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VOXI.PICKENS, S. C,, rV'IIURSDAY, MARCH 8 84 O 5 ALFhN TO IlEWITT. b THE -MISSISSIPPI HUMORIST TAKES d 0 HIS INNING. . I Patterso's Apology for Southerners te ti pudlat-d by Aller, but tho Apoloiit is 1( Ezxused for Oause-l'OeIa for 'a'rlot temA t4 WASHINGTON. F, eb. 28.-In tle course of his speech in the House today 1 Representative Allen of MiEsissippi t] said: I was pained beyond measure to fl read a few days ago In the public press ti that Hoe. Abram Hewitt of New York n did not regard me as grea. as Calhoun, cl Slidell, Soule and some f the rest of w those men who preceded - me. (Laugh- a ter.) No, that is a revelation to me. I I had never suspected that I was not as r( great as those men, until Mr. Hewitt n said so. (Lauguter.) pi Mr. Bryan: Maybe he does not know t< you personally. hi Mr. Allen: That is . the trouble. lie ti does know me personally. - That is t( where it stings. (Laughter.) It is ut. di terly without excuse. The truth is, I I regard Mr. Hewitt's remar': as some- bi what personal to me, because I was to tI have spoken at the very dinner at r( which he delivered this speech. (Laugh- tI ter.) And one of the great obstacles in fE my meeting tim approval of Mr. Hewitt c is that while Mr. Hewitt is one of the bi best of men when he is asleep, he is b, troubled some with insomnia. (Great ni laughter.) ft I ave one conholation, when I think hi of myself and the great majority of my tLI colleagues from the South having in- ti curred his displeasure, and that conso- n lation grows out of the fact that hav- n ing known Mr. Hewitt for some.years g, and hzving talked with him freely, I Fe have never known any man or set of hi men who entirely mephis approval. T except Mr. Hewitt himself. (Laugh- ol ter.) If he had liyed in the days when tI common scolds were ducked, Mr. Hew- bi itt would have been drowned before hi this. (Laughter.) tc Mr. Chairman, the people of the ti 'South have had a great deal to endure. tLi I shall not refer to the fact that they bi passed through a terrible war for I think tr that has been referred to here once be- re fore. (Laughter)* But sir, they have tl had a great deal to contend with since di that time. They have had drought, di cyclones, simoons, epizootic in the - horses, tuberculosis in the cattle, chol- al era among the hogs and thehickens- c they have had various diseases and pes. el tilences, they have seen their crops ti depreciate, they have had to contend T with mortgages when they had no n money to pay them, but throughout all b these trials and tribulations, they have a, exhibited something of a brave and courageous spirit; and now, just to m think that the one thing cherished c1 most of all others, the one sustaining a: prop that they had amid all these dis. i - asters, the idea that Mr. Hewitt ap- oi proved them--to think that. that last tI prop is taken away, and that, after all, I Mr. Hewitt does not approve them. ti (Laughter.) Why, gentlemen, rather hi than have had this cruel disaster come d upon my people, I would have paid a si silver dollar uut of my own pocket. (c (Laughter.) I ir Mr. Chairman, I am sorry to see that ti my friend from Tennessee, Col. Pat- n, terson, is not in his seat, because I u want to say a word to him. -lie is my s neighbor and my friend. Ile is an ei honest, intelligent, hard working rep. tf resentative. I do not bpow that I s would refer to the matter I am going si to talk about now, if it had not already been mentioned in thi3 debate. I sim ply wish to repudiate, so far as I am S concerned, the apology which the gen- .~ tleman from Tennessee is said to have e, made fork me and my sort in respond- c ing to ex-Mayor Ihewitt's speech in i New York lately,. I have here what purports t~o be a re port of,Col. Patterson's speech. I will h read a few extracts from It. After r stating that the Southern Representa- ~ tives in Congress were generally op- i posed to the financial view of New F York, he went on to mauke hese re marks. IIe was speaking ini New York, * and I confess it is right hard for a man to maintain the parity between a speech that is acceptabie in New York and one that .would be acceptable to his con stituents in hlardeman county, Ten nessee. (Laiughter.) lie said: "For h more than twen ty ye.ta every State L platform has contained a plank for the Tj free coinage of silver. These men have r< been brought up to believe in It with- F out question. They believe it. They a are boun~d to believe it. just as the Bap- c t' ist, the Catholic, or the Presby terian, s without ever reading In the Bible, is e one because his father was. So these y doctrines haye become a part of the ~ Democratic belief there, and these fel- s -lows have followed them blindly. er (Laughter ) I was in the same condi tion when .went to Congress. (Laugh ter.) I believed in free silver and lots of other things." 1 suppose the gent le man has ceased to believe anything n now. (L.aughter.) "But [ soon begant * V to, study these things, and under the 1 leadership of Grover Cleveland, who Is a the only man in the country who couldi C have piloted the ship of State through a these stormy times, I learned the cor rect I.rinciples of sound currency. a . (Great laughter.) These other men of t the South are true Democrats and they ti love their country." L thank him for LI that, said Allen. ie says furthaer: u "They have simply followed tradition." al Ahil gentlemen let, me tell you that whent i +you separate yourselves from the doc- U trines of Democracy as you have learned ti and held them from the time you were Y born up to the present, when ydu cut b yourselves lyse from the proud tradi- I tions of that party and set put to study I uhder some new prophet, you are very liable to get tangled In your DemocratIc 0 harness. (Laughter.) I confess, Mr. Chairman, that I have u -been brought up to believe in somoc Qf ti these things by traditions, but unlike al my friend from Tennessee, Col. Patter- Il son, I studied public questions before I ti - came to Congress. (Lauglhter.) I came d here because, I had studied them. That ,is why my people selected me out and sent me here, They did not send me to Congress to school, as Col. Patterson c< seems to have been sent. (Laughter.) ni They sent me here to maintain, and g< carry out as far as I could, the great 1] Democratic principles that they had re- w ceived from their fathers, and I hop eby bi the help of God and the constituency In Li the First Congressional district of Mis- 81 * issippi to do it. (Laughter and ap- et plause.) arlisle has said that e did not mind aving the seigniorage coined. If that iII becomes a* law it does not moat toaster. it mayebe a mistake. it is nly the last gue of a retreating army 'he men in New York who dread free ver are unnecessarily alarmed." And Isewhere he says: "If the bill to coin le seigniorage passes, it is merely to )t these Southerners go off the 110ld of attle with their side arms." (Laugh !r.) Mr. Chairman, we have asked no irms. We have not asked to be per iltted to carry off our side arms. We ave not asked to be permitted to fire ie last gun of a retreating army. So tr as I am concerned, I do not believe isat the retreat has begun at all. I do At believe that we are yet ready to ipitulate on this questin. Now I ant to say a word for Col. Patterson, lie is not here to say it for himself, desire. so far as I am concerned, to )pudiate the gentleman's apology Lade for me. I owe no apology to the 3ople of New York; I do not propose omake any, and I do no" propose to ve any made for me. But I do not iink any man ought to be held down a very rigid acconnt for an after. nner speech at a banquet. Why, sir, recollect not long ago I went to a nquet in Baltimore, where every king was so good, where I was sur iunded by so many rich men, that by te time it came my turn to speak I It so well I addressed them as "fellow tpitalists." (Laughter.) Therefore nware of the influences surrounding a mquet- If I were not perfectly fa iliar with the abstemious habits of .y friend from Tennessee I would %ve thought on reading this speech kat he had gotten somewhat under me same influence that another Ten esseean did that a traveling man told 0o about. The itory was about a rag !d, sedy, hard looking fellow, who arned that the traveling man knew a brother living in Kaufman county, exas. The Texas brother was well Y, and the Tennessee.Mn asked the aveling man if he ever saw his ,other again to tell him that he was ird up, and that if he was ever going > do anything for him that was the me. Under the influence of two or iree drinks, however, things began to ighten with him, and the last the aveling man heard from him was the queat to tell his brother in Texas iat if he wanted anything, "just to aw on me." (Laughter.) ".Now, un .r the influence of ona of these New ork banquAts," said Mr. Allen, "with I they have good to eat, and the ac. )mpaniments, one feels, by the time eaking Legins, like telling the rest of is world to draw on him. (Laughter. herefore, I, on my own motion, would ever quote a banquet speech on any. ody, because 1 do not think it is ex Atly the square thing." In conclusion Mr. Allen said: "] 'ould that I had the eloquence of the liairman of the committee on ways ad means, Wilson of West Virginia k his last appeal here for tre passagE lhis tariff bill. I would like to invoke me Democratic patriotism of ou emocratic colleagues. I do not claim iat a vote for this bill is the roll of )nor, but I do claim that in the con. [tion with which we find ourselves irrounded today, the roll of honor be ngs to those Dimocrats who are will, ig to let a Democratic Congress do ie business of this Congress, and I do 3t believe any man can claim a place pon the Democratic roll of honor who ands here longer and giyus his pres ice and his influence to filibustering ctics that keep us here and make a )ectacle,- as has been made, of our ,lves." (Applause.) H1ardly Trun. WASHIN TON, Feb. 28.-Governoi illman's schemes are penetrating thie irs of Carolina Congressnfen here and musing fright. It .is whispered about ow that he is arranging his hands s( s to taae every trick in the game:- Hi 'ill not be content to be Senate unleui o can make .John Gray Evans gover or, and to accomplish this he is con implating the coup which Wade lampton made and which resulted it is election to the Senate and placet 'iliman in the governor's seat. Thih the plan as it comes to Carolina's re resentatives here. Governor Tillmar 'ill head the State ticket for- governor ith John Gray E vans as his candid be for lieutenant governor. Then ith the whip in hand, Tillman will ave himslf electe:l to the Senate and me governorship falls to Evans. 11lrman's friends here say he' cannot i-elect himself governor if ho c arries vans with him on the ticket-, for his Lheme will be palpable to the densest arolinian in the dlarkost district of the ~ate. llis friends are fearing the eve and his opponents are anxious ~r it to be made, as they believe il ould result in Butler's election for mator and Tillman's doefeat for gov. nor.--Angusta Chronicle. The Fort i Ui r Tax. COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 28.-There are o records kept by ,the State govern Lent whidh are more -interesting, per aps, that the figures showing~ the mount of the ferterlizer tax tags solc mcci year. In the first place these :atistles indicate the-condition of the iost important industries in the State udi then they sho w what money goes Clemson College from this particu lam mx. The money from the sale of the igs goes to the college for carrying on hat work is necessary there. Secret ry of State Tindali, being considerable merested in-the matter, has gone to the ~ouble to make up a statement giving 1o aggregate sales of the past four ears, as appears by the tags furnished y the State. This statomnent sho ws: 190, 170,280 tons; 1891,227,276 tons; 1892 I4,4i35; 1893, 200,975; 1894, (to date), 91-. )0. Mr. Ti ndal, taking the amount 'fertilizers sold after the present dat< previous years as a basis, has ,made p an estimate of the amouqt of fer lizors which should be sold this year id he estimates It 'at about 170 OCO e1 10,000 tons. There is a great deal o1 me fertilizers manufactured in this bate which finids other markets.State a now. AsxYILmL E, N.',C., Fe b. 28.-On Spill. rn Creek, during a frolic 8dnday ght, George ilensley told his wife tc home. Bihey Shelton, Jr., told Mrs ensley she could stay as long as she anted. The men got Into a fight. A iliet from Ilensley's pisto went rough Shelton's hmeart. As lie fell mlton fired at Ilensley, who took to te woods. It Is hbelieveci that Hlensley as wounded and is probably dead In o woods. TilE WRANGLE STILL ON. BLAND CAPI URES A QUORUM ONLY TO LOSE IT. But Propp:ots of an Eatwy Endling of the Dead Lck are rgitet--leatci Oilo quy Between need and Crisp CreAtes Excitsment. WASIIINdTON, Feb. 28.-After the I call of committees for their reports, i Kilgore offered a resolution, which lie said ought to be a matter of privilege, t if it were not. It was read for infor- t mation. It recited the law requiring I the sergeant-at-arms to withhold the 'J salary of a Re presentative who was C absent, except on account of sickness I of himself or a member of his family. t That at this session of Congress many i members had been absent, and -he call ed upon the sergeant-at-arms to report I whether or rpt the law in this respect C had been obeyed by him, and if he had c been derelict therein to report why. Ile Nas also' aaked if in his opinion the law could not be enforced, to inform t the House the reason thereof. L Reed made the point that the resolu- t tion did not present a matter of privi- u lege the way it was drawn. It was t simply a resolution, ahking an oflicer e of the House his opinion upon a ques- b tion of law. Speaker Crisp called the attention of tl Kilgore to the fact that the resolution k contained no allegiance that an ollicer k of the House had failed to do his duty v under the rules or under the law,which n was necessary to make it a privileged t! mat,er. It was simply a resolution of d inquiry directed to an oflicer of the a House. Kilgore thereupon withdrew n the resolution. n Bland moved that the House go Into committee of the whole upon his seign- c orag. bill and that general debate be 1 closed at 3 o'clock on Thursday. On n this motion, the vote by division was 127 to 19. Tracey made the point of no S quorum and the yeas and nays were o called. Before the result of the vote I was announced, Livingston (Dem.) of %i Georgia said he desired to submit a motion. Rule 8, he said, required mem. si bers present, unless excused, to vote si upon every proposition presented to n the House. The gentleman from New ii York (Tracey) had Fefused to vote and k ho demanded that he be brought be- ti fore the bar of the House and explain h his refusal to vote. Johnson (Dem.) of tl Ohio said he had a list of twenty-five v members who had violated the rule, r, which he offered to send to the desk. " The chair stated- that the ruie was s. well known. The chair could not en- t force the rule otherwise than by ap- a pealing to members to observe it. The r chair was but the organ of the House a and would never make a rule unless C authorized and directed so to do by the F I-louse. [Applause.] Boatner (Dem.) of Louisiana argued in. support of Mr. Livingston's motion.i It was, he said, an elfort to bring a member to answer to a wilful contempt I and violation of the rules. The House ought to determine here anl now whether or not a member can defy its t rules. h The chair stated that under the rules d it was his duty to announce the result u of a vote. The result was: Yeas 169, r nays 5; 5 short of a quorum. It was said that ilve supporters of Bland fail- q ed to get their votes in, because they a -were not in the hall of the House e when called. These, in addition to L> those recorded, would have made a quorum. *Clancy and Magner of the 0 New York delegation, who had her.,-o- 'I fore retrained f rom voting, voted in f favor of the proposition. e The proceedings had been watched i with the keenest interest by members, S and espe::ially Republicans, as having t within them the possibility of history e making. WVhen the chair announced the vote,'however, and the incident was S over, the humdrum of reutino was re- t sumed, and the members who had been c eagerly crowding into the pit In front. of the clerk's diesk, faded rapidly away. Mr. Bsland mtoved a call of the Ihouse. lF On this motion there was first a viva t voce vote, then a vote by division, t third a vote by tellers--Bland and Reed officiating-and finally a vote by I yeas and nays. The latter resulted: I Yeas 189, nays 4. So the call was or dered, it showed 265 members present I and responding to their names. On ,I the motion to dispense with further< proceedings under the calendar, the same procedure was followed-four I separate votes being taken, ending with the yeas and nays. The call re-J sulted: Yeas 188, nays 3; thus dlispens ing with further proceedings. Bland renewed his motion -and the yeas and nays were called. As the rol call proceeded, it became apparent to many that a quorum would be obtain ed and members keeping tally crowded aboumt the clerk's desk. Tracey (D~em.) of New York occupied the seat, wnlch for two weeC's past, he bats kept tally ~ with the clerk on roll calls, closely fol lowing the responses to the call. When ' It was determined that a quorum had r been obtained on the second call of the C roll, Tracey voted nye, amid slight ap plause from the Democratic side, his purpose being, as afterward appeared, to move a reconsidIeration. TIhe an nouncement of the vote by the Speak- ~ or, 177 yeas to 7 nays,evoked a roundl of t hearty applause from Democrats and P'opulists. Outh waite (Darn.) of Ohio and Tra- d cey (Dem.) of New York were on their feet demanding recognition, the formn or to present an order from the com. mittee on rules limitingr debate on the p~endling bill and amendments to two hours and the latter to move a recon- s aideration of the vote just taken. c Outhwaite was given the floor and the a Speaker stated, after putting the ques- t tion, that Trracey had interposed a me tion to reconsider. Outhwaito demanded the previous question on his motion, but the yeas andi nays were ordleredl without a di vision. After a name or two had been I called, Reed precipitated an angry dis- C cussion,wvhich in Intensity equalled the scones in the Fifty-li rat Congress, wvhen b Speaker Reed was counting quloruims. h TIhe gentleman from Maine suggested h~ tilat a roll call was out of order, inas- i; much as the last vote did not disclose a the presence of a quloruim. y The Speaker-iy what authority ~ does the gentleman make that s'.ate ment ? Reed-I am informed by the gentle man from NeW York (Tracey) that he f kept a tally and that it did not show a k quorum voting. ( The Speaker--The gentle man f ro m A >r the House. [Applause.] The cler vill proceed with the roll call. Reed persisting, amid cries of "reg ar orler," stated that when a membe irose and suggested that an error ha teon cowmitted, he was entitled to re pectful treatment from the chair ani rom the House. The Speaker-Has not the gentlemai iad it? There has been no suggestioi hat the vote had been impeached b; he gentleman from New York. If on vas made, the chair will be glad t iave it examined in the interest o ight and truth. While this colloquy was proceeding he members rushed down the aisles t< lie centre, and Outhwaite and McMil in (Den.) of Tennessee asserted thal .racey had accepted the validity anc orrectness of the vote by moving t< econsider it. His remedy was to hay be vote recapitulated, and this he had ailed to do. The confusion became so great,mem era shouting at each other and the hair, that the Speaker suspended pro eedings until comparative order was estored by members taking their seats, Reed, resuming, stated that he had een out of the hall while the roll was Bing called, attending a meeting of 1e committee on rules, at which he nderstood he was to have an oppor unity to be heard on the order report J, and of course, did not know what ad occurred. The gentleman from [ow York (Tracey) had informed him int a quorum had not voted and nowing that gentleman had been ceping tally for a number of days ithout making an error, he was so tuch impressed with the statement of ie gentleman that he felt it to be his aIty to call the attention of the chair ad the House to it, that the error right be corrected, if one had been iade. McMillin (Dem.) of Tennessee de ared that the gentleman from New ork should speak for himself and At by proxy. Meredith (Dem.) of Virginia: Mr. peaker, there has been a comedy of rrors here, and the gentleman from ew York has been in error for some eeks and is in error now. Mr. Tracey endeavored to make him ilf heard, and finally succeeded. lie Lid that it was a matter of but little ioment. A quorum would be secured L any event, lie conceded. But he had spt what he believed to be a correct illy, and it showed but 174 votes. But 1 would not un-ertake to impeach ie accurac of the official count, 'hereupon the storm subsided and the )l call proceeded. When the letter r" was reached there was a slight juall. Reed called the attention of tie chair to the fact that the clerk, fter calling Talbort of South Craolina, eturned and called Stockdale of Mis issippi which he said, was out of rder. The Speaker coincided with the entleman from Maine, who continued rom the floor: "It ie decidely out 01 rder. The clerks have no right tc nterest themselves in the votes o ,entlemen on the floor, to back up heir action. But it is only a part of vhat we have been having right along.' Springer (Dem.) of llinois stated hat Mr.Stockdale had responned when is name was called. Speaker Crisp irected the clerk not to return t9 a ame after it had been passed; it was ot in order. Outhwaite's demand for the previous uestion was seconded-170 to 10-and gain the friends of the pending bill Kpressed their pleasure at the result y vigorous hand clapping. On the passage of the order the vote n the division was ayes'145, nays none, 'he ayes and mays were ordered. lie. are the call had proceeded far, how ver, Burrows and Reed criticised the iethods of the~reading clerks Burrows aid the roll was really called four lies, every name being repeated on aich roll call, R~eod called attention to lhe fact that the calling was irregular, omie names beinjg called once, othere wice, and some three times, until the lerk forces an answer. There wvas no uthority for this they contended. TIhe Speaker stated that he (lid not now how the practice had grown up 'ut ever since lhe had been in the House lhe nlames had been called twice, when he member failed to answer. The >hilosophy of the rule, lie supposed to ie that, with the least nesessary delay, very member should have an oppor. nity to vote, and a repetition of the ame was probably the best method if securing that end. Tne vote resulted: Yeas 1i15, nays 1-three less than a quorumn-and at o'clock, on motion oi Outh waite, the louse ad journed until noon tommor o w. stronag Langaage. A T LANTA, Ga., Feb. 28.-The follow nag Is an extract fromn Dr. Ilawthorne' atest sensation sermon in Atlanta 'reached recently; "It all the thieve! vere put into' the chainganag to iorrow it would make gaps in the usiness world too full to contemplate t wouldl wipe out Wall street, it woulc nnihilato the grain -rings, the meal ings and the whiskey rings; it would estroy half of the manufactures and hut up two-thirds of the brokerage flcers; it would suspend half of the 'ater works, cancel a majority of street aving contracts and uatterly oxtermin, te the plumbing business. It would bin thie ranks of the legal arnd medical raternities, take thousands of insur nice agents from the field, shut the oors of real estate oillca~rs andl so re uco the representation of congresi liat no quornm could be obtained unti] fter the next election." A Touain Yarn. 1lICIIMoND, VTA, Feb. 28.-Mr. .Jesse pright, one of the most promhient tizAens of Pitt County, N. C., is the uithority for the 'statement that Green ounty, in his State, is the home of' one the moat remarkable freaks of nature is cauastry his probably ever produced hlis frank is a seven years old son ci [r. Lavssiter, a farmer of Green County .roundI the pupil of each of d he boy's pes, ini circular shape, is the word Amneican," in perfect characters. Tne )y's eyes are (lark and the tters are brow and legible upon a close speL~ctioni. Th is wonderful prenom enos ia birth make, Mr. Sprght 's testimony borno out it fs asserted, by other nracious citfzens who have -examined ae boy.~-Newa and Courier. Fatal E~xploaion. Nuim OmRLrEANs, Feb. 25.-A dispatch rom Comnpte, La, says: Five men were ihled andi several others injured by the rplosion of a boiler In thie oil mill of [essra Freeman & Hlayne here last ight. THE PHOSPATE RULES r ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION ON THURSDAY. lteguietions Governing the Phosphate in k dustry In This 8tate-ntoresting Read ing for Persons Vonnected In:Anv Way With this Important Business a COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 24.-The Board of Phosphate Commissioners held a meeting yesterday at the State I1ouse. The object was to condsider the new rules for the mining, shipment and sale of phosphate rock in this State and for the guidance of the Phosphate Commis sioner. In addition to these rules, whi.h were prepared by Phosphate Commis sioner Jones, there was a report from the officer. Every person dealing in phosphates or interested in them will want to read the following rules and regulations, which will In the future govern this large business of South Carolina: Rule 1. All persons or companies hoding licenses from the Board of Phos phate Commissioners to mine phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits in the navigable streams of this State and the marshes thereof are forbidden to sublet said licenses. Rule 2. All persons or companies or firms applying for license shall designate the stream or streams or portion of stream or streams in which they propose to mine, and after beginning work in a stream shall not change their location I without a permit from the Phosphate In. spector. Rule 3. Persons or companies holding licenses as aforesaid shall not be allowed to traffic or ;barter in phosphate rock other than that mined by themselves, re spectively, while holding such licenses. Rule 4. During the first week in each calendar month each company shall fur nish the Phosphate Inspector a sworn statement of all shipments of phosphate rock, and shall within ten days thereat ter pay into the State Treasury the roy. alty of 50 cents per ton on each ton so shipped; such royalty to be paid upon the weight as ascertained by the sworn weighers at the point of shipment. Rule 5. Oa or before the tenth day o each calendar month each company shall exhibit to the Phosphate Inspector all account sales received by It during the calendar month proceeding and shall make and dellyer to him . certified copy of such account sale under oath ol the president and secretary of said com pan, that the said account sales are bona dde and the only account sales upon which they have settled. They shall at the same time exhibit to the Phosphate Inspector the analyses of the rock so shipped upon which a settlement has been made, and furnish to him a certified copy of same. Upon examination of such account sales by the Phosphats In spector the settlement made for the ship ments shall be cocrectod by the addition al payment of any increase In royalty, as provided in the Act, for any excess of value, "free on board," of the said rock over $1 per ton. The action of tbe Inspector in fixing the royalty shall be subject to appeal to the Board. Rule 0. The original aczount sales, charter-party, selling cantract and aia lyses of rock, sworn to as above to re main on file in the cilice of said com pany, subject to the inspection at any time of the Board of Phosphate Com missioners, or of any agent delegated by them for that purpose. Rule 7. The Phosphate I uspector shall be authoriz.Md andl emp~owered to examine all contract sales whcn made for either immediate or future delivery, all bills lading, charter-party, or other records connected with the shipment and sale of phosphate rock, 19r the purp~lo8Q of verifymng the charges and items in such account sales. .Rule 8. Each and every flat en~gagedl in the work of mining or conveying phos0 phate rock shall be clearl:. and legibly andl conspicuously marked with the name of the person. corporation, company or lrnm working it, and shall be numbered in i egular and continuing sequence with the other flats worked by the said per sons, corporations, companies or firms. Each (dredge and lighter or orther vessel thus engaged shall be likewise marked andl numbered in ai separate series of ifts class. Rule 9. All persons or companies li censed as aforesaid shall rep~ort month ly to the Phosphate Inspector the num ber af dredges, lighters, fiats or other vessels employed by tbem In phosphate mining, giving the names of the captains thereof, and the location in which they are at work. Rule 10. It shiallibe unlaw ful for any person or,company engaged in p~hosphiate mmning to make use of any dredges, ligh t ers, flits or ot~her vessels other than their own ini mining without the peri-ns sion of the Phosphate Inspector. Rule 11. Whenever parties licensedl by this Board shall have commenced mining operations, It shall be unlawful for all other parties to mine withii 100 yards of thbe location where such mining operations shall be in progress.;AIl dia putes arising nnder this iuleshall be deC cided by the Phosphate Inspector: Provided. That an appeal may lie taken' from his decision to the Board of Ph~fos pbate Commissioners within f ivo (days. Rule 12. Each person, corporation, company or firm licensed as asforesaid, shall employ some competent person to weigh the phosphate rock before it is removed or shipped or otherwise sent to market; he shall be regularly sworn be fore a Not ary Public or Trial Justice be fore entering upon lisa duties, and he shall be known as the Sworn Weigher. Each weigher shall keep a weigher's book, in which shall be enteredi in dletail each working (lay the weight of all rock weig hed by him for shipment. All such whighiers' books shall always b)e open and accessible to the Inspector. Each .teturn by law required of the amount, of the phosphate rock removed or shinped, or otherwise~sent to market, shall be aic compahied by the cer tifIcate, under oath, of such Sworn Weig'er, that he actually weighed the rock so removed1, shipped or other Wise sent to market, andI that the amount stated in such return is cor-, rect, and that no other phospeate rock han been ,-emoed or shipped or other wise sent to market, from the works it which he is employcd during the tim for which said return is made. Rule 13. It shall not be lawful for thi persons or companies licensed as afore side to load any ship, steamer or othe; Vessel with phosphate rock for foreign o coastwise shipment, until they shal have informed the Phosphate Ilpecto of the arrival of such steamer or othei vessel. Rule 14. I shall not be lawful for th< person, corporations, companies oi firms, licensed as aforesaid, to remove or ship or otherwise send to Market any phosphate rock, in any manner whatso ever, by land or water, without flrst notifying the Phosphate Inspector. Rule 15. A copy of the foregoing rules andregutlations, when furnished by the Phosphate Inspector, shall be con. stantly exhibited in a conspicuous place n the respective ollices of the persons or 3omtanies licensed as aforesaid; and a 0lpy of the same when furnished by the L'hosphate Inspector shall be constantly <ept by the captain of a dredge, lighter, llat or other vessel engaged in mining )hosphate rock while he is at work. Rule 16. The penalty for the violation )f any of the forezoing.rules and regula. ,ions shall work a forfeiture of tho 1i. sense. Itle 17. Tile Board of Phosphate Jommisioners reserve the right to al er or amendl the said rules an-d regula. ions at any time without notice. It shall be a condiLion precedent to lie granting of a licente to dig, mine or emove phosphate depoSit,, that the erson or company applying for such It ense shall subscribe to the Ioregoinug ulos and regulations, and shall bind iimseli or themselves frithfully to ob erve, obey and comply with the same. HOPE FOR THE WHITE METAL. lernauy is Weakig-Latin-.1mtioricani Count ries Will Consoii(late. WASHINGTON, Feb. '25.-1mportant ,nd interesting inf'rmation as to the iresent financial monetary question is Ceriyed from Signor Ro'uero, the Mex can minister to the United ',Ic-s, In response to inquiries from a. rep esentative ot the Southern Associated Llress, who called his attention to the published statements that Ruolatad Ger. many and France were ab'mut to take the initiative in calling a new monetary con ference to consider the silver question, Mr. Ihmero said: "The Stcretary of the Treasury of the Mexican government, informed me by a personal letter, dated January 19, 1891, that according to private advices the German govornment, was leaning to wards a policy regarding silver which would prove favorable to that metal, and that it was almost sure that, the in ternational conference would convene again with better chances of favor ible results. As long as the United States or any of the commercial nations of Eu :ope take steps to proniote the interests >I silver, it becomes the Litln-Ameri ,an nations using that metal as money o keep in the back ground and f5llow he lead of others. '"But if the infor'nation should prove ncorrect, the situation of S ttes u3ing iilver as money becomes so dillieult that ,hey will have to take the question into ,her own hands and come to some con dusion as far as they are able to (o so, .vith a view to prevent further declinie in ,lie prise ofsilver and to awaken the in .erest of the financial world on the subl ect. It is likely that, some of thbese nia tionsa will convene a conferenice C. I the States umsing~ silver as a monecy, atmong which all the ILatimn A mericani States will be included, as w 'll as some of the East (ernl nations, in order to stu-lIy the ques tion and1( comie to1 an agraicmnt, with a vie w to attaiinit~ the result.' "This is a burning question, not only to Mexico, lbut, to all the silver countries of the wyorld. It is imposible for Mex. ico) to djemonetize silver, because that wc..uld bring universal rula to us, and rather than acecept such an extra mecas use0, we woui imake uip our minds to de pendil upn our own resou ices. Fortuna tely we can produice enougl agriculhturali articles ofl th Ile z.ones to suppilly our wants, althuigh our manufaictures are yet crudef, they wold receive great im pulse by thie high rates of' exchangze. "The commercial nat ions cif Enuo are mor0e ptarticularl y conicerned~ in the qjuestioni by the high priicOs 01 exchaniige, for lc he ilerene between theO price ofi gold and silver constitutes such a great bounty to exports of the commodities o1 silver countries, whichi arc produiced at silver pirices and sold on the old markets at gold prices, and this so increases the price of foreign manusc nres,' that ".it creates a great incentive to <develop home indlustries s that whiue increasing the e x po rs of silver countfries to go!d mark ets, the dleprecittioni of silver seriously cripplles the exports of Europe into the eilver countrius,"' Mr. Itomceo's views onI this mfatt'er, are shared b~y the diplonmatic reeen tatives of oilier 4Ltini-Americani coun tries. It Is pointed out as a hopeful sigs that the Gecrmarn government, alr'eady has a commission considering the sut ject, over which the Secretary of the imperial TIreaisury presides. Among U~he questions presen ted to that, commi-. sion were those of' keeping stable the ,rice of silver, and the best basis for an igreement of nations on the subject,. I'he chanted attitudle of European na ,iona, it is suggested, may be (111 to the liscovery that the Lai~tin-American na ions are seriously considering *.he prob 11b1e effect, of concerted efforts on their part for the purpose of defending silver [t has been poiated out, thattchese coun ,lies are getting tiredl of paying twelve pence (interest on their bonds instead of lix pence, and that they were deter niinedl to resist absolutely a further in >rease in the rate of interest, which ,vould be carusedI by a further fall in sil ier. Star~vini. NILEs, Omimo, Feb. 25,-One hundredl famiflies in this place are without food. l'hey have been supplied by the city Iuthoritives, but further aidl has been refuised because there Is no more money Pnr th at pmrps. LIQUOR AND E)POSURE, FROMDRUNKNNESSTODEATH ISAN AWFUL FATE. UrawfordI nitler F.)unli Deatl 10 an Old Field--Somn (lirc 11 enstatteen That MIke 111e U AsM a R .L te3 ittle y rious A~nAG F Feb. 26.-Crawford Butler, colored, was found dead out in the territory Sunday morning. The report was circulated Sunday that a man had been found frozen to death, but Chronicle reporters were un alo to verify the story. The coroner was sought., but was not found, nor could any news confUrining the report he had. At police head quarters the oficers knew nothing more than that there was such a rumor but up to midnight were not able to give any definite Information. 'Tho report was only too true, how. ever, an unfortunate man, with too much liquor aboard had fallen by the way side and perished in the cold. His body was found by John Smith in the ditch that drains the J Lafayette race course near the site of the old dancing pavillion. The absence of the man's breeches 'ave rise to rumors and thoughts of foul play, but an envelope containing the remnants of a week's wages were found In his vest pocket. Through this it was learned that the body was that of Crawford Biutler. le had been emploped by Mr. ' 0. Brown. Therels still much speculation as to the man's movement before his death. Ilis missing breeches" c6uld not be found after a thorought search. All his other garments were accounted for. The coroner held an inquest and Dr. Morgan examined the body. There was only a slight scratch on the knee and no marks of violence. The corpse was found face down buried in the mud. The man had been in Mr. Dick Tinm's store the night previous and being already in a state of intoxication the proprietor refused to sell him any liquor. He was boisterous and offen sive an( some of his acquintances per suaded him to leave and started him on his way home. He soon lost his bear ings, however, and wandered around in the cold until lie fell by the wayside. From drunkenness to death is an awful fate. The coroner's verdict was "death iron exposure to cold when in a state of intoxication."-Chronicle. LYNCHING AND LYNCHING. A Vendotta Ttireatenet in Alleglhany County, North Carolina. RALEla H, N. C.,Feb. 28.-A few days ago, these dispatches gave an account of the murder of John Bare and Ed ward Long,in Alleghany CountyNorth Carolina, by Daniel Slaughter, of Vir ginia, a cattle buyer, who had been in that section some time. Ile was in vited to a wedding at the house of a man named Robinson. In one room sat an old man, a rolative of the bride, and to hin Slaughter behaved in a yery Insulting manner. Some of those pres. ent forced Slaughter to leave the house and it was thought there would be no trouble, but in a short time the man returned. le renewett the (isturbance whereupon a friend of the family stood between him and the crowd and told nii to keep quiet. Suddenly Slaught er drew a knife, and, witnout warning jumped at Bare and stabbed him to the heart, Death was instantaneous. slauirhter was not satisiled and made another cut at him, but the bride sprang for ward and seized Slaughter's arm, lie drewv the knife from her cutting her in the hand. The crowd began to move, andi Slaughter jumped for' the doorway, where Long stood, who was (inite young. Hie, too, was killedl in an instant, and then Slaught er dashed out of the dloor. Pu'Lrsuit' be gani at once, and the next morning the mur:lerer was found not far away. The country is very wildi and lie did not know his way. An inqIuest was held. There was no diotubt of Slaug hter's guilt, and he did not deny it, assigning as a cauise of the killing that the peo ple at the houss were crowding him and slapping him. An attempt was then made to lynch him, but for some reason it failed. Th'le people were greatly wrought uip by the brutal mur (1e1, andi Slauighter was hurried to jail at the little mountain town of Sparta. The j alier was vigilant, but as the night passed without any appearance of a lynching party, lhe began to think Slaughter was safe. Sparta is far away from any rail way or telegrdph line. News hasi julst reached here from EL kin, the neareset point, that a mob had gone to the jail and 1mad(e a most de termined attack on the building. The jailer wads on hand, and when the mob adlvaniced in detiance of his warning lie shot one of tihe men in it. lHe was uuickly captured. Slaughter was tak en out and hanged near the jail. It is conjectured that among the mob were peole who were at the wedding and saw the diouible murder committed. MOnRE TROUBLE. fliliMOND, Va., Feb. 28.-Special: TPhe men who last Saturday nightilynch ei Iavid Slaughter at Sparta, Allegha ny County, N4. C., are threatened them selves wvith like vengeance. Rose, one of the mob who attacked the Sparta jail and carried the murderer off', was shot by thiej jaler and captured. Slaugh ter's ilve brothers and other friends of the lynched miurderer have made it so hot that tnme sheriff: of Alleghany has removed the lyncher to Winston to avoid trouble. Rose is in a critical condition having twenty-four buckshot in lis body. ie says it put on the stand that he will reveal the names of all those engaget. in lynching Slaughter On the other hand if he does so those whlo participated in the outlawry are almost certain to wreak their ven geance upon their disloyal associates. The Sheriff of Alleghaney left Winston for his home, lie says that he expects serious trou~ble andI probauhy bloodshed as an outcome of the excited condition of public feeling at.Spartal, N. C. A COIeOne. LONDON, Feb. 24.-A dispatch from Port L~ouris, Miauritius, reports a ey clone swept the Islandi yesterday, doin* almost Incalcula ble damage to proper~ ty, k illing and injuring many persons. A'crowded railway trin was blown from thle track, rolled down and em bankmenit into Coromlandel river, kill 50 persons and injuirfng a large number or others.