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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