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SHOT TEE MAYOR DEAD. CARTER HARRISON OF CHICAGO ASSASSINATED Four Shots Fired Into His Itody from a Revolver? A Deliberately Planned Crime?The Famous Politician and Leader Dies In a Few Minutes. Chicago, Oct. 28.?Carter Ilenry HarrisoD, five times mayor of Chicago, ex-Congressman, ex-county commissioner, editor, capitalist and author, was assassinated in his own residence at 231 South Ashland avenue this evening al 8 o'clock. Three bullets entered his body and In less than one hour after the first Bhot was fired death ensued. The man who did the shooting was arrested and locked up at the Des Plains Street Station. There the man save hid name as Eusrene Patrick Prendergast. war At one time a member of the Chicago police force. The incidents that led up to the killing show that it was premeditated and deliberately planned. At 7:50 o'clock this evening a nan ran up the front steps ot Mr. Harrisoa's residence and rang tbe bell. Mirv Faoseo, the servant, answered the bell and the nan outside asked lor Mr. Harrison. She said he would have to wait a moment as Mr. Harrison was asleep on the sofa in the parlor- at the same time going back through the hall to call him, leaving the door open. In a moment Mr. Harrison stepped from tbe parlor into the hall. In an iDstant the mao had drawn a revolver aud flred, the shot entering the abdomen just above the navel. Two more shots rantr out an Instant later, the first of mKmh ontorprl the mavor's bodv under the left arm, penetrating the heart. Mr. Harn&on. when the first shot was fiied, had started toward the door, and ' tbe second shot ettuckhim when witbiu a few feet of the assassin. Mr Harrison was so close to the muzzle ef the re volver, when the third shot was fired, that the bullet shattered one ot the knuckle* of his lelt hand and the powder burned t he flesh. Mr Harrison's coachman, "'ho was in tbe rear of the bouse when the first shot was fiied, raa into tbe ball ana fired three shots at the nan a< he started ou' of tbe irontdoor. The murderer stopped for an instant turned about and fired a parting shot at tbe coachman. He then ran down the front, steps and passed rapidly North on Ashland avenue. Mayoi Hasrison, after the last shot WftB nieu, eteppeu iuiu tuc ^auui auu started toward t*e . inrae room. He had taken but a few steps when he fell into the butler's pantry, which led to tbe rear of the house. His son Preston, who was upstairs at the time of the shooting, ran down and was at his father's side in an instant. Mr. Harrison said: "I am shot. Preston, and cannot live, where is Annie." Mr. Harrison hastily left his father's side and rushed out upon tbe street in pursuit of the assassin. In the meantime, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Chalmers, " who live across the street, had started for tbe Harrison residence, as they bad heard the shootiDg. They hastily entered the house. Mr. Chalmers at once making: a pillow of his overcoat, wbich he placed under Mr. Harrison's head. "* * 4- IItta J J "1 Dave oeeu tsuuu uuu cauuui n*o, said the mayor, as be gasped for breath. "You wont die," Baid Mr. Chalmers, "you have only been shot in the abdomen." "No, I have been shot in the heart und I know 1 cannot live," was the reply. These were the^last words of the mayor. He immediately became unconscious and died at 3:25. The murderer, pursued by the coachman, ran along Ashland avenue toward Monroe street, at a breakneck pace. Coming to Monroe street, he turned to the East and started or the city hall. The pursuer, who had been reinforced by the officer and several citizens, gained rapidly on / their man. On they ran until Des Plains street was reached, when the hunted man again turned to the North and in a few moments had reached the Des Plains street police stalion. He walked in and approached the sergeant at the desk. He was about to speak when the loremost of his pursuers rushed breathlessly into the station. "Lock that man up," said the coach man, "lie nas Kiuea mayor narnsou.-Id an instant the sergeant was out from behind his desk and catching bold of the man'8 arm pulled him within the wide enclosure as tbouah to preserue his life from a crowd which was gathering with astonishing rapidity. Without waiting to register the prisoner, he was quickly taken back and placed behind the bars. The station was then cleared of the excited people and the sergeant went for a talk with the prisoner. "My name is Eugene Patrick Prendergast," he said in response to the first inquiry, "Do you know that you haye killed Mayor Harrison?" asked the sergeant. "Yes, and I am alad of it." was the answer. "He promised to give me the corporation counselahip and he has not kept bis word." "Where do you live?" "At COS Jane street with my mother," said the prisoner. This ended the interview. Tbe sergeant at once telegraphed the central station m a few moments several officers from that district were at the station. A patrol was called altera fe-v minutes and the pnsoner was brought to the central sthtiou down t<wn. Here another examination was held and the revolver vhich h;.d beeu taken from the murderer at the Des Plains Street Station was given lmo the keeping of the officer in charge. Sbortlv alter 11 o'clock, the pat'ol was again brought into requisition tor the purpose of conveying the prisoner to the county jail. The news that the murderer bad been apprehended spread rapidly dowD town, and when the officers emerged from the station in the big county building, they found a crowd of nearly ?00 persons assembled about the entrance. The prisoner wus instantly brought back into the station and a consultation held. The officers fearing violence to the prisoner, feared to make the trip and asked reinforcements. A detail of six officers was summoned and, 11:15, the prisoner, closely guarded, was brought out of the station, hurried threat h the long passage to the street and huetled Into tbe wagon in ajilly. The officers were barely seated before the wagon was in motion and, amid the muttering of the crowd, hurried ofl to North Side, where he was lod4ed in the county jail for safe keeping. When asked at the station house why % he killed the mayor, Prendergast said. "He said he would make me corporation counsel and he did not do it. That's what I shot him for." Miss Annie Howard, the fiancee of Mr. Harrison, was in the house at the time the fatal shot was flerd. In accordance with the wounded man's request sbe was at once summoned to his side and was present when the end came, Whenit became evident that Mr. Harrison could not survive hia injuries and eoulJ live but a few minutes at the most, Miss Howard's grief was pitiable. She was completely overcome and was led awav by friends, who feared for the eflfct upon her of her grief. She was taken m a close carriage to the home of Carter H. Harrison, Jr., where she spent the uight. A MATTER OF FINANCE. CoDstractlon of Good Raadi Tdlaaole for Both Libor and Capital. At the recent convention 01 me American Bankers Association io Chicago, Judge E. H. Tnayer. of Clinton, Ia.,delivereii an address upon the subject of goods roads. Mr. Thayer considered the subject of good roads as a matter of finance. In the main he said: All civilized and semi-barbarous nations recognize tbe fact that the laborer must have employment. Wars have been waged to give idle men something to do. This republic by engaging in legitimate enterprises alone, has been able to furnish employment to iis great mass of workingmen. But has not this continent come face to face with the labor problem which the old world has sought in vain to solve for centuries? Have not the larger enterprises, such as railroads, mines, and the leading industries nearly reached the limit of their capacity and profitableness? While the nation may continue to prosper and grow in wealth and population is it not reaching that point when something besides the natural course of tbiDgs is essential to furnish employment to labor? As the country emerges from the crisis which has left a mass of meritorious workingmcn on the shoals m compulsory idleness and made their lot the most unendurable of all who have suffered from the business depression the great truth confronts us that the problem now to solve is bow best to furDish them employment. While I do not claim to lay before your association a solution of thequeatiou in its entirety, I believe the plan that I hav? to suggest is of that feasible nature ibat it can be carried ou*. to accomplish grand results in that direction. Conservative and reliable statisticians estimate the cost of bad roads in this country at more than 8250,000,nnn m,r taar Thin vnatisnm somebody WV |/v ? J VMfcl & >?w. w ? ? ? must lose. Probably it Is divided quite equally among all tbe people in proportion to each individual's expenditures. For this reason it is no less a loss, and for this reason the necessity is all the greater for stopping the loss. Add to a scheme for saving that amount, another for furnishing employment to the idle million, and hpre is a project worthy the advanced civilization of the age. It is not a question of increased taxation, but one of using to th9 best ad vantage the money annually contributed by the people for road purposes. It is within bounds to put the sum spent each year in the maintenance of country roads at 380,000,000. As a rule the $80,000,000 goes each year to keep company with the $250,000,000 devoured by mud. Undertaken at an early day "in twenty-five years every mile of road commonly used by the public and made a thoroughfare by law, save perhaps in the thinly-settled portion of some of the far Western States or in tbe more mountainous regions, could be built with stone or gravel made durable and permanent, ftlwavs in condition everv dav In the week upon which a full wagon load of produce or merchandise could be hauled and without the payment of a dollar additional tax. Skillful financiering and intelligent investment of the taxes now paid will do this and the cost, principal and interest be liquidated inside of five years, putting the rate of interest at 3^ per cent. Employment will be furnished the surplus labor of the land and the money of the people kept in circulation, and unprecedented thrift and prosperity go band in hand with the prosecution of the work, followed by perpetual benefits to every business interest. This plan, embodying the borrowing of money on bonds issued by counties or their subdivisions, will meet with but slight opposition when the voter is convinced that the money will be judiciously and economically expended; that it does not mean increase of taxation and will bring expected results. With the plan now in vogue do persoD can look ahead to the time when there shall be less taxes levied for road purposes than dow. CoDtiuue to collect the amount annually levied and use it as is dow ihe custom in all the States and Id seveoty-Qvt! years there will be do more to show for the taxes paid thaa there Is now to show for the taxes paid iu the last seventy-five years. Nor do I see aoy reasoD why the State should not contribute something to each mile of road built within its limits. I would not, however, have either the goveromeDt or the State build the roads. This should be done by the counties or their subdivisions permitting the interventioo of the State so tar as Decessary to secure the State coDtributioD. The time is rapidly approachina wh^-n the saving made by good roads may be essential for stopping the dismal cry of "overproduction" and ena Die America to continue to iurnisu food and raiment to foreign countries, Rob rnud of the millions it levies on the people and conduct that vast sum into the pockets of the farmer, the wage-earner, the producer and the consumer and the republic will add to its annual resources a wealth equal to one half the mineral produces of the laud. With good roads traversing every school district and leading to the village and towns the serious question ho?v to prevent the depopulation of the cuuutry and the congestion of the cities will be settled to the advantage and welfare of every interest known to American genius and American enter prise. Close of i he Fair, /v*#. on VillV/AUV, V/Ul. UU AUG TT U11U O X Uij has ended. This evening was to havt been one of gayety and dazzling brilli ancy, but the death of Mayor Hanisoc changed all that. The total paid attend ance at the Fair from the opening daj and including to-day was 21,458,910, divided as follows: May, 1,050,037; June 2,075,113; July, 2 760,203; Aug. 3 515493 September, 4,058.902; Oct. 0,799,102 The toial admissions on passes, includ ing the employees of all kinds, exhib itors, concessionaires, etc, has beec 5,953,818. To-day's admissions reached a total of 242,575, of which 208,171: paid. Forestalled by a Sheriff. Charlotte, N. O., Nov. l.?A special to night says: Forty men went to the Rutherford ton, N. C., jail last night to lyach Wilmer Doggett, a negro They dispersed on finding that the sneriff anticipating their visit, had slipped the prisoner away. He was taken first to Shelby and to night was brought to Chorlotte for safe-keeping. THE FINAL VOTE ; t BY WHICH THE SENATE REPEALED j THESHERMAN ACT. f Cleveland, as Usnal, Carries his Point an<T | Silver ts Given a Black Eye?The Tote 1 ? Stood Forty-tbree'to Thirty-two far the | Bill. J Washington, Oct 30.?The galler- { ies were crowded today when the Senate ? met. A roll call showed the presence < of fifty-two Sanators. As soon as the f Yice president entered the chamber at i 11 a. m., he announced that the Senate t resumed its session and that House b;ll i No. 1 (the si'vec purchase repeal bill) t was now before the Senate. Hunton of t "Virginia explained briefly the situation v ?ka AnAiiniad r\r\ iha ronoal Kill 1* WU1UU UV7 WVvu vuw utiit ? He subscribed iu good faith to the Chicago platform, which demanded the repeal of the Sherman law. He should vote for its repeal. But he stood ready ^ to join his silver friends in a fight for ? silver and should strive earnestly and 1 manfully for victory. a Cameron read a statement as to his ] position aad gave bis views on the bill. ] Morgan theD took the floor. While he l was speaking, and as the hour (2 o'clock) ] suggested for taking the final voteap- S proached many of the membenofthe t other house, including Springer, Bland, z Fellows aud Geisaenheimer, entered Lhe chamber and either tofck seats which a happened to be vacant, or stood around I1 at the rear of the Democratic side. The * galleries were so crowded that the outer j. doors were beseiged by men and women ^ watching their chance of admission. And a so the diplomatic'gallery had to yield up r its ordinary exclusiveness and to admit i favored personages, including Mrs Car- t i,?1? Tha torn rrtwa in lnriv'n otaI. f 110iC| M UV V *V?? v mmm vmw ? w n?.. . le?-y which are set apart for the use of a the President's family were also tall. u At 2:30 Morgan was still speaking i( with do indications of his brioging bis v speech to a close. Tbe uncertainty of the time at which the final voting would come was such that all the members of ? the other house withdrew from the Sen- flate chamber. Voorhees showed signs ? of impatience and hid lnlerviews with j Jones of Nevada and other anti-repeal a Senators. Bin Morgan headed not and d went on with his speech as if there was s no need of hurrying. At 2:40 Morgan c said that he had now finished what be had desired to read the Senate. He bad a prepared It because he had not wished a (in bis state of health) to make efforts in an extemporaneous address. He left 0 the subject with the knowledge that the ^ die was cast. ? Vest then 9poke briefly, closing with a declaration that the Issue in the next % political ca-npaign would be equality j among tbe people, justice to all men; r no monopoly in mining and centraliza- J tion in finances. Cockrell and Carey v occupied the time until 4:15. Tben fol- r lowed Wolcott and Dubois. At tbe close f of Dubois' rema.-ks, there was a brief 1' lull in the Senate and the Vice Presi- * dent announced that the Yoorhees bill ? was before tbe Senate and open to Jamendment. Pasco immediately moved ? to take nD the amendment of which he ^ gave notice last Saturday to appoint a t commission of three to establish a ratio j between gold and Bilver by the first day c of January next, after which silver dol- t lara are of a weight fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and to be a leeal o tender. This amendment, Pasco said, ii was in order, unless there was any otb- t er amendment to precede it. t At Ibis point Stewart hurriedly enter- f iDg the Senate from the lobby, in the f rear of the nresiding officer, said amidst * laughter: "I have another amendment." ^ Stewart proposed an amendment reduc ? nmniinf s\f nftiil in pnlnndA lug bUO AUIVUUU VI ^viu iu vuv | twenty-five per cent., bo that the amount of gold in the standard dollars should be nmeteen and thirty-five one-hundreths 8 grains. The amendment was negatived r without a division. jj Then Pasco's amendent for a commission to establish a new silver ratio 1 was rejected by a vote of twenty to ^ forty-seven. In a brief interlude Gray, * from the Committee on Foreign Rela , tions, reported the House bill amending i the Geary Chinese restriction law. Per- j kins (Rap.) of California asked that the bill be made the special order for next ? Wednesday, but on objection by Hoar, : that the subject was too important to be disposed of thus hastily, it was sent to ( calendar, where it can be reached by a majorifv vote. The Vice President again said the Voorhees bill was before the Senate and ? open to amendment, but the expectation t of a speedv vote was again dashed. j JoDes, of Nevada, expressing his ex- ' treme hesitation and reluctance to again ask the indulgence of the Senate, said he * would proceed as rapidly as possible to * conclude tbe argument ne commenced two weeks ago and interrupted on Friday last. At 6:25 Harris interrupted * , Jones to make a motion to adjourn un i lil 11 o'clock to-morrow. Harris started ' to aigue bis motion and was called to i order by Voorhees, *ho insisted that his motion to adjourn was not debatable. Harris was persistent, howsver, t and continued talking until Voorhees, : 1 by unanimous consent, made a state- ( ment in which.he mged Senators to re- ? main uutil the vote was finally taken. 1 Harris was taken from his feet by Jones, ( who declined to yield lurther, and went ? on with his speech. j \ At 6:45 Jones finished his speech and ' i Prtier began speaking, saving he would ( i occupy only fift'.ei minutes of the time , i ?;i tbe Senate. He was exact as the time, ? ? finishing at 7 o'clock. Harris spoke ten | ; minutes, and wa-< followed by Stewart, t 1 who began with the prefactory remark i , i hat "the die is cist." Stewart closed at I 7:40, and then the Vioe-President stated j * that if no further amendment was offered J the vote would now be taken on the engrossment and third reading ot the bill. That wa> agreed to without a division and then the vote was taken by yeas and nays on the passage of the bill as r amended and it was passed?jeas, 43; 1 nays, 32; as follows: ' Yeas: Aldrich, Bnce, Caffery, Camden, Carey, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, r Dolph, Faulkner, Frye, Sallinger, Gib. son, Gorman, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hig- ? gins, Hill, Hoar, Hunton, Lindsay, ( | Lodge, McMillan, McPnerson, Mander- j . son, Mills, Mitchell ot Wisconsin, Mor- ( rill, Murphy, Piatt, Proctor, Quay, < Hansom, Snerman, Smith, Squire, j t .Stockbridge, Tumie, Vila9, Yoorhees. 1 | WaBhburu, and White of Louisiana,? i ( 43. 1 Xays: Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, \ Butler, Call, Cockrell, Cameron, Coke, ; . Daniel, Dubois. George, Harris, Icby, ' i Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, 5 ; Kyle, Martin, Pasco, Pefier, Perkins, j i Petiigrew, Power, Pugh, Roach, Shoup, j Stewart, Vance, Vest, Walthall, and < I Wolcott.?32. , ; The following were the pairs: Mitch* | ell and Allison. Chandler and White of i i California, Colquitt and WilBon, Pal- 1 " "~~ - -v ;;7,v \ ner and Hanebrongh, Gordon and Morgan. As soon as the vote was anlounced, 7:59 p. m., the Senate adouruned until to-morrow at noon. To-morrow the Secretary of the Senate rill apptar at the bar of the House with i message Informing that body that the ??! I han hflp.n nasaed. with an amend sent and requesting the concurrence of he House in that amendment. The nessage and bill may remain on the Speaker's desk until it is convenient to lave it laid before the body; or it may >e referred to a committee; or the Sene.te imendment may be concurred in with)ut reference to any committee and by t dirfct vote of the House. Not only vas the repeal bill brought to a termioa;ion to day, but so. also was the abnornally long legislative day of Tuesday, he 17t>i of October. The Senate will neet to-morrow at noon and the session vill be opened with prayer and the isual formalities. An Important Decision. Anderson, S. C.f Nov. 1.?Judge Wallace has just delivered an oral pinion on the bench, upholding the :onstitutionality of the Despensary Vet. The case was an indictment igainsl John O'Donnell for gelling tquor and keeping a place for selling iquor. O'Donell was represented by dessrs. Murray & Warkins, Tribble & 'rlnce, Biease & Blease and Winter & iimpson. The State was represented ?y Solicitor Ansel and Mr. J. E. Breaeaj. wnen tne case was caueu yeaieiuay fternoon tbe defence interposed a deaurrer to quasb tbe indictment on bree grounds: first, tbat the selling: of Iquor was no offense under tbe Dispensary Act; second tbat if it was an 'ffense, no bunisbment was provided; md third, tbat tbe Act was an Act to aise revenue and was unconstitutional, iongand strong arguments were made o sustain tbese grounds by Mrsses 'rioce, Tribble, Cole Blease, Murray nd Wbitner. They made extensive jse of Judge Hudson's Columbia decis3n and argued their side learnedly and pell. Against them came arguments by Ir Breazeale and Mr. Ansel, which rere clear and brief and confined strictj to the law. Tbe argument on both Mes occupied the evening session yesgrday and part of this forenoon. rudge Wallice at once delivered orally carefully prraparen and unmistakable ecision, overruling the demurrer and ustainlng the Dispensary Act as clearv onstitutional. He held that selling liquor, except a provided in the Dispensary Act, is n effense against tbe law. Second, that the Act makes sucn an ffense a misdemanor and that the ourt can inflict a penalty therefor, unler Section 2053 of the Statutes. Third hut the Act id clearly constitutional. In decidlDg the third point, he was ery emphatic that the purpose of the .legislature in passing the Act was to estrict the sale of liquor. He opposed udge Hudson's view that the purpose pas to raise revenue and held that the aising of revenue was only incidental, le held that the Act was one to reguite and restict the traffic in liquors or the public good and was without loubt a proper exercise of the police lower of the State. He said that most f the objections to it where as to the [uestion of the wisdom or the unwisiom of the Act, with which the courts tave nothing to do; that was for the >eople, who by the bellot-box can orrect mistakes in (legislation, if they bink there are mistakes. As for him, he was clearly of the pinion that the Act was honestly atended to diminish drunkness and he other evils arising from the liquor raffle, and he was bound to say that rom ms ownooservauoL il was acuuuiili8hing its purpose. The motion was )verrured, notice of intention to appeal ras given and, on mftlOD, the case was ontinued to await the decision of the iupreme Court. The "Worst Is Over. Brunswick, Ga , Oct. 29.?Only even new cases of yellow fever wore eported iodav. Five oi the new paients are whites, viz: Maggie Mclnarny A. E. Green?, Thomas Hendricks, Mrs L. C. Douglass and Mrs. B. Farmer, tfo deaths have occurred. Twenty-sevm patients were discharged, four of vhom are whites: Mrs. Henry Cox, Slary Ferguson, J. B. Gunning and D. it. Gunning. The weather today has )een cool, and tonight it is cold. The jool ware is expected to last only a ihort while, and frost is not expected o come before November 15. Surgeon Murray sends the four New IrtaariR nrofeasional nurses hume to norrow as he thinks the epidemic can \ow be handled without them. One jhysician left tonight for home, sickness n his family hastening his departure. Surgeon Murray has requested Surgeon 3-eneral W yman to let Surgeon Carter some to help him. If Surgeon Ca.ter somes, Surgeon Murray will devote a jr?at deal of his time to active practice. iVhile the backbone ot the epidemic teems broken, the danger is not yet >ver, and nonimmunes are not allowed ;o return. Both waiters in Wallace's estaurant were stricken today while lerving dinner and had to be sent home. Senator Batler'4 Idea. Washington, D. C., Nov. 1.?Sena,or Butler has introduced a bill In the senate which has for its object the islablishmenp of a government ownerihin fnr tHlporanh lines. The bill di ects the organization of a board to jonsist of the dacretary of State, the lecretary of war aad tne postmaster general who are directors to arrange a >ystem of trunk lines, connecting the rarloin sections of the country with Lhe city of Washington with such connections along these lines as shall best jtrve public irood. This system is to )e carried on as part of the postal sys:em of the country, and discrimination n rates Is provided against, except ,bat a lower rate is allowed for a press nessage than for current business. The carrying on the telegraph business ))r individuals, or corporations is uot prohibited The bill is volumnous and leal largely with details of how the Ines shall be connected. An appropriition of live millions of dollars is made ;o begin wittL Takes Her Own L|(o. Washington, Oct. 27.?Miss Daisy Garland, aged 23, daughter of ex-Attoraey General Garland, committed sui lide at her home here this afternoon by ihootlng herself through the head with jer father's revolver. There was nothng in the young lady's condition to inlicate any mental disturbance, and she ;onversed with the family in regard to i theatre party which she was to give tt-Dight. Afterward she went; to her *oom and ate luncheon. When one of ;he family went to call her, the young ady was found lying on the floor dead. I The body was still warm, indicating I -hat the shot had been flred only a ihort time previous, although no one n the house heard the shot. Miss Garand Is the young lady who recently [eft home mysteriously and who was !ound in Baltimore three days afterwards. Miss Garland's friends say ;hat she has been subject to mental iberratioQ and lately has been sufferng with religious melancholia. v.' : . ''.* _ * ' -"- }Tx'.' / THE PHOSPHATE TROUBLE. Farmers' Company Sends Notice of Read!- ^ nees to Bsinme. C Columbia, S. C.f Oct. 31.?The trou- v ble about the phosphate industry.caus- j ed by the August hurricane, still con- . tinues to be a matter of the greatest J public interest to the parties concerned f as well as to tbe people at large, and f the final outcome is awaited with tbe a greatest degree of interest. Yesterday ? one of tbe large companies notified \ Governor Tillman, as chairman of the . State board of phosphate commission- ers, that his company was once more 1 ready to resume operations, and asked some very pertinent questions which are of vital importance to all tbe phosphate miners. This is the letter and it is self-explanatory: Orangeburg, Oct. 29,1893. Governor B. ft Tillman: I saw published in the Charleston News and Courier of the 16th of Sep- f tember last a set of resolutions claimed to be adopted by tbe n&osphate commission assembled at Beaufort. I have never received any official notice from the board of its action, which I have been expecting until yesterday. 1 received a letter informing me Mr.Brotberbood had reciived a communication of some sort, but did cot say wnat it was. I commenced work immediately after tbe storm, and now I am ready to go to work wltb one dredge. I do not know wbat tbe companies are going to do. I do not understand tbe resolutions exactly. The point is if tbe farmers' Company aloDe goes to work and guarantees its proportion of tbe 875,000 will it be entitled to all the benefits mentioned by the board? We presume this to be the meaning, but berore proceeding in so important a matter wish official assurance that we are correct. Another p jint is, does the board expect or require an unconditional guar- antee, or would the d?struction of our plant by fire or storm for instance, which have got to be quiet common now, operate as a release for a pro rata portion according to tbe time of such accident. We have just succeeded in ] hirninff noop ftnH raiding nnr dTvdap B -?m oDelaware, and she is reported as being a wreck and not repairable. We are ready witb tbe Columbia and her wasb boat to go to work, and beg tbe favor of a reply at the earliest onvenience of the board. Most respectfully submitted. Paul S Felder. Presideat Farmers' Mining Company, Orangeburg, S. C. Governor Tillman at once wrote the following in reply, which, in view of the present status of tbe phosphate trouble, will be of tbe greatest interest to the other miners and the people: Columbia, S. C.. Oct. 30,1893. s Paul S. Felder, Esq., President Farm- l ers' Mining Company, Orangeburg, t S.C.: 1 Dear Sir?Yours of the 27th received and contents noted. The resolutions c published in the News and Courier of i tbe 17th of September last are official; a and are binding on the board of pbos- t phate commissioners. The resolutions ] are plain enough, but to remove all possibility of doubt or misunderstanding I will state: t ^ - 1? 1. UDiy loose compauit'B uau avau < themselves of a reduction of the royal- r t> of flfty cents per ton, on the rock on t hand August 27, or mined and sold up t to the 1st of January next, which notify u,j in writing between now and the 8 15th of November of the acceptance of I the conditions imposed In those resolu tions. The companies which do not t accept must pay the royalty as hereto- 8 fore at the rate of $1.05. If all do not accept then the royalty will be collected at that rate knd a rebate of 55 cents 1 a ton given those who agree to resume operation. 2. During the year 1894 the State 1 must set apart #75,000 In phosphate * royalty to redeem the new bonds.- Un- \ til that amount is raised the royalty on the rock mined next year must continue, at the same rate prevailing at the time the contract witn the bondholders was made, viz: $1.05 per ton on J dried rock and after said amount of $75,000 has been received all the rock mined during the year 1894 will be free of charge. ( Should the amount of rock minded next year be less than 75,000 tons the royalty will remain aa heretofore. Should anv of the companies drop out of business the $75,000 to be raised will be prorated among those companies continuing to mine, which notify us of such purpose by the 10th day of 1 January, 1894. In brief: To get the reduction on the rock on hand or mined up to January next we must have written notice by the loth of .November, 1893; to get the reduction on rock mined next year, we must have notice by the 10r,h of January, 1894, of intention to resume. We will not require a guarantee of the $75,000, but cannot reduce the royalty during the year 1894 until that sum 1 has been paid in. You can understand the difficulty of making any fixed rule to govern the concessions we wish to make unless all the companies accept L ** sv?Ps\*?r\/4 Tho f mn Klo la tllC CUUUlllUUD UUOICU. J.U9 biuuuiu AO we are hampered by the contract with the bondholders, and cannot change the conditions existing at the time the bonds were issued without breakiog faitn with them, the request made by i the cumpanies for a reduction to 50 cents for Ave years is not to be considered because the price might go up aod . then the State would have no share in the rise. The miners should know that the State cannot afford to oppress them and that our successors on the board could and doubtless would consider the situation which may then exist and act wisely and justly towards them. If they cannot trust the State they can not ''n reason ask the State to trust | them, "l'ours lespectfully. . 13. H. Tillman, j ao far none of the other compiuies have sent auy iutimation of their in- { tentions in the matter, to Governor ( Tillman, and the situation is just as j much unsettled now as it was before the meeting of the board. The Gover- \ norsa>s that he has sent the miners ? his ultimatum and that the board is powerless to do more than it has done. ? If the companies do not "specify" ( within the time indicated in the Governor's letter given above, then the matter will be referred to the Legislature in accordance with the views of Governor Tillman, which have already KnAn fnllu ovnlainari ULUU 1U1JJ I Guilty of Murder. , Anderson, S. C., Oct. 28?Arga. ments m the SulhvanGilroatn murder case were begun this morning at 10 o'clock and closed at 7:30 tonight, i Eight arguments were made. Solicitor Ansel opened for the State, and was followed by Col. Perry, for the defense; Judge Melton closed for the defense and ( Col. Earle for ,the State. The argu- -j ments were all very floe. Judge Wallace's charge occupied about tortv five ^ minutes, and was a clear and lull expla- ? uation of the law. The case went to I at S.Qn A ffnr haincr nnfc nnn V tuo JUIJ AU M'HWi, ww? vow hour and a half, they brought in a verdict of "guilty." The defendant heard the verdict with no preceptible change r of expression. A motion for a new trial was entered and will be argued Monday. % *** f Pianos and Organs. Now la the time to buy summer plan 525 cash balance November 15th 1893. 17111 buy a Piano at spot cash price $10 iasb, balance November 15fn 1893. iVill buy a organ at spot caab price, tee the list to choose from. Steinway?ason & Hamlin. Mathusbek and Stir, ing Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Itlrling Organs. Fifteen days test rial and freight both ways if nat satis* actory. A large lot of nearly new and :econd hand Pianos and Organs at bar rains. Good as new. Write for prices Trump, Columbia, S. C. * IGQQ lUtrv# 25th Annual Fair ?OF? ~?HE QTATE 'AGRICULTURAL -ANDjyjECHANICAL QOCIETY ?OF? QOUTH QAROL1NA WILL BE HELD IN THE CITY * OF COLUMBIA ^OVEifBER gTH TO JQ^ZT. o . ENTRIES FOR COMPETITION MUST v BE MADE NOT LATER THIN OCT. 26. ) AT WHICH DATE ALL ENTRIES' WILL CLOSE. 0 The success of former exhibitions is a guarantee that the coming Fair will not be ass interesting and successful than in the >ast. It Is at these annual exhibitions that all if our people have an epportunlty to witless the increased interest in stock raising, amples of the products of the farm, and he farm implements which go very far toN Ighten the labor of the husbandman. The Railroads in the State will oharge heir usual rate3 ot freight on exhibits one vay, returning them free. This should lot deter our people from being liberal exlibltoni, who receive in the way of premlims about 98.090 annually. This fact ilone should encourage a very liberal dis>lay of all classes of exhibits. The City of Columbia as in the past will ise all possible means to entertain visitors it lowest rafes, and to furnish entertainuents for their amusement ? and edlflcailon. RACING. Unusual and encouraging enquiries are )elng received that the meeting will be a nil one, and that the purses offered will be vigorously contested fori LOST, V. GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND MONEY )n Worthless Preparations for Pain. FOUND, A CUBS JOB RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA, CUTS, SORES, BRUISES, SPRAINS, AND LAMENESS. TRY T. X. L. !t always relieves pain when properly applied. Sold by all Druggists at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. Prepared by T.X. L. COMPANY, 238 Main Street, COLUMBIA., 8. 0 JJICE JJULLER*.7 ^JORN jy^ILLS. Rice Planters aod Rice Millers can )uy a single machine that will clean, lull and polish rice ready for market :or 6350.00. Coru Millers can buy the best French irr mill, i o iron frame, fully guaran;ed, ctpicifv ten bushels meal per lour, for $115.00. - Saw Miners can Duy me van<tuie liiction feed DeLoach Mill from 5190.00 up to the largest siza. Also Gang Rip Saws, Edgers, Sw^g Jaws, PJaning Machines, and all kinds >f wood working machinery. "Talbott" Engines and Boilers. Special discounts made for cash. f.C. 8AD0AJH, COLUMBIA. S. C. jflkfi ^EELEY J^MTITiuTK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. j. Q. OOBBSIT, M. D., I PhwteiaM J. L. Wyman, M. D., S ru/iiciaaa. For the treatment of Inebriety, Opium Morphine, Chloral) and Cocaine Diseases, tobacco Habit and Nervoui Exhaustion iy the methods of Leslie E. Keeley, M. D., i. L. D., Surgeon Chicago and Alton Ra 1 ray and formerly Surgeon U. S. Army, For literature or further Information lease address THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, rnr.TTHRTi a n w* Vt ? v # 1 * PADGETT PAYS THE FREIGHT ' Whj Pay Fitreme Prices for Goods! "and for Catalogue and See Wbat Y?n Cu San I r 1 K"" f"r tills I MOttKisna dgssssfct ?3| <stitig of Unreau, ESSac] t_J p""}! , twlnteail it V ash- KjffjiuLH t*-nit U-4 ;|>ind?worth |25; g*", *?rice now $15 Bhiibbb J?1' an I * other Bedroom- |j~ *jjg31-' Suits, all prices. f$69?r?~'-$37' r Just to introduce them. No freight paid on this Or* gan. Guaranteed to be a ^ood organ or money niUMl Elfgant Plush PARLOR SUITS, consi?tln| of Hofa, Arm Chair, Rocking Chatr, Divan, and 2 side Chairs-worth $46. Wllldellvw It to your depot for B88a ?? ?" This No^ depof for ?.ONLY $18?6S? %ML d?Hvere^t^your depot. WWy ve.gl,J?r Prlc* of TE5 ^8mL BUGOY 1? (P> to 75 ilollnra. H?*"80^ roe manufacturer pnvs all B3\, 7H theexpen?e?Hnd JKoll'thcm TS nil to you for *48.70S?nrfS,8ra1it<? j^fr^ one ? JCTKtaawL A ^eo? PIANC ^ llTered at your depot. J S<I freight pnid for <190 ? Bend for cautlogxcn of Knralture, Cooking Stover Baby-Carriages, Bicycles, Organs, Pianos. Tea Bets. Dinner Sets, Lamps, <kc.r and SAVE MONEY. Address L. F.PADGETT ^ngnsta. Ma_ ^ Iff a Fortuneon installments. Secure nil EQUITABLE POLICY and you have purchased a fortune on installments to be delivered to your family at death, or to yourself at the end of fifteen ot twenty years. You secure the prize and run the race of life free from anxiety and care. Your mind is free, your capital is free, and a fortune is secured to your family. An EQUITABLE POLICY ... I * is exactly adapted to your needs. Get one. For particulars address, W. J. RODDEY, Manager, FOR THE CAROLINAS, ROCK HILL, S. C. TO FARMERSI twn % MANUFACTURERS: As; a matter of business interest to yo? and ourselves wa ask yon to allow as the privilege of making estimates upon any machinery yon may wish to bay before placing your orders elsewhere. Our facilities and connections with mar ofacturers are such that we can; quote on the same goods as low prices as are obtainable In America. It Ii but a narrow mjnd ? that would pass by the home dealer to pay an equal or greater price to a forel* dealer or manufacturer. Only give us the opportunity and we wj <J serve you to advantage, and keep at home a small part of the money which U going ?way from our State to enrich others. o W. H, Cribbes Jr., &> ui. COLUMBIA. 8. C. ' I QARRIA.GE JgOSES. A jJJORSE JJLANKETS. .7 ;;":.vrz ' In former years 1 have endeavored to present to my customers the latest and * most approved patterns of these goods from which to select their purchases. , 1 have no hesitation In saying that I have J this season surpassed all former efforts and J show with confidence the most elegant line J ever offered in Columbia. I I urge all in need ol such goodss to call ^1 early before the stock in broken. j My stock of Harness, Saddles, Bridles 1 Whips, etc., is large and thep are offered f at prices that defy competition. . ! J.S.DUNN, 136 MAIN STREET. COLUMBIA, S, C. s