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VOL. IX. MIANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 19._ _N 1 HE LOST lIS NAME. QtUEER CASE OF A MAN IN AN ATLtN TA HOSPITAL Trying for Days to Renmvber Who He Was-He Could Recol'ect Bi Friende. but Not His Own P.rsoality. ATLANTA. Feb. 22.-Dr. Hale's "Man Without a Country" was not bait so bereft as the unforfunate individual at the Grady hospital without either a name or a past. Name, past, friends, home, even con science, were lest in the wreck. He awoke in a hospital ward with a new maind, through which vague, imperfect, ghostly, framentary visions were Ilit ting in confusing disorder. These ghostly figures seemed familiar and the lost mat, the stranger to hims-lf, clung to these torn shreds as the shad ows of his past. Out of i; all he bas eagerly tried to identify bimself or his past history. He has but partially suc ceeded. A f6w incomplete passages from his past have been established in his mind and he is safely on the way to finding himself. The pitiful spectacle that the lobt man presented was one of absorbing interest to the phy iclans and psycolo gist. His case is not one without pre cedent, but of sufficient rarity of occur rence to make it the subject of great study. Oatside of fiction few extraor dinary instances have been presented. The picture of a man discovering him self is one that but few of the physi clans in Atlanta have seen, A VICTIM OF APHASIA. The lest man, who was yesterday discovered to be named Daraghn, is the victim of a species of aphasta. This is an Infirmity that attacks the delicate machinery of the brain. It is often a natural infirmity, but oftener produced by a powerful blow on the brain. Sometimes it destroys the power of speech, sometimes memory, sometimes sight. In this instance memory has been locked up, but it is hoped not en tirely destroyed. It is only within the last few days that the hospital physicians have agreed that Draughn's silence vas the result of aphasia. His reticence in speaking of himself was attributed to guilt and the physicians de::lared that he was shamming. it is now apparent to the most indifferent observer that his memory is suspended. Since it has been discovered that he has aphasia the interest in his case has multiplied a hundred fold. It has attracted the at tention of every physician in the city and is the gossip of 'he streets. His condition has been extremely puzzling to the novice; in fact many veteran physicians have regarded it with wonder. But few 3f them have ever met with similar instances, save within the medical records, but all are familiar with the theory of aphasia. The patient at the hospital has passed through many stages of recovery. First the power of speech, which for three weeks was inactive, was restcred. Then his faculty of observing csme back and be became thoroughly cogni zant of everytbirg transpirmg about him. DID NOT ENOW HDiSELF. He was in the strange predicamnLt. of not knowing wbo he was, and feel ing a keen sensibility of the import ance of knowing Time and time again he stated to the :ity detectives that he would give half of his possessions to any one that would tell him who he ws. The spectacle of the stranger iry log to master his past was a moat Iipres sive one. He was like a child learnmna its first lesson. He went about the task with unfeigned eagerness and never be camne fatigued. For hours he listened to the questions of phy sici.ars, detect ives and others and trier hard to an swer every question. A gentleman supplled the detectives with a long list of names of people re siding at Winston and Salem, N. C. I had been learned that Draugrna hac once hived there, but withou at~ ane he could not name a single resi dent of either place. One by one the names were called over to him, he bending torward in his eagerness to hear. His Iuddy face was expressive of the deepest attention and at every question his brow knlie d in thought. Many of the people he knew, atnd after thinking for a few minutes recalled some fact concerning them. In this way he remembered various points in his own past. As Detective Cason entered the room where he was some one pointed to tue officer and asked the stranger if khe knew him. "Oh, yes," said he, rising and holding out his hand with childish pleasure. "Yes; he's going to find mue."' "What does he do?" was asked. TI: man thought for a moment intent "Now, I don't know that,"'he said, and suddenly a thought came to him and he arose with alacrity and walked to at'able; "bt I can sho w you what he is." He picked up a card that the detect ive had given him several days ago and handed it to the questioner. "Tat.'s him,"hbe remarked Although he Is a man of fair educa tion, he could not read the card, but had tressured it up with interest. gOGGING HIS EIORY. "Do you know oid maa Aifriend, at Winston ?" he was asked. "Oh, yes,"hbe said, alter some slight hesitation. -'But he's not at Winaton. Be's at Salem. Gut a place where you buy what you w ant." The questioner confirmed what the man said. -Do you anow Mr. Yokely, the horse dealer?" "Why, yes," he said eagerly. "OQf coursel do. I knowluhias good as I can. There's three of them, and know them, too. One's a-a-he's-" Failing to find words expressive of his thoughts, he held out his arms im a circular fashion. "Fat," suggested Detective Cason.. "Yes, that's it,' he said, enthusiesti caily. "Good one; never bad any one -you know there wasn't any woman." "He's not married, .50u mean," said the detective, The stranger nodded vigorously. The long list of names was gone through with and the stranger drank in every word that was said to him.i He recognized many names and tried to tell something about the ones he knew, but his words were so confused that he could not make himself intelli ble. He seemed to have a clear idea ol what he wanted to say, however. The name of Mr. Seitze was callhd His face brightened up wondezfully and a joyous light, like that in the face of a pleased child came into his eyes. ", 1 know him; I know him," h; said excitedly; "ask me more. Het right up there you know. i'm right up here, and he's right up there." lle 11 lusated by his gestures ratter trar his words that he amant that Seitze oc cupied a farm adjoining his. ia i.i1 eagerness to tell something about thi his mind brightened percepltitbiy anc his words came with less difliculty. "He's got a store," he said. "It' righ up on the road and I go by it li my buggy. lb's got a place. It's part of the way to Salem and part of the way to Winston. You have to Zo b1y it. Ile knows me, tco." The name of an old bhoemaker was mentioned to him. "See him all the time," he said. "Ile don't do anything but stay thera. He woudn't do anything elst if he couldn't make any money. le just stays up there .nd works, works, works." The nr.me cf a prominent mnin r was cal'd. "Oh, I know him , he said; "l; tell you what be does iU a minute. Oh, I'll tell y(O: he stands up there, stands up over, you know, and talks and tells you things you want when you die. And you pay him money. lie talas atbout things when you die." "P'reacher?" suggested Ed Cason. "Yes," he deelare4d, empbatically, "that's it." "You can't remember your name?" was asked him. "No," was the earnest reply, "I wnu!d know it if %ou would only men tion it. I would give anythiug to the man who will tell me about myself." To Detective Cason be remarked: "They knocked my name out and the place where I came from, bat they don't drive as fine h:zrses, as I do." Infinite patience is required in talk ing witL Draughn. He puts his ideas into words with the greatest diilicul ty and frequently he falls utterly to make bimself understood. He uses his words in the wrong place and seems to be unable to choose the proper words. IIIS NAIE DISCOVER ED. Yesterday morning he talked with a number of patients at the hospital con cerning his name. Suddenly he rushed into the room adjoining his, which is occupied by Mr.'Hanks, and cried en thusiastically: "I have found my father's name and I do believe it's mine.too. It's Draughn -Emil Draughn, and he's in Germany. I believe that's my name, too." He was jubilant over his discovery and told of it in the most excited man ner to all who came near him. Later in the day a lady whose husbard had become interested in the case called to see the stranger and confirmed his dis covery. She stated that she knew him in Salem, N. C. Full confirmation is expected by Chief Connclly today. He has written to parties in Winston and Salem ard expects to bear from his communicatioLs today. He received several communications yesterday. One from Richard Travis says that, judg ing from the picture published in Sun day's Constitution, the man is T. A. Sanner, of Tremont, Pa. A picture was also sent, which was accompanied by a letter saying that the man was named Pannell and that he disappeared from Atlanta five or six years ago. The picture resembled the one Chief Con nolly has so very much that the chief wasled to believe that they were of the same person. Draughn is abeut as vigorous now as he ever was and he assists the nurses at the hospital- He is a good-humored fellow and frequently laughs at what is said to him with keen appreciation of humor. Dr. W. S. Elkin was asked about su::h cases and said: "It is a kind of aphasis, and is caused, do'ubt;-ss, by a clot or blocd settling over the centre of the serse of memory. In a cUsEs the patient may gradual ly recover, tb bloud being absorbed by nature. Trephi.ing is the remedy used in very extreme cses. This is a very delicate operation and in all cases aan gerous Of this case,I krow practical ly r-.tbing, but I should jdAge that. in tm be w:!1 come into the full pa'ss- s silon of all his faculties." A slick Riscal. BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 17.-Leroy H arris, alias William HI. Clark, under going examination in United States Commissioner Fairchild's offlce in the Federal building held up the Commis sioner, U5nitt d States Attorney Mackey, Special Postcffiae I::spector Latimer and Deputy Uaited States Marsnal Wald at the point of his revolver and then bolted and made good his escape. Harris weas arrested in the postoffice at noon to-day by Special Agenrt Latimer on the charge of forging une name or Wilim H. Clark to a money order for $100 in Valparaiso, Ind., some weeks ag. The inspectors bad been after him ever since and otily succeeded in spotting him to-day. IIe was taken to te U5. S. Commissioner's office on the third floo of the buiding and was put under examination. Everything was going on quietly when Harris jumped to his feet and pulling a big gun 3 elled: "Hold up y our hands or itl blow your d- brains out." He had the drop ou all present and they quietly submitted. Harris then backed towar ds the door, with his re viver still covering the court officials, and opening the door bolted into the corridor, locking the door after him. Quick as a flash Inspector Latimer tnrew open a window and fired his re volver in the air to attract attention and then yelled: "Stop him, stop him." A crowd quickly gathered, but Harris had got safely out of the building and was gone before the police arrived. Harris was for many years an em ployee of the New TYork postoffice. Ditched by Ftlan. Los ANGEL.ES, Cal., Feb. 16.--A special from M~aj've says: The South ern Pacific overiand train No. 20 was e "p and wrecked at Roscoe, abt'ut twelve miles west ot Los Angeles, about 11:30 last nig ht. The switch was thrown and ho train run on a short spur, throwing the engine and two cars off the track. .Eoginieer Dave Fhomas is badly injured and Fireman Arthur Masters and an unkno wn tramp was shot and killed. The robbers blew t e ex press car opern with bombs and robbed it. The amount taken is not known. There were three men in the gang and they started north on horse ack after the robbery. Another special fromi San Fernando ss:- Several men boarded the train at'urank and at Roscoe their accom plices dit ched it and commenced shoot ing. The WVells Fargo express car was blown open with dyniamite and the money taken. Tne fireman was caught under his engine and only lived about one hour. Engineer Thomas jumped and took to the brush,thoulgh it is re ported he was injured; and an un known tram?, who was stealing a ride on the cilot was5 killhd. It Is reported that the robbers escaped wit h several sacks of gold. The tramp who was killed was a youth named Granger. His body and that of Fireman Masters were brought here several hours at ter the robbery. PENSACOL A, Fla., Feb. 2!.-A special from Mariana state s tbut the large ele' piant tiypsey. belonging to the Hlarrit Nickle Piate Show, now playing in that town, was kiled t oday. The elephan was being taken from th- cars to the tent w~-en he becamne unruly and refus ed to go, got 'aw'v. was capture~d and cained down min te tear, managed tt escape again, tore down~i the tents, no'ked one man down an~d came very near killing seve-ral that were standing round. After a long chase he wau captured, refused to0 go in the car howd light and bad to be killed i'wenty shots were ared into him witi A BRUITAL MURDElt THE KILLING OF A NEGRO NEAR GAS TON, iN LEXINGTCN. The Friends of Ito Dead .in APP"tI t) the Governior for Adv!c--Ti:e s:-1y of the Afls!r-Four Men Arrt-sed. COLUMBIA, S. C , Fe . 2l.-Tte z-ate yeserday morning published a very brief acccuat of the kh'i3o ot a nearo in Uxin;ton county, ard stated that a good manv negroes-from the ineighbor hood had call, d vn the Gcover:-or about the matter. It now appears. ui-cn in vestiation, that the Eflit was a i-rutb1 an': cold bloodcd muracr. and unless the law acts promptly sericus trcubte may cecur in the neighborhood of Gaston. Governor TUlman, when asked about the matter 3esterdav, said it seemed, from all be c'.uld ascertain, that a most cold-blooded murder had teen cco=mt-* ted. The negro bad been called ott and shot down in his own door by a party of masked men near Gaston. Hesa3s the nearoes are cornsidernbly wrouegt up over the matter, and say that besides killing this man the masked men shot into their houses at night. They came to the Governor for advice. The Govi nor says he told them that he thought the good white people of that section of the country wculd asd thcm, He told them that they bad the tight to dettud their homes from attack, but advised them not to precipitate a riot. The Governor says he has written to the trial justice for that Eection and intends to offer a gocd reward for the dete.-.ion and capture of the murderers. Govercer Tillman ecueuled b., mak iug public the fllowv-i.gle'.ter te had just received from a highly rEspiected cit zen in the neiehtborhood of the crimr: "I eupposed you bave heard before this of jhe murder of the negro man, Gage Roberson, a few miles above hcre in the 'Satd Hills.' I take the liberty of wiiting ycu atcut the matter as fNr as I know, as I have dounit about a our ever getting the truth about it for sever al reasons. I will tell vu in as plain way as I know how. I have known the negro since he was a boy, and he, with his father and brothers, are considered among the best behaved and most 'sbifts' negroes i:- this county. Gage bought a small tract c f larnd from A. H. Wolfe several y ears ago, and un fortunately for Gage, it joined West Hawevh place, who is a Cnelegged whime nan. Last year about this itime fire' g9t out from some one and burned a little of Hawseys fence. It seems that he had a giudge against Gage be cause he got the little piece ol land near him, and he accused Gage ofburning his fence. I -will say here now that Gage has al-ays been a respectable boy (to those who deserved respcc), and ever sirce, frcm what I can lean. -e bas been perscuting the boy. A few dais bc Icre the murderla son of Hawsey's r< e across Gage's wheat and he told hIm T ot to ride across his wheat, and the ycunI Ha;sey told him 'anzn him, 'u* sec h before lon. T:,e day of tte n lit of the murder Hawsey bad a log rolling, and han .sev eral bid fellows. so 1 he.r, belpie bim, and that ni4.: the negro was biutall murered i:_ his own bore. I nevor n Prd e. awi rse c.e. I d -at ! h:nk- I If , ou II h! tire a en eive sr& send bim down in the neighborhood of Huckabee' Ml you will find out who it is, in less tan a week. Huckabee, I think, knows all about i:; ii he did not help commit the deed. The people in that back coun try are hardly civilized yet, and don't mid killieg a nearo any more than theyv do a chicken-. Scome thing ou-ht certain ly to be done, and it the decent white eople do not see to it. it will soon die cni... I felt that it was my duty to write Su this, knowin~g that vou did not ap prove of such " THE 31URDERERS ARRESTED COLU31BIA, S. C., Feb. 22--The iiug of tne negro, Gage R.,berson, as mentioned yesterdiy is now the su'jie: of an official investigation, and some orne may be made to ruffer for this brutal crime cciumitted near Gaston junt a week ago. That the investiga'ion ordered by Govenr Tillman has begua to bear truit can be seen from the following tele gram received by himyesterday: LEXINGION DEPOT, Feb. 21. Gove rnor B. R. Tillmaa.. F-:ur persons arrested and lodged in ji, charged with murder of Gage Rob erson. Will ECe you tomorrow in Co lumia. P. HI. NELSON, Solicitor. The Go.vernor does not yet know who the men who have been arrested are, but he has his ideas of their identity from inf ormation he has received. So iictor Ne'3on's cming taday is, there fore, awaited with interest. The editor of The State yesterday re ceived a private letter in regard to the ratter nrom a well known citizen of Lnton -ounty, who can be vouched for as entirely responsible, but who, for obvous reasons, does not care to be aon in the matter. The following is and cxtract from ii: "I knvov that ere this you have hecard of the mur'cer of Gage Rob-.rson by sme unkown parties. I will tell ycu wbrt I have heard about it and you can say in print what you think hest. Gage is one of five sons oi Abraham Rober son, who died a few months ago, and was considered one of the best colored men in this section of the country. All of his bos s have the rr putation among the decent white people ot tuis neighborhood of being good, honeat, straighr forward iellows, and the boy Gage was an ex eeptially goed boy, with a wife and two children. "Several years ago he bought ~a small piece of poor sancdhil! land from Mr. A . A. Wclie, 0f tis setion:, and bult Lum seif a l:og cabia on iI. It adindO~ a a tract (4 land onviedi by a : man named Wesley Hlawsey. 1- seca~s tiw Hawsey did not l:ke the ueihbor, their heusse being only a short distauce apart and tried to make it uplo-asaut for the necro; but the boy was there to stay. Lst spring there was a tire got ct during the windy weather, when people in the country w ere burnin:g up the trash t~at tals from the dead trees. Hlatsey lost a few panels of fence by dwe fire, and tried to put it on Gage, saying he did it purposely; but eve-rib'>dy kne'.v that itwas not s>. A few des bo :a he murder one of H~awsey's sons-I e has two about grown-rede serm Ga's wheat Uela, and (LG te i1 b:m he must not ake a roa.d ov. r las U.-d of ~hea. Yourg Hawsey ston~ed his rs and told Gage that he w'.uid get umf in a few days5.' "The day of the n1ght <( the murd~er Ha sev h:ad a log rolon, and tad a nod oartv of yount, ruliius from~ out i tn hahf civil.7ed couungi. ma the ucih orhood of HI ackabee.'s Mill. and that same night thie poor negro was cxale toopn his door and admit a Iriend an3 when the door was opened two men; stepped in and shot two low leads of .uckshot into tha poor boy, and be fell dead in his wife's lap. "1 nevor iu my life h-ard of a more iutai nurder, and. sir. I tell ycu that scmngctlrltz is not done to put a stop m uich ,cs tS tbs I do not know what will b the etcnscqeence. I have heard whlat I bave. wrtten you trom good, reli a-lr- ne-ce3 and I thought it my duty to ive it to a newspaper man wno coild say s ornethiug to the people in a ny that nlight do good." PROMPT VENGEANCE. Peroalu Rnflians Killed for maltreating a Misionary. LYxNrBBno, Va., Feb. 17.-The Lynch burg News will print a private letter to-morrow, received here from Persia, relating a shocking instance of swift and extreme vengeance on the part of the Shah's government, at the instance ot Minister McDonald, in.be half of the American missionaries. One of their number, Rev. E W. St. Pierre of Orooaia, while riding home from the couunty late in the evening, when within a little more than a mile of the town, was halted and seized by some ruffians, was dragged him into adjoining woods and treated him in a most unmerciful manner. With fre arms and swords pointed at hi, breast, he was forced, under the threat of in stant death, to surrender all the money and other valuables which he had about him and more was demanded under penalty of his life. Having no more to give, Mr. St. Pierre told them to kill him at oice, if they intended to, as he was a Caristian and not afrid to die. Then they roughly treated him again stripping him of his clothing in the bit ter cold, and left him half dead, saying tha.t if he moved from where he was in so many minutes he would be shot. When the time bad expired the outraged man dragged himself to the road and finally reached home in a deplorable condition, where he was kindly cared fr. The facts of the case were Im mediately reported to the American Minister at Teherana, who promptly fala it before the Prime Minister with a most urgent demand that prompt and vigorous measures be taken for the ar ri stand punishment of the cirminals who had so brutally maltreated his countryman. The Prime Minister re ported that no effort would be spared to bring the malefactors to punishment, and immediately telegraphed a peremp tory order to that effect to the proper oficials at Oroomia. The answer came quickly that his orders had been obeyed; that the rsobers, four in number, who provEd to be notorious outlaws, bad been captured after a stout resistance and put to death. This summary and sanguinary ending or the affair was at once reported to th6 American legation by the Prime Minister, which thankea him for his prompt action in the mat ter, and I hen put in a claim for dam ages for Mr. St. Pierre. In a New UEie. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb., 17.-A special from Topeka, Kas., says: Mary E. Lease claims to be a Mason and she w ae the stat ement today that she pro pcsed3 to orgauize lodges of Masonry for women throughout the country. Mrs. Lease wears upon her bosom, sus pended by a goMd chain, a Krights Tem plar charm with the usual keystone of the c:er on,. the reverse side aird she decla:es that she is as much entitlel to wear i. as aniy man who belongs to the Templar Order. She says her com mandrv is Hugh D. Payne, of Fort Scott, Kansas, and offers to prove to Msons that she knows all the signs -nd pass words of the order, blue lodge and che pter and that she obtained them legitimately. She says it Masonry Is god Tor men, it is much better for women, as they are more needful of protection than men. She sa.5s once by giving a sign of the order she was avd from personal violecce ana from that mioment she resolved to give to women the same i.dvantages of Ma sonry thatshe enjoys. She said that she as thoroughly up in the Masonic work, acd it was not necessary for her o obtain the consent or aid of men in initiating women, and if the men re fused to recognize her deciples as Ma sons they could and would act inde pendently and have lodges and grand. lodges of their own. Mrs. Lease ad mits that it is contrary to the Masonic rule for women to become members, but she declines to state how she gained the secret of the order. She challenges any Mason to test her on the secret work of the order. A Boomerang. LoND)N, F~eb. 15.-A Frenchman, who is supposead to have been an Anar chist, was blown almost to pieces to night in Greenwhich Park. Near by were found the fragments of a bottle, which evid~ently bad contained explosive material. The park keeper heard the re nort of the explosion, which camne from the direction of the observatory, and hastenng thither, he found a man kneel im on the floor,covered with blood. His hnd and wrist had been blown away, his face and body were covered w1:h wounds and there was a gaping wound in his stomcch, a portion ot the intes tins protrudling. He was only ably to sy "Take rne ho-ne." Whlere his home was c ould ce be learned from the pa pers in his packets and he was therefbre conveyed to the Ss2aman's Hospital. He died halt an hour after reaching there, The conjecture of the police is that he sumbed and fell and in this way caused the explosion of the contents o1 the hot tie, wv ich was in la pocket. The man was about thirty years cf age. English and French papers iound in the man's pokcts showed that he was Martial Pourdic, a foreian A narchist. He was one of the forei;;n refageas and is belived to have been in L'ondon but a few months. What took him to Greenwhich Pak has not been discovered. Cheering Uncle Sam. R10i JANEIno, Feb. 21 -The mer chant vessels at this port are suffering extremey for want of water b. cause of the ref usal of the insurgents to allow a water boat to go about the bay and supply siah cratt with water. The captain of the British merchantman Nasmyth made application to the com mander of a Brittsn man of-war for as sistance necessary to enable him to ob tan a supply of water and was con terptuously refused. The merchant skipper pro: ed applying to Admiral Beham for aid, whereupon the com mander of t.he war vessel sneeringly ans wered that he might do as he liked. The caiptain of the merchantmenl then app~a'd to Admiral Benham, who as siped Lieut. ilbourn to guard the mer boat under t'e American flag. \ :sels of al nations5 dre seeking the im sailors are 0opfniv eursing 'English oii:ials, who, they declare, are sacri t i c~furerce -o aid~ De Gama. Evi de~ce of the ex'sting fteeling in this re spet is given la th e fact inlat at the prinip~d hojin g yesterday, the Brit isb 11. gs trampied in the dirt by Bri:.ish se ors, whose oflieers exprrssed no wod of disapproval of tiieir act, which was accompanied by cheers for "Ule Sam. llUNiIJNG A QUORUM. ANOTHER:DAY F-RITTERED AWAY BY THE HOUSE. Blatd 14 Deterwrited to Push Bi Bill Through a~d Will Make tbe House Meet (,n Waobington's WrthdaV - HEt', I EarnE st. WAsuINd ro, Feb. 21.-Less than four scorCRepresentatives were in their seats t-day when the sessien of the House was opened, but Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Hill asserted that a voting qucyam would be on hand in the course of the day. Bland waiild not say that the bill would be disposed of, however. He said a nuarter of amendments would be offered r6 his seigniorage bill, and upon them,of course, debate will fol low under tle five minute rule and he could not say when a vote would be reached. After prayer and the reading of the journal. Reed suggested that a report was in order-from the Sergeant at-Arms respecting his actions under the order to arrest absentces so that the House might kno*-how the poll stood. Col onel Snow taereupon reported that all absentees were either in the city or en route hither* except the sick and ex cused ones, Wnd seven who have been sent for by authorized deputies. Reed: " Has the gentleman from Ohio, (Johnson) who is reported in a Cleveland telegram this morning to be so defiant of the authority of the House, beenseut for ?" The Speaker: " The Chair is in formed that a deputy has been sent to arrest him. " (Johnson is quoted as saying he would not regard a summons to re tarn.) Reed: "Are any of the tiepresenta tives here under arrest ? " Snow: * There have been no further arrests " Reed: "I should like to ask, why ? you had no difficulty in arresting half i dozen Republicans. " Snow. "Mr. Speaker, I would like some information. Am I expected to arrest members upon the floor of the House ?" The Speaker: "The Sergeant-at Arms is expected to exechte the war rants presented to him. " The Sergeant-at-Arms retired to car ry out his instructions and the commit ttes were called for reports. - When the list had been concluded, Bland asked unanimous consent that members under arrest be excused with out being brought before the bar of the Housa. Reed: "I shall have to object. Our members were paraded here in front, and we want to see yours." The Sergeant-at-Arms, not being ready to report, Bland moved to go into ommittee of the whole on his bill to coin the seigniorage of the Treasury silver bullion;and on that motion, de manded the previous question. Without a division on ordering the previous quesiou on his motion, Bland called for tne yeas and nays, and they ware ordere&. The vote resulted : Yeas;1Z;t i , 11-nine less than a quorum. The following Republicans voted with the bulk of the Democrats in favoy of the motion of Bland: Bowers f California, Broderick of Kansas, Funston of Kansas, Hartmon of Mon tana and Wilson of Washington-5. Also the fcllowiDg Populists: Baker O K1.arsas, Bell o! Colorado, Rowen of Minnesota, Davis of Kansas, Kern of ebraska, Pence of Colorado and Simpson of Kansas-8. Te negative vote was made up of Belt zoover of Penrsylvanma, Cobb of Missouri, Eyerett of Massachusetts, Hall of Minnesota. McAleer of Penn sylvania, O'Neinl of Massachusetts, Pigott of Connecticut. Rtusk of Mary land, Sickles of New York and Wolver on of Pennsylvania-all Democrats. At the announcement of the result, Bland moved a call of the House, which was ordered. it showed 271. members in the hall. The proceedings under the call were dispensed with and] another vote began. 1 The second vote resulted: Yeas 157, nays 10. This was a loss of three from the first vote ard twelve short of a quorum. It was stated at the desk (informally): that at the time the first roll call was 1 made, there were nine pro-silver Rep resentatVes in the House or the corrn dors, who failed to vote. The addition of that number to the vote would havei produced a quorum. Bland made the motion to order a all of the House, w hereupon Reed in-1 terjected: "It seems to me that the House might better occupy this time 1 in discussing th:e bill, than in wasting it as the gentleman from Missouri per sists in doing." M~cMillin (Dem.) of Tennessee: "And when will the gentleman from Maine agree to vote ?" Reed:',When we get through." McMilin: "And when will that be ?" Reed: "Why, when we have finished1 of course. The idea that these gentle men have the tail of the situation in their hands before we shall be allowed to debate the subject is all wrong. The nitom is for the body to debate a thing until they get through with it. (Cries f '-regular order.") That is what we are tryIng to do; and It is a saame that we cannot be allowed to do it. (Re newed cries of "order.") by an impotent body that cannot famnish a quorum." At this point, Speaker Crisp directed the reporters not to take note of the colloquy proceedirg out of order.1 "Gentlemen cannot," he said, "make statements out of order and hope to get tem in the record." Reed remarked that the Speaker was entirely correct and he hoped that the ruling would he enforced. The Chair: "'It will be." On Bland's motion to order a call of the House, Reed asked for tellers and having secured thenm, Bland demanded the yeas and nays, thus ihtroduciog a variation of the routine of filibusting and slightly complicating the situation. On the motion to order a call of the House, the yeas were 161 and the nays 35; and the call was begun. Another twist was given the proceedings upon] this call of the Hlouse. When the ClerK I had called the list of names once Bland asked him if the presence of a quorum< had been aisclosed, and learning that 1 223 members had answered to theiri names, moved that further proceedings be dispensed with. A division of thei House showed a lar-ge ma jority in fa- 1 vor of th'e motion, but Reed asked for tellers and Bland demanded that the yeas and nays be taken. The demand was seconded by a sufficient number and the call of the roll was made. By a vote of 176 to 21 the House vot ed to dispense with further proceedings uder the call and again the roll was 1 clled for a vote on Bland's motion to go into committee or the whole on his signorage bill. It resulted: Yeas 157 4; ny, 4-the smallest vote' of the day. 13a?.d moved that the House ad juro, but Talbott (Dem.) of Maryland moved to amend by adjourning over to morrow, Washingtob's birthday. This eoked a passionate declaration from Bland that until the Democratic party woul provid a quorum to do business it should not fritter away its time on holidays. He then made the point that in the absence of a quorum a motion to adjourn over a day was not in order which point the speaker sustained, and put Bland's motion. A division showed 119 to 56 in favor of adjourn ment; and when Reed called for tellers Mallory (Dem.) of Florida, demanded the yeas and nays and they were -r dered. The motion was agreed to, yeas 140; nays 103-and at 4 p. m. the House adjourned until tomorrow. LIFE AT CLEMSON COLLEGE. Nearly 500 Students in the Great -chool. Preparaloa for Wink. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Ftb. 22.-Four hundred and eighty-three cadets have reported for duty, and of this numb-r 195 are new. The recriits are all in one large company, in charge of Capt. R. E. Lee, but Ps soon as they have been drilled sufficiently well, eight com panies will be formed. Eaich company is to have about E qual n Lm bers' of old and new cadets. There will be two battalions, each composed of four companies, and on saturday afternoons there will be regimental parades, with Mr. Shanklin, tutor in mathematics. and Mr. Blythe, tutor in Englisb, as majors, and Lieutenant Donaldson as colonel of the regiment. There is some talk of organizing a brass band among the cadets. and if this be done the regiment, witfi the flag which Lieu tenant Donaldson presented to Compa ny C. for being the best drilled com pany at Clemson, and the field music, will present a very fine appearance. President Craig 2ead yesterday morn ing divided the cadets of the college classes into agricultural and mechani al students. and It was seen that there was about an equal number in both lepartments, and not as some had pre :icted, a big majority in favor of agri ,ultural students are being given work )n the farm, garden and at the baro. The mechanical students as yet have lone but little work, but will com mence in a few days, as supplies of lumber, etc.,are being put in at the siops for their use. The professors are busy now exam ining and classifying the new cadets, which will soon be completed, and the ecitation will begin, Physical exam bnations are being held daily by Dr. Redfern, but as yet no one has been re Esed admittance into the college on wcount of failure to pass the examina ion. A good many old cadets, and some 2ew ones, who received appointments )y the examination held in January, iave failed to put in their appearance, d preparation is now being made to ill their places from thse who have 1e highest grades but failed to win he appointments. Several have al :eady been admitted who came on at he opening and remained, watching or a chance to enter. It is safe to say hat in a short wbile the barracks will )e filled with 600 cadets. Measure nents are being taken for the uniforms, d in about six weeks all will be in . eans. The laundry is doing very nice i ork indeed, as good as any in the state and the board is decidedly better I han it was last year, in fact. There is >erfect harmony among the cadets. I hey have organized an athletic asso :iation, with Mr. H. G. Cliff as pei- 1 ent, and several baseball nines bave yeen formed, and during the coining ieason Clemson is going to have some I ery fine games, not only among the ( ioe teams, tut with Furman Uni rersity, Wofford College and others. 1 A few nights ago one of the ne w ca lets was passing tne post of a sentinel. e had on a very large, showy baoge, which seemed to be the pride of his whole being. Having failed to give he countersign as he passed; the senti iel said, with a very sternl look upon s face," "Give me the countersigra." Oh, friend, I can't part with this,"' utting his hand over his badge, " my nother gave it to me."-State. A Fearfat Respinar, ST. Loris, Feb. 15.-Arthur Due trow has muruered his wife and child. le is only 25 years old, and is the son f the late Louis Duestrow, who died iout two yerrs ago leaving a very arge estate. Louis Duestrow made he bulk of his fortune in granite nountamn mining property, and invest d it so as to make him a milionaire. Arthur. the son, was a wild young nani, but not a criminal'. About four rears ago he married Albertina Liesse, en a clerk in the counting room of ant ~vening newspaper. T wo years ago a hild was born. About a year ago Arthur fell into' e ciutches of a notorious keeper of a isorderly house, and has since been -unning a fast race. Arthur drove up the house in which he lived, with his rife and 2 year-old boy. In a few min ites pistol shots were heard, and peo >e who ran in found Arthur's wife Lnd child lying on the floor. The child ras dead, having a bullet hole in the eart and another in the head. The rife had two bullets in her head. Arhur Duestrow gave himself up at he Compton Hill police station. He eigned insanity, and told a wild story o the e:lect that the pistol went offt vhile his wife was t ying to pull it out if his pocket. Caught in Yew York NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Carl J. Jattie,t railway postal clerk, 35 years of age, ivng in Charlesaton, S. C., and running >etween Charleston and Washington, . C., was arrested in this city today on telegram from Chief of F'olice Moore,1 if Washington, charged with abduct-t ng Maud Gilbert, a giul of 15, living in Nashington. Jattie is alleged to have aken the girl away fromi the latter city >n Monday, Febriasy 12, aud broughtt er to this city where the couple put up it the Coleman House for a few days, ater going to ai furnished room at 145 'est5th street, where they were when irrested. They passed under the name if C. H. Ford and wife. Jattie was held $3,000 bail for examination on Fri lay, and the girl was turned over to he Gerry Society. Wrecks~ at Sea. CARLETON, S. C., Feb, 19.- Capt. . M. Peeckwithl of the shooner A. HI.1 jowe, arrived from New York Wednes lay reports a very eventful voyage. 1 Japt. Peck with says: "Ca Sunday, i eb. 11, off Hatteras, heading soutfl est one-half west, eight miles distance massed a sunken three-masted schoonier5 if about 500 tons in 12 fathoms o~ twa-i er mast heads on top water. The nast heads were bright, topmast heads ainted white, blue ilag at mizzen to >sail gone, main topsail hanging over he spring stay, peak halyard tlocksI roue from mast heads, topmast rigging, apring stay s wire. Going around Hat eras we saw a sun~en steamer. The nast was half out of water. Courtship Ended.1 ASIIVILLE, N. C., Feb. 15.-A special ,o Te Citizen from Marshall says: Villis Murgan, a brother to deputy ;heriff Jesse Morgan of Buniconbe outy, was shot and instantly k uled t Marshal, Madison County, by G. R. ams, who is a brotherin-law of M. E. arter, Collector of Internal Revenue or this district. Willis Morgan was :ourtng Sam's daughter and had been rdered off the place. lHe pe-rsistba sat night in forcing himselt on the pre nisesof Samc. with the result stated. 1 Ti-15 WA: IN BOSTON. An Amnrchlet D-mnonstra'.on Nipre- iD Its Incipiercy. BOSTONX, Feb. 20.-About two thous and people gatheral: on the common tis afternoon to listen to add resses by Morrison L. Swift, Herbert N. Casson and other "Socialists-anarchists" as they claim tbemselves. After htsiing the spseches, the crowd marcned to the State House, where Swift and Casson were made delegates to visit Governor Greenhalge. They demanded as they themselves put i', that employmeut should be siven to *he crowd which they led. The GoverLor intimated to Swlfr and Casson that he would do all in his pu;cEr to help the unemployed and that Le had no doubt that the Legisla ture wcu!d do sometbing for the men. Ie consi ed to come out and address the c I> said to the people that pe.;onaly he would do all he could and tha.t he would recommend ac'ion by the Legi-latture. Still, he said, the Legis latum had no power to give work to the unemployed, except the works on which the shk uld be employed wese necessary for th- general good. lIe insisted that the first du;y of every citizen w3s obe dience to the laws. If the laws were not right it was the fault of the people of Massachusetts not that of the Governor or the Logislature. Ie s id they were simp!y there to express the will of the people. After thisiwfft and Casson, followeed by a crowd of unemployed, uent up to lay their petition, which was couched in the term of demand, before the Senate and House of Representatives. On their return frem the chamber, Swif ascended to one of the little side gallerits and delivered a speech tlat sounded strangely out of place in the historic old hall. " We will clean out the State House," be cried, "if we don't get what we want." The rab* I-, for such it was, accepted the declaration with enthusiasm. PrivateSecrtary Thomas wasstand Ing near and at the enunciation men tioned, repaired hastily to the Governor and reported the state of affairs. Gov :rnor Greerhalge grabbed his hat and eaded for the scene of actien. Meaa while, however, S wif t had finished and ad ascended the stairs and stood out ide the chamber door awatting Repre entative Mellen, whom he desired to ntroduce the petition. The Governor met him. .'-Did you state that you would clean out tbe State [Iouse'?" asked the Governor. Swift cowered. "I did,"he half mut ered, "but I stated that we would do .t with the ballot." This was absolate y untrue. "You wish to qualify it in that way," :ontinued his.Excellen'y. "Yes," replied the agitator. "Weij," said the Governor, clinching is hands' "I do not like that language ar, and it won't be tolerated. I warn ou that I will hold you personally re ;posible." Swift's bravado was all gone. He uickly slipped oat of sight and min )led with the crowd. Previous to this pisode, Governor Greenhalge had sum moned Representative Mellen to his )rEsence. "Mr. Mellen," he said, "I want - ou to >e on the side of law ana order." "You will have no stronger fighter in .he cause," replied Representatlve Mel en witn earnestfls3 Meanwhile Chief Wade of the district )olice had telephoned to police head lua ters and at 2:30 c'clcck, fifty blie oats marched up Beacon street, and aking the side entrance to the State louse made a clean swath through the nob', straight to-doric hall, where they iated to await the orders of the chief Wade. These orders ivere not slow in com ng. They were to cle'ar the State House md grounds of the intruders, who at ,at time had become a hiissing howl ng mob. This was but the work ef a noment, for the mere sight of the blue uiforms and brass buttons was appar intly enough to quell all anarchistic :edencies. Before the blue coats the nob melted away, out of the hall, down he broad steps and on to Ba'con street. There were some shouts oC "Kill the >o1c," but the shouters took good care o keep in the backgrounld. Tne crowd radully made its way back to the ommon and the State House once nore resumed its accustomed quiet. Representetive Mellen of Worcester >resented the petition of Morrison L. swift to the Legislature this afternoon sing for their attention to the condi ion of the unemployed. The petition called attention to the fact that the farms arnd factories are ~till in existence and asked that the ineiployed be given work therein. The House of Representatives there ipon appointed a committee to consid r the question, and shortly after ward d journed. ________ Got tlie Governor'd Bitters. CoLV1BIA, S. C., Feb. 20.-Constable lhappelle saw a suspicious looking box tt the Union depot yesterday. It was nared "bitters." The constable was ertain that the box contained some hing more than peanuts or photograps mud ordered it confisoated and sent to he State Dispensary. When it ar 'ived there it was found that the box was directed to Governor Tillman. Chen it was li arned that a Ne w Or eans concern which wants to sell bit ers in this State had written to the lovernor requesting to be allowed to end a box of the bitters to be analy zed. [hey were told to send the bitters, and ecretary Tompkmns sent the firm a cer iicate from the Dispensary admitting he box to the State. The firm did not et the certificate, but concluded to lend the box anyho w. They stated in letter th~at they did not get the cer ificate. The laugh was on the consta ,le when it was discovered what he had lone, but he is satisled as he kno ws he vas doing his duty.-Register. Two Town~s Rned. ICcAco, Icb. 14.-A speciatlto The Lera4 from Jackson, Mu. says the ~ylone of Monda4y passed through a sparsely settled sectionl. It crossed the llinois Certain railroad between Be turegard and~ Martixisviile, two small tatins. From there its direction was brough several inner counties that ive no railroad communications. On his account only meagre details have nen received. Ilewlett and George o w small inner towns, are reported to ave blown completly away. The wind sas very high, and levelled everythin'g n its path. The following persons are :eported seriously injured in that v'c nity- Mrs. Flynnui, Mr. Quarles and :hld, and .John Kelly. In that immed .ate vicinity the first reports of the iamage seem to have been exaggerated is no one is reported killed. stock Butrned. ANDEIRSox, S. C., Feb. 17.-Col. B. F. 3rayton's barn on his home place two niles wvest of here was destroyedt ty ie last night. Ga the iirst iluor i ihe~ arn his herd of JIers m, se-vr;.i in rood mar9s and other K:-t : r tabied and were i im re nitMf er bearg of c** l .benw and ifty, of 'herr a w ::ght or ten. A large qu ..'a c.ra :d hyy and th(er form'' w* alo detred. In mrance uu . L Ioss between MCu and .5'000. The origin of the ire is ulr kauw. WXhen discovered at Sa. n. the entire building wos 1" THlE DISPENSA.RY. iT HAS CLEARED ABOUT ONE HUN DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. F i; m-es of the Businets Done By it During the PAst Six months-An Excellent kinanclal Showing-The Figures In De teil. COLL-IBIA, S. C, Feb: 19.-The quar terly statement or tme receipts and dis bursement of the dispensary were made public today. The figures make inter est ing reading and show profits of $67, 139,00 or a total to Feb. 1 cf 899,337,16. The following are the figures in detail: Cash received ...... ....6205,814,98 Expense..................... 58,103.33 Paid on mdse................ 127,998.54 Cash in treasury............. 19,713.11 Total....................205,814,98 ASSETS. S.ock (new).................$ 15,926,60 Due by dispennsers......... 99,778.56 Daes by others.............. 1,703.31 Cash in treasury............. 19,713.11 Total...... .........$137,125.58 LIABILITIES. Bill payable.................$ 69,98258 Amt. to balance............. 67,133.00 Total.....................$137,125.58 Profts...................... 67,139.00 Last quarter................. 32,198.16 Total..................... 99,337.16 Among the items of expense the most prominent are: For constables 12,089, 53, bottles and corks $18,791.72, packing boxes 459.98, sealing wax $1,119.68, freight $187,60, badges$38, drayage 664,08, labor 83,329.87. The.consolidated report of the opera tions of the dispensary since its begin ning is as f llows: ASSETS. StockNov.1............$ 39,831.43 Miachinery and office....... 2,589.97 Due by dispensers........... 82,95350 - Due by otters............... 10,336.24 Uash in treasury............. 7,514.55 Stook Feb. 1................. 15,926.60 Due by dispen's and others... 10L48L87 ash in treasury............. 19,713.11 Total.....................$280,347.27 LIABILITIES. Appropriation..............$ 50.000.00 Bills payable Nov. 1......... 61,027.53 Bills payable Feb.. ......... 69.98258 Amount to balance.......... 99,337.16 Total.....................$280,347.27 Total sales $414,897.14, cash received 306,147.11 bottles brought back and breakage $7.268.16. Amount due to late $101,481.87. Xakes a Good Judge. YORKVILLE, S. C., Feb. 22.-Mr. 3. B. Bell, of Yorkville, returned home a-t week from Greenville, where he. 1as been in attendance upon the United States Court now in session there. Mr. Bell is enthusiastic in his praise of Judge Brawley,.who, he says most em pbatically,isthe "right man in the right place." On being asked to ex plain himself more fully Mr. Bell said: "Why, I mean just this, The pto :eedings of the Court heretofore have been outrageous. Instead of a Court )f justice the place has been what might be called a regular perjury fac :ory. Judge Simonton did all he could :o purify it, but somehow did not suc :eed. I am sure that by the time Tudge Brawley presides at one or two more sessions ho will clean it out com pletely. "Now here is the situation, " contin led Mr. Bell. " The deputy marshals ;et their pay through a system of fees, io much for each arrest, preliminary 2earing, commitment, etc., and for each :onviction. They are allowed four witnesses in each case, and as It is al ways their interest to have that many bhe practice of filling oLct the number with professionals is growing exg sively. e -- . "I have been to. jn-en on several >ccasions as ar." S. .:ey. The faces .here are familiar. m~.e same witnesses :ome back again and again, and every ody knows that many of them are >rofessionals. I defended a man last week charged with selling lhquor. rhere were four witnesses against 2rm, and at least two of them were inable to describe the p)remises on which the liquor was said ;o have been soid. Although I had no testimony except that of a reliable white man as to the character of the defendant, the jury brought in a verdict of 'not gull "Now here is what Judge Brawley is loing to put a stop to these abuses. He asked every witness, white or col ared, " How many times have you been here as a witness before ?' If the wit ness said this was his first time, the Judge told them it was all right ; but if they said once, twice, three or four limes, his Honor said in a tone, the meaning of which was unmistakable: Well, now, I'll give you fair warning. You had better be very careful how you come back here.' ' I am satisfied, " continued Mr. Bell, "that if Judge Brawley continues a.s h:e has started out, the professional witness at Greenville will soon be a thing of the past, and the United States Court at that place will be made whlat it has not been ror many a day, a Court of justice. "-Enquire.' Death at a Wedaing. RALEIGH, Feb, 21.-At a wedding in Allegheney county a la~rge crowd as semled, among those. present being Dauiet S~augter, of Carroll county, Vir 2mia. Just after the wedding ceremony Slauf;ter passed near an old man who. seizedJ his hand and made some remark. Steu :hter spoke roughly and was told to leave the house. He did so, but in a tew minutes returned. The friends oi the old men were angry and a peace maker endeavored to keep them back while at the same tinme be told Slaugh ter to keep quiet. Suddenly Slaughter sprang at Jacn Bare and stabbed him to the hear t. Bare fell dead ana Slaugh ter made an attempt to again stab him, tut the tried seized his hand. She was cut in the hand and arm and Slaughter drehed f~r the door. Oc. the way he stabbad Edward Long, killing him ia stantly, and, then fbd fled, He was capture d two miles away, There were threats of lynching, but he was safely taken to jail at Spartaj IHe clcims some of the crowed struck him in the face. A licAer Brs, K EL. Fetb. 1G.-A boiler explosion oc cum r, d t oday on the cruisser Branden tw r, with fatal results to the crew and !:ima;ge to the vessel. New boilers had beeunput in the vessel and steam was zotten up today to test them. The of lieurs reiused to give details of the dis aster, bt it is learned that forty-one men were kille d and nine others fatally wounded. Among the dead are three rhief eugineers, who were on the ve:sl to report on tbe work of the bo'i its, and several other oflicers. The vessel was helpless, but signals of dis ~ress brought assistance and she was