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VOL. XLVI. WINNSBOBO, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1890. NO. 6. J - J?UUiU JJ ? - JB1LM . i?UUWUTLJI,. .J?HUB. ^ PLAHNG AT POLITICS. THE FARCE OF A REPUBLICAN' STATE CONVENTION. j Federal Office-holders in South Carolina Try to Kee;> the Xe;;roes Otiiet. l>v Kr.nninff the Party Machinery, Althoasrh it has Nothing to Griml. Columbia. S. C.. September IT.?For twelve hours to-d;iy, Irorn 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. the Kepub::.<...u SUleExccutive Committee cooped up in the Colored Odd Fei ows* Hull, struggled ;md pers- | pired ov-r t-.e numerous contests upon, j the determination of which depended j the polit c"l fate of Chairman Urayton. j Very leaked out of the sealed j doors r v; t ie result, but it was report- j edthat Brayton, having a majority or the j committee, would have enough of his; contesting delegations seated to ensure j him the pre'iminary organization, and j therefore th i victory. At 6 P. M. it was announced that the j com mitt te.would agree at about 8. I'.! M. and L;e Convention would meet in ! the Hcu -? of Representatives at that. hour, but w en the city clock struck j oaiy a iev?- ceiegates 01 tne ui lzo t were in their seats. The door of the | hall "V\ as closely sentineled and only j members of the Convention were ad- ] mitted. They straggled in very slow-1 ly, for the c< mmittee had not concluded its labors. v The aiuiK'iicea?senihVd faster. The; gallaries w re soon li.l- d wills spec-1 tatois, ranging in color from bull' to! ebony,and ju quality from the fash-! ionaoly dies<ed representatives of the i highest culOi i-d society of the city to the j patched and ragged plough hand of the j rural distro. A novel eature of ti.e Conyention j was the pre> - nee of about seven color-' ed new^i>;;j er men, apparently all j ^ _ preacher- ai d rue nbers of the staff of! Qre^a'n etfcr?^G Seiner, a small colored: weekly-pK'! -Led in this city. It wasj a revela on of enterorise. and thev I seemed lull;- < .mscious or il as they leaned owr heir desk with sharpened pencils a:.d teaming smiles. A d;ish of sunset color was given the I sombre r: ass of delegates by the carHfe mine tints of W. W. JSussell's luxuriant whi.-keis. Their owner moved ? about tfc<* hi 11, confabulating earnestly |jj| with his lellowsof all shades. Shortly af .er 9 o'clock Ijratton, Mil-i Br ler and ihe others who h;td been fight- j W ingin committee entered the hall and were immediately surrounded by^ their friends. For half an hour afterwards the delegate-and wo kers were divided into groups or rushing around with or k for news. All was confusion. I "At last, wnen the gaUaries and the P fioo: weie crowd < a, Stare Chairman Braytoi rapped to order the Conven\ tion. which had less than half a dozen whites in and about a score of rnui^ latoes. The hour was 9.45. Mr. Bravton request! the gen'lemeu not deieto ret ' r_o t<?_u>rx^L ?>f the hal]^. yi so tBatTffe 'tiele gates couid be seatedI and request i d Secretary John A. Bar re to read the call. The call was read. m Mr. Bra>too: 'Gentlemen of the Convention, in obedience to the call you have heard we have assembled and the Conve'i iou is now ready to pro-! |^l ceed to but it ess. The secretary will! now call the tenipoaiy roll." H Secretary liar re call* d the roll as fol-! L * vi r r> ! r^uucviuu?ij iviiiiri, o iuiwcii, : A J Jamison, J W Tolbert, John J Key-! no'ds. Aiken?E J Dickerson, C F Holland, j Geo J WftchirTtOD, S E Smith. Anderfor? ,f A Clark, L Jones, 31 H | Gassoway, Femy Kennedy. Barnwell?Fred Nix, Jr., W S Nixon, j M A. Mixon, S P Will'ums, C C Robinson. lerVeley?R H Jenkins, A f Frioieau, j J E Wall?- ?, Frank Ladson, James Col-! *-"lins James ijin^'eion. s"?x m -\rm.??.,.. rn t n i m XKJillUUl I i. .El JJ.I XI, X O VT fc-' A llead, Kob: Smalls, ft Charleston?John A Rodney, J M Fre*-1 mar. H W Fiuvis, \V D Cram, M E ; ft Brown T H .lores, F P Crura. BRv Chesler?D C Baum. Carter Ross, J C Chisbo'm. Chesterfield?H L Shrewsbury, E H j C'arendon?Syfax Milton, Gibert Henry, j M Cantey. Cc*'eto:i?W F Myers, W A Paul, E G j Bei nett Joseph Brown, 11 Wicri. Darlington?E H Deas, G W Wines,! W H Wait dill. Edgefe'd?P Siropkins, A Nicholson, J ! A Sin-ukius, Wesley Logan, C. W Holmes. F?!it5eld?J S Bird, O $ kelson, A C Stewau. t Florence?J t wuson, a Williams. Georgetown?G E Heriof, Frank Lowrance. Greenville?John PScmjiss, W AKielre, Thomas Brier. Newto.i ?om-s, Henry Sims. Hampton?P H IlUey, W W Blake. Horn?J C Singleton, E P Cochran. Kershaw?O G Levy, Frank Garter, \V | ' B Harris. ^ Lancaster?Joseph Clark, Thomas A l Barres. Laurens?C G Garrett, I' S Suber, T A Saxon, J II 3:oo:e. Mr Lexington?A W Johnson, M E Boo_ar. a lion?"VI IToIIcway, W II Collier, P B j Marlboro?H A Blown, G W Sanders, E D Long. Newberiy?R F. "Williams, B B Boozer, i A P Jones.* IBT Ocoree?M HBryee, Ed Evans. W Orangeburg?E A Webster, J H FordBk ham, H A Boatick, Rocert Baxter, \V- E i an Cheesboro. BP Pickens?1! U Bendilets, W M Bird. P Richland?E31 Biayton, A W Curtis,! E W Weston. H W Woodward. m Spartanbirg?B F Cleans. J L Young, J P Enso . .J 'J Brown, II D A Smith. -San^r?G W Murray, W J Audreys,; ( EH Roach, A J Andrews, RII Richardson, i Jr. Union?George E Tucker. F C Clark, E j T> T? aj i/un Williamsbirs?Louis.. Jacobs, J E Sir.gletary, \V J Gamble. 1"ork?.! M Clinton, J B Smith. T S Simpson, G A Waits. The temporary roll included the Brayton contestants from Berkeley, Colleton, K? rshaw and Oconee,and the Anti-Bn.yit.u dele nations from Charleston, Give = ville and Marlboro. These last named delegates were citizens <>i Darlington and seemed to h;;ve bffj'. st ii-appointed. When T'non County was reached the name of Wade Hampton was read as one of the delegates. A hearty laugh testified limine sense of humor of the P- V?OQYenIIOI1 il Ui i. utwjm uu washeaid. As if conceding the incongruity, the Union delegate withdrew Hampton's name ar.d substituted that of E. I>. Dawkins. After pra er J. H. Ford ham, of Orangeburg, presented the name of Bobert Sna.ls, of Beaufort, who had been chos-en by his old enemy, Miller, and other <>r Jiray tori's opponents to (leieal lii** pi" oiaic elicit nirtu jlvi temporary ] ;^ideat. Fordb iii: made a ll -rki speech of tifteen - in praise oi the "Gullah" r?^ states mar., uuriug which he declared that the nt'^ro rac<* was in South CaroI lina to si.-.y ami w.ss becoming inteiiigetit, cultured and rehn<^. The tnue ' was con.;::-> wh-.-ii the ae&To shall staad in South Caroiiua not as a negro, but i as ;i free educated citizen. Having alluded to Smalls as a great and good man, and a titter running among the Braytonites, he declared that he meant | what he said when he called Smalls a great and good man. [A horse laugh from the Bray ton Berkeley delegation.] His concluding remark, that the Convention did not want to be called bulldozers or bamboozlers either, was 2iv<-U'<l with general laughter. II. L". Shrewsbury* of Chester, nominated ,io?. temporary chairman State; Chairman E. M. Bray ton. lie made a very crood speech. Ills references to J Jirayton were endorsed by an extraor- j dinary demonstration in the Conven-j lion and the galleries. The JBrayton men rose to their feet and cheered and : waved hats and handkerchiefs and the j galleries sent out a roar of applause. inciir w M CAti AUIU;u<u > riuiuioiuoiii, re;.'l or assumed. E. .J. Dickerson. of Aiken, seconded Drayton's nomination. lie was glad of the opportunity of supporting so gallant, patriotic, "true and noble a Republican ;is Ellery M. Brayton. He made reference to the efforts of Mrs. Brayton in behalf of the families of the prisoners lynched at Barnwell. She had, he ; said, cherished by her efforts the widows of victims of a most diabolical crime. [Great applause and cries of "Tell it."I II. "W. Purvis, of Charleston, seconded j SmaJls's nomination. He made a very i "highfalutin" speech, in whic-n he decided he rose in defence of the gentleman who, as a soldier, liad made it Vi sible for the present incumbent < Bi ayton) to be chairman of a South _arolina Republican Convention. George W. Murray, of Sumter, a big black delegate, spoke for Smalls and brought up the records of the two candidates. T. A. Saxon, dean of the law school of Allen University, Columbia, advocated Brayton, and"asserted that if the gentleman on the other side wanted vwnriis shown hd. Rravton's friends were ready to compare"records from I the Court House all the way down the line. This palpable hit at Smalls was greeted with Braytonite laughter and cheers. At last nominations were closed and Bray ton relinquished the chair to T. A. Saxon. Two tellers were appointed and the roll of delegates was called. The candidates held well together until the last few counties . were reached, then Smalls forged ahead. Tom Miller, who had forgotten his; hatred for Smalls in his newer and bitterer animosity to and rivalry with Bravton, shouted out: "God bless you!" and"*'Come in!" as the Pnal votes "were! past, fnr Smalls The consolidated office holders in opposition to Brayton bad a great jubilee ;is soon as that chieftain's defeat was assured. They danced, swung their hats, embraced each other and yelled strenuously. The vote was: Smalls 74, Brayton 51. Deas and Crum were appointed to escort Gen. Smalls to the chair. Smalls spoke as follows: Fellow-Republicans: It is with great pleasure that I accept the distinguished honor that you have conferred upon me to-night. I do not ask or need your sympathy, and I will not wearv you with ^speech at this late hour. Eaougn, j and perhaps too much, has been said | trr-.lhe ^nominating of men for this i position? "Speeehes .don't elect men, as has been demonstrated to night, but quiet, persistent work. [A voice: ' Boodle.''] So ended the General's speech. ]>. F. Means, of Spartanburg, was unanimously elected temporary secretary, and Barre, o: Richland, and Sperrv, of Georgetown, assistants. Andrews, of Sumter, protested against the smoking of cigars and eating o. pinders in the hall." Let us have some respect. - ? X I i nc? uiair: ".me genueman must bear in mind, that cigars have been free to-dav." The Anti-Braytonites moved the appointment of a committee on credentials, consisting of one delegate from each Congressional district and two at large. The Bray ton ites urged that the committee should be composed of one delegate from each uncontested county; dehvsation. A i ter a good deal of speechifying and i confusion, the call of the roll was be- i gun at midnight to determine the J question. The Brayton substitute was lost?52 j to 57. On the question of appointing a com- j niiitee of nine members the yeas and | nays were demanded. '! he Anti-Bray ton ites succeeded.; Tii* motion providing for a committee ! t.f nine was adopted by a vote of 73 to 38. Much confusion attended the voting and the announcement. A Braytonite moved to adjourn. The Chair ruled hat under the operation of the pre-1 vious question a motion to adjourn \ could be entertained. This was an j ( x rat'idiaarv rnliiijr. especially as the i '. (?:!y !;;ui adopted no rules providing for any such tiling as a previous question. W. F. Myers, of Colleton, appealed from the deeission of the Chair, as the adoption <?i: the resolution had disposed c>i t lie previous question A motion to table the appeal was j made. The call of the roll 011 the motion to \ t.ible was constantly interrupted,1 various voters claiming that their1 names ha;1 not been called. Saxon and j others of the IJravtonites devilled) Chairman Smalls considerably, and j I'tTe w-r- so:i:t- very amusing "scenes, j Charges of illegil votjng were made. The lirayton delegates protested that the Anti-lirayton men .had been allowed to vote three times, while they coma r.oc gei meir votes rccoraeu. K. II. Jenkins, of Berkeley, slung defiance at the chairman for quite a while. : At last the patience of Fred Xix was exhausted. Rushing up to the reporter's desk he shook his list at Chairman Smalls and shouted: "You come here with your Tom Reed's rulings, but we won't "stand them. We; know you were a Penitentiary con vie.', due here you come with your d?? fooling. I know what we have to expect. You'and E. A. Webster have got your slate fixed, but you can't get our votes for your ticket. I'm as good a Republican as any man in South Carolina, but I'll go home and vote for Ben Tillman before I'll support your j I slate." Smalls writhed in spirit, but he ! couldn't stop the torrent. Xix was j thoroughly aroused and thoroughly enj raged. lu the supreme confusion which fol| lowed, the announcement of the vote ; could not be heard. Twenty Brayton ! delegates t hronged the aisle and sim1 ? 11 i r i UiUilK'tnissy yei:eu nu ia~oguiwuu. They swore ai the Chair, taunted him, and threatened him. but he wouldn't recognize any ot them. At last a motion to adjourn was made, and a motion to t ike a recess for two hours was offered !>y an Anti: BraytoniTe as a substitute. The Chair decided the substitute in ! order. Meyers appelead. The Chair was over! ruled"and at 1.30 A. 2d. the Convention | adjourned uniil 'J A. AI. to-morrow. I It was long before the angry and {excited crowd left the hall. Nix "prom I ;seil to give Smalls a worse dose to- j j morrow, and Smalls damned Nix and | said that he was equal to him. The Chair made the following ap-! | pointments for the committee on civ- j i dentials : At Large, E. II. J)eas and II. j B. Ilendrix; 1st district, JS. M. 1$ooz?t;! | 2d, W. S. Dixon; 3d, W. A. Clark; 4t n,; I J. L. Young; 5th, J. J). Smith; (Ith. j | Louis Jacobs; 7th, R. II. Richardson, j D'xon is said to be the only J3rayton- : ite on the committee, and the result of i its work is therefore a foresrooe conclu-! sion. It met immediately after the ! adjournment of the Convention. I lirayton's supporters art- staggered ; | by their defeat." They attribute it to ; I t he free use of money by the Adminis I tration office-holders." I ritLi/-\YTm T pnnninrrhtjm t.hpV I UWiijU A. VUUU4tip.*??.*i, v- - ? I corrupted the Convention and bought! up enough delegates to defeat Brayton. They have not abandoned hope, however, and say that Brayton will have a much larger vote for State chairman than he received to-night. The delegates have plenty of money ! ar 1 are spending it freely. The business of the saloons near!>y the Stale House indicates that there is boodle afloat. The committee on credentials sat up all Thursday night hearing tin: c.rstents. and at 9 A. M., when the Convention reassembled, had not reached j's conclusions. A committee was sent. alter it to ascertain when a report could be expected. Fred Nix, and others of the minority, paid their respects to Chairman Smalls, and managed to get a good deal of amusement out of speeches during the period of waiting. By these means ti:* delay was purged of its weariness.; There wn? entertainment for all. When Saxon came in he bowed iron- j ically to Chairman Smalls, saying: "I i doff my chapeau to your distinguished j name."'" Andrews, of Sumter, moved for a iive i minutes' rule, no member to spe:ik! more than twice on the same subject. | Jenkins, of Berkeley, was not ready ' for the question. ''The reason, Mr. j Chairman, for my non-readiness is j this:" lie then opposed gag law. Andrews declared that nothing but < gag law was known in Berkeley County. It was a poor rule that didn't work both ways. Priolean, of Berkeley, jumped up and ! shorted excitedly: "Stop that! Don't j insinuate on Berkeley. We had to do j: that to keep down the money power." j < The irror>rpc?ihip Jenkins rose to Si i question of personal privilege. lie had J been particularly "attacked" by the ; gentleman from Sumter, who belonged to the ungodly ring which was trying : to rule politics in South Carolina. It : was true that gag law had been pra<- j1 ticed on Berkeley, but she has a force!; of ambition that don't submit, to it." Dickinson suggested that too mu-fh food was being given to the pers, and proposed a suspension oi. the discussion. < Jenkins kept up his humorous remarks for some time 'o the great amusement of his faction, who whooped tim up liberally. At last an amend- ' raent by Jenkins, extending the limit 1 to ten minutes, aaopreu. Fred rose to do something1 he | had never done before?make an unni-1 cgy lor good behavior. He admitted j that he had got somewhat excited last night from the manner things were proceeding here and the rulings of the Chair. He might make an apology to the Convention, but not to the presiding ofiicer?for he was responsible for it. He recounted his efforts to obtain recognition from the Chair and their failure. The Chair saw and heard him, but deliberately ignored him. !N*ix made a rambling speech, touching fragment-irily upon a dozen sub- ' jects, but rather obscurely. He had 1 said last night he was afraid ho might be forcod to support Tillman. It was ; very hard, lor he was something of an : aristocrat himself. [Cheers and laugh-1 ter.] He believed in educated white j: m?n. When we got such in oflice there j would not be so much oppression of ne- { groes. He might be excluded from the Republican party, but he would'nt vote for Alonzo Webster. Miller tried to interrupt him, and 1 Nix appealed to the Cnair. If the Chair had not the manhood to protect him in his rights he (Nix) had the manhood to protect himself. [Cheers.] lie ; alluded to his course at the Chicago Convention, which seems to have been nrivatelv criticised. He had voted for ' Alg-sr because lie thought best. lie j had not, like the Chair, gone to Bayne, I of Pennsylvania, to ask how to vote, or.! like Alonzo Webster, to Char.ncey Depew for the same purpose. lie j touched up Matt Quay rather c;ujsli-! cally. He taunted Miller v;ith his failure to j get to Congress. It was the very devil.! he said, when a man had both "the ad- i ministration and his constituents j against him. Yet the gentleman?this | would-be Congressman, who, thank! God, wouldn't get to Congress?came here saying that the Administration was against Brayton. lie wound up bv saying that the Republicans of the North and West didn't want to have negroes iu oflice, and the Convention j knew it. Miller (dramatically :) "The very vile attack of the gentleman from Barnwell, incited by Mr. Brayton, against Senator Quay fails harmless, for it is not in the power of the gentleman from Barnwell to touch the hem of the garments of the Senator from Pennsylvania ! As to his attack on me I s;:.v (addressing Xix) if you can enjoy air*thing out of the buzzing you are ma ing buzz on! but, shoo 11 v !" [Applause and laughter.] Jenkins made another attack on the Chair. lie had met such parlimentarians as the Chair before now, and the/ all had come from that little town 0:1 the Gulf Stream. [Laughter.] T. II. Jones, of Charleston, said that he belonged to that class of men who was not ambitious for the fame of newspaper notoriety and did not care for his name to appear as a speaker on this floor. lie wished to tell Frederick Xiw of Barn well. that he had stabbed the Republican party in the hack. Mr. Xix should have apologized Tor the blasphemous and unseemly language, used on the lloor of the Convention last night. Ignorance was the barnacle on the bottom of the ship of State, and u:.til it should be removed and enlighte:;ed speech and decorous conduct take its place we would never take the place we ought to take in this grand American Republic. At 12.yO i)eas. or JJarimirion, cnairman of the committee on cr?fientials, reported. He said that the committee had been up ail night, and had given careful consideration to the cases. They handed in a roll of the uncontested delegations. As to the contests they recommended that the delegations headed by the following persons be Colleton?J. F. Brown, Anti-Brayton. Charleston? W. D. Criim, Anti-Bray! ton. Kershaw?W. E. Boykin, Anti-BrayI I wsi. Oconee?"\V. J. Thomas, Anti-Bray' ton. Greenville?John B. Scruggs, Antij Brayton. Berkeley?R. IL Jenkins. Brayton, j j W. S. Dixon and M. E. Boozer. ! A minority of the committee made a . V' : :>> - T*' U'Jss.-Z--. report against the action of the ma-} jority in recommending the unseating! of the present delegations from Chaileston. Colleton and Oconee:md the di.smissaJ "r * he protest against the Marlboro delegation. They declared that thev had found it impossible to receive for their side an impartial hearing. In the coarse of debate a charge was; made 'hat S. P. :J'iti"r. of (>>!!ct'?n, had j wore a red sh:rt in J870. a::d voted for j Hampton. jjutler took the floor and said : "The charge has been made flat 8. P. Daticr have not only wear red shut lair red iuiicht-s in 'Tf>. Ef de cose was pussue in "7*> dar was adwocate by . Mr. Myers, de R-publiean ] arty would iiave crone into do sea. 1 supported de LMnocra'it: ticket in '? > not because I was a Democrat., :>11^ out of rev^n^e against Myers. .lust as no white man could be a true Republican, no colored ! man could be a true Democrat." The contests over the delegations of iierkeley. Colleton and Oconee Counties were very bitter, there being charges and counter-charges ?>f bribery ami ail manner <>f rascality. Murray, of! Sumter attacked Jenkins. of JJ-rkeiey,; who rose to a question of privilege. [ j am surprised." said lrv'that trie intelli- j gent gentleman from .Sumter (G. \V.: Murray) should have personally attack-! cd nie and have come before this intelii- ' gent boiiy with a Go:! lie, which ! is a nefarious untruth and a uproarious j insult to this intellect Convention." f Sam Green rose 10 inquire it' the pm feedings in tins hall could n'">- he kept: .secret. Could not th<* delegate; and all honorable visitors !>e pledg-d to st-cri-cy "i The Chair s:?id th:it lie couldn't tell. It seemed to him, l rom the speeches made to-day, that the delegates were j not secret-keepers. Sum my sat down. The committee on credentials had re-j ported in favor of seating the Jenkins,; or Brayton,delegation. The Anti-Bray- j tonnes uevertheiess interposed an am-i endment seating the Middieton, or Miller, delegation. 1 The roll was called, ant the sabsti lute was adopted by a vote of 72 to 23. j The ousted Berkeley delegates were j supremely disgusted. They crowded! in front of Lite reporters' desk and j shook their fists at the Chair. One of I them ejaculated : "I> n their souls j to h??!. Let 's ?0." Zack Walker, a colored merchant! from Sumter, declared loudly, and re- 1 quested the reporters to put it down, ! that Miller should never be Congressman and that he would spend a thous and dollars for Elliott to beat him. ' Turning to Miller he told him he had ; supported him his last time, but would now spend live times as much to beat 1 him, and he shook hands with the Can- j ^.11 ?-? .-kl* r?VAmit?o J rUj tw V.111XU11 ^ivuujv. Al ter the transaction of some other ' minior business the Convention went 1 into the election of a State Chairman. 1 Dr. Crum, of Charleston, was proud 1 of having been born in -south Carolina. ( He took pride in the position which * lier distinguished sons had won in art ' and science and literature, in war and 5 peace. While realizing the character iind ability of the retiring chairman, E. M. lirayton. he wished to name for the I important position of State chairman a 1 worthy f?eion of illustrious parents, a ] mail who, within the next two years, ! could lead the Republican party to vie- ( tory. The Democracy of South Caro- ' lina was apparently reunited and the differences of the two factions had apparently been adjusted, but be neath the crust the lires oi a volcano ; slumbered?the fires of dissension, 1 which would soon burst lorth and open : the way for Republican ?success. The 1 gentleman whom lie named for chair- 1 man of the Stat.-.' Republican executive ' committee was E. A. Webster, of Or- ! aageburg. [Applause.] '< i'rof. Morris: "Verily, Appolo flees 1 and Daphne holds the chase. Last ffp ]it*:ird that- the negro had ] made such pnrress he w;is now able to 1 rule tli" destinies of the Republican ' p.uly. Last night the black ling waved, but to-night the whitt* flag lloats tri univ.hMiif. over the Canit-d of the Pal- i' mettto State. All. what a change! 1 Why should we sacrifice one good man simply to ni;ike way for another, and that other a man who has been as si- ' lent as the tomb when we needed his ] work and his wealth? As was said by a distinguished candidate once: 'I ' would rather be right than President.' 1 Richland County, although Straightout, always seems destined to be in a minority,"not only 111 Democratic but Republican conventions, and yet 'an honest man is the noblest work of Gcd." T. A. Saxon: "Byron said get money, boys, slid get. money, no matter b.v what means. Gentlemen, we aon t j want a man who comes here on the re- j cord of the ability of his father or any i other man dead and gone. We want a man who will stand ;on his merits. "Why push the Indo European brother into such prominence? Let us come together to-night and support a. negro, one who is indeed a true repn.'sontntiye of his race in color, in morality, in int'.-lkct and everything else. If we must j bring color into tins contest maKe it square. I notice that all of the fat Government places in the State are filled by white men, and they in turn rake the country over with a line-tocth comb to find white Republicans, or Democrats even, to !iii the subordinate places in their sift. 1 be? to nominate for State chairman Frof. Morris, of Richland." C ?" 5'n!th ;>f Ait mi "T <!n nnt. dft sire to infi'.ct a long speech on this j body which lias, through the literary j ability and ambitions of its members, j already contracted its proceedings too far. It is fashionable to speak at length in order to impress our friends and acquaintances wilh our importance. I am not here to measure anathemas with my friends, hut have' arisen to hold some people responsible ' lor very palpable inconsistencies. If I one-half ol'what the members of this; Convention sab! about each other is j true, the Staie has been derelict in her i duty in not punishing all of you. My : frit nd has hatched out plans in a nest! of infamy in order to gratify his ilis-; appointed ambition. Certain persons' have, through tlie columns of The Xews arr.i Courier, made charges rollecting on me. 1 wish to brand the authors and all who approve the char g;.s as infernal scoundrels, villains,! blacklegs arid men who are willing to j murder me. "1 desire now to second the nomina tion of 11. A. Webster." The roll was called and Webster was elected chairman of the executive com-; niittee over Morris by a vote of 'JGto 24.: lJravton's chances having evaporat-1 ed, Pro?. Morris was given a compliment by the rajrued remnant of the late j chieftain's f<?rce. liravton had long loft *1,,. i,oil in i' ciiv 11.411. Alter much discussion the question of nominating a ticket was left open, and the Convention adjourned sine die j I*ut Out Her IIus1>hii?1js jeyos. Pittsi;i"i:c.. Pa.. Sept. 19.?At Mingo ! Junction t'nis afternoon Mrs. William: Frazier burned out her husband's eyes; with hot mortar. Frazier got drunk and j when he returned home his wife was en-; gaged in hauling dirt from the cellar.' Frazier began abusing her. Mrs. Frazier 1 ! threw a shovelful of hot mortar into his I face. Frazier suffered intense pain and I lost his eyesight in a short time. j i MURDER OF BARRUNDIA. THE STORY OF THE KILLING AS TOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS. An Account that is not Calculate*! to Add | i to the I,n<trc of Ohl Glory or 3Iak? the j American Kajrle Flap his Wings with i | Pride. New York, September 10.?The Pacific mail steamer Colon, which reached this port Friday brought from H:e Isthmus some of the passengers who were on board the steamer Aca puico ax. i-ne time 01 ine Kimag 01 ul-u. 31 irrucdia by Guatemalan officers while tlAcapulco lay in the harbor of San .J'.-se. The Associated Press is indebted t'> an eye-witness of the tragedy for the following narrative. The steamer Acapulco leftS:in Francisco August 13. On her arrival at Acapulco, Mexico, Gen. Barrundia, exminister of war of Guatemala, came on board from the Starbuck, a sister ship. He was known to be hostile to the present Government of Guatemala, and it was understood that lie was on his way j to Salvador. Ho was attended by two men as a body guard. When the ship arrived at Champerico, Guatemala, the authorities, who had been warned that JJarrundia was on board, at once sent off two boat loads of "oldiers and demanded that the (I^-iieral be surrendered to them Capt Pitts peremptorily refused to acceed to this demand. An attempt was made to coerce him by withholding the clearance papers; but after a detention ' - - - t- I );f^ or Lweuty-iour uuui&, t uu ycisistinq: in his refusal to deliver Barruudia without an order from his Governonnent, the vessel was permitted to resume her course. This was on August 27. and on the evening of the same day the steamer arrived at San Jose. No sooner had the Acapulco cast anchor than two boat loads of soldiers were sent olf fiom shore to keep close watch that no one without proper credentials should leave the vessel for the shore. Within pistol shot of where the Acarmir>n lav u-ptp two United States srun-1 boats, Capt Pitts harl telegraphed to Lheir commanding officers from Champerico requesting assistance, but his dispatch was not delivered. Now he made a personal appeal to them for help. The response was that the men)f-war could do nothing without an or:ler from the port, captain. Xext day 1 the ship was again invaded by the com- 1 tnandant of a special force of men, ac- . jompanied by another boat load of sol- ; iiers, This "time Guatemalan officers 1 jarae furnished with an order of arrest signed by American Minister Mizner. 1 Ater being- poltely introduced to Capt ; L'itts the commandant produced his pa- ^ pers and made formal demand for the J wiivtrry of J-ir^-rrir dTa. TTieu the commandant directed that all cabin passen- jl *er.s be ordered below. When this or- 1 ler had been executed the entire force ! Df Guatemalan officers proceeded to liarrundia's room, Capt Pitts going i*-? fhatri ] vtiiai As soon as the room was reached * Oapt Pitts, after deprecating thenecessi- ( ty of surrendering his passenger to the ] lulhorities, began to read the order for the General's arrest. Barrundia had ?' quietly met them at the door, but, at ] Diice divining that all was over, he ( reached into his room for his revolver, < in<l, making the remark, "Very good," 1 Sred. The ball Jjust missed Capt Pitts who, together with the commandant, ( ran leavinsr the man hunting the spec- ] ial officer. Barrundia was a short- < sighted man, and, being very nervous, was unable to do any damage, though ! tie chased them all out of the saoon, firing wildly. At last the officers drop- 1 ped him l'rom different points, riddled ii-iHi ohnt- np thp hnrri^anfi rlenk. The brave commandant there upon came from his hiding placc, walked up J to the dead man and iired inio his skull. '< The dead body was rolled up in a piece > of canvass. Aid being summoned, the othi'r boats conveyed the gallant perpetrators of the deed, their revolvers ' openly displayed in their hands. They made a detour by the United States war ships on their way to shore. As th?*y left the ship some smillinglv - 1 -LL ! I J . 1^^,} K,"c waveci inwr nanus ana uuc piuucu uio thumb t.o his nose and extended the other fingers in a familiar and well- 1 known way. .Stiil the incident was not over. The Guatemalans had to wipe their feet a little more on the suffering ship, and she was not allowed to proceed until the baggage belonging to Burrundia had been searched, presumably for evidence incriminating others. This was A V 1 1 1 SUDnUUeU to, me gunuuuis anil biicuu and sleepy not one hundred yards away. Indeed at the time of ihe tragedy an officer from one of them was aboard the Acapulco. "When Gen. Barrundia had first come aboard hisbaggage had been searched, and bis arms, consisted of two revolvers, sword and dagger, had been taken charge of by the captain. But somehow after the affray six other revolvers and about forty rounds of cartridges were found. Ilis body guard at the commencement of the lighting had run below and been locked up for safety. About forty shots were fired in all. Finally the disagreeable affair was at an end, at least for the time being, and the steamer was allowed to proceed. The Americans on board were full of -?T." f>V?nmn of fha tvKnlo O f 1 llUi UcltiA'U aiiU OIUIU.1V CfcU ?? &iv/iv (%i lair. Ugly rumors were afloat about blood money, as though money had had inllueDce somewhere in securing the surrender of the man. Many passengers openly expressed regret that the American llag was theirs. Cant. Pitth it was generally held, was partly excusable for his action, seeing that heads, applied in vain to the war ships for assistance and that he was confronted with an order from the minister. At the same time a teelling prevailed tnai had the captain shown the same lirmmss at San Jose as he did at Ohamperico the man would not have been shot. The passengers condemned the action of the men-of-war, which had been appealed to for help and had refused it, for the}r maintain that in any event they might have taken charge of Barruudia until some proper anddelinate expression of will had come j from Washington. They also condemn the action of ^liinister Mizner, who, they thought, had no right to sign the man's death warrant by the scratch of his name, (for, they submit, at the time he did it he knew it amounted to that,) no matter wiiat tne character ol' it was. Kroke the Kecor<l. IIillsboho, 111.,Sept. IS? Burnapof Butler took the special premium offered at the Couutv fair for the man exhibiting the largest family. Mr. Burnap. who is a young farmer, has been married ten years and drove out on the fair grounds yesterday with nine children, aged respectively 9,8, 7,6,5, 4. 3, 2 and 1 years. Mr. Burnap claims to h ive a record of singles that cannot be I equaled by any man in the State. GORDON AGGRESSIVE. ; The Veteran Tighter Attack* Alliance Leaders. Atlanta, Ga., .Sept. 18.?"Figlit the clevil with fire" seems to be the plan of campaign of General Gordon in his ran for the Senate, and now that he has opened up on the Alliance leaders he is making it red hot for them. His last two speeches have been especially bitter. At Conyers he devoted his time to President Livingston, of the Georgia State Alliance, denouncing mm as a mass 01 putrifaction. whose record was as black as hell could paint it. "When his record shall be published,, every honest man will blush for having associated with him. Yesterday Gov. Gordon spoke in De Kalb, his home county. Almost his entire speech was devoted to Dr. Macune, the Xotional Alliance leader and to exSenator Norwood, who is looked upon as Gov. Gordon's most probable opponent. .Speaking of Macune, he said: "Macune. that piebald politician of Illinois, the man who, under the guise of friendship for the Alliance men of Georgia, turns his back upon them when there is any money to be made." Gordon explained this charge by referring to Macune's advocacy of the hog lard bill. ';Dr. Macune," he continued, ' the zebra-headed politician of Illinois, comes bearing cheap gifts of compliment in one hand, while lie seeks to stab me with the other. He referred at length to Macune's charges against him, as printed in the National Economist, among others that he was in the trade of Wall Street. The Governor declares that he is the oldest advocate of Alliance principles, and that he has done all he can to have the farmers organized for the battle upon the concentrated capital of Wall Street. He defends his position in opposing the sub treasury by declaring that Polk, Livingston and all the other leaders do not deem it feasible, and that Missouri, Virginia, and Texas Alliances have repudiated it. Then he lets out on Norwood calling him Thomas Macune Norwood, and speaks of him as coming fresh from laying on of hands by High Priest Macune. Norwood's reference in his recent interview to changing the constitution, he characterizes as "the twaddle of an aspir ing demagogue." Gordon is very bitter in all of his references. The Alliance leaders are fighting back in the same fasliion, and the campaign is one "for blood." PREARRANGED SUICIDES. Dramatic and Startling Fate of an Actress and her Lover in New York. "V J. to /Inn 1'J\y ? ocpt. ?o.?auuui uajbreak a fair-liaired German, a stalwart and handsome looking man, entered an elevated railroad station. The man paced up and down the platform. Aftei a while a woman's voice was heard to speak a word or tv/o of German from a window overlooking' where the man stood, fhe man nodded and replied, loud enough for tin gateman to hear liim, *'Yes, I have come, Emilie; are you readvV" The answer from the window was hot heard. The man turned on Ms heel and took something from his pocket. The next moment a shot rang out and the man fell heavily on his face. ^Before the report had died away the station man, who had rushed forward, heard what seemed to be the echo of the shot coming apparently from the win low of the house overlooking the end of the platform where the dead man lay. N'o attention was paid to it, as they were attending to the dead man. and policemen and physicians were hurriedly called, but when they arrived the man was lead. He had shot himself through the temple. "While the officers were examining the slothing and effects of the suicide a messenger rushed into the station liouse and cried out that a woman had shot herself at 140 Canal street. The keeper of the Germania Cafe here had found Emilie Eossi, ail actress, who boarded in the house, dead, shot through the heart. f\-r\ r\ -nri n ^ atit r\-P rnnm ATrAT?l ?IJLIVAV?V U1 1UV1U VTWlVVftVU the south end of the up-town platform. Ihat window was the one which the ijateman had seen opened previously, and from which the sound of the second shot was heard. Behind the lace curtains the woman had sat waiting for the trvstring death signal. It had come aud at the signal ;tready," the man fell dead under the window, and she, within, shot herself to the heart. There lay three visiting cards with farewell messages over the name of Emilie liossi. It seemed as plain as daylight tliat they had prearranged their suicide. Are You Going to be Married? Atlanta, Sept. 18?There will be four cotton bagging weddings at Piedmont exposition. Two will take place on "Wednesday of Alliance week. October 29th, and two on Thursday, October BOth. Maj. Fitten says the weddings celebrated with cotton bagging ornaments :s somemrag mat wiepeopie wiu u dm, to see, and it wovld be a liappy little feature of Alliance week to give the farmers such an entertainment. He suggested that a prize of $100 be offered the first couple to accept the offer to marry on the grounds in cotton bagging attire, and a prize of S50 be offered the second couple to accept. The board of directors adopted the suggestion. No special prizes will be offered for the third and fourth couples, but there will be wedding presents enough to make it to their advantage. There will be many other attractions during Alliance week on the grounds of the exposition. The presidents of all the State Alliances have been invited, and many other prominent leaders of the National Alliance will be on hand. A Prolific Family. Mitciieville, X. Y., Sept. 19.?The wife of John Beam of this place, aged 65 years, gave birth to twins on Monday evening. Her daughter, Mrs. Stratton, who lives in a neighboring township, presented her husband with twins the same evening. Mrs. otrutious daughter Eve was married a year ago. and lives in Bradford. The friends of Mrs. Stratton and her mother were not yet through congratulating them over the interesting natal coincidence in their families, when Mrs. Stratton received a letter from her son-in-law announcing that her daughter had given birth to twins herself on Monday evening. Tl?o Lion lilt the "Hustler's Leg. Denver, Col., Sept. 1?.?A "hustler," sitting on the top of one of the cagrfs of Wallace & Co.'s circus, with his legs dangling down the side, attracted the attention of a lion The beast reached out with one of his claws and fixed its nails in the man's leg near the knee and stripped the flesh from the bone to the heel, and before the poor fellow could be released it was necessary to pry the beast's jaws open with iron" bars. One^Anti Gets There. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 16?The Hampton County Democratic primaries to-day resulted in the election of J. W. Moore "straightout" to the State Senate against B. S. Williams, Tillmanite. The vote stood, iloore 747, Williams 657. j The rest of the country ticket is made up of Tillmanites?Greenville News. REED, THE TYRANT. He Attempts to Imprison the Members to Secure a Quorum. Washington, Sept. 18.?After prayer fay the Chaplain in the Ilouse this morning, OTerrall suggested no quorum was present. The Speaker being uurtuie tu cuuut a. quuiuuj, uiicutcu uuc door-keepers to notify the members in the lobby that their attendance was desirable. There were only fifteen Democrat presents. In the course of a half hour the Speaker announced that 168 members, more than a quorum, were present. O'Ferrall said he did not question f"hM ef-atpmdnt. nf Ihp Srwatpr hut. >?A was sure that there were fifty members who would swear that there were not 168 members in the hall. The Speaker remarked that the gentlemen would not swear because there was no opportunity to do so under the rules of the House. [Laugheer.] The journal was read and the question arose upon its ap proval?134 yeas, nays none, on a vote. No quorum and a call of the House was ordored. The call showed the presence of 178 members and the Speaker directed the Clerk to call the mil fin tho ?mnrr?V!t1 r>f t.ViP innrnal Crisp, rising to a question of order, said that during the call of the House but two motions were in order; to dispense with farther proceedings under the call and to adjourn. The Speaker?"It is time that such a suggestion should he made." [Laughter.] Crisp?"The Speaker is not master of th<? House; he is the servant of the House." The Speaker?"The gentleman from Georgia need not recommence." Crisp?"The gentlemen from Georgia win aiwu)d lUDidt i^uu Hid iiguu* duu | see that no tyrant takes them away from him." Rowell?"The remarks of the gentleman from Georgia are out of order." Crisp?"Not more so than the remarks of the Chair." "The Speaker?"The gentleman from Georgia will take his seat." Crisp?"Of course he will; but he will always resent such remarks." Haugen moved to dispense with fur- ; ther proceedings under the call. i During the call of the roll, the one door which has always been kept open , to allow ingress and egress was latched,i and two doorkeepers were stationed it to prevent memfeftrsrlT5&49&XinS'^he chamber. The fiTrst gentleman to resent this enfopeed imprisonment was Kilgore, who forced back the slight fastenings and stalked into the lobby. , He was soon followed by Crain, who i followed the same method of proceed- ; ing: Cummings and Colemau ap- i r-roached the door together and upon being informed that there was "no thoroughfare," manifested such a dis- : position to break the door from its hinges that one of the doorkeepers pru- < dently removed the latch and permit- i ted them to pass. After this the rule i was somewhat_relaxed ?- ' P?rtir?: "proceedings under the call < were dispensed with yeas 135; nays 38. ] The journal was then approved?yeas i 153; nays 5?the Clerk noting a quo- ] rum, " ] Haugen demanded the previous ques- i tion on the Langston-Venable contest- i ed election case. On ordering the pre- 3 vious question, the vote stood yeas 135. nays 10; Hill, a Republican, voting in 1 the negative. There being no quorum, ] a call of the House was ordered. There j were but 151 members present, and the j House at 3.05 adjourned. A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. ] ] Awlul Experience of a Kallroad Builder j with Powder. Augusta. Ga., Sept. 17.?He held in j his hands an explosive keg of powder. . Such was the experience of a gentleman 3 who arrived in the city last night. He is Mr. R. Copeland, and comes from j Athens, accompanied by Messrs. Hals- < ho user and Schultz. As will be remem- ] bered Mr. Copeland was one of the 1 three men who was blown up by an ex- < Dlosion about a week ago on the Geor- < gia, Carolina and jSTorthern railroad, 1 now in course of construction. All of ; the men miraculously escaped with i ther lives, although receiving very < painful wounds. " ] They were boring a hole about 10 o'clock at night in some rock in which they were to make a blast. After com- \ pleting the drill, the men began to put , in the powder. They had emptied one 1 keg into it, intending to use three, and while emptying the second, it was ] found that the explosive was damp j and would not pour out as they wished. One of them, therefore, got a spade and . began to "jag" it into the powder. , Suddenly there was a terrific explo- | sion. The keg in which the spade was being used had exploded, igniting that ! powder into the hole and the third one which was being held by Mr. Copeland. The men. strange to say, escaped instant death, although they were stand- ' ing alongside the exploding powder. Mr. Copeland was thrown into a hall, distant some teu ju tvuwu suuic men were working. His clothes were on fire and his face, hands, arms, chest, back and left leg and foot were terribly burned and bruised. His comrades put out the fire, while some went for the doctor and others to the injured men above. All of them were painfully hurt and were carried, as soon as possible, to Athens. Mr. Copeland, while able to walk, is still suffering much pain from his wounds. He is enroute to his home in South Carolina.?Augusta Chronicle. Reflecting on an Alabama Jury. Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 17.?Yesterday the jury in the Criminal Court returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Charles Sample, a negro charged with murder. The evidence of his guilt, it is asserted, was clear and positive, seven witnesses swearing that Sample shot his victim while the latter was asleep in a restaurant. Sample alone swore that lie saw the man make a motion with his hand as if to draw a pistol, and that then he shot him. This morning, Solictor Hawkins moved that the jury be discharged and a new venire summoned, as he had several more murder cases on the docket and could not afford to prosecute them before that jury. Judge Green granted the motion and discharged the jury, which has issued a statement justifying their verI i rr\t _ _ 1 J ^ aid. xne anair uas ureai/eu ? yictn. deal of talk. 'An Old Man's DjxHnsr." Augusta, Sept. 10.?Mr. Eli Walton and Miss Ella Martin of Blythe were married to-day at Miller's boarding house in this city. They had not premeditated taking this step, so far as rumor goes, but, being here together, the groom proposed it and his youthful bride consented. Miss Martin is 14 years old and Mr. Walton is 40 years her senior. Hilled Each Other. Montgomery. Ala. SeDtember 15.? Oil Saturday evening Robert Turpin and Glen Duskin, of Xewberne, Hall County, bad some words, and on Sunday evening: they met on the streets of Xewberne and a street fight began. i Each fired five times. Turpin is dead and Duskin cannot live. A REMARKABLE TRIAL. A MISTRIAL IN THE FAMOUS CHESTERFIELD POISONING CASE. Mary Johnson and Her Friend Darfd J. I Jacobs 011 Trial for Administering Strychnine to Her Hnsband--The Detail* of the Case. -? Chesterfield,Sept 17?A most remarkable poisoning case has jost been brought to trial in this county. It was f.hp msp nf the Rfato Afarr A <A)h]^rAand David J. Jacobs, who are chared with wilfully, feloniously and maliciously administering poison to William H. Johnson, the husband of Mary, on the 22d of August. The case consumed two whole days and was full of the most revolting developments, and, contrary to general expectation, resulted in a mistrial, the jury standing two for acquittal and ten for conviction. Jacobs'swife and daughter and the sons of the dead man were the principal witnesses. Jacobs is anything but a handsome man. is tall, thin and apparently about fifty years old. Mary Johnson has seen some thirty summers, and is not prepossessing by a large majority. It was shown during the trial that a criminal intimacy existed between the pair, notwithstandingtheywent from house to house holding prayer meetings. Johnson and Jacobs were neighbors, and it seems that Jacobs's wife was jealous of her husband and Mary John- _ son, and Johnson was jealous of Hi : 0n wife and Jacobs. Jacobs visited,J^?e .Tnhnsnnq Hailv srtrl frprmontlsi^STUL j * > ? carried Johnson's wife to and/^om Sunday School in his buggy, lowing his own wife and chilarepr-^o walk. Johnsdh was heard to remark that if Jacobs did not stop vising his house there would be trouble, eind it is said that Jacobs cursed amj. abused the deceased. On tfeg 22d of August Jacobs carried a box^cf snuff to Mary and "had some secret talk." Johnson, who was a man ?Jfe?6ut 60 years of age, ate a hearty supper that night and retired about 8 o'clock in his usual good health, with the exception of a bad cold. His wife testified that she reminded him that he had not taken some quinine which he had promised her that morning to take, and that she then brought the pill, or capsule; and he swallowed it. Shortly after retiring the household were aroused by Johnson, who had become suddenly and violently ill. The alarm was given and one of his sons was dis patcnea tor Jacobs, wno was met coming and told by the boy that his "father was mighty bad off." Jacobs never stopped to ask one of the most natural questions in the world: "What was the ... matfcoc'.'" " ?=?!? Johnson complained of the bitter quinine and said that his throat was parched. He called for water all the time and asked for something to make him vomit, but nothing was given. His little son wanted to go for a doctor but was told by those attending his father that a "doctor could do no good" and aone was sent for. The sick man grew worse and convulsion after convulsion followed; his limbs were drawn, the paroxysms became longer and more violent, his teeth clenched in a sardonic grin, and at 3 a. m. the end came. Jacobs was the first person to arriye rt fU a HAArtA nn/l kn An/) Xi'ftra f A/\lr ju iiuc socuc, auu uc auu auaxj imuh their places at the bedside of the sick man and watched, whispered and gave ;heir patient water. At first Mary, the wife, seemed to be much distressed, but ^ 3oon became calm. After Johnson's ieath, Jacobs took chaige of the body and made all the arrangements for the funeral, etc. Some of the neighbors were not satisfied at the suddenness of Johnson's ieatb, and demanded that an inquest should be held. An investigation was leld and Jacobs's daughter testified ;hat she found a bottle of white pow ier in her father's trunk, who. when jailed upon the second time, admitted ;hat he had kept strychnine for twenty years to kill crows. Dr. Rutledge examined the body and declared that ieath had been caused by strychnine poison. Before and after the inquest Jacobs md Mary met and held several "secret talks." Mary?Mrs. Johnson was heard to say that it must have been the pill that killed her nusband, and that if she was sent to the penitentiary she would ? j burn everything before her husband's folks should have them. Jacobs and Mary were arrested, and while being conveyed to jail asseatnac they be allowed to ride in the same buggy, but the reqaest was refused. Jacobs takes the matter very lightly and is inclined to joke over the affair. He believes in charms and exhibits a black cat's foot, the picture of a woman and a wreath of black hair. When asked by the Solicitor who gave him the wreath and picture, he said he could not remember the name. It was observed that Mary's hair had been shingled, and was of the same color as that ? 1 *1 snown oy vacuus. j The defendants denied all improper relations and said that no poison had been given, and that nothing but quinine had been administered and that with no criminal intent. Some of the powder found in Jacobs trunk by his wife and daughter was tested and proved to be strychnine and the quinine capsules found at Johnson's were also tested and found to be all right. The theory, of the State was that Jacobs furnished the strychnine ard that Johnson's wife, Mary, put some of it in one of the qainine capsules and administered it as medicine. The jury was out about two hours, ^ but failing to agree, the Judge ordered 1 a mistrial and the prisoners ^ere committed to jail. Boys Flcht a DneL Berlin, Sept. 16.?A desperate duel with rapiers between two schoolboys occurred here yesterday. The principals, Oscar Lesch, fourteen, and Hans Don* ner, sixteen, are members of the Latin school. One of them, Donner was wounded in the face a^d nose, and lost half his left ear, but was able to walk to the police station, where his wounds were dressed. The police captain sent for the bojs' fathers, who are well known in Berim. It is thought that no attempt will be made to arrest Lesch. The cause of the encounter was the attempt of young Donner to supplant Lesch in the affections of their common sweetheart, Bertha Rath. Tragedy After the Play. Xew York, September 15.?An electric light lineman named Koff was killed to-night by the electric fluid on the wires he was handling. As he hung suspended in the air in front of the Park Theatre in full view of the audience. which was passing out of the theater, the case was attended with all the tragic features which have characterized similar occurrences heretofore, with the &dditon that the accident occured in plain view of the mulitude that crowds Broadway as the theatres empty themselves.