The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, March 12, 1891, Image 1
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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