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Southern Farmers Up and Doing

A special to the New York World from Co.
lumDia. SC, says: Unusual interest is mani
tested in the Farmers Association state conven-
ton which meets there today. The farmers
issued manifesto several weeks ago charging
that the state was now being governed by an
''aristocratic oligarchy" and calling this con-
vention which is to nominate a candidate for
the state Offices from governor down, to be put
In the field for ratification rejection by the
next democratic state convention. The mani
festO contained the most serious charges
against the state government and the demo-
cratic party, corruption and rings being freely
referred to. special reference was made to
the frequent lynchings, which are attributed
to bad laws and their inefficient administration
Sixty counties will be represented in the
convention by about $50 delegates. Five
counties refuse to have anything to do with the
convention. The extremists wish to nominate
Capt Ben Tillman for governor The con-
sentative wing believe in awaiting the action of
the regular state convention, while it is hardly
probable that the TIlmanites will have the
numerical strength to control the convention,
and it is believed that the effort to make nomi-
nations will fail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27
GEN. CROOKS CAPTURE.
A Georgia Man Tells the Story of the
Generals Surprise.

From the Macon Telegraph.
One of the employees Of the Central railroad,
veteran who saw hard service in the war,
tells this morning the story Of Gen. Crooks
capture.
Heading the account in the Telegraph Of the
death Of Gen Crook called to my mind one
winter night, few months after the end of the
war, a little suburb of Baltimore and around a
gloOming wood fire where the company lis
tened to the account of the capture of the gen.
eral and his companion, Gen. Kelley, At Cum
berland some time in the summer or fall of
1864
1--WE had been appraised" said the narrator,
an ex-confederate cavaryman, ''by our scouts
OF the arrival Of the generals in Cumberland
and our captain Immediately conceived the idea
oil an attempt at their capture.
"Our company was securely hidden from OBJ
servation by thick wood not great way from
Cumberland. At or near the hour of midnight
squad OF picked men. not more than half
dozen, slowly worked their way toward the
city Arriving safely at designated point we
separated, one by one. to enter the city by
different points, but all to bring up at the hotel
where the officers were known to have stopped.
In good time, without being detected or
molested In any manner, we all arrived safely
at the rallying point, the hotel entrance. To
gam the sleeping apartments was but the work
OF moment, where We captured a terrified
porter, who was made to show our
party the rooms occupied by the sleep
ing generals. With teeth chattering
with terror and fear of instant death he piloted
US to the room of Gen Crook. The door was
opened and the officer was seen in bed. gen.
tie touch awakened him. when he was told he
was prisoner and ordered to get up and Dress
He did so and the detail was soor ready to
start on their perilous return, after being
joined by other members of the squad, who had
been successful in the CAPTURE of Gen Kelley
"Noiselessly and one by one we returned
threading the silont streets to the rendezvous
Our horses were mounted and with our valua-
BILE acquisition we soon rejoined our company
and trotted away toward the banks of the Po-
tomac, which were soon crossed, and in a
couple of hours rapid riding we were safe
within the confederate lines, without single
mishap to man or horse"
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The Count Fined $50.

Count de Montercole. the little Italian with
the high-sounding name who was arrested
Monday in Philadelphia for distributing defam-
atory handbills on the streets, was up for a
hearing yesterday. The circular was devoted
to viliifying the character OF his wife, formerly
Miss Virginia Knox of Pittsburg, a wealthy
heiress whom he married several years ago and
who left him because she discovered that his
story of castle in Italy, the home of his noble
ancestors, was myth. Counsel for the count
said his full name was Giuseppe Carusi, Count
de Montercole, and that he lived at 757 South
9th street. When questioned as to his right to
the title the count exhibited q French passport
in which his full title was given, and the little
mans eyes sparkled and his small chest swelled
with pride when the magistrate remarked that
1t appeared straight. Counsel for the count
said 1t was unnecessary to bring his marital
troubles into court and he was simply tried for
violating city ordinance in distributing cir
culars. He was fined $20 and held to keep the
peace. Counsel for the count made a long
speech, in which he claimed that his client was
not bogus count and that he was all that he
claimed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27

was selected as chairman Of the democratic
state central committee when Mr. German re-
tired in 1887 and has held that position ever
since. He was the attorney for the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad in Hartford county, and had
charge Of all that company's condemnation
cases in Hartford county when the new line was
built to Philadelphia Mr.. Archer was An in
dependent candidate for chief Judge of Har-
ford and Baltimore counties, the third judicial
circuit, in 1882, and. although defeated, he
carried Hartford county by ZOO majority. Mr..
Archer was elected state treasurer by the legis-
lature, succeeding John s. Cuttings in 1886, and
has held that office ever since, having been
twice reelected In 1855 he married Jane c,
Franklin. daughter of Smith and Elizabeth
Cage, of Summer county. Tenn. Their sur
viviug children are Estelle, Frances, Steven
son, Blanche and Percy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27
THE REL REBELLION LOOT.
The Unfortunate Half Breeds DespOiled
OF Furs and Other Property.

The more that is known of the Middleton fur
scandal in Manitoba. says an Ottawa dispatch,
the more unsavory it appears An officer who
went through the Riel rebellion says it was
something disgraceful the manner In which the
property and effects of the unfortunate Metis
were looted. He was on the steamer coming
home after the capture Of Riel and there were
twenty or thirty pouches and bales of furs ON
board. valued at thousands Of dollars, two bill
lizard tables, guns, saddles and household eff
fects, which were looted by the troops. Very
few Of the men there we're who had not all the
furs they wanted, and buffalo robes, otter and
beaver were a drug on the market for some
time after. When the commission reopens
next week all this will be established.
The defense. it is understood are going to
adopt new tactics, and will claim that Gen
Middleton merely followed the precedent laid
down by the rebellion of 1878, when the i'm
perial troops looted the poor French Canadian
farmers of lower Canada of every article of
value they possessed. II this argument is urged
the French members say they will raise the
question of rebellion losses" which their
predecessors successfully did after the former
rebellion, and which reused the ire of the
English so much that they stoned and hooted
the governor general and finished by setting
ire to the parliament buildings in Montreal.
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At the PLAY.

From the New York Presa
They sat anxiously awaiting the rise Of the
curtain. The play was one of those melo-
dramas that cause the hair to stand on its hind
legs and stay there. Finally the music died
away and the curtain rolled softly and smoothly
up. The stage showed a winter scene, a woman
dying hungry in a snow drift.
'Oh, this is terribie!' sighed the young lady.
at Is warmer on the stage than tits here"
said the young man, land at the present mo-
ment the supes are arranging = summer scene
on the back OF the stage. with beautiful paper
roses growing out Of shaggy door mats painted
green to look like grass.
But she seems to be starving"
she isn't though. That actress lives at the
Fifth Avenue hotel; one can see that she ia
stout and suffering from indigestion. Sho isn't
hungry, and if she is she can send for cheese
and beer between the acts"
Il can't help feeling sorry for the poor woman
lost in the snow"
"Snow?" said the young man, smilingiy.
That's not snow. II il note paper The man
who is above conducting the snow storm isn't
spreading IL enough. II doesn't fall on the
poor woman no that she can die properly. II
all goes to one side Of her now without touch
ing her as she wrings her hands with the
o-i-t-t-e-r co-c-cold That snow storm isn't
two feet wide"
But his companion kept on worrying a.
though she was looking at real anguish and
suffering.
And the next day she related It to some of her
frends-what she had sufFered-and then as
sured them that she had never before had such
u splendid time in all her life.
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NEWFOUNDLAND INDIGNANT.
The People Will Appeal to the United
States If Necessary.

meeting, called by the high sheriff, to
protest against the Anglo-French modus vi
vendi regarding the lobster fisheries, was held
in st. Johns, N.F.. yesterday. Several thou
sand were in attendance and the meeting was
the largest ever held there. Strong resolutions
were proposed by leading citizens censur ing
and denouncing French encroachments on the
territorial and maritime rights OF Newfound-
land.
The stars and stripes were displayed promi-
nently at the demonstration and the speakers
advocated an appeal to the United States in
case England would not protect the rights of
her colony. Similar meetings have been held
at Harbor Grace, Little Bay BURN and other
principal places on the island. Great excite
ment prevails
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27
SHERIFF. FLACK RESIGNS,
The Redoubtable Tammany Chief
Finally Bows to Public Clamor.

Sheriff Fiack's resignation has been received
by Gov Hill The sheriff, his son Will and
Referee Joseph Meeks we're found guilty Sat
urday Of conspiracy to procure a fraudulent
divorce and are now awaiting sentence, which,
1t is believed. will be imposed on Friday. In
the meantime the attorney general on Monday
sent to Gov. Hill a letter preferring charges
against Flack and asking that he be summoned
to show cause why he should not be ousted
from Office. Flack, it is said, would not resign,
but intended to fight it out. The grand jury's
sweeping arraignment of the management Of
the Office, however, with the general deplorable
position in which Tammany chiefs have been
put by the late Investigation, it is believed, i'll
duced the sheriff to give way to the public
clam or and step down and out
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PRAYING AGAINST TIME.
A Pointer In the Matter of Getting q
Quorum.

An undergraduate in one of the universities
not so very far from New York tells the fol-
lowing story, says the New York Ecening Sun,
Of how one of the Greek letter fraternities in
the institution recently captured the presi-
dency of one of the literary societies at
time when the Office was for some reason
particularly to be desired.
First we made a coalition" he said, with
the fraternity whose man was already in the
chair. Counting their fellows and our own and
the fellows OF another fraternity we found we
had just one man more than the opposition
party. But when the society met on its regu-
lation evening one of our fellows, a man not
always to be relied upon, was missing. 1t was
time for the society to be called to order and
the first business would be the election of Off
GERS. The fellows on the opposition were tri-
umphant We had few minutes consultation
with ourselves and with the president, and
then two OF our men quietly left the hall.
1T had always been customary to open the
meetings of the society with some brief kind
of devotional EXERCISES mere FORM sufficient
to keep up the ancient habit The president
called on one of our own fellows to officiate
He walked to the big Bible, opened it at the
One Hundred and Nineteenth psalm and began
to read. He read on, aud ON, and on; thirty
minutes passed. The fellows on the other side
were in amazement. He finished the psalm;
then he began a prayer. He a good fell
low and a candidate for the ministry and such
diffused and capable praying never heard.
BY this time the opposition we're Begin
ming to see through the ruse. He was pray
ing against time while the missing man
was being hunted up and brought in to vote.
But there was nothing to be done-there was no
provision for calling man to order on devo-
tional exercises So he prayed on--he prayed
for the society, for the university, for the gov
eminent, for the heather; he put complete
supphcatory belt about the earth; he prayed,
i'll fact until there came light tap at the
door and the sergeant-at-arms opened it to ad-
NIT the missing man, guarded by the fellows
who had gone to find him. We got our man in
as president. and by my watch that fellow eve
call him the deacon now had prayed thirty
seven uinutea ~
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SISTER LEO IS DEAD.
Her Night Flight From Villa Maria Con
vent Results Fatally.

The sisters at the Villa Maria convent talked
more freely yesterday about the attempted es-
cape Of one Of their number from the institu-
ton 1t appears that Sister Leo came to the
convent six months ago from the parish of the
Church of the Gesu, Philadelphia, and took
the white veil. Since then she has been one
OF the most devoted of the order. week ago
she was stricken with the grip and day or so
later her brain, it is said became affected 1t
was while laboring under hallucination that
she leaped from the window and attempted to
escape. DR.. John r. McClurg, the attending
physician, substantiates the story told by the
sisters at the convent. At o'clock yesterday
Sister Leo died Of paralysis of the heart Her
death was entirely unexpected and was caused
by the exposure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27
Mrs. Harrison's Day at AsheviIle.

Mrs. Harrison and party arrived at Asheville,
N. c., from Chattanooga at 1890 am yester-
day and remained in their private car till MORN
ing, as accommodations could not be furnished
at the hotels on account of the great crowd
visiting there. Manager Steele of the Battery
Park Hotel rendered the Inequalities Of his
house during the day. At 10 o'clock a commit
tee OF citizens took the party in carriages for a
two hours drive. At II o'clock lunch was
served the guests and committee at the Bat
terry Park. The party left at 2 o'clock over
the Richmond and Danville road for Washing
ton. They were enthusiastic over the beauties
of Asheville, and Mrs. Harrison told the Asso-
ciated Press representative that she intended
sending the President here this summer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27
Engaged to Seven Girls,

Charles Thompson Of Georgetown. KY, is a
handsome young man who dressed well and
drove a fine team. He was a great favorite
among the ladies. Seven Of them met Tues
day and each proceeded to announce the fact
that they were engaged. Then it was found
that the engagement in each case was to
Thompson. The seven fances started in a
body for Thompson's home. He learned of
their coming and left town They sent tele-
grams to all adjoining towns to catch him. II
that is done there will be seven breach of
promise suits in which Thompson will be de-
PENDANT
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A Poets Good Digestion.

Sir Edwin Arnolds Letter from Toxic.
l like the japanese food very much. can
eat everything fish. fish and sweets to-
gether-everything. like sake. can drink
any quantity of it; it never makes my head
ache. l am not sure if have any digestion; I
have never had any evidence of it. attribute
part of my success in life to this, like my
friend Gladstone. 1 observe one precaution
which Gladstone tells me he always does-to eat
very slowly and talk good deal between. Glad
stone thinks good eating the mother Of good
digestion. He bites everything twenty five
times before he swallows it,
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BALTIMORE AND Ono RArLHo.n

Schedule In elect December
Leave Washington from station corner New yerp~V
For chic.vo avenue and street
cypress dally y 20 IN. express $50 pm
for Cincinnati. ST Louis and Indianapolis empress
Tor RtfsDOrg and cleveland. vestibuled Limited
Tor Leainston and Local stations no :SoSa
ior .s. sn and ~sy stations. $40 PM
for B.itiinors ssef days. 90. 5 co. 8: 40. "a.
Yo zoo. 80 As mi Dinuies ts5 nSsss.s
$:25 -, so IS. 5:s0. 90. 10 s;s5. s'oo.
g !. si ains,5. go SsFcs ia ss$
For Way stations between Washington and Bala.
O sunday $50 .m. isia 10 ss q IA
Trans leave Baltimore for Washington week day>
iYY an G IS 90, lis Ce s;So sts r aud
Ais, 90, 90 Sao. 10 80. 80 a. 10 "a
do;25 and 4 00pm- Sundays $50 a:45. so.
800 SO s!io. So $50 s55 ~ 6:zS ioss
For Annapoiis 6 40 and $3.50 an. ~ 10 and 20
p aIo, ON SUNDAYS SO sna So IN Le.y' An.
Tor station. on me HsfropOli,.n Branch. to:4A
iSs Il 80 .h pdn '9S SO P p stations '
For GsiihersIars and inter@ediats SOit.. o .oo..
M, II 100; % 80; Z 80 Pm
Church train leaves washinston on sunday :. / 10
For frederiek, 70 40. II 20 an. t5;lu f4isv "
For HsSerstown, I'll 20 am and IS :3opm
ITsins arrive from Chicago daily IL a. a. m. and
am. and l5o pm. from fitssoars 5:lo am- o;aa
MEN YORK AND PHILADELPHIA DIVISION
for New York Trenton; Newark and Lli.sbeth. y
10 80 PM BUFFET paror cars on 81 a.s a. M
sssp'p ps Ssr on iss lSso M SPsD :, ~ 1..
= 90 te;Vo. s:zo az 100 am '2:JV. = 20. '7:ld
For intennediate points between Baltimore and Pm =
aarIpns 10 I've Apa New 10 Ort for fslS PA
n.
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He's Only Gone Before.


Charles Wyndham told good story not long
ago which merits publication. While getting
into railroad carriage bound for Folkestone
he recognised in his compartment well-known
detective. Presently dissenting minister got
in. and with the three locked in by the guard
the train started. The detective was in pur-
suit OF criminal who had gone by previous
train. He soon began to study the photograph
OF the fugitive, and, of course, was absorbed
over it. This attracted the attention Of the
minister, who presently observed, "You have,
perchance, lost dear friend?" "Dear; yes,
very dear. indeed" answered the detective.
Take comfort, brother; he has but gone be-
FORE" continued the holy man, who was not a
little shocked when he got for reply, .Yes, curse
him, and got three hours start Of me; but I'll
follow him If it's to Hades,"
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North Dakota Destitution,

The board Of county commissioners Of
Ramsey county, Nd, estimates there are 1000
people who will require to be furnished the
necessaries Of life until July L. 1890. In addition
to these there are many people who have food
for themselves, but have no means Of buying
feed for their horses and cattle, and will be un-
able to carry their stock or put in their crop
without aid.
T. Thomson, chairman Of the board Of county
commissioners, has issued a circular asking for
contributions of provisions and fuel and feed
for stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27

CLEANSE THE SCALP from scurf and dandruff:
keep the hair soft and Of natural color by the
use Of halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover.
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LIFE OF Mr.. ARCHER,

Mr.. Archer has been for many years a GEN.
trail figure in democratic politics in Maryland.
He was born in Hartford county, Nd, Febru-
airy %. 1928. His grandfather was DR.. John
Archer and his father Judge Stevenson Archer.
The subject Of the sketch graduated at Prince
ton college in the class Of ls4o and afterward
studied law III the office Of Ohio Scott, ESQ.,, in
Belair and was admitted to the bar in 1856; in
1851 he formed a partnership with Hon. E. IL.
Webster, which was continued until Webster
was appointed collector of the port OF Baltimore.
In 1853 he was elected to the Maryland leg
islature by the whig party. In 1867 he was ap
pointed a special judge for q term Of the Cecil
county court. and won the high opinion Of the
members OF that bar. In 1866 he was elected
a member Of Congress from the second con-
gressional district, and was reelected to the
same Office in 1868, 1870 and 1872. While in
Congress he always maintained the principles
OF the democratic party. During the whole
eight years OF bis service he was u member oil
the naval committee. In 1868 he was q dele
gate to the national democratic convention
which nominated Seymour for the presidency,
and in 1876 was a delegate to the national con.
vention at St Louis, which nominated Samuel
J. Tlden.
Mr.. Archer also acted a. Q deleRate-at-large
IN place Of Mr.. German II. Hunt at the demo
cratic national convention which nominated
PRESIDENT Cleveland at St Louis in 1853. He