The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-03

COLUMBIA. S. G., April 2.-Thore is no
war.like aspect about the capital city
to-day and everything is peace. The
guards at tho executive mansion have
been Withdrawn. All the local militia
arc giving up their guns and Governor
Tillman himself says: "The worst is
over and order now rciGns."
Governor Tilmau was aakcd to. night
by the correspondent OF the Associated
Press bow long he would keep tho state
troops Mt Darlington. lie replied that
his intention was to see that tho con.
stables obtained fair play ut tho inquest
over tho bodies OF the men who were
killed last Friday. lie did not propose
to lot the constables appear there with.
out military protection. lie further
stated that tho troops would be held IN
der arms until tho raiding OF Florence
and dTimmonsvillcd dispensaries had been
investigated. The governor declared
that he will hereafter enforce the dis.
pensary law more rigidly than ever
He said:
"Ihe blood which has been shed ut
Darlington and elsewhere in the en-.
forcement OF tho dispensary law was o
necessary sacrifice to whisky, and this
instruction is tho last expiring agonies
Of the whisky ring.
ANOTHER COMPANY DISnASDs.
The Newberry ritos, which have been
guarding tho state house and acting ms
censors OF all dispatches at the tele-
graph office, notified Tillman to-day
that they had resigned and that their
arms were at his disposal. They stated
in their letter that they came here
under the belief that they were needed
for the purpose OF protecting lifo ard
property and not for tho purpose OF
exercising scrutiny over tho private
affairs OF tho citizens OF South Carolina,
aduty not only distasteiul, but in judg-
mentof the company, unnecessary and
calculated to irritate the people the
more under the present state OF affairs,
and that they did not care to be subject
ed to such orders in tho future. Gov.
Tilman accordingly notified the COM
pany to turn over their arms to the state
and has placed other soldiers in charge
OF the ofices.
THE EscArED coNsrABLEs.
The nine constables who escaped 10
Charleston worked their way through
the woods to Lake City. They found
sympathizers on the way, the section
being Tillman stronghold. They are
aaid to have put themseles under the
shcritf's protection. Tho sheriT sent
messengers out in every direction. and
soon had crowd OF 100 strongly armed
TO help him protect the fugitive consta-
bles. Tho Tillmanites allowed no mes
cages to be sent out by telegraph, and
people outside the town knew nothing OF
what was going on, and the Surrounding
I towns and country were kept in
perfect Ignorance OF the situation until
the men were safely on board tho train.
Governor Tiilman to-day pronounced
the Columbia dispatch printed in Sun
days issue OF northern paper over his
signature, IN which he was represented
as disavowing responsibility for the
dispensary law, rs II forgery. Tho gor-
ernor adds that no has not denied re-
sponsibility for the dispensary law"
and says he urged its enactment be-
Loving it to be the best solution ior tho
whisky question.
SITUATION AT DARLINGTON.
There was but little news to be given
out from Darlington to-day, as abso-
lu;ely nothing OF startling. or even an
interesting nature, has occurred. There
is no. more quiet town in tho state
than this has been to-day. The
town is still under martial law
and the troops arc still here
and they have marched and drilled
all over tho town, but that is all they
have done. They could do nothing else,
ma not even school boy scrap or dog
fight has occurred to mar tho serenity
Of the day. The town is again taking on
its usual every day appearance, and the
business houses are opon and tradc is
being conducted as quietly as formerly,
and II it were not for the presence oi
the military tho town would present its
ordinary appearance.