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fc | __^ L YOL.XLYIII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1894. 24 | TO FIGHT IN THE WOODS THE LAST RESORT OF THE SPORTS IN FLORiDA. Final Manifesto of the EuvhI Aiblcllc Clu5?Corbett atd Mitchell to Meet Coder a Ttnt?Auihorr.J? s on tie Alert. k Jacksonville, Fia., Jan. 17?The ^ fight "will not take place in Duval county unless the courts restrain the sheriff. Sheriff Brownard declares. that he will obey the Governor. There has been a good deal of guessing as to what the sheriff would do amoDg those who did not know him. Some say that he would see his lawyers and do what they told him to do; others said that he would not interfere, because his lawb jers had already told him that he ^ would lay his bondsmen liable to a suit j ror damages ana man ne wouiu ujsubey ihe Governor to protect them. The sheriff does not believe that there is any danger of a suit for damages in (case he interferes, and that if time does develop a case that it wiil practically amount to only a farce, because the club will be compelled to prove specific damages to make a case?a thing which can't be done if the fi^ht is prevented. In an interview this morning on the subject, -he sheriff said: "I have been ordered by the Govern or to stop tbis fight, and I propose to ohen? nrrfpTU PT(? told me he would ^ Dlace at njy disposal all the force at his command, if necessary, to prevent it. His instructions I am going to carry out in ail sincerity, wnethec they are unpleasant or not- I shall do my duty," said the sheriff, emphatically, "as it is laid down to me by the Governor." "Will you ask the Governor to de, clare martial law ?" "I will not unless I see indications of Bff such stubborn resistacce as will make HI me usable to cope with the difficulty. I am satisfied that if the ol:iff for the Bp Sght is persisted in, unless some interBr vention is secured there will be trouble. The people here should, in my judgment, lock squartlv at the true situation, and make every effort to prevent the forcing of an unpleasant issue. I have already made my plans to prevent this meeting, and I know that they will not miscarry, unless their execution be restrained by action oi the courts." President Bowden, of the Athletic Club, notwithstanding the declaration or the Governor and ihe sheriff, offers to bet S20.000 that the fight will come off at the appointed time and place. THE CLUB'S FINAL MANIFESTO. Tonight the club furnished the Southern Associated Press correspondent the following: Jacksonville, Fla., January 17,1894. The Duval Athletic Club make this their final and most positive announcement that the Corbett-Mitchell contest will take place on January 25tb, 1S94. Reports have been sent out that Gov T I V?no t eruut xi. -Li- iXlllUUdi uao utuciw nwujuj rtf Jacksonville for t?ie sole purpose of suppressing the contest. JSotwithstanding these reports, the club reiterates its past assertions, and for the past wee? has b?en arranging for an emeigency of this kind. Should the troops he sent here, while the club does cot believe that any violence would be participated in by them yet we will not subject our patrons to the slightest danger of any kind. So thorough and - -. -complete are our arrangements, that should any emergency of any kicd arise on the morning of the 25tb, we are prepared to handle 6,000 people with the greatest convenience. This will be no Kichburg affair, where the people were subjected to a long, tedious and hofride, but it will be done quickly and conveniently as though it occurred in the srena, now ready tor the contest. Once mere we suy to a'i friends and lovers of boxinir: If you are in Jacksonville on th?r24rh, of January, 1894, and care t<> rf - C ri'f-t. I and Mitchell contest, wu < uu .ncu <??t ter arranging for the liece.saaiy tickets. Duval Athletic Club. A CARD rK03I COKBETT. 'Ihe following statement from Corbett has also been given out: Majport. Fl2., Jan. 17. I take this opportunity of informing my friends throughout the country that 1 have received assurances from the Duval Athletic Club today which warrant me in saying that the contest between Charks Mitchell and myself t wili" positively take place m .Jackson- ! ville, or in tnat city's immediate vicin- j Br ity, on January 25, provided both of, tko -nnncircjle an:,a?r in >} ! * riflC ~ James J.Corbett. j to fight ix the woods. The above statement by the club j means that the tight will be fought in tbe woods. Everything now depends on the ability of tbe promoters of the tight to keep the place selected a secret from the authorit e?, for if it becomes known, Governor Mitchell will undoubtedly have troops on the scene. It is understood tbat the club pr<.p!e have purchased a buee circus tenr, i capable ot holding 6,000 people, and will bring ihe men togetner under the canvas. As to the probable location of the contest, no point will be given by the club officials. They know thai if tKo Ho hi. ia r.n occiir pvt?n in thn " ? I wooos, without interlereLce irorn tne Governor, everything must be as se-; cret as the grave. It was thought that the right might occur In St. John's county, where Sr.! Augustine is located, but fcheriff l'erry of that county is as determined as Sheriff Brownard ot this (Duval) county. Today Sheriff Perry said: "I desire to say that the Corbett aud Mitchell light, will not take place in St. John's county, if the Governor orders I will do my duty according to oath <:s sheriff of this county, it I have to call upon the State troops. When Charlie AUicneii ass.ea me aoout lug uiducM i. told him that 1 would have to stop the fight in this county, if ordered, and <?~ that I would pull one man or the other out of the ring. It takes two to make a fight. I wish to emphasize my position in thi.5 matter publicly, that there can be no misunderstanding with regard to my official altitude toward tne affair." AUTIIOKITIES ON THE ALEUT. The probabilities are, therefore, that -? some point In Duval county will be selected for the mill, as under the amended articles of agreement, the men must either meet in St. John's or Duval county. It goes without saymc. however, that the State authorities are on the alert, and will use every effort to prevent even a secret fight. Governor Mitchell is said to be thoroughly aroused, and it is asserted that he "will ^ _ manage to keep himself informed of the plans of the club and try to surround whatever &pot may be selected for the fight with State troops. I ''snapper" Garrison, the famous jockey, who has been selected as timekeeper by the Duval Athletic Club, will reach here in the morning. AN OLD FASHIONED MOTHER. Mre. Aip Searching for Sometbius: "-Talking About Old Times. The old trunk was open. Away down in mysterious recesses Mrs. Arp was searching for something, and as I sat in the other corner with my little table and pen, 1 watched her as she laid the ancient rrlicsona chair and unfolded first one accl then another, ana looked at them so earnestly, and then folded them up again. "What are you hunting for, my dear?" said I. "Oj, nothing much," said she; "I was just looking over these little dresses to see if there was anying that would do for thlittle grandchildren. Here is a pretty dress. This dress cost me uany a careful stitch. All these plaits were made by my hand, my own hand. There is very little such work done now, for we had no sewing machines then, and it took a long, long time. This embrodiery was beautiful 1 hen, and it is pretty yet. Do you remember when the I first daguerrean came to our town to [ take pictured? Weli, H&ttie wore this dress when her picture was taken. I thought she was the sweetest little thing in the world, and so did you, and so she was. Since .then we have had ambrotypes, and photographs, and porcelain pictures, and I don't know what all; but that little daguerreotype gave cat* more pleasure than anything since, and it is pretty now. Let me see?that was twenty-five years ago, and now I think tnis same dress will look right pretty on Hattie's child. And here is one that our first boy was christened in, and there is no machine work about it either. Tnat was more than thirty sears ago, and now there are four grandchildren at h'.s house, and three more ai another one's house, and I don't know what will become of the poor little things, but I reckon the Lord will provide for them. And here is a little garment that Jennie made. Poor Jennie;she had a troubled life,but * ' "? L ?A T'll OOT7Q hie sre is in utciycu uun, <*uu j. u for Pet. She will prize it because her mother made it. And here is a piece of my wedding dress?do you remember it ? I snow you said then that I looked like an. angel in it, but my wings have dropped off long ago, and now I'm only a poor old woman, a faded ilower, [ an overworked mother, ten living children, and three more up yonder, and I ! will be there, too, I hope, before long, j for I'm getting tired, very tired, and it seems to me I would like to be nursed, nursed by my mother, and petted like she used to pat me in the long, long ago. And here is a pair of iutle baby shoes, and the little darling who wore them is in the grave, but he is better off now, and I wouldn't call him back if I could. Sometimes I want to feel sad, and I rummage over these old things. There is not much here now, for every little while I have to get at something to mend with or patch or make over again. I wish you would go and see what Carl and Jessie are doing; down at the branch I reckon, and teet all wet, and they have both got dreadful colds. I can't keep them | away from that branch." "Didn't you play in the branch, my [ dear, when you were a child?" said I. "Yes," she said mourmuiiy, "out | nothing couldn't hurt me then; we were not raised so delicate in those dajs. Ycu know, I used to ride to the plantation, twelve miles, and back again in a day, and bring a bag of fruit oa the horn of the saddle; but the girl's couldn't do it now. They can go to a party in a buggy and dance half the night, but that is all the excitement, and tney are not lit for anything the next day. We didn't have any dances ?hardly ever?we went to the country [ weddings sometimes. You remember we went to Jame3 Dunlap's wedding, I when he married Rebecca Sammons. That was a big frolic?an old-fashioned frolic. Everybody was there from all the neighborhood, and there were i turkeys, and roast pig, and cake, than i I ever saw, and we played everything ! wt- could think of. Rebecca was pret1then; but poor woman?she has had a thousand ^children, too, just like my' - J T ' Art-, mA SSil, cilIU 1 reciiuii sue is iaacu, iuj, ouvt tired." "But Jim Dunlap hasn't faded," said I. "I see him when I go to town, and lie is biff, and fat, and merry?looks a little like old David Davis." "Ob, ye?, of course he does,"said Mrs. Arp. '-The men don't know anything about care, and anxiety, and sleepless Eights. It is a wonder to me they die at all." "But I have helped you all I could my dear," said I, "and you see it's telling on me Look at these silver nairs, and these wrinkles, and crowsfeet, and my back hurts tver and anon, and this rainy, bad weather, gives me rheumatism, but you haven't a gray hair, and hardly a seam on your aiabasttr forehead. "Why, you will outlive me, too, and maybe tnere ^ill be a rich widower stepping around here in my shoes and vou will nave a fine carriage and a pair or oeautnui o-iy nurses, anu? "William. I told you to go after Carl and Jessie." Mr Yanderbilt's wife should die and lie could accidentally see you," sa'.d I, "afier I'm goae, there's no telling ?" "Well, go along now and tint the children, and when you come back I'll listen to your foolishness; I am not going to let you die if I can help it, for I don't know what would become of us ail. Yes, you have helped me 1 know, and have been a great comfort, and did the test you could?most of tne time; \e.-, most of the time?and I might have done worse, and you must pet me, for I am getting childish." "And you must pet me, too," said I. "OS, ot course I will," said sb?-* "am I not always petting you? 2sow, go along alter the children before we both get t<j crving and have a scene; and I wish v.ju would see if the buff cochin hen nas hatched in the hen house."' "she has been setting about fourteen weeks," said I, "but sne is getting old> and ttiese old mothers are slow, mighty slow." I went after the children, and sure enough they were iishing in the spring branch, and their shots were wet and muduy, and they wre bareheaded, and I marchcd them* up tenderly, and Mrs. Arp sent them down by the lire and dried their shoes and got them some more stockings, and they opened their little morning school. How patiently these old-fashioned motaers work and worry over the .ittle things of domestic life. DdV af.er day. and night after ufght, they labor' and watch and wait, while the lathers are contriving some big thing to keep up the family sup - * - l).-??Anto o t* _i TTtjrT? m nr?h lllrp I piits. X (licuto aic I chickens. The old hen will set and starve, and when the brood comes will go to scratchihg for worms and bugs as hard as she can and be always clucking and looking out for baw?s, but the ela rooster will strut around and notice the little chickens with a paternal pride, and when he scratches up a bug makts a big fuss over it and calis them with a flourish, and eats it himself just before they get there. Bill Aep. j A CARELESS ENGINEER. A FREIGHT TRAIN DASHES INTO A VESTI3ULE TRAIN. Serious Accidect at Chester, S. C ?S'x P*ssencers Irjared 1c the Wreck??.liracu. loos Escape from Death. Columb a, S. C., Jan. IS. ?The disobedience oi instructions and the infringement of the State law by a railroad engineer \esterday morniug at 12:3t? o'e.oek caused a railroad vrreck that was only by some miracmous intervention prevented from crushing the lives out of many passengers. Tt:e engineer jumped before the result of his deed was' known to him, for he knew that under the circumstances a car load of people must be crushed to death, and the last seen of him he was making his way across a corn field and leaving for parts unknown. [t was just at the hour named that the south bound Washington vestibule limited tram Irom Charlotte to Columbia, running forty minutes behind her schedule, while crossing the Seaboard Air Lin track at the Chester crossing, iust north of ihe Cheater depot, was struck at right angles by a freight train on the Seaboard road running at rinht angles to her, and the tail end Pullman sleeping ca:, containing thirteen sleeping people, was wrecked. The news of the accident was telegraphed to Columbia aad Charlotte gas soon as possible, and relict trains were sent out from this point. The number of wounded and injured were exaggerated at first, but even when, later in /In r, PoAfo Ko r?2rr\r* Lrnnttm if. yug uay, iuv/ iavi.o was found that six persons had sustained painful injuries. Fortunately, the accident occurred right at Chester, and t.e Richmond and Danville Ilnlroad Company's physician, Dr. Devaga, was soon on the scene, taking care of the wounded. Al' the passengers on the vestibule train who were awake say that the train stopped at the crossing before reaching it, as its requTeJ by law. The two roads cross in deep cuts. When the passenger engineer, A. E. Williamson, started off ai;ain, to proceed across the other track, he opened his engine up and started clTat a rapid rate. As his locomotive came to the cross cut, he saw the headlight of another locomotive bearing directly down upon his train, the train evidently moving at thirty miles an hour. In order to try and save the lives of the passengers on his train, he jerked his throttle wide open and endeavored to clear the coming tram, ue was literally flying, but be could not clear the otber track, as bi3 train was long. The last sleeping car just had its foward trucks upon the cros3 track ahen the freight hit it. The car was moving so fast and was so solid that the freight engine did not crash through, bat was turned round and ran up the Richmond ana Danville track in the direction the vestibule was going tor some distance. The Pullman car was broken loose from the rest of the train and knocked way up on the embankment, where it rested on its side, badly crushed and smashed. Hid the coach been an ordinary li^ht dav coach, the freight engine would have gone through it, and the loss of life wrntilo havp. b?.en terrible. All the slass 111 the Pullman car was sma3bed, and the tumbled inmate3 of tae car, all of whom were asleep when the crash cime, awoke In all kinds of positions and amon? broken ^lass and splinters. The vestibule train was in charge of Conductor T. W. Pntchard. Mr. Thomas Cothran of Greenviile, was one of the passengers. His escape from in3tant death >7a3 miraculous. He was sleeping in the berth which was located just where the freight engine strucd the car. He awoke in a shower of splinters and glass. The list of the injured, as obtained officially is as follows: Mrs. F. H. Speers, Pittsburg, Pa., slight, scalp wound. J. H. IIocffmaD, Xew York, wrist burned. ilrs. AI. E. McCarty.Washington, JD. C., elbows bumtd. G. D. ?McLarty, Washington, D. C? slightly burnedJ. T. Wilson, Pittsburg, Pa., back hurt. Pullman Car Conductyr Davis head slightly bruised. The injured passengers are being cared for at Chester by the 11. Jb D. railroad. The track was cleared by 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the runniug of trains on regular schedule time has been resumed. Some of tbs employes of the Seaboard Air L.ne freight sty that their engineer, when he saw the passeser train crossing the track ahead, reversed his engnie and did ail he could to s'op. Then he jumped, a3 did the condutor. From all that can be ascertained, the ireight nade no effort to stop at the crossing, as it U required to do. The facts seem to be that the engineer was ruuuiDg behind time. lie had exactly two micui.es and a half to make his meeticg poiat at the nt-st station, over a mile awav, get into a i-ideirack and let the C AT A 0?ku KaoivI A if T~ in A list p^ 1;iiCi Ui L iC xxu i^i.uo pass. He knew tue schedule of the vestibule, and kaew that she ought to have passed ihe crossing forty minutes before. Rather than stop and l?>se his position by sending out a flyman to wave down ibe Ssaboard Air Line train, he took the cl>anc?:3, and began to run for the meetiug point without paying any attention to the requirements in regard to stopping at crossings. Xi le hundred and nineU-nioe times out ot a thousand be wouid have gotten through all risht. This seems to be the o -.ly explanation of the cause of the accident. It is the theory, based on what facts they can r?y*f f 11 ' I rl men ?i t tVno nninf v/i a.1 A tliftiiiVUM IUVU gii.s; and the tl ^ht of La^iueer Gray seems 10 sustain it.?State. A Western Horror. Spokaxe, Wash., Jan, 1G.?An avalanche cf snow camo down the mountains at Mullan, Idaho, carrying everything before it. Several miners' cabins were crushed and buried, and Cornelius McGrevy aud John Bolien were killed. It is feared that others perished, but until sprmg comes it will not be known how many. The mining town ot Mullan narrowly escaped. There w^re a number of cabins, and the slide occurred at a time when many miners were going to and from work. All the occupants of tbe little cottages beiow rushed out, and the women ran with their children in their arms. Oac woman ran aloDg the side of the cjountain, warning everybody to fly for their lives, after all others ha gone, and it is feared that she is among the victims. Nearly a dozed persons are unaccounted for, Tbe danger is cot yet over, as a Luge mass of snow still romoinc Vionninor ohrvi! \TnlIan \fnst i. UUU^lUC, M S/w ?-* * * >- ?* MW? w of the inhabitants in the valley have , moved to the opposite side cf ths gulch. New Bands. Washington, Jan. 17.?The following is the text of the circular which Secretary Carlisle has just issued: J*y virtue of ihe authority contained in the act entitled "An act to provide for the redemption of specie payments," approved January 14,1875, the Secreta? ? - c ? rr*\ ?,%r> ry or toe jl at) tunny uwcuj uucio public subscription an issue of bonds of the United States to the amount of 850,000.000, in either registered or coupon form, in denominations of S50 and upwards, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the government after ten years from the date their issue, and hearing interest, payable quarterly in coin, at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. Proposals for the whole or any part of ttese bonds will be received at the Treasury Department, office of the Secretary, until 12 o'clock, noon of the first day of February, 1S34. Proposals should state the amount of bonds desired, whether registered or coupon, and the premium which the subscriber proposes to pay, the place where it Is rUsirpri that. r.hA bonds shall be deliver ed, and the cilice, whether that of the Treasurer of the United States or an assistant treasurer of the United States where it will be most coavenient for the subscriber to deposit the amount of his subscription. Failure to specify the above particulars may cause the proposal to be rejected. As scon as practicable after the first day of February, 1894, the allotment of bonds will be made to the highest bid- j ders therefore, but no proposals will be j considered at a lower price than 117,223 which is the equivalent of a 3 per cent, bond at par, and the right to reject any and all proposals is hereby expressly reserved. In case the bids entitled to allotment exceed the bonds to be issued, they will be alio ted pro rata. Notices of the date of delivery of the bonds will be sent to the subscribers to whom allotments are made as soon as practicable, and within ten days from the date of such notice subscriptions must be paid, in United States gold coin, to the Treas urer or sucn assistant treasurer or tue United States as the subscriber has designated; and if not so paid, the proposal may be rejected. The bonds will be dated February 1, 1894, and when payment is made thereafter, as above, accrued interest on both principal and premium, from February 1,1894, to date of payment, at the rate of interest realized to the subscriber on his investment, will be added. All proposals soould be addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C., and should be distinctly marked "Proposals for subscriptions to five per cent, bonds." J. G. Carlisle, Secretary. Irby on the Ajix)on<j Bench. Washington, January 1G.?There was a mysterious meeting this afternoon in Senator Irby's committee room at the C2pitol. Early in the day Senator Irby informed your correspondent that he was preparing a letter which he proposed to send to all of the leading South Carolina papers for publication, i He said it related to the political situa tion in the State, and he was anxious that it should be sent by telegraph. Later he took luncheon with John Garv Evans, who does not appear to be in a hurry to consult the Baltimore specialists about his "throat trouble," because he still lingers in Washington, and afterward the Senator and Mr. Evans wen? over to the House of Repre sentatives to see Messrs. Strait, Latimer and Talbert. When next seen the Senator and his friends were heading lor the Senator's committee, room, which is in the basement of the Senate wing. It is understood that the Senator is somewhat worried by the stories in circulation concerning him at home, and he fears some of hi3 political associates are disposed to misrepresent him, and he feels that he must be up and doine or his "political picture may be turned toward the wall/' The conference this afternoon was probably to agree upon the terms to be employed in the Senator's proclamation and probably he feels that he needs the sanction of some of his Congressional associates in the undertaking. Representative Shell was not invited to the if in nAf VnAtTm orKoth. (JULUC1CUUC, auuib iO uv;viiuvnu nuv.vu er representative McLaurin was present . The latter has recently shown a disposition to act independently of Senator Irby so far as national and State matters are concerned, and he appears to be making as mueb, if not more, progress than those members who are inclined to look to the junior Senator for advice and guidance on all public questions. Recently Representative Latimer has gained considerable independence from the encouraging letters he has received from influential constituents and he shows an inclination to follow his own ideas rather than accept suggestions from those who claim the privilege of exercising political authority over the "Reform ers" in the State. Mr. Latimer says he is nnnfident that he can obtain a re-el ection from his own people providing j he steers clear of "boas" or "ring" rule, I and, therefore, he proposes to listen to the voices of his people rather than heed the dictates of the so-called leaders?News and Courier. Turned Into a Fort. Sckantov, Jan. 16?Martin Joyce, who for tie past several years has been employed as principal of fhe public school of Lackawaona township has turned the school into a fort, which he holds with two large revolvers. Frequent complaints have been made against Principal Joyce to the school directors. 'It is alleged that he gave great offense to the female portion of his school. The directors decided to close the school Thursday, and after that day Joyce was not to be an emthp t.nwnshin When Director Morgan went to the school atter the keys, he was met at the door by Mr. Joyrte, who pointed the revolver at hii and ordered him away. Joyc* remained in the building all night and Friday morniDg opened for school at the regular hour. A few pupils came and through them Joyce got provisions and oil for his lamp. The revolvers lay on the table in sight of the pupils all day. Friday evening the school board decided to serve Mr. Joyce with a written notice by the hand of Secretary Robert JSeriaagh to vacate. Joyce refused to go then a constable was sent. Joyce still held his fort. It is customary to hold Sunday School in public school house, but no services were held Sunday, a3 Joyce refused to allow any one to enter. The school directors will appeal to Sheriff Fabey For Love. Richmond, January 16.?Miss Lizzie Newhouse, a highly cultured young laiyof twenty-two, committed suicide at her home inCulpeper, Ya., last night by blowing her brairs out with a pistol. She left a note explaining the cause of her rash act. She had, she said, been engaged to Mr. A; P. Hill, of th. ' ^unty, a nephew of the distinguishes A. P. Hill, of Confederate fame. The engagement, however, was broken off at the lady's own request. Her lover moved West, acquired a competency and married. The tact that she had destroyed her own happiness brooded upon tie mina 01 Miss Xewhouse and caused her to take her life.?News and Courier. SENATOR IRBY ANGRY. HE CLAIMS THAT A RING EXISTS IN THE STATE HOUSE, And Hurls Defi lace at It?Saya they Shall Not Depaa'j Hlin trom the Chairmanship of the State Democratic Committee. Columbia,S.C., Jau. 15?Thefol lowing letter was puonsuea m me uany papers yesterday: Washington, Jan. 13.?As much as I dislike to appear in print in South Carolina I feel constrained at this time in justice to myself and the Alliancemen of Laurens, to speak out. I have been hounded, persecuted and misrepresented by Kohn, a representative of the 2>'ews and Courier in Columbia, until forbearance has ceased to be a virtue. I have had thrown into my teeth my position as chairman of the Democratic party by this man, and my failure to harmonize the faction I represent, until it is necessary that the people of the State shalljrnow the truth. He, with a Jot of enenflB3 of mine?30called Refc?mers?in the State House, undertook * j manufacture a sentiment against me in the Campaign of 1892 Dy constantly publishing ia his correspondence, the- fact that the Iieformers were anxious to be rid of me as their leaner, uuuiduuge i^ruesuuraiy, a member of the committee, introduced a resolution endorsing ma unanimously by the executive committee. He has started the same thing again knowingly and maliciously saying that I am to be deposed as Chairman, wuen he knows that I was elected in September, 1892, to hold until September, 1804. I do not propose to surrender the Chairmanship of the Democratic party until my term of office is out, for reasons which are to the interest of the Democratic party; and I hope that this will be thoroughly understood by all the parties interested. In the second place, I notice both anti-Reformers and Reformers in Columbia have been misrepresenting the objects and intentions of the Alliance of Laurens, in its meeting on last Friday a week ago. To begin with, I endorse every word and sentiment of the resolution introduced by Mr. J. Andy Jones as to the lines of policy to be pursued by the Reform movement in South Carolina. The couuty Alliance is composed of the best men in our county. They represent the Reform sentiment of our county. They do not intend?and it is very well for some gentlemen of the State House to take notice right now?to have a lot of men foisted upon them without their consent. Reform movement or no Reform movment. There can be no objection, except by men who propose to take advantage of the people of South Carolina, to the postponm8nt of the calling of the convention, or to the other purposes of these resolutions. 1 know it did not suit the convenience of the clique of the Rsform anv-sauac thit met on Friday night in Columbia to name a candidate?a farmer, bus not an /Uli[ ancemen, and opposed to the Ocala [ demands, who undertook to increase .the taxes of the farmers?and that this ! convention be postponed, for he is not i in sympathy with the people and the people ?;!! not have him for governor | with a fair and square deal. The Alliance of Laurens passed these ro?r\lntinno trrihrmf infonriincr tn hpln I ltOUiUViVUO II1UVUU tuuvuv.4^^ vw ?v.r | or.injure anyone. They thought it was for the best Interests of the .Reform movement, and that the Reform faction should, at least, be allowed to i choose its nominees, without .interference or dictation from any man, high or low. i am sorry to see that these men of Lauras are to be mistreated by insinuations and innuendoes from persons whose political conduct heretofore has been such as to bring in question, at least, their loyalty to the Reform movement. ; Mr. Editor, I want you and others in t South Carolina to understand that ! every effoit of mine has been and will be in the interest and for- the perpetuation of this movement. I am going to stand fearlessly by the principles or the Alliance and every plank of the lirst March convention; and if corruption and treachery shall dominate this movement, then I suppose, honest men will have to take a back seat. What the people of south Carolina want is honest men, nominated in an honest way, by delegates selected in an honest manner. Verv reepectfully, J. L. M. Ieby. Dr. Pope a Candidate. Dewberry, S. C., Jan. 1G.?I met Dr. Sampson Pope today and when I said, "a representative of The State, Doctor," the or^anizsr of the l,threefor-a-quarter" caucus and later Tillman's co-adjutor, save me room to pass, 3aying liI never read The Slate." But when it was found that a subscription was not wanted, but merely au interview, the brother of the associate justice smiled a^ain, and to my question whether he would be a candidate for Governor to succeed Governor Tillman, he readily replied: UI am a candidate for the office o? Governor, subject to the action of the Reform convention, which is to be held some time during the spring or summer. Permit me to say that the other gentlemen, whose names have been mentioned for Governor, are all stroag personal friends of mine, and in the conduct of the canvass nothing will be said or done by me to interfere with that friendship. The success of the Reform movemeut, is, in my judgment, paramount to the success of any individual; and the success o; the movement is what we are all striving for. There is too much peace and unity among the Informers to allow the harmony or success o4. the moveutneal to be disturbed by quarreling over any particular man; and the man su?gesleted by the Reform convention will receive the individual support of all Reformers." Id a Tangle. Chicago, Jan. 1G?George m. Rogue, one of the most prominent business men of Chicago, has been accused of the misappropriation of about 375,000 of the funds of the Presbyterian hospital, of which institution he was president. Mr. Bogueadmi;s that there is some entaaelement with the hospital, but says any discrepancies will be made up immediately. Last summer he made an assignment and withdrew from tbe big real estate firm of iSogue & Co., and it Is said that the misplacing of the hospital funds was the result of his financial embarrassments. Honlb'.e. ? Escalon, Mex., Jan. 1G.?Advices have been received here from the Sierra Mojada mining camps situated in this district, of a terrible holocaust. In Lhe lower pare 01 tne iowq were a outuuer of huts, located very close together. These were set on fire by a band of unknown incendiaries, and before the occupants could escape, eleven men and several women and children were burned to death. Ten others were burned so: badly that they will die. J BLUFFING TO BEGGING. Oovertior Mitchell Remains Uomovsd-A Public Fi;;ht luapoasibla. . Jacksonville, Jan JG.?The Duval Athletic Club has played its last card in the contest it has been waging syith Governor Mitchell and has lost. That card c jn3i3ted of a personal appeal by Manager Bowden to ihe Governor, begging hiai to cease his opnosition and allow the Club to pull o2' the CorbettMUchell mill publicly in Jacksonville. T)..L iU/\ /\TT/M?r? A* TTTA fl f A f\ t I XJUL LUC \jtuyci iwi vrtia uyiiuiauc, auu told Bowden that the ti^ht 3hould not take place in Jacksonville or in Florida, if he could prevent it. The interview between Bowden an^ Governor Mitchell took place in the latter's oflice at Tallahassee, the State capital: wbiiher Bowden went last night. Attorney General Lamar >was present at the interview. Ic is understood that Bowden'* attitude towards the Governor was very much that ot the suppliant. lie almost implored the Governor to let up, but ttae executive is far from being moved by Bowden's humility and roundly denounced the club 'people for their insolent attitude, especially in the matter of issuing statements to the public in which the Gov- j em or'S coaaujL Lo*?v<ira me ciuo wds : characterized as "contemptible and tyranical." When a.^ed for a statement for the Southern xlssociated Press, UDwdcn replied: "You may say that the situation is unchanged. My interview with the Governor has resulted in nothing. The light, however, will take place. I advise all those who desire to witness it to assemble in Jacksonville on or becora January 24. When Governor Mitchell was asked for a statement, he said: l,As tar as I am concerned, the situation remains unchanged. I will not desist in my determination or my efforts to stop the light." Xothing i3 left the clus no 77 but to make arrangements for bringing Mitchell and Corbett together in the woods. As was stated in tte3e dispatches long ago, a secret II ?ht ha3 been the only .resource left the club ever since Governor Vfitehel! annrmnnp.d his onnosition. Manager Bowden's advice for "ail those who desire to witness the fi'ht to assemble in Jacksonville on or before January 2-1" is regarded here as an indication tbat the club people have thrown up the sponge, so far as a public tight in Jacksonville is concerned, and will now perfect plans by which Corbett and Mitchell can meet in secret and withcui danger of interference frcn the Siate authorities. At a largely attended mass meeting here tonight, in which some of the most prominent business men in the city took part, the foliovin^ resolutions were adoptee?: Whereas, it ii currently reported on the streets of tbe city of Jacksonville tbat Hon. H. L. Mitchell, Governor, has instructed a number of military companies throughout theS:ale toreport in the city of Jacksonville on the 2-ith instant for the purpose of maintaining and preserving the peace; and _i xi ? wcereas, luereare uu luuiuauuua ui auy breach of the peace with which the civil authorities of tho city ana county are not fully able to deal, and whereas, we deem the massing ot troops in this city under the circumstances unwarranted by law and a serious rellection upon the character of our citizens and the serious detriment to the business interests of the city. Therefore, the citizens of Jacksonville and Daval county, in mass meeting assembled, pursuant to a call of a larse number of our mo3t eminent business men, do resolve as follow: First. That we earnestly protest against me massing 01 iroups iu uur city, we having ample conGdence in the civil local authorities and their ability to fully preserve the peac^ acd maintain the dignity ot the city and county. Second. That we individually and collectively, pledge ourselves to aid the the sheriff in all lawful efforts to discharge his duties aad to maintain and preserve the peace acdto fully enforce the law. Third. That we earnestly protest agam3t such rumored action on the part of the Governor and must respectfully request that he desiist therefrom and leave the conduct and guidance thereof to the civil local authorities. Fourth. That a copy of the3e resolutions be forwirded to the Governor. A Marrisg;? Fraud. Wtri.-?nappi." Pa Jan. It*.?Frank Williamson, an elderly and well-to-do farmer, living near Tittstou, decided not long ago to marry. Annie Waldon was a dashing brunette and Emma Richards was a quiet little blonde. For a time Williamson paid attention to Miss Walden, and it was generally understood that they were engaged, but he finally transferred his attentions to Miss Richards, saying to his friends that tne Walden girl was too giddy for him. Soon thereafter it was announced that he and Miss Ricbwds were engaged, and the wedding day was set. When Miss Walden and her friends heard of this they were indignant, claiming that Williamson had promised to marry her before he began paying attention to Miss Richards. She swore she would become his bride in one way or another. The day before the wedding, Williamson says, he went to Pittston and there me;: sooieot Miss Walden's friends, who took him around to several saloons and got him intoxicated, and then took him to some place where somebody married them. He says that when he got sober he found Miss Walden installed in his house as his wife, and that he was possessed: of a marriage certificate in proper legal form. Williamson has begun suit for divorce. Say tliey are Siarvlnc. Denver, Jan. 10.?A committee of Santa Fe railway emplo>es from La Junta, Col., bas mformed Governor Waite that ibe engineers, conductors, brakemec, switchmen and trackmen of all grades on the western division have received no salary since last Octcber and many ol the men aad their families aie on the verge of starvation. Salane3 * ? - *1 nave Deeo promised, iaey &b ujucient times. The last date was Jan. 10. The d iy passed and no pay car appeared. A3 the railway company has stopped suppling coal to its employes, many families are suffering from cold a3 well as hunger. Convict to ba Huasr, Jackson, Miss., Jan. 17.?Horace Smith, a life convict, was t )day convicted in the circuit court ,of murder in the llist degree. He cut open the bead of Isidore Hundley, another convict, with an axe, inside the walls a few arm T'ma mntpq }irn life f_r>n victs who have been convicted ol murder within the last two days, the other being Henry Singleton' who was convicted yesterday. Jud^e Cbrisman will , sentence both to hang in a few day3. Wealth not w?l! Dii-liied. George K. IIolme3, special census agent oa mortgage statistics, approaches the concentration of wealth ia the current number of the Political Science Qjarterly. Instead of attempting to compute the property holdings of the rich he stri7e3 to ascertain how much of the Dationai wealth the 'uasse3 of Liie people possess. The census bureau took from eysry family ia treaty-two CoioQ on/1 Turritrtriao n.-tz-iro 3 4 "k I tJKAWWvJ UUU JL WiillVllWJ tio U'7 liiu questions whether it owned or hired the farm or home occupied, and the extent of the incumbrance on owned larni3 and homes, it any, with ths valua of the property. The results are beiieved by the Spring11 eld Republican to be fairly representative of the whole country. Assuming this to ba so, 32 per cant ot the farm families an i 63 per cent of the home families in the country are tenants. Among farmownmg families 30 par cent carry mortgage debts averaging $ ,130 on farms whose average value 13 $3,190; among home-owning families 20 per cent carry incumbrances averaging $1,139 on homes valued on the average at $3,254. The census w'.il show the number of farms to ba about 4,500,000. leavmg 8,196,152 families occupying homes that are not farm3. Mr. Holmes confines his wealth estimates here to pronertiea valued at le3S than $5,000. Suso farms encumbered constitute 80 percent in number and 52 per cent in value of all encumbered farms, and such eccumbared homes constitute 82 per cent in number and 46 per cent in value of all encumbered homes. The census did not lake riliioo /\f* MnflnAnrr*Koi?'i.l oncl KtUSJ VaiUQO \J I UUvUvUi^^Siga i.^.L^U.0 c?U.U homes, and lbs percentages iu the other case are adopted here as probably the truth. Accor ?ia* to i'-.i jia.es tabulated by Mr. H jxui u Oi " ciat of the families of the cou.nr? o ; n tn>re than about 29 per centot l-. . .ve Aid < Mr, Holmes believes his esuuiiics do not overstate the case asaine: the poor. : Taese conclusions are about as du -bus 1 as any which have ever been reached in ' the study of this question. Proceeding 1 to divide the richer 9 per cent cf the , ramiiies as between tne ricn and moaer- , ately well off. Mr. Hoi nes take3 the ; Xew York Tribune's list of millionaires < (4,047) and sives them an average ol i about ?3,000,000?this estimate beinu i also partly baseo upon the results of Thomas G. Shearman's c!aita3 in- the ! same line. This gives to the 4,047 very neb. lamnies, or three-hundredths or i per cent of all the families, about $12,000,000,000 or 20 per cent of the nation's wealth; and leaves the remaining property of the nation (51 percent) to 9 per cant of the families, including tbe comparatively few millionaires. The result ] seems incredible to Mr. Holmes. Tost j 4,047 families should possess nearly a3 \ much wealth?3even-tenths as mach at ) least?as 11,593,887 families i3, inieeJ t rather sturtling. Bat it is probable, he t contents, xQas iae siaiemeat is approximately correct. Excluding the million- < aires, the wealth ol the 1,002,218 fcmi- ? lies lying between them and the great 1 ma3S of people holding property val- ( ued at les3 $5,000 bscome3 an aver- ] age ol $23,000 a family, which seems j large for so many, bat which, Mr. < Holmes goes on to demonstrate, must ' be about the case. ' "1 i Excitement }n Italy. \ RoiLE, Jan. 1G.?There is considerable excitement today at Cararra and vicinity. The discovery Saturday night I of an anarchist plot to loot and burn the ] City of Cararra led the police and milii- j tary authorities to 'take extraordinary ' precautions to prevent any atteaipt to ! carry out the plans of the conspirators. ' Early today a number of anarchists from the adjoining districts, sought to eater the city, but were prevented by the mil- , litary. A number of shot3 were exchanged by the rioters and troops, bat ( so far as known, nobody wa3 hurt. ; Finding that it was impossible for them to get into the city, where there is no doubt they intended to join the anarchist residents in the city in riotinz. the mob scattered in different directions. They are now scouring the country, car- ! rying terror to the quiet people living there. They go to every house and de- ; mand of the occupants to surrender whatever Jire arms they may have. About dve thousand workingmen havo struck in Massa and Cararra. Both towns are occupied by troops. All the shop3 are closed", i The inhabitants are Irightened i and many lamilies are provisioning thsir bouse as if for a seise. Bands or revolt- 1 ers parade tli3 roads, making requisitions on the people for arms and fo^d. o U LUIO LlKJKJLi1 ULiv [^wVj;^ of Massa were tkrowa iato a slate of consternation by ^hearing a lu3oilade in the hills aear by. A sqaadron of caval- ' rydhad encouatered a mob of 500 mea ; at the Fassola Bridge, two kilometres froai Massa. Alter a stubborn lljht, ihe mob was dispersed. Maay was wouaded aad several were killed. Troops guard the railway at all poiats to prevsat the tearing up of the rails. Some soldiers are in active pursuit of baad3 iu the moantaias. The cabinet council has given Premier Crispi a free baud a3 to the time whea he shall declare the proviace of Ma33a he Carrara iu a slate or seige. The proclamation will probably be issued tomorrow unless the situation improves in the meantime. The] Dynamite Bomb. Farmington, Mian., Jan. 17.?Early yesterday morning some person placed a dynamite cartridge inside the store door of the Exchange Bank at this place. The exposition blew oat the froat of the baak baildiag besides doing considerable damage inside. As the bank had gone out of business and there were no funds were in the vault and no attempt was made to tae safe, robbery was evidently not tee motive. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 17.?A great sensation was caused here this morning by the discovery of a dynamate bomb which bad been placEd against a four story building on Grant street, adjoining the police station. The bomb contained half a pound of dynamite encased in lead pipe carefully closed,;with nitroglycerine caps and fuse. The ktier had been lighened, but for some reason had failed to burn. There is no clue to the dynamiters, whose object in trying to blow up the building is unknown. The building is unoccupied, but waj being prepared for manufacturing purposes. Salem, Ohio, Jan. IT. ?When John Evans, one of the leading coal men of this section, came to his cilice in this city yesterday morning, he found a | bomb lying in the ciiice. A piece nf lead pipe fully two inches in diameter I and ten inches lone, with a charred fuse running through a screw plug, was loaded with dynamite and blasting powder, Evans with other operators, has been having trouble with the miners over the question of wages and the only explanation of the bomb business is that some miner thought by wrecking his building to intimidate him, WARM WORDS BY WIRE. SENATOR 1R3Y ''SNUFFS TREASON IN THE TAINTED GU.E." Djcsu*: Vf^a: to Sse Hltns U "Assassinated la tlx3 l)*rk"?No Popal'at Seed Aprly?PUia I. inguigs From th? Jailor Saaat jr. W'.crr wtav- T... "? u .wui.iyiy.\, Jlil. J.U. 1113 IOilOW* ing reply has been mads by Senator Irby to a communication received by him today from the Hon. W. T. C. Bates, Treasurer of South Carolina: United States Sanate. Washington, D. C., Jan. 16,1834. Hon. W. T. C. Bates,Columbia, S. C. My dear sir: 1 have your letter of the 14th inst., in which you make inquiry as to waat I think should be aone in reference to holding a factional convention of the Reform party of South Carolina, to which I answer has- > -? tily, but frankly. I regret, as deeply as you, to see divisions in the ileform movement of our State. The purposes for which it began have not been accomplished, and cannot be, without the exercise of harmony, j usuce, common sense and rair dealing. 1 have had but one purpose " v . from tae very beginning, and ttiat was 10 do my duty by it to" the very best of mv SbilitV. Notwithstanding t-liic! t ? v - ... ? -wUUJ, JL nave been prosecuted by men, supposed to be prominent in the "Reform movement, from the very beginning, until I made up my mind that I would not submit to it any longer, and appealed to the true men among us to protect me against such political assassination. It is not my fault that we have these evidences of division in our State. I famished no excuse for every Reformer who goe3 into Columbia from the rural districts to the State House to be taken to one side and groomed and prejudiced against "Irby's management of the party," when even the Antis themselves acknowledge that my conduct as chairman, has been perfectly fair. I 'L<am unwilling that a Third party leader shall take charge of the Reform movement m SoatifCarolina". and thus dictate the nominees of the Democratic party. I am s itisHed that the people a! the S:ate will not submit to it, and the sooner he, and others who expect to reaD office tinder him finri t.M? nnt-. ** the better for hirn and the movement. I answer you frankly as to what I think ought, to be done, so far as I can >ee. There are six cr seven other caniidates for gubernatorial honors. rhese men hare been true and loyal, md are all able men. They are enticed, at least, to a fair contest and the protection of the principles of the first March convention' the moat prominent )f which was the right of the people :o name their candidates, instead of a ring in the State House. 16 will be lecsssarv, before the campaign that is :o be led by me as Democratic chairnan, that these contests shall be setled within the iines of our faction, and :hat, after the people have had tim9 to ?eigh and measure them and conclude is io meir caoice, me successun one shall be given the colors of our faction ;o meet the Conservative faction in iebateon the stamp before the general primary election. This cannot be done with an early convention had and snap j udgment taken, before the people have 3een or hear! the various candidates who seek the endorsement o? the ReEornTparty. ' K saTsrs too muctrot-oid ring rule and Ilaskellite methods, and the people will not countenance it. This is parfectly fair and all parties will bs satisfied; but the people, who believe in the theory and system of primary elections, will not stand for two or three men?one a leader of the Third party and t&e self-constituted S; spokesman of the Third party, the other a traitor to the Keform party, r\ oa Or* A m tcso r?rr f rrtm f ha YVJLLVS OwCaO, C40 CkLX ClUiOCOil V 11UUL IUC enemy, to ruia the Reform party, and other men. who desire office?to fix up a slate now, Lave it endorsed by a con- . r *: vention as early as March, and rammed down their throats, I say this, because if their scheme is allowed to go through under the whip and spur of che Kegts ter, the movement cannot stand. Selfrespecting men in it would rather go to the wall than to serve under a traitor to his movement and to see themselves assassinated in the dark by men who have claimed to be their friends, and the people robbsd of the benefits A of the vital principles of the first March ~ jfl platform. This has b3en written to you just as I thins it and believe it. I have tried ? to b3 true to every man in the State __ -House and subjected myself t^ abuse ana criticisms in lsyz lor leaving my 3eat in the Senate to go to "South Carolina to work for them and their re-election. I do not intend no w to be abused by them. As yon suggest, I, being the Siate ' ?3 chairman, have no right to cill a factional convention. I have never assumed or contemplated any such action, nor could such 4 ii conclusion b9 dratvn from anything tliat I have said or written. The orEfduiz.ition last presided over by the Lion. G. \V. Shell is defunct, because when the crisis came in '92, we failed to have seen or heard of any action from him in behalf of the Reform movement, and, besides its mission was fullilied as a political organization as soon as its object wa3 accomplished, to wit: the capturing of the whole State government bj tne people. It. being a temporary organization, could not exist longer than after the inauguration oi the State ollisers. lie, therefore, cannot call and control a caucus ^ or convention and the only way for it JM to be done regularly within our party lines is, as suggested by the Laurens W Alliance resolutions, "to wit: That Governor Tillman call around him the leaders, draft rules and call a convention if they see lit: In conclusion, allow in 3 to say that I will do more and go further to heal breaches and unite our forces than parhaps any man who has been treated as 1 have in the house of my friends; but I will not submit to the dictation of Third party leaiers and traitors to oar movemen', let tne consequences be what they may. J. L. M. Xrby. U-ildcd :he Sports. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 16.?Chief o? Police Williams, with live of his assistants, unceremoniously interrupted a i'estive game of poker here, wnich result-. d in the capture of four of the countrv snorts, together with 33 stacks oi chips, six decks of cards, gaming ta- 4 !)!e3, etc., and about $33 in money The house raided is located iu the rear of the Centennial bar, and was mast elegantly tquipped for gambling purpose?, there being nothing whatever from an outside view to create suspicion. The raid was one of the most successful ever made. S:ra:shteaed Up. South Blind, lad., Jan. 10?Myron J. Campbell has made good the $15,030 mysteriously stolen from the South Bend National bank Dec. 7. Csmp? " J._ *. t 'A ceii says me roooery was uuc lv ma carelessness, and lie" has turned over 87,000 in property and an ven notes for the remainder on condition that he be kept in his position one year. This condition bars prosecution, and was agreed to by the directors. ?. V.