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■' ,:,fc ' f s*r l«VW^ 'pelfw;; The Weekly Ledger. VOL. r, NO. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., APRIJ, «, 18<>4. ^1.50 A YEAR. FLORENCE IS NOW EXCITED. vTHE MEN WHO TOOK THE GUNS ARRESTED. [Resistance Proposed luit Cooler Heads Prevailed and the Officers Pur sue a Mdd Policy Which Prevented Trouble. Flohkxok, S. C. f April 5.—The citi •ns of Florence have Ix-en greatly star i tied by the announcement that the men took the guns from the armory re Friday Inst ami participated in the 1 pursuit of the constables would ho ur- Msted by the militia. There was a dis position, at first, to resist but the mild Mthods adopted by the officers induced ie m<-n to ncuuiesce in the action taken, lemon who took the guns were sum- I tnoned to the courthouse where Colonel | N. O. Evans, commaiiding in the ah- •ebce of General Farley, had estah- [kshetl his headquarters. They assembled thero about to a. m. I bod conferred with ('oloin-l Evans and J Major Joseph Wardlaw; they were ask- j I ad for their names ami a roll was made. ' I'The roll was then road w.th the n-qu •-.t ] that thus* who had ontere 1 ih> armory id taken gnus would r sp m i as their | names wore called. The following five men rc-poad si: E. j |F. Douglass. T. E. Wallace. I. W. ilain- aond. J. E. Poadergast an I E. P. Pow- |My. 11 of whom are merchants. Colonel Evans then mad • a short ad- j | dress. He said that martini law was in force , land that he was ordered to arrest these {gentlemen under it. As it was not dc-! aired to interfere with their business ho J {would place them on parole not to leave ■ {the city limits ami require them to re- j {port to Major Wardlaw every morning It 10 ... m. i'll-* citiz .'iis held a consul . Jtation with their lawyer ami no steps (have yet been taken to oppose th ; action |of the officers. It is possiol *, liowever, ' halieas corpus proceed ill's may bo •gun beiore Chief Justice Mclver. Tins will largely depend, however, |«pon the action of the others and the lanner in which the arrested men arc Itreated. Tents for the militia have ar- Irivesl. hut there is as yet no disposition Ito pitch them. The indications are that |fhe force may ho withdrawn before the ud of the week and probably sooner. General Farley lias gone over to Hislt- pville and it is thought that his visit have some connection with the nc- Ition of the Bishopville Klfies in going to (Darlington when ordered and turning lit around and going home. { PROCLAMATION ISSUED. DEFIES ARREST. A Desperate Character Who Kscapcd from Ofttcem and Stand* Tliem Oil'. Clarksville, Tcnn., April 5.—Neat Oakwood, in this county, John Porter ai\d William Freeman, of the village oi Legate, Stewart county fought concern ing farm matters. During the row Por ter made an elfort to kill Freeman by •hooting at him with a Winchester sev eral times. Freeman was kept from ; being murdered by his wife stationing herself between him and Porter, giving Freeman time to hide behind a tree ! trunk. Porter made an elfort lo siioot Constable Wolf, who endeavored to ar rest him, but his life was s.<ved by citi zens acting as deputies, and Porter was taken to Legate and tried, his bond be CHARGES REVIVED. | ing placed at #1,000. During tl/ gii time the constable had him in charge. >nd while Porter pre tended to secure ihen to go on his bond, he escaped from the officers. It is now learned that he has located himself in his house, and swears ho will kill any one attempting his arrest. Hu is one of the most desperate characters of the vicinity, is feared by many, and serious trouble is looked for. ns it will taken posse now to effect Ls capture, and lie will in all probability kill some of them when his house is approached. IN TWO HOURS. Iti-tucee \V:t*1i- York. ItnpilLI Transit I’ropos.-il iiiKt"ii ami \<-tt WASiiiNdTtiN, April *>. -From Wash ington to New Yi :k in two hours by electricity. This r ipid transit is prom ised by a compa y of capitalists who ask congress for an act of incorporation. General Latchings, of Mississippi, has introduced the bill in the house. The company proposes to build an elevated biryelo railway between Wash ington and New York, using the Brett system. Through the open country the tracks are to be elevate ! about two loot, with guard rails on each side of the car, and in passing tliroii. h incorporated cities and villages and over p i die high ways the tranks are to he elevate 1, so as not to interfere with traffic on the snr face. The ears which are to be used are not unlike tliofe which were first used on the elevated roads in New York, thu only striking \ioint of differ nee being that these ears will hav no platforms. The road structure and its supports are to be made of iron and steel of suiii- cient size and strength to permit the passage of cars at the rate of I VO miles an hour. The conduits f c the electric current are to he so adju -t 1 as to pre vent any person from com 'into con tact with the elect net current. ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION ■Vi-, in .-it ^•vvrinir Til I in mi T»k<-* Coiil ml «if Munic ipal Officer* in I he Mate. Cot DUMA, S. C., April 5 —As an- lounced in his address before the sol- ( diers and citizens, Governor Tillman has {issued a proclamation declaring all mn- •icip d officers in th i state under his antrol, and ordering them to enforce dispensary law in their respective ities and towns. following is the proclamation: ras, section •Mil of the general stat- j lates obthis state declares that “the gov- ! lernor sjhnll have anlhority wbenever, in his ju Igment it shall la- necessary, to arm 1 const T.nilary, and in any emergency to kssttuie the sole control of the wiiole or part of tie- nuiiiici|inl police cities and iicorporated t ov.is. and t > niithnri/.e the |chief eoustab e of the state, or any deputy 1 eonstab'e. to command ats st nice iii ; the ex H-tuien of process, supareis ng riots 1 “■“din preserving the peace;" and whe.-e- i j it is made the duty of, and the power I glvqn said police to enforce the statute I knowtji as the “dispensary law,’’ but that [instead of obeying the requirements of •id Ipw. the said police, except in a very r towns, have been an obstruction ami i active aiders and abetters of those rho are defying the law: mid, whereas, indrr the same statute, the governor is iven power to appoint state constables t»r the purpose of its enforcement; an I. rhereas. the rebellious and lawless ele- nentsof society have hounded and in- llted these officers, and sedulously edlt- •ted the public i.dnd to resistaqee, caus- Bg siberal eneouiiters resulting in hlonri- htd. V et ween constables and illicit whisk v rllent, prodiieing intense excitement and mgijr to the peace and welfare of tie iteJ Chitu'se AttueU tlie It.iptlst Micliow, San Fiiancmo, April 5. \dvirc. received by steamer from Shanghai give an account of another Chi in's. 1 demon stration against llio foreign missiona ries, which came near ending in a mas sacre. When the procession of natives wel- | coming spring passed the Baptist mis sion building at Suchow the mob in the street throw stones and bricks at the premises, broke down the gates and swarmed into tho house, seizing every thing which came in their way. Missionaries Mason and Flether, whose families were upstairs, courage ously faced the mob and ordered them to leave. Thinking iliat the missiona ries had sent for help the mob left the j house. Another anti foreign placard, making sport of the foreign element, ha made its appearance at Hupeh. Bse -j feet on the natives is sure to ho harmful to foreigners. ANOTHER COURT-MARTIAL.' Secretary lirrlx-rt Has Orilcred Anutlirr Officer Hauled ir,». Washington, April fi.—Tlio secretary of the navy has ordered a courtmartial to try Captain Edwin M. Shoperd, com manding the apprentice receiving ship Minnesota at New York, on charges oi conduct to tho prejudice of good order and discipline, and violation oi a lawful regulation issued by the secretary of the navy. Captain Shepcrd sev r ly criticized Captain F. M. Banc Senator* Said to Have Heen Healing Hcav. ily In Suxar Stocks. Washington, April 5.—Fresh reports about tho stock speculations of senators who knew the secrets of tho finance committee room when tho tariff bill wa* being remodelled, are on everybody'* tongne. Previous reports have linked tho names of only Democratic senators with tho charges, but now the names of several prominent Republicans are men tioned. Hints of another attempt to force an investigations are heard, but if this is frustrated through the in fluence of the interested • stock pool,” it is said that several senators will openly charge in their speeches on the tariff that tho bill has been made a football of speculation and tho sport of the gamblers on ’Change. The latest gossip concerning senato rial stock speculations is said to grow out of cloak room talk. It is said that several senators, who believed that the scandal had blown over, have within tho past fow days boon comparing their brokerage books and tho amount of profits they have realized, A dispatch to a Pittsburg paper says: During the last day or two tin charges against senators of playing upon knowl edge derived from the committee having tho tariff bill in hand have been made more openly and boldly than at any pre vious moment, and they are hardly de nted. The charges have become so serions and direct that it would seem the sena tors involved wonld court investigation to clear themselves, but it is a fact that most of them are u*iug all of their pow er! ul influence to the contrary. In one way and another tho senators against whom criticism is directed have gained absolute control of the body of which they are members. A favor here, a ser vice there, a bit of a loan in an hour of need, a little banquet at times, a friend ly game of poker, with liquid acces sories, have combined lo place many n grave and reveren l senator under obli gations to the sporting clique, and, as the vote on the Peffer re-olntion showed, it is next to impossible to taka any such successful steps towards an investiga tion. Pressure is being brought to bear upon them to allow an investigation. It is argued to them that while it might be slightly humiliating, as the silver sp.*c- nlatiug investigation was to Sen ilor Cameron, it would be a cunning play to have an inquiry, and would give them a chance to sweep aside the scandalous charge that a committee of the senate had been in league with stock gamblers in the manipulation of a bill which in- 1 Vffives tho comfort and the very life of j millions of men, women and children. Toe opportunities for stock specula- j t:ou by senators wore not exhausted ; when the tariff bill was reported to the [ •e- ite. The sugar sc lednle and the w,. sky tax. in all probability, will be juggled again, and the same s- nators who are charged with having enHched their purse by sp ‘dilution in these secu rities before, will have another chance to add to their profiis. It is said that the long distance telephone in tin* office of the fU*rgennt-at-nrms of the senate has he n used to talk with New York brokers, for the purpose of getting •‘t pT’ and making “deals.” THEY WILL BE FORCED. UNION AND CENTRAL PACIFIC ATTACKED. Geary, Boatner and Brown Each Have a Plan to Bring These Roads to a Settlement of Their Indebtedness. BAPTISTS PROTEST. Senator Gordon Present* tho Views of Churches on Morse's Amendment. Washington, April 5.—Among the petitions and memorials presented in the senate was one by Senator Gordon, of Georgia, being a protest of the Baptist chnrches of Atlanta, against the consti tutional amendment proposed by Mr. MISERIES OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. In No Other Army Are the Men Trestod With Such Barbarity. With tho exception of the regi ments of tho guards—a mere play thing of the czar—the Russian sol dier is a miserable looking object, sickly and dressed in a uniform out of all proportion to his stature. He Morse, of Massachusetts, recognizing is wretchedly paid, always half fam- the deity in the preamble to the const!- i 8 hed, and, in fact, appears more It wiu. referred to the judiciary | qualifled be defended than to de fend. One has not to go far to find v»ifhhu x . .lu. ounce, his superior ofli- veihior of the state of South Carolina! cer, in official letters, expressing the ta ue this, my proclamation, giving full opinion that Captain Bailee was trying * “ ' to make a reputation at Captain Shcp” erd's expense. Tito court will convene as soon as that new trying Lieutenant Lyman finishes its work. knd * illidnl notice to the iniinicipHl au- theri 1 ies of every city and incorporated »wn in the state of South Carolina, and jtfii police ..ml marshals thereof, that indcsthe powers given me by said section I®, tlhe emergency contemplated has bis and does now exist, and that I do #b f assume sole control of the whole i pt inmiicipal police ami marshals of lie sjeveral cities ami incorporate 1 towns ? this state. They are hereby ordered to ufOt ce all laws on the statute fiooks. to- ■ther with all municipal onliminecs and rs from niitnicipnl authorities not in- Iptent with the purposes of this pro- ftion. As soon as the emergency plch is now upon ns shall no longer ex- twill relinquish and restore Mi • form- ktu*. B. U. Tillman, Governor. Uhe governor; J. E. Tindal, secretary Shot the City Marshal. Grekncastle, Ind., April a des perado named Everett Bourne, from the vicinity of Coatesville, terror WILL BE PROTRACTED. No TelllngAVlien tho Turin - Dehatn in the Senate Will Kml. . Washington, April 5.—Thu general belief is that tho tar.fi discussion will bo protracted far beyond any estimate that lias been made by any members of tho committee. Those Democrats who have openly or otherwise opposed the meas ure are as intent as ever ujion its defeat, I and it is subject to subtile attacks 1 which may yet prove its nfidoing. Thero is no doubt that the ultimate purpose of the framers of tho bill is to get sugar back on the free list ami the almot uni versal opinion is that such will be the final outcome. Tho yuay free coinage amendment, designed to be the death of the bill, is sure to be pressed. It is the present in tention of a number of Democrats to vote for it. If tho Republicans, with the intention of killing tho bill, should pretty generally vote for this amend ment it would stand an excellent chance of carrying. The radical silver Demo crats do not want to be placed in a posi tion to have to vote on this proposition, but if the tariff and the silver do get tied together, it will be difficult to get them apart. Tile .Stomach 1'iiinp Saved Her. Dayton, O., April 5.—May Fry, a pretty chambermaid at an uptown hotel, attempted suicide by drinking a quan tity of carbolic acid. While going to Washington, April 5.—Congress for the first time in many years, is showing a determination to force the Central and Union Pacific railways to a settlement of their indebtedness to the government. Several efforts have been made in the past to soenre this rosnlt, but they were generally abortive. The companies have claimed all along that their finan cial condition was sneb, and their finan cial obligations so heavy, that they could pay only the interest on their first mortgage bonds, bat were unable to Bquidate their indebtedness to the gov ernment either upon the principal or the interest of their bonds. The present in debtedness of the companies is, in round numbers, about $51,000,000, exclusive of the interest, which swtdls the amount to more than $100,000,000. Throe separate propositions are now being considered looking to the collec tion of these moneys. Inasmuch as the bonds issued by the government com mence to mature next year and will con tinue matnnng for a period of four years subsequently, it is felt that some understanding should be reached look ing to a settlement. Two of the three bills are now before the honso commit tee on Pacific railways. One of these measures was introduced in September last by Mr. Geary, of California; tho other by Mr. Brown of Indiana, on the first day of the session. The thir I prop osition is that of Mr. Boatner, of Louis iana, which takes the form of a resolu tion, and which Mr. Boatner has had referred to the committee on the judi ciary, of which he is a member. The Geary bill provides for a fore closure of the government's mortg;ige on j the two roads. It requires the United States treasurer, upon tho maturity of the first installment of the bonded debt, to demand its payment, together with tho total amount of interest duo upon such installment. Similar deim.n Is shall be made as the snccesstve install ments mature. If either of he rail- [ ways fail to comply with the demand, all the right*, privileges, grants and : franchises derived by them from the i United States shall be forfeited and be- i come the property of the United Stat<a. If either of the companies default, the attorney general of the United Stales is directed to institute action in the United j States courts to secure a legal adjudica tion of the forfeiture and prosecute it to judgment as speedy as possible. The Brown bill provides for the re funding of the companies’ indebtedness, i tlm principal and interest to bo paid, in equal proportions semi-annually for 100 years, until at the expiration of that t me the entire indebtedness shall have been liquidated. The interest for the first 10 years shall be 1 per cent, p ir annum and 3 per cent, thereafter. This is the on bill which tho Pacific railways committee is privileged to sit during the sessions of the house. From what can be learned the Brown bill is not likely to lie agreed upon; but after it and the Geary bill shall have been thoroughly discussed, a new measure will be re porter! embodying the best features of one or the other. Tho Boatner resolution, upon which its author hopes to secure sp -edy action from the judiciary committee, recites a number of violations of the acts of IH'JU and 1b7S by the directors of the two companies in contracting obligations, paying dividends, and diverting the funds of the companv to tho prejudice of the claim of the United States as a mortgage creditor. It directs that pro- i ceedings be instituted in b half of the United States against the directors wi o were parties to these proceedings and to make them responsible to the Unite! States for tho roimbnr.s and re turn of tho money unlawfully diverted from the companies and converted to their own use. tution committee. The house is without a quorum and is unable to do business. The house committee on banking and currency by a vote of nine to four agreed to rei»ort favorably the Cooper bill subjecting to state taxation national bank and United States treasury notes. The president has scut to the senate the following nominations: Postmasters—P. P. Parlin, Alexan dria, Va.; J. W. F. Lowry, Dawson, Ga.; George S. Haines, Savannah, Ga. PLOT AGAINST A KING. It Succeeded a Hundred Americans Would Have IVrlstiod. Shanghai, April 5.—A wide spread conspiracy to blow up tho King of Co rea’s court and ministers during a re ligious festival was discovoroci at Seoul through one of the plotters confiding in a foreign resident. Elaborate preparations had been made, including stealing all the gunpowder from military stations. Conspirators confronted tho king and avowed inten tions implicating several high officials and members of the royal family. Had the plot succeeded probably all foreigners, including over 100 American residents in Seoul, would undoubtedly have shared the fate of the Japanese in the almost similar attempt against the present king in HAWAIIANS SCAPED. Ti»e Reciprocity Treaty Termination Trade Sugar Producers Shake. • San Francisco, April 5.—The strainer China brings Honolulu advices to March 26. News of the proposition made by the senate finance committee to give notice of termination to the reciprocity treaty created a gnat sensation and spread an atmosphere of gloom in busi ness circles. the reason for this. The Russian commanders have, almost in every Instance, sought their positions, not in the hope of proving usoful to the state, but with an eye to the riches which will accrue to them in the shape of plunder from the govern ment and from their unfortunate subordinates. Forage, equipments, remounts and, lastly, the soldiers’ rations offer am ple scope for plunder, and these are the sources from which large for tunes are amassed. By regulation each battery must possess 58.horses, and the government provides the commander with the funds for the purchase of that number. As a mat ter of fact, however, only 40 horses are purchased. Returns showing the expenditure for the full number are forwarded to the commissariat de partment, and the difference finds its way into the commander's pocket. A somewhat similar system is fol lowed in regal'd to the forage. The horses are kept on short allowance of hay and oats. The soldier, unable to obtain the requisite supply of forage from tiie proper quarter, is compelled to make up tho deficiency by theft ; from the neighboring peasants. Each soldier is entitled to one quar ter of a pound of meat, three pounds of black rye bread, oue-third of a pound of groats and a farthing with which to buy such luxuries as salt and pepper. Even this scanty table furnishes its quota to the command er’s pocket. In the first place the contractor for meat, by means of a tempting bribe, procures the accept- INQUISITIVE WILSON. HE KEEPS BRECKINRIDGE BUSY ANSWERING QUESTIONS. It was felt that such a measure meant [ ance of an article of the woret qua! ruin to the sugar planters, as well as to smaller but valuaMe rice interests. La ter news of the senate’s favorable dispo sition to continu 1 ; the treaty gave gen eral satisfaction. Hattie in the Soudan. Tripoli, April 5.—Advices received from the so - .. Jan announce that a terri ble battle has been fought in the king dom of Bor.m, Central Soudan. Rabah, the former slave of Zobber Pasha, with an army numbering 30,000 men, invaded the king Join. He was opposed by the sultan of Bornu at the head of a large army. During the battle both sides sus tained very heavy losses and the sultan of Bonin and Rabah wore killed. Lawyer Mclntire Disbarred. Washington, April 5. — Secretary Smith has ordered tho disbarment of H. Norman Mclntire of this city, from practice before the interior department on the grounds of unprofessional con duct. Mr. Mclntire was charged with filing a fee contract in a pension claim in which ho hail changed the amount of fee from $10, as agreed to by the claim ant, to A Sealing Steamer Kuii.* Away. St. Johns, N. F., April 5.—The seal- ing steamer Newfoundland lledtoescapo prosecution for taking seals before March 14 and on Sundays. A writ was about being issued against her. She did not enter or clear at the custom house, and is liable tq a penalty of $*„\000 for this offense. Sh i sailed foft Halifax, where she belongs. ity and not infrequently substitutes horse for ox flesh. In order to per mit of a still further gain the com manders direct the dough to be well watered, and the bread issued to the soldier is consequently of the worst possible quality—pasty and half de composed. The flour saved by this watering process is accumulated and disposed I of to private persons. The regula- 1 tion quantity of groats resolves itself into about one spoonful. Reduced by hunger and starvation, it is no wonder that every Russian soldier suffers severely from one form or an other of dyspepsia. In no other army are such cruel ties practiced upon soldiers as in that of Russia. The thrashings are in- terminable, and even trumpets or other musical instruments are made use of in these castigations. I have known a man to be thrown under a horse’s feet for some imaginary of fense, and I well recollect a case where a single blow of a list of an officer raptured the dram of a man’s ear and rendered him deaf for life.— Spare Moments. Brcckcnridge’s Secret Marriage—He Did Not Make a True State ment in the Marriage Certificate. Washington, April 5. - Judge Wilson began the examination of Colonel Breckinridge ns soon as court convened with reference to tho village of Golds- borough, Ky., and asked him if he de livered a speech thero in 188.). The defendant thought not. Then Judge Wilson asked if he remembered saying to tho servant woman at Mrs. Thomas’, the day, after ho had taken lunch thero with Miss Foliar J, “Mary, that was a very nice lunch, and when Madeline and I go to house keeping I want you to come with us.” “Oh, that’s not true. That’s merely a fancy sketch,” said Breckinridge with a laugh. “There’s not a word of truth in Mr. Wilson was particularly desirous of knowing whether Mr. Breckinridge had ever made any expressions of love and affection to tho pi lintiff and defen dant said he had never used such ex pressions to Miss Pollard. “I did. however,” ho said, “use ex pressions of kindliness, and I was par ticularly careful to be good and kind to her when she was pregnant. I tried to make her take up some occupation and to keep her mind busy.” In answer to Judge Wilson defendant said ho had told tho plaintiff many times that marriage between them was impossible. “I told her,” ho said, “that she could not expect me to marry her after her il licit relations with Roiles.” “That after she had bled Rodes for three years and then thrown him away ike a sucked orange, I could not con- -emplato marriage with her, or look upon her as a wife whom 1 could trust, or whom I could take into my family.” After questioning the witness about his trip to New York in April. 1833, when ho was married, and hi meeting with the plaintiff at the Hoffman House, Judge \Y ilsou handed Mr. Breckinridge a paper, and asked him Jif that was a fac simile of his marriage certificate. • Mr. Breckinridge said it looked like the original, but ho said it was not. “When you put down on this certifi cate that you had been married once was that true?” “I started to write in answer to tho question as to how many times I had been married, and I asked Dr. Paxton if it was necessary to stato that this was my third marriage, and he sa: 1 it was not necessary, so I thoughtlessly put it in once instead of twice.” Ho filled in the certificate because Dr. Paxton was Buffering from nervous headache. He tpld Paxton to keep it a secret. In answer to a question ho said he and wife on the night of the marriage went to the Hotel Lagreen and registered un der the name of William J. Campbell and wife. Attempted to Murder Hi* Motlier-Ju-Lmr. Upper Sandcsky, O., April.).—Isidoi Taylor, 3^ years old, attempted to mur der his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lena Rock. The shooting was tho outcome of a family quarrel of long standing. Mrs. Rock was shot in tho breast, back a .d hand, and is in a critical condition. Taylor disappeared, declaring that he would kill himself, and has not been seen since. ClirUtluu Kndeavor lu St. Louis. St. Loris, April 5.—Fifty simultane ous meetings were held in this city un der the auspices of tho Christian En- at tl . le P 01 ” 4 of a revolver, $100,000. Intellect. Hicks—They tell me that^AImmi- make is a smart financier. Wicks—Smart 1 No name for it. He’s the brightest intellect I ever knew. He’s a phenomenon. Why, the other day a fellow came into Munnimake’s office when Munni- rnuke was all alone and demanded, ’ '^ressmau Johnson'.* Steel iiant. •’ 'land, O., Apjfi! 5.—Congress- in in ium L. Johnson and others have pr. pared articles of incorporation fox the Johnson company. They will build steel rail works at Lorain, at a cost of $5,000,000. It will bo the largest steel works in the country, and will employ 5,000 men. An option is held on 2,006 acres of land on Black river, at Lorain. A Snv.-innnh Boy Killed. Savannah, April 5.—Harold Dana, the 17-year-old son of George H. Dana, bookkeeper of the Savannah Bank and Trust company, while going out of the Cen ral depot on the Florida Central and Peninsular train, stepped from the platform of one car, making an attempt to step dn a pusher to come back to the city. He was knocked down in front of deavor union. There were special speakers at each, and as notices wer sent out to congregations every society to this city had an unusually large meeting. Tho work will be kept up. A Station Agent Suicides. Reading, Pa., April 5.—James E. Moore, aged 52, Philadelphia and Read ing agent at Robesonia, committed sui cide by shooting himself through the Hicks—Yes? Wicks—Ho saw it was no use to refuse, so he drew his o 1 full amount. Hicks—Nothin that. YY icks—But listen. After handiug the fellow the chock, Munnimake be gan to talk confidentially with the chap and actually induced him to in- !k ck for the very smart about : EARS OF TROUBLE. Iu<|Ui-st nt Darlington May Can** It. Troop* on Hand. pUJKOTON, 8. C., April 5. -Every- at the seat of war is perfectly There is a spirit of unreit at the ihty of trouble, as the inquest |tho two 'end bodies is about io be A (letLchmont of troops has just ted to act under Mayor D.irgan's one, excepting those dire -tly in- ted, will bo permitted to go near iilro..d station where the inquest is held. Constables are expecte 1 to here some time daring the day he time and place of their arrival made punlic for good reasons. It ought that the constables will bo litted to testify without interfer- id then they can go home, citizens have pledged that the [will not be molested, aeral Richbourg gives The Nows ’aurier correspondent the news that will probably leave here Sat- or Sunday. There are quite a •r of visitors here for the inquest. Only Waiting for More Men. ikllsvillk, Pa., April 5.—An ex outbreak of miners here did not place, but is only delayed that the hr* may get more men in line. Yimps arrested in Spartanburg Sveek as suspected burglars were ree as there was no evidence to let them. citizens of South Groencastle, and in nn dertaking his arrest Marshall,Starr wa shot twice—one ball passing through his clothing and the other cutting Hit skin near his ribs. A posse of citizen i joined in the pursuit, but Bourne was heavily armed and made his escape. Don't Syinpntliise With Nicaragua. 8an Salvador, April 5.—Nicaragua has sent a confidential note to all tho other Central American governments inviting them to join her in a protest against British interference in the Mos quito country. Salvador has refused ro join in such a protest, but it is reported that Honduras has agreed to do so. Honduras is practically ruled by Nica ragua at present. ^ th % the train ^nd cra^' unXrner He l^eS To T the whole sum and $10,000 be- nil in f *over, Who failed to answer her recogni- wheels He was killed in«t a „ri it;., sides 111 -A. O. fiTIfl W IkSYTwItt recogni- tion. Bewailing the incident as indi- cative of future unhappiness, she con cluded to die. The stomach pump and antidotes were applied and her life saved. wheels He was killed instantl,. His death was due to his own negligence in jumping from one moving train to an other. The youth was employed in the offices of the Florida Central and Penin sular. cause is assigned. Started Oa fur Wii»1i|iigton. Los Angeles, April 5.—One hundred ami sixty-seven men, 27 of whom ar. heads of families, have started out on the march to Washington under tho command of Geuortd Viimtto. It is tho plan to centralize at Kansas City and mobilize an army of l.om H,, m at the Missouri river. The men were well be haved and orderly. Kicked ii Woiiinn to Dcutli. Helena, Mont., April 5. “Red’’ Gor man, a prizefighter of IoniI renown in Minnesota and this stato, lias been sen tenced to 21 years in tho penitentiary by a Butte judge for kicking a woman oi the town to death a fow mouths ago. rrnfoKsor Hrown-Scqiiiird Dead. Paris, April 5.—Professor Brown- Sequard, M. D., the eminent physician and physiologist, inventor of tho ao- calleddElixir of Life, is dead. Judge McGowan lias declared the Dispensary law tmeonsi it ut ioiml in a decision renderd tins week. Religious Educators to Meet. Washington, April 5.—The fifth an niversary of tho American Society of Religious Education will be held in thu city beginning next Saturday, April 7, and continue over Monday. Sunday af ternoon the Sunday Teachers’ club, which has a membership of over 9,000, will hold its annual meeting, and In the evening a mass meeting will be held. A Coxcyito Acquitted. •Denver, April 5.—“General” Bert Hamilton, of the silver legion of Coxey’a army, has boon acquitted in a justice’s court af stealing a suit of clothes. Ham- ilton was defended by Adjutant General Tarsncy. of tho Colorado militia. He ia angry with the newspapers and refuses to talk, and bjis left to join his army. Thurston After Ills Bride. St. Joseph, Mich., April 5.—Hon orable L. S. Thurston, Hawaiin min ister, arrived from Washington Satur day night. He will lie married to Miss Harriet E. Potter Thursday noon, and will leave on the afternoon tra.n with his bride for Washington. To Succeed Houk. MlAUTsnt'RG, O., April 5.—Paul J. Sorg, of Middletown, has been nomi nated by the Third district Democratic sides in A. Q. aud W. bonds that ain t worth the paper they’re printed ou. That’s what I call in toilet.— Boston Transcript. A Noted Woman Dying. . t V » convention as a candidate foi Lexington, Ky., April a. Mrs. Mary to succeed the late George W. Quinn, the “Irish Queen,” who. 20 years congress Houk. ago, was toasted as the most beautiful woman in the stato. is dying at tho Clarendon Hotel. Her sons, Charles and James Quinn, of Chicago, the noted turfmen, and her daughter, Mrs. P. A. Brady, wife of the well known book maker of St. Louis, have l>een summon ed to her bedside. H t sisters in Mt. Sterling and Paris and Cincinnati rela tives have also l»een sent for. Mrs. Quinn has pneumonia, Newby nllas Bruton Must Suffer. Springfield, Ills., April 5 .—It i-i learned here that the appeal in the cele brated case of Daniel Bmiton alias W 1- liam Newby, convicted in theUni.od States district court for fraudulent pen sion claims and sentenced to a term in the Chester prison, has been dismissed in the United States conrt. Benton, who is out on bail, was at once arrested and taken to Chester penitentiary. Chine*** (iumblers. The Chinese are a nation of gam blers. From infancy to old age they never lose their love for a game of chanc<\ Business, study, play, even wor: ’ p, loses its zest unless a smack of ; . mbling is thrown in. In their temples the worshiper takes up two semioval blocks and tosses them up to try his luck with the god v T tis “heads you win, tails you losi Siuglng to Those Who Are 111. A pastor has discovered a new power in visiting the sick. He has always read the Bible to them and prayed, but now, in addition, he sings some of the old familiar hymns. He finds that they carry a message of , comfort to the heart more easily than anything else. Often when the brain is too weak to follow a passage of Scripture, or to listen to conversation, an old hymn softly sung brings smiles to the face and opens the way for a short prayer.—Boston Congregation- alist. ind when the blocks come down on the wrong side a Chinese loses all respect . T . The c “ p r,tted for the joss. In every temple is a . . ^ 1 T 1S1 l^P 61 " tells a good story of hideous paper image called the god of a v 1 lslt ^ ust “ 1 McCarthy paid to a sec- crooked wealth, before which is a pot ' 0 “ dhttnd lx><jk store in Cork. After of divining sticks inscrilied, “Good off( * nn S several works of fiction luck in lottery' tickets.’’—San Fran- bookseller finally produced a copy cisco Chronicle. l> * Mr. McCarthy’s own books, To Help Colquitt's Faiultjr. Wauiinuton, April 5.-Senator Gor don has introduced an amendment to the general deficiency bill to pay the legal repreBentatives of Senator Colqnit $5,- 000—one year’s salary. The appropria tion will go through without.oppositiou. ■ A white man fell from a scarffold while painting a house in ('*‘nrles- und was killed. A Wife Slayer Lynched. Winston, N. C., April 5.—Informa tion has just been received here that Holland English was taken from the jail at Bakerville and hanged by a posse of 200 citizens of Mitchell county. Eng lish was charged with killing his wife some different from a boarding house in order to marry another woman. It is ain't it?” ’ stated that he offered his half-sister $10 to poison bis wife previous to the mur der. but still the customer was not satis fied. ^.t last the bookseller in des- on The Clerk anil the Cook. The cook at the boarding house, peration exclaimed, “Well, sir, if I out on a shopping tour, was talking » man so hard to please as you, with the clerk at the ribbon counter, Id take to writing books myself!” who was a be •••Vrwhc:" she cooked. “One of to. dry go< ds stores," she said, gazing around tho place, A A negro attempted to hold up and | rob Messrs Clark Brothers hi their store at Rantowles, hut was himself shot dead by one'of the brothers- “Well, rather,” smiled the clerk, elevating his chin. “Yes, ” she went on pleasantly. “In here you see a good many things you don’t eat, aud at a boardin house you eat a good many things you don’t see," and then she walked out.—De troit Free Press. rulltr ruder Trylnr Clrcutuatauce*. Burglar—Now, fora out Gimme yer watch. Now yer pocketl Yer silver matchbox. Now yet change. Polite Victim (an ex-draj thiugL else today, sir? Si thesb?—London Punch. The ColunibiS Slat mourning last nf t he The Valkyrie Coining Hack. London, April 5.—Tho Times says it is a foregone conclusion that Lord Dan- raven’s cotter Valkyrie will return to America without getting^ another race. Her sailing master and "her crew are about leaving England for New York. She will be sailed back to the Clyde un der a yawl rig aud ^ will thero receive her racing outfit. A Fight ou tho I’laln*. El Reno, O. T., April 5.—A bcttls with Winchesters occurred Sunday be tween Indians and white men who went on the open reservation. At last ad vices 10 or 12 men were killed. Fivs companies of troops from Fort Reno and troops from Fort Sill and Fort Supply have started for the scene of tho fight. Anti-Fool Bill Fagged tho Hoimc. Annapolis, April 5.—Tho anti-pool selling bill passed the house by an al most unanimous vote. Tho measure needs only tho governor’s signature tc become a law. By the the terms of the bill betting at county fairs and legiti mate race courses in Maryland is per mitted for a period of 30 days yearly. Trenton Official* Take Hold. Trenton, N. J. f April 5. William S. Hancock, the new stato comptroller, and George B. Swain, tho new stat* treasurer, have assumed tho duties of those offices. Tho clerical changes will be few, and will only be made after ti thorough investigation of tho needs of the offices. Hanged Himself in the Cellar. New Yoiqt, April 5.—Maximilian j Bodeyer, 63 years old, of 434 East Out Hundred and Twenty-first street com mitted suicide by hanging himself. Hi* body was found dangling from a lieani in tho cellar. The cause of the suicide is not I lu China, great confla already l.OOC have been (till burning. .fire alarm , a col- engine r* over