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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., DECEMBER 30, 1807
GAGE OfFFMD TO GO
Tendered His Resignation as
Secretary cf Treasury.
PROMPTLY REFUSED BY M’ONLEY
Chic«enHii Tolil President That If III* Kl-
■■■siicImI Views Were Kinbsrritssln g t«
ttie Ke|iiilii iciftia Adiulnlslratlon lie
Would Ketlre From (lie C'abluet—Oi-
tiered to Hold the OOlce.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Assistant Sec
retary Yauderlip, when asked concern-
iug a leport that Secretary Gage had
tendered his resignation and that Mr.
McKinley had refused to accept it, said:
“There is nothing in it.”
The report in question gave Mr. Van-
derlip as authority for the assertion.
Secretary Gage himself has left for New
York.
Mr. Yauderlip, when questioned
further, said that so far as he was
quoted as authority for the assertion iie
could say that there was nothing in it,
for he had never so stated to any person.
As to whether or not Mr. Gage had
offered to resign and Mr. McKinley had
refused to accept it, he (Vanderlip)
could say nothing, for he did not know
whether # were so or not.
It is believed in some usually well in
formed circles that the report is sub
stantially correct, but that there was no
formal tender of a resignation.
It is regarded as probable that at some
conversation with the president Mr.
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Gage. In on informal way, said that he
would resign if his financial views were
embarrassing to the administration and
that the president, in reply, stated very
positively that he did not want his sec
retary of the treasury to do any such
tbiug.
It is learned furthermore that at the
time of this conversation, the president
informed Mr. Gage that their views
were in accord and that he must not
think of re giiing. It Is regarded cer
tain that Mr. Gage will remain in office.
A BIG DAMAGE SUIT FILED.
Hank ComuiUalou Appointed.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.—Governor Atkin
son has appointed a bank commission
to examine banks with a view to ini-
{ iroving the banking laws as provided
n the Calvin act of the last legislature.
The commission appointed consists of
six. as follows: Senator T. O. Stewart
of Henry comity; representatives, T. M.
Swift of Kibert and M. V. Calvin of
Richmond; citizens, W. L. Artharn of
Fulton and Horace A. Crane of
Ghat ham.
Shut Hlmtelf While llunllnf.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 28. — Walker
Watson, the son of Policeman Watson,
with a young companion, James Bar
rett, went banting on the other side cf
the river. Near Hamburg young Wat
son entered a swamp, • when in some
way his gnu was discharged, the whole
load entering the right breast and face.
He was conveyed to the city hospital,
where he died.
Killed br Switch Lug In*.
Macon, Dec. 28.—Thomas A. Jackson,
m white man of Bishop, Ga., was crushed
to death in the Central yards by u
switch engine. He was about 24 years
of age. Nothing is known of him here.
SOCIETY CIRCLES STIRRED.
Cadet Carrie* an Autre** to a Swell Hall
and I* ItoOneed by Oupnronn*.
Chaklkstos. Dec. 28. —A ball was
given here by the cadets of the Sonth
Carolina Military academy, to which
the society swells were invited. Hoyt's
“A Stranger In New York” was on the
boards at the theater and after the per
formance Naval Cadet Peterson of the
United States training ship Chase c tiled
at the theater and escorted Miss Char
lotte Crane, the leaning lady of the
play, to the ball, Peterson having pre
viously been invited.
When they arrived in the dance hall
some of the 400 proceeded to raise a
furore and demanded of the chaperones
that Miss Crane be sent away. Accord
ing to the story told by eyewitnesses, a
chaperone requested Captain Ham.et
of the Chase to order Peterson to take
the actress away.
There was nothing for the cadet to do
but obey. Miss Crane, whose reai
name is Miss Bose of Springfield, Ills.,
was very much mortified at the inci
dent She had done nothing to call
forth such treatment and the gentlemen
who were present are very indignant.
The affair lias created a sensation in
society circles and the action of the
Chaperones is publicly condemned.
TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES.
South Carolina May IinprlAon Atiy One
\Vh»» Him u Hip FncteU
Columbia, S. C.,Dec. 26.—Mr. Joseph
A. McCullough, member of the house
of representatives from Greenville, is
goiug to try to stop the killings in South
Carolina by instituting a kind of dres
reform. He has prepared a bill that
will doubtless be one of many on the
same subject to be introduced in the
legislature, to prevent carrying con
cealed weapons. The bill makes it un
lawful to wear what is known as the
“hip pocket” in the rear of the trousers
or coat, and fixes the minimum pen airy
for the violation of the law at six
months imprisonment and $100 fine.
The bill also provides that if for any
reason a person wishes to wear a pistol
he shall apply to the clerk of court,
who, if he considers the reasons given
by the applicant sufficient, shall grant
him permission to carry a deadly
weapon. The clerk of the court wiii
aiso supply the said person witii a
badge, which shall be worn on tiie out
side of the lapel of the coat or in some
other conspicuous place.
MONEY IS STILL MISSING.
Woman Wants Kiftaaa Ttioiistnd Dollars
Far l>«atlt of liar *tn«l>aiul.
Marietta, Ga.. Dec. 28. — An im
portant damage suit has been filed iu
the superior court of this county against
the Western and Atlauli: railroad.
The suit arises over the killing of W.
W. Combs, who was a br^kemau on
that road, during last August. His
wi/e, Mr*. I/t * Ombs, wh-j lives
Ringgold, is tk« piaiutiu in the case,
and she asks that the road pay her $15,-
000 for the killing of her husband.
The accident which resulted iu the
death of Combs was a peculiar one. He
came to Marietta on a freight train ami
was doing some switching iu the yard.
While putting a car in a sidetrack he
■tarred across a track to signal the en
gineer, and hi* foot was caught between
a switchbar and tie. Before the train
was stopped it had struck him and one
car passed over his body.
Despite careful medical attcution
Combs died of his injuries.
JAPAN BOWS TO AMERICA.
■be Witt PaiiUh the Munlerer or m Uultoil
Mate* Sailor—Nc m In Jail.
New York, Dec. 28.—A disnatoh to
the Herald from Washington says:
Japan has taken measures to comply
with the demand of the United States
that the mnrderer of Frank Epps, an
apprentice attached to the cruiser
Oiympia. be punished for his crime.
A cablegram received at the navy de
partment from Rear Admiral McNair,
commander-iu-chief of the Asiatic sta
tion. states that the murderer of Epps
has been lodged iu jail in Nagasaki and
will be prosecuted iu accordance with
Japanese criminal procedure. '
Minister Buck has been instructed to
watch the proceedings, so that there
■hall be no miscarriage of justice. The
action of the Japanese in prosecuting
the murderer will end the incident un
less Epps’ mother should submit a
claim for indemnity.
N« New Development* In til* $10,000 Co.
lumbli* Kzpro** Oftlce Rubbery.
Columbia, S. C.. Dec. 25. — There
have been no new developments in the
flO.OOO express robbery. The money is
■till missing, and that is about all that
can be gotten out of the matter. The
express officials, who are working on
the case, have nothiug to say, except
that they will make public whatever
happens of a public nature.
Tne men iu tiie office are going right
along with their work ncif nothing had
happened. It is said that several of the
best detectives are here looking after
matters iu connection with the missing
package. Arrests have been talked of.
bnt nothing has yet been done in that
direction.
The officials announce that the money
has been made good to the National
Park bank of New York. It is also
officially announced that the robbery
was committed by one of seven men
connected with, or iu the office on the
night of the robbery.
REGISTER IS TO BE SOLD
The Man Who Beat His Wife
Given Six Months Term.
MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL MADE
Oltl«*t Nawspaper la Columbia Mill C
on th* Hluck 'onn.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 26 —It is an
nounced by The Register, the oldest
paper in Columbia, that proceedings
have been begun by the Liudeumeyers
of New York to foreclose a mortgaire of
about $90,000 held oj the paper. Mort
gages have been given the Lindenuieyers
from time to time by C. A. Caivo, pro
prietor, who was recently committed to
the asylum.
There is much speculation ns to
whether the paper will be shut down or
whether the Liudeumeyers will buy it
in ana continue its publication. It is
■aid at The Kegister office that this
latter course will be pursued and that
Mr. Thomas Addison of Boston, who
has for six mouths been managing the
paper a* (lie joint agent of the Linden-
meyers and Caivo, will continue us
manager.
The sale will take place iu about ten
day a
AeahtantwlIy Klllad llltnvnlf.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 24.—David Cut-
tino, Ibyeuisold and a member of an
influential mercantile family in Sumter
county, accidentally killed bmneif at
Packsville. The young man had been
bird shooting and returned to the store
of his brother in the evening. Leaning
his gun against a post, he started into
his brother’s house. The muzzie of the
gun slipped from its resting place atm
fell. Cuttino turned to catch it but was
too lute, the hammer* singing upon the
floor, both barrels being ducharged, the
contents taking effect in his side ami
ranging upward, produced almost in-
■taut death.
M. MatUiaw* Kanipia SUrratl.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 25.—Patrolman
Robert W. Jones of 8t. Matthews, Or
angeburg county, while trying to ar
rest Frank Green, a negro charged with
violating a town ordinance, was shot
and subsequently died. Green was ar
rested and taken before Magistrate Tay
lor while Jones was dying. The mag
istrate. for soma unexplained cause, did
not commit the fellow for trial, allott
ing him to go free and effect his escape.
St. Matthews people are stirred up over
the affair and will ask Governor Klierbe
to take action against the magistrate.
Coltm»bt*ii G»u«ritt <’oum««I.
Columbia, S. 0., Dec. 20.—It is an
nounced here that B. L. Abney of the
firm of Abney & Thomas, this city, has
been appointed counsel for the South
ern roau, to succeed Judge J. S. Coth
ran of Greenville, who died several
weeks ago. Mr. Abney is oa« of the
young members of the bar. but ha*
taken a stand ae a etroug lawyer. For
■everal yean he has been local counsel
for the Southern. J. S. Cothran, Jr,
Will be assistant general counsel.
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StMiir Jti-tf ino'ttion Forth* A«nj*Ult—Com-
Mali tin* I *«n t «hcj«a<I In
tli* Pr«*e<ic* of m Or**t Crowd — WIII Ho
Korcod to Do Hard Work.
New York. Dec. 28.—Edward J. Rat-
cliffo. the actor who was found guilty
of assault iu the third degree for suit-
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EDWARD J. FLA" CLIFFS,
ing his wife, has been sentenced to fix
| months iu the penitentiary.
Lawyer Towns, counsel for Ilatcliffe,
made a motion for a new trial, which
was denied. Mr. Towns said that there
was some justification for the assault.
Judge Newberger looked at Mr. Towns
in astonishment and said:
“I am surprised to hear counsel make
such au admission. ”
The judge, after referring to the
recommendation for mercy made by the
jury, said:
“Wife beating may be popular iu
some countries, but not iu America. I
propose in your case to mete out such
punishment as will serve as a warning i
to others that they must not reapeat an
offense of this kind.”
Ratcliffe was taken to the peniten
tiary on Blackwell’s island, where he ,
will be confined at hard labor. This
does not carry with it the deprivation of
civil rights that is involved iu a state
prison sentence.
A large crowd was present to hear the
actor sentenced. Mrs. Ratcliffe and
her father, Peter Dolacy, were absent.
MAN SHOT WHILE IN JAIL.
Mlneworker Killed br a Relative of 1m-
dle* He Had laeaited.
Birmingham. Ala, Dec. 28—At Bes
semer, J. H. Howell, a mice foreman,
aged 88 years, was arrested on complaint
of Mrs. Tom Collins, wife of a promi
nent saloonkeeper of that place, who
informed the police that while she and
her daughter were going home about
dark Howell followed them for some
distance and acted iu a way that fright
ened them.
An hour or two after Howell had
been jailed, Oo tins went to the prison
and asked to be allowed to see him.
The request was granted. On approach
ing the ceil Collins pulled a pistol and
shot Howell through the heart. Collins
was at once taken into custody and bent
here to the county jail
Collins claims that he killed Howell
to pr^teft his wife and daughter and
that he is glad ho did it
8t«u»grapli*r« ou a *triba,
Chicago, Dec. 28.—Stenographers em
ployed by the defense iu the Luetgert
case have struck, and the defense may
have to depend upon the notes taken by
the state’s attorneys’ stenographers if
it is found necessary to take the ca*e to
the supreme court. Attorney Harmon,
it is said, will ask the court to require
tne state to furnish the uefeuse with a
copy of the testimony each day, on the
ground that Luetgert has no money to
pay for stenographers and that the life
of the prisoner will be imperilled unless
provision is made to protect hia rights.
Uower of *p«*cli K«»tore«l.
Louisville, Dec. 28.—Patrick Keilv,
a hardwood finisher, who, for more than
a year, has been dumb, suddenly re
covered the use of speech during a fit of
anger. He was greatly surprised to
find himself talking and changed his
words from curses to a fervent “thank
God.” He was formerly employed by
Mapleson & Co., at Wilmington. Dei.*,
and it was when about to curse one of
the bosses there that his voico was
palsied.
ISallct for » Wife H«*t*r.
Blackshkar, Ga., Dec. 2a—Very
meager details of a homicide committed
in Wayne county have just reached
here. Clint Henderson was killed by
young Berry Morgan, bo:h parties being
white. Henderson was killed for beat
ing his wife, who is Morgan’s step
daughter.
Japan*** Cabinet Raalgna.
Yokohama. Dec. 2a—Owing to the
failure of the premier. Marquis Saigo,
to reconstruct the cabinet, all the mem
bers of that body have resigned. The
newspapers demand the formation of a
very strong ministry capable of coping
with the situation iu the east.
AN ACCIDENT IN ^ASHEVILLE.
B«v*ri*l P#r»oii# \*»ry *«rlni**1r InJc&rfMf
While FIrliiif a ttalute.
Asheville. N. G., Dec. 28.—A crowd
of 100 or more men and boys were firing
u salute from au old cannon on the out
skirts of the town, when a can of 30 I
pounds of powder exploded in the thick
of the crowd. Thirty or 40 persons
were injured, but none, it le believeu,
fatally.
The cannon was fired several times,
and then Joseph Finch, an employe o:
the Southern Railway company, picged ;
up the powder can and began to reload j
the piece. The gun had not been :
swabbed out, and the moment tne tiny I
stream of powder struok the beaten
metal there was a flash and a report
that made the earth irembie. A mo j
meat later in the smoke that rose from
the explosion human beings ran blindly j
here and there over the hill, falling ana
rising, only to fall again, ar. they iran-
tically rushed about, blinded ami pow
der burned, madly trying to extiugush
tbeir’flaming clothes.
Those who were unhurt ran to the aid
of the unfortunate ones, smothering
flaming clothing or cutting the gut-
meats from heir bodies Ot .nan wa-
blown or rolled completely down the
hill, 2<X) feet.
Joseph Finch is among the most seri- |
ously hurt, his nose and mouth b- tig
torn out of all shape, and he is proba y
blinded.
Clarence Ledford, who stood near th
can non when the powder ignited, wai
thrown more than 50 feet. His cloth
ing was torn or burned entirely off and
a part of the skin on the forehead
burned loose.
Charles Earwood and John Ingle als
■re seriously hurt, ana several others
probably will lose their sight or be dis ,
figured for life.
—
COM MISSION ERSHIP CASE.
SPANURI) HIS \ S.W
Minister Delomc Talks of the
Cuban Relief Measure.
No Ljrbotitiaff In MU*l**lppl.
Mkmphu. Dec. 28.—There has been
no lynching at Glendora. Mies , reports
to the Miitrary notwithstanding. One
is hourly looked for, however, as a
posse is said to b« close ou the trail of
the negro. Hopkins, who murdered a
Oouplo of white farmers.
■*«ll Wnnlal It* Baaretnrjr.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec 28—It is
stated hero that Colonel 8. 8. Scott, an
old warhorse of Lee oouuty, will be iu
the race for secretary of state of Ala
bama. Six or sevou gentlemen have
j already announced fur the place.
Mrs. Itoniti No ti*it*r.
Nxw Yonk, Deo. 28—The condition
1 of Mra. Halltngton Booth is reported aa
I being unchanged.
Th« Mi;>rrine Coart Hand* Down An Opin
ion Defiant Iu Tone.
Raleigh, Dec. 28 — Before the su
preme court there were two motions in
the railway commisstonership case. One
was by J. VT. Wilson, tc recall the ex
ecutiou to the sheriff to put L. C. Caiti
well iu possession, and was referred, as
was the other which was to set aside
the writ of error or supersedeas of the
United States inpieme court.
Tiie opinion as to these motions is ue
fiant iu tone. It says in conclusion:
•’Caidwell is in full por-session of the
office and entitled to exercise its duties
and draw pay from date of his appoint
ment by the governor. Sept. 24 Tiie
judgment of this court took effect im-
meuiately upon being filed and is nor
superseded by the subsequent writ of
error, regular or irregular, Caldwell be
iug iu office by virtue of a judgment o.’
this court. Auy attempt by defendant
Wilson to exercise its functions or to in
terfere with the full aqd free exercise
thereof by Caldwell and auy gttemptbi
any one else to interfere by alleged legal
process or otherwise unless and until
the United States supreme court shall
reverse the judgiqeut of this court wiii
be contempt of this court.”
The attorneys for Wilson, when asked
what steps they would take, said that
as speedily as possible application win
be made the federal judiciary for action
and to vitalize the federal law.
Caldwell and Pearson the governor’s
appointees, who are iu complete posses
sion of the office, were cited to appear
before the United States court Jan. 20
They drew salaries from Sept. 24. The
case is exciting intense interest
ACCUSED OF KILLING WIFE.
One* Promiaeat Man indicted by th-
MroklvabU’-g G>aud Vary.
Charlotte, N. 0.. Dec. 24.—Thf
grand jury of Mecklenburg conuty hu
brought a presentment against A. R
Logie for inflicting injuries upon hi*
wife from which the afterwards died.
Logie was a few years ago one of the
most prominent merchants of Bridge
port. Conn., and was chosen to arbitral
the strike of street coir employes sev
eral years ago. He failed for a large
amount and disappeared from Bridge
port. He came here and bought a baud
aome house and farm.
In a drunken frenzy last August he
broke up various household articles and
assaulted his wife. Ue was arrested
and while he was iu jail his wife died.
He was sent to the insane asylum ai
Morgautou, but a few weeks later wn>
discharged, being pronounced not in
sane.
Mrs. Logie was a native of Geneva,
N. Y., and daughter of Rev. Mr. Ches
ter, a prominent Presbyterian Clergy
man. Her remains are interred there.
SAYS IT IS NOT A WARLIKE STEP
ChArartrrlx*'* th* Rt*port T|»*t III* M*t1t"<l
A<lopt*<t !>v tli* I NtHtt'u to II*i|*
&aflVir*rs v I* a Tountnl lote-r-
▼etitioti by Till* Gov*riiin*nt, tt* *u KlTort
tt# Mix Tolltlc* With CJiArlty.
Washington, Dec. 23.—Mr. Danny i
Deiome, the Spanish minister, expresses
strong disapproval of reports that the
relief measures adopted bvtheUuiteu
States, and co-operated m by Spam, are
a step toward intervention by tins gov- |
eminent in the affairs of Cuba. The
minister characterizes such reports as
an effort to mix politics with charity,
and as calculated to excite ill feeling
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which will embarrass the chnriLtbie '
movement and impede its execution in
Havana and throughout the island. Re
ferring to the subject he said:
“This talk of intervention in certain
quarters has no other purpose than to
embitter both countries and to divert |
the original essential purpose of aims |
giving. The extension of aid to the
sufferers in Cuba is no more iuterveu- :
tiou than was the action of all the na
tions of the world—including Spain— ;
to send help to Chicago after the big
fire, or that of the United States in
sending a ship loud of grain to Russia
and last year to India and to the city of j
Loudon iu sending food and money to j
Paris when the siege by the Germans i
was raised. ”
Turning to a dispatch just received
rom Dr. Cougosto, secretary general at
Havana, the minister proceeded, quoting
in part from the dispatch:
“It is not true that the Spanish ar* !
thorities iu Cuba are not equal to the
si'uation. Succor is being given auuud*
autly and relief committees are iu regu-
lai operation. In two of the provinces—
Pu rto Principe and Santiago—there
has been no concentration. Forty plan
tations are grinding sugar and there is
ample work for those who want it.
Many of the reconceutrados who are
reported to be suffering are iu such con
ditio. through au unwillingness to
work.
“It is perfectly well understood that
the American help will be received with
the spirit that it is given and the Amer
ican government—as Secretary Sherman
expressed it in his recent letter—offer#
the well known generosity of American
people in the saia« spirit that they have
accepted foreign help iu cases of public
calamity.”
TO INSPECT A PARK SITE, i
SITUATION IS NOT SERIOUS.
S**v*r*l K loinf IU*r* lUM’l^rw
liter* \S |i| ||«y No *t ii r Vi%t I on •
Victoria, B. 0 , Dec. 28.—The steamer
Tee* from Skaguay brought down live
Klondiker*. Ku-hard Shaw of Victoria,
who left Dawson on Nhy. 1(5, and three
other \ ictoriau* and T. Hauby, who
started on their tramp Oct. 27. Tne
Jurty leaving on flic latter date ran out
of provisions at Fort Selkirk and had to
beg their way along, getting food at dit-
fereut camps or wuen it was not to be
bad, living on anything they oouid
shoot. Stiaw came out by dog train,
leaving Dawson after the H:e formed.
He passed 30 men along the river
bound outward. They were ail coining
along with just enough food to last
them. At Stewart river 48 outfits bou.-.a
for Dawson were frozen in. Two of
the three rafts of beef, which were on
tiie bars just above Dawson, were car
ried down the river right past the town
by the floating ice.
On the night of Nov. 15 J;m Cary’s
saloon, at Dawson, was robbed of $20,-
000. Ed Lord, the bartender, and two
other men were arrested. At Fort Sel
kirk a man named Keeier was robbed
of $8,000. Ed Jackson was arrested ou
suspicion.
A report reached Dawson of a rich
strike make on below” on “Hun
ker creek.” Tbe di t went $3 to the
pan and there wore 5 feet of gravel.
Dominion creek is also turning out well.
Americans complain bitterly of having
to pay duty ou their outfits at Tagish
lake.
J. \V. McKay, who left Dawson ou
Nov. 13, reached 8kaguay before the
steamer Tees left. It is stated that he
brought out $,0,000 in dusr, Shaw says
none of the men on the trails will get
down until the ice goes out iu the
spring. Just before he left claim own
ers reduced wages from $15 to $10 per
day and men were threatening to go on
a strike.
Speaking of the food situation at
Dawson, Shaw stated that food was
scarce, but that the men now there have
enough to last them through the win
ter. There are a number of men along
the trails who are not very will pro
vided.
PEARY TO START IN JULY.
□oa«» Commute* on Military Aff.tlr* Will
Visit Vicksburg, .Mi**.
Memphis, Dec. 28.—The house com
mittee ou military affairs, headed by
Congressman Catchiugs of Mississippi,
passed through this city on a special
train, euroate to Vicksburg, to inspect
the proposed site for a naval military
park. It was expected that the delega
tion would be re-enforced here by Con
gressman Brownlow of the First Ten
nessee district, but illness iu his famuy
prevented his leaving home.
The committee will remain at Vicks
burg 36 hours and will then go to Cluck-
amauga to inspect the park there.
Five members of tbe congressional
party submitted to interviews and de
clared in favor of national control of
quarantine regulations iu times of epi
demic.
Flft**a Thnnsaud Vvr m Lit*.
Raleigh. Dec. 25. —The supreme courc
reverses the judgment of the lower
court iu the suit against the Western
North Carolina railway for $15,000 for
the death of Engineer James, and says
that that road and not the Southern is
responsible for the killing; that the
Western North Carolina railway is still
iu existence, and that its purchase by
the Sioutheru is invalid ;tlll the South
ern railway takes out liens iu North
Carolina. The lower court had decided
that the Western had no existence, anu
that the suit must be brought against
the Southern.
Tarb**l to G*t it G*u«l Job.
Washington, Dec. 25.—Representa
tive White of North Carolina had au
interview with the president in refer
ence to the appoitment of tbe minister
to Liberia. It is understood that Mr.
White obtained the president’! promise
to nominate Rev. Owen L. W. Smith of (
Nortn Carolina, one of Representative
White’s constitneuts.
fat* Will On to th* Pea.
Raleigh, Deo. 24. —Governor Russell
has commuted to life imprisonment the
death sentence of 17-year-old Riley
Pate, who in Yancy county murdered a
)6-year-old companion. The father of
•he latter, all the jurors and many
citizens urged clemency.
A Wit* Mord*r*r Haugad.
Greensboro, N. 0., Dec. 26.—Sonly
Ryan, who, ou Dec. 4 brutally mur- j
dered bis wife, was hanged here. Hi*
neck was dislocated by tbe fall Ryan
was nervy to the last. When asked by
tbe sheriff if he was ready, he replied:
“Let her ga’*
A Ulg Cattle Owner Killed.
Baker City, Or., Dec. 2a—A tele- !
phone message to The Democrat from
Canyon City brings the news of the
killing of Peter French, a prominent i
cattle and land owner of Harney county,
by a man named Oliver. The victim |
was shot iu the back of the head, the !
bullet coming out between the eyes. A
laud dispute is said to be the cause ot
the trouble. French is probably the
largest cattle owner iu Oregon, bis
herds running into tbe thousands. He
also owns many thousands of acres ot
laud iu southeastern Oregon and em
ploys several hundred meuou his ranch.
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Tarheel Negro In Trouble*
New Yoke. Dec. 28 —J. W. Harrie. a
North Carolina negro, was arraigned
here ou the charge of sending threaten
ing letters to William K. Vanderbilt.
Charles Broadway Rouss, John Wan a-
maker and other prominent men. Tiie ,
letters demanded money under threats '
of personal violence and alleged that
the writer was a member of a society
formed to extort relief from millionaire#
at any price. As no one appeared tc i
prosecute Harris, be was committed tc !
tbe workhouse as a vagrant.
Alnakaa Ntvamer Mat* Awmy.
Portland. Or., Dec 28.—The steam
ship George W. Eider sailed for Dyea
and Skaguby with 125 passengers and
600 tons of freight. Fifty horses and
400,000 feet of lumber was offered, but
the Eider was unable to make room Jor
them. Among the passengers was Ma- |
jor L. H. Rucker, Fourth United States
cavalry, who goes to Skaguay and Dyea
to make au investigation of the passe# 1
for the purpose of selecting the most i
feasible route for the government Yu
kon relief expedition.
Tool Mok*r* Form a Tm*t.
Pittsburg, Dec. 23.—Eighty per cent j
of the edge tool manufacturers in the
United States have consolidated their
interests and have arranged for the
erection of a new plant near Cnarleroi,
about 40 mile* south of this city on the
Mouongahela river. The concern will
be known as Che American Ax and Tool
company, and will have a capital stock
of $2,000,000. The consolidation plant
will be in operation within six weeks.
Cremated In Ml* K*ai<i*n««.
Cincinnati, Dec. 28. — Martin E.
Christeiu, an old and prominent citizen
of Newport, was burned to death In hia
residence. A mysterious explosion wa*
heard in his house, and a lire quickly
followed consuming the building and
burning Mr. Christeiu with it. There
is no known cause for the explosion.
No coal oil or other explosive was kepi
in the house.
His Expedition W||| Mud* In a Ship
Given Him br mm Ei»gli*tiiift*ii.
Washington, Dec. 23. — Lieutenant
Robert E. Peary, the arctic explorer, re
turned from England ou the St. Paul
and immediately upon his arrival iu
New York took a train for Washing
ton. where Mrs. Peary is living.
Lieutenant Peary was enthusiastic
over his receptlou iu England and the
gift to him by Alfred C. Harmsworth,
a wealthy Englishman, of the Wind
ward, a fire ship which the explorer
will use iu his trip to the arctic regions
next year
Mr. Harmsworth also furnished funds
for the expedition. Lieutenant Peary
said that the Windward would be sent to
New York early iu the spring, and that
he would start north the latter part of
July.
Lieutenant Peary started for New
York to finish work on his narrative,
which is iu the publisher's haiuis.
t>«. SAMUEL BELL IS DEADj
Was aa Inllmata Fiiaad of Abraham Lin*
coin Uurlutr 'ha i Ivil War.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Dec. 28.—Samuel
Bookstaver Bell is dead, aged 80 yeaiV
He was born iu Montgomery, Orange
county, N. Y., ou Sept. 17, 1817. In
1845 he married Miss Sophia Walworth,
a member of Chancellor Walworth’s
family. While a young man he took
up the study of law aud for a few years
practiced iu the courts of his state.
Subsequently he studied theology and
was oruaiued a minister of the Preshy-
teriau church. Ou coming to Califor
nia he established a college in Oakland
which became the basis for tbe forma
tion of the University of Californio.
Dr. Bell served in both branches of
the California legislature aud presided
over the first Republican convention in
this state. He was a ner*onal and inti
mate friend of Abe Lincoln during the
civil war.
■ha Did Nat DI* of Fright.
• ’*n Francisco, Dec. 23.—Mary Sas-
tiUo, tbe young Spanish woman at
whom the Japanese, George Tuchi,
fired ' t ur shots on Sunday afternoon,
'^iuoldieof fright or from the effect
l7 a shccic upon a feeble heart, as be
lieved when she was examined at the
receiving hospital a few minutes after
her death. No wounds of auy kind
were fonud upon her then, but au au
topsy held at the morgue by Dr. John
Gellagher reveals the fact that the
woman’s death was caused by a bullet
which struck her iu the arm. passed
through the lungs and entered the peri
cardium, or sack surrouudiug her heart.
Klllod la a Quaer Mannar.
Columbia, & C.. Dec. 28. — Isom
Kirby, a prosperous farmer of Clifton,
Spartanburg county, was driving a cow.
He fastened a rope which was fastened
to the cow’s horns to his wrist. Kirby’s
house is near the Spartanburg and Co
lumbia railroad, and a train dashing by.
the cow became frightened aud dashed
across the truck. Kirby, unable to ex
tricate his wrist from the rope, wa#
dragged iu front of Jhe train and in
stantly killed. The cow was uninjured.
Patton Dau*a(*it by Fir*.
London, Dec. 28.-The British steamer
Silverdale, from Galveston, via New
port News for Bremeu, before reported
put into St. Michaels damaged, after
wards having had a fire iu her after-
hold, according to a rough estimate,
has unshipped about 1.2U0 ba es of cot
ton, most of which was damaged.
Aa KmbrBtlar Arr**t*tl
New York. Dec. 28.—Itzig lapko.
Who sailed under the name of Max
lapko, aud who ie wanted iu Russia for
the embeBsleoient of 3,200 roubles.
($1,600) was arrested a* he lauded from
the Etruria from Liverpool
C*acht la th* rr**o*nt City.
New Orleans, Dec. 28 —Alfred G.
Wilson of Chicago, wanted for obtain*
iug goods by false pretenses from tho
Chicago and Milwaukee road was ar
retted here by the local police and a
Chicago detective.
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