The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 20, 1895, Image 6
Aa Apology Asked.
The Flag of the Union Must
be Respected.
MADRID, March 15.-Mr. Hannis
Taylor, American minister, presented
to the munster of foreign affairs to?
day a demand from his government
for apology and regret from the gov?
ernment of Spain on account of the
Allianca affair. Taylor's action was
based on the following: dispatch from
Secretary of State Gresham, dated
Washington, yesterday :
"This department is informed that
on the 8th inst, the United States
mail steamer AHianca, on her home?
ward voyage from Colon to New
York, when six miles from the coast
of Cuba, off Cape Maysi, was repeat?
edly fired upon by a Spanish gun?
boat with solid shot, which, fortunate?
ly, fell short The Windward Pas?
sage where this occurred is a natural
and usual passage for vessels plying
between the ports of the United
States and the Carribean Sea
Through it * several regular lines of
American mail commercial steam
ers pass weekly within sight of Cape
Maysi. They are well known, and
their voyage embraces no Cuban port
of call Forcible interference with j
them cannot be claimed as a belli
g?rent right, whether they pass with- j
in three miles of the Cuban coast or ?
not, and can nuder no circumstances
be tolerated when no state of war
exists
"This government will accept a j
prompt disavowal of the unauthorized I
act and due expression of regret ou j
the part of Spain. And it must in- I
sist that immediate and positive
orders be given to Spanish naval j
commanders not to interfere with !
legitimate American commerce oass
ing through that channel, and prohi- !
biting all acts wantonly imperilling I
life and property which is lawfully j
under the flag of the United States.
"You will communicate this to the ?
minister of foreign affairs and urge j
the importance of a prompt and satis- j
factory response. (Signed)
i
GRESHAM.
SURPRISED THE SPANIARD.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Secretary j
Gresham's peremptory demand to j
Minister Taylor at Madrid for a
prompt explanation of the Allianca j
affair was a manifest surprise to the ?
Spanish minister, Senor Muruaga. !
The minister did not say that infor- i
manion was entirely unexpected, but !
he did not hesitate to express his sur- j
prise and regret that the United
States government had acted ap?
parently so hastily in sending such
a telegram to Minister Taylor with?
out hearing both sides of the case.
When asked what the ' Spanish
^-government would probably do in re- !
gard-to this matter, the minister said: j
"I do not think my government will
make any reply until it shall first have :
heard from the governor general of i
Cuba. Up to the present time the ;
governor general had been placed in !
possession of no information leading j
him to believe that the Allianca had
been fired upon I had- a telegram i
from him last night stating that the I
naval commander- at Havana had ;
telegraphed to the local authorities
at Sautiago de Cuba and Gibara, two ;
of our coast cities, for full particulars
of the alleged firing upon the Allian- j
ca. Gibara is near the spot where j
the outrage is said to have been
committed. Up to a few hours ago,
no report had been made to the local :
authorities and I have been inclined ;
to believe that Captain Crossman was ,
romancing. It seems incredible to ;
believe tjiat one of our gunboats '
could have cone as Captain Cross- ?
man reports without having acquaint- ?
ed the naval commander at Havana '
with his action.
Gresham is Right.
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Supported by International
Law and Practice.
WASHINGTON, March 17 -Sneaking
of the Allianca incident and Secretary
Gresham's dispatch to our .Minister a*
Madrid insisting upon a disavowal of
tbe unauthorised act ana tbaD positive
orders by given to Spanish naval Com?
manders not to interfere with tho pas?
sage of mail steamers through a recog- I
nized and : c s 11 i uri a. t e chan ne! cf com
merce, one of the best io forts cd au?
thorities on international law ia Wash?
ington said to tba United Press to-day:
"Assuming thc facts to be as stated,
there can be no question as to the
soundness of Secretary Gresham's po?
sition under the principles of interna?
tional law, as now recognized and prac?
ticed One hundred years ago, when
the sea was overrun with pirares and
privateers, the right, of a visit or search
was recognized, under certain contin?
gencies. But that only applied to a
recognized existing state of war. There
is no such condition in this case. Even
if there were, no nation of late years
has had any warrant for stopping a
vessel flying a friendly flag on tbe high
seas, nor bas the right, been recognized
fur a war vessel, under any circum?
stances to fire a solid shot at the flag of
any merchant vessel flying any flag ex?
cept that of the war vessel attempting
to intercept bte.
"Supposing, for the sake of argu- ?
ment, that the Allianca was misusing j
-i ?IM i.L.mmum ------
the American flag (as was actually
case with the Virgioius, for the exe
rion of whose crew the United St*
exacted heavy indemnity from Spai
the power to punish the vessel for
misuse of this flag would rest with
United States alone and not with Sp;
Bat of course there is no supposition
a misuse of the flag possible iu the c
of a steamer belonging to a regu
United States mail line."
"Is it actually a fact/' was ask
"that the Virgioius had no right to
the United States flag, and yet
United States exacted an inderan
and an apology from Spain on her
count?"
"Certainly." was the reply. "I
the irregularity of her clearance fr
Jamaica was noe discovered until af
the demand for indemnity and apolc
bad been made and acceded to. Th
however, was not a matter that c<
cerned the Spaniards at all. It v
purely a question for the United Sta
to deal with. The only notice we tc
of it was to remit the salute and h<
OD to the indemnity. If you will ti;
to page 975 of "Foreign Relatio:
1874," you will find this telegram fr<
"ecretary of State Hamilton Fish
Minister Dan Sickles at Madr
Washington, Dec. 20, 1873. The I
torney General decides thar, the V
ginius was not rightfully carrying t
flag of the United States at the time
her capture, consequently the sall
will be spontaneously dispensed with
"But, as I was about to say wh
yon interrupted me, the assumpti
that there is the slightest obligation
the part of the Allianca to show th
she was more than one mari?e lea?
from shore when fired upoti, is entire
unwarranted. If she bad been wiib
half a mile of the Cuban coast, t
alleged action of the Spanish raan-i
war would have been just as uujustifi
ble as if she had been fifty miles, out
sea. In the case of the seizure of t
four American steamers by Spanish a
tborities in Cuban waters years ag
oar government successfully asserti
and sustained the principle that in tia
of peace, uo forcible intervention wi
American ships could be peroaitu
whether they were within three mil
of the shore or not. Our State Depar
ment then laid down the dictum, th
the right of examining ships' lette
within the marine league of shore
time of peace, was confined to reveni
vessels and could not be extended
warships, and we declared most pos
lively that the world's commerce w:
not to be impeded by driving ships
friendly nr'ioos out of their course, i
adverse winds and currents, to avoi
discourteous acts.
"The same doctrine has been su
tained in many other cases. We ha*
held open the Straits of Magellai
though they are barely a mile across ?
their narrowed point and are absolut*
ly within the domain of one of tb
South American States. The award <
the Emperor of Germany, in a simile
question, in regard to the Strait of Jua
De Fuca and the channels betweeu th
continent and Vancouver Island, sut
mitted to his arbitration by G rei
Britain, took similar ground. You wi
Sud that case set out in treaties an
conventions of the United States, pag
497. In short, the right of any mei
chant vessel to traverse any channel
within three miles of shore or not, :
sustained by universally accepted in
ternational law, and no ship of war c
any nation under any pretext has th
right to stop or search ber or even t
ask an examination of her pap.?rs.
"The case in point is almost exacti
parallel to this. Suppose there was
Fenian uprising in Ireland and
French mail steamer should be hailei
off Queenstown by a British mao-of
war, and, falling to heave to, shouli
be fired upon with solid shot. Do yoi
think that France would wait ?for ai
investigation as to how far the stearne
was from shore before demanding at
apology? Or do you think she woult
have been satisfied by a statement aftei
ten days had elapsed that no repor
had yet been received from the offend
iug warship, aud that it was ueces
sary to wait until both sides h*d beet
heard Spain is in the wrong iu thi
matter, and I feel sure will in due time
admit it."
"What if she does not?*'
"Why, thou, io such an unfriendly
aspect of affairs, ail that the United
States ?thorities need to do would bc
to relax their vigilance at Tampa and
other ports, and the Cuban question
would soon settle itself "
AX ANSWER EKOM SPAI.W
NEW YORK, March 17.-Tho Recor?
der will to-morrow publish the follow?
ing dispatches (rum Washington, I).
C.: "Spain has replied to Gresham's
demand. A dispatch was received to?
night, that so far as it goes, is entirely
r?tisfactory to the United States. It is
a response to the last part of Secretary
Gresham's dispatch in which be insists
that immediate and positive orders be
given to Spanish naval Commanders
not to interfere with legitimate Ameri?
can commerce passing through that
(Windward) channel, and prohibiting
ail acts wantonly imperiling life and
property lawfully under the flag of the
United States.
"That part of the dispatch which re?
fers to the firing upon rh-.: Alliaoca is
reserved for future reply, after an in?
vestigation by Spain into the circum?
stances that surrouud it.
"There is no doubt in the mind- oi
the President and Secretary of Stair
that this vf iii receive prompt, disavowal
as an unauthorized act, and that a 'due
expression of regret ou the part of
Spain' will be forthcoming.
"Secrefary Gresham communicated
the substance of Spain's response to the i
Pre>ideot as s-mo a> it bad been trans?
lated. luit he wa* unwilling ro five it
out fur publication
"lt is understood, however, that the
dispatch conveyed the information that
orders had been issued to the command?
ers of the Spanish men-of-war in Cu?
ban waters not to interfere with legiti?
mate American commerce and to use
every precaution to avoid international
complications by an exercise of undue
zeal."
Whitney for War.
An Apology Won't Obliterate
the Insult.
NEW YORK, March 18.-The fol?
lowing cablegram was received by
the New York Times to-day from
William C. Whitney, ex-Secretary
of the Navy, in reply to a message
sent him by Charles R. Miller the
editor of the Times:
NAPLES, March 16.
To the Editor of the New York
Times:
I reply to your dispatch as follows:
Including what should be done
concerning the outrage perpetrated
by the Spanish man-of-wa: in firing
upon the steamer Allianca one fact
should not be lost sight of-it was
deliberate and with full knowledge of
the act.
It is certain that no person in com?
mand of any war vessel in the world
would be ignorant that firing upon a
merchant vessel of another power on
the high seas in time of peace would
violate the law of nations. There is
not a subordinate officer of any man
of-war in the world who has not been
sufficiently instructed to know that. It
is, therefore, a case of wilful insult to
the American flag and people.
I do not recall so wanton an out?
rage as happening to any first class
power in fifty years. An apology
scarcely wipes out such an affront.
The truth is we have happened to
come in for a piece of the general
brutality and ruffianism that holds
Cuba. The thing is a relic of" the
middle ages, lt is a disgrace to us
that lies at our doorsteps. It noakes
ray blood boil, for one. Of course
they will apologize elaborately and
discipline the officers. But when we
are looking toward him, the general
terrorism which holds Cuba down
while they suck her blood, will have
been substantially increased at our
expense.
You can gather what my opinion
is. What the government should do
i is auother matter. The President in
such matters, is generally a safe per?
son to follow, but as you ask ruy
opinion, there it is.
WM. C. WHITNEY.
Here's the Insult.
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HAVANA, March 18.-The commander
j of the Spanish cruiser Conde de Yena
j dito reports that on March 8, while
j cruising off the eastern coast of the
i island, he sighted a steamer heading
for Maysi Point. The steamer's course
w~s to the northeast. The cruiser
; hoisted a flag and ?he steamer replied
; by raising an English flag. The cruiser
signalled tbe steamer to stop, but with?
out effect. As the steamer procreded
j at full speed toe cruiser first fired two
blank shots and then two solid shots.
The commander eays he did not de
; sire to hit the steamer, Lut merely to
cau^e her to heave to. He asserts that
the steamer was out one and a half
miles off the Cuban coast wheo the
firing occurred. The authorities here
have ordered a full inquiry to bo made
into the commander's acts. Judgiog
from Captaio Crossman\s story, nobody
can doubt that the sf earner in question
was the Allianca, which wa* tired on
ny a Spanish cruiser on March 8:h.
Nothing has been heard here to con?
firm the rumor that the gunboat Alsedo
has suns au American schooner, me
rumor is regarded as utterly unfounded
in fact.
- ???!.?- -Cl lim --
The "Carolina" Case.
The State Must Surrender the
Liquor Laden Boat and
Pay Costs.
CHARLESTON, Mareil 15.-United
States District Judge Brawley to-day
decided tilt; admiralty case, arising
out of the seizure by the State con?
stables of the schooner Carolina
which arrived herc; on October
with a cargo of contraband whiskey.
Tiie suit was brought by the owner
to recover possession, and the court
directs that he be given possession.
The court linds that Section .'IS of
the dispensary law under which thc
schooner was seized, is undconstitu
tional and void in so far as it applies
, to this case.
The court confines its jurisdiction
; of the case to the single question as
'? to whether the seizure of the vessel
was legal or not. Upon the validity
of the police regulations by which
the State purports to control the
liquor traffic, it is not called on to
pass an opinion and refrains from
doing si>. lt does not {assume any
jurisdiction of the light of the State
to confiscate the cargi?, hut holds
that the seizure "? the schooner was
illegal and in conclusion says: "lt i?
adjudged that so much of the act of
.J anuaiy, 1895, under which the
vessel was seized is void as an in?
terference with interstate commerce,
and thar the libellant is entitled to a
decree for possession and for his
costs." I
The Italian Affair.
Acting Secretary Uhl Recog?
nizes Gov. McIntyre's Zeal;
and Sincerity.
DENVER, Col., March IT.-Gov.
McIntyre las evening received the
following from Washington : De?
partment of State, Washington, D.
C., March 16, 1895.-His Excel
ency, the Governor of Colorado,
Denver :
Your telegrams with regard to the
reported killing of certain Italians at
Walsenburg, have been received and
I have communicated their purpose
to the Italian Ambassador, from |
whom I have a note expressing his ;
belief that the Federal government j
j will advise the proper authorities of
j the State of Colorado to cause the !
; persons guilty of the murders to be j
j brought before the courts,
i Our treaty of 1871 with Italy
j guarantees to Italian subjects in the
j United States the most constant pro- |
I tection and security for their persons |
: and property and that they shall
enjoy in this respect the same right
and privileges as are, and shall be, j
: granted to the natives on their sub
; mining themselves to the conditions
j imposed upon the natives Your
dispatches show your appreciation ofi
j the duty incumbent on the jurisdic-1
i tional authorities to use everv effort
! to secure to Italians and all others .
; menaced by unlawful force, full pro- i
' tection of life and property and in !
case of wrongdoing against them,
! that the guilty parties will be appre- :
j hended, brought to trial and upon
; conviction, duly punished. The as
j surance is gratifying to the Fresident
j that in the line of your responsible !
duty every legitimate means at your
command will be employed to pro?
tect the imperilled subjects of a
friendly power, and that justice will
j be visited upon all who violate the
law to their injury,
j (Signed) EDWIN F. UHL,
Acting ?5?c. of State.
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; Madrid in a Ferment.
_
! Conflict Between Soldiers
I and Citizens-The Cabinet
j Resigns in a Body.
LONDON, March 17.-The United
j Press correspondent in Madrid tele?
graphs late this evening that the whole
! Sagasta cabinet bas resigned and Gene
i ral Martinez de Campos has been
! appointed Captain General of Madrid.
? General de Campos will fake command
: of the troops aud will be the next
Premier, as there is a general feeling
that a strong hand in the government
; is an imperative necessity just now.
; During the final council of the Sa
J gaeta cabinet, a committee of officers
i went to the council room and asked
; for the Premier. They demanded that
I be suppress the Resumen, which bad
published refiections upon thc courage
; of the officers' corps, and proposed to
: Parliament severely oppressive press
taws. The Premier declined to make
: any such concessions. He reported the
officers demands to tho council, and
nfter a brief discussion, the Ministers
decided to resign,
j The upset is due primarily to the
j ill-feeliug aroused between the civil and
; military authorities by the military
j raids on the newspaper offices. Tho
present colonial complications also add?
ed to the difficulties of the Ministry.
Geuera! Campos has just ordered back
to their barraoks all the officers, who
at this moment, 11:15 p. m., stand iu
groups in the streets. Officers nf the
provincial garrisons have begun tele?
graphing expressions of congratulation
: arid sympathy tu their comrades iu the
capital
In addres.-ii)2 Congress last evening,
CC Cr *
during the debate ot: the military ex?
cesses the Minis'er of War tried to pal
liate the conduct of the riotouos officers
He accused the Spanish press of criri
ci.-ing the armv aud its generals more
severely than was customary with the
pi ess cf any other country.
His plea for the rioters caused a con?
siderable disturbance in the Chamber.
The reporters began murmuring when
he made his first excuses and gradually
increased their protest until the presi
I dent threatened to have thu pres.- gal
I lery cleared. The reporters held a hasty
consultation, then rose and left the
House iu a body. The editors and direc?
tors of thc whole Madrid press met an
hour later. Many of them arc Deputies
or Senators and they left their scats
in the Curtes to attend the meeting.
The speakers criticised severely tbe in?
action of the government (luring the
, riot. Some of the speeches were sn bit?
ter that no reports of them can be pub
i lished.
The government's failure to interfere
with the rioting officers was not due.
however, entirely to lisinclioatiou to
act. The ministers and local officials
could count only upon the police to I
execute their orders, as the civil guard
ri fused to proceed against the officers.
The city lins been in a ferment ot ex?
citement all day. Crowds filled the
>t:ec?s and places of public resort Such
a conflict between the army and the
civilians has t:i>r been known before
since the Restoration. The progress of
events is watched with the keenest in?
terest from the palace. The Queen Re?
gent was greatly affected by the reports
of yesterday's disorder. She conferred
repeatedly with Gen Campos and Sa- j
gasta. I
The Times correspondent in Madrid
is inclined ro rake si?ie> with "hf: -'i5
ce?a io their campaign agains-' the
newspaper men He says: "The Mad?
rid editors are culpably lax as regards
publishing contributions from outrid?
ers. They leave almost unlimited
power in the hands of inexperienced
and '.ndiscreet reporters
''Thousands of officers were present
at the meeting of the military last
riight in Madrid, and it is understood
lots were drawn to determine who is to
challenge the offending journalists."
A Great Man Has Gone.
Death of Dr. John A.
Broadus at Louisville.
i
LOUISVILLE, March 16 -Dr. John
A. Broadus, the eminent theologian,
died this morning at 3.45 o'clock,
thus ending the career of one of the 1
most notable men in the South
It was apparent for twenty-four ;
hours that he could not long survive. .
During the past year his health had
not been as good as usual and in '
January he spent three weeks in |
Florida and returned much improved, j
Just at this time the extreme cold!
weather reached tin's region and as a
result of the change from the mild
cl;Tiate in which he had been so-'
journing Dr. Broadus contracted a
severe cold. This developed pleu?
risy and also affected his heart.
The remains will be interred to- ;
morrow afternoon in Cave Hil! Cerne
tery. The services will be held at
the Walnut Street Baptist Church. ;
Dr. Wm. D. Thomas, a member of
lhe faculty of the Baptist College at j
Richmond, will deliver the principal
address. Dr. C. E. Ilemphill and
Dr. T. T. Eaton, of this city, will
also deliver addresses.
The Confederate Veterans' Asso?
ciation of which Dr. Broadus wa? a
member and the students of the
Baptist Theological Seminary, of'
which he was president, 275 in num?
ber, will march to the grave in a
: body.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Dr. John A. Broadus, president of
: the Southern Theological Seminary, I
and the last surviving member of the !
; original faculty of four famous pro- j
! fesiors of theology, iucluding Dr. j
? James P. Boyce, Basil Manley, and j
j William Williamson, who founded i
j that institution, was born in Culpep
. per County, Virginia, January 27th, :
j 1824.
Ile was of ancient Baptist blood, ;
! the Broadus family being of Welsh ;
extraction, and the name ?vas origi?
nally spelled Brodhurst.
The father of Dr. Broadus was a ,
leading Virginia politician, and was j
a prominent member of the Virginia !
Legislature for a number of years.
Dr. Broadus, after attending the
; countiy schools, entered the Univer?
sity of Virginia and graduated with
great credit in 1350, taking the de
gree of A. M. Just after graduation
he was selected to teach in the Uni- ?
i versity, and in 1851 was made assist?
ant professor of Latin and Greek.
Ile filled this position with decided
satisfaction for two years. Mean
: while he was pastor of the Baptist
Church at Charlottesville, and decid?
ed to devote himself entirely to
preaching. In 1855 he was induced
to become chaplain o? the University,
which position he filled for two years,
and then returned to the pastorate.
About this time the brilliant and
. wealthy young South Carolina
preacher, the Rev. James P. Boyce,
j had graduated at Brown University,
Rhode Island, in 1847, and upon
being inaugurated as professor of
theology in Furman University had
delivered a remarkable address,
; "Three Changes in Theological Edu?
cation."' and followed il up with an
effort to enlist others in founding the
system of teaching afterward adopted
by tiie Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary.
Dr. Broadus heartily favored the
views of Dr. Boyce, and united with
him in organizing the Southern Bap?
tist Theological Seminary, which first
opened at Geenville. S. C., the first
Monday in 1850, with four profes
, sors. James P. Boyce, chairman;
John A. Broadus, Wm. Williams,
and B. Manly, Jr.
There were twenty six st mien ts,
and Dr. Braodus filled the chair ot
homeletics and interpretation ol tin;
New Testament. The fame of the
school spread rapidly, and the next
session there were thirty-six students,
but South Carolina seceded, tiie war
began, and Dr. Broadus became a
missionary chaplain in Lee's army.
lie always attended tiie Southern
Baptist Convention, and at ?ls session
in May, 1863, at Augusta, Ga . when
by the effort of Dr. Basil Manly, Sr.,
a Sunday school board was establish?
ed, Dr. Broadus, was made recording
secretary, his co-professor, Dr. B.
Maniv, J r., being chosen president.
The board was located at Greenville,
and soon Dr. Broadus was made cor?
responding secretary. From this
period lo tho close of the wai he was
engaged in preaching to the soldiers,
writing tracts lor th'- ai ?nv, ami doing
wiiat he eotlld to stimulate an interest
in Sunday schools throughout the
Southern Confederacy. When peace
came ht; again begin work for the
Seminary, ami mi Oct. 1st. ls,.i.">, the
institution reopened with seven
students, the Rev Dr. Boyce furnish?
ing the money to sustain the school,
and at each session of the Southern
Baptist Convention a collection was
taken for its benefit.
In 1870 he wrote his famous book.
"Preparation and Delivery of Ser?
mons," which has been republished
in England and various foreign coun?
tries, and is a text book in a majority
of the seminaries of all denominations
in Europe, America, and also the
evangelical schools of Asia and
Africa.
In 1871 he agreed with Dr. Boyce
and others in the removal of the Sem?
inary in a larger city, and when Ken?
tucky Baptists pledged $300,000 it
was decided to come to Louisville.
In the autumn of 1871 he moved
with his family to this city, where he
at once took the highest place in the
estimation of people of every fait J.
The announcement that he was to
preach would always fill any church
in Louisville. Ile was probably one
of the greatest preachers of the age.
On one notable occasion, when the
lamented President J. P. Boyce was
making an appeal for the Seminaiy,
he said of his colleague: "If one were
called upon to name the five greatest
living preachers he would have to in?
clude my colleague, John A.
Broadus."
Few ministers have written nore
extensively or so successfully.
Twenty-eight years ago he wrote for
The Religious Herald the most nc ta?
ble series of papers criticising r.he
Americn Bible Union's version of
the New Testament. In 1872 he
wrote another series, {"Reflections of
Travel," in which he gave an ac?
count of a tour he made through
Europe, Egypt, and Palestine in
1870-1871. In 1876 he published
his series of lectures on the "History
of Preaching.7' His recent wcrks
include a "Commentary on Mat?
thew, " "Sermons and Addresses,"
"Jesus of Nazareth," "Three Ques?
tions as to the Bible," "Duty of
Baptists/' "Christian Baptism,"
"Should Women speak in Mixed
Assemblies ?" As a teacher and
lecturer, Dr. Broadus was singularly
successful. He was chosen to de?
liver the opening lecture in the
Levering series at the Johns Hop?
kins University, and won the admira?
tion of all who heard him.
Dr. Broadus took a lively interest
in all public affairs. He said it was
a duty as well as a privilege to vote,
and he always registered and voted
He remarked on one occasion : "The
trouble with our elections is that
some people don't vole often enough,
and some vote too often." He was
in great demand as a speaker on ali
prominent educational and religious
occasions, and has probably7 decdned
more invitations than any mau in the
South.
Since the death of Dr. Boyce he
has been a trustee of the Slater
Fuud, which trust he gave much
attention, it being for the education
of the colored people of the South*
Among the trustees were ex-Presi?
dent Hayes and other prominent xmen
in the North.
Dr. Broadus was happily married.
His chilreu are Mrs. S. C. Mitchell,
of Georgetown,- Ky.: Mrs. Abra?
hams, of Virginia: Mrs. A. T.
Robertson, Miss Eliza S. Broadus,
and Mr. Bovce Broadus, of Louis?
ville.
McLendon Dying.
It does seem strange, but. the indica?
tions are that very shortly uow, only
C. B. Swauu of the principal constables
who figured in the Darlington tragedy
which brought about the Darlington
trouble nearly one year ago, will be
left above the sod. Pepper is dead,
having been killed outright at the time
Since that time the chief of tbs con?
stables, Gaillard, has passed' over the
river, dying from disease contracted
from the exposure he underwent while
hiding our. And now comes McLen?
don. He, ir. will be remembered, was
badly shot, but recovered. Some time
aco the wouud gave internal trouble,
and a gentleman who arrived io this
city yesterday states that McLendon's
physician m Barnwell tells him that
McLendon has beeu slowly dyiug for
some time. The physician says that
McLendon is now terribly emaciated,
and ir is only a question of a verv short
rime before his career will be erdec.
Thc State.
Several specimens of a curious orna?
ment have been found ar Nineveh, lt
is a piece of rose-shaped stone or giass,
the experts do not knew which, fha;
both transmits and reflects the light.
(Jue traveler has described chi- orna?
ment as a "translucent opacity."
The gold beating indusrry is threat?
ened with extinction by the Swau pro?
cess of preparing gold leaf. Tl is con?
sists ot depositing a thiu coating of
gotd upen a copper base, and then dis?
solving the base by submission to per
chloride of iron. Ic is stated that the
leaf may by this means be made of the
thickness ofT-4,U?0,000th part of an
inch.
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Two Lives Saved.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of .Junction City, Iii.
was tobi hy her doctors she had Consumption
arui that there was no hepe for her, but ti?
ntes Dr. Kin;"? New Discovery cotnpleteiv
eure?i ber and she .-.-.vs ir saved her lin? Mr
1 h Eggcrs. i Si* F?wrb?a St. S:.n Francisco,
suffered from ;? dreadful cold, approaching
Consumption, tried wi:-.,-ur result everything
else then bough! ??ne bottle of I>r. King's New
Discovery and in two weeks w.t.?. eurea. He is
naturally thankful, h is such results of
?./hieb these' .ire tauiples, that prove the
wonderful efficacy .>;' this med-.einc in Coughs '
and Coi.is Free trial l>..t:? *s at .). F. \V.
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