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VOL. xxii. PICKENS, S. C., TH FEBRUARY 1, 1894. VOL.~f XXII. - ARIOT IN CUARLESTON THE STATE CONSTABLES SAVED BY THE POLICE Frcm a Body of Anary CoIzesD, Who Wanted to Lynch' Them-One M2an Wounded-A Lawyer Sent to the StstOo House. CHARLEsTON, S. C.-, Jan. 25.-The prediction that the enforcement of the amended Dispensary Act would result in bloodshed was very nearly veritied yesterday afternoon, when Tander borst street was packed with a crowd of citizens angered at a lying rumor that one of the constables, while raid ing the grocery store of H. Nolte, at 26 Vandorhorst street, had struck the wife of the proprietor. The charge was one which never fails to excite the 4 righteous indignation of men to the bighest pitch, and when to it is added the animosity which is directed to wards the law and tbe bitter hatred with which the constables are regarded by many people, there is little wonder that the passion of the crowd rose al most to frenzy and made the people wild in their desire to see the alleged Derpetrator of ,4ch a dastardly deed 'brought to swift justice. It seems that the raid on Mr. Nolte's place was not a premeditated one, and few people knew it was in progress un fil there was coupled with the an nouncement the runor that the pro Drietor's wife had been struck by the constable. Then the crowd began to gather. People poured into Vandor horst street from every neighboring thoroughfare, and in less time almost than it takes to tell it the space, side walk and roadway, between Kiog and Coming streets, was a mass of human ity. The windows of the houses were open and hundreds of beads of women and children Inoked down on the scene. Mr. Nolte himself was away from home wben the raid was made, and re turned with the gathering crowd. He rushed for the entrance of his store, asking for the man who had struck ais wife. Chief of Police Martin and Lieut. J. H. Fordham rode up in the heat of the excitement. As Chief Mar tin reached the front of the premises Constable Elliott was pointed out as 4 the man against whom the charges were preferred. Mr. Nolte started to ward the constable and Chief Martin Interposed, with a request to know what was occasioning the disturbance. He was told that Mr. Nolte's wife had been struck by a constable. He turned to Mr. Nolte and asked did he prefer such a charge, and then he ordered the people, who by this time were crowded around, to move off while he attended to the matter. He was then told by Mr. Nolte that Constable Elliott was the accused man, and the chief arrest ed the constable himself. In the meantime the crowd was get ting larger and more excited. The de monstrations which were at first con fined to mutterings of v.,ngeance against a man who would do such a de,,d as that of which the constable was charged. began to be more openly and loudly expressed. The bitterest lan guage was begun now to be heard. There was an excited crowding of the people towards the door of the grocery where the chief of police and his pris oner were. At this time the fire squad of the po lice depatment- was ordered out to clear the street and the sidewalks, and subsequently they were reinforced by half a dozen other policemen. The crowd was in a very excited condition and held their ground or only gave way temporarily before the officers long after Constable Elliott had been - -ohducted to the Guard House by Chief Martin. At the Guard House Constable Elliott remained for some hours until Trial Justice Milan could be sent for. The case will probably .come up in that Court to-day. A reporter called upon Mr. Nolte -and asked for a statement regarding the incidents of the raid. Mr. Nolte :said: "I was not at home when the raid took place. When I got there I found Elliott and six ejr mor spies -around my place. My wde pointed out Elliott as the man who had struck her. I would have shot him, but I did not have my pistol with me. As soon "as I heard the spies were at my place I sent for Mr. Legare, who is my lawyer, for advice. He got there just as Chief Martin and Lleut. Fordnam arrived arnd dem;:nded that Elliot t anid the oth er spies be arrestedi, Nearly two hun dred of my friends were preset3, but we did not see fit to use force. .is this a law 'to compel us to stand idlv by and see our homes raided and our families assault ed ?". A ret orter saw Constable Elliott at the Station House and asked him ho w the disturbance had arisen. He said he was passing Mr. Nolte's place and a negro said to him he had better raid.it. Be said he would and went in. Mrs. Nolte met him arnd told him there was no liquor in there, and that he could not go in. He replied that he was an cffivtr in the discharge of bis duty, and -passed by her. Hie said that he never dre amt d of such a tumng as striking a woman, and he believed that an~yone who knew him would acquit him of such a charge. .1 was impossible to see Mrs. Nolte personally, but a general outlin~e of her stateaent in regard to the raid was ob tainetd frcm what she is reported to have said when charges were lodged against Constable Eiiuott. After he was taken to the Station Mrs. Nolte and her husband came to prefer char. ges aganst him. It is reported that Mrs. Nolte said that Constable Elliott came into the grecery and wanted to search the place. She told him that no liquor was kept er concealed on the premises, and objected to his going any further, and that it was then that tbe constable struck her and passed on to complete the raid. The raid took place Sat about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, but it was several hours before the last of the crowd disperse d. No liquor was found oo the .Nolte premises, and it is generally believed that the raid was an impromptu affair. The fact tbat there were no policemen on the grounrd when it begun looks as though the chief of police had not been notified of the constable's intentions. ~It has heretofore been the custom for -.Chief Constable Gaillard to notify Chief of Police Martin of a ratd and ask for an escort of two or more policemen. Mrs. Nolte and Constable Elliott seem to have been the only eyewitnesses. It does not appear from any of the state ments made so far that the other con were in the building at the time that the provocation for the disturbance was.given. The case has created the most wide spread excitement and Interest throughout the city, and when it comes up before Trill Justice Milan, as it will probably do to-day, It will be heard by a crowded Court room. LAWYER LEGARE JUGGED. A raid made on the place of F. Jor dan, at No. 8 King street, yesterday morning, was the occasion of an inci dent which caused much comment, and one which will probably be prolif ic of interesting legal consequences. While the constables were raiding Mr. Jordan's-place he sent for Mr. Geo. S. Legare, his lawyer. Mr. Legare hast ened to the scene of action, and was re fused entrance to the premises. He subsequently went into the house, and while in there w is arrested and taken to the police headquarters. Trial Jus tice Milan was sent for, and the pris oner tirned over to him. Liter in the day Mr. Legare gave bond and was re ,eased to appear before the Court. Mr. Legare was seen by a reporter for the News and Courier, after his re lease from custody, and asked for a statement of the facts in the case. He said that Mr. Jordon's son came to his office and told him that his fath er wanted him around at his place of business. He hastened to comply with the request. When he reached Mr. Jordon's place he found Chief Consta ble Gaillard outside of the door, which was being guarded by two policemen. He requested permission to enter and was refused. He explained to Consta ble Galllard that he had been sent for by his client, and he conceived it his duty to comply with his request. Con stable Gaillard still refused him en trance and ordered- the officers at the door to keep him out. Shortly after Constable Gaillard had entered the house be went into the room. The constableo, headed by Chief Gaillard, hastened towards him. Chief Consta ble Gaillard ordered him out and he declined to- go. The chief constable then requested Lieut. J. H. Fordham, of the police force, to arrest him. The officer reminded Chief Constable Gail lard that the premises were in his (Gail lard's) possession, and that he was the one to perform the office. Chief Con stable Galliard then laid his hand on Mr. Legare and told him to consider himself under arrest. He replied cer tainly he would, and was turned over to Lieut. Fordham. Outside the build ing the police wagon was rung for and Mr. Legare was put in it and taken to the Guard House. - When Chief Constable Gaillard was asked for a statement regarding the raid and the arrest incident thereto he said: "I entered F Jordan's place, 58 King street, at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning. I found Mr. Jordan near the door on the inside sitting on a stool. I told him my busiaess. As soon as I did so he said: "Have you a search warrant?" I told, him I had. Mr. El liott, who held the warrant, presented it to him a moment or two afterwards, and the search began. -I closed the front door and stood outside of it. Two police officers were stationed at the door and I requested them not to allow anyone to enter. I observed Mr. Le gare approaching very rapidly. He de sired admittance. I refused to allow him to enter, and after a few words of explanation he demanded his right to enter, suggesting legal reasons to me for keeping him out. He then with drew from the door after a little objec tion. I went inside and closed the door. A few minutes afterwards Mr. Legare opened the door and forced himself in. I stopped him immediately and asked him to withdraw. He declined to do so, saying he desired to make a ques tion of it. I called in Lient. Fordhami and requested him to arrest Mr. Le gare and take him out of the store, so that my search could proceed without Interference or disturbance." It is probable that this is the beginning of another big lawsuit for the State of South Carolina. No contraband geods were found on Mr. Jordan's place, ONE OF THE MOB SHOT. Thbe first blood which has nowed in Charleston in consequence of the dis peneary la w was spilled last night, and as far as can be known, it was spilled by a representative of the State con stabulary. The excitement caused by the inci dent in Vanderhorst street grew as the day wore on, and by nightfall the feel ing of indignation w as intense. Scores of men visired both depots at the time for the arrival of the evening trains,. expecting that the constables would be present buS instead- the depots were provided with extra police. Ai'out 9 o'clock a meeting of citizens was hqld and alter brief debate those present adjonrned. Shortly after this a crowd of men, about five hundired In number, was seen marching up King street in the direction of Spring street,. where it is known that there is a board ing house at which the constables lodge The place is kept by Mrs Charles Mc Cants and is designated as No. 603. When the cro wd reached Spring street; it numbered over five hundred. They were determined men and seemed in tent on avenging the insult which they said had been heaped upon a Charles .on woman. No other motive inspired *hem, ard had the constable been found who was charged wiih that out re'ge there is no way to say what his fate might have been. .3ut such was not to be. The meet ing had avj)urned at 10.15 o'clock and a few minutes later information was given to the police that trouble would ensue. A equad of twelve men was quicklv sent out and they waited in Spring street around the corner from the scene of action. As the crowd ap proached King street from Meeting the sergeant in charge blew his whistle and the squad of police was quickly sta tioned in front of the door of the house As the crowd reached the place a pis toi shot was fired trom the direction of the house and Washington Betancourt, fell, apparently dead. This was the signal for a great hur rab. and shots were heard on all si.-es. Most of the men in the crowd thought, the shot which struck Betancourt was. Sred by one of their friends, and scores. of revolvers were fired in the air. The confusion thus created was great, but meanwhile the policemen. stood 5euare against the door, not one of the crowd was able to pass the barri cade. In a few minutes two more wagon loads of policemne2 arrived, and the crowd gradually dispersed. Nothing was seen of any of the con stables, and It is safe to say that not; mayo hem were near about when .ancourt? was the all absorbing ques- I tion. It was asked a thousand times and answered in a dozen different ways I The ball entered the right side of bis neck and ranged backward, showing that it came from the west side of the' street. Then no one saw the flash, this proving that the man who fired the shot was not in the street. But who fired the shot is a question which will never be satisfactorily answered. Mr. Betancourt was taken to a resi dence near by and treated by a physi cian. It is not thought that his inju ries will prove very serious. Swanowed too Many Swords. NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-C. E. Cliquot, a pleasant looking young Canadian, who makes his home in New York, has a clever way of putting the tip of a sword in his mouth and then letting the blade drop out of sight. This is pro fessionally termed sword swallowing. It was suggested to the doctors at the Metropolitan Throat Uospital that they might be interested in observing the effe-z produced by this feat upon the muscles of the throat and te sopha gus, so yesterday afternoon Cliquot gave a private exhibition. It Interest ed the doctors greatly. Iweidentally it surprised Cliquot and alarmed his wife for the swo'rd swallower narrowly escaped doing himself serious ininry. He stripped to the waist for his work, and began with a bunch of four swords. The blades were about twen ty inches long and three-quarters of an inch wide, with blunted points and dulled edges. Fixing the swords so that they rested on each other like a pack of cards he put them in his m:>utM and nshed them down his csopnagus untif all but the handles were hidden. His chest heaved fast as though he were working hard, but he sliowed no sign of pain. The swords were Ilexi ble, and by the forward moti.n of his head he bent them to an angle of about forty-five degrees. Then he took a stiff sword about twenty-two inches long, and after starting it in the right path, ha asked a spectator to seize the hilt and push the sword down till the hilt almost touched his teeth. After performing snccessfully a number of other feats Cliquot took fourteen of the flexible swords, and, placing them on top of each other as before, he explainei that he would swallow them all at once and then have them pulled from his throat one by one. When the swords were about half way down he seemed to be in great pain. His chest moved rapid ly and he gasped once or twice for breath. But the s vords were pushed down until Cliquot signalled for them to be pulled out. He seemed in such distress that all fourteen were removei together instead of one at a time. When this had been done the sword swallower sank feebly into a chair. Perspiration moistened his forehead, and he'seemec to be in great pain. He rested a few moments, and then an at tendant brought him .-ome whiskey, but he couldn't swallow it. The doc tors gave hiha an injec' ion of morphine to relieve the pain. Then he was hus tied into a cab and driven to the Union Square Hotel where he is staying. Two doctors were called to attend him there, as it was thought that he might have punctured the o3ophagus or the stom ach. They said he had done neither, but had probably distended the (eso phagus so that it became nervously ex cited. A Fatal Fight. LAURENS, S. C., Jan. 22.-At Mad dens Station, on the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railroad, jnst after sunrisethis morning,- two white farm ers, Matthew Cunningham and Wilson Boyd, fought, and Boyd was fatally wounded. The affair occurred in the engine room of a gin house and only the two men were present. The quarrel is said to have arisen because Cunning ham refused to allow a negro in his employ to shoe some horses for Boyd. Persons outside say that the men were heard talkmng, that Cunningham sai'1 "Go away, [ don't want to have any dif ficulty with you," and later, "I am not bluffing you." Then they heard a blow and going into the room found Boyd down and bleeding at the nose and mouth. A piece of a hoe handle was lying by with blood and hair og it, and it is presumed that the blo w was struck with it. Cunningham left the scene of the troubte at once. Boyd was about fifty years old and Cunningham is about ten years his senior. Boyd died at 4 o'clock p. m. The shei iff has gone to arrest Cunningham, who it is sup osed will surrender.-State Hill's Boomi. CinCAGo, .Tan. 20.-A call wili be publhsned to-day for a meeti':g at which will be organized the S-nator Hill Democratic Association of Cnica go. In the organization of the associa tion there will comenence, it is clai med, a mighty movement to secure for Dav id B. Hill the Presidential nomination as Grover Cleveland'- successor. It is said by persons interested that already over 1,000 Chicago Democrats, more or less prommnent, have agreed to assist in the movement. S. D. Keough, a local pblitician is greatly intere-sted in the Hili boom. "-The movement has been quietly agitated since the last Presi ential election," said Mr. Keough. "We intend to run Mr. Hill for the Presidency on the broad platform that he Is a Democrat. The movemi-nt wil also be an offset to the work the Re ublic-ars are doing in the West in Mr. ~arrisoun's behalf. The matter has been taken up in the E ist and great in erest has been manifested there. In the West we intend to push it until there is a thorough organization to push Mr. HIl's candidacy for the Pres idency." Excellent Reasons for a Veto. WAsuINGTON. Jun. 20.-The Presi dent today sent to the House his veto of the bill recently passed authorizing the erection of a bridge over Hlud~on river at the upper part of New York city. The reasons assigned are that the bill does not prohibit the construc-1 tion of piers in the river; that the comn merce of the river should not be inter fred with by the erection ot bridges; 1that expert engineer opinion agrees that the rirer at 'he point fixed for the crossing of the bridge can be spanned Iby a single span; that in the oit of the ew York Legislature chartering the company the erection of piers is pro hibited; that the bill permits the bridget company to charge an undue amount for the transportation of maile, and that a charter- for a similar .structure has already been granted by Congress to another company by an act which requires tue construction of a single san nrie..a A VERY IMPORTANT ACT. Lnv School D1itrict Can Levy a Special School Tax. At the last session of the Legislature in Act was passed giving any school A listrict in the State the right to levy ind collect an extra school tax, to run he schools a longer period than that illowed by the regular tax collected for :he purpose. This is an important tax, is it puts in the hands of the people I ,he opportunity of extending the terms 1 )f their schools at a comparatively 1 imall cost. The Act is to be printed, t lnd thousands of copies sent out to ichool trustees, teachers and others in- t berested, by the Superintendent of Ed- c acation. The following is the Act as passed, and it will be interesting read- a Mg: 0 Sec. 1. B3 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and itting in General Assembly,and by the . authority of the same; That for the 1 purpose of establishing and maintain ng graded or other pubiic schools in any city, incorporated town or village in this State, such city, incorporated I town or village desiring to establish v and maintain the same, and to receiva e the benetits of this Act, are hereby con- i, tituted and declared to be separate T school districts. r Sec. 2. That the voters of said school districts, who return real or personal property of the value of $100 for taxa tion are authorized to levy and collect an annual tax to supplement any con stitutional or other tax for like pur poses, and for said purposes the trus tees of said school districts, upon a ma- C jority of resident freeholders of the age f of twenty-one years and over,shall call I a public meeting of said taxpayers at 9 any time before the first day of June of 1 any fiscal year, which meeting must be I advertised in a newspaper published in such city, incorporated town or village, once a week for two weeks, or posted in three conspicuous places in such shool district for said length of time; and when assembled,said meeting shall have the power to elect a chairman and secretary;to adjourn from time to time, to levy such special tax not exceeding four mills, and to appropriate tha same to such school purposes as a majority I shall see tit;that the tax so levied shall E be repealed at any subsequent meeting; I that within ten days after said meet- I ing, the chairman thereof shall furnish I the Board of Trustees of such school t district and the County Auditor with the amount so levied, and the Auditor sall enter the same in his tax dupli cate, and he shall annualy, each year thereaf ter,enter said amount in his tax duplicate until the same'is increased, decreased or repealed by said tax pay ers, at a meeting called for that pur pose, and he is notified that the same has been increased, decreased or re pealed, and if increased or decreased, he shall annually enter it as before; I which meeting shall be called and no tice given in the same way and man ner as hereia provided for the calling I of meetings to make the levy and the giving of the notice that it has been made, and the County Treasurer shall collect the same as other County and State taxes; 'such levy shall be a lien on the property in such school district which shall be subject thereto, in case of default of payment; that said tax so collected shall be paid out by the County Treasurer upon warrants drawn by th'e Board of Trustees, countersign ei by the School Commissioner: Pro-i vided, that any surplus of such 'avy re1 maining in the hands of the County Treasurer at the expiration of any fis cal year shall be paid as herein provi ded, and to be used for like purposes. Sec. 3. That the voters of any school district now formed, or that may here after be tormed by the County Board of Examiners, whose territory includes and extends beyond the limits of any city, incorporated town or village in this State,or of any school district now formed or that may hereafter be form ed by the County Board of Examiners outside of cities, incorporated towns or villages in this State, who return real or personal property for taxation of the value of $100, desiring to levy a tax not exceeding four mills for the uses and purposes hereinbefore mentioned in this Act,are hereby authorized and em powered to levy, collect and disburse such tax in the same manner and upon the same conditions prescribed in Sec. 2 of this Act, for the levy, collection and disbursement of taxes for separate school districts in cities, incorporated1 towns, or villages in this State: Provi-i ded, That this Act shall not interfere with any school district which has heretofore been created by special act. Sec. 4. Each taxpayer, when he pays any tax for school purposes voted un-< der provisions of this Act, shall have the right to designate for which school in said school district he wishe.s the money paid by them to go, and thei Treasurer shall keep a note of such < designation, and the money be applied 1 as thus designated. W1.ere no desig nation is made by the taxpayer at the I time of such payment, the money shall be expended as other school funds in such district. Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the County Board of Examiners, as soon as mne written request provided for in See. 2, shall have been made, to appoint th ee freeholders ini said school district or districts to act as trustees thereof: Provided, said district or dis- I tricts be without trustees. Sec. 6. That whenever petition shall be made by a majority of the voters in ;ny section not included in any sepa. rate school district to the County Board of Examiners, from any county praying that the section designated by them be established as a separate school district, the said County Board of Ex-( aminers are hereby authorized and re-t quired to establish suchsection as a sep- I arate school district, and said Board is hereby empowered to make such regula- c tion for the government of same, asp may be conformable to law. Sec. 7. That whenever it shall happen tat by reason of the location of spec ial school districts, portion of t wo ad jacent counties should for convenience s e inluded in one school district, the Il County Board of Examiners of such i counties are hereby authorized and di-a rected in joint conference to make such t rgulations as wilt enable such sectiont to be established into a separate school I district. t Sec. 8. That all Acts and parts of i Acts inconsistent with any of the pro- 2 visions of this Act be, and the same is C hereby repaled. I [ONES SCURhIRE ;SihELb. ITTER DENUNCIATION OF THE CON GRESSMAN. Atsck3 the Regp.ister-lBrother Bowden A Dying Confesslon from Shell-Ac cases shell f Devi ating from the Paths of Truth and Eighteoutsees. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19, 1894. feel called upon, in view of all that i being said against my frined, who is Dyal and true to the people at home nd in Washiogton, to have a few words ) say myself. I am a member of the State execu ve committee and represented the ounty ef Abbeville as Tillman's cam aign organizer 'n 1892.- I feel as deep n interest in the welfare and success f the movement of 1890 as any man in outh Carolina, and, while my friend is eing traduced and imposed upon by be Register, the Reform organ, I feel ; my duty to let the people of the State now how some o-her folks are acting rhen they are away from home. It has been an open secret ever since came to Washihgton, that Capt. Shell ras acting in concert with out political nemies here. There is not a true Ri )rmer in Congress, or in Washington, rho has not seen it, and who does not ealize and recognize it. He has played ongressman Latimer and myself false i a matter that shows his duplicity ad want of that trait that is necessary o mane an honorable and reliable man. le promised my friends in the spring if last year to endorse me for the office f satistician of Suth Carolina, with the arther declaration to them that Mr lorton, Secretary of Agricullure. had ven him the refusal of this place. I ent to work and got up a petition, rich was signed by all the Democratic ongressmen who had a chance to sign t. While I was e:rpecting the appoint ent, I saw throuah the c-olumns of the iapers, the appointmen t of C)1. Wash Vatts, an inveterate and implacable Later of the movement, who had de Lounced us as a vile hor.de and who had efused in 1890 to sign a testimonial of haracter for Mr. Shell. Th's, Congress. nan Latimer and I did not understand, nd when Congressman L-timer ap )roached Shell he denied having endorsed atts; and rfterwards, when be was mocked down by a cable car and taken o the Metropolitan Hotel, he called .Mc. timer to his bedside and made a dy sg confession. As to whether he be ieved he was going to die, some people iave their doubts. In said dying coa ession he told Mr. Iitimer that he had lever endorsed Col. Watts for this posi ion. Atterwards, in order to ver.fy his statement, which was ,enerally oubted, Mr. Latimer and I went to the igricultural Department and found a .eter from Capt. Shell endorsing Col. ratts for this place, and saying. among ther things in the letter, that he would )e endorsed by Gen. Hampton and other >rominent Conservative citizens of South arolina. Now, Mr. Editor, if this is the kind )t a man that is to be selected by Mr. Bowden'to lead the Reform forces in south Carolina, may God save the novement. I have never been promi ,ent, other than in the manner stated bove, but I wish it distinctly under itood by all parties that this kind of a an cannot leaa me. I want to be led my men who have never faltered and :an be relied upon ir1 daylighi; or dark. [ sugest humbly that the leacing true Reformers of each 'county be callcd to ~ether and inaugurate the campaign in rder that justice may be done to all parties. If this is not done, trouble is bound to come, and the ab.13e and de struction of our leadmng men by the Register will not tend to save this move ment. I say, give us an open and fair eld, and, if Bowd.dns and Shell's sort aan control this converntion, then the movement is too weak to have stood nyhow; but I do) not believe that the Reform Democrats of the State are ready ~r any such leadership. Very res prctfully, _____ J. Y. JONES. Jail Dallvery. AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 24.-A special ~othe Chronicle from Thomson, G 3., 3ays: Sheriff Hawes was knocked senseless while feeding the prisoners his evening, and six negroes made heir escape. The weapon used by his issailant was a two by four inch scant mg. The blow was a powerful one md cut a gash in the sheriff's head iome five inches long and knocked him lowa a stairway about ten feet. He as apparently dead, and the prison rs toot his pistol- and keys and all ~alked out, shutting the jail door but railing to lock it. Tihe crime wvas die ~overed very shortly afterwards and he whole town is wild with excite nent. The sheriff's skt'll is badly' ractured and his condition is critical. . posse was immedtately organized d three of the negroes were caug'it. It is probable that the other three will lso be captured. Sheriff iHwes saiys rim Kendrick struck him the blow, ut Wash Kendriek and George Green ay Bob Harris did the work. These re the three negroes captured. If the heriff dies, there is probability of a ynching. ________ Drowned, CHARLSTON, S. C., Jan. 24.--A boat ontaining six white men left Sullivan's sland on Monday last if or the life avins station on Morris Island. To. ay t~he bodies of two of them were ind on the shore of Morris Island. )e of them, H. R. Campson. is a mem Fer of the life sa'ying crew of Morris sand. The other, named Fred Miller, ras a resident of Suliuvan Island. The tner !o.r men are missing and are sup osed to be drowned. Nothing is known f the cause of the accident. Dynamit'. SAN ANTONIO, Texas., Jan. 23.-A tick of dynamite which some un nown party had placed in the smok og car stove on the Missouri. Kansas nd Texas at Marcos, Texas, exploded his morning with terrific force as the rain was leaving that place. Ed inding, traveling agent of the city rewery of San Antonio, and J. 0. leidelman, a wealthy merchant of Lustin, were instantly killed and six tler passengers in the car seriously nnredt A .UALUAil. THIS THE LAST WEEK OF DEBATE ON THE TARIFF BILL The Final Vote Next Monday-Dcmocrats and Popullats Will Sppart it Solidly The Sugar and Coal Discussion. WASmNGTON, Jan. 21.-The same topics which were before Congeass last week will continue to engage its atten - tion during all of this week-in the House the tariff bill and in the Senate the bill to repeal the federal election [a -s. There is one person, at least, who hails with delight the approach ot the end of the tariff debate in the House and who enters upon this week's twork with renewed zsat for the reason thit it is the last to be de voted to the pending measure. That person is Representative W. L. Wilson, hairman of the committee on ways and means, and therefore responsible for the progress of the bill through the Eouse' is has been a most prodigious labor. Not only has the burden of the parlia mentary struggle on the floor been borne by him in the largest measure, but the 13mands made by anxious representa tives of this or that interest for changes in the schedules of the bill have en grossed his time and attention in and out )f the committee room, both before and since the measure was reported to the Eouse, so that by neither day ne- uiqht as he had an hour for months tr .. us :ould 4call his own. The drafts upon Mr. Wilson's mental and physical powers have been such that many a man of more rugged phy sique wauld have' succumbed to the train. Ta3us far however, he has bsen able to respond to every call, save in a ew instances last week, when he was nable to meet his committee associates at their night sessions, being completely exhausted. Oae night he suffered from a slight hemorrhage, Dut Its ill effects were speedily overcome. At the con clusion of the debate, and when the bill has passed the House, Mr. Wilson will doubtless seek needed rest and recupera tin. There is every indication that when the bill comes to a vote on the 29th inst. it will receive the support of every Democratic and populist member, with possibly, at the outside, half a dozsa ex ceptions. In the Senate there will be a slight relaxation of the programme in order to permit of the delivery of a speech on the subject of our Hawaiian relations, by Senator Cullom Of Illinois. He is expected to talk Monday or Tuesday. The discussion of this subject may take an interesting turn and trench even more upon tfe time set apart for the consideration of the election law repeal, it some of the Republican Senators re abze their expectation that the Turpie resolution, declaring against foreign in tervention in Hawaii or a concurrent resolution recognizing by legislative act the provisional government of Hawaii, will be pressed to the front. Except by unanimous consent, however, the discussion of Hawaiian affairs must be confined to the morning hour of the week and the regular topic for debate will be the elections bill. Speeches on this bill will be made by Senators Hig gins of Delaware, Hawley of Connecti cut, Lodge of Massachusetts, Frye of Maine, while Senators Hoar and Chand ler stand ready to participate in the de bte atany, mo-nent, if nessary. A volte is not expected this week. Eight Die in One Family, CoLInsBA, S. C., Jan. 23.-The peo ple of Colunibia have read with sorrow the news at different times of the deaths in the Cartledge family, of Edgefield County. -The mortality in the family has continued, as the following in the Edgefield correspondence of the News and Courier of yesterday will show: "Eight persons have died of the grip in the Cartledge family in four or five weeks, Messrs. Jerry and Sam Cartledge and their wives, Dr. Cartiedge, Mr. Ben Ouzs, father of Mrs. Jerry Cartledge, and Mrs. May. a cousin, who assisted in nursing tthe sick, and atlast accounts Mrs. Outzs lies dongerously ill; if she should die only a little five-year-old girl would be left of this once happy fami ly." FertilIzer Negroes Strike. CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan 2.-The ne groes employed in several of the fertil izer works around the city have gone out on a strike in consequence of a re duction of wages from $1 to 75 cents a dy. The mills have no trouble In get ing labor to supply the places of the strikers, as there are thousands of idle negroes around the suburbs from the sea islands. They are called cyclons refugees. But the strikers wUi not let them work and there has been trouble all day in the vicinity of the mines. A squad of mounted police was sent up to the scene and made quite a number of arrests tonight. It Is feared that the trouble will assume a serious character tomorrow.-State. Irby Present the Memorial. WAsaINeTON, Jan. .24.--Senator Irby laid before the Senate today a very tastefully printed memorial of the Gen eral Assembly of South Carolina in the matter of receivers oh raidroad com panies and equity lurisdiction of the Court of the United States. The mem orial comsists of sixty large pages includ ing anappendix ot extracts from the ad dress of Governor Talman. The mem orial grows out of the action of Federal judges in arresting officers for carrying out the directions o1 the State courts, and marks the renewal of the conflict between State and United States Courts. Resist Arrest. MARioN, S. C., Jan. 21.-W. G. Davis, chief of police of this town, was shot in the breast last night by one of two negroes, Wess Green and Jack Evans who were evading arrest for cotton stealing. The two negroes were spotted In a vacant house four miles from town ithe sheriff, with his posse, of whorm f. Davis was one, surrounded the house and ordered the negroes to sur~ render, whereupon the* negroes began iring through the crevices in the door. The posse returned the fire, but s0fa as known without effect. The negoe scaped. Mr. Davis' woundisntd gerou-State. What Branches the Weme of the state Will Study. COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 24.-Rapidly all the preparations are being made for the opening of the State Industrial and Winthrop Normal College at Rock Hili next fall-just as soon as the build ings are complsted. Those in charge of this institution, which will doubt less accomplish much for the educa tion of the women of South Carolina, are determined to have everything else in absolute readin6ss by the time the buildings are ready for occupancy, and that work itself is being pushed with all possible dispatch. At the recent meeting of the board of trustees of the college held ot Rock Hill, all these matters were carefully considered and the following regula tions in regard to the organization and course of study were adopted. They contain the first outline of the course of study to be pursued by the students at this college. 1. The courses of study, in conformi ty with the purposes of the act estab lishing this college, shall be designed to secure to all pupils, besides the op portunity of higher culture, therequi sites of at least a sound English edu cation, and especially the practical study of branches pertaining to the science and art of teaching, or to the various departments of domestic, ar tistic or commercial industry, by which women may be qualided to earn inde pendent support, or to make their homes more comfortable, more eco nomical and more beautiful. Every pupil in the institution is required by law to pursue at least one of tne indus trial branches. 11. In addition to the regular collegi ate course there shall be allowed for the present, one year :of preparatory academic study, but none will be ad mitted who may not probably in one year be prepared for the regular classes in some one of the courses of study. III. Tne several departments shall for the present be as follows: 1. Mental and moral science and ped agogics. 2. English language and literature and history. 3. Latin and modera languages. 4. Mathemltics, physics and astron omy. 5. Chemistry, mineralogy and biolo gy. 6. Normal department and modlel school. 7. Department of industrial arts. 8. Department of music, to which shall be added such instructorships and assistant instructorships as may be found necessary. IV. For the further consideration of the courses of study and other q ues tions of organization and regulations to be submitted to the board, there shall be appointed a standidg commit tee on organization and resolutions, eorsisting of two members of the board, to whom the president, when elected, shall be added as chairman. The following regulations relative to the management of the institution and defining the powers and rights of those who will be In charge were also adopted: I. The faculty shall consist of a pres ident, who shall also be a professor, and of the professors or heads of de partments appointed by the board. II. To the faculty shall be entrusted the general conduct and control of th institution, under such regulations as ahey may adopt, subject to the ap proval of the board. III1. To the president shall be en trusted the executive management, under regulations adopted and ap proved as above. He shall be also the organ of communication between the faculty and the board of trustees. At such stated meeting of the trustees and at other meetings when required, he shall submit reports of the condition and wants of the college. In prepar ing such report he shall require reports from the several professors on their own departments, which reports, with such comments as he may deem pro per, he shall for ward to the board for their information. IV. To the several professors shall be entrusted the instruction and con trol of their several departments, with the choice of text books and of meth c'ds of Instruction therein, subject to the general regulations of the faculty as above provided. It shall be the du ty of eac'h professor to submit reports, general or special, whenever required by the president or by the board. V. The president shall preside at all meetings of the faculty. As professor, he shall be entitled to a vote, and mn case of a tie, he shall, as president, have a casting vote. In his absence or disability, the faculty, or when deemed necessary, the hoard, shall appoint a chairman, who for the time being shall have all the powers and duties of pres ident. VIL In addition to the president and faculty, the board may appoint such instructors and assistant instruictors as they may deem necessary. These oflicers shall be subject to the general directiop of the faculty, under regula tions approved as above, and in each department to the special direction of the head of the department. VII. The terms of office and the salaries of the faculty and instructors shall be brxed by the board. VIII. Except to fill temporary va cancies, professors and instructors shall be chosen only at stated meeting of the board; nor shall any such officer be appointed or removed except by a vote of a majority of the entire board; nor shall any such officer resign with out giving three months' notice through the president to the board. State. Commits Suicide. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 22.-Simon E. Marx, a prominent cotton broker, went to Audubon park this afternoon, and placing the muzzle of a revolver in his mouth, blew the top of his head off. He hadl several large notes to meet, and being unable to raise.the cash, grew despondent, and left his home early this morning with the avowed inten tion of killing himself. His family be came alarmed, had informed the police, who hunted for him in vain until the sensational manner of his suicide was telephoned to headquarters. Want a Conventon' ANDERSON, S. C., Jan. 20:-After the meeting of the county alliance here the members of the old farmers' associa~ tion met and passed resolutions favor ing a March convention to nominate candidates for state officers as called by Kritnr Bnorren of the otton Plant.