The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 19, 1897, Image 2
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THE IEDGEU: OAFFXET, S. C.. AUGUST ll>, 1807.
THE MM All
Fa!,* Girl Graduate Confesses
Negro Parentage.
COLLEGE PEOFOUNDLY SHOCKED
6irl llrn'llirul amt of tlin *|>lrn-
dor ot Her Home — liiverttlcalJmi ^flowed
Her Father to He a He«|>eeti>bl« >rjjr«).
1’ermittml by the Faculty to tirHiitlata |
After the Fact \t u-t Kmi'Vii.
POUQHKKHPSIE, X Y.. AU',’- 17 —S>
ciety and edu -atioml rircit-s m this mry
arc profoundly shcclced l»y the announce-
ment in a local paper tliat one of the
graduating class of Vass.ir college this
year was a negro girl, who, concealing
her race, entered the college, took tiie
four years’ course and. finally, confessed
the truth to a professor a lew days be
fore commencement.
The facts were communicated to the
faculty, which body hi secret session
decided to allow the girl to receive her
diploma witn her class.
Vassal- is noted for its exclusiveness,
and every olh-ial of the college refuses
to say aught regarding this girl gradu
ate. She has been fviiown as one of the.
most beautitul young women who ever
attended the great institution of learn
ing, and even now women who received
hei in their homes as then equal do not
deny her beauty. At the reception, on j
Founder’s day, Phiiuiethian day and
the other holidays of tiie college j
year none of the lair students was more j
eagerly sought by the men from Yale, !
Harvard and the other universities who j
attended these events.
In her senior year the statements this ]
beautiful dark young woman made
about her relatives—their style of liv
ing, the splendor of her home, etc.,—
{ nompted h *r roommate, who already
lad her suspicions aroused by gossip, to
repeat them to her i-itber, a wed known
business man.
He caused inquiries to bo made about
the pretty brunette’s family in her na
tive town. The investigation failed to
find the culture and wealth and family
name of which sho boasted. The name
was the same, bur the family was that
of a respectable negro who owned a
small estate. The brunette beauty a few
days later lest her roommate, upon the
advice of the latter's father.
This incident added to the gossip in
the college, and a few nays before com
mencement ihe whispering of her class
mates rt ached the negro girl’s ears. Sha
was heartbroken to learn ru.tr her secret
was suspected, perhaps known. Going
to one of the professors she bravely told
everything.
The kindhearted professor, a woman,
wiped away tiie gin’s tears and spoke
words of encouragement. Then she
went to President Taylor with the story
and pleaded with him not to deprive
the girl of commencement honors and a
diploma.
Commencement was but a few days
off and the g.ri would soon be gone and
forgotten, iso it was decided to con
ceal the facts and to allow her to be
graduated with her classmates. On
class day and comiti Micement the young
woman took a prominent part in the
exercises, and of ail the hundred or
more girls in tne c'ia-«s of ’1)7 none looked
more attractive or acted more becom
ing*}’ than this girl of negro birth.
A REPORT ON EDUCATION.
€aoVt*riiiiie')t *'«»it»iiiU*li*tior Karri* Give*
Utilise 1 in£ Figure*.
Washing ros, Aug. 17.—Tha report
of tiie Unit**d brutes commissioner of
education, Ur. William T. Harris, for
the year ended July i, ibl)7, has just
b a en completed* T r brings tin educa
tional pi**** :A of tin c luntry up to
that date and embraces the lat3.it sta
tistics the bureau had gathered. The
report shows a total enrollment in that
year in the schools and colleges, both
public and private, of 15,Ob?, 197. This
was an increase of 1198,575. The num
ber in public institutions was 11,175,571
and in puvtite institutions 1.551,8^5.
lu addition to ail these there wore
4iS,00l) pupils in tiie various speeial
schools ami institutions, including bus
iness colleges, music conservatories, In
dian and reform schools, making the
grand total enrollment for tiie who e
country Id.415,197. The report says tne
l7is scnools for secondary and higher
education of the negro race had slightly
over -lO.UOO students enrolled, an in
crease of ov*r d.OJO for the year. The
schools increased by Id in number,
mostly high scnools. There were -5,092
pupils in the elementary grades, JU.udJ
in the secondary grades and 1,4.55 in
the collegiate departments. There ware
4,072 negro students studying for teach
ers. Industrial training is a promineut
feature in nearly all t f these schools.
STEAMERS TRESPASSING.
Unloading ami ut
>Um*»u:4v 1«i Vio at ion of Law.
Washisgton', Aug 17. — Word has
reached the goveraim ut authorities
that the British steamers are lauding
freight and passengers at Skuguay,
Alaska, instead of at Dyea, m direct
violation of tiie iaw. l)yeu is tiie sub-
port of entry on the Lynn canal and
Cikaguay is 0 miles otT. The matter wul
be investigated by this government.
The creation of the subport at Dyea
■cveral weeks ago was done at the re
quest of the Canadian government to
gave passengers the annoyance of dis
embarking at Juueau and awaiting an
other steamer at Byea. The request
came from Canada about a mouth ago
uud resulted in tiie action of the admin
istration in establishing a subport to
admit Canadian vessels t > enter at Uyea
and land passengers and baggage there.
No lte|>iibll««ii MamliKl N*iin»<l.
JJovnioMKUT, Ala., Aug. 17.—It is a
matter of considerable surprise in Ala
bama that the Republican administra
tion has not named a successor for
United .States Marshal Tisdale of the
middle district of Alabama. Colonel
Tisdale is an intense Democrat and sent
in his resignation as marshal some
months ago. His term expires on Aug.
JJ-’, and yet no action appears to havi
b**en taken to provide a successor for
bun. it is said to l>o a foregone con-
cludnii that lion. Ben Walker of this
city will succeed him, although the up-
pointiiieut. for some uiioiplaiuud rea
son, has not been aim uucod.
A SPANISH SPY IS HANGED.
Mlgn.l AVIi.. II .U Rent M»t.f C«-
IxtHM to Th.lr Itr.t I*, t XiiOUt.a. *
Key West, Aug. 14 — Information
from a private source lias just been re
ceived in this city of the hanging of a
Spanish spy by the Cuban chief, Baldo-
mel Acosta. The spy, whose name was
Miguel lies to. has sent many promine*.t
insurgents to tiie African prisons, anti
cau .ed manv more to be shot. He was
employed by the Spanish government
to go into the Cuban camps and after
ward be crown’s witness in tiie court
martial that would try insurgents
caught during engagements or other
wise arrested. He has figured in many
of the courtsmartiai held in Havana.
His last mission was one of assassina
tion. and was said to be hatched up by
General Weyler himself, wno held an
interview with Migu“l Besto. and en
gaged him to visit the insurgent camp
of Baldomel Acosta, where lie was t<>
ussasinate the Cuban chief. A large ro
wan! was to be given him it he suc
ceeded.
The spy set out on his death errand,
hnf was some time in finding Acosta s
headquarters. In the meantime the
WILL DIE D\ T (MOTE
Angiolillo to Suffer the Most
Horrible of Deaths.
INTERESTING DETAILS RELATED
l>«»or* of the GuAr«le<l hy ^oliliftr*
With I* iked — Drfittic* «*t t h*
l*ri*onm’ Giv«** " »y to -%*toi»i*lmi«*it
fin<t Horror When Ho L**;%rn* Hi* llooin.
to Ho .Hl.ot.
New Yokic, Aug. 17. —A ciispatch to
The Herald from Vergara, Kpaiu, gives
these details of the trial, tiie result of
winch has been told in those columns,
of Angiolillo, the anarchist who shot
Canovas and who was sentenced to uio
by the the ganote this week in Vergara
prison:
The government suddenly determined
on Saturday to hasten the trial and ex
ecution of Angiolillo. Telegrams from
nows of the spy’s coming reached tiie ! the war office were sent to Victoria and
Sebastian that obliged the members and
ears of the chief, and a strict watch was
placed to catch him.
At last, one evening, the spy ap
peared in the camp He was immeui
ate y arrested and hange t to a tree by
order of Chief Acosta, without trial of
any kind.
THE WESTERN UNION WINS.
JtiflgA Siinorittiu Gr*Mt* In-
jiiiiC'ion Axaiiitt i^uilway
Raleigh, Aug. 17.—A restraining or- j
der lias been served on the railway
commissioners enjoining them from
carrying into effect their order reduc- 1
ing the rates of the Western Union
Telegraph company to Ih cents for a
10-word message, and also citing them
to appear nr the United States district
court at Wilmington. Sept. t>, and show
cause why the injunction should not be I
made permanent. Tne restraining or
der is granted by Judge Simonton.
In the meantime the order of the !
commissioner* reducing the rates, which
w r as to have gone into effect Sept. 1, is j
nuil ana void. The Western Union, in j
its petition for the restraining order, l
sets forth that the railway commission
has under the constitution no real I
power as a court; that its order is vm- j
lative of the United States act of iNlff }
to s* cure telegraph lines to government
for postal, military and other purposes, j
which act it accepted in writing; also
that the portion of its lines in North i
Caro ina is indivisible from other parts i
of its system; that the rate sought to
be ordered is 40 per cent ie$s than in
other states, and that it is practical con
fiscation. President Eckhert signs the
netition.
president of the courtmartial and tiie
pub.ic prosecutor to . tart from that gar
rison in the uitudle of the night, arriv
ing at Vergara about daybreak.
The hval authorities atso instructed
hurried preparations in the civil court
house. A strong guard was posted ail
around. Other precautions were taken.
Tne courtroom was not large, but
was well lighted by several windows.
At the upper end sat in the center the
president. Golem*! of Artillery Eiicegm,
having on his right and left six captains
of infantry and artillery, while the
prosecutor. Captain Auditor, sat ou the
right of the j iiige. Counsel for the de
fense, Lieutenant of Artillery Gorrug
sat on the left. The civil guards, sol
diers with fixed bayonets, stood at the
doors. Comparatively few people were
SEN. M’LAURIN IMPROVING.
HU Friend** Inspect HU Early Itecovery
Trouble, Menial Overrxertion.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 10—Senator
McLaurin’s condition is said to be
slightly improved. His private secre
tary wired from Bouuettsville to one of
the senator’s friends, saying:
••Senator McLautiu rested well last
night and is brighter this morning.”
One of his most intimate friends spent
the day m the citv and expressed the
greatest uneasiness about the result of
the senator’s illness. His friends here
think it is simply a collapse from physi
cal ami mental overexertmn in the cam
paign at this season of the year, and
that lie will rapidly recuperate with a
little rest. They are not apprehensive
as to tiie result.
There lias been no news from the sen
ator's home during the night. Governor
Eilerbe, who was wired for, is still with
him.
present except officials, though every
body in Vergara knew the trial was
taking place.
Curiosity centered in the prisonor,
whom priests again visited early Sun
day morning, in an endeavor to shake
his resolute obstinacy.
When brought into court Angiolillo
gazed defiantly around, curiously scru
tinizing faces as if looking for some
body. The proceedings were conducted
rapidly. The depositions of witnesses
and doctors, post mortem conclusions
were read quickly by the clerk. The
public prosecutor read his sternly worded
case for the crown, based upon the pris
oner’s confession of premeditation. hi.T
treacherously lying in waif, his ferocity
i in carrying out the deed, anarchist an
tecedent* and complicity in other crime*
ut Barcelona, finally asking the court to
sentence him to death by the garroto.
In hearing this the prisoner, who ex
pected to be shot like other anarchists,
looked startled and horrified. The
! counsel for the defense read a brief ar
gument, attempting to show that his
! client was insane and imploring in
dulgence of the judges, who sat with
hard, unmoved faces.
Tiie president then asked Angiolillo
what he had to say. He stood up and
began in a clear voice, with resolute
mien, a speech aiming to show that ho
had not been an ordinary murderer,
but a political agitator ami avenger of
his fehow anarchists who were shot ami
tormented at Barcelona. The president i
promptly ordered him to sit down, de- J
r.pite his protests and gesticulations. |
l His flashing eyes and excited counton- j
mice gave a strong aspect to his haggard !
features and uncombed beard as his I
guards led him away to solitary con
finement. from which he will issue only
to be led to death) behind the walls of
Vergara prison. Angiolillo will hear
nothing of the outer world or see any
body but tiie priests.
CAUGHT IN THE RAILS.
William Coomb* Hal.i Fait Whlla tha
Rnilno * rn.lie* Out Llfo.
Makiktta. Ga. Aug. lb. —Sunday
afternoon William Coombs was stand
ing upon tbe tracks of the Western and
Atlantic railroad with his foot caught
fast beweeu two rails. An engine was
rapidly approaching, and try as ho
would he could not extricate himself.
He frantically cried out to the engir
neer to stop, and as soon as his cries of
distress were heard, the engineer re
versed Ids engine and put ou brakes.
But it was too late. Standing there
he saw the great engine ru**h up to him.
In another moment he was knocked
down aud the hoavv wheels passed over
both lus legs just above the ankles.
He was taken up tenderly as possible
and borne to a place where medical at
tention coufd be rendered.
Besides his legs being crushed, he sus
tained a fracture of the spinal column
and the shou der blaae.
His wife, who was at Ringgold, Ga..
was immediately telegraphed for, but
she arrived after death hau relieved his
awful sufferings.
The unfortunate man was a son of
Judge Coombs, of Ringgold. He had
been in the railroad business for 14
years and was a trusted aud faithful
employe.
STATE CONVICTS LEASED.
Contract KnteriMl into 'Vl»«»r«ihr Alabama
WMI Courts &.~«0fr),000 a Year.
Uontgomkky, Ala.. Aug. HI.—An im
portant contract, involving the settle
ment of a vexed question, for a term of
years at least, has been entered into by
the state. The state convicts have been
leasea and all of those now in the mines
in the Birmingham district will teinam
there. Tne terms of the lease are as
follows:
General Charles M Shelly takes 150
first, second and thiniciass men at $:d,
12, ami (8 per mouth, respectively. He
will work them in ore mines aud rock
quarries in the Birmingham district.
The Sioss Meel and Iron company of
Jefferson county, Ala., the second min
ing and manufactnt ing companv in ini- '
portance in the state, takes 2.50 first,
second and thirdclass men at |14, (10
and $7, resp ctively.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail
way company takes the balance, about j
050. at same rates the Sloss company
pays.
The new contracts are regarded here
as exceedingly favorable. It is esti
mated that they will net the gfute a
profit ot (.500.0(10 a year.
FROM THE EXPOSITION.
The Cartate*t Will He NnHltviHe Huy Set
For >epten»ber 11.
Nashville, Aug. 10. — The Four
teenth Ohio regiment and Tennessee
troops who have been encamped at tha
Tennessee Centennial exposition grounds
for the past week, have returned home.
The weather is very pleasant and the j
atteudauce at the exposition good.
Many delegates to the Southwestern
Lumbermen ami Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation of the United Suites have nr- j
rived. They spent the day at the expo
sition and were greatly pleased with the
exhibit made ou the mineral and for
estry budding.
Slept. 11 has been designated as Nash
ville day and the attendance is expected
to bo the greatest m the history of tiie
exposition. Ait unusually attractive
program will be announced wuliiti a
few days. Letters have been received
from many prominent Irish-Americans
throughout the country announcing
their intention of being present at the
celebration of Irish-American day.
Three Townships Are Guarded
by Deputies.
SAM D’ARMITl’E LIFE IN DANGER
A Vo in her of Aiiurrhiats Hi v<> ltn«n Seen
In I ho Vicinity ot tli«
Affcr tin* DoArinltt.—-*li«rirr Will «t<i|>
the Marching — Woman Will Also lt«
Arreted If I hey AUompt to Mitrcli.
PiTTSfirnn, Aug. 17.—Martial hr,v has
been dec.ared in Plum, Patton and WTl-
A DISPATCH FROM ANDREE.
Carrlnr Flgnon «hot Itatrlax a WrM* c n
From tha Lost F.X|ilorar. ^
Ciutisn an*, Aug. 17.—Information
received here confirms the story, pub
lished in a dispatch front Hammerfest,
Norway, saying that one of the search
ers for Herr Audreo met the sealing ves-
tei A ken. about July 22, and was in
formed by her < aplaiti that one of the
}tlii«s Who Ara crow iiad shot a * airier pigeon between
North c.gio and Seven islands, on the
north couss of Lapland, bearing a m* *.-
sage from the explorer addressed to The
Aftoubiude of Stockholm, which road
as follows:
••Eghtv-two degrees passed, g'Fiu
journey n* rtaward Andree.”
The data* ot the mevsif-n wa« illegible.
The pigeon also carried a letter ad-
dresse i to Tiie Attoubiade. but the cap
tain of the Aiken declined to suirender
either the dispatch or the pigeon and
continued Ins voyage northward. The
captain is familiar with An ire *’s plans
and is greatly interested in them.
The news arrived here very indirectly.
The captain of the Aiken communi
cated the information to the informa
tion to the commander of the ship In-
jepterg of Tromsoe. the latter trans
mitted the news to the commander of
the steamer Express, upon which the
Lorner polar exnediti m was coming
laitne. aud the Express finally passed
the news along per steamer liofoeu.
Which brought it here.
kmson townships bv Sheriff Lowry. The i
three mines of the New York ami Cleve
land Gas Goal company are in these 1
townships and all road* leading to them
will be patrolled by his deputies. Per
sons walking or driving along the roads i
who cannot give a satisfactory account
of himself, or herself, will be ordered to
leave the neighborhood, uud upon re
fusal will be arrested.
The sheriff will not attemnt to break
up the ('amp of the strikers until the i
court lias passed on tiie question, but
announced that lie t* determined to stop
the marching and trespassing ou tiie
| company’s property. No one will be
allowed ou toe company’s property who
fails to have a pass signed by superiu- j
tftmdeiit DeAnmtt.
There are nearly 800 men at Pium i
Creek. After the mutiny ut iSamiv
Creek Monday, tiie camp at that point
was abandoned uud ike men went to ;
Plnm Creek.
In addition 200 men arrived at 3
o'clock a. in. from Belle Vernon. The
large increase in the number m cutup
has caused a shortage of provisions and !
the men are hungry. They threatened ,
to march during the morning, but were
induced not to do so by the deputies.
It was aecided to have the women
march, os the injunction did not include
them. The order of the sheriff to ar
rest all persons, however, ouuso<l a !
change in the program uul there was
no march.
Sheriff L»wrv said he would arrest
the women as quickly as he would tho
men, as he interpreted tho court’s in- i
junction to not only enjoin all tneu, but i
also women who attempted to inter
fere with the miners in any way by n
show of force. There were 22 evictions
near Plum Creek during the day of
striking miners. The evictions began
at noon Monday.
Passengers on the morning train
passing Turtle Creek saw a man who
gave his name us Monroe who said he J
came from tne Osceola mine and that
he was going to kill Sam DeArnntr.
The claim is made tiiat there are a
number of anarchists in the vicinity of
the mines who are after the DeArmitts.
They are not in the camp, however.
Samuel DeArmitt is under arrest bv
the sheriff. Neither he nor tiie sheriff
will say for what, but tiie strikers say
it is to prevent his arrest by any con
stable, which would be impossible as
long as lie 8- in the sheriff’s custody.
Sixteen more men went into Pium
Creek mine. The strikers say only iti)
men are at work, while the company
say they have 2oJ men. Tne output i had been fought between “Cap
Monday was seven cars cf lamp and
three cars of screened coal.
THE WESTERN UNION WINS.
•fudge id t mi to n (irotitd Temporary In
junction AgHtu»t Hailnar Lomtiiiniioii,
Raleigh, Aug. 17.— A restraining or
der has been served on the railway
i commissioners enjoining them from
1 carrying into ell vt tlieir order reduc
ing the rates of the Western Union
Telegraph companv to 15 cents for a
10-word message, and also citing them
to appear at the United States district
I court at Wilmington. Sept. K. and show
can-** wiiy the injunction ohonid not he
m .de permanent. Tne restraining or
der is gtauteu by Judge Simonton.
In tne meantime the order of the.
comnrssioners reducing tin? rates, which
; was to have gone into effect S»'pt. 1, is
nuii and void. Tilt* Western Union, in
its petition for tiie restraining order,
sets forth tiiat the railway commission
lias under tiie constitution no real
power as a court; that its order is vio
lative *>f the United States act of J.n')7
to secure tetegraph lines to government
fo r postal, military and yther purposes,
winch act it accepted in writing; also
that the portion of its lines in North
1 Caro.ma is immisiblo troni other parts
l of its system; that the rate sought to
be ordered is 40 per cent less than in
other state-, and that it is practical con
fiscation. President Ecuhen signs tiio
petition.
DYNAMITE STORY UNTRUE.
Shoril? S;iy* Ylmre Itaau No Fight
With Ilia liMtliriUN.
LADOR MEETING NOT HELD.
Wurnr.ixvr. Aug. 17.—Ou Saturday a
story was sent out re •iting that a battle
Hat
field aud Ins friends and officer* of
Mingo county, in winch dynamite am^
Winchesters plaved prominent parts,
, three men being killed.
Lc.vUrfl At)MP(l*tu«il tii» i*la« «f Coi>r«rring The Registei asked Sheriff Newton J.
t<> Order ot Court. Readier of Mmgo county for a state-
PiTTSBUHO, Aug. 17.—The strike load- ' nmat of the cane. Tho following is his
i reuiv:
SENATOR BUTLER SPEAKS.
National I’niiulist Caait tu a Se
rif* of A<!<ir«**tM ut Wadt»«b<>ro.
Wadbsboko. N. C., Aug. 1 *—Sena
tor Marion Butler, national chairman
of the Populist party, began a series of
speeches here, lie said: “More money
is what wo need. Never will prosperity
return till we have more money aud
lower transportation rates over the rail
roads. Democrats in this state have
discussed the tariff and negro till the
railroads have captured the govern
ment. In Washington the capitalists
have got tho power and tru-ts are play- ;
ing havoc with the people ”
The speaker denounced the Democrats
for being unfaithful and disloyal to ,
Bryan and assured that a scheme was
now on foot to defeat Bryan in 1900 and i
nominate a goldbug in disguise.
Howard For llrnlal Murderer*.
Raleigh. Aug. 14.—Governor lies-
sell offers (200 reward for tho capture ,
of two perpetrators of a singularly bra- I
tal murder. A 15-year-old negro girl, \
Ida Young of Cherokee, said Anbury
Nichols was her child’s father. He
swore he would kill any negro who so
acensed him and at night tho gin’s
home was visited by throe men. Her
father was threatened with death, she
was pulled out of bed, beaton aud
kicked insensible and shot. Before dy
ing she swore Niche.s was the father of
her chiul and her muruerer.
MUST BE WEDDED ASHORE.
i California
lto*H Hulord File* A iipml.
Decatur, Ala, Aug. J7. — Judge
Matthews, attorney for Rosa Buford,
the negro woman recently convicted of
conspiracy in the assault upon Nellie
Lawton, has filed a notice of appeal.
This puts all three case- before tiie su
preme court. The attorney filed i.o
bill of exceptions as was done in the
/uses of the two men, Lewis Thompson
aud Walter Neville.
KiiitfVit* of H nitor Ofllr.Mm
Wii.mingi.on, N. U., Aug. 14—The
grand hxige Knights of Honor of North
Carolina elected officers as follows:
Grand director, N. L Shaw, Warren-
ton; vice grand director, N. J. Jordan,
Hook' rton; grand treai-urcr, J. Scofield.
Davidson college. Oxford was selected
as tiie meeting place in 189!).
Ilrook* »u<l Itvynolit* to Itmif.
Atlanta, Aug. 13 Bud Brooks and
Grady Reynolds, convicted at Jeffer
son, Ga., of the murder of Merchant M.
U. Hunt, have been sentenced to be
hanged Friday, Sept. 24.
tlul£«9 Decide* Tlisit Mittriuset
at >«*:% Aiti lilegiil.
Lcs Angeles, Aug. 17.—Superior
Judge Al!e:t has rendered a decision
which invalidates scores of sea mar
riages that have been performed off the
California coast. It was the termina
tion of habeas corpus proceedings
brought by the father of Janet Thomp
son against Homer Norman. The young
couple ran away and went through a
ceremonial of marriage on the high
seas m which the cuptuiu of tho boat
odieiat*.
lu the judge’s decision ho said: “As
a result lamiiies have been disgraced,
tragedies have been enacted and esrates
1 have been wasted in bitter controver
sies. The legislature, in amending tiie
marriage law m 1895, evidently had in
view all of those differences and sought
by one stroke to define tho course of
conduct which would result in marriage.
No agreement, contract or act of par-
( tics not m strict conformity to the ex-
i isting marriage laws of the state creates
i marriage in this state or subjects tho
; parties to its duties aud obligations un
less it shall have been entered into in
j some other jurisdiction under the laws
i of that jurisdiction, in which case its
validity will be recogniz'd.”
A SlA.noo Job For KokeU.
New York, Aug. 17.—A dispatch to
The Herald fruiu Washington says:
Comptroller James II. Eckels will soon
, take up tho duties of the presidency of
the recently formed Colonial Trust com
pany, of which Roswell I*. Fiower is
the acting president, early in the fall,
immediately after he has finished his
annual report as comptroller of the
i treasury. Mr. Eckels’ salary iu his new
nositiou will be (15,000 a year. Charles
li Dawes of Evanston, Ills., a member
of tho executive committee of that
state, and a close personal friend of
President McKinley will succeed Mr.
Eckels as comptroller of the currency.
Frenrli and .Sininitae C'luati.
New York, Aug. 17.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Bangkok. Siam, says
that the reports of a conflict between
(he Fr. •nch and Siamese troops at
Mining Lein, near KUnghung, on tho
Mekong river, are absolutely correct.
They are based ou reports received at
1 the Siamese foreign offices. The French
troops were commatmed hy Inspector
| Martin. Tiie Siamese legation was or-
dereil a month ago to protest against
aggression. As long, however, as tho
king is iu Europe the Siamese legation
will contradict reports of friction be
tween Fiance and Siam.
SAYS BIGBY OWES $23,000.
Deport of NpciCal >T ••ter Do«s«r In Lax 1 *
and flieiiix Suit.
Atlanta. Aug. 10.—The report of
Special Master Luther Z. Rosser iu tho
suit against Judge John S. Bigby,
brought by the receivers of the Eagle
and Phenix Manufacturing company,
has been completed aud copies of the
decision served ou counsel.
The special master finds that Judge
Bigby is duo tho company the sum of
(22,820.(>1, and tiiat a decree should is
sue in that amount iu favor of the com
pany.
Mob ThnUcbt to H« After Mo('ulto(1(-h.
Atlanta, Aug 10.—John McCul
lough, tiie Clayton county alleged wife
murderer, has been brought to Fulton
era. for some reason, have abandoned
the idea of having a meeting of tho
heads of the different labor organka
lions to devise ways and means for bat
tling with an adverse ruling of tiie
c iurt on tiie miners’ injunction. Presi
dent Dolan says a meeting of the union
officers mar be held ou Thursday, but
if it is, it will be for another purpose.
There is a rumor current that the
DeArmitts have arranged for the im
portation of 200 foreign workmen next j from jail two weeks ago, was
Monday to work in the iurtle Creek confined for nothing more serious than
, _ . I ins is denied Ki voluntary manslaughter, and had only
by ihotnas DeArmitt, v. ho says the ! j lve of a three months’
Wii.i iam-ov, W. Va.. Aug. 17.
The Register. Wheeling, W. Va.:
Then* has hecti ti'i light with the Hat
fields. \Y • have been unable to meet
“Cap” as yet. N. J. KeaPLED. Sueriff.
The sheriff adds:
“There have been men killed in the
southern part of tnis state in a quarrel
among members of the Hattiehis and
others in tin* past, but not one killing
for 50 reported. ‘Cap’ Hatfield, before
and Plum Creek mines.
Thomas DeArmitt,
company has enough men working and
that there is no need of importing other
minors. In spite of all denials, how
ever, it is believed that tha New York
and Cleveland Gas Coal company wid
give notice to all strikers tiiat they are
willing to ro-omploy all the old hands,
and should the strikers not choose to
return to work within a few days the
company will try to employ some who
will work. The work of securing sig
natures to the uniformity agreement is
county for safe keeping, It was feared progressing favorably aud iu a few days
that a mob was forming to lynch him the list will be toady for publication,
and the negro Henry Sims, who as- ! About 30 operators are said to have
suulted Mrs. Turner. Sheriff Hme signed, but the committee is not will-
brought tho prisoners in a haett to At- to say whether or not any ot the
lantu. The prisoners were frightened large operators are on the list.
and seemed to be much relieved to be THE FACULTY MAY RESIGN,
behiud the bars of the jail. j
I<r*k«»iuiin Cat In Twain.
Savannah, Aug. 1(5.—U. J. Swine-
ford, a brukemuii on the Georgia uud
Alabama railroad, fell from u cur near
Ellabelle. 20 miles from Savannah, and
his body was cut entirely in two. Swine-
ford was ou a passenger train coming
toward Savannah, where he expected to
meet his wife uud babies, lie was a
young man and an excellent railroad
hand He leaves two children besides
his wife.
School Tcnelicr Miockiinjlv MiirUoraJ.
Galveston, Aug. 1(5.—Mrs. Kate Gal
lagher. for 12 years a school teacher in
this city, who lived with her son, Vir
gil. ut Thirteenth and K streets, lias
been found with her throat cut from
ear to oar and the body charred beyond
recognition. After killing her the mm-
dorer set fire to the bed. No arrests
have yet been made, although the po
lice have suspects under surveillance.
Hail Arciilmt lu Savannali.
Savannah, Aug. 1(5.—About 7 o'clock
a. m., at the government works on Ty-
bee island, an engine pushing a fiat car
up an inclined plane to the sand chatc
could not be stopped by the engineer
uud the car was pi tinged over the chute
Six men were precipitated 20 feet below.
Five of them were badly injured uud
may di«.
H«>«l Mi*n Ml Ilia CautaniiiMl.
Nashvii.i.k, Aug. J3 The attendance
at the Centennial exposition was large,
the occasion being the celebration of
Louisville Red Men's day. in addition
to the visitoiM from Kentucky there was
a good representation of tnemliers of the
order from Ten »*••!«*>ee uud other states.
All of tlic rr» , 0*«or« of Drown I7nlv«r»itv
Mleave 1 h»t Instkutlun.
j Pr.oviDRNCB, Aug. 17.—Resignation*
from the Brown university faculty are
looked for as tho outcome of the retire
ment of President Andrews amt the
more recent protest of 24 of the in
structors of the college.
Ju-.t how many of the professors will
; retire voluntarily is not known, but
three, ami perhaps four of those who
signed the f 'U-l/ protest ait ! petitioned
for a rvoonsiii••ration uf tiie De. An
drews ca‘0. have signified their readi
ness to leave Brown immediately. It r;
said that they affixed tneir s.^natures to
the doounictit with full knowledge tiiat
if President Andrews ever severed hta
official connection with tiie university
they would go too
This means, according to a man who
is connected with the corporation aud
who is near tho official heart of the in
stitution, t iat tlm large majority, if
uot the entire 24 professors who signed
| the faculty protest, will be gradually
disposed of by resignation, voluntary or
otherwise.
New D»n<l For Alitb*iiiw.
Montgomery, Alt, Aug. 17.—The
deed of trust of tho Montgomery, Hay-
iieville aud Camden railroad to the Mer
chants’ Trust uud Deposit company of
Baltimore has been filed in probate court
here. The road is bonded for (12,509
: per mile, the bonds to' boar 5 per cent
interest and to run for 30 years. One
hundred at. I fifty thousand dollars i*
provided for iu the deed of trust to
build a bridge over the Alabama river.
The line of road from this city to Cam
den. 75 miles south of here, will he built
without delay. S>1 D. Bloch is tha
bead of the enterprise.
sentence
to serve. There was no other crime
charged against him uud if ho is never
captured it will not tie *i serious matter.”
ANOTHER BiG CONVENTION.
You lie IVopie* CliHutlxii (Tnimi of tlio
c;liut oh.
Indianapolis, Aug. 17.—Tno ninth
annual convention of the Young Peo
ples’ Christian union of the United
PxcSbyteriau church will be held in
Tomlinson hall, this city. The conven
tion will hold three sessions daily, morn
ing. afternoon and night. Ten thou
sand visitors are expected to attend,
(5,000 of whom are delegates, coming
from every part of the country.
The convention will conclude its work
on Monday, which will be a general re
ception day. J. P. Tracy of Chicago,
chairman of a committee of 13, which
controls the entire membership ot (50,-
000, is here. He says the convention
will la* the greatest in the union’s his
tory. The music will be a feature of
the meetings and a choir of several
hundred voices will be under the direc
tion of Professor Hugh MeGranahau of
Jamestown, Pa. The hall has been
simply decorated in honor of the gath
ering uml tho union’s orange and blue
are already seen in puoac uud private
decorations.
DrbellliMi In AfshnuUtan.
Simla, Aug. 18 —Tho Ameer of Af
ghanistan has issued a firman forbid
ding his subjects to join tho rebels who
are now iu arms against the govern-
, ment. The Afghan governor of K*>hat
has been ordered to pnutsli the Afghans
who have been raiding camels belong
ing to the Tochi punitive expedition.
European and native reinforcements
i have been ordered to Koliut immedi
ately in order to overawe the Afndi*.
It is rumored that the Arakzis have
risen in arms.
!Co*a lltifoni Fll*« Appenl.
DkOatuu, Ala., Ang it. — Judge
Matthews, attorney for Rosa Buford,
the negro woman recently convicted of
conspiracy in the assault upon Nellie
Lawton, lias tiled a notice of appeal.
This puts all three cases before the sn-
pretiie court. The attorney tiled no
hill of exceptions us was done in th*
cases of the two men, Lewis Thoiup*oi*
aud Walter Neville.
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