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Goiemor Evans Says That He Does Not Fear Goff. Naturally the first thing that Gover nor Evans was asked about yesterday morning when he was io bis office, was what he thought of the Gowdy case. Eie reply was what he knew nothing of the ease except what he had see 'in the papers, and therefore, he did oot know mach about, it. He said that he would oot be surprised at anything that Judge Goff, did but that he had oo fear ' of the ultimate result. He said that unquestionably the Con stitutional convention would be held aod that he did oot fear such a de cision from Judge Goff as woold inter fere with the holding of tbe election un der the registration laws. He scoffed at the idea that a special session of the Legislatore would have to be call ed to coosider the matter. Both Attorney General Barber and Assistant Attorney General Towoseod were out of the' city, so no expression of opinion could be had from them. General Barber is expected to return to-day from Chester, where has been takiog a rest. Every ooe io administration circles talked brave about tbe case, but it was oasy enough to see that tbe order of Judge Goff requiriog Superviser Greeo to show cause before him why he should j not be premaoeotly restrained from de- j liveriog the registration books to the ; managers of election, was oot tbe pleas- ! an test things that could have happened. They all seem to feel that Judge Goff has a miod of bis owo aod that be will do what he wishes to do The ao- f noancement of the case by The State | came as a kind of a bomb to the public ! yesterday, aod various were the expr?s- ! sioos of opioioo made about it. There ; were maoy who felt eocooraged, and who thought that it meant the death ! blow to the registration law. All who were in favor of a straight fight io tbe general election were mightily pleased, ; aod tbe other fellows were rather sulk- ; ing. The people seem to be io a condition ; of expectancy, and are ready sot to be j surprised at anything. So maoy thiogs j have happened to startle aod surprise ! them in the last few years, that they have become accustomed to the sensa tion, and everytbiog is oow takeo as a matter of course.?The State. Judge GofPs Latest Order and the Outlook. There are some features of tbe new registration law test ease, brought by Messrs. Douglass & Obear before Judge Goff, which are liable to have quite ao effect upon the comiog Constitutional convention, and the prediction is now made that a good many of the super visors, if not all, will be jailed for coo tempt of court, assuming, of course, that Judge Goff will graot his inj une- ? tioo If tbe injunction is granted, ! there will oecessarily be more or less of a cloud over the convention. This j fact stands out very clear?that if j Judge Goff grants the injunction re straining the supervisors from turoiog tbe registration books over to the man-j agers of electioo, there is no possible . way for the case to be gotteo before ; aoy higher tribunal before the geoeral election is held. None of the higher courts will be in session, and there is ! no possible scheme by which the in junction cao be set aside. It might be j stated jast here also that the State ex pects that the injunction will be grant- j ed. Now, this being so, there will be nothing else to do but for the State ? authorities to obey or refuse to obey j the order of injunction. It is safe to ? say that they will refuse. This being done, the books being turned over to j the managers, tbe only way tbe elee- j tioo cao be cooducted will be for the ! order to be disobeyed, aod theo no ; doubt tbe supervisors will be jerked up aod punished for contempt of court ; io disobeying the order. This once done the Sute can get the . case beard on its merits, before tbe time for the assembling of the conven- ! tiou, before a competent court, by io- | stitutieg babeas corpus proceedings io be cases of the imprisoned supervi- ! sors. ; Now, if tbe order of injuction is j subsequently dissolved by the Court | of Appeals or the United States | Sopreme Court, theo there cao be no cloud on the convention. Bat if the injunction?assuming that it will be ; granted?is sustained by the higher \ courts, then there will be a pretty ket- j tie of fish, aod it would appear that the convention will be null and void if it be held. It is a mooted question, however, as to wbat tbe exact coodi-1 tioa of affaire would be under these circumstances. It is understood that the State is re- j lying on an ultimate dissolution of j Judge Goffe injonction, if he grants it. because Chief Justice Fuller, in band- ; ling tbe jurisdiction*! question in the ! Mills case, declared several times very : emphatically that a court of chancery could only protect civil and property rights aod not political rights. Yesterday Attorney General Barber returned to the city and by appoint ment met Gen. McCrady here, the two holding a consultation in regard to this new case. The Attorney General would oot have mjuch to say about the case. He said that he was at work on the case and would fight it He would ask for no postponment, but would be in Richmond on Monday morning. He will make but a brief argument. (le wiil leave here on Friday evening He said, however, that he had been receiving a. great many letters from supervisors of registration all over the State asking him if they muet open their books for registration on the first Monday in August. He bad informed all that the law required them to do so. ! "But are t?ey not enjoined by Judge ! Goffe order from doing so?'* was; asked. **No," said he, "Supervisor Green is j only restrained by Judge Goff's order ! froaii delivering to the boards of elee tion managers their books, but not j from opeuiog the books of registration. ? He has issued a rule to bhow cause why | they shall not be restrained from ezer- | cising uny of the functions but the re straining order goes only as far as I have stated." Mr. Barber declined to speak of the merits of the case till he bad seen the bill of complaint.? The State. A Costly Wreck Two Miles I From Columbia. "It was a terrific crash, one that could be heard all the way in town, I ; judge, like a big explosion," said the watchman on the Columbia canal yes-1 terday morning, in speaking of a bad wreck that occurred at 3 45 on the main line of the Columbia and Green- | ville division of the Southern Rail-1 way just this side of the two mile post. An extra freight train cam* | along the track at a high rate of' speed getting momentum to mount j the high cemetery hill, while the rear portion of a preceding freight train | which broke loose near the top of the i high hill came back down the hill at j a higher rate o? speed, if anything ; j the two met and that caused the J crash. They couldn't pass on the same track, and consequently hun- j dreds of citizens went up to the ? scene of the trouble, near the Broad river bridge, durug the day. It was j a hard wreck to clear, inasmuch as it ; occurred by the side of a pile of be j tween 400 and 500 cords of wood be- I longing to the State penitentiary, and | this and the wrecked cars catching fire made the vicinity a perfect fur- ! nace. The Palmetto engine had to j be sent up from the city and had to work on the fire a long time before the men could get near enough to accomplish much. The wreck was just oue of those things that will occur occasionally. Every precaution was taken, every rule carried out and yet a broken coupling pin did the work. No blame can be attached to auy one so far as known now. The lose to the railroad company will be several thousand dollars, wile the State loses about $800 The Baldwin engine! pulling the extra freight train is the j most complete wreck that has been seen in this State in many a day. Besides being torn up by cutting through the colliding cars, she was in the hotte&t part of the roaring fur nace. Mr J. W. Daniel, the watchman I 9 j on the canal, said he heard the engine of the first train blow near the cerne tery bridge, just on this side of the | big hill. In a few moments he heard 1 the extra train cross the bridge at I Smith's branch and remarked that if | the flagman was not out there would be trouble on this side of the grade.; In a few moments thereafter he heard the clash. I. The first train was' the regular i freight, No 64, pulled by engine j 375 and in charge of Engineer Oscar j Land and Conductor C. K. Rabb, the former being a new man The train ! was made up of forty-seven cars The second train was an extra, pull- j ed by engine 137, in charge of; Engineer Dan Madden, Fireman, W j J McDonald and Conductor D P. ! Dodd Three men were injured, but none seriously, and it seems mirac- j ulous that those on engine 137 should j have escaped alive, as noue of them jumped, but managed to get out by the use of physical strength after the j crash Four of the cars of the extra train ! were totally wrecked and consumed j by fire, while three flats, one box car ! and the caboose remained on the track and were uninjured. Five box ' cars of the regular train were likewise destroyed These cars were thrown I mostly to the left of the track where , they were piled up against the stack of wood, the trucks remaining on the track up against the rear of the engine in a mass. The engine left the track and turned diagonally7 to the ! left The tender was thrown to the ! right and overturned. Five of the destroyed cars were empty and the other four were loaded with merchandise, cotton seed hulls and cotton gins. Engineer Madden was badly bruised about the hips, but could j walk after getting out from his mashed cab The fireman was pretty I badly shaken up, but wae not injured in any way. A colored train hand, who was on top of oue of the cars, Brooks Jordan, had his face cut. ? The men were taken over to the hos pital and given proper attention by Dr. B. W. Taylor, the surgeon of the ! company. Conductor Dodd was standing on the step of No. 137 a* the time of the crash, but sustained no other injury than a little bruise, caused by a flying piece of wood hitting him. The engineer and fire man returned to their homes at ttelton yesterday afternoon It seems from Conductor Kabb's story?and he is one of the most re liable men in the employ of the company?that they got a good start, thinking they could get up the grade all right, but when they got near the top the engine could do no more and they stalled. The flagman was promptly eent back and wae placed a mile away to stop the extra This flagman later saw the extra and at the same time heard the roar of the cars which had broken loose, but was powerless to stop the latter. Several times the engineer ran back a little to get slack and make another effort to get to the top. Conductor Rabb, meantime placed a negro train hand ou top of the train to watch the rear and started to walk up to the engine to tell the engineer to run back, leave half the train and make the hill by "doubling " Just then the engi neer made another effort to get away by "taking slack." In this effort the last five cars, including the caboose, became detatched, the coupling pin breaking, and went tearing down the ! hill Then followed the crash. The wreck was at once reported to ! the authorities on the other side of ; the city and a large wrecking force ? was sent to the scene of the trouble. : But they could do but little, owing to the intense heat caused by the flames from the burning cars and burning ! woodpile. If there was "a nigger in that wood pile," he was roasted. The news of the wreck rapidly spread, ! and hundreds of citizens of all classes were going back and forth all daj7 to take a look at it. The city authorities were askee. to send a fire engine to the scene to facilitate the work of clearing the track The Palmetto was sent up. She dropped her suction into the canal, and soon had streams playing on the fire, while about 2 30 p. m. a heavy rain came and aided her. A j new track was built around the wreck in the meantime, this work starting as soon * as the heat would! permit, and by 5 p. m. the Asheville and Greenville trains, which had , been held here, managed to pass, '. while the down trains came in only about an hour and a half behind time. Fireman Townes says the cars came down the grade at a terrible rat* of speed The railroad officials here at once j made a full investigation, and last night they announced: "No one is ! responsible so far as ascertained. It ] was entirely an accident pure and ? simple.'*'?The State. ??????? Appalling Disaster on a Japa nese Railway. One Hundred and Forty Soldiers j Perish?Men in the Cars Drown- , ed Like Bats in a Trap. _ Kobb, Japan. July 28.?A frightful ? accidentan which 140 soldiers perished, ! has occurred on the railroad running from this place to Osako A train of | twenty-three cars was conveyed to this city with 400 Japanese soldiers, who j were returniog from China, where they I had taken part in tbe military opera- ! tioos. A heavy storm was raging, and ! as the train was running along the sea wall, on which the tracks as they approach the city are laid, an immense ; sea leaped over the wall, separating the train and derailing the engine and eleven cars, which plunged off the wall into the bay. Most of the men in them were drowned like rats in a trap. The accident occurred at about 1 o'clock in the morning and the night was pitch dark. The sea was running so high that it was impossible to render aoy assistance to the men in the cars that had gone overboard, even had ! mean? been ac haod to do so. Some of J tbe men who managed to get out of the cars while tbey were in the acci- ? dent were dashed to death against the wall. Missouri Primaries. Kansas City, July 28.?The Demo cratic coramitte of this (Jackson county) wrangled three hours yeeter day over the question of primaries to j name delegates to the silver conven- j tion and finally broke up in a row, with two factions claiming victory. At Nevada, fifteen delegates were selected at the Vernou county conven tion to represent the county at any ; State convention that might be held. 1 The chairman said that the delegates ! would be allowed to act at the silver convention, there not being any probability of their regularity being! challenged at the regular convention, j At St. Joseph, the Democrats of | Buchanan county held primaries last night and elected seventy delegates to the Fertile Springs convention, ? the free silver element having every- j thing its own way. At Chillicothe, the Livingston | county primaries were held and dele- j gates of the 16 to I faith were chosen to go to the State convention Patriot Forces Defeated. Santiago de Cuba, July 26.?Gen.j Salcedo, commanding troops of the first district, reports that the Spanish 1 forces, under Col. Tejada has had a j battle with a large band of insurgents under <.?uinlin Bandera, near Canto anajo, about 30 miles north of Santi ago de Cuba. The rebels lost fourteen killed and forty wounded and ;* large quantity of arms, ammunitions, provisions, etc . which fell into the hands of the Spanish troops The government loss was three killed and nine wounded. Among the wounded were two officers. A Knock Down Argument. Constable Davis Outrages a Trial Justice's Court. Columbia, July 27.?In Trial Justice Troy's Court this morning there was a very exciting incident, in which a liquor constable and a mau wbom be charged with selling liquor eogaged in a fisticuff George Martin, who keeps a place in Taylor street, was before the justice charged with eelling liquor. After hearing the testimony Justice Troy held him in ?300 bail. After it wa> all over Constable Davis remarked to j the justice : "Don't let us slip up on; this contempt case." ARGUMENTUM AD HOMINEM. Martin immediately replied that there ; ought to be some contempt against Davis for stealing. Constable Davis immediately let his right fist dy in Martiu's face and knock ed him down. Constable Speed and ; others rushed iu and stopped the fight. Justice Troy summoned Davis to p^Dear before him for contempt and .d him ?5 or oue day in jail. The t..me fine was required of Martin, who went to jail. At the same time a police- . tuau came along, and ordered Davis to appear before the Mayor's Court ! Monday for the violation of ?. city ordi nance. It is understood that Davis does not intend to appear, holding that : the mayor bad no right to summon him when he was in a trial justice's office who bad fined bim for centempt, and that consequently he could not be tried the second time for the same offence. SOME TILLMAXIAC law. From the general talk of the coopta bles it appears that they think because ' they are State officers that they are be- . yond (be laws and ordinances of the town and city in discharge of duty, and ? it is even held that ir, was Constable : Davis's duty to knock down Martin, | and that as he was in a trial justice's I o?Sce the city had nothing to do with it. ; The city will, however, assert her ' authority to such makers and Constable Davi* will, no doubt, be fined. He will appeal to council and then to the Circuit Court if necessary, hoping, oo ! doubt, to have the whole thing reversed to bis favor.?Neics and Courier. An Old Negro Lynched. Memphis, July 28.?Charles Bur- ? well, an aged negro, was lynched near Meridian, Miss., last night about j 10 o'clock It was supposed he had been hanged for complicity in some of the hold-ups and attempted mur- !1 dere in that vicinity It was thought j ! that he was concerned in the Farmer j1 outrage, which occurred within a stone's throw of where he was i hanged. On the night of July 4 Lewis! Farmer and his wife, who owned a j ! small store about two miles from Me- i1 ridiati, were murderously assaulted : ' and left for dead, after which the store was robbed. The perpetrators ! ' escaped, and at present several sus- j \ pects are now confined in jail. Later ! developments seem to fasten the lynching upon the real culprits since 1 it is learned the old negro, Charles Burwell, was promised a reward of $250 to ferret; out the guilty partiee, j{ and this becoming known to them, they went to his house, dragged him to Sowashee bridge and strung him from a beam. The Indians in Idaho. Pacatello, Ida , July 26.?A cou- ] < rier who arrived at Marquette Lake, ida., this evening, reports that all the < settlers iu Jackson Hole have beeu i murdered by Indians and all the bouses j burned. He could give no particulars : ' of the alleged massacre, but said that I a compauion had attempted to reach ' the scene of the trouble and if he es- ! ? eaped the Iudians, be would undoubt- ? 1 cdly reach Marquette Lake within twenty-four hours with details of the * fight. Further news from Jackson : ' Hole is awaited with some anxiety. : 1 --???"??"?^" For the past ten days a perfect de- ] luge of water from the Atlanta City j Water Works, has beeu pouring into ! the lake at Piedmont Park, the site ? ( of the Cotton States and International , Exposition at Atlanta, and ic a short ( time the immense basins which make ( up the two lakes will be filled with crys- j j tal water. The lake exteuds for nearly ? , half a mile along tbe foot of the im- | mense ceutral plaza, skirting many of ( tbe principal buildings. It will be ; , covered with gondolas and electric lauo- j ches, and will be one of the features of i the Exposition. In tbe center of the main basin will be the electric fountain, designed by the constructor of the elee- , trie fountain at the World's Fair This | * fouutaiu will throw a solid stream of 1 water a hundred feet high iu the air, \ and innumerable sprays and side jets, brilliantly illuminated from below the ' surface of the lake by electric lenses, will add to the gorgeous beauty of the ] fountain. 1 A regular hospital will be established 1 on the grounds of the Cotfou States and ' International Exposition, and an ambu- ! lance crops organized to take care of 1 any persons .-uiteriug from sudden ill- ; ness, accidents or other troubles requir ing medical attention. The corps will be very efficient, and will doubtless be of great service. ! Bradstreet s Review. New York, July 26 ?Bradstreets' to-morrow will say : Tbe most striking features of the business week are the iofluences of improved crop prospecte ? aud the continued large demands for ; iron and steel with one of the largest makers in the market as a buyer of Bessemer pig Most of the commercial ' aod industrial features of the preceding week are retained. The volume of! trade has not varied materially, but in instances is larger than at a cor responding period last year. Trade in ! almost all lines is fairly active for the : season, and the general tendency of mercantile collection is toward greater ease. Commercial travelers are beiog | sent out in all leading lines and reports i from those now oo tbe road appear to meet expectations. Among larger Western cities no strikiug changes in tbe condition of trade are reported, with the exception of au improvement in industrial lines, i aud in the lake trade at Buffalo and a ratber smaller volume of business re ported from Baltimore Pittsburg iron furnaces are sold a month ahead, and at Philadelphia the strike among the textile workers remain unsettled. Central Western cities, among them Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati and Louisville, report the usual volume of mid-summer .business, with perhaps more activity relatively at Louisville, where tbe question of suspending the production of whiskey is being dis cussed Fair orders are being received by jobbers and merchants at both Chicago and St. Louis, but no pronounced re vival in tbe demand for fall delivery is expected there UDtil after August 1. country merchants preferriug to await the coming prospects at the time before giving out orders Iron and steel in dustries there are refusing orders ex cept at fal 1 prices. A fair business is reported from Kansas City, although needed rains throughout Kansas are expected to improve the demand in the near future. Excellent crop prospeet9 | in Nebraska have resulted in more ! activity"at Omaha, where trade in some lines is in excess of that of 1894. At Northwestern cities?Milwaukee, Du luth, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sioux Falls, there is the customary volume of mid-summer business with prospects for ! a greatly improved fall trade. The Seed Division Goes. Washington, July 26.?Secretary ; Morton's antagonism to tbe existence of the seed division of tbe Agricultural I Department reached its logical conclu- ! sion in ao order abolishing the division, to take effect October 1st. by which date, W. E. Fagan, chief of the divi 9?oo, by the same order, is directed to bave its work wound up. The abolishing of the seed division ! will throw out of employment ten peo ple, besides the chief, at present, and j will result in depriving fully one hun dred and fifty more of occupation dur ing the busy seasoo?tbe wioter months ? when it is customary to send out the bulk of the seeds. The chief bas a sal- j iry of $2 000 a year. There are two ?lerks at ?1,200 and eight at ?840. j The extra force employed in tbe win- ? ter season is paid at the rate of ?1.50 i per day. It is probable that Mr. Fagan mil be appointed to another branch of ; the service after his resignation as ! ibief of the seed division takes effect, j GREAT HURRICANE IN j JAPAN. Philadelphia, July 26?A violent; hurricane was reported to-day by cable to the Maritime Exchange to have ! jwept the coast of Japan, during which ! many vessels were wrecked and ?heir ?.rewe drowned. The information of j :he loss of life was meagre. Tbe cable- ! jram was sent from Rueh?DOfzu. Tbe : Serman steamship Held Rickmers and j :he Norwegian steamship Lyderhorn I ind German steamers Herman Wedel, ? Jaristrug, the British steamship Ren-; :ala and the ship Manuel Suohet, from ! Philadelphia, were all blown ashore md all are believed to have been totally wrecked except the R?ntala The loss ?f life on shore is reported to be large. A Disastrous Wreck. Paris, July 26.?A railroad acci ient, by which twelve persons lost heir lives and twenty-five were more >r less seriously injured, occurred to- ? lay near St. Brteuc, department of Jotes du Nord. A tra?D heavily laden ; with pilgrims who were returning from he shrine of Saint Dauray, was thrown )ff the track and wrecked. The dead were taken tc St. Brieuc. Thirty-two Dead. i Berlin, July 26.?During a violent j jtorm at Bocbum. Westphalia, last' right, an cxp'osiou of fire damp and joal dust occurred in the Prince Ven ; Prues?en mine, which is 350 metres in iepth. This morning thirty-two dead md eleven injured men were found in he pit. but tbe total number of deaths is not yet known, as tbe pit has not ret beeu fully explored. Hundreds of the wives, children and other relatives )f the dead, injured and missing men ire congregated about the mouth of the pit, and their cries aud lameoftttious ire most heartrending. The coal miners of Ohio are talking )f another great strike unless the com panies give better wages. Religious Riot in Buffalo. Pious Poles Object to an Obncx . lous Priest Forced on Them by the Church. Buffalo, Y., July 26.?St. Adalbert's Polish Church, at East Buf falo, was ope?ed this morning for tbe first time eicce May 8. Crowds by the thousands flocked into the edifice and engaged in worship, but it took half a hundred policemen to enable Father Flaczk, the obnoxious priest, to return to the church from which he fled, so great was tbe excitement aDd indig nation of the parishioners. As soon as it was learned that the church had been opened the Poles left their work and hurried from all directions to the spot, and so the streets were swarmiog with men, women and children. Fear patrol wagons filled with police and six mounted officers dashed up acd took possession of the locality, and shortly after Superintendent Bull arrived. The crowds were driven away from the church for a block in every direction. Martial law was proclaimed virtually, as no teams were allowed within tbe lines, and no pedestraios or bicyclists either. One teamster, who persisted in driving through the cordon, was promptly ar rested. Meanwhile the crowd kept swelling as tbe time for the arrival of the priests approached. About 10 o'clock, with a cry of "Here they come !" the patrol wagoo, which had b?en sent to escort tbe priests, returned. From tbe crowds near and far who were watching the wagoo arose a terrific howl of derisioD, and imprecations of the most terrible nature were hurled at them. At 10 20 o'clock tbe church doors were opened and Father Flaczk an nounced that the church was opened for ail who wished to eoter. A tre mendous scene ensued. Thousands rushed for tbe entrance, while thou sands of others tried to prevent them from entering tbe edifice. The police kept the crowd in check and the church was soon filled with worshippers. The police remained on guard al! morning and quelled all attempts at further dis turbance. It is feared, however, that when police protection is withdrawn there will be a riot at the church. Killed by tne ?Constable. Fatal Shooting as a Result of a Trial. Special to Tbe State. Conway, July 29.?John G. Bruton was killed here this afternoon by Con stable John H. McCaskill Trial Jus tice Cooper's court bad just adjourned and Bruton attacked one Johnson, who had testified against him. Tbe t "al justice ordered his constable, McCas kill, to stop the row that followed ; Bruton refused to be arrested and by standers were called on to assist the constable. W. H. Bruton. father of Joho G., interfered and pushed McCas kill away from his son. The latter, having drawn his knife, struck McCas kill in tbe back, only cutting his clothes, and continued to advance. McCaskill drew his pistol and fired two shots, oue entering tbe left side and causing death in a few minutes. McCaskill surrendered to the sheriff and has engaged counsel to applv for bail. Tbe verdict of the coroner's jury was that the killing was justifiable. Hood's Pills for the liver and bowels, act easily yet promptly aod effectively. - ?? Greenbacks for Gold. Xew York, Ju?y29.?J. P. Morgan & Co. have deposited in the Sub Treasury for the account of the gov ernment bond syndicate $2,000,000 in gold coin to make up the reduc tion in the Treasury reserve by ship ments to Europe and Canada They received greenbacks for the gold. AYER'S Hair Vigor Prevents BALDNESS REMOVES DANDRUFF AND Restores Color TO Faded and Gray HAIR THE Best Dressing THK SUMTER INSTITUTE. The next session of the Sumter Institute will bepin or. September 5th, 1895. A fall ccrps of efficient teachers, a thorough Cur riculum, a high standard of scholarship, a well regulated boarding department, under the imraedinte supervision of the President and his wife, a healthy locality, (nor h case of su-knrss ? . s y^ar) commends the Institute to those who have daughters to educate. For catalogue or particulars nvy'v tc K. FRANK WILSON, President June _7. Sumrer, S. C. NOTICE. I want every man an-cl woman in the t'r.ited States interested in the Ot.icm and Whisky habite to have one of my books on triebe dis eases. Address B. M. \Y<jollev. Atlanta, G&. Bo.\ 3?2, and one wjll be sent von free.