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VOL. xxi PICKENS, S. C., THURSD)AY, eJUNE 2,F192jO TiTE STATE CAMPAIGN. r HE- CHARLLSTON AND O T H E R MEETING3 HELD THE PAST WEEK. The Caelbaie Nsing i're ,y mhul the Same Oh.1 M'"i' .11,41 4 hn Crowd Lit'rgely III Ftv,r EV41-V im Iy where Ex 4e-O t iII Ch% tric4t(o . C^it.AiE "41'ON . C., J1i1e 15.-Tho campai it-u-, t+ting, was held In this city yesterda3 evenig im front of the city i hall1. It i. qM1lt.4matjd that ablout fivo thousatnl ieisoi wero present, about two tholsand of whom it is claimed S ~ will stipport Tilhni:. 'ill-, M1-AUI N( OPENED) BY 811EPPLAItD. Ex-Gov'ernor Shtppard was the first pe~iser h! r(4dued, anid was received most U m.iusiast i1e,aly by his adnereuts, who wa i in l he 1.aJifi y. 'Tlere v%s :a c' idition of affairs in the Stat 2, Governor Sheppard said, which shw,1-l comnimand t.he serious considerji'm f eol ery citzen. From 1876 to lA the )emoeratic govern ment ; respwit. d at home. Since then t r - ; ha o: iintroductd into our rank ;. his want of confidence amnmi em seves 'cuina ted in the re cent cm.v. on. w n : I he invincible 'Xpone!-t l h ,e. i--ni principles was denlo1r. " !I,- . 'eace aid pros- 4 perit) hi be te result of a revolti tion. T! - victor' 'f 7 r(.stiltet in a I Gover':t,wr WI eNb xge, any that i ever :s > . :. | The speaker eatled a ;,:a 1 : mome of thoit, vOil nectVd '. 4 the adho"istration tiring th is pl- .d, a.d I h e r was 1aPphUSO 1 whell 14 -spel,f Ii iliptl anti Con- I llur. N, t,j. J- inmelliciecay or cor rupit tio 1.,:n ai : e rin of these ilenl. 1 TiUmn i i'.tud1o spt ziker, then at tacke;i i Vvernment irritating the I minds ol tte peopl I roi the moun Wains tv t, t"b:1w t 1(mentth" ot the bat-( tiry w It iii-iiu, i-s that "something was r i U-n in I h mnark," though the platco D.hi rick w ia not particularly indicatId ,n inalp. The people were aro'd by sh-se allegations, an-:1 peopile abroad hgai to look curiously onl Sotr!i Caroliia. Tiliain was elected anild ilmlm;ediat( ly was begun on capital. L't- re:;illin.g litigation has seriously impaired the credit of the State, cai&sing State bunds to drop 9 points teferring to the litigation in which the Ad,ninistration is engaged, he showerd th-tt the party who inflicted the injury (the Sttte) is responsible. 1Loud cries of' "Iarrah for Sheppard!" and solitary yell ftor "One-eyed lied,"] The Governor \%as bound to respect the courts. yet Tilliin makes no con cealmeit t)f his insubordination. If 'Pillinaln were surrounded by calm judgment he woul be heartily asham- I ed of hiN, harging tho judiciary with usurpat.iua of authority. Tillman charged ihat -10 p,r cent ol the cases whiei wt ru zppe.ded from the circuit courti lad been reversed, and thus at tributt-l gnorance to the judges; but lie failed it) speak of the vast majority of cases ir, iri which there were no ap peals. -Sme an cIlC4r1red at this point h' T'r1 Tillman howlers. One of the nu i! obstrepero its was a horse trader nat;ed Oad;miavi, who propound ed several mazy iluestions, anud finally Governol Sheppard extinguished his light by tElling him he might be able to tivdeif;,nd him it' his tongue were not so th t. Laiglhter. Tie 'iJalr w%,(,nt oil to tell about the timidity 4 .i'(apit)i! , i eitioi ing tlttiefict that Jorin 1. IHbbinson had refused to invest her' Oi aecomit of the war on capital. Oakmn;i arited to know if this was the eircirt mnan1. TJhie speaker told 1himi: "'No. If Jo hin Robminsor, t hie circus mnan, were to comet throug'i hero he would take you alonig as a clomw .1." (30n:niN( n TIt ''LA N. Governor Ti'lhiiin was then intro diiced, mid h apphause, lie referred to t.he tim'e wheni lie spoke in Charleston and1( was intr1'oduIedt as "the mnan fromn J'ig('ield1." The umv time he caime t.here~ V. :~.anidli anteur ea.rthquliake, and thme po(ol'l de':e:nna)ed . Thel1 next time hie re fu4--t I 14 4ape':k, be ?caulse~ they would not giv' him31 ani 'pen-air meeting. lie saidt if 14i rtit of the1 ii1 elIantgu I wo years a B w'as as Sh eppard det laired theit pe'ople w.-le idiots. lie planne4(d that. campa)3it.I: 'alluy awti clearly against the 111n14 lv al liarn ;. of (imarltesm al Coluirmb'4, to whI,p thle p'olitic:ians) of this cit y. lit)11 h 1 th the pe'o:plCe. o that ifi I t(y s'!tolt 1his thing t ihev were moral e- rs. 3; L o 114 tI 1n't cot4mt here humtin' '4)11'-. lie heat the city ohf Charle t c tswo: .ars ago, and t he Mlay convem1 on~ cl'no:is' rated t hat he: woldl carry ( 3 r;'stop !1his time14. lieft'':Iiia to t!.' New an.4;ud Co4urier, he said t . e I he t': md 4i1 of Charles'.on allowed I S ih'm- :u9 s'hoaderis toi drip throng:m 4 hmir bo'nu unt il they kniow no m:ore of l he op'' a' i.'ns and nieeds or South C troi-a 'i1:a i' t hey were not i in It. "'I don't d'sir4 ," said the U Gor nor-,'-to be iin thii entt agory of' a gentlI e- I menQi in"a',sure by'1 thme standaird ot that paper. I <hm)i't. dlesir to be' 'onideltre'd a gentlemn.mu by it a St.andIard, T1he man aging editor, whoi( w1as a little tup-couni try raga mini uiiV ho canine here and got a little Imoush1, imaiy consider' hmimself a genflenmain; but, whet her 1 am polishedl or niot, 1 am14 one of God A lmighty'3 genmtlemen!I. At, Walter'boro I gaive nls i represen('atat ivie ai table, which I saidi he < dare nIor pubtlisha and1 the next miorning , the paller s 41id it lad already published It in a c'ertainm Issue, ht I ho)ld that in g my hi.id, und( t'll yott it is not, there'. I ( will 103ke a1 bargatin with you1. I wvill ( drop it. f youi wilt."'' ThIe Govern'or0' i ie-lt ihat, 11he (40r-t poratio)ns ar'e me'e r time a-g is of'1 Judgies y liond an ld Simlount on. 144I im1131t this tiune, arid the t. n o factions began 1111 ma er1 (' of a <iestion i gs, yeli I ug , and hisse., and1( at time there5 wa(14 is conl siderable e'xcitemeflint,. Tl.ouchinug on I ho Cantwtell case4' the Governtor said Ithat ,Juadge Wallace'heat hIm, buat hit(T'ill mani) beat the duditge when lie got to* tIhe Sentata. Itt t.his case one4 (4levenith of $ 14e .indiiary in fringed o.i the' rights of' the Sena3te. If he L,bougit lie was right, why adin't lie give Can.utwell thoste books'? I had staggert d hIm by the argtiinent. Let, aniybody else cut, ip these ki:1d of ca pers, amn l I wIll kic4k himi out, In spite of' d Ildge'. Whlitt, muens' liberties shall niot be repfre*edl by the machinery ofI law. Matddetid by t xclamations from the crowd, t .' Governor declared there had not beeni a davi .Siic he was it ofile I that he co:ihl not have had the oe. of , 'harleston, signed,sealed and delivered, h ni his pocket. Ile said he was not run- % drnff as an Alliance candidate. He a aid his side would train up farmers to v 'eat the politician representatives of "harleston. t YOUMAN'S MAKES A SPEECI. The Governor was followed by Col. jawre!1ce Youmans, who hit some a iard licks. IIe said Tillman said he % vould save the State hundreds o' d housands of dollars. Has he done it? s Voices: "No; that was taffy."] The t peaker had reason to believe that Till. nan, in making his light, deliberately ntended to put to the hazard the inter .stU of the State and the welfare of the e )omocratic party in order to gratify '1 jis personal ambition. LVoice: "-rhat's N ight."j t The imported howlers from Berkeley nr iere kicked up such a racket that it v xas impossible for Col. Youmans to a peak connectedly. They yelled and p owled until it seemed as if the stir- a ,harged atmosphere would burst. p Col. Youmans spoke of a letter Gov- c wrnor Tillman lied written him, six a ears ago, regarding the farmers' move- a lient. ie asked the Governor did he c leiy it. The Governor, amid great confusion, a 'eplied that he denied nothing that be a aid or did, and -laimed that he had al- 1 -eady whipped Youir ans in debate. tj The Governor then left the stand, n mnd the chairman announced that he t nd been called away by important t mblic business. Col. Youmans pitched f ato him for leaving, saying that lie s ouldn't face him. The howlers continued their racket, I Lnd Col. Youmans toid them ie knew t hat they had been brought there to cry s in down, c There were calls for the Tillman let- 1 er, and Col.Youmans sent to the hotel I md had it brought. In the meantime F he Governor returned, and, mounting E L chair, said that he had left in order to t )rder out the millitary to try to stop a e ynchinf. Col. Y oumans then read the letter as ollows: IIAIMUIo, S. C., 24th, 1880.-Dear p .ol: Isn't it about time for "Farmer" Youmans to realize that be is behind Ile times, and he has missed his oppor ,unity. [Col. Youmans here interpo- s ated this: "Who was it that wanted eace and unity and another opportun ty ?"] You can get in on the home tretch, if you start now, and I will tell ,ou how, if you will run up to Augusta. Vrite me word whether and where you ,an come, appointing a day a week, and n . week off or more, as my mail facili .ics are very poor. Y ours very truly, B. R. TILLMAN. r'o Col. L. W. Youmans. Col. YVoumans went on to charge that I liman was afraid to face him, and lie only way he could protect himself 1 vas by suppressing free speech, al- d hough lie (Youmans) wouldn't hurt in or let any body else do it, if he could ielp it. ADJUTANT GENEiAL FAI(T." Aien began to speak. Ilis sympathetic c utterances for Charleston were greeted 8 with laughter. Ie pitched into You mans, and said he would like to bu v iiin for what he was worth and se21 1 imi for what he thought he was worth. t Col. Youmans-You will never sell ne to Ben Tillman for 81,150. Gen. Parley said Youmans had I ;ayed the devil, and Col. Youmans re. plied Yes, lie had run Tillran from 0 ;wo meetings. Gen. Farley declared ,hat there was no use in the Conserva ,ve mvement. It was like tying a in can to a dog's tail- "It kicked up a tell of a racket, but did no good." d Gen. Farley spoke amid a great deal I )f confusion, but the howling was no. ,icably decreased. Ile contended tgainst some raillery, but was enabled ,o mnak a much more connected speech I han Col. Youmans. WoODIWARD WV. DIXON.I his young Conservative candidate fo r Udjutaut and inspector General, was la treeted heartily wvhen he arose to speak. 3 Ie spoke for honesty and principle in r he administration of the State govern- i, ntent, and touched on several educa- c lonal topics.y ATTORNEY G EN ERA L M'LAURI N c vas the next speaker. iIe said that here was a kind of mawic in the name c >f "Charleston." To natives of the city i t sounds like "Mecca" in the ears of the it h ful Islamite. A.s Virginia has been t (egardedl as the "Mother of President," n u in pr,t years was Charleston regarded .s t he birt,h-place of all the statesmen c md( great mien of Carolina. She was a ioimuiant in the councils of the State, c mdIC pirmidly asserted her right to be re- h ~ogtuz'.(d att the gcrand centre of all in- n elligenice, wealt h and religion. This re- a ulted I rom a feeling of State prido at ti Irst, then from the fully of hero wor- c nip, andt theni from force of habit, iIe f lecinird that Charleston "thought for o he people of the State, legislated1 for v be. iem-ontrolled them and at all times lirected their politi-:s and shaped their il lest inies." For years the will of Char- s eston has been the will of the people. " 'rhis condition of things could not j tist. i lls to the material advantage of c ,harlest.on that this sectional power is t :one. Some of the "city people" had wcome restive under the mastery as- 1 orted by the powers that were; resist- f once sprung up, and now you have a re- o ormxmayor and city council, asiesh "ewCh arleston" no longerasie o be the State of South Carolina, to a ominate her politics and control her a lestinmes. iIe was glad that many per- tj ons within the city had responded to t] he tocsin of reform sounded by their e ountry brethren, Prejudice had been ogendered in the people outside of ti ~harlestonu on acc:ount of "this con- o mnuous effort to control the State and a o rather contemptuously regard out- n iders as 'provincial.' There has been ti or years a kind of silent rebellion in n lhe hearts of the people, but now since .hiarleston places herself side by side a v ith thme people, and is willing to march c ni the ranks with thern, for the purpose ii if builiniig up the material interests of o hie entire State, ber people are recog- c iizgl ats our peop)le, and her interests 1 lie interest,s of the whole State. There vi,ll in t he future be no uip country and 14 o0 low.country leeling in this State, no I >rejud(ice aii'i no faul-ilndings." Mr. McLaurin said the cry of the op- h )ostionm was a variation of Cato's r amouis sentence, "D)elenda est Cartha- a to." 11is opponents and their faithful y tily, the~ Nea anud Courier, begin and s mnd with the sentence, "Ti'illman must >e beaten." In elaborating this Idea he s vorked. the labor vs. cap)italI chestnut 'I or all it was worth, dleclarinig that a Lillnman had been terribly abused and I hat it had caused ''the~ people" to hug ( him to their basts..- "Ruged r onest and stern, Ben Tillman's name rill live in history long after the bullies nd vain carpet-knights who decry him Pill have been lost in oblivion. Money was the cause of the present rouble. The issue is ilnancial reform. If these newspapers and wise states ien, instead of denouncing Tillman ud every other leader of the people, rould set their wise heads to work to evise a scheme of relief, we would )on have the sub-treasury bill or some bing better." This ended the meet ig. The llerkeley Meelug. 1ONNEAU., J une 15.--The cain paign -s spoke at this sovereignity fo-day. he town is in Berkeley county, on the [orthea-stern Itailroad, near Charles )m. It would be a Chinese puzzle to tost persons to attempt to tell just hy this village, which the people round warn you is the jump?ng off lace, should be selected as the s )ot for State campaign meeting. Very few eople were on the grounds wi en the unpaign party arrived, but after while about 250 persons of all sexes nd colors gathered and the speaking Dmmenced. r'here was no di.order ut a trio of Tillmanites kept up such' running fire of cross questioning that fair show was out of the question. lut it was a good-natured crowd, aid ie three or four talkers in frontl did o howling, confilning thenselve., to in arruptions. As Governor Tillman af ,rwards said, "you have got t1iree or Dur men here who can interrupt the peakers the best I ever saw." Gov. Tillman was first intreduced. le opened his speech by referring to lie unconstitutionality of the law eparating Berkeley and Cha-leston ounty and praised the people of Ilerke sy for keeping the county for te De focracy when there was such a fearful ireponderance of colored voteis. lie howed that the railroads were assessed heir full values last year. The North astern Railroad made 17 per cent. roUlt after all expenses and taxes were aid. Did any farmer, after his ex enses were paid, have enough to buy a ostage stamp? Voice: "IIow about employing Itad *al lawyers ?" Tillman: "It was in Columbia where many voted for Haskell, and as be ween IlasKellite and a Republican I rould choose the latter." [Applause ] Voice: "Couldn't you get a Demo rat?" Tillman: "I might have, but the xatter was sprung so suddenly by [askellite Lyles that I was unable to ick. I wanted a man with brains and lelton was sized up, and Sheppard an't deny it." IIe poked a little raillery at Shep ard, much to the delight of the crowd, 7hich was in a jovial humor, and kept ip some very amusing corn ments. lIe tenounced the News and Courier for loing all it could to run down the price f State bonds. Ile touched up Judge Vallace for his Cantwell decision. lie enounced the third party and the rowd was with him to stland hv the ction of the Democracy. Col. Youmans was the next speaker. le said it was his first time in Berke sy County and saw more farmers in he crowd than at any other meeting. le told how he had tried while in the enate to have bills passed to protect armers who ship produce, cotton. etc., a commission merchants, and said Col nel Robert Aldrich, now leading the 'armers of Barnwell County, was re ponsible for killing the bill. Ile said velton voted for Haskell. Ile, You ians, voted for Tillman, though they idn't speak. Turning to Governor 'illman, he asked: Didn't Judge Mel ote for Haskell? The Governor-i don't know. Col. Youmans-Well, he did se. The twyer that you preferred to a IIaskell ~e was both liepublican and llaskell ~e. In answer to the question whether e was in favor of the Ocala demands ~oumans said-I am for most of the aforms in that platform, I warn. more oney and a better distributed curren y; but you will never get that until ou have two b)anking systems --local urrency and national currency. Voice-Now you are right! You are amning on our side. You want a bank 1each county'. Asked as to what good it would (do 'ie State to drop Tillman, Col. Y ou mans saId: If you purt experienced pubIc e o1li als in office it will give con:idence broad, improve credit, encouirate im iigration andl invite capital. T,Xilmani as been crying like a horse leech for iere power. If he can go aumoi-g you ad induce you to change your legisla rs just to suit him, why hi; ne0w rowdi will be afraid to cross his path, >r fear of being turned out, as the thers were. and will (d0 just what lie ants them to do. Attorney General McLaurin spoke ext, andl the Tillman dialoguers sub ded. iIe spoke of the dying throes of the ring," and cracked a great many )kes at Col. Youmans. The problem f' the day is to control the corpora oens and keep them from being so owerful as to steal from you. Unless ~en Tillmnan is slaught.ered by the ef arts of small politicians, he will be one f the greatest menm South Carolina has id since the days of Calhoun. Parley was the last speaker, and made a speech full of fun and humor, necdotes and jokes. Tihe administra on was to be commended for it was e first that ever provIded for the edu ition or the women of the State. 1'oumans had sneeredi at Farley for hlling rabbit stories. Farley told two r thiree capital rabbit stories and then mid that 3 oumars and SheppardI were earer farmers than the other men on ueir ticket and all that was needed to take them right wvas the rabbit fout. With preternatural gravity he pulled rabbft foot out of his pocket and rossed Sheppard and Youmman,s with , while the crowd Indulged in uproari us hilarity. Farley said he wouild not ross the News and Courier man as he ioked-too cross already Farley touched up V.oumans on the itter read at the Charleston meeting. [e said l oumnans had been near the irmers and Tillman had tried to bring im over. Every time the letter was ~ad it was a reflection on Youmans, aid General Farley tapped the region 'here brains, by common report, are upposed to lie. Sneppard excused himself from peaking on account of a sore throat. 'he canlidates enjoyed a picnic dinner nd then left in the afterno on for ingstree-, where the W illia msburg ouriuty meeting will be held to-.mor FORTY MEN KILLED BY THE COLLAPSE OF A BRIDGE IN KENTUCKY. tn Apualling IMaaster--A Badly Vau structed Piece of Work Gives Way. Car rying With It tho Workmen Employed Thereon With the teult Above Stated. CINCINNATI, June 15.-The false work of the new bridge over the IUek. ing river. between Covington and New port, Ky., fell this morning. Thirty woikien were drowned. Sixteen bod. ics havo already been taken out. As sistant Superintendent William Wilson is badly hurt, probably fatally. .11is back is broken and lie is otherwise in jured. Tle false work was erected by Baird Bros., of Pittsburg, at their own risk. They were putting in the iron beams for the floor, when tie weight Caused the false work to give way, car ryiog with it the woikmen, about thirty in number. The civil engineer who was in charg-e of the work is James A. Stewart, of (tin:innali, but hU was not there when the accident happened. The bridge was being built by the Kenton and Campbell County iridge Company. The victims vere either drowned or crushed to death. When the crash came it was but a few momnits until bot, banks were lined with people. A b, portion of the false work was sibmer--ed, and with it were the uniortunate worknien. The Peene was a horrible one. In a muinte the air was filled with the shrieks of the in.. jured and dying. Those who could free themselves from tangled network of timber stiuggled to the surface of the water and tried to get ashore. One after another gave up the desperate and uneven strruggle and sank into the mud dy water. Though the banks were crowded, not a soul could go to the res cue of the poor lellows. As soon as possible police and volun teers went to work to get out the dead and dying. Jt was a gruesome task. Among tlie first to be taken out was one of the Baird brothers. Iis body was in a horrible condition, his back be ina crushed. Next to be taken from the water was John Sponsor. He was wedged in among a lot of timbers on the Newport side. The man died a horrible death, a log weighing a couple of hundred pounds crushing through his abdomen, driving his entestines through his back. The look of pain on his face was horri ble, an(d silently told of the terrible pain the poor fellow suffered before he died. One unknown man w,is taken out on the Covington side. Ile was four.d wedged in so tihtly that a portion of his hand had to be chopped off before he could be taken out. All of the dead bodies. as they wer taken out, presented t6iribie pictures. The bones were crushed, broken and splintered, and in nany instances were forced through the flesh, presenting a sickening sight. The terrible calamity is due directly to the recent heavy rains. The travel. er was fully seventy feet high and the false work sixty feet. Two men were at work on the top cord of the false work when the crash came. They fell into the riv_-r, but escaped with few scratches. They were J. P. Lynch, colored, and Bruce Conas. Lynch fell with the bridge and landed on top of it. Conas fell underneath the work, but, sigularly enoug, escaped with a few bruises. Superintendent, Sullivan says there were sixty-three men at work on the brIdge when the crash came. Those who escaped were at woik on the up st,ream sidle of tbe wvork, which is to the south. T1hcy fell wit,h the wreck, but fortunately fell on top of it,. Those oi the (down-stream sideC fell under the wreckage and were killed and in jure<d. t, is certamn that those who cannot be found are living at, the bot,tom of the LickIng river. It, is thought that in add(ition t,o the workmen cauzhit in the wreck were a number of spectators who were watching the men at work. At this time their names cannot be learned. \Villiam Wilson, an iron work inIspec tor of CJovington, wvas on the fated strue hire, and had' a thrillinig escape from death, alt,hough considerably vInjured about the head and back, ie madie the lollowing st,atement, imimediately af'ter being rescued, .nd then relapsed into uncousciousness: "'I was standJingv oni t-he false wvork, unar the traveler, on the NeA'port, side, tlakinig with Andy liaird, one ol the contractors, who had just, ar rivedh, and we were chatting toget,ber. Suddenl3 wve felt the struoture sinkin - beneath us, and( with common impulse we s'artedl to runi for the Newport, end. We had scarcely gone ten feet when the whole thing went dhown. an.] wve were t,hrown hieadlon~ t.hrough the aiir. I lost consciousness, and did not recover my senses unt,il I rose t,o the surface of the water. Th'e first,thing I saw was the form of Baird, fearfully mangled, wedge d in between the timbers, iIe aroaned several times and dlied. I managedl then to seize a piece of drifling timber and to hold on until a small boat camae to muy rescue. I cannot tell the cause of t,he accidlent.' At, 30o'clock this evening, the steamer 11er :ules Carrel commencedl the work of remo rmig the iron and timbers from the river, in t,be hope of recoverIng the bodIes pininedI under the wreck. Al though the (excitement causedl by the accident, was intense, there was a notice ablle absence of the heart,-rending scenes usually accomp)anying such catas trop)hes. Most, ol the men were stran tzers and1 few had famnilies, wvives and ihildren in the scene to add their tears and cries to the grinm spectacle. As t,he accident, occurred on the dividing line bet,ween Covington aiid Newport, the coroners of bot,h countIes will hold in rluests. Bodies landed on the Coving ton side were taken in charge by Coroner W ilson, whiile those landed in Newport were placed under the care of Coroner D)avis. .Much sympathy is felt, for poor .Jack Pierce, the ye teran ne wspa per man. When the news of the accident reached him the man's anguish wvas pitIful. Ills oldest son, red, forerly se..e.... of the Builders' Exchange, was on the ill facted bridge when it fell, having gone to work last Monday. The list of killed will probably reach forty. Thomas Brown, general inspector of the work, said to a . United Press re porter: "I cannot state positively the cause of the accident, but it is my belief that it was caused by a lack of bracing in the piling. The pile- across the Lickimg were forty feet lng, and had been driven into the river bed ten feet. As the water was high, we were unalle to uct proper braces in p1lace. I think there mUt3t h thirty leet, of water in the channel. Only two panels ot iron were in poition at tih time of the aci dent. Baird Bros had lieen very sue cessful bridge builders. There were tour of them, and two were killed in the accident. They are married men of lamilies aid are quite wealthy. They had just completed the _,reat cantilever bridge at Memphis, which is the largest in the world, with one exception. The)y had never before met with such a disa trous accident. The property lous is $10,000.'' SHOT DOWN ON THE STREET. A Killing in Grettnville That I,ooki itko Cold Illoo(tleI Mirier. G iEENVILLE, S. C., June 15.--Al derman Herman (G'. G ireath was shot and istantly killed on Main street yes. terday morning by J. Mims Sull7XIv. The proniinence of the parties 11and the defenseless )OSitiOn OFI the inurdet'ied man have made the a flair the cause of great excitement. The two men met on a street cross ing and exchanged a few words. Mr. Sullivan drew his pistol, and as Mr. (,il. reath turned to go, shot him in tie sle, and as lie was falling shot him again inl the back. Yesterday afternoon, Gilreath, who was a steward In the Buncombe Street Metniodist Church, was at the parson age, assisting Dr. Pate, the pastor, in planting some corn and peas. A nearo was plowing, Gilreath was (r-oppinl r seed, and Dr. Pate was keeping the chickens away. The negro loughed up an old beer bottle, and Gilreath picked it up and facetiously asked Dr. Pate if he kept bottles of that kind around his house. IIe threw it over iis head, and it fell in Sullivan's yard. Some children told Sullivan about it, and he came out, very angry. (ihieath offered to go in the yard and take the bottle out, but Sullivan cursed him, and said Gilreath should not come on his premises. Gilreath said lie would settle it at another time, and they parted. This morning Gilreath wrote Sullivan a note, saying that lie .had insulted himi in the presence ot a minister; that if Sui livan would designate a place ofi ect Inz tlicy Would s6!,tle the matter, and that lie would endeavor to give Sullivan full satisfaction. Sullivan immediately caie down street and met Gilreath, who was in his buggy, on Main street. Gilreat h asked if Sullivan wanted to see him. Sullivai replied that lie had thrown dlown the gauntlet, and it was f'or Gilreath to see hin. Gilreath got out of his buggy and walked toward Sullivan. When within about ten feet of him, Gilrcath asketi Sullivan if he repeated his insult of yes. terday. Sullivan replied that Ie did. Gilreath repeated his question nd Sulhl van repeated his answer. Gilreath did nothing, but looked t,eadily at, the ground. Sulli van drew his pist,ol, and sa d: "G et, away from here.'" Guireathm turned fo obey, buat Sullivan fired, the ball entering the left arJ.e and p)iercing t.he ripper lobe of thme left lung. Gilreathi st,eoped, and, fall' mug, turned his back to Sullivan, who again fired, thme bal Il eteing his back and rangmng up t,he spinal column to thie neck. Gilreat,h dlroppedl dlead, and Suill ivan with amazing coolness, walked to thme sidewalk, took thle arm of the pol ic-. man, walked down to the shir'il 's otihe and surrecndered, em ploy ing as his coun ael Geon. J. Walter (Gary, whom lie met on thme way, and was faxemn to ,jail. Giilreath was carried inito the store oif Fenlay lBrothem's, and shmort.ly afllerward to his home. A post mortem exaIimia. tioni repealed the fact that ei ther shit would have produced death. (1 mly tim tiall thart entered the back wa.s di eam credl. Mr. Gijlreath was it good andI 'pular citizen. a'n aldeinman of thme city, aawl there is great indlignation at hiis cruelI dent,b. Excited groups of1 men hiave ' discumssed tIhe event onl the streets all day, and( tonight, there is stronig talk of' lynching. Ther'e is hardly a pro" babi t,y, however, of such an attemplt bieini successful, as Shermiff Gilreath hliself (though a brother to the murder'ed mian,) four policemien and six other well arimed men are guarding the jail. T1he coroner's in(fu'est has adioumrned until tomorrow, for further testimonmy. Th'le testimonmy already taken is dlanmat lng to Sullhvan. Gilreath had no weapon on his person, iIe carried a lighat cane ir' his hand, but mnade no utt eipt to use it. lie did not get nor rer than ten feet of Sullivan. 11, is understood that [lie dielense will be self-defense, and thiat then note received by Sullivan will ;lay an important part in the case. Mr. Gil reathm's friends say the note wits umistin derst.ood, and that Mr. (ilreaith meant that, lie would satisfactorily' exphuni lie afloir, and not that, lie would give salts faction In an encounter. The coroner's jury, inuvestienmmting the killing, rendleredl a verdict of felon ious and willful murder. Sonie of' the jurors desired to express the verdiet, ini stron cer words. How iiiaine 'Took It. ].os'roN, *J Li n e 10.-- x-Secretary lIlaine and Mis. Bilaine left for lBar harbor this afternoon. Blefore lhe left the city he gave this cormmunicatonm t,o the reporter of the Boston Journal: 1'he resolution, energy and persis tence which marked the proceedings of' the convention, at Minneapolis, wall, if turned against the commoii foe, win the election in Novemb)er. All mlinor dIfferences should be merged in the dut,y of every Republican to do al Lin his po wer to elect the ticket this lay nominated by the National Republican Convention. .LJAME G nLAINE,, I THE NOMINATION OF HARRISON. rbe I'reildent'm Campaign Managed W ith Consummate Ability. AINNEA ot.s, -June 1.-The history f the -ow famous Market hall caucus >f Thursday is the history of the I Iar rison organization which resulted in Aie renomination of the President yes erday evening. Although a number f the Harrison men were in Mlinneap. )lis ten days ago, the real organization f the Ilarrison forces began on F,rlay ) last week, when A. M. .Jones o(f ili lois called a Imeet.ing of a legislative !onittee, composed of A. M. ,Jones, F. G. Ilath bone. L. E. MicConas, C. L'. Niagee and 1). I. Itamsdell. The ineet ng was called at the West I lotel. Alr. Jones was uado chairman. lie out Iined the phin of vanipaig-i which was to ascertain the low water mark of 1.ari-ison's strength, and then enlarge Ahe conimittee of five to twenty, and twihe to forty, and when l1arrison's ,t rena th had been found to he',enough to nominate, the delegates were to ineet inl private caucus and demonstrate, by t(mching elb.ws," that I larrison hail 1le Vonvention, thus eliminating the LIngecr of a taunpede by giving the iarrison forces knowledge an I abso. lut confidence in theirs, rungth. The first ieit.ng was held that night, 11( N1ry night after the committee iwt at. 1) W'ch;ck. The first night lar rison's strengtih was foind to be 186. TI'e next. niglt it was found 11. The .xt. iLht it was 21. The last night before liiim Market, hall caucus the full 1ollinittee brought, the v:amvasi down to "low water niark ," wh ich was 511. l' h caiCs w;is Ieci(od iipon secretly a'lld afill:y attent(led. h'lle story if liv proceedings and t lw result of the Ih:Alot was sent by the United l'riss in detail within fiftllen millutes alter tI.he adjournment, and need not be re peated here. The result of the cauuis and the work that preceeded it was the nomination of President IIarrison. Looking back over the history of the convention, the friends (if linaie and the enemies of Mr. Itarrison know to dtay that superior management won the tight. 'There were accidental condi Lions which weakened their cause. Air. Bliaine's refusal to authorize publicly the use of his name nullified the effect of nuicli of their preliminary work. Ilis resignation from the cabinet, coin ing at a critical time and appearing to be a dramatic appeal to the convention, had a reflex action that hurt his cause. All of the Blaine leaders admit that Air. lahine's action was injudicious, from one point of view. 'lhere are many openings for grave inistakes which Mr. Ilarrison's mana gers skillfully avoided, and one of them wvas the provocation to abuse Mr. lilaine after this resignation. liut word wenit out from the Ilarrisoi headquarters li (1ei;tely after the re:;ignation was published that no f riend of Mr. I arri son was to say one word against Mr. iiaine. [it provocation was great, t lie frientids of Mr. llaine were abusimg the 'resdient loudly on account of* tle olice holders who were here, and on other "C1cunts. 13it, so far as they Could controi Crowd], the Ilarrison lea0ers would not perit., one word to be uttere(I against his chiet rivaj'. The errors of Mr. Itarrison's friends were few. Soniv,injidicious followers of' the 'resideirt's banner threatened an offive-liolder who was working for Ilaine. The Iarrison nanagers heard of the incident and went iimiediately to ofler ait appology for the threat. And so they conit inuel to conduct their caipaign in a dignilied way withoit acrimony or personal abuse, with the result that thty made many friends and l*ow eltiilies. Thie Friiendus of Mr. I 1lai Ie hav .e k nownu for' a week that hei couhld hariidly he10 noilaitedl. Thei y tried in vatin to lunite h is streth onl alnoi her mani. Eit. I hat plan wvas blocked con ntially by he delegat es froim the Northwest. l'hiey said that their first choice was I ine, but amfter' him they wan ted lI arrison . Tlo have trifed I o carry the I iainTe vote' to a dark horse would have re'sl ted onlhy in strengthenIIin i h li iar ris:mn vote; for w~hi ile it would leave Ii irned sonie lia rrisoin vote to1( anlother( mmiin, it wou)ltl Itave given somue lilainie vot i's to I larrHioni. The delegateus anid visitoris are lea v rng town as fast as the cars can take lime iiii Wi f 'I CUi 1 A l S l h.\ 11N, 1 We t.~ .--lAin ap alin aocculen-t oruiiri-of he're to) day, julst ouit Iub t'c harbort, tw enty-fouir tniles 0orthi, lifi te ty. Lying off1 the hiarbor ;;as the lirith ist.iinum11 r l't.rolia, coml iumtdid by ('ipt. I Iiub-ck, which lid 'trm d .I 'uame 12 I rom lhiladelphmia. i1blend~ lyier' was a ibi:,h, ai t.reinen h>uis roar, aind t lie vessel was blown t o pnc es. I I ugi f ragmiecnts of the diek anid deck hiolisi's were caried uplwarId to) a great height. 'The shock o1 thetI explos'ion) alarmed the t own amid hund1(1redis of persons rushed tio the wharves to discover the causse, it, being t hought, that thin mraga 7.tn11 of one of the forts delenldinrg Blaye (thle harbor) had lowni up. Th'le river was strewnm wit.h wreckage f rom t lie I'etrolla, andi it was said the dis ist(er was diue to) anl exlOsion of gas hat had formed f'rom her cargo of p)etroleu m. llirmiing oil was floating jn tihe water. This difted withl thme Lt.ie, and, floatinig against several yes iels at, anchor uiear by, set theun ona fire. l'w(o or three vessels we're ignitedl by lie buirning oil. ''hie Il'etrolia was burninmg furously, md t he heat '.as so intense it, was dan terous for boats to approach near heCr. Somne of thie more venturestomo heard arles for hlpl, aind roweV(d as closely as possible, and sum~~cece in picking~ mp sixteeni of her crew, three of her en (inieers and thte se-condl otlicers. Th'le umrvi vor's said thiere were twenty others um board the vessel ii h-n the explosIon )icurried, and a seaich was made for niemi, but nolt a body was foumnd, and it b ielieved that every one of these wenity men(1 perished. Th'Ie crews of the othler vessels that ~aughit fire did thieir utmiost to <quench hie Ihimes, bmut their efforts were fruit. ess, and some of' the craft.-mostly ves icis engaged inl the river aind coasting trade---were burned to tihe water's edge. 'L'he l'etrolia had a full cargo of 37,5>28 gallons of crude petroleum, val ued at, ov.er 822,000). Most of the of h1. corn and men were shipped inl England. IT WAS lPRElDICTEDmi ht.st fall by those supposed to be be'st informed, that the cotton crop of 18'01-92 wvoic not Cx ceed seven and a half million bales, but, with t.wo and a halt months of the cot ton year yet to run, 8/4,0 have ail rady been nm..reted BLOWN TO ATOMS. TERRIBLE DISASTER AT MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD. An Exp,loilon III tlie Shell Itomili Ail.i.l hIlatei it Wmrkin-, 1'artv. of Fiftoon lIue.jackets fromi tho liton Intild Weuni1 Several Others. SAN FRANCISCO, Junc 13.--Tho r-s. idents of Vallujo were startled thi lore noon at I I:,0 i)',-!f)(,k by a report which shook t1u tuwn h1ke a sharp shoek of earth<11ake, anl iliilmmdiately the fire bells att tle 1na1vy yard were rung, and the conclutimn reached w e that there was i fire on Ahre I iand. But down at the ma 1ae tire bechcd forth into the sky an iminime clud of smoke, and for halftt 1wtr epotL after repurt was heard as the .hel; ep ploded. Immedately tie !ntire uav' y yard force rushed yr thw viamane and a lior rible scene pre.enited itselh. The burned and1I charred bodie-. of two apprentice seimen wee ould oil 111 beach, 2100 yards fromI the c:te (1ne of the explosion. In the midst of tie r,ins andi all round the side hill were l,Aund b1diC3 and pieces i)l bthes uealcd here an-l there. Jodies were take n mlt ai 1ail as poSsi ble, and when ul n\ re [iL along side ot each other they m Lae t,w(lVe, with Ginner iittine: (.1 the 'i otn at the head. Some we1e cu in two, others were 1;1i11i a 1e. mr ara I hed. Twelve en wilc lkWed ou'.righllt and three were t11 to Lil Illsjhpital, wouid. el and d 1,w T of the three latter were apprei l a \rd v ,r :Aked up oil the heab11. The ex .oin had thrown them iinto the bwy, anl a boat, from a lerChaltmln111 o)0) 1P,te rescuied them, and then went on to the smoke and ruins for otler. Tle cuticule oralmost the entire bod;es oft mtse two, a well as thleir clothes, w(r bhtVn oil, and y ,bywrcociuanablen oi', moveL they Wet'L4 C(M111OIii 1111 1A Lt) 1lOtU but they Cannot recover. A. working party of fif.en men from the United States hteamer B->ston. wa preparing aminunibunition u( lill1i shells 1or tile ship. A 11 were at work in the filling roomn of the imagazine, under charge (iiunner Hittinger. I, is Sul) posed that one of the lurty dropped a shell and that the cneion caused an explosion. One ol' the first to _,) to the scene Was Dr. Lewis of the naval ISOital. Not witistaudilln.Iow and thenl anl explosion of a shel, Ie iaVud the dan"er and went in to the midst ol it to s:ve life, if v)ssile, buit thlt, (.xpl> sion had fillished its work. There were azine watchmen nained Collin-s, 1lir11 and Deistetitl on dity in otWier X: f the qroundsk, lt althouh severely iijlied, they Will Ii ve. WatcnIllln ( '1lins had a narrow escipe. A pice (i oel ill gtinced from the top of his huza al de t, anl wgly con tusion. It (.anwu i ron the suk.-mid explo slon. Tie first one had sliaken himi al 1m10st Unsl ds, and alLIer he was struck he walke4d for l loin: about Ihe ruls. The11C )bd (f (;unner 1iittinger wits f01und 4)on the 1o)t oI .hell loluse N o. 1, llaviln rt-1 ;):I Il:, r', u tihe roo of shell house N ). " ';hich was alter walrds destroyt:dI b.y fire. Mrs. \eI)ou"al, w: the) li.hth1ouse, Witli her daujtghters, AlBises lessie and Carrie, Was early m .ivig assistance to the woulledfl, 1bi1Inging haudages ind dImg ,uhthatwa nec("s'sary ait, thle momnt Algrger (rane, P1age, Moore adlIU f iews, ab If t 1i.vy, were have ben d tevod tl w wa-tth the rtie malA togeter atu! 1Lueching the fire. to whieb :hipi the deadnl(~1 woune(d bie fiingedt, wvorkedl hard14 m the rins unlerLL the d itain 0 : lefiealt lifase, floh-. nison)1 a'l IluWhes. Thle idenitifled are the~It ufoi tlnate. 1(un 1e1 andt -leamuen A visit tio the icOta 1a hospd P found1114 I )r. 1L4w is att wori:. three104 men21 whose) lives arie dlesp:ured o:. O ne is a G er Thl e dtor luul1(4 .1IS iutikeni a piece oft wio<n IX iii(1I4ebe long' Illi al illch thi:k Oe o)f th1e al pr(:(tices5 was [bhi'wn in1to the4 wati'er, at d when takeni ouit on the bcl)2t:h pititull y a4edi oft the surgeons:1l' "Dii .viu thinik w;e W- I get over th isy-' and14 then he re<fIuceSLf to be laid tdova. lieI will LIea-r amunI M2 uip. I lis -omn pan1 (in's, co0ini I (n i taly as bwil. .,oit Iy a' t i n i a'ii. . CniiA. S. ('., .1(u1ne 1%.-A crimo11 the suburbsi of. the city Ihis mIornijng, be tw(eenII midnIi!ht i 0 I o'clock. Captain lIIie!.ard1t O'Nea21l4',L ex-maiyor' al Cohum-. bia, 1a ap4tain of( the couiled'teral.e army, no0w a1 p)ronuniient cottonl buyer, wais met mI t,he street anid shot inl tire breast. Th'e tragedy occurred in1 a quIiet, portion of' the cait,ad there were'4 n14 Cye wit nedses so far as can(1 be asce2rfained. Whlile thtere is no) special ly conclusive evidhence ever'ythingl .ndieatei thant Jos ep)h B. Car'ter, now a guard at the pen. teutiary, was the aesassmn. Alter the shot, was heard sev'eraI hidies liv'ing in the house near to) the parsonage of the chiurch where the shooting occuirred, heard some1 (4ne say, "W~hy (101n4 yo)u get, upl and14 comei )n?'" Th.e answer was "ou have lilt me und I can't.'' A feiw mnomenits thereafter they heard s0o1m4 0one on tile porch21 of' thle pairsinaige cryimg, "'1tcip1, help.''" lid not sceem to comie, and1( all was soon goeb. The lad(ies8 were excited 1(1(4 4ot uip iamrl ven I ur1ing out1 (O1 the 1 iribh, couhIi 54e4 notthi imf. Sooni alter ('aptanin O' Neale wa's taken to is hionie lhv a nieero man. Two lphysicians examined thie wvound and fondn thatt lie hd! been shot thrioulgh the r'ighrt breasi t. Th'e lrall lodged in stic4 upper portion, ad! maiude a11ha1e that, the phlysicians jurdgedl to lie fr'om1 a thirty eight (Oaliberl pisft ball. 'Thie htullet has not yet beenCf loiatetd. O'Neale is empjhiatie inI 1 hittemenIt that Carter shot, him, while Ciarter, who is tunder arrest, denies it, in as5 strong terms. Carrter was seen lollowlng O'Neale and his p)lstol when ar'rested, althiouigh ial read~y in bed, showed evidence of hatvingt had at newI carltrid:;e put, in if, and fresh powder inl theo muzte. The trouble Ia salid to halve origin.attt a i .rw about a womn.