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r lhe Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. AltltDTIIJ.i:. s. <' CHARLEY ROSS' FATHER. ENDING OF THE SADDENED LIFE OF AN UNFORTUNATE MAN. His Life Darkened and a Fortune Lrpt In the I?lt??ppearBrre of <tnd ^purch for His 8on?Story of the Ab Ivctlur aid the Frultlf en Search. LOnsnan K. UOSS. WHO m s u>r .> cara held the oflice of Mas'er "Warden of the Board of Port Wardens of Germantown, Pa., and who vias known all over the world as the father of Charley Bcss>. the 4 Tear old boy, whose mysterious alducti-m from his father s residence July 1, 1S74, caused such a profound sen a'ion, died recently at his home in Gernisntowri. Mr. Bess vas born November 6. 3S23, in Middletown, Pa His father, Joseph Bess, kept a small erocery store there. Pis mother, who was Miss KatharineKunkle, of Harrisburg ditd in Germantown, cnlv a few months ago at the age of 96 years. Christian was 14 years old when he left the parental roof and came to Philadelphia to strike out for himself. He was employed in a small capacity by the firm of Jackson & Co., who *ere at the time engaged in the dry nnmmiccinn hli?inrs? Ffig RflT rest application and marked ability secured him steady promotion, snd before be became of age he was taken into the firm. Shortlv after this Mr. Jackson died si d Mr. Ross succeeded him, tbe firm reorgainY.ng under the name of Ross, Schott & Co. The quarters of tbe Dew company were at 304 Market stnet. Mr. Ross amassed a considerable for tune, almost all of which he lost during the panic of 1S75 and in the vain search for his stolen boy. On July 24, 1862, he'mair'ed Sarah Ann Lewis, of Bcookfield. Mass. Six ? - 1 .V.? cnuare n were cym iu mcui?imre girls atd three bojs. He was appointed Master Warden by Governor Hartranft in June of 1S78, and has been reappointed fy all the succeeding governors His.reappointment from Governor Hastings was received only i last week. He was the first msster warden that ever held cffice under both Republican and Democratic administrations. He vas the sole proprietor of the Pennsylvania Crucible Works, at Sixth and Master s'rcets. During his many v^ars ofseiv:cein the Board of Port Wardens his strict integrity, his genial disposition and his Christian character, saddened but beautified by tbe weight of his great j sorrow. endeared him to the heart3 of all his asscciates, and the news of his death was received with genuine sorrow snd regret. A meeting of tbe board has been called for 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, when resolutions will be adopted. Mr. Iicss was a Methodist by faith, and previous to taking up his residence in Germantown he was an active member of the Trinity Church when it was located at Eighth arcl Vine streets, and was for years superintendent of the Sunday school there. After his removal to Germantown be became identified with the First Methodist Church, 43 Haices Street, aDd was a pruuiiiiciit mciuuci lucic uiitu his death. One of the most sensational crimes ever committed in this country -was the abduction of Charley Ross, on July 1, 1874. The story of the crime has been told and retold in every portion of the civilized world and it lives today as one of the celebrated romances of criminal history. Charley was 4 years old. He was a beautiful child, idolized by his parents And relatives. He was playiDg with his elder brother, Walter, on East Washington lane, near his home in v*eruittuiuwu, wutin twu llicu uiuvc up in a light wagcn. The same men had passed along on three or four days preceding and given Charley candy. On the day of the atduciion the little fellow had asked them for a ride, and he and his brother eaperly followed them to the top of the hill to gain a fulBllment of a promise of the desired ride and more candy, and some firewojks. At the top of the hill Charley and Walter were taken into the vehicle and plit d with candy while the two men drove rapidly to ward Kensington. At Palmer and Kichmond strfe's Walter was given a quarter aud direc< t rl 4rr\ r???f flvnw Avtlrc? i v? n m J x The boy obeyed, and returned to find the wagon, the men and his curlyhaired brother gone. His tears brought a crowd and in this crowd was H. C. Peaccck, a friend of the family, who took the bey to bis paients. The recovered child told an accurate and coherent story of the abduction, and gave a full description of the abduct ors. The story was ccrrobo.-ated, report was made to Sergeant Buchanan, of the Central Station, and a general alarm was sent cut to the police. A reward of $300 was offered for the re turn of the boy, and advertisements were sent to all newspapers in this part of the country. Mrs. Ross was ill at Atlantic City, and the news of her loss was kept from her for some days. On .Tnlx? A th? fint r?!uo lV>? mrc tery surrcunding the child's disap pearance can e in Ihe form of a badly written, misspelled letter to Mr. Ross, stating that the little fellow would not be returned without the payment of a large ransom and that he would be killed if any prtc?edings should he taken tending to the aritbt of the kidnappers. Two days later another letter was received demanding $20,000 as the price of tie boy's return. This money was promptly raised by rela tives and friends of the stricken fatni ly, but the police stepped in and pre vailed upon Mr. Koss to allow them to take charge of tke case, promising to find the boy and bring his abduct ors to justice. Major Siokley ottered a reward of $20,000 for -.he recovery of the child and the arre st of the men i"1 who had stolen him, and the large amount of the reward attracted world wide attention and set thousands of of detectives, professional and amatuer, to working on all sorts of sup posed, ano some of them absurd, clues. On August 2 Captain Eedden,of the New York police, received information which apparently implicated William Mosher and Joseph Doi-glass, two well-known burglars, who had frequently made tbeir headquarters in this city, in the crime. The informa | iio? caine ffoui "Giil" Uosher, WilI Ham's brother, w^o stated that hiSj | brother had once aopro^ehed him i ? ?-1. ^ /? ^ ^ I I V5 I' 11 a SCUHIlU mr i";u uuii-JJ4 ui-cm | the Vanderbilt children, but he h?d refused to have anything to do w th it. Then followed p long and exhaustive search for Mosher and Douglass, whuh lasted four and a half months, during which time Mr. Ross received sixteen letters purporting to come from the abductors, but all .?o careful ly worded that no clue could be found to the writers. Meanwhile the citizens of Philadelphia ar.d uany people in othrr parts of the country had been worked up to j a fever Lest of excitement. Volun-j Tfcs stooa guard over aimost every letter box in ihe citv. but. with no re suit. Men of business abardnned their pursuits snd bcearre amateur detectives. Books were written on ths alalsorbite subject, sr,rrp of which advanced 'he mcsl wildly impossible (theories ar.d were n'f.nifesily the emanations of crar ks L-cturers sere jdevelou'd. whns.r- theme was ihe 4'Charlev Rors Kidnarp^n?." and it is {even said that a number of men who j trok up the search became insane because (f their inability to solve tbej Igieat mysterv. J The late Debc ire John Sharkey I 01 i\ liie rv*??frior V Miller. I v.-ho sfill survivpc, were corvicced that the Mrsher Douglass clue wcs tbe correct one, j*r<d confirmation of it came through William West'rvelt, a brother in law of Mosher. who, it was conclusively shown, had acted as a go-between in the attempted negotiations between Mr. Ross and the kidnappers. Once during these resolutions Mr. Ross actually took $20,000 to New York to pay ever to the burgJars, but the police were in the scheme aVirlnMnrc A^iflpntlv found it out, for they failed to put in an aD pearance at the place where they were to rrcet the stolen boy's father Westervelt was evidenlly wiliing to sacrifice Douclass but he was anxious to protect his brother in law. He gave sufficient information to indicate that he knew of Charley's whereabouts, l and was promised an appointment on the New York police foice if he would reveal all he knew. This he refused to do until tha appointment was made out. This was never done and he maintained his silence. In the meantime the search for Mosher and Douglass was being prosecuted with vigor, andthetwo men were unexpected!v found on the Dight of Decerabir 14, when accordirg to the ideas of the I police, the whole mystery was cleared up. Oa that December n'ght the resi dence of Judge Van Brunt, at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, was b.-okea into by robbers It was unoccupied, but was connected by a burglar alarm with the house of the Judge's son on the other side of the street. The son aroused his son and two men servants, and the whole party armed themselves and surrounded the Judge's house. The burglars finally 'came out and were caUed upon to halt. They repMed with pistol shots and the quar tette oponed fire on them. The scene that followed was dramatic. One robber was dead, with his empty revolver under his head. The other lived about two hours. The neighbors came rushing to the place. "Who are you, and where did you come from?" several asked of the dying man. "Men, I won't lie to you,"' was the repiy. iuy uaujc ia ouatpn i/uu^iaos, and that man over there is William Mosher. Mosher lives in New York city. I have no home. 1 am a single man and have no relatives except a brother and sister whom I have not seen for twelve or fifteen years. Mosher is a married man has five children I have $40 in my pocket. I wish to be buried with it. It's no use ljing now. Mosher and I Ptole Charlie Ross from German town." "Why did you steal him?" ''To make money." ''Who has the child now ?" 'Mosher knows all about the child. Ask him." "Masher is dead. Can you tell us where the child is?" "God knows I teUthe truth," he re plitd. "I don't know where heis. Mosher knew." Walter Rosr, was taken to BroQklvn orif} in <VIQ Mm-nno irlontifipH lllf? bodies of the burglars as those of the men who had taken Charley and bim in the wagon on that, fateful 1st of July. Former associates of Mcsher and Douglass were arrestpd all over the country, but they could or would not throw any light on the mystery. WesUrvelt was brought to this city, tried ard convicted of complicity in the conspiracy to abduct the boy, and was sentenced to seveu years in the Eastern Penitentiary. In the presence of Detective Miller the wife of theconvicted man begged him to tell what he knew of the crime, but he maintained a stolid silence. He served his sentence and is supposed to have returned to New York. Once, when his wife was urging him to repeal his knowledge of the case, Westervelt said in a tone that carried with it conviction of lhe truth of bis statement: "They will never get the boy." "Wtij r" his wife asked. "Because he is beyond reach," he relpied sullenly. "What do you mean?'' demanded Detrctive Miller. "iiecau.se he is Ley or d life,'' said Westervelt. The theory at last accepted by the police and nearly all others who followed the case %vas t1 at Mosher ar;d Douplsss bad thrown the b:.y into the North liiver, where he was drowned. But thousands of people decIiee'J to take this view, and evf-u to day there are many who believe that Charley R^ss is still alive. His father has bem called to all parts ot tne country to investigate the mysterious stoii^s of boys wnohad been stolen aod he alwajs went wherevfr they appeared to be the slightest clmnee to repover his lost son or throw any add Vi on a 1 lignt upon the mjstery of his disap pearance. Mr. Rgss was a prosperous merchant at the time of the little boy's abduction, but he spent his entire fortune in his fruitless search. As long ago as December 1880, he said in speaking of the celebrated cose: "The only tidings I have ever re ceneu 01 ijrjariey since ne was sioivn wdsthe demand for a ra?.som of $20,000. If I had paid that I would have had him lone before this. As it is, I have spent $(50,000, and have not got him. I still have detectives employed and hope in time to find him. I have examined more than three hundred lost children in the search, some of. whom hid been stolen, but none of th"m was Charley." In conversation with friends and persons interested in the case Mr. 1 Ross has frequently stated his belief tba* hnd he dealt directly with the kidnappers and not entered into plans of the police for their detection and ' arrest., his efforts to recover the bov i-i ? u,u:i:?.. u~ Y'KJliju >u nn Mruuauiut%y uhvp |jiuvcu succrssful. lie wrote a bock some years ago giving a detailed history of the abduction and the search for the lost boy.? Philadelphia Times. Will be Hung; II Caactit. J A bold and dastardly r.ttemt>t to s criminally assault a younsr Judy of ^ Anderson by a mulatto fiend 18 or 20 ^ yesrs old, bearing the name of Chris j Harris was made Monday morning in c broad daylight about 9 o'clock- The r home of the young lady is on the out- c skiits of the city; she ana her sister e were alone. The lady assaulted went { to the garden. Theneero wa? watch- . ing from the rear of tin paiden and c entering hastily he seized the lady f and attempted to throw her down, but ~s b^inj? of line pbys;que, she nsisted s effectually screamed for help and the a degro lied. The quiet of the city is c but the foreboding of the storm which ^ will Ireak in terrible fury when the 8 fiend is captured and the affair made ^ public. t Will Not lie prima nd Watts. Tie governor Saturday issued the <. following order anent the court of in ^ quiry. "The report of the court of inquiry and record of its proceedings t will be at the proper tirre transmitted ^ to the general assembly for such ac- ^ tion as that body may deem proper, with reference to the adjutant and in j. spector general, who in this SUte is a t constitutional officer; and it is ordered, ^ first, that Private Fishburne, of the Richland Volunteers, be discharged from the military service of the State; second, ihat the captain of the Richland Volunteers publish an order repri- j manding Private Dunning of said * company for leaving ranks without ^ permission. * Thfl Right Kind ??1 Stuff. 0 The Roc k Hill Herald say Mr. T. H. ^ Spence. wno graduated at Davidson r college, is in the city. Mr. Spence is a c ' man with a history " Hp came from s Bellamena, county Antrim, Ireland, K anoui iu years ago, ueing ai iuh uujo 19 years old. Ho engaged in the j blacksmith's trade in Lar caster for i several years, andTwas kuown around a as the best workman anywhere in the c country. By the mon^-y thus obtain- 8 d he has put himself through school ? and college, winning the Bible prize at the Presbyterian high school and c the orator's medal and a Bible prizj at 1 Davidson. s s A Terrible Kxplotiion. \ A ^Tinamito ovnlnoinn oarlir 8 nesday rooming in South Sera aton, ' Pa., blew up the business block of 3 Leon Olchofski, a doublo dwelling I block owned by him and a detached ^ house owned by Michael O'Hara. Tne v business blcck, a two story building, t was torn to pieces. Twenty other 0 houses had all the windows blown ^ out and plaster torn from the walls. ? The shock was felt all over the city. s Olchofski was seriously injured in b saving his wife, and his recovery is r doubtful. Following the explosion t the wrecked building took fire, but the firemen kept the flames from 1 spreading. b v Drowned Id Mitt 31111 Pond. J The Columbia State bays Mr. Jake ti Padgett, while bathing in his mill s< pond nine miles from the city on the a Garner's Ferry road, was drowned a 1 ? ? . J L U.J _ monuay evening, mr. raugci uau \? gone in swimming and was in water t< beyond his depth when seized with h cramp. He quickly sack, while sev- v eral men who watcheJ him from the s; bank were unable to help him. His l wife and children were near by and e saw the tragic death* The body of the li drowned man was soon afterwards ft recovered. The funeral was held yes- v lerday evening. Mr. Padgett was f, about 40 vears old. I * b Solid for Free Silver. The Ohio Democratic State convec- a tion has nominated Horace L. Chap- j man for Governor, ex State Senator j, Meville C. Shaw for Lieutenant Gov- a ernor and a full State ticket. It was a 0 free silver convention throughout, g ana mere was noi a uisseuuDg voice ^ to the declaration for the free and un- ^ limited coinage of silver at the ratio n of 16 to 1, without the co operation of i any other nation; and the name of ^ Wiiliam J. Bryan was mentioned in j someway by every speaker as the only j sure way of bringing a chorus of ap- v plaufe. i Flew Swifter than the Wind. ' Eleven of 13 carrier pigeons releas- ^ ed by Mr. A. L. Fogg of the Adams v Express company, Cincinnati, on a recent morning at 7 o'clock reached 0 their destination, Oil City, Fa., at B 5:20 p. m. on the same day making ? their average speed while on the flight b 915 yards per minute, or at the rate of a one mile in 1 86 minutes. Tne dis ? i? i:? on/\ ?a i luiicu uy air line isouv xuiico. aui/iuer cf the birds arrived some time ' lator, but the thirteenth has not jet been heard from. Where It I>? h Again Saturday the actiDg Chaplain u of trie Uijiled States Senate in tbe s course of his praytr to tbe advent of p prosperity, saving: "We lhank Thee ? for the sirens of returning prosperity \ and that the long and wide-spread de t uresfeion is passing." v Crunhrd by Knck. Twenty six miners have b?en kill.o r by a fall of rock in the Librar mi^ts, .. in the province of Atucama. ] Gen Emillo Nun<r. (f the Cuban * army, in a ncent interview, said; "It ' is useless, and evt-r will be useless, for President Melvinley to negotiate plans , with Spain for a system of 'Canadian autonomy' in Cuba. Cuba will not have autonomy. Cuba will have lib- ^ erty, and siie is ready to wait and fight for liberty." t 4'How does it come. ' asks the Chi- ^ chjjo Tribune, "ibat ttie Senate is al- 0 ways so solicitous for the welfare of ? the Suear Trust 1 ll is taken eare of 'I io every tarilf bill. It mak^s no dif- c feivnce which partv is in power. The 0 trust was more lhan amply protected P by the Wilson bill, but the Senate }] schedule fives it additional proteclion." 1 '.i During the last fiscal year, 1896 the, 1 total value of our Cuban trade amount- t ed to on 1 v $47,548,610. as compared v with il02.864.2U4 in 1893, the vear q prtcediu# the war. It is estimated s that lor the year ending June 30,1897, c this trade will not reach $30,000,000. J DISASTER ON THE DEEP. V STEAMSHIP LCST OFF THE EASTrnN r.niST OP AFRICA. k Terrible Story of Privation and Hulljr lug. How the Survivors Were RuHCtifd. Heroic Women Rcfased to Leave Their Husbands on the Doomed Ship A dispatch from Aden, Arbul, says he Indian government's steamer tfayo set out in search of the missing iteamer Aden, which sailed from Yo ' :oharoa on April 28, via Colombo and \.den, for London, and which was ast heard of when leaving Colombo >n June 1 for Aden, has returned and 'PDorts that the Aden was totally lost iff the island of Socotra. at the east:rn extremity of Africa, on the mornng of June 9. The Aden carried 31 >assengers from China and Japan. The :aptain of the wrecked steamer, some >f her officers and crew and seven vhite passengers were swept overboard tnd drowned very soon after she ran ishore. Eight lady passengers, nine ihildren, two officers and a few of the Aden's crew succeeded in getting iway from the wreck in a boat, but hey have not been heard of since, and >ut little hope, owing to the bad ii i /veaiuor WUitll IlfU siutc ^icvauru JO mtertained of their safety. The Mnyo aved nine of the Aden's passengers md three of the white and 33 of the latives of the steamer's crew. All of hese persons were rescued just as the kden was oreakine up The survirors of the wrecked steamer were :arried to Aden by ibe Mayo and are ?eing cared for by the local authoriies. In all, the drowned and missing rclude25 passengers, 20 European itficers and 33 natives of the Aden's rew. The account says that two days after eaving Colombo the Aden was struck >y a severe monsoon, with squalls riolent and incessant. Day by day he weather grew, thicker and the pas engers became more alarmed. At 3, t'cloc's ou the m >rning of June 9 the -ef'Sel struck upou the Rasradresa eef, ofF the eastern coast of the island >fSccotra. The engine room was in tantly tliod^d and utter darkness r.sutd. Wild with panic, tfoe pas engers rushed from their cabins and lid terror stricken to the upper deck u the scantiest clothing. The women nd children screamed in fright and onfusion, but the men retained their elf possession and courageously assistd the officers and crew to do thoir lest to save the vessel and to inspire almness. But it was soon seen that he steamer could not survive the hock and that tho only chance for afeiy lay in the boats. Life bouys rere dirtributed, distress signlas given ,nd the boats on the lee side prepared or laucc'iing. Those on the weather ide had already been washed away, n the meantime, seeing that some lours were likely to elapse before it rouui oe possioie 10 xauucu iuo uua-.s, be passer gers accepted the assistance if the crew to obtain more clothing. ]he storm continued to increase in iolence. Great seas washed the ves el with terrific force. Daylight irou&ht no relief and only served to eveal still further the awful situataion. Misfortune followed misfortune. ^ lifebcat was lowered, only to i8 swept away immediately nth three Jascars and the first officer, Ir. Garden. Tne gig was dispatched o the rescue, with Mr. Miller, the econd officer, but, to the despair of 11, boih boats were rapidly swept ( way. The only remaining lifeboat ras"then lowered, amid a scene of insnsei emotion. A cry of anguish iroke from the lips; even of the men rhen this half capsized throwing the aiJors and tne siores into me sea. ( Lfter great efforts the boat was rightd and the women and children were owered into it, with the exception of ladames Gillett, Pearce and Strain, , ?ho heroically decided to share the ate of their husbands, and Misses , jloyd and Weiler, who remained on o&rd. The boat, manned by a Euro ean crew, left in a tremendous sea ( ud drifted rapidly out of sight. As , he waves still swept the wreck, dash- ] Dg the people about and leaving them lmost prostrated on the deck, ooe by ne, men, women and children, rown too weak to withstand the re eated bulTetings, were washed overoard in sight of those who were monpntnrilw fivnpr.tinn' tho same fate. Lmong tfce Grst thus er gulfed were lr. aod Mrs.Strain and their two chilren, Misses L'oyd and Weller, the lissionaries, Mrs. Pearce's baby, ?ith a Chinese nurs?, and then Cap ain Hill, whose leg was broken, but ( ?bo had borne himself calmly and | iravely. He was washed overboard | nth several of the native crew. All day the victims were picked off me by one until 5 o'clock in the after icoa, when those who still survived etreated below. Many were badly iuri; and passed the night in suspense ! nd bodily pain, huddled in the small abin which they fexpecled would be 1 heir tomb. None of the survivors fhom I have seen cares to talk of this { errible night. The sl.orm abated ! 1 ! ~ U * 1 M /Vv> tUn *v? AHn 1 n Ct f\ F tllQ 1 Al KJ1X LUO LUUI KSL tuu AV/I.U, nd those who were able to move, iegan the search for food ?hunger, 1 mtil then, having failed to assert il elf over more accate privations. This iroved a tf.sk of the greatest danger, ' s big seas were still sweeping the 'p.ssel. The fourth engineer, wbile 1 rving to procure water near the pnop, ?as struck senseless arid almost wash 1 d overboard before he could be dragg J d to a place of safely. Artificial respi 1 'ii and similar expedients were re- 1 urU.'d to, but it was five hours before 1 le was restored to consciousness. Mr. Varco was only savtd from beiug ! cashed overboard by ihe prompt ao 1 ion of bis da.untJess wife. ' The search for food resulted in 1 heir pelting very little of it, and this 1 ?as shared out equally in very small ' lortions. All the time desperate nr.eu :ept a sharp lootcout. But 110 vessel fhs sighted until the 13.h, and even ( heu t.h<3 distress signal was not seen )u the 17i.h, and again on the 2<Jth, llier vessels: wtre sighted, l ut t!ie , ignals either were not si-ta or wt-re snored. Thcs9 unhappy episodes ] austd painful snd h.ali cr;;zy scenes ( f rape, ali from those who ind been . revi>usly self controlled. E ch day I was necessary to curtail the al , owance of rations. Mr. Giilelt did , he catering an j contributed greatly j o cheering up the ship's cjmpany. 'he weather usually moderated in he morning, but always increased in iolence during the afternoon. Fre- j uently a sea thirty feet hiyh would ( weep ihe deck from stern to stern and t arry away portions of the vessel. On ( une 25th, when things were at their! J worst and the food euoDly was almost exhausted, Messrs White, Kelt Cave and Valpy bravely ventured across the deck to the storeroom and got a fresh supply. That evening two steamers were sighted. O-ie proceeded without paying any attention to the distress signal. The otbers anchored under Ike lee or the iiland. As soon as she was sighted a Jascar mounted tbe rigging aod signalled her. Ia re ply, candles burned at her port-holes, aDd at daybreak on the. 26th a susper se of seventeen days was relieved by the spectacle of the steamer round iDg the point and heading towards the wreck 8he anchored about a mile away. A very heavy sea still ruuning, but the wind bad moderated slightly. With heartfelt joy, mingled with tears o'the mea and hysterical sobbing of the women, they saw the lifeboat lowered. ' It took her threequarters of au hour to reach the wreck. E/ery one rushed to the broken side of the ship. It was the life boat of the Indiana government steamfr Majo and in charge Lieuten ant Dobin and WoJdsmitfo. Tbey skillfully avoided the tremendous wash and rescued all of the survivors in two trips. Every attention was paid to them on board the Majo. BEFORE JUDGE SIMONTON. Argument Before Film as to What is an Original Package. The Pinhussohn original package case came up befcre J:.id??? SimoLton in the Uiiit'd Stales Circuit Court at Charlpston on Tuesday, 29tb instant. It will brt remembered that Judge Simonton granted a temporary injunc tion, on June 19ih, restraining th? State constables from interfering with the liquor of W. Gk Moore, while in transit or in ths store of F. S. Pinhussohn. The case came up as to whether or not the temporary injurction should be made perpetual against tne State constables. Tne Slate wa3 represented by Attorney General Barbsr and the petitioner by Messrs. J. N. Nathans and J. N. Nathans, Jr. Mr. Nathans made the first speech. Hi9 argument was in the line that an original package put up by the impor ter, ar,d the right of importation implies the right \o store and sell, and therefore the right to ship liquors into the State for storage a d saie. That as to sales in the night ticne, in the abscence of any act of the legislature prohibiting sales in the night time, the clause of the Constitution does not prohibit such sales, but only prohibits the Legislature from granting license. The Attorney General spoke next, and argued that the minute those packages were delivered into the hands of the consignee and offered for sale, thev come under the nolica Dower of the State and could be regulated by the State's j urisdiction. The Attorney General propounded three questions to the court: 1. " What is aboriginal package?" 2. "What limitations are placed on the right of salt?" 3. "Does the right to sell imply the right to store and offer for sale at a regular pluce of business?'' He then announced the following propositions. 1. Any package containing five gallons or more when imported by a manufacturer or rectifier and wholesale dealer to be an original package within the meaning of the law must bear the stamps and braud required by the revenue laws of the United States. 2 Any package containing less than five gallons, put up by a manufacturer or rectifier and wholesale j ~ ~ i l ueaier, is uu urigiuai wnuout stamps and brands, so long as it is in exactly the c:mdition in which it is imported. 3 When liquors are put up in bottles, and a number of botiles are packed in a case, the box or case is the original package. If bottles are shipped in cars packed in straw or otherwise, each bottle cannot be considered an original package and sold as such. The Attorney General cited the case of Brown vs. Houston, and draw from that cise the following applicition: It is clear that the liquors stored and oil'ered for sale by ine petitioner's agent, at 269 Kiug street, are now incorporated into the balk of the pro perty of this State and are sub]ect to the taxing power of the State. They have then ceased to be articles ef commerce and are subject to the police power and the taxing power are in many respects identical, and they are in all"respect subject alike to the limitations of the Federal Constitution as to interstate commerce. The arguments.consumed several hours, and a great many authorities were cited on Loth sides. At the conclusion of the arguments, Judge Simonton announced that he would ti-kethe case under advisement and render a decision later.?Columbia Register. Bud DlMpeiisary Llondn. The State board of control held a sminiol moatinn TiVirlutr in p.nnctffar bonds of the c junty dispensers. There are some 60 of these bonds that do not conform with the statuary requirements and accordiug to an opin ion of the attorney general, are worthUsi. The bonds are insurety companies and the form will have to be changed to meet the re quirements of the luw. This ih? board has ordered to be done. The board learned yesterday that Mr. Sol Bowman who has a tourist's privilege for the Caluoun ho te? in Cnark-ston, is$1,500short. They wired to the constabulary to close hiai up. The folio win* resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the fact tbal i part ol the cllieial recordsot" the Slate jo.nm&ioner's UlLe are ualawfully in the possession of ex OomrnUi jiur Mixson, havinjjcome tjthe knowledge of tnia b.iard, Uie cliairuiun is litr:?by instructed to cjnsult with the attorney central as to th? manner of prieeediog to recover tne sitae and that action be takcu at once for the recovery jf the same. To Kill Wnnl^a by fctemrlclfy. A Canadian sea captain his iuvent id an apparatus with which he thinks wiiales c-u be killed by electric shook. A. harpo-ja is tixed the end of a Ion.; rv,afnll;4? A.jKIu ?\f*l I .\A J \f \ n ^ 11 I 'J f i* I I QTii which serves io placo of the usual rope. Through this cable auvkclrc current o: 10,1'UU v.jlis is 10 b? sent by tnea is of h dynamo carried io ilia whulcboat. Tno inv.jutor beluv s that no whale would be able to with itaud the shock it would receive ths ns'.ant the harpoon entered iu> s de. A. hxpioitlon. The boiler of au engine attached to i threshing mac'iine hL A/Jairsvilla, 3a., exploded, killing three men iuitantly and fatally wounding four ith?i*s whilft nnnthpr tn in had his eg broken, necessitating amputation. / REAR END COLLISION. A Terrlbta Disaster on th? Chicago and NorthRailroad. Three persons were kil'ed outright and about twenty or thirty persons in iiiv a/1 in o vcnw nnl hcinn am 4 Vic ,, u* j cu ju ck j to i v'.'ijioiuu v/u vjliv (Chicago and Northwestern Road, at 12:45 Thursday morning at Wesl Chicago, thirty miles out of Chicago, on the Galena division. The dead are: Mrs. R. Shipman, Appleton, Wis., Mrs. John Gooding, Appleton, Wis , unknown tramp who was riding on the front end of the baggage car. The victims of the collision were Christian Endeavor delegates, who left Chicago Wednesday night, en rmitA fny tVia rryoaf />niriTr^rtfinn i n Qan ? "VHW ??, wuu VMU OUU VVUtlUU 1XX k/?U Francisco. The colliding trains were sections Nos. 4 and 5 of a Christian Endeavor special sent out in nine sfc tions. beginning at 10:30 a m. Sec tion No. 5 ran into section No 4 which left Chicago fifteen minutes ahead of it. Section No. 4 carried ihe Wisconsin delegation, nearly 500 strong, and in the rear sleener were people from Pon Da Lac, Green Bay, Appleton and other Wisconsin cities. Sectiou No. 4 had come to a stop just, out of West Chicago, where the Freepnrl diverges from the main line. No 5 came up behind at great spetd, and the shock of the collision was terrific. Tne passpngers in the two rear sleep ers of sec'ioa No. 4 were all in their births. Thev received no warninc. and those not killed outright awoke to find themselves jammed in the wreck age. Passengers on both trains hasten ea to the spot and began the work of res cue. One of the first of the injured was Engineer Charles Courtney, of section No. 5. He had stuck to his post like a hero and is so seriously injured tbat he cannot live. An immediate call was made for help on every point within reaching distance. Chicago was notified and asked to send pbysicians at once, and medical help was requested from Geneva, Wheaton anu Au rora. The engine of section " N j. 5 struck the rear sleeper of section No. 4 with terrific force. The engine was totally fn O3TT + li A wao ? VTJ vvata. uu AU-C "u tuu icai sleeper cf sfciion No. 4 was not the one to suffer most. It was driven with terrific force upon the second sleeper, and such was its impetus that it crushed through it as though it had been a cardboard b:>x and reduced it to a mass of wreckage. The passengers in the second sleeper were therefore tbf ones to suffer most, aod it was in that most of the victims were hurt. Mrs. 8hipman and M-s. Jjhn Gooding were both in this sleeper. Men acd women could be seen struggling to extricate themselves from the wreckage. Others, pinned down by some crushing weight, were crying for help. Here and there was an arm or a leg protrouding from the debris. a. paiueuuu bueue was ma jes juo ui the two daughters of Mrs. ShipmaD, of Appleton. The rescurers were at tracted to them by their cries. Taey were unable to extricate themselves, and though hurt refused assistance, begging that their mother be urst helped. Mrs. John Gooding, of Appleton, was probably instantly killed. The force of the collision crushed together the partitions of her berth, and she had no possible chance of escape. Prof. Leo A. Williams, of Fon Du Lie, was found buried under a pile of debris, and though he was unable to extricate himself and it seemed as if he must be seriously injured he escaped with a broken arm and a cut wrist. Tha r!hir?aorn and NirtViarpstarn r.flfi cials did everything in thieir power to relieve the sufferers The two hotels in West Chicago were turned into hospitals and able physicians were promptly in attendance. The sections folliowing those which met disaster, six, seven, eight and nine, carrying 2,500 people, were delayed up ward of three hours. Finally the northbound track was cleared and they were enabled to proceed. A Good Selection. The Columbia Register says the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina College were in session until midnight Tuesday night and when they adjourned Prof. F. C. Woodward was the president of the institution to succeed Dr. Wood row. All the friends of the college will applaud the g<->ixi ?cork done last night as it places at the bead of this old and honored insfi!ulv>u a gentleman of the most decided ability ttnd one who en joys the reputation of standing in the front rank of Southern educators. President Woodward is in the prime of life, being 45.years of age. He was born in Prince George County, Virginia, and was graduated from Kindolph Macon College in Richmond. For seven year? he was a professor at Wofford College and for the last nine years has filled with distinguished ability the chain of Eoglish in the South Carolina College. The new president is popular with the students. He is a genuine Chesterfield in bis manner, is atfable in the highest degree and easily approached. Under his administration the coliege will flourish aDd will goon with the grand work whicQ it has been accomplishing for so many years. Prof. Woodward was nominated for the presidency by Dr. Bates of Orangeburg and warmly seconded by Lieut. Gov. McS>vceney. There had been rumors of several orospective candidates, but the name of Prof. Woodward was the only one prest-nted to the board Jast night. lie advised of his election by Messrs. S'oau, Macfarland aad Shuman and acc^pied in a few remarks the new honors which had just come to him, and in these brief words made a solendid impression. Dr Woodrow in his letter of resignation said be was will u:g that this should noi take etfecl fcr one year hence if tne trustees so do sirrd, but ihe bo^rd feeling assured that the ritrht man had be^n found, t.hmi?ht. it hpit m H.iecL him at once and Jet him be^iu his ne w duties forthwith. So'.uu .More Fruspcrlty. A dispatch from Youngstown, Ohio, ?.rysevery miiJ in. the United fcHa'.es whose '.Vd^e seules are under the jurisdiction of the Amalgamated Ass?->?iulioa of Irou, Steel and Tin Workers will shut d<>wu to uieht. Taese miiis alios ether ernpioy 23 UOU men who are members of the atnaitfa mated asso eiation, be:ides those who are not 111 1 ,1. .k ,1........ ,?.ll n|??A lilt, f&xruvnxi Slliil UI'?YII ?iij It'.ar, piauc oa account of th?? failure of the amalgamaied association scale cominitLsd and the manufacturers to a<>rte ou a pudding rule. If the coal miners' strike mat.eiiez?s on Saturday the number of workme ; out of employment this week by reason of these labor agitations will reach the hi 'h figure of at least 200,000 men. SOME SOLID TRUTHS. I A COLORED BISHOP GIVES GOODADi VICE TO HIS PEOPLE. He Has n > Hanldln Sympathy for Daat* ardly Ontrtgrs ?cd Advocates 8o?edy Trial and Prompt Punishment fo% th? Gallty. The following recently appeared in the Atlanta Constitution: EJitor Constitution?I leave early ! ihis week for California and will be 1 gone for nearly three months. Our church is growing on the Pacific slope, i j?nd as bishop of that district, it is my > duty to look af er her interests in that 1 far off section of our country. There are more negroes in the west than many people suppose and we haye many flourishing churches there. Before I leave I would like to say a few things through the columns of your valuable and widely circulated paper with reference to the question, of lynch law. which, since the late lynching ia Ohio, is a matter in which the whole country is interested, and ; not the southern section alone. While I am no apologist for mob law under any circumstances, I am 1 free to admit that there are two sides, to the question, and there is danger of forgetting the-enormity of the crime in the stress ard emphasis we put on the observance of law. 1 Because colored people have been ad : pronounced in their denunciation of lynch law many have reached the conclusion that they are in sympathy ? with rapists and other iligrant criminals who are generally the victims of l such law. ; This is a great mistake. The batter class of colored Deople all over the \ south are unanimous m their condemn ; nation or tne wretcnes wno are guilty ' of these unmentionable crimes. They recognize the fact that the whole race is suffering in the eyes of the world through the conduct of the vile scoundrels who perpetrate these crimes. | And in many places the white people 1 | regard a negro with detestation and [ suspicion, believing him to be capable - of any criminal act where he is left L unrestrained. From experience and observation I know this to be true. I for one am ntllltMM 4/V Un 4 U /M? Mill f in uvju willing IU uc muu^uu 1U oy UA^miuj /?c ' with crime or criminals, and especial-. | ly with those of the character I am now considering. If the colored peo- . ' pie as a race expect to gain the confLdence and respect of tbeir white I neighbors, and to elevate themselves in tbe scale of civilized life,they must emphasiz; in no uucertain way their . detestation of the more brutal of their , race who commit the horrible offences of rape, arson ana the like. There % must be no maudlin sympathy for such characters who disgrace their own race and bring the negro into shame and contempt. While I sav these things, I would } not be understood as favoring lynch law. Could the real criminal suffer it would not be so bad, but when inno* ' cent men are frequently the victiniks or excited and infuriated mobs who take the law into their own hands the [ necessity for legal conviction is apparent. Lynch law, too, no matter how 1 justly administered, is bad in its tendency, working a disregard for all : law, and educating the people in the very lawlessness it is intended to pre[ vent. Let the legislature provide for speedy trials in cases of this sort and let the people understand that the guilty must suffer. I am sure that the better class of my people are in sympathy with every legal method to stop this awful crime of rape. It is to their , interest to be so. They cannot afford to be in the attitude of palliating ?r excusing or apologizing for this blot upon their people and upon their civilization. , The white people of the south are ol/Mxa in thai* 1 atrr 1 aoartPfifl in . ing with this class of criminals. The recent lynching in Ohio shows that sentiment everywhere in this country > is in favor of dealing out speedy ana terrible punishment to the despoiler of women. A stop must be put to the crime of rape, and he who commits it, ; be he white or colored, must be made to know that terrible retribution will follow. All our people ask is that justice be done? that before the law the same evidence be required to convict a ne, gro that is required to convict a white man, and that the same punishment | be meted out to the one as to the other. Wherever the nroof is conclusive. speaking for my'people, let the guilty ^ suffer though the heavens fall. Lynching, as another has said, is not a race question, but a national question, and it is proven by the fact that of 141 persons lynched in 1896, tifty-four were white men. 1 have now in the printer's hands a book for publication entitled "The N^gro and the White Man," in which I discuss this and many other vital questions touching the relations of the a t wo races. 1 hope, Mr. Editor, in that I book to help forward a better feeling -J between the two races in this section j of our country. 1 recognize the fact 4 that in the order of Providence we | must live together, and I would like 1 to contribute my part toward incul- | ? 4 I ? ? ~ 1 ^ 4 UAwAof ninn. ,-m cauug m ruy ptnjpic muac g*va* ciple3 of righteousness, truth and re- J spect for law which are the foundations upon which alone they can build up a self-respecting manhood. W. J. Gaines. Bishop A.M. E. Cuurch. Atlanta, Ga., June 27, 1897. lilmetalllsm Booming. The next issue of the National Re- , view will contain an article announcing au important bimetallic development at the hands of the United States Mouetary Commission, consisting of .^pnatfir E l ward O. Wolcott. former vica President Adlai Stevenson and General Charles Jackson Paine, : which will arrive here in a few days. The commission, according to the National Review, will present to the present British government a joint statement from France and the United Sta'es declaring their desire to terminate the disastrous experiments inaugurated m 1S73. and claiming our eocd will?nd active concurrence. Th?~,l National Review adds: "Weareable J to announce that England's reply will I be that tne government is willing to I reopen the Iudiau mints, to make a I further substantial contribution to I the rehabilitation of silver by extend ing its use in E inland, by increasing 1 the le/nl tender of silver, making siT- 1 ver the oasis 01 uuies, cm^ncuujs the liiuk of Eigland to use the silver M reserve, and that material assistance aud strong moral support will be give* ) to the object the United States and ; France have in view,"