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CRISIS PRECIPITATED IN SPAN¬
ISH LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
ATTRIBUTED TO TETUflN INCIDENT.
^neen Regent Accepts Resignation of all
the Cabinet Ministerg—A Pro¬
found Sensation.
A special dispatch received from
Madrid states that the premier, Seuor
Canovas del Castillo, tendered to the
queen regent the resignation of the
cabinet, owing to the difficulty the
ministers experience in carrying on
ihe government in view of the parlia¬
mentary situation caused by the refu¬
sal of the liberals to take part in the
deliberations of the oortes.
This attitude of the liberals is due
to the personal encounter between the
duke of Tetuan, the minister for for¬
eign affairs, and Professor Comas, a
liberal senator, on May 21, when the
duke slapped the face of the senator
after a heated debate on the Morgan
belligerency resolution, adopted by i
the United States senate. |
Resignation Accepted.
Tho Madrid correspondent of The
London Times says:
“The queen regent has accepted the
resignation of the cabinet of Senor
Canovas del Castillo, It nas caused a
profound sensation.
“Before finally taking this step, her
majesty begged Senor Canovas
to ^emaiii in office twenty-four hours
in,- order that site might have another
opportunity to consider the matter in
Council, but this only meant that the
^•esignntion would be accepted. resig¬
“Senor Canovas tendered his
nation because be could not again un¬
dertake to re-establish relations with
the liberals. He preferred to leave to
the crown full liberty to decide as to
the best solution. Both bouses of the
cortes voted without debate the finan¬
cial suppliers necessary to enable the
oortes to 1 adjourn sine diet and
grant authority for the is si A of
treasury bonds and the contrac¬
tion of loans guaranteed by tlie
Spanish treasury to cover the
expenses of the wars in Cuba and the
Phillippine islands with a special lien
on the revenues of Spain of the Cuban
war loan.
“The queen regent then signed the
decree suspending the sittings, where¬
upon Senor Canovas immediately ten¬
dered his resignation. ”
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS MEET.
%tate Convention Adopts a Humber of
, Strong Resolutions.
The silver democratic state conven¬
tion of Kentucky convened at Frank¬
fort Wednesday.
The Chicago platform was unequivo¬
cally indorsed without a dissenting
voice, and with great enthusiasm.
Though there was a lively contest for
lie appellate clerkship nomination,the
only state office to be filled at the next
election, the proceedings were harmo¬
nious throughout. adopted, in
The platform part, was
as follows:
“liesolved, That we hereby reaffirm our
Tailli ir. the principles set forth and enumer¬
ated in the platform adopted by the demo¬
cratic party in national convention, held at
Chicago in July, 1896, and we adopt said
platform as that of the democracy in Ken¬
tucky.
“Second, That the principles adopted and
set forth in that platform are the principles
of democratic faith and wo urge upon all
true democrats to stand by them at all
times and under all circumstances and con¬
ditions.
“That we indorse the canvass made by
'W. J. Bryan, the nominee of the democratic
'party for the presidency, in the late election.
We commend its wisdom and approve it as
Just and fair to all parties and all interests
of our common country. Wc recognize him
Kim as the fearless orator and statesman
and the great champion of the people’s
lights against the moneyed power, the mo-
nopolists, the syndicates and the trusts. We
pledge him the. support of a united democ¬
racy in our state.”
The remaining half of the platform
is devoted to a denunciation of the re¬
publican state administration, to a de¬
nunciation of allowing convict-made
goods to compete with free labor and
to a felicitation of Senator Blackburn
and those who led in his two senato¬
rial fights.
MILLIONAIRE AT SEVENTY-ONE.
John Vance Full. Heir to Over Three Mil-
lion Dollars.
John Vance, who has lived in n sod
■shanty near Great Falls, Mont., for
the past five years, has just received
$20,000 as the returns from an endow¬
ment policy investment of years ago.
He has further received notice of
the settlement of a lawsuit, pending
thirty-three years, in favor of his
mother, who recently died, leaving
him her sole heir.
The property consists of a North
-Carolina estate, stocks and bonds to
the amount of $3,000,000. Though
aged seventy one, he will marry Alice
Crossman, a sixteeu-year-old girl, who
nursed him through a severe illness.
dauntless men on trial.
Tliev I’leaileil Not Guilty and tin- Cane
' Against Them Wag Fo.tponed.
At Key West, Wednesday,the thirty-
five men found on the Dauntless were
tried before United States Commis¬
sioner Otto charged with unlawfully
and feloneously beginning to set on
foot, provide or prepare the means for
a military expedition against Spain.
Colonel Nunez, their spokesman,
pleaded not guilty, and ----- the case was
postponed until the 9th.
TILLMAN ASKS ADVICE.
Want* Senate to Help Him Settle t)!*|:en-
Httry Question.
The senate made greater progress
on the tariff bill Wednesday than any
day since the dehate opened, complet¬
ing more than halt of the important
metal schedules. The speaking was
done by the democratic senators, tho
republican senators'taking no part in
the debate except at rare intervals to
answer questions which would expe¬
dite the advance of the bill.
Early in the day Mr. Tillman se¬
cured the adoption of tho following
resolution:
“Whorens, the supreme court of the
United States declared, in the ease of Leissy
versus Hardin, that no state had the right
to prohibit the sale of liquor within its own
borders in original packages, upon the
ground that it wa3 an interference with in¬
terstate commerce; and,
“Whereas, In order to give relief to the
people of Iowa congress passed what is
known as the Wilson law. (Wilson law is
then quoted:)
“Whereas, Under the authority therein
granted, the state of South Carolina in
December, 1892, passed the dispensary law,
under which provision is made for the sale
of liquor by state officers under strict rules;
and,
“Whereas, Under this system experience
has shown that the cause of temperance
has been advanced and the good order and
quiet of the state have been promoted, there
beingnow less than 100 dispensaries in place
of upward of 800 barrooms in 1892; and,
“Whereas, A circuit judge of the Unitod
states court, by judicial legislation in a re-
C ont deeision, has repealed the act, of con-
gress above recited as far as South Carolina
is concerned, thus requiring that state to
reopen the barrooms or allow the free and
unlimited sale of liquor in original pack-
ages; therefore, be it
“liesolved, That the judiciary committee
0 f senate be instructed to consider what
legislation, if any, is necessary to restore to
South Carolina the right granted by the act
of August, 1890, to control the sale of alco-
liolio liquors within its own border in its
own way in common with other states of
this union.”
Mr. Tillman spoke briefly in support ,
of the resolution saying the public
impression was tliat making the device_was dispensary erro- laiv j
a money
neons and tWt it had accomplished
much good in regulating the liquor
traffic.
Mr. Faulkner of West ^ Virginia, ... felt
that the senate should not be commit-
ted to the lengthy preamble, reciting
the effect of the law, etc.
Mr. Tillman modified the preamble
so as to avoid the term “judicial leg-
islation” in characterizing the recent
decision a.nd substituting “judicial in-
terpretation. ’
Mr. Hoar, of Miftsaehusetts, chair-
man of the judiciary committee, pro-
posed a substitute omitting all the
preamble and simply directing the ju-
diciary committee to consider and re¬
port, by bill or otherwise, what legis¬
lation, if any is necessary, to carry out
the statute of 1890 relating to com¬
merce between the states.
Mr. Tillman accepted the substitute
and it was agreed to.
KILLS HIS LITTLE ONES.
Horrible Deed of a Crazy Baltimore Bet¬
ter Carrier.
Wednesday Edgar Harris, a Balti¬
more letter carrier, thirty-two years of
age, shot and killed his twelve-year-
old son, George, and his daughter,
aged fourteen, and then turned the
pistol on himself. He is now lying at
the point of death in the Johns Hop¬
kins hospital, He will die.
Little Edgar Harris, Jr., aged nine
years, was the only member of the
family who escaped uninjured. He
was lying in bed beside bis brother
George. His father fired at him, but
the bullet missed his liead by half an
inch and buried itself in the pillow.
The insane father then rushed into the
room to kill the girls, and the little
fellow ran down stairs and escaped.
Harris is thought to have been men¬
tally unbalanced by the recent death
of his wife, to whom he was deeply
devoted. He has always been a de¬
voted husband and father.
WHARF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
Fire at Alexandria, Va., Hoe. Damage to
Extent of #75,000.
Fire broke out at an early hour
Wednesday morning in the wharf
property along the river front at Alex¬
andria, Va., and did damage to the ex¬
tent of about $75,000.
Tlie chief sufferer is Captain Her¬
bert Bryant, fertilizing scores, where
the damage amounts to $30,000, fully
insured.
BUTLER SAYS NAY.
Would Not Run For Senate, Even If Offered
All W liislty Rebates.
General M. C. Butler, of South
Carolina, has quieted gossip by an¬
nouncing that lie will not be a can¬
didate for the senatorsliip or enter
polities if asked by every living thing
in the state and offered all the liquor
rebates,
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NO EXTRA LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Governor Kllerbe, of South Carolina.
Makes tlie Announcement Positively.
Governor Ellerbe, of South Carolina,
announces possitively that there will
he no extra session of the legislature.
He has not yet decided whether to dis¬
band the state constabulary.
ENGLISH RIM ETA LLkSTN.
X o BeHgtio Holds Annual Meeting In
Manchester.
The annual meeting of the English
Bimetallic League opened at Manches¬
ter Wednesday morning. There was a
large attendance, including over fifty
delegates from labor associations.
The lord mayor of Manchester pre¬
sided and welcomed the delegates.
Letters of regret were read from many
prominent mon,
HI Ml 10 INTERFERE.
MACON, GA., CITIZENS ARE AFTER
THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
CLAIM ILLEGAL CONSOLIDATION
The Governor Is Asked to Investigate the
Matter—May lie Finally Carried to
the Courts.
A petition has been filed with Gov¬
ernor Atkinson, of Georgia, asking
him to direct tho attorney general of
the state to institute proceedings to
break the relations between the South¬
ern Railway, the Central of Georgia,
the Georgia Southern & Florida and
other lines.
The petition was presented by at¬
torneys on behalf of citizens of Macon.
Th! names of seven individuals and
firms are signed to the petition.
The petition was filed a few days
ago and Judge Miller of Macqn, had a
conference with the governor. It is
alleged in the petition that the South¬
ern controls a number of railroads in
Georgia and that the control tends to
defeat competition in violation of the
constitution of the state.
The paper is a long one and recites
the history of the Southern, explaining
in detail bow it has grown up by the
acquisition of the East Tennessee, Vir¬
ginia and Georgia,the Georgia Pacific,
the Central of Georgia, the Georgia
Southern and Florida, the Atlanta and
Florida, the Georgia Midland and
Gulf, the Macon and Birmingham and
other lines. All these roads have been
consolidated, the petition declares, and
it goes on to say that tlie city of Macon
has now no' competition and the pe-
, j titioners ask the state to go to their
1 re jj e f and breab the relations existing
between the lines.
The governor lias been carefully ex-
amining the paper and has been get-
ting information about the relations
Existing Janies. between the different coin¬
Under the Bacon act of 1893, pro-
ce edings can be instituted in two ways
to break an illegal consolidation of
railroads. The governor is empowered
£o direct the attorney general to bring
gu p f or u ie forfeiture of charters or
any party interested in the properties
ca]1 g 0 into the courts for redress,
After hearing from both sides, the
governor can direct the attorney gen-
era j to proceed in the name of the state
or he may decline and leave the parties
who are interested to appeal direct to
£ he courts themselves,
IIRED SOI LALIST DEPUTY,
Soldiers Remove Member of French Cham¬
ber of Deputies.
There was a dramatic incident in the
chamber of deputies at Paris Saturday.
During the discussion of the labor
troubles at La Grand Combe, in the
department of the Guard, noted for its
coal mining, glass works and zinc
smeltjing furnaces, M. Gerault Richard,
a socialist deputy, referred to some of
his colleagues as “police spies.”
The chamber thereupon passed a
vote to peremptorily expel him
from the house. M. Richard, how¬
ever, refused to leave and the pre¬
sident of the chamber, M. Brisson,
sustained the sitting and sent for the
guard on duty.
A moment or so later a squad of
eight soldiers entered the chamber of
deputies and the colonel in command
placed his baud upon the shoulder of
the socialist deputy, who thereupon
consented to go with the officer, saying
he yielded only to superior force.
WILL RECALL WEYLER.
Queen Regent of Spain Confirms Senor
Canovas, the Premier.
A special of Sunday from Madrid
says: The queen regent has confirmed
Senor Canovas, the premier, in his
ministerial powers, and the cabinet
will remain in office with personnel
and policy unchanged.
All of the leading members of the
senate and of the chamber of deputies
who were consulted by her majesty
have advised the recall of Captain
General Weyler from Cuba.
At a cabinet council at his residence
Senor Canovas, the premier, announc¬
ed that the queen regent had renewed
his powers and tliose of the cabinet in
terms most flattering to him.aud to all
his colleagues.
TO INVESTIGATE WATTS’ CONDUCT
Governor Ellerbe, of South Carolina,
Names Members of a Court of Inquiry.
Governor Ellerbe, of South Caro¬
lina, has appointed the court of in¬
quiry to sit in General Watts’ ease.
The court will meet at Columbia aud
take the evidence.
The court consists of Brigadier Gen¬
eral Joseph L. Stoppelbein, Summer¬
ville, first brigade of cavalry; Colonel
J. G. Wardlaw, Gaffney, third regi¬
ment of infantry; Captain Henry T.
Thompson, Darlington; Darlington
Guards.
Senator S. G. Mayfield, of Barnwell,
as judge advocate general on the gov¬
ernor’s staff, will prosecute the case.
NAVAL OFFICER DEAD.
Gallant Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips
Bee Dies From Paralysis*
Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee,
United States navy, retired, the last
of the commanders of the great squad¬
ron during the civil war, died at his
home at Silver Springs, Md. near
Washington, Saturday afternoon,after
a short illness of a stroke of paralysis.
He was a Virginian by birth and a
direct descendant of Lighthorse Harry
Lee, of revolutionary fame. '
BANK PRESIDENT SUICIDES.
McConnell, Accused of Crooked Trammc-
tioiiM, Puts Bullet in His Brain.
At Ocala, Fla., Saturday afternoon,
R. B. McConnell, the defaulting pres¬
ident of the defunct Merchants' Na¬
tional bank, sent a bullet crashing
through his brain, dying instantly.
The deed was committed at the
home of his brother-in-law, W. K.
McDonald, where he and his wife and
mother were taking dinner.
It seems that the receiver of the
Merchants’ National hank made some
new developments in the bank’s busi¬
ness that showed up very badly
against McConnell. He at once com¬
municated them to United States Com¬
missioner D. S. Williams, who at once
issued a warrant for McConnell’s ar¬
rest. This was placed in the hands of
a deputy United States marshal, who
proceeded to McConnell’s residence.
He learned there that the bank presi¬
dent was at dinner at Mr. McDonald’s.
When he went thither and read the
warrant McConnell asked for permis¬
sion to go up stairs and get his coat.
In about two minutes the household
was startled by the loud report of a
pistol, and the fall of a heavy body on
the floor told the tale. The officer
rushed up stairs only to find McCon¬
nell breathing his last with a big hole
in the right side of his head over the
ear and a smoking revolver still in his
hand.
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TRIED TO KILL WHOLE FAMILY.
Story of a Midnight Assault Supposed to
Have Knded In Lynching.
News has been received of a fiend¬
ish crime which was perpetrated at
Orangedale, Fla., about twenty miles
from St. Augustine, in which an en¬
deavor was made to murder a whole
family. The details are meagre.
The story is that a negro supposed
to be Isaac Barrett, entered the home
of II. J. Hewson, a farmer, and mur¬
derously assaulted Mr. Hewson, his
wife and seven-year-old son while they
slept. All were hit on the head with
a of scantling.
The daughter, Miss Maggie, gvap-
pled with the negro aud so bravely did
she fight him that he lelt the house.
The son is said to be dying, but the
parents may possibly recover.
Later on Barrett was arrested and
the report is that a party of twelve
men took the prisoner from the officers
and a lynching was probably the
result.
CONDEMNS THE SHERIFF.
Trouble at Urbana Bait! at His Door,
Causing Him to Beave tbe City.
A special from Urbana, Ohio, says
that the city has resumed its normal
condition and the scene has changed I
entire] v.
Immediately after the trouble Slier-
iff McLain and Captain Leonard left
for Springfield. mob of
It was reported later that a
150 was organizing to go to Springfield
after the sheriff and such word went to
Springfield, having the effect, it is
said, of driving the sheriff' oil' to Day-
£oll
Threats of getting the body of
Mitchell and burning it were freely
made. Before being removed from
the courthouse yard relic hunters had
nearly cut the coat off the dead man.
Every button was gone aud even his
shoes and stockings were taken oft'
and carried away.
GEORGIA DAY IN SENATE.
Saturday Session tlie Occasion of Speeches
By Bacon and Clay.
Saturday was Georgia’s day in the
senate. The notable features of the
tariff discussion during the day were
furnished by the Georgia senators.
Senator Clay delivered his maiden
speech as a member of the body, and
Senator Bacon spoke at length upon a
feature or the tariff of special interest
to Georgia. schedule, and
This was the lumber
in favoring the tariff on lumber ns
against a motion to put it on the free
list, Senator Bacon took emphatic
grounds against the doctrine of free
raw materials, as did Senator Clay in
the more elaborate speech in which he
discussed this and other features of
the tariff measure.
ASK BARRETT’S RETENTION.
President McKinley Receives a Telegram
from Bangkok.
A cablegram from Bangkok to the
Associated Press says that the Ameri-
cans of Siam have signed a unanimous
petition asking President McKinley
to retain John Barrett as United States
minister to Siam. The dispatch is
igned- “Hays, Beunette, committee.”
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Names Are Sent to tlie Senate l>y McKinley
For Confirmation.
The president has sent the following
nominations to the senate:
Andrew Barlow, of Missouri, to be
consul general to the city of Mexico.
Harold-S. Van Buren, of New Jer¬
sey, to be consul at Nice, France.
Carl Bailey Hurst, of the District of
Columbia, now consul at Paraguay, to
be consul general at Vienna, Austria.
Henry V. Morgan, of Louisiana, to
be consul at Horgen, Switzerland.
William W. Canada, of Indiana, to
be consul at VeTa Cruz, Mexico.
Louis A. Pradt, of Wisconsin, to be
assistant attorney general.
FIREMEN UNDER WALLS.
Three Brave Baddies Bose Their Bivea
At a San Francisco Fire.
A fire in the southeastern part of
San Francisco at noon Saturday cost
three firemen their lives by falling
walls and entailed a property loss of
$ 100 , 000 .
The killed are: Joseph N. Mahoney,
of cheminal engine No. 6; Frank Kel¬
ler, steward of hose cart No. 2; James
Hallin, driver of truck No. 1.
LYNCHERS IN OHIO FIRED UPON
BY STATE TROOPS.
TWO MEN WERE KILLED OL'RIGHT.
Mob, However, Succeeds In Swinging; Up
Negro Convicted of Criminal Ax.nult
Upon a White Woman.
Two men were killed and ten wound¬
ed by a company of the Ohio National
Guard at Urbana, O., at an early hour
Friday morning.
The soldiers were attemping to save
Charles Mitchell, the colored assailant
of Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, from tbe hands
of an infuriated mob, but their efforts
" Mit U chen a 7a n sfeken from the jail at
7:30 o’clock am., and hanged to a
tree m the courtyai .
The dea ate. alv N tt>, no
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instantly lulled; Upton _ Baker, farmer
north of Ui ana.
Tlie fatally -wounded are: W Wesley I
Bowen, Cable; Zach Wank, Urbana
Less seriously wounded: Dennis
Graney, Urba; Dr. Charles Thomson,
North Lewisburv; S. 8. Deaton, Ur-
bana, ’ serious; ’t> John McKeever, Urba-
na, painful; . , Ray McClure, at TTvimno Uibana,
P Ti this list, it is feared
addition to
that Mrs. Eliza Gaumer who was as-
saulted by the negro, will not recover
and several of the injured aie m a se-
condition. There is intense
feeling against some of the officials
an, l further complications aie appre-
bended.
One week ago Mrs. Gaumer was
-
in daylight at her home in
Urbana. She was prostrated and felt
disgrace. She requested her son
announce that she was assaulted tor
It was given out that Mitchell at-
tempted to But force Mrs. her to Gaumer’s sign a check j
$500. as con-
dition became more serious, the facts
became known. Mitchell was first
for robbery, but on last Wednes¬
day he was arraigned for assault. Mrs,
Gaumer was unable to appear in court,
and the heaving was held at her home.
As Mitchell entered her room, she
raised up in bed and exclaimed:
“The brute, hang him. How dare
you face me again, you brute?”
Soon after the identification on Wed-
nesday, there was talk of that lynching,
Crowds surrounded the jail night
and the sheriff' and local militia had
trouble protecting the prisoner. Thurs-
day a grand jury was empaneled and
it soon returned an indictment for
crimiqal assault. Mitchell, disguised
iii a soldier’s uniform, was carried
from jail into court. He waived
the reading of the indictment, pleaded
guilty and was promptly sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary, the
limit for assault. The trial was over
before 9 o’clock, when an attempt was
made to take Mitchell to Columbus on
the train at 10 p. m. But the crowds
were about the courthouse and jail
and when the carriage drove up the
crowd made a rush for the jail.
The militia drove the people back,
but the crowd soon increased in fury
as well as in numbers, so that Sheriff
McLean and the troops had all they
could do to hold the jail at that time.
It was 1:35 o’clock Friday morning
when the first attack was made on the
jail. The soldiers opened fire on the
mob and twenty volleys were poured
into the advancing crowd with the re¬
sults as above stated.
The attacking party retired, but the
sight of the dead and injured infuria¬
ted them and the crowd soon rallied.
The final attack on the jail was made
at 7 o’clock.
The mob which had grown in num¬
bers at the break of day, seeing the
way open, secured a large sledge ham-
mer and started for the jail. The ham¬
mer was not needed, as Sheriff McLean
delivered the keys and the crowd soon
found Mitchell’s cell.
A rope was thrown around the ne¬
gro’s neck and was dragged out into
the yard. The rope was then thrown
over one of the limbs of a tree. Mitch¬
ell was jerked up unlil his head struck
the limb. His neck was broken and
his body dropped to the ground. The
crowd repeated the jerking several
times until they were sure he was
dead.
AGAINST NIGHT WORK.
Southern Cotton Spinners Will Meet To
Curtail Output of Mills.
The coming meeting of the Southern
Cotton Spinners’ Association at Char¬
lotte, N. C., is of unusual importance
to the cotton mills of the south.
Some measures are to be adopted to
curtail the production of yarns by re¬
ducing the hours of labor. The asso¬
ciation hopes to stop night work in
yarn mills altogether.
One of the board of governors says
tnat unless the mills now running at
night agree to discontinue the prac¬
tice, the other mills will advertise that
they run only in the daytime and make
a more uniform class of goods than is
possible to produce at night.
OFFICERS^WERE GAMBLING.
An Alderman and Two Policemen Were
Caught In the Kaid.
A sensation in the police department
of Chattanooga has leaked out.
Several days ago a gambling houle
on Market street was raided by the
police. The only inmates caught were
Ed Spencer, alderman from the Second
ward, and Officers Robert Baird and
I. C. Morgan, of the police force, in
full uniform, The three, together
with a well known gambler, were play¬
ing poker and drinking.
SUGAR SCANDAL IN SENATE.
Tillman Score. Committee for Failure to
Report HI* Resolution.
Senator Tillman shook the red flag
of sugar investigation-in the face of the
senate republican bull Thursday, and
was the result of a very lively discus¬
sion, in which several senators took
part, the South Carolinian scored a
point. He got from members of the
sub-committee, to which has been re¬
ferred his investigation resolution, a
promise that the resolution shall be
reported to tbe senate at no late day.
That is what the aggressive Carolin¬
ian was after. He wants action. He
had read apparently authorized news¬
paper statements which told of a pur¬
pose to suppress his resolutions and _
he didn’t propose they should be sup¬
pressed if he could help it. that he
It was with this purpose
moved that the committee he discharged
from the consideration of bis resolu¬
tion and that an immediate vote on that
reg£)lution be had by the 8enate .
Jhfe indent closed, the tariff bill
T ™ hou £ procee dings Thursday
were enlivened by a single incident,
the attempt of Mr. Terry, ^deration democrat, of
8ecure as a
privileged b matter of a resolution for
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tho >™nediate . ,. , appointment, . , , of c the
committee on foreign affairs m order,
as the. preliminary whereas recited to
actlon on the seuate Cuban
belligerency resolution. . ,
It was ruled out of order and an ap-
^ ^ from tbe decision o£ the
chl f was laid on the table by a strict
pa ”/J;7' unani
billg were passe(J by .
consent. At 3:50 p. m„ the
bouse adjourned unti! Monday,
DENOUNCED BY WOODROW.
The Reverend College President Says
Militia Were Trespassers.
President James Woodrow, the head
of the South Carolina college at Co¬
lumbia, and known throughout the
United States by reason of bis con¬
nection with the evolution controversy
£be Presbyterian church, has taken
s j t | es with the students in the matter
of tbe j r collision with the military
some days ago. had absent
Dr. Woodrow been since
the clash occurred until Thursday
when he appeared at the morning
chapel exercises. In addressing the
students, Dr. Woodrow referred to
the trouble and said:
“When I gave permission for the
millitia to go upon any part of the
ground, I was under the impression
the officers were gentlemen.”
The doctor declared that the militia
and police were trespassers; that the
troops had never been given permis¬
sion to cross the baseball field, but
that they had been expressly warned
not to do so. The rights of the college
must and shall be respected, be de¬
clared. Pistols bad been drawn and
students and the acting president, a
professor, had been clubbed, a stu¬
dent’s skull crushed and the responsi¬
bility must be placed. greeted
Dr. Woodrow’s remarks were
with cheers by the college boys.
CALHOUN COMES HOME.
His Cuban Report Will Recommend
Peace, If Peace Be Possible.
A special to The New York Herald
from Havana, Cuba, via Key West,
Fla., says; puzzled.
“Mr. Calhoun goes home
He sailed on a Ward Line steamer.
Many contradictory stories of the in¬
surrection have been poured into his
ear. He has declined to be interview-
ed, but your correspondent has an ab¬
solute authority as to the nature of
his’views.
“Mr. Calhoun is for peace, if peace
be possible, and, if need be, for war.
He will recommend that war here be
stopped at all hazards. He will urge
in support of this position the condi¬
tion of Americans and American inter¬
ests here, and with more force the
frightful conditions of the country
folks, which he knows from personal
experience. And so in the long run
Mr. Calhoun will report to President
McKinley, and with whatever weight
he has as the president’s personal rep¬
resentative here, will suggest that
Spain be told that the war on the
women and children in the island of
Cuba must cease.
“The Ruiz investigation is closed.
As predicted, the matter is exactly
where General Lee left it in February
last.”
PROTEST MADE BY DURRANT.
A Formal Demand For Release, Claiming
Unjust Imprisonment.
A San Francisco dispatch says:
There will be two hundred invita¬
tions issued for the execution of Pur-
rant and Warden Hale has fixed 10:30
a. m. as the hour of hanging. Twenty-
five medical men will be permitted to
witness the execution.
Duvrant has made a formal demand
for releaso, claiming to be unjustly
imprisoned. This will be part of the
appeal to the supreme court and is to
cover the point which might be
made that by failing to protest and
demand his liberty he had lost the
right to complain.
NEW APELLATE COURT CLERK.
Only One Nomination By tho Kentucky
Democratic Convention.
The Kentucky democratic state con¬
vention had only one nomination to
make at the Frankfort meeting.
After the contest between seven as¬
pirants was waged for two days, Sam¬
uel J. Shackelford was Thursday af¬
ternoon nominated on the tenth ballot
for clerk of the appellate court over
Green the present incumbent.