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KICKED THEM OUT ? TWO NOTARIES PUBLIC IN SMALL TOWN LOSE COMMISSIONS VOTED AGAINST 6LEASE Governor Refuses to Give Reasons for Action Saying Cause was Known? lief uses to Answer Whether Vote W for Barnwell as Chairman Caused ^ Ills Displeasure. s The Charleston Post of Saturday printed the following self explanatory correspondence: lucuieiianville, S. C., Juno 4, 1914. Editor Evening Post, Sir. Will you please publish the enclosed correspondence between Governor role L. Please, myself and others? I have received no reply to my letter of May ,a*' 5 requesting his reasons for my removal. Yours truly, H. T. Morrison. Columbia, S. ., May 14, 1914. Mr. Henry T. Morrison, McClellanvilie, S. C. Dear Sir: You are hereby notified that the commission issued to you as notary public for the State of South Carolina, during the pleasure of the governor, has this day been revoked, and any further act or acts performed by you as such officer will be illegal and in violation of law. Copy of this letter has been filed -4 with the secretary of State and with clerk of court of your county, who h.ivo been requested to cancel the record of said commission upon their books. Very respectfully, A1 ^ 1 - T T* \ ixjib ij. mease, uovernor. Copy (o secretary of state, clerk of court, Charleston county: ^ You will please be governed in ac- . cordanco with the above. 1 McClellanville, S. C., May 18, 1914. Governor Cole Ij. Hlease, Columbia, ( S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter of May 14 revoking my commission as notary pub- < lie received. I was of course sur- ] prised at same. While I admit your j i legal right to revoke my commission, ; ) I think it due me as well as yourself ] to give your reasons for taking this i step. Hoping to hear from you at ] your convenience, I remain, Yours truly, i H. T. Morrison. ** (Copy.) ! _ p Columbia, May 19, 1914. ] Mr. Henry T. Morrison, McClellanville, S. C. i Dear Sir: Your letter of May 18 1 has been received. 5 If you will notice section 78, Vol. v 1, Code of Laws of S. C., 1912, you will see that the governor is authorized to appoint as many notaries pub- < lie throughout the State as the pub- 1 lie good shall require, to hold their 1 offices during the pleasure of the gov- < ernor. You were commissioned under this law; and, it was the pleas- . ^ \ire of the governor to revoke your commission, and it was done. I ex- j pect you know why it was done about i as well as he does. 1 Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease, (Governor. McClellanville, S. C., May 25, 1914. Ah Governor Cole L. Illease, Columbia, S. C. ; Dear Sir: Your letter of May 19 ? received, in which you recite the law i giving you the power, as governor, to \ revoke my commission as notary public. This far I admit that you are entirely within your rights, but you JLp failed to give your reasons for so do- ( f $ ing, closing your letter with these . words: "I expect you know why it i was done as well as he (the gov- ] ernor) does." I am not asking you 1 for a reappointment, nor will I accept i one from you, but I do request that ; you give me your reasons for my re- i moval. Was it because, as a dele- i igate to the Charleston county con- ] vention, I voted for J. W. Barnwell ; as chairman? Has any one from this place written you or the attorney \ general requesting my removal? Or ; was it for misconduct in office? ] Hoping you will favor me with an early reply, I am, ] 9^1 , Your respectfully, II. T. Morrison. V McClellanville, S. C., May 19, 1914. Hon. Cole L. Illease, Governor, Coj lumbia, S. C. | Dear Sir: At a meeting of the prominent citizens of McClellanville j May 18 1914, the undersigned were ^ appointed as a committee to address the following communication to your | honor, with reference to the hevoking : of the commission as notary public I of Mr. IT. T. Morrison and D. M. Macintosh, these gentlemen being among h ^ tho leading and business men of the town, the former being president of McClellanville board of trade, mem; ber of the executive committee of the State Farmers' union, president Sea Island Cotton Growers' association, and president McClellanville Auto Co. I and the latter manager McClellanville m Merc. Co., president D. M. MackinI tosh & Co., president Democratic club S of McClellanville, secretary and I treasurer Sea Shore Milling'& Gin WILL SEND DELEGATES CAKRANZA SAYS HE HAS ANSWERED MEDIATORS* NOTE. Although Conditions Are Not Named Constitutionalist Chief Says He ^ Will be Represented. G^n. Carranza announced Thurs- j day night that he had returned an answer to the note of the Niagaia Falls mediators stating that ho would appoint representatives to the conference at Niagara Falls. The names of the representatives were not made public. The note gave simply the assurance that the Constitutionalists would be represented r and did not mention conditions on which tho Constitutionalists would , take part. It was announced, how- ' ever, that tho agreement to attend ' the conferences would not serve to ( check the campaign now being waged f against tho Federals. The Federals attempted Thursday j to escape from Mazatlan through '.he Constitutionalist forces, but were ' driven back with heavy loss. Two thousand citizens of Mazatlan, who 1 were destitute and without food, came into the Constitutionalist camp ] and were fed by Iturbe, although the 1 latter had to take the food from his 1 own soldiers to do so. Gen. Carran- c za has sent 1 00,000 pesos to purchase s food for these people. Fighting Thursday between the 1 rebels and Federals continued at Zacatecas when Gen. Natera began an assault with his 12,000 Constitution- ( alist troops. Gen. Natera has drawn ^ a close line around the town and is . determined that he will not allow the 1 Federal garrison under Medina Dar- * ron to escape. No details of the cas- '' unities of tho present battle have * been received. Gen. Carrt.nza has issued an order ( to obviate tho confusion caused by * refusal of persons in some States to 1 accept as legal tender money issued u in other States. The order provide# tllnt rnniiov lacimd in mi v Qfoio miio# 1.1 > ?? v Aii via v t iui? \? vu iu (in j t;v(uv Hi unv be accepted in every other Stato un- J tier Constitutionalist control. Gen. Villareal, governor of Nuevo ( Leon, has issued an order in Mon- (r Lerey that no one shall be allowed to 1 bold corn for high pricoe or store it, ( and also that no price greater than ( five cents a liter shall be charged for It. It is believed this order will have the effect of relieving the food scarcity in that State. A statement that the family of Gustav Bauch, killed in Chihuahua, * would receive $23,000 from the Con- 1 Btitutionalists was denied by officials. r The commission headed bv Gen. t Fraustro appointed to investigate the * llenton and Bauch cases, will go im- c mediately to Chihuahua and Juarez r to take evidence and has been in- f Btructed to expedite the examination. ? ? ? t Killed by Son-in-Law. v R. II. McDaniel, a well-to-do farm- 1 r 2r of Forsythe, Ga., was shot and tilled early Friday morning by Thos. a Meek, his son-in-law, in a quarrel r Dver domestic affairs. a t \propriates Money to Aid Survivors. a The Canadian government has appropriated $50,000 to aid the survik'ors of the Empress of Ireland disaster. Also $10,000 for the inquiry ibout to be held. ? ? ^ Spends Much Time in Prison. o Annie Alexander of Pittsburg, Pa., p who has spent 2 6 of her thirty-six e years in prison was convicted Tues- j [lay of another theft and received a (, new sentence. t , l.r ill V 1? % - - x - * - 1 - a ruur muni in auui At'Ciueuii t Four men were killed at Goldlleld, a N'ev., in an automobile accident Tues- f rlay afternoon. d t ning Co.?their removal has seriously inconvenienced the community at v large as well as themselves. We, the a citizens of McClellanville, feel that r you must have been misinformed as a to the standing of these twt> gentle- \ men, as we do not think you would t have taken this step without feeling you had just cause. r We think it, therefore, due to your- 2 3elf as well as the gentlemen, that a you give us your reasons for their re- a moval, r An early reply will be much ap- t predated. ( Yours very truly, r J. 11. Morrison, Jr., J. T. Hills. r S. A. Wrenn, c (Copy.) Committee. j c Columbia, May 22, 1014. t Messrs. J. 11. Morrison Jr., J no. T. t Hills, S. A. Wrenn, McClellanville, e S. C. a Gentlemen: ^our letter of May 10 has been receTVed. s Section 7 32, codo of laws, 1012, t nrovldfiB* I ? I "The governor is authorized to ap- t point as many notaries public t throughout the State as tho public ( good shall require, to hold their of- ( flees during the pleasure of the gov- j ernor, and whose jurisdiction shall c ertend throughout the State." i Edercising my pleasure, as gover- i nor, tho commissions of tho gentle- t men mentioned by you, were revoked, and that is all there is to it. f Very respectfully, f Cole L. Blease, Governor. t GIVEN TO PUBLIC j t - h v MEDIATORS GIVE OUT CORRES- 0 POXDEXCE WITH CARRAXZA. i ? WAITED WEEK FOR REPLY I * * s Having Received Xo Answer They t< Publish First Ix?tter of Invitation ^ to Rebel Chief, His Reply Object- ^ I A. ? llMll A. V f I - I? iiig iu .Hciuaiiou ? imuui ins 114;- n ing Represented, and Answer. The correspondence made public P rhursday between the Argentine, h Brazil and Chile mediators and the Mexican Constitutionalists is composid of only three letters. Tho first, 0 lated Washington, May 3, is the tele- jl ;ram in which tho mediators with- C( lr$w their invitation for Carranza to r< >eiul a representative to the media- ** ion because he refused to declare an 11 irmistice. Its text was published at ^ lie time. ^ The second communication, dated a May 2 8, was signed by Rafael Zuba an, special representative in Wash- u ngton of Gen. Carranza. This letter P mid Carranza considered that the t( :onfiict in Mexico should not be the uibject of negotiations at the media- c ion conferences in the absence of 11 epresentatives of the first chief of he Constitutionalist army. The mediators replied to this note ll >n June 2, commenting 011 the fore;oing portion of Mr. Zubaran's note S1 >y asking if they were authorized to ^ nterpret the suggestion as an expres- p tion 011 the part of Gen. Carranza of (< tn adhesion to the terms set forth in he telegraphic communication of May 3. These terms were a declara- 0 ion of an armistice and a readiness ^ o discuss all questions internal and S1 nternational. This letter concludes rt is follows: "If this were so we would take the t( iberty of suggesting through you to 1( he first chief of the Constitutionalist 0 trmy that he hasten the appointment 11 >f his rpnrpspnfntivoa fn tlio nnn for. ^ nee in which we are now engaged." \) this answer nothing has been re- ^ eived and the mediators have fre- {l luently said that they considered it a >eneath their dignity to wait any NV onger for Gen. Carran/.a to define g lis attitude, having given him more ? han a week. 1C ir The first of the three communicaions that comprise the corresponlence is the telegram sent by the nediators on May ,3 to Gen. Carranza, ^ hen at Chihuahua, withdrawing their nvitation to the Constitutionalist j hief to send delegates because of his ^ efusal to declare an armistice. It ollows: "We have received your courteous elegraphic message of yesterday in t v'hich you inform us that you deem ^ t inadvisable for the Constitutioriale( st cause to suspend hostilities ^ gainst Gen. Huerta because suoh suslension would benefit the latter only ^ nd in which you state that the in- m ernational conflict between Mexico ^ nd the United States, for the solu- j ion of which you accepted our good ifftces, is independent of the interlal strife in that country. "We consider this unexpected dec- Sl aration incompatible with the pur- 01 lose which prompted our tender of eJ ;ood offices. We believe as a matter 0j d fact that all difficulties which have ontributed to bring about the pres- jv nt situation of Mexico directly or fG ndirectly affect the solution of the a, on flint pending between Mexico and G1 lie United States and consequently 0j ve understand that they must be nade the subject matter of consider- p .tion in the settlement negotations y or the full success of which we have a] leemed the suspension of hostilities 0| o be indispensable. ei "If you should not so understand, vq would be compelled to withdraw ti .s inolllcious our invitation to appoint ai epresentatives of the constitution- y list party to attend the negotations. Ve greet you with all our considera- hj ion." r( No reply to this telegram was m nade by Gen. Carranza, but on May 8 he protested through ltafel Zub.ran,his Washington representative, gainst the Mexican conflict being fp nade the subject of negotiations in i0 he absence of representatives of the w onstitutionalist.,This letter to the 0t nediators at Niagara Falls, follows: p. "The undersigned, the special repesentative of the first chief of the (; onstitutionalist government of Mexco, Venustiano Carranza, following ix press instructions, has tho honor j o communicate to your excellency, he Ambassador of Tlrazil, and your xcellencics, tho ministers of Chile ^ md Argentina, the following: "Prompted by a noblo desire to olve, in an amicable and peaceful nanncr, the conflict pending between j, ho United States and tho Mexican f lation your excellencies addresed U A - T T ? 1 1 - 1 r<1 * wo hv,*ciimiciu ui mo uiilieu states, Jen. Iluerta and the first chief of the Constitutionalist army, tendering 'our good offices and inviting each >f the interested parties to appoint epdesentatives for the purpose of 01 liscussing the details of the negota- 11 ions. "The chief of the constitutionalist government, greatly aprcciating the ;ood wishes and sympathy of the sis- w er republics of the American con- n inent, accepted the tender in prinlple, and, owing to the complicated haracter of ihe situation in Mexico, e deemed it necessary to request our excellencies to define the scope f the proposed mediation to the end hat he may appoint duly authorized epresentativeB. "Without having received a specic repiy to this inquiry, the chief of he constitutionalist government was otifled if hostilities against Huerta ere not suspended?which proposed uspension lie deemed to be inconsis put with his duties to the people of Iexico?your excellencies would be ompelled to withdraw the invitation o him to appoint representatives. "ITe is now informed that the icdiation conferences have been takig place for some time with repreentatives of the Huerta government articipating in the deliberations, and o regrets that efforts should have een made and continue to bo made 3 solve the conflict between the Vnitd States and Mexico without taking lto consideration the fact that the anstitutionalist cause, which he repesents, has the support of a majory of the inhabitants of Mexico and as the largest armed forces within tie republic, and that the forces, actlg under his command, have been bio to recover from the power of fuerta, since the first action of niedition, the cities of Monterey, Tamico and Satillo with the adjoining ?rrJtory and the territory of Topic. "Under these circumstances, the liief of the constitutionalist governlent finds himself compelled to state 3 your excellencies with all the repeet and consideration due your igh olfices that he considers that lid conict should not be made the ngject of negotations at the mediaoil conferences in the absence of reresentatives of the first chief of the anstitutionalist army. "The undersigned avails himself of lis opportunity to express to your xcellencies, the plenipotentaries of razil, Argentina and Chile, the asnranees of his most distinguished ?? ./iiriuci ti i ivJ 11. Tho mediators on Juno 2 replied ) the foregoing communication as illows: "We have had the pleasure f receiving your courteous comtnuicatiou of the 2 8th of May, last, hich we have noted very carefully. "We must in tho first place acnowledge the recognition by the rts cheif of the constitutionalist rmy of tho wishes and sympathies hich promoted the tender of our ood ollices towards the settlement f the ronflict pending between Mexio and the United States, a tender ispired by the declared purpose of jrther ing the interests of peace nd civilization on your continent 4the earnest desire of avoiding rther bloodshed to the impairment f the cordiality and union which ave always gaverned the developent of the relations of the governments and peoples of America.' "In carrying out these purposes, e could not but welcome the advent i otir confercences of representaves of all parties interested, provid1 they agree to submit to the consisration and counsel of the medition id differences which now divide lern, in order that a peaceful settleent thereof may be sought in an .mosphere of tranquility and condition. "Hence it would be a source of 'eat satisfaction to us to know that e are authorized to interpret the lggestion in the last paragraph of le of your communications as an [presion on the part of the first chief ' the contstitutionalist army of that ?irit of compromise which in our idgments should prevail at the conirences of tho mediation, and as an lhesion to the terms set forth in ir last telegraphic communiciation ! the 3rd of May, last. "If this WPrf> SO \vr? wnnlrl (nlrn fli? berty of suggestions through you ti le first chief of ho constitutionalist :my that he hasten tlie appointment ' his representatives to the conferlces in which we are now engaged, "Wo avail ourselves of this opporinity to extend to you the assuricos of our distinguished considera011." It was because more than a week ;ul elapsed without an answer being ceived that the correspondence was ado public. ? ? Killed by Tobacco Fumes. Eli Sawden of Detroit, Mich., aged fty-one, is dead as a result of being eked in a jury room two hours hile the other eleven smoked. Nicine poisoning caused his death. He id never smoked. ? ives Them Summer Breathing Time. President Wilson lias signed an or?r directing that all government emloyeos wherever stationed he allow1 to work only four hours eacl\ Satrday between Juno 15 and Soptcmir 1 5. ? ?-? Open Campaign Headquarters. The Democrats, Progressives and opublicans have opened headquarrs in Chicago to direct the fight for ongressional memhers this fall. ? ? ? Tiiner Slips Through Docks. The first passage through the Gain locks was successfully carried Lit Monday when the ocean liner Alanca, 4,000 tons, passed through. ? ? Duncan in as Usual. John T. Duncan has authorized the anouncement that he will be In the ice for governor again this summer. BARRIER IS MOVED * I FIRST TEST VOTE IX FREE TOLLS FIGHT COMES IX SENATE. ? ESTIMATE TEN MAJORITY Adoption of the Simmons-Xorris Amendment Which Passes .">0 to 1 12-1 is First Test?Asserts Claim of I'nited States to All Rights Which > i She May Have. rr? 1, O ^ ~ .1 .. -? .1 -- >?l 1 _1 I ' a nf ov-uaii; >youuesuttj iiikiiv clear* ed away most of the legislative bar- ^ riers in the way of a final vote on the canal tolls exemption repeal bill, j Votes taken on amendments designed to preserve any right the United States possesses under the HayFa uncefote treaty with Great Britain to exempt American ships from toll . payment through the Panama Canal indicated that the forces of repeal ( will win by a substantial majority. Senator Simmons, who led the fight for repeal, has estimated that j the bill will carry by not less than ten votes, and there was every promise that his estimate will prove cor- ' rect. There was no real test of strength in the voting, but the repeal forces won the first round of the fight when ( they put through, by a vote of 50 to 24, the so called Simmons-N'orris-a * mendment which declares the United States does not waive or relinquish any right to exempt American ships from payment of tolls. Although two subsequent attempts 1 to change the language of the amend- 1 ment so that it would refer to a right ' the United States has, instead of any ( right it may have, were defeated, ( neither vote was so decisive as that on ' the Simmons amendment. One mod- ( itying amendment by Senator Suth- 1 erland was beaten, 4 9 to 33, and the s second proposed by Senator Cummins suffered a like fate, 4 9 to 3 7. There were several expressions h during the debate of a desire to sub- ( mit the dispute with Great Britain to * arbitration after the repeal bill is j passed. It has been reported in the 1 Senate for several days that an arbitration resolution will be pressed af- ( ter the passage of the bill. A se- * rious attempt to put through arbitration resolutions may be opposed 1 by Democratic leaders who are anx- ] ious to take up pending anti-trust legislation. The first vote came when the Senate was not looking for it and found 21 senators absent from the chamber 4 or out of town. The Senate adopted the Simmons-iXorris amendment qualifying the canal exemption toll bill by a vote of 50 to 24. This was the first test vote after six weeks of debate on the repeal bill. The most optimistic senators who favored repeal had not expected the amendment to carry by so large a . majority. It is not believed, however, the bill itself can be put 4 through by so great a margin. Nine Democratic senators voted against the amendment. Several of these, however, are expected to vote I for the repeal bill, while several Republicans who supported the amendment are expected to line up against the bill. The Simmons-Norris amendment would provide that the passage of the repeal shall not be construed or held as a waiver or relinquishment of any rights the United States may have under the IRiy-Pauncefote treaty with Great Britain. The vote on the Simmons-Norris amendment was: Ayes ? Democrats, Bankhead, Bryan, Chilton, Culberson, Fletcher, Hitchcock, Mollis, Hughes, James, Johnson. Kern. Bane. Bon Baa. 1 Lewis, Martin, Myers, Newlands, i Overman, Owen, Pittman, Saulsbury, . Shafroth, Sheppard, Shively, Sim- x moiis, Smith (Arizona), Smith j Georgia), Smith (Maryland), Smith f (South Carolina), Stone, Swanson, j Thomas, Thompson, West, White? s 3 0. ; Republicans ? Brandegee, Colt, Crawford, Gronna, Kenyon, J^ij>pi11, j Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Nelson, f Norris, Sterling, Weeks?13. ^ Progressive?Poin dexter. \ Nays?Democrats, Ashurst, Mar- T tine, O'Gorman, Pomereno, Ransdelt, f Heed, Shields, Walsh, Williams?0. f Republicans?Bristow, Burleigh, ^ Clark (Wyoming), Cummins, Gallinger, C.off, Jones, Page, Perkins, Smith (Michigan), Smoot, Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, Works?15. The amendment reads: "Provid- ^ rd. that t.liA nsiflflitffA nf tuia oV?r?ii _ ., ,? **w ounu j not. bo construed or held as a waiver t or relinquishment of any right the j United States may have under the treaty with Great Prltain, ratified February 21, 1909, or the treaty with the republic of Panama, ratified Feb{ ruary 26, 190 1, or otherwise to discriminate in favor of its vessels by , exempting the vessels of the United States or its citizens from the payment of tolls for passage through " said canal, or as any way waiving, i impairing or affecting any right of i the United States under said treaty, < or otherwise, with respect to the sov- i ereignty over the ownership, control * and management of said canal and i the regulation of the conditions or i charges of traffic through the same." i The Sutherland amendment, pro- i GANGS ROB AND PILLAGE PIRATES PLY THEIR TRADE IN HAS FRANCISCO RAY ? Hindoos, (lunese, Pariah Whites and Nondescripts Mingle Freely Round by Coinnion Tie of llracy. The pirates of the San Joaquin, long accepted as a tradition of the Pacific coast, for years have held undisputed sway between salt water uul the fertile region of California's great inland delta district. Here ire found the fertile river islands, 100 in number, varying in size from i small blot upon the surface of the vater to others many acres in extent, tt is on these islands that the pirate gangs make their abode, Hindoos, Chinese, pariah whites and nondescripts of all classes mingling freely n their various rendezvous and joined by the common tie of piracy which mites them against all established nstitutions of the law. For years property owners and officers of the law have guarded igainst these pirates. Scores of bat:les have been fought. Many arrests lave been made and cases tried on dim evidence. However, the pirates ire still as numerous and troublesome as ever and just as daring. From the many small islands in die district where San Francisco bay tarrows the Charquinez straits and .he latter in turn, splits into two great tributary rivers, the Sacramen:o and the San Joaquin, the pirates operate in various gangs in the dead if the night. For the most part they travel in aunclies and scows, without lights uul as quietly as possible. Poling \long in the shadows, they swoop lown upon the vegetable and merchandise shipments jiled along the evees awaiting transportation in the early morning on the river steamers uul transfer them to the barges and jcows lying in mid-channel. Sacks of potatoes, beans, garden ruck and other tide-land produce stacked for transportation are spirited away before dawn on the pirate scows and disposed of by fences or igents in Sacramento, Stockton and San Francisco. Owners, incensed at the continued lepredations, have frequently stood guard at night with shotguns and 'itles. The authorities have started investigations, working without clew ir evidence, and accomplishing nothing but futile cruising up and down the various channels where the pirates were known to be. Arrests have hern few and couvictions fewer, although battles between sheriffs* losses and the pirate gang, containng yeggs and ex-convicts, who find vater piracy an easy way of gaining i livelihood, are not infrequent. Gambling scows are an objectionible feature of the pirate settlement, frequent raids have been made durng brawls 011 these scows but inva iably the polyplot gangs get waning just in time to escape and evade irrest. ? ? OPIUM SMUGGEEllS ACTIVE. + Daily Attempts to Bring Drug Across Border From Mexico. Opium smugglers are especially atvive along the Mexican boundary at >resent and hardly a day passes that he treasury department does not re eive reports of attempts to bring )pium from Mexico into the United states. The honnrlnrv lir\n ^ ?iuu UCW >1 ecu California and Mexico is the most lopular place with dealers in the ontraband drug and the automobile ins been adopted by smugglers as he most successful means of eluding aspect ors. Mexico is normally very slack in egulating trallic across the border ind tho war situation makes tho vork of the opium smugglers especally easy insofar as Mexican otllcials ire concerned. United States inspecors, however, have landed scores of imugglers behind the bars at great isk of life. Inspector W. D. Evans at Tin Tuana, who has been one of the most ictive enemies of the opium trade, is ust recovering from a bullet wound nflicted by an opium smuggler who esisted arrest. During a period of ive months Evans and his assistants it Tia Juana arrested fourteen smugglers and seized 3 44 cans of opium. ? ? New York Hotel Tragedy, V. C. Steftano of New York is dead ind Mrs. Florence Boden of Allenown, Pa., is beaten severely over the lead as a result of a disturbance beween them while in a New York lotel. ?. A Vent to Sleep on Track. The 'bodies of J. W. Shackelford ind James Potter of Hickory, Miss., .vere found on a track near thero ruesday. It is believed they fell isleop on the track. losed as a substitute for the Summons-Norris amendment, was defeated, 4 9 to 33. It declared that nothing in the repeal act should be considered as denying or abridging tho right of the United States to discriinnate in favor of American shipping, ind added that, on the contrary, such right is reasserted.