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J J. H. ESTILL. President. J
GERMANY’S POLITICAL GOSSIP.
OVERTHROW OK HOHEXLOHE AM)
KOELLER EXPECTED.
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V nldersee Believed to Be tlie ( onl
ine Chancellor—The Sew Prime
Minister of Austria a Disagreeable
Surprise to the Kaiser—llnsHia's
Sew Ambassador nt Vienna Strong
In His Support of the Russo-French
Entente.
Berlin, May 26.—The return of the em
peror to Potsdam on Friday from his sea
son of deer stalking: at Proekelwitz caused
the revival of last week's rumors that a
cabinet crisis was imminent. It was un
derstood, of epurse, that whatever minis
terial changes might be impending noth
ing could be done while the emperor was
away, hut since his return reports are
rife that Chancellor von Hohenlohe and
Herr von Koeller, Prussian minister of
the interior, will soon be displaced, Count
von Waldersee becoming chancellor. With
these changes it Is reported that the gov
ernment will inaugurate anew programme
involving a sharp repression of public
liberty and a reaction against universal
suffrage. These however, arise
solely from the general expectation that
something is about to happen and the re
tirements and appointments indicated
seem to be the most likely of any move
ment that the kaiser would embark in as
a measure of reprisal for the defeat of
the anti-revolutjon bill.
The Vorwaerts, socialist, positively af
firms that Herr von Koeller’s retirement
has been definitely decided upon, but
within the official circle all these rumors
are declared to be at least premature,
and probably! erroneous. The hunting trip
of the emperor did not prevent him from
dealing personally with public affairs, as
it is known that he was constantly in
friendly communication with Chancellor
von Hohenlohe, an& this fact impels the
latters' entourage to ridicule the stories
of his impending downfall. The reports in
regard to Herr von Koeller, however, are
based upon different grounds from those
forming the basis of Prince Ilohenlohe's
case, and it is the general opinion in well
Informed circles that Herr von Koeller
will not meet the Reichstag at the open
ing of the autumn session In the capacity
of minister of the interior. Foreign af
fairs, and especially diplomatic changes
in tho embassy at Vienna, have particu
larly engaged the attention of the kaiser
during the absence of Count von Eulen
burg, the German ambassador to Aus
tria, who was summoned from Vienna to
Porekelwitz, where he remained three
days in consultation with the kaiser. It
is understood that the emperor
was disagreeably surprised at the
appointment of Count Koluchowski as
Austrian prime minister and so expressed
himself, and it is also understood that
the assurances of Emperor Francis Joseph
that the retirement of Count Kalnoky
would not cause any alteration in the re
lations of the parties to the Dreibund,
has not had the effect to remove the offi
cial regret that Count Koluchowski was
named Count Kalnoky's successor. An
other new figure has made an appearance
in the field of diplomacy in the person of
Count Peter Kapnist, the successor of
Prince Lobanoff-Rostowski as Russian am
bassador to Vienna, who presented his
credentials to Emperor Francis Joseph
on Friday. Count Kapnist served eight
years as secretary of the Russian embassy
in Paris, while Count Koluchowski was
there, and during that time the two be
longed to the same social clique in the
French capital. Count Kapnist married
the German Countess Steinboeh-Fermoor,
but this alliance did not make him any
more pro-German, as he was and still is
a well-known supporter of the Russo-
French entente. Count von Kulenburg
will return to Vienna without delay, and
It is said he is under instructions to watch
the developments arising from the recent
diplomatic changes.
The . . .
7 emperor’s ba*? of game at Porekel-
Jtz included 18 roebucks. During two of
t. e days of his stay there was a continu
ous downpour of rain, , but the emperor,
nevertheless, pursued the chase. When he
"as not shooting, he was driving a team
of five white Russian horses, three wheel
ers abreast and two leaders abreast. He
spent last Sunday with Count Dohna-Mali
nntz, and with him went to church to the
Alstahdt. The empress during hts majes
ty s absence was seen in Berlin, where
ehe engaged In shopping and visiting. She
does not appear to be in her usual health
and after the opening of the Baltic-North
sea canal she is going with her children to
some bathing place on the Baltic, the kal
f'T in the meantime going on a yachting
trip in Swedish waters.
< 'n the adjournment of the Reichstag the
Berlin officers begin their holidays. Dr.
Bosse, minister of ecclesiastical affairs, in
struction and medical affairs, has al
ivady gone to Carlsbad, and Baron Ham
t tersteln, minister of agriculture, has gone
to Hamburg. The greater part of the minis
in S ’ h<>wever . "Hi be required to attend
till the Kiel functions aro over.
The report of the engineers on the con
-I’ion of the new canal was presented to
me emperor yesterday. It is understood
to guarantee the fitness of the canal to
permit the passage of the naval proces
i°n in accordance with the programme.
I is proposed that Prince Henry of Prus-
Ela ’ on board the yacht Hohenzoilern, ac
companied by the dispatch boat Grille,
II go through the canal on June 3 and
carefully examine its banks, especially
near the Gruenthal, where active opera
tions are in progress with a view of deep
fming. widening and strengthening the
canal to guard against further landslides.
he members of the canal commission ex
press confidence that the opening of the
be a complete success.
- he plan of the kaiser marquee at 801/’hau
/’hau has been recast and a great hall
in which a grand festival will be held is in
course of erection on the Kiel side of the
canal. The original idea was the con-
S'ruction of a large tent after the model
or the old warship Nlobe. The kaiser de
'med the marqueeton the model of a ship
cf the seventeenth century and entrusted
Berr Gruber, the Berlin architect to car-
Ty out the work upon the lines which the
emperor laid down. It will measure 420
teet in length by 130 feet In width. The
oming saloon will be 310 feet long and 65
an <l the marquee will be lighted
• h el fctrieity throughout. A feature of
ne night will be a torchlight procession
ihrough the streets of Kiel, in which 12,000
"HI take part, i
Kx-PremlerStamboulofT of Bulgaria was
J'l-ected to come to Berlin to consult Ger
-11 hbyslcians In regard to his afflic
fP)£ JUirfning
tions, which include kidney disease or dia
betes, before taking a course of the wat
ers at Carlsbad. A telegram received from
Sofia to-day says that although the ex
premier's treatment is a matter of life
or death the government refused to permit
him to leave the country. He Is kept a
prisoner in his own house, which is guard
ed by gendarmes. The German and other
European representatives have again per
sonally interceded with the government in
his behalf, but without success.
The Due de Aumaio and his mother.
Princess Clemantlne of Saxe-Coburg, left
Munich at the same time and Joined him
at Chantilly. M. StamboulofT writes to
his personal friends in Berlin and Vienna
that his life is in danger and that If ha
does not die from the diease from which
he Is suffering he will be. murdered. It
seems that long confinement and illness
have caused his mind to become morbid.
His friends do not believe in the exist
ence of a plot to kill him. but at tha
same time they denounce the harshness
of his treatment.
Herr Schippel, a socialist member of
tlie Reichstag, undertook to address a so
cialist meeting in Berlin on Friday on the
subject of bimetallism, of w hich he is in
favor, when the police appeared and de
manded that the ladies, of whom there
were a number present, should withdraw.
The grounds taken by the police were that
the gathering was a political reunion of
doubtful character. Herr Schippel and
others protested against the action of the
police, whereupon the latter summarily
dissolved the meeting. The crowd hissed
the police and a number of them were ar
rested. The affair has caused general In
dignation.
The Lokal Anzelger publishes a dis
patch from Cracow which says the cholera
has broken out in Volhynta and extensive
measures have been taken to prevent the
disease from crossing the frontier.
Prince Max of Saxony, nephew of the
King of Saxony, is about to be conse
crated a dean at Eichstadt, Bavaria. The
prince is of an intensely religious turn of
mind.
Lieut, von Skruzbenbi who mysteriously
vanished from his regiment at Metz in 1894,
has been discovered traveling under an as
sumed name as an actor attached to a mi
gratory troupe in Silesia. He was ar
rested on the stage as a deserter.
It Is announced that the list of yachts de
siring to pass through the Baltic canal will
be closed on June 6.
The renewed demand on the part of the
British board of agriculture for the re
moval of the German restrictions upon the
importation of live stock, has met with an
unfavorable response. The German ex
perts who were sent to England report that
the foot and mouth disease which pervail
ed there has not been entirely suppressed.
Lieut. Kessel, w’ho became notable
through his arrest In Paris early this year,
as a suspected spy, has now been convicted
by a court martial in Carlsruhe of embez
zlement and has been sentenced to three
years imprisonment.
The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia will at
tend the opening of the Baltic canal as an
expression of the czar’s thanks to Ger
many for her co-operation with Russia in
the Joint protest against Japan's retention
of Chinese mainland territory.
IIKLPKD HIIISEI.F TO FUNDS.
Tlie Cashier of an Albany Bank
Forced to Resign.
Albany, N. Y., May 26.—The announce
ment of the resignation of Edward A.
Griffin as cashier of the Park Bank was
made on Thursday last. This action was
explained somewhat when the state su
perintendent of banks, Charles M. Pres
ton, gave out to-day the following state
ment: “A regular examination of the
Park Bank of Albany was commenced on
May 16, 1895, and continued for several
days and resulted in the confession of
the cashier, Edward A. Griffin, to the ab
straction of a portion of the bank's funds,
which sum was immediately made good
by the stockholders of the bank, and the
resignation of the cashier was promptly
accepted.
“No apprehension need be felt concern
ing the entire soundness and stability of
the institution, qs its affairs were never
In a better condition than they are to
day, which fact is evidenced by the report
of the examiner, which was completed
yesterday.”
The directors and president of the bank
refused to speak to-night and no infor
mation can be obtained from those who
are in a position to know.
CARLISLE TURNS THE TIDE.
His Arguments Have Taken a Firm
Hold on Kentuckians.
Louisville, Ky., May 26.—The democratic
state leaders of Kentucky, headed by John
D. Carroll, chairman of the democratic
state executive committee, have invited W.
H. Harvey, author of “Coin's Financial
School," to come to Kentucky and make
a speech advocating the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. The object of this is to
counteract the effect of Secretary Car
lisle’s arguments from a sound money
standpoint, which have already set up a
counter tide to the stiver movement which
has taken a firm hold on the people.
JOHN’ A. MORRIS DEAD.
The Millionaire Lottery King and
Horse Fancier Passes Away.
New Orleans, La., May 26.—John A. Mor
ris, the millionaire capitalist, lottery man
and horse fancier, died this evening at
6:10 o’clock at his ranch, fourteen miles
from Kerrville, Tex., seventy miles west
of San Antonio. Mr. Morris never recov
ered consciousness and his case from the
first was considered hopeless. He died
from apoplexy, not a stroke of paralysis,
as stated in last night's dispatches. Mrs.
Morris passed through here this morning
on her way to her husband's bedside.
A BANK GOES OCT OF BUSINESS.
The Fifth National of San Antonio to
Liquidate.
San Antonio. Tex., May 26.—The Fifth
National Bank of this city went into vol
untary liquidation yesterday. Arrange
ments have been made with the Almo Na
tional Bank to pay all depositors, and Pres
ident George Dullnig of the Fifth National
says all depositors will receive their money
in full. He says the bank has not been mak
ing money for some time past aoid the
present action of the directors in closing
the bank is purely voluntarily.
Burial of Col. Jlobbs.
Athens, Ga., May 26. —Col. 8. C. Dobbs
was buried this afternoon. Dr. W. H.
Young, pastor of the First Baptist church,
and the Rev. H. R. Bernard, preached the
sermon at the grave. The Masons con
ducted their ritgs led by Grand Master
John P. Shannon of Eiberton.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, MAY 27. 1H!)5.
CONFEDERATE DAY AT CHICAGO
OFFICERS OF ROTH ARMIES TO
MEET AS FRIENDS.
It Is Expected to Be the Most Distin
guished Assemblage of Veterans
Ever Occurring in the West—Sec
tionalism in Be X nknovrn—Flfwcrs
Already l’onrlng in From Every
Section of the South.
Chicago, May 26—The dedication of the
cqpfederate monument at Oakwoods cem
etery on the morning of May 30 will bring
to Chicago the most distinguished
semblage of officers of both the Fnion
and Confederate armies that has ever
been together in the west. The citizens
of Chicago have made ample arrange
ments for their entertainment, one of the
features of which will be a reception and
reunion which will go a long way in more
firmly cementing the fraternal bonds of
the north and the south. In the, reunion
there will be no north, no south, but a pure
American sentiment and patriotism un
der the stars and stripes. There is to be
no display of confederate colors. A igi
while the citizens of Chicago are nobly
doing there share In this great event the
people of the south are giving a helping
hand. Already a carload of flowers,
trees, plants, mosses and magnolias for
decorating purposes has been started from
Savannah, Ga., and is on its way to
Chicago. Cars of floral offerings from At
lanta and Charleston are also coming.
Shipments will be made from Pensacola
and Mobile to-morrow by express and to
morrow a carload will be attached to the
regular express leaving New Orleans.
With all of these flowers
there will be enough to al
most cover Oakwoods from one
end to the other. The Chicago Veteran
Association, an otMaulzatlon of union vet
erans, will place a cross eight feet in
hight on the monument.
All of the gueots arriving direct from
Washington will come in special cars and
a special train will also come from the
south. Rooms have been reserved for the
entire party at the Pajmer house, the
guests (J the owners. There will be a card
reception in the parlors and club room of
the Palmer house from 5 to 8 p. m., Wed
nesday, May 29, at which the general
citizens committee will call upon the dis
tinguished guests and the mayor of the
city will extend a welcome, which is to bo
responded to by Gen. John B. Gordon, tho
commander of the southern veterans.
At 9 o’clock the renowned generals will
be taken to Kingsley’s, there to partici
pate In a banquet.
On Thursday, May 30, a<t 8 a. m., a na
tional salute will be given on the lake
front. The distinguished guests will take
carriages at 8:30 a. m. at the Palmer house,
and under escort of the Chicago City
Troop, Capt. Funkhauser commanding,
will pass down Michigan avenue to the
Grand Central station of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad, where they will take a spec
ial train for Oakwoods.
As the generals pass along Michigan
avenue a national salute of forty-six guns
will be fired by Battery D, I. N. G., Capd.
Russell, commanding.
On the arrival of the special train at
the Sixty-seventh street station.the party
will take carriages, and, under escort of
the Black Hussars, Capt. Qulncrlf com
manding, will be driven to the monument
site at Oakwoods cemetery, where they
will occupy an elevated and commodious
stand, in front of which there will be
seats to accommodate several thousand
people. The space necessary for the cere
monies will be roped off and access to the
stand and seats will be by card invita
tion.
The features of the dedicatory pro
gramme at Oakwoods at 10 a. m. are as
follows:
Selection by military band.
Prayer by Col. Joseph Desha Pickett,
chaplain of the Kentucky "Orphans”
Brigade.
Introductory remarks by Gen. John C.
Underwood.
Address by Rev. H. W. Bolton, D. D.
Anthem by Imperial Arion Octet.
Dedicatory oration by Lieut. Gen. Wade
Hampton of South Carolina.
Te Deum, by the Imperial Arion Octet.
Memorial poem by Maj. Henry T. Stanton
of Kentucky.
Address by Rt. Rev. Samuel Fellows,
LL. D.
Consecration of the guns.
Placing the floral decorations.
Requiem by Imperial Arion Octet.
Military honors—Firing three volleys
over the dead by the First regiment ot
infantry, Illinois National Guards; bugle
blare and taps.
Decorating graves of union soldiers by
Ex-Confederate Association.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies the
guests of honor will take carriages and
be driven to the city through Washington
park, Drexel boulevard and Michigan
avenue, and will occupy the balconies of
the Auditorium hotel and annex to wit
ness the Grand Army of the Republic
memorial parade in the afternoon.
Thursday night, in the floral hall at the
Palmer house, there will be a social and
military reception.
FATALLY HI RT BY HIS SOX.
The Sknll of a Negro SO Years Old
Split Open With an Ax.
Athens, Ga„ May 26.—Reese Hayes, a
negro over 80 years old, living five miles
from Athens, ordered two of his sons to
leave his house last night. They were
creating a great deal of disorder at the
tijne. One of them left, but the other
abused the old man, and picking up an
ax split his arm open to the elbow and
then split his head open to the skull. The
boy then ran away. The old man lay in
a stupor until this morning, when he
recovered sufficiently to get to Athens.
The boy will be arrested, and the negro
in all probability will die.
A Wire Company Advances NVage*.
Chicago, May 26.—The Consolidated Wire
and Nail Company, operating mills at
Lockport and Joliet, 111., and St. Louts and
Allentown and Pittsburg, Pa., has notified
its employes that thetr wages will be ad
vanced 10 per cent. June 1, Including those
whose pay has already been raised. Six
thousand workers will be benefltted.
A \cgro Horned to Death. *
Columbia, S. C., May 26.—James May
rant, a negro who was lodged in the guard
house in Sumter for stealing whisky, was
burned to death last night. It is supposed
that he attempted to burn his way out.
The Interior of the building was consum
ed before the fire was discovered.
A SILVER FROM -M IAMEMO.
The 111 metallic League of Tennessee
Issues It.
Memphis, Tenn., May 26.—The Bimetal
lic League of Tennessee has issued the fol
lowing pronuneiamento:
To the People of the Fill ted States: The
arch enemies of the agricultural and pro
ducing classes of our country, moved by
greed and encouraged by avarice, have
conspired to transfer the essentially gov
ernmental function of Issuing and con
trolling the money volume of the nation
to a system of banking corporations, full
of the vice of class legislation and void of
any virtue which commends It to the
consideration of patriotic citizens.
Fndaunted by the failure to secure the
sanction of tho American congress, tho
promoters of this nefarious scheme hare
boldly taken the initiatory step to attain
the object of their conspiracy. Hacked
by the great power of exhaustless wewlth,
and the influence of high official position,
they have publicly convened in the city
of Memphis and openly declared their
purpose. They demand that the consti
tutional and inherently sovereign right
to issue money be delivered into their
hiunlw. They hesitate at no de
ception; they scruple at no
fraud. Knowing the innate integrity
of our people, they prate of "honest
money.” Appreciating our aversion to pa
ternallsip they say the “government niuA
go out of the banking business.” They
hope and believe that we will not stop lo
consider that to exact a dollar, which by
vicious legislation they have made lo
cost the debtor twice as much labor and
double the amount of produee as the one
promised, is not {‘honest.” They expect the
American people to accept as true the
statement that the money of the consti
tution established by the fathers is dis
honest for no other reason eave the dicta
of their illustrious accomplices and plas
tic tools. They hope that the people will
ignorantly confound the sovereign peroga
tlve and the bounden duty of the govern
ment to coin money and establish a uni
form system of weights and measures,
with the business of loans and discounts
inherently appropriate to the occuiuitlon
of the private citizen.
They thtnk that we will forget that the
true question Is not "Whether the gov
ernment shall go out of the banking
business,” but whether the banks shall
go out of the governing business. Thus
they design by the aid of public apathy
to rivet the chains which will make free
men slaves.
To the end that their hopes mhy meet
with disappointment and their conspiracy
with failure, that the toiling masses of
our people may be saved from an Indus
trial serfdom more cruel and degrading
than chattel slavery something must be
done to Ifteet their-cqnnlngly-dlreeted and
insiduous assaults. Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty. Our foe is unscrupu
lous, his greatest victory was achieved
by stealthy and corrupt legislative leger
demain, disgraceful to the men who plan
ned it, and discreditable to the people's
representatives who failed to detect it.
The crime of 1873 cannot be explained upon
any other hypothesis.
That the people may come together
and take counsel of each other. It has
been deemed expedient to call together a
convention to assemble at Memphis on
June 12 and 18, 1896. Every community,
every city and town and every state in
the union are earnestly requested and
cordially Invited to send delegates to that
convention. Every vicinity is urged to
organize bimetallic chibs, and every club
should be represented. It is proposed that
this convention shall voice the sentiments
of the people. Their country needs their
best thoughts, their most careful de
liberation and energetic action. They
have no money to employ hireling emmls
sarles to drum up delegates from cot
ton exchanges and boards of trades; their
own intelligent patriotism is the only fund
to which they can appeal.
The object of this convention Is to formu
late some definite plan of future action, to
give direction to the overwhelming volume
of public sentiment favoring a return to
our own, and establishing our independen
cy of alien financial institutions; to devise
means for such a campaign of education
that it hereafter will be possible to elect
only such men to the legislative and exec
utive offices of the nation as are i lawed
by power and unbought by spoils.
W. N. Brown,
President Central Bimetallic League of
Shelby County. D. H. Archibald,
Secretary.
AFTER VOTES FOIt M'KINLEY.
Grosvenor Going to Memphis to Fix
tile Tennessee I’olltielnns.
Memphis, Tenn., May 26.—Congressman
Charles Grosvenor of Ohio will come to
Memphis on June 2 to spend several days
The object of the visit, according to the
local politicians will be to begin the for
mation of plans that will tend to fix the
Tennessee delegation in 1896 favorably lo
Hon. William McKinley for the presiden
tial nomination of his party. The feel
ing among the republicans in this city
ts divided, but It is believed that the ma
jority of them favor Gov. McKinley at
present. Especially is this the case
among the politicians who were disap
pointed by Gen. Harrison in the dispo
sition of offices during his administra
tion. Those who are not inclined to sup
port Gov. McKinley’s candidacy, howevr,
are divided between the ex-President and
Levi P. Morton" for first place on ihe
ticket. The silver agitation which has
been so general by the democrats in this
section has affected the republicans very
little as yet, their tendency seeming to be
to remain quiet and await the action of
the party leaders in the north and west.
MINERS DEFEATED.
The Strike in the Pittslinrg District
at an End.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 20.—That the miners’
strike in the Pittsburg district which has
been stubbornly fought for the past twelve
weeks is at an end, is a foregone con
clusion. The district officials to-night ad
mit that the strike is lost, and that it
is useless to fight any longer. The miners
struck for a uniform rate of 69 cents.
Several large firms were successful in
running their mines non-union and at
their own rate of wages. The men will
likely all return to work at the 60 cents
rate offered by the operators.
Ounravo'i New Yacht Launched.
Glasgow. May 27.—Lord Dunravcn's
yacht Valkyrie 111 was successfully
launched this morning at daybreak.
CAROLINA AND THE COURTS.
TUB AI’PK U. FROM Jl H(*R GOFF S
HI LING TO HR M %DtC TO-DAT.
Tho AUomcjß fop the State to A|-
peitr llefore the Court of Appeal*
nt Itieltaiond—Gov. R*nna Deter
mined the fonntttHtionul Conven
tion Mm 11 lie Held—The Republl
enoM l*ln> Inti n W olfing (inme—M*n
ntor Itutler (till* l)<M\n the tiov
ernor in n Rar> Letter.
Columbia. 8. C„ May All eyes are
now turned toward Richmond, tho capital
I the confederacy, and it seems a little
i Mran*e that that city of all other* should
l ho the place where Bouth Carolina will
make her appeal fhom the decision ef
Judge Goff on the registration laws—law*
j so intimately connected with events of
' tho lute unpleasantness—a decision in
which frequent references were made to
j the causes leading up to this unpleasant
| ness. Yet this week South Carolina,
| through her attorneys, will appear there
and before a court of appeals of the union,
make her appeal for state’s rights*
The result of the move that has been
decided upon by the state leaves the po
litical outlook a little In doubt Just now.
There is a possibility that court may re
verse JudKe Goff’s decision. In which case
the entire situation will be very much
changed. It is not generally thought,
however, that the court will make any
such reversion, and in that case the un
certainty will simply amount to a delay in
the campaigning. The state is very hope*
ful of winning the appeal.
To-morrow afternoon Assistant Attor
ney General Townsend and Gen. Edward
McCrady of Charleston, and Senator Jos
eph W. Barnwell will lea to for Richmond
to appear on Tuesday before the United
States court of appeals and argue the
motion to have that court docket tho ap
peal and tix a day for a hearing. They
will also oppose the motion in the other
registration case to make the supervisor
of registration of Newberry county a party
to the suit.
Gov. Evans, In an Interview to-day, says
he is confident of having Judge Goff re
versed. He says, moreover, that no mat
ter what may be done he proposes to liavo
the ' constitutional convention held and
the election conducted in such a way that
no shadow can ever rest on the constitu
tion that is made, so far as the federal
constitution is-concerned.
The republicans of tin- state are pur
suing a waiting policy. They say they
are prepared to prevent the supervisors
of registration from violating Judge
Goff's order next Monday, though Gov.
Evans had Instructed his supervisors to
go atiead, as if the Injunction was never
issued. They are preparing to organize.
State Chairman Melton says, republican
leagues for work in the national cam
paign In every section of the state, ami
will have a delegation at the national
league meeting In Cleveland next week.
To-morrow morning the State will pub
lish a pretty racy correspondence between
Senator Butler and Gov'. Evans. Senator
Butler wrote Gov. Evans on May 16,
the following: “Sir—l notice in the State
of to-day wiiat purports to be an address
to fellow-eltizens from you, and find the
following as a part of It: ‘The ex-senator,
who had been holding caucuses in Colum
bia at private houses, having the ear of
the court and holding the foot of the chan
cellor, returned to his home, fpellng that
his movements had not been detected, but
the responsibility shall rest where
it belongs. Let the people not
blame the poor, lean, hungry
counsel, who are barking merely for a bone
but visit the sin upon the heads of the
arch conspirators.’
“I beg to inquire whether I am the ex
senator to whom you refer? Very truly,
M. O. Butler.
Gov. Evans qn the 23rd replied as follows:
Sir: In reply to yours of the 15th I beg
to state that you were the ex-senator to
whom I referred In that portion of my ad
dress quoted in your letter. Absence from
my office prevented an earlier reply. Yours
truly, John Gary Evans.
Senator Butler, after giving letters from
Messrs. Pope and Caldwell, the counsel
in the cases referred to, U > the effect that
he had nothing to do with the matter, ap
pends the following: “I do not like to be
misrepresented, even by a blackguard.
Since my service in the Senate ended on
the 4th of March last, I have been a pri
vate citizen, attending to my own busi
ness, and this man had no right to draw
me into his scurrilous, pophomoric self
advertisement, which he styles and ad
dresses to fellow citizens.
“He appears to have had me under sur
veillance of one of his detectives who
have become so fashionable under the
late order of the state administration and
betrays himself into the utterance of a
foolish falsehood. The trgth Is. he is
badly afflicted with what the doctors call
hydrosephalous, commonly known as
swell-head. He assails Judges on the
bench with awkward vulgarity and brutal
coarseness, knowing them to be peace
officers and as such non-combatants. This
he can do with impunity, but the time
may come when forbearance with his in
solence may cease to be a virtue. His
powers of discrimination between right
aid wrong, truth and falsehood, fair crit
icism and slander, are so vague and filmy
that he ought perhaps to be regarded as
an object of pity and contempt, rather
than Indignation and resentment.
“When I set myself before the public
as a target 1 can stand criticism as well
as mowt men, but I have no idea of per
mitting slanderers to follow me into pri
vate life to Indulge their vicious propen
sities.
"Another reason I have for troubling the
public with this matter is that other
members of the ring have been circulating
slanders and mis representations about
me, on the line of intending io create a
false impression in the public mind, and
I avail myself of tills opportunity to de
nounce them.
“They are trying by a hue and cry about
•White supremacy,’ to frighten the timid
into their clutches. There is not the least
danger of the negroes getting control of
the government of this state, or of 'white
supremacy' being endangered, and they
know it. Whatever of peril there is to
white supremacy has been created by the
ring now trying to dragoon white men
Into condoning their corrupt practices.
They are responsible fpr the menace of
'negro supremacy,’ If there is one, and no
amount of bluster and false pretense can
conceal it.
"They have rejected every fair and hon
orable overture for reuniting the white
people, and for one, 1 shall have nothing
to do with any ring primary. If a primary
could be held on plan of 'forty* there
would be no objection to it, but
these fellows will not agree to that be
cause it would result in peace and good
feeling—the last thing they want.
"M. C. Butler.**
Ii \ i \ \ i TUI i*oi.L*.
Tlie Go* eminent t'li mlhliite* Support
ed by the Hnrnl Voter*.
Rome, May —Elections for members
of the new Chamber of Deputies were held
throughout Italy to-day. 80 faT the re
sults In only a few dlatrleta a.- - known.
Keen interest prevails and the streets
in the vicinity of the newspaper offices
are crowded with people eager to learn
tho outcome of the political battle.
It Is known that despite the fierce oppo
sition of the coalitionists, Signor Crlspt,
the prime minister, has been elected from
the fifth electoral college of Rome, de
feating the Sicilian socialist, Gulssepe de
Fellce-Gluffrlda.
Signor Racedll, minister of publlo In
struction, has been returned from th§
third college. The other three Homan dis
tricts elect one supporter of the minis
try and two radicals.
Admiral Morin, minister of marine, and
Signor Honnlno, minister of the treasury,
are both re-elected.
Signor Crlspl, who stood in several dis
tricts, was returned by the second elec
toral college of Palermo, the district he
formerly represented, defeating Barba to,
a socialist recently condemnd by a mili
tary tribune. The prime minister was al
so returned from one of the Naples dis
tricts and from Termini Imerese. Bar
bato, the socialist above mentioned, was
elected in the Rimini district.
The returns at & p. ni. showed the elec
tion of twenty-nine materialists and
twenty-five others of all shades of oppo
sition. The rural voters largely support
ed the government party, while the oppo
sition received their strongest support In
the large towns. Many reballots will lie
necessary. The ex-prime minister, the
Marquis dl Rudlnl, was re-elected In the
t'accamo district of Palermo.
Signor Brin, one time minister of for
eign affairs, was again returned from the
First district of Turin.
Tho well known radical. Matteo Imbri
ano, who, In the last chamber sat for the
district of Corato, Naples, was returned
to-day from the district of San Scvero,
province of Foggla.
The polls closed at 4 o'clock. Blgnor
t’rispl's party. In a majority of cases, se
cured the election of their followers as
electoral officials at the polling stations,
indicating that they will probably have a
majority of the actual poll. Signor ’Crls
pl’s vole In Rome was 920 to 720 for De
Fellce-Gluffrlda.
I-ondon, May 26.—A dispatch to the Cen
tral News front Rome says that at 10
o'clock to-nlglit tlie returns showed the
election of 83 ministerialists and 56 candid
ates of the opiMisltlon. Prime Minister Glo
llttl has been re-elected In Dronero, and
Signor Zanardelll, ex-priest of tha Cham
ber of Deputies, ill Izeo.
A DIE I, AT A CHI 111 H.
One Man glint Demi anil tlie Other
Mortally XX oiimled^
Versailles, Ky., May 26.—At noon to-dny
the steps of the Troy Presbyterian chureh,
seven miles south of here, were convert
ed Into a dueling ground, George B. Mont
gomery killing his brollier-ln-law, Archi
bald Riley, and being himself mortally
wounded by Riley.
The murder was the culmination of a
sensation that upset high society in the
Blue Grass section three years ago, when,
it is said, Riley seduced Montgomery's
sister and fled to Mississippi. He was
brought back and at the point of a pis
tol forced to marry the girl. He imme
diately deserted her and did not return
to these parts until recently.
Both men attended rhuriffl to-day. There
was a large congregation present, the
church having the most cultured and ar
istocratic membership in this part of the
state. Nclih< r man saw the oilier until
after (Ills service, when they met face to
face on the steps. Both began firing nt
once and did not stop until one was dead
with five bullets in his body and the other
dying with an ugly wound above the
heJirt.
The congregation became panic-stricken
at once, and the wildest confusion re
sulted. Scores of Indies fainted and sev
eral were badly trampled in the stam
pede. The entire thing was done so quick
ly that no one though of Interfering. Both
men were astoundlngly cool and deliber
ate. Neither is thought to have said a
word before firing, nor to have made the
slightest attempt to shield himself from
the other’s balls.
After firing the last shot Montgomery
turned to the bystanders and saM: "Gen
tlemen, 1 hated to do this, but was corrf
pelled to; my conscience is now easy,”
Riley was 30 years of age. Montgomery
Is 29 and unmarried. It is claimed that
Riley had threatened Montgomery’s life
and both men had been carrying pistols
for each other.
A FI SHADE AT WACO.
A Man, a Boy anil a Horse Killed nnd
n Negro Wounded,
Waco, Tex., May 26.—George Dallas Grlf
fice was standing in a door yesterday in
the business center of Waco when George
Washington Anderson his son-in-law, and
Columbus Anderson drove up in a buggy.
Grifflce had been warned that his son-in
law Intended to kill him and he fired two
Winchester bullets through George Wash
ington Anderson. Anderson fell from the
buggy a corpse and Columbus Anderson
fled, Grifflce Airing at h|m as he ran. The
street was crowded and stray bullets killed
Tow Lewis, a colored boy and wounded
Henry Hays, colored. Another bullet kill
ed a farmer's horse.
George Dallas Grifflce is the father of
triplets, who were named Ruby, Garnet
and Corat by Rose Cleveland, sister of the
President.
George Washington Anderson, the dead
man, eloped with the 11-year-old daughter
of Grifflce and married her. He ran away a
short time ago with a pretty girl.
IRISH POLITIC AL PRISONERS.
Unceasing Efforts to Secure Their
Release Prove Fnttle.
Liverpool. May 26.—Speaking in this city
to-day, John Dillon, the well known Irish
leader, said that the Irish parliamentary
party had made unceasing efforts to se
cure the release of the Irish political
prisoners. He declared that Irishmen
should not vote for the liberal candidates
at the general election, unless home rule
was placed at the forefront of their pro
gramme.
4 DAILY. HO A YEAR. |
5 CENTS A COPT. V
♦ WEEKLY 2-TIM KS-A-WEEK $1 A TEAR f
MARTI’S FATE STILL IN DOUBT.
Hl* FAMILY DIM ÜBDIT THE STORY
OF HIM DEATH.
Ilxn.rn Mtirtl Refused Permlsstoix
• ” 8p (hr Corpip Alleg-d to Bo
That of Her Husband—The Report
of HI. Death Believed In Havana.
A Serious I prising Expected la
Fuertn Principe—t min bet's Assas
■ln llnnxnl.
Key Wo*t, Fla., May 26.—A private lat
ter received In thin city dates thnt tha
report of Martl'a death la not credited.
The writer of tho letter visited tho fam
ily of Marti on the 24th and wan Informed
that they had good reasons to believe tho
report was false. Passengers by tha
steamship Mascotte last night, however, i
state that the report is believed In Ha
vana. La Liuba of the 23d published a
letter from Martl's wife requesting that
she lo* allowed to view tho body of her
husband. The request was refused by;
Gen. Arderlus, governor general* of Ha
vana. , <
The steamship Mexico arrived at Ha.
vana on the 24th from Glbara with ona
captain, (wo lieutenants and ten aoldlera
badly wounded. They were prohibited
from carrying any mail.
Rojo, the assassin of Flor Oromhet, wad 1
captured by Antonio Maceo and hung.
It Is reported In Havana that a seriou# :
uprising in expected in
Puerto Principe, which will be led by m
prominent Cuban of the last revolution.l
Ramon Herrera, president of the reform!
party and colonel of the Fifteenth regts,
moot of Volunteers, refused to allow anR
of tho regiment to go Into the field.
A party of young men at Santiago dt
Cuba, finding It Impossible to Join the Ins
surgerne. on account Of a guard placed
over them by tho Spanish authorities,
conceived the Idea of a funeral proces
slon. They filled coffins with arms and
ammunition, marched to the cemetery*
three or four miles Into the country anj
left from there taking their arms, etc.*
from the coffins.
The socialist party have gone over to til*
Insurgents and will Issue a manifesto to
that effect In a few days. Archlvo So-•
dal, the official organ of the socialists,
published at Havana, has been suppressed
by the government.
The general belief Is that Sangullly will
be deported.
Reports from the field state that tha
Spanish troops lost heavily at the battle
of Jovtto.
The towns of Mutanzas and Clenfugoa
are almost deserted. Many families ar
leaving the towns and going into the
country.
I oh) B ostites, the noted bandit and ai
colonel In the Spanish army, has gone to
the field, notwithstanding a protest of the
Spanish officers.
The train carrying Gen. Salcedo and
staff was derailed. Gen. Salcedo’s es
cape was miraculous.
The government has purchased twelve
hundred horses for the use of the cavalry
In Santa Clara and Puerto Principe.
FIGHTING IN FHRMCH GHANA.
Siii.v llraslllnii Adventurers nnd Flvo
French men Killed.
Paris, May 26.—M. Cahu Temps, minis
ter of the colonies has received a cabin
dispatch from the governor of French
Guiana, reporting severe fighting.
The dispatch narrates that some Bra
zilian adventurers captured and robbed
a Frenchman named Trajanc, a 8611101*
on the boundary. Other Frenchmen had
been similarly treated and consequently
the govenor sent the dispatch vessel
Bengali and a number of marines to re
store order. .
When the vessel reached Mapa fifteen
boatloads of marines went up the river
fifteen miles, (’apt. I.tinier and somflh
of Ihe marines landed and the captain,
carrying a flag of truce, proceeded with
a bugler and a sergeant, toward the vil
lage where Trajane was held, intend
ing to demand his release. When they,
came Into the presence of the chief, Chief
Cabral, the latter treacherously fired at
Capt. Lunler and ordered his followers to
shoot the Frenchmen. General fusllado
was opened on them from all the hou33i
in the village.
Lieut. Destoux, hearing the firing, hur
ried to the village from the river with at
company of marines, and a conflict fol- 1
lowed that lasted two hours. Chief Ca
bral and sixty of his followers were killed-
The French lost five killed. Including Capt,
Lunier, and twenty wounded. The dea<J*
and wounded were taken to the Bengali,
which then returned to Cayenne, wherff
the dead were buried with military hon
ors. M. Cahu Temps Is now conferring bwj
cable with the government regarding thdl
measures to be taken In the matter.
CARLISLE'S FREE COINAGE VOTE*
I* Win runt In Order to Cefrat lh
Fore* Hill.
Louisville, Ky., May 2.—Secretary Car*
lisle was asked to-day regarding thd
truth of the recent statements of Sena*
tor Blackburn, ex-Congressman Bryan
and other sliver advocates that the sec*
retary In 1890 had written a letter to a
Kentucky editor, named Smith, answer*
lng In the affirmative a question as to
whether or not he had voted for a frea
coinage bill.
"It Is true I wrote that letter,” said Mr.
Carlisle, "plnd It Is also true that I
voted for a free coinage amendment in
1890. Sir. Blackburn knows very well why
I did so. And If he were wholly fair, ho
would give the facts. This is all I care to
say about the matter.”
The facts referred to are that Mr. Car.
lisle voted for the amendment In question
at the solicitation of Senator Gorman as
a pan of the programme to defeat the
force bill, as did Messrs Gorman, Eustta
and other senators opposed to free coin
age. There was no danger of the bill be
coming a law, and It was with this un
derstanding that their votes were re
corded in Its favor.
W ANTS WAR WITH TI'RKEY.
Rev. Joseph Corker Turns Preacher
Militant.
London, May 2.—ln the course of his
sermon, delivered In the city temple to
day. the Ilcv. Joseph Parker, D. D., said
that he had not attended the meetings la
London to protest against the Armeniaa
outrages for the reason that these meet
ings would not come to anything. It was
the time for action, he declared, and tha
only action to be taken was a war against
Turkey. Such a war would be the most
holy, humane and righteoub one the w orld
had ever known.