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VOL. XX. ~~~PICKENS, S. C, '"iHURSDAY APRI.9 81 O 9 ASYLUM MANAGEMENT. THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE MAKES ITS REPORT Xull Text of the Pipor-Ila<I Food-Trag dies Too Frequent--romis Neggeee Charged--The Gavorn'rrs Oaer to the Offiolal. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 2.-The long awaited report of the comm.ttee appointed to invest igate the State Luna tic Asylum has at last been completed and inade public. 'I'hc committec coi pleted the report yesterday iorning, af ter something over a week's work, and the members havc gone home for the present. As will be seen below, this report of the committee shows some dis closures of a surprising nature, and it is stated that they are in possession of' worse ones. The preliminary report was handed to the Governor yesterday morning, and last evening he gave it to the press. II e was asked what action he would take in the matter, and he said : "I expect to have such parts of the testimony as bear directly on these matters transcribed from the stenograplher's notes, and they will be held subject to the inspection of the General Assembly. Further, I would say that the Regents and oflicers of the asylum will be given a licarinz if they desire it, after which I will take such action as will seem neeessary to remedy the evils complained of. IIere is the report i full : COLUMBIA, S. C.. April 1, 1891. ,To Ilis Excellency 3e. I. Tillman, Gov ernor : At the last session of the Legislattire a committee, of which the undersrigle(d are members, was ippointed ))v concur rent resolutions, with power and instruc tions to make inquiry into and to report to the Legislature the condition ol the lunatic asylum. This :oimittee has performed its duities- o fhr as practit!able at this time; and we dleeil it both a cout tesy and a duty to transmit to your Ex celleicy an outline of' the maier in which the wvork assihgned has been done, together with the results im a general form. 1. We invited the Governor of the State to attend' the sessions of' tihe coim iittee, recoinizing, ini you the liighest constitutional autliorit V inl all matters affecting the wyell- bvl>en,h1 direction and control of this institution 2. As the time in n Iich th.c inquiry was to be uaide was limited, we asked your Excellency to ehliloy a stenio grapher, havitin view also thie Firther consideration that our indings or recom mendations sli ild Le based IIpo a full hearing, which has beel obtoined and which is now a matter of, record with tihe committee. 3. It was the desi--ln of the commit tee that its investigation should in no sense be open to the comil, tuctioll of an ex parte proceediiig,. this fact bei- hi pressed at anl durimg the exammiations. We, therefore, exallineid, unider . oath, all those concerned in the inanageient of theinstitutii, and those Whose duties, directed by such management, with an eye at all times to the ollicial and per sonal responsibilities to the wards of the State. 4. The scope of our investigation in cluded in general terms First. The duties of' the sulperior of ficer and the manner in which those du ties, were discharged. basing our coin clusions on the rules and regulations governing such oflicers, their own cvi der.ce, and the evidlenec of' attendants and empioves p)ast anid pIresent, at tile asylum. Second. As to thme inlternlal economy of tile mnst,itut,ion and a'l of' its auxiliaries intendedl to contribute to its mlainten ance. Third. Tile relationl of' tile nlumber of oflcess and attenants to time result ac comialishied, ant(i to lie accomplishmed. with special rei'ence to tile equitable distri bution of' work and compensatiom. Fourth. The expenises of tile v'arious departments, as obtained from tile cor rectacconunts anmd froml oral testimony. Fift,h. The efliciency aind v'alue to tihe State of the melthIods now p)ractied( at thenasylum. as compared with a manage menlt of rigid eiconiomy and( r'egar'd for and proiper development of its Gass ~- and means of'self-supiport,. 5. In ordler to0 deal intelligently wit.h these grave questions it was necessaryv to take a great mass of testimony, thec(depo nents in all cases froml past or present connection w it,h tile inAtituit,ion being familiar in veryinlg degrees withl the sub jects undler exanminationl. 6. After i most thorough examination we findi that thme lnmates, or paitienlts, so for as5 we canm earni, are treated hutmamel y *- by time attendanmts and( with a sympa thetic conisidecration for their unlftrinate condlitionm. We have investigated seveial cases of cruelties from patient to patienlt, and( sci eral cases oi' v'iolent, deploirale deaths. but these misfortunes arc nIot,, ini our judgmIlent, chargeab)le to dlerelictionl of' duty on time part, of the aittenantits. 7. We findl that, thei'e is a ereat, (liver sit,y of opinion amiong the 'at tendaniits andl other employees as to the quaihty and suitableness of the food priovided for time inmaites and for attendlants and emplloyees. Th'iere is a great deal of tes timony, especially in the male depairt ment, rgoing to show that ob)jectioniable meat are often acervedi, and 'that there are ether articles of food which arc not such as ighit becx epcted, cons5ideringi thme liberal appropriations made by tihe . Legislature for the proper maintenance of tile asylum. 8. WVe find( that reprehensible lat itudle ofconduct anmd ab)soLute freedlom from restraint have beenm perimittedi to patients considered by their keepers and( attend ants as violent, diangerous and murder ously inclined, which cond(itioni of things has resulted directly in the death of patient,s and( the unnecessary maltreatment of others. TIhiese trage dlies, heO fIld, were precipitated b)y remissness or lack of' jud(gmient after' duie notice to the~ proper authorities. 9' We find, as growingout o.f the facts as relatedi by tihe wit; aanes and wrom thnS previous pamngraph, that there has been gross negligence on the pert, of sonme of the oflcers immediately in charge of time naylum. 10. We find that the j;oard oflitegents has tailCd to diScharge its duties Cy eral iuportant relations, and that the cv Ideice Further shows that the visits of the board have not been regular or fre quent as required by their own by-laws, aid',tbat where sucht visits were made, the exaninations required of the Regents were imperfectly performed iu some in stances, and that in other instances there was no examination of certain wards to which, from the nature of their inmates, their attention should most particularly have been directed. I1. We find an incomprehensible in equality as to the compensation and labor of many of the attendants and of employes holding responsible positions. 12. We fin(d strong evidences ot waste. misanaiagement and ignorance or disre gard of its value, on the asylum farm, the system o work there an(d its man a-ement needing an absolute al(d speedy revolution. 13. There are several others matters relating to our work which can best, be understood by reference to the testimo ny. 14. We were offered every facility by the superientendeint and other officers of the asylum in the jrosecution of the in vestigation, for which we express our acknowledgments. All of wiich is respectfully submitted. T. J. S-rRAIT, M. D., Senate. II. P. GooDW-IN, House of Reps. Committee Investigation Lunatic Ays lum. A Cobblor's Wife's Gold W1i,MrNwToN, Del., April 1.-Ten thousand dollars in gold and greenbacks has been Found secreted inl an old table in the residence o' John Sprague, a shoemaker at .No. 721 West second street, in this city. he money repre sentii his deceased wife's savings for thirty-nine years. On.January 27 last MNIrs. Mary Sprague, vife of the cobbler, dropped dead, a victim ol heart diiease, in a drug Atore. The coiple caic ti Wilmington from E ladthirt*y-onieyvars; ago. The hus hand is WAout sixtyv years ol'age, while the Nile wax nemaly lift y-nine years old when she died. They were fruLal and ini(tLrious. all durinig their thirt y-nine years of married life the husband iveekly gave the wife a certain sum of money r her judicious use. lie never ques tioned what she did with file surplus, Dut supposed it w.s regularly put in baIk. When Mrs. Sprague died search\ was nale for the balk-book lipposed to ex isbut to no avail. The house was 11an1sacked. but -still no mioney was Cound. Finally, 'Mrs. "MCGiIley. a neighbor, su-_e,ted as :I, sho hiad had a dream to that effket. that pissibly the trea.,ure might be -iecret i inl anl ait(111C table, and this article ot Cirinituii w-as exainiiied. Tightly wved1--ed inl inl inside corner of the table were ound a ba of gold and a roll o1grC'eibacks, which, beillg counted, amounted to sl10,oo0. The newly fouid- ioney was at once deposited in bN.Ik. A fiarther and two sons constitute the Sprague family. Mr. Sprague has just received word froml _ELglan(d that lie has also fallen heir to several thousand (ollars by the. icati of i relative. A Terriblo Naval Confilet. SA' FANcIsco, April 1.-Private advices from Va'parai.-o state that the ironelad Blanco, belonging to the insur genlts, recently attempted to blow up the aried government tug Florence with a Bist torpedo. The torpedo missed the tug but .Atruck the big floating dry dl-ck in the harbor, hlowing it to pieces. The Pianco was lhcrcupon treatedl to hot fire of shotAJ and shell from every gua mn tlic fort and steamedl out o: the harbor. Theli same niight the torpedo boat andii tug Florence stole out to attack the Blanco, Tlhe ironclad was not alone, b)eing in company with the sloop of war Ohigging.s. Both ships compelled the go verninent vessels to return to0 the har bor and followed in hot pursuit. A heavy shell fromi tihe .Blanco struck the Florence, blowiing her entirely out, of the wvater, andl eyery one of her crew of seventeen men were either killed or wound(edl. A hbroadside from the Oihig gings~ kno ked the torpedo btoat all to pie'ces. Theli two insurgent vessels then t.urned their attention to the forts and( a lively 1h itlhe ensuedt. A shell from the forts s,truck the Obiiemts andl w~ent clear through her. Amiothier shell causedl a gun on her quarter (dck to explode. Wheni the smoke clearedl away the~ deck was found to have been literally toirn ofl the vessel and nine men out of the gun's crewv of' twelve were blown to atoms. The sloop was at once t,:ken out 'of range of the guns in the forts. ITTm'isUniu, Pa.1, M1arch 31.--A lounit Pleasat, P a.. special to the Tiimes says: Gener'al Alanager Lyinch said this afterniooni: "IJf necessary to bieak this strike, the 11. C. Frick Cioke Comitany will take a hand. We will opeirate our wo'(rks, and if necessary, we wiill bingmi iinto the regioni uniformned men, armnsd and1( prepared lo r battle, and they will lie ordered to shoot, aial shoot to kill, any oine whoi initerferes with our meni ori our arrangememits.* The iclrick Coke Comui1tv is noit gotin:. it, with gus antdh clubs to .K'' the strikers to work amnd( th iF'rick ('oktel (otsop-my will not, permi tie stiker('s 1o go out withi guns and cluiibs atmd drI ive iue iCtwho1 want to work a way from otur plants. That's ouii pitiion.'' A shiockIi lug t Dea. A L n.A . N. Y., March 21--Tmiesd ay nigh t 'lTomnas WxillIi:inns, a peddler from Chicago, was brutally assaultetd, and was pticked tip bty thet potlitce andi taken to a hosptitat. There the physicians found what they su1posed to bte a wound cauisedl by a k iik, and whlich had knocked his eye out. Tio-day ho died, aiit ani autopsy was held(. When the cap of the skull was removed It was foundl( thatd anf uilnb)rella point hiad boon jabbed( ini the eye, and the ferrule had cotinu oni and( Wasi embe'dded i nthe brain. O.ne of' his assailants, .John AMurphy, hats been, arreste'd, biut cimns he only struck Williamls with his flat. liotel H(olocauat. AUSTIN, PA., March 27.-Rottenry's Coimimercial Hotel was bjurned this morning. Lizzie McGavish, a domestic, .Jack McCarty, a boarder, and an un known man warn burnedlt enatb WILL IT LEA 1) TO WAIV THE ITALIAN MINISTER AT WASHING INGTON RECALLED. .1hily Is Disatisfiedl Iocaise No specific Offers of Reparation Have Been Mtade for the Killing of Ittlan Citizeu at New Orleans. WAsIINGTON, March 31.-With an official note dated to-daj Baron Fava, Italian minister, has declared to the Secretary of State that the United States Government, not having given assurances that the murderers of Ital ian subjects acquitted by American magistrates anl murdered in prison while under the i nimedaite protection of the authorities of New Orleans, would be brought to justice, the Italian Government lis found itself under the very painful necessity of showing openly its dissatisfaction by recalling the minister of his Majesty from a country where an Italian represeinta tive is unable I4m obtain justice. The Baron will soon leave the United States, leaving the secretary of legation in charge only of current affairs. O1'FICIAL SURPISE. This action by the Italian Govern ment caused tie deepest surprise in official circles here when the fact be came known. It had been generally supposed that the Italian Government would at least await the action of the New Orleans grand jury, which ig charged with an investigation of the bloody episode at the New Orleans jail, It appears, however, that the inf orima tion received from its representativu must have l,t that G overnIen, to thc conclusion that the grand jury's inves tigation would fail to result in the pul ishmnt or even the indictniitu 01 an person conlnected with the ldlllil;z of tli( Italians. Nit'lOlL' LET'I I NOT SATI-.\CTOny 'The letter of (Goverilor Niv. oils, ill reply to Secrel.ary 1laine, was also, it is thought, regarded as evalive of I hc real points at issli, repanmtion for anl alleged wrong. :ud the Goverior's as surances t,hat firtht r loodshed would not follow, nll;Wco!li-lied by any ex cuse for the failure of the StUate or inn nicipal authoritirs to take precau! ions to prevent the killing, wa.i it is said, re gardud by the Italian Government with extreme dissatistaction. It appeared to it that the United Statem Govern ment had exhausted its resolrces. LIMITATioNS O(F OU11 o0VEintN.1:ET. Thw relationwi bLetw%een the N ati ial Gov-erninent adi(l the governments of the States were so fixod by the lineri. can Constitution that when the Itllian ininister, obeyiig tlle coilitand of li Government, sotighlt for some assi. raleu tiit the persolis concernd i in th< killing of its silbjecti woNul ie put. ished, it was not possible for the Gene ral Governmwnt to give any definit( assurance of the kind. It could an< (lid point to the lact that the granm jury was the American provision foi calling before the bar of justice per sons who had violated the lIw of ti land. But this particulir grand jur3 was called together under laws of ti Southern State of Louisiana, and whether or not it would punish accord. ing to the Italian idea of jtstice was soiething that no national otlicial from the President down could guarantee. ITALY WANTs SATISFACTiON. T'he italian Government was not sat isfied with such views. With the re lations between the State and National Governments and the peculiarities of our constitutional system of govern mens it had nothing to do. But it w%,aq necessary, according to its views, that Italian citizens in foreign conitrie should be accorded the full measure of protection fixedl by the laws of those cotumtries. IIero wvas a case where, ac cording to the statement of the minis ter, Italian subjects had been arrestedI on the charge of crime and acqjuitted by an American jury according to the formis of American laws. TIhiese nmin dheclared innocent by a judicial tribin aul, had been slain by an angry people, The Italian Government could not go behind the verdliet of the A uierican Gourt, and notwithstanding it was stated fin some1 qularters that the imen were really guilty of' foul assassination and had been acqulittedl by mneans of bribery, in the eye of the Italian Gov erminent they were innocent Italian subjects. In their violent, killing thn Italian p)eop)le had been otutraged ani insult,ed. 'The N ationial Govern mentl of th ii nited St,ates had, as stated, faiiil to give any (delinite assurances thamt reparation would bie made. Thern was bult 01ne course, and that was takelt t o-day wvhen the It,alhan minister noti fied. Secretatry lilaine that he had beer recalled because his G3overmnient wnm dissatislied with thme niegotilations. This is the Italian view of the mat te.r. (Co3131'0TIoN IN T'i iCSTAT IC D)iCPAnTl M ICNT. 'T'here was comm0111iotioni amonig tu State depa rtmient,1 ollieials when, thi fact, be raie known tha:t lIaroni -'avi had been recalledI. Th'Iey lid not L nou' it, o tlicially-save thie Secret ary -Ie fl re the close of (iflice liours, loir t Iu Si eretar'y was eon lined to hiis hiome hI a recurranice of lhi o1(d mahly, gout ana1( 'lidi not send( word to his lieuntnnt in the de'partmnent of State; bu1t lhe dIi( Ilimage to get inuto his carriage a boul .1 o'clock( andii drive over to the Whlit! 110 lSou. l1e told( the P residlen t all I. hl had((1 ociirred and discussed f u ure pros p)ects. lie stayed withI the P resalen flur an lionur, a nd whlen lie ret.rn mi I t his hiomie was niot alcssibl(. l'h( State De~part mi . tofliclals didl not, care t.o talk atbout the matter. Alr. Wh'lar. ton, first assistant secretary, is cntinedt to his rooms by illness. AMr. AdIe, aniother assistant secret ary hiad nuot, b.eein in formed of thle event whichi wasi he absorbing topic oif co)nversation among t lie peCople ouitsidle. Ql'I1-STIONS 0 OIilPLOM ACY, None of thle o llicials caredl to be quio tiei ini thieir opinhiions. P receents 5 ere to hie looked up b ef ore t,bey coulId be venitured. Still there there was a gen eral disposition t o belittle t.he matter, aind 1.heire was no idea that the (logs of war were to be unloosed. I aron F'ava had not dlemianduedt hi s passports as haid at first be -n rep)orted. Tfhere were many steps in the dliplomacy,- and though slight dist,inctions and( small formnalities apparetntly trivial in the public view, they were really full of significance to tr-ainedl dIiplomats. TIhe denmandt for p)assports is an e-xtreme mleasure. It is taken when the war feelIng runs high and thme minister's perann la in anger at the hands of thn ip'place. It is also in a degre sugges ir tive of itienace. se THE lnlCA L, A SEtniOUs 3ATi. sa Tihe recall under the circuIstances, II of t his case Is a serious matter. There n1 could be no attempt to disgriuiso that (1 fact, but it does not signify that mu. v tul explanation and digloimavy cannot ia restore the old stattis. 'lhe charge se d'affairs, Marquis Iiperiali, has been tl left in charge of the Italian legation so t that the severance of diplomatic relt- er tions cannot I.e regarded as complete. h( J ust what the status of this olicial is ih cannot be known except through his olicial acts. It is stated that he is in th charge of "current affairs." I f any se- gC riott signiflcatnce attaches to the min- dl ister's recall this meanls that the charge c( is to be limited in his functions to is suing passports, instructing consilar oflicers and other small matters. Iln this case further correspondlence between the Governients of the 11 United States and Italy must take Ir place directly between Washington and i Rone. d But this view of' the case is Lot gen- th (rally taken in ollicial quarters, and it C is expected that the charge d'affairs Ci will be really in charge or the Italian C, legation, and that when Bilaine wishes c; to address himself to the Italian Gov- Il ernment his communication will be sl diretel to Marquis iiperiali, who ac - al cording to notice is in charge of ILtly's hi interest in the United States. N It can be stated positively that unless P events take an unforeseen and improb- a able turn there will be no call issited S for an extra session of Congress, and d one of the most serioius ill effects of the Sl ineittent i ill be the probable postpone- Cl lilt-it I or an i rid enite ti iie of the L'r si- h1 dent'i propost-d Southeri and Western p trip. The viow takoen by 1ihe A(dinlinis- fI tration, as it i- tindirstood. ik that this tv (overinient, has dono all that could be y don in th e iatter. ,vel if it had conipletve leaIl jiirii iction in the case it, colild onlv as'sure the Italian Gov- Ci ernme'ut that, it would prosecttLe the g P(So.S guilty of tile attack on the SC Itlalhin at New ( )rle:ains. It coild not > (ovuuhi ali: lin i;oveiutent that, it Or wo6,1b14 puntish thern as 1taly dc"sirevS, W a:', that woul Ihbe ori- thg 'il the T littit jurit-s to de-tterinino. The Rtalian e Covorill elthi b11 ehen toldl that titha ih riid et "pIoiores J abhorren ,i ) l Cro 1, ; 1 '~ C' Ie C1 - t1, . 1uei i or1(a hadi p'o- :-ts k, inv-s i late ie n:at- W te. l'arti this investitigiatil o w'a- thI ac-vrtaii nl ent ( of h it.:o ilkity of ahe uti.as w-ho wrte killed, a111nd this ha i nto VeO b)en learied. There is n t i proof whe ret s liefore the P're.ident or Secretury (11 St.,tth a sin-lo Ila;ian in eitsz(ni waul o hat violiii-the andi 'itivi prolii) is ani nisu i)ly lioens. ary b pdreliniitiiy to a faiiu ftor repar- t atan.0 11tvers of te department of a justico are still inquirint iit! this and it othe tr s f that the. IT.\LI.\N POl.Ti: .\T Till: n(YrTr(\l - FIT. t - ofla iS 01s'pei pinM stry. atione IS circe (t ilati reen 1 chan' iiel in thei take 1t .ni at 1ict.1y on:tve ar fch to do i with the prent (''stati oi aiffair. The i M,.rquis lUd1inli, Who has-ssumed the prelier-IShip, is Sulpp,)-ed( to be open toe the(, iniluienve of popular clamnor and( to de ire to achieve I reputation with thtet miasses by catering to tiv demand of the hot-headed elitont inl Italy. At any rate it is Jeltt b the present State of affair.; is only temporary, and there is h dispositiol orpttention to take p any hasty action on the part of this n Gn'overnment. Ct-etainhe Plorter, the nli L ''nt ed States minister to) I talY, will not t[ bto recalled attittv, and this ('iovern- 1 inenit will mnaint:nll a pacific and abide bi by thle developmnents of tho futtire. I n di ocher words, as ut t n a h very distin guished statesman, of the spanro ne sub ject to-night, "we will keep otir shirts a none a tt toii i. f l-t la e i it timae to1 restorei iili'iaa the olPaatreent n atin1 will Itly. s Ais ot.emn ofliiit to- i dayi's evenuc'lt, butivyendiate ce-igtain d hgehi otiialitei ofi tle pavrnni tentias "Baronist ava, laItaili an hisen onotliieO. fromatc litme in wasliimlled 11 to lithdrawS te frem is tiui sti inar itis i oenen t'. 0]e dtoes not( b clo et Itlian whoatin, budt leavesel(litC the clrus meil, t c prsn f]jI acti is i no sene nmen tf hotli tyr tor hi Gove'rniinent, bte myiniite to eta ill e Soret of' disctnt of' the t.ifthde' taln nifinIty alarn Faianste tbeeni ontipy. itier dutyin tahing rtn f the iat tenil iiears and1 is~~ eiret w ill he inupch ire gretv t-', bot lliia'' and; sociai(h' lly.lih c iy sentional ii ruiors onecte It ths rtiinent~ are~ n'oIt, belihved to at any lii T ill-: (1 31i Ti' ii i:li.: io . ( larg expeiencie intitI ei'i'd iplaiaf i Oirs of' ourc (lovernmentc w liet Mr Oi'or- g h iiiTr,c'sto1wU nitedSaesmnser ttc's a if not retreabecdause ofi rt,h wli'thdal ( llV no th tiian~' miie to thii cory.ss h -iii5 N ter (ifll thiei ious es te ialiant muaste i necessarl y the arii (to to cumi -inint.t ien(' het wohn I heI'i riisetive a' ecaueinen. wsTieita iniPis ain p t at tuedvr tim re of ffai rsil thisr i ran't :tii, hen aie 1111 troug tha k' i tha colitr.y iwnot cuVt'nIllry for (haver- i -Ihr una re 11he e:'s otia c hie rety ila Lfblit(l ataes nlirrnglitc'i' fuiste foreign0 a til'g rpeet:here.131'h; .\ e 'rto or ar ,mthe iuneiiet' ofi :i, kind. t iecssai LI th.t thelrw suvh hic'n as tiht, of thse I p rvueh prote i'. hav liy mallIo wig h, ms howtever wteateon; upen wher cc th gof the er ci thatesma e o thruh dofr ihall indearof-nton ovf ai the r~dont w r,idiculbytis arenoten Iti an, as also is the prospect of an extra ssion of Congress growing out of the tme incident. IIe suggested that the isunderstanding may possibly exist to the real nature of the letter of ,vernor Nicholls to Secretary lMaine ith respect to the killing of the Ital ns. It is assumed that Baron Fava nt the letter to his Government and at possibly that Government may in rpret it as the sentiment of the Ied, al Government in the case. Nations pointed out, do not go to war in ese tines over small affairs. Mr. Porter, the present minister 01 e United States to Italy, he said, i nerally regarded as a man of shrew plomatic ability, and fully able t< pe with the questions at issuc. AMERICANS IN ITALY. Late this afternoon certain erroneous ports were in circulation respecting leged outrages on American citizen Italy. Careful inquiry at the de irtment of State fails to disclose morE an two complaints of that character tring the past six months. Moreovet toy appear to be devoid of feature: 1iculated to give rise to internationa >mplications. In one case an Ameri in vitizen, who was in the habit o: 'ossing the Piedmont boundary lin L fitiuent Irives, was suspected o: nuggling, and when lie refused tc low Italian custois oflicers to searc is carriage for contraband articles hie as arrested and iade a bitter com Jint of discourtesy. In the other case i Italian returned from the United 'ates was arrested for alleged brigan ige inl l18. It appeared upon con ilting the records that he had been in tiled in an amnesty proclamation, s n was released just as our State de irtment dliscovered that he hadlieer andulenuy naturalize in this cou y when lie had lived here only tw( 'ars. INT.NS- niTTiP:NEss IN ITA1Y. IVM:, April 1.--in it.alian politica rcles the vigorous action taken hv ti( >vernment inl connection with tit rioius situtat ion create- hv t ihe receni vw Orleans mssacre of Italian pris Wrs, is generally and fu1illy ('lorsel ithout respect to party divisions Ie prcss re(tlects the prevailinlg polit.i il popular feeling, and is strong inl it: iintticiation of the Washington (ov. '11iiient for its half-hearteii edforts t( aintain the nitional authority anc cact repatration for crimes committeI rainst Italiins on the soil of ott ol i States. So lhit,ter is the Ieelina tha large nutnber of itliential Italian: e urging the government, to send onu circular note to frien(ly powers, ask them to 1unite in dleniouneing thit nited States as a nation at once nta IC to insure the administration of is ce or to fulfill the duties Which a cliv rotis government owes by virtue o s existence to mankind. 'erhaps in lo way is the ainger of mrtain class of Italians better ilistra ql than in the fact that a number c illuential persons are io%w deinandin tat the Preiier shall at once brea 'ith the Washington govern nent, ig ore its ; jurisdiction in the present (i culty, and proceed it once to directl ill the State of Louisiana to accoun THE MASSACRE OF TROOPS. urtier 1)Isiatche03 Conirm13 the Sor., and Givo Further Detaills. CALcuTTA, March 31.-Oficial dis it,hies received here by the govern ent oliicers confirm the report of th assacre of Ghoorkas it Alanipur, i ie province of Assam, where abou 0 of these native soldiers were slair i hostile tribesmen of Assam after tw< tys of deperate fighting. The fate of the Iritish oflicers whe ere in commiian( of the Ghoorkanm id of the chief commissioner, Jame .Quinton, who was coniduictinlg thu 'goitiationis at Duinpar for the arrest a promintent chief wh'lo had been in rimmental iin deposintg thie Raijah of anipur, is still increasing, but the ceroy of India, the Marquis 01 andsowne, believes that all the ofli als have either met death at thn indls of the rebellious tribesmen ol ssam, or that they are held as prison s. In addition to tihe disaster al anipu r, it is believed that a force o: ritish tr'oops, compoised of a detach enit of two hundred soldiers of th< engal Infantry and about eight) hioorkais, wvho were marching fron lillonig to Mianipur In ordler to rein trce the Forty-second andl 'i'hirty-sec id Ghoorkas Light Infantry, whtici itilhosed the conamand of Chief (Com issione,r Quiinton, have also been at. .cked and have shared the late of eir comtprades at Manipiur. Tiht enigal infantry andl eighty' Ghoorkas, appears were set umponi by the As. iineoSe, or native tribes referred to hile they were passinig through a dlif :nlt and dangerous passage, and tough they fought gallantly againist nvy 0(d(1, the rebel tribesmen fron: te adlvantageoius positions which the) witupied on the sidles of the pass atnc icead andt behind the li ritish for-ce suired such a dlestructivye fire inIto tht< ui. ks of t.he lien galese antd ( Ihoorkat tt t he latt er are said t o have beer: iilled to a imani. Thei viceroy is hurry't ig troops intto the proin t ce of A ssant I order to punlish thle hiostiles. !!eiii t, into the sta'ies located ini ptroxiini o A ssa n i in ordetr to lire vent, any OSS idle dhi sordetr or warlitko out brealI htith it. is thlouight mighit, follow tlt ric n g of thle ne ws of thle iinassacrn liho lirit ih trtoops at Matnipuitt. WVri c'et an the Shas. o ni o . V.\.. A pril I. - Seven mteni, 'enit ire crnew, withi captain ami om~1 ris, of the barkcintine Ada 11. (;oiild, bIision, Me., were re.tcuite' y ester iy Iby thle (Ol i)otiitilion steallisili ityarndott off the Wtrter Quarter glihthipI,tiand brou ghit herent, the vessel ovinrg strutck( on thto shioals and filled tpIdly. Thlie men repiorts a terrible tme sincie March 17, I wo seamnen , J1ohn iede~r arid F"ran k Linrde fer, havintg en lost . Tlhe hotly of th e I three-year d chibi of ('apt. .Jorgensent of the reck ed ship I )ictator was washed hore t his tmorni ng. Them 'Thfrd i art y Ma,o,nent. the national organizer of what is town as thle Citizens' Indumstrial Alli ce, is here t,o arratnge for the nation con ventlorn to be hieldl in this city ay3 19I, to organize a new political rty, with the Farmers' Alliance as e basis, Ile said last night that at ist 10,000 (delegates will be present, presenting thirty or mere States. The nvention has not the endorsement the great Alliance bodies, bu~t indl dual miembers are taking an Interest it. A NOTABLE MURDER TRIAL. Waitlem Martin Convicte(i of Killing Alice McLeod. CoIXMBIA, March 31.-The attention of a groat many people in Columbia to day was centered in the Court of Ge eral Sessions, in which was tried the case of the State against Waities Mar tin for the murder of Alice McLeod. The court room was iacked from the openin to the close of the day's ses - Son. f3efore lie was arraigned the jury brought in a sealed verdict of not gulf ty in the case of the State vs Smith, Williams and Jackson, accused of lar ceny from the person, the crime alleg ed to have been committed in Colutn bia. Two of the defendants were rep resented by Melton and M1.-Latghlin. Waities Martin was then broigh-t into court and pleaded not guilty. [Ie was represented by Messrs. Weston & MMalaster. 'rhe first witness was Dr. Lest-:, who testifled that he had made a pos! -inor tem examnination of Alice NlcLeol, adtiI found marks on her throat as if she had been strangled. IHer eyes and ton gue protruded and there were several bruises on her limbs. Cross examined, he said NIc Lv)d was dead before she wai thrown int o the river. The next witness was Mary \lie McLeod, daughter of the murdered wo Iman. h'lhe substance of her testinion \ has been published lin the News and Courier as taken before Coroner IZoaeh. Shesaid that her mother and little brother J lius went out between 6 and 7 o'clock on the night of the IIIurder; Ihat Julius calme back and 1e-Ported that somlie one had beaten his Illothwr, and that Waities ou the saimeo ii!,bt call. back alone alut 10 o'tock. The next morning slie saw liin at i liiro place cleanling his elothes, scraping them witli a case knife; t ht, W;itits then lIl her mothIIters locket, I I. In-re we:e frequent luairrels het ween .\ ie anid Wlaitics, and th114at I had otf.n heIaten her. The next, witniess was .1111i w ith. IIt' told the~ story ofi abiiou gingi ii it with his -.1oliv-r atl sk-vinlgr wah by somneonle whoill he couhtin't,rvu InI.- in ti' dark. Iesaw Waities 'o:i hoin at, 10 o'clock ad;I get iltnt o 1 house thirough tho window saw hiwiI Scrapill" his panIlts nl(xt mnorninig, Htc. imalln ah lllus..1 cilor,-d wt)m:m livinglim-xt door to .\lice Mlxred's house, testiliid thiat shet sa x .l:iart ini come 10hoine that night. Slie' .1sked him: next iorninig what Ie 1tad done with Alfee. Not bing satislied with his au swer, she advised the childirvi to inlim Ino the police. -Lollis I ianibal tcstilied that I( SIw Martil i at 7 o'clock on the lorning", a 1ter the mu111rder and that Marliml s: that Alice had gone to SlIiter. lIe aktl te-tilied to the troiam-un t1 arrviels t f Martin with the deeased. James lUobinson -,aid thatl altr tIh disappearant-e of Alice Mart in Wait it Ciie tio his house to get, som- cle:u clothes and that I ien M1art in report t the story I hat. Alice liad gone to .0um ter. Muinibal Carter testilled as to lire:tt iiade by Maartin againlst. A live. '1e next, witness was Sherit RIow:an, V to whom Alartin iale a roluntarw coIi fession in jail. This confession, is re laced by Sheriff HIowan, has alread41y been punlisld in thu News and Cour: er. It Was suilbstaitially that, inl trying to iniuce Alice to go hone M1art.in hud choked her, and was surirised when Ie found he had killed her. When lie found that sIhe was leald Ie sii ripiwd her an(d took hert) t le baiik of I l ri\ er, where lie tied her feet anl hands and attached pieces of' rock to her body. Martin in his confession drew a dia grani of the ilace where ie left Alices clothes', which tdiaigra:n was exhibite'd to the j tiry. Th'le clothes werie nievter Mir. I [olloway, dlepulty for ,lutstice Y'oumnaLns, andt an ex - police tillicer', It s tilledl as t.o the lindinig oif the hotly ini the river. D)r. Lester was recalled anti asked if' the marks on Al ice's throat coul havye been made b)y the rope which was tied arouniid hier. lie saitd that. thle niark s of the rope coul d lbe plainiily iraced, biut Were not the marks that pirotduced dleathi. Tlhe State rested Its case on the fort' going and the defence aiionc edl that they would hut in noi testiioniy. TJhe solicitor, In his able' argument, showett that the St ato's case was ful Ily inade oIut and that, thitre hiad been no contradiction of' that testimon)iy. AMr. F. If. AlcMaster matde an exctel Ien t argu ment, holdinog thast, inalic iou s initenit was not proved. 11 t asked I lie ,1 udge to charge the jury that inalice must be shiowii. ,J udtge 11ludson ini his chliarge he ldiIl ta thle legal proptosi tions iotf the tde fec were correct. I le also, as usiual, ex lplained the varIous detgrees tof hiomi cio antd left thn.ecase withI t juriy. The jury stayed out buti a shiort, imi andi( retturned willh a vterd ict of giljty. Mlartin was iiiioiediiatelv seniteiniel to [i hiainigedl on thie silt hi day of A liril b' Nlairtiin haid iothlinig toi say whirl no thriouighi the t rial. I1he was half a.sl''i all the' I ine antI whoilly aleept' li t iif flt'iug iti snsadiath'.n - pasMsed sentence tof 11onth on l a case ofr more't cruelty tor enorm'iiit''. Therce w.as ai lig t'i'twil oni t ho at riot tn sit' 3Iairt in oii his way nack!~ to Itie juil. Al R~ioracor in the Coiar i.. vanit, formert'ily i niewsboy iin hie ihis city, w~ho a yeari ago compullelted a f'ouri years Ieii ini thle lp'enitiary f'or' thelt, to day began stiit four 100,1 00 aga intst ( W. I 'Otte(r. priden(lit of the Sotith Chiic ago lI ollinig Mlill Company. Th'le plain tiffI alleges that in order to b)reak up ant ac<luiaintaiice between I )mmlivanit an d Mir. I 'otter's daulght( ., Mi. I 'otter, with others, conspired andi securedl his~ coni vilctioni oui a false c'hiarge. I )uninivant also claims that, an editor of a C2hicatgo patper who secured from him a complete statemfeut of his imprisonment aiid his ac<quaintance with and friendshiip f'or Mliss P1otter, was paid $815,000tosp p)re~ss it publitcation. , oSil Drank a Quart, of Whritkey. IBA NO, Me0., Miarch 31.--Leslie E,llis, who yesterday (drained a quart biott le of' winskey without taking the bottle fr'omi his lips, died at 10 o'clock this morning. It Is said that Ellis's cornp anions, who wagered that he could not do it, left hiimi for six hours in an unconcious cond(i tion before calling a (doctor. An inves tigation will nrohahly follow. A I'LGN OF TEUI{R ,. COKE BURNERS DRIVEN FROM THE FRICK COMPANY'S WORKS. I rtied Gi :trds,4- ;.v4uot A way Like Chaff 1'n1111ing- Wrecketd ill gurnedl-Wo men Toi,k 1r p--A Toinporary Injunc tionl Graiten. l'TTsjvu i' -, l'a., N1arch :0.--Strikors to the nittiber of nearly lpO attacked Frick's coke works at Aorewood at 2 o'clock this torniniig. They distroyed some cokce oveiis and railway tracks, and broke t.he windows in ,ieveral houses Several of the raiders were arrested and akeun)reensburgRjail. ltiotsarealso reiported: t Leisenrinig and Leith and considerable property has been destroy e.d. T here is greait t'excit'ieent throughout .th etpike coitry anid serious trouble is ipprhIi-Ivd. 'I'e coke troubles have asSIled a iew phaseand now threaten il devel(p into a war between the ope r ors anld lab.ir organizations. Mr. ick satd to-fkiy that heretofore lie ."d llot :illta.Inlized labor, but in the Ill ire Ie didi ot pr.,opose to stand idly >y 1a1. svi ls lort'lperiy dest royed. IIe 4aiims t it, t he lic i are satislied with Ilit- scAlot' wa.mh offered hm t that th v lr advi-ers till nt poriit thei to letulrn itwork as I heir position depends inil the sucP.A of lie stril. I'hle light rm t11hi.; tin,- vill be hitter. A dispatci fr,im :ot Idale, l'a., says: "TI' i riti., ;at a large number of the cokl ilnts I hi morlning. A mob if ,.>n ot inariali strikers swept dbnvii onl the .1imatotwii plant early this m>iring,. roul ' thi' vorkingmnvi, as iltedi selcral io,-ii and threatened the 'lriten'ient's lil. A bomb Was set lol it wt Loisolrinig, aild the imlen no ti Iii t to -,) to \vork. The Leith works ,rt l'n1n11t mwn wai also raided and the w"mino,n 1- i :iht e. The labor lead e. ar -t r.N in tt a;tv tit- excitement as . i+,; .r rk I;- iirt-d. 11. C. Frick ' o nI itnd hilt 1tero have noti t i e :,b' is to incr ease their torces. \ h fw i won'et in will be hold brouot ti'- 1"ion to-day. o i-t i e : i day i'n the coke iwbi i evellilg was i ncii. The labor a nt p'.irted attack was I 1 h1t 11 f prin1cip1al works n hr 'nw: ri<h-. At 2 o'clock iNNinrnig: ransor hirbanid Woke illt he irikt r tIp ih ro;1l from Scott I0t t ir r :l in t short, time 1, -o lintf.ll " wl. I I r 11 u hllcllh was diiected ,I tiht, .i:t n pl;onl of' thle 11. C. i,i.itk 1 4 b1t 1, This place wTas :hV wb' t - Illoitu without a su g le < xe-1W'ivio-tld disarmi h it ihnw o tlit e.,whose re volr wu t rbsedinl voiln. A fow worerswer Miakwithl stonle'.', buit th~i bI -.w \N.ar ii ne w itu lit* I mi 1.1m :rilrort ino teild g a' i.r I 'V 1 b i (I orik or:n l tho airst honmb expio.,1 by thlt striker.s. Thle hIlli a \!e fI'tIr [*v,Ilt' iNIMiles, but its 0o'ly \iiblk 0 i %;t I I I e teIr igl,r of a 0reat;l hob' in t I.t fri tit of theo nion-tilionl vorkters' louse :mil t hingtviii.q coni.ider a'l dirt ill tlt- Vii iiity. It is feared 111h11 suchi wvork is lnot tovuer wvith. hlow ever, as the( etfcc,tiimOt iuruly but or.uamized 111mngariant st rikers was omi bio. \ ler illis worIlk tlih ielln it Leis ingl Nii. 2 imld :3 were chased out of I he yard a tid a fevw ily retured whien the excited crowd had deplirted. A few il.:i at ill tiith worlks werealso driven mt tlhouihlobody is reported badly in ju(Ired. tors, lilt lig .\lorwoodi. pinut of' trickc ,y (C. alsi cintribultedt more thani its Tis pthrll lats benI in) part ial operation Ive'r, alinl 5wept t' ar'lIt5eddeputies(3aside blow was strulck, not1 a sho1 t s tired, as suchi a nIlove Wiillil halve been' fatal theI ab:nlniIil'luet. of t he works by thle guliad ani hourtl ofl m;il wreckinlg follow Id Tracks. toiors: an d ill lact ever'y I hin lliiova ble was5 tornl and wrenlchedI aIshh-i bIy tIhe liinlli' crowd which The' t'entl ih>ard ~li of' Federation lmt etts illn 'it %tlmrg to lilorrow when the stirike wiltt beI brouilght upi for endorse work Iiin~t ('itply'ed by 1that company :un( t, se iat trdla y 1or at hearinlg on a per inll net in Iljunt ion, Shieril f acCormtick, wXAit h ai numbe ofI armliled depu)lties, left :ioown itlmght ton It special tralin in arre ie le:ith-rs ini several of the balyt' ihe~ ulgliest, feature of the I i-r. r idA ua. thul llillnber of women 1;u i 1.1 e ' i pa! n, I hIe m ost seriously inljure'd nem beI ingIl I'it.I DossA &'&oper, wh'io wast Ir''(k agitland again by ani ironc bar -'fir m11H ing14 are biniig hield to-nightm by I he atrlitkem :, V. he will certainly pre vien lti t tmIenduI re-siump ltionl to-mlor Aiilt diptlt' froml). t.a lileasat, PaSI., :o: dyt iswiintogtobdThr 51in(e t he' b iloody riots ol 185 At mid Ihight ifuiy 1,101 men1 ille gatthlered onl ItlotIdon thas inicresedl' h is I orce to 200~ 111e1. All aret armed1 withi W~iincheste'r rllies, and1( anoth ann'eI ~ k of thlestikris SA v aNn, A : arch1 21. ( in .-aturdaIy night, at halif-piai;t t'c'lock, a hio)t was lollwn)Il inipor btoiler oft the steamer Farmer1(', whllit was oIn'l erway to this5 p)ort fromlI brun?swVIck. '-hte was betweent Daie and 11 jl oboiy uXlI hen it elccidlent OC Currled. ('d a p tnic amonlg I he netgro deck hantids, se'verail of VII w Iu Itushed overbho1rd1, and Itu of11 tt ie i were drownedii)VI(t. Two othetr personsl1, a netgiro detck Ihnd and1( ai white passentgerI, wetre recued1'( by a boat from the stemilierl. IlT)he names of those lost arue: ,JeffI \l ills, W~iilfl A derson and SItephel(l Iarris, dleck hands, and Jack er' was;t towed ht(re by the tug ,Jacob PalisenI.