Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Supreme Court of South Da kota has decided that the law passer by the last Legislature requiring al canvassers for business houses out o the State to take out a license is un constitutional because of its interfer ence with interstate commerce. is the mainstay of Forto I | been the policy oI itenance the establish^in order to afford a ^Lanufacturers of the I^KThe held is, there* that dh-ection, IB^Loal, freights ou j^&e training oi M entirely lackH^Bnaking an interHopen np new SSB A steamer, the EH^Ba floating exhiWWoi the monarchy, Heste for the chief Ifnt, the Red Sea, East Indies, China arrival will be extenbeforehand at each aercial travelers on gecure orders for the \ find capable agents led. The GovernK oo". iinn ru OUUOIUJ KJX V W, WV prise. rith the opening of in the city of Sanssting to note how ysteui had hitherto In the whole provthe latest figures population of 270,it C000 public and >1 pupils, while the [ expenditure for a 000. In the whole re but 13,000 chilic schools. This is ?ne-half per cent, of Fifty-three out of I nersons in Havana gHjcBj^Hn neither read nor write. A great HpHPBVbrk is before the schools in the island of Cuba, observes the School Journal. m9F There is a considerable consumption of coal in Venezuela, and the supply ^ comes almost wholly from Wales. It | is pressed into bricks seveh inches 1, thick and eleven inches long, and, on W this account, is preferred by tho railways, whose engines have no tenders. Their coal is carried on a small platform, and off these ordinary coal would roll. It sells in Venezuela for $12 a ton and enters duty free. The Consul at La Guayra say? that]there is an excellent opening in Venezuela for United States coal, which can be laid down theva mnr*h mora eheanlv thun the British coal. It would be necessary, however, for our manufacturers tc meet the demands of that market. Bricks are indispensable, and for thi^ purpose a grade of soft coal could be used that is nof always marketable in the United States. We are rapidly becoming the fore, most nation in our love of out-of-door1 sports, remarks the New York Herald. The new generation wants plenty of air, is fast acquiring an impregnable digestion, and is striking a strong pace in the direction of longevity. We took to the, wheel with insatiable appetite. All the world and his wifo were on the bike. The diseases to which flesh is heir began to hide their diminished heads, and the doctors groaned behind closed doors. It wanted but one [thing more to bring on the millennium. And that one thing, which arose from small b#ginnings to national prominence, was golf. It came with stealthy steps at first, but it soon recognized its owu importance, and now holds gentle sovereignty over the civilized earth. It is a game of grace as well as skillIt touches every muscle with its waud, trains the eye, gives steadiness to the hand, and makes the man more of a man and the woman nlore of a woman. Perhaps, on the whole, it is the most fascinating sport in existence, for it sweetly allures even the tired player to continued exercise, and then leaves him with the benediction of a stalwart appetite. * I iiilfi LLL I Lll L/LllL/i 1 The Citizens' Committee i of Wilmington Make I Good Thier Threat. i WRECKED (HUTS OFFICE. And the Torch Was Applied to the Building. THE WHITES IN CONTROLL. Not a Single White Man Killed and Only One Seriously Wounded Eleven Negroes Killed Outright, Twenty-Five Wounded and Eleven Put Jail The Republican City Government Resigned and a Democratic Mayor, Chief of Police and Board of Aldermen Elected. I. A special from Wilmington, N. C., of November 10, says: After a day of bloodshed and turbulence, Wilmington has subsided to-night into comparative peacfuluess. Eight negroes were killed and three white men wounded during the day, one of them William Mayo, seriously. The city is in the hands of a new municipal government, and law and order are being established. The board of aldermen resigned one by one, as each aldermen vacated, the remainder elected his successor, named by the citizens' committee, until the entire board was changed legally. They resigned in response to public sentiment. The new board is composed of conservative citizens. The mayor and chief of police then resigned, and the new board elected their successors, according to law. Ex- i Representatative Waddell was elected f mayor, and E. G. Parmelee chief of i police. The first act of the new govern- t ment was to swear in 250 special police- \ men, chosen from the ranks of rep- f utable white citizen. They are vested 1 with all the authority of the law and s will take charge of the city-. t Soon after the nieotiug, Mr. George 1 Rountree received a telegram from c Governor Russell, saying that he would S: use all his efforts to influence the may- e or and city council to resign, if that would restore peace. Mr. Rountrie r sent the following reply: r "The mayor and aldermen have re- t signed, Two hnudred and fifty special t policemen have been sworn in. Law r and order will be maintained and peace F restored. e Mr. Rountree is a prominent lawyer t here, and a member of the Democratic o campaign committee. The trouble in Wilmington commenced at 8:30 in the morain?, when an armed body of citizens, numbering about 400, aud led by ex-Representative WaudeH, chairmun of a committee ( of 25 appointed for the purpose, pro- . ceeded to the publishing house of the ) negro newspaper, The Record, to : wreck it. The editor of this paper had published an article defamatory to ( white women, and a mnss-meetiug of 1 citizens ordered his expulsion from the > city within 24 hours and the removal c of his press. Fifteen leading negroes ( were called in by the commit- r tee of 25 aud directed to notify j tho chairman in twelve hours, . whether they would agree to the removal of the press. They were inform ed that if no answer were returned, the ( press would be demolished. .No an- s swev was received by the chairman and t after waiting an hour, the citizens pro- 'j ceeded in a body and demolished the fixtures of the printing office. The !, building was abo fired and gutted. The leaders sav that this action was the work of irresponsible persons, and as c soon as the fire was discovered the firo department was called to extinguish it The burning of the printing office created a great commotion among the negroes of tho towD. The rumor spread that the whites were going to bum and murder in the negro quarters. This rumor reached tho negro employes of a cotton compress, numbering*300 or 400, who quit work and hung about the streets in manifest terror. Other parties congregated in tho negro section, and it was in one of these that the first tragedy was enacted. The men were standing on a corner and were ordered to disperse. They declined, aod, it is claimed, fired into the whites. A fusilade was immediately opened upon them by the whites, and three negroes were killed. Two whites were wounded slightly.* One negro ran down the street, and passing a residence, fired a rille at William Mayo, white, standing on tho veranda, shooting him through the left lung. This negro was recognized, pursued and caatured while hiding under a bed. It \ is 6aid be confessed to the shooting. He was riddled with shot bv his cap- , tors and killed. In the meantime the town was in a state of excitement. The whites rushed to toe scene from every A direction, the locai militia company was ordered out, and a battalion of < Naval Reserves proceeded to the vicin- r ity of the troublo with a rapid-tire cue. ; About 1 o'clock some negroes in a ( house fired upon a passing party of r white men. The house was surrounded x and four negroes captured and taken j j to the jail. One negro bioko away and ran, but was shot down and killed be- ' fore ho had proceeded half a block. DuriDg the afternoon there were other * affrays, and 8 negroes were killed at various points in the disturbed section, t A8 the news of the rioting spread , \ throughout the State neighboring cities | j offered to send help. All such offers ! j wore declined, except in the case of t Fayetteville. Ao night fell, the town , was completely patrolled and guarded. ' (atv nooPAAs wpra on the streets, ' and they were not allowed to conere- j? gate aupwbere. ? I i Another negro was killed at night. He was haled by a guard, but refused to halt and continuing to advance was shot by the guard. Three companies of the State militia arrived during the night from neighboring cities and will aid in maintaining order. Now that the "smoke has clearedawav," and conditions are somewhat f f V* r? f tan r? a rrmaa UlUrtJ seilicu, ll 0|'|'cai o tuuv kvu were killed outright and at least '25 are more or less seriously wounded and 11 Dthers whose conduct has been offensive and calculated to aggravate tha strained attitude of the races are locked in jail. Not a single white man ha< been killed, and only one, William Mayo, seriously wounded. There if ao doubt tbat tlie negroes are responsible for the precipitating of the ace war. Governor Russell in the afternoon | eceived the following telegram from Lieutenant Colonel Walker Taylor, of the Second Regiment of tho State 3uard, commanding tho post of Wilmington: "Situation serious. I hold ! military awaiting your prompt orders." l'he Governor ordered Colonel Taylor :o use Capt. T. C. James' company, of Wilmington, to preserve peace. Commander Morton, of the Naval Reserves, telegraphed the Governor: "Have ordered Wilmington division. S'aval Reserves, to preserve peace. On irdpr of sheriff." The Governor re ?lied: "Your action approved. Place rourself under command of Col. Tayor." Telegrams were sent Capt. Hines, lommandiug the company at Clinton, ind Captain Patterron, commanding he company at Maxton, to move to Wilmington and report to Col. Taylor. A Proclamation by Mayor WjJdell. At midnight tho newly-appointed nayor issued tho following proclamaion: "l'ho undersigned, upon whom las been placed the great responsibilty by the action of his fellow-citizens, akes this method of assuring the good people of this city that all the power with which he is invested will be exited to preserve order and peace in his community, and that power is amdy sufficient for the purpose. All welllisposed persons are earnestly requestid to co-operate with the municipal luthorities in every way possible to ar-nra nomi*B(>nt establishment of food government. The law will be lgidly enforced and impartially adniniatered to white and black people dike. (Signed) A. M. Wapdell, "Mayor." At the White House. At the White House, President Mckinley and Secretary Alger wore in coilerence for nearly two hours, discussng the situation in North Carolina and he news of the rioting in Wilmington, rhere eight men, according to the inormatiou received, wero killed. The 'resident w,vj much exercised over the tartling reports, and if his position on he matter is anything like Secretary tiger's, there is uo doubt but that the rime of sending federal troops to the itate would be perpetuated if the Govirnor made such a request. Just after leaving the President, Secetary Alger said that only the press eports of the riot had bet a received by ho President and no information from ho State authorities had arrived. Secetarv Alger said to a number of corres>ondoats that tho affair was consider d verj' serious and was a disgrace to he State. Ho acknowledges ignorance f the .state of uliair m .North (JtoJiuq * *-hin time. Gigantic Eels. rrofosscr Jules Gamier, tbe French 'Xplorer, in a publication made some ime ago, mentioned the existence of rigantic eels in tiie rivers of New ,'aledonia. lie had not personally en ountered specimens of this eel, and equcsted a colonist of La l'oya, on the vest coast of the island, to try and ?l?tain a specimen for him, alive or lead. More was heard about the natter at a recent meeting of the ,'rench Geographical Society, when 'rofessor Gamier read a letter from J. A. Escande, a colonist of New Cale Ionia. During the rainy period {treat lice's of water are formed inland by lie torrents rushing from the hills. L'hese small lakes are inaccessible on iccount of the thick border of reeds md aquatic plants, with keen leaves, 'wring the dry season the water dries iff, bnt in the center it is often from welve to twenty feet deep. In order o get at the sheet of water the colmist set lire to the dry reeds and litis could make his way into the enter. Thee he found two spedm tis of a gigantic eel. heretofore unknown. even to the natives. These >ols wore six and one-half or seven Vet Ion sr. with heads as bis: as a nan's, and enormous eyes. The body s not quite as thick as the head; the ;kin is a dark green and the mouth rery large. The form is very much ike that of the lamprey, but its meat s not black. .Mr. Kseando shot one of lie animals, but could, only with great lilficultv. land the eel in his lioat, dthough lie had fastened a boat hook o its body, ii weighed over two hun* Irod poiiuds.?Buffalo Times. Wild Cats Fight at Croton Dam. Seven hundred Italian workmen vere lounging about their crude huts ind boarding houses at Croton Dam .mi siiuid'iv night when they were l?y the shrill cries of two vihlcats. Some of flic men looked leross the deep chasm which, when umplctcd, will be one of the largest oservoirs in the world, and saw two inintals fighting on the high wall (Verlookiug the dam. Several boys an near and saw that the contestants vere wildcats and that both were deeding from many wounds. They narleu and issued piertfug fries, uuil finally the biggest cat, which was treaked with black, managed to bite i chunk of flesh out of its rival's J liroat and then tossed the cat over the vail to the foot of the chasm. 200 feet clow. When the boys reached the lottom of the pit they were surprised o see that the cat was still alive and nil of light. In order fo kill the cat he lads had to stone it to death.? sew York Press. lilt HKIM RIOI. E ma Eight Men Killed and Six Others la^ = Des Wounded. wh net <. 'J DUAL ELECTION CAUSED THE ?0B ab< Trouble Dead Negroes Lay I'uburied all wa Day The Coroner's verdict a terriDie zee c it cal Surrnn* Ip. shc sio Pfl< Ai Fhoenix, 10 milo3 below Greenwood, S. C., there was a most serious wjt occurrence in connection with the elec- i ity, tipn. Giles 0. Etheredgo was killed instantly, Thomas P. Tolbert, Jr., was I badly wounded and several negroes all were hurt. Giles O. Etheredge and lb J?' C. Cheatham, citizens of the Phcenix wa section, went to the store of J. W.Wat- cf ( son, where the State and federal elec- p0 tiens were being heid, and at the in- C0E stance of several citizens, reproached are T. P. Tolbert for the unusual proceed- vjc inghe was evidently directing. On the small piazza in front of the store Tol- ^ei bcrt had an ordinary looking box, and in it he was directing all the Republi- | j8D cans who had no registration certilicates j to drop a certificate, marked "Blank No. J," reading as follows: ? BLANK NO. 3. old STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, W1 County. ton : This certifies that tho undersigned, be- 1?!? ing over the age of 21, male resident of Mi, tho voting precinct h?? of Ward and legally qualified to "be register and vote therein, did, on this, n?< the 8th day of November, 1898, present to himself at the said voting precinct to Dec vote for R. R. Tolbert, the Republican J candidate for congress in the Third Ha district of said State, desiring and in- "Qt tonding to vote for the said R. R. Tol- Ha bert, and, upon his attempting to so ?nc vote, was denied the right to so vote, lio( and his vote thus offered to the proper officers was rejected. tov And the undersigned further states He that prior to such an attempt to vote, an( and as required by statute, he had up- Soi plied for registration, under the laws of South Carolina, being entitled to tha such registration, but had been refused pla and denied the right to register; and *dc t? ? f if Ka V>orl Knan th8 \ liO luriuci OlftbOO IUUU it MU\J MVV permitted to register and to vote ?t Ha said election, he would have voted for des R. R. Tolbert, the Republican candi- P*f date for congress in said district. so !!!!!!!;!!! Joi j por Witnesses. lefl lea PERSONALLY appeared Gri and made oath that the above ter is correct. she he Notary Public. dre S. C,, sav Nov. 8th, 1S98. wa Etheredge demanded of Tolbert his P?! right to cari-3* on such a side election, being closely followed by Cheatham ^,ei and several young men. Tolbert struck J-0' Ethridge in the face, aud at about the Pre same time some ono dealt him a hor- ^ rible blow with an iron rod. Almost at ?ro the same instauce i\ pistol was tired, iQS and Ethercdge fell dead with a bullet the hole in the centre of his forehead. Then ?f there was excitement and fury amount- I ing almost to distraction, and rapid aro and 8eeminglv indiscriminate tiring *ro " - * Ivo r commenced, liy tne nine mo meu upstairs at tlio boxes got clown, Tolbert Cat aud uit the negroes present scattered ?er unci got away. Those who did the tiring Ho' were mainly young men, and their aim 1)U' \va3 bad. Tolbert was the only man, 'J it seems, who was seriously hurt. ed Several negroes were hit, but the no wounds were not sufficient to stop the wh light of anyone. pai Twenty-two men had been refused (ju the privilege of voting when the killing ed took place, two being white Democrats. Eighteen negroes had deposited in hai Tolbert'a box, the certificate being are copied. I The news was quickly telephoned to -wii Greenwood aud all other points in tiei reach. Armed men immediately start- wh ed for Phoenix. Over 100 fully armed difl men, embracing many of the level- net headed and best citizens of the city, to i went down. 1 A company formed in Greenwood to ha: peaceably straighten afTaras, went to dei Piney Grove Church, and met 300 men Mr resting, guarding several negroes, frit They went to the Harris place and found it apparently deserted. They . entered and found Jno. Tolbert in a ,,, dying condition, with only his sister . present. They scoured the woods for pis a band of negroes, but found none. !"e.a Tho party returned by Kohobeth church, four miles from Phoenix. A crowd of 300 men with eight negroes \ commendably quiet, were soon aroused. (jie They took one negro to tho road and ()ftired 100 shots into him. Four negroes escaped and left three on a log, who 'i111 the wero immediately butchered. Three prt( hundred shots were fired at them. Four negroes werelvnced near Phoe- , , nix. Positive evidence was secured '!0 ( that they were implicated in the shoot- *"/' ing of the white men. About 100 ot : white men participated in the lynching II" and there was no attempt at disguise Au? or concealment. The efforts that have foo been made to prevent bloodshed have tih been of no avail. Public sentiment in ,1^ (ireenwood unanimously endorses the . lynching. Behind this death and trouble there 1"(>: is a black story. For two or three weeks l,re past Tom Tolbert and K. P. Henderson. i'?" a young white mau heretofore esteemed gar in this section, have been holding viol meetings with the negroes?sometimes Tin at weird places and unholy hours. A irr; party of young uieu attempted to locnto these meetings to break them up, utjn but the meetings were always held and occ the participants gone before they could be definitely located. At one meeting j jjl;J at Damascus, R. P. Henderson made , (( jj an incendiary speech, telling the | 1' '' negroes that Greenwood county was | theirs, that Phoenix and Ninety-Six ' Boi would be carried by the Republicans. | fav This was "nigger news," bat events cap show that it was real news. the Henderson is a relative of the Tol- jju berts and had become seized with am- 0jm bition to hold office. He was about to . be appointed postmaster at Edgefield , " and had promised to appoint a negro, Ie ae Bay .Toe Circuit, as the clerk, bat i Edgefield people notified him that s meant death. He is quite a young n. During the Bad scenes at Kirk's, his mother, a noble Christian y, was buried at Damascus church, ir the negro church of Damascus, ere some of the meetings with rroes had been held. ?om Tolbert, like all the Tolberts, is ood citizen with this one fatal excepts of tempting the negroes. He is jut 35 years old. 'liose" Etheredge, as the slain man s known, was one of the best citiis of that section. He was a brave, m rmV?li/?-nnirit:fld r>.iti7.?n. an was >wn on more than one trying: occan. He was a favorite with all the >ple, an industrious farmer, a mem* ' of the Baptist church, a school stee and in every way identified h the best interests of the oommuii, He was 38 years old. The Terrible Summing I'p. hve negroes lay dead at Rehobeth day long by the roadside. Another 9 killed and likely four others are id lost in the woods. One white man s buried, three others lie at the point leath and more have been wounded, ur heads of families have left the intv and armed bauds of countrymen scouring the country hunting other tims. The killed: J". I. Etheredge ite, killed at the polls; Thomas Tolt. white, mortally woanded at the 10 time. Wade HamptoD Kinney, sie Williams, Dratno Watts, Lum ikson, Essex Harrison and Ben llins, colored killed. Vounded: Sidney Tolbert, 15 years , dangerously wounded; John B. lite, collector of the port at Charles, and chairman of the Republican islativecommittee, wounded; Stnart tier, white, mortally wounded in the id; Creswell Fleming, white, shot in (ulder; M. J. Younger, shot in :k; Cleave Armstrong, who tried protect the negroes, shot in the !k. .'he incident was the killingof Essex rrionn T ) n tv n thft rnoii pnmo a. iad of mounted cavalrymen with rrison marching ahead with guns 1 rifles drawn on him. Fifteen men ed up cn the roadside. The negro i put out in the road and told to go rard the heap of four dead negroes, started. There was a ring of rifles 1 Harrison pitched forward dead, ne of the party were asked why the ;ro was killed, and it was stated ,t he said he went to the polling ce because Tolbert summoned him, I consequently he was in the party t attacked those iA the polling places, rrison seemed frightened almost to ith and obeyed orders like a child. A ty went to kill Tom Tolbert, but ne one prevailed on the hot heads not kill a wounded and dying man. m R. Tolbert, collector of the t of Charleston, and Joe Tolbert, ; the county and went to Charton. Heed Tolbert has gone to eenville. Ezra Tolbert is ciuar ed with frieuds. His son was >t, and this, with the plea that is a non-partisan, has nine chilin and a good Democratic wife, alone ed him from death. A committee ited on' J. W. Tolbert, assistant itmaster at McCormick's, and asked a to get out of that town. He left, era! in the mob wanted to burn Ibert's property, but better advice ivniled. ilany tried to save some of the neies shot down, but the mixed crowd isted on liavingnegro blood to avenge i death of Etherodge and the umbush Miller. 'ully 300 men scoured the country und Phoenix, where the lirst ublo occurred, hoping to liud tLe ids of negroes sa:d to be congr^ed in the neighborhood. The i'olts are of good famiiy, made tine ithern soldiers, and have been ilojlicans since the war. ?he atmosphere seemed to have clear np considerably Thursday and further trouble is expected. The ites are heavily armed and are pro ed for trouble at any moment, ards and regular sentinels wero postThursday night. The two negroes oare known to have shot Etheredge re not yet been captured. Jf they they will not be sent to the court. negroes navo neen lyncueu ;hin two weeks in neighboring couns and both within guu-shot range of ite churches. It was with great ficulty that the coroner got a jury, irly every mau summoned refusing serve. ?he usual verdict of death at the ids of unknown persons was rened and there the matter will end. . Stockman, who is regarded as a ;nd of the Tolberts has askod for itection, and a party has gone out to p him. iill Collins, colored, was killed near oenix. He is said to have fired a tol shot into the polling place and ched for another weapon. He was t on the roadside dead. measure nas Just been adopted by Austrian and Hungarian Ministers Education which is highly signitit of the delicate relations between two halves of the chip ire. llitli> the medical diplomas acquired in half of the monarchy entitled the lor to practice in the other. It lias v Wen decided that from the first rii^v* TnmioiM- liicfl'i'in <1 inloill.lS ill ngary and Hungarian diplomas in stria shall he placed 011 flie same ting as those of foreign states, 're are to be certain exceptions to s rule, in the case of practitioners listricts lying on the frontier. This isurc is greeted by the Hungarian ss as one of high importance in tpleting the emancipation of Iluny from a state of practical subsernce to Austria in medical matters. ; practical result of the original ingement was that while thousands Austrian doctors practiced in the it half of the monarchy, Hungary upied the position of an Austrian vinoe. It is also worthy of note' t tiio Hungarian govrrnmi-iii icily decided to yield to the urgent rcsentations made by the Opposii in the Chamber of Deputies in or of t lie removal of the Austrian le from Its place by the side of national arms on the walls of the ngarian Ministry in Vienna. The oxious bird was taken down durthe recent negotiations between two governments I # J I lHllli_ ISSUED. Bearing on the Philippirres, Admits of no Further Discussion. A FIRM STAND WAS TAKEN. ' Daughters of the Confederacy Elect Officers ?$100 Raised for a Monument to the A Memory of Winnie Davis. Washington (Special).?The cabinet held a special session Saturday night, at which instructions understood to be of a positive character bearing on the Philippine question, were drafted for dispatch to the American commissioners in Paris. Those instructions were the outcome of the conference held early in the day, antf instruct the American representatives to admit of no further discussion as to the right to consider the disposition of the islands, and state that on that point the i instructions already sent must stand. the only matter for discussion from the American view being the manner of giving over the islands. Daughters of the Confederacy. Hot Spkixgs, Ark. (Special).?The * last day's session of the convention Of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was devoted to a discussion of the amendment to the by-laws, and to the election of officers. An amendment to the effect that no one could cast a vote except in one chapter, though she is a member of several, and that members could not hold two offices in one chapter, was adopted after a lively debate. A letter from Mrs. Jeflerson Davis, stating that she would prepare a biography of her daughter. Miss Winnie Davis, if the Daughters of the Confederacy would agree to handle and dispose of the book and devote the pro ceeds to a monument to Miss Davis' memory, was read. Amotion prevailed that Mrs. Davia be instructed that the Daughters of the national chapter would donate 3100 toward 'the monument fund, and that the organization in general would raise the balance required for such a monument, but that they would sell the biography if Mrs. Davis would accept the proceeds for her individual benefit. Mrs. Currie was re-elected to the presidency by acclamation. Mrs. Forney, president of the Arkansas State chapter, was elected vice president; Mrs. Plane, of Georgia, second vice president; Mrs. Hickman, of Nashville, Tenn., recording secretary; Miss Meares, of Wilmington, N. C., corresponding secretary; Mrs. Thc^naa, of Atlanta, treasurer. It was decided to meet next year at Iiichmond, Va. The Emperor Displeased. Emperor William is much displeased ' over several incidents of his trip to Jerusalem. The reply of the Vatican Jtf tn his nntifiestinn nf rifhls nrnnirAd Mount Zion is considered extremely ^ curt, and on all important occasions the French consul general kept an eye on the Kaiser in order to assert France's guardianship of holy places. Moreover, it appears that the Snltan practically took forcible posstssion of the land he presented to Emperor William, the owner objectiug to sell ecclesiastical property. Diegnan's Home Coming. A special from Stuart, Iowa, says: Osborn Diegmau, one of the men of Merrimac fame, arrived here and was met by ">00 people who escorted him home. Eighteen or twenty club girls surrounded him at the depot and attempted to kiss him but he pushed all back saying there were handsomer men in the crowd than he. The municipal authorities presented Deignan with a sword and Governor Shaw and other prominent Iowans made speeches. t Dieguan ran away from his home years ago. The Wrong Man. A negro giving his name as George ' W. Brown, who arrived in Norfolk, Va., from Wilmington, N. C., was at tacked and badly beaten m the postcffice by several young men, who, it is said, took him to be Manly, the negro editor who was driven out of Wilmington. Trial of Submarine Boat. Holland's submarine boat was tested in the lower bay of New York, by a board of inspection appointed by Secretery of the Navy LongJ Although none of the members of the board would eav anything in reference to the trial, it was generally understood that the vessel had accomplished everything that was required of it. Schley to Command the Eastern Squadron Admiral Schley, having asked agaia-^ fcr sea service, has been promised the command of the eastern squadron, which Will be established in a short time, with seme of the finest cruisers in the navy to exhibit the Americau ting cred tably to the European nations. Ri:inr lip Against the Plug Trust. There wiii be held in Frankfort, Ky., the first Monday in December a State convention of Kentucky growers of tobacco, when the initial steps will be taken to dissolve the trust recently formed to control the plug tobaccd trade. f . Republicans Have the Nebraska Legislature. T"> 1 1 t? /?r.m nlof a votni-ti a /nem 1 latlKBll V tWUi|MClO ICIUIUO iiVIV. , everv precinct in Nebraska shows thJp?C' the itepnblicans will have a majority^ of 13 on joint ballot in the next Legislature. Both branches will be organized by the Republicans. Arrived With Captured Spanish Guns. The German ship Zenoir, from Santiago, with guns taken off the Spanish cruisers, Maria Teresa, Viscaya and Oquendo and the Colon's safe, haa arrived at Norfolk. A