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? TEE STATE POCKETBOOK ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE TREAS URER BATES. Matters Wh'ch Will Interest Eve?y Well Informed Citizen?Tb?> State Br>udf>, tb Borrowing of Money, and the Flaacolu Part of the Dl?pena*ry. Columbia,S. C, Nov. 22.?The mos important and interesting report o any State officer is that of Tieasure Bate.?, givn to the press yesterday ai ternoon. Every citizen who desires t keep oosted on the atf-urs of his Stat should read it. Tbere is not a line o the report which will not be of inter est. The Dispensary figures giveu fut D1811 tnt' Lirsc accurate lUfit ui mn icoui of the scheme, hnanciaJly. Treasure Bates says: "The State is to be congratulate! ? apoQ the sue ess that attended the ef forts of th* Governor and Treasurer t carry out the act of December, 1892 providing for the redemption of th Brown cousol debt. N>twithstandini the Injury done to the credit of th State duriDff the dark days ofmisrul from 1868 to 1876, and the baneful pres ence of 85.965.000 of fraudulent convei sion bonds or 1869, beariug the grea seal of the State, still listed upon th New York Stock Exchange, and tb prevalence of the severest moDetar panic this country has experienced li many years, South Carolina refundei her brown codsoI debt maturinar Feb ruary 1, 1893, by placing 2040 yea and one-half per cent, bonds at pai The details of this transaction are se forth in tables numbered Nos. 11 am s 12. "In order that the pubiic may b more fully informed as to the work, submit the following statement: "During the month of October, 1892 the Gsvernor and Treasurer visite< New York c'ty and remained iher< some weeks trying to induce capital ists to take the issue of four per cent bonds then provided for. We did no succeed in our efforts. Some of thes capitalists saw their opportunity ti ? force a recognition by the State of th< fraudulent bonds and demanded sucl a recognition as the price the Stat must pay in order to secure their aid The principal holders of the browi consols were residents of our State and the prevailing rate of interest hen being high, these holders naturally preferred haviDg their consols contiri ed at six per cent, rather thao changi their investments to four or four am one-half per cent bonds. "These were some of the difficultie that bad to be overcome. "After leaving New York we secure* the services of Mr. Colden Rhind, o: Augusta, Gfi., who furnished the bes testimonials and impressed us with hi high character and business ability. He was authorized to open negotia tions for funding the debt of the Stat and inviting propositions for four pe cent, and for four and one-half pe cent, bonds. During the month of No vember Mr. Rhind submitted a lette in the nature of a proposition from Mi French, then president of the Manhat tan Trust Company on the part of sat< company and its associates. It wa upon this proposition a* a basis tha the refunding act of 1892 was intro duced into the Legislature. They pro nnaati trt tnfco fnnr arid nnfl-half ne cent. 20-40 year bonds at par, anc would place to the credit of the Stat' in the Manhattan Trust Company $350, 000 bv December 1,1892; ?5,000,000 b; January 1st, 1893, anu auy balanci that, might be needed bv February 1st 1893. It was our expectation and hop< thai this would be definitely arranged and with this ready cash we would re deem the brown consols in anticipa * tion of their maturity and have for th' State all unmatured interest on th< consols. But, unfortunately, b-fore tht act of 1892 was passed by tne Lejjisla ture, Mr. French became ill aud sooi afterwards died, and pending his ill ntss two of his stronffrst. associate withdrew, having become alarmed a the unusual shipments of gold fron th? United States to Europe. However, Mr. Rhind, continued hi f fforte, and assisted by one or more o the associates of Mr. French, succeed ed in organizing a syndicate of JN'ev "V/?rb Rultimn.-ti Richmond. Charle9 too and other capitalists, of which ih? Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Com pany, Robert C. Davidson, president was the agent. This syndicate, aft?: .. much correspond eoce and delay, enter ed into a writttn contract with thi State on the 19th day of Janunrv, 18S3 to take 82,000,000 of the $5,250,000 fou and one-half per cent, bonus,woich thi State proposed to sell at " par flat", an( were allowed an option of the remain lng 83,260,000 until April 1st, 1893, a the same puce. On the Tib of March 1893, th6 syndicate exercised the optioi and an amended coutrast wa3 made binding them to take the tuiire issue Both the original' and the amendei contracts are on file in this office. It l ? proper to state in this connection tha Mr. Rhind was to look to the syndi cate which he organized for compensa tion for his services. The State no paying him anything except $150 ii Inoionna tn haur fhft aynATi.?fa r?F : UiiO luouauvv W WVM4 VMV Vk < special trip to New York on pressinj business for the State in ibe boni matter. "Early in May tbe force of tbe mone tary panic was plainly felt, and a ques tion arose as to tbe legality of tbe con tract the State had made with tbe syn dicate. This question bad to be settled because it threw a cloud over the titl of the bonds. A hearing was bad be fore the Supreme Court on May 9tl and on May 15th a decision was rendei ed, in which the Supreme Court unaDj mously sustained tbe contract. As cai be readily imagined the difficulties am dangers that attended the fulfill men of tbe contract caused much anxiety t those who represented the State it such responsible work. "It will be seen there are still out standing brown consols to the amoun ot 9152,520.27. Of thes* 357,375 22 ar ' held for Clemson Bequest, and are t be cancelled and represented by six pt cent. Bcrip, as provided by act of .He cember, 1891, and to redeem the rt mainder we have cash on haud.amounl n/> tr. ?1 1 ^ 9rift ftM Thll?l f htTft IS PX IU? IV yixv,ww wvi AWV.W ?WV.V cess ot cast! to the credit of the rt demption fund amounting to |20,113 8( wnich is explained by the fact that i estimating the amount of brown con sols to be redeemed on July 1st, w bad to allow some margin for wha brown consols might be issued unde the various acts from 1873 to 1879 8 between the date of coutract with ih syndicate and July 1st, 1893. Th amount issued was not as la^e a3 wa expected. "Here I wish to call especial alter lion 10 the fact that the amount c bonds and slocks &tlJl fundable i brown consols, ie.us vauaiiy,e;c .arouuu IdcIu- if g interest to July 1st, 1893, t $482,198 57. Why tbe holders finv waited so long to fund their bonds, cannot explain. Some btvjb^en sui rendered here for rp > -mptiun or fun: ing since July 1st, 1893, aud a questio arose in my mind as to the prope course to pursue. I decided to awai the action or iustruciion of the Legii lature and respect!ully recomuiea that the valid principal and interest i the fundamental oonds be funded di t rectly iu the brown four and one-ha ' per cent, bonds, and the excess of caf in hand to the credit of the redemptic i_ fund over and above the brown conao outstanding be used in purchasing ar cancelling brown four and one-ha i- per cent. /InrJnor fhfl TTD? "AUf expKUUUmcj uunug vuu JV.. e exceeded the receipts, and the Sta was forced to borrow money. Wni there was an increase in the reven' derived from phosp'iate royalty of 88] f 258.05, a3 eomp*re<i with last year \ must be remembered that there w; * a falliog off of some S40,U00 of receip ; cn accounr of a reduction from 4 ? mills to 4 % mills In the t<iX levy, p The expenditures were sreatly i ; crei3?d in 1892 93, as compared wit 1891-92, as thb following items wi show: J Amount to pay six months' Interest on new bonds.... S118.250 ( Amount appropriated, I Cl^mson College 50,000 I , Amount, appropriated, State .T Dispensary 50,000 I Amount appropriated, artifi? cial limbs..." 5,000 1 I Amount represented by }4 * mill in levy tax 40,000 I ? $263,250 i "To meet those extraordinary d " maodsrthe Governor and Treasurer, t ^ authority of act of the Legislatur ? borrowed $100,000 on notes and aboi ? $35,000 in the way of overdrafts c [ banks. Th^ plan of making overdraf I instead of giving notes for all mon( needed was to avoid borrowing moi than was actually needed and savic . as much interest as possible. In coi elusion i must call the attention of tl , Legislature to the fact that the tin allowed this department in which 1 make a report is too short. The Bsc j Tear closes on October 31st, and tl Legis'ature meets in about three weel , afier this date. The State Treasuri has to make a detailed report to tl J Comptroller General of all the Octobi 9 transactions of his department, coi this report upon his records and ba : ance all his books before he can gi J accurate information to embody in h ? report. Cannot some remedy be pn I vided for this difficulty?" * Tbe tigures contained in the coi 1 I /Innofl/J tohlno KqIatp CT1UA flTl A ucuoou vavivg uw*wn v v? i fair idea of the exact financial cond '* tioa of the State government. Tt , following is the abstract of cash li; j; bilities, October 31st, 1893: ? Interest due and not called for, -viz ' On consols, (Brown and valid Green " from 1879 to 1893, 885,548.48; on 4 pt ? cent, redemption brown consols, 189 1 85.02; on blue 1% per cent, redemj tlon deficiencies, 1893, 878.70; on ne 43^ per cent, redemption brown coi , sols, 1893, 8428.81; on deficiency stoc! 2 1879 to 1888, $589.79; total, $86,650 89. I Interest from 1st of January, 1880 < 1st July, 1893, on 8266,408.05 brow consols liable to be issued for vali principal and interest of old bonds n< " yet consolidated, balance of approprii * tion therefor,887.839.54; not speciflcaL 1 appropriated, 8127,950.98; total, 821? 790.52. Interest on consols to Jul ' 1878, formerly fundable, now payabl r 891,480.47; total, 8393.921.88. Princip * of deficiency stock due 1888 not yet su j rendered by holders, 8657.40; princip J brown consols due 1893 outstandini , 8152.520.27; less amount belonging I ^ the Clrms jn bequest, 857,375 22, 895 145 05; loans effected by Governor ari ' Sf.a e Treasurer authorized by act 189 . S1U5.000.00; sinking fund comraissioi S42.901.82; direct tax fund, S24.397 5< ** dirt-ct tax proceeds act 1884, S1U.992 0, _ State dispensary special account sal) ' under Section 2 Dispensary Act, 189 815,838.26; Morrill fund (due Clafli * College), S10,033.65; Clemsi.?n Colleg 81,15169; apeciai accounts, vz ' E?caeated estate Malone, S7068 ^cheated estate Burton, SI,7019 Downer fund. $529 67, <lieins?u bi * quest, $1,66123; total, S4.602.65; oa *nce appropriVtnn ur>drawn, saj,818 3 00000; 'Otal S722 634 97 , _ CASH ASSETS 31ST OF OCTOBER. (ieiierni account, $?iz,ois.?; siukip * tuud, 342.90182; balauce fiow snles 4j j per ceuts tor redemption ot brow ' consols, $115,25885; disoeasary sped. fuDd for 8<tles, ?15 838.26; oa*h torn dempti-n of d-tjcifii-ies, $938 65; n ? cheated "-states, S2.411 75; Do#ik fund, $529.67; Clomson 0 liege, $1,151 " 69; Mornli tuad (for CI-.flu < V?ll$10,033 65; direct tix fin d, $24,390 5 Cl-msou bequest, SI,661.23; ?ota-, ?221 728 55; nn c <<ii liaiiintles SlstOotooe * 1893 o494.906.42. ' Liabili'ies u her than cash, (bon acco'ipt), green consols outstandini 8528.566.56; less f-sM mated invalidit 0 $419,673 95-108,882 61; brown 4^ p ' cents redemption of the brown col : sols act, 1892, $5 401,955.86;brown 4 p< B ? ?1?.. K- n..nonis ai90 i CBUl'. icuc'i'jjuuu uiunu wuoui^ viiit 04; blue4^ per cents, ''deficiencies * 8400,000; Agricultural college scri S191.800; bands and stock (princip ' witb interest to 1st Jauuary, 1880,) at thorized to be funded in brown coi ' sols by the act of 1873 aud subsequer 1 acts, not including invalidity, ac a which perhaps should be added to tl ? cash liabilities, 8266,408 05; total, 86 393,168 56; net cash liabilities 31st O tober, 1893, as above, 8494,906 42; tot; f net liabilities 1st November, 1893, St ] 864,07498. a General tax?s 1891 and 1892, and als f backtaxe*, S735.411.03; phosphate ro; j alty, S233.544 43; sales brown 4}? pi cents issued for reaemprion of bro* j. consols, ?2.930,346 74;'ess overpay men' I. refund, 8750?82,929 596 74; privilej; . tax oa fertilizers, S5u.243.95; Morri fund from United States uovernmen I $19,000; State dispensary sales, ?100 335 o 13; insurance licenese fees, ?10,00 . siuking fund commission, ?7,000; fei h of office of Secretary of State, ?2,521.1 .. railroad assessments for railroad cor [. mission, ?6,085.40; special funds, ?' Q 937.45; loaus (Governor and St* j Treasurer), 5105.CXHD; other sources, ?1 t 784.10; total, ?1,208 456 36; balance cas 0 31st October, 1892, ?201.718.90-54,41( 1 20526. Legislative expenses. ?43.427.88; pu ; lie printing, ?23,932.45; education! t charitable, penal and sanitary institi e tions and expenses, S223.835 61; Clec o son Agricultural college, $151,7001! r interest on public debt and expense s- $349,597.63; interest on new 45? p? i- cent, redemption brown consols 1 > July, 1893,?117,696.19; brown conso due July, 1893, principal redeemed i j- cash, ?2,814,337 89;f*xoenses ledemDtic >, brown consols, ?6,036 65?$2,820,374 5 u deQciency stock redeemed,$60.32; Stai i- dispensary, $134,493 87; salaries?Si e nreme court, circuit, judges, solicitor ,t State officers, county auditors aud si r perintend^nts of public institution 0 etc., $151,098.14; pensions, $51,470.2 e maintaining militia. SIU.000; txprnsi t of elections, $18,167.66; continger ,s funds, stationnry and stamps, execi tive ollices and supreme Uourt, ttir i- eroor'3 office, including civil contii if gent, fund, 88,254 27; other offices, etc n S3,320 54?SI 1.574 81; direct tax claim it acr of 1884, $1,78115; direct tax funi 0 830,233 16; artilicul limbs, 85,108; sinl e iiig fund commissioners warrant 1 8959 52; special fund-1, not includir $3,24223 paid Clemson colh'ee from ii I- come of the Clemson tones', 80,4(57.1 n on other accounts, $2*4,498 22; ton ir 84,182 476.71; >>:lance 31st. Ociobar, 18'J it 8227,728 55-84.410,205 26. } The. financial tanH showing'the lij d ures upon the redemption of i ne brow n consols covered above and trie folio* i- ingstatement o?the new issue of b^m A ,lf ?the brown 4J? per cents redeemable T\ sh In 1933 are given: " >q Total amount issued to October 31st, Is 1893, 85,401,953.86, of which amount PRE id the purchasing syndicate received S3,,lf 250,000; amount issued in exchange for brown 4 Der cents under act of 1892, ar 3150,926,57; additional amount in ex- The te chHPtfei for brown consol3, 31,029.29? le 35,401.955 80. De >e As will be noticed above In the table xh I,- of expenditures S134,493 87 wasexpendit ed for the State dlsoeosary, the appro- lQ is prlatlon beine 350,000. ti is ? u SURVIVORS WELCOMED. Frei deal Augaata In the HjindH of Old Confed ,h Htr.3. som ^ Augusta, Ga.,}iov. 23.?About 3,000 Confederate veterans gathered in line Pf.01 to day to celebrate i he first day of the said JU reunion of Confederate veterans held a ris under the auspices of the Augusta Ex- inpif position and Georgia State Fair. Ttey nine were present bere from every section at J J0 of the South, and made up an array of forc battle-scared heroes such as i3 seldom wer( JO P(iPn tncrnther. Thp.v were ffliid of the i opportunity to meet agdia the men M who fought in the same cause that they ~ did and to near onre more, may be for . 30 t he last time, the roice that led them 818;t e' without faltering whether it be to vic?y tory or defeat* .But there was no war oral e< cry heard to-day. Where once these con I heroes met for bloody battles, to day at J )n they met to grasp the hand of com- wha ta rades who are lighting not against an' ufc u -y enemy but with reunited citizens for the i re the greater glory of the Union and the boai prosperity and progress of the South. neQ| Q* At 10 o'clock the line was formed on ^eii 16 Broadway, and with music and yells ec:e( Je they marched with some of the old h t(j time leaders at their head. At the Exdl positioa the exercises of the day were pr?: 16 held and addresses of welcome deliv- ^ iS ered by President J. O. Waddell of the wav - r - . , ^ of -1 Georgia state Agricultural society ana ??< ?? 10 President Walsh of the Augusta Ixpo- turn sr sition. tion 7 The address of the day was delivered char ,1; by Gen. C. A. Evans, who was in com ion < mand of the day. He said: The State thos 13 of Georgia, represented by the presi- 8ee | dent of the State Agricultural Assosiation, who was himself a brave Confed- lll01 a" erate soldier, has bidden us enjoy this ^ .a splendid exposition of Georgia's mag- ,~j l" niticent resources and no one is better ' .P 16 fitted to giv? a cordial welcome than afIPj a" Col. John Waddell. You wiil agree e1^' with me that it is like pouring horffey T( upon a full honey comb to add any- brou '/ thing to the praises of the president of '80 i 'r the Augusta International Exposition. '86 < The city holds him enthroned in its over P* heart. The State owes him ta debt of riodi w gratitude for the energy and sagacity (jon I' with which he has published its rare durii resources to this entire union and urged ^ their development. His fame is as Hod ;? wide as the country and we all know ? * that the world itself is not bigger than 1(J the heart of Patrick Walsh. The State 'utn Association and the Augusta Exposi- IroDD tion, wisely combining their powers, feSu (J made pledges concerning the exhibi- is8u< tion of Southern resources which said: startled us by their magnitude but the the f e' survey of these halls convinces us that The al every pledge has been redeemed with com r: wonderful fidelity. that al But we are here also, my comrades, Rep to enjoy a reunion of Southern sol- iowe '? diers in our own way. Coming from g-L all quarters, we greet each other as brothers in a glorious strife. We will . - not fix bayonets nor fire shot, shell or iV ? minute ball any more. We are true *or *? trfcfhia arhnla nnnnrro r\9 nnra. fnp it. ifl GVCf j|* VU UUIO IT UV/*U VWUUV4J VI wmw) aw mm* ?? as much our country as it ever was. vote They say we surrendered, but In fact P^t "? we did not surrender. What did we the < u surrender? .Notour States, nor con- 'ore ej stitution, nor principles of government. naif We surrendered nothing, The fighting froiu stopped and we came nome and went c,atj *? again to worfc. We are better off than ucat 1" most pe ?ple in our wealth of fl?g.x, for yote , we enjoy the possession of this stcred h symbol of sentiment as a banner borne .. by the hand of affection and behold by " eyes that look to it as the emblem ot M 5 heroism, manhood aud p tpuiar liberty. * We nave also as our own this other CUI 'j fluf which represents our government 150 il and which we hope will wave over a Ltec 0* united people and represent the equal era..' 3* advantages of all sucMons under a good num *r as well as a powerful country.'* G*n- uum erai Orutendon of South Carolina also irtiC r spjKe iu me samH siraiu. jejt D Own?d In Cxya>;a JLinke, UOt r> ITHICA., N. Y., N >v. 19 ?L S. Mer ^ rum..ui lusiruc'or io Cornell Uuiv<-r3ity, d and Mi89 M L. Year^in. a student, Puj*' mint out rowing ou Cayuga Lake > ester- ot bl day attcru;?oo, and to. lay their bo it was tlie lm found overturned in the lake. Nothins UQ^ ,r has beeD seen or heard of them up to 7 ?. o'clock tonight, and th .y wer- evident? ly drowned by the overturning of tbe lf10 p, boat. Tbev hired a bo it y esterday af I^jro al ternoon at 3 o'clock. It was very cold, i- and a strong wind blowing on the lake. '^r a* Tbe boat owner told them to keep alon* aD 't tbe west shore ol the lake, as it would be dangerous, elsewhere. This thev did "?cr *e not do, and it evidently cost then their J;" lives. BQi] Later this evening a hunter brought j .. to the city an overcoat, which had the land 9 marl? nFo Tlalfimn^A firm ?n it. Tf. wnft ^ 1 identified as the instructor's overcoat bv CU^J Jm a gentleman who boards at the same . ** Bp house with him. Efioris will be made 18 " u to recover the bodies tomorrow by the can t8 use ot a cannon. Tbe lady has been ?the fe studyiue: at Cornell lor two years. Her ?ont ill home is i-a Laurens county, S. C. Mr. bui7( it, Merriam was a graduate ol Vaaderbilt 8tay !- University. He took a post graduate 8tay 0; course at the John Hopkins Universit,, ?8re and this was his first year at Cornell, Yor he being an instructor in the political """? a" economy department. His parents re- Year [?" side in Chattanooga, Tenn. where his Year father is a large wholesale grocer, re- "00 ported to be very weallhy. The youug l?e f ). man was passionately fond ot the water, 8UC* and was ou the lake nearly every day. a?. T>. wn? l.is n&iiil r.iiRt.nm in take some WblC kj younji lady with him, aud this fact at beet aJ once put at re8t all thoughts of the aflair Pu^ tt bfio? aa elopement. The pareuis of lle? 8; both the youni* people have been wired .7* S3* to the effect that they were drowned. D1^c er 1 !ar? St tiattle la the lUoaDtalua. iu a Is Greenville, S. U., Nov. 21.?Ad- with .n vices to the Greenville News say3 that the m a regular battle occurred yesterday in sma 4; the mountains, near the line between twei te Greenville and Spartanburg counties, ?)en a- on ihbSpartauburg side, i'n^re was Bma 9. a public sale, aud a lur^e number of the ^ l- mountain people had assembled. Whis s, Key flowed freely, and there was more 7; or less fighting all day. This culmiu- y :s ated iu tne aftrrnoon, when tne owners fncr it of a blockade whiskey wagoa and a Il8t i- couple of State dL*peusary officers, who the 1 /- had tried to seize it, came together tboi a- Alter a brief preliminary wrangle be<-c shooting began. Most of the sober and cons s, eldery men had goue home, and "the thee d, boy.V bad a beautiful lree fight to Pop c- themselves. Oae of the owners of the aaiy * wai??m. a man named Parris. from t.hm ig North Carolina, was shot through the n- heart aad instantly killed. Henry J 1; Fisher, out* of the dispena-uy oflicers, > Aasioundiu the kitcheu dead, with a jv;3 3, bullet through his br-ast. ? Several others were wounde-1, three QUt?' g- seriou ly, and nearly everybody had a *uI) rn oksh from a knife or a bl,?w froui the d-l,lt v- butt of a revolver as a souvenir of the and Js sccasion. ever HY WE GOT BEiTEN. DERICK C- WAITE TELLS WHY THE DEMOCRATS LOST. 8f?y-at-Homo Vote Did It? Cjclcs ol mocraMo Defeat? Populism Will row the Election of President Id 1100 to the House. Washington, D. C? Nov. 21.? Jerick C. Waitc, who did a great of expert estimating lor Superinent Porter in the census office, said e ooiable things this evening in his tire nt the Columbbu University. t. A. ?\ craven m miroaacmg mm : ''We have wi;,b us this evening >! ? statistician whose remarkable iht into figures enabled him twelve Hbs aeo to point out in his lectures obos Hopkins University that the es which produce commercial crisis e at flood tide. Had the bankers 1 as expectant of disaster, they Id have maintained tt<eir reserves thus staved oft the. blunt of the criMr. Waite, who is makiug an elabe investigation of the cause of disent in this country for his lectures obns Hopkins, and who says only ,t he can prove, will now address pon the lessons to be drawn from election. As the election is tne key d by which the citizens ofaconti; express aod record their wishes r Dopes aaa tneir aisuoaieuLs, iue itiflc study of election statistics in t bauds Is eminently fitting in a :tical course of economics like ours." r. Waite said: Another ''tidal e" of disapproval has been recorded le polls. Let us analyze the res in the light of sixty years of elecstatistlcs. from my statistical t,"comparing tbe political complexjf elections for tweDty years with e of forty years previous," you will that during the last twenty years also the twenty years ending with areaking up of the Whig party, the locrats carried every alternate Prestial election and yet were always ated at the intervening Presidential kinn d the Democrats 1836 ami '76 ight victories at the polls;'40 and defeats; '44 and '84 victories; '48 and Meats; '52 and '92 victories. More* , you notice tbat during bothpei the Democrats carried every off ;ressional election, except the one ag the Mexican war. year ago, & lecture at Johns kins University, having thus poinfcut in detail that the election pendu swings the mantle of supremacy i party to party with mathematical larity whenever there is no great i between the political parties, I : "There is nothing surprising to statistician in the Cleveland vote. Republican farmers have not bee Democrats." This year I add, the Democrats have not voted the nhlip.an tir.tcBt. hut have merelv al id the election to go by def mlt. ce the Republican vote for Harriia 1888 t qualed a larger per cent of ,oial numoer of legal voters in New k than the greatest Democratic vote polled, it Is fair to assume that the rs not affiliating with the lesser ies one halt are Republicans and )ther half are Democrats. Thereby subtracting from the Republican tbe Republican vote in 1893 aod i the Democratic half the Damo c vote, we tind that 190.000 Efcpubis and 210.000 Dem >cram did not i, if we assume ibat those voting cast own party ticket *itb tbeqxceoof s*v. 5 000 Democrats, r. D"pew, however, claims that 000 Democrats voted the Republi.icKet. If so, by deduction that 000 Democrats Irom the 215,000 aocrais wu 3 did not vote the Douioc ticket, we have left 63 000, the 1 -.-?1 Tt ~ 1.1^1 ner ?vno aiao't vow aTau. i .e lutui ber not voung was 400 000. Sub?in*/ the 65,000 Democrat we have 335,000. tLib Lumber ol Republicans voting. ence it is in order Tor Mr. D*pew to uiu why he ihiuks that 335 000 Raicana deemed their ticket u i vorttiv iiug vottd, wbile all but 65,000 A Democrats marched in solid colts to the polls. o show that the Republican farmer not vote for Cleveland I analyzed election returns, town by town, ughout the rural dis ricta of New k, and discovered that the rural vote Cleveland was even less in 189.2 t in 1888 in every agricultural couuty le Empire btate. So great was the ease, that it more, than cftset the reland gains in New York City, 'alo and the citties of the interior. Jhio it was just the same. Cleve'a vote was less in 1892 thin in 1888 Ihfi rural tnwnshim of all the ayri ur&l counties. ence the ouly reasonable conclusion tat last year the dissatisfied R?publifarmers, and this year these and r dissatisfied Republicans and disented Democratic laborers by the :ked of thousands, have joined the -at-home voles. Last year the -at-home vote in Pennsylvania numd 270,000, this year 530,000, in New k 200,000 last year, this year 400,in Virginia last year 75.000, this 1 150,000; in Chicago 55,000 last , this vear 180,000; in Nebraska 40,in 1888, this year 120,000. It is Jtay-at home parly which has made i phenomenal gaius, while without m Ann Qla fn lliiyui IttLIb CAUCptlUli ILi a Li J Ub(*V\J :h has had an election, there has I a decrease in the vote of the R3licao, Democratic and all other parexcept one. he people's party has made insigant gains in some of the States 0 Rains in one, and apparent losses lew on account of the doiu? away 1 fusion. Maryland has not cast for Democratic State candidates such a II per cftnt. of her full vote within ily-flve years. In Pennsylvania the locralic party has not polled such a 11 vote lor half a century. he asiooishin^ features ot the recent 'ions are the same a9 thoao of last , w^en 1,000,000 Republican ?irb 8taved-dt-home, while their Popubrethren cast 1,042 531 votes on strength of visiouary promises. Al* ish 'liftuy ot those promises have l proven lo be worthy of as little lideratfouas those givin^utterauce to are worthy ol the supporl, yet the uliats nave held their v;te remarkwell, even in ihoae States where i were successful last year only beic of the aid of the Democrats. ensus and registration statistics dise the fact thai the Slate having elecs this year !>ave furnished their full a o1 C 000 000 stay-at-home voters. V 4;000.<'00 of these are utterly <UsiQea wuii tfoeir own party. Thev the Populists are ihe twop>tent and -y increasing armies of discontent. Plans are being laid to unite these forces under one banner. Their utter lack of leaders of ability seems to be the only t obstacle. These causes which have produced their discontent are identical with the , ciuses which have produced the present I financial crisi3. Hence, I may quote a 1 few words trom what 1 said in Slisce- f ; laneou3 Senate ducument No. 25, "ce- \ lative to the cause of the industrial de- t nfOQoinn "la a word, the total net private la- . debtedness of the American people equaled in 1880 but 6,750 million dollars. 1 in September 1892, it amounted to 19,- a 700 millions, an increase of 12,000 mil- { lions in the short period of twilve 8 years." g "These mute figures tell the tale, Oae manufacturing and mining industries r have been stimulated under the intoxi- ? catin? influeuce of protection, w'uile our J farmers have been compelled to borrow t to meet deficits. Oar land vahiya have c been bolstered up by booms and ruthless real estate speculations all over the West and South. Railroads have been 5 built to forestall competitors, to raise f the value of land and to build cities where nnnn lunrn noorluH Ttnn el a anrl oeotArod etocks have been ruthie9sly floated for j the purpose of wrecking valuable properties until now the liabilitifss of the railroad companies, equal tully 85 per cent, or 5,000 million dollars more than their iotal assets." The general discontent and profound unrest produced and reinforced by auch potent economic iorcas and combined with the possibility of a labor vote may be expected to debar the Repulicans from gaining the necessary mijorlcv in the next electoral college. As 1896 is not the year on which Democratic vietorv will fall according to the law of political cycles already noted the House of Representatives to be chosen in 1894 will probably elect the next President of the United States. A ureat Jt ire. Springfield, Mass., No?. 22.?A fire broke oat after midnight last eight id the block owned by J. K. Daxter and Henry S. Dickinson, at 93 Worthington street, which before it was checked de- ( strayed eight blocks, resulting in an estimated damage of nearly a milliom and a half dollars. The burned district in Worthinatou street extends nearly one hundred and fifty feet east fiom the roar of the Glendower House and is nearly one huudrcd aud fifty feet deep. The I block owned by C. J. Weber, grocer; j two brick blocks, live storiee high, owned a by J. K. Daxter <fc Co, rag dealers; five j story block owned by John Doolaa, also e a rag dealer; five story block owned by e A. N. Iavon, stock dealer: Glendower tiotei ana a Dries diock aaa pare 01 tue ? Wright block. The first block attacked was occupied f by A. F. Leonard & Co., agricultural {" dealers, who occupied the first floor; the J Stearns Paper ComDauy the second floor, and the Gasr.hic Publishing Com- ^ pany the th'rd floor. The two top stories a were used lor the torage of rass and j waste. In the second block, owned by t J. K. Dexter & Co, the Uaion Cycle r Company occupied the first floor. Mayo y and John Doolan occupied all of their v respective buildings. The blocks are t worth about $20,000 each. J. K. Dax- 2 ter k Co. had . bout $16 000 insurance 2 on each ol theirs. J. W. Webber's block, 1 the fifth one destroyed, adjoioed the new ? DicKinson block on the east. The buila- ^ ilia cost about $10,000 and was insured for $5 000. Tue Abble clock burned the moat fiercely of all, except the hotel. It was built by Jas. Abble and was valued ba him at $'25,000, with a full insurance. The block at the corner of a Worthiniton and Mam streets, which t was the Seventh to be consumed, wa3 c occupied by the proprietor., of the Hotel Glendower and the City National Bank, f Toe Wright block covere J a considerable l &paoe of ground, built on three sides ot a * square. The only portions of these c damaged were the blocks falling on i Worthiuaton street and the building on F the corner, occupied by the Uuii*n Publisuing Compauy. a Toe origin of the Ore is a mystery to the authorities. It was 6 o'clock this ^ morning before the fire was urder con- j trol. c The following is a list of the principal c losses and the insurance a3 far as ob- c talnable: Glen-tower Hotel, loss on f building, $65 000, covered by insurance. Henry S. Houston, maniger, los3 on t furniture and fix lures, $25,000; in3ur- t auce, $12,000. City National Bank, j first floor of Glendower block, furniture J and fixtures, $6 000; insured. Oa Ab- * i.e's block, whicn adjoined the Glen- c . dower building, the loss is $75,000 t covered by insurance. Of the occupaats ^ M. H. Barnetts, cigar manufacturer aud v dealer, who occupied a part of the first t and filth stories, is one of the heaviest losers. More than 400,000 cigars were c rloof*>r\T7CiH VmoTrtaa TTQ! na hla fivfurpfl. ftnH a the loss will reach $50,000, partially in- t Bured. W. B. Brecknell, engraver, lout his entire outfit, valued at $3,000; Insured Ball So Hamblen, dealers lo groceries and fruit, J033 estimated at $30,000; weil Insured. Jas McKeen & Co, cloaks and wraps, $50,000; partly iosured. Mayo Block was valued at $20,000, but was msuaed tor only $10,500. A. N. Mayo & Co, paper stock dealers, who occupied the Duilding, iost $7,500 on their stock; insured. John Doolan's five storv brick block was valued at $20,000 and was insured for $15,000. Einmates of the loss, by last night's fire are dwindling rapidly. They started at $2 000,000 Tonight thev are down to S 150.000. ?" " ' ' < Strandid Id Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 22.?Four womea of j high social position in Earop9, who ( came here last May with exhibits for i the Woman's Building, have been lefc ' penniless and friendless in this city and 1 are trying to secure means with wnich to return to their homes. The Countess 1 Salazar of Naples is said to ba one of 1 tue leaders of toe best society in Italy c and stands for the modern renaissance * of Italian art industries. She has b-ien i commissioned by the Italian govern- ' ment to look into the industries of N American women whili h-;re. She 1 charges the board of women managers e with haviug broken faith with her and * induced her to come to this country | under false representaiions. The other ^ women are: Mine. Magnusjon of Ice- a land, Mme. Koranv ot' Syria and Mias c Jeanue Sarabji ot' India. They all have E stories to tell similar to that ot tlae Couutess Salazar. Several society worn- 0 en have been tryiug to devisa some ? means of assisting tnese unfortunate, exhibitors, but so far none of tne otlioials connected with the fair have taken any luterest in the matter. One r woman iQ speaking of the case today e said: "It is a stigma upon the women r of this country that these uufortuua e ^ visitors should be left unassisted uu- 3 der the circumstances." jj SCHOOLS ANtf SCHOLARS. 1 Statistical Portion of an Interesting Report. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 23.?The rejort of the State Superintendent of Education shows that previous to the iscal year j U3t closed there were 3,058 !ree school buildings in this State, and ;hat they were valued at $506,984.97. 0? -hese buildings 692 were log; 2,268 Jrame, 44 brick and 3 stone. The num)er of school houses owned by the ichool districts was 1,069, and by other )ersons 1,999. Forty-five were rented iQ'l the amount of rent paid was 81,(2383. During the fi3cal year just closed 80 lew 8caooi nouses were ouuc, ac a cocai !03t of about 149,000. Spartanburg led he list with 12 new builiiaga, as a tie eads all the ocher counties ia the total lumber of free school buildings In the :ounty. The number of school buildings In lach county and their value for the 'ear ending October 3bt, 1892, was as 'ollows: Counties. Numb3r. Value. iiken 51 $1,647 00 Abbeville 197 11,850 00 Anderson 137 j? 3arnwell 150 10,250 00 3eaufort. 34 7,758 55 3erkeley Charleston 14 155,000 00 Chester 108 18,410 00 . Chesterfield 73 5,000 00 Clarendon 98 joneton 124 l.zouuo , Oarlington 29 Edgefield 212 Fairfield 26 2,319 04 Florence 13 1,690 00 Georgetown 61 ireenville 169 41,057 00 1 Sampton 98 3,800 00 Sorry Kershaw 78 10,480 00 i Lancaster 32 2,675 00 Liaurens 118 5,009 CO Lexington : 58 2,565 00 \Ianon 129 20,000 00 , Marlboro 69 7,195 00 dewberry 102 16,685 00 Oconee 95 15,259 00 )rangeburg 116 13,000 00 Pickens 75 5,150 00 Jlchland 69 22,86100 Spartanburg ;.. 202 39,600 00 Sumter 72 21,378 28 1 Jnion 50 5,000 00 1 Williamsburg 59 1,549 uu iTork 160 35,000 00 Totals : 3,053 *508,984 97 The total number of teachers em>loyed during toe past year wa3 4,535 ! -2,114 males and 2,421 females. A3 o color 2,676 were white?1,055 males i ;nd 1,621 females, and 1,859 colorad? i ,059 males and 800 females; Eigefl9ld | imploys the largest number of teach- j irs, 261, with Spartanburg next, 241. The total amount paid in salaries vas 3440,522.17. The amount p ?ld a [rst grade teacher ranges from |20 to ' 40, according to county. The female eachers get lesa than the males. Char- 1 estonpay? $58,419.35, to teacaers, more hanany other county. The number if teachers who attended Institutes luring the year was 1,584?879 females md 642 males. The expense of tnese osticuces was 2,649.95. As ha3 already ?een published, 223,150 pupil3 were en- : oiled in the schools of cha State this rear, 120,597 baing colored and 102,571 ehite. As to what the pupils study ho following will slow: The alphabet, 4.670; spelling, 172,105; reiliug, 158,171; writing, 133,002; mental arifmeic, 43664; wriUnn arithmetic, 93.454; r'o^r-iphy, 11,420; Ea^lish grammar, 3277; history of S>uth C*rolina, 34^ :20; physiology and bygeine, 11,212; ligaer branches, 9,605. Lynched la a Court B?om. OrruMWA.Ia., .Nov. 21.?Aq excited ind angry mob hung Fred Gusufson o the stair railing of Justice T ruitt'fl :ourt room at 2:30 this afternoon. Gustafson brutally assaulted the i our year old girl of Jones Sax about 0 o'clock last night. The brute was , irrested shortly aft9r committing the ( Time aad lodged in jail. This mornug be was taken to sax's nouse and , >ositively identified by the little girl tad a cjmjanion, who was enticed to 1 room together with the little Sax 1 :irl, but was permitted t? leave after ' fitting inside the room. Gustafson * :ept the little Sax child and succeeded I q his purpose. He theu turned her i iut, and with much difficulty she sue- e eeded in reaching home, in a terrible ondltion, and related her horrible ex>erie:ice to h^r parents. iier l&jUKr weui bu yuuuo uaau^uaiera, and soon Capt. Harmon had Gasafsoa bahiud the bars ot the county ail. At 2 o'clock today Gustafaon was aken quietly to Justice Truitt's offise or arraignment. The news that the nan was in Truitt's oourt spread with wonderful rapidity, and in less than wenty minutes a crowd of perhaps a housand was surging around the stairway leading to the court room, trying o get at the prisoner. Tne mother of the little girl, sucleeded in getting to the top of the itairs and to the platform in front of he court room swung a rope, and together with her aged father appealed o the crowd below to ham; Gustafson. Sheriff Mclntyre and Mayor Force ippealed to the crowd for peace and sience, but all in vain. The inob forced ts way into the court room, overwhelming the otHoers by sheer weight )i numoers. me isauer mo tupo j :rom the hands of Mrs. Sax and a3 the < :ourt attaches were powerless to inter:'ere, placed it about Gustafson's neck na twinkling. With a yell of rage, ,he rope was seized by a hundred hands ind the quaking wretch was dragged :'rom his chair across the floor to the 3oor, where tie was lifted over the railDg until the rope had been made sejure, when he was let go. He hung suspended above the pavenent on the principal street of the city 'or fully ten minutes, the contortions )f hia body beiDg exceedingly revoltng. SudJeuly the rope parted and the jody dropped to the street below, and a usii was made for bis possession. The pulice were first to reach the jody, and hastily throwing it into a armer's wagon, standing near by, lrove rapidly to the jail, followed by ,he mob. The lynchers again demandid the body of Gustafson, nor would Lhey desist when told that the man vii3 de id. A truce was patched up by he appointment of a committee, which ivumirifld ih? hnriv ahd uronounced I ife extinct. 1 The nob then quickly and quietly , Ibpersed, and the city is now as quiet j u if no thought of the terrible affair < if the atteruoon had ever entered the , ainds ot any citizen of the place. < The lttrle girl remains in a precari- | ius condition, with the chanced of life ;reatly against her. Killed While Prayers, I Paris,Nov. 22.?The arched stone j oof of St. L'ierre Chadel, recently erect- ( ri Pnnpniuru nuir U 1 Li VUUipiUlC) uoai viwiviiiv/UM JL v>*. and, fell this atteruoon, wbiie many \ lis * t-rs of Mercy were at prayer. Several , idters were killed and others were in- | urtd severely. FURYOFTHE STORM KING. BRITAIN'S COASTS DEVASTATED BY WIND AND WAVE. / , . Innumerable Shipwreck*, Corolla* GrMt W-^t Lau of Life?Snow-Drift* Plied Up on the Shores?Soldlera Frozen to Death at their Posta. '; / -J;: London, No 7.19.?The storm which i swept the United Kingdom all yesterday was still farioas at 12 o'clock today. Throughout last night and this morning ', J-v| reports of shipwreck were received almost incessantly. The Vulture and the Bessie, small steamers, which took retusje yesterday afternoon in the harbor of St. Ives, on the Cornish coast, began dragging their anchors towards evening. Both signalled for help, but none could Ka ofinf In aiiaU WIa ?nAnik*<* wv o >uu 1U outu Wlllk/iO rroauuci# ALIO J were driven ashore, and after two hoars of perilous work the crews were rescued with . lite lines by the coast guard and fishermen. The stea ners went to pieces in the tremendous seas which rolled over tbem in the night, and this morning not a vestige of either hull was 9660. The people of the Orkney Islands, of) the north coast of Scotland, have suffered terribly. Many houses were unroofted yesterday, walls and barns were leveled and haystacks were lifted from the fields and blown out to sea. The packet Osprey was torn from her mooring* and carried out to sea, she has not been seen since. The whole plantation of Dunbeath Castle, in Caithness; the most notherly county of Scotland, was swept clean to the ground. Signals of distress were seen flying this morning from a vessel on the Goodwin sands, off the Kentish coast. The fishermen on shore made repeated efiorts to get life boats through the sea, but were driven back. kji-a yoaooio vtolo asujio uuio uiuiuuix aear Holy Head, off the Welsh coast; four of them were {breaking up. Six other vessels were making signals of distress. The Yorkshire coast is strewd thick with wreckage. Near Whitb7, three vessels went ashore in the night and were going to pieces at noon. The 'crews were saved. Tae excursion steamers Tern and Sfai, waich were at anchor in Windomere lake, Comty of Lancaster, when the storm b^ii, were torn loose before daylight, and both went to the _ bottom. Off Winterton, County of Norfolk, a schooner founded shortly before noon and five of the crew were drowned. Trawlers, fishing smacks and small craft of other sorts have been reported by the score as missing from every im? , portant point on the coast. The loss of Life has been great, but no estimate 01 the number drowned is possiole, as communication with Darts of the coast has been cut off. Dispatches from Havre aays that the H ormandy coast has suffered more severely than for years. Many lives nave bsen lost, rne service of channel steamers has been suspended completely. At several points on the coast the thermometer has (alien rapidly, and the high winds have piled up enormom snosv-drifta. Two soldiers were tonad today frozen to death in a drift near Portsmonth. The British steamship Hampshire, 1,593 tons, went dowa this - , morning o?t Gurnatdshed, on the Cornish coast. All the ere * took to the boats. One boat reached shore, bnt the other went down, and tbe twenty-thiee man which it carried were lost. Oae of tbe sailors who were saved said that the vessel sprang a leak after having been beaten about by the storm for five honsr. ' She was on her way to Liverpool from Cardiff. Reports of minor wrecks multiplied rapidly this afternoon Toe Norwegian sciooner Arne sank oft Filey, on tbe Yorkshire coast. Oaly oae of the nine men aboard her wa9 saved. A trawler went ashore near R3ay, on the Caithness coast, and seven of the eight in her * - ! :rew were lo3t. B3jort3 received from Eavre and Calais this eroding say that the storm aloag the Normandy coast is the worst one experienced in the last 5fty years, Wrec&a are reoorted fro n svery point along the coast. lanamsrible small craft vanished last night from ;he waters along the coast. Vessels vere dragged from their moarings and mak with all on board. Bland Fall ot Fight. Washington, N ov. 21.?Silver men, mcoaraged by thd election resoles and )8li8Ving that the conditio! of th3 iountrv since reoeal has demonstrated ;hat the silver purchase law was not ,ttecau38 of the financial depression, ire preparing to reaew the battle for illver. "We expect to undertake to pass a !ree coinage bill before Congress adourns." said Mr. Bland deslsively tolay. "What success we will have Is . rery uncertain. I shall introduca a jill re-enacting the Act of 1837 aid ,hus providing again for the free coinige of the standard silver dollar. M/ jositlon 13 that we should repeal now ill of the Sherman la wa on silver and lave the law of 1837 re-enacted and ,hus put silver back to where it wa3 jefore he put his hand on it. Sines we - lave repealed one of his laws let U3 re33a! all of them. I think that a major!ty of the Coinage Committee will fa/or such a bill as lam preparing. I hinic tua late election will stimulate ' jome of yiem to a belief in tbe wisdom )f sucb a policy. Tbe last election Kv - ' |p seemed to be a general want of confllence in the Democratic party. The result of the late election does not look sither as though tbe people hatl much confidence that the repeal of the Snerman law would help them. t "My purpose is to introduce such a bill, have it promptly acted upon by the committee, a31 have no doubt it will De, and have it reported bactc to the House. I am willing to wait then a reasonable time for the discussion and passage of a tariff bill before pressing the free coinage measure. We will aot embarrass them, and will give no >ne any excuse for evading the issue. L think our people ought to go to work md pass a good t inif bill at an early lay; and after that is done 1 purpose to see if we cannot have some financial egislation. For my part, I am a freetrader, and do not belong to the incliental protectionists. Of course, if they put wool on the free list I shall jxpect and insist on a very heavy cut n woolen manufactured goods. I should consider it very unfair to put svool on the free list unless we get a compensating redaction in manufactured woolen goods." He wan Always a Urate. Ottumwa, la., Nov. 22.?The man ranged by the mob yesterday has been dentilied as F. O. J jhoson, of Aberieen, 6. D., alias Fred Gustavasoa A. young mau named Lester, who worked with him.com^ to the police with ihis information today. lie says :hat the man was al-vasys a brntc Che child he assaulted is dying.