Show great crowd saw the flames at work sulphur springs texas aug 11 A negro charged with assaulting the daughter of e widow near this place was burned at the atako here today the crime was committed at an early hour this morning when abo town was alarmed about an hour later a of armed horsemen went immediately in pursuit of tho negro abo country was scoured in all directions and the negro was finally captured he was taken to the court footo square chained to a stake and burned before an immense crowd of excited citizens the name of the negro was lorn williams he attempted to assault a fourteen year old girl resistance was made to the mob by the officers SENATOR BAILEY SPEAKS resents a slur on the ability of the men of the south mcgregor texas august II 11 states senator bailey vas the principal speaker at the confederate reunion here yesterday his subject being a defense of the south ills father was a confederate Cn federate and his grandfather a federal soldier being in one battle against each other among other things senator bail sy said 1 have been pained within the past few months to learn that a southern man called to the presidency 0 th university of virginia should spey disparagingly of southern traditions he remarked that the university 0 virginia having been founded by thomas jefferson and being in a state with such a history as virginia should of all educational institutions ba expected to teach the truth about tha south but dr alderman at a ban in new york had made a speech which senator bailey declared should have caused the blush of shame to mount to the cheek of every southern man at the table where are the calhound Cal houns and clays and of the south dr alderman inquired said senator bailey 1 I mournfully acknowledge that they are gone but why he ask where aro the websters and the choates of the north senator bailey related an incident of tha last session of congress A bill had been introduced to appropriate to pay the expenses of a congressional delegation for the portland exhibition he opposed it and succeeded in cutting it down to about tor each of tha members of the party more he observed than they would spend if they helped themselves one of the senators who was to make the trip cams to him and insisted that was not enough in response to which senator bailey said it I 1 was as rich as you are I 1 would pay my own expenses TYPHOID FEVER IN A CITY campaign of education started in new york new york august 11 fear that this city will havo a severe siege of typhoid fever which might not ba checked until cold weather sets in caused the health department to a statement yesterday as to the nature of the disease and rules for checking its spread according to the medical officer 0 tha department there were during the year up to the beginning of the present month 1496 cases of typhoid and deaths in greater new york in proportion to the population there have been more cases and more deaths jn brooklyn than in any other borough which commissioner darlington at tributes largely to the contamination of the water supply of that borough although it has bean stated that upon examination of the city water in bay and bath beach no typhoid germs had been found more than cases of typhoid an being treated in hospitals in the southern section ot brooklyn A house to house canvass for basss of typhoid was begun yesterday in one ward it having been asserted that the authorities are greatly hindered in their efforts to stamp out typhoid by the failure ot doctors to report cases ROOT RESIGNS from directorate of many big corporations new york august 11 secretary of state elabu root who recently entered president Roosevel ts cabinet has sava the times today severed all connections with a number of financial institutions of which he was formerly a director mr root recently resigned it became known yesterday from tha boards of the morton trust company the national bank of commerce tta continental fire insurance company the title guaranty and trust company and several other corporations this action was taken tha tim in order that he might is sume the of state via out being in any way allied with cor interests in conversation ala his associates ha is said to have expressed the opinion that it was better for him to be free of his former connection with these institutions as a director and tor this reason he resl gnei fram them all mr root had been a director of some of these institutions for a number 0 years including the period when ha was secretary of war inquiry ansons arsons his former fellow directors failed to reveal mr roots reason for between the two positions in tho cabinet so far as they affected his personal business affairs NOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING new york august 11 information received from borrero ero maine is to the effect that statements published a few weeks ago concerning mrs william F cochran a wealthy resident ot ers was erroneous in announcing that she had been struck by lightning at her summer home friends of mrs cochran say she la in her usual state of health having met ith no such experience peri ence as reported BOYCOTT IS GROWING president Roosevel ts message Is without effect new york aug 11 the boycott ot american trade has spread far beyond the anticipations 0 its early supporters says a shanghai dispatch to tho times it Is now regarded with serious fear by the chamber of commerce which sees in it a bad influence on foreign trade generally the demands ot the agitators include the repudiation of forward contracts for american goods which it is calculated will effect prominent native dealers heavily involved tn such transactions the campaign is being fostered by meetings leaflets and native pressure the publics tion of president Roosevel ts mes aage insuring the chinese travelers merchants and students en trance to america and treatment has been without cf |