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-/4. VOL. 171 17G- S.~7 C-9 WENSDY APRI S ASYLUM 1ANAGEMENT. IHE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE MAKES ITS REPORT. Full Text of thme Paper-Bad Food-Trag dies Too Frequent- Gros, Neglizeuce ChargCed -The Goveruor's Offer to the Official. CoLuMIA. S. C.. April 2.-The long awaited report of the committee appointed to investigate the State Luna tic Asylum lias at last been completed and made public. The committee com pleted the report yesterday morning, af ter something over a week's work, and the members have gone home for the present. As will be seen below, this report of the committee shows some dis closures of a surprising nature, and it is stated Lhat they are in possession of worp onez. The preliminary report was handed to the Governor yesterday moraing, and last evening lie gave it to the press. He was asked what action he would take in the matter, and he said : "I expect to have such parts of the testimony as bear directly on these matters transcribed Irom the stenographer's notes, and they will be held subject to the inspection of the General Assembly. Further, I would say that the Regents and officers of the asylum will be given a hearlng if they desire it, after which I will take such action as will seem necessary to remedy the evils complained of. Here is the report in full: CoLUMBIA, S. C.. April 1, 1891. To His Excellency B. R . Tillman, Gov ernor : At the last session of the Legislature a committee, of which the undersigned are members, was appointed by concur rent resolutions, with power and instrue tions to make inquiry into and to report to the Legislature the condition of the lunatic asylum. This :ommittee has performed its duties so far as practicable at this time; and we deem it both a comi tesy and a duty to transmit to your Ex cellency an outline of the manner in which the work assigned has been done, together with the results in a general form. 1. We invited the Governor of the State to attend the sessions of the com mittee, recognizing in you the highest constitutional authority in all matters affecting the well-being, direction and control of this institution. 2. As the time in w hich the inquiry was to be made was limited, we asked your Excellency to employ a steno grapher, having in' view also the further consideration that our findings or recom mendations sh, uld be based upon a full hearing, which has been obtained and which is now a matter of record with the commIttee. 3. It was the design of the committee that its investigation should in no sense be open to the construction of sin ex parte proceeding. this fact being im pressed at and during the examimations. We, therefore, examined, under oath, -.. in h management or tfie titu-tio,and those whose duties directed by such managemenTwrNat eye at all times to the official and per sonal responsibilities to the wards of the State. 4. The scope of our investigation in cluded in general terms: First. The duties of the superior of ficerand the manner in which those du ties, were discharged, basing our con clusions on the rules and regulations governing such officers, their own evi derce, and the evidence of attendants and empioves past and present at the asylum. Second. As to the internal economy of the institution and all of its auxiliaries intended to contribute to its mainten ance. Third. The relation of the number of office~s and attenants to the result ac comlished, and to be accomplished. with special refence to the equitable distri bution of' work and compensation. Fourth. The expenses of the various departments, as obtained from the cor rect accounts and from oral testimony. Fifth. The efficiency and value to the State of the methods now practiced at the asylum. as compared with ai manage ment of rigid economy and regard for and proper development of its wass and means of self-support.. 5. In order to deal intelligently with these grave questions it was necessary to take a great mass of testimony, the depo nents in all cases from past or present connection with the institution being familiar in verying degrees with the sub jects under examination. 6. A fter a most thorough examination we find that the inmates, or patients, so for as we can learn, are treated humaziely by the attendants and with a sympa thetic consideration for their unfortnnate condition. We have investigated several cases of cruelties from patient to patient, and several cases of violent, deplorable deaths, but these misfortunes are not, in our judgment, chargeable to dereliction of duty on the part of the attendants. 7. We find that there is a great diver sity of opinion among the attendants and other employees as to the quality and suitableness of the food provided for the inmates and for attendants and employees. There is a great deal of tes timony, especially in the male depart ment. going to show that objectionable meat are often served, and that there are oth'er articles of food which are not such as might be expected. considering the liberal appropriations made by the Legislature for the proper maintenance of the asylum. 8. We find that reprehensible latitude of coduct and absolute freedom from restraint have been permitted to patients :onsidered by their keepers and attend ants as violent dangerous and murder ously inclined, which condition of things has resulted directly in the death of patients and the unnecessary maltreatment of others. These trage des. 'w e find, were precipitatedI by remissness or lack of judgment after due notice to the proper authorities. 9- We find, as grow~ ing out o.f the facts as related by the witnesses and Irom the previous paragraph, that there has been gross negligence on the part of some of the olicers immediately in charge of the asylumi. 10. We Gind that the Board of Regents as fa.iled to discharge its duties in sev eral imiportant relations, and that the ev idence f'urther shows that the visits of the board have not been regular or fre quent as required by their own by-laws., ndbat where suci, visits were niade, he exAs nations required of tbe Regents were imperfectly performed in some in stances, and that in other instances there was no examination of certain wards to whih, from the nature ot their inmates, their attenltion should most particularly bave been directed.I 11. We find an incomprehensible in equality as to the compensation and labor of many of the attendants and of -empoe holding responsible positions. 12. We find strong evidences of waste, mismanagement and ignorance or disre gard of its value. on the asylum farm, the system of work there and its man agement needing an absolute and speedy revolution. 13. There are several others matters relating to our work which can best be understood by reference to the testimo ny. 14. We were offered every facility by the superientendent and other officers of the asylum in the prosecution of the in vestigation, for which we express our acknowledgments. All of which is respectfully submitted. T. J. STRAIT, M. D., Senate. H. P. GooDVIN, House of Reps. Committee Investigation Lunatic Ays lum. A Cobbler's Wife's Gold WILMINGTON, Del., April 1.-Ten thousand dollars in gold and greenbacks has been found secreted in an old table iu the residence of John sprague, a shoemaker at No. 721 West second street, in this city. The money repre sents his deceased wife's savings for thirty-nine years. On January 27 last Mrs. Mary Sprague, wife of the cobbler, dropped dead, a victim of heart disease, in a drug store. The couple came to Wilmington from England thirty-one years ago. The hus band is about sixty years of age, while the wife was nearly fifty-nine years old when she died. They were frugal and industrious, and during their thirty-nine years of married life the husband weekly gave the wife a certain sum of money f&r her judicious use. He never ques tioned what she did with the surplus, but supposed it was regularly put in bank. When Mrs. Sprague died search was made- for the bank-book -upposed to ex ists, but to no avail. The house was ransacked, but still no money was found. Finally, Mrs. McGinley. a neighbor, suggested as she had had a dream to that ef'ect. that possibly the treasure might be secreted in an antique table, and this article of furniture was examined. Tightly wedged in an inside corner of the table were found a baz of gold and a toll ofgreenbacks, which, being counted, amounted to $10,000. The newly found money was at once deposited in bank. A farther and two sons constitute the Sprague family. Mr. Sprague has just received word from England that he has also fallen heir to several thousand dollars by the death of a relative. A Terrible Naval Conflict. SAY FRAscIsco, April 1.-Private advices from Va'paraiso state that the ironclad Blanco, belonging to the insur gents, recently attempted to blow up the armed government tug Florence with a Bist torpedo. The torpedo missed the tug but struck the big floating dry dock mn the harbor, blowing it to pieces. The Blanco was thereupon treated to a hot tire of shot and shell from every gun in the fort and steamed out o" the harbor. The same night the torpedo boat and tug Florence stole out to attack the Blanco, The ironclad was not alone, b z th he-Aomof~o w~ar s".-6COm%5nvh's~ps compeeed eh go vernment vessels to return to the har bor and followed in hot pursuit. A heavy shell from the Blanco struck the Florence, blowing her entirely out of the water, and every one of her crew of seventeen men were either killed or wounded. A broadside from the Ohig gings knocked the torpedo boat all to pieces. The two insurgent vessels then turned their attention to the forts and a lively bittle ensued. A shell irom the forts struck the Ohiggims and went clear through her. Another shell caused a gun on her quarter deck to explode. When the smoke cleared away the deck was found to have been literally torn off the vessel and nine men out of the gun's crew of twelve were blown to atoms. The sloop was at once taken out 'if range of the guns in- the forts. They Mean Business. PITSBURG, Pa., March 31.-A Mount Pleasant, Pa.. special to the Times says: General Manager Lynch said this afternoon: "If necessary to break this strike, the H. C. Frick Coke Company will take a hand. We will operate our works, and if necessary, we will bring into the region uniformed men, armsd and prepared for battle, and they will be ordered to shoot, and shoot to kill, any one who interferes with our men or our arrangements. The Frick Coke Company is not going out with guns and clubs to drive the strikers to work and the Frick C-oke Company- will not permit the strikers to go out with gns and clubs and drive men who want to work away from our plants. That's our position." A Remarkeble Case. SP'A1RTANBURG, S. C., March 28.-One of the most remarkable ea ses of recov ery has just occurred here. One of our citizens has been snatched from the very grasp of death. For several months Mr. W. H. Posey has been suf fering from a severe attack of jaundice with other troublesome complications. He gre w worse and worse until his friends lost all hope of his recovery. His brother, Dr. PLosey was sent for. Indiscretion in diet brought on con vulsions and to appearances he dicd. His breathing ceased, his pulse stop ped, and his brother turned away and said it is all over. Then Dr. Hill pro-I posed to inject nitro-glycerine into his arm. If he was dead it could do no good. He did so. and in a few minutes ~he heart begain agan to beat, the lungs to respire and the pulse to throb, and he was again a live man. The aundice is now under control and there is every prospect of Mr. Posey's recov er.-Herald. A Shocking Death. A LIANY, N. Y., March 26.-Tuesday light Thomas Williams,a peddler from hicago, was brutally assaulted, and as picked up b~y the poliee and takeni o a hospital. There the physicians found what the~y supposed to be a ound caused by a kick, and which had nocked his eye out. To-day he died, md an autopsy was held. When the cp of the skull was removed it was ound that an umbrella point had been abbed in the eye, and the ferrule had ome off and was embedded in the brain. ne of his assailants, John Murphy. has' een arrested, but claims he only struck Williamis with his list. A PortraiL of Jefferson Davis. rom Little Rock, Ark., says a life-size portrait of Jefferson Davis, which the 'erk of the House was authorized uring the early part of the session to ave painted, was received to-day and laced over the Speaker's desk. It took the place of the portrait of George Washington that has been hanging in the hail for the past twenty years. Hotel Hoiocaust. Atsrix, PA.. March 27.-Rottenry's ommercial Hotel was burned this orning. Lizzie McGavish, a domestic, ack McCarty, a boarder, and an un - nown man were bunedr to dath.i WILL IT LEAD TO All THE ITALIAN MINISTER AT WASHING INGTON RECALLED. Italy is Dissatialed Because No Speeltc Offers of Reparation Have Been Made for the Killing 'of Italian Citizens at New Orlean4. WASI[NGTO', March 31.-With an official note dated to-dai Baron Fava, Italian minister, has declared to the Secretary of State that the United States Government, not having given assurances that the murderers of Ital ian subjects acquittea by American magistrates and murdered in- prison while under the immedaite protection of the authorities of New Orleans, would be brought to justice. the Italian Government has found itself under the very painfnl necessity of showing openly its dissatisfaction by recalling, the minister of his Majesty from a country where an Italian representa tive is unable to obtain justice. The Baron will soon leave the United States, leaving the secretary of legation in ny of current affairs. OFFICIAL SURPRISE. This action by the Italian Govern ment caused the deepest surprise in official circles here when the fact be came known. It had beeD generally supposed that the Italian Government would at least await the action of the New Orleans grand jury, which is charged with an investigation of the bloody episode at the New Orleans jail. It appears, however, that the informa tion received from its representative must have led that Governmen tto the conclusion that the grand jury's inves tigation would fail to result in the pun ishment or even the indictment ot any person connected with the killing of the Italians. NICHOLLS' LETTERI NOT SATISFACTORY. The letter of Governor Nic: oils, in reply to Secretary Blaine, was also, it is thought, regarded as evasive of the real points at issue, reparation ior an alleged wrong, and the Governor's as surances that furth er bloodshed would not follow, unaccompanied by any ex cuse for the failure of the State or mu nicipal authorities to take precautions to prevent the killing, was it is said, re garded by the Italian Government with extreme dissatistaction. It appeared to it that the United States Govern ment had exhausted its resources. LIMITATIONS OF OUR GOVERNMEET. The relations between the Nati3nal Government and the governments of the States were so fixed by the Ameri can Constitution that when the Italian minister, obeying the commands of his Government, sought for some assu rance that the persons concerned in the killing of its subjects would be pun ished, it was not possible for the Gene ral Government to give any definite assurance of the kind. It could and did point to the fact that the grand jury was the American provision for calling before the bar of justice per sons who had violated the law of the land. But this particular grand jury was called together under laws of the Southern State of Louisiana, and whether or not it would punish accord wLww .v vaall; iaaur Juatnice was something that no national offlicial from the President down could guarantee. ITALY WANTS SATISFACTION. The Italian Government was not sat Isiled with such views. With the re lations between the State and National Governments and the peculiarities of our constitutional system of govern mens it had nothing to do. But it was necessary, according to its views, that Italian citizens in foreign countries should be accorded the full measure of protection fixed by the laws of those countries. Here was a case where, ac-' cording to the statement of the minis ter, Italian subject-s had been arrested on the charge of crime and acquitted by an American jury according to the forms of American laws. These men, declared innocent by a judicial tribun al, had been slain by an angry people. The Italian Government could not go behind the verdict- of tne American Court, and notwithstanding it was stated in some quarters that the men were really guilty of foul assassination and had been acquitted by means of bribery, in the eye of the Italian Gov ernent they were innocent Italian subjects. In their violent killing the Italian people had been outraged and insulted. The National Government of the United States had, as stated, failed to give any definite assurances that reparation would be made. There was but one course, and that w as taken to-day when the Italian minister noti tied Secretary Blaine that he had been recalled because his Government was dissatisfied with the negotiations. This is the Italian view of the mat ter. COMMOTION IN THE sTATE DEPART MENT. There was commotion among the State department officials when the fact became known that Baron Fava had been recalled. They tiid not know it oh lialy-save the ~Secretary-be fore the close of office hours, for tile Secretary was contined to his home by a recurrance of his old malady, gout, and did not send word to his hieu'.enants in the department of State; but he did manage to get into his carriage about 4 o'clock and drive over to the White House. Hie told the President all that ad occurred and discussed future pros pects. He stayed with the President for an hour, and when lie returned to his home was not accessible. The State Departmiont otlicials did not care o talk about the matter. Mr. Wihar on, first assistant secretary, is contined o his rooms by illniess. Mr. Ader, aother assistant secretary had not een informed of the event which was he absorbing topic of conversation among the people outside. QUESTIONS OF DiPLO3LACY. None of the oflicials caied to be quo ed in their opinions. Precedents were~ o be looked up11 before tley could be enturedl. Srtill there there was a gen ral disposition to belittle the matter, and there was no idea that the dogs of ar were to be unloosed. Baroii Fava ad not demanded his passports as had t Iirst been reported. There were 1 any steps in the diplomacy, and1 hough slight distinctions anid small ormalities apparently trivial in the I public view, they were really full of t ignificance to trained diplomts. The emand for passports is an extreme :1 easure. It is taken when the war feeling runs high and the ininister's, erson is in danger at the hands of the< opulace. It is also in a degree sugges ive of menace. THE RECALL A SEluIOUS MATTE1|,. The recall under the circurustances, f this case is a serious matter. Therei ould be no attempt to disguise that .1 fact, but it does not signify that mu- i ual explanationi and diglomnacy cannot< estore the old status. The charge 1 'affairs, Marquis lonperiali, has beeni eft in charge of the Italian legation so< hat the severance of diplomatic rela- < ions cannot bie regarded as complete.< ust what the status of this official isi annot be known except through his fficial acts. It is stated that he is in harge of "current affairs." If any se- I ious significance attaches to the min-a istr's recall this means that the carg-e is to be limited in his functions to is suing passports, instructing consular officers and other small matters. In this case further correspondence between the Governments of the United States and Italy must take place directly between Washington and lome. But this view of the case is rot gen erally taken in official quarters, and it is expected that the charge d'affairs will be really in charge of the Italian legation, and that when Blaine wishes to address himself to the Italian Gov ernment his communication will be directed to Marquis Imperiali, who ac cording to notice is in charge of Italy's interest in the United States. It can be stated positively that unless events take an unforeseen and improb able turn there will be no call issued for an extra session of Congress. and one of the most serious ill effects of the incirlent will be the probable postpone ment for an indelinite time of the Presi dent's proposed Southern and Western trip. The view taken by the Adminis tration, as it is understood, is that this Government has done all that could be done in the matter. Even if it had complete legal jurisdiction in the case it could oniv assure the Italian (ov ernment that it would prosecute the persons guilty of the attack on the Italians at New Orleans. It could not assure the Italian Government that it would punish them as Italy desires, and that would be for the grand and petit juries to determine. The Italian Government has been told that the President "deplores the abhorrent oc currence," and that this Government had taken steps to investigate the mat ter. Part of this investigation was the ascertainment of the nationality of the Italians who were killed, and this has not Yet been learned. There is no proof whatever before the President or Secretary of State that a single Italian citizen was among the victims, and such proof is an ausolutely necessary preliminary to a fair demand for repar ation. Officers of the department of justice are still inquiring into this and other branches of the case. ITALIAN POLITICS AT TIE BOTTOM OF IT. It suspected in Administration circles that recent changes in the Ital ian Cabinet may have had much to do with the present state of affairs. The Marquis Rudini, who has assumed the premiership. is supposed to be open to the iniluence of popular clamor and to desire to achieve a reputation with the masses by catering to the demand of the hot-heaIed element in Italy. At any rate it is felt that the present state of affairs is only temporary. and there is no disposition or intention to take any hasty action on the part of this Government. Certainly Porter, the Umtted States minister to italy, will not be recalled attitude, and this Govern ment will naintan a pacific and abide by the developments of the future. In other words, as put by a very distin guished statesman, speaking of the suo ject to-night, "we will keep our shirts on," and trust to the lapse of a little time to restore the old pleasant rela tions with Italy. A statement of to day's event, given out to-night by a high official of the Government, is as follo ws: AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. "Baron Fava, Italian minister, notified Secretary Blaine to-diay that. under orders from Rome, he was compelled to withdraw from his mission near this Government. He does not close the Italian legation, but leaves the Marquis imperiala, the present secretary, to act as charge d'affaires. That action is in no sense one of hostility to this Government, but may indicate a certain de gree of discontent on the part of the Italian ministry. Baron Fava has been on diplo matic duty in Washington for the past ten years and lhis retirement will be much re gretted, both officially and socia~ly . High ly sensational rumors connected with this retirement are not believed to have any truthful foundation." THE DIPLO3IATIC MIETHOD. It is said by a gentleman who has had large experience in the diplomatic af fairs of our Government that Mr. [Por ter, United States minister to Italy, will not retire because of the withdrawal of the Italian minister to this country. Neither will the course of the Italian miister necessarily put a stop to cum munications between the respective Governments. The minister having turned over the charge of affairs to his secretary, correspondence with his Gov enent cara be carried on through that officer. It is not customary for Govern ments to address each other directly, but always through a minister or some representative. A declaration of war, the same official said, did not necessari ly follow such action as that of the Italian Government. There were many precedents for it, nearly all of which, however, were among European na tions, Through better understanding of the differences that may exist, or through friendly interventions of a third power, these difficulties are often adjusted without recourse to arms, DIPLO3MATIC PRIECEDENTS. So far as is recalled there have been only a few instances where foreign ministers to the United States have been recaulled at thec request of our Gov net or have been given their pass ports, two of which instances he recol iectedi. The first of these was that of the French Minister Citizen Genet, who was -recalled by the French Govern mecnt at the request of the United States because he was personally offensive to this country. Ths other case occurred at the time of the war of 1812 with Lreat Britain, when a minister from tat country was given his passports. There are no cases recalled where a United States minister to a foreign; ountry has been given his passports, :houuh there may have been one or more instances of this kind, It is said1 t~at there have b'en a number of cases where protests have been made against Enited States consuls and even where :iie tlag of the United States has been -laiiled down. The idea of war over1 :e incident is ridiculed by this gentle mmn, as also is the prospoet or an extra< seion of Cougzress growing out of t he mmen incident. He suggested that the uisunderstanding may possibly exist is to the redl nature of the letter of lovernor Nicholls to Secretary Blaine vith respect to the killn' of the Ita-i ans. It is assumei that ?Jaroni Fava ent the letter to his Government and hat poibly~i that Government may in-< erpret it as the sentiment of the Fed ~ral Giovern ment in the case. Nations, me pointed out, do not go to war in hese times over small affairs. Mr. Porter, the present minister of le United States to Italy, he said, is ~enerally regatrded as a man of shrewd hplomiatic ability, and fully able to ope with the questions at issue. -uIERICANs IN ITALY. L ate this afternoon certain erroneous eprts wvere in circulation respecting lege-d outrages on A nmerican citizens a Ltaly. Careful inquiry at the cde >artument of State fails to disclose more han two complaints of that character luring the past six months. Moreover hey appear to be devoid of features :alculated to give rise to international :omplications. in one case an Aumeri an citizen, who was in the habit of :rossing the Piedmont boundary line n frequent drives, was suspected of muggling, and when he refused to low italian customs officers to search is carriage for contraband articles he f ras arrested and made a bitter corn-t dain t of discanurtesy. in the o t her ncae 1 an Italian returned from the United States was arrested for alleged brigan dage in 1866. It appeared upon con sultinz the records that he had been in cluded in an amnesty proclamation, so he was released just as our State de partment discovered that he had been fraudulently naturalized in this coun try when he had lived here only two years. INTENSE BITTERNESS IN ITALY. RoiE, April 1.-In Italian political circles the vigorous action taken by the government in connection with the serious situation created by the recent N ew Orleans massacre of Italian pris oners, is generally and fully endorsed, without respect to party divisions. The press reflects the prevailing politi cal popular feeling, and is strong in its denunciation of the Washington Gov ernment for its half-hearted efforts to maintain the national authority and exact reparation for crimes committed against Italians on the soil of one of its States. So bitter is the feelinz that a large number of influential Italians are urging the government to send out a circular note to friendly powers, ask iog them to unite in denouncing the United States as a nation at once una ble to insure the administration of jus tice or to fulfill the duties which a chiv alrous government owes by .virtue of its existence to mankind. Perhaps in no way is the anger of a certain class of Italians better illustra ted than in the fact that a number of influential persons are now demanding that the Premier shall at once break with the Washington government,. ig nore its !jurisdiction in the, present dif ficulty, and proceed at once to directly call the State of Louisiana to acconnt. THE MASSACRE OF TROOPS. Further Dispatches Confirmi the Story and Give Further Details. CALCUTTA, March 31.-Oflicial dis pate:hes received here by the govern ment oflicers confirm the report of the massacre of Ghoorkas at Manipur, in the province of Assam, where about 470 of these native soldiers were slain by hostile tribesmen of Assam after two days of deperate fighting. The fate of the British oflicers who were in command of the Ghoorkans and of the chief commissioner, James W11. Quinton. who was conducting the negotiations at Duirpar for the arrest of a prominent chief who had been in strumental in deposing the Rlajah of Manipur, is still increasing, but the viceroy of India, the Marquis of Landsowne, believes that all the otli cials have either met death at the hands of the rebellious tribesmnen of Assam. or that they are held as prison ers. In addition to the disaster at Manipur, it is believed that a force of British troops. composed of a detach mnent of two hundred soldiers of the Bengal Infantry and about eighty Ghoorkas, who were marching from Shillong to Manipur in order to rein force the Forty-second and Thirty-sec ond Ghoorkas Light Infantry, which composed the command of Chief Corn missioner Quinton, have also been at tacked and have shared the fate of their comprades at Manipur. The Bengal Infantry and eighty Ghoorkas, it appears were set upon by the As samese, or native tribes referred to, while they were passing through a dif ficult and dangerous passage, and though they fought gallantly against heivy odds, the rebel tribesmen from the advantageous positions which they occupied on the sides of the pass and ahead and behind the British force, poured such a destructive fire into the ranks of the Bengalese and Ghoorkas that the latter are said to have been killed to a man. The viceroy is hurry ing troops into the province of Assam in order to punish the hocstiles. Rein forcements of troops are als> being sent into the states located in pro ximi ty to Assam in order to prevent any possible disorder or warlike outbreak wvhich it is thought might follow the spreading of the news of the massacre of the British troops at Manipur. A Terrible state of Affairs. SAN FRAwcIsco, Cal., March 2. Alfred and Frederick Lee, two brothers. hardware dealers, arrived here yesterday from Valparaiso. Chili, on the bark Guinevere, having left Chili because of the war. When the Lee brothers left Valparaiso the inhabitants were expect ing a bombardment at any moment. The city was in an uproar and all business suspended. No one dared to express an opinion, and men suspected in sympathy with the insurgents were thrown into prison by the hundreds. The'. newspa pers wvere watched and nothing against Balmaceda was allowed to be published. The telegraph and cable lines were seized by the government to prevent the facts leakmng out. The Guinevere was the last sailing vessel to leave the har bor and then only got away by bribing the naval officers. Munrderous Mafia. IHAZELTOwN, 1'3.. March 31.-The [t-alian railroad laborers hereabouts have beeni restless since the New OJr leans lynching, and the hilling of one of their number in a recent light with an American laborer has increased their uneasiness. Yesterday ano It alian named Pasco told his boss, in retan for a favor, that on Saturday e-veningl the Italians held a secret meeting arnd formed a Matla society to protect their interEsts in th is section, and also avenge their New Orleans b.rethreni. They ricked themselves with stilettoes, and swore by their blood to carry out the purposes named by taking the li':es of :American citizens if nieecesary. Tihe story has caused fears on the part of he people of an outbreak by the~ It: ans. W1rcckedi on thec Shoaxls. NonFOLiK, VA., April 1.-Seveni men, he entire crew, with captain and 0tii ~ers, of the barkentine Ada II. Goudld )f Addison, Me., were rescued yester lav by the Old Dominion steamnship .uyandlott off thle Winter Q uarteri ightship, aind brought here, thec vessel iaving struck on the shoals and tiiled apidly. The men reports a terrible imue since March 17, t wo seamenl, John i ~hed.er and Frank Lindefer, having1 een lost. The body of the three-year-' ld child of Capt. JTorgensen of the vrecked shin Dictator was washed sore this morning. The Third Party Movemennt. CINCINNATTI, March 31.-Capt. Po ; ~r, the national organizer of what is ~nown as the Citizens' Industrial Alli nce, is here to arrange for the nation ~1 con':ention to be held in this city day i19, to organize a new politi-ai arty, with the F-armers' Alliance as he basis. Ie said last night that at east 10,000 delegates will be las-nt, epresenting thirty or more States. The ~onvention has not the endorsemnent f tihe great Alliance bodies, but indi idual members are taking ant interest t it. Drank a Ojuart of whi.-,key. BANon, e., March 31.-Leslie Ellis, ' vho yesterday drained a quart bottle of 1. Thiskey without taking the bottle fromi is lips, died at 10 o'clock this morning.r t is said tha: Ellis-s companions, who ( ragered that he could iiot do it, left hima or six hours in an unconcious condi- It on before calling a doctor. An inves- i igation will probably follow.v WRECKED AND RESCUED. THE NORWEGIAN BARK DICTATOR GOES TO PIECES. Eight Lives Lost-Gallant Work of the Life Saving Crews-The Captain Saved, But His Son and Wife Were Drowned. A Tale of Horror. Non'oLK, Va., March 27.-The Nor wegian bark Dictator, from Pensacola to West Hartlepool, Eng., laden with pine lumber,'with a crew of fifteen and Captain Young, vife and little boy of three years, came ashore in a strong Easterly gale this morning, four miles -South of Cape Henry and two miles North of Virginia Beach Hotel. The weather was so thick that the vessel was not seen until 9 o'clock and then she was in the breakers broadside on, within a quarter of a mile of the shore. Full crews from the two life-saving stations of Cape Henry and Seatack, under com mand of Captain Drinkwater,' were promptly on hand and began firing lines to the ill-fated bark. The guns could not deliver the line so far, though repeatedly fired. The ship finally succeeded in get ting a line ashore tied to a barrel which the surf carried to the life savers. A breeches buoy was quickly rigged and sent td the vessel, but unfortunately the bark's crew were ignorant of its use and the rescue was delayed until Captain l)rinkwater, of the life saving crew, wrote instructions, put them in a bottle and sent it to the Dictator by the line connecting the vessel with the shore. The men on board broke the bottle at once, as could be seen by glasses from the shore and proceeded to carry out thedirections. The first man was delivered ashore in eight minutes and seven others were rescued before sunset, four of vhom came ashore in a life boat which was capsized, but the men succeeded in reaching the shore in a half dead condi tion, one man having his arm broken. Daring the entire day the ship rolled and pitched terribly and made the work of rescuing the unhappy sailors exceed ingly difficult and slow, As the life line would lighten or slacken in response to the motion of the vessel. Once the line broke with a man miway to shore and he was hauled back to the bark half dead. The line was mended and the same man was safely landed. The beach was lined with people who had come from country houses and the hotel, and to the spectators the anxiety and suspense was awful, as they could plainly see people on the bark and hear their constant cries for sucor. At nightfall there was still nine persons on the bark and among the number the Captain, his wife and little boy. The Captain had urged his wife all during the day to take the buoy and come ashore, but she steadily refused, as she would not leave her husband and child, and only one could take the buoy at a time. The wife and child were greatly exhausted according to the report of the sailors. To-night the work of res cue was continued, and the Captain, af ter vainly beseeching his wife to make the attempt ror life, took his half dead child and climbed into the buoy. The father reached the shore but the son was lost. it has been impossible to get the names of the rescued to-night owning to the fact that they were entirely exhans ted, and they seemed to he foreigners. Lloyd's Register gives the Captain's na ie as Jorgonson. The bark will be a complete wreck as she is fast going to pieces and the sea is still tremendous. All that could be gathered from the half dead sailors as to the cause of the strand ing of the vessel was that they did not know where they were, the sun not hav ing been seen for four days, and the weather so thick last night and this morning that they struck the breakers before they could see the coast. The life savers have worked all day with great dilligence and heroism without food since early this morning. The apparently slow progress of the work of rescuing is due to the fact that a life boat could not live in the surf and that the guns would not reach the bark and the crew could not use the breeches buoy until they were instructed from shore which caused great delay. The bark has gone to pieces and the seven remaining on her have been lost. The Captain, j ust before the ship went to pieces, sprung into the sea with his son strapped to his back and reached the shore alive, but the boy was lost, making a loss of eight lives. The list of the saved are Captain J. M. Jorgen son, second mate; Julius Anderson, Ample Biarnett, John Stevens, John Pat terson, Yelmer Olsen, .John Matt, Carlo Olsen, (a broken arm); Charles Joseph, (colored). The Dictator was trying to make H ampton Roads, having been dis abled by a hurrncane since the 12th in stant. ____________ Russia's Latest Industry. LosNoN,. March 26.-A dispatch from St. P'etersburg tells of a new industry whieb is iicquiring considerable develop ment in Russia. It is that of conver ion. It appears that the Rlussian gov rnent. not being willing to trust only he theolo;;ical argulinents and penal ans. oifers a reward to ail .Jews who bcome Christians. The consequence s that a nuamber of Jews. depriv'ed. by be severe enf'orcement of the laws aainst their race. 01 she o)portunity to ake an honest livings, have entered on hu practice of b)elutg converted at regui a intervals, and receiving each time the :overument bounty of lifteen roubles. ne Hebrew named Schwartzkopf' has een at last detec ted. after seven differ mt conversions in as many diferent 1o alties. it hapened that the Russian ~rest to whom he made known his (de mtd 15 roubles had been recently trans erred fromt Fiizabethrad. where the ovrt had been baptized aitd rewarded milv about two months ago. Conse untly Sch:wartzkoptf will undergo no nore con verin s for' the present. as the >lce' have him in hand. A number of iilar instance's have been reported. .d as aresult the religious authorities ae hei n instructed not to pay the re Vardl unless they have iuvestigated the 3tecedents of the convert. Traiding w 21a Trust. ATL.\.wr.\, April i.-T'ihe- Farmers' Uliance anid the .J ute Ba~rging 'Trust ave made peace. A proposition of he Cordaege Bagging Compamny to suip fly bagging at GM cents per yard for M pounds. O>' (cnts for 1j4 rounds. 14 for 2 pouinds atnd 7I4 cents for 2% )uds has lbi en1 acceplted. These are eximumn prices and competition may 'educe' them. It is thought that this means the salei advance ot bagging for at least half ie cot ton crop. It-retorore the farmt is have obeyed the Alliance. althotugh : aused them to buy bagging at over le (dollam per bale extra cost. Now hat the price of jute bagging is me-1 ueed the Alliance men will adopt it. ~he Cordage Company represents all ut one of the jute bagging factories the trust two years ago. The facto v left out is said to be located in] harleston. The action of the Alli- I ne leaves the farmers free to buy cot- I en bagging if they prefer, but as jute t cheaper few of them, it is believed, vill buyno tton bagging, A NOTABLE MURDER TRIAL. Waitles Martin Convicted of Killing Alice McLeod. COLV1BIA, MIarch 31.-The att-ention of a great many people in Columbia to day was centered in the Court of Gen eral Sessions, in which was tried the case of the State against Waities Mar tin for the murder of Alice McLeod. The court room was packed from the opening to the close of the day's ses sion. Before he was arraigned the jcry brought in a sealed verdict of not guil ty in the case of the State vs Smith, Williams and Jackson, accused of lar ceny from the person, the crime alleg ed to have been committed in Colum bia. Two of the defendants were rep resented by Melton and McLaughlin. Waities Martin was. then brougit into court and pleaded not guilty. He was represented by A1essrs. Weston & McMaster. The irst witness was Dr. Lester, who. testified that he had made a post-mor tern examination of Alice McLeod, and found marks on her throat as if sie had been strangled. 11er eyes and ton gue protruded and there- were several bruises on her limbs. Cross examined, he said McLeod was dead before she was thrown into the river. The next witness was lary Alice McLeod, daughter of the murdered wo man. The substance of her testimony has been published in the News and Courier as taken before Coroner Roach. She said that her mother and little brother Julius went out between b and 7 o'clock on the night of the murder; that Julias came back and reported that some one had beaten his mother, and that Waities on the same night came back alone about 10 o'clock. The next morning she saw him at the fire place cleaning his clothes, scraping them with a case knife; that Waities then had her mother's locket, that there were frequent quarrels between Alice and Waitics, and that he had often beaten her. The next witness was Julius Smith. Ile told the story of about going oat with his mother and seeing her beaten by someone whom he couldn't recog ize in the dark. lIe saw Waities come home at 10 o'clock and get into the house through the window; saw him scraping his pants next morning, etc. Hannah Holmes, a colored woman living next door to Alice McLeod's house, testified that she saw Martin come home that night. She asked him next morning what he had done with Alice. Not being satisfied with his an sWer, she advised the children to inform the police. Louis Hannibal testified that he saw Martin at 7 o'clock on the morning after the murder and that Martin said that Alice had gone to Sumter. le also testified to the frequent quarrels of Martin with the deceased. James Robinson said that after the disappearance of Alice Martin Waities came to his house to get some clean clothes and that tWen Martin reported the story that Alice had gone to Sum ter. Hannibal Carter testified as to threats made by Martin against Alice. The next witness was Sheriff Rowan, to whom Martin made a voiuntary con lession in jail. This confession, as re laced by Sheriff Rowan, has already been puolished in the News and Couri er. It was substantially that in trying to induce Alice to go home Martin had choked her, and was surprised when he found he had killed her. When he found that she was dead he stripppd her and took her to the bank of the riv er, where he tied her feet and hands and attached pieces of rock to her body. Martin in his confession drew a dia gram of the place where he left Alice's clothes, which diagram was exhibited to the jury. The clothes were never found. Mr. IHolloway, deputy for Justice Youmans, and an ex-police oilicer, tes tilled as to the linding of the body in the river. Dr. Lester was recalled and asked if the marks on Alice's throat could have been made by the rope which was tied around her. ~lIe said that the marks of the rope could be plainly traced, but were not the marks that produced death. The State rested its case on the fore going and the defence announced that they would put in no'testimony. Tlhe solicitor, in his able argument, showed that the State's case was fully made out and that there had been no contradiction of that testimony. M~r. F. II. 31c3aster made an excel lent argument, holding that malicious intent was not proved. He asked the Judge to charge the jury that malice must be shown. Judge H~udson in his charge held that the legal propositions of the defence were correct. lie also, as usual, ex plained the various degrees of homi ide and left the case with the jury. The jury stayed out but a short while and returned with a verdict of guilty. M1artin was immediately sentenced to e hanged on the 24th day of April be ,ween 11 a. m. and 2 p. m. MIartin had nothing to say when he was invited by the court. lie appear d to be absolutely indifferent all hrough the trial, ife was half asleep all the time and wholly asleep part of Le time. .Judge Hudson saidi that he had never assed sentence of death on a case of ore cruelty or enormity. There was a big cro wd on the street to see 3Martin on his way nack to the jail. Federal Finances. WA"mINGToN, April 1.-The Treas rv D euartment's monthly debt state ent, issued to-day, showv a slight in rese in the public debt during MIarch, mounting to $440,1I25. The total debt f the government to-day, less cash in he treasury, is $850,020,920. Tfhe suir lus in the treasury, including about ~2.000,000 in subsidiary coin, is $58,425, 30-a decrease of about S5.000,000 dur ag the past month. T1he government receipts during March ggregated S29,418,330, or nearly S5.500, JUU less than in Mlarch, 18!J0. This fall-C g oif in receipts is due to the loss of evenue on sugar imported a..d retined Lu bond during the past month. Pension payments for the past nine onths, or thle first three-qualirters of the I urrent fiscal year, aggregate aboutI ~97,00,000, and point to a p~ension t ~harge during the current year of about 125.000.000. or $20,000,000 more than uring the preceeding year. Growth of the Alliance,. STr. PAUL, MIarch 28.--The report of ecretary Stromberg of the Minnesota 'arers' Alliance sho ws that the organ aton is making the same phenomenal rowth as last year. More than 11,000 embers have been enrolled since the t lecion in November, and Strombergd as that six or seven sub-Alliances are eing organized weekly. Thec presenta uber of lodges is 1,315 with a total t embership of 52.00. . A Fair Deceiver. Loxnox, March 28.-A handsome nglish woman, named Evelinie Neal,a ias been arrested for inveigling thirty-p ur men into marriage. She adver- Is sed as a wvealthy widow. Her lasta ~ictim was a Viscount, almost ruined 3 y ambling.n A REIGN OF TERROR. GOKE BURNERS DRIVEN FROM THE FRICK COMPANY'S WORKS Irmed Guards Swept Away Like Chaff Unildinas Wrecked and Burned-Wo men Took Part--A Temporary .Injnc tion Granted. PIT TBUIR:, Pa., March 3.-Strikers to the number of nearly 1,000 attacked Frick's coke works at Morewood at 2 o'clock this morning. They distroyed some coke ovens and railway tracks, and )roke the windows in several houses Several of the raiders were arrested and taken to Greensburg jail. Riots arealso reported at Leisenring and Leith and considerable property has been destroy ed. There is great excitement throughout the coke countrv and serious trouble-is apprehended. The coke troubles have assumed a new phase and now threaten to develop into a war between 'the ope rators and labor organizations. Mr. Frick stated to-day that heretofore he had not antagonized labor, but in the future he did not propose to stand idly by aud see uis property destroyed. He claims that the men are satisfied with the scale of wages he offered bit that the labor leaders will not permit them to return to work as their position depends upon the success of the strike. The fight 1rom this time will be bitter. A dispatch from Scottdale, Pa., says: "There is rioting at a large number of the coke plants this morning. A mob of 1,500 of infuriated strikers swept down on the Jeantown plant early this morning, routed the workingmen, as saulted several men and threatened, the superintendent's life. A bomb was set off at West Leisenring, and the men no tiled not to go to work. The Leith works near Uniontown was also raided and the workmen put to flight. The labor lead ers are trying to allay the excitement as other raids are feared. H. C. Frick Coke Company officials here haye noti fled the Sheriffs to increase th'eir rorces. A number of mass meetings will be held throughout the region to-day. - The most eventful day in the coke strike, closing with. th's evening was rather favorable to the men. The labor leaders say no preconcerted attack was made, but three of the principal works in the region were raided. At 2 o'clock this morning strains of their band woke all the strikers up the road from Scott dale to Bradford and in a short time 1, 500 men followed their band which was directed to the Jeantown plant of the II. C. Frick Company. This place was reached at 5 o'clock this morning when the works were captured without a struggle except the incidental disarm ing of Snperintendent Rosser, whose re-' volver was ilourished in vain. A few workers were struck with stones, but this body of strikers dispersed without serious damage. Some time later a terrific report in the direction of the Leisenring works .gave warning of trouble there and thousands gathered to witness the work of the first bonb expioded by the strikers. The shock was felt for several miles, but its only visible effect was the tearing of a great hole in the front of the non-union workers' house and throwing consider able dirt in the vicinity. It is feared that such work is not over with, how ever, as the effect upon the unruly but organized Hungarian strikers was om inous. After this work the men at Leis enring No. 2 and 3 were chased out of the yard and a few only returned ivhen the excited crowd had departed. A Zew men at the Leith works were also driven out though nobody is reported badly in jured. Trouble is also talked of at the Totten plant, but this is denied by the opera tors. The big Morwood plant of -rick & Co. also contributed more than its quota to the exciting events of the day. This plant has been in partial operation and has been carefully guarded by dep uties. Some three thousand strikers gathered about the place to-day, how ever, and swept the armed deputies aside as it they had been only chaff. Not a blow was struck, not a shot was fired, as such a move would have been fatal to both guards and workers in the face of the 3,000 determined strikers. After the abandonment of the works by the guard an hour of mad wrecking follow ed. Tracks, doors and in fact every thing movable was torn and wrenched aside by the maddened crowd which only left after the plant had been muti lated beyond immediate repairs. The Central Board of FederatioAn meets in Pittsburg to-morrow when thie strike will be brought up for endorse ment. At Uniontown to-night Judge E wing granted a prelimmnary injunction against all men assembling at the FPrick works not employed by that company and set Saturday for a hearing on a per manent injunction. Sheriff McCormick, ith a number of armed deputies, left Uniontown to-nmght on a special train to arrest the leaders in several of the raids. Probably the ugliest feature of the several raids was the number of women participating, the most seriously injured man being Pit Boss Cooper, who was struck again and again by an. iron bar n the hands of an infuriated- woman. Secret meetings are being held to-nigfit y the strikers, who will certainly pre ent the intended resumption to-mor ow. A dispatch from MIt. Pleasant, Pa., ays that place is trergbling with excite nent. The people fear an explosion. obody is willing to go to bed. There s more confusion than there has ,been ince the bloody riots of 1886. -At mid aght fully 1,000 men are gathered on he lills surrounding the wvorks. Shr~iff losdon has .increatsed his force to.200 nen. All are armed with Winchester ~itles, and another attack of the strikers neans a desperate and bloody battle. Accident to a'Steamier. SAVAxNar, March 29.-On Saturday ight, at half-past 7 o'clock, a hole was own in the port boiler of the steamer Lrmer, which was on her way to this ort from Blrunswick. She w~as between arien and Doboy when the accident oc arred. The noise of the escaping steam caus: d a p):mic among the negro deck hands everal of' whom, rushed overboard, and our of them were drowne-d. Two other ersons, a negro deck hand and a white assenger, were rescued by a boat from e steamer. The names of those lost re: .Mtff ills, William Anderson and ~tephen Iharris, deck hands, and Jack Vatson, a tiremuan. The disabled steam r was towved here by the tug Jacob 'aulsen. A Romance in the Courts... Ci . March 31.-Eugene D)anni an t orumerly a newsboy in the this city, ho a year ago completed a four years rm in the p)eniteIntiary for theft, to av began suit for $100,000 against 0. V~ Pot er. president of the South Chic go Rollitig \1i11 Company. The plain El alleges that mn order to break up an euaintaince between D~unnivant and r. Potter's daughter, MIr. Potter, with ters, conspired and secured his con iction on a false charge. D~unnivant so claims that an editor of a Chicago aper who secured from im a complete atement of his imprisonment and his quaintance with and friendship for ~iss Potter, was paid $15,000 to sup