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CLARK, BRIBERY CASE / ??#*? - - < The Counsel For (lie Prosccutiou Submits a Report. SERIOUS CHARGES A HI: PHHIRRII; Evidence Tends to , Show Thai t lie Senator Spent Money Lavishly In the Senatorial Canipaigmv Washington. 1). C? Special. ?Counsel t or tho memorialed In tlio ( .no of Sena tor Clark, of Montana, hav.) submitted their brief to the Senate committee on privileges and elections. They present tho following as established facts in -?tho oasc from the evident adduced- j First That at least 15 members of | J)}? l/OfelslaJuD' tt't'ic juud )>.?? ' Slid Ills agents for J heir votes. Second ? That at least nine others i ?were offered money for their votes j iftd that ho total amount ti offers ; proved aggregate $175,000. Third? That $100,000 was offered by Dr. Treaey, a friend and agent of Mr. "lark, "to bribe flu? Attorney General ; to dismiss proceedings in the Well- i I'ome ease. Fourth?That th<? same agent of Mr. Clark offered Justice Hunt, of fhe ; Supremo Court, $100,000 to dismiss the i Wellcome case. Fifth -That Mr. Clark <*tnd bis friends engaged in wholesale bribery ind 'attempted bribery of members of j he legislature to secure the election ' ; rtf-Mr.-dnrkr ~ Of the 95 members of the Legbdu- i lure, (Including Mr. Whites ides). 2<i were sworn before this committee. Of i hese, the memorialists say, nine have j taken oaths that they were offered j iioney to vote for Senator Clark. Two, | they claim, have admitted the receipt i af money, $.>,000 each, after voting for \ Mr. Clark, but tried to excuse ii. I Either by direct testimony or other- j wise they claim that the acceptance of j ?;ribes is fl.ted upon 15 others. j The testimony of both Mr. Clark and ? Mr. E. C. J>ay establish Conclusively ! the payment by Mr. Clark to Mr.. Day j ?\ few days after the election of $5,000. i which s\un Mr. Day says he accepted , in compensation for bis services as a | friend of Mr. Clark while he was in j ho city of Helena m a member of the | Legislature and and leader of rhe Clark . UPOXt tile. ilci.r of {.he House. Mr. | JCIark testifies as to this transaction j ?is follows: "It was in consideration ? ;?f my friendship for Mr. Day and f?r ! :he work performed by him in trying j 'o organize the Legislature to be elee- ! ted Speaker, ind in order to control aiir forces, in which, however, we railed. I recognized that ho was wor- I :hy of tiil? consideration." "Mr, Day admits that no part of ! .his $5,000 went to the other members < * )f the law firm of which he is a part ner. The contention on the part of Mr. Day and Mr. Clark that t/his ,vas i gift will deceive no one. It was re ceived in direct violation of his oath f>f office." On the general question of fact tho following deductions are made: Flrs:t ? That general co-rrnption wa^ practiced by Mr. Clark's agents. , Second ? That such corrupt practices *voro known to and authorized by him. Third ? That he personally made ef forts to secure votes by bribery. Fourth ? T-iiut throng".! corruption bv | ? means of bribery of members of the Legislature his election was secured. Fifth ? That while .the laws of hi> ?*tate prohibit the use of more than $1,000 by a candidate for* the Seaute to secure his election. Mr. em ployed for t.his purpose, by tiis own rionfeee'on. a tleast $139%(H>0; ?nd that the committee appointed by "him to ex pend this money violated .Mm laws of the State 1)3* failing tq make 'a report thereof as required by the statutes. It is proved 'byoii l a qustlon that he paid <to the committee of three $136,000; to sundry persons. $2,899; to Representative Day,' $">,000. to He pre ventative Fine. $5,000; to William Me Dermctt. $5,000; to ,7ohn II. Welicome, $'?.000; to (Senator 1). G. Warner, $7, 000; to : Representative McLaughlin, $15,000; to Senator Whiteside, $5,000; io Senator 'Meyers, $10, out); to Senator Clark, of Mad I ton. $10,000; total $207, rt 390. \ Direct nn.l circumstantial testimony establishes t'ho further payment of $105,500 ai? #01 tows: To Representative If. H. Carr, $9,0f*0; to Representative Ry Water, $ 1 5,000; _ t ;) Represents tivo Jacqueth, $10,000; to Rep reseii Mtive Woods. $8,000/ to? Representative Sov lis, $9,500; to Representative Parker, $2,000; to Representative Bcasley, .46, 000; to Repres?.ntativo Eversole, $5, 000; to Senator Hobsnn, $25,000; 'o ^ Senator CMcgar. $5,000. Five Men Shot. ! Afcheville, N. C., Special. ? It, ^ ,6. ported here that in a drunken light at Hot Spring, fcxty miles west of here Tuesday evening, five men were shot, some very seriously. The stores ere closed and the whole town is terror MURDERED AND BURNED. K Young White Wonmn Horribly Mutilated. i 'heMcrtleld, tepccliU.-^Ncvvs reaohod .his place last-^ek of a mosTfoorrlble murder commit tod in tho upper por tion of this county, about live Wilos southeast of tho town of Jefferson. On Monday night, tho 12th last.. Oawjt^ Boan, a whito woman of very ques tionable character, was cut and burned ;o death in tho woods. Her body was mt in Ave different places ? each cut 'km ns1 ;t deep tlesh wound. Tno gnashes ranged from four to twelvo inches in length. This not {satisfying tho per petrator or perpetrator^ of tho deed, the 'poor woman was set on ftre and all floihing burned from .her hotly. This crime is shocking in *?very de tall. A helpless woman cut and burned to death 1n the dead hours of tho night In tho woods, nearly a mile from any ape's house. Her sc yearns for -inoriar i souiTding Tn the night alr:only led to the discovery x>f the deed. Tho un fortunate woman lingered in her mis ery until Tuesday, the 13th Inst., when death came. A murder mo6t foul! A blacker crime cannot bo conceived. The very thought of -it sickens ?a civilized peo l)lo. Our civilization demands that the guilty be -brought to speedy justice. Henry Jackson, Ben Jackson, John Jackson and Tom 'Steen, all white, were brought to Ohesterfleld on Thurs day, the l&tlv Inst., and lodged in jail. They are charged with the murder of Oasaie Boan. Tho -murder o/ 'this man 'is by far the most atrocious ciime that -h'afl ever tbeen convmitted -in Ches terfield county. It is said that Oassie Boan left- home on -Sunday afternoon, tho 1 lt'h inst., and that nothing was seen or heard of her until her muti lated body was found In the woods. The case -will come up before Judge Klugh at th April term of court. Oassie Boan was single, aged 20. She was fpart Indian, tho daughtci oi George Boan. The poor creature was set on llit;; all the clothing (burnt from her body, and when found was scream ing and- crying for help. Skin would slip off -when touched. There was a bloody trail of about half a mile along where e-he had crawled over logs and tried to escape, boss Jackson, John Jackson, one of the accusal. Abb Kirk ley and Jim Viner went tbOier after first going to each other's riouse col lecting a crowd. She asked Jehn Jack son to take her hand, but ho refused. The otlit fa asked her nYm</ ami fhe told it. They threw an o\/reoat over lior and vent away for help. Sam Woodward carried her from her 'lather's house Sunday afternoon to tho houso of Vinco Meltons, about two miles away. From that place she went away with Tom Stccu rind James Jackson. Nothing more waji heard of "her 'until found :in >4<e woods. Coroner Wood war u^wyit immedi ately to Llie scene of the crime and ?held an .inquest, the result of wYilcli tho* arrest of Harvey Jackson, Ben Jackson, John Jackson, J. T. Steen, who are now in Jail awaiting trial. All of the men are white and of Dad ciiar acters. It is eaid that one of the prisoners turned State'e0ovidencc. Great Indignation is felt in this conn, ty over this horrible crime. Palmetto Notes. On Tuesday a prisoner wa? received at the 'State (penitentiary whose career has -been an ' interesting one. Ills name is Allen aud he came from a good family. He was schoul commis sioner of his- county? Dorchester? up to tho time he got into the trouble which has nrido him a convict. Ho was convicted of forgery and has en tered upon the service of a sentenc^ of 10 years. The fellow is a man'-f?f 'in telligence, but is on?? of the "fell-by Ihc-wayside" class, fie has been j>ut to work in the hosiery mill, and seems disposed to make a good prisoner. The death of W. L. Miller, mas ter of Abbeville oounly, created ? va cancy in the office which devolves upon -the governor tho duty of making an appointment to fill it. The gover nor has received a number of letters from friends of Messrs. h. W. Peril n and J. Fullor Lynn urging their quali fications for the place. The governor has not yet taken any action In, tho (natter, but will doir-MIe** do so in a few day*. ?Mir. Cole L. Blesse, <n' Newberry, han decided -to nmer the race for lieu tenant governor against Lieutenant Governor Scarboroiigh. and the mails ?re now carrying to hundreds of peo ple all ??r the State ?v brief ovular from Mr. Bleaae announcing his can tttd^cy ajKt asking thd fetrpport of thoie to <wtoo8Q tbe circulars are addressed. According to a special to the New York Sua from Richmond. Va? Gen. Wade^HAnpton. who 'been III at "tba borne of den, Tbomaa Munford, at Lomchburg, tor * fortnight, bm recov ered aafftcteatly to mart for bi? borne : A F R JSHE HI N? INSTITUTION. New System Shows a Hood Income !c School Tumi. The report of tho new legislative ex* amining committee of the State dis pensary, appointed at the last session of the general assembly, has been for warded to j he governor. Tho report covers the period from January 1st to February 2S-t.li . and reads as follows: S]|r: Th<\ undersigned Joint commit. teejo( th?{ 'general asooui.bly appointed to examine the hooks and financial transactions of the ttfite dWpensary, ?beg to submit herewith our report for tho last two months uirler the State board of control. . The stock on hand was tak'-n on February 28th and March l?t by W. H. Sharpe. representing the committee, and A. F. H. Dukes, representing the. State board tif directors? All liquors, supplies, machinery and office fixtures u fto,? .i<UUr*/i i'.'V.tl -??"? - ' ventory submitted. We have recommended to the cftate dispensary commissioner that certain worthless contraband rubbish In tho c.o n J.uilw.nd ..r.QP '31 . o f .the _ State 'll^po n l-lifies the principle upon which ho not*, that a public officer is a public servant. Always kind and obliging t? ll>? public, impartial, fear less and conscientious in the discharge <?f his diuieH, J.nd now possessing that valuable experience which is fco neoesjja fv to the faithful and satisfactory admin 1st rat ion of Uiead'aira of this oflico we eel in making this announcement th?t lr. Williams in entitled to the office and feope that our aehtiment will meet the Approval of the Voters, of the county, K'ji 'fcUaw county cannot do better thai: ft lvanl this estimable gentlemen and fif^hiul servant by re-electing hiin to an Jfiee t<> which he has devoted his best Nought and energy and which ho has! ! filed so acceptably and creditably. Mahy Voters. I j Kveryljpdv W>H <1? well to visit ub j it. tlio/OyWa Flyu^o Ktoro. f N.'Sowcl! <& Co. A Valuable Hog. j 1 The Lexington Dispatch, say^f i *Mr. John T. Sink, Jr, of Lexing j |?n townghipv killed a hog lust i leek that is remarkable for the ! mount of cash it ban netted Ht? ! *vnor. It was a sow and weighed ! 08 pounds when killed, Mr. Sink : ays he has Tniscrt 117 pig* From j his sow, which he sold for <<362. i it Id to this the present worth of i t>rk per pound sayvfive cents, and | f will he seen yrfTtHac realized ex msbn Downs Cornell ...Atoh game of base ball eyed /befUvoeo Clomson College fd Cornel ^University, of Ithaca, N. i, on last Tuesday resulted in a tndsoino victory for dem on. Tho ganie abounded in prstty *V)a on Cleinsou's part, while lenv K ??t several errors made by Hob tson, Cornell'* playing was good. jiMcMakiq covered ljimyclf' \yith or}', yielding only five hits. ? Flio Uernson men won the game } MoMakin's pitching and their I Out; oln /vo t n ? . i ? . r'J kv*i,,,k ?i ttiirteon [ .1. Marti]**" president, and \V. C. Hates secretary and treasurer. Tin* Sohumpert Hardware company of Newberry tiled notice of the change of the company's name to that of the "Newberry Hardware company." j A charter was granted tl?<* K. M. i Butt ccOTipa ji y of Hamburg, which pro poses to do a general real estate and linsu ranee hnsfnena oa a capital of $1 ,000. The officers are F. M. Batt, president, and Steiner Branch sccre l tarj*. Gov. M?3weeney has refused to grant a pardon to Walter Anderson, convict ed of manslaughter in Greenwood in November last and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Solicitor Seaae 'declined to recommend the par don. Columbia, S. t,\. Special. ? Two new cotton mills were projected Monday, bringing the total capitalization for the vear with in $100,000 of 15,000.000 mark. I2acli of theso mills !?* capitalized at $100,000, one located at Verdcrey, Greenwood county, and the other at liberty, Pickens county. j f A '".lack the Hipper" is doing fioiul pish work neartfFrsnkfort-on-the-Maln. dlvorees. Gov. Mc.Sweewy ha* culled a mwfe, ing of the fnl! board of tmrtees of the Winihrop Normal college to be held In Columbia in ty executive chamber at noon on Thursday of this week. This meeting is for the put pose of making all necossary final preparations for the erection of the new dormitory at Win- j throp college. The modified plans and specifications have been prepared- by Architect Mllburn. and are ready for the consideration of the board. The deeire of all 9oncerned Is to get the j -work, under Way at the'enrlleat possible moment. 1 Colonel Win. J. Bryan w*s greeted tor ftUTIa nnd enthusiastic crowd \ He reached X>*den In company tXaflfinittt Dubois, * 9M u ? ? ? . ? ? ? ? nfiam d to frant * par *? _ia ARE IN THE DARK, j British Know But Little About Situa , (ion o Ihcir Armies. (ifN. METIIUEN'S PROGRESS SLOW, i The British Movements are Slow an J C*?t4ious, mid the Bcople Have Con? fldence In their Judgment, LoniUvn, By (\vble.? ?Sponcer Wilkin- j eon, revlewng tilio situation at t'ho .scat j of war for the Associated Press bays: Two points of Acute i'al crest hero Ju.st now are Mafekh.'g ami the Iloer col umn trekking north frccn Suuuhflunl anil Rouxvllle, along the Bu.su to -bo;- j tier. About Mafeking wo arc in the j iifi-, Uirt TV m*HU" | ful of men and is not strong enough to ' attack Comma rid a iU Snynwui ano raise tho siege. Commandant Shy man, t'heroforo, /has attacked h itm and Col onel Pliw)cr lias prudejitly retired, ex pecting no doubt, to return after Com mandant Snytnan wiheuever the lattor goea back. Lord Roberts 'n^ver forgets small things wbllo aittendin? to great tiling* It may 'bo taken as certain that bo knows 'bow and when bo fhall ihave Mafeking relieved, supposing tho gar rison can hold out, but he does not dis close this plans in advance. General Mcthuen iVAs l>ocn nearly a week near Fourteen Streams, probably ?watting for troops enough. Tho Iloer general, who is -hoping to get past Geo eral French up to Kroonatadt, may be caught and mtuie to tight, 'but witih a few tihousand mounted men ho ought to bo aide. >by temporary disposition, to elude tho British. If he stands to ftghb'he may l>o detained for some time. Ixml Roberts has now been more than ton days at Blqf niifontein. He scorns to wish to settle the oountry be Out ml liiin before going on. Probably,, ?too, <ho has extensive preparations to convplete. His next campaign will go Into the dry season, when the night* nre often very cold and the veldt is dry nmi -bTrr. He -will want his men equip |jpod for Ibis season and his transport B^rvke qualified to lie as near indepen loent as possible of grass and water, Tho design no doubt is that General Buller, in tho next advance, will move simultaneously with Lord Roberts, general Buller, perhaps,? 1s fiot yo:t ready. Ix>rd Itobcits will shortly hive the Kighth Division and may al^o form of gillie troops now available a new Tenth 1>! vision. Me will then have io ibis own liamks 70.000 men and General Buller will havo 40,000. The former force "need not necessarily be moving all o:i one line) for It would l>e as easy to form a third column to cross the Vaal river at Kiniberley and turn any Boer defense on that river. In view of these figures and the known power of Lord Roberts as a leader, I nllwh IIMIa IniiliAj'tiiiW'fl to the I.k)Of declarations that they will make a Irig ?\ght. If they stand 'before Micy are driven into Pretoria, I expect, they will be enveloped. They may defend Pretoria, but that can help thean but little. It will be a question of weeks. Lord Roberts may "be looked for north of the Vaal at 1lhe end of April and be fore Pretoria, if the Boers fall back' to that pla'-ce in the first half of May. Bank Statement. New York, Special. ? The 4>ank state ment shows the following cJianges: Surplus reserve increased $3,130,875; loans decreased $12,5(50,700; specie de crease $1030,737; legal tenders Increase $670,000; deposits decreased $13,-966, P.OO: circulatou increased $391,300. Tho banks now hold $5,817,300 in excesw of the legal requirements. ... Brevities The tobacco grower* of Virginia: have made a start by the organlrfflfon of Mecklenburg county <to ro-or*^rate with the North Garollna association Over 9,000,000 pounds of feaf to bacco have been sold at.KiQ&ton, N. (!., for the year 1899-1900. exceeding all expectations. The warehouses at that place will close for the s<*ason the end of ithis month I o Bfow Up F? n'tfort, Frankfort, K>\, Special. ? There. <? much excitement In Democratic quar t',-s over a report that the; guards is cfo&rge of the State arsenal had laid a ovine Id front of the State arsenal, can. nected with the inside wire, go that it could be touched oil: la case of an attack. V,? excitement was !n*. cnawd wboa another <re|?orl was dr? culated that one of the . officers had purchased. 100 fsei of fuse from A local j^ardwass isrchaat sad *R w m Vepott ed Hat the ruse -was to fce attached to th? nrfiit alleged to be at (UT HVIML EXCITEMENT IN COURT. Frankfort Trial Develops Some In teresting Features. J-'nmktixrt, K,v? Special.? The<. jno?l thrilling event of the examining thai t ?f Republican Secretary < *.i 1 ?? l> Powers, occurred Monday afternoon. aharily ;U ! Cor three o'elni k and for a few minuus IC looked as if serious trouble could not l?e prevented. t\d. tleorge ivnny, ! for the defendant, 3n an argument up on the competency of a quesKloai, said: *lt is perfectly lawful lor people to come here, and to come (timed. 1 rflmc 'hci'O several times myself." Ha waci refoning to t ho eixnvd t'h.it wa '? present, at the mass meeting held in the St.it e house yard, Just prior to (loo bel's nfisafi'lnciiiion. C'ul. Campbell, f r the pn'odceutlon, 1 ? -pi i t\l that he did not. consider ;it lawful ?aml was surprised to know uhnt Mr. Denny had eoine armed, i Denny denial having made sueh a 'statement ajid ^.tid l h.u )?>?-> ?}"* | eoine armed: t'-iuaphell insisted that he (had made the sUvtemont. Hoth men wer$ very much excited and spoke with vehemence and wit. ) lists blinking, ! commenced to advance toward <VU'!| i other. Tfhe conH room was crowded j end the audience evidently thought a i tight was on and in ide a mad ru?h for ! the doors ami windows, people falling I over each other in their oK:?rts to got ! out of the room. 'Several pollcmen and i deputy shoriffs were crying for order, and Judge iMoorc was bri.nglng his gavel down with terrific force and urg ing tho people to take their seats. Af ter live or ten liiinuLu -of most ex i citing Kcenett since the assassination, quiet was restored. Colonel Campbell then arose and apologized to Denny and to the court, Colonnl Denny replying in a very hap py speech. On an inspecfton of the re cord It was found that Coionei Camp bell had misconst rued Colonel l>enny's statement. , 1'-?x-(jo vernor Brown, In a spcec^h, asked the court to adjourn and give .'lie poople time to cool off, stating that it wqs cwily by the coolness of several of ficers and people around him t)i:it doz ens of people ay ore not killed. It was further wild that it was mxl that ho feared any violence, but he only *poko for tho protection of his client. County Attorney Polsgrovo objected to adjourning, stating 'that It would he an adnrfseion that the court Wrts un able to i>rdtoot the prisoner and in sisted upon resuming the questioning of Golden. Colonel Denny agreed with Mr. Po-ksgrove, and the examination proceeded. A't tho conclusion of tho ex',+niin.v'Jlon of Golden, the Oomimouweal'Mi rested Ms ruse. Golden, as ?t he prosecution's siar wit nesj?, emitted iwtenso interest. When dared on tho frtand. for eross-^xamiiva ..'on, he said he. learned about two weeks ago that he would lie arreste-k if he did not tell what lie knew a bint -the assassination, unvl that if he did tell, the aLLjTXicyj far tlio Cciuiuion wealth would try and save him from proi-ec ubion. Thomas Cromwell, who sworo out the warrant against Powers, was 1 ho first person he. talked to alw>ut >th? as sassination. Oromiwell had been to the nrouiutains and heard that ho was con nected in some way wi'Mi the murder sink) kaiiiI for Mm G-:?!dcii "owe".? of his con vernation with Cromwell antl told' him (Powers) that he wanted to gel away from the Slate house. got a leave of absence froan Republican Assitytiiii't Adjutant Ceneual Nixon, and left. He sold he could not remember that he evtf^\hrard Powers ?.uy t.hd't he Intended to^ harm any one. Dick Coombs, 'tho alleged osfafvF'ln, was 1>rought to Frankfort, he mid, by Wil liam Culbon, one of the defendants. Golden said he told Judge Fleming, of Winchester, that he Intended to tell all ho knew about the affair. Whilo he was in Winchentcu- he said he was stopped by two men, Dr. Foster and Wi 1 1 !< Steele, who grabbed him by t hi* arms and cursed hi<m for exposing the Ite pufbllcan party. Golden r implied that ho had not ox.jwred the party. Governor Brown asked him if he made a habit of saying anything a person desired, to which the wltlnes* responded: ''Not when I aim on equal terms with thorn." Golden was then excu^d for a few miniM.es, owing to illness. The wit ness, resuming, said that when he heard on his way to Louisville with Power#<hat Governor Goebcl had b<*en shot, he told Powers what had hap pened and Powers said that it. was a dirty shame nnd outrage. When asked about the man who was given the key the morning Gorbel was killed. Golden said he did not know his name, but could' recognise him anywhere. He sai'J he taw him here Saturday. * ? \ Two Shtpwreckcd Crew*. ' New York, Spec- is 1. ? Among the ! passengers who arrive! here on the steamer Elinda from Cuban ports wero 30 stranded colonists from JLa Gloria and 25 shipwrecked seamen. Twenty of the latter arc {from tho TTorwcgtair steamer Framnees, wldch was swept ashore by currents on Hogaby reef in the Bahama* on the night of 'March t, md became a total loss. The crew -*rere taken off * reef and landed ?r Fortune Island. The other Ave ship wrecked seamen had been on the American schooner 'Itattt* Godfrey, S iiAmi 'ui-WwwpMij reef en route from Baracoa foe THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I lie .Son Hi. Tho United Statos government ia ' now (tending out its regular distribu tion of seeds. goad sisfutl packages of i'io koihI of (ho Florida velvet btjan whoso wonderful qualities for realtor- . lag worh out land havo boon oxphj/ued i extensively in the pits- of tho country ! in the last two yearn. Tho ISn't liihson compress, in wMeh ! Was stored J, 000 bales of cotton, was Imrnod Sunday; lo.-s $100,000; fully covered 1>.V 'insurance. Stove mounters wore given a 16 por j cent. advance hy the Stove Founders' | National Association meeting at At- | lanta, tia. Snowstorms and frosts havo been Ronoral throughout tho South and it id feared fruit has been damaged. Kx-t tovornor Wllllatn .T. Stone, na- . tional co in m i 1 1 eei n i it from Missouri, said ia an in tor view ?4 St. Louis that '.!? ' ??- 'v??4 vi?m - 'vr\in\tvatv) "] free silver us campaign Issue. (Joncivil Kelson A. Miles, command ing tho United State.s aimy, who ar- . lived at Charleston. S. ('., from Wash ington Sunday niRht, en route t:? Sav- I annah, inspected the hnrbor defenses : there. The American N'at.ioii'il Hank of Ma- i eon, (la., has decided1, , to increase its j circulation under t.he iiiw currency law^j from $U">,000 to $ 1 HO.Oijff. Administration otffclals are advising (Senoral Wheeler wit hold Ids resig- i tion In order thiif he :md (leneral Leo ' may ho retired vfith the rank o> hrigu dhr general. V a skeleton foun\ on a high nloun- j tain near () ran Iter rV Texas, has boon ; identified as that oft William Hi own, : who disappeared a acur a no. Charles I lumithr^ys, a negro who late j Saturday night ftwored the room of i Miss McCoy, daughter of a white farm- ' living just outside* of Phoenix Olty. ? Ala., was lynched by a 'parly of wJilto : men. Tho young woman recogulfctfUj ; Humphreys and a ntob immediately ; started in pursuit. Tiiey eamo upon ; the negro alvout ten milos from Phoe nix City, Ho confessed tho ubtciupt j and was shot to death ' \ The North. Two sohliVta, Arthur London nnd | Austin II. ^jliuan, were fatally shot | by Cicero II. Thompson, a saloonkeep ! er. lit Valentine, Neh. . whom tihoy at* ' tacked in his 1)0(1 room, i ; ! Commander ?William Emory has boon dctachoil from the riienibet\d?lp of j the Inspection Hoard ami ordered oi| temporary spccial <lu(y at New York/? j A i?h n !?? ath'kf'ii orowd at -the fclgh - school building. in Kcnuilia, Wi*,, wan saved Friday night by Louis Kerry, a student, who eoolly extinguished the lire that had stampeded the audience In the hall. Andrew Holler, one of thn most no ted entomologists in America, died Sundiiyj Foreign. It Is officially denied that Wio slego ? of Mafoking has been raised or the ; town relieved. Considerable boil Ion of tho Orange 1 Free Slaters are Njiortod in HrllU'h i dispatch c." to be ready to siiiTciiuer. , The Princess of NVules opened un IriHli Industrial exhibition In London. General (V.ls lias been authorized to . permit Filipinos to enlist an members , of tho regimental bauds in the Philip- ? pnea. The Kanuus City, Pittsburg & Gulf ; Railroad, was sold at public auetion at : JopKi, Mo., to satisfy a $23,000,000 mortgage with one year's accrued In teix>Kt, held by the State Trust Com pany, of New York. Silas \V. Pettlt, > chief conn, sol of the Philadelphia reor- . ganizat'lon committee, bid $12,500,000, the upset bidi' Evans Wood, a wealthy farmer of Ncwflchl, Conq., will petition the leg- j {stature to change his mime to Adam, after which he will transform h'.s IargtJ farm into a duplication, as far as may j b<v, of t:he Garden of Eden. Than he j will ftdvortUe for some woman named Eve to bo his consort. o The Qrand Carnal, part of the valley of Mexico drainage system, V?vs Inaug urated Saturday wl t>h much ceremony by President Diaz and his Cabinet. A controlling Interest in I*i Lucln, j the Havana newspapej*, is likely to bo . purchased by Michael ,J. Duly, the : Brooklyn politician, who is building j sewers In Havana. Patent office work ibis yoar prom Is- ? es to beat, the record? Miscellaneous. Cupt. Carl Hclohmann, the United States army officer detailed to observe the conduct of the war from tho Boer, side, has returned Irom the Modder J rlyjet. The 917.900.000 dividend just an nounced by the Standard Oi! Company called forth a reeotutlon by Represen tative Fttrgerald, of* .Massachusetts, demanding thart the attorney general' proceed against tire company under Sherman antlturat law. * Admiral Dewey submitted trfai rfjj; POWERS ON TRIAL Kentucky Court Proceedings Inter* rupted. (iRI:AT EXCITEMENT IN FRANKFORT. A flail Drop:* His Pistol, Which is 1 harmed by the Fall and a Rush is Made for ilie Scone. Fi inkfort, Ky., Special.-? Tho pr* 1 1 mi nary examination of Secretary of Bute ('a lob Powers, charged with abet ting the us.vasai nation of William Goo )cl, began Friday befooro Judge Moore. Hie court wau guarded inside- andout. ? n vith militia and sc^orea of deputy sixer ..Ts, armed with Windhoek tor rifles, to ' mountaineers," wityo worn reported ou iielr way to Frankfort, but (Iheir pres .m-o wan uunocoasaay, as tho moun uineers failed to appear *and no disor ,>r occurred. The Common w&alth-'d f ci messes were called, mini boring 40. loldoii was not In tho list. The Wit* nw/iC-.s Included Ward on Kph l<illard, Detective Armstrong, Shorlff Boawortli of Fayette county, who arrested Secre tary Powers ami Captain John Davis, and Silas Jones, of Whitley county, who are now under bond* charged with complicity In tho murder. The te?ti mony tended to show that the ehot* wine from that section Of th? eX&Otl- _ ~ live building luNjvhlch Secretary Pow ers' ofllco iw loA.atcftT, although no one swore that the shots were fi'Om till Os, Secretary'^ office. F. Wharton Oald en, who id saild to duive made a confes son, will be put on the witness' stand ? > ' Mtor. I'luaeeutlng Attorney ? Pols- ? grove said that atimcient evidence had Already been heard to warrant holding rowers, but that tlie case would < be much stronger before he was ithrpugSi. Former Governor Drown, Cor the dc- ..j. fense, says the evidence so Par 'is de cidedly 'weak. It <ls probable that all 4i of the witnesses for tilio prosecution will be heard by Saturday aftCtnttohys^jj During the afternoon a soldier In the rear court yard dropped his revolver on the stone Hugging and it exploded. In an Instant every man tin tho crowded court room was on his feet, fully ft third trf them with tfrtf T tnUT^ToTSSE rear pockets. ? : , 15 ph liillurd, warden of the Frankfort ~j. penitentiary, testified that he wajli<?d just a little ahead of Senator Goebel ? and when the first shot was flered he saw that the second window in the of- ~r~ flee of the Secretary iof State was slight ly rat-ied. The oliher shots, h^oald, did not come from the same place. The first ffhpt was evidently from a.riflG,...-- ? while the others seemed to bo from pis tol*. Policeman Wlngate Thompson testified that as tho crowd wiaa carry ing Senator Goebel out of^-the yard,ho saw armed men at the entrance to the executive building and r e&>glhl gedJohn l>nrts and Berry Howard aniuug til win-. ~" Detective Armstrong, of Louisville; said that Secretary Powers refused any " Information whatever at the time of the shooting as to who was In the building. " Captain John F. Hawn, of Rarbours^ viille, testified that" Powers had asked Mm to turn ever his asss&witlyS.auii ' - r, company to I^iM^n&nt Gibson previ ous to the shofltf^g. Governor JBfotfn made tho point that a. man can not toe convicted as an aider of a cr'ime unless t some principal Is convicted of tho crime. As -lihe actual mhrderer of tfoe bel Jxas not yet been named, the paint s. im possibly (involved the liberty of Secre tary Powers. Judge Moore ruled against the defense. Porto Rlcans Starving. Ponce, P. "R., By Cable. ? The situa tion here l& now more serious than at any time before or since the tefrjbls hurricane. In many places the poor n-re starving. The price of , rice, beans * end codfish has lncreasedrfrom , 50 to , 100 por cent. Demon et rat ions a?al:;si tho delay of the United States govern ment In settling open question* heve recently been held at May agues. Y Ui'^- ? _ Aguad'llia, FatJardo, J-uena Diaa, Guay ama and other town#, Watson and Hay, Indianapolis, ~f?37; IJpeclaT, ? i&ecre- ? tai-y Walter, of the mdddle-of ^fcba-nMUl Populists. Is said: to too slated for ?a- ; tlonal ehalrman. "Tom Watson, ot Georgia, can have tho nomination for President If he want* ft," sate JHr. Walter, "and I believe Dr. B. P. -Hay,.- - vof Minneapolis, will bo " Ma rtmninf mate," , * Prcpart agfor Coavsatioa. Philadelphia, Pa., Special.? Sever 1 1 important matters appertaining to Che Jtrpubi lean convention, recei v?d the at - teiftion of tho sftb-eoimalCtfe of thai Fourteen thousand for each ? tho apportioned, ?na^lnatloft of th* ?Mrfeaad 1% rtaafflT,