The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, May 07, 1891, Image 1
VOL. XX. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1891. NO. 33
DR. GRIFFIN'S REPLY
TO THE CHARGES OF THE INVESTI
GATING COMMITTEE.
Unjustly Condemned Upon an ex-parte In.
vestlaton-He Has Seen but Lttle ol
the Testimony, and Makes a General
Reply to General Charges.
COLUMnIA, S. C., April 30.-The re
ply of Dr. Griflin to the committee of
inquiry has been submitted to the board
of regents of the Lunatic Asylum and
at copy was sent to The News and Cou
rier Bureau this evening.
Dr. Griflin begins by stating the con
ditions under which the testimony con
cerning him was taken, as follows:
The committee sat with closed doors
in the rooms of the board at the Asy
lum. Of their proceedings I had no
knowledge at that time, except from
the fact that most, if not all, of the of
ficers and attendants, some of the pa
tients and a few former employees were
examined on oath. During the exam
ination I was called before the commit
tee. No statement of any matter of
complaint was made to me, and my ex
planations were directed to matters as
to which the committee chose to inter
regate me. From these questions I
was authorized to infer that charges
9 were contemplated against my admin
istration, and 1 then protested that if
any charges are to be made I would like
to have specilications. To this the Gov
ernor replied in these words, quoted
from the stenogrpher's report:
"The committee would say here that
as soon as the testimony has been taken
you can cross-examine witnesses on any
poimts you desire. We do not care to
have any feeling displayed in the in
vestigation. We are simply to inquire
into the condition of the institution,
and we shall give you or anyone else
an opportunity to show that witnesses
have or have not been telling the truth "
To this most satisfactory assurance
I answered: "I could not possibly ask
for anything more."
The investigation was concluded
without notice to me and without op
portunity to cross-examine witnesses
or to show by countervailing testimony
4 wherein the witnesses had or had not
been telling the truth.
The testimony taken during the ex
amination was not submitted to me.
Nor was any information given mo of
any matter of censure developed during
the investigation. Instead of this on a
purely ex-parte inquisition I am ar
raigned by the committee in their re
port to the Governor upon most serious
charg(s of negligence, misfeasance and
incap'icity in the conduct of my office
affecting me personally as well as rro
fessionally and oflicially. These charges
bear the date ot the day when the ex
amination of witnesses was concluded.
The board do not need to be informed
that a copy of the testimony taken be
fore the committee has not been given
to me, but that I have from the board,
through their courtesy, access to some
eighty pages of manuscript containing
portions of the testimony of some of
those witnesses such as the legislative
committee chose to select, while, as I
am informed, the larger portion of the
testimony taken during the investiga
tion has not been furnished to the
board. including whatever evidence
may have been given by any of the wit
nesses tending to exculpate me from
these charges. This meagre amount of
information was not available to mne
till Tuesday last. the 21st inst.
This statement is submitted without
comment. I have fault to find, and
wish to express through the board to
the committee of investigation and to
the Governor all due deference, biut I
have the inherent right to say that
justice has been denied me. I am con
demned without the opportunity ot
plea and defence and without semn
blance of trial, without knowledge of
charges and spedcications preferred
atgainst me, without place for confrent
ing the accusing witness& s, and with
out right of testimony In my behalf.
Under such singular and untowvard
conditions I*can have no adequate an
swer to submit to *.he board save that
of a general dlenial, and my demand for
a fair and impartial investigation of
the charges accordling to the approved
forms o1 t rial.
D)r. Glrifllin states that in the manage
ment of the institution he followed the
modern doctrine of non-restraint, and(
he (uotes Dr. H ammond's treatise on
insanity, in which are described the
imethods of Pinel and Connelly, giving
the theory and practice of non-re
straint, and also the practice in the
more important institutions in this
country and Europe. The principle on
which Dr. Griflin lays stre-ss is this,
from D)r. 11ammond:
"Restraint is neier necessary to se
cure the lives or the comfort of 01 tteis,
and whent used It, should he w ithi all
the safeguards against abuse w hich
sound policy and humanity dictate."
TIhe next part, of the papier deals wvith
the system of (-aring for the [patienflts,
the number- of attendants, (duts of the
physiciens, etc. Rleplyinig to spt eilic
pomis1t Dr. Griflin says:
The killing of D)r. Kershaw biy aum
oting patient named Denuaro was de
plorable. I)enaro was perimiitted by an
attendant, contrary to ordlers. to wait
der fromt his wvard to anot her, and while
the attendant of the other ward was in
the presence an:1 within touch of Dr.
Kershaw Denaro suddenly struck his
victim. Perhaps the utmost vigilance
of Dr, Kershaw's attendant could not
have averted the tragedy. Certainly
thle superintendent could not provide
against it unless the rules anid regula
tions prescribed by the board had ~beeni
abrogated aind the method of tre~atment
.changed to that of close and mechani
cal custoday of all patients liable to
fitful, dangerous moods.
Speaking of Milno he says:
In this Inst ance my desire to reduce
discipline to the minimum of restraint
may have cause me to e, r. In relation
to every patient this discretion must be
exercised, and I submit that it is cause
-, of congratulation that in a pop)ulation
of about nine hundred persons so few
errors of this kind occnrred. I repeat
that I 'was not informed of M ine's
having this key until after the assault
Son the attendant and when inftormt(d I
caused it to be taken fronm him. To
my great regret I have deemed it my
duty to subiject the patient to a close
custody, which renders his case almost
Shopeless of cure.
D)r. Griflina says he visittd the wards
and made inspections at Intervals and
at times to the best of his juidgement.
iean.ne alsn pakieng ofe ulin..a...
department. that an inspectiou was
made in 1889 by a committee of which
Senotor Hemphill was chairman, and
that the committee exonerated that de- .
partment from ad verse charges.
Speaking of keeping patients at the
Asylum who should not be there, Dr.
Grillin says:
To thisabuse of the public charity
superintendent and the board of re
gents have regularly -asked the atten
tion of the Legislature. Under the
laws the evil is beyond our power to
remedy. This gross abuse of a most
munificent charity is not referred to by
the legislative committee, although, a
evidently under the impression that c
the fault is with the officers of the Asy- b
lum, the attendants who were examin- \
ed before the committee made frequent c
reference to it.
The statement of Dr. Corbett is very t
brief, touching only on the subject of c
ill-treatment of patients. Ile states
that whenever there have been in. p
stances of cruelty the attendants were g
discharged, a
Dr. Thompson makes the reply for a
the recent case of suicide. Ile says:
As faras Ican judge the only com- i<
plaint which might reflect on me is v
that the attendants were not instruct
ed at the time she was atimitted of the h
suicidal tendency of the mind of the b
patient who recently killed herself. m
She was admitted on the 24th of Janu- n
ary, 1891, and was then too feeble to at- la
tempt to commit suicide. Hence we
did not instruct the attendants as to v
the matter. She was immediately put ii
on:treatnient, and in the course of three
or four weeks had improved a great a
deal, both physically and mentally. v
About this time she expressed a wish n
to be changed, as she wanted to go in a f,
ward were the patients took their S
meals in their own wards, as going to d
the general mess hall made her nervous ti
and she would rather avoid a crowd, S
especially as they were noisy an'd bois
terous attimes. She was removed to ii
the old building and put in a quiet
ward, as she was when in the new ii
buildinir. She remained here until she e
committee suicide.
Dr. 0. Thompson says that lie did %
not know that Milne had a key to the b
female department until after the row ri
with McDowell. ,
The following is a letter of transmit- L
tal to Governor Tillian: t
To his Excellency B. 11. Tillman, .
Governor of South Carolina: In giving
the defence of Dr. Grillin and iis as- ik
sistants to the world we feel it due to t1
them, to ourselves and to the State at ti
large, whose servants we are, to say y
that in a constant official intercourse g
with him of ten years we have always p
found him a polished and refined gen- a
tleman, an accomplished and skillful y
physician, a kind, humane and atten
tive superintendent, and an officer at f
all times ready and apparently anxious I
to do his entire d uty as conceived by n
him. Accidents may have occurred, 3
but as to the general management of '
this institution by him we confidently s
challenge a comparison with the re- (
cords of any insane asylum in any State p
of the Union. By order of the board. s
B. W. TAYLon, President. d
The Horrors of War in Chile.
NE.W YORK, April 25.-The Herald k
has Callao, Peru, advices this morning i
dated March 31, giving the latest news
from Chile. It contains the detail of y
the slaughter of defenseless workmen t
by government troops at Pazo All- t
monte. The workmen were engaged on %
the nitrate beds, near which both d
armies were concentrating. Pro- A
visions were running short, and the n
workmen, on the morning of the 4th, N
sent a committee to the works at Ne- c
gregros to collect the men there. A p
train full of government troops ap- n
peared and halted beside the place t]
where the men were gathered. Then, a
without the slightest warning, these y~
troops opened fire on the 900 defenceless 'I
workmen, women and children. Short
ly afterwards the forces marched for'- A
wvard and killed all the men. o
On the 7th instant a terrible battle in
was fought between government troops a
and the revolutionists at Pazo Ali- ti
monte, in whlich the former were de-. A
feated and completely roni.ed. Five bi
thousand men were enigaged, and the 1:
losses were very heavy, it being esti
mated that 500 of the government hi
forces and 800 of the rebels were killed a
and woundedl. The government forces, k
in retiring oni Carnina, shot all the t<
prisoners they had and destroyed all ni
tIe nitrate establishments they passed. 3
The revolutionary sqluadron has left k
Iqutiq(ue for Valparaiso. The object is t
to attack that place. Twenty-two wvar- J
ships and tranispoI ts compose the fleet.
lHe Kliedi Thiree WVives.
SAV'ANNAH, GA , April 25.-It now r
appears that the negro in jail here for
wife murder, Albert Giranit, alias Mlorea,
alias Kitchen, has put three wives in t
their graves Instead of two. In adldi- c
thin to the two whose throats he cut r
here, lie pounded oneC over the head t
wvith an iron kettle in a house, also in
this city, early in 1889, and injured her s
so badly that she died ini a couple of t
(lays, lie was thien going undler his e
own namne, Albert Grant, As there is r
conclusive evidence against him in ',
each case there is little fear that he t
will escape hanging, If' the negroes j
had their way he would be dleadl already, e
a~s there is an intensely bitter feeling it
against the~ mnan who will go on record o
as or.e of the most cooil-b)loodIed villians t
Georgia has ever known.-Augusta t
Chronicle. I
The A lliance lanu: of Caing,algn. i
NiEW YoniK, A pril 29.-President
Polk, of the F"armners' Alliance, has just
issued a proclanwition to the order, in
which he sets forth the plan of cam
pain which the National Executive t
1Board has adopted, andl counsels the
sub-alliances to cease internal bilker
Ings and to get rid of disloyal mem
bers.
The plan of campaign consists of 1ec
tures, by which an armny of 35,000 lec
turerP will plead for the cause, It isa
aiso stated in the proclamation that ar
rangemnents are being made for ihe a
holding of two or more grand Alliance
mass mieetings In each of the Alliance
States during the year, or as many
more as the brotherhood may liesire.
shent Dead In a Oourt lHous..
LoUISvILL,E, Ky., A pril 2.--As Winm
Showers walKed into the court house at
Elizebethitown this morning he was shote
and killed by Charles Moore. Showers's t
wife was found dead some time ago and c
Moore, a brother of the woman charged v
him of murdering her. Showers was ta
tried and acquitted, but the dead wo- r
man's brother did not agree~ with bhe Ia
verdint.
A MYSTERIOUS LIFE.
VERY RICH MAN DIES AND LEAVES
AN ENIGMA.
V hat Caused Plhilijp Louis loon to Give
Doti Levi Wilson Three Hundred Thou
aand I)ollars Is a Myatery That Will I
Never B3e Solved.
Aiu:s-rA, WA., April 30.--The
nnouncement comes from Wor
ester of the death of Philip Louis
loon, president of ithe Washburn and a
loen Manufacturing company, which c
ontrols valuablo barbed wire pat- i
nts, and is the biggest wiremaking es
iblishments in this country, in thau'
ity on the 3d inst.
The readers of The Chronicle will
robably remember that this wealthy r
entleman, in company with his wife
nd daughter, spent a short while out
t the Bon-Air about two months ago. j
In conversation he related to a Chron- C
:le reporter a curious coincidence r
,hich had just occurred,
While his son was studying in Stock
olin, about ten years ago, he was met
y an American gentleman one day
'ho was In considerable embarrass
kent from his ioability to speak the
Lnguage of the country. t
Young Aloen spoke Swedish very U
'ell and was able to render the gentle
ian some valuable assistance.
When Mr. Aloen and family arrived
b the Bon-Air this same gentleman, 0
'ho was also stopping theie, reco7- f
ized the name, and upon inquiry
)und .1r. Moen to be the father of his
tockholm friend indeed, and the
aughter who accompaniea hiin was
ie same who was with her brother in h
weden.
It was a pleasant and peculiar inevt
ig.
Alr. P. L. Aloon's life was an interest
ig one, and the mill which lie owned I
nploys 3,500 inn.
Over Alr. %loen's private life there t
'as the shadow of a great mystery, I
-cause of his relations with the noto. o
ous "Doc" Levi Wilson, which nine 1
ears ago was the topic of discussion in r
ie newspapers of the country. The 11
,vo men differed widely in their per- il
mnal habits and tastes.
Mr. Aloen was aristocratic in taste,
indly in manner, noted for philan- y
tropy, apparently a consistent Chris
an and a business man ef great wealth.!
ilson was illiterate, profane and vul- i
ar. Yet for no known cause Ar. Moen 1
aid over to this man between h300,M00 j
id $400,000, in the space of live or six
ears, without consideration.
Even AMr. Moen's most intimate
riends never knew the secret of his re
ttions with Wilson. Wilson used to
take frequent trips to Worcester, and,
Ir. Aloen always obeyed his suimmons. y
Lt times he showed bank books with
um11 to his credit ranging from 810,
D) to 8410.000. iIe spent ino[ney like a
rince. Ile kept a line stable, bought
ach horses as pleased hiin, and if they
id not suit gave themi away. (
Wilson's private life was a succession i
f scandals. Four young women are I
nown to have sued him for breach of I
roimis(.
Speculation exhausted iself inany s
ears ago as to t Ie( secret of I he rela- (
ons between Moen and th i spend- h
hirift, and it was hinted that the case s
'as one of blackmail, but Mr. Aloen o
enied this as enipha'iwally as Wilson. ii
favorite theory was that the pay- 'I
ients had something to do with the A
ay in which the Washburn and Aloen n
:mpany obtained the barbed wire n
atents, but this was emphatically de- v
ied by Ar. Moen and his associates in t
io eorporatioi. The latter denidss that t
fly money had ever had been paid to t
'lSiso fromu the funds or the compilang3. i<
'hre advances were Mr. Moen's own. t
In 1885 Wilson entered suit against e
[ir. Aloon for $150,000 In an action of a
r contract. The result was a(disagree- to
rent, ten jurymen favoring Mlr. Mloen :i
ad two holding out for Wilson. In j<
lis trial Wilson claimed that Mlr. e
loen promised to settle all his scrapes, s
ut that lie recei vedl nio money alter g
After the trial Wilson declared that d
e was Mlr. Mloen's illegitiruate son, V
ndl that the latter had paid hirm to
cop the secret. This story w~as accep
3d by many as tile explanation of tIhe
ysterious hold lie exercised over Mir '
loen, but others, who pretendled to '
now the story of Wilson's iiirth, sid I
here was no truth in the statement. I
Lugusta Chronicle.
The Aallance Exchnange. U
Col: Mn1iA, S. C., April 30.-TIhne I i '
ectors of the Alliance Exchange r-it
[)airied inl session at the Illotel . lrm Oi
urig the greater p)art of the day ye's
erday.. Tihe principal matter undier
iscussion was In regardl to ranking ar
angemnents for a sirpply of baigginig for
he growing crop. 'lhe Alliance makes
to war on jute bagging and would as'
non use thait kind1( as any other when
lie prices are as low as' that of airy
ther kind, but its e'ffor'ts are bueinig diI
ectedl now, as in the past, to the pre.
entioni of any cmiiihinationi of anvl~ sornt I.
a force uip prices. Tlhe allianee riow I
as undier considlerationl thre adoptio ci
f the King fire p)roof bagging. which I
a net work of wire over a wrapper
f Iicomutmstible Paper. It is claimed I
hat this covering~can ho had 'cheaper I
hran any other, viz., for about 65 cents i
er bale, and that It can standl any test I
pplie'd to it. Experimenits orn this
rio are to be miade and( bales ol 'ott on
overedh with this material will be pass
11 throuighi all (of the processes of hrand(-t
ng f rom the gin press to the compress
rom: there to shipboard, and froni there
a European markets.
No action was taken by the directors tv
a regard to the establ ishm uent, of a
ank, and that matter was postlponedi
y' thoem rrntil thre nnextI quarterly mreet
rig ini July.
Mlessrs. Sligh, Cain, ltley and I)oni
ldson were appointed as a commrittee
o prepare a fertilizer formrula for the
(doption of the exchange.
Ruinedc bjy Ambiitiona.t
Srin!No i 11:Lr. ()., A pril 29. -Thie
Vhritely reaper works, the largest reap
r;works in existence*, arid tire factory v
ext in size in the worldi to Krurpp's I
tin works in Germuany, has been aip. e
raised under the direction of a receiv- t
r, and wvill be0 soldh In thirty days. rhe v
ilirty dhays. Th'le works, wi.h the ma- v'
hinery cost over $,KX,K00. Whitely, a
ho built the works, had an ambitlon v
3 own the largest agricult.ural imple- a
ient works In the worl. Trhey are far j
trger than his business required, and t
si in his failure
PENSIONS FOR CONFEDERATES,
"rovipionm Made by the Southernl 4tj
for Their Ex-sollierm.
Alabaima pays pensions to
motnt of *125,000 yearly; 110 home.
Arkansas has a soldiers' home n
,ittle Rock, established by priv
ubscription. State aid has been gi
iy an Act passed by the recent LeI
itture.
Florida has bect paying pensions
everal years. The pension Act pas
i 1887 provides that all indigent;
isabled Confederate soldiers y
ave iade Florida their place of rq
ence fifteen years prior to the passv
f the Act shall come under its pro
ins. There is no home. but the i
enditure on account of pensik
mounts to about :30,000 yearly.
Georgia has a hoie near Atlar
1hich cost 835,000, and pays pensi
anging from 52 to $25 per month,
ording to the disability.
Mississippi has urovided liberally
er disable i indigent soldiers, and
rder to imak e the aid sure has incor
ated it in her new constitution. '.
tate pays pensions, but no home 1
et bean established.
Missouri pays no pension, but a mo
lent is on foot to establish a home,
irl from the State being asked. It
roposed to raise 3100,00 and end
lie home, and already about .30,(00 1
een collected.
Alaryland has a home near ialtimc
hich cost, exclusive of the grou
diich was donat ed by the State. -.
Ih, and the State give 310,90I yev
or its support.
Lotuisiana hms a home near New
.anIs that costs Ihe Stae tI0,(xKIa y
North Carolina liys pensions v
las r,cently appropriated -341,00t fo
south Carolina pays about 550,1
(arly inl pen)sions, bIt has nio home.
'.'cxas has a lome etalished by s
I-ript Ion. whilcl c;osts 8 3,5(NI a year, I
t:ie aid is (xNt cted at ;ia early day.
Telnnessfe has establislicd a hlorni
hIe otl holli. of Andrew Jackson, I
I ermtitage, the St at e donating -175 ac
I land and givinrg :1,0M for impro
lents in US9. The Legislature whi
'cently adjoirneit appropriated 8:
K) for a building and - 5,000 a year
.s support, ard in additLiol -,000,
u) illch I hereof as may lie necess:
,)r expendittire aiannull y in pensio
bish range from it i2 511 to $25
ionlth. It is thought that 25,tK0]
ear will cover the pension list.
\irginia was the lirst to establis
ouie, which is located at lichlmoi
rid for the sipport of which the St
xPends 810,00 a year, in addit
hIe State pays out over 4485,000 yea
11 pensions, and wvIhen the financial c
itioni of the "Old Diminion" is tal
nto consideration it will he seen t
'irgimia is far ahead of any ot
olutliern State in caring for uifor
ate I x- Con federates.
tharlmeton Politics.
CREtEsox, April 27.-ihe pit
ation to-day of an interview w
'hairman Irby, of the State Democ,
a Executive Committee, in which '
rby gives olicial recognition of 1
xecutive Committee of the munici
)ermocratic party, acted like a [ol
bell in the ranks of the reforme
hairian Irby's olicial utteran
ave caused a change in the politi
ystem here. Democratsof both wii
f the party are utterly at sea, and
ian can tell what the harvest will
'lie situation is perplexing. '1
lunicilpal Democratic Executive Co
iittee, whose ollicial existence Ch,
ian I rby recognizes, has called a c4
ention of the Democracy of Charl
mn to meet on the 30th instant. Un<
is call the Democratic books of re
ration were openedf( to-day for re\
mi. The registration was much lari
ian usual. Th'le reforii party hz
llced a convention to meet, on May
rid have advised their adherentsi
take part in the convention on Ai
Jth. I othl sides claim to have ar
)rity of the registered vote of1
tty. It is underst.ood that the ril
ers, who have Deimocratic clubs
nimed ini most of the wards, will 1;
irrt in the Mlay coniventuorn by sendi
elegatos. The probabtility is that thi
ill be a big l amnily row.
e w ish Iiniiei s ha;ve beii orddred
uit Keiftf forthwith. Thie well-to
ave already|gonae, bunt the p)oorer clas
re ini the greatest straits. Maniy;
rriv inig on th e A ustriani Ironitieri
e'stitt,e condlitioni, bunt the A ustr
thiciazls ret uise domicile to paup'
'lie ei ft police aecept 110 exce (, r;
uig the city w ith the uitmiost, sever
iiless br-ib ed to d elay action . '
auily expuIlsionls l roim Aoscow nuim
rom11 1001 to 17> t. ()n Sun rdaiy an0 e'x
litral raid wa;s inae when lu in wu
ightenis awavy iianyi ''lt it lid to 1
niaierit residrn-u. T[lie t it-et is
x tn in I his cit3y, whic-h i greti
otsiness. Thze eniiig ratztn ot,'ls ir
:iuarnttetd by the .\liinister of l-'or(
s 'tr of t lihe i t'rior, any tn e of w h
ats power'It t t itSih It ir' t li nur,
laciing Iteir buinesst-,- ir the hiamils
tnsslan agelt,s aiil are-t thuise'lves
art inrg.
nobbii'i iby its i''resleimat.
NW Yolui1;, A pril 28. The Ni
%at itiial i bank has lost about SIL0.
hroiug h thie de falcat iton of l're'sid]
lii who( died March 1st. last. ofc
timiptiori. It was only a few days
Iat the dire'ctors sulspecttedl somiethi
/ro)ng anid begani te e'xaina tioni
Ccoiints rev'ealing his Itoss wvhiicl
iir ter ex aiunnationri lI anik E';xa
o.r II epbiurn andit a clt-aing houise ('
it,tee to-night coinied. Blank
miner Iliepburn to-night, iiadlet
tatement. Whbile the loss is seric
does not1 impair the bankii's solve'
to' its abilIi ty t.o take care' of its c
)miers.
A iforrile story.
LIlNiloN, A pril 28.--A inong the ,Je
~ho rece'ntly emigratedl by way
hsiai, Is on1e Iaaac hhoseb)alt, wh
eM has airouised considherabile atte
on1. IIe hears on his leg ani Iron, 03
'hich the skin has partly gro)wn, a
'hilch wvas fastened ton hini live ye;
Ro in ai ltuissli prisoii at Kreff, fr
'hich Roseb)alt attemiptedl to esci
f'ter being arrestted on a charge
rosely ting for .hiudaisrm. It is teal
nlat the removal of the iron now mlj
aVA a 8OFlrieaes silt.
STlE NEW YORK ALLIANCE.
THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
the THE MOVEMENT.
ear Stenly Accessions-tepresentative Farm
er,-Submtantial Increase-Pit&icit E
Voen
is feet Talked About-The Premident of i he
for New York Alliance.
sied IIONELLSyIL.E, N. Y,, April 27.- 1
"I The state convention of the Farmer's
Aio
S Alliance in New York has created a
ge great stir liereaniong the politicians,.
,is- While the body was in process o1 or
L'- ganization, a friendly delegation from
)[Is the Knights of Labor was received.
President Polk, of the National Farm
ta, ers' Alliance, was present and addressed
s the convention, advising the farmers to
ac- give the politicians among them a back
seat. It is said that D. G. Allen, the
for state organizer, can have the state presi
In dency if he wants it.
II- The political significance of the Farm
he ers' Alliance movement is beginning to
I as be appreciated.
A striking feature of the gathering is
Ve- the earnestness of the men taking part,
no in it. They talk of nothing else and I
is think of nothing else, but in a cold, con
ow servative way, devoid of claptrap or en
as thusiasm, and they are real farmers, too,
and not professionals.
re, Mayor Day, of this city, was asked 1
(, what lie thought of the movement. "It r
,- is going to run things in this end of I
r1y the state," lie said. "It is composed of Y
the very best men of the farminv coin- I
I)r- imunity, the solid old farmers who work
;ar. their own soil, pay their debts and 1
md don't make any more until they have V
r a calculated all the chances." '
l'resident Arnold is generally con- 1
XxI veded to be the best man in the conven. <
tion for the position to which he was
Ab- elected. lie is about 65 years old, tall 1
Mt and slender, with a full gray beard and 1
rather sandy gray hair. IlIe was born 1
at inl Wyoming county, where his father
Jhe came in 1812 from New England, briinr- t
res ing family and his belongingi in an ox C
ve- cart. Mr. Arnold now lives oin the
cl homestead, near Arcade, which his
Z,- fat her pre-empted, and is regarded as I
lor one of the most soliu, substantial farm
or eri in the neighborhood. In politics lie
try was an old line whig and later a lepub
'is, lican as lie says, however, of late years P
pier he has been rather independent in local
[er affairs. The only oflice ie has ever t
held has been that of supervisor. lie t
I a was one of the lirst men to join the I
id, Alliance inl his county, the Iirst sub- t
ate Alliance Iing organized there Janu
ion ary 27.
,rly Before he was elected he was closely
olt- cross-questioned as to his opinions on
ien the Ocala platforin. Ile was found to
hat be all right, but when asked how lie
her stood on the silver questionli he an
L11- swered: "I favor the free and unlimi
ted coinage of sil ver. as I tnderstand
it."
Ile was asked how lie understood it
li- later. Ile said: "I believe in the free
iti coinage of silver dollars with a dollar's
,at worth of silver in them." Ile is rather
'r. favorably inclined toward. the sub
Ale treasury scheme and the other planks
pal ini the Ocala platform.
I) lIe was also asked his opinion of the
rs. third party movement.. "It is too early
ces to talk of that now," lie said. Our en
Cal ergies for a while will be devoted to
Igs the work of organization and educa
110 tion,"
be. National Lecturer Willetts says that t
'l1 New Jeusey is organizing rapidly, and t
. he expects to organize the State Alli
i- ance ini a week or two. It is said that
there is a scheine on foot to send otit
- all over the country pledges similar to
ler those used in the lenry George can
'paign of 1886, binding the signers to
su ~~Pport a third'( party candidate on the
~er ()c.la platfoirm. I f a million signatures
Ye are obtained a conv~ention will be calledI
tiand nominations for president and v'ice
iot president will lbe made.
>ril
l-The ILuRisiaa Lotter.,,
lie NEw OI~LANS, April 27.-At the
ig- last session of the Legislature .)ohin A. .
or'- Morris andl his associates maide appli
ike eation f'or a renewal of' the Louislaana
ug State Lottery charter for twenty-five
i-re years, oilfering to pay the State more
than MI,000,(X) per annumn for thme
privilege. A bill embodying thle re
red lulisite amenldment to the coinstii uition,
to known as thei lottecry amnendmi ent,, was
*do adopted by a two-thirds vote of the
se Legisla~ture, and by courtesy a copy of
re the Act was sent to Governor Nicholls
nwho vetoed it, although the friends oft
nthe imeasure argued that he had no
ars right to (10 so under the constitution.
TIhe Secretary of State having refus
ity d to promulgate t.he Act, Morris and
'hie his comipany applied for a intandamius
her comipelling him t.o promultgat.e the pr o
ep.(psedl constitutional amendmitent to lbe
revoted on by the people at the ntt( geni
re (ral election. Tlhe I )ist,rict, CJourit to
wr (lay rentdered a (decision ini favor' oi'f lhe
etlottery company, ,i istice Watkinis r'ead
i ig the opdinion as the organt of th e
cout, Chiet ,J itstice IHerminudez atnd As
omsoci at.e ,1listi ce McF,neny concurrig.
ts l~.achi read olpinions, while Associate
.l ustices F"ennter and I reautx read d is
i-seninRg opinlions.
are lN NOX Ni. ,i.It, Tlennt., A pril 28.- Owen
Ih e Mlcredit h, the voun g man w ho coinmmiit
*f . ted si ide yesterday by Ibdow inrg hiis
iii Ibrain ou ht, was to have been miarried
d-next, Wed nesday night to Mliss Mary
II udibitrg, daugh lter oif the post master
here. A sealed not.e was left by MeIire
iithI di t,h for M\liss fundiurg, bitt its con
(flN tents cannot be learned. J t was rui
eut imoredl last ntight that. the dleceased was
on.. linancially behintd with his cominpanty.
igo Miss II itdibiirg is almost, crazed with
ing grief. Foitr years ago Ashley l'eck, a
of yountg butsiness mant oif Newport, 0.,
ia wvho( wasii (ngagedl to her, k iled him tself.
mii- Frnietnds of M eredithi says his tmindi was
>m affected in consequtence of injuri ies
I'2x. which lie receiven roim a fall fromt a
h is train a fe w dlays ago,
l'An Op,era Hlomuse Horror.
iy MoNTiooM enY', Ala., A pril 29.- -- A
.ix special to tlhe Aulvertiser states that the
opera house in T1roy, Alha., fell In thiis
evenIng while a party of young people
wvs were rehearsIng an amateur perform
of :ance, Abitt twenty persons were
>iso buried in the ruins. TFhe dead are Miss
mn- Annie F"oster, of Eastman, Ga., andl
ier Miss Fannie Lou Starke, the only child
nd1~t. oridg.e II. Starke, of Trroy. '[he se
srs rioosly injured are Miss Maggie Bur
itm nett, latoly of Hainbrnidge. Ga., and Miss
ipe Eula lk:wning. Others were hurt but
or not seriously . T'he accident resulted
'ed from tine spreadingt of the roof which
~ht was lncend.. to bo self-supporting, but
faulty h. cnstructIon
DON'T WANT BLAIR.
roo Much "Talker, Talkee," on the Clii
nese Question in Congresm.
WAslliN;'TON, April 29.-A represen
ative of the Associated Press this morn
ng called at the Chinese legation here
tnd had an interview with Minister Yen
i regard to the disinclination of his Gov
!rnment to receive Senator Blair as the
tccredited representative of the United
itates.
Mr. Y en said, through an interpreter,
,hat he had received a cablegram front
lie Chinese foreign ollice, which lie was
nstructed to lay before Secretary Blaine
vithout delay, expressing the unwill
less or tle llmperor to receive Blair.
tier than this Mr. Yen had received
to insrructions, written or otherwise,
'romn his Government, on the subject.
l'lie exact language of the cal>legram
)r whether tie reasons for this actioul
vere given, Mr. Yei delines to state.
Personally he,had a very high opinion
)f Senator Blair; lie had met him sev
!ral times and had always found him to
)3 a very courteous gentleman. At the
ime Senator Blair wvas nominated min
ster to China Mr. Yen was in Peru, to
vhich( Government lie is also the repre
entative of China, and did not return
o the V'nited States until early in the
resent month. IIe had never had oc
asion to ascertain what had been Sen
tor Blair's attitude toward Chiia or
ir the Chinese residents in this country,
mid not until his ret.urn had the Senators'
itterances onl the Chinese question as
eported in the Congressional Record
een brought to his attention. The
nitlister conveyed the impression that
it, had simply stated the facts to his
,overnment. and aside froi that had
iot sought to influence its decision
ither favorably to the Senator or un
avorably. This action of the Chinese
1ithioriies has not, created the least ex
it ement here, as it had been aiticipated
iy iim ui rom the first. 'TIhie proceed
ngs is not a very oumisial one and cAR
It be construed as indicating unfriend
y feeling toward this I overnen.
A imioig the departimnt ital ollicials
here is a geieral indisposition to dis
liss tho subject of llair's rejection.
"till it, is evidelit, that there is no aener
f desire to magnify the icidetint into
ie proporf tions of a diplovtitc iepiutre.
I is the long e!stablished rlp of dilplo
Ilacy that a nation ki lint oiged to ac
ept , iiisiiter who is not persona
,rata, utd that rejection on that ac
wint is not to be constued iitio an in
ended affroot, to the dignity of tihe na
ion which sends tih iniiister. The
11ited States hesitated tor' a long time
o fully endorse this rule antd shlowed
ome resentment when the Austrian
'overniment, during thelast Adminis
ration asked that Minister Kelly be
tot. sent to Austria as 'nitet States
iniiuster. l11t about the titne of the
Sackville.West, episode the ('nited
States became an enthusiastic adherant
of the polley that a nation is not bound
to receive or retain a foreign minister
who is not acceptable to its peoplo.
Then, too, there was a lingering re!ol
lection of' the tact that the 'nited States
lad about the time of the French revo
tiution sent home a representative of the
.rench Itepublic becatise lie had made
i'iself obnoxious to tie peoplle of the
Inited States.
Ii these cases the demand for the
ninister's recall was rather peremptory,
nd we did not show tle consideration
nanifested by the Chinese Government
i refraining from an absolute rejection
>f Minister Blair, and simply statiig
hat his coming to China in the capaci
.y o! U'nited States minister would not
)e entirely agreeable to the ( oVerriinent
if that. cotitry. Altogether Ihe opmi -
oI in official circles is general that the
Inited States is by its own condiuct
topped from resenting Minister Blair's
ejection, and that after waiting for a
(ength of time suflicient to maintain
hie national dlignity a new miniister will
>e apploinited by I 'residtent 1liarrison.
Thei Fa&rmierg in Virginaia.
It t'ClM~oN n, TA, A iril 30.--TIhe leg
shativ'e camipain in Virgmuia thIs year
)romnises to lbe uinusually interestinig. It
s not) probable that the ltepublicanis will
nake anry light. Th'le contest will lbe
'-tiefly confined to thme F"armers' A iliance.
l'hiat, elemenit dlemandls Important legis
ationi at the hands of the G ener'al As
tembh y, whose mem'tlbers are to be chosen
his year'.
F"oremoist namong these demandms is
lmt f'or ar lawu creating a railwvay comn
ntission, withi authlori ty 14) regutlate
b ar'ges and pr'evetI disermunina tioni iln
ales. Th'le farmer's. too, believe that
he salaries of State oflicials might. be
edutced, erimninasl ctreesg tcut do0wn,
norei' liberal irtopr'iations made for the
state dlepartmet of ag~ricurlfture, andh
tumeroums othier benielits bestowed uphoni
limt c lass. Th'lese issues will be w form
ilated by the Alliance Stat.e (onivent
Jon. which meets her'e ini 'Augutsl. Th'fe
ead er's say that th ese are to be so cer
Ly (tril shartmply defined that c :didlates
or the L,egislature canntot ev:ade them.
Tlhe lnemocrats will riot ('tll at Conveni
wvill miret' soon) to) di3scuss ther campiaignm,
but nto C'onvenIt itn, it is undiertstoodl, will
e called' . TIhe Alljinces rclaimi ai mtemt
bershtip ol somethmin'g like 40f,000i( ini this
sl ate, andtr, if' any thinig like tuanimous,
ani easily con)tro'4l legislation. Thi e idea
:>f th:e leaders 5ismnt to htave aniy thtird
iarly, bit, I o make thleir (lemndr(s wit
ii the~ ranks of the l)emocr'ats. If' they
ho this thmey can, thtey think, easily et
Pu t their putrposes.
Thl'i epub licani I,e'agte of' thle State
v ill me't. here A pril 29 to elect delegateca
o the N ational Convention of ILeagues,
vhtich is to be biell in Cincinnati. T1his
>r'ganiza.t,ioni has tnot, flourished in tlhis
tate. ,Jlhn S. WVise was among those
vhio star'ted in with it, but his ardor soon
ooled ofl', and be t little interest has been
aken in it since. Somte litt,le life seems
0 be infulsed into the League now, be
ause its leaider's think it may lbe a factor
ni contr'olling the delegates from this
tatc to toe National Republican Coni
rentionu. As Mahone dloes nuot hold a
nembership in the bodly it is diflicult to
ee how this can he achievedl. It is not,
iveni out who Mahonue prefers for the
'resldentual nuomitnec, but as hte is press
ng candIdates upon IIarrison it is sutp
)0sed that lie wvill favor that canrdidate's
tominahion.
Fout Water Kills Five Men.
BURLLINOTON, iowA, April 2'..- -Thle
laborers at Gilbert Iloge & Co's lumber
gardrt drank freely of water from at) old
well in the vicinIty. As a resuit uf N'M
toning from the sewerage five of ftiemn
ire dead an:1 several are not expected
no hIve
A BOSTON SENSATION.
GENERAL BEAST BUTLER PUT OUT
OF COURT.
The Hero of New Orleans Forcibly Re
moved by Judige Carpenter of the Uni
teti Statem Court, which 1ring Tears to
the OW1. Spoon Thief's Eyet.
BOSTON, MIANss., April 27.--lCn. Ben
jamin F. Butler was forcibly ejected
from the United States district court
room Tuesday by order of Judge Car
penter. General Butler is counsel for
Mrs. Clarietta Johnson, of Lowell, who
has been convicted in the I'aited States
district court for perjury, and who was
brought up for sentence before Judge
Carpenter that morning. On Tuesday
last thu general again appeared in
court to argue a motion in arrest of
judgment, but on rising to address his
honor lie was peremptorily ordered not
to address the court "now or ar any
other time."
At I o'clock when the court was
about to adjourn, General Butler cane
in and took his seat by the side of Dis
triet Attorney Allen. Mr. Allen asked
for sentence, making a strong plea for
mercy, when the following colloquy
took place
General liutler (to Mr. Allcn)-"You
ask to have the motion for the arrest of
j udgment overruled ?"
Mr. Allen-'Yes."
The Court.---"I understand von to
say that the prisoner does not want to
lie heard oil this ?"
Mr. Allen.-"I understand your hon
or, that the prisoner is ready to have
the matter decided to-day."
The Court.-"I think it would be bet
ter if 1 cotld look over it and see if
there could be anything that by any
possibility cotild lie argued, and if so,
c,unsel will be assigned,"
(,eneral Butler.-Il am ready your
honor."
The Couirt.--"Mr. Marshal, Mr. But
evr is disorderly; will you kindly re
muove hit from the room ?"
The Marshall. and two of his assis
tants advaned to (G'eneral .itler's
si(le, and took him by the arms to carry
out the court's order.
General l3utler again endeavored to
address t he court, when the court called
out;
'Mr. Marshal."
Marshall Dioherty to General Butler.
-" You heard the order of the judge,
General Butler ?"
General ltitler.--"I an ready to"
I'lhe Court.-"Itemove him, Mr. Mar
shal. Don't allow him to creaite any
further disorder."
General Bittler. --"I am here" -
Before lie could finish the sentence he
was Iaken iold of by the marshal and
his assistants and was escorted from
the room.
General Butler's voice was very much
affected and his eyes full of tears as he
exclai mie(d: "I yield to force."
When Ie had been removed outside
ae court room the general turning to
Marshal 1)oherty, inlidred: "Do you
intend to hold ie a prisoner, now that
I am ouitsideu ?"
M 3arilhal Doherty replied in the nega
tive.
"All right," said (,eneral Butler, and
he immediately pushed his way again
into the court room.
The judge had just left the bench,
however, and the general, having looked
arourid exclaimed: "Well the room
smells a little better now than it did a
few miiutes ago."
The general says he intends to take
legal steps, though what they shall be
he has not yet determined,
Judge carpenter is the man whom
General liutler has characterized as an
"inferior juidge of an inferior court of
the inferior State of Ilihode Island."
Mrs. .1 ohnsoni was brought into court
later in the afternoon and sentenced to
pay a fine of $l0 and to serve six
iionthis in jail.
Tlhie general said this evening; "L
was never remnovedl from a court be
fore in miy lilfe, and I have practiced
bePfore all th e courts in the country for
the pasit lilty-six years. Nor have 1
ever seen any13 lawyer removed from
conurt for attempltingi. to address It on
behalf of his ('ieat."
(G'neral Buttler will he seventy-three
years oldl in November.
illowni to l'iece3,.
Oswi-:au, N. Y., April 29.-A freight
locomotivi of the Hoime, WVatertown
)gdensbu rg Ilroad ex ploded while
shil ting a caboose in the yard here to
dlay. ,Jamnes Curnmings, the engineer,
was inistainfly killed, his body being
blown twvo hiuiidred yards over a house
arid falling in a horribly miangled mass
ini a garden. One of his legs was found
a hundulre:l feet further away: A~ fire
man who w-ts 01n the tender at the
tino was bilown on the top of the ca
boose51 and te'rri bly scalded, but will re
cuver. Thle locomiotive was complete
ly wrecked. Thfe cause of the explos
on is a mnystt y.
Te i lit to the Mairinlen!
News- Press publishes the following
this morning: "Stephen 1B. Elkins is
authority for a statemient, made to a
rep)resentative of the News-Press, to
the diect that ,James U. JBlaine would
shortly announce his dlecisioni not, umn
decr any circumstances, to allow his
namie to be used at the next itepub)li
cani National Convention as a cant'idate
for P'resident. It is said that Mr.
lilaine's letter, or anniouncemnent, will
be so p)ositive as8 to admit of but one
construction, and that is, that lie will
never again be a candidate for the
P residency.
The New lironin.
CIcAoo, April 310.-Mayor Wash
burn's first olhical act on entering upon01
his duties was to issue an order to the
pl)Oice departmienit to close up every
gambling house in C3hiicago. Ini an ini
terview the mayor said tat in case the
meni (let ailed to do the work should miss
any place ini wh ich gainlg is carried on,
and1( which shall be afterwardls found out
by newspapmer meni or anybody else lie
should have t hose mein dlischiarged. 'this
afternoon the p)1op)rietors of all the pool
rooms in the city were notilied that they
also would have to close up their places
of b)usinless at once.
Jack the flippesr, Again,
BE.:i,1N, April 27.-A murilderaiilrr
to those committed by ,Jack the RIpper
in London 1s rep)orted from hleuthien, ols
the P'olishi frontier, The body of a wo
meqn was foundl this morning behind
the mi!itary hospital in that town mutl'
hated In the usual imanner, An army
suirgeon is s usniected In this case.