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CAUShiS OF INSANITY.
INTERESTING STATISTICS ON THE
LUNATIC ASYLUM.
An Unpab'lj'ied l* >rct >u of tie Report
of the Board ol R-ir?r.t?dfTiii? I??tiration?The
Appropriation Ask (1 for
Next l"?ar.
Ooly a part of the annual report of
the regents of the SLate lunatic asylum
was published last week Maov portions
- f 'he rep in. yet uipublui-fd are
ol deep intt-r-st to the pn"hc
For ttir fi-ca! year 1893 94 tne Mi??wi??n.ip,inpiuti,i?
f,,r r.h^ ln.riin'ion is
iL'K - ? ? -asked
uf fir- L 'uisl;.'ture: F <r maintenance,
$100000; 'mleage and perdiem
of recti's, SI,500; sanitary :mprove
m-nts, 81,000, a.ul a detail of (;<? victs,
82 500. It appears th.tr in 1889 thr
Legislature appropriated S5i 0 for the
education of feeble-minded children.
This money was drawn out of the
Slate treasury and p! iced in bank au-i
never used. Pe; missiou is asked to
use the money fur eaaitary purposes in
addition to ia?* amount naru?d.
Duriag tlir yenr closed 315 new pa
tlents wire admitted, 1G0 wbite and
155 colored. The whole uumber under
treatmeut was 1,109. Tbe total discbarges,
including deaths, numbered
350. Of those discharged 77, or 24 per
cent on admissions, were discharged
recovered; 17 much improved; 22 improved
ana 13 unimproved. Tne custom
of seudiQ* out pitients on probation
whenever their condition jas ilies
it has been continued as in former
years. By this method 133 patients
have been sent out dunug tbe year aud
29 were brought over from last year,
making a total of 162. Of this num
ber, one white woman was returned as
relapsed and 37 are still out on trial.
Twelve patients eloped. In some instances
this was due to carelessness of
attendants, who were promptly discharged.
The number of deaths was 17 more
than last year and the same as the previous
year. Our large mortality is due
to tbe causes which have been dwelt
upon at length in former reports, pulmonary
tuberculosis leading the list.
Thirteen patients died of general paralysis,
11 of senile exhaustion, 8 from
epilepsy, 7 from exhaustion from acute
mania and 7 from acute melancholia;
of general tuberculosis and exhaustion
from chronic mania, 6 each.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Speakiog of the improvements
which have been made the report says:
The sanitary condition of the asylum
has been improved by placing aoors,
either slatted or screened with heavy
wire, through the old asylum, and in
the white female wards and some of
the male wards of the new asylum.
The water closets in the new asylum
have been ventilated by additional
windows. Four new water closets
have been added ?o the end section for
the department for white men. The
pantry sinks have been trapped and
ventilated. The furnaces have all undergone
repairs. Six wards in tbe new
asylum bave been painted. Adjoiniog
the kitchen a SDecial house has been
built lor washing arid preparing veeo
tables. A new sewing room was ti- it-d
up for white women at the old asvlum.
A well ventilated building for soiled
clothes from the female wards of the
new asylum has been erected.
OCCUPATION AND AMUSEMENTS.
A caret uliy prepared esi'-uate snows
that a dally average of about forty
per cent, of our pat ients are engaged
in some useful occupation. The work
shops, sewing rooms and farm not only
provide employment for the patients,
?, but their work in these departments
serve to reduce very materially the expenses
of the institution.
During the summer the experiment
of employing some able-bodied patients'
at brick making was attempted with
partial success. About 45,000 brick
were made. Owiug to tne inferior
quality of the clay and the primitive
methods employed, only second rate
brick were made. The result of the
experiment shows, however, what can
h<? donfl bv emolovmcr demented na- i
. tients for a tew hours a day. YVko
good clay and some machinery better
results could be expected.
FAKM.
Tbe report of ttie farm by tle stewart,
Mr. J. VV. Buocb, is herewith appended.
Wnile tb? results oq the i
whole are not so satisfactory as they
were last year, yet considering rhe unfavorable
seasons they are at least '
creditable. ;
The estimated market value of the
products of tha farm for the year is i
826,492 03, and th?cos?. 01 labor, fertilizers,
&c., was S11.5S9 02, 'hus giving a
prutit of 14,903 02, or S85.16 per acre for
the 175 acres unaer euluvation.
Tbe oat. and com crops were short, 1
yielding 1,400 bushels of oats and 2,500
bushels of corn. The supply of vega
U&UJto UULlUK luo oatLiuiri woa suiucient
for the needs of the institution.
The farm .supplied 1,175 bushels of
coin, which was ground oq the premises,
tbus providing nearly all the meal
used for the patients. The tabulated
statement of tbeyield of milk from the
dairy shows that 119,713 quarts were
supplied, which at a marKet value of i
8 cents per quart amounts to 89,577.04. i
This excellent snowing from the dairy i
is due to the food value of ensilage, of
which a large stock was put up last
year and used for the herd winter and i
summer. The supply on ensilage for
this year ha3 been nearly doubled,
about 550 tons being now in tbe pits.
disposal of sewage.
For some jears the sewage of the
institution has been emptied by way
of Smith's branch into Broad River
Since April all the sewage of the institution
has been used to irrigate twen1.
...a. fho nonlnm fu>.n nnn
Lj auico ui buo oojmm ioiuj. iuq ovatem
of surface irrigatiou has been employed,
because the elevated lxation
of the main sewer and the sand character
of the soli seemed especially favorable
to this methed. It is estimated
that a daily average of 45,000 gallons
of sewage are distributed on the farm.
No storage or sypon tanks or other
kinds of receptacles have been used.
To prevent over satuation of the soil
and washouts has required the employment
of one man to direct the sewatre
Btieam by trenches through the growing
crops. In this manner the following
kinds of produce have been irnjja
ted: Corn, tomatoes and caboage.
COST OF PATIENTS.
HPKo AAof s?ui-kifo 'it' oinK nof
JL UU VVJU JJtl yt \JI*\SLJL |/nui?<uu
has been 36.4 cents per day, or 3132.80
per annum.
The following table gives tho annual
per capita for the last ten days:
1883 84 8142 78
1884-85 140.34
1885 86 140.27
1886 87 137 30
1887 88 140 59
1888 89 137 47
1889 90 131 u5
tonn Qf lvvi AO :
4QOV 47 X ? . JIUU I
1891 92 13211
1892 93.. , 132.80
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
According to th^ar an#ements made
last year and mentioned in the las' leport,
chapel services have been held in
turn by ministers of the Baptist, dis copal,
Methodist and Presbyterian E inominations.
Duriog the year liev.
y Dr. Ellison Capers, Key. Dr. William
Capers. Mr. M >orer anl Mr Robertson
have iffi Mated. R-v. R, Mitchell
has ccn hicted the funeral services of
patients who were buried tier*.
PATIENTS BY COUNTIES.
More parents hive neea admitted
from this county during the past year
than from any other, the number being
Or> onH A nHnro -*r? ora tiavt
Oil vj'iai lr-ouuu nu'j o,'iuui o- ?n uiv iivau
vvith 19 e4';h: Newberry, Uoion and
Horry sea1 only t<vo eaca during
enci yv-ir; Pickeas and Clarendon 3
eacn. Kershaw leads all with only 1
p itient: T ift female patlen's tn Ui;
.sylum >re: 252 white nd 149 colored;
.-.alf .178 tfhr.e and 180colored. There
are 100 more whife women than colon
j women and more colored men
'hin ?viti>e men.
The number of p.? lents in the institute
by couotii-s is its foil ?svs:
Counties. Male?. F^-tu's. Total.
Abbeville 19 12 31
Aiken : 11 8 19
Audersim 11 17 28
Utru well IS 11 24
Beaufort 5 11 16
Berkeley 7 _5 12
Charleston 41 51 92
, ,
Chwsterfitiia (5 6 12
CS.'.Tendon 5 8 13
Co:l 'ton 11 6 17
DdrhiiBton 13 9 22
E'lKtfwla 11 18 29
Fairfield 12 10 22
Florence 5 0 11
Georgetown 6 3 9
Greenville 15 20 35
HUmpton 2 9 11
Horry 12 3
Kershaw 7 7 14
Lancaster 6 8 14
Laurens 9 10 19
Lexington 5 10 ~ 15
Marion 9 14 23
Marlboro 3 10" 13
Newberry 5 4
Oconee 8 9 17
Orangeburg 15 14 29
Pickens 5 3 8
Richlaud 34 33 67
Spartanburg 14 20 34
Sumter 17 16 33
Union 7 8 15
Williamsburg 3^4 7
York 12 10 22
Other States 1 1
Totals 358 401 759
There are 121 single persons in the
asylum; 138 marrieti; 39 widowed aDd
27 unknown.
The ages of the patients admitted
during the year was as follows:
Under 15 years, 9; over 15 and under
20 years, 24; over 20 and under 30 years
75; over 30 and under 40 years 88; over
40 and uuder 50 vears 56; over 50 and
under 60 vears, 31; over 60 and under
70 years, 10; over 70 years of age, 13,
unknown 9.
CAUSES OF INSANITY.
The following are given as the caus
es of the insanity of those admitted
during the past pear;
Heredity 8
111 health 5
Intemp?rance 17
Congenital 7
Miscellaneous 3
Domestic unhappiness 12
Domestic affliction 14
Loss of meney and property 7
Over study 2
Sunstroke 7
Religion 13
Menopause 2
Puerperal 13
Injury to head 7
Epilepsy 22
Injury to spine 6
La grippe 6
Loss of tiand 1
Uterine trouble 11
Senility 4
Loatnsome disease 4
i ypuoiQ ?
Prolapsus recti 1
Meningitis, chronic 1
Frig 3
Orebral hemorrhage 1
Unknown 135
Total 315
FORM OF INSANITY.
The form ot insanity of the new patients
is as follows:
Acute mania 69
Ubronic mania 7
Recurrent mania 13
Epileptic mania 30
hysterical m mi i 5
Puerperal mnuia 5
Puerperal melancholia 3
Acute melancholia 67
Chronic melauchoiti 7
Hypochondriacal melancholia 4
Acute dementia 2
T ruoical dementia 22
Senile insanity 14
IVxtc insanity 8
Circular insanity 1
Loa; hsome mania 1
Loathsome dementia 1
Post-febric insanity 2
Hebephrenia... 2
General paralysis 14
P-ianoia 11
Iaiocy 5
Imoecility 6
Morai imbecility 1
Paralytic insanity 1
Not insane 9
Total 315
PAY OF NURSES.
The equitable adjustment of the pay
of attendants on the insane is a m atter
of much importance and not of easy
settlement. The pay of nurses in the
traning school has been regulated as
follows: Women are paid ten dollars
($10) per month durinsr the first year
.md twelve dollars ($12) per month
during the second year; men are paid
fifteen dollars ($15) per month during
the first year and seventeen dollars
($17) per month during the second year.
The monthly pay of nurses who have
completed the two years course oftratningand
received the ticket of graduation
is: for men twenty-one dollars
(521) and for women sixteen dollars
($16). Graduate head nurses on or
dinary wards receive in addition one
dollar ($1) a month, and on infirmary
and retractory wards two dollars ($2) a
month.
Death ol a Great Divine.
New York, Nov. 18.?The Rev. Dr
Charles F. Deems died at 9.55 o'clock.
Charles Force Deems was born in Baltimore.
Md. Decemher 4. 182(1. war
graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle,
in 1839, and entered the Methodist ministry
in New Jersey. In 1841 he accepted
tUe professorship of loi^ic aud
rhetoric in the Univeisity of North
Carolina, at Chapel Hill, holding this
office for five Years. In 1850 he was a
delegate to the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, bouth,
which met in St. Louis. While there he
was elected to the presidency of Greens
boro, N C.. Female College aud also
to the presidency of Centenary College,
at Jackson. La Ai- the close of 1860
tie went to New York, was occupied for
a time in literary pursuits aud subsequently
established the Church of the
Straneers Ha was at one 'line president
of liutaers Female College, ot Nc-v
York city. He has received tho degree
of D. D. from Randolph-Macon College,
and ti at of LL. JD. from the University
of North Carolina. Bssides the
publication of several voluoaes of sermons
lio has been a frtquen:.contributor
to per?uuic^l literature and is the author
of several works ot note. ,
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AN OPtCN LEITER
10 GENERAL WADE HAMPTON FROI\
uroorio r?/A MP A NlH PTA1/CC
ivi'ioona' cv?vio ?iiu o i wr\to
(a Wh en H Ik A>k?d to SCtte Wbereli
th>. F ?rm r* A lllunc - Il<8 B?en Uudfmo
crut c?Tin Oo?l? Platform UavlHw^d
Plank by I'Unk.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 21.?Thi
Raster of ttvs raoraiusr publishes thi
to lovva^ opaa lettsr to daa. Waia
Hoa. Wide Hampton. Washington
D. (J.:
lu a recent commaoicatiou over you
signature iu Tue Slate we note eapeciall;
tbe following passage among others o
equally surprising tenor:
"Tlie tims has oan wbea the Jim
sh'?i'd be drawn bstweeu those wh(
stand upon 0 -a'a piatform and thosi
who stand up > > that of the nationa
Democracy. No man who upholds t u
tonuer can properly claim to be i
Democrat."
A little further on you refer to the
'fallacies of tho Ocala adherents."
As the platform referred to by you ii
the platform of tae Farmers Alliance in
rhioStjiK^ wfl hs rp.nresentatives of that
body of sturdy citizens wtio have nevei
voted any bat the re-rular Democratic
ticket, State and national, respectfully
ask that vou point out the fallacies in
that platform, aod show wherein an}
plank of that platform is InconsiBteni
wirh the principles ot broad Democracy
enunciated by Jefferson and preservec
unimpaired through a century of Strug
ele in the platforms of the Democratic
party.
If we are wrong, a8 individuals or as
an Alliance, we desire to bo set right,
Truth, right and justice to all are out
objective points, and light leading ic
those directions is gladly received,
Whatever the source, whether highest
or lowest, whether from a friendly or an
unfriendly quarter, light aud iogij will
always be accorded a rational analysis
at least. This is the teaching of our
order and in this spirit we address you,
sincerely desiring ana expecuug uu uu<
swer. And we may add that the gs#at
organization we lepresent, comprising
not only the backbone ot the State's industrial
projress, but the majority o)
the people; comprising the great majority
ot those who b^re.I their breasts to
the bullets of South Carohaa's foes, and
who have furnished th" great majoritn
of the votes by which Democracy woj
the fight that placed yourself In tb
Governor's chair and subsequently in
the United States Senate?tbat great
organization will expect ?n answer be
fitting the memories of the past as well
as the exigencies of the present.
For your convenience io answering
we will summarize the several planks in
the Ocala platiorm whijb you have denounced
as fallacies, and will indicate
th'3 questions we wished answered.
1. The firstOeala demand is for the
abolition of national banks and ttie issue
ot the people's credit direct to the peo
pie apoo such security as tbe|people caa
*ive and ai such interest as the national
baokerB have coj-iyed for near thirtv
years pan. W here is the tallacv in thier
Is this undemocratic? What is fallacious
or undemocratic in the demaod tor an
Increase of the circulating medium to
the same per capiia ratio that existed
when the pu'o'.ic debt was made?
2 We defraud that legislation be on<
acttd that will prevent a relative fen
from gambling in the people's bread and
meat and clothing, wherebv millions ol
dollars aru forcibly wrested from thene<
cap^ities of the De jple. Ia there anyt'iinz
undemocratic in thai? Where ia
the tkllao?
3. We demand the free and uullmited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1
in order that our debts may be payable
in the same sort of dollars that were
cnrrAnt, when the debt3 were made. W(
maintain that it is infamous to requln
ub by legislation to pay the mortgage:
on our tarmsin dollars tbat cost double
as much of our labor to get. Is this uo
democratic? Where is the faliacv?
4 We demaod tbat the public lands
shall be held for actual settlers, anc
that holdings by aliens or syndicates foi
speculative purposes shall be prohibited.
Is this undemocratic? Whore i3 this
fallacious?.
5 We demand a tariff for revenue
only and tbat the government be eco
nomically uod honestly adm'nistered:
that the tarill bi taken off the necessa
ries ot life and 'evied upon the luxuries!
that the bulk of the taxes be raised upot
the incomes'of the people rather tbar
upon their necessities. Is this the plant
you had in mind when you said "Nc
ta*n who uphold* (it) can claim to b8 a
Democrat?" Is this a "fallacy?"
6. We demand "the most rigid, hon
e9t and just State and national govern
mental control of the means of publif
communication and transportation,'
ami if the people's suffrage be atil
abused iben that the people construc
and operate their own railroads and tel
egraph lme3. Is this undemocratic'
Is it fallacious?
7. We demand the election of Unitec
States Senators by direct vote of the
people of each State. Is tb'13 undemo
cratic? Is it fallacious?
Your early attention will greatlj
oblige the organization we represen
and at the same time the great majority
of those who voted for Mr. Clevelanc
last year on the same principle tha
they voted for you in 1876.
Very respectfully yours,
W. D. Evans,
President South Carolina State Farm
ers Alliance.
J. W*. Stokes,
lecturer South Caruliaa State Farm
ers Ailiance.
Pianos ana Organs.
Now Is the time to buy summer plar
S25 cash balance November 15th 1893.
Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $1(
cash, balance November lota 18J3
Will buy a organ at spot cash price
See the list to choose from. Steinw*v
Masnn & Hamlin. Mathusnek and Stir
ling Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and
Stirling Org?ms. Fifteen days teal
trial and frvignt. both wiys if n?t satis'
factory. A large lot of nearly new and
8HCond hand Plauos and Organs at bar
gains. Good as new. Write for prices
W.N.Trump, Columbia, 3. C. *
8ent?n?-*d.
Cincinnati, Nov. 22?Clarence M
Overman, tt.e defaulting president ol
theGeiunct Citizens National Bank ol
Millsboro, Ohio, pleaded guilty to th<
two iridic'menta for embezzlement ir
the United States District Court this
afternoon and was sentence! to Uve
years in each ea??e, to be served concur
rently. He left at 2 o'duck 'his after
ternoon iu charge of an officer for Co
lumbus PemteutiBry.
CEOA* SPRINGS INSTITUTE.
Splendid Showing In TeacUIng the Da?(
and lha Blind.
The forty-flfth annual report of the
Cedar Springs Institute tor the deaf and
a the blind ia a very interest'"!? document
_ TbeB^ardof Commissioners say they
t are very much pleased with the able
management oi the superintendent.
For the coming year the board re9
commends for support, repairs, improve9
m*nts, and electric lights the sum ot
$22 120, which is a small amouat for
the support of such an institution and
> shows most careful and economical
management.
r During the past year the average at?
tendance has been 129. There are
f thirty-five in the department for colored
pupils. The enrollment has risen from
8 ?r. 1Q77 fn 1ZA. in 1flQ5
mCUtJ'OlA iU JIUI f W il/t m XVVVI
} This large increase has been due in
* a large measure to the continuous and
1 wise management of the board. The
B superintendent eavs the last year has
i been one of successful work. There
have been no deathB and not a case of
i serious sickness among the pupils. The
healthfulnesB of the place is evidenced
* bv the bill for .medical attendance for
the past year, which has been only $26.
' The receipts from pay pupils during
" the year were $383.02 and the expendii
tures were $17,316.95 for all purposes.
The superintendent says that the
largely increasing number of pupils
J makes it necessary that a supply of
< proper machinery for the laundry should
' be put In and recommends the putting
I in of an electrio light plant on, the
ground of economy and safety. The
J Ways and Means Committee ot the
House recommended these appropria*
i lions at the last cession of the L?gisla.
ture, but for soaie reason the Hou*e did
' not make the appropriation.
i The report goes oa to say:
> "Some action was taken by the last
Legislature looking to the separation of
i the two classes (the deaf and the blind)
I provided for here. The request for this
action did not originate with the management
of the school, but I feel sure
1 JS Ml - :iL ?:J
i your yjuru win iu;reo wuu tuo luut oaiu'
action looking to the establishment and
maintenance by the State of separate
; schools for the deaf and blind Is doslra
ble, and will have your earnest support
t when it shall become necessary to arrange
for the accommodation of a larg
,er number of pupils than we now have.
I There c in be no strong reason given
i for the dual nature of the school, except
' that of economy In dollars and cents,
i while various reasons may be urged for
tlie maintenance of separate schools.
' Our printing office has been redtted
' and refurnished and Is now well
I equipped for affording .instruction In '
printing.
: Oar thanks are due to the different
> railroads throughout the State for the
' special rates allowed the pupils in goi
ine to and from school.
The number ol pupils in attendance
for the ensuing year will be as great or
' greater than that of the past year."
A short history of the institution prei
pared b/ Mr. N. F. Walker as acontri*
i bution to the general history of all the
schools for the deaf and blind in the
' United States and Canada and Mexico
) is appended to the report.
The institution was established at its
vM*naAnf Innofmn in lfllO ht? Rau Vftartnn
poo&uu twavivu IU AUZV wj J.*v ? w ?i ?WM
I Pinckeny Walker and it opened with a
class of five children.
Tbe school was changed from an indi'
vidua] enterprise to a State institution
[ in 1857, when the Legislature made an
? appropriation for the erection of suit*
' ble buildings.
Tbe school was closed io 1865 and
i reopened in October, 1866, but was
soon closed again on accouut of the un
I settled condition of the State's finances
Io 1869 it was opened again, with J. M.
> Hugnson, a graduate of tbe institution?
> as superintendent. In 1872 he resigned,
i and tbe present superintendent, N. F.
J Walker,a son of tile founder, whose
s death occourred in 1867,was appointed,
i In that vear a building was fitted up
for tbe colored pnpils, aad the Qadical
Board of Commissioners attempted to
i force social equality in the school, by
1 issuing tbe following order to the super*
' intendent:
"First. Colored pupiln must notonly
> be admitted into the institution on appli*
cation, but an earnest and faithful efi
for it must be made to mdace such pupils
to apply for admission.
; "Second. Such pupils when admitted
must be domiciled in the same bailding,
? must eat at the same table, and be
1 taught in the same class rooms and by
1 the same teacher, and must receive the
c same attention, care and consideration
> as white pupils."
On the reception ef the above order
the superintendent and all other officers
sent in their resignations.
An effort was made to secure superin2
tendent and teacherB who would be gov*
' erned by these instructions, but it failed,
1 and the school was closed from Septem
t ber, 1873, to September, 1876, when it
was reopened.
The department for colored pupils was
opened in 883.
The Palmetto Leat, as an institution
paper, made its first apparauce in 1887,
and has been published somewhat regularly
everslnce.
All pupils have training in some handicraft
or useful occupation.
Superintendent?N. F. Walker.
Matron?Mrs. V. E. Walker.
Physician?George W. Heint?h, M. D.
Teachers of the Deaf?T. H. Coleman.
Mrs. L. C. Irby, Miss M. M. King,
Miss M. 0. Sherrerd. Mrs. G. Coleman.
Teachers of the Blind?L. H. Cormer,
J. C. Meares, Miss;B. P. Wrieht.
Teacher of Drawing and Fainting?.
Mrs. G. Coleman.
Foreman ol the Shop?R. }P. Rogers,
i Foreman ot the Printing Office?J. T.
Carter.
' Foreman ot Shops for the Blind?H.
W. Eites.
. department for colored pupils.
Teacter ot the Deal?J. T. Carier.
I Teacher of the Blind?H. W. Eites,
i Matron?Eliza Alexander.
| Agtonlshlof.
Anderson, S. C., Nov. 18.?Anderson
I U nn UAMH f ../4.?n f kn n f f Mik/tf 4 An
i Lias uocuuuyvucu tuuny, tuo attiauuuu
being tte promise of Dr. Leo, a traveling
medicine man, to make a cripple
from rheumatism walk without he.p.
. The man selected was a factory emF
ploye, who had not walked for over
i three months. Several local physicians
3 examined him and, pronounced the
i case asinflamatory rheumatism. After
j a vigorous application of some "In*
5 dian" medicine, the man walked with
- ease, only limping slightly. The stand
- was surrounded by perhaps 2,000 people
- who raised cheer after cheer as the cripple
walked up and down the stand.,
/
n ? Daty on Iron Ore.
Washington, Nov. 22.?Tbe ire
ore men have been cefeated, ana tl
men who have combatted so vaiiunt'
to keep this article off the free list wei
today formally notified by members
the ways and mean9 committee that
had been finally decided by the Demc
cratic members tbat iron ore would t
placed on the free list. This is tl
most important development ot tae da
as it leaves the the iron ore men of Alt
bama, Virginia aid Michigan noalterm
tive but to carry their on to tl
floor ol the House. This they are no
threatening to do, and i< is more free]
stated than ever that the new tariff bi
containing this new provisiou will I
opposed in the Hoasa by the solid Dan
ocralic delegation from Alaba na aud
the Senate by Senators Morgan ac
Pugh. The Western Iron Ore Asaocif
lion, through President Geo. H. Ely, i
Cleveland, O., has made a vigorous pre
test to the committee. The coramitw
today concluded thti wool schedu.e i
the new tariff bill. The measure providi
for the admission, free of duly, all wool
hair of the camel, goat, alpaca and oth<
like animal?, and of wool and hair o
the skin, noils, top waste and oth<
wastes, and ass combed wholly or i
part of wool; also repeals wnat ai
known as compensatory duties on wool
en goods and reduces the advalorem di
ties on such goo 2s. It also repeals th
compensatory duties upon carpets of a
kinds, rugs and mats, and reduces tb
advalorem duties thereon from 40 p<
cent, advalorem to 30 per cent, advalo
rem. It also reduces the duties upon ce
tain qualities of waste, whic
have been advanced beyond tl
condition of scoured wool fc
the U3e ot machinery or by. the ap
plication of labor, to 25 per cent adva
lorem. The duty on shoddy mun;o an
certain other wastes is put at 25 p<
cent, advalorem. Over one thousan
petitions, telegrams and memorials hav
been rec.-ived by members of the com
miltee from temperance societie
throughout the couDtry asking that tfa
whiskey tax by raised. A telegrat
from [owa Falls, la., says: "We hav
tried State prohibition, and dad that w
canaot cope with the evil. Frohibitio
don't always prohibit; but if the generf
government places a heavy tax on tb
product, it will tend to lessen the out
pat of the cursed stuff." Many appeal
come from branches of the Womanf
Christian Temperance Union, askin
the committee to fix the tax on whiske
at a dollar and a half. Meanwhile, tb
distillers are .silent on the subiect.
A Fight with R >bbnrs.
Clifton, 8. C., Nov. 17.?One of the
most daring robberies ever perpetrated
in this section occurred about twelve
miles above hers, near the old Cow
pens battle-ground today. Ttie Good<
brothers, two desperate characters o
tnat neighborhood, selzad a wagoi
team with three bales of cotton anc
made away with the same. A poss
M t-rrTAnftr firro rnonl nfo unH Ho
U1 tlUUUU IWUUUj-UfO A V>?\S*l*UVJ UUVk UVI
termined men, beaded by Hubert i:
Scruggs, was soon in bot pursuit of th
fugitives, wbo were overhauled wlthii
a miie or two of tbis place, when
fierce battle took place. Tbe Goode
fougbt like tigers, and although one o
tbemis tbougbt to have been sho
through and through by a Remingtoi
rifle, yet he succeeded, with his orota
er la making bis escape upon the bad
of a very fleet horse belonging to ou
of the pursuers. The pursuing part
was uoburt, although one of them nai
rowly escaped, a bullet passing throug
his clothes. A young man namei
Jolly was with the Goodes when the;
were found, and was arrested. He die
claims any knowledge of tbe robber;
Nothing further has been learned <j
the whereabouts of the desperados
When last seen they wer 1 flr'ng rapic
ly from tbe backs of their flying steeds
The horse which was carried off (
very valuable saddle horse) was foun
late this afternoon by Capt. Tlsdal*
The animal had Deen wo-jnded by a pi:
tol shot, and doubtless, when the
found him he could be of no f urthe
use to them, the robbers left htm, an
It Is supposed that they swam the rive
above here aad are now somewhere i
hiding amongst the dense forests nes
its shore. The posse Is still o
the lookout, and it is confidently e:
pected that the desperadoes will b
captured, although a stubborn resis'
ance may be made.?State
Leaped to Ooath.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 17.?A moi
sensational suicide was committed i
the Northwestern section of the oil
this morning. While North Euta<
street was thronged with early risers,
scene at the fourth story wii
dow of a handsome brick bulli
ing near the Triangle of Eutav
St. Mary's and Madison avenue, a
tracted the attention of the passers b;
An entirely nude man was crouching c
the window sill preparing to jump. .
moment later he plunged headlong t
the ground. The man was Seaor Carlt
Diez Gomez De Cadiz, the Consul of tl
Kingdom of Spain at Baltimore. Tt
body struck tne earth with terrific fore
The skull was crushed and death ws
instantaneous. There is no doubt th;
Diaz committed the deed while in a f
of insanity. Diaz had been the Spanit
Consul at Baltimore for two years. E
was 46 years old. He came from a di
tingulshed Spanish family, and hs
been in the consu'ar service of his n;
tive country twenty-two years. Fc
twenty years he was stationed at Tuni
Algeirs. Many decorations were to
stowed upon him by the Spanish au
Portuguese governments and the Be
of Tunis, rfenor Diaz married an Enf
lish woman. She with her two childre
were asleep in an adjoining room whe
the Consul leaped to death.
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"THE WORLD'S GRE
the machi
the on:
for typewriters at the
"no machine could jsjjps
be any better. it is
PERFECT."
Privave statement of one
of the Judges.
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Responsible Oou
J. W . Grit
GENERAL AGENT
p
a diplomatic question.
m
36 A Chilly Beoeption AwaHInf the HawaIIly
an Representative.
re Washington, Nov. 22?It was
. clearly apparent this morning that the
it publication of MlBlster Thurston's re)_
ply to Commissioner Blouot's report
created a very disagreeable impression
at the Department of State. None of
ie the officials care to discuss the matter
v, with H view to publication of their
i- views, but privately it is intimated
i- that the Minister has taken an extra:e
ordinary course, that be has violated
^ all the proprieties of diplomatic inter
y wui9c,auu i/uab m aujr utuer uuuuiry
in than the United States he would be
immediately famished with bis pass_
ports, which 13 the diplomatic method
. of intimating to a minister that he is
l? persona non grata and had better take
ld his departure.
l~ But Mr. Thurston has made it diffl
of cult for snch a coarse to be pursued, by
i- very shrewdly disclaiming in the beje
ginning of his article any intention of
ot publishing an opinion on the internals
tional questions at issue, and declariug
8 that he proposed confining bimself to a
statement of facts concerning himself
'D in reply to Mr. Blount's personal atip
tacks upon him. Although the minisj"
ter under this cover, manages to discuss
and traverse nearly every sub!e
stantial statement made by Bloant;
L~ his disclaimer obscures very much any
* violation by him of diplomatic proprle
eties?if, indeed, his statement can be
U so regarded?and would make it dilute
cult for the Department of State to deal
it with him, as it might otherwise be disi.
posed to do.
ir But, as a matter of fact, the impresh
sion is that the Department has.no In
Le tentlon of adopting heroic measures in
Minister Thurston's case. Neverthey
less it may be anticipated that he will
meet with a rather chilly reception upon
his next visit to the department of
d State.
3r All the State Department officials
d stood mute when there was brought to
'e their attention the published, report
- that Queen Lilioukalandi bad been reis
stored to the Hawaiian throne yssterie
day. In view of the intimations that
a have been dropped, to the effect that
e radical feature of Minister Wishes's
e luatrucuoua wouiq aeveiop soon alter
Q and not before, the sailing last Thural
day from Honolulu of the Alameda,
which Is due at San Francisco tomorrow,
and that stirring events were ex~
pected to occur about that time, it can
8 not be said that the report is entirely
* discredited here. But if the exg
treme step has been taken, at the
y time indicated, the American
e public will not be aware of it by any
news likely to come by means of the
Alameda, tomorrow, and owing to the
gap of twenty days in the mall service
caused by the wrack of the steamer
5 Miowere, the public mast wait many
I days for that news unless something
a should come to hand by way ot China,
through some outward bouad steamer
touching at Honolulu.
f Thurston's dramatic recital of the
revolution of 1887 recalls the fact that
, when the news of that event was received,
the British minister (at that
time Sir Lionel Sackvllle Wear) asked
j* the United States to join England,
' France and Geiv&any in an internation1
al guarantee of (he neutrality of the
a feandwicb or Hawaiian Islands (similar
a to tbe Samoan agreement.) The Uait?
ed States did not adopt the suggestion
lt Nothing in affirmation or contrad ca
tion of ihe rumor that yesterday was
. th fixed date for the restoration of tbe
c Queen can be obtained from official
3 sources.
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