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a Remarkable Case.

COLUMBIA. ). c., April 2G.-A
colOrcd girl Known as Tina Richardson,
died this m"rrinSS At tnc blossom
house," in ward L, under most peculiar
circumstances. She had been ill for
nearly two months and arose this morn.
ing at the accustomed hour apparently
no worse than usual. She was sitting
near the hearth when she suddenly
couShcd up live animal about an inch
and hall long and resembling young
mouse IN some respects and in others
resembling another auimal. She tainted
and was assisted to bed by colored
woman, who ran TO give the alarm.
a large crowd gathered in a short
while and every imaginable superstitious
theory was advanced. The little ani.
NAL on the hearth had been unmolested
up to this time. Sons one poked it
with stick and it squealed and
squlrmed. The girl recovered sufficient
y to say there was one still in her throat
that was choking her to death. She
made frantic efforts to get it out, some
Time almost strangling herself in her ef-
forts TO get hold oft.
All the time she was suffering AGO.
MES. Gradually sh. suf1ocated TO
death. Before her death she accused Il
colored woman living in the neighbor-
hood OF having given her this
thing" meaning that she had
been conjured or ''hoodooed." In
the meantime small boy had
been sent TO bring the animal which
had been carried away. He came run
ming and deposited bottle in the Ian of
an old 'mama" who turned it un and
out came the cause of all the excitement
little red hairless thing that sUuealed
every time it was touched.
The negroes IN that section of the citv
are excited and their superstltious tears
are freely expressed. A large crowd
was CT aggregated around the street
door and on the corner. People were
continually going and coming from every
direction. No reasonable explanation
OF this curious affair has been gwen.
DR.. l.. Is. Folk was called in after fbe
woman had been dead for some time.
When seen by reporter DR.. Folk
sald he dld not know whether it was nll
superstition or not, as medical writer's
were divided on whether a live animal
could exist IN the human body, but that
tue more recent medical works claim
that such thing is possible. lie vol.
unleered TO look up a similaI case. but
as the reporter was leaving he declined
with thanks.
The ''obiect" was taken to Dr.. Ken.
dali, who pronounced it a ouug mouse.
lie thinks it dropped from crack over
head, but the reporter observed the cell.
Ing critically, and No crack could be
seen. The room is on the first floor and
the ceiling is plastercd. This seems to
be an almost Incredible story but these
arc the facts as gathered from the wo.
man who was IN the room at the time of
the occurrence. Journal.
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A New Era For Port Il oval

SAyyANNAH, Ga, April 23.-Tne decis
ION OF Judge Pardee of the United States
Cl,culs Court in the case Of the Port
loyal and Augusta r. ,ilroad has been
received. MIR. j. III. Averill was ap-
pointed receiver of the Port ROYAL
road by the South Carolina State Court
and was direct od by it to apply to Re.
celved Conner, of the Georgia Central
ltaiiroad, for the possession of the
property. Mr.. Averill asked the
United States Circuit Court to direct
Receiver Conner to turn the property
over to him. The Port Royal road Is
fully organized company, and is not
insolvent, but passed INTO Receiver
Corners possession as part Of the Cen
tral Railroad, the Central owing the
majority of its stocks and bonds.
The court orders Receiver Conner
TO turn the property over to the Port
Royal and Augusta Company, and dis.
charges Receiver Conner.
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The CZar's Train Held I'm

ST. PETERSBURG, April 2G. MANY
rnmors are current regarding the cause
OF the sudden stopping of the imperial
Train while en- route to the Crimca, and
resulting in the fright by which the Car
was made Ill. One rumor to the effect
that thousands of peasants living in The
villages near Clarkoir laid themselves
upon the railway track IN order to stor
the Czar's train ond thus have an %
port unity to present 10 the car pcti
ton against certain LEGAL abuses, A con
iilct ensued, it is said, between the trai,
guards and peasants, and the genera
result Was that iorty-two peasants aut
thirteen soldiers were killed IN the fight
or crushed by the train.
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SOUTH CAROLINA LOST.
RAILROAD TAX CASES .DECIDED
AGAINST THE STATE.

The Keceiver's Power.is Superior to tn
States Claim for Taxes-Payment Can
not be Had Unless :they Federal Court
Consents.
| WASHINGTON, April 24.-The South
Carolina tax cases were passed upon by
the Supreme Court OF the United States
to-day, the opinion being delivered by
Chief Justice Fuller. 1t came up on
the petition Of Sheriff Tyler of Aiken
County for writ of habeas corpus to
release him from Imprisonment under
judgment of the Circuit Court of the
United States, that he be tiued $50 for
contempt.
He had seized train on the South
Carolina Railway upon warrant issued
by the State authorities for the collec-
ton of taxes which were in controversy.
The road was in the hands of receiver
appointed by the United States Court,
and he was adjudged guilty of contempt
Tor failing to release tue property under
order OF the court. He came to the
Supreme Court for relief.
ouoIlCc utlcF rchu du opinion, con-
talnlng much stronger language than is
usually found in such documents deny
ing the application of the petitioner for
the writ. lie said the seizure of proper
ty bv force was u"iustiliable aud could
not BE- deteuJrd. The claims of the
Slate Tor taxes a"c r,pL superior to the
general rule wrl,c' makes property
placed in the hands .. receiver sub.
lect to the orders OF the cNuct; they are
TO be determined in areyular a way and in
proper manner. The action of the
Circuit Court, Chief Justice Fuller said,
was in no sense an action against the
State OF South Carolina, which it was
concluded could not be maintained uu-
der the eleventh amendment to the Con-
StituuOn.
In conclusion he SAID the Circuit
Court was equipped with the fullest
power TO protect It's dgnlty and to
enforce lis mandates, aud its
use OF these powers In the
case in point could not be
reviewed here. Therefore the petition
for the writ ofhabeas corpus was denied.
The same judgement was announced in
the cases of Sherlils Riser and Gaines,
who came to the Supreme Court Of the
United States with Tyler for relief.
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PatarAOn NNaa GnllfX

COLUMBIA, S. c., April 27.-peterson
was the guilty man. About that there
can hardly be doubt now.
Two negroes from Denmark came to
Columbia last night to attend the ne
gro mass meeting and to state frankly
that the guilty man had suffered a
righteous judgment and that there
could no longer be any doubt about it.
They gave their names as II. Nj. Jew
EFT and Henry Hutchinson, and Sena-
tor Maylield. who is in the city on legal
business, corrOborates their statement.
Jewett stated that it had been positive
ly ascertained by witnesses that Peter
son was on the railroad the day ne was
accused of the crime. Several colored
people had seon him. lie made an
other startling statement which shows,
If anything, that justice has only been
partially meted out, and that two
LENDS deserved richly the fate given to
PETERSON. He says that the men IIar-
Vey and Witchell had made plot with
Jefferson to commit the act, and that
they were near by but not in sight.
Ihev were all to participate in a crime
chat would be more heinious and fiand.
ian than the one that was committed,
II such d thing were possible. He says
tnat such statements have been brought
out by colored people since the trial,
and that all the colored people now be,
lleve not only that Peterson was gull
ty. but that the other two should meet
the same end.
hutchinson says that he was In Mr..
Maylield's Office every time any one
was arrested, and that he never felt
anybody was guilty until
Peterson appeared and gave
certain that he was guilty, and said to
white man that he didn't see any use
in taking the man before Miss Baxter.
lie also cOrrobOrates the statement of
the other colored man that the colored
people OF that section now had not the
least doubt as to PetersOn's guilt.
Mr.. Maylleld received a letter Last
night by the hands of one or the col
Ored men from Denmark in which IT is
stated that the woman Sylvia, at whose
house Peterson was said to have STAYED,
now admits that John told her that he
had committed the crime and that if
God would let him off this time he
would never geJ into such a scrape
again. She also says that he was an
escaped convict from Alabama. One
OF the witnesses at the trial testified
that the woman had said that Peter
son was the man.
Mr.. Maylield, vino defended the ne.
gro to the last, now says that he has no
doubt as to his guilt, and he knows
other people who had doubts that are
now thoroughly convinced of the
criminals guilt. This all looks pretty
straight. These two negroes came
here of their own accord to prevent
their brethren from making asses Of
themselves, but arrived too late to stop
them. In view of all this is it not
probable that some "indignators" feel
like crawling into a hole and staying
there a season?-Register.
CONGRESSMAN Joseph w. Bailey,
the young Texas statesman. is boom
ing secretary OF the Treasury Carlisle
i0r tne next PRESIDENT. He says that
Mr.. Carlisle Is easily the greatest man
In this country and tho nnns 90 O. A..
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\ CYclone'S It4vages,

MOOEE'>, o. IT,, April 2G.-The
country west and southwest of here
was swept by "A terrible cyclone at : 80
o'clock last evening. The news at
hand makes iC certain that ten people
Wcr' fllled and many more injured,
ana untold property destroyed. Among
the dead are j. o. Corners and his
whole family, consisting Of five persons
and MIR. Hanks. ii. &. Clements and a
child of Henry Bateman. a number
OF others were seriously injured.
Wires and poles for miles around were
blown down.
The very latest and most authentic
information Obtainablc from the cy-
clone devastated section of the terri
tory is to the effect that from fifty to
sixty human lives were lost; twenty
five people fatally injured, and a hun
drrd more with injuries more or less
serious. Five distinct cyclones visited
different parts of the Territory between
z TO 9o'clock Tuesday evening, and it
viii hr day before the full amount of
the damages will be known
The list of fatalities 10y the cyclone
Oh IueSday night grows larger each
ilonr. In the devastated district near
Norman thirty four bodies have beer
prepared Tor burial. Several more
were found this morning, and half :
score of people are still missing. 4
hundred and fifty people were injured
SIX or eight of whom will die. Nea
Purcell eleven people, all members O
one Catholic congregation, are dead
AT the town of Case the storm SVEN
away, neatly every 5uilding, and eigh
people are killed. At Langston tw
are dead. At Clmaron City four ar
oead and two sre dying, and twelve ia
Jured. East Of there two families
numbering five and SIX respectivel
ptrlshed, and in nc extreme easter
part of Payne County it is believe
mat nearly a score were killed. TT
l'st OF dead will surely aggrega,
one hundred, and that of the InjHre
five times that many.
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~ heard the conversation between
Governor Tillman and John Peterson a
the Governors mansion last Saturtla,
afternoon as stated above.
wv. A. NEAL,
Superintendent Penitcntiary..
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THE WHOLE STORY.
How John Peterson Put HIM seIi In Gov
ernor Tillman,s Charge,

COLUMBIA, S. c., April 27.-The
following corresponde nee explain B il.
self:
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LIE queen of Corea maintains a la0y
physician. who is accommodated with
apartments in the royal palace and re-
celVod yearly salary of $1G,500. She
Is Obliged to visit the queen every day,
ana remain within call when her ma
jesty is indisposed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-29
m WASHINGTON.

HEEET CABor Loves, senatorelect
from BAAaGhU~tts. - the greAt-grssd-
son Of another man who hsSA the Sane
sea. century ago. George Cabot vs.
senator from 1921 20 17oA
THE now Chinsss minister vino haa
beer sppoinsed for wsshnstoo hes
been for tADee yeen 1e 0perfoteDdens
Of customs ~ ths port Of WnAn- and 10
aid 70 be of the Pr oppressive typs of hs
oountyymcn He - moderately wealthy.
bot haA bad 10 dipioDsGis sxps~ieoce+
A. c. BprxwyIH- whos~pv~ssnfs Wyo-
ming in the United States senate for
abe mex. I've yeass, BY Gov. ossSrnSs
appointment went 20 WyoOxnG srt7
yeers ego. working ms wsT aeress ~
plains with . bull seA3- BE - bow
oos OF the yyeslthiaat Dea in t6s ssssa
TN WaAliAGtoa rssEessos OF Poss-
master 0enerR Wa0aRa1sg v1s ScrDx-
~ owDsd ax.6 e.~pSsd BY Secretary
Whitney. vSo sdAet 20 IL . isx1s and
hsndssos enll-~.DE The wa;z Il NH
Tooa are DOW ooses~A with eaoScs
piekaseA a-ncng sAeoa works. Q! 3o<A
BonA<E. xonks<U. Auiei. Saiss
Bs>Aoa- Csro.a, Ssa0s-~sa as@ ~
b<~.
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The oldest hat On show was cream
eolored straw With tho broad smooth
bgim rolled up from the face on either
side Of . big and bold dragon fy in Jet
and diamonds Black velvet was
twisted ahout thecsown and climbing
fern found lodgment Is best It could o.
certain
Evening dresses for the nights to
come after Lent are uncoramenly roax-
nihcent, not more than commonly beau
ti1ul. They have wide sleeves, not
high ones They have slantin9 shout
ders, not raised ones They have wide
skirts, not usually trailing ones. with \
couple of stsels run into khe foundation.
One of the most gorgeous I've seen
lately was for Mrs Lamont, and had q
cream satin front, with lisse scarf
drapeA over Il. and embroidered with
6iies In peaxsA Thebodkce had cream
colored velvet collar and large short
sleeves The train was notable fea-
ture. with its sweeping breodths OF
cream mOire brocaded In yellow and
blue.
Another notable costume recently
finished in the city was Of rich black
velvet with wnistcoat of, silver br0cade.
A little lace chemisette and a black
velvet evepinr coat Of masculine pat
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ter, "and though I know / shall never
dare to wear it. she has put the lowell
est, biggest fare you ever saw on my
dress She says 1 would feel SO old
fashioned on Easter, if it was the least
bit smaller, and reduce it she would
not. Won't you come over, girls, and
see what you think OF it.?'
Alas. Where is now the woman who
vowed that, no matter what came, she
would never, never take to crinoline?
Would you find her? just peep into
that room and see tail, majestic
figure arrayed in beautifully large,
imposing gown, standing. half abashed
but all complaisant, before a tall
mirror. Her resolution has gone to the
winds, and were you to offer her now
the most elegant bell in the world,
with soft droop and fascinating cling.
she would spurn your offer on the
instant. No; woman cannot be de-
pended upon. Stability she has not.
She is indeed like the wave of the sea,
driven by the wind and tossed.
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

There are two kinds of curiosity
shops in the Aowery kingdora-one is
intended for guileless, globe-trotters
and the nouyeaux riches, the other for
collectors and persons of taste. In the
former the proprietor asks anywhere
from 200 to loco per cent. profit on his
Sooods; in the latter he is satisfied
with anything between 25 and 100 per
cent.
Eight miners at Jurievka, Russia,
were imprisoned in a mine by its being
suddenly flooded with water a month
or so since. 1t took ten days to pump
the water out, and al hopes of their
rescue were abandoned, but when
reached they were still living, although
terribly exhausted, having eaten moth
ing during the whole time of their i'm
prisonment
From q recent official return It APP
pears that theirs were ninety-three
heaths by suicide in Bombay last year.
In proportion to population the Parsees
head the list, followed by Europeans,
while the native Christians are at the
bottom. The female suicides are main
IL among Hindoos. and twenty-five Of
Them were married women between the
ages OF twelve and thirty.
No sooner have European aeronauts
improved their balloons almost to the
point of perfection for military uses
han along comes Russian scientist
with an apparatus which captures the
rays of the sun and employs the m to
burn balloons. A Russian paper states
that the balloons can be burned when
at distance OF five kilometers from
the person handling the apparatus
New milk retails for two cents per
quart in the Apennine region of France.
In this section the farms are all very
small, and but very little trade is done
The owners do but little buying or
selling, but make their crops and stock
almost completely supply their needs
Yet these peasants always have a vaca-
ton at a neigh boring watering place,
where their room costs only ten cents
per day, another dime pays for the wa
ters, and they cook their meals in a
general kitchen. Artificial irrigation
is practiced to some extent in that thrift
sy section.
-Tasmania's revenue for last year
was e79o, 600, diminution of G94, 900
compared with 1894. New South Wales
revenue for 1892 shows an increase of
e46O, O0G over the previous year. but
there is deficit on the financial opera
tions of the year Of 953S, 900, which is
el56, 600 in excess of the treasurers es-
innate. The revenue of Queensland Cor
1892 was 1858. 900, an increase of &c.,
600 over 1884, A forecast of the next
Indian budget, made in Calcutta,
anticipates a deficit of 100 laLts of
rupees instead of the estimated surplus
of u lakhs. The probable deficit is at
tributed by the newspaper publishing
the forecast entirely TO the fall in ex-
change, although the railway receipts
for the year are greatly below the esti-
mate.
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ODD Statistics Abou, -hu.der.

Thunderstorms are more frequent in
Java than in any other part of the
world, there being an average OF o. days
in each year upon which they occur.
Next to Java comes Sumatra. which
never has less than Sc thunder days"
per year. Then comes Hindoosssn with
So. Borneo with 81, the African gold
coast with 80, and the region around
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. with 81. The
European list is headed by Italy. with
IS thunder DAYS ont of sos, on an aver
age. Austria has 23: Baden. Wurtem-
burg and Hungary each average %;
Silcsia. Bavaria and Belgium have q !:
Holland and Saxony. is; France. Aus
tria and South Russia, ia. Great Britain
and Sutherland. only = At Cairo,
Egypt and in North Russia and IN Swe-
den and Norway the average is only 4
per year. In Finland and East Tur<e-
stan thunderstorns are wholly Un-
known.
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Sne greaE reve9s. a shousder cope OF
yellow chiffon. chiffon vest and chiffon
ruffeaSixe fuster 70 the ststetiness
and a not undesirable touch OF pi-
quance.
Coats ara 10 order. though IN this cli-
mate they doa't stay so hong. Black
satin. - sid last week. Is dessded2J
the most Aeh1onshse material Green
cloth is perhaps . good second Jackets
are shoE1Sf than they were last sum
mes. and every one ON exm bitten has .
deep cellar round The shoulders
A black o1ueh cost has . purple vel
vet zoas~e IN front snd . silk basQas
plated andhemmed with jettx4mmSneA
This IL only sn example of the seasou's
novelties The woods, that u the shops,
ere fuu Of them
A hrUwn cloth cape hAs triple cspe
of hlsck velvet over II. The bottom
cape Is organ plated, the second n
straight ed the top ono In H3nkeA out
and edged with ~ and goaa braSd
The sp,in0 vooSeD ere n nghtoda-
ored There ne eAecon and mixtures IN
blue and white md green and wnitsax
blue .nd fswn Cream and green u a.
usual - anything or perhaps tan and
cream Gray and green nourishss snd
gray and blue Beige - one Of the old
colors that stands BY d but there are
CIV of them We're hsvinR . fresh deal
this spring all around ELa.xz o0oKx.
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COL. DANIEL LAMONT.
The Youngest Member Of Mr..
Cleveland's Cabinet.
A Young Man Who Has Enjoyed the
Friendship u Democratic Leaders
from samuel j. Tiiilen Down
to the Present. Day.

The man whom Mr. Cleveland has
chosen to conduct the affairs OF the war
department, Daniel s. Lamont, is
product of Cortlandt county. New York
state, and is the only child OF John Is.
Lamont and Elizabeth Scott. who are
still living at McGrawvihe. a cluster of
houses not far distant from the town
where the subject of this sketch was
born. Mr.. Lanont's first experience
with affairs, says the Illustrated Ameri-
can, was CLEANED behind the counter OF
q little general store conducted by his
father. At the village school he re-
ceived sufficient education to enable
him to matriculate for the Central
academy, which was the successor Of
queer institution, known as the New
York Central college, established by
Gerritt Smith and other abolitionists,
for the education Of boys and girls with
out regard to color. At the completion
Of his academic course young Lamont
entered the class of 1879 at Union col
lege He was bright and Industrious
student. and generally had a first place
in the rank of scholarship. He early
displayed an inclination for politics and
public Office. Edgar e. Apgar, then
prominent in the management OF the
political affairs Of New York state, in
troduced Lamont to Gov. Hoffman, who
had him appointed, at nineteen years
of age, to a clerlsship of the assem-
bly,. When twenty years old Lamont
was sent as delegate to the state con-
vention held at Rochester in 1871. Mr..
Lamont is proud Of the fact that in that
convention he voted on every roll call
with Samuel j. Tnden. who at that
time was making his famous fight
against Tweed and who was already
the center of an effective opposition to
the notorious rascal who welded such
vast influence in the municipal affairs
af the metropolis. Mr.. Tilden's- atten-