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Bahama’s pair,
ATES and KOLB BOTH TAKE
the OATH OF OFFICE.
L Disorder in Montgomery, as Was
Generally Predicted.
A Montgomery special says: The
, of December has come and
”/ e in Alabama’s capital, and all has
ten as qniet, peaceful and orderly as
pon any previous inauguration day
i ijg history. Colonel W. C. Oates
L K heen duly installed as governor,
not a blow has been struck, not a
Ljj Itwitbstanding fi re d, not a drop of blood spilled,
all the wild rumors
Lt have been sent out for a week past
fc sensational correspondents. followed
[A L number of Kolb’s were
^(3, but there was no display of
[jn B of any sort. Before 10 o’clock
[e casual observer it would gala have day. barely At
igoerned that was a
uat hoar the local and visiting mili
Cry companies began to move abont
Ce streets, getting ready for the cere¬
monies. But there was no great crowd
j be seen, and everything was rumored serene.
About 10:30 o’clock it was
rat Kolb was going to proceed with
is handful of followers to the capitol,
lere to go through the form of taking
ie oath of office and to make an ad
ress. Soon afterwards several mili
,Ty companies proceeded to the capi
,1 and drew themselves np in line
>out the building.
KOLB SWOB* IN.
Abont 10:30 o’clock it spread
the crowd that Kolb had tak
the oath before a justice of the
down town and was merely com
up to the capitol to make his
About 11 o’clock he appeared,
by perhaps fifty persons. He
his party were readily passed
the gates by the guards,
7 S. Reese, Jr., who ran for at
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general on Kolb’s ticket,
to one of Governor Jone’s sec
and asked if Kolb would be
to make a speech in the
The secretary replied that
could not speak officially, but that
was sore Kolb would not be per
to do so. Then Kolb himself
and saw Governor Jones, who
that Colonel Oates had been
elected governor by the only
in the state competent to do so,
assembly, and that he as the execn
would not permit any one
enter the capitol building for
inaugural ceremony except
Oates, and that if Kolb at
to make an inaugural ad
in the grounds he would certain
have him arrested. Kolb then asked
there was any objection to his speak¬
in the streets outside. Governor
told him there was none what
Accordingly Kolb and his fol
left the grounds. Outside they
to the sidewalk opposite.
a country wagon was pressed
service and Kolb, with several of
is leaders, mounted it.
Captain Kolb delivered a very short
in which he declared that he
not attempting to exoite passion
to advise any unlawful proceedings.
asserted that he had been lawfully
and had been defrauded; that
had pursued this course simply to
tbe position of himself and
against the usurpation of his of
He stated that if a fair and hon
contest law is passed by the pres
general assembly that would settle
the trouble and be satisfactory to
people as well as to himself. If
act of justice is denied, then he
make an appeal to the general
He concluded with ad
moderation and against any un¬
proceeding.
After he had finished a lot of the
caught hold of the wagon on
the speakers were standing and
it some distance up the street,
crowd then quickly dispersed,
joining the large assembly in the
grounds. Half an hoar or
after Kolb had made his debut
inaugural procession, escorting
Oates, moved up the
avenue to the capitol. "
OATK8 INAUGURATED.
Governor Jones and Governor-elect
were in the front carriage. As
procession slightest passed along there was
the disorder or mark of
of any kind. Arrived at
capital the artillery. customary Prayer salute was
A by the was of
ad by Rev, Dr. then Eager, Governor of the Bap
ichurch, and Jones
reduced Colonel Oates in a brief
forcible address, commending him
his ability, patriotism, self-sacrifice
I political courage. The governor
St then delivered his inaugural ad
The ceremony ended, an artillery
kite rang out, and jhe new governor
* conducted to the executive offioe
f his predecessor, where a reception
* held for some time, hundreds of
llss, as well as gentlemen, oongrat
gffrr the governor.
_
chasges in a great firm.
Morgan 4* Co. to
m In a Short While.
» fa announced that the firm
sxel, Morgan t Co., under its pres
i title, will expire on January 1,
i. The new firm will, then be or
ffasd under the title of J. Pferpont
mmtn Kh k Co. The change is doe to
of A J. Dr ex el and J. Hood
iAi. The London house will also
and, after the date
EmdCo. will be known as Morgan,
There will be no change
t a Philsddphis concern of Drexw
kfto hut the house vrfll sstsbtefc a
Boston, taking jf Jacob
* 2 who Co., has in repreesated Tnftata Drexri,
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his last message.
GOV. - TILLM AN TO THE SOUTH
CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Aflhirs of South Carolina Reviewed—
An Apology to Bellinger.
A Columbia _ , special . , Governor _
says:
Tillman’s farewell message was official
ly presented in both houses of the
general assembly Wednesday. While
not so vigorous and sensational a doc
ament as were his previous executive
deliverances, it is, nevertheless, inter
esting and Tillmanesque. The gov
r/'HwEl: unfavorable
There has been some
criticism of his reference in the mea
sage to Solicitor G= Duncan Bellinger,
of Barnwell, in which the governor
declares that Bellinger would not press
a dispensary case, and intimates that
this is a bad example fer an officer to
set before the people. Mr. Bellinger
is one of the brainiest and most solid
young reformers, but is no partisan,
He is a candidate before the legisla
tore for the attorney generalship, and
his friends consider that Governor
Tillman has gone out of his way to
hurt him in the raeg.
The governor reviews what has been
accomplished induction by ^ the reform office party
since his into four
years ago, enumerating the chief
measures as follows: The erection and
endowment of Clemson college, the
overthrow of the Coosa phosphate mo¬
nopoly, the just and equitable assess¬
ment of taxes on railroads and other
corporations and the victory in the
courts compelling them to pay; the
passage of the dispensary law and the
destruction of the barrooms; refund¬
ing of the state debt, which saves $78,
000 a year in interest; the establish¬
ment of the Winthrop Normal and
Industrial college for women; election
of the railroad commissioners by the
people and allowing them to fix pas¬
senger and freight rates; the inaugu¬
ration of the primary system of party
nominations for all offices in the gift
of the people.
THEBE TO STAT.
Speaking of the dispensary, he
“I speak advisedly when I say that no
new and untried experiment in , the
legislation has ever gained so many
friends in so short a time and taken
such deep root in the old popular heart.
The law has come to stay.
“Some of the newspapers began
early in January to educate the public
mind to resistance to the searchiug of
.private dwellings; and men were
taught to believe that this was an in¬
vasion of their liberties to which they
ahdnld not submit. It is needless to
show the fallacy of this contention,
because it is readily seen that if a man
may turn his private dwelling into a
den from which he can sell liquor, or
a depot from whioh to supply it, with¬
out the right to searoh and seize it un¬
der warrant, the law would be anul
ity. ” recommends state control of
He po¬
lice in those cities and towns where
there is the most difficulty in enforc¬
ing the law, and thinks the governor
should have power to suspend sheriffs
and solicitors who fail to zealously en¬
force the law.
AS TO LYNCH LAW.
Of lynoh law, be says: “The law’s
delay has been a theme for the animad¬
versions and anathemas of men from
time immemorial, and it appears to
me that we have in South Carolina the
best system of laws and rules of court
to enable men to shirk the gallows
that can possibly exist anywhere. The
consequence is tho people have lost all
patience and almost all faith in the ad¬
ministration of justice. This lament¬
able and disgraceful condition is tha
direct and almost sole cause for the
prevalence of lynoh law in our midst.”
In closing his message the governor
says that he has charity for the many
enemies known and unknown whom he
has and who hate him; with love and'
gratitade he returns the commission
entrusted to him by the people, proud
that they are still his stanch support
ers.
An Apology to Bellinger.
Governor Tillman, Wednesday night,
made the following written statement:
“In my message to the general as¬
sembly today, I find that I have done
Solicitor Bellinger an injustice. When
I learned of the United States deputy
mainhal having acted in the outrage
ous manner that he did, I asked the
attorney general to notify the solicitor
that I would expect him to prosecste
the caae with vigor against both For¬
man and the sheriff. Later on I sent
Mr. Bellinger a verbal message urging
action and on Saturday last I wired to
know what he had dona He replied:
*1 have been too busy. Will write.’ Up
to last night I bad not received any
commnni cation and could but feel that
be had acted in a disrespectful and
strange manner. Hence I said what I
did in the message. I now learn that
* fin grand jury hod been dism issed
when the solicitor get the attorney
general’s letter and there wss no chance
to proseou te the case at this court. Mr.
Bellinger was absorbed in the Brown
murder trial and did not attach the
importance to the ease that I did and
neglected to explain. I now feel that
ho hM not neglected his duty or in
tcoded any disre sp e ct to me and I
cheerfully make this, explanation as
justly his due.”
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SOUTHERN FLASHES.
A SUMMARY OF INTERESTING
HAPPENINGS,
And Presenting an Epitome of the
South’s Progress and Prosperity
A dispatch of Thursday from Ashe
v in e> N. C., says: Mi s Stevenson
continues to improve and both the
vice president and her physicians feel
mhch encouraged.
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1 J ? rB 0
Savannah c railroad have , decided , to de- .
pi" of bl” Doctor 1 et«t.
bolder, cord on
Ex-Treasurer E. M. Phelps, of San
Augustine county, Texas, has Angus- been
missing from his home in San
Gne. The county safe is locked and
Pbelps successor eannot gain admis
B1 °n.
The plant of the Anniston, Ala.,
Cordage Company is now running
from 6 o’clock in the morning until 11
at night, and orders are on the books
now sufficient to keep it going this way
until April 1st.
The rumor is current among railway
men tbat t b e Central Railroad of Geor
gi a will withdraw from the Southern
p asgenger Association. The rumor is
a ] so connected with one to the effect
that the other connected and interest
e d tines will also serve notice of with
drawal.
Shortly after midnight Wednesday
night masked men held tip a South
Pacific passenger train at Elka Sta¬
tion, Texas. The train was stopped
and two of the robbers attempted to
uncouple the engine and express car,
leaving the balance of the train, but
they were outwitted by the crew. The
robbers escaped.*
About 8:20 o'clock Thursday night
fire broke out in the cotton compiess
of S. M. Inman, at Birmingham, Ala.,
and partially consumed 1,500 bales of
cotton, the warehouse and all the ma¬
chinery. The fire broke out in the
boiler room, and the entire building
was aflame before the fire was dis¬
covered. The approximate loss is
about $75,000.
The Charity hospital at Birming¬
ham, Ala., a magnificent structure, total¬
erected at a cost of $40,000, was
ly destroyed by fire Saturday night.
The fire department turned out but
could do but little as the only stream
of water available was the storm sewer
of the city. There were no fatalities,
as the inmates succeeded in getting
oat. The fire was the work of an iu
cendiary.
The state canvassing board of North
Carolina has completed the canvass of
returns of the election of chief jus¬
tice and associate justice. Taking the
vote for chief justice, William T.
Faireloth, fusion nominee, received,
148,434 votes'Vhile James E. Shep
perd, democrat, received 127,593,
making the fusion majority 20,841.
Both of these nominees lead their re¬
spective tickets.
Nearly the entire business portion
of Rockwood, Tenn., a town on tbe
Cincinnati Southern railway, is in
ashes. A fire broke out at 9:30 o’olock
Saturday night in the basement
Bearis’s drug store. It went from
that to the Shelby residence. At 11
o’clock the two structures mentioned,
together with the Christian church,
tbe opera house, the First National
bank and several other buildings were
destroyed. The loss is heavy.
The case of Danforth and Armstrong
versus the Tennessee and Coosa Rail¬
road Company at Gadsden, Ala.,
Saturday with a verdict for $100,000
in favor of Danforth & Armstrong.
The plaintiffs had a contract for grad¬
ing the road from Attalla to Gadsden,
but were stopped when they reached
the foot of Sand mountain, the con¬
tract being finished by other contract¬
ors. They sued for the fall amount
and secured a judgment for $100,000
damages.
Things seem to be growing darker
for J. E. Crandall, president of the
First National bank, of Johnson City,
Tenn., charged with falsifying his
books and making false reports to the
United States comptrollers'. The gov¬
ernment officials brought another
charge of false entries in the case of a
New Yt rk bank against him Saturday
morning. He had a preliminary in hear¬
ing and was bound over for trial the
federal court in a $4,000 bond. It’s
now expected that in default of this
bond, and for the other two bonds of
$2,500 each in which he was held, that
he will go to jail
BOGUS LOTTERY TICKETS.
A Nephew of Paul Conrad la the
x Counterfeiting
A gigantic scheme tor unloading
bogus lottery tickets on the Chicago public hM
been brought to light at by
the arrest of Gaston Cazxenvetti, a
nephew of Paul Conrad, late president
of the Louisiana Lottery Company.
There were found on his person thirty
eight mail orders for lottery tickets
and twenty telegraph oiders for the
same goods. counterfeiting scheme is
While the
only in its infancy, fifty-two agencies
have already beta established in as
many cities in the United SUtM. The
agents are not informed ae to the fraud
and believe they are handling genuine
tickets. As be learned,
the bogus tickets already sold brought
in tha sum of $6,500, but if the scheme
had not 1 nipped ia the bud it
have on become every Ug
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little
FROM WASHINGTON.
NEWSY ITEMS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
The debt statement issued at Wash
ington Monday shows the net decrease
in the public debt, less cash in treas
ury during November of $31, <44,651.
The interest bearing debt increased
$4,100,170. Cash in treasury increased
m i67 460 Xotal oash in treasury,
Novbo, 30. 8793,140,163.
'iCog Mort^o* 01*^2
bragk 8ecretary D f agriculture, differs
. A om many G f his predecessors,
The ^ ecret discusses the flnaucial
|j .. of the gove rnment, the silver
negtiou ani j many ot ber matters of
broad and general interest, not usually
treated in an agricultural report, and
demands “prime” currency in return
f or “prime” beef or pork,
It begins to look like the old sugar
fight will be gone through with *gain.
The action of the trust in closing down
its refineries and throwing its em¬
ployes out upon the world just as win¬
ter comes on, has arrayed many of its
former senatorial friends against it,
and the senate may pass the free sugar
bill. Even Senator Smith, the man
who fought so hard for the trust last
session, seems to have turned against it.
The annnal report of Judge L.
Thomas, assistant attorney-general for
the poBtoffice department, treats at
some length of the enormous increase
for the fiscal year ended June 30th in
the number of companies engaged in
conducting lotteries and fraudulent
schemes. Against the concerns 223
“fraud” orders were issued by the
postmaster-general, prohibiting the
delivery of registered packages and
the payment of money orders to cer¬
tain companies and parties named.
A New York special says: The Stew¬
art syndicate has completed the pay¬
ment of the gold into the subtreasury
for the new $50,000,000 bond issue.
There was deposited Monday $1,278,-
545, making a total of $50,409,425
paid into the New York subtreasury,
as follows: Principal,
premium, $7,402,878; interest, $166,-
547. The total prooeeds from
sale of the bonds will be
in gold. The February issue
$58,660,915.
Speaker Crisp Talks.
In speaking of the work of this
gress, Speaker Crisp says: “I
know what can be done in tbe way
legislation at this session, but I
not as much as we should like. It
very important that there should
Borne legislation on finance. I am
prepared to predict what, if
may be done at this session, bat
must bo apparent to everyone that
present situation should not be
mitted to remain long. Whatever
gestions the administration has
make will be awaited with
interest. Whether or not Mr.
lisle will present a
which will meet with general approval,
no one can say nutil the message
in. A financial system which puts
in the power of anyone to deplete
treasury of gold and to compel
government to increase its interest
bearing obligations by the issue
bonds, is vicious, and should be cor¬
rected as speedily as possible.”
Nicaragua Canal Report.
The annual report of the
Canal Company, of Nicaragua,
to the interior department in
ance of act of congress and
will be transmitted to congress,
made public Monday at
annnal meeting of the company held
in New York. The report states
since the organization of the
in 1889, 145 shares of capital stock
been subscribed for s year,
in the aggregate to the sum
$1,014,500,of which amount
has been paid into the treasury in cash.
From other sources there has been
paid into the treasury $62,117,
a total of $1,069,957. Expenditures
since the organization for administra
Were f 8 **’ 882 - ** i88n ‘
ed 180,000 ehares of its capital . stock
at the par value of $18,000,000 in pay
ment for concessionary ngbte, priril
egee, franchises and other property.
P 855,000 e i“ bl,it and ! e8 eaah °f liabilities not exceed- Bre ^"
ing $50,000. Tbe unprecedented con¬
ditions of the money market have been
the cause of serious embarrassment.
CONGRESS RE-ASSEMBLES.
Applause and Boqnets Greet the Lead
era—The Message Read.
The opening of the last session of
tbe 53d congress was tanfe. In neither
bouse was there anything/of import¬
ance. It was simply the usual meet¬
ing, and the reading of the president’s
annual message took so long and be¬
came so tedious that the average
statesman retired before it was con¬
cluded, contenting himself with awsit
ing its publication in the afternoon
there were flowers ga
lore.. The great m of them were
on the republican side. It WM colors gayly
decorated. Bouquets those ie members many
covered decks of re¬
elected to tbe next oo agrees. On tbe
isMorrstiu tide there were a few.
The silver-haired Breckinridge had
white and Wilson had
Hk desk
bouquet t
bens. Tom Reed entered the balJ be
fore the house met, and was wildly
applauded. When Speaker Crisp en¬
tered and grasped his gave! to call the
house to order there was a sound of
hearty applause from the floor and gal¬
leries, from democrats and republi¬
cans, which evidenced the admiration
and respect for him on the part of all
members and the public generally.
THE LATEST BY WIRE
GiyiNG THE NEWS UP TO THE
HOUR OF GOING TO PRESS.
Brief Mention of Daily Happenings
Throughout the World.
The North Platte, Nebraska, Na¬
tional bank closed its doors Monday.
The treasury department so far has
delivered $20,000,000 of new bonds,
and there is not now an unfilled requis¬
ition for bonds on hand.
The Lexow committee assembled
again in New York Monday morning.
It is rumored that more sensational
developments will take place.
The Manchester spoke mills, at
Richmond, Va., which have been shut
down for some months, have resumed
operations with a full force of hands.
Giles & Murchison, one of the lead¬
ing hardware houses in Wilmington,
N. C., assigned Monday with Norwood
Giles, assignee. Both partners waived
personal property exemption on the
stock. The assets and liabilities are
not obtainable.
The Canal-Fulton Tool Manufactur¬
ing Company at Massillon, O., was
closed Monday on account of financial
embarrassment. Details are wanting.
The company did an extensive busi¬
ness in mining tools throughout the
United States.
The Tacoma, Wash., National bank
closed its doors Monday morning, the
cashier’s notice stating that the insti¬
tution was going into liquidation. The
bank suspended payment during the
panio last year and resumed after
doubling its capital to $200,000.
A gang of Syrian smugglers have
been arrested at Detroit. There are
several women among the number.
They have been operating between
Windsor and Detroit and thousands
of dollars worth of Armenian mgs,
M. have been smuggled aoross
the river.
■ a -> U * York Herald special cable
from Buenos Ayres says: The govern¬
ment of Montevideo has requested
Minister Stuart to consider the advisa¬
bility of sending an exhibit to the At¬
lanta exposition. General Avery, who
is at Buenos Ayres in the interest of
the exposition, met tho Argentine min¬
ister of foreign affairs, Senor Costa,
Saturday, to discuss tbe proposed Ar¬
gentine exhibit. He goes to Ohili in
January.
A oablegram from Rome, Italy, says:
King Humbert," in person, delivered a
speech from tbe throne, at the opening
of Parliament Monday. The entrances
to the Parliament buildings were
thronged with crowds, whioh gave the
King an ovation when he appeared on
his way to the chamber. His Majesty,
in his speech, referred to the improved
economic situation of the country, and
the necessity for equaling the budget;
and also spoke of several undefined
financial measures. The relations of
the country with foreign powers, he
said, were good, and nothing was like¬
ly to disturb the tranquility of Europe.
KNGLAND DISGRUNTLED.
She Refuses to Recognize the Ntearau
guan Government. *
Advices from Mananas indicate a
grave situation in tbe Mosquito reser¬
vation. The British minister, Mr.
Gosling, has notified Nicaragua that
Great Britain refnses to recogni: ie
Nicaraguan government at Bhieflelds.
After an exohange of views/Minister
Gosling telegraphed to Poft Limon
for a British warship to start at onee
for Blnefields. It is reported that the
Nicaraguan canal project ia at the bot¬
tom of tbe matter, and serious trouble
is feared.
AMERICAN WABSHIPS UNDE* ORDERS.
Washington / special ?enoe fays: 7 As a
rMah of con f e at Woodley
Tuesday Secretary between Gresham, tbe president and
the cruiser Oo
lumbia, whioh baa been for several
bled weeks at Kingston, Jamaica, prooeed WM 0ft
peremptory orders to at
once to Blueflalda, tor the protection
of Amerioan interests. Mr. Gresham’s
visit to the president’s country home
followed immediately upon an inter¬
view he had with the Nicaraguan min¬
ister.
PEACE IN SIGHT.
Mediary Efforts In the Orient ffay be
Successful.
A dispatch to the Pall MaU Gatette
(London) from Cbe-Foo asserts that
the terms of peace between Japan and
China have been very nearly com¬
pleted, through tbe eintervention of
the United States government, and
that the feeling of leeurity is so strong
that many of tha foreign ladies are
returning to Pekin.
Regret* la Washlagtoa. ex-Senator
Tim news ol the death of
Brown wss received at Washington
Friday night. Hie many friend# ex¬
press the deepest regret at his demise.
Speaker Crisp and other Georgians
sent telegrams of sympathy to toe fam¬
ily. Senator Brown’s long eareer in the
senate made him a oon spicuona accomplished figure
ia national affaire He
t por * tor
who
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BRIEF TELEG.
A CONDENSATION OF OUR 1, , r
IMPORTANT DISPATCHES.
Short and Crisp MB Morsels of ° » —
Interest to Our Reader*.
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The foot and month disease
broken out among cattle at Falmontts
and Sivtingbourne, England, and As
boards of agriculture have been not"”
ed of its existence.
Eight lives have been lost and prep
erty amounting to$i,000,000 has bases*
destroyed by the foreBt fires in th*
bottoms of the Tennessee. The Ins
are still raging with destructive fungr.
At an early hour Thursday morning,
fire was discovered in Ronbaix’s U«* -
die Faotory, in Antwerp, Belgitim,
and depite all efforts the building wa® fa*
burned to the ground. Tbe losa
reach 80,000 pounds ($400,000).
Albert W. Holmes, of the W c*twwi
Bank Note company, was bound
to the federal grand jury at Clnragii
Saturday morning by United Stabs*'
Commissioner Wirt under $2,000 hnail
on the charge of violating the law
connection with engraving and pri H
ing tbe warrants for the state of
sissippi
McKnight & Cbidestef’s sash faotaaw
and moulding mill at ^Jersey City, K-
J., was destroyed by fire early TmKw
day morning. The loss on the
ohinery and stock is estimated
$30,000. The fire spread to JowsT
saltpetre works. There were se
explosions, and Charles Byan
John Bergman were taken out in
unconscious condition. The losa
the saltpetre works will reach $20,C
The Great Western Mannfsctu»t«H eleotxicrii
Company, one of the largest
manufacturing concerns in the aountvy* .
having its general warehouses asal
offices in Chicago, an extensive fartwy
at Duluth and branches in Pittabwqf
and Denver, confessed judgment in tthm
United States oonrt at Chioago Satan
day for $15,000, and an effort will V»
made to have a receiver embarrassed appointed.
The concern has been far
some time. Of the $1,500,000 capital
stock over $700,000 has been paid ia
The Malagasy government, ia tin im¬
ply to the French ultimatum, agree*
that the Frenoh residents on the i al a e i l
shall become the mediary bet
Madagascar and the powers, and
agrees that Franoe shall effeot swdfa
pnblie works on tbe island as the If *
lagasy authorities shall deem neces¬
sary. The reply also proposes tfaat
tho Hova-Frenoh disputes shall
tried by a mixed court, and that
boundaries of the Frenoh ten Itasjr
aronnd Diego Buaries shall be defladto
ly settled. The government retain***
itself the right to import anna a**
monitions of war.__
CAROLINA’S LEGISLATURE
Assembles in Columbia and
'
to Business. .
The Sooth Carolina legislature
Tuesday and organized by the re-ala*
tion of Speaker Jones in the bona*.
Dr. Sampson Pope, late indegenAtafe aim*
candidate for governor, who wad
clerk of the senate, was succeeded lgp *
ex-Senator Hemphill. GreenwiShA
Representative Earle, of
has drafted a bill which he will intaw
dace, imposing a fine of $50 upon talw
graph companies for failure to deiiviK '
any message within a reasonable
The fine when imposed will go to tfcw
recipient of the delayed meaaagn.
This bill is not intended to preens *
the recipient from entering suit f«r
damages also.
The session will be an import*** is
one. A United States senator to W
chosen to succeed Senator Batter;
provision will have to be made iar
holding a constitutional convention
and a lively fight will be made o» it,
and two eironit judges will b# oboansL.
Dr. Sampson Pope, who ran ugai—M
John Gary Evan* in tbe recent al*w
tion, is maxing a contest in tho. i i g a
lature. He presented to tbe estates*
petition and protest, which wss rMew
red to the committee on privileges a*A
elections. Dr. Pope’s petition sate
forth tfast the election tor govetata
wss not a legal one, and not held wa¬
der, and in accordance with the oom
stitntion of South Carolina, but wa*j*s
illegal one, held under tha provisfasr
of the set of 1881_
BAKER SUICIDED. '
It Was Alleged That He Was fle
Accomplice.
Tbe New York Sun says in ito’
of Tuesday morning: “Frederic
Baker, the lawyer of No. 20$ Bi
way and 25 West Seventieth at
who wee drowned et Sand Point ■
11 o’clock on Saturday forenoon,* night i*r
have been arrested that bn
hie death, and on a charge of i
the Shoe Leather ba of
than $854,000, with the oc
Samuel C Seley, this the is te**,
bookkeeper . While
bis eons insist that the fas*
officials made a horrible ah
and swore out a warrant forth# wi
man. They say that their father
not had an account at the Shoe
Leather bank for five years; the
nothing among his papers showing
died a rich
bad
baveb .C VA
“Against the Writ ■ i 1
sertion that thei
ia
to* five
3i at lesT 4
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