"To the Last Ditch"
How Dr. Pope Says Heil
Fight the Registration Case.
The United States Court room in
Charleston is now quite a point of in?
terest to the people of the entire
State. The action of Judge Simon
ton on Wednesday in dismissing the j
Pope-Caldwell registration case was j
much discussed yesterday and all j
realized that it was now too late lor
any legal proceeding to prevent the ;
holding of thc Constitutional conven- ?
tion.
Last night Dr. Pope arrived in the ?
city. When asked about the action
of Judge Simonton, he said : ''You
can say that the case will at once be
appealed to the Supreme Court of the I
United States. The bond will be j
given within thirty days' time and
the appeal will be perfected in sixty
days' time. You may add that the
case will be fonght to the last ditch."
"But you can't do anything ahead
of the convention, can you ?" was
asked.
"No ; we can't get the case there
in time to affset the holding of the
convention, but it will hang over the
convention, and if the Supreme Court
sets aside Judge Simonton's decis
ion, that action will nullify any con?
stitution that may be made. I am
perfectly confident of nine members
of the court to agree on the matter."
Dr Pope says in regard to the
liquor cases that in the next few days
he and Mr. Caldwell expect to bring
the liquor law before the United
States Court in another aspect by
habeas corpus proceedings.
lu Cbarlefeton yesterday he. on be?
half of himself and Messrs. Pope and
Hunt, filed a case on the Common
Pleas side of the U. S. Court for
James Dunbar against F. J. Rankin
and Frank M. Mixson, under the
United States act of 1891. which
gives the Circuit Court jurisdiction
in any amount, where inter state
commerce is interfered with, and
authorizes a judgrrent for three times
the value of the property, reasonable
counsel fees and costs.
THE CONTEMPT CASES. *
In Charleston yesterday the State
seems to have lost in the opening
skirmish over the contempt cases.
There was a notable gathering of at?
torneys and others.
Tiie Charleston Post of yesterday*
afternoon thus reports the proceed?
ings :
The first case called was- that of
Geo. H. Meitzler against Constables
J. X. planton and Samuel Newmac.
After the reading of the rule, the
assistant Attorney General arose and
iuade a motion to quash the present
proceedings on the ground that the
court had ?lot jurisdiction, the con?
stables having been acting conscien?
tiously in the discharge of their
duties as officers of the dispensary
law, ano that while the Beach habeas
corpus proceedings are pending in
the United States Supreme Court,
the present action is extraordioaiy.
Mr. Bryan interrupting, stated that
no such writ had been issued. The
Supreme Court had simply permitted
the State file a writ to be heard, but
had not yet granted it and may never
do so.
Mr. Townsend claimed that the
petitioners had no authority to insti?
tute proceediogs under the "Jas.
Donald et al case." There were no
allegations nor proofs in the present
petitions that the constables had vio?
lated the Donald injunction, as Chief
Holley and Constable Gardner were
the only officers who had been re?
strained.
"Who is to judge whether the
liquor imported is for personal use or
for sale?" asked Mr. Townsend, "if
there are no restrictions placed upon
the importation of liquor the dispen?
sary law is practically nullified "
The Judge hereupon hinted that
certain assurances of the assistant
Attorney General which had been
given have not been carried out.
Mr. Townsend stated that the failure
was due to causes beyond his con?
trol.
The court expressed a surprise
that this move had not been made be?
fore the Court of Appeals at the same
time as the registration case.
"We really didn't have time, your
Honor, I am exceedingly anxious to
have this case settled definitely as
soon as possible," said Mr. Town?
send. This explanation differed from
that given by the Attorney General a
few minutes after, in which he said
that the points of the case were, in
bis opinion, essentially different from
those of the registration matter, and
he was therefore disinclined to bring
them up jointly. The court here ex?
pressed ?.n opinion that the cases
were very similar.
At the conclusion of Mr. Town?
send's argument Mr. Bryan opened
for the complainants Messrs Von
Kolnitz, Hagood and Farrow and
Trantham followed Mr. Bryan and
devoted their attention to the right
of their clients to ask for contempt
proceedings against the constables,
although thc names of those who
figure in the present cases did not
appear in the Donald injunction.
Judge Simonton dismissed the mo?
tion and ordered the cases to be
taken up and considered on their
merits.
The ?rst case called was that of
George Smyrl, of Camden, against
Constable Addison.
Mr Trentham, the attorney for
Mr. Smyrl, read the latter's affidavit
and said a few words with regard to
it.
Ke was followed by Mr. Townsend
in reply
After the reading of several affida?
vits in the other cases the court ad?
journed lo meet to-morrow at 10 a
m
- - - ? ? - -
A Spanish Outrage.
Indecency of Inspection Offi
cers-Many Reports of
Insurgents G?f~~
JACKSONVILLE, June 20.-A cable
pram to the Times -Union from Key
West, Fla , says: Among the passeu
gera last night fi om Havana was Mrs
Candado Ag?ero, widow of the late
Dr. Cayetaua Prichardo, one of the
i most prominent physicians on the island
of Cuba, who report* an outrage per?
petrated on her by Spanish inspectors
of customs on her arrival at Havana on
the 9th inst., from Puerto Principe.
Immediately upon her arrival at the
docks. Aquilea Solano, inspector, ar?
rested her and took her to the house of
inspection where -he waa carried to a
room, guarded by Spanish soldier? and
subjected to a strict examination aud
search. Mrs. Agueio was commanded
I to remove all her clothing, even shoe-?
j and stockings, by the inspector, which
! she first refused to do, and only when
j she fouud that that would avail her
nothiug, did she consent. The inspec?
tors finally agreed to allow her a sheet
to cover her nakedness.
Mrs. Ag?ero alr*o reports that Marti
and a reporter for the Cincinnati En?
quirer were assassi: J ted by Olivia at
the instigation of the Spanish govern?
ment in consideration ot" ?15.000. It
is also reported that Olivia was also as?
sassinated by Spanish spies to avoid the
payment of the reward.
The latest advices to this city -tate
that Gen. Gomez is in the i'?maguey
and his presence there has caused
Campos much uneasiness. The flower
of the population are flocking to his
racks. His arrival in Camaguey is
considered of great importance to the
rebelliou, as Campos had been assured
; that the people ?>f that di. trict were
j loyal to the government. Camaguey,
1 being central, is considered the most
I important position for the insurgent
! forces.
Roloff and Sanchez landed at Sauta
j Ciara province, and were joined by
j bands consisting of eight hundred men.
Camaguey is in posses>iou of Roloff
and the Spanish guerrilla bauds sta?
tioned to defend the town have gone
over to him including their leaders,
i one of whom 18 Cayetaga Great mili
I tary genius was displayed by Gomez
io forcing his way into Camaguey. He
ordered Maceo with the main body of
insurgents to the north of the river
j Contramaestre, and he, with only nf
I teen men, marched to the southward of
j the same river, and crossing the Cauto
j river, near Bayamo, entered the prov
! ince of Camaguey, the frontier being
guarded by the flower of the Spanish
army. At Sirra Navaja be was joined
! by four thousand men.
The landing of an expedition of forty
! men at Camasi. near Mantansas, bas
j been confirmed by the Spanish papers.
; The 6ame were commanded by Peirco
j Torres. Au uprising is reported in
; Vuelta Abaja district in the city of
. Pinur del Rio The insurgents are
I commanded by Munoz, who fought in
: the last war.
Tbe condition of thc Spanish troops
. in Bayamo is bad. They are without
\ food and have hardly clothes sufficient
; to cover them. They have one suit
and a change, according to the Spanish.
When they are being washed the sol
: diers stand naked until they are dried.
The conditions are causing great dis
content among the troops and many
are deserting and going over to the in?
surgents.
At a public banquet tcud^red Gen.
Santoilez, one of the leaders of the
Conservative party stated the worst
: enemies to the Spanish government are
; the foreigners and the negroes. At the
i same baoquet, Santoilez stated that un
; less Spain sends 50,000 troops io a
batch, Cuba would be lost to her.
The official organ of the government,
according to La Discussion of the 19th
I inst., making a comparison between
j statesmen of the United States and
j Spain states that the former are mon
, ied men and are without patriotism
I who are elected not for intelligence, but
for political influence, while the Span?
ish are men of brains and overflowing
with patriotism.
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The Fate of Lenz, the Cyclist.
WASHINGTON, June '10 -Definite
information concerning the fate of
Frank Lenz, the missing cyclist
travelling around the world, was re?
ceived at the State department to-day
in a cable message from Mr. Terrel!,
L'nited States minister to Turkey,
dated Pera, the diplomatic section of
Constantinople Mr. Terrell's dis?
patch is as follows : "The Brit?
ish consul at Erzeroum, informs
me that Lenz, the cyclist, was mur?
dered near Dahou by 5ve Kurds,
whose names he gives. Their arrest
and punishment has been demanded
by me of the Sublime Porte, and the
co-operation ot the British consul has
been requested."
Through Their Bonnets.
English Women do Some Sil?
ly Talking.
LONDON, June 18 -The final ses?
sion ot the Women's Christian Tem?
perance Association was held in the
City Temple to-day, Lady Henry |
Somerset presiding Lady Somerset i
was re elected piesident After the;
announcement of the result of the
election Lady Somerset proposed a
resolution denouncing the lynchings
in the Southern parts of the United
States. In the course of her re- I
marks in the introduction of the
resolution, Lady Somerset denounced
Miss Ida Wells, the colored agitator
against lynchings, for having made I
unfair attacks upon Miss Francis E. j
Willard and other temperance leadeis !
in America, charging them with be
ing unsympathetic with the negroes
of the United States.
Miss Florence Belgarine said that j
although the resolution had her;
hearty approval, she felt constrained |
to defend Miss Weils against tl*e.
aspersions which had been cast upon
her She thought the Woman's j
Christian Temperance Union of Amer- j
ica had acted the part of an apolo
gist for rather than a denouncer of
outrages perpetrated upon negroes.
It soon became evident that the j
lady was speaking to a hostile audi- ;
euee, which listened to her with ira- \
patience for a time, and finally began
a systematic series of interruptions
Miss Belgarine, bravely continued'
her remark? for some time in spite of
adverse circumstances, but finally .
yielded, and, burs'ing into tears, sal j
down.
Miss Willard declared that she was ?
? heait and soul in favor of the r?solu- ;
'. lion and deeply sympathized with j
j the eolored oeople of the South. ,
I She regretted, however, that Miss
! Wells, by her attitude toward the
! whites, had stirred up the black j
j blood to strife. She would only say !
i that she thought Miss Wells had been 1
< unwise and indiscreet
Miss Hallie Brown acd Mrs. Hoff
man spoke in a similar strain.
Lady Somerset's resolution was j
I then passed unanimously and ihy au ?
! dience was entertained with songs ;
: by Miss Amanda Smith.
The Baili/ News to-morrow wiil
, say that the convention of British
; Women's Temperance Union "virtu- j
! ally condoned lynching by express- '
I ing the contented attitude of their '
i i
I American sisters, who think it.
; enough to rebuke howling, murder :
! ous rioters with the perfunctory re-;
I maik that human life must" not be
. taken without due process of law'."
Th?-News adds: "The American,
I visitors should know that no British j
I woman regards such a resolution as I
I anything leas than a solem mockery ;
when applied to hideous murders j
There is no one of them who will not |
be ashamed to-day that even in an !
effusion of neighborly feeling they i
! consented to pass such a resolution j
i yesterday."
FULGAR SAYS IT'S FALSE.
A Story Circulated by Sensa?
tional Correspondents".
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 19.-A ?
! special to the Times-Union from Fer-1
, nanda, Fla , says : Dispatches were
j sent out from here last night by
special correspondent0 alleging that
Lieut. Fulgar, commander of the
' revenue cutter Boutwel!, now ni this
port, visited vessels in the harbor
here for the purpose of searching for ?
contraband of war destined for Cuban
insurgents. The statement was also
circulated by the Chicago Associated
Press. When Lieut. Fulger learned
of the report to-day he was very in- :
dignant, and denounced it as abso- ?
lutely false. The lieutenant tliis|
afternoon furnished the Times-Union]
correspondent the following :
"1 visited the vessels for the in?
spection, such as is always made at j
lhat port. There was not an officer I
but who received me with the custo- !
mary cordiality and civility. No
Englishman was disconcerted or de- j
manded my authority All knew the |
purpose of boarding was the custo- j
mary one, and statements to the con- j
trary are false and misleading.
C C. FULGAR,
"First Leutenant R. C. S." |
NOT A DANGEROUS BLOWER.
FERNANDINA, Fla., June 19. - j
Charles H. Hill, who was the fight- !
ing officer of the Nictheroy, one of ?
the vessels that was intended to blow j
Admiral Mello and the Aqidiban out
of the water in 1893, was here yes- i
te rd ay, and it is suggested that his:
visit had some connection with the
cause of the Cuban revolution. He
is also known as Don Caesar de1
Kazan. He claims to be represent- j
ing the Glen Cove Machine Company 1
of Brooklyn. A great many rumors I
are afloat connecting him with revo?
lutionary matters, but none can be
traced to a satisfactory foundation
".Many of the citizens ot Rainville, Indi?
ana, are never without H bottle ot' Chamber?
lain's Cough Remedy in the house," says
Jacob Brown, the leading merchant ot' tiie
place. Tbis remedy hus proven ot" so much i
value for colds, croup and whooping cough ;
io children thm few mothers who know its !
worth are willing to be without it. For sale j
bv Dr. A. J. China.
Sprung a Sensation.
Aiken's Grand Jury Makes a
Startling Story.
Special to The S'ate.
Aiken. June 19.-The grand jury
wrung a sensation yesterday by their
.eport of the condition of the county
)ffices For several weeks a committee
)f the jury have been at work in an ex
itmnation of the books of the county.
Testerday they reported that the county
jommissiooers are guilty of careless?
ness, extravagance and fraud. To
JO bs fa ii tia te this accusation they cite
che following instances of the improp
:r expenditures <>f public money :
First. Bills have been paid which
bave not been sworn to, as the law
requires Second A number of biidges
nave been built on private roads, and
rheee were not advertised and let to
the lowest bidder, as nquired by the
law. Third. Two trial justices have
been overpaid. Fourth. The clerk of
the board has been paid for thirteen
months' setvice during the last year
instead of twelve. Fifth. The county
?ourt house has been painted and
stables built at a very extravagant
price
Under the new administration, with
Mr. J. \V. Sawyer as supervisor, (be
jury report the same reckless extrava?
gance and fraudulent appropriation of
money has gone on unchecked. In
fact Mr. Sawyer has gone so far beyond
bound of right and justice as to pay
a private bill for hardware out of the
money of the county.
Judge Richard Watts aptly summed
up the situation by saying that the
affairs of Aiken County, are in a most
deplorable condition. The judge stated
further, to :be jury that proper steps
would be taken in the matter imme?
diately. The commissioners may ba
indicted.
Remarkable Accident to a
Train-No Lives Lost,
HOUSTON, TEX., June 30 -Th*
Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger
n, which left here at 9:50 last night,
i~u into a floating bridge across a ravine
about seven miles north of this city
The train reached the bridge at 1:12
o'clock, and when within twenty feet
Engineer Henry Garrett saw a "swag"
in the bridge and immediately put-on
the brakes, but not in time to stop the
train, and as the locomotive went upou
the floating bridge the cogioeer felt it
was going. He stuck to his post, and
was not injured. The fireman was
shoveling coal, and after crossing the
bridge, when the tender fell to the left,
he fell to the rigSt down an embank?
ment, but was only slightly bruised.
The engine and baggage car were
shoved across the ravine by the mo?
mentum of the train and were piled in
a wreck on the opposite bank. The
smoker was jammed across the track
with both ends torn out Thc second
class coach spanned the ravine, taking
the place of the bridge, and two chairs
and the sleeper kept the track this side
of the washout. There were passengers
in both the smoker and second class
coach, and how they escaped death and
more serious injuries is a mystery.
Conductor W. J. Johnsou walked
back to the city, and immediately took
out physicians and a relief corps. No
lives were lost, but Baggage Agent T.
D. Renfrow, Engineer Garret, Fire?
man J. W. Slocum, Section Foreman
J. Graham and two cuiorcd passengers
were slightly injured and brought to
the hospital herc. Tho track will be
cleared to-night and traffic resumed.
T?ousands o? Women:
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SOTICE.
I WA>*T every man and woman in thc United
States interested in the Opium and Whisky
habits to hare one of DIT book?, on these dis?
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Where Are You Going This Summer?
To The Most Beautiful Spot on Earth.
CHIMNEY ROCK, N. C.
IV UV 2 -^ecause ft -s not O?-y tne lnost beautiful spot on earth
ll ll I i with its grand water falls, pretty little glenns, tower?
ing mountains and magnificent views, but it is the most pleasant
place in the mountains.
It is away from the bustle and noise of railroads, and is.
therefore, the best place to gain health and see real pleasure.
How do you get there from Atlanta, Ga., Norfolk, Ya..
Wilmington, X. C., or intermediate points? Parties going to
Chimney Rock take the Seaboaed Air Line Trains, which are
the best equipped of any line of Road in the South. The Sea?
board Air Line carries Chimney Rock visitors to Rutherfordton,
from which point a connecting line of stages carries them over
a splendid mountain road, through valleys, and by a beautiful
river with its ever changing scenery.
What Hotel Shall I Stop At ?
By all means stop at the Mountain View Inn, conducted by
Mr. George P. Horton and his estimable wife. The hotel is
new, the furniture and fittings of the best, and the surroundings
well kept. From the hotel is a grand view of the most wonder?
ful waterfalls in the United States, the famous Chimney Rock
towering hundreds of feet into space.
Mrs. Horton is an estimable lady, making every one feel at
home as soon as they arrive. She gives her personal attention
to her house-work, and superintends the cooking department,
which insures the most perfect cleanliness. The kitchen is kept
as clean and neat as the parlor under her management. Mr.
Horton is a, hustler and believes in having everything fixed to
please his guests. He has lawn tennis and croquet grounds,
quoit pitching grounds, a marble yard, [that is, a yard nicely
graded, where the boys, men and ladies can play the old, but
ever new games of marble, "roll-hole, knuckle down, &c.r] He
has swings, joggling boards, turning boards, and many amuse?
ments for the children. He has rustic seats over the beautiful
grounds. Nowhere else can visitors find a place where they can
get the comforts and pleasures that they do at Mr Horton's hotel.
But Is Not The Price Too High?
No ! It is really a puzzle to the visitors how Mr. Horton fur
; nishes the excellent fare and the amusements to visitors that he
does for the small charges. Some of his visitors have insisted
on paying him more, and this is the reverse of most cases, for it
it usual to have visitors growl at high rates. He only charges
seven dollars per week, or twenty-four dollars for a full calendar
month.
This is valuable information to me, and a number of my
1 friends who are going to take a vacation this summer, and I am
; certainly under obligations to you. and will see you during July
and August at Mr. Horton's. By the way. how far is it from
Asheville ?
Only twenty miles. A three hour's drive with a good spann
: of horses will take you to or from the beautiful mountain city.
and to Vanderbilt's elegant summer home. In fact it is said
j that Vanderbilt is going to have a cottage built at a point near
Chimney Rock. As to all these points you can w*rite Mr.
George P. Horton. Chimney Rock, N. 0,
i
I By-the-way, a party of prominent editors visited the place and selected
,' the location as the best place to build an Editorial Club House, and they
wrote many words of praise concerning the place and section. I will quote
; from the fellowing papers :
RALEIGH NEWS AND OBSERVER.
"Here with lofty mountains on each side the most picturesque scenery
east of the Rockies, we, a party of editors, have met to see for ourselves
and te'l tho. world something of the real grandeur and sublimity. * * It
is a lev?-!?'ion and yet how many are willing to 'ive and die without putting
forth ? fi- . ?brt to view this wondrous scenery. % * The view
from t? . dome of Chimney Rock is superb. It must be seen to be thorough?
ly ondeiHood."
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.
"The shades of night weie fall? ncr as we drew near our destination. The
harvest moon hung in the sky as we rounded Chimney Rock. At our right
1 was Old Baldy, under whose gigantic cliffs we insignificant mortals weie
, creeping along. The river sang a vesper hymn, and it seemed as if nature
; ^as offering her evening prayer io the Creator. The view from Chimney
j Rock is glorious. * But it is useless to describe the beauties of
this region. Go and see them for yourself."
WILMINGTON REVIEW.
"lt was up hill and down dale ; now in the valley shut in by high hills,
an anon skirting the brow of a precipice hundreds of feet above the plain
? beneath. The country between Rutherfordton and Asheville is beautiful,
! rich, prosperous and happy. * * We stood upon the summit of
the rugged and picturesque Chimney and gazed abroad for sixty miles, the
j eye taking in almost at one glance the peaks of a hundred magnificent
i mountains. The view is simply sublime."
RICHMOND DISPTCH.
i "There is not a missing element in this beautiful mountain scenery. There
J is a succession of grand views all the way for six miles. No language can
depict the grandeur of the scenery all along the route. The Broad River
certainly is as picturesque as the famed Swanoanoa ; and larger and mach
more turbulent "
NORFOLK VIRGINIAN.
"At every turn of the road as we approach, the mountains unfoid, pan
oram like displaying wild grandeur almost and yet fascinating in the ex?
treme. Peak after peak seemingly reaching skyward after supremacy as
though spurning the placidity of the valley, and defying the arts of the
city builders of the plains It is only a few years since man
first stood upon the summit of Chimney Rock. The outlook was superb be?
yond description."
RICHMOND TIMES.
"Hickory Nut (?ap is the most picturesque section o'' country to be
found throughout the Appalachian chain. The Broad River, a restless
crystal stream, divides the great gorge, leaving a towering, rugged height
on either side. Members of our party were vieing with each other in the
use of adjectives over tho glorious landscape To attempt a description of
the great gray peaks, overlooking roaring cataracts and smiling vales below
would bc but sacrilege when once a glimpse has been obtained."
A stay at Chimney Rock will cure malarial diseases, Blood Poison, Indi?
gestion and Dyspepsia. Without doubt Chimney Rock has the finest air
and scenery to be found Write to Geo. P. Horton, Chimney Rock. N. C.
and get any further information desired.