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It ' C ' ~ ' i, ^ I VOL. XLVI. : WIXXSBORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1891. NO. 36. ISOME ALLIANCE NEWS. " WH*\T THE GREAT BODY OF FARMERS lioih the Oltl J'artHs to be AliHiiilocftl? Direct St:<.tem;:it from :i Leadiii; Ollicial f?Tlie urcer to j;un? ?i> ? * ...... .. .... its own Candidates. Baltimore, April 15.?Ilcn. \V. F. Willets, of Kansas, the Itciurer of the National Farmers' Alliance, was in Baltimore yesterday. Mr. Willets has recently been at work in the interest of the alliance in Xew |||l Jersey, and came over from Washington on bis way to the eastern shore. He will address the local alliance ac |H. Royal Oak, Talbert county, this afternoon and will spend to-morrow with Mr. R. D. Bradley, the lecturer of the Maryland State "Alliance, at his resits dence, Linchester, Carroll county. Mr. "Wilietis is one of the alliance leaders and among the most conspicuous members of the movement. He was for a Ion<r time thoroughly uientih9 fled with the Kansas alliance In-fore he I IB? was elected lecturer of the National Alliance, and no man in the organiza-1 tion has more abundant faith in its possibilities :'or the future or can speak [ more advisedly than he as to what it is and what it will be. Last fall he was the alliance candidate for governor of Kansas, but was defeated by a very narrow margin, and was subsequently |ron;inetiy spoken of as a candidate for frasfc.ti Kraft-* senator to succeed Sena-1 frsr Icgal.s m tiiR legislature which | elected Judge Pfefter. ~iie is a farmer j it1 the strictest sense, has never i>een an\ th ng else, believes that the farmers ' |RK hu'i e brains enough to take care of this j country, and lias no higher ambition ; than to see the triumph 01 the cause fijwhich they are so vigorously advccat-1 The only time he has ever left his! ^^MBraVfarm was whtn he canvassed h-s State : for governor, and then he hired a man B? run the farm for him, and went into he fight with the same tnergy and delity which he had dtvoted to his J W ilr. Willetts i^ a tall, squarely built,! ^HHBTsturdy looking man, with a full beard.j Wo linmictatahlv :l man 01 SOlid Sen^e i ana judgment, and speaks unreservedly and pleasantly upon the work in which | he is so deeply interested. "Talk to you about the Farmers' Alii-! ance? Why, certainly," he said, with a smile. "There is nothing about it which you should not know; it has no secrets, except a few pass words, that I need keep from you. What do you want to know?" "There has Leen a great deal said since > the election last fall," suggested the! American reporter, "by men of both j political parties, by big men and little men, about the purpose of the alliance and its possible disintegration or ab-! sorption by one of the two political or- J ganizations. Is there anv foundation XNJI dUUll C* C'CUCi . "Xone whatever. The Farmers' Alii-' ance is not a iliing oi to-day; not a thing to be blown aside or frightened to death [by Democrats or Republicans. It is a permanent factor, and will be speedily i recognized as such by those who have { yet lailed to iearn if" "Then you mean that it is destined to become a' distinct party organization y" "I do not say that; but 1 do say that it will not be a" tail to the Democratic or Republican kite, nor be dominated by any partisan iniluence." '"What will be its probable policy to make its iniluence "most powerfully j "Our platform, boiled down, is simply this: 'Equal justice to all, special privileges to none, mere money and less misery." Tbat is our starting point. We will nreach the srosoel according to (the new* dispensation* and baptize in the Jordan of intelligence. We are with the people, the people are with us, and that is the rock of'our strength. If you ask whence comes my belief, I answer, from that which we have already oone aiid the power that I know is wi'thin us to do.*' "Will the alliance hold strictly to their two leading principles, the free" coiuage of silver and the sub-treasury plan V" ' Most undoubtedly. We may make some change in the* sub-treasury plan as it stands now. Do r.ot misunderstand me. I don't mean a change in the way of taking any step backward, but to perfect it and make it better for the farmer than it is now." t.t? iho r-ncitifsn rf 1 he uaai >uii uiv ^wvAv.v.. - - , f alliance in the next presidential election V" ' We will never vot;> for any castli- i date, Democrat or llepublican. on a . platform opposed to the frve coinage of silver." "Then Mr. Cleveland will i\<>l 11 nd much comiort in the alliance V" "We will not touch him uncli-r any circumstances. "At this distance, v.hat forecast cam you make of the next national cam-j paigo. more especially as t-) the alii-1 tude of the two old parties':'" "The Democrat will nominate j Cleveland; the Kepublicans v? ill nemi- j nate JBiaine if he will be a candidate, j If he will not. Harrison seems the next j mnctlilrplv m'ln." "And as to the platforms V" "They will both le against the free coiDage ol silver." "Then we come back to the original proposition?what- will the Alliance do?" "We will not support any caml-iia^*, except on the ^t. Louis platform." "A~nd that means a third candidate V" . "Yes, I think there is hound to U* a j (third candidate. 1 think he will Lei nominated by the Citizens' Alliance! which is distinctly a pulineiu organize-1 lion "And the Alliance will eudoise him ?" j "Yes, if they nominate ou cur ' Louis platform, as I think they will. They accept that platfoam.and we will! not support any candidate who is not j in accord with it." "If that can be accomplished in no j other way, then it is probable the alii- j ance will nominate Y' "Yes; it is not improbable." "At this distance can you nam;- any j iman "who is likely to oe t;u* i- amu is u: \ Citizens' Alliance candidate ?" "2so, We are not giving ourselves j much concern about that yet. We are! devoting all our time to perfecting a thorough organization, an;! then we will look al ter the man,v. ho can g-t our ! support." "Is there a man conspicuous m either j of the political parties now whom you j would be willing to support?" "None. Xot one." "Do you think the Republicans will' have the next administration "They have ek-ctrd the last president j thev will ever have."' ("What is Mr. In galls' future1?" "He has none politically. 1 was in the Kansas legislature eijjhteai yeais ago and tried to defeat him, and i never gave up the ligut uutii 1 succeeded. Why should we run after such men :;s : Ingalls and Sherman and Gorman? I We have plenty ot available anil excellent material, and have no nttd l or such men as they." "How do you find the alliance in Ma- ryland?'' ? BggS ' ^ "Iii admirable condition, promising! and progressing all over the State." What Is your national organization | now v" "We have 2.500,000 riiembers in the United states. We luvve organizations : in ihirty-iive States of the Union and ; arc organizing an average of 175 State i and local alliances a (lay. In Kansas we have 145,000 members. 1 will organize a State alliance in Ohio on the loth of this month and one in New : York on the 22ud. We will have three or :our grand mass meetings in every State in the Union, then we will go into j congressional districts, and finally, into the counties. There will be a confer: e:ice in Cincinnati, May 19th. of all the \ industry! bodies, to take the prelimina; ry steps i'or the presidental campaign, i This conference has been cnlled by the j farmers and citizens' alliance, the j Knights of Labor, the Single Tax League and various other organizations." MUST PAY OR CLOSE. ' Jutljje Hudson Decides Against th? Columbia Club. | Columbia, S. C., April 10.?The Co: liunbia Club, it seems, vUl now either pay a regular liquor license to the city of Columbia or close its doors. At i ieast, Judge Hudson's unwritten opinion given below will show that such is I his decision. Ihe h taring of the case on the rule granted by -Iudge Hudson some time i ago. requiring the city to show cause why it should not be enjoined from imposing a regular liquor license on the j club was heard yesterday in the Court of Common 1'iease. The case was argued at great length by Allen J. (Jreen, Esq., on behalf of t.s.e club, and City Attorney John T. lihett. .Mr. Green made the opening argument, and he logically tooK up the pomts ou which he based his argument, lie contended that the club was organized lor social purposes only, and did not come under the term of profession, occupation or business. The city had no right to charge a license and none to impose a line. Col. lihett made a lengthy argument in reply, and the lawwas fully cited on both "sides. When ! the arguments had closed, Judge Ilud sou said he was not ready to give his linai decision, but he continued thus: '"Ihe law or' South Caaolina prohibits the sale of iutoxieating liquors outside j of incorporated towns and cities. In-j side of these places it is prohibited, un-1 kss authorized by the granting of a license; therefore any body or association, cull it bv whatever name you please, that is engaged inside the incorporated limits of any city or town in ! selling intoxicating liquors without j license, are in violation of the law. Uias:de of incorporated cities and I towns nominal clubs, with the very article in their constitution you have | here, couid be organized on every cross! road ostensibly for social enjoyment, | but the principal object would be the ; sale to its members of intoxicants. | Ihe prohibition law of cities would thus be annulled. It is very true that these associations are compo'sed of cultivated gentlemen, but the question that I have to determine is, is there a sale of intoxicating liquors as it is admitted to be managed in this club, and as it is managed in all clubs, from the lands of the corporation. From the funds of the corporation the supplies are laid in. and in plain terms, I do not mean to t>e offensive at all, the very important part of the instititution is the bar; take that away and most of the clubs would go to pieces. "My impression is that I would be forced, from the weight of the authorities, to sustain the city council. 'Similar associations could be formed in every township in the State; parties might go there with a copy of a village paper and call it a literary club, and once in a while take * :ir families there; but the attractive feature would be the arrangement they have made to serve the members. So far as I have been able to catch from the authorities, the weight of reason and the common sense view is against the position taken by the club. 'Mint 1 will read the authorieies on either side if counsel will present them and will give my views in writing."? The State. The Conductor Ignored Orders. jjPAiiTAXBuno, i?. C.. April 14.?A terrible wreck occurred just about dark last night on the Ashvilie and Spartanburg iiailroad, between a through freight lrom Asheville and a material tiain, near the rock cut above Landrum. The freight had orders to wait at Melrose litty minutes to allow the mater al train to pass. The conductor disobeyed his orders and attempted to make Tryon, when the two trains came together. Jioth trains were running at a high rate ui' speed when they collided at a point just hali' a mile beyond Horseshoe trestle. I3;;th engines were demolished. The fireman and a negro on the material train were I:;. - a. Both of the engineers and eighteen of the hands were badly injured, many of them fatally, and it is ti.uufrhi one ueero l:ad his ley caught in lUe furnace aTiil burned oil' before assistance c.im-*. Ail day yesterday the wounded men w.-re !-eiiitr treated*by physicians from AsheviJie and half a dozen amputations of i> and Aims were made. When the collision occurred a car from the rear end of the material trian broke looe and ran back four miles to the rock cut above Landrum. The ilaarnan, knowing the danger of the p.-.ssenirer train lunuing into it. ran iiack t:i:j entire distance and arrived completely exhausted. but just in time i<>:! down the regular passengerirain. iJ\ this splendid effort,another horrible -disaster was avoided. 1 rains were delayed se\eral hours on account of the wreck, but are now run It is impossible to ascertain the names of t lie conductors or any of the parties killed or injured.?The State. A Contemptible I'iccc of Uravado. London, April 13.?A dispatch from Uuiae says that tht-re is no doubt here in well-informed circles that the recall o:' l-\;va was a contemptible piece of acting on the part of the Italian Government, and that the whole story will si:ori!y be made public, to the discomfiture l>; the lludini cabinet. OiTicial p:;:" rs are in existence showing that JL-'a'va had asked, and his government had granted, a leave of absence before the -W\v Orleans massacre was heard oi'cr had occurred, and that Huaini had : iter ward determined to give a i dramatic and bravado aspect to the j minister's holiday by proclaiming it a ' tn fri<rht^n thA I sev.:?i. iKAmericans, and in failing to do so has made himself such an object of ridicule that he may have to retire in shame, and leave the lield to Crispi, who is : doing everything possible to avid to his (successors' embarrassments. Should Crispi regain power, it is expected that he will give the whole correspondence to he public. The levying of newtax ts, which is now recognized as the only way out of the financial slough, j car:"not fail to hasten lludini's down- j i lali. Even had Crispi remained in j i power, tiies*.* taxes would have had to 1 ! i.; , Hoe oorjrt 1 | L>" lllipUSVU lUIU j him from the unpopularity that will i attend their imposition. THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATESSecretary Blaine's Keply to the Last Letter of the Italian Government. Washington, April 15.?Secretary Ulaine completed his reply to the last letter from the Italian Government yesterday, and sent a copy of it to the Marquis Imperiali for transmission to T'remier Rudini. To-niarht the cor j respondence was given to the press. Marquis Imperiali, in a note dated ! April 2, says Secretary Blaine's note of i April 1, heretofore published, had been jlaid before the Italian Government* anil that Kudini directed him to say | that the Government of Italy had asked nothing beyond the prompt institution of judicial proceedings I through the regular channels. lie acknowledges that it would have been absurd to claim the punishment of the guilty parties without warrant of regular judgment, and repeats the original demand for the prompt institution of judicial proceedings, and says that not until the United States Government ; shall have explicitly declared that the I proceedings shall be promptly begun tan tuc uipiuaiabiv/ luvmguv k/v- KSV/J-IUAV*. ered as closed. Secretary Blaine, in reply, say? the United States did not, by treaty with Italy, become the insurer of the lives or property of Italian subjects in our territory. If it should appear that among the victims at Xew Orleans were Italian subjects resident there, in conformity with the treaty, and not in violation of the immigration laws, abiding: in peace in the United States and obeying the laws, that public ollicers connived at the work of the mob or failed, upon proper notice or information of the threatened danger, to take steps to preserve the peace and briner the euiltv to trial, the President, under such circumstances, the Secretary says, will be justified in bringing the matter before Congress, with a view to the relief of the families of the Italian subjects who lost their lives by violence. Secretary Blaine also says, if it is found that the prosecution or the persons charged with the killing of the Italian subjects can be maintained under the United States Statutes, the case will be presented to the next grand jury. But if, as seems probable, proceedings can only betaken in the courts of Louisiana, the President can only ur?e the State officials to promptly bring the offenders to trial; and this he has already done. He also says, if the case can only be prosecuted in the State courts, and a judicial investigation is not resorted to, it will then be the duty of the United States to consider whether some other form or redress may be asked. He adds, that it is understood that the Louisiana *tate grand jury is now investigating the affair, and while it is possible that, the jury inay fail to present indictments, the United States cannot assume that such will be the case. The State Sustained. Beaufort, April 14.?The decree of -Judge Aldrich in the Coosaw case has been filed. It is a voluminous docu ment, covering 23 pages of legal cap paper. The conclusions reached by the Judge in "Thp State ex-relatione B. R. Tillman et al., Board of Phospha Commissioners, plaintiffs, vs. the Coosaw Mining Co., defendants," are as follows: "The return of the defendants to the order herein, dated March 21, is insufficient and is overruled. That the order to show cause herein, dated March 21, is made absolute. That the temporary order of injunction "iretot'ore granted is continued pendiDg the final determination of the action, or the further order of the court, and that the plaintiff do execute and file a written undertaking with sureties, pursuant to the statute and the practice of this court, within the next thirty days, to the effect that the plaintiff will pay to the defendant such damage, not exceeding 8500, as defendant may sustain by reasoD of the injunction herein, if the court shall finally decide that the plaintiff is not entitled thereto. 4iThat the order of this Court appoint 1 Qg U. it. UrooKS temporary Aeueivei yc continued in full force and effect until further order of this Court. "Further ordered, that the said U. II. Brooks, as receiver, do within a reasonable time execute and deliver a proper undertaking, pursuant to the statute, in the sum of 8500,Jconditioned foi the due and faithful discharge of bis duties as receiver. "Either party to this action may. upon four days' notice to the opposite party, apply to this Court for an order substituting some other person receiver in the place of U. 11. Brooks. "That either party to the action, on four days' notice to the opposite party, may apply to this Court, or a Judge thereof, for ao order that may be meet anu just, pending the final determination of this action." "Dated Aiken. S. C.. AdhI 13.1891. "(Signed.) ' James Aldricii, "Judge Second Circuit." Rats Responsible. Goshen, Ind., April 10? A miner named Snyder was found dead here a few days ago, and two tramps arrested charged with his murder. A sensational account was published in the New York papers, regarding disclosures made, by his wife, who lives in New York, in the presence of the tramps leading to their seeking him and attempting robbery, which resulted in his death. Xow "the coroner's verdict has been made public, to the effect that Snyder came to his death by falling and striking his head against a bed post, and that the gashes in his head which 1 V were suypuscu LU UrtYC UCCU .ausru UJ blows from a cudgel were caused by rats, which had been gnawing on the dead body for perhaps a day pre nous to the finding of it. The two tramps who have been held charged with the murder, some articles belonging to Snyder being found in their possession, have been released in consequonce, and have skipped the neighborhood. A. Cowardly Father. Cheyenne, Wyoming, April 15.? Frank McDermott and George Madden fougiit a duel Saturday in the Big Horn basin. The former's wife left him after a tilt and went to M add en's place. McDermott, carrying a six-shooter and taking his live-year-old bov along, went after the woman. Madden came out with a ritle, which he aimed at McDermott's head. McDermott raised his son to his breast, and the ball struck the little fellow above the ear, glanced and landed in his father's face. McDormott fell, but fired three shots. The boy died within an hour and the father is fatallv injured. Ills Haste Made Waste. Kaxsas City, Mo., April 15.?Several months ago the postofiice at Seward. Oklahoma, was robbed. There being no safe convenient, ihe postmaster after that put his stamps and money in the oven of his cook stove. Friday he built a tire in a harry, and forgot to take the i treasure out. When he thought of them J the oven was red hot, and stamps and j money were all cone. His loss was! something over $400. W l\ j NO THIRD PARTY FOR 1IDI. !the plans and purposes of the alliance stated. Stale I.ecturcr Talbert Sets Forth tho Meaning of his Keccnt Interview?lie Declares that the Alliance is I'ngasetl in a Crusaile Against tho Money I'ovrer. To the Editor of The News and Courier: Your Reporter did me justice m oil infopviow nf. OrarHrelmrff Dublished in your issue of the Oth instant. lie stated my language as I used it and my words as they were spoken, but your head-lines and comments are calculated to mislead the public mind, and I ask that you allow me to make some explanation, not however, to change a 1 siDgle word or proposition, but to re- j iterate every word. Other papers have quoted altogether i incorrectly. For instance, I am quoted j assaying: "The Alliance is a simonrMim nrklitir>n 1 nrrrnrn7.af.ion." la the I f"'*' r"""? ?o interview I said that "the National A!-1 liaace was a purely political, or simonpure political organization," or words ! to that effect. I say so yet. Then 1 am quoted in other papers as saying: "I am in favor of a third party." 1 did not say so; l said that "I was opposed j to a third party, provided relief could be obtained from the other parties," distinctive applied for as Democrats aDd Republicans being my meaning, of both Democrats and Republicans. I stated that when it was found out relief could not be obtained in this wav, or woads to that effect, then it would be time enough to decide upon s>me plan to bring about that result, or words to that effect. Now, sir, it might be that some other plan than a third party might be decided upon. I am unable to say. I stated positively that the Alliance, as 1 understand it, would push their demands in the primaries and conventions for the nomination to national oinces only of such candidates as would favor the same. After nominations are made then the Alliance would support the nominee of the party, or words to that effect. That seems to me to be Democratic. I also stated that was my idea of the Alliance (at the South, of course,) at present. However, I said further, 111 substance, that there was a move on foot to have a meeting: in February, 1892, for the purpose of bringing together in one great convention representatives from all of the different bodies of organized farmers and laborers in the United States to discuss the situation. What they would do I said I was unable to say. Whatever was done the people alone would be responsible, because it would be a people's move, etc, or words to that effect. Nov, Air. Editor, von make a bi<? fuss about mv reference to the fact that my language means communistic revolution, etc, because I said the masses must have relief, and ill they can't get it one way they will get it "in another, etc. Now, you may call it what you please, but the people cannot ana will not much longer stand the oppression of the money king. There is not enojgh money in circulation to supply tiltlegitimate demands, saying nothing about the payment of loans, because with falling prices sesurities weaken, and while property values go lower and lower, dollar values go higher and higher, and taxes, salaries and interest absorb all the people's earnings, leaving nothing to pay on the principal of debts. Wealth is fast passing into the hands of a few persons. Money has become a power in politics as it has always heen in social life, and the same influence, which is drawing away the substance of the workers, is undermining the church. Look what way you will the encroachments of the money power are plainly visible. It pollutes our elections fit controls our national legislation; it debauches our trade; it owns our homes; it rules the forum, the i school and the church. It is king. The question then is whether the dollar or I the citizen shall rule this country. The Farmers' Alliance then means to have this country ruled by the citizen. The Farmers' Alliance then means to dethrone the money power and thus emancipate the people. This, sir. :loes not mean communism or anarchy, as you term it. It does not mean repudiation, it does not mean war; it means only the rule of the people. That is the lirst and great work to be done by the National Alliance. With that will come many other reforms, for every device of villiany which is supported by the improper use of money will fall when the props are taken away. Mr, Editor, the sub-treasury scheme, I which you so much abuse, will be the I very means by which money will be robbed of its power to oppress. The St. Louis .Convention adopted it, the Ocala Convention confirmed it. and it becomes the duty of every true Alliance man to support it as one of the grand principles of the Alliance, and again I repeat, he who is unwilling to support what a majority adopts should drop out. If that be treason, make the most of it. In conclusion allow me to say that the platform of our National Alliance, as I understand it, is what I stand upon, Dot only with both l'eet, but on all fours, and there are not enough newspapers and editors 111 South Carolina to drive me off. All I want is a chance to discuss these propositions before the people face to face. liespectfully, W. J. Talbevt, | Lecturer Farmers' Alliance. Columbia, April 1,1891. A IJa<l ??ro. Wedgefield, S. C.. April 10.?Fate James, a negro, was arrested here yesterday for the murder of a woman in Wessons, Ga., with whom he had run I away from his family here last fall. James suddenly returned a week or ten days ago without the woman, and when questioned as to her whereabouts de-1 I clrred that she had died suddenly while | at work. This naturally excited the j suspicious of the woman's relatives, | and upon writing to parties in J^ssons ! it was ascertained that James had killed j her, which fact he confessed upon beI in o.i.n^to/1 f.loimintr lifMirftvpr That hp committed the deed by accident, with a Winchester rille. This is nut given much credence. lie was sent to Sumter in charge of the constable and will | doubtless remain in jail there, awaiting the requisition of the (Jovernor of ! Georgia. lie is a bad negro anyhow. Only last: i summer he had to leave on account of | injuries he had inllicted upon an old ! negro. This whs finally compromised. The State correspondent has just seen , a specimen of a live-acre held of oats | which measures three leet six inches without the head. It was grown by] I Mr. J. M. Moseley, -who is one of our I best planters, as the size of his oats tesj tifies.?The State. A Kaunas Collison. j Leavexwoiitii, Kan., April 15?At [ 5:10 this afternoon, D. II. Anthony, edi| tor of the Leavenworth Times, was cow| hided on the street by Capt. AVilliam Fori:esque, who was defeated fo* mayor ; at the recent election. A large crowd : assembled, but no assistance was offered, and as Anthony is noted for his gameness, a bloody sequel is looked for. ? TILLMAN ON THE SUB-TREASURYTlio governor Thinks tlie Intelligent Farmers are Generally Against It. Cincinnati, April 15.?Recently the l'ost, of this city, published the following from Max Ellsler: 1 spent this evening with Governor Tillman and his family at the executive ? ? i i. _ i :.i mansion. 1 was impresseu oy ins rupia, firm decisions and clear cut ideas. lie is probably forty-live years old. has one eye, and writes with both hands. I 1'ound him genial in his home, ottering a welcome savoring somewhat of the rural. Five children, with positive clear brown and hazel eyes, firm yet eQectionate bearing, were perfectly easy in the quiet dignity of the family room, i The Governor is thoughtful, but his great power lies in his directness of speech and action. With its aristocratic significance ODe would never accuse him of being a'"gentleman,''but you believe his opinions are carefully made up and honest in every sense. In response to my query, he said: llI do not believe if the Farmers' Alliance were polled in this State, one-half would support the sub-treasury scheme. My guide in making up my opinions is to observe the results in the congressional districts where, by vote, this has been tested. And 1 believe the Alliance of the entire South would repudiate it. .Some leaders may loist it, but tue ranK. and iile?the thinking, reading merabers ?utterly refuse the absurd provision of the scheme." It may be well here to draw the distinction between the Alliance and the movement. Both are farmers' measures. The Alliance is nine months old. The movement is live years o^d. And Alliance is national. The movement is local. The Alliance is based on its well known "demsnd." The movement on local educational questions and. alleged reforms. , Governer, Lieutenant Governor, Stale officers, six Congressmen and a majority of the Legislature belong to the farmers' movement. A small proportion belong to the Alliance. The present administration claims to be Democratic, loyally so, and that its officers were the regular nominees of the Democratic party. Commenting 011 the above the Cotton Plant the official organ of the Alliance, says: The Xews and Courier quotes Gov. Tillman as saying that the wiit r-oi-vi- one! filo r>f tlio A lliflnfft are opsosed to the Sub-Treasury. We very much fear the good Governor was doing just what our contemparary charged upon Col. Talbert in the same connection?speaking for himself, rather than for the Alliance. "Certainly no one can charge him with being opposed to the Farmers's Alliance," as the News and Courier 3ays; but neither can any one who looks below the surface in the last congressional elections construe the result as properly a rejection of the SubTreasury piau. The Governor is entitled to his upmiuu U1 l/LlUiSi;, UUI/ ?? nuv M mi*. he has nol correctly gauged the Alii- j ance sentiment on this point; and the Alliance?jes, the "reading, thinking members"?will not follow even him in a defection from its clear cut demands. The lines will be much closer drawn in future congressional contests than in the last, and if we mistake not, the Alliance will be in position to apply its full force where it will do most good. In our judgement based upon close touch with the order to-dwy, Col. Talbert is nearer ri^ht than the Governor; and the Governor is about as near ricrlxt on this point in fact as he has been any time during the past twelve months in the estimation of the News and Courier. We believe, however, that the Governor will be found standing squarely by the Alliance and all its demands, when it comes to the test, though lie is clearly mistaken as to the sentiment of the order in this respect. A Frauco-Germau "War Brewing. Pa ms, April 10? M. Ilerbette, the Trench ambassador to Germany has sent j\i. KiDot, i- rencii minister 01 iureijjn affairs, a dispatch full of misgivings as to the nature of the ambassador's relations with the Berlin foreign office. 31. Ilerbette says that Chancellor von Caprivi treats him with formal politeness, while the German emperor, who was formerly invariably affable in his manner, now speaks curtly and has shown positive ill humor toward French men whom 2>I. Il^rbette has introduced at receptions. The news causes increased anxiety in government circles here. Hitherto M. Jlerbertte's own reports, as well as other oilicial information from Berlin, have shown that M. Ilerbette was a persona 'jrata with Emperor William and that the ambasador was on the most amicable personal terms with the chiefs of the .Berlin foreign oilice. Nothing has occurred between the ambassador and M. Jlibot to indicate the intention of the (lerman government to increase the tension of relations already suiliciently I strained. If the French government ascertains that the kaiser's altered attitude toward Ilerbette arises from dissatisfaction over the treatment received by Empress Frederick in Paris his recall *is certain. So far as is known in official circles the kaiser exonerated M. Ilerbette from all blame in the matter, while M. liibot considered the conduct of the ambassador in relation to the Paris incident to have been absolutely correct. The Town and tlio Trains. CHARLESTON, U, j:ipril iu.? Jiuc war between the town of Graham's on tlie Augusta division of the South Carolina Railway, and the railroad company has broken out afresh. To-day the railroad company appeared before Judge Simonton in the Federal Court with a complaint that the town authorities were interfering with the tratlic of the road and the carrying of the mails, by threatening to arrest its servants and employees. Judge Simonton issued an injunction restraining the authorities from arresting the employees of the road or interfering with the trains. The writ is returnable April 21. The authorities of Graham's claim that the trains are run too fast | through the town. It was the marshal | i of. this place who. some months ago, j skot and killed a colored llreman on one of the South Carolina Railroad trains. j . Two IJrothers Suicide. Lancaster, Pa., April !?.?Milton XautTman, a young: man of this city, uied ten days ago under mysterious cir- j cumstances, and last night his brother, Harry, died from the same symptoms I which resembled arsenical poisoning, j Their fattier to-uay scaieu im naay had confessed to him that he and his brother had taken posion with the object of dying together. The boy would give no explanation of the act. i I UPWARD AKD ONWARD. UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY OF THE NEW SOUTH. y The Wonderful Progress d Development of the Southern States During the Past Decade as Shown by Census lieturns. Baltimore, April 10?The Manufacturers' Record this week publishes an article from the- pen of Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of the Census, on the material development and progress in the Southern States during the past decade, as shown by the facts and iigures gathered by the Census Bureau. As epitomized, they show wonderful growth and progress in mineral and agricultural development, and justify Mr. Porter's prediction of even greater and unprecedented prosperity in the 2sew South. While the time, he says, has not yet arrived to give a complete inventory of the wonderful progress of the South during thejlast decade, official figures of the brancnes of inquiry already completed indicate that the final returns iirHT ckrtrcr f-Kit in nn rnjrf- r>f tho TTnifpfl States has industrial progress been more satisfactory. One thing is certain, namely: that the mineral development and increase in manufactures during this period has b2en of such magnitude aud of such importance as to seriously attract the attention of the world. The South "is to-day producing as much coal, iron ore and pigiron as the entire United States produced in 1ST0, and the progress of the Southern States in the manufacture of steel Mr. Porter thinks will be as great during the next ten years as has been in the production of coal and pigiron during the past decade. And the class of labor attracted to the rich mineral regions will be a higher character than of the past: that is, there will be artisans and mechanics, who will command a much higher rate of wages, and hence increasing the consuming power of the South. The trouble to-day, he says, with this part of the country, is that most of its products have to be shipped North or to foreign countries for further manipulation; but once establish an industrial condition that will require a greater variety of articles of consumption, and you will bring to that region a still greater diversification of manufactures. The remarkable development of the New South, as he calls it, is shown in a striking degree by the astonishing growth of individual cities in this section during the past ten years. In support of this, he cites the wonderful and in some cases the phenomenal growth of a number of cities and towns during the decade in Ala., Ark., .N. C., Va., Tenn., Ky. and Ga. Anniston, Ala., that in 1880 had a population of 942, is returned by the census of 1890 as containing 9,876 inhabitants. Birmingham. unknown when the census of 1870 was taken, and which in 1880 had a population of 3.086, had grown in 1890 to a nourishing city of 26,178 inhabitants, and in fact a centre of industrial activity of 75,000 people; Florence, Ala., with a population in 1S90 of 5.9S4, or 330 per cent greater than in 1880. Chattanooga in 1890 had a population of 29,100, or an increase during toe decade of more than 125 per cent, lloanoke, Va., which did not appear in the census of 1880, is now a city of 16,159 inhabitants. These he points to as some of the striking illustrations of material progress, while a hundred similar examples coma oe given or small towns that had thus developed in the South, and the greater part ot their growth has been due to the development of their mineral resources. Facts already published by the census ollice, he says, exhibit a mineral development in the South, which if continurd throusrh another decade, will bring about remarkable changes in a numi T i Ci?n u ^ uer 01 oouuieiu oiaies. j.u iouu, tuc best estimate that can be obtained show that the Southern States produced less than 1,000,000 tons of coal, and in 1870 about 2,000,000 tons. In the year 1880, as shown by official data, this production had increased to 5,676,160 tons. According to the eleventh census return, the production in 1890 was 17,772,945. This gives an output in the coal producing States of the South in 1890 ;,of more than twice the entire output of bituminous coal in the United States in 1860, and nearly 2,000,000 more tons than the total production of the United States in 1870. Far greater progress, Superintendent Porter says, has been shown by the South in the production of pig "iron. The entire production South in 1880 was 397,301 tons, which in 188S had increased to 1,132.858 tons, and in 1890 to 2.917,528 tons. In fact, the products of iron ore in these Southern States now almost equals the total production of the United States in 1S70. Nor h;. ; this development. Superintendent Porter says, of the mineral resources of the South L-en at the expense of its other industries. The manufacture of cotton, for example, has increased to a wonderful degree, as will be seen from the fact that in 1880 the amount of cotton consumed in theSouth was ISO,COO bales, while in 1890 it used 407,001) bales?an increase, in round numbers, of 175 per cent. The fast that since 1S65 near S8,000,000,000 have been brought into the South to pay for cotton, explains in part the marvelous recuperative powers of this section since the war. While bad agricultural methods have made cotton raising unprofitable to many farmers, it is claimed that cotton is one of the most profitable crops that can be raised when its cultivation is carried on intelligently on a cash basis. The South produces about three-fourths of the world's annual cotton crop, but manufactures only about 7 or 8 per cent, of what it raises, the balance furnishing the material for spindles in New England and in Europe. The total cotton crop of the world now runs from about 10,000,000 to 11,000,000 bales of which the South raises on an average uf late years 7,000,000 bales. Of tlie agricultural development of the South, Mr. Porter says: The South has also made great strides in agricultural progress during the past ten years. This has been the result largely of diversifying her crops. At one time King Cotton held absolute sway on nearly every plantation. The supplies of meats, hay and grain, even for farm use were obtained from the North and West. A vast incrsase has been made in the rearing of stock of all kinds, and grain, grass and vegetable crops }<re grown iinnn ? r>nn<?r.:inf.iv increasing1 acreage. Tens of thousands of acres in the Southem States, that at one time produced a bale of cotton to the acre, are now covered with millions of vines, peach and pear trees, while trains and steamers for months in the year bear Northward their burdens of vegetables and small fruits to supply the markets in States where ice and snow still hold sway. This development, However, nas not been entirely the result of the increased demand of their export trade. The establishment of great industries, iron and cotton mills, etc., has developed home markets in the South for fruits, vegetables, butter, eggs and a variety US of crops, and has given a wonderful stimulus to agriculture in the Southern States. Superintendent Porter closes his remarkably interesting: and instructive article by saying: "The advance and development of any part of the country is a step forward for the whole. Southern progress, it should be remembered, is national progress, auu, as suuu, tuw North can and does rejoice at it, and Northern men will note with gratification the wonderful results of a decade of industrial development aS revealed by the eleventh census. Iq the spring of 1884 I visited all the Southern ironproducing regions, and I repeat now what I said then, namely: that the great need of the South is a still further diversification of industries. The next decade must develop steel manufactures, the further manipulation of iron and steel into machinery, the manufacture of furniture along the timber belt and of the better grades of cotton goods in the vicinity of the cotton fields. If the advance is along these lines, the year 1900 will mark a more remarkable and more satisfactory industrial devel op meat m me souuieru ouitca ui<ui 1890." WHITE REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE. A Convention of 108 Del?cat ? of the aicLane Kind. Columbia, S. C., April 15.?A new era in South Carolina's political history has begun. Last night a large number of the former Republicans, Greenbackers and Independendents met in convention in Columbia. The convention was held in the dining hall of the Columbia Hotel. So quiet had the arrangements for the meeting been kept that scarcely any one was aware of the matter, and the intention of the pro moters was culuusu euuieij uu&uuvyu save among themselves. The convention met at 8 o'clock, and the roll of delegates showed 108, only twelve of whom were negroes. Among those will be recognized as old Independents present were the following, most of whom politicians: J. Hendrix McLane, V. P. Clayton, postmaster at Columbia: "\V. W. Russell, the famous and "caloric" Greenbacker; Dr. Munro and Postmaster Hunter, of Union; Simon Corley,of Lexigton; Odom, of Edgefield; Prickett, of Sc. Matthews; Dr. Boyner, of Florence; Harmon, of Spartanburg. There were many more present, representing fifty-eight clubs recently organized in various portions of the State. The complexion of the convention was a novelty in Republican meetings in this State. It was composed of three elements, the preponderating proportion being native whites, and the oth ers being old "Unionist men," who have been forced to the rear since the war, and negroes. The convention was called to order by McLane, and a ".Republican State League" was organized. This is to be a portion of the "National Republican League," organized some time ago. One who was piesent stated afterwards to the State representative that the "league was organized principally to fight tbe Brayton Republicans and that gang who had been monopolizing the Republican party in this State tor the past two years, and to prosecute the organization of a white Republican party in the State, with such negroes as wished to come in." The organization was effected by the State executive committee, the names of whom could not be ascertained. The organization being effected, the new league proceeded to elect a full set of delegates to the national convention oi the league to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, at an early date. The following were chosen: State at large, J. C. Hunter, Union; F. Nichols, Greenville. Regular Congressional District delegates?First, Dr. R. W. Memminger, Charleston, A. Lathrop; Second, T. A. Owdon; Third, W. W. Iiussell, J. S. Russell; Fourth,M. Whitlock, J. E. Green; Fifth, J. Clark, A. H. Boweii; Sixth, T. E. Bell, J. V. uegrait; Seyenth, F. M. Prickett, C.L. Scott. After the convention had adjourned ?it having lasted about one hour and a half--an experience meeting was held and a large number of the members gave graphic accounts of their political experiences during the past decade, and maybe they will have similar experiences to relate ten years hense. Their movement has been started. Time alone will tell the result. The purpose of the organizers to hold their convention was known to the State yesterday afternoon.?The State. Miscarriage of Justice. Yoekville, S. C., April 12.?Here is .1 otnnr />t? iniCAarriorl 1115. a iCiuoiaauii, ouuij v/*. ?*-. v* j tice that came to light in Yorkville yesterday afternoon: Last week, Robert Ilill, William Farrar and William Berry, all colored, were convicted for breaking into the store of S. S. Plexico, of Sharon, some time ago, and each was sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of three years. They were convicted on the evidence of a iittle negro boy, ten or twelve years old, but he told such a straight story that the jury believed him. It developed yesterday, however, that none of the negroes are guilty of the crime with which they were charged. Since recei vine his sentence, Boody Sanders, alias Goore, who plead guilty of burglary of the store of Miss Maria McPheeters, has confessed that he also committed the Plexico robbery. Hearing of the confession, Mr. Plexico obtained a statement as to where the goods were concealed, and yesterday afternoon went down to Sanders' house and secured over S50 worth of them. Another strange circumstance was also developed. When Sheriff Crawford arrested Boody Goore, alias Sanders, he also brought Fred Sanders along as an accessory after the fact, and for receiving stoien goods. When Boody plead guilty, the solicitor nol prossed the case against Fred Sanders. It now turns out that there is every reason to believe that Fred was guilty as charged, if indeed he is not a principal in the burglaries. Mr. Plexico is sat.isfipfi that. t,hf? npcro knew all the while where the goods were secreted, and charges that he has been making use of them at his pleasure. At any rate, Fred has again been arrested and committed to jail. Just what is to be done in the case of the other three negroes, has not yet developed. Mr. Plexico informed The Enquirer late yesterday evening that he would at once try to get them out of the trouble, and to accomplish this there are two courses open. One is to apply for a new trial, and the other is to secure from Judge Kershaw a recommendation for a pardon.?Enquirer. Bloeked With Ice. Tout Huron, Mich., April 15.?The St. Clair lliver is completely blocked with ice from the Hats to Lake Huron. Lake Huron is also one vast field of ice as far as one can see. The Grand Trunk transfer boats are stuck in ice and traffic has been completely suspended since last night. The steamer Conger, of the Port Huron ferry line, is fast in the ice two miles below" the city. Such a complete blockade at this season has never occurred before. ITALY FIGHTING MAD. HUMOROUS AMERICAN JOURNALISM A POSSIBLE CACUS BELLIThe Bitterness of Feeling Against the United States Intensified by the Politi cians?ine .Dismissal ui .uiiiin.ni * viter?Blaine has Nothing to Say. Rome, April 10?It is reported that if the United States Government does not answer the note from the Marquis Imperiali by tomorrow. Minister Porter will be ordered to leave Italy, and the whole Italian legation at Washington will be recalled, Italian interests 'in Washington to be left in charge of the British Minister. a revulsion- of feeling. London, April 10.?Tonight's advices from Italy represent the Eudini cabinet as deeply hurt by American comment on the Italian difficulty, and that there is consequently a revulsion of feeling in favor of aggressive measures. It is said that King Humbert has received from the editor of an Ital ian newspaper in America a package of American newspapers containing pictures ridiculing His Majesty and belittling the power and dignity of Italy. One picture in particular, representing the Xing as a monkey, gave great offense. Italian blood is again boiling, and something startling is anticipated within a few days. secretary blaine calm! and serene. Washington, April 10.?Secretary Blaine was shown the Home and London cable dispatches tonight oy a representative of the United Press, reporting a revulsion of feeling in Italy in favor of aggressive measures toward the United States and a determination on the part of the Italian Government to order Minister Porter to leave Italy and to recall the remnant of th* Italian legation now at Washington. The Sec retary read the dispatches carefully and simply remarked: "Not a word relative to all these reports has rea^ ?d the deDartment. No credit is given to the rumors. They seem to be sensational." Beyond this Secretary Blaine would have nothing to say about the Italian imbroglio. bon voyage, baron. New York, April 10.?Baron Fava, the recalled Italian Ministsr, left the "Victoria Hotel tonight for the French line steamer Lagascogne, and will leave these shores for home early in the morning London, April 11?A Borne dispatch says everybody is on the qui vive for the next act in the Italian-American drama. Crispi has openly stated that the Rudini Cabinet dare not, make a serious demand for redress, upon the United States, and that the Italian people have been held up to ridicule by the vacillation of the Ministry. The statement that American utterances have had an influence in provoking a hostile feeling is confirmed. In ariHi'Hnn t,n the nress dispatches, the Consul General at New York has'kept his government fully informed of the editorial expressions of the press of that city. These are considered as extremely obnoxious in their tone of contempt for Italy's strength, both naval and military. __; THe caricature which is said to have given personal offense to King Humbert is one in which a monkey figures with the crown on its head and features bearing a resemblance to those of the King. The clerical or Vatican faction are alleged to have circulated widely wood cuts of these caricatures, as showing American hatred and contempt for the QuirinaL Altogether, whatever the outcome of the difficulty, the feeling toward America in high Italian circles is very bitter. Among the lower orders the complication is having a contrary effect. The people seem to anticipate that the gates of the American paradise are about to be shut on Italians, and there is a rush to get in before they close. The shores are tnrongea witn eiuigj-duoo, <?aiu. families, from patriarch to cabe, can be seen trudging along the highways that lead to the points of departure. The authorities are making efforts to discourage emigration, but without effect sensational rumors confirmed. Rome, April 11.?Several newspapers of this city today confirmed the report that in the event of the Italian Government not receiving a reply to its last communication to the American State Department with regard to the jSew Orleans massacre by April 14th, the minister of the United States to Italy, Mr. A. (x. Porter, will be requested to withdraw from the country. mr. blaine has nothing to say. Washington, April 11.?Secretary Blaine has not decided whether he will make public any additional correspondence with the Italian Government concerning the Xew Orleans affair. Concerning the dispatch from Rome, stating that Mr. Porter, the United States Minister at Rome, would be ordered to leave Italy if Mr. Blaine does not answer the Marquis Imperial's note today, Mr. Blaine will say nothing further than the statements made by him last night and telegraphed to newspapers throughout the country covers all he has to say about the matter. Daring Jail Delivery. Russell ville, Ky., April 9.?A ? ing and successfully carried out escap* from the county jail was made here las evening at 6:30 o'clock. There were twelve prisoners in all confined in the jail. They were allowed the liberty of the corridors during the day and were locked in cells at night. Last evening, when the jailer went to put them in their cells, he found seven of his prisoners absent. They cut the bars of one of the windows during the day, and as soon as it was dark they leaped to the ground, a distance of twelve feet. The men who escaped are Jeff Porter, white, who was under indictment for the assassination of George Crim, a wealthy farmer; Henry Gill, Jeff Townsend and Solomon, colored, who killed a neero at Adairville over a game of crap a few weeks ago; Bell Busky, a negro housebreaker, Buck Baker, white, charged with shooting into a train, and Ed Morton, a negro, for stealing. The sheriff and a large posse are scouring the country for them. Fatally Earned. Birmingham, Ala., April 7.?At Tuscaloosa last night the Opera House was crowded Co see an amateur performance, which closed with a tableau representing the Goddess of Liberty on a throne, surrounded by thirty-lour fairies, impersonated by little girls. They were dressed in white material. As the curtain went up a spark from a torch which Miss Mabel McEachen, the Goddess of Liberty, held aloft fell on the dress of little Irene Hayes. She was instantly enveloped in flames and ran screaming to the footlights, wore two young men trom tne auaience seizea ner ana exguisbed the fire. As she passed the other girls iittle Ethel Black's dress caught also, but was put out before she was seriously burned. Irene Hayes was fatally burned. The Rev. Francis Penzotti, a Metho- ^ dist clergyman and agent at Lima, Peru, of the American Bible Society, has at last been released from prison there after having been confined eight months -for alleged violations of the religious laws, .-f-.+k A