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L * ? ~~ * VOL. XLYIII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1894. NO. 43. :0 m^m^^^? ^??????^ Spb A~BREEZY DAI THE SENATE FRAUD COMMITTEE MAKES ITS REPORTHill Was Auilons to Prevent Any Far ther InvtstigattozT ct ?h? Sajjar Trast t. Dolncf. bat His Plans Miscarried. fc Washington, May 20.?At one o'clock p. m. in the Sea ite yesterday, Gray rose and said that he had been directed by the select committee ap^ pointed on" the 17th of May, to make a partial report and be asked that it be read. Hill said that before making any objection,he would like to know from the Senator from Delaware what tne pro gramme was. Gray replied that he had no pro. gramme other than indicated in the report. The committee had submitted a report which it considered as one of the Highest privileges, and he supposed r there was no question that the report was in order at any time. It concerned ~? the privileges, of the Senate and he asked that the report be read in order that the Senate might determine whether it was a question of privilege or not. Hill: In the light of the explanation of the Senator from Delaware, or k rather in the light of the explanation * ?r SlSfeS UL 11Y O j^JLlUtCU uv my V* being quotations from mat part of the testimony wbere answers were refused. A portion of the testimony wa3 also % submitted to the Senate. It relates rr that Elisha J. Edwards appeared before the committee May 24tb, and stated that he was a correspondent of the Philadelphia Press and wrote the letter signed "Holland,"relative to the doings of the sugar trust and certain Senators. It appears from this report that the . specific questions Mr. Edwards rerused to answer were those asking him who informed him of Mr. Carlisle's recent visit to the committee on finance, when he, as Mr. Edwards alleged, made an appeal to the Democratic members in February, that appeal being supposed to have reference to a duty on sugar. The committee states that it overruled the objections of Judge Dittenhoeffer, Edward's counsel and insisted upon an answer to the questions. These questions sought to ascertain the authority for the statement that Carlisle signiied his willingness himself to prepare an amendment to the sugar schedule, which he thought would be faiSto the government and yet jast to / ??-^the sugar interests; who gave the information concerning the alleged interviews between officers of the sugar L - trust?Havemeyer, the 2Sew i'orkaur W gar refiner, Senator Briceand SenatoSmith; who was bis informant that on the day Voorhees denied any amendments were proposed to the bill as /M-imrtallrr Tonnrferl tn t.hfi XMlfttP. thft VIIJIUHUJ , list of 400 amendments as prepared by Senator Jones, was in the hands of one of the members of the brokerage firm of Moore & schley; that the draft of the sugar schedule as finally adopted was the result of a conference between Senator Caffery and representatives of ^ the trust meeting in one room of the Capitol building, while the committee was in session in another. All of these questions, the committee says, Siwards, acting upon the advice of his counsel, refused to answer. Referring to the testimony of John Shriver. correspondent of the New York Mail and Express, the committee quote from Shriver's letter detailing what a prominent wire manufacturer was alleged to have oveinearti ac the Arlington Hotel in a talk between certain Senators and representatives of t hftsncar trust. Shriver said a member i of Congress gave aim the information and the committee say tbat in response f to the direct question, he declined to give the name of either the Congress, man ot the wire manufacturer, to whom he referred in his news dispatches. In conclusion the committee say: In th9 opinion of the committee each question put to tnese wunesse.5 was a proper question and pertinent to the question under inquiry before the committee and ^as necessary to make the ~ examination ordered by said resolution 7 of the Senate, and that each of the said witnesses is in contempt of the Senate 1. and merits to be dealt with for his misconduct, and that each of said witnesses by his various refusals to answer these questions as herein set forth has violated the provisions of that certain act of Congress in such cases made and provided,being chapter 7 of the revised statutes of the United States. The committee quotes in full sections 102.103 and 1C4 oi the revised statutes, being the act ot 1857 as published in these dispatches of yesterday. The closing words of the report are AO IVilUWO. " "Wherefore the committee request w that the president of the Senate certify as to each witness his aforesaid failure to testify and his aforesaid refusals to answer all the facts herein, under the seal of the Senate to the United States District Attorney for the District ofColumbia.to the end that each of said witnesses may be proceeded against in mannea and form provided by law." There is no reference to the case of Harry Walker, correspondent of the New York Daily America. When the reading cfthe report was concluded. Hill took the floor and ar* gued that the report did not present such a question of privilege as should displace the pending bill. If the report had been on the part of the inquiry, (the attempt to bribe the two Senators) it would have been a question of the highest privilege, but that report had been already made and disposed of. But the second part of the inquiry?as to whether Senators had been speculating in sugar stock?did not involve a question of crime, although it might involve a question of impropriety. Harris interrupted Hill with aquesOw/vnoW fVtof tYtCk rO. UUU UI ViUCt auu flijutu vunu tuw av port presented no question for any action by the Senate. There was no question for the Senate to vote upon, and therefore no question for the benate to debate. There was a statute which devolved a duty on the chair on the presentation of the report and the chair alone could act upon it. Hill?regardless of Harris's point of order?went on with his own argument and was, after a while, again Interrupted by Harris, who asfced the ruling of the chair on his point of order. The Vice President who had resumed the chair, made the following ruling: "Thia ie a nrivilppfid rpDort. and it is AUiM M/ M JT-* * ? - ? r not such a report as calls for any action on the part of the Senate. The only action called for by this report is J the action of the presiding officer. That is the decision of the chair. The question before the Senate is the ampndmevt: of t.hfi Senator of XaES3S fPtffer") to the lumber schedule of the tariff bill." Hill appealed from the decision of the Vice President and argued that the Senate had a right to direct the presiding officer not to proceed further in the matter until after further action of ihe Senate. The statute in question was loosely and carelessly drawn. But the Senate had complete jurisdiction of the latter until the last moment. The Senate might see fie to direct that the certificate provided for in the statute should not be transmitted to the district attorney; and it had complete jurisdiction over the matter. He had no sort of interest, be said, personal or otherwise, in the investigation. It was proper enough that the Senate snould | investigate ih^ charge of bribery; but LUB ItUUiI Uil tuau i^ucouuu uuu. uum ^ presented, aDd that portion of the work had been substantially completed. He doubted the wisdom of the other proceeding. He doubted the propriety of endeavoring to find out whether newspaper men always told the truth. If the Sen-ate undertook that great work it would be kept busy until the end of time. Senators could speculate in sugar stock or in silver cr in any other j kind of stock, and would violate no law in doing so. Why does the committee not call these Senators instead of persecuting these newspaper correspondents, wno do not pretend that they have any personal knowledge of the 1 * Q \I7Ktt ffloTr rvtT t- thrvoo r-rtrroo. SUUJCUl r TY uy occa UU'J UUUQU VV/AAVW I pondents and then invoke the power of i this great government to make them I tell the sources of their confidential information?when the very people about whom they speak are In the city of Washington and can be summoned and compelled to testify. The real question /ras not what these correspondents-said, but what were the exact ISCtS. JLLL<AO was wuao IUO puum, wanted to know. And nobody objects I to the committee finding it out, to its heart's content If a newspaper man who had written something as to speculations in sugar was on the stand and said that he wrote it in good faith and had derived his information from confidential sources, why, Mr. Hill asked, should be be pressed on that point instead of having the parties called against whom the charge was presented ? "How are we to ascertain," asked Allen, "who they are, when the witnesses refuse to disclose their names or the sources of their information ?" "Swear them all, if you have any JW*. it w rmi TXTlf.h ft UDUUO (tUUUb itj ixiii TI?wu M snap; and tbe galleries applauded, and were rebuked by the presiding officer for such a breach of propriety. "So long as you have," Hill went on, "entered upon this inquiry?foolishly, in my judgment?it is your duty to exhaust it and to go to the bottom. If you have seen fit to investigate mere idle newspaper charges, not founded on affldavxts, not founded on personal knowledge, then carry it out, and do not simply take the newspaper men who strarted the ioquiry. T&ere is no objection to sweariosr every Senator around the circle. If any newspaper man had circulated a story which reflected on my honor and integrity as a Senator, and if the Senate had seen lit to enter on an investigation of this sort and if the newspaper man disclaimed On the Stand, ait personal knowledge of the matter, I should be the next wit ness to be called- I do not think it was wise to have entered on to this branch of the inquiry, but the committee having entered upon it should follow it up Two of these newspaper men are residents of my State and represent newspapers published in my State, and that is one reason why I desire to present thPSA snccestions in their behalf. The other reason is, because I think that the Senate is treading on ground on which it ought not to tread. I think that no good will come of the investigation in thus seeking to persecute these men. Thirdly, I deny the right of the presiding officer, without any action of this body, to certify the facts to the district attorney of the ^District and fourthly, I believe it is within the controrof the Senate to say whether this prosecution or persecution shall go any farther in that direction. I desire to offer a resolution on this subject, and I withdraw the appeal in regard to one part or the ruling of the chair." Harris objected to apart only of Hill's appeal being withdrawn and also tA rnopntinn nf Hill's resolution. but Hill continued to bold the floor and read -Jie resolution which he desired to offer: "That the questions asked and refused to be answered are not pertinent fo the inquiry and that the presidium officer be requested not to certify the seme to the district; attorney until further direction of the Senate." The resolution was not received, and Hili'a appeal from the decision of the chair was laid on the table. Terrible Floods. Calcutta. June 1.?in addition to the loss of 200 lives by the bursting of a daio, formed by a landslip at Chaikkuprl, Kulu, and the destruction o? life stock and dwellings which accompanied it, disastrous floods have wrought much damage in North Cachar, The Jetinga has overflowed its banks and inundated an area of hundreds of miles. Whole villages have been destroyed in a number of sections of the flood-visited country. The flood is pronounced to be the most severe in many years. Following the bursting of the dam atCharkkupri the water swept onward like a forty-foot wall, sweeping away several villages, among them one having eighty houses. The flooded district is in the Pun juab, on the western side of the Himalayas. Murdered by Brigands. Victoria, Mexico, June 1.?The authorities of this city have received word by courier of the murder by a band a? tjormon/:!fi7 a n r? U1 V/l JUVUi.V JU^xuuuuvm Mt?v wife and three children. Hermandez is a tailor, and lived for several years at Brownsville, Texa3. He and his family left Matamoros a lew -ays ago io make an overland trip to Monterey on a visit to relatives. Th^y were crossing a low range of mountains the vicinity of the village of Colchast, when the brigands surprised them, and after killing all of the family robbed them of their effects. A fsw years ago a Mrs. Rita Menchacoa and her two daughters were murdered at the same spot. The bandits have their rendezvous in tfce mountains, but their capture is almost certain. A Severe Storm. New Orleans, May 31.?A special tc the Times-Democrat from Fort Worth Tex., says: A terrilc storm struck Hilisboro, Tex., at 2 o'clock this morning accompanied by torrents of rain and incessant lighting. The Episcopal Church was completely demolished, as was also the house of John Morgan. The pump house at Lake Park, was totally demolished and the grand stand at the fair grounds blown into tne lake, thirty yards disiant. Quite a number of dwellings were blown from their foundations and bad.ly damaged. The destruction to the oats crop aoa snaae and fruit trees was very great. But very little damage was done outside of the city. Mo fatalities have as yet heen reported. Reports, however, are meagre as to the extent o* the damage. , > ' INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS. THE MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION CONVENTION. Speeches of Welcome?Augusta as an Eiample?What Gaverncr Tillman Had to Say?latent en Business?xno ueietatfs all Hcpefal. ArcusTA, May 30.?The Southern Industrial Immigration Congress opened auspiciously in Augusta "today. It was called to order at noon in the grand opera house by President Bryan of Nashville, who introduced Mayor J. H. Alexander of Augusta, who welcomed the congress on the part of the city. Mayor Alexander's speech was full of interesting historical facts about Augusta. He said: "Augusta is the oldest inland city in the South Atlantic States, and was the second eatablished by Oglethorpe. This city, before the days of railroads, being the furtherest inland city with river navigation to the sea. south of Virginia, was the point of communication with the outer world of all that territory embraced in Northern Alabama, East Tennessee, Western North Carolina, North Georgia and South Caro lina. Here all this vast section came in wagons to trade. t?T aI/I KTT AM /?if??an3 mhrt JL il'd. \ C UCCU tuiu ujr uiu uma.uj, n&w saw with their own eyes, that in the fall and winter it was not uncommon to see our capacious Broad street so closely packed with wagons that one might step from one to another for a mile or moie. "This city is mentioned in contemporaneous history in 1740, five years after the settlement was planted, as already 'in a state of great prosperity, well equipped for trade and conducting an extensive traffic throughout the vast and fruitful tributary country.' It was Here that Eli Whitney conducted his experimental works and, in 1793, developed the cotton gin, one of the most famous industrial inventions of the world, wnich immediately revolutionized the agriculture of this section from tobacco and Indigo to cotton as its staple crop. In 1791, the whole cotton crop of the South was thirty-eight bales. In 1800,seven years after Whitney's gin apoeared.Georgia alone exported over 7,000 bales. "We have here the oldest public journal in the South, the Augusta Chronible, established in 1785 and published continuously since that time. We have the oldest iacoporated educational institution in the South, tie Richmond Academy, established by act of the Legislature of Georgia in 1783. We have the second oldest completed railroad in the country?the South Carolina road rnnninc from Charleston tO Augusta, and preceded only by tne Camden and Amboy railroad in NewJersey." Following Mayor Alexander, Hon Joseph R. Lamar, president of the Young's Men's Business League of Augusta,which secured the convention for tbis city, welcomed the congress. and followed with more valuable facts concerning the Augusta of today. Taking sioaplv the official census figures for 1890, he showed that Augusta had increased in the number of manufacturing establishments in the past decade 63&por ooat.^ jq capital em ploy oi 975 oar nent? and in waees paid of 30 per per cent.; and that it had spent more money for public improvements than any other city in the South, and had the lowest death rate in the South. Governor Northern welcomed the congress on the part of Georgia, and gave a glowing picture of her progress and thrift. He declared the readiness of Georgia to welcome industrious immigrants,who came to cast their lot here. Senator Patrick Walsh, whose home is bere, welcomed the congress and extended them the privileges Of the Commercial Club, of which he is president. He said the assembling of* thirteen Southern States reminded him of that first convention of the thirteen original States to declare their independence. The present movement is to formulate Dlans bv which this most favor ed section could enlarge its citizenship and work out its material independence. He thought the occasion most auspicious and the outlook very bright for the success of the congress. Eesponses to the addresses of welcome were made by Governor MacCorkle of West Virginia, Governor Carr of North Carolina <jnd Governor Tillman of South Carolina. Governor Tillman declared it was well enough to invite people and capital from the outside, and all that came would be welcome, but for every dollar of outside capital the Southern people must expend ten of their own, if they were in earnest about desirine to build up the South. The future of this section, he said, de penas on me enorus ui uui uwu pew pie, and what the Southern farmers need most is an immigration of ideas and intelligent agricultural methods. Southern farmers would never prosper as long as they spent six months in the year trying to kill the grass In their fields and the next six months in buyiDg hay from Maine and Northern States. At the conclusion of the address of welcome and the responses, President Bryan addressed the convention. He explained the need for immigTation in the Southern States by contrasting the population per square mile of some of the States as follows: Massachusetts 287. Kentucky.which is the most dense ly populated of the Southern States,49; Khode Island, 264; Texas, 8. He showed the material advance which has taken place in the South, and called attention to the fact that education al advantages were keeping pace, the increase having been 100 per cent, in the past decade, in appropriations by Southern States for this purpose, last year being over 16,000. The total value of school property in the South is S10,000,000; number of teachers, 84,000; wmte pupils, 2,250,000; negro pupils, 1,150000; pupils in privatescnoofs, 300,000; in parochial schools, 40,000. He tnought the time was ripe for the immigration movement in the South and believed that by patriotic and united ' norh of tho intfilllffAnf. Uli VUO ^tUU VTA. WUV mea composing the congress some wise and practical plan would be adopted. At the afternoon session, permanent organization was effected by the reelection of President M. T. Bryan, of Tennessee and Secret try B. F. EiJiott of Florida. Ic was decided that each State represented should vote according to its vote in the electoral college, and j each territory have one vote. The credentials committee reported represented in the congress the following States and Territories: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Texas; crtt-h thp IfArMntr railroad svs terns or the South. To a committee oil resolutions will be referred, without deb3te, all resolutions offered. Io is composed of four from the South at large and one from each State and territory. Ail details of organization and the order of business haying been gotren through today, the congress will begin r>n its nrfl/?r.if?a! work tomorrow. Just wnat line of action will be taien no wnica De aoes nai. givc,i. aui wuiycxicu b at this time to object to the reception E. of that report. W Gray: I make the point of order that f a report concerning the privileges of the Senate is oce entitled to present consideration and is not subject to ob jection. \ Mauderson coincided with the view ^ expressed by Gray and argued that the B chair or the Senate could not determine R whether it was a question of privilege W unless the report was read. The presiding officer (Faulkner) expressed the opinion that the Senator from Nebraska was right. The report was then read. Ii con-f-*~ ?c r\a<raa cAmfl ftf if. body seems yet to kDOw. There appears yet to be no preconceived scheme to cerry out. I very body seems to be at the point where he believes the time is ripe for a concerted movement in the interest of Southern immigration, and to believe that it is a good thing to undertake. But just how it is to ba done, is yet to be determined 1? ? A ?*\ f ? AM vy Hie uuuvouuuu. Governor Tillman of South Carolina probably expressed the sentiments of the majority of the delegates present when he declared that he had no plan of his own, but had come to the convention to put bis shoulder to any wheel that started in the right direction and to do all in his power to check any that he saw starting wrong. He has na pet scheme of his own, but is ready to cooperate earnestly in any that promises to accomplish the objects of the immizration movement. INJURED BY THE COLD. The Weekly Bulletin of the Weather and the Crops. Columbia, S. CM May 31.?The fol-r lowing is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops about the State issued yesterday by Observer J. W. Bauer, of the State weather service. The weather was unusually cool durI ing the past week, the variation below I the nnrmal t.amnAr?t.nr? rancinc from five degrees a day on the coast to seven iQ the interior and from eight to nine in the western part of the State. The nights were very cool. Light frosts were very general in central and western counties, on low lands, on the 20th and 21st and reported from one place fin t-hfi $5rh formed in unner Greenville county, and Hog Back mountains were covered with show on the morning of the 20th. The sunshine was also deficient, averaging from 55 to 70 per cent, of the possible, for the whole State. The rainfall was also less than the usual amount and that that fell was very poorly distributed. Xo particular portion of the State was favored more than any other, but what heavy rain there was came in heavy showers that covered limited ! areas only, while adjacent townships had no rain or only sprinkles. In general the southeastern, extreme northeastern, the north central and extreme western counties had the greatest rainfail. In a few places hail damaged young crops seriously. High 1 winds were prevalent and caused more or less damage in the early part of the week. The effect of those unfavorable weather conditions has been not only ! I * /v AKAAIO oil onnOftanf flrTATrth HrTt. 1D LU UUC^fv. ail a^aiuiu |iunw ! many instances to give crops a set back or to kill stands sufficiently to ( necessitate much replanting, especially of cotton.' Before the cold weather set in cotton was looking far better than usual at this se son of the year, but that condi- 1 tion b o bsen materially changed for the worse, and at the end of the week i there i? a remarkable unanimity in tne reports regarding the injury which was 1 caused by the cold weather. The plant ' is less lDjured in some localities than otbera, and less on upland soil than in ; bottom lands. It looks red and sickly ' everywhere. In places the frost killed 1 the tender plant outright; in other ' places the leaves only were touched. 1 Some correspondents report that the 1 plant is shedding its leaves leaving ' reports estimate the damage at 50 per cent., which is by far too great for the wnoie State, ana saoaia laeir cuaie a . warm general rain wltbin a few days 1 much of the stand now thought to be 1 destroyed would take on anew growth. 1 It is generally stated that the crop was 1 thrown back from ten to fifteen days. 1 The week was favorable for plowing j and chopping and the fields are"report- ! ed quite clean. Much planting has alreaay been done and much more will 1 be done the coming week. CQrn with- 1 stood the cool weather much better ' than almost any other crop and is look- 1 ing well, D at has made no apparent growth during the week. Bad worms continue to be destructive, also some cut worms. Melon, pea and sweet potato vines suffered considerably from the frost and their condition deteriated daring the week, except In favored localities. Gardens and truck farms were also unfavorably affected. Oats harvest quite general and reports differ widely *s to the condition of the crop, ranging from very good to almost total failure. The former estimate of half a crop being a fair average of all tbe statements. "Wheat ripening rapidly and nearly every county reports varvinor renditions. The straw will be generally short, heads short but well ( filled and very plump. Grasses, ber- 1 ries and the little fruit left, show a ' slightly improved condition. Farmers 1 will advance with their work. The 1 need for rain is almost general over : tne State. The following places report one inch more of rainfall during the 1 past week: Looper, 1.26;Beaufort, 1.15; Port Royal, 2.51; Raid, 1.00; Heath j Springs, 1.50; Greenwood, 1.22. 1 John morgan Hang:. Greenville, S. C., June 1.?Many people came here to witness the hanging of John P. Morgan today, but their morbid curiosity was not gratified. Sheriff Gilreath had arranged matters so that only the legal number of witnesses saw Morgan executed. Morgan murdered his father-in-law, L. Washington Hipp in Saluda Township, Greenville County, on June 18,1892. Morgan was accused of being the father of a child born to a younger sister or i his wife' He shot Hipp in the back after a violent quarrel on the subject. He was tried and convicted before Judge Aldrich in November, 1892. An * appeal was taken to the Supreme Court on the ground of after discovered evidence. That tribunal dismissed the appeal and Morgan was resentenced by Judge "VVitherspoon. All efforts to ob- < tain a pardon or commutation from Governor Tillman were unavailing, i Morgan was a staiwart, typical mountaineer. He met his death bravely. Life was extinct about ten minutes after Morgan dropped. He leaves a family of six children. His remains were \T?ifU PftM/vlinA LittitJU IU IMUlii vaiuiJkua.?xvcgwvi\.i. A ConjUe's Thlra Marriage. Columbus, May 28.?-There was an unusual event in the study of Chaplin Winget-, of the State prison, last evening. It was a wedding in which the groom was a convict with the greater part of a seven years' ssnte" ~; yet to serve and the bride the daughter of one of Cincinnati's most prominent families. Twelve years ago B. F. Conrad came to Cincinnati from Minneanniis whprA he had left a wife and two children. At Cincinnati he " married Miss Emma Eberie. Ten years they lived together happily and three children were born to them. Then the fact that he had another wife living be- , came known. It was agreed that Conrad should get a divorce in Minnesota from his first wife, which he did, bat on his way back fell in love with a Milwaukee giri and married her. He again married Mis3 Eberie but she learn rtonontinn hort him arrAfttfld for VI CUC UCWVyUVJU UUVft. ****** V?AVW bigamy, for which ne is now serving his sentence. Last nigbt she married Conrad for the third time, on the advice of her lawyer, ia order to make her children legitimate. The Milwaukee wife recently secured a divorce and therefore this marriage is legal. OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. Unveiling of the Monument la Mecao?y of tb#lr* "Valor. Richmond, Va., May 30.?The exercises incident to the unveiling of the monument to Confederate soldiers and sailors began today with the cavalry reunion. Fi*z Lse, Wade Hampton, Governor O'Ferrell, the Rev. J. William TAnoo or>^ Da(5OOI? moa tj ouu vjcu. nuoo^i o^/wvuvu? Gen. Rosser wag bitter in his arraignment of the United States pension system. The exercises of the day passed off without a hitch, notwithstanding the fact that quite a heavy rain fell during almost the whole time of the renditon of the programme at the monument. The rarade of military commands and Confederate veterans was the finest ever seen here, with the exception of mat aii tuts urne ui uic uuvcmug ujl iuc Lee monument. The column was an liour and a quarter passing a given point. A noole feature of it was a body of several hundred children dressed in Con?CCc?2te colors?red white and red. TheSfrfJSaded the line. Ihehumber of veterans was a3 great probably as at the Lee monument unveiling, and the presence in the ranks if UJ'cHn HfltnrvfAn *Plt? T.az^ QT>^ VI *? (*UO ijLUUipuvU) JL XivV ?UU VWUVA heroes of the "Lost Cause," was the occasion of enthusiastic cheering all alODg the line of marcb. The city was crowded with visitors from other points in Virginia and Southern States, the number being couservatively estimated at 25,000. The Maryland delegation of veterans, headed by (Jen. Bradley T. Johnson, was large and imposing. That from Washington city was also conspicuous in the parade: A delegation from Charleston carried branches of palmetto in their hands. Jiorth Carolina was represented by Adjutant General Came iou oiiu ccvciai i^vuj^auico vx uipuv i Guards, and South Carolina by several companies of State troops. The Vir(fina Volunteers made a remarkably fine showing. Business was almost entirely suspended during the day, the banks, exchanges and State and municipal offices being closed. Almost without exception, the houses on the line of march were profusely decorated with the Confederate and Virginia colors, so that the parade was through lanes of banting. "Old Glorly" was by no means absent, however, being often intertwined with other colors and flying from almost every flag staff. At the monument the progamir.e was carried out as arranged. Mr. D. C. Richardson, president of the Monumental Association, filled the post of chairman with ability and modesty; there was a prayer by the Rev. Dr. rAo/1 Vila rvrtom I LLUjJC, ilLl. a. U. Uuxuuu icau uu fuuiu, written for the occasion, and the Rav. Mr. Cave of St. Louis then made the address of the day. On the conclusion of the address, the veil was withdrawn by a little boy and a little girl, representing respectively the army and the aavy and there was a salute by artillery" and infantry, lasting some time and walking the echoes of the James as of yore. Toneighl camp fires and 3ecial reunions are the order, irHor anrf t.hft nit.v is alive with the strains of music from military hands serenading here and there. Tried to SwtmCM^. Charleston, S. C., May 30.?An important and interesting case was tried In the United States circuit court at Charleston, S. C-, Judge Brawley presiding, on May 17, involving the suppression, for the present, at leas!;, of a proposed forger, who also served a term in the penitentiary for forgery; and alinvolving tne orinciDle that the United States mails cannot be used for the parpos of fraud, even if the prepetrator may not finally consummate his schemes and become the beneficiary of his fraud or proposed fraud. Oue JF. A.. Blackwood, writing over the fictitious signature of W. D. Morris, Sr., addressed the American JBank Note company, at New York, asking them to furnish him with a supply of Southern express money orders. He alleged that his uncle was an agent of tne Southern Express company, and had lost a lot of money orders, and they were ashamed to make loss known to Company and he wished to have prices quoted by the hundred, the object being Co obtain a supply of blank money criers by this subterfuge. At the same time he was negotiating by mail with the Gole Printing company, of Sanford, N. C., with a view to obtaining checks on sundry banks and letter heads with the natne of C. L. Loop, general auditor, Sounthem Express company, nrtnted thereon. The American JBa&k Note company promptly referred the correspondence received by them to General Auditor Loop, of the Southern Express company, who placed the matter in the bands of Route Agent A. M. Richardson, of the same company, at Columbia S. C., who succeded in locating the all eged W. D. Morris as one Jb\ A. Blacswood. Blackwood was arrested upon a warrant sworn out by F. D. Peer, postoffice inspector, who rendered materal service in working up and prosecuting the case. Blackwood was taken before the United States commissioner in Charleston and committed for trial. The witnesses against Blakwood were T. H. Lee, of the American Bank Note company of New York; C. L. Looo, the general auditor of the SouthernjExpres company; the postmaster at .Barnwell, S. C., and others. The guilt of Blackwood was established so clearly that there could be no doubt whatever. Blackwood was prosecuted by United States Distric Attorney Murphy and his able assistants, Messrs. Wood and Magnes. .a. very iorcioiw argument was made in the case by District Attorney Murphy. Black ffood was ably defended by R. Withers Memminger, of the Charleston bar. An able and elaborate charge was delived by Judge ? ? - ? i-u. i 4.\*~ Jtsrawiey, m waica me iaw ui uie uaoo was carefully set forth, and the duty of the jury in tne consideration of the evidence andtbe applicability of the law carefully set fortb. The jury, after retiring for a short time, returned a verdict of guilty. Blackwood was sentenced by Judge Brawley to imprisonment in the Columbu3, O., penitentiary Forty People Itred. Macon, Ga., May 30.?The rear coach on the Albany and Colnmbns branch of the South Western Railroad, of Georgia. was overturned by a broken rail at Holts this morning and lorty people were injured, two or three of whom will in all probability die. The train consisted of six coaches loaded with excursionists from AndersonvDle, to attend Decoration Day exercises at the National Cemetery. Those fatally injured are: -John Smith of Bluifton, Andy Joanes of Edison, and Mrs. Little of Hillton, Ga. None of the others are thought to be seriously iniured. About 1,000 people were on the train, each coacn ot which was crowded almost to suffocation. The derailed coach rolleddown a steep eoabiokment and it is 9 miracle that many were not killed outright, as it contained over 100 people, many cf whom were standing at the time of the accident. Owing to the obscure locality of the wreck, full particulars cannot be gained until later. A PROHIBITION APPEAL. I MRS- CHAPIN WRITES TO GOVERNOR TILLMAN. t ? Saya that the Bar room J&tmentls Again ^ Taking Charge of Affairs?The Law S S Va VnfAYAoj)?PurnlIna'A TVTAn ? AMo Called Od, C I Columbia, S. C., May 30.?The r Woman's Christian Temperance Union c has made aa appeal to Governor Tillman * to do what he can to a'd ia the enforce- t ment of the prohibition law and also ap- c peals to the men of th-i State to do like* ^ wise. The appsal is as follows and c speaks for itself; c Charleston. S. C., May 22. J "Governor Tillman: s "The members of the Woman's Chris- j tian Temperance Union of Charleston ^ do most earnestly entreat yon not to re- 2 lax vonr effocts for th-i protection of our s homes and dear ones from the destine- t tion that now seema to threaten them in t the return to license and the restoration i to power of the rum Beads. Newspa- * pars which a few months ago preached * Prohibition so eleqaently that many r really believed they meant what they preached are now advocating license, ? "High license with restrictions" as ^ though the restrictions they propose E have not been a dead letter on our stat* t ute books for vears, scoflcd at and defied r by the lawless crowd whicft they propose t to restore to office. "South Carolina, e the Palmetto State, in the liquor s traffic," has been a rallying cry t lor the anti-Dispensary host, and i and now, no sooner have the Dispensa- 8 ries been closed than these very people D advocate forming a new p irtnership^ith ? "Th* Pfllmfltto Sf.afft.' which thev had taught us to believe they held so sacred, ? as chief partner in the firm of Van Fucket ^ shop & Co. ? "When the Evans bill was passed in y 1892 we wished it hs,d been prohibition a and felt dreadfully over it, but when we b read the bill and fcund it proposed to a close every open barroom in the State e and allow liauor-sold only by responsi- o ble persons, whose characters had to be D endorsed by a majority of persons in v their ward or town, as the case mig it 8 be, and who were pledged under oatn not | to sell to minors, drunkards, or any one under the influence ofliqu >r and to keep r a record of all sales made, which would 0 at all times be open to inspection; the li- n quor sold in the Dispensaries was to b ba aaaljzed by the State Chemist to ia- li sure its purity, and :he places in which I it was sold were to be closed at 6 o'clock fc and kept closed on the Sabbath; the Ne w Ji York Tribune pronounced it "Ironclad * prohibition," and we felt that it was y only one step from it. So we gave it v our encouragement and support and dos- , pite of threats from barkeepers, and only j? discouragement from those whom we ^ had a right to expect would have stood r, by U3, we have held the fort, worsiug a ? j or* ?.i auu piajiug iuj. pivw^uvu. t rejoicing that It has come, not in car o city, however, where the dens of imqaltv are all open, even on Saudays. We a are still hoping, praying. waiting. When t: the Saprema~Conr l decided thai t,b?-Ei*_. Jb pensary bill was uncc-Btitutioaal, many o were inclined to think is Jacob did, "AH n these things are against me'; bat we know better. The Dispenary had done 6 the work God intended it to do. This ' fight is a battle besw??en the Devil and ? his allies and our great King and His followers, and unless we prove traitors we t] must win with the victory, for t: " 'Our God is within the shadows Keeping watch absve His own.' o Th? Difl.^nsfirv nro?ed that With a ^ man of courage at the head of aflalrs, b liqaor laws could ba enforced, if not ab- 0 8c lately at ficst, ..'ally as well as tows ? against burglary, raurder or any other ? crime. Paolic barrooms were most oer- v taioly closed and that in despite of the r combined efforts of all classes of people ^ who gave encouragement and actually b br' sight into prominence the lowest class of people because they dared to defy the t law. You have shewn what an immense t revenue accrues from the sale of whiskey t but you have told us your "object is not c revenue,' and we believe you are too a true a man to sell ;he right of way into a our homes and barter our boys to the 13 foreign rum seller i'or revenue. a "When for our cause all hope was lost, ^ And every heart was tempest tossed, 0 "When homes in ashes round us lay ? Aud o'er us beamed no cheering ray, When e'en our bravest "were unmanned, And -waves of woe waved o'er the land ? Your Southern wonen checked each tear ,J And offered nothing but words of cheer." 1] "And now we come to the men of jj Carolina, particalarly to those who make v and enforce our laws, and entreat you to c protect the homes we took care of dor- ? ing the war. 'Home is oar kingdom,' g you say, but we are powerless to defend ? it. You put into ;he hands of the vilest e ofl scouring of creation a weapon ''Firmer set than bullets or than bayonet," t With which to attack our homes and des* s troy our dearest oaes. Your protection t you say is all sufficient. God grant it r may be so in thie case, for we are stand- f ins ballotless, utterly uDable to defend t our homes and wu appeal to the men of 1 our State for help in this t:me of threatened destruction. If you do not help us now and the destroyers of our homes get into power again, t&e wives ana mom- a ers of our State will have again to go, a as they have gone in the past, Into the ( rum shops at night and on their knees c plead with brutal barkeepers, who, with e curses, haye thnrst them into the street, t "We want prohibition, absolute pro'ai- a bition, without any 'clauses' exempting fc wme, beer or any liquor as a beverage, i "Atlanta's experience is an object p lesson to us. Men who solemnly Bwore c not to sell spirituous liqaors soon per- t l'arad themselves, and as an excuse for s - * o j ^ opening tneir oarrooms ou ouuua.y &.cyc a t menagerie and made the excuse 'They c had to feed the animals.' I can never ii forget Mr. Grady 'a look as he prophesied j. what exactly cacie to pass. a "L?t us be warnd by Atlanta's expe- u rieDce to make no compromise with the b horrid traffic, for the divine condemna- 1 tion rests upon aoy nation or govern- c merit which legalizes evil, "frameth mis- n chief bv law and justifies the wicked for p reward.' With great respect. ? Mjr?. Sallie F. Chapin, i State President ol South Carolina. p Mrs. T. P. DeGa.fferelly, o President of Charleston Woman's f( Christian Tempcrance Union. e t Myatortotu Suicide. r Jacksonville, Fla, June 1.?A t special to the 1'imes-Uaion from An- t ;aony, Fla., says: Mr. Dave Turner, a veal thy citizen ot ttiis place, .conmu- . ed suicide today by hanging himself . to a girder in his barn. He left a note * stating that he was too miserable to * live. Why he was miserable no one 1 knows, as he possossed a comfortable 1 fortune and his domestic reiationa were i pleasant. lc > THE STATUS AT CLEMSON- ? ?l4ns of the Boaid of Trust"'es for Iiebulldine?No Interruption. T Fort Hill, May 3.?The board of xuatees met here on last Friday night, tad was in session until 3 o'clock a. m, when it adjourned until 9 o'clock tne TI :ame morning. During the night sesion, the question of giving vacation intil Februarv next was oresented and liscussed at length. The board was manimous in deciding that it would lot be for the good of the cadets, the :ollege nor the State to suspend the lc xercise3 of the college and decided u, ipon the following reasons to continuft * he college as heretofore: That it would s:ost not less than 34,000 to carry the T :adets home and return them again di rhen the college would be ready to revive them; that the board was under Si ;ontract with the processors and their tc alaries would still continue, even oi hough the exercises of the college A hould be suspended; that to suspend T be exercises of the college now would ft lemoralize everything, would deprive p: i very large numder ot vouhg men who e: ire now sacrificing a great deal t&ut- o: ain an education, from so doing; that tl he equipments now ready for service t< 4-^ W/V 4>J1A wAAMan />< VUUXU li<?VC LU HO 1UXO UUlil LUC iWJWU- ^ ng of the college in February, 1895; o< hat the large garden having cost very tt ouch to provide vegetables for the ca- B lets, would go to waste and be a dead d< oss; that, since this is an agricultual p! ollege and as this is the proper season or work upon the far/a, to suspend 01 iow would mean an irreparable b3s-to b; nany and a serious loss to all, of the ic aany untold benefits to be derived from o< he careful and tedious preparatlors tt aade for experimenting during this ses* ai ion of the college, upon the farm; that M here never was any necessity for ceas- tt nr* aa tha romf-ofinria onrl t.hft wnrt flrA O< ;oinff on as heretofore, but, of course, iE lot with the same convenience; that y< cspendiog the.college would mean the ra llowmg of many, and probably all here oi iow, to wilfully blast a happy and sueessful future in store for them, should ei hey remaiQ in Clemson College, and & he allowing of all to lose one whole t? ear of schooling, simply on account of in , little wood, the crumbling of a few tfc rick, and the loss of a few dollars; that to s the magnificent building and its well quipped class rooms and physical lab- w ratory were only conveniences and by P1 io means essentials for successful fij rork therefore it was agreed that very m ufficient work can be done in the tem- 13 lorary class rooms however imperfect se nd inconvenient they may be. nJ In order to provide temporary class t0 owns ana saveineexpense anatrouoie -;j f having to pull them down when the G lain, building has been rebuilt, the ?o oard decided to erect a hotel upon the 3? md lately purchased from Mr. Lee, w Ion. J. G-. Clemson's son-in-law, ana or 3 use the building until they are ready ft 1 the new, bulldin?, when the hotel rill be vacated and leased to some one at ?ho will keep the hotel to entertain nj isitojs. bl Tha new main buildincr will be re uilt just where the late one stood, P( sine all the brick that will be of any 8J ervice, and all the walls which still tE emam uninjured. Many conveniences e5 nd improvements will be made upon iD he Dew mala buildinsr, which tue late ne was sadly in need of. U The contract has not yet been warded to any one and will not be un- ^ il the board meets again in June. The If parrt decided.to let the whole contract at,as 1C wlmid cost lliein wju iuuen-co iidertake to rebuild the buiidiDg, since P< bey have disposed of all their macbin- ^ ry, tools and the convict labor, and i 8( rould not be at all advisable to purhase new machinery, ect. This and P1 ther reasons make it advisable to let se tie contract out and take a bond upoD ti tie contractors for its faithful execu- ni ion. ' * xne Doara runner ceoiaea. to Keep * ne of their number here all the time rhile the college is building. It will tt e the duty of the committee to receive tl r rej"Ct the work and have full control & ver everything while here. This comlittee will in turn be received by a 11 imilar committee and so on until the 11 rorfc has been completed. The library, ? eading room, museum and bocieiy hall C rill be built separately from the main *< milding. u< The board further agreed to carry he corps of cadets to Spartanburg on he encampment, which takes place & here durlDg the month of July. Tbe tt adets are now discussing the plan and g dvisability of getting up a company O' nd drill for the prize, but nothing defi- J ilte has yet been done. " " The question o" giving Saturday as ? holiday was brougnt bbfore the board, " ut as a full board was not present? nly nine out of thirtean?it was con- ^ idered best to postpone action until all t( rs present. Messrs. Bruce, from Atlanta, and ? ?hompson, from Ruck Hill, now super- u Lll?3IiUiU? tliC WUjLH UJ^UU bug w bat place, came as soon as they could ,fter the fire, and have Inspected toe ? palls and pronounced them dangerous, f onseqaently a line has been put around f' he whole wreck and sentinels staad w uard day and night, allowing no one o pass within the line, except by per- J aission of the proper authority. Many cadets have lef c since the fire, tut the vast majority have decided to ? tand by the faculty and board of trus- f ees until this present embarrassment to longer coi'ronts them?until the d iroud emblem which the fire has dared * o haul down, again shall float in tn- a imph over the new main building. 11 R. H. Welcil si e< A Mo.it Fieadish PloG. aj Columbia, S. C., May 31.?On Son- se !ay the wife oi R?v. S. P. Schumpert, & I well KQUWU ILUUiOtCi UX jjCAiugkuu ;ouaty went to visit a relative some tiles from her home. It was in the veiling when she returned. Knowing g hat it would be Lite before sh? arrived ^ ,t her home her uacle, ivho she had a[ leen visiting decided to accompany her. c: n so doing a henious crime was possibly ai >revented. Before the lady and her es- a: ort reached her home they fjnnd that it he road had been barricaded bv trees, rnmna nnd other things. An investtea ion revealed tbat a number or barefooted j;c aen had built the barricade Farther avestigatioa led to some startling reve- ^ ations. These revelations exposed an lleged plot which had been tormed to ?c atercept the lady on her return to her lome and to criminally assaiut her* st Cwo negroes ^ere arrested and are sup- w losed to be in L-sington iaii. A aearo io tamed George Tavlor was also su3- ra lected ot befog implicated m the plot. ^e left Lexington and came to th's citv. n the meantime the matier bad been re* tj orted to Chief Radcliffo hy the husoan-': sc if the ladv and the C'hiei ishu-d orders L or all of the officers 10 look out xor the jzi legro. Yesterday m mmu Offies/ B >1- ol on saw Tajlor in Main street acd ar- f--" ested him. Taylor was-put io the staion house and wi 1 be k<"-pt there aut;! ^ he arrival of Lexington officers. What ^ rill be done with th? neogroes or wha;. ^ ias been done with them is not kno*n. !f there has been any talk of lynchins ii p tas not reached thia city. I'? is prcbHbie ^ hat if the negroes bave not- been lynched at heir live3 have buns: on the failure of g ho?e making invesiasations to gei buGI- u ;ient against them.?Register. J a: )ID NOT SATISFY TEEM. ' -" -.-35 ILL MAN AND BUTLER'S LETTERS COMMENTED UPON. h*y Do Jfat Suit wA?l?ancement*' who ?: P; oce? d to Show Wherein They are Mistaken in Qi889Uting From Any ot the auisace xjaIXJL&uu9 Columbia, S. C., May 31.?The Coimbia Register of this morning pubsfces the following letter,-which is the congest kick yet made against Gov. illman's attitude towards the Alliance sraands: Editot Register: The answers of rnator Butler and Governor Tillman > the questions propounded to them by rflprnff-.hASf-.af-A AIMan<?A hrfnM fchfi iiiance face to face with a crisis, bey are the only avowed candidates )r 17. S. Senator. Both of them are ractically in the same boat and neithr is in fall accord with the demands I the Alliance. Both of them gag at le same two of oar demands. Sena- - >L JDUUCf UimikB UiC QUUUlCWUX/ 49 IU1* institutional asdof coarse it never warred to the learned Senator that r-^ le Constitutton might be amended. [e says the subtreasury has been abanDned, bat fails to give the time and lacs when it was abandoned. He carisee no way of the government wniog and operating railroads except 7 the government buying thosealready l existence. Of courss it has never icurredto the versatile Senator that le government has the right to build id equip such roads as aire needed: Millions of laborers would be glad of ie job at very reasonable wages to bd lid. in legal tender greenbacks?traildig two, three or five thousand miles a jar. On, no; the Senator is too good a lilroad attorney to see any other way ! having government railroads except 7 purchase of his client's property at lormously inflated valuation of wared stock. Bat the people have been Linking along this line a little in the terest of the people rather than of ie railroad wreckers and mtnanipolars. Governor Tillman, on the other -a i.. rVj&S2 iuu, OUJBCUS w but) uwuoramp wi ioiiiadson the ground of wisdom and , . y <-M aeticability, but be can advocate and ;bt for this along with the other deands. To the subtreasury demand he "unalterably opposed." * His reason >|fi em's to be that it is identical with the itional .banking principle. He says 10 that the Alliance is inconsistent in - % lis demand. It would seem that the overnor has shifted his position .mofxrhaf rtn fhifl nrrint:. Tn'IMI hfl Oh ctedto the subtreasury because it as "paternalism run mad," now lie jjectstoit because it is like the naonal banking system. It ^ seems range that a man of snch splendid nlities should make so egregious a istake. The only points ofresemance between the snb Teasary and ths iLlonai banking system are purely sn;rficiai. Uackr the national banking stem the government farms oat to :e banks tbe fanciioa of issuing monthus giving to a thousand or two divtdaals tbe right to issue or witn)ld tbe circulating memum at will, hder the subtreasury idea the govnment itself issues the money?not > a few thouana plutocrats, not tnere> to holders of cotton and wheat nor it necessarily to fanners exclusively, tt direct to sue masses of the ' rople npnn TTrr*TTrnnTj iw mm 1M in give. He says he is in favor of the jvernment issuing money direct to >a nannlfl Whpn hp <?ansldeM tha ropositlon in all its bearings, be will :e tnat there is no other way of getng it to the people. He says he did 9t oppose the incorporation Alliance imands into onr State Democratic latform in'92. It was currently reported at the time lat the Governor did oppose this in ie Reform platform caucus as contra> his judgment, but coupled his pro- . ist with the sound Democratic sentient that if "my people won't go with te I will go with them." He accepted IIS piai/iurm auu ioprcutsubcu ouuuu aroliaa Democracy on it as Chicago. 5 much for the vtewa of these candiites for U. S. Senator. The all impormt practical question is what are we Ding to do? These gentlemen claim >be hon?st, and we mcst conoeed ielr claim. It wonld not be right to uesfcion their honesty or abuse them ^ ecause they honestly differ with us. 7e mu3t grant them all the right to ' ee thought and speech that we deiacd for ourselves; but we have a / Kh nvAfcAi- Ai;r hnnMi: mwivift ons from being shut in to choice be?een two mea almost equally opposed > us. How shall we protect ourselves? 1. By protesting against a box for (J. . Senator in the August primary, and one is provided over our protest, -1! len refrain from voting in that box . ' -'M 2. We should see that in catechising mdidates for the Legislature no canTO ronnir?H f.n rvimmft himself LUDfUV AW A vv% -I irthec than to vote for a U. 3. Senator ho is in fall accord with oar demands 3. See to it when the State conven- JS ention meets that the platform of ~.j4 $92 is reaffirmed. -'M What is here presented is not to be Dnstrced as in opposition te Governor illman. Every .Reformer in the State ~:M ould be proud to honor him, where it id not involve sacrifice of principle. 7e could even wish he might see thin* 3 we see them; we mast even cornsend his candor In declaring his oppoticn to oar conviction. Bat beiuf lually honest in our convictions, we re bound to follow them with the ime fidelity and candor that we con- '+ i . ? idetoblm. Alliangembn. - \ -visa May 30.1894. asadcat. * Gallepolis, O., May 27.?Miss lila [arris was attacked by a huge house it, 3Qd Her screams orongnc w nsr asstance Jake Copenhave, who gave the it a vicious kick, when. the infuriated * ^ aimal attacked him fastening its teeth id ciaws in his leg, terribly lacerating . Copenhave tri4d hi3 best to shake off, acid then finding he conld not a then siezed it by the throat and tried i choke it to death. Failing lathis ~|| 3 drew his pock^tkoife and literally svered its head from its body, and ?en then he had to take a spike and - -Jj ry tae cars lhhu. aparii uswio uc ^ >uid release its hold. In slashing at le cat Copenaave cat his rigit arm :verelv and a physician was sent for, v r'-|| bo pronounced his would very se- as, as the cat was suffering from A. Xji nwlo. Bennettsville, May 31.?This seeon was viaireo by a very destructive ?|! orm yesterday afternooa. OaCipt. P. . Bretd^n's farm the gin house, enne house and two tenant, houses were o**n down, while his barn was moved urincass. Two teaant houses on Mr : '.3 imes. MjDan-.el's farm and the gin suae oa Mr. Barney Wallace's farm ere also olown down. Mr. W. P. ester's gin bouse a ;d Messrs. T. H. etbea's and R. J. Tatum's barn were lovndowa. Messrs. J. F Bolton and * JflSs . T. Ei8?.eriiag's crops were ruined by le na.:L A reiegvdm from McColx gg ,a;es that trie Jiouae of Mr. J. W. .. ;^S tone, who lives Lear tnattowa was teralij torn to pieces, killing hia wife ad three chilaren.