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VOL. XX. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1891. NO. 33 DR. GRIFFIN'S REPLY TO THE CHARGES OF THE INVESTI GATING COMMITTEE. Unjustly Condemned Upon an ex-parte In. vestlaton-He Has Seen but Lttle ol the Testimony, and Makes a General Reply to General Charges. COLUMnIA, S. C., April 30.-The re ply of Dr. Griflin to the committee of inquiry has been submitted to the board of regents of the Lunatic Asylum and at copy was sent to The News and Cou rier Bureau this evening. Dr. Griflin begins by stating the con ditions under which the testimony con cerning him was taken, as follows: The committee sat with closed doors in the rooms of the board at the Asy lum. Of their proceedings I had no knowledge at that time, except from the fact that most, if not all, of the of ficers and attendants, some of the pa tients and a few former employees were examined on oath. During the exam ination I was called before the commit tee. No statement of any matter of complaint was made to me, and my ex planations were directed to matters as to which the committee chose to inter regate me. From these questions I was authorized to infer that charges 9 were contemplated against my admin istration, and 1 then protested that if any charges are to be made I would like to have specilications. To this the Gov ernor replied in these words, quoted from the stenogrpher's report: "The committee would say here that as soon as the testimony has been taken you can cross-examine witnesses on any poimts you desire. We do not care to have any feeling displayed in the in vestigation. We are simply to inquire into the condition of the institution, and we shall give you or anyone else an opportunity to show that witnesses have or have not been telling the truth " To this most satisfactory assurance I answered: "I could not possibly ask for anything more." The investigation was concluded without notice to me and without op portunity to cross-examine witnesses or to show by countervailing testimony 4 wherein the witnesses had or had not been telling the truth. The testimony taken during the ex amination was not submitted to me. Nor was any information given mo of any matter of censure developed during the investigation. Instead of this on a purely ex-parte inquisition I am ar raigned by the committee in their re port to the Governor upon most serious charg(s of negligence, misfeasance and incap'icity in the conduct of my office affecting me personally as well as rro fessionally and oflicially. These charges bear the date ot the day when the ex amination of witnesses was concluded. The board do not need to be informed that a copy of the testimony taken be fore the committee has not been given to me, but that I have from the board, through their courtesy, access to some eighty pages of manuscript containing portions of the testimony of some of those witnesses such as the legislative committee chose to select, while, as I am informed, the larger portion of the testimony taken during the investiga tion has not been furnished to the board. including whatever evidence may have been given by any of the wit nesses tending to exculpate me from these charges. This meagre amount of information was not available to mne till Tuesday last. the 21st inst. This statement is submitted without comment. I have fault to find, and wish to express through the board to the committee of investigation and to the Governor all due deference, biut I have the inherent right to say that justice has been denied me. I am con demned without the opportunity ot plea and defence and without semn blance of trial, without knowledge of charges and spedcications preferred atgainst me, without place for confrent ing the accusing witness& s, and with out right of testimony In my behalf. Under such singular and untowvard conditions I*can have no adequate an swer to submit to *.he board save that of a general dlenial, and my demand for a fair and impartial investigation of the charges accordling to the approved forms o1 t rial. D)r. Glrifllin states that in the manage ment of the institution he followed the modern doctrine of non-restraint, and( he (uotes Dr. H ammond's treatise on insanity, in which are described the imethods of Pinel and Connelly, giving the theory and practice of non-re straint, and also the practice in the more important institutions in this country and Europe. The principle on which Dr. Griflin lays stre-ss is this, from D)r. 11ammond: "Restraint is neier necessary to se cure the lives or the comfort of 01 tteis, and whent used It, should he w ithi all the safeguards against abuse w hich sound policy and humanity dictate." TIhe next part, of the papier deals wvith the system of (-aring for the [patienflts, the number- of attendants, (duts of the physiciens, etc. Rleplyinig to spt eilic pomis1t Dr. Griflin says: The killing of D)r. Kershaw biy aum oting patient named Denuaro was de plorable. I)enaro was perimiitted by an attendant, contrary to ordlers. to wait der fromt his wvard to anot her, and while the attendant of the other ward was in the presence an:1 within touch of Dr. Kershaw Denaro suddenly struck his victim. Perhaps the utmost vigilance of Dr, Kershaw's attendant could not have averted the tragedy. Certainly thle superintendent could not provide against it unless the rules anid regula tions prescribed by the board had ~beeni abrogated aind the method of tre~atment .changed to that of close and mechani cal custoday of all patients liable to fitful, dangerous moods. Speaking of Milno he says: In this Inst ance my desire to reduce discipline to the minimum of restraint may have cause me to e, r. In relation to every patient this discretion must be exercised, and I submit that it is cause -, of congratulation that in a pop)ulation of about nine hundred persons so few errors of this kind occnrred. I repeat that I 'was not informed of M ine's having this key until after the assault Son the attendant and when inftormt(d I caused it to be taken fronm him. To my great regret I have deemed it my duty to subiject the patient to a close custody, which renders his case almost Shopeless of cure. D)r. Griflina says he visittd the wards and made inspections at Intervals and at times to the best of his juidgement. iean.ne alsn pakieng ofe ulin..a... department. that an inspectiou was made in 1889 by a committee of which Senotor Hemphill was chairman, and that the committee exonerated that de- . partment from ad verse charges. Speaking of keeping patients at the Asylum who should not be there, Dr. Grillin says: To thisabuse of the public charity superintendent and the board of re gents have regularly -asked the atten tion of the Legislature. Under the laws the evil is beyond our power to remedy. This gross abuse of a most munificent charity is not referred to by the legislative committee, although, a evidently under the impression that c the fault is with the officers of the Asy- b lum, the attendants who were examin- \ ed before the committee made frequent c reference to it. The statement of Dr. Corbett is very t brief, touching only on the subject of c ill-treatment of patients. Ile states that whenever there have been in. p stances of cruelty the attendants were g discharged, a Dr. Thompson makes the reply for a the recent case of suicide. Ile says: As faras Ican judge the only com- i< plaint which might reflect on me is v that the attendants were not instruct ed at the time she was atimitted of the h suicidal tendency of the mind of the b patient who recently killed herself. m She was admitted on the 24th of Janu- n ary, 1891, and was then too feeble to at- la tempt to commit suicide. Hence we did not instruct the attendants as to v the matter. She was immediately put ii on:treatnient, and in the course of three or four weeks had improved a great a deal, both physically and mentally. v About this time she expressed a wish n to be changed, as she wanted to go in a f, ward were the patients took their S meals in their own wards, as going to d the general mess hall made her nervous ti and she would rather avoid a crowd, S especially as they were noisy an'd bois terous attimes. She was removed to ii the old building and put in a quiet ward, as she was when in the new ii buildinir. She remained here until she e committee suicide. Dr. 0. Thompson says that lie did % not know that Milne had a key to the b female department until after the row ri with McDowell. , The following is a letter of transmit- L tal to Governor Tillian: t To his Excellency B. 11. Tillman, . Governor of South Carolina: In giving the defence of Dr. Grillin and iis as- ik sistants to the world we feel it due to t1 them, to ourselves and to the State at ti large, whose servants we are, to say y that in a constant official intercourse g with him of ten years we have always p found him a polished and refined gen- a tleman, an accomplished and skillful y physician, a kind, humane and atten tive superintendent, and an officer at f all times ready and apparently anxious I to do his entire d uty as conceived by n him. Accidents may have occurred, 3 but as to the general management of ' this institution by him we confidently s challenge a comparison with the re- ( cords of any insane asylum in any State p of the Union. By order of the board. s B. W. TAYLon, President. d The Horrors of War in Chile. NE.W YORK, April 25.-The Herald k has Callao, Peru, advices this morning i dated March 31, giving the latest news from Chile. It contains the detail of y the slaughter of defenseless workmen t by government troops at Pazo All- t monte. The workmen were engaged on % the nitrate beds, near which both d armies were concentrating. Pro- A visions were running short, and the n workmen, on the morning of the 4th, N sent a committee to the works at Ne- c gregros to collect the men there. A p train full of government troops ap- n peared and halted beside the place t] where the men were gathered. Then, a without the slightest warning, these y~ troops opened fire on the 900 defenceless 'I workmen, women and children. Short ly afterwards the forces marched for'- A wvard and killed all the men. o On the 7th instant a terrible battle in was fought between government troops a and the revolutionists at Pazo Ali- ti monte, in whlich the former were de-. A feated and completely roni.ed. Five bi thousand men were enigaged, and the 1: losses were very heavy, it being esti mated that 500 of the government hi forces and 800 of the rebels were killed a and woundedl. The government forces, k in retiring oni Carnina, shot all the t< prisoners they had and destroyed all ni tIe nitrate establishments they passed. 3 The revolutionary sqluadron has left k Iqutiq(ue for Valparaiso. The object is t to attack that place. Twenty-two wvar- J ships and tranispoI ts compose the fleet. lHe Kliedi Thiree WVives. SAV'ANNAH, GA , April 25.-It now r appears that the negro in jail here for wife murder, Albert Giranit, alias Mlorea, alias Kitchen, has put three wives in t their graves Instead of two. In adldi- c thin to the two whose throats he cut r here, lie pounded oneC over the head t wvith an iron kettle in a house, also in this city, early in 1889, and injured her s so badly that she died ini a couple of t (lays, lie was thien going undler his e own namne, Albert Grant, As there is r conclusive evidence against him in ', each case there is little fear that he t will escape hanging, If' the negroes j had their way he would be dleadl already, e a~s there is an intensely bitter feeling it against the~ mnan who will go on record o as or.e of the most cooil-b)loodIed villians t Georgia has ever known.-Augusta t Chronicle. I The A lliance lanu: of Caing,algn. i NiEW YoniK, A pril 29.-President Polk, of the F"armners' Alliance, has just issued a proclanwition to the order, in which he sets forth the plan of cam pain which the National Executive t 1Board has adopted, andl counsels the sub-alliances to cease internal bilker Ings and to get rid of disloyal mem bers. The plan of campaign consists of 1ec tures, by which an armny of 35,000 lec turerP will plead for the cause, It isa aiso stated in the proclamation that ar rangemnents are being made for ihe a holding of two or more grand Alliance mass mieetings In each of the Alliance States during the year, or as many more as the brotherhood may liesire. shent Dead In a Oourt lHous.. LoUISvILL,E, Ky., A pril 2.--As Winm Showers walKed into the court house at Elizebethitown this morning he was shote and killed by Charles Moore. Showers's t wife was found dead some time ago and c Moore, a brother of the woman charged v him of murdering her. Showers was ta tried and acquitted, but the dead wo- r man's brother did not agree~ with bhe Ia verdint. A MYSTERIOUS LIFE. VERY RICH MAN DIES AND LEAVES AN ENIGMA. V hat Caused Plhilijp Louis loon to Give Doti Levi Wilson Three Hundred Thou aand I)ollars Is a Myatery That Will I Never B3e Solved. Aiu:s-rA, WA., April 30.--The nnouncement comes from Wor ester of the death of Philip Louis loon, president of ithe Washburn and a loen Manufacturing company, which c ontrols valuablo barbed wire pat- i nts, and is the biggest wiremaking es iblishments in this country, in thau' ity on the 3d inst. The readers of The Chronicle will robably remember that this wealthy r entleman, in company with his wife nd daughter, spent a short while out t the Bon-Air about two months ago. j In conversation he related to a Chron- C :le reporter a curious coincidence r ,hich had just occurred, While his son was studying in Stock olin, about ten years ago, he was met y an American gentleman one day 'ho was In considerable embarrass kent from his ioability to speak the Lnguage of the country. t Young Aloen spoke Swedish very U 'ell and was able to render the gentle ian some valuable assistance. When Mr. Aloen and family arrived b the Bon-Air this same gentleman, 0 'ho was also stopping theie, reco7- f ized the name, and upon inquiry )und .1r. Moen to be the father of his tockholm friend indeed, and the aughter who accompaniea hiin was ie same who was with her brother in h weden. It was a pleasant and peculiar inevt ig. Alr. P. L. Aloon's life was an interest ig one, and the mill which lie owned I nploys 3,500 inn. Over Alr. %loen's private life there t 'as the shadow of a great mystery, I -cause of his relations with the noto. o ous "Doc" Levi Wilson, which nine 1 ears ago was the topic of discussion in r ie newspapers of the country. The 11 ,vo men differed widely in their per- il mnal habits and tastes. Mr. Aloen was aristocratic in taste, indly in manner, noted for philan- y tropy, apparently a consistent Chris an and a business man ef great wealth.! ilson was illiterate, profane and vul- i ar. Yet for no known cause Ar. Moen 1 aid over to this man between h300,M00 j id $400,000, in the space of live or six ears, without consideration. Even AMr. Moen's most intimate riends never knew the secret of his re ttions with Wilson. Wilson used to take frequent trips to Worcester, and, Ir. Aloen always obeyed his suimmons. y Lt times he showed bank books with um11 to his credit ranging from 810, D) to 8410.000. iIe spent ino[ney like a rince. Ile kept a line stable, bought ach horses as pleased hiin, and if they id not suit gave themi away. ( Wilson's private life was a succession i f scandals. Four young women are I nown to have sued him for breach of I roimis(. Speculation exhausted iself inany s ears ago as to t Ie( secret of I he rela- ( ons between Moen and th i spend- h hirift, and it was hinted that the case s 'as one of blackmail, but Mr. Aloen o enied this as enipha'iwally as Wilson. ii favorite theory was that the pay- 'I ients had something to do with the A ay in which the Washburn and Aloen n :mpany obtained the barbed wire n atents, but this was emphatically de- v ied by Ar. Moen and his associates in t io eorporatioi. The latter denidss that t fly money had ever had been paid to t 'lSiso fromu the funds or the compilang3. i< 'hre advances were Mr. Moen's own. t In 1885 Wilson entered suit against e [ir. Aloon for $150,000 In an action of a r contract. The result was a(disagree- to rent, ten jurymen favoring Mlr. Mloen :i ad two holding out for Wilson. In j< lis trial Wilson claimed that Mlr. e loen promised to settle all his scrapes, s ut that lie recei vedl nio money alter g After the trial Wilson declared that d e was Mlr. Mloen's illegitiruate son, V ndl that the latter had paid hirm to cop the secret. This story w~as accep 3d by many as tile explanation of tIhe ysterious hold lie exercised over Mir ' loen, but others, who pretendled to ' now the story of Wilson's iiirth, sid I here was no truth in the statement. I Lugusta Chronicle. The Aallance Exchnange. U Col: Mn1iA, S. C., April 30.-TIhne I i ' ectors of the Alliance Exchange r-it [)airied inl session at the Illotel . lrm Oi urig the greater p)art of the day ye's erday.. Tihe principal matter undier iscussion was In regardl to ranking ar angemnents for a sirpply of baigginig for he growing crop. 'lhe Alliance makes to war on jute bagging and would as' non use thait kind1( as any other when lie prices are as low as' that of airy ther kind, but its e'ffor'ts are bueinig diI ectedl now, as in the past, to the pre. entioni of any cmiiihinationi of anvl~ sornt I. a force uip prices. Tlhe allianee riow I as undier considlerationl thre adoptio ci f the King fire p)roof bagging. which I a net work of wire over a wrapper f Iicomutmstible Paper. It is claimed I hat this covering~can ho had 'cheaper I hran any other, viz., for about 65 cents i er bale, and that It can standl any test I pplie'd to it. Experimenits orn this rio are to be miade and( bales ol 'ott on overedh with this material will be pass 11 throuighi all (of the processes of hrand(-t ng f rom the gin press to the compress rom: there to shipboard, and froni there a European markets. No action was taken by the directors tv a regard to the establ ishm uent, of a ank, and that matter was postlponedi y' thoem rrntil thre nnextI quarterly mreet rig ini July. Mlessrs. Sligh, Cain, ltley and I)oni ldson were appointed as a commrittee o prepare a fertilizer formrula for the (doption of the exchange. Ruinedc bjy Ambiitiona.t Srin!No i 11:Lr. ()., A pril 29. -Thie Vhritely reaper works, the largest reap r;works in existence*, arid tire factory v ext in size in the worldi to Krurpp's I tin works in Germuany, has been aip. e raised under the direction of a receiv- t r, and wvill be0 soldh In thirty days. rhe v ilirty dhays. Th'le works, wi.h the ma- v' hinery cost over $,KX,K00. Whitely, a ho built the works, had an ambitlon v 3 own the largest agricult.ural imple- a ient works In the worl. Trhey are far j trger than his business required, and t si in his failure PENSIONS FOR CONFEDERATES, "rovipionm Made by the Southernl 4tj for Their Ex-sollierm. Alabaima pays pensions to motnt of *125,000 yearly; 110 home. Arkansas has a soldiers' home n ,ittle Rock, established by priv ubscription. State aid has been gi iy an Act passed by the recent LeI itture. Florida has bect paying pensions everal years. The pension Act pas i 1887 provides that all indigent; isabled Confederate soldiers y ave iade Florida their place of rq ence fifteen years prior to the passv f the Act shall come under its pro ins. There is no home. but the i enditure on account of pensik mounts to about :30,000 yearly. Georgia has a hoie near Atlar 1hich cost 835,000, and pays pensi anging from 52 to $25 per month, ording to the disability. Mississippi has urovided liberally er disable i indigent soldiers, and rder to imak e the aid sure has incor ated it in her new constitution. '. tate pays pensions, but no home 1 et bean established. Missouri pays no pension, but a mo lent is on foot to establish a home, irl from the State being asked. It roposed to raise 3100,00 and end lie home, and already about .30,(00 1 een collected. Alaryland has a home near ialtimc hich cost, exclusive of the grou diich was donat ed by the State. -. Ih, and the State give 310,90I yev or its support. Lotuisiana hms a home near New .anIs that costs Ihe Stae tI0,(xKIa y North Carolina liys pensions v las r,cently appropriated -341,00t fo south Carolina pays about 550,1 (arly inl pen)sions, bIt has nio home. '.'cxas has a lome etalished by s I-ript Ion. whilcl c;osts 8 3,5(NI a year, I t:ie aid is (xNt cted at ;ia early day. Telnnessfe has establislicd a hlorni hIe otl holli. of Andrew Jackson, I I ermtitage, the St at e donating -175 ac I land and givinrg :1,0M for impro lents in US9. The Legislature whi 'cently adjoirneit appropriated 8: K) for a building and - 5,000 a year .s support, ard in additLiol -,000, u) illch I hereof as may lie necess: ,)r expendittire aiannull y in pensio bish range from it i2 511 to $25 ionlth. It is thought that 25,tK0] ear will cover the pension list. \irginia was the lirst to establis ouie, which is located at lichlmoi rid for the sipport of which the St xPends 810,00 a year, in addit hIe State pays out over 4485,000 yea 11 pensions, and wvIhen the financial c itioni of the "Old Diminion" is tal nto consideration it will he seen t 'irgimia is far ahead of any ot olutliern State in caring for uifor ate I x- Con federates. tharlmeton Politics. CREtEsox, April 27.-ihe pit ation to-day of an interview w 'hairman Irby, of the State Democ, a Executive Committee, in which ' rby gives olicial recognition of 1 xecutive Committee of the munici )ermocratic party, acted like a [ol bell in the ranks of the reforme hairian Irby's olicial utteran ave caused a change in the politi ystem here. Democratsof both wii f the party are utterly at sea, and ian can tell what the harvest will 'lie situation is perplexing. '1 lunicilpal Democratic Executive Co iittee, whose ollicial existence Ch, ian I rby recognizes, has called a c4 ention of the Democracy of Charl mn to meet on the 30th instant. Un< is call the Democratic books of re ration were openedf( to-day for re\ mi. The registration was much lari ian usual. Th'le reforii party hz llced a convention to meet, on May rid have advised their adherentsi take part in the convention on Ai Jth. I othl sides claim to have ar )rity of the registered vote of1 tty. It is underst.ood that the ril ers, who have Deimocratic clubs nimed ini most of the wards, will 1; irrt in the Mlay coniventuorn by sendi elegatos. The probabtility is that thi ill be a big l amnily row. e w ish Iiniiei s ha;ve beii orddred uit Keiftf forthwith. Thie well-to ave already|gonae, bunt the p)oorer clas re ini the greatest straits. Maniy; rriv inig on th e A ustriani Ironitieri e'stitt,e condlitioni, bunt the A ustr thiciazls ret uise domicile to paup' 'lie ei ft police aecept 110 exce (, r; uig the city w ith the uitmiost, sever iiless br-ib ed to d elay action . ' auily expuIlsionls l roim Aoscow nuim rom11 1001 to 17> t. ()n Sun rdaiy an0 e'x litral raid wa;s inae when lu in wu ightenis awavy iianyi ''lt it lid to 1 niaierit residrn-u. T[lie t it-et is x tn in I his cit3y, whic-h i greti otsiness. Thze eniiig ratztn ot,'ls ir :iuarnttetd by the .\liinister of l-'or( s 'tr of t lihe i t'rior, any tn e of w h ats power'It t t itSih It ir' t li nur, laciing Iteir buinesst-,- ir the hiamils tnsslan agelt,s aiil are-t thuise'lves art inrg. nobbii'i iby its i''resleimat. NW Yolui1;, A pril 28. The Ni %at itiial i bank has lost about SIL0. hroiug h thie de falcat iton of l're'sid] lii who( died March 1st. last. ofc timiptiori. It was only a few days Iat the dire'ctors sulspecttedl somiethi /ro)ng anid begani te e'xaina tioni Ccoiints rev'ealing his Itoss wvhiicl iir ter ex aiunnationri lI anik E';xa o.r II epbiurn andit a clt-aing houise (' it,tee to-night coinied. Blank miner Iliepburn to-night, iiadlet tatement. Whbile the loss is seric does not1 impair the bankii's solve' to' its abilIi ty t.o take care' of its c )miers. A iforrile story. LIlNiloN, A pril 28.--A inong the ,Je ~ho rece'ntly emigratedl by way hsiai, Is on1e Iaaac hhoseb)alt, wh eM has airouised considherabile atte on1. IIe hears on his leg ani Iron, 03 'hich the skin has partly gro)wn, a 'hilch wvas fastened ton hini live ye; Ro in ai ltuissli prisoii at Kreff, fr 'hich Roseb)alt attemiptedl to esci f'ter being arrestted on a charge rosely ting for .hiudaisrm. It is teal nlat the removal of the iron now mlj aVA a 8OFlrieaes silt. STlE NEW YORK ALLIANCE. THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF the THE MOVEMENT. ear Stenly Accessions-tepresentative Farm er,-Submtantial Increase-Pit&icit E Voen is feet Talked About-The Premident of i he for New York Alliance. sied IIONELLSyIL.E, N. Y,, April 27.- 1 "I The state convention of the Farmer's Aio S Alliance in New York has created a ge great stir liereaniong the politicians,. ,is- While the body was in process o1 or L'- ganization, a friendly delegation from )[Is the Knights of Labor was received. President Polk, of the National Farm ta, ers' Alliance, was present and addressed s the convention, advising the farmers to ac- give the politicians among them a back seat. It is said that D. G. Allen, the for state organizer, can have the state presi In dency if he wants it. II- The political significance of the Farm he ers' Alliance movement is beginning to I as be appreciated. A striking feature of the gathering is Ve- the earnestness of the men taking part, no in it. They talk of nothing else and I is think of nothing else, but in a cold, con ow servative way, devoid of claptrap or en as thusiasm, and they are real farmers, too, and not professionals. re, Mayor Day, of this city, was asked 1 (, what lie thought of the movement. "It r ,- is going to run things in this end of I r1y the state," lie said. "It is composed of Y the very best men of the farminv coin- I I)r- imunity, the solid old farmers who work ;ar. their own soil, pay their debts and 1 md don't make any more until they have V r a calculated all the chances." ' l'resident Arnold is generally con- 1 XxI veded to be the best man in the conven. < tion for the position to which he was Ab- elected. lie is about 65 years old, tall 1 Mt and slender, with a full gray beard and 1 rather sandy gray hair. IlIe was born 1 at inl Wyoming county, where his father Jhe came in 1812 from New England, briinr- t res ing family and his belongingi in an ox C ve- cart. Mr. Arnold now lives oin the cl homestead, near Arcade, which his Z,- fat her pre-empted, and is regarded as I lor one of the most soliu, substantial farm or eri in the neighborhood. In politics lie try was an old line whig and later a lepub 'is, lican as lie says, however, of late years P pier he has been rather independent in local [er affairs. The only oflice ie has ever t held has been that of supervisor. lie t I a was one of the lirst men to join the I id, Alliance inl his county, the Iirst sub- t ate Alliance Iing organized there Janu ion ary 27. ,rly Before he was elected he was closely olt- cross-questioned as to his opinions on ien the Ocala platforin. Ile was found to hat be all right, but when asked how lie her stood on the silver questionli he an L11- swered: "I favor the free and unlimi ted coinage of sil ver. as I tnderstand it." Ile was asked how lie understood it li- later. Ile said: "I believe in the free iti coinage of silver dollars with a dollar's ,at worth of silver in them." Ile is rather 'r. favorably inclined toward. the sub Ale treasury scheme and the other planks pal ini the Ocala platform. I) lIe was also asked his opinion of the rs. third party movement.. "It is too early ces to talk of that now," lie said. Our en Cal ergies for a while will be devoted to Igs the work of organization and educa 110 tion," be. National Lecturer Willetts says that t 'l1 New Jeusey is organizing rapidly, and t . he expects to organize the State Alli i- ance ini a week or two. It is said that there is a scheine on foot to send otit - all over the country pledges similar to ler those used in the lenry George can 'paign of 1886, binding the signers to su ~~Pport a third'( party candidate on the ~er ()c.la platfoirm. I f a million signatures Ye are obtained a conv~ention will be calledI tiand nominations for president and v'ice iot president will lbe made. >ril l-The ILuRisiaa Lotter.,, lie NEw OI~LANS, April 27.-At the ig- last session of the Legislature .)ohin A. . or'- Morris andl his associates maide appli ike eation f'or a renewal of' the Louislaana ug State Lottery charter for twenty-five i-re years, oilfering to pay the State more than MI,000,(X) per annumn for thme privilege. A bill embodying thle re red lulisite amenldment to the coinstii uition, to known as thei lottecry amnendmi ent,, was *do adopted by a two-thirds vote of the se Legisla~ture, and by courtesy a copy of re the Act was sent to Governor Nicholls nwho vetoed it, although the friends oft nthe imeasure argued that he had no ars right to (10 so under the constitution. TIhe Secretary of State having refus ity d to promulgate t.he Act, Morris and 'hie his comipany applied for a intandamius her comipelling him t.o promultgat.e the pr o ep.(psedl constitutional amendmitent to lbe revoted on by the people at the ntt( geni re (ral election. Tlhe I )ist,rict, CJourit to wr (lay rentdered a (decision ini favor' oi'f lhe etlottery company, ,i istice Watkinis r'ead i ig the opdinion as the organt of th e cout, Chiet ,J itstice IHerminudez atnd As omsoci at.e ,1listi ce McF,neny concurrig. ts l~.achi read olpinions, while Associate .l ustices F"ennter and I reautx read d is i-seninRg opinlions. are lN NOX Ni. ,i.It, Tlennt., A pril 28.- Owen Ih e Mlcredit h, the voun g man w ho coinmmiit *f . ted si ide yesterday by Ibdow inrg hiis iii Ibrain ou ht, was to have been miarried d-next, Wed nesday night to Mliss Mary II udibitrg, daugh lter oif the post master here. A sealed not.e was left by MeIire iithI di t,h for M\liss fundiurg, bitt its con (flN tents cannot be learned. J t was rui eut imoredl last ntight that. the dleceased was on.. linancially behintd with his cominpanty. igo Miss II itdibiirg is almost, crazed with ing grief. Foitr years ago Ashley l'eck, a of yountg butsiness mant oif Newport, 0., ia wvho( wasii (ngagedl to her, k iled him tself. mii- Frnietnds of M eredithi says his tmindi was >m affected in consequtence of injuri ies I'2x. which lie receiven roim a fall fromt a h is train a fe w dlays ago, l'An Op,era Hlomuse Horror. iy MoNTiooM enY', Ala., A pril 29.- -- A .ix special to tlhe Aulvertiser states that the opera house in T1roy, Alha., fell In thiis evenIng while a party of young people wvs were rehearsIng an amateur perform of :ance, Abitt twenty persons were >iso buried in the ruins. TFhe dead are Miss mn- Annie F"oster, of Eastman, Ga., andl ier Miss Fannie Lou Starke, the only child nd1~t. oridg.e II. Starke, of Trroy. '[he se srs rioosly injured are Miss Maggie Bur itm nett, latoly of Hainbrnidge. Ga., and Miss ipe Eula lk:wning. Others were hurt but or not seriously . T'he accident resulted 'ed from tine spreadingt of the roof which ~ht was lncend.. to bo self-supporting, but faulty h. cnstructIon DON'T WANT BLAIR. roo Much "Talker, Talkee," on the Clii nese Question in Congresm. WAslliN;'TON, April 29.-A represen ative of the Associated Press this morn ng called at the Chinese legation here tnd had an interview with Minister Yen i regard to the disinclination of his Gov !rnment to receive Senator Blair as the tccredited representative of the United itates. Mr. Y en said, through an interpreter, ,hat he had received a cablegram front lie Chinese foreign ollice, which lie was nstructed to lay before Secretary Blaine vithout delay, expressing the unwill less or tle llmperor to receive Blair. tier than this Mr. Yen had received to insrructions, written or otherwise, 'romn his Government, on the subject. l'lie exact language of the cal>legram )r whether tie reasons for this actioul vere given, Mr. Yei delines to state. Personally he,had a very high opinion )f Senator Blair; lie had met him sev !ral times and had always found him to )3 a very courteous gentleman. At the ime Senator Blair wvas nominated min ster to China Mr. Yen was in Peru, to vhich( Government lie is also the repre entative of China, and did not return o the V'nited States until early in the resent month. IIe had never had oc asion to ascertain what had been Sen tor Blair's attitude toward Chiia or ir the Chinese residents in this country, mid not until his ret.urn had the Senators' itterances onl the Chinese question as eported in the Congressional Record een brought to his attention. The nitlister conveyed the impression that it, had simply stated the facts to his ,overnment. and aside froi that had iot sought to influence its decision ither favorably to the Senator or un avorably. This action of the Chinese 1ithioriies has not, created the least ex it ement here, as it had been aiticipated iy iim ui rom the first. 'TIhie proceed ngs is not a very oumisial one and cAR It be construed as indicating unfriend y feeling toward this I overnen. A imioig the departimnt ital ollicials here is a geieral indisposition to dis liss tho subject of llair's rejection. "till it, is evidelit, that there is no aener f desire to magnify the icidetint into ie proporf tions of a diplovtitc iepiutre. I is the long e!stablished rlp of dilplo Ilacy that a nation ki lint oiged to ac ept , iiisiiter who is not persona ,rata, utd that rejection on that ac wint is not to be constued iitio an in ended affroot, to the dignity of tihe na ion which sends tih iniiister. The 11ited States hesitated tor' a long time o fully endorse this rule antd shlowed ome resentment when the Austrian 'overniment, during thelast Adminis ration asked that Minister Kelly be tot. sent to Austria as 'nitet States iniiuster. l11t about the titne of the Sackville.West, episode the ('nited States became an enthusiastic adherant of the polley that a nation is not bound to receive or retain a foreign minister who is not acceptable to its peoplo. Then, too, there was a lingering re!ol lection of' the tact that the 'nited States lad about the time of the French revo tiution sent home a representative of the .rench Itepublic becatise lie had made i'iself obnoxious to tie peoplle of the Inited States. Ii these cases the demand for the ninister's recall was rather peremptory, nd we did not show tle consideration nanifested by the Chinese Government i refraining from an absolute rejection >f Minister Blair, and simply statiig hat his coming to China in the capaci .y o! U'nited States minister would not )e entirely agreeable to the ( oVerriinent if that. cotitry. Altogether Ihe opmi - oI in official circles is general that the Inited States is by its own condiuct topped from resenting Minister Blair's ejection, and that after waiting for a (ength of time suflicient to maintain hie national dlignity a new miniister will >e apploinited by I 'residtent 1liarrison. Thei Fa&rmierg in Virginaia. It t'ClM~oN n, TA, A iril 30.--TIhe leg shativ'e camipain in Virgmuia thIs year )romnises to lbe uinusually interestinig. It s not) probable that the ltepublicanis will nake anry light. Th'le contest will lbe '-tiefly confined to thme F"armers' A iliance. l'hiat, elemenit dlemandls Important legis ationi at the hands of the G ener'al As tembh y, whose mem'tlbers are to be chosen his year'. F"oremoist namong these demandms is lmt f'or ar lawu creating a railwvay comn ntission, withi authlori ty 14) regutlate b ar'ges and pr'evetI disermunina tioni iln ales. Th'le farmer's. too, believe that he salaries of State oflicials might. be edutced, erimninasl ctreesg tcut do0wn, norei' liberal irtopr'iations made for the state dlepartmet of ag~ricurlfture, andh tumeroums othier benielits bestowed uphoni limt c lass. Th'lese issues will be w form ilated by the Alliance Stat.e (onivent Jon. which meets her'e ini 'Augutsl. Th'fe ead er's say that th ese are to be so cer Ly (tril shartmply defined that c :didlates or the L,egislature canntot ev:ade them. Tlhe lnemocrats will riot ('tll at Conveni wvill miret' soon) to) di3scuss ther campiaignm, but nto C'onvenIt itn, it is undiertstoodl, will e called' . TIhe Alljinces rclaimi ai mtemt bershtip ol somethmin'g like 40f,000i( ini this sl ate, andtr, if' any thinig like tuanimous, ani easily con)tro'4l legislation. Thi e idea :>f th:e leaders 5ismnt to htave aniy thtird iarly, bit, I o make thleir (lemndr(s wit ii the~ ranks of the l)emocr'ats. If' they ho this thmey can, thtey think, easily et Pu t their putrposes. Thl'i epub licani I,e'agte of' thle State v ill me't. here A pril 29 to elect delegateca o the N ational Convention of ILeagues, vhtich is to be biell in Cincinnati. T1his >r'ganiza.t,ioni has tnot, flourished in tlhis tate. ,Jlhn S. WVise was among those vhio star'ted in with it, but his ardor soon ooled ofl', and be t little interest has been aken in it since. Somte litt,le life seems 0 be infulsed into the League now, be ause its leaider's think it may lbe a factor ni contr'olling the delegates from this tatc to toe National Republican Coni rentionu. As Mahone dloes nuot hold a nembership in the bodly it is diflicult to ee how this can he achievedl. It is not, iveni out who Mahonue prefers for the 'resldentual nuomitnec, but as hte is press ng candIdates upon IIarrison it is sutp )0sed that lie wvill favor that canrdidate's tominahion. Fout Water Kills Five Men. BURLLINOTON, iowA, April 2'..- -Thle laborers at Gilbert Iloge & Co's lumber gardrt drank freely of water from at) old well in the vicinIty. As a resuit uf N'M toning from the sewerage five of ftiemn ire dead an:1 several are not expected no hIve A BOSTON SENSATION. GENERAL BEAST BUTLER PUT OUT OF COURT. The Hero of New Orleans Forcibly Re moved by Judige Carpenter of the Uni teti Statem Court, which 1ring Tears to the OW1. Spoon Thief's Eyet. BOSTON, MIANss., April 27.--lCn. Ben jamin F. Butler was forcibly ejected from the United States district court room Tuesday by order of Judge Car penter. General Butler is counsel for Mrs. Clarietta Johnson, of Lowell, who has been convicted in the I'aited States district court for perjury, and who was brought up for sentence before Judge Carpenter that morning. On Tuesday last thu general again appeared in court to argue a motion in arrest of judgment, but on rising to address his honor lie was peremptorily ordered not to address the court "now or ar any other time." At I o'clock when the court was about to adjourn, General Butler cane in and took his seat by the side of Dis triet Attorney Allen. Mr. Allen asked for sentence, making a strong plea for mercy, when the following colloquy took place General liutler (to Mr. Allcn)-"You ask to have the motion for the arrest of j udgment overruled ?" Mr. Allen-'Yes." The Court.---"I understand von to say that the prisoner does not want to lie heard oil this ?" Mr. Allen.-"I understand your hon or, that the prisoner is ready to have the matter decided to-day." The Court.-"I think it would be bet ter if 1 cotld look over it and see if there could be anything that by any possibility cotild lie argued, and if so, c,unsel will be assigned," (,eneral Butler.-Il am ready your honor." The Couirt.--"Mr. Marshal, Mr. But evr is disorderly; will you kindly re muove hit from the room ?" The Marshall. and two of his assis tants advaned to (G'eneral .itler's si(le, and took him by the arms to carry out the court's order. General l3utler again endeavored to address t he court, when the court called out; 'Mr. Marshal." Marshall Dioherty to General Butler. -" You heard the order of the judge, General Butler ?" General ltitler.--"I an ready to" I'lhe Court.-"Itemove him, Mr. Mar shal. Don't allow him to creaite any further disorder." General Bittler. --"I am here" - Before lie could finish the sentence he was Iaken iold of by the marshal and his assistants and was escorted from the room. General Butler's voice was very much affected and his eyes full of tears as he exclai mie(d: "I yield to force." When Ie had been removed outside ae court room the general turning to Marshal 1)oherty, inlidred: "Do you intend to hold ie a prisoner, now that I am ouitsideu ?" M 3arilhal Doherty replied in the nega tive. "All right," said (,eneral Butler, and he immediately pushed his way again into the court room. The judge had just left the bench, however, and the general, having looked arourid exclaimed: "Well the room smells a little better now than it did a few miiutes ago." The general says he intends to take legal steps, though what they shall be he has not yet determined, Judge carpenter is the man whom General liutler has characterized as an "inferior juidge of an inferior court of the inferior State of Ilihode Island." Mrs. .1 ohnsoni was brought into court later in the afternoon and sentenced to pay a fine of $l0 and to serve six iionthis in jail. Tlhie general said this evening; "L was never remnovedl from a court be fore in miy lilfe, and I have practiced bePfore all th e courts in the country for the pasit lilty-six years. Nor have 1 ever seen any13 lawyer removed from conurt for attempltingi. to address It on behalf of his ('ieat." (G'neral Buttler will he seventy-three years oldl in November. illowni to l'iece3,. Oswi-:au, N. Y., April 29.-A freight locomotivi of the Hoime, WVatertown )gdensbu rg Ilroad ex ploded while shil ting a caboose in the yard here to dlay. ,Jamnes Curnmings, the engineer, was inistainfly killed, his body being blown twvo hiuiidred yards over a house arid falling in a horribly miangled mass ini a garden. One of his legs was found a hundulre:l feet further away: A~ fire man who w-ts 01n the tender at the tino was bilown on the top of the ca boose51 and te'rri bly scalded, but will re cuver. Thle locomiotive was complete ly wrecked. Thfe cause of the explos on is a mnystt y. Te i lit to the Mairinlen! News- Press publishes the following this morning: "Stephen 1B. Elkins is authority for a statemient, made to a rep)resentative of the News-Press, to the diect that ,James U. JBlaine would shortly announce his dlecisioni not, umn decr any circumstances, to allow his namie to be used at the next itepub)li cani National Convention as a cant'idate for P'resident. It is said that Mr. lilaine's letter, or anniouncemnent, will be so p)ositive as8 to admit of but one construction, and that is, that lie will never again be a candidate for the P residency. The New lironin. CIcAoo, April 310.-Mayor Wash burn's first olhical act on entering upon01 his duties was to issue an order to the pl)Oice departmienit to close up every gambling house in C3hiicago. Ini an ini terview the mayor said tat in case the meni (let ailed to do the work should miss any place ini wh ich gainlg is carried on, and1( which shall be afterwardls found out by newspapmer meni or anybody else lie should have t hose mein dlischiarged. 'this afternoon the p)1op)rietors of all the pool rooms in the city were notilied that they also would have to close up their places of b)usinless at once. Jack the flippesr, Again, BE.:i,1N, April 27.-A murilderaiilrr to those committed by ,Jack the RIpper in London 1s rep)orted from hleuthien, ols the P'olishi frontier, The body of a wo meqn was foundl this morning behind the mi!itary hospital in that town mutl' hated In the usual imanner, An army suirgeon is s usniected In this case.