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GORMAN'S FUTILE FIGHT, j i TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF TREAS- j URY CERTIFICATES- c _ I The Senate tit Prevent the Is- | sue of Itonris in tluit Way?The Sliver j Onestion 'Will Not Dawn?Some IntcrpstS lng Figures. J Washington, Feb. 27.?The Senate ^ spent five hours today in debate on j the amendment to the sundry civil u appropriation bill, reported from the t committee on appropriations, provid- 1; ing for an issue of $100,tM?o,UU0 eertifi- s cates of indebtedness, bearing 3 per j cent, interest, to meet the deficiencies c in the treasury, and also requiring t future issues of bonds to be offered to j the public for at least twenty davs. t Senator Gorman,Democrat,of Mary- i land, who was recognized as the re- t sponsible author of the amendment, t spoke for over an hour in advocacy of 'it, showing the probable needs of the j treasury during uie nscai year, sum r declaring that the Secretary of the t Treasury was entirely mistaken in his estimates. The antagonists of the 1; amendment were all found 011 the De- j: mocratic side of the chamber, in the u Eersons of Senators Hill, Mills, Yoor- t ees and Vilas, which was, perhaps, s the cause of Senator Gorman's subse- <] quent allusion to ''sudden conversions y ?such as were read of in Scripture." h The supporters of the amendment i were on the Republican side, and in- a eluded Senators Sherman and Allison. Finally,as it was clear to Gorman and o all otherSenators that the amendment ii ?if held to be in order?would be de- ii bated till the 4th of March next. Senator Gorman withdrew the amendment, ] and the appropriation bill was then jj offered and agreed to. Unanimous v consent was given to have a final vote ^ taken 011 the bill at 3 P. M. tomorrow. c A night session was thereby avoided, ^ and the Senate at 6.30 adjourned until 1 jj tomorrow at 11 A. M. | Senator Gorman said that if relief j," was to be given to the treasury, if au- ^ thority was to be given to issue certif- ^ icates of indebtedness in order to ? maintain the credit of the Govern- ^ ment, the only possible way in which it could be given was on an appropria- v tion bill. He regretted exceedingly that it had become the duty of any n Senator to inaugurate such a proposi- M tion. He regretted exceedingly that (j it had not reached the Senate from the n House as a separate measure early in ^ the session when it could have been r deliberately entered upon and proper- n ly discussed. Two years ago this iden- ^ tical question of order had been before ^ the Senate and then it was held by a jj vote of 2S to 18 that the amendment p was perfectly legitimate and perfectly t proper. * h Senator Gorman had no desire, he j said, to detain the Senate if a vote *i 11 1? x i. tJ couiu ue come 10 aiunue, dui mc turn- t, mittee on appropriations had request- .-1 ed him to state frankly, without re- n llecting on anybody, what the necessities of the case were. This was the j question before the Senate. The ques- q tion was, "Is the treasury in such a ? condition that it can meet the wants 'n of the Government under present law ? Are the revenues of the Government up to this hour (under our revenue n laws) sufficient to meet the annual appropriations made by Congress and j the permanent appropriations? If it shall appear from the oflicial reports 0 of the treasury that we have appro- e priated more money than the receipts, j, then I will submit to the Senate that we cannot afford to adjourn until pro- p vision shall be made to meet that de- a ficiency unless Congress desires the a issue of 4 per cent, bonds running a thirty years or 5 per cent. i>onus run- ]5 ning ten years, to be sold to meet it." Senator Gorman said that the answer made by the Secretary of the Treasury ? to the resolution of the Senate (as to 11 the condition of the treasury) was on c its face misleading. It had been got " up by clerks and bookkeepers, and '' had not had the close inspection of the 'J Secretary. From that answer. Senator Gorman said one might draw the con- a elusion that there was a suflicient 5 amount provided to meet the demands V: of the treasury, lie would, however. * give to the Senate the exact condition 11 of the treasury. There was in the ? treasury, he said, on the 1st of July. " 1S90, $89.91)3,104. Between that time and the 31st of December. 1894, the : treasury receipts (except from bonds) " were $1,590,480,3(55. The expenditures . during the same period (that is, the 11 payments out of the treasury) had ^ Deen $1,737,21)0,5(50, showing that the , expenditures had been ?40,000,000 J, more than tlie receipts. "How was the deficiency made up?'' J"1 a Senator asked. "From the proceeds of the sale of v bonds,'' Senator Gorman answered. "Now the question arises whether that condition of affairs will continue ~ from now on during the next year. . The Secretary of the Treasury," Sena- " tor Gorman continued, "in his answer 1 to the Senate has said that during this ? calendar year 1895 he will have reve- 1 mm onnntrVi tn mpoi tVio avnorwlitnrpt: ^ uuv v ? .?h.. ?v ?v^v "'V of the Government. That is mislead- 1* ing. I shall demonstaate, I think, 11 that the Secretary of the Treasury is entirely mistaken in that statement, " and with all the revenues he will get ? this year he will have a deficiency of 11 over $30,000,000 for the calendar year e and a deficiency of $00,000,000 for the ^ fiscal year ending June 30, 1S95. It is not wise for Congress to adjourn leav- " ing the treasury department with the ? open declaration made In' the Presi- Sl deut of the United States that in an v emergency he will continue to sell 1 bonds. That is too expensive. It is piling up a public debt in a form that is J1 distasteful to the people of this coun- v try. I do not criticise the President [ for his action in the past. If Congress 'J refuses or fails to provide sufficient money otherwise then, under the con- ? struction of the law given by the treas- " ury department and the President, o (which construction, I think, is not 11 warranted,) the responsibility will be r upon us. I want to have that policy P changed. I want to make provision 'J for certificates of indebtedness run- a ning only two years and redeemable t at the option of the Government, so F that there can be no excuse hereafter v for the department to sen ten year vbonds ortnirty-year bonds." a Senator Piatt,' of Connecticut, asked 0 Senator Gorman to state the amount of surplus in the treasury arising fromj d the money borrowed. t Senator Gorman: "On the 1st of t January, 18(.)5, we had only $07,000,- t 000 in the treasury to meet the ap- c propriations of Congress, exclusive of 1 the gold to redeem greenbacks. The u Secretary estimates that his receipts r from now on will be suflicient to meet a the ordinary disbursements, provided c he can use the balance in the treasury n the shape of greenbacks for wl ic has paid gold. In that I tliint s mistaken. 1 do not believe tha icrmitted to use every dollar of teipts, lie will have enough mone; neet the current expenses of the G Timient by $60,000,000, without 1 ng into account the amount due ormer appropriations. Senatar Gorman gave $274,170, us the amount of appropriations m >y the House at this session, wli vas *1(5,000,000 more tlian the Se arv's estimate of expenditures. iatl no doubt, however, that with idditions made by the Senate the al appropriations of the session wc >e at least ? 100,000,(J00,and that wc how a deficit of $-12,000,000. "I >eal to Senators," Senator Gorn lontinued, "whether it is wise or riotic for us to permit Congress to ourn without making some provis omccttliis deficiency, and whet t would not be impolitic and unv o allow any executive officer to en or thirty year bonds to meet it: Senator George: "What is the ection to having the silver seigi age in the treasury coined to 11 he deficiency Senator Gorman: "I trust we i >e able to settle this question in a \ >er way, and I appeal to Senator bandon, for the time being, all heor'es and ideas as to currency ? imply to provide certificates of lebtedness, redeemable within 1 ears at the option of the Govemm 'eing the only thing that we can n the expiring hours of Congress s to prevent the sale of long bond: Senator George: "Itseemstyad ec mv to borrow money when we li t in the treasury if we will only c t." Senator Gorman declined to go i liat question. He asserted if tli iad been a surplus in the treas; rithin the last twenty-five months lie gold needed could have been j ured by the sale of greenbacks reasury notes withouf any issue onds. Senator Gorman gave a gra j description of the way in whi ii the beginning of Mr. Clevelar rst Administration. Mr. Manni lie then Secretary of the Treasury,! ot the upper hand of the banl> rho were making a corner in gold. "Why not lead them in the sa ray now?" Senator George asked. "Oh, Mr. President,'' Senator G lan remarked, '"the Senator sho ot put such a question to me. I ealing with the condition as it sta ow. You have no money in reasury now as you had then, f: etary Carlisle came into the dep; lent stripped of the power which -1 [aiming had. He tried to do it, hen lie came to look at lus coll e found that he had no balance ay his current debts. He was in ands of the money ring. He 1 elplcss. I want to relieve him, i appeal to Senators to give this liority to issue $100?000,00() of curr v so that he can say to these bank< i"ou cannot embarrass the Gove lent. Our credit is perfect. We hi ie money which the people will ta am master of the situation.' r: rovernment of the United SU liould not be at the mercy of ioncy kings." Senator Voorhees, Democrat, of iana, chairman of the finance c( littee, recalled Mr Carlisle's statem lat he thought the Secretary of 'reasury should have authority .sue Government certificates in c f deficinecy, but that he would xercise that power now if given im, because it was not necessa enator Voorhees also referred to 'resident's statements as to there be "comfortable balance in the treasi nd said that the President was ] inuiKering aucr me proposed j dation. Senator Gorman argued that C ress ought to say to the President t aving given him authority to is ertificates of indebtedness, lie sho ot sell long bonds, and that if he :ie people of the country wo ot sustain him. But if Congi tiled to give the President t uthority lie had said that rould continue the same course, ?'i longress could not complain of 'resident here afterif there was a f; re on its pari, here and now. "Ser rs," he continued, "who are 011 in it.imate terms with the President tl am may have some intimation t lis proposition is distasteful to lii lit that would not control me, beca ly view is that I must represent iterest of the people of the coun s I understand it. I would not de; > force on a co-ordinate branch lie Government any power which id not want, unless in my judgem lat power was absolutely necessi ) protect the taxpayers. 1 can; ,'ith my views permit this session lose without making an eti'ort to g iie Presidents such power as will av repetition of the sale of long bon 'here is no rellection on thePresid 1 any proposition which I ma 'here is 110 reflection 011 theSecreta f the Treasury, whom 1 admire. 1 f this proposition is to be defea nd if we are to run the risk of s ending works of public enterpr: tiat responsibility must be accepte Senator Mills said that there coi e no question of a treasury deliciei ,'hen there was $55,000,000 of sil 1 the treasury belonging to the G rnnientwith authority to the Sec; ry of the Treasury to coin it and } L out in his disbursements. lie c< emed the issue of bonds as a rever f the policy of the Government. ;iid that if it were not. stopped th rould l>e a mammoth debt piled lie shoulders of the American pe<>[ Senator Mills said that he propo; o otl'er an amerdment to repeal aws that authorized the Secretary he Treasury to sell United SU onds for any purpose whatever. Senator Allison, a member of ommittee on appropriotions, said t ie knew how the hours of this C< ress were lleeing, and that the 1 mist be completed to-day, ;md ivmuiitinincr anni'fiwintinn oc w?r.vrv.w-w . iletecl within the next two days, elieved it to he the first duty of S tors to see to it, as best they coi hat those appropriation bills were < iosed of at the present session, /onld vote that the amendment of ommitteeon apropriations, in accc nee with Senate precedents, was rder. Senator Yoorheos, Democrat, of liana, chairmonof the finance conn ee, said hetheld now, as he did wl he repeal bill was under discussi hat the; Spni'ffjirv of I.Iir Treasi >ught to have authority by a gene aw to issue bonds or other public i irities with the proceeds of which neet current expenses in the event , failure of sutlicient revenue fr ither sources. * After further discussion Sena licli Gorman, the author of the amendment, : he rose to withdraw it and said: "The t, if members of the committee on approre priations were aware of the fact that y to attempts made iti botli branches to disov pose of this financial question have all tak- resulted in 110 legislation whatever. 011 Having been compelled to ascertain as l>est we could the exact condition of 000 the treasury, and having taken into ade account the appropriations of this seslich sion, we believe it to be our highest cro- duty to give the Senate the opportunity He to determine whether additional powtlie ersshould be given to the Secretary of t<>- the Treasury to meet the deficiency. >uld It is evident from the course of the iuld debate to day and from the remarks a])- that have been made by Senators on nan this side of the chamber, and who, I pa- take it, spoke after consultation else?<1 where, that is not desired. vVe lion are confronted with the statement her made l>y the distinguished chairman vise of the finance committee, (Senator sell Voorhees,) whose judgment is that adT ditional provision for the treasury is ob- not necessary. Statements have been lio- made by other Senators that they will leet persist in discussing the entire financial programme, which discussion ivill might not end before the 4th of March. )ro- With the sudden conversion which s to appear to have taken place, as sudden the as those we read of in sacred history md and which amaze some of. us on this in- side of the chamber, we have lost the two active support of these gentlemen and en't arc left to deal with the question i do alone. All this makes it necessary ; so that look the facts plainly in the face. 5." Beyond this bill stand the legislative on- appropriation bill, the naval appropria ave tion bill, the general deficiency bill, oin In view of the determination of Senaten's 011 both sides and with a view to nto facilitate the business of the session I lCre am instructed by the committee on aparv propriations, not changing our views ail as to the necescity of the amendmeut )r0. to withdraw it." 01. Senator Allison said that he concurGf red in the action of the Senator from pli_ Maryland. The Gorman amendment c]j was thereupon withdrawn, id's Senator .Mills, Democrat, of Texas, Qgt offered an amendment repealing all iia(] laws that authorize the Secretary of :ers l'ie Treasury to sell United States bonds for any purpose whatever. me A point of order was made by Senator Aldricli, Republican of Rhode Isor. land, and was sustained by the Vice Hid President. So Senator Mills's amendaru ment was excluded. nds Senator Mills admitted that the rulthe ing of the Chair was correct; but the ;ec. time would come, he said, and come irt- before long, when the question would Mr. be presented in such a way that it but would not go out 011 a point of order. "Ci*s to THE CHAMPION COTTON CROP. the ivas Twenty-one lJales of Cotton 011 Twelve Uld Acre# of Land. d,U" en" To the Editor of The News and Cou;rs: j'ier: As many inquiries have been rn" made to me concerning my crop of ave cotton made last year, and as I am alke ways glad that others may proJit by die my succc-ss or failure. I have decided ltes to put a statement of the same in the the columns of your valuable paper for the bonefit of all who are interested. In- The twelve acres of land'froin which >m- I gathered the twenty-one bales of cotent ton, averaging four hundred and fiftythe one pounds, last year, is a part of a to tract of land formerly consisting 01 ase thirty-two acres. When i commenced not farming on it several years ago I supto pose it would grow not more than six ry. hundred pounds of seed cotton per acre, the J divided it into tracts of sixteen acres hig each, and at once I commenced a roiry' tation of crops, viz, first cotton, foluot lowed bv oats, then peas, then cotton CS" again, always and only manuring the cotton crop with a compost consisting on- of stable manure, cotton seed, acid and hat kainit, until I had worked it up to sue producing very easily with ordinary uld seasons a bale of cotton per acre. Of did this land 1 only had the twelve acres uld cultivated in cotton. ess I commenced in the month of Febliat ruary by ploughing out the stalks of the the year before with a one-horse ml straight shovel plough, going twice in .1 ?v. LI1C tJclUIl IDW, Juruuru uuii uuliv a^aiu, \i 1- into tliib furrow I put my stable malat liure, three two-hor>e loads per acre, ore no other fertilizer being' used, except lan one acre on which I used a sack of solhat uble guano, the stable manure supply m: being exhausted. I used manure use from my own stable as far as it would the go, then bought from livery stables. I try listed upon this as soon as possible. It iire was about the 15th of March. I finof ished the entire prenaratioh of the it land about the middle of April and ent commenced planting about the 20th of iry the month. Seed used was what I had not been improving for several years, now to known as "White's improved." ive The rows averaged tl reeand a half oid feet, the cotton being more or less of ds. the cluster variety; wider rows was ent 1101 necessary, niany maiuni) a.uu ke. fruiting from top to bottom is a cliarry, acteristic feature of the seed used. 3ut I had a pretty fair stand on all of it ted except one acre which had some skips. ius- We had very little rain from the time ise, of planting until the 1st of July, but d." enough for the cotton to come up and aid grow slowly, consequently had very icy little trouble with grass. Only one ver hoeing was necessary, except chopping ov- out bunches of grass after laying by ret- the crop with the plough. The rains )ay began in earnest about the 1st of July on- and were seasonable until in Septem sal ber. Commenced picking 011 the 1st lie of September and finished on the 15th ere of December. In ploughing the crop 011 1 used a side harrow first, the other >le. ploughings with u straight shovel with sed a bow, two furrows to the row, ploughall in<r out the row at the last ploughing, of ~ EXl'EXSES AS FOLLOWS: lles Manuring1 $ 50 00 Preparation 15 00 the planting 2 00 hat Seed 0 00 Hoeing 7 00 ->{" Ploughing <! 00 the Picking 35 00 "J1" Ginning 20 00 He Bagging and tics 8 00 'l(1? Total... .$199 00 He CR0P' the ales, 475 pounds each, 4.80.M54 CO )n\. 21 bbushels cotton seed, 50c per jn bushel 202 50 In- $717 10 nit- Deducting expenses 19'J 00 leu on, Balance $51S 10 try I am not a lar?je farmer, but try to :ral be a large producer. 1 am a lirm hesec liever in tlie intensive system of farmto ing, which means making larger crops , of every year and leaving the land in om better condition than before the crop was made. A. H. White. itor Kock Hill, S. C., Feb. 22, 1895. SILVER IS COM THE BRITISH BIMETTALISTS GA UNEXPECTED SUCCESS. A Motion, Concurring: With German a French Ilimotallic Views, Passes Coi 1110ns?An International Monetary Cc fercnce Assured. London, Feb. 27.?In the House Commons yesterday, Itoliert L. Evt ett, Liberal 'member for Woodbrid Division of Suffolk, introduced 1 following motion: That the House 1 gards with increasing apprehensio the constant fluctuation and growii divergence of values of gold ana s ver and heartily concurs in the rece expressions of opinion of the gover nients of France.and Germany in 1 gard to the serious evils arising thei from." Speaking to the motion, Mr. Ev< ett appealed to Sir William Harcoi; to give heed to the real position of t question,put aside theorizing and opi his eyes to the enormous revolution the values which has not been broug about by natural causes, but by leg lation. He expressed the hope tli the government would co-operate wi the other powers in ail effort to brii back a happier state of things whi existed when the two metals sto< upon a common ratio. England, Mr. Everett said, was ric but that was no reason why she sliou unjustly increase the burden of oth states. Surely, he said she w:is n interested in the bankruptcy of oth nations which were owing her moue but that whs exactly what was goii on and what would* continue unit At .1 i, someming wasuuuu iu uiwn h. Right Hon. Henry Chaplin (Cons< vative) in seconding the motion, sa that the government had aimed blc after blow at silver; and dosed t mints of India, depriving silver of: last great market and aftei wards h; imposed a duty upon the silver ii ports of India. The constant lluctu tions of the metal, he declared, we directly traceable to the monetary lai of England. He charged Sir Willia Harcourtwith having misjudged tl views of France and Germany on tl question and predicted that althou< the opposition to bimettalism was nc bitter, that system would at no dista date be victorious because it had upc its side experience, justice and scie tific truth. Sir William Harcourt said he hi never denied the existence of evil consequence of the growing divf gence of the values of gold and silve When other countries had desired monetary conference, the governme: had not refused to join. The last co ference at Brussels had shown that majority of the European countri declared in favor of a monometall currency. He did not think that Ge many had changed her opinion. Wh( a proposal from Germany or any oth country reached the government, would be time enough to consider tl question of England's joining : another conference. A misconception, he said, existed : regard to the cause of the failure < the Brussels conference. The gover: ment of the United States, in propc ing that international conference, e pressed a wish that it be held with view to establishing the ratio of va ues of gold and silver by the leadir nations by means of the free coinaj of silver in their respective mint England, he said, coulcl not accept a invitation couched in such terms, ar could not enter into a matter whic impeached the first principles of En] lands currency. ("Hear, near!") Tl United States government thereupc proposed that the conference consid< what measures, if any, could be take to increase the use of silver in the cu rency system of the nations. Whe the conference met, a representati\ of the United States proposed a gei eral resolution that in the opionion < the conference it was desirable that method should be found which woul increase the use of silver. This resi lution was supported by the Britis delegates. It had been alleged tin the failure of the conference was di to a premature declaration on the pa of Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, a Bri ish delegate, against bimettalisin. Th statement was absolutely untouncie< It was a German delegate who mac the first declaration of the kind, sa; ing that Germany was satisfied wit her present monetary system, and di not intend to alter it. ("Hear, hear!1 He also said that Germany reco< nized the fact that the continual osci lations of silver values were regret hie from an economical standpoin and it was therefore desirable that tl question should be considered. Tl: representatives of France and tl other powers were not so directly o] posed to the question; but were rathi disposed to criticize than to co-ope rat' so the United States delegate's resoli tion had to .be abandoned. After thi Mr. Alfred Rotschild, a British del gate, had made a practical proposi For the enlargement of the use of si ver, and this was defeated by the a tion of Russian delegates and the La in Union. It was clear therefore that as far: the objects of the United States wei not concerned, no blame could be a tached to the British delegates for tl negative results reached. Recurrin to the possible action of Germany i promoting another conference. Ha court said the government had recei1 ed no oflicial communication on tl subject but he had no hesitation i saying that as far as he himself w; responsible such a communicatio would l)e met in the same manner : the proposal of the United States \v; received. ("Hear, hear!") To concur in proposals to conf< upon subjects of common interest w: what belonged to international cou tcsy. He would suggest that if anotlu conference were held it should be ui derstood that it was not for mere acai cmic discussion, but that the delegati ought to be empowered to make del nite proposals embodying their view The respective ministers fully reco; ni/.cd the magnitude of the problem The interest of the country as tl greatest trading and monetary centi of the world were bound up in tl soundness of her currency and ought to be borne in mind that Enj land conducted her trade upon reli tively tlie smallest basis of any com try. She did so because she had tl largest credit. ("Ilear, hear.") Leaving the international eonside ation for the national aspect of tl question, he contended that thei ought to be continuity of the currenc policy which the nations had attaii ed. Though hoping little from an ii ternational monetary conference, ii asmuch as a motion had been brougl fnrward on common grounds decla ing that evils existed which the go' ernment admitted, and as he had on! been invited to co-operate with tl . N powers on the subject, he had decid< not to oppose the resolution. (Cheers The parliamentary bimetalist cor mittee, immediately after Sir Willia nd Harcourt had announced his accer n. ance of Mr. Everett's motion, tel graphed to the Berlin Bimetali League, asking it to urge upon Prim Hohenlohe, the German Chancello , the expediency of opening negoti ? tions for a monetary conference sr- Berlin. The league responded witli ge telegram congratulating the Engl is fie bimetalists unon the success of M e- Everett's motion. The opinion pr vails in the lobby that an mternatio ng al conference on the subject is a il- sured. nt, The Daily News says that it great n-1 regrets the decision of the governme: re- to accept Mr. Everett's proposal in r re- gard to the monetary question. E I lieving that bimettalism would be i Jr-! jurious, if not fatal, to British cor mercial supremacy, it cannot he he fearing that the acquiescense of tl en ministers means a renewal of negoii of tions from which no useful result ci )>t be expected, and which may stimula is- i and encourage a fallacious and perr iut;cious movement. Nevertheless, tl tb News rejoices that Sir William Ha ^g court made it plain that the cabin ch adheres to the settled financial poli( 3d of the United Kingdom. The Standard says: We are absolut bi ly bound not to swerve from the go Id standard, nor can we afford to gi1 PI* 4V?/-* omnllnof />nlrvw Ia cnnnncifi/' v* liic oiuauv;oi wjui lv luu Ot that we are likely to relax the whol er some rigidity of this rule. But as fi y; as can be accomplished without tl ig impairment of this principle, it is u Jss gently to our interest to promo steadiness in the comparative vali ir- of the two metals. Sir William Ha id court, therefore, wisely spoke in syr pathy with the projected conferenc he Nothing is likely to result f^om it, bi its it would have been ungracious ar a-d impolitic to exclude any suggestic 31 - offering the faintest glimmer of hop ia rc Terrible Mine Disaster. ;vs Cerrillos, N. M., Feb. 27.?a di m astrous mining accident was report< he from White Ash, three miles fro: he here, this afternoon. At 4 p. m., eleve jh bodies had been taken out. The acc iw dent occurred this morning in tl nt mines of the Santa Fe Company, m was caused by an explosion. At th ii- nour, luu empiuyes m mis cutriiiiuc the mine heard a terrific roar, follow< id by the ground trembling. A den; in volume of smoke poured from tl sr- enrtance, making it impossible to ei r. ter until it had partially cleared. Tl a first body recovered was that of a dr nt ver, who was near the mouth whe n- the explosion took place. Judgir i a from his fate'there is little hope for an es m *the mine. Over half of the me ic employed in the mine have familii ir- ana they are gathered around th m mouth of the mine in dire distres er The first intimation of the disaster wj it a muffled roar and clouds of smolf le and dust rolling from the mouth of tl in mine. Nearly 200 men are employe in the mine, but only fifty were j in work when the explosion occurrec of Only eleven of them escaped alive an n- some of them may die yet. Twenty >s- eight dead bodies have been taken froi x- the mines and it is doubtful if thos a remaining are alive. Ralays of me J- have been working heroicallv all da ig to reach those who are still imprisone je in the mine, but little progress can I s. made on account of the gas, whic in permeates every shaft and overpowei id the workers in a short time. Up to :h o'clock those on the inside could I heard trying to work their way ou le from the cave-in, but as nothing ha >n been heard since then, the imprisone ;r men in all probability have succumbe in to the deadly gas. The scene at th r- shaft after the explosion was hear n rending. Men cursed, while wome re cried and prayed for their fathers, hu: l- bands and brothers, who were enton jf bed alive or brought up dead. On a woman, supposing her husband t id have been killed, tried to commit su d- cide by throwing herself in front of ih moving train. Her husband was ai it tenvard rescued alive and the reactio le from insane grief to delirious joy wa rt nearly fatal. The mine was know t- to be badly ventilated and full of ba is air and gas, and a catastrophe of thi :1. kind has been frequently predicted. : le bill was introduced in the New Mexic v- Legilature this afternoon to appropr; h ate $5,0U0 for the relief of the widow d and orphans. It will probably pass ') The cause of the explosion is not ye I known and the facts are hard to gel 1- All the efforts of men in the vicinit u. Koi n rr -ruif ic\ lillAmtA t.lmfl - r~* ? ? t, imprisoned in the mine. ic 10 A Religious Riot. ie Savannah, Feb. 26.?Sannali e: [)- caped ii riot tonight through the k jr tervention of the millitary. Th e, trouble was precipitated by ex-Pries u- Jos. Slattery's lecture, on tne Romai s, Catholic Priesthood. For several day e- efforts have been made by members c 11 the Ancident Order of Hibernians t 1- revoke the ex-priest's permit to delive c- the lecture, but the mayor, upon lega ,t- advice, replied that it could not b done. Thereats were openly mad is agast the lecture and the chief of polic re and a detail of oflicers were ordere t- on dutv at the hall when the lectur ie was to be delivered. The lecture coi ig tained no effensive language, but th n crowd which had gathered on the ou r- side began to hurl stones through th v- windows and among the audience ie The police ordered the crowd to dii n perso. It refused to do so and kej is shouting and jeering. The mayc in was notifyed, and afteraconsultatioi is with the chief of police, decidee to oi is der out the military. The riot alarr was sent in, and in half an hour eigh jr companies of infantry and a troop r is cavalry, dismounted, were on th r- scene. The lecture was over by th ir time the military arrived, and most c 11- the audience had left the hall, i i- detail of mounted police stood guari es at the entrance. The crowd numbere [i- 2,000 by this time, largely stectators s. A. poriion of it kept yelling and hurl ing bricks at the windows of the hal s. where there ex-priest was. A fcv ic shots were fired in the air by the rio re era, but no one was hurt. Theelectri 10 lights around the hull were broken b, it missiles, and for a time the neighboi hood was in darkness. After the mi.1 [i- itary arirved on the seene there wa 11- comparative quiet. The streets wer ic cleared for a block in every dircctioi and the troops remained 011 guard 1111 r- til the disturbance had subsided, whei ic the lecturer was brought out of th re hall and escorted by a squad of twent; :y police, surrounded by two battalion ii- of soldiers, walked to his hotel. Tin <1- crowd followed and jeered along th ri- streets, but there was no attempt at ai it open attack. Half an hour after, th r- ex-priest's wife was escorted from th v- hall to the hotel by a squad of police jj THE STATE CAPITAL. id j.) THE RECENT COURSE OF EVENTS, n- POLITICALLY AND OTHERWISE. m >tHow Different People View the Different :st "Schemes"?Unusual Interest in the Vace rlous Movements?Local News of Gener?r, a- ul Interest. > r i r> n 1 mi.:. I v^uj^ujusiA, iua,rcu &.?opeciai: j.1115 5jx lias been a week of discussion among *, those who take an interest in matters , ' political. Last week was fairly crowded with things about which people had ; exercised themselves--that is, people u * i who take an interest in politics. The I ! statement of Senator Tillman about ^ the plan of an equal division in the ,e Constitutional Convention was re, ! ceived with genuine surprise. Ifs i proposition and its counsels, coming * from the Ex Governor, have been taken as a decided change in his tem^ per and policy. There are those who a_ think that the Senator might well have omitted Some of his statements. There are others who think it would have been better if the recent "conferees" had united in a statement to the r Democrats in South Carolina?such 'e? joint statement, it is thought, would >v have had more the appearance of uni J ted errort from the start, rather than a e distinct recognition of the factions as such. The appeal of the Conservative committee, lieaded by Mr. Thomas M. c_ Raysor of Orange burg, is especially ar commended for its calmness and cleare ness, and it has smoothed away some r_ of the irritation left by some of Senator Tillman's statements. The selecJe tion of Mr. Raysor as the spokesman r_ of the Conservative participants in the conference was peculiarly a good one. e Mr. Raysor commands, in a very high aj. degree, the confidence of the Conservl(j ativesof whatever shade of opinion. The address is itself stamped with the e calmness of statement, coupled with coolness of judgment, which contributed, in the past, to make Mr. Raysor s_ one of the most respected and most intiuential members of the House. m The letter of Chairman Irby is uni;n versally regarded an emanation of the ill-temper of an aspirant who feels 4-1-?4- i i : i limb nu iias ueeu ignurcu vvueu nc It should have been recognized and consuited. Opinions greatly differ as to to the extent to which Chairman Irby's jj views will be adopted by the Reformse ers. On this point, everybody is ie awaiting results. a. The declaration of the "Forty" of ie their purpose to carry out their pro i_ gramme as originally framed, does !n not seem to be regarded a positive l(r faction in the situation. Among the y 4 'Forty" are some Reformers whose ju course has commanded the positive 2s approval of the Conservatives, and ie who are believed to be actuated by the S- desire to bring peace to the people. It iS is thought that, whatever the details :e of the plan which shall be adopted, te the "Forty" will assist in a reconciliaid tion. Their convention on the 19th it is anticipated with much interest. We 1, shall see what we shall see. (j COEDUCATION OF THE SEXES. y- Dr. Wm. R. Atkinson, the president n of the South Carolina College for Wose men. thinks that the advocates of the n higher education for young women arc y greatly indebted to Governor Evans d for securing to the young women of >e the State the advantage of education h at the South Carolina College, hitherto ps enjoyed exclusively by young men. 4 When Senator Governor Evans intro>e duced and championed a bill, two it years ago, to open the College to young .s women upon the same terms as to d young men. Opponents of the measd ure so far defeated it as to open only e the Junior and Senior classes to those t- young women who could pass the orn deal of the matriculation examina5 tions. Senator Evans contended earni estly against such limitations, and e sought to have the South Carolina Colo lege at once put fully abreast of some 1- nf ili/tnllairnc i Vm?nn/? oiwl * \JL U1<J 111 ?</ UV/ilV^VO X (A JUU1 U11U a America. By the last Legislature evf cry such restriction was removed, .and 11 the unsurpass. d advan^tgei of the s South Carolina College, at a time u when it has attained its highest standd ard of excellence, are open alike to s young women and young men. V There are already a number of young o ladies attending the lectures of one of i- the professors, and their presence in s the recitation room with young gentlei. men excites no more comment or -t makes no more of a sensation than t. their coattendance at an opera, or a y concert, or a popular lecture. Our ? summer institutes throughout the State, especially at the South Carolina College, during the past summer, have prepared the way for the change, and 5" the results of these brief experiments l* of coeducation make one wonder why e any objection was ever raised against it. The president and professors of 11 the College approve of the Innovation, s and are willing to do all they can to encourage the attendance of such 0 young women as are in earnest in seek:r ing the higher education, d THE COLLEGE SOCIETIES. e At a joint assembly of the Euphrae dian and Clariosophic literary societies j at the South Carolina College on Saturday night, Mr. EL L. Spalir, of 0 Orangeburg, was elected editor-in-chief L~ of the College Journal. The assistant .e editors elected were as follows: From theEuphradian Society, Messrs. H. A. e Moses, of Sumter; E. W. Wilson, of [' Richland, and S. F. Parrott, of Darlington. From the Clariosophic, L J. , McSwain, of Laurens, and James Ver,r ner and F. N. Edmunds, of Richland. l" Tim nnlWe is to hold an oratorical ? 0 - ? -- ^ contest for the purpose of selecting a man to send 011 to the University of f Virginia to represent this State in the ' Southern oratorical contest. These ? who will participate in the contest wore , selected on Saturday evening, as fol^ lows: , Clariosophics?II. L. Spahar and L. "j M. Haselden. Kuphradians?W. Ragsdale and J. l" B. Game. When theeontest conies oil'. Mr. G. K. Ijaney, of Chesterliekl, will bi; the J presiding oflicer, and Mr. I. II. Lorrenze, of Aiken, the chief marshal. ct The assistant marshals will be S. F. Parrott, of Darlington, and 11. E. Tur,* nipseed, of Richland, from the Euphradian Society, and C. G. Sayreand W. s H. Sherard, both of Anderson, from e the Clariosophic Society. IMPORTANT TO SOLDIERS, i The adjutant and iuspector general e has issued the following order: y "On account of the recent bad wea?' *1." A 1 5 incij tnu -rvuj u umu tiuu twi \.?vu j e eral revoked general order No. .'{and. e gave the various commands more time' 1 to complete then enlistment. But now, e feeling that all commands have had e plenty of lime to decide what course i. they intend to pursue, it is hereby or- J dered that all commands desiring to "i|jn enlist in obedience to the terms of the 1 act to "revise and amend the militia laws of the State" must send in their 8 enlistment rolls on orbeforthe 10th day of March, proximo, or they -will -J no longer be considered a part of the militia of the State and will be dis- J banded. j "The Adjutant and Inspector Cto-'"|sB oral, in accordance with the request of >1 the varoius cavalry commands in the j lower portion of the State, which have I already enlisted desires their inspec tion at an early date, so as not to inter J fere with tlieir farming operations. ] The general order for inspection can- v I not be issued until all the eniisment 1 rolls have been sent in, and feeling j that it is an injustice to those who have .1 enlisted so promptly to keep them 1 waiting on those who hsve been either . negligent or indifferent, the above or- j der will be strictly enforced." ; INTERESTING TO VETERANS. . The following general order will be > found of interest to the Confederate f veterans throughout the State^ x Headquarters South Carolina Division :-A United Confederate Veterans, Green-. -t ville, S. C., Feb. 26, 1895. General orders, No. 10. In compliance with orders from - ivj Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee, ,-y. commanding department east of the ^ Mississippi, U. C. V., Commandants ' ij of camps throughout this division will immediately report to these headquaiv v ters tlie names and numbers of their respective camps together with the % names of their commandants adju- jj tants and the number of veterans up- N<v on their rolls. , - j By order of S. S. Crittenden, Major General South Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans. Jas. G. Hawthorne, Adjutant General. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. It is announced that Ex-Commissioner Traxler has been appointed so- ! liciting agent of the Darlington Phosphate Company. Mr. Traxler will begin work just as soon as he finishes up in Columbia. Mr. W. W. Scruggs, who has been " 'J at work on the system of bookkeeping that is to be used by the dispensary, } was at work this week getting tne ' books in shape in order that they* might be sent out. The books have all $ been received and are in very good shape. The board of control think mat everything can now be Kept in much better shape. Crand Chancellor Bacon of the Knights of Pythias, -writes that he has just granted dispensations for the institution of three more lodges of his order in the State, at Chester, Elloree, and Lake City. This will send the number of lodges in South Carolina up i to about eighty with a membership of about 5,000. The many friends in Columbia of . ex-Secretary of State J. E. Tindal, will learn with regret of the burning of ' that gentleman's residence in Clarendon county, which occurred at about 1 o'clock Sunday morning last. The . J| fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. A portion of the furni- ; ture was saved. The house was partially covered by insurance. The opera house, Monday night, f-S was crowded with a fashionable audi- ^3 ence gathered to see Mile. Rhea, in "The Parisians." The star fully sus- ; "Jj tained her reputation. Everybody-" was delighte'd. The entertainment of the local ama- - | teurs in the opera house on Tuesday night was a great success. The fund S realized, for the poor of the city, was \> quite up to expectations, the net profit being over $75. The Electric Railway Company has gotten permission from the City Council to complete its proposed bert-line? . to encircle the city through Elm wood avenue on the north, Gervais street on V^j the south, the extreme city limit on J the east and the river on the west. "3? President Marshall will push the work - j with his accustomed energy?assuring - \ its completion by the first week in ApCapt. Lawson D. Melton contradicts the statement that he has abandoned his contest for the seat of Mr. Stan- | yarne Wilson of Spartanburg, the J Congressman-elect from the fourth district. The coming of Lent, which commenced on the 27th, (Ash Wednesday) will quiet things in the social world. Active steps have already been taken by the officials of Allen University ' '< | (for "colored students) to rebuild the houses recently destroyed by fire. We have had genuine Columbia I wTAnflxAM fUio ?olmnaf onrlnfflilrA; ' I ^ CUtliiCi billo )T WiLuvuw - - r ?^ , Uprising in Cuba. * V ' : Jacksonville, Fla., March 1.?A . ^ special to the Times-Unioii from Port Tampa, Fla., savs: "The steamship Masotte arrived here Yesterday from Havana bringing Cuban advices up to Thursday. Tlie press reports of an insurrectionary movement on the island are confirmed. The daily papers of Havana are devoting small space to . the uprising and soein to consider it of no importance, but these papers are for the most part under government control. From these papers, it appears that there have been uprisings in the province of Matanzas and Sandiego De Cuba. :uid conflicts have occurred be tween the government forces and bands SSffl j of insurgents in which one or two men v have been killed and several wounded. The insurgents seem to move about in*?; small bands, composed of fifty to 100 men. ' A Physician Shot. | Raleigii, N. 0., Feb. 28.?A special to the News and Observer from Lex-' ington, X. C., says: Dr. R. L. Payne, one of the oldest and best known physicians of Lexington, was shot and | killed at 1:36 Monday by Baxter Shem I well, a young- buisness man ui mat [ place. The killing was the result of I bad feeling existing between the pari 01. i ;c -r,iail. | tics namcu. oxicm>v^i m .. u, J and his wife, who is almost crazed with grief. Dr. Payne was a very prominent physician and much lovea here. The whole town and county are much shocked by the sad affair. Feeling runs high, and there is some talk of summary punishment, and were it not for Shemwell's family and prominent folk, Lexington might have been the scene of another lynch- " . ing. A Uevotod Wouian. Atlanta, Feb. 28.?Miss Laura C. Morgan and Prof. F. B. White, an invalid, were married last Sunday afternoon in the Professor's sick chamber, lie was so ill that he could barely whisper the responses. The two have long been engaged, and were to mar- ' ry next summer, but the Professor got desperately ill. His fiancee believed that she could save his life if she could be with him constantly and at her suggestion they were married.