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* - ' t . ? ? . " ... ?'W^ipr VOL. XLVI. WINNSRORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1891. NO. 33. | AN OLD IIKKO GONE. GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON! D.'ES SUDDENLY IN WASHINTON. Keoord of His Uistinjrcished Services? An Honored and Able Co tinier? Commissioner of Kiilronds Until Ke moved l>y Harrison. Washing von. March 21.?Gen. Joseph 9 E.Johnson died shortly after 11 o'clock I to-night at his residence on Connecticut 9 Arenue. The General has been suffer& ing for the past three weeks with an afi fection of the heart-, aggravated by cold F caught soon after Sherman's funeral at Xew York. His physician has been trying to keep up ius strength for some da'ys, but his advanced age has given little hope for his recovery from the beginning of his illness. The General did not seem to suffer in the least and was conscious to the last. At his bedside were ex-Governor McLain, of Maryland, the General's brother-in-law, and the nurse. The immediate cause of death was heart failure, ?? the result of fatty degeneration of the heart, due in a measure to a cold contracted some weeks ago, but more particularly due to extreme old age. At t imes for about two years, General J oh 11-1 ston has shown uumistakable signs of a general breaking down. Ilis mind often became bewildered so that he could not tell where he was or how he came there. Some days after Sherman's fun- J eral the General one night got up out 1 -n-Hilo ir> o ctntp r?f rvrnfiiRfi V-i. C-U.^ ?? Ul.C AJLO. *.v perspiration, which greatly aggravated the slight cold with which he" was then ! suffering. This brought on a severe at- j r ' tack of his old heart trouble, which com-1 pletely prostrated him. His physician, j Dr. Lincoln, succeeded, horever, with much difficulty, in arresting the disease 1 for a time, and for a day or two prior to j a week ago yesterday he seemed to be j really improving. On that day, however, | he went down stairs without assistance, j as he had done before, but it proved too | much for his strength, and only with the j aid of Governor .McLain could he again reach his bed or even rise from the sofa L where he was sitting. From that time | he continued to grow worse until about I 6 o'clock this evening, when Dr. Lincoln ^ found him perfectly comfortable and apparently a little better. While his R friends and attendants knew that he! might pass away at any time, yet they j V had had no warning that the end was J so near. Governor .McLain entered the j room at a little after 11 o'clock, and as he approached the General's bedside, he heard an almost inaudible sigh, and the General was dead. General Johnson's nearest living relative is a sister, Mrs. Mitchell, who lives in this city. The funeral services will be held in this city, r although the day has not been lixed upon. The interment will be made at Green Mount cemetery, .Baltimore. Gen. Johnston was the last, save Beauregard, of the six full Generals of the Confederacy. He was born at Cherry Grove. Va., in 1S07, and was graduated from "West Point in ls2(J, in the same class with General Robert E. Lee. He was appointed Second Lieutenant of the L Fouxtn Artilierv, and first saw active ? - - -- "iCO.) I r v. service uz me uciu iu iqo- m tiic ' Hawk Indian expedition. He was promoted in 1836, and was an aide-de-camp on General "Winfield Scott's start' in the Seminole war. He participated in all the important battles connected with General Scott's campaign in Mexico, from the taking of Vera Cruz to the capture of the city of Mexico. He was thrice brevetted "for gallantry during this war, and in 1848 was mustered out of service as Lieutenant Colonel of volun1 teers only to be reinstated by Congress with his original lank of "Captain of Typographical Engineers. He was comm'ssio :ed Quart i master General of the United states Army in June, 1860, but resigned the following April to enter the Confederate service in which, as Major General of Volunteers, he assisted General Lee in the work of organi7'Lg, the men pouring into llichmond. Subsequently he was commissioned Brigadier General in the regular Confederate service and was placed in command ?t Harpers Ferry. He joined forces with Beauregard a"nd remained in eommand of the consolidated troops until 1802. At the battle of ijeven Pines he was wounded and incapitated for duty for about six months. His next service v, as as commandt-r of the army t of Tennessee and he e liployed the Win ter of 1SG3in reorganizing ins command, which had become demoralized by the defeat at ilissionary Ridge. lie was relieved of this command in Jnly, 1SG4, by order of the authorities at Kich\ mond General Hood succeeding him. I Early in 1865 General Lee again assigned him to the command from which he had been relieved and ordered him to drive back Sherman. General Johnston urged Lee to abandon Richmond, join forces with him ana light Sherman before (J rant could come up, but Lee replied that it was impossible for him to leave Virginia. As his force was small General Johnson declined a decisive engagement and hung on Sherman's ilanks, annoying the latter and impe Ging ms marcu irum xx.uu?uirt wtxuus | Richmond as much as possible. Lee! surrendered at Appomattox and Johnston obtaining the consent of Presideot Jefferson Davis that the war shou'd not be farther prolonged entertvi into negotiations with Sherman. The tirst agreement framed was disapproved by the Federal Government, and on April the second agreement was concluded. V General Johnson, after the war, became I successively president of a railroad k company in Arkansas, of an express | [ company in Virginia and an insurance ; $ agent in Georgia, lie was elecied to i Congress from the Richmond Distri'-t in 1877, and next saw public life as ! Commissioner of Railroads, which of- j fice he held under President Cleveland's i administration. lie had lived in this j city since he lost his olllce under the j nrpapnt administration, in person Gen-! eral Job stop was a man of slender' br?'.d,oi i?ot more than medu in height J a ad with a kindly, pleasant. iace. lie j was urobirusive in manner and invai i-1 bly courteous to all persons with whom j he was brought in contact. <ien. Johnston's Funeral. / Washington, March 24.?Funeral I serrices were held at 11 o'clock Tuesk. day morning over the remains of the I late Ccnfedeiate general, jcsepn ; Johnston, at St. John's Episcopal] church. The services were of the sim-! plest character, no attempt at decorat- j ing the church was made, and no How-j ers save a wreath of immortelles on the j coffin,were visible. Though the church wss filled with { battle-scarred veterans there was not a ; ^ ' uniform visible to announce the fact.1 * The las: great soldier of the civil con- i Iflict was buried as a civilian, not as a soldier. Rev. Dr. Douglas, rector of St. John's j - " *- "... Iv. at,I Ichurcn, assisiisa ovxio. ui. ?uwviui,, the confederate chaplain of Johnston's 1 command, during the war conducted the services. j lie read the lesson from St. Paul to j the CoriDthians, af.er which the choir I I. t'"e teauti*u* hymn: "Just as I! am." Dr. Douglas then recited the j Episcopal burial service. "llock of Ages" was then rendered j by the choir, aud the congregation! joined with fervor with the rector in ! reciting the Apostle's creed and the ! Lord's prayer, with which the services j closed. There were few dry eyes among the i aged, bowed veterans as the remains of | Gen. Johnston were borne from the j church to the hearse by members of the i Confederate association of Washing! ton, who followed tne old veteran i throughout the war. j The proce. -ion to the hearse passed ! through open lile of Lee camp of Conj federate Veterans, of Alexander, Ya. i Mitj-hpl! >ji<tpr nf <Jf?n .Tnhntsnn I was too old to attend the funeral. The j immediate family present was ex-GovI errior McLeon of Maryland, and his :son; Dr. George B. Johnston, of Hich| uiord, and Mrs. ^asan Taliaferro. Then ear:.e representatives of the Confederate association of Baltimore. ! The remains were conveyed to Balti! more on the 1.30 p. m. train. ITALIAN INTERFERENCE. i A Topic of Gjsslp is I>ii>lomHtic Circles In Washinstoa. Washington, March 25.?In diploj matic circles speculation is going: on as j to what will be the outcome of the recent massacre in New Orleans so far as ' + V* r-t T ?-? r%/3 t r\n T f o 1 i ?j n ( 2 1" 1/J.iC luucu oiftico auu w/iiv^ xtaunu \a\si~ , ernments are concerned. Several evenings ago a party of gentlemen, composed of two foreign representatives to this country, a prominent official of the State department, and two naval officers were discussing the subject of reparation by this Government. Opinions differed widely as to the means to be employed in bringing about a settlement satisfactory to both Governments. The State department official appeared to take a more serious view of the situation than any of his companions. and he predicted that 4,rre have not heard the lasi of this matter yet." After explaining that Italy has the) third largest and most formidable navy ! in the world, he astonished his hearers ; ! by offering to wager a supper at the | club for the party that within three j weeks one or more Italitn war ships will be at the mouth of the Mississippi IMyer. Ilis language had a semi-official flavor, with just enough mystery about it to create the impression upon his hearers that ht knew considerrbly more on the subject than he caied to talk about. The inference is thof Tfolr icr rrro'itltr inr?anco/] n* f LllClv JLVC^IJ iO jivwui; iu\,vnov.\.i * v the "slaughter" of her people in New Orleans, and will demand heavy indemnity or know the reason why. There is a conservative element among the Italians who take a less warlike view of the situation and pre! i'er that nothing should be done hastily calculated to disturb the friendly relations between the two Government? and they will go to any reasonable length to avoid a conllict. This feeling is said to be due to the interest Italy ! takes in the coming World's Fair, in honor of the memory of ,;Cbristofo Columbo." so dear to every Italian heart. If an amicable settlement is reached the World's Fair will probably play an important part in the negotiations. The foreigners present maintained a disnifled silence during the discussion, only joining in when it was necessary to correct the American idea of certain European customs. The naval officers, while admitting that Italy has a formidable navy, were not willing to concede that she coulu come over to our shores and frighten us into any concession she might suggest. Xew Orleans would naturally be the point of attack should Italy assume a warlike attitude, for it was there the alleged outrage upon her citizens occurred. Consider ir>g the peculiarities of the Mississippi River at that point, it is said the Italian cruisers would encounter great difficulty m overcoming: such obstructions as the United States army and j navy could set up. So long as this war talk is confined t? the club rooms and similar retreats theie is but little danger of the two Gc/ernments coming together in battle array. Lynck Law in Indiana. Shelby ville, Ind., March 25?Yesterday a tramp named Phil Doughtertv entered a number of houses wnere the men happened to be away, demanding that hot colt'ee and dinner bo furnished him. He aba:ed the women whenever they refused to comply. K. D. Flaitz he rd his wife cry for help, and getting a revolver started after Dougherty. lie placed Dougherty under arrest just as he had kicked down the door of Mr. Ensminger's house. Last night a mob of overlive hundred i men surrounded the jail where he was j locked up and demanded the prisoner. The sheriff refused, but as tne omcer; was taking the prisoner through the j back alley he was seized by a mob, who j took him'to a bridge, when a rope was i placed around the tramp's neck. fcjoiie members of the mob bagged that his life be spared, and the lash be substituted. I About thirty persons were provided with cowhides, and each one plied the lash across the man"s almost bare back, lie begged for life, and every stroke seemed to bring fresh blood until his shoes were filled. Finally he was cut down, exhausted, but with strength enough to get off. Tlio Billion-Dollar Congress. Washington, March 25.?The National Association of Democratic Clubs has issued a circular letter addressed to the Democratic clubs throughout the United states, inviting them to appropriately celebrate the aumrersary ot the birthday of Thomas Jefferson 011 Thurs-1 day, the 2d day cl April. In the circu iar me simplicity wincu ciiaiacicriiocu uic life of Jeil'erson is pointed out and contrasted with the "centralization prodigality, favoritism and corruption of the last Congress." "They could zo no further," says the circular," "for they have exhausted the surplus in the treas- > uiy, and in the McKicley bill have raised taxes aud prices to the last points of endurance. The time is especially appropriate?while celebrating the birth of the great apostle of liberty?to rejoice at j onceover th.; popular repudiation aud iiual adjournment of the odious billiondollar Congress, whose existence was a menace alike to the freedom, prosperity and business of the country." An Army of Italian Avengers. Chicago. March 21.?A suecla1 to ! the Inter-Ocean from Ottawa, Out., says: The Inter-Ocean correspondent met Antonio :>carpelli, a contractor and leading light among Italian in his dis>!ric?. ic the railway ticket oflice here today, inquiring the fa rto New Orleans, i lie made no secret of the fact that ;e j ha i last ni-ht received a letter fro a ' prominent Italian residing in the Slate of Pennsylvania, asking if he would en-1 dcavor to secure all the Italians possible j to join in a movement Much is being i organized 10 avenge the recent murder j i f ommtrvmpn nt Xevr Orleans 1 next month. The name of this corres- j pendent, or the city in which he resides, he refuses to disclose. The letter .nformed Scarpell: that it wa- proposed to rahe an army of 14.000 Italians, promises haviui: '0Cen rece;v?d from I aly that j 14.000 stand of arms would be sent to j them it that number of men nere raised i in the United States and Canada to j march against the Crescent City. | THE PHOSPHATE WAR. LATEST WOVE IN THE FIGHT FOR COOSAW'S TREASURES. * | Mr I". K. Brooks Appointed Temporary j Receiver?The Effects of the Appointi rnenton the Injunction of the United States Court. Columbia, M-jreh 21.?The Coosaw* business has taken a rather interesting turn. Governor Tillman received this I afternoon the following dispatch, dated at Aiken: 1". R. Brooks lias been appointed temporary receiver. lie must come down on the South Carolina Railway this afternoon and we will all meet him ; at Branchyille. Telegraph your reply I to me. Y. J. Pope, Attorney General. Governor Tillman answered that Mr Brooks would go, aud he went. Due j notice will, ol course, be given when the I motion to make the receivership perma- j nent will be heard. It is understood j that the present receiver will take pos- j session as receiver and after advertisement lor bids to go to work will let the | successful companies in. It was not explicitly so stated, but there is a notion that the United States Court injunction will be ignored, "as it cannot apply in the new case." The State's receiver is a different person from any of the phosphate commissioners, consldeied as B. j R. Tillman. \\r. II. Ellerbe. Y. J. Tope, j ! J. D. Montgomery, or W. II. Walter, i as they are named in the bill of injune-1 j tion. As all persons are enjoined from enI tering Coosaw it vrill be interesting to note whether, when the receiver <:oes into the forbidden land, he will be arrested by the United States marshal o: whether he will arrest the United States marshal. It ought to be very easy to understand now that Attorney General Pope did not go to Newberry yesterday. A GENERAL SURPRISE. The Coosaw question is dally growing more complicated. The case presents 'some new phase almost daily. Even } the lawyers interested in the case are j not surprised at the frequent changes in ! the question. Injunctions and orders are getting to be of frequent oc ;urence, on/1 nn nnp ^ill lir> tr. lifur of (another order in a few days. The new feature of the (Jo< saw drama was added yesterday at Aiken In the Court of Chamb-.rs, when Judge Aidrich appointed a temporary receiver to take possession of the bed of the Coosaw River opposite to south of Chisolm's Island. Attorney General Tope and Mr Geo. S. Mower, who represent the phosphate commissioner, were in Aiken yesterday, and made the application for the receivership. The Coosaw people were entirely unaware of the movements of the representatives of the commission. They had no idea as to the next move, al-1 though they expected something would be done. Mr Augustine T. Smjthe, counsel for the Coosaw Company, was in Greenville yesterday, aud the other counsel of the company were surprised when informed of the appointment of a receiver. The true inwardness of the last move on the Coosaw chess board is not fully understood yet. Tue temporary receiver is Mr XJ. K. Brooks, of the Secretary of State's office at Columbia, The following is a copy of the official order : "On hearing the complaint herein and on motion ol the Hon Y. J. Pope Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, it is ordered : k,l. That the defendants, the Coosaw Mining Company, show cause, if any they can, before me at Aiken, South Carolina, at Chambers, on Tuesday, 7th April, 1801, at 12 mid-day, why they and all persons claiming under them and their servants, agents, officers aad employees should not be enjoined and restrained until the hearing of this causa from in any way dicing, mining or removing the phosphate rock and phosphate deposits in the bed of the Coosaw River and every part thereof and from attempting to dig, mine or remove the same or any part thereof, and from interfering with, obstructing, hindering or preventing or atte. pjng to interfere with, hinder, obstruct or prevent any au,<;ntofthe piaintifl" or person thereto by the plaintiff or said board of phosphate comnrssiouers authorized, from digging, mining and removing the same. And why a tit and proper person should not be appointed as receiver to take possession of the bed of the Coosaw River opposite to and south of Chisolm's Island with the usual powers of rece:vers in such cases, pending the iinal determination of these proceedings. 2. That in the meautime and until the hearing herebj ordered the said defenders, the Coosaw Mining Company and thrir serr? nts, agents oiiicers and employees, be and they are hereby enjoined from in any way digging, mining or removing the phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits in the bed of the Coosaw River -is aforesaid and from digging, mining or removing and attempting to dig, mine or remove .the same or any part thereof, and from inter:ering wi'h, obstructing, hindering or preventing or attempting to interfere with obstruct, hinder or prevent any agent of the plaintift or person thereto by the plaintili j or the sai.t board of phosph ite com- : missioners authorized from dig ring, min- J ing and removing the same. 3. It is further ordered that U. It. I Brooks be and he is hereby appointed j temporary re eiver of ail the Coosaw River phosphate territory lying opposite to aud south of Chisolm's Island with the usual powers of receivers in such cases to take possession oh hold and occupy the same subject to the order of this Court. and that he make a report to this Court of al" his actings and opeuings thereunder. 4. It is ordered further that a copy of tins order be forthwith served upon the president, or chief manager, or other principal oilicer of said Coosa v Mining Company. Coosaw matters are %o very complicated that tliose who are n >t interc ted in the case do cot venture an opinion. A Reporter saw Mr. Bacot, o' the firm of McCradv Sons & Baeot, who are encaged in the case. lie was very much surprised at the proceeding. At that lime it was thought the receiver was for the co upany. Mr. Bacot s iid: ''One tliiniT ia e?>rtnin ivp line) nnt'iirxT j n i! "> i with the appointment of a receiver. It; must be whol'y <-?n the v-nrt of the phos-1 phate commissioners a t. tl is licensees.; I can say most positively that the move } was not in behalf of .he Coosaw Com- j pany. I expect- you will find it was based j upon some action of the phosphate com- j missioners. Nothing that is now done ! surprise? me. The Coosaw Company is j la uo financial trouble, as the appoint- j ment of a receiver might possible indi- j cate. At the proper lime and place the | matter of the receivership will be throughly tested." Receiver Brooks arived in the city last night at II o'clock from Columbi u He ; positively declined to be interviewed or J to give any information regarding his j appointment. He said that he would be j in the city for several days on personal buisness. Receiver 15rooks would not answer an\* questions whatever ?bout the matter. Attorney General Pope was expected in the city last ni^ht, but he did not arrive. HOW IT IS PROPOSED TO WORK. It is said that under the new situation ! in Coosa w River if the privileges to mine under Receiver Brooks are accepted t'je arrangements will be something like this: The parties mining for the j State or otherwise will pay all expenses j out of the sale of rock a id deposit the forfeit in bank to await the legal determination of the suit between Coosaw and the State. If Coosaw wins Coosaw will get the money in bank; if the State wins the proceeds will he turned oved to those entitled to it. but for all the ro k mined the State will, as i usual, gets its $1 of royalty just as it would if there was no suit. Tivn .QTRir.KFN r.lTIFS. Pittaburst and Allejjluiuy SuUtrins From au Epidemic of I.;i Grippe. I'ittsuukg, I'll., March 2-L?From a street joke grippe has become generally a dangerous disease. The death rate has increased to a great extent, and this month will break the record by tho alarming increase of oO per cent. Closing at noon, 723 deaths have occurred in Pittsburg and Alleghany in twenty-four days of this month. Thirty-eight deaths have been reported within the last twenty-four hours, and many, no doubt, have not been reported. The direct causes given on the certilicates are grip, iniluenza, pneumonia, typhoid fever and diphtheria. From the last named diseases, one death per day has occurred within the past three weeks at the Home of the Friendless alone. In the two cities there were fifty-one funerals last Sunday, and there was not one-half enough hearses to go around. Respectably covered wagons are used, and carriages are daily at a premium. In one large clothing house twenty three clerks are laid off with iniluenza, which is daily growing more severe, and now numbers victims nearing the 5,000 mark in the city and suburbs. Physicians are overworked, and some have as high as forty and sixty cases of grip alone. It is estimated that over 1,000 are suffering with grippe in the towns along the Fort Wayne road. At Belleov?/l nollmrun ATCir OAH vug anu. n coaiii \j ? v* ?w cases are reported, some of which are of a very serious nature. At Ems worth and Ilaysville there are over 100 cases. Tliere are also many cases in Sewiekly and it is estimated that fully uOO peoare conlined to their homes. Keports from all other towns result in somewhat similar though none are so alllicted as this city. Special from Canton. Ohio, says Miss ; Kate Detweller, a handsome" young I lady of 24 years, hung herself last night, j She had been suffering from a severe attack of grippe and while delirious from fever suicided. I'errin !?scai>cs. Detkoit, March 24.?Mr. Joseph I'errin returned home about 3:30 o'clock in the evening sale and well, but somewhat unnerred by his experience. lie says that upon entering the coupe the Ei-jlit beiore, ins suspicions were not arcused until he noticed the vehicle tura into an opposite direction to his friend's house, lie then threw open the door and attempted to jump out. lie was met by two masked men. who held revolves to his head and forced him back into the cab. they following. They then bound, sagged and blindfolded him, the cab keeping on what seemed its interminable course the while, under which circumstances Perrin was'' able to keep any idea of the locality in las mind. Finally he was removed irom the cab I to a room, where his captors released! him from his bonds, and covering him with revolvers, forced him to write the elwkv nromissorv note and letters. The latter were dictated from type written j copies in the bauds of his captor, who remained masked and disguised. Perri n was not further disturbed till late in the afternoon, when his captors informed him that "th'irgame wns up," but that "they would get him the next lime." lie rras then rebound, sagged and blind.'olded, and conducted from the room. Their course seemed to lie over a ploughed lield after passing which L'uev entered a cab and another long, round aboil', drive was commenced. At last Perrin was unloosed and thrust from the cab in a dazed condition, and j before lie recovered himself the cab had j disappeared. lie finally located himself! as being at the corner of Myrtle street and Thirteenth street. lie boarded a j Myrtle street car and was shortly home, | wnere nc rccucci ine auuvu swiy. liU person was not, harmed in any way, the valuables he had with him not being touched, lie was lurnished with sood food and treated with consideration during his captivity. Ilis storv is accepted as absolutely reliable, and the police art1 making every cli'ort to locale the perpetrators of tha outrage. Is'eecly Kansas Farmers. Topkka, Kansas, March 24.?'The rail- j road commissioners have made their j lirst tour of examination in ten of the j Kansas counties, for which money was j appropriated to purchase seed grain, i and have returned to this city. It is es- j tim^ted that 20,000 bushels of spring j wheat will supply seed to those who j stand in most urgent need. There were ; 340 applicants for aid to Judge Humph-! rev, at Hayes City, in Ellis County. | Alter examination .ludge Humphrey i found only twenty who were in actual \ need from "the State. Graham, Seward and Meade counties yet remain to be j visited. The commissioners declare that I the people are in much better coddition j than they were reported to be. Ex-Cov-1 ernor Anthony stated that in the conn- j ties which he visited wheat had got into ! hands of the money lenders, who were [ demanding their pound of llesh. These j men furnish farmers with seed wheat \ uuder a contract which obligates the; farmers to give one-third of their crops : in payment. A Terrible Tumble. Lyons, Kansas, March 25.?A horri- j ble accident occurred at the Lyon's; Hock Salt company s mills at tins place, at 4 o'clock this morning. Four men i were decending the shaft in a bucket,' when the traveler became loosened and : fell to the cage, about 5U0 feet down the j shaft. The lour men in the bucket were I instantly killed. Two of the men had, the backs of their heads cut off completely, from their eyes to the base of their ! skull; two were disemboweled; one was j so badly mangled as to be almost unrec-1 ognizable. Tne names of the men were Thos. Jjuck, Xelson Van Brooklyn, Tbos. McCandler and Fred. A. -Miller. CAPTURE OF IQUIQUE. A TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION AND > BLOODY STRUGGLE FOLLOWS. Over S2,OOO,OOO Worth of Froi>erty Destroyed?The City Heavily Bombarded and Abandoned?Kevolution Threatens Serious International Contfict*. i Panama, March .25?The English ironclad Warspite arrived at Callao, March 1st, from Chillian ports. Trom those on board some details have been obtained of the events which followed me capture or iquique dv me reoeis and the first fire which caused the destruction of property valued at $2,000,000. It appears that when the rebels captured the port the government tioops took up positions at some distanet fronu.fc.and held themselves in readiness "to attack the city. The rebels returned to the vessels, leaving only some fifty men in charge. The troops soon heard of this and marched on the place some 200 strong, under Colonel Soto, They reached the vicinity at about G o'clock in the morning and fell in with a guard of sailors. Firing commenced and the fusilade on shore led the ships to promptly open fire. The Blanca, Encalada, Esmeralda and Iluascar used their hearr guns, while the transports kept their mitrailleuses busily employed. A tremendous distruction followed and at 10 a. m. a fire broke out in a nitrate warehouse, which was extinguished by the fire i?rfcpflrlo A + 2 SO n -ri firf> broke out and this time the efforts of the firemen proved useless, and the flamrs spread until the whole central part of Iquique, where the best stores aDd buildings were situated, was in ruins. Up to the l(Ith, when the Warspite left Iquique the ruins were yet burning. The fight which resulted in the fire was a bloody tragedy, and it would have been more prolonged had it not been for an :-irrangeitient having been reached by the chiefs of the two parties and under which the opposition leaders engaged to pay Colonel Soto 810,000 to distribute among his men who were then to join the rebels. Under ^this arrangement the government troops abandoned their arms and soon dispersed. Subsequently Colonel Soto was arrested and sent on board the Amazonas, accused of having distributed only $1,000 among his men and having retained the remaining $0,000. Those on board the Warspite had also been informed that Colonel Ilobels had 2,000 of Balmaceda's troops on the pam -- 3 ll-.i *1. L-? ~ il. ..U pas, ana mat 11 was possitue uiey wumu i again attack Iquique, in which port and its vicinity the revolutionists stated i they had 3,000 men. They were, how- ; ever, short of ammunition, but were ex- ; decting sorae by a steamer by way of i Magellan Strait. Iquique is completely abandoned and : ail the inhabitants have taken refuge : on an island where they had previously i been stationed. Pisagua has been abandoned by the populace. The Intendent of Iquiquo sought refuge on the Warspile. and subsequently left in , the cable stoamerSilvertown for Val- j T)f?: r.isr#. I :e report is confirmed of a , light at San rr?.ncisco in which Gener- 1 ai Vidagran was killed, and the rebels . were defeated. In the light at Iquique on the 19th, 1 about 200 persons vrere killed. Some of ( the number lost their lives through ' their own imprudence. The office of 1 the daily newspaper, Yos DeChetc, i which supported the governmeht, was i sacked and burned. The Warspite i * - gave passage lu v>auau tu nu j of different nationalities. The French ( steamship Ville de Belfast, which arrived at iquique, reports thatSOO billed and wounded were the outcome or the tight on the Tarapaca pampas. The Lima Drairo said on February 25th: "The present revolution in Chili : threatens to result in serious interna- * tional conflicts. Peruvian territory has ^ already been violated by the Chilian < government troops, and now we learn z that government troops with provis- J ions and ammunition have occupied po- J sitions inside the Argentine limits and j on the road to Mondosa. A report j reached Panama March 7th, that when f the forces of Valparaiso fired on the Blancoencalada, killing several of her j crew, the commanding officer solicited permission from the shore authorities J to bury them and that the answer he received was: 'That he might bury f fu^rv. ivi +v.q co, ? Thp Pfimmander of * 111 C, i IJ XXI UlIG AiiV v ^ the Blancoencalada thereupon referred 1 to Die captain of her. Majesty's ship ? Champion, and the latter signiDcantly a replied: "Request me to bury them and I shall do so." The request was accord- 1 ingly formally made. Whereupon the i British commander had the Chilian ( dead on the steamer taken ashore un- j[ der the protection of the British flag j and buried with due military honors in , graves he had ordered prepared for f them. To Save Her Own Life. j DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, c March 24.?Wm. Watts, a farm hand on ( the plantation of .T. M. Wemsem, living fifteen miles from this place, told his wife on arising from his bed yesterday morning, that she had only a short time to live, and recommended that she make peace with the Almighty. He . declared that he had made up his mind ] to kill her, and that as soon as he was i dressfd he would carry out his mar- j riprnns intention. Tne poor woman, ( knowing the desperate character of her ; husband, decided that her only hope for j life lay in adopting desperate means , herself. She accordingly went to the wood pib\ and arming herself with the 1 axe, stole cautiously into the housa, and while her husband was engaged in = tying his shoe, she crept up behind him s and split his head in twain, killing him 1 instantly. She was arrested and held i in bonds for trial. ( A German Fiend. Altooxa. Pa., March 24? Saturday j last, Christian Leiberg, a middle-aged German, went to the house of John Smidthuber, on Fourth avenue, this city, and after playing with the cmi- ' dren a while, caught up a five-year-old ! son and seated him on the top "of a red- ] hot stove. The child's screams brought i the brother to its rescue, but it was < badly burned, a piece of ilesh sticking to the stove. Leiberg escaped, and was i not seen again until this morning, when he slipped into the house and again i caught the child and attempted to re- , peat thu cruel act of Saturday. A ( neighbor came to the rescue and Lei berg was captured. Threatening Mafias. St. Louis, March 20.?A dispatch 1 i'rom Texas says that the Xcw Orleans Ma lias arc sending threating letters to persons who have expressed a disapproval oi their methods. As a result of his fi'-e expression of the conviction ! that the New Urieans killing 01 me Mali a rat-mbcrs was right, John Lou<;, a wealthy : nd prominent citizen ofIIoustou. is in receipt of a letter purporting to have been signed by the Mafia authorities, ^ arniug him to keep his mouth shut or he will be done for. It is written in red ink with t.ie customary skull and cross bones as the intent of the warning. r k THE SONG OF THE SOUTH. The Keport ol the Tradesman for the First Quarter of 1891. Chattanooga, March 25?The Tradesman's report of new industries established in the Southern States during the first three months of 1S91 shows a total of 853, against 837 for the corresponding period of 1890 and 612 in the corresponding period of 1889. The figures for the quarter show a healthful and steady growth in the South's material development. During the three months there were established in the South six agricultural implement works, six barrel factories, twelve boot and shoe factories, (comparatively a new industry in the South, only two having been established in the first quarter of 1890, and one in the first quarter of 1889.) three breweries, one bridge works, two car works, ten carriage factories, forty-five cotton and woollen mills, (which is somewhat below the number in the corresponding quarter of 1890, but the distribution is genera], Georgia leading with twelve, south Carolina eight, Texas seven, and LlZclliy CTCi J UUU^l uuutuv/iu wv/" ing represented;) Gftv-eight large development and improvements companies, Texas leading with twelve, Alabama ten; thirty-one electric light companies organized, twenty-two flour and grist mills, forty-seven foundery and machine shops, against forty-three in 1890 and forty-five in 1889, Texas leading with ten, Virginia nine and the balance equally distributed; nine blast furnace companies organized, against twentytwo in the same peried of 1890 and seventeen in 1889; seven gas works organized, twenty-eight ice manufacturing plants, fifty-three mining and quarryiDg companies incorporated, four nail works, eight oil mills, against twentyone for the corresponding period of 1890; five potteries, one rolling mill company, fifty-three street railroad liues incorporated, twelve tanneries, thirty-two water-works chartered, 141 wood-working plants and seventy-nine miscellaneous industries. The phosphate excitement in the South is shown by the fact that thirtytwo new companies were orsanized during the quarter, nine of which were formed in Florida. The extraordinary activity in railroad builuicg in the South is showing the fact that during the three months ninety-three new railroad companies were incorporated, of which thirteen were in Virginia, thirteen in North Carolina, twelve in Georgia, tin in Alabama, seven each in West Virginia, Texas and South Carolina and eleven in Tennessee. The Tradesman says that present indications point to continued activity in the South in all industrial branches, and the ensuing year gives more flittering promise of substantial development in manufacturing growth than fWn nof rrrofifcinrr AUJ jJiCViUUO )cai, LUC uiv/ou fiauiijiuj feature of tbi3 being the diversified character of the new industries. Italian* Insult th? Flar. New Orleans, March 25.?The repert of the insult oS'ered the American lag on the cay the Hennessey verdict svas rendered, has created much indignation throughout the country, judging by :he numerous letters received by the nayor from Grand Army posts and Dthers respecting it. Mr. Shakspeare, several days ago, ordered an ofticial inrestigation, and the police have made a report which can be substantiated by nany reputable witnesses. It shows ,he Mafia regarded the action of the jury is a signal victory over the law of this ;ountry. Here is the report: "Abeut 4 o'clock Friday evening, March 13, a crowd of Italians, numberng from forty to fifty men, congregated )n the levee at the head of Ursuline street. Three of thnm, named Guisseppe Lefere, A. Sencettaand liomana ; Borchitone, the latter a brother-in-law )f James Caruso, indicted as one of the issasinsof Chief Hennessey, entered a ihanty at that place, which is owned by italian stevedores, and used by them as i warehonse for baskets, flags, etc., for ruit ships and lungers, and, took thererom a number of flags, amon; them an , American llag. Peter Gorales, the ceeper #f the shanty, made no effort to 1 Drevent the men from taking the flag. Jn a llagstati" attached to this shanty 1 lie three men hoisted the flags, the Ital- : an at the top and the American turned ipside down below it. The atlair creat- , id considerable excitement and a crowd ;oon gathered." Signor (Jorte. the Italian coaaul here, ' las receired instructions from the Ital- : an minister at .Washington to report iTerj detail of the investigation into the yuching of the Italians. The counsul las asked to be summoned as a witness, ind he will tell his story the first thing n the morning. ijignor Corte belieres ?.- 11 fA h? PAn. 1 /lie 1UI Uiv lucguu^ W v,v ? tidered prima facie evidence against the gentlemen whose names were appended ,o it. A T?rrlbl? Adrenture. Banbury, Conn., March 19.?Two poung hunters, Charles W. Barnett and ; Andrew Deibel. both of them living in : Masebac, started early yesterday mornng to hunt in the swamps about three niles from the.r home. In crossing one )f many deep streams in the swamp, Deibel dropped his gun, which struck on ,hc log on which the men were walking. ; Fhe charge entered Baraett's hip. ren- 1 lering him helpless. Deibel, in attempting to grasp the fallen *un, lost his balance and fell in the ' stream. He was unable to graso the log, and could not climb the bank. Bar- : ictt, in his disabled condition, could renler no assistance, The water was cold, ind Deibel told his com anion that un less aid was summoned he would have < .o let go his hoUl. : Barnett then started for the nearest iarm house, bobbing along on improvised 1 crutches. The nearest house to the < swamp was nearly two miles awar, but Ihe injured man managed to reach it and nform the inmates of the predicamert : :>f his companion. Barnett then fainted. II. was fully two hours from the time llut Barnett started when help arrived. Deibel was found clinging to the bank, ivith his body in the cold stream. lie ivas almost exhausted. He was removed to his home, where he now, lies, delirious with fever. He is very weak from exposure, and his recovery is doubtful. Barnett cannot live, owing to great !oss of blood. Losm from a ISroken Crevasse. New Okleaxs, March 18.?Reports received at >ioon to-day from the crevasse on ?>. M. Ame's White House plantation are to the effect that the crevasse is now 200 feet wide and 15 i'eet deep. The water is going through with irresistible force. A portion of Jefferson Parish vvill be inundated and the loss will be very great. Already the two great trunk lines, the Southern Pacific and the Texas Pacific Roads, have been chopped in two by the crevasse. These roads are transferring | their passengers by boats to points j above the break. THE MASSACRE OF THE MAFIAGovernor Xlcholln, of Louisiana, ltepliea to Secretary lilain'. Washington*. March 24.?Secretary Blaine received a letter from Governor Xicholls. of Louisiana, this norn:njr, in regard to the recent killing o: eleven Italians in jail at New Orleans, ot whbli the following is a copy: Executive Department, State X - T*> T> > 1 .K OK -LiOUISIAAA, noiUJ., iUiUCIl 21, 1891.?Hon James (r Blaine, Secretary of State, Washington, 1). C.?Sir: At a late hour oa the 15th instant I ra;eived a dispatch from you having reference to the forcib'e breaking on the 14th of this month of the jail in this city and the killing of eleven persons coniined therein under indictments found in the criminal district Court Lr the Parish of New Orleans. You stated to me that it had been represented to the President, by the minister of Italy, accredited to the Government of the United States, that among the killed ou that occaeion were three or four subjects of the King of Italy. The telegram disclosed an apprehension on the part of the minister, evidently shared in by the President, that the disturbance was a continuous and swelling disturbance which might involve Italian subjects in Xew Orleans. I have reasons to believe that the hope expressed by the President that I would co-operate with him in maintaining the obligations of the United States toward Italian subjects, who might be within the perils of the exci'.ement, and that further violence and bloodshed might be prevented, was based upon that belief. He further expressed the hope that all offenders might be promptly brought to justice. On the lGlli I telegraphed you that there was no excitement in the city at that time and that I saw no reason to _ _ i-_ r.?o T anticipate luriner irouuie. jl ujsu slulcu that the action taken was directed against particular individuals and that the race or nationality of the parties did not enter as a factor in the disturbance. A week his passed sincc the date of my dispatch and the opinion then entertained as to the termination of the trouble has pro'"ed to have been well founded. The men killed, as 1 have slated, were confined in prison uuder indictments found in the Criminal District Court for the parish of Xew Orleans. The sheriff has made his return of the facts to Hie Court, the Judge thereof has charged the grand jury now in session .u regard to the matter and the whole subject is, I assume, now under investigation by that body. I am satisfied tnat most of the persons killed were American citizens, but pro bably that two or three were Italians subjects. I have the honor to be. very respectfully. Francis T. Zs'icholls. ' Secretary Blaine has sent a copy of the letter to Baron Fava Italian minister. ITALY WILL WAIT ON TIIE LOUISIANA COURTS. The department of State will not take further action in the matter of the New Orleans tragedy until the Italian minioter makes some further communication on the subject. Wanted to be Hanged. Columbia, S. C., March 19?By an act of cleo ency on the part of Governor Tillman the sentence oi' death which Fred Brown was under for murder has been changed to a life sentence ot hard loftni* in tho nurifMnr.inrv" This commutation is due to the efforts of Brown's attorneys, Messrs. Meetze & Muller, an i or his good friend Maj. J. II. Adams who have had in circulation for the past ten days a petition to be presented to the Governor asking his humane consideration, See. The crime for which Fred Brown was exacted to be hanged to-morrow was committed on the night of the 15*h of July, 1881*, about four miles from Lexington village. Fred Brown suspected Lem Jackson of being too intimate with his wife ar.d he undertook most effectually to stop the sensation by shooting and killing Jrckson. When the Sheriff communicated to Fred this morning the news of his commutation, the prisoner replied that he was indifferent about the matter, that he had made up his mind that he was to be hanged tomorrow and was not glad that he was [ to be disappointed in taking the journey to Heaven. The news of his new and probably long lease of life was told to him before breakfast, and almost any one would think that it would have braced him up for a hearty meal. It took his apetite from him and he refused to eat. His expectation of dining with the angels on better fare tomorrow doubtless destroyed all relish for Sheriff Drafts'food.?Columbia Ke cord. Prepariuj: for 1S92. Washington. March 22.?'"The National Democratic Executive Committee will meet in Washington in April," said a member of that body to-day, "and some importan. business may be transacted. The committee lias headquarters still in Xew York, the lease of which expires in May next, and it is presumed that the question of established a headquarters in Washington will be considered. 1 think we should have a permanent headquarters in Washington, or at the least from now on to the seating of the next Democratic President. March 4, 189;." ' What rbout the national association of Democratic clubs?" ">VCiX. \UU ..Liuvv iJiut ia an - j zatlon indepenr'e'U of the committee. | It Is capable of doing splendid work, however, and the executive committee will uadoubteiy indorse it when the committee meets We arc going to have a hard fight in 1S92, and it is accessary to begin the work or preparation for the campaign at once. Wc should do all we can to help the party in tiie several rotate elections, and to that end must knovr what is going on in each of them, and to do that we must have a headquarters and, at least, a bureau ol'intormation. This work can be best done at Washington, for the present at lea^t. and the co-operation of the clubs will be of great benefit." Devilish Doings. BrRLiXGTON. X. J.. March 25.?A drunken mob assaulted an aned Russian couple named Lebowsky at their cottage at Itiverdale last Sunday night. The couple were roughly handle*1 and their household goods were demolished by the ruflians. Not satisfied with t lis the mob started upstairs for the sleeping apartment of Lebowsky's pretty daughter. She was dragged lrom her bed, and the drunken men attempted to assault her. She fought desperately, however, j a'id !iy u supreme ell'ortmanaged to free ! herself. Clothed only in a tliln night i i-niio ciio inmnpil from the window and : ran to the house oi' a neighbor, where she fell iaintiug from fright and exhaustion. The neighbors then went totbe assistance of the old couple and succeeded in capturing several of the loafers. i THE RACE PROBLEM. j STATISTICS WHICH SHOW THAT IT IS SOLVING ITSELF. j ' u | The Colored Kace Has >"ot Held Its Own j In the Last Dec- de?The Whites Have J Increased More ltapidlv Since 1830 | No 1'erceptible Northward Movement. Washington*, March 23? Superintendent i'ott c of the Census Bureau | has in preparation an important bulle! tin giviug the population of the South I Atlantic and:South Central States, Mis- . souri and Kansas by races. The total population embaced in this count is given as 23,875,259, of which 16,868,205 were white, 6,996,166 colored and 10,888 Chinese, Jap?nese and Indians. In the States included were found in 1890 fifteen-sixteenths cf the entire colored population of the United States,so that for the purpose of immediately ascertaining the percentage of increase of the colored population the returns of these States are adequate and not likely to be materially affected by the returns 1 of other States and Territories where the colored population is small. ^ The abnormal increase of the colored * population in what is known as the . "black belt." during the decade ending imu, ieu to tne popular oeuei tuat tae negroes were 'increasing at a much greater rate than the white population. This error was a natural one, and arose from the difficulty of ascertaining how much of the increase shown by the tenth census was real and how much was due to the omission of the census of 1870. The facts as ascertained sustain the theory that the high rate of increase in the grow ,h of colored population as shown in 1880, was apparent, not real, and that it was due to imperfect enumeration in the Southern States in 1870. During the past decade the colored race has not held its own against the whites in the region where the climate and conditions are, of all those which the country affords, the b>st suited to its development. In only three decades, that from 1800 to 1830, during a part of which time the slave trade was in progress, has the colored race increased more rapidly than the whites. Since 1830 t.'ie whiUs have steadily increased at a more rapid rate than the colored people. This increase has not been effected by the aid of immigration, for, with tne exception of Kansas and Missouri, these States hare /inmnarflfivelv fpw #?micrrfl.nt,S either from foreign countries or from Northern States. Similarly the proportion of colored inhabitants to the white increased somewhat between 1800 and 1830, but since that time it has steadily diminished. In 1830 when the proportion was at its maximum there was nearly six colored inhabitants to ten white, but this proportion has been reduced to a trifle more than four at the present date or by nearly one-third of its amount. The deficiencies of the ninth census, says Porter, are so apparent in this table that any ! extended reference tc them is wholly A i unnecesary. The following table gives the present white and colored population of the several States under considation: White. Colored. Alabama 830,796 681,431 Arkansas 816,517 311,227 Delaware 139,429 29,022 District of Columbia 154,352 75,927 Florid?. 224,461 166,678 Georgia 973,462 863,716 Tv'i>n<!to 1 374 882 51.251 Kentucky., 3,585,526 272,981 Louisiana 554,712 562,893 Maryland 824,149 218,004 Mississippi 539,703 747,720 Missouri 2,524,468 154,131 North Caiolira 1,049,191 567,170 South Carolina 458,454 692,503 Tennessee 1,332,971 434,300 Texas 1,741,190 492,837 Virginia 1,014,680 640,867 West Virgini.; 729,262 33,508 Totals 1*,868:203 6,896,166 To get the local population of these States 2,581 Chinese, 100 Japanese and 8,207 Indians should be added to the sums of the white and colored population. ,:^4 Several tables are given which show the movement of the colored element of the population during the last half century. An inspection of the tables makes it evident,says the bulletin, that there has been no extended Xorthward movement of this element since the time nf the Hvil war. Indeed, with the exception of the District of Cblrrnbia, the border States appear to have lest rather than gained, and during the last decade there becomes a perceptible Southward movement of the colored element from the border States into those bordering the gulf, particularly into Mississippi and Arkansas where they nave increased proportionately to the whites. Let the States under consideration be divided into two groupa. the tirst comprising Dela if 1 ,1 w* /lAlnmKi'o , ware, Aiaryiauu, Avisoiicii ujl vuiuuiuia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Kansas, and the second, South Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and ArKansas. Now, the increase of whites in the first of these groups from 1880 to 1890, was at the'rate o? 22 per cent., while that of the colored element was but 5.5 per cent. In the second of these crrouos the rate of increase of whites"was*31.8 per cent., while that of the colored was 19.1 per cent. Ia the first group the number of colored to 1,000,000 whites diminished between 1880 and 1890 from 26.701 to 23,088, or 13.5 per cent., while in the second group it diminished from 81,456 to 73,611, or only 9.6 per cent. There is, therefore, a perceptible tendency Southward of the colored people, which, by no means powerful, has resulted in drawing a notable proportion of that element from the border States and in producing in two of the far Southern States a more rapid increase of the colored element than of the white. No More Runaway Horses. Chicago, March 21.?The many utilitv of electricilv to modern necessities was impressed upon a large crowd to-day in an exhibition of its application to stopping runaway horses. It is a common "you touch the buttoa" contrivance and was invented by a livery man. Beneath the driver's bos a l.wo volt oattery .s lo.ate.:. iro n vhich is transmitted a current a?oii^ the line* to the horse's nose and can be operated easily by the driver or any one in the carriage. In the test to-day a runaway team were thrown upon their haunche3 instantly. In addition to this device for stopping runaway teams the inventor has made an electric stimulator for starling lazy or dsikj nurses anu giving them style." This is opperated through the iiccs also, the current being applied to the horse's sides by copper plates in the back baud. Kobbcd by a Lone Highwayman. New Orleans, March 26 ?A Picayune San Antonio special says news has reached here rhat the stage carrying the United States mail was robbed be tween (Jomiort ana ? reuencKsumKojf a lone highwayman. He receivediesa ,v than S4 from the stage driver antttaie ;> passengers. There was no registered mail. _J