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v . . - >?k*j*SB >1^ m ^jiiItiv 11/i0iii'<0^^ VOL. XL VI. WIN XS BO HO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1891. NO. 29. "fearful.ioss^of life. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN MINERS KILLED 3Y AN EXPLOSION. Sprinshlll, Nova Scotia, Thrown Into Mourniujj?Several of the lioUles Fearfully Widows and 157 Cluldrm K?*fr Vi>i>rovided for. Spring i: i ll,. Mix j:s.X. S.. Feb. -3. ?An explosion occurred! in the mines of this place yesterda v. Al midnightn:uety-four bodies have been recovered, and | the lota! number *.>f dead is thought to be 117. A largely attended public meet-! ing was hell last evening and arrangements for a public tuneral on Tuesday I were completed. Chief Inspector Gilp- j in arrived yesterday morning. accompanied by Madden and went down into the | mine. Mr. Gilpin says so far as the evi- j J ?vr?lrtfcu?n nfiMlrrff] in UrU^C OUW ?? mv. either X?*. 7 or G balances, arid that the force of the explosion in these balances is very great. Most of the timbers were ! knocked our, allowing the roof to fall, breaking boxes and mutilating men and horses. Tow small lires were smoulder- j inj; m the debris, but were extinguished at once without any difficulty by the j sejirching party. The explosion, Mr. Gilpin says, did! very little damage to property in Xo. 7 slope, having extended but a short distance beyond the tunnel, and all the deaths m that slope were from suffocaiinn hi- (irft damn. Manager Swift was atj;the boLtorn of No. 1 slope about lit'teeu : minutes before the explosion occurred. J and intimated to one of the roadsmen ! that he was going into the place were j the explosion occurred. He has not j been seen since : probably his body will j be recovered when some of the de bris is j cleared up. A boy named Boaton heard the ex- j plosion and rushed ofTto the place where ! he knew his brother was at work and j succeeded in carrying him out uuia- j jured. Ilis heroism is one of the chief j J rrW. topics Ui WUYCISUWVU. iutiv .inw plenty of volunteers to search for all the 1 bodies. Men who came to the pit as i spectators divested themselves of their j ccats and unhesitatingly wcut to the rescue of their fellow workmen. Many! ..Knotlr- snnnoc IVOVa TCI <tp?n h<">! }l Oil I ovtuw M Vi.K/ W ~ ~ ? the surface and underground. Several | of the bodies were so fearfully mutilated j that they were placed m bags and brought up to the surface. The explosion is more disastrous to life than anv other in the history of coal mining on this continent, It is a singular coincidence that the loss of life equals thai, of both the Ford pit and Drummond colliery explosions. The number of lives lost at the Ford pit was fifty-three, and Drummond sixty-four. 'i'ne list ci tieaureacnes iu, nuiiu j fifty-four were married, forty single and j twenty-five boys. Ninety-seven bodies j have been taken out; 101 children were [ orphaaed. A good deal of distress: prevails. No explanation of the accident can be given. The mine is being i put in order no resume operations Wed[ nesday. The damage to the property is comparatively small. The following appeal has oeeu issued : "To the Public : A mining disaster, | attended with fatal results unparalleled in the history of the Canadian mines, j has fallen on the town and people of ;5prlnghill, S. The loss of life is probably as great as the combined appalling losses at the Drummond and Ford pit explosions. About 119 lives were lost: fifty-four widows have been left behind and 161 children made fatherless. "The widows aud fatherless will need abundant assistance, and that promptly from a public shocked and horrified br lL:~ A ? *? > *' ^ ^Anton J mis lemuit; Cciiiiiui-j. ccvcmj wvu^uu dollars will be required to meet the demands and to alleviate the sufferings ?t the bereaved and distressed during the most pressing period of their dire misfortune. The residents of Springhill in meeting assembled have appointed a committee, consisting of the Mayor, Town Council and all residence clergy, to solicit and acknowledge subscription to the Springhill rul ef iund, and they ^onlidently and earnestly ask for an immediate response from persons of all denominations, societies, trades, guilds and nationalities. Willam Hall, Major, A. McLeod. Secretary." Horrors of The Mines. Hazeltox, Pa., Feb. 23.?rive of j the miners entombed in slope Xo. 1 at Jeanesville were taken out alive to-night after being eighteen days shut in the bowels of the earth. These with the thirteen bodies already found make ' "*^eighteen men, the exact number given in these dispatches on the day of the accident. Ilcw they survived is a miro^ln "Vr.thinf* liice it has been known or heard of in the anthracite coal liekis j of Pennsylvania. All are Hungarians.; The men were ail found together barely ; alive, and all but one too weak to be j moved. 2v>ne of them could talk ex-; cept John Tomashusky and he could : only Say "John much sick." Physicians! . were brought into the mine and the four I men were cared for where the v lav. The j fifth man was wrapped in blankets and j carried out. It is doubtful it the liv-js j of the four can be saved, anil a Priesti went into the mine to administer spiri- j tual consolation. >,'0 story can as yet i be obtained from Tomaskusky. Frightened to Deatu. Clinton. Mo., Feb. If?Mrs. M. Trol-! linger of Leesville died yesterday from j l'right. She was sitting in a wagon! watching her son cut down a tree. The troo fail tmi-MT-Hc tb^ w^<?on. and the! boy called to his mother to get out of; the way. She seemed unable to move, j The tree crashed down just behind the j wagon without touching Mrs. Troliin- j ger, but she fell over deau. Physicians examined the body and say they found : no sign of t;:e woman having bt en hit. j They assign the cause to paralysis ol' the heart. The Coosaw Opeue<l to All. Colvmcia, Feb. IS.?The phosphate commission mK to-day ami ordered th3t the Coosaw river be opened to the general rights of mining. Jitn-toiore this territory has been m fried exelcsive< > ly by the Coosaw eomp;:u\. which obtained control oi' the river under a lease from another company whose charter expired in Ib'Jl. Subsequently the Coosaw company obtained iegi.->iative action recognizing them directly, ~~n and the ambiguous wording ot the act M _ may ..be the basis for the company to ? *> fwi* lease. The V^iC41i_U ? u-viv board also passed a resolution ordering the royalty to he increased above ;?i Fer ton, Wg!nu:rg six months from : date. Hilled with ? Club. Savannah. Feb. *20.?Two nc-groes i entered a store kept by a man named j Jordan at F raiders crossing oil the East i Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad to-day. bent on robbery. As J or- j dan resisted they killed him with a club. j The murderers were captured and on 1 confessed. He also admits being im-! plicated in a scries of robberies at Druns-1 ^ wick a few nights ago. i FATAL COLLISION OF TRAINS. i Six Jvilli-cl ami Several It>Jure<l?The j Wreck Takes J'ire I Xlvv Vokk. Feb. 20.?There was a I coliiton at 7 o'clock this morning bet.vetn f.vo trains in the Fourth avenue I luuiHtl at Eighty-sixth street. What is j know a us a "shop." consisting of empty cars, was being drawn to the Mott Ilav- j en yard, when, for some reason as vet j unexplained. it came to a stop in the lunial at Eighty-fifth street. Train No. lu, the New Ilavenlocal, which leit i the (>'raud Central Depot at 7 o'clock Lliis morning iu charge of Engineer j Fowler, Fireman Gaodale and Conduc-: tor George Hutchinson, ran Into the rear | of the standing "shop train." General Manager Toucey. of the Ilud- j son River and New York Central Road, j e.-,;,! ?, ? !,o,1 liMn! 11,ot f},ror> mr>n ivr>rf? ! killed and a number injured, ilc said j that after the collision a New York Cen-: tral engine running light [this is without i cars attached] ran into the rear of the j New Ilaven train. Flames broke out a i few moments after the seconnd collision, j but they were soon gotton under control, and the work of rescue began at 10:30 o'clock. Five dead and seven injured : have been removed. The injured were j taken to the Presbyterian Ilosoital. ; Xone of the passengers are known to be i ; among the killed or injured. They are j i all believed to be employees of the road, i : 'i'lip tiflssnm'ftrs m the Xew Haven train 1 : were badly shaken up, but beyonu some : light cuts and bruises none of them are ! badly hurt. The uassengers were taken from the train buck to the Grand CenI tral Depot in the Harlem train that was : just passing at the time in the East tun| nel. The total number of lives lost is six. j Five were taken out dead and one has [ since died?all railroad employees. Several employees were injured, but the exact number is not yet known, as a number ot them were carried home as soon as taken out of the wreck. The fire department soon extinguished the t'ames. but both tracks of the tunnel were blocked with the wreckage. The rear car of the "shop" train was crushed ! like an e?r<r shell from the hind eud to the middle, and here is where the deaths j occurred. Nobody on the Xev Haven ! passenger train v*as injured, even by the engine which ran into its rear. The latter was derailed and burst both cylinder heads. The Centre of Population. Washington, Feb. 20.?The Superintendent or' the Census has prepared a bulletin giving the centre of population of the United States together with the movement o? the centre during each decade since 1790. The exact latitude of the centre of the present census year is given as 39 degrees 11 minutes and 53 seconds, longitude 8-3 decrees 32 min utes and 53 scconds, at a point in South- j era Indiana a little West of S*uth oi Greensburg, the County seat of Decatur County, and twenty miles East of Columbus. The bulletin says: "The centre | of population has clung clooel-y- to- the j parallel of 39 degrees of latitude. The I most Northern point reached was at the start in 1790 ; the most Southern point was ia 1830?the preceding decade having witnessed a rapid development of population in the Southwest?Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana having been admitted as States and Florida annexed and organized as a Territory. The extreme variation m latitude has been less than 19 minutes, while a hundred years of record have accomplished a movement of longitude of nearly 95-10 degrees. The sudden acceleration of movement between 1S50 andlSGO was due to the transfer of a considerable body of population from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast?twelve individuals in r?an Francisco exerting as much pressure at the pivotal point, viz., the crossing of the i>3d meridian aud 39th paral'el. as forty individuals at Boston. Washington. Feb. 18.?The subject of the selection of a successor to Senator Ingalls, who retires from the Senate March 4, as President Pro Tempore is being privately discussed among Republican Senators. It will be necessary to arrange this matter before March 4 in order to guard against a vacancy in the presiding officers c;>a;r after that date, so a caucus of the Republican Senators will be held probably next week to elect Senator Iugalls' successor. It does not appear thai much effort is making on the part of the Senators to secure the place. j;nd but three names have been put forward prominently, which, are those of Senators Piatt, Hoar and Frye. EiRlitvjfrn Engine* destroyed Kansas City Mo.. Feb. 10.?At! 1.. o.-. 1 . _:_cL - < ? Il,? i',jhsi iicm ;t eiireiirss ?iu i>ic i round house of the Cypress yards of the Missouri l/aeilic Railway, in Kansas City. Kansas set lire to a bunch of oily waste. The lire spread rapidly, and despite the ellbrts of the lire department consumed tiie house. There was eighteen engines in the house and they were aiso destroved. Among them were the engines used in the regular passenger service, and the officials were obliged to telegraph lu Sedalia for seven engines to take out this morning's trains. The total lo>s is estimated at $175,000. The Cypress round house became historic as a place of siege during the Southwestern strike of 1JW?. * I)?-Iuce in Arizona. Yt*:: a, Arizona. Feb. 23.?Loss of life i * * ?~ ..J ^ *o 11 cxT* Unf Y-?/\ vvQ*-. I IS I'.'U 11 UU1 V?U?l > ? *7*.it ii*7 j.'cu titulars have been leceived. The Southern I'acilic track is washed out for twenty-tour miles East of Yuma and is ! five feet under water. One hundred adobe houses have been washed down , and three hundred people are homeless. Much distress prevails for the want of j i food, clothing and shelter. The school i : houses and churches, convent, restau-1 ; rants and all the stores but one are j ! flooded. The Yuma Times oil ice is | ! comiiietely '.vrecked. liumiins: Dov.n A Bark. Xkv.- Yoi:k. Feb IS.?The Xorth i Drcmen Lloyd ateamer Ilavel, while on j ' her way down the bay this afternoon. ' collided with the Italian bark Mascotta,: inbound from San Domingo city. The | o-inl- oJl'P.uov I 20. near Bay Ridge. and three oi her ! crew were drowned. The steamer pro- ! eecded on her was to Bremen. Six Lire.* Lost. Xkw* Yokk, Feb. 21.?A five story! double 4,tlat" house, a better sort of tea- j eraeiit house, at 12(J and 131 ."Sands street, j Brooklyn, burned to night and six of the j inmates were burned to ueath. Thirty- j two families occupied the house, about i two hundred people in all, and but for i the aid of the firemen many more lives i would have been lost. j * } FUN IN THE HOUSE. A LIVELY TILT BETWEEN FUNSTON AND BUTTERWORTH. .McMillin G1 Four Keanons Why the i.uicfl Ui Lac jiuu.iu irvt? Immigration Tiil! Passed?Discreditable Scenes In the House. Washington, Feb.25.?In the House this morning McKiniey, from the Committee on Rules, reported a resolution providing that to-morrow the House shall meet at 10 o'clock and shall immediately proceed to the consideration nf thu s-hinrtin?* hill the general debate V* ^ * I' r o ? J C, to close at 0 o'clock. Friday the House shall meet at 10 o'clock and proceed to tr.e consideration of the bill by paragraphs, the ~pf?tTt7U^ question to be considered as Blount protested against this method of doing business, but said that as a member the Committee on Kules he had agreed to the resolution with the view of getting as much debate as possible. It was the best the minority members could make out of the situation. McMillin took the same position. He then inveighed against the code of rules, and asserted that the prophecy he had made in the beginning of Congress had been verified. lie had said that the rules had been adopted for four reasons: To pass an election bill which subjected the ballot box to the bayonet. That had been done. To pass a tariil bill that should rob the people. That had been done. To pass a direct tax bill. That had been done. To pass a bill placing: further taxes upon the depressed and burdened interior for the benefit of the shipping interests. That was about to be done. Mills protested against the resolution, which he said was in a line with the policy of the majority. Let the crcntipmpn on the other side croon with SVWV*V?.v.. OB " their measures. Let them pass Acts of Congress by proclamation instead of legislation. Let them make their special orders, and let the Democrats avail themselves of every moment of discussion to expose to the American people the wrongs which had been perpetrated on them. Cannon said that the House could ill spare two days, but he had yielded to the general desire that the shipping bill should be considered and he had acquiesced in the resolution. He gave uotice, however, that if the order was made he would ask the House to sit to-night and to-morrow night for the consideration of appropriation bills. What tne geuuemen irom xexas auu Tennessee bad said about the rules was chestuuty, and chestnuts had worms in thera. Rogers;?"The people took some worms out of your chestnuts last fall." Cannon?"That is the 999th time you have said that." Richardson of Tennessee?"Why not take the days for the appropriation bills and l?t t he steal go on at r ight." Cannon?"Oh! that is so cheap." McKinley denied that the practice of making special orders had originated in this Congress. It had been practiced in every Congress since the forty-sixth, but in former Congresses it had been done in violation of the rule, and now it was done against the direct authority of the rules. The majority were responsible for public legislation, and it should be Dermitted to put its purposes into public law to be tried only before the great tribunal of the American people. [Republican applause.] "You have been tried;" "you have been weighed in the balance and found wanting," were some of the remarks that came in a chorus from the Democratic side. McKinley?"I do not believe that there is a gentleman who has studied the causes that led to the verdict in November who can conscientiously declare that it was based on the work of this Congress." "What was it'?" queried the Democrats. McKinley?"The majority on this lioor naving oniy a iew us\s uiuie derisive laughter on the Democratic side) ?and all of us leave here with our seats well filled?we propose to co on and complete the work of the Fiftylirst Congress, no matter \rhat obstruction may be put in our way by the gentlemen on that side of the chamber." [Republican applause.] The resolution was then adoptedyeas 130, nays 114. The House then went into committee of the whole on the agricultural appropriation bill. In the course of the general debate a controversy arose between Funston of Kansas, in charge of the bill, and Butterwcrtb. The latter having made a remark which irritated Funston, lie made an attack upon Butterworb, in which he alluded to the ofiice which Butterworth holds in the World's Fair Commission, and said that if that gentleman, whose name was associated with the anti-option bill, had taken as much time to forwarding that measure <? hart t.n drawing* his salary as Sec retary of the World's Fair, the measure would now have been passed?a measure which would bring great relief to the agriculturists. The members on both sides surrounded the two gentlemen and thoroughly enjoyed the controversy. Funston was emphatic and vociferous in his utterances, but the merriment was so great that his words could not be heard. lie declined to yield to Jiutterworth, which led Rogers to warn him that he must either get out of the ~l"*- o-Qr-tloroQn tVmn Olii n frpf" Ui UllC gtauv/UH.u liviM V?..vhwv over the ropes, while Spmohi's contribution was "Break iway." Lutterworth in his reply paid his respects to Funston, charging him, as Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, with neglecting the interests of farmers. The gentleman was actively concerned about the anti-option bill. A half-million fanners had aske'i the gentleman over and ever again, as chairman of the committee, to get up and move the consideration of the bill. Had he done itV [Cries of "2so!"l 2sot at all. He had not, moved in that direction, but had stood trembling like an aspen leaf under the frown of the speaker. [Ceneral laughter and loud applause on the Democratic side.] He (Butterworth) had at least the courage of his convictions. [Applause.] Hatch of Missouri, alter deploring the condition of the farmers "of the country, nude a speech in favor of free coinage and reduction of taxation, in which he also touched upon the option bill, and criticised the majority, and especially the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, for not acting upon the question The measure (had the chairman called it up) could have been passed without one hour's debate. The rules of the House had been made in the interest of the Republican part/ and to prevent the consideration of great naT>t _ ? tionai measures, me genueiu<*u num Ohio had said that there were but a lew more hours of this Congress. Thank God for it. [Democratic applause.] Spinola?"J <ay it on, brother. [Laughter.] Hatch?''We will all join in the doxolojry next Wednesday."?[Laughter.] The bill was then considered by para _ _ _ / | graphs, but without disposing of the j measure the committee rose. Gibaon of Mnryiand announced feel! ingly the death of Senator Wilson, eu{logizing his life and character. The immigration kill was then taken | up, the pending question being on ! Gate's substitute. >\ nich was rejected? J yeas 55 nays 202. The bill was then j ! passed. ! The House then, as a mark of respect | i to the memory of the deceased, adj journed to meet at 8 o'clock this even| ing. An Kxciting Scene. j St. Louis, Feb. 23.?A special from j Little Rock, Ark., says that a tremendj ous uproar occurred in the lower branch j of the Legislature to-day during the disI cussion of the resolution ordering the ! arrest of ex-Treasurer Woodruff. White j of Nevada offered a resolution on the ; subject ''requesting the Governor to ! Avneb irmrfelipncinTl Tint, onlv of ! 1 >'11.?I! other persons "con| nectfed with him m^e'li'scnyrnJTc-wi^tefunds." I Otey of Lee County, chairman of the ! Judiciary committee made a strong ar! gument "in favor of the adoption of the : resolution, in which he referred to the J position taken by certain members in ! delaying measures intended to vindicate I the laws of the State. Hon. Daniel A Jones of rulaski, toot ollense at Otey's statement, saying they ; were aimed at him. but he exclaimed, pointing at Otey: "If the gentleman from Lfe will make the statement direct that in this matter, or any other, my actions have been controlled by improper motives I would not hesitate to say to him as Douglass said to Angus, "Lord Angus thou hast lied." Otey?"And I would say to the man who would make a charge of that kind against me that he is a coward." "Then I say to you, sir, that you are a liar," yelled Jones. "And you are a coward," exclaimed Otey. Several members sprang to their feet and in their attempt to gain the lloor, the greatest confusion prevailed for several minutes which the Speaker had great dillicultv in suppressing. Another breeze was occasioned later on in the debate when Wimberly, a mutual friend, attempted to smooth the matter over by saying Otey had apologized. The latter sprung to his feet and vehemently denied that he had apologized. Jones had not placed him in a position where an apology could De expectedand lie wanted the Ilouse to understand;that he had made no apology. ^ 31arclered For Money. Ciieiiaw, Feb. 20?News reached here last night of a most horrible murder committed near Society Ilill last Monday. A Mr. Goodson, a prominent citizen of that community, owed a Mr. Griggs, who lived only a few miles distant, 8500. Mr. Goodson counted the money in the presence of a negro named Green, who had been in his employ for several years, and Mr. Goodson's daughter started to carry the money to Mr. Griggs. Before going far Miss Goodson was overtaken by the same, negro Green, who cut her throat, took the live 1 J -1 J -11 3 A** A nunareu uoii<ii s anu lurov uti ucauuiMj in Black Creek, a stream dividing Darlington and Chesterfield counties. When Miss Uoodson failed to return home at the proper time search was instituted, and yesterday her body was found in Black Creek. Suspicion was at once placed upon the negro Green. He was captured in Florence and brought here iast night. Green acknowledged killing Miss (ioodson and surrendered $460 of the money when captured. lie is now in Chesterfield jail. Polk Against Cleveland. Washington, I). C., Feb. 19.?Col. L j L. Folk, president of the National | Farmers' Alliance, who has just rei turned from a trip through the south j and southwest, was asked his opinion j as to Cleveland's chances in 1892. lie i considered that Cleveland's coinage letter, whether so intended or not, came as a timely ally to monopolists in their herculean efforts to defeat the silver bill. Cleveland may, through j corrupt manipulation of money and j political intrigue, be forced upon his ! party, but, on that point the alliance I people are little concerned, for, if he | be the nominee of any party, he will utterly fail in securing the votes of the "industrial" organizations of the country. Xo m?n will get ther votes for president of the United States unless he is in accord with them on the measures *they seek to promote. To use a popular par;ist% i.ur. v/ievpjutiju na-* succeeded in placing himself on the top shelf of back numbers. I'l?ods in the Far West. Sax Francisco, Feb. 2G.?News was receircd this afthrnoon by the Southern Pacific manager that Yuma, Arizoina. is certanily doomed. At 2 o'clock the railroad operator warned the office here that lie could stay at his key only bnlfnn hour loiver. ns Ll;p. wnter was I rising so rapidly that ii would soon i sweep a .vay the ofliee. At that time the water Id the Colorado was up to thirlyfour feet two inches, five feet higher f?an the Hood mark of 1861, and the highest ever known here. The Coloraj do and Gila are both ra?iug torrents, brinjius down portions of houses, trees and dead animals. The water has readied the sills of the five hundred-foot railroad bridge across the Colorado Hirer, and it is expected the bridge will go dOtVD. lie Should be Lyhchetl. liiciiMOND, Ya.. Feb. 26.?A horrible i crime was committed nerc last nigut. | As Uessie railing, a little white girl,! eleven years of age, was passing along i an unfrequented street about 0:30 o'clock she was accosted by a big negro man, who placed his hand over her mouth, and after dragging her into an old tlower garden near by, choked her until partial insensibility and committed an outrage on her. she was horribly mutilati ed, and lies in a precarious condition, j When the crime became known indigI nation became intense, and if the villain ; is caught he will be lynched. The mayor j lias offered a roward'of $200 for his ap ! prehension. The Horror* of War. JirENO-s Avi:ks, Feb. .6? Later adi vices from Chile state that after the I bombardmentof Iquique the insurgents j entered the city and attacked the stores j and residences" on six of the principal : squares, wrecking them completely. A j great number of women ;md children j were sheltered in these building, but ! their cries of distress were unheeded and ! the insurgents, who seemed to be wild i >\im uic:>yiiic I'i itcau iiuiivu, tuimuucu : tlieir work of fire and blood undindered. | It is known that 2uu persons perished, i mostly women and children, in the ruins. | The custom house and all the principal j houses were plundered. After the surrender of the city it was occupied by a j strong insurgent'force. A Nice Plum for Ciiamberlain. Chaklestox. Feb. 20.?The official ! order appointing Chamberlain receiver j of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi cago Road was tiled in the United I States Court to-day. Under this order ! Chamberlain has control of the road in I Pornlina Qnrl BLACKBURN ON Cl-ilVELAND. He thinks Cleveland's Letter Asaimt Free Silver Has l?uine<l His Chances. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 23.?In a recent letter to Colonel Nobles at Paducah, Ky., Senator Blackburn says: "In the light of the publication of Cleveland's .recent letter antagonizing his wriv?f?r r\r\ eilt'/jv n 11 Lm f" i O T /li\ nnf [70r? l?J VII UIJG Oil y CI A UW IA\SU believe there is a Democratic member of tb<? Senate who would favor his nomination for the Presidency, or who believes that it would be possible to elect liim in 1892 if nominated No organization is effected or attempted here, hostile to him, but there is now but ofiie opinion as to his lack of ability. JLUiave no personal objection to Cleveland in the world, but I am not and never will be in favor of the nomination/ of any man who Is not in accord with our party upon the great issue union which it'is to be endorsed or rejected. I do not believa that anv man cdyi be elected President in 1892 who i^^osed to free silver coinage. Trre been trifled with long i linn. ^ i iP?|ssupiect., ? ogr^cveg^?i* that, i n twenT\'-fiVe" Vearepast New York has never furnished a Democratic leader -who has not been in thorough accord with Wall street and at variance with the masses of the people. This was as true of Tilden as it is true of Cleveland. I have longed to seo the day when the Democrats might elect a President of this country without paying the tribute that New York always levied. I think that the time is at hand. I have no favorite candi-Jate, but only insist that he shall be a fair and honest representative of Democratic sentiment. In my judgment in the light of the discussion existing nmnncr t.hp Vpw Vnrlr T^mn^rafs if. would be unwise to select any Xew York man. However we cannot tell what two months may produce. I am a party man, as you know, and my party candidate will be my candidate, but I both believe and trust that no nomination will be made iii '92 of a man who upon vital issues antagonizes the sentiment of the overwhelming majority of the party. What lam and I always have been?a pronounced silver man?as you well know, and upon that issue I never expect to chang* my views. Very truly yours, J. S. C. lilackbukn. YFomen Who Waut to Vote. "Washington, Feb. 20.?The twentythird annual convention of the JS ational American "Woman's Suffrage Association was begun this morning at Albreugh's Opera House. The stage setting had not been changed since the adjournment of the "Woman's Council last night, except that at the back of the stage hung three large Hags of red, white and blue. Instead, however, of the regulation number of stars in the blue field, there was only one in gold, representing Wyoming, the first of the States to allow suffrage to women. The same large audience that has characterized the meetings of the Woman's Council during the first four days of the week was present this morning. Susan B. Anthony read the address of the President, Elizabeth Cadey Stanton, who is now in England. The announcement by Miss Anthony that Mrs. Stanton would in June next, return to live her remaining years in America was received with enthusiastic applause. The subject of her address was 4iThe defc: adatinn of disfranchisement." The address was an actual statement of the political status of women to-day and a strong argument in iavor 01 universal suffrage. The whole number of States and Territories represented at the Convention is thirty, and the number of ollicers and delegates present is 122. Mrs. Harrison gave the delegates to the Women's Council a reception at the White House this evening, ana to-night at Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago the oflicers of the Woman's Council and the Xew England Woman's Press Association were given a reception by the Woman's Press Association of Washington. A Brute Butchered. Washington, Pa., Feb. 20.?M. R. West, the negro murderer of the Church family, paid the penalty of his crime on the scan'old this alternoon. Larly this morning West made a desperate attempt at suicide. lie pulled the cover of his cot over him and jabbed a steel soike about sis inches Ion;: into his throat. Physicians wers called, and the weapon removed; but for a time it was feared he had succeeded in cheating the gallows. He remained unconscious until 1.10 this afternoon, and was led to the scaflold at 2.30 in an almost dying condition. The first attempat execution proved a failure, as the rope broke. The second drop occurred at 2.39, and at 2.48 West was diad. The crime for which West was hung is one of the most brutal ever perpetrated in this state. On May 13 last i.. i. t TI i T-I._ / T ue mucu ,jonu v>nureu, oi; uis ?uc, Elizabeth, aged 70, and their son, ajje 4o, breaking their necks with a heavy hickory club. The Tac Tax Collector. Columbia, s. C., Feb. 22.?Since the law went into effect in December requiring that the money for tag tax on fertilizers shall be paid directly into the .State treasury, 837.272,74 has been received by State Treasurer JJates. The entire tag tax collections for the fiscal vear. from November 1.1SS9 to October 31,1890, as shown by the report of Commissioner Butler, was 812.1<'/j,S5. So that it is seen that the collections for the tag tax since they have been paid directly to the State Treasurer are only S4jbH7.ll less than the amount collected for the whole past liscal year. It will be interesting to note at the close of the present liscal year how much increased revenue from this single source will come in as the result of the vigilant effort now adopted for the detection and punishment of the parties who have been seeking to evade the payment of the tax.?Register. A. Colorado Episode. Salida, Col.. Feb. 22.?Last nigh "P-if Vnllitrori o oAnilnf>tni' MIV f)livi?r Ileilly, a workman carrying away a big chunk of coal. This was against the company's orders, and Sullivan ordered the inan to drop the coal, which ileilly refused to do. Words were exchanged, when Ileilly drew a revolver and shot Sullivan in the side, indicting a wound that caused his deatii soon after. The murderer was at once arrested, and owing to tnreats of lynching, a hundred deputies were stationed to protect the jail. About 10 o'clock a mob of about 2UU made a rush for the jail, but were beaten olT, and two of the number snot and killed. An hour later another attack was made. One of the guards was killed and the others overpowered. The murderer was taken out and hanged to a coal chute, and his body riddled with bullets. A Father Killed by His Son. Richmond, Va.. Feb. 20.?a special from Fredericksburg states that Michael McCracken was shot and in stantly killed this evening by his soil Thomas. The father was nailing a sign on his store when the quarrel took place. His son procured a shotgun and discharged both barrels, the loads taking effect in his father's right side. Thomas was arrested and placed in jail. | now did it get" "there'?"} I THE REPORTED DISCOVERY OF A KING'S TOMB OUT WEST. | To iViiat I'eonle Did lie Uclong; and j ; When Did They X.ive--A Very Import- ; ant Discovery if it Proves Truo. Crttten-dkn'. Ariz.. Feb. 'l~y.? I I While removing earth for the foundation j of the new hotel to be erected by Harmon & Brooks there was discovered what seems to be the tomb of a king, though of what people it would doubtless puzzle an antiquarian to say. The workmen had penetrated at some eurht feet below the surface of the ground what they took to be stone of a soft, iriabie nature, which was evidently masonry of a very superior workmanship when they reached the tomb itself. This was composed of large square blocks of stone, which was identified as bsd-OJL rose ??ramte, and cemented together\with such skill as to at-first cause tbe whoTS; ifieasure 12-by 15 feet, to appear as a solic miss.?X_he opening of this, while very difBcult, as ttielase^rr powder was probitited by Mr. Henrieksen, who, as a learned archajoiogist, was placed in charge of the exhumation by the authorities, was accomplished by night, when the interest and curiosity of : the party was so great that the work i was continued by lamplight till dawn. 1 The tomb, when opened, was found to contain a gigantic image of a man Jy- ] ing at full length and made of clay mixed with a sort of preparation which : gives a bright blue color and a slight ' elasticity, the whole appearing to have been subjected to great heat. The im- i age represents the naked ligure, except : for a very tight girdle about the waist, a : pair of close-fitting sandals find a crown ' on the head shaped very much like a bishop's mitre, but topped with the head of a hawk or eagle. ' ! The features arc roughly moulded, ol 1 an imperious cast, and of a man in mid- i die age. with a prominent nose and a 1 very wide mouth, but with cheek bones so low as to preclude all idea that the 1 original could have been an Indian. ; The hands, which are as small as a wo- : man's, and bear on the backs the head 1 of the bird, as on the crown, are crossed on the breast and hold an image about three inches long of a squatting figure, probably that of a god. The feet are also crossed, the right presenting the < peculiarity of possessing a sixth toe, which the sandal is cut to brio? into nrominence. as if the owner had prided ; himself on it. The hair of the image is dressed In thick curls On botli sides ot ; the head, reaching to the shoulders, and : brought down to the brows over the forehead. Careful examination of this clay fig; urc revealed that it was merely the elaborate coffin of me real body and could be opened from the back. This was done vr 1U1 'Jt.lL V ttd U?n LU U12 tUi U tlic iguiaiuo withm, but a few* handfula of dust, dark brown aud almost impalpable powder, is all that was left of the body. The crown, however, together with the girdle, the image of the god, and a large battle axe with a blade of sharp glass or obsidian, aud a handle of petrified wood were found in the coffin. The crown is ol thick red gold, carved with minute but will executed drawings, representing battle scenes, triumphal marches and other pictures, the meaning ot which is somewhat misty, but in all the principal figure is that of a man with six toes on his right foot. The workmanship of the whole crown is very i ii.A nu?, uuu lug wru's uuziu uu iujj ia 1.110.0ifcrpiece worthy of Cellini. It holds in its mouth magnificent Chalchuites or green diamond, valued by the Aztecs, which shows some attempt at lapidificatioo. The girdle found is composed of plates of gold arranged like scales and very thin, so as to give with every movement of the wearer's body. On cach of these plates, which is in shape a half eclip.se, is cugraved a figure or hierogylphics, conveying, however, no hint of their meauing in their form. The image of what is presumably a god is made of clay combined with the preparation spoken of before, and also burnt till thoroughly hardened. It represents a male being seated on a pedestal in a sduattintr nosture. its eves saumtins: and grinning iu hideous mirth, while both hands are over ears as if to shut o ut sound. A peculiar tiling about this image is that its hair is represented as hanging down its back in one loug plat like a Chiuaman's. The figure is hollow, but contained only a half dozen small black pebbles slightly polished and a somewhat larger stone of a dull gray hue. The eoflin and these relics are now on exhibition at the court house and are to be donated to the State museum oi' history and arciueoigy ai rucson. j\o i clue ol' any value as to what race the re- j mains are to be ascribed can be found, but it is probable that it was one antedating the Aztlau and even the mound builders, and superior to both in tiie knowledge of masonry, sculpture and the working of metal. liurleil on His Weddinjj Day. Yokkvillk.S. C., Feb. 1U.?The funeral of Alr.F. Ilapperlield, a wealthy citizt-ii and ex-Mayor of this city, took place at the hour to-day which had been fixed for his marriage to one of the most charming belles of Vork County. "Ur. TnamiR-field. who was a crocer and proprietor of the marble works, lost his I wife last August by death, lie soon found consolation in the sympathy of Miss Russell, which developed into an engagement of marriage, and to-day was set by the bride-elect for the ceremony. A week ago the aged groom took to bed with sickness from which death ensued. and to-day Miss Kussell was chief mourner insteaed of bride. Terrible Mine Explosion. isruino IIill, County Aline, Feb. 21. ?An explosion took place in the West side of Fast St. Lope this afternoon. | Already live dead bodies have been j i taken out. The rescuing party is now i | working hard for the purpose of restor-1 j ing the ventilation in the mine. It is I feared that a great many miners have j been killed, but thus far it has been im-1 I possible to reach more than the bodies | of live. It is thought that fully thirty j I men and boys are still in the mine, j Among the missing is Manager Swift, j who has not been seen since the explo ! sion. The loss of lite caused by uie expio-1 J sion is appalling. It is now i'eared that; seventy men and boys are dead. | Twenty-nine dead bodies have been recovered. Horrible, If True. Marseilles, Feb. 25.?The captain of a steamship which arrived here from Madagascar reports that as a result of a ! revolt upon the part of the natives, the i (governor of Xossibee, an island and i rencti colony on tne nonnwesi cuasu of Madagascar, has caused the execution of over a hundred rebels, who, with ; their wives and children were killed. DEFEATED BY WOMEN- ! IdjjhIIs Now Know Were to Lay tlie Blaine. Washington*, Feb. i24.?The genera! cnhi<?f>t nf tuinnprorifo nffMiniprl fhp of teution of the WOman's National Coun-1 oil today. Mrs. J. Eiien Foster, presi- j (lent ot the Non-Partisan National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop. representing as a delegate the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, were the principal speakers. Mrs. Mary E. Lease, of Kansas, also spoke. In begin in?, she addressed herself to ''Madame President, Iriends and fellow-citizens." She said she used the term with pardonable pride, when she _ A MA m V < A \ HlftrtrtA lrtftrtlio ItAfi iciiiciiiuci cu iua.b luc ica^uc uoo siven to women of her sunflower, humanity-loving, temperance-loring State of Kansas the right of political suffrage: She spoke of the condition of affairs in Kansas, and referred to Ingalls as the man that we women of Kansas had the gre*t pleasure of defeating." The subject assighecTur" Mrs; Lsase was "Women in the Farmers' Alliance." She said, however, that the subject could ^CL.t be intelligently discussed nor fully undrrsEStfcfTStil the necessity^J&rrrnSv. formation of the Farmers' Alliance is first shown. Cotinuing she said: "It must be evident to every intelligent man and woman today that there is something radically wrong in the affairs i of thia nation. It must be evident to everv : thinkin* man and woman that we have i reached a crisis in the affairs of the nation which is of more importance, more fraught with mighty consequence for the weal or vroe of the American people than wai even-that crisis that engaged ; the attention of the people in the dark ; and bleeding days of civil strife. My j friends, the laeh ot the slave driver's wliip is no longer heard in this country, ( but the lash of necessity is driving thousands to unrequited toil. The con- ; srienceless capitalist is robbing manhood i of its prime, mothers ol their motherhood ' and sorrowful children of sunshine and < of j oy. \Ve have a laud where the boun- ! teous hand of nature has given wounderful heritage to each atid every one. and ; yet in this land ot plenty and unlimited ' resources the cry of humanity is going 1 up from every corner of the nation, the j plaint of motherhood, the moans of 1 starving children. \ Capital buys and sells today the very | heart beats of humanity. For one hundred years the speculators, landrobhers, ' pirates and gamblers of this nation have knocked unceasingly at the door ot Congress and Congress has in every instance acceded to their demands. They have gotten money out of the treasury amounting to tens of millions of dollars. They were permitted to tap the veins of trade and commerce and withdreaw from the body politic the circulating medium which is the life-blood af the nation, and our lawmakers term these acts constitutional." in conclusion tne speaker saiu: I ' The Farmers' Alliance numbers half a million, who are loyal white-ribboners, the majority of them, and X say it with thanks "to Almighty God, that our Allianee representatives are the only men in the councils of the cation today, who hare not been elected on the liquor platform." The OSendins: Fertilizer Companies. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 21.?The following are the names of the companies without the State who have been coarged with violating the law of this State in relation to tagging fertilizers : The Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Company of "Virginia; G. Ober & Sons, Baltimore, M'J.: Durham FertiMzer Company of Richmond, Va. The vigoreus prosecution of all those who areviolatrag the laws in this respect is' having a wholesome effect, as is sliown by the fact that $1,500 for tags lias been received since the recent arrests were made. A gentleman from Fnirfield, who is largely engaged in planting, stated in conversation a day or two ago that he had never seen anv tags on any fertilizers purchased by him, except on one lot, and tucn the circumstance of their being there was so unusual that the negroes thought that it must have been an inferior lot. From this it may be fairly inferred that in many instances in the past the tags have been taken oil before reaching the consignee and returned to the shippers for reuse. All of this goes to show that the course now pur suea oy me auinorities is a wise one.? llegister. A Fata) Newspaper War. Columbus. 0., Feb 23.?W. J. Elliott, editor of the Sunday Capital, and his brother, P. J. Elliott, met F. W. Levering, editor of the Sunday World, and A. C. Osborne, one of his reporters, on High street, shortly after noon today, and a fusilade of shooting begauOsborne was killed, P. J. Elliott hit m the head and arm. and w . ,j. .tinou injured. A by-stauder named Hughes and a newsboy named Suclly were killed. Trouble arose from articles appearing n the papers named, and the shooting was done in the midst ol a crowd gathered to sec ihe Washington birthday parade. His Life Valued at $44,500. Birmingham, Ala.. Feb. 20,?In the case of R. .E. Sanders against the Kansas City, Memphis and .Birmingham Railroad, on trial in the Circuit Court at Jasper, in Walker County, the jury today nave a verdict for the plaintiff or $44,500. It was the largest verdict for fknvjrrps pvrr oriven in the State. San ders was killed in a collision last October on the! outskirts of Birmingham, when a large number of others were killed and wounded. lie lived in Walker County. Hill Can't Carry >'ew York. Sax Antonio, Texas, Feb. id.?ExMayor V,\ R. Grace of Xew York, who is on a visit here, said to-day: "The political issue is the tariff, and Grover Cleveland, who was and is the greatest leader of the Democracy, and who had the courage to make that issue, is tho man to lead his party to victory under its banner, and the only one. Gov. Hill cannot carry Xew York, and not only can Cleveland carrv Xew York, but all of the States necessary to secure to the country a Democratic"President." Death Claimed the Iiride. Dubuque, Ia., Feb. 2G.?John Schneider, liviug- at Dycksville, Wis., attempted to lord a small stream on his way to town Tuesday. The sleigh was overturned, and Schneider's daughter, who was going to town 10 puruuasc her bridal trosseau, was drowned. Schneider held the reins tight, and the horses pulled him ashore. A TFhole Family Drowned. Kansas City, Mo.. Feb. 23.-Frederick Warner, a lisherman, lived with his wife I and five children on the ban? or me | river. The flood undermined his house | Saturday night and it fell into tUe river. The whole family was drowned. THE llIGiir TO YOTE. THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THREE STATES TO BE INVESTIGATED. The Laws of Massachusetts. Mississippi and Idaho Declared to he in Violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. "Washington, Feb. 26.?Mr. Caswell, of Wisconsin, submitted to the House to-day the report of the majority of the House committee on the judiciary on the resolution of Mr. Houke, of Tennessee, instructing the committee 10 inquire into ana report to tue nouse if any of the States are violating the second section of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. The resolution, the report says, requires the committee to inquire and report to the House whether any of the States, by their constitutions or legislative enactments, have denied to or abridged the right of any citizen to vote, so as to bring them within this clause of the Constitution. j ?'ffre-^ommittee have not deemed it necessarv>raLe report sasg^as a prelim- ar inarv step to the adopti'orio^ tfrr hiM ' m, > lution by the House, to make an extended inquiry into the constitutions or legislative enactment of all the States bearing upon the subject, but deem it sufficient to refer to two instances, leaving further investigation to be pursued, should the resolution be adopt-d. In their judgment, Ihty say, the constitutions of the States of Massachusetts and Mississippi are clearly within the provisions of this section of the Constitution. The report, after referring to the constitutions of Massachusetts and Mississippi, says that the fourteenth amendment is broad and comprehensive in its terms whenever the right to vote of any male citizen of any State Dver twenty-one years of age,.and not abridged by crime is denied. The attention of the committee, the report says, has been called to the legislative enactments in several States, but 10 special attention has been given them, as the majority believe that the instances cited are sufficient to show that the resolution should pass and a thorough investigation of its subject be had. A minority report, signed by:*Messrs. Oat? Culbertson, Henderson, Wilson __ and Stewart, protesting against the passage of the resolution, says the committee in their . report assume that ;nmo nf the nrulo >it?,7Pn<? rtf Afis'iissirv. pi and Massachusetts who are over twenty-one years of age. and not disfranchised for crime, are by the constitutions of those States denied the right to vote. This may be true, but we cannot shut our eyes to the fact ihat the constitution of Mississippi has not gone into operation, and that there is no law by which the committee can legally ascertain the number of voters disfranchised. There has never been any legislation by Congress providing means by which there may be ascertained, for other causes than participation in rebellion, or other crime, the number disfranchised in any State. Presumptions are worthless in "such a grave matter. Legal proof must be had to a reasonable certainty, and until such legislation is enacted it is utterly futile to adopt a resolution such as re ported, because it cannot be complied with. Mr. Kodgers, besides signing the minority report, also submits a report giving additional reasons why the resolution should not pass. Mr. Rodgers, in opening his report, says that precisely what the learned and experienced author of the resolution desired the committee to inquire into was evidently, at the time it was defeated, in a state of impenetrable nubulosity in his own mind, and the resolution itself has the inherent and unmistakable evidence of being the premature offspring of a chronic attack Af r\r\] i f i I et-MhicinnQ /I m 11 \Hocc crrodtm vl \jXksCkl* OUtttUiJiii H O j UVUVWtVW J3* vwv, ly aggravated by the humiliating disappointments in the results of last November's elections and the haunting gad fly of memories of election cases in the "present Congress. Mr. Eodgers reviews the constitutions of Massachusetts, Mississippi, Verment, Connecticut, Kansas and Idaho, and says that of all the States, the one whose constitution is the most flagrantly offensive to the secoDd amendment to the 14th amendment is our-sweet lit.tip sister. Idaho, who was brought into Statehood by this Congress under a cloud of disloyalty to the constitution, after long labor ana successful performance of the Cesarean operation by the Speaker, now known as "counting a constitutional quorum," and now stynds most prominent and deserving of the consideration of the majority of the committee. There are quite a number of other States, says Mr. Rodgers, whose constitutional laws restrict suffrage for other causes than "participation in rebellion or other crimes, and according iu me liiLiguiige uj. mc muiuuuu, therefore, violate this action of the constitution,'' and, according to the re port of the majority, and clearly within the provisions of this section. In conclusion, Mr. Rodgers says that in view of the fact that only four of the committee voted for the favoraoie - report of the resolution, the chairman not voting and not being counted, as the rules of the House permit, and the point of no quorum not being made, he recommended that the resolution be iaid on the table. Meets His Match. Xew York, Feb. 26.?A. special to the Herald from Athens. Ga, says: An express messenger who arrived here last night says that John L. Sullivan was knocked out by a train hand named Townsend, on the Georgia Railroad regular passenger train Tuesday. Sullivan and his company were on their ? ' nAlitmKiA C Wfty tO -Macon, Ijii., IIOIU vuiumuia, u. C. Sullivan was in bad humor, and when Townsend came through the car in which he sat, he began to abuse him. Townsend stood it awhile, and then jumped on the big fellow. He blacked Sullivan's eye and choked him before he was pulled off. Townsend weighs only 135 pounds, but is very game. Sullivan, after the whipping, tried to bluff his opponent out of the car, but Townsend staid in the car, and Sulh ? J J van soon atter camieu uu?u. Tho Phosphate Koyalty. Charleston. Feb. 20.?Attorney ? General Pope passed through the city on his way to Beaufort this afternoon. While here lie was urged to indicate an approximation to the amount which the Phosphate Commission intended to raise the royalty on rock, but replied that he could give no imformation on that head. The phosphate marker here is all unsettled by the action of the Commission. Miners says that the no tification that the royalty will be raised over the $1 per toil rate is no notice at , all, as the figures are not indicated, and that the state of things will put an } end to all contracts for rock abroad.