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? ? - j. j-:-- ?... . jij ~VOLTLI. WINNSBORO, S. Cm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1897. NO. 36. CAN'T KEEP LIQUOR ] r IN YOUR HOUSE UNLESS IT IS OFF! j r CIAL OR STAMPED. L Important Decision? litsuli of a Divided! -T..o* ts-a "vt^s Mr r!s.l i? Attention to! [WC4* ^ f the United States Court's I>t cisicc. By reason of an equally divided | court the State supreme court has ren- j dered a decision to the effect that a man cannot keep two and a half gal- j Ions of whiskey in his house for his own personal use, without the commissioners stamp upon it, without laying himself liable to criminal prosecution under the dispensary la*-. The decision ^as rendered in the case of Anderson Chastian and the judgment of the circuit court below stands' affirmed. Chief Justice Slclver and Associate Justice Gary have filed very strong opinions against sustaining the finding of the lower court. Mr- Justice Jones files the opinion on the other side, in which Associate Justice Pope concurs. In the Florence case recently decided, in which the court was equally divided, the appellants have submitted a request that a rehearing he granted before all the judges sitting en banc. 2so doubt a j similar request will be made in this [ case. Chief Justice IxTcIver, in his opinion, thus presents the matter in substance: The defendant was found guilty ana sentenced to pay a line 01 $iou or go on the chain gang for three months for having in his possession two and a half gallons of corn whiskey, which had no State stamp on it. On this! judgment an appeal vras taken to the j supreme court of the State. The appeal was taken on the follow- j ing grounds in briefFirst. Because his honor erred in charging the jury as follows: "The question is did he have liquor there, keeping it there without any stamps on it? If so, he must show that either he bought it through the regular channels, the dispensary, or that he obtained it from the State commissioner the proper stamps to be put on it ' ana snouia. nave coargtu iuc jury | instead thai the keeping of a small quantity of liquor in his dwelling:? house for his own use and not to be j bartered does not constitute a crime, j Second. That it is only the storing or keeping in possession of alcoholic liquors for some unlawful use or purpose, which is made an indictable of fense by statute and ins honor erred, j in not so holding. The chief j ustice states th it from the testimony, the State constables found j in the dwelling house, while defend ant was absent a three gallon jug | containing about two gallons of corn * wniskey, which they seized, because there were no stamps upon it from the State commissioner. There was no testimony to show that the whiskey was for sale or any other unlawful purpose or that the defendant had ever sold whiskey. On the contrary the defendant stated that he had obtained the whiske5y about iLree -preens previous for his own personal use and i'or no other purpose, because he was in bad health and needed it; that he m had never sold any whiskey and could not tell how much of it he .had used pill before it was seized. It was admitted that the whiskey had not been bought from a dispensary and it had no stamps on it The charge of the circuit judge was as follows: ''The in dictment is for storing and keeping in possession .alcoholic liquors. If a man j undertakes to keep liquor jbe mustj have the stamp of 'the State commis- j' sioner. The-question is did he have liq"uor. there, keeping it without any stamp, ? if so he must show that he , bought it from the dispensary or that j he obtained from the "State commis- j sioner the stamps to put on it. The j law pi events this storing of liquors, j shows how it may fce kept safely j without any trouble and if a man is] not minded to put himself to that * trouble, then he.will have to lock out for the consequences." The chief justice goes on to say that j the. circuit judge proceeded upon the i theory that it is an indictable effense j for- a nerson to have in his possession j alcoholic liquors, even for his o^nj rpcniirfd stamDS are! upon it. In the Srsi place the indictment dees not charge any such oil'ense for it does not charge that liquors wei-e found without the requisite . stamps. On the contrary the charge is that the defendant unlawfully stcr- ' ed certain contraU\nd liquor. In the 1 second place an examination of the dispensary law of ISOtJ fails to disclose s any provision making it an indictable s offense for a person to have liquor in I his possession without the stamps of j1 the State on it. There sre several pro visions m tnai act maxing sucn nquor . liable to seizure and forfeiture, but none declaring that the mere fact that 1 a person is found in possession of alcoholic liquors without stamps shail constitute a criminal cil'ense. The sections of ;he act, which it is contended sustain this prosecution are the 1st, the 25th, the 2t>? and 35th, ana these sections are considered in the opinion of the chief justice. After quoting tbe first section he j says that it is divided into twodis-j tinct parts; the first part makes it a!' penal offense to do any of the acts , therein forbidden, while the second pari was intended to render the li- ' quors referred to liable to seizure : without a warrant and to forfeit them. In other words the first sentence af fects persons only and not property,?' while the second affects property and not persons. It is clear that the per son charged must not only have manPVfVhanofid. UiaVbUtv.U} JViUj VMA s ? 0"-'7 received or accepted, stored or kept in his possession spirituous liquors, but must have done so for some unlawful purpose for that is not only the proper , gramatical construction of the Ian- j, guage, but also such a construction is > necessary to relieve the oilicers char- j gea' with the duty of storing and keeping of spirituous .liquors from the , penalties-prescribed. While the evi- , dence shows that the liquor in question was kept in the defendant's dwel- ' li'ner Virmc-o thpvp ! ? r-.n ^videRCS teildinjr . to show that it was kept for unlawful use.- On the contrary, the evidence is that he kept'it believing that it was , necessary for his bodily health. Un less,--therefore, the act contains some provision making it unlawful to drink or otherwise use for his own personal benefit or gratification any spirituous < liquors not obtained from'the dispenoowrr rv? -nrs* tho cfomrx! f)F ' the Slate commissioner it is obvious j < that one essential element of the of- i1 fense charged is lacking. The act Trill : be searched in vain for any such pro- i vision, and hence it cannot be said <; ; i ! CLi?Al JXCCVUig OIIU i L^uors for o^e's ovrn persona! use or}; gratification constitutes any offense! against the criminal laws of the State, j The 25th section is quoted and Mr. j Justice Mclver holds that it does not j even purport to create any criminal offense but deals only with ihe seizure itLtU. lUHCioUJ, W Ul wuuawuu lJVj ^ui.. I Indeed the proviso recognizes the legality of the possession of certain liquors which are not bought from the dispensary. The 26th section is ntxfc quoted, which it is contended was not to create any criminal offense, but to pre- j vent the courts from entertaining any 1 action for the recovery of the price of any liquor so seized. So much of the 35th section which is pertinent is quoted. It is difficult to see what light ihis section throws on the subject. It certainly creates no criminal offense except in the last paragraph, which has nothing: to do with the case, in that it provides for a punishment for imitation of stamps. He concluded by saying: "A very j careful consideration of this case ins all its aspects leads inevitably to the conclusion that the grounds of appeal I roust be sustained." Finally, he says, j "Inasmuch as this opinion wasorigi-i nally prepared before the recent decis-1 ion of the supreme court of the United) States ia Donald vs. Scott, 1G5 U. S-: j SS, vras announced, I desire to avaiij myself of the opportunity now pre- j sented of adding that it seems to me absolutely necessary to adopt the conwhich I have reached in order I to avoid a conflict with the decision of 1 the supreme court of the United States, I which it must be conceded is a final j arbiter of all questions involving a j construction of the Constitution of I the United States." JUSTICE GARY'S VIEW. Mr. J ustice Gary, in his opinion j concurring with the opinion of the chief justice, after reviewing the facts of the case and quoting several sections of the disnsnsary law applica j ble to the case says: "When these sections are construed together they shovr first that the act does not prohibit, but on the contrary j in express language, permits a person j * * 1 f<\v Vtic: ( tO iiCCp JUl^-lur 1X1 ilia iui j own use. Second, that in order to J throw the protection of the law around j the liquor in his possession for his use, j it is necessary to furnish an inventory of the quantity and kinds to the State j commissioner and apply for certificate to affix thereto. "Tnird, that if the liquor in. his possession is seized because it has not the necessary certificates and labels required by the act, and he claims the liquor the burden of proof is upon him to show that it is for his own use. "The act contemplated that there would necessarily be some time afteri t'lo Km?r?v name into nnssession Of the S person for his ov?n use before he could I apply to the State commissioner for j the necessary certificates and labels. If it was seizad because it did not have j the necessary certificates and labels, j he was even then to be deprived of the j liquor, provided he could show it was | for his own use; but in that case, the j burden, ol proof would be upon him toj SHOT? 11 Was IOr~~afCCO. purpose. aii? other construction of the act would make a person a violater of the law who simply received as a present a bottle of liquor coming from another State, although it mtght be his intention forthwith to apply to the State commissioner for the necessary certiS cates and labels to atSx to it. "A construction contrary to thatj which we place upon the act would I even make a person a violater o; the j law who took a drink of whiskey na- s less it came from the dispensary, "We cannot think this was the in- { tention oi the legislature. For these | TT-^ nnn* in t>iA P.irftiusion ! L^AOUUO ?V ^ A AA VMV ? ? _ - anounced by Mr. Chief Justice Mcl ver. j JUSTICE JONES1 POSITION. Justice Jones, in bis decision sus-j taining the lower court, contends that | the sole question for determination is} whether the dispensary act of XS95 j prohibits the storing or keeping of in- j tcxicatiner liquors without having on] ihe vessel the" stamp of the State corn- { missicner. "The "construction contended for Dy the learned chief justics," he holds, "would practically nullify the dispensary law, for it is not possible to held that the keeping of ! intoxicating liquors in possession without permission of the stamp is not punishable unless it was kept for unlawful use, and not be compelled to hold the same thing in reference to the manufacture and sale of such liquor. Moreover, if a sale of intoxi- ] eating liquors is not unlawful, unless j made for an uniawiui use, men keeping in possession of contraband j liquor for sale for a lawful use is not j unlawful. This would make a para- j dise for blind ti ^ers; I should say, j rather, there would be nr>bliid tigers since everybody could sell and keep { for sale intoxicating liqaoic openly j and with impunity. (: ' The construction we contend for is not only the natural and grammatical construction of the language used, but is consistent with the scheme of the dispensary act, whereas, the other construction is the unnatural, ungram \ matical and destructive of the design j and operation of the dispensary laS The question is one of construction} merely. It is simply our duty to de-1 clare the law. We have nothing to ] do with its wisdom or- its severity. { The harshness of its operation, real or { supposed, should not in the Jeast j swerve us from our plain duty. There j was no error in the charge of the! judge complained of ana the judgment j of liie circuit court should be affirmed, j A Little Fiend. ^ Chicago, April 6.?Russell Freer, j thetwosnda half year old so a of| poor parents living at 2495 Thirty j Ninih Place burned oat the eyes of his j ten months old brother this morning i with a red hot poker and the doctors 1 i.l! :t ti TKo S oannuu ujii u i.u" viiiiu win xuv eye balls and eye lids of the baby were destroyed, the cheeks and forehead badly scarred and the iron almost penetrated the brain, The strange deed was committed during the absence of the mother who heard the infant's screams of agony as she was returning home, and running in.o the room saw the boy sitting asu*K.o his no^'c Wr>ri \r tcith thp VlPflffid i?DT> id his hands and laughing in a fiendish delight. He does not realize what he has done. Damages for Murder. Yorkvivle, S. C., April S? A verdict of ?0.500 was rendered against Marion F. Reese in favor of the es-j tate of Charles T. Williams in the! sourt of common pleas here yesterday. j The suit was brought by J. H. Riddle, i administrator. Reese was recently! convicted of the murder of Williams, and suit for damage was accordingly brought. The defense has moved for o nmp trfft] ""new school rules. SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES ADOPTED BYTHESTATE BOARD. Regolatlons Whlcb. Are Expected to Increase the Facilities and Usefulness of thg Public School System?Of Interest to Patrons and Teachers. At a recent meetis^ the State Beard of Education adopted some rules for the conduct of the public schools in the State ^vhich. are very important and, in some respects, departuresfrom previous regulations- i-uesc wctc adopted after much discussion, it being the desire of the board to make the schools up to-date as far as possible. Among some of the more important regulations are the following: Requiring examinations to be held in. every county three times a year, in February, June and September. Certificates for first and second grades only will be issued, but tnis does not affect third grade certificates now in existences. No teacher shall be kin by consanguinity or affinity -within second degree to a member of the board or principal of a school shall be employed. Certificates in one County sball be good in another if it is pronerly registered. (July school supplies autnorizea oj the State Board shall be purchased for use ia public schools. The complete text of the new rules follow and must prove of interest to patrons and teachers a]ike: The State Board of Education shall be governed by the following rules, except when a rule is suspended by a two third vote of the board: Section 1. The Governor shall be chairman and the State Superintendent of Education secretary of the board. Sec. 2. The Board shall meet in January, May and September of each year aud at such other times as the chairman may designate. Sec. 3. The secretary shall keep a record of the actions of the board in a book provided for that purpose. Sec. 4. The order of business shall be as follows: Calling toordei, reading of minutes of the previous meeting, unfinished business, reports of committees, report of the chairman, rf?r,orfc cf the secretary and new busi C - - M ness. Sec. 5. All resolutions shall be reduced to writing bv the mover, and likewise all amendments. Sec. 6. A motion must receive a see ond before it shall be entitled to consideration by the board. Sec. 7. The chairman and secretary are authorized to nil all vacancies that Jiav occur in the County Bosrd of Education and to report their action to the board at its next meeting for its consideration. Sec. 8. Should a vacancy occur in the office of County Superintendent of Education the other two members of the county board shall perform the duties of the office until the vacancy ift filled by this board and the chairman secretary saaii so instruct" them. Sec. 9. AU vacancies in the office of County Superintendent of Education shall be filled by ballet, and a two third yote of the members present shall be necessary to nil the vacancy. I Sec. 10. An applicant for a teachers' | State certificate shall stand a satisfac- j tory examination before this board at! c rAGfijiar meetm?* of the board, or, I upon special order of the chairman of i the board, the State Superintendent of j Education shall hold 'such examina-! ti jn and report the same to the board j at ilsnexi meeting, for its cDnsideration, or present a full diploma from some college or university of standing satisfactory to the board. In all cases applicants shall furnish satisfactory evidence of good charac-1 shall ha sicrned bv ! the chairman and secretary of the j boaid, under the seal of the office of j the State Superintendent of Education, ; continue of force for t ^o years, enti-1 tie the holder to teach in the public ! schools of>ny County in the S;ate j upon the registration of the certificate j in t'np of the CountvSucerinten-1 dent of Education of the county, and j may be renewed at^'.the discretion of this Board. A State certificate shall not be issued to any person undei 20 years of age. Sec. 11, All scholarships in State institutions shall be awarded a competitive examination held by or under the j discretion cf the State Superintendent! of Education. Note: The manner of awarding; these scholarships, together with rules j to govern them, was not decided on, j further consideration beina: postponed I until the next meeting in May. Sec. 12. The County Board of Ed-1 ucaiion of each Oountv shall meet on j the third Saturday in February, June j and September of each year for tne purpose of examining applicants for a teacher's county certificate of qualification, and the transaction of all other business that may come before it, ample puDlic notice shall be given of the time and dace of all such meetings. Sec. 13. Every applicant for a county certificate shall stand a satisfactory -written examination before a ^ j _ e T/i j t uounty i3aara uii^uuuauuu, <ju. u.u.i form questions prepared and furnished by the State Board, the examination to be held in all the Counties on. the same day, or he or she shall present to the County Board a full diploma from some reputable chartered college or university of this State, irnnwn tn bs of s-ood stanciinsr. No j certificate shall be issued on a diploma I showing that the holder has corn pie:- I ed the course of only some particular j department of a school; the diploma j S ust'shoTT that the full college course j has been completed. Sec. 1*. Only on 2 ^rade of exatni i nation questions shall be prepared and j furnished for the County examina- j tions. Sec. 15. There shall be bat two grades of teachers' county certificates ?first grade and second grade?this not to affect third grade certificates novr outstanding. Sec. 16. To obtain a first grade cer- j tific. .e an applicant must make a gen-1 eral average of not less than 75 per j cent, on tne questions submitted, and j not less than 60 per cent, on any! branch: and to win a second grade j certificate the applicant must make a general average of not more than 70 ! rwr cent, and not less than 50 on any one branch, Algebrabeing excluded in marking for a second grade. See. 17. >~o person shall b3 permitted to take an examination who is not at least IS years of age, and before taking an examination each applicant shall satisfactorily pass such cral test in reading and language as the Board mgv impose. | Sec. IS. A certificate shall not be renewed by the board issuing it. j Provided. That if a teachers' institute is held in the county, a first grade certificate 5hall not be renswed unless the holder attends the institute, and provided, further. That if ihe holders of a second grade certificate attends :iie institute a second grade certificate i Tv.av HA Twip.wed. Sac. 19, The County board shall issue to each applicant making the required percentile a certificate, signed by each member of the board and under the seal of the County Superintendent of Education of the County, shewing on its face the percentage made on each branch and the general ? ! average, me ceruaca.ce suajx ran jui j two years from its date and the hold[ er shall be deemed competent to teach in the public schools of the County. Sec 20. No certificate of qualifica- j tion shall be granted by any County Board under any circumstances to any person who is under IS years of age. Sec. 21. The County Board cf on6 County may recDgniz* a csrtiScate issued by a County B^ard of another county, but in such case they shall register the nsrne of the holder, county | from which issued, date and number of the certificate, and when so register? *>.3 it cVioi 1 ssmfi feres as if 1 issued in that county. ] Sec. 22. Eich County Board shall i keep a register in whic!i shall be re- J corded the name, and, sex, color and postollice cf each person to whom a J j certificate is granted, and also the date i i and grade of the certificate. See 23. Every claim of warrant isued by a board of trustees shall be signed by at least two members of the Board and should not oe approved uy ; ! the couDty Superintendent of Eiuca-1 I tion until the clerk of the beard of j trustees has entered it upon a book j j kept for that purpose. I 8ic. 2i. No tes.cher shall be em-j | ployed by a board of trustees who is | related by consanguinity or affinity j within the second degree to a member | of the board or to a principal o: a i school, nor shall thev employ a teach ] er holding p certificate issued by a j ! board of another county until the certificate has been duly registered in the | oiHce of the County Superintendent j of their own county. Sec. 25. That no school sunoiies j shall be purchased by school oillsers i for use in the public schools of any E county in the fctate cxcept sucn as are | authoomsd by the State Board to be I' sold. The venders of all such supplies authorized to be sold by this Board shall enter into a written contract with this Board, in which the prices of the supplies ?hall be stated and copies of the supplies shall be placed in the ofllce of the State Superintendent of Education and the supplies sold I to the schools shall at all times con j form to me samples, ana ice pnu-.s j S shall not exceed the prices agreed on. j | The County Boards may allow orj j disallow such supplies, or any of them, ; to be sold in their counties. In case ! they permit the same to be sold they | shall give the vendor a written per| mission, to cJxer.thejsame _to the trus| tses of their counties, Hie priaos vyf-ttio | supplies to be named in the written | permisssion, leaving the purchase, err ' - - c *r\c> 4i\ nvVVi inrlor | LIU uy Ui tsy buv jjVww j ! meat, of the boards of trustees. Ia case I the trustees purchase any of such supplies they may give a warrant against the school fund of their district in payment therefor, but in no case shall the County Superintendent of Education countersign or indorse any such warrant until the supplies have been 1 1 ' X1 /">1 *-? (ienvereu; j,oe uaumv shall hold all such Warrants in his possession until the delivery of the supplies is made. All persons purchasing any such -warrant before the same has been countersigned by the County Superintendent of Eiucation do so at their own risk. Boards of Education. The following boards of education have been appointed by the State Board : ! Abbeville?J. M. Knight, Abbeville; J \ S. P. McElroy , Dae West. | Aiten?K. L. G-unter, Aiken; Jno. j V. Ivreps, Langley. A ? J ? "C1 TLT/w. f A nrlpr- I | ii-UU-CroUil?vv .A'. Muubtivj., <^uv.w? . [son: L. M. ilahafey, Anderson. I Barnwell?R. H. Harlej, Williston; T. P. Lide, Barnwell. I Beaufort?Wm. Elliott, Jr., Beau| fort; T. 0. Hutson, Beaufort. Berkeley?F. W. Ddntzler, Mt. j Charleston?W. M. Whitehead | Charleston; ,'Rober.'; E. Seabrook, j Charleston. i Cherokee?It. 0. Sams., Gafney, N.i ! rr r ,*.i ... f j a. juiiuejyun, Chester?S. B. Latham, Chester; j Jas. Hamilton, Chester, j Chesterfield?15. F. Kargatt, Ches- j ! terfield; A. H. Mclrm, Cheraw. j Clarendon?J. H. Lesesne, Manning; E. J. Browne, Hanning. ! Colleton?J. E. Purifoy, Walterj boro; J. T. Hiers, Walterboro. Darlington?Jas- R. Coggeshall, Darlington; J. B. Fioyd, D.irliogtcn. Edgefield? E. H. Folk, Eigefield; H. S. Hartzog, Johnston, j Florence? D. McDuffie, Friendfield; : W. N. McPherson, Darlington. I G-reenviUe?Julius L. Esfce^, Piedj moat; O. B. Martin, Greenville. Hampton?T. H. Fits, Hamotoa; J. I rrr t> TT 4-^^ j vv. lwuse, cLAuipiuu. Horrj?D. A Sprvay, Co a way, W. | C. Graham, Sccastee. j Kershaw?Taos. Pate, Camden; W. i J. Viliepjgue, Camden. Lancaster?J. T. G-reen, Lmcaster; J. H. Foster. Lancaster. Laurens?J. B. Parratt, Highland j ; Home; J. B. Watkins, Laurens, j Lexington?L. B. Hayne, Leesville; j j F. E. Dreher, Lexington. | Ivlarion?P. H. Ei?rards, Hullins: ! J. L>. iicbucas, iuanoa. i Marlboro?J. D. Moore, Bennelts| ville; J. A. Calhoun, Ciio. Newberry, G. G. Sale, Newberry; W. H. Wallace, Newberry. Oconee?W. J. Scribbling, Walhalia; W. A. Dickson, Broyles. Orangeburg?Robt. Lide, Orangeburg : A. H. Moss, Orangeburg. Pickens?J. E. Parson, Pickens; S. W. O'Doll, Roanoke. Richland^-E. B. Wallace, Columbia: C. E. Johnston, Columbia. Saluda?Jas. P. Bsan, Johnston; J. T. Bowies, Paynes. Spartanburg?W. J. Wall, Spartanburg; C. E Elmore, Clifton. Sumier?3. H. Eimunds. Sumtsr; H. F. Wilson, Sumter. Union?C. B. Waller, Union;C. H. Peake, Union. Williamsburg?E. G. Chandler, Kingstree, Wm. G. Gamble, Kingstree. Vnrlr ?.1 A. Rirr.m. Yorkville: J. | W. Thomson, R:>ck Hill. j Tne State Superintendent of Education was instructed to fill ail places } left vacant. THE TIDE TURNING, f DEMOCRATS VICTORIOUS IN MUNICI-j PAL ELECTIONS. i Carter Harrison "Wins--Elected Mayor of j Chicago by a Vote of >'ear2y Two to One. ' Canton Goes Democratic. Chicago, April 6. ?With the magic of his famous fathers nates, aided by the independent sj. lit in the regular Republican ranks and the Hocking of j the aiscantented laboring class to the j standard of silver Democracy, Carter I Henry Harrison was elected mayor of j Chicago today and a great Democratic triumph, was recorded. The 5(5,000 plurality ovjr McKinley ever Bryan was turned into a Democratic plurality of about SIT,000 over Judge Nathaniel C. Gears, the machine Republics a candidate for Mavor. The almost complete mayoralty returns show that Harriso.'i polled a plurality of about 7?,000 orer the next best man, Alder man John M. Harlan, a Republican who ran on the citizens ticket by himself. The figures also indicate that the next mayor polled asmsll majority over the three other pvincinal candidates, Sears, Harlan and Hesing, the ex postmaster and German editor, whose ticket was called business administration of municipal affairs. He is a gold Democrat, but his boasted strength among the independent men of 1)0th parties dwindled to about 16, UU<? total vote. Harrison's toiai vote is aoout 140,030, which, is less than 5,(X0C under the vote polled by Win. J. Bryan. j The total Republican vote is about I 57*000 while McKioiey polled 200,747 ! votes in November. The rest of the j city ticket, attorney, treasurer and i c;er?, ail tne toTin nereis ana a large j majority of the common council have gone Democratic on the tidal wave I with the possible exception of the! Hyde town ticket. Harrison or Har- J iaa carried every ward in the city and j the Republican machine was repudiated everywhere. There is really nothing left for the Republican party to ! console itself with, except afow alderi men whose records were good and who happended to live in wards that innnllir T?or\ii hi ir>c n Thft mexit of the Republicans that if Hesmg and Harlan, the two ladepend-J jents, had withdrawn, Judge Sears] would have won, dees not hold good j when it is shown that Harrison has a clear majority over ail three. The! other city tickets in the field cut no figure at all. j There was a joyful demonstration of Democrats on the streets when the result became assured and thousands gathered in front of newsoaner offices to cheer as the news was displayed. ? C inert; were imprujuu{ji.u paiauca, U..&- j works and much cannonading of the atmosphere. Carter Harrison said of the result: "Ic has been a victory of a united and not a divided Democracy. G-old as vrell 2.s silver men cast their ballots lor me. ana registerea a proies-. agauust ^misrule. The workingmen x-tzre with. 55eT*~ The late rerxras indicate that the Democrats will have 39 aldermen out of 6S in the council. Twenty-eight of the Democratic candidates are probably elected out of 34 and with the 11 Democratic holdover aldermen will give that party a majority in the leg- j isiative body. DEMOCRATIC OHIO. Chicago, April 7.?A special to the Record from Cincinnati, says: The result of the municipal elections in Ohio yesterday sho^s Democratic gains. The large cities which gave McKinley such enormous pluralities last November have gone Democratic. McKinley had only 50,000 in the State and all of this plurality came from the cities which today went Democratic. O-ivSide of these cities, the State vras carried by Bryan last November on the silver issue and the friends of John K. McLean, who is | the Democratic candidate for senator, J have made much comment cn this j fact. They claim that McLean will! carry the legislature and possibly the! Slate ticket next November on the J free silver issue. In Cincinnati, the home of Senator Foraker, a Republican plurality last year of 20,000 is displaced by a Demonln-rolitTT rwAr 7 000 If) Cleveland, the home of Senator Kanna, the Democrats made large gains, and even the home of President McKin ley at Canton, went Democratic. The home of Governor Bushnell at Springfield is strongly Republican, and that city elected a Democratic mayor by over 400. While the result in Ohio is due lar<?elv to the opposition to Geo. B. ; Cox, who had become offensive as a j boss the result in the State generally J is accredited to dissatisfactions There are many who are suffering I; in business and many more who are I( out of work, who expected relief first J month under the new administration i and some express the opinion that the free silver sentiment is growing among these people. The Democratic gaias were general. There was no special legislation of the last Republi- , can legislative on which any issues 1 were made. The man who headed the J Democratic ticket in Uincmnau, uus-i tav Tafel, was formerly a Republican, ; become a free silver Democrat three ' or four years ago. He secured the ; vote of both gold Democrats and gold ! Republicans, because he represented , the anti-Cox sentiment in this city. It is stated by the Republicans that ; they have always lost the municipal election after the inauguration of a Republican president. At Hamilton, the entire Democratic ticket is elected while Chas. S. Bosch for mayor ss-; cures a majority of 1,-100. At Zmesvilie the Democrats simply'' swept the city, electing tbeir entire city ticket. At Springfield, the Democrats car-]; ried the home of Governor liusaneii, j electing John M. Good mayor. At Akron, the contest for mayor indicates the election of Young (L)em.) I At Fostoria for the first time in 20 j years the Democrats elccled a mayor. eryas" elatei>. Washington*. Aoril 7.?Great ia-j terest was manifested here tonight in the Chicago election, and crowds congregated about the newspaper offices to receive the news. Democrats were all very much elated. Mr. Br*an was one oi the most elated. Mr. Bryan was one of the most interested in the returns, and spent an hour in the Southern Associated Press office reading the Chicago returns. Expressive of his views, his teles-ram to Mr. Har rison tonight puts them succintly. It | reads; j "Hon. Carter Harrison, Chicago:! [Accept congratulations upon your] magnificent victory. The elections in j Chicago, CincinnaLi.Detroit and ether cities indicate a decided change in! public sentiment since November. W. J. Bryan, j thrilling description ?T?n SI* SfHos ! Frcm Greesvillo. Greenville, April 0.?The Saluda River is within its banks again, after being on a boom Monday night and this morning, during which three men were dro-.vned and one mule and two horses perished. Three more men ^ 1 1_ T. ~ miracuiuusiy esuapcu usram auw ucing considerably bruised, and thou sands of dollars' worth cf bridges were swept away. The dead are John Freeman, white, cf Pickens County; Jackson Byrd, colored, of Pickens County; Babe Gillespie, colored of Greenville County. The wounded are: Claude Hood, William Green and Mr. McDade, all white, of Peizer. This river has a dccided reputation for LUi yu*WwC auu. v IUIVIAOU;, aau uxauj drownings and hair-breadth escapes are related of its former sprees. It was fifteen feet above normal at midnight before the last and was out of its banks hundreds of yards on both sides, surging and sleeping by at a terrific speed and frowning and threatening with eddies everywhere. Rising as it does in the mountains, the Saluda, above all other streams hereabouts, is particularly violent after heavy rains. The great incline of its bed and the hilly character of its banks ijives it remarkable speed and volume. It came within three inches yesterday of smashing all previous recorGS. The drowning scene was at the Cox Bridge, within six miles of this city, j One of the victims was John Free- j man, a well-to do Pickens farmer and a man of family. Ha perished in the Ui awwuu aivj ycicuua g&tu- j ered on the Pickens and Greenville | banks. Tiie bridge is a large covered wooden structure and its floor is thirteen feet above the normal heighth of the river. The two abutments are substantially counstructed cf granite, filled in to the banks with earth. The men -who perished were driving from Greenville. The water was rushing over both earthen abutments, about two feet deep on the Pickens side. The water -was about a foot and a half above the floor and sis inches more would have sent the whole structure whirling down the river. The party crossed tne bridge in safe ty. Jefr Davis, colored, ia the twohorse wagon with 2?r. Freeman, and Bryan was in a cart in front. Bryan crossed the overflowed abdument with ease, but as the wagon reached the Pickens end of the bridge, the mule, the left-hand ardmal of the team, doubted the propriety of going over the abutment and backed. The lash was applied and then the horse, which was on the left, stepped into a hole about eight inches deep. The mule j t.iriwri ?iii-i < h:-ni a fp.w feet down the em bank mom orT the abutment on his side, which was down-stream. The negro jumped out and fled 10 the bank. Mr. Freeman got into water about waist deep and went to his team and attempted to lead them back on the embankment. But the animals were excited and, rearing up, struck Mr. Freeman in the face and sent him under the water and down the stream into water about ten /J a/sys '"Pi-iA rv% rrr&c* cwant ofro>*l ICCU uccp, JbUC i.vaLu rr ao ^ ?y mluv*. him. About fifty feet from the scene of the first trouble Mr. Freeman seized a tree and grabbed his horse's bridie again, and ia the struggle went under the second time. The horse got away, and Mr. Freeman went under the last time. In a few minutes Jackson B.yrd and Bibe Gillespie were drowned in the same way as Freeman, their teams going on me oriage. ne-gic eujrts to save them were futile. The men wounded were hurt by the falling of the Pelzsr bridge. The new $12,000 iron oridge over the Saiuda River at Pelzer vras swept from its piers on Monday night. Toe loss is $3,000. The bridge was to have been accepted by the county supervisor on Saturday. Thjiloss falls upon Con tractor J. H. vv aimer, ci xennessee. The three white men named above, who were trying to save the bridge, were swept overboard by the flood of water as the bridge went down and narrowly escaped being crashed in the wreckage. Tne fall of the bridge was dae to the undermining of the masonry pier on the Anderson side, within a few hundred feet of the main building of the PeJzor Cotton Mills, and about fifty feet below their dam. This.bridge has been the subject of much controversy as to whether Greenville should pay one-half the cost of its construction. It was claimed that flroonrlllo -cc-^c Viplnincr tn HitrfirS tradft from her own machines to ward those j in Pelzer. A new span ai i pier will j have to be built. j Oi?3ned by Cubdn9. New York, April 7.?A special to Ihe Worid from Havana says: Calabazar, in this province has been raidid, the Spanish-jail forced open and eighteen insurgents, who were to be shot this week, released. Most of the Spanish guard of fifty were killed or wounded. Among the prisoners was 3enora Isabeile Teres i Monteza, said to be a relative of '3-enerai Acosta. She is nearly fifty yt'-ars of a^e and j has been confined in the vile dungeon j more than three months. She disap- j peared from her residence, two miles 1 from this place and her friends had! made many attempts to ascertain her j whereabouts, but without success, j When found she was in rags and emaciated to a shocking degree. She was very prominent in that section, had been raised in alliience and her imprisonment almost destroyed her reason. The insurgents were so wrought up by this discovery that they fired the neia wnere mey naa tne ugm ana hacked the bodies c' their fallen enemies relentlessly, so as to be sure thf.t no spark: of life remained in any of them." Found Blyihewood, April S.? About 0:30 this morning the body of W. K. Parker, a boy of IS from A:.hens, Ga., v?as found Ivino- about three leet from the railroad track one mile below j here. He is supposed to hive been j killed by the train. He was identified > by a letter found on his person. He 1 comes of good parentage and has j Koon nw?naritr rr,r* i r*C J UwVU Vf-'v* j jr AVi. now await the arrival of his uncle, A. P. O'Farrei of Athens, Ga-, where they will be carried for interaaent.? State. KNOXVILLE BURNED. Terrible Fire la the Very Heart of the Prosperous Tennessee Town. Knoxville, Tenu.. April 8.?Never in the history of Knoxviiie has the city suffered such a less by fire as it HT?ip TP.rv heart of the fiifcv. including s;me of tr.e largest whole! sale and retail business houses in the South, were destroyed. The loss is variously estimated at from one to ! one and a half million with about 60 per cent, of insurance. The loss of life is uncertain as the registers of Hotel Knox in which fifty-six people were sleeping was burned, the proprietor cf the hotel says that he had five or six guests who ^ave not put in an appearance. A. E. Weeks, of Locke, N. Y., drummer for a Rochester stamping company, is known to have perished in the liames. R. W. Hopkins, a St. Louis drummer, was last seen in the burning building in a suffocating condition. W. H. Kephart, ex secretary of the chamber of commerce, saved the life of John Bogle, an old larmer, oj dragging mm 10 the roof of another building. Kephart jumped one story and was injured. When the firemen thought all the inmates of the hotel had escaped, a woman with an infant in her arms rushed to the rear window and fnv h?>lr> A ript was miifitrlv stretched and tne woman asked tc drop the child out, but as the smoke almost choked her she told them if one haci to die, both would die. The woman was finally rescued by the! firemen. From the hotel building, j which was five stories high, the fire j spread east and west. A stiff wind j made the fUmes vdry ugly aid the] deDiriment was inadequate. DYNAMITE AND CANNON. In the wholesale hardware house of j W. W. Woodruff & Co., explosions of dynamite occurred and scores of people were hurt by iiying bricfcs and glass. Ii became necessary at last to nave the walls of one building blown dcwn by cannon to stop the mad career of tiie llarnes. A raou.ataia howitzer of ihs Knoxvllle legion, was called into .play and a load of canister did the work, at the same time tearing up some residences in a different portion ox tas cuy. The city authorities realizing that the tire departmsnt was unable to conausr the ilames, telegraphed to Chattanooga for assistance. The Southern railway made up a special train and carried the Chattanooga apparatus to Knoxville, 111 miles, 115 minutes. One stop was made for water, the actual running time being 60 miles an hour. When the engine arrired hers the fire was about under control, yet the Chattanooga boys did o<*n ry-i ttpav?It Is is mora than probable that J. C. if. Bogie, the old gentleman hurt in the hotel will die. He iahaled lames. The last man to ieave the burning hotel says that he u positive that five or sis persons were burned. He ran over three or four men in the hailways who were suffocated. J. M. Dean, of Kansas City, who jumped from the burning building, wiU. a tlrming story or his es;aoe. iie started ox ' W 1.0.x v^iy kiu miinshirt on. and had that torn oif before he reached the street. His room mate, W.A. Kabor, was more fortunate, saving two shirts. Tae Travelers Protective Association members of she local post took care of all drummers, buying some suits out and out. W. H. Mitchell, of Abingdon, jumped from the burning building to the bank building. W. I. Johnson,; a railroad baggage master, came down from the fifth story hand over hand on the water pipes before the engines arrived. Only one of the guests saved any of his effects. The list of dead and injured so far as reported is as follows. The dead: A. E. Weeks, Locks, N. Y. K. W. Hopkins, St. Louis, Mo. Kobinson, Pulaski, Tenn. S. E. Williams, Springfield, Mass. The injured: J. C. M. Bjgle, of Tennssse, burned, and will die. D. M. Dvian, Indianapolis, lad., ankle sprained." Thomas S. Peck, Morristoi7n,Tenn., ankle sprained. Lieut. Hood, Knoxville, cut on face and head by glass. Clauds Harris, Knoxyilie, cut in dozen places. Policeman Asquith, burned and cut by flying glass. Policeman Duncan, badly burned and was carried home. Fire Chief Mcintosh, bruised from fall. W. H. Kephart, Knoxville, internally hurt. A cabinet maker named P. C. Dyer fell dead on the street from fright. A man named Robinson, from Pulaski, Tenn.. is suososed to be another vie tim. He was registered in the hotel and has not shown up. Bryan and McKlaley Meet. Washington, April 6 .?There were some important callers at the white house this morning before the cabinet assembled at 11 o'clock. First came Senator Hanna, of Ohio, who had just returned from Cleveland, whither he went to cast his vote at the municipal elections yesterday. He was with Mr, McKinley half an hour. When he emerged he said, commenting upon the elections, that they were without any save local significance. While Mr. Hanna was still in the white house, Mr. Bryan, late Democratic candidate for president, called with Representative McMillen, of Tennessee, aad Attorney General Smythe, of Nebraska, to pay his re specis zo n:s success: m nvai. xney were immediately ushered iat"> Mr. McKmiey:s oSEbe. The president, who was talking with a group of gentleman, advanced and the president and the ex-candidate shook hands cordially. Mr. Bryan remarked upon the president's apparent good health and the latter spoke of the fact that he had seen by the newspapers that Mr. Bryan was here to argue a case before the supreme court. He also said he had received a copy of Mr. bryan s bock a few days ago, out as yet had not had tirae to read it. "Ther^ is no law which compels you to read it," remarked Mr. Bryan, smiling. After a further exchange of courtesies and pleasantaries, Mr. Bryan retired. Two KtileU on as liaslne. Charlotte, X. C., April 7.?The engine of the Cape Ftar aa<3 Yadkin Valley railroad, which left Mount Airy today at 2:30 p. m., was derailed near | Pilot Mountain and Fireman Wal-! ter Chailia and Conductor Fred! Fouschee, the latter riding on the1 engine at the lime, were caught under ; it and killed. Engineer Powers was ' badly injured. ~ j | CROPS OF TEE STATE, RAINFALL GENERAL AND HEAVY-ALL FARM WORK BEHIND. IT*. Tf Af ti >.*1 A" IU-3 AlVi CMUXLl WX VVUiiUW ITrAVU* caUv Nothing Has Been Done Towards Planting?Uplands Being Too Wet Even. A General Review. Columbia, April 7.?Director Bauer resumes today his weekly summary of reports 01 ine weatner ana crops in the State. In view of the recent longcontinued rains, the first report will be extremely interesting to business men in the towns and cities as well as the farmers of the State: WEATHSB. The general weather conditions during the present crop season were unfavorable for the preparation of lands for planting and in consequence the season is laie, Dsing variously estimated from tea to twenty days later than usual. It is due mainly to the excessive rains of February, followed by continued cloudy and rainy weather during March, with light winds, except, for a few days during the third decade of March, when clear, cool and 3 ^ mt - -. j vvmuy weaiuer prevailed. xxus m tarn was followed by rains which suspended plowing and planting up to date. The temperature during the week covered by this bulletin averaged slightly cooler than usual, with mini* mum "temperature bslow freezing as 1 Art ?if <"? -? Da*1?a!a*? ?CkLj;a.O* W A1U YV livirc WLLLii. ice was noted on the morning of March 28. Frost was general on that date, killing in exposed places, bat owing to the backwardness of thesaason, injury "was limited, being confined to corn, where up, and to fruit, which was materially damaged in York, Spartanburg and the northwestern counties generally. Peaches suffered most. During the week the temperature ranged bstween a minimum of 26 degrees at Greenville and a nnaximu. n of 79 degrees at Shaw's Forks. The rainfall was general over the State and was heaviest over the western counties, where it averaged nearly one and a half inches, while for the entire State the average was 1.33 inches. The greatest amount for tne week was 2.75 inches at Hillsville, and the least 0.36 at Barks dale. The normal for the same period is approximately 0.75 inch. Tne week was deficient in sunshine. In places there was practically none, 9 percent of the possible being- reported from Elmore, OrangeburgUounty; the largest percentage was reported from Forrestville, Florence County, * with r??r Tho or-i>?a(?o fn? tha 9 entire Slats was about 30 par cent. of the possible; the normal sunshine at % this season or the year being about 68 per cent. CEOPS. As previously slated, and for the reasons given, farm work is very much behind hand, in South Carolina, except in Horry, Marion and Marlboro Counties, where the conditions have jncire advaixc^cL. In tne nortutrfiiTior ??< or Ooanties from Chesterfield westward, practically nothing has been done towards planting, for even the uplands were too wet to prepare except for a few days in the latter part of March, after which more rain again made plowing impracticable. It is in those counties that the season is most backward. But little can as yet be said in detail qc tr? ^r'An? "f/n* nlowfin/* koe waf v?w HV W^v^/v. AVA JUk t-<?3 uvy fairly begun, except that in the northeastern Counties corn planting is nearing completion and the stand fair where it has corns up. In other sections of the State some few farmers have planted corn, but the work is not yet general In Dorchester, Berkeley and Colleton some seed is rotting in the ground and replanting will be necessary. In the extreme eastern coun4.:~~ ? u? i~ uea uyiwju jjittiiiiiig iaixij' ucgu_u, bat in the central and western counties very little or none has bsen planted. and .very little of the lands prepared. Wheat and oats are looking promising over the entire Sate. Few spring oats have been sown, as the ground was too wet. la many sections correcr\f>nrlontc Mnii-t tVto infonfirtn nf fai?rr? J- U 1UWUIMVU Vi. ers to plant sorghum cane largely for a feed crop to substitute for oats. Sorghum cane seed reported scarce. Bice lands have been too wet to prepare for planting:,land in some districts nothing .has been done as yet; in others about half the lands are prepared. Gardens are very backward, for the general reasons already assigned, and on account of cool weather lately. In the truck farm districts the season is an early one; there having been no set-back from frost since Janurry. Fruit generally looks promising, except that it is greatly feared that peaches were materially damaged by tne irost ana ireeze 01 Marcn za as lar eastward as Orangeburg and Colleton Counties. As is usually the case the frost was more severe in some place3 than in others. In York, Spartanburg and Greenville Counties it is the unqualified opinion of all correspondents that peaches were about all killed. Elsewhere the extent of injury is as yet, uncertainFruit, other than peaches and plums, is apparently safe. _ The following extract from the National Bulletin for the month of March summarizes the extent of planting for the two principal crops of the South: "Some corn has been planted as far north as Tennessee, and the southern portion of Missouri and Kansas, planting in Texas and Louisiana being about completed, and in Alabama, ilississipDi ana Texas the early planted is up." "Cotton planting in Texas has progressed favorably, and sooie has been planted in South Carolina, but in other States of the cotton belt practically no planting has been done up to tae close of the month." J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Tlion Leave It to the Needy. Fargo, N. D., Aprils.?The;*e being a diversity of opinion as to the matter of receiving aid from congress for sufj ferers by the Hood, Mayor Johnson of | this city called a meeting of citizens - _ tuis evening to discuss the question. ! The meeting was an enthusiastic one, j and great indignation was felt among I those" present regarding the exagger ated reports sent out regarding the Hoods. Secretary of War Alger was wired that Fargo was very grateful for the profered aid, but none was needed. Senator Hansbrough, Congressman Johnson and Ssnator Rocah , were also wired to the same effect, - - ^ :