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VOL. XLVI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1891. NO. 35.
STORY OF THE COOSAV,".
THE FIGHT NOW 0N IN THE FEDE|
RAL COURT Unexpected
Aof t!i? Attorney
General?X.itJ in;; Oat the hi.-ie* of flattic?The
Argument of the Counsel I'ro
and Con.
I
Charleston*, s. C., April 8.?i\irsuant
to tlie order issued by Judge
""Simontoa in the United States Circuit
Court on Tuesday, the proceedings 0Uj
(the order to the Coosaw Company
show cause why the receivership ere- j
ated by the S*,ate should not be made |
permanent were begun yesterday morn-j
* mg at 11 o'clock.
i The Court \va3 opened {or the prdin|
ary business of the ter-* at 10 o'clock,
, ,but little was done, a.r everybody was
Waiting expectantly for the arrival of
the hour when thc c<*use now so famous
un the judi/^ annaJs of South Caro-j
?-.u be argued. The opposing I
counsel appeared in Court a few min- j
utes before 11, and takzng their seats j
at the long table just in front of thy |
clerk's desk quietly awaited the hour, I
"When the poi tly 1'onn of Attorney Gen- j
era! Tope appeared in the Court room
?& there was some surprise evinced by
??" many persons present, as it had been
fii|p thought that he would not have been
able to leave Aiken, where similar proIII
eeedings are in progress before Judge
e?K& Aldricn in the State Court. By travel 1M
ing in the night, however, Mr. Tope,
"M and Mr. II. A. M. Smith, oi' counsel,
reached the city, and, accompanied by
jag Major Julian Mitchell, appeared in
ggm Court before ihe apyointed hour. They
gg looked as fresh and ready for another
||g hard day's work as if they had been on
jjipppf a week's hollitiay. insteai of being en- J
gS? gaged in burning the midnight od over j
musty law to:nes, studying up the
|i| merits cf their position.
nmglf These gentlemen occupied seats near
38H the door, while at the other end of the
table sat the Hon. Augustine T. Smythe,
xfr T.nni? li.oJ-V MfOadv and Mr. T.
II "\V. Uacot, counsel for the Coosaw Mini
ing Company. The tables were crowdf
ed with law oooks, ana a half dozen inevitable
"green-bags," crammed with
% heavy volumes, peeped out from under
the seats of the opposing lawyers. The
counsel on both sides were evidently
ready for heavy work, and each was
prepared to meet promptly any point
1 that might be raised by the opposing
1 attorneys.
- There was no crowd in the Court
room. The arguments were supposed
to be dry and technical, and the general
public took but little interest m them.
There were. however, several members
of the Charleston Bar present, who
listened with great interest to the arguments
as they were presented.
OPENING FIUE.
Judge Simonton was on the uencn
before 11 o'clock, ;>nd as the hands oi'
the big Court clock crept around to the
appointed hour Mr. Smythe, leading
counsel for the Coosaw Company, arose
and informed the Court that, in obedience
to the order of the previous day,
the defendants were present and ready
to proceed.
Attorney (Jencral Pope read the following,
which was riled with the clerk:
A PLEA TO THE JURISDICTION.
"And now comes the State of South j
Carolina, plaintiff above named, by the
Hon. Y. J. 1'ope, Attorney fieneral of
the said State, and appear herein for
the purpose only of contesting the
jurisdiction of this Court over the
above mentioned cause, and the legality
of the attempted removal of the same
L1? ?* * /v.wmATi P'DOO "FAT
I rum LDt v^unru ui wuimvu a. ,
Beaufort County, and for no other purpose
whatsoever. Y. J. Pope.
"Attorney General, State of S. C."
MTTT'CAL EXPLANATIONS.
Mr. Pbpe then called attention to the
remarks of Mr. Smythe on Tuesday, in
which a reflection had been thrown on
him for not replying to a letter which
it was said had been written to him in
his oflicial capacity. He disclaimed
ever having received such a letter,
either individually or as Attorney General.
After mutual satisfactory explanations
between Mr. Pope and Mr.
Smythe, the latter gentleman called attention
to tlie fact that the paper intro-1
duced by Mr. Pope raised immediately ]
the question ot jurisdiction, and re"
quested Mr. McLracy to present toe
argument of the defendants.
Mil. LOUIS DE B. M CIIADY.
Mr. McCrady began his argument
promptly and applied himself to the
points in issue without any introductory
flourish of trumpets or rhetorical
effort.
There were, he said, three Constitutional
questions involved in the cause.
The tenth section of Article IV of the
Constitution of the United States provided
that no State could by any legislative
act impair the obligation ot its
contracts. Under an Act of the South
Carolina Legislature a grant had been
made to tin- Coosaw Mining Company,
under which it claimed an indefinite
and exclusive license, on certain conditions,
to mine rock from the Cooaaw
Kiver, opposite to and south of Chisolm's
Island. By another Act passed
on December 23,1S90, a board of phosphate
comlaissioners was created, and
the Act provided that the board should,
on and after March 1, ISi'l. take possession
of the Coosaterritory, and
further authorized the ooard to issue
licenses to other parties to mine in this j
river. On the 21st of March the State
of South Carolina fded a complaint in |
the Court of Common Pleas of Beaufort j
County, asking for an injunction re-1
straining the Coosaw Company from j
? asserting its rights to the territory and J
from mining rock within it. Tliert is
no reference in the com pi tint of the
Act of IS JO, but without the Act the
board would have bad no existence.
The wrongs charged against the Coosaw
Company ore the wrongs set forth
in this Act, and nowhere eJse. In this
suit the Coosaw Company has tilled a
petition for a removal to" the United
States Court, and in regard to jurisuic
ticn it musi te snown oy znt ueiei:- \
dants that there is a Federal question
involved. Is the petition l'or lemoval
a pleading. and can a Federal question I
be set forth in that petition?
In support of his position Mr. Mc-j
Crady quoted numerous authorities,
among them the Gold Washing and
Water Company vs Keys,: 0 I'.s, page
202, wh:'ch he referred to several times
in the course of his argument, and read
from at some length, in 1211". page
462, in the case of Carson vs Dunham, j
it was held that where the petition was j
defective it might even be amended to [
make more plain the point of jurisdic- j
tif'Ti n<i nnn'ml fiirt-htr frfiin I* 1
S., page oiT: Mayer vs Cooper, 0 Wallace.
page 2'yl: Kail road vs Mississippi,
102 I". S., page HO, and a further
lengthy list of authorities.
Section 10 of the 4th article of the
Constitution must be construed for the I
purpose of seeing if the act of Decern-'
ber 23,1S90, is embraced in its purview,!
but a further constitutional question |
than tiiis is involved. The 5th article
of the Constitution provides that no ]
person shall be deprived of his proper-1
tv without due-process of law. The i
vuusaw vcuii?/au> viaiui^ luat ic au i
indefinite ?rant under certain condi- j
tions, whicu it lias t'ulriiled, but the
?tate, notwithstanding this claim, has j
| passed an Act seeking to deprive the
I company of its property without the
; process "of law. The "due process of
i law,"'it has been decided, is a case in
[ which there is a plaintiff, a defendant,
: a complaint, an answer and a trial, but
the Act of December 23,1S90, contemplated
nothing of this kind. In the
definition of due process Mr. McCrady
quoted Bump on Constitutional Decisions,
page 350.
T nrtiir t,Kp A fit. 01" >. if anv nnc m'
1 tempted to mine in Coosiiw
S out a permit, his property was imme!
diately forfeited to the State, and the
| :>2<ate was authorized to briDg action
I for claim and delivery, and in such case
was required to give no bond. If, after
several years' litigation, it was decided
that the Company was in the right, its
property would "then be lost, and it
could get no redress since the State
could not be sued, and there would be
no bond on which to sue. Furthermore,
the Act of 1890 practically repealed
the Act by March 20, 1ST6, by
which the grant was made, and the repeal
took place after the Coosaw Company
had spent vast sums or money on
itsjplant, and its great property was
thus to be swept awav without anv re
dress from the Courts of South Carolina.
On the subject of the State being a
plaintiff, Mr. McCrady cited the cases of
iiailroad vs Mississippi, 102 U. S., page
140; Ames vs Kansas, 11 U. S., page
402; Tennessee vs Davis, 100 U. S. page
269; Stone vs South Carolina, 117 U. S.,
page 269; Stone vs South Carolina, K5
S. C.j page 544; Barker vs Bowman, 8:h
S. C.', page 3S8, and many other authorities
sustaining the same point.
ATTORNEY GENERAL POI'E.
Mr. McCrady was followed by Attorney
General Tope for the State. In
beginning .Mr. rope submitted the ioilowmg
suggestion to the Court:
' And now comes State of South Carolina
by the Hon. Y. J. reps, the Attorney
General of said State, and gives
the Court to understand and be informed
that there is now pending and
being beard before the Court of Common
Pleas for iieaufort County the question
of the ordering an injunction and continuing
its receiver- under the rule to
show case in said case in said Court
made and returnable on 7th April,
1891, and also on the question of jurisdiction
of such Court.
Y. J. Pope,
"Attorney General,
State of South Carolina."
Mr. Tope, after some introductory
remarks of a personal nature, said that
in the argument of opposing counsel
he had detected two errors, one of legislative
history and one of State and
iiiriipial hisfnrv. If, was rtpivs to The
state of South Coralina that the Coosaw
Company lirst saw the light in
187*5 it was the child of an Act of the
28th of March, 1ST0, he said, and, conj
tinning, he gave what he claimed was
the history of the provisions of that
Act.
Mr. Pope's style i3 impassioned and
earnest, and he referred at some length
to the action of the Coosaw Company
in, as he expressed it, ungratefully disavowing
the State, its mother, and quo;
ted Shakespeare and several other au:
thorities to sustain his position on this
point. He asserted with much warmth
the determination of the State to give
and to claim what was right, and asked
what the State had ('one that the defendant
could come here with such
loud complaints. His remarks In this
part of his argument smacked strongly
: of what might be termed sarcasm, and
nis references to opposing counsel as
"these young men" caused some amusement
to those gentlemen. The State,
he said, had bowed her sovereign head
to come into a Court of justice, and the
people of South Carolina felt it acutely
that this mining company was not
satisfied with the righteous conduct of
; the State and sought to inject delay in
the proceedings, and thereby induce a
compromise. He wanted to disabuse
; counsel's mind of the idea that the
State would consent to anything like
this. South Carolina was neither poor,
nor wanting in spirit, and no concatenation
of events could procure a comnromine.
Thft Stnlp hari hopn insnlt'.prl
and her laws shall be vindicated, and
this creature of hers (the Coosaw Company)
made to respect her. No power,
save that of the United States Courts
could stay her right to make this creature
bow in submission to her righte'
ous will. lie here paid a lengthy tribute
to South Carolina, the United States
and Chief Justice Marshall, and the
Federal Courts.
The tiling of a petition and bond does
not constitute a transfer of a case, he
said. It is the duty cf a suitor who
I wishes a transfer to appear in the State
Court and settle the matter tkere, and
any other course indicated a lack of
courtesy toward the State Court. On
| the point of the United States jurisdiction
being purely statutory, he read the
Act oi Longressot lsai amendatory to
the Act of 1875, which latter Act, he
said, was fraught with great mischief
and arrogance to the states. JBverv
ca.se cited, he said, by the opposing
counsel had been decided under the old
mischievous Act, and not one under
the new Act of lbST. Under the law of
l*i>7 the Court was compelled to conline
itself in such caaes to the complaint
filed in the State Court. This
was not true under the oid law, and it
was there that the difference between
the Acts of lbTo and 1857 appeared.
Tho rvftt if if ?n trs tliic pAnrt ctotoj n/^
i. iiv iv tiiio vvui u owcvwvo jakj
facts which raises a Federal question.
From the beginning of this case the
great cry on the part of the defendants
had been the great amount of money
that they had paid to the State, but
they said nothing about the money they
had* made out of the Coosaw liiver.
The amount they paid to the State was
only a part of the value of the State's
property.
lie asse.-ted that the State could not
2rant in perpetuity to a ferr persons
the exercise ol rig?its which belonged to
all her citizens. Any such Act of the
Legislature is repealable. On the principal
of eminent domain, the blate can
take the property of private citizr-ns
<^.nd appropriate it to rights of way lor
corporations, such as railways, canals,
etc. iJut she holds navigable rivers
and the soil beneath them in trust for
all her citizens. .She holds them as a
siivprpi<rn and anv net which fives
them away can be undone by a subsequent
Legislature. In support of tills
he quoted the iinai decision in the
famous Louisiana slaughter house case,
and argi:\.: that a Legislature could
not bind another Legislature to such
grants where the whole people were directly
interested. In reply to a question
'rom the Court, Mr. Tope explained
more explicitly that he held
that where an Act was passed by one
Legislature conlining public rights to a
few individuals, a subsequent Legist
lure coma annul it.
GOING INTO ANCIENT HISTOUY.
This company may llourish, he said,
but in the end would be overtaken.
Charges had been made, though they
may oe ^aue. that the inception of
these matters in the Legislature were
not handsome?I will use no stronger
term.
Mr. Smythe: -Now, if he wants to refer
to those things, let him put them
in the pleadings, and we will meet him
now."
-Mr. rope: "i will not reirr to tnese
matters if the company behaves in a
|seemly manner, bat if it does not the
| strong arm of the law wili catch it by
j the nape of the neck and swing: it clean
i out. \Ve will try to avoid it, but if
| neccssarv will do it."?News and (Jou!
ri:-r. '
Arsusiieut ;?t AJken.
Aiken, C., April Judge Alii
rich. in chambers, continued the hearj
ing of the argument to-day on tbe pcti
j turn oi me i'nospnaie v^ommissiou
I that the adpomtiasnt of a temporary
! receiver an;! the temporary injunction
VCK^^Coosaw Company be made peri
manenfr^Tfflg^nivo^^re presented by
: Col. Robert Aldrich affcT^Mr.- G. S.
I Mower, and the Coosaw Company by
i Gen. Edward McCrady and .Mr. A. M.
|Lef. The hearing comrr.enced at 1U
ja. m. and continued until 2 p. m. A
J recess was then taken until 3.30 p. m.,
j when the hearing was resumed. It
was concluded at 4.30 p. m. Messrs.
I Mower. McCrady and Lee left for
i Charleston on the nisht train and Col.
j Aldrich returned to JJarnwell.
I The matter is in Judge Aldrich's
| hands, and his decision as to whether
be, sitting in chambers, had jurisdiction
in the case, and as to whether the
i appointment of a receiver and the
'granting of a permanent injunction
: may be expected in a lew days.
Mr. Mower, in opening the argument,
| addressed himself to the task ox provjing
that Judge Aldrich had jurisdiction
in the case. In support of his
views he quoted liberally from law
and precedent.
Col. Aldrich followed for the State
ana Gen. McCrady and .Mr. .Lee lor
Coosaw. The time before dinner was
[taken up in arguing' the question of
j jurisdiction. Alter dinner the arguments
were on the appointment of a
receiver. Col. Aldrieh said it seemed
that the rock was owned by the ."State,
which is not disputed, and when the,
Coosaw Company ceases work the State
is deprived of its revenue, adding burdens
to the taxpayers. It appeared that
his Honor should issue the usual order,
confirming1 the order issued appointing
a temporary receiver, and continuing
i him until further action of the court,
ile thought there is no reason why
Mr. lirooks should not be appointed
receiver because he is a clerk in the oflice
of the Secretarv of State.
Gen. McCrady?:*\VotiiU you think it
proper to appoint a Coosaw oilicial receiver?"
Coi. Aidrich?"Yes, if it pleased the
court."
I Gen. McCrady then suggested Mr.
I Moses 12. Lopez for the position. He
knows more about phosphates than
any other man in this State.?The
State.
Italy's lila^ter.
lioiviE, April 2.?In a long interview
with Marquis di Itudini, Minister Porter
stated that the United States government
.s willing to materially compensate
the families of the New Orleans victims,
i hnf. ilint it is imnossible lor the Wash
inirton government to place the lynchers
on trial, thai being a matter for tiie
grand jury in New Orleans to decide,
i The Premier insisted that Italy's dignity
j demanded that the culprits should be
| punished.
All endeavors to obtain the opinion
upon the present crisis between the
Umted States and Italy of Hon. A. J.
Porter, United States Minister here,
have proved futile. Porter declares that
the rules of international comity preen
owirpciinn df nnininn tiv n
Minister placed in the position that
he (Porter) is now placed in. It is learned,
however, from reliable sources that
the United States Minister has done
much to pacify the Italian government
and that he has won over to his way of
thinking other Ministers, several of
whom have been trying to induce the
Italian Premier. Marquis di liudini, to
be less hasty. The idea of war is scoutcd
here in diplomatic and government
circles. Even Baron Fava's linal withi
drawal is not pelinitely decided upon. It
is said that even ifUaron Fava is withdrawn
it will be done only as the most
forcible protest known in diplomacy .and
not as a forerunner of a conflict between
the United States and Italy. The Italian
Cabinet Ministers are in receipt of a
laree number of cablegrams and letters
from prominent Italians in other cities
urging moderation upon the Italion governmontin
its treatment of the XewOrleaus
troubles.
School Examiners' Kecommendatlon.
Columbia. S. C., April 8.?The ofllcial
report of the proceedings of the
meeting of the State board of examiners
Saturday is given to the press this
evening. It was decided that all manuscript
histories of the State to be sub- i
mitted must be presented in type written
copy, and that the manuscript will
be accompanied with some indication
of the proposed arrangement of the |
text, the style and cost of the book.
The board decided that the form of
county teachers' certilicates shall be
changed by l!i? addition of matter
showing the holder's experience as a
teacher, and attendance on the teachers'
institute, proper credit being
for them. The board decided to have
the State divided into suitable districts
! for the holding of teachers' institutes
| tills summer, fhe detailed work for
rtiiUU?I;LIJCIIO was ic*u tu cuur;cu[;ciuiteridehfc
Mayiield. A resolution was
passed urging the county boards to redistrict
their counties in suitable
school distri/ts and press the levying
of a special school tax under the "provision
of the school act of 1888 in all
proper cases.
Revenue!nl Italian*. |
I'AKKEiiSBuuo, W. Va.. April 3.?|
There is considerable commotion;
among the railroad lines in this .State, j
and there are indications that the Ital-|
ians are avenging their country met? by
| the destruction of properly. Two nti
tempts to wreck a lact express on the
I i>..u: 1 .1 ~
Jjtllli iUUIC auu KJ.llV IvrtliiUilU ncir: ui:tected
in time to prevent the loss of
life. A few minutps before the Xew
York express passed ;i narrow cut near
Grafton the t-rack walker discovered
several heavy p.tces of iron wedged
tisrhtlv between the rails. An hour
j later the Chicago express barely escaped j
i a disastrous wreck near the same point;
byasimiliar obstruction. A large de|
pot and store building on the Baltimore
| and Uhio at Constitution was blown up
j with dynamite, completely wrecking
i the building and causing a heavy loss.
| All the contents were destroyed. All
i these crimes arp charged to the Italians
in the neighborhood where they
! happened.
r A - - 1 ? ? -V- 4 V
JLluIT 3
j London, April 2.?A dispatch from j
! Home says that the next move on trie j
part, of the Italian Government, should j
: satisfaction not be sriven for the New j
| Orleans tragedy, will he to p!:'.ce an em- J
I bargo on American goods,and prohibit j
j their importation into Italy.
j Much indignation exists in Home:
j aga est the Vatician party for the ut- j
; terances of the Papal organ to the ef- j
I feet that the government was influ
i eutxu i > v MTlfl >UHCL15>. i. lie UlCilLD 1
i are said to be doing: everything possi-;
j ble to weaken the prestige which the
: government has gained with the peoi
pie by its action.~ With the exception
of the clerics, the newspapers, without
regard to party, support the government
in Its course.
v
s TILLMAN AND NOBLE.
i
j THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FUND
TIEO UP STILL|
Further Correspondence 15etween Gov|
ernor Tillman and the Department of
i the Interior?Congress Will IIAve to dei
/ !/!< . thA
I
Columbia, S. C.. April 7.?The foli
lowing is the last letter from the Department
of the Interior to Governor Tillman
in regard to inequitable distribu:
tion of the fund last year given t}-"-Congress
to be divided between the whit^
! and the colored agricultural colleges of
j the State. As will be seen by it the DeI
?n?.fwor?f s\-? T t-? f QTM AY? O H )*OrOC! f*/\ if C
^7cLI L WA. i-Ul/Vi IVi c*unvi. vo \j\s x% *j
idea of what is an "equitable" distribution.
"Governor Tillman's reply was
mailed yesterday, and a copy of it will
also be "found below. lie, too, adheres
to his previously stated views, and so
the whole matter lies over for the consideration
of Congress at its next session
unless the Secretary of the Interior
should in the meantime conclude to accept
the basis of distribution provided
for by our Legislature at its last session:
Department of tiie Interior,
Washington, March 21st, 1891.
IIon. JJ. R. Tillman, Governor of South
Carolina.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 16th
instant stating that your Legislature
j laving actea ana aujourneu uixux ?\ ovember
the question of the equitable
division of the funds appropriated for
agricultural colleges by the Act of Congress,
approved August 31, 1890, is no
lunger an open one so far as the State of
South Carolina is concerned, and enquiring
whether the Secretary "refuses
to pay South Carolina her quota upon
the basis proposed by the General As- i
semtiiy, and if so, whether he insists
that the school population, as shown by
the census of 1880 instead of 18(J0, shall
govern
In answer to the lirst part of the inquiry
I have the honor to call your attention
to the provisions of the statue.
It provided in the lirst. section:
"That in any State in which there has
Kaa,, Jn ^nron.
UCCU UiiC CDUIUHOUCU. 111 ?/i4iou.~ j
ance of the Act of .July 2,1802, and also
in which an educational institution of
like character has been established or
may be hereafter established, and is now
aided by such State from its own revenue
for the education of colored students
in agriculture and the mechanic
arts, howeyer named or styled, or
whether or not it hus received money
heretofore under the Act to which this
Act is an amendment, the Legislature of
such State may prepare and report to
the Secretary of the Interior a just and
equitable division of the fund to be received
under this Act between one college
tor white students and one institution
for colored students established as
aforesaid, which shall be divided into
two parts and paid accordidgly."
Section -1 provides:
"That on or before the first dav of July
in each year, after the passage of this
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall
ascertain and testify to the .Secretary of
the Treasury as to each State and Territory,
whether it is entitled to receive
its share of the annual appropriation j
for colleges, or of institutions for colored
stiu'.ents under this Act, and the
amount which thereupon each is entitled
respectively to receive. If tbf
Secretary of the Interior shall withhold
a certificate from any State or Territory
of its appropriation, the facts and reasons
there-ore shall be reported to the
President and the amount involved
citnll Iip Vf-Tit. sp-narafp. in t.hft Treasnrv
until the close of the next Congress in
order that the State or Territory may,
if it should so desire, appeal to Congress
from the determination of the Secretary
of the Interior. If the next Congress
shall not direct such sum to be paid, it
shall be turned into the Treasuary, and
the Secretary of the interior is hereby
charged with the proper administration
of this law."
It seems evident that while the Legilature
may propose a division of the
fund between the two institutions, it is
made the duty of the Secretary to pass
upon the equitableness of the proposed
division. In all but a very few instances
where a slight variance was admitted
the secretary nas insistea upon a division
on the ratio of tlie school population,
and this seems to be the most equitable
and uniform basis that can be adopted.
In this case he sees no reason to recede
from his convictions that equity demands
a division into the ratio of the
school population.
In answer to the second p.^rt of the
inquiry, I have to state that when you
were written toon the subject, Jannary
81, 18(Jl, the school census for State of
South Carolina for the year 1890 was
not available, and the census of 1880,
i xvliitf? 23 upr ppnt rnlnrpd (5-t.l ner 1
cent., was suggested as ari equitable
basis of division. The department is
now in possession of tlie school census
for lS'.'O. (Whites 30.7 per cent., colored
<53.3 per cent.,) and it is?considered that
the division should be b&sed upon the
latter enumeration. Very respectfully,
Geo. Chandler,
Acting .Secretary.
governor tilman'.s iieply.
Hon. Chandler, Acting Secretary
, Interior, Washington, 1), C.
s;i:: 1 have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of March 21st, in
reply to my letter to lion. John W. Xo
me, uatea ! euruary n>tn. iis x wrote
to Mr. Xoble, our (General Assembly has
proposed an equal division of the fund
donated by Congress last year "for the
further endowment and support of colleges
for the benefit of agriculture and
the mechanic arts," between Clemson
Agricultural College ("white) and Clallin
College (colored). "Wnether such division
is equitable or not as provided by
the statute and whether the Secretary
of the Interior has the right to refuse
South Carolina her quota because he
thinks it is not equitable is for you or
him to decide until Congress meets.
South Carolina has dealt liberally
with its colored college in the past and
1 am sorry to see it crippled by a refusal
on your part to accept the apportionment
proposed by the State. As Gov- j
frnor I havn no anthoritv In do more.
unci if I had, I would refuse to accept
the money on such terms as you offer.
Very respectfully,
Ji. Pi. Tillman, Governor.
"A Pure Matter of Health."
Washington, April 8.?Senator Edmunds.
who seat his resignation to the
Governor of Vermont a few days ago.
when asked for a statement of the reasons
for his resignation, said: "I hare
resigned from personal considerations
solely. It is a pure matter of health,
i cannot live in Washington during
the winter. I ?ui:crfrom throat trouble
an/1 t ho flimafp ic tnr\ cororo T hnlrf
r. .111 t*lV > l.UXUV X tUV k/V. T u> V. < JL UViU
that a senator should attend to his duties.
and if I cannot remain in Washington
constantly, I prefer to resign.
I shall spend the winters in Aiken, S.
C., visiting Washington occasionally
to attend the sessions of ths Supreme
Court when I have business before it."
Mi:s. Saraii B. CoorEii condensed
a great truth into a sentence when she
remarked to the Pacific Coast Women's
Tress Association that the greatest j
olessing a community can enjoy is a
good newspaper. I
GIRLS SAVED THE TRAIN.
; But they Planned the "Wreck Themselves
?liocus Heroines.
Freehold, X. J., April 12.?Another
chapter was added to the story of
Laura and Flora Woolley yesterday.
These girls are the twin sisters who
piled ties on a rail road track near Farmingdale
last week, and then flagged the
truin. hopins to zet a lanre reward.
Their ruse was discovered.
Laura has been greatly agitated ever
since the matter became public, and yesterday
she went to her bed-room and
prepared to end her life. She tied one
end of a stout rope to a hook in the wall,
-2nd with the other end she made a noose.
Thcn^TtfeNinounted a chair, placed the
noose aroundlieFMcl^nif'^CparPxlto
swing herself oft' into eternity. SK&sprans
from the chair, and was strangling
when her sister Flora rushed in at
the door and rescued her. The girl is
<mrwr<?nflTr rtnf. mnr?Vi t.h<* wnrcp for lipr
experiment, and her frierds and relatives
will try to persuade her that there
is no reason why she should not continue
to live.
The attempt to wreck the train, occurred
on Monday of last week. As the
4.30 p. m. express train from Xew York
to Lakewood, on the New Jersey Southern
rail road, neared a deep cut at Hendrickson's
switch, five miles from Lakewood,
a young girl ran down the track
frantically waving a red flag. Engineer
William Xsrison put on the brakes, and
the train stopped but a few feet from a
heap of ties that had been pileu across
the track.
"I saw two men put them there and
run into the woods," the girl said, apparently
in great excitemeut, "and ran
down to stop you."
Grateful passengers took up a collection
that was reported at the time to
amount to $105, and the maiden tound
herself a heroine.
George Fitzgeiald, the station boss,
could not quite see how such a scheme
could be planned in that vicinity.
Tramps were not numerous, and the few
fnmilips livi-ior in th* virMrnt.r wprp well
known and above suspicion. A little
investigation convinced him that the ties
were not placed there to wreck the train.
These suspicions were confirmed by a
fellow employee, Levi Buidge, a cousiu
of the "heroine of a day," who obtained
from her a confession that she and her
sister had planned and carried out the
scheme to enrich a slender purse, -and
lncidentallv to win a little lleeting renown.
The girl who had waved the
llag was one of the twin sisters, Flora
and Laura, daughters of Gcorse Woolley.
The Misses Woolley were in a sad predicament
at the discovery of their plot.
They had heard their father read in the
newspapers, they said, of a girl who had
saved a train for slorv, and the idea
suggested itself to them that the same
thing could be done for money. They
had carried the ties to the track and
sen; their younger brother, "Bud," to
the house for a signal flag. The story
about the men making for the woods
was persisted in until Mr. Burdge wrung
a coufession irom them.
Alliances In Every State.
Washington, April 8.?Representative
-Jerry Simpson left the city yesterday
for Olean, X. Y., to spend the next
ten days in the work of proselyting the
farmers of Western Xew York. The
national lecturer of the Alliance, Mr.
Willitts, also left yesterday afternoon
for New Jersey, where he hopes to
awaken considerable interest in the Al
liance cause. He has already made a
journey out to Ohio and sown the seed
from which he hopes a large crop of Alliances
will grow. This activity on the
part of the Alliance leaders, according
to Senator Pefier's statement to a United
Press reporter, is due to the fact tha*- a
movement is on foot to carry the Alliance
ideas into every State of the Union
before the next campaign. Senator Peffer
also spoke hopefully of the conference
to be held in Cincinnati on the 19th
of May, and said that it was the forerunner
of the organization of a new party.
The effect uf the recent visit of Representative
Simpson to New Fugland is
viewed with some alarm by the members
of both the Republican and Democratic
parties Id New Hampshire.
Both parties there hare discovered how
equally divided the vote is, and it would
not take many converts to the Alliance
ideas to give the third party the balance
of power.
P. T. Barn 11 m Dies.
Bridgeport, Conn., April 7.?The
great showman, P. T. Barnum, passed
away at G:22 o'clock this evening in the
presence of his 2'rief stricken family.
During the period of Barnum's invalidism
and confinement to the house
which began twenty-one weeks ago last
Friday, there have been frequent fluctuations
in his condition from cach of
which he rallied, although in each instance
with a slightiy lowered vitality.
The change for the worse, which occurred
last night was so much more pronounced
than the previous attacks had
been that it convinced the physicians that
their patient had not many more hours
to 1 ve. At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon
Barnum sank into a comatose condition,
from which it was evident that there
would be little hope of his again returning
to consciousness. When the end
Dually came, it wa3 peaceful and to all
appearances, painless. The physicians
say that Barnum had no organic disease
whatever, enfeebled heart action, which
had been apparent for the past few
months being due to the gradual failure
of his general mental powers, resulting
[from old age. He was about 80.
Counterfeit Currency.
Washington, April 8? Assistant
United States Tieasurer Whelpley
stated this morning that there was no
doubt that a counterfeit of the 82 sil!
ver certificate was in circulation. As
I fast as the S2 silver certificates was
received at the Treasury Department
they were destroyed, but no order had
yet been issued calling them in. The
printing of 82 silver certilicates from
the old plate had been suspended. The
new design will bear the portrait of
Secretary Windom, instead of that of
Gen. Hancock. It is said that the new
issue of ?2 silver certificates will not
be printed until Secretary Foster decides
upon a distinctive paper upon
whir?h tn nrinf nil frpasnrv miffs. bonds
and securities.
Keady to Shoot Italians.
Dodge City, Kansas, April 2.?The
following message was sent to New
Orleans to-night: To the Mayor and
citizens of 2sew Orleans: The people
of Dodge City, Kansas, in mass convention
assembled, resolved, that this
meeting express the sentiment of this
cijV and county, and say to th? people
\lthe Crescent City, that 1,000 ablel\*ied
men, spoken lor by this resolution
are maHv tn crn tn T,nni<;iana anrl
sttoot, and they vrill shoot, if railed
upon by our Government and Italy's
hostile attitude demands it.
i E. W. Evans, Mayor.
UNDER BONDS.
THE SHERIFF PUTS A STOP TO AN ANTICIPATED
ENCOUNTER.
Colonel Talbart Arrested and Put Under
i Peace Bonds-Mr. >'. G. Gonzales Temporarily
Bound Over?His Cass to bo
Heard tills Afternoon.
'-vr L? Z"1 A T A T?\**r i 'hO
L 0? V.j ^XyiiJ. iU, x vi buv.
past day or two there has been some apprehension
of a personal ditliculty occurring
between Colonel W. J. Talbe rt
Superintendent of the South Carolina
Penitentiary, and Mr. 2s. G. Gonzales,
editor of the State, on account of recent
publications reflecting severely on
each other, and on yesterday from in^orma&Jir'
2iven to him, Sheriff liosvaD
was led to belirfS?i.hat there was some
grounds for these appT5fr&Lsi?ns> anc*
accordingly he took cut ^arriutr?s?T
the arrest of both of these parties in '
order to ha\e .them put under peace
bonds. The warrants "were issued by
Trial Justice Muller and placed in the
hands of Constable Pollock. Colonel
Talbert was found about two o'clock
and at once proceeded to the Trial Justice's
cffice, where he gave the required
bond for S500, with Mr. "W. T. Martin
as surety. He stated to the Trial Justice
that he did not object to giving
the bond if it was required of him, but
thai at the same time he wanted it. understood
that he was thirsting for no
man's blood, and further, that as a lawabiding
citizen, ne considered himself
to be always bound to keep the peace,
although always ready to protect himself
when necessary. He said also that
he did not want any one put under
peace bond for his protection. lie
asked the Trial Justice if anyone had
requested that he should be put under
bond, to which the Sheriff replied that
he had taken out the warrants on his
own responsibility.
The warrant against Mr. Gonzales
was served later in the afternoon, and
he appeared at the Trial Justice's ollice
ahoiit. in Hie vfternnnri.
Mr. Gonzales was accompanied by
Mr. F. II. "Weston as his attorney, and
demanded a trial on the ground th:it he
had made no threats against any one,
and could therefore see no reason why
he should be required to give a peace
bond.
Sheriff Rowan made a statement to
the effect that he had made inquiries
of parties who he thought were in a
position to know as to whether there
was any likelihood of a difficulty occurring
between Messrs. Talbert and Gonzales.
aud that he had been informed
by them that there was. Mr. E. J.
Watson of the State being one of those
who so informed him in response to his
inquiries. The Sheriff further stated
that Col. Geo. lv. Wright had notified
him in the morning that a difficulty
was pending, and that thereupon he
considered it his duty as a peace officer,
to take the course he had taken.
Mr. Gonzales said that the course of
the Sheriff was unwarranted by the
facts and that if he was put under bond
Mr. Calvo of The liegister ought also
to be put under bond as he had published
in his paper an article writt2n
by Colonel Talbert that might have
provoked bloodshed.
THE SHERIFF'S SWORN STATEMENT.
After making an unsworn statement
as above, counsel for Mr. Gonzales required
the .Sheriff's testimony to be reduced
to writing, it being as follows:
S. W. llowan, being duly sworn, says:
"My attention was called to the probability
of adilllculty between Mr. X. G.
Gonzales and Mr. \V. J. Talbert. I was
informed that policemen were stationed
near The State office and that
the citizens along the street were anticipating
a difficulty. I made inquiry
last night to get something definite, but
the narties pave me evasive answers.
I have not seen Mr. Gonzales for three
or four days. When I read the paper
(The State of the 9th) I read an article
that made me suspicious of trouble. I
went on the street this morning and
a gentleman informed me that trouble
was expected . between Mr. Gonzales
and Mr. Talbert, and that he thought
that they ought to be placed under
bond. 1 requested my informant to
make his atlidavit and told him if I
made it I could not make the arrest.
He declined, giving no reason, and I
then came round and made the affidavit.
I had been told if these two parties met
on the street there wf>uld be trouble.
Mr. Geo. K. Wright came to me and
stated that Mr. Condit was alarmed
and so told him."
Cross-examined?"I saw the policemen
standing near the State ollice; I
have frequently seen them standing on
the corner of the Opera House and
at the Opera House steps. The*e
is one store between the Opera
IIouss and the State office. I did not
approach either Mr. Gonzales or Mr.
Talbert, I was suspicious of trouble last
night, and from the time of the appearance
of the first article in The Register,
knowing Mr. Gonzales not to l>e a
man who take insults. I think, but do
not state positively, that both Mr. Watson
and Mr. Reynolds told me that if
Mr. Gonzales and Mr. Talbert met there
would be trouble. Mr. Watson and
Mr. Reynolds both are employed in the
State otlice; Mr. Watson as lo'cal editor
and Mr. Reynolds as business manager.
"(Signed) S. W. Rowan."
Mr. Gonzales was then required to
give bond until 4 o'clock this afternoon,
at which time the examination will be
continued.
, t - 1 1 'n il ?I i -.1
KjOlOllVL 1 iilUfJL'b SLilf-tTU ell 111C Liuivj tiiai
he was in the Trial Justice's office that
he regarded the whole trouble as having
been purposely brought about by a
"Radical sheet," as previous to its attacks
upon him there was no cause for
any trouble.
The Evening Record, commenting
upon the arrest, says:
"Since the publication of Mr. W. J.
Talbert's letter in The Register yesterday
morning in which the following
reference to the editor of the State appeared:
'1 denounce his insinuations
against my good name as contemptible
lies and slanders,' the public generally
I have felt that bloodshed was imminent.
All day yesterday every one was uu ma
qui vive*of expectancy*"
This statement, taken in connection
with the sworn statement of the Sheriff,
goes to show that there was some public
apprehension of an impending ciiiliculty.?Register.
Holocaust in I'enuaylvunlu.
Pittsburg. Pa.. AprilA special j
from Rochester, Pa., says: "In a fire j
last night a large frame structure on!
I New York street, belonging to .John F.
! Smith, in which was located the tea
and coffee store of Geo. Edwards, the
millinery store of Mrs. Ilall, the shoe
shops and residence ofE. ). Keene was
destroyed. A number of Italians lived
over tue millinery store and all were
burned to death." There have been nine
bodies found.
A Sensation lu Abbeville.
Ciiaklestox, April 7.?It was discovered
Saturday that the grave of
Judge Wardlaw, who was buried near
Abbeville eighteen years ago. had been
opened and the collin broken. Tr e
I body was undisturbed. Iiis wife's
grave had also been opened. The mo}
tive is not known.
EDMUNDS EXPLAINS.
The Farmers' Alliance Makes the Situation
Inrerestin;T?
Washington. April 12. -The Star recently
published a two column interview
with .Senator Edmunds upon the present
political situation and outlook. As between
the two great parties the Senator
does not see any gieat difference between
the situation now and what it has
been for several years, but as to tne
Farmers' Alliance the situation is one of
extraordinary interest and importance
because of its possible effect upon the
next national election. The reporter
asked: "What dangers to both parties
and to the country are there in the
situation V"
"I do not think there is any danger
to the Democratic party," the Senator
replied with a faint smile. "For in this
all is fish that comes to its net,
or indeeS^nSfes^i^0 ^ net
Farmers" AmanceT73K^he ^xtPresidental
election if the FanByfi '!?5fflR!c?
snouia carry many btates witnout Having
a majority of the whole electoral
college the simple result would be
that thejre would be no election by the:
people, as it is called, and the present:
House ot Representatives, having a!
very large Democratic majority of States i
as well as members, would elect a Dem- ]
ocratic candidete in a Constitutional]
and regular way, although he may have
carried the smallest number of States.
As to the danger of the Republican]
party, it is that the Farmers' Alliance j
may'carryin the next Presidential elec-<
tion some States that would otherwise
vote for a Republican candidate, and i
thus in ellect, if there should be no elec j
tion by the people, give the election to j
the Democratic candidate by the House ]
t > ? ~ 4.yy
UJL iiepre&euuiiiveis.
"What do you think will be the issue j
of the Presidential campaign parties V" j
' The Kepublicans will doubtless stand J
by the same ground for justice and j
equality of rights among the citizens of
the I'nited States and fair elections and
for the protection of American la bor and!
industries that it has maintained hith-j
erto." !
"Do you think silver will be an issue
in the next election?"
"I don't think it will be an issue between
the llepublicans and Democrats,
for I think that the Democratic party:
will hardly wish to make the silver question
an issue to the extent of running
any considerable risk of separating silver
and gold as coiu money for the country,
and certainly the great body of the
republican part? I am sure will not up
to the noint of safetv. I have no doubt
but that tlie Republicans will be in favor
of using silver as money as it always has
done. What the Farmers' Alliance platform,
if it should nominate a cahdidate
for President, will be I am quite unable,
to say."
' How is the feeling of the union
among certain classes to be met ?"
4,I think it is to be met as every other
disturbance in society ought to be, by a j
candid consideration, by correct infor-1
mation, just reasoning an I the enactment
of such laws as may fairly appear |
to be for the promotion of the general j
public good. It is upon such considerations
that every government of the
peupie uiuao uc uctincu uu.
"Is the third party movement likely,
and if so, what might it lead to? Is
communism at the bottom of it?"
"A third party movement," replied
the Senator, "does not exist in the Farmers'
Alliance enterprise. If suceeessful
to the extent of having a President and
both houses of Congress, it would doubtless
iead to the enactment of the mea-,
sures they have already indicated, and
then in a very short time whether those
measures were good for the farmers or
extremely bad for them would manifestly
appear. I do not think that
communism is at the bottom of the
Farmers' Alliance movement. The percentage
of communism in this country1
is, 1 believe, almost infinitesimally
small. The great body of the laboring
people of the country, which taking
all the departments of human activity,
emoraces prooauiy mneiy-nve one Hundredths
of the whole number of grown
up people who are altogether too intelligent
and honest to think that communism
will be of any benelit tothem or their
families, but they believe that it is destructive
of private rights, of personal
prosperity and personal happiness, and
it' carried into practice would effect the
maintenance of the vicious and lazy
and ignorant out of the toil of intelli- i
gent and industrious people."
"How might the finances of the country
be affected by this movement?" 1
"The finances of the country always
depend very largely upon the confidence:
that people engaged in business and;
ir. O /]
pCUpJLC iiclVlliy VrtpiLai Udic iijl 1/iic au- i
ministration of its government, 11 any
of the movements of which we have
been speaking should appear so formi- i
dable as to make unsound legislation at
all probable, ti.e finances of the country
would be very greatly disturbed, and
that, of course, would disturb every,
branch of labor and business. This
everybody perfectly understands."
Fifty Lives Lost.
St. Louis, April G.?Mr. John T>
Farish, a well known mining expert'
who has returned to this city from Col.;
orado, says that never in all his exper- j
iencein the mountains has he witnessed j
anything like the snow storms of the j
past six weeks. For eighteen days he j
says he was snow boi nd in the .Red j
mountains, near liico, (Jol., ana during
that period was literally cut off from
the world. The snow storm, which
raged for weeks, started in about the
15th of February, and since that time
the trails to the mines have been covered
up and fully fifty lives lost by the
disastrous snow slides that were of almost
daily occurrence, making it dangerous
for a man or beast to venture
away from shelter. He reports that the
great producing mines were completely
shut olf, and that thousands of tons of
ore arn awaiting the reopening of the
trails.
The Deiitlt of Got. Fowlt*.
liALEiori. X. C., April 8.?Governor
Daniel G. Fowle, wbo died suddenly
last night, had been slightly indisposed
for two days, but was notsupposed to
be seriously ill. Shortly after 11 o'clock
he called to his daughter Mary and said
that he was not feeling well, and expected
she would have to sit up with
him. His daughter, Miss Helen, then
went into his room, and in a few minutes
he said,"! am fainting." She hastened
to his side, but he almost instant'v
expired. His death was probably
from apoplexy. JJe was sixty years of
age. 'l'ne capital, public buildings and
the executive mansion will be draped
in mourning. Raleigh is a city of sadness.
Lieutenant Governor Holt has
been telegraphed for and will be here
to-day.
Italiaiis Flocking: to America.
New 1'ohk, April 2?Superinten-1
dent of Immigration Weber says immigration
from Italy is rapidly increasing
?in fact, leadingthat of all*other countries.
The ligures of March are: Italy,
7,W{); Germany, 7,0S7; Great Britian and
Ireland, 4.3S0; Hungary, 3,5b(J; Austria,
3.3S4; Russia, 2,'.?2y; total 29,338. .Sixteen
Hundred and seven iuuians were lanaeu
at the barge otlice to-day. j
| ITALIAN GASCONADE.
| A LULL IN THE EXC1TENENT AT THE
FEDERAL CAPITAL.
The Views of Senator Butler 011 the Courg? _ *
of the Italian Government In Recalling
their 3Ilnister from the United State*?
No War Probable.
Washington, April 2? All quiet on
the Potomac" sums up the situation at *
' A Vnfi Anrtl Ponifol f CAn o _
I LUC i^auuuai \jC*)JH,<i.L ivrux^uui kj*uc&tors
Butler, Ransom, Vance, Represen
tative Boatman and all the Southern
Congressmen now in Washington condemn
Ifaly's course. Senator Butler,
when asked if he regarded Italy's action
in recalling Baron Fava as justifiaole
under the circumstances, repiied:
"I do not. Mr. Blaine and Governor
Xicholls have done all that their official
positions permitted them to do, all that
could reasonably be expected of them
^^jisaction of the Italian GovernL?r,f
J ^JlSlweuch the appearance of.
i i 11~, 11 sj 11 CIO T Ci V _ _
Ti ,. : ^^^icourse everr
Italian gasconadT^?
law-abiding citizen deprefj^^x^a^^^^^
fortunate occurrence in &ew Orteans^^^^^^
but the people of Louisiana are the
best judges of their own environments,
and can be trusted to deal properly with
them. Neither Mr. Blaine nor Governor
Xicholls is a grand juryman or pros- -\ ^
ecutor, and they have properly left the
affair in the hands of the law, where it
belongs."
"Do vou think the Matia wili be again
heard from ?"
"That I cannot tell. It appears to
be an Italian institution transplanted
fn thic />Aiinfw Kn*? ?+ ~ ^:~"U
v?vy wuuuij , uuu X\J uvco UUU UUULZSU
here and will not be permitted to
spread. Whatever means are necessary
to eradicate it will be adopted
wherever it shows its head, and the
Italian Government may as well understand,
first as last, that if Italian
subjects come over and identify themselves
with the Mafia they must take
the consequences. How long do you
suppose an American White Cap, Kuklux
Klan or Molly Maguire organization
would be permitted to ply their
avocation in an Italian city on Italian
subjects? Just about as long as it
takes to get them to the nearest lamp
post or nearest limb. One thing I
think may be safely assured, that the
course of the Italian Goqernment is
not calculated to encourage the amiable
side of the American character or
CTTTYirkOfVlTT f r\ T? Tfrtllftw
kjj j X\JL xiauau auujcuisd
who use stilettos on the law officers of .
this country in revenge for enforcing
the law."
"Will the present complications lead
to war in your opinion?"
"I do not know. I trust not. There
is nothing in the conduct of our Government
to go to war about, but if
Italy is spoiling for a fight I expect she
can be accommodated. Nobody here
wants war, and nobody wants to be
uiciatra to or ouiiiea by a foreign Government.
If the subjects of foreign
Governments are harshly treated by
our people the Governments ought to
do us the justice to give an opportunity
to make amends. That proper
amends would be made in due tim?
there can be no doubt, but when an effort
is made to drive us to a reckoning
with indecent haste we ought at least
to assert a becoming determination not
to be driven."
Senator Butler's utterances hare the
proper ring, and he but voices the sentiments
of his people in the Old Palmettt
State as expressed in the Xews
and Courier.
There are no new developments in
the Italian flury. The next feature of
the controversy will be the reply from
i>xari?uis linperiaii to me oecretarys
letter of last night, which has not yet
arrived. On it will depend much of
the prospect. He may indicate bis inability
to speak for his Government, ,
1 having been left only in charge of "cursent
affairs," in which event Mr. Blaine
will take it for granted that diplomatic
representation in this country from
Italy is at an end, and will probably
communicate with Marquis Di Rudini
through Minister Porter at Rome. The
note from Marquis Imperiali may bo
delayed long enough for a cable message
to reach Rudini from here and for
a reply containing instructions to get
back. This may happen within a
couple of hours or it may take two
days according to the temper of the
Italian Government.?News and Courier.
Wrecked on a Reef.
, Xew York, April 2.?The steamship
Aguan, of the Honduras Central American
Canal Company left here two weeks
ago with Warner Miller, President of the
^ icaraugua Canal Company and party
who were going tojnspect the works.
On the morning of March 26th the
Aguan was wrecked on Pannacadorie's
reef 200 miles Northwest of Greytown.
Xo lives were lost so far as known. As
soon as the steamer struck the reef a
life boat was sent ashore. It reached
Grey town on the 30th of March, and on
the day following the steamer Brazo of
the Moregan life, left Greytown to go to
the rescue of the passengers and crew of
the Aguan. The Brazo is expected
hack at Greytown today. The Chief
Engineer of the Aguan telegraphed
these facts to his company's office today.
The Plot Miscarried.
Wheeling,W. Ta., April 8? Miss J|
Amy Morgan, daughter of a Wheeling
banker, was seized at her father's gate
i by two masked men on Sunday night,
! who thrust her into a carriage and
i drove all night. At daylight the girl,
: who was blindfolded, heard one of the
j men pounding at the door of a house. - ?
, He came back and said: "We are here.
i The game is up." The two had a con
sulfation as to whether to kill the girl
or let her go, and finally decided upon
the latter course. The girl ran and
walked ten miles, and then struck a
railroad at Kilsey, 25 miles from home.
She got back home at noon yesterday,
exhausted.
Jussrled Republican Victory.
Providence, 11.1., April 3.?The election
returns available at 1 o'clock this
afternoon make it certain that there has
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officer upon the general ticket. The
republicans have carried a sufficient
number of towns to give them the fiftylive
votes necessary for a majority on
joint ballot. The total number of votes
for governor stands: Burton, nationalist,
384: Davis, democrat, 22,243; Ladd, republican,
21,895; Larry, prohibitionist,
1,829. The next general assembly stands;
Senate, republicans; 21; democrats 9;?to
be chosen 6. House of representative,
republicans 34; democrats 23; to be
chosen 19.
Severe Earthquake.
Quebec. April 2.?Last evening a
violent earthquake here * is feltall
along the Xorth shore of St. Lawrence
and extended far into the back country
parishes. Xews from St. Gabriel County,
at Quebec, and other stations confirm
the fact of a violent shock. Residents of
Bonaparte state that the earth and
dwellings there shook in that parish for
several seconds and caused the inhabit|
ants great alarm.
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