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M\fc #lot)er0OtQe Hittls Cc«J>cr. VOL. XIII, NO. 84. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6,1809. WHOLE NO. 433. BURNED AT STAKE A Negro Pays a Terrible Pen alty for His Crime. A MOB OP 1,000 PERSONS DRAG THE WRETCH THROUGH THE PRIN CIPAL STREETS OP MAYSVILLE, KY.—TIED TO A YOUNG SAPLING AND THEN SURROUNDED WlTH BRUSHWOOD—MUTIEATED BE FORE BEING BURNED. MAYSVILLE, Ky., Dec. 6.—Dick Coleman, the negro murderer of Mrs. Lashbrook, was taken from offlcei’s by a mob of 1,000 men to-day and burned at the stake. The mob, which was led by the hus'band of the negro’s victim, dragged the shrieking .criminal through the streets of the town, bound h im to a tree, set fire to the brush and stood guard until he was dead. Oolemaji arrived at 10:20 this morn ing under a special guai'd of deputies. When they arrived at the court house they were met by a mob of fully 1,000 people, headed by James Lashbrook, the husband of the murdered woman. A dozen men dragged Coleman from the grasp of his guards, and throwing a rope over his head, .dragged him through the streets. The wi’etch shrieked constantly for mercy, plead ing for his life at every step. The mob carried Coleman to a small hollow near the railroad, where they bound him tightly to a young sapling. Then they heaped a huge pile of brush wood and timber aimiind Mm while he continued his cries for help. Some one cut out his eyes and in a moment his head rolled around and he was be lieved to be dead. A dozen torches were applied simultaneously and huge tongues of flame swept up and around the senseless body. As the flames burst forth the im mense crowd broke Into cheers which mtinued as long as the lire bi Coleman has been in jail at Coving ton since his arrest because of the fear of mob violence at Maysville. His trial was to begin here to-day. Arguments Presented. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The inter state commerce commission to-day gave a hearing to the representatives of nearly one hundred railroads, ask ing for a further extension for one year of the time allowed to equip their lines with safety appliances. President Cowan, of the Baltimore & Ohio road, made the opening argument for the railroad. Wayne McVegh, representing the Pennsylvania, railroad, also made an argument. Representatives of var ious labor organizations were also present to offer their side of the case. . Sessions Ended. NEW YORK, Dec. G.—Mr. Moss, af ter a conference with Chairman Mazet to-day, announced that it had been de cided to hold no more sessions of the Mazet committee for taking testimony. Wood to be a Major General. TRIAL PROCEEDINGS. ABLE DOCUMENT. Govei’nor R o o sevelt R e ligh ted W ith th o R resldant’* Message. Dec. 6.—Governor Roose- say of the message:. ;‘Jt.is a very able The extraordinary prosperity of the country in. the. face of the fact that we are still stamping out the last ember of the 3var .which was the aftermath o our struggle with Spain speaks suffi ciently for the administration, and therefoi 3 preside e dofcum the wisdom of the ( placing it in power and in up the hands of President McKinley. The presentation of the Philippine question-in particular is admirable, and I am delighted with what is said about Alaska. ~ ____________ M o ther’s B r u t a l Crim e . NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Mrs. ooklyn, by cutting her throat. Mrs. Glennon was discharged from the Plat- hush insane asylum September last. When the policeman asked her who had killed the child, Mrs. Glennon replied, “Oh, I did it.” icing it in power and in holdi A lleged S m u g g ler Released. •ived here itagne, was released on .$3,000 t by United States Commissioner Shiel The pearls are worth $1,000 and the di on them is $450. United States when he arrii three weeks ago on the French Proseeutlon introduces Direct Testi mony in Molineux Trial. ' n e w YORK, Dec.\ 6.—The surprise of the day in the trial of Roland B. M< for the murder of ' s was the sudden by the prosecution of dir( that Molineux harbored 1 toivard Cornish and A. A. Harpster, a former employe of the Knickerbocker friend of Cornish; furthei joMirjmisposEi) The Boer Commander Under the Care of Physicians. arrested in n e w YORK. ■mer employe of the Knlckei club and a friend of Cornish; further that Molineux sought In a round about way, by having an agent write to Harpster’s former em- • over a false signature, itain information reflecting on .rpster’s character, that he might i the information to Harpster’s in- ployer ovei to obtain Information ly, wl ;racted from an unwilling friend •tant, not that he mi; jury. This new testimony, extracted from an unwillii Molineux, is Important, not only as showing a motive for Molineux seeking the death of Cornish, hut as confirming the theory of the prosecution that Mo lineux wrote or caused to he written several letters falsely signed, asking for drugs and medicines. The witness, who testified concerning le letter writing methods of Molineux, 'as Rudolph Heiles of Newark, N. J., aging about Harpster for the purpose of getting him dismissed. Thereu lies testified he wrote a lette: iderick Stearns & Co, of Detroit, who imployedmployed Harpster.arpster. askingsking for •eupon, ^ formerly e H a information as to Harpster’s reputa tion. Heiles signe.d the letter “Charles Jacobs & Company.” The witness testif club; that Harpster was a “dirty loaf er and the same kind of a man as Cor- W YORIC, Dec. G.-Harpev & Bros, gave out a statement that they have transferred the entire publication of their college and higit'sehool text books to tho Ainerluan Book company of New York and Ohlcago. Tho list of these publications comprlsea 450 works. The price of the irunsfcr has not yot been given out, Bvltlsli mteninov gnimtlm'D, MANILA, Doe, O.-Tlio Erltlsb steam, er Hupeh, Captain oynll, from nemg Kong, has fountlot’ocl In Intltudo li north, longltUflQ in onst, Tin with tho oxceptlin of the Chines b»r» Wfli’s wv«d. The first witness called for the pros ecution was Dr. Edward P. Hitchcock, called to at- a that she discovered that s had taken the pois- whioh resulted in her death. The crossexamination, which was condut vas long and for the d 'ailed to shake the testimony of in any ii ion, which was conduct ed by Bartow S. \Weeks was long a ’ere, hut the attorney ise failed to shake the the witness in any im portant respect. The statements of Dr. Hitchcock at the tme of the coroner’s inquest ivere gone ver as though with a fine-tooth comb ind contrasted with the statements nade a \ this trial. The drift of the questions asked by Jr. Weeks seemed to Indicate that the lefense still clung to the theory that Harry Gprnish, who gave the poison to Mrs. Adams, knew more about the af fair than he \was willing to admit. JURY SECURED. O p ening Speech M a d e B v Prosecution Tn . t h e R o h inson T r ial. against the New York Mutui surance company and its attorney, Ju lian T. Davies, for $528,000 damages for alleged malicious prosecution, was commenced in supreme court before Justice Burr Mattice of Oneonta yes terday. A jury was secured at 2:45 o’clock In the afternoon, nine o Ing fan Attorney Joseph B. Eustace tnen made the opening speech for the pros ecution in which he praised Colonel Robinson for his puhlio spirit and pro gressiveness and severely arraigned the defendants. Cou^t then adjourned until 9:30 this morning. the New York county grand jury, who was subpoenaed by the plaintiff, hut-re fused to come to Elmira, stating that he took such action on advice of a New York judge. He is an important wit ness for the prosecution. Reports Presentea to Senate.. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.--At to-day’s session of the Senate, the annual re port of the secretary of the treasury, the attorney general, the comptroller of currency, and reports of other offic ials were presentf ’ WASHINGTON, Dec. G.—Chairma Taylor, of the special committee to ii vestigate the Roberts case, has calk a meeting of the committee for to-mor row morning. Snow in Buffalo. BUFFALO, Dec. 6.—Fully twelve inches of snow has fallen here since yesterday morning. The street car traffic, which was practically aban doned late last n ight, was fully resumed this morning. The mails from the east and west are from half to one hour To Observe December 14. ALBANY, Dec. 6.—Superintendent of Instruction Skinner has issued a circular recommending that in all public schools of the state, eligible ob servance of December 14, the centeU' nial and anniversary of the death oi George W ashington be made. Miller and Waller Leading. NEW YORK, Doc. G.—The bicycle score at noon was as follows: Miller and Waller lead, with 1,184 miles, 7 laps; Qlinm and Pierce, second, 1,184 miles, G laps: Maya and McEachreii third, 1,184 miles, G laps. Next Reunion in Chloago. OHIOAGO, Doc. 0.—The national council of tho Grand Army of tho Ro- public (lecldocl to-day that tho next ro- tinlon bo hold during tlio last ivcolt of August, 1000, In Ohlcago. For an the nows road Tho Lenaor. GEN. SOHALKBURGBR iNOW IN SU PREME COMMAND OF THE TRANSVAAL FORCES—QUIET AT LADYSMITH — HEAVY ARTIL LERY DUEL AT MAPEKING— BOER REPORTS OP THEIR LOSS ES INACCURATE. PRETORIA, Dec. 2, via Lourenzo Marquez, Dee. 4.—General Jopbert is indisposed and has arrived a t Volks- rust, across the Transvaal border, for medical treatment. A dispatch from the head laager, where General Schalkburger is in su preme command durirng the absence of General Joubert, announces that a council of war was held December 2 with reference to a-ssa'ulting Ladj smith. The sta at the camp to there^was a heavy artillery duel at Mafeking during the morning o f De cember 2. All is quiet at Kimberly. Comfortable wood and iron houses lave been erected at the waterfall, a few miles from Pretoria, for the rank and file of the British prisoners. THE BOER LOSSES. LONDON, Dec. 6.—The war office has received the follawlng from General Buller: “PIETERMARITZBERG, Dec. ' 5.— is very difficult to onalce a n y state ment in regard to the enemy’s loss. For instance, at Belmont, eighty-one of their dead were accounted for. The en emy gave fifteen as the number of killed. There is every reason to be lieve tiiat the enemy’s loss in the fight at Ladysmith Nov. 9 was over eight hundred killed and wounded. I t is im possible, however, to show how far these numbers are correct, but it is ev ident the enemy does not admit a tenth of the losses suffered. Intercepted dis patches to Joubert from a commander show that even the official dispatches contain decidedly inaccurate informa tion in this r espect” QAPTURE DENIED. R e p o r ted A r r e s t o f WCiilcr I n M o n tr e a l a M istake. MONTREAL, Dec. 6.-Car( fails to confirm the sto from here of the arrest o the fugitive manager of the Franklin syndicate of Brooklyn. It is positively stated that Miller has not been arrested in Slontreal or Que- ■ Detectiv'e Sutherland, whose name is mentioned in the case. Is here on the case of Mrs. O’Neil o f Chicago, who was arrested here recently. The press correspondents have fol lowed up every rumor In with the reported arrest of: the results go to show that Miller has not been arrested here. The Mooney and Boland detectives here seem to be iterday afternoon it was reported the detectives, who, it is said, -Edgar Burns Charged With the Mur der o f Postmaster Fellows. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Edgar Burns, 19 years old, w:as arrested at Madison Square Garden during the bicycle races at 2 o’clock this morning, charged with the murder of Herbert B. Fellows, the station agent and postmaster at Scars- dale, N. Y., on Monday night. Chief of Detectives McCiusky states that Burns has confessed ithat he murdered Pel- lows and ro'hbed him. In his confession of the murder. Burns says that the act was entirely unpremeditated and that he is unable to account for his impulse. Burns said that, as h? had often done before, he was..Hvalking with Fellows from the station to the postofflee, about 9:05 on en just as an ap- ive whistled, he was seized by an uncontrollable impulse, and, pulling out his revolver, he sh o y Fellows in the hack. ( “When he fell,” Burns said,” I grabbed his satchel and pocketbook and ran back towards the station, over toward the W h ite Plains road and down the W hite Plains road to Tucka- lioe, 'Where I went into Slattery’s sa loon. Before I got to Slattery’s saloon I threw the satchel away, after taking the money out of it, maybe $85. That was all I took out of the satchel. There was about $30 or $35 in the pocket- book. I left Tuckahoe on the 11:15 train and got to New York about 12 o’clock at night. That was Monday night.” Burns then tells how he spent his time going about the city, until he met, in a tenderloin cafe, the woman he was with when arrested. IN THE SENATE. D ry a n d U u intevdsting P r o c e e d ings In tlio U p p e r H o use, \W’AeHINGTON Dec. G.-Yesterday’s session of the senate lasted 2 hour.s and to minutes, practically the entire time being consumed in the reading of the president’s message. The reading the document was largely perfunctbi Miller and t Miller hs ?he Moone seem to t race of hi) i will be able to ai'i’est him shortly. Yesterday afternoon it was repo that the detectives, who, it is said, are in the employ of a newspaper, had Miller locked in a room of the Windsor hotel, but the officers of the hotel deny this. A telegram from Quebec gives an interview with J. N. Greenshleld, a well known criminal lawyer, who was said to have beSn engaged by the peo ple behind Miller t o defend the latter, in which he denies knowing anything about the case. The dispatch also sayg that American detectives have hser there to locate Miller, but did not fine COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. R e tu r n s Now on rU o Giro T a y lor a P l u ra li ty la Kontuefey. FRANKFORT, Ky., Dee. 6.—The state board of election commissioners, sitting as a canvassing- board, has fin ished its work and today the memb( will sit as a contesting board to he arguments in the cases of 11 contested counties. The first great fight will come up on the question o f whether or not the board has the right to go behind the certified returns, filed -with the sec retary of state hy the different coun ties. \Upon the issue of the argument on this point will rest the name of the next governor of Kentucky. On the face of the returns now on file with the commissioners, Taylor has a plurality of 2,838, his total vote being 193,714, against -191,331 for Goebel. If there is to be no “going behind” the ■returns the board will have no option but to issue the certificate of election to Taylor. If the board decides that it has the power to go behind the re turns, there is no telling who will re ceive the certificate. It will depend en tirely upon the results o f the contest to be decided before the board and the matter will without doubt he carried for final settlement to the state legis lature, whleh..mcets next, month. N o ted I'oiil E ipoi't Peart, BINGHAMTON, Dec. C.-Herirmn E. Stewart, tho noted pool expert, has died at his home in this city. Mr, Stewart rnnltod among the bcht players in the country, having boon a pritnln- ont figure lu nil tho recent big tour nament!. _ ________ ___ _ Poui* AineiiAmgiits Ai1»|ttml. ALBANY, Doc. 0,-Secretary of State John T. McDonough reports that re turns from over 30 coimtlos ns to tho vote on tho constUiiUonal amondmonts indloMrt that th« four amomlmento hav» bt«n Kdopt«d. message at leisure, the reading by the was largely per few of the senators according It any attention. Some of them retired to their committee rooms to peruse the , while a few followed le clerks. announcement of the death of Senator-elect Monroe L. Haywaifi of Nebraska was received by the senate wfth sincere regret. Although he was not officially a member of the body he was -well known to many of the sena tors, and by them was held in right re- iclusion of the reading of the message the senate adopted resolu tions of regret presented hy Senator Thurston of Nebraska, and as .a mark »f respect adjourned immediately. C o m m ittco on In s u la r Affairs. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Representa-/ tive Tawney of Minnesota introduced in the house a resolution for the cre- ■fttion of a committee of 17 members to be known as the “committee on insu- [ffairs,” to have jurisdiction over I concerning insular terrltoj or occupied, und( land of tion alsi should ha privi “affairs qulred ( a juris! isular territory, n nder treaty wltl including the is :. 10, 1898, Tutuila, Samoa.” The resolu- also providedI fhat rivileged. t the committea R i ll I n ir o rtucod S Raclflo Cable. 6.—Represen- igan has intro- for a Pacific cable .to he \WASHINGTON Dec. tative Corliss of Michig duced a bill for a Pacif built by the government to Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan and China at a limit of cost of $8,000,000 of which $500,000 is to be immediately avail able. The route and general control is placed under a Pacific cable commis sion including the postmaster general and chief signal officer of the army. STOCK COMPANIES. T h ree New Business Concerns In c o r p o r ated a t A lbany. ALBANY, Dec. 6.—The following stock companies have been incorpor- Wterville Electric Light and Power ipany, to operate in Waterville and towns of Sangerfleld, Marshal and Augusta, Oneida county,_capitai field. Marshal and inty, capital $15,- 000; directors,, Marinus W. Terry and C. M. Wlckwlre of Waterville and H. B. Sweet of Utica. Emma May Land and Improvement company of Syracuse, to deal in real estate, capital $100,000; directors, Ed win L. Loomis of 608 Euclid avonue, John Pierson and Robert K. Andrews of Syracuse. Sennett Telephone company, to op erate In Sennett' and Weedsport, Cay uga county, Elbridge, and Jordan and other towns In Onondaga and Cayuga counties, capital $500; directors, H. C. Crocker, S. C. Depew and Walter E. Spurr of Sennett, Cayuga^ounty. Cashier A ttem p ted to Escape. FKHT Wjra REBELS Insurgents Attacked Vigan and Severe Fighting Followed. BATTLE LASTED 'FOR HOURS^BN- EMY WERE DRIVEN BACK AND LEFT FORTY DEAD ON THE SCENE OP THE CONFLICT— THIRTY-TWO FILIPINOS AND MANY RIFLES CAPTURED—NO NEWS PROM GEN. YOUNG. u u s to-aay caoiea cue war uepai'uueui- that he has had no word of General Young for a week. This is taken ' to indicate that General Young is contin uing his hot pursuit .of Aguinaldo and. probahly is in a country where he re gards it as u nsafe to use couriers. Gen. Otis’ dispatch, wihich follows, also gives an unofficial account of Lieutan- troops were marching to his support. He then had with him three troops o-f cavalry. A battalion o f the Thirty- third infantry was sent hy boat to Vj.- gan to re-enforce the navy there. Lieu tenant-Colonel Parker of the Forty- fifth, reports from Vigan the fifth inst. that he has not heard from Young fo-r a week. Insurgents eight hundred strong made an attack on his force, consisting of B company and one hun dred and fifty-three sick and footsore men of the Thirty-third infantiy, a t four o’clock on the morning of the fourth, entering the city in the dark ness. Severe street fighting ensued, and continued for hours. The enemy was driven out, I'eaving behind forty dead, thirty-two prisoners, including many officers,amd eighty-four rifles. They are now on the outskirts entrenching. Parker says he can hold out indefinitely, and has plenty of tions and ammunition. His loss ) are now being transported from San Fabian to his relief. Young must be in the vicinity with a large force.” mousta train by a special officer and escorted to his home. A special examiner from the treasury department at Washington Is now endeavoring to ascertain the ex act amount of the defalcation. Kpovtsmou Will Meet. UTICA, N. y., Deo. G.-The New York Fish, Game and Forest league, which is a union of representative bodies of sportsmen from different parts of tho state, win bold Us annual convention at tho YalCB hotel in Syracuse on. Thursday, Dec. 7, commoiielng at 10 a, m. All organizations Intorosted In tho protection of fish, game or t'orcBt,’) oro urged to sond delegate*. KINO AND GRINDING MAKE DoYoo Lead and ZIno Faint wear twice flf long M by li«md, Subioritr* foF Tbi ILiidoi'. For all the news read The Leader. W .JlIL .W ^ U r w ^ cC The Eight Kind of Furniture for ' Gifts .... A piece of GOOD furniture never fails to please; a\ piece of trashy furniture is sure to become an eye sore to recipient and a source df embarrass ment to the giver— can’t be too careful in selecting furniture. Buy where none but the thoroughly depend able sorts are sold. De-sk and Reception Chair-s. of oak and mahogany, three to eight dollavs. • Gilt reception chairs, uphol stered, 4.00 to 25.00 each. Desk and reception chairs of genuine mahogany, some plain and some beautifully Inlaid,six to twenty dollars each. Arm Chairs. All-wood chairs of oak, 3.50 to Ali-wood chairs of imitation mahogany, six to fifteen dollars; of genuine mahogany, some of them inlaid, eight to twenty-five dollars. Rocking Chairs. of Imitation mahogany and gen uine mahogany, some with up holstered hacks and seats; some beautifully Inlaid; three-fifty to forty dollars. Oak and Imitation -------- tatlon mahogany ,vlth saddle and rockers, sonic with sadd Eorao with cobbler seats, ty to twenty-five dollai’s, Albany. two-lif- Reliable Goods CHBISTiS GIFTS. Diamonds' fro,nl 1-8 carat upwards, and all personally selected from origin al lots, direct from importers and be fore the rise in price. You can rely on our ability and choice. G o l d a n d G o l d F i l l e d V / a t c l n o a - of beautiful designs and reliable tim e- keepers. The latest in jewelry, rings, and sterling silver ware and novelties, ebony mounted goods, rich cut glass, artistic mounted LADIES’ OR GENTS’ SILK UMBRELLAS. Onyx and gilt tables, lamps, and, in fact, our stock of strictly first-class goods was never more attractive, and purebas ed direct of manufacturers, enables us to give you the best value for the mon ey invested. MORAL !;—Look well twice before jumping. Our store open every evening Ihi® monSh M A R R Y A . D I L L O I V . Diamond IVlerchant and Jeweler. 88 NORTH MAIN STREET. There is a certain something which at tracts trade to the ‘‘National Line” of shoes— all embodied in the single word, • r denotes refinement, Their outline sensibility, durability. Good dresi ers appreciate these. It is not a question of price, for this is just fight. The same as the shoes. S o l d O n l y B y r' M. Mark:, Reliable Footwear 9 S. Main St. IF IT’S STOVES we have them. ilor Steel -AND- 11 Cm GARLAND PARLORS. We lead all other;? I!n assortment and prices. B r a m e r , THE STOVE MAN. 12 wnurenstree Remarkable Offer in furniture —for the— HOLIDAYS. Some of the things mentioned below: Fancy cobbler rocker, $1.88, Gold Oak jardiniere stands, 50c., 75c. and $1.00. Good oak extension table, $4.50. Six dining chairs, $4.08, Oak side board, $12.00. ; Hall trees, $8.50. : Morris chairs, $4.75 to $15.00. Turkish chairs, $17.00 to $25.00. 3-Piece Parlor Suits, $15,00, and oth er things in same proportion, all to be had at > lOSt, JoneM Ho «0 WEST FULTON STREET An Especially Handsome .•.•.’.’.•Lot of INGRAIN CARPETS ..JU S T IN Should have been here before, but the manufacturer was too far oversold. Pretty good evidence of their style and quality. H. DIXON & CO. 27 NORTH MAIN iT lr ttln
