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VOL. XIMIANNING S. C, WEDNESDAY. INEEMBER 4, 1895. NO. 19. THE CONSTITUTION MADE. THE LAST SECTION OF THE LAST ARTICLE FINISHED The Close of the Session Marked With Some Very Rapid Work--The Ditrerent Provisions Passed. CoLUMnAB, Nov. 25.-Special: The first matter taken up today 'was the ordinance tocreate Seabrook county which cameup on its second reading. The committee recommended that this county scheme be exempted from the operations of the fifth section, which related to the eight-mile limitation. Mr. W. B. Wilson then offered the following amendment to be added to the end of the section: "Nor shall anything contained in section 3 of said article on counties and county government apply to pre vent the formation of a new county embracing within its limits the city of Rock Hill, with an area of not less than 300 square miles. and having a population of not less than 16,000 in habitants, and property assessed for taxation at not less than $2,500,000, and the county seat of such new coun ty shall defray the cost of building a new court house and Jail. Mr. Bellinger questioned the rele vancy of the amendment. Mr. Geo. D. Tillman then offered the following: Amend the amendment by adding: "Provided. The general assembly may 'in its discretion create any new coun ty with an area of not less than 300 square miles, whenever it is shown that an area of 400 square miles cannot be obtained, and upon such new coun ty complying with all other nianda tory requirements of this article." After a short discussion this amend *ment was killed. Mr. R. F. Smith then offered the following amendment to the amend ment, which was voted down: "Nor shall anything- in section 3, articles on counties and county gov ernment, prevent the formation of the new county of Williamston with 300 square mires: Provided, That the same has a population of not less than 34,000 and property of the assessed value of not less than $5,000,000. Mr. McGowan moved to table Mr. Wilson's amendment. An aye and nay vote resulted as follows: Yeas 65, nays 31. 3o the amendment was killed. After some debate the ordinance to create Seabrook county was lost by a tie vote-55 to 55. THE CASH BASIS. Mr. Connor's ordinance to raise a sinking fund to put the counties on a -cash basis next came up. That gen tleman moved to make the annual levy one mill instead of a half mill. Tabled-67 to 39. . Mr. Meares moved to indefinitely postpone the ordinance. Lost 45 to 56. Mr. Meares moved to strike out "shall" and insert "may" in the first line. This was adopted. The ordi nance, as thus amended, was then or dered to a third reading, as follows: Section 1. That the general assem y may provide for an annual tax levy not to exceed one-half of one mi in each county not now on a cash basis; the proceeds of all such levies shall be used as a sinkino fund for each and. every county in w;'ch it is levied and collected, and shall be in vested as the general assembly shall direct until an amount shall have been collected to put such counties on a cash basis, then such annual levies shall cease. COURT EXPENSES. When the article on finance and taxation was taken .up Mr. Jeremiah Smith moved to amend by providing that court expenses in the several counties be paid from the State treas ury, and not from the several county treasuries, as is now provided. After forty minutes debate, the amendment was tabled-75 to 36. THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. Mr. Bates offered the following amendment to section 5 which he said would take 30 minutes to discuss: Amend section 5 by adding at the end of the section: "And there shall further be exempt from taxation prop erty of the assessed value of $500 to every widow who has a family de pendent upon her for support, and for every Confederate soldier who lost a limb or is disabled by in juries received while serving in the late war, provid ed such widow or soldier does not own property exceeding in assessed value of $1,000. The convention then took a recess till 4 p. m. At the afternoon session the vote whereby section 5, which Mr. Bates really wanted to amend, was adopted, was reconsidered, and Mr. Bates again put in his amendment. Mr. Breazeale offered an amendment ,at double tax all bachelors of over 30 years of age, and a member offered to amend the amendment by including old maids. This amendment was killed viva voce, amid laughter. An aye and nay vote on the adop tion of Mr. Bate's amendment then being taken, the result was as follows: Yeas 38, nays 62. TAXING STOCK. Mr. Bellinger offered the following amendment to section 5: Add after the word "same" on line 4 the words: "All shares of the stockholders in any bank or banking asssociation lo cated in this State, whether now or hereafter incorporated or organized under the laws of this State or the United States, shall be listed at their true, value in money, and taxed for municipal purposes in the city, ward, town or incorporated village where such bank is located, and not else where: Provided, that the words "true value in money", as used in line 3 of this section, shall be so construed as to mean and include all surplus or extra moneys, capital, and every spe cies of personal property of value owned or in the posession of any such bank." This amendment was adopted-yeas 63. nays 51. The vote was then clinched, and Mr. Barker offered the followiuie amendment: "P~rovided that wherever the stock holders are taxed on their shares of capital stock in the bank, the bank shall not be required to pay taxes on its property or capital." Mr. Bellinger then moved to table Mr. Barker's amendment and an are and nay vote being -taken, it resulted as follows: Yeas 65, nays 47. Mr. Prince offered the following, which was accepted by Mr. Bellinger: Add "provided a like rule of taxa tion shall apply to the stockholderr of allcorporations other than banking in stitutions." Section 5 was then orered ina thiird reading and then clinched. Mr. T. E. Johnson oHfered the foi lowing amendment to section 7: Add to the end of section 7 the words: "Railroads are not to b' inclu ded in the term 'public roads. Mr. W. ). Evans moved to lay it on the table. This was done. Mr. N. D. Evans offered tlie fol lowing substitute for section 17 which was adopted: "The general assembly shall pro vide for the assessment of a] I property for taxation-and State, county. town. ship, school district and all other tax es shall be levied on the same assess ment, which shall be that made for State taxes. and the taxes for the sub divisions of the State shall be levied and collected by the respective fiscal authorities thereof." Mr. Rogers then offered the follow ing additional section, to be known as section 18: "Section 18. The general assembly shall provide by suitable legislation for the exemption of all real estate on which a mortgage exists from taxation to the extent of the proportion the mortgage debt bears to the value of the property." Mr. Rogers afterwards withdrew the amendment. The article was then given its final reading and was sent to the comminittee on style and revision. EDUCATION AGAIN. The article on education was then taken up for its final reading. Mr. E. J. Kennedy presented the following substitute which was agreed upon by him and the chairman of the committee on education for section 12 of the article on education: Section 12. All the net income to be derived by the State from the sale, or license fo)r sale, .f spirituous, malt. vinous and intoxicating liquors and beverages and the profits of the peni tentiary shall be applied annually in aid of the suplementary tax provided for in the sixth section of this article; and if, after said application, there should be a surplus, it shall be invest - ed to create a school fund, the income of which investment shall be applied first, if necesstry, in aid of said sup plementary tax: otherwise it shall be devoted to public school purposes and apportioned as the general assembly may determine. All waste and un appropriated lands belonging to the State, which terms shall include marsh and tide water lands, but not the phos phate royalty or phosphate deposits, and the income to be derived from said lands by leasing them, shall beset apart and be and remain forever a perpetual school fund for the support of the~ public schools of this State. All funds to be derived from the sale of the aforesaid lands, if the general assembly should ever deem it advan tageous to sell the same, shall be se curely invested, and the interest alone shall be appropriated." The'conventioL then took a recess until 7:30 p. m. At the opening of the night session a report from t'ie committee on en grossed bills was handed in, covering matter during the day. Mr. Kennedy's amendment being the pending question. Mr. Mitchell asked if Mr. Kennedy could not let it come in as an amendment, to section 12 Mr. Kennedy refused to do so. Senator Tillman then offered the fol lowing substitute for the substitute: "Section 12. All the net income to be derived -by the State from the sale or license for the sale of spirituous, malt, vinous and intoxicating liquors and beverages, not including so much thereof as is now or may hereafter b allowed by law to go to the countie and municipal corporations of the State, shall be applied annually in aid of the supplimentary tax as provided for in thesixth section of this article; and if after said application there should be a surplus, it shall be devot ed to public school purposes and ap portioned as the general assembly may determine: Provided, however, that the said supplementary taxes shall only be levied when the profits aforesaid and from the sale or li cense for the sale of alcoholic liquors or beverages are not sullici ent to meet and equalize the deficienci es for which the said supplementary taxes are provided." This amendment was adopted-95 to 28. The section as to boards of school trustees was amended so as to permit such boards to have not more than seven members each. Senater '.illman then brought up the fight over the higher institutions of learning by offering an amend ment, which would make the opening of the section relating to higher insti tutions read thus: Section 8. The general assembly shall provide for the maintenance of the Winthrop Normal and Industria college of South Carolina and ma create scholarships in the various in.. stitutions of higher education support ed by the State, etc. This struck out all reference to Clemson and the South Carolina college and used "shall" for "may." After some debate the amendment was killed-78 to 41. After several different motions, all of which were lost, the article was passed and sent to the committee on order, style and revision. The Convention then adjourned. THE LAST DAY. COLOuGuu, Nov. 2t.-Special: The following resolution, were ol'ered by Judge Fraser: Resolved, That the committee on order,style and revision be empowered to call to their assistance such clerks as they deem necessary who shall be paid at the rate of $4 per day for the time employed; and that tihe public printer do such printing as is required by such committee. Resolved, That said committee have leave to sit during any recess of the convention that may be ordlered. Mr. George Johnstone moved to amend by substituting $2 for $1. lie said these young men had done noth ing for several weeks at $2 a dlay, and he thought they ought to be willing to do this work for $2 a day. After some discussion ~the resolu tions, as amended, were adopted. THlE HoMESTEAD. Section 35 wvas then taken up. Mr. Howell moved to strike out lines 28 and 2t) of section :35, the words: "And no waiver, mortgage or other lien shall be permitted to defeat the exemption in lands after the home stead has been claimed." After a short debate the section was stricken out-yeas t2, nays 48. Mr. Clavton then oii'ered the fol lowing amendment: Add to th~e end of section 2'J. Pro vided that uponl sale under foreclosure proceedings, the homestead inust brintg thereto are repealed by this Constitu tion, except where reordained and de clared herein. The hour for recess having arrived. it was agreed to continue the session until the business was completed. Mr. Johnstone then offered the fol lowing amendment, which was agreed to: Insert after "State," on line 4. set tion- of the schedule, the words "and Constitution when enrolled." THE LAST ARTICLE. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved to suspend the further consideration of the schedule for the time being and take up the article on declaration of rights for its third reading. This was the last article. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Connor offered an amendment to section 17 of the article on declara tion of rights. Mr. Connor was in form ed thatsecticn 17 had been stricken out on the second reading. The president understood tkat Mr. onnor withdrew the matter and went ahead. Mr. Con nor claimed that he had offered it as a substitute and said lie might have beei treated with a little courtesy. Mr. Talbert apologized. Mr. Connor still complained and Mr. Talbert spoke to him rather sharply. saying he had told him all he could tell him. Then the entire article on declara tion of rights was rushed through its third reading and sent to the commit tee on style and revision, having been under consideration only about 15 minutes. Then it was clinched and and the Constitution proper was com pleted at 5:48 p. ni. The schedule was again taken up and Mr. Stanyarne Wilson offered an additional section, purely ex plaiatory, which was adopted. The schedule was then sent to ti committee on style and revision. The following resolution, which had been standing on the calandar. was then adopted: Resolved, That the comptroller general be authorized and directed to audit the accounts of the State printer for work done for the convention be fore or after its adjournment sine die, and draw his warrant upon the State treasurer therefore upon the pro duction of the proper vouchers. The ordinance to authorize the gen eral assembly to provide for a sinking fund in the several counties of the State, to enable the same to do busi ness on a cash basis was then taken up. Mr. Connor's ordiance to raise a sinking fund to enable the counties to "catch up" received its third reading. An effort to change "nay" to "must" in the first section was defeated. Mr. Dudley's ordinance relating to the alphabetical indexing was given a final reading and sent to the commit tee on style and revision. The resolution to provide for the pay of commissioners and managers of election was then taken up and rushed through its final reading in a jiffy. The resolution requiring all expen ses of the court of general sessions for each county to be paid by the State, was then called up, but was withdrawn from the calendar. WHEN THE END CAME. This concluded the work of making the new Constitution, the calendar be ing cleared at exactly 6:39 o'clock. The steering committee then offered the following report: 1. That the calendar of the conven tion has been cleared and all matters upon the president's desk disposed of: that nothing more can be done until the committee on order, style and re vision shall make its report, which will require a period of several days. 2. That, this convention do now recede from business until 7:30 p. m. December 3, 1895;, thateach delegate, officer and employe be allowed mile age at 5 cents going to his home and returning for the recess; that no per diem be allowed for the recess to dele gates, officers and employes, except to those who remain in Columbia sick during the recess, except to those delegates who shall attend the meetings of the committee on order, style and revision and such clerks as shall be employed by them under a resolution this day adopted. Mr. George Jonstone was objecting to the matter of the per diem and mile age, when all the electrict lights save four on the circuit suddenly went out. By this time there was great contusion and Mr. Talbert kept continually rap ping for order. Many delegates were gathered around the press stand. Some wanted the word "adjourn" changed to read, "recess." Mr. Cooper waxed wroth over the puttihg out of the lights, evidently thinking some one around the hall had tamper'ed with the switches. The president ordered the sergeant-at-arms to go out and see "wywe are in the dark here." Mr. Meares then sent up a substitute re latino to the pay during the recess. Mr. VTilson changed the report so as to make it apply only to members re maining here on the sick list. . This finally proved satisfactory and the re port was adopted. Then at 7:03, everything being out of the way, the convention so far as the making of the Constitution is con cerned, caine to an end. Several songs were sung by happy attaches and soon the hall was vacated . The delegaitesgoot Atlanta exposition "CarolinalDay" badges later on, and this morning all of themt but the members of the committee on style and revision will leave at 7::30 a . m. for Atlanta to enjoy the sights. A Terrible Rlnnaway. SrAntTAsBUta, Nov. 27.-As the county convicts were returning home from work Tuesday afternoon, the mules became frightened and ran away, throwing the occupants of the wagon, thirteen in number, down a thirty foot embankment, injuring ev ery one of them more or less. The runaway occurred near. the Port R~oy al and Western Carolina Railro:,d be yond the Fair Forrest creek where the dirt road crosses the railroad. Mr. Bolt, the driver oft te wvagon, had just driven up te the railroad when1 a crank car suddenly dashed of a cut and passed them, frightening the mules. The mules became frantic and turned down the track throwing out the con victs, guard and driver. The injured and injuries are: Tonm Brooks, right hip and leg bruised: Jim Gtounlock, injured ibternally; George Wright. injured internally: Bob Collins. left side bruised and left hand cut: John Richardson, stomach smashed and hand bruised; Henry R~ollins. white. bruised: Chas. Powell wlhite, right knee sprained: Mr. J. Ri. Tillitson, a guard, received a severe cut across the' head. Immediately after the accident the convicts were brought to the stock ade and Dr. 11. K. Black was called and did all he could to relieve the suf or the sale shall be void. - Mr. Clayton said that some protec tion should be given to the poor classes. Mr. McWhite moved to strike out ilke entire homestead section. Mr. Tillman sprang to his feet and dramatically seconded the motion, saying it was not worth a snap of his finger any longer. Mr. McWhite got the floor, the chair saying that the laymen was in posses sion. and that the homestead had been qualified and this section was, so far as any good that it would do the wom en and chiliren, absolutely null and worthless. After further discussion the motion of Mr. McWhite was-tabled-112 toll. Mr. B. R. Tillman then offered the following amendment: Insert on line 12, after the word "Orovided:" "That the head of the family to whom a homestead has been set apart shall not have the right to alienate it without the consent of the persons dependent on him or her." Mr. W. B. Wilson offered the fol lowing as a substitute for the amend ment offered by Mr. B. R. Tillman, which was adopted: Add after the word "homestead," near end of line 28 the words: "Pro vided, further, That after a homestead in lands has been set off and recorded, the same shall not be waived by deed, conveyance, mortgage or otherwise, unless the same be executed by both husband and wife, if both be living." Mr. Aldrich asked Mr. Wilson to accept the words "set off" for the word "assign" which he accepted. Mr. Roger's amendment to allow bachelors $300 exemption was killed. Mr. Prince offered this amendment to the same section, which was agreed to: "Strike out on lines 30 and 31 the words 'personal property' and insert the words 'tools and implements' of trade." Section 29 as amended was then adopted and clinched. Mr. D. S. Henderson moved to strike out on lines 2 and 3 of section 14 the words "foreign citizen" and insert "alien." This, he said, would be striking at capital that comes to this State. If aliens was put in it would refer to persons coming from beyond the sea. A foreign citizen was a citi zen of New York and New England. The amendment was adopted. THE QUESTION OF FEES. Mr. Jeremiah Smith then moved to strike out the last section of the arti cle. Speaking to this amendment, he said he could not see how expenses could be fixed. It was unfair to tax our people to foreclose mortgages held by people outside the State. The section referred to limited law yers' and officials' fees in foreclosure cases to ten per cent. of the amount collected. After a brief but spirited debate the section was stricken out 66 to 46. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson offered an additional section creating a labor commissioner. It was rejected-84 to 24. SAVING EXPENSES. Section IS was then recurred to and Mr. Ira B. Jones offered to amend sec tion 20, so as to make it read as fol lows: On line 1, after "bill", insert "or joint resolution ;" also by adding to end of section "provided, that either branch of the general assembly may provide by rule for the first and third reading of any bill or joint resolution by its title only." The amendment was adopted. ABOUT DIVOCIES. The article on Judicial Department was taken up, and, with immaterial changes, was adopted. When section 34 (recognizing divorces granted in other States) was reached, Mr. Bow man inoved to strike it out. The mo tion was adopted- 54 to 47. TO SETTLE THE LAW. Mr. Aldrich then offered the follow ing new section: No decision of the supreme court of the State, which modifies or overrules a predecision of said court, shall have any protro-active effect or injuriously affect any rights. accruing under the law as was down in such prior decis ion Col. Aldrich said that it simply meant that when the supreme court expounded the law of the State for once, that this should be the settled law. The section was rejected. AFTERNOON SESSION. At the afternoon session Mr. Ellerbe moved that the chaplains should re ceive $150, and asked for its immediate consideration. Mr. Sheppard moved to amend so as to make it $75 each, which Mr. Ellerbe accepted. Mr. Patterson moved to amend the resolution so as to increase thme ser geant-at-arms' salary by $50, but on motion of Mr. Stanyarne Wilson this was voted down. Mr. Ellerbe's resolution, with Mr. Sheppard's amendment, was then ad opted. The "schedule" was then taken up, and Jvdge Fraser offered the follow ing amendment to go at the end of section 1: "All ordinances passed and ratified at this convention shall have the same force and ef fect as if included in and constituting a part of this Constitu tion." The section as it stood read: "First. That all laws in force in this State at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, not inconsistent therewith, shall remain in full force until altered or repealed by thme gen eral assembly. Judge Fraser also offered the fol lowing new section, to be known as section 7, making the section reported section S: Section 7. At all elections held for members of the general assembly in case of a vacancy or for any other of fice, State, county or municipal, the qualifications of electors shall remain as they were under the Constitution of 1868 until the first day of November, A. D. 1S96. Mr. Wilson moved to fill the blank in the last line of the former seection 7 by inserting "31st day of December," which makes the new Consitution ef fective after Dec. 31, next. This was adopted. Mr. Aldrich then moved to insert after the words "general assembly" on line 6 of section 1, the words "or ex pire by their own limitatiqps." This was agreed to. Mr. Geroge Johnstone oifered this amendment, which was agreed to: insert after the wor. "State," on line 41 of section 1, the words "and constitutional when enacted. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson the offered the following new sectiomn, to be known as section 9, which was adopted: Section 9. The provisisons of the This Brigade was composed of the following companies: Clemson~ Col lege Cadets, 225 strong; Company A. Captain R. E. Lee: Company B, Cap tain 0. M. Peguis: Company C. Cap tain B. I. Tillman; Company 1), Cap tain I. M. Mauldin: Company E, Cap tain W. H. Carpenter: Company F, Captain F. G. Thompkins. Colonel Wilie Jones. of the first :eg iment and ColonelHall and stail. The first regiment under the com mand of General Stoppelbein was next in line. This command was made up of the following troops: Cadets of Patrick Military Institute and John son Military Institute: Dougleton Guards, Captain Thompson; Manning Guards, Captain Davis: Gary Evans Volunteers, Captain Fannin; Gover nor's Guards, Captain Bateman; Edis to Guards, Captain Wise; Richland Volunteers, Captain Weston: Fair field Rifles. Captain Jordan: Bamburg Guards, Captain Eams; Greenbriar Guards, Captain Lemmons; Tillman Volunteers, Captain Claffy; Ridge way Volunteers, Captain Johnson; Sal lev Rifles, Captain Salley: Pomaria Rifles, Captain Eargle. The Governor's Horse Guard and the Atlanta Artillery closed up the rear. The line moved along Peachtree to Wall, Wall to Pryor, Pryor to Ivy, and out Ivy to Peachtree street and thence along th4 street to the exposi tion grounds. The Macon troops were frequently cheered as they moved along the route, but the South Carolina troops created the greatest enthusiasm. All along the route crowds were packed in dense masses and as the troops moved along they were cheered again. When the line reached the grounds the soldiers passed around the plank walk and were revie*ed at the govern ment building by Governor Evans and Governor Atkinson. After the review the troops gave a dress parade on the plaza and were inspected by the governor. Afterwards the South Carolinians gathered in the auditorium where they neld their public ceremonials. They were welcomed to the city and state by President Collier of the exposition and Governor Atkinson. Triple Tragedy. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Herman Hattenhaft, a phytsical instructor, killed his two children and himself in Brooklyn y'este:day. He lived in Greene avenue, with his wife and two children, the latter very young. Hat tenhaft went out in the afternoon, taking the children'with him. When he had not returned at midnight, his wife. started out to look for the three. The doors of the gymnasium where Hattenhaft was employed were found locked and were battered in by the police. They found father and chil dren lying dead. The two children had been shot and killed by their fa ther, who then shot himself. The bodies were cold. and it is supposed the triple tragedy occurred during the afternoon Hattenhaft had been de spondent for some time, probably be cause of domestic troubles. Twelve years ago he was a pugilist, and was well khown in Brooklyn as an athe lete. Ile was at one time the instruct or in the Brooklyn Athletic Club. The bodies of the two children were found in a closet used for vapor baths, where the little ones had been playing while living, probably having been first made inser ible with chloroform. Into the bu.< a tube connecting with the gas pipe was inserted. The chil dren had died of asphyxation. Tihe wife and mother is so prostrated with grief that it is feared she cannot re cover. In intervals between fainting spells Mrs. Hattenhaft said that there had been no domestic difliculty be tween herself and her husband, and she thought lhe must have become temporarily deranged over business troubl.es, of which she had heard him speak of on several occasions. So far as she knew, however, he had never threatened to take his life or do bod ily harm to any member of the family . Hattenhaft. although an ex-pugilist, bore a good name. M1urderedI on a Boat. P~auus, Texas, Nov. 2.-A ghastly find was made on a shanty boat at the mouth of Wild IHorse Creek on the Indian Territory side of the Red river by peop~le from Arthur City, Sunday night. Aboard the boat were found the dead bodies of three men and a boy, a fai~hful dog keeping guard over the bodies. Yesterday Marshal Williams sent two of his best men to the scene. They found that the three men had been shot in the head. Two were shot with pistols and thme third with a shot gun. The boy had been killed with a gun barrel or a club. The murderers were so close to their victims when thme shots were fired that their clothing was burned. The men had been killed several days be fore and the bodies were in an ad vanced state of decomposition. The men's clothing, with pockets turned inside out was scattered about the boat. showing that they had been murdered and then robbed. As far as can be iearned the victims were E. C. Canody. the owner of the outfit, Ihenry Thomas Rlice, a music teacher, and a young man named Maddox, who said a few days ago that he was from Atlanta, Ga., "and that his father was in the grocery business there. The men left Arthur last Wednesday and the murder nrobably took place Thursday night. ~The boat was in an out of the way spo:, there being no house nearer than t wo miles. There is no cle~w to the per-petrators of tihe ceime. Corea's, Mu rdered EQueen. AN-or VER. B3. C., Nov. 2.-Chi nese papers byth seaer Empress of China are bitter in their attacks on tihe Japanese authiorities in Corea. whom they blIame for the murder of the (Queen. They assert that Japan is a nation pretending to be civilized, but is the most barborous on earth. The Q2ueen was 1hun g ulp by the hair and,after being otherwise abused, was tied hand and foot, soaked in oil and burned in the rear of time palace, her remlains being reduced to ashes so that all trace might be lost. Thirty at tendants of the Q-ueen, it is alleged were butchered. their corpses being left about the palace. Whenm the p~ai ace was attacked of some 1,500) guar-ds on duty, one in six remained at their post and they wer-e quickly dispatch ed. According to the Chinese reports there were tifteen women of title ini court-the Queen. her mother. and thirteen ladies ~in waiting. They were nearly all Moaked in oil amnd burned, while the rien's thrmoats were ATLANTA CAPTURED, TEN THOUSANDSOUTH CAROLINIANS INVADE THE CITY. The Exercises at the Expoitin--senator Tillman. Governor Evans, and Several Prominlent Georgian, )ake Speehes Our Soldiers arc Loudly Cheered. ATLNTA, Nov. 2.-The people o f the 'alinetto State are gloriously cele brating South Carolina )ay at the exposition. Their military pagean and the exercises at the auditorium surpassed everything attempted by any of the states that have sent dele gations here to make the exposition a success. There are ten thousand South Carolinians in the city and their white badges can be seen everywhere at Piedmont parnk. The crowds began to arrive yester day morning and before night they had filled the hotels and overflowed to the private boarding houses around the city. Every train from South Carolina brought hundreds of people. The cars ware pacKea rrom door to door and those who could not obtain seats stood in the aisles. From every point in the state cheap rates were in effect and the people took advantage of them. Today Columbia. the capital of the State. is deserted: the halls of the cap itol are quiet. The olicials of the State are in Atlanta. Not an ollicial was left in Columbia last night to ope rate the departments. The governor deserted his post and the constitution al convention, which has been in ses sion in Columbia for a number of months, was adjourned to give the members a chance to visit the exposi tion. There has not been a moment since the movement to have an exposition that South Carolina has not given At lanta her heartiest support. The con gressmen from that state fought for the government appropriation and did much to help secure it. The people prepared a magnificent exhibit of the state's resources and products and in stalled it here, and now they are here celebrating in a way that has surpass ed everything yet attempted their own day at the exposition. The crowds began arriving in the city yesterday morning, the first ex' cursion being from Columbia. It came over the Seaboard Air line. Since then the Seaboard has been run ning specials into the city. every few hours. The Georgia road brought in a number of specials yesterday and more will arrive today. The heaviest movement was over the Southern as that was the line by which the gover nor, his staff and troops traveled to the city. They ran eight special trains to accommodate the state. The first train came in shortly before noon yes terday and the last arrived this morn in g. The excursion trains arrived yester day in the following order: First train at 11 a. m., with students of Cleria. College, with 298 people. Second train with Tillman Blues of Clifton with 100 men . Third train at 4:10 p. i., with Gov ernor Evans and his staif and mem bers of the constitutional convention including 263 people. Fourth train at 4:31) with Winsboro, Ridgeway and Greenville troops, 333 people. Fifth train. 5:35 p. in.. with 2t6 school girls from Rock Hill. Sixth train at 6:15 p. in., with South Carolina college of Columbia and mil itary companies from Union and Jonesville. The last two trains arrived this morning and had on board the Cita del Cadets and the state troops of Charleston. As fast as they arrived the troops were met by local soldiers and were escorted to the various armories around the city where they will make their head quarter-s u ntil their departure from aocity. G overnor Evans and his staff, Sen ator Tiliman and the state house ofli cials. went to the Aragon while the members of the constitutional conven tion secured sleeping berths wherever they could. Early this morning the South Caro linians bestirred themselves for their celebration. It was not necessary to hunt a physician to get a certificate and then locate a dispensary, they found everything they needed close at hand and they took advantage of their opportunities. Shortiy after 9 o'clock the military began assembling on Walton street and in a short while tile three brigades had formed for the parade. In a few minutes they began moving in the fol lowing order: The marshal of the day. Colonel John S. Candler, with the following members of his sta fl: Captain George S. Lowman, Fifth Georgia Regiment, chief of stall. Colonel .Johin Milledge, retired. Major .John T. Hiardemnan, Second Georgia Regiment. Maijor Oweni T. Kenan, Second Gieor gcia Regiment. Captain Thoma . Sereen, Furh Georgia R egimnent. Captatiin . . nsymo, Fourth er Ggi Regiment. Capltain C. C. H anstel, Frth Geori Regiment. Captain John D). Little. Second Georgia Regiment. Captain John A. M iller. retir-ed. Captain George S. ('bear, retired. Lieutenant Hunter Ligget, Fifth United States Infantry. Lieutenant Oscar .J. Brmown, First United States Cavalry. Lieutenant Freder-ick Kimball, Fif th United Stattes infantry. Then came the irst and second bat talions of the Fifth Regiment of Geor coa commandcd by i .eutenant Colonel A. P. WXoodward. The Macon Light Infantry and the Macon Volunteers were next in line. Governor Evans and his stall rode at the head of tihe South Carolina troops. The governor's staff was as follows: J. Glary Watts, adjutant and inspector general of South Caro lina: W. WX. Bruce, assistant adjutant and inspector general: Colonel George S. Mc( rary. Colonel N.- G. Evans, Colonel L Hi. McCallai, Colonel J. W. F'lor-d. Colonel A . H. Patterson. Colo nel ID. W. McLaurin. Colonel W. R. Bullock, Colonel 0. R. Lowmnan, Colonel WV. J1. Rollison, Colonel H1. T. Milami, Colonel J. A. Mood, Colonel Thommas :Martin and Colonel Boyd Evans. The fo)urth Brigade commanded by General Anderson was the next in line. Then came the second Brigade under tile command of General Rich FREEDOI'S BATTLE. A Telling Speech by a Constant Friend of Struggling Cuba. NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-The cause of Cuba's patriots was the topic of a big mass meeting held in the hall of Cooper Union last night. The meet ing was under the auspices of the Jose Marti club, composed of Cubans. Mr. Henry Lincoln Winter intro duced the Hon. Charles A. Dana,who was a personal friend of Marti, as chairman of the meeting.He eulogized Mr. Dana as the undying friend of Cuban liberty. Mr. Dana was received with a veri table whirlwind of applause, the en tire audience rising and cheering again and again. When quiet had been restored, Mr. Dana spoke as follows, his address be ing frequently interrupted with ap plause: "My friends, Cubans, Americans: The warmth of your reception over whelms me. I feel that I have done nothing to earn such enthusiasm and such sympathy. I know that it is not a personal feeling. That every flash of each eye that I see before me ex presses the spirit of liberty and the hope of independence for the fairest isle of the earth. And all enthusiasm. delightful as it is, and the soul in which it is founded upon the great principle, liberty for all,order and the opportunity for every man on God's footstool to work out lie end to which nature and providence have directed him. "My friends, it was one of the pieces of the very good fo:tune that have marked a career not short,that I knew Jose Marti. I knew him intimately. I worked with him, side by side, and gathered inspiration from the ideas that flashed from his unquenchable soul. He was a man of conviction,he was a man whose sympathies went over the whole range of humanity and sought for all the full. opportunities of life. He died worthy. He died in the cause dearest to his heart and we who came here tonight to recall his lovely characterto admire his great qualities and to feel that a man was consecrated wherever he went, may well be con tent to gaze upon hisgrave and to feel that he did not perish in vain. No man perishes who follows ideas such as he followed. " For freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baflled oft, is ever won.' There was great cheering at this point and Mr. Dana had to pause a few moments till the applause ceased. "And that grave of Marti," he re sumed, though it seems to mark the failure and disappointment of his greatest aspirations, is in itself a mon ament on the roadside which Cuba marches to her great destiny of uni versal happiness, progress, light and -freedom. For my part I can say that wherever liberty is sought for, there is my country, and wherever a hand is raised or blow struck to secure the freedom of a people, there is my heart and all that I can give shall be ren dered as long as I live. "The freedom of Cuba is a cause that interests all mankind and it is a cause that specially interests all Amer icans. It is on the American conti nent, the last foothold of mediaeval despotism. It is the last dungeon in which the sort is perpetuated to im prison the human mind and repress the energy of man. "I cannot share that animosity against Spain which so many of my friends feel and which I know they feel justly, because that Spain did not make herself ; she inherited the dun geons and the institutions; she has inherited the despotic practices and what is more, she has inherited pov erty. "Where does she go for the treasure that is necessary to maintain her agi tated system. She cannot draw it from the pockets of Spanish peasants; she must draw it from the rich fields and the divine sky of Cuba. But that ex cuse can not justify the oppression, the tyranny and the wholesale plun der of that great and beautiful island from which Spain is to supply her own interests. "So Cuba must be free." The en thusiasm reached fever heat and the audience seemed to have lost control of themselves under the spell of Mr. Dana's oratory. Hats were Ilung in the air and the women waved their handerchiefs in their enthusiasm." "So Cuba must be free," continued Mr. Dana, "and Spain must be reduced to a system of forced economy. My friends, I will not detain you longer. There are some letters to be read and after you will hear speeches from men whose hearts are fired with the inspi ration of freedom, and who will use words wvhich will correspond to the spirit of freedom that pervades all hearts here tonight." At the conclusion of Mr. Dana's speech letters of regret were read from Gen. Russel A. Alger of Michigan, Albert W. McIntyre, governor of Colorado, Governor Culberson of Texas, Congressman Amos J. Cum mings. Gen. Martin T. McMahan,Gen. Daniel Butterfield,Hon. Patrick Egan, Governor Allen of North Dakota, sen ator Wmn. E. Chandler of New Hamp shire,Governor Upham of Wisconsin, Andrew Carnegie and Augustus W. Peters. Congressman Wmn. Sulzer was the next speaker, and he received an en thusiastic greeting. He said ini part: 'In the present crisis in Cuba my sympathies are all with the heroic and patriotic Cubans and I sincerely hope and believe they will succeed. Cuba must and will be free, and independ ent and in my judgment the end is near, the result inevitable and the Cuba-a republic will soon take its stand among the nations of the world. In this revolution, the sympathy of every American and every believer in freedom and in liberty should go out to Cuba and the Cubans." Giving Away Balbies. ATLANTA. Nov. 27.-Some of the fair attendants at the exp~osition have received souvenirs they were rot ex pecting and this fact "should remind our wemen that they had better- keep their eves skinined and not loose their ] wits. ~Last Fiday while Mrs. Geo gia Hammuonid. of Columbus, Geor gia who had attended the exposition., was sitting in the waiting room of the1 depot in Atlanta, a woman, clad in black and closely veiled, entered, car' r-ying the baby in her arms. She ask ee- Mis. Hammond to hold the little< one for a few minutes, which she read ily consented to do. The woman nev-( er- reappeared and search failed to find I her-. Mrs. Hammond took the little I girl home with her. The child is ]~ about a year and a half old and hasit been namedlAtlanta.. THE SECESSION OF SAMPS. DR. POPE JOiNS THE REPUBLISAN PARTY. He Gives His Reasons For the Evolution Wants to Belong to a Party That Favors Honest Elections and a Protective Tariff. His Predictions. Dr. Sampson Pope was yesterday asked by a representative of The State what he thought of the political situa tion. "It is hard,"he replied, "to foretell just at this time what will be develop ed in the future, but I believe that I am safe in saying that there is much politi cal unrest. The convention now about closing its labors has framed a Constitution for the people which, if submitted to them would be rejected by a large majority. There are too many objectionable features in it to refer to all of them, but the suffrage clause'is the most objectionable. It places the power in the hands of the respective boards of registration to re fuse any man not of their political views, and I predict that thousands of white men will be disfranchised by them and more than 100,000 negroes -in fact, as in Mississippi, I do not ex pect 10,000 negroes to be registered. This power comes from the Reform members of the convention, aided by some of the Conservative members. It is intended by the Reformers to per petuate themselves in power. That it is intended to commit fraud under the suffrage clause has been admitted on the floor of the convention. "The Conservatives have developed but four able men-Messrs. George Tillman, George Johnstone, ex-Gover nor Sheppard and McGowan. The Reformers have developed onlw three or four-Senator Irby, Mr. 9llerbe, ex-Governor Tillman and Mr. Burn. None of the latter have had the moral courage to meet the issues arising as statesmen, unless it be Messrs. Ellerbe and Burn. "The suffrage clause is a disgrace to the civilization of the age and is in conflict with the Constitution of the United States and it was adopted whilst the flag of -the nation floated over the hall of 1 ih convention. I was amused this morning, in the con vention, when I saw ex-Governor Tillman wrougat up t0 such a pitch on having the homestead section amended that he moved to strike out the whole section, and although the vote was put on the same motion com ing from another member, it was lost by a vote of 112 to 12. Moral: States men (?) should never lose their temper and attempt to do foolish things. Niany of the poor white menof e tate are uneasy lest they lose their right to vote, and well they may be, for the Constitution puts it in the power of a few white men in each county to refuse them. I predict that a majority of these men will leave the Reform ranks and- seek safety else where." "Will the action of the convention lead to any political changes in this tate?" "Yes, there are a large number of white voters in the State who now feel rree to make new party alionments. The Republican party of this State will in the next campaign consist of L5,000 white Republicans, who have not voted since 1876 or who have come of age since and have not voted, and of 25,000 Conservatives and Refrom ers, who will seek a new party align ment, and of that part of the negroes to be registered who will not follow Tillman." "What are the causes of this change that you speak of in the Conservative an omranksi" "It is due to several causes: First, the opportunity is offered of forming a Republican party without being taunted with "gone to the negro;" sec ond, the frauds practiced in the last election; third, the objectionable fea tures of the new Constitution, coupled with the fact that it was called by fraud, and the fact that the members, although unsworn, do not propose to refer their work to the people for rati fication; fourth, protection of our manufacturing industries, which car ries with it protection of labor and of agriculture, and brings trade to our merchants; in fact every avocation gets its proportionate benefit. 'The protection of from one to one and a half cents per square yard of cloth produced is what keeps our mills alive; without it every cotton mill in the land would be closed, and yet they sell their cloth only for from one eighth to one-fourth cent per yeard profit. This protection duty enables the mill men to pay the mill ;opera tives good wages the operatives buy surpins vegetable and other products, including wood, from the farmers. They spend their income freely with the merchants and others, thereby putting in circulation large sums of money. "The Newberry mill, one of the best conducted mills in the south, pays out $10,000 per month to its operatives, nearly all of which goes into circula tion. The other mills in the State pay out sums in proportion to the help employed. There are now, or will be in six months, 1,000,000 of spindles at swork in South Carolina, spinning 500, 300 bales of cotton. These mills will pay out $400,000 per month as wages, and will bu~y (at present prices) $20, 300, 000 worth of cotton per year. It is a fact known to every farmer who sells to thie mills that they get from one-fourth to three-fourths of a cent. per pound more for their cotton by reason of the location of these mills among us than they would get if we bhad no mills and they sold to specula tors. "So it is to the interest of ever citi ten to favor protection, and interest overns the world. The Republican party is the party of protection, not nly of manufactures and labor, but siso of the rights of the citizen under he Constitution of the United States, ience our people are looking to that >arty. Ilavmgo been protectionist since 884, I naturally go to that party; and do so for the further reason that I be ieve in giving to every citizen very right inherited from Magna Thart a and the common law >f England before the adoption of the Inited States Constitution and every ight guaranteed to him by the Con titution of the United States. "You you may look for a lively amnpaign in this state next year.I vould not be surprised to see South arolina in the Republican column long side of old Virginia, West Vir :inia, North Carolina, Tennessee, louisiana and Texas, Kentucky Mis ouri and Maryland are in the column