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THE WAGES OF CR E. JACK PRATER AND JASPER DAVIS HANGED FOR MURDER. eater Aserts His Innocence and Dies Without a Strugae.-Davis Dies Witb a Heavy hlgh and an Ac monition to All Not to Follow His ADnasoI, S. C., April 27.-Special: Jap Davis spent last night in sound sleep. resting better, he said, than any night since he had been in jail. This morning the prisoner said he was prepared to meet his fate, -s brothers-in-law Abner King and Leard Smith called on Davis this morning, theirs being the first visit from relatives since his incarceration. The legal wit nesses (all being physicians except two), the military guard, composed of a detach mest of the Palmetto Riflemen, constituted thoeepresent. The Rev. Messrs. Marshall, Frierson, Pack and Wightman ministered tQ the prisoner. The death warrant was read by the sheri. at 12.80. Shrouded in a black robe the prisoner assisted the officer, after which his hands were fastened behind his back. On the scaffold the Rev. Mr. Marshall read psalm ninety, and a prayer. The Rev. Mr. F'derson pronounced the benediction. The prisoner being asked if he had any thing to say, replied: "You all see what I have come to-take warning." A heavy sigh was the'only sign of emotion. The trap was sprung at 12.50. The prisoner's seck was not broken, and he struggled con silerably. He was pronounced dead at X The body was delivered to his brother-in law, Smith, for burial. About three hundred curious people, nostly negroes, gathered outside the en cl , but there was no excitement or meroak Or THE Cnt . Jasper Z. Davis, or Japp Davis, as he tegsnmonly called, was 38 years old and.iis wife was about eight years young e Inthe spring of 1885 Davis had an at - eodfaietene which effected his mind -he was sent to the State Lunatic Asy nu wbere he was treated for six months Zben turned out. He was not consid tia~sane, but his mind was uneven and .it vabelieved that the regular diet of the agii, woad cure him, and to all ap peamaces It did. Previous to his going to -da ylyumIDavis had treated his wife in a ve brtal manner, had often beaten her ndnrnedher outof the house. During his sta -theinsaneinstitution Mrs. Davis had - roide for their five little children. She 1or$e4 hasrd and m aedto provide food 'a Ylhfng for her helpls amily. Up ron threturn of Davis he refused to do aS y work and continued to maltreat his The little woman resolved to stand it no proposed to Davis to take care children if he would leave . Davis agreed to do, and he iie miles away and lived with a 1i$i hamed Owens. Mrs. Davis, by th~W~st or her brow, supported her chil r andwas getting along very well when -betbirsband, in the summer of 1886, pro poie6 her that they make friends and -hea again. This the plucky and be.oin refused to do. ehe re . an-msred her husband's brutality and kewr rMth would berepeated if an op . afrrna Finding his efforts direction utile, .Davis threatened nInoudog othe nature of the man, and Sieussag at he might execute his threat .under ceever .of darkness. the determined uorannwunld lock her house in the even - Img,iker ive children and go so her ,,.mtibr'a lonse, which was a quarter of a mis enarant, spendthe night mnere and re -mto her-ittmn every morning. On ~dySeptember 24, 1b86, Davis stole a aun~rem Mr.- Owens. concealed it in the w ds and' that evening called at Mr. '~ate brother of his wife, and asked buu e could not induce Mrs. Davis to En~trn tohim. Moore told him that it was fliRS fl&that he had treated his wife ...beulybusthat he could speak to her nisef Davis then asked Mrs. Davia to laulive with her, but ahe ref used. He atthe house all night and left in gat daybht.L - Hail an hour arterwards the young motner with her five hittle children around her started for her home, little drieaming of thiesrrible fate that awaited her, or the Swanakhs purpose of the villain who had so sul-eJet, her. Stwsa bright September morning, the snadjust risen arid peace and happiness manlto reign thoughout the quiet coun .Just as the mother and children reached ~portion of the road where the woods were thick on b&th sides the clear report of a weloaded gun rang out upon the frosty air, end the next moment five little mosher Iein children were standing in the lonely rond crying over the body of the woman who had been taken from them by the hand ofta asasin. The people in the county at once arose and gave chase to the murderer. If he had not escaped to the swamps and concealed himself for two days he would have been jynched. At lass Davis was captured and confessed his crime. On the 8th of October he was tried, con vcted arid sentenced to be hanged on No rember 5. He plead insamty and all the Sargument was made upon that ground, but is didl not work. His attorneys appealed to the Supreme Court and that stayed the execution. The case was before the Su preme Court for fourteen months before its decision was rendered, and this decision asained the lower court in every particu 3ar. -Davis was on March 1st sentenced to bc -banged on the 28d. Be asked for further tlier ha- It was not granted. The Gov ernor was petitioned for pardon or commu totion of sentence without avail. The ju riesin South Carolina are too free to allow thedordinary murderer to go unpunisthed. Theaman who shoots down another in a street row is seldom convicted, but the ju riea draw the line at the murderers of Thme'nly two white men who have been hkngedin this State for a number of years have been executed for the murder of women-Jasper Davis for shooting his wife and six months ago a young man for shooting his stepmother. Banging of Jack Prater. ORANGEBURG, S. C., April 27-Special: Jack Prater was hung here today for the ammnton of Andrew Jackson. The execution took place privately in the jail, only the witnesses allowed by law being present. The drop fell at 12.25 P. M. and after hanging- for eighteen minutes the body was cut down. He died without a struggli, his neck having been broken by the fall. The doomed man protested his innocei to the last moment and asked God to forgive those who had been instru montal in having him convicted. "Just before going on the scaffold Prater sung thehymn, "Jesus, Lover of my Soul," and prayed aloud. He was calm and col lected all throughout the terrible ordeal, and impressed many who saw him, with the notion that he was innocent of the crime for which he was executed. He was Beatty and a colored minister named Car o-Il. He claimed that God had forgiven iis sins and that he was going to Heaven. HISTORY OF THE CRIME. On the 14th of July, 1885, shortly ifter dark, Andrew Jackson, a negro, was in his cabin in Orangeburg county, preparingto goto bed, when suddenly the report of a gun was heard from outside. Eas wife was in the adjoining room, and ier little child came running in and said: 'Somebody's killed papa, and shot me in the leg!" On going to her husband the wife found him dying from wounds in the breast and neck. The physician, who soon came, found eight buckshot in he body of the dead man. There was ihole in the house, where the chimney oinedthe weather-boarding, and through his the assassin had thrust his gun to do us deadly work. Jackson died a few ninutes after the shot. the killing of Jackson caused some exitement. Three negroes-Jack Pra yer, Bill Gordon and Titus Ferguson were arrested on suspicion, and brought to trial in May, 1886. There was some vidence against all three. As to Jack Prater, there was strong proof of guilt. It was shown that he had said on the vening of the murder that he was "go ing to Jones's plantation to put Andrew Jackson through." It was further sworn to by one Robert Tyler that on the even ing of the killing Prater requested him to stay that evening at his (Prater's) house, Prater saying that he "was going to do some devilment." Prater told Ty Ler he must swear that he (Prater) was there all the evening. Tyler further tea tified that when Prater came home he said to his own wife: "Yes, I have kill.d him dead as hell." Prater, in his defence, set up an alibi -as did also his oo-defendants. The motive for the crime was shown in Jackson's having sworn adversely to Prater in a trial held the day before the murder. All three of the accused were con victed. But the verdict was set aside, and a new trial granted, as to Bill Gor don and Titus Ferguson. These two have never been tried again. In Prater's case an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, but the verdict below was affirmed. Prater was then resentenced to be hung. A petition for commutation of sen tence to life imprisonment was gotten up. The Judge who tried the case sug gested commutation, but the State's at torney opposed it. A petition contain ing nearly twelve hundred names was sent to the Jovernor, urging him to let the law take its course. After mature consideration the Governor refused the pardon. The Hot Springs Convention. The Southern Immigration Convention at Hot Springs, N. c ., Wednesday finished its work and adjourned the same day. Be low will be found the resolutions passed: Resolved, That an immigration associa tion be established, with headquarters in the city of New York, to be styled the Soutbern Immigration Association. Resolved, That this association be placed under the charge of a board of directors composed of one member of each Southern railroad or other corporation, trade, indus trial or other organization in State, county, city or town, situated east of the Misis sippi river, that will contribute the sum of *t,000 towards the expense of said associa noun on or before Juiy I next, and that on the second Tuesday of July, 1888 the board so constituted shall meet in New York and proceed to organize and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations as may be necessary for its government. Resolved, That until said organization is perfected Major John D. Keily, Jr., be con stituted chief "f the association with power to call the 'orard together whenever said contributions. from railroads or other cor porations, trade. industrial or other organ izations of States or counties and towns shall reach the aggregate sum of $20,00~0, and when such cali has been made the board of directors shall proceed immedi ately to perfect a permanent organization as provided for in the second resolution herewith submitted. Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of the-se resolutions the secretary of the convention shall give notice of the same to the Governor of each of the Soeuth ern States, to the president of each of the Southern railroads, and to the Mayor of every city and to every town in the South ern States east of the Missinbippi River having a population of 5,000 or more, and to solicit the co-operation of said ot11cers in furthering the objects of this convention. A Lestr to the Board of Agrnculture. The South Carolina delegation to the Hot Springs Immigration Convention held] a meeting on the train returning from the convention, Lieutenant Governor Mauldin in the chair. On motion of Mr. Beattie, of Green ville, the delegation adopted -a resolution urging upon the cities, towns, railroads, boards of trade and other industrial or ganizations the imipc-tance of holding early meetings for the purpose of raising the subscription needed to entitle them to representation on the Board of Directors of the Southern Immigration Association. After a full discussion, the delegation unanimously united in the following letter to the Board of Agrculture, which is signed by all of the delegates from South Carolina except two who had returned home and could not be communicated with on the subject: HOT SPRINos, N. C., April 28. 1888. Hon. Johnson Hagood, Chairman Board of Agriculture, Columbia, S. C.: DE.ua Srn: The undersigned, delegates representing the State of South Carolina at the immigrtion convention held at Hot Springs, i. C., April 24-25 inst., re-:ect fully submit that it will be greatly to the advantage of the State to demonstrate, at the earliest possible day, its sympathies with the purposes of the convention and its determination to take an active part in making the Southern Immigration Associ ation entirely successful. To this end the undersigned respectfully request that your board will appropriate the sum of $1,000 to constitute the State of South Carolina, through the Department of Agriculture, a member of the Association. Tis will show unmistakably the zeal of South Carolina in the cause, and will give the State, in the person of the director who shall be chosen, a voice in the organization and management of the Association from the very beginning. The undersigned think this a matter of the greatest importance to the whole State, or they would not address you upon a sub ject which was sure to c->mmend itself to your earnest and early attention. PIANOs ANiD ORGAN. 8 We are prepared to sell Pianos and Organs of the best make at factory p rices for Cash or easy Instalments. Panos' from 8210 up; Organs from $24 up. The verdict of the people is that they can save the freight and twenty-five per cent. by buying of us. Instruments delivered to any depot on fifteen days' trial. We payfreigtboth ways if not atisfatory. Odrand test in your own homes. Respectfully, N. W. TRUMP, * Columbia, S. C. SHE WAS REcoNcILED. Said a maid, "I will marry for lucre," nd her scandalized ma almost shucre; But when the chance came, And she told the good dame, [noiced she did not rebunre PLAINTIFF M'CRADY WINS. 1 P2,500 is the Amount Awarded by the Jury After Five Hours Deliberation-A Motion for a New Talal. From the Columbia Daily Record, April 27.) t The people of Columbia resolved them I elves into a committee on guessing yester- t lay, after Judge Kershaw had charged the t jury in the McCrady-Robertson case. Some C thought the plaintiff would get $10,000; ome thought it would be $1; some the de- C Fendant would win, while a large number l agreed that it would be a mistrial. But C rhey all missed it. The jury retired at 1.45. A vote was taken separately on each of the charges. 1 and on five of them it was the unanimous C decision that they had not been proven by t the defendant. On the first and fourth charges, the vote stood 11 to 1, on the first f ballot; but after some discussion the minor- t ity joined the others. The stenographer I was sent for and portions of the testimony was re-read to the jury. A deadlock then occurred on the ques- L tion as to the amount to be awarded. A t majority were in favor of awarding $10, (0, construing such to be their duty, from 1 the Judge's charge, upon finding that the I charges had not been proven. One juror C was in favor of awarding $25, another $50, t and various amounts up to $10,000 were C proposed. Considerable discussion was evoked as to the amount and it was finally decided C that four numbers-$1,000, $1,500, $2,000 1 and $2,500 should be placed in a hat and a 4 number drawn therefrom. This was done, ? the numbers shaken, and a juror, with his back to the hat, placed his hand in and at l sixteen minutes to 7 o'clock, drew out the number "$2,500.' The jurors filed into the court and Clerk < Arthur read the following verdict, "We t find for the plaintiff a verdict of $2,500. I P. C. Lorick, foreman.". Mr. Lyles, 1 attorney for the defense arose and gave notice that he would on Monday or Tues day argue for a new trial. It was told a RECORD reporter by some of the jurors, that had it not been for the i refusal of one of the jurors, for some time, 1 to agree to draw the amount by lot, the I amount would have been $1,000 as that i number was drawn the first time, this one juror not assenting. -r - a THE YACHT MARIA'S CRUISE. Mr. Peek Said to Be Searching for Treasure at Tuarnufia. Just what caused the yacht Maria to make her celebrated voyage to the Island of Tuarniffa, and what Special Treasurer Agent Peck is about, was told yesterday to a Star reporter by Captain Charles J. Ward, the Maria's former master, and a fair type of the bluff, hearty ,bronzed-faced skipper. "I took charge of the yacht Maria in September last," he said. "Mr. Peck, who hired me, said that he and a party of friends intended making a trip to the Caribean Sea to shoot and fish. Mr Peck's friends were Judge Davidson, Professor Barster, Mr. Horn and Mr. Richards. I had four men-a cook, mate and two boys-to help on the yacht. Well, we headed for Belize. A storm drove us to Jamaica, where Mr. Peck's friends left to go to Belize by another vessel "After leaving Samaica we went to New Orleans and from there to Old Providence, on the Mosquito coast; thence to Key West Fla. There I learned from Mr. Peck that he had a chart that would make him rich, since it indicated the exact spot where a lot of gold was buried. We took on machinery and started for Belize." Arriving there, Captain Ward said, Mr. Peck engaged the attention of the Governor of British Honduras and several gentlemen, who gave him unlimited credit to push his treasure scheme. Oa January 10 the Maria arrived at Tuarniffa and found Messrs. Horn and Rinards waiting for them. Bright and early on the morning of January 13 Mr. Peck found the spot where the doubloons were supposed to be buried. "It was in a beautiful cocoanut grove," said the captain, "and about an ei.ghth ot a mile from shore. After digging several days he came on a piece of bone which proved to be from the arm of a human being. Several other bones were found, but no complete skeleton. It was said the skeleton of two men had been exhumed there some fifteen years before. after digging thirteen feet Mr. Peck was obliged to step on account of the sea, which flowed in and made work impossible. On Matrch 29 Peck made up his mind that he would have to employ more powerful aid than he had, and accordingly set off for New Orleans, ordering Captain Ward to go to New York. That's all I know," concluded the captain, "and I don't care to say whether I believe in Mr. Peck's scheme or not If he does strike treasare, he'll have to divide with the British Government any way." The captain appears to cherish a tremen dous amount of respect for Mr. Peck and intimated that the people of Belize fully believed in his ultimate snecess in recover ing the $10,000,000 in treasure.-New York Star,_25th. __ A MATRI&IONIAL ROMANCE. Resuming Wedded Life After a Voluntary Parting of Thrty-two Years. (From the Troy Budget.) Forty years ago Joseph Miles, of Milerton, N. Y., married a neighbor's daughter and settled down to farming. He got tired of this and told his wife that he thought they'd better make a change. She objected, and in fact refused to quit her old home. He said that she could do as she pleased, and that if ever she decided to live with him she'd be walcome, but he wouldn't return to Millerton. So he left her and their, boy. She made her home with her parents on their farm. The husband] fought through the war, then went to1 Sidney, N. Y., and began to make money, He acquired a snug little fortune, but: had no one to share it with. A friend who knew his story went to] Millerton, found Mrs. Miles living on1 the homestead with the boy, a man of 34 years, told her all about Joseph and] induced her to consent to go to Sidney and join him. She didn't need mucha persuasion, and Joseph, too, was glad] when he learne I of the negotiations. The neighbors heard of it, and the other night thronged to the railroad station to meet the train that brought Mrs. Miles. She didn't know him, but after the intro duction they seemed very happy, and have taken up wedded life where they laid it down thirty-two years ago. Daa Ma. Enrron:--Won't you please] tell your male readers that 83 will buya i fine, strong and serviceable pi'of Sts, made to order by the N. Y tn d Pants Co., of 66 University Place, 1 New York city? By sending 6 centes in I postage stamps to the above firm, they] will send to any address 25 samples of C cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape measure, a full set of scientific measure ment blanks and other valuable informa- 4 tion. Al! goods are delivered by them through the U. 8. Mails, A novel andi praotical idea. Advise your readers to br h im They are thoroughly re-4 * WIrLInw VAsn' mmrRE1. The New Orleans Picayune boldly says that Cuba naturally belongs to the United States. It has been for fourt centuries the camping-ground of foreigni sediers and alien tax gatherers. Ther island could be made, under our free r overnment, one of the most prosperous I ~tates in the world. Ciba is a tempting plm.t BATTLE WITH AN ALLIGATOR. terrible Experience of a Mother While Rescuing Her Baby Girl. (St. Louis Globe-Democrat.) A family named Lambert, living on Lake Charlie Apopka, or Tsala Lake, as t is called, reported a very thrilling ex >erience at their place the other day. Che house is built about 200 yards from he lake and is on a slight elevation, the and in front sloping down gradually to he water's edge. At the left, off some ittle distance, is an immense saw-grass >ond. Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. Lambert ho was in the back part of the house, vas attracted by the screams of her little wo-year old girl and her frantic cries of 'Mamma! Mamma!" Snatching up an x from the woodpile, she flew to the ater's edge, and as she rounded the )almetto patch a sight burst upon her hat nearly drove her crazy. On the dge of the bank, with its body half in he water, was a huge alligator, its fore )aws outstretched, raising it from the ,round, while its tail lashed the water nto foam. Just in front of it and cling ng to a palmetto root with its tiny lands for dear life, was the little girl, ier dress being held in the jaws of the aligator, who was slowly dragging the ,hild to a terrible doom. The per:l of her baby vanished all fear 'rom Mrs. Lambert, and she rushed up md struck the saurian over the head with the ax, and seizing the child with )oth hands, tried the pull her away. lhe sharp blade cut into the alligator's aye, and, mad with the pain, -he opened 21s jaws and half spaung at the woman. Uhis left the child free, and they both .ell backward. The alligator advanced is fast as it could and Mrs. Lambert attempted to rise and escape. Her dress :aught on a root and before she could get up and free herself the alligator made a snap at her and missed, catching hold of her dress instead. inding that it had secured something, it commenced backing toward the water, dragging the prostrate woman, who now fully realized her peril, and filled the air with her cries for help. She frantically clutched at the roots as she was dragged over them, but her dress was of stout material, and the 'gator's strength soon overcame her feeble resistance. Suddenly, with a heavy sinking of the heart, she felt that her foot was in the water and that, if no help came, she was doomed to a terrible death. The horror gave her strength for a moment and she madeanother frantic effort to free herself from being drawn into the water. Suddenly her hands, which were nerv ously clutching at any and everything that seemed to promise a support, passed aver the ax handle. With the swiftness of thought and with superhuman energy she seized the helve and scrambled up, how she cannot say. She managed to deal the 'gator a heavy blow with the blade. With rare good fortune it strach his other eye and crushed into the head. The maddened and wounded anima] opened his jaw with a roar of pain and rage, and Mrs. Lambert's dress slipped off its huge teeth. Scrambling up she seized her baby girl and fled wildly tc the house, and fell on the porch in s dead faint. Her husband, on returning home at night found her there uncon scious, with the child pattinghermother's cheeks and trying to arouse her. She is now slowly recovering from her fever, Hanging From a Bridge 100 Feet High J. G. Caldwell, who lives on Washing ton avenue, near Elliott street Wood side, N. J., had a terrible adventure lasi night on the Midland Bridge. Mr Cadwell is a drummer for a New Yort house. His friends warned him of thE risk atte ding any attempt to cross thE bridge, which is over a hundred fee1 high, but he finally started to walk home He got as far as the centre of the bridge when he heard the noise of an approa ching freight train. It was evident t< him that the engineer did not see him, for the train did not slacken speed. Mr. Caldwell was in a terrible plight His remarkable presence of mind . ani strength saved him from the death tha seemed to await him. The bridgE appeared to him L> be narrower, he says than at any other time when he haL crossed it, although he was alays awani that it was not intended to accommodat foot passengers. He saw that therE was not pace sufficient beyond the tie on the trestlework for him to stand whili the train passed. He also realized tha to lie down was not a means to escape as the steps of the cars would dash hi bramns out. He decided to depend or muscles to save him, and being an athlete he hastily, crawled to the side of tht bridge, seiing a large tie with vice-likE grip and swung in the air 100) feet above the water. The few seconds occupied by the trait in passing seemed to Caldwell like ar age. After the train had passed hE found that his hands were numb, anc his strength seemed to forsske him, yei with remarkable nerve and superhumax strength he finally drew himself on the bridge and proceeded homeward, coat less and without a hat.-New Yorli Star, 26th.. A Dog that Fights Fires. Mr. R. M. Jackson of Bluffton, Ga., has a dog whose sagacity and intelligence are somethiing wonderful. It is a shep herd. A few days ago Mr. Jackson was in a piece of woods, when he had occasion to send the dog to the house for a match. Being unable to make Mrs. Jackson understand him, the dog went to the re-place and picked up a chunk of fire. with which he started to his master. When he reached the edge of the woods the fire became so hot that he had t drop it, which ignited the dry pine straw and set the woods on fire. The log set up a barking that soon brought Mr. Jackson to the rescue. When he reached the dog he was surprised to find hat he had broken a pine limb and was lmbating the fire as effectually as if human. The following, signed by ten practic ng physicians, has been received from Bartow, Fla., one of the places where ~ellow fever is aileged to exist according o Surgeon General Hamilton's repo.rt: :We, the undersigned, embracing every -acticing physician in this place, hereby ertify that there is not now nor has here ever been within our knowledge or nformation a single case of yellow fever ithin the town nor within Polk county, >f which Bartow is the county seat. A young lady created quite a sensa ion in a small German town last week. he stood on the depot platform, satu ated herself with kerosene and set her tress on fire. When a railway train amne by the passengers were horrified to ee a pillar of flame on the platform. A ose was turned on the conflagration, nd the spectators were astounded to ear a human voice asking irritably why hey couldn't let her burn quietly. At 31anchester, N. H., yesterday, great xitemlent was caused by a wholesale raid pon liquor dealers by a commnit tee of 200 f the League for the Suppression of Liquor ~raic. Twenty -eight barrooms were losed and three proprietors summoned to HE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN CLUBS. ,he Young Lions of the Democracy will Stir Things Up. The organization of a great chain of )emocratic clubs throughout the country o work in unison for the advancement of )emocratic principles and the success of he party's candidates at the polls is one of he most notable political events of the lay. The auspicious beginning in this di. ection, which was made by the congress ] if club representatives from various States 1 geld here Saturday, is a general subject of omment among both Republicans and )emocrats. Leading Democrats everywhere are jubi ant over the outlook and declare that the lub league will prove a powerful factor m de approaching campaign. The selection of Baltimore as the place or holding the first club convention also neets with general approval within the arty lines. The Monumental City, they ] 11 say, is the best place that could have 1 teen selected in view of the fact that the 4 rational nominating convention goes West i o St. Louis. Capt. J. Rockwell Fay is an enthusiastic reliever in the great good to be accom- i dished by the national formation. "We an go into the campaign with more clubs 1 han our antagonists," he remarked yester lay, "and I think we can give them points in hard work and no interference with the orkings of the party machinery. Demo :rats fight harder than Republicans any low, and we go into this campaign more arnestly and sincerely than ever before. I Lticipate that the Baltimore convention vill be a great occasion for the Democratic Biarry Willis Rusk, of Baltimore, felt rood to think that they had obtained the :onvention. "We will make it a great ffair," he remarked, "and the delegates oho attend will discover what Maryland iospitality is." "This movement is a pretty good-sized nowball now," said Frederick R. Coud-mnt, 'but it will be an avalanche before the ummer ends. I consider that we have naugurated something that will be of last ng benefit to the Democratic party and the >eople of this country. All is harmonious md the expressions of the delegates present irgue that the Democracy is ready for a noble and unselfish fight for principle." John G. Jenkins, of the Juneau -club of Milwaukee, one of the pioneers, is deeply pratified with the preliminaries. "The national organization will be of incalcu lable benefit, especially in the Northwest. [n Wisconsin we are prepared to make a vigorous fight, and there is some question whether the Republicans can hold the State." Josiah Quincy of Boston said: "A na ional league of the young men of the country will put new courage and strength into the party. We are willing and able to redeem Massachusetts, and, if we don't carry it, we will make some inroads in the Republican majority." "I am delighted with the idea of the league," said E. Ellery Anderson. "There is no reason wky we should not honeycomb this country with clubs bent on the success of revenue reform and other honest Demo cratic principles." Police :ustice Solon B. Smith (Republi can) was around the Hoffman House while while the conference was in session. "You Democrats intend to make it lively for us, and no mistake," he remaraed, "but we will try to be ready for you when the time for action comes." Colonel Tom Ochiltree, another Republi can, said: "I believe the Democrats mean business." Congressman McKinney of New Hamp shire is an ardent believer in revenue re form and an enthusiast on the subject of the League. "Fifty vigorous clubs in the Granite State." he said, "will give us courage, and even though we are pitted against Senator Chandler and all the Re publican resources, these clubs will make the State doubtful, with the chances in our favor." Judge William L. Muller said: "I am a believer in the regular methods of party machinery, but to every Democratic club formed I am a staunch friend. We can't have too many of them, and the National League will be of great assistance." J. W Browning, representing the Ara pahoe Club of Denver, said: "I beli.-ve club influence will have a good effeect in Colorado. It will make enthusiastic work ers of men who otherwise might not feel any greater .interest than to vote. The Democrats of Colorado will support the presidential nominee of the party and will work in unison when the campaign is under way." Mr. James F. Tracey. chairman of the delegation from the Albany club, said: " The proceedings were mor e harmonious than those of any simiiar meeting within my knowledge. There was generald agree ment, of course, about -the renomination of Cleveland and the leading points of the platform; but there was no disposition to forestall the National Convention or press any hobbies on its consideration. The conferees were all Democrats anxious to find the best way of helping the party to victory by intelligent co-operation-espec ially in bringing young voters to the sup port of the Democratic ticket. The meet ing will offset the effect of the Republican Club League, and will doubtless cause the formation of a large number of young Democratic clubs, extending all over the country. I believe the Baitimore Conven tion will surprise every one by the number of clubs represented."-New York Star, 28d. Forewarned in a Dream. There was to be aballin Dallas City, Ill., a few days ago, and a prominent young society lady of the place was preparing o attend. Her esort was to have been I. G. Brown, a Santa Fe railroad conduc bor. The night preceding the young lady dreamed that she saw a wagon drawn by two horses, and in the vehicle lay the nangled body of a man whom she could not fully recognize, but who strongly esembed her intended escort. The ideous dream frightened her, and in the norning she communicated it to several iends, who laughed at what was termed der foolish fancies. Conductor Brown w'as fatally mangled by the cars that day it noon, and as the solemn procession, leaded by the wagon bearing the man led remains filed up the street, the roung woman cried:"That is my dream! ['hat was my dream!" and swooned Lway. The Oldest Mlason in the World. Colonel Edwin Sumner of San Fran ~isco is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Ada B. Taylor, on Locust street. Colonel imner is the oldest Free Mason known be living in the world. He has been SMason for seventy-one years. He was >orn2 in 1796. A remarkable fact is that ie can read without the aid of glasses. ~n ttie war of 1812 he was a member2 >f a transportation comppany in New ork which was engaged in transporting nunitions and troops. He came to alifornia in 1850, but returned to Visconsin a few years after. He served n the Wisconsin Legislature during .859-60. In 1863 ho once more came ro alifornia, where he has since remained. lolonel Sumner is a descendant of the ;ummers who came to America in theI iayflower.-Santa Cruz Sentinel. A quiet moan, after a straight ten main Ltes' talk from a loquacious individual, re >died to his demand to know why he did Lt converse, thus: "Some people talk vithout thinking, ot~iers think without alking." Quiet has been restod at Bessemer, Ala NEGRO HELP. Experience of a Fresno Hotel Keeper with Imported Labor. (From the Fresno Republican.) Captain May, manager of the Grand Central, sent back to Georgia some weeks ago and imported to this city a dozen negro waiters from the Kimball House at Atlanta, and placed them in the dining room of the Grand Central. The negrees had signed a contract by which the $50 advanced to each of them to pay their fare and expenses out here was to be paid in installments of a small sum each month. Hardly had the darkeysgot to work until the Fresno negroes began to talk to them, and in less than a week Captain May found that the waiters considered they had a sure thing on account of the $50 advance, and proposed to do as they pleased. Matters have gone from bad to worse ever since the row between two o the waiters in the dining room some t'.ree weeks ago, in which one of them drew a revolver on the other, for which performance he has been in jail ever since. On Saturday night the darkeys demanded money of Captain May, who refused to pay them until pay -iy. The Fresno negroes kept telling the new darkeys thatthey oughtto draw their money, &c., and finally they said it was money or no work. On Sunday Captain May conclu ded that forbearance had ceased to be a virture, and when he recieved a "note" from the insolent negroes that they must have their money after lunch or quit, he he concluded to take them at their werd. Summoning a constable Captain May had the darkeys' effects taken from the rooms they had been occupying, and notified them after lunch that they could find something else to do, and that the money due him from each wasnot entirely repaid by their earnings to date. Yes terday they were not quite so indepen de't, and after consulting a lawyer one of them remarked to a Fresno negro: "If youns had let us'lone de whole ting would done been all right." Four of them skipped out last night, and what the rest will do is a matter of conjecture. Certain it is they will not work at the Grand Central. This is the first experiment in Fresno with imported colored help and the parties who have contracted for thirty or forty negroes to work in their vine yards, &c., are beginning to wonder what kind of time they will have. The negroes contracted for are on their way, 100 of them having passed St. Louis on Sunday. Certain it is that a Southern negro in Georgia or Louisiana is a very different person when in California. The Catholic Univerity. Bishop Keane, of Richmond, and Maes, of Covington, Ky., spent I-st week in Louisville receiving subscriptions to the Catholic University of America. Louis ville's contribution is over $11,000, a result which the Bishops consider very sa'isfac factory. Bishop Kean is now in Washing ton superintending arrangements for laying the corner-stone of the divinity building of the university, which is to take place on the afternoon of Thursday, May 24. Pre parations are being made for a gathering on that occasion of representative men in Church and State from all parts of the country. Cincinnati has subscribed more than $1,000,000 for the exposition that is to be held there this summer. It is expected that the exposition will be worth $2,000,000 to the city. Justus J. Smith and Thomas C. Drake, architects, of New York, have filed their schedules, showing liabilities of $182,529; nominal assets $168,500; actual assets $130,200. The Florida Republican State Conven tion at Palatka, after a long and boisterous session, elected two white and two colored delegates to Chicago. The delegates were not instructed. F. D. Blake & Co., of New York, woollen commission merchants, have made an assignment. Liabilities estimated t' $100,000 to $150,000, of which a consid erable portion is said to be due to the banks. A dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla., says the reports of yellow fever at Plant City, twenty miles north of Tampa, are exager ated. The disease undoubtedly existed there all last summer, but in a mild form The committee to select a place for the annual convention of the Encampment of German Baptists of the United States, has decided on Harrisonburg, Va. The con vention will be held on the 'first Tuesday after Whitsunday in 1889. The Selma Land and Improvement and Furnace Company has agreed to subscribe $91,500. to three railroads projected to Sel ma; to the Catawba Valley Railroad $831, 500; Selmna and Atlanta Air Line, $30,000; Selma and New Orleans Railway, $30,000. When the blizzard struck Ludlow. Mass., it buried under the snow four turkeys be longing to John Ray. 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