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The Press and Banner.
BY HUGH'WILSON.
AltUi:Tll.l'l^ N. V.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED AND
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED.
St. I.uuIn tlio Victim of tlie Most Doblructive
Cyclone on Kecord -Several Steamers
Sunk and Fire Adds Horror to the Sceue.
St. Louis, Mo., May 27.?Death and
destruction reigns supreme in St.
Louis and vicinity tonight as a result
of the most terrible storm that ever
visited this section of the country. So
widespread is the destruction in both
St. Louis and East St. Louis that itjs
impossible to even esiunaie me
amount of damage and loss of life.
Buildings of every description are in
ruins and as a result hundreds of people
are reported dead and injured, but
until daylight comes and order jLs restored,
it will be impossible to make a
defiuite statement. A report is in circulation
that seven steamers lying at
wharf boats on the East St. Louis side
of the river have been sunk with all
on board. The city is nearly in darkness
as the electric lights and trolley
wires are down. With one or two exceptions,
all the street car lines in the
--* ? ~i 11 on/1
cily arc tti a autiiunuu ?nv?
of people are compelled to remain
down town or walk home.
The storm broke about 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, after a most oppressively
hot day. and the rain began to fall.
It soon developed into a fierce thunderstorm,
with the wind from the
East. A little later the wind had
gained a velocity of eighty miles an
hour, driving the rain before, it and
tearing loose signs, cornices, chimneys
and everything in its way. Many
buildings of every kind were demolished
*nd others set on fire by lightning
and crossed wires. The fire
department responded to- fourteen
alarms. The streets were full of people
going home from work and a panic
ensued as soon as the storm broke;
TiroiiA v\i/?1ro/l nn onr) Vi n t*1pH
IXI TOLL YTCIO pivavv4 U^r mum
against the buildings; horses and carriages
were sent flying here and there
ana falling wires full of the deadly
fluid added to the horror of the scene.
Suddenly the wind veered around
to the West and completed the destruction.
It is asserted by some of
those who have traversed the downtown
part of the city that there are
few buildings in St. Louis that have
not suffered in some way from the
storm. Tonight the streets are in complete
darkness and travel in every direction
is dangerous because of fallen
live wires and debris lying everywhere.
The wagon way of the Eads
bridge on the East St. Louis side, is a
crumbling mass of mortar and stone,
and paris of the tower and pier No. 1
were also torn away. Thousands of
S " a. iU.
aouars Wia nui cover me wreckage.
An outbound accommodation train
on the Chicago and Alton was wrecked
by a broken rail, but fortunately
nobody among fifty passengers was
hurt- A trolley car loaded with pas
sengers bound for the West side is
said to have fallen through the railroad
track below, but with what result
is not known. The roof of the
Republican hall was blown off and a
20 foot section of the Western hall of
the city jail clear down, exposing the
interior. It was during exercise hours
and two hundred prisoners exercising
in the building were panic stricken.
The tanks of the Waters & Pierce Oil
Company on Gratiot street blew up,
spreading destruction on every hand.
Three stories of the Coe Manufactu
ring Company building, Ninth and
Gratiot, and nearly half of the Wainwright
Brewery were blown down.
The summer high school, Eleven and
Spruce; McDermott's saloon. Eleventh
and Chester; the livery stable; Eleventh
and Walnut, were unroofed.
The engineer of the -5Ctna Works,
Twenty-first and Pappin streets, was
almost instantly killed. The walls
blew in and he was scalded to death
bv steam. The Consolidated Wire
Works, Twenty-first and Pappin
streets, was almost totally wrecked.
Seven people are known to have been
injured seriously by this wreck, and
many more are said to have been hurt
by falling walls.
The two story building of the C. H.
Sawyer Manufacturing company, 1819
Choteau avenue, was demolished.
John Sawyer, a member of the firm,
and Emma Chaney and Isabella Hallden,
type writers, were crushed to death
under the walls. II. H. Sawyer, a
member of the firm, was injured fatally.
The St. Louis Refrigerator and
"Woodenware company factory, Second
and Park avenue, was completely
destroyed by fire,caused by lightning.
The loss is estimated at $300,000. A
rumor was widely circulated that the
gas tank near the Consolidated Wire
vVorks at the South end of theTwenty-first
street viaduct had been blown
over anu. urusueu in uie wire woms
buildings, killing four men to a certainty
and possibly more.
Temporary hospitals abound in every
part of the city. The armory at
Seventeenth and Pine streets has been
opened for the care of the wounded
and many injured have been taken
into private houses. The city authorities
at midnight were sending mounted
policemen through the city to as
certain if possible what loss of life and
ihe number of injured really is. So
far as absolute facts are concerned,
nothing definite can be learned before
tomorrow.
To add to the di^pial situation, the
rain which fell shortly after the tornado
passed, began again about 7:30
o'clock and is now coming down in
torrents. It is impossible to get reports
from the police stations, where
. . # il. _ A _ A J 1 1
many 01 me aeaa ana injureu nave
been taken, and consequently all
statements in regard to the dead and
wounded up to the present time are
the merest conjectures, but there is no
doubt that the loss of life is greater
than anything the country has known
since the disaster at Johnstown, Pa.
Three fire alarms were sent in tonight
from a poor house which had
1,200 inmates. The roof of that structure
was blown off and it is feared
that the number of fatalities there is
great. The loss of life on the river
^ was great. It is reported that the magnificent
steamer Grand Republic was
sunk with all on board. The steamer
D. H. Pike, with thirty passengers on
board, bound up the river for Peoria,
was blown bottomside up. The steamer
Conger was blown nearly across
the river and sank at a point opposite
Carondelet, ten miles below. The
steamer Dauphin, a pleasure boat,
containing 20 women passengers and
a crew of G men, was blown against J
the middle pier of the Eads bridge
and broken in two. The steamer Libbie
Conger of the Diamond Jo Line, SUR
with Captain Zaman, his wife and the Tq
crew of six men, was sunk.
Apart from the number of lives lost
here and on ihe East side of the river, 811ve
the number drowned in the Mississip- sta
pi will aggregate hundreds.
a heart rending death list.
St. Louis, Mo., May 28.?The aw- AC
ful sweep of last night's tornado is It
marked to-day by a devastated dis- Loui
trict in the Southwestern portion of It
the city, a half mile wide and four Chic
mil<? long, with wrecked buildings, Mc
totteVing walls, debris, choked streets at St
and rescuing parties to tell the story cans,
of havoc ana death. caus<
St. Louis is dazed by the extent of coun
the calamity and it will be days be- Whe
fore the total loss of life and the soun
amount of property destroyed will be silvc
known. ty cc
The estimates of the number killed form
vary from 200 to 500, with the belief ing t
general that the latter figure is the parti
nearer correct. ticke
Coroner Waite says the death list in ited <
St. Louis proper would easily reach camj
200, and in East St. Louis it would be W
perhaps as large. third
At police headquarters the dead in ral C
St. Louis are estimated at 300 and in surpi
East St. Louis at 200. Extra editions Part
of the local papers place the total loss plan
of life at 500 or more. lied
The storm left its path littered with open
dead and dying, and patrol wagons, lead
ambulances and undertakers' cars vent;
were busv all day long carrying the tar b
identified dead to their homes and the and
' ?1?* * J < _: i?
UUmes Ul relatives auu menus, ui v/uiu
leaving the unidentified with the city Dem
morgue authorities. indo
The property loss is terrific, esti- the /
mates ranging from $10,0o0,000 to and
$30,000,000.
The storm which wrought the havoc To
was a most peculiar one and scarcely lines
two people in all the city agree as to elect
just how the damage was done. The led t
wind seemed to take the form of a nubl
tornado rather than that of a cyclone, This
thfe wrecked biddings showing none of year
the twisted irons and girders which usually
mark the trail of a rotary Sta
wind storm. The general trend was
from Southwest to Northeast, through Arkai
the centre of the business district ?a}ifo
district of the city to about a fhile ?olor
North of the city.
The first heavy damage was in the p.? .
vicinity of Lower Grove and LaFay* G (
ette Parks, where handsome residences I(jfth?
were wrecked and many persons in- mino
jured. The tornado swept from t&e India
Northeast as far as the river, when, i0wa
with a sudden turn to the North, it Kansi
cleared the Mississippi and tore its Kenti
way into the heart of East St. Louis. Louis
One of the remarkable features was Maini
the destruction of a win# of the city
hospital, carrying 200 patieuts and Mass
nurses down in the wrick, and killing
but one person.
It will be several days before defi- ^j}881
nite information can be obtained as to ii18S0
the loss of life and injury. In addition
to the killed and injured in St. ^ebrs
Louis and East St. Louis, the cyclone New ]
moved down many people in other New;
places. Dispatches received by the As- New
sociated Press give accounts of serious North
loss of life and maimings in quite a North
number of places. Appended is a ta- Ohio,
ble showing the latest careful estimate Orego
of killed and injured, based on the Penni
dispatches: Rhod
Killed. Injured.
St. Louis 200 300
East St. Louis 250 300
NT Til AO QK ?.. .
i*car vcuu aiia, m?? ? uu
Breckinridge, 111 2 ? Verm
Near Mt. Vernon, 111.. 5 20 virgii
Near Vendalia, 111.... 13 35 Wash
Near Mexico, Mo 15 34 West
Wiaco
Totals 527 724 Wyon
The number of killed may not be
far from 500 and the injured about Toti
700.The steamer Pittsburg of the Dia *U(
mond Joe Line, City of Vicksburg Th
and the City of Province of the Co- P1? *
lumbian Excursion Company, the city 18
of Monroe of the Anchor Line and all 33 a '
sorts of small crafts were pitched and '"***
tossed about until a final blast rent ralC
them from their moorings. They were P088*
swept across the river and struck the 8how
Illinois bank, within a few blocks of ^er
each other. The loss of life on these State
boats is thought to be slight, as every to v
body was cautioned not to jump and silve
they would be brought safely to land. Dem
The city of Vicksburg is almost a total pne y
wreck. The city of Province was kota,
blown upon the Illinois side. Her three
rudder is gone and her cabin and do.
smoke stacks were blown away bafore Nort
riarfoH frnm Vipi* wharf Th
The St. Louis and St. Paul Packet
Company's steamer St. Paul had Coll<
started for Keokuk when the tornado era*8
struck the citj. She has not been Ha"
heard of. She had a full cabin. an(*1
The Belle of Calhoun, the Madill was 1
and the Lubecie Conger, which were jsm?
moored near Cheteau avenue, were ^ 1
almost totally broken up. Their cab- P?PU
ins and smoke stacks were blown Han
I away. The Ellen G. Smith, the har- P'un
bor boat, was blcwn down the river votes
and was wrecked near Arsenal Stand. Repi
It is thought a number of lives were votej
lost on this boat. &ew
' The steamer Harvester of the Mis- l?st'
sissippi Valley Transportation Com- ?tate
pany was also torn from its dock and
carried down the river. "?en
The loss to river property can only view
be estimated. A. river man said $1,500,- ant*
000 would not repair and replace the SUPP
boats alone that ligured the storm. P?a .
linoi
A Serious Matter. land
Columbia, May 27.?There isase- StaU
;*ious question now as to whether the tarmagistrates
in the State have any with
power at all to commit a person to eral
jail. It is raised by L. T. Izfar, Esq., the
of Branchville who arrrived 'n the Hlin
city yesterday. A negro, Thomas who,
Brown, was arrested a few days ago throi
and committed to jail by Magistrate four
Woodward for breach of the peace.. Indii
Taking this case as the basis, Mr. Izlar
comes to the State supreme court and Re
asks for a writ of habeus corpus. Terse- ent t
ly stated the case is this: The recent Wes
constitutional convention created the Dem
office of magistrate, abolishing the secu:
office of trial justice in this State.' butt
It left it to the legislature to pass an the e
act defining the duties and powers of tativ
the magistrates, and fixing their sala- wou
ries. The legislature passed the act meta
definiog the powers and duties of the him
magistrates as required by the new with
tka o/"?t /urf tlftf fflVA livor
the governor the right of removal, form
however, and he therefore vetoed all weel
of the act except that portion fixing the f
the salaries of the magistrates. The State
result is that there are 110 duties and crati
powers defined for the magistrates, chea
and Mr. Izlar's contention is that they In
have no right to take action in any wou
criminal or civil case. If Mr. Izlar's wou
position is sustained by the supreme auci
court the far-reaching results can be stan<
easily seen.?State. Repi
F THERE BE A BOLT.
PRISING RESULTS IN THE ELEC
RAL COLLEGE WOULD FOLLOW.
r Combination Would Carry Man;
tea?Southern Democrats and West
Republicans Would Get Togetherlood
Cbauce for Silver Winning,
will be a straddle or a bolt at St
s.
will be a straddle or a bolt a
ago.
>re likely than not it will be a bol
T a111 o fvaa ai'Ittah *DammU1?
. UUUia VI i)IIO X LCD OliYCl iwopuuil
, says the New York Herald, be
5 the gold standard men already
t 550 of the 919 delegates
ither it be a bolt at Chicago of th<
d tnonev Democrats or of the fre<
r Democrats, or whether the par
>m promises on a meaningless plat
i, the indications are overwhelm
hat the free silver element of botl
es will be shouting for a thin
it, pledged to the free and unlim
coinage of silver in the coming
saign.
hat would be the result of th<
L ticket on the vote in the Electa
Jolldge? The situation is full o
rising possibilities. The Thir<
y movement is already beinj
ned. The Populists and other at
organizations are waiting witl
arms for Teller, of Colorado, t<
the bolt from the St. Louis con
ion. They are preparing to buri
iarrels should Bland, of Missouri
his followers either win or bolt a
ago. Should silver dominate th<
ocratic party they are willing tc
rse the Democratic ticket ana le
?old standard men do the boltinj
the nominating of a third ticket
HOW THE STATES VOTED.
get at the likelihood of part]
i flying to pieces first glance at th<
oral vote of 1892, when Clevelan<
he Democrats, Harrison the Ke
leans and Weaver the Populists
is the way the Slates voted tha
No. of
te. Electors. Rep. Dem. Pop
bina 11 ... 11
asas 8 ... 8
mia 9 18..
ado 4
;cticut 0 ... G
rare 3 ... 3
la 4 ... 13
jia 13 ... 13
3
is 24 ... 24
na 16 ... IS
13 13 .a
is 10 1<
lcky 13 ... 13
iana. 8 ... 8
e .f 6 6
land 8 ... 8
achusetts 15 15
igan 14 9 5
eaota 9 9 '
ssippi 9 ... 9
uri 17 ... 17
?na ' 3 3
la. 8
iska 8 8
Hampshire 4 4
Tersey 10 ... 10
York 86 ... 36
i Carolina 11 ... 11
, Dakota 3 1 1
23 22 1
a 4 S 1
sylvania.... 32 32
e Island 4 4
. Carolina 9 ... 9
Dakota. 4 4
;ssee 12 ... 12
i 16 ... 16
i 3
ont 4 4 ... .
aia 12 ... 12
ington 4 4 ... .
Virginia 6 ... 6
nsin 12 ... 12
ling 3 3 ... .
als 447 145 277 2:
.ah was not a State in 1892.
ere will be three more votes ii
Electoral College this year thai
92, Utah having been admittec
3tate and being now entitled t<
? votes. The vote in the Electo
Allege of 1892 shows some of th<
bilities of fusion, and it als*
s that with a bolt of the free sil
men the silver producing
s may be counted upoi
ote this year for the free sil
r candidate. Fusion with th<
ocrats in 1892 gave the Populist
rote in Oregon, one in North Da
three in Idaho, ten in Kansas,
! in Nevada and four in Colora
It gave Cleveland one vote ii
h Dakota.
a "R.ftnnhlinana fliArftfnrft Ins
ty-three yotes in the Electora
3ge through the fusion of Demo
and Populists. Without fusior
ison's vote would have been 16!
Cleveland's 276. But Clevelanc
unusually fortunate. McKinley
which today seems to be so popu
imong he Republicans, was un
,lar with the people that year
ison carried Ohio by a bare. 1,00(
ility, and even lost one of th<
i in the Electoral College. Th<
iblicans lost eight of tne nin<
3 m California, and through t
provision of the law in Michigai
Ive of the fourteen votes in tha
>, although their plurality theri
20,000. Altgeld was not thei
known in Illinois. His silvei
s had not been brought to light
his peculiar ideas concerning th<
ression of strikes had not beei
b public. A. E. Stevenson, of II
s, was on the ticket with Cleve
, who was then as popular in th<
> as he now seems to be unpopu
McKinley ism was at a discount
Atlgeld still unknown, with gen
disgust at the tariff law, and witl
silver issue in the background
ois was carried for Cleveland
, on the same tide was swep
ugh in Wisconsin, and in th<
doubtful States of New York
ana, New Jersey and Connecticut
A DIFFERENT SITUATION NOW.
suits in these states will be differ
his year. A bolt and a fusion o
tern Republicans and Southeri
ocrats will fasten some of then
rely in the Republican column
he result may be such as to throv
slection in the House of Represen
es. All the silver producing State
Id undoubtedly vote for the whiti
il candidate. These would givi
nineteen votes. California, not
standing the fact that the Repub
ia adopted a sound money plat
i in the State convention a fev
cs ago, would probably vote witl
usionists. Many of the Southeri
is would vote against the Demo
c ticket and fail into line for th
p money candidate.
such a situation the Republican;
Id have a good advantage. The^
Id lose the votes of the silver pro
ng States, but with both partie
ding firmly for sound money th<
lblican States which voted fo
Cleveland four years ago might reasonably
be expected to vote for the
Republican nominee.
THE RESULT OF A BOLT.
This table may be regarded as a fairly
accurate forecast of how the states
will vote if both parties Javor sound
7 money and the Western and Southern
- silver men name a ticket of their own:
Reps. Dems. Fus. D'ful
Alabama 11
Arkansas 8
California 9
Colorado 4
Connecticut 0
t Delaware 3
Florida 4
t Georgia .... 13
- Idaho 3
Illinois 24
j Indiana 15
Iowa 13
1 Kansas 10
j Kentucky 13
Louisiana 8
Maine ti
Maryland fc
Massachusetts 15
| Michigan 14
* Minnesota 9 v.
* Mississippi 9
f Missouri 17
Montana 3
5 Nebraska H
i* Nevada 3
f New Hampshire 4
1 New Jersey....; 1C
r New York 36
. North Carolina 11
, North Dakota 3
J Ohio 23
Oregon A
' 1 !- OO
X"ennayivaiiia u* ....
1 Rhode Island 4
j South Carolina 9
' South Dakota 4
? Tennessee.- 1>
Texas 15
t Utah ...
I .Vermont 4 ... ...
. Virginia 12
Washington 4
j West Virginia t
0 Wisconsin 12
1 Wyoming 3
'* Totals 210 65 118 M
j With 447 votes in the Electoral Col
lege, the Republican?, according to
these figures, would have 210 votes, oi
fourteen less than the 224 necessary
] to an election. Should thev carry
. New Jersey they would still be foui
. votes short of the necessary number,
4 A victory in Oregon would give them
the exact vote required. Outside of
New York they would have to carry
two of the States classed as doubtful to
win the election and prevent a contest
a in the House of Representatives.
WHAT A STRADDLE MIGHT CAUSE.
Result would be materially changed
j should the conventions in St. Louif
and Chicago dodee or "straddle" the
' silver question. Old party lines would
again oe drawn, and the Populists,
. would be swallowed up by a bolting
. fusion party, would have a ticket ol
. their owh. The advantage might still
. be with the Republicans, who could
. count with rea?JHable safety upon
nearly 200 votes in the Electoral Col
lege, but there would be more States
3 in the doubtful column. The Popu
lists might carry enough States tc
' make it necessary for the House ol
Representatives to elect the President.
This would be the situation should
j the Democrats and Republicans dodge
or "straddle" the silver question:
1 Doubt
, ful 01
State. Reps. Dems. Pop
. Alabama 11
. Arkansas 8
. California .... i
. Colorado ... l.
Connecticut .... t
. Delaware 3
. Florida ... 4
. Georgia J 13
. Idaho > ... i
, Illinois 24
. Indiana ... I
- Iowa 13
2 Kansas 10
Kentucky 13
1 Louisiana 8
j Maine G
j Maryland 8
. Massachusetts 15
Michigan 14
" Minnesota !*
Mississippi 9
5 Missouri 17
Montana
? Nebraska 8
1 Nevada .... i
New Hampshire 4
3 New Jersey .... 1C
s New York ... at
North Carolina 11
North Dakota 3
. Ohio 23
j Oregon 4
Pennsylvania 32
^ Rhode Island 4
i South Carolina 9
South Dakota 4 ...
Tennessee 12
| Texas 15
J Utah 3
* Vermont 4
" Virginia '. 12
* Washington 4
West Virginia ... I
. Wisconsin 12
) Wyoming .... ?
I Totals 19G 153 9?
3 Necessary to a choice?224.
1 IF THE GOLD MEN BOLTED.
1 But, suppose the silver element dom
. , ^i /"i i
" inatea me umcago uuuvouuuu auu
5 the sound money Democrats bolted
1 and nominated a ticket on the gold
standard platform, what then? This
? requires an entirely new calculation.
5 In that event the National Democracy
1 would have been swallowed by the
* free silver party, which, in turn, would
" swallow the Populists, and the sound
9 money Democrats would be in the po"
sition of bolters, and, in many States,
* might be almost eliminated from the
* contest. In such an event the lines
1 would undoubtedly be drawn between
? the Republicans and the free silver
* Democracy. In this event it is likely
* that the Republicans would carry the
3 States of Connecticut, Delaware, Illi?
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,
- Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nebraska, New Hampshire,New York,
- New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvani, Verf
mont and Wisconsin, and have 236
i votes in the Electoral College, but they
l must carry all the doubtful States on
, the list to win.
r THE VOTE IN THE HOUSE.
With the possibility that the election
s may be thrown into the House of Rep?
rAOMntAtivfts the political complexion
b of that body becomes a question of
r deep interest. The constitution pro
vides that "in choosing the President
- the votes shall be taken by States, the
7 representation from each State having
1 one vote."
1 Since they control the votes of 32
i- States?just two-thirds of the whole
b number?the Republicans could, if
the question turns on strict party lines,
s elect a President, even if the represenf
tatives from all other States failed to
i- attend or vote.
s would beat the silver men.
a But an interesting situation might
r arise should the bolt of the silver men
result in no election by the Electo
College. The bolt mignt be extenc
to the House of Representatives a
party lines might be broken the
as well as in the general electic
This is the way the vote would sta
the vote by States being deter mi c
by the financial views of a major
of each delegation..
Gold Silv
State. Can'date Can'd
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut 1
ri-i i
i uemware ? .
Florida N
Georgia...,
Idaho
Illinois * 1
Indiana 2 1
Iowa 1
Kansas
Kentucky 1
Louisiana 1
Maine 1
Maryland 1
Massachusetts 1
Michigan 1
Minnesota 1
Mississippi
Missouri 1
Montana
Nebraska 1
Nevada
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 1
New York I
North Carolina
North.Dakota I
I Ohio I
uregon .
Pennsylvania 1
Rhode Island 1
South Carolina
South Dakota * ....
Texas
Tennessee 1
Utah ?
Vermont I
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia 1
Wisconsin 1
Wyoming
Totals 25
Delegation evenly divided and no '
being cast.
WALL STREET THREATENS PAN
Henry Clews Deotaru that It Can Nol
the Will of the People.
New York, May 24 ?Henry Cle
in his weekly financial review, sa
"Wall street continues to lack i
fixed basis of confidence for trsnsi
operations. Material conditions
satisfactory, such as the prospect
the crops, the earnings of the railro
' and the movement in the larger
nnrtmonta nf m?rr.hftnHi?v and th?
[ ports of gold are viewed as but a nf
ral movement. Virtually the sole
, stacle in the way of an active and
i ing market is the condition of polit
[ "With such an issue as now j
foundly agitates the country from (
to end, an unsettled and waiting ft
" ing in speculative circles is peril
J all that may be expected. Wall str
is the point at which the greatest s
( sitiveness of the silver agitation c
> ters. The mere fact that a large {
tion of our people should be int
: upon forcing the acceptance of a
; based and fluctuating metal as stand
money is a discouraging symptom,
it shows to what dangerous ends an
| norant free suffrage may be prostii
ed. That alone is enough to prod
' a deep unsettlement of feeling ara<
[ responsible property-owning citize
] for the same incapacity for judg
\ upon complex money questions n
; easily, at any time, imperil the co
. try under the settlement of other la
. questions affecting the welfare of
. nation.
5 "The danger from popular prejuc
: and ignorance in connection with 1
? silver agitation is, however, someth:
more than a conceivable evil possit
ty. It is a threatened actuality,
is up for immediate decision; and
this moment, no one can feel absoli
ly certain that this worst curse of a :
tion may not be brought to a con
sion within a comparatively f
months.
"Wall street is not in any deg
insensible to this crisis. It can und
stand that the danger may reach
acuter stage than it now presents; i
i quite preparea ior ine possiouicy i
managing politicians may go furtl
than they have yet dared in the w
of sacrificing sound-money policy
order to secure votes for their can
dates; it is aware that startling rest
may come out of either of the pa
conventions; it would hardly bes
prised should the silverites be able
block sound-money legislation in 1
next congress; all these things may
classed among the possibilities of 1
next few months. But Wall sti
has learned to believe that there i
greater potencies than party platfori
than legislative subserviency to po]
lar ignorance, than the madness 6
partisan infatuation. There are sit
tions and events which can
stantly coerce and convert the m
reckless legislators into the willi
servants of a conservative sentimc
that represents the real interests a
aafof-ir nf fVio nflt.irm. Tt. will Tint.
necessary to wait for any after effe
[ of silver legislation to reme
1 its mischiefs, although that woi
[ be a perfectly safe course. 1
i near prospects of the authorization
free coinage?a counting of ha
- showing a certainty of a two thi:
i vote in the house and senate for 16
1 1?would evoke in Wall street 1
1 kind of condition that no congress ]
ever y?it dared to disregard, and i
cause of free coinage would be ov
i thrown at the moment when its s
i oess seemed most certain. It is this
i serve power on which Wall street
now reposing."
William ?. Stoney Dead.
Charleston, May 24.?Capt. W.
Stoney, ex-comptroller general
South Carolina, died from the effe
of a stroke of paralysis at his home
this city at 9 o'clock tonight. Capti
atoney was a ganani uonieaeraie &
! dier, serving in the field though<
the late war. He was elected cod
t roller general in 1882, and served
that office for six years. He sut
quently became auditor of the Soi
; Carolina and Georgia railroad cc
pany. He was in the service of 1
road at the time of his death. He v
one of the most highly esteemed c
zens of Charleston, and his deatn v
! cause profound regret throughout i
, State.
Fifty Children Killed.
! Chicago, May 27.?Officials of \
i ^aicago ana Auon receiveu a it
gram to-night trom Rush Hill, Mo.
small place in Audrin County,
miles from Mexico, Mo. The wi
i struck Rush Hill about 4 o'clock. 1
school house, filled with children, ^
crushed before the pupils could
; cape. The fifty children in the schi
i house are reported killed.
ral A WARM REPLY. flfll
led WUi
Qd An Atlanta Attorney Refuses to Join a
re, THE
jjj' "Sound Money" Club.
id Mr. Edgar Latham, a rising young
1?? attorney of Atlanta, wrote the follow- The
ing hot reply to an invitation to join hy
er the "Sound Money" Club of that city:
lat? '?Atlanta, Ga., May 25,1896.-Hon.
I Alex. P. Hull, Secretary Young Men's Ba
l Sound Currency Club, Atlanta, Ga. T1
l Dear Sir: Your letter of the 23d in- the*
... stant, addressed to me has been duly of t
... received. You state in that letter that thai
... you write to me personally to request hea1
1 me to enroll my name as a member T1
1 of the Young men's Sound Currency crop
... Club. You also say that the object of Sati
.... that organization is to elect a sound tion
.... money delegation to the State conven- nior
1 tion at Macon from Fulton County, of tl
? and thereby uphold Atlanta's business
and commercial integrity. Tl
"You also enclose a manifesto and plac
a postal card with the request that I the i
" sign the card and mail it to you that was
my name may be enrolled upon the pera
"i membership list. mea
if T am o 1. fl
X uu luriuci idjutt k, toiu iu ? ?
1 ready a member) that I get some other wee
... 'sound money' man of my acquaint- mui
1 ance to join. ??
"In reply I desire to say that I hope 18th
to see the business and commercial in- mm
terest of Atlanta upheld; and believe 21st
1 it will be upheld; hut I refuse to join # TJ
- an organization which in my judg- ing
"" ment has for its purpose the promotion ovei
of Republican doctrine in a Southern but
Democratic city and State. I have Han
'"i always been a Democrat, am one now, com
1 and remain so, I prefer to cling to the ligh
1 true traditions and time-honored doc- droi
.... trines of my own party, rather than mer
1 to join such an organization as I be- T1
.... lieve yours to be. I cannot ask an but
1 acquaintance of mine to join a^thing the
l which I myself would not join. and
"I favor the free coinage of silver at fielc
.... the ratio of 16 to 1, ana oppose the Clai
1 single gold standard. war
~ '"The people of Georgia will vole for Ant
19 silver and your club had as well under- of 1
'ole take to 8top the flow of the Chatta- Wa
hoochee as to check this tidal wave. Hill
IIC. "I do not believe that your club San
will be productive of the result for tain
u'y for which you hope, but I think it Lex
will result in driving many good men dam
ws from the Democratic party. occi
ys! "I make this statement in view of villi
iny two statements which I heard you Fail
ent make recently in the presence of sev- vari
eral gentlemen. / on 1
j 0f "!fhe first statement was, that you 8tan
a(]s had said on another occasion that 'all T1
de- of the silver leaders should be in the port
ex. penitentiary and their in their fol- 2.07
ttu. lowers in the asylum.' Can
ob_ "The second statement was, that 1-50
rig. 'the country people knew nothing iagt
icg about the silver question, and the in- 1.55
>ro! telligence and the refinement of this 1-25
}n(j country were in the cities,/ fron
jel. "If such utterances as the above amo
apg are not enough to infract party har- aver
eet mony and organization. I would like thei
en. to know what is. It seems to me that ly 0
en- 70u ought to at least accord to your TJ
ttr. opponents the same sincerity of pur- 90 p
ent pose and the same degree of intelli- Berl
de- gence which you claim for yourself, whe
ar(j Fairness requires this.
for "If the national Democratic con- .Ti
jg. vention adopts a free coinage platform cide
tut. and puts out a Presidential candidate ous
uce on that platform you will be in a posi- fine
)n? tion to stultify yourself by voting for littl<
og. a felon and with lunatics," or else bolt else
the nomination. ' far
)ay "The gold standard organ, the Atun.
lanta Journal, seems to have consider- droi
??? able antipathy for a bolter, and it is r&in
the reasonable therefore to presume that van<
you will vote for a felon and with the ly ^
licQ fools, should silver win at Chicago. and
hia "I think before your club winds up bad!
ine y?u will find yourself even in a worse ing
jjjf. position than you are now in. wor
It "Allow me to say in conclusion Edg
at that I believe that you and ypur co- hav<
ite- wor^er3 are conscientious in your corr
na. work, but you are woefully lonesome ed.1
clu in Georgia. com
I am, very respectfully, whe
"Edoar Latham." hail
ree UP?'
leere MURDERED SIX. fine
??? and
an i
f jo Killed HJs Wife, Her Father and Motliar colo
hot secto
Udb and Three Other Persons. i? fr
? San Jose. Cal., May 27.?Colonel
in R. P. McQlincyand wife, theirdaugh.di
ter, Mrs. James Dunham. James gpu,
ilts Wells, a son of Mrs. McGlincy, a Apr
rty hired woman, Minnie Schiesler, and a ^
ur- hired man, James Briscoe, were killed
) to at Campbell by James Dunham, a sonthe
in-law of Colonel McGlincy, who ^
be made his escape. janc
the About midnight a neighbor named puj.
eet Page heard the report of shots in the F
are direction of the McGlincy home. Al- ^
ns, most immediately thereafter there Qat?
pu- came the sound of galloping hoofs on oata
f a the country road. Hurriedly dress- an?j
ua- ing, Page proceeded to the home of
in- the McGlincys, and was horrified to
ost find the body of McGlincy lying in an
ng outhouse in a pocl of blood. Entermt
ing the house he found the bodies g;
nd of James Wells, who had been shot. pjan
be Mrs. McGlincy, and daughter, who
cts had been stabbed to death by the assas- wa^
sdy sin, and the hired man and girl, who
ila had been hacked to death with a ama
?he hatchet.
of The interior of the rooms where the ve?
ids bodies of the victims lay were bespat- qu?j
rds tered with blood, and there was every j1 ri
to evidence to show that the dead had
the made a desperate struggle for their CQn1
las lives. Page finding that all were be- 1
the yond help, notified the authorities in pon)
er- this city. One of the officers who
uc- returned to the city from the scene ^err
r?' eern
is "The scene at the McGlincy home is 6
one fearful almost beyond the power
of description. Tn the reception room B.
? was found the body of Wells. Evi- port
: dently a terrible struggle had taken cove
place between Wells and the assas- sout
. sin. Wells was shot two or three bly!
1 ?n times. ters
"In the diningroom adjoining, no Wat
l01" bodies were found, but the furniture eral
)Ul was literally smashed into fragments, 000,(
3P" ahnanncr that a ffiftrfnl fi<*ht had taken billi
111 place there. Adjoining the dining of it
room was the apartment occupied by six t
11 Mrs. McGlincy. There she was found start
literally slashed to pieces with a pron
tne hatchet. Blood was everywhere, and feet
^.s as in the room of Wells, there was in tb
. jj evidence of a terrible struggle having So
taken place between the poor woman equi
tQe and her fiendish son-in law. The buill
other victims were found in other ham
apartments. ^ C<
the The last seen of Dunham he was $100
sle- riding rapidly toward San Jose on S. C
, a horseback. Family troubles are said ton;
12 to have caused the murders. The only $75,(
nd being in the house escaped alive was addi
?he a baby, one month old, the child of tion
pas Mrs. Dunham and the alleged murder- Blac
es- er. Colonel McGlincy was one of Pe
aol California's commissioners to the ed 2t
world's fair at Chicago. ban;
<E WITH THE DROUGHT. 9
; CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
AND THE CROPS.
Encouraging Weekly Bulletin Im*d R
State Observer Bauer Wednesday. t?H
aeral Improvement Caaaed by tlM .
ie following weekly bulletin of
londition of the weather and crop*
he State will be read with more
i usual interest in view of the H
ry rains during the past week: '
us bulletin covers the weather and
t conditions for the week ending fi
irday, May 23 and in its prepara- ' ;
were used reports from one or . ^
e correspondents in each county
WEATHER. jfl
ie average mean temperature of -40 JH
es for tne week waa 79 degrees.
jame at for the previous week, ana
due to somewhat lower day tern
.tures, but warmer niahts." The
as ranged from 74 at Hagood to 89 ,
-illiflonville. The normal for the -v Jwiffl
k is approximately 72. The max!n
temperature was 100 at Black- H
5 on the 27th, GiUisonville on the :^^W|
i, and Cheraw on the 21st; the^J^wQ
imum was 60 at Batesbturgon th?^^nflH
, Green wooq on the 22d and 23d. ;
lere were numerous showers dox^H^^H
the last three days of the week|ra9H|
* the greater portion of theSt^aJHWM
in lower Barnwell, Colleton,
apton, Charleston and Beauforf^|
ities the rainfall was either very|a|
t or entirely absent, and there the
lght was intensified to the detri-ln
it of the crops generally.
lere are other limited areas wheregS
little or no rain fell, as follows: III fSB
vicinity oi Jtiawtnorne, Windsor
Oak wood, Aiken county; Sprio&ra M
I, Orangeburg county; Jon^ jsBlfll
rendon county; Winnsboro,
d to Broad river, Fairfield county; tHm y
lerson, Anderson county; portion* Jjl
Pickens and Greenville countiee; J
terloo, Laurens county: Poverty >>M
L and Trenton, Edgefield county; .; '^ ;|i
tuc. Union county; Little Jfoun-.'/JwS
j Newberry county, and Leesvill^ - a
ington county. Heavy rainylaging
crops and washing lands,
irred in lower Richland, Green*
3, Pickens, Andersons, and .'.jfwl '3
'field counties. Hail fell
ous western and central countie* ,.*!
the 21st and 23d, damaging the '-M
ds of cotton to some extent. ]
le following heavy rains were re- :::jare
ed: Columbia 1.20, Greenville >1
, Florence 1.94, Effingham 2.58, '
iden 1.69, Elloree 1.50, Liberty ; J
, Central 1.30, PinopolisS.^Darlv 'j^SB J
on 1.15, Clio 2.35. Society Hill s ;
, Statesburg 1.51, Clem son College )-0m H
flir nthaiinliiMM MnAntiul omnnnta .
i 0.50 to 1.00 inch; and 22 places v*||
unts under 0.50 of an inch, the ;1
age of 42 reports being 0.80 and .f'JSaa
lormal for the State is approximate- JpM]
le sunshine range between 70 and . J
er cent, of the possible, except in
celey and Wiliiamburg countie?, 1
re it ranged between SO and 60.
le general condition of crops is de- '
dly better than it vras on the previ- vy'yM, '
week, the exceptions being cond
to those sections where there was
3 or no rain, as already noted, and |
where to such crops that were too
advanced towards maturity or j
a nearly ruined by the previous ;
lght to be benefited by the late
s. Corn has made satisfactory ad- ^ ,.&?
nain mmvfh and Viaa Vwuvn maomI. . '
rell cultivated, is clean, nealthy ,
of good color. In places it wilted ~
y during the day. Earliest plant- :
is about ready to "lay by." Bud
ms did some damage on bottoms in . \-V3jj
efield county, but generally wcrms
3 given very little trouble. Late '.(111
l coming up and some being plant*
With the exception of small and
paratively unimportant areas
re the stands were dvmxaged by j
, and also where it is just coming ;-l
Dr came up irregularly, cotton is in Vj|j
condition. It is of fair growth
improving; is of good, healthy .* ji
r, well cultivated, and only a few
ions are threatened with grass. It V v vgj
ea from insects and disease gener.
The drought did cotton no ap>nt
injury, and the abnormal heat
e planting favored its development .>?
ares are forming plentifully on
>bacco growing well, and trans- 4S?8
i ting is again being pushed. Plants
inue scarce, and some in the beds '
too large to transplant, so that
Is intended for tobacco are being
to corn.
rheat in the western counties prom- ^
a fair yeld, but elsewhere is poor.
i are generally poor, and spring
will amount to nothing. Wheat
oats harvest quite general.
elons generally in blossom and
ing promising. Have been at- | yi&
ed and are dying from a lungous
ise in lower Richland county.
veet patato draws being trans- ~
.ted and are doing well. In Newy
and , Union counties are being
5red. Irish potatoes are not prong,
and are of inferior quality and
11 size generally.
ardens are somewhat revived, but
itablee are very scarce and of poor 1
lity. ^In places, gardens are entire- }
ruit prospects are poor. Peaches
inue to arop, and'apples to rot on
trees. It is the opinion of corresients
that the extreme heat was
ivorable for^ fruit. Fine black
y crop in Sickens county, ana
;ral]y over the whole State.
The Souths Revival.
iltimore, May 28.?Special res
to the Manufacturer's Record,
ring the business interests of the
h for the week, show a consideralarger
number of important matthan
for the preceding week. The
ts Iron and Steel plant, built sevyearsagoat
a cost of about $2,300
to roll ingots into slabs and
ts. This company has had one ,
s furnaces in operation for five or
onth making pig iron, and the
ing up of this large steel plant
aises to have a very material efupon
the question of steel making
le south.
me contracts are being let for the
nmont nf stppl nlflnt. tO b?
t at Birmingham by the BirmingRolling
Mill Company.
)tton mill enterprises include a
,000 company at HicKorv Grove,,
a $10,000 spindle mill at Clinthe
increase of capital stock of
)00 at Chester for the purpose of
ng 11.000 spindles; and a subscripts
f $50,00 for building a mill at
ksburg, S. C.
nnsylvania people have. purchasJ,
000 acres of timber land in Alasi
for immediate development. J