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, THE MORNING NEWS. i
DOLE SNUBBED BY WILLIS.
the president not invited to
THE MINISTER'S RECEPTION.
II \\ an Given in Honor of ibr Admiral
anil Other Offieera of the Crnarr
PhlWidelphlo—The President to At
tach No Importance to the
Incident and Denied Strained He
lallond With the Minister—Rortu
gneae Immigration. -
San Francisco, March 27.-Whe steamer
Australia arrived from Honolulu shortly
before 9 o’clock this morning. She left
Honolulu March 20.
President Dole, on March 18, declared
martial law to be at an end, and the
writ of habeas corpus restored.
I'nlted States Minister Willis gave a re
ception last week to Admiral Beardslee
and the officers of the Philadelphia, for
which a large number of invitations were
issued. President Dole and his wife were
not invited, and only two members of the
cabinet. This caused a sensation.
interviewing President Dole upon the
subject, he said; "I attach no importance
to the reception, which was a very infor
mal affair.”
To a question whether his relations with
Mr. Willis were strained, the president
replied; "Not at all; not in any way.”
It was further learned from the attor
ney general that Mrs. Willis gave the
invitations by telephone in a most in
formal way.
The stories published In San Francisco
to the effect that the government Is op
posed to annexation and has quarrelled
with the American League, which Is ur
gent for annexation, and that being afraid
of the league and Its leader, Tim Murray,
the government Is enlisting 300 men in
San Francisco to fight for it; and also
that W. O. Smith, the attorney general,
had a severe altercation with Tim Mur
ray on the subject of annexation, have
no foundation whatever. No one in Hon
olulu needs to be assured that the govern
ment has always been thoroughly and
heartily in favor of annexation, and con
tinues so. William Smith denies that the
government is enlisting men abroad or
has thought of doing so. It has no differ
ences whatever with the American
League. Mr. Smith did have sharp words
with Murray on Jan. 17 upon a totally
different subject.
The attorney general expressed much
t exation at the release of the schooner
H. C. Wahlberg three days before his
lawyer and witnesses reached the coast,
although they were sent for with the
knowledge of the United States officials.
He thinks the Wahlberg will be seized
again.
The ex-queen was observed yesterday
morning sitting at her window in the ex
ecutive building listening to the govern
ment band playing in front. She is as
comfortably situated as possible, aside
from her confinement to one part of the
building.
H. B. M. gunboat Nymph arrived here on
the 17th, from Santiago, Chile. She will
sail in a fortnight for Esquimault.
A battalion of marines and sailors from
the Philadelphia landed on the 12th for
shore drill, and will do so every Tuesday.
The German steamer Braunfels is due
about April 1, from the Azores, with 600
able-bodied Portuguese laborers and 300
women and children. This immigration
will steadily continue as the result of Min
ister Thurston’a visit to Lisbon.
Nine hundred Japanese immigrants ar
rived on the 14th, on the steamer Inde
pendent. Seven hundred were contract
laborers. It Is expected to supplant this
Japanese immigration by that of Portu
guese.
Nine native rebels were sentenced oft the
33th inst., to five years each. These were
the last eases before the military com
mission.
A large number of political prisoners
have been put to work on the roads In
Hawaii. Among them are the leaders,
Wilcox, Grelg, Widemann and Marshall.
The Englishman Rickard and Seward Ash
ford and Gulick will be kept in prison for
the present at least. Seward is said to
be quite ill.
The Honolulu Iron Works have been
awarded the contract for repairing the
engine of the Philadelphia.
The Honolulu advices per the steamer
Australia contain no reference whatever
to Minister Thurston’s recall.
THI RSTON VERY CURT.
Hi* Note to Secretary Gresham Con
tains No Explanations.
Washing-ton, March 27. —Mr. Thurston,
the Hawaiian minister at this point, left
Washington this afternoon for San Fran
cisco. He travels by a circuitous route
in order to give his personal attention
to a few private matters, and will reach
San Francisco April 3 in time to sail on
the following day.
Minister Thurston’s formal note
to Secretary Gresham announcing
his Intended depart lire from Wash
ington, which reached the secretary
'his morning, is understood to be brief
almost to the point of curtness. It con
tained no reference to a leave of absence
or cause of departure, but under yester
day's date simply stated that he intended
to depart for Honolulu this afternoon,
leaving Secretary Hastings In charge of
the Hawaiian legation. The note is said
hv those familiar with diplomatic com
munications of its class, to have been
remarkable for its omission of the cus
tomary courteous explanations and ab
solutely unique in failing to announce
"Aether his government had or had not
Slven him leave of absence.
CANADA’S CABINET.
A Rumor That Sir Charles Tapper
Has Resigned.
Ottawa, Ont., March 27.-The Citizen
this morning publishes the report that Sir
r harles H. Tupper has resigned from the
i’ominlon cabinet, but at the present
"ruing it is impossible to verify or con
ttadict it. According to tho published re
port, his resignation was due to his tak
'og the ground that the government, af
ter deciding in favor of a remedial order
in regard to the Manitoba school ques
,lon. should have at once appealed to
Jhe country on the issue, holding that
this was the correct constitutional course
’o follow.
The impression prevails that Sir Charles
ha* actually tendered his resignation, but
'hat his colleagues are withholding the
official announcement In the hope of per
• uauing him to recall It.
She Utettiiig iXrws.
NEW YORK’S ELECTION CASES.
The Men Indicted Granted 1 util To.
Morrow to Prepare Demurrers.
New 1 ork, March 27.—A1l the election
officers and voters, nlnteen in all. ar
rested during the past four days under in
dictments found by the extraordinary
grand jury, were called upon to plead
to-day in the court of oyer and ter
miner. Without exception they pleaded
not guilty, but several entered demur
rers and one moved for a transcript of
the testimony before the jury, which he
did not get.
Lawyer James Fitzgerald, who has
been retained by Thomas Gross and John
M. Grasser, then formally said in behalf
of his clients he demurred to the indict
ments pending against them and he de
sired until Friday to prepare the neces
sary papers, and requested the court to
grant that time before asking Gross and
Grasser to plead. His clients intended to
make a test case out of the indictments.
This Justice Ingraham granted, where
upon the counsellors of Alonzo King. Al
exander Andrews, James Whitman, Mich
ael Pertel, Thomas Lehman. John Ryan.
George Hartman and John Foley asked
the same privileges, which were granted.
The indicted men then hurried from the
court room, the pleading of the entiro
number not taking over five minutes.
None of the men would talk and no idea
of the various defenses which will be
Interposed could he gotten. Justice Ingra
ham then ordered the court adjourned un
til Friday morning.
M'KINLEY IN FLORIDA.
The Governor Tendered nn Informal
Iteeeptlon at .iHeksonvllle.
Jacksonville., Fla., March 27.—Gov. Wil
liam McKinley of Ohio and party arrived
in the city to-night and an informal re
ception was tendered him by the board of
trade at the St. James hotel. Two hundred
prominent citizens were present. Gov. Mc-
Kinley had consented to a formal recep
tion, but the programme was changed, it
is said, because of the governor’s illness.
He was advised last night by his physi
cian not to appear in public, but when
informed ol tho character and number of
the crowd, went down for 20 minutes. The
committee having charge of the arrange
ments kept the movements of the gov
ernor secret all of yesterday for the pur
pose of shutting out the negroes, who
when they learned the governor was to
be received sent him an Invitation for a
form* reception. No negroes were present
at the hotel and but few at the depot.
Gen. Osborne of Boston, who is with the
McKinley party, is said to have been es
pecially anxious to prevent the negroes
from participating in the reception to
Gov. McKinley, as he feared that the
presence of the colored brother would
render of no avail the attempt to build
up a white republican party in the south,
which is said to be the programme of
Gov. McKinley’s managers.
The reference to the statement that
Gov. McKinley said at Tbomasville, Ga.,
that he would decline to accept the repub
lican nomination for the presidency on a
free silver platform and would puit (he
party if such a platform were adopted,
the following is given out by one of tho
governor’s party:
"Gov. McKinley did say that he would
decline the nomination on a free silver
platform, but made no threat about quit
ting the party. The governor regards the
talk of the Republican party declaring
for free silver as absurd.”
SMALLPOX IX A HOSPITAL.
A \er o Who Wan Willi I In* Patient
Goes on io Baltimore.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 27.—The health
bureau placed the Homeopathic hospital
under quarantine this afternoon because
smallpox developed in a patient who was
there from Sunday until last night. The
disease is of a very malignant form and
the man is now in the pest house. The
hospital has been fumigated and all the
patients vaccinated. The man who has
the disease is Luther Robinson, colored,
of Cincinnati, who was taken from a
train here Sunday because he was so ill
that he could go no further. The colored
man who accompanied him proceeded to
Baltimore, and has no doubt contracted
the disease. Robinson was vaccinated in
Cincinnati about four weeks ago.
The Homeopathic hospital has been un
fortunate in this line. It having been
closed for two months during the last
visitation of the disease to this city.
TRIAL OF THE SHELTON'S.
A Continuance Until August on Ac
count of n Dcatli.
Scottsboro, Ala., March 27—When the
trial of the Skeltons for the murder of
Ross, the banker, was called on Mon
day, the Judge granted a continuance un
til August. The continuance was allowed
because of the funeral of Mrs. Kirby, a
sister of the Skeltons. It was Mrs. Kirby
who opened the letter from Ross to he"
sister, Annie Skelton, which led to the
discovery of Che relations which she been
maintaining with Ross. Mrs. Kirby died
at her home in Little Rock on Saturday,
and was buried at Scottsboro on Monday.
Two Farnen Commit Suicide.
Knoxville, TCnn., March 27. Samuel
and John Gibbs, brothers and farmers in
the interior of Green county, committed
suicide this morning by drowning in the
Nolachucky river. They had been in finan
cial straits for some time, and it is be
lieved this was the reason why they took
their lives.
THREE ATTEMPTS AT AHSOX.
Two Cntbolic Churches and a School
House Fired.
Washington, March 27.—Last week aft !
tempts were made on the same day to burn
St. Dominic's and St. Patrick's Catholic !
churches. To-day it was discovered that
an attempt had been made during the
night to burn St. Mary's school hall, ad
joining the church of that name.
The floor had been plentifully besprin
kled with coal oil and then fired by means
of a fuse, but only the space covered by
the oil was burned. Miss Mary Delaney
was arrested for the attempt to burn St.
Dominic's and St. Patrick's, and her
trial is now In progress. 1
SAVANNAH. GA., THURSDAY. MARCH 28. 18!)5.
HATCH’S EXILE TO COME HIGH.
TEXT OF THE BRITISH YLTIMATIM
TO KH’ARAGIA.
The Nicaraguan Authorities bald to
Have Trammeled llnslness With
Itnteli In Ilia Official I'apnclly as
Pro-Consul—Great llrltaln Satis
fied W ith Hia Conduct and XVIII In
sist on the Payment of the Indem
nity Demanded.
Washington, March 27.—The full text of
Great Britain's ultimatum to Nicaragua
Is made public to-night. It is dated Feb,
26, and Is addressed to Senor Dob Modesto
Barrios, and Is a document of 2,500 words.
Following is Us substance:
At the outset, Earl Kimberley says;
"Her majesty's government have care
fully considered the voluminous documents
inclosed in your note of the 22nd of No
vember last, which you have communi
cated to me in justification of the pro
ceedings of the Nicaraguan government in
regard to Mr. Hatch, British pro-consul,
and certain other British subjects who
were arrested in August last In the Mos
quito reserve, imprisoned and expelled
from Nicaragua, not only without any
form of trial, but without any communi
cation to them of the charges against
■them, so as to afford them an opportunity
of absolving themselves.
"Before proceeding to examine the state
ments made In those documents, l may
observe that, although Mr. Hatch was not,
strictly speaking, an officer In her ma
jesty’s consular service, it might have
been expected that the Nicaraguan au
thorities in the reserve who carried on a
correspondence with him and made use
of his service in a consular capacity when
ever, and so long as it suited their con
venience to do so. would as a matter of
ordinary courtesy, have communicated
with her majesty’s government before re
sorting to so extreme a measure as the
arrest of that gentleman.”
The grievances of the British subjects
concerned in the Blueflelds affair of last
July, are stated in detail ami the charges
against them by Nicaragua and the affi
davits and evidence in their behalf sum
marized.
Earl Kimberley then says: "With regard
to the conduct of Mr. Hatch, her majes
ty’s government are satlslied from the
reports of her majesty’s naval officers
that it was perfectly correct during the
time that he acted as British pro-consul.”
• ••••••
"I have only requested that you will,
without delay, Inform the Nicaraguan
government that her majesty’s govern
ment cannot admit that any adequate or
reliable evidence has been produced to
Justify the arbitratry and violent action
taken against the queen's subjects.
"They hold the Nicaraguan government
responsible for those proceedings and
they must require them to pay the sum
of fls,(iuo on account Qf their action in
arresting, Imprisoning and expelling those
British subjects; further, to cancel un
conditionally the decrees of exile issued
against*them; and to agree to the consti
tution of a commission to assess the
losses sustained by them In their property
or goods in the reserve owing to the ac
tion of the Nicaraguan authorities. Such
commission to be composed of a British
representative, a Nicaraguan representa
tive, and a jurist, not a citizen of any
American state, to be selected by agree
ment between the Nicaraguan govern
ment and the government of her majesty;
and falling such agreement, by the presi
dent of the Swiss Republic.
“The findings of the commission to be
by a majority, and the awards to be final,
and to be paid within three months of
the conclusion of their labors.”
A further penalty of £SOO Is assessed as
indemnity for offenses against British
subjects not Included In the foregoing.
The ultimatum concludes as follows:
In previous letters which I have address
ed to you I have explained that her maj
esty’s government are not prepared to
discuss any question with regard to the
treaty of Managua and the recent proceed
ings in the Mosquito reserve until this
matter of the arrest and imprisonment
of British subjects has been disposed of.
In order to avoid any misunderstanding
on the subject, I think it right to inform
you that to this determination her maj
esty’s government Intends to adhere; but
so soon as the demands which I have
made in my present note have been satis
fied, I shall be prepare!} to receive and
consider in a friendly spirit any repre
sentations on those questions which the
Nicaraguan government may desire to
make to her majesty’s government. I am,
sir, with highest consideration, your hum
ble and obedient servant. Kimberly.
ATLAXTA'S EXPOSITION.
A Cotton Seed Oil Mill and a Cold
Storage Plant to Be Put Up.
Atlanta. Ga., March 27.—Space was to
day assigned for a cotton seed oil mill
at the Cotton States and International
Exposition, which is to illustrate one of
the most Important Industries In the econ
omy of the cotton plant. It will be in
operation during the exposition.
Application was received to-day from
the builders of the cold storage plant
at the world’s fair to erect a similar
structure on the Cotton States and Inter
national Exposition grounds. Precautions
will be taken to secure thorough protec
tion against fire.
Col. W. H. Rose, district commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic, was in
Atlanta to-day, arranging for excursions
to run from Chicago to the national en
campment In Louisville, the grand re
union at the opening of Chlckamauga
Park, and to the Cotton States and Inter
national Exposition, thus including the
exposition in the Grand Army excur
garns. which will bring thousands of
old veterans from all over the country to
the south this fall.
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.
■■ -
A House Catches Fire at liglil unit
Five Children Perish.
Minot, N. D., March 27.—A most appall
ing accident, resulting In the death of
five persons, rfccurred during last night.
A fire caught from a kitchen stove pipe
In the Christian Christianson and
the whole house was In flames In three
minutes. Eleven persons, the father,
mother aifd nine children, were asleep
in the house. Christianson, his wife and
four children, who slept on the first
floor, escaped with difficulty. All of the
children upstairs, the oldest of whom
was 15. were .suffocated by smoke and
then burned to a crisp.
TWO PLAYERS IN A TRAGEDY.
An Actor Kills nn Actress anil Him
self In Her Apartment.
New York, March 27.—Murder and sui
cide were committed some time to-day In
the furnished room house No. 15 West
Twenty-fourth street. What led to the
tragedy may never be known, for nothing
was left to indicate any reason for the
mau acts. The perpetrator of them was
John Bigelow, an actor, and the scene of
the tragedy was the room of Miss Amy
Thill, his victim, who was an actress. It
appears that he killed the young woman
by firing three shots into her head, and
then shot himself In the head.
Miss Thill occupied a room In the house
with her two slaters, Alice and Marie,
and Bigelow was a frequent caller upon
them.
Shortly after 1 o'clock this morn
ing. Mrs. Martha Coleman. the
wife of the Janitor of the house,
heard four sharp reports, and thinking
a water pipe had burst, she summoned
her husband, and they examined the
pipes, but found no breaks.
it was Miss Thill's custom to rise about
noon, but she did not appeur, and during
the afternoon It was decided to break
open the door of her room. When this
was done a horrible sight was presented.
On the floor with his head near the foot
of the bedstead and his feet In the alcove
lay Bigelow. In his right temple was a
hole, from which the blood had ceased
flowing, while blood was spattered on the
wall. Clutched iti his right hand was a
revolver, with four of its five chambers
empty.
In the alcove lay the body of Miss Thill.
Her head was near the door, while her
Ifeet were under the washstand. She
was partly clothed. In one hand was a
towel; nearby stood a basin wilh water.
Her face was covered with blood. There
was one bullet hole under her left eye,
another In her left cheek, and a third in
tho left side of her head. She had evi
dently been washing, and had been shot
while stunding with her left side toward
her slayer. On one of the bureaus In the
room lay two letters In the woman's
handwriting—one addressed “S. S.
Karseh, the Standard, 155 Broadway,”
and the other. “Mme. Thills, 812 Mill
street. Minneapolis, Minn." The second
letter, it is believed, was for the dead
woman's mother. Her family are said
to be well-to-do.
The coroner, after being duly notified by
the police, viewed the bodies and gave a
permit for their removal to an undertak
ing establishment. Meanwhile, tho two
sisters of the dead woman. Misses Alice
and Marie, at present with a theatrical
company in Eric, Pa., were notified.
It was learned to-night that Bigelow
was the son of J. Bigelow, a retired law
yer and ex-mayor of Morristown, N. J.,
and that he had claimed to have wealthy
relative* in Brooklyn and in the south. It
was said that Bigelow had beejt very
gloomy since he lost his position last
Christmas, and had been drinking heav
ily. • •
A CINCINNATI BANK FAILS.
The Collapse Attributed in Hud
Mn nageincnt.
Cincinnati, 0., March 27.—The Commer
cial Bank, located at 132 Main street, as
signed this afternoon to W. H. Campbell,
Its cashier. The decision to go out of
business was reported but 'half an hour
before assignment. The bank was com
pelled to make good $50,000 worth of bad
paper yesterday. When the bank sent its
paper to the clearing house this after
noon the directors of the association,
on motion of Cashier Guthrie of the Na
tional Lafayette Bank, suspended pay
ment on the paper and ordered an inves
tigation of the bank's condition. This
move proved fatal and precipitated the
failure, which had been impending for
sofhe time. The directors of the bank
were hastily called together and the at
torneys were ordered to draw up the deed
of assignment, which was filed a few
minutes later.
President Foote says that the bank will
be able to pay dollar for dollar. The
bank is the oldest in the city. It was
organized in 1831. Charles B. Foote is
president. The bank has a paid up cap
ital stock of $328,000, and a surplus of $40,-
000. Its average deposits were $400,000.
The stock was divided into shares of SSO
each, and very little ‘trading was done
in it.
When the first rush was made to the
bank it was closed and the iron doors
were locked tight. The rumor soon gained
circulation and a crowd of anxious deiposl
ors congregated in front of the door.
The Commercial Bank was at ono time
the main bank for the steamboats, and
the Pendletons and Thomas Sherlock
were heavily Interested. Tbo opinion on
Third street Is that the crash came about
through bad management.
Swing & Morse, the attorneys for the
b.-ink, and Robert Clarice & Cos. are among
the heaviest depositors.
The bank has been rediscounting its own
paper for two weeks, showing conclusive
ly that failure was Inevitable.
. SUGAR TRUST CASES.
H. O. Hnvenieyer Anxious lo Have
II In Tried Before April 15.
Washington, March 27. ln criminal
court No. 2 this morning Nathaniel Wil
son, attorney for H. O. Havemeyer and
John A. Searles, made a motion to ad
vance for trial the cases against them
for refusing to answer certain questions
asked by the senatorial sugar trust in
vestigating committee. Mr. Wilson said
It was imperative to Mr. Havemeyer's busi
ness interests that hiß trial should take
place before April 16. District Attorney
Birney could not promise to set a date
before that time, but Judge Cole said
he would give Mr Birney a week in
which to fix a specified date. Mr. Birney
announced his intentions of trying the
cases against the sugar trust officials,
stock brokers and newspaper men con
secutively, no trials of other cases inter
vening between the first and the last of
these.
Drnsufil In Trying to Desert.
Brunswick, Ga., March 27.—John Davis,
a sailor on board the bark Jacob A. Stam
ler, met a tragic death to-day, The story
as brought to town goes that Davis had
secured advance money from the Btamler,
which was being towed to sea preparatory
to sailing for New York. When the vessel
got under head-way In Bt. Btmons Bound,
he concluded to desert it and jumped over
board. striking out for land. His strength
gave way before shore was reached or aid
could get to him and he went down with
cries for help.
A BIG SUIT AGAINST BACON.
MAJ. HANSON XX'ANT* HIM TO MAKE
GOOD A LOS* OF $14,4.32.
The Major Asserts That the Srnntor
Inilttecil Him to Go on McTlglte A
Company’s It I hr Gonrunteelng
Him Against Loss— XX lien the l.oss
(tame the Senator Declined to
Make the Amount Good—The Peti
tion Filed at Macon.
Maeon, Ga„ March 27.—Maj. J. F. Han
■on. who Is one of the most prominent
men in the state, has filed a petition In
Bibb superior eourt to recover $14.438 89
from United Slates Benator A. O. Bacon.
There is a long and sensational story
back of the suit, and the Macon public
has been expecting some such proceeding
for several years, as Maj. Hanson has
freely expressed to his friends his opin
ion of Maj. Bacon In regard to the mat
ter.
The petitioner alleges that on April 8,
1891, he was approached by A. O. Bacon
(who had been selected to approach peti
tioner because of known relations of
friendship existing between them) and by
him requested to sign as surety a certain
bond of J. S. McTighe A Cos., required by
the United States court, for $160,090. A
copy of the bond la attached. Petitioner
declined to sign the bond, but at that time
and afterwards the said Bacon importuned
petitioner, representing that the signing
of the bond by the petitioner was a mere
matter of form and involving no risk. The
said Bacon further assured the petitioner
personally that he would see to it that the
petitioner would never have to pay a
nickel. Although the petitioner was dis
inclined to sign the said bond, he finally
did so after repeated Insistence and as
surance against loss made by the said Ba
con.
The petitioner turther shows that after
signing the bond he dismissed the matter
from his mind, relying on the promises
of the said Bacon to protect him as sure
ty, until he was suddenly confronted with
the fact that a decree had been entered
against McTighe & Cos.; and their suretlea,
and as one of the sureties the petitioner
was bound to pay the same. The peti
tioner shows that he did everything tn
his power to induce the said Bacon to
protect him as he had promised to do,
but Bacon refused to do so, and the peti
tioner was compelled to pay out $13.6£5.
The petitioner shows that these payments
were demanded during a time of great
financial disasters, and he had difficulty
In meeting the same, even going to the
extent of trying to sell his private resi
dence, all of which was known to the said
Bacon. The petitioner afterward paid out
as costs and attomeya’a fees $808.89. The
petitioner shows that these sums were
paid out by him because he signed the
said bond at the Instance of tbs said Ba
con, wherefore he says that the said Ra
con Is Indebted to him In the sum of
$14,433.89, with interest at 7 per cent. The
petitioner asks that the defendant be
made to show cause on the 15th day of
April before the superior court of Bibb
county.
M'AUISTER'I TRIAL.
The Stories of Ihe Witnesses Prove
Conflicting.
Fort Gaines, Ga., March 27.—The case
of the state vs. McAllister for the murder
of Judson Hyatt came up to-day. At 3
o'clock the twelfth Juror was secured
and the full panel sworn in. Judge Guer
ry opened for the state In a brief hut re
markably forcible presentation of the
case.
A. H. Mathews, a drummer who was at
the Cook house and with Hyatt the night
he was killed, was the leading witness
for the state. The testimony of the other
witnesses was corroborative of the con
duction of the prosecution that the killing
was a wanton act and not in self defense.
The evidence was strong against the
claim that the pistol found on the floor was
Hyatt's. Only ono witness thought the
pistol identified as Hyatt’s was found on
the floor.
Mrs. Hyatt swore she packed her hus
bund's grip and put his pistol in and he
was unaware of it, and that it was the
first time he had carried one with him
for three years. When she was shown
the bullet pierced vest her grief overcame
her and a wail of anguish broke from her
lips that moved men to tears. The scene
in the court at that moment will never
be forgotten.
The state rested at 11:30 o’clock and court
took a recess until 1:30 o’clock.
On reconvening the counsel for the
state, with the consent of the counsel for
defendant, recalled Mr. Mathews, who
had a diagram of the room in which Hy
att was killed, and explained it to the
jury.
Col. Hammond opened the case for the
defense in a short speech to the jury, in
which he cautioned them to look on both
sides of a case If they wished to reach a
fair and Just conclusion.
Bob McAllister was the first and most
important witntss for the defendant. He
swore lhat when he entered the room
where Hyatt was shot, Hyatt was on his
feet with a pistol in his hand, but stag
gering, and fell in a moment to the floor.
His evidence was the only direct evidence
outside of the defendant's own statement
that sustains his claim of self defense.
Other witnesses for the defense testi
fied to seeing Hyatt on the floor with the
pistol on the floor near him, and to
hearing McAllister say he did It In self
defense.
The defense sought to show also that Mc-
Allister was sober on the night of the
killing.
McAllister was permitted to make a
statement in which he claimed that Hyatt
attempted to pull a pistol and he shot
him to save himself. After the defendant
had concluded bis statement, the defense
rested.
The state announced that they desired
to present witnesses in rebuttal, but could
not produce them before morning, and
court adjourned until 8 o'clock to-morrow
morning
Opinions vary as to the result of the
trial.
Three Killed hj u Holler.
Atlanta, Ua., March 27.—A boiler ex
ploded at Langston's saw mill In Ja-’k
son county this afternoon and Instantly
killed John Langston and Ed Goode, both
white, and Molly Grant, the colored cook.
No one else was hurt.
CAROLINA'S FIGHTING CLANS.
Proceedings of the Pear* nnd tally
Convention.
Columbia. 8. C., March 27.—The Peace
and Unity convention, called for the pur
pose of harmonising the differences of
the white people of the state and bring
ing the factions together In the Blatter of
choosing delegates to the constitutional
convention, thus preserving white su
premacy, was held In this city to-day.
Nearly every county was represented.
It was. perhaps, the most representa
tive body of men that ever gathered In the
state. Lieut. Gov. Timmerman presided,
making a most patriotic speech at the out
set. The proceedings of the convention,
despite the fact that there were men In
the hull representing every faction of
the white people, men who had been using
the harshest language toward earh other
for the last five years—ever since Till
man began his upheaval, were charac
terized by the utmost good feeling. It
was, Indeed, a moat remarkable conven
tion.
The action of the convention, which Is
most satisfactory to ull parties, is em
braced In the following:
Wo cordially welcome other aid and In
vite the co-operation of all who favor a
combination of the wisdom and patriot
ism of the state, regardless of factions, in
the task of reconstructing our organic
law. In common with aJI patriotic people
of the state, we lament that the Demo
cratic party of the state, so long united
and Invincible, has been torn asunder by
strife and Its unity endangered by the
bitterness of factional spirit. The causes
which haie lead to these unhappy results
need not now be considered and should
not now be discussed. In view of the com
ing constitutional convention. In order that
the honor of the state may be preserved,
and the welfare of the people protected
and promoted. It 1* of vital Importance
that factional lines be Ignored, If not oblit
erated. In tho selection of delegntes lo
the convention. Thus and thus only can
the new constitution become the bond and
seal of union among the people of South
Carolina, therefore we recommend:
1. That In the election of delegates to
the constitutional convention only men
of prudence and patriotism be chosen;
and that they be divided equally between
the factions as heretofore existing as far
as practicable; when equal division Is
!mposalhsa that wuch fair division be
made aa will beet subserve the great
purpose of securing whits unity and a
non-partisan constitution.
2. That we are unalterably and Irrevoca
bly pledge.! to the supremacy of Anglo-
Saxon civilization in every part and de
partment of our government, to be se
cured by fair and constitutional methods.
But this can only be accomplished by the
unity of our people.
S. VVe> have unbounded faith In the peo
ple and confidently trust them to select
delegates to the constitutional conven
tion to represent their opinions with an
eye single to their fitness for the great
work that will confront them. With a
convention so chosen, the people will be
satisfied with tho constitution It will
adopt.
4. To put the object# of this conference
Into practical effect and to promote tho
accomplishment thereof, we recommend
the appointment of a state working com
mittee to be composed of two from each
(county—one from each faction—whose
duty It shall be forthwith to prepare and
promulgate a plan of organisation df all
democrats In the state who are lh sym
pathy with the objects and purposes here
in declared, and that this committee work
In conjunction with all other committees
having the same objects In view, being
always subordinate to the state demo
cratic executive committee. Respect
fully submitted, J. Townes Robertson.
A SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT.
Tlie I’ontrsrt for Her UoaalrDellon
dual Awarded.
Washington, March 27.—Secretary Her
bert has decided to Increase our navy
by tho addition of a submarine torpedo
boat. Proposals for this vessel were in
vited in May, 1893, since which time the
department has made a thorough Inves
tigation of this type of vessel. The con
tract for the craft was awarded yester
day to the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat
Company of New York. The contract
calls for a vessel eighty feet In length,
diameter of eleven feet, and displacement
when submerged of 138V4 tons. The vessel
is to be constructed of steel of domestlo
manufacture and fitted with engines,
boilers and machinery of domestic make,
and is to have a speed of fifteen knots
in light condition, fourteen knots awash
(partly submerged) and eight knots sub
merged,.
This will be the ftrst vessel of this kind
ever contracted for. The French have
made efforts In this direction, but have
not yet succeeded In building an efficient
submarine boat.
BA HEX'S DEATH.
The Coroner's Jary Declares Itself
Unable to Flare tlie Blame.
Washington. March 27.—The Inquest
over the body of George Bahen of Rich
mond, Va„ the Georgetown University
student who died yesterday from injuries
received on Thanksgiving day im the
game between the teams of the university
and the Columbia Athletic Club, was held
this afternoon. Several members of both
teams testified that thfcy did not know
who hurt Bahen, and the Columbia men
disclaimed that the injuries Bahen re
ceived were given intentionally.
Leete of the Columbia's, whom Bahen
tackled In the scrimmage in which he
was hurt, said he thought that Bahen
was injured by one of the Georgetown
players. Other witnesses testified that they
had heard of a rumor that Columbia in
tended to “do up" Georgetown, but put no
faith in it, and some of the Georgetown
players disclaimed any Intention of in
flicting bodily injury on their opponents.
The Jury rendered a verdict that "we are
unable to tell who is to blame."
Angiiala's Carnival Association.
Augusta, Ga., March 27.—The Augusta
Carnival Association had a meeting for
reorganization to-night and good men are
behind the movement. Augusta gave
three exqpllent carnivals which attracted
tremendous crowds, and the merchants
are realizing the mistake they made In
allowing the organization to disband.
I DAILY. $lO A YEAR. 1
■J S CENTS A COPT. V
♦ WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK $1 A TEAR f
BLACKS FLEE FROM BULLETS.
A Frsil.ADK FIRED TO FRIGHTEN
THEM AAA AY FROM BATH, S. C.
They Had Rem Taken There to XX ork
on Ihe Cotton Factory to Re Erect
ed at That Point—XX hlte Men Liv
ing In the Vicinity Anxious to Do
the XX ork and Hesert to the Fire
arm Argsairnt.
Augusta. Ga.. March 17.- Rnmors of
trouble between whites and blacks at
Bath, 8. C., reached here to-day of a
very sensational character, In which It
was reported that several parsons wero
killed and a number wounded.
Tho fact show unwarrantable action on
the part of the white men at Bath, but no
bloodshed.
Contractor Bounds, who is to build tha
new cotton mill at Rath, which la flvo
miles from Augusta, hired a number of
negro workmen In thin city and sent
them over there yesterday to be ready fo*
work early this morning.
It seems that there am a hundred or **
white men In the vicinity of Bath wh*
want to do the work of building the mill.
Last night as the Augueta negreea were
chatting around a camp fire, a squad of
white men ordered them away and flr*4
a funllade of shots over their heads an 4
all around them to terrorise them.
Tha negroes scattered like sheep. sn4
eonie of them came hack to Augusta with
stories of a,race war. If anybody wag
really shot the victim has not jrat mate
rialised.
RAGGED A* BLACKMAILER!. i
A Men anil XXomnn XX noted In Texag
Arrested nl Colnmbus.
Columbus, Ga., March 27.—A sansatlon
was created here this morning by thg
arrest of Mr. E. E. Williams, and Ms
mother-ln-luw, Mrs. Stewart, by Sheriff)
Haiper of Pilot Point, Tex., on a chargts
of robbery and forgery. The officer tells ■
racy story of the alleged misdoings of thg
pair, who, It Is claimed, forced Henry)
Bela, a wealthy citizen of Pilot Point, to
sign a check for S4OO at the point of m
pistol. Williams claims the check transac
tion was all right.
The woman, it is alleged, trumped up
certain charges against prominent men
In that place and demanded money from
them under the threat at exposing them
to the community if they refused to pay
■her. Williams, the son-in-law, worked, It
is claimed, Inconjunction, displaying a
pistol on some occasions to enforoe the
demands. They secured several hundred
dollars in this way, when one of the in
tended victims kicked and refused to Sub
mit to the extortion. Officers ware put
after tha couple, Who were subsequently
indicted, but succeeded before the war
rant was iasued in escaping and made
their way to Columbus, despite heavy re
wards offered for their capture. Their
presence here was accidentally learned
last week and Deputy Sheriff Harper of
Pilot Point arrived to-day with a requi
sition, secured the parties and left on the
night train with them for Texas.
A MERCHANT HARD UP.
M. Joseph of Coluniban Sella Hid
XI ore and Gives Mortgage*.
Columbus, Ga.. March 27.—A great flurry
was created In business circles this af
ternoon over a crisis in the financial af
fairs of M. Joseph, a large wholesale
dry goods and notion merchant. His store
on Broad street, was sold to George W*
Woodruff for $13,700, and mortgages were
filed amounting to $30,000 or more, tha
principal ones are as follows: To tha
Fourth National Bank, $0.000; I. Joseph,
$4,500; Swift Manufacturing Company, $4,
200; Dan Joseph, $2,000; Mrs. B. Sternberg,
$1,000; Richard Howard, $4,100. The others
are for small sums. Poor collections amt
dull trado Is the cause.
M. Joseph >• his assets are greatly ini
excess of liabilities, and he can demon
strate his ability to satisfactorily adjust
his troubles. He has been successful fop
years, having been established forty years
and this Is the first time he has been
embarrassed during his career. Thera IS
general hope In this community, where
he is highly esteemd, that he will pull
through.
NO HUSNO-GU.lt MAX HITCH.
The Change In Ambassadors Has
Unused Xo Coolness.
Berlin, March 27.—The Post makes m
denial upon semi-official authority of the
report that a coolness has sprung uj
between the Berlin and St. Petersburg
governments in consequence of the nom
ination of Prince von Radolln to succeed
Gen. von Werder as German ambassador
to Russia.
Upon the same authority the Post also
denies the rumor that the czar has aban
doned his contemplated trip to Berlin in
May. The fact Is, the paper- says, that
the esur never had any idea of making
such a trip.
SEW ORLEANS MADE HIM NAUGHTY
An Exemplary Sinn Tarns Rone and
Forger and Flees.
New Orleans. March, 27.—John N.
Blesell, confidential clerk to W. H., Mas
ters, commissioner of bureau of freight
and transportation in this city,,has fled
to Mexico after forging checks amounting
to $1,500 or $2,000, which he spent on wo
men in concert halls. Bissell came here
from Galveston two years ago, and was a
man of exemplary habits until he came to
New Orleans. He has a wife and two
children. His wife has gone to her fa
ther’s heuse in Galveston.
MRS. KENNAN OX THE ROSTRUM.
She Lectures on Her Personal Ex
periences la Russia.
Washington. March 27.—Mrs. Emelina
Rathbon Weld Kennan, wife of George
Kennan, the well known Siberian trav
eler, delivered an interesting reading this
evening under the auspices of the Wash
ington Wellesley Association, descriptive
of her personal experiences In Russia.
Mrs. Kennan was well received. She wore
the holiday dress of a Russian peasant and
a steaming samovar was conspicuous
among the stage settings.