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Straps, and ,facts.
? Colonel McClure telegraphs from Washington
to his paper, the Philadelphia Times,
that a Cabinet officer told him that there
were not recommendations or names on
file in the departments for half the offices
now vacant. What ha$ become of the legions
of hungry Democrats the organs have
been telling us about ?
?The business failures throughout the
country during the week ending last Friday.
as reported to R. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile
Agency, number for the United
States 215 and for Canada 25?a total of 240
against 222 the preceding week. More than
two-thirds of the failures are furnished by
the Southern, Western and Pacific States.
? Afire in an Iowa church was extinguished
in a novel manner by a quick witted
druggist. The fire was raging in the floor
under the Joists and no water at hand. He
ouickly mixed up a pailful of common soda
in a lot of sulphuric acid and poured
it down; Sufficient gas was immediately
formed to extinguish the flames.
? All the preparations have been completed
for the payment of pensions to Confederate
soldiers of North Carolina, who,
while in service, were disabled or by reason
of wounds have since become so. The widows
of soldiers receive the same pension.
It is now -thought there will be about fifteen
hundred pensionertfon the rolls.
? A lady of irreproachable veracity, who
resides in Waynesboro, Ga., says in substance,
the following occurrence took place
in a prominent merchant's back yard a day
or so ago: A cow, seeing a pot of peas
cooking in the yard went up to it, lifted it
off the fire with her horn, waited until the
pottage cooled, and then very quietly proceeded
to feast upon her fine dinner, eating
all the peas in the pot.
? Isaac W. England, the publisher of the
New York Sun, died at his home in Ridgewood,
N. J., last Saturday afternoon of dropsy
of the heart. He was born in England,
anH nomo fhic/v^nntrv when n. lflfl. He
was city editor of the Tribune during the
war, and was for a time with Charles A.
Dana on the Chicago Republican. He became
publisher of the Sun in 1868. He was
">3 years of age.
? A law has been enacted by the Legislature
of Ohio touching criminal executions.
Hereafter all capital punishment is to be
meted out at the capital of the State. A
hangman will reside permanently at Columbus?a
skilled workman, as it were?who
will put criminals to death, as fast as they
are forwarded to him, with neatness and
dispatch. Twenty-five applications for the
position of State Hangman have been filed
already.
? A special from Dennison, Texas, says: A
tornado struck this city Thursday night from
the southwest, its course being nearly identical
with the cyclone of two years ago.
Over a dozen dwellings were badly twisted
and otherwise damaged. Three wooden
churches were moved several feet, and two
business houses were unroofed and wrecked
in the upper stories. The only casualty reported
is that of a woman who was seriously
injured by the crashing in of a roof. The
total damage throughout the city is estimated
at $20,000.
? William Wilson, a young farmer of Pitt
county, N. C., met his death a few days
ago in a singular manner. He went out
hunting, taking his five-year-old boy with
him. Returning home, Wilson was standing
in the house leaning on his gun and
talking to the ftftnily, while the little boy
played with the hammer of the gun. The
weapon was discharged, the entire load entering
Wilson's mouth, tearing away almost
the entire top of his head and causing
instant death.
? Whether there is to be war or not between
England and Russia, and it is difficult
now to see how it can be avoided, the
Southern farmer will not make a mistake
who determines that he will not be dependent
upon the fields of other States for his
grain and meat supply. In that event, if
war snouia come, ne win not. nave 10 sacrifice
his cotton to purchase necessary supplies,
and if it do not come he has his cotton crop
to handle to the best advantage.
? Postmaster General Vilas has caused
the postmaster at Camden, N. J., to be suspended
because he had- admitted that he
purchased two pianos and about one thousand
dollars' worth of merchandise, and
paid for them in postage stamps. The effect
was to increase his apparent sales of
stamps, and consequently his salary, a
practice which the President did not regard
as good policy. These charges were made
against the postmaster during the preceding
Administration, and were substantiated by
inspector's reports.
? The Kansas supreme court has been called
upon to decide a point probably never
before raised. It seems that when the jury
went out, one of the number proposed to
open their deliberations with prayer, and
thereupon proceeded to pray 'long and loud.'
What the tenor of the appeal was, whether
it was impartial or favorable to either
side, does not appear. The verdict, however,
was against the defendant, whereupon
his lawyer moved "to set aside on the
ground of undue influence exercised by one
of the jurymen by means of public prayer
in the jury room."
? President Cleveland has refused to exercise
the power of executive clemency in
behalf of General 1). G. Swaim, Judge Advocate
General of the Army. After the sentence
of the courPmartial which recently
tried him was approved by President Arthur,
and after tne new Chief Executive
had assumed the duties of his office, General
Swaim appealed to the latter for a pardon,
on the ground that he had not been allowed
a fair trial. The sentence of the
court was suspension from duty for twelve
years on half pay. "Half pay" will amount
to about $3,000 a year.
? The recent decision of the United States
supreme court over the Virginia coupon
case has forced Governor Cameron to call
an extra session of the Legislature to consider
the question. It is now believed that
the decison is a reversal of the decree by
the same court of March, 1803, which then
held that a suit against the State for the
purpose of forcing the acceptance of coupons
for taxes could not lie, since a State
could not be sued. This time the court has
taken the ground that a refusal to accept
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? The Shelby, N. C., Aurora says: Mr.
James Hamrick, Sr., who lives near Shelby,
and is the father of twenty-one children, in
reply to a question, said, "my wife and I
have raised only 10, now living." Mr. S.
E. Bostic, one mile south of Shelby, can
boast of a numerous progeny of 10, 11 of
whom are living. Mrs. Bostic now looks
like she was not forty years old. Her
mother had 1G children and reared all but
one, while her grandfather, Win. Baxter,
has 27 children. Of this number are Governor
Baxter, of Arkansas, and Judge Baxter,
of the r. S. Circuit Court.
? The fact that Barrios perished through
the treachery of his trusted ally and Vice
President, has come to light. Such men as
Barrios and Gordon, who have shared the
fate of Rienzi, add to the list of martyrs who
have falien in battle for power or" in the
dream of reform. Barrios may or may not
have been a patriot, but his country-men
supported him?all except one man*. His
widow and seven children arrived in San
Francisco last Friday. She has considerable
property in Fifth avenue, New York, left
her by her husband. Probably she may
find the American Cnion more stable than
the Utopia, which her husband projected
on the isthmus.
? A frightful epidemic prevailing at Plymouth,
Pa., has practically stopped all business
in that town except at drug stores and
undertaking establishments. Six deaths
from typhoid malarial fever have taken
place since Saturday, and nine funerals
were held last Sunday. The whole town
appears to be in mourning. At a meeting
of the borough council Saturday night the
cause of the pestilence was fully discussed,
and it was decided to clean the streets,
alleys and back yards at once. When
this work is accomplished a project for
building sewers throughout the town will
be submitted to a vote of the people. The
water company of the village having made
a careful investigation, have notified the
council that they were supplying pure,
wholesome water, and that one chief cause
of the epidemic was that a large portion
of the village was supplied with water from
wells which had become polluted. A heavy
shower fell In Plymouth and its vicinity
early Sunday morning and did much towards
cleaning the filthy streets, thus creating
a more hopeful feeling.
? An old negro man was engaged at thirty
cents a day at the last term of the court in
Martinsville, Va., to place his head at an
opening as a target for parties who paid five
: cents for three throws of a baseball at it.
i The old fellow was struc k at least 100 times
' on the top of the head by a hard base-ball
| thrown from a short distance and didn't
even wink, until a man who could throw
! the ball with the force of a shot from a gun
struck him on the head. When the ball
struck him he scratched his head and asked
his employer contractor how many hours
j he had to put in. The man told him he
! had earned twenty cents. "Wellvgive me
dat," said he, "my head is getting soft. I
felt dat last base-ball." He was paid and
discharged.
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YORKVILLE. S. ('. :
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 30,1885.
A BAD YEAR FOR RAILROADS.
The Railway Age of last Thursday's date
publishes a list of twenty railroads that
have been placed in the hands of receivers
from January 1st to March 31, 1885. The
total capital stock and bonds of these corporations
aggregate $275,289,000. The Age
.says:
"Our records for 1884 gave the total number
of roads placed in receivers' hands as
37, embracing 11,088 miles of line and $715,000,000
of capital and debt. The first quarter
of this year already shows more than
37 per cent, of mileage and about 40 per
cent, of the total amount of capital stock
involved by the receiverships of the entire
previous year. Should the ratio for the remaining
nine months be the same the record
of the year will probably indicate a greater
aggregate of railway insolvencies than in
any previous year in the history of the
country."
1 .VIE K-STATE LUJttfllEttUE.
The Senate committee appointed during
the late Congress, under the resolution of
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, to further investigate
the subject of Inter-State commerce,
will begin their labors in about two weeks.
It will be remembered that the House
passed the Reagan bill, which was crude in
most particulars. The Senate, upon investigation
of the measure, found that the passage
of the House bill would destroy the facilities
of through transportation now enjoyed
by shippers in the remotest part of the
country and that the chief object, the regulation
of through rates of freights, could not
be reached by the means proposed.
The Senate passed a substitute having
some regard to the industrial condition and
necessities of the great productive sections
of the country and not in conformity with
the Granger notions of Texas and other
points least affected by restrictive legislation
as proposed. The House having refused
to adopt the substitute, the Cullom
resolution was adopted. The committee is
composed of Senators Cullom, of Illinois,
Piatt, of Connecticut, Gorman, of Maryland,
and Harris, of Tennessee. The committee
will begin its inquiries at Chicago, and in
the course of its labors will visit all the
more important railroad centres, points of
shipment and terminal points.
THE EFFECTS OF* WAR OS US.
So cautious and conservative a journal as
the Chronicle, of New York?one of the high
er authorities in this country, and standing
here among business men much as does the
Economist in England?in its last issue discusses
"War and American Trade," and
comes to the conclusion that "it cannot be
for our advantage that a great war should occur."
It notes by tables of comparisons the
effects upon prices, exports, &c., of the last
two great wars?the Franco-German and
the Russo-Turkish?and finds in the results
of neither much encouragement?in the
case of the latter, "no encouragement whatever
for our wild speculation." In fact, in
spite of the Russo-Turkish war, the year's
average price of all cereals declined, and
while the result may somewhat differ
should war be now declared, *it will, the
Chronicle declares, be "solely because breadstuff
values have been ruling below the cost
of production." And while war would
cause something of an increase in the demand
for American products?more, however,
for provisions and grain?"the difference
could not be sufficiently great to justify
any excessive hopes." The Chronicle
goes even farther and states that the effects
upon manufactures would be still less, that
England can spare an army and still have
an ample supply of workmen, and, further
still, that, if she lacked any class of manufactures,
it would not be to America that
she would apply.
Russia's orders would manifestly be such
inconsiderable factors in the way of custom
as to form "no basis for any revival of business."
Moreover, it is argued, war is loss,
and the loss must be made up after peace
is declared; and the expense of the war
being just so much drag upon England,
would indirectly be just so much upon us.
THE CONFEDERATE BOM) CRAZE.
Mr. N. G. Gonzales explains to the News
and Courier what he has heard to be the
Confederate bond mystery, as follows:
"Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of the
Confederacy from 1862 until its collapse, was
the originator of the plan by which a demand
was created for the bonds. At different
times the Confederate Congress voted
large sums for secret service, the principal
deposits being in London and Paris banks.
The funds were placed to the credit of citizens
of Great Britain and France, who were
friendly to the South. At the close of the
war there was an unexpended balance of
So,080,000. Mr. Benjamin consulted with
'these agents as to the disposition of the
money and it was agreed that it should not
be surrendered to the United States. The
question was then how to disburse the money
so to best benefit those entitled to it. It
was concluded that the people who had
given their means to the Confederacy for its
bonds were entitled to the money and the
bonds were advertised for and to cover the
real object of the movement it was hinted
that the bonds were held by speculators and
that suit was to be instituted against the
United States for their payment."
This may be a correct solution of the exj
traordinary flurry sometime ago for the
purchase of Confederate bonds. It is a
I plausible theory or statement, but an edito|
torial writer in the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle.
I heard an entirely different theory in Jlichj
mond some months ago. The report there
i il-o< thnt Tvnfrliah hiirri'sfprs rpflI]irf'd to
settle certain estates and not being able to
do so satisfactorily, engaged a gentleman in
this country to buy up Confederate bonds as
vouchers for what were presumed to be bad
investments where money was lost. It is
said that the Richmond agent made $.'to0,000
commissions, so that the sum to be realized
must have been considerable. It is a pity
that the explanation given the Xeirs and
Courier'* correspondent at Columbia was
delayed or not available until Mr. Benjamin's
departure from the world. We prefer
to credit Mr. Gonzales' version, and
would not be surprised if it were essentially
correct. But let us hear the other side.
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. i t:
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We have received a circular over the sig-1 "
nature of Mr. TI. I. Kimball, chairman of j ^
the executive committee, announcing a na- p
tional commercial convention to be he held ! J
! in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 19, 20, and 21. ' e
' The object of the convention is to take into j1
! consideration the business interests of the j *
country, North, South, East and West, that jj
some united effort may be made to prevent j 0
the business affairs of the people from suf- j p
fering the evils of further depression and j 1stagnation;
in pursuance of the views of {j
some of the ablest financiers in this and ^
other sections of the Union, and that the ^
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whole country inay have the opportunity r<
to confer together and consider the most
effective means to better the business inter- Jj
est of the country. The circular says: ft
The time, the interim, between the inau- 0
guration of national affairs, and before the jt
meeting of a newly constituted Congress, g.
and while there are pending before the au-1 Si
thorities and the people of tne country im- r(
portant propositions for treaties affecting S(
the foreign relations and commerce of this tl
government with other countries, will be ,r
most opportune for a full and represents- jr
tive business discussion of these important
questions of our near future. Our domestic v
monetary and commercial relations are al- "
so the subject of important pending Iegis- tl
lation. Thus, the subjects that will be pre- n,
sented for the consideration of the conven- a|
tion cannot fail to commend themselves to a,
the attention and study of all thoughtful p
business men throughout the Union. r.
To the end, therefore, that the largest a|
number of communities in the nation may b<
. have representation in this Convention, fl
and its concurrent suggestions and results, b
the committee desire that all corporate js
towns and cities, and commercial bodies j]
therein, that may be entitled to representa- p
Mrin HQ hprpinafter stnted. shall select dele- tl
gates of such character and ability in commercial
affairs as will add force to and ob- c.j
tain respect for the deliberations and decis- h
ions of the Convention. fr
The following is the programme which tl
has been adopted: . ?l
First the Convention will be composed of n
delegates to be elected as follows: Every
local body organized for general commercial,
and not for special private purposes,
shall be entitled in this Convention to the lc
following representation: Each Association L
having fifty members or less, shall be enti- 01
tied to one delegate; Associations having
more than fifty members, shall have one tl
other delegate for each additional fifty mem- tf
bers; to be appointed by the Association. r<
Any city or town of two thousand inhabi- e<
tants not having an organized body as p
above, shall be entitled to one delegate, and tl
towns of over two thousand inhabitants fj
shall have one .other delegate for every ad- ti
ditional five thousand inhabitants. Dele- d
gates to be appointed by the Mayor or chief
magistrate. is
Tne Governor of each State shall be eligi- tl
ble as delegates, and each State shall be en- rr
titled to two additional delegates at large, to t
be appointed by the Governor. o
Second. There are to be eight national jj
delegates, to be selected by the Executive n
Committee. e
Third. All delegates shall present ere- C
dentials under seal from their respective e
constituencies; said credentials shall certify o
the number of delegates to which the con- f(
stituencv is entitled. si
Fourth. The subjects to be considered \\
shall be: . , s<
First. Commercial and reciprocity treat- h
ies between the United States and foreign p
countries. e
Second. A national bankrupt law. il
Third. The compulsory coinage of silver, b
Fourth. Railway transportation. tl
Fifth. Such other questions touching v
national, financial and commercial inter- a
ests, as the convention may deem proper ti
for discussion and action. c<
An invitation has been extended to Pres- tl
ident Cleveland to visit the convention, and ,
he has promised the committee an answer ^
by the 10th as to whether or not he oan ac- ^
ceDt. He assured the committee that he Ti
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was very anxious to make the visit, and I
would do so if the state of public business a
permitted.
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VIRGINIA'S BONDED DEBT. n
For several years a bone of contention in ^
Virginia has been the bonded debt of the
State. The United States Supreme Court tl
has recently rendered a decision, on appeal, t<
making the coupons attached to the State
bonds receivable for taxes. This decision,
c
which was unexpected, has created intense t]
excitement and Readjusters and Democrats t<
alike are flocking to the Riddleberger bill o
with its coupon killer, and the probabilities ii
are very strong that Mahone will be elected *
Governor on this very isssue. The amount
of interest involved in the cases decided 0
by the Supreme Court is said to be about s
$1,400,000. The complications giving rise tl
to these suits are thus explained by the A
Augusta Chronicle: 0
By the division of the old State of Virginia,
the present State was saddled with
much of the debt which belonged to West tj
Virginia. This has caused the taxpayers *
of the eastern half to be overburdened with ?
interest. By State legislation they had *
enacted a law discouraging the presenta- [
tion of coupons for taxes, with the view of "
swelling the State's revenues as faraspos- j*
sible, and of barricading the bondholder. "
The Supreme Court has decided all such j"
legislation illegal, and the tax collector who
attempts to collect taxes when such securities
have been tendered and refused does
so at his own risk and peril. The former .
decision of the Supreme Court held that *
suits to compel the tax collector to take ^
these coupons were suits against the State ,
and could not lie. The present decision has
seemingly reversed the doctrine. Meanwhile
the State officers are resisting the '
receipt of coupons on technical points, and ^
the State's attorneys are applying for a ^
new hearing of the case by the Supreme
Court. The feeling in Virginia is one of ,
intense indignation. Unless something can ^
be done, the State will be bankrupt or the ?
tax payers overburdened. Readj usters and I
Repudiators alike are asserting themselves ,
in local politics and a Constitutional Con- ?1
vention may be called by the people repu- ^
diating a large part of what are believed to v'
be unjust liabilities. | J
RAIN, WIND AND SNOW. ?'
Dispatches from Southern Kansas, report v,
the heaviest rainfall last week that has ever js
been known in that State. The storm be- a:
gan on Tuesday night, and over twelve
inches of water are said to have fallen by rr
Thursday morning. All the level country
issubmerged. Traffic on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad for many miles each
way from Parsons is suspended, and a pas- *]
senger train which left Parsons on Thursday,
on the Fort Scott and Gulf Road was wreck- is
ed not far from town. A large number of
hogs and cattle in stock yards along the a]
Labette River, one mile from Parsons, have
been drowned, and it is said that hundreds,
perhaps thousands, of animals have perish-1 S(
ed in the surrounding country. Great de- b
struction of crops and movable property \\
have also occurred. The Marmarton River v
has overflowed its banks and inundated a f
settlement of from f)00 to 800 inhabitants
known as North Fort Scott. Water in the C1
houses is from three to five feet deep. All a'
the people were rescued. The Missouri Pa- t(
ciflc Railroad track is badly washed out, li
both ways from Fort Scott and no trains V
have moved since Tuesday. There are also n
bad washouts on the Wachita Road. A n
freight train on this road went through a r<
bridge at Clear Water and Frank MeDan- w
iels, the engineer, was drowned. At last t(
accounts the water was subsiding, but it J
will take several days to run off. Advices ! ai
from Kingman confirm previous reports of c
the flood there. Ten lives are reported to j S(
I have been lost at that place. Traffic on the j tl
| Wichita and Western Railroad, between \\
| Wichita and Kingman, is suspended, and j ci
I the bridges on this road and on the Atchi-1 u
; son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad at Che- i e:
I ney Bell Plain and Clear Water, have been j s(
: washed away. i h
i Dispatches from Mexia, Texas, say that! S
j the Prairie Grove neighborhood, eight u
miles south of Mexia, was visited about 2 h
o'clock on Thursday by a severe cyclone, ui
' causing a serious damage to life and proper-1 )
>\ A two-story school-house, in which
rere about fifty children, was blown down
nd torn to pieces, killing one child and
rounding several. The casualties were as
)llows: The fourteen-year-old daughter of
. P. Swing, killed ; Estelle Cook, leg brok11;
two children of E. Herring, leg and
rm broken; two children of Mr. O'llara,
?g broken and injured internally; house
f S. McKinnon, blown down, seriously iniring
owner; storehouse and post-office,
wned byS.D. Iluges, demolished and goods
romiscuously scattered; residences of M.
t. Cox, H. Thompson and T. J. Williams,
einolished. Ilarkin Gentry's hbuse, some
istance from the village, also reported as
nmnlishpd. and himself, wife and child
illed. Other serious results are probable
4 the country is thickly settled in the dijction
of the cyclone.
The heaviest snow storra ever known in
lat section occurred at Denver, Colorado,
ist Thursday. Snow commenced falling
t 9 o'clock, P. 31. and continued until 0
'clock the next evening. Fully twenty
iches of snow fell, as much as the aggreate
of the previous falls of the winter. The
low was very heavy and a number of
)ofs have fallen in, butw'thout fatal results
) far as reported. The storm was general
iroughout the State, but railroad trains are
loving nearly on time. The storm was of
icalculable benefit to the cattle interests.
The following dispatch comes from Gainesilie,
Texas, under date of last Friday:
The most disastrous flood ever known in
lis vicinity visited Gainesville on "Wedesday
night and continued with little
batement throughout Thursday. Pecan
nd Elm Creeks, which empty into Trinity
4ver just below the city, rose with fearful
ipidity. In the darkness of the night,
bout 4 A. 31., a number of houses in the
ottoms were swept ajuaay, the occupants
eeing for their lives, reaving everything
ehind. One child was drowned, but there
i reason to fear the loss of several other
ves. From above the town three houses
assed down the stream from which above
le rush of water cries of distress were plainly
heard. The loss of live stock in tne vinitv
is verv serious. The carcasses of
orses, cows and sheep are passing by at
equent intervals. The engine house at
le water-works is submerged. The damge
to the town and to property along the
ver aggregates many thousand dollars.."
THE WAR PROSPECT.
The following is a review of the war out?ok
in Europe at the latest advices. In
,ondon the situation appears very serins.
It looks as if Russia desires war and
5 if England will be compelled to accept
le challenge, to fight. It is everywhere
iken for granted that Russia's expected
jply to England's recent remonstrance conjrning
KomarofTs account of his conduct at
enjdeh will be at least evasive. It is even
lought that the Czar will endeavor to justil
KomarofTs action and establish its rectude
from the very text of Sir Peter Lumsen's
account of the conduct of the Afghans.
The attitude of money in Europe to-day
i one of doubt and uncertainty concerning
le Anglo-Russian situation. The financial
mrkets may be described as stagnant,
here seems to be an Inability on the part
f even the greatest financiers to divine any
itention of England. Hence there are
0 large market operations in progress or
ven in contemplation, so far as known,
apitalists are at present lending their mony
from day to day. They get good terras
n these call loans, and seem afraid to lend
>r longer periods. The London Spectator
lys it thinks the very persistence with
rhich the Russian papers are urging the
jizure of Herat is an evidence that they
ave been inspired for the purpose of prearing
the Russian public mind for the
vent. The Spectator goes so far as to say
; believes the seizure of Herat has already
een ordered by the Czar, and declares that
:ie British troops will be powerless to preent
its capture. The security of Herat
gainst Russian occupation the Spectator
links now depends entirely upon the
lurage of the Afghans, who may defend
le city against the Russian invasion.
The Economist, commenting on thesituaion,
says it looks as if the remainder of
lurope would remain quietduringthestrugle.
If war occurs between England and
lussia it would end in two years, says the
economist, and would be brought to a close
t the end of that time, if not sooner, through
tie exhaustion of the Itu.ssian Empire,
hich it would require many years to relove.
In regard to the dispute between France
nd Egypt concerning the liosphore F/jypen,
the Economist says it cannot believe
liat any such trumpery incident can lead
1 any serious misunderstanding.
Russia is taking every possible precaution
i prevent England from securing any se
ret service within the Czar's dominion 111
tie event of war. Among other decrees
)ward this end, the Government has issued
ne prohibiting all foreigners from serving
i any capacity on any railroad within the
lussian Empire. It is said that the Russian
jcret agents who have been commissioned
) work up pro-Russian sentiment throughut
Bulgaria and Macedonia have sent to
t. Petersburg reports which have alarmed
ae Russian Government concerning the inuence
which Gladstone's name exercises
ver the people in all Bulgarian and Maceonian
provinces which formerly were uner
Turkish rule.
The Moscow Gazette lias attracted attenon
by the skillful revival of the discussion
'hich was broached at the time of the meetlg
of the Emperors at Skierniwice about
le cession of that portion of Russian Poland
ounded on the east by the Vistula River
nd including the capital, Warsaw, to Gerrnny.
The revival of this idea in a paper
i official as the Moscow Gazette at this time
? deemed very significant and is looked
pon as a strong bid for German support on
le Afghan question.
In some quarters it is thought the discusoil
is opened under secret understanding
'ith Bismarck that the price of Russian
?ssion of this part of Poland to Germany is
Iready agreed upon, and it was to be no
:ss than Germany's active aid in suppresslg
any Polish revolt which may occur
gainst the Czar's authority if Russia goes to
'ar with England, and in case of necessity
L-tive friendship as against the latter power.
The British merchants are showing how
eenly alive they are to the danger that the
jean-carrying trade may be transferred
om England to some other country, (the
'nited States being most feared in this reject,)
as the result of a protracted war with
) strong a nation as Russia, that they have
Iready organized a movement having for
s object the influencing, or the cabinet to
ndertaking the Issuing* of war risks on
tipping. It is argued that the Governlent
could issue such risks at rates that
ould prevent a wholesale transfer of Brith
vessels to the people of neutral nations,
nd in this way carry on the war without
?rious detriment to England's greatest comlercial
interest.
Not Ai.TotiKTHEit Mild-mannered.?
. great deal is being published about Gen.
rant now which is absurdly untrue. He
i represented by nearly every one as a very
did mannered man, incapable of harboring
uimosities or hard feelings. This is the
jverse of his disposition. He may have
iftened some during the past few years,
ut all through the days of his power he
as particularly noticeable for the extreme
igor of his dislikes, as well as for the
:rength of his likes. He was never hypo itical,
liowever. He could never tolerate
bout him a person who was not agreeable
> him. His rudeness to people he did not
ke made him a great many enemies,
rhen he was President he would not periit
the representative of an unfriendly
ewspaper to see him or to speak to him. I
jmember during the interviews that 1 had
ith him last spring at the Arlington Ho?1
he was most emphatic in denouncing
ohn Sherman. I wrote out the interview
nd carried it back to the General in the
veiling for revision. 1 lmd toned down
)ine of his expressions regarding Sherman,
linking that he had said more than he
'ould like to have made public. When he
ime to read over the interview in the manscript
he noticed the modification of his
xpressions of his dislike for Sherman. He
dzed his pencil with a grim shutting of
is mouth as he said, "This is too mild for
herman. I said more than that." Wherepon
he wrote in himself in a bold, vigorous
and the expressions he had originally
sed.? Wash inf/ton ('orrespondent of the New
rork World.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. IT. Witherspoon?Stray Hog?Warning.
Berry ?!t Barber?Remember that We are Prepared.
Withers Adickes?Hygienic.
J. W. Dobson?Wanted.
E. B. Mendenhall?Administrator's Notice.
I T. M. Dobson A' Co.?Nice Mourning Goods.
John E. Speck?Good News for the Citizens of
Yorkville.
II. E. Adickes?Special Bargains.
Herndon Brothers?Hay?Guano?Confection- |
ery?Not Common?Soda Water.
T. B. McClain A Co.?Groceries.
T. S. Jeffervs, Agent? Navassa Guano.
Parish A Colcock?Kentucky Livery and Sale
Stables.
John C. Kuykendal?Mortar Notes.
M. Strauss?Remember.
Robert Anderson?Warning.
A. E. Humbright and Rufus P. Roberts?Execntors'
Notice.
/ irvrrvr/w c um\f TJVrrc
/ ? K,\j liv/.x oniriTirjtiin.
The shipments of cotton from the Yorkville
depot, from September 1st, 1884, to Tuesday lust,
28th instant, aggregate 8,780 bales. <>
until, january 1st 1hso.
We will furnish the Yorkville Enquirer
from this date until January 1st, 188(1, for $1.60,
the cash, in' all cases, to accompany the subscription.
postmaster resigned.
Mr. S. S. Plexico, Postmaster at Hoodtown, in
this county, lias tendered his resignation, and Mr.
\V. L. Hood has been recommended as iiis successor.
UNITED STATES "COMMISSIONER.
In the United States Circuit Court at Charleston,
last Thursday, Judges llond and Bryan
presiding, George W. S. Hart, Esq., was appointed
United States Commissioner at Yorkville.
^ SCHEDULE TO* BE CHANGED.
^ About the 1st of May, a new schedule will
be adopted on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad.
We have been unable to procure the exact figures,
but we learn that the passenger train will leave
Lenoir at 8 A. M., arrive at Yorkville at about
12.30 P. M., and arrive at Chester at 2 P. M. Going
north the train will leave Chester at 4.30 P.
M., arriveat Yorkville at 5.30 P. M., and arrive
at Lenoir at 10..'10 P. M.
^ PICNIC AXI) HOP.
' The cadets of King's Mountain Military School
will give their annual May-dav basket picnic and
hop at the barracks on Friday evening, May 1st,
at ."> o'clock, under direction of the following
general committee: Cadet Sergt. R. P. Izlar,
Chairman; Cadet Corp. W. Marshall, Cadet Sergt.
S. Scoville, Cadet I. J. Mikell, CadetO. E. Westmoreland.
Floor Managers?Cadet Sergt. T. S.
Bratton, Cadet Corp. C. W. Oarrett, Cadet Corp.
W. L. Law, Cadet R. C. Holman.
Col. J. >1. IVY.
The Rock Hill Hei-ald. of last week makes the
following reference to Col. J. M. Ivy:
Col. J. M. Ivy has been confined to his room
since the middle of last week in consequence of
having fallen from a bicycle and hurting the
old wound in the left shoulder. The wound
was'received at the battle of Seven Pines in
May, 18(12, the ball entering just below the
shoulder point and lodging in the neighborhood
of the joint, where it still remains. For several
years after the wound was received Col. Ivy
suffered very much from it, but for a number
of years since it gave him no special pain. The
fall of last week, however, occasioned intense
suffering, and on Thursday and Friday nights
the pain was agonizing. While Col. Ivy is still
confined to his room, he has been relieved of the
suffering to some extent.
STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
The State Medical Association, in session in
Charleston last week, adjourned to meet at Camden
on the third Tuesday in April, 188(1. The
following officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President -(). B. Mayer, Jr., Newberry.
First Vice-President?Thos. J. McKie, Edge,
field.
Second Vice-President?II. 1). Fraser, Charleston.
Third Vice-President?T. Munro, Union.
Recording Secretary?Dr. W. P. Porcher,
Charleston.
Corresponding Secretary?I)r. J. L. Dawson,
Jr., Charleston.
Treasurer?II. W. DeSaussure, Jr., Charleston.
SUPREME COURT DECISION.
rpl- ~ aP flm ynnrnmo offlrnnno'
i uu uci;niv/u wi uiu
the judgment of the Court below in the case of
i the Railroad Commissioners vs. the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, is an
important one. The case was tried before Judge
Kershaw in Columbia some months ago and involved
the right of the railroad Commission to
! fix the rates on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad,
which is under lease to the Charlotte, Colum1
bia and Augusta Railroad, and which runs into
North Carolina. Judge Kershaw decided that
the Commission had no power to fix the rate for
inter-State commerce, as that right was reserved
to the United States Government. TheSupreme
Court affirms this judgment, and thus settles the
question of the unconstitutionality of that por.
tion of the railroad law giving the Commission
, the power to regulate inter State traflic. The
question was simply one of constitutionalit}'.
CHURCH NOTICES.
: Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Licentiate
W. M. Grier will preach in the Associate Reformed
church at Yorkville, on Sunday next, at
, 10.30 A. M.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate,
Pastor. Preaching in the church at Yorkville
next Sunday, at 11 A. M., and at 8 P. M., by Rev.
Thos. E. Wannamaker, of Chester.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services
at Union next Sunday at 11 A. M., and in
i the church at Yorkville at 7.45 P.M. Sundayschool
at 3..10 P. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
There will be no service in this church next Sunday.
Sunday-school at J P. M. Prayer meeting
at the usual hour on Thursday evening.
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson,
Pastor. Service at Shannon's School House
next Sunday, at 11 A. M.
YORKVILLE NIMRODS.
The best sporting of the season is the record
made last week by Mr. John C'. Blair, who lives
in Bullock's Creek township, about eleven
miles south-west of town, and two Yorkville
| Nimrods, who, on Mr. Blair's invitation, went
to his house on Wednesday of last week for the
purpose of joining him ina.squirrel hunt. They
went to the woods from Mr. Blair's residence on
Wednesday afternoon, devoting three or four
hours to the sport, and on the next morning
were engaged about the same length of time,
the three guns bringing down forty-seven squirrels.
This is better than the traditional fisherman's
luck, and what is better, the story is amply
confirmed by the tails of the slain rodents.
The gunners were accompanied by Mr. Samuel
Blair, Sr., whose experience was of much practical
service to them in svying out the game.
STATU NORMAL INSTITUTE.
No town orf-ity in the State is more inviting in
the summer season than Yorkville, nor is there a
more pleasant place to be found within the limits
of the State during the heated term. The town
is easily accessible by railroad from all points.
Located among the hills forming the spur of
the Blue Kidge, the climate at all seasons is peculiarly
healthful; the atmosphere is at all times
free from miasmatic or malarial influences, and
in midsummer the temperature is never enervating.
It goes without saying that Yorkville
is one of the most beautiful towns in upper Carolina.
This is the verdict of all who visit the
place, strangers being favorably impressed with
our broad clean streets, lined on either side with
umbrageous trees, affording pleasant shade from
early morn till dewy eve. Besides these and
other natural advantages we have good, pure
water in abundance, and hard by the town is a
mineral spring, the virtue of whose waters has
been amply tested and pronounced by experts
and scientists to be equal to the medical springs
at many of the fashionable watering places. We
also have two hotels, large airy and comfortable
buildings, and both of them conducted in as
good style as any hotels in the State, which goes
like saying a good deal, but which is nevertheless
true; and in addition to hotel accommoda
u:..i <Vv? ?,rtu_
I Hons our people are |inm-i\ji.\i 11/1 liii;u uwo|
pitality.
These things all considered, we ineline to the
i opinion that Yorkville is the proper place at
j which to hold the approaching term of the
State Normal Institute. Our citizens are almost
unanimous in favor of it, and to those in attendance
upon the Institute who cannot obtain accommodation
at the hotels, the citizens will
throw open their doors. On the score of accommodations,
there will be no difficulty in all who
may come procuring entertainment, either in the
hotels or at private houses, on as reasonable
terms as will bo offered by any other town. The
Female College building atlords ample room for
the sessions of the Institute, and the lessee. Mr
Roberts, will take pleasure in throwing open
the doors of the commodious building and ren- j
dering every other facility in his power to secure
the success of the Institute and the comfort of |
its members.
The claims of Yorkville will be presented be- j
fore the State Educational Board, at Columbia, i
next week, and we hope they will be acted on i
favorably, feeling assured that the selection of
this town as the next place for holding the Insti- I
tute will conduce to the complete success of this j
important feature in our educational system. I
MURDER AT A CHURCH.
On last Saturday night, about Ko'clock' atacol- :
ored Baptist church, known as "Boyd's Friend-1
ship Church," on Mill Creek, near Catawba!
River, in the north-eastern corner of York county,
and about two miles from the North Carolina
State line, Matt. Reid, colored, shot and killed
another colored man named Aaron Briant. Matt.
Reid is well known in Yorkville sis Matt. Rose,
Having formerly neen a slave 01 .ur. uunuui
E. Rose, who lived in this place, and his victim
lived on what is known as "Graham's Quarter,"
in this county, but near the State line. The
weapon used was a :l2-calibre pistol.
It appears that Reid alias Rose, and another
colored man named John Workman, both of
whom lived over the lino in North Carolina,
went to the church at the time stated above,
when religious services were being conducted,
and called Briant out of the church. When Briant
came out, Reid commenced abusing him,
slapping him in the face and kicking him. He
also snapped a pistol in his face. Briant refused
to have any difficulty with Reid, and turned to
leave him, attempting to go back into the
church. As he turned, Reid lired at Briant, the
ball entering at the back of the head and killing
him instantly. Reid made his escape and has
not been arrested.
An inquest was held by Trial Justice Perry
Ferguson, acting as coroner, and the facts elicited
were as above recited, the testimony going to
show that John Workman was an accessory to
the murder. He was arrested and lodged in jail
at this place on a commitment issued by Trial
Justice Ferguson.
.Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, April 28?Farmers utilized to
the greatest extent the magnificent weather
last week. They made fine progress in
planting. The corn crop has for the most
part been planted, with a large proportion of
the cotton crop. With the present favorable
outlook the spirits of farmers have risen
considerably. They have shaken off their
late aesponaency, una are rejoicing hi nope.
The oats crop, which sometime ago had
such an unpromising look, has improved
considerably of late, and now promises a
comparatively fair yield.
Intelligence was received here recently of
the deatn of Mr. N. M. Milton, of Houston,
Texas. He was a native of York county
and moved to Texas many years ago.
He was related by marriage to Mr. F. M.
Galbraith, of our town. His death, occasioned
by heart disease, was very sudden.
His relatives in York county will join with
those in Texas in mourning his death.
The case of W. E. Estes vs. I. J. McNinch
for the recovery of personal property,
which was appointed for trial one day
last week before trial justice Leckey, was
carried by appeal to the Circuit Court. On
the day of trial before the trial justice, the
plaintiff, in conseqnence of the absence of a
material witness, clecided to take the issue
to a higher court. As was mentioned in a
late correspondence, Brackett, a tenant of
Estes, traded, without authority, a mule
belonging to Estes to McNineh for a horse,
which Estes refused to receive. Estes has
now brought suit against McNinch for the
recovery of the mule or its value. There
are some interesting legal points involved in
the issue.
Our county treasurer begins the collection
of taxes on the 1st day of May. They
are distributed as follows: State tax, 5$
mills; ordinary county tax, 23 mills; railroad
tax, 31 mills; school tax, 2 mills. In
the Court House School district a special tax
of li mills is levied for school purposes,
and in the Wilkesburg school district a
tax of two mills is levied for the same purposes.
In consideration of the small amount
of taxes collected in May the treasurer will
open his books at only three places in the
county: Blackstock, Kichburg and Friedheim's
Store, on the 4thj 3th, and 6th, respectively,
of May. During the rest of the
month he will beat this place.
Mr. J. L. Bigham, an estimable citizen of
the Blackstocks neighborhood, died recently.
His death ensued after a long life worthily
spent. He was a member of the AsReformed
Church for manv vears
and died in the faith of a true believer and
in the hope of a glorious immortality.
Mr. Elliott Carter, of this county, departed
this life a few days ago in the 76th year
of his age. He was a good man and was
prepared to meet the summons of death
with peace and joy.
Interesting religious services will be held
at the Richburg Presbyterian Church on
next Friday. Rev. Dr. Boggs, and Rev.
Mr. McMullen will conduct the services.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Patterson have returned
from their trip to New Orleans. They
were highly pleased with the Exposition.
Mr. Patterson speaks in very high terms
of the exhibit of South Carolina.
In consequence of a defective rail, the
Lancaster train met with an accident on
last Saturday afternoon a short distance beyond
Richburg. With the exception of the
engine, the whole train left the track. No
person was injured and the damage done
was considerable. Railroad hands were
busily engaged on Sunday in fixing the
track. m.
PENSIONING CRIPPLED SOLDIERS.
Some weeks ago we commented favorably
upon the action of the North Carolina Legislature
in pensioning the soldiers of that
State who had lost a leg or arm.
The sight of a Sumter county war veteran,
upon our streets yesterday, with but one
leg, and appealing to the people for charity,
convinces us that such a law in our State
would be but an act of simple justice. If
the benefits were confined strictly to cripples
absolutely dependent upon their labor
for a support, the cost would not be very
heavy, and it would pay in a small degree
the heavy debt we owe those men who gave
so much for a cause we believed to be just
and holy.
We speak of this matter now so that our
people can think and talk about it previous
to the next meeting of the Legislature.
The only question to be considered is our
ability. We know that taxes are very burdensome
and that any proposition to increase
the burden will be looked upon with
disfavor, but the increase need not be very
great. We have no figures at hand, but believe
that half a mill levied on the taxable
property of the State would give every crippled
soldier who depends for a living upon
his own labor at least ?5.00 a month. This
list would not include the thousands who
have been injured and partly incapacitated
for life's duties; but is confined to those
who have lost a leg or arm and are thereby
prevented from earning a iiveunooa. can
we not do it?
We do not think this matter has ever been
brought squarely belore the Legislature.
Several papers, the Press and Banner most
notably, have advocated the importance of
State aid to these deserving men and their
families; but nothing has come of it. We
invoke the opinions of our cotemporaries,
and if it is at all practicable to give substantial
aid to the men who offered their
bodies as a breastwork against the cruel
foe, and who or now standing on street
corners asking for charity, or hiding their
poverty, are suffering for bread and clothing
at home, then let us give it.?Sumter
Watchman.
/\Tiie Gallows.?Hamp Xethers, colored*,
was hanged in the jail at Union Court
House, S. C., last Friday, for the murder
ofAdolphus Abrams, also colored, on the
24th of last January. He manifested no
sorrow for his crime, and although he was
attended to the last by faithful and intelligent
spiritual advisers, he said he was unprepared
to die. The murder which he
committed was cold-blooded and deliberate.
JR. C. Hubbard was hanged at Trinidad,
Colorado, on Friday, for the murder of William
Knowles, at Stonewall, in 1883. This
is the first legal execution that has ever
taken place in the county, and was witnessed
by an immense crowd.
? A colored boy about nine years of age,
living in Middle St. Matthews, Orangeburg
county, got mad with a younger brother
one day last week, and choked him to death.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? On the 17th instant, the four prisoners
in the Hampton jail turned upon the jailer
whilst he was serving them with dinner,
locked him up and made their escape.
? A fire occurred in Manning at about two
o'clock last Saturday morning, destroying
all the property in the principal business
square. The loss is estimated at $2f>,000,
mostly covered by insurance.
? 8. A. Robertson, a well known contractor
and builder, fell from the second story
of the Time? building, at Florence, Wednesday,
receiving injuries from which he died
in a few hours.
? In Marion county, last Saturday, Daniel
Hinds, a young white man, aided and
abetted by his father, Nestor Hinds, shot
and killed Mr. Williams, an estimable
young man, who had reprimanded young
f/M. linuin/. ncn/1 inanlfSrirr lan<riinfrp
Annuo ivi Having uovu lujuiviiig
to a lady.
? The Boston Journal of Commerce says
that "Newberry, S. C., can safely boast of
one of the best cotton mills either North or
South, and the machinery throughout has
been selected with great care and contains
all the best and latest improvements." The
mill employs 182 hands.
? Thursday night the passenger depot at
Aiken was broken into, the door of the iron
safe blow n off its hingesand the safe robbed
of its contents, consisting of some $200 in
money, two express packages and several
mortgages belonging to friends of the railroad
agent. No clue to the burglars. The
supposed burglar was arrested at Hopkins'
on the next evening.
? Jack McAbee, a white lad, about 13
years old, was found dead in the road near
Gampobello, Spartanburg county, one day
last week. He was driving an ox wagon,
and it seems that the fore wheel struck a
sapling and brought it down suddenly across
his neck and mashed him down on the
tongue and broke his neck, or choked him.
The oxen stopped still and he was found
pressed down by the sapling.
? On Thursday last Due West township,
in Abbeville county, voted on the questio'n
whether the township should subscribe
a five per cent, tax to the Carolina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago Railroad. The subscription
was carried by a majority of 43,
the vote in favor of it being 108 and against
G6, total vote cast 173. The result excites
great enthusiasm among the friends of the
enterprise.
? On last Thursday night Deputy Sheriff
Gentry, of Spartanburg county, arrested
Isaac M. Goodman, of Lafayette county,
Miss., charged with the murder of his father
on December 23,1879. He came to Spartanburg
county about two years ago and
married near Parrisford on Pacolet River,
where he was farming. He is about 30
years old. He says that he is the man
wanted, but that he is not guilty of the
murder.
? Sheriff Cole, of Darlington, has recently
returned from Arkansas with a colored man
charged with an offence in this State. The
prisoner says that he is glad to get back
under any circumstances, as he would rather
be in the penitentiary in this State than be
a free man in Arkansas. The emigrants
are daily heaping curses on the agents who
wheedled them into going to Arkansas.
Five emigrants were hung there in one
month- because they settled on high land
and would not go back into the swamp
when ordered by a committee. The white
people will not allow the emigrants to live
outside of the swamp lands, and to remain
in the swamp is certain death.
NOT GUILTYVF HERESY.
[From the Augnala Chronicle oj Friday.]
In pursuance of a request by Dr. James
Wooarow, embodied in the letter published
below, a meeting of the Augusta Presbytery
was held last night in the lecture room of
the First Presbyterian Church to investigate
the question of Dr. James Woodrow's orthndnYv
in reference to his teachings in the
Columbia Theological Seminary on the
question of evolution. The letter referred
to was read as follows:
To the Presbytery of Augusta, in Session at Union
Point, Georgia? Dear Brethren: It is known
to you that" during tho last eight or nine months
I have been repeatedly charged in public jour-,
rials with heresy, and that Synods of our church *
have declared that my teachings on a certain
subject are in conflict with the teachings of the
Sacred Scriptures. Deeming myself aggrieyed
by these injurious and unfounded statements
and reports, I ask as one subject to your authority,
over whom it is your duty to exercise
care, that you investigate them and ascertain
whether I am guilty as charged and whether the
statements made concerning me are true or false.
I ask that if such investigation should result in
raising a presumption of my guilt, you shall
institute process against me in accordance with
the provisions of the Book of Discipline, chap.
5, par. 2.
Praying that you may be guided by the Holy
Spirit to such a course as will vindicate the truth
and preserve the purity of Christ's Church, I am
your fellow servant, Jas. Woodrow.
The committee who were appointed to
investigate the rumors and current charges
in pursuance to the request made in Dr.
Woodrow's letter presented as their unanimous
report the following:
'.'First. We find nothing that warrants
a trial for heresy.
"Second. As no one appears or offers to
make out charges, no process can be instituted.
See Book of Discipline, chapter G,
par. 2."
The following substitute report was offered
by Rev. G. T. Goetchius:
"We find nothing to warrant judicial process
in regard to the matter referred to in
Dr. Woodrow's letter."
The proposed substitute elicited extended
debate, which was participated in by Dr.
Adams, Dr. Woodrow, Rev. Mr. Goetchius
and others.
The following amendment and substitute
was offered by Dr. John Jones:
"That ouraction in this matter is not to be
understood as calling in question the action
of the Synod of Georgia, held at Marietta,
Ga., in 1884."
The substitute, with its amendment, was
lost by a vote of 7 to G.
The original report was then unanimously
adopted.
Tho no- rocnlnfinn was olcno/lnrktorf
i. AIV/ 1V11V If I llg *V?JV*V?V?WM *1 WW M.^MUVjJ/VVU
"Resolved, That our action in this matter is not
to ho understood as calling in question the action
of the Synod of Georgia,held at Marietta, in 1884."
Dr. Woodrow notified the President that
he would complain of their action to the
Synod of Georgia.
HOW BARRIOS FELL.
The widow of the dead dictator, Barrios,
arrived in San Francisco last Saturday, with
a number of friends and her servants, on
the way to New York, in which city she
will make her permanent home.
Their stories of the disaster all agree on
the following points: The village of Chalchuapa,
between sixty and eighty leagues
from Guatemala, was strongly entrenched
by 5,000 San Salvadorans. Barrios, leaving
his main army of 8,000 in the rear commenced
an attack with artillery on the afternoon
of April 1, but darkness fell before
any advance of infantry had been made.
The assault was continued at daybreak of
April 2, and with a picked body of 800 Guatemalans
the first trenches were taken by
0 o'clock. The victory was a bloody one,
however. The Guatemalans were losing
heart when Barrios cut short an informal
council of war, leaped on his horse, drew
his sword and cheered on his men. There
was a gallant charge past the first intrenchment
and the second was taken with a rush.
A strike was made up a wooded slope for
the third, when from the trees above a volley
blazed out and the attacking troops were
cut down like grass. When the smoke lifted
Barrios was seen sitting on his horse
almostalone. Two of the few left unharmed
were a bugler and Dr. Fitch, the President's
chief of staff, who related the story to a
correspondent. Barrios waved his sword,
and at that iustant there came a single sharp
report from a tree well up to the right, and
Barrios, screaming, fell headlong from his
horse. As he fell he threw up his hands.
?*wi ui/xrt.i c u- it - 1
aim uiuuu gunncu nuui ms uiouin and nostrils.
The sharpshooter's rifle bullet had
entered his right shoulder and traversed
his body, cutting the aorta in its diagonal
passage. After the scream and fall Barrios
made no other movement or sound. The
Dictator was dead.
His adopted son, Gen. Venancio Barrios,
and his son-in-law, Urniano Sacho, rushed
to where the dead man lay. Again the trees
blazed out and two men fell across the body
of the President. Almost before they touched
it others rah forward to secure the body,
but it was not until fully a score of Guatemalans
had fallen by the bullets of the invisible
enemy that the corpse was removed.
Then firing ceased, and both armies