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f ' ; y / v.. ' , / The Press and Banner. / BYHUG11 WILSON. S A?JM:vii.LI\ N. THE STATE MCfllNGK ANNUAL REPORT OF MANAGER DUNCAN, OF THE EXCHANGE. TbeFairoers' Alliance Exchange Has DonGood HuBlness -.Fact# of Interest to A)l)?Dctmtn-Xb? Paet Vest's BnMn?M in Full. Manager D P. Duncan, of the State AUiatce Exchanee, has submitted the following: report: I bee Jeave to submit this irv antuai report as manager o<" tbe Farm ers' AlJiarce Exchange for the year enHicp July 24th. 1897: The past year's business of your ex change will compare very favorably wjfh that of precrding years. Th* bureau wc?k as we may term it, has increased umil now it is one of the leading featuies of the exchange business. To five ycu some idea of the way in which the exchange is useil a> a bureau of information, we received during the past yefcr 3,530 letters, all of which were on business matters The members of the organization ust the information furnished them to bring about competition in their local market?, and are much ?>enetmea m tbis way. We received 995 orders for pccds, which v;c tbirk v.tre filled iri a $alis'actory manner to the members. We sent out weekly price current, tbrcuf?h The Cotton Plant, which contains the wholesale pricei; of all arti cits coirmonly used on our farirs. Just one year ago :' e were confronted with the fact tbattheentire production of cotton ties had passed utder control cf one combination, and exrorticnate prices Ftre dtmanded for tbem. In my report to the State Alliance last jear I recommended that v?e use wiie or some other substitute. The Slate AlJia&ce took such action, and your exchange was instructed to see what could be done in the vray of a substitute. After considerable correspondence and a personal visit to New York, we Arranged with Washburn & Moen Manufactuiing company of Worcester. Mass , /or 1G.UOO bundles of wire ties. The Cincinnati Wire Fence com pany made quite a lot of ft ire tits, which were used in this state 3nd in the southwest, about 15.GC0 bundles weie used duileg the last cotton teason. Tbe combination on colton lies was so wfjl inanagt-d that we were not aware of it until it was so late in tbe ssason tbat we were at great disadvantage in the fight made agaitst the imposition. Frcm our correspondence vcith the AlJiance in North Carolina, Georgia and Texas, much interest was mani fested, and the reason more active steps were not taken in those states was for want of business organization. We wtre 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 prices, if we would use toom. They, at the same time, stated that they were not in the Cotton Tie trust, and had refused to be aparty to it when invited to do so. Jn March we s'pnfd ud a contract for 5,000 bundles of ties, Columbia delivery, for 70 cents per hurdle. TViia TT-ae tVio coma t<A trust demardcd $1.35 per bundle for just one year ago. An avtrage crop of cotton for South Carolina is 750.000 bales, a bundle of tits will pack five bales. It, therefore, takes 150,000 bundles *>f ties to psck up an average crop. Thus we see 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 tbe facts are before you. One of the largest iron manufacturers in the United States, without any solicitations on our par'.. s?nds their representatives to s?e us to make ar rangements for cotton tics for the pre cent 3 ear's crop at figures 8s low or lower than ties have ever been delivered in the interior. I firmly believe tliis was due to the existence of tbe organization we have. I have reported tbe matter somewhat in detail as an illustration of the great advantage there is in havine your business organization in proper shape, when any emergency arises. I believe I c*n say without fear of contradiction, that after tbe action of your State Alliance ail the second hand and pieced ties,together with the wire lies, our farmers c^uld get, vere used in our last crop, and less bundles of new ties were used in proportion in South Carolina than any other cotton. State. Your Alliance organi7ation did it. I desire to call your attention to a Ji*lit weight tie that is offered on tbe market this season. While I am not preprred to say that it is a fraud, because it is offered on tho market at just what it is, and no farmer need allow himself deceived by it It in a lie tbat weighs 30 pounds to the bundle of thirtv ties, as against the 45 pounds IU I-'UUUIC. Where the price of the 45 pound tie is fixed at 75 cents, the iight weight tie is sold at 62i cents per bundle. We all know that we have to account for the 6 per cent. tare. and it stands io reason that if this 13 Lot cocsumed in some full weight covering, that the farmer will lose it in actual cotton. To illustrate, a bundle of 45 pound lies at 75 cents, you s>. !l your cotton at 7 cents, and there is 45 pounds of lies 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 <>2j cents sold at 7 cents, gives $2 10 Jess the 62^ cents, cost or not $1.67i cents, and you have lost 92i cents on every bundle of lipht ties you use. This is what I suppose mi^ht 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 iimply means JO pounds 10 the baie. therefore jou should put on a cheap covering as near this 30 oou^ds as ' possib'e, ar.d ^hpn^ve* ycu *"ai' to r^o f *o, you roh yourself. Use only heavv i l-apgint' and standard t'fs, this puts J \ our cotton in marketable shape I 1 think thethanirs of the AJliaree'r : ganization of the State are du^ Mttsis j Washburn A: Moen Manufacturing company of Worcester, Mis?., for their action in ?idiner us in our fi?ht on the cotton ti? trust, and we earnestly urge our members to make use ' of tbe products of their manufactures whenever they meet them in the mar ket. 1 In conclusion, we will report what < i vo have u^ged upon tbe members of ' (the organization. in season and out of 1 season, that in this apft of combina- < tiors that you should stand by your ' j organization. ? We have no fight to make on any trade, profession, or business interest, simply to look after your o'^n sfifairs; try to imprse on n > one and don't allow ycurbelf robbed. Consolidate your orders for your fertilizers, machinery, your agiicultural implements througn your exchange and deal directly for these things through it. vith the manufacturers. The cash business done for the rast \ear amounted to $63,894.41. Th;r-was done at an expense of less than' 5 per cent, for all current expenses All of which ic resneoifully subxittfd D. P. Duncan, Manager. C!VIL SERVICE REFORM. Important Amendments to P.u!m Prciuul yrated. President ??cKinley has promulgated the following important amerdment. to civil service rule 2: '"No removal shall be made from any postion subject to competive ex- 1 amination excent for just cause and ' upon written charges filed with the < head of the department or other appointing officer, and of which the ] accused shall have full notice and f-.n opportunity to make defense." He a^o amended rule 3 so as to in- ! elude within the classified service the employes of all custom hou?e officers, ! with to regftrd to number of pm 1 plojes. Hitherto t^e classification ! embraced custom officers where Ihe number of employes w?s five ovmore. ' This order brings into the classified service sixty-tive hitherto unclassiSed 1 customs officers 1 Tbe president has also amended rule ; 6 making exceptions to examinations, so as to read as follows: I "Customhouse service?One cashier ' in each customs district, one chief or J principal deputy or assistant collector ia each customs district, on4* principal deputy collector at each tub post or station. ' '"Internal revenue service?On* employe in each internal revenue dis f.?iVt whn shall apt as cashier, or chief, deputy, or assistant collector, as may be determined by tlie treasury department: one deputy collector in each internal revenue district where the number of employes in the office of tbe collector exceeds four; ooo deputy collector in each stamp (or brsucL) office. "Appointmen's to the positions named in this rule in the customhouse service and internal revenue ^service shall be subjfct to an examination, to be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury, nor disapproved by the com mission, equal to the examination held by the commission for positionsof like grade. Such examinations sball be conducted by tbe commission in ac cordacce-with its regulations " The plan of the extension which was formulated by Secretary Gage * and Assistant. Secretary Vacderlip has I tne unqualified and hearty eudorse- ' ment of the the civil service commi3- 5 sicn. who earnestly recommend to the s president its approval. In speaking of the amendment, President Proctor of the commission said that friends of civil service reform < very where congratulate themselves on this advance of the causa. The commission in its last annual report had said that government officers should have the power of removal for the prcp-?r reesoos. Typical T? xas Trag "dy. In the sttcic brokerage cilice of C. E. Trice & (?o., of Kaci, Tex??, Wednesday, B. F. Kivett and W. W. Kivett were shot ana killed by W. Lamden, a member of the firm. Bad feeling has existed between the Kivett brothers and Lamden for some time, growing out of charges made by tbe 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 was crowded, and it caused in- j cvrtifnmonf T1 yrrrt r\f i ha . % -"W OilVUiVU U X '? U UXVt V VI vuv 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 the Kivetts attempted to kill Lamden, icflic.ing a knife wound on bim, and they had frequently threatened to kill him since then. This morning they aopeared in the doorway of Trice & Co.'s office. Lamden was infcrmeu of their coming. As they appeared in the door they drew their pisto's, but Lamden fired with a shotgun before th*y commenced to shoot, kill in" B. F. Kivett instantly. W. W. Kivett rushed oil Lamden with his revolver and then grabbed it. The men wrestled over the weapon, which Kivett succeeded in tiring several titres without result. , L)mden finally suececded in drawing bis revo'ver aud shooting Kivett three ] times. Lamden was uninjured. , The Unloaded Oan. A shocking tragedy occurred on Mr. J. B. Oates' place live miles south of Columbia Sunday. While Sam Williams, a colored tenant, and his family were away frcm home Thomas lloward, his little stepson, nine y?*ars old, shot and mortally wounded Willi a ens' 1 little girl, Josie, who was just three jears old. The children were alone J mine nouss, waeu jauums, a shotgun on the shelf, lock it down. Observing that there were not caps on the tutes, pointed it at his littio tt^p sister and critd "Look cut." Instant ly there was a loud /eportand the in- 1 iiocent little girl fell backward, her forehead perforated with shot, which penetrated the brain and causc-d death 1 after six hours of suffering. Guilty cf Munler. The t/ial of Captain Boitchc-ff, at i Philipopolis, tx aide decamp of L'lince 1 Fer' inai d of Bulgaria and prefect of police Novelios, with VVahilieiT, a gendarme, on the charge of murdering Anna Szimon, a beautiful sineer <>f R ?/1aru.st nrirt t hf* rt>R<i nf which began on July 21st, was con- , eluded Thursday. The court found 1 JLJoitcheff and Novelios cruilty of mur- < derand Wahilieti' of being ?.ccesscry ' to the crime. 11 THE ALLIANCE MEN. | THF ANNUAL MEETINC IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. Eh* I'r. xldeiiT. .Jmnpi the Editor of the Cniton riMi't and Says the Alliance OrKho Hhk Umd Prontl'.uted Into ? Partisan 0"K?uThe s'ate alJiarcfi" mf-t WVdcesday aipht in Columbia, in tbo senate jbamber and immediately got down :n business. Beyond the organization, the annual address of the presijer.t and reports of officers. little else ivssdoce. The feature of the president's ?ddre.?s wa? the w:?y in which 3fi scorfd Kditnr Crews for his partisan conduct of the Cotlon Plant. Wednesday night the officers present were: Joseph L Keitt, president; J C. Wjlborn, vice president and lecturer; J W. liu'd. secretary and treasurer; W. N. Eider, member cf ?x*cutive committee. J. L. Smith was sppointed chaplain; W N. E der, steward; door keeper, H D Metcalf; assistaw t doorkeeper. W. H. Slewart; sergeaut-at -m1?, E. P. "Whitman. The president road bis annual ad J.rpss, which was reformed to a com nitlee consisting of Messrs. M. L Donaldson, W. T. O'Dell, J. S Graves The publishing committee on Cotion Plant made iis report, whicu was referred to a committee consisting of M. L Donaldson. W. T. O'Dell. J. S 3r?ves, W. E Like, L E Parler. The executive committee reported that they had examined the bonks of the secretary and treasurer and found Lhem correct and the finances or the Drder in good condition. The press committee consists of W. N. Eider, 0. P. Goodwin and 0. B Riley, whose duty is to sivj for publication what the alliance wanis made public. A committe on constitutional amendments was apnointed as fol ows: J. P. Glenn, H. H. Crum, J. 3. Smith. A clmter was granted to the Dor ;hester County alliance. The folowin^ officers were elected Fcr the next year: J. C. Wilhorn, president; J. R. Blake, Jr., Abbe^ilK vice president and state lecturer; J. W. Reid, Spartanburg, secretary and treasurer; Joseph L Keilt, member of ?xecutive cDmmittee for the three pear term; ua'.ioaal alliance delegate, W. N. Eld*r. These dflcer3 were installed, and with t>ome other business a recess was taken until 9 a. m. Thursday. The delegates preent were: Abbeville, J. S Graves. Aiken, P. II. Tianmerinan. A-iderson, J. P. Glenn. Barnwell, H. H. Crum. Colleton, L. E. Pavler. Florence, W. B Gause Greenville, M. L DonaldsonHorry, James A. Lewis. Kershaw, Wm. Halley. Lancaster. J. ii. Knight. Laurens, A. B. Goodwin. Lexington, J. W. Eargle. Newberry, W. E Lake. Oconee, J. L Smiih. Oracgebure, 0. B. Riley. Pickens, W. T. O'Dell. Richland. E. P. Whitman Sn?rtanburc. H. D. Metcalf. Saluda, W. E. Bodie. Union, J. F. Bailey. York, W. H. Stewart. \ Nothing of great impor^xica was lone, though, of course, the rart not ?iven, possibly, has iruch bearing jpon the prosperity of t.he members md the order. The Cotton Plant seems to have besn pretty thoroughly iiscussed, and about the 1st of Sep;embcr Mr. Crews will have to step lown and out of the editorship. A :nember of the Alliance, in speaking 3f the matter Thursdav, said that the jondemnation of tho editor in his jourse did not mean that the Alliance indorsed the candidates he might be righting, but bn the contrary, it was lone to emphasize ths renaeri of the nrrs:dent that the Alliance was to be ijnclucU'd on a nonpartisan basis. A.t the meeting Thursday morning Congressman Stokes, H II. Crum and 3. P. Goodwin were appointed a com nittee to confer with their exchange in reference to certain features ot the uuauL&csa. The committe to whom was referred ;he President's address, re ported the 'oliowing resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That we endorse the sland aken by President Keitt against par;isan political action both in the Alliince and in the Alliance organ. This was adopted with practical jnanimity. The publishing committee was endorsed and wi-s conlinued for mother year. A vole of thanks was ilso tenuerfd them lor their efficient md faithful tervices. The following resolution was unanimously adopted. Resolved, That tho proposition of ,he railroads to incre isa the freight ate onCDtton sied would ba detrimental to tha interests of the farmers. ina an additional tax unon cup mlustry; that we a3k the thai railroad commission do not grant, the request of the railroads; and, further, tnat. we jndorse the action or' the railroad commission in reducing the rate on fertilizers and other commodities. A resolution was iatroduced and adopted, heartily endorsing CongressLnan Stokes' measure in Congress in reference to the reduction of salaries at United States otlicials. Mr. C. FiizSimmocs was granted Iho privileges of thf floor and spoke for half an hour on the oil industry and fertilizers. He made some proposition in reference to exchanging meal and fcrtilizprs for cotton seed. The usual vote of thanks was pass ml for courtesies received, and the AlI i.a a A n mi 4/-* yyioal i ?i P.alnmKiu nauuu o'ijuui utu vw luvvv vwiiAuwii* again next year. Tho President'* Vacation. President McKinley left Washington Wednesday for a vacation that may keep him away from the city for s;x weeks. Me was accompanied by Mrs. McKiDley, Secretary and Mrs. Alper, Mr Prcctor, Assistant Private Secretary Pruden and Ex cutive clerk Cortelvcn. The Whits House steward and a maid servant also v?e?-e in Ihe party. Mrs Porter, with her children will join them ut Jersey City. I'hny will go direct Jrom Washington to Laka Champlain. Demand for Gold Dudt Hags. * i i ~e tvt vr local urixi Oi jiiiuuicmwu, ah. j.., who a?*e engaged in manufacturing gold du3t bags from sheepskin for California customers are working with double force on account cf telegraphic orders received since the Klondike discovery. FILED A PROTEST. TIjd First Regiment's lteccnt EircMon for Colonel. mftUn. rtf tUo ftlnnfinn r f o r?r>]n Ill" 11*4*1 ?Ol \J I bl)U ? JVi/m/n v? ? nel of the First regiment is exciting considerable nubJic interest in view of G*n. Watt's action in disbanding the Edgefield Rifles. Gen. Watt's said Wednesday that he had told Major Newnham that the company bad been disbanded and nnt to send nu election o*der to it. He said further that he had Dot notified the company that it had been disbanded. Major Newnham says lhat so far as the declaration of the election upon a plurality vote is concerned he asked the assistant attorney general for an opinion cn that and was advised that simply a nlurality vote was Deceasary. The fol lowing protest was Wednesday sent Geoeral Richbourg by ollicers and numbers of the first regimeDt: Br g. Gen. R. N. Richbourg, earn Adjutant Charles Nswnham, Colum ?>ia, S. C We hereby give notice of protest in fcloMirm r\f ntlnnpl TTi?:it. rfpimp.Rt. of infantry, held on the 23d inst., on tbf'se grounds: ]first Tbat by unlawful assumption of authority Adjutant General Watle fhrew out tbe votft of ibe Edgefield Riiles. which should have been count ed for Tillman. Second. That the vote of the Saiuda Riiles **as not counted for Tillman, although they had passed inspection and properly belonged and were ver bally assigned to the First regiment. Third. That the vote of 35 as returned hy the Richardson Guards foi daily were not in fact cast, but to the conirary seven men were present and the full company roll wa3 voted under misapprehension by said company. That the sentiment o' the same i? overwhelmingly for Tillman. Fourth. Forty votes counted each bv ihe Tillman Volunteers and the Edisto Rifles for Olall'y were not in fact cast. Fifth. That thro win? out all alleged illegal votes cast for Tillman, CisfFj never received a majority of the so called legal votes of the regiment, al though b^ has been commissioned as .1 r? -ii ri-x ?i - cc/iouei. An an in u nary eitcuiuia uerc tofore held a majority vote has Heec required to elect and we re=p c ftflJ.v cite the election of Col Ha!!, the for mer colonel of the Firs'. re :i merit who did not receive n majority in th<first r*ce and a second Jr c i-.m was ordered. Sixth. That Adjutant and Inspectoi General Watts, in participating in the rsce in the manner he did was guiltj of conduct unbecoming an officer ol his rank. This was signed by A. Otis Sally, major First regiment; Haveloci Eav^s.captain of the Bamberg Guards the Edgefield Rifles, the Capets Lighi Infantry. B. R. Carroll, captain Gov ernov's Volunteers; by alJ of the Richardson Guards except four; b> six officers and nine privates out of 1< in the ramp of the Palmetto Rifles and S E. BrMie, orderly sergeant ol Gary Evans Volunteers. ?500,000 Fire. Fire at Yonkers. N. Y., Tuesday af ternoon destroyed two factory build ings occupied by W. A. Reed &Co, hal manufacturers, Rouland Bros., hal manufacturers, Pass Brothers, silli manufacturers, and the \onkers Silk company. The loss will probably reach half a million dollars and 800 people are thrown out of em ployment. .There were no casualties, though the buildings were crowded with employes wnen the fire was discovered. The fire originated in the blowing room of the hat factory oi William Reed & Co., on the lowei floor of the Shelbard building. Twc large *ras meters exploded immediate ly after the flames burst forth, and the escaping gas helped to feed the flames. Within a few minutes the fire was breaking through the windows of the first and second stories. There were 600 men and girls in the building, the third, fourth and fifth floors of which were occupied by the silk factories. Intense excitemeni prevailed while the employes left the buildings by the fire escapes, the girls being taken out first, all losing their street clothes, so little time was given, The fire soon ate out the heart of the building and then portions of the walh fed with the wind, carried the flamet to the building occupied by Howlanci Bros, hat factory, and the interior oJ this structure was destroyed. Just across the street from the build ing in which the firo started are the big works of Alexander Smith & Sons, lavrrest r-arriftt. mnnilfsfiturftrs ir the United States. For some time il looked as though these would go. Twc thousand persons were at work in the carpet factories when the fire broke out. They were dismiseed and thf works closed. The lowest estimate oJ the losses is $400,000, snd others rur as high as $550,000. Reed & Co., place their less roughly at $60,000 Rowland Brcs., Pass Bros, ana the Yonkers Silk company are set dowt for $50,000 each. Tae loss on the twc buildings totally drstroyed is estimat ed at $240,000. The insurance wil pvebably nearly cover the loss. A Socnatlonal Story. A special to the St. Louis Globa-Da mocrat from Los Augpiles, Cal., siys; A letter written by a Japanese official in Japan to a former Japanese officer Jiving in this citv conveys the iafor mation tnat tne Japanese governmem will forward to Honolulu, in the lit ter part of July, 1,500 Japanese imaii grants. These individuals are now in thecarrison at Neegat, being soldier: in the Japanese service, and will ge on shore in Honolulu as simple citizar.i but drilled and ready for military dutj at occo. Tne steamers which are tc convey the meu have been chartered by the Japanese government, and will carry, in addition 10 the 1,500 passes' gers, arms, ammunition and military stores of sufiicient. quantity to tnakt it interesting for any party trying tc prevent their landing. In addition, wnw Af-m.iM o t*Ck ulfft'llill Viiicu .LUI mcu cu \J wij prepared 10 leave Yokohama, to ar rive at Honolulu at about the same time as the landing of the so-calleu immigrants wiil take place. The correspondent, who has been educated in the United States', used the expre>s.oa, no doubt acquired whea here: "We will get there, and don't .you forget it," and remarKed further: '"I cannot write this in my own language, but you understand English." Predictions conveyed in previous letters from this oilicial were veriiitd. "Americans will form their own opinion as to why the Siuatj backed down bjfore the brewers and dealt 'hrmiy' with the brokor3," says the Boston Transcript. CUT IN TWO. BAR KEN TINE FLORENCE RUN DOW BY A STEAMSHIP. Five LIvm Lou*. One oftlm tisfortnuati Iteiug the Cxptaln's Wife?bhe Sank 1 Thr? e Minutes?All Happoned DurlDg Dense Fog. The Allen Line steamer Scandim vian arrived at Bnston Wednesday a ternoon from Glasgow and brougl with her the four survivors of the ere of the British barkentine Florenct Captain Henry Olsen, which was sun in a collision with tho Scandinavia last Saturday while in a dense fog 2 ' miles south of Capa Raca Four men hers of the crew were drowned, t< : gether with the wife of Captain Olser 1 The Florence was bound from Sydney S B,toSt Johns, N. F., with a carg of coal. The men wro lost their liv< are: Noah Mvers, cook, aged ? years; William Yabsley, aged 25 year , nephew of ih?captain's wife; Jamt TvT J on m.'riJLLUU, se: -"ui, aj,t;u oc year William Fry. : . vrnan, aged 33 yam of Poole, Ea.-d. Tho fnrmtr thre 1 were from St. Johas. N F. | Captain O'sensaid: "We left po ' on Tuesdav, the 20lh inst., for S Johns N. F , Thinking we were ai proaching land, the vessel put aboi 1 on the starboard tack. At 12:28 p. n 1 a shrill blast of a steamer's whistle wi 1 heard right abeam and before tb sound died away, there loomed u] making directly for us, the huge hu of an ocean steamer. "I was below when the first intim; ticn came of the steamer's approac ' and was hurriedly called on deck h the lookout. Oa the way out of tt cabin I called to my wife and she i ' turn aroused First Mate El ward Broi nick, who had come off watch at noa 1 and was in his bunk. Hardly had 1 ! reached the deck when the steame: 1 which proved to be the Scandinaviai ! wa3 upon us. She struck us on tl 1 port side between the main and mi r rron vi nroi n or orirl KofnrA VlPflrl was stopped, she went naif w?i ' through us. While the vossela we ' locked together, wo were in no imm^d ate danger except from tailing spar 1 wiijeVi were dropping ail about U3 c 1 hMi ;cks. The order to reverse, tt Mi.ea ner'a engines, whichi had bee given vrhen we were first sigbte< 5 soon had theefTec'of breaking h< 1 a^/ay from us and in about three mi utes afnrshe pulled her sharp bo out cf the gaping wound in tbe sit ' of our vessel, the Florence went dow [ stern first in 90 fathoms of water. C ' t>.e vessel's crew, Norris, the cool Yabsley and Nortnan were never see _ after the vessel struck us. They we: : probably asleep in the fort castle. ; "When the impact came Oie Oissj 1 the boatswain, and Saaman Robe ' E-sens jumped into the main riggir 5 aud were soon followed by MateBroi rr nick and all threa men swung tnec selves onto the steamer's deck t means of the lower guard, being a ' siated in doing so by the carpenter* the steamer. Poor Fry appeared ; the side of the vessel just before hi; by his shipmates on board the ste&mi and was pulled half way up the stean ' er's side when he relaxed his hold, fe ^ into the water and was never see ; again." The captain was too much overcon 1 to tell of the drowning of his wife ar Mate Brodnick took up the thread < 5 the captain's narrative. After tellic of his being summoned from his bun f by the captain's wife and jumping o deck clad only in his shirt, he said: ' "Immediately after reaching tl : deck of the Scandinavian I got a co ; of rope and threw it toCapt. Olsei ' who by this time was standing nei the galley of the bankanttae with h arms, around his wife. Mra. Olse 1 was crying and I heard the captai say that if need be they would die t ' gether. The captain secured the en of the rope and attempted to make fast about his wife, but the rope wi not long enough and the steamer, ju \ then backing away from the wrec! [ pulled the line from his hands. called to those on the steamer to lowi 1 the Jife boat and Olsen, Sensin an ' mvsplf assisted the crew in cettic the boat oat of the davits. Ia the e: | citement and confusion 110 one seem* J to know just what to do. No Kpi! ! could be found to cut the lashings < [ the life boat and finally the carpeat< \ was obliged to sever the grips with hatchetr All this was valuable tine lost and before the Ufe boat had bee . gotten into the water the vessel wei ' down. When the vessel took her la ' plunge, the captain became separaU from his wife. Both were drawn in' ' the vortex caused by the sinking era and Mrs. Olsen never reappear* ' above the water. The captain soc came to the surface and swam to a li , huov thrown from tha steamer, an this, with the life belt which he afte wards received and adjusted, ke him afloat until the life boat manne ' by the second officer of the steame 3 three of her crew and myself reach< him. He was completely exhauste< When it was found that there was n i hope for the remainder of the crev the steamer was headed west and si continued on her way to Boston." The Florence registered 199 toi net, and her dimensions wen , Length. 114.8 feet; breadth, 2i 5 fee j depth of hold. 13 feet. She was bui . at Brixhall, England is 1873. Bloody Deeds In Alabama. k Jack Knight, the regro who sh ' and killed Jack Danfzler Wednesds night near Mobile, Ala., and shot at i i_ -i i. , 11 _ 1 preuatuy iaiauy wuuuueu i uuwmj 3 Joseph Tucker in attempting to escap * was captured at Hurriean Bayou, c 5 the Louisville railroad, by the sectio foreman, and was brought to the cit * by two deputy sheriff* and lodged i jail Thursday afternoon. There wj ' o ) demonstration. iVo murders an " possibly three, were committed the) ' Wed u tod ay nijht, but no lynchinf ! are orobable. The victims were Tooa 1 as.Joocs, a Confederate veteran, Jac S. D.mlzlcr, colored, and Policoma Tucker. . YVoiUI'b liacorcl Urokan. In the free for all pace at the Dri <})K park i.t O'.tawa, 111., Thursday *!?> * /* 'o TX/arA K?*r*lr?ri h L umvu nuim-iv.vv.uu ?wv viwawi, ? [ inc; the fastest three, four and fi\ I heats ever paced ou a half mile traci i Pearl C., by Roy Wildes, took tf I two first, and Coleridge, by C. I - CUty, the three last heats. Time?2:10 I 2:10, 2:0!) ?. 2:09 i, 2:10 }. .Mbot Hla Wlfa and li?r f^rsmour, ' Near Clarendon, Ark., Thursday Houston Wilson, on returning hone found John Galvin with his wif Houston fired a lnad of buckshot int , his wife's side,inflicting fatal wound , and then shot Galvin, killing himi! 3tantly. Houston was arrested. NEGROES HEARD By Governor Elierbe on the Subject of N I Lynching. Governor Elierbe tcok occasion to very plainly state bis position in re89 gard lo mob violence Tuesday. About ' 'n noon the committee of ne^rces apa pointed by the mass meeting held the evening before to wait on him called at his office. They presented to him v the paper they had been instructed to 1 f. lay before him. The governor listened ^ attentively to the reading of the docu- ' ment. The committee consisted of the B Rev B. W. Baylor, O. F. Holmes, H. k E Lindsay and E. B. Thompson. The n paper was read to the governor by ' ?q Lindsav as follows: j. To His Excellency, the Governor of ' South Carolina: I j As chief executive of our govern- * ' ment we realize most forcibly you are ' J in a position to render much relief to < ?g a much abused portion of our citizenship, and in consequence of the con- J s tinual reign of moo violence we are i forced to call uoon vou to exercise all g law within your power to suppress i r3 this growing evil. i >e That the colored citizens aie chit fly ' the victims of the3e outrageous pi-ac ! rt tices, cannot be denied: the habit of i j. lynching negroes for the usual crime < has led to tbe taking of life by mobs i for small offences, such as petty lar ~ ceay, fighting, shooting or insulting, is etc ie We would not have you bslievethat 1 0 we do not discountenance all crime, < 1 j for there are among us thousands who i are j ' as sincere in support of Jaw 1 a. and order as any citizens. We forever condemn mobs in a civilized country < with established courts and lav7s. We ] look upon the matter as did your pre,n decessor, the Hon. B. R. Tillman,who ' j. said in his inaugural address in 1890 < in that he did not see the use of mobs < ie when the judges are white, jurors r white, sheriffs white and jailers white, 0' there was no earthly chance for a negro who was guilty to escape. z We felt much pleased at the efforts put forth by the members of the Constitulional convention in passine the - At 1 L 1 i.1 i.1 re anu-jyncQ jaws; we inougrn iae enecus 1 would have been to prevent the recurs reocej of such acts, but to our sad sur- 1 irj prise we have witnessed a reckless dia ie regard of these laws by mobs. ,n We feel that you are in a position j to crown your administration with lasting impressions and we appeal to a. you in the name of humanity, justice, w the sacreii laws of our State and in the name of the six or seven hundred rQ thousand colored citizens of our State to uphold the law1 aod suppress the ^ la wleas acts of the mobs. ^ W? commend your "act in making re an effort to remove the victim, Gray, from Laurens to the State penicentia2 rv, and regret very much that your* r't efforts were not successtul. But we hope you will make ^ome strong ef.f forts to overtake the lynchers and Q. vindicate the law. we also nope that if the negro Chris Harris is overtaken you will afford sufficient protection to secure him from violence. We feel at that this appeal is but a legitimate and m lawful way of bringing to your attener tion the distressed condition of tbe a negro citizsns of the State, with the ,22 hope that the evils may be checked 'n and the disastrous consequences of the continuance of such practices averted. ie Trusting that you will do all in your power to correct these existing evils, 3f we will ever pray, etc. t_ When the paper had been read,Gov^ ernor Ellerbe proceeded to state to the Q committee that when it was thought that Harris had been captured at Benie nettsville he had promptly taken such .. stftns ns wnnlH havrt nrnvAntpd the a Dossibility of a lynching. Governor ^ Ellerbe then stated to the committee jg that he was very much opposed to |Q lynching and said further: "And as n lone as I am governor I am going to 0. do all I can to suppress it. I am going | l(l to do everything possible to put a stop ^ to lynching." ^ As the governor concluded, Baylor gt rose, and after thanking the governor ^ for the courteous hearing given the j committee, said they would have the ir governor to understand that they were ^ as much opposed to the usual crime for which lynching was resorted to as ? any race of people upon the face of )(^ the earth. 4,But," said he,''we have r0 a law, and by that law the men who are guilty of such crimes should die. Jl TTT 1 3 ar w e, as law aoiuiug cui/.-3us uuu icau"a ers have advised our people not to reie sort to any other means than those offered by the law, and to appeal to the governors of the several states to see gt that thosa laws are carried out." ;(j This ended the hearing. Female Gold Hanter. . Pauline Kellogg, the daughter of Judge Kellogg, an old miner of Colorado, who now lives in Chicago, f is about to start for the Klondike to ? engage in mining on her own account. ^ She was born at Breckinridge, Col., P, and lived all during her youth in an atmosphere of mining speculation. ! Although vounc and delicate, she is )W ???? a w % determined to brave the hardships of camp life on the Yukon, and is only ' waiting till she can utart in the companyofsome friends. She says; "I am not going to look on there. I shall take up a claim, hire help, and 7 superintend the work myself. Of course, I know it is a life of hardship, l' I can reinemember some of the things we used to go through in the cabin at Breckinridge when the country was new. There is an element of - danger ot in it, but I feel able to take care of ky myself. I have known of women in lcl Colorado, who did just this thing, and in grew rich. My expectations are mode, erate, out I do not see why I could not ,n do the same." ,n y A Causal Commits 8nlclde. 'a United States Minister Baker has cais bled the state department that United d States Consul Otto Munchmeyer at ;e SanSalvador committed suicide there ,s Tuesday night. Mr. Baker says that * Ua will nnnniv ?f O TTl/in nnflOnl trt foIfA uo YViii appuiub a ivaj wuubw* w It charge of the otlice. Muncbmeyer was a appointed from West Virginia in 1895, first to the vies consulate at Acajular and later in the same year to SanSalvador to fill the vacancy v- caused by the death of his father. A few days ago Mr. Jenkins of Nebraska a- was nominated for the place held by re Aluuchmeyer. i. i >l. Gmlgtone'i Wed.llnu Anni vers?ry. i\ Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Monday ^ celebrated the 58th anniversary of their wedding. Many visitors joined in the family rejoicing at Hawarden, and scores of the towns-people saluted tae venerable couple wniie on tneir ie way to church. Beth are in excellent e- health. Mr. Gladstone walkirig off 0 with as much vigor as at any time in s> the last ten years, shaking hands ener1* gatically and conversing with great animation. TO THE GOLD FIELDS. NEW YORK JOURNAL'S EXPEDITION 8AILS FROM SEATTLE. A. Huzudoiu Route to be Pursued?8om* or the Pmxtj?&. Fine Outfit-Will Rum* i V-53 Through the Summer. The New York Journal expedition to the gold fields of the Klondyke, via ?, Dyea and the Chilcoot Pass sailed on the steamship City of Mexico at noon | Tuesday, from Seattle, Wash. The expedition consists of Joaquin. Miller, the "Poet of the 8ierras," E. J. Livernash and C. L. Kreling, the latter being the photographer of the party. The party is equipped with f supplies such as the miners carry, and ' will proceed in the same fashion and aver the same route taken by those who proceed via Jeneau or Dyea, the 5 latter point being 100 miles further ; aorth. The object of the expedition, which i is in charge of E J. Livernash, is to make observations of the weather con- . Anions, the nature of the obstacles to \ be overcome, the state of the trail lead- ' ing over the mountains to the chain ^ of lakes connecting with the riven ,i running into the Yokon, the various modes of transportation by land and water, and the cost of the same, and ' the requirements per man for making thi3 trip in the way of food, tools and \ clothing. Ia fact, to obtain complete information, which will be given to $ the people through The Journal. 3 This trip which the expedition nn* dertakes is the most hazardous route to the mines, though it is theahorteaL The longest and safest route to Dawson City, the centre of the Klondyke country, is by way of the North Pa-1 sific ocean and the Yukon river. The . latter route, it is said, will close in An- ; gust, but Tne Journal's second expedi tion, consisting of Charles G. Yale, ' statistician of the mint at San Franon/1 Kaaf mininap ailthnritv in : the west, E. H. Hamilton, an aoeom* ; plished newspaper writer, and Helen Dare, a well known woman writer, will make the trip before the Yukon closes completely, even though the; river may be partly frozen before they J reach Dawson City. The second expedition will also get other data thai will be invaluable. Joaquin Miller, who accompanies^ the first expedition, will write on min? ing c imps as he sees them. He was one of theargonauts of '49, and was a;!miner in Calif or a ia in thoae day?. Thousands of persons witnessed the dt- j partureofthe steamship and cheered* The Journal party. Among the freight were 60 horses for the mining country. which may be used to haul sup- ' plies, or, failing in that capacity, will s furnish food, which promises to be ? scarce in that country this winter. <;fl The people of the city made the day I a general holiday, and from all quaK ters poured down to the dock of the fl Pacific Coast Steamsnip rampaiiyvjfl where the Mexico was docked- Some I were there as early as 5 o'clock in the m morning and waited around while bftsy laborers completed the work of fl loading the ship. The Mexico carrted'Jfl about 400 passengers, 80 horses, l^dOO jfl tons of freight and a number of dogs. B With a few exceptions, the passen- fl gers are bound for Dawson City, and fl they hope to reach there before miner weeics go Dy. men or every wax*. life were among the passengers. There were more people present to see the ) Mexico leave than have witnessed the departure of any other steamer since : the news came down of the great finds in the Klondyke country. Judge Bond sent two of his sons on' the steamer to represent him. They. had fine, outfits. Judge Bond is weu known in New Tork, as he spends most of his time there. He is a great club man and a personal friend of ? Tkrtnrtoo n "Ploff 1. UUIUftfl V* iM M V? . T Tobacco Men Mad. The Dingley law has caused a panic among importers of tobacco, who declare that one short paragraph in the new law means a loss to them of thousands of dollars every year. The paragraph is a part of section 33 of the act, which compels importers to pay duty on tobacco at the weight it goet into the bonded warehouse. Thia takes from the tobacco men a privil* ege that has for many years been accorded to them by the tariff lawi.; Under the Wilson act and previovf Jaws, importers have had their tobacco reweighed at the time of its withdrawal from bond warehouses and one weight's duties were collected. TV, rvhtc nf tnhawn id vrAfttlv re- HI XUO TTWlgUlM V* tFWWivvv ?- D ^ duced during the bonded period by I evaporation. When tobacco arrived I from a lone voyage it is frequently insufficiently cured and has absorbed a large percantage of moisture. This moisture evaporates in the warehouse. MB Experts estimate tbat the importers H save $25 to $40 a bale on Sumatra,and H sometimes as high as $70 a bale on I Havana leaf by paying on the dried out tobacco. Importers will now gain H nothing by delay, but must pay du^H ties at $1.85 per pound of the weigh^H on tobacco at the time of its arrival. They estimate that the loss to import- V i- -i :n rnn _ ers in new xor& aiuue wm u*> 000 a year. '-."2 A Moonshiner SuicidesNews of a remarkable case of suicide reached Columbia, Tuesday. Franklin Lynch, a noted moonshiner, living ten miles above Pickens 0. H., in the mountains, took his life Sunday mora* ing at 6 o'clock by shooting himself through the head with a Colt's revolver. Lynch's still had been raided by revenue officers and destroyed. For a week he had been drunk, and on the watch for revenue raiders. It ia i t J J-I : 1 i. u'll State! mat ne naa ueiermiueu tu &aii m any revenue officer on sight. ;It is H also reported that he had family trou bles. It is supposed that his disap- H pointment in not being able to get H vengenance on the revenue officers, H added to his family troubles, led to M the suicide. His wife claims that the H shooting was accidental. His little H daughter was the only withnessto the H shooting. He lived six hours alter the shot, but never recovered consci* Bj ousness. H Hanged In Philadelphia! KB Pasquelle Dadrio was hanged in the H county jail at Philadelphia Wednesday B morning. The drop fell at 10:08 o'clock. The physicians stated that H Dadrio's neck was broken in the fall H anri that Hpath was instantaneous. The execution was successful in every H detail and wholly devoid of unusual H incidents. The crime for which Dad- H rio forfeited his life was a particularly H brutal one. Oa January 23, 1897, he H committed assault upon 3 year oldH Modestino Motfo anu then strangled H u-? All flu* ro^fiAo inwoltrorl vam B ill Li I. GLAL VUU [ HI K4U?< AMTV4TVW if w* v bm " J J