POWERS MUST ANSWER
e Is Held as Accessory to
the Murder of Goebel.
BAIL REFUSED BY COURT
Golden's Wife Declares That lie Has
Perjured Himself and Ought to lie
lynched Tallow Dick Combs Pub
lishes a Denial of Connection with
the Assassination The Cabinet De
cide! Against Federal Interference.
Frankfort, March 27. Caleb Powers,'
Republican Secretary of State of Ken
tucky, was at 10 o'clock today held over
to the grand jury without bail on the
charge of being an accessory before the
fact to the assination of Goebel.
The defence, when court convened at
0:.'0 o'clock, announced that it would
introduce no evidence, but would' file in'
i
bar the pardon issued to Caleb Towers
by W. S. Taylor. They therefore moved
the dismissal of the defendant. County
Judge Moore overruled the motion. For
mer Governor' John -Young Brown, chief
counsel, for the defence, therefore asked
for the dismissal of the prisoner on the
merits of the case: This motion was like
wise overruled, lirown then submitted
the case without argument by agree
ment with the commonwealth, stating
that they were anxious for bail for the
defendant and could furnish it to any
amount. Judge Moore said:
"I want to say for the defendant that
I do not think he fired the shot that
killed Goebel, but I do think he was
concerned in the conspiracy that brought,
about the death of Senator Goebel. I
therefore hold him- over to the April
grand jury without bail, so that the case
may be further investigated."
Caleb Powers did not change expres
sion at all during the trial. He seemed
rather cheerful and conversed with his
attorneys.
Many Kentuckians are incensed today
over the action of Attorney Tom Camp
bell in almost causing a riot during the
trial of Secretary of State Powers yes
terday. Scores of guns were leveled at
Powers and a massacre; seemed certain.
T-he leveling of pistols" at Secretary of
fctnu rowers,, aming tne panic in. me
court room recalls the storv that on Sat
urday, when it was .rumored, that Tay
lor's troops were to attack the. govern
or's forces at the jail, a number of rifles
were pointed at the windows of Powers'
and Davis' cell. The intention seemed
to be to shoot themj down in case of
any trouble. It js said that a Democrat
came to Mr.. Powers last evening and
said: "Powers, I felt for you. I thought
they had you."
Golden's Wife Abjures Illm.
Capt. Will Horn, a nephew of Mrs. F.
W. Golden, whose husband is the vhief
has received the following letter from
Mrs. Golden, which denounces her" hus
band in scathing 'terms and accuses
Golden of perjury: -
"Will, come home on the first train".
I have heard what- Wharton is said to
have told. I believe if he told it he has
been drunk or bribed. You tell Mr.
Powers he can have all of their evidence
thrown out. I would not believe hi in or
Frank Cecil on oath. I do not know
Howard, but he has got a bad reputa-
4 ;-: TVk li5nlr thnuo iripn thmi srht
much of him and then . for him to -lie
against them. Oh! I'm killed. I am
not sorry for Wharton. It is those in
nocent men he has lied on. I had a
thousand times rather have seen him
buried. I can hardly bear to lose confi
dence in a person. Oh, my God, the rest
less days -and sleepless nights! How can
I bear it?. I have grieved so much about
those men who were in prison, I be
lieve, to my heart, innocent, and those
the money would have punished. I am
almost crazy. . I never want to see
Wharton again. He sent me the money
to come to see him last night. I sent it
back to him., I never dreamed that he
would do such a thing. Oh, who is to le
trusted? I have not got sense enough to
know what is best for you to do. Come
home, if you think best, but if you can
do any good by" staying, do so. Please
see Mr. Powers' and tell him he has my
gratest sympathy and every Republican
has the greatest admiration for him.
Wharton can never come back here. I
would help the people lynch him, and he
certainly' will he hung if he ever comes
back.
"Yours respectfully,
"BETTIE."
Horn lived with the G oldens for some
time. Since writing the above letter
Mrs. Golden has come to her husbfutf.
She feft him again today to go, to rela-.
tives at Georgetown. The prosecution
did not '.put Mrs. Golden on the stand
today. It is thought she would not have
been a willing witness.
Tallow Dirk makes a Statement
"Tallow Dick" Combs, the alleged as
sassin of Goebel, gave out the following
signed statement today: ?
"i never knew or heard of a con
spiracy to kill Goebel and was in Frank
fort as a witness in the election contest
cases. AVhile there I met and talked
with Wharton Golden but once, near the
drug store, when 'I asked him about his
brother Ben, who had been shot by Col
son, and I never stood in the drug store
or on the corner to watch Mr. Goebel.
I never told Mr. Golden thatI knew
Goebel now and could shoot him as far
as I could see him. I never owned a
Ji2rcalibre pistol such as he describes,
ind have never seen one, and do not
wonder that Golden became sick on the
witness .stand when he made : such a
statement.
"On the morning of the shootiug'l
arose about 10 o'clock and went to the
ca'pitol grounds. There were a number
of inen in front "of the building with
whom I spoke. It: was a cold - morning
and I went up to the Assistant Adjutant
General's office to get warm. There wei-e
several people in ; there and after they
moved away I went up to the fire and
got warm. It was then the shot was
fired. I heard the sounds but did not
know what it was until Mr. Gardner
Wallace, who was in the room, noticed
the crowd rushing up to where Mr.
Goebel fay. I did ,not learn the identity
of the injured man until about ten mhv
utes after, and if the commonwealth
wants me, I am ready and willing at any
time to go into court and show my inno
cence. RICHARD COMBS."
Will Re No Federal Interference.
Washington, March 27. There was a
long discussion of the Kentucky , situa
tion in the cabinet meeting today. Short
ly before 11 o'clock, the hour o'f meeting.
Senator Deboe and Representative
Pugh, of Kentucky, went to the White
House and had' a conference with the
President that continued some time after
the members of the Cabinet arrived.
It was made "clear today in a general
way what the Kentucky Republican lead
ers would have the, administration lead
ers do in their behalf. They ask the
President to recognize Governor Taylor
as the executive of the State by such
method as Mi. McKinley may deem best,
the only stipulation being that the Dem
ocrats of Kentucky' and the people of the
country generally be left in no doubt re
garding the national administration's
view of the situation.
It has been suggested by some' of the
Kentuckians that the use of Federal
arms by the two factions of the State
militia j provides air opportunity for the
national administration to recognize Tay
lor as governor. The representation is
that one or the other of these militia
factions is using Federal arms improper
ly, and that President McKinley should
decide which side should be deprived of
its-arms. Senator Deboe and Represen
tative Pugh discussed the situation with
the President and with Attorney Gen
eral Griggs particularly.
As. soon as the Kentuckians had left
the White House the cabinet members
continued the discussion among them
selves. The stand was taken at once that
the Federal government has no function
whatever in the Kentucky tangle aid
that it would be unwise as well, as un
just for the administration to interfere. ,
President McKinley holds that the use
of -Federal arms by the State militia
forms no excuse or opportunity for gov
ernment interference. The arms' were
loaned to the State, and the State alone
is lesponsibie' for their saf kipiiTg-aud
return to the government.
It was unanimously held by the Presi
dent and the members of the cabinet
that the Kentucky courts should be al
lowed to settle the troubles in the State
without molestation or interference.
ANOTHER AltitEST
Stenographer Yontsey Connected with
,, a Story Concerning a Key.
Franfort, Ky., March 27. Henry E
Youtsey, a stenographer in. Auditor
Sweeney office of the Republican gov
ernment, was arrested today, Charged
with being accessory before the fact to
the murder of Goebel. Youtsey is the
man who figured in Golden's testimony
as the "brunette" in the case. He is the
man alleged to have received a key from
John Bowers the day before Goebel was
shot. After being arrested at his resi
dence he told the officers he wanted to
talk to the attorneys for the common:
wealth, but was refused permission by
the officers', who said he had previously
been given an opportunity. Youtsey is a
half-brother of Hon. L. J. Crawford of
Newport, chairman of the Republican
National "League of Clubs. He is thirty
years old and married. He served under
Auditor Sam Stone.
According to Golden's statement on the
.stand, John Powers, after giving the key
to the man, told Golden that Goebel was
to be killed that day. Golden said:
"John, this must not be done."
Powers said : "You need not get ex
cited about it; I gave him the wrong
key." .
The man ..described by Golden 'return
ed to the Capital notel and seemed mad
ifecause he had been . given the Wrong
key. . This shows that the right key was
evidently given to some one else and the
killing occurred next day. ""Youtsey says
ho had been promised protection by the
State's attorneys and 'sent -for common
wealth's attorney Franklin, at . the jail,
saying he wanted to make a statement.
Franklin declined to go, saying it was
too -late.' - Youtsey is bordering on ner
vous prostration. Youtsey's friends say
he was probably doing stenographic
work for Powers and wanted 1 the key
for that purpose. The wrong key was
given because he was hot wanted in the
office and he was mad because he could
not get in. Golden pointed Youtsey out
to the officers; .-' "
- Car Shops Damaged by Fire.
Kansas. City, Mo., March 27. Fire
which broke out shortly after 1 o'clock
this morning in the plant of the Kansas
City Car and-Foundry Company, located
on the Kansas side of the river, near
Argentine, caused a loss of fully $150,
000.' The Armours are largely inter
ested in the concern. They build and
repair their refrigerator cars there.
A ITI order er Struck Dumb.
,i
Chicago, March 27. Vito Paoletto, a
saloon-keeper at 107 Ewing street, was
stricken dumb last night, after having
shot, and killed his partner, Frank An
tbuio Giavito. Five shots were fired
while (Jiavito's back was turned. All
the bullets took effect, two in the neck
and three in the back., Paoletto js a
cripple, his left leg having been ampu
tated, a few months ago.
LIKE BANOUO'S GHOST
Campaign Boodle Story Will
Not Down.
THE AUTHOR DENOUNCED
The House Treated to Speeches on
Porto Rican Tariff, aii Army Reor
ganization and on the Attitude ot the
Administration Toward the War in
. Africa-Secretary Root Severely Crit
icised for Granting a Monopoly.
Washington, March 27. The House
today, 'without preliminary business, re
sumed consideration of the Army Appro
priation bill. Mr. Talbert of South Car
olina, the first speaker, complained of
the vast extravagance involved in the
bill, . and replied to some of the criti
cisms passed upon him for his course
in regard to private pension legislation.
Miv Pierce of Tennessee, who stirred
up something of a hornet's nest last
Saturday by bringing to the,attention of
the House an interview in a local paper
Avith an alleged Republican representa
tive, charging that the Porto Rican tariff
was the result Of a bargain for cam
paign funds, read that newspaper s af
firmation yesterday of the accuracy of
the interview. He also read Senator
Hanna's denunciation of the story that
the Porto Rican tariff bill was framed
for the purpose of raising! a Republican
campaign fund, and challenged ah in
vestigation of the charge.
Mr. Steele of Indiana engaged Mr.
Pierce, and there was a sharp exchange.
Mr. Steele said he would not believe the
anonymous Republican Congressman who
is alleged to have told the story, on oath?
Mr.' Pierce said he did not believe any
man employed on the newspaper would
deliberately misrepresent the facts, and
from surrounding circumstances, he
(Pierce) was inclined to think the' story
was true.
Mr. Williams of Mississippi, discussing
the Porto Rican tariff question, chal
lenged the other . side to name a single
reason foe imposing a tariff on the pro
ducts of the island that existed now
which -'did not exist when the , President
said it was our "plain duty" and '.mani
fest justice' to give ftve tracLe to the
islands."' H'r " v "'. ,-:" ' '"' : '
Mi. Steele of Indiana, accepting the
challenge, said it had been ascertained"
that the British consul, Finley, at San
Juan, Avho Avas exceedingly anxious for
free trade, was one of the largest sugar
producers in the island. His interest had
been purely selfish.
Mr. Williams' ridiculed the explanation
as absurd.
Mr. Hull of: Iowa, in charge of the'
bill, at this point reverted to the charge
raised by Mr. Pierce earlier in the day.
As a member of the Republican cam
paign committee, he said he Avas inter
ested in the allegations. He said that
no man worthy of belief would make
such charges and withhold his name from
the public. .
Mr. Parker of New Jersey discussed
the subject of the army reorganization
at some length, and , was f ollowed by
Mr. Sulzer of New York, ranking minori
ty member of the .Military Affairs Com
mittee, who occupied his time in denun
ciation of the attitude of the administra
tion toward the Avar in South Africa.
Mr. Lentz closed the debate in a vig
orous speech, denouncing the action of
the President fin Porto Rico and ridi
culing the joint partnership of the ad
ministration with providence. "
At 5 o'clock the House adjourned.
Secretary Boot Catches It
Washington, March 27 In the Senate,
at the conclusion of routine business,
consideration of the Alaskan Civil Code
bill Avas resumed, the pending, question
being the amendment of Mr. Hans
brough as to mining claims held by Ijap
landers in the Cape Nome district.
In a sharp attack upon the action
of the Secretary of War, Mr. Jone of
Arkansas said it Avas , evident to him
that the permits had been granted in
order to put such a construction upon
the law as no court of justice would
give it.
- "It is." he said, "an indefensible out
rage. It is simply a means adopted by
the Secretary to drive honest miners out
of their rights and to giA'e exclusive,
privilege to a few people he may deem
responsible. I think this was a de
liberate scheme of a few persons to mo
nopolize that rich Cape Nome sand."
Senator Morgan folloAved i11 short
speech, and at 4:43 the Suh-te ad
journed. IJNIVEBSITY DEFEATS L.EHISIT
The Score Thirteen to Seven Another
C am e to Be PI a yed Tod ay. '
Chapel Hill, N. C,, March 27. Special.
University defeated Lafayette College
of Pennsylvania today in baseball by a
score of thirteen to seven. Some r sen
sational plays AA-ere made. A feature was
Carolina's baiting. Battle pitched great
ball and WoodartLand Ilawson played a
good game, while for the visitors Bray
and Currie did the best fielding.
Batteries: Carolina, 'Battle and Graves:
Lafayette, Brown, Johnson, Platte and
Wright. Struck out By Battle G,
Brown 1, Platte 2. Hits Carolina 15.
Lafayette 8: Errors Carolina 3, La
fayette 4. Umpire Robin Brem.
Another game will be played tomor
row, Lawson pitcnmg ior varunua. ,
DEATii ill THE SHIPS
Increasing Mortality Among
the Boer. Prisoners.
FLOOD SEASON IS NOW ON
Swollen Hirers Render British Ad
vance JDitScult Boers Strengthening
the Defences of Johannesburg Free
'Stair? Prefer. Plovring to Fighting
Boer forces in Natal. Do Not Expect
to Re Attacked
London ; March 27. lleconnoissances
of slight importance continue, to be the
only feature of the war In South Africa.
Lord Roberts wires to the War Office as
follows from - Bloemfontein, Monday,
March li(J: ; y . .
"Captain Sloane-Stanley, of the Six
teenth Laucers, w'as slightly wounded in
an affair of outposts," north of Modder
River, .March 2.",."
This bare statement is all that comes
from the' commander-in-chiefs A dis
patch from Bloemfontein, dated Monday,
March ;'2G, "and, published in the second
edition of , the Times, amplifies Lord Rob
erts, dispatch as follows:
. "A : cavalry reconnoissance was made
yesterday towards Braudfort. The Six
teenth Lancers, by skinnishing, dreAV the
Boers 'from their position into the open,
Avhenv3 he Ninth Lancers attempted to
outflank the enemy while they were en
gaged from the front by a dismounted sec
tion of the Sixteenth Lancers. Our
casualties are reported to be few."
A dispatch from, Maseru, Basutoland,
dated March 2G, says:
"The Basutoland government is busy
collecting natives to be employed at
Bloemfontein in repairing and laying
railroads. The natives report that the
Free Staters on the borders of Basuto
land have refused to go to Kronstadt
aUd are staying on their farms, as it ts
now "plowing season, and they ' are in
clined ito keep - their land and submit
rather than give it up and fight."
.Boer reports from Natal shoAv that no
developments, of importance have oc
curred herii up to March -23.-. A dispatch
from JJic Boer camp at Glencoe, dated
MaxV, says: . .
v ;t"JSo-'attack is expected to be made on
the Boer forces in Natal. Generals
Potha and Meyer have been joined by
their wiA-es. Pretorians, with a patrol,
got between an advance guard . of Lan
cers and its main body, March 22. One
lancer, av ho refused to -surrender, was
shot. .
"General Botha" denies the reports that
Transvaal women Avere Avounded in the
Tugela trenches.
"General ;Buller has senf the Boers a
list of their AA'ounded, stating that he
buried sixty men. General Botha says
this is impossible, as his rolls do not
show any1 such loss."
: A Lady smith special says: "Boer
patrols endeavored to trap a party of the
Thirteenth Hussars March 25, at
Waschbank. A hot chase ensued. Sev
eral Boers Avere Avounded."
The same dispatch says: "A printed
document has been found giA'ing the
Boer losses-at Spion Kop at over 2,500,
but this can scarcely be credited."
Advices today from Cape Town say:
"Rains are general throughout South
Africa and riA'ers Avhich have been dry
for years are being Hooded. Many
camps are transformed into swamp.;.
This will still more militate against an
immediate British adA-ance."
Sickness among the Boer ' prisoners on
the transports is increasing,
deaths occurred.' March 20. The
Three
?H)dies
Avere buried i by the British AA-ith
tbe
Transvaal flag on the .coffins, the leading
Dutch of SimonstoAvn attending the
funeral. . Typhoid fevers alone has
claimed one hundredtims among tlie
prisoners and the p1pulation of Simons
toAvn fear an epidemic. "
"A meeting of the Bund was held at
Paarl, March 2(5, and was attended by
several members of the Cape assembly.
It passed resolutions regretting that the
Cape goA'ernment Avas not consulted be
fore the AAar, and declaring that any set
tlement which did not respect the inde
pendence of the republics would be detri
mental to the highest 'interests', of .the
British empire. Mr. Hargrove,' the chief
speaker, prophesied another war Avithjm
six j'ears unless independence was grant
ed, and Assemblyman Marias character
ized the war as a continuation of the
Jameson raid."
General White-was presented Avith an
address by the ma3or and municipal
council of Cape Town today, assuring
him of their sympathy in 'his enforced
houie-going,-and declaring that the rec
ords of the siege of Ladysmith are
among the brightest annals of the na
tion. It is announced that Lord Roberts
is going to Cape Town to meet Lady
Roberts.
Michael Davitt arrived in Lorenzo
Marquez March 24. A dispatch in the
second edition of the Times from that
port declares that the. Boers are using
natives from the mines to . construct
trenches around Johannesburg, adding
that the mines are expected to shut doAvn
oAing to the military demand for Kaffir
labor, v
XToId by a Correspondent
, Purban, March 2G. William Cox, a
newsnaner correspondent, who was re-
. u . . x 4.
leased "from imprisonment at Pretoria,
,has arrived nere. tie -auus nis resti
roony to the stories of the good treat
ment of prisoners by the TransA-aal au
thor iti though the suMdinates some-
times subjected the captives to annoy
ances. ! . .
Mr. Cox saw Secretary Reitz, and says
he Avas evidently AAorried at the turn of
events. Prominent persons at the
Trasvaal capital bitterly accuse Mr. Hof
meyer, he Afrikander leader, and Pre
mier Sehreiner of deserting them. They
say they erpeeted a hundred thousand
Cape Colonists to join the republics.
General Joubert is apparently suspect
ed of haif-heartedness, and Mr. Cox
gathered , that his life Will be in danger
at the hands of the irate burghers if
Pretoria is besieged.
At Delagoa Bay Mr. Cox saw well
known-Transvaal secret agents purchas
ing and forwarding all kinds of goods to
the Transvaal.
IllShlanders Out of Bepalr. ; . ;
Loudon. March 27. Gen. Hector Mc
Donald has written from Paardeberg to
a friend in Glasgow, saying that of
eighty-seven officers and three thousand
men of the Highland brigade only tAven-
ty-four officers and sixteen hundred men
were fit for service.
LABOR TROUBLE EXTENDING
Contest of Chicago Strikers Taken Up
by the National Organization
Chicago, March- 27 The National
Building ; Trades Council has taken up
the fight of the unions affiliated with the
Chicago Building Trades Council. It has
sent thousands of circulars all over the
country from its headquarters in St'.
Louis, notifying members of the build
inug trade of the trouble in Chicago. Jt
is said that the 'effect of the circulars
has been to keep hundreds of men away
from Chicago who otherwise Avould come
here. In the city, council last night a
resolution was passed authorizing the
mayor to appoint a committee of five
citizens to .try -to effect a settlement of
the differences betAveen the Building Con
tractors' Council and the Building Trades
Council.
FOUND A GOLD ITI INK
Pritchard and Doughton Had a Joint
Debate at Sparta
- Winston. N. C., March 27. Special.
Col. W. F. Smith, Avho has been engaged
in the tobacco business here for twenty
years, died this morning, aged G4 years.'
He manufactured, tobacco at Milton be
fore moving to Winston.
While county convicts were biasing off
rock in the western part of the county
they discovered what is thought will
prove a valuable gold mine. The fend
is creating much interest. Gold was
found near the same place severl years
ago. ' ,
Senator Pritcnard returned to Wash
ington , tonight. : He and Lieutenant
Governor Doughton-Jhad a join", debate
at . Sparta yesterday on the amendment
question. A large crowd heard them.
The Senator thinks Congress will ad
journ by June 15.
ACCORDING TO PROGRAM
Lynching of a Negro by a
Maryland Mob,
Arrangements So Well Understood
That People Remained in the
Street to See It Well Done
Everybody Knew of It.
Bel Air. Md., March 27. The lynching
here last night of the negro Lewis Har
ris, who assaulted MissAnnie Mcllvaine
last Sunday, was the most open and well
advertised of any that has taken, place
in Maryland for a long time. On the
train which arrived here at 7 o'clock
it was "generally discussed that there
would be. a lynching. Nobody thought
of questioning the, matter. The only mat
ter of- doubt was as to the-time it would
take place. Last night the citizens of
Bel Air turned out in good force to hear
a temperance lecture at the court honse
by Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman -of Missouri,
corresponding secretary of the National
W. C. T. U. The meeting furnished the
principal spectators for the lynching. Af
ter the lecture the people did not go
home. They stayed about the streets
and talked. The center of interest was
the eomUhpusewhjch was just opposite
the jail.- About one hundred and fifty
person gathered thore and waited. It
was about 11 o'clock when the lynching
party arrived on horses. They had
handkerchiefs over their faces. They
clattered up the main street in a body
of thirty or fortj'. The first thing the
lynchers did was to fire off a numler
of pistols, which announced to the town
that operations had begun.
After the mob fired, the sheriff fired
also. , Mr. Robert L. Bill, a Bel Air
tailor, and Walter B. Bowe, Jr., of Ab
cideen.'Id., received fiesh wounds from
the flying bullets.
The 'crowd then broke open the heavy
iron doors of the. jail with a crowbar.
After the negro was swung up. several
in the crowd who had provided them
selves .with pistols for the purpose fired
at the body, but inemlers of the mob re
strained them. "Vthen it was seen that
the negro was dead the lynching party
went back to the street where. they had
hitched 1 their horses and mounted and
disappeared in the darkness and rain.
No" C hance for Rarapolla Now.
Rome; March 27. Cardinal Mazzella
died yesterday of Influenza. Great im
portance is attached to his death, as it
diminishes Jesuit influence in the future
conclave. Cardinal Ilampolla's chances
for succession to the Papacy are now
destroyed.
A STRONG DELEGATION
North Carolina Well Repre-
sen ted in Congress," 1 '
BUT GOING TO BE BETTER
With LInney and White Eliminated
This State Will Take IligU Rank In
. .. , .,--
the House Again as It Did Ten Yearn
Ago Wad esboro Bank Applies for
: . . , . . -i -
Admission to the National System
Appropriation tor Fort Caswell
mm j nu & mj
Washington, March 2T. Special. Rep-?
resentative Thomas returned this morn
ing from Craven county and was feel
ing highly, gratified at ; the hearty en
dorsement his own county gave him for
i-enomiuation. It seems probable, from
oil information received here from the
State, that the entire Democratic mem
bership of the present -delegation will bo -returned
to Congress. The Post's sug
gestion along that line meets with gen
eral favor here in North Carolina circles.
It has been a long time since North Car- ,
Olina Whs so rrorlisM-
the House as now. , Perhaps its strong
est delegation was that of ten years ago
or so, when General Scales, Colonel
Waililoll T.K.. O TT v ... i
1 1 m.v ii uu auuu -.xxeiiuersoii ami
General Cox were in it and attained na
tional reputations. 'TVitli White and Lin
ney eliminated, as now seems probable,
the delegation bids fair in the next
House to take high rank. In White.'s
district a crop of candidates has sprung
up.- Among those beirig discussed here
are: William Grainger, F. A. Woodard,
T. W. Mason, 11. B. Peebles, W." A.
Dunn, Claud Kitchin and Donnell Gil
liam. .
- The State bank of Wadesboro has ap
plied to enter the national system With
a capital of $25,000. '
Nathan It. Weed of Asheville bas beert
granted a pension of $17 and Prucie Ann
Garrow of Grimesland of $8. '
A a ? j - ' - . .
n estimate oi an appropriation of
$1G0,000 for additional work at Fort
Caswell, N. C.., was transmittetKto the
iiouse today by tne Secretary of the
Treasury. . , .
BATTLE WIT3I ilOXFKS
Insurrection In Northern Cfalna Assnm
ing Alarming Proportions.
Pekin, March 27 The""Boxer" move
ment in the north is assuming alarming
proportions. News has been received
here that an indecisive but severe tight
has taken place ; between the VBoxers"
and imperial troops at Yen Chhi, prov
ince of Chi Li. Each force numbered
about fifteen hundred men, ami therq
were heavy casualties on both sides.
Clergymen Oppose Polygamy.
u asnington, jiarcn Zi. A ileiegation
of prominent clergymen appeared before
the House Committee on Judiciary to
day and were heard in advocacy of the
Showalter anti-Polygamy resolution. In
the delegation were Dr. T. Pi Stevenson
of Philadelphia, Dr. Hugh Johnson of
Baltimore, Dr. Kerr B. Tupper of Phila-
delphia, Dr. Joseph E. Smith of Balti-moi-e,
Dr. Byron Sunderland of Wash
ington and "Dr. Sylvester 'A.-' Scovel of
the Ohio Wt'sleyan University. Dr.
Smith argued that polygamy threatened
American womanhood. He said that
history would show that just in propor-' 1
tion as a nation was polygamous, in that
proportion woman was sunk in degra
dation.
Starving Chinamen Rescued.
Santa Barbara, Cal., March 27. The
sloop Dawn . has returned from San 4
Nicholas Island with a story of tsufTer
ing and '.death . from ' starvation. The
boat went over to bring back a party
of three Chinamen who had been on the
island for six months gathering and
curing abalones. Three months ago an
unknown sloop from San Pedro called
at the island. During the absence of the
Chinamen the 'visitors stole everything"
eatable in the camp and put to sea. One
of the Chinese died about a month ago,
and the other two, when the-Dawn ar
rived, were too weak to .move.
The Transport Sheridan's Passengers
San Francisco-, March 27. The trans
port Sheridan, which left Manila March
() and will arrive here the latter , part
of this week, is bringing 110 army pris
oners eighty-six sick, eleven insane and
thirty-two discharged soldiers and eleven
navy prisoners and fourteen sick jackies.
An , additional medical officer has been
assigned for duty at AlcatrazJ Island on
account of the increase in the number
of prisoners there.
Exposition to Open April 14th.
Paris, March 272:58 p. in. At a cab
inet council today, at which M. Loubefc
presided, it was decided to officially in-,
augurate the Paris Exposition Saturday,
April 14. . ,
Appointment for Qrldley's Son.
Washington MaFch 27John P. V.
Gridley of Pennsylvania, a son of the
late Captain Gridley of the Olympia-,
was today apointel a second lieutenant
or marines. Admiral Dewey and Presi
dent McKinley took an active interest in
his case,