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. XT FACE THEIR ACCUSERS. THE DEMOCRACY OF THE BLACK LTED CONGRESSMEN. A General M,x Up in washington ot Sft,h 00roitus Congreasminen-They A p pear In Foire s 1eforo Post master-Gen erdl Ilssell. WASIINOTON, April 5.-The heal ing given the blacklisted Congressmen by Postmaster General Maxwell today was a mighty interesting proceeding. It w:is held in the Post Oflice Depart ment at 3 p. m. and lasted until 5:30. There were present Senators Butler and Irby, Representatives Shell. Strait, La timer and Talbert and ex-ltepresenta tives Johnstone and lemphill. Senator Irby having taken his privato itono grapher along, Senator llider engaged one also and you will have, in two or three days, a full transcript of the ar guments. Senator Irby started out by saying that while his side was armid only with facts he had tht authority of a gentleman for saying that Senator Butler had come stick in hand and pis tol in pocket. Senator Butler chal lenged the name of his informant. Irby aid it was J. 11. Tillman, Sena tor . uttler said it was false; he had never carried a pistol in his life; he was amazed that his colleague should repeat so ridiculous a statement in this presence. Latimer spoke first. Ile claimed he had always been, and would always be, a Democ-at; that while he had opDosed Cleveland's nomination, he had ac quiesced loyally and helped elect him. Mr. Hemphill said the question was whether Democratic patronage would be given to aid in opposition to Demo cratic principles. lie had the right, as a private citizen, to make recommen datigns for office, and would continue to exercise it. The majork1V against him in the primary had onlb3 een 173, and lie represented more Democrats than Strait. Ile was surprised to see these gentlemen here. If he had, like them, claimed that .Cleveland was not a Democrat, be would not, like them, be found asking favors of him. Strait said that any assertion that he was not a Democrat was untrue. Mr. Johnstone made a masterly sum mary of Latimer's record in opposition to Democratic principles, and asked qu"stion after question touching his presence at the St. Louis convention, etc., which Latimer didn't answer. lie p-opounded these final questions with great impressiveness telling Latimer not to quibble or evade: First-"Do you hold the Democratic platform adopted at Chicago to be su perior in its binding force upon you to the platform or priyliples of any other party organization(ergylly No answer. r , Second-"Do you disapprove of, and are you in opposition to the platform of the Third party adopted at Ocala ?" No answer. Senator Irby asked Mr. John&tone if he hadn't vor.ed for Latimer. Johnstone said he had, as pledged in the primary. A similar question was subsequently asked of Ilemphill as to Strait, and a similar reply was made. The effort was to show that these gentlemen had thus admitted the Democracy of their ouponents. Mr. Talbert made a stump speech. full of sound and fury, and pounded the table until the noise resounded through the corridors. le insisted that this was a humiliating spectacle; -that he had always bc:en a Jeffersonian Democrat, "opp,sed to corporations of all kinds and all classes," and that the others ran on the same platform and were in the same position, which he claimed was D)emocratic. Mr. Shell said lhe was not called on to defend his Decmocracy, as there was no qluestion of it. Still, he cherished Alliance principles as equal to any other, lie had attended Alliance con ferences in Washington with ,John stone in the last Congress, arid could say that no man contributed more to the success of the Alliance demands than did his friend .Johnstone. Latimer claimed last fall that John stone had taken home from Washing ton letters from Livingston. Irb', interpolating: "And Watson and Macune." Johnstone-"I didn't (10 any thing of the sort." Latimer-"And from Tlillman, Everett anid Moses." Shell said Johnst one had repudiated the sub)-t reasury bill. Irby asked if he hadn't supported the sub-t reasury scheme. Shell said he had favored the inian cial aims of the Alliance. Johnstone emphatically denied that he had supported the sub-treasury. Hie had made his light against it in 1890) and last year. Shell admitted that Johnstone had said he dlidn't agree to the fiat money and unsound money doctrines of the Alliance. Postmaster General ilissell asked Irby if he wished to say anything. - Irby said he would wait until Butler had spoken. Butler said unless it was distinctly understood that his colleague was run ning this conference be would not be dictated to by him. When lie was dady to speak, he would speak, andl not until then. If Irby desiredl to speak, let him do so, on his own re sponsibility, and riot attempt to dictate to hinm. Irby denied that he sought to dic tate. If Senator Butler stood neutral b)etween the "reform" and "anti re form" factions in South Carolina, and Wished to remain in that position, then he cheerifuly accorded him the right. He had not been so regarded up to this time. Butler ironically thanked him for his kind permission. Irby spoke with passion, and so ve hemently that he could be heard in tne corridor. Ho said he stood there as the State Democratic chairman, and was surprised, mortified, humiliated andi chagrined, in common with all good people and true Democrats of South Carolina, at this inquisition into the Democracy of these Representativ,s. lie-argued that the trio were true Democrats, who had submitted to the action of the National convention. h had defeated these men who were o here trying to injure them in the party and put a stigma upon the I phill tried to interru pt him, but bu rby shouted his refusal to be in te pted, saying Hemphill was not a representative of the South Carolina Democracy. When the third party showed its head in South Carolina, I fought it as zealously and honestly as any man in the United States. Hemp hill and Johnstone hadn't been for Cleveland till he was elected and there was a chance to secure the crumbs of office. Johnstone tried to reply, but Irby re iused to yield. Irby said he was re Lponsible outside for anything lie said: Ir y went on to say that Johnstone and iemphill ha-l folded their hands in 181, during the Iaikell movement, but now catte here to impeach the Democracy of the men who had beaten them fairly as Democrats, and who were as true Democrats as any in South Carolina. Irby's manner was deliant. Senator l3' Jor said they had heard enough oratory, and he didn't think it necessary to say anything. Ile had been invited diere by the Postmaster General to be a listener, not a speaker. As a representative of South Carolina, he, too, thought thiN a humiliating spectacle; but these gentlemen had brought the humiliation upon them selves. Irby- --"I deny it." The Postmaster General admonished Irby that as he had refused to allow interruptions lie must not interrupt. Butler to Irby-"I don't intend to submit to any insolence from you. That sort of thing may be very well for a township meeting at home, but its not very becoming to act in that manner here, and its not going to win, I want that distinctly understood." Senator Butler said he had had noth ing to do with the blacklisting, Ile wouli be very glad to be relieved of all the cares of patronage, Strait asked IButler if he regarded him as a Democrat. Butler--"You must, vindicate your own Democracy. I've not. impeached it." Strait-"I don't care whether you an swer it or not-" lutler-"Then it was a great imper tinence on your part to ask mw." Johnstone said he had al ways op posed the sub treasury bill. It was not true that lie had taken home let ters from Macuine and Watson or third partyites. Some Alliance friends who had learned to like him had writ ten to some gentlemen in South Caro lina in his favor, and he had taken home that letter. 'Ie said it was not true that he had folde d his hands in the Iaskell campaign. -lenphill said that he had made three speeches for Tillman. Irbv-"It must be so, then; but I didn't remember it." Mr. Bissell did not say when he would render his decision, or what it would be, but two incidents are sig nificant. When Latimer said lie would vote with the Democrats on the organiza tion of the House, the Postmaster General asked him: "Which is more important, the organization of the of icers or the principles of the party ?" Latimer was rather stumped, but re plied: "I think the principles that ef fect our people more important than the men in olice." The other incident occurred after the hearing, when Latimer tried to ask Mr. Bissell somathing about his home post oflice, Anderson. The Postmaster Gen eral replied: "I'll hear you some other time." Latimer:-"1 jast want to ask 3ot one question about it." Mr. Bissell-"I don't care to answer that now." Postmaster General Bissell will not, render any formal decision in the case, but it is regarded as pretty certain. that he will begin soon the appoint ment of possmasters at the suggestion of the Conservatives. Ile reiterated today his deterrmmatioii not to regardl the recommendations of Congressmen as final and not to ap)point postmasters rFom beyond the dlelivery limits of the ofli ce rs. When leaving, Senator Blutler taxed Jim 'Tillman with what Jrby had chiargedi, and found that he had made his representation to Irby upon a jok img remark of' his to the effect that he supposed he'd have to take a Giatling gun with him to the mneeting.-Colum bia State.. A "Jim Crow" Car Oase. NE w Yonx, A pril 5.-The jury in the United States Circuit Court today awar (led Mrs M. WV. Cald well, a negress of Brooklyn, 8800J damages against the East T'ennessee, Virginia and Georgia llailroad Company because the con duc tor forced her to rids in a car provided for negroes. Mrs Caldwell andl her three childre'n hadl providled themselules with first-chtsm tickets from .Johmnson City, Tlenn, to Chicago. Th'e cond( uctor f orece her to t ake the "Jim Crow" for negroes, where, she saidl, she had been annoyedl by the profanit y and( uniseemily conduct or other p)o~eFer. 11er husband brought suit for 85 100) dam ages against the rail roal I cornpanmy and tihe case came to trial yesterda;y. The defence w as that the laws of 'Tennes see permit Ied the company to providle separate cars for people (of different color. JIudire Wallace, in charglng the jury, explained that the Constitution of the United States gumarantteed erinal rights to all citizens irresp)ective of color. Caldwell is a respectable citizen of Brooklyn. Lost at Seal. SAN FRANCI'a:o, April i.-T'lhe tour masted steel ship K(ing ,James, co.d laden from New Castle, 1I'igland, I o San Francisco, was burned at sea. 150) miles off Sani Francisco. Y esHte'rday a boat conitafiing sixtn 2n meni from the King J am< m landed at Il'oiint Concep tie 1, and the men ars be ing cared i or by lie lighthouse keeper. Fire was discovercd in the cargo on March 19. The crew fought the flames until March 2'), when an explosion tore up the deck, and the crew took to the boats. They numbered thirty-two Band occuipied two boats. '(lie captain took thirteen men, two apprentices and his et.xt( an-year-old son. The first mate two apprentices, and thirteen men iled the other boat. Point Conception wirs 250 mIles away and the Coats se :rted for that point. On April 1 a gale came up and sep,.rated thme boats. The mate and his boat arrived at Point anception safely,-but nothing has yet been seen of the captaia's boat. Succeeds Towers. WA SHINGTON, April 4.-JJy direction of the Preeident, Second Lieutenant JTohn M. Jenkins, Fifth Cavalry, has been detailed as professor of military scienoe and tactics at the South Caro fna Military Academy at Charleston, FORSYTH'S MAD MOBS. The Georgia Town las Two Mobs to Con- I tend With. ATLANTA, April 4.-A dispatch from Forsyth, Ga., to The Evening Journal 0 says: Since the setting of the sun this city I has been in a state of the wildest ex citement, and every moment in the last 12 hours was expected to bring about bloodshed. But few eyes were I closed in sleep in this vicinity during t the night, but brave men and true, i armed and ready, stood in waiting for t the attak that was momentarily ex- t peeted. On Monday afternoon when the an noimcement of Marshal Red Harris' death was made known, the entire city was appalled and indignant. Mr. Iar ris, in attempting to arrest a desperate t negro on Sunday morning, was shot twice by the fiend who had concealed himself in a hay loft. 'I.ie negro was t arrested, after being shot, and placed I in jail here. Public feeling ran high against the i brute, but as the friends of Mr. Harris I had bright hopes of his recovery, evc - r rything quieted down, but like a thin- % derbolt his death shocked the town in ' the afternoon. Soon rumors were rife d that a lynching would be held at the jail during the night. The streets l were thronged with excited men who spoke in undertones, but cooler heads. realizing the gravity of the sit'iation, s took steps to prevent, if possible, the occurrence, and allay the excitement, t As night drew near, however, the ex- j citement increased, and the fate of the s brute seemed inevitable. Sheriff Kin- o quickly organized a posse and p'mc I a them around the jail, armed with Win- t chester rifles. ,till the n idened v crowd seemed bent on their purpose. The situation grew alarming in the ex- a treme at this juncture, and M4 . King i telegraphed the governor to have the a local military in waiting. In the I meantime the ministers appealed to the crowd for order, and with good ef fect. At 8 o'clock everything was quiet, and no trouble apprehended, the crowd having dispersed to their homes. t At 10 o'clock, however, a messenger d on horseback brought a note from a prominent farmer to the mayor, telling 1 him that the negroes were gathering i on the suburbs and would attack the jail with the purpos3 of liberating Nutting. The citizens were promptly notified and fully armed. They quietly re paired to the armory of the Quitma , guards ready for the fray. 'he Quit mans were also ordered out, and in a short while a small army was waiting for the attack. A.ot a single negro could be seen anywhere, which made the attack more probable. The lie groes, learning that they were detected, did not make an attack, however. lie Is Mad. ATLANTA, GA., April 4.-Cashier McCandless of the Gate City National Bank, published a card today, In which he refers to a letter from Editor Moore of the Augusta Evening News. In that letter, referring to a report writ ten by Correspondent Rosenfeld con cerning McCandless, Moore says: "I have questioned Rosenfeld closely and he disclaims any intention to reflect upon you or any one else. He (11osen feld) says the information was given t him at the United States Court House and for publication. le (Rosenfeld) makes this statement in a card which lie published." McCandless says: "In view of the above statement, in which no person's name at the United States Court who gave the information is mentioned by Rosenfeld, it is impossi ble for me to locate the author of the report. Whether Rlosenfeld tells the truth about it or not remains with the public to believe; but I wish to add most emp)hatically that if it Is true; I denounce the author, whoever he mayI be, whether a United States ollicial or not, in the same terms as I denounce Rosenfeld and apply to him the epi thets of liar andl slanderer. I have nothing to hide nor conceal, andl, far from attempting to suppress any facts, I now court and demand a thorough, invest,igation, and rest my action and record in the hands of the grand jury with an abiding faith in their sense of justice and right. I only ask the pub lic to await their action as there is no mystery about liedwine's delalcation, and if that body takes up the matter on the 10th instant they can get all evidlence, bo0th circumstantial and real, to show what became of the money." Rich RCobber K(inc,. STr. ,Josi'm, Mo., April 4.-Edward Shellen burg, a merchant of Mound City, Sunday night shot and almost inst.antly killed William Stebbins, the son of one of the wealthiest citizens of the town. For the last six months, almost nightly stores have been entored and thme most valuable articles carried off. Sunday imught Shellenburg dlecidedl to keep watch in his store. About 1i o'clock the rear door was opened by tmecans of a key and four masked men entered. As they~3 reacLedl thme centre of the store Shmellenberg tur ned on thme electric light and ordieredl them to throwv up their hands. Three of them did so, but the fourth startedl to run, when Shellenh*b.'g tired andl the man dropped deri I. The s'mot attracted a c:owd to the store ndn t.he dead manl was unmnaskedl first, Ie p)roved to La one, of the most p)oplalr young men In t'w city. llis three comn panions were e<lually as hi hl ini the so cial scale. 'They were Walter fiiller, Waiter Chittenacn and( lfoscoe Carr. They enjfessed to havi,ig com mit ted all of tihe robbeiri5s. Owing to their social go ition and thme I act thmat the leadIer of thle b)and( was ki iled. t[ 'e me(rche' its wvho were robbedl refused to prost ste thetm. T heir relaitives nmado good all the loss es Riomiantle Marriage. IlcAt xsi:noU, S. C., A pril 1.--Specir'. It seems that even tIe uministeri: ' l'eart is not invulnerable toithe t.hbrus; of Cupid's (darts. A few evenings ago the well-known lBaptist divine of this p lace, Mr. Suttle, prevailedl on Miss Lella Pearson to elop)e with him to Grover, N. C., where they were miar rned. Miss P'earson is a yoimlg lady of lifteen summers. Four Ladiles Drowned. turning of a saliboat on Lake P'oncha trian this afternoon, four person. -Mrs. IMary A. Kelley, Miss Agnes and Miss Mamie Flynn, her nieces, M!'i Efle Kelley-were drowned. Several others who formed the party narrowly escaped a similar fate. SHOWING UP TOWNSEND 'our Year. Ago lie Gloried ii M., Ie pubuloicais. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6.-Tho ppointment of Ex-Judge C. P. Town end to one of the law clerkships In the nterfor department is being urged by ;enator Irbv. It semns that Secretary ;mitih indicated to Senator Irby when he application of Judge Townsend vas filed that, the appointment Avould ic made. Jit, as has been st ted in he News, Senator ]lutler widIrew is endorsement and entered h:.; pro est against his appointment. Since hat time the appointment hi,s been lelayed and the politi::al record of ludge Townsend has been uider in restigat ion by the department. Gen. IlIampton lhis filed with the iceretary of the Interior sone facts or the Secretary's consiiferation andI >roteste:i ogainst, the appointiletit of iidge Town-end. Thie o1jec!ion to ho appoilt mnt. of Judge Townsend 3 that he is noi Democrat, while others ty he is, a."d insist uponl his appoint tient. There are on tile in the aepart aent of jiistice some facts that will re nove this doubt, and at the same time vill oiefeat the apointment of .1 tdge vIownsend to any place ur der I 'resi (it Cleveland's Administration. 11uge ''ownsend wrote the following tter to President llarrison: h-:NNETTIsILLE, S. C., March 8, '81. "T'o his Excellency, Benjamin flarri :n, President of the United Stites ir: Some of my Republican friends in [iis State have expressed a desire that should apply for the ollice of 17iited tates district at torney for Soutlhi (ar lina. I am somewhat indifferent bout the app,initmeint, but will par tally in deference to this expressed ,ish make apphication for it. "As to my political faith, character nd qualifications I will refer to the ding leptiblicanis of South Carolina, rid also to Senators flampton and itler and til Itepresentatives from Ilis State, all of wtioi are Democrats. ery resp1ectfully, your obedient ser ant, C. I'. TOWN-ENi." On the back of this application Sena or 1Lam1pton wrote the following en orseinent: "Wb e I have made no rt oinmendation as to the Federal au iointments Ii South Carolina, I cheer ully bear testimony to the ability and he :acter of J udge Townsend. I think to better appointment could be made. "WVA DE- HAMPTrOx." Mr. 1). S. HIenderson, of Alken, gave Fudge Townsend a letter to the llon. W. I. Miller. Attorney General, under late of May S, 1is9, in which lie says: 'Presuming upon the pleasant a luaiintance we formed when here sev L at years ago, I have given to J tidge C. P. Towusend, of this State, a letter of iatrulction to you. Ile seeks the ap pointiment as United States )istrict Attorney for South Caroline. Whilist I diff[r with him in politics I can say of him that he was a just and able Judge. The 1'resident, can find no more able man among the Uepublicans )f this State to appoint as United itates District Attorney. 1). . IIENDEnSON." On March 28, SN., the Ilon. G. W. Dargan, M. C., utLh district of South Jarolina, wrote the President in Judge l'ownsend's behalf, and this is an ex ract from the letter: "I take pleasure n s;%ying further that, in my judgment. he ap.)Ointient of Judge Townsenu vould be more acceptable to the gen 'ral public than that of any other Re >ublican in the State." At Cheraw, S. C., on April 13, 188), lames 0. Ladd, I nited States con mis ioner, sAid in a letter to President Ilar ison, urging the appointinent of.) tudge l'owisiend: "I behevo his iniltience v'ill do as niuch for the promotion of Lepuiblican p)rinciples in this State in he tuture as that, of any candlidate mnown to mc no0w named for this ap On May 17, 1889, the famous Rlobert uimalls, in a document of great lenigthu, irotestedl against the appointment of' F udge TIownsendl( as U nite'd States dis ,rict, attorney. In his prot est lie criti :ised *Judige Townusend very severely 'or his rulings and charge to the jury i,t the trial of C2ardozo. lie says lur her: "I have been an interested witness of Feudge TIownisendl's course since that i ime, aiid I here say t hat he is not a d'puliciLan and has never pubb'fily m'ai med to tbe till now, when lhe hiopes fat, a liberally disposed RtepIub)ie.in Xdnmiistration will iiot conudein los tast career aid trust, himi for the fi. .ire.'' Th'is5 p)rotest of' Small's hadl its dle ~iredl effect, anud di tched the tale of ludi(ge TIoIwnsin'sI appllicationI. .1 udtge l'ownsend1(, however, tiled an answer to his pirotest, aint wrote Senator Ilamiip ,oni a long lettei' ini reference to the ei 'orts of Simalls to pre.ind(1ice the Attor icy Geneh r I against himo. Thliis l't ter was filed oy Senato: llampion with tk e 'ol lowing endlorsemnent by him: "llespect lp y referred to the honora 'he A ttoniey General. The write: is a tentleme i of cha et er, and wvh 'e 1 (10 iot, proplose t,o reco a mend anyone for ip.,ointmient,, I c ni bear t estimoniy not ynly to t'ie chiaract 'r of ,Juidge Town -'id, but to the truth of' wvhat he says -e'gardlin g the tial ofIt SinailIs, who was zoniv iet,edof(I bribery tby a jury, half of' w'ho in were coloIred( imen andl lIepulti-I ians. hils giiut, was estabhjlshed ba londl (luie':tio and1hu h wias pardonedl by I limoucriatic G overnior. Th le fo reitoling a"e takln f'iIromii the re - sordhs fn thle (depart ment of justice and nake a comnplete alnswc " to I le reports hat have Ie 'i circulated here that udlge 'TownsendiI is a I)emiiocrat al 1hat. Seniator'It plti end(orsedl him i 'or I. ni tc'-I St at I's d istI'rt attorney iun er l're-iden't 1 mliison 's Adm inistra iota, N low, the" (Juestioni is, how can Senat tor Irbt y mad l'epre'sentdat ive AcLaurln I'ndolrse anid urgi iheI o ainOiit nmeiit of' ,I1udlge TIIownsenud wvit hi I Ii s record be lore ii hii ?--G;r'eenville' News, i'.a ie I 'iualere,rn. LtIeIo).N, N eb., Mlarch 31t.-Tlhe legis lat ive comiiiuit.te applo.ntedl to clonsider the testiioniy taken hieretofore becaring upo n the meal -admiiistration of State institutlins by I'me board of' public lands and buildlinrgs, reported today that It foundlI sullicient tesatiioniy to indicate t,hrt the Staut hiad been systematically plundered by State oflicials. It, recoim mnendi that impeachment proceedings be institut: d against .John C. Allen, Secretary of State; A. IR. litunpbrey, comm'%sioner of publIc lands and build Ings; Gleo: ge II. Ilastings, Attorney R.3n0ral. and G, 1Emil oxY-2raurer.A TOWN ELECTIONS IN THE WEST. Itepublhiciln anti Democrats Divide the Honors in Mieltigan, Di'tROIT, Mi(i., April -.-With the ex.ption of )etroit most of the cities in Michigan voted for city ollicials yes ter(lay. The Iepublicans elected their candidatei for mayor in the following placei, in soino cases dividing the other oflices with the Democrats. Lansing, Charlotte, Manistee, Lapeer, Ilowell, Iron Mountain. Coldwater, St. Urniac, IIill:-dale, St. Clair, Eaton Hapids and Clare. In Owasso, Monroe. Cheboygaa, Mount Clemens, Jackson, Ludington, Greenville, Vusilanti and Pont iac, IDemocratic imAyo s were elected. Mar quette elected a non-partisan ticket. I n Saginaw Republicans and Nonpar tisans electedl both Circuit .Ji iges and the lepuillicans elected iiine of fiftteen aldermien, giving niietenn out of thir ty Riepublic.ai mnemnors of council. A REIiOUS ISS'U- IN TMAA)(). IT.l1)o, 01; uo, April 4.--.t'ter one of the bittvrest, camI1paiglis tlhit has been fought in this city for a groat many ye.irs the Republicans haN suc ceeded in electing every man on their ticket, with one exception, and have captured both branches of the c uncil board. The mayor, a Repiblicaln, was elected by the narrow majority of 135: imd IHone ()eniocrat) was elected police jtidge by about 300 ma jority. The fight was not one of Republican against Democrat but Af creed against creed, the Iepub lican Convention having been controll ?d by the Anti-Catholic society known is A. 1. A., which secured a hold on ill of the cities in this vicinity. OTIIER 01110 ELCTIONS. CLEVELAND, ()ill, April 4.-Canton, )hio, elects a Ilepuhlican mayor for ;he first tiie since 1sio. The Demo ,rats get the council. At Youngstown he )emocrats won a sweeping victory. At Finlay there was a Republican l'ictory. At Massilon the )emocrat; von. At Akron the Democrats elect si every oflicer but the marshal, their ;ndidate for inayor Itaving 11 plural .ty. 'Tlli- CITY EIL-CTINS IN IOwA. l)Uutut:lt, IowA, April 4.-The elec tion yesterdty proved a surprise for the Democrats, they electing only Attor ney Jaines E. Knight. The Independ ents elected )ougherty mayor, Cooney recorder, Griliko treasurer, and three out of live aldermen. Ki-oiui, IowA. April 1.-The lte publicans elected Dr. W. S. Moorehead mayor, A. J. llardin marshal, B. 11. iloagland assessor, and six out of eight aldermen. 'he city has bet,v Demo. cratic for the past four years. THIll- AlSsoUltli ELEcCTIONS. ST. Lotis, Mo , April .-Dispatches received by the llepublic show that Jefferson City went Republican except for marshal by a small majority. Mex ico went all Democratic; Lamar the same, except marshal, and Cape Girar deau elected the entire People's party ticket. Democrats elected their entire ticket in Butler, Gallatin, Eldora-lo, Verspilles and a dozen smaller towns. In this city the ltepublicans were suc cessful. ALL ONE WAY TN ARKANSAS. LITTLE-: RBoi, Anii., April 4.-The election in this city passed olf quietly and a very light vote was polled. M. G. Hall, Immocratic nominee for may or, was elected, as were all of the six teen Deniocratic ulderinen. Reports from Ilot Springs, Pine Bluff, Taxar kana and f lelena, Indicate that the Democrats carried all those cities. DE3IOCZATS CA RiiY MILWAUKEE. lIIWAK'SE.lE-, Wis., April 4I.-The election passed over <Iuietly. At 11 1). M. the returns indicate the election of Mayor l'eter .J. Somers, Denocrat to fill the vacancy caused by the election of ,Johin Alitchiel from the llouse of liepresentat iv~es to the Senate. i-:I''init<'AN st'CCI'ss IN KANSAS. KANSAS CiTY, Mo., April -.--Re turns from nmany cities andl towvns throughout Kansas shiow the lRepubli c.ms have sweplt everything where party lines were drawn, which was the case ini most of the prnincip)aI towns. IIELIENA is DEM.iOCicATlIC. I,EL1-:NA, MoNT., A pril .-The city election todlay resulted ini the choice of a IDemiocra tic mayor, treasurer and I 'ol ice .Judge. Cutting a WVite Swath. WAsH INOTON, April '.-Secretary I loke Smith has alro idy beg un to carry fito effect his policy of dispiensinig wilt the services of' all inecomp letent clerks ini his dlepart menit, or those appoinited pu11rely for polit ical reasons. l. ider ihe di rectioni 01 Cier Clerk Wardle, thie in dlividlual re-cords of' the clerical force of the census otlice is being i.horoiughily ex. aiminied anud all ceiks who are forui to lie dleficient In any issentialI particuliiar will be dismissed. Twenty-nine clerksi were dr iopped f rom ti he rolls to-day anti ot,bers art- likely to fbIIollo. It is S 'cre tary Smith's belief that the wvork of tIhe censis :.1(ould be colinplletedl by I 0 end( of' the c,e'enidari year, wit lioit asl, ng ant addit,ional applropriat ion from (, ig ress but to do thiis lie is con vinuceth t hr in must be iiot only economiy in ex penutitures, biut, that each eml)oyete mu lst doi gotod antd ellicient work. IIlence his. determni notion to) remotve all clerks wvho do nit comne uip to tihe reu iiredl et anmdartd. I t is ituiderst,ood, also, U' at the clerical f'trce of the General Land (Ollice will soon undergo a proce-ss ofl renovation, aft,er whi'ch somec attenution will he giveni t,o the Il'enision anti oilher lbureauis wit hi a vie w of putting theim on a sW rictly bui in'ss basis. WAshIN 'I'TN, March .'1.--Geii, Ili ram ilerdan, inventor of the famous long range Berdlan linder-i torpedo and ri lIe, died suiddenily at the Metropolit,an Club in this city this evening. 11 i,' hI been ill for some tiiiii with angir piectoris. hie~ was engaged ini a game of chiesswit.h Admiral Crosny; sudden ly his head dropped andt he begani to breathe heavily, and expired al most instant,ly. _ Fearfuli Accitiont. J AISsON viLLI, l"la., April ~>.-The souith-bouti freight train on t,he ,Jack sonville, Tampa & Key \Vest Itailway was wreckeri at midnight. A. ,J. Knox engineer, of Sandford; .J. P. Olmstead, fireman, of Birmingham, and J1. A. Lewis, of Hoston, a si,ock nan in charge of the car, were killed. One of spring'd Evils. Ni:W YontK, April 1.-Nearly 6,000 emigrants arrlvedl in port by the steamships which reached here yester day afternoon and mornin g. This is the largest number since October, when cholera was brought her,e from Hlamburg. V THE LAW ALL RIGHT. Advice of the Lawyers to the Lquor Merchant. CIARLEsTOrN, S. C., April 6.-It was rumored all over the city yesterday that the eminent counsel retained by the S te Li quor Dealers' Association had united in signing a brief which In effect Id:ised the 1:Iuor men against a whole sa'e resistance to the State dispensary law, which goes into effect on the first of July. It was known that a meeting of the ,xecutive committee of the Association was to be held last night, and a Reporter for The News and Courier called up- 1 Capt ]1. Mantoue, the chairman, e *d Isked for a copy of the opinion for pu' lieation. This Capt Mantoue dcci,nt 1, ..ymnu that, such acticn on his part wvould be inauthorized as well as i proper. Ile said, however, that, he had n objection to stating that counsel had ivised the liquor dealers, in view of tle penalties of the Act, which aimed at Lhe cotliscation of the property invest.ed iII the busMiess, and which involved so much, that tho Act should be generally o)sirved, except in so far as might be actually necess-try to test its constitu tionallty. THIP OPI NION. This much is official. It was learned, however, aliunde, as the lnwyers say, that the opinion was read at, the meet ing of the committee last night. It ap pears that the counsel had a conference n Tuesday, when the opinion was read .o them and signed. The counsel in the ;ase are Messrs Simons, Siegling & Uappolmann, J. N. Nathans and Mitch l & Smith, of this city and Mr Jos I, Iarle, of' Greenville, who was in the ci .y oil Tuesday for consultation. The -onclusion t) which the counsel arrived s summed up in the following: 1. We advise your committee, and hrough you your associatest. urepare to meet the statue as valid and co~nstitu Lional, and that on and after the 1st of July, 1893, it will be enforced. 2. In view of the heavy penalties and punishment pres,,ribed by the stat ute we cannot advise you to continue se limg alter the first of July, 1893, but, on the contrary, advise you to comply with the terms of the statute until It has first been adiudied invalid. 3. To test the question of the consti tutionality of the statute on the point of Federal prohibition o: discrimination we advise that proper proceedings be taken to test that question. but thai pend ing such proceedings and the deter miniiat,ion i.ci.cf the provisions of the Act be carefully observed. The statute; so far as we ca 3ee, car only be teftedafter the 1st of July, i82 by thie attemnpl, of the State or any of its olicers to seize an-l sell liquors man ufactured in anotlier State, and exposed for sale here by someone who has ob tained and holds a license to sell liquors for the whole year. Fromn this it would appear that the law will not be contested till it is put into operation oil July 1 next. That on that date some one of the liquor dealers who has a license for one year from county and city will be selected to make a test case, an( that the others will close up their business. Should the State barkeeper "seize or sell liquors natinifactured in another State and ex posed for sale in this Stite by someone who has a licenee for the whole year" that case will be made a test case, (for the United States Court probably,) and Lhe matter will be held in abeyance till the <quest.ions are set,tled. This will, in the usual order of things, and sup p)osing it is carried to the United States Supremei Court,, take a year, possibly two years.-News and Courier. Marriage aInd Murder. Mlolm(ANFI uLD~, Ky., April 5.-Thlere was a very sensat,ional affair in this counity last nlight, and this morning. Ml s. Abibie Oliver of Sturgis, Union county, the becaut1lul young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Oliver, was ruined about, eight, months ago. IIenry Delaney, a young (rug clerk of St,urgis, was chiargeI with causing her downfall, lie dentied it, and1( both p)arties sought legal advice, but, no0 proceedings were hleld in cou rt. Last r.icht,about 9 o'clock the mot,ber of thme girl entercd Delaney's place of husiniess in Sturgis, anld at the point of her p)istof forced him t,o accompany her to a carrilage outsidle in which her hus band and diaught,er were seat,ed. The h)mr drove to Morganlield, a (distance of fifteen miiles, and at 3 o'clock a license wats secured and( the couple were mar ried. The party st,arted homle, but when about three miles from Morgan field, tour menl on horseback surrounded t,he car riuge andl began shooting. Alter tile lirst shot, D)efancy jumpied out of the vehicle and ran to the at,t,acking party' who were supposed to be his friends, and the firing continued. Miss Oliver was shot throughl tihe head andf her father in the lace andl right arm. Mrs. Oliver escap)ed without, a wound. She ran the t.eam at full speed lot a mile dlown the roadl aL!d t,umned in at a farm house. Tihe att,acking party followed, sIl'otmng at every jump1. The girl, who wotild have ivenCi birthl to a chlildI soon, wias matally wound(ed and died at 5 o'clock this morning. Mr. Oliver is fatally Mrs. Oliver recognized the party, and warrents of arre,.st for four prominent youmng men are being issued. The fami lies are of' high standing, and sympath3 is with the Olivers. The indications are that Oliver will not live through tIle night. Physiciane say that h 13in juries are no:,essarily fatal. Late this aft3rnoon George, Hleurl andl Frank Ilolt were arrested by tht shleirfir of Union county, and identile by Mrs. Oliver. Seven others were alst arrest.ed, but, not.being reco-'nized, wer< release 1. A brfther of Henry is stil it large. The Hlolt boys are cousins < the unwilli ig bridegroom. It is reported that just before she die Mrs. Delaney gave birt'i to a child. Excitement in and about Morganflelt Sturgis and Uniontown runs high, p,n this evening there Is st rong talk lynching. Delaney is of most respect: ble family, but the sympathy of the cot munit.v Is largely wnih the nn-er. TILE FIRE FIEND. MUCH VALUABLE PROPERTY DES TROYED AND MANY LIVES LOST. Four Thousand Houses Burned at Maull In, Philippine Islands--Fourteen Horses Burned Up at Cleveland, Ohio-Disas trous Forest Fires. PITTSBURG, PA., April 1.-A. special to the Leader from 13radford, Pa., says: "Fire at 4.20 this morning destroyed Haggin's Hotel, Buffalo, Rocheeter and Pittsburg depot, Higgin a cigar factory and grocery store, and the building of J. Leroy. At least six persons were burned to death and the list of the in juried numbers between twenty and thirty. The bodies of six persons al ready taken from the ruins are burned beyond .recognition. Last night one hundred and twenty-ave persons went to sleep in the building and while it is known that many had Jumped from the :.econd-story windows, it was fear c I many others perished in the flames. It was ai,,er 6 o'clock before the first b -ry was foind. It was an unrecog nizable charred mass of flesh. The sec ond was found soon after in a similar condition. The search continues as this dispatch is being written, end it is impossible to state at present how many lives are lost. It is feared that some of those who jumped from the hotel into the creek were drowned. The list of injured is a long one. TEN MINERS SUFFOCATED. SIA310KIN, PA., April 1.-A miner's lamp caused an explosion in the Neil son shaft at 7 o'clock this morniDg. Many miners escaped, but twelve or lifteen are still in the mine with poor prospects of esc<pe. A number of mules will perish from suffocation. Owing to yesterday being a holiday there weee not as many men at work in the mine today as usual. Ten dead miners have been recovered from the shaft. At 6 o'clock this evening Super intendent Gay announced that the ten bodie3 removed from Red Ashvein comprised the total namber of dead. Although the hardest kind of work was done it was impossihle for a volunteer force to extinguish the flames, which at 2 P. M. communicated to the Red Ashvein. Three hou,,s later orders were issued to to -n Carbon Run Creek into the mine. This will take a month and many more months will f allow be fore the mine will be in a condition to resume operations. Meanwhile 1,0C3 men and boys who have been workihg in the mine will have to seek employ ment elsewhere. FOURTEEN HORSES BURNED. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 1.-Fire broke out in the p'a't of the Cleveland Sew Mill and Lumber Company, Sene ca street, this morning. The building 'f brick and frame, about 200 by 50 feet, was destroved. Loss 850,0C. While the saw mil !". was in progress the wind carried the sp,iras t. vatiian Bernstein's barn, in the rear of 'io. 288 Broadway, and fourteen horses were burned to death. The flamps spread to the adjoining tenement, own ed by Bernstein. Three persons were taken from the upper story by the fire men in an unconscious condition over come by the smoke. They soon recov ered and were uninjured. Bernstein's loss is $5,000. A DISASTROUS VIRGINIA FIRE. RICHMOND, VA., April 1.-A special to the DispAtch from Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Va., says a diL astrous fire occurred this evening at Clarksvil'e. From 4th street on to Main down both sides were consumed except the railroad depot and Magae's ware house. Eight or ten stores hotels ofP1ces and tobacco l'ou::.es were burned A large quantity of leAf tobacco w.is also destroyed. A high wind was b'owing and r o adequate means to stop t'e flames caused the loss to be very great. Two colored men were also burned to death. JOE JEFFERSON's HOUSE BURNED. BIUZZARDS EA T, MASS., April 1.-The beautiful summer residence of Jos. Jefferson, the actor, was totall" des troyed by fire this afternoon. It is feared that the cook perished in the flames. Several of the help received serious injuries. Mrs. Jefferson and other members of the family escaped uninjuired. The lire was caused by,an explosion of gas in the cella - A FIRE IN RtICHL~OND. ICHnMOND, April l.--Fire tonight about 7 o'clock partially destroyed the stree-story brick produce and commis sion house of Wallerstein & Co., 110 to 114 South 15th street. 'ide damage is estimated at $20,000; insured. NO .TI[ CA ROLINA FORECT FIRE. R A L ai H, N. C., A pril 1.--Extensive forest. i1 -es in th,is i 3tion of the State toit'ay did great damage, burning some farm houses and much fencing. The air is Iill with smo'.e. SWEPT AWAY BY FIRE. MfANILLA, l'HILIPP'INE ISLA NDs, Ap ril 1.-Four thousand houses were swep)t away by fire, which is still burn ing. Some lives were lost, and many were in jured. Charlest.on in Luck. CHARLFSTON, April 1.-The will of the late John Tlhompson was admitted to probate today. The testater af t3r de vising sundry real estate to friends in this city, $10,000 to distant relations in ecetland and $20,000 to executers, leaves the remainder of 'a estate to the city of Charleston. No trusts are created; the city is simply made his residuary lega tee. It is thought that the estate will be worth about $150,000 after all t 3 quests are paidl. Deceased was a well known seedlsman and gardener, who came from Scotland. Sheil for Tillmuan. WAShINGTON, March 30.-It is said that Representative Shell has given a written pledge that he will support Governor Tillman for the United States Senate against Senator Butler or any other man whose name may be pre sented. This pledge is said to have been given by Capt shell ten days ago while he was at home. The document is in tho possession of a prominent Tillmanite, and it is alleged that it can be produced if necessary to confirm tthis statement.-News and Courier, .Rather Bishy, d AT LANT A, Ga., April 4.-Mrs. Fanny Lyons, who lives just outside the city, ,told a queer story at the police station d tonight. She says that John Schulzen, a stone mason, under threats of death' .made her go to a justice's court and 'marry him. She lived with him several -days and then took the first opportuni.