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m The Press and Banner.; ~BY HUGH WILSON* ? arhhtimj:, K. <THE COLUMBIA"MEETINir < i 1 FIRST MEETING WITH ALL "HE CAN- j DIDATES PRESENT. g Characteristics of the Senatorial Campaign Mee>id<?g in Co'nmbta-The Speeches Ue- J llvtred Vary Very Llttlo Frcra Those ' Made at the Prcvlonn Meet ins#. Tho campaign mepfHp/ in Colum J bia Tuesday was characterized by f some senatorial political revelations, but it pasted off peacefully and quiet * ly. The meeting v-as called to order by Rev. P. L. Kirton. Chairman Ray with brief preliniirjoriesintroduced Senator McLaurin, who was rc- ? ceived vith applause. ' Mr. McLaurin, in his preliminary, stated that *ben the campaign began 8 he thought only rational issues were 1 to be discussed, but state ai d local is I sue^ b?d b<-en drareed in. As far as * rices in Columbia are concerned he * baa nothing to do with any one of 1 them. The only ring he knew of was by tbree or fcur peniletnen, *hose sole object was to defeat tim. ? T ? - - - C t i?fn Q /lie 8 ill r. iUCJLT.i lll.m vxti.w iui<u ? Mia 4 eussion of the silver question, making a very able argument to show haw the 1 free coirace of silver would benefit tbe whole people of the country. J Mr. McLaurin then spoke on the * tariff question. He said that the only { vaj to get up money for the expenses ' of the government was by a tariff, or by an icome tax. Ia his connection with the DingJey bill be had actfd on ~ the prircip^e in the party platform 2 that the tariff should not be sectional * or assist any certain cl*ss of .citizens 1 at the expense of ethers. (. He said that neither he nor the Democrats were responsible for Ding * ley tariff bill. Mr. Evans is going the : rounds telling the fsrrm-rs that my I vote would increase the price of wool c en goods. That is an insult to the 1 farmers. 3 A voice: "Don't run up against * John Gary.'' s Another voice: "Jump right on 1 him." * McLaurin: "It is not necessary, s The people have already done that (Laughter and applause.) 1 Mr.McLaurin said that the rice tariff t was an important one to South Caro I lina. He read his record in congress g as reported in the Congressional Rec z ord. He said that he had received t complaint from Mr. Graham and other c rice planters against the republican ' tariff bill. Should he not heed their ? plea? What he wanted was proper 1 classifications for rice. Something 3 hot rtrill h?ln thfi rir.e farmer and not 4 the western brewer. The importation ^ of rice flour last year was 70,000,000 t pounds. That rice is imported by one f or two firms in this country for the \ benefit of the brewers. The reason he 4 opposed such a classification was not to put a tariff on anything the people I eat, but to prevent western brewers from having advantage of southern s rice planters. I As to cotton, he referred to Mr. 1 Evan's statement that Egyptian cot I ton and Peruvian cotton did not come { in competition with South Carolina i cotton. He read something from 1 Shepperson, a great friend of cotton i growers. He has be?:n going around 1 with a crash suit to prove his I cimtamant Kilt Via nn 1T7 wrnprt it at two J or three meetings. Now he is mourn ing. (Laughter.) Mr. Iby calls it J "long island cotton." (Laughter.) Col Irby: "Oh, yes, but I kuew ' better." Mr. McLaurin: "Possibly my friend ? was thinkiDg of the lemonade in the < city of Washington " (Laughter ) s Mr. McLaurin contiDuiug, said that < Col Irby voted for a tariff that would benefit western wheat raiser*. Yet he and Mr. Evans are going around talk- 1 ing about the great disadvantage ' which would come io the Democratic i party by me?the Republican-Populist I Proitcticnist. 1 At U.is pcirit Chairman Ray called J Mr. McLaurin to the f?ci. that his time < was up. J Mr. MeLiurin: "You are not going 1 to call me down too?" Several in the audience, some not t from the city or county, called on Mr. J McLaurin to continue. I Col. Irby: "Let him speak as long as be wants. I will do ao too." ; uoi. jonn jr innma?: '.as a i^em- < ocratic voter, I say th?t the Richland ' voUrs are rutniug this meeting and as i these other men are attacking this mao i I do not believe his time should be t limited." Mr. McLflurin than continued, no 1 brdy objecting, but several yelling for 1 him to conticue. Mr. McLaurin'e ? speech was in substance the same as at < previous meetings. t MR MAYFIELD. I Mr. Mayfieid jumpedc>.n Mr. McLau- ! rin for t?kir?g up one hour and a half in his speech aivd tirinc out everybody while u\ the sajie tinn1 h'i has two or < three daily pa pel's ,.*o*!-:ing in his in- 1 terest. It is unbecoming and unjust I in hfcu to charge the other candidates i wi'.b being iu leaeue sgivast him. < Ui- oui/1 1W?? M.^T .oii?-'k o nonov t J-tV OO I Vi Ali.1 *U V J * J U JUHV4 ta f/w jyvi in Columbia, 'u v.-hid, b^has $500 in i vested. Col. Nenl lias $i."0. McLaurin: "I have tot a cent in- l vesitd in that paper. Mr. Koester < came to me aid said he ';ad been dis- I charged from his position on account < of friendship for me. I put my hands in my pocket andga\e him $500. He < said he had a wife and child to support." Way field: "You hav.?g>ven Koester I $500. What did Eilerbe and Neal give ' money to him for?" I McLaurin is trying to misrepresent I me by saying I'm in a combination. I He knows that I wrote him and that I I have his reply, in which I told bim 1 1 was going to run for senator. I'm not < t i 4. l:? t r 1 running iu oe*i mm, uui x iisn iuc out- i frages of the people as against him, J because McLauria's tarilf views are 1 wrong and cot in keeping with the : ideas of the people of South Carolina. I He saw in the morning papers that < Tillman was going to vote for the : Dingley bill. McLaurin says that he < aEd Tillman are on the same side. If . that is so, he is one of the blackest He- i publicans, and the people of the Slate < and the South wlllDOt endorse Till ! man or any other man in such a vote, even though by it he make6 a deal i whereby the Sehate passes the uispen I sary bill. i Mr. Mayfieid again referred to Mr. I AToimin'c xrnta An Inmkav on/1 tha iUVJJnuim o * vw v/u tuuuuwi) muv Jatter interrupted that he bad voted ' for a duty cn white pine. i Mr. Mayfield turned to the audience j ind asked whether it was to their imprest, the farmers and business mm >fevery calling, to have to pay $L ex ra on fverv box, door, window, etc , nade of white pine? A citizen: "Twodollars!"' His vote on lumber was a tax on lonsumcs If" the pre?s will come out, t will take him two hours to explain lis position, and the people will turn lim face down. McLaurin?"Well let 'em do it " Mayfieid?"Weil, we are not as rich is vou are?we haven't franks Mr. Mayfieid said that McLaurin lad run as an independent to defeat he coastitutional c invention McLaurin?"Tint's not so " Mayfieid?"I take that back then. 3ut vou did write the Populist pln.1orm?" McLaurin?"That's none of your >usinei.s." A citiz?n?"But Johnnie didn't do hat, d:d he?" (Laughter ) Mr. Ma.rfield said that he di'i. Tt's ill a combination. 1 struck Mr. El erbe because hi3 paoer struck me. I know about this combination. 13c ind Neal have entered into a combilation to control the state. Their >!atform is that Johnny shall be suitor. Neal th? next governor and Cllerbe to succetd Tillunaa. That's he bargain. IRBY NEXT. Col. Irby was the next speaker. As le arose, there was much applause md cheering. "Hu-rah for lrby." 'The old war horse,'' were some of he expressions used. "Take a good drink," was another Che senator humorously replied that le didn't drink, when somebody ia he audience said: "You look mighty at liiro ttoii hurl hpsn rlrinlrincr " Col. Irby started out by saying that ie was still what he had always been -a Democrat?the only original packige. (Cheers and laughter.) He said ie had been baptising converts to the rue Democracy ever since 1892. Laughter.) * Before beginning his speech proper, ie said that he hoptd N. G- Ganzalts vould be manly, generous and tiu=>. i he don't tell the trulh on me I'll rail him down, so help me God. He eferred to the telegram published in ill tne dauj newspapers wntn ine vord "now" was used for "not"iu his peech, totally changing his meaniag. Ie said that the editor of The State iad jumped on hiui, but he (Irby) was atistied by his personal statement and hat of the manager of the Western Jaion that it was not Mr. Gonziles's ault. Neither was it the fault of Mr. ?ohn. It was an error in the telegram, and he would say to Mr. Gonales "go and sia no more." He said hat he was the only farmer and Dom>crat running. He is a Riforoier, and vhen he was driving the Tillman wa :on through Marlboro, and it raining, ie heard somebody say: "Are you on rour way to Officevillt?' I said 4-t11 ?j L~ ?i ??4 . 4 xes, auu a? ab&eu iu get iu, i>uai iV. D. Evans had beaten him. I told limtojump aboard, but we hadn't jone more than half a mile when he vanted to do the driving. I told him: "No, Sir; you can't do that." This hit at Mr. McLiurin was ap jreciated and caused much laughter. I'm going to talk politics. I have itood by you. Where would these jucks have been if Tillman and Irby ladn't picked them up? Evans would lave been in Uncle Bill's office in A.u?usta?a good law clerk; May Geld should be teaching in Barnwell and Duncan would be on a farm ?where ie ou?rht to be no v. (Luigtiter ) iV'here would curley-headed Johnnie )e? He woild be probate judge of ila?lboro. (Laughter.) A citizen: What are you bragging ibout th^m for?'' Irby: 4 I'm sorry of it. Hope God wiii forgive me for ever finding thorn." Col. Irby spoke it some length, his speech being about the same as at )ther places, of a humorous character md a general attack ou the other canlidates. DUNCAN NEXT. Mr. Duncan started on by defend ner the dispensary. He said that he rcas thoioughly in favor of the ad xiinistration in ils position. He foil hat the law was one of the bust so!uions of the liquor question. He believed teat it was best for the state to jontrol it. He thought Mr. McLauriu nagniQed himself when he said ai-l .heotner candidates are against him. The thing thut made tbe conservatives stand to biui was the "Dear Appelt' tetter, iu which he attacked the dij pensary and Bjn Tiilman. You can't count on him. What do pou lovo hiia for? Is it because he .urns his back on the reformevsi Won't he do the same thing by you il t suits his purpost ? As to Ben Tilliian. I'm for him against auy man, ,hough I will criticise him at anytime. Mr. Duncan then spoke at some ength as to the ditfereucis between ,he railroad corporations and United States courts, and defended the state :ourts very much on the same line ,hat his proceedings in court showed, is already published in Toe Kagister. [Ie was very brief in his talk. UOVfiRNOR EVANS. Governor Evans was nest introiuced, and his speech was such thai iie caught the crowd, judging from :be apofuuse. tie sam he hoped to neet the people of Columbia to dis :uss issues since J 803. Ha hoped to iiscuss principle that affect farmer ind merchant, and to ask them not to vote for any man who is untrue ta those principles. MoLaurin tries to . over the issue by talking about the financial issue. That's settled. Tiie question now is of his own making, L'he issue now under consideration is Dne that the people of fcjjuth Carolina will not endorse. We ure the ones who stick to principle and the tradi tions of the people, 1 wish to say tc .he state house and the penitentiary that they can make all the combina Lions they want, but I dou't care, foi tne peopje always kqockuui cuuiuihh :ions. The governor may say that he would oppose me with ail the po^er sf his administration, tin when he did that he would stabtne oest friend nt Uas ever had. I did nothing to gel trim to oppose me to the senators^ or did I allow my friends to do so, Lhou^h I was endorsed by 40,000 votjrs and was beaten by 135 votes. He ihould never acted so that Elerbe iould say I had cringed at his hands. Here before voters 1 wouid suy that it is not wilh the governor orsuperinten ient of the peniei'tiary who shall be senator. The issue between MeLiurin and me is this. But 1 must say beforehand that the only thing is that he has his ipeech published by the new3papei Irust and nobody else can do so. 1 will read McLaurin's own words, lie tries to make it appear that I'm wrong in regard to Calnoun. In 183^ the people of South Carolina said if the tariff was not modified South Carolina would withdraw from the Union. That was nullification and Calhoun stuck to it to his end. Mr. Webster of New England finally became a protectionist while he was at first a frte trsder. Mr McLaurin says that $500,000,000 is nectssary to carry on the government and pay expenses. He proposes to make up this by taxes on woolen goods and everv other thing the farmers need. T?io Democrats say that the tariIf should be such as to raise only revenue. If more than this is made it will b* robbery. Protection as repre sented by Republicans has been what has sucked the life blood out of the industry of the south. Trie south is an agricultural country. Talk about diversified industries, we are andmnct btt a cotton rais'infr country. Wo compete with the world in cotton, but J we ha^e fioally got to rnise it. It's | rats to say fbat we can stop it. As to coiloo, only 200,000 bile? is sent abroad. The country cin't think of protection, for last year only 40,000 bales of E?rptian otton came in What is that compared to the seven million or more shipped away? Everything the people wear is made in the norih. Yet you are asked to pay a th^ee times greater tax to enrich manufacturers. If we had fies trade a man could buy for one third what lie no w has to pay for clothingr. The rest of Mr. Evans' speech was devoted principally to a discussion of the tariff in which he tried to make it appear that Mr. McLiurin was es pousing the wroug cauEe and that he was no Democrat. The gist of the meetings at other p'acts was about the s.itne as the above, and did not vary mu3h one from the other. THE SUGAR TRUST. The Staada <1 Oil Company Secures Control of tho B jnauz *. Julius Chambers, writing in the New York Journal of July 21, has the folio win? to say about the Sugar Trust and the Standard Oil Company: Congress having guaranteed a 12 per cent, annual dividend, and donated a $13,000,000 bon'jr. to the Sugar Trust, the Standard 0 1 Company, knowing a good tiling when it sees it, has entered the open market and secured control of the saccharine bonan za. It wa9 the safest speculation ever presented to the Rockefellers. They knew that the Sugar Trust controlled 80 per cent, of the entire sugar output, wh'le the Standard Company only had absolute sway over 60 per cent, of all the oil produced. Therefore, they and their friends have bought fully 200.000 of its 375,000 shares of common stock, and henc-jforth,doubtless will manage it on the same lines that have character'/. >d the rule or ruin policv of the Slaudard Oil Trust. This, in brief, is the explanation of the sensatioual incidents that have been occurring in Wall Street since Monday. The Sugar Trust magnates had confidence in Congress. The small holders have been weeded out. When the extra session was summoned sugar was 110; yesterday it touched 146 1-4. Until the last two days the stock has been slowly acquired by the Standard Oil people. Tnon Wall Street awoke to the situation, and the determined men who had resolved to control the sugar market of the world completed their capture in a splendid and masterly manner. Any old campaigner on that Bir biry Coast woula have understood the oattle. The chimes of Trinity Church have been drowned for two days past by the cries of the victors and the ? ?. ? iViu mnnnrlirl T?acnllJtrt ^tuauo VI KU O (|\/UUUwUi met), heroes in commercial life, were i caught on the short side of the market, and were compelled to surrender ' and settle at terrible sacrifices. The | Sugar Trust was passing into new hands, and the frenzied brokors who so ^reediiy ravished its stock from anybody who had the stock to .sell wer9 the only visible representatives of the Sugar barons. liar Silver Declines, TheNev \ork Herald says: Bar . silver has declined to the lowest price in two years and private dispatches , from abroad received in Waii street L i arc to tue t Ltoci mat me noiaer-s or me [ J white metal have "weakened." Some j of the bullion brokers assume that ; j this means that tne silver pool which 1 j was formed abroad more than a year I ajo, was liquidating ils holdings0;ner brokers were of the opinion , that the Holdings of the pool had , been liquidated soma time ago and i that the lessened demand for silver, ; through the adoption of the golc standard by Japan, among other rea sons, was responsible for the decliue. Outsiders generally called'attention to i the fact that 4je rtee&sion in price came simultaneously with the annouacement of the gi'eat gold disco v , enes in tue Klondyae region. L rga Order for Ordenbacks, Assistant Secretary Vanderlip au. thorizjd the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to print and | deliver to toe ouice ot tnebecretary oi J the Uaited Stales treasury notes and '{silver certificates to tbe amount o? '$104,000,000. A large proportion of 1 ibose notes will be iu small denominations?ones, twos. fives and tens? | and the supply is expected to be sufficient for the net-Js of the treasury 1 for a period of about three months, 1 meeting tbe usual large demand for 1 small bills required in the movement | oi crops. Ttia department a atici pate.s, 1 iu view of the abundant crops,;an un' usually lar^e and earlv call for small 1 bills. ' j Quid la 9II?suuri. A jrold discovery on tbe banks of i Dry Fork creek, near New Florence, | in "Montgomery county, Mo., is an J nouuced t>y Dr. G. A. Broadhead, ge oif'gist oi ine elate university. JVl. A. Biob, the discoverer, Ms sent several s consignments of quanz to Dr. Brcad head, and assays by the latter have [ proved the genuineness of the find, s Dr. Bro&dhead will visit Montgomery , county to inspect the vein. A Dlsappfttirlus Crank. Edwin A. Waldo, the assistant ( manager of the University settlement ( in New York city, who disappeared three weeks ago, has been traced to ; Beioit, Wisconsin, llo was at the ' latter place lasi Thursday, but has since laft for parts unknown. Three 1 vears ago Waldo vanished from New I York City and in the course of six | wetks or so he was discovered wan! deriQfj aimlessly about the streeis of 1 Tallahassee, Fla. HuK?r Woi li ? Hurried. > The Peoria, 111., Grape Sugar works ; were completely destroyed by lire > Thursday night. Loss, |uU0,iM); mijsurauce, $15U,(.00. ANOTHER HARD LICK. IT WAS DEALT BY JUOGE SIMONTON THURSDAY. I q the Mffelz"! UA8A-TIH) juokc r ?r n??cnlng Injunction Y?t Issued?What Mr. N< lion's Purpose Is -The Bearing. The Columbia Stute of last Friday published the following article: At last it Jooks as if the very essence of the disuensarv original package is pne is to be gitten squarely before *he United States court. Mr. P. H Nelson, whc is in charge of the Meetze case, has made another move in that case which brings the question of the right to sell by the bottle in original package s'cres by men acting as agents of manufacturers outside tne State down to that point wb?re a decision will be secured. Mr. Nelson announces his purpose then, if he wins this fight, to have the cjurl decide wheth ersuch an scrent rannot bring liquor in by the barrel, battle it and retail it exactly in the mian^r that thedis p?asaries do it. Mp. Nelson says that if? !-?*? vaol igc 11 a i ri fhu cihiufiAn wna iO Iiuw * loow J WUVJ o*ww?*wiwu , it i9 but wasting; time to have the court pass on caies wh*re such and such devices are used to matte packages constitute original packages. In order to get the matter up for an absolute test, Mr. Meetze has sold liquor by the bottie. Judge Simonton has already intimated very plainly that such agents had all the rights that the dispensary could exercise. If thi3 position be sustained, then Mr. Meetze or any other such dealer can proceed to bring in liquor In large quantities and bottle it to suit themselves *o long as they comply with the regulations of the dispensary law. A VERY SWEEPING INJUNCTION Yesterday quite a little sensation was caused when it became known that Judge Simonton had issued a further order of injunction in the aieetze catae wmcn 13 more sweeping in its charac ;er than acy heretofore issued in auy case, an order preventing any one whatever from interfer* ring with Mr. Meelza in the operation of his original package store until the case has been disposed of. On Wednesday morning Mr. Nelson heard that Attorney General Bar bar had advised the governor that he could have bis constables rearrest Mr. Meetze and seize his liqiors. lie made inquiries and finding that this was true, he proseeded to prepare a further restrainiue: order, wnich he sent to Jud<re Simouton for his signature. About noon yesterday Mr, Nelson received the following telegram from Judge Simonton. Flat Rock N. C., July 22. P. H Nelsoci, Eiq., Columbia, S. O.: Orders signed and mailed. Can hear cases on 27ih. C. H. SlMONTON. Mr. Nelson, when aiked for a state ment as to the meaning of this dis patch, said: "I got the original re straining orders against inosa mree constables? Morehead, Kjoa and Bishop?only, thinking that after Judge Simoaton had. been made fa miliar with all the facts as to Meetza's sales, the governor and attorney general would pay sufficient respect to his ' order as not to ha7o Meetze arrested or interfere with him till the final hearlog. But after having the orders served, I was informed that the governor and attorney general intended to-appoint other constables than those enjoined, have Meetz3 rearrested and his place closed up. After gettiag that information, I wsnt tosrethe govenor and attorney general an J did see them, and told ttiem that Judgo Simonton was fully aware of ail itie facts as to how Meetzs was making the sales, and they still expressed the determination to ha^e him stopped. I fhprpnrvm notified Judsre Simonton of what they had told me and seat aim an order requesting him to sign it, enjoing B*hr, chief State constable, actiug as constaoles by virtue of appointment by the governor and all persons acting as conotables under any alleged authority in the dispensary la'? of South Carolina from interfering with Meelze. 1 reqiested JuUjjeSi manton that if he granted the order to mail it to the clerk of court with di rectiona to servo it at oucs. I tnis morning notified Governor E:lerbe of the receipt, of this telegram, as I nad no desire to have auy of his cjusta ] oles ruled for contempt of court." I Mr. Nelson stated further that he I had been requested to have the lmr ir;g ot' the Muelze cose advanced so that itcsuld be talzou up along with the other cases on the same subjjot on Tuesday next. He will do this, and tio doubt this case, which gous more to the real meat of the issue thaa auy others, will b9 taken up first. 'Xne option will likely be rendered in this CAse decided iu accordanc-j with whatever that opinion may be. Mr. Neison is vcry confident of establishmg his point. ATTORNEY GENERAL HUSTLING. While Mr. Nelson was gelling all the above information up street Atlor ney Q-enorul Barber was up to hid neck in work at his office. Around him were Chief Constable Bahr, Constables Koon and Morehead, Liquor Commis '.Uvs/v- \7rtw/?o ow/1 Ai^ho rr? fhtt nntat? OH IJLIOX" Valium auu ijguvxij x?i uuw otlice the typewriter was kept clicking merrily, andevery now and. then one or tne other of the ollicsrs interested in the Meetze case wuuld be called up to sign an ailidavit. Mr. Barber daring the day propared the return iu the Meetze case, which is loi,g, but dots not contain anything not already brought out in what has been written about the case. Mr. Barb-r seems to regard this as the case, lio had not heard while engaged in this work that Judge Sicnoutou had ia.surd the additional order referred to. Lie wiil bo kept busy for some daya UJHKlIi^ tilt) i"ciurut? 1U ILIU VUI1UU3 unjr nal package cases already iustiluted. Iq addition to ine Columbia case tfiere ure the cases fjc\>ui Florence, JLilutl'ion, Port iiojal and Greenville awaitiug adjudication. It is understood that the effort will be made to have all of them heard by Ju;. go Siaionton at Fiat Hock on Tuesday next. Air. Barber states that at the hear intf he proposes io gc further in his position as lo what cuustiiutes an original package, and \vill take tlie position ttiat no package put up in so small h parcel thai n c.tn ut; presoait-j for retail purposes ci;u L>j considered such, lie lias Icumi a large number of decisions la regard to orii, i ii:*l p-iclcages of liquors atid prupoats to ii^ht ilia matter to the lust ditch. Jilt. MEETZE SELLS ON. While all trie stir over tho issue which has been raised aad wliien rndiiy attorneys think will be a genuine heart blow to tho dispensary was going on Air. Mectze was running his original package sure irej froui molesUlion, and seemed to bo doiag a thrbin<r business. tDuring the day he received a shipment of fine whiskies from the widely known and popular Cincinnati distilling concern of A Tracer & Co. , of which Mr. Meeize bas been made agent. This liquor came in boxes which were opened and the bottles were taken cut and displayed upon the shelvei in the store, being offered for sale in that shape. Killed About a School. WoVvoo cpftinn piffhf. milpc west of Marion, was on Wednesday the scene of a blondy and fatal a If ray between Wall u? W. Altman and Philip Bullard,in which the former was killed The two men lived on adjoining farms For some time past they have disagreed as to the management of the neighborhood school,' each having his favorite candidate for principalship. Wednesday between 2 and 3 o'clock they met in a tiald near Btillard's house when, it is said, they quarreled agaia over the matter. Bullard claims that Altman struck him tirst with the rod of a surveyor's compass which he was carrving, and chased him in sight of his house, beating him over the head and body, when he called for his gun, which was brought by his daughter. Ea then shot Altaian, when the latter i turned and seized the gun. In the j struggle which followed the gun was broken, and Ballard, seizing the barrel, struck Altinan with it, dealing Him his death bio v. Tne gun that Bullard used was loaded with bird snot, soma of which struck Altmin in tbe back of the head, and under tbe shoulder blade. It was the blow that killed hicn Coroner J. 0. Mac? went to the scene of the killing and held an inquest over the body of the slain man. The jury rendered a verdict that "W. W. Altraan came to his death by blows from a gun in the hands of Philip Ballard." Sheriff Evans immediately repaired to the scene and arrested Bullard. His head and parts of his body were bndly gashed by Altman's blows. The a ffair is greatly deplored by the people of that section, as both men haa many friends. Altman was a Morman, and it is said thai he has had the bady of his deceased wife locked up in his house for some time past, in lending to ship the same to Utah for interment.?The State. Killed by His Fmber.Jii.L?w. A special dispatch to the Columbia 3uco iron itscorrespoadeat at Dilloa, S C , Thursday, says: ''Waat seems to have been a premaditated murder was committed aear a.rj oa Moaday last wasa Steve Bryaat shot hissou-ia law, Laiuie Praratt, from the effects of which he died yesterday. From the iaformatioa I Invj beea able to gather, bad bbod has existed betweea the two for soma time, owiag to the circumstaace, it is said that Praratt married Bryaat's daughter without his kaowledge or conseat. R-iceatly oae of Bryaat's childrea has beea stayiag at the home Praratt aad started reports of some kiad which were refuted by Praratt with a waraiag to the child to desist, bat he pro ceeded agaia with soaie report, for which Praratt gave him a little puaishmeat. Bryaat, haviug heard of it, borrowed a gua to shoot a hawk, aad oa Moaday moraiag he weat to the held where Praratt was croppiag to bacco aad asked him if he hit his boy. n. ii ~ :M 4-u-> X" rarau auavvcrcu m iuo auiiuiabivo, with an explanation. Bryant asked: "Are you going tc do itasjain," to which Praratt raspnd ed, "Not unless he tells another lie od ma wtiereupon Bryant raisjd his gun, saying, at the same time he fired: "] !^ue53 you will not." The entire load of buckshot took effect about the head and body with the result stated. Sc far wo have bean unable to find oul anything regarding the character ol the two men. Shot Oat of a Tree. Another lynching was enacted in Alabama Tjosday night. A mob of infuriated citizens of Coosa county shot to death James Daniel, a burly negro, who iiaa attempted an assent oq Mrs John Biker, the wife of a white farmer living near here. Bakei and his wife had retired for the night and bjth were asleep when the negro burglarized his way into thair room. Ha went to the bed in which Mrs Bakir was sleeping aad threatened hei vittL death if ane streamed. Sne die scream, however, and her husbanc rusliud to her assistance in time to sec the negro jump from a window anc escape. Since that time a vigilan search has Dean made with blood hounds for him. Tiia track was lost and found several times. Yesterday the dogs struck it, and after a spirited chase of several hours, the negro was treed in a fore3t in Uoosa county Tues day night. From his perch in th( h??an/?ii(?a thft nriiP'f tn hi< w?I J ? pursuers to spare him but at a giver sigual a volley was tired into the tree Ii was too dark to distinguish any ob ject, but chance carried a dozen of th< bullets iuto *ne negroes body and h< fell to the ground dead. Smallpox la Birmingham. Acting Mayor Pearce of Birming barn, Ala., requests the Associated Press papers to give prominence tc liio following card from the countj health otliser: "The only four deci ded cases of smallpox in this citj have been removed. All other suspi cious cases are baing speedily taken tc the pest house. People are being gen eralJy vaccinated. Business moves oc in its usuil channels. Within forty eight hours every suspicious case will be out of the city ani the most vigorous measures will beconstantly used that are necessary. Tuero is no need of groundiess dlarm. All vaccinated people are safe and this remedy we are enforcing." Kx-traiautiou fur uu Architect. The United Slates civil service commission announces a competitive ex aniiaation to lill tne vacancy in the position of supervising architect of tht treasury. The salary of tae position, wnich is one uf ttie mosi iruportanl and responsible under tne government, is $1,500 per annum, and 11 is hoped that architects of high attainments and reputation may be induced by these CUL M JCruiIUI-ia tu uuici iuu It is the desire of the department to sicu'*e a practical arcuitoct ot high administrative ability to direct aud supervise tiie work of the oilica forces, as *vull as iijo CJatriiCt work done ou public buiM^a^a throughout the country. Forced oat of the Navy. Naval (Jadet (ieorga S. Harris, of Georgia, who was involed in the Fourth of J uly fire cracker expiosiou, has resigned from the navy. He is stili on tbe Santee, but his resigna r*T.11 ?\?,M%.WI ,r ka o/>/>unt<wl fTa | uuu win u\j v*. ?.^.w Ihadihe aiterua:iva, it is said of rejsi^uiug his caioUhip or dismissal. DR. RYDER LYNCHED. Lynched for Murder by a "Msb"' Who Travelled In Oarrlagt s. Dispatches received in AUanta from Talboltoa Wednesday fuUy confirm the reported lynching near here Tues day night of Dr. W. L. Kmer, who murdered Miss Sallie Emma Owen at Tallbotton a year ogo. Judre Hart, on the evidence that Col. WorrSIl of Columbus, the leading counsel for Ryder, could not be present, due to ( sickness, continued the casa until tho regular term in September. Dr. Rv 1 der, the prisoner who was to h^ve 1 been returned to MuscDgete j?.il in the i. 8.20 p. m. train was taken to \Vaverly HaII, the nearest statio a from TatbJt ton, for that purpose. In a Jew min j utes after th8 deputies arrrivcd with their prisoner at the station the mob ^ drove up and took the prisoner by force from the olliiers and returned . with him to a point just across the 1 county line and lynched him. His bidy was fouud hanging from a limb ' at an early hour this moroiag. His ' tongue was out and his fasa was hor- ' ribly blackened. ( Deputy Sheriff Murphy, who was in .1 charge of the prisoner, says thai he, in ' company with Mr. Bjswell and Dr. ^ Ryder, reached Waverly Halljast before dirk, in a carriage, and mat the i doctor was saated in tha rear sea with ! his feet upon the back of the seat in front. He sat on the left sid j of Ryder and Boswell on tbe seat in front. Ju3t after dark, Bos well, who was ' looking out of the carriage window, exclaimed: "Look out, tnere is a maa on horse." "There they come, he shouied, and : in an instant the two deputies, Mur phy and Bjswell, were on the ground and found thftmsfllvea onvnrfid b/ nis- 1 tols in the hands of an infuriated mob. 1 The mob ordered them to throw up their hands and deliver tbeir pistols. ! This, Murphy says, he ref usad to do at ' first, but, his pistol was snatched from ' his hands. Then he began to beg and plead with the crowd for the safety of his prisoner, but was immediately ordered to shut his mouth. Ryder , made but little resistancj to the moo, and while they were drawing him from the carriage did not utter one word. The helpless wretch was takin , to another carriage closa by and thence back to Talbot county and i hung to a tree just ovar the iinjin > Talbot county, near the homaof J. C. Willis. Tne mob, while returning with Ryi derfrim Waverly Hall, was met by , Sheriff Richards and his party, but 1 owing to the darkness of tho night the sheriff could not distinguisn the per1 sons nor train any clue to their identi , ty. Richards was informed by the ; men who had Ryder in ch^r^e that ne was too late, so ne pushed oa to Wav, erly Hall, only to hod that he had ; been misled, and at that time Ryder [ was suspended from the limb of a tree, wherahis remains were discovered a short time after wards. The reason assigned Wednesday for the action of the mob is that the people were tired of the cas3 bsing continued, but the fact is that the friends i of the prosecution had gi mu up all hope of ever bringing Ryder to the gallows by reason of his being hopalessly insane. ( BUR3LARS GALORE. I AUIQ(B) U4?, 10 lUIQQbCU VTltU ' IV JI^UIS Vi ' the Jimmy*91 l A special dispatch from Atlanta to 1 the Augusta Chronicle siys: Bar? glars continue their wholesale work . here and their fine Italian hand was I exhibited in four quarters of tde city lafit night The occupants o; th> residence of W. A. Moore, of Wilton aid and Cone streets, were awakened about half-past two by the sm-'.U i.f chloroform. The alarm whs ?ivea Mrs. Moore and sooa thero was a general panic in the household Investigation showed that the dining room was full of the deadly drug to the point of suffocation, but wlieu ibe 11 door was flung opea the fuous wera quickly distributed And no b"pakjag 01 stealage was discovered. Tha bur; jjlars had missed in their cUculatiau. " They either mistook the Uiniag room for a bed room or else p'?c,umtdthat 1 the gradual diffusion of t-iia fumes ! would stupify the sleeper? instead of | awakening them. It is pie^umed that . 1 the huid was pumped and sprayed ia through the window blinds and that tne arousad household prevented fur T tber attempts on the part of the would, be burglars. 5 The Gate City Drug store on Auburn a\enue, nearly two miies away, \ was also attacked by the knights of 5 the "jimmy," and there tbey were 1 more successful. Skillod labor was manifest. Tno safe was neatly opened ^ aud about $12J subtracted from tne 5 companies assets. In the two remain / lena flio Kn mvlcrQ I a ft tKnir 1U|; bUU AW I. rn 'out did Jittle damage. Considering that no exposition is going on here tne . police are at a loss to account for the I inroad of professionals that has been , largely in evidence during the Dast r few weeks. The ordinance against, . idling and loitering is being very' r strictly enforced, but the thieves have . bean sharp enough to avoid detection , in most cases. Starved to Death. 1 A shocking case of destitution came to light in Fort Smith, Ark., Wednes day afternoon. In an old sbantv, within the shadow of the United States jail, lying upon a pile of straw and U J VCICU VY11>11 X a&O) Ii^uuu AJU.ISJ. John Uauer, the widow of a once well 1 known German resident of ForcSmitb, almost dead willi malarial fever. In another corner lay two scantily clad corpses. They were the bxlies of Mrs. Hauer's children, one six months and the other four years old. The ' children hud died froin uiseasD, exposure and starvation. In the hut were also found Mrs. J..-rdau, Mrs. Hauer's mother, and t:\-ee liviiier children, all of whom wer* fast yield| iug to the pangs of huu^or. Mrs. , Hauer will die. Mlulng Property Sold. 1 The prop3rty of the Georgia Mining, diaiiuiauiuriug auu. imraiuKui WUI pany, consisting chieily ot coal and iron mines iu North Georgia, valued at tft.UUU.UUU, was sold Wednesday by lijotjiver J. Brown, ou tiie order ot itie court. The property was brought in by attorney (Jiitford Aouyraon, represeating tno certificate holders, for $24,fjOU. lie Took Morppln/. John Gunn, a horse trader of Macon, /-i i i_ \jTtt., &g?U 101 LU'JH aiA &AA1UO U1 UJL\*Lm j phine Wednesday nighi aud is de?td. j The rash act was caused :y u^^judeucy. } EXPLOSION HORROR. FOUR WOMEN AND TWO MEN VICTIMS OF POWDER. A Harrowing Scene?Mangled Bodlai Strew the Ground?A Young Wife Killed ljy Her Kaab?ad'a Side. Four women and two men were|j killed Wednesday at New Haven, Coun., by an explosion in the loading department at the armory of the Wincheater Repeating Arms company. ; Five others were taken to the hospital badly woucded. The dead are: William F. B v.imer, Mrs. Mary Baumer, Miss Jennie Ballmer, Miss Ida Brown, William Hill and Miss Tracy Conroy. Fatally injured: George Bardoff, Edward Bardolf. Tne explosion occurred in ths loadn^room. Enpl^yad in this room were 15 J hands, two-thirds of them rirls and women. Nearly all of the fami!e hands are employed on the loading machiaes, each of which requires three operators. The full complement of handd was at work in-the mom when the explosion took place* Forty feet of the side of the building was blown out and hurled many feet iaa rr?t?:cR9iH3 01 numan ooaies were scattered ia a sickening manner. A Uu.rry cdll was sent for all available physicians Til's fire department, the police, the anbul*nca and hospital aorps were speedily sumaioned aad the work of ciring for the dead and injured was begun. Harrowing scenes were witnessed * as the vast ihrong congregated about the place. As rapidly a3 passible the Injured were cared for. In two instances the suffering of the wounded was frightful. One wa3 partially die* emboweled. As rapidly as a vietim was seen to ba alive, the sufferer was tenderly * cared for, made as comfortable as pot- . sible and conveyed with all possible speed to his home. Two of the bodies had baen decapitated. Others had bsen partially torn asunder, and still il L.J 1 J! L I IPUA . oinera nau uaeu uiamomuorciu. mo officials of the company expended every effort to assist in the work of relief. Perhaps the saddest sc*ne was enacted when John Baumer learned that his wife was among the dead. He lived in Himpdea and had been bat recently married. At the time of the explosion he was at work a few feet distant from his wife. Mary Baumar ; -vu3 but 16 years old and had been^ m the factory but three weeks. Shev was married a little over a month ago and she and her htuband, Fritz, used, adjoining machinej. Toe girl WW) blown fully 50 feet and so crushed oat of shape that it was almost impossible to identify her. The husband, curiously enough, was apparently blowa * with the same force ana dv me same blast, and yet he is one of the least serioasly injured. He struck the ground but a few feet short of his wife. The explosion did not cause any . fire, and the fire department confined its efforts to aiding in the work of re-. lief. Tae cause of the explosion has not been determine! and perhaps i J cause may never be known. Some of those at work in the room at th? time say it wa3 due to tha fact that a cartridge m process of loading had been improperly placed in the machine. Of the injured, those able to talk re nember notiiiag, except a blinding fidoh. Some did not even hoar the expiuiioa. Tae two B^rdor? boys, workiug side by side, we?-e thrown at a taa^eut out oae side of t|he building. Tuey struck the .^rou id 30 feet away. They weresicriwhedand wangled that thi\y wiii die. Ei.vard Blair, workin? 10 fe^t awav at his machine was sent upward through the roof. Ho I feii cl au ash heup wit h broken bone# I and a fractured skuli and his i?gs I clisted out, of shape. Tbe doctors say I h?, too, will die. E i ward Bardorf I died after be;.-.ig taken 10 the hospital. I Icu Bi'OT.1, one of tuo39 killed outxi^Mt, oarcn from D-nroit, Mick, in wjich city her parents live. T. G. Bennett, president of the company, said: "We uave been running automatic lo-iding machines for something more tnan 20 years, and this is the bwt time mat any one nas baen injured in thoir usa. 3ince the adoption ot those ma^niuis we have had no ao' cident in the use of black gunpojr* uer. Mr. Banaett exprassed the belief that through the cifdieisaaij of aa operator or ths powder boy, the machine thit exploded had ioeeu overcharged. Counterfeiter Arrested. Captaia Porter of the United States secret service Wednesday night arrested V. G. Trevan, a Frenchman, who was, according to Captain Porter, about to make counterfeit money. Travail says he was going to make labels for a Cuban planter, and that the planter desired his iabels made in the shape of a five dollar note. He seams to be rather hazy as to theideuv tityof the planter who ordered thej labels. John Williams, wno wan, a helper of Trevan was also ar < reeled. No spurious money wa? found, but, for all that the government officials regard the arrest as an important one. Williams has been arretted before for making counterfeit money. Tronbl? in Alabama. A special to The State-Herald from Florence, Ala., under date of July 20 says: A race war is on at Riverton, Ala., a town of 600 inhabitants, tonight and serious trouble is feared. A negro attempted a criminal assault ** n T nn/1 onfimaKla Oil inrs. O. 1j. V du^uau, auu utiuinvtu lady, Monday afternoon, but was beaten otf and the neighborhood aroused, A seanjhicg paity is said to have caught the tiand and shot him, but tbis tiitiy will not admit. After the iyncbiag the w.uisis became incensad and threatened to exterminate the negroes. Ibth siaes are ariningaad one white fnan tias been seriously injured. Mrs. Vjiughac. l? in & delicate condition and ixer daath is momentarily ex Struck It Rloii? Frank Phiscaler, of Newcastle, IndM who went to Klondyke Alaska, last winter, has just returned with $50,UUO in yold. Pniscaler reached the held in the dead of winter. He dug a hole in the ground large enough to' hold himsett and provisions. After many weeks of searching, he one day came upon a liIt la stream which flow fcli CluWU IUO aiiio U! a iujuuwiu ouu H euipacdiuU) a basin. Tne water was I cieui- ai d in peering down Its shallow I dsiiths Phucaler discovered gold. He I p,ck ja all his neial out of the ice-oold I