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The Weekly Ledger. VOL. I, NO. 5. OAFFNEV CITY, S. C., MARCH Hi, 18t)4. #1.50 A YEAR. LAWYERS HAVE A ROW. STATE NEWS. TO FIGHT CHOLERA. From A FIGHT OVER THE BRECKEN- RIDGE CASE. Miss Pollard, the Plaintive, Grows so Excited That She Had to be Carried Out of Court. Anxious Crowds. Washington, March 14.—The crowd that surged about the circuit coutroom far half an hour prior to the beginning ef the day’s session of the Pollard- Breckinridge trial was greater than on »hy day since the trial began. This augmentation In spectators was due principally to a desire to ascertain the action of Judge Bradley on the face •lapping episode of the previous session. There were other reasons too, for the •xpectancy of a sensational session. The report that Colonel Breckinridge would make the defense that he had been married to Mrs. Wing previous to the date Miss Pollard alleges he became engaged to her, and the sensational exit ©f Miss Pollard yesterday whetted the appetite of the public and made the courtroom more attractive than oven the houses of congress. Under Judge Brad ley’s order only members of the bar, witnesses, and working newspaper men were admitted to the court room, but the press of lawyers demanding admit tance was so great that the chamber was nearly filled before the case was called. Iramedtately after court was called to order Judge Bradley took up the face •lapping incident which took place jnst after the previous session adjourned. He decided that as the aiTair occurred outside the courtroom ami after adjourn ment. he had no jurisdiction in the mat ter. He, at the same time, stated he had heard that some of the counsel for the defendant were carrying concealed weapons, and cautioned them that this was a lawabiding community, and such proceedings would not l>o tolerated. Each of the counsel for the defendant entered the disclaimer and the hearing of the case was resumed. Miss Pollard was not present. The day's proceedings began with a little victory for the defense in a contro versy over the admission of the deposi tions taken in Lexington the day before the trial commenced, and which led to the recent affray between the counsel. Justice Bradley sustained the objec tions of the defense agaipst the admis sion of the depositions as evidence. Mr. Carlisle then asked that the deposi tion of Mary S. Logan, of Cincinnati, formerly Dr. Mary L. Sweet, be admit ted. Mr. Butterworth objected and an other legal controversy ensued. Judge Bradley overruled the objections of the defense and admitted the deposition as •fldence. Mr. Carlisle then read the deposition In which Mrs. Logan said she attended a J oung woman who gave her name as [rs. Monica Burgoyne, in 18N4. This was while Mrs. Logan was Dr. Sweet, • practicing physician of Cincinnati. Mis* Pollard was present while the depositions were being taken, but Mrs. Logan said that while there were some th ngs about Miss Pollard that suggested S irs. Burgoyne, she could not identify •r. The young woman said she was pregnant with ner first child, saying her husband was dead, and acting as though there were some family reasons why the matter should be kept secret. The young woman called twice at her Office, later deponent called to see her. After cross examination had been read, the court at 12:30 took a recess. About Hrecklnrlde'* Marrlngi-. Cincinnati, March 14.—Advices re ceived by The Tribune from Louisville tod Lexington deny the rumors that Colonel Breckinridge was married to his present wife, formerly Mrs. Wing, at New York, three weeks prior to the C arriage at Louisville. The family of rs. Wing is a very prominent one in Kentucky, and a member of it has given Out a denial of the rumor. At Lex ington Colonel Breckinridge’s friends Wul not discuss the subject. His politi cal opponents there knew nothing fnrther than the mere rum )t. IMPORTANT PROPOSITION. A CTiange In Voverninrnt Metlio<l» of Conit •nd Grodctlc Survey*. Washington, March 14.—A most im portant proposition for a change in gov ernmental methods will be presented to the house of representatives this week. It contemplates the abolition of the eoast and geodetic survey, of which Pro fessor T. C. Mendenhall is superin tendent. The coast survey surveys fivers, lakes and seacoast, and it is pro posed to absorb this branch by the navy department. It further contemplates the termination of the geodetic survey, with its extensive bureau under the di rection of Superintendent Mendenhall, E id the abeorption of this bureau by the terior department. Representative Euloe will submit the K ed changes as amendments to the r civil appropriation bill. One of it items of this bill Is that for the Coast and geodetic survey. Mr. Euloe been engaged in gathering data for E poeed changes for some days, and his pose has been made known to the ise committee on appropriations, balrman Sayers, or to Items of Interest Culled From Our Exchanges. A dispensary has been opened at Timmonsville. the home of Chief Dis penser Traxler. A new cotton mill is !o be establish ed in Spartanburg County with a capital stock of tfloO.tHtO. The Columbia Journal publishes a rumor to t lie effect t hat Senat or Irby will resign hi.v-WPsit in the Senate to take the stump in this State in de fence of Ids political course. Ellison S. Keitt has written a let ter in which he advocates the primary’ as the best plan to nominate State officers.as by that plan everybody can vote who lias a rigid to do so. The Hamilton Guard: burg, have invited all companies of this State. North Carolina to hold i, of SparL the military Georgia and their annual encampment at Spartanburg. W. I». Meet/.e, tin 1 man who defied the Governor at the State Fair last year and sold rice beer, who was shot during the trial of several parties in Columbia for violation of thedispeu- law by one of I he State's wit nesses, is able to he out again. Through the Columbia State we learn that the eh etrie street ear line is to be extended, a new park laid out on which will be erected a dancing pavillion, and other improvements made to the extent of !|>l(I.OiMI. Col- liimhin is getting tin- right kind of a move on her. State Treasurer Bales had the mis fortune to loose his household furni ture by the hurtling of the residence of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Wanna- inaker, near St. Matthews, where he had it stored. He had accidently let his insurance expire a few days before, so th.' loss was entire. The value was f’J.tfi i. Henry Leake, one of the most pop ular drummers on the road, has writ ten a letter in which he doubtless gives the basis of the story that some of t he drummers were Meting as de tectives. lie says a man named I’fhol, who was acting detective, carried a line of cigar and tobacco samples with him as a blind. At a meeting of I he l{efornier:> in Greenville last Saturday a delegate was elected under I he Colleton plan to the nominating ennvenlieii. Re solutions wore adopted deie'imeing the Columbia State. News A Courier and Greenville News for t heir opposi tion to the Dispensary law, and com mending Governor Tillman. Yorkville voted against the estab lishment of a dispensary last Janu ary’ 111 to 71. Last Wednesday the clerk of the county board of control received a letter from the Governor advising that upon a new petition the hoard of control might order a new election. There is niueli dissatisfa- t ion among some of t he eit izens in re gard to t he mat ter. If you w ish to see and inspiring sight c the factory or look an elevated posit ion a truly pretty it her go down to towards it from after dark. The electric lights are then turned on and twinkles brightly through every win dow. It will not he long before the whir of the spindles will he heard in the building. The whist lc of t he en gine is heard now morning noon and night.—I'nion Times. Mr. Daniel StiHivi in. of ('1 harlo Stoll who hail antiotincci 1 1 lis c andii lacy for congress from I In* first roni'ivs- sional district in • ipposit io II to tin* candidacy of Messrs . St 1 ok cs and 1 zler published a card ami * m noi ng his \\ illt- drawal from the r:i i***'. Th. ■ im liea- Hons arc that Mi *. 1 zh r h IMS 1 KtlJII elected. The vote \\ as light : md 11 Imre seemed to he lit 1 lc <■ OIK ■ern i is to the result. (iovernor Tillman In i< pa rdon ed a man named Wm, E. Ho ykeii. of ( • am- den. for a violat ion < >r t he di Spell: -a ry law. Boykin sold h; urd cider t •) il < [•nu stable, knowing it w as want* •d t. ll he analyze 1. 11 was f< mud to < •out a in a small per cent of ah 'olr ol. 1 pon ud- vice of his at tonic V Boyki in p lead guilty. This is the li rs 1 etis *> wl del) tIk* Governor has j in r< lolled am! 1 he The Scourge Will Be Kept Awnjr Here This Summer. Washington, March 14.—The marine hospital service does not propose to al low cholera to get to our shores this sum mer, if watchfulness and strong qpaT' antine observance can prevent it. Last year’s policy with regard to detailing officers of the service at the variohs Eu ropean shipping norts to inspect all emi grants will probably be carried out ag .in this year. Reports received here indi cate that cholera is prevalent in Russia and along the borders. Wnne Do cases have appeared in Franca and Germany, officials of the bureau state they would not be surprised to hear that cholera was epidemic in the port cities before many weeks. Cholera is admitted to bo a disease handled and stamped out with more ease than yellow’ fever. Statements pre pared by Dr. Wyman of recent epi demics of the latter disease show' that In nearly all cases the invasion of yellow fever are traced directly to Cuba, where, it is said, the germs never die. Last summer’s epidemic at Brunswick, was brought alxmt by fever in a vessel from Cuba, and the destructive scourge at Jacksonville four years ago was also duo to the fever introduced from some Cuban port. Stringent rnlos are to bo enforced *7 the service next summer agsinst all ves sels arriving at southern ports from Cu ba, and greater caro than in former years will lie exercised by the officers of the service to prevent a single case mak ing its appearance in tho gulf coast cit ies. A BOY TORTURED, Anil Mm Only Kxciine Given I* Pure, I’na- iliiUrra(«*il .Mr.'tiiticKii, Chicago, March 11.—Albert Barkow- sky, 1H years old, and George Dunn, a bartender, have been arrested fur inflict ing serious and cruel wounds upon Thomas T. Davies, a porter in a barber shop, with a redhot poker. Davies went to the saloon owned by Barkow8kj’’s father, greatly under the influence of liquor, and the injuries were inflicted by the prisoners. Both of his eyebrows were burned away, and under each eye the hot iron burned a track an inch long, and a sim ilar maik was left behind each ear. <Ju each wrist the skin w’as turned away for an inch and a half, while ou each leg from the ankle up for a distance of six inches, tho hot iron burned to tho bone. In the region of the abdomen also there are severe burns, while many of his ribs were traced with the hot metal. He will probably be crippled for life. The prisoners had no reason for their diabolical treatment of the unfortunate man except pure maliciousness. A START FOR THE POLE. THE WELLMAN PARTY OFF FOR SPITZBURGEN. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS Unique Arctic Euterprise—What the Young Explorers Hope to Accomplish—-Novel Fea tures orthe Outfit. says the plea no of hers. ignorance w -live BELLE PLATT’S ADVENTURE. fch© I* Still in an rnronacionu Condition nnd Can Tcdl Nothing. Ansonia, N. Y., March 14.—The strange adventure of the school girl Is abella H. Platt, who disappeared from the Shelton High school Thursday morn ing last, and was not seen again by any of her friends or family until 10 o’clock on Thursday night when she was found lying insensible in the highway in front of her father s door yard, remains as dense and impenetrable a mystery as ever. The girl, who is nearly 17 years of ago and really more than ordinarily pretty, still lies in a state bordering on mental unbalance, with only now and then pe riods of comparative clearness of Intel lect. She is under the charge of Dr. R. Pinney, of Derby, who insists on her be ing kept in absolute quiet, and will not allow even her parents to press her with questions as to nor wherealiouts and do ings on the day of her disappearance. A WOMAN PRESIDES. The Affair, of I’li-ii.niiton I. Directed by Mm. Annie K. Austin. Pleasanton, Kan., March 14.—This is the only town in tho United States now presided over by a woman mayor. She is Mrs. Annie S. Austin, who on Jan. 1(1 was elected over J. W. Primer, a hardware merchant. Mrs. Austin was nominated on a citi zens’ ticket, and her opponent was th© head of a business men’s ticket. Poli ties were ignored. The issues of the campaign were liberality with liquor dealers and gamblers, for revenue, and against which predominating jiolicy Mr4. Austin was, of course arrayed. So ani mated was the contest that several bmp dred morn votes were cast than at any previous election hero—national or local. Mrs. Austin conducted her own caut- paign. She is a powerful woman, weigh, ing about 210 pounds, and with not much superfluous flesh. She was elect ed by only 20 votes. New York, March 14.—Mr. Walter Wellman, the well known journalist, •ajls on th© steamer Britannic en rout© for Spitzbergen, from which point his expedition will make a summer dash for the north pole. Mr. Wellman is ac companied by three other Americans— Professor Owen B. French, late of the United States coast and geodetic snrvey and an experienced and capable scientist; Dr. Thomas B. Mohun, a successful Washington physician, and Charles C. Dodge, the artist and photograper of the expedition. The enterprise is under the leadership of Mr. Wellman, and the three men named are his lieutenants. Ten hardy young Norwegians, am bitious and experience'! in arctic explo rations, will join the party in Norway, and the expedition will sail from Trom- soe, Norway, for the islands of Hpitz- bergon about May 1. At Dane's island, which is very near the eightieth parallel—that point of latitude so far north that many explorers have never reached and few have ever passed i it—headquarters will be established, and then the party will steam to the edge of the great ice pack alxmt a degree farther north. After a landing is ef fected tho steamer will rethrn to Dane’s island, and al*out May 10 or 15 the dash for the pole will begin. That marvelous new metal, alumini- nm, has been used in the constraction of new sledges, boats and other appara tus, and thus equipiied with far lighter paraphernalia than any previous ex plorer, Mr. Wellman expects to push on north at the rate of from 12 to 20 miles per day. As he will have only about 000 miles to travel before the pole is reached, he expects to reach that goal or a point very near to it in 50 days. Ho wpl then return to the edge of the pack in 50 days more, his steamer will t iick him up, and he will then return lome. Mr. Wellman has cnrefnlly studied the great problem before him and ex- ! *ects to profit by the knowledge gained >y previous explorers who have traversed the pack and to avoid their mistakes. His early start is for the purpose of getting far north liefore the pack begins its drift toward the south. Away back in lb27 Sir Edward Parry pushed on northward over the pack at the rate of from 16 to 20 miles per day, but his heavy equipage compelled him to break his loads into parts and pass from fiva to seven times over the same road. Other explorers, handicapped with oldtime sledges and boats, have been compelled to progress in the same slow manner, but Mr. Wellman believes that with his lighi aluminium outfit re tracing hissteps will be unnecessary, and that every mile traveled will take him a mile farther toward the pole. At the start tho drift of the ice pack will not bo against him, and when he returns later in the season it will assist him in hie homeward journey. Mr. Wellman carries with him his aluminum Imts and sledges—the first ever built in America—and tests have demonstrated that they are by far the lightest and at the same time the very strongest boats and sledges of I their size that the world has ever seen. The entire equipment of the party of 14 will be about 5,500 rounds, and as 40 hardy draft dogs will assist in carrying it, the average weight tor dog and man will be about 100 pounds. One novel feature of Mr. Wellman's sobemo of exploration is that it is strict ly a newspaper expedition, and if Mr. Wellman's plans are carried out the world will bo apprised of bis progress toward the polo, a thing that has never before been done in the ease of any pre vious i>olnr expedition. Members of bis party will be sent back from time to time to tho edge of the ice pack with letters describing the progress of the ex pedition and tho discoveries made by the explorers. At the edge of the ico pack the dir patches will be taken on board Mr. Wellman's steamer, which will re turn to Norway, whence the world will receive the news. Whether Mr. Wellman’s dash for the lo will be successful or not remains to jilan is even will succeed in death of t’harh I'nion reacheil Me died suddenly about S o’cloek in He had only rman Sayei not think th© changes will be made, i© committee, s made, not complicate •f he tinnks they ahou' fh appropriation. It is understood that Mr. Enloe’s pu;- ;©cd©ttc ‘ ‘ wM th r . appropriation, is understood > is to make the geodetic branch of iresent bureau at) adjunct of the ge- leal survey. The fatter is a bureau - ja Interior department. The coast and geodetic suryey baa an rtsnsive bureau at Wasl• , ‘des *} partita 4hd coast survey boats ingbout theTounffy. The ftffloe fores -->-1*®* |U3,000 knnualiy, and those in thl field $119,000, latsrMjlsg In.uriAJe DeoUloa. WuiCBEfiTEB, Va.. Much 14.—Quit# I iatef©sting quefefion, bOeriog upon the f insurance, was i firm of the Fi which has juft [Vinegar company, hied the Commonwe company, of Winch* News of 1 In- (’nip. Esq., of Iasi Monday, unlay (‘venin court bourse at I nion. a short while beforo bis drat !i tinisbed a brilliant speech in the Siins-.lones ease, and Judge . of Colum bia, w as making a speech on t be same side at the tim** of bis death. .Mr. <'illp was about years old and was not married, lie was a genial, plcs- (.ut man in social life, attentive to his business aLair-. faithful to bis clients and an active, wiilc-wake citi zen. It was announced that deal’• was due to an epileptic tit. —- MURDER OF A POSTMASTER ing u tided at the ok comity rued. The Bt. Louis, i Fire Insur- r, Vh. The Rev. R. G. Bat rick of lyensville, Ky., will preach the imeneement sermon before the lets of Patrick .Military Institute [June. He Pursues and Overtakes a Robber and is Shot to Death. Special to The Daily News. ('oi.r.Mim. S. <\, March lo.—.l. T. Gaydcn, the postmaster and railroad agent at East over, w as bnilly murder ed this morning, it is siipposrd. bv a Negro named John MeClocd. The de pot was robbed last night and Mr. Gaydcn pursued the robber or robbers to Wcdgcficld where he overtook them. This morning bis body was found near Wcdgcficld with a bullet in bis neck. I be/ le in the com munity arc greatly used and a search is being imm. lie murder er. Mr. Gaydcn was , Vst post master appointed in li .« State by Cleveland, was r,nee county com- Suxpi-cted of Poisoning a Girl. Dover, Del., March 14.- Walter Mc Ginnis, of this place, has been arrested on suspicion of having poisoned Lull) Reed, a young lady who died here ui ’ S w'ciiliar circumstances spvefftl qay< diss Reed had not been feclihg Well McGinnis gave her an orange. 8h* after she ate the fruit sh0 nec^me died in groat agony. Thd b*3oy wi] exhumed to allow an eiamlfiktlon oJ contents of tho stomach, ~^L Ilrlgands Kepulsed Id Mexico, Durango, Mex., March 14.—Brigapdf attacked the stock ranch of Perio San chez, about 50 miles west of h^rp, They Were expected and the ranches for them. After three g or four killed and *.Vd wonu of the ranchers was killed were wounded. missionej oftliiV ou,1, y- l,t ‘ h'uvee u -tfirnmd uoveraH'l 1 ^™ 11 ' imnder’s AMM.lnatlon. New York, March 14.—to cJm- memorate the assassination of th? of Russia, Alexander II, anarcblstp a meeting in the Thalia theater Sunday night. The gathering wad ap orderly one and the speeches temperate. AH Mg those who spoke was Herr Most. The Floyd. Found Guilty, Minneapolis, March H.—and Louis Floyd, on trial for compITcity in the famous steal of some $123,OM ifiade by Philip Scheig from the Bahk of Min neapolis, have been found guilty. « * « Sam McGowan.Jr., a South Carolina hoy. who bus been connected with different daily newspapers in this State, ha:-; boon appuinied assistant’ pay master in tho navy. seen, but if his novel partly carried out he reaching a degree of latitude farther north than that readied by any previous explorer. With Wellman, Peary Nan sen and possibly Jackson in quest of the pole this year, it seems highly probable that 1491 will mark the solution of the frozen north’s fascinating mystery. Wellmun Pre.entvd With a Flag. Washington, March 14.—Mr. Walter Wellman, the Washington correspond ent, who haa organized an expedition at his own expense to solve the polar prob lem, has left for New York, fiom which city he and his companion* sail on the Britannic for Europe. At a sjiedal meeting of tho National Capitol Preea club, of which Mr. Wellman w’as until recently president, he was presented wjth a handsome silk flag of the United States, which the club desired he should nail to the top of the north pole or plant in the whole discovered. From Almost Everywhere and About Almost Everything. At Troy, Ala., Saturday John A. Mann, a Baltimore drummer, shotC. T. Hodge. The wound is not fatal. A negro woman has been lynched in Little Rock, Ark, There are no details of the affair, as it is shrouded in mystery. There is money in some newspapers. T!ir Cincinnati Commercial GaicHe has been sold for nearly a half mil lion dollars. The grand jury of the United States Court at Macon. Gn., Saturday re commended that there should he a government prison in the Southern States. The sensation of the day is the Pol- lard-Breekcnridge scandal ease, which is now being aired in Washing ton. The taking of testimony began last Friday. Cigar manufacturers of Ocala, Fla., Saturday passed resolutions against the changes made by the Senate fina nce committee in tin* tobacco sche dule of the Wilson hill. Samuel Cheek, a contractor, of At lanta, Ga, commitcd suicide last Thursday. He was married and had a family of children. Business re verses was the principle cause given for the deed. In some of the lower counties of Georgia and upper Florida there is a new sect which allows no preachers to join it. The services consist of pray ers, hymns, testimonials of sanctifica tion and short sermons by the laymen, and are held twice a week. A man. giving his name as D. C. Camp of New York, was arrested in Philadelphia Saturday for attempt ing to pass on Strawhridge A Cloth ier a check for drawn on an Atlanta hank. He falsely represent ed himself as a buyer for J. M. High «l’ <'o. of Atlanta. John Shelton Davidson, for twelve years Grand Mast "r Mason of Geor gia. expresident of the Georgia Sen ate, city attorney of Augusta and president of the county hoard of edu cation, one of the most prominent men in the State, died suddenly Sunday morning of heart failure. Clark II. Curtis, an actor, killed a policeman named Grant in San Fran cisco several years ago. He was tried twice, the tirst resulting in a mistrial, the second in an acquittal. Now comes the story that Curtis made a confession to his attorney, who kept the secret until a few days ago, when he divulged to the police authorites. Fhe attorney denies the confession while the police say it is true. A horrible murder was uncart bed in Savannah last Friday. A negro named Issiah Harden, a longshoreman disappeared about September 3d. In vestigation failed to determine what had become of him until his clothes were found where t hey bad been placed by the murderer. He was killed in a room, presumably by Mary Wash ington, Sam Edwards and Richard Washington. His body was cut in pieces and buried under the floor of the house. Suspicions* led to the beginning of an investigition last Monday. Since that time the body has been removed from t be room of the Washington woman, and its whereabouts is still the mystery of the case. Washington, his wife and Edwards, arc u iderarrest. The wo man admits tin killing and all the horrible details, and says Edwards and her husband were both accomplices. SI •(* refuses to toll what dsposition has been made of the body. THOSE HI LI AN CLAIMS. There Is Net fS^otign Time Left to Con- flder Them. Washington, Marcji Thq© is ap parently little prospect th$t the time for incineration of the claims now tc- omr REPORTS CONFIRMED. iber otdaims against Cl)Ui by tjw T luted States, hdwever, leroa anil GkR.km "overn- the coi fore tl)6 Ghiliqp co'tnmission in this city will oh extended beyond April 9 when, according to treaty agreement, the com mission must TOkM its work. Und et the treaty the time was jlmlted, as it was believed all claims could be adjudicated in short order. The nutn cftigeuB'Of became so large and 'fcfci-iiktLfl ment became so /tightened at . P©ct that when request was made for an extension of time the Chilian congress declined. When the coni mission ad journs in April not over one third of the claims will nave been passed upon. Our claims against Chili amount to nearly $30,000,000, while her claims against the United States cover only $250,000, $200,- 000 of which grew out of the Itata seiz ure and which have already been de murred to by the commission. One of the largest claims against Chili is known as the Landroan claim, involv ing $10,000,000. Another is the D’Arcy Didier claim filed by a Baltimorean, both of which have been disallowed by the commission. This week the famous Du Bois claim, representing over $2,000,000, will bo considered. The Chillian con gress meets in Juno. An attempt will then bo made to negotiate another treaty, to lie submitted to the senate next winter. MAY NEED EUSTIS. Th* Ainlt»..a(lor to France Talked of for the Senate Again. Washington, March 14.—The eleva tion of Senator White to the supreme bench occasions a renewal of the talk about Ambassador Eustis. Mr. Eustis is not only the most brilliant of Louisi anians, but he has had more experience in public affairs than any other man from that state now in office. It is re ported that there is a growing disposi tion among his people to ask him to re turn homo and again accept a commis sion as senator. They have just had so close a call in legislative matters here that the importance of having their in terests committed to tho ablest hands is borne in upon them most forcibly. It is not known how Mr. Eustis would regard the proffer. He is agreeably sit uated at present, knows Paris like a na tive, has a taste for diplomacy and great talent for the work. But it is considered not unlikely that, having served with such distinction in the senate, he would not refuse another terra In that body if his people demanded It. The election takes place in May, when two senators are to bo chosen. DA GAMA TOOK REFUGE IN A PORTUGESE VESSEL. The Portugese Commander Has Cabled tc His Superior for Instructions In Regard to Restoring the Warships. Lisbon, March 14.—Official dispatches from Rio confirm the reports that the insurgent adnltfwj.-iia. Gun a, has left his flagship and taken refuge board Portuguese Corvette Miudelli. The commander of the Portugne warship has cabled to Sonhor De Brissas Dos Neves Ferriera, minister of the ma rine and colonies, asking for instructions in regard to restoring the vessels com prising the insurgent squadron, under command of Admiral Da Gama, to the Brazilian government to whom they presumably belong. Da Gama had offered through the Portuguese naval commander to surren der, on condition that ho and his follow ers should be guaranteed safety. This message was brought in to President Peixoto by tho Portuguese officer in per son. A VALUABLE PLAYTHING. A Theatrical Troupe Chunk Each O her With a Currency I’ackagc. Oxford, Pa., March 14.—A package containing $*1,000 was left by Mr. Jacob Tome, of Port Deposit, Md., ou tho seat of » railroad coach on tho Oxford-Balti- niore express. Ho had come up from Washington with the cash wrapped in paper, and left the train at his homo, Port Deposit, south of Oxford. A mein- ber of a traveling theatrical troupe saw the package, and the company made merry with it, throwing it at one an- othes. Conductor Gilligan was handed a mes sage at a station from the aged million aire instructing him to secure the money, which he did. ft was locked in the car safe and sidetracked, and later the money was restored to Mr. Tome. He Is an active business man of H4 years, and was born in Hanover, Pa. A few’ years ago ho lost a package of $9,000 in a similar manner, but it never was re covered. Secretary Gre.haiu IMcaecd. Washington, March H.-From re cent dispatches, from tho minister at Rio de Janeiro, Secretary Gresham un derstands that the war lias virtually ended and is gratified that tho result has been reached in time to avoid further bloodshed. Minister Mendoncu said that ho had received information fully in accord ance with those of tho stale department, but giving no further particulars. Fodi.ilali Hu. llccu Captured. London, March 14.—A dispatch to admiralty office from Baltruist Gambia says: Chief Fodisilah, tho slave trader, whose depredations among the natives in the British sphere led to the recent fighting in that territory resulting in seyeraliustanccs in the defeat of tho British sailors, has been captured in French territory. STARVING BRITONS. A Steamer That lias Been In a Desperate Strait Since December Last. St. Johns, N. F., March 14.—The British steamer Briscoe, which left Ham burg on Dec. 0, carrying a cargo of manure salt, lies In a desperate strait, 00 miles south of Cape Race. A lifeboat containing five men arrived at the Capo Race signal station and brought news of the disabled and long overdue steamer. It contained Mate Mackay and four of the crew, all of them nearly exhausted from cold. According to their story, they loft the Briscoe last Friday afternoon and after overcoming the great obstacles they at last reached tho signal station. Un their long pull they had not a bite of food and were thinly clad and suffered from the cold and exposure, nil of them being in a frost bitten condition. The tug Ingraham and the coaetw.se steamer Virginia Lake, both carrying provisions to the famished crow, have Started to find the disabled Briscoe and render all the assistance possible. The Briscoe was doe to arrive in Now York Feb. 17. Huns Up on a Technicality. Edgefield, 8. C., March 14—On ac count of an oversight by the supremo court. Judge Frazier decided that he had no jurisdiction and could not pass sen tence of death upon William Carpenter, murderer of Preston Vance. Whitfield Mnrrell is now serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary for the same crime. The supreme court in its remittnr failed to dismiss the motion for a n« w trial. Still Talk of ImproT.'inent. rTANOOGA.Marcb 14.—The Trades man, in its weekly review of tW indus trial situation in the south for the Week ending March 12, says the new indus tries for the week are soHiewhat less in number than for the preceding one, but the unusually large inquiry for machin ery still continues, and many reports ars received a© to intended improvements in manufacturing plants. After a three day trial, which end ed last Friday, Henry Hicks, colored, of Greenville, was acquitted on the charge of running a blind tiger in Greenville, James Walden, of Jefferson county. Ga.. was arrested a few days ago and taken to Augusta, Ga., and carried b"- fore I nited States (‘ommi-sioner t'.il- vin upon a charge of running an illicit distillery. The men who swore against Walden have since con fessed to Commissioner Calvin that they had perjured themselves. They are J. F. Brazells and Steve Carroll, both white men. Walden was released upon the confession of the perjurers, w ho .t ill he prosecuted. Brazells testilied tnnt he told an un true story on the former preliminary trial. He said that Jim Walden, whom he said before was connected with a still, was wrongly accused by him. He said he had given In his former testimony under threats from Mr. Mann I’ailgett, Ivlicving that Padgett would kill him at his fireside if he did not do so. Carroll, a man fin years of age. si uxl up in the com mission* r's court to say he had actu ally walked from tin* wiregrqss sec tion ! aek to Augusta t.< •’undo what I have dom and to beg pardon of God ^:i<l * he court for I Ik* false stalcmcfit.s t » v Inch I swore before.” He ex pressed t he most contrite penitence for the wrong he had done. He prov ed conspiracy and exonerated Jim Walden. His rendition of his testi mony was very pathetic. Remorse had stricken his conscience ami he was eager to correct his former state ments. Electric Bitters. This remedy is becoming so well know n and so ]x>|)ular as to need no s|teeial mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing (Ik* same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist an*! i'is r v.teed to do all that is fi.iinr J. EiiC.rie Bitters will cure all di - 'ascs of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the and prevent as well as cure aria I fevers M’KINLEY INTERVIEWED. H» Allow* Hi* Tongue lo Itun n Little on Tariff. Cincinnati, March 14.—The Commer cial Gazette’s special from M.< ..Honsays: Governor McKinley attended the fu- ueral here of JalHes McLain, an old friend. He goes to Minfieapolis March 20 to address tho state convention of Re publican clubs. “I have not scon anything but the brief newspaper r.*|K>rt : . m the senate tariff bill, ho sail], "bat I should say that it demolished Mr. .Vilsou’s theory very effectively. Tho transfer of arti cles from the free list of tho Wilson bill fee tho dutiable list is certainly striking. "The changes strike me as an aggra vation. They are too inconsequential. The committee has done fairly w’ell by sugar. The process is expensive how ever. It provides revenue, but directly out of tho pockets of tho consumers. The bounty plan aff ords the same pro tection and at a far less cost.” Shot by a Negro Desperado. Sebastian, Fla., March It.—Mr. Laugeraan, foreman of MoLellan's saw- E illls, situated near here, was shot dead y a negro desperado named Bridges. The negro also shot and is thougnt fa tally wounded Manager McCloud. The negro had been discharged and he shot the men out of revenge. A imsse is in pursuit of the murderer. Captain Adam Warner Dead. Raleigh, March 14.—Governor Carr received a telegram announcing tho death of Captain Adam Warner, asso ciate shellfish commissioner ana com mander of the state oVster patrol steam er, Li 11; “ •go. I OV; lly. He was appointed three years His home was at Wgebini C. Before tho War be w India trade. Id tl ton. N. e West For cure of headache, Constipation and Indigestion try Elec- ctric Bitters—E.it ire satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded.-— Price 5U cts. and $1.00 per bottle u( W. B. Dupre’s Drug Store. Good Cltlsena, but Aullty. Warren, Pa„ March 14.—In the trial of the case against the White Caps who took Frank Bright from hie home re cently at Kinsua and gave him a sound whipping, the jury returned a verdict finding eight persons guilty as indicted. These persons include some oi the best citizens of Kindua. A Lancaater Dakar Shoot. HlmaMf. Lancaster, Pa., March 14.—Jacob Smith, a baker 40 years old, and a resi dent of this place, put a bullet into his df vn brain becgUso he had lost his sight, will die. Ho is married and has sev- to fall a tal The liri.coe Drought In. John’s, F„ March 14.—The >.>r Virginia Lake, having in tow . • disabled Briscoe, has arrived in port. Tho provisions of the disable*! vessel had given out and the crew were in an ex hausted condition, Tho Briscoe pre sented a inelanOnffiy spectacle, being bat tered and smashed in a terrible manner. To Sell tho Mobil# and Girard. Columbus, Ga., March 14.—The Mo bile and Girard railroad, with all of its property, both in Georgia and Alabama, will be sold in Girard, Alabama, which is just across the river from Columbus, in September uext unless the tirst mort gage bonds with interest amounting to •1,109,000 is paid. Judge Bruce in the United States court at Montgomery. Al abama. has rendered a decree to tiffs ef fect. The decree was on foreclosure proceedings in behalf of H. II. Eppiug, of this city, trustee for tho first mort gage bonds, against the Mobile and Gi rard company. Striker. Creatu ExcitpuinuC. Paterson, N. J., March 11.—The striking silk dyers have created another big excitement here. They inarched to the works of Simon i& Anger, broke dbwn the doors and forced the workmen out of the establishment. They threw the unfinished silk on the floor, turned on the steam in the tubs and burned a large quantity of material. Will Irby Varater Columbia, S. C., March i4.-The Journal has published some interesting information concerning Senator Irby. It declares that the impression prevails among his home people that, he will va cate the chairmanship about which he has been sharply criticised recently, and will take the stump in defense of political course. hia The Sister. May Comply, Pittsburg, March 14.—It is believed that the sisters of charity elected to teach in the Riverside public 4chools will agree to discard the garb of their religions order, provided the central board of education consents to issue cer tificates authorizing them to instraot the pupils of the Thirty-fourth ward schools. systciuZ w yTin a18 * noiamarnod all Mul-S children. His sight bei I rucenf' y«*ar ago, blind* An Alabamian Suicide*. Meridian, Miss., March 14.—Hon. W. T. Taylor, a prominent lawyer and vete ran newspajier man of Butler, A1 committed suicide in this city by 55 grains of morphine. Mr. Tayl comes of a wealthy,influential family i wm 40 years of age. He was maariei and leaves several children. W- 1 -♦ • Tht* famous Hiius-Joncs coho euim* end last Saturday. The result a verdict fo** the plaint iffs. Geo. Jims A <’*>. I he taking of t<stimo- K&Upietl three days. Cl