VOL. 11.
FOUR SHOTS FIRED.
Atteapt to Asmilule btiki Hljti
- CMICIBW.
j
RESULT OF STUMNT AGITATION
Can Issued Asking Members of Intel
ligent Russian Society to Join lo
Struggle for Freedom.
8L Petersburg, By Caiblc,—PrWj
Councillor Pobledon-teff, chief pro*
curator of (he Holy Synod, narrowly
escaped atsM.-lnatlOQ early Friday
morning writing-in hli study
, shortly aftT -nlilnlght. two bullecs
•hattered a window and passed closi
to the procurator and buried them
selves in the celling. Two other shot*
were Brod but did not enter the room.
The would-be nssaaslA 'Was l!entlflid
as one Lagowskl, a provincial oflicial.
The procurator wais unrcfStohed.
An Invett'gition into th* causes of
the attack is proceeding.
The Ftudonti organitalon robvmttes
hai Ifsued a call Inviting all Intelligent
members of tho Russian sorlety to Join
their ranks In tho for freedom
A Perilous Undertaking.
Man ia, By Cal;le.—Qen. Funston Is
D )w engaged 111 a daring project wnlrlt
promises to l>e the greatest and moat
roir.atlc achievement of his eventful
crreer. Iu January, from "'hit hiding
place in the province of Calxdla, Agul
naldo wrote letters anathematising thp
tub-chiefs who bad taken the oath of
allegiance to the United States. Late.',
Agul&alrio ordered certain Insurant*
forces In southern Luton to Join him at
* reodesvous In Cabrlla province. The
rbfl officer entrusted with these or
der* secretly negotiated with the
Americans. On securing neeeesiry In
formation Oen. Fun.-ton planned Agui
naldo'a capture, and, with Oen, Mac-
Arthur's authorisation, proceoded two
weeks ago to make the attempt. Oet>.
Funston, with Surgeon Major : flarri\
Major Newton of the Twenty-fl.'th in
fantry, Lieut. Admir of the Twency
fcsrond Infantry, Lieut. Mitchell of the
Fort let IT infantry, sis veteran scouts
aiM a corps of native grouts, all plckod
men, embarked on the gunboat Vicks
burg aad were landed on a remote
beach sbova Paler, tl was arrange!
that Aguinaldo't omftsariex. with the
native eroats, should peta themselves
off as Insurgent troops who, having
raptured Qen. Fun*ton and other',
were taking them as prisoners to Agui
naldo. At the right time, when brought
before Agulnaldo, Oca. Funston was to
give a signs], when the tsfblea were to
be turned and Agumsliio was to be
seised. Bix days' inarch Into the Interi
or was contemplated. Treachery wax
considered possible, but every precau
tion was taken. The troops In New VU
caya and New Eclja and the gunboats
Vlcksburg and Albany were to co-oper
ate with Oen. Funaton's force. The
Vlcksburg la expected .here tomorrow.
Qsrmsny Holds Slavrs. _
Berlin, By Cable.—The relchstsg de
bate Wedneeday was interesting be-
CJUSC, after Herr Babel's motion to de-
free all children born of
domeftK slaves In the colonies hsd
been ejected, with the assistance of
the Center party. Germany now stands
confewd before the world as perpertu,
ating s'.ave-holding power. All that the
colonial chief. Dr. Stubel, and other
advocates could say was that slavery
was absolutely necessary for settlers In
the German colonies.
Lynched for Shooting Town Ms.shsl.
Little Rock, Ark., Special.—A Oasetle
special from Pochontaa saya that Geo.
Ohevria, who last week shot and killed
Town Marshal Norris of Pocaoon
tas, while Norris was performing offi
cial duty, was taken fromjail by a mob
of 200 men and hanged. The coroncr'a
Jury held Chevrles for murder, but
owing to the feeling against him, the
trial has been pdttponed until next
week. The membera of Uie mob were
masked. •
Hotel Destroyed.
Ithaca. If. Y.. Special.—Clinton
House, one of the oldest and best
known hotels in central New Tork, was
destroyed by Are enrly Saturday even
ing- When.lt waa seen that the hotel
could not he saved a number of stu
dents of Oorhell university, who had
been tugging at the hose, rushed Into
the burning building and removed
nearly all the furniture. Several had
narrow escapes from falling walla, hut
BO one waa seriously Injured. The Are
la supposed to hsve originated in the
drying room from an unprotected elec
tric light wire. The. Los, which i* es
timated at 1150,000, Is nearly coverej
by Insurance.
Women Registering.
«- The heaviest registration of women
on record In Ksnsss has been recorded
In many places throughout the State
tor the spring election to occur soon in
the towns of the second and thfrd class.
At most places the Issue to "wet" or
"AT." At Atchisoa, however, where
fully a thid more -women registered
than «ver before, there Is a context be
tween the whites and negroes over vo
ting for a school building for ngfoes.
Washington. D a. Special—Attor
ney General Griggs has handed to the
president his resignation, to take ef
fect March tL Mr. Orlgga Intends to
leave Wash I—ton on Saturday for his
home la NsW Jersey, where hereafter
fce will reside. His Intention is to re
. indeed lately the practice of W»
prqftlu»
THE ENTERPRISE.
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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
The South. \
Owen Kelgler of Philadelphia, kiffibk
•d out Toffl Corcoran, of Savannih,
.o*-. 'in the eleventh round In the lat
tar eKy Friday night The mill was iu
the theatre, before a full houas. Tie
■fit was to have been *,\enty-flve
rounds. A punch la the ttomach and
a swing on the law did the work- Cor
coran had been bleeding freely for four
rounds. Zelgler was not marked at ail,
and left the ring apparently as frc»h
aa when he entered ft.
An application has been filed In At
lanta tor a charter for the North Geor
gia Mining and Milling Company. The
capital Stock will be f1.500,000. Ths
company owns SO,OOO a-res of land in
Murray, Qllmer and Fannin counties
upon which It proposes to develop the
ore and timber.
Representative Qvlftgftton, of Geor
gia, la aow steadily convalescing Dr.
iprlgg. the auendlng physklan, stated
yesterday that Mr. LlvlngKon la g lin
ing rapidly and that unless unexpected
complications set in Ms recovery W
aaaured. He has no fever and hli
wealk heart la all that is feared.
F. H. Carpenter, a retired capitalist
of Ohio, blew hU head oft with a
ahct guo at Leesburg, Fla. ,
The presentation to Lieutenant
Hobson, at Greensboro, Ala., has been
postponed because of the Lieutenant's
illncoa.
The American leather Company, st
Knoxvllle, Tenn., has closed a deal by
which It ooucs Into possession of the
Tannery of the Virginia Tanning and
Exchange Company, oao of the largest
tanneries in the State.
A special to Ths Atlanta Constitu
tion from Lxvonla, Qa.. Bays : "John
liuhter, a negro, charged wKh assaul
ting the five-year-old daughter of J.
B. Owrwell. escaped from his captors
Sunday night, while being taken to
tho Hart wed Jail. In pursuing Hunter
Mr. Conwell acddeatly shot Henry A.
Singleton, one of those guarding Hun
ter, but ths wound is not fatal. Two
posses are pursuing the negro,
• Ths North.
The lee la the Mississippi at Dubu
que, lowa, went out leaving the chan
nel clear for sevsral miles. This is
the eartledt fdr Mrs.
The Melnecke voy Company's flvo
tftory brick structure, in Milwaukee,
wils gutted by fire Sunday night, en
tailing a loas estimated from >IOO,OOO
to 9115.000.
A special to the Buffalo Express
from CimpbelHukn, N. 8., says: "Six
persons were burned to death Satur
day night at Little Caocapeda, Quebec,
aa the rest tit of the explosion of a coal
Oil stove In the house of John Qauth
for. Gauthler'a wife waa sick la
bed."
At the next session of the Ohio Gen
eral Assembly, Representative Gear, of
upper Sandusky, will Introduce aa
eotl-kldnapplng bill. He has receive 1
three letters threatening to kidnap and
mutilate Ms daughter utiles SSOO be
left In an old shoe, at a certain place.
The writers threatened to put out tho
girl's eyes with a red-hot poker and
firs the Clear residence.
Foreign.
The dock strike at Marseilles Is un
broken
Ruroprs of the fllness of President'
Diss, Of Mexico, are denied.
There was a general fight -between
students and police st St. Petersburg
A lottery In Europe for the Boers is
being organised by M. Henri Roche
fort.
Indefinite closing has been ordered
at the Colchester Cotton Mills, Burl
ington, Vt
Germany made an additional appro
priation yesterday of nearly $31,000,-
000 for the Chinese expedition.
• The census of Ayatrla-Hungary
shows a population of i0,>10,38!i which
Is an increase of 10 per cent. during
the last decade.
A special dispatch from Cgiro,
Egypt, says a new Dervish movomont
la reported to have occurred in the
southern part of the Soudan.
The official organ of the Rwsslan
Ministry of Finance at St. Petersburg
threatens that Russia will make strict
reprisals In case iff any raising of du
ties by Germany on Rusdan products.
rtlscsllaiieous
Queen Victoria's funeral cest $175,-
•00. "
Ths battled! Ip Alabama developed
U.l knots on Its last trial. *
A Berlin dispatch reports that the
German navy like Iks British, has de
cided to abandon the Belleville boilers
en warships- *
Mr. Harrsfhoff, Jr., describing the
new defender In an interview publish
ed by the London Dally MsUl, says: "I
hops Shamrock II will win, as British
victory would do more to develop
yachting on both sides of tho Atlantic
| ad promote good will between the
two nations than anything else could.
A Yokohama dispatch *_/s that the
cabinet crisis at Seoul, capital of Ko
rea, -which arose oat of the arresa of
the acting Minister of Finance on
charges of having plotted to murjsr
• number of the ladles Of the Imperial
household, continues.
A d ■ patch from Shanghai announces
the sailing of United States MlniMor
Conger. The condition of IA Hung
Chang Is Improved.
Ths rallroai be ween Pekln an]
"Chan Sing Ou was opened Saturday, In
the presence eg the French and Bel
thcTtroope as a feature of the celebra
tion.
The Vienna Neue Frele Presse re
ports a serious rising In Teneran, Per
sia, because certain reforms have been
attempted by the Shah.
Major MuMsrd, of the Thirty-ninth
Infantry, was attacked by a mcb white
going from Mamta to Kioto. He was in
utffera i>t Ms doftlnf *•« torn.
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True to Ourtelves, Our Neighbor*, Oiir Country and Our Qod.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., THURSDAY MARCH 28,1901.
MUTINY IN A MINE
Coßvictl Hold Their Guards is Hos*
i' tifes.
*
STRIKE MADE FOK BETTER RATIONS
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Ths Wsrden Refuses th: Dcmsnd ol
ths Coqv'cts and Saya He Will
| Starve them Out
t
„ Leavenworth, KanS., Special—ln
1 the Kansas State penltontl-ary coal
mine at Lansing Mi prisoners, who
' went down into the mine on Monday
i Booming, have muntlnled and are
[ holding 15 guards as hostages. They
I refuse to let the gusrds come to the
1 surface until Warden Tomdlnson pro
mises to give them better food. They
I' threaten to kill the guards If their de
mands are not complied with. The
mines are worked by the -worst class
of convicts and among thoeo who have
mutinied are twenty life prisoners.
Warden Tomllnson hu refused to
grant the demand., There Was great
consternation Tuesday afternoon
| among the families of the guards who
are held by the convicts. All thd pent
' tsnttery shops have boon closed snd
the convicts have been ordered in
their cells, In order to have all the
guards la readiness for an emergency
to handle \he convicts should they at
tempt to ruah from tht: minA
Many complaints have bedh made
by the prisoners because of the grade
of food furnished them, end to this
dissatisfaction has been added allega
tions of mistreatment. No outbreak
*l is attempted, however, until the men
who had snteired the mine, refused to
return unless their demands were
granted. They killed the mules used
In the mines and are living on this
mtL
Serious trouble is apprehended If It
ti found neceasary to sand deputies
into the cOllery. The miners have
threatened to wreck the mines but the
th(Mt is laughed at Warden Tomlln
son, who say* they would not attempt
this, ae such action would endariger
their lives. He says hs -will starve
them out A communication was re
ceived from one Of the guards stating
that they were h«mg»fr and tired, but
so far as he could learn all were alive.
Tho first outbreak In the mine took
place shortly sifter the noon meal Tu
esday aad wes started by the convicts
In division No. g. Of the IB men in
this division, 16 seized the guard and
overpowered him «nd announced that
they had decided to strike. They told
the guard that thoy had decided to
ml no two Instead of three c*r» of coal
as a day's work In the future and that
they proposed to have better food.
This guard wtaa left In charge of two
of the conv4ots in the mutiny whllo
ths others marched to he adjoining di
vision and called on the eonvlots there
to Join the revjm. The convicts were
soon marching through the mine from
' one division to another, yelling and
swinging their lamps and picks. Oth
er desperate convicts entered into tho
spirit while the short-term men gen
erally offered no opposition to the
mutineers and quietly Joined them.
So far as can be loarnod no opposition
of any kind was offered the convicts.
The officers .being smarmed, were
helpless, and the life of any would
have been forfeited had he tried even
to check the mad spirit of the con
victs.
Guard McShane, one of the 15 hos
tages, was hoisted to the surface to
night, the striking convicts permitted
It because Of his being ill. He re
ported that the prisoners' have been
careful to avoid anw violent act. The
ather guards, he said, are in good
condition and will hold out as long as
long ss the convicts rtmaln muMr.oua.
An hour later a signal came up from
below and one convict, not in sympa
thy with the strike, waa hoisted out.
As the cages were half the distance
from the bottom of the shaft the prls-,
oner was forced to cllmi) 100 feet,
crawling up on the shaft timbers to
resgh the csges. The convict etuld the
man In the mine had had nothing to
eat since noon yesterday except some
corn rtiffee, which was made from
oorn used to feed ths mules In the
mine. The mules, he said, will be eat
en unless the strike Is ended soon.
I jets Tuesday nlghf another convict
was hoisted to the surface to confer
wKh tha warden. Warden Tomllnson
aasy that be will force the convicts to
surrender unconditionally, much as
be regrets starving his own officers,
, Wolcolt to Succeed Hitchcock.
Pueblo, Col., Special.—Tho Dally
Chieftain cays: "It Is definitely known
here that ex-Senodor Wolcott, of Col
orado, wtH be appointed by tho Presi
dent to be Socretsry of the Interior to
succeed Mr. Hltcbcook. The news has
been received by ths friends of Mr.
Woloott In thla city, the statomeat be
ing made unequivocally, and It 1 % in
dicated that the appointment will bo
jasda In Washington tomorrow."
Tefegrspblc Briefs. ]
Tkptonvllle, Lake county, Torni., was
partially destroyed by fire Tuoeda/
night Lots estimated at 976,000, psr
tlslly insured.
The court which Inquired Into tho
conditions under which the training
Ship Dixie grounded in the Potomac
river off Maryland Point find* that the .
grounding was not due to any fault of
ths officers or the orew ssid is of tho
opinion ttist no forthor proceedings
should be had In the matter.
Dr. W«n. F, Chaomng, ton of t' s
philosopher, Dr. Wm. Dllory Channlng,
died at the Perry Hospital, In Boston,
sged St years.
M. Francois Jules Edmoid Got, the
eelebfoted actor, ip dead h» Parts, fla
WM VOM Ootobsr 1, IMI
inPEACHMENT TRIAL.
Ths Accwssd Judges On the Stand
- fn,Th*lr Own Behalf-Judge Clark
Goes on the Stand.
Ths case for the defence was opened
Monday oft th* mooting dt the court.
The Introductory speech was miado by
Judge Byuutn, In which he outlined
the defense fully. The halls and galler
ies of the Senate chamber wore orowd
ed with spectators, Judge Bynutpn's
speech was aft able one. Ths testimony
of the witness for the defense will fof
h>w the speech of Judge Hynum.
At Tuesday*! session of the Impeach
ment court Chief Justice Furchca and
AsSotttate Justice Dougless were both
put upofi the Stand to testify In their
Own dsfenc* The evidence of both
wka to thS erisct that there was no
wrong Intention in the order to issue
a mandamus in ths White case. Both
Judges testified that there was no
politics in their action, and that tbey
were Influenced only by their consci
ous of duty.
The session of the Impeachment
court Wedneeday was taken up by
tho examination end testimony of
Judge Montgomery declared that
Judge Clark was ths cause of the
trouble. Examination was conducted
by Watson, snd was very thorough.
Senator Henderson sent forward a
resolution to expanses of A.
D. Watts, W. M, RobMneon, bt. 8.
W. WevSnson, J, H. Hoffmann and
John B. Holmaini, character witnesses
'for Judge Furches, also por diem and
mileage.
Senator London said the court had
no power to pay more than two wit
nesses to any one fact.
Senator Justice said he doubted
whether character witnesses could be
I>ald, atiyWs?,
-Senator Woodard said the law pro
vided that upon certificate thnt wit
nesses were noces*ary the law allowed
pay for more than two witnesses to
one fact.
The resolution was then Sdopted,
Tho defense concluded its evidence
at 5:10 p. m. and the court adjourned
to Thursday.
Tho roll oall at the opening of th«
court Thursday showed 16 Senators
present.
Tho prosecution called Justice Wal
ter Clark, of the Norih Cirol:na Su
preme Court, as Its fltst witness.
Col. Thro. F; Davlils-tn eondueted ths
eisam/ln'itluti bt this wl ne a.
The flret feW questions were of the
biographical order: "Where were yi u
born, oto. Tho answer;) to theai
showed the following facts:
Judge Welter Clark was appointed
on the Supreme bench by Gov. Fowle,
on the death of Chief Jua.lce Mt r I
moil, In 1889. For fcur yeu/ss previous
to tihat tlino he was on thiNSaporlor
court bench.
."Did you tnke pjrt In tho decisions
In the office-holding casts?" usked Gol.
Davidson. ,
"I have token parV "tn evarjr dtvlfJon
dlnce I havs ooen on the 'batkoh, except
thoSe cases In which I d.d not sit, re
plied tho Witness.
"You aat in all the ofllce-lio ding
casus T' 1
"I did,' 1
Here on request of Col. Divld on.
Judge Clark told of the doclPiiilnjC of
the (ttse of White vs. Auditor on He
cember 12th, 1899, Its advancement on
the docket on request of Mr. F. 11.
liunbee and Mr. J. G. L. Harris and then
of ills argument before the court by
these attorneys on December 19th."
"Was any point raised In the argil
menit In regard to the right of tho couit
to l eue a mandamus?"
"No the only que^lonsegued w is H
to the amount of ttalary to be paid
White. In the conference als> tho
Judges said that was the only ques
itlon In it. When they got through
I told them they were m staken, th it
this case presented the_juorft ser.ouJ
question that ever came"" before tho
court—its rlgh/D to Issue a mandamus
on the Treasurer. The Chief Justlio
said no such point had been rabed by
counsel lu the argument. 1 replied:
'You five men aald In Garner vs. Ajioith
that a mnndiunus cunnot be Issued by
«he count on the St.V.o Treaaurer?'
' The matter was then allowed to go
over till May, when It was decided."
Ths witness w«« then asked to tell
what he know of Harris coining be/ ire
tihe court and asking for tho man
datnus.
"Early In October of the full tsim
at the court, Mr. Hirrn came bei'oio
the court to move for a mandamu». Tho
Chief Justice aeked If he had given no
tice to 'the utiier aide. He gil lhe had
not Judge Montgome y said ight
to apply to the clerk for lib mandamus.
Mr. Harris weniD out- . .
"Next morning Harris Cimc back, ac
companied by C. A. Cook, now Asso
ciate Justice, but then attorney w.tH
F. H. Dustxe for the Auditor an-1
Treasurer. Harris renewal his mat ou
for a mandamus. The Chief Juetleo
asked him If he had filed affidavits Ho
replied that he hadn't considered theffl
necessary. He waj told that as no
affidavits had been filed be would not
gM bis mandamus, a.nd he went away
again.
THE OOIJUT DHHECTED IT.
"On Tburslay, October 11th. Col.
Kenan, met me again and slid lis
reckoned he would have to lS3ue tho
mandamus. I replied thab It was a
very serious matter and that befoie he
Issued ft be ought:, to csme into open
court and let the Judges toll him to do
so; thst I wanted to then statt> my ob
jections.
"The court met In conference uga n
on Friday mornfng. Col. Kenan cam«
In again and wanted to know what he
ought to do. As there eeemel to l e
no hurry to answer him, be polled the
court. Judge Doitfchs was tether non
committal at first: Judge Montgomery
was ae same; Judge Furches said is
sue It; Chle? Justice Falrclolh said;
'As an individual, I say you ought to
Issue It'' Now turning again to Judge
Douglas, he used the same formula as
the Chief Justice. Col. Kenan ap
peared still not to be satisfied, but af
ter some further words he went out ap
parently satisfied.
"When 1 came out Of the court room
I aaked Col. Kenan what he pronosed
to do about. It. He said he'd have to
issue It. I told him I did not think the
court was explicit about It and aqkori
him to wait tbill I could send dowa a
protest. I wiote and sent the protest
to him that all ier no on, with the rtquest
that be have !t typewrttrten and a copy
furnished eciSli member of the court. .
"That night about 8 o'clock Col.
Kenan telephoned me that there was
no use to send the opinion around;
that he would net Issue the mandamus
without a written order frOm the pour'.
I replied that this was an extremely
Important-matter and I preferred that
he would send the opinion jaroun-l «,I
bad req'UAited. He said.lv> wou d do
*°"The next morning," said Judge
Clark continuing the rtory rslajml
abm— The next morning whop coa/t
catft, I found GOT. J wis rending in
the Supreme Court library. I called
him Into the consultation room aud
laid the whole matter before Mm—
Shall I tell you wtiat occurred there?"
Thil last remark wse addreesel 'o
Gov. Jatvla who was now on hU feet
with upraised Band. M It commanding
Silence. Got. J&rvls asked:
"Judge, do you think you ought to
tell a private Conversation T"
Judge Clark, bowing and smiling,
T %t
will not tell It?
QOv. Jar tie: "I dont object on my
own account It It not oompo'.ent*ln
this rasa. After the trial Is over yen
may publish It to the worW tt you 11*0.
I have nothing to hide. LO Is not evi
dence, though.
. Judge Ctark! "! wtil not till It,
Governor, If y«ou object"
Gov. Jarvls: "My objection la that
you ought not to repeat a private oon
teraatlon 'between gentlemen."
Judgo Clark now resumed his «tory
Of tho proceedings 111 oourt touching
the Issuance of the m&ndamttf.
"Oh the ne»; afternoon (Tuo-day)
Col. Kenan came In again for more e*»
pliclt Instructions. He had a written
opinion In hi* hand, and he pollixl the
«jurt again. Judge Douglas aaJOi
Issue it." Judge Montgomery safj:
Col. Konan. I'm bound to tell you that
you have no constitutional power to
Issue that iwrlt.' Judgo Furches said:
•It Is your duty to Issue *t.' The Olilef
Justice s»ld: 'lssue It.' I said: 'Ctfl.
Kenan, you know my vtawa. You have
my nrotott and Hs«*nt'
'That was the last of It."
"Do you recall," asked Col. Davld
fcon, "any oilier «*K>«*t4on of Judgs
Monkery after the .court was
"Just before 001. Kenan «am« In on
Monday," replied tho witness, "Jud'gS
Montgomery said: 'Ocntlemon, lam
bound tO tell Kenan ho cannot lawile
that writ You gentlemen have a poli
tical party back of you} I have not?"'
The witness was then questioned
concerning the erasures and al'Urnil
tlons lu his copy of tho protest and
dissenting opinion. Ho replied:
"There was *omo discussion In
Conference abtiiit the mandamus. Judge
Ftlrchce said tho copy of It furnlihol
to Kuwait was bopared by him
tFurches) and the Oh Iff Jurittae. Then
some discussion wns had as to my dls>
petvl. I took up a pen «nd sta'toi to
Strike oilt the objectionable parts of It.
put finding tha4 that would take too
much jtlroe, I remarked that I would
carry tho opinion home and mftko the
alteration. No ono objected atld I put
It In my pocket'. I/iter I brought the
copy, as corrected by me, badk anil
asked to have It filed, saying: '1 hope
thoro Is now no objection to It.' Judge
Furtjhca tmld. It was all objertlonab'o
to him) Judge Montgomery gild he
was tired of pOllticAl c»»sj and dis
senting opinions and he hOpM this
was an end of them. Judge Douglas
said he was willing for It ti> go Into the
obituary column. 1 replied: 'Yos. it
may suit the obituary column but It Is
net In my funeral.'" (Uiugh'ter.)
"What did you strike out ofth« opin
ion ?"
' "My opinion, asttrst ffent out. held
thai the court Tiad no nower to Issue
the writ and Col. Ksnan had not been
directed to I»su«l It. This latter s.ate
men* was struck out because the court
had ordered the writ Issued."
"Did you ask your protest and dis
sent hack?"
"Yes. when the court refused to al
low them filed. The Chief Justice and
Judge DnugUH Said Wiey,. didn't havo
their coplee. Judge Montgomery hand
ed his over, and Judge Fiyr'hes said
th'it In view of what had boen Said lis
'believed bo'd keep'his."
"la It. usual for Jmigea to mako cor
rt> tlons Iti their opinions?"
."It I* veiy frequently Jj>nft In faot.
Tew opinio iw aro Tiled WilM lire not first
oorro'tcd or altered. THieso correc
tions are always made In the cjpy of
the Judgo writing the opinion,"
"Did you suggiet 'any other way out
of the difficulty, other than Issuing a
peremptory mandamvs?"
"Aft"r Col Kenan had gone out I
said: Oentlemen. I don't want you all
to get into trouble, and ollow me to
stiiggest that you Issue an alternative
mandamus. To this the Treasurer can
reply that the legislature prohibited
payment of tho claim. The tastier can
then come before that body for Its ac
tion, and we will thweby both main
tain out dignity and keep out of
troub'e.'" * -ZZ~7,
"What did they «jy to that?
"They rrplled that the matter had
been quarreled over enough, and they
thought tho man oughtl) to have hi)
money." . .
"Was this before tfoo writ was Is
sued?" „ .
"Yes. Just as soon as Kenan went
you explain the difference 15v
tween an ftLtcrnai'iivo and peremptory
mandamus?" . .. .„.
To this question the do'encs objected
anl ft wan wltndrawn,
Judge Clark's testimony wa.s com
pleted and the couroM j t , hat
no crows examination would he held he
•wes dlsmlssc! Tho c e was theft
given to Yhe afornevs. The flint
speech for the prosecution as begun by
Major Guthrie, and his prgument was
etill In progress when the oourt ad
journed to Frlfl't* .
Argument w*e resumed by MaJ.
Guthrie for tTio prosecution on the
opening of the court Friday morning.
Following. MnJ Oothrle came, Capt.
Cooke for tho d?fenso in a strong and
vigorous speech. >Yh«t #enate chanuwr
w«s well filled with spectators. The
arguments of counsel on both sides
havo been dignified and on a blsth or
der, such as la befitting tho Important
case under consideration.
A Village Burned.
Manila, By Cable.— Insurge nts hav«
attacked and burned the unsarileoncd
village Uglus, Initio province of
South Ilooos. i detacjjfment, of the
Twentieth Infantry overtook and
chastised the marauders. Col. Schuy
ler of the Forty-sixth volunteer In
fantry, has captured eight Insurgent
officers and 218 men at the village of
Ternato, In Cavlte province. Gens.
McArthur, Bates and Wheiton review
ed the Twenty-ninth and thirty-se
cond regiments today.
Tho '«ne«i With 'fSfiJry.-*
The majority o( the "men with a
•tory" (vagrants)' sro The
is often heard, however,
"Oh, well, help them anyway! It is
better t*> help many frauds than to let
one genuine case suffer.;' That argu-»
ment Is all right provded thero ah>
genuine cases? There Is on record a
statement of the late Doctor John Hall
that In ell the yeaxs of his experience
in New York City he hmd never found
one. Certainly of the two' hundred
strangers who have come to mo dur
ing the part year not one wa.s worthy
of any help of the kind asked for.—
Re. David M Steele, [n the April L-a
dlea' Home Journal,
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MARYLAND'S IAW
Providing for Disfranchisement of AO
Illiterate Voters
PASSES THE LEGISLATURE EASILY.
Eatlmated That Fully Fifty Thousand
Will B« Disfranchised by the Work
ings of the New Law.
▲nmapolls, Md., Special.—The new
election bfll, having for Its Objeot the
practical disfranchisement of moat of
the 50,000 Illiterate voter* of the
State, passed the Senate shortly after
mddday, It was immediately sent to
the House, whore all the amendments
made bjr the Senate were concurred
ID, and the bill passed. It ta now rea
dy for the Governor's signature.
The final passage of the bill was
marked by the utter atbsenoe of any
thing of a sensational character. In
tho Swxvto but one protest was entered,
which came In the form of a speech
from Senator - Dodeon, Republican,
who characterised tho entire proceed
ings aa a blot lrpon the fair name and
honor of the State. Tl*o final vote was
11 to 14, a strict party division. "In s
quarter c* aa hour after passing the
Samite the connideratkm waa Immedi
ately begun. One by one the Senate's
amendments were taken up and con
curred In without lvtslon. Then K
Was ink upon Its final passage, with
no attempt at relay upon the part of
the minority, except a motion to allow
them ons hour to consider the amend
ments. TMe *u promptly voted down,
and tho Mil was passed by a vote ot
53 to 28, tho Democrats having sla
votes more than the majority requir
ed by the constitution. Five Demo
crats, Messrs. Buckey and Lamln, of
Frederick; Keys, of Cecil; Pattlson, of
Dorchester and Garter, of St. Mary's,
voted, with the Republicans.
The most Important change In ex
isting methods accomplished by the
enactment of the now law lies In de
priving Illiterate voters of the assis
tance of ballot clerks In preparing
their ballots. Darter the previous prac
tice thene cerks accompanied such
voters Into tho l>oottia and marked
th«l|r ballots for them, or showed them
how to do ft. The Democrats claim
that this practice utterly desroyed the
secrecy of the ballot nojd made It pos-'
slblo for corruption I sts to,l(virn throu
gh signals from the ballot' clerks
whether bargains made with corrupt
voters had been carried out. The ar
rangomant at the names on tho bal
lots has boen altered HO that the can
didates for each office are grouped In
stead of being nrrangod In groups a/>-
cording to .the party they represent.
Party emblems aro abolished mnd oth
sr changes which make tho new law
very nearly similar to that In exist
ence In Massachusetts. Tho offect of
the law, Is, of course, largely a mattor
of conjecture, atul one upon which tha
party leaders widely differ. Tho Dem
ocrats -expect that It will disfranchise
about 32,000 negroes nnd perhaps 16,-
000 whlto voters who cannot read or
write. Of these It 1% claimed, all the
negroes and about r,O per cent, of tho
whites voto tho Republican llcket.
WUh these out of tho way tho State
will be safely Democratic for many
years to came, and the Immediate re
sult will be tbp election of a Demo
crat to succeed limited Statos Senator
Wellington 1n 1902.
Tho active Interest taken by Senator
Gorman In the passago of the bill
leaves no {doubt of his candidacy for
tl.o senatorshlp In the event that the
effect of the new law Is as the Dew**
1 rats export It to be.
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: DRED PEACOCK, President.
NO. 27.
THE TERMS BOTHA DECLINED.
Military Government to Be Replaced
Bva Crowa Colony.
London, By Cable. —The parllaineo-1
tary papers giving deatalla of the ne
gotiations between the Boer common- . j
der-lnrchlaf. General Both®, and Lord J
Kitchener, commanding the Brßtab
forces la South Africa, begin ■with a
telegram from Str Alfred Mllner to j
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. Tha .:
dispatch |« dgtcd Pretoria, TVb. 21, 1
and states that Mrs. Botha has re
turned from a meeting with her bus-' i
band bringing a letter In reply to Bis
Alfred Mliner's verbal message offer
ing to mmt General Botha aa a means
of ending tha war on tha expreaa un
derstanding that he would mot discuss
the Independence of the Transvaal'
and Orange River Colony. Mns. 80-I
tha. assured Alfred Mllner that the
letter was WTltten with tha point 1
cleirly understood. General Botha re
ferred the matter to bis generals and
It was stated that the meeting would
probably take place at Mladleberg,
Mr. Cbamberlao repUaa that he was
glad to hear of General Botba/s dealr*
to treat and hoped that It wan genu-
Ine. "He will find us," said the Colo
nial Secretary, "anxious to meet him
on alt points afreet In g his individual
position."
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener to
the War Office, dated Pretoria, Feb.
28, reports a long Interview with Gen
eral Botha, who Showed vary good'
feeling and soemed anxious for peacvJ
Ha asked for Information, whldb ha
said he would submit to bis govern-,
merit, the generals and the peopl* It
they agreed, he would visit the Orange
River Colony and get thetn to agree.
Should all then hand in theft arms, It
wouht finish the war. He said they
could go on for some time and he was
not sure hs would be able to bring
about peace without Independence. ' j
"I declined to discw* such a point,"
•oi*d I.«ord Kitchener, "and said a mod
ified form M Independence would brf
most dangerous and would lead to war
In the future. Replying to Oeneral Bo
tha's inquiries, I Informed him that
wihen hoetllltles ceased the military
would be replaced toy a crown colony
administration consisting a noml- *
nated executive and an eVqrted assem
bly to advise him, followed aflter a pe
riod by a repreeenitatlve government
The Boers would be licensed to have
rides to protect tbemaehras against
the natives, the Dutch and EJngllsh
languages were to hare equal rights.
Kaffirs would not have the franchise
nrnttl after representative government
bad been granted, the Orange Free
St tit e laws for Kaffirs would ha cou
ntered good, CfhircbMiffiperty, pnbllo
triuits and orphan'funds would not be
touched ,no war t«x would be imposed
on the farmers, asststainre would be
given to repair the burned tfcrms and
to enable the farmereV) start afresh,
ami ooVnUwta who had Joined the re
public should not be disfranchised,
f'.eneral Doth a generally seemed satis-
Hod with thoee conditions."
On March S, Sir Alfred Mllner cab
led liord Kitchener, sugewUng the fol
lowing replies to Oeneral Botha: "I
beg to Inform you that on the cessa
tion of heetlHtles and the complete
mtrrender of arms, ammunition, can
non and munitions In the binds of the
burghers In the field at government
depots or elsewhere. His Majesty t
Government ia prepared at once to
grant amnesty In the Transvaal and
Orange River Colony for all Ironsh-fide
acts of war during the hostilities, as
well «s to move the govomun«itß ot
Cape Colony and Natal to Similar ac
tlrm, qualified by the disfranchisement
of any British autojoeta Implicated In
Wis war. The military prlsotws tt
Ft. Helena, Coylc« end elsewhere on
somplete enrender, shall be brought
back to their country. Mmtary law
shall at once be reptaceiTby a civil ad
ministration, but It la the desire of
Ills Mafleety's government as aoon aa „
cli-cumrtancea will permit to estab
lish a representative government. On
tho cessation of hoatllHlea a high
court. Independent of the executiva
shall be established to administer the
laws, band. Church property, trusts
anl orphan funds shall be resg>ectod.
The Rngllsh and Dutch languages
shall be «Rght In the public aehooia
and allowed In the law court