The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 21, 1894, Image 1
VOL. XLVIII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1894. NO. 28.
i WJsBEtt'S WRONG-DOING."
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p WHILE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER OF
| CHARLESTON COUNTY
H* Forced miicT D-faci tC?A Llfa of Macb
Premise B;kt ed-Xfcc Snp*rltt rdent
<t Kdocai-i/d D?mii|cg 11^ p-?r:?Tfce
Araonct o! Shf r.82e.
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 15.?Last summer
Mr. John L. Wt-ber of Charleston.
csj>. wbo had betn fc'virgin that city for
M^maoy years, engaged ia editorial worK
^ r V/.ITO ?r>/* f>r%i riur iaQ !
P^LL lac auu v/w*v* ? -??.v ,
Kb a cbair in Trinity College, North i
l.'arolina. He nsigntd Ms position asI
cchool commissioner of Charleston
County and bis position on the News
and Courier ana left Charleston standiDg
high in the estimation of ail the
people of ttat city. He was known to
the world as a high toned, honorable
?gg|^^M^"itjyateci man. He was well
South Carolina and
every one was sorry to see him leave,
^ though all were gldd to know of his
rise in life.
It did not take long, however, for the
terrible blow, which like the sword of
Damocles, hung over the young man's
head, to fall. About two month* ago
it came with crushing force, when it
became known to the State authorities
that something was wrong in the offi/?_
Mr Wfthfar hnri v?r>atpri. An
investigation was started and soon the
worst was ascertained. The facts bave
been known to the press for weeks, but
' they have been waiting official action,
before giving them to the public.
About a week ago Mr. Weber returned
to the State and went to Charleston
upon the advice of Irs iriends. Yesterday
Superintendent cf Education
Maytield, who has been investigating
the matter, returned to the city and
submitted to Governor Tillman the following
report,which the Governor gave
the press for publication. It tells the
story of Mr. Weber's downfall in details:
State of South Carolina, Executive Department,
Office of State Superintendent
of Education, Columbia, S. C.,
February 13,1894.
>^Gov. B. fl. Tillman, Columbia, S. C.
^ ^ Dear Sir: Under the law county
school commissioner are required to
report to the State Superintendent of
Education by the 1st day of October
of each Year, amone other things, the
amount of money collected and expended
for schools during the year.
On the 3rd day of October, 1893, John
L. "Weber, as school commissioner for
Charleston county, hied his annual report
with me, which showed the expenditures
tor the year to be in excess
of tha receipts. Being dissaitsfied with
report, I sought an explanation.
^ Mr. "Weber has resigned and left the
State to accept a position in Trinity
College, located at Durham, X. C., and
F. Horton Colcock has been appointed
by you as his succersor. Mr. Colcock
was unable, from the records in his
office, to explain the discrepency. I,
therefore, prepared blanks and sent
them to the school trustees of that
county for the purpose of obtaining the
desired information. In making up
these reports, a discrepency was discovered
in one of Ihe school warrants.
I have made a personal examination
of the sch^oi commissioner s omce, ana
> find tbat this particular warrant has
^_heen raised from 87.65 to $97 05, by inserticg
the figure 9 m the margin in
front of the figure 7, and writing the
woid ninety in tront of the word seven
in the body of tbe warrant. I ats.i find
other warracts that hare been raised,
and otheis chat were issued for labor
not performed, and for school supplies
and lurniture that wer^ not furnished.
The warrant for S7.05, raised to $97.65,
above rt-ferred to, is made payable
to "Isaac Hammond or order*" The
correctness of the claim is sworn to by
him before the chairman of the board
of school trustets issuing it, and both
of them say the warrant was issued
for $7.65, and that that amount was
ac'uaily due. Isaac Hammond is a
merchant of good financial standing
and reputation, and engaged in business
on Broad street, in the city of
kCharleston. Hes<.;.s ihai he turned
the claim over to Mr. Weber tvs be
countersigned by Mm as school comrBissi^ner.and
that Mr. Weber brought
fcvie* nn MOh Q ro/\ 1 T> t"
JUL tuou, lut UUJUULU uuu
?ht warrant was certainly raised beBre
it was presented to the county
Measurer, Geo. H. "A'alttr, for pajment
bK it was paid by him with ~ a cvjeck
^wn in favor ot "Isaac Hammond or
HFer" for $97.65. The check was oreBnted
to and paid by the Charleston
K. Isaac Hammond's name being
H^ed on tne back of the caecfc.
Dk of the tank, who paid the
Hfcorsed on the back of the
me pencil that he had paid it
Weber. Mr. Hammond
Endorsement of his name
H?e check is a forgery
the bank say It is
^The changes in the
flfoe in the handwritfffchere
was i:-sued
amoud or older55
t li-.rS6.00 which
warrant;
Moursy as *he
8gL and tbe
g& Mr.,Tv"cbnvith
Mes^^reilcn
T^RH^H^^^HflH^HBBis own
use ?B^^Hfl|^8H^HHHKd also
thodHHHHnH^^HHraB of the
April
p u r ch as<^^^9HHH|HRK m e
the accjunrS^HHSHSgHZfr S66.50.
This credit ofS^^HHflHsocl warrant
issued to WalkSWfWB^?: Cogs-1
well originally, for 8G.C0, but, ?sed to J
866 50. The changes appear ;!? be in ]
Mr. Weber's hand. Walker, Eapans &
Cogswell collected the monek. i'ur- j
chases were continued, and o>n April I
20,1892, had increased 88.01, \ making
the wnole account $108 51. i On the
same day, Apnl 20, 1S92, a f second
school warrant for 889.25 was issued to
them and the account credited wiith the
full amount of the warrant, th&y pay- j
ing Weber S47.24 cash, the difference
between the amount of the two] warrants
and t-he amount of the accountj
balancing the account. This* war'1
L.
wairant was nor raiseu, uujt, was
issued for more than the amosmt of
the purchases by reason of a mistake
in the bill rendered. Purchases <were
continued and on November 15.h^*892,
Weber owed $25.92, and on tb^i day
his account wes credited with Sf55 00
the amount of a third school warrant
issued to Walker. Evans & Cogswell,
and they paid him .$60.00 in casb,wkich
they charged to him on the account.
There is no way by which 1 can. decide
whether th:s warrant was raised or
not, the L;gures ?nd the Oody of the
warrant beicg in Mr. Weber's hand.
This left 29 cents clue them; tue account
was left opr-n ;-.:.d purcD;-.ses conunued
to June 17,1893, tne additional
9s purchases amounting to Sol 21. Adding
the $25 92, the SCO. 00 and the
Kr^$51.21 together we have $137.13, the
Rsl amount of the account. In tne meantime
he paid $10.23. On June 17 a
fourth school warrant was issued to
Walker, Evans & Cogswell for $41.88. i
Adding the 68-j.00, the 610.25 and the
$41.88 together we have 6137.13, exactly
balancing the account. There is no
way by which I cm decide whether
this warrant (64188) was raised or not.
the figures u~d body of the warrant
ell being in Mr. Weber's hand. Purchases
continued, and on August 1st,
ls'J3, the account, amounted to 68.00,
i his credited with 6G 50, the price of a
school c mmissioner's book bought of
Walker,Evans & Cogswell and charged
to Wec:er before the 64188 warrant was
issued, but subsequent to that time
paid for by the county commissioner.
Walker, Evans <5c Cogswell getting the
money and crediting Wtber's account
with "tne amount." The 66 50 taken
from the 68.60 leaves Weber due 62 10
on theaccount.no other payment having
been made.
The four warrants collected by Wal!
ker. Evans & Cogswell and the price of
! the school commissioner's book, paid
for by the county commissioners, (3t>6 50.889
25, 885,00, 341.88, S6,50) make a
total of 3589.13 of public funds paid to
them. The total amount of all articles
charged on this account, including the
school commissioner's book, that were
purchased for the public schools, and
for which they received the benefit is
384.75. Prom the 8289,13 take the 884.75
and there is left 3204,38 paid out of the
public funds to Mr. Weber's private ac
count.
It is>, perhaps, but proper for me to
say, in this connection, that Walker
Evans & Cogswell do a very large business,
and that these transactions occurred
in the.ordinary run ofthiir business,
and that they are wholly innocent
of any wrong intention or corruptdealing,
having had confidence in Mr.
Weber's honesty.
The county board of examiners uf
T?Or>ral QTT /?r*n r> t i QO
VUCii-tCSlUU auu JJC1ACICJ wuuaivu I
agreed to hold a joint teachers' insti-1
tute for white teachers in the city of i
Charleston in the month of July, 1892, j
each county to bear one-ha:f of the expenses;
and the county boards of examiners
of the counties of Charleston and
Berkeley and Colleton agreed to hold a
joint teachers' institute for colored
teachers, to be held duringithe month
of July at Summeryille, each county to
bear one-third of the expenses. Mr.
W&ber drew 3200 from the School fund
of Charleston as allowed by the law for
this purpose. 1,1). C. Porcher, school |
commissioner of Berkeley county, paid
over to him S65 from ibe public funds j
of that county drawn as provided for
by law. I sent L. E. Parler, school com- j
missioDer of Colleton a check for $30
on the Peabody education fund in my
bands for institute purposes, which he
turned over to Mr. Weber. I sent Mr.
Weber a check for $80 for Charleston
and Berkeley, on the same fund. These
amounts, (5200, $65, $30, $60,) make
$355 in Mr. Weber's bands for institute
purposes. The cost of the white institute
was $155, and that of the colored
S60, aggregating $215, whiGh taken
from the $355 leaves S140 in Mr. Weber
hands unaccounted for.
In 1893 the county boards of examiners
of Charleston and Berkeley coun
ties agreed to hold, during the month
of June, in the city of Charleston, a
joint institute for white teachers, and
also one for the colored teachers. From
ihe public school funds of Charleston
county was drawn $200, and A. II. De
Hay, school commissioner of Bcrk!?v
county, paid over Lo Mr. Weber SI 15
from the public school funds of his
county, makidg S315 tn Mr. Websr's
hacds for institute purposes. The
white institute cost. S135, and the colored
S95, makiDg 3230, which taken
from the S315 leaves $85 in Mr. Webers
hands unaccounted for.
In October, 1891, Mr. 'Aeber drew
from the public scuool funds, on general
account, Sl8t>. I can find no vouchers
showing for wbat purposes this
money was expended.
In August, 1891, a warrant on the
school fuuds wad issued by ti"-e trustees
of school district No. 1 to Minus Bla_:k
for SO for labor. This warrant was
raised to S16, and the changes seem to
be in Mr. Weber's hand.
In February, 1892, a school warrant
was issued by the trustees of school
district No. 3 "to one D. A. Bell for S9
for school supplies. The supplies were
never furnished and the warrant was
raised to S9S 75.
In February, lb92, a school warrant j
was issued bv the trustees of school district
No. 2 to one I). A. Beil for S6 for
school supplies. The supplies were
never furnished, and the warrant wa-3
raised toS69.45.
In February, 1S92, a school warrant
was issued by the trustees of school
district No. 1 to one 1). A. Bell for $8
for school supplies. The supplies were
never furnished, and ihe warrant was
raised to SSO.
1PtiKfiiiQut? 1&QO o TTOrrnri^
^LLL L" CW1 J y C* OV/auvi rr c?a & i?<uk w
was issued by tne scnool trustees of district
Xo. i to one 5>. A. Cunningham
for S6 fcr school supplies. The supplies
were never furnished, and the warrant
was raised to S68.50.
I cannot fiad either D. A. B*ll or S.
A. Cunningham, nor can 1 iind any one
who knows or ever heard of either of
them.
The changes in thfse last four warrants
appear to ee in Mr. Weber's hand
and it also appears that he collected
the warrants after they had been
raised, the three Bell warrants being
paid by the treasurer in one check, Xo.
310, March 9, 1892. The trustees say
Mr. Weber told them he had purchased
tbese supplies and that they would be
sent out to the schools.
In Xovember, lS92.a warrant was
issued to Prince Brown for S9, for
making desks and benches, by the trustees
of'school district Xo. 4. The warrant
was raised to S97.50, and the changes
appear to be in Mr. Weber's hand.
In April, 1892, a warrant was issued
to Henry Wilson for 86 for repairs on
a school house, by the trustees of school
district Xo. 4. and in September, 1892,
the trustees of the same district issued
> rror^ont fr\r* nJjIQ 7n fnr ronairQ
! on school houses and furniture. The
amounts in the body of these warrants
! appear to have been written by Mr.
! Weber. There are only two schools in
thi3 district. Inspection of one of the
schools, and information as to what
work h?s been done, and furniture furnishtd
10 both, indicate that these
claims are without merit, the work not
having oeen performed.
A warrant has been sworn out
against Weber, charging him with vacating
the laws of the State, and he was
arrested in the city of Charleston on
the 6th cay of January, instant, and
gave bond for his appearance to answer
any charges that may be preferred
against him in the court of General
i Sessions for tiie county of Charleston.
Not being a collecting officer, and
having no power to recover the money
that has been thus wrongfully taken
from the public schools. I, therefore respectfully
abk that you direct the proper
steps to be taken to recover the money.
Inquiry elicits the fact that Mr.
Weber s bond is good.
The amount to be recovered and
turned into the treasury tor tba u?e of
ihe public schools is SI. 237.83. and the
amount recovered should be distributed
to rii-nnnrtinn t("v
aLUVU*; OUC UiOi.li.01/0 lU. wv
tneir losses respectively.
While it is foreign to the issues herein
involved, 1 beg" to here call your attention
to the fact that the amount of
poii tax collected ia Charleston county,
while very much in excess of the
amount formerly collected, 12 still very
much less than it sh9uld be, and to
t urge that the law be enforced, if possible,
against thos-? persons liable to
' thi3tax.
Respectfully submitted,
\V. D. Mayfield,
State Superintendent of Education.
lOK-ty Xt'.iutsHl,
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 15.?At the recent
meeting of the National. Farmers
Alliance at Topeka, hs reported by
Delegate Bowdsn, who hay returned to
this city, it was decided that the Alliance
should discuss three loui :-3 before
I States shall reffulate the liouor tariff bv
some such plan as the dispensary. Mr j
1 Bowden is emphatic in saving th?:5" the
Alliance has made no official promulgation
ou the question. The Dispensary
has been no part of ihe platform, and
it has been announced as a topic tor
consideration and debate merely to get
the matter discussed and to get Alliancemen
thlnkiog about the advisablity
of State control of the liquor traffic;,
and whether the South Carolina Dispensary
idea i3 suitable to the needs of
the various States.
All of this goes to s'lovv that the
Dispensary idea is spreading and it
may be taken up as an Alliance demand.
Mr. Bowden talkei interestingly
about his Western trip. The female
suffragists, he says, had a great time in
Topeka. Their convention was as large
a3 anything he has seen, and the women
were much in earnest about the matter.
fho "VTofinnol Al1ianr?o hn flid
XUt tttlv/utji 4.XUA.JUVV) W^.vj
not do anything on the question of female
suffrage, and was inclined to entirly
dismiss the matter and leave each
State to act independently on tae question,
if it saw fit. The order adopted
without alteration or amendment the
original Ojala demands.
There are two candidates for t he next
meeting place of the National Alliance
?Loss Angelos, Cal., and Baleigb, X.
C. The selection is to be made by the
executive committee. The offer from
California is coupled with a proposition
to pay the expenses of the delegates
and If that effort is successful the Alliancemen
will no doubt "Go West"
next year. The Alliancemen of Xorth
Carolina wish r.o have the convention
held there and for the members to attend
the ceremoies at the dedication of
a monument to the late president
Folk.
On the subject of, State poaitics Mr.
Bowden said that there will*be an early
convention .?Register.
The Work of FleDds.
Houston-, Tex., Feb. 9.?Last night
at the high bridge over White oak B i> ou,
train wreckers removed rails and fish
plate3 on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad. When the passenger
train came along the engine passed sately
over, but the baggage and mail cars
jumped the track and rolled down the
embankment, folioffed by the smoker
which landed on top of them. The wreck
presented a frishtful appearance. J oe
Elliott, brakeman, was seni back to 11 ig
the freight train, soon due. He had not
proceeded a hundred yards when a volley
from ambush was tired upou bin*
Four bullets took effect, in his body.
The crew in ihe meatime, aided by passengers,
were at work estreating mm
buried ia the enrs and faared to 20 to the
fligmac's assistance. He, however,
crawled, bleeding and woueded back to
ihe irain and now lie3 dying. Ia the
mail car was Low Morris, assent, bacly
bruised with several bones broken. His
Srst thought was of his mail and he requeseted
a reporter 10 go to the postotSce
and notify them that he had a big
run of registered mail. H. Ilatton, express
messenger, was found in his car
with his ribs brohen and ia a critical
condition. J. W. Carter. biggie master,
mjaredabout, the head aad internally.
A relief train was mada uo here aad
sent to the scece. The wcunJei were
brought in aad taken to the hospi'ai.
Posses are aow on the scene and great
excitement prevails.
The K >m iDC3 of as Orpa*cai.
Spartanburg, Feo. 10.?Tae sudden
deatn of Mrs. Joseph Jeaaings, the
founder of the Jeaniags Orphanage,
caused sorrow and regreet throughout
our county and town. Her history is an
uausual oae. She was the daughter of
Mr. Moasel Jenniags, who .died at his i
home near Cedar Spring a short time
ago While very young she married,
her husban beiag "killed ia the war.
She was eighteen years of age wb?n
left a widow. A few days later she
married Mr. Joseph Jeuniags. Her
health was wretched, but a little child
was sent to brighten the household.
tied soon claimed it again nowever, aiiu
despondency seized the mother One
day she heard of an orphan babe in a
forlorn condition being at Glenn Spring
She persuaded her husband to take he:
to see it. They found the little outcast
sick, dirty and scantily clothed. Afcer
a short consultation Mr. and Mrs. JenDings
decided to take the baby home
with them. It soon Oiled, the place in
their hearts of their desd baby. From
this time Mrs. Jennings gathered the
little waits into her heart and home,
until there were fifteen at the time of
her deatb, and from this time, the invalid
of years standing, was a well woman.
Her iittie cottage had only five
rooms but they were kept in spotless
condition, and a neater set of children
is not to be found in our county. Who
will fill her place V She was big-hearted,
strong-minded and affectionate in
manner?she wa3 a humanifarian.?
State.
A Bishop en TrUl.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 9.?Fur the
first time in the history of ihe Catholic
church a bishop .vas arraigued before a
civil justice ot the peace 10 answer to
the charge cf criminal libel preferred by
a priest. Tcomas Bonacum is the
bishop, aod the charge against him was
founded on a letter sent to the parish of
Pjlmvrft. nr.t.ifvinir thecongregation thai
Father Michael J. Corbstt had been
suspended and warning all Catholics
not to bold communion with him.
Bishop Bon2cum wa3 represented by a
large array of aitomeys, while with ihe
slate attorney sat Father D-ivid S. Pnelan,
of St, Louis, editor of the Wa'chman,
and famous as an ecclesiastical
lawyer. On a motion to quash. Father
Fnelan, alter exnounding the canonical
law, turned to Bishop Bona:um ar.d,
pointing his finger at him, said: "But
what we want to shew is that this bishep
has lied. It was a lie in that he had
never suspended Father Corbc-tt." In
this strain Father Phelsn contiuued for
half an hour, hurling; invective after invective
at the bishop, who colored at
each thrust.
Iacome Opposed.
Charleston, Feb. 13.?The Charleston
Chamber of commerce celebrated j
its llu:h ^niversary today with a handsome
banquet. At the meeting in the
morning resolution was-unanimously J
nocsoi^ r?n!ip??r incr the Senators of S<V.;th I
& ,
Carolin i 10 oppose the income tax cla- j
use of the tariff bill, unless oy doing so j
the passage of the whole bill should bv>!
jeopardized. The chamber also appoint- j
ed a special committee to take suitable '
action in opposition to the Patterson
bill, amending its interstate commerce
act, and. to attempt to secure some
charge in discriminations in freight
rates against the Seuthem ports.
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j AFfER STORED LIQUORS."
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j 313 RAiOS ARE TO BEGIN AFTER FRIDAY
WEEK.
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TiisS'a'e lizard of Control "Will Kalorce
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tbel,iw S r^ctty?Parties Who Havel.iquor
SC ?:e I Muh* Git Cer:ficatei or
llnvi I', Salged.
Columbia S. C., Feb. 13.?After
Friday week those who bave liquors
stored away in quantities greater
than live ijaHoos, and who do not apply
to the liquor commissioner for certifi
cates to oe placed upon them, will
m*ke 1 heir places liable to search and
all such property found thereon will be
seized and sold. Such is the action of
the State board of control at a meeting
held yesterday, acting under certain
sections of the act.
At this meeting yesterday there was
a full attendance of the members of the
board, and Commissioner Traxler was
present by invitation. It was decided
that Section 35 of tbe act shall be rigidly
enfosc^d on an after the 23i. This
?ection reads as fellows:
Section 35. That violations of any of
the sections of this act, wnere punishment
upon conviction is not especially
provided for, the person or persons or
corporation so convicted shall be punished
m the discretion of the couet trying
the same. Ail ^alcoholic liquors,
other than domeetic wine^and in quantity
more than five gallons, which do
not have on the packages in which they
are contained the labels and certificates
going to show that they have been purchased
from a State officer authoriz ed
to sell them are hereby declared contraband,
and on seizure will be forfeited
to the State as provided jn Section 31.
Provided. That this section shall not
annlv t,r> linnnr held bv the owners Of
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registered stills. Persons Having more
than live gallons of liquor elsewhere
than at his or her home, which they
wish to keep for their own use, may
throw the protection of the law around
the same by furnishing an inventory
of the quantity and kinds to the State
commissioner, and applying for certificates
to affix thereto. After sixty days
from the approval of this act any liquor
found in the State cot having such
certificates may be seized and confiscated.
Persons having more than they
wish to uso may obtain certificates to
ship beyond the .limits of the State.
Any persons affixing or causing to be
affixed, to any package containing alcoholic
liquor any imitation stamp or
device than those furnished by the
State commissioner shall for each offence
be liable to a penality of ten
days' imprisonment or twenty-five
dollars fine.
The State board fixes a specific day
in order to allow all those who have
such liquors stored away and who may
not be acquainted with this pravision of
the law, time to secure the required
certificates from the State liquor comrrmsinnAr.
The board holds that the
certificates cost nothing and can be bad E
by simply applying to the commissioner
as specified in the act. The members of
the board say, whether as a bluff ?
canuot be told, that they have infor- L
mation of where a great deal of such
liquor is stored away in Colnmbia and
elsewhere, acd if the application is not
immediately made, and the certificates 3
not secured by the date named, men t
will be put to work seizing the stuff at
once. * J:
The board decided not to- allow vhe t
commissioner to issue anj such i- i
licites to former liquo'. dealers who ^
have taken out revenue licenses since ?
the dispensary law went into effect, ^
cliamingthat they have the right to '
make such refusal, under the following *
section of the act:
section 17. Tne payment of the Uni ?
ted State special tax as a liquor seller, I
or notice of any kind in any place of ?
resort, or in any store or shop, indicating
that alcoholic liquors are there sold ?
kept or given away, shall be held to be *
prima facie evidence that the person or *
persons paying said tax and the parties 1
displaying such notices are acting in *
violation ot this act, and unless said
person or parties are selling: under permit
as prescribed by this act they shall
be published by a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars or imprisment not
more tnirty days.
It remains to be seen how the scheme
will work out. It shows that some one
is studying out thn various phases of
toe law with t&e view to breaklng up
the blind tiger business, if possible.
2s o action has yet been taken by the
Attorney General's office to carry the
local lifquor cases tuther. Assistant
Attorney General Barber is to have
control of the matter and nothing is
going to be done until ni3 return to the
city.
Jad^e lirawley Qafa Congress.
Washixgtton, Fab. 9.?Ju'lge
Brawley bas served his last day in the
53 i Congress. He is going home tonight,
and he will send his resignation
as member of the 1st district to Gover- i
nor Tiilraan from Charleston. Yesterday
and to-dav Judge B'awiey has.been
engaged in takiog leave of his many '
warm friends in the House. The veteran (
Jud'<e Holman took an affectionate fire- I
well of the Charleston member, throw
ins bis arms around his neck and sayiug:
"Brawicy, I sincerely regret thai you ,
are going to leave us. I have not al- j
ways beeo able to go with you in all the
measures you have advocated, but I (
havj taken a strong fancy to you, and I
*i>h you God sneed always." Rep- (
r?sentaiive3 McCreary, Bourke Cock- <
ran. Chairman Wilson and, in fact, i
nearly all of the leading members on ?
both sides of the Hcu3e are personal
friends cf Jad^e Brawley, and they
parted with him with profound regret. \
He has been regarded as one of the g
siancbe3t Administration men and was i
a m?mb?r of the select committee of (
tifieen kno va as the "steering commit- t
lee" in the Hoase. Judge Brawley wil f
qualify and enter up^n his judicial du- *
ties at once. c
c
Will b9 Repealed. g
Washington, Feb. 13.?The re- s
psai r.f the 10 par cent, tax on State *
bank isiues is soon to come before the *
House and in a most unexpected man- ?
uer. I have it !rom a reliable source *
that Chairman Sorlnger is going to re- c
port lavorable the bill ot ongressman
Brawlev, exempting the scrip issue by
the banks of South Carolina, and other
Slates dunog the late financial panic.
As soon as the measure is on the calendar,
the light on the unconditional
repeal tfthe Las will be precipit ited by
oil'iriun an amendment repealing the
tax in line with the provisions of the
Democratic platform, withouL any whjs
arul -.v I: ere tores. The measure, it is relieved,
has enough strength to pass the 3
House wilu Hying olors. It is also re- e
ported fr-pj h reliable source that Sena- ?
t"'1! Vdas, ai Wisconsin, the President's *
ebstsl friend in the Senate, is preparing E
a biil tor the repeal cf the Slate bank r
U:A. IIC u&s ^;veu IUC DUUJCUU a meat g
deal cf attention and an abJe argument c
in favor ot tl:e repeal of ifce t&x can be ;
expected c-f him. Toere is qu:te an even i
chance thai ai this session or Congress, a
the proi:i:b.tor7 tax upon State b?nks s
will be repealed. I1
HERE ISA MESS!
Setms as If Tho State T?x M^cLnerv 1* j
Paralyzed.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 14.?S^ine
bungling has been done by Lbe la?l L=g
islature, i', seems, which !3 liable to cause
the State serious trouble. It. looks now
to a good manv who have made a nr,st
careful examination oi the county government
act, passed at the la3t session
otthe Legislature, as if it ha3 ciusvd a
paralysis of ihe tax machinery o- the
State yover:.ment, as far a3 the making
ol assessments for taxation arc conT"r>&
rr.on (ijKa Ar? r nn t h*. hill
Mr. John Gary Evan?, it is suppjsed,
a3 far as now appears, has made it read
so that afcer January 1. 1895, all the
present laws on the subject of making
assessments, etc., conflietioir wiL'n the
new act shall be jonsldered repealed,
and the duties ef the ofil:er3 made away
with be devolve . . ''n a con-ty supervisor
and a count; board of road c vol sis
sioners. Of course existing lav. s hoM
^ood until the da:.e mer-iioaed. So far
30 good.
The man who prepared the law. how
aver, goes on down to Section 6 and
3ays that all the duties, p ><ver3, e'.c..
of the present township boards of asses- i
jors are "no^ and heceby abolished."
There have evidently been some serious 1
omissions, and the interesting situation ]
8 presented of all this ground work tax '
machinery be;ncr abolished unow,J' 1
tvhile no other provision is 'tfade for any ,
other scheme until January 1, 1895. '
&nd io Section 7 the coualy boards cl (
?qualizatioa share the same face. Then
igain it conflicts with it ^cl f when it
provides for the electioa 'fa cmotv <
jupervisor and fix-is this electioa at t!io j
iext general election; requiring ia the .
neantime that the new county board?, <
ivhicb the Governor appoints, taking the j
?ower8 of the abolished boards, cannot '
io anything utues3 he is pre33at.
There is only a short time remaining ^
oefore the township boards will have to !
ict and it is now a serious question great- j
y puzzling tha State officials to know |
what to do. There's no way of gettiog j
.he Supreme Court to decide upon the (natter,
and unless that body should {
jonsider the repealing clau-e, in the I
natter of time, as applying to lbs whole i
ict, every taxpayet could tush into court i
ind play havoc with the government. <
A. prominent man, who is very '
nuch concerned in the matter, J
said yesterday, tbat it appeared !
.0 him that the only remedy was for the
S-ov^rnor to appoint the new boards, \
jut then would come the trouble referred <
,o about the supervisor. (
It is thought that Governor Tilimau j
8 for once in his life badly puzzled and j
loes not yet know what steps to take, i
C/Wer_y UUC BCCLLL3 LVJ UC wajyic'.cijr au ctu 1
is to what construction to place upoa 1
he garbled act, and all the officiate eeecn J
ifra:d to act, for they cannot tell what
vill happen if the matter is carried by
iny taxpayer to the courts. It meaaa
syerything to the State government and
s a vitally important raattvr.
P*al>'dy Scbol*r?hlp<.
South Carciina will be entitled this J
rear to twelve scholars^iDS in the Pea- 1
:ody Normal College at Nashville Trnr. J
Superintendent of Educat on M tv- 1
ield nas received a circular of Tif^?aa- '
ion about these scholarship.. ?.d. is 1
lotified that examinations then
vill be held In this State as weli us in f
ither Southern Siatts 02 July 20,1894. 1
nu- ?: ? .:?? m;il ?f 2
LiitJ HAdilliUairjU W1U UC 1U uuaif;g vjl
klr. Ma>lield, and he will give clue noice
to 'ppiieants. ?
As the scholarships are highly priz?d 1
ind eagerly sought after, the following .
>aragrapbs from the circular will be of !
general inters!:.
A Feabody scholarship is worth S1C0 a
i year and the student's railroad f.tre s
rom his home to Nashville and return I
>y the most direct route, and is good
:or two years. The college year con- &
lists of eight months, beginning on the 1
irst Wednesday in October and closing ?
>'i the last Wednesday in May, and 1
icholarship studeuts receive from the c
president of the college S25 on the last i6
lays of October, D.-cember, February, 1
md April. JSTo payment will be made 9
?xcept for time of actual attendance. c
Scholarships will be withdrawn from 1
students who allow bills for board tc 1
jo unpaid. J
The qualifications for becoming a jompetitor
for a scholarship arc as fol- 1
ows: The applicant mus: not be less J
;han 17 years of age, nor more than 30; 1
)f Irreproachable moral character; in*
;ood health; with do physical defects, *
iabits or eccentricities, which would !
nterfere with success in teaching, and 1
l -J ? ~c 4-^ I
-UUSL laUtt A piCUgt) U1 liiLCiil/ tv irsn,u
:or at least two years after graduation. J
Hereafter the freshman class as at 1
present constituted will be dissontinled,
and the minimum literary q ualili- J
nations required of all students matric- 1
ulating for a degree will be as follows: (
English Grammar.
English composition, 'ihe examina- 1
;ion for 1894 will be bas^d on quentin <
iurward of Jamb's tales from bhakes- \
jeare.
United States History. '
Geography, complete. 1
Mathematics: Arithmetic complete; ]
ilgebra,to quadratic?; geometry, two ?
joobs. ~ (
Latin: Beginner's Latin book and .
dollar's Gate to Oeasar, or equivalents :
A scholarship is good for any two j
sonsecutive years, that is, for freshman 1
ind sophomore, for sophomore and jun- 1
or, for junior and senior, cr for senior c
md pose graduate.
Cl?in?oa Collect-.
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 16.?The mem- t
)ers of the board of trustee.? of Clem- *
ion College, who have been in attend- c
tnce upon the called meeting at the c
College, yesterday afternoon returned 1
,0 the city. The meeting was called .1
'or the purpose of electing a successor ;
:o Prof. Newman, as professor of agri:ulture
at the college. All the appli- t
:ants for the position were in attend- s
ince upon the meeting. There were \
lome strong men applying, among them f
)emg Profs. Massey of North Carolina; \
iuickof Mississippi; Glenn of Georgia c
md Davenport or Micnigan. ice
)oard wisned to elect the latter but he
leciined to take the position upon the
:onditions imposed. These conditions 1
vere that he should be elected for a 1
'ear only on trial. When the board c
ound that Prof. Davenport aid not a
vish tbe position on such conditioas. it t
lecided to elect an assistant protVssor l
md place him in charge of the depart t
nedt for the next year. Prof. McGhee b
if Mississippi was elected to the pusi- v
ion. The new profrsior graduared a
rom t.he college of tbe State from s
Thicb he comes about twelve years a^o t
md has been connected with the s:a*e 1j
xperimental station of that State. He s
omes here Very highly rtcommendtd. e
le is about thirty j ears of age. The t
ollege was reopened yesterday. Thf.uembers
of the board say that there are u
tow about 350 or 400 stude?"'s on the e
;rouca expect some yjv o: wj
?n the ground before the eud of the f
reek. Most of the other business of
he meeting was simpiy routine. The i
iddition to the mechanical hall will i
oon be completed. The work has been t
apidly pushed forward. lx
THE FARMERS' ALLUNCEIT
WILL BE KEPT OUT OF POLITICS
IN FUTURE.
t:
Ritn -n <i; S*cr*tary Iluacin From tlie ^
Meeiinjr o! ths N i i jcji'J AIJi ince ?t To- e
The CoidiM->n ' of the Orilir ii t
3
S.ia".) CdTO'iaa. ^
Columbia, S. C., Feb 14 .?Col. D. 1\ D
Duncan, the secretary of the National .
Farmers' Alliance, haajuat returned q
from theannual meeting of that body 2
at Topeka, Kan., and he gives much in- s<
formation about the meeting and tne K
general condition of the order,-i3 shown 'd
?
by the reports presented from the dif- ^
ferent States.
The most interesting feature of the u
information afforded by this otlicer <j
yesterday was the announcement of 0
the exasc strength of'the Alliance in n
this State, as shown by the official re- ^
port. The Alliance has all along been
considered an important factor in .
South Carolina politics, and it will sur- 1
pri3e a great many to know that the 0
president of the State Alliance report- ?c
ed that there were 15,000 members of 10
the order in this State who had kept si
their dues paid up to date. He farther H
reported that the entire membership
at the order in this State, as shown by
the rolls, was 38,000. ai
Col. Duncan says that twenty-four
States in the Union were represented c.f
at the national gathering by thirty-five sc
jalegati.-s, and several States sent in
fall reports. North Carolina reported
i membership of 26,000 paid up men.
Jol. Duncan says there has been no j1
real increase in the membership of the
A lHftn oft nin rsct O Jit
tauoc, viewcu c,o a juaiauucbi vxu^i,
luring ttie past year, but that it has ?*
ieli its own better than they thought te
t would. A great many had gone into sb
it expecting a hasty business revolu- tc
;ion. He says the Alliance is now th
pretty strong in the following States: ti<
STorth and South Carolina, Virginia, oc
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala- *"
^ama, Texas. Kentucky, Tennessee, 0f
Pennsylvania, Oaio, New York, Indima,
Michigan, Colorado, South Dako:a,
California, Iowa, Missouri, Nebrasia,
Kansas, Oslahorn3, Utah and I!li- m
sols. The secretary says it is in a P;
nuch stronger and more healthy con- t-11
lition in the South than anywhere else, oi
He says this is due to the fact that in a sc
arge measure that the Alliance did
iot in the South leave and go into the nc
Populist party, as it did in the North er
md West, Same States thought that tv
t was an order for political purposes e"s
>nly, but now their ideas have been u?
jhanged, a3 is shown, he says, by the u;,
iollowing address issued to the Alii- ti'.
ince people of the country by a com
nittee on the good of the order of .
vhich the new president, Marion Buter,
of North Carolina, was the chair- c*
nan: sb
Co the members of the X. F. A. and eL
I. U.f and to all whom it may con- fic
cern: ce
since tne inception or tnis erana or- op
;aniz*tion there have been those who
nought that when some political par- t]j
;y championed our political demands, m
hat thtn the mission if the organiza;ion
was ended. Tnis belief is based ,
>n the belief that a political party will '
,ake care of the interests of the farm;rs.
Ttsis is a fatal mistake. Besides cr
t is proven by the acts of every other a
:lass of citizens (except; politicians) UE
hat they do not rely on parties alone w
mt organize for influence on any and fo:
ill parties. sb
Every wealth producer of America eo
ihould evsr keep the following truths v?
jefore him: ti(
First?That sooner or later all pvl:t- se
cal parties are controlled by politciaas. ^
Second?Tnat politicians never serve
;ny cause or class of citizens from a ,
ens-i of iustice. but always through ,
lolicy, lear or gain. ~ lu
Therefore tbe clas3 of citizens repre- ur
lentedby the Farmers' Alliance and
.ndustrial Uni?n can never hop9 for or cc
ecure relief or justice from any politcal
r.arty, not even from one that
:Jaims to champion and endorse its
(very principle and demand.unless 'hey
naiatain an organization that will ever
itand as an effective support to the
nan and the p:*rty thas darest to do
ighf, and a constant menace to those s;
vho dare trifla with the rights ana ri
;bertie3 of the people. Henc? the
Supreme Council solemny warns those
,vho are true to the principles of the
llliance that they would make a mo3t
atal mistake if thev give up the or- Jj
raniaion which is the only power that ?i
-y.iLforcej.hpS2 reforms- turoagh auy ^
)0liticdi party, and if indeed we were
iving under a perfectly just governaeni
today, the organization would
itili be absolutely necessary as a great p
t-s\ L'nan if cn lij
JJUiai JLUioc tu ixccp iu ovy.
But our Supreme Council calis upon a!
?ou to ever remember that the organ- U1
zation has a great mission perform
Dutside of political reform.
If the wealth producers of America ^
ire to keep place with the marcli of ^
;ivilization they mast do it through ^
iocialand intellectual contract. We
lave not only grown in mind and heart ^
)ysuch association and contact out we
?ool our intellect for the mutual ad- cc
^ncement of our bsst iaterest. We de- w
nre political reform to enable us to a?
larry out the mission.
Therefore, ia coaclusioa the Supreme ^
Jouacil appeals to eyery oae who . beleves
in the principles of the Alliance
;o stand by and extend the organization
lot only to secure the oenelits that ^
:ome from organizition but also to }v
nake certain tnatsome political party \
.hall enact their demands unto law.
Col. Duncan says that the Alliance is ce
nucn stronger in South Carolina than ra
my where else, owing to the ex;ellence
of the work of the ex
:han<?es. lie aavs the exchanges have n
)een doing better work in these two
states than any other ia the United "
States. " 10
He says the Alliance, as a body, inends
to* keep clear of politics. Alii
mcemen, Co!. Duncan ssys, intend to
rote for the best men?that is men who iu
iivor their demands and measures St
vhich they think far the best intenests b:
if the country at large.?State. be
Tha Vilest May Return.
Xasiiville, Tenn., Feb. 9.?When &
Evangelist Sam J ones called for pea- ^
tents last night at the Gospel Taberlacle
ia this city, ,fbere he is holding
, revival, the hrst person in the line of ^
hose vcho went forward to take his ex- ^r
ended palm was uo less a personage u'r
han Hon. Jom J. Ingalis. Mr. Ingall.5 j0
ias be^a in Xashv.lle several davs and go
i-ili lecture here toaight. His presence ~c,t
the laoernacle last night was cou- o>
picuousand it was noticed thit he
ook a deep interest, several times ^
iughing and joining in other demon- qtrauons
as the unique Georgia preach- ^
r in turn roasted aud cajoltd the sin
er?. rn:
"I endorse every word you say," he sh
aarked earnestly, a* he grasped the tei
vaniielist's hand. ab
"God bless you," responded Mr. Jones T:
ervently. :n<
"Possioiy," said one who witnessed en
he scene, "the decalogue may after ail Jlo
iave a place in politics and hope i'or an
he politicians prove more than an ir- me
idescent dream." te:
SOLVING THE QUESTION.
Lrttmey G'aeril'd Ofiaicn on tii"* T.-.x
Models.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 15.?Tae
rouble referred :o yesterday iu regard
r> the buasriiog or the ne v county "ovrnnionl1
ucf freottir? /vvtn o c v* : *ri Arirr
tie SUle officials at ia? capital. Tne
eiiousaess of the condition of i.lfr.rs
ras Dot exaggerated, ?.t?d li; is still a
matter which is cau^ug the Governor
oasiderabiC worry. II?jasteruay mora]g
officially uques'.ed the Attorney
reneral t;> jiive bim &a opinion ia re
ard to the matter and that oflhial did
o. This, however, is simply the op'.n>n
ot the State's at-orcey in the matter,
nd of coarse that opiaion would not
fleet the d-cisbn of the Supreme Court
'the matter ever reaches that body ia
le proper iorm. It is the cus.om ot
ie^ i:our;, however, as shown ia past
tensions to look at the ^aceral o'ojccts
t thft legislatures in making ? la v, s.*i.i
o d.>u'ot !t would be construed rt? the
Lttort.ey General construes it. il >vrer
ihere is plenty oi j lrUdict'on for
le cojrt to ieuder a decision o.i the
Lher eise, and then th-?re would be a
irious state of afiairs. Hire is the opinn
of the Attorney General, and it
leaks for itsel/:
ia II A\7jrr> v* R T? TV11.
man.
Deaa Sir: You-: note asking if the a-t
)proved Januar? 4, 1894, contemplate
e immediate devolution of tbe duties
' township and district boards of as3esirsupoc.
the oflbers mentioned in such
;t, received. Ia reply would say that
sectioo G be !akea and cius'rued itsslf.
me;c cursory examination rai-ita leave
e impression that a hiatus exists, but
i examination ct ti(e whole act giving
feet to tvery section, re^ardin^ the inr-dependtuce
cf every provision, wul
iow beyond all (1 ou'v that the ac"; onmplated
the c'lan^e "from aai after ^
e first day of January, 1805." a3 men>ned
ia section 1 providing tor liie apnntmento;
couaty supervisors.
Section 7 provides for couaty b^rds
commissioners, and section S declares
at "the county supervisor, together
ith the chairman of the boards cf comisvloners
m the several townships, ap?inted
by the Governor, shall coasute
the county b urd of commissioners,
which said board the cou.Hy supjrei
>r shall be chairm ?n.
It is to be remarked that there cau>t
be a Cjuaty board of coaaoaisaloa3
without the appointment ot a coonsuparviaor.
S) there coaling into
:iatence as su^h board is to be mea3ed
by and coexistent with the time of
s appointm nt?beginning at the same
ne.
.N )w let u? see the t:me of his elec>n
or appointment, and the beginning
?-: - J ? ? ct- J - : i ?- _
uis uixues. osctiua - ueciare3 taat ue
al1 be elected at the '-next general
sctiou thereafter, whose term of of;3
shall bs two years and until his suc38orshAil
ha>r8 bsen elesiei and auaU
d.
Section i provides tji th* abolition o?
e offices ncwkGo;vuas county oomissioners,
devolving the v djti-:s upon
e c>un!.y supervisors, etc.- tVom aad
ter January 1. 1895. Now, it is very
aia to be seen thai such county board
eated dependent upon the election oi
superv.syr, caanot oma into existence
itil af.er tbe nex' general election, at
bich ?rerjeral eleclioa he is to be voted
r. The term of tbe boards of tow a
iip commissioners by sectioa 5 '.s made
mterminal with that of the Governor by
horn they are appointed, aaJ such sec*
)n i3 also to be rcai in c >n section with
ctioa 2, showing their appoint msat for
e sams term.
as a result of this construction I have
e honor to report mat in my jadgment
.ese officers do not come into existence
itil after tbe next general election ua[
which lime the present machinery oi
-uaty government continues.
Respectfully,
Osmund W. Buchanan,
Attorney General.
J-'junda >ISll{'3a.
San Francisco, Feb. lu.?If the
ory told by John F. llyan, a subm*ae
aivtr, is true, tie steamer Brother
jcaliidii ha3 at !,ist been found, after
sin* almost 30 years at the bottom of
:e Sdi.
The Brother Johaathaa was lost oa
ily 3,1865, about 10 miles northwest
: i>e?entJJjty. with ui -a^ssiiigevs-id
crew and'.?1,000,000 in treasure oa
)ard. Numerous unsuccessful atmpts
have bs<?n made to locate her.
yau's story is apparently substantiatl
by the production of one of the ship?
(tares bearing the name Brother Joa,haa
in brass letters, which he picked
p oa the deck of the wreck.
" 'Several years ago, while captain of a
earner ruaniagoaFaget Sound," siys
yaD, "an old man named G.W. Iliil
dd me that he was a passenger oa the
rother Joaathaa when she iouadered
id was oae of the 19 survivors of the
saater. He said he could take me to
ie sceae of the wreck, aad was sure he
>uld locate the exact spot where she
eat dowo. A few weeks ago he came
jaia aad 1 accepted his oiler.
'After arriving in the vicinity of
here the snip weat down we located
ir la a remarkably short time in seval
huadred feet of water, i went
jwnto the vessell and walked across
;r deck and all around her. There
as not light enough for me to 3ee, aad
had to feel my way everywhere.' Apireatly
the liiother Joaathaa is in extent
condition, aal I have hopes of
iising har.
From what I learn, the gold in the
iip is locked up in different parts of
i6 ves-el, and with the aid of light I
iticiD3te no difficulty in locating it.
1 the spring I shall make preparations
recover the lost treasure."
A iSIouatalo.V^ccletta.
Gheenvillh, Frb. 11.?Another killg
has occurred in the D-irk Corner,
eve Howard, a brother of the celeattd
Pig Hill, who died -with his
>ots on, killed Uiy Pittman on Sanday
ternooQ near the hous t of John Recr,
on Glassy Mountain. 0.1 Sunday
nrning Pittman. who i? a young man, :
id a li^ht with old Shack Howard, but
e two were s^perated before any .
image was done to either. Later in ;
e aay Mitchell Ho .vard, a son cf (
iack, and the two went out to hunt
> Pittman. About 4 o'clock they
ucd Pit!man and his brother Audern.
Steve Howard and L~!y Pittman
t into a lighc, and as ihey fought ;.hj j'
her two stoud vviLi cravvn p-stolsto ;
jure fair play. Howard a d i'it'maa E
11 ia a clia<&, ami while d-j -va - "
an ciretviiis pist-j!. Ho vv-trd t?T:s?'f.d ;
e pistol cui of nii ha :d, and ihey *
th rose from 1 he srouacJ. As ihey i
se Howard pulled hisov. n pis o! and .
ot Pitt mas twice, the first bu-Ut pq- I
:in? his arL-;, the second entering y
ove the eye, and i'iitm^.n fell ?ie-irj. *
lal Justice Hicch-ll cjmaienced an a
juesL on Monday. rio-.vard was presc
at the inquest. M ire hlool will
w, as thi- I'iitman family are rlghters ?
d i his is tne locality wnere tvcerry s
in hare beni killed during the past j t
1 years.?N*;w3 and Courier. * 'j.
| MYSTERY OF THE SWAMPS.
!
a ghastly affair which puzzles
the coroner.
FiifHoc of Mie Dosd B >dy o" n ITakaowa
ITIilte Mic -Nsa-t.lioCIty-An UjgvaU
j !ncS mrch V--Bierd
I Columbia, S. C\, Feb. 12.?At noon
SQiterday a negro girl named Eilie Meyers.
accompanied by another named Carrie
Jefferson, came to PoiiceoOher Jones . .
upon t':e streets apparent^ very much
h-ightcned, and told him they had talked
up the Atlantic Coast Line track Irom a
point about live miles trom the city.
They told him that ja3t beyond, the
trestle, at Hampton's pond, about t^eniy-iive
or thlriy feet distant from the
right side or the trestlo, ihey had fonnd
the body of a wiiite mia lyiaz in the
briar patch near the water. Thev farther
stated tba^his pants were off, bat
he still had uis slices an J other clothing
on. Tbe^" said tint he looked like
a tramp. bit had evidently been dead for
several days, j idling from the swollen
appearance or his face. Officer Jones
notified Chief of Police Ridcliffa, and
the chief ot police forthwith notified
Coroner Roach. In a short time the
news spread over the city, and considerable
excitement was cau3ed. Is wa3
generally supposed that the man was
one of the desperadoes who hadroboed - '
the hous?3 on the Hampton place dur
mg the early portion of last vre=k. It
will be remembered that this paity
of desperadoes was fired iato and the
general belief ^as that this man was
wounded and crawled off into the swamp
to die.
About 2 o'clock Cjroaer Ench, accompared
by Dapaty Pollock and D;..
Frank Green and several newspaper
men, departed in the rain to hold an investigation.
They drove to the scene
of the supposed trouble and began to
scare'-i for the remains o? the man. Tnis
search was very complete, and contined
for several hoars m the pounng raia, but
althojgh several mile3 of the swamp
land was goae over by the searchers,
cevar a tra?3 of the alleged dead mm
cou'.d be lound. Coroner, Roach, afser
sciUn? wet tarough to the skia, stated
that it -vas the d:st tim-} m his experience
a3 coroner that I12 had eve: had to ,
search for a dead b^Jy. Heretofore, he
savs, the exact location has alway3 beea
pointed out to him. After a search of
about three hoars, the coroner aad those
assisting him Saaliy gave up the search
aua returned to the city, reaching here
at about G o'clock.
Upon his return to the city Corone:
K)acn who, when he left, had no further
informv.ion thin that given him by
the chief of police, sought 03ber Jones
and obtained from him the whereabouts
and names of that olfijer's informants.
Tais morning the coroner will take
ciar^e of these witnesses ani cirry them
down with uim for the purpose of locating
the body. He is determined to 30ivs
the mystery, let it cost what it may.
lie ixieves that the bod? is to ba found.
and if i . i3 no: some one will very likely
b3 nude to suffer tor the chase which
ihi oSksra oi ib.i b? wore compelled to
lead yesterday ufcera >oa ia the paring
down raia.
Tne coroner and all others who heard
the story ol the two women are inclined
to the belief that this dead mm, about
wnom there U so much my3lery at present,
is oae of the desperadoes referred
to above.
There were some very amusing incident*
of the search yesterday afternoon,
and, not the least was the disappointmeat
of the newspaper men, who wasted
nearly all of the day in such a fruitless
sear fh as was showa by the statements
made at the very damp conference held _
under a dripping tree at the completion
o: the search for lha purpose of deciding
whether to return to the city cr resume
the search until, daikaess tell. E/ery
man in the crowd was pretty wet, and
not a single one wished to remr.a longer,
oreveu accompany the coroner back "this
morning.?State,
Fired Oa 'h-. FiAij.
Eio Janeiro, Feb. 15.?0:i Tuesday
night last, a launch belonging to the
American cruiser Xewark, toot ashore
from that vessel several sailors, wao
had been attacked by yellow fever.
The men were taken to the yellow fever
hospital. Oa her way back the course
t^-Iae_launch took her close to the ^
anchorag^oi tTity^ag^ant fleet. Lying
among tne m?rc^fftmea^?artiJ6454Q.rgent
steamer Marte. The latter ?-?
three shots at the launch, but all three
went wild doing no damage. The captain
of the Marte afterwards declared
that he did not kao w that the launch
was American. This statement, bowever,
is not worthy ol belief, as the
launches beloagiag to the Am?ricia
warships are easily distinguishable
from everything else. After landing
her sick sailors, the Newark, under or
ders from Hear Admiral Benham,
sailed for Montevideo, where she will
be disinfected. It is the opinion of
those wno knew what sort of a plasa
the bay is during the yellow fever season,
that the lleet ought to anchor off
Copacebara, outside the harbor. There
is no fever at that place, which is easy
of communication from the cify.
Convicted.
-Brooklyn, Feb. 15.?The jury before
which John Y. McKaneot Gravesend
was tried for the violation of the
election laws, cams into court at 11:50
this morning and rendered a verdict of
guilty with a recommendation for mercy.
McKane paled a little, but tools it
vary coolly. O wing to the absence of
counsel for McXane no motion for a
new trial was made and the court adjourned
until Monday. MelOne's counsel
will appeal the case to the general
term and will move for McKane's release
on jail n;>xt week.
i'ne punishment provided by law is
no: less thai two years imprisonment
or more than ten. McK-r.ie was charged
with a number ot off ens js against the
election laws, oat tne particular one
that brought ai.-ntigrie. was tils oostrutting
tne execution of an order issued
by Justice Gaynor to permit the
inspection of the registry lists of the
town or Gravc-sead, in which Cjney Islaod
is embraced. M?'K*oe is chief of
Dolic? a*, i a s apery war of the town of
Lkavesend.
A D;*psu8?ry Convention.
Chester, is. C., i\;b. 13.?Charles
Ta^rs Gas U.ch.irJjj, wao were
irre^ied hero . SvuriUy nlzht by Police* nan
Wiilu :i3 to: brin-jin* liquor into
> re -.vere tr cd t>d:y before Trial Jus,
c-i L-ckle. Assistant Attorney G^n*i\;i
i3.irber tor the S.a'.e, and Paul.i_.iip!:i'i.l'or
tao 'leioadaata. The case
listed about six hours and t*ie jur?
ta^ed ia ten or fiiteea minutes and
r:o'Hht, a verdict of^uiltv for Gui R ch.
i H.iro xarn -ir\* cnmriSpd
.1 ihe verdict as .J.i^ers claimed the
ruuk wh'c'i oalaiaei t!ie liquor and
ave the shsriiT Iho key to opeu it. His
-niauce was ; > piy a !Iaeof $100 or go
\i til Or thirty divs. lie was taken to
:u to fzrvc 'us seotcnc?.?Journa1.
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