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THE ROME TRIBUNE
VOL. VI. NO. 1.967
MORE TARIFF TALK.
The Committee Has Not Yet
Finished the Bill.
SENATOR HILL’S POSITION
He Says It Is Not What is In
tended It Shall Be--Other
Important News.
Washington, March 3.—Hearings be
fore the finance committee of the senate
are now in order, and until these are
'Completed there is little hope of thetariff
hill going to the £ull committee.
Senator Vest failed to put in an ap
pearance at the morning session, and
the Democratic membership was repre
sented by Chairman Voorhees, and Sen
ators Jones, McPherson and Mills, al
though the latter has declined to act as
-a member of the committee.
Senators Morgan, Proctor and Smith
were .before the committee during the
morning session, and were heard con
cerning the industries of their respective
states.
Mr. Smith carried into the committee
room a huge bundle of manuscript con
sisting of data, going to show the
number of men employed, the capital
and the dangers to be incurred
by these industries should the schedules
as contemplated in the Wilson bill go
‘into effect. Senator Hill, in his argu
ment before the committee, did not con
fine himself to New York, but included
Se industries of Connecticut and Mas
chnsetts, all of which are similar to
those found in New York. The New
York senator is confident that higher
duties will be given on many of these
schedules if for no -ether reason than to
provide sufficient revenue and make the
bill what Mr. Hill says it is not, a tariff
Dill for revenue only.
Vhe Campaign Committee Meets*
Washington, March 3. —The Demo
cratic congressional .campaign commit
tee met and discussed the question of
raising funds for the printing and circu
lation of- the documents and the loca
tion of headquarters: There was no un
certain sound at the meeting regarding
the position the party shall take relative
to the campain. Tariff is to be the
issue.
“Democrats,” said one speaker, “have
been preaching the gospel of tariff re
form for many years, and we cannot af
ford now to repudiate the performances
of our representatives in congress, no
matter what form the pending tariff
bill shall take.”
The executive committee was author
ised to select (headquarters.
The house at 12:25 went into a com
mittee of tne whole on ths pension ap
propriation bill.
A 'Ship Disabled.
Washington, March 8. Secretary
Herbert has received cabled information
from Commander Gridley of the Marion
Stating that that vessel ran into a severe
storm three days out from Yokohama,
oh the way to San Francisco, and her
machinery became so disabled that he
was compelled to put back for repairs
to her machinery, and that it will also
be necessary to dock the ship.
Hearing in the Central Cane.
Baltimore, March .3.—The hearing in
the Central Trust company, of New
York against the Richmond and Dan
ville Railroad company, postponed two
weeks ago, was confined in the United
States circuit court. The Trust com
pany asks for a foreclose and sale of the
road so that the Terminal reorganiza
•tion plan may be fulfilled.
Cleveland Goes Further South.
Elizabeth, N. C„ March 3.—The
president has gone farther south. Early
Friday morning the Violet hoisted an
chor in Croatan sound and passed into
Pamlico (sound and passed Bodies island
lighthouse and soon came in sight of
Hatteras lighthouse where he landed and
inspected the gi*eat lighthouse.
Mr*. Cleveland Receives the Esquimaux.
Washington, March 3.—Mrs. Cleve
land gave a reception to the Alaskan
Esquimaux visiting Washington. She
was assisted in entertaining them by all
the ladies of the families ofthe members
of the cabinet and a number of chil
dren.
A Lynching Report Dented.
Middlesborough, Ky., March 3.—A
report sent out from Barboursville, Ken
tucky, of the burning of the negro Lon
Ty by a mob in Harlan county, is be
lieved to be false. Nothing oin be
learned of any such a tragedy, and if it
had have happened news of it would
have reached here.
_ WATSON STAYS 0 UT.
The Georgia People’. Party Leader Will
Not Run for Office.
Atlanta, March 3.—A special from
Augusta to The Constitution says: Hon,
Thomas E. Watson will not stand for
congress in the next congressional elec
tion, nor will he offer for governor.
Should the People’s party control tiie
next legislature he will be offered the
successorship of Senator Alfred H.
Colquitt.
This is the present program of the
party and is the result of a conference
of the leaders just held here. This does
not|rnean that there is to be no opposition
to the Democracy in this district. '1 lie
People’s party will have up a candidate.
It is i.ot-yet definitely settled who it will
be, bnt it is the concensus of opinion
now that Dr. West, of McDuffice coun
ty, will be asked to make the race for
congress. There will also be, of course,
a People’s party candidate for governor,
It* nn» vat lumn selected. Colo-
nel Peck would be willing to inaae
race, but it may be that he will not be ,
put up.
The People’s party has come to the con
clusion that it cannot hope to secure
success without the aid of a widely cir
culated newspaper. The leaders hold
that had they had the support of such
influence they would now be in control
of the state. It was developed at the
meeting referred to that it is the desire
that Mr. Watson stay out of office, even
if he could win, and devote himself to
the upbuilding of his newspaper enter
prise. He hopes to be able to start the
daily soon. He expects the necessary
capital in a short time and it may not
be long now before the paper is started.
TEE PRINCESS COLONNA.
It Seems That She Did Not Go to Dakota,
«s Predicted.
San Francisco, March 3.—The Prin
cess Colonna has arrived in California
and is in strict seclusion at the Hotel uel
Monto, at Monterey, where she has so far
refused to grant any interviews.
The party accompanying the princess
consists of her stepbrother, James Mac
kay, and a young friend of his, the prin
cess’s two children, a maid and Mrs. J.
F. Merritt, who is going through to San
Diego and came across the ocean with
the princess.
The identity of the princess became
known to the passengers only after the
train left Ogden. At every stop a crowd
surrounded the private car Traveller,
which is the one in which Corbett
travelled to New Orleans, and gazed
into the closely curtained windows iu
the hope of obtaining a glimpse of the
princess.
When the train reached Sacramento,
the private car of the party was cut off
from the overland train and it left for
Montbrey with one addition to the party,
Richard Dey, Mr. McKay's man of busi
ness on the coast, having joined them.
ABOUI GLADSTONE.
Hi* Eye* the Cause of Hl* Retirement
Which May Be Temporary.
New York, March B.—A special to
The World from London says: It seems
certain that if Mr. Gladstone did not
actually inform the queen at his last
audience with her of his desire to resign
the premiership he will delay so doing
for only a few days. He is forced to
take this step reluctantly and after long
protesting against the strenuous counsel
of his medical advisers.
The condition of his eyes is such that
the operation for cataract cannot be
much longer delayed, and submitting to
the operation means subsequent confine
ment in a darkened room lor not less
than six weeks.
This makes resignation of the premier
ship imperative, but does not necessarily
require Mr. Gladstone to give up his
seat in parliament, nor even to withdraw
from the cabinet.
Upon the best authority it may be
stated that he will remain in the cabi
net, and therefore his resignation of the
chief post will not involve nor will it be
followed by the dissolution of parlia
ment.
Will Accept Gladstone’s Resignation.
London, March 3.—The Westminster
Gazette says that Henry Labouchere’s
“cave” of radicals numbers, at most, 10
members. The following semi-official
statement has been issued:
Mr. Gladstone has tendered his resig
nation, but it has not yet been formally
accepted. Tiie queen will, probably,
write Monday signifying her acceptance
of the premier's resignation.
Roseberry Summoned.
London, March 3.—The queen has
Summoned Lord Roseberry to Windsor
Castle, and there now seems to be no
longer any doubt that Gladstone has
tendered his resignation.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, March 3.—Forecast till
Bp. m. Sunday. North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia—Fair, followed
by increasing cloudiness: slight changes
in temperature Sunday; easterly winds.
Florida—lncreasing cloudiness; easterly
winds. Alabama—lncreasing cloudi
ness; slightly warmer Sunday; winds
becoming southeasterly. Mississippi—
Threatening, probably with rain; south
easterly winds.
I'ari* Papers Surprised.
Paris, March 2.—Several Paris news
papers remark with surprise that th«
United States delegates to the Interna
tional Sanitary conference oppose every
proposal to relax quarantine restrict
ions, and support all measures tending
toward more exacting regulations of im
migration. The delegates from other
powers are said to have become con
vinced that the American representa
tives wish to use the resolutions of th«
conference as a means cf repressing em
igration from Europe to America,
mccougfis Killed Carberry.
New York, March 3.—John Carberry,
of Newark, succumbed to the hiccoughs
at 3 o’clock p. m. The fit, or succession
of fits, of hiccoughs that has literally
worn out John Carberry’s life lasted
more than 18 weeks. When he was at
tacked he was strong and robust; he
weighed 150 pounds; just before he died
he weighed 80 pounds, and was so weak
that he could not stand.
Want Work or Money.
Toronto, March 3. —Two thousand
unemployed men went to the city hall
and demanded that the mayor either
give them work or money. The agita
tors distributed anarchistic literature,
and made threats of looting the resi
dences of the mayor and aidermen.
Gone to Keep McKane Company.
New York, March 3.—Judge Barrett,
in the court of oyer and terminer, sen
tenced John J. Dooley to five years’ im
prisonment in the state prison, Dooley
was found guilty of a false canvass of
ballots in the second ueemblf UKrtet
at the last election.
HOME. UA„ SUMDAY MORNING, MAKCH4,
THE SLOW SENATE.
That Body Compared to Nero
and His Fiddle.
VOORHEES GETS A LETTER
An Indiana Farmer Asks Him
Why He Should Hold A
Seat in the Senate.
Indianapolis, March 3.—There is a
surprise in local political circles over an
open letter addressed to Senator Voorhees
by William L. Higgins, of Elevator D,
in this city, in response to an inquiry by
the senator, addressed to manufacturers,
for information relative to tariff revis
ion. Altogether 35 questions are pre
sented in the inquiry, but Mr. Higgins
makes answer to but one, the seven
teenth, in which he claims that the main
cause of the present depression is an over
production of senatorial courtesy,
“which has become a byword and re
proach in every corner of the land, and
which has caused your once honorable
body, the senate, to be regarded as a
stumbling block in the way of advance
ment and reform, and which has caused
a widespread feeling that it should be
abolished, or in some way made respon
sible to the people for its acts. The dis
regard which it has shown for the suf
fering country, “continues Mr. Higgins,
“has ita only historic parallel in Nero
and his fiddle.”
Mr. Higgins argues that the people
have already returned this verdict, and
all the senate should do is to give judg
ment without stopping to call upon the
beneficiaries of a vicious tax system for
opinions. Mr. Higgins then assails Mr.
Voorhees personally, saying that he,
Higgins, is unable to reconcile his pres
ent conduct with his speech at the Cot
ton exposition at Atlanta, and that the
young Democracy of Indiana, to which
the writer belongs, is demanding that
he show a reason for longer continuance
in office.
“There are no longer any Democrats
in Pennsylvania,” says Mr. Higgins,
“and if you and your associates persist
in your present conduct there will not
be enough Democrats in our next legis
lature to caucus for your nomination.”
What Mr. Higgins evidently wants is
for the senate to do something and to do
it quick.
BROCKAWAY SUED.
Th. Elfcir* Reformatory Ros. In Court on
Another Line.
Rochester, N. Y., March 3.—Charles
W. Boas, of this city, has sued Superin
tendent Brockaway, of the Elmira Re
formatory, for $20,000 damages for in
juries sustained while an inmate of the
reformatory.
Boas alleges that he received harsh
and unjust punishment from the time
he went to the institution. He was af
terwards placed at work in the foundry
and kept there until his left arm was
paralyzed. Finally Brockaway wrote
to Boas’s father as follows:
Your son, Charles, is ready to lie paroled,
if you can take care of him. He has lost
the use of his left arm. as 1 suppose you
know. I write to know whether you want
him to come home, and if you are situated
so as to take care of him. He is capable
of doing good w-ork with his right arm,
his left being practically useless.
Young Boas was 17 years old when he
went to Elmira. The doctors say he is
permanently crippled.
A Remarkable Divorce Story.
Emporia, Kan., March 3.—A remark
able divorce suit has just ended iu the
district court here. Mary C. Davis sued
her husband, John Davis, for a divorce
and $4,000 alimony. She got it by con
sent, with the alimony reduced t 051,700.
This is the fifth time one or the other of
these two have sued for divorce, and
each time the divorce has been annulled
by a remarriage. The couple are among
the oldest and wealthiest citizens of the
county, with a family of grownup chil
dren.
Cut the Preacher** Head Open.
Holly Springs, Miss., March 3.—The
news of the murder of Rev. Stephen A.
Wells, a Baptist minister, has been re
ceived here. William Gurley commit
ted the crime. The trouble between the
two men commenced more than a year
ago. Gurley cut Wells’ head open with
an ax. Wells leaves a large family.
An Engine Explode..
Bellaire, 0., March 3.—A report has
reached here that freight engine 1210, of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad had ex
ploded at Nuzum’s Mills, Virginia. The
engine was sidetracked at the time. En
gineer Stevenson, Fireman Law and
Brakeman Mecue were terribly injured.
Details have not been learned.
Gift* to an Ohio College.
Cleveland, March 3.—At the annual
meeting of the trustees of the Western
Reserve university, gifts amounting to
over $300,000 were received. Os this
amount Samuel Mather gave $257,000
for the erection and equipment of a
physical laboratory.
A Colony of Epileptic..
Albany, March 3.—A bill has been
introduced in tiie legislature for estab
lishing on the colony plan a home for
epileptics upon a site of 1,800 acres in
Livihgston county, the state to appro
priate $140,000 for the purpose.
A Teacher and Three Pupil. Drowned.
Wabash, Ind., March 3.—lt is re
ported here that a school teacher and
three of her pupils were drowned in the
Tippecanoe river at Bloomlngsburgj The
story hat not been verified and no J par
ticulars are forutoM,
GEN. EARLY DEAD.
Another Confederate Leader
Passes Away.
HEDIES ATRICHMOND, VA.
A Brief Sketch of the Career of
this Noted Man Who Had
Served in Three Wars.
Richmond, March 3.—The passing
away of General Jubal Anderson Early,
whose demise occurred at 10:30 p. m.,
removes another of the few survivors
who were prominent leaders in the cause
i ;
JUBAL A. EARLY.
of the Confederacy during the bloody
Conflict of 1861-64.
The immediate cause of his death
Were injuries received from a fall a short
time ago. At first it was feared that he
Would not survive the shock many
hours, but he later surprised those who
were anxiously watching results, by ral
lying to such an extent that he was able
to be out again; but it was only for a
short time, when he took a turn for the
worse, and began to sink rapidly.
He passed away quietly in the pres
ence of his family and physician and in
timate friends. The old general seemed
aware of his approaching end early in
the day. Before noon ho called for the
morning paper, as was his invariable
custom, and attempted to read, but
found that his sight was failing. Soon
after he extended his hand to Senator
Daniel and calmly said:
“I want to tell you goodby, Major.”
He then bade his nephew, Cabell
Early, farewell, after which he dropped
into a quiet slumber. Later in the day
the dying veteran asked Senator Daniel
not to leave the room, as he wanted to
talk with him about certain arrange
ments; but from that time he suffered
such intense pain that he did not re
vive.
General Early was a Virginian. He
was born in Franklin county in 1816,
graduated at West Point, served with
the regulars in Florida, and with the
Virginia volunteers in Mexico, and at
the first Bull Run led a brigade. In his
second battle, Williamsburg, Va., May
5, 1862, he was severely wounded and
did not resume his command until the
battle of Cedar Mountain. Aug. 19, 1862.
He fought at second Bull Run and An
tietam and had the good fortune to com
mand the line on Marye’s Hill, which
checked the Union advance at Fred
ericksburg in May, 1863.
At Gettysburg he commanded a di
vision in Ewell’s corps and led the same
troops in the Wilderness campaign of
1864 up to the buttle of Cold Harbor.
After that battle he was sent to Lynch
burg to oppose General David Hunter's
attacks upon that important position.
After repulsing Hunt?r he planned an
invasion of the border states. General
Lee gave him full discretion in the mat
ter, and with 12,000 men he crossed the
Potomac at Shepherdstown the first
week in July. Grant's army lay at that
time in front’ of Petersburg, fully en
gaged in the effort to inclose the place
with beseiging lines.
So rapid were Early’s movements that
the Washington authorities had no fore
warning of the raid. Maryland was in
a state of terror. The president called
out the militia of the eastern states, and
after considerable urging Grant sent the
Sixth corps from Petersb irg to Washing
ton. On July 9 Early defeated a force
composed of the garrison of Baltimore
and a division of the Sixth corps, all un
der General Lew Wallace, at Monocacy
Junction, Md., and immediately
marched to the gates of Washington.
Meanwhile his cavalry detachments
threatened Baltimore and destroyed the
railways north of that city, but the de
lay caused by those operations was fatal
to Early’s plans. It was the twelfth be
fore he was ready to attack the Wash
ington defenses, and then a reconnois
sance showed him that they were gar
risoned by veterans of the Army of the
Potomac. He abandoned the move
ment and returned to the Shenandoah
valley.
Sheridan soon confronted Early in the
valley with troops from the army at Pe
tersburg and defeated him in two bat
tles, at Opequon and Fisher’s Hill, Sept.
19 and 20. But on Oct. 19 Early sur-
Sheridan's camps at Cedar Creek
and came very near redeeming the val
ley from Union control. Sheridan saved
his army by the memorable ride from
Winchester and a stirring appeal to his
troops.
At the opening of the spring cam
paign in 1865 General Custer defeated
Early at Waynesboro, and Lee was com
pelled by public opinion, to select an
other commander for the Confederates
in the valley.
After the war General Early practiced
law in Richmond and New Orleans, and
was associated with Beauregard in man
egiug the Louisiana lottery. He died a
bachelor, having had his first romantic
love sffair spoiled by the fickleness of a
northern girl wbom he rescued from
drowning at White Sulphur Springs
during his cadet
xue rovers were engaged, and the
lieutenant was anticipating a happy ter
mination to the romance when his hopes
were blasted by the receipt of a news
paper containing a notice of the marriage
of 'his charmer with a northern man.
He put aside the uniform, with its hate
ful associations, and left the army until
war’s alarms summoned him to the
battlefields of Mexico. After the Mexi
can war he returned to civil life,
MUST DUFFERIN GO?
A Story That Carnot Has Requested the
Queen tp Recall Him.
Paris, March 3. —The Cocarde prints
a story, which has been denied since
upon authority, that President Carnot,
by an autograph letter sent to London
by special courier, has demanded that
Queen Victoria recall the British am
bassador, the marquis of Dufferin,
stating that otherwise the British am
bassador will receive his passport.
This ultimatum is said to have been
accompanied by documents showing
that Lord Dufferin played a leading
role in the political intrigue disclosed by
the Figaro involving the Princess Marie
d’Orleans, wife of Prince Waldemar of
Denmark, and the Count d’Aunay, re
cently French ambassador at Copen
hagen, who are declared to have been
merely the unconscious tools of others.
President Carnot, it is asserted, knows
the sum of money the British Embassy
paid in connection with the scheme to
obtain the czar’s views of the Franco-
Russian understanding.
Edouard Ducret, editor of the Cocarde,
a Bonlangist organ, went to prison last
August for publishing a false story, said
to have been based upon documents pur
porting to have been stolen from the
British embassy by a molatto named
Norton. The documents purporting to
have been stolen, but which were shown
to be forgeries, tended to show that cer
tain persons high in official and political
life had betrayed the state secrets of
France to England.
Kindness Killed Madame Paley.
London, March 3.—The physicians
who examined the body of Madame
Patey have certertified that her death was
caused by paralysis of the brain, due to
the excitement induced by the enthu
siastic applause of her audience.
Madame Patey was making a farewell
tour and had everywhere been received
with much demonstrative manifestation,
but the strain was greater than she
could bear.
Inspection of American Meat*,
Berlin, March 3. —During a session
of the Farmers’ Leaguge Herr Werner,
Director of the Agricultural High
school, and Professor Mueller, took oc
casion to denounce the manner in which
American meats were inspected. Thtjy
based their judgements upon personal
studies made in Chicago. The govern
ment may take action upon the reports
of Professor Mueller and Director W er
ner.
MacVeagh Get* There.
Rome, March 3.—Mr. Wayne Mac-
Veagh, the United States ambassador to
Italy, has arrived in this city. He vis
ited the minister of foreign affairs to
present his credentials and to ask an au
dience of the king, which will be
granted him in the early part of the
week.
A Commission to Armenia.
Constantinople, March 3. —It is ru
mored here that owing to the vexatious
acts of the police in Armenia the United
States government has decided to send a
special commission to Sivas in order to
inquire into the grievances complained
of.
Picked Up Another Bomb.
Prague, March 3.—A glass bomb con
taining gunpowder, nails, bullets, etc.,
was picked up in front of the loan office.
A half burned fuse was attached to one
end of the bomb, indicating that an at
tempt had been made to explode it.
TWO EXPLOSIONS,
Roth of Which Were Attended With Fa
tal Results—Three Killed Instantly.
Scranton, Pa„ March 3.—The barrel
mill of the Moosic Powder company at
the village of Moosic, five miles from
this city, exploded with a force that was
felt several milee in every direction.
One man was killed and two so badly
injured that recovery is doubtful. The
victims are: Thomas Weir, engineer,
scalded to death; Wesley Banton and
4xchie Dymond, barrel men, badly man
gled and burned.
A Fatal Mine Explosion.
Kansas City, March B.—Two men
were instantly killed, two fatally burned,
and five dangerously hurt in an explo
sion at the Kansas City Coal and Clay
company’s mine, six miles southeast of
here.
Running Short of Funds In Boston.
Boston, March 8. —The relief com
mittee for the poor of Boston has Deen
compelled to practically suspend work
for lack of funds. Soon, less than 30'J
men will be employed by the committee.
The men who have been employed have
almost without exception, according to
the committee's repost, done the work
sati.-f ictorily. Sales of piolucts of the
Bedford street shop. where those receiv
i ig permits are employed, have not been
at all satisfactory.
Drank His Victim’* Blood*
New York, March 3.—Federico Coiro
killed Giuseppe Blasi, his son-in-law, ir
their apartments, 91 Classon avenue,
Brooklyn, by plunging a table knife into
his heart three times, and then, accord
ing to witnesses, placed his •mouth over
the gaping wound and sucked the vic
tim’s wound.
PRICE HVE CENTS.
FOUR DEBATES
To BeHeld Between Gen. Ev
ans and Mr. Atkinson.
THEY WILL COME TO ROME.
Mr. Atkinson’s Friends Wanted
a Series of Debates to Con
sume Several Days.
Atlanta, February 3.—(Special to Th*
Tribune). —Arrangements were mad*
this afternoon for four joint debates to
be held between General Evans and
Mr. Atkinson the latter part of this
month. Debates will be held at Griffin,
March 21, Athens, March 23, Rome,
March 26, Hawkinsville, March 29. Each
candidate has three representatives at
conference. Atkinson’s were Warner
Hill, W. E. Simmons, Hal Wright. Ev
ans were D. B. Hamilton, Basin McCor
mick, Clark Howell. Atkinson’s friends
wanted a series of debates beginning at
once and consuming five or six days,
called for two months. Evans’ friends
would not agree on the ground that joint
discussion was not sought by General
Evans and his plans for his campaign
has been arranged. So the confereno*
compromised on four debates with th*
privilege of more if both parties agree.
WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Squatter* Resist the Advance Laud Sur
veyors Near Bluefield.
Bluefield, March 3.—Twenty-five
deputy marshals armed with Winches
ter rifles have just left here to aid in
forcing the squatters from certain coal
lands in Logan county. The Trans Flat
Top Laud association of Bromwell, haa
been trying for several weeks to survey
a valuable tract which it owns in Logan
and McDowell counties. A number of
squatters have made war upon the sur
veyors, and two deputies and one sur
veyor have been killed.
That neighborhood is in a state of
siege. There are about 100 armed men
on each side, and both sides are deter
mined. The squatters have secured a
lot of dynamite to aid them in the fight,
which seems inevitable. The land com
pany and the government officials have
picked their fighting men from the best
shots and bravest men in this locality.
The surveyors have made several at
tempts of late to perform their work.
Each time they met with fierce resist
ance at the hands of the natives, who
have held possession of the tract in ques
tion for many years. The squatters
now threaten to use both dynamite and
Winchesters. The land men are equally
determined and declare that they will
push the survey iu the face of all ob
stacles.
More About the West Virginia Troubles.
Charleston, March 3.—A mob of
over 100 mine rioters burned the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad bridge at Cabin
Creek. This cuts off all coal shipments
from the Cabin Creek branck, and will
compel all the miners on that branch to
shut down.
Sheriff Billman and posse hurried to
the scene, but the rioters had retired be
fore his arrival. The sheriff, with 400
militiamen and half as many deputies,
are at the scene. It is not thought that
the rioters will dare make an open
attack.
Masked Men Burn a Bridge.
Charleston, W. Va., March B.—A
special just received states that 30 men
burned the railway bridge at Cabin
creek, near Coalburg. It is thought the
men were doing this to get tramps away
from Eagle. Sheriff Silman, with a
posse, is in the ground, but he has not
reported. The bridge burned was on
the Chesapeake and Ohio branch, on
Cabin creek. Forty masked men burned
it. They then dispersed to the hills.
The loss is $3,000.
They Have Cut the Wirefc
St. Louis, March 3.—A special to the
Post Dispatch from Charleston, W. Va.,
says: The wires have been cut between
here and Powellton, and it is feared that
a crisis has come. A messenger has been
sent to the scene to ascertain the situa
tion.
Troop. Repair to Eagle.
Huntington, W. Va., March 3.—Com
pany lof the state militia, in response
to the governor’s orders, left for Eagle
an 9 a. m. on a special train.
Death from Despondency.
Camden, S. C., March B.—Ely Peak,
a well thought of white farmer,
50 years old, living 10 miles east of Cam
den, committed suicide. He blew out
his brains with a shotgun. He pulled
the trigger with a stick. Despondency
from hard times caused the act.
On Jenkins’ Order.
Milwaukee, March 3.—Argument on
the motion of the Northern Pacific em
ployes to have Judge Jenkins’ strike or
der modified was continued in the
United States circuit court here, At
torney McNaught for the receivers
speaking against the change.
An Epidemic of Desertions*
Knoxville, March 3.—An epidemic
of abandonment of wives by husbands
has been reported to Police Matron
Wright in the last few days. A police
department statistician has kept tab and
reports six cases in two weeks. The six
women had children.