The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 10, 1894, Image 1

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^ VOL. XLIX. WINNSBOKQ, S. C., WEDNgp) AY, ^OCTOBER 10, 1894. NO. 9. fj . FKEE SILVER WANTED.-'' AN ENGLISHMAN'S/>B;.E DEFENSE CF THE WHITE METAL. Tfce Ssiock ArjaiDein of a M*u>b?*r ot tbt Brl l,b Pjr l ta -at In Favor CI thr JFete ilea Oo'o*s:V ?t S'l?*; a*. wfc - . RMfon. Henry Cbaplin, vtliowjsa member of the royal gold and silver commission, a member of the Salisbury cabinet, and also a member of parliament recently .mace an able spefech b3foro the Scotch chamber of commerce at Edinburgh upon the sat j^ct of "BiroetttHism m Relation to Agricultural Depression." The speech was quite lengtby. but his defense of silver re-. KroB^z^tooD and' bimetallism we rev ^proSuce. Mr. Chaplain said: "Now, what are the usual objections that are urged to our views? I have been asked by some correspondents to reply to one or two of them, and I will do so. The first, the old stock argup ment, istnis: You cannot maintain^ k Kftf /?/ ?] W oil Qno .XIA^U iauu uctaccu ouu ouwi ?u; jttb more than you can between any two other commodities, l'ou capnot inter* a fere with the laws'of-^jdy i.&n'd .cfeWL mand. The thing is impracticable; it B iSj-infaAS, a bimetallic dream. Now, our o#?' nen'ts' appear to be still in B blissful ignorance of what !&. perhaps,. m the most elementary faqt of ;6ur conHP*~4<ntion, viz: that She bimetallic theory affords, perhaps, the most perfect and Ir irost striding instance of tne operation of those lafc3 in a specially instructive case, and I beKgve 1 am right in saying teat that Is the opinion of every teacher of political eeoadmy in England *t the present time. Mind you; cpis is vtry ancient history, bat so marfy of rtbe critics have so little learned their ? le^Son that I will repeat one argument ou the subject, and I thicfc it will suffice. Wbat we say is this, that the law can exact that either, or both of the metals shall be legal ^tender lor cebt. That we know, because it has-been done effectually already. And thereby the law creates what is and what has been the chief demand tor the precious metals?namely, for the purposes of ? money. The law can also enact that - tbey shajl be legal-tender at a given ratio between the two, f^r this alsj has . been done,and done effectively in the .. past. -Now comes 1Jie question: How ? is the'xatio malntainea ? The answer to thlg- question is^lhat ^debtors will always Ato'-pay* their debts in. the cheapest way ttfey cfanl that is to say, in whlchev&r metai .'is the cheapest. What <ip those debts' smofiht'to? The . indebtedness - Of th"? orid is estimated at. flnmjarhinw-V Kotirflori- t.tfrent.w "nnrf : tMrtylfcoi^ndf-millions sterling.. Conse quently,-if either me<;al falls, jfor aay reason,, below- fee. legal-ratio, tifer&"will _ . ' be an i,mmediatey-ia<jrea3er in* demand PSSSfcCw^nttiUi'Tui' Vm ji i iinise- of ^he pay'-' - ment of debts. >Tbfi-increased demand - produees'ltsn^twal effect; ^-The metal which itos shown the smallest tendency to fall returns to the norma}, or rather the legal level. Formerly it was gold ?at the time of the great cold disco ve-. ries focty .yeass^ago, - * -AJ ore recently it k , has beln* Ssmfffc 'ifefefjtfoduMfiai of w which d?3ato. cas .much increase?,: alV tboughla iiothiog like the same pro-' r portion as the production of goM 4ak m M matsect in former CafsT And in this ^'^<^way an aufomatfc, action is. set .up, K which ?ot: only i$eps th^relat ive y $lueof the mftals* steady,. but makes.it, iimpossible, aa-f'we contend, fur: theiji- to vary, eifctpt witMgthe smallest limits. ir a great increase .Hi eitner ^ .' shoulcfoccuiv a&T "begin to have'.the / leasttf^c^he^parity' is immediately Bk restored'by .-the 'operation of BjCujai H . law. .An$ this* explains at &pC8""tbe B practical stability 6f Hbe ' ratro"' during K - the long.periods- antecedent to 18?'3f b when variation" of the ipio<Juction: ot B the meU's was iDfin'ice]y gre?er -than it has beeriByersince-then.* I fe? that B I oughfto apolo^ze-^fox repeating tMs: f f unaamentai argn^aent:. ia reply to&- to |F the JanQqtUttfl/objections, wiih-which we area&alled, but if I bad not done so I was afraid that X would be attacked, like your distinguished countryman, Mr. Arthur J3alfonr,Ha tbe city not very }ozig 3gni?, ftjr- not' answering tbe objecti6ns which were advanced against bimetallism. The ntxt objection tbat 1 hear is this: 'Even if you could maintain.a ratoq ypu.nsver coaia agree as to,what.the- rail<J' should lJe. ', m My answer, gentlemen, is this: Bimetailists would accept any ratio ra'tiier fr- than go.sp.as we are at the present time. J&at what- the fijia'l 'clecisi'oti as to a ratio should be "is, obviously, a matter of agreement among the different people who are concerned. My own opinion upon that poipt is, and always has been thi?, it ' is $ot"so important as people thinfc, and tor this reason: So'sensitive is silver that the moment a bimetallic settlement was really on the tapis t?e market price oi silver ;VouM Con'forin to any ratio that was fixed loi?g before it was enanted hv an? 1^cL?rtiivA >pffi??T4t'ihn. ' ' "Udt then I bear it said that even if you coula agree upon.lhV ratio the enormous quantities of silver that can be produced even at tbe present price,must inevitabiy bre*k it% Well, to begin with,, I have myx*ck>ubfa "as! to this lilimltapiV production:1 I km aware ot no facts and no information to'coclirm the statement. Certainly there are none to feefoifc<Fi&thS-'tf h6le"*evi(fetfce' before the conference at Brasselst But tbe aDaw.er to that ^afgumtbt- is this: iLr- 'What is ot .importance Is hot the annual output.of the metfelv bdft the total amoont of tfee mass ot each jdf them which isalreay in existence;' ;-Ihis lis an idea I want you to"carry, away in your cai&ds. The annual output now is, what still l.s?y'J'probsblj 30x000;000 sterling a year of "each. Perhaps it is r even mere jfcan that Of silver.but what is 1 he exisiing-mafs ? I turn to the w. port of tne gold tied silver commission! T nf 'the* JLUC4W X UUU bUUV VUU v^biuiltwv VA vmv mass of gold In existence in the world I five years ego Is 1,550,000",000/ or "Jin L round numbers, say 1,6(50,000,000 ster: 1 ling. Silver, on the otner baud, is eatiBfti mated at, a little"'under"2,000,000,000 |& sterling. Now, supcosftyr that' the presect - anhuar' production -of sil-: ver was" dori&tdj wtrat\-does if matter whether*; y<3uadfl. 80j089,000a Wr year or 60.000^)00-a year -to. the existing . mass? ?T6u have 2,960,000,000 of silver, instead of 2,050,d00,000 as the & mass of sliver in the world. Why, the BL difference ia fractional?barely 1% per fx cetit. That: is ajso'the reply to .the W questlon-I have been ' asked xo answer by a gentleman well known to you (Mr. Lindsay), who was the president of your chamber. Mr. Lindsay asked me this auest.on: "It the effect of monetizing sliver be to enhance the value ot that metal, will this not lead to a still further increase in its production, and consequent* augmenttaion of the difficulty? The Broken Hiill Pioprietary C6. produces 'about 20 per cent, of the total supply in the worltf, and it is payiDg now, ev6n at the present price, an enormous dividend " To ? . that question 1 answer, no. I.do not "'.think it wiJi affect it in the least. Twenty per "bent, of-the total annual ^ output of silver is only an infiDitesiW mal addition sto^ttje. mass already in 1 existence/ You'must 'remember that r the metals differ from almost aiiower commodities in this respect?that they 7 do not perish, arid they are not anhu-' * pST pre?-"- > Sgs^ V.v lEg ' ally consumed. A crop of whea*, for lost^rc", or the jjrreatest parr, of it is ccisi m d every year. A sr*ai iacr^sf* ordecreese in the aunua? crop of wheat mafc?-s all the difference in tbf world, Jtfatths miss of gold and silver is the accumulation of centuri'?. Some of the g.-ld we are usId* do*, howtvtr ofien it has been reccing', exis'td probdtbly'iu tfte d<*ys of S>)!ocnon or me '.'naraoos?as a i. eauua-ti auuit.sonstotbis enormous mass are c^'juparativtly unimportant. Thai 13 likewise the answer to another very common question, namely, that our prtsent diffl juNes will b* augmented by the iDcrraoiDg output of gold tn Soutti Africa. Xo doubt thf-y are incre;is!og every year. I hope they will co.itiuu?to increase, but uule.<s tney do so io proportions of which 1 do no'; s^e auj prospect, they will be absolutely iusufficientto redress the mischief which is going: on at present. Again, t hear it said that if you did this you would be making the fortunes of the owners of silver mines in Mexico, in America and in other places of the world. Well, perhaps you would, but would any one of you refuse to receive golo. for anv reason sucb as that? I know a gentleman now in London who is said to have made a fortune of many millions within tfce-Iast few years front the gold min^s of South Africa. Well, you welcome all that he can send you. "Why should you refuse the stiver? Do we starve or fretze'curselves iu winter to prevent the owne::s of coal mines from Deetjmiog rick? r.It Is realIj^quite the weakest and the silliest of all the arguments I knew. There is another, I admit, which is deserving of much mar#serious attention We are thA ffreatest' creditor' nation in the world./; W.by. should we take payment for our debts In what Is the least valuable metal? My reply is this: If bl inetailists are ri&ht, there can be no such thing as a cheaper or dearer metal. Their relative value will re- main stable.aud each of them, will perform a|l-the 'functions of tae. Other. What inay-^ppen. quite1 possibly, is this, -l^ere may be some increase in pti?es,'and as we receive payment forour foreign debt ia produce from other countries we may get somthinj? less of produce'than-we got before.. But look at the'otlier' side of the picture for a moment. Is it just, is it wise, for the' creditor to push his debtor into such a :corner as we are doing now by monetary changes which have enormously incrased the burden of Ms-debt? I do not cafe-whether it.is an individual, or wnetneruc is a nawoD, ass*. onem both the same question.* THE LOAVES AND FISHES; The Offlctsihe L? gialatnre Will FIJI and . the Candidates. * The Columbia Register .says the next Legislature'' will fill a numosr of important offices^ and the election will furnish something for the members of the General Assembly to De thinking over before they go to Columbia. The first add mosi important of all the office* is tfcat of United Statts Ssnator. Oi -course Governor Tillm?n will be elected with pracically no opposition acdj-wiH take his seat in the uauea Senate on ifae 4 h of March,. 1895. T?ie terms of (ffice of Jadae Fraser, or ihe/Third Judicial Circuit, and_ Judge-. Nortou, of tbe Eighth Circuit, will expire.earl y next year and the Legislature wfll^ave to elect successors. ? Great in^er?ft will ba mani&sted'in who will fill thes^ places. [ t , I^i8 pre?umed'that Jagde Fraser wLI he. a^ candidate for re-election. The only other ' man mentioned as a candidate f< r the same position is Attorney General; Buchanan, and It he wants the V.n,i!l /? > If XTm id rr LiX g .|i ku* uv m the brightest lawyer of his ase in the $!&'* and has successfully coped witb .men cf many more years of. experience and age. He' has been the legal back bone of th^ State administration in its many fights. . Judge Norton will be a candidate to succeed himself and his friends will make a hard fight to keep him on the bench Several able men have been mention* d a$ opponents of Judge Norton, but it )< not positively known whether thev ?J.!i be in the race. Col. Joseph H. Earle, of Greenville, ex-Attorney General, is one of the mc^t mentioned, and Representative uBr^z-ial?, of Anderson, is another/ Mr." Breazeale was intrusl&d with the difficult task Df completing the codification of the laws of the State and .did his work thoroughly and satisfactoriWith General Buchanan on the bench tka nihrvo rvf \ ttnrr-OTT rjAn^ral Wftnl ^ hf? left vacant and ibe Legislature wcuid have to fill the vacancy.'- Anticipating that there will be a'vacancy several persons have bean spoken of as-'successors to Mr. Buchanan. Assistant Attorney General Barbtr will be put m the field by his friends. H:s familiarity with the work of the office and his ability as n lawyer will aive h:m a stronz lead over ;>tber candidates. Senator 0. C. Jor dan, oi Aiken, is prominently spoken ol for Attorney General and would have a strong backing. It would be a close race between'Mes3Ys. Barber and Jordan. The Legislature elects the Superintendent ot th^ PeDitentiarv. Taere is no doubfc but what Col. VV. A. Neal will socieed himse^. He has made bimstlf indispensable to the-State in that posi dod and no Lsgitlature could afford to defeat him. It is doubtful if there will b'e a'candidate against Dim. n:s iu>aity 'to the Rsforc movement is a proverb and is the admiration of all Reformers. Tne R-jgister' mentioned a fev d?.ys ago that R. M. McCowu, the well known.young Reformer of Florence, wcaid.be a candidate for Clerk of the Senate, and would probably Dot have opposition. Since that statement was made it is said that ex-Sanator Hempbill, of Abbeville, will be a candidate. He will t-e a bard man to beat. W. C. ' ^O-Qncr^hnror. I If WiW, CA'XV3^lc?uvau<yv> | is a]so said to b? a candidate. .fcVr Clerk of the House it is supposed ?hat ..Clerk G*ay will be a caodidale for .re-slretion. R:V. J, A. Sligb is also mentioned.-S,:v4rtil others have been Spoken of bo; it is not" known whether they will be in the race. For reading Clerk of the Senate the illustrious Collards Caughman, of Lfx?OgtOD, whose sonorou3 voice has ruug for four jears in the ears of honorable Senators, will go the, way of all those who can't get vote? pncugh. j Toere are" no openly avowed cabdklates for that place yet but Collards is doomed. ?.Rtadiog Clerk Withers, of the House-, will likely be a candidate to 'succeed himself and will stand a 5ne" chance of being elected.' Killed by a Shark. . Mobile, Ala!, Oct 4?Pilot Ei Alien reports that yesterday two sailors attempted to desert the ship Evarest in the lower bay by swimming to a skiff tied to a lighter at some distance from 'the ship. Before they reached the skiff, ho wever, a shark seized one of the men and with a shriek he disappeared beneath the wave3. The other man reached the skiff and escaped to j l the shore. \ riJE TERRIBLE TEMPEST. loss of life and froper^v in little rock cyclone. Th A?\lain nva The P Bi eotury B*dly Wricked kd(1 4. v< ral I Killed, L.>M?or $1^000 000 will $1,500 I ami-, at C Little Rock, O-fc. 3.?News from tha Arkansas State Joanne asylum at. no early hour lhi3 morning confirmed ?k$?. ieports concerning damac^ ant:e ro that institution by thi ruroado "*hich caused deviation and desth id '.his ciry, list evening. All the male department and annex was rrz^d to the ground, four floors falling: in mass. Dr. In gale, formerly of Mobile, Ala., and two patients were instantly billed, akd four ocher parents seriously and perhaps fatally injured. D-struction in the residence part of the city in the vicmity of the peoit>ntiary is very great. State Senator Vast's daughter, who lived in that neighborhood, was injured by a falling roof. State Engineer Egglestou'd house in the same neighbjrhood was unroofed. Thomas Warner's house was demolished and a two story tenement on W^st Third street, near the penitentiary, and P?ter English's twostorv house were wrecked. Tte DeBrill house, one of the oldest buildings in the city, located at Markhani street and Broadway was demolished. Young's grocery was unroofel and a boarding house at Second stieet was blown dowo, but no one was iDjured. The Presbyterian Church at Fouith and State streets, was unroofed. Abraham O'.lenhimer's residence was wrecked. Damage to residence property in West Ead will exceed ?500,000. The name ot the convict billed at the penitentiary Is GrifliQ. Two guards. Smith and Witt, were badly injured and seven trusty prisoners were seriously hurt. Property loss to the State is $30 000. The storm came from the Southwestand sweot nearly everything In its path. Pedestrians and teamsters hastily sought placei ot safety but the velocity of the wind was terrible and the list of injured will be very large. ?1 " ?^ imaha ^AftOft/1 J&OOI3, Bigua auu l.iccs woic iuoocu about like paper. The path of the tornado was not more than 200 yards wide and its coarse was zigzag. Its dura* tion was not over three minutes, thotfgh rain continued to pour in torrents afterward for an dour. The damage caused by the tornado will undoubtedly reach Sl.000,000. A most miraculous thing occurred at Fourth and Martin streets. A carpenter named Clark, with his wife and baby, were occupying a room in the house when the storm struck it, blowing the roof from off their heads, and tearing away the walls around them, leavidg the inmates untouched and unharmed in the center of the floor. , The instruments of the weather forecaster here were blown away. The insane asylum authorities report the following patients 'missing: Percy Jones, Dennis Callahan, James McPeters, William M. Miller, William Surratt, Joseph W. Johnson, and George W. Ackerman. Thousandj of people have gone to the asylum, where a large force cl? man ie- -at?frOiKr~remij"vTu"ig" CPfS itebrls. The destruction on East Markham otMQt /.rtnorinfffnnr hlnnks. aloocr which I the wholesalers are located, is even greater than first reported. . Oat of a total loss of a million dollars or more the only insurance held by the sufferers amounts to about $2,003. Of that amounf a plate glass insurance company of New York holds policies snminting to 81,800. Tbe remaining 3600 was against losses by cyclone It was at the icsane asylum wtera the moss complete wreck was to be seen. The buiidinsrs ouiltby the State at a cost.ot S300 00C are located on a prominence turee m;leS west of the business por ion of tue city and offered a t-pieudW target for the fury of tbe s^orm. Besides the destruction wrought ia the main building the east wall of the male ward was completely torn away. Wards 1, 3.5 and 7 are ac total wreck. The roof is blown off and debris has been found hal.? a mile east. Pandemonium reigned atter thefury of nhe storm had been spent; The cells in the south wing were.occupied by inmates at the time. Abous fifteen escaped, but all bat seven were recaptured. Thpi third storv and the efast wall of the second story of the penitentiary were blown down and are lying between it and tie hou3e, a vast mass of brick aad mortar. Tie west wall was cracked at the floor and inclined to tbe east about forty-five degrees.: It was in this bntfdin? where the..bnly death occurred. J. F. Griffith, a white man sent up from CI iy county for incest,, was descendicg tne stairway from the third story when, the wall caved in and buried him under t&e debris^ Ei8 remains, badly mangled, were removed from ihe ruins this morning. The heaviest losers by the storm are: S-ar.e insane asylum, S100.000; penitentiary, 830,000, property of tne State; Dlfekinson hardware Co.,82,500; Dudley E. Jones & Co., 84,000; fci. H. R jttaken, 815,000; G. F. Baucuin, 820,000; J. H. McCartny, S8 0G0;Louis Volmer, 85,000; lialpti Gooarica, 85,000; A. Lofton, - - " -? " c>C% a HAA. 82(000; Mis. U. r. iteamoou, wi.uw; Capital. Hotel, S2,000; Saac Rudolpn & Co., 85,000; ArKaosas Stable, 82,000; Beii Telephone Co, 82,000; Ellenbergen, 84,000; Arkansas Carpet au<3 Furniture Co., 820.000;Little Rock Teutand Awnlog 82.000; Wilson & Webb, sta;lun?-ry company, S15.000; W* H. Homaon, 82,000; J. W. BiddmaD.Sl.oOO. Several ot.bers sustained losses ranging iroaa S5G0 to 81,000. Fully 200 dozens escaped deatn in a most miraculous manner. Telegrams from all secrirwr.o of t.h^nnti nr.rv offtjrinsr assistance were received by Mayor Hall today. A.11 the injured, with few evceptions are doing nicely. from an eye witness. Memphis, Oct. 3.?Charles Joseph, a railroad man of Memphis, w&s in Little Rock isst night daring the cyclone. "I was standing on ths corner of Main * and Third streets," said he 'aboi.t 7:30 o'clock, when I heard an awful no.se and roaring. It was unlike uny ordinary sound. In a moment there was a burst of wind and 1 ran across the street into a stairway* "Like lightning the storm burst mall its fury. The rear of the building in which I stood was torn away. Across the street I saw a telegraph pole torn to pieces. A horse and buggy stood near the sidewalk. They were blown across the. pavement and slammed against the i side ot a wall. Main street, from Third to Markham, was torn to pieces ana filled with deoris. On Markham street, opposite the State building, several houses were unroufed. Down Markham street, east, the wind tore off roofs of houses and tore down many others as far as Rock street, a distance of half a mile. This is the heart of the business portion of Little Bock. "After two minutes the wind ceased and then the rain fell in torrents. I walked out into the street and moved up toward Markham street. All of the electric light wires were blown down and the city was in darkness. - Mark-' i ? ham ffceeet^om the Allls block to Rock street, was filled with torn timber?, fallen walls, broken class and otner material Tbe wbole city was In confusion and every one seemed to have lost his head. "At 10 o'clok, I crossed tbe river iato Argent* and the residents of tbat town kntw nothing of the cyclone." THE COLOR LINE DRAWN. An UoTisual laclcUnt In ths C.urt ot S??siona. Columbia, S. C., 0;t. 4.?An Incident. much out of the ordinary o :cur! rt-cl ju the Court ot General Sessions ve??rerd<i}. It whs whiii? tne case of Ei. Gretu aid Jonn Brown, colored, chsrg9d with breaking into and robbing a railroad car, was being tried. The defendants were represented by John McMaster. Tne testimony was that the stolen goods had been found in the possession of the prisoners, bat Green proved an alibi by three witnesses. The jury in charge of the case had for its fore mm J. F^ank Smith and there was one colored juror, Tobias Derrick. The jury was in its room for some time and finally-reporced that it was unabla to agree upon a verdict. Judge Benet asked tbe foreman of the jury what was the trouble that a verdict could not be arrived at. Mr. Smith stated that the colored member of the jury bad dra vn the color line and was the only juror who stood for the acquittal of the prisoners, all the others being In favor of a verdict of guilty. Judge Benet became somewhat aroused at this and madeafewremar&s, tbe substance of which were aa folio ns: "If such conduct is indulged in it will necessarily iead to the Jury Commissioners excluding colored people from acting as jurors, which they have a perfect riaht to do under the law. The law requires that the names in a jury box snail be of men qualified to serve as jurors. No colored man is qualified to serve as a juror who will allow himself to decide a cue on a color line. Without saying a word as to tbe guilt or innocence of the parties in this case, it is a gr*at misfortune, oarkAAiolIn in rhfl 4 ntoriiflf nf aaIapaH rtOA. 1U VUV ??WV*WW VA VUiWiW I^wv pie, that a colored man should refuse to agree to a verdict because the party is a negro and be is one himself. There is no principle of justice in a matter like that and such action would justify Commissioners in excluding all colored men's from the box. 1 can assure the colored people on my own responsibility that in my long residence of twenty-six years in this State and my experience as a lawyer and a judge, white men 999 cases out of 1,000 give colored prisoners full justice." J u3 ge Benet went on to say that he had known of lawyers paying the expenses of cases for negroes and spending hundreds of dollars for poor color ed men and that there was not a ahado w of reason for the action of the colored jaror. He said that there were colored men on the panel who where capable of acting as jurors and who had acted fairly and whithout prejudice. In conclusion be said: "Mr. Clerk, you will excuse tbe juror and strike his name from the roll." Attorney McMaster stated to the court that so far as tbe testimony was concerned be thought Derrick bad acted xiffht. -gtt dirt nnr. had occurred in the jury room.- / Later in the day Derrick went to Judge Benet and said that he had not raised the color line in the jury room. He had simply insisted upon tbe aoquittal of Green, who, he felt satitfied was innocent. He had voted, he paid, for the conviction of Brown. J udge Benet accepted tbe statement, remarkinor that, riflrripfe was aDnarentiv xlncere In what he said. Judge Benet stated that if he had known that Foreman Smith was going to speak of tbs color line he would not have allowed him to talK. A mis rial was ordered in the case and Juoge Benet ordered that it be tried agiiu today. Attorney McMuter had bench warrents, taken out. for William Saeppard, W. H. Richter, George Cannon and Frank Robinson, witnesses the defense, who had not appeared at the trial. Drowsed In ? Watersponr. Galveston, Texas, Oct. 4.?Captain Herbert of the schooner yacht Puritan, arrived here today from Pepper Grove Bay.' He says: "A wafcerepout which tormed yesterday in Bolivar Channel, passed over the bay about 11 o'clock. I was coming do *n the bay with a moderate breeze, when suddenly I siv a huge cloud which appeared to ex^eaded tcotn tne eurrace 01 we wa?r, hit h up into the heavens. It was about thiee. hundred feet in diameter. Instantly, I realized the danger and changed tbe Puri'aa's course so as to get out of the way of tbe funnel-shaped terror. Oj came the waterspout, hissing and roaring and scattering the spray in every direction. Captain J^u^han of the t-loop K-ite was in a skiff fishine: for oyeters when the waterspout came tearing up tbe bay. He was directly in its path. He wa3 Lfced out ot the skiff and carried up by the spout. This was the last seen ol him, and the supposition is that hs was drowned. Several boats were capsizsd." Used a Lub. . Courtland, Ala., Sept. 28.?Abe Abrahams, a promlneat marchaur, was publicly co winded here today by Miss Lucille Doss, daughter of Peter l)os% Sr., proprietor of the Doss Hotel. It Is said tbat Abrahams made a disparaging remarK about Mis3 Dos?, which reached her ears. The young woman armed herself with a cowhide and pro /> mi7a h??r aii^cAd defamer a V/CQUVU w ^11 v Mva. Hogging, wblch brought streams oi blood with every blow and made him beg for mercy. Abrahams was also attacked by a brother of the young lady aod would have been killed, but for tbe interference of the thief of police who arrested ail parties. Silver tbe Supreme Issaei Columbus,0., Oct. 3?There was issued from the Democratic State executive headquarters to-day and address to the voters of Obio, ia which it is declared tbat the restoration of silver to free coinage is the supreme issue before tbe people. In tbe national contest tw<r years ago, tbe address states, the fiwhf. whs mane bv tbe Democracy for tariff reform and silver restoration. | The former was ttie overshadowing Issue theD, but ttie McKtnly tariff law being now repealed,! the silver coinage question has become paramount, ine address is voluminous and in twenty-one divisions, and argues in favor of the abandonment of the single gold standard and the return to free coinage of silver. In the closing paragraphs the address declares that if tne present monetary conditions continue there will be little relief to the country from its present Industrial and commercial def ression, whether we have high tariffs or low tariffs. It appeals to all voters to unite in cactlng tJbeir ballots so that no matter which party secures the ascendancy In the i nerf. Conaress will be compelled to ab andon the currency contracting policy of the last twenty years and given the country free silver, The address is signed by Allen W. Thurman and William A. Taylor, chairman and secretary, re1 spectively, of the committee. * WILL HOLD NO CONVENTION. TLta ! thp Decision of Rtpubl'c.n Stats Committee. Columbia, Oct. 3.?The Republican State Executive Committee wrangled for live or s:x hours yesterday afternoon and decided not to call a State convention: Many of the members wt-re In favor of calling a convention and putting out, a ticfcet, but they were outvoted. It was the largest meeting of the committee la years. The committee Is composed of twentv-flve numbers three from each Congressional Disfric1", two from the Sta'e-'U-large and the chairman and vice chairman. Chaigman Webster presided and among the most/ prominent of The goats on hand were the following: E. M. Bfaytun, Bob Smalls, E. H. Deas, T. B. Johnson, Fred Nix, Fordham, G. W. Murray R. R. Talbert of Abbervllle, W. E. Bovfcin of Camdea, J. C. Whltaker and Z E. Walker of Sumter, W. F;%Meyers of Colleton, E 1) Littlej )hn ^'nd B. F. Means of Sparunburg. A total of twenty-two men were present, irv^ludicg several represented by proxy. Tne discussion on 'the calling of a State convention lasted a long time and was warm, as Republican debates always are. The decision reached is toll of above. Tte committee next turned its attention!^ the (Congressional fights and recommended that nominees be put in the fieici in every Congressional District. The Fifth and Sixth Districts are the only ones in which nothing has been done about calling a convention to nominate candidates. ThiS'Will be Hnrfl or\H *thfl 1? vofln Httq /VtmmlffiiA ujuu nuu uuu iJAWUiiTS wui will see to it, The plan of the Republicans ia the Congressional fights is tbe same as was seDt oat in a circular by Chairman Webster a few weeks ago. Nominees are to be pat up in every dist rict and the name of every Republlcan who offers to vote and is not allowed to do so because he does not have a registration ticket will be taken down. Tbe expectation is that there will be a Rnpaoiican Congrea3 next year. The Republican nominees wiJl use the registration laws aod failure of their men to vote as a basis for contests ia the House. The committee sat down on Brayton in great shape, endorsing the candidacy of T. B. Johnson in the Seventh District, by the passage of the following resolution: "While regretting the condition that confronts us in the Seventh Congressional District in the candidacy of Col. T. B. Johnson and Hon. E. M. Brayton, it is the sense of this committee, from the facts presented to them, that Col. T. B. Johnson is entitled to the support of the Republicans of said District as there gular nominee of the party and as such we endorse and commend him to tbe loyal Bepublicans of tbe district," Bray ton made a fight against the resolution but be bad only six men to back him. In some manner Webster , and Johnson M-. che State Executive Committer pi u against Brayton. ^Brayton, it will be remembered, carried tbe contest before the Republican National Congressional Committee and they decided that Johnson was a bolter and <">?at Brayton was entitled to Bepufci'jan support. Johnson says he made no enure to meet tbe contest before tbat committee because Brayton is a member of it and the committee was ; Dacked acainut him (Johnson). It will thus be seen that both Brayton and . Johnson will be in the race to the end In the Seventh one having the endorsement of the National Committee and the other that of the Slate Executive i Committee. The row between Murray and Smalls, in the new First District, was submit- , ted to the national committed some time ago and IS decided in favor of ' Murray. Smalls thereupon withdrew from the race and there is only one Republican candidate in that district. , One of the last things done by the . committee was to decide to make a . strong fi?ht at the ballot box In the November election against the Constitutional convention, and a resolution was adopted calling on the white people of the State who are opposed to the convention to aid the Republicans in the fight. "RT? A VTAV PAWnWWG TT Brayton s'rongly condemns the ac tlon of the Republican State Executive Committee in refusing to call a State convention. The motive for this action was a desire, he says, to prevent the election of a new State Executive Committee and of County Chairman as is required by the rules of the party and Its effect is to deprive the party of any rightful and legal orgauiz ition as the tenua of these party officials expires by limitation. He also considered the State committee derelict tn not outlining a policy for the party in the approaching campaign. In regard to the endorsement of T. B. Johnson's candidacy for Congress in the Seventh District Brayton speaks with contempt of the conrse of the committee and claims it was brought about by the "''basest and most corrupt methods and to destroy the chaDce of Republican success. The following protest wa3 filed by thos-i repudiating the action of the committee: M We the undersigned memoers of the Republican State Executive Commit tee of South Carolina protest ag dnst the right or authority of the committee to consider or act on the question of the Republican nominee in the Seventh Congrtssional District in this State, tor the reason that the matter has already been determined by the National Congressional Committee which has duly considered the case and declared J?. M. JBrayton the legal and regular nominee of the party, and because the State Executive Committee has no jurisdiction in the primaries,and in sedition the milter was brouzht up without previous notice or intimation that it would be taken up and acted on without proof beiog considered by the corynlttee. "fte therefore protest against the interference and decision of the com mittee as unautnorizeo, luegai ana void. "E. M. Brayton, "G-. VV. Murray, 44 vv. F. Myers, "E. j. Dickerson, "J. F. Lopez, 44 T f IUTT T fp R. R. Tolbert, Jr., and B. H. Means also refused to voie with the majority, Republican Galas. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 3.?Raturns from all except two oat of 164 towns in this State that held local elections on Monday show a Republican pain of twenty-three towns. The majorities are not complete yet, but indicate a Republican majority sufficient to elect the Governor without the election being thrown into the Legislature at the November elecrton. "A Strange Coincidence. ' Washington, Oct. 3? By a stange coincidence Charles EL Doing, who was a jail guard thirteen years ago, and who permitted Capt. W. H. Howgate to es:ape, was reappointed to his old position last Saturday, a few days after Howgate's recapture in New York. Today the judge of the District Conrt conferred with Warden Leonard of the jail, and as a result Doing was relieved from duty. THE COMMISSIONERS. MEN WHO WILL MANAGETHE COWING ELECTION. Appo n'meatfl 31-do bf G-.ve uo?* Tillman?Repcbl!c*t s Get lu?Will Have lo Take Their Chances VT th Honest Democrats. Columbia, S. C., 0it. 5.?Governor Tillman has appointed tbe election commissioners for all tbe counties excopt Charleston, DarliDgtop, Georgetown and Barnwell, and they will be appointed today. The list is as iollowe: ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Federal?John R. Bulloclr, Greenwood; J. F. Gilbert, Abbeville; F. A. Cook, Troy. State?G. H. Moor<?, Abbeville; B. A. Boyd, Mt. Carmel; A.. J. Pnnnrtu MrarilAv. AIKEN. State?G. C. Moseley, Aiken; J. W. Dunbar, Beech Island; E. SI. Sawyer, Monetta. Federal?D. H. Wide, Aiken; W. E. Arthur, Granitevlllf; Batler Jackson, Windsor. ANDERSON. Federal?v.. H. GlenD, Anderson; James G. Y ey, Anderson; W. T. McGregor, Aa_ rson. State?S. N. Browne, AndersoD; J^mes R. Anderson, Aaderson; H. H. Gray, Anderson. BEAUFORT. State?T. F. Walab, B-auforf; W.N Barnes, Bluff con; C. A. Paul, Port Royal Federal?C. S. Jounson, Beaufort; J. B, Walker, Port Royal; H. H. Por ter, Ktdgeland. CHESTER State?John S. Withers, Chester; W. C. Hicklln, Hicfclin; J. A. flood, Chester. Federal?J. G. L. White, Chester; S. M. McAfee, Wise; John O. Darby, Lowryville. CHESTERFIELD. State?M. F. Jackson, Mt. Croghan; W. 1>. Crate, Chesterfield; P. H. Brock, Cheraw. Federal?J. E. S^well, McKay's; W. P. McKasklll, JtffersoD; E. F. Molloy, Chesterfield. COLLETON. Federal?H. W. Ackerman, Cottageville; C. W. Jaques, Cottageville; D. fl. Behre, Walterboro. State?C. D. Rice, Walterboro; J. D. Blvins, Walterboro; C. J. Allen; Walterboro. CLARENDON. State?B. A. JohnsoD, Manning; S. W. Mcintosh, Workman; A. J. RichKftnCf Piinl T?n^nrot T.rMiio A n. UUUi VsJV. JL. BUI* J, VAiOlOI U /UIO pelt, Manning;J.C. Johnson, Manning; J. M. Bar wick, Pine wood. FLOEENOE. Federal?R. S. Smith, Florence; J. E. Pettigrew, Florence; L. A. McCall, Jr., i Florence. State?W. F. Clayton. Florence; G. C. Ficklea, Hymans; James Lawton, Tlmmonsvllle. GKEENYILLE. j State?N". C. Dacas, W. M. Bramlette, Jos. A. McCullough. Federal?R. Y. 1 Hellams, A. M. RunioB, J. H. Donald. FAIRFIELD. \ State?J. W. Lyles, Strothers; Hayne McMeekin, WlnDSboro; S. H. Terrace, j White Oak. Federal?3. S. Ford, Mitford; J". M. Galloway, White Oak; R.A. j Means, Ridge way. State? ?iiaurensfJ.O. n McOlellao, R?no; A. C. Owen, Power. Federal?s. W. .Lowe, uross urn; u. w. Culberson, Efcom; W. L. Cunningham, Laurens. OCONEE. State?J. S. Floyd, 0. J. "Walker, A. P. Hunt. Federal?J. J. Keitb, G. M. Cothran, J. M. Whitmire. i ORAN GEBUEG-. Federal?J. H. Claffy, Orangeburg; J. H. Eaaterllng, S. P. Fox worth. State ?G. B. KlttrelJ, Charles A. Stroman, S. C. Kennedy, Kovesviile. PICKENS. State?J. J. Herd, Sr., Pickens; W.F. Joanson, Central; W. A. Hamilton, Eisley. Federal?W. N. Hughes, Daeusville; H. C. Shirley, Liberty; L. R. Durham, Pickens. r w vrxT/i'nAvr U JL UJ.1 State?D. M. Crosson, Leesville; J.H. Counts, Irmo; C. W. Caujrhman, Lexington . Federal?Isaiah Haiti w anger, Lexington; S. J. Clark, Chapin; J. S. Dooley, Lexington. RICHLAND State?J. S. Yerner.Columdia; L. H. Seay, Killians; R. E. Blakeley, Columbia. Federal?N. K. Perry, Columbia; T. H. Roberts, Hopkins; P. B. McCoy, Columbia. SPARTANBURG. State--B. B. Bishop,Spaitanburg;A. C. Johnson, New Prospect; E. L. Wll lis, Golightly. Federal?J. Jtl. Hale, Fair Forest; William Tbomas, Glen dale; L. D. Bonner, Gocner. MARION. State?J. D. Montgomery,Marion; J. B. Middleton, Marion; J. C. Mason, Marion. Federal?H. 1. Gasque, R. P. Porter, B. F. Elliott, Marion. MARLBORO. State?T. s. Jiivans, rjeuneu?v*uc; o. N. Drake, Drake'sj'W. P. CovingtoD, BeDnetrsvilie. Federal?L. J. Breedeo, R. E. TownseDd, Bennttsvllle; W. B. McLaurin, McColl. NEWBERRY. State?T. S. Cease, Newberry; P. G. Coon, Vaoghnvillus G. A. Mills,Slighs. Federal?A. E. P. Bedenbaugb, Newperry; W. C. Sll?b, Jalaps; John B. Fillers, Prosperity. HAMPTON. State?J. P. Pritchard,J. E. Rivers, T. A. Hamilton, Hamptoo. Federal? B. H. Tbeus, Seminole; Preston PhilUps, Gray's;R. J. Rivers, Crockettville. KERSHAW. State?J. R. Drakeford, G. L. Dickson, Camden, H. T. JohDsoD, Abney. Federal?W. T. Russell, Westville; H. w UooH anrt T TT .Tnnps flamdan. LANCASTER. State?R. J. Flynn, W. J. Biker, R. M. Kirk, Lancaster. Federal?R. C. Crockett, J. T. Marshall, D. L. Adams, Lancaster. JNION. State?\. W. Giltnore, Santuc; T. K. Foster, Union; H. P. Murphy, Cross Keys. Federal?P. H. Peter, Carlisle; J. L. Walker, Sunny Side; W. H. Gault, Kilton. WILLIAMSBURG. State?J. A. Green, Like City; J. J. M. Graham, Jr., Camp Ridge; W. 0. BryaD, Gourdine. Federal?William Cooper, Cooper's: W. W. Kennedy, Sm* ay Level; W. R. Slngletary, Scranton. YOBK. State?R. J. Riggins, J. B. GordoD, W. W. Miller. Federal?J. J. Waters, R. M. Carroll, W. J. Davis. SUMTER. State?J. E. DuPre, E. G. Goodman, K. E. Welis. Federal?D. E. Keels, R. M. Pitts, S. Nash. EDGEFIELD. State?J. ?5. Davis, Ed. Folk, S. B Mays, Edgefield. Federal?E. R. Steadman, Mount Willing; A. J. Norris, Edgefield; John Miller, Trenton. BEEKELEY State?R. H. Sweeney, Summerville; A.R. Dennis, McBeth; Ellas Whilden, Mount Pleasant. Federal?J. S. Hart, Mount Pleasant; J. H. Schultz, Mount Jfieasant; w. x. jony, mocua vA?ru?. HORBY. State?J. M. Dermott, Con way; J. D. West, Socastee; M. A. Dusenberry; Toddsville. Federal?R. D. Scarborough, J. A. Lewis, Conway; J. E. Hammond, Wannamaker. r | THE POLICEMEN ROASTED. I L-.wyer G ff K'eps Tbti% SlzzUns Without Hercy. New YoiiK.Cht. 3.?These who were! fortunate enough to gain admittance I to the sessions of the Lexo^r iavestiga-1 tion committee today wisnessed two! scenfs decidedly dram^ical in their! nature, ulrs. Urctilitei. the Rus* | sian woman who, almost a j stranger in the country, running a smaii c'trar store, was arrwtea on tne j charge of keeping a disorder'? house j a&d kept ia j ail many mcn:u.-, "treated } as tffen the Cz*r of Rossi? w >uld not i treat an American," according to i. Chief Council Goff, was ylaced on the witness stand. She alleged that ber arrest was clue to her refusal to pay $50 to the police. Testimony c-f the witness remained unsha&en, nut the officers who tried to t-xplain the story could not agree as to the wav the thing happened. Mrs. Urchittel's children are stiil in the orphan asylum ar.d the lamentations and the apparent mental suffering of tue woman"eJ:ciieds?mp^thy from all those who witnessed her examination. Steps will be taken to recover her children for her without loss of time. During her examination in the court room, she caught sight of Offi cer Hussey. Sbe claims that the ward man is the author of all her woes. Excitedly Rnrinainc on. she started and demaad ed her children. It was with difficulty she was pacified. Had she been able to nndeistand the English language and the American customs she must have ecpyed exquisite revenue a little later when officer Huss^y wa3 called to the staod. He expected to be called upon to explain away his connection with the case, but Chief Council Goff indulged in another of those dramatic surprises wbich he is continually springing upon the New York public. Instead of revertiDjr to the events of 1 the past few months,Mc. Goff inquired, "Now, Ha3sev, have you just threatened to shoot a man in this co<irt room?" The Interrogatory was answered with a negative, but Officer 1 HUHsey grew red and white in the face 1 by turns when half a dozen witnesses : testified that he threatened to shoot Norbarth Pfeffer, an East side Hebrew i employed by Mr. Goff. The witness ' nearly fainted in the court room at the i evidence presented against him to ' show that he threatened to kill Pfeffer. < He reached for a glass of water and i drank it eagerly, intense silence reign lng in the court room, members of the < Ik*-* nil ' U'UUlLUlbitJOj yuu'jcmcu aiiu suauj(cis au. intent upon his replies. The scene be- i came a painful one. Htissey told Mr. i Goff that he was under the doctor's orders, that it would not do for him to get excited, that it was his family he cared for and not himself. With an Intimation that he woull look into the matter, Mr. GofE allowed the witnes to go. One other event of unusual interest occurred. Annie Trywsch, a young woman who is keeping a news stand on E ist Broad way,claimed that policeman Lynch asked ber tbis morning if 3be paid her rent. Receiving a negative reply, he told her that siie would i have to pay him $5. Sbe failed to raise i the money and he arrested her and < took her to Essex Market, where she PFHUt hy j Then she came to the Lexow Commit- -, tee with the story. < i A Large Wbl?k?y Haul. r>r*.v Tnrr,T a C f .1 Th* hlCT i WlitliU-AXO., u* VWM V# *MV haul of whiskey made by Chief Consta ble L. -Uey, in Charleston, has been ; shipped to the State Dispensary, and arrived here yesterday. It will be taken ( to tlae Dispensary today and in a short j time wiil be bottled and sent out to t'ae i County Dispensaries'. The haul was < the largest ever made in the Slate and i the Charleston Eveoine: Post estimates < that it .vas worth $5,000. The Post has < the following about the hau': 1 "The State Dispensary will not need ( to replenish its stxfc at S.ate expense J soon. Ths constables made a baui at ! the North Eastera Depot oa Tuesday night that will keep ths D:spsnary in stock for awhile. Between sixty-five > and seventy packages were taken by the ' Tv i+Kof ViOrl I CJilStaUiCa* 1'J aO CYlUCUg buuu vuv; mmvi been anticipating the arrival of the stcfl ] and had a fall description ot it.' The ' packages were marked builders' bard- J ware, tinware, tulphur, mineral water, ! becon and copperas. They were so packed that it was impossible to guess : their contents and were received by the road in good faith. Tne constables, six , or seven o' them, were concealed around j the depot a1! the evening locking for the j care. They were opened after houre to J accommodate the c^nsi^uees, as is ofcen ' done by this accommodating road, bat ] not in secret, lor all the clerical force ! was on band. The packages were seized after delivery to consigns e. It is estimated that the liquor, which was in barrels, halt-barrels, kegs and ca3gs, was ( 4^ nnn Th* nnnfianated ruickases 71 Vi VU fV, VWV ^ A ~ r __j _ . were taken to the Souh Carolina R;ad for shipment to Co:umbia 07 Mr. Connie Powers this m^rQioe. The coasta- , bled also seized forty-fjor packages oi liquor at the S'juth Carolina aod Gsoicia Railroad tbis moroiasr. This was sb?p ped with other seizures to Columbia," More Violations. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 3.?Some days ago the State Superintendent of Educatitn sent out circulars to the various county school commissioners, asklna them to investigate and report to him, all cases of the sale of listed school books by book dealers, above the prices agreed upon In the publishers' contract. The reports are now coming: in. In Charleston, Richland and Georgetown, the official contract prices are being strictly adhered to. This cannot be said of all the counties^ however. Sev-1 eral others have been heard from. T&e status in Fairfield has been already mentioned. jSchool Commissioner Neil Macauley or Oconee county writes that he knows personally of 100 or more cases of the violotion of the contract in the counties or Oconee and Spartanburg, and asks in what shape he must present the cases. He says he is able to give the date of each violation, the name of the bookdeaier, and the name of the purchaser. Blacksburg also reports violations of the contract. Letters are coming in from the various contract publishers. Yesterday (Sinn & Co., D. 0. Heath & Co., and D. Appleton A Co. were beard from, each asking that all cases in wbicn their books were concerned be reported to them, and pledging their co operation in otnnnlnor 9flX7 T7inlatinT1S nf t.hft con ?U J ? tract. Seven Drowned. CHASKA.Minn., Sept. 3D.?Seven persona were drowned here last evening. Lonls Scharf and family, who had been attending the fair, started home at 7 o'clock. Sharf was intoxicated and whipped his horses and furiously dashed down the river bank, over the ferry and Into the river. His wife, five children and Miss Mary Rjskus, Mrs, Scharf's sister, were drowned, as were the horses. Scharf clung to the wagon box and was rescued. The bodies of Mm. Scharf and two of the children were recovered. j ? - . ' wK ,?v'i. ! THE FLAG IN CHUfc ' '| | PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT AMERICANS AMONG HEATHEN." S cr*t vry Heibari'a Iattrnettona to Admiral C ^rpeatcr?F:vs ,U. S. Ships of War _ \.i >n AaJ&ttc TVstem and Xiiree Mora to "* -<rN- -''v 4.. V Follow. "V Washington. 0 Jt. 4 ?Secretary Her- _. j bert said today wnen asked aooutthe , 5 iteps he had "raken for the safety of ?'--, Americans in Ch<na that about two weeks xgo he had sent jMctea instructions to Admiral Carp&ter, comsiiL-Qic? the American forces in Chinese waters, sa^estiDg to him to place himself in communication with the ^ v foreign fleet and cooperate with them " by arrai'gicg ior concerted action in ,* ?%& guardiog foreign interests entrossed to >; '^5s;heircife. It was suggest&f that if possible aa a^ret m *nt might be reached for an effective distribution of ship* in such a way that all the treaty and . - , oiher ports where foreign interests tnistit be encLvncrerai should be cared for by one cr mare ships from the fleets with the understanding- that they were to mutually give protection to the citizens of all the nations entering into the agreement. There are at present but five American vessels on the Asiatic station, and though this number will ba increased to eight by December 1st, there arc at ipast fifteen ports where the lives of American citizens may be endangered. If Admiral Carpenter can secure the cooperation of the British admiral, the British and American ships could be distributed in such a manner as to protect both British and American sublets and the British sWds would as sist Americans and Englishmen in one port, while the American vessels looked after the Englishmen and Americans in others. The cruiser Charleston has just joined the American fleet in Asia. Capt. Coffin, her commanding officer, report- 3 ed by cable his arrival at Yokohama . ' >-' Tuesday night. Her arrival in Japanese waters makes the vessels under Commodore Carpenter number five, the others being the Monocacy, temporarily the flagships, now at Tien Tsln; the Baltimore and Concord at Chemulpo, and the Petrel at Nagasaki. The other three vessels which have been ordered in the reinforce station are the York- ^ cown, now at San Francisco, the Ma2hias at New York, and the Detroit at Norfolk. The Yorktown will start across the Pacific and the Machais across the Atlantic about October 15. The Detoit is to leave Norfolk early oext week, stopping at Cadiz and Borne to deliver the Columbian relics. --v the british move. . London, Oct. 4.?The admiralty have >sg| ordered to proceed to Ciilaa the first ;3| class cruiser St. George, now at Portsmouth, and the second class cruiser, . Eolus, from the Mediterranean squadron. The gunboats Redbreast and Pigeon of trie East India squadron, have also been ordered to Chinese waters. This action is understood to be -v| tn accordance with the decision ot today's cabinet council. Lord Boseberry has gone to Dalmeny Piirk, Linlithgowshire, and the other ministers are returning to their several resorts in the country whence they were "summoned; The Exchange Telegraph Company BaPet 'gasga > China. The first rifle brigade-will leave Calcutta on. October 13sh for Hong ; Kong. The other troops Which are expected to be dispatched include the Northumberland fusileers, two battal- v ions of Ghoorkas and four regiments of Sikhs and drafts from the JPunjuab. In an inteview today, Mr. Sinclair, 5x-British consul at Foo Chow, said that with the exception of Li Hung Chang's force and the army of Manchuria, China's forces are worthless, the profession of arms being held in contempt. The organization is bad. Japan, in his opinion, is bound to win, but defeat will not endanger the Man3hu dynasty and will probably compel , China to look to Europe for the lessons she nesds. Mortgaged. lor $120,000,000. Richmond,Ya.,Oct. 2.?The general meeting of the stockholders of the Southern .Railway Company, held here today, gave the officers authority to' execute and deliver a mortgage by the Southern Railway Company to the Central Trust Company of New York trnsfc.ftp rinnn and covering the rail* road's property, privileges and franchises of the said company, to secure and issue of bonds in the aggregate principal sum of $120,000,000, payable July 1,1904, in gold coin of the United States with interest at the rate of five per cent, annum, payable semi-annually in like gold coin, and also to authorize the execution and delivery of a mortgage and deed of trust upon parts of the railroad property of the former East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rdilroad, to secure bonds for the principal sum of S4,500,000, payable Sept. 1,1938,bearing interest ai a rate not exeeeaiDg 5 per cent per aunum,principal on/1 int-oraof natTahlA in ,TA?d f*nin_ Of the S120,000.000, issue of tne tirst consolidated tivcs, 378,088,372.13 will be reserved to take up the outstanding mortgage and equipment ooligations ?21911,627.87, including; ?6,000,000 for new construction afte.: the first of January, 1896, but not more than $2,000,000 will oe issued d iring any one year, There were Sl00,i)00,(X)0 of common and 350,000,000 of preferred stock represented at the meeting. % A Minkter Killed. Louisville, Oct. 5.?Rev. John W. Weiker was knocked down and killed near Corydon, Ind., ye3i.erday by David Wheat. The later had received a letter vornlncr him tC> thft MtintrV Oil peril ot being "wbitecapped." He was visited by masked mea laf-fc Sunday ni?ht bat drove them away with a few shot?. Yesterday Mr. Welker and ite son Alva weat to eee Wheai and ordered him to give them, the warning note. Upon his rein3als a fi^hi followed ' snd ia t,;:e melee Wheat knocked the minister down with a billet of wood and killed him, kohstf d aim.. Iyenosha, Wis., O.Jt. 1.?Four persons were roasted alive and two others badly burned at the farm residence of B. B. Pierce, in the town of Wilmot, near the State liae, Saturday evening. ilr. Pierce's family consisted of his wife and threa sons, aged 25, 29, and 34 years, and a daughter aged 18 years. All slept up stairs. The young man nrst noticed tne nre ana leapea uuwu 3tairs. He then returned to rouse the others of the family but perished with his brothers and sister. The father and mother escaped with severe burns. Evidences ol the Storm. Jacksonville, Fia^ Oat. 1?A special from Key West says tiiafc fifty dead bodies, victims of wrecks occurring on the reefs during.the recent storm, have been washed ashore on the islands. The dead are evidently sailors from vessels destroyed, although the length of time which has elapsed since the storm has rendered the bodies b?yond identification through decomposition. The prob* abilities are that many more of these ghastly evidences of the hurricane's fury will be brought to light In a few days.