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VOL. XXI, NO. 21 DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1894 WHOLE NUMBER 1,007 THE WEEK IN CONGRESS Ronewod Zeal and Doubled Efforts in Pushing the Tariff Through. road to pay penalties and costs on un- pa.d taxes. The court decides that the road mnst pay the penalties on all the balance of unpaid taxes, but not the coats of levy. _ A CITY UNDtR WATER. THE NEWS IN THE SOUTH Investigating Refusal of Troops In S. C. to Obey Orders. IMMIGRATION'CONVENTION AT AUGUSTA K«t*ult of the Recent Cold Wove in tno South—The Death of n Noted Vir ginia Journalist—Other South ern Mews of Interest. Charleston, 8. C., May 13.—The mili tary court of inquiry sent here by Got. Tillman to investigate the condition of the militia, apropos of their refusal to go to Darlington during ths recent dis pensary riots, met yesterday, hut did nothing, (ten. Richhourg, Col. Willis Jones and Judge Advocate Karon reached the city Monday night and were to be joined by Gen. Dennis for the purpose of conducting the court of inquiry with reference to the Charles ton militia and their refusal to go to Darlington. Mr. W. H. MacFeat has been ap pointed official stenographer of the courtmartiai and accompanies the com mission. The members of the commis sion were waited on by General Hugu- enin on their arrival and half past 10 o'clock yesterday was appointed as the time for opening the court. General Richhourg said that the proceedings of the court would not be publicly con ducted, that reporters would not be ad mitted and the official report would not be given to the press until the work of the court should be tinished. Owing to the absence of Mr. Denais, a member of the court,nothing was done and an adjournment was had till today. Gen. T. A. linguenin, who will prob ably be the first witness before the commission, called a meeting of his officers and the captains of the Fourth brigade and announced to them the in tention of assuming the entire respon sibility for the failure of the brigads to obey the orders of Governor Till man. Gen. Huguenin will testify before the commission that the orders of the gov ernor were not extended to the com panies of the brigade by him, his rea son for failure to do so being placed on the ground of expediency—his judg ment being that the calling out of the troops would have been attended with unnecessary bloodshed. Ths Hr.alt of Frost. Thompson, Ga., May 23.—The cold wave has done considerable damage to crops. Cotton, while not killed, is ap parently badly damaged and will no doubt result in poor stands. Some of the leaves look as if scalded with hot water, and will powder up if rolled between the fingers. The bud is not materially injured. Okra and other such tender plants, if not killed, are seriously injured. Water melons are more or less damaged. Uncle John Collins says this Is the most severe cold weather in May since 183U. He says that in that year there was such a cold snap in May that wheat froze and fell down. Southern Immigration CongraM. Wahhinoton. May 23.—The Wash ington delegation, accompanied by Gov. McCorkle. of West Virginia, ex- Gov. Carroll, of Maryland, with others leave next Tuesday morning by the Richmond A Danville railroad for the southern immigration congress at Au gusta, Ga. Today a letter went to Sec retary Morton, signed by Senators Gor man, Gibson, Daniel, 11 unton, Kate, Ransom. Jarvis, Rutler, Gordon, Wall-h, Pasco, Caffery, Mills, Coke, George, Faulkner, Pugh, and Representatives Crisp and Klack calling his attention to the importance of this congress, and insisting that the agricultural depart ment send a representative—himself preferrable. _______ Kzplosion at F.n.nroln, Pensacola, Fla., May 23.—The boiler of the Harris mill, which is located a few miles east of DeFuniak, exploded with terrific force at 9 o'clock yester day morning. It was blown through the roof and deposited some 200 yards away. The mill is almost a complete wreck. The fireman, J. li. Davis, was instantly killed and horribly mangled. John Cody, one of the mill hands, re ceived probably fatal wonnds about the head. Several others of the mill hands received painful though not nec essarily serious scalds and wounds. Arkansas Fopallsta. New Orleans, May 23.—A special to the Timas Democrat from Dittle Rock, Ark., says: The state central commit tee of the Peoples party of Arkansas met in this city yesterday with 23 mem bers present The sentiment of the committee is sir. ngly against fusion and it was desided to call a state con vention for July 19, to meet in this city to put out s full state ticket It is es timated that SO counties will put out populist county tickets. ANOTHER ATLANTA SUICIDE. W. J. Calloway. Broker, Drive* Caro Away with Tea Grain* of Morphine. Atlanta, May 23.—W. J. Calloway, of No. 02 Davis street committed sui cide last night by taking ten grains at morphine. The circumstances surrounding the fatality are altogether unique. Had hit friends believed him when, sIe hours before hladeatb, he told them he had taken the deadly drug, his life would have been saved. They thought he was joking. Mr. Calloway was a man of family, and left aeven children to mourn hia tragical death. He worked for Dr. J. R. Hopkins, the broker, at 97M South Forsyth street. Cotton Damaged. Savannah, Ga., May |3.—Rgporta received frqm ppinta tributary tq bgyauqah state Cptton it somewhat damaged by cold weather. Extent of Injury not estimated. There was no NEWS STATED BRIEFLY- t ale has acoopted the resignation of James A. David, for 50 years professor of natural science. James Wilson, in a fit of ‘-emena, murdered his wife and killed himself at Cambridge, Mass, Silence Wince, while plowing near Delaware, found a gold ring a neighbor lost 25 years ago. The telegraph route via Northern Siberia to China, Japan and other places is interrupted. Heavy snow storms prevail In the midland counties of England and tfGe weather is intensely cold. Mra Mary Howard was fearfully beaten by a burglar at Wooster, who got but $1,40 tor his pains. The Spanish government has pro claimed the town of St Nazaire, France, infected with cholera. Father Murphy bitterly denounced Kishop Wigger at the altar in Newark and was arrested by two policemen. Stephen Symmes, aged S3, of Arling ton, Mass., narrowly escaped losing $0,000 in a gold brick swindle yesterday. The triennial conclave of the Supreme Council of Commercial Pilgrims of America will meet in Denver, Col., In 1896. Cyrus Ami, grandson of Governor Ami, of New Mealco, is a claimant ol part of the famous Hyde estate In Eng land. V. Hallenbeok, of New York city, as sistant chief of the records and editing division, agricultural department, has reaigeed. A gendarme was beaten to deqtth in the village of Schutzen, near Vienna, after he had shot four men and a woman. Walter Glover, a miner who refused to join the strikers, was called called to his door and shot to death near Kirmingham, Ala., Saturday. A consistory was held in the Sale Regia at the Vatican at which the new cardinals were presented with their hats. The pope appeared in excellent A reward of $3,000 will be offered for the capture of the Taylor brothers, dead or alive, by Linn and Sullivan counties. Missouri. The supreme court and court of oyer and tormlrr-, with grand Jury, will further inve igate the Cornell chlorine case at Ithaca, N. Y. The general council of Christian Unions of the the United States assem bled yesterday in quadrennial conven tion at Holt, Mass. The Butler Hard Rubber Company has been awarded damages against Newark and the East Jersey Water Company of $72,899.1«. It is reported that the isaue of $I5«,- 000 public improvement bonds by Iron- wood, Mich., which were taken by a New York firm. Is illegal. The Christian Endeavor Missionary League of the Reformed Church of America has elected DeWitt Mason, of New York, as president. The Xortheastesn Life Insurance company, capital $23,000, of Manches ter, N. U., has decided to wind up its business and to reinsure. Ten lads connected with prominent temperance families at Westfield, N. J. , were arrested for breaking into an applejack distillery Saturday night The Wisconsin Central yesterday sold to J. J. Kennedy and Fayette Shaw, of Medford, Wis., 50,000 acres of hemlock lands in Taylor and Rice counties Seven persons were Instantly killed in a collision on the Newport News <1 Mississippi Vallep railroad, twelve miles east of Princeton, Ky., Saturday. It is said that in the distribution ol queen's birthday honors Mackensic Rowell and Frank Smith, members of the Dominion cabinet, will be knighted. Slight shocks of earthquake were experienced in the Annaadale and Esk- dale Hills, nesr Dumfries, Scotland. Friday. The vibrations traveled north ward. The annual inspection of the Thir teenth Separate Company of the Na tional Guard will be held by*Inspector- General McGrath at Jamestown Wednesday night The program committee of the Na tional Editorial Association has com pleted arrangements for the tenth an nual convention at Anbury Park, N. J., in July, Tramps piled a ton of fish-plates on the Boston A Albany track ta wreck the Adams express train at Worcester, Mass., but the train plowed through uninjured. There Is talk of the Dominion gov ernments imposing an export duty on Canadian nickel, of which large quan tities will be required by the United States government. The workmen at the state fair grounds at Springfield, IIL, while excavating for the exposition building, unearthed the remains of thirty-two human bodies in a forgotten burial ground. The Russian government baa decided to settle 4,400 peasants from Southern Russia and 100 Cossack families in Ussuri, Siberia, during the summer en tirely at the expense of the govern ment The annual meeting of the Damson Consolidated Store Service Company, with capital stock of $4,000,000, which controls all the pateats for cash car riers in stores, was held la Newark, N. J., Friday. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of Yew York has filed a hill to enjoin the bondholders of ex-Treasurer M t 4, O'Brien, of Chattanooga, Xo a e«0Me, from selling his property to hSTO • re ceiver appointed. T^e Yqle corporation elected Hara|l« W. Parker, professor qf music; George M. Dtmcan, professor of philosophy; F, K. Sanders, Woolsey professor of bibli cal literature, and Samuel B. Sanford, professor of piano playing. ‘•THE END IS SIGHT,” SAYS ONE. In th« lions# General Legislation Will Con sume the Week—Busy Days Ahead for Kepresentires In Both the Branches of Congress. Washington, May 32.—“Th# end la in sight,” remarked Senator Jones, of the finance committee, “and we expect to be-in gathering taxes under the Wi.son bill on the first day of July, which begins the new fiscal year.” This statement was indorsed by Mr. Harris The fact that beginning today the senate meets at 10 o'clock, and the belief that the re publicans hare de cided not to interpose unreasonable oppos'tion or prolonged debate on the bill, lead the managers of the bill to take a cheepful view of the situation. Messrs Harris, Voorhees and Jones, of Arkansas, assert that they have the 43 votes necessary to pass the bill. The republican leaders admit the impossi bility of consolidating their votes into a cohesive whole, t abject to the call of the parliamentary managers. The metal schedule has now been reached and but two more schedules remain to he acted upon before the sugar sched ule is called up. Democrats assert that they will finish the metal and wood schedules this week, but republicans say the debate on iron ore and the manufacturer of iron will he protected, and that the metal schedule cannot possibly be disposed of this week, leav ing the free lumber debate to follow a week later. No set speeches have been arranged on the tariff, hut it is probable that Mr. Quay will come to the front again, as his state is especially interested in the metal schedule. Mr. Quay's speech, bo fur as it has been delivered—in in stallments April 14, 18 and 3U and May P, 4 and 8—would make over 150closely printed newspaper columns With seven and a half hours a day for the consideration of the pending bill during the current week, it would seem that some headway ought to be made. Mr. Morgan is anxious to have the Chinese treaty disposed of, and It may happen that Mr. Harris will grant him an afternoon for this purpose. Th* Week In th* Houm. Some general legislation is In sight in the house this week. The managers have come to the conclusion that it will he safe now to intermit for a brief period their efforts to send appropria tion hills to the senate inasmuch as that body is apparently committed to the tariff bill for a month or more, to the exclusion of all other business. Two or three days will be required, it is believed for the consideration of the legislative, executive aud judicial ap propriation hill, which will he taken up today under the five-minute rule. Although general debate on the meas ure has been exhausted, there are features which will be criticised quite extensively in short reports Among these are the provisiona of the bill in tended to reorganize the accounting branch of the treasury department, aboliahing the offices of second comp troller and deputy second controller, and reducing the clerical force. With the final disposal of this meas ure, consideration of appropriation bills will be suspended for a time and other matters taken up. The first of these will be the Brawley bill to suspend the operation of the 10 per cent tax law on respect of the clearing house certifi cates and other substitutes for cur rency issued during the financial crisis of last year, reported from the commit tee on banking and currency. The amendment to this offered by Mr. Cox, Democrat, of Tennessee, providing for the repeal of the law outright, will be the principal feature of the discussion. The majority of the committee are com mitted against the unconditional repeal of the law, but it is understood that the great majority of Democrats, all the Populists and a few Republicans will vote for the amendment These two measures are expected te occupy all of the week. Should their discussion fall short of that period, the Hatch anti-option bill will be taken up. FATHER MALONE ON TRIAL. The Opening of the Celebrated Denver Catholic Excommunication Case. Denver. Col., May 22.-The excom munication trial of Father Malone opened this morning. Father Malone, rector of one of the Denver Catholic parishes and editor of the leading Catholic paper in the far west, has, with 100 of hia parishioners, been ex communicated by Bishop Nicholas Matz for bringing an injunction against the bishop, restraining the latter from interfering with the publication of tha newspaper. Father Malone had previously criticised the bishop in the columns of the journal, a course which his ecclesiastical superior pun ished with excommunication. Arch bishop Salpointe, of Santa Fe, presided over the court by which the questions at issue will be tried, and the celebra ted Dr. Burtsell, of New York, will conduct the defense of the accused priest and hia 100 parishioners A Virginia Cyrlons. Richmond, Va., May 23.—A cyclone swept over Hanover county Saturday evening, doing great damage to fences, crops and outhouses. Two dwellings were blown down, those of Messrs. George Martin and William Wood. No one was killed, but Mrs. Martin had her skull fractured by the falling tim bers of her house. The adjoining county, Henrico, the streams are very much swollen and a number of bridges hava been washed away; Denied by ths Coort. Ci! ari.rston, S, C., May 23. - The United States circuit court yesterday refused the petition of the state to turce the Richmond and Danville rail WtUianuport, Pa., Cut ON from th* Ontald* World—A Heavy Logit. Williamsport, Pa., May 2!.—At 1 o'clock yesterday the water in the Sus quehanna river here had raised to a height of 31 feet above low water, one foot higher than the disastrous flood of 1889. The entire city is under water from 4 to 20 feet. The water was still rising at the rate of 6 inches an hour. All the logs at the boom which broke at 1 o’clock yesterday morning have been swept away, as well as many saw mills and houses in the lower part of the city. All telegraph and telephone commu nication with the outer world is now suspended, the offices being flooded and close i as this dispatch is being sent. In the business portion of the city the water has reached a depth of eight feet and shows no signs of receding. The rain is still coming down in torrents. The loss has already reached more than a million dollars, and unless relief toon comes it will ha three times that amount. No trains have arrived or de parted from the city for twenty-four hours. The river reachea 35 feet at 7 o’clock tonight, making a new record for it* floods An hour later the waters had begun to recede and at 9 o'clock they had fallen one foot The loss to the city will aggregates million and a half. HANDY WITH THEIR GUNS. Two White Men »nd a Negro Killed la a Street Duel. New Orleans, May 23.—The Pica yune's Plaquemine (La.) special says: A most deplorable shooting affair took place at DorseyviUe, nine miles below this place, on the Texas and Pacific railway. It seems that a dago and a negro engaged in a fight in front of Block A Lebe's store, which attracted the attention of everybody around, and, among others, Messrs. Adolph Block and Jules Lebe, his brother-in-law. The negro took offense at something that was said and went off and got his gun and returned. Seeing this Messrs. Block and Lebe armed themselves In the shooting which followed Messrs. Adolph Block snd Jules Lebe and the negro were killed outright. Mr. Block is a young man who came to this par ish from Clinton, La., where he is held in high esteem. Mr. Lebe is from Texas FAVORITE IN THE RUCK. Day's Sport on the Now Olobratod Grave- *«- n d Turf, New York, May 23. —Notwithstand ing occasional heavy showers and cloudy, threatening weather, over three thousand persons attended the races at Gravesend yesterday. The talent looked for “mud” horses and did not care much for anything else. There were two stake races on the program —the Sea side stakes for two-year-olds and the Gazette stakes for fillies three years old. Dreibund was the favorite in the former race, but finishAl in the ruck. Tancred, a 15 to 1 shot, won. Tha race for the Gazette stakes went to the favorite, Nahma. The result of the first race was a blow to the talent, who backed Herkimer heavily. Applause, a second favorite, won handily by two lengths. The second and fifth were won by those good mud horses, Hlitzen and Hoey. The last race resulted in a big surprise for the talent. Aurelian defeated the crack three-year-old Dob bins quite handily. CLEMSON COLLEGE BURNED. Th* Splendid Main Building at Fort Hill, S. C., Destroyed by Fire. Charleston, S. C., May 28.- The main building of the Clemson college at Fort Hill caught fire at daylight yesterday. Tne main building is a total loss. The dormitory, chapel and mechanical bnilding were all saved. The Clemson Agricultural College, so called from Thomas G. Clemson, son-in- law of John C. Calhoun, who donated the ground for its site, stands within a stone's throw of Calhoun s old home. It is the State Agricultural and Me chanical College, and was established in 1893 as the result of a long agitation by the farmers of the state an agita tion which was begun by Ben Tillman, and which landed him in the governor'* chair before the institution which he began his public career by champion ing was opened. Indorsed th* Exposition. Newport News, Va., May 23,—A spe cial meeting of the Newport New* Business Men's Association was called yesterday afternoon to hear Col. I. VV. Avery on the Atlanta exposition, and resolutions were unanimously adopted indorsing the Cotton States and Inter national Exposition at Atlanta. Hill at Work on * New Tariff Bill. St. Paul, May 2I.-A Washington special to the Disp*tch says that Sena tor Hill has been for the past week at work on an entirely new tariff bill, to be substituted for the so-call«d senate compromise tariff hill. TM* Trial HI* Second. Nashville. Tenn.. May 23.—Mr. A. Spurr. president of the defunct Com mercial National bank was yesterday placed on trial in the federal court on a charge of certifying the checks of Dobbins A Lazey, when that firm’s ac count was overdrawn The prosecuting counsel stated that they expected te prove that Spurr certified checks for $130,000 when he knew that the firm had not the money in th* bank. Th* taking of evidence then began. RICHMOND, va., May 23.—Loi. Frc* —. Skinner, who was colonel of the old First regiment during th* war, died at Charlottesville yesterday, aged 89 years. He wn* born in Maryland and was edu cated at West Poiqt He was for sora# year* after the w»r on the editorial bluff of th* Turf, Field and Farm of Kaw York. STRIKERS THE ASSASSINS. LAW CARDS. Walter Glover, a Non-Strlklng Miner la Alabeau, Killed In ( aid Blood. Birmingham, Ala.. May 22.—Another chapter has been added to the list of outrages committed recently by In censed striking miners, About 3 o'clock yesterday morning a body of maakrd miners went to the house of Walter Glover, a non-striker, and deliberately assassinated him in cold blood. He waa asleep at his boarding place and was awakened by repeated raps upon a door near his bedside. Awaking, he went to the door, and before opening asked who knocked. The reply cam* that it was officers, when th* door was half opened. Report* from shotguns, well loaded with buckshot, and Winchester rifles, broke the stillness of the morning and filled his body with bullets and shot, producing death instantly, The door was shot into splinters and his body riddled. There were some other in mates of the house, one of whom was slightly wounded with shot Glover had been working all the time and had been instrumental in obtain ing other labor to fill the places of strikers. This is the reason assigned for the cowardly crime. OATES THE NOMINEE. The Context In Alabama Ends with the Convention'* Aetlon. Montgomery, May 22.—Col, W. C. Oates was nominated tonight on the first ballot for governor, and his nomi nation waa. on motion of Rufus N. Rhodes, made unanimous. After speeches by Oates and Johnston the convention adjourned Other Nomination*. Montgomery, Ala., May 23. — The convention, upon assembling this morning, immediately took tbe nomi nation of other state house officers up. The result was: Secretary of Mate -James Kirk Jack- son, of Florence. Treasurer—J. Craig Smith, of Dallas. State Auditor—John 1‘urifoy, of Cam den. The latter two had no opposition. After a hard fight over the nomina tion of a candidate for attorney gen eral, William C. Fits, of Tuscaloosa, was chosen on tha eleventh ballot. The committee on platform is in ses sion, but have not agreed on the reso lutions. President Cleveland's admin istration will be indorsed. DRIFTING IN FROM THE WRECK. Fla* Crew Ties and Torn RlfElng Tell th* Tnl* of Destruction. Beaufort, N. C„ May 22.—Quanti ties of pine cross ties are coming ashore in the vicinity of Cape Lookout, and •ome spars with rigging attached are In the vicinity of the stranded British steamship Aberlady in the bay off Cape Lookout. It is supposed that an other sailing vessel is lost and proba bly all hands on board. This iron ship Is under the water in the track of coasters and should be blown up. Amriim’s Victory la France. Paris, May 21.—Harry Wheeler, the American bicyclist, won the scratch race of 10,000 metres yesterday for the prix ruifec. Ex-Onv. Fries sinking Fast. Oakland, N. J., May 23. —Ex-Oov. Price is sinking rapidly and hie death Is expected at any moment. The order Issued by chancellor McGill notifying him to pay $40,000 to the heirs of the Samuel Forrest estate by Sunday on penalty of imprisonment will, it is ex pected, he offset b/ his death, tinlted States government engineer* are inspecting the proposed sites for fortifying the Pacific coast at Port Townaend, Wash. All things being equal, that is if we can give you as good work for the same money (as we guarantee to do), you should have your job-priuting done at The Darlington Neyvs office instead of sending off for it. “How do you like that color ed valet you imported from Al bany?” “He won’t do.” “What’s the matter?,” “I told him last night to get out what 1 needed for the ball and he brought me my razor.” —Life. Stem Employer—I hear you were at the ball game yesterday afternoon. Office Boy—Yes, sir. Stern Employer—I suppose you were on the qui vive. Office Boy—No, sir. I was on de fence.—Philadelphia Re cord. The rates charged at The Darlington News office for job- printing are in accordance with the flxwi scale recently agreed upon by all the printers of Dar lington, and are exactly the same as prevail in such cities as Charleston and Columbia. MRS. M. J. BTRD wishes to inform her friends and the Public Generally that she is “SELLING OUT AT COST” her entire stock of mm?, iw nun m. Mch 22 to Jut 1. Darlington Lodge No. 7, Knights of Pythl an, meets on 1st ami 3rd Tuesday Evenings in each month, at Castle Hall, Florence street, opposite Hroad. Visit ing brothers fraternally invited. I F ^OV. U/OuJJ.'fcLe Last. J l I hlrr\, Th q//J'( > cWy ^ Jo 13 Office R. W. BOYD. GKO. W. BROWN BOYD & BROWN- Attorney* and Counselors at Law Office in brick building south of the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTON C. B , &. C. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. «. W. DARGAN. H. T. THOMPSON. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Office in Darlington Guards’ Armory building, lower floor. Darlinffton, S. C • K. O WOODS. T. H. SPAIN WOODS & SPAIN, (Successors to Ward & Woods,) Attorneys & Counsellors at Law. Offices formerly occupied by Ward & Woods, over Bank of Darlington. Practise in State and Federal Courts. Prompt personal atten tion to all business. mn.t. McGIR1,U.D.S.,«A Offers his profesxiuuai sm vices te the people of Darlington and vicln'.t.f. Office over the store of Edwards, » a meut & Co. Jan Iv Do You Realize Hot Important a Part SHOES Play in the Appearance Of a Person? They are the most noticeable article you wear, and you cannot be well dressed without good shoes. Our Spring Stock has arrived and we have the very latest styles for street wear in Russets and Black Shoes, while for evening dress we have every thing in the Shoe line, from Patent Leathers for men to the prettiest, daintiest Slippers for ladies. DavMngton Shoe Stove, Woods <fe Milling, Prop’s. April 12— ATTENTION! We beg to call the attention of the people of Darlington and surrounding country to the fact that our stock of Spring & Sui II mer Goods is complete. Especial attention is called to our line of Ladies’ Wash Dress Goods. BLACK ORGANDIES, Plain and Fancy; DIMITIES, DOTTED SWISS, Etc. Large line of Staple Itvy Goods At all seasons of the year. The following lines are also worthy of your notice: READY-MADE CLOTHING for Men, Boys and Children, Hats. Shoes and Groceries. We solicit your patronage and promise to do as well for you as any house in Darlington county. Respectfully, Three of the very best papers of their kind in the country, the Weekly New* and Courier anu the Soulier* Cultivator, and TPk Darlington News will all be sent to any address for one year for |2,4&. 4t For sale at great bargains for cash—a lot of second-hand sew ing machines, many of them practically as good as new; ap ply at this office. BRUNSON, LUNN & CO Eftabli/hed 1858. Re-Established 1889,