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r * VOL. 11. RETURN 0? LIQUOR. i s. The Governor Makes a Positive Statement Abovt It. \ THE INSTRUCTIONS IN FULL. *4 When It Is Seized According to , ( \nstructions He Will Entertain No Proposition for Its Return. Tlid Columbia correspondent of the J News a?id Courier says nearly every day , a bundle of letters goc:s to the executive office asking for the return of liquor s?i/.ed by the State constables. This has been | articularly the case dur ing the r\tsh ot Christmas business. , GovernorvO ^Jorbe announced Wodncsday that ^hereafter people will save , themselves a great deal of trouble and annoyance in not writing for the return of liquor seized in compliance with the instructions to the constables. If the liquor intoned for personal use is seized under the instructions it will go to the State, and (lovcrnor Rllerbo says he will not entertain applications for its return. Liquor shipped into the State in conformity with the law and regulations will not be interfered with, and if it is the constables arc liable to get into trouble. In order that the general public can understand the rules governing the constables the instructions have been ohtaincd and arc given in full, together with amendments agreed upon Wednesday. They are as follows?: 1. Constables appointed under the dispensary law will act only under the law. 2. They have the right to exercise all the duties and powers conferred upon them by the dispensary law. 3. Constables detecting persons openly, or in the act of violating any of the provisions of the dispensary law, may arrest and carry the party before a magistrate for a warrant. 4. '''hey arc to scizo any wagon, cait, boat, or any other conveyance, together with the horses, mules, or any other animals, discovered transporting liquor in the night time. 5. They must obtain warrants from magistrates for the arrest of any persons who violate the dispensary law. and such violations can only be proved by witnesses. The warrant must be based on an affidavit. t>. They have the right at any time during the day or night time, to enter upon lots or open places, stores, etc.. to make search for contraband liquors without a warrant, but should never search private bouses or apartments without a search warrant, issued by a magistrate. Under Section 22 of the dispensary law all places can be searched when a com mon nuisance is maintained, and an arrest and search warrant should be issued an provided in that section, and such action should be taken as is therein prescribed. 7. Constables cannot seize liquors, wines or beers imported by citizens of this State for personal use. Such liquors are not requited to have certiticates showing analysis. When liquors come into this State marked for personal use, if it is consigned to a known blind tiger, or the constables have proof or strong suspicious circumstances that they are for sale, they can seize and hold for twenty-four hours for in vestigation, but no liquor* must be taken from the railroad while they are in transit. When seizures arc made upon suspicion they must he made after the liquors have arrived at their place of consignment- their destination jjk. .^passed into the hands of the consiA- .iOf courso constables must exorcise sound judgment and he careful about seizing liquors marked lor personal use. 8. When constables have a well founded suspicion that persons are conducting blind tigers they should watch them diligently, so as to make it dilhcult and dangerous for them to sell, and frequent raids should he made upon them, and all liquors found should he seized. If constables are satisfied that liquors are illegally sold in any place, and suspect that liquors arc kept elsewhere and brought to the place in small quantities, separate search warrants should ho taken out and the suspected places searched. 0. All contraband liquors seized must be disposed of as directed in Section HI of the dispensary law. 10. l'ctfcons having contraband liquors in possession violate the law, and may ho indicted and tin; liquors confis cated. 11. All liquors shipped c. o. d. or order notify, or bill of lading with draft attached, or is in any way to be paid for in the-State, should be seized. 12. Liquors found inany oxprcssoffice oi'depot, at destination, consigned to a fictitious party, or intended for otber than the consignee, should be seized. If there is good reason for believing that a package of liquor is for other person t/hnn the consignee, it may be seized and deposited in a dispensary, or with the sheriff for thirty days, or. until investigation is made, and if, upon ; investigation, it is found to be a lawful shipment, it must be released. 13. Liquora being shipped concealed, or bearing misleading marks for tho purpose of disguising the contents of tho package, must be seized. When parties club together and order liouor. to be divided or distributed between them, it must be seized. Persons can only order for themselves, and in their own name, and may not use the name of a firm or company. 14. Upon complaint being made by citizens of any community that soft drinks containing alcohol aro being (Til sold, or it' a constable be satisfied that the soil drinks contain alcohol ho shall <e zo and ship the same to the Sta'e commissioner. l.">. Contraband goods, which for any ^ reason are not shippped to the State commissioner at once, should he turned ;>ver to the sheriff of the county; or. if more convenient, may by stored in a dispensary and left in charge of the dis- ^ penser until ready to ship. Hi. Contraband liquors must he shipped by freight if the quantity is ^ considerable, but small packages may be sent by express. Railroad or express receipts must bo taken for every shipment and mailed to the State commissioner. A report of tho seizure must be made to the clerk in the executive office, giving any information obtained that will bo needed by him if upplica c tioti is made for the release of the s goods. All packages must bo plainly j marked, so that they can be identified. |] 17. When any team is seized for r transporting liquor at night, oranyli- j i|Uors 'or personal property is seized, t under search warrant or otherwise, the constable seizing same shall have an in- t vcntoiy and appraisement made by V1 three sworn oj prabcr i, pri v'.ding the s property is worth more that fifty dol- 1 lars. The constable will then publish t a notice for three weeks inthrco public .s places, describing the articles, etc., and j requiring any person claiming them to appear and make claim within thirty | days from the date of the first publication of the notice. II no claim is made within thirty days, the constable or ^ other officer can sell the same, without j (urthor advertisement to the highest t bidder. In giving tho notice for the | three weeks tluS constable should ,. stale in same that if the property is not u claimed within thirty days and bond tiled with the State board the property H will be sold, giving place where it will be i sold, and when sold. 'I he bill for keep 5 of team may he paid from the proceeds, a and the balance remitted to the State c Treasurer. A complete statement, q showing gross proceeds, expenses and the sum remitted, most he mailed to the jclerk in the executive office. IS. Constables may enter any ex- ( press, or other cars, or boats, in the State, for the purpose of searching for contraband liquors, and may examine the hooks and way hills of the transportation companies. Constables may use teams or horses in order to pursue and capture teams or persons transporting liquor when they could not succeed otherwise, but should not uso teams to drive over the country in search of work. Only when reasonably sure of accomplishing good work may the expense of teams bo incurred. lib It is the duty of all sheriffs, magistrates and magistrates' constables to enforce the dispensary law (sec Section 2!),) and they arc entitled to half the value of tho contraband liquor they seize; hut when the State constables get them to serve warrants, or merely f to assist them in arrests or searches, s they are not entitled to this commission and it will not be allowed. 20. The proprietor, and his aids and 1 assistants, in any establishment where ; liquors are sold contrary to law, may | he arrested and prosecuted. ( 21. Constables will study the law 1 and enforce its various provisions with 1 vigo/. 1 22. Constables will report daily to 1 their immediate superior, who is re- ( quired to examine the same and forward to the executive office. ' 2d. Constables must he courteous to 1 all. hut will refrain from talking 1111- < necessarily about their official plans and f business to tho public. They owe no apology or explanation to anyone for 1 doing their duty. 24. Constables will refrain from the ' use of liquors to excess, on pain of ex- 1 pulsion. f 25. When constables get a case 1 against violators of the dispensary law ' thoy should see that the witnesses are hmirid r?VAr arid lircrn tlio nrnnml tinar. ' ing of the case, especially if they arc * witnesses themselves, so that if they arc called away the ease will have heen . disposed of and they will not have to return to attend the trial. When it ' can he done, eases should he brought within the jurisdiction of the inagis- . trate and finally disposed of. Attendance on the Circuit Court by consta- ' hies is expensive and takes much of j t.hcir time. i It will he well to note Section hi, to { cut it out and paste it up, as there is very much more trouble from evasion | of this section than all of the others ( combined. I It is announced that the rules may I may he changed at any time hut the ? present ultimatum is that where there | arc violations of the dispensary law, as i promulgated in the rules to constables, i the liquor will he seized and kept, and j there is no use to bother to ask for its i return. If liquor is ordered in copart- I ncrship, as is prohibited in Rule 13, it i may ho considered as gone. If a wrong i name is given, as is prohibited, it is another case of contributing to the 1 State treasury, and so on. I This is no New Year ultimatum I either, hut it is to go into immediate f effect. I A Family Feud. Another chapter in the Sherman family feud in MoMinn county Ga., was enacted Wednesday and as a result Stewart, a druggist of Decatur, Tcnn., is lying at the point of death with a gunshot wound in his abdomen. Stewart was driving with Pete Sherman, a member of one of th? families involved in the feud. At a point about eight miles from tho city they camo upon; Steve Shciman, on tho other side of tho feud. Accounts differ as to who tired the first shot. Stewart received two shots, one in tho leg and the other in I the abdomen from the effects of which 1 he will die. Sherman was not hurt, lie wont to Athens and gave himself up. f 1 CONWAY. S. (' IN A BAD FIX." ^ Distressing State of Affairs in Beaufort County. 2ROPS RUINED BY STORMS. <t the Request of Prominent Citizens Governor Ellerbe Asks for Aid for the Sufferers. Some time ago (tovcrnor Kllcrbc rceivod information of suffering on the oa islands of lieaufort county, l-'rom uformation received Wednesday he las boon apprised that storms have uined the crops inland and that there s much distress and suffering in potions of Hcanfort county. lie has decided to ask for oontribuions for the relief of these worthy and mfortunato 1 eople, and tl ose who dc ire to aid them may send their contri mtions to Hov. Kllcrbe or to the gen lomen who apprised the governor of the ituatinn. Their communication is ap tended 1 fluff ton. Dec. 'J. I8!IS. ro His Kxecllcney <Jovernor W. II. Kllcrbe, Columbia. Dear Sir: In the face of the dire and ;cnoral distress now depressing and op: iressing the people throughout the ownship of Iflulfton. Vemassce and lilton Head, in Itcaufort county, auscd by two cyclonic storms within a nonth of each other, the first on the Sth of August and the second on tl e ceond of October past, we deem it iropcr to submit to the executive a tatcment of tlieir present condition nd solicit such assistance as the neiessitiesof the "Case indicate and reluirc. 1 ... ii.- c.-.i ... i ......1. . i iciiwin IIP lilt; IIIM C.VCIOIIC IIIO CI' >ps iromiscd an ample, prosperous harvest, >ut swept by the tern post and unprecclentod flood the larger portion was do troyed, houses blown down, all the iridges swept away and forests wrecked oads blockaded by fallen trees and he entire township named, devastacd. The second storm consummated the lesolation and the destruction is soprolotninant and general as to he the rule md not the exception. The other townships in the county lUffercd to a limited extent, but the hrce townships about which we write ire entirely wrecked. The rice and pea crops are destroyed; i one-half corn crop, one-half of it roten, has been gathered and a minimum >f storm cotton, valued at scarce one :ent per pound in the seed, while the >otato crop has been almost a failure roin the flood, fresh and salt water t hat mhmcrgcd the townships. On the Savannah and New rivers in Vemassoe and BlufVton townships there las been planted this year between >,000 and 0,000 acres of rice with the promised yield of about 250,00(1 bushsis, worth $250,000, and the cyclones save left only about 12,000 or 15,000 bushels of damaged rice, while the rice nills themselves, trunks, banks, flats ind boats have been to a large extent lestroyed. The rice harvest had commenced and ip to that time at least 100,000 in cash uid been expended on the production >f the crop, all of which lias been engulfed by the cyclonic flood. The people arc disheartened by the lcsolation around them, their houses, 'cnccs and fields presenting a deplora- J do picture and discouraging prospects. ,vith the want of necessities of life itaring them in the face, while there is no work or enterprise offering to give diem employment. In addition to this general calamity j ivery family has suffered and arc still differing with malarial fever, the sc-J luence of the flood and exposure. The people need subsistence, clotling, medicine and indulgence in the payment of their taxes. They, tin people, have no money, I uid unless the payment of taxes is expended for them in Hluffton, Ycmassce ind Hilton Head townships, the little hat is left by the storms will have to be sold and sacrificed, thereby disabling them to cultivate a crop the en ming year. The real condition of the people in ;hcsc townships is such as to demand in >ur humble opinion your official attention and interposition, and we foci conSdont if one with authority is coinmisdoncd to investigate the matter his re ( port will prove of such a character as to ondcr imperative, and justify the pco [ilc in the appeals to the public as well is to the State for needed consideration ind assistance. In the village of Bluff pon many houses were blown down with i numberof the best dwellings unroofed ind fences prostrated. These townships have boon laid waste ( by four terrific cyclones within the past ivc years, and the people, while eon 'renting the inevitable and bravely itruggling to surmount their troubles. 7ecl reluctantly constrained by their present necessitous condition to solicit [)ublic aid and assistance. Respectfully submitted by J. 0. Verdior, | Member elect. P. Pritchard, M. I). F. T. Hardee, Kobt. Crosby, C. S. Pr it chard, J. S. Padgett, R. (). Reynolds, K. Dubois, W. N. Rarncs, Magistrate. C. A. Ycrdicr, (J. (i. Yerdicr, W. R. M. Verdier, J. Mel icer, C. J. Colcock, Member llouso of Representatives. until .. tiiciisday. ,ianu; WANDERED AWAY. The Rev. W. A. Kelly Has Gone None \ Knows Where. To the Kditor of The State: My husband, the Rev. Win. Aiken Kelly, laboring under temporal)' mental aberration lias left the city of Charles ton mid wandering 1 know not where. IMiy.sically very delicate and a great [ sufferer for years, his exceedingly vigorous mind held to the point of i tmost tension in preparing for conference examination has suddenly given away. Will his many warm friends of the State assist me with prayer and effort to recover him? Sorrowfully, Mrs. Win. A. Kelly. The Charleston correspondent of The ( State says: "The Kev. Win. Aiken * Kelly, a young minister recently ad mitted to'the Methodist conference of ' this State, has heen missing forever ' a wook and his frionds are very anxious about him. lie has a church in Sum ^ ter. Ton days ago he came to this city accompanied by his wife and child to ' spend the Christmas holidays with friends. The Sunday before Christinas ! he preached an excellent sermon at ! Ketlicl church. ' hi the followingTuesday he made an appointment in the morning to meet his wife and some . friends at a point near the city, lie ] then loll the house at which he was staving and lias not boon seen since. ' I lis wife says that lie had worked very ' hard preparing for liis examination at : the conl'eronee of his church and she ' thinks that his mind gave way under ! the strain and that he has wandered ! away. She docs not fear foul play hut 1 she is afraid that he is ill somewhere and unable to communicate with his ' friends. < )nee before, after a period of hard study, the young minister left 1 homo and was not heard of for four 1 days, lie came to himself then in Augusta, t!a. The Kov. Mr. Kclley is 1 about 2<> years of age. Mis father was 1 for years city assessor of this city and he and his family are widely known and popular in South Carolina." Sixty Thousand Gone. A dispatch from San Antonio, Toxas, says thcolliee of the Wells-Cargo Express Company at that place is out a money package containing $(>(),<100. The money was sent there from Houston. It arrived Wednesday morning and was given to C. A. Heeler, tho Wells-Cargo money clerk to hand over. Heeler started for the depot and was seen enroutc. Four hours after his departure his wagon was found live miles west of the city in a thicket, the horse almost dead from the elfeets of hard driving. Impiiry developed the fact that no delivery had been made. There was no evidence of a struggle in the vicinity of where the vehicle was found. Heeler has been in the employ of the company for nine years and enjoyed the confidence of all. lie spent several years on the frontier as a cowboy. His friends stoutly assert that he is the victim of foul play and his wife also inclines to this belief. Supt. Tuft, of tho express company is here investiga ting. lie admits that the loss will reach the sum stated while rumor near ly doubles the amount. An Important Decision. The Charleston correspondent of tho State says Judge Itenct Wednesday an nouneed his decision on the motions for new trial based on the claim that one or more jurors were not "qualficd electors' in the intent and meaning of the constitution. On the constitutional question his honor decided that a "qualified elector," and a qualified juror, must be a "registered voter." This was favorable to the movers. Hut his honor decided, secondly, that all parties had due notice and with proper diligence could hate ascertained before trial whether jurors were qualified. The objection should have been raised before trial. And, thirdly, his honor decided that there was not a sufiicicncy of evidence in the certificate of the dork of the court that the juror's name did not appear on the registration rolls filed with him to prove that the juror was not a registered voti r. Tho motion for now trial was refused. A Terrible Tragedy. Wednesday three of the children of Charles llagerman were playing on the ice oil the north shore of Wells Island, in the St. Lawrence Kiver, when it broke and they all fell in and were drowned. A fourth child, who was on shore, ran to the houso and notified her mother. Mrs. llagerman rushed to the scene and in her endeavors to rescue the children broke through the ice, and she too, was drowned. A man who was att tot . I />/l t / l 4 ll/l A . f A AA? d am i . 1 ?.!.?< ii;u m im; niiuiu: ill niu illli'ltlll U0>0 into the water and brought up )no of the children, but as the man was trying to climb out on the ice the child slipped from his grasp and perished. The family consisted of Charles Ilngerman, his wife and nine children. Ilugermnn, ; who had been in Canada, arrived home an hour after the drowning to take Christmas with his family. No went to the river alone and recovered the four bodies. They Speak out. The following resolution, offered by Comrade Ucasloy, formerly of North Carolina, was unanimously passed at a meeting of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New Yoi k: Unsolved, That the Confederate N et eran Cainy of New York condemns in' unmeasured terms the efforts of Senator Butler of North Carolina (who is not a Confederate veteran) to debauch the manhood of the South by socking to obtain pensions for ox Confederate soldiers from the United States, and that any t-imilar effort by any Southern member of Congress will bo abhorrent to the camp and meet with unqualified condemnation. I ?iti V H V IH'.iit. BRYAN SRKAKS OUT. He Opposes a Big Standing Army and Vassal Colonies. IS STILL FOR FREE SILVER. 3ut Thinks for the Time that Issue is Overshadowed by Issues Raised ty the Spanish War. Col. W. .1. Ilryan returned to lan tin, Neb., his home, ono day last week ilid was tendered a reception at the )liver Theatre by the Woman's llimeallie League. The house was erowded md Col. Uryan reeoived an ovation. He was introduced by (lovcrnor llol onib, who formally welcomed him ionic and complimented him for his latriotism in enlisting in the army. After thanking his neighbors for heir cordial welcome and compliment ng the members of his regiment and Hoi. Yifipiain, in whose charge he left hem, he justified his resignation as ollows: "I had live months of peace ri the army and resigned in order to take part in a light. I am as much interested in tho people of the Inited states as I am in the people of Cuba, md unless I am mistaken in judging we are called upon to meet more important problems in the Coiled Stateiust now than will confront our army in Cuba. "Some of these problems were under liseussion before hostilities began. I )thers have been thrust upon us as a result of the war. Let mo improve tins, my nrst opportunity, to assure you that my zeal for the reforms advocated 11 few mouths ago litis not in the least abated. "Vital questions cannot bo killed or burned and we were dealing with vital questions when the call to arms resounded throughout the land. "The American people have not accepted the gold standard as final. It has wought more injustice in out country during the last twenty-live years than Spain has wrought in all her colonies, and opposition to it will grow until the gold and silver coinage of the Constitution is fully restored. The. trusts which now flourish in defiance of I laws are more merciless than Weyler was and the new trust the paper money trust- which is seeking to obtain control of all the paper money in the nation, is a greater menace to the country's welfare than any fortign foe. "There are, however, two new questions which demand immediate attentontion, because congress is asked to act upon thorn at once. "The prcsdent rcccommcnds that the regular army be permanently increased to 100,000 mon. This question must be met now or not at all." Taking up the subject of imperialism Mr. Bryan said that the president has misinterpreted the sentiment of the people. They arc opposed to giving the Philippine Islands back to Spain, but they have not as yet dcclnrcd in favor of embarking upon a colonial policy. So great a charge, he said, could not be undertaken without more investigation and deliberation than the pco pie had yet given to the subject. The principal part of Mr. Bryan's spcch was devoted to the Philippine question. In this connection lie rev ferred to President MeKinley's inquiry: "Who will haul down the Hag?" and replied: "The flag is a national emblem and is obedient to the national will. It was made for the people, not the people for the flag. When the Am ican people want the flag raised they raise it; when they want it hauled down they haul it down. The flag was raised upon Canadian soil during the war of 1812. and it was hauled down when peace was restored. The flag was planted upon Chapultcpcc during tin* war with Mexico, and it was hauled down when the war was over. The morning papers announce that (Jcncral Lee ordered the flag hauled down in Cuba yesterday because it was raised too soon. The flag will he raised in Cuba again on the 1st of January, hut the president declares in his message that it will be hauled down as soon as a stable government is established. Who will deny to the people the right to haul the flag dewn in the Philippines, if they so desire, when a stable government is established there? "Our flag stands for an indissoluble Union of indestructible States. Kvcry State is represented by a star and every Territory sees in the Constitution a star of hope that will seme day take its place in the constellation. What is there in the flag to awaken the zeal or reflect the aspirations of vassal colonics which are too good to bo cast way, but not good enough to be admitted to the sisterhood of States? "Shall we keep the Philippines and amend our flag? Shall we add a now star?the bold star, Mars to indicate that we have entered upon a career of conquest? Or shnll we borrow the yellow, which in 181MJ was tho badge of gold and greed, and paint Saturn and his rings, to suggest a carpet-bag government with its schemes of Himliutimi? Or shall wc adorn our flag with a milky w'av, composed of a multitude of minor stars, re prison tins/ remote and insignificant dependencies? 4 No, a thousand times hotter to haul down tho stars and stripes and substi tutc the flag of an independent republic than to surrender the doctrines thut give glory to 'Old (Jlor/.' It was the flag of our fathers in the years that are gone; it is the flag of a reunited country today, let it be the flag of our nation in the years that are to come. Its stripes of red tell of the blood that was shed to purchase liberty; its stripes of I white proclaim the pure and Heaven a III. born purposes of a government which derived its just powers from the eon soiit of tho governed. I ho mission of that ting is to float, not over a conglomeration of commonwealtlis, but over H the Intel of the free and the home of tho brave,' and to that mission it must remain 'forever true, forever true.' FOUR MURDERS IN A DAY. S Women and Wine Cause Three of the j p Four Murders. Henry l'erry, n well known citizen of Atlanta, was shot ami almost instantly killed Wcdnesd >\ in ajl ouseon Madison streeet, by John A. Milam. The men had a desperate light for a revoDor, which Milam finally secured. Florence Iiivin;ston, who lived in the place, en deavored to separate the men. but fail h ed. She afterward told the authorities 'I that she did the killing, and presented j, a pistol as the weapon used, hut nil the | chambers wore tilled. A passer by I caught Perry as he fell and heard him ^ say he had been killed by Milam. 1 Mike Day, IT years old, a cripple, r shot and instantly killed Frank Floury 1 at noon. Day says ho discharged the weapon without looking. Marry Flcu I ry, a brother of tho dead boy, says Day i pointed the pistol directly at the child, r lie declares that Day and his brother t had <|uarrolod sevoral days ago, but Day < says lie was friendly with little Floury. I A year ago I'ay snot .Jack .Jones, a boy j his own ago, hut the wound was not fa I tal. I.evi Patterson shot and killed Tom Foster, who was intoxicated and trying to pick a (piarrol. Special () Hi cor A. >1. ('a vendor of the Fulton hag and cotton mills, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded hy Jesse I Owen, an employe of the cotton mills, i Owen's relatives were celebrating t Christinas rather hilarously and Cavender went to arrest Owen, who lirod on I him. t Tl o polieo. in the past JH hours, have 1 arrested nearly 200 persons on different charges, which is believed to break the I record here. 1 The saloons were closed as usual at f 10 o'clock Saturday night, and were not opened today by special order of Mayor ('oilier. Nearly every person taken in by the police had a bottle on his person, and as a result the large vault at Central station is well filled with a varied assortment of bottles and 1 i<|Uors. Could Not Happen Hero. Charles \V. Swan and Mrs. Isabella Itrown were married in Manchester, \ a., Tuesday night under most unusual conditions. It was the second timo the same couple embarked on the matrimonial sea as husband and wife, and followed two suits for divorce, a conviction of bigamy and a pardon, and to further complicate the situation there is another woman in Manchester who bears Swan's name, and is the mother of his family of grown children. Swan, eight years ago, after his wife had been denied a divorce, applied for one him self and was granted a legal separation, which might, after five years, be per fectod into a permanent divorce. At theend of five years, and without bringing further proceedings, Swan followed Mrs. Hrown to North Carolina, married ln?r 'iiiil lirmnrlit lw?r tit 11 vo tititit* liiu ulil t home. After many months his lirst wile prosecuted him and he was finally ' convicted of higamy and given three i years. The governor pardoned him tin? i next day and the wedding was the se- i quel. i Gov. Russell's Surprises. A sensation was created in Halcigh, I N. J. Wednesday by the announce- I mcnt that .1. M. Mewborne, the Fusion ] superintendent of the penitontiary, had resigned and ('apt. W. II. I>ay, a Dcmoeratie lawyer, had been named by Gov- i emor Russell as liis .successor. Mr. < Mewhornc's resignation takes effect .Jan. 1st. Not even the most intimato friends i of the i itercstcU parties know of the | contemplated change in management. ] ("apt. hay has accepted the position, i and Wednesday announced that he would fill all the subordinate offices j with Democrats. lie has already ap- ; pointed K. J. Tillcry of Halifax county as manager of the State farms and F. < B. Arcndell of Raleigh manager of the i central prison. Governor Russell's < political friends are severely criticising ; him for appointing Democrats to oilier^ Only two weeks ago he appointed a Democrat as adjutant general of the State, and since then he has made the boards of directors for several of the institutions Democratic. A Drunken Brute. Mrs. Winnie llcarncy, aged 2H years was found badly burned Wednesday at her homo in the tenement building at 102 Detroit street, (Jlovcland, Ohio. Her bed was partly burned. She now lies in St. John's hospital at the point of death. The causo of the tire was given by the woman and her husband, j Joseph Ifoarncy, a laborer, as the ex plosion of ft lamp. At an early hour this morning, however, tho polieo obtained from the 0 year-old daughter of the couple the statement that Ilearncy < cainu home intoxicated and because his wife would not got out of bed ami cook ' him a meal, so.tkt d some rags in coal oil, lighted them and threw them on '< her bed. Tho police placed Ilearncy ( under arrest. I ROYA t Absolutely t Makes the food more de no. :;l>. LOOKING SERIOUS. low Brewing Between Americans and Cubans in Havana. iOME STARTLING RUMORS. teportod That Gen. Menocal's Troops Have Once Mora Taken to the Field. Intense Excitement Prevails. A dispatch from Havana says start* ing rumors were Hying around that city 'hursday night and arc given credence >y excited crowds thronging the streets, t v a i rc|ortcd that (Ion. Marianao dcnocal and his Cuban forces at La \?yu had bc< u naked to take the oath if allegiance to t lie I nitcd States and iad refused. The news that Cuban soldiers had reused to take the oath of allegiance was sheered by the crowd and mounted in ur<ents scattc rod through tho town, 'riling the people in tho street that Jon. Mcnocal had withdrawn his troops rom Le I'ava and taken to the field. This story, regardless of its truth or alsity, is rhielly worthy of serious atout ion because of the eagerness with which it was received by the crowds who insisted upon its truth. They jusilied (Jen. Metioeal s reported sonsa* ional action. The situation grows out ?l tlie refusal of (Jen. Mrooko's permit or the participation of Cuban troops n tho exercises on evacuation day. The eeling is intense. Tho l'nitod States Hag was torn down rom many houses in tho lower districts oniglit. Upper class Cubans sent ca- , degrams without number to President. tlcKinley todaj begging him to inter'ere. Cablegrams have boon sent iroadcast ovor the I nitod States asking 'or public meetings and appealing to lie common senso and justico of the i\ji* \mcriean people. l-r-r*' The Cuban leaders here are doing ev- nilK rything possible to prevent an outmrst, hut say that if (Jen. Brocko'r I'S ioinmaiid is carried out not only willj ;lt other hey he helpless, hut they will think vhatever happens to have been caused ?y what they consider the arbitrary aid ?ulie* and injust action of tho I Hited States. .1 udgo Advocate ('harlcs Could of the \merican commission, cabled to I'resllent MeKinley that there is intense mcasiness in tho situation here and ad ising that the Cubans he permitted to art icipate i n t he evacuation ceremonies. The more excitable of the population if Ilahana s lower districts are beginling to hoot the American soldiers. /, I'lio higher class Cubans are bitterly dingrined and disappointed at the turn v itLiirs have taken. They hardly know vhat to say or do. Their plans were ,o have 1,000 picked men, tho flower of lie insurgent army, march into llabuna >ti Jan. I. The Cuban soldiers came nto camp at La I'ay a ami Mariunao vith the understanding that they were marching to llabana for evacuation day. I'hoy bought new uniforms in honor of .lie occasion. The streets of llabana have been most lavishly decorated. Tho people intended to meet the insurgent soldiers ***?> it the outskirts and escort them with music and cheering to tho I'rado. Tho icidicrs are the popular ideal of the i\ people of llabana. The entrance of the Cuban soldiers into llabana has been the dream of the people of tho unhappy island for o() years. Curing the late war llabana has over been the oh jeetivo point. Now Spain has been driven out, but the Cuban soldier must not enter. Tho Unbans compromised on the original plans two days ago. It was said the soldiers might enter on the second proximo. Five days of rejoicing was planned. The people of Ilahana planned a great feast for the soldiers. <?en. Brooke, who is supposed to act under instructions from Washington, said this arrangement could not be carried out. The developments of the next few lays may mean peace or war between the United States and Cuba. Habana citizens say they beg not to be driven away from the United States. A Terrible Avalanche. Fart of Hod Rock mountain, according to a dispatch from Airolo, (a villago >f Switzerland, canton of Tieino) has fallen into Airolo, destroying a hotel and several houses. The scene of the lisaster presents a terrible spectacle, the debris of the avalanche covering a ?i|uaro mile. The hotel, with eight houses and 12 other buildings was swept into a great heap of match wood. A new terror was added by tho outbreak of lire amid the ruins. Three [load bodies have been recovered. It is estimated that the damage will reach 40,000 pounds. Army Officer's Suicide. Captain John M. Tobin, commissary i>f the First brigade, stationed at Camp Holland, Knoxvillc, Tonn., committed suicide Wednesday by shooting himself in the bead. His resignation bad recently been accepted. His home was in Boston, lie bad been with the bri gauc tor the past tour months. h Baking l9M Powder Hire licious and wholesome 0 ff CO., NtW VOIU. . i