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V O L - X -P--KE N S , S . C . , T I I i RS I ) A Y y I l (II 12 , 1 8 9 1N O 2 5 VNO. 25. A CITY DESTROY El). THE CITY OF YUMA WIPED OUT B THE FLOOD. Water Covers the Couttry for Fi"lmy Mie Aroundi-Hundiredsn of Peo4ple itendere Homeless an% Dsti tue-A p pa ia, of Lite Reported. YUMA, Arizona. March 1.-Over houses are In ruitis In this piace an 1,400 people are lioielcss. It is feare that hundreds of lives lave- been losst il the Gila Valley. No reliAbIle report can be obtained from that locality, a the roads are impassable and All th wires are down. Above Yuma the river is seven mile wide, and below :tle town the wate covers the country in one grand Iak over fifty MleR across. Over 1,00) pi sons are being Ied daily at ie SauthierI Pacific Hotel, and the town has pr visions sufficient for eight da3S more. The blockade of West bound trains, i is expected, will be raised m about ihu days, but it will be at least I wo week before they can go East. Reports from Jenkins, fifteen nile. above here, were to the ellect that th( flood drove the people into the tree tops Many became exhausted from vold am hunger before the flood ahated an dropped into the water and were drown ed. It is estimated that anywhere hv tween thirty and 100 lives were lost ii the valley. Desolation reigns supri1 all along the valley. Every house on the hills has beei thrown open to zeceive the homeless. an hundreds are quartered in tents and it the old goverment buildings. Ti merchants have opened their goods hi the streets in order to help the -ufferer The water is still high f'or two hundrei miles east of this point, and all thi: must pass here. Many Fear that, ti worst is yet to come, cspecially it thcr should be any further rainall. Th1 losses in this county will foot, up neari.. $2,000,000, and the daniagee suffered I the railroad company will aniount ti more than $250,000. The common loss has brou ht al classes of citizens together, and all havi worked with a will, first n trying to sa' the town b) constructing a rude levee and when that effort proved futile. i sav ing as much as poasible from the rumis The old town will probably not he re built, as both ierchants and resident will erect their stores and houses on th, hills, in order to be out of reach of an further damage. A hoat which arrived fromi M[ohiawk sixty miles up the Gila River. brin--s re ports of teirible loss of life, all the coun try being under water. The urvates sufferers are the poor Mexicans, whos, entire possess:ons have been swept awa. and who have no reserve to tall hac! upon. Their is yet a vast stretch o territory to be heard from, every on, fears that when full returns are in. th loss of life will prove of' appallini magnitude. Reports from the valley of ie Colo rado, below this place, state that hun dreds of the Cocopah Indians have heci drowned. They are located abut, sixt miles South of here, and their tribe i about 5,000 strong, Their villages at' all on low land, and as there are no hill; on which the Indans could take retti_e an immense number of them must havi been caught in the lood and swep away. Tle waters rose six feet il twelve hours and came on thema almos fIthout warning. In this city the ruIn has been mos0 complete, the Catholic church being tIe only building left standing on thie maim street. The convent andl adljoining sch oo stood the wvear of' the waves for anat hours, but finally crumbled into r'uins. The 'Yuma Sentmnel mtovedI its othici four times yesterd(ay, but finally sue ceeded in getting out on time.' Thu Times was less fortunate, and its ofhic< and material went (Iown mn the wreeck. Fears were enltertained that, the limi railroad bridge would be carrIiedl aw'ay but fortunately the piers stood the t est andl unless some extra heavy wreeknei~ should lodge on the superstruecture um cause a jam, it will not, be0 materatlly ini jured. The officers of' Fort Yuma have don everything In .their plower to assist tha sufferers, and fortunately there was good supply of tents on hand, an these weire at once placedl at (lie dfisp)os of the homeless fatmities and much i-ul fering thereby p)reventedl. Should there be no fur'thear aronifall. is hoped that there will be little furthe loss, and that with thie restor'ing of' ('omi munica-nwith thle We'sf suitiici trains will lbe brought in frot Fa Francisco and L.os Angeles to pr'(~een any serious treble. , THlE L~ATESTr FuoM Va,ooimt v tM A. 'YU1MA, ARIZ~ONA. MNairh I' .--Th'l Yuma r'iver has fallfen ho ahInonst iii level of the water b)efore tihe last. flood News from the v'alleys say that every~ thing is uinder waiter, and( much des Itrue tion to propert,y is reportfed. G(ila I :ye changed its course InI several phices. A Gila CIt,y the railroad track was cotvere for miles by water ten feet deep. Th'f statement is made that the stories of th first loss of life are untruie. One om is, so far, known to have been drowned't Reports of tihe death of others' to thi valley are reported, but they hatve nto yet been confirmed. Married to (Get, hii LMIegacy 1. -ANN A RRoR, Mich., Feb. ?8.- -.1mie L. Babcock, the young man whose tinel' in 1888 lefthlim a fortunte of' %0,00~0 oi condition that he marry within liv years, is about to take a witfe. Thi bride-elect is Miss ,James, a sister of( S. James, a p'rminent merchat o Waukesha, Wis. Nitr. flabcock hais beei t,he recipient of more love letters mua proposals probably thani any othie young man or woman of his tinme. Wrecked on Ty bee. SAVANNAH[, Feb. 27.-An uink nowlv small two-masted schooner went ashir on Tybee North breaker on 'IlTursas evening,in a northwe.st gate, aini siunk The crew are supposed to 1)e lost. TPh vessel Is bellieved to be the Robert Me Carrel, of Charleston,-and was on: toyage to this port from ('oosaw, S. (' with phosphate rock and carried ( wcre of five men. THE MODERN ALARIC. Somne Truths About the Vandallsn of f Sherana's March to the Sea. D Uri.: WEsT, February 24.-The mem ory of Gen V. T. Sherman is clearly not without a stain. No one will question his brute bravery, but every right-mind 1 ed mam niust regard him as a cruel molister. A large amount of the region of country traversed by him In his "marrh to the s( a' was at the time b herelt of all its population except the old men, woien an(] children. The able hodied imen were all in the Confederate iriny, and the force by which his pro (frcss wai opposed was not adequate for the purpose. It is a fact beyond doubt that e burned, or caused to be burned, houses of, Oev description and destroy ed property of all kinds. By his orders r or with his full consent all the stock was 0 destroYed. . In all this wholesale destruction there was not tle shadow oflecessity, viewed . 1rm a military point of view. The Nor th may laud him as much as it leas,1es, but the solemn truth is "Sher 1111's march to tile sea"' is a disgrace to the whole American nation and a foul blot on the civilization of the nineteenth centiry. The barbarities perpetrated by his army, and with his approbation, exceeded any recorded in moderin histo ry, excI)t it be those practiced by the Spamuards. His "march to the sea" was a St ihirtholomew's Day repeated on a rand G sle. Gen Wn T. Sherman had a spleivid opportunity to display the chivalry of a conqueror, but lie chose to plaY the part of a black-heart,ed murder er. It is to hoped that lie repented of all his sIlus. 1l Gcn Sherman had taken the horses and mnles of the country and usedl themi this would, by the laws of war, have heeii regarded as proper, out this lie (lid not do. The horses and mules, in every section of' the country through which lie p'assed, were collected and shot. The corn and Fodder and everything oa which 11111 or beast could live were iurned up. Everythinv was destroyed. Domestic fowls .und domestic animals-even the dogs and cats were kilad. Houses. in wYhiich there were none but old ien and ladiem ill humble circuastauces, were clitered, destroyed. Milch cows were shot down in the yard, the crockery was all broken up ; the pails and pots were siashed into pieces, the clothing of the lamily was violently taken out of the houat-tes and sometimes oll'i lie ersons of old nien and old mniomen, of little boys anid :rls and burned before their eyes. Th",N was not, all. Those who were redtuced to want were cursed and abused as if Oley had not the feelings of brutes ienI Sheriman oil his "march to the sea''. acted as if' lie believed that the only good *oth;Uleri mai was a dead Southern man, anld tle only mercy that the South de 1 rved w.as to be burnied up. 'The probability is that in the course of a fiw months some book agent will be traniping over the South end'eavoring to sell to the people of Georgia and South 'arolina the life ofGen Shierman. It is to be hoped that our people will have eniough of self' respect, neither to buy it lnor reald it. Soie Southern man ought to write the his toryot, Sherman's "March to the sea, tha t coinin-Z generat"ons might know the ] truth. All that is really necessary is to i state uivariished the icts-the truth iothini but. the Iruth. We have no desire 1( blacken the name of Gen Sher- I num. le is dead. But it is doing the l South a great injustice for the Northern 1 re t and especially the religious press i of the North. to point to the march of I Gien Shierean to thie sea as thie pilgrim-i Courie:. unisel lish saint.-News andl 1 Annua licekinson Insane. Wil.i:SJIAILRE, PA., Feb. 20.--AnnaI lhikinson, the onice favorite lecturer anid femiale abolitionist, is now an in -umate of t lie D)anville asylum. She was t l'in to that. institLution last evening hDI r. Ililemani, hiar family physician. l'or six months it has been p)lain to Mli-s iikinson's friends that she was losinig her mind. At times she actedl very queer. Miss D)ickinison is fifty .set ofe age.Sh gaveoall her wealth e I tor all t.he poor people for miiles around. - At: presenit. she is the prosecutrix in a o suit ini the New York couirtsi against M Altt. Q tuiy foir services rendered thie I :eliibbea party)0'( ini the camnpaigni of1 i % 'The gifrted lady has lived for 1years with her sister, Susan 10 Dickin I son in West l'ittston. For some1 time .her hiealthi has ben in a p)recariouis con) 1' in and shte has bieen con.stan tly uinder . h e ieso her physician, whio treated r[ or i nsomniia. Th'lis (disease has h een unid ermiiniitg hecr v itality for some - time, and although she has been care-1 t I ully nuirsedl by her devoted sist,er 110 unpjroveaiient was pierceptible. I -- . . . A Swin<dler fer Twenty Years. SAv'ANN^11, GA., Feb,. 2'.--After t went y yeairs ctin ued<i widlinig, by iy hatdie haus in)ana;gedtl 1. detfraudt Ii rms ii G eorgia and ot her Slates out of .i muiintats aggregating 85),(X), A. J. - Di cksori, of' Mershion, is now ont trial . ini tihe t'nited States Court for usinig riii th mi is tar frata(llulent. puarposes. Ac-1 (ord ing~ to t lhe testimoniy lie wouild sendi( for a sinall lill ofr goodls and( refer to a I ict ibious firma at Mershion, wvhere he rr i'l aspo(st master. Whlen (lie let ters of I iquiry camne lie wou ld answer t hema, giving himself a first-class busi -tuns ratJing. The first, bill he would laty as a ha i, (lien he would order a t argo lot of goods, for which (lie pay ntever came. Senaitor If ear,t. I)a. 3 ~A siNG TiON, F'eb. 28--Senator Geo. 1 llearst of California dlied at his resi idence ont New I laImpshilre Avenue in Stis city at 9:30) o'clock to-nlghit. H[e 11had beeni ill for at long titne, andi( in J)e .cemnbetr last went to New York city to f consult with D)r. Charles S. Ward in re Sguirdl to his cond(itionl. TIhie physician 1 'i(n that he' wvas aillicted with a com r. licat iont of diseases, resulting primarily Iromi a serious dlerant gement, of the hioweis. lIe will be bied in San F"ranlcisco. stormi Swept. I (A,.vi-sTlON, Feb. 28.- -Advlces from the I 'ity ,of' Mexico say that the port of S:'i Feipe has been visited by a bad - -atiortli. .M utch shippinig has been wreck Sed and eighteen houses destroyed. Many ,fanilies were madie homeless. A num h er of lives were lost and a great deal of live atock ha nerished. ONE OF REED'S LAST RAIDS. The Shipping Subsidy Scheme Shove4 Through Congross. WASINGTON, Feb. 27.-The ioust devoted the entire (lay to debate on Lh shipping bill and began voting on amend ments to the measure at5 o'clock. Ti House substitute was finally agreed to, yeas 144, nays 47. The vote ten recurring on ordering the Senate bill, as amended by the sub stitute, to a third reading, the roll was called amid intense excitement. Every response was anxiously awaited, and as the call came to a close, and it was known that the motion had been defeat. ed, there were many manifestations of pleasure on the Democratic side. At the last moment. Mr. Dingley changed his vote to the negative, and the Speak er announced the vote to be veas 142, jays 148. 'The announcement was greeted with wild applause by tho Democrats, and ,hen Mr. DlnLley moved to reconsider x motion, which Mr. McMillen promptly noved to lay on the table. This iotion vas defeated-yeas 146, nays 149-aid he Republicans were jubilant. Then came the vote on the motion to ccousider. This motion was agreed to rena 142, nays 143-and the (uestion keain recurred on ordering the bill to a .hird readin. The third reading of the bill was Drdered-yeas 1417, nays 145. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, moved that .he bill be recommitted to the commit Lee, with instructions to report back, forthwith, a bill, similar to the Senate bill on the same subject, to provide for xcean mail service between the United States and foreign ports. This bill is dentical with the substitute which Mr. ,andler, of' Massachusetts, desired to >ffer, except that it eliminates the Jrpe ship clause of the latter measure. Mr. Bland. of Missouri, raised the )oint of order that the comim'ttee could i.t be directed to report I-forthwith.' L'he motion to re-commit was carried reas 143, nays 142 and the substitute iaving been. reported at once by Mr. Larquhar, of New York, a fusilade of poiuts of' order was directe,l fron the Democratic side of the House, which vere overruled by the Speaker. At 11:15 the postal subsidy bill was )assed-yeas 140. nays 120. Mr. Farquhar, of New York, moved hat a conterence be ordered ; pending vhich Mr. Bland,of Missouri, move(d in Ld.journment. Lost-yeas 7-1. nay I 11. Pending action on Alr. 1arquhart notion, the House. at midnight, ad ourned. Honoring Wesley. LONDON, March 2.-To-day b eing th< 100th anniversary of the death ofrJoli Wesley, the great theologian and foundei >r the Methodist Church, a staue erect. Dd to his honor was unveiled in the pres ence of a large crowd in front of' the Cit3 Road Chapel, the headquarters of th Wesleyans. Rev. Frederick William Farrar, Archdeacon of' Westminster, look part in the ceremonies attendinu the unveiling of the statue, and after ward, with Sir Robert 1owler. one ol ,he members of Parliament for London 2ity, addresssed the meeting in the City [load Chapel. The Archbishop delivered i long and eloquent eulogy of' Jolin Nealey, during the course of which hie said that lie reg-retted as a churchlman .bat the church of a hundred yeas ago iad not the wisdom to assimnilate with, te mighty enthusiasm which give mo nlentum to the Wesleyan movement. t seemed, said the Archdeacon, shock ng and1( disgraceful in Christians bound )y common Christianity to treat each >the r with mutual coldness. Johnt rVesley himself', lie added, set, an exam >do of sp)lendlid tolerance. The Arch leacon, in conclusion, reminded the con ;regation of' the words of WVilliam P'eun, hat the humble, meek, miercif'ul and just tre all of one religion, and( will so reco :niae each other while mn another world vith the mask ofl'. An Interesting Litsel Suilt Ended. AUOUSTA, Ga., F"eb. 27.-An inter sting caso was t,riedl in the City Ceurt, f' Augusta to-day---that of Jesse .J. Vhitchead, of O)conee County, vs. Au ~usta Chronicle, an action for libel. 'he Chromecle, last August, plublishied an temi which alleged that Whitohead had ecome involved in a row in which a nan namedh Shi p was killed and an >ttier naimedl Atkinson mortally wound ~d. The Chronicle pleaded ini deSfense .bat the art,icle was copied into its co umnis from a reputab)le and reliable pa. per' in Georgia ; tihat no malice was in Lend(ed ; that it offered to pirint an expla. ation, but that the only reparation ask. ed by Whitehecad was undi(er considera. Lion. W hitehead's counsel held that, the~ article was entirely new and originated it tIhe hands of some nleighbfors with whom Whitehiead was in a feud. .Judlge Eve decided that the art,iclo did not1 :hiarge anly particular crime, and the case ',gainst, thle Chronicle was inon-suited, i'he case attr'actedl mluchi attentioni by ifs :iovelty. This was the first libel case tried here in twenty-five year's. Southern Moloni Fielde T1hie South Georgia Meloii Gro wersi Conlvention was held( in Albany, Ga., hle 18th of' Februiary. T1hie object of1 hie nieet,ing was the conlsider'ationi of in :areased acreage isi mlOnis this year, andi( to provideO met.hods for the promipt banling and movemeint, of the crops. Mitchell and Lee Counties, Georgia, will ucrease their aereage Ii,'v one-four.i bover last, season. Thomas County will hiave twice the number of acres. I t is thought the entire crop of South Geor2ia ', ill hbe rulfy double that of 1890. Georgia andi( Alabamla.had 21,000 acies ini melons last year. Th'lis season there will be at, least 10,000 acres. Sout,h Caroliina sho ws an ncrease of'aearly 50 per cent, over' her [,000 acres of' 1890. The Louisville and Nashville anid the Cincinnati itords car eiedl 35,000 carloads of melons last yeair. With 5010 new fruit cars, they expect to dlouble the record this year. Twenty-four Drowned. RhI NN , March '2.---A special to t he Dispatch states that in a teirible gale which swept the lower .James River Thursday n ighit twenty-four oystermen, mostly colored, were drowvned at poinuts, Lua aboe and below the month of the arwick River. CONGIIiMSS II EVI M 1I). A SYNOPSIS OF THE WORK ACCOM PLISHED BY THE FIFTY-FIRST. A Mlost Urem1aaicble St-halolk--Tie gulsor tmat Meaxurom A41ospted-The Alvprop,-l utfons Erxe esi hed1I of A- .I'saI.4. , Conmarens the Foandat la of ts j avri itnelat. WAsiNT'ox, arch -. At1noon to-1 day the Fifty-first, ('ongress (ill tle opinion of Ilatin y vvter: legisla.fors the muost remarkable Congrs's since the war) cani to an end by constit t tional liinitation. I-'ron ti ie first to the last the session was interesting and eventfel and at no Jong periods were they ever characterized hv the dullnes4, which. occasiouilly f'or' days at a tiie, marked the proceedings of nearly every Congress and * Sci ally of those Congresses inl wh ich th- lirst session is ustially prolorged. 'I' he actual vorking tiline of ti -'iIty-lirst Congress exceeded that oif aly of its predecessors and the nominial working Ltie of all except the Fiflteth Col gress, and ill the nu111mIbr of wivasures brought to its at tention and the im in ber, variety and imnportince o those acted on,it likewise stirpassed all prcvi ous Congresses. Ioh ree measures, any of which in intrinsic impoit.mice and pop ular interest would bit sullicnit ftr a national issiue, sI and fort I prv-vmininn t aiong all others: 'I'lek liivy tarilT, bill, which became law. Scconld, the silver bill, mn whiuh inl the first se;ssion a coimpromise was (Afected, based oni the mont.lily purchases of .1,5(i,tK0 ounces of silvor, which in tUrn was fol lowed by a more radical naure t hat failed of passage; and third, t he I-eder al electior.s bill, which,after a prot ra-t eo, bitter, hotly fought '[1d Ilitenlsely exciting preliminary struggle, ile' in t-h e Szenat e to reach a decisi ve A-ot e oin its merits. 'ihe radical innovat ions in the rtles of the loiuse added interest to its proceediligs, and ths determiud but fruitless efforts to a lopt t be mnst vital of t.hese innovations, the fornwr part of the history of the lost part of the session of the Sieiate. l.:vEN ill its mortuary revords Coiigre.s was rc markable, llt call of deth;iti hiaving sU11imont1d no fewer than twlve it its lleprestientativ"i Mnd thrti0 Of its S0nali tors. Many of the bills i actcI inlto laws appropriated a unusilly largve atuount, of munvy, and t he expi-di, 1Ires authorized will 'tMeeII of" thos. any 'peace" Congress sine tit l'ioundat iSn of the rovernment. The Iotal appro priations by the Fti Congres were, during I lie first session :;-5,33,. 51b, and during tle secoid svi'mn I22,;2t,3,;1,or an aggregate ot Si7 .165,859: while the appropriatis ll' the filst session of the 1"itt\-first (',m gress werte $160, 627,17s, and tho.se ot* the second session wvill probably bring the total appropriatIoi0inS hfL this Coil gress to one thousand iiiiIlion dollars. A coi mrsAin of thei( work (SI the Congress jIlst closed L With thilt of its iminiediate predcC-ssoi iiakes tho fol lowing exhibit: Biil. itrioilneed in the 11ouse in the lifty-fir-4 Congres-s, 141,033, against in the I'i tie hi I Congress 1",151; increase, 1,;31!; joint resolut iis, 271.; increase of Len. Senat c bills 5,129, against 1,00, or ai increase of 1,12.1 joint resollitioas 1II, increase of ->. The number of bills passed by ite 11ouse were 1,748, cf which 1,.1; ie came Jaws, and ljy Sen; ,;'0,, ol which 672 becane law , ALing a total numbei' of laws dllilg thi- VV-fty-l'st Congress 2,19 , arain;i ,It 21 in it1:1, Fiftieth Conigress, 'an inicreast, o 1 21 T1he $Sena:te also pSost piwdi' iindei'mnt ci' t Illi Senate an I 1.S 110ouie b ills, tIhi I be jug equnivalet, to their dleieat. liii: lm the liflt iethi (ougi'tss ll b ills we i vetoed,* and diirinmg 'thieI -l tv-li rst,i Coin greCss 1-1, thie iruost i mpor)t aii, of wli ihl were thle Act estadbflihing tIhe rcorid anti peiisioni oflice of' the War )epar't inli nt, and the A ct, prov iling for a puib lic building at, lar llarbor', Mle., h)allas, Texas, .Iluidsoni, NS'w Y~ ork, atal Tu'sce lOosa, Ala. (Jutt of the eighiteeui ('onit'sted clec tioii eases thie lIitiuse sceated eigli otf the R epub Ilean coniite'st,inlts atnd de (clared thle se'at of I rttk iniridIge tof Ar-' kas v'acaint. Thwo tcase's, it oodichel vs. IBullock, frinii l-'lorida, andl Aet;Uiinishi vs. Altdei'soni, frii \\est, V'irgiinia, In whichl flit corilnmittete r'eciloii-dedist the seating c oflithe ?epui ican i-ontiestants, wvere iiot tdispos'ed of, anid the L-:t ct ions Coinnliittee itselfI neveru atedi on l.:il oni vs. I'helani, a TIeiiiitsee cuss'. 'T'. Se ate dIispost<l of its sol' te si ; l s-lee tion case byIs seainiig ts o .' pubt lican Seniators froiii Atlitania. As thle resul t oft lie wsork of' (tncress ai great. il nmber oif in:asui .A wInch have for years toccuied' luriS ori le s of the at tention tsf thi ee ogia ;v,j branchi'I tol thei goverinmniut wvill i be tiian is-I iuieiits if thegrin l'siiiinIt It8ere, per ihss ts heriiiiine 'I0 uilIvly aliihar ic <tuiniit anii't'. AX lusoig the ''- "il staigers" whlichi are nows~ laws are' thS tcopyrighlt bill, thle prilvate Janil I 'oiii' bi11 (to set tlt'-dislslttes arising overi thIie'lnian gratits ini the \\'stertn Stastes and Tl ritosrites), the- lsbiely Ibill, thus Indau dhepredationI t'liums bsill, the timberi'i :,l psrt-eupt5ion lhtw ireealS-1 (maeuik a : gener'al revislion oj t lhe hutii [jaw5. t' cuistoims umii ut rit i vie lilt, th I u n'er-' atl landt ltorfeitur ill ii, th is' to1 re hieve the Sliurtemet (Curt by Ih tiesst ab lishii lit. of Iuter-stlats' ('irojil ('iuiris of' Appe'als; the I l'nh~it:1 Sts Ii .ludge salai is's bill andt the distrid lax irH- uii bsill. Tlhsu Blair s-iucat~Iionial bil, taei bill1 for ths apploitintrunt Sof ani alt's. hour"' ('lim blls are measurei'ts wich wer'ie dei'fe'ateds on tsest vtes, whlile amionig thoese whic'h, after-i pssm5ig onue hiiulse f'ailedu oaf act ion in thle othieri antI will tIoublt le'ss Ihe wrie't heed with hv sue ceedling ('onugrecsses, are ths biaiuklrut ey bIll, fthe ('onge"r haiti bill, andi the army retorgaiz'ation hillI, Ih fss I',hblo'k pure foosd bil, Ite N itar4giia (t-nael hill, thle Il'acifle Luilr'oa iiruning bIll antd the interi-State' (t'sinl:ere.- bill. tto permit limnitinug pts'luing of' earingiis byv r'ailroadi compnliis) arie among the measures which lailced tos i'e'hb a vote in either hiouste. Amionig the i m easur es ion w hiIch neither Illouse acteid, e'xcepst ii somile cast's by comnuittse's, were thle subl treasury antd farmilI tuortgage bsilIls, the service pension lill, t lie ( anadian re ciprocity re'soluition, thet illI tic encourii nge the coinstrucetioni ofI an Inut er-Conti nicnrtal Rail way. Ite posstal savings bank anid postaf telegrapsh hills, the Butler bill to aId negroes to Immigratn i o A rria. v omani su fl'rage an(I prohi b ito ItollstitIttiomna am111endmlent, the ilit'(n t IIx bill and various other radi caI liiicial and politicai measures. TILLMAN IN WASHINGTON. III)w 01.r Governor I.mko to Tlhe Habit. lien of tihe Capitol. W AiNTrON. Feb. 27.-Governor 1i '111Tillnna, whose remuarkable ean aigni ii Solith Carolina is familiar throIghIP0o10t the pIlitic-al world by reasoin of tihe novel m1etlods lie empl'oyed on1 II I1I!;tiigs, is in Washington for the first,t iu. ili his life. I He visited the city t (n- I with his venerable brother, Geo. 1). 'I' illai, who epresviets he 2(2d Con gressional distriet of Soith Carolina. (iovernir 'I'illian attracted general attention on the Iloor ot the HIouse and was pr1'eseited pe((rsInally to. a large nui h;er of, the Dviemocrativ memnbers. Ile is a typical farmer iII appearance, but in coin verisat tiln hie is tluick, (direct and1 plain spoken. II is words flow freely, but there i. a (n.it iousness about himil which iidi eites shrewdiiess, but fully jt1stilies his repiitation for beiing cine of* the greatest roughi~l -and-i t 11un ble 1)o1it ical cam paignters mi tine .Soithl. kvferriig to the political Situation ill Sout h Carolina, he says there is not the slits! daniger of his friends (the Till 1ian1i fact ion break ing away from the Nat ional DIiiocrat ic paity,and he pro P1se t o tryi ni make huis adinmist rationI of St ate a ffairs so pire and clean that ('ven'll his pol itical enenies will be oblig ed to adtit that they did hii an injus ice ill clarig that Ie was seeking to dt-stroy the I o)eioat ic party ill the old l 'al metto .State. I Ie dmtes Iot hieritate to say that there is st ill lost ility to him inl vari'olls ssctions of the State, aIId he sipposes a certaii eleinitt will olitinue to oppose him at every poinlt. Not wit listandi Ig this op posit ioii to Ihit and his metliods, he will 4n1devor to adiniister. thlie affairs of the State iml nevordance with t(he wishes and desires of' ant overwhelming majority of the pvoplve% who cast, their votes for hitm last Nivenher and placed him in the -xeciit ie \Mansionl at Columbia. Concetriiing the report that he has as piratinis Io sileend Seiator Butler w i vit ti ' 1 tter's term expires in 1i8% -)' ( mverl r T'1'il nat is nol-coilinittal. 1iL Siinply says that tle election of Senl ator l'itler's Sitcc(,ssor is too far off for spe'iulaitini. Senatnor-elect Irby, wio sticceeds Sen ator l1amp!)Itoln, is expected to join GovnoirIm ilhiui here to-morrow. (Gov k-r-nio ''ilinall's visit lhere is inl coiie. I inn wi I th. phospliate heds inl the ilav ibb-n waiers of South (iaoliia. lie w tns tine superilntelideit of the Coast tirvev to ;tlnd al oillcer down there to nake, a smrvey for Ithle State. News and C'mirier. A 1).ang II a1u'nud Robubery. lBilZM1inAM, A 1A., -'eb. 2N.- -A dia molnI Iroblbnry of ut 11nceedented hold ins. is iII sesatiol of' I"iriiingilan to jj*ght. l(isentlual'.e jewelry store is onil thti liost prominent corner in the eity, oin ithle main thorouglit'are and where nii,ibers of ctivet vars and diluiiy lines centre. rin Front, is composed of two large plate giIss wintdows, at, least (en fect Square. lI"'(4r1 onle of' these wintins several trays of diamonds were displayed. About 7 o'clock to night a nai suddenly threw a thirty pouni rock tir-oulgl tInv wiidow, shat tn'iI iI fel' gtss to f'ragmitients. Qtiick as thought tie dlied Ins hand through th. openiig, pick( up tie tray or, dia iin,its anl dalt ed 1n) the str'eet. By staInn ens and pass'l-shy were imterois aid liirmel hiin inlstatly. lie turned donwni t e first alley Ite cate to, and in the darkno-s-i and rain iniade good ilm kACtn-, t igh several shots were fired at hin. "oir large diainonds and a jn:unitl n pistol ear1triges were ink en u inii th e alley whei tre the r'obber' til dri'innid t hini. I t is not, known what the loss is, bnut, it, anmounts ito tion d ~li(s. I tn'senLtal at it one etis 'i(ner wter't ini the stonre at the L.ime. Il he fbi ir mr nonade a dash tht r oughi the tbnroken! w idow aftLetr theI robbe'r, but ciiut n arter'y nofI I hi wist ton the bIrokenl lt';s. 'lhe daring hig hwayminan was'ii ''.li^t:ini'TON, S. I., F'eb. 2i' -The 'mi raed states ('ourt, to-dhay detcidedl the iiiin off in hM tssaehu iseLfts and Souiithetrn ontutionI Comniiy rs. th Tlown Ship of ('anie Cree'ik, in Lanca('ister ( 'nnt vn. A\ bill wias brouight t o einfor'ce it h' divery o ti~(f 81 .110 oft Ibondlts or t.he~ Tin iv in-h ip iss tied ini a id or thet Tlh ree C2's m is basad tin tIne groun rd that the : nnIl'ot was5 in ext'ess of the~ 8 pe cenit. ('onistit nit ina liait ailixe.i to the ini Sh-'bueneii's of inii 1ipaliit's. It wa~s submnittdt ini proiof' that 8 per' cent, or fntnsh n A s 'nd valuei of thle tax ale prop iirtyin th li 'onwini p is ~ 8,Z8;tor 843() less titan I lhe dlebn. incuriredl. Thle Court 'iis:inisn'ed thie suit n I hnat. grouind, tak 'i t lie vailuiatmin If 18, te dt.et oft t he A t of t lhe Leg'~islaturi ie ci'eati ng tn-' <i-t. 'Tih' ('outitile. t.hat ''t.he im amnt in) theii pronvisinsti of' lieCon Ait ii hmi, fit he whitle dttt is invalitd, 'ul 1 is hnot enoimpetent for the (Court Inn nlni n'oI toiuchn vaujllid i asicomes Si' i il Ine ('On.At it ui itlti'ovisiotis."' Ti- tnbroui otit 819i,iu0 of thle boris i'nnnit inl aid nilf tlhe Ii inn; C 's lIoadl. i 'n Inan Fotni water'y (GraveR. C r 8, \'au.. .\irch 2. Iinfornt n On fr.iui Newpnnrtf News to-itighit is t hnat tine ti'rrlic' gatl' nil last, TIhiirsda;y tiight play'Ilihavo'rt ot andit ini the viemni was*~ dt'at r'nyetd tio a cnisiderabttle extenit. A mo nnng tIne losst's rep ort t't is that of a nig Eop. (aized/.'( tt te muith (If Wi rjn'ik lIivter, ablouit ten nitiles fr'oim New I 'm rt N ews, nesut iing ini thte ltss (If tihe'ent ire t'rt'ew, 'omposedt't of foutrteen'u. A t I Ihe imonth itoft Waters ('reek, near the .tau~n's, au yachl capsi'zed, and it also went. tin lie biottomn, e'v(en meni beinig pnrne'ci tedn inito et ernity tlnereby. Tlwon in a enitnti nt'ai' the same phtwe n r' outt in the gale, and( mnt ini tead in im fheir f'rindts to blIieve they, too, l'iiiuntd a watery grave. I t is thoughlt thle l ist , w l h ih has ailre'ady swe'lled to 32, will r'eh initiiy tuorIe wheni full reports fromi lit' he t'i rin'ept re'giont iare receivedI. It is smdii t hat deadt bodies loauting byv New liort NewVis yesterday was a common sight. F"orty-six 11elow Zero. S'i. l'A vrL, M IN N., Feb. 28.-The cold est weat her oIf thle winter is sweeping downiVu thn' Northwest. At PrInce Al lIeu t Yesterday the thermometer regis teredl 16 d: g rees below zero. Qulappelie hadl a templlarature of 40) degrees below and Winnenag 38 degrees. BURNED TO DEATH. The H1orriblo Fati, of a Pr1ouiluenit Flor FLmRENC-, S. ('., Feb. 7.---Ak flew inutes after III o'clock to-niLhit an alarm of fire was soun(le(. IIe d1welling, of . O'Neale Townsend, a prtniIn!I t lawyer, in the extrene western porlitoi o lthe town, witsol fire. 1in atn extretIn1;! ly short tini te bullding. a two-slory cottage, was civeloped in tflitles. 'le cry went up1t, "ITwiseId I in-, tihe house!" Several fireiei entervid the burning buildin,_, in search ( him, but to no avail. ()Ile went to a rootn where Mr. Towinsed was supposed to be, but the roon was one mnas4 flane. The engines finally vxltm-_,tishwd theI fire, so that several firemnen c, luld 1) il I the rtis. Aler tfishing aroutid in tho burning embers for soiie ti-ne, (ie " I the negro firemen ttonl the body. an,l :k Mass (f b tu , sizzlitng hinnan th was pulled out at: a*d upon the L-dt lt walk. T' here ' e IIIaIyI Ii teries ablt 1t ti :t allair. Soile WIsons ay thalt Mr. IT w send wts Ieen oni his porch in th e attr noon, and that he seened exci te,I . though somnethin. was wrr\in; him. Others seemed to think It( conititte suicide and set the house ahru lireiself. His waitilg boy says titat he left M;-. Townsend lying on his led, reIadim, at G o'clock this evening, uml that I was perl'fectly calitand rational. Still ol hirs hint at fituil play, and tIlink :L probable that he may have been miniirved anid r-Obbed, andl that fthe Crinlinual SPt fireV to the bultil.ig to conceal It ctille. Mr. Albert Th'lvilne, thek necarest nih bor, says that. witen he Went, it) ed he tiotived a ligght, bulrnling to1 \Ir.Twn Send's bedroolli. I li n :d.illt _ ol ill b),a Wh II lie leard a I tIMI', WO ( li 4 -Xw xl wo ll o a laui p. ] le rail over, [,lit ''y tile tilliv het 'ot to the b14d1n)I,i dol.l. Cte 1*00111 WaR nthiiin, but t m-. Ih meens to think the hut xi hx ilWK Mir. 'Fowtnsvid lay aslcep. :ntil bwhi i.e e coull wake Ie was stillcd with stit ... Ifeltin 0'4n-Tvnalv ep, Iaps olle (ff tile l(ist' 11,)II)Ire a te l II. awyer.- ol'thu. Sl ate. H e wav.t or!in;t \ai Ilrom Society Hlill, D)arlinlgt,11-int but, hIs len iwauticting in b:ltriiw ir clie past ei.git years with 11n,;ttk l ; ce!s. iIe leaves a wili and two lit giri, Who werve at, theI tIlle of h ilit .n ak visit to rclativcs itn thi c-illry. T.1he reainis were val;i- h.- lica-. tives and frieids, and will proll;lv L ituerred at his 4lil lottit ill S -wict \ ihl. Th'le hilinllt was ownevd hv Mlr. * wt send. and valued at .i.,>, but wa;s niot insured. 'T'lie hirniture was intiurv-1 6 ll, in lie Sprin I'irld anl' di tl \ia-Ii ill-i1ance( ('I lUllipilly.--- at Unhappy ChIlire of Irat. J()N])>N, F-eb. '7.-'ITie trhondk If the MIuSSianijews are much Stirrn-d u1 ivclr the grow%ing dispos itionl to pre-v"l further itnnigration of Illat elhg,. ilrift Engllland. Oswal 'John Mnmn h noted champion of Ihis racc, wIite.-: "iI 1.s a fiendish invention to.as! ert Chat this portion of the iunal famlily ca l-. formidable compelitors lItI he labiir inarkets ofthe orl. Thy havv fit' sanie right to live as any peIqle on varti. I tru'sI, that an itiitif al arane ment Ilay be comu lo>hy which fl the Jews of, lzas.Nia Inlay be di.AtrilaIe!d Ini enunt rlie,S Where they an hit-le talen 1t1deri the pro tectionll l the P-'ngI)s_' h, the4, Frel-h -nd Alliericallg ve'llnt Mlr.SNnninows reconlintitnfl,, thal :t pow erfill colinlitte be or alliz il jilli lhis vloiw vonsietin" of' l.e.ale fromt I ... tunte it is saidi passa~:geszare bieintg hout.Mi ber'g, l'rulssiai, niear thei I ussian I tireri. They repoiirt the ift al nun lher if faonilis exptelled frottn the c-ity o f Novro<itl -is "17, andi( Iji-o the iuraul ilisu a-f-s adjitia inig tiinety-lihur. Th'le finill, uittie nme is Klphi, give a httui<h-,ucttliott (of the sullerinig causerl by thle enh.rtiei tuetnt (of the ainti-.J ewish mlaws. ( )ne .h- w 'teitr houtse', whvlere theoy htinl live-d for manyei yearsi. It wa tIuppti( d theya b; tan posn. I titerhmt's.; s wags grapeth ndoie f hand thmen t. t The lpropiety of the i exh, ris befini Ii hOi't tIm f a Isut'i on by tts itaifll-i. I(rTitriu:A, ''fn., Ma rit. A new .\iiii ing Ntebrakai Knsa,flisritid t(V-t :ii'Sitlal liowae. aitran etiriiiIat, l'ishltnttl ft'hue l-'artrs' Alln says~lg uthat thel projet ione otf. hth e resuts f thi(e( thitb 'iri ofi thef Aigl.line devi pass itin hl istw ritt alif roiss aretein inadet:u fatr bilngf iohl sttetirae artt gratin ititr epo il estt. Th teo iscint o<oli vieitar afterat whiytrusi. Soel hore,a admit oftha,btieln eiddta we utgh t h eil w14'(ith tliretha isI we must, ltl trusths mity .yitbina ti(onsiderhile hilshnze ill r'ev-erse. mlen art or te . wede n Iot hin ay blsonary,t perhaps, bit illsuty fbo le a wreton".ofoi h ldepe a tee b f owv fat asnylinv'e. i h thiihugae preaied othjilet y yetea and~ onslieraledaae_sreported. aTiftonto the St.rJnamesl coloel was wafrehut rain on the Csde api wats baly offanddemc ised. rmnAat A hol i. coloropicwal bileg al etol huss1 in ther wubrbs wejrecomAdteyIt wrced.t WFaSfuthRiat h Aciviet. it h lockengoen trirn bieved anopen sitchi gerts wein ue.t. hoaciet T Ell I'10 PSI'i ATE W AR. T HE COMMISSION TAKE POSSESSION OF THE COOSAW TERRITORY. Ti,o' ',imna: to Apoil to the United - aotrt .,r an Jitjunction-All IV4.I h st-p 1'(-- P vir 1,000 Ifands Idle. I.:t bil ' h l.' I ners Jio l1aint. 0,.\'t.1: . Miarch 2.- -The war be iwecn th'. 1n 0- a.nl Ie Coosaw Phos ,,ha;tv <'%:p: :: a I: I nguratedto-day, wVhIn til- Il' 01 ( 1'tumissioners, wIl) weit, dowl I i l : i I*ort yesterday, ,mbtiot: i a in i iartered by the -t:itt-, a(;mit h ;overnior Tillni on \voard wenti dwnto ('oosaw and took lSSsion fl tt.he territory to which the 't ('w con1iiy cLkiii exclusive right. \oss v.sin was tkeii hy eachi member if the 4kl'imiisioti dropping a lead line -vrtotardt aitt souiidiig the bottom. Vrhc 4 ("M cinp;my1 v has shulit down its n:w wi mal is now idle with its 1,000 I t i, Ilhrslotd that iii case any per tn tcomtan ttnuenitts to move rock n I.1r t-I er 1 . t co ipally will qdymt *. l 'itkd -Iates Court for an llinli-lill.. ;i" fih- river n1ow is a navi b"n :Mal mitlehr ie jurisdiction i nH Iteti s':,It. I Is uderstood Ihat is k i ti ha w-at- of freeze out. 1,11t 11 I\V e(.!v inv will not mine any ' iam l' itid States Court it : -vviint atybody else It cil ,n in the disputed Tile \ la-it. year ship i-I I' I h t I I i r Se t1- ifurope, and I t Ii .i'ainis prlned this much r.I wil\ it I Id r.ni fomt i the market le h1i,1 po1ipi] itl lilers are jubilant :dli ain-.ly 1 i* i'aisintg tho price of mIl r,l\ck to a t tIn. 'The litigation l iso ;4 c\jwi-ptc 11) hoboton the recently dis I Eartli ph,)s-!mihtes. No process rls y(t h( en i:,ilv(l bv I he I'nited States I *i I i.\ I I'i"t r. .\ lil I'. l AY.\ S vIEW. . knowi Ihotspiate miner, not umc to wdi .1pst.w, has this to say It i- :w.' i' t it > w . tt ecom1In1ission cim- ' liiinission took for il ;si'l ,[* of i (-Coosow territory i' i einA. .\tl'ast they say they iii. 1 wy -., nItOmat and went to ('I . v iiv r, e1" t i lig, ol course, to hildill . ll- Clols.w dedges in fulloper tiln. 1bu: 1 1; y wvlre mistaken. Mr. ' I "p t l .lm I he st1inltelident of the ( .!in < pany. had quietly -m' rr i : t Iw dredges should rein I , a p ti i tf rock being 111i1id k r! 1!!0; *1 h 14ovIkr (f the Coosaw. ithe, Wik .:l l w e n doibt greatly Jrd, iw I hvy 1.wt cmeil. to take n t i 'w aml this is about 'h ii.h-i%-n;mi they did it. A !-.1a b ill abon the tug Brit Wii., i l.i. . i 'apt. W alter was i. t1b chi ' . ti !wn a resolution i.: b.air declaring that O' it, i i i teeraI rights. \ o h \ N U iu i twin overboard, the b )d I. -n b-14 i 11. n ihe people of "in I . u0h:i t air totid ,y this wiseand ;'it, annuiii iha'lii the iCoosaw ter ior i 'ni I t' r nialer exclusive ri h .\ t I i -ver seh a redicu h>ns -'Iht b1,lI': Tht- Coosaw super hinte-!-i I i: l i ovin ig, the Ivan Ioe, \ it in ; ing di.A. t: IInCe all the time whien isi : Wi: h1:ning. Not a word wxas: s:til to li'l iaalill no formal notice W.1,; ' -, i tie ( C:i;i\v w 'ompany. The %0h(f' ,c(*ii wvonld tppevar nonsensical i a st-i if Foei0ol boy vs. Yet these are tlh 1., lit w ill i: trittrusted one of Ihlw inthl trie4)s iii the State. Tl - 'Till: STATE. Tw m ip of, Ite Coosaw Min !11"i itNH:, . t IlCh more serious un ilet:s n.; pI ople suppose5t. T1hie labo' iri. -th' o I inn arte white men 'i:ty till tofI t: imniiliy is more1 than .m . Tn he-t ii li di-h alone~ lost $500 ni r. i - th n bin abont the daily pre n-t iin to t :'- ilredges under the o tr.1 -:~ t; he ' t ' 11' ('-unpaniy. Ilow long~ c;ii i- -' t "Ittuunt steh a loss as -liii i tn it e ry:llt y. I wvill veniture io say it wo ' n i,l,ttt this yearuntt ''Tein-isiw 7-Ii tinig (omnpaniy have ii h lii ' t I ia: urtiy ini thle past $1, -,nin.: iit is i-i-ta inly 0-ut itled to some luSi l ionje a the- h:ntis of the State. tIn? iiti f is il apjpearts as it it is the reel: ruhii Ithticompany. 1 be h-ei- h i,'i:iaw \Iliing Company Iry adjus amt inid itve been agreed lpn ir. RohtI'-\ie's dignitied and alt-I I: ai lt ir 1o.t I t he commission at dhu. tiLt cerlainly woujtltd lead to this aini ot. TIhe commission in its -rnk i h' ;e iltIi itt take no notice of \..drs let ter, whiichi certainly sol gt i-ttthae catlled for it cour i-atie to thei Windsa. N itw VtnK it -larch I .-T1he comn i i t'Elt-ii I s lti nted~i ttfirytC it te I ntik I!te!, at I/orttichmnond, I edhw's-l Ishuitl, 't'lllledI their mhission Ilitln(d iil enigli t,-iig{t:tgCOtlgig put a potion ofIi the cont:its,* wh ichi weighed abIouit fot poiiiud I i a papcer bag. cease le-adin to the.~--~ crwn of time statute, whereIi a br:e.f hadldress~ was madetI by the mllastert t. i of ermoies, aM fter which the ttelhas-ii- -ilntiing h le ashes in his~ right han. moiitn-nled teso words together: "--er cithes. tie l1st of P 'uck Meyer's ihapp '.i i das. ',i" aa te scattered the aish-;I t l ne four inds.-. '[he ceremnony w'as ttchelt'id by tIht openting of two Ih tilies tt it ltapane a tid udrinkiung to the Two 3 li*-r Kined.ot C(ti li:u.it, T'enn.t, -'eb. ?.8.--A~ cable >fth nli nalt-Itt (ti Co lMinmes broke this nor-ninig ats the mfiners8 w~ere going to vork and a c:lr dashe?;itd dlown' the mouin aitn. 'Two miein were killed instantly id televeni seriouIsly hurt. The others, is lthoughht, wilt tioe fromi their inju it0s