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rf ? The Press and Banner. iil IlUtjil. W li.&UiN . " Aiiiicviu.i:. \ ? % THE STATE EXCHANGE ANNUAL REPORT OF MANAGER DUNCAN, CF THE EXCHANGE* The Fannero' Alliance ExobBDK* fins Don' Good Uns'nega Facts of Interest to Alllanctmtn?Tbe Pant Year'it Bh^Idtrk Id Foil. Manager D P. Duncan, of the Stale Alliance Exchange, has submitted the following )erort: I bee1 Jeave to submit this rrv anrual report as manager oMhe Farm ers' Alliar ce Exchange for the year endingr July 24?h. 1S97: The past year's business of your pxcbange will comnare very favcrab'v wi'h that of preceding yfars. The bureau work as we rr.ay term it, bos increased umil now it is one of the leading features of the exchange business. t?i imttp T7.-V11 Knmft idpfl of the wry in which the exchange is used as a burfi-u of information, received during: the past jf&r 3,530 letters, all of which were nn lusir.ess matters The members of the organization use the information furnished them to brir g about competition in their lccal mnrketj, and are much benefitted in this w&y. We rf ceived S95 orders for gccds, which we think were filled in a ratisffictcry manlier to the members. We sent out weekly price current, through The Cotton Plar t, which contains the wholesale prices of all arti cles commonly used on our farn s. Just one year aeo <-e were confronted with the fact that the entire production of cotton ties hod passed under ccnlrol of on* ccmbinainn, and esloitunate prices weie demanded for iretn. Jn my report to the State Allisrce Jsst year I reconm end'd *bat we use wire or some other substitute. Tbf State Alliacce took such action, ar,d your exchRcge vas insiructed to see what could be done in the way of a substitute. After considerable coiresrotdtrca at'd a personal visit to New York, we arranged with Washburn & Moen Manufacturing company of Worcester, Mass , for 10.000 bundles of wire tie*. The Cincinnati Wire Fence com panv made quite a lot. of wire tics, which were used in Ibis state and in tbe southwest, about 15.COO bucdles were used duricg the last cotton teason. The combination on cotton ties was eo wfll managed that we were not aware of it until it was so late in the season that we were at great aisaavamage in the fight made against the imposition. From our corresDocdecce vtith the Alliance in North Carolina, Georgia and Texas, much interest was manifested, and the reason more active steps were not taken in those states was for want of business organization. We were assured, however, that if the tie trust kept up, they would most assuredly join us another season. In November, 1896, the Illinois Steel company ssnt one of their agents to Columbia to see us and to know if they would make flat hoop ties (they bad never made any), at the old pricey if we would use tnem. They, at the same time, stated that they were not in the Cotton Tie trust, and had refused to be a party to it when mviied a /Irt c/\ In March we s^rifd ut) a contract for 5,CC0 bundles of tie?, Columbia delivery, for 70 cents per bundle. This was for the same tie the trust demanded $1.35 per bundle for just one year ago. An average crop of cotton for South Carolina is 750,000 bales, a bundle of ties will pack five bales. It, therefore, takes 150,000 bundles of ties to park up an average crop. Thus we spe with a demand of 65 cents per bundle, this combination proposed to tax cotton planters of the State to the amount of $97,500, when they considered that they had us at their mercy. I do not want to make claim for more than is due the action of the Alliance organization in our State, but the facts are before you. One of the largest iron manufacturers in the United States, without any solicitations on our ps i. sends their representatives to sce us to mane ar rangements for couon tits 'or the pre teni j ear's crop at figures as low or lower than ties have ever been delivered in the interior. I firm]} believe this -was due to the existence of the orgaDfz&tion we have. 1 have reported tie matter somewhat in detail as an illustration of the great advantage there is in havinar your business organization in proper shape, when any emergency arises. I believe I can say without fear cf contradiction, that after the action c f your State Alliance all the sfcond hand and pieced ties,together with the wire ties, our farmers could get, were used in our last crop, and less bundles 4 .1 l! J ? oi iirw iits were ufctu in prcspuruun m South Carolina than any other cotton. State. Ycur Alliance organi7ation did it. I desire to call your attention to a Jjf>ht weight tie that is ttf'ered on the market this season. While I am not prepared to say that it is a fraud, because it is oflered on the market at just what it is, and ro farmer need allow himself deceived by it It is a lie that weighs 30 pounds to the bundle of tbirtv tfes, as against the 45 pounds to bundle. Whore the price of the 45 pound tie is fixed at 75 cents, the light weight tie is sold at 62jr cents per bundle We all know that we have to account forthe6per cert, tar-.;, and it stands to reason that if this is not consumed in seme full weight covering, that the farmer will lose it in actual cotton. To illustrate, a bundle of 45 pound lies at 75 cents, you selJ your cotton at 7 cents, and there is 45 pounds of ties at a cost of 75 cents, you sell it for 7 times 45 or $3 15 less the 75 cents, or net, $2.40. The 30 pound ties at 62$ cem's sold n c-o in ?Oi i (.cm?, ^ivca c* jcoa IUC cente, cost or net $1.57$ cents, and you have lost 92i cenU on every bundle of light ties you use. This is what I suppose might be termed fair and legitimate robbery, as you are informed beforehand. A 500 p# und bale of cotton on its arrival in Liverpool, the market that fixes the price of cotton for Ihe world, is assessed 6 per cent for tare, -which simply means 30 pounds to the bale, therefore ycu should put on a cbeap covering as near this 30 pounds as , possible, a?jd whenever you >'ai? to do ; po, you rob yourself. Us>e only heavv : Haecinc and standard t'fs. this puts ! our cotton in marketable shape I ihinlr h? t hnn r?f til r> A I ] in r>f-<> <" r ganizaticn'of the Slate pre du" Mtfs-s j Washburn <Sc Moen Manufacturing 1 company of Worcester, f'-r I their action in aiding1 us in our tight ! on the cotton tie trust, and we earn| estl.y urge our numbers to make use of the products of their manufactures whenever they mret them in the mar ket. In conclusion, we will report what ffl have urged upon tl e members cf the organization, in season and outof season, that in this ape of combinations that, you should stand by your organization. We havei no Pght, to make on any trade, profession, or business interest, simply to look alter your o<vn affairs; try to mip-pe on m one and don't allow jou?*self robbed. PnnoAli/lofa wrtim nrflpvs fnr TOUT fertilizers, machinery, your ajrricultural implements thrcupn yourexchanee end deal directly for these things through it with the manufacturers. The rfish business done for the nast xear amounted to $63,89-1.41. This was done at an expense of less tb?\n 5 per c^nt. for all current expenses All of which is resnectfully submitted D. P. Duncan, Manager. civiUservice reform. Important Amendments to RrIca Promnlijiited. President McKinley has promulgat-! ed the following important amendment, to civil service rule 2: '"No removal shall be made frrm any postion subject to competive examination excent for just cause and upon written charges filed with the head of the department or other aDpointing: officer, and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defense." He also amended rule 3 so as to include within the classified service the) employes of all custom house officers, | with .iio regard to number of em p)oyes. Hitherto the classification! embraced custom officers where the [number of employes was five or more. Tbi?s oidcr brinps into the classified sei vice sixty five hitherto unclassified customsjcffieers I The president lies also amended rule 6 making exceptions to examinations, so as to read as follows: "Customhouse serrice?One cashier in each customs district, one chief or wincinal deputy or asMitar.t collector ia each customs district, one principal deputy collector at each sub post or i station. ?.T_. 1 . i 1LHC/ U<11 jrc vcu uc i V , ploye in each internal revenue dis t'ict, who shall act as csshier, or chief, deputy, or assistant collector, as may be determined by the treasury department: one deputy collector in each internal revenue district where the number of employes in the office of the collector exceeds four; one deputy collector in cacb stamp (or branch) office. "Appointmen's to the positions named in this rule in the customhouse service and internal revenue ^service shall be subject to an examination, to te prescribed by the secretary of the treasury, nor disapproved by the com mission, equal to the examination held by the commission for positions of like grade. Such examinations shall be conducted by the com mission in accordance with its regulations " The plan of the extension which was formulated by Secretary Gage and Assistant Secretary Vandorlip has tne unqualified and hearty endorsement of the the civil service commiaf>icn. who earnestly recommend to the president it3 approval. In sprakiog of the amendment. President Proctcr of the commission said that friends of civil service reform everywhere congratulate themselves on this advance of the eauss. The commission in its last annual report had said t hat government officers should have the power of removal for the proper reasoos. Xj plcal TV x is Tragtdy. In tbestcci bn>ker?go cilice of C. E. Trice & l)o., of Kacj, Texas, Wednesday, B. F. Kivett fodW. W. Kivett were shot and kiiled by W. Lamden, a member of the firm. Bad feeling has existed between the Kivett Dromers ana .Liimuen ior some ume, i growing out of charges made by the relatives of Lamden and a sister of the Kivetts. The shooting between the brothers and Limden occurred during the busiest part of the day, when the office vros crowded, and it caused intense excitement Two more of the Two more of the Kivett brothers armed Ihemselves and proceeded to the scene of the shooting, threatening to kill Lamden. but they were not allowed to enter. The killing is universally looked upon as justifiable About a month ago th3 Kivetts attempted to kill Lamden, infiicliuga krife wound on him, and they had frequently threatened to l<i!l bim since then. This morning they appeared in the doorway of Trice & Cos offics. Lamden was informed of their coming. As they appeared ia the door they drew their pistols, but Lamden fired with a shotgun before they rooamonced to shoot, killincr B. F. Kivett instantly. W. W. Kivett rushed on Lamden with his revolver and then grabbed it. The men \yrestled over the weapon, which Kivett succ:eled in firing several tinr.es without result. Lamden finally succeeded in drawing 1 his revolver and shooting Kivett three I times. Lamden was uninjured. Tke Unloaded Gun. A bhockiDi? tragedy occurred on Mr. J. B. Oates' place five miles south of Columbia Sunday. Wtiila Sam Wil! Home nnlnrprl tonant onrl Viic fiimil-n were away from home Thomas Howard, his little stepson, nine y<?ars old, shot and mortally wounded Williams' lilile girl, Josie, who was just three jears old. The children were alone mthe hous?, when Thomas, seeing a shotgun on the shelf, look it down. Observing that there were not caps on the tubes, pointed it at his liitieftop sister and critd "Look out." Instant ly there was a loud ieport and the innocent little gitl fell backward, her forehead perforated with shot, which penetrated the brain and caused death after six hours of suffering. Guilty of Mnrdor. The tiial of Captain Boitcbfff, at Philipopolis, ex-aide de-campcf Prioce Fer- iuat d of Bulgaria and prefect of police Novelios, with WahilietF, a gendarme, cn the charge of murdering Anna Szimon, a beautiful sincer of Budapest and the mistress of BoitchctT, which began on July 21st, was concluded Thursday. The court found Boitcheif and Novelios euilty of murder and Wahilietf of being accessory i to the crime. I I THE ALLIANCKMEN. THr. ANNUAL Mhc.i|NL? IN IMtStlN?7ECHAMBER D Thn I'ri ?ld?Tii Jtnnp4 ?h^ Kdltnr of the Cotton Plp.rt Hnd Spya thn Alliance Or- o ltftn FrcHtltnteil Into a Parti* ^ S ran 0.'k*h- -ji Thp state alliance met Wednesday ^ night in Colombia, in tbo senate t chamber and immediately got down t' to business. Beyond the organize- j, tion, the s?ipual address of the presi- j( dent ana reports ot otncers, juue eise :j wgsdone. The feature of the president's sddrpss was the w,?y in which ^ he scored Editor Crews for his parli- D zan conduct of the Cotton Plant. "Wednesday night tho otlicers pres- ^ ent were: Joseph L Keitt, president; ^ J C. Wilborn, view president and p lecturer;.!. W. Reid. secretary and treasurer; W. N. Elder, member of cx'-cutive committee. J. L. Smith was appointed chap- e lain; W N. E'der, htewsrd; door ^ keeper, H. D. Metcalf; assistan t door- ^ keeper. W. H. Stewart; sergeaut-at arms, E. P. Vy hitman. 0 The president read hia annual ad- { dress, which was referred to a com- r miller consisting of Messrs. M. L. ? Donaldson, W. T. O'Dell, J. IS. Graves j The publishing committee on Cot- a ton Plant mado its report, woicn was refemd to a committee consisting of h M. L. Donaldson. W. T. O'Dell, J. S. Graves, W. E Like, L E- Parler. f The executive committee reported q that they had examined the books of the secretary and treasurer and found t them correct and the finances of the j order in good condition. rr The press committee consists of W. N. Elder, O. P. Goodwin and O. B Riley, whose duty is to givj for pub- ^ lication what the alliance wants made ^ public. f A committe on constitutional amendments was appointed as fol lows: J. P. Glenn, II. H. Crura, J. n S. Smith. A charter was erade3 to the Dor- | Chester County alliance. c The folowing ctBcers v^er* fleeted ^ for the next ytar: J. C. Wilborn, ' president; J. R. B!ak<\ Jr., Abbeville, vice president and state lccturer; J. W. Reid, Spartanburg1, secretary and treasurer; Joseph L Keitt, member of ^ executive committee for th*> three vearlerm; national alliance delegate, W. N. Eld<=r. G These ctllcers vrere installed, and with some other business a recess was taken until 9 a. m. Thursday. . The delegates proent were: Abbeville, J. S Graves. ah t:> u rr: /VIKeiij IT. JO.. 1 1UI111UI UJrtU, Anderson, J. P. Glenn. f BaruwelJ, H. H. Crurn. r Colleton, L. E. Parler. Florence, W. B Gause r Greenville, M. L Dcnddscn. Horry, James A. Lswis. Kershaw, Wrn. Halley. Lancaster. J. K. Knight. Laurens, A. B. Goodwin. Lexington, J. W. Eargle. Newberry, W. E Lake. Oconee, J. L Smith. t( Orangeburc, 0. B. Riley. Picken?, W. T. O'Dell. n Richland. E. P. Whitman. ~ Spartanburg. H. D. Metcalf. _ Saluda, W. E. Bodie. q Union, J. F. Bailey. _ York, W. H. Stewart. J Nothing of great importance was _ done, though, of course, tho part not given, possibly, has much bearing Y upon the prosperity of t.&e members c and the order. The Cotton Plant ^ seems to have been pretty thoroughly ^ discussed, and about the 1st of Sep- ^ tembt-r Mr. Crews will have to step j. down and out of the editorship. A j, member of the Alliance, in speaking ^ of the matter Thursday, said that the ^ condemnation of the editor in his ^ course did not mean that the Alliance g endorsed the candidatc-s he might be Hghting, but on the contrary, it was h done to emphasize the remark of the g prrs'dent that the Alli?nc9 was to be g. cjmlu'jted on a, nonpartisan basis. p A.t the meeting Thursday morning ? Congressman Stokes, H H. Crum and ^ O. P. Goodwin were appointed a com g, mittee to confer wilh theirexchangein ?j reierence 10 csriain jeaiures ol iii? i0 business f( The conimitte to whom was referred t( the President's address, reported the j following resolution, which was adopt- t] led: Resolved, That we endorse the stand ji taken by President Keitt against par- b tisan political action bath in the Alii- tl ance and in the Alliance organ. tl ^his was adopf d with practical 1< unanimity. The publishing committee tl was endorsed and wis continued for c another y.>ar. A vote of ilhanks was o also tenuer.' d them lOi* their efficient y and faithful services. U The following resolution was unau- c imously adopted. p Resolved, That the proposition of Ji the raiiroacts to increise the freight \ ralflnrtfi^ttnn s*erl would ha ilHtri- f/ mental to the interests of the farmers, b ana an additional tax upon cup in- e dustry; that we ask the that railroad p commission do not grant the request of the railroads; and, further, tuat we endorse the action ot tha railroad commission in reducing the rate on n fertilizers and other commodities. A A resolution was introduced aid ii adopted, heartily endorsing Congress- li man Stokes' measure in Congress in n reference to the reduction of salaries w of United States otlicials. t< Mr. C. FitzSimmons was granted g Ihe privileges of the floor and spoke tl for naif an hour on the oii industry ii a.uu jeruuz-rs. jliu iijiiur suuie prupu* o sit ion in rcferenca to exchanging meal b and fertilizers for coltou seed. a The usual vote of thanks was pass- c ed for courtesies received, and the Al- b iiau::a adjourned lo rrievit iu Colupbia c again next year. g The Frftldeot'.ViCfttlnn. j| President McKinley left Washing- p ton Wednesday for a vacation that ?] may keep him away from t ae city for p s;x weeks. He was accompanied by r Mrs McKinley, Secretary and Mrs. tj Al^er, Mr. Prcctor, Assistant Private a Secretary Prudea and Ex-cutive clerk Corteivon. The White House stew- e ard and a maid servant a'so were in tl the party. Mrs Porter, with her w children will join thern at Jersey City. J Thf>y will go direct Jroru Washington [i to Laka Champlain. o Ii Dtrnttud far Quid 1>uh? Hxrv A local firm of Middletown, N. Y , j, who a>*e engased ia maoufaciuriug gold dust bags from sheepskin for California customers are working with o double force on account of telegraphic d orders received since the Klondyke '1 | discovery. E FILED A PROTEST. he rinit Krglment'x Iiecrnt Kl*ctloD for B Colonel. Th*> rna'.lpr* nf fhft filfiction f;f a. nnln lei of Ibo First regiment is exciting r onsidfrab'e oubiic interest, in view fG?n. Walt's rcHou in disbanding b? Edgefield Rifles. Gen. Watt's aid Wednesday that he had told Maor Newnhara that Ihe company had ecn disbanded and not to send, an lection order to it. He said further v bat he had not notified the company ^ hat it bad been disbanded. Major ^ Tewnham says that so far as tbe dec- n aration of the election upon a plural- q [y vote is concerned he asked the asistant attorney general for an opinion jj, n that and was advised that simply a a lurality vste was necessary. Tho fol ^ rawing protest was Wednesday sent General Richbourg .by clficers and ^ nemb^rs of tbp first regiment: g Srig. Gen. R. N. Richbnur.?, care Ad- D jutant Charles Newnharo, Ooluni- a] oia, 8. C. # 5 We hereby give notice of protest in n lection cf colonel Fiist regiment of ^ nfantry, held on the 23d iust., on y bese grounds: , o First. That bv unlawful assumption f authority Adjutant General Watts h?-ew out the vote of tho Edgefield 0 lifles. which should have been count j d for Tillman. p Second. That the vole of thfl Saluda 0 lilies -ras not counted for Tillman, a Ithcuih they had nausea inspection ^ nd properly b?loJ3ged and were ver S( ally assigned to the First regiment. Third. That the vote of 35 as return- 0 d by the R'chardson Gua.rds for )\b ll'y were not in fact cast, but to the j-j ontrary seven men were prer>ent and a be full company roll was voted un- jj er misapprehension by said company. c, 'hat the sentiment of the same is tl ivt'rwhelmingly for Tillman. n Fourth. Forty votes counted each a >y the Tillman Volunteers and the r) Jdisto Rifles for Claffy were not in w act cast. Fifth. That throwing out al! alleswl J llegal votes cast for Tillman, Ciaffy z( iever received a majority of tho so w ailed legal votes of the regiment, al- jj hough bo h?s been commissr.onfd as ]( olonel. In all military elpctions here- a afore held a majority vote has been w fquired to elect and we re'p c'fjlly i: iio the election of Col FIiH, t' cf jr ner colonel of the First ;e<i'w?rit. c ?ho did not leceive ft mijjriiy iu t:??i s irst race and a tec^ud -he i.?u was rdered. (J Sixth. That Adjutant and Inspector 0 Jeoeral Watts, iu participitiug in the 0 nee in the manner ho did was guilty Sj if conduct unbeomiag an officer ol ,j lis rank. \ This was signed by A. Otisi Sally, a nojor First regiment; Hnvelock p Iav3s,captain of the Bamb?r/r Guards; he Edgetield RiQes, the Cape?s Light nfaDtry. B. R Carroll, captain Gov j rnoi'i Volunteers; by all of the a lichardson Guards except four; by n ix officers and nine privates out of 17 S( n the camp of the Palmetto Rifles. n nd S E. Brodie, orderly sergeant of Sj 3-ary Evans Volunteers. tj S500.000 Fire. fj Fire at Yonkers, N. Y., Tuesday af- a srnoon destroyed two factory build- e] gs occupied by W. A. Reed .& Co, hat nanufacturftrs. Rouland Bros., hat _ aanufacturers, Pass Brothers, silk a aanufacturers, and the \onkers j ilk company. The loss will ^ robably reach hftlf a million dollars ^ nd 800 people are thrown out of emloyment. There were no casualties, ^ hough the buildings were crowded ^ rith employes wnen the fire was disovered. The fire originated in the ^ lowing room of the hat factory of Villiam Re^d & Co., on the lower ' oor of the Shelhard building. Two tj irge gas meters exploded im mediate 7 after the flame3 burst forth, and the scaping gas helped to feed the flames. Vitiriu a few minutes the fire was reading through the windows of the rst and second stories. There were 600 men and girls in the uilding, the third, fourth find fifth oors of which were occupied by the ilk factories. Intense excitement ? revailed while the employes left the uildings by the fire escapes, the girls mm* tr-Vfln nut first nil losing their ,, tret-t clothes, so little time was given. 'he fire soon ate out the heart of the r; uilding and then portions of the walls " sd with the .wind, carried the flames d the building occupied by Rowland tros. hat factory, and the in terior of v tiis structure was destroyed. ? Just across the street from the build ag in which the fire started are the ^ ig works of Alexander Smith & Sons, he largest carpet manufacturers in ? ae United States. For some time it :! 3oked as though these would ?0. Two bousand persons were at work in the arpet factories when the fire broke a ut. They were dismisied and the ?' forks closed. The lowest estimate of . be losses is $400,000, and others ruu s high as $550,000. Reed & Co., * lace their less roughly at $UU,UUU; r Rowland Bros., Pass Bros, and the H ronkers Silk company are set down H ar $50,000 each. The loss on the two ? uildings totally destroyed is estimat J* d at $240,000. The insurance will rcbably nearly cover the loss. A Sensational Story. A special to the St. Louis Globe-Da- !* locrat from Los Angeles, Cal, says: ^ l letter written by a Japanese official ~ :i Japan to a former Japanese officer a vir.g in this city conveys the infor lation that the Japanese government rill forward to Honolulu, iu the lit- a :r part of July, 1,500 Japanese iinmi- n rants. These individual? are now in p tie garrison at Neegat, being soldiers j l the Japanese service, and will go w n shorn in Honolulu as simple citizens ut drilled and ready for military duty ^ t once. The strainers which aro to }v onvey the men have been chartered j5' y the Japanese government, and will 'a arry, in additiou 10 the 1,500 passeners, arms, ammunition and military y Lores of sufficient quantity to make a, .interesting for any party trying to 9, revent their landing. Iu addition, 3 liree large men of-'-var are already ^ repared to leavo Yokohama, to arive at Honolulu at about the same irne as the landiog of the so-called imligrants will take place. 'i The correspondent, who has been U ducated in the United State.-:, used ir lie expression, no doubt acquired hi 1 hen here: "We will get there, and 1J on't jou forget it," and remarked t< urther: 4,I cannot write this in my C wn language, but you understand 2 Inglish." Predictions conveyed in previous jtters from this otlicial were verified. . J_l "Americans will form their own ft piuion as to why the S5nate backed H own bifore the brewers and dealt *?: irmiy' with the brokers," says the ai ioston Transcript. 3t / t CUT IN TWO. ARKENTINE FLORENCE RUN DOWN BY A STEAMSHIP. Ive Ltvt-s Los*, Orie ofthq licfortaiJAtes linicK the Captain's Vlfo?iho Muck In UiT'fi Minutes?All Happened During a IJftEflt- Fog. The Allm Lino steamer Scandinaian arrived ai Boston Wednesday af>rnoon from Glasgow and brought 'ith her 1 he four survivors of the crew f the British barkentine Florence, iaptain Henry Olsen, which was sunk 1 'a collision with the Scandinavian is!; Siturday while in a dense fog 20 liles south of Capo Raca Four raemers of the crew were drowned, to etb^r with the wife of Captain Oisen. ho Florpnce was bound from Sydney, B , to St Johns, N. F., with a cargo f coal. The men w^o lost their lives re: Noah Mvers. cook, aged 51 ears; William Yabsley, aged 25 years, ephew of the captain's wife; James Ferman, se: r>jnn, aged 32 years. 7i!liam Fry. vnan, aged 33 years f Poole, Ecr. Tim formir three rere from St. Johcs. N. F Captain O'scnsaia: "We left port n Tuesday, the 20lh inst., for St. ohns N. F , Tbinkiug we were aproaching land, the vessel put about n the starboard tack. At 12:28 p. m. shrill blast of a steamer's whistle was eard right abeam and before the jund died away, there loomed up, )?king directly for us, the huge hull f an ocean steamer. "I was below when the first intimaon came of the steamer's approach nd was hurriedly called oil deck by le lookout. On the way out of the abin I called to my wife and she in irn aroused First Mate Edward Brodick, who had come off watch at noon nd was in his bunk. Hardly had he sached the deck when the steamer, rhich proved to be the Scandinavian, as upon us. tthe struck us on the ort side between the main and miz ?n rigging, and before her headway ras stopped, she went naif w*v irougn us. While tbe vessels were )cked together, we woreiri noimmvrii te danger except from f;iilir><r spars, rltich vere dropping nil abom u^ on vujneks. The order to reverse the >aiier's engines, whicli had been iv#t. when wa were first sighted, jou had the effect of breaking her woy irom us and in about three min? . . frAu van 1 !.< U.,.ti nUrt ?>r\ Krt TTT IvSI 4H-f aUD [JUllCU iiCl" nu*i |i WU*v ut cf tbe eapinjr wound in thesida f our vessel, the Florence went down tern first in 90 fathoms of water. Of ie vessel's crpw, Norris, the cook, 'absley and Norman were never seen fter the vessel struck us. They were robably asleep in the forecastle. ' When theimpgc1: came Ole OIs;n, ie boatswain, and Seaman Robert Issens jumped into the main ripping nd were soon followed by Mate Brodick and all three men swung tnemalves onto the steamer's deck by leans of the lower guard, being aslated in doing so by > he carpenter of ie steamer. Poor Fry appeared at ie side of the vessel just before him y his shipmates on board the steamer nd was nulled half wav ud the steam p's side when he relaxed his hold, fell lto the water and was never seen gain." The captain was too much overcome ) tell of the drowning of his wife and [ate Brodnick took up the thread of ae captain's narrative. After telling f his being summoned from his bunk y the captain's wife and jumping on eck clad only in his shirt, he said: "Immediately after reaching the eck of tbe Scandinavian I got a coil f rope and threw it to Capt. Olsen, rho by this time was standing near ie galley of the bankentiae with his rms, around his wife. Mrs. Olsen ras crying and I heard the captain ly that if need be they would die to ether. The captain secured the end f the rope and attempted to make it ist about his wife, but the rope was ot long enough and the steamer, just len backing away from tbe wreck. ulled the line from his hands. I illed to those on the steamer to lower le life boat and Olsen, Sensin and lyself assisted the crew in getting le boat out of the davits. In the exitement and confusion no one seemed ) know just what to do. No xpife ould ba found to cut the lashings of ie life boat and finally the carpe iter ^as obliged to sever the grips with a atchetr All this was valuable time 3st and before the 1 ife boat had been otten into the water the vessel went own. When the vessel took her last lunge, the captain became separated om his wife. Both were drawn into le vortex caused by the sinking craft nd Mrs, Olsen never reappeared bove Ihe water. Tbe captain soon itue to the surface and swam to a life uoy thrown from the steamer, and lis, with tbe life belc which be after rards ieceived and adjusted, kept im afloat until the life boat manned y the second officer of the steamer, iree of her crew and myself reached im. He was completely exhausted, yhen it was found that there was no ope for the remainder of the crew, :ie steamer was headed west and she antinued on her way to Boston." The Florence registered 199 tons et, and her dimensiocs were: .annfli 114 ft f/Jfif 9i ^ f.-aot lrfUHkU' A",w WIVWUKU, WI V 1VUI, epth of hold. 13 feet. She was built t Brixhall, Eagland is 1873. Bloody Deeds la Alabama. Jack Knight, the cegro who shot ad killed Jack Dangler Wednesday ight near Mobile, Ala., and shot aad robibly fatally wounded Policeman oseph Tucker in attempting to escape, as captured at Hurrican Biyou, on le Louisville railroad, by the section iremau,and was brought to the city v two deputy sheriff* and lodged in til Tflursday afternoon. Thera was o demonstration. 'IVo murders and oscinK- t.hwp ivflra ommitted thera ^erinesday meht, but no lynchings re probable. The victims were Thorn3 Jones, a Goijfsderate veteran, Jack Dmlzler, colored, and Poiiceman acker. Worl<l'?t Record Ifrokm. In the free for all pice at the Drivig park nt Ottawa, 111., Thursday, me world's records were broken, be ig the fastest three, foir and five eats ever paced oa a half mile tracts, earl C., by Roy Wilkes, took the vo first, and Coleridge, by C. F. lay, the three last heats. Time?2:10 H, :10, 2:09 i, 2:09 j, 2:10 J . Shot His Wife and Her Pnr?mour. Near Clarendon, Ark., Thursday, Houston Wilson, (?a returning home mnd John Galvin with his wife, ouaton tirtd a load of buckshot into is wife's side,indicting fatal wounds, ad then shot G-alvih, killing him inantly. Houston was arrested. NEGROES HEARD By Governor Ellerbs on the Subject of Ljnchlng. ? Governor Ellerbe took occasion to very plainly state bis position in regard 10 mob violence Tuesday. About noon the committee of negroes appointed by the mass meeting held the evening before to wait on him called at bis office. They presented to him the paper they had been instructed to lay before him. The governor listened attentively to the reading of the document. The committee consisted of the Rev B. W. Baylor, C. F. Holmes, H. E Lindsay and E. B. Thompson. Tbe paper waa read to the governor by Lindsay as follows: To His Excellency, the Governor of South Carolina: As chief executive of our government we realize most forcibly you aTe in a position to render much relief to a much abused portion of our citizen ship, and in consequence of the continual reign of moj violence we are forced to call upon you to exercise all law within your power to suppress this growing evil. That the colored citizens are chic fly the victims of these outrageous practices, cannot be denied: the habit of lynching negroes for the usual crime has led to the taking of life by mob3 for small offences, such as petty lar ceny, fighting, shooting or insulting, etc We would not have you believe that we do not discountenance all crime, for there are among us thousands who are iuat as sinnftra in sunn >rt of law and order as any citizens. We forever condemn mobs in a civilized country with established courts and laws. We look upon the matter as did your predecessor, the Hon. B. R. Tillman, who said in his inaugural address in 1890 that he did not see the use of mobs when the judges are white, jurors white, sheriffs white and jailers white, there was no earthly chance for a negro who was guilty to escape. We felt much pleased at the efforts put forth by the members of the Conoiif nfi* Anol TrantiAn in ndfieinn ilia aubuuuuai ^uuvcumuu IU paooiuc mo anti lynch laws; we thought the effects would have been to prevent the recurrences of such act?, but to our sad surprise we have witnessed a reckless dis regard of these laws b7 mobs. We feel that you are in a position to crown your administration with lasting impressions and we appeal to you in the name of humanity, jusfc?, the sacrel laws of our State aad in the name of the six or seven hundred thousand colored citizens of our State to uphold the lawi and suppress the la wless acts of the mobs. W? commend your act in 'making an effort to remove the victim, Gray, from Laurens to the State penitentiary, and regret very much that your efforts were not successtul. But we hope you will make some strong efforts to overtake the lynchers and vindicate the law. We also hope that if the negro Chris Harris is overtaken waii mil) offAX/1 cn ffininnf rvttrtfflnfmn to jrviA nmauwju oamwtui ^IUVW/MVU ?V* secure him from violence. We feel that this appeal is but a legitimate and lawful way of bringing to your attention the distressed condition of the negro citizens of the State, with the hope that the evils may be checked and the disastrous consequences of the continuance of such practices averted. Trusting that you will do all in your power to csrrect these existing evils, we will ever pray, etc. When the paper had been read,Governor Ellerbe proceeded to state to the committee that when it was thought that Harris had been captured at Bennettsville he had promptly taken such steps as would have prevented the possibility of a lynching. Governor Ellerbe then stated to the committee tnat he was very much opposed to lynching and said further: 4'And as long as I am governor I am going to do all I can to suppress it. I am going to do everything possible to put a stop to lynching." As the governor concluded, Baylor rose, and after thanking the governor for thecourteou3 hearing given the committee, said they would have the governor to understand that they were as much onnosed to the u3ual crime for which lynching was resorted to as any race of people upon the face of the earth. "But," said he, "we have a law, and by that law the men who are guilty of such crimes should die. We, as law abiding citiz-jns and leaders have advised our people not to resort to aay other means than those offered by the law, and to appeal to the governors of the several siates to see that thos9 laws are carried out." This ended the hearing. F?mnle Gold HantAr. Pauline Kellogg, the daughter of Judge Kellogg, an old miner of Colorado, who now lives in Chicago, is abaut to start for the Klondike to engage in m'ning on her ownaccDunt. She was born at Breckinridge, Col., and lived all during her youth in an ofiriAr r\f mininw ononillQfirtfl ObUJV/. i ;i u VI LUiuiufj H^vwwtMv?vu? Although young and delicate, she is determined to brave the hardships of camp life on the Yukon, and is only waiting till she can btart in the company of some friends. She says; "I am not going to look on there. 1 shall take up a claim, hire help, and superintend the work myself. Of course, I know it is a life of hardship. I can rememember some of the things we used to go through in the cabin at Breckinridge when the country was new. There is an elemant of danger in it, but I feel able to take care of myself. I have known of women in Colorado, who did just thisthing, and grew rich. My expectations are moderate, out I do not see why I could not do the same." A Clausal Commits Salcidt. united mates Minister isaner nas cabled the state department that United States Consul Otto Munchmejer at SanSalvador committed suicide there Tuesday night. Mr. Baker says that he wilL-appoint a vice consul to take charge of the ofli3e. Munch meyer was appointed from West Virginia in 1895, first to the vie) consulate at Acajular and later in the same year to SanSalvador to fill the vacancy ciused by the death of his father. A few days ago Mr. Jenkins of Nebraska was nominated for the place held by Munchmeyer. Gladstone'* Wedding Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Monday celebrated the 58th anniversary of their wedding. Many visitors joined in iae iamny rejoicing ai nawaraen, and scores of the towns-people saluted the venerable couple while on their way to church. Beth are in excellent health. Mr. Gladstone walking off with as much vigor as at any time in the last ten years, shaking hands energatically and conversing with great animation. S TU THE UULD MELUagg NEW YORK JOURNAL'S EXPEDITHBP SAILS FROM SEATTLE. HjH A IT* t i*/)nnt Prtnta f a Ka of the Party ?A. Fine Oat fit?Will Through the Summer. HSbI The New York Journal expedif^Hfl to the gold fields of the Klondyke,B^H Dyea aod the Chilcoot Pass sailedH^B the steamship City of Mexico at nASH Tuesday, from Seattle, Wash. The expedition consists of Joaqi^^H Miller, the "Poet of the Sierras,*^^B t t ; i r% T HnH u. juivcrutiau. nuu \j. u. Jxrciiu&t hh latter being the photographer of party. The party is equipped supplies such as the miners carry, AS will proceed in the same fashion. i^H over the same route taken by th^H who proceed via Jeneau or Dyea^^BK latter point being 100 miles furtfl north. H The object of the expedition, wh^^B is in charge of E J. Liveraash, make observations of the weather oHH ditions, the nature of the obatacleJH be overcome, the state of the trail ing oyer the mountains to the ch^HK of lakes connecting with the riv^^Bg running into the Yokon, the varioHn ji _ m a i.i* i 1 ? moues or Transportation oy i&uu ibm water, and the cost of the same, aBS the requirements per man for maki^HH this trip in the way of food, tools afl^fl clothing. In fact, to obtain compl^Hfl information, which will be giTcnM the people through The Journal. This trio which the expedition tfl dertake3 is the most hazardous route WW the mines, though it is the shorte^H| The longest and safest route to Da^^N son City, the centre of the KlondvflH| country, is by way of the North ciflc ocean and the Yukon river. IHH latter route, it is said, will close in AHH gust, but The Journal's second ezoeHB tion, consisting of Charles GL YaHfl statistician of the mint at San viauu ttuu mo ucai< uuuiug the west, E. H. Hamilton, an aoco^BB Ealished newspaper writer, and Het^JB Bare, a well known woman writ^^H will make the trip before the TokHH closes completely, even though t^DH river may be partly frozen before thi^^H reach Dawson City. The second cHH pedition will also get other data thHff will be invaluable. n| Joaquin Miller, 'who accomput^Hy the first expedition, will write on ing camps as he sees them. He wflH one of '.he argonauts of '49, and wa^D| miner in California in those d&y^H Thousands of parsons witnessed the <BB parture of the steamship and eheefi^H The Journal party. Among the freigflH| were 60 horses for the mining coufl try, which may be used to haul sufl plies, or, failing in that capacity, wBH furnish food, which promises to ^B| scarce in that country this winter?^HB| The people of the city made the a general holiday, and from all quaHH ters poured down to the dock of ti^B Pacific Coast Steamsnip companf^R where the Mexico was docked, wsl were there as early as 5 o'clock in tUB morning and waited around wfcj^B busy laborers completed the workiflfl loading the ship. The Mexico carrkBfl about 400 passengers, 80 horses. 1,3(BH tons of freight and a number of doff^Hi With a few exceptions, the passez^H gers are bound for Dawson City* anflH they hope to reach there before -nuufl| weeks go by. Men of every walk t^H life were among the passengers. Thaflo were more people present to aee tfc^H Mexico leave than have witnessed tbHa departure of any other steamer sinoH the news came down of the great fituflH in the Klondyke country* Bp Judge Bond sent two of his sons the steamer to represent him. had fine; outfits. Judge Bond is wd^H known in New York, as he spend^H most of his time there. He is a graHU club man and a personal friend c|H| Thomas C. Piatt. ' -iiM Tobacco Men Mad. Ml The Dingley law has caused a pani^H among importers of tobacco, who d^H clare that one short paragraph in th^H new law means a loss to them oBI thousands of dollars every year. Tb^H paragraph is a part of section 33 of tbJH act. which comnels importers to Ptfll duty on tobacco at the weight it goe^B into the bonded warehouse. Thi^H takes from the tobacco men a privi^H ege that has for many years been ac^B corded to them by the tariff lamfln Under the Wilson act and previou^H Jaws, importers have had their tobac^H co reweighed at the time of its-witifl| drawai from bond warehouses ancflH one weight's duties were collected^H The weights of tobacco is greatly re^| duced during the bonded period b? evaporation. When tobacco arrive^H from a long: voyage it is frequentl^H insufficiently cured and has absorbe^H a lar^a percentage of moisture. ThiflH moisture evaporates in the warehouse^? Experts estimate tbat the importei^H save $25 to $10 a bale on Sumatra,an^H sometimes as high as $70 a bale Havana leaf by paying on the dried^J out tobacco. Importers will now gab^H nothing- by delay, but must pay da^H ties at $1.85 per pound of the weigti^H on tobacco at the time of its arrival|M They estimate that the loss to import^B ers in New York alone will be $500.<^B 000 a year. m A Moonshiner Suicides News of a remarkable ca$e of suicid^H reached Columbia, Tuesday. Frank^f lin Lynch, a noted moonshiner, livingMj ten miles above Pickens C. H., intheHj mountains, took his life Sunday mora^H ing at 6 o'clock by shooting himseliH through the head with a Colt's revol-M ver. Lynch's still had bean raided by^H revenue officers and destroyed. ForH a week he had been drunk, and onH the watch for revenue raiders. ItisH stated that he had determined to fcillH any revenue officsr on sight. ^It isH also reported that he had family trou?H mea. xv la sup{juacu mat uu uiu^ pointment ia not being able to get vengenance on the revenue officers, added to his family troubles, led to the suicide. His wife slaims that the shooting was accidental. His little daughter was the only withnessto the shooting. He lived six hours after the shot, but never recovered consci' ouaness. Hanged In Philadelphia Pasqualle Dadrio was haoged in the countv jail at Philadelphia Wednesday Tko ^win foil at 10:0ft 4 UlUtUlU^i XUU U1U{/ a o'clock. The physicians stated that H Dadrio's neck was broken in the fall H and that death was instantaneous. H The execution was successful in every detail and wholly devoid of unusual incidents. The crime for which Dad* rio forfeited his life was a particularly B brutal one. Oa January 23,1897, he committed assault upon 3 year old Modestino Moifo ana then strangled him. All the tarties involved were B Italians. H