The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 25, 1896, Image 10

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^ The Press and Banner.!*; EY HUGH WILSON." u AKUIITILLE, W. C. w DEMON OF TIIE IIREPT ei SOMETHING ABOUT THE TERRIBLE MONSTER AT PORT ROYAL. in fe Her Uuuit Belell Five Tun* of Steel lit a W tb single Hl:iMt?Heaviest Armameut of Any ^ Sliip In the World. is Port Royal, March 20 ?While Spanish students are burning American flags, and America's congress is B; uudecided as to whether the exercises ta of courteous magnanimity of irresisti- ac ble force would be best in dealing with p* the effete descendants of the once all 0C powerful Spmiards in securing a fair ?t fight in Cuba, must not the bones of le Lucas de Ayllon, resting somewhere th hereabouts, turn in their grave at the at significance of the demonstration here 00 for the past day or two. And the shade sa of that doughty Spaniard, the fore- of runner of all Europeans to this coast, to J. I??/ui? r.ViQirrin that the se: rnusi iremuic nnu Vu?5.... port which he first ente;-ed three and th three quarter centuries ago in search of] of Indians to use as slaves, should be- ha come the scene of jollification for the 1 people of this new nation who hold the er power of his old country in so little se: dread. Out upon the bosom of this St grand harbor lies a grim leviathan ha bearing aloft the colors of this new m< country and before whose angry breath ap the most powerful ships of Spain's ou navy would shrink as men of old did ra from the fire breathing dragon of my- th thology. Within the range of vision " ?i:Ghmenf nf enjri- th IS aiso Lilt? ? 0 neering skill backed by nature's smiles th and a rich country's gold?or silver. The largest dry dock in America is on lie Paris island, and the astronomers tell ro us that on March 28 these two stars of th naval architecture, the one on sea and pa the other ashore, will be in conjunc- lej tion. 00 By the time the keel of a great war- ofl ship is laid the magazines of the coun- isl try give accurate technical descriptions w< of the ship as she will be when com- th pleted, with a representation of her as be she will be some years later cleaving in< the green waters of the Atlantic. So bu * such a description of the Indiana tic would now be out of date. The ship wl must be seen to be realized, and it tic would probably require several days pr devoted to close inspection to enable one to fully comprehend her many st< wonderful parts. On approaching the Indiana I was .Ve impressed by the smallness of her ex- $3 posed surface to the guns of an enemy, j tic T ~ 1 ,L" ?" ?? on/1 nointpH fl I $5 laying low 1U IIIO vtaici auu ?. light browa stone color, she is not an conspicuous at a mile's distance. Her 40 great steel military mast with fighting y? tops?or round armor-protected plat aa forms in which are mounted machine guns 30 feet above the deck?is the most conspicuous Dart of the ship at a Se distance. This mast is, of course, hoi- ne low, the communication with the ar fighting tops being by ladders up thinterior. At the d.-ck the interior of thi the mast is about 15 feet in diameter, sta tapering up. Its weight, with the pr fighting tops, is 1,000 tons. on On the Indiana are the largest guns ever mounted on an American ship ( and the most effective of any cannon q in the world. She mounts four can- g. non that fire steel projectiles 13 inches in diameterand weighing 1,100 pounds . ? each. These guns protrude their long ' black bodies 20 feet beyond the steel , turrets which protect them. These turrets look like huge brown dis^hpans turned upside down over the guns and WllQ SillS CUl 1Q mem luruugu TVLiiou the muzzle may peep out, as it were, to sight an enemy. But they are pans ^ made of the hardest steel known to tv( man and 12 inches thick. The me .v chanism is so perfect that the gun and turret revolve to the pressing of a but- QC ton which sets electrical powers in motion. The 13-inch guns are loaded by hydraulic power; all the others on the ship are loaded by hand. Each 1 turret with its great guns weigh 500 ^ tons. There are eight 8-inch and four 6- th inch rifles, each protected by turrets go similar in construction to those of the wj 13 inch guns. Besides the machine sti guns in the fighting tops, the ship also Mi mounts 20 3-pounder rapid fire Hotch- w( kiss rifles. She is also supplied with th six torpedo tubes for projecting into bu the sea the terrible Whitehead torpe- fo do, loaded with 500 pounds of gun on cotton, and supplied with a storage gii Acfuatiinff onnowa. TT. uattcrj, piv[^nci auu oi^guug u^mit* i i1 tus. They can be so adjusted as to su run at any desired depth under water ha and in any direction for 800 yards. Steamiug up between two ships of th an enemy and delivering simultane- wi ously a single fire from all her guns ch this demon of the deep will hurl forth pe 11,000 pounds of steel and with a force to that makes pale into insignificance the th most terrible stroke of a thunderbolt cu ever recorded. No other ship in the to world can cause such destruction at a tit single blast, and no other ship is so de securely protected by such tremen- cr douslv thick steel armor from the as- lil saults of an enemy. wj Down in the interior there are won- to ders to behold. The many uses to W which electricity is applied is astonish- to ing. A big room, full of dynamos of gi the most improved description, would re be an hour's paradise for an electric- dc ian. During a battle these dynamos to furnish auxiliary power in many ways, cr All of the ammunition is brought he from the depths below and supplied to w * l-v ** Cmivim o 4- aamIi r?nn W A f nw_ ,1^ WiiC unug ouuau at taun guu, vuv tui m rets are revolved and all the minor ar machinery kept in motion by electric- hf ity. The quarters of the crew and mar- w ines are exceedingly neat. There are ta 430 of them,including several negroes. n< I saw a couple of Chinese, but they pi seemed to be in the laundry business, to Each sailor has a workbox furnished pi by the government. They also have te ? i* -i ?iii. -i. i i a iiDrary suppneu. wuu siauuaru works?many being on subjects of war. n( No hotel can boast of better appoint- jj>, ed kitchens and pantries than the In- 0f diana. I was there during the prepa- pc ration of dinner, which was savory jji and substantial. In everything and sk every whtre cleanliness is of first im- fa portance. The dining room of the ai sailors is a spacious hall. Between a meals the tables are hoisted up*and ^ folded on the ceiling and the men have room for gymnastic sports. The life of amano'-war'sman is not th now what it was a century ago. Pj The officers' quaters are distinct V\ from that of the captain, who keeps to ot himself. Each of tue principal officers nj has a cabin 7 by 9 feet. They a ?e furnished by the individuals | 1 rul look very cosy. True, the! all* are of cold steel, but the! iterior is eiven a rouc'h finish; Hi ke some plastering, and is painted ; bite. Amonj? the officers are some very lookine men. Captain Evans, T* F'iijhtiujf Bob." as he has been dubb- < 1. is a man of medium height and clon/lai? hnild TOTlfrVl Q OmrtA^ I ^ llUt 1 OIUUMVi " *?u U OUlWbM iaven face, who says what he means 5 i the fewest possible words. He sufrs a good deal at times from an old ound in his leg. Just now he thinks ur iat the Indiana has proved herself a^( ie finest ship afloat, and that the navy re: increasing much too slowly.?State. t"1 op Expenses of The State. ac Columbia, Mch. 20.-State Treasurer Ut ites in conversation with a represen- u, tive ol The State, said that since the Se Ijournment of the legislature he had th< lid out between $180,000 and $190,- th, 10 for the back salaries of the State at( fleers and for the expenses of the gislature. Last year the expenses of en e general assembly amounted to >out $35,00U and this year about $60,- Gf 0 was paid out. Treasurer Bates to wl Uof cinno Knvpmhsr theexnenses I 1U kuav t?iwvv ? ? r the State government had amounted bra about $380,000, including the expen- a]s s of the Constitutional convention, wj e legislature and the salaries of State qj( Seers and that this large amount fjc ,d been paid in the past few weeks. Yc The State has been placed at a great- ] expense this year owing to the long thj ssion of the general assembly. The 0?f ate officers up to a few days ago Cu1 ,d not received any salaries for four br< onth and were not paid until the ^ propriation bill was passed. Variis banks, however, have cashed war- an nts for them and patiently awaited e passage of the bill. State Treasurer Bates has handed j e press the following explanation of pa, e expenses of the State: f0I "In giving information to the pub- 33. newspapers sometimes commit errs that are amusing. For instance, jjt e State treasurer is reported to have 0f id out since the adjournment of the r jislature between $180,000and $190.- p.n' - - ' 1 f O l> lor tne DacK salaries ui tuc uu*io icers and for the expense of the legature. If this were correct there raj >uld surely be merit in the claim dif at salaries of the State officers should wa reduced. The amount mentioned eluded not only legislative expenses, th( it also amounts due public institu- ?] ins for four months (one item of Yc lich was $3,142.84, paid to the luna- ^ ! asylum alone, certain special appro- sor iations and the salaries of all State C0I icers, including judges, solicitors, co, :nographers, auditors, etc. ^ '"The legislative expenses for the ]ar ar ending October 31st, 1895 was 3,370.27. The legislative appropria?n bill for the year 1S96 calls for 1 ,7857.00. I am quoted as giving the m2 lount at $60,000. I had not the ext figures with me, but I told the ?r( >ung gentleman of the press that the ?n lount was between $55,000 and $60,- c0] th( "Of the $380,000 paid out of the see neral fund since November 1. 1895, arly $140,000 went to pay the Janu- < ? I ? A ?AM Ul irt /JaKf y luieresi uu uic jjuuhu ucut, 50(2 "Other amounts have been paid C0] an those in the general fund?an inince, $34,000 out of $45,497.62 of the thf ivilege tax fund and large amounts pr the special dispensary fund." pn He Is a Hero. Set Columbia, S. C.. March IS.?Tom *s' jrter, a colored man, who works at rickland's stables, proved himself a ex< ro yesterday afternoon and but for J? 5 courage and doing one human life, for all probability, would have been ^ it. Carter was standing on the 1 eet near the Grand Central when a "t< naway mule attached to a wagon, ad; which was a little child, passed by pe< a terrific speed. Carter with a great of al of presence of mind and with th< nger to his own life rushed after an b wagon, caught it, got in and took cal e child in his arms and jumped out, wl ring the child's life and suffering be ? injury himself. The mule and of igon belonged to Mrs. Hendrix of sio ixington County, and it was stand- th< g quietly on Plain street just op cri site Mimnaugh's establishment yes- gh day afternoon about 4:30 o'clock. rui Rev. Mr. Blackburn came riding up up b slpppf nn his hir.vr.lfi and the mulo ho t frightened. Without a moment's to irning it dashed off towards Main th< eet. In turning into that street, go: rs. Hendrix and one of the children va ;re thrown out. Spectators thought (L ey certainly must have been killed, 1 it when they were reached it was me und that to all appearances they had do ily been badly bruised. The little a rl escaped almost harmless, but Mrs. mi endrix, who was already unwell, *'4 ffered more or less injury which Fr ippily was not serious. Th In the meantime the mule went on Th e mad career down Main street to- (G irds the Opera House. The little ' ild was in the wagon and the many cal ople lined along the streets expected lat see it instantly dashed to death as of e mule was heading straight for the ha rbstone at the corner of Washing- De n and Main streets. All stood mo- cei mless and speechless, when sud- an nly Carter dashed out from the gr< owd and sped after the runaway an sea deer. He caught up with the bu agon and got the child out as already wl Id. The mule was finally stopped at in rashington street just as it was about thi turn the corner and run into a tele- we anh pole. Carter didn't seem to wl alize what an act of bravery he had by >ne and modestly took the child back li\ the Grand Central Hotel. The ye owd, however, appreciated what he thi id done and instinctively every mac in ent in his pocket and handed Carter era >llais, half dollars, quarters, dimes co: id nickles until, it is estimated, he G( id $10 or more. inj Mrs. Hendrix and the child who ch ere thrown out of the wagon were un ken to a residence on Plain street ha :ar the scene of the runaway and a soi lysician was called in who attended pr their injuries, which as stated < oved not to be. very serious.?Regis- en r. ha Hung in KlUgy. Danville, Ky., March 18.?Gover- P? >r Bradley was hung in elligy in la anville last night. The perpetrators the deed are unknown and it is im- J"?1 >ssible to identify them. The police ,fj! iow nothing. The figure was very *ilfully made up and topped by the ,,T mous white hat which the Governor * ways wears. Across the breast on card T.ore written the words: * itiotlarm Bradley." ^ The Newberry Obseiver prophesies at a Republican will be elected ha resident this year, and Harper's de '"eekly, which has a wider field of ca >servation and more experience in wJ itional politics, prophesies that such th thing is not very probable. su PEST'S SPICED VINEGAR. ? ~ V OKE SMITH AND CLEVELAND HUMOROUSLY ROASTED. e U ih Sfcrriury1* Failure to Obey a Law g Ipenlng ? Reservation In Utah, and Si ;ieveltind'n Home Mission Speech, the JubJeclM. ? Washington, March 18.?The feate of today's proceedings in the sen? was a short debate upon a joint ? solution directing the secretary of 1,1 e interior to execute the law for tx eniog to settlement some 2,000,000 a res of land in the eastern part of ah, which have been part of the P icompahgre Indian reservation. a vere strictures UDon the secretary of ? a interior for his attempt to nullify ^ 3 act of congress were made by Sen- Cl >rs Cannon, Wolcott and Vtst. The ter inveighed with much vehem- u ce, against the secretary declaring 61 it the time had been ^hen the head e! a department would have to answer a the bar of the senate for such an at- s' npt to trample upon the legislative a inch of the government. Mr. Vest 11 io caused much amusement by his tty and caustic criticism of President sveland's recent speech before the & >me Missionary society in New ^ >rk. ? Mr. Vest began with the remark e] it there was a time when a cabinet 81 icer, who deliberately failed to exe- J? te an act of congress, would be jught before the bar of the senate " jause he had trampled upon the leg- ?' itive department of the government d had violated his oath of office. > happened to know all the facts in u rard to the matter. P1 Ete said that some vears ago a com- w ny had been organized in St. Louis the purpose of opening up certain " )halt deposits in the Uncompaghre ai ervation in the eastern part of 01 ah and had invested a large amount " money. S Che St. Louis company had not n ae into the reservation. It had aeht land outside and wagoned the ** )duct down to the Union Pacific ri lway by which it was sent to the c< Ferent cities. The company did not r* .nt the lands because the asphalt ex- al 2d in such enormous quantities that u jre could be no monopoly in it. 0.' There was also, Mr. Vest said, a New c> rk corporation which came on the s* :ne last summer and which made " ne adjustment with the St. Louis npany. The question was whether a] agress knew what it was doing ten it passed the act to open up those " ids. Congress did know it and ew very well that there were great joalt deposits there. ?' What sort of right, Mr. Vest de. inded angrily, had the secretary of " 5 interior to nullify that act of con*vwo/ih'na Worl OPI?AWn lin * ^ "Si JLLltXl; pi aum VU HUM ga V M til it demanded reprehension of J* igress and at once. The action of 5 secretary of agriculture on the ^ sd question was another instance of C1 s same kind. P] 'And now," said he, "comes the 01 iretary of the interior and says that igress did not know anything about >se enormous deposits; and he takes s responsibility of saying to the 01 esident of the United States that the jclamation opening these lands to 11 tlement shall not be issued. Here i positive statute nullified by the ^ ad of a department, with no other ? ;use except the paltry one that he ^ umed that congress had not the in- I* if Vino IiqH fnrtliP luut UltlUUU yyuivu n aiw UU1?>V? ren years. 'There seems." Mr. Vest continued, M j be a disposition on the part of the y ministration to treat the Western V( Dple as if they were in a condition pupilage, as if they do not know ^ iir own rights or their own interests, jj d as if they must be informed ex :hedra, from the east in reference to cj lat is best for them and what should ^ done for them. Even the President ^ the United States, lately on a misnary occasion (laughter) spoke of ^ 3 west as a land of immorality and cj me. He stood with the light?the w astly light?of the hell-holes and gj m cellars of New York blazing on him, and cantingly, said that ^ me missions must be used to civilize Christianize the men who have left aj ;ir homes in the civilized east and ne out among the mountains and llev of the wild and wooly west. ja oud and general laughter.) m 'Our President stood with Dr. Tal ige on one side and the Rev. Shel- jL n Jackson on the other and gave us new version of that beloved old ssionary hymn: u From Montana's sinful mountains, fV om Utah's wicked plains, ? ejr call us to deliver, q eir land from error's chains.'" , ja ontinued laughter.") ~ 'We are told upon high ecclesiasti- gC [ authority that his excellency has ely laid down his honors at the feet Jesus. I am glad to know it. It s been the general impression of in mocrats that Mugwumps and in- Ji ise burners had got those honors cc d intended to keep them. I have 3at respect for the Christian religion A d for missions at home and abroad, t this was a slander upon the men 10, with rifle in one hand and axe w the other, have gone out and blazed c( it pathway of civilization in the as istern wilds. I went to Missouri n len it was a frontier State, roamed n the Indian and buffalo. 1 have tl ed with those people nearly 50 fr ars, and I say to our president now li at if he will pretermit hunting ducks bi North Carolina and silver Demo- I its in Kentucky long enough to ai me out west, we will show him a ft )d-fearing, self-respecting, law-abid- c( er DeoDle. We will show him di urches in which there is real and w [affected piety; we will show him v? ppy and Christian homes, where the b: as, the fathers and the husbands a: ay. h Our spires may not go as near heav- lj as those eastern cities, we may not it ve organs that roll delorious tones k Dng fretted aisles, but we have a vi ople who fear God and observe the tl sv and the commandments. f? In connection with this humble, but p al religion, I am tempted to quote r< ese beautiful lines of the Scotch poet: o Compared with this how poor reli- f< gions pride, I n all the pomp of method and of art, S iVhen men display to core regationg wide, "T")?Trntinn? ptrArr' crn.rh PYf?pnf. thf* A art." el "This, Mr. President, is what we b ,ve come to at last?that the Presi o nt of the United States in hisofHcial a pacity says to the people of the tt aole world that in one portion of o is country, the surroundings are d ch that missions?home missions? li re necessary in order to bring: the eople to the poorff knowledge of rhat is real and tru<. At this point the vice president askd Senator Vest to suspend his speech ntil a message could be received rom the President of the United itates. Mr. Vest stopped and the mesage waa delivered. CHANGE IN CHARLESTON. Uspensary Convictions at Last Being Secured There In the Courts. Charleston, March 18. ?Will woners never cease? For the second wft o v\a+i+. ini?tr Viqq ra. Uiv Ok VUailCOb^U J .7 M.\s I arned a verdict of "guilty" against n illicit liquor seller for violations of ae dispensary law in maintaining laces where intoxicating liquors are jld. Heretofore mistrials or verdicts f acquittal have been so invariably le rules that one of these results was onsidered a foregone conclusion whenever these cases were brought p, and consequently very little interit was taken in or importance attachi to them. The change is so remarkble that it calls for comment and we lall comment on it without prejudice nd, we trust, without offence, as our lotive has reference solely to the uth of current local history. A revolution in our judicial system, eginning at the source of fun 'amonil basis of it?the jury box?has gone n quietly, and unnoticed by the een ral public although the legal profeson and those who are otherwise intilately associated with the adminison of justice and the supervision of er machinery were quite cognizant f the significant ana far reaching aaracter of the event.. Formerly and >r a long course of years our arcantn of justice has been under the suervision entirely of officials of a imeness of political complexion? entlemen all and honorable men? at still of the same mind and mold ad disposition of character. Withut intention of reflection we, neverleless, state it as a fact that there, rew to be much of a sameness in the ssult that followed the putting in and iking out of the names from the jury ox. Like everything else which ins for long in au uninterupted )urse, things fell into an accustomed it?what is known as the profession[ juror became quite a familiar figre with us. It seemed strange that nt of the lettery of our entire eligible tizenship thes>e particular face? lould so often repeat themselve in ipi inrv hny Among the innovations, some good ad some bid, which recent political langes have brought about, it is but uth to say that the uninterrupted ren flow of the jury box has been isturbed. The elements p.-esiding rer its destinies are no* so harmoni us in character and there is a lack of le sameness of result which was forterly had. Whether the change is >r the better or worse we shall not ndertake to decide. Tnere is a changrowever, and our purpose is simply to icount for the fact. Certain inner rcles of Charleston have been surrised by the extraordinary character : recent grand and petit juries. It innot be denied that these juries ave been and are representative of rery class of tie rank and file of our tizensbip. But in nothing have they given so iuch cause for surprise as in the resnt dispensary verdicts. Our public sntiment is undoubtedly unfavorable >the dispensary law as a law. We ave been taught to assume that our eople went so far in th"ir hostility, sren as to antagonize its enforcement, 7ise or unwise as this policy may ave been, our juries have in the past semingly concurred in this extreme iew by the uniform character of their erdicts. The verdicts just had, howrer, are indicative of a radical variaon somewhere. Can it be that pubc sentiment in reference to the adisability of enforcing the law has aanged? Or have we been misled as > the real character of our pubic senment on that particular point? It cannot be charged that the polino 1 r?Viqy'qdtr\f tho iniitoq Viqo Vtoan VsCfcJL V/UA1 MVWVi VI VUV JUI 1W>J UUO VWVU langed. If a glance at the personnel ere not satisfactory as to this, the mple fact that every juror who has it on these cases, without a single ex;ption, has been examined on his oir dire, accepted and empanneled 'ter making, in each and everv inance, the explicit and unmistakable rowal that he did not approve of the lw. The conclusion is unavoidable, he free, untrampled and uninspired idgment of this community, as rep jsented by our juries, is that while le law itself is unpopular, the defiice of it cannot and will not longer 5 countenanced or condoned. Mark le distinction and mark the decree, here is no further room for mistake, harleston puts herself on record as a .w-abiding community to the last isp of the unfortunate and ill-omenl sumptuary law.?Sun. This Shoald Not Be. Columbia, March 18.?Tho followig has been sent to The State by imes L. Strain of Eetta Jane, Union ninty. Pontotoc, Miss., Feb. 27, 1896. djutant J. L. Strain, of Camp Giles, No. 708, Union, S. C. My Dear Sir and Comrade: I hereittT most respectfully hand you a jrtificate from our family physician i to our sad, but true and unfortuate condition. Will you, my comide, be so good and kind as to present mawma +a TTAim nomn on /I AfllOl*! 10 OaillCJ J WUL VMU1U MUV4 VbUVi iends of an old disabled comrade ke myself, raise and send a contriution for our relief. Do please, and assure you that the kindness and mount of contribution will be greatilly appreciated by your old disabled >mrade and his invalid wife and aughters, and I believe that God ill bless you and each contributor ithout a doubt. There were five rothers of us in the Confederate rmy and only two of us returned ome and we two were each desperatej wounded. I do not write this boastlgly, but that you and others may now who we were and where we ere, in the great struggle between le States and how we suffered as a imily in defending our rights, homes, i ? 1 1 L l i T ropriy ana oeauuiui tsuuiuiuau. i ;fer you to Frank Sereter, president f the Bank of Pontotoc, Mississippi, )r any further information desired, was oorn at Pickens Court House, . C. Your old and disabled comrade, John N. Sloan. The above letter is accompanied by certificate from Dr. Charles D. MitchII that Captain Sloan was shot in the attle of Chickamauga, having most f his under jaw, aliiiis upper teeth nd his tongue shot away and his face jrribly mutilated,' by the explosion f a shell. He is compelled to lie own when eating and-can take only quid food. A NOTE OF WARNING SOUNDED AT A CONFERENCE OF SIL VER REPUBLICANS. Western G. O. P. Men Will Not Stand Single Standard Platform?Protectlo and Free Silver Go Together. Washington, March 19.?At th Hotel Page, an important conferenc was held tonight between the silve Republican senators who voted again* the consideration of the tariff bill i. the senate and a large number of rep resentative manufacturers of Philadel phia who favor the linking togethe: of the protection and bimetalism. The authorized statement issued the conference after its secret sessioi is looked upon as the first note o warning on the part of the Republicai senators from Western States agains the adoption of a single gold standar< plunk in the St. Louis platform. Thi conference was the result of the fol lAminiv /tAitvAC!nAm/)anAa Xf iVTTiU^ VW11 WfJVUUVUUO U^IVTCUU 111. I William Wilhelm, a prominent attor ney of Pottsville, Pa., and the sextetto of silver senators named in the letter Pottsville, March 5, 1896. Senators Jones, Teller, Dubois, Carter Mantle and Cannon. Gentlemen: It has been my goo< fortune to meet Messrs. James Dobson Charles Heber Clarand R. E. Defend erfer of the city of Philadelphia. The; and their industrial friends are anx ious to comer with you relative to th present depression and the remedy fo existing financial and industria troubles. If you are willing to mee the eastern men of enterprise, the: please advise the aforementioned gen tlemen so that a conference can be ai ranged between you and them am their friends. Enclosed find a list o Philadelphia manufacturers who I an assured will take pleasure in meetin you. Yours sincerely, Wm. vvilhelm. United States Senate, Washington, D. C., March 6, 189G James Dobson, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa Dear Sir: Accepting the sugges tions made to us by letter from Mi Wm. Wilhelm of Pennsylvania tha it would be well to have a conferenc between representatives of the indus trial interests of the country and oui selves, we shall be pleased to confe with yourself and such men of enter prisn as you may choose to invite t meet with us at an early date at Wash ington. Yours very truly, H. M. Teller. Fred T. Dubois. Lee Mantle. T. H. Carter, Frank J. Cannon. John P. Jones. All of the above named senator were ^resent at the conference held to night as were also Representative Hartman of Montana, Allen of Utal and Wilson of Idaho, and the follow ing named Representatives of man ufacturing interests: James Dobson manufacturer of carpets; G-eorgi Campbell, woolens; James Pollock carpets; S- B. Vrooman, lumber Frank Caven, silk; C. H. Hardy yarns; tteorge w. Plains, street ran ways; Alex Crow, carpets; Henr; A. Frye, groceries; Henry Holmes carpets; R W. Scott, knit goods James Brown, woolens; Howlant Croft, worsteds; Chas. M. McLeod yarns; James Defenderfer, yarns John Fisher, wire; Robert Dawman carpets; Robert W. Scott, knit goods Charles Qeber Clark, surgical appli ances; Theodore Miller, upholstery Richard Campion, yarns; Jos. Brom ley, rugs; Jos R.Jones, woolens; Jos Foster, dyes; Jas. P. Phillips, worst eds; C. D. Firestone, buggies, and R E. Defenderfer, electrical appliances The conference was organised bj Senator Dubois as chairman and Mr Wilhelm for secretary. For thre hours and a half, behind closed doors the conference proceeded, involving the uniting of bimetalism and proiee tion as a national issue. Remark were made by Senators Teller, Jone of Nevada, Carter, Mantle and Can non. President Jordan of the manu facturers' club of Philadelphia, ex pressed the opinion that tariff dutie could not be made high enough t< protect our manufacturers if our coun try remained on a gold basis. Mr James Dobson the great carpet manu facturer, came out unqualifiedly fo free coinage by international agree ment if possible, otherwise by inde pendent action. He believed that in dependent action would induce inter national action. Free coinage migh create temporary disturbances but i was the quickest way to permanen -*1^/ /MAMA *VkA ilia f?Am fV14 rciici lrvui tuu nio '?Tf uavu wtx country is now suffering. 3enry A. Frye of Philadelphia saic that the sooner that we took: indepen dent action for bimetalism the bettei it would be. He declared for protec tion and bimetalism. Chas. Herber Clark, editor of Th< Manufacturer of Philadelphia, said hi had labored in season and out of sea son to convince the manufacturer that protection would only prove effi cacious in conjunction with the resto ration of silver. That he was nov happy to have so many representative of the industrial interests of the coun try to meet the senators who had vot ed against the Dineley bill and to per sonally verify his aeclaratioi s. Rich ard Campion declared himself in favo: of the restoration of silver, but though that the cause of bimetalism was no advanced by the defeat of the revenu< measure. Seveial opinions were ex pressed of regret at the loss of th< Dingley measure, but no opinion an tagonistic to the restoration of silvei was uttered. The senators present de fined their position in such a mannei as to make it plain to the manufactur ers that there could be no protective tariff legislation either at this congrea or at the next without the rehabitatioi of silver, and that bimetalism and pro tection constituted and inadvisable is sue before the country. Some of th< manufacturers themselves endorsee this position as being the logic of th< country's necessities and political con ditions. The issue was clearly defin ed but no attempt to organize wa; made. The intensity of the interes shown demonstrated a determinatior to rescue the country if possible fron its impending industrial and iiuancia ills. Chas. Heber Clark invited lh< senators to a meeting to be held at th< Manufacturers' club, Philadelphia, a an early date. Mann otmiiff letters in harmorn with the purpose of the meeting wer< received Irom manufacturers through out the country who were unable t( be present at this public meeting. Th< incidental mention of the name of J Donald Cameron for the nominatior for the Presidency, met with cordia approval. N FARM WORK FOR MARCH. The Southern Cultivator Urgeii Farmers to Keep Down the Cotton Acreage. In this month, except for unforeseen delays, the main body of the cota ton crop throughout the South will be n put into the ground, and while most farmers have decided on the number of acres they intend to plant, it is not e too late perpaps to utter a word of e warning to those who contemplate r putting in a large area at the expense it of the more important provision crops, n We use the words "more important" i- advisedly, and as supporting this asser tion, we point to the general condition r of the farmers to-day, as compared with what it was at this time last year j and the year before. Then they were 1 hampered in their preparation for anf other crop by a lack of sufficient sup1 plies for man and beast; to-day the t havnaar.ri atnrwhnu<u>fl croftn under the 1 accumlation of food of all kinds. b Though the profits on the past year's - operations may not have reached a . high figure, farmers,as a rule.are now ' resting secure, while in all otner occub pations and professions there is a fever: ish anxiety and apprehension. Having taken no chances they have fortified themselves against market fluctuations and thus their investment is more ceri tain than if placed in stock companies , and syndicates. No one will deny [ that this is a good and favorable y change and yet there is a disposition > in some quarters, by reducing the e provision crop and enlarging on cotr ton, to cut off the only means which ,1 will maintain us in our position of it assured security. The disposition to a purchase mules and guano i* usually on inHinnfion nf on i ncreacoi! /irtHnn .. acreage. To those men who have ali ready invested in additional stock and if fertilizers for the purpose of planting a largely in cotton, we would urge the , following reasons why they should ' pause and reconsider their plans: In the first place, if each farmer assists in keeping down the cotton acreage be to that extent inceases the chances of '* profit for all. On the other hand * if there is a general and large increase in cotton production, the 1 individual farmers who restrict ' their acreage to reasonable bonds stand less chance of loss, should the ,* price fall below the cost of production, * which it almost inevitably will, than , those who plant lieavily in the hope " that by some means Providence will bless their lack of business sagacity l" and save them from the consequex-cjs of their folly. Another cogent reason for a limited cotton crop, and a full, even superabundant provision supply, is the unsettled condition of national affairs the world over. Should the present disturbed relations between European 3 governments result in conflict, no one h canjpredict the extent to which, either 3 as to time or geographical boundary, 1 hostilities might reach, still less could " we estimate the disastrous effects to * our immediate agricultural interests. ? The mere rumor of war between Grera many and England caused the provis? ion markets in Chicago to advance ? several points, with a corresponding i depression in cotton prices at other * places. V The following figures taken from '? the report of the Department of Agri i culture, give a comparative estimate * of the corn crop of the South for three ? years: 1893,435,744,766bushels; 1894, ; 483,431,962 bushels; 1895, 607,665,017 > bushels. The estimated grain crop of i the South for 1895 including corn, ' oats, and wheat will make a grand to? tal of over 700.000,000 bushels. As a result of this large provision ' crop, and the better prices for cotton following the reduced area for 1895, - everything has taken on a brighter !* aspect, and the farmers all over the 1 country are in better condition than for years. Experience and common 0 sense both urge the obvious conclu ? sion, but will farmers profit by tbe ' opportunity which their vantage '* ground gives them? Will they raise 3 their bread and meat and cotton at a 8 profit, or will they simply plant cotton - in order that others may realize the benefit? The coming month must an* swer these questions. May the deciss ion be such that the farmers will come 3 out on the winning side, when the re* suits are summed up at the close of ' 1896. r The Cotton Crop. Washington, March 20.?The de{?artment of agriculture makes the folowing reportof the cotton crop move' ment by States from September 1. to J March 1: J From Alabama, 486,490; remaining t on plantations in warehouses, etc., 8 106,878; bought by mills, 44,981, total, 638.349. 1 From Arkansas, 365.457, plantations * etc., 115,964; mills, 1,570; total, 482,r 991. From Florida, 32,712; plantations, etc., 3,103; total, 35,815. ? tti?? n i?r7 cqo. -* J.1 rULU VJCUl iCk) l | i jUUf , pxaubauvuuf 0 etc., 158,381; mills, 142,641, total, 1,078,654. s From Indian Territory, 52,259; plan tations, etc., 7,538; total, 59.797. >- From Louisiana, 398,137; plantar tions, etc., 66,618; mills, 1,074; total, s 465,829. From Mississippi, 787,136, planta tions, 158,111; mills, 11,662; total, 956, 909. From Missouri, 11,056, plantations, r 558; total 11,614. t From North Carolina, 155,616; plant tations, 52,700; mills, 131,183, total, 3 339 499. From South Carolina, 494,562; plan5 tations, 80,133; mills, 214,270; total, - 788,965. r From Tennessee, 122,816; planta tions, 15,688; mills, 14,412; total, 152, 916. From Texas, 1,531,842; plantations, ) 220,081; mills, 3,204; total, 1,755,127. 3 From Virginia, 7,105; plantations, 1 1,294; total, 8,399. Total crop, including 40 bales pro duced in Utah, 0,788,507 commercial 3 bales. 1 To the above mill figures should be 3 adde.l: For Georgia, 745; Louisiana, 6,365; North Carolina, 5l!5; South Car olina, 5,808; Tennessee, 2,052, and to m ? ^ f i'f /?? Iron nAnto onrl 3 J.6XUS 4^,U-?/ uaica taivoix nwm ^Uiwauu t otherwise counted in the railway l movement, the Kentucky, Missouri i 1 and Virginia figures being also includ1 ed in the railway movement. i The mill purchases by Slates are as i follows: Alabama, 4-1,981; Arkansas, t 1,570; Georgia, 143,386; Kentucky, 10,415; Louisiana, 7,439; Mississippi, T 11,662; Missouri, 788; North Caroliua, 3 131,748; South Carolina, 220,078; - Tennessee, 16,4G4; Texas, 5.757, and i Virginia, 16,084; total, 609,766 bales. 3 No deduction has been made of cot. ton on plantations and at interior l points September 1, 1895. The above 1 figures are subject to revision in the department's final report. DISHONORED KENTUCKY. ::M CHAPLAIN COOPER REFUSES TO OFFER PRAYER. Every ristol Pocket Was leaded at th* ' ' '^1 Joint Assembly Monday, Bat No Troable--Censure of Governor Bradley?No -? Unorom. S Frankfort, Ky., March 16.?The 1 State capitol bristled with bayonet* 1 this morning. The news that Qovernor Bradley had called upon the milltary arm of the State was early spread fl about and caused a great deal of ez- -3H citemcnt. What promised to be the Y$ 1 most sensational day cf the Senatorial fight was begun with a proclamation from Governor Bradley, issued at 9 o'clock this morning, calling oat the JS State militia to guard the State House. m "I wish to state," said the Governor, il :'jfl speaking of his proclamation, "that |IB ?a the military was called out in order to ;alEi {irotect the members of the Legislature -m fl rom mob violence and not to protect myself. The story that I was to be ' arrested for usurpation of authority in ordering the sheriff to clear the* State House of all those Dot author-, H ized by law to be there and ifidicating that this should include thede?tt' ^ ties that the Senate sergeant-at-arm? "SCm had sworn in and for this reason I had ' -s$ns1 called out the military is false." The military guard around the State -jig 1 House began at 10 o'clock last night a 1 when the McCreary guards, a local mm nan v of militia under Cantain Noel i Gaines, filed into the ground* and established picket lines. Barely an .JmJ hour before that the citizens of Frankfort had been arouseed by the clanging "Wm of the court house bell, the signal for j the local company to report for duty. J There were hurried gatherings of sol- vfJsKl diers and citizens generally, the latter J not leaving for their homes until after^^jj|9H The McCreary Guards were rein- j forced early this moraine by the ''M 1 Brown Light Infantry from Lexington .v^gfp which arrived on a freight train, under J command of Colonel Gaither and Cap- . ] tain Longmire. Shortly after 8 o'clock 3|j| j the Louisville Legion, 250 men, marched up from the Louisville and Nashville station, under command of CoL Castleman. These two companies ' were also placed on duty in the State . House grounds and military regulations were enforced. Altogether about 400 men were under arms. No one^S^aB was allowed to pass the picket lines unless he could give the countersign. A guard patrolled^the walk in front ] of the door of the cApitol. Inside at j the foot of the stairway, leading to the J House and Senate chambers, a squad of picked men stood and allowed no % J'/Jlij one to ascend without a written order -X t from Adiutant 'i-eneral Collier. At .--'Jm the head of the stairs another squad . of fifteen stood with fixed bay on eta. Senators James and Walton, who were on hand early, entered the House " chamber and sat in the extreme left corner. J Adjutant General Collier's orders to j the officers in charge of the entrance j to the State House expressly stated j that no one except members of the two houses, the Seargents at-Arms, doorkeepers,cloakroom keepers, pages, |S newspaper reporters and telegraph . operators were entitled to admission rgs and the guards carried out their or- ] ders to the letter. The Blackburn men call the QOver- ' 38 nor's action "an outrage." A meet- ;Xfl ing of citizens of Frankfurt was called to protest against the presence of the militia in this city. "This display of 53 force will stop all legislation," said a ^ Blackburn Senator. "Nothing shall ':'M be done. I would like to see the revenue bills or anything else get through Just bofore 11 o'clock Seargeant atArms Sommers of the Senate entered 3s| i lie lower uuur ui iuo out to jliuiuc with his six assistants who had been summoned on Saturday. These men were halted by Captain Gaines. Mr. M Sommers protested that they were his assistants and that he had affidavits to show that they were entitled to en- . Jz ter. The captain was firm, however, /S and they walked out without attempting to force their way up stairs. When the joint session convened the v vji roll call showed sixty-six present, as neither the Democrats nor the Populists responded to their names. The President announced that no quorum was present, but as the Constitution requires a ballot each day, he ordered the call to begin. But one vote was cast, that of Mr. Speed for Boyle. The Republicans and Democrats, with this exception, refused to respond to their names. It was decided to vote for the United States Senator to-morrow. The joint assembly then adjourned until 1 1 12 o'clock to-morrow. "?8 bradley'8 action denounced. Frankfort, Ky., March 16.?There was not standing room in the court house when the indignation meeting was called in order to protest against the action of Governor Bradley in calling out the troops. Mayor Julian called the meeting to order and made a speech in which he told of his conference with Governor Bradley in which he had assured the executive | that he would give ample protection and characterized the Governor's action in ordering out the troops as M nighly partisan and unbecoming a Governor. Ex-Attorney General Henrick nominated Judge Lysander Hoard as chairman of the meeting in a speech in which he scored the action of the Governor. Judge Hoard took the chair and there was a wild burst of applause. Speeches were made by Col. E. H. Taylor and others denouncing the action of Governor Bradley in severe terms. Terrible Explosion. Selma, Ala., March 18.?Particulars of a terrible boiler explosion at McLarkin's mill, near Caledonia, in Wilcox County, have reaehed this city. The explosion was caused by an imperfect safety valve. The boiler crashed through the mill and sped along close to the ground for 400 feet, ana finally buried itself in the earth. Sim TXT".. <... ? A n ? Y T aiU5, a laiuici , aioAauuoi vjria^ a laborer at the mill, and Allen Hollmger, fireman, were killed. The action of the five gold-standard democratic members of the Kentucky legitlature in defying the rule of the majority and persistently refusing to vote for and elociing Blackk.ipn tlira nnmincn nf tllfi rfpni(V>l*t.lV . 'J caucus United States senator, is inten- j sifyiug the feeling of democrats 1 throughout the country against the 1 designs of the gold-standard gentlemen. Their private opinions are set up against solemn platform declarations and "rule or ruin" seems to be their policy.