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VOL. XLVI. WINXSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1891. NO. 34. ASYLUM MANAGEMENT, j : THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE MAKES ITS REPORT. Vnii TV-*;- of i In- l*;ii)i-r?1'inl Food?Tras- ! ~ * I dies Too I'rcqaent-Orosi ?2lisence | Charged -The Coveraor's Offer to the | Official. Columbia. S. C.. April 2.?The; long awaited report of the comm.ttee i appointed t > investigate the State Luna-; tic Asylum has at last been completed J and made public. The committee completed the report yesterday morning, afi ter something over a week's work, and the members have gone home for the present. As will be seen below, this report cr* the committee shows some disclosures of a surprising nature, and it is stated that they are la possession 01 worse ones. The preliminary report was handed to the Governor yes'.eruay morning, and iast evening he gave It to the press. II e was asked what action he would take in the mauer, and he said : '*1 expect to have such parts of the testimony as bear directly on these matters transcribed irom the stenographer's notes, and they will be held subject to the inspection of the General Assembly Further, I would say that the Regents and officers of the asylum will be given a hearing if they desire it, aftpr which I will take such ac'ion as will seem necessary to remedy the eviis complained of. Here is the report in full: Columbia, S. C.. April 1, 1891. To His Excellency ii. 11. Tillman, Governor : At the last session of the Legislature a committee, of which the undersigned are members, was appointed by concurrent resolutions, with power and instruc-1 tions to make inquiry into and to report to the Legislature the condition of the I lunatic asylum. This :ommittee has performed its duties so far as practicable at this time; and we deem it both a coiuSSBl tesy and a duty to transmit to your Exjgjfll cellency an outline of the manner m jfjr which the work assigned has been done, P together with the results in a general I form. 7 l'nvUorl the novernor of the * ? * State to attend the sessions of the com- j mitiee, recognizing iu you the highest constitutional authority in ail matters affecting the well-being, direction and control ot this institution2. As the t.me in which the inquirr was to be made was limited, we asked I your Excellency to employ a steno| grapher, baring in view also the further I consideration thai our findings or recommendations slit uld be based upon a full hearing,- which has been obtained and which is now a matter of record with the committee. 3. It was the design of the committee that its investigation should in no sense be open to the construction of an ex parte proceeding, this lact being im- * -1 (kAovominritinnc pressed lli clUU lUC uauiiuuuvum We, therefore, examined, under oath, all those concerned in the management of the institution, and those whose duties, directed bv such mauagement, with an eye at ail times to the official aad per ' soiial responsibilities to the wards of the State. 4. The scope of our investigation included in general terms: First. The duties of the superior officer and the manner in which those duties, were discharged, basing our conclusions on the rules and regulations governing such officers, their own evidence, and the evidence of attendants and employes past and present at the asylum. Second. As to the internal economy of the institution and a:l of its auxiliaries intended to contribute to its mainteno r\ auvv* Third, The relation of the number of officers and attenants to the result accomt dished, and to be accomplished, with special refence to the equitable distribution of work and compensation. Fourth. The expenses of the various departments, as o^Lrined from the correct accounts aad from oral testimony. Fifth. The efficiency and value to the State of the methods now practiced at the asylum, as compared with a management of rigid economy and regard for and proper development ot its ways aud means of self-support. 5. In order to deal intelligently with these grave questions it was necessary to take a great mass of testimony, the deponents in all cases from past or present connection with the institution beiug familial- in vofrinff fl^orvPfCi Wll h the Sllb jects under examination. G. After imost 'borough examination we fiml that the Inmates. or patients, so tor uS we tan learn, are treated humauely by the attendants and with a sympathetic consideration l'or their unfortnuate condition. We have investigated several j cases of cruelties from patient to paiient, i aud several cases of violent, deplorable : deaths, but these misfortunes are not, in j our judgment, chargeable to dereliction) OX UUIV UU LUC ['ill t VI Lilt ati^uviauic. i 7. We find that there is a great diversity of opinion among the attendants anu other employees as to the quality and suitableness of the food provided for the inmates and for attendants and employees. There is a great deal of tes-1 timonv, especially in the male depart-1 ment, coing to show that objectionable j meat are often served, and "that there I f are other articles oi food which are not j such as mi^ht be expected, considering I the liberal appropriations made by the j Legislature tor the proper maintenance j of the asylum. 8. We Gnu that reprehensible latitude j of conduct and absolute freedom from; restraint have been permitted to patients ] considered by their keepers and attend- j ants as violent, dangerous and murder- ! ously inclined, which condition ofj things lias resulted directly in the death of patients and the unnecessary maltreatment of others. These tragedies, \>e tind. were precipitated by remissness or lack of judgment after due | notice to the proper authorities. 9* We find, as grow ins: out of the facts i I as related by the witnesses and irom the | previous paragraph, that there has been e gross negligence on the part of some of "the officers immediately iu charge of the asylum. W 10. We tind that the Board of Regents ' has failed to discharge its duties in several important relations, and that the evidence further shows that the visits of the board have not been regular or frequent as required by their own by-laws, and.that where such visits were made. I the examinations required oftbe Kegeats were imperfectly performed in some instances, and that in other instances there i was no examination of certain wards to | which, from the nature ot their inmates. their attention should most particularly j , have been directed. ? 11. We tind an incomprehensible iu-J equality as to the compensation and j | labor Oi many of the attendants aud of j [ emplojes holding responsible positions. I 12. We lind strong evidences ot waste, mismanagement and ignorance or tlisrc- j sard of its value, on the asylum farm, j the system of work there and its management needing an absolute and speedy revolution. 13. There are several others matters \ relating to our work which can best be j understood by reference to Iho testlmo- j uy. 14. We were offered every facility by the superintendent and other officers of the asylum in the prosecution of the in- { vestigation, for which we express our j -w.l av^i\uuvv ivut; All of which is respectfully submitted. T. J. Strait, M. I).. Senate. II. P. Goodwin, House of Ileps. Committee Investigation Lunatic Avslum. A Cobbler's Wife's Ooltl Wilmington, Del., April 1.?Ten thousand dollars in gold and greenbacks has been found secreted in an old table in the residence of John Sprague, a shoemaker at ;No. 721 West second street, in this city. The money represents his deceased wife's savings for thirty-nine years. On January 27 last Mrs. Mary Sprague, I " - - - .? 1* ,1 1 vriie 01 tne couoier, urupyeu ueau, u | victim of heart disease, in a drug store. The couple came to Wilmington from England thirty-one years ago. The husband is about sixty years of age, while the wife was nearly iifty-niue years old when she died. They were frugal and industrious, and during their thirty-nine years of married life the husband weekly gave the wife a certain sum oi money I for her judicious use. He never questioned what she did with the surplus, i but supposed it was regularly put in bank. When Mrs. Sprague died search was made for the bank-book -supposed to exists. but to no avail. The house was ransacked, but still no money was found. Finally, Mrs. McGinley. a neighbor, suggested as she had had a dream to that effect, that possibly the treasure might | be secreted in an antique table, aud this [article of furniture was examined, j Tightly wedged in an inside corner of 1 the table were found a ba<r of gold and a [ roll of greenbacks, which, being counted, j amounted to $10,000. The newly found money was at once ! deposited in bank. A farther aud two j sous constitute the Sprague family. Mr. Sprague has just received word from j England that he has also fallen heir to several thousand dollars by the death of a relative. A Terrible Naval Conflict. Sax Fkaxcisco, April 1.?Private j advices from Valparaiso state that the j ironclad Blanco, belonging to the insur- j gents, recently attempted to blow upj thu armed government tug Florence with a I3ist torpedo. The torpedo missed the tug but struck the big floating dry di?ck m the harbor, blowing it to pieces. The Blanco was thereupon treated to a ; hot lire of shot and shell from every gun in the fort and steamed out o. the harbor. The same night the torpedo boat and iug Florence stole out to attack the Blanco, The ironclad was not alone, being In company with the sloop of war Ohiggings. Both ships compelled the go .'ernment vessels to return to the bar bor and followed in not pursuit, a heavy shell from the Blanco struck the Florence, blowing her entirely out of the water, and every one of her crew of seventeen men were either killed or > wounded. A broadside from the Ohiggiogs knocked the torpedo boat all to pieces. The two insurgent vessels then turned their attention to the forts and a lively bittle ensued. A shell trom the forts struck the Ohiggms and went clear through her. Another shell caused a gun on her quarter deck to explode. When the smoke cleared away the deck was found to have been literally torn oli' the vessel and nine men out of the gun's crew of twelve were blown to atoms. The sloop was at once t?.ken out of range of the guns in the forts. They Mean Business. Pittsburg, Fa., March 31.?A Mount Pleasant, Pa., special to the r.-.? _?1 TttaI, jmnus says: ucuciui i said this afternoon: "If necessary to | break this strike, the II. C. Frick Coke j Company will take a hand. We will \ operate our works, and if necessary, we j will bring into the region uniformed men, | armsd and prepared for battle, and they [ will be ordered to shoot, and shoot to j kill, any one who interferes with our | men or our arrangements. The Frick Coke Company is not goin<i out with guns and clubs to drive the strikers to j work and the Frick Coke Company will J not permit the strikers to go out with \ guns and clubs and drive men who want j to work away from our plants. That's our position.'' A Kemarkeble Case. Spautanburg, S.C., March 28? One of the most remarkable cases of recovery has just occurred here. One of our citizens has beer snatched from the very grasp of death. For several mouths Mr. W. II. Posey has been suffering from a severe attack of jaundice ( with other troublesome complications. He grew worse and worse until his friends lost all hope of his recovery, j His brother, Dr. Posey was sent for. 1 Indiscretion in diet brought on con-j vulsions and to appearances he died.' Ilis breathing ceased, his pulse stopped, and his brother turned away and said it is all over. Then Dr. Hill proposed to inject nitro-glycerine into his arm. If tie was dead it could do no good. !!< did so, and in a few minutes the heart begain agan to beat, the lungs to respire and the pulse to throb, and he was again a live man. The jaundice is now under control and there is every prospect of Mr. Posey's recovery?Herald. A Shocking Deatli. Albany. X. V., March 26.?Tuesday j night Thomas Williams, a peddler from ! Chicago, was Drtitaiiy assauueu, uuu , was picked up by the police and taken ! to a hospital. There' the physicians found what they supposed to be a i wound caused by a kick, and which had . knocked his eye out. To-day he died, i and an autopsy was held. When the J c;<p of the Vkull was removed it wa' j found that an umbrella point had been j jabbed in the eye, and the ferrule had j come off and was embedded in the brain, j One of his assailants, John Murphy, has j been arrested, but claims he only struck : Williams with his fist. j A Portrait of Jeft'ersoi? St. Louis, Mo , March 26.?A special ! ; from Little Rock. Ark., says a life-size { portrait of Jefferson Davis, wnica tne ; Clerk of the House was authorized ' during the eariy part of the session to ! : have painted, was received to-day and { placed over the Speaker's desk. It took ; the place of the portrait of George! Washington that has been hanging in ! i the hali 'or the past twenty years. Hotel Holocaust. Austin. Pa.. March 27.?Kottenry's j Commercial Hotel was burned this j morning. Lizzie McGavish, a domestic, j Jack MeCartv, a boarder, and an un-: known man were burned to death. | WILL IT LEA!) TO WAR.' THE ITALIAN MINISTER AT WASHINGINGTON RECALLED. Italj' Is I>issatlsli6d Because No Specific OQ'ers of Keparation Have Been Made for the Killing of Itnlian Citizens at New Orleans. Washington, March 31.?With an official note dated to-day Daron Fava< Italian minister, has declared to the Secretary of State that the United States Governraenr, not having given assurances that the murderers of Italian subjects acquitted by American magistrates and murdered in prison while under the immedaite protection of the authorities of New Orleans, would be brought to justice, the Italian Government has found itself under the very painfnl necessity of showing openlv its dissatisfaction bv recalling the minister of his Majesty from a country where an Italian renresentat-ix-ij ia In Thft Huron will soon leave the United States, leaving the secretary of legation in charge only of current affairs. OFFICIAL SURPRISE. This action by the Italian Government caused the deepest surprise in official circles here when the fact became known. It had beerv generally supposed that the Italian Government would at least await the action of the Xew Orleans grand jury, which is charged with an investigation of the bloody episode at the Xew Orleans jail. It appears, however, that the information received from its representative must have led that Government to the conclusion that the grand jury's investigation would fail to result in the punishment or even the indictment ol any person connected with the killing of the Italians. XICIIOLLS' LETTER NOT SATISFACTORY. The letter of Governor 2sics oils, in reply to Secretary JSlaine, was also, it is thought, regarded as evasive of the real points at issue, reparation for an alleged wrong, and the Governor's assurances that further bloodshed would not follow, unaccompanied by any excuse for the failure of the State or municipal authorities to take precautions to prevent the killing, was it is said, re garaea oy ine.uan;unjuvej.uuiciii/ extreme dissatisfaction. It appeared to it that the United States Government had exhausted its resources. LIMITATIONS OF GUI: GOVKIiNMEKT. The relations between the .National Government and the governments of the States were so lixed by the American Constitution that when the Italian minister, obeying the commands of his Government, sought for some assurance that the persons concerned in the killing of its subjects would be punished, it was not possible for the General Government to give any deiinite assurance of the kind. It could and did point to the fact that the grand jury was the American provision for calling before the bar of justice persons who had violated the law of the land. I3ut this particular grand jury was called together under laws of the Southern State of Louisiana, and whether or not it would punish according to the Italian idea of justice was something that no national official from the President down could guarantee. ITALY WAXTS SATISFACTION. The Italian Government was not satisfied with such views. With the relations between the Slate and National Governments and the peculiarities of our constitutional system of governniens it had nothing to do. But it was necessary, according to its views, that Italian citizens in foreign countries should be accorded the full measure of protection fixed by the laws of those countries. Here was a case where, according to the statement of the minister, Italian subjects had been arrested on the charge of crime and acquitted bv an American jury according 10 me forms of American iaws. These men, declared innocent by a judicial tribunal. had been slain by an angry people. The Italian Government could not go behind the verdict of tne American Court, and notwithstanding it was stated in some quarters that the men were really guilty of foul assassination and had been acquitted by means of bribery, in the eye of the Italian Government they were innocent Italian subjects. In their violent killing the Italian people had been outraged and insulted. The National Government of the United States had, as stated, failed to give any definite assurances that reparation would be made. There was but one course, and that was taken to-day when the Italian minister noti ned Secretary iilaine that He haa ueen recalled because his Government was dissatistied with the negotiations. This is the Italian view of the matter. coil MOTION IN Tin-: STATE DEFAltT5IENT. There was commotion among the State department oflicials whQn the fact became known that 'iaron Fava had been recalled. They nid not know it officially?save the Secretary?before the close of office hours, for the Secretary was confined to his home by a rccurrance of his oid malady, gout, and did not send word to his .lieutenants in the department of State; but he did manage to get into his carriage abo'it 4 >1 - -1- 1 1_: Urkif/x i o ciuch. a.uu urive ovei 10 tue <? nitc House. lie told the President all that bad occurred and discussed future prospects. He s-tayed ?v 11li the President tor an hour, and when he returned to his home was not accessible. The State Departm- nt officials did not care to talk about the matter. Mr. Wharton, lirst assistant secretary, is confined to his rooms by illness. -Mr. Adee, another assistant secretary h; d not been informed of the event which was the absorbing topic of conversation amon^ the people outside. QUESTIONS OF DIPLOMACY. None of the officials cared to be quoted in their opinions. Precedents were to be looked up before they could he ventured. Still there there was a genA-n! /-* Kliliff 1Q TO ?J f f ?> T* ' C i ell U JOUWJlLlUil lu WCiil/iatr IIIV tauv^i, and there was no idea that the doss of war were to be unloosed. Baron Fava had not demanded his passports an had at lirst be.-n reported. There were many steps ia the diplomacy, and though slight distinctions and" small formalities apparently trivial" in the I public \iew, they were really full of significance to trained diplomats. The demand for passports is an extreme measure. It is taken when the war feeling runs high and the minister's person is ia danger at the hands of the populace. It is also in a degree suggestive of menace. TIIK KKCALL A SERIOUS MATTEU. ine recau uuuer inn circu:usi<iui;es, of this case is a serious matter. There could be no attempt to disguise that fact, but it does not signify that mutual explanation and diplomacy cannot restore the old status. The charge d'affairs, Marquis Imperial], has been left in charge of the Italian legation so that the severance of diplomatic relations cannot i-e regarded as complete, .lust what the status of this oilicial is cannot be known except through his oilicial acts. It is stated that he is in charge of "current affairs." If any serious signiticance attaches to the minister's recall this means that the charge J is to !>: > limited in his functions to issuing passports, instructing consular oilicers and other small matters. In this case further correspondence i between the Governments of the i United States and Italy must take 1 place directly between Washington and i Rome. 13ut this view of the case is not gen! tjikwi in nfTinhil nnarfcers. and it is expected that the charge d'affairs will be really in charge of the Italian legation, and that when Blaine wishes to address himself to the Italian Government his communication will be directed to Marquis Imperiali, who according to notice is in charge of Italy's I interest in the United States. | It can be stated positively that unless | events take an unforeseen and improbable turn there will be no call issued tor an extra session of Congress, and one of the most serious ill effects of the incident will be the probable postponement for an indeiinite time of the President's proposed Southern an<J Western trip. The view taken by the Administration, as it is understood, is that this Government has done all that could be done in the matter. Even if it had complete legal jurisdiction in the case . it- .. ~ ? 1 nrfi + l-?rk IfollQn CAV. ! it CUU1U UiiiV asouig i/lio Auuiiuui j ernment thut it would prosecute the | persons guilty of the attack on the Italians at New Orleans. It could not assure the Italian Government that it would punish them as Italy desires, and that would be for the grand and petit juries to determine. The Italian Government has been told that the President "deplores the abhorrent occurrence," and that this Government ! had taken steps to investigate the matter. I'art of this investigation was the ascertainment of the nationality of the Italians who were killed, and this has not yet been learned. There is no proof whatever before the President or Secretary of ^tate that a single Italian citizen "was among the victims, and such proof is an absolutely necessary preliminary to a fair demand for reparation. Officers of the department of justice are still inquiring into ihis and other branches of the case. ITALIAN POLITICS AT THE BOTTOM OF IT. It is suspected in Administration circles that recent changes in the Italian Cabinet may have had much to do with the present state of affairs. The Marquis Iludini, who has assumed the premiership, is supposed to be open to the inlluence of popular clamor and to desire to achieve a reputation with the masses by catering to the demand of the hot-headed element in Italy. At any rate it is felt that the present state of affairs is only temporary, and there is no disposition or intention to take any hasty action on the part of this Government. Certainly Porter, the United States minister to Italy, will not be recalled attitude, and this Government will maintain a pacific and aoide bv the develoDments of the future. In otber words, ;is put by a very distinguished statesman, speaking of the subject to-night, "we will keep our shirts on," and trust to the lapse of a little time to restore the old pleasant relations with Italy. A statement of today's event, giver out to-night by a high official of ti.j Government, is as follows: AX OFFICIAL STATEMENT. "Baron Fava, Italian minister, notified Secretary Blaine to-day that, under orders from Rome, he was compelled to withdraw from his mission near this Government. He does not close the Italian legation, but leaves the Marquis Imperiala, the present secretary, to act as charge d'affaires. That action is in no sense one of hostility to this Government, but may indicate a certain degree of discontent on the part of the Italian minis'"-}-. Baron Fava has been on diplomatic duty in Washington for the past ten years and his retirement will be much re gretted, both officially and sociallj . Highly sensational rumors connected with this retirement are not believed to have any truthful foundation." THE DIPLOMATIC METHOD. It is said by a gentleman who has had large experience in the diplomatic affairs of our Government that Mr. Sorter, United States minister to Italy, will not retire because of the withdrawal of the Italian minister to this country. Neither will the course of the Italian minister necessarily put a stop to cummunications between the respective Governments. The minister having turned over the charge of affairs to his secretary, correspondence with his Government can be carried on through that oflicer. It is not customary for Governments to address each other directly, but always through a minister or some representative. A declaration of war, the same oilicial said, did not necessarily follow such action as that of the Italian Government. There were many precedents for It, nearly all of which, however, were amoDg European nations. Through better understanding of the differences that may exist, or through friendly interventions of a third power, these difficulties are often adjusted without rccour.se to arms. DIPLOMATIC PKECEDENTS. So far as is recalled there have been only a few instances where foreign ministers to the United States have been recalled at the request of our Govment or have been given their passpork, two of which instances he recollected. The lirst of these was that of the French Minister Citizen Genet, who was reraiied bv the French Govern nu-nt at the request cf the United States because he was personally offensive to this country. The other case occurred at the time of the war of 1812 with Great Britain, when a minister from that country was given his passports. There are no cas^s recalled where a United States minister to a foreign country has been giwn his passports, though there may have been one or I more instances of this kind. It is said j that there have been a number of cases where protests have been made against United States consuls and even where the llag of the United States has been hauled down. The idea of war over I r!iP infirif.nt is ridimilp.il hv this e'pntlp man, as also is the prosppct of an extra I session of Congress growing out of the j same incident. lie suggested that the I misunderstanding may possibly exist as to the ro:<l nature of the letter of } Governor Xicholls to Secretary Blaine I with respect to the killing of the Ital| ians. It is assumed that JJaron Fava sent the letter to his Government and [ that possibly that Government may interpret it as the sentiment of the Federal Government in the case. Nations, he pointed out, do not go to war in these times over small affairs. I Mr. Porter, the present minister of ! the United states to Iuly, he said, is ! generally regarded as a mah of shrewd diplomatic ability, and fully able to I cope with the questions at issue. AMERICAN'S IN ITALY. Lute this afternoon certain erroneous ' reports were in circulation respecting j alleged outrages on American citizens in Italy. Careful inquiry at the de; partment of State fails to disclose mors j than two complaints of that character I during the past six months. Moreover j they appear to be devoid of features i calculated to give rise to international i complications, m one case an Atnerii can citizen, who was in the habit of j crossing the Piedmont boundary line ! in frtquent drives, was suspected of ; smuggling, and when he refused to | allow Italian customs oflicers to search i his carriage for contraband articles he was arrested and made a bitter com: plaint of discourtssy. In the other case j an Italian returned from the United States was arrested for alleged brigandage in 1806. It appeared upon consulting the records that he had been included in an amnesty proclamation, so he was released just as our State department discovered that he had been fraudulently naturalized in this country when he had lived here only two years. INTENSE BITTERNESS IN ITALY. t> * t T_ T*^i^~ XW.JUS, April 1.?i.ii j.baiicm punwucvi circles the vigorous action taken by the government in connection with the serious situation created by the recent .New Orleans massacre of Italian prisoners, is generally and fully endorsed, without respect to party divisions. The press reflects the prevailing political popular feeling, and is strong in its j denunciation of the Washington Government for its half-hearted efforts to maintain the national authority and exact reparation for crimes committed against Italians on the soil of one of its States. So bitter is the feelinz that a large number of influential Italians are urging the government to send out a circular note to friendly powers, asking them to unite in denouncing the United States as a nation at once unab'e to insure the administration of justice or to fulfill the duties which a chivalrous government owes by virtue of its existence to mankind. Perhaps in no way is the anger of a certain class of Italians better illustra ted than in the fact that a numoeror influential persons are now demanding that the Premier shall at once break with the Washington government, ignore its [jurisdiction in the present difficulty, aud proceed at once to directly call the State of Louisiana to acconnt. the massacre of troopsFurther Dispatches Contirm the Story and Give Farther Details. Calcutta, March 31.?Official dispatches received here by the government officers confirm the rr-port of the massacre of Ghoorkas at Manipur, in the province of Assam, where about 470 of these native soldiers were slam by hostile tribesmen of Assam after two dayi of deperate fighting. The fate of the British officers who were in command of the Ghonrkans and of the chief commissioner, James W. Quinton, who was conducting the negotiations at Dunpar for the arrest of a prominent chief who had been instrumental in deposing the Ilajah of Manipur, is still increasing, but the viceroy of India, the Marquia of Landsowne, believes that all the officials have either met death at the hands of the rebellious tribesmen of Assam, or that they are held as prisoners. In addition to the disaster at Manipur, it is believed that a force of British troops, composed of a detachment of two hundred soldiers of the Bengal Infantry and about eighty Gboorkas, who were marching from Shillong to Manipur in order to reinforce the Forty-second and Thirty-second Ghoorkas Lighi Infantry, which composed the command of Chief Commissioner Quinton, have also been attacked and have shared the fate of their comprades at Manipur. The Bengal Infantry and eighty Ghoorkas. it appears were set upon by the Assamese, or native tribes referred to, while they wero passing through a difficult and dangerous passage, and though they fought gallantly against heivy odds", the rebel tribesmen from the advantageous positions which they occupied on the sides of the pass and ahead and behind the British force, nnnrorl cnph 9 Hpc+riicH VA firp int.n the fVW1^ ~ -WW* . ~ ranks of the Bengalese and Ghoorkas that the latter are said to have been killed to a man. The viceroy is hurrying troops into the province "of Assam in order to punish the hostiles. Reinforcements of troops are als;> being sent into the states located in proximity to Assam in order to prevent any possible disorder or warlike outbreak which it is thought might follow the spreading of the news of the massacre , of the British troops at Manipur. A Terrible State of Affairs. San* Frakcisco, Cal., March 26.? A onfl T.pp turn Virrtt.hprs hardware dealers, arrived here yesterday from Valparaiso. Chili, on the bark Guinevere, having left Chili because of the war. When the Lee brothers left Valparaiso the inhabitants were expecting a bombardment at any moment. The city was in an uproar and all businees suspended. Xo one dared to express an opinion, and men suspected in sympathy with the insurgents were thrown into prison by the hundreds. The newspapers were watched and nothing against Ealmaceda was allowed to be published. The telegraph and cable lines were seized bv the <rovernment to prevent the facts leaking out. The Guinevere was the last sailing vessel to leave the harbor and then only got awa y by bribing the naval officers. Murderous Malia. IIazeltown, i'a., March 31.?The Italian railroad laborers hereabouts have been restless since the New Orleans lynching, and the Killing of one of their number in a recent fight with an American laborer has increased their uneasiness. Yesterday an Italian j named Pasco told his boss, in return for a favor, that on Saturday evening the Italians held a secret meeting and formed a Mafia society to protect their interests in this section, and also avenge their New Orleans brethren. They pricked themselves with stilettoes, and swore by their blood to carry out the purposes named by taking the lives of American citizens if neeessarv. The storv has caused fears on the part of tJiii nonnlo n? on nntHrpalr hv thw It'll W* VJ lans. Wrcckcd on the Shoals. >,orfolk, Va., April 1.?Seven men, the entire crew, with captain and otlicers, of the barkentine Ada II. Gould, of Addison, Me., were rescued yesterday by the Old Dominion steamship Guyandott off the "Winter Quarter lightship, and brought here, the vessel having struck on the shoals and filled rapidly. The men reports a terrible time since March 17, two seamen, John Sheder and Frank Lindefer, having been lost. The body of the tnree-yearold child of Capt. .Torgensen of the wrecked ship Dictator was washed ashore this morning. The Third Party Movement. Cixcixnatti, March 31? Capt. Power, the national organizer of what is known as the Citizens'Industrial Alliance, is here to arrange for the national convention to be held in this city Mav 19. to organize a new political party, with the Farmers' Alliance as j the basis. He said last night that at least 10,000 delegates will be present, representing thirty or more States. The i convention has not the endorsement! of the great Alliance bodies, but individual members are taking an interest in it. Drank a <>uart of Whiskey. Baxgok. Me., March 31?Leslie Ellis, vrtio yesterday drained a quart bottle of j whiskey without taking the bottle from j his lips, died at 10 o'clock tins morning. \ Ife is said tha: Ellis's companions, who i wagered that he could not do it, left him | for six hours in an unconcious condition before calling a doctor. An investigation will probably follow. WRECKED AND RESCUED. THE NORWEGIAN BARK DICTATOR GOES TO PIECES. Eiclit Lives Lost?Gallant "Work of the Life Savins Crews?The Captain Saved, But His Son and "Wife "Were Drowned. A Tale of Horror. Norfolk, Va., March 27.?The Xor wegian oarK iterator, irum xtjiiisauiwrt to West Hartlepool, Eng., laden with pine lumber, with a crew of fifteen and Captain Young, wife and little boy of three years, came ashore in a strong Easterly gale this morning, four miles South of Cape Henry and two miles North of Virginia Beach Hotel. The weatber was so thick that the vessel was not seen until 9 o'clock and then she was in the breakers broadside on, within a quarter of a mile of the shore. Full crews from the two life-saving stations of Cape Henry and Seatack, under command of Captain Drinkwater, were promptly on hand and began, firing lines to the iil-fated bark. The guns could not deliver the line so far, though repeatedly fired. The ship finally succeeded in getting a line ashore tied to a barrel which the surf carried to the life savers. A . v . , :?t.I? A A oreecnes ouoy was quium^ juggcu anu. sent to the vessel, but unfortunately the bark's crew were ignorant of its use and the rescue was delayed until Captain Drinkwater, of the life saying crew, wrote instructions, put them in a bottle and sent it to the Dictator by the line connecting the vessel with the shore. The men on board broke the bottle at once, as could be seen by glasses from the shore and proceeded to carry outthedirections. The first man was delivered ashore in eight minutes and seven others were rescued before sunset, four of whom came ashore in a life boat which was capsized, but the men succeeded in reaching the shore in a half dead condition, one man having his arm broken. During the entire day the ship rolled and nitched terriblv and made the work of rescuing the unhappy sailors exceedingly difficult and slow, as the life line would lighten or slacken in response to the motion of the vessel. Once the line broke with a man midway to shore and he was hauled back to the bark half dead. The line was mended and the same man was safely landed. The beach was lined with people who had come from country houses and the hotel, and to the spectators the anxiety and suspense was awful, as they could plainly see people on the bark and hear their constant cries for succor. At nightfall there was still niDe persons on the bark and among the number the Captain, his wife and little boy. The Captain had urged his wife all during the day to take the buoy and come ashore, but she steadily refused, as she would not leave her husband and child, and only one could take the buoy at a time. The wife and child were greatly exhausted according to uie repurc ui i tlie sailors. To-night the work of res-1 cue was continued, and the Captain, after vainly beseeching his wife to make the attempt ior life,' took his half dead child and climbed into the buoy. The father reached the shore but the son was lost. It has been impossible to get the names of the rescued to-night owning to the fact that they were entirely exhansted, and they seemed to be foreigners. Lloyd's llegister gives the Captain's name'as Jorgonson. The bark will be a complete wreck as she is fast going to pieces and the sea is still tremendous. All that could be gathered from the half dead sailors as to the cause of the stranding of the vessel was that they did not know where they were, the sun not having hppr, <;ppn for four davs. and the weather so thick last night and this morning that they struck the breakers before they could see the coast. The life savers have worked all day with great dilligence and heroism without food since early this morning. The apparently slow progress of the work of I rescuing is due to the fact that a life boat could not live in the surf and that the guns would not reach the bark and [ the crew could not use the breeches buoy until they were instructed from shore which caused great delay. The bark has gone to" pieces and the seven remaining on her have been lost. The Captain, just before the ship went to piece's, sprung into the sea with his son strapped to his back and reached I the shore alive, but the boy was lost, making a loss of eight lives. The list of the saved are Captain J. M. Jorgenson, second mate; Julius Anderson, Ample Barnett, John Stevens, John Patterson, Yelmer Olsen, John Mat t, Carlo Olsen, (a broken arm); Charles Joseph, (colored). The Dictator was trying to make Hampton Roads, having been disabled by a hurricane since the 12th instant. * Russia's Latest Industry. Lo^kox. March 20.?A dispatch from St. Petersburg tells of a new industry which is acquiring considerable development in Russia. It is that of conversion. It appears that the Russian aovi eminent, not being willing to trust only ! the thcoioineal arguments and penal laws, oll'crs a reward to all Jews who DCC0I11C V, unsLiilus. jl iiu tvuici^ucutc is that a number of Jews, deprived, by the severe enforcement of the laws against their race, of the opportunity to make au honest living, have entered on the practice of being converted at regular intervals, and receiving each time the government bounty of lifteen roubles. One Hebrew named Schwartzkopf has been at la^t detected, after seven different conversions in as many different lo[calities. It happened that the Russian priest to whom he made known his desire, ior the seventh time, for baptism and 15 roubles had been recently transferred from Elizabethgrad, where the convert had been baptized and rewarded only about two months ago. Consequently Schwartzkopf will uudergo no more conversions for the present, as the police have him in hand. A number of similar instances nave been reported, and as a result the religious authorities have betn instructed not to pay the reward unless they have investigated the antecedents of the convert. Trailing; with a Tra?t. Atlanta, April 1?The Farmers' Alliance and the Jute Bacging Trust have made peace. A proposition of the UordPgs Bagging Company to supply bagging at tj}.$ cents per yard for ljj pounds, cents for pounds, T.l4 for 2 pounds and 7% cents !or 25s pounds Jias m en aecepteu. muse are maximum prices and competition may reduce them. It is thought that this means the sale in advance of bagging for at least half the cotton crop. Ht-retofore the farmers have obeyed the Alliance, although it caused them to buy bagging at over one dollar per bale "extra cost. Xow that the price of jute bagging is reduced the Alliance men will adopt it. The Cordage Company represents all but one of the jute bagging factories in the trust two years ago. The lactory left out is said to be located in Charleston. The action of the Alliance leaves the farmers free to buy cotton baggingif they prefer, but as jute is cheaper few of them, it is believed, will buy cotton bagging, A NOTABLE MURDER TRIAL. "Waities Martin Convicted of Killing Alice SlcLeod. Columbia, March 31.?The attention of a great many people in Columbia to day was centered in the Court of General Sessions, in which was tried the case of the State against Waities Martin for the murder of Alice McLeod. The court room was packed from the opening to the close of the day's session. Before he was arraigned the jury brought in a sealed verdict of not guilty in the case of the State vs Smith, Williams and Jackson, accused of larceny from the person, the crime alleged to have been committed in Columbia. Two of the defendants were represented by Melton and McLaughlin, Waities Martin was then brought into court and pleaded not guilty. lie was represented by Messrs. Weston & McMaster. The first witness was Dr. Lester, who testified that he had made a post-mortem examination of Alice McLeod. and found marks on her throat as if she had been strangled. Her eyes and tongue protruded and there were several bruises on her limbs. Cross examined, he said McLeod was dead before she was thrown into the river. The next witness was Mary Alice AlcLeod, daughter of the murdered woman. The substance of her testimony has been published in the News and Courier as taken before Coroner Roach. She said that her mother and little brother Julius went out between 6 and 7 o'clock on the night of the murder; that Julius came back and reported that some one had beaten his mother, and that Waities on the same nicht came back alone about 10 o'clock. The next morning she saw him at the fireplace cleaning his clothes, scraping them with a case knife; that Waities then had her mother s'locket, that there were frequent quarrels between Alice w,on/4 t-hot ho harl nftpn auu TV CtXlrXCO, Cii^v-4 beaten her. The next witness was Julius Smith. He told the story of about going out with his mother and seeing her beaten by someone whom he couldn't recognize in the dark. He saw "Waities come home at 10 o'clock and get into the house through the window; saw him scraping his pants next morning, etc. Hannah Holmes, a colored woman living next door to Alice McLeod's house, testified that she saw Martin come home that night. She asked him next morning what he had done with Alice. Not oeing satisfied with his answer, she advised the children to inform the police. Louis Hannibal testified that he saw Martin at 7 o'clock on the morning after the murder and that Martin said that Alice had gone to Sumter. He also testified to the freouent auarrels of Martin with the deceased. James Robinson said that aiter the disappearance of xVlice Martin Waities came to his house to get some clean clothes and that tnen Martin reported the story that Alice had gone to Sumter. Hannibal Carter testified as to threats made by Martin against Alice. The next witness was Sheriff Rowan, to whom Martin made a voluntary confession in jail. This confession, "as relaced by JSneriff Rowan, has already been puolished in the News and Courier. It was substantially that in trying to induce Alice to go home Martin had choked her, and was surprised when he found he had killed her. When he found that she was dead he stripped her and took her to the bank of the river, where he tied her feet and hands and attached pieces of rock to her body. Martin in his coniession urevv a diagram of the place where he left Alice's clothes, which diagram was exhibited to the jury. The clothes were never found. Mr. Hollo way, deputy for Justice Youmans, and an ex-police oflicer, t estified as to the linding of the body in the river. Dr. Lester was recalled and asked if the marks on Alice's throat could have been made by the rope which was tied around her. He said that the marks of the rope could be plainly traced, but were not the marks that produced death. The State rested its case on the foregoing and the defence announced that they would put in no testimony. The solicitor, in his able argument, showed that the State's case was fully made out and that there had been no contradiction of that testimony. Mr. F. II. McMaster made an excel lent argument, noiamg mat malicious intent was not proved. He asked the Judge to charge the jury that malice must be shown. Judge Hudson in bis charge held that the legal propositions of the defence were correct. He also, as usual, explained the various degrees of homicide and left the case with the jury. The jury stayed out but a short while and returned with a verdict of guilty. Martin was immediately sentenced to be hanged on the 24th day of April between 11 a. m. and 2 p. m. Martin had nothing to say when he was invited by the court. He appeared to be absolutely indifferent all through the trial. lie was half asleep all the time and wholly asleep part of the time. Judge Hudson said that he had never passed sentence of death on a case of more cruelty or enormitv. There was a big ero wtfon tlie street to see Martin on liis way uack to the jail. Federal Finances. Washington, April 1.?The Treasury Department's monthly debt statement, issued to-day, show a slight increase in the public debt during March, amounting to 8440,125. The total debt of the government to-day, less cash in the treasury, is 3850,020,920. The surplus in the treasury, including about 821,000,000 in subsidiary coin, is 858.425,230?a decrease of about 85,000,000 dur uiy cue past/ jluuuui. The government receipts duriug March aggregated 329,418,330, or nearly 35,500,000 less than in March, 18U0. This falling off in receipts is due to the loss of revenue on sugar imported a.id refined in bond during the past month. Pension payments for the past nine months, or the first three-quarters of the current fiscal year, aggregate about 8'J7,000,000, and point to a pension ohorcro ffiirinn1 tlio mrrpnf YP?r fif Jlhftllt .$125^000,000. &or $26,660,606 mure than during the proceeding year. Growth of the Alliance. St. Paul, March 28.?The report of Secretary Stromberg of the Minnesota i'armers' Alliance sho ws that the organization is making the same phenomenal growth as last year. More than 11,000 members have been enrolled since the election in November, and Stromberg says that six or seven sub-Alliances are being organized weekly. The present number of lodges is 1.315 with a total membership of ?2,000. A I'air Dacelver. London, March 28.?a handsome English womau, named Eveline Neal, has been arrested for inveigling thirtyfour men into marriage. She advertised as a wealthy widow. Her last victim was a Viscount, almost ruined by gambling. A REIGN OF TERROR. ' 'j COKE BURNERS DRIVEN FROM THE FRICK COMPANY'S WORKSArmed Guard# Swept Away Like Chaff? Bnildinjfn Wrecked and Burned?Women Took Part?A Temporary Injunction Granted. Pittsburg, Fa., March 30.?Strikers to the number of nearly 1,000 attacked Frick's coke works at ilorewood at 2 o'clock this morning. They distroyed some coke ovens and railway tracks, and broke the windows in several houses Several of the raiders were arrested and taken to Greensburg jail. Riots are also reported at Leisenring and Leith and considerable property has been destroyed. There is great excitement throughout the coke country and serious trouble is apprehended. The coke troubles have assumed a new phase and now threaten I to develop into a war between the operators and labor organizations. Mr. I "FWt stated tn-dav that heretofore he ! had-not antagonized labor, but in the ; future he did not propose to stand idly f by aud see uis property destroyed. He claims that the men are satisfied with the scale of wages he offered bi t that ; the labor leaders will not permit them to ! return to work as their position depends upon the success of the strike. The fight I irom this time will be bitter. A dispatch from Scottdale, Pa., says: "There is rioting at a large nnmber of the coke plants this morning. A mob of 1,500 of infuriated strikers swept down on the Jeantown plant early this morning, routed the workingmen, assaulted several men and threatened the superintendent's life. A bomb was set I oft' at West Leisenring, and the men no[ titled not to go to work.' The Leith works j near Uniontown was also raided and the [ workmen put; to flight. The iabor leaders are trying to allay the excitement as other raids are feared. H. C. Frick Coke Company officials here haye noti[ fled the Sheriffs to increase their rorces. A number of mass meetings will be held throughout the region to-day.. The most eventful day in the coke strike, closing with this evening was rather favorable to the men. The labor leaders say no preconcerted attack was made, but three of the principal works in the region were raided. At 2 o'clock this morning strains of. their band woke all the strikers up the road from Scottdale to Bradford and in a short time 1,! -i-irv ? - J rroo yuu men iuiiuw eu iucu uauu ?> u-iv^jj. new directed to the Jeantown plant of the H. C. Frick Company. This place was reached at 5 o'clock this morning when the works were captured without a struggle except the incidental disarming of Superintendent Rosser, whose revolver was nourished in vain. A few workers were struck with stones, but this body of strikers dispersed without [ serious damage. Some time later a terrific report in the I direction of the Leisenring works gave warning of trouble there and thousands gathered to witness the work of the first [bomb exploded by the strikers. The shock was felt for several miles, but its I only visible effect was the tearing of a great hole in the front of the non-union workers' house and throwing considerable dirt in the vicinity. It is feared that such work is not over with, however, as the effect upon the unruly but organized Hungarian striker0 was om? A -Ci-^ fVifl yy./ir of" T.m*C IUUUJ3. ^XltCJ LL1L3 nuin. we tu^u o>u uvuenring Xo. 2 and 3 were chased oat of the yard and a few only returned when the excited crowd had departed- A few men at the Leith works were also driven out though nobody is reported badly injured. Trouble is also talked of at the Totten plant, but this is denied by the operators. The big Morwood plant of Trick & Co. also contributed more than its quota to the exciting events of the day. This pUnt has been in partial operation and has been carefully guarded by deputies. Some three thousand strikers gathered about the place to-day, however, and swept the armed deputies aside as it they had been only chaff. Not a blow was struck, not a shot was firedas such a move would have been fatal to both guards and workers in the face of the 3,000 determined strikers. After the abandonment of the works by the guard an hour of mad wrecking followed. Tracks, doors and in fact everything movable was torn and wrenched aside by the maddened crowd which only left after the plant had been mutilated beyond immediate repairs. The Central Board of Federation meets in Pittsburg to-morrow when the strike will be brought up for endorsement. At Uniontown to-night Judge E wing granted a preliminary injunction against all me a assembling at the Frick works not employed by that company and set Saturday for a hearing on a permanent injunction. Sheriff McCormick, with a number of armed deputies, left t 'nfnntmrti tn.mcrht. on a sriecial train | to arrest the leaders in several of the raids. Probably the ugliest feature of the several raids was the number of women participating, the most seriously injured man being Pit Boss Cooper, who was struck again and again by an iron bar in the hands of an infuriated woman. Secret meetings are being held to-night by the strikers, who will certainly prevent the intended resumption to-morrow. A dispatch from Mt. Pleasant, Pa., says that place is trembling with excitement. The people fear an explosion. Nobody is willing to go to bed. There 4Uoo is more coiiiusiuii iu<tu uiac u? u?u since the bloody riots of 1886. At midnight fully 1,000 men are gathered on the hills surrounding the works. Shrriff Closdon has increased liis force to 200 men. All are armed with "Winchester > j ri ties, and another attack of the strikers means a desperate and bloody battle. Accident to a Steamer. Savannah, March 29? On Saturday night, at half-past 7 o'clock, a hole was blown in the port boiier of the steamer ? *- ?I. I -U xr f a jrarmer, wmuu ?><w uu uu ?>a? tmo port from Brunswick. She was between Darien and Doboy when the accident occurred. The noise of the escaping steam caused a panic among the negro deck hands, several of whom rushed overboard, and four of them were drowned. Two other persons, a negro deck hand and a white passenger, were rescued by a boat from the steamer. The names of those lost are: Jeff Mills, William Anderson and stpnhpn Harris, deck hands, and Jack Watson, a fireman. The disabled steamer was towed here by the tug Jacob Paulsen. A Romance In the Courts. Chicago, March 31.?Eugene Dannivant, formerly a newsboy in the this city, who a year ago completed a four years term in the penitentiary for theft, today began suit for $100,000 against O. W. Potter, president of the South Chicago Rolling Mill Company. The plaintill' alleges that in order to break up an acquaintance between Dunnivant and Mr. Potter's daughter. Mr. Potter, with others, conspired and secured his conviction on a false charge. Dunnivant also claims that an editor of a Chicago paper who secured from him a complete statement of his imprisonment and his acquaintance with and friendship for Miss Potter, was paid 515,000 to sup-iross it. rmhliteation.