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,^v- .... - , The Bamberg Herald. j ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 1.9.1900. ONE OOLLAB PEB ?EAE- ||| ? ' ~ "*- -?? I 4 BY DIRECT VOTE | OF THE PEOPLE doited States Senators Mai Be Elected Henceforth. I THE HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION - Contemplates Important Change In the Constitution?The Vote Was Unanimous. A Washington special soys: Tho I hou^p Triday by a vote of 210 to 15 adopted a resolution for a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. Fourteen Republicans and one Democrat voted against it By the te:ms of the resolution the amendment to be submitted to the legislatures is as follows: "The senate of the United S'ates shall be composed of two seuators from each state, who shall be selected by a direct vote of the peopl^ thereoffor a term of six years and each senatoi shall have one vote. A plurality of the votes cast for candidates for senator shall be sufficient to elect. The electors iu each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerons branch of the state legislatures, respectively^ "When a vacancy hap^eus, by death resignation, or otherwise in the repre ? , ? - A sentation of any state in the senate, the same shall be filled for the unexpired term thereof in the same manner as is provided for the election of senators in paragraph 1: Provided, that the executive thereof may make temporary appointment until the next general or special election, in accordance with the statutes or constitution of sash state." . The remainder of the day was derated to the consideration of private pension bills. Several sharp attacks were made .npon Mr. Talbert, Democrat, of South Carolina, for his course in delaying action npcn bills. There were two joint resolutions on the popular election of senators when the house adjourned Thursday. The majority resolution of the committee* left it optional with the states whether their senators should be elected directly or by the legislature. The mi, nority resolution made it incumbent that each state elect by direct vote. The minority resolution which was offered as a substitute, was voted npon first and was carried by an overwhelm * - --? US ? OA AT lUg TUiO-*dJC5 XW) Xi V/CO uu* i<XI ? I Corliss tried unavailingly to ggt an aye and no vote, but only nine members seconded the demand. The vote was then taken upon the adoption of the amendment, the whole house rising in support of the demand. The resolution was adopted, 240 to 15. The negative votes were cast by Messrs. Allen, of Maine; Burleigh, of Maine; Calderhead, of Kansas; Fordney, of Michigan; Gardner, of New Jersey; Hedge, of Iowa; Henry, of Connecticut; Lane, of Iowa; Lester, of Georgia; Littlefield, of Maine; McPherson, of Iowa; Mann, of Illinois; Bussell, of Connecticut; Sperry, of Connecticut, and Thomas, of Iowa. Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, asked unanimous consent to set aside May 1st for tie consideration of the Nicaraguan canal bill. "I object," shouted Mr. Burton, of Ohio, emphatically. Mr. Hepburn then took steps to overcome this opposition and a peti tion to the committee on rules was prepared, requesting that body to fix a time for taking up the canal bill. Mr. Hepburn circulated the petition on the Republican side, and up to the time of adjournment secured sixty-one signatures. Mr. Adamson, who circulated the petition on the Democratic side, said: 4There is no opposition whatever on this side, and every man present today has signed the petition. The number exceed/ sixty." Notwithstanding these efforts, it was . intimated pretty sbrongly in well-in* ? ^ 1 ll formed quarters mat toe comuunee uu rules was not likely to bring in a spe^ *cial rule. The members of the committee declined, however, to make any definite statement on the subject. ASPIKANTS WILL MEET. e Bryan and Dewey Will Attend Celebration of Lakeside Club In Chicago. Admiral Dewey and William J. ' Bryan will meet in Chicago for the first time since the hero of Manila'announced he was a presidential candidate. All donbt as to Mr. Bryan's presence was dispelled when Max J. Keise of the Lakeside Club received a telegram from him saying that he would cancel previous engagements in order to be present at that organization's celebration. Both the distinguished guests are aware of the prosN pective meeting. PRESIDENT'S J?ECRETAKY QUITS. Offing to 111 Health John Addison Porter Tenders Resignation. AWashinton special says. Cwing to continued ill health Hon. John Addison Porter, secretary to the president, has tendered hift resignation and . the president has accepted it to take effect May 1. George B. Cortelyon, of New York, ? * i. i ID? preseu d orsisiaui seureiar^ tu the president, has been appointed to the office. GILMORE GETS ORDERS. The Lieutenant Will Be Execute Officer On the Crniser Prairie. Lieutenant Commander J. C. Gilmore, who has been on leave of absence in Washington, recuperating from extreme hardships incident to his long captivity among the Filipinos, has been ordered to immediate duty at sea as an executive officer of the cruiser Prairie, which will be engaged during the summer in short cruises with the naval militia of the Atlantic and gulf states. .. - * - . B SBHIBk*' ' i c-.-. J- . JURORS CRITICISED. Their Verdict Recommended Murderers of Cassie Boan To flercy of the Court. A special from Columbia, S. C., says: At 3 o'clock Thursday morning the jury that had for nine hours been trying to reach a verdict in the case of John Jackson and Harvy Jackson, charged with murdering Cassie Boan, announced an agreement. The judge came from his hotel and the prisoners were brought from the jail. On a table near where the prisoners sat were charred remnants of the young woman's clothing, her shoes, one of the fingers burned to blackness that had been torn off, and her straw hat, with the edges burned off, showing the flames had leaped over her head. "Guilty, with recommendation to the mercy of the court," was the verdict. Carolina newspapers will scourge the jury for recommending mercy in such a case. The men were sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor* It is understood the solicitor has obtained evidence against a number of other men who will be prosecuted for connection with this crime. Cassie Boan was a comely country girl about twenty years old, one-fourth Indian. Her reputation was questionable. The tectimony presented by the state, and not contradicted, was, willingly or unwillingly, the girl was taken to an island in a swamp in fMmcfnrfinM rnnntv bv two men at VUVV?V? -WW ?f least?John and Harvey Jackson? that she was kept there from Sunday afternoon till Monday night, when , she was seen running through the woods, a mass of flames. Those who first reached the sufferer found her burnt from knees to forehead and unable to speak. There were n^ny gashes on her body made with sharp knives, and the spot from which she had come was found by following the trail of blood. There was evidence that the Jacksons had made threats against the girl, but the cause of their enmity was not made known. It was suggested that they were jealous because she showed favor to Sam Woodward and repelled them. The defense offered no testimony. The attorneys in their speeches did not deny the presence of their clients at the orgie of the lonely island in a swamp, but advanced the theory that the woman had accidentally set her clothing on fire. BIG BUILDING COLLAPSES. Without Warning a Number of People : Were Caught In the Debris. Without warning a four-story brick building at the corner of Second ave* nue and Wood street, Pittsburg, Pa., collapsed Thursday, engulfing in its rnins a numbejr of people, three of whom were taken out dead, six badly hurt and several others slightly injured. The building, which was occupied by the Armstrong-McKelveyljead and Oil Company, was being remodeled. About forty-eight feet of the middle partition had been removed, steel girders supported by heavy iron posts were in place, and the finishing touches were being put on the remodeling work. When the accident happened business was being traflsacted on the first floor as usual. % CANAL BILL SIDETRACKED. " *' ? Wnr^.n tn Tak* It aouon M> J ocumwi ? Up Defeated In Senate. In the senate Thursday Senator Morgan made a motion'to take np the Nicaragua canal bill. The motion was defeated by strict party vote, with the exception of Senator Foster, of Washington. Senator' Simon, of Oregon, dodged, but with these exceptions the vote was on party | lines. Senator Morgan, who has been watching closely for an opportunity to bring up the bill, first asked unanimous consent that a day be set for a vote on the measure, but this was denied because of objection by Mr. Lodge, who said the Philippines bill must come up first. Later Senator Morgan found an opportunity to make a formal motion for its consideration, the result of which was temporary defeat. GREAT GOBS OF ORATORY Brought Out In Discussion of the Porto Rican Bill in the Senate. A Washington dispatch says: As the hour for the senate's vote upon the Porto Rican bill drew near the popular interest, so far as Washington is concerned, was greatly increased. Monday there was a flow of oratory in the upper house of congress and tho result was that the galleries were crowded almost to suffocation, and thousands of people were turned away, unable to gain admission. Perhaps a good deal of this interest was due to the announcement that Senator Depew would be among the speakers. riVIL OOYFRXFR OF PORTO RICO Charles H. Allen, Assistant Secretary of Navy, Gets the Place. A Washington special says: Charles H. Allen, at present assistant secretary of the navy, will be the first civil governor of Porto Rico under the bill just signed by the president. Thursday afternoon Mr. Allen spent several heurs with the president, when the formal tender of the post was made and his practical accej>tance was given. Onr Philippine Force, . Adjutant General Corbin has prepared a statement showing the strength of the troops in the Philippines on the 1st of April, the date of last returns. According to the statement there were on the date stated 63,585 officers and men there. Georgia Census Enumerators Named. The census bureau at Washington bas so far approved of the appointment of about 500 census enumerators for Georgia. There will be between l,00tf and 1,200 enumerators in the state. 5*. vkV,?: ''S'Ls -jj-r : ' 1* . - . rA icMfMrjrjrv)CNjroc\j ? I SOUTH CAROLINA 1 ] STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ wCMCNJiMrjcxjCNirorsJ# Neal Case May lie Appealed. A Columbia dispatch says: It is altogether likely that Attorney General Bellinger will appeal from Judge Benet's decision in quashing the indictment relative to Colonel Neal's last 1 case, in which he was charged with failure to turn over public money J within thirty days. Mr. Bellinger thinks that there is a " great deal more involved in this case 1 ! than the mere quashing ol the indictment. There are several other cases coutingeut on this decision, iu which the state is interested in c, monetary way. The state is to be sued on certain notes endorsed by Colonel Neal, I as superintendent, in which this same mnnntT i a inrnl varl find if fllA f?f?TirtS I 1 uivurj AO AU 1 V? ? VV?) MUM wv ... sustain or reverse the view of Judge Benet it will make considerable difference. ?% No Pay For Mentnl Anjruinh. t The state supreme court has decided an interesting question. It holds a person cannot recover damages for mental auguish. It was in the case of R. L. Lewis, of Columbia, who sued the Western Union Telegraph Company for $1,950. The complaint alleged in substance (1) that the plaintiff's father, living at Greenville, S. C., being ill, a telegram was delivered to defendant's agent, addressed to plaintiff at Columbia, S. C,, ou December 1897, informing plaintiff of such illness, which message was received at defendant's office in Columbia at 10:39 o'clock on the morning of December 15, 1897; (2) that said message being undelivered and yet no notice of its non-delivery being given to the sender, a second message was on December 17, 1897, delivered to defendant's agent at Greenvil.e, informing plaintiff of his father's illness, and advising him to come; (3) that this secoud message was delivered to plaintiff at 7:30 p. m., on December 17tb, 1897, but the message on December 15, 1897, was not delivered to plaintiff till after December 17th, 1897?having been sent by mail; (4) that when the first message was sent, plaintiff's father was conscious, though desperately ill, but when plaintiff, going as soon as possible after receipt of the second telegram, reached Greenville, his father was unable to recognize him and soon thereafter died without the knowledge of plaintiff's presence; (5) that by reason of defendant's "willful, gross and inexcusable neglect" in the premises, plaintiff "has suffered great and grievous mental and physical anguish, pain, grief and sorrow, and has been put to much extra and needless expense." The jury found for the telegraph company and the appeal^was taken on exceptions -to Judge* Townsend's charge. .The supreme court affirms the judgment of the lower court * * c Baby Inherits Fortnne. A Columbia dispatch says: A telegram received from Chicago announces that Mrs. Mitchell, wife of Dr. Mitchell of that city, had given birth to a girl baby. Ordinarily this would be of no special interest as a matter of news, but the circumstances of -this case render it a decidedly interesting bit of news. It dashes the hopes that an in "even half dozen" persons in Spartanburg county may have had of inheriting qnite a comfortable fortune for this part of the country. To begin with, Mrs. Mitchell is the daughter of the late Mr/ F. M. Trimmier, who for years was clerk of court for Spartanburg county. At his death he bequeathed to her his property, an estate involving $83,000 at least. In case of her marriage ahd an issue springing therefrom, this large amount of property would be hers, and then at her death go to her child or children. If she died without issue it would revert to six persons, nieces and nephe vs of the late Captain Frank Trimmier, one of whom, Mr. T. R. Trimmier, is administrator of the estate. The daughter of the late Mr. Trimmier, Miss Minnie Trimmier, about three years ago married Dr. Mitchell, of Chicago, 111., and they have been residing in Chicago for some time past. So this newly born I girl will be the heiress to nearly siuu,000 worth of property in Sparianburg county. ?% Date For Democratic Convention. The state Democratic executive committee met in Columbia the past week and the meeting was the most remarkable in many years for its own eventfulness and the fact that not a single political issue was raised. There ^ as not the semblance of a political discussion, and sublime harmony prevailed. There was no wire pulling going on inside or outside the room, and no one talked of the possibilities of the coming campaign. It was really difficult to believe that it was a gathering of political party managers. The question of doing away with the ampaign by counties did not come up; practically all the committeemen considered that this is a matter for the coming state convention and no one suggested it. The few formal resolutions looking to the reorganization of the Democratic party were adopted, the members drew their pay, and the preliminary by-play to the opening of the poI liHoal circus of 1900 ended abruptly. After making an address to the meeting, Colonel Jones announced that according to requirements 'they had met to call the state convention. The convention was called to meet May 16th, and the following circular letter has been sent out: In pursuance of the constitution of the Democratic party the State Democratic Executive Committee, at a meeting held 011 April 11, 1900, by a resolution, directs that you call the Democratic clubs of your county to meet on the fourth Saturday in April, 1900, to elect delegates to the county convention, which meets on the first Monday in May next, to elect delegates to the State Democratic Convention, which meets on the third Wednesday in May next, to elect delegates to the National" Convention; and for such other purposes as the constitution directs and the welfare of the party re> quires. Every club is entitled to one deler * gate to the county convention for every twenty-five members, and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof. Each county is entitled to double the number of delegates in the state convention as it Las members in the general assembly. Willie Joxef, Chairman. U. X. Guxter, Jr., Secretary. Stale May Get Something* Mr. Jesse T. Gautt has returned to Columbia from Washington, where he went to see about the state's claim against the national government. Ho is very much encouraged at the prospects and this state is likely to get f-omething out of the claim. Senator * * unman nas ueen worKiug uu me matter for some time, and is nowjwith the additional data he has, quite enthusiastic over the prospects of getting the claims settled. Senator Tillman is confident that he can do something -with the claims. He will not offer a formal bill, but, being a member of the appropriation committee, hopes to get an item in that bill pro- j viding for a settlement. He claims that in this way he can explain the i matter to the appropriation committee and possibly secure a compromise agreement whereby the claims and j counter-claims can be settled. Governor Gets Invitation. Governor McSweeney has received an invitation for himself and staff to attend the celebration of the second j anniversary of the battle of Ikfanila on the 1st of May in Chicago. Gov- j ernor McSweeDey does not think that he will be able to attend. ?*? Barn and Stable* Barn. . A few nights ago at Jordan, Clarendon couuty, the barn and stables of Mrs. S. T. Sprott were burned. There were six horses in the stable and all the supplies, forage and fertilizers for running a large plantation were de stroyed. DETECTIVES INDICTED. Tttc Bill* Returned Charging: Them With Offense of "Embracery." Detectives David S. Looney and William A. Bradley were indicted by the Fulton county grand jury at Atlanta Friday for embracery. The indictment of the two men is j the result of the sensational developments arising from their alleged attempt to see if members of the Atlanta bar would use improper means to obtain a verdict from a jury. Judge J. H. Lumpkin has placed the bond in each case at $3,000. In the indictment Looney and Bradley are charged.with attempting to influence Juror Penn in the Mattie Adams will case. Penn is now serving a sentence of twenty days in the Tower for contempt of court, having left the city in order to keep from appearing in court. Penu was taken from the Tower to the court house Friday morning, where he appeared before the grand jury. ETe was in the grand jury room but a short time, but he repeated the charges against the detei^ives that he made in the superior court before Judge Lumpkin. He denied that he had gone to Bradley and offered to sell out, as Bradley claimed, but insisted tnat ho had never agreed to accept money. Penn declared that he was approached first by Bradley and later by Looney. Attorney R. J. Jordan was also a .vituess before the grand jury. He ? 1 3 v.j testified tfiat .Liooney naci approauueu him in regard to the will case and made what Mr. Jordan considered an offer to secure him either a verdict or a mistrial. PENN (iETS SHORT SENTENCE. Attorney Rodecri Makes Plea For Mercy In Mis Client's Behalf. Juror J. T. Penn was at Atlanta Thursday morning sentenced by Judge J. H. Lumpkin to twenty days in the Tower for contempt. Penn virtually admitted his guilt, and his defense was in the nature of a plea for mercy. The most sensational development of the trial was the testimony of Judge Robert L. ^odgers, Penn's attorney, that Detective W. A. Bradley had offered him money to advise his client to corroborate Bradley's statement. The statement of Penn contradicted the accounts Looney and Bradley had given of the affair in many important particulars. Judge Rogers read the answer of Penn to the contempt proceedings, admitting the juror had wrongfully absented himself from the court, but claiming he had no thought of showing disrespect. At the conclusion of the evidence Solicitor Hill said he did not care to make a speech, as the juror had virtually pleaded guilty. Judge Rodgers made a brief speech, in which he asked the court to deal mercifully with his client. Judge Lumpkin then pronounced sentence, giving Penn twenty days in jail. He said that he might later have Penn examined by physicians to see if his condition would require other treatment. The judge said that it was the duty ? ?A- A- ?x?/\4a/iA ifaolf on/1 fn OI lUti CUUl b IU pi UK/UI noon auu vindicate its process. The juror had admitted that he had violated the instructions which had been given him by allowing people to talk to him about the case, and also by failing to report for duty Monday. Judge Rodgers stated that there would be no appeal from Judge Lumpkin's decision. FORTUNE IX NEWSPAPER. Change In Ownernhip of Atlanta Journal Involved 9276,500. The ownership of The Atlanta, (Ga.) Journal was changed Monday, and the new owners, Messrs. Brandon, Atkinson and Gray, assumed control with Tuesday's issue. The majority of the stock was owned by Mr. Hoke Smith, president of T'-- TKo n.rf 1 mrrraat. Vt old AT -L I1C U UIU iiiiu JL uu uva%j ? wwas Mr. H. H. Cabiness, who has been vice president and business manager since the formation of the present company. The remainder of the stock was held in small in small quanties by various parties. The price paid for the paper was $276,500. Hr. Hoke Smith received three for one on his stock, his holdings bringing $159,000. The minority stockholders sold at two and one-half for one, receiving $117,000, JOHNSTON SATISFIED Alabama Governor Is Grateful 10 Friends and Accepts Defeat. ? BE ACQUIESCES IN TBE RESULT. Says He Ifas No Unkindnes* Fot Senate r Morgan and Will Contlnno In the Go d Old Way. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says: Governor Johuston, who met his political Waterloo in Satnrday's primaries in his race for the United States senate against John T. Morgan, gives out the following statement: "It is manifest that the Democracy of the state has declared for the reelection of Senator Morgan. I am a Democrat in victory or defeat, and shall acqaiescein that result, as I have always done, without a murmur. "I know there wore a very large number of gentlemen who were my personal friends, and would have beer, glad to support me, but felt that they could not turn thefr backs on a senator who was so illustrious. "I am glad that I can look back in the canvass with the consciousness that I have indulged in no filth or misrepresentations, and that today I have no uukindness in my heart for the distinguished gentleman who has won. "I am deeply grateful to the friends who have fto liberally supported me in this contest. I hope that I shall live long enough to show every one of them tbat my gratitude will only cease when I shall 'cross over the rh'er and rest in the shade.' "I congratulate myself that in the contest with one so distinguished and beloved as Senator Morgan I hive polled nearly 4ft per cent of the vote | " * s 11--1 - -1 1 in tne primary ana mat a uuuuge ui less than 10,009 votes would have given me a majority in the legislature. "The reforms secured during my administration have aroused no little resentment, but I hope that when ihe passions of the hour pass away the people will see that these reforms will be of lasting benefit to them and that in the end all will come to acknowledge that the good of the people and the glory of the commonwealth has been nearest my heart. "I had hoped that if elected to the senate I could be of substantial service to may people, among whom I have lived so long, and with w&oni I have shared all the perils of war and struggles of peace. "I have done something, I hope, to reunite our people, and to compose the differences that so sharply divided them, and I shall continue to struggle to accomplish that end, whether as a public official or a private citizen. "We must all stand together to build up our state, develop its resource", improve its educational facilities and to give the people the blessing of a just, impartial and economical administration ofstheir affairs." ROBEItTs SPREADS SET. He Is ITopefnl of a Haul of Boers When It Is Drawn In. A London special says: Lord Roberts has spread his net far and wide to catch the adventurous commandoes that have been making mischief in the southeastern part of the State. The net has not yet been drawn in; but, at the headquarters of Lord Roberts, the impression exists that the power of the Boers is decreasing. A Daily News correspondent has them flefeing to the southeast; a Standard correspondent reports them fleeing northward; a Daily Telegraph correspondent says that some are going north and others south, while a Morning Post representative says it is not known what the Boers are doing. Evidently the feeling at Bloemfontein is that the dispositions of Lord Roberts are such as to enable him to concentrate a large force rapidly at any point. The Boers, being aware of this, are presumed to be thinking now chiefly of retreat Miller Convicted of Orand Larceny. A New York dispatch says: William F. Miller, of Franklin syndicate fame, was found guilty by a jury in the county court in Brooklyn Monday night of grand larceny in the first degree. STOCKHOLDERS MUST PAT. I Z>efun?t Little Bock National Bank As* sessment Holds Good. In a suit involving the liability of stockholders of the First National bank, of Little Rock, Ark., now defunct, on an assessment of 92 per cent levied by the comptroller of the currency to discharge the bank's liabilities, Federal Judge John A. Williams has decided that the stockholders are liable. The assessment was levied on $250, * i. t_ ? av ? UUU DanK fslocK, represeuuug wo amount of the increased capital stock preceding the bank's failure. The j principal defense was that the increase was void because not authorized. SHIPPER PAYS THE TAX. Supreme Court Renders Decision In Favor of Express Company. The supreme court of the United States Monday decided the cases involving the stamp tax as it applies to express packages, the question involved being whether the shipper or the carrier shall pay the stamp charge on packages. The opinion was handed down by Justice White and was favorable to the express companies. FOUR KILLED IN BRAWL. Italian Uses Pistol and Stiletto With Deadly Effect. Four persons are dead and two are dangerously wounded at the mining town of Windber, near Johnstown, Pa., as the result of a drnnken row Sunday in a disorderly honse kept by a French woman. One Italian is charged with the wholesale crime, but it is believed that he is already beyond the reach of the law, as a man answering his description was ground under a train at Southfork Monday morning. MORGAN WINS IN ALABAMA. Satnrday's Primaries Decided the Senatorial Contest GOVERNORSHIP IS STILL OPEN. Day . Was Replete With Exciting Interest and Surprises Were In Order. Primaries were held in Alabama Saturday at which the Democrats of aboijt half of the counties voted their choice for United States senator and govern .r, and in about one-fourth more selected representatives and delegates who will be authorized to vote the choice of their constituents. The other one-fourth of the counties have already acted. The United States senatorship has been the overshadowing issue for the first time in the history of the state, obscuring the contest for governor. The candidates for the legislature were f elected almost entirely with ' their preference for senator. Senator Morgan and Governor Johnston are the only candidates for the senatorship, while Messrs. Stallings, of Butler, Samford, of Lee; Waller, of Hale, and Shelley and^Tomlinson, of Jefferson, are candidates for governor. As a result of the voting Hon. John T. Morgan has been renominated for United States Senator by a surprising majority. The returns make it appear that he will have something like 100 of the 120 votes in the Democratic legislative caucus. Hon. W. J. Samford made a phenomenal race for governor. Senator Morgan who has represented the state with great credit in the senate for twenty-six years, and Joseph F. Johnston, the present governor, whose administration has been signally successful, are undoubtedly two of the ablest and most powerful men in the state, politically, and the contest between their friends has been full of ginger and acrimony. The campaign opened last summer and has not lagged for a day. Ten counties with fourteen members of the assembly voted prior to Saturday. Nine of the members from these counties were instructed for Morgan and five for Johnston. There are also sixteen hold-over senators, of which Morgan is understood to have nine and Johnston seven. SOME LATEB NEWS. News received by The Montgomery Advertiser up to Sunday midnight indicated'tbat Morgan has carried fiftyfive of the fifty-six counties holding primaries. The returns from the fivfe or six counties in Alabama which were omitted from the first reports only add the more to Senator Morgan's viotory. If rfll of the Democratic nominees should be elected, the senator would have about 116 or 118 members of the two houses of the assembly, but probably a dozen Populists and Republicans will slip in and this will subtract somewhat from the figures stated. Colonel Samford has secured about 200 votes in the state convention. He needs enly about fifty more to win, but there,is talk of a combination against him. Mr. Waller, who ran ennnnJ in iKa (mWnfttnrift] rflf.P. has DCWUU 1U VUV a well orgainized support of about 185 or 140 votes, aud is the second choice of many another delegation. General Shelley has sixty or seventy votes in the convention and Mr. Stallings has the remainder of the 504 convention votes. Good generalship, therefore, will have considerable to do with naming the next executive. The surprise of the campaign is Mr. Stalling's light vote throughout the state. Stallings ran third, Shelly fourth and Tomlinson fifth. The sound money men in the state supported Morgan and Samford. The returns from the counties in the second district show the nomination of Colonel A. A. Wiley, of Montgomery, as congressman. The returns from the counties in the sixth district confirm the re-nomition of Hon. John H. Bankhead to congress. He had no opposition, STRIKERS READY TO FIGHT. Italian Workmen Are Canting Trouble at Croton Landing, X. T. a A dispatch from Croton Landing, N. Y., says: While everything was quiet and peaceful in the neighborhood of the Cornell dam Sunday night, where Italians are on a strike for increased wages, nearly 300 armed deputies guarded the works and each one of them was guessing what would happen next. The striking Italian laborers, whose homes are in the vicinity - * a?a V?a^ot?inrt /ininflv OI lUU WUXACj aio uouaviug v^uavviji but are doggedly determined. The strikers swear that if outside labor is brought in they will fight tooth and nail to prevent it. IGNORE SPANISH CLIAMS. Secretary Hay Sends the Dons a Note Regarding Certain Islands. A special to the New York Herald from Washington says: Secretary Hay has formally notified the Madrid government that the United States cannot accede to its claim that Sibutn Iisland aud Cagayan Sulu, of the Philippine archipelago, belong to Spain. PORTO RICANS STILL SUFFER. Desperate State of Affairs On the Island Show No Improvement. Advices from San Juan state that general conditions in Porto Rico remain the same from week to week. Delegations of country people continue to arrive at the governor's palace almost daily and beg for relief. Without doubt, thousands of Porto Bicans are destitute and without work. One need but glance at the poor, ragged, barefooted peons, notice the expression of want and destitution, to be convinced of this fact KbLlfci m WtrtWtK. 'Forward Movement Has Been Checked/' Says "Little Bobs" at Bloemfontein. A London special says: "The forward movement is checked," says Lord Boberts. This is taken to mean, , not by fighting, but by dispositions to head ofi their advance and bar their way to vulnerable points in the line of British commnnications. Belief is on the way to Wepener. The Boers in Natal appear incapable of developing an aggressive move at Elandslaagte. Lord Methuen is at the Zwartkopfontem, twelve miles east of Boshof, and is sending small, swift eolumns through the adjacent country. Lord Chesham, commanding one of these, encountered a small commando about ten miles southeast of Zwartkopfontein. He found most of the farms occupied by women and children only. An editorial note in The Daily Mail avers that Mafeking is in a very bad way, and that hope of relief is far off, as no force is advancing from the south. The war office announces that 4,000 horsps will arrive at the Cape this week. It is well understood that the animals are not fit for work until about ten days after the voyage. Two thousand more are due at the Cape within a few days. The war office has called out the reserve companies of several infantry battalions which will be sent to South Africa forthwith. The Boer peace envoys have documents, the Borne correspondent of The Daily News says, that urgent advances to the Transvaal to wage war were originally made by Germany. The correspondent also asserts that Count von Buelow, the German foreign minister, who was said to have gone on a visit to a sick brother, really went to Milan for the express purpose of conferring with the delegates. MURDERED HIS WIFE. Bloody Tragedy Resulted From a Separa* tlon and a Quarrel. ' A 1 Pai/lav rtirrlif .TomAB All Alriauiil, UD>| X'tlUaj Ulguo vi??vw L. Baker shoved a pistol into his wife's * face and fired four shots. With a groan the woman fell to the floor, the blood , gushing from two wonnds in her head from tfhich she died a few hours later. . Mrs. Baker had separated from her husband a week before, and bad gone to live with Mrs. Martha J. Payne, at whose houpe the tragedy took place. The inmates of the house were at supper when Baker walked into the dining room, and with the remark, "You have turned the old dog out,, have you?" shot straight in his wife's face. There was so little said, and the shooting was all done so quickly, that it was some moments before it was realized what had happened. The affair has some very highly sensational and dramatic features. Baker claims, first of all, that his igife aud himself disagreed on account of her son by a former husbatld, and he also claims that he shot his wife because of Charles A. Pittman, a young carpenter, who is a son-in-law of Mrs. Payne. He first admitted shooting at his wife, but later in the evening he changed that statement and said lie shot at Pittman and, missing him, hit his wife accidentally. * Pittman and all the other inmates of the house state that Baker shot point blank at his wife, after addressing a remark to her. The wounded woman said her husband shot her because she refused to live longer with him. Baker is a meat cutter by trade. He is said to be addicted to drink, and was under the influence of whisky when the shooting occurred. Pittman was arrested at .the same time with Baker, and the charge against him was booked as "suspicion." Baker was charged with assault with intent to murder. FITSfON IX OREGON. Demnmti, PopnlliU and Silver Republicans Join Their Fortune*. The state convention of the Demo* crats and Popnlists of Oregon, after being in session for two dajs in Portland, effected a fusion of the two parties and adjourned. The silver Republicans also joined in the fusion movement, though they held no convention. Both the Democrats and Populists indorsed William Jennings Bryan for the presidential nomination, but the Populist delegates were instructed to vote only for a Populist for vice president. Was a "Model" Young Man. John C. Farrar, teller of the Waterbury, Vt., National bank, is missing and there is a defalcation of $25,000 of the bank's funds. The community is greatly shocked by the news, as Farrar was considered a model young man. Off For St. Helena. The transport Lake Erie with upwards of 500 Transvaal prisoners, including French, German and Bussian members of the foreign legion captured at Boshof, -sailed from Cape Town for St. Helena Saturday. COULDN'T STAND PROSPERITY. Bricklayer Inherits Fortune, Goes Crsiy and Commits Suicide. * - 'rr .. Vt.i/iklavcli VA? J U11UH XV.UBIO*, a UiibAiav. York, who recently inherited $300,000 from his brother's estate in Germany, was fonnd dead Snnday swinging from a rope in an empty water tank on the roof of his honse. Koster had recently recovered from a long spell of sickness. The sndden change from poverty to riches left his mind permanently affected. SOLDIER ASSASSINATED. First Blood Flows as Consequence of Strike at Cornell Dam. The first blood sbed as the ontcome of the strike at Cornell dam at Croton Landing, N. Y., was the life's blood of Sergeant Robert Douglass, of .the Eleventh separate company, of Mount Yernou, who was shot dead by an unknown assassin while h > was relieving guard at ten minutes to 9 o'clock Monday night. The wildest exoitement prevailed throughout the different tents as soon as the news of the assassination spread and the soldiers are^ frantic over the crime* .. . v ' * , - ' ' ' , \ HfcftlUUi KUW IN HIGH COURT Supreme Tribanal oi the Lail Ja Will Settle the Contest DATE FOR BEARING IS SET. M ????? Attorneys File Documents Making the Situation Plain and Ask For Early Decision* A Washington special says! The | cases involving the Kentucky governorship were docketed in the United States supreme court Monday. A -vK-| brief statement in which counsel for : both Taylor and Beckham joined was filed at the same time, asking for an early hearing. The court advanced the case to bi'jfgB heard on the 30th instant, and allotted each side four hoars for arguments. ; The agreed statement seta out ttutt j both Taylor and Beckham, as gover- , nors, John Marshall as lieutenant governor on the Republican side, and L.V.: H. Carter as president pro tern, of the ; senate, and John B. Castleman as ad* * jutant general on the Democratic side, ore each and all claiming the right/t^S and are actually attempting to cise the powers of the respective ces severally claimed by them, thus || producing great confusion in Ken-. m tucky by reason of the doubts as to ;g| which of the persons named has tfife lawful right to exercise the authority pertaining to the several offices name^^ all to the great injury and detriaaidS of the people of the state. .The agreed^ statement then continues as follows: $ "Thus, under the constitution airipi laws of Kentucky, the governor of the ~ || state, in addition to 'being charged " 'jjg generally with the duty of seeing thai ' Ji the laws are faithfully executed, is also - 'm specially charged with the duty and m invested with the power of filling many ii H important offices in the state by aprjg pomtment, some by original appoint?* ment and others by appointment to AHM ; vacancies, and also with the' power to - J issue commissions to many officers,'^ ' whether appointed by him or electe&|| by the people, and also with the power ? to issue pardons and to remit fines ilM " "Both plaintiff in error, William 8||| f Taylor, and defendant in error, J". C. -. ' || Beckham, are claiming the right to '? perform all functions of the aforesaid | If office of governor, and each of them is ~ , attempting and haa actually attempted^ to perform many of the said functions,'% " tfnch, for-example, as issuing pardona--'," and filling offices by appointment,etc., ^3 "Some of the officers of the state recognize the Acts of the plaintiff I in error, William S. Taylor, as:-; I the lawfnl acts of the governor of ^ I the state, and refnse to reeog4| :;|g nize similar acts by defendant w|| error, J. C. W. Beckham; while aSmm jp officers of the state recognize thnifflH J. C. W. Beckham as the lawful : p of the governor of the state and to recoznize the nets of WilliazhjfiyflMB Taylor as sneh governor.' m "Among other officers whom 9 governor is authorized and required*! B to appoint are the officers of- ^ eleemosynary institutions of the states^ and each of the said two claimants,; the office, of governor has attempted fill said offices and some persons rap*^. ognize the authority of the appointees pj? of one of said claimants to jhe offices M and refnse to recognize those of tfeagBB others, and vice versa. By reason of " || all these facts and others which might ^ be enumerated, it is of the utmost im-1 portance to the people of the state,of^ Kentucky that the question of right to office involved in the aforesaid ; litigation be determined. The que**^ tions of law involved in said caese^^^l are of very great and grave interest and importance, involvingthe natuwr.^JH and extent of the powers of an election >;> contest tribunal and the powers of judiciary with relation thereto." Mr. Louis McQuown appears aa attorney for Beckham and other of the Democrats, while Holm Brnoe ~|f appears as attorney for Taylor and >: other Bepublicans. j MORGAN THANKFUL. Old Senatorial War Horse of ilabma Expresses Gratitude. " Monday Senator Morgan, who is is Washington* wired the Birmingham |a Age-Herald as follows on the result of his almost unanimous indorsement at B the hands of the Alabama Democracy 4 in Saturday's primaries: "The very remarkable vote of so % many counties gives a safe assurance 0 of the future strength and harmony of the Democracy of Alabama. The con- : : fidence thns expressed toward me aa - '? one of the senators from Alabama excites my gratitude to the people and ! will increase my devotion to their is- ; terests and prosperity. "John T. Moboan." * Public Building For Durham, 11 The senate committee on public buildings and grounds lias authorized . a favorable report on the bill for a new ; public building at Durham, N. 0., to ' | cost $80,000. : Increased Allowance For Militia* ^ The house committee on militia decided Friday to fix at $1,000,000 the amount allowed annually to the j militia of the several states in the place of the $400,000 now allowed. '-I'M BOERS ARE CONSERYATIYE. They Want Mo More Credit Then Really Belongs to Them. A New York Herald dispatch from - Pretoria Wednesday VIA LdlWWJ Mil" JS quez, say8: The report to the effect that the total British prisoners taken in the operations southeast of Bioemfontein was lt800, was an error owing to the two Boer generals reporting the setae *.o engagement under different names. 4 The oorreet total of prisoners it about ^vi 1,000. ... ;