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The Mayilnno' Democrat. ?U?)I.181IKD KYCI\Y WEDNESDAY DY S. A. UV OWN ? < O S?USOIUPTTO^^ Ono Copy, Ono Yoar.$1.00 Ono Copy, Six Months. 60 Entered at tho Post?nico at HcniiottsYlllo\ 15. O., as second class mall mnttor* SAFETY M A s??Aiiitri NEWS THAT DROUGHT TEARS OF JOY TO THE EYES OF MAMY. 'iiio i.oDiv MUvlug HtouinHlitp Arrlvua ut Tjust- Thu Nmvn Iteoolvctt nt tho Ofllcos of the Company with tho Gvonloitt iSx oltomont. i ?>. NuiW YORK, Feb. 15.-Whoo the nows roached this city last Tuesday morning that tho La Gascogne, a largo ocean sicamor with somo four hundred ?>assongors aboard, which loft Havro or this city over three wooka ago, and which was given up by many as lost, w ns sighted off tho bar, there was tho greatest oxcitemont around tho com pany's oflice, which was crowded with anxiods inquirors, who bad relatives and friends on board tho steamship. Thoy had boon standing around with palo faces, oxpecting at any moment to hoar tho worst. When tho word carno that tho ship was safo for a moment stillness; reign ed whiolf Avas almost painful in its in tensity. Agent Forgot for a moment wac /rendered speechless, which evi denced how anxious bo had been for tho safety of La Gascogne. Thon ho regained hiinsolf and became wildly hilarious. Ho shouted, ran hero and there, grasping tho band of Ibis ono and that ono, and fairly jumped up and down over tho floor iii tho excite ment of the moment. Then bo nut on his coat and shirted for tho French Line pier, whore a tug had been in readiness for sovoral da vs to take him to moot La Gascogno should she bo sighted. Several of tho anxious ones waiting for news started from the of fice to board tho tug with lily. Forget. Many wet eyes could be seen in tho Fronch Lino ot?lco when tho good nows was ascertained and tho tears woro not from tho eyes of women alono. Strong men wept as little chil dren. Tho strain of days of worry had hoon too much for thom. Ono man, a Mr. llicbo, broko down completely and sobbod as if his heart would break. Mr. llicbo had three daughters on hoard La Gascogne, two of them of very tender years. He had abandoned all hope when tho joyful tidings carno. The delay of tho steamer was duo to a broken piston rod and to the terri lie gales which have swept the North At lant.o for llio past week or more und brought disaster lo many a staunch craft. Capt. Baudolon and officers and caew of La Gascogne brought the ?hip and passengers through the gales ?ntl made port without help. From tho timo they loft Havre on January 20, until Monday, they spoke no trans Atlantic steamer and saw only a four masted schooner, tho one which re ported at St. Pierre, Miquelon, N. S., as having seen a largo steamer off tho banks apparently in distress last Sat urday. ? THE CAUSE Ol?1 THE DEL VY, Tho steamer left Havro January 26. On tho first day out 449 miles were logged, on the second day 407 miles ; on the third day, after traveling 880 milos, the piston rod broke and eigh teen hour? were spent in making re \n\\p& When they wore oomploted tho ship steamed at nine miles an hour making in all sixty-six miles on tho 29th. On tho 30|li, 31st and February 1, 216, 215 and 2?? miles a day wore mado respectively. On February 2, tho piston rod broke down again. Tho break was more serious this time. Sea anchors were put out and for forty-one hours tho ship was hovo to, making ropairs. On tho 4th the lust severe weather was experienced, and the ship was blown 150 miles out. of her course. On tho ?th tho .repairs having been completed 103 miles were made. The ship was thou clear to the northward of tho track of tho trans- Atlantic lino, and was therefore not seen by tho many steamers which passed over the regular track. On February ?th 160 mues were mado. On tho 7th tho ma chinery broke down for the third time. Tho heavy cyclone struck heron that day and tho ship lay hove to with sea anchors out all day. No headway was mado and owing to tho motion of tho ship, ropairs wore di (lieu lt. On the noxt day tho chief engineer who had .-been at his post day and night, com pleted tho repairs and tho ship proceed ed 131 miles. On the 9th, for tho fourth time, tho machinery broko down and only seventy-four miles woro mado, and to the great rejoicing of all on board, Fire Island was sighted and tho ship crept up to her anchorage ol? tho bar. , Tho United Press tug was received with a cheer by tho anxious passen gers. They crowded to tho rail, yelled and 'clapped their hands with all the enthusiasm of tho French race. Tho officers refused to allow anyone on board, and would not come to tho rail to talk. Tim passengers wore moro < Qbligb't?* Julius Matrigrih, a repre ' sontative of thc glovo linn of Perrin Frerors & Co.,of Paris and Now York, was interviewed over the side of tho ?hip. Ho said: "Wo broke down on tho third day out. We did not become alarmed, as wo did not know very much about what was thc matter. Thc captain, said it was all right, and wo had confidence in him. Our first ex perience with gales was on February ^th. We had a terrible blow then, and Ono of tho boats was badly damaged." i "Was anything carried away?'' . "No, tho ship stood it well. We had plenty of provisions, and fared tir.st rato. Wo wero blown away off our courso and spoke no steamers until ?esterday when wo saw an American inor bound for Philadelphia." THE ENGINEERS STORY. From Chief Engineer Adolph Mar tin was obtained a moro dotai lcd des cription of tho nature of tho break in tho Gascogne'., machineyr. Tho break \ occurred m ono of tho piston rods about half way between tho traveler and .tho piston. It was duo to a Haw. I Though there wore facilities aboard for making repairs, tho location of the break was such that an attempt to re pair it would have required the mov ing Qf machinery and would have been ^attended with oyen moro delay ami \dflloulty. Thoroforo it was decided lo disconnect tho affected cylinder from the other two, which used indepen dently. This necessitated tho taking out of tho injured piston, a delay of seventeen hours. Tho cutting out of this cylinder reduced tho pow or from 9,000 horso to -1,500, bringing thc speed down to one-half. Later tho crank shaft got heated, and thc bear ings had to bo changed. Tho break was not caused by any strain from bad woathor, but simply to tho Haw which existed in tho new machinory., Tho engines ai oof tho quadruple expnn sion typo. Thero aro six cylinders, sot tandem fashion in two tiers of threo cylinders of sovonty-nino inches in diamotor each;ono intermediate cylin der of sovonty-nino inches diameter: VOLUME X?. "Do THOU UIW&T ?IUBWEY INPVIHK OUK SOULS AND J?AKI? OUH L?YH? ftc ?THY ifossr^ioN UAVVV, OH OOH DKAUHS GLORIOUS1 IN 'J HY JUST DEI-KNBK." ? ?. ? '_:_'^ym' ~ JJENNETTSVILLE, S. C., WEI 0B?Y, FEBRUARY 20, 1895. NO. 8 ono high pressuro cylinder of forty two inches diumolcr, and two inter mediate cylinders of forty-two inches I diamoter. She lins twelve boilers of the single end type, each niuo feet six inches in length and Hf teen feet in diameter. Bcforo the lirst break down the aver age revolutions to a minute wero six ty-two. When repairs had been mudo thoy could not do better than lliirty livo and after meeting tho storm it bo camo necessary to reduce it to thirty. Tho lirst break down.? occurred 1,230 knots out nt sea. It was tho piston of tho intormediato cylinder thntoraeked. The second mishap was tho occasion of most delay. It was on tho fifth of February that it occurred. Tho isolat ing of tho injured, cylinder affected tho control of tho steam, which passed directly from tho high pressure to the quadruple expansion cylinders. The after cylinder becamo so heated that tho contro becomo disabled. It was necessary lo wait for it to cool before anything could bo done. After the second reparis, La Gascogne got along without further trouble to her engines. Before tho repairs wero made thc second time, however, La Gascogne'? passengers learned something of thc terrors of tho sea. Tho strom whicl the steamer ran in on February (ttl was doubtless responsible for tho sec nd accident, because of the strain it put on tho lessened power facilitie: which had been strengthened by sonu new work. This new work readily heated from friction. Steerage waj was lost and tho steamer rolled int? the trough' of the sea. The passengers al) remained below It was 10 a. m. of ?he fourth .that tin oyel?no started. That night and tin following one wero sleepless ones Many who retired on tho second nigh got up after the accident. Tho rollin] of tho vessel was fright ul. Huge sea dashed against the port lights, am ono heavy wave reach ed its balk ii) nearly to thc bridge. It damaged on boat and carried away twenty teeto rail on tho main deck. Tho broUei piston rod weighed .seven tons. Chic Engineer Martin says that it will lalo about live days lo repair tho damage done, and will cost about $5,000. L Gascogne will be started out on Wed nesday next. Eighty men, the ful compl?ment of the engineers stall', ar engaged in disconnecting tho brokei rod. A Murtloi'or Cfufoil. COLUMBIA, S. C., Fob. 15.-The fo lowing interesting story waspublishe in the Evening News of Tuesday "The negro, Joe Averick, who In many aliases, as Hain Roberts, Al Small, Mack Lee and Sahl Grant, is i tho grip of the law. Hois charge with murder and various crimes lei heinous iii their nature. His story s given at the trial is a most interes'tiii chapter of crime. Ho first lived wit Mr. Christian Riser at Ashton Static Collaloo county. Averick then wei to Georgia where ho killed a negr After this he assumed tho name Sam Roberts and went to livo wi Mr. Levy Harvey, of Scrovcn count Ga. He killed a white man nairn Howard while there, becoming c raped with Mr. Howard at tho resi of a transaction about some collo Ho escaped, took tho hame of A Small mid '^'gaii op?rations in Sava nab. For koine d?pr?dation comm itt there t he police utlemped his arre when he killed Lieutenant Navey, tho polic? depart m cn I. Averi?le aga el uded justice and Hod to tho Poca tal i region, where ho look thc name Sam Grant and commenced liv i with a woman form Fairlield count claiming her as his wife. Shortly i t?r wa rds ho went up to fairfield a got work from Mr. Dariran Brown. 1 made frequent trips from there to C loton, his former home. Detceti\ havo been on his trail for monti Ho was some weeks since located Columbia, and from bore traced l''airiiold. After much trouble h? vi arrested'oil tho line Jbotwcoh Richln and Fairlield by a posso composed li. C. Williams, Durham:Brown, D gan Brown a nd Cook Brown. l?o v brought to this city early this moi ing and committed to jail by Tr Justice Troy lo await requisition poi's from Georgia. Mr. Howard vi murdered iii October, 1803', $500 ward is offered for tho murder Lieutenant Navey was killed in Feb arv, 1804; $700 reward is offered in t case. So thoro is a total rowrrd ?M,200 for .Too Averick. It is a c wbero justice traveled with a leal heel, may she strike the guilty with iron hand." Au Insano Mothor. Prrrsuuita.Pa., Feb. 15.-Mrs. Ai lia Selbort, carrying her son, Willi Solberl, niuo months old, and dr ging along her daughter. Alario El helli, live years old, plunged to dc in tho Ohio river near her home Cornpolis, about noon Monday. '. woman was the wife of William i hort, a contractor and coal dealei 'Cora polis. Sho was thirty-four ye old and had but tho two children took with her lo lier watery gra Mrs. Solbert'is supposed to havo b insane. Sho was a mild-maniiei motherly woman of norvous tempi ment. She was devoted to her li band and children. Last Friday homo of Airs. Selbert's brolbor-in wns destroyed by'?fire. She broo over this and today had her broil in-law and his family como to house to live. Shortly beforo n today Mrs. Selbort abandoned work and started towards tho ri with her children beforo any of inmates knew what was up. Ja Noss was Ort the opposito sido of river bank and saw tho woman lu along tho stream to tho open pl where she plunged in. Ile saw litllo girl pull it?\vay from tho w; and endeavor lo escapo, but in v j A search for tho bodies was institi land thc motlier was found with baby in her arms, whilo with her hand she hold tho right hand of little girl. Suicide while insane, tho verdict of the coroner's jury. Flromnn ns InoondlnrloH, . YPSILANTI, MICH., Fob. 17.-San Graham, captain of Houso Comp No 2, was arrested this morning ch ed with incendisaisni. Kov tho eighteen months fires, destroying cant houses and outbuildings, 1 been frequent on the east sido, ami fact that Capt Graham's men wore ways ready to respond caused sui ion, which tho polico followed Charles M. Walker last night mai confession implicating Capt Ora and Fireman Archie Harrison, i liam was arrested, bul Harrison ? not bo found. Tao mysterious censed when inverai wcoks ago th p?riment was reorganized and system of paying firemen by tho ] for work performed was abolis Graham declares that ho is innot INTERROGATING CARLISLE. -j Tho Noorotnry ll of ino thu Contniltlcu <>f WHJ s and .Heans. WASHINGTON, Feb. ii*.-For three hours today tho ways and ?nouns oom mitlco of tho House was in session. For two hours of this timo, Secretary Carlista was boforo it. IJo furnished tho committee a copy of tho contract mado between tho administration and tho foreign syndicato which recently agreed to purchase tho now bond is sue. Tho contract was very short,but at tho Secretary's request, a resolution was adopted by tho committee that nono of tho proceedings connected with this document should bo made public. Tho Secretary was subjected to a running Uro of questions from the members present. Mr. Gosvonor, of Ohio, wanted to know why those bonds aro lo bo sold to tho syndicate at a price six per cont, below tho quo tations of the fours. Tho Secretary replied that tho administration had made tho best terms with the syndi cate it could. l?cing asked if an attempt had been made to secure tho sense of tho coun try upon it, tho Secretary replied in tho negativo. This precipitated a dis cussion in which tho attitude of the administration was severely criticised not only by Republicans but by cer tain of tho Democratic members as well. Before leaving Secretory Car lisle suggested that a proposition bo reported from tho committee to re lievo tho Treasury from redeeming national bank eurrpney und compell ing tho banks to establish an agency for tho redemption of their own cur rency. Tho effect of this proposition would bc practically to restore tho law as it stood boforo 1871. Mr, Tarsnoy, of Missouri, offered a resolution that power bo given to tho administration tb issuo a 3 pe? ?oht/ gold bond whenever such action be came necessary to protect, the gold re serve in the Treasury. It also pro vided that nono of this money should bc used for the current expenses of the government. Tho resolution-offered by, Mr. Wil son, of West Virginia, tho chairman bf tho committee, yesterday, looking to tho issuance of $?2,00(),(H)0 of bonds payable in gold also carno up for con sideration.and it drew from Represen tative Bourke Cockran, of Now York, an emphatic declaration that ho would oppose this proposition and any otho' which looked to tho endorsement of thc contract with tho foreign syndi cate. * Messrs. Recd and Hopkins, between thom, questioned Secretary Carlisle at considerable lougth regarding tho nec essity for an issuo of gold bonds. Did ho think that such an issue of bonds would stop Ibo drain of gold and would not some of the money be used to meet current expenditures? They also asked about the ostini* to receipts of tho government for tho remainder of tho calendar year, and if tho Sec retary really believed there would bo a surplus within the next eight or ten inohths. The Secretary answered these questions frankly, and coining back again to th'? question of contraevinp; for the salo of tho bonds, ho insisted that no favoritism had been shown; that tho administration had consulted with tho leading Eastern bankers up on tho subject; h. d made the host terms it could and would huvo done better. After tho Secretary's withdrawal from thc cointnittco room, tho various propositions pending were ordered to bo referred to a sub-committee, to be reported to thc full committee later in tho afternoon. Thc Democratic mem bers of thc sub-committee aro Wilson, Turner rind M ryan, Payne and Hop kins were added on tho part of tho Re publicans, but it was subsequently agreed that tho Republican members of tho committee should select their own representatives. After tho com mittee adjourned tho R?publicain met informally and selected Rec? and Hopkins. Later in tho afternoon fuller lolails of what occurred between Secretary Carlisle and tho committee became public. Secretary Carlisle, explained his reason for asking that an injunc tion of secrecy.be observed regarding tho terms of the contract on tho ground that if the manner and time of paying for tho bonds were made known,bank ers and others might corner tho gold which the syndicato must procuro to pay for tho bonds, and thus greatly embarrass them. As a matter of con sideration for tho syndicate, therefore, ho preforred that nothing should be said outside of thc committee room re garding the contract, although ho ad ded that so far as tho government is concerned, there is nothing to con ceal. .At one point in tho hearing Mr.Rced referred lo the drain of gold from tho Treasury and repeated the argument iliat has frequently been made that if tho greenbacks wore retired, tho gold reservo would not need furthor re plenishing. Mr. Carlisle then inform ed tho committee that under the law of 187-1, National Bank notes may bc offered at tho Treasury department and redeemed in groonbacks. It was for this reason that ho subse quently suggested that an amendment bo made to tho law which will relieve tho Treasury from redeeming tho na tional bank notes and compelling the banks to establish an ogenoy for tho redemption of their currency. No in considerable part of Secretary Car lisle's remarks had roforenco io this provision of tho national bank law upon which the .members seemed to desire tho fullest information and which ho gave them in detail. Disant rouH Storms. HAMFAII, N. S., Feb. I?.- Tele graph advises received from South Hay. Capo Breton, state Unit the place bas been wiped out of existence by tho storms of last week. Tho proporty washed into tho sea includes fish houses, wharves,' boatos, stores and lishermcu's dwellings. No lives were lost, but scvoral families living on tho beach wore rescurcd with groat dilli cnlty, and saved nothing but the clothes they woro. Grconcovo reports that tho storm was the most disastrous ovor known on that coast. Boats and tho fish houses were nearly all swept out to sea or wrecked on i.'io beach. No mail has been received sinco Fob. 2, and Ibero is no telling svhen Ibo roads will be cleared. Kilted tito Natives.. SIDNIOY, N. S. W., Fob. I?.-A dis patch faom Perth, West Australia, says that seven mon have been arrest ed in Coolgardie for massacreing an ontiro native tribe, including women and children. Tho mon had gonoout gold seeking, and woro oneamped : noar tho vilhigo of tho tribo which tthoy aro accused of exterminating. h { CARLISLE'S CONTRACT AS MADE WITH THE EUROPEAN SYN DICATE FOR GOLD. Through Chnli'iimn Wilson of tho' Ways amt Jii'inw C'ommlltoo, lt IH I'Ksciitvil to tho House-On Our- KnuoB to tito Man ly CoilgiCHS. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Mr. Wilson, tho chairman of Ibo ways nod means committee, vosterdny aftornoon roporl ed to tho llouso tho joint resolution agreed upon in committeo authorizing tho issuance of a thirty-year 3 per cont, interest bearing gold bond. Tho report accompanying tho reso lution includes a copy of tho Presi dent's recent message to Congress bearing upon tho subject and also ii copy of tho contract made by tho Treasury Department with tho Euro pean syndicate for tho purchase of tho now bonds. Continuing, tho report says : "Tho committee bavo had the bene? Ht of a conference with tho Secretary gf tho Treasury, who exhibited to them tho original contract entered in to by himself on tho 8th day of Fol)-1 vuary, and explained ifs details to them. A full and complete copy of said contract is here added. From a reading of this jin per it will bo seen that tho arrangement of the Secretary with the parties to this contract ofVcots tho purchase of ?3,500,000 ounces of standard gold coin of the United Slates (amounting lo $05,110.275,) nt least one-half of which shall be obtained in and shipped from Europe. For this I gold coin he has contracted to issuo to the parties furnishing il,'under au thority of the act for tho resumption of specie payments, approved January .1, 1895, 4 per cent, thirty-year coin bonds of tho United States at a price] which realizes them interest at the rato of 31 lier cent. Put the Secretary ! of the Treasury has reserved tho right, f authority is given him by Congress, to substituto at par auy bonds of the I United States bearing ?J per cent, in terest, of which the principal and in terest shall be specially payable in United States gola coin of the present weight and li ne noss, said substitution, however to be made within ten days] from the dale of tho contract. "It is tho object of the joint r?solu-! lion herewith reported to give to tho I Secretary of the Treasury authority to | substituto sueh bonds to the amount of the contract. "Tho saving to be olVeeted.lo the government, as set forth in tho Presi dent's message, will bo $530,150 poi* year for every year tho J por cent, bonds run, and of ibo amount of ?10, 17-1,770 should they run thirty years. As it is not believed by that commit tee that thc issuoof bondsspeeiallypay able in gold will impose any addition al burden or liability upon tho govern ment than if they ure made payable in coin under its pledge and policy to preservo tho parity Of tho coins in thc two metals, the saving of this largo amount becomes a matter of substan tial moment and advantage to thc gov ernment And as the parties- to tube | the bonds are tinder cont rael to furnish gold for them, it seems no hardship on the government to contract to pay them bade in thc sumo colli that they furnish to it. Following is the text of the contract! between tho Treasury and tho syndi cate: 'This agreement, entered into this 8th day of February, 181)5, between thc] Secretary of the Treasury of the Uni ted States of thc first part, and Messrs. Belmont ec Co., of New York on be half of Messrs. N. M. Rothschilds & Son of London, England, and them selves and Messrs. J. P. Morgan et Co. of Now York, on behalf of Messrs. J. S. Morgan & Co. of London and them selves, parties on tho second part "Witnesseth : Whereas, it is provid ed by the Revised Statutes of the. Uni-1 ted States (section ,'1700) that the Secro-1 tory of the Treasury may purchase coin with any of the* bonds or notes of ] tho United States authorized by law at such rates and upon such ternis as he may deem most advantageous to tho public interests; and tho Secretary of tho Treasury now deems that au emer gency exists in which tho public inter-1 ests require that hereinafter provided, coin shall bo purchased with the bonds ] of thjo United States of tho description hereafter mentioned, author//.od tobe| issued under tho act entitled, 'An act to provide for tho resumption of specie payments,' approved January l-l, 1875, being bonds of the United States des cribed in an act of Congress, approved July ll, 1870, entitled, 'An act to au thorize tho refunding of the national] debt; now, therefore the said parties of tho second part hereby agree to sell and deliver-to tho United States threol million live hundred ounces of stand ard gold coin of tho United Slates, at | the rate of $17.804.41 per ounce, paytt bloin United States 4 per cent, thirty] year coupon or registered bonds, said I bonds to be dated February 1, J 805, payable at tho pleasure of the United States after thirty years from dato, is Isued under tho nets of Congress of I July lil, 18?v>, January 20, 1871, and January 14, 1875, bearing intoreafc at| tho rate, of 1 per cont, per annum, pay I able quarterly. "First-Such purchase and salo of gold coin being made on tho following conditions: (1.) At least-one-half of all coin delivered hereinumkr shall bo obtained and shippod from Europe, but the shiprnonts shall not bo re quired to Oxc??d 300,000 ounces per] month, unless thc parties of tho sec ond part shall con eut thcroto. (2.) All deliveries shall bo made at | any of tho sub-treasuries or at any other legal depositary of the United States. "(3.) All gold coins delivered shall bo received on tho basis ol' 25 8-10 grains of standard gold per dollar if within thc limit of tolerance. "(4.) Bonds delivered, under this] contract aro to bo delivered, free of ac crued interest, which is lo bo assumed and paid by tho parties of tho second part at tho limo ol their delivery to] them. Second--Sh?uld tho Secretary of Treasury desire to oil'erorsell any bonds off tho United Stoles on or be fore October I, 1805, he shall llrst of fer .the samo to tho parties of tho second part, but thereafter he shall be free from ovorysuob obligation to tho | p.irtlosof tho second part. "Third-Tho Secretary of Treasury hereby reserves tho right, within ten daya from tho dato hereof, in COHO, ho shall recoivo authority from Congress therefor to substituto any bonds of tho United Stales bearing 3 per cont, hitor est of which tho principal and interest shall bo specilically payable in United States gold coin of tho present woight and li lioness for tho bond.i herein all uded to ; such 3 por cont, bonds to bo< accol by tl io phrticsjjof tho second parfcf par. ' That is, 7it $18(5,0(55 por op v s iftt pndte^? go Ut ' '?fourth -No bords 1ml 1 bodollivor cd lo, tho parties of tli? second part, or oitlmK?rtnem, oxcopt iu payment for coin -?yom time to time received lioro iuid?';wheroupon the Secretary of tho Treasury of tho United Slates shall and will deliver tho bonds ns horoin provided at such places as shall bo de signated by tho partied of tho second Girt: J Any expense of dolivey out of ii i tdd States shall bo assumed and paid by tho parties of tho second part. "Ittfth-In consideration of tho pur chased of such coin, tho parties of tho sccontl part, and their associates hore undoif, assumed and will bear all tho expci so and inevitable- loss of bring ing gold from Europe hereunder; and as fut as lies in their power, willoxort finan?ai influence and will nm ko all legitimate oll'orts to protect tho treas ury of tlic Unified States against tho withcL'awals of gold, pending hu com piolo proforma nco of this contract. "In witness horoto, tho parties here to have hereunto sot their hands in iivo p&rts his 8th day of February, 1895. j - J. G. CAKI.ISLK, "Secretary of the Treasury. .< August Belmont & Co., in behalf of N. M. Rothschilds ?Sc Sons, of London, and themselves. "J. B; Morgan & Co.. in behalf of Messrs. Morgun & Co., of London, anchthoniselve. Attest: W. E. Curtis, "Francis Lynde Siolson.'' A DiHpoiiKflr Short. CO-'AJMMA, Feb. if). -The first, of tho. dispensers to como to grief on account of shortages is Mr. B.) O. Evansville dispenser at St. Malthows, in Orange burg County. Governor Evans is very hinch interested in tho matter and will seo it through to tho end. He says that there is but ono thing for him to do and that is to havo tho dispen ser arrested and prosecuted on the ohoi'g?) of f.-oadulent breech of trust and larceny. How the shortago oe curred is no concern of tho State, and it wijl lose nothing by tho shortago, os tho bond lins already boen turned over to lawyers to sue and collect for thc amount of tho shortage, which is re ported to bo from $2,200 to $2,800. Thc bondsmen are F. J. Buyok and Philir Rich, Und they aro moro than able tc pay as large a bond as might bo rc quired, Governor Evans says that bc cannot possibly understand ' how thc shortago could have gotten to bo a^ hugo as roportcd. If thc county board had checked up the accounts and in sistcd On settlements bo does Hot sci how tho amount could have gone u] to $2,000. Tho dispensary only carrie; a stock of ?15,000, and tho shoring! charged up must have been tho resul of a series of months. The wboh matter, Governor Evans says, will bi carefully investigated and dealt will as it ought lo bo. Mr. Scragg, one o the inspectors, went to St. Matthew at the order of Governor Evans ?UH cheeked up the business a nd stock am has the stock ready to turn over to th successor of Mr. Evans who will b put in immediate charge. It is the in tention of Governor Evans to have th dispom-'.ry reopened ?if once, mwl wit that view th. board for Orangebur? County has been ordered to elect Mi Evan's successor immdiately. Th Slate will not lose a sou, G over nc Evans says, and so far as ho can ul derstand the settlements that aro b? hind aro with tho county and tow authorities, and ought not to hay been allowed to run ?is long they hav< Governor Evans says that lie will loi no time or Opportunity i ti prosccutin any of tho dispensers whoso accoun ?ire short ?iud that tho inspectors ha\ instructions to visit all of tho dispel Buries just as soon as possible Tl bonds aro to bo scrutinized as well i the accounts of each and every ono < tho dispensers. -News and Courier. Wrookod by <?us. MKADVII.T.E. Pa., Feb. 10.-A g explosion, followed by lire, complet ly wrecked the residence of G. II. Ci ter, the lumber otlice building of Ci ter & Bro., and caused the death George Culler and serious injuries his wife, son and house maid. The had been for some lime, adeak in t fuel gas supply pipe iii the street, in this morning at 8 o'clock, George ] Cutter, Willard Cutter, Charles Ci ter, son of George, and W. M. McCli lock w.ere iii front examining tho len A locomotive and caboose passed ai the gas ignited from tho engine's il box. Two deafening explosions fi lowed, completely wrecking tho tw story residence, which foll as if it wc a heap of rubbish and kindling woe The warohousc and ollice ruins to (ire instantly. Thc How of gas add to thc tire, and in less than Ovo mi utos nearly the entiro mass was n blaze. Mrs. Cutler and tho serva girl, \Vho whero in the house, \v< badly' burned and injured, but w probably live. The boy, Charles, v fastened in the wreck by a hugo timi which rested on his leg. It was thong his leg would have to be out off, bu persistent ell'ort was made to light I Humes away from him, and by hoi* work, tho firemen were given ti enough to secure powerful jack sere and he was liberated. It was neccssr .to covey him with clothing to prof. him from tho heat of tho lire, wh was but a few feet away. All th victims wore taken to Silencer I iospil Wm. Cutter was badly burned by explosion, and was thrown . ct across the streot. Charles was also jared, but not seriously. George ? tor, who died shortly after the oxj sioiij was badly mangled. He \ carried lo a neighbor's liouso and d in a few minutes. Thier (?corgiii St orton, ATLANTA, Fob. 15.-"Dr. J. D. ?J rared, of Mossy Creek, has a yoi Jersoycalf which (litters from cal in common, in that its front feet exactly like those of young muli said Col. .loo Undorwood, ol' Clo land, tho other day. "That's nothing," replied Rov. S mons, who was in tho group of list ors. "I, saw a whole drove of h on the road bi'tweon Fayetteville i Fairburn, and tho feet of tho wit lot of ^honi wero round Ilk ia' yoi i)(At% i,yid not a cloven f0o< ?hnc thoni. lThoy bolongedf'- a niau nan Reoves ^uid ho probably is in pos? sion oittho prced today/' "Talkimg about strange crittei said a fall mountaineer, dressed in convectional brown jeans, ? 'you foll don't} ' nOlhin. I was stain for a cV my dogs wa? rmmin' 'h Ins/' snii. or-but don't say any th about Uni t?arf of it-when 1 pul down on !,..<,> dumdest thing you o saw. I(.cliupe(i 'r/li'0n I. shot, and wi I went*, to cut its throat I noticed i foot was likoa bear's, ono legs 1 wool o i it likoa'wildcat's, shari?ch anil all ?nd blamed if tho other win like ajraiuo roostor's!"-Constituti WILL Tiffi GOLD STAY? THE QUESTION NOW ASKED BY WALL STREET MEN. Variation* lil thu Cold Supply In tho 1'ust Two Your?-Kow tho Treasury linn Hoon Drained-A Thoughtful llovtow of tho Situation, Ni5W YOKK, Fob. 16.-Tho World of a fow days ago published tho fol lowing article, which shows very plainly* tho absurdity of tho- present plan of try i n gf to preserve tho gold re serve, lloro is tho article: Will tho gold stay? That is tho query which Wall street men aro thinking if they aro not ask ing concerning tho last deal of tho gov ernment with tho bankers. Tho teach ing of history and very livoly history, is that ns soon as tho gold gels into tho treasury it will bo taken out main ly by tho samo pcoplo who put it in. So far as tho history of tho bond deals has been shown in op?ration a gamo somewhat worse than the gold brick swindle, for in this gamo tho victim is allowed to keep at leust tho gold brick, while tho government gives away its good bonds and is thou promptly de prived ovon of tho gold brick. Since tho panic of May, 1893, tho ups add downs of the heap of govornmont gold has been tho text of thousands of columns of newspaper tafk, of talk in and out of financial and legislativo circles enough to crowd thousands of volumes gf tho Congressional Record, and incidentally of profit to tho bank ing world far up into tlio b?illions. Stated in a bulk sum, tho govorn mont is trying to keep $100,000,000 in ' gold in a soivo. lt saw $35,000,000 go through tho seivo onco. Then tho soivo was lilied, and it saw $15,000,000 slido through. Once moro tho seivo was mica, and $58,000,000 went through Uko sand. So tho govern ment, with tho aid of Messrs. Belmont, Morgan and Rothschild, is again about to fill up the samo old seivo tho treasury of the United States. So to keep this seivo full tho govornmont j has gono into debt to tho tuno of $1(52,-1 000,OOO, and contracted to pav out) while the debt runs moro than $107, 000,000 in interest alono. All around tho edges of tho sei vc, apparently working with might and main, io assist tho govornmont in nil ing it, stand representatives of pretty near every banking house in theeoun try and of foroign ones as well. While below tho seivo catching the golden shower as it falls through tho partners of these same financial COiicornscatch ing tho coin and bagging it up ready to pass back again, over and over again ad infinitum', or as long as tho seivo holds together. That is ibo situation in a nutshell. While over the whole matter have hung no end of clouds of talk, surmise, advice and speculative' interest. ? v The first loan came in January, 1804, after a summer and fall spoilt Oil thc part of a number of money-dealing houses in carrying oil' tho yellow coin from the ever-open -United States I Treasury. It wildon January 17, 1804 Secretary Carlisle issued bis first bond call, saying that bc would receive bids for $50,000.000 in ten year bonds. Ho fixed tho price at $117,223 for $100 bonds which was equivalent to a 3 per cent, return for the investor. There was a loud storm of protest, and ovory body dealarcd it was ridiculous lo ox- ? peet to got tho uso of their gold at such I ngUr?s. The money-loaning chis wore ; expecting with tho anticipated revival of trado that there would be a demand 1 for their waiting millions, and it was I not until the government agents carno I on to New York city and bogged, ca joled and bullied those who had semi Govornmental positions as heads of na tional banks that tho cash was turned over for temporary uso to the Govern ment. "Temporary usc" is tho exact | term to uso in the transaction, because immediately after tho sudden drop in tho specie holdings of tho banks in cident to tho taking of tho bonds, tho "specie holdings" started to climb and diu so steadily until tho Government was ready for anotho replenishment of tho sci ve. Tho inside history of that, call loan of gold to tho Government lias many chapters which are Moating about in whispered erossip. How ono largo in surance company madou bid got its sharo of bonds and thou with the most shallow pretenso at concealment, took tho gold from ono end of tho sub-lreas- ! ury to pass it in at tho other to assist in retaining tho reservo. What was not downright rascality in tho solfish pro ceeding was supremely comic. Thon carno thodrainingprocess. All during tho summer of 1891, with an occasional attempt at damning thc How on tho part of tho govornmont, until in tho fall of last Year tho reservo of $100,000,000 stood at tho $55,000,000 mark. Tho moment of breathless sus penso with which tho financial world saw tho reserve encroached upon dropped to a mild sort of spasm when tho $(35,000,000 low point boforo tho January loan was roached iii Novem ber then tho 65,000,000 mark only brought a slight chill, and tho bond call carno, with hundreds of nionoy holders and lenders scrambling for a slice of tho big melon which tho coun try seemed to bo cutting with such reg ularity. Tho pressure/ was so great that a syndicate who had worked tho whole thing out calculated on making a neat turn of a million bypassing tho bonds along to final holdors. Thoy bid $117.07 on Novombor22, 1801, and took tho whole instalment, proceeding to at once mark up tho price to lil), and woio opening upa vory profita ble trado when thoy were practically tripped up by tho follow in trado. The decoros Withdrawal of gold be came mad rushes, raids and lootings, of the government gold heap. It dis appeared to thcoxtontof over fourtoon million in a singlo week. It was no wonder that tho drop to $42,000 o?a was accomplished in about tv* ?nonths time. Many exports yrpP learning tho same, and caloy^i0.n? woro ma.(I? ,?s to how m?*'*<)l H10 u"? money in tho i,,,,,*?.-* could bo gotten rid of through tiloso loan?, and iiow long it would bo boforo tho lending rate for money would bo stiffened lnto^puyhig figures. Again tho gold heaped up in thobanks until tho Associated Banks of this city which docs not include ibo ontiro list, have $82,000,000 in specio, whilo tho 8,737 national banks of tho country havo about $225,000,000 in specie and will? a fuir subtraction for silver, about $'?00,000,000in hard yoliow dollar., rest today in those vaults, without taking into account tho rica and influent in I State banks. Tlioro is no claim that tho baukiaro gathering Into tho vaults any hereto toro hoarded gold. Instead, their pian agers confess that their stores ero de pleted undor ovory protonso b/timid and avaricious ones A lio aro neut on ? hoarding. Thor? is only ono ultimate ?curco for tho gold coin . hold today in tho bank vaults subject tv statistical ?numera tion, and in tho scores of doposit Oom? panics and privato vaults out of all numerical Icon., That soureo is th? Uhited States government vaults, and a survey of tho sovoral deals shows how profitable has been tho process of taking "tho gold out and putting it back again. It is a standing joko .tho country over 'about tho silly granary keeper who bought at tho front door tho grain, which tho olovor chil?oniors had drawn from a leak in tho rear of his groin bins. Tho laugh on tho buyer smothors tho blame on tho tricksters, but tho trickery ip there, whether tho grain bo gold dollars, tho granary tho United ?tates treasury, mid tho" ma nipulators financiers of tho first water. It is business to loud mony. It is busi ness to lend a man his own money, if bo has not tho wit to seo through'tbo transaction and ?trongth enough to slop it. Ibo tlire? gold loans from thoso who will always bo ready to loan tho coin as long as the government is ready to borrow it, have been so crowded to gether that no citizen, however short his memory, eau fail lo grasp thoir wholo bearing, Tho acts follow so fast on each other that therq is no time to go out between them if ono wishes to watch the v.-bole farce through. In tho sumnmr of 18i)3 ibo government had its coveted $100,000,000 aud more. Then came tho strat of the gamo and tho climax of tho first ronner when' $57,000,000 of "now" gold poured into I tho slovo-liko vaults. Ten months later moro "now" gold, this timo $58, 000,000, poured from ditto to ditto. Now, two months Inter, and tho fig ures chango to $05,000,000, and tho] samo aet is gone through with. Tho tom-tom boat a dill'erent lune aa each act in tho Chineso drama is gone through, and this lust act upon which the curtain is going down has an ele ment of delicious uncertainty in thc promiso that it is to bo new gold this limo and that it is not to be drawn from tho treasury by any subterfuge, There is an implied charge in this ti?at Unelo Sam has bocnsudly buncoed in giving something for nothing, and the1 facts of history in tho case prove it be yond doubt, lint the natural ouery is, has tho bunco game stopped? If so, why so? Thero have been eminent financiers as Unelo Sam in every ono of tho other deals. In fact, some of tho names run through from act to } act. To tho lay mind with a memory a year long there is somet hing incredi ble that tho government should hav< promised to pay out $100,000,000 for tho uso of a few millions of gold for a few days. Tho two loans al ready-practical ly closed out show that| for tho uso of $57.000,000 of gold fron February 1 lo about October J lust j 1 year tho government must pay tho money lenders over $15.000,000. ' For tho use of another $58,000,000 for less] than two months tho government under obligations lo pay another $15, 000,000, so that for tho permission to j hold a little over a hundred million of I their gold for less than a year the lead ing' bun levi's or financions or fools or syndicate have exacted over $30,000, 000 in interest, or about 30 por cent, for tho uso of tho gold, and this samo now gold still waits in tho vaults other than Uncle Sam's for a repetition of the| sad farce an infinitum. donison Collogo IluUttort. CALHOUN, S. C., Fob. ' 1(1.- Tho work of furnishing and rofitting llTts ] interior of Clemson Collego is hoing rapidly advanced and everything will be in ordor for tho reoping on tho 21st instant. Messrs Ilunnieutt and Bel lingroth, of Atlanta, have tho contract for putting in tho heating apparatus. A test was rccontly made hy Trustees | Donaldson and li radi ey to seo if every thing was in working order and with tho exception of ono or "two " minor matters, tho radiators were found to work successfully. Tho exterior paint-' ing of the College and chapel has been delayed by tho excessivo cold prevail ing of lato. Tho Colllogo people think that tho action of tho board at thoir last meeting, when it was decided not to pay for student labor, will havo tho i elTect of keeping away a great many boys. President Oraighead is receiv ing many letters from parents who' want to send thoir sons, but who say that they will bo provented from do , ing so if thoro is to bo no pay for labor. ? It is thought that thoro will not bo moro than 250 lo 300 boys at tho opon ing. Last yeartho nnmber went at] ono time to 580.-Nows and Courier. A Tn i o .Sol cl lor. WASHINGTON, %eb. 16.-Senator I Hunton . has received a letter from Lieut. Gen. Schofield acknowledging I the latter's thanks for Senator llun ton's remarks in tho Somato urging tho confirmation of tho General's nom ination apropos of the fact that Gen. Schofield was military Governor of Virginia. Tho lotter is ns follows: My Doav Senator : Many times dur ing tho past twenty-fivo years pleas ant personal messages havo como to mo from Virginia, hut it has remained for you tomako tho first oillcial and public declaration of tho faot', which lias always boon so dear to mo, that I had gained tho friendship and confi dence of tho big hearted people of Vir ginia. This is an honor far moro dear to mo than any military rank, and I thank you vory sincerely for having takon so fitting an occasion lo mako public declaration of that great honor. Very respectfully and truly yours, ' J. M. Schoofiold. An Ugly Ciise. CALHOUN, S. C., Fob. Kt.-An ugly lease of poisoning has boen brought to light in this neighborhood, by wb'^h Goodloo Davis has lost his Jit'?- Ino facts as far as ascoV^'W, nyb,*ihU Polly Davis.tl- ?vilo ?jH^M? i juni0/9Uvn'p, a girl, Jn^ppiKvHivcr, all ,,*?-?*oes, conspired to poison Goodloo Davis. Janio Sharp was sent to buy somo rat pois?n, which Oliver put'in to whiskey, which Davis drank. After gotting sick from tho ollfc?ts of tho draught ho told somo ono that ho was poisoned and lived only a fow hours. Tho two women havo been put in jail, Oliver made his escapo, but has boon since captured. It is said th$t tho woman wanted to got rid of her hus band so that ?ho could "marry Oliver. A SumuHif lons Thtof. LAUriKNH.Fob. 15.-Frank A. Perry, a young win to man, was arrested last week charged willi entering Now Prospect Ohuroh and robbing it. j?o Bold iii?'Ohhrch bible and a carpet in tin? city, claiming that,ho bought thom from a nog^ro, but ho Cannot name. ?rVhlontity tho negro. Tho young man ' claims to conic from Groonv?l? and to havo good family connections, Tho bible Juts boon oo-, covered, - Ad vor t iso v. A OYl?HriHBM'K? TS INM?T?D' A.T i ow ?t/vma,. A Di KIND? OF JOB '.?'IUNTIN? DONK rUOMl'TJiY. iB?KF . WOBK 19 MADJfl HPF.OIALTV. t^SlOMl) IN YOUH QHOEHt?, 1NU Ufl THE HOUSE SITS DO CLEVELAND'S PROP isl alton afc ; ?S?oby '0fi\sM, ^ wm (VU1;': ThoUlll A tt.Miovly.hiK M?o JHH?^J^?y You ii l'ov Cent. ?ohl ltonOfl, und Ad?v#c?t?ti hy tho A?.lmhilB(vuth>ii, Klllort hy 4\\y ?j^' Joilty. ., : *WABuiNu;ir???, Fob! R?; dayVdob?t? ni tJjo J ?ouso nimei?l ques?i?n Ml^Wi phnsizo tho fact that no io, feeling tho financial sitti^ expected from .tho Fifty gress. A week- ago thp. H$ y tx voto of 102 ? to\>?; lust Springor banki\ bill, which contained thorizing tho issuo of ? interest bonds, and yosl^'l?^?,^^ still moro decisivo voto ON?>JW>.'<^B20, it declined to authorizo tho iss?eV'jf $05,000,000 8 poi- cont, gold bofuls with .which to replace tito H poi' odo*, bonds . negotiated with tho Moi'gnw Belmont syndiealo in payment foi* tlio purchase of 3,500,000 ounces of gold 1 coin. Tho consideration of ?ho joint resolution for this purpose reported yesterday from 'tho committeo on ways mid means by Chairman Wil son, occupied all of tho session of six mid a half 1 lours, und tho discussion, ittrncted an utlontion of' spectators which ovcrllowcd tlio public galleries Mid encroached upon that reserved Tor the diplomatic corps and other dis-. Liuguishcd visitors. The debato fol lowed in a general way tho lines of tho debate on tho Springor hill inst weok, but tho opposition today was much moro aggressive than on that occasion. Mr. Wilson -was aided in advoua?y of tho mensuro by Mr. Reed (Ron.) of Maine, Paine, (Kop.) of Now York, , Turnor (Dem.) of Georgia, and By num (Dcm.) of Indiana, all members of tho committeo on ways and moans, who urged that tho- joint resolution was a business matter merely, disassor siated from politics or anything of that kind, the passage of which would result in a saving of $10,000,000 to tho people. Thoir olforts were seconded by Dmiiols (Hop.) of Now York, StOno (Rep ) of Pennsylvania, Coombs and Hendrix (Dom.), of. Now York,-.Sprin ger (Dom.) of Illinois, and Cooper (Dem.) of Florida. Tho opposition to'tho passage of tho i joint resolution was lcd hy Mr. Hop kin's (Rep.)r* of "'Illinois?'- rind Bryan' (Dom.) of Nebraska, mombers of tho ?oinmitteo on ways and means, and it loveloped some startling points. Mr. Hopkins assorted that tho President was not animated by patriotic motives in sending his latest message to Con tres, but a desire to unload upon that body tho responsibility for a transac tion negotiated by his former law part uer that would not tho syndicate rOp W him $85,000,000.- 'Mr; Bry an declared tho scheme proposed in tho joint resolution to bo but another stop in tho accomplishment of tho con spiracy to slrunglo silvor, and solemn ly assured tho llo.uso that so serious did ho.oonsidor it to bi that were.th ovo . tiny probability of its passage, and tho forfeiture of Ins lifo would provont it,*. he would gladly lay down his lifo in that behalf. . .' Mr. Cannon (Rep.) of Illinois hinted ?rt impeachment, and Mr. ' Hepburn (Rep.] of Iowa said that Republicans who favored tho measure, proposed a. - - now policy, a repudiation of all tho declarations of tho party in the past - and tho institution of a now policy tjuit called for a now following., Other speeches against tho joint res olution were inado by Messrs. McMil- ) lin of Tennessee, Wheolor of A labama mid Grosvonor (Rop.) of Ohio, mem bers of tho committeo on ways' and means, Livingston (Dom.) of Georgia, North way and H?liek (Reps.) of Ohio; Bland and Hatch (porns.) of Missouri, Kern (Pop.) of Nebraska, Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas and Van Yoorhis . (Rop.) of Now York. Tho voto wds taken at 5 o'clock upon tho question. . 'shall tho joint resolution ho engrossed -V.'-' and read a third time?"- tho result hOr i - ing aS stated-Yeas 120 ., nays 107. . : ' 1 'Tho bill is dead," officially declared tho Speakor, and at 5:80 oVlook tho House adjourned until tomorrow at ll o'clock. All tho South Carolina momhors, except Murray, voted against tho bill. * 1 Tho Govovnov's Stnflf. COLOMBIA., Fob. 15.-Tho following general ordor was yesterday issued hy Ute Adjutant and Inspector General, making tli? long dolnyed announce ment of tho appointees on tho stan" pf .. Governor Kvans : "The porsons named bolow, having beon appointed on tho military staff* of tho Governor, aro assigned to duty . and will bo obeyed and rcspctii?^ coru?ngly: g "Coloilol W.? W; -Eruco.1 Assistant Adjutant and Inspector Gen?raT,"' Co lumbia. "Colonel M, B. McSwoeny,.Quartor mastor Gonoral, Hampton. "Colonel George 9. McCravy, Com' missarv Genoral, Laurens. "Colonel D. W. McLaurin, Fn--. giiieor-in-Chief. Marion. "Colonel J. A. Mood, Surgeon Goiv oral, Stunt or. "Colonel H. T. Milor, Paymaster General, Charleston. "Colonol A. Howard Pattorsoiv Judgo Advocate General, Barh wq|y>' Colonol J. W. Floyd, Chief of Ord naneo, Kershaw. "Aides to th?Commauder-inrOhiof J Lieutenant Colonol Dan ll. Bohre, Waltorboro; Lieutenant Colonol T. C. Robinson, Picken*, Lieutenant Col onel W 1?. Bullock. Abbeville; Liett iomvnt ColonoLO^odV R. Lowniun, Orv angol?ti'?-(A?jf?utonant Colonol VV. J .. Rawlinson, Yoi'kyillo; Liohtoiitint Col-? onol Thomas Martin, Beaufort ; ? Lieu tenant Colonol L. Bradwoll, Aikon. "By ordor of tho Governor. "J. GARY W-vra, . "Adjutant and Inspector General." A Still Story, ' f|.CotXiMniA, S. C.. Fob. 15. - A sad dory comes froth Kdgofl?ld Oounty? - A'e'ol?ved woman liad a son, about fft who was atllictcd with ? peculiar mal-* Inly. She was advised to carry h j m to Augusta, and on Monday she shirt ed to that placo with tho boy fri a, wa?, .ion and somo country produce to sell to buy tho medicine. Wliilo on tho way snow bogan falling and tho boy was frozen to death in his? mother's inns. Tho grief stricken mother loft :ho corso in a house und wont to Ali-, ? ushi to buy a collin for hoi- ohild. !<ows. What a Oooijo, WA?-HA.^WA?., Feb; .15..Gone rm, of tho Japanoso army, hus ca nilled suicido in a tuomo'u.t of a?ji 1 iccouut; ot' tho desertion ot* a ju >? Uis sitbOidinatcfji