YOUNG NEGROES
WERE DESPERATE
Kill Sheriff and Two Deputies
Before Being Captured and
Lynched by Mob.
Harrisburg, Miss., Sept. 29—
Walter and William Jones, mu
latu brothers, while drink-crazed,
began shooting up the town and
when Sheriff Hammett went to
arrest them he was shot dead.
Deputies attempted to apprehend
the men and a pitched battle fol
lowed in which the negroes kill
ed two of the deputies and mor
tally wounded six other whites.
Guardsmen were rushed to the
scene to arrest the murderers
and to keep them from being
lynched, but arrived too late. The
mob had captured Ihe men and
lynched them, after riddling their
bodies with bullets. The broth
ers made a desperate stand
against capture, although they
were surrounded by hundreds of
whites. Hoih of the Jones levs
were under twenty years of age.
The governor has been request
ed to. send state troops to the city
to prevent a race riot, as the
whites are enraged over Ihe kill
ing of the sheriff and two depu
ties.
TROOPS PROTECT
STRIKE BREAKERS
Quell Riots Which Follows Ar
rival of Men to Fill Places
of Strik®rs.
r.alumel. .Mirli.. Sepl. -li.—A
rim broke mil here yesterday
when the Irain arrived bringing
a number of strike breakers to
till lbe places of the union min
ers in the copper mines here.
Thousands of Ihe strikers were
nil band |u meet the men and
(heir approach to tin* mines were
blocked. Many of those who en
gaged in tile light received ser
ious injuries and were taken to
I lie hospital.
The riot was (fuelled by the
statu troops, who charged the
mob with drawn bayonets. The
strikers did not attempt to make
a stand before the militia or
bloodshed could no| have been
avoided, as the militiamen have
received orders to use I heir bay
onets if necessary.
MARIPOSA SAILED
SUNDAY NIGHT
Number of Valdez People Who
Havo Ne*n Outside Are Re
turning Home.
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Seattle, Sept. t£9—The Mari
posa sailed for Alaska ports on
Sunday night with (he following
passengers for Valdez: Al. Sul
livan, J. Milligan, Mrs. Reams,
Mrs. Burford, Mrs. Merchant,
Mrs. Shazel, Mrs. Tillman. W. M.
Wilson and wife, and Messrs.
<‘ieorge S. Rankin, Hayes, Mc
<inir<>. (iarretl and. S. -Orchard.
The sieamersohave Ijeen placed
<m |heir winter ten-day schedule.
Mr. s. A. llemple will make a
trip to l.a'iidloek on I he launch
Copper N'npget leaving tomorrow
morning. ^
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GRAND TRUNK
OFFICIALS HERE
Officials of Canadian Railway and
Navigation Companies Inves
tigating Alaska.
John J. CaiTo'l, who is in charge
of the steamship lines of the
Grand Trunk Pacific railroad at
Seattle, and G. A. Nichols, sup
erintendent of the (fraud Trunk
Pacific road at Prince Rupert,
reached Valdez this morning,
coining from Cordova. They will
continue to Seward on the Mari
posa and later visil Juneau and
Skagway.
Mr. Carrol, representing the
steamship end, and Mr. Nichols
Ihe railroad end, of the Grand
Trunk, are completing a tour of
Alaska, visiting ail the camps
and cities with a view- of report
ing to the company directors Ihe
future outlook of the territory.
I pon their report the policy of
the road, in the matter of secur
ing Alaska business and possibly
the organization of a steamship
line from Prince Rupert In
Southeastern tA;la'ska. will - de
pend.
The lour of the country has
taken Ihe two men three months
and they expeel to spend at least
one' more month before they com
plete the Work.
Messrs. Carrol and Nichols
came over the trail from Fair
banks to Chitina in company with
Mr. McDonald, of the Oit Slage
company, and Cars Holland, of
the road commission staff. They
were brought out in quick time
from the interior by Bob Shel
don. Ihe pioneer automobile driv
er of the north. Mr. McDonald
and Mr. Holland are coming ov
er the trail from Chilina and will
arrive here shortly.
HUERTA REPORTS
REBELLION OVER
Mexico City, Sepl. -ML—Presi
dent Huerta lias notified all the
Mexican consuls that the rebel
linn in Mexico has been sup
pressed and that the disturbance
throughout the country is the
work of bandits who have not
been connected with any army.
Gambier Say Bristles With Sunk
en Rocks.
That the waters of Gambier
bay, Alaska, fairly bristle with
hidden rocks and reefs not mark
ed on the charts is the statement
received by Chief Pratt, of the
coast and geodetic survey from
Captain H. B. Derrickson, of the
survey ship Gedney. Capt. Der
rieksnn mailed this information
from Ketchikan after inspecting
Gambier hay, with the auxiliary
survey ship Cosmos.—Juneau
Empire/
At the Orpheum Tonight.
3,000 feet of excellent tiini at
the Orpheum tonight:
The Thief’s Wife—An exciting
ami sensational romance.
Treasure Trove.--The Than
houser Kid is tine in this picture.
Canned Harmony—A comedy
full of laughs.
Change of program tomorrow
evening.
The grading work on the
westward side of town lias been
completed and the big engine was
moved to the bead of the dike
yesterday to begin work here.
The smaller engine, which was
recently received from Montagpo
island, has been working, on the
easterly side of tdtirn fdr the' past
few days and is making good
progress. The equipment is,
working in line shape and- is
handling about forty cubic ya^ds
per hour.
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REBELS WIN
mil ATTACK
Government Troops Routed,
Leaving Dead and Wounded
oh the Field.
Piedrasnegras, Sept. 29.—The
government forces were routed
in an engagement which took
place near here early yesterday
morning, leaving many dead and
wounded on the field. The feder
al forces were en route to the
Mapimi mining district, where
the lives of many American and
German miners were reported to
be in danger from roving bands
of robbers.
The Huerta forces were sur
prised by the night attack.of tin*
rebels and lost considerable am
munition and I heir supplies. The
wounded who were captured were
killed.
POM DIAZ
President Who Was Driven From
Mexico Requested to Come
Home, But Hesitates.
Mexico Oily.. Sept. 29.— Porflrio
Diaz, ex-president of Mexico, lias
been summoned home by Presi
dent Huerta. Diaz, has sent a
non-com initial reply and il is
not known whether he will come
or not.
The former president has stal
ed I hat lie would never return
|o his unlive country unless I he
people' requested him to do 'so.
He has not been in sympathy
with the ladies of President
Huerta and il is believed thal he
will not return until after the
election next month.
gandimiTfor
OFFICE KILLED
Democrats of Peoria Lose Candi
date for Sh®riff’s Office
Death Follows Fight.
Peoria, 111., Sept. 29—Otto
Moeller, the candidate of thy
Democrats of this county for the
office of sheriff, was shot and
instantly killed by the proprietor
of a local hotel named Shuster.
The men quarreled over a per
sonal matter and came to blows.
The hotel proprietor received a
rough handling from his oppo
nent and went to his room and
returned with a revolver and shot
Hoeffer through the head. The
deceased was well known in this
part of the state and his death
leaves the Democrats withouPTi
candidate in the coming election.
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LEVEE BBEIKS
HOMES ELIDED
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Brownville, Sept. 2b.—The lev
ee, above this city broke Iasi night
and hundreds of homes are un
dor water. No loss ’of life has
been reported, hut the loss of
property and liye Stock will he
heavy. .
Bill REPORTED
IN FEW DAYS
Wiokersltam Alaska Railroad Bill
Passed by Committee on
Territories Saturday.
Washington, Sept. 29.—The
Wickersham Alaska railroad bill,
which carries with it an appro
priation of $35,000,000 for the
purpose of constructing rail
roads in Alaska, has been favor
ably passed by the Committee
on Territories and will be re
ported to the House in a few
days with the recommendation
that the measure pass.
The bill will be one of the
first measures lo receive the at
tention of the regular session of
the coming congress. The friends
of the bill are confident that con
gress will favor I he Alaska legis
lation.
POLICE PREVENT
DOUBLE LYNCHING
Mob Wanted to Lynch Husband
and Wife, Who Are Accu
sed of Murder.
Birmingham. Ala., Sept. -ML—
.v mob surmudued their home
last night and Ihrealened l<> lynch
Lon Young and his wife, who are
accused of having murdered the
United States marshal here. The
Youngs were recently arrested
and given a preliminary hearing
and released under heavy Imnds
to appear before the grand jury.
The Youngs telephoned I In*
police and a squad was rushed
lo the home of the besieged. The
police dispersed the mob and ar
rested several of the leaders, who
will be tried for disturbing the
peace.
KILLED MRS. GMT
They Had Quarreled Because He
Had Used Her Auto Without
Gaining Her Consent.
■Los Angeles, Sept. 29.—The
police have arrested the negro
chauffeur of Mrs. Rebecca Gay,
the Christian Scientist practi
tioner, who was murdered in her
home last Saturday.
The prisoner and Ihe woman
quarreled because the negro had
made use of Mrs. Gay's automo
bile for joyriding without her
consent. The {prisoneM1 asserts
his innocence hut the police claim
to have evidence which will con
vict him of the crime.
Cha.s. Crawford left for the
Gold King on Sunday afternoon.
ELECTflicciti
REPUCES GULLOWS
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 29.
Governor Hooper signed the de
cree this morning substituting
the electric chair for the gallows
in carrying .out sentences in the
case of those condemned to pay
Ihe death penalty. ' ■
comm"
COMMITS SUICIDE
Escaped Prisoner Kept Score of
Polioe at Bay for Sever
al Hours.
Wilmington, Sept. 20.—Horner
Wiggins, a young man who es
caped from the jail here, barr i
caded himself irr a lodging house
when the police surrounded the
place and kept a score of them
at bay for more than four hours.
He refused to surrender and the
police began breaking down the
walls.
The escaped convict tired sev
eral shots through the walls at
the police and when the door was
giving way before the blows of
the officers lie used his last bul
let to end tiis life1, lie had served
only a short term of his sen
tence. having been convicted of
robbery.
THREE SAWMILLS FOR
THE CHISANA CAMP
Tin* C.hisana district is In have
Ihree sawmills if the present
plans nf the promoters turn out.
H. A. Jackson and K. J. Heacock
were the first to get under way.
They placed liieir outfit aboard
a steamer at Fairbanks and will
lake it to tlie mouth of the Xo
besna before the close of navi
gal ion. It will then be taken ov
erland. One has been shipped
from Dawson to the headwaters
of (he White river and will lie
•sent overland from there as soon
as the winter trail is in good con
dition. Al. Raynor, of Ketchikan,
will have the other one if reports
from the camp warrant it. lie
has gone south to secure ma
chinery and will lake it over Sen
lai pass trail during the coming
winter.
POPE CANCELLS
ALL APPOINTMENTS
Rome. Sept. :it>.—The Rope’s
condition is so serious that his
physicians have prevailed upon
him to cancel all appointments
for engagement. The physicians
report that His Holiness is suf
fering from chronic catarrh but
that no immediate danger is at
tached to his illness.
A “Fishy” Story.
The Indians of Skidgale, IV C..
reported having seen a new kind
of sea monster while out fishing
recently. This monster struggled
so violently in the encounter Ihal
it all bul upset the canoe, but
Dually was cut in two.
They reported to the captain;
and the officers of the steamer
Prince Albert that one of their
fishing parties, in a war canoe,
had met with a strange denizen
of the deep on the fishing
grounds. This creature, which
appeared to be twenty feet long
and from two to three feat in cir
cumference, wrapped itself twice
about one of the Indian’s paddles.
The natives were so alarmed that
they dropped paddle and serpent
overboard.
Next day another party went
out and the serpent took a dou
ble hitch about the canoe. Then
one of the ola warriors in the
tribe drew forth hrs keen hunting
knife and slashed the monster.
It is said of those natives that
they are not seriously addicted to
Are water and. as a general rule,
are credited with being quite re
liable.
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The Moose dance last Satur
day evening was one of the best
attended dances so-4nr this sea
son. The Moose have now decid
ed to give their dances every Sat
urday evening, as has been the
em?1 f i rrT iff “the pas'!.
I
KENTUCKY FEUD
BREAKS OUT TGI
Drivers Engage in Revolver Duel
When Racing Home—One
Killed, Two Wounded.
Winchester, Ky., Sept. 29.—
What is believed to be the re
newal of an old feud, resulted in
the death of one man and the
probable fatal wounding of an
other man and woman.
While two parties from the
rural dislriels were returning
home from town last night in
buggies a race took place between
them. When one of the buggies
attempted to pass the other the
men engaged in a revolver duel,
one of them being killed and fall
ing from the vehicle, but not be
fore he had wounded the other
man and hi.' wife.
It is said bad blood had exist
ed between the families for some
lime and when they left lor home
the men were under the inlluence
of liipior.
Cliarb s Knoclic. Peter M.
Ross. Andrew Vick, diaries
Brown and Joe l.atour returned
to Valdez, from Richardson where
they have been working in l.ars
Holland’s road gang.
APOLOGIZED FOO
INSULT TO FLAG
Japanese Flag Did Not Protect
Its, Citizens From Blood
thirsty Chinamen.
.Nanking. Sept. iuncral
II.Min. "I' Up- Chinese army, lias
apologized In llm Japanese gov
ernment for indignities offered
to the Hag of that country by the
Chinese soldiers during (he loot
ing of Nanking.
During the nattle in Nanking
three Japanese citizens, who
were in danger, wrapped them
selves with Japanese Hags as a
signal to Lli'“ government troops
that they were not combatants.
The Hags were lorn from them
and they were ruthlessly cut
down and the Hags trampled in
their blood.
Japan lias demanded a heavy
money indemnity for the loss of
lives by its citizens and ail apol
ogy from the government of the
repunlic for the insult to its (lag.
REDMOND SAYS
ULSTER BLUFFING
Says Opposition to Home Rule is
Confined to Membership of
Orangemen.
Oareiveen, Ireland, Sept. 29—
John Redmond, the leader of the
home rule movement in the Brit
ish parliament, has characteriz
ed the threat of the Ulster Un
ionists to create a rebellion if
home rule is granted to Ireland
as a huge bluff.
Redmond says the movement
has been fostered by the Orange
men and that-it will not receive
the support of the people of Ul
ster nor any other part of Ire
land.
Swell pictures at the1 Orpheum
lonight. Change tomorrow with
a Iwo-reel feature.