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' b- THE CAMDEN ^ 1 1 ' l Tl " 1 ~ 11 1 "C?o<l i?n?l Our Na(itr VOLUME VI. " CAHDEN S., C., I-RIDAY APRIL 5 MOST GHASTLY DISCOVERY. JTIIM FIND HAS I'ltOlM t 10.. \ M fj X w NATION. A I >10 A It KKUIiKKM WITII IIOTH l.fciUM CUT OFF. \ii t'liu" Dlttcovt'i'eil to (lie Horrible Deed. By Southern Associated Press. Now York, March 31. ? The body of a negro woman, strangled to death, with both legs cut off ait tjio Knoea, and a ?large gash at the right hip, was found at 6 o'clock this. morning In front of No. "J5 Slxtl) avenue. It was shortly after dawn, when a gentleman passing down the west side of Sixth avenue saw a sus picious looking bundlo Inside the railing In front of No. 75. He stopped, bent over the railing, and saw a human foot protruding from under the covering. lit* Immediately ran to the Charles street polico station and told of his discovery. Tho sergeant on duty sent two men with a stretcher to bring the bundlo to the station house. \\^ien the bundle arrived an examination ^ks begun. As It was unwrapped the poWe saw tho dead body of a ne?ro woman. Both logs were cut off at the knee and wero placed along side the body. Tho find has produced a sensation. It Is evident that 'the woman was kUh'd by strangulation, and tho mutilated body placed whera It was found some time during the night. Tho body has not "been recognized and nothing has be^n uncov ered that tends itQ "unravel th<^ myhtery. CJONIO TO THlfl M'AIilL. The Victoria Hotel, of WitHhltiK<oii, Clone* Its Doom . By Southern Associated Press. New York, March 31.? The Victoria Hotel closed its doors at midnight to night. Thero wero about 40 guests In the hotel today when Joseph C. Youenes, the assignee, sent a notification to each one briefly stating that tho affairs of tho hotel were in such a condition that It was deomt'd advlsablo 'to suspend busi ness altogether. The usual routine was observed until midnight when the doors were closed and boflted, the lights were extinguished, and tho great ^bulldlnjg soon deserted, v s The passing of tho Victoria Hotel Is a matiter of groat interest not only to thw hotel men of the city, but to tho travel ing public. Thero Is no probability that It will ever open its doors again as a public rosort. It has long been one of tho best known hotels In the metropolis. Tt has numbered among Its patrons the present President of the United States, cabinet officials, members of the diplo matic corps, as weld as senators, con gressmen and others of national reputa tion. Tho hotel began to loso popularity about a year ago. Tho theft of JM.OOU by Cashier W. P. Wont worth a year ago was the first of a scries of misfor tunes that crippled tho houso and re sulted In the llnal suspension of busi ness. WOMAN StrFPnAGE. Iiikclr to Be ? Go In lltuli By n Good Majority. By Southern Associated Press. Salt L?ako, Utah. March 31.? Thirty two speeches wore delivered in the con stitutional convention yesterday for and against the adoption of the femftle suf frage clause. Those in favor lieatily ?predominate, and there is no doubt of t li 3 adoption of the clause by a very good majority. One incident marked the close of the nay's proceedings. Roberts, the Mormon leader of Democracy, read a diarpatcli from the Democratic Committee of his county calling on him to cease opposing woman suffrage or resign). He stated that he had wired back that it would be impossible for him to change his course, lie afjked the privilege of delivering the lust s|M'ech In the debate, as he said, impressively, it might be hi* last speech before the conventions. His request was granted amid a storm of cheers from both Democrats aud Republicans. Kansas Soaked. The Mucli Hoped For Rnlu linn Ar rived nt I.a?t . Hy Southern Associated Press. iTopeka, March 31.? Kansas has been fjrelty well soaked today, especially in til it* central and eastern purloins. Good rains have fallen as far west as Phillips burg. Sterling ami Caldwell, the rains be'ng very warm. A blizzard struck tin; northwestern part of the Stale this af fcruoon, and will reach here early to morrow. The fruit. b"<t^ $?. _r rrry critical condition and a freeze caiuiot but injure ilie crop, especially peaches aud apricots. Fanners are well along with their spring work and the soil is ! in excellent condition. KCIIOONKR POIINDBItFiD. Tl?e Crew Arc llniiJctuMT on the I niirarlnjr. Hy Southern Associated Pn*?s. Halifax, X. S., March HI. ? An un known two masted schooner foumlend j this morning on Trinity hedge about 15 I miles off ('ape St. Mary, situated near ' tin? extremity of Nova Scotia, in the Bay of Fnnday. At 3 p. in. about 30 feet of masts could be seen out of the water and the crew were in the rigging. | ?^Mel.n urIiIIii'm Trial PoMtponed. By Southern Associated Press. ityw -?York, March 30. ? The trial of \ Inspector MoT/anghMn who was recently indiPfod^by tho extraordinary grand jury ; charged with having accepted bribes, : and which was by agreement of conns,-!, placed on the calendar of the Court of ' Oyer and Terminer for Monday, April 1st has been postponed until April 8. L'nlWd State* Sailor* In Trouble. By Southern Associated Press, Kingston, Jamaica, March 80. ? Ai | number of sailors belonging to tlw j United States cruiser New York/frtad<f ; an attack upon a squad of colliers wheh a fight ensued in which lump* of coal were the weapons. Thretvof the colliers wefe'so badly hnrt that they were taken ? to the hospital. i * ? 1 1 ?? ? & CoaTCrta Galore. By Southern A*eo<*ated Press. Kredericksbut*. Va? March M.? The Rev W. K. Brown, of Shiloh Baptist Church (old site) colored, baptised. |?ere today in the Rappanhannock liver more than one hundred and fifty convert* of his rcccnt revival. It Is the largest num i,t-r of persons ever baptised *1 one time in this mate. j I'KOi'l-W YOU It 10 A II A IIOl'T, SHAH? The Shah of Persia contemplates another visit to Europe, during which ho will call upon the Emperor of Has- j ala. rnWDKULY- Mlas Mamie Powderly of Randolph, Mans., has been appointed assistant private secretary to Lady Henry Bonumt. WIIBELKR? l'ro(. Benjamin Ida Wluel er, of Cornell, will spend the coming yoar In Greece aa director of t lie Amer ican school at Athens. VAUX ? The late Congressman ltlcharu Vaux once danced with tho Queen ot England. It was while ha was secre tary of the American legation In Lon don. CLEVELAND? Dtnibtluka when the l.rst rush of ottlce secKors strikes him today the President will sigh for the shriek lng blasts and driving rains of old Ilat teras. A wild duck In a coy bird, but a ! cuckoo out of a job has little to leiom mend him ? Philadelphia l'ress. LATHROP ? Rev. Calvin jLathrop, a noted Methodist preacher, celebrated lila 91st birthday at Soinervllle, N. Y., a few days ago. In early lfo ho was a gold-dlggor and ho was also twice ship wrecked. STEWART? lthlnelandor Stewart, of New York, has adopted the English custom of placing his servants In 'liv ery. This fad costs him $10,000 a year. His men wear a coat and breeches ot ? dark hue. ROTHSCHILD? M. D. Rothschild, the flrart president of Good Government Club P., of Now York, has Just re turned from Florida with a tarpon *lx feet three Inches In length and w<4gh lng 118 pounds. LiEINSTER ? The Duchess of Lelnstrr, who has juBt died, was contemplating a trip Jto the United States, and had engaged rooms at a hotel in Santa Har l>ara, Cal., for herself and a suite of twent7-slx persons. DUBIGNON ? Mr. Fleming duBlgnon, o? - Savannah has accepted an invitation tendered him by the board of education to deliver a lltorary address at the clos ing of tho Richland public schools on tho evening of May 23d. MAIIAN ? tlommander A. T. Mahan, now of -the cruiser Chicago, and famous In both hemispheres a h a naval author, has another hook or two in contempla tion, but has reached no doflnltfc con clusions on the subject. IIRENNAN ? Isaac Brtmnan lias succe ti ed In Inventing a iH'rpeutal-motlon ap paratus. The principle Is a system ol compound leverage with reciprocal ac tion, which propels a roller placed on tracks, from which he gets an osclKa tlng motion. WQO.D? Thomas W. Wood, president ol tho National Ackdemy of Design, is about to found an art gallery at Mont pelter, Vt., the home of his boyhood, and has a small but valuable collec 1lon of paintings and otchlng?-4Tr*fiancI" for tills purpose. BILLUPS? Miss Sallle P. Hillups of Co lumbus, Miss., edits a very readable column In the Sunday Athens Banner. Tho sketch work shows a cultured and tlnlshcd hand. Miss Billups is evident ly a lady of QlterAry tastes. She writes with skill and grace.,* ... .. EMERSON ? Prof. Joseph Emerson, who has been sonlor professor of Grt*k at Belolt Collego, Wis., slnco 1818 Is a cousin of the late Raflph Waldo Em erson. Ho Is now about soventy-four years of agty'and is known among the boys &s ''UW Zeus." COUDDOCK-Vi' h & leading theatrical managers ar\maklng arrangements for a big testimonial benefit to the vener able C. W. Couldock, to be given at the Metropolitan Opera Houso early in May. Mr. Couldock has been on the stage fifty-eight years, and is about to retire. BRUWAERT? Francois E. t , Bruwaert, the new Consul General of* FraVu^e for New York, arrived oity on"Sun day from Havre, iltf Was formerly Con sul at Chicago, but his present position will havo supervision over York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dolaware( Maryland, and North -awl South Caro lina. O'NEILL ? Hugh P. O'Neill, principal of the public school In "Mulberry liend," Now York city, says that the Italian and Polish boys who oompose the great er part of the school are patriotic to tho backbone, and ho is very proud of them. Their battalion of tho Ameri can Guard Is one of tho largest In the city consisting of four companies. GLADSTONE? Gladstone Is still an om nivorous reader. Not a novel of impor tance comes out in England that the Grand Old Man doesn't peruso It and gonerailly expresses a public opinion re garding its merits or demerits. He Is very fond of its realistic pictures of ro mantic times that the younger men in England are producing. It Is immoral ity In a work of Action that enrages Mr. Gladstone. Ho Insists upon It that no groat novel Is Impure. HUGO? Before the end of tho century a complete collection of Victor Hugo's writings Will be preserved In print. It will testify to the fact that he was one | of tho most prolific writers that ever lived. Beginning his literary output at an f.arly age and retaining his vigor of ivrd - n~i Tif mju>- iiliiir ire wan over eigniy Victor Hugo was enaMed to *urn out a vast amount of manuscript. Ho was a novelist, poet, dramatist, controversial ist, essayist, everything or nothing, as you choose. CdltltKNT COMMENT. j Washington Post: The average age of tho ORlo female voter la forty-flvo yearn. It wllfl be noticed that very 1M tie of tho : voting Is being done by the girls who de i sire to get married. Philadelphia Bulletin: Partisanship at Berlin must be running hl^h again when the greyest Gorman of the ccmilury can not recSlve even the compliment duo to an octogenarian on his blrthdfliy from the legislators of his country. Indianapolis Journal: Unfortunate as the Incident In the Rfdchstag may seem to us. It Is but an episode In the strug glo which Is now going on In Germany between tho Emperor with Eighteenth 'century Ideas of Imperialism and the pur pose of tho people to secure constitution al and representative government. / 4 ~ Richmond Times.Afltronomers say that on Good Friday, ^prll 12, the hmvonly bodies which gravitate round the sun will be In exactly the same position they occupied In the firmament the day Christ died on thw cross. It will be the first time such a thing occurred since that great day. Just 1862 years ago. This was the thirty-third year of the Christian era, which (lates from the birth of Christ. At 11:20 p. in., April 12, New York time, the moon will pass before Vlrglnls (Sptca), and that constellation for over an hour. Now, York Pr?is: Tbu last time Oen. ,_\V'ade^ilampton was In Mew York he was fhvlrtd to dinner by a rVh Kenti/ciclan, known as the husband of Mrs. So-a?d-8o, the Ixwisvllle beauty. "Come up. Gen eral," he urged "I want you to be my guest while In New York. Of course, you've heard of my wlfjrt Finest weman In the world. Beauty, famous beaulyt i live In an old,- fashioned way, General, but X'va go^lWA.Of the pr?ltl?st things In the world to show you xny place? a woman ind a hon|" "Just yulk?, and require the same treatment.'!/ said the General . "There's j>nly one way to get along with them: Use your strongest curb* oa fast onea. vd lash tha slow oaee sac* i&s Ssnll." j WAR PAINT ? III ATLANTA. t rr\ I'uiy riMt ( ontii c\i sks 'I'll M TIIOI 111.10. KDITOH III. UK III ll\ IS |Q\ 1 1 >10 VI' I.Y Ol-T l-'Oll (iOUIO. IIcmoiiiiccn I In- MiiiiiiKCUii'iit of Tin* Con n( H ii < ion iiinl Journal . A (Inula. (}??. April i. --(S|> vlnlA- 1 he journalistic skies of Atlanta had :i rath or lurid line litis afternoon as a result of llic trouble between t lie 'three loyal papers, growing out of tin' connpotltion for the city print iiiK*. Yesterday after noon when I In* City Council, after granting I li o printing contract to M. M. Mia k Imi in. of Tin* Atlanta Commercial, "reniggt tl." ami ordered a new adver tisement for I ^ m. lln'i't' was a rathei dramatic scene enacted between Editor Mhick-l urn ami Editor Cabaniss, but loth k ntlenun appeared contented when they separated. This afternoon Editor Mlaekburn pub* lishrtl an editorial that is, in the lan guage ''f the street, "hot stuff. lie t'lia racteiixed bolh The Count it ut ion and Tlio Journal management as liars and thieves, and almost exhausted the vo rabulary of abuse in denouncing theii scheme to swindle him ami the people. of Editor Cabaniss, personally. Elitoi Mlaekburn says In- does n?~?i know whoth ^ rr Clod Almighty made him a scoundrel when he created him. or whether strait ened circumstances developed him. but suspect s that lie Is a product of both. He says he. as well as The Constitution management. was guilty of lying and ! asi> treachery. What will ?I'econie of the affair can only be conjectured. It Is clearly in evi dence that Editor Mlaekburn is out for H o re . Serious Irniililt1 K looked for as a ic suit, of Editor Mlack burn's editorial at tack 011 Editor Cabimiss this afternoon, when the two gentlemen " meet. Soon after the Commercial appeared on the street. Mr. Cabaniss. accompanied bv his sou went to the Kimball House looking for 'Mr. Blackburn. the latter being in the habit of spending a good deal of time there. "Later, Mr. Cabaniss was joined by others from The Journal olliee, u.i.i until nearly 10 o'clock tonight he j reniatjf!*rt?in waiting, doubtless expecting I every moiiuVit to meet Mr. Blnckbuin. .Vo meeting \as yet occurred, however, but when tlUV two do come fcogcjher, there Is sure toYe a more or less serious collision. ?? J \ WOKl.KY WIIITK <AI? CASE. It \Vi?m Aurnln PoMponed In ll?e I niteil Sin ten Court. Atlanta. Ga., April 2. - (Special. I I lie fanmius Worit y whitecapping case was again postponed in jhe I'nited States ('onrt today. Yesterday, loi; the necon.1 time, the defendants, who are held for the mill tier of llciiry NVorlcy, succeeded through their lawyers in having the indictments against them noli pressed, -because they were drawn separately. The prisoners were held, however, and new- indictments orderetl. 'I'll we new ludWt.iueiiis were presents! by the Dis t rift Attorney th:s morning, and the prosecution announced ready, but after a stubborn argmneiit. contending that they colli. I not go to trial on such short notice on the new indictments, and be cause of the indisposition of Col. \\ . C?. Glenn. leading counsel for the defence, a pmslpoiuiinent until April loth was or dered by the court. The men larraigned are Monk < ?lloei i. James MeCutcheon. .lames Mclntyre and John II. Gates. _ Hclirv Worley, the victim ?>f the Wliiteeappers, was a Murray county fanner. lie was a wittysM f>?r the Cover mi tn several revenue oases, ami for giving testimony against the moonshiners. the wliitecuppers put linn out of the way.. 'I 'he lu*?t attempt to disiHisc of him was by hanging, but WoVlev, who was actually strung up. managed to catch the trunk of the tret wit h his legs when he was s? ung "JT, and miraculously escaped. Later <"? whitecap|M-rs visited his. mountain home in broad daylight, .and shot him < low n ? his cornfield, win-re his dead laxly Ja, found by his wife when he failed to answer the dinner horn. 1?B HONK ST AM) KM) TUB FAItCK. Dftiioerntt Wnnl Turner lo <ie? Out iiikI I .el Hvnn* In. I A t rni iui'OVi - lug "call* has ?been signed by about Democrats, and in accordance therewith, a mass meeting will be held at the ta,M'r" nacle tomorrow night: Believing tlia the present unfortunate contest for the office of governor Jias come to be a State trrievanc.e, which imperils our good name abroad and threatens disaster to dear in terest* at home, ami seeing that the | (ideation is no longer one of fraud at tbe , polls but an innocent omission which j w n(C general all over the Stat.- and ap plies to both parties alike, we, as Dem ocrats of Davidson oounty, humbly unite in calling a public meeting 0.t the taber nacle, in the City of Nashville on I um dar, the 2d of April. 1S05. at night, when wo may, in a formal way, petition our members of the General Assembly es pecially members from our county, for a redress of grievances by ending the con test and giving Mr. Kvans the olhce, i which the rettirns show lie was elected to. ; HKCKIVKICS REPORT. Receiver Drown <*rnnte?l More Time ! In Wlileli to Mnk? It. Atlanta, <Jn., April 2. ? (Special.) ? Judge Lumpkiu prtwiding in the Superior court today, granted an order allowing Receiver Brown, of the Georgia Mining Manufacturing and Investment Company until April 15th to file his report of the condition of that concern. Under the order making him receiver, the report was ordered by April 1, but the' petition of Receiver Brown shows that it will l?e impossible for him to pre pare it before the 15th. The report will be an exceedingly interesting docu ment to the many business interest* in volved in the iitigatita of the Georgia Mining and Manufacturing and Invest ment Company. Editor fttoa* of New York I>?s4. I Brooklyn. N. Y? April 1.? David M. 8toni?( the venerable ex-Editor of The New York Journal of Commerce. ?Sle4 at UiSmm iS thiS Clt? SPOILING FOR A FIGHT. SOMt?2 I^.COXKKDCIU'I'KM WAXT TO KM. 1ST l\ SI-VMMI AltMY. oriiiiu ( iti7.i:\s \v%vr i x i.ic sam to in 'I'll ill Would I'rolnt lil> lli?|t|>?*it If III" Should lulcrforc. Washington, I >. April 'J. -4 enough the insurtvet ion in Culm is be ginning to take 011. H.> far as the i'nited ^States is couccmed. so mow hat of a sec vioii.-il a ii< 1 |K>liii<"jil coloring. Within the past few days let teiv. havQ been revived at the Spanish legation from ex -Con federate soldiers in the South, offering their services to assist Spain In eupiprcssing: the rebellion. While there is no probability that any of llnvvc offers will ho accepted, the fact is regarded an curious as shouting that there arc still some Confederate veter ans "spoiling for a tight." Some oppo nents of "manifest ihsstlny" who are carefully following the developments in Cuba, sui,'g<*-st doubtless the cession of that island to the I'nited States or its forcible iK?sst?s?ion by this country. If either event should ever lie brought about, it would not prove an unmixed benefit to cho Cuban land \ywnere. When Florida was purdtutttfi] trout Spain the I'nited Static agreed to pa . MH),' (mm> for it. and th-i? amount wan off set by our elaJiUH against: the mother eon n try for seism re <rf our vessels dm ing preceding years. It is claimed that In few if any canes, did the United SI a ten recognize the grant i of hind I made by the Spanish crown to its cit izens in Florida, and that immediately upon their falling into our possession, these lands were t'hrowtn open to sctlle nient, and in sonic instances were soli! to the highest bidder. It ?> It It 1-: It HAM) C.VttillT. Three Xe?roen Who Have 1 1 ?> I <1 111 rm limlin in lii Terror. Birmingham. Ala., Ajpril 2. ? A gang of uolorioiis robbers ami murderers has hoi n ?Sroken up today, and the entire .band lamled in Jail, one of them with a terrible wound in his hip. For several months murders for the purpose of robbery have occurred in and around Hirmingham with alarming fre quency . The latter part of December a mer chant named '.Thornton, wlille on his .way from Birmingham to his home at Knsley City, six-miles away, was mur dered and robbeu>s A few days later two women were held up near the same place, but the hlglrwaymen got no mom y . Within a week or so froin that occu rence, ;i farmer near JCnstlake, seven miles from tfi^^iyty, was shot by one of thre? ncgroesulluBe ^demand for money he refused. A'lsiut the same timo a preacher named Stiff was held up in the road near North Birmingham and robbed, and a night or two later a man named Homes, living near North Bir mingham. was called to his door and shot, because he refused to sell the par ties some whiskey. Three weeks a?o Pleas Mcrri wethor, a negro merchant in this city, was murdered and robbed. Yesterday Coroner Dusenberry began an Investigation. L?ce Htirris, colored, had been arrested in the meantime and charged with the murder of Merrlweth er. This morning he went before the coroner and made a clean breast of the whole matter. He said he and Aim Mitchell killed Merriwether. He said he, .Jim Webb and Stonewall Thomas shot old man Danleld. Thornton, he said, was murdered by himself and Thomas. He robbed the two women by himself, and he, Jim Webb and Abe Mitchell robbed Preacher Stiff, and shot Barnes at North Birmingham. All the gang are colored. In attempting to arrest Webb this af ternoon Deputy Sheriff Henry Cole idiot him four times, one ball entering Just below >thc small of the back, passing through i h " bladder and coming otti through the left groin. The wound will probably prove fatal. Harris says he Is wanted in South Carolina for murder, and that a reward of %?iOQ has been of fered for him. TWO GOVKHKOHS. Governor Kviiiim <;??<?? n Pointer from (iciirKln l.nwn. / ;? .Vrii7n"'?; ' '? Vj TiTi" 2". ? Special.) ? Coventor John (iary Kvans, of Souih Foiia-oWna, who has been here since Sun day JU>*fic 'interest of the South Caro lina exhibit at the Kx|xisit ion, paid (fovcruor Atikiiirton a visit at the Capitol today. Yesterday Governor .id.aiHiiu v to ted Governor Kvuiih at the Kimball, and took him to drive over the city. Coventor 10 vans wiw at least one new thing in thi* way of State ( Soveriinient while at the executive otlice Unlay. It was the mlHlary Hdvinory 4*>ard. which was in sirvion. They hadn't any such iiu-ititution in the Palmetto Stale, he paid, and when touched ujion the mili tary appropriation idea, the South Caro lina Governor remarked: "Yes, we gave .fl'M"'" for the en eampmeiit over in our State, but they thought it w aw a picnic, and I don't think we'll try it over again." Governor Atkinson assured Governor Kvans that I'lie Georgia eucnmpuiciit Wiis anything but g picnic, having gone through otic once tiimsel f. Itcneliril HI* Schooiifr. Fort Meyer , Fla., April 2. ? The schooncr Lizzie M. JOells. from Mobile, bound for Punta Gorda was found leak ing badly last Saturday, and to save the voswel and heavy cargo aboard, the cap tain ran her inside and beached her m ar tfi\> light honse^pn Sanihel Is.'and. where the Hcamen are engaged in pumping her out. The vessel and cargo ia owned by B. Hinckley, of Punta Oorda. 'Die ves sel lies easily and will be gotten off as boon as the leak can he stopped. Vj KiIm Sr?*|on April 22. By Month rrn Assoriated IVn*. Jefferson City, -Mo., April 2.? Gov. Stone stated this afternoon that he would tomorrow Issue a call for a *]*-<? ial aeasion of Keginlattirc to meet proba bly 22. ( Ifa. Factory Hr?ek?4. By Southern Associated Press. Tampa, Fla.. April 2. ? A wind wtorm today wrecks Annea's cigar factory, Mattering the stock. jgM $30,000, no ?assrasc?- , ? V I I. WTA EXPOSITION California mill II ii iil a .lulu Hie lint it f Exhibit nVa . Atlanta, (la., April 1 .--Pro*ddent Col- ! Iter of tho Cotton States an. I Interna ttonal Eximsltlon ha.s advices Unit I ho Siato lUvtnl of Agriculture of California, which Intended to make an <vx Hll >t t ot tho resources of California at i ho M ?? x l can Exposition has reconsider" <1 and de cided to transfer tho exhibit to Atlanta. Mr. Frank Supploo, Major of tho Flllh Maryland Regiment of ltatUimore, who is in tho city, status that that organiza tlon will go Into encampment at the exposition next fall. Tho Fifth Mary land is tho crack regiment o. Italtlmoro and last your defeated tho famous Seventh of Now York In compotltlvo drill. It Is one of tho finest volunteer regl merits In the I'-nlted States. and Its mom l>ershlp Is composed of the best Haltl inon> families, it is tho lineal succes sor of tho famous old "Maryland l.ine" of I ho Civil war, tho pot of th?> SotVMiern army, and has In Its possession tneny of tho flags and hattlo trophies of tlmt In vincible corps. Ad v toon have Ix-en received from .Mr. A. Maeohl, commissioner general tor i.u ropo, to 'the effect that h.> has arranged for a Itusslan section at tho Exposition, with Mr. 1'. N. Orunwnldt furrier to Ills Majesty, the Czar. Mr. (irunwaldt had charge of tho It iiaslan section at the World's Columbian Exposition and will bring a magnllloont seolion to the Cot ton States and International, with prac tically the samo display of furs. Mr. Maeohl has Just been to Paris where tie had an Interview with Monsieur l.e Hon, minister of commerce, who has ngrccd to announco tho exposition 'through nil the Official periodicals, and the American Chamber of Commerce has undertaken a propoganda In French through the medi um of nil 1 tho French Chamber* of * om merco and the Chambers Syndicate. The agent of the exposition In Paris is Mon slenr Chevalle. President Collier, received today a com munication from the vchnlrnian of tho executive commit too of the Sons of \ ? t - Tjerans, Knoxvlllo/ staling that lids or ganisation, numbering llfty thousand young men throughout tho South, would be represented In Knoxvlllo *n lite six teenth of September by a convention of eight thousand delegates, and that the^o would wish to como to the Chlckniuauga Park on the 19th and from there lo the Atlanta Exposition. A program Is to bo arranged about thin time for a f*Yue and Cray day at the Exposition, and tt is very 1 i k <1 y that the veterans and sum of veterans on 1>oth sides will he here durliijp/lho third week In Septeniher. A Pl.OltlOA It O \ II . lift I'd I lire Control Drpi'ti il n I'iioii ii Still Kow In Court. By Southern A-vswia ted l'niw . Jacksonville, Fla., April 1. ? Final fur# eJoHure proceed! hits were ln^Kim in the United States Court todav on (lie part or it HK.rtr?tre of $1,000,000 held by the Pennsylvania Ooni|mny for the insurance of live* ami granting: of annuities against the Jacksonville, Tampa ami Key West Itailroad Company, the American Cou nt met ion Co., et al. Of the $-1,000,000, however, hut $1. I ?<>< ?.< M X ? is Jit ivKue, ha!'anee being held as collateral security for notes given b\ the defendant eommnies. Argument was begun today, and that It will he a /real battle is shown by the array of legal talent interested. among thoiil bring no less n pemonatge than Judge William B. Horn blower, who wan President Cleve land's choice for the Supremo bench. Judige Hornblower is associated with Horatio Blsliee for the American Con st ruel Ion Conumny. The Jacksonville, t Tampa and Key West, the other de fendant company, is represented by Cass T. 'M . l>ay, Whilo the receiver of tin road , .1 . II. Purkeo, Is represented by 10. P. Axrtell. The other side of the ease in In the hands of J. C. Cooper, of Cooper it Cooper. B. IF. Liggett, both of this city, and Thomas Thacher and 1*. <5 Bartlett, of the New York tirm of Simp son. Bartledt & Timelier. The suit is ii very mixed one. It was begun ia July. 181)2, When B. II. Coleman was pres? dent. Tlie future control of Ihe roail hinges on this issue. SI IOIDK IN NKW YORK. I'rlcm tlic rimt WltriPmi In tlic | Lcioiv I ii vest IkhI Ion . By Southern Associated Press. New York. April 1.-- -Carl Priem who j was the first witness to furnish the Lexow Investigation Committee with j testimony regarding i>o'.ice corruption in | this city, was found in his room nt No. 51 Kast Third street about 11 o'clock today, having committed suicide by tak ing poison. Priem returned from Europe about two months ago, and went at once to live in the house where he killed him- I self. The lady from whom Priem rented I a room, noL having heard or seen the , latter for twenty-four hours concluded | something was wrong, and sent for one I of Priem's friends who broke in the | door. He found Priem lying dead on the J bed. Two papers containing powders i were on a table. Two dollars was nlso | found on the table with "for my rent" j on a piece of paper with the money. Prien\ was 53 years old, and was a member of Steinwehr G. A. It. post 102. ' Will Itflnovc I'tcrIiIciiI Wiirtln. J By Southern Associated Press. New York. April l.? ? The Recorder i will say tomorrow that Mayor Strong has also called for the rcsignaf! <n of ' Mr. Martin. President of the Hoard I of Police Commissioners In addition to j those of Messrs. Kcrwin and Mnr- | ray . Pin u I n ii iI'm I)In;?ii f f? 'Willi Frnncr. j By Southern Associated Press. I/ondon, April 1. ? In the limine of j Common 4 today Sir Kdinund Grey, Un der F>>rercn Secretary, said that the j epiestion whether the Nile Valley lie- J Iwwn the Jakw and the southern* front lor oflOgypt was wMhin the British sphere ttas the subject of diseur-Mion with France in 1HJ>4, but no definite conclu sion had yet been reached. IJngland, he said, did not recognize the Sfahdinor ?and she Ignored the rights of Kgypt in i the I'pi>er Nile. I'rlejil Ohnrsreil With Incrmlfartsq*, | By Southern Associated Press/ O ] Omaha, Neb., April 1.-- A sensational turn was gfren the Polish Church to* day by the arro?t of Kev. Stephen Kam Inskl on tHe <?har#e of bavin* homed the church. Four of his party were also arrested. Ball was refused the pripst, and ho is now in the city Jail. OwM+malAft ??*???? - - | By Southern Associated Pppss. City of Mexico, A)>ril 1.? President i Diss In n mossagrs to Congress tonight, notified that body that the Guatemalan 1 dkyute bad bees amicably settled. I ittoTM.Ks \iioi r i 1 1 10 ft: \< r. ami I \ I T \ ?'l?> \ KM ION \\ II. I, NOT JI'.OI* \lt Itl/.i: VOl' IC OK 1 1 . 1 . I l l : II \TK WIIITKM. Mr. K . .1. Watson, *? I" Tli?? Columbia Sti'lo. who spent (ho ilay with Sonalor flci Hen Tillnuwt yes(erdiiy, arrived in Augusta in I lit* afternoon. lie sent (lie !\>!low:ng dispn (eh to The State n u*l the News tin. I Courier last nig*ht: To. lav I called on Senator 1'en Till ninn. nl Irs new li> >m?> near Trenton, .111 I obtain (1 frfun him his views on ? he noli, n of the r.wir peace ami unity con vi>ii I Ii >u of the Forty, ami on the urd ' t ii t ioiial ??'?ii vi nt ion questions of ?mto Hi. r nif to furnish copio* of h's s ill i'iiiciiI to the various lending dail cs. Kx-fbivcrnor Tillman, the rec ognized leader of th ? Reform party, spoke as follow*' "It appears to mo (hat -ho action of iho convention tends ruber to ueg'*n villi' than soo h Iho situation. Ti ?? '"niliir ? to adopt as n |>a I of iho schema of pa -ill cn i ion t h o conditions agreed up on l>y tlio conference held on l?Yb. 2<>. whilA accepting Iho Idea of giving half 0 each faction, op -as the whole qucs lion anew, ami will, I fear, destroy b? 'i bug- measure. the chances of having I the coii\ pillion (lccli.l without a strug i*l ? liettt'.fn the fact Ions. "These ' . ' yfiill Ions nre vital, ami 1. for one. would never consent lo any such nisieenii nil ami in speaking thus 1 t'es'iv lo recall (he fac( which Honii. people Sim in In have forgotten, or pur posclv mtM'*oiist rued, (hat I have novel in lli s luisi ii"vs ii 1 1 euiutcil to dictate t<? the p* op!o, tir at oinptoil to ltiinl them n a :iv way. Many of my friends hav< iiVsiindi rsiood uiy action, ami others have liccn quick to suggest lr"iieher* ti tho people, in a willingness to make Icrnis wi h the enemies of th" Reform movement, which were unfair and un? ?jMiiocral lc, inasmuch as 1 agreed to advocate an e<iunl division as far ns possil;l<?, thereby Hiirr* ndering the right (if the majority to govern, I have nev er, ami do no( now. n.?Runio to do more ? ha?i ad vine, and I ha. adviec- wlM be (nken or not, as iho peoplo Httiyfft, 1 no to thai groat Stress was la Id' on lh" fact of Iho Clovernor and myself agroe I ing lo an equal division, and tho propo sal to .substitute 'fair,' or 'equitable,' for Vqiuil.' was rejected, mainly on that ground, ami herein lies the very dan gt r of which I spoke in a previous in terview. of betrayal of the Reform movement under (lie guise of pa ci lieu lon. II is well known that there are men holding positions In the Reform also have the supremacy of ths old crowd, who have been out in the cold for four years, along with It. These tn?'n have been ohastonod by defeat and their restoration to power might noi produce any unpleasant revolution ia exist I tiff conditions, but I will never ooiiscir to ,put it in their power to dis franchise any white man except from crime. 1 am ready to stand by the agreement wo have ulretuly made, and exert whatever influence I mny possess In ol<tcti"K a non-partisan convention on that basis. Thousands of Reformers arc dissatisfied with the idea of equal representation, although they are per fectly willing to give proportionate rep. rcsentation upon the basis of the pri mary of 1892. This is perhaps as good lime as any to slate (hat as pra/o(ieaJ im n, all the Reformers who alluded the conference of l<",oh."20, foresaw thai this would lie (lie close, and we express ed the belief (hat Iho Reformers would not consent (o do more than this. There was no deception on either side in that meeting, and we agreed to advocate tqual division as Individuals only after the vita*' conditions of which I have spoken/were incorporated in the agree ment. * "1 bVllevo ninety per cent, of liotli factions would lie k1?*1 to have a better ntate of feeling and less Htrife and bit terir^ss. and when tlie time coiiich I be lieve that tbe- pimple will settle thin whole business in h way that will be nat isfac ory, without giving any more weight than I hey deserve to the action of the Forty convention or of the pre vious conference When the time conn a. if It be necessary, 1 will Ktmnp ih< State in the advocacy of the u linni prop .H?-d l?y the conference, hut I will (LwmIl yj-ul OU-<j. ? 1.0 * ~ iA i novcineii t who have lieen oipposed to almost everything we have accomplish ed, or undertaken; in fact, they are Reformers only in name; and for us t- I agree to an equal division without com I ditions, and then have some of th k? i iiicii elected iin Reformers with almost absolute certainty that they would al 'kii themselves in the convention with 'he A 1 1 1 i h . would lie to Ktirrendor the control of that convention before it i* elected . "As a trusted leader of the Reform' movement I could never consent to ad vocate any scheme that would Jeopard ize the right to vo'e of the jnior and il literate white men who have no trus'eii me. . These men were warned by the Conservatives who opposed the calling of the convention last November, thai if the convention were called they would linvo voted their Inst time; and now lx !.s proposed to have a convention elect ed giving the Conservatives half of th* representation wi hout conditions, thus making it possible to havs the prrd?c* tions fulfilled, The excuse is that we must have a constitution which wilt insure ^vhite suprema -y without resort to fraud. I don't know that any one proposes to incorporate a iprovision ir? the new constitution which will give u? fraudulent white supremacy, but we <D.n't lift ourselves over the fence by T>iir boot-straps, and we must, have r?v - > incubus of universal n? "It Is all very well for the Forty con. vent ion and the Conservatives to sub scribe unanimously to the doctrine of white supremacy. A simple educational and property qualification would solvt the whole vexed question; we would have white supremacy, and we would rather than see a convention elected which will fail to secure -wirfte supre macy without detriment to the poor who have trusted and followed me; and lam not wedded* to ihe Mississippi plan^; 1 but if nothing better offer*, then, tboee I whn urn rytinosod to It. aad Awitttt ap' MILL MEN COMING SOUTH. t?\lli\ ???' M:\\ \ \niOlts \UK o\ i l| Kill \\ \ V. rotvt's w ii. i. 11 1 : \ iMi'i.i) in Milt I'll \ Ml sot I II < \ ItOI.IN V . Ilrlulti I'loi ui't- of >1111 l,r??H|??'rlty from Kill l it Ivor. I$y Sou ( horn A ss.win I od Press. Weldoii April 1 A party of New Kuglaud mill men left Portsmouth today on tlu" Seaboard A J r Lino to visit various mill points in the South for the purpose of o\uin'iuiu>; into the ndvan t MRm anil ilisiul vantages of the Js'orth a nil South ivsiieetiyely for the manu facture of cotton goods, ami hy courtesy of Mr. K. St. .loliu. vU'<\ president, the pai tv loft hero in a special train, which will stop at points that they may wish to see. Tlii" following gentlemen constitute tho ;?a rt y : Mr. W'm. t'. I rfworinj;, president of the Vrkwr'mht Club, Boston. Mr. IT?mry S, llowe, practical partner o* 1 ,.mv to :????? Co.. representing the Pu ? i'i ' M !V. I.awri'iHM!( Mass. Mr Ae'hur Ainory. of the .Tuekson ?mi 1 Nashua Mills. NjimIiiiii, N. 11., also (linyhain Mills. Mr 'I'l'O'nds Motlev, of the Ciiicopee ar-i S --it v: \ Mills. Mr. lM.vnrl Ainory, treasurer of the A?' ir.v M i's Nashua. N. H. Mr. H.rrv B. Coxo. of Coxo llros., ' anlhra i!<' "i<; ml no-is, Philadelphia. 'PA. 1 .Mr. K II !?'?' editor Bajt'lrnoro M a mi '':i !?; u n r^' lte?n"d, Baltimore, Mil. ; Mr. 1>. A Tompkins, of ( -hivrlot.te, N L\ Mr. II \V . P? 'Imivit, general freight a Ken I Seahoarl Air l/in<\ Portsmouth, Va ('apt. T. \Y. Whisnant, superinten dent of roadway of Xi-nhoa rd Air Line, V tlanta, < ia . ('apt. .1. M Turner, tiviin master See ; I o'i r. | Air l.lne. Italcigh, N'. (5. ? Mr. I >. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N. C, is travelling with the party, and has charge of the trip. Stops will ho made at Chariot to, Henrietta. Wei don and Tin leigh in North Carolina ; ami at Chester, (! reen wood, Columbia, Clifton, Paeolet, Piedmont and Pelzor, in South Caro lina. 'Pile last four points v fill, be reached hy courtesy of the Southern Hall-way. A ft?\v tdlrer jwvints iiwy be visited if time will permit, and Tuesday will he spent in Charlotte. l<"fi 1 1 lllver Ih Prosperous . Uy Southern Associated Press. Fall Kiver, Mass., April 1. ? Trading Southern papers have noon publishing ^lories of the rise ami fall of Fall lUvor as a manufacturing elty whieh arc somewhat at variance with the facts. Instead of lieiiur a "deserted village," as ? those papers represent, Fall River gives promise of a more nellve nnd sturdy growth than ever, if I he changed condi tions in the past two wleeks m?v he taken as a basis for prophecies. Last week (lie mil Is sold .'170,0^)0 pieces of iroods, and the week previous pieces, thus disponing of more than three weeks' production in t.wo weeks, wllh the demand still, very good. Th<*se figures a tv taken from brokefs' report* of the trading among print cloth mills. They do not include sales ot goods f?y the Iron, Works MiM, King Philip. Stevens. (Jlohe. Yarn, Kanford, or Bnnnrby mill*. and does not deal with the production of the .Towse TCddy Woolen Mill. or the largest second grade hat fae torv in Now! Fmrland. j Tt was an exhihHion by these latter eoncerns that surprised mtfl men and IpMiKinoss men a few dnys ngo, and ban since provoked renewal interest in. th? looal market among the loading facto lories in the dry goods tr-mle. Their . - products are classed with the l>os< made. Thev are running in f nil. just ?? are all ft her local eoncerns. though their proo<lB are lif*int? sohl on a hvw margin of profit. In the past two Weeks more tihan half a do/en <*or|K?ra Hons lia ve paid quarterly . dividends ranging from 1 1-2 to 2 per cent, and none of them are reported as iroing behind. There is less than a work's pnnliu'Hon '>f on hand, nnd the demand for many grades of wide fabrics ("a n not be met for some weeks to eome. In directions other than cotton mnnufaeturfrng. the city is al?40 showimr ^irns of much future prosper ity. The talk of removing Fall "River line tin flic to another terminus has no foundation, nnd the business of the Now York New Haven and Hartford Ka.il r.-.n-l i? ?howin?r a j?rofit?bl? incr^sc In ? V,j rmt'nn. Ctizens outside of the mill ? o"* interests n.irrec in believing ii>? i,n?V for the revival of Newt ? ~m*oti industry is to he fornght ??<<! ih^v' nre ready to go on with " fie m i :?nT nmV. ^ TV.'O MEN KIM.ICO. i) Very Peculiar Coincidence ?*? ? Hallloi. >re nnil ????o Trnln Mupdnr Xlnrlit. \ ny Southern A?ro^te<l Press. \ I'nlontown, Pa., April J .-Conductor \ i'.:irtr<-r and Drakcman John Whip ley of thl? Place were Instantly killed on/ tho Haltlmore and Ohio at L.emont last "'a' necullar coincidence Is that both were kWled In exactly the same mannef iiul within an hour of each other. fc>n?i* 5 was the tlrst victim. While h? wap -tenning from one car to another the i' In t.roko and he fell between the car^ nnd was ground to plecos. 'l'ne crew \, nicked tho iswly up and started to town They had Bono but a 8h<>rt a,"t*"c* when Conductor Harger met death In a sTmllnr manner. Bargftr leaves a wife and oil' child. Shipley was single. Glove Fight Stopped. By Southern Aawciated. Pre**. Little Kouk, Ark.. April l.-The Kh>T? corlest which was to have c?mie off hf-ro tonight between Dan N<'*?"uu, of , ('incinnnti, and C-lrarles Memphis, was declared off. Needhain arrived several days a?o nnd went into ill ve training. M<^>)y, aet^omDanied bv'several huu'lred of bis iMbulrers, ar riVv"t l? ?t irfxht. -pin - i m i pi* Mi'iit a letter to the sheriff, and the mayor tonight . th? * iiL?ht One thou?*aiid live hundred tlc^e ?t the fTT.iiu - transferred to 'Memphis.