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The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
BROUGHT TO A SUDDEN END.
Suit Involving 1,5OO, 900 Acres Of valu-
able Land Decided by Judge Con.

WHEELING, W. Va. Jan. 30.-A sensa-
ton was sprung to-day in the United States
Court of this State. Judge Goff presiding.
which brought to a sudden termination the
celebrated King-Mulins land suit, involv-
ing a million and half acres of valuable
coal and timber land in this State, the title
of which has been in dispute for many
years, and enlisted the efforts of litigants
in two continents
When court opened this morning the at
torney for the defendant asked the court
for verdict claiming that the land in
question had been forfeited TO the State by
not having been entered on the tax books,
a State provision being that land not so
entered for taxes for five successive years
shall be forfeited TO the State. The plain
tiff s>counsel argued that the statute is con-
trary To the fourteenth amendment of he
United states Constitution, which says that
no man shall be deprived of his life, liberty
or property without due process of law.
The point was hotly contested and Judge
G0ff, on request for binding instructions to
the jury, ruled that the West Virginia law
relating to the forfeiture of land for the
nonpayment of taxes is not in violation of
the federal Constitution, and instructed the
jury TO bring In verdict for the defendants.
This the jury did.
The abrupt ending of the famous case, in
volving so many millions of dollars, was a
surprise to everybody, and the will
doubtless be appealed. One hundred squat
ters on the land in dispute, who were in
the court as witnesses for the defendants.
retain the. land they live on. Among them
are the Hatfield family. of Hatfield-McCoy
notoriety. The land mostly lies in Logan
county. The costs in the case have been
jury having disagreed at the former hear
ing, about six months ago.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
HUGH DEMPSEY PARDONED.
The Pennsylvania Labor Leader to BE
Released from the Penitentiary.

PITTSBURG. Jan. 3O.-There was great
rejoicing among the labor leaders to-day
over the news that the State Pardon Board
had recommended the pardon of Hugh
Dempsey, ex-district master workman of the
Knights of Labor who was three years ago
sentenced to seven years imprisonment in
the Riverside penitentiary for felonious as
sault and battery in causing poison to be
administered TO the ronunion men at the
Homestead mill OF the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, after the great strike of 1892. Beatty
and Gallagher, who were convicted at the
same time for completely in the poisonings.
are still in prison 1t is probable a demon
strat tion Will be arranged by the labor
unions In celebration of Dempsey's release
Governor Hastings tonight pardoned
Dempsey. in accordance with the recon-
mendation Of the board of pardons He
also signed pardons for Roger Feenin. Pitts
burg, robbery, and commuted to life impris-
onment the death sentences of James Me-
Mullen. Pittsburg. ard William Penn Bow
man, WilkeSbarre-
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
AN EXTRA SESSION.
Ferd Winter Thinks This Would he
the Proper Course.

Attorney Ferd Winter was not surprised
to learn that the Supreme Court had held
the apportionment invalid. The following
expression concerning the courts action
was obtained from him last night:
Il think the court is right in holding the
act of 1895 unconstitutional, on account of
the double districts The court is also
right in holding the act of 1898 void because
that law is subject to all of the objections
that were held fatal to the act Of 1891 in the
Parker case. j don't quite understand the
intimation in the opinion that the act of
1885 is to be considered in force. That act
was directly attacked in the Parker case,
as well as the act of 1891, and upon the
same grounds. 1t is subject to the same OBJ
jections. 1 have not examined the opinions
in the Parker case recently but / have al
ways been under the impression that the
decision in that case covered the law of 1883
as well as the law OF 1891 and of 1879 In
any event an election held under 1t could
not give q Legislature that would fairly
represent the people of the State, on ac-
count Of changes that have occurred in the
population. 1t would seem that the proper
course would be for the Governor to call
special session of the Legislature"
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
END TO GERRYMANDERs.
Hon. G. w. Fairbanks Discusses the
Courts Decision.

Hon. C. w. Fairbanks. when questioned
about the apportionment decision. had this
to say:
'The court leaves no doubt whatever as
to its right to declare void apportionments
made in conflict with the requirements of
the Constitution. This doctrine is now so
thoroughly established that IL is safe to
say that the day Of the gerrymanaer is
passed. This result will be gratifying to
the great majority of the people. irrespec-
tive of party The court Is unanimous in
holding that the General Assembly of 1895
had the power to apportion the State be-
cause the apportionments of 1891 and 1893
we're unconstitutional. 1t also holds the act
of 1895 unconstitutional. This law was gem
orally recognized at the time OF it's passage
as being a fairer lsw than any that had
preceded il.
The court recognizes the act of 1885 as
the one under which the next election must
be held unless the Governor convenes the
General Assembly in special session This
he may do and new act may be passed
in conformity with the requirements CT the
Constitution as now interpreted by the SUI
prene Court. Il remains to be seen whether
tre Governor will act upon the suggestion
of the court to the end that law may be
enacted Under which neither party shall
Rave undue advantage.
IF the election is held under the law of
1885 there is reason to doubt that the
Republicans will control the next Iegis-
lature in beth branches
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
CALLED TO ENGLAND.
DIR. John 4. Brooks Asked tn Preach
i'm London Tabernacle.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Jan. 5e-Dr. John A.
Brooks has received a call TO the London
Tabernacle. the largest Christian church in
Europe. DIR. Brooks was the first Prohibi-
tion candidate for Governor OF Missouri,
ip 1884. And in 1883 he was nominated for
Vice president by the national Prohibition
convention. lie was for many years SUI
preme master workman of the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen. He resigned the
pastorate of the Memphis Linden-street
Christian Church I'm July last and has de-
voted himself TO evangelical work since
that time. DR.. Brooks has rot yet ao-
cepted the call to London.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
WONDERS OF SCIENCE
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS IN THE
ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
Objects Behind Opaque Bodies Int
printed on Piatcs-The Camera In
vOlxed to Aid Surgeons.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9O-Professor A. W.
Wright, who occupies the chair of expert
mental physics at Yale University, and is in
charge of the Sloan Physical Laboratory.
has, according to New Haven correspond
ent, made successful experiments recently
in photographing objects behind opaque
bodies by the agency of cathode rays. in
which Professor w. c. Roentgen, of Wurz-
burg, Germany. has been reported to have
achieved remarkable results. Professor
Wright used in his experiments a tube in
which the exhaustion is carried to so high
point that the tension of the gas left in
the tube is measured by few milionths
of ordinary atmospheric pressure-the So
called Crookes tube-and conducted to the
poles of an induction coil in action. The
discharge from the negative eectrode of
such tube gives the cathode rays, which.
it must be emphasized, are almost nom
luminous.
Professor Wrights experiments were
made with a great variety of substances,
and it was found that strong impressions
were obtained on a Photographic plate
even when it was inclosed in an opaque
wrapping of black paper and covered with
a pine board half an inch thick. 1t was
evident at the outset that the order of
transparency or different subjects for the
light rays was very different from that
which is found with the cathode rays. Thus
pieces OF glass were more Opaque to these
rays than some of the metals or than ebon-
ite, which is perfectly opaque to luminous
rays but transmits the cathode rays with
great freedom. Among the metals aluminium
is especially distinguished, and in of
the experiments made by Professor Wright
an aluminium medal left its impress on the
plate so clearly as to show both the design
and lettering. In this latter case the layer
between the medal and the sensitive plate
was absolutely Opaque ebonite, which is the
substance used by photographers to darken
completely the plate holder.
In other experiments, which were made
by Professor Wright with a pine board in
terposed. a closed paper box containing
aluminium grain weights left a trace on
the plate which appeared as though the box
was almost transparent and the weights
dinary lead pencil lying near the box on
the interposed board showed its graphite
core by a darker trace in the middle of the
fainter impress of the wood of the pencil
Another box contained, imbedded in cotton
three small spheres, one of platinum, one
OF brass and one of aluminium In this
also the box and the cotton appeared so
nearly transparent as to leave but slight
impression on the plate. The brass and the
platinum spheres intercepted large portion
of the cathode rays. the aluminium spheres
a much smaller proportion. number of
American coins, silver, copper and nickel,
produced strong impressions.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Jan. 30.-A
mob Of thirty infuriated men who had been
searching for George Tio. near Glendora,
this county. last night, found their man this
afternoon. They refrained from lynchirg
him on his promise that he would leave the
county and not return. Tio Is alleged TO
have caused his wife's death by inhuman
treatment He was arrested but was re-
leased after his wife died, she being the
only prosecuting witness.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Jan. a0.-General John
w. Noble. ex-Secretary OF the Interior Is
confined TO his home by a serious attack OF
the grip. He was taken Ill Monday. but IL
was supposed that IL was only temporary
indispostion. and that he would be about In
a day or two. The illness. however devel-
sician thinks will keep Kim confined for .
week or ten days.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31

BOSTON, Jan. 30-Mrs. Julia Boland
Higginson, wife of Frederick Lee Higgin-
son, VINO. a few months ago, startled Bcs-
tons -four hundred by eloping with j. w.
Smith, a young Salem lawyer. will contest
the libel fer divorce recently filed by her
husband. An appearance in the Superior
Court was entered to-day in behalf OF Mrs.
HiggiHson by Francis C. Welch, of the law
firm OF Sohier 4 Welch.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
Confessed tn stealing s:,.ooo

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. Jan. co.
George krout. the Wells-Fargo express
agent. has confessed that he stole the ex-
press Packages containing $500 for the
theft OF which he was arrested. but ne
claims that his father, who is also a prs-
oner. had nothing 10 do with the robbery
The son has been taken by detectives to
Illinois. where his father lived, probably
for the purpose of recovering the balance
OF the stolen money.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
From Ex-Judue ElIIott.

Ex-Judge Byron X Elliott was seen last
night and asked for an expression OF his
opinion on the case. He said that. as he
was Of the counsel in the case. 1t would not
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31

ters after to-day. He is taking on his finish
ing touches and the public cannot see him
at work again until he meets Maher in the
ring.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31

1t Will be seen from tnlS tndl Vi ine
twenty-five Senators TO be elected, based
upon the vote of 1892, the Republicans
would secure eleven and the Democrats
eleven, without considering Marion county
and its Joint Senator with Shelby county.
In 1892 these would have been Democratic,
but the great change in population since
then has made a change in the character
of the vote, aside from the change that
brought the landslide Of 1894 and these three
Senators are counted upon as a part of
the Republican majority. which would give
the Republicans fourteen to be added TO
their nineteen hold-overs or in case Marion
county went Democratic, there would stia
be a total of thirty Republicans in the
Senate.
According to the figures compiled by
Joseph Reilly ex-secretary of the Demo-
cratic State committee. the complexion &C
the next Legislature will depend upon the
vote of Marion, Vigo. Vanderburg and St
Joseph counties. In 1892 all of these coup-
ties, except Vanderburg, went Democratic.
ST. Joseph gave the Democrats e.05O votes
and the Republicans 5,lS1 The votes of the
others are in the above table.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
APPORTIoNMENTs OF '93 AND -D5
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Supreme Court Decide. that Both of
These Statutes Fail to Give Proper
Representation.
END TO GERRYMANDERING
EOTH POLITICAL PARTIES MADE
GRAVE ERRORS IN YEARS PAST.

As.t Of 1885 Is Probably Unconstftu-
tionnI. Although the Court Declines
10 Pass ON Its Validity.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
New Use for Photography.

BERLIN, Jan. SO.-The Ministry of War
has just completed a series of successful
experiments with the discovery by Prof
Roentgen. of Vienna, of a method of ap-
plying photography to surgery and medi-
cine. ETC., with the view Of making use Of
ii In war SURGERY
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
PEOPLE WILL DEMAND 1T.
Extra Session of LeEfslature the Bex
Remedy. Says a. &. Harris.

Attorney A c. Harris, after reading the
opinion of the court declaring the ap-
portionment act unconstitutional. said
II feel the force Of the reason and argu-
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31

be the proper thing for him TO say any
thing for publication.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
New Repre.entntive District..

The following table shows the Represen-
tative districts, as formed under the law OF
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-01-31
BIG 4 ROUTE

GREENCAsTLE, TERRE HAUTE, PAR
Is, MATTOON, LITCHFIELD, ALTON
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-15

TO assume that Governor Evans's
reason for vetoing the magistrates bill
was purely selfish would probably be
unfair. The governor no doubt thinks
that these petty officials should be kept
in check by some higher power other
than the legislature, and he will continue
to veto bills that fail to give the executive
the right of removal. We are inclined
to hold, however, to the wisdom of the
provision of the constitution which seems
to indicate that magistrates may only be
removed by impeachment. Our views
are not based altogether on our love for
local self government; but we have fear
that, owing to the uncertainty of politics,
it is possible that sometime in the distant
future we might have thrust upon us a
governor who might be lacking in the
wisdom, honesty, virtue and integrity
ascribed to the character of our present
chief executive, and in the hands of such
man it strikes us that the power indicated
would be serious menace to the liber-
ties of our people. Under such circum-
stances it is we'll to have the protection
of wise and judicious constitution.
Therefore, let us patiently bear the ills
that we can see and understand, rather
than court others that seem capable OF
being rather worse.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-15

Not long ago it was announced that
the Lawrence Manufacturing company,
one of the largest cotton manufacturing
concerns in Massachusetts,, has decided to
go out of business, and the Boston Jour-
nal has been led to inquire whether or
not the cotton manufacturing business in
Massachusetts is on the decline. A num-
ber of replies have been received and the
concensus of them is to the effect that on
account of the cheaper labor, longer
hours, lower priced cotton and fuel, etc.
in the South, this section has the advan-
tage in coarser, and the New England
mills find more profit in finer products.
This is but an admission that it is only a
q uestion of time when the South will not
only monopolize the manufacture of
coarser goods; but will also assume the
lead in the finer goods as well. But, after
all, our Northern brethren have no right
to blame the South. Since the war, by
divers methods of discriminating taxation
and otherwise, the North has been made
rich and the South poor. Where there is
more money, it is natural that the price of
labor should be higher, and where there
is less money, it is just as natural that the
price of labor should be lower. These
things have been and are telling. The
South is surely coming to her own.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-15
LETTER FROM SMITHS.
Farm work-Recent Deaths-Senatorial
Candidates-Regsst

Farm Work-Recent DeathS-SenatOrlai
Candidates-Regsstr
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
SMITHS TURNOUT, April 13.-The farm
ers of this part of the county have COM
menced the planting OF corn. Some will
put in fully one-half of the crops at this
planting. One farmer over in the high
lands commenced planting cotton day
or two ago.
The wheat crop is looking well. Oats,
however, are not so promising. There
has not been rain enough for them.
There has been very little sickness
down here, though over in the McCon-
nellsville section there have been two
deaths. The first of these was Mr.. Moses
Roberts, aged about so. He was one of
the best farmers in Chester county in the
old times before the war, and at one time
had charge of the Chester poor house
farm. Mrs. Malinda Clark died on Sun
day of last week. She was the second
daughter of the late William Lackey, of
Chester county, and was something over
60 years Of age. The cause of her death
was pneumonia.
Mr.. w. N. Elder gave me a call on
Wednesday and broke little bread with
me. He was not out hunting votes; but
to try his new chain on job of surveying
for w. L. Roddey and others. He told
me that he intended to make the race for
the senate and that his opponent will be
Mr.. Carroll.
l have read the law which explains the
registering process and am of the opin-
ion that good many of our people are
going to be deprived of the right of
voting. While only few may have
been convicted of some Of the disqualify-
ing crimes mentioned, it would require
quite stretch of conscience for them to
60 before the board and say that they are
not guilty. A.
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wav in which the books could be dis.

way in which the books could be dis
tributed.
Just WHAT'S going to be the effect OF
the veto of the magistrates bill seems
to be a matter of doubt. Some law
yers claim that although the new con-
stitution provides that all old acts re-
main of force until repealed, in this
case the provision is of novalue. The
new constitution changes the name Of
trial justices to magistrates, and fails
to say that these magistrates are vested
with the same powers as was trial jus,
tices. Therefore, with the veto of the
recently passed bill prescribing the
duties Of magistrates, we have left only
the offices but without any powers.
Not only this, these lawyers claim that
the constitution prescribesi in the plain
est terms that "magistrates shall be
appointed with the advice and consent
of the senate, and that they shall hold
Office for two years and until their sue
cesors are appointed" This being the
case, the legislature has no power tc
authorize the governor to remove 9
magistrate. Under the constitution
magistrates can only be removed by
impeachment. The process of straight
ening out the complications that have
arisen promises TO be interesting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-15
A. r. PRESBYTERY.

The First Presbytery of the Associate
Reformed church held its spring session
in Gastonia, N. c., on Monday and Tues
day of last week. A large attendance was
present.
The following seniors were licensed to
preach ]. C. Douglass, Fairfield; A. s..
Rogers, York county; ]. B. Hood, Meek
lenburg T. w. Hayes, York. Trial SER
mons were delivered by the following !:
w. B. Lindsay, Chester, and ]. Lee Oates
and Mr.. Neel of York.
A proposed scheme for increasing inter
est in and contributions for foreign mis-
sion work, was referred back to the board
of deacons by vote of 81 to 18.
Among the questions considered was
that of church discipline as it affects the
dispensary. The Gastonia Gazette, from
which the above was condensed, states the
matter as follows:
8. An elder in one of the churches had
been appointed q member of the Stale
board Of control Of the dispensary system
in South Carolina. The question came up
from his church. Is he anenable to CEN
sure? There were two sides to 1t. Ii we
refuse to censure him do we not become
partners in the liquor traffic If, on the
other hand, we do censure him we CEN
sure good man who would perform his
duties according to law II we forbid him.
his place might be taken by bad man
who would increase the evils Of the dis
pensary; five censure him we censure
our people who voted for the dispensary
as preferable to the saloon system. The
result was that the presbytery tabled the
matter and did not commit itself. The
question had not really come before 1t by
due legal process.
Presbytery adjourned to hold Its next
meeting at New Hope, in Fairfield county
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-15

THE VIEWS OF GENERAL GRAY
The Greenville News of last Saturday
published an interview with j. w.
Gray, of Greenville, in regard to the
meeting of the Democratic executive
committee on April 7th instant:
General Gray said: "After a full
discussion, lasting several hours, it
became quite evident that a majority
of the committee considered the advice
volunteered by Senator Tillman to the
State Democracy, however reasonable
it might he, was only the opinion of an
individual and beneath the official
notice of the committee; further, that
the Efrd resolution ratified the consti.
tuition of the Democratic party, which
provides, or should provide, a remedy
against all forms Of treason against the
party, and if it does not, then it was
not in the province of the committee to
supplement the constitution"
"Was a majority of the committee
in favor of boiling the Democratic
party y?"
II answer that question with pleas
ure and emphasis: No. 1 believe a
large majority of the committee regret
exceedingly that Senator Tillman ever
wrote the Reed letter. Indeed, l
think the senator himself regrets hav-
ing done so since he sees how fiat it
has fallen upon the State Democracy.
From a factional standpoint he has
made mistake similar to the one he
made when he agreed to an equal
divide of delegates to the State con-
vention. Irby opposed him then and
he backed down. Irby is opposing
him now, and he will back down
again."