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THE LEXIXGTOX DISPATCH. VOL. XXIV- LEXINGTON, S. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1804. NO. 47. FREE SILVER WANTED. AN ENGLISHMAN'S ABLE DEFENSE OF THE WHITE METAL. The Strong Argument# of a Member of the Iirl lih PdrSl-tmtnt In Favor of the F/ee and Unlimited Coinage of Silver. Rt. lion. Henry Chaplin, who was a member of the royal gold and silver commission, a member of the Salisbury I ~ *- 1 rtf rtarlia. CiiDlUej/, UUU iliSU i% uicujuu v? ment, recently made an able speech be-1 tore the Scotch chamber of commerce .V Edinburgh upon the subject of "Bimetallism m Kelation to Agricultural Depression." The speech was quite lengthy, but his defense of silver remonetization and bimetallism we reproduce. Mr. Chaplain said: "Mow, what are the usual objections that are urged to our views? I have been asked by some correspondents to reply to one or two of them, and 1 will do so. The first, the old stock argument, is tnis: Yor "annot maintain a fixed ratio between g.Jd and silver any more than you can between any two other commodities. You cannot interfere with the laws of supply and demand. The thiDg is impracticable; it is, in fact, a bimetallic dream. Mow, our op? >nents sppear to be still in blissful ignorance of what is, perhaps, the most elementary fact of our contention, viz: that ihe bimetallic theory affords, perhaps, the most perfect and most striking instance of tne operation of those laws In a specially Instructive case, and I believe lam right in sayiDg that that is-ibe oninion of every teach er of political eeoncmy in England at the present time. Mind you, this is very ancient history, but so many of the critics have so little learned their lesson that I will repeat one argument on the subject, and I think it will suffice. What we say Is this, that the law can exact that either, or both of the m9tals shall be legal tender lor debt. That we know, because it has been done effectually already. And thereby the law creates what i3 and what has been the chief demand for the precixs metals?namely, for the purposes ci money. The law can also enact thai they shall be legal tender at a giveu ratio between the two, for this also has been done, and done effectively in the past. Now comes the question: How is the ratio maintained? The answer to this question is that debtors will always try to pay their debts in the cheapest way they can, that is to say, in whichever metal is the cheapest. What do those debts amount to? The indebtedness of the world is estimated at something between twenty and thirty thousand millions sterling. Consequently, if either metal fulls, lor any reason, beiow the legal ratio, there wili be an immediate increase in demand upon it for the purpose of the payment of debts. The increased demand produces its natural effect. The metal which has shown the smallest tendency to fall returns to the normal, or rather the legal level. Formerly it was goia ?at the time of the great gold discoveries forty years ago. More recently it has been sliver, the production of which of late has much increased, al though in nothing iike the same proportion as the production of gold increased in former days. And in this way an automatic action is set up, which not only keeps the relative value of the metals steady, but makes it impossible, as we contend, fur them to vary, except within the smallest limits. If a great increase in either metal should occur, and begin to have the least effect, the parity is immediately restored by tne operation of natural law. And this explains at once the practicai stability of the ratio during the long periods antecedent to 1873, when variation of the production ot the metals was infinitely greater than it has been ever since then. I ieel that I ought to apologize for repeating this fundamental argument in replying to the ;antiquated objections with which we are assailed, but if I bad not done so I was afraid that I would be attacked like vour distimmished country maD, Mr. Arthur Balfour, in the city not very long ago, for not answering the objections which were advanced against bimetallism. The next objection that I hear is this: 'Even if you could maintain a ratio you never could agree as to what the ratio should be.' My answer, gentlemen, Is this: Bimetallists would accept any ratio rather than go on as we are at the present time. But what the final decision as to a ratio should be is, obviously, a matter of agreement among the different people who are concerned. My own opinion upon that point is, and always has been this, it is not so important as people think, and for this reason: So sensitive is silver that the moment a bimetallic settlement was really on the tapis the market price ol silver would conform to any ratio that was fixed long before it was enacted by any positive legislation. "Bat then I hear it said that even if you could agree upoa the ratio the enormous quantities of silver that can be produced even at the present price, must inevitabiy break it. Well, to begin with, I have my doubts as to this illimitable production. I am aware of no facts and no information to confirm the statement. Certainly there are none to be found in the whole evidence before the conference at Brussels. But the answer to that argument is this: 'What is of importance is not the annual output of the metals, but the to tal amount of the mass of each of them which Is alreay In existence.' This is an idea I want you to carry away in your minds. The annual output now is, what shall I say ? probably 30,000,000 sterling a year of each. Perhaps it is even more than that of silver,but what is the existing mass ? I turn to the report of the gold and silver commission. There I find that the estimate of the mass of gold In existence in the world five years ago is 1,550,000,000, or ;in round numbers, say 1,600.000,000 sterling. Silver, on the other hand, is estimated at a little under 2,000,000,000 sterling. Now, supposing that the present annual production of silver was doubled, what does it matter whether you add 30,000,000 a year or 00.000,000 a year to the existing mass? You have 2,000,000,000 of silver, instead of 2,050,000,01)0 as the mass of silver in the world. Why, the difference is fractional?barely 1% per cent. That is aisj the reply to the question I have been asked to answer by a gentleman well known to you (ilr. Lindsay), who was the president -e ' ? 1 ? If ? T In/lootT Qcb"Cir1 I OI yuur CQdUlUCr. lVJLl. wavu me this quest.on: "If the effect of monetizing silver be to enhance the value of that metal, will this not lead to a still further increase in its production, and consequent augmenttaion of the difficulty? The .Broken Hill Ptoprietary Co. produces about 20 per cent, of the total supply in the world, and it is paying now, evea at the present price, an enormous dividend." To that question I answer, no. I do not think it will affect it in the least. Twenty per cent, of the total annual output of silver is only an mOnitesimai addition to the mass already in existence. You must remember that the metals differ from almost all other commodities in this respect?that they do not perish, and they are not anau ally consumed. A crop of wheat, for instance, or the greatest part, of it is consumed every year. A great Increase ordecreese in the annuai crop of wheat makes all the difference in the world. But the miss of gold and silver is the accumulation of centuries. Some of the gold we are using now, however often it has been recoined, existed probably in the days of Solomon or the Pharaohs?and the annual additions to this enormous mass are comparatively unimportant. That is likewise the answer to another very common question, namely, that our present difficulties will ^e augmented by the increasing output of gold In South Africa. No doubt they.are increasing every year. I hope they will continue to increase, but unless they do so in proportions of which I do not see any prospect, they will be absolutely insufficient to redress the mischief which is going on at present. Again, I hear it said that if vou did this vou would be makiDg the fortunes of the owners of silver mines in Mexico, iD America and in other'places of the world. Well, perhaps you would, but would any one of you refuse to receive gold for any reason such as that ? I know a gentlhman now in London who is said to have made a fortune of many millions within the last few years from the gold mines of South Africa, Well, you welcome all that he can send you. "Why should you refuse the silver? Do we starve or freeze curselve9 in winter to prevent the owners of coal mines from becoming rich? It is really quite the weakest and the silliest of all the arguments I knew. There Is another, I admit, which is deserving of much more serious attention. We are the greatest creditor nation in the world. Why should we take payment for our debts In what is the least vai uahle metal? My reply is this: If hi metallists are right, there can be no such thing as a cheaper or dearer metal. Their relative value will remain stable and each of them will perform ail the functions of the other. What may happen, quite possibly, is this. There may be some increase in prices, and as we receive payment for our foreign debt id produce from other Countries we may get souicniug less oi produce ti>.n we got before. But lock At me ctttr s;u? or me picture for a mjo-ecu. it just, is it wise, for the creditor to push his debtor into such a t\nyr.ay oo rrrti ora Hnirxr n.-lOC hv mnnP uo nv uiv uviujj i. ~?, tary changes which have enormously lncrased the burden of his debt? I uo cot care whether it is an individual, or whether it is a nation, i ask them both the same question." THE LOAVES AND FISHES. Th-j OiIlcr8 the hf glslature Will Fill and the Candidates. The Columbia Roister says the nexf Legislature will till a numoer oi important offices, and the election will furnish something for the members of the General Assembly to oe thinking over before thev 20 to Columbia. The first and most important of all the offices is ttat of United States Senator. Ot coarse Governor Tillm-.m will be elected with prac'icaily no opposition and will take his seat in the United Senate on the 4.h of Marco, 1895. The terms of office of Jud2e Fraser, oi ihe Third Judical Circuit, and Judge Norton, of the Eighth Circuit, will ex pire early next year and the Legislature will have to elect successors. Great in ieresL will be manifested in who will till ihese places. It is presumed that Jugde Fraser will be a candidate for re-election. The only other man mentioned as a candidate for the same position is Attorney General Buchanan, and If he wants the place be will get It. He is considered the brightest lawyer of his age ia the Slate and has successfully coped with men of many more years of experience and age. He has been the legal back bone of the Stale administration in its many fights. Judge Norton will be a candidate to succeed himself and his friends wili make a hard fight to keep him on the bench. Several able men have been mentioned as opponents of Judge Norton, but it is not positively known whether they will be m the race. Col. Joseph H. Earle, of Greenville, ex-Attorney General, is one of the men mentioned, and Representative Breazeale, of Anderson, is another. Mr. Breazeale was intrusted with the difficult task of completing the codification of the laws of the State and did his work thoroughly and satisfactorily. With General Buchanan on the bench the oihee of Attorney General would be left vacant and the Legislature would have to fill the vacancy. Anticipating that there will be a vacancy several persons have been spoken of as successors to Mr. Buchanan. Assistant Attorney General Barber will be put in the field by his friends. His familiarity with the work of the office and his ability as a lawyer will eive Irm a strong lead over other candidates. Senator 0. C. Jordan, ol Aiken, is prominently spoken ol for Attorney General aud would have a strong backing. It would be a close race between Messrs. Barber and Jordan. The Legislature elects the Superintendent of the Penitentiary. There is no doubt but what Col. W. A. Neal will succeed himseU. He has made himself indispensable to the State in that position and no Legislature could afford to defeat him. It is doubtful if there will be a candidate against him. His loyalty to the Reform movement is a proverb and is the admiration of all Reformers. The Register mentioned a few days ago that R. M. McCown, the well known young Reformer of Florence, would be a candidate for Clerk of the Senate, and would probably Dot have opposition. Since that statement was made it i3 said that ex-Senator Hemphill, of Abbeville, will be a candidate. TT~- ^ mon f A Kftof W fA. nc Will UC a uaiu rnau w Wolfe, ex-Rspreeentative of Oranseburs, is also said to be a candidate. For Clerk of the IIou3e it 13 supposed that Clerk Gray will be a candidate tor re-election. Rev. J. A. Sligh is also mentioned. Several others have beea spoken of but it is not knowa whether they will be iu the race. For reading Clerk of the Senate the illustrious Coilarcs Caughrnau, of Lexington, whose sonorou3 voice has rung ior four years in the ear3 of honorable Senators. will 20 the way of all those who cau't set votes enough. There are no openly avowed candidates for that place yei but Co'.lards is doomed. Reading Clerk Withers, of the H ;u=e, will likely be a candidate to succeed himeelt and will stand a 11 oe chance of being elected. Killed by a Shark. Mobile, Ala.,Oct. 4.?Eiiot Ei Ailen reports tnat yesterday two sailors attempted to desert tiie ship Evarest in the lower bay by swimming to a skiff tied to a lighter at some distance from the ship. Before they reached the skiff, however, a shark seized one of the men and with a shriek he disappeared beneath the waves. The other man reached the skiff and escaped to the shore. ; THE TERRIBLE TEMPEST.! i ; LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPLRTY IN LITTLE ROCK CYCLONE. Thi Asylum ?nd the P*nl*ei?t'*ry Il^dly Wrecked and s*v<-ral Inmate Killed. Lies of $1,000 000 W1 .h $I..r?00 In*nrstc\ Little Rock, Oil. 3.?News from the Arkansas State insane asylum at an early hour this morning confirmed , lirst reports concerning the damage , done to that institution by the tornado , which caused devastation and death in ' this cify, last evening. All the male , department and annex wa3 ruzea to . the ground, four floors falling in mass. ' Dr. legale, formerly of Mobile, Ala., and two patients were instantly killed, , and four oiher patients seriously and J perhaps fatally injured. Destruction j in the residence part of the city In the viciaity of the penitentiary is very ( great. State Senator Vest's daughter, , who lived in that neighborhood, was j injured by afall'ng roof. State Engi- ; neer Eggltston's house in the same ' neighborhood was unroofed. Thomas Warner's house was demolished and a two story tenement on West Third ( street, Dear the penitentiary, and Deter < English's twosr.ory house were wrecked. Tne DeBnll housa, one of , the oldest buildings in the city, located | at MarkhaDi street and Broadway was , demolished. Young's grocery was unroofed and a boarding house at Sec- { ond stieet was blown down, but 110 one j was injured. Tne Dresbyieriau Church at Fouith aud Stale streets, w<>s ua- , roofed. Abraham O'lenhimers resl- . dence was wrecked. D image to rest- j dence property in West End will ex- , ceed 8500,000. The name of the convict killed at the penitentiary ts Grit-in. ; Two guards. Smith and Witt, were ^ badly injured and seven truslv pris- " oners were seriously hurt. IVoperty loss to the State is 880,000. The storm came from tne Southwest . and swept nearly everything in its , l>j/iuatriuna und h/iS pabll. JL VUVOW1AMUW tily eought place} ot safety but the velocity of the wind was terrible and the list of injured will be very large. Roofs, signs .and trees were tossed about like paper. The path of the tornado was Dot mere than 200 yards wide and its course was zizzig. Its duration was not over three minutes, though rain continued to pour in torrents afterward for an hour. Tne damage caused by the tornado will undoubtedly reach 61,000,000. A most miraculous thing occurred at Fourth and Martin streets. A carpenter named Clark, with his wife and baby, were occupying a room in the house when the storm struck it, blowing the roof from off their heads, and tearing away the walls around them, leavidg the inmates untouched and unharmed in the center of the floor. The instruments of the weather forecaster here were blown away. The insane asylum authorities report the following patients missing: Percy Jones, Dennis CallahaD, James McPeters, William M. Miller, William Surratt, Joseph W. Johnson, and George W. Ackerman. Thousands of people have gone to the asylum, where a large force of men is at work, removing the de bris. The destruction on East Markham street covering four blocks, along which j the wholesalers are located, is even j greater than liist reported. ( Out of a total loss of a million dol- , lars or more the only insurance held \ by the sufferers amounts to about j $2,COD. Of that amount a plate glass j insurance company of Xew York holds j policies sraounting to 81,800. The remaining 8600 was against losses by cy- j. clone. i it- was at the insane asylum wLers j the mostf complete wreck was to be seen. The buildings ouilt by the State $ at a cost of $300,000 are located on a t prominence three miles west of the t business portion of the city and offer- \ ed a splendid target for the fury of ( the storm. Besides the destruction ^ wrought in the main building the east 2 wall of the male ward was completely torn away. Wards 1,3.5 and 7 are a total wreck. The roof is blown off and debris has been found bal:' a mile east. t Pandemonium reigned after the fury of f the storm had been spent. The cells in ' the south wing were occupied by in- ( mates nt thp time. About fifteen es- ' caped, bat all bat seven were recap- 1 tured. t The third 3tory aad the east wall of ' the second story of the penitentiary 1 were blown down and are lying be- e tween it and the house, a vast mass of 1 brick and mortar. The west wall was t cracked at the Moor and inclined to the 1 east about lorty-iive degrees. It was t in this buildiDg where the only death t occurred. J. F. Griffith, a white man c sent up from CUy county tor incest, j was descending the stairway from the ( third story when the wall caved in and , buried him under the debris. His remains, badly mangled, were removed J from the ruins this morning. 1 The heaviest losers by the storm are: ' State insane asylum, $100,000; peniten- ? tiary, $30,000, property of tne State; 1 Dickinson hardware Co.,S2,5Q0; Dudley i E. Jones & Co., S4.00U; li. 11. Rottaken, 815,000; G. F. Baucum, 820,000; J. 11. McCarthy, 88,000; Louis Volmer, 85,000; Ralph Goodricn, $5,000; A. Lofton, J $2,000; Mrs. C. P. Redmond, $21,000; I Capitol Hotel, $2,000; Sam Rudolph & J Co., S5.000; Arkansas Stable, 82,000; i Beil Telephone Co., $2,000; Ellenbergen, : 84.000; Arkansas Carpet aud Furniture i Co,, 820,000; Little Rock Tent and Awn- 1 log Co., S2.O00; Wilson A Webb, sta- 'c tioaery company, 815,000; W. 11. iio- ( mann, 82,000; J. W. Biddmac,$1,500. | Several others sustained losses rang- ' ing from 8500 to $1,000. Fully 200 (it- 1 zens escaped deatn in a most miracu- 1 lous manner. Telegrams from all sec- ' lions of the country offering assistance * were received by Mayor Hall today. 1 All th6 injured, with lew evceplious are doing nicely. from an eve witness. Memphis, Oct. 3.?Charles Joseph, a t railroad man of Memphis, was ia Little t Rock Isst night during the cyclone. ( "I was standing on the cjrner of i Main and Tnird streets," said ne i "about 7:30 o'clock, when I heard an ? awful DO.se and roaring. It was unlike 1 uDy ordinary sound. In a moment t there wai a burst of wind and I ran . across tne street into a stairway. i "Like lightning the storm burst mall t its fury. The rear of the- building in < which I stood was torn away. Across the street I saw a telegraph pole torn to t pieces. A horse and buggy stood near i the sidewalk. They were blown across j the pavement and slammed against the 1 side of a wall. Main street, irom Third j to Markham, was torn to pieces and \ tilled with deons. On Markham screet, < opposite the estate building, several t houses were unroofed. JDowu Mark i ham street, east, the wind tore olf \ roofs of houses and tore down many i ! nt-hwrd as far as Rock street, a distance I of half a mile. This is the heart of the i business portion of Litlle liock. i "After two minutes the wind ceased < and then the rain fell in torrents. I < walked out into the street aud moved < up toward Mirkham street. All of the t electric light wires were blown down . aud the city was in darkness. Mark-*; ham street from the Allla block to Rock street, was filled, with torn timbers, fallen walls, broken glass and other material. The whole city was In confusion and every one seemed to have lost hts head. "At 10 o'clok, 1 crossed the river iDto Argenta and the resident! of that town knew nothiDg of the cyclone." THE COLORLINE DRAWN. An Unatmal Incident tn the Court of SoMlons. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 4.?Aa Inclient much out of the ordinary occurred In the Court of Guceral ijasalons resterday. It was whila the ewe of Ci. Gr^tu ard John Brown, colored, charged with breaking Into and robbing i railroad car, was being tried. Th? defendants were represented by John McMaster. The testimony was that the fnnn/1 In tho nna. JLUicii uau uccu lvuuu ?u wuv session of the prlsoneri, but Green oroved an alibi by three witnesses. The jury in charge of the case had for its fortman J. Frank Smith and :here was oue colored juror, Tobias Derrick. The jury was in Its room for some time and linally reported that it was unabls to agree upon a verdict. Judge Benet asked the foreman of the lury what was the trouble that a veriict could not be arrived at. Mr. Smith stated that the colored member of the iury had drawn the color line and wa* die only juror who stood for the ac-qult:ai of the prisoners, all the others being 0 favor of a verdict of guilty. Judge Benet became somewhat Housed at this and made a few remarks, -tie substance of which were as follows: "If such conduct is indulged in it will necessarily lead to the Jury Oomnissioners excluding colored people ;'rom acting as jurors, which they have 1 perfect right to do under the law. ins law requires that the name* la a irv box snail be of men qualified to tervo as jurors. No colored man 11 nulifVrl m R^rve as a 1uror who will tllow himself to decide a case on a ;olor line. Without saying a word a? ;o the guilt or innocence of the parties n thin case, it is a gr*af misfortune, jspecialiy in the interest of colored peo)le, that a colored man should refuse to igree to a verdict because the party is' t negro and he is one himself. There s no principle of justice In a matter ike that and'such action would j-ojtify Jommissioners in excluding all colored nen's from the box. 1 can assure the :olored peopie on my own responsibiity that in my long residence of twen;y-six years in this State and my experl:nce as a lawyer and a judge, white Ben Hi/9 cases out of 1,000 give colored irisoners full justice." Juc'ge Benet went on to say that he lad known of lawyers paying the exposes of cases for negroes and spendng hundreds of dollars for poor color id men and that there was not a shado w >f reason for the action of the colored nror. He said that there were colored nen on the panel who where capable if acting as jurors and wno had acted I 'airly and whlthout prejudice. In" conclusion he said: "Mr. Clerk,' roa will excuse the juror and strike lis name from the roll." Attorney McMsster stated to the J ;ourt that so tar as the testimony was :oncerned ne thought Derrick had acted ight. He did not know what had oc:urred in the jury room. Later in the day Derrick went to J udge Benet and said that he had not aised the color line in the jnry room. Le nad simply insisted upon the aoluittal of Green, who, he felt satisfied Yds innocent. He had voted, he said, '"? TrinHnn /\f llrniin .T ndCA Senet accepted the statement, remark ng that Derrick was apparently sincere n what he said. Judge Benet stated that if he had mown that Foreman Smith was going .0 speak of the color line he would not lave allowed him to t&la. A mistrial was ordered in tht case md Judge Benet ordered that it be tied again today. Attorney McMsser had bench warrents, taken out for ! William Sheppard, W. II. Rlchter, j leorge Cannon and Frank Robinson, witnesses the defense, who had not. appeared at the trial. Drowned In a WaHrrpont. Galveston, Texas, Oct. 4.?Capain Herbert of the schooner yacht Purian, arrived here today from Pepper Jrove Bay. He says: "A waterspout vhich formed yesterday in Bolivar Chanlei, passed over the bay about 11 >'clock. I was coming down the bay vith a moderate breeze, whsu suddenly ; 81*7 a huge cloud which appeared to ; >x!eoded from the surface of the water,! * " . .1 Tl ? . ! 11# Q up 1U10 IUS ueavcue. iv rrao auuut ,hree hundred feet in diameter. Instant-1 y, I realized the dangsr and changed ,he Puritan's course su as to get out of ,he way ot the funnel-shaped terror. On: :ame the waterspout, hissing and roar- j Dg and scattering the spray in every iirection. Captain Jcughan of the sloop vite was in a skid fishing for oysters vhen the waterspout came tearing up he bay. He was directly in its path. He i vas lifted out of the skiff and carried up >y the spout. This was the last seen ot urn, and the supposition is that h? was frowned. Several boats were capsized.". 1. 4K1 a L*?h. Courtland, Ala., Sept. 28.?Abe Ibrahams, a prominent ruarchant, was Dubllciy cowhided here today by Miss Lucille 1)023, daughter of Peter Doss, sr., proprietor of the Doss Hotel. It Is said that Abrahams made a disparagng remark about Miss Dois, which eached her ears. The young woman irmed herself with a cowhide and pro:eeded to give her alleged defamer a logging, which brought ?tream3 of dood with every blow and made him jeg for mercy. Abrahams was also ittacked by a brother of the young ady and would have been killed, but :'or the interference of the thief of poice who arrested all parties. Silver the Supremo Issue* Columbus, O., Oct. 3.?There was Issued from the Democratic State execuive headquarters to-day and address to .he voters of Ohio, la which It is dedared that the restoration of silver to Tee coinage is the supreme issue before the people, lothe national contest wo years ago, the address states, the ight was made by the Democracy for .ariir reform aud silver restoration. L'he former was the overshadowing ssue theD, but tne McKiuly tariff law jeing now repealed, tne silver coinige question has become paramount. L'he address Is voluminous and in :wenty-one divisions, ana argues in :avor of the abandonment of the jingle gold standard and the return to ree coinage of silver. Ia the closing paragraphs the address declares hat if the present monetary conditions continue there will be little relief to ,he country from its present industrial iuG commercial depression, whether ve have higa tariff* or low tariffs. It ippeals to all voters to unite in casting ;heir bailors so that no matter which ^arty secures the ascendancy in the lext Congress will be compelled to abiudon the currency contracting policy )f the last twenty years and givea tne country free silver, Tne addrtu is signid by Allen W. Thurinan and William ;V. Taylor, chairman and secretary, respectively, of the committee. WiLL HOLD NO CONVENTION. This la the Decision of the Republics State Committee. Columbia, Oct. 3.?The Republican State Executive Committee wrangled for live or six hours yesterday alternoon and decided not to call a State convention^ Many of the members were In favor of calling a convention and putting out a ticket, but they were outvoted. It was the largest meeting of the committee In years. The committee is composed of twenty-five members three from each Congressional District, two from the State-at-large and the chairman and vice cbairmau. Chaisman Webster presided and among the most prominent of the goats on hand were the following: E. M. Brayton, Bob Smalls, E. H. Deas r. li. jonnson, Jb'red Nix, Fordham, (i. W. Murrav, R. R. Talbert of Abbervllle, W. E. Bovktn of Camlea, J. C. Whitaker aad Z E Walker of Sumter, W. F. Meyers of Colleton, E. D. Little John and 13. F. Means of Spartanburg. A total of twenty-two men were present, including several represented by proxy. Tbe discussion on the calling o? a State convention lasted a long time and was warm, as Republican debates always are. The decision reached is told of above. The committee next turned its attention^ the Congressional fights and recommended that nominees be put in the field in every Congressional District. The Fifth and Sixth Districts are the only ones in which nothing has been done about calling a convention to nominate candidates. This will be done and the Executive Committee will see to it. Tne plan of tbe Republicans in the Congressional fights is the same as was seDt out Id a circular by Chairman Webster a few weeks ago. Nominees are to be put up in every district and the name of every Republican who offers to vote and is not allowed to do so because he does not have a registration ticket will be taken down. Tne expectation is that there will be a Republican Congress next yea". The Republican nominees will use the registration laws and failure of their men to vote as a basis for contests in the House. ine committee sat down on lirayton in great shape, endorsing the candidacy of T. 13. Johnson in the Seventh District, by the passage of the following resolution: "While regretting the condition that confronts us in the Seventh Congressional District in the candidacy of Col. T. 13. Johnson and Hon. E. M. Brayton, it is the sense of this committee, from the facts presented to them, that Col. T. B. Johnson is entitled to the support of the Republicans of said District as there guiar nominee of the party and as SQCh we endorse and commend him to the loyal Republicans of the district." Brayton made a light against the resolution but he had only six mea to bach him. In some manner Webster and Johnson have the State Executive Committee packed against Brayton. Brayton, it will be remembered, carried the contest before the Republican National Congressional Committee and they decided that Johnson was a bolter and that Brayton was entitled to Republican support. Johnson says he made no effort to meet the contest before that committee because Brayton is a member of it and the committee was packed against him (Johnson). It will thus be seen that both Brayton and Johnson will be in the race to the end in the Seventh one having the endorsement of the National Committee and the other that of the State Executive PnmmiHao V/W LU LU i V UVU* The row between Marray and Smalls, in the new First District, was submitted to the national committed some time ago and it decided in favor of Murray. Smalls thereupon withdrew from the race and there is only one Kepubliean candidate in that district. One of the last things done by the committee was to decide to make a strong fight at the ballot box in the .November election against the Constitutional convention, and a resolution was adopted calling on the white people of the State who are opposed to the convention to aid the Republicans in tne fight. EKATTON CONDEMNS IT. JBrayton strongly condemns the action of the Republican State Executive Committee in refusing to call a State convention. The motive for this action was a desire, he says, to prevent the election of a new State Executive Committee and of County Chairman as is required by the rules of the party and its effect is to deprive the party of aoy rightful and legal organization as the tenue of these party officials expires by limitation. He also considered tne State committee derelict in not outlining a policy for the party in the approaching uaujpaigu. In regard to the endorsement of T. B. Johnson's candidacy for Congress in the Seventh District Brayton speaks with contempt of the conrse of the committee and claims it was brought about by the basest and most corrupt methods and to destroy the chance of liepublican success. The following protest wa3 filed by tboss repudiating the action of the committee: " We the undersigned memDers of the liepublican State Executive Committee of South Carolina protest ag-iinat the right or authority of the committee to consider or act on the question of the liepublican nominee in the Seventh Congressional District in this State, for the reason that the matter has already been determined by the National Congressional Committee which has duly considered the case and declared E. M. Brayton the legal and regular nominee of the party, and because the State Executive Committee has no jurisdiction in the primaries,and in addition the matter was brought up without previous notice or intimation that it would ba taken up and acted on without proof being considered by the committee. "We therefore protest against the interference and decision of the committee as unauthorized, illegal and void. "?. M. Bratton, 117* XITfr?n i v VX. ?T . iUiniVA 1 , " W. F. Mters, "E. j. Dickerson, "J. F. Lopei, "J. J. Miller" II. It. Tolbert, Jr., and IS. H. Means also refused to vole with the majority, Republican Gains. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 3.?Returns from all except two out of lt>4 towns in this State that held local elections on Monday show a Republican pain of twenty-three towns. The majorities are not complete yet, but indicate a Republican majority sufficient to elect the Governor without the election being thrown into the Legislature at the November election. ,fA Strange Cotncldenoe.'' Wasiiinoton, Oct. 3 ? By a stange coincidence Charles H. Doing, who was a jail guard thirteen years ago, and wno permitted Capt. W. II. Howgate to escape, was reappointed to his old position last Saturday, a few days after Howgate's recapture in New York, Today the judge of the District Court conferred with Warden Leonard of the jail, and as a result Doing was relieved from duty. THE COMMISSIONERS. i ? MEN WHO WILL MANAGETHE COMING I ELECTION. j Appointments Mtrte br Gsve'nor Till' man?No Republicans Getln?Will Have t I to Take Their Chances With Honest Democrats. I i Columbia, S. C., Ojt. 5.?Governor Tillman has appointed the election ; commissioners for all the counties ex' copt Charleston, Darlington, Georgetown and llarnweli. and they will be appointed today. The list is as follows: AMI5H.YIJL.LE (JUUNTY. ' Federal?John F. Bullock, Greenwood; J. F. Gilberi, Abbeville; F. A. Cook, Troy. State?G. H. Moore, Abbeville; B. A. Boyd, Mt. Carmel; A. J. Pounds, Bradley. AIKEN. State?G. C. Moseley. Aiken; J. W. Dunbar, Beech Island; H. M. Sawyer, Monetta. Federal?D. H. Wise, Aikeo; W. E. Arthur, Graniteville; Butler Jackson, Windsor. ANDERSON. Federal?W. H. Glenn, AndersoD; James G. liiley, Anderson; W. T. McGregor, Anderson. State?S. N. Browne, Anderson; James R. Anderson, Aader80D; H. II. Gray, Anderson. BEAUFORT. State?T. F. Walsh, B?aufort; W.N. Barnes, Bluff con; C. A. Paul, Port Royal. Federal?C. S. Johnson, Beaufort; J. B Walker, Port Royal; II. H.Porter, Rldgeland. CHESTER. State?John S. Withers, Chester; W. C. Hicklln, Hicklin; J. A. Hood, Chester. Federal?J. G. L. White. Chester; S. M. >iCAfee, Wise; John O. Darby, Lowryville. CHESTERFIELD. State?M. F. Jackson, Mt. Croghan; TV. D. Craig, Chesterfield; P. H. Brock, Cberaw. Federal?J. E. Sowell, McKay's; W. P. McXaskill, Jtfferson; E. r. Muuoy, vjnesterueia. COLLETON. Federal?H. W. Ackerman, Cottageville; C. W. Jaques, Cottagevllle; D. H. Behre, Walterboro. State?0. D. Rice, Walterboro; J. D. Bivins, Walterboro; C. J. Allen, Walterboro. CLARENDON. State?B. A. Jobnson, Manning; S. , W. Mclotosh, Workman; A. J.Rtchbourg, St. Faul. Federal?Louis Ap- , pelt, Manning;J. C. Johnson, Manning; J. M. Bar wick, Pinewood. FLORENCE. Federal?R. S. Smith, Florence; J. E. i Pettigrew, Florence; L. A. McCall, Jr., i Florence. State?W. F, Clayton. Fior- < ence; G. C. Ficklea, Iiymans; James : Lawton, Timmonsvllle. GREENVILLE. | State?N. C. Ducas, W. M. Bramlette, Jos. A. McCullough. Federal?R. Y. ( Hellams, A. M. Runion, J. II. Donald. FAIRFIELD. 1 State?J. W Lyles, Strothers; Hayne : McMeekin, WinDSboro; S. H. Terrace, ; White Oak. Federal?C. S. Ford, Mitford; J. M. Galloway, White Oak; R.A. Means, Ridgeway. LAUREN8. State?0. P. Goodwin. Laurens; J.C. ] McClellaD, Reno; A. C. Owen, Power. Federal?S. W. Lowe, Cross Hill; G. W. 1 Culberson, Efcom; W. L. Cunningham, Laurens. OCONEE. Q TclnwH n T Wollror A 1 vjvctou?~~<J vj? x *u;u, v? v ff niuvi) j P. Hunt. Federal?J. J. Keith, G. M. Cothran, J. M. Whitmire. ORANGEBURG. Federal?J. H. Claffy, Orangeburg; J. H. Easterllng, S. P. Foxworth. State ?G. B. Klttreli, Charles A. Stronian, S. C. Kennedy, Kowesville. PICKENS. State?J. J. Herd, Sr., Pickens; W. F. Jonnson, Central; W. A. Hamilton, Easley. Federal?W. N. Hughes. Dacusville; H. C. Shirley, Liberty; L. R. Durham, Pickens. LEXINGTON. State?D. M. Crosson, Leesville; J. II. Counts, Irmo; C. W. Caughman, Lexington. Federal?Isaiah Haitiwanger, Lexington; S. J. Clark, Chapln; J.S. Dooley, Lexington. RICHLAND State?J. S. Verner, Columdia; L. H. Seay, Killians; R. E. Blakeley, Columbia. Federal?N. K. Perrv, Columbia; T. H. Roberts, Hopkins; P. B. McCoy, Columbia. SPARTANBURG. State?B. B. Bi8hep,Spaitanburg;A. C. Johnson, New Prospect; E. L. Willis, Golightly. Federal?J. II. Hale, Fair Forest; William Thomas, Glen- i dale; L. D. Bonner, Gocher. ( MARION. , State?J. D. Montgomery,Marion; J. ' B. Middleton, MariOD; J, C. MasoD, , Marion. Federal?H. 1. Gasque, R. P. Porter, 13. F. Elliott, Marion. MARLBORO. 1 State?T. S. Evans, Bennettsville; J. : N. Drake, Drake's; 'W. P. Covington, i Bennettsville. Federal?L. J. Breedeo, R. E. Townsend, Bennttsville; W. B. McLaurin, McColl. NEWBBRRY. ! State?T. S. Cease, Newberry; P. G. Coon, Vaughnville; G. A. Mills,Sligbs. Federal?A. E. P. Bedenbaugh, Newberry; W. C. Sligh, Jalapa; John.B. Fellers, Prosperity, HAMPTON. State?J. P. Pritchard.J. E. Rivers, T. A. Hamilton, Hampton. Federal? , B. H. Theus, Seminole; Preston L'hil- J lips, Gray's;R. J. Rivers, Crockettville. ( KERSHAW. State?J. R. Drakeford, G. L. Dickson, Camden, H. T. Jobnson, Abney. Federal?W. T, Russell, Westville; H. E. Beard and J. TJ. Jones, Camden. LANCASTER. , State?R. J. Fiynn, W. J. Baker, R. M. Kirk, Lancaster. Federal?R. C. , Crockett, J. T. Marshall, D. L. Adams, ! Lancaster. JNION. State?A.. W. GUtnore, Santuc; T. K. Foster, Union; H. F. Murphy, Cross Keys. Federal?P. II. Peter, Carlisle; J. L. Walker, Sunny Side; W. H. Gault, ( Kelton. WILLIAMSBURG. State?J. A. Green, Like City; J. J. M. Graham, Jr., Camp Ridge; W. 0. Bryan, Gourdlne. Federal?William Cooper, Cooper's- W. W. Kennedy, S^ndy Level; W. It. Singletary, Scranton. YORK. State?It. J. Itiggins, J. B. GordoD, W. W. Miller. Federal-J. J. Waters, It. M. Carroll, W. J. Davis. SUMTER. State-J. E. DuPre, E. G. Good- 1 man, K. E. Wells. Federal?D. E. Keels, It. M. Pitts,S. Nash. State?J. E. Davis, Ed. Folk, S. B Mays, Edgefield. Federal?E. It. Steadman, Mount Willing; A. J. Xorrls, Edgefield; John Miller, Trenton. i KEKKELEY State?It. II. Sweeney. Surnraerville; j A.It. Dennis, McBeth; Ellas Whilden, Mount Pleasant. Federal?J. S. Hart, Mount Pleasant; J. H. Schultz, Mount i Pleasant; W. T. Jolly, Mock's Corner. : IIORRY. I State?J. M. Drrmott, Conwav;J.D. I West, Soca8tee; M. A. Dusenberry; i Toddsvllle. Federal?It. D. Scarbor- I ough, J. A. Lewis, Conway; J. E, . .Hammond, Wanna maker. THE POLICEMEN ROASTED. Lawyer GofT Keeps Them SIzzIIdr Without Mercy. New York.Ojt. 3.?Those who wer8 fortunate enough to gain admittance to the sessions of the Lexow investigation committee today witnessed two scenes decidedly dramatical in their nature. Airs. Urchittei. the Russian woman who. almost a stranger in the country, running a small cigar store, was arrested on the charge of Keeping a disorderly house and kept in jail many month*, 'Treated S3 even the Czar of Russia would not treat an American," according to Chief Council Goff. was Disced on the witness stand. She alleged that her arrest was due to her refusal to pay 850 to the police. Testimony of the witness remained unshaken, but the officers who tried to explain the story could not agree as to the wav the thing happened. Mrs. Urchittel's children are stlil In the orphan asylum and the lamentations and the apparent mental suffering of tne woman elicited sympathy from all those who witnessed her examination. Steps will he taken to recover her children for her without loss of time. During her examination in the court room, she caught sight of Offi :er ILuisey. She claims that tho wordiaaii in the author cf ali her woes. Excitedly springing up, she started and demanued her children. It was witn difficulty she was pacified. Had she been able to understand the English language and the American customs she must have enjoyed exquisite revenge a little later when officer Ilussay was called to the stand. He expected to be called upon to explain away his connection with the case, but Chief Council Golf indulged In another of those dramatic surprises which he is continually springing upon the New York public. Instead of reverting to the events of .i t. c (r. /' ^I in*i past lew uuuu'jLia.aii. uruu iu^uucu, "Now, Hussey, have you just mreatened to shoot a maa in this court j room?" The interrogatory was aa3wered with a negative, hut Ofilcer Hussey grew red and white in the face by turns when half a dozen witnesses testified that he threatened to shoot Norbarth Pfeifer, aQ East side Hebrew employed by Mr. Golf. The witness nearly tainted in the court room at the evidence presented against him to show that he threatened to kill Pieifer. He reached for a glass of water and drank it eagerly, intense silence reigning in the court room, members of the committee, policemen and strangers all intent upon his replies. Tne scene became a painful one. Hussey told Mr. Golf that he was under the doctor's orders, that it would not do for him to get excited, that it was his family he cared for and not himself. With an intimation that he would look into the matter, Mr. Golf allowed the witnes to go. One other event of unusual interest occurred. Annie Trywsch, a young woman who is keenim? a news stand on E?3t Broad way,claimed that policeman Lynch asked her this morning if 3he paid her rent. Receiving a negative reply, he told her that she would have to pay him S5. She failed to raise the money and he arrested her and took her to Essex Market, where she was discharged by the police justice, then she came to the Lexow Committee with the 3tory. A L?rge WiilJkey Haul. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 5.?The big haul of whiskey made by Chief Constable Holley, in Charleston, has been shipped to the State Dispensary, and arrived here yesterday. It will be taken Lo the Dispensary today and in a short time will be bottled and sent out to the County Dispensaries. The haul was the largest ever made iu the State and the Charleston Eveniog Tost estimates that it was worth $5,000. The I\)3i has the following about the haul: "The State Dispensary will not need to replenish its atock at State expense soon. The constables made a haul at the North Eastern Depot on Tuesday night that will keepjha Dispenary in j 3tock tor awhiie. listween sixty-live md seventy packages were taken by the constables. It is evident that they had been anticipating the arrival of the stuff ind baa a full description ot it. The packages were marked holders' hardware. tinware, sulphur, mineral water, becon and copperas. They were so packed that it was impossible to guess their contents and were received by the road in good faith. Tne constables, six or seven or them, were concealed around the depot aU the evening looking for the cars. They were opened after hours to accommodate the consignees, as is often done by this accommodating road, but not in secret, for all the clerical force was on hand. The packages were seized after delivery to consignee. It is estimated that the liquor, which was in barrels, half-barrels, keg3 and ca3es, wa3 worth $5,000.^The confiscated packages were taken to the South Caroiiua Road tor shipment to Columbia by Mr. Con-! nie Powers this morning. The constables also seized forty-four packages of liquor at the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad this morning. This was shipped with other seizures to Columbia.''' * More Violations. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 3.?Some days ago the State Superintendent of Eiucatitn sent out circulars to the various county school commissioners, asking them to investigate and report to him, all cases of the sale of listed school books by book dealers, above the prices agreed upon in the publishers' contract. The reports are now coming In. In Charleston, iiichland and Georgetown, the official contract prices are being Btrictly adhered to. This cannot be said of all the counties, however. Several others have been heard from. The 3tatus in Fairfield has been already mentioned. School Commissioner Iseii Macauiey of Oconee county writes that he knows personally of 100 or more cases of the vlolotion of the contract in t-ho /innnHoo nf IlinnoB anrt burg, and asks in what snaps he mustpresent the cases. lie says he is aole to give the date of each vieiation, the name of the bookdeaier, and the name of the purchaser. Blacksburg a!s reports violations of the contract. Letters are coming in from the various contract publishers. Yesterday Giun & Co., J) C. Heath iC o., and D. Appieton & Co. were heard from, each asking that all cases in which their books were concerned be reported to them, and pledging their co-operation in stoDDinar any violations of the con tract. * * " Seven Drowned. r.iiASKA.Minn., Sept. 8J.?Seven per30Q3 were drowned here last evening. Louis Seharf and family, who had been attending the fair, started home at 7 o'clock. Sharf was intoxicated and whipped his horses and furiously dashed down the river bank, over the ferry and into the river. His wife, live children and Miss Mary Rjskus, Mrs. Scharf's sister, were drowned, as were the horses. Sckarf clung to the wagon box and was rescued. The bodies of Mrs. IScbarf and two of the children were recovered. J THE FLAG IN CHINA. PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ameriCANS AMONG HEATHEN. Secretary He?l>3rt'a Infractions to Admiral Carpenter?Five U. S. Ships ot War Jn Aslat.'c Waters and Three More to Follow. Washington, Oct. 4.?Secretary Herbert said today wnen asked aoout the steps he had taken for the safety of Americans in China that about two weeks ago he had sent written instructions tc Admiral Carpenter, commanding the American forces in Chinese waters, suggesting to him to place himself lu communication with the foreign lleet and cooperate with them by arranging for concerted action in guarding foreign interests entrusted to their care. It was suggested that if possible an agreement migtit De readied lor an ellective distribution of ships in such a way that ail the treaty and other pori3 where foreign interests might be endangered 3honId be cared for by one or more ships from the iieets with the understanding that they were to mutually give protection to the citizens of all the nations entering into the agreement. There are ar present lu., live American vessels on me Asiatic station, and though tan hu.noer will bs increased to eigne ey December 1st, there aro at i"ast Litteen ports where the lives of American citizens may do endangered. Ir Admiral Carpenter, can secure the cooperation of trie British admiral, ttie British acid American ships could be distributed in such a manner a3 to protect both British and American subjects and the British ships would assist Americans and Englishmen in one port, wniie the American vessels looked after the Englishmen and Americans in others. The cruiser Charleston has just joined the American llset in Asia. Capt. Goifia, her commanding oilieer, reported by cable his arrival at Yokohama Tuesday night. Her arrival, in Japanese waters makes the vessels under Commodore Carpenter number live, the others being the Moaocaey, temporarily the liagsnips, now at Tien Tain; the Baltimore and Concord at Chemulpo, and tue Tetrel at Nagasaki. Tne otner three vessels which have been oraered in the reinforce station are the Yorktown now at. San T^rannlann the Ma chias at New York, ahd the Detroit at Norfolk. The Yorktown will start across the Paciiic aad the Machais across the Atlantic aoout October 15. The Deloit is to leave Norfolk early next week, stopping at Cadiz and Rcrne a to deliver the Columbian relics. the british move. 'm London, Oct. 4?i'ne admiralty have _ ^ ordered to proceed to China ^he iirst class cruiser St. George, now at Portsmouth, aad the second class cruiser, Loius, from the Mediterranean squadron. The gunboats Redbreast and Pigeon of tne Last India squadron, nave aiso been ordered to Chiuese waters. Tnis action is understood to be in accordance with the decision of today's cabinet council. Lord Roseberry nas gone to Dalmeny Park, Linlithgowsnire, and tne otner ministers are returning to their several resorts in the country whence tney were summoned: The Exchange Telegraph Company says that ti.OOO troops will be sent from India to protect tne treaty ports in China. Tne iirst rifle brigade will leave Calcutta on October 13:n for Hong Kong. Tne other troops which are expected to be dispatched include the Northumberland fusileers, two battalions of Ghoorkas and four regiments of Sikns and drafts from the Punjuah. In an inteview today, Mr. Sinclair, ex-British consul at Eoo Caow, said that with the exception of Li Hung Chang's force and the army of Manchuria, China's forces are worthless, the profession of arm3 being held In contempt. The organization is bad. Japan, in his opinion, i3 bound to win, but defeat will not endanger the Manchu dynasty and will probably compel China to look to Europe for the lessons she needs. ' Mortgaged lor $130^000,000. Richmond,Va.,Oct. 2 ?The general meeting ot the stockholders of the Soutnera Railway Company, held here today, gave the officers authority to execute and deliver a mortgage by the Southern Railway Company to the Ceutra! Trust Company of New York as trustee, upon and covering the rail* road's property, privileges and franchises or the said company, to secure and iciue of bonds in the aggregate principal sum of $120,000,000, payable July 1,1004, in gold com of tne United^? States with interest at the rate of five per cent, annum, payable semi-annualiy in like gold coin, and also to author- BB ize the execution and delivery of a (HI mortgage and deed of trust upon parts V| of the railroad property of the former East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia V Railroad, to secure boods for the prin cipal sum of S4,500,000, payable Sept. i, 1058,bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 5 per cent per annum,principal ana interest Dayable in gold coin. Of the 3120,000.000, issue of the first consolidated lives, 378,088,372.13 will be reserved to take up the outstanding mortgage and equipment obligations 321,011,027.87, including 38,000,000for new construction after the first o? January, 18V8, but not more than 32,000,000 will be issued during any one year. There were 3100,000,000 ot common and 350,000,000 of preferred stock represented at the meeting. A Minister Killed. Louisville, Oct. 5.?Rev. John W. Welker was knocked down ana killed near Corydoa, lad., yesterday by David Wheat, The later had received a letter warning h!m to leave the country on peril ot being "wbitecapped." He was v.sited by masked men last Sunday night but drcve tbem away with a few shot}. Yesterday Mr. Welker and his son Alva went to see Wheat aud ordered him to give them the warning nets. Upon his refusal, a light followed and in the melee Wheat knocked the minister down with a billet of wood and killed u.nr, 'ioaeted Alive. Kenosha, Wis., Dot. 1.?Four persons were roasted alive and two otaers badly burned at the farm residence of B. 13. Fierce, in the town of Wilcaot, near the .State line, Saturday evening, ilr. Tierce's family consisted of his wife ana three soos, aged 25, 29, and 31 years, and a daughter aged 18 years. All step: up stairs. The youQg man lirst no.iced the lire and leaped down stairs. He thea returned to rouse the others of the family but perished with his brothers and sister. Tne father and mother escaped with severe burns. Evidences of the Storm. Jacksonville, Fia., Oct. 4.?A special from K-y West says that lifty dead bodies, victims of wrecks occurring on J the reefa during the recent storm, have been washed ashore on the islands. The dead are evidently sailors from vessels destroyed, although the length of time J?9d which has elapsed since the storm has ^BjS rendered the bodies oeyond identnica- ijjg&B tion through decomposition. The prob- '^BSj abilities are that many more of these J1EB ghastly evidences of the hurricane's fury will be brought to light in a few days.