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* \;4^W ___ ? ? - . > =================================^^ ? = VOL. XLYI. WIXXSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1891. NO. 38. ? ; ? ?-? >>Vaw DR. GRIFFIN'S REPLY TO THE CHARGES OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. UDjaBtly Conde;i.n<d Upon an cx-x>arte Investigation?Ke Has SeeH but Lttle of the Testimony, and Makes a General Reply to General Ch:xrjres. Columbia, S. C., April 30.?The reply of Dr. Griflia to the committee of inquiry has been submitted to the board of regents of the Lunatic Asylum and a copy was sent to The News and Courier Bureau this evening, k Dr. Griffin begins by stating the conditions under which the testimony conv cerning him was taken, as follows: f The committee sat with closed doors r in the rooms of the board at the Asy lum. Of their proceedings I had no knowledge at that time, except from the fact that most, if not all, of the officers and attendants, some of the patients and a few former employees were examined on oath. During the examination I was called before the committee. Xo statement of any matter of complaint -was made to me, and my explanations -were directed to matters as to which the committee chose to inter-! rogate me. From these questions I was authorized to infer that charges were contemplated against my administration, and i then protested that if any charges are to be made I would like! to have specifications. To this the Governor replied in these words, quoted from the stenogrpher's report: uThe committee would say here that as soon as the testimony has been taken you can cross-examine witnesses on any points you desire. We do not care to fee'.ins' disDlaved in the in vesti^ation. We are simply to inquire into the condition of the institution, and we shall give you or anyone else an opportunity to show that "witnesses have or have not been telling the truth " To this mcst satisfactory assurance I answered: "I could not possibly ask for anything more." The investigation was concluded without notice to me and without op poriUQlty IU CiUKS'CAaiuiiio niiuKow or to show by countervailing testimony wherein the witnesses had or had not been telling the truth. i? The testimony taken during the examination was"not submitted tome. Xor was any information given me of any matter of censure developed during the investigation. Instead of this on a purely ex-parte inquisition I am ar/ raigned by the committee in their reTinrt. tfv the Governor uoon most serious ^ charges of negligence, misfeasance and I Incapacity in the conduct of mv office | affecting me personally as well as professionally and officially. These charges bear the date of the day when the examination of witnesses was concluded. The board do not need to be informed that a copy of the testimony taken before the committee has not been given to me, but that I have from the board, through their courtesy, access to some eiffhtv Daces of manuscript containing portions of the testimony of some of those witnessrs such as the legislative committee chose to select, while, as I am informed, the larger portion of the testimony taken during the investigation has not been furnished to the board, including whatever evidence may have been given by any of the witnesses tending to exculpate me from these charges. This meagre amount of information was not available to me till Tuesday last, the 21st inst. ? A. r 4>t sy-A 1 this staiement issuuixui/lcu miuvuv comment. 1 have fault to find, and wish to express through the board to the committee of investigation and to the Governor all due deference, but I have the inherent right to say that justice has been denied me. I am condemned without the opportunity ot plea and defence and without semblance of tria1., without knowledge of charges and specifications preferred against me, without place for confronting the accusing witness* s, and without right of testimony in my behalf, i Under such singular and untoward conditions I can have no adequate ant swer to submit to r.he board save that | of a general denial, and my demand for a fair and impartial investigation of ?Ko thfi ?r>nrOVfifl ' (vu^ vuoxgto avvvi uii>& ww v?v i forms ot trial. Dr. Griffin states that id the management of the institution he followed the modern doctrine of non-restraint, and he quotes Dr. Hammond's treatise on iDsanity, in which are described the methods of Pinel and Connelly, giving the theory and practice of non-restraint, arid also the practice in the more important institutions in this country and Europe. The principle on which Dr. Griffin lays stress is this, from Dr. Hammond: "Restraint is never necessary to secure the lives or the comfort of others. * * 'J ?? :4.i_ ana wnen usea it snouiu ue uu the safeguards against abuse which sound policy and humanity dictate." The next "part of the paper deals wit h the system of caring for the patieuts, the number of attendants, duties of the physicians, etc. Replying to sptcilic points Dr. Griffin says: The killing of Dr. Kershaw by anothing patient named Denaro was deplorable. Denaro was permitted by an attendant, contrary to orders. :o wander from his ward to another, and while thp attendant, nf the other ward was in the presence and within touch of Dr. Kershaw Denaro suddenly struck his victim. Perhaps the utmost vigilance of Dr. Kershaw's attendant could not have averted the tragedy. Certainly the superintendent could not provide against it unless the rules and regulations prescribed by the board had been k abrogated and the'method of treatnient m changed to that of close and mechani cal custoday of all patients liable to % fitful, dangerous moods. >peaking of Milne he says: at In this instance my desire to reduce discipline to the minimum of restraint B&jnay have cause me to err. In relation fctevery patient this discretion must be ^rcised, and I submit that it is cause fcujratulation that in a population Ru nine hundred persons so few B^this kind occurred. I repeat r>rtfr infnrmcrf nf Milne's ^^until after the assault Bate and when informed I EBLaken from him. To feave deemed it my ^^patient to a close BLhis cast almost Hfd the wards Kfctervals and ^judgement. BHKe culinary gsfction was Act' which wiac. and Slhat deHHat the Dr. Bkrity ft. re" ! lum, the attendants who wore examin; ed before the committee made frequent j reference to it. The statement of Dr. Corbett is very j brief, touching only on the subject of j ill-treatment of patients, lie states ; that whenever there have been m| stances of cruelty the attendants vvpre j discharged. Dr. Thompson makes the reply for | the recent case of suicide. He says: j As far as I can judge the only com! plaint which might reilect on me is i ; that the attendants were not instructl ed at the time she was admitted of t he I cnir>''r?al fAnrlpnm' nf thf? miriri of the patient who recently killed herself. She was admitted on the 24th of January, 1891, and was then too feeble to attempt to commit suicide. Hence we did not instruct the attendants as to the matter. She was immediately put onjtreatment. and in the course of three or four weeks had improved a great deal, both physically and mentally. About this time she expressed a wish to be changed, as she wanted to go in a ward were the patients took their moQ'c in f-hoir rttm trninsr TO I the general mess hall made her nervous j and she would rather avoid a crowd, especially as they were noisy and bois-1 terous at times. She was removed to j the old building and put in a quiet ward, as she was when* in the new buildine. She remained here until she committee suicide. T?r n Thnirmcrm savs thnfc he did not know that Milne had a key to the female department until after the row with McDowell. The following is a letter of transmittal to Governor Tillmau: To his Excellency 13. II. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina: In giving the defence of Dr. Griffin and his asI c?icfnr??-c? +a ti'Arl/l nro fun! ihtfitlO tn OiOVaUlO cvy Wi.it/ ?* ViiU ?? V_ i S_\. a avv?v*x^ vw tbem, to ourselves and to the State at large, whose servants we are, to say tnat in a constant official intercourse j with hiin of ten years we have always j found him a polished and refined genI tleman, an accomplished and skillful I physician, a kind, humane and atten| live superintendent, and an officer at ali times ready and apparer' * anxious 1 to do his entire duty as conceived by [him. Accidents may have occurred, I but as to the general management of this institution by him we confidently challenge a comparison with the rej cords of any insane asylum in any State or tne L nion. iiy oraer or tae Donru. 13. W. Taylor, President. The Horrors of War in ChileNew York, Aprii 25.?The Ilerald ! has Callao, Peru, advices this morning dated March 31, giving the latest news from Chiie. It contains the detail ?.-f the slaughter of defensi-iess workmen by government troops at Pazo Alimonte. The workmen were engaged on '1 - - -L ?- - ? - I toe nitrate oeus, near wiuuu uutu 'armies were concentrating. i'rovisions were running short, and the [ workmen, on the morning of the 4th, ! sent a committee to the works at XeI gregros to collect the men there. A train full of government troops apIpenred and halted beside the place j where the men were gathered. Then, j without the slightest warning, these I troops opened fire on the 900 defenceless I j workmen, women ;nd children. Short-! ly afterwards the forces marched for- j w^rrJ unr? kiljpri all t.hft men. On the 7th instant a terrible battle was fought bet ween government troops and the revolutionists at Pazo Alimonte, in which the former were defeated and completely routed. Five : thousand men were engaged, and the ! losses were very heavy, "it being estimated that 500 of the government forces and 800 of the rebels were killed and wounded. The government forces, iu retiring on Camina, shot all the prisoners they had and destroyed all the nitrate establishments they passed. The revolutionary squadron has lelt Iquique for Valparaiso. The object is to attack that place. Twenty-two warships and transports compose the fleet. They Fi?ht and Kill tor Pay. Newark, April 27.?A special to the World from Sheffield, Ala., says: Bishop Atticus G-. Haygood, of the" Southern j Methodist Church, denounces the employment of Pinkerton's men in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. He says: "What right have these killing Pinkertons. mere Hessians, lighting anywhere and anybody for pay?to hold mobs in check ?to put down rioters?to evict strikers ? Thank God, these hired ruffians have not yet been called in to help any city or corporation in the 'barbarous South,' If any plutocrats down here should so far forget the spirit of our institutions as to send for them, it is to be hoped that selfrespecting state government will order out the militia to puc do^vn and imprison these Finkertons. What do the IS orthern people mean by tolerating it? "What sort of a nation of republican government have these 2S~ orthern Governors and people ?" Hampton in Augusta. Augusta, Ga., April 28.?The Confederate Survivors' Association of Au gusia gave a a uvauuu iu-uitv vjcucaoa Wade Hampton and the Survivors of his old brigade after a separation of Twentysix years. The first North (Carolina, the South Carolina Cavalry, Phillip's Georgia Legion, Jeff Davis's Legion, and Cobb's Legion composed the brigade. Survivors from each regiment participated in the reunion, and memorial services were held and addresses were delivered by Generals Hampton, Wheeler. Butler, Young, Capers, Major n*?/l 1 >? ? +1 ramm?jtu!or J-Jaiixc-JL auit Auajvx Liiunvtvi. of the 1'nited States arsenal. The Memorial address was delivered by Pleasant A. Stavall, editor oi' the Augusta Chronicle. A conspicuous picture in the line of march was a drum corps composed of the survivors of the brigade. Business was suspended and the day was observed as a holiday. He Killed Three Wives. Savannah, Ga., April 25.?It now appears that the ne?ro in jail here for wife murder, Albert Grant, alias Morea, alias Kitchen, has put three wives in their graves instead of two. In addition to the two whose throats he cut here, he pounded one over the head with an iron kettle in a house, also in this city, early in lSS'J, and injured her so badly that she died in a couple of clays. He was then going under his own name, Albert Grant, As there is conclusive evidence against him in each case there is little fear that he will escape hanging. It the negroes had their way he would be dead already, as there is ah intensely bitter feeling against the man who will go on record as or.e of the most cool-blooded villians (ieoro-ia has ever known?Augusta Chronicle. An Opera House Horror. Montgomery, Ala., April 29?A special to the Advertiser states that the opera house in Troy, Ala., fell in this evening while a party of young people were rehearsing an amateur performance. AbDut twenty persons were buried in the ruins. The dead are Miss Annie Foster, of Eastman, Ga., and Miss Fannie Lou tnarke, the only child or juagfc 15. oiartce, or iroy. ine seriously injured are Miss Maggie 13urAgtr, lately of i>ninbridge. Ga.,and Miss DewniDg. Others were hurl; bui ^seriously. The accident resulted Sgkhe spreading ct' the roof which fttoided to be self-supporting, but I A MYSTERIOUS LIFE. j A VERY RICH MAN DIES AND LEAVES AN ENIGMA. j What Caused Phillip Louis Moeu to Give j Do<: Levi Wilson Three Hundred Thou| sand Dollars is a Mystery That Will I Xeyer Be Solved. Augusta, Ga., April 30.?The announcement comes" from Worcester of the death of Philip Louis Moen, president of .the Washburn and iloen Manufacturing company, which controls valuable barbed wire pat! ents, and is the biggest wiremaking establishments in this country, in that j city on the 23d inst. The readers of The Chronicle will probably remember that this wealthy gentleman, in company with his wife and daughter, spent a short while out at the Bon-Air about two months ago. In conversation he related to a Chronicle reporter a curious coincidence ! which had just occurred, While his son was studying in Stockholm, about ten years ago. he was met by an American gentleman one day ,i-os in emhilrruci;. VVJL1U >V aj x lj. WUJiUviuv*w ment from his inability to speak the language of the country. Young Moen spoke Swedish very well and was able to render the gentleman some valuable assistance. t*'i 1 c_ -X r ? Den ALt". 1VLUCU auu laLLiiijr amy cu at the Bon-Air this same gentleman, who was also stopping theie, recognized the name, and upon inquiry found Mr. Moen to be the father of his Stockholm friend indeed, and the daughter who accompanied him was the same who was with her brother in Sweden. It was a pleasant and peculiar meeting. Mr. P. L. Moon's life as an interesting one. and the mill which he owned employs 3,500 nun. Over Mr. Moen's private life there was the shadow of a great mystery, because of his relations with the notorious '"Doc" Levi Wilson, which nine years ago was the topic of discussion in the newspapers of the country. The two men differed widely in their personal habits and tastes. Mr. Moen was aristocratic in taste, kindiy in manner, noted for philanthropy, apparently a consistent Chris nan ana a uusiness mau ti gram, weaibu. Wilson was illiterate, profane and vulgar. Yet for no known cause Mr. Moen paid over to this man between $300,000 and S400.000, in the space of five or six years, without consideration. Even Mr. Jtfoen's most intimate friends never knew the secret of his relations with Wilson. Wilson used to make frequent trips to Worcester, and Mr. Moen always obeyed his summons. At times he showed bank books with sums to his credit ranging from S40,000 to SG0.000. lie spent money like a 1 ? ?' - TT? n #4 r> r\ of nKla KaiioK f pilLlCC. I1C ivcpi< <a nuc ijvauir, uuugui | such horses as pleased him. and if they j did not suit gave them away. Wilson's private life was a succession of scandals. Four young women are [ known to have sued" him for breach of promise. Speculation exhausted i'.self many years ago as to the secret of the relations between Moen and thi j spendthrift, and it was hinted that the case was one of blackmail, but Mr. Moen denied this as empha'icallv as Wilson. A favorite theory was that the payments had something 'o do with the way in which the Washburn and Moen company obtained the barbed wire patents,"but this was emphatically denied by Mr. Moen and his associates in the corporation. The latter denies that any money had ever had been paid to Wilson from the funds of the company. The advances were Mr. Moen's own. In 1885 Wilson entered suit against Mr. Moen for 8150,000 in an action of of contract. The result was a disagreement, ten jurymen favoring: Mr. Moen and two holding out for Wilson. In this trial Wilson claimed that Mr. Moen promised to settle all his scrapes, but that he received no money alter 1882. After the trial Wilson declared that he was Mr. Moen's illegitimate son, and that the latter had paid him to l-uui'i tho car-rat 'Chic storv WAS JlPPPn ted by many as the explanation of the mysterious hold he exercised over Mr. Moen, but others, who pretended to know the story of Wilson's oirth, said there was no truth in the statement.? Augusta Chronicle. The Alliance Exchange. Columbia, S. C., April 30.?The Directors of the Alliance Exchange remained in session at the Hotel Jerome during the greater part of the day yes teraay. ine principal matter uuuet discussion was in regard to making ar: rangements for a supply of bagging for the growing crop. The Alliance makes no war on jute bagging and would as soon use that kind as any other when the prices are as low as that of any other kind, but its efforts are being directed now, as in the past, to the prevention of any combination of any sort to lorce up prices, me auiauce nuw has under consideration the adoption of the Xing fire proof bagging, which is a net work of wire over a wrapper of incoruoustible paper. It is claimed that this covering "can be had cheaper than any other, viz., for about 65 cents per bale, and that it can stand any test applied to it. Experiments on this line are to be made and bales of cotlon covered with this material will be passed through all of the processes of handling from the gin press to the compress from there to shipboard, and from there to European markets. Xo action was taken b> the directors in regard to the establishment of a hanlr and t.hat matter was Dostnoned by them tmtilthe next quarterly meeting in July. Messrs. Sligh, Cain, Riley ;iud Donaldson were appointed as a committee lo prepare a fertilizer formula for the adoption of the exchange. The Alliance Flan of Campaign. Neav York, April 29.?President j Polk, of the Farmers'Alliance, has just i issued a proclamation to the order, in i aU v? nV, a r%lrjr? rtf /"?o m, ? iliuu 1JC OCU> JLU1 til LUC ^juh ui V/OUJpaign which the National Executive lioard has adopted, and counsels the sub-alliances to cease internal bi;kerings and to get rid of disloyal members. The plan of campaign consists of lectures, by which an aruiy of 35,000 lec I Hirers will plead for the cause. It is j also stated in the proclamation thatarj rangements are being made for the ! holding of two or more grand Alliance , mass meetings in each of the Alliance States during the year, or as many I more as the brotherhood may desire. Ruined by Ambition. Springfield. 0., April 2(j.?The Whitely reaper works, the largest reaperjworks in existence, and the factory i nuvt in in thp wnrlri to KrnmVs j sun works in Germany, has been ap: praised under the direction of a rece'vj er, and will be sold in thirty days. The j thirty days. The works, wLh the machinery, cost over ?1,000,000. Whitely, who built the works, had an ambition to own the largest agricultural implement works in the world. They are far larger than his business required, and led to his failure. PENSIONS FOR CONFEDERATES. Provisions Made by the Southern States for Their Ex-Soldiers. Alabama pays pensions to the amount of 8123,000 yearly; no home. Ar1ran?a? has n snlrliprs' hnmp near J Little Rock, established by private subscription. State aid has been given by an Act passod by the recent Legislature. Florida has been paving pensions for several years. The pension Act passed in 1887 provides that all indigent and disabled Confederate soldiers who have made Florida their place of resi deDce fifteen years prior to the passage of the Act shall come under its provisions. There is no home, but the expenditure on account of pensions amounts to about -530,000 yearly. Georgia has a home near Atlanta, which cost $35,000, and pays pensions ranging from ?2 to S25 per month, according to the disability. Mississippi has Drovided liberally for her disabled indigent soldiers, and in 1 UTUer IU LLltfivc cnc aiu 5U1C nao xu rated it in her new constitution. The State pays pensions, but no home has yet bean established. Missouri pays no pension, but a movement is on foot to establish a home, no aid from the State being asked. It is proposed to raise -5100,000 and endow the home, ana already about 930,000 has been collected. Maryland has a home near Baltimore, which cost, exclusive of the ground, which was donated by the State, S40,000, and tiie State give 810,000 yearly iui us buppuro. Louisiana has a home near New Orleans that costs t he State 810,000 a year. Xorth Carolina pays pensions* and has recently appropriated 841,000 for a home. South Carolina pays about 850,000 yearly in pensions, but has no home. Texas has a home established by subscription, which costs 83,500 a year, but State aid isexptcted at an early day. Tennessee has established a "home at the old home of Andrew .Jackson, the II ermitage, the State donat i ng 475 acres of lancl and giving SlU.UUU ior improvements in 1S8'J. The Legislature which recently adjourned appropriated $25,0()0 for a building and $5,000 a year for its support, and in addition SCO,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for expenditure annually in pensions, whijh range from S2.50 to 825 per month. It is thought that S25.000 per year will cover the pension list. Virginia was the first to establish a home, which is located at Richmond, and for the support of which the State expends S10.000 a year, In addition the State pays out over .385,000 yearly in pensions, and when the financial condition of the "Old Diminion" is taken into consideration it will be seen that Virginia is far ahead of any other Southern State in caring for unfortunate t x-Confederates. Charleston Politics. Charleston, April 27.?The publication to-day of an interview with Chairman Irby, of the State Democratic Executive Committee, in which Mr. <* ?? *?wn/tA/vnifiAA f k A ?iuy givca uuiuiai lcuugumuu UJL tuc Executive Committee of the municipal Democratic party, acted like a bombshell in the ranks of the reformers. Chairman lrby's official utterances have caused a change in the political system here. Democrats of both wings of the party are utterly at sea, and no man can tell what the harvest will be. The situation is perplexing. The Municipal Democratic Executive Committee, whose official existence Chairman Irby recognizes, has called a convention of the Democracy of Charleston to meet on the 30th instant. Under j lois can tne uemocrauc uuoks 01 registration were opened to-day for revision. The registration was much larger than usual. The reform party have called a convention to meet on May 4th and have advised iheir adherents not to take part in the convention on April 30th. JLJoth sides claim to have a majority of the registered vote of the city. It is understood that the ringsters, who have Democratic clubs organized in most of the wards, will take part in the May convention by sending delegates. The probability is that there will be a big family row. Driven from Kussia. Odessa, April 28.?Eight hundred Jewish families have been ordered to quit Keiff forthwith. The well-to-do have already|gone,but the poorer classes are in the greatest straits. Many are arriving on the Austrian frontier in a destitute condition, but the Austrian officials refuse domicile to paupers. The Keiff police accept no excuse, raiding the city with the utmost severity unless bribed to delay action. The daily expulsions from Moscow number from 10U to 150. On Sunday an exceptional raid was made when 090 were expeiiett. ine rigor ol tne authorities frightens away many entitled to permanent residence. The effect is felt even in this city, which is a great centre for Jews with permits to engage in business. The emigration of Jews from this city has quadrupled. Permits guaranteed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance and Minister of the Interior, any one of whom has power to quasli their tenure, are considered of precarious value, and the principals of large Jewish firms are nbipin? their business in the hands of Russian agents and are themselves departing. A satl Fate. Kxoxxille, Tenn., April 28.?Owen Meredith, the \oung man who committed suicide yesterday by blowing his brains out, was to have been married next Wednesday night to Miss Mary Iludiburg, daughter of tbe postmaster here. A sealed note was left by Meredith for Miss Iludiburg, but its contents cannot be learned. It was rumored last night that the deceased was financially behind with his company. Miss Iludiburg is almost crazed with grief. Pour years ago Ashley Peck, a vmirior hn<5inp?<i man nf \pwnnrt O.. who was engaged to her, killed himself. Friends of Meredith says his mind was affected in consequence of injuries which he receiveu from a fall from a train a few days ago, liobl> d by Its Presidoat. New Yokk, April 28?The 2sinth National Bank has lost about S4CO.OOO thruugh the defalcation of President Hill who died March 1st last of consumption. It was only a few days ago that the directors suspected something wrong and began the examination of accounts revealing his loss which a furiher examination by Bank Examiner Hepburn and a clearing house committee "to-night confirmed. 13ank Examiner Hepburn to-night made this statement. While the loss is serious, it does not impair the bank's solvency nor its ability to take care of its customers. Shot Dead in a Court House. JLouisville, Jvv., april 'itas w m. Showers walned into the court house at Elizebethtown this morning he was shot and killed by Charles Moore. Showers's wife was found dead some time ago and Moore, a brother of the woman charged bim of murdering her. Showers was tried and acquitted, but the dead woman's brother did not agree with the verdict. THREE HANGINGS. Watiea Martin at Columbia for the Murder of a Woman. Columbia, S. C., April 24.?The execution of Waties Martin for the murder of Alice McLeod took place in the iail vard. The most interesting Dart of the ceremony was decidedly on the outside. Inside all things were done with mechanical precision, which was due to the perfection of the arrangements made by Sheriff Ilowan. There was nothing at all sensational in the gruesome ordeal through which Martin leaped into eternity. There were about fifteen hundred colored people outside the jail walls, most of whom were women, and from them the gener al expression was that it was a righteous sentence and a just execution. Mai Lin was led out to execution by Sheriff Rowan, with hiir\ being Deputies Joe Joy and Samuel Green. Spiritual consolation was administered by the Rev. Mr. Johnson. On the scaffold, when Martin was asked if he had anything to say he sooke as follows: "Gentlemen, I feel this morning trusting in the Lord. I went to Him ana got relief of my sins. I hope that none of you will feel in your hearts that it YTroa yyitt if?f*vrk + vrrVmn T In-ff fVlQ hnnCfl Yr U.O 111 J ti uvu Jk iuxb wjuv wv vt.w^ . to hurt woman. I hope you all will not feel that when I put my cruel bands on her it was my intention to damage her in the way I committed the crime. I did wrong in stalling the body as I did. I did wrong in trying to dodge. I did wrong in trying to deny it. I hope you all will not think that it was my intention. [This sentence was not finished.] I Teei welcome 10 go inis morning, j. ieei that 1 lie at Jesus' feet. I feel this morning satisfied. I hope you all feel the same sympathy for me. I hope every young man and all of you will not take the path I have taken?will never lay yourself liable to get in the condition I am in. I hope you will not be governed by passion. "lam so glad to feel that Mr. McMaster did all he could in behalf of my life. I was not looking to be cleared at all, for I felt I had done wrong, and I felt that my punishment would come against me. 1 am so glad that the sistern and brethem have sympahized with me; that my brethern have preached and prayed with me. I am so glad that they had sympathy in their hearts for me and persuaded me to come to Jesus. They asked me if there was anything I wanted, anything I lacked. T J iU awv a. v? a^Viirv/* T 1 o Vvnf X bUiU LIXCUUL ilU, iJ.ULiii.Ufc; J. law&u, uuu they encouraged me anyhow, and I feel hope: I feel relief in Jesus. The Sheriff took good attention of me so far as the law allowed him, and 1 thank him. Ke had a sympathy for me and gave me anything I wanted; anything he could do for me he did. Mr. Coleman, the jailer, has been mighty kind to me so far as the law would let him go." In about ten minutes afterwards "Waties Martin was dead, and had been buried. a pirouette at pickens. Pickens, S. C., April 24? Bill Miles, colorrd, was hanged here to-day for the murder of Jake Griffin, also colored. Sheriff Richey did the job decently and in order. Crowds of people gathered around the jail yard and waited till it was all over. Miles was perfectly calm and mounted the gallows without a sign of weakness. He made a brief talk from the gallows and said whiskey had brought him to his awful fate and warned everybody to let whiskey alone. He said he was going to Heaven. The drop fell at 12 o'clock, and in seventeen minutes TV W "Rurlft nrrmnnnned him dead form strangulation. The body was cut downed and turned over to the family for burial. The crime for which Miles was executed was an awful one. He shot down Jake Griffin last November on Sunday over a dispute about a game of dice He paid the penalty for his act to-day ?News and Courier. 1 a murderer iianged at manning. Manning, S. C., April 24.?Edmund Ilolliday, collored, was hanged in the County jail yard to-day for the murder of John W. Dubose, at about halfpast 10 o'clock. The Sheriff, the deputies, the doctors, two colored preachers and the representatives of the press went to '-l - y 11 TTA if! ins prisoner s v.en. uc >vao ajatu il uc had anything to say, to which he replied: '"Nothing, except that I did not rest well last night, ;ind in consequence have eaten no breakfast this morning." lie complained that his wife had forsaken him and had not come about him since he was sentenced to be hanged. He said he was ready to die, and was strong in the spirit of the Lord. Keligious services were held, in which he participated. The march to the gallows was then taken up. "When he reached the place krt + /-v wif.h u firm UC UiUUUl^UU IV VUO v* *.?-* T? *?/?_* ?.% ** step and without the slightest perceptible emotion. Other reiigous services were held, conducted by the colored preachers. lie joined heartily in singing the hymn "Jesus my all to heaven is gone."" He then stated that he had made his peace with God and was going straight to heaven. After a touching prayer by one of the preachers he bade all good by. 'I'Vrn yr\r\c* lt-Viinh irfio'thnaamp li^prl in JL UC ?? i-liV/44 vtwvi* I Sumter two weeks ago, to hang one of the JMaxcy murderers, was then adjusted, the blackcap drawn over his face and the death warrant read. As the last word of the death warrant was pronounced the trap was sprung by Acting Sheriff J. H. Lesesne. His neck was broken and he died witho- , a struggle. The trap was sprung at five minutes pastil. In nineand a half minutes he was pronounced dead and in thirty %minutes more his body was cut down. Xoueof his friends would receive his body. It was buried in the Potter's field. About thirty persons in all witnessed the execution. After he was pronounced dead the gates of the jail yard were opened and a crowd of 200 persons rushed in to satisty tbeir morbid curiosity of seeing a dead man hanging by bis necK. This is the Grst hanging in Clarendon during the past twenty-five years. A Mysterious Death. Denver, Col., April 25.?So.ne months ago Mrs. Josephus Barnaby, widow of j. 13. Barnaby, the millionaire merchant of Providence, R. I., took to California for her health Mrs. G. S. Warrell. The wife of a prominent Denver real estate dealer accompanied her. On their return, April 9, Mrs. Barnaby found a package postmarked Boston, Vi niLU liau cli: ?vtu uunu^ auowu^? It contained a small llask of whiskey, with this inscription: fci With best wishes accept this fine old whiskey from your friends in the woods." A few days later, when fatigued, both drank some of the liquid from the bottle and from that time the ladies suffered terrible agonies. Mrs. Barnaby is slowly sinking under the effects of a terrible burnins. Two days ago Mrs. B?.rnaby died and Mrs. Warreli was not expected to live. The body of the dead ^Uman was shipped to Providence in chB^f Dr. Graves of that city who was^H^^ the tim^^herdeath. THE NEW YORK ALLIANCE. THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOVEMENT. Steady Accessions?Representative Farmers?Substantial Increase?Political Ef feet Talked About?The President of the Xew York Alliance. IIOMELLSVILLE, X. Y? April 27 ? The state convention of the Farmer's Alliance in Xew York has created a great stir here among the politicians. While the body was in process of organization, a friendly delegation from the Kni<?hts of Labor was received. President Polk, of the National Farmers' Alliance, was present and addressed the convention, advising the farmers to give the politicians among them a back seat. It is said that D. G. Allien, the state organizer, can have the state presidency if he wants it. The political significance of the Farmers' Alliance movement is beginning to be appreciated. A striking feature of the gathering is the earnestness of the men taking part in it. They talk of nothing else and t.hintnf not.hincr hut. in a fiflkL Con- I servative way, devoid of claptrap or enthusiasm, and they are real farmers, too, and not professionals. Mayor Bay, of this city, was asked what he thought of the movement. "It i: coing to run things in this end of the state," he said. "It is composed of the very best men of the farming community, the solid old farmers who work their own soil, pay their debts and don't make any more until they have calculated all the chances." .President Arnold is generally conceded to be the best man in the convention for the position to which he was elected. He is about 05 years old, tail and slender, with a full gray beard and rather sandy gray hair. lie was born in Wyoming county, where his father came in 1812 from New England, bringing family and his belongings in an ox cart. Mr. Arnold now lives on the homestead, near Arcade, which his father pre-empted, and is regarded as one of the most solid, substantial farmer j in the neighborhood. In politics he lino Tirhinr finiUaterit Upnilh i> ao c*n liuu t* inj lican as be says, however, of late years he has been rather independent in local affairs. The only office he has ever held has been that of supervisor. He was one of the first men to join the Alliance in his county, the first subAlliance being organized there January 27. Before he was elected he was closely cross-questioned as to his opinions on the Ocala platform. He was fouud to be all right, but when asked how he stood on the silver question he answered: '*1 favor the free and unlimited coinage of silver, as I understand it." tt. 1 3 1 u ? ,-7 4-^,3 if Xic was as&eu uuw jjc uuucxoi.uuu w later. He said: "I believe in the free coinage of silver dollars with a dollar's worth of silver in them." lie is rather favorably inclined, toward the subtreasury scheu-e and the other planks in the Ocala platform. He was also asked his opiLion of the third party movement. "It is too early to talk of that now," he said. Oar energies for a while will be devoted to the work of organization and education," National Lecturer Willetts says that New .Jersey is organizing rapidly, and he expects to organize the State Alii~ ? ? /v? Tf if oci/1 thot itJIUC 111 <X rtCCH Ul IIYU. JLO 10 oaiu uuuu there is a scheme on foot to send out all over the country pledges similar to those used iu tbe Henry George campaign of 1886, binding the signers to support a third party candidate on the Ocila platform. If a million signatures are obtained a convention will be called and nominations for president and vice president will be made. The Louisiana Lotter;, Xew Orleans, April 27.?At the last session of the Legislature John A. Morris and his associates made application for a renewal of the Louisiana State Lottery charter for twenty-five years, offering to pay the State more than SI,000,000 per annum foe the privilege. A bill embodying the requisite amendment to the constitution, known as the lottery amendment, was adopted by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature, and bv courtesy a copy of the Act was sent to Governor Nicholls who vetoed it, although the friends of the measure argued that he had no right to do so under the constitution. The Secretary of State having refused to promulgate the Act, Morris and his company applied for a mandamus compelling him to promulgate the pioposed constitutional amendment to be voted on by the people at the next general election. The District Court today rendered a decision in favor of the lottery company, Justice Watkins reading the opinion as the organ of the court, Chief J ustice Jierraudez and Associate Justice McEnery concurring. Each read opinions, while Associate Justices Fenner and Breaux read dissenting opinions. Crashed Xoeether on a Curve. Washington, April 28.?The Cin a: ? CiUntHl UApress, VV UIUU ldt ll aouiu^wu at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, ran int - a freight train about 4 p. m., in a 2ut at Warriugs, about twenty live miles west of Washington, on the Metropolitan brance of the Baltimore and Ohio Hailroad. Engineers Elliott and Graff, Fireman Murphy, of the freight, and Postal Clerk JBurdett were killed. Postal Clerk Peacock and Fireman Miller, of the express. were seriously hurt. 2sone of the passengers were seriously injured. The scene of the accident was at a short curve, where the express, which was running at the rate of about forty miles on hour, found the freight train on the main track, taking water. Engineer Elliott reversed his engine and applied the air brakes, but he could not break amaa J U* i / .vo Q h uie SJJCCU ui un uaiu i/uvio came. The forward cars of both trams left the track, but none of the coaches were derailed. The postal and baggage cars and one coach of the express and two freight cars took fire from the furnaces of the engine and were burned up. All of the killed and injured lived in Baltimore. All through trains for the West were sent from Baltimore and Washington over the main stem via the 1 Relay house and Washington junction, so that there was little or no interruption to through travel. Outrages in Chili, Lisbon, April 27.?Telegrams from s;on)k>crn P'nili s.iv that nobodv excent the supports of the dictator are safe from insult and imprisonment; that ladies of the highest families are thrown into foul prisons and treated like the vilest of the vile;*tLit during the election soldiers indulged in robberies and outrages upon voters supposed to favor the parliamentary party; that only Balmaceda's nominees were elected; that Yicini, his nominee for the prfcsi dency, received rj-i ouc 01 zyo vote* of the convention, and that all litters ^nd telegrams are submitted to rigorous ^tasorship. DON'T WANT BLAIR. Too Much "Talkee, Talkee," on the Chinese Question in Congress. Washington, April 29.?A representative of the Associated Tress this morning called at the Chinese legation here and had an interview with Minister Yen in regard to the disinclination of his Government to receive Senator Blair as the ^ n-f TTnifpH T ^ Vi. i;uv ^ U^WM States. Mr. Yen said, through an interpreter, that he had received a cablegram from the Chinese foreign office, which he was instructed to lay before Secretary Blaine , without delay, expressing the unwillness of the Emperor to receive Blair. Other than this Mr. Yen had received no insrructions, written or otherwise, from his Government on the subject. The exact language of the cablegram, or whether the reasons for this action ( were given, Mr. Yen declines to state. Pftrcmiallv had a verv hich or>inion of Senator JBlair; he had met him several times and had always found him to be a very courteous gentleman. At the , time Senator Blair was nominated minister to China Mr. Yen was in Peru, to ' which Government he is also the representative of China, and did not return , to the United States until early in the present month. He had never had oc- , casion to ascertain what had been Sen- : ator Blair's attitude toward China or j or the Chinese residents in this country, : and not until his return had the Senators' ; utterances on the Chinese question as reported in the Congressional Record been brought to his attention. The < minister conveyed the impression that he had simply stated the facts to his Government, and aside from that had not sought to influence its decision j either tavoraoiy to me senaror or uu- , favorably. This action of the Chinese authorities has not created the least ex- ( citement here, as it had be ;u anticipated, i by many from the first. The proceedings is not a very urusual one and can i not be construed as indicating unfriend- i ly feeling toward this Government. ] * Among the departmental officials < there is a general indisposition to discuss the subject of Blair's rejection. ] Still it is evident that there is no general desire to magnify the incident into ] the proportions of a diplomatic rupture. ] It is the long established rule of diplomacy that a nation is not obliged to ac- i cept a minister who is not persona < grata, and that rejection on that ac- < count is not to be constued into an intended affront to the dignity of the na- ; tion wnicn senas tne minister, xne < United States hesitated for a long time to fully endorse this rule and showed some resentment when the Austrian . Government during the last Adminis- i tration asked that Minister Kelly be not sent to Austria as United States minister. But about the time of the < Sackville-West episode the United : States became an enthusiastic adherant of the polley that a nation is not bound to receive or retain a foreign minister who is not acceptable to its people. ] Then, too, there was a lingering recol lection of the fact that the United States had about the time of the French revo- ; lution sent home a representative of the ( French Republic because he had made himself obnoxious to the people of the United States. Tn thoco r>QQpq thp f?Amar.d for the minister's recall was rather peremptory, and we did not show the consideration manifested by the Chinese Government in refraining from an absolute rejection of Minister Blair, and simply stating that his coming to China in the capaci- : ty oi United States minister would not be entirely agreeable to the Goyernment of that country. Altogether the opinion in official circles is general that the United States is by its own conduct stopped from resenting Minister Blair's rejection, and that after waiting for a length of time sufficient to maintain the national dignity anew minister will be appointed by President Harrison. jliic ? aiuucro xu v i^iuio* Richmond, Ya, April 30.?The legislative campaign in Virginia this year promises to be unusually interesting. It is not probable that the Republicans will make any fight. The contest will be chiefly confined to the Farmers' Alliance. That element demands important legislation at the hands of the General Assembly, whose members are to be chosen this year. Foremost among these demands is that for a law creating a railway commission, with authority to regulate charges and prevent discrimination in rates. The farmers, too, believe that the salaries of State officials might be reduced, criminal charges cut down, more liberal appropriations made for the State department of agriculture, and numerous other benefits bestowed upon that class. Thess issues will be formulated by the Alliance State Convention, which meets here in August. The leaders say that these are to be so clearly and sharply defined that candidates for the Legislature cannot evade them. The Democrats will not call a Convention. The State committe of that party will meet soon to discu3s the campaign, but no Convention, 1: is understood, will be called. The Alliances claim a membership oi something like 40,000 in this State, and, if anything like unanimous, can easily control legislation. The idea of the leaders is not to have any third party, but to make their demands within the rauks of the Democrats. If they do this they can, they think, easily effect their purposes. The Republican League of the State will meet here April 29 to elect delegates to the National Convention of Leagues, which is to be held in Cincinnati. This organization has not flourished in this State. John S. Wise was among those who started in with it, but his ardor soon cooled off, and but little interest has been taken in it since. Some little life seems to be infused into the League now, be cause its leaders turns it may dc a iauwr in controlling the delegates from this State to the National Republican Convention. As Mahone does not hold a membership in the body it is difficult to sec how this can be achieved. It is not given out who Mahone prefers for the Presidential nominee, but as he is pressing candidates upon Harrison it is supposed that he will favor that candidate's nomination. Schoonero Capsize. Norfolk, Va., April 27.?The schooner Hazel Dell, from Atlantic City, JN. J., was capsized in cnesapeaKe Bay Saturday during a seyere squall. The cook, a colored man, was drowned and the rest of the crew were brou?h\ here by the steamer Carolina of the Baltimore Line. The schooner Lizzie D. Parker of Welldeet, Mass., from James River to New York, with oyesters, was capsized Saturday during a squall between Hog Island and Smith's Island. I All of the crew, except the cook, colored, who died from cold and exposure, were brought here by the schooner Horatio this morning. Fonl Water Kills Five Men. Burlington, Iowa, April 22.?The laborers at Gilbert Hoge & Go's lumber yard drank freely of water from an old well in the vicinity. As a result of poisoning from the sewerage five of them are dead and several are not expected [to live. A BOSTON SENSATION. g GENERAL BEAST BUTLER P'<T OUT ? OF COURT. The Hero oi New Orleans Forcibly Be moved by Judge Carpenter of the United States Court, which Bring Tears to the Old Spoon Thief's Eyes. Boston, Mass., April 27.?Gen. Benjamin F. Butler was forcibly ejected from the United States district court room Tuesday by order of Judge Carpenter. General Butler is counsel for Mrs. Clarietta Johnson, of Lowell, who UOO UCCU UUXJLV1UUCU 1U LUC Uiill/CU ou?vca district court for perjury, and who was brought up for sentence before Judge Carpenter that morning. Oa Tuesday last the general again appeared in court to argue a motion in arrest of judgment, but on rising to address his honor he was peremptorily ordered not to address the court "now or at any , v other time." At 1 o'clock when the court was about to adjourn, General Butler came in and took his seat by the side of District Attorney Allen. Mr. Alien asked for sentence, making a strong plea for mercy, when the following colloquy took place* General Butler (to Mr, Allen)?"You ask to have the motion for the arrest of judgment overruled?" Mr. Allen?u Yes " v. J The Court?"I understand you to jay that the prisoner does not want to , be heard on this V" Mr. Allen?"I understand your honor, that the prisoner is ready to have the matter decided to-day." . The Court.?'''I think it wonld be better if 1 could look over it and see if there could be anything that by any possibility could be argued, and if so, 3Dunsel will be assigned," General Butler.?"I am ready your honor." . " JLJ_L^ VVUiW A)U.A. iUaiOUttlf JJJL1# JLlUbler is disorderly; will you kindly remove him from the room?" The Marshall and two of his assistants advanced to General Butler's side, and took him by the arms to carry Dut the court's order. General Butler again endeavored to address the court, when the court called Dut; 'Mr. Marshal." Marshall Doherty to General Butler. ?"You heard the "order of the judge, General Butler?" General Butler.?"I am ready to"? The Court.?"Remove him, Mr. Marshal. Don't allow him to create any further disorder." u-enerai j^uuer.?"i am nere ? Before he could finish the sentence he was taken hold of by the marshal and bis assistants and was escorted from the room. . General Butler's voice was very much affected and his eyes full of tears as he exclaimed: "I yield to force." "When he had been removed outside the court room the general turning to Marshal Doherty, inquired: "Do you intend to hold me a prisoner, now that lam outside?" Marshal Doherty replied in the negative. "All right," said (reneral 13 utler, and he immediately pushed his way again into the court room. The judge had just left the bench, however, and the general, having looked around exclaimed: "Well the room smells a little better now than it did a few minutes ago." jSjj The general says he intends to take legal steps, though what they shall be he has not yet determined, Judge Carpenter is the man whom General isutler nas characterized as an "inferior judge of an inferior court of the inferior State of Rhode Island." Mrs. Johnson was brought into court later in the afternoon and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and to serve six , months in jail. J The general said this evening; "I >- J was never removed from a court be- i* fore in my life, and I have practiced before all the courts in the country for the past fifty-six years. .Nor have I ever seen any lawyer removed from court for attempting to adctr83S it on behalf of his client." General Butler will be seventy-three years old in November. Blown to Pieces. Oswego, N. Y., April 29.?A freight locomotiva of the Home, Watertown Ogdensburg Railroad exploded while shiftiDg a caboose in the yard here today. James Cummings, the engineer, was instantly killed, his body being blown two hundred yards over a house and falling in a horribly mangled mass in a garden. One of his legs was found a hundred feet further away: A fireman who was on the tender at the time was Diown en tne cop 01 me caboose and terribly scalded, but will recover. The locomotive was complete- " ly wrecked. The cause of the explosion is a mystery. Tell it to tbe Marines! Pougiikeepsie, X. Y., April 28.?The Xews-Press publishes the following this morning: "Stephen B. Elkins is authority for a statement, made to a representative of the Xews-Press, to the effect that James G. Blaine would shortly announce his decision not, under any circumstances, to allow his name hp used at the next Renubli can National Convention as a candidate for President. It is said that Mr. Blaine's letter, or announcement, will be so positive as to admit of but one construction, and that is, that he will never again be a candidate for the Presidency. The >"ew Broom. CHICAGO, April <5U.?3iayor wasnbum's first offical act on entering upon his duties was to issue an order to the police department to close up every gambling house in Chicago. In an interview the mayor said taat in case the men detailed to do the work shouldmiss any place in which gaming is carried on, and which shall be afterwards found out by newspaper men or anybody else, he . should have those men discharged. This afternoon the proprietors of all the pool rooms in the city were notified that they ?J also would have to close up their places of business at once. " . A Horrible Story. t a :i no 4 ii.. r JLJU.MJU.N, April zo.?^iiiuug uie jews who recently emigrated by way of Russia, is one Isaac Rosebalt, whose case has aroused considerable atfcen- __ _ tion. He bears on his leg an iron, oyer which tbe skin has partly grown, and which was fastened on him five years ago in a Russian prison at Kieff, from which Rosebalt attempted to escape after being arrested on a charge of proselyting for Judaism. It is feared that the removal of the iron now might have a serious result. ????????? Jack the Ripper. Araia. Berlin, April 27.?A murder similar to those committed by Jack the Ripper in London Is reported from Beuthen, on the Polish frontier. The body of a woman was tound this morning behind the military hospital in that town muti lated in the usual manner. An army surgeon is suspected in this case. A