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|fj n 1? VOL. XLVI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1800. NO. 8. r;HE FARMERS' COLLEGE. 3LAN OF THE WORK TO EE DONE AT FORT HILL. t?bairinan Simpson, of the Hoard of Trustees, and President Strode Gives Inier I eating- Account of the Work that hits been Done ut the Clemson College. . Fort Hill, s. Sept. 29.?In a :enerally descriptive and somewhat astily prepared article of the 27th instant I endeavored to give the r?adrrs of the News and Courier some account , of the work that has been done and is ; to be accomplished at Fort Hill. r inasmuch as the Clemson College, by I reason of its own inherent importance I and that which political agitation has | given it, now occupies a very promi-: nent place among the educational insti- i tutions of the Stat#1, it niav be well to ' % give an Idea of the erection and prac- j tical operations of the College. WHAT IIAS BEEN DONE. As has heretofore been stated, the I contractors have laid the loundatious of three buildings, the chemical labor-j atory, the presidents house and the j secretary's dwelling, all of which are.: expected to be completed during the; present year. A considerable force of hands, including fifty convicts, is em-; ployed in getting out material for build- j * ing" other structures, which will be j more rapidlv pushed forward next I Spring. Considerable quantities of lain- j Iber and stone are already on the ground, j <nd special attention is being devoted j p securing brick, the contractors thus ir having ;aileu to meet requirements ,a the grade of the article turned out. CHAIRMAN" SIMPSON'S VIEWS. The intentions and purposes of the >oard of trustees may be very clearly >erceived from the "following expresions of its chairman. Col. Ii. 'V. Simp-1 oon, of Pendleton : "The board of trustees," said Col. : Simpson, in response to my questioning. "have not yet determined all the j> details connected with the College. There will be, however, a main college building, four dormitories which will l"1 detached, and not more than two stories high as a protection against fire, a mess hall, a laboratory, a mechanical hall, an experimental "station and a sufficient number of professors' houses. "The professors' houses, I understand, will be twelve in number, including those of the president and sec- j retary of tl~e faculty. "The laboratory, the experimental' station and two of the "professors' i houses," continued Col. Simpson, "will be completed this fall. The laboratory will be erected with all the approved appliances belongingto such buildings. The experimental station, and the j work thereon, will also be put in opera-1 t:on ueiore ine ist 01 January, ana it is the confident hor-i' of the board that the College, at least the freshman and sophomore classes, will be opened next fall, unless there should be some unavoidable hindrance. "The board has determined that in erecting these houses there shall be no ^ money spent on them for ornaments,' their purpose being to make them plain { yet substantial buildings. The main college building, however, if there is to be any ornamentation, will be made the most attractive of all the structures. There will be a meeting of the board on the i-econd day of October next, at which steps will be taken to ascertain the cost of these buildings and to de- i termine upon their further course of! erecuun. ' There have been some drawbacks to the carrying out of the work by the failure of the board to gret brick, but the prospects now in that line are bet-! ter than they have been before and there will be no trouble on that score when the spring opens.'" THE MONEY TO RUN TIIE COLLEGE. "What financial encouragement will: the College need and likely receive?" ''This institution when completed the trustees think can be sustained and supported by the funds applicable thereto without levying any tax upon the people; for instance, ft will get the j Hatch fund of S15.1XJO, and if it"should j get the amount reee.it!y appropriate*] by Congress, which is ';15.000,due on i the 1st of last June, and -S1<?JXX.> due ; next June, the amount to he increased j by SI,000 each year until the sum reaches $25,000, With one- hp 1 f the agricultural land scrip. Sti.500, and the tag tax, varying from *25,000 to 640,000 annually. thrse funds will be sullicient to j ruu the whole work of the College, the t experimental station and the agricul-: tnrol /I unorf i .ftTi* i/U?ai \isz?Jc\i LUJCll w. TI1E COURSE OF STUDY. ' The curriculum, or course of study, has not yrt been determined upon,that, duty having been assigned to a com of which Mr. Strode is pn si- j dent/but il is the intention ofthetriis-1 1 tees to develop very largely the mech- i anicai features of the College." THE PRESIDENT. I "Why did you select a >?r?-s;?i.lit at ft this earlv stas-e of the work V" 1"It was found tirerssarv to have > <>?:! ; man at the head of this institution to ! plan out, direct and conceive the many j matters and things that are necessary j for its erection. No one member of the j board t>f was situated so as to i accept such a position. They, therefore, determine.; to elect a president and put him in charge, so that he might I become familiar with the history ol the institution from its infancy.that in the erection and ideation of the bu'idinjfs everything might he made when cominto a harmonious whole. and ^!hat these bnildiriirs might be made suited to the necessities of the course of study that shall be adopted. Having these ideas in view, the board elected their president at once and .have put him in charge. r.,r- \1 r has DTOVfid to be I everything that was expecte?l of nim. While possessed of very line literary attainments. ho has shown himself to lie eminently a practical man. ami one thoroughly in sympathy with the grreat necessity now existing ol' affording technological education to the youth of our country. One of the most serious difficulties the board encountered was the seh-otion of a faculty. To tind men i ... *?.W.K ?i.r. ?.v.denart I meats was no gri-at trouble, hut tolind men not only competent t-> trach, but ia harmony with the proposed course, 3nd men who had practical knowledge and the faculty of imparting1 that tn nnniU w:iS ft Vt'l'V ijreat It\ ' 4 V.' ^ it ' ' iak b V/ kf <? dilRcu'ty. In "this the boani hopes to obtain lrom Mr. Stro?Ie such assistance as will enable them to make no mistake when the time for the selection cf the ollicers comes." Tin.- sklkcth'n ok a faculty. rfhis selection of a faculty wiii he made next spring, and Mr. Strode is even now considerably burdened with correspondence from applicants lor these positions; !>;jt in lhis case. I am informal, tin- oiliee must seek the man, not the niauthe ortice. i'resident Strode, with his I'amily, is now re>idtng in the old Calhoun mansion, where 1 visited him and spent some time most pleasantly in discussing the proposed workings oi' the Col ; lege witti him. Ii?; will in a great j measure have charge of the selection j : of a faculty, the formation of a cur- j j riculum and other matters almost if : ; noi quie asunportaiu. i The following interview hud with j i him will give an insight into the opera-1 I tions of the institution that is to he, j |and will show that Mr. Strode has a j I thorough understanding of the matters j j upon which he speakes : | '"When will the Clemson College be ! | opened ro the public?" to nnsn its XK/ AO ?? wx > j i doors for agricultural students about | October 1, 1S01. A failure in many ways on the part of important contrac-1 tors might disappoint present expecta ! ; tions. Already one failure of this sortj has for awhile disturbed our calcula- i tions. as the brick contractors lately j abandoned their contract. We are j making every effort to prevent this j failure delaying the opening of the j College on the day first appointed. To ! make up for the lost time we will increase tiie rate of manufacture of the j bricks in the spring to a million v. month and place them in the wall at I the same rate. If sullicient buildings I are not ready for all it is contemplated to open the College for the two lower classes at least. By the year following the buildings of the mechanical depart- j ment will be gotten ready and the Col-} lege in its second year be opened to that j class of students. By the third or j fourth year it may be hoped that there will be" material" from the classes of previous years for the organization of the higher departments of the institution in all lines of engineering." "When will the faculty of the Col-j lege be elected and now win tney ue j selected ?" "A chemist ln-chief will be elected j very soon, as he has to take charge of j the laboratory for the experiment sta-1 tion which is now in course of erection.! His assistants will be elected as soon as j the station is ready for them in its! work. The professors in the College i will be elected in May or June. They j will be selected from the whole South-1 era field of education as picked men j are wan tea lor an wo more nnporuuiu j positions, men of experience and repu-! tation in their special lines. In the lower positions, without high salaries, young men of brilliant promise will be sought. In no case, perhaps, will men j be appointed on solicited testimonials | aione. In all cases efforts will be made to supplement such testimonials by i others obtained in a different way." j "What are the prospects of the insti-1 tution so far as attendance of students j is concerned ?' "Our expectation is that we will nave j more students offering than we can take for a few years. The public interest has been so centred on the College in various ways for several years I that the result is a wide advertisement \ of its plans, etc." "What will be the conditions of admission *?" "These will not be hard. As the Col-! lege is intended primarily for the benefit of the farming classes and the public schools in the country are not of a high gn:de generally, the College will have its own preparatory classes to bridge the crau between the country i public schools^and the regular College classes." "Will scholarships be established in the College V" "This matter has not been discussed yet. but undoubtedly wide and wise provision will be made to secure for the benefit of the State the education of all of its marked talent that may appear in j homes unprovided with wealth. But ine expenses nere win ue very iow au>how. The charge tor board will be simply its actual cost, and this cost will be made as low as possible by using the resources of a farm of over eight hundred acres, and the labor of the students j themselves. Board at. the College will j cost no more than board at home." "What will be the length of the j courses Y" "These will vary from two years to , vmk fn fhp IUL?i V/t ii ? ^ _> UU10, ClV,V/ViVUiitj vw vuv I needs and ambitions of the students, j There will be arrangements here for a very thorough education in all but j purely literary lines. The State University at Columbia will continue, of j course, to offer all advantages that j could be desired in the literary lines, i and these need not be introduced here I except in so far as they bear upon a j thorough English education and upon the opening of foreign scientific litera- J lure to our students." "Are the interests of Clemson College i and those of the University at Coluni-j bia liable to conflict?" "Hundreds of students will come to Clem son who would never have thought of 5-ntering1 any collegc without the special advantages it will offer. On the other hand many must continue to find in the State University advantages in other directions which we cannot offer in our curriculum. There will hardly be an opportunity even for a ? l.ohrann tlio t u-n ac I ^riiriwud > v??\s% their fields will lie so wide apart. Sons from the saisic family will no doubt be .sent one to Columbia and one to Clem- j .Svl: !!) r:i? rases." "ilov; will the finals coming from the J Chnison bequest be disposed of?" ' 'Ju-si? will !>e preserved untouched | :?s n endowment fund of the College, unless the Legislature orders other- j u is^'." "What aid will be expected of the Legislature in running the College V" "The necessary funds for the building.-. and then a "suitable sum to go with the Federal grant annually to keep the Coiiege-in good running order. An annua! at propriation of 830,000 will keep Cletusen in the i'i'st rank of the .Southern agricultural colleges. 2S o i college nor university of any sort, with-1 I if: nsy knowledge i;i the South, would j | hav?! an equal annual revenue, without! ; counting1 tuition fees, if the State adds ' | the above amount to the revenue from ' : the bequest and from Federal aid. | The whole amount for the buildings i ,.-;n ,ilin-(T.,<ili!o nnnn th(? St:)f.p I | ?liunikvviii?ibin?u v.r~~ ! treasury. During the two years that | tin1 College will be in course of erection ! ! over - ??" ?>,000 from other sources could! : be used in buildings. The use of con- j j victs also will very much lesson the! ! demands upon the State treasury." "To the teaching of what special; . branches will the College be devoted j u ?. 1.^tKn AAiirsa mncf ! i >\ tut* r nit'i ?n v?uuioc tuuov : I include agriculture, mechanic arts,! military science and tactics, anil all | arts anil sciences pertaining to these, i i Tins covers a large lield. In addition; i all the branches ot a good English edu: cation would l?e included as a neees1 sity." ; "Would instruction in tnese branches \ Ut' 1^1 V v II UV UUUi\? Ul 1J\ .IUU1U I\ uin, 1/1 I by both y "l>y both. As far as possible the i book instruction oi' the College would : gu hand in hand with practical instruc- j t;on i:i the shape of actual work in field I ct,nn " ; citatt -t.% r. | "Will the College be likely materially i to increase interest in, or elevate the; popular estimation oi", agricultural and inechanical pursuits "That should to the natural result, rhe boy who would come fron the i liekl at home, where he has labored ; with no intelligence scarcely as to causes and results lrom a scientific point <>; view, would return with every 'faculty quickened and a new intelligence which would clothe all the old i details of work with a vived scientilic interest. lie would bear new force for! himself and his State. As to mechanical pursuits, our Southern people have I been strangers mostly as to contact j with machinery. New enterprises are slowly organized with us which have to do with manufacturing' from the general ignorance as to mechanical ap-1 plications in the fields of industry.} When thousands of our hoys who have j received instruction in scientific work- j shops have become men the industrial j impetus will he widely felt throughout j the State. Our industrial dependence ; upon other States and countries will ! disappear with the growth of Southern j familiarity with the mechanical ap-! pliances of this era of an industrial! civilization " TIIEGENESIS OF TIIE COLLEGE. It will not. be uninteresting perhaps j to the readers of The News and Courier j to learn how the idea of establishing j an Agricultural College at Fort Ilill j originated. From the several records \ of one sort and another accessible it is j evident that Mrs. Anna Clemson, wife j of Thomas G. Clemson and daughter of .John C.Calhoun, was the person who conceived this object. Under her its-. tluence Mr. Clemson and other gentle- j n->on nt Pprultptfin hi>an.n as earlv as i 180G trying: to arouse the people of' the | State to the necessity of an institution j of the character which is now to be! established. Various ell'orts were made along that i line until in August, ls"l. Mrs. Clemson herself invited to her house a committee of gentlemen, as follows : Major Ben Sloan, the Rev. II. II. Cornish, Col. J. W. Livingstone. Mr. A. X. Alexander, the Rev. II. \V. McLees, Dr. John j H. Maxwell and Mr. J. W. Crawford, | who. at her suggestion, issued an ad-; dress to the people of the State of j South Carolina, dated August 1*, 1874, i having as the end in view the establishment of a scientific college at Fort Ilill, y~r\ f I*> i\ rAll t h A"f tho I WLllCii WUU1U UJIV/ JVVH." VX . State to become intelligent workers in the material development of the State. At this time Mrs. Clemson proposed to donate forty acres of the Fort llill land to the needs cf the institution. This effort having proved a failure, an'I their only two children, John Cal- j houn Clemson and Mrs. Floride Lee, j both having died, Mr. and Mrs. Clemson j made wills of their separate property j to each other, promising each other at the same time that whichever survived ! would carry out their joint purpose and donate their combined property to the -fnr tho nnrnfi<?f> of f?rPCtin?r ail ;!.!? ricultural college; and it was a part of this arrangement, Mrs. Clemson owning the land, which was valued at .$10,000, and Mr. Clemson the money, that a legacy of 310,000, the worth of the land was to be given to their granddaughter, Floride Isabel Lee. This amount, however was increased in the will to 815.000, Miss Lee having got one-fourth of the Fort Hill place, valued at 85,000, in auaiuon mereio, aim uhuir euuwcu i the Boisseau trust fund, amounting to j a little over 85,000, making in all $25,000, besides the silver plate, appraised at $1,800, and the family pictures. Mr. Clemson therefore in making his i will as he dirt was but faithfully carry-! ing out a solemn promise made to his wife, who died not long after these wills were made. To show the interest that Mrs. Clemson took in this idea, when she was telling one of her friends what had been clone that friend suggested that perhaps she and her husband had not. been as mindful of their granddaughter as they might have been | Mrs. Clemson replied: "We have care-1 fully considered the future of our | granddaughter and what we have done j we considered best for all parties." JOHN C. CALIIOUN THE KEAL FOUNDER. It is a fact also well known that Mrs. Clemson obtained her idea of the establishment of such a school from her father, John C. Calhoun, who always took a great Interest in the education of the young men of t lie country, j Thus we see that from 1800 to the death of Mr. Clemson in 1SSS the one great purpose of his life was the establishment of an agricultural and scientilic school at Fort Iliil for the benefit of j the youth of the State. Mrs. Clemson j herself selected the location of the Col- i lege and the main building will be! erected on the exact spot which she j rvmntod nut To show the reverence in which Fort Hill is held by the people of this and adjoining States, I will mention the fact that the register which all vis-! itors are required to si<rn has upon it over 'A,COO names of persons from various quarters who have visited Fort Hill during the last two years. People i -fV/iw. #31 ] confinnc nnd Hioro ic I Ks\J 111 ^ 1L \J Hi. fUi C^VV/iViiO, (iuu WJVtv ao hardly a day during the summer that there are not numerous visitors, sometimes as many as two hundred and fifty a day. J. D. Campbell. Tlic liarrundia Killing. Washington,Sept. 24.?In the House to-day Hill, of Illinois, from the Committee on Foreigr Affairs, reported a resolution calling on the President for information relative to the killing of General Barrundia. McCreary, of Kentucky, strenuously advocated the resolution. The killing of General Barrundia by the Guatemalan authorities on the United .States vessel "Ocapulco" had attracted wide o + ftirifinn hnfii hr.rrj unil nlir/Vlfl Pnlilip i indignation had increased as the facts of the killing became known and public sentiment demanded that therp should b? a thorough investigation of the killing of a man on an American vessel and under the flag of the United States. There was no law which per-! mitted Minister Mizner to advise or suggest to the captain of the "Ocapulco'' that it was his duty to give up his passenger. When the minister did that he violated precedent and law. The deck of an American vessel was terri tory of the United states, lie (McCrearyj had offered his resolution, because lie believed that the United States minister had not clone his duty, and that the officers of the United States war vessels had not done their dutv, i Americans owed it to themselves ai..l to their llag to investigate the matter. { Wnere was our boasted American i policy. Ilitt said that he believed every mem- j ber of the House was in accord in re-1 garu 10 me propriety <ji ;iu<jpuug uie resolution, lie wished to know all the facts in reference to the matter, and he was advised that tli State Department would send the information promptly, lie instanced the case of Gomez, a poli- ; tical fugitive on the same line of steam-1 ers, whom the government ofNicar-j auga attempted to arrest. The captain, j by consular advice, had refused to de- J liver him up. Secretary Bayard had! sent a dispatch stating that it had been ! the plain duty of the captain to deliver ! Gomez to the local authorities. Thej resolution was auopieu. Colorado Farmers Starving. Dexyek, Col., -Sept. 30.?A commit-j tee has arrived here and is engaged in : soliciting aid for the drought stricken I district in Eastern Araphoe County, in j the neighborhood of the towns of liar-! risburg and Linden. The crops in that i ... 11,;o pOrilUU illC A cviLijJici.c iiuiuiE u>u i year. In all there are at least one hun-1 dred families who depend upon the! Aid Society for this winter's supplies, j and unless there is some aid i'rom the; outside the society cannot 'cake care of j them. ADVICE TO THE ALLIANCE* WORDS OF WISDOM FROM A VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN. ] Alliance >Icn Should Settle Down to their Kegular YlTork?The lienallt of the Or- ' ( tier?\Yh;it lia* been J>o?e ana wnai is i? , be bono. The Alliance swept over the country < like a great and far-reaching cyclone. In the agricultural States its inlluence J was felt everywhere Mnnv persons . predicted that it would soon fail and i that the farmers would become dis- 1 crusted with their own organization. 1 Jt was also believed that, with their , direct dealing with manufacturers and i wholesale merchants, the current of trade would be turned aside and that , confusion would reign in business cir cles. Those who were opposed to tne < Alliance predicted all sorts of disasters j and failures. In fact, many of them hoped that the organization would soon i come to naught and that the farmers < would return to the old way of doing ' things. Instead of weakening, the organiza- i tion is growing stronger. They are learning in that school of experience to 1 which ali must go. if they amount to ] anything. Of course the Alliance, in I * ~ Krtr. ?rtn/Kn miofoVftO "iticf O O 1 1 LiUltlllUY) lJclrD LLICIUI/ liliomixto, j viou c.*o the child blunders and stumbles and j falls when learning to walk. Un- , worthy men have been admitted to I membership and inenpable men have ' been selected for ollice. Xow and then j men have been put at the head of Al- j liances, whose only aim and desire was i self promotion. They either wanted to J make money, or ride into ollice on the j backs of the farmers. All this was to j be expected. Notwithstanding these i backsets, the Alliance is stronger and in J better working condition to-day than * it ever has been. < After all the mistakes incident to a I start and after passing through an ex- * citing political campaign, the Alliance ' should settle down to regular work, < The organization is intended to bene- ] lit the farmers, without hurting any one else. Should they endeavor to . remedy all their evils by some grand t legislature panacea, they will be in the 1 condition of the man who would apply 1 a mustard plaster for all sorts of diseases. The Alliance cannot afford to ride certain hobbies, although they are < recommended by some of their leaders. 1 If one wished to raise a building a few i feet and devoted all his energy on one i corner and left the others on the old j foundations, he would not have a very | comfortable house. So the Alliance j would fail in its beneficial work, if it j should devote all its energies to some . special improvement, or reform, and . leave the others nndone. The work is general in its nature, broad as the 1 foundation of society itself. 1 The principal work up to this time ; has been the fight against the bagging J trust and an effort to secure legislation, 1 which will put farmers on an equal < footing with men of other professions 1 in the business world. They have also f been working to secure cheaper sup- j plies and cheaper money, with a ten- ( dency to get on a cash basis. In the ] light against the bagging trust they } have apparently done good work, for , jute bagging is much cheaper than it i was twelve months ago. They have demonstated to the business world that ' they can combine and stick together, 1 and that is a long step forward. The 1 Alliance stores are furnishing cheaper < supplies and bringing about a sharper ? competition in such goods as farmers ] Heretofore farmers have been in \ the power of middlemen, for the single < farmer could not accomplish much, even if he desired to kick. Now they are in condition to make known their wants. They do not propose to dictate i to other professions, hut they will * maintain their rights. ? The Alliance has much work yet to i do. Jn fact they have begun at the < wrong end of the job; or rather they have neglected the foundation stones ' and mudsills, while they hare been ; buildiner at the ton. It would be well ' for them to reyiew their work some- f what and take a ground start. This c must be done In the Sub-Alliances. c Here are a few of the material wants of the farmers : The cash system; bet- s ter methods of farming: improved 1 stock and implements; the better up- ( plication of manures; better buildings; j diversified crops; raising supplies at \ home as far as possible, and getttng the best terms in buying and selling. , Here are subjects enough to engage the j attention of the Alliance lecturers all e winter. The fact is any Sub-Alliance " in the county might profitably discuss s the necessary improvements in build- 1 ings for several meetings. The dwelling house with all its surroundings, * l-f o 1J /.^ K?imo fr\n hnncflc tvnrLr- ? cii^ ouauico, iycii uo, vv/wviiuvuov.^ ttv*.** shops and. all would come in for sug- t gestions. t More important than material im- g provement is the education of the farmer's family. Herein the Alliance should do its best work. The field is a broad one. including not only the work 1 done in schools, but the information ] that has to be gained all through life. ( It is generally believed that farmers ( are the easiest people fooled in the . TTAIAAA t- t'onrl?rc linrht VVUiiU. JL1C1IV/C uiut/ IUV.1U, li^uv, ning rod men, travelling strangers, r generally, can cheat them out of their ' eyes. The farmers need a little busi- j ness training and one of the most ap- 1 propriate subjects for a lecture or two 1 would be "contracts with strangers." rl'hen the farmer and his family can ( learn much from the reading of books j and papers. General information on a ' i variety of subjects is what the sons and ; r daughters of farmers need. They will j ( do the reading if parents will furnish the books. Along with this general subject of education comes house decoration, flower gardens, proper styles > of dress, good manners at home and 1 abroad, and a high regard for the ] rights of others. Here is work enough ] for the Sub-Alliance this winter. Who \ will be the first lecturer to start out on 1; this line, or a better one? We would L like to have the reports of such for the ! f Spartan.?Carolina Spartan. Dle<l at the Gambling Table. Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 30.?The! 1 game at John Harmon's rooms came to j 1 a sudden ston vesterdav. The dealer's I 5 face paied and the man in the lookout!; nearly fell off his high chair. A corpse j j sat with them at the table. A dead hand was outstretched over the green cloth. Kip Carmen, a well-known citizen and a former foreman of the Pitts- . bury, Fort Wayne and Chicago Ilail- : way shops, ha'd entered the room a : moment before and had seated himself j: at the table when heart disease, caused ; by the exertion of climbing the long, stairs, suddenly ended his life. He had i: K/\r>r% t\r\rw V??iolfh j . Ai-i JfWi. avtut". j 1 w THE NEXT HOUSE. Some Conjectures as to Its Political Complexion. Washington', Oct. 1. - What about the political complexion of the next House? This is the question all Democrats are asking now, but one which few of them Dan answer. Up to a few weeks a-jo every Democrat felt certain that the Democrats would win the next House by at least twenty-five majority. 1 Iowsver when Chairman Fiower of the Democratic Congressional Committee stated yesterday that not one single Jollar except the ?10,000 which he subscribed out of his own pocket has been subscribed to the Democratie fund, and that the result of the election was very :loubtfal, there was some consternation in the Democratic ranks. The Democratic members would not stand an assessment, and with the exception of Mr. Flower, not. one has subscribed a dollar to the fund. Xor have any outsiders subscribed a dollar. Indeed the Democratic committee nas never nuu inything but Mr. Flower's .$10,000, and there seem to be 110 prospects of getting any more. On the other hand, the Republican manufacturers have come up manfully ind the Republican Congressional committee has a well-tilled barrel of money if. thpir hAnrii-mnrfers awaiting* to be spent in the close districts, where it will ju used on the bloeks-of-live system. Somehow the Democrats ol' the country seeru to huve lost all the interest in politics, while the Republicans are lew.ng no stones unturned in their efforts :o carry the next House. As a matter of fact the Democrats should carry the next House by thirty majority, but if no efforts are made the party cannot hope for success. Already :heir are certain Democrats who are dckin? about Mr. Flower's manage :nent of the campaign, but they are dong nothing but kicking and arc chronic cickers. Mr. Flower has gone down nto his own pocket deep, while the dickers and other Democrats not only refuse to subscribe, but refuse to at;empt to raise any money. Mr. Flower ,s working as best he can without money, and is hopeful, but if the other Democrats persistently refuse to subscribe or even work for the party, then ;here can be no success. While the country is undoubtedly Democratic, if ,he Democratic party "refuses to even send out campaign documents or spend i dollar of money, then the Republicans will again control thp next House, and ive shall have: two more years of Tom Heed's rule. However, Chairman Flower will attempt to raise some money on the outride of Congress, and with that expects .0 carry the Democratic party to victory. It would never do for the Democrats to .ose the next House. The Forcc Bill Will l$c Passed. Washington. Octobcr 1.?In the course of an interview on the work of Lhc session with a Star reporter to-day Senator Edmunds was asked if the Republicans would pass the Federal elcc ;ion bill next session. "Will wc pass :he Federal election bill next session V repeated the Vermont Senator. "Yes, t should have been, and could . have jcen, passed this session. More than ^hat, it would have been had there not jeen an agreement (to which I was not i party) between some of my Republican brethren and the Democratic Senators, ft may be that the rules of the Senate ivill need to be amended before the bill ;an pass, but 1 am of opinion that we lave rules enough. Parliamentary prac ,ice long approved provides that when .here is an evident intention on the part | >f the minority to wilfully obstruct legisation. it isperfoctly legitimate and only right that the majority assert its power tnd come to a conclusion. That is my | jelief. There arc those of my own par;y who disagree with me. and it maybe j Jiat new rules will be brought forth to i nect and defeat the captious minority ! jpposition. I am willing such rule be j idopted, it it is absolutely necessary. | _._i_ ji._I.I__I 1 ],;n Ltuic or nu ruie, tue x uutwu cmwun um vill become law before the adjournment )f the 51st Congress." The Farmers Capture Georgia. Atlanta, Oct. 1.?The election held n Georgia to day was lor Governor, >tate oflicers and members of the Assembly. and two amendments to the P/incf if nl inn W J. Xnrl llCIl \V:lP ilected Governor without opposition. I A.lso It. A. Hardeman. Treasurer; W. | Wright, Comptroller General; R. T. | S'esbitt. Commissioner of Agriculture tnd Phil Cook, Secretary of State. All )f these are nominees of the State Dcmoiratic Convention. One of the amendments to the Constitution voted on authorizes the Legis-1 ature to pension indigent widows of the ' Jonfederate veterans, disabled or killed j n the service, provided such widows lave remained unmarried. The other amendment changes the nethod of reading bills in the Legislature )_y requiring that the second reading ihall be by caption only. As it now lands all bills arc required to be read in ull three times in both houses. i'lic Slate legislature v.ju u<: u\clvhclmingly ol the Fanner's Alliauce, J l joint vote in both houses hcin^ more han two-thirds alliance. The Legisla- j ure will elect a United State Senator to iucceed Joseph E. Brown. lirayton Protests. Columbia, S. C., Sept.27.?Ex-Col-1 ector and ex-State Chairman Ellery! M. Brayton, one of two Republican j candidates for Congress in the Seventh listrict, lias prepared a statement of his ;ase for the National Republican Congressional committee and lias tonight urnished a copy of the sainc to the press. To claims his nomination to bo legal md binding on the parlv and recites at ength the facts concerning the congressional convention which met at Lm:olnvill Aug. 12. adjourning twice or. iccount of disorder and linallv resulting n the nomination of T. E. Miller, colo, ed, bv one faction and JJrayton by the )ther. Murdered for "Tellinj; JPapa." Wheeling, W. Va.,s>ept. 30?I lichvoods, Nicholas County, was the .scene .o-day of a sad tragedy, in which CJeo. Sinkle. aged 7 years, a son of Allie :Iinkle, a farmer, shot and killed his ive-year-old sister. The boy. who seems to have been the possessor of a ,'icious disposition, had climbed up and nlcpn his father's iruu from the rack on ;he wail, when his sister said to him: "I'll tell papa on you." This infuriated ,he boy. who levelled the gun at his s:s:er andjfircd, the bullet striking the girl n the forehead and killing her instantly, lie had previously threatened to shoot lis sister for telling on him. Killed Uefore Ilis "Wife. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 27.?W. \V. t- : Kni M JLclliipKiiJ, eugiutrei at mn.uuuio uunuing, aDd.Johu Mabin.a carpenter, engaged in a dispute on an East Lake dummy line train to-night. The train was crowded with people and Mabiri's wife and child were with him. The quarrel resulted in Lampkin drawing a knife and killing Mabin then and there. I ? A GIANT MASTODON. : The skeleton of an Knorimuis Animal j I'ounis in Canada. Ottawa. Oct. 2.?Tlic skeleton of a j great mastodon I'ouud in ILtjatc. forty j miles west of St. Thomas, is on cxhibi-; | lion at that town. The area of the grave ] where the monster's hones were found Is < j 35x21 ieet. The bones were scattered '< over it. one joint tUting into the other I in n heil of irmv marl about six feet be : low the surface. Over the marl is a ] J j th'ck lavcr of black, loamy soil, resem- ? bling m composition and quality the i ! lands thai skirt a moss peat. The following arc some of the" bone 1 measurements: Hind lees, from the 1 I thigh to the knee joint, 47 inches: cir- < j cumfereuee, 35 inches; two foreleg bones < ! ?the humerus?from the shoulder blade ( {to the knees joint. 3 feet 4 inches in ] I^IIUIU (II1U O it'Ub -r niv-nuo in. uicuiuivii encc. The alias joint, upon which the 1 | head is set, has a breadth of IS inches. ] j The shoulder blade measures 3 feet 2 inches by 2 feel 1 ihch in the widest pari. The loudest rib?and nearly all the ribs j I have been found?is 51 inches long and ( I has a circumfcrucc of 10 inches. The j | lower jaw. the inferior maxilliary bone, i | which is in a splendid state of preserva- 1 i tion. measures G feet round from the one 1 , condyle process to the other, and the < ^i- - * i ... i ' < j wiuui 01 mi' jhw is menus. One of the tasal bones, which is toler- * I ably well preserved, is 2 feet 1 inches ( long. and the olfactory channel is 11 inches by o. The joints of the vertebra) * arc like the hoofs of a draught horse, and ^ the channel of the spinal column would j form a bed for a thrce-inch water pipe. ; The length of the animal, gauged by the } I measurement of the bones already fouutl, j ami allowing for those that have not yet I j been discovered, is. from the point of the ? ; .-n-vot-..;! flin vr\t\t /-vfllir. toil oKnnf 09 UUOUil OV/ HIV> i. W v n.wv?.?v .w ? feet. This is greater than that of the celebrated mastodon uiganticus discovered near Xewburg. X. Y., in His Summer of 1S4-3. and the skeleton as a whole is larger and more complete than any | that has been found in Kentucky, Ohio, j Missouri. California or Oregon, where j the remains have been in greater abundance.?Xew York Star. FOOLS ARE PLENTY YET. Merchants Held as Witnesses Against a Green Goods 3Ian. Tkkntox, Sept. 24,?.John II. Bush, a no torious green goods man and an alleged member of the Palmer gang of Xeu" York, who has had his headquarters in this eitvfor the past six months. ; was arrested by Detective Pilger early j this morning while in the act of plucking ? stjOO from two willing victims. Deteci lives Pilger and Leahy have been shadow- ^ ing and working with Push for several ^ months past, and it is believed they j iiavc sufficient evidence to send him to ^ prison for a long term. Push was held by .Justice IJatheson to await the action < j of the United states authorities on charges of fraudulently using the United 1 | States mails and with intent to s j defraud the United States government. lie may also have to answer cnarges 1 preferred by his viclimes. 1 The victims of to-day are typiccal Suotherncrs and came here from 5larion jCounty, h>, C., with SGOO to purchase j 8U>,000 worth of the alleged counterfeit 1 money. When arraigned they gave their v names :is John 1). Bethea and William e J'. Atkinson. They were held as wit- t nesses. They are merchants, and when y they received the circular irom Bush ] statins that iie was making 82, 85 " and 810 bills from plates that had been 1 stolen from the Treasury Department at Washington some timo ago, and that ? they could not be detected even by gov- f eminent experts, they were eager to see ^ one ol liic Dins, inegreeu guuus meu ? sent them a $2 bill with instructions to ^ | take it to their local bank. "It is such a f good counterfeit that even the banks , will accept it." they wrote. The victims c j obeyed the instructions and. of course, r as tiic ?2 was genuine it was changed by $ the bank cashier without a ques- ! tion. Both victims say they were wealthy before the war and that they do not think it wrong for them to buy counter- i felt noncv as the government rumed I tiicm. The National Issue. t Iu the course of a speech at Atehinson, I r Kan., the Hon Charles liobinson, the ^ Do nvjeraic candidate for Governor, said: "The principal national issue ot the J campaign ought to be.and doubtless will r he. the tariff. There arc other reforms 1 | to be considered in the interest of the 1 ; people, and I shall take them up earnest- 1 j iy and in their place, but the question ot the tarat must remain mc great issue, i; The oppressive taxation system now in ^ clleet is a burden on the pejple, and it ( must he removed. It is unjust, and help \ is called for. A measure about to become < a law makes this burden eren greater in the AVcst. and as a Western mau and i I one interested in my fellows in the West, s II think the importance of the tariff ques- 1 j tion paramount.'' There is no question t that in saying this Governor Robinson J I voiced the sentiment of tl.e people of l lv:_ .1 ...,1^,1 f|,? ] HIS OUUC. aim, luuvvu, ui mvi vuuiv . West. __ j rhosi>hatc Magnates. < Ciiakleston", Oct. 2.?Quite a ilutter 1 was caused in the phosphate market ' here to-day by the mysterious visit of a party o! foreign capitalists. Thenar- ] ty consisted of C. Iloyer Miller and E. 1 Packard ol' London, X. Weengard of j Hamburg', W. S. Cooper ol London, j James Gunlyrn of Aberdeen, with 0. ( Meyer of Nova Scotia and K. A. Corde- 1 ray of Florida. They grot here early in ' . the morninc, went up to the Charleston ] . Mining Company's works in the ' I suburbs, took ;i run over the phosphate ; fields and left fur Beaufort at 3 p. in., ' ! leaving instructions for their mail to 1 lie forwarded to Tampa, Fla. Miller anil Cooper are members of the 1 well known Canadian phosphate (inn of Cooper, Miiler A: Co. of London and Montreal. ; The general impression here is that ; the rumors that have been circulated | for some weeks of the intention of an 1 I English syndicate to buy up all the 1 j phosphate territory and mills in this ! >' ite and Florida are true, and that the 1 present party are prospectors. The ^ phosphate men here are reticent on the 1 ' * lrr?rm- ? n T*_ I SilUJt'CL ilLIU ?il\ tlicv uuu o IVIIU ? uuj thing about it.?Columbia Register. No Secrecy About This Wedding. Go?hex. lad.. Sept. 28.?The bigire.st w eddin? ever held in northern f Indiaua came oil Thursday at 2 o'clock, and was witnessed by over 10,000 people. Hiram M. Miisenberger. a prosI perous young farmer ot this county. wedded Miss Xora M. Coulter, the ceremony taking placcon the race track in front of the grand stand at the Elkhart county fair. The happy couple were the recipients of presents valued at over $400, I donated for the occasion by Goshen i merchants. I ADJOURNMENT AT LASTEnd of the First Session of the Fifty-First Congress. Washington, October 1.?The lirst session of the 51st Congress is ended the infamous McKinley bill is now a IUW. i L H ita SigUCU WUll* UJ Lilt er of the House. The Vice President and the President within a single hour. The closing scenes at the Capitol were about the same as usual, the only sen sational feature being the dismissal of the Republican post master of the House for malfeasance in office. It was a bitter pill for the Wisconsin Republicans to see their friend "Wheat turned out of Dilice in disgrace for dishonesty. The committee appointed to investigate the charges against him was unanimous in recommending his immediate removal, mdj the House promptly endorsed the committee's 1'mdings. It was a rather mortifying rounding up of ''the great "liet/vrv-rriolrinrr" ceccinrt ftf whlV'h t.VlP Republicans boast so loudly. In spite of the Wheat episode good feeling prevailed in both houses through)ut the day, and at 6 o'clock this evenrig, when the session ended, there were 10 traces of the recent parliamentary jattle visible. Democrats and Kepubicans mingled pleasantly and exchanged the usual farewell greetings, having ipparently forgotton for the moment ;he conliidt over the force bill and the ;ontested election cases. President Harrison revived the prac;ice discarded by President Cleveland of spending the last day of the session at :he Capitol with his Cabinet, and re named in the President's room aajomng the Senate chamber until adjournnent. Neither 'house transacted much new msiness. the time being consumed in gathering up the threads of the session md disposing of the formal resolutions lecessary to the closing of Congress. "Private" John Allen, of Mississippi, ook advantage of the crowded galleries md lack of official business to deliver me of his inimitable speeches, in which le burlesqued the Republican party and jointed out in a highly humorous'style. T ~ "1 /J WAf* of f A .1C UUUIU 11UL ICOiOLi V11C CClii^'C'CfcUlviJL cv/ ;all attention to some of the unbroken iledges of the majority. In passing he illuded to the recent attack upon Senaor Quay by Congressman Kennedy, of )hio. and "created considerable amusenent by taunting the Kepublicans with 'ailing "to deny the damaging charges nade against their leader from Pennsylvania. In spite of his fun and good minor he told some very plain truths, vhich were not relished"by the Repubicans. SIGNING Tin-: TAIFF BILL. As President Harrison squared himelf to affix his signature to the tariif )ill Secretary Blaine and Senator AlIrich, who had been conversing on the iofa, arose and stood against the table. ^Ir. McKinley was directly opposite the 'resident and the rest of the gentlemen vere grouped about the table. "Does your hand tremble V" inquired Secretary ] Maine. "Not "a bit," was the response of the 'resident; "I shall be able to put a good lignature." Looking up to McKinley the Presilent asked, "Do you want the pen when . have finished V" The response of the author of the bill :oukl not be distinguished. In a firm tana tnc rresiugm men wrote; ,vp>roved October 1. 18H0. Benjamin larrison," saying as he did so. "I will ise plenty of ink." "When he had finishd Private Secretary Ilalford was about o dry the signature with a blotting pad. is had been done with the rest, but Mr. ilaine stopped him with the remark. Let it dry," and the private secretary aid the bill aside without blotting. Having seen the Executive approval ;iven to the bill Mr. McKinley moved oward the door followed by the others, virile Kepresentative .Mason addressed he President: "Mr. President, I have dajor McKinley's permission to ask you or the pen you have just used for one >f my little "folks." With a smile the ion?an ordinarv steel Falcon in anlain :edar holder?was handed to the Chica-! fo Representative, and at 3,22 the scene it the signature of the tarill bill ended. -News and Courier. PLAIN TRUTHS PLAINLY SPOKEN. The Severe Speech of Charles J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore. Boston, October 2.?At a meeting of he National Civil Service Reform League to-day George "William Curtis was lected president for the ensuing year, rhe treauserer's report showed a baltnce of 82.000 in the treasury. A paper jy E. M. Shepard, of Brooklyn, on "Eximination in character essential to complete competition." was read. Charles J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore, )resiuent 01 tne .uaryianu jueague. reau i paper on the ''Relation of civil service eform to other reform." lie declared ,'ivii service reform to be necessary be:oro other reforms could begin. lie said: "To expect to get solutions of the tar1T, currency and pension problems from inch men as make up the bulk of either louse of Congress, or to deal wisely with ;he labor and lipuor questions through >uch men as ma'ke up our Legislatures md councils, is as irrational as to exfin-c: frnm thi<5tlAs_ A veritable Ser jonian bog of intrigue and grapple with { :hese questions have any but the high- j ist standard of honor. The standard of j ;hese politicians has been defended by j :>ne of their own number?a Senator j ivlio has declared the purification of j politics to be an iridescent chimera and j hat the Golden Rule had 110 place in a j political campaign. The same doctrine I is echoed by every unfaithful trustee. | iishonest trader, habitual swindler and i :hief. The profession of politics is un lerstood by spoilsmen as essentially an | immoral profession like that of gambler jr conlidence man. The politician may is well, so far as his sell-respect or public utility is affected, be owned by a rich man, rich corporation, Farmers' Alliance, Knights of Labor or Grand Army jf the Republic. lie is a bale of the ; same goods, whatever be his trade mark.j ]'o rid our country of : hese dangerous ! cfytocnifjii ! tlliu 11VA1VUO V/UUiibU V/A ouuvciuvn inul make room ftv ilie genuine article, which we produced in good measure une hundred years ago, we have only to io away witli the incidents of public life which have arisen and made it no lit career for honorable men. "When we have practically applied the prtnciples of civil service reform through our Fed- j OlttLCd dilU. municipal ; we may hope for other reforms so much desired." 'tiller's Bid for flic Nejjro Vote. Washington-, Sept. 29.?Represeuta-1 tive Miller of South Carolina to-day in-1 troducea a bill appropriating 81,000,0001 for the erection of a suitable liome | where disabled ex-slaves may be cared ! for. lie also introduced a bill making i an appropriation of 8250,000 for the erec- j tion of a raonumont in some city, to be j selected by a committee appointed for that purpose, to commemorate the valor and patriotism of the negro soldiers who fought in the Union army during the late war. A HUSBAND'S CRIME. HE MURDERS HIS WIFE AND KILLS HIMSELFA Helpless Woman Cruelly Shot?Her Little Crippled Son a Witness to the Frijjhtful Deed?The Husband Rushes to the River and Drowns Himself. Louisville, Sept. 25.?The CourierJournal describes as follows the double crime of Frederick Gehm, who murdered Ills wife and drowned himself: une or me most oiooa-curanng murders and suicides that ever occurred in this city was committed yesterday afternoon between 5 and 6 o'clock, on Tenth street, between Main and the river, in which Frederick Gehm, a young German baker, shot and killed his wife and then took his own life by casting himself into the Ohio river. About 5:30 o'clock Gehm went down Jiam sireei 10 me enterprise xouacco warehouse and, entering the front door passed to the rear of the house. Several men were working in the building, butt he paid no attention to any one, though^^ he was slightly acquainted with them, ~ v At the rear of the place is a pair of^v-steps leading up to the third story of a tenement house facing on tenth street. At the foot of the stairs his little.step- - 7^ son, Adolph, was playing. Without , .. giving the child any notice, Gehm as- *,. i cended the steps slowly until he reaped \ " the second iloor, when" he itas seen 1 colored man to put back his h'akd_ as if *>. y ? tr> r)r?iAv a nisf.nl" Then wifH .'tivn !/vr '5 f three bounds lie reached the tot> floor, when a heavy sound, as-of the famjjg.of..-f&p a large body, was distinctly.heard-'by" "r.% i those below.* This was instantly follpW; \ . ed by the firing of a pistol three times.'' A half dozen eolored mfen down s$airs?" <*. >' heard the shots, and thinking tha^some one had been hurt, rushed up the steps, but not in time to prevent C eHm from . dashing down and out the rront door. They at once gave pursuit, but the desperate man ran so rapidly that -before they had reached the street he-was almost to the Daisy trestle works on the bank of the river.* As he passed under the bridge he was seen to raise the smoking weapon, which he still grasped lirmly in his hand, ana lire, apparently at his own head. The shot did not take effect. In another moment he had reached the canal. He looked wildly . abont him for a moment and then sprang head first into the water- During the excitement of the pursuit the shots that bad been fired on the third floor were forgotton, but after the man had jumped into the river the men returned *to make an investigation. Several members of the tobacco tirm.in the rear of whose building the murder " * -was committed, startedup the stairs followed by a number of others. The sight that met their eyes fro7p theii blood with horror. Lying in the little kitchen just at the head of the steps was the body of Theresr Feige, Gehm's wife lying on her back in a pool of blood. By her side was a water bucket which had dropped from her stiffening fingers, and from her white forehead blood was still oozing. When his pursuers reached the bank the man had gone under for the last ume. i lie me savers were ax- once notified, and Captain Devan sent three men to the scene in a skiff. The search had hardly been in progress fifteen minutes before Gliem's body was caught in the grappling hooks arid drawn to the surface. The corps was lifted into the boat and taken to the bank, but it was decided to remove it to the life saving station, at the foot of Third street, to await the arrival of the Coroner, As the body was lifted out the water a twodollars bill fell from his pocket into the river. Crouched in one corner of the room between some old pots and kettles, was the little six-year-old crippled son of the woman, who lay stiffening in her own blood. He seemed stupefied, and stared iii a dazed way at the lifeless form of his murdered mother. Some of the men tried to attract his attention, but he seemed not to notice their presence. After allowing hin to sit in this position for a moment, some one approached him and caught his hand. Still gazing 011 his mother he uttered the lirst word he had yet spoken, and slowly said: "Papa has killed mamma." Tears sprung to the eyes of many and thev left the room with a picture upon their memories that will * .vays be~ remembered. The little fellow was turned over to the police, who took him to the Central station, where he remained until a man who lived near the family on High street came and took him to'his home. He is an unusually bright child, and he seemed to fully understand the situation. The couple had not lived happiiy. Gehm had treated his wife badly, and she had filed a suit for divorce, which was the immediate cause of the rash deed of the husband. T nwvor Tnrror] ;?ml Bakesfhd, Cal., Oct. 2.?Early yesterday morning tea masked and armed men appeared at the door of the Court House and demanded the keys of the s jailer. They said they wanted James ^' llerrington'to whom they proposed to / give a lesson. They seized the jailer, took his keys and put him under guard and then' captured the sheriff alsrf. Next they opened the i^iland t/ok Ilerrington l'rom his cell. "~7i'e"r?slsted desperately and the men gagged him, put'nim in a wagon and conveyed him to a lonely place four or five blocks away, stripped him and applied a coat of tar and feathers. Ilerrington was then set nt liberty and lie disappeared. Herrington has toen known in this neighborhood nearly three years as a pettifogging lawyer, whose principal business was the promotion of land contests, thereby obtaining: money from the trouble he" caused among the settlers. lie was in jail on a charge of perjury preferred against him by a settler whom he engaged in a contest. He had been arrested the proceeding day and was lodged in a cell only a few minutes before the arrival or Vigilantes. Twenty Dead Iiotlies. Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 27.? Through a gentleman from Pendleton, m;?s \>;w iccuixju tiuo U.HJ*.ii-iifs vi a. railroad disaster at Wauconza, eight miles east of Shoshone, on tiie Oregon Short line, at S o'clock Friday morning. The station is the passing point for the Union Pacitio fast mail trains. The eastbound train pulled into the station on time and side-tracked. A minute later the westbound train ran in. The switch to the mam track was closed, and it ran ahead into the eastbound train and wrecking botii engines. The infer maut says the passenger cars were all smashed. When he left twenty dead bodies had been taken out and it was thought that there were more in the | wreck. Friday's trains were all abandoned. Passengers from all points this I side were delayed, as there was no train j run out from Huntington that day.