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Carolina Soldiers.
THE GOVERNOR’SXJUARDS DISBAND
If ihey do not suit them
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At these words more of the guards
nSfSr I SKIFF S ONCE A-WEEK TALk’THE MEWS IN BRIEF
There should be a fixed principle in
threw down their bayonets on the pile I every one living in * town or city, if
at the governor’s feet and walked away?
This left only eight men and the cap
tain remaining. Again tne governor,
! interested in the growth of town or city
^ to patroniz j its home industries • When
addressing Captain Bateman, said: “You ? it can he dons on as reasonable terms
have the nucleus for a company.' I re? (as abroad, and if a person living in a
store you your arms. You will Ireport I commnnit;y haB not the interest and
; welfare of that com auniiy at heart hut
An KxclUng Time in the Palmetto State
Which Snnrlay’ft Benign Influence,Could
Not Quiet—Troops Sent to the Seat ot
War—All Quiet at Darlington When
Last Heard Prom.
Columbia, S. C., April 2.—Sunday
was a day long to he remembered in the
history of the state.
The stirring events of the past few
days had created an excitement that the
quieting influences of a Sabbath could
not overcome, even if there had been
nothing to augment'the excited state of
public feeling.
But the arrival of troops from the
country districts in answer to a call of
Governor Tillman and their massing
within the penitentiary wails; the ad
dress of the governor, and afterward,
their departure for Darlington all tended
to further disturb the peace.
During the morning Governor Till
man had sent word to the commander
of the Governor’s Guards, Captain Bate
man, to assemble his company and pro
ceed to the grounds in front of the ex
ecutive mansion without their arms.
Some of the men demurred, but finally
they yielded, and 23 in number, marched
out under command of their captain.
The governor was waiting for them,
with some of the ladies of the house
hold behind, and a little to one side were
Judge Dick Watts, Samuel Bunch, sec
retary and treasurer of the state insane
asylum, and Attorney General O. W.
Buchanan, witnesses o£ the episode.
Governor Tillman’s face showed traces
of the strain that he has undergone in
the past week. They say he has not
slept any for the post two nights. As
they saluted, the chief executive stepped
out on the portico steps and removed his
black felt hat. He was pale, but thor
oughly cool, and every word of his
speech was uttered in clear, sharply cut
sentences. He said;
Gentlemen of the Governor’s Guards:
I have sent for you under peculiar cir
cumstances, whicn will-be stated in a few
remarks. I am the chief executive of
South Carolina, the head of this govern
ment. My duty is to hay a the laws en
forced. When the civil authorities becom-
powealeas. the militia are the only re
sources of a governor to restore order.
When my right arm was stretched forth
night before last to command the peace,
endeavoring to restore order, you, repre
senting that right jinn, were paralyzed by
a mob here, when my effort and desire
was to send you to Darlington to repress
another mob. I have been for 14 years a
militiaman, and 1 know perhaps better
th#n you how. as a citizen soldier, you
must feel with reference to the position
you occupy. You stand liefore this state
as a disgrace; as men who bave refused to
obey the order of a superior officer. You
have been organized for half a century,
and this is the first time this has occurred
I have been told by those who were pres
ent that it was not your fault; that, until
Bishop Capers made his unfortunate
speech, you had resisted the pressure
brought to bear on you by your fathers
and yt>ur kinsmen, and were ready to obey
your governor. You disobeyed them, and
you disappointed me. I have sent for you,
not to criticise you or to plead with you..
I want to have a plain talk. I represent,
in a great degree, a faction which con
trols the state. While you repre
sent the other- side, and because of the
C ssure of the pubiic opinion brought to
r on you, is the reason you occupy the
position you now do. Let us discuss this
question and show yon the error in which
your community. ■ as well as yourselves,
perhaps, are laboring under. The dispen
sary law was enacted by the legislat ure—
by the majority of the representatives off
the people. It is the law until the su
preme court declares it unconstitutional.
The place to light it is at the ballot box,
and the courts, and not with bullets. Am
I. as chief executive of the state, au
thorized by the general assembly to en
force that law. to stand here and see those
,iv appointed to uphold it killed and dogged
ana hunted like wild beasts? And, when
X authorize the militia to go there, be op
posed by the sentiment of the towns where
the whisky and bar men live and paralyze
the militia)’ Thank God, South Carolina
la safe today, because she has soldiers who
Will obey orders. Now, gentlemen, you
t live in Columbia. My purpose and de-
pro, if you evince the proper spirit, is to
now Columbia that 1 bear no malice;
that X trust her citizens when they are in
oool blood.’
X want to say, if I will be allowed to do
so, that in restoring your arms I furnish
a guarantee of this, provided the hotheads
who have been preaching strife and blood
shed down the streets are quelled. But be
fore 1 do* that my duty is to see that 1
don’t entrust arms to unworthy bauds. If
you cannot obey the orders issued bv the
proper authorities in the proper way, of
course you are useless to the state and the
money that has been expended on vou lias
been wasted.
Now, without exacting any pledges,
without making any promises, ns a matt i-r
of duty. I desire to ask you gentlemen,
one and all, if your arms are re-cored to
you and yon are again made one of ike
Its ding companies of this state, and the
prace and stain on your brow washed
can I rely upon yeuf If I can’t rely
O you, if there are any members of
this company so lost to the duties of cit
izenship that they will not respond to
proper orders, they .are unworthy to be
soldiers and Bhould resign from the com
pany. If them is a man in your ranks
who feels that he is not ready to obey any
order given by me, let it be made known,
because our duty to South Carolina will
not allow him to remain among you.
There was a short pause, as the gov
ernor, with a faint hectic flash burning
on either pole cheek, swept the long
row of grayclad men with his one- eye.
Outside the* ornamental iron fence
Which encloses the residence grounds
there was strung along a collection of
faoes, black and white.
The governor's lam sentence was a
challenges, or at least it was so regarded.
There was not a sound as Private
Moore, a handsome boy of 19 years,
stepped two paces to the front and with
• quick gesture pulled his belt loose.
With the bayonet sheath, and flung it
down sight at the governor’s feet, with
in the next moment five others had fol
lowed his lead.
The action was so swift 1 , and unex
pected that the protesting words of Cap
tain Bateman were lost. It was a mo
ment of critical and supreme import
ance.
But Tillman never winced. He stood
perfectly composed, with red spots on
his cheeks burning into a trifle redder
flame. He glanced carelessly at the
diaoarded equipments, while Captain
Bateman and Colonel Willie Jones hur-
tiedljr expostulated with the men, who.
after relinquishing their fixtures, had
walked away as each bayonet fell.
Colonel Jones exclaimed in an expos
tulating tone: “Men, men; don’t do
that.” Turning to Captain Bateman,
Governor Tillman continued:
“Captain Bateman, if these gentle
men don’t understand and appreciate
the situation, it is best for them to do
this, because I don’t want any soldier
who cannot obey orders. Yon know
that I want it thoroughly understood
that if the Governor's Guards cannot
be trusted, the governor must know it.
I understand that these gentleman who
have discarded their arms mean to in-
they will not obey.oruaia
■I I
at the penitentiary to General Rich-
bonrg, who has been ordered to* restore.
your guns to you. Is it satisfactory to' living in it »8 a selfish citiz :n togob-
you, and have you any questions to t,i e U p a ll the revenue he can for his
».„*’■ u * „„ personal use had better pack up bis ef-
Captam Bateman, who was almost as *;
pale from the excitement of th 9 affair fcets and leave, and ought to be com
as the governor, responded-in 'a low pelted to for want of support, and give
voice, “I have no questions to ask. Your : r(Hm f or one that will ba interested in
orders are clear.” ^ ii,^ —nnfi, nf »h& nima <• well an hi*
“Very well, take your company to tin
penitentiary.”
At this point one of the members * lid
to the governor: “I will not obfey your
orders. Ionlyoiey the orders of the
captain.” . , -
“The captain getB his orders from his
general, and the general receives uts or
ders from 'me,” replied the governor, as
he turned to enter the bonse.
The following commands which had'
reported for duty and had been garri
soned at the penitentiary, left in the af
ternoon for Darlington:
Butler Guards, 1C men.
Dibble Light Dragoons, Orangeburg,
31 men.
Maxwell Guards, of Greenwood, 80
men.
Morgan Rifles, of Clifton, 30 men.
Hampton Guards, of Spartanburg, 24
men."
Sally Rifles, 30 men.
Palmetto Rifles, of Aiken, 16 men.
Fort Motte Guards, 15 men.
Edgefield Hussars and the Light Dra
goons, of the same place, combined and
mastered 85 men.
Greenville Guards, 16 men. .
Abbeville Rifles. 20 men.
A CONCISE STATEMENT.
The Exact Situation at Darlington Accord
ing to the News anti Courier.
Darlington, S. C., April 2.—As the
position of the people of Darlington has
not heen fully understood, The. News
and Courier's special correspondent has
gotten the following concise statement
from Mayor Dargan, chairman' of the
advisory committee. Mayor Dargau
said:
“The trouble in this matter is that
Governor Tillman assumes that his con
stables enjoy privileges or have’ privil
eges that are not enjoyed by any other
citizen of this state, or of these-TJnited
States, and not possessed by any -judge
on the bench, or even the president of
these United States, which is that By
reason of the fact that they are; state
constables they can, with impunity,
shoot down citizens of the common
wealth and be exempt from arrest un
der the law. I know of no laws
in this country that allows ar
officer of the state to commit murde.
and be exempt from arrest. Whether
these constables are guilty is not tkj
question. The fact is that they have
shot to death two of the citizens of the
state of South Carolina and wounded
several others. As soon as the fact was
made known to me, as mayor of this
town, 1 undertook to have them ap
prehended at once, believing it to be my
duty to do so. Such efforts to arrest e -
caping murderers were made as have
ever been made in this state or any other
under civil government.
“Posses were immediately organized,
as has been done time and again, and
pursuit commenced as soon ss possible.
“They were armed as best they oould
be under the circumstances, becans
they knew that they had an organize t
body of desperate men armed-with most
improved weapons to eucounter. Asa
matter of fact, I had no idea that those
constables would be willingly arrested
or would be willing to Submit
to the authority of the land, because
Governor Tillman had instructed them
to shoot down the citizens whenever
they interfered with them, ' and he
caused these instructions to be published
to the world, awl I did not expect that
onr posse would even wish or desire to
arrest them, but that they wonld, if
caught up with, fight to • finish
There was . no - great- supe
rior force at first and there was
considerable uneasiness on account of
the citizens o. jour town who were- Bent
in all directions, and who were armed
with only shotguns, - some with pistols,
and one or two with rifles. The-delay
in getting the posse enabled- the state
constables to gain considerable time in
getting ahead, and night coming on en
abled.them to escape in the darkness
onr men following them until they got
beyond the ounty lines and were im
mediately called in. , : \
“If Governor Tillman has madeany at
tempt to arrest these men I am not
aware of it. .If such a mnrderihad been
committed by any one else, or by any
other persons .than, these state con
stables, I suppose he would have issued
a proclamation, offering a,, reward for
the apprehension of the armed body of
murderers. A great many offers of as
sis tan ce have come in from onr friends
all over the state.
“To these I replied that we needed no
help, for life and property were per
fectly safe—it has always been.
“Bnt what we did n ed was assistance
to cat off the escape of these men and
bring them to justice. There i%. no
doubt that there was nothing unusual
in this as to all other offers of help. "
replied that we needed none. I wished
to keep out foreigners, as onr people
were excited. I had full cbnfidence in
the officers of the town to protect life
and property as long as we were let
alone.
“There has been no disorder whatever
or any posses or riotons crowds in this
county since the - deplorable affair of
Friday.
Governor’s Guards Disband.
Columbia, S. C., April 2.—At a meet
ing of the Governor’s Guard’s it was
unanimously decided to give up their
anus. This disbands the company.
Refused to Order s Strike.
Chicago, April 3.—Chiefs Arthur,
Sargent, Wilkinson and‘Garrettson
representing the engineers, firemen
conductors t ad trainmen, after confer
ring with President and General Man
ager Carpenter, of the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois railroad, have served
notice on thr dissatisfied employes that
they.have done the best they could and
refused to order a strike. The engineers
and firemen are dissatisfied with the
compromise effected.
.Refused to Accept.
Brazil. Ind., April 2.—The conduct
ors and Brakemen of the Brazil division
of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail
road held a meeting here to consider ths
proposed redaction in their wages, which
is to go into effect April 20. A secret
ballot was taken, and it is learned that
the men will refuse to accept.the reduc
tion April 6, to which date they have to
file their acceptance, and will tie up the
road.
When traveling, always take a' cake
of J oh n son’s Oriental Soap with you;
diseases are often caught from using
hotel soap. Palmer A Kinnebrew,
the growth of the place as well as his
own personal properity.
The mechanic, the lawyer, doctor or
laborer who lives in a community and
•.dependent on the people of that com’
manky for employment and spends his
money abroad has no right to com
plain If bis neighbor does not employ
him hut instead sends abroad for a me
chanic,and laborer ,u3es patent medicine
cheating the doctor out of bis fee, im<
port a lawyer from another district this
would be just , dealing, and the same
with the merchant or storekeeper' who
refused to patronize his own townsmen
in a different line of business from his
own and goes from home to trade, is
not entitled to the support of the people
of b’S community no more than the
mechanic or laborer is from the mer
chant and storekeeper. It is the duty
of every person residing in a commu
nity to, as far as possible, trade with
his home merohant, employ his home
laborer, doctor and lawyer, and the one
who fails to do so is not endowed with
that public spirit whioh characterizes a
good citizen.
The Athens waterwoik* decision
surely hang- fire. It is like we often
find the water,a muddy affair and when
will it be settled ? Thr specific tax has
been discontinued by lue council but
fear they will need the
money derived from it to
settle the water »• d works, and: the
next thing in ouL r for our city fathers
is an electric plant. Then paving j the
streets like ecme other places are not
half the sizs of oars, not forgetting the
city clock, nor a standing army witb
Grovet Cleveland captain, to protect
these and all other enterprises that is
or may be in the near futnre establish
ed by some go-ahead cit'zen.
There must be power above wbat we
now have to protect and encourage new
and worthy objects. We donbt if it
would be a wise move for the city to
establish her own eleotrio plant. It
would have to be built on borrowed
o&pitai, that added to the water bonds
with other liabilities, would make
something of a debt to sbc-ulder and
pay. Keep oat of debt—let the lights
remain as tbey are or give the job to
M*. R. L. Bloomfield He has at band
sufficient power he does net use to run
tbe plant, and oould furnish the city
and citizens witb light at less expense
than the city itself could. Electric
lights are furnished in'some places for
stores and bonces at thirty cents a night
per month, and why not at that price
in Athene?
The next talk will be about southing
Skiff, the Jeweler.
Telegraphic Sparks and Otter Itetas
far Banner Readers
—0. H. Legget has been appoint d
postmaster at Fernardina, Fla.
—D. G. Brent has been appointed
collector of customs at Pensaoola and
J. L. Cottrell at St. Mark’s.
—JohD Wilt’s residence at McK-n-
drel, W. Va., was burned, and a servant
and eight children lost their lives.
—Opposition to Ben Russell in the
second district seems to have about pe
tered ont.
—The arguments in the Chicago lake
front case were closed yesterday in the
United States Supreme court.
—The A. P. A took part in the Sfr-
Josepb (Mo.) city eleotion, leaving all
Catholics off the ticket.
—Another rustlers’war is feared in
Colorado, as the cittle men are organ
izing to fight the sheep men.
—Oklahoma lawyers who advertiee
the territory as a quick divoroe mill
will be ferreted out and disbarred.
—Jim Talley, a notorious counter
feiter, and five of his gang, were ar
rested in Decatur county, Ky.
Playing with matches on & hay
mow, two “young children of John W.
Horton, of Montgomery, Ala , set it on
fire and were cremated.
—Trying with a gun
to return home, John Collier, of Sbe-
wano, Wis.,- was shot dead by his |
brother-in-law, John Hahn.
—After six monthB* hunt, John Van I
else.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
By the State Normal School Commls-
•ton in Atlanta.
Resolved, That the Normal School
Commission represent to the municipal
government of Athens, and to the
grand jury of the county of Clarke,
that we have been credibly informed
that to omit the Normal School at Ath
ens for one single session might work
tbe forfeiture of the Gilmer fond, if
not of the other properties of the said
Normal school.
Resolved, That we respectfully call
their attention to the efforts of this
commission to secure the appropriation
from the state for the said Normal
School, and tothefaettbat the appro
priation waa defeated.
Resolved, That while this commission
recognize the great patriotism and lib
erzliiy of the city of Athens and coun
ty of Clarke hitherto, it is unwilling to
urge farther aid on their part, yet in
the trying circumstances in which we
find ourselves, we desire to say that if
the city government and the graad jury
oould see their way clear to aid the
school once more, we hope that their
liberality will seouru the permanent lo
cation of the school at Athens and
prove a lasting benefit to the state and
county.
Resolved, That the chairman ot this
commission, together witb Professor
D. C. Barrow, Jr., and Dr.S. D. New
ton, be appointed a committee to bring
this matter to the attention of tbe mu
nicipal authorities and the grand jury
or Clarke county at their earliest con
venience.!
Wilson Continues to Improve.
San Antonio'; Tex. ? April .L—Con
gressman W. L. Wilson is still at ;the
ranch of ex-Congressman Ben* Cable
eight miles south of here. He is rapid!
gaining in weight and strength, and L
no relapse occurs will be able to resume
his work in congress in a few weeks.
Mrs. Fanllcner’s Sadden Death. '
Winchester, Va., April 3.—Mrs.
Mary W. Faulkner, widow of the late
Hon. C. J. Faulker, and mother of Sen
ator Charles J. Faulkner, of West Vir
ginia, has just died very suddenly of
congestion of the lunge.
Th* Sale Postponed.
Atlanta, April 8.—The sale of the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad
has been postponed until May 8, at the
request of the Central Trust company.
JL Virgin!* Read Sold.
Norfolk, April 8.—The Atlantic and
Danville railroad was sold here under
order of the United States court for 11.-
105,009 toll. Newgarn and aeeociatea.
Allen, the crooked general agent at H e Reviews the Scene In Major Moore’s
Seattle of the New York Fidelity Com
pany, was found at Bridgeville, Cal.
—Governor McKinley opened his
presidential campaign on Wednesday
last in Minneapolis with a plea for pro
tection.
congregation near Savannah on Sunday
last.
--Under Louisville’s new charter the
city is limited to twelve wards, but the
additional territory taken in will make
to force his wife | Breckinridge’s Story Contradicts
That of Miss Pollard’s.
NEVER SPOKE OF HIS WIFE TO HER.
Office—He Told Madaliue Then That
She Would Got No More Money from
Him—Never Met Her at the Hoffman
House at Any Time.
Washington, April 2.—As soon as
the circuit court met Mr. Breckinridge
took the stand and oegan liis third day’s
—Miles Perry, a colored Baptist min- concerning the illicit rela-
iater, dropped dead from heart disease jj ons between Madeline Pollard and
in his pulpit while preaching to his j himanif
a a usual, he was one of the earliest
j comers, in fact he appeared before Miss
Pollard or her counsel, or before any of
hi* own counsel entered the court room.
When he took the stand ho leaned sorne-
. w _ aa the other I what forlornly on Judge Bradley’s desk,
two of these wards as big aB tbe ot er j Mr B uttorwor th began by quoting
ten. I the testimony of Miss Pollard with re-
-Sempter Alexander De y .e, o< New pE
York, is to make the $6,030 statue of claims took place in a carriage in
the late Senator John E. Kenna, of j this city
Cases of 40 yean* standing where op
erations have failed have been mired by
Japanese Pile Cure. Palmer & Kinne
brew.
—A Welch Un factory has produced
the thinest sheet of iron ever rolled. It
wonld require 4,800 of them to make
one inoh in thickness.
—Gov. Northen has reappointed W
T. Sheffield judge of Miller county
county court and Jno. O. Terry, judge
of iBiker county court.
—The Way cross Herald-say* the gov
ernor found faoing the friends of can
didates for Colquitt’s place worse than
the Way cross war.
—The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad has declared the
usual quarterly dividend of 1% per
cent, payable April 36.
—Nuggets of pure gold have been
washed out of sand dag out of a well
at Laveta, Col., and the discovery has
created great excitement.
—Tidings of the Somali, so long over
due at San Francisco, and thought to
have heen lost, were received in Seattle,
Wash., Thursday.
—Tbe Comptroller of the Currency
has authorized the First National bank
ofCoudeiBport, Pa., with a capital of
$50,000, to begin business.
—Fifty-five monument, 0 to tne regi
ments andjhatteries of o upon the
field of Ohiokamanga were approved
yesterday by Assistant Secretary Doe
—Capt. Abbott, United States engin.
eer at Charleston, claims that vessels
drawing twenty-five feet of water can
cross the bar by the end of tbe year.
Acting Secretary of War Doe has
formally decided that a deserter’s re
lease is in no sense a discharge from the
army, nor does it in any way remove
tbe charge of desertion.
—Senator Morgan, chairman of the
committee on Foreign Relations, say3
that he will move euly next week to
take the Chinese treaty up foraetion
Thursday or Friday.
—Representative Stone, of Pa., has
introduced in the House & bill directing
that all contested eleotion cases o f
members and delegates of the House be
referred to the judiciary committee.
—The Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton railroad haB purohased from
Baron Erlanger the controlling inter
est in the Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Paoiflo railroad, known as the
Queen and Creaeent route.
—According to Edward Bok, at a re
cant dinner ot- magazine writers in
New York, where twenty-two men
were present, only two had their wine
glasses refilled, and more than one-
third turned their glasses down.
—The river and harbor appropriation
hill carries an appropriation for the
next fiscal year of $9,500,000, which is
ahont $13,000,000 less than that for the
current year, and $30,000,000 less than
the estimate submitted by the United
States engineer.
—Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of Tupelo,
Hies, who was a lieutenant general in
the Confederate army, ia being urged
by his friends to become a candidate
for Congress. He is president of the
Mississippi Agricultursl and Mechani
cal College.
—Charles Good, a veteran of the
Mexioan war, of Plattville, Wis., cele
brated his 100th birthday anniversary a
few days ago. He is as chipper as a
sohool boy. One of his guests was his
younger brother from Missouri, who ia
only 96.
—Some of the operators in Wall
street, who are able to sign their names
for millions, don’t spend more than &
dime for-, their noon-day lunoheon
Russell Sage frequently indulges in a
nickel’s worth of patries after the bell
in old Trinity’s spire has chimed the
mid-day hour.
—The wedding of Miss Juliet Mor
gan, second daughter of Mr. J. Pier-
pout Morgan, of New York, and Will
iam Pierson Hamilton, whioh is to be
solemnized on April 12, will be one of
the society events of the season in the
metropolis. Miss Morgan is a stylish
*s4 handsome brunette.
- —Mrs. Ann S. Austin, the woman
who was lately elected mayor of Pleas
anton, Kan., and about whom so much
ias been written,- is a native of Ohio
with New England ancestry. She has
heen prominent in social, religious and
politioal work all her Ilfs and is an offi
cer of tbe Independent Order pf Good
Templars.
West Virginia, for the Washington
Capitol.
—The famous Grier’s Almanac pro
perty has been bought by Mr. Corne
lius J. Sheehan, of Atlanta. For sev
Breckinridge denied all those state
ments of the plaintiff concerning the al
leged conversation during the ride. He
said he did not see the plaintiff in An-
st, 1892, and did not know she waa in
ashington at that time. Mr. Butter-
worth made reference to - the statement-
eral years it has been published in j of Miss Pollard that the defendant had
Macon, Ga.,by J. W Burke & Co.
—On Friday last Mrs. William Dooly
of Hart county, carried her husband’s
dinner to him in the field, leaving hex
children asleep in the house. While
she was gone the house o&nght fire and
was burned, and the two children were
cremated in the flames
—The longest reach of railway with
out a curve is that of the new Argen
tine Pacifio Railway from Buenos
Ayres to the foot of the Andes. For
211 miles it is without a curve, and has
ho cutting or embankment deeper than
two or three feet
—By the force of a wave at Bishop’.
Rock lighthouse the bell was torn from
ita fastenings, although situated 100
feet above high water mark. At Unst,
in tbe Shetland Islands, a door was
burst in at a height of 195 feet above
the level of tbe sea.
—W. E. McElwee, of Rock wood,
Tenn., describes a coin found in an In
dlan mmud in that country as hearing
on one side an urn burning incense and
on the other a fig or olive branch, with
the words in Hebrew: “Shekel of
Israel.” The coin is of brass and is in
a fair state of preservation.
—Venice was buried in snow a
month ago as a result of the same un
precedented storm which buried Rome.
The ligoons froze over ana large mas
ses of ioe blocked the Grand oauaL The
gondolas were snow-covered, the nar
row pathways were impossible and great
suffering and misery prevailed among
the poor.
—On Sunday night last Professor F
J. H. Calloway, of Douglasville, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
while laboring under a tern porary fit of
insanity. Prof. Calloway was the son
of Rev, Morgan Calloway, and was
much beloved by all who knew him.
He was teaching m Douglasville and
was a leader in the MethodiBt church
and In social circles.
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—Hitherto the English and Ameri
can Bible societies have enjoyed the
privilege of oiroulating magazines and
tracts and of maintaining traveling
agents in Rassia. Bat recenUy the
various establishments at Kief and
other large cities in the dominions of
the czsr have been closed by the police,
made her give up her child and that he
had talked with her about liis deceased
wife.
I never in any way mentioned to her
the name of my wife,” he said, in an
swer to Mr. Buttenvorth’s question
whether this was true. “I never knew
she had given birth to a living child, j
ancLI never asked her to give it up.” i]
.Colonel Breckinridge also denied Miss
Pollard’s statements concerning their
meetings at the Hoffman House in N ew
York.
‘I did not see the plaintiff at the
Hoffman House on the evening of April
80,” he said, “because I was not there.
I spent the evening after dusk in my
wife’s apartments
“I did not tell her, as she states, that
I had an engagement with William C.
Whitney, or Charles F. Fairchild, and
that they were to send me abroad in the
interests of a $30,000,000 railroad
scheme. I did not tall her April 80 that
I was going to spend the night in a pri
vate car. None of her statements are
true.”
Mr. Breckinridge again related what
happened during the visit to Major
Moore, and said that after leaving
Moore’s office: “I told her that matters
would probably be in the newspapers;
that we had probably been seen going
in the office of the chief of police, and
that a public scandal wonld result. I
told her she could not get another dollar
ont of me—not a dollar for her support.
‘She then began to cry and told me
that her nervous manner and her ex
citement resulted from her delicate con
dition.”
Concerning statements at the inter
view with Major Moore, Mr. Breckin
ridge said Miss Pollard was anxious for
him to tell Moore that noother man had
had any improper relations with her,but
he would not do so, and said:
You know that the first night I met
you I took liberties with your person and
slept with you the next night with your
full consent.”
Reference to other matters which hap
pened ahont this time and which were
covered in Colonel Breckinridge’s testi
mony Friday were told over again.
“Did you ” asked Mr. Butterworth,
‘have any sexual relations witb. plain
tiff after April 29, 1893?*
(This is the date on which the defend
ant was secretly married to Miss Wing.)
“I did not after April 29, 1893. I did
not have any sexual relations with the
plantiff whatever. It i; absolutely false.
I never had sexual intercourse with the
plaintiff after 1 returned to Washington
on March 31 at any time or any place.”
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A Two Days* Fire*
London, April 3.—Tho immense
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