the six-mile route had been traversed. Go Ing 15 yard from the road the crowd halted. The two negroes were told they had but a short time to live and they should confes. Reed partially confessed, Implicating the other nerro. but, a he had done In the court room, denied he had taken part. The mur rer Cato answered Incoherently. The crowd moved across a field to a strip of woodland. A member of the mob made a speech, recounting the horror of the crime. This Inflamed the crowd to the burning pitch. To a large stump the men were chained 3. with their backs to the stump. Then a wagonload of pine wood wa hauled to the spot. It was piled around the men and 10 gallon of kerosene was thrown over them. Photographed th Scene. A photographer wa present; the crowd cleared and he took several views of the men bound to the stake and ready for the burning. Just a the match Whs applied to the pyre one of those In front askd Kwd If he wutited to tell the truth before he died Confessed the Murder, "Ye, sir; 1 killed Mr. ami Mrs, Mo'lge,". he replied. "Who killed the children r he wa asked. "Handy Bell," came the response, an the flame leaped upward, Further questioning was lmlble lit the wild tumult. The spectacle was frightful. As the flames touched need' nakd oll-noukd skin he twist ed his head around In an endeavor to choke himself and avoid the fearful torture. Only otae did he complain. He said: "Lord, have mercy." Cuto screamed In agony and begged to be shot. His heavy head of hair, which was oil-soaked, wits utmost the Mist thing the flames fastened on, .Be fore the flames progressed very far bis h-sd sank forward. Apparently the Are had reached his luig. As soon It was s-en that the men eere dead, the crowd commenced to disere, A large number ! remained b'Mnd. J" however. piling more fuel on, until both bodies were burned except the trunks. 40,000 DOMESTICS NEEDED. Saruanta In ftraata na.J Tk.. ST.... ...... ......,,. Wll. J New York. Aug. 1.-Att..,he of tl.ej HHM w-.l, f.L.. ,.,.,... r woor DUru n-rv e. tlmate that 40.000 domestic servant are needed In this city and it is stated that the demand of housekeepers seek- ng help me far In excess of the sup ply, , One of the agent engaged In se- urlng place for competent servant said: i . "Never In the hUtory of the hursu bus there been so great a. demand. Thla despite the fact tfc.it throughout the last four year mote women have been coming to thl country thun nen. Thousand arrive every week from Great Britain, Germany. Norway. Sweden. Holland aad Belgium. With it... i .i.PH.iA I...... u and the Utln states, the reverse Is the 'tractor at Bonlta, Is reported to have rule, there being more men than women t over a thousand ties already and among the arrivals." mor. ftre 8aJJ t0 , thp h. whw At the various mission where Im- th- fires are raging. Also In the nelgh mlgrant girls are cored for. the same borhood of Bearmouth fierce fire are story Is told. In one Instance It ls:bornln n.m.v stated there are to applications for every available servant, , CERMAN8 FOUGHT BRAVELY. Fiv Officer and 19 Men Killed in Bat tle With the Hererro. Berlin, Aug. H. Fnur columns of Germun troop attacked the Herorros near Hakakarl, German Southwest Af rica, on the night of August 11. The fighting continued all day August 12. The native were defeated with heavy losses. Five German officers, Including Count Von Amlm, and 19 men were killed. Six officers, among them Baron Von Walter and 52 men were wounded. Two are missing. Thousands of cattle were captured. General Von Trotha, dispatching the particular of the battle from Hama- karl, adds that his soldier fought with the greatest bravery. PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA. New Administration of lh 8outh American Republic New York, Aug. 16. Senor Monte ha asumed the presidency of the re public, say a Herald dispatch from Lopaa, Bolivia. The cabinet Is: Minister of foreign affairs, Dr. Clau- dlo Flnilla: minister of the Interior. 8enorj:aprlle;-m!rsiterf justice, Dr. Saraoho; minister of finance, Senor Daniel Castello; minister of war, Gen eral Monte. BASEBALL. American. At St. Louis New York, 4; St. Louis, 1. At Detroit Philadelphia, 6; Detroit, At Cleveland Washington, 1. Cleve land, 7. At Chicago Boston, 0; Chicago, 8. National. At Brooklyn First game, Cincinnati. 0; Brooklyn, 6. Second game, Cincin nati, 0; Brooklyn, S. At Philadelphia Flt game, St. Louis, 6; Philadelphia, 1. Second game, St.' Loul. 7; Philadelphia, 1. At Boston Chicago, 4; Boston, 5. At New York First game, Pittsburg, 7; New York, 2. Second game, Pitts burg, 4; New York, 1. GRAND ARMY OF REPUBLIC GIVEN FITTING OVATION DURING Splendid Pageant in Blue Cheered by Admiring Thousands of People 26,000 Veterans Were in Line Streets of Boston Was Witnessed by More Than Half a Million, of America's Most Patriotic Citizens. Boston, Aug. 16.- If anything were needed to prove th.it the Grand Army of the Republic Is still a mlhty host, It was to be found today when, with half a million civilians looking on, 26,000 survivors of the union forces of the civil war marched through the MONTANA FORESTS BURN. Thousands of Railroad Ti Dattreved I . ' and M(m lnJured ,(ut(P, M(nt., Aug. 16.-A Miner spe ,.,k f,m, Missoula says heavy forest fltes are rglnc In the hills close arounil j Hotitita, min 4 miles e-ist of Mis snula. The fires started four days ago and have spread with rapidity over a vast territory, cousin great damage For the past two or three days from TJ to 100 men have been flahtlng the fire, but without any apparent sue cess. The upper sawmill camp of An drew MiMullan had to be abandoned owing to the close proximity of the fire, which came within two feet of the cook house. Some of the employe were badly scorched and blistered In flahtina the i w ..j. gan Is reported to have suffered the loas of 8000 railroad ties. FIRES IN OREGON TIMBER. Thirty Squar Mile of Forests Burned Near Lebanon. Albany, Ore.. Aug. IS. Forest Are In the mountains beyond Lebanon have devastated a large tract of fine forest and now are beyond control. Over thirty square miles of forests are en tirely destroyed and the fires are spreading. Gilbert Bros. shingle mill, together with residences and outbuild ings are entirely destroyed and mem bers of the firm, with families and em ployes, barely escaped with their lives. Fire west of here In the Coast range of mountains are also doing great dam age and many ranches are menaced, but a large force of men are fighting the flames with prospects of checking them if the winds do not rise during the night. TO NOTIFY SENATOR DAVIS. Democratic Candidate for Vice-Presi, dent Notified Today. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va Aug. 16. Henry 0. Davis will be formally notfled by the democrats tomorrow of his nomination , for vice-president. Representative John Sharp William, of Mississippi, chairman of the notifi cation committee, will make the an nouncement. Senator Davis in accept Ing the nomination will discus the political situation briefly. The cere monies will take place under the oaks In front of the White Sulphur Springs hotel. Two speeches and music will constitute the program. BIG GAS SUIT SETTLED. Bay State Company Adjusts Difficulties Out of Court. Boston, Aug. 16. A compromise set- tlement In the suit of Receiver Pepper of the Bay State Gas Company of Del aware to enjoin the sale of the various gas companies operating in Boston under a merger plan has been reached out of ..court. Suit growing out of this action, however, against H. H. Rogers, Thomas W. Lawson and J. Ed ward Addlcks etIU hold. BOSTON MEETING of the Veteran Boys and Their March Through the itretts of Boston. Five and one-half Hours were required for the parade to pass a given point. Reports tonlaht Indicate that more than 300 persons were either prostrated by the heat or fainted In the crowds during the day. Only one known , fatality resulted. VALUATION OF CLACKAMAS. New Assessment Place Present Value at $10,250,000. Oregon City, Or., Aug. 15. (Special to the Oregonian.) Assessor J. F. Nel son today completed the assessment of Clackamas county property foe the 1904 roll. The aggregate of property valuations, represented by the roll, is approximately $10,250,000, or an in crease of $300,000 over last year's roll. It Is not expected that any material change will be made In the assessed valuations by the board of equaliza tion, which will be convened on Mon- day, August 29. This Is the earliest date for year that the assessment of property In this county has been com pleted. 1 INSURANCE RATES LOWER. Marine Risks Can Be Placed at Lower Rate. New York. Aug. 1.-Marlne insur- ance rate covering risk on vessels and cargoes to the fat- east are decld. edly easier in New York, owing to the Russian nvt Iossas Ar,it .m. tions have not yet been reduced but un- derwriters expect a decline will follow definite new as to the location of th Kussian cruisers. Business in war risks has been rather light recently. Indicating that the raids by the Vladi vostok squadron had checked ship ments, but these are now expected to revive materially. ENTERTAIN AMERICANS. Officer of U. S. Gunboats Dined by British Officer at Victoria. B. C. Victoria B. C. Aug. 16.-The United States cruisers New York and Marble head arrived in Esquimau harbor from Bremerton last evening and were wel comed with a salute of 21 guns. Ad miral Goodrich of the New York and the officers of the American cruisers were the guests at dinner this evenlni of Commodore Goodrich of H. M. S. Grafton. The American cruisers will ble rePor' 8ta that the Russian pro remain here until Thursday morning tected crulaer Pallad wa sunk by a when the New York leaves for the I Brooklyn navy yard, after coaling at Port Angeles. RADIUM IN COLORADO. Larga Deposit Discovered in the Crip pie Creek District. Denver, Aug. 16. The News today says: Radium ore has been discovered at three different Dlaces in the Crinnie Creek district. At two places the ore ha beert found In a well defined vtn averaging from 18 tnchea to two feet In width., while at another place It is scattered around In the float on the sur- face In large quantities and Is known to exist at a verv aood denth in on shaft. Thousands of dollars' worth of the precious ore has been thrown over the dumps by the people operating mines in the sections referred to cause they did not know that It had any value. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS CONCLAVE. Biennial Meeting Opened in Presence of 1U.WU Persons. Louisville, Ky Aug. 15. The for- mal transfer of Camp Marion E. Tay I fair and continued warm. Eastern Ore !.... HA .1 l , ...1. . . iui Hum uie locui executive committee, which had placed It In readiness, to I the Knights of Pythias, for whom It wa prepared, marked the formal open Ing of this organization's biennial con clave. The exercise occurred In the afternoon In the presence of about 10.000 persons. General James R. Car r.ahan, of Indianapolis, commanding the uniform rank, officially received the camp. MORE LAND MAY BE WATERED, Malheur Withdrawal I Increased 26,000 Acre. Oregonian New Bureau. Washing ton. Aug. 15. At the request of the geological survey 26,000 acres have been added to the Malheur irrigation withdrawal In eastern Oregon, a pre llmlnary examination show township 16 and 17, range 43, are probably de slrable as part of that Irrigation work, In connection with the Priest river project in Washington, section 27, Itownnhlp 15 north, range 23 east, has I also been withdrawn. Oregonian. SIGHT-HOUR LAW VOID 8up,rior Court of Washington Find th Statute Defective, Seattle. Aug. 16. Judge Bell, In the superior court of King county, decided that the eight-hour law passed by the last legislature la void. This conclu sion is announced In an opinion hand ed down In the case of S. Normlle, a contractor, who prayed that the city be permanently enjoined from cancel l,n hU contract because he worked men 10 hour8 a day' CHICAGO BURGLAR SHOT. In Trying to Elude Arrest Chester Sev- rson Was Killed. Chicago, Aug. 18. In attempting to elude policemen and detective early today Chester Severson. oue of four urB,!lrB' wa 8n01 ana "wianiiy Kiuea. Nn" f the a"eSed thlevcs i8 mor I than 17 years old. Severson being the oldest, and probably the leader of the gang. The other robber were ar- rested- SALMON PACK ON FRASER. A89regat. 69,000 Case to Date Let I 1 a. 1 A W . ' ar racic - v... Aug. ine total pack 00 the Fraser river this eea8on t0 date asfregates 69.000 cases less than half th pack for the 8ame Period last year' whlch wa by no mean d one- The salmon run la believed to be almost over for the season. JOSEPH JEFFERSON ILL. Great Creator of "Rip Van Winkle" Prostrated at Summer Home. New York." Aug. 16. Joseph Jeffer son, the actor, is reported In a Times dispatch from Boston to be seriously 111 at his summer home near Buzzards' Bay, Mass. He is said to be suffering from & eomPllcatl" of diseases and a Boston physician has been called for consultation. ANOTHER WAR RUMOR. Like Bn"u0' G". th. Cruiser Pal Udo Wl11 Not "D"" "lo- Aug..", p. m. a credita torpedo during the engagement on the niBht of August 10 Fleet Feared Torpedoes, Chefoo, Aug. 16, 3 p. m. The Jap anese fleet kept oft some distance from the entrance to Port Arthur during th" past night, fearing anwerfrom torpedoes In the darkness. The bat tle. It Is now believed, will drift Into thls viclnlt Uy Japanese Ship Sank. Chefoo, Aug. 16. 4 p. m. A telegram ,u" " lrm "'"S Tau says that th offlcers of the an battle- shlp Czarvltch ,nsls' Japanese 0 8 p k WKIl,n ruU View dur ,n tne "ie on the night of August 10. Democrats of Colorado. Denver, Aug. 16 The executive corn- be-mlttee of the democratic state central committee has selected September 21 (as the date for holding the state con vention. The convention will meet in thIs c'1 Today' Weather, Portland, Aug. 16. Western Oregon and western Washington. Wednesday. turegon, eastern Washington and Idaho, fair and continued warm, MAY EXPECT SURRENDER VERY SOON Furious Blazing Oil Tank at Port Arthur Adds to Sufferings of the Besieged Rus sian Soldiers. Even Their Enemies Take Pity on Them and Urge Them to Save Themselves POST CANNOT HOLD OUT Itideut o( St. Petersburg Are Hourly Axpecting to Hear of Catastrophe and Anxiety Broods Over City. London, Aug. 16. A dispatch to the Central New from Tokio saya a big oil warehouse at Port Arthur Is blazing furiously and the position of the be sieged is such that the Japanese are urging them to surrender. Cruiser Novik Sighted. London, Aug. 1. The Yokohama correspondent of the Daily Mall say the cruiser Novik, of the Port ArthuB squadron, has been sighted ' off the strait of Vandieman. steering for Vladivostok. RUSSIAN ANXIETY DEEP. Fat of the Missing Warship Still a Mystery. St Petersburg, Aig. 16. Publl anxirty regarding ' the fate of the ship of Admiral Wlthoeft's squadron re maining unaccounted for la still unre lieved. St. Petersburg continues to be entirely dependent upon foreign sources for news, Russian authorities claiming to be quite as much In the dark as the public. The admiralty neither con firm nor denies the report that a ma jority of the squadron returned to Port Arthur. Nothing lias been received from Russian sources regarding the report from Chefoo of the sortie of Port Ar thur warships today. The report may refer to the cruiser Bayan and gun boats and torpedo boat destroyers left n the harbor, and one or two of Wlth oeft's ships which were forced to limp back to Port Arthur after the fight oh August 10. The report of the sfnking of the cruiser Rurik is accepted as true In official circles, and the public had been prepared for definite announcement by the publication this afternoon of the report that she had been badly dam aged. The authorities, out of consid eration for the families of offlcers and -sailors, decided to withhold the official announcement until they have received official report upon the return of the cruisers Rossla and Gromobol to Vladi vostok, where experts figure they should have arrived by this time. There Is a rumor afloat that the cruisers Diana and Pallada have reached Port Arthur, but the sources of the report could not be ascertained and the authorities give it little credit. The-oplttiofTia rfrowTrigntat "Uie heavy losses sustained by the Port Arthur fleet may completely alter the plans regarding the Baltic squadron, a divi sion of which is cruising In the gulf, ready to sail. ' ' Expect Surrender Soon. Tokio, Aug. IT. The emperor offer to release the non-combatants at Port Arthur, coupled with a demand for the surrender of the fortress, was deliv ered yesterday (Tuesday.) An answer 1 expected today (Wednesday). Diana at Vladivostok. London, Aug. 16. A dispatch to the News Agency from St. Petersburg says that a naval officer has telegraphed to his family that the cruiser Diana, of the Port Arthur squadron has arrived ' at Vladivostok. Tsingtau, Aus. 16. 1 p. m. The Rus ian battleship -Czarovitch and three :orpedo boat destroyers now in the vands of the local German government 'or repairs, have been dismantled, ...lMlfc.''J..U. .