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I f | REPORT IS DENIED ? . . DR. RIGfiS SAYS NO HAZENG HAS f BEEN DONE AT CLEMSON ? ONLY ONE IS SENT HOME I y * Orangeburg Dispatches, Relative to The News and Courier's Story of "Reported Hazing" at Clemson College, State "Several Have Ueen I Ordered .Home, .Pretty .Rough Treatment Reported." The News and Courier says accordt ing to a dispatch from Clenison Col' lege Saturday night, The News and ! Courier's story of Friday relative to , reported hazing at that institution ("brought surprise to the authorities of the institution," which states Pres{ ident Riggs, was "based on misini formation." "Only one cadet has been charged : with hazing and ho had been dismissed," continues the dispatch. The ) News and Courier's story of Friday < was based on absolutely reliable information from Orangeburg. Confirming the first information the following dispatch was received 1 from Orangeburg Saturday night: "Considerable indignation felt over treatment of some of new students at Clemson from this city. Several have : 'been ordered home. Pretty rough treatment reported." In further explanation of the re> port from Orangeburg is the state merit: "A -parent sought to coiny munieate with the authorities at CJemson in regard to the matter; * they would not converse with him I' when they found that it was on the subject of the outrageous treatment his son had received, and was still receiving at the lands of some of his i seniors." i Still further reports bearing on > the f igini-1 story pubU-ried by The [' No \s and Courier caine from Crange/ bur'; :>p.ti rday night to the effect that jj while tiie matter was as reported, 5 then'* was possibility that tiie parents in (juestion would not tako the matf tcr into.1 ho Courts for redress, t Dr. W. A1. itiggs, president of :> Clen ^on college, in a statement giv\ en The News and Courier corres-j poinieni at t lemson aaturuay ingiii says: "1 regret exceedingly the I newspaper ariicle which appeared tol' day bqjped upon misinformation." F Tlio diB])atch received from Clemf son Saturday night is as follows: i' Clemson College, September 20.? The article in to-day's News and Courier under the caption, "Hazing | af^yCleniBon," alleging; that general f. com motion exists and that parents ire withdrawing sons from the College, brought great surprise to the authorities of the institution. Neither the president nor the comf moiiuant has any idea as to the occasion of the article in question. ! Tt ere is the utmost quiet and or; derlir.ess in the corps in spite of the fit t that there are 3 00 new recruits, , only one Cadet has been charged with / hazing, and he has'been dismissed. Upon request President Itiggs gave me the following interview: "I regret exceedingly the newspaper article which appeared to-day based up, on misinformation from an unknown quarter and respecting the truth of I which no information was obtained , from this oflice. Never before in the history of the college have we been f,o free from hazing and upon this fact wo were congratulating onr' selves. Materially we feel disappointed that suddenly ajid through ' no fault of ours theso bright prospects should be clouded by even a dis' cussi m of so serious a matter as haz: ing." / "We have had before us only one ' case of hazing this session, a cadet f from Orangeburg County, was accusI ?.1 >ii?tnlr<n? TirltVl a airliner afro Tt i r>u ill cm u>n i u^) *> i lu u> uug ?jvi u|/ | ' three hoys from his home town and 1 although he claimed that it was only and the boys who had been struck stated that they had not been hurt / and bogged that he be not punished, t >r f he discipline committee thought! it wise not to show any leniency even j with the most innocent forma of hazI Ing, end dismissed the accused cadet. I Not a single other case has come to ' the knowledge of the commandaut or ^ myself and the old students tell us that there is practically no hazing, j "Once in a while no doubt an old I student will paddlo a newsman and j v escape detection, but we do*all in our \ power to prevent ibis. Unfortunately it is onetimes the case that homesick hoys whoso parents allow them to return borne and others who fail i on tin ir examinations or are dismiss! ed in order to give some excuse for their el urn more creditable than the facts themselves, protend that they have boon unable to stay at coiiege on accoupi of hazing. Not a single boy ' lias J< fr the collego this session who (lid not assure mo that he had not. been iil--treated or In any way injur( cd. "It is unfortunate that at this time wl|?u the public mind is distressed oVor the unfortunate incident at the I University of North Carolina, that a news" aiver should publish an article which can but. cause apprehension to f every parent who has a son at colI lege. I am giving out this statement to relieve their anxiety and to assure them that there is nothing to appro, bond, and that conditions at Clem son were never so propitious for a successful session. I trust that those statements from mo and from Dr. .Tones will servo to reveal conditions ns,tluy are and servo to dispel opinions long held by some as to tho prevalence of hazing at Clemson." "A. B. Bryan." The News and Courier received early Friday morning a dispatch from o.io of its solicitors, who chanced to be at Clemson. It is as follows: "Humored, News of 2 0tli publishes a statement to the effect that there MONEY WAS STOLEN BIG SUM MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS IN TRANSIT. ? When Opened in l*ny Oar Large Package Was Stuflcd With Magazine Pages. A package containing $55,000 mysteriously disappeared in transit from the First National Bank, in Pensacola, Fla., to officials of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Flomaton, Ala. The money was part of a shipment, or $M>,uuu, iiuuauuu uo a pay roll and was in bills of small denominations. Details of the robbery, which is said to have occurred Wednesday, did not become public until Saturday. Reports were current that the Westbound Louisville and Nashville train, leaving Pensacola Wednesday morning, had been held up and robbed, but' this was emphatically denied lato Saturday by railroad officials at that city. Private detectives and special agents of the railroad and Southern Express Company are there investigating the affair. The money was put up in two sealed packages at the hank, one containing $55,000 and the other $20,000. These packages were delivered to the Southern Express Company and in turn delivered by_them to the Louisville and Nashville pay car at Flamaton, to be used in paying off the car caine South to Pensacola. On bein gopened in the pay car, it ?o o., i,i Ml,, hinrpr miekatrft was found in ouiu, K - to contain a roll of pages from a magazint in place of the money. The express messengers, it is said, claim the seals on the packages were unbroken while the packages were in their care. * No report had been made Saturday night by detectives investigating tho matter and railroad and express ofllcials refused to discuss the disappearance of the money. Several months ago three train robbers who held up the New Orleans and Northeastern train near Hattiesburg, Miss., and dynamited the express safe secured one package of $51,000 in currency, representing the railroad company's pay roll for its employees at Hattiesburg. More than thirty other packages of currency and jewelry were secured, the total amount of booty taken by the robbers being variously estimated at from $100,000 to $150,000. Special agents of the Southern lOxpress Company and Pinkerton detectives left New Orleans Friday for Pensacola to investigate the robbery of express shipments of money between Pensacola and Flomaton. Officials there refust to divulge the amount stolen. I FALIiS IN FRONT OF TRAIN. Former Railroad Man Suicides at Tupelo, Mississippi. At Tupelo, Miss., R. C. Kincannon, of Verona, Miss., former general freight agent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, committed suicide there Friday evening by throwing himself in front of a passenger train. He was despondent over the loss of his position, and had made several previous attempts to kill himself. His brother, W. C. Kancannon, editor of the Tupelo (iMiss.) Journal, arrived there on the train which killed him, to attend a family conference, to consider sending his brother to an asylum. .YTr. Kincannon's daughter witnessed his death. have been a number of men expelled lor hazing from Clemson College. There has been no hazing here to amount to anything. In fact, there has been only one man dismissed from here for hazing, and this is the only case of hazing known. In this one case hazing was of most innocent nature, but College authorities punishes with greatest severity lighest forms of hazing. "Pennell, Solicitor." The following dispatch from CoMmbia bearing ?n the subject is of interest: K{ o nni hot* 9 H B nil OUI UI1IL/1U) k)C|'lbiiiuv> < V< road Commissioner John G. Richards, stirred by the reports of hazing at Clemson College, called up President Kiggs of that institution, over the long distance telephone and asked about the matter. President Uiggs stated that ho was surprised that reports stating that brutal hazing had taken place had gotten abroad, for there was very little in it. He said that one member of the junior class, a Mr. Kennedy, from Orangeburg, had been expelled for hazing, and that it was a very mild case. lie stated that Kennedy took part in "paddling" a "rat" from his homo town and the discipline committee took hold of it and shipped Kennedy, fie stated that the "rat" went before the committee and asked that Kennedy be not shipped, and that this was the only case of hazing that had been reported. Mr. Kiggs said the opening had been the most quiet and orderly in the history of the College, and he stated that Dr. Howard Leo Jones, ofl Charleston, who is delivering a course of sermons at Clemson, and who is staying at the barracks, had commented favorably on the absence of any disorder. Mr. Riggs assured Commissioner Richards that the facility was not going to tolerate hazing in any form and that the reports which had gotten out were very much xn generated. Mr. Richards was a former member of the board of trustees at Clemson, and following bis talk with President Uigg: bo received the following telegram from his son. Stephen, who is a member of the sophomore class at Clemson: "Heard of the newspaper article. Almost entirely false. No brutal hazing. On'y one student shipped. None run cff. Very well." W. F. Caldwell. REFUSED PAYMENT CONSTABLE CORLEY'S WARRANT I TURNED DOWN. MATTER FUK THE COURT Corley, Former Sheriff of JiCxington, ] Who Accompanied Gov. ISlcase in Latter Part of Campaign Itinerary, Present# Kvpcns(> Claim, Which is Kef used by Comptroller Jones. The News and Courier Columbia correspondent says Comptroller-Gen- . eral Jones has declined to honor the warrant for $180 drawn in favor of P. H. Corley, as.chief constable, on i the Governor's fund for the enforce- j men of law, and approved by the , Governor. The Comptroller-General , says the warrant is drawn without law, and under the law he cannot pay it. Mr. Corley accompanied the Governor on the last half of the State campaign tour. He was formerly sheriff of Lexington County. Rumors of Mr. Corley's warrant being turned down were heard on the street, and on being asked about the matter Comptroller-General Jones submitted to the reporter the following following letter he had written Mr. Corley ,and also a statement of t.Vlr. Corley's account: Columbia, S. C., Sept. 1G, 1012. Mr. P. H. Corley, Columbia, S. C.? Dear Sir: 1 have statement of your claim for expenses, per diem and mileage, chief constable, in accordance with Section 721, Code of Laws, 12, together with order or approval for payment out of the special fund for enforcement of the law, at the disposition of the Governor. I regret that I do not see my way clear to issue a warrant on the State Treasurer fo rthe payment of your claim. My declining to issue the warrant is because of Section 43 of the Appropriation Act of 1912, p. 98G, which provides that no executive officer shall use any 61 the special funds annronriated to the depart ment of which lie is the head for paying by law on any ojcer whose compensation was not provided by this Appropriation Act. It appears that you hold the oflice of chief constable of the State under the Governor's appointment, as provided in Section 721 of the Code, and that the Legislature has made 110 pro vision for the compensation of such oflicer. The Act under which you were appointed provides that you shall receive, when actually engaged in the public service, $5 per day and 5 cents per mile for each mile actually travelled in the performance of your duties as your compensation tinrl u/iflir?ut anv nrnvtfdrm for the payment of your expenses while so engaged. It is clear, therefore, that the charge in your claim for railroad fare and hotel bills cannot be paid you, .because the statute does not provide for it. There is room for argument that the special fund for the enforcement of law, out of which the Governor has ordered this claim to be paid, should be applicable to its payment, but in vie wof the direction of the Legislature that no part of such fund shall be paid fo rservices in discharging the duties imposed by law upon any otiicer whose compensation is not provided for by the Appropriation Act, I do not see my way clear to issue a warrant upon this fund for payment of your claim. The question as to the construction of this Act is one which might be submitted to the Courts, and if the> hold that your claim should be paid out of any special fund for the enforcement of law, I will gladly issue the warrant. But until the , Courts so decide, I am forced to hold, as an executive otiicer, that no provision has been made by the Legislature for payment of your claim, and that the warrant cannot be issued therefor. Respectfully, A. W. Jones, Comptroller-General. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 14 ,1912. Statement of expenses of P. H. Corley, chief constable of South Carolina, during period from July 15, ( 1912 ,to date, as shown below: Expenses to Greenville in connection with escape from jail of T. U. Vaughn: Nine days, at $5. . . .$45.00 Board 9.00 Railroad fare, 2 trips. 7.20 $ 01.20 Special services rendered in accordance i R i /\?\ rr o 1 nf Willi MllllUll ^ 1 \/l Revised Code of 1012: $27.10 Thirteen days' services at $5 $65.00 530 miles travel, at 5c 26.05 Hotel bills as shown below 27.10 $180.25 Lexington, July 23 $ 1.00 Saluda, July 2 1 75 Edgefield, July 25.. x 2.00 Aiken, July 26 2.50 Lancaster, August 6 1.25 Rack Hill, August 6 1.25 Yorkville, August 7 1.50 Caffney, August 8 1.75 , Spartanburg, August 0 2.10 Union, August 10 1.50 Newberry, August 13 2.00 T r. ii hah a A ii o il of 1 <1 1 Ti i iii ii i run, n n ^ uwt a * ? * w Greenwood, August 14 l.r>0 Abbeville, August 15 1.50 Anderson, August 17 2.50 Greenville, August 22 2.00 Tbe State of South Carolina. To P. 11. Corley, Columbia, S. C. Or. account of special fund for enforcement of tbe law. Expenses, per diem and mileage as chief constable, tn accordance with Section 721, Code of 1012, one hundred and eight 25100 dollars-? $1 80.25. ' Approved. Cole L. Please. Governor. SHOCKING CRUELTY MARKS THE CONDUCT OF THE NICARAUGA REBELS GRANADA IS RELIEVED Prisoners Are Deprived of Food and Drink and Even Women are Hunted For Torture.?Admiral Soutli crlnnd, Willi 12,000 Americans, Has Probably Cleared Railway Route. Severe lighting between American naval forces and Nicaraguan revolutionists is believed to have occurred in the past few days near Barranca, although reports from the scene are bo meagre that oflicial in Washington have no definite idea of what has happened. Rear Admiral Southtrland is in the field, probably with upwards of 20,000 men, and if plana have nor miscarried, by this time he has cleared the route of the national railway of opposing rebels and relieved the famine threatened city of Granada. European attention to affairs in Nicaragua at this time i sbelieved to he one of the possibilities of the sit uation. The Washington government in sending relief to the beleaguered city of Granada, populated by many foreigners, had hoped to avert any pretext for landing European military or naval forces on Central American soil. The British consul general at (Managua and the British vice consul at Matagalpa have reported two British subjects murdered by the rebels at Achuapa. It is expected, however ,the British government, before taking action upon its own account, will await the results of the American campaign. A dtlayed cablegram from Admiral Southerland, dated Managua, eleven o'clock p. in., September 17, and reporting that American bluejackets and marines were fired upon as they attempted to open the railway, reache dthe navy department Saturday. Delayed reports Friday said the Granada relief party had been fired upon last Sunday; that the officer in command had halted and sent to .Managua for reinforcements, and that Admiral Southerland bad gone to the rescue with two companies of marines and a detachment of sailors. Whether or not there was more tiring from the rebels before the additional American force arrived, is not known ,but it is possible that the brush referred to in the dispatch received Saturday was the one that took place Sunday. Upon his arrival at Barranca, Admiral Southerland sent word to Scl eral Zeledon, one of the rebel leaders, that he proposed to open the railroad to Granada and ke?p it open, are. that he would give the rebels just 24 hours to clear the front. While Zeledon hesitattd, General Mena, the former secretary of war of Nicaragua, the principal leader in the revolution, came northward from Granada with" another large force of rebels and joined him. After a consultation they sent a formal defiance to Admiral Southerland, .innounsing their purpose to oppose his advance. It is not known exactly how many sailors or marines compose 1 the admiral's force at that time, but its believed that it did not exceed three or four hundred men. At any rate, in view of the large number of rebels in his front, and unwilling to run the risk of even temporary defou*, the admiral called for reinforcements for Managua, where it is believed there were still about 1,500 sailors and marines available, so as to make sure of overpowering any opposition that the rebels might offer. That was the situation when the last cablegram was dispatched from Managua, three days ago. T ,e official reports to the State department rarely include such sovere language as those which are now issued, dealing with the conditions in Granada, whit it is said, "are worse than those which existed in the Congo and in the Putumayo." The rebels with unparalled ferocity have turned upon helpless women and children, and their warfare is characterized by a return to absolute barbarism. American Minister Moitzol has received a letter from Pedro Rafael Cuadra, the present minister of finance of President Diaz, and from Carlos Cuadra, the Nicaraguan minister of the Mixed Claims commission, in which the name of humanity and civilization they beg (Minister Meitzel to do all that he can to protect their families who are being ferociously persecuted at Granada. They have learned that General Mena and his agen stare persecuting their relatives because they themselves are members of the Diaz government. Their brothers, private citizens, they declare, have been humanely tortured, .1 ~ 4' I* .-v . 1 r. .. ,1 nKllnnrl 4 111 IJI i \ v. ii ill iuimi uuu uuu^uu tw |/?,r largo sums of money for a few crumbs when exhausted from lack of nourishment. For an uninterrupted period of five days they were confined in a tiny, filthy closet, for throe days of which time they were allowed no food and water so that when let out they were near death. Moreover, Col. Daniel Mena, in command of Fort San Francisco, overlooking the town, has threatened to shoot the Cuadra brothers if the government troops attack Granada. It is said that Mrs. Cuadra, wife of the minister of finance, is being hunted in Granada in order that she may lie tortured. llomh Kills Wealthy Planter. Ambushed assassins believed to have been members of the Flack Hand, dynamited the home of John Mondella Sr., near Shreveport, T.a., killing Mm, after he refused to pay them $10,000, demanded in a letter. It is wife and three sons wore injured. HELD UP MAIL TRAIN BANT>S COT $800,000 IN TEXNBS8EE TRAIN ROBBERY. Without Firing a Single Shot, Four Yeggmen Cot Into the Mail Car, Rilled Sacks and Escaped. Four banditds took $300,000 in registered letters and other valuable registered mail from the New York and Memphis fast mail express of the Southern railroad at Steven's Clap, Ala., early one morning last week. A posses was put on the trail of the men as soon as tho train reached lluutsville, Ala., but the bandits have not been caught. Tho holdup was made without firing a shot or molesting a passenger, and the conductor of the train did not know anything out of tho ordinary had occurred until the train was stopped and lie went into tho mail car and found the clerks bound to the side of tho car. According to the story of the mail clerks, the train was stopped at Steven's Gap for water, when a rap was heard on tho door, and a voice said: "Open it; this is McMalion, the conductor." The door was slipped open at once and the mail clerk looked into the barrel of a revolver. About tho same time another bandit jumped into the car and ordered all hands up. One of the mail clerks, James Flint, attempted to pick up a Winchester rifle that lay within easy reach, but a quiet even voice made | him change his mind. "Forget it and fall in line," said the voice. The train left Steven's Gap before the bandits got to work and had run about 1 T> miles before they had finished their job. When all the registered mail had been rilled one of the bandits pulled the cord applying the air brakes and stopped tho train. The robbers then jumped off, conveying with them three sacks of registered mail. When Conductor McMahon came forward ho saw the mail car door open and, looking inside, saw the mail clerks' plight, lie released them and started the train on for lluntsville, where a posse was organized and sent back to the scene. The posse had bloodhounds. CAItKOLL TO TAKK STUMIN + Colored Preacher to Speak to Xegroesfor Woodrow Wilson. The News and Courier Columbia correspondent says Iiev. Richard Carroll, colored, has received from Congressman Burleson, head of speakers bureau of the Democratic national committee, the following letter: "Your name has been transmitted to this bureau by the Hon. Ben It. Tillman, of South Carolina, with the information that you would like to devote a portion of your time as a speaker among your people during the coming campaign. I will be obliged if you will communicate with me advising between what dates your services will be available and how much time you can give us during the campaign. We shall be obliged to depend entirely upon voluntary speakers to make the campaign for us as we will be unable to pay any of the gentlemen assisting for their services, beyond their travelling exprenses, hotel bills, etc. Trusting to hear from you at an early date and to have your valuable assistance, 1 am yours very truly." Carroll has just returned from Ohio where lie made several speeches for Woodrow Wilson, lie said Saturday afternoon that he would probably accept the invitation to make several speeches for Wilson and would first go to New York and would probably make several speeches throughout the West. ANOTHER AVIATOR KILLED. + Grim Spectre of the Air Claim II. J. I). Astley. At Belfast, Ireland, H. J. D. Astley, one of the most intrepid and skilful of English aviators, was killed Saturday afternoon by the fall of his aeroplane. Astley and James Valentine, each driving a machine, were making exhibition flights in the presence of 30,000 spectators. Astley, after a splendid flight, was descending while the people cheered. lie attempted to bank too sharply when making a sudden turn, and, caught by a fluky wind, the monoplane fell like a stone from a height of 100 feet. Women screamed and fainted. Astley, when flying from France to England with .Miss Krehawke Davis as a passenger, had a marvelous escape near J.ille on September 17. Oil that occasion the machine foil 1 f>0 feet and Miss Davis is said to liavo made on entry in hoi diary of her sensations as they dropped. KILLED IN PISTOL 1)1 ML. Policeman Shot by Brother Officer and liOom Mate. When J. W .ramp, a bicycle policeman, and P. A. Betiding, patrolina.il' of Atlanta, (la., room mates, became angered Saturday morning over a! trivial matter. pom reached tor their loaded revolvers lying on a bureau in their room. Camp was the quicker, and mded tho quarrel with a bullet,] killing: his friend instantly. They had roomed together fan* yearA policeman on the heat found Officer Cam ? sit.Hn.sc by Heihling's body, "it is all right," said Camp, "I've just i been forced to kill my best, friend. It's awful, isn't it? I tut ij hid to kill him to save myself."] ('imp said lleildinj? had asked him, to move a piece of furniture and thntj when ho did not comply quick onough ttoildlng became aagry. VAUGHN IS CAUGHT I * ! MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM JAIL AGAIN IN TOILS. ? DETECTED BY HOME MAN Tiio former nuptTinieiiut'ni oi i. u. O. F. Orphanage in Greenville, (liar^Ml With (Yiminal Assault of Inmate, is Arrcste<l in SundaySchool in Baltimore. T. U. Vaughn, erstwhile superintendent of the South Carolina I. O. O. F. Orphanage at Greenville, who sawed his way to liberty from the jail there on the night of June 26, where he had been confined on charges of criminal misconduct toward inmates of the Orphanage, was arrested Sunday in a Baltimore Sunday-School. Vaugn's arrest was brought about by Mr. R. E. Allen Jr., young son of Mr. H. W. Allen of Greenville. Mr. Allen, who went to Baltimore a few days ago to accept a position in a bank there, detected Vaugn as both were on their way to Sunday-School. Following Vaugn until ho entered the church, Mr. Allen then turned and called detectives. Several minutes after the detectives received the message, they arrived 011 the scene, and walking up to Vaugn, Detective Armstrong said, "Hello. Vaugn, what are you doing in Baltimore?" A hunted look crept into the man's eyes and lie made a movement as if to escape. The other detective grabbed him by the arm and he was taken to the headquarters office, where he denied to the captain of detectives that he was the man wanted in Greenville. Later, when confronted with a picture of himself, Vaugn broke down and admitted that he was the man wanted, lie was searched and in a wallet in his siile pocket was found $445; several newspaper clippings taken from the Greenville News relating to his escape from jail were also found. Since his arrival in Baltimore several weeks ago Vaughn has been a student at the Baltimore Medical College. where he was taking a course in medicine. When interviewed in the central police station, where he is being held, Vaughn refused to tell anything of his whereabouts since he left Greenville, except that lie spent a week or two in Norfolk. He appears to take his arrest coolly and stated that lie was going back to Greenville in an nary to fight the charges against him. Asked who helped him to esctne 'rom jail, Vaughn stated, "Lots of friends in Greenville," who would be willing to spend a lot of money and time to free him of the charge against him. Vaughn asked to be placed in a cell in the upper room of the station house, but as the. police aro taking 110 chances on his esciping he he was ] laced on the lower flo >r. R. E. Allen, when interviewed, said: "I was walking on Eutaw street witli several frineds when I noticed a roan on the opposite side, who it seemed that I knew. 1 walked over and was very imicn surprised 10 see inai mo man saw was Vaughn. I followed him and saw him enter the. church. 1 asked one of my friends to telephone the police and I entered the church and watched him until the otllcers arrived. He was placed under arrest and as the police weto loading him away the man turned to mo and stated that ho would get even." t ? ? GOVKRNOR CAN'T RBMOVK. Supreme Court Says. I?. J. Khame is Hank Kxaiiiiner. "The State bank examiner is not subject to removal by the governor, and that the defendant, 13. J. Tthame, is still State bank examiner," is tho majority decision, written by Associate Justice Woods, handed down by the Supreme Court. The opinion was concurred in by Chief Justice IGugene 13. Gary, Associate Justice Hydrick, and Circuit Judge T. S. Sea so, Georgo | H. Prince, John S. Wilson, H. F. Kice, Frank 13. Gary, and T. H. Spa\p. Dissenting opinions were filed by Associate Justice R. C. Watts and [Circuit Judge George W. Gage, both of whom held that the governor had the authority to remove the State bank examiner. On April 1 the governor, by proclamation. removed P. J. Khame, State bank examiner, from office, charging neglect of duty. Thereupon the governor appointed II. W. Fraser as bank examiner. Khame refused to give up his office, claiming that the governor had no authority under the law to oust him. The attorney-general then brought suit, in the original procedure of the Supremo Court, to have Rhamo adjudged an intruder and bo removed from otlice. If. W. Fraser was made a party and by answer alV, ~ I I... ivrpti.w i uat in' ? vto tin* ui vt i u 1 u.i ? i\ aminer under appointment by tho governor. Bashful Lover Sent Urovy. Robert E. Alexander, a young of \tlantil, Ca., didn't have the nerve to propose to pretty lS-year-oid Ilattio | J food, so ho got a policeman to do it. The person of brass buttons, handle u lis. and authority, was gone but a 1 ley,' n iiiutos when tho following mes| sage was sent to tho youth: "Co buy your license, Robert; she's accepted." The National Colored Pemocratlc League has opened headquarters in ; ?w York and is making preparations for a big demonstration for Clov. Wilson when ho coiues to that city to speak at Cooper Union. Tho President of tho League is Bishop Alexander Walter*, D. D., who Is tho head of tho African Mctliouist Episcopal Zion Church.