Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-01
Surrendered Himself.

| On saturday, Jas. d. dOllduu, TIE
defaultiDg cashier of the Merchants
and Farmers Bank at Charlotte, N
c., who had been hiding since the
Tuesday before, and for whom re-
ward of $4,000 had been offered, vol
UNFAIRLY surrendered himself to U. s.
Commissioner Maxwell. Holland wai
accompanied by his brother in-law, w
E. Shaw, who went with him to the
home of Maxwell. Entering the house
Holland said: 81 come because l wish
to give myself up to the proper officer
Now l want you to commit me to jail. ,
Gov. Evans, of South Carolina, is
going on with the seizures of liquor
from other States in defiance of an in,
junction issued by Judge Golf, of the
U. s. Circuit Court.
1t depends upon the vote of Justice
Jackson whether the income tax law
will be set aside or sustained if a re-
hearing is ordered.
Five cheap two-story stores in South
Frankfort, KY, were destroyed by fire
Friday. George wager. cripple. and
his two children, aged five and eight
years, respectively. it is thought were
burned to death.
Mrs. Vallie Ryan, a garment maker
who has been employed by M. Dryen
forth & Co., in Washington, for over
three years, was arrested Friday,
charged with stealing upward of $4,000
worth of clothing and patterns from
the firm.
Fire Friday at Hartney, prosper.
GUS town on the Canadian Pacific
Railroad, in Manitoba, destroyed four
teen business places. Loss $4,000.
By an explosion in a coal pit at Den
ny, Scotland, Friday, 10 men were
killed and $50 others narrowly escaped
with their lives.
Captain-General Campos has reached
Havana and begun preparations for an
aggressive campaign against the in
surgents.
Reforms are to be instituted in the
Newfoundland government which will
save the colony $500, 900 yearly.
Governor Evans, of South Carolina,
is going on with the seizures of liquor
from other States in defiance of an in
junction issued by Judge Golf, of the
United States Circuit Court.
The United States Supreme Court
ordered that the consideration of the
two income-tax petitions for rehearine
be reserved until Monday. May 6.
Efforts are being made by the Lex.
ington (Ky.) Chamber of Commerce to
arrange joint debate Oh the currency
question between Secretary Carlisle
and Senator Blackburn.
Seventyfive members of the Texas
Legislature who favor the free coinage
of silver have organized to promote
their belief in the State.
John G. Swearingen was killed il
Edgefield county, S. c., last Wednes
day by B. L. Jones. They are con
nected by marriage and bitter feud
had existed between them. The victim
is brother-in- law of Senator Tillman
Mr. William Kinckle Allen, of Am
herst county, has been selected as the
final orator of the Jefferson Literary
Society of the University of Virginia
at the approaching commencement.
The shortage of J. R. Holland
cashier of the Merchants and Farmers
National Bank at Charlotte, n. c., il
now estimated at $4,000.
The Kentucky republican State com
mittee unanimously fixed upon June
as the date for the State Republican
Convention.
Congressman James B. McCreary, Of
Kentucky, has declared himself op
posed to the free coinage of silver.
Jacob Brewer shot and instantly
killed his cousin, VIM. Whitelauf, in
Paducah, KY, Wednesday.
Justice Jackson, of the United States
Supreme Court, will leave his home al
Nashville, Tenn, on Friday evening
for Washington, and expects to reach
the Capital Saturday morning. He
goes to participate in the rehearing Of
| the income tax case
1t is reported that Nicaragua is now
ready to pay Great Britain's claim fol-
indemnity and that compromise il
being considered which will allow Of
| two weeks time in which to make
settlement. British troops being in
the meantime withdrawn from Corinto
The breaking of the Bouzey dyke
near Epinal, France, is said to have
been caused by the disintegration Of
the masonry owing to the severe cold
of last winter. Government relief is
being given the homeless people.