The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 20, 1894, Image 1
me Weekly Ledger.
VOL. I. NO. 10.
GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., APRIL 20, 1804.
81.50 A YEAR.
VANCE IS LAID TO REST,
FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE IN
THE LINE OF MARCH.
The Devoted Wife Was the Last
Look Upon the Face of the Dis
tinguished Dead—Me
morial Day.
to
Asheville, April 1» .—At th« honr ot
•ooa the remains of tho late Senator
Zebnlon B. Vance were being deposited
la their last resting place overlooking
the beautiful French Broad river in this
'land of the sky;*’ a fitting spot for the
U«t repose of the great man. The fu-
•eral train arrived just after dawn from
Jtaleigh with the committees of both
taues of congress. The governor, and
C ar officer* of state and throe care of
Unguiehed friends of the dead sena-
-Vc
totwitbstauding the late hour at
which the train passed Hickory, Mor
gantown and other stations, large
crowds pressed into the funeral car and
lemanded to see the remains.
The demonstration in Asheville was
the greateet of the occasion. The body
was placed in the First Presbyterian
Churcb at b o'clock, and from that hour
SBtil 11:30, thousands of people from
hu native county—Buncombe—passed
Bp to take a last look. An immense
crowd of Confederate veterans, followed
by the different fraternal organizations,
the Asheville Light infantry and Bing-
IBm School cadets filed b^>
Mrs. Vance spent half an hour in pri
vate with her dead husband, and asked
that she be the last one to see his face.
The procession was then formed,
reaching almost from the chnrch to the
cemetery—a distance of two miles. The
erowd that marched out lothe cemetery
is estimated at 10,000.
Friday will l>e observed here as Me
morial lay for f'e whole state, and an
Immense throng . ext*ecte<l.
ZEB VAl.CE IS DEAD!
A Stroke of Apoplexy Ends a Brilliant
Life.
Senator Zchtilon Vance of North
Carolina died ut his residence, l,t>27
Massachusetts avenue, Washington
City, at 1(1:1.') Saturday night. The
Senator had no, been in good health
for the pas* year and in the early
part of the present session of Con
gress was compelled to abandon bis
Senatorial duties and take a trip to
Floridit in the hope of recuperating.
His trip proved beneficial ami on bis
return to Washington he was able
fora while to partially resume his
official duties. His improvement,
however, did not continue long and
for the last few weeks he has been
confined to’Ids home. He was prac
tically iin invalid, hut lately has heen
able to receive a few intimate friends
and superintend the looking after
the interests of his constituents.
During t he past week he has heen
reported as doing as well as could he
"expected, and the serious change for
worse today was wholly unex
pected.
Shortly sifter II o’clock Saturday
he Imit an attack of apoplexy and
became unconscious, regaining con
sciousness only a few minutes before
his death. His wife, Thomas Allison.
Harry llartin, Mr. and .Mrs. Charles
Vance, Judge and Mrs. Houke and
Rev. Dr. i’it/ar and Drs. W. W. John
son and Ruffin were at his bedside
when he died.
The critical condition of Mr. Vance
|becanie known in the afternoon and
E m inquiries from his many friends
this city were made at the house,
nator Ransom and Representative
Henderson of the Seventh North Car
olina district and a few other close
friends, s|>ent the greater part of the
evening in the parlors of the Vance
(residence and waited anxiousL.^'
trbm. They
jeft alxiut half an hour before the
Senator died and were notified, by
messenger, of his dentil.
BRADLEY IN EFFIGY.
Hr*rVlnri<lfr'* Frlrnds Are Preparing to
Uurn the Wnxliington Judge.
Lexington, Ky., April 19.—John E.
Shelley, Colonel Breckinridge’s law part
ner, said that the colonel will be here in
two weeks, and will make his first
speech in the opera house. That he will
receive an ovation there is not the least
doubt, as more than half the men ihter-
viewed expressed their preference for
the colonel.
Advices just received from Versalles
say that preparations are being made
there to hang Judge Bradley in efligy
next Saturday night. Woodford county
is strong for Breckinridge, and its peo
ple nr* in earnest about showing their
indignation at Judge Bradley. The ef
figy will be surmounted by a bloody
shirt, and the fire will be applied first
to that garment.
Accept the Verdict.
Louisville, April 19.—The Post
(Dem.), commenting editorially on
Breckinridge's case says: He owes some
consideration to the friends who have
been true to him, to his district which
has honored him, to the party which
haA needed him and called to him. The
one service he can now render all these,
the one recompense it is in his power to
offer, is to accept the verdict of the
Washington jury as a verdict of eternal
banishment from the public service, and
act accordingly.
HARRISON’S GOOD ADVICE.
Tells th« Law Students to Keep Out
of Politics. '
San Francisco, April 19,—General
Harrison bade the students of tho Stan
ford law class goodby in an address of
20 minutes, in which ho gave the young
men some sound advice.
“The first and most important thing,’*
he said, “is to acquire a thorough
knowledge of the principles of tho law.
Do dot try to l)e a great case lawyer at
the start, but devote your energies to
the complete mastery of your profes
sion.
“Another thing,” ho continued, “•'o
not get into politics. Devote your <
tire time to your practice. If, after you
have thoroughly established yourself,
political honors should seek you, accept
them if you see fit; bu f never seek the
office. Above all.” hecon duded, “guard
the fair favor of your noble profession
as jealously as you do your own honor,
and never be drawn into any affair that
will reflect on either in the slightest de
gree.”
OLD GLORY FLOATS.
I Ing
was
The Funeral.
The body of senator Vance
taken from the residence to the eapj
Itol at 2 o’clock, Monday, and laid in
rilate In the marble room. At 4 o’
clock services were conducted in the
Senate chamber by Rev, Moses 1),
Hoge. of Richmond, assisted by Rev.
A. \V. I’it/.cr, both of the Presbyterian
church. After the services the body
was taken to the Richmond and
Danville station and placed in a
Special car which was attached to the
10:43 train, and taken to Raleigh.
It reached Raleigh at 11 o’clock,
Tuesday, and laid in State until 4 o’
clock in the afternoon, when it was
taken to Asheville, which place was
reached at 7 o’clock Wednesday. The
body was interred in a lot of the
Senator’s own selection on tho South
tide of the mountain overlooking the
4ty. w
A N«W FimI.
Certain society girls have carried with
} hem constantly this season pretty little
Tory covered notebooks with gold peu-
Idls attached by means of fine gold chains.
[At any of the fashionable gatherings of
[the winter they would be occasionally
[discovered in all sorts of out of the way
trtacee hurriedly jotting down items that
ucited much curiosity as to their ua-
[♦ure. Such secrecy was observed, how
C er, that only recently have the true
cts leaked out. Each book contains
M5 pages—one for every day in the year
—and under the proper date is neatly re
corded every complimentary speech from
the opposite sex received by the owner.
If the girls compare notes, they will un
doubtedly discover many duplicates, and
many gallants will be at a losa to m-
eoutit for a sudden coolness on the part
(4 aome of their lady friends,—New York
Ttmes.
Piano WEst i; you;
Dors to Death.
A matt. 1 u i
ion of that piece I just executed?
usical Critic—I think it was exe-
d.—York Journal.
Cannot Give I’lacw to Any Other
Over Iiulependenoe Hall.
Philadelphia, April 19. — Mayor
Edwin S. Stuart has declined to permit
the Universal Peace union to float its
flag over Independence had in place of
the stars and stripes Wednesday, when
it bolds a celebration in tho historic
building to commemorate the signing of
the arbitration treaty at Washington on
April 1H, 1390. Mayor Stuart said:
“I have always refused to allow any
flag other than the American Hag to be
raised over Independence hall, and must
decline to grant your request. No Hag
excepting our national ensign has ever
been permitted to fly over that building,
and I feel that you and your union,
upon reflection, can but agree with me
that under no circumstances whatever
should the American Hag, which floats
there throughout the entire year, be
permitted to be hauled down to be re
placed by any other, no matter what
that other may be or represent.”
ONCE TOO OFTEN.
An Alabama Youni; .Man Who Wax Show
ing Off Hix New Gun.
Morris Station, April 19.—Joseph
Diol, of this place, shot himself in |
mouth in a peculiar way. He by gone
out with a number of cq/panious, of
both sexes, on a froljy He was tho
owner of a dfii3j Bac tion, hammerless
pistol. It.Vy, n ew, and the fact that it
^ va8 J«f3ed did not prevent him from
crying to show how expert lie was in
handling it. He put tho barrel in his
mouth and cocked it just short of the
firing point. This he repeated several
times, to shqw the nicety of the touch.
He repeated it once too often. The
trigger was pressed to the going off
point, and the 38-caliber ball did the j
rest. It cut off part of his tongue, re- |
moved several or his teeth, penetrated
his neck and lodged just under the skin
close to the spinal column.
Hail Destroy- the Fruit.
Cannes, April 19.—A violent hail
storm swept over Cannes and vicinity,
doing irreparable damage to fruit trees,
grape vines, etc. The storm lasted a
? carter of an hour, during which the
all of hailstones was tremendous. The
size of the hailstones was that of an or
dinary marble. Fruit orchards and
vineyards bad already been greatly in-
iured by heat and drought, there having
peen no rain in this vicinity in 13 weeks
and what is left of them was destroyed
by hail.
A Fromineut Merchant's Suicide.
Hyde Park, Mass., April 19.—The
body of Perkins E. Baldwin, a promi
nent citizen, was found in his cellar
hanging from the end of a beam. He
had been much depressed during the
past week, business troubles being the
probable cause. He was in the silver
ware business at 22 Broomfield street,
Boston, and was 52 years old.
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES.
On May 1 mail service will be estab
lished between Huntsville and Gnuters-
ville, Ala.
John Gartman, a resident of Citrou-
elle, 13 miles north of Mobile^ was killed
by a falling tree.
Charles Williams, a colored mail car
rier in Mobile was cowhided by a lady
for improperly talking to her.
The Htate Grand Lodge of the Knights
of Pythias and the State Medical asso
ciation are both In session at Birming
ham, Ala., this week.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Miss Winnie
will not be at the Confederate reunion
in Birmingham, Mrs. Davis’ health be
ing such as not to allow her to attempt
| toe trip.
— - ■■■ -
J. Arthur Boteti has been acquited
] of the murder of Press Bowden at
i Marion.
HERBERT EMBARRASSED.
HU First Year's Work In the Nary Da-
partment Gets a Blow.
Washington, April 19.—Navy depart
ment officials are fairly dazed by the
fresh charges of fraud in the manufac
ture of armor plates. One Carnegie
soandle has followed another so fast that
the secretary of the navy and his aides
have begun to regard with suspicion
everything that comes from the Carne
gie shops: but those latest disclosures,
running back to the beginning of the
work of making armor plates and com
ing down to date, are so stupendous in
their character and extent that the navy
officers feel almost like giving up in des
pair.
The officials of the ordnance bureau
make light of the charges, and declare
their firm belief that when the state
ments of ex-Burgess McLuckie and his
associates are sifted, it will lie found
that they contain nothing not already
known to the department, but they are
anxious and nervous. If the stories are
true, then the labor of years and mill
ions of dollars have been thrown away.
Secretary Herbert is much embar-
rassed by these new disclosures. The
incident of the frauds exposed last fall
was a severe shock to him, and the ar
rangement he was compelled to make
with the employes of the Carnegie mills
to secure the information in their posses
sion was very distasteful. To be forced
to make another such arrangement, and
to discover that more inferior plates
have been foisted upon the government
will be a great blow to the pride he has
felt in the work of the first year of his
term. But he does not flinch before the
situation.
STUDENTS IN A FIX.
For Attending a I’rize Fight They May
Be Sent to Jail.
New Haven, April 19.—Efforts are
being made to compromise the strong
stand taken by the Connecticut Law
and Order league against the Yale stu
dents who attended the Rnssell-Dillon
prize fight in February. Aliout 30 stu
dents have left town to avoid arrest,
and they are a raid to return till assur
ances are giv n that they will not be
prosecuted. Their friends have thus far
pleaded in vain with tho local authori
ties, who assert that every warrant will
be served as soon as possible.
The penalty for attending a prize fight
is, under the nnr< p :aled blue laws, two
years. No fines are allowed, and the
chances for a aumlier of Yale men emi
grating are bright,
WILL IGNORE IT.
Tlie IVtitiuii Srnt hy the Women Agilnxt
. ( ongrexxinail Breekinriilg*.
Washington, April 19.—Tho resolu
tions adopted by the Women’s Protec
tive league of this city, looking to tbs
expulsion of Representative Breckin
ridge are likely to be ignored by
the bouse. Under the rples they go to
the committee on privileges and elec
tions. One of tho leading members of
the judiciary committee said in speak
ing of the action of the Women’s league:
“There is nothing the house can do in
the matter. It was a civil suit, not a
criminal suit. You are safe in saying
that the house will do nothing in the
matter. The public, as well as the
house, have had all they want of it.”
The rrexiiient'x Itiglit of Approval.
Washington, April 19.—A constitu
tional opinion of groat importance was
rendered by J udge Nott, of the court of
claims, in passing upon one of two
RIOTERS ARE CORRALLED,
A SHERIFF AND POSSE SUR
PRISED THEM.
They Were Marched in Review Before
Witnesses Who Identified the
Guilty Parties in the
Recent Outrages.
Connellsville, Pa., April 19.—Depu
ty Sheriff Richards, with 25 assistants,
have captured the Wheeler and Monell
rioters. Richards and his party came
to Wheeler during the night and imme
diately placed the property nnder police
control. None of the strikers were per
mitted to pass in or' oat of the guard
linoe; nor from house to house.
At 10 a. m. the ssrlkers were driven
to the enclosure near the company's
store and the clerks and other employee
began the identification of the men en
gaged in the riot in which Engineers
Ben ns and J amos Ashton were beaten.
A Blot in Michigan.
Detroit, April 19.—A riot occurred
at noon at Connor’s deck, in Ham-
tramck township, four miles from this
city between strikers and regular citv
workmen. Pistols were freely used.
One man was shot dead and 14 other!
were more or less seriously wounded.
Flckad Oat th« Wrong Man.
Kittanmno, Pa., April 19.—While
the primaries were being held at Apollo
a dispute arose between union and non
union men. After some hot words,
Hugh ^Kirkwood invited his opponent
across’the river. Two hundred men
went over to see the fight, and a ring
was formed. Kirkwood mistook his
man. He was badly beaten, and a gen
eral fight started. Eleven men were
carried home on Improved stretchers.
Ethal Ingalli to Marry a Doctor.
Atchison, Kan., April 19.—The en
gagement Is announced of Miss Ethel
Ingalls to Dr. Edward G. Blair, of tHs
city Miss Ingalls is the oldest daugh
ter of ex-Senator J. J. Ingalls, was for
several years a reigning Delle in Wash
ington society ana has achieved some
prominence as a writer. Dr. Blair was
three years ago operating surgeon of
Roosevelt hospital in New York.
White Cape Give Bond.
Meridian, Miss., April 19.—The pre
liminary trial of Houston Bourin and
five other members of the Marion coun
ty White Cap organization, was heard
by Judge Houston at Purvis station and
the men were granted bail in the sum
of 11,000 for tneir appearance at the
June term of the circuit court in that
county. They promptly gave bond and
were released from custody.
Of Interext to Cuttoma Employes.
Washington, April 19.—The house
committee on expenditures In the treas
ury department has agreed to report
favorably a bill giving employee in the
customs service, including those receiv
ing a per diem compensation, the eame
leaves of absence as are given employee
— ' ‘ _ i. The
bill has
lisle
WILSON IS BETTER.
Bo Will Be Able to Itaturn to Washing
ton Soon.
Washington, April 19.—Chairman
Wilson, of the house ways and means
committee, Is expec 3d in Washington
In about 10 days. A letter received
from bis son, William Wilson, jr.,
Mates that Mr. WusOn will, this week,
M the guest of Governor Hogg, of
TtXU. After leaving the executive
matulon h« *’U1 start north, making the
journey by 4aay stages, arriving in
Wash^rton about the last of the
nion>
Republicans Hope for a Row,
Washington, April 10 —The Repub
lican senators are hoping for a serious
controversy among the Democrats over
filling the vacancy on the finance com-
ffilttftfc oooqjio&ed by the death of Mr.
Yanoc. The southern men think that It
•hoold be a Southern man, though there
are Already three southern men on the
committed—Harris, Vest and Jones, of
Arkansas.
The name of Mr. Mills is prominently
mentioned, but the “conservatives" eay
he b too extreme on the tariff question.
They propose instead the name of Mr.
Brice, regardless of the fact that Ohio,
lit Mr. Bherman, is already represented
6n the committee. Mr. vllafi has been
B suggested as a compromise, but the
uthern men are not inclined to accept
m.
Those who think that no new compli
cation should be invited at this time
■nggest that as the finance committee
a(M virtually launched the tariff bill
OVer in the senate there is no immediate
necessity for filling the vacancy.
Congressional Work.
Washington, April 19.—Attention
was called to inaccuracies in the honse
ournal, but action was postponed,
lesolntions were agreed to providing
B r the printing of various reports and
Ws, and the house went into commit-
ce of the whole on the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill.
In the senate the tariff bill was taken
up at 1 o’clock and Mr. Morrill ad
dressed the senate.
The conferees of the two houses on the
argent deficiency bill came to an agree
ment on practically all the items in the
bill. The senate added $700,000 to this
bill, but as all items are in the nature of
2 urt expenses and absolutely necessary,
e honse conferees will agree to them.
In the department at Washington.
the approval of Secretary Car-
Abra M'ican awards. The question
I presents*' was to whether or not the
i preside can lawfully approve a bill
aftertho adjournment or congress.
Juge Nott held that the president has
tit right, provided that it be exercised
within the 10 days allowed him by the
constitution.
On* NerJeJ I'erxuaxioii.
St. Johns, N. F., April 19.—The as
sumption of their offices by the mem
bers of tho new cabinet was not accom
plished without trouble. McGrath,
late chairman of the board of works,
contended that he should have been no
tified of the appointment of his success
or, and refused to leave until such no
tice was furnished him. Morine, the
new colonial secretary, warned him to
leave, threatening to send a squad of
police to eject him, and this threat suf
ficed.
Compulsory Vaccination.
Indianapolis, April 19,—The state
board of health issued orders to the dtj
health board, commanding it to Issue
an order requiring all persons within its
jurisdiction who cannot show satisfac
tory evidence of vaccination within thf
past seven years,, to be raooiljated at
once, and to take such other measures
to prevent the spread of the disease as
the situation may demand.
Relatlr** I’—/ ,icn * u - -
Deb Moines, April 19.—Mrs. Joseph
’Mason, of Somerset, who was shot
March 26 by George Ashworth, a farm
hand, is dead. The community is greatly
excited, and threats of lynching are
freely made against Ashworth’s rela
tives, who concealed him until last Fri
day when, on being found in the barn of
his guardian, Ashworth committed sui
cide.
’Twas No Comat, They Say.
Boston, April 19.—A cablegram re
ceived by Messrs. Chandler and Ritchie
from the European Union of Astrono
mers announces that the object ob
served by Mr. Holmes, of London, is
not a comet. The comet discovered by
Mr. Gale, of Sydney, will be seen in the
northern hemisphere. It was at its
closing approach to the sun on April 12.
D<ath in a Rotal Fire.
San Angelo, Texas, April 19.—The
Concho hotel, a large two story frame
building, has been destroyed by fire. In
the ruins the remains of Oliie F. Berry,
a ranchman, of Menafd, were found.
Mr. Berry came to San Angelo to meet
his wife, who is en route from St. Clairs-
ville, O. The other gneets escaped by
leaping from the windows.
Another Admiral Retired.
Washington, April 19.—Rear Admi
ral John Irwin has been placed on the
retired list by the operation of law, on
rgachipg the age of 62 years. He hauled
)oWn nls flag on the Philadelphia at
Honolulu as Admiral Benham did on
le b^n Francisco at Curacoa five days
beforA It is an odd coincidence that
both these admirals, after 47 years’ ser
vice in the navy, both having been ap
pointed in 1847, should retire aboard
Ship in foreign waters without turning
their command over to ranking success
ors, and spould both be brought home
as passengers in merchant vessels.
Morgan Goes Home.
Washington, April 19.—Senator Mor
gan has Just left for his home in Ala
bama, where he goes for the purpose of
delivering an address on the Nicaragua
canal before the commercial convention
S he held at Birmingham on April 24.
e will also deliver several political
•p<»ecbes In the state while there, and
^j^ects to return to Washington about
—»<*Hi«-r Strike Saturday.
LDFORD, Pa., 'A; nril 19.—Saturday
g e *c^t coal miners oN v Jefferson and
earfleld counties will strike'r^) r better
wages If their present arrangement * j s
carried Into effect. This will mean idle
ness for several thousand miners and
many railroad men.
The Meyc-r Trial Retained.
New York, April 19.—The trial of
Pr, Henry Meyer, charged with poison-
LudWlg Brandt in order to obtain
iosnfcanco on the latter’s life, h:is
resumed. The work of selecting
i jury still occupies the court.
To Compromiao a Cate.
Chicago, April 19.—A special to Thi-
Times from Helena, Montana, says: A
telegram from the general manager of
the case of the Great Northern asks the
men to send lepresentatives to St. Paul
with full authority to settle matters
under the laws of the American Railway
union. The men replied that Eugene
Debs and George Howard, now in St.
Panl, were authorized to act for the
anion.
Axraitod with Floaty of tho ‘-queor."
Pittsburg, April 19.—Jown Rowan,
well known in eastern Ohio, West Vir
ginia and western Pennsylvania, apd a
brother of James Rowan, a one time
£oted pugilist, was arrested at Carnegie
charged with passing counterfeit coin.
A large quantity of the "qufter” was
found in his possession. His victims
are legion. Rowan is 80 years old.
Htoamxhlp Olveu Cp tor Lott.
Ant were, April 19.—The Belgian
steamer De‘ Ruyter, Captain Meyer,
which sailed from this port Match 1!
for Boston, has been officially posted ••
lost. The De Ruyter was built a! Glas-
was 219.7 feet Iqflg, $8.2
Istered 2.804 tons net, and carried a
crew of 28 men.
Loin Davis Hold for Mnrdor.
Savannah, April 19.—The grand jury
has Indicted Lemuel Davis for the mar- ;
der of William W. Rawls. Aa opera
tion was performed on Bawls Sunday a
few hours before he died and there will
probably be a strong qght 1q the case on
the point as to whether hie death wae
canted by the plstolshot wound or tht
surgeon's operation.
Tho Faterxon Ilomb Contained Dynamite.
Paterson, N. J., April 19.—The
bomb found on the preinisee of William
Strange, silk manufacturer, on Friday
afternoon has been analyzed, and found
to contain dynamite of a dangerous
character. The bomb is of cast iron,
and Is shaped like a druggist’s mortar
and three eigths of an inch tnick.
gow in 1878, wae 219.7
feet beam, and 28.9 feet deep.
Fired on tho Ball Fiayon.
Columbus, O., April 19. — Daniel
Thomaa, a farmer near thie dty, drove
some young men, who were playing ball
on his land, away with a gun. He fired
into the crowd, and a ball took effect in
the thigh of Otto Gaok, aged 2l, whose
home Is in New York dty, but who is
stopping at the St. Jamee hotel here.
Melting Snow Came* a Flood.
Lock Haven, Pa., April 19.—The
melting snow has caused a flood In the
west 1 r inch of the Susquehanna river
sufli' ut for rafting and log driving.
All t!ie log drives which were tied up
are Moving, and rafts held back on gc-
cou.it of low water are beginning to ar
rive. The timber market Is dull.
Dr. MoGlynm May Go to MlnaeapolU.
Minneapolis, April 19.—There Is a
well defined report In circulation here
to the effect that Rev. Dr. Edward Mo-
Glynn, of New York, is to be trans
ferred to this city, where he will take
charge of the ^scexislon parish,
MeKoae'* Go*# to B* Hoard A prll MS.
Washington, April 19.—The supreme
coart granted the motion to advance the
case of McKane, appellant, ve. \Vnrden,
of Sing Sing, and It was set for hearing
on April 28, ahead of the call.
The third annual can vent ion of
the Christian Endeavor Society will
convene in Columbia on April 27th to
A two-third rate lias been gran
ted on all roads.
Shot Hor autor In MUtako.
6t. Lous, April 19.—Lain Williams,
aged 15, was one of a party of negroes
engaged In a fight at Thirteenth and
Cheetnnt streets. She fired a pistol at
La Gardner, bat misted her, the ball
her own sister Mary in the head.
the hospital,
on the
wae
the way to
arretted.
Braiil’a Cabinet Crltie Met Over.
Buenos Ayres, April 19.—The cabi
net crisis in Rio Janeiro Is still far from
settlement. The whole cabinet will
probably be rearranged, although not
all the old minieteM will retire.
Bouiebody Wanted to Kill William.
Colburo, April 19.—It is stated by
the All German Zeitung upon authority
of a prominent diplomat, that an at-
impt was to have been made npon the
fe of Emperor William of Germany,
luring the iatter’s stay at Venice, and
lat the attempt was only frustrated by
the vigilance of the police.
Want the Coercion Act Repealed.
London, April 19.—In the honse of
commons John P. Nolan, the member
for north Galway, moved the repeal of
the coercion e mxsod ut the instance
Of Balfonr In l ~ 7. Tho motion was
seconded by William Redmond, the
member for East Clare.
• Last week n negro »'»ru‘*d Elbert
Reid killed his mother-in-aw,
wounded his wife and then shot him
self in Aiken eounty. He still
lives.
A Woman Shot in Ambuth.
Huntingdon, W. Va., April 19.—Mrs.
Mary Hardy was shot from ambnsh, 50
milee south of this city while on her
way home by an unknown assassin. Her
husband, John Hardy, was bangad in
McDowell county several months ago.
Pbe was a desperate character.
ROYALTY'S WEDDING.
The Grand Dake of Hetie and Frlnoet*
Victor la Form a Union-
Coburg, April 19.—The weather is
splendid and the streets are thronged
with people, In holiday attire, and all
accommodations at the hotels, cafes,
boardinghouses and private booses
thrown open for the occasion had been
•ecurea by the thousands of visitors
anxions to be present at the wedding.
The royal standard, of Great Britain.
Is floating over the Dnoal palace, and
on all sides have been bedecked with
flags, flowers, banting, triamphal arches,
Venetian masts and pictures of the
bride and bridegroom, toe Grand Duke
of Hesse and Princess Victoria.
TWO SECTS FIGHT.
Many Armenian* Were Killed by the
Kurd* In Hattie.
Constantinople, April 19. — Many
Armenians belonging to the districts of
Van, Moorsh, Erzernm, and Bayazid
have recently been migrating to Russia
on account of their dissatisfaction with
the administration of affairs in Armenia.
News has reached here that a body of
these Armenians was recently attacked
bv a detachment of Kurds, and many
or the Armenians were killed. The sur
vivors eventually joined in with other
other bands of Armenians bound for
Russia, and succeeded in reaching the
frontier, where they were given tempo
rary quarters until their ultimate desti
nation is decided npon.
Fatal Accident at a Hazing.
Nashville, April 19.—A fatal acci
dent occurred at Huntington, Tenn.,
where a party of schoolboys attempted
to haze a new student. The plan was to
take the victim to the woods and
frighten him with pistols fired from am
bush. One of the shots struck a young
man named H. T. Harper, who was
passing along the road at the time, in
flicting a wound from which he died in
a few hours.
The Deadly Cigarette.
“This idea of taxing cigarettes is a
great one,” said the man who is always
in earnest. “They are pernicious and
health destroying. Why, I knew a man
who was killed by cigarettes.”
“Yes, such cases are said to be com
mon.”
“Such a nice young man he was too.
Cut off right iu the prime of manhood.
It was a cruel blow to his friends.”
“It’s terrible,” said his auditor, with a
sympathetic sniff.
“I will never forget when they brought
him home mangled and”
“Beg pardon. Did you say ‘man
gled?’ ”
“Certainly.”
“But I didn't know cigarettes man
gled.”
‘But, yon see, this young man was
run over by a wagon load of them on
their way to a Richmond warehouse.
He was”
lint hinliotcner had vanished.—Ameri
can Industry.
COL. COXEY ON THE CANAL.
HIS MEN ENJOYING A MUCH
NEEDED REST.
General Early** Flan.
The death of Jubal A. Early recalls a
not very reverent bat nevertheless
laughable story of him. When during
the war Early was iu the Shenandoah
valley, he was one Sunday attending a
village church. The minister was in
clined to make the occasion patriotic if
not heroic. Before him were uniforms
that told of fidelity to the secession cause
and inspired large hojies of its triumph,
so the preacher raised the dead, and with
animation went over the doings of Wash
ington, SunUer, Marion, Jackson. Then,
since he must halt somewhere, when he
t,1 ' , 'qpght he had stirred his hearers to a
high p*-G,-h of admiration he said, “Now,
if we had honoretL ■ *n among
us today, what woulu j u bal
piped out with his high pi^Voefl vob-e
“I’d conscript every one of Tin. \
The rest of the service was not described
in the tale.—Springfield Republican.
She Got Somatliliif Pretty.
A pretty story is going the rounds
about Rosa Bouheur. Some time ago a
Russian grand duke was vi-iting Paris
and chanced to dine in li< r company.
They got on very well, niid at dessert
they ate philopena togeiln-r—that is to
say, they shared a double almond. But
the duke, when next day they met, for
got to sny “philopena” and lost the bet.
He -asked the artist what present he
should give her, and she added laugh
ingly, “Any animal that would do to
paint—something pretty, you know.”
The duke smiled and departed.
Nothing more was heard of him, and
the lady ,iad quite forgotten the affair
when, some months afterward tne royal
forfeit arrived—to wit, thrje enormous
polar bears.
Saved From a Puma by a Doc’* Strategy.
Dillie, the 12-year-old daughter of John
Flock, an Asotin county (Wash.) farmer,
narrowly escaped attack from a moun
tain lion. At a sharp turn in the trail
the girl came in full view of a large and
ugly lookiig linn. It slowly advanced
toward hei, when she called for the dog.
The dog appeared npon the scene and
mails for the lion, but kept out of reach
of the animal’s sharp claws. The dog
kept worrying and tormenting the beast
to attract its attention from the child
until the little girl was out of harm’s
way, when it, too, left for the home of
its master.—Portland Oregonian,
F. S. Kearns, a young man from
Augusta, Ga., committed suicide in
Columbia last Friday. The cause
assigned is the refusal of a yong lady
to aecept his hand in marriage because
he was a saloon keeper.
The Newberry Observer tells an al
most incredituble story of a white
man named Stockman being influenc
ed by a negro into believing in witch
craft and losing his mind. .Mr.Stock-
r'a.i has heen taken to the asylum.
A cqlored girl, 13 years old, the
daughter of Briston Johnson, who
lives on Mr. Jason V. George’s place,
rear Aiken, was burnt to death on
Friday last. She was out in the field
vhere the hands were burning brush,
her clothes caught fire and before the
flames could be extinguished she was
so badly burned that she died two
hours afterward.—Aiken Journal A
Review,
r
Carl Brown Says He Picked the “Un
known" Up and Tried to Make
Something Out of Him,
But He Couldn’t.
Cumberland, M<1., April 19.—Cum
berland has gotten clear of the common
weal army, and Coxey and his com
mand are on a two days’ trip on the
canal.
There was some question at *rBt as to
the possibility of the army being permit
ted to pass along Maryland’s groat polit
ical ditch. Superintendent Reod here
did not give Mr. Coxey a positive answer
when the application for boats was
made, but telegraphed for instructions
to headquarters at (Georgetown, D. C.
The reply came that the tolls would be
at the rate of 25 cents a ton, and
thus the commonweal of Christ and
army of peace will be transported un
der the same olassifleation a* coal. The
toll Will amount to $13 and Mr. Coxey
will pay it. The army was not actually
weighed, but was estimated tor tolling
purposes. The estimate has been a lib
eral one. It was for 200 men at 150
ponnds each, 18 horses, 5 wagons and a
baggy, a total of z5 tons, and an organ
ization weighing 25 tons expects to com
pel congress to overturn the financial
policy of the nation and set up a new
one.
It is evident that the press dispatches
concerning Kelly’s and other socalled
armies of peace have greatly elated
Coxey, who will, of course, regard him
self as commander-in-chief of all bodies
of men who may be in waiting to march
into Washington.
What purports to be tho true inward
ness of the mysterious and picturesque
Unknown’s connection with the Coxey
movement has been given out by Carl
Browne. He said:
“I consider that the Unknown, as w n
have called him, has let down the bars
when he treated mo unkindly, and is
not entitled to further consideration oa
my part. 1 will tell you the whole
story.
“The idea of tho commonweal was
first conceived by me. This was in last
September. Mr. Coxoy and I talked the
m ‘ter over thoroughly, and he prom
ise' financial assistance. Together we
for aulated a plan of campaign, and in
January il was given to the world. In
Chicago some time previous to this tho
Unknown, whose right name is A. H.
B. Bozzarro, sent for me. I had had
some trouble with the police, who would
not let ire make speeches. Bozzarro
was a patent medicine vender. He in
vited me to his lot and allowed me to
make sjieeclies there. This is how ho
picked me up in the gutter, as he has
expressed it. 1 understand Bozzarro
had a motive when he invited me to
speak in his lot. 1 drew largo crowds
and helped him in his business.
“I was thankful for the kindness he
had shown me, and told him if ever an
| occasion arose when 1 could be of ser
vice to him I was at his command.
That occasion arose when the plan of
the commonweal army was given to the
I world. I received a letter from Bozza-
ro, asking for a position in the army. I
told him in reply that I would do all
| that I could for him. Ho came to Can-
S n, O., and got on a big spree there,
e carried a revolver cane, a weapon
; which he used on a hotel waiter with
deadly intent while in a delirium. This
j iir Mi-r was hushed up. Bozzano cut off
h ’ g, wild, western hair and other-
\ i-mged his appearance. He came
to ..xsilon looking so tough, ragged
and d.sreputable that I was ashamed to
introduce him to General Coxey. Fi
nally he went away and came back
dressed in citizen’s attire. Ho was so-
1 her, and asked mo to give him »
I told hinfi tetfr tfo bagged me not
to give his right name when 1 intro
duced him at a mass meeting, and on
the spur of the moment 1 presented him
as 'the great Unknown.’ The mystery
connected with this introduction spread
and assumed great proportions among
the newspapers. I hail given him my
worn that I would not disclose his
identity as Dr. Bozzarro. His wife,
known throughout the country as ‘the
Veiled Lady,” joined her hufband
early
on the m^roh, and under my orders was
■ent ahead of the army, so that all talk
about there b^ing Women in the com-
mbnweal would be avoided.”
Washington Autlioritie« Alert.
Washington, April 19.—The district
commissioners have held many consulta
tions concerning the advent of Coxey’s
army. They anticipate that the law will
be sufficient to meet whatever emergen
cies may arise. So long as they are
Ulr
peaceful they will not bo molested. As
soon as the law or public peace is viola
ted the police, the local militia as a re
serve force, and, if need be, the army
and navy of the United States can be
used to maintain the supremacy of the
law. The commissioners of the district
have no military jurisdiction. Their
command of force stops with the police.
The law makes the president of the
United States the commander of the
militia forces of tbo District of Colum
bia. The district commissioners have
had made a compilation of the laws in
relation to the situation which now ap-
K ars imminent, and niey find ample an-
ority to prevent such a demonstration
as Is proposed.
Coxey on the Float.
Orleans Roads, W. Va., April 19.
The voyage of the commonweal army
was resumed through wild mountain
country of upper Maryland. The last
seen of Coxey flotilla by the press barge
was at Green Spring where about 59
people from the surrounding country
assemblsd to listen to Browne’s speech
from the canal boat.
Browne appeared to have posted him
self carefully on local politics and re
ferred to a number of pieces of recent
legislation in which he told the people
they had been robbed bv m0n*y baron*
who controlled the world from Lombard
street. The audience did not seem to
)W where Lombard street was. There
know where Lombard afreet
WaB very Iktle enthusiasm.
Aaron Cannon, a prominent
, a proi
of Laurens count
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