The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 04, 1897, Image 6
Mayfields Bomb.
FLAT DENIAL AS TO
ONE OF ELLERBE'S
STATEMENTS.
Pickens, July 31.-The court house
*$lPickens to-day was well filled by the
voters of this county. The audience
iras remarkably uudemostrative aod
gave all hands , a most respect
lui hearing. There were some side
{?hots passed between the candidates
that relieved the speeches of their
sameness. The dispensary provoked a
number of digressions and now all of
the candidates have had a little to say
as to their views on the dispensary. Mr.
Mayfield to day used his time to reply to
tho invitation of Governor Eilerbe as
to proof of his duplicity on themetro
politan police matter, and in response
to a positive denial was equally positive
in sajing that Governor EUerbe was
I deliberately when he .denied tell?
ing him that' ba proposed using' the
machinery of his office against Evans
and irby if they rain agaioct McLau
rin. lt was such parenthetical remarks
/and laps that made to-day's roeetiog
lively and interesting. Mr. McLaerio
look occasion to-day much more than
: usual to reply to statements of bis op?
ponents, and so it went all along. But
the meeting was interesting.
Mr. MoLacrin, who spoke first, laud?
ed the roads and climate of Pickens
and expressed the view that there was
more future for the Piedmont stotiou
than any part of the United States.
He said be was one of the fi rsi lawyers
to embrace Reform principle, and again
related that every reform demand was
io the platforms and now there was no
steed for factional Hoes.
k Mr. Mclaurin made decidedly one
of his strongest, cleanest vaad clearest
speeches made during the camgaign.
Mr. Mayfield said he only, ran be?
cause he believed bis positions right.
M^Laur?n7s friends were the only ones
who opposed meetings in every county.
Mr. Mayfield said he voted for pro
hibition as long as there was such a bill
before thc senate. The dispensary is
DOW a thing cf corruption and the State
sboaid gat oat of the business. If the
liqcior business must be done let the
counties regulate it. There has been
stealing, fraud and wrong heaped on
the people and it is time to stop it. He
said he bad helped the mountain boys
witibout fee and bad never had a chance
to do anything xs to internal revenue
system.
The dispensary matter got warm and
Mr. McLaurin had made a statement
and Mr. Mayfield went on to the Lati?
ner bill and Mr. McLaurin said if
there wai no combination against bim
why waa the attack against him when he
iiaa the only one who attacked the dis*
pegsary. Why was this, wheo Gov?
ernor Evans, the author of the bill,
sat in the hall. Why not attack him.
Thia .provoked mach applause and
then Mr. Mayfield went on to say Mc?
Laurin committed political suicide at
Greeo ville, and he weald not attack
him further.
Mr. McLaurin-Then .that is why
you leave Evans alone. ( Again laugh?
ter and applause )
; Mr. MeLaurtn before stated that he
did not regard the dispensary as an
issue. When others favored the bill
he thought it unwise and wheo enacted
he believed it should be honorably en
acted. When in congress he fought
the present internal revenue system
and he wanted the States to regulate
this matter. None of the others did
this He did say at S par tan burg there
were some better things about the dis?
pensary than he expected and it should
not be saddled with all the wroBgs
charged.
Mr. Mayfield closed with his reply
on the metropolitan police matter. He
said :
Governor Eilierbe has given to the
papers a carefully prepared interview
ia which he does not ?eoy the charge
which I made at Orangeburg in which
I charged him with "duplicity*'in deal
ing with the metropolitan police, and if
he denied it I would prov? it.
Here is what he says : "I would like
to have the proof of any double deal- |
iog on my part in reference to the j
metropolitan police or any other public i
meetiog.'*
I will give proof. Daring the cam- !
paign of 1S96 a caucus was held in !
the city of Charleston. This oaucus j
was composed of leaders in thought,
activity and journalism in South Caro- j
lina
The question to be decided was : ?
Shall the people of Charleston vote for
Senator John R. Harrison or Gen. I
Wm. fi Ellerbe for governor ?
Mr. Ellerbe had nos written aoy let- ;
ters, bat a friend-personal and politi- ?
cal-was a member of that caucus,
f?e pledged and vouched for Mr Eiier- j
he the removal of the metropolitan ;
police. He spoke "as one have bavicg i
authority. " %
That caucus decided to give Mr. El
lerbe the support of Charleston because
he would remove the metropolitan po ;
lice The campaign mc2tiog wa? held I
in Charleetoa, and then Gov. Eilerbe
said : "I will remove the metropolitan
police from the city of Charleston wLeo
?ver I am given assurances that the
dispensary law will be enforced.'*
This atatement was made after the
caucus, after the "friend'* had pledged ;
Gen. Ellerbe to the removal of the
metropolitan police. It was made io
the presence of the members that cao
eos and face to face with the voters of
Charleston eily.
It was made for the purpose of get
I The people of Charleston voted for E
lerbe because of this understands
After the primary election and befo
i he was inaugurated, Gov. Ellcrbe w:
I visited by a cDrrrspondent of The Nev
?and Courier and written up tri gre
shape ? know the correspondent, ar
be no doubt he told the whole tru'h abm
that interview. He gave the repor:<
to understand that the metropolitan p<
lie? would be removed
During the session of the tai
legislature Thos. W. Bacot <
Charleston had frequent interview
with Gov. Eilerbe about the remov;
of the metropolitan police, and toi
Gov. Eilerbe that Dr. IUerton wa
going to introduce a bill to repej
the metropolitan act Represent?
tive IUerton of Florence county an
the representative of Anderso
county both talked with Gov. Ellerb
and he assured each of tbeoi that h
would remove the metropolitan pol ic
from Charleston. Those representa
Uves believing that the governo
meant what he said took no step
themselves and prevented any legis
lation upon the metropolitan police.
Before the adjournment of the leg
islature Gov. Ellerb? assured a selec
few that he would not re
move the metropolitan police unti
every member bf the city connel
signed an agreement in writing t
enforce the dispensary law.
At the time Mr Bacot was work
ing so zealously for Charleston, Gov
Eilerbe promised several persons tba
he would exact from the mayor o
Charleston an agreement in writing
\o be signed by every member of th?
council to enforce the dispensar
law.
This is admitted by Gov. Ellerbi
in this interview. But did the gov
ernor tell Representative IUerton
Ashley or Bacot of this ? No. It wai
kept a profound secret from' them
I knew nothing of it. I was fightin|
the dispensary law. It was knowi
only to the favored few and wat
carefully guarded Gov. Ellerb<
knew that of the 24 aldermen that a
least six were political and persona
friends of Chief Martin and BOOK
others would not sign any paper tc
enforce the dispensary law.
Before the adjournment of the leg
islature Chief Martin knew the term?
which would be imposed On Marci
% Mayor Smyth was informed bj
Gov. Eilerbe that he would take of
the metropolitan police matter aftei
the adjournment of. the legislature
Mat^h 4th
Mayor Smyth fixed the 6th for the
conference
Now matk, Mayor Smyth in thu
conference proposed to have thc
council pass an ordinance to enforce
the dispensary law. This could be
done by a majority or at most two
thirds vote of the council
Bot Gov. Eilerbe said he would
not humiliate the people of Charles
ton by having them to pass au ordi?
nance. Gov. Eilerbe had in advance
prepared a type-written agreement
and presented it to Mayor Smyth
The paper was an innocent look
ing affair, and with some'modifica
lions Mayor Smyth took it to
Charleston for signatures Did Gov.
Eilerbe tell Mayor Symth that the
paper must be signed by' every one
of the aldermen ? No ; Mayor
Smyth says be never for a moment
thought it was to be signed by all ;
if he had he would not have carried
it to Charleston The paper waa
presented on the 8th for the council
to sign it. Of the 24, IT signed, 6
refused to sign, 1 was out of the
city, but afterwards signed The
paper was sent to Columbia to Gov.
Eilerbe as signed! fie refused to
remove the metropolitan police be
cause all did not sign
Did Gov. Eilerbe give the mayor
of Charleston the assurance he bad
given "the favored few" ? No !
Did Gov Eilerbe tell Mayor Smith
that he as late as the 28th of Febru
ary had assured a friend that that the
metropolitan police would not be re?
moved until each of the aldermen
signed ? .No I
A friend of Chief Martin wrote
Gov Eilerbe and said : I have writ?
ten to friends in Charleston that you
would not remove the metropolitan
police until all the aldermen signed
it I have no wish to misstate your
position, so I wish to know if I am
correct.v
This letter was written after the
adjournment of the legislature on
March 4th
This letter Gov. Eilerbe answered
on March Sib, saying :
"You have stated my position cor?
rectly, and I will stand by it.
"Yours,
WM. H. ELLERBE "
On March 8 the agreement was
presented to the council of Charles?
ton for signature, the day this letter
was written.
There is the proof of your dupli?
city, Governor.
During the session of the legisla
ture, Gov. Eilerbe asked my advice
about the removal I told him in
substance, If you have promised to
remove it you should do it-you
should keep your promise
I knew nothing of the terms of the
removal until the papers published it.
I never advised with any one about
it nor had anything to do with keep?
ing. I helped to pass it, but if I had
promised to remove it I would have
kept my word.
It may be well for the public to
know how proud the new gover
nor was of this bisN^performance.
''Thefavored few" coalatell, and a
-?* - - M baa
i Eilerbe boasted of his rapid acquisi
! tion of political wisdom.
"Didn't I play the metropolitan
! boys, Johnny ?"
"Yes, Billy,yoa played 'em."
j Mr. Mayfield was applauded at the
! conclusion of his speech. Mr. May
j field explained that he was only
! speaking of McLaurin politically and
j had tue highest regard for bim per?
sonally
Col Irby was decidely hoarse and
started out to knock two campaign lies
on the head First lie, the Tillman
interview, and second that he and
Evans were running in pairs and that
I Evaus was to get the senatorship.
! As a fact McLaurin is not going to
! be a good third, the race was now
! between Evans and himself Lie
j knew he was going to have a fair
deal. Instead of his running as a
loose horse Evans was running as
i his colt He said he came out in
response to & general cali and only to
see that th*e Reform Democratic ban?
ner should not trail in the dust. It
is four lawyers and a bummer against
one.
Mr Evans said some candidates
jumped on the dispensary because
they thought it unpopular hers :. that
was not his style but he wanted to
sa* he was not ashamed of his dis
pensary position and had no regrets.
The dispensary he regarded as the
best solution ever offered, especially
the poor men. He believed prohibi?
tion a farce on the record it
has. If liquor has to be regu
lated then it should be controlled by
the government. If hiskey be
free it would be a ruination instead
of a blessing This question, how
ever, was ior settlement next year
and not now. but he was not apolo?
gizing for what he had done.
Mr. Evans was talking about com?
binations and said that Mr. Eilerbe
had said if he and Irby ran against
McLaurin he would throw the force
of his administration against Evans
and Irby.
Mr. McLaurin said Ellerbe was
not here to .answer for himself; he
would say Governor Eilerbe denied |
this statement to him.
Mr Mayfield-He did say so in
substance to me and he knows it and
his denial is absolutely false.
Governor Evans-It is a question
of veracity, then. Then Mr. Evans
went on to say if Eilerbe had said
he would use bis administration
against him it would be the act
of an ingrate for but for him Ei?
lerbe would likely not be governor.
Moreover the people were not being
j led or under any dictator and they
are net wearing any collars
- - ? I mmn
Brief But Pointed
WHAT GOV. ELLERBE I
SAYS ABOUT MAY
FIELD'S PROOFS.
Wheo seen yesterday Gov. Eilerbe
! expressed himself in a very brief but
emphatic manner io regard to the at- j
tempt made by Senatorial "Candidarc ?
Mayfield ar Pickens to present the !
'.proof*' of his charge that the govern-!
cr had been guilty of double dealio? j
?in the'matter of the Charleston metro- j
politan police The governor, in I
speaking of the matterr, did not mince j
words or stop to hunt for any particular I
language in which to express himself. :
; He seems to be much disgusted with ;
Mr. Mayfield'* effort to prove bim a ?
; double-dealer.
i When asked about the matter Gov. j
Eilerbe promptly made this response :
"Without the slightest provocation j
on my part. Mr. Mayfield bas preferred
I charges agaioct me without being able
j to prove them. His statements are
; false. A gentleman is at a disadvan?
tage when he engages in a controversy
i with such a man. I cannot afford to
j notice bim further."
j The governor concluded that he
; thought it useless to say more.
Gov Eilerbe was asked also about J
; the announcement io the' last Usue of j
! The Piedmont Headlight that he had j
j re appointed Eichelberger on the con
! stabulary force and the intimations that ?
he wai? using the constabulary force to I
aid MeLaurio. Fie stated that ir. wa? ?
true that Eichelberger had been re-ap- j
i painted by him recently As to the ;
I intimations, he said he cared to have j
I nothing to say ; he dce3 not propose to
! be drawn io to thc senatorial ?^ht ar?d
will not notice the iutimatious made.
Sympathy for Strikers
-
' Pittsburg, July 31.-A number of"j
; coal operators who congregated at j
: the Monongahela House during the j
day expressed themselves very io rei- i
biy ot? the strike .situation. They
I were all in favor of the strikers and ]
i say they hope the mitlers will win j
Tliey were strong in their denuncia- I
tion of Sheriff Lowrey for issuing I
j the proclamation ordering the strikers
at. the New York and Cleveland
mines to retire to their homes. John
Blyth, tiie veteran coal operator.
I said : ''I am more heartily in sym :
pathy with tito miners in this strug
gie th an I have been in any strike
they ever inaugurated 1 hope they j
will win. The proclamation of thc
sheriff waR an outrage and I do not !
believe can force the miners to leave \
the ground they are now occupying j
j with the permission of the owuers
j I do not think he has any right to in
\ terfere "
Strikers are hopeful today. No
material change has occurred.
The Issue is Made.
Wbat Mr. Tillman Said cf Mr.
Irby.
Tc the Editor cf The State.
I notice in the press dispatch of
Friday night last a denial of an in?
terview with Senator Tillman that ap?
peared in last Monday's issue of the
Charlotte News
Having been away from Charlotte
for nearly a week and not being in a
position to seethe daily papers, I was
unware that the interview had been
questioned until I reached home to?
day.
The facts in the case are these and
Senator Tillman cannot truthfully
deny any portion of them I board?
ed the Columbia-bound train in Char?
lotte last Sunday morning and at once
recognized Senator Tillman sitting
on the rear seat in one of the sleepeis.
? went over to where he was sitting
soon after the train left Charlotte
Having repeatedly interviewed him
before I thought, of course, he re?
cognized me and that, too, as a news?
paper man I questioned Senator
Tillman closely on the present sena?
torial campaign My object was to,
if possible, draw him out and get'
some expression of preference for ?
one of the several candidates now j
before the people of your State for
senatorial honors.
Senator Tillman spoke kindly of
both Mclaurin and Evans, and when,
in the course of the conversation,
Irby's name was mentioned, he said :
"Irby reminds me of a mau that has
been buried for six months and has
just scratched out "
Continuing, he said that Irby's con?
duct while in Washington was so
flagrantly immoral that it was just
out of the queston for him to be
elected to the office to which he as?
pires
While Senator Tillman lias de- j
nounced the interview as a fake, 1 ?
am satisfied if he will just think for j
one moment he will acknowledge i
the truthfulness of the entire article.
If he persists in his d?maud I will
feel called upon to produce abundant
evidence, to prove the accuracy of
my statement
C. A MATIHSWS,
Staff Charlotte News
Charlotte, N C., Aug 1.
On the Black List.
No Mistake as to Webster's
Programme.
Special to The State.
Washington, Aag. 1.-It is It. E.
Williams aod not Crook who 19 on
Webster's slate for the Newberry post
office. Crook is slated for St. George
V Levy (white) may be substituted
for Edwards at Walterboro. The dis?
position of this office has been left to
Shaker and he has recommended Levy.
With these changes the list sent The
State is substantially correct. There
may be other changes hereafter.
An effort is being made to indnce Mr.
Cunningham to pull out of the contest
for the marshaiship and accept the post
mastership at Charleston. If it is sue- !
ccssful. Dr. Crum will be appointed
collector of customs af. Cbarlestoo
E. J. Dickerson of Aiken confirms
The State's information as to bis ap?
pointment as postmaster at Aiken. He
is here representing B P. Chatfield in
the Chatfield-Ta'.bert contested election j
case. ?
Chatfield seems to realize that he is j
making a forlorn fight for Col Talbert's J
seat and with the shrewdness of the ?
average Connecticut citizen, who takes |
al! the chances, bas applied for the col
lectorsbip of customs at Charleston, j
He was introduced at the White House ?
by Senator Hawley of Connecticut. J
The President heard his request about !
thc collectorship and expressed great, i
interest in Cbatfield's election cootest. !
It -'closed the incident'' for the time j
J. B. fl. j
Latest From Alaska.
-- I
Seattle. Wash., Aug. 1.-The;
steamer Alki arrived ir: port this j
morning. She brought 400 pas- j
sengers from Juneau,, Sitka and Fort j
Wrangle. Ker cargo was light.
Her officers report having left a j
large colony at Dyea, all the mern- !
bers of which were in the best of|
health and spirits. The steamer ;
brought no information from lite in ;
terior. Juneau is fast becoming de- j
populated. Stocks of goods have \
been so reduced by the purchases of j
those leaving for up the Yukon that :
it wouid be difficult to secure an out- |
Ht
- .II - >? - o .?? ? -cimm i
Aiken July 31.-Little Inez Tur?
ner, the eight-year old daughther of!
Mr. F. P. Turner, the master spinner j
of Gran?teville factory, died here
last night at a late hour from the ef?
fects of a burn she received from an
overturned Limp She was on a visit
to lier grandfather, Mr W. Mundy.
The body was taken to Graniteviiie
(his afternoon for interment This
was a horrible affair and much sym?
pathy is felt for the parents ami grand
parents
JOHNSTON'S '
CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC
Cures Fever \
_In One Day. j
Where There is War.
Fighting ia Progress in Many
Places.
Tampa, Fla., Aug 1.-The story
telegraphed from Habana last week i
about ao attack by insurgents on the ?
suburbs of that city is confirmed by j
passenger who lefc Habana oo the
Plant line steamer Mascott yesterday
and arriving here to night Among
the number was Senor Calbajer, a
wea!"hy Spaniard and bis wife and
daughter, who are now to be reckoned
ncnoDg tbe refugees who have fled froaa
Habana. The attack referred to was
made on the little village of Marnanao,
about 10 miles southwest of the city,
aod the terminus of the antiquated and
dilapidated Marnanao railroad. The
trip to Marnanao used to be a favorite
one with American tourists in Cuba, as
it gave tourists an idea of the tropical
luxuriance of the islands and intro?
duced them to some large pineapple
groves, beside being in convenient
reach to one of the most desirable of
the large sugar plantations.
Senor Calbajer '"s an eye witness of
the raid on Marna??. .>. He says that
the attack ws.s led by Baidqmero, A
Costa, Juan del Gado and Hernandez
The insurgent chiefs left 500 of their
troops outside of the town and carried
in 300 to the attack. They were well
armed with dynamite rapid-fire
guns and met with but slight
resistance. The engagement was
short and desperate. Forty nine
Spaniards were killed and 120 wound?
ed ; two Cubans were killed and 40
wounded. The inhabitants of the town
fled for their lives, leaving the insur?
gents in complete possession. They
saeked the place and secured ?40,000
in gold, besides a large quautity nf
supplies that they could not carry away
Other passengers tell about the same
story of the affair Senor Caibajer
says that thc wildest terror reigns io
Habana and that the well to-do inhab?
itants are leaving aa fast as local
laws will permit.
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Delay of a Peace Settlement
in Greece.
London, Aug. 2.-The Marquis of
Salisbury, replying in the bouse of
lords to day to the Liberal leader, the
Earl of Kimberley, who questioned the
government as to the state of the peace
negotiations between Greece and Tur?
key, outlined the status of the powers'
exchanges of views, occasionally re?
ferring to them in sarcastic tones.
The premier said it was DO wonder that
the patience of many people was sorely
tried by the delay. The complexity
and multiplicity of the negotiations, he
added, caused delay on account of their
leDgth.
Lord Salisbury explained that the
peace the powers were trying to arrange
was no ordinary agreement between a
conqueror and a conquered country
The territory conquered by the Turk?
ish army was ooe assigned to Greece
by international arrangement and there?
fore the powers' voice in regard to its
disposal was recognized in demanding
security against incursions such as
tho?? which brought about the present
war and for that purpose a rectification
of the frontier ou a strategic base wa3
a reasonable demand. It was also rea
sonable to hold that the Greek commu?
nities should not be placed under Turk?
ish role.
The premier further asserted that
ber majesty's ministers believed those
questions had been settled and that
Turkey bad accepted the frontier line
traced by the military attaches of the
embassies of the powers, though the
premier shared Lord Kimberley's
doubts.
Speaking of the indemnity to be
paid to Turkey by Greece, the premier
said :
"There comes ia the mysterious and j
difficult question of the German bond-!
holders. We do not think that an* j
internatiooal duty lies on Europe to |
provide for their payments, though I j
admit they have been long unpaid "
Lord Salisbury further said :
"The credit of Greece in the Euro- j
pean market will for a long time bs ex- j
ceedingly small and some form of con- j
trol of Greek sources of revenue is in- j
evitable. [ cannot say that negotia- j
lions in tuai direction have advanced :
very far and I must admit- that tue !
qeetion may be a source of very eon
siderabie delay."
With reference to Crete, L"!rd Salis ,
bury said there wa? no use for the ;
powers to attempt to arrange a form of;
government until the moro important j
controversy had been adjusted. The
present attitude of Crete seemed to be :
favorable to an agreement, so far as the
Christians were concerned, but the two
creeds were no nearer than they bad
l-icen for many centuries.
"The only solution," bo said,
"seems to bc to dig a ditch across the ?
land, with thc Christians on one side and
the Moslems on tho other. Our car
oesc object is to arrange what bas been
promised, taking care to be just to beth
sections We du not incline tu admit
merely because the Mussulmans are itt
the minority that their interests are te
ne neglected.''
L >rd Salisbury ?aid ho fully a^rc^i
with L^rd Kimberley that Crete
was iu a dangerous position. Thc cl?
ement of danger, however, did not ,
arise, be iosisted, because the island ;
was mixed up in the affairs of the I
Ottoman empire, but rather from the j
terrible division among the creeds, a
division which might yet require a pow?
er greater than all the sovereiDgs of
Europe to banish it.
Will investigate
The Outrage in Spartanburg
Ey Constables.
It looks as if the State dispensan'
constables who committed the acts
complained of in The Stace yesterday
in Spartanburg on Saturdy night last
are going to have 6ome trouble about
their reckless behavior on that oc?
casion Governor Eilerbe intends to
go to the very bottom of the matter.
The Spartanburg Herald published
an account of the doings of the con?
stables which it took pains to state
had been most carefully made. It
than addressed a very strong open
letter to the governor in which at?
tention was called to the fact that
two of the leading constables in the
matter were two men who have been
convicted of manslaughter and are
now out on bond pending appeals.
When Governor Eilerbe was asked
about the matter yesterday he stated
that he intended to order immediately
a complete and thorough investiga?
tion of all the facts charged and if
they proved to be as stated in The
Herald he proposed to take action
in. the matter at the earliest possible
moment
Governor Eilerbe went cn to say
that so far as he knew Eichelberger
had no business in Spartanburg No
one had ordered him' to go there.
He had been reinstated on the force
recently in order to let him complete
certain cases he had been working
upon in Laurens county. Eichelber?
ger was supposed fco be in Laurens
county when the trouble occurred in
which he seems to have figured as
the star actor.-The State.
A Whitecap Killed.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 2 -A
Huntsville, Ala., special to The Ban?
ner says : A band of moonshiners
attempted to enter the house of
Frank Simmons afc Conrad, 20 miles
north of this city, early Sunday
morning and the leader, Dudley
Johnson, was killed., The despe?
radoes broke the door from its fasten?
ings aod when Johnson appeared
Simmons fired. The leader stepped
backward and after firing several
shots into the house the party re?
tired.
This morning Simmons' young con
found Johnson dead in the woods a
short distance from the house. The
bullet severed the jugular vein and
ranged downward, comiug out be?
tween his shoulders.
Simmons learned that a mob of
moonshiners was forming and fled to
the woods until he can secure the
protection of the law. The coroner's
jory held Simmons justifiable The
moonshiners, who were afraid Sim?
mons would testify against them,
dressed in whitecappers7 uniforms aud
wept to kill him. When found John
son wore a mask. Sheriff Fulgham
bas gone to the scene of the trouble
and will accord Simmons the protec?
tion of the law.
Nineteen Men Became Insane
New York. Aug 3 -At a meeting
of the Brooklyn board ot charities
and corrections to day, resolutions
were adopted allowing prisoners in
the Kings county penitentiary to per?
form work for the city department of
parks without any remuneration,
provided that the convicted did not
come into competition with free la?
bor. The insanity of 19 prisoners of
the penitentiary and the inability of
the prison officials to provide work
for the convicts caused the passage
of ?uese ?esolutions
Last week the last of the 19 men
who have been declared insane at
the penitentiary was taken to the
Washington insane asylum To day
another man is under surveillance.
He has been put to work in the 6tone
shed. It is hoped by this action of
the charities board the enforced idle?
ness and resultant insanity will be
done awav with
Washington, Au jr. li -The State
department has finally closed .-mother
international incident by paving over
to Couot Vinci, the Italian charge
d'affaires here, thc- sum ot" $6.000. as
tndemniry for the d<?ing to death by a
mob, ot :hr<>.> Itaiias subjects. The
men were Loreczo S^iardino, Salvatore
Areno -and Guiseppe Yenturella, and
they were were taken out of jsii at
Hahnvj'ile, La., abou^ a year ago and
lynched
Tom Sharkey nr.? Peter Maher will
S?rht i? San Francisco for a purse of
320.000
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