The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, August 18, 1892, Image 1
PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, AU('tST 1
18, 1892.NO. 48
ALMOST BLOTTED OUT.
THE EARTH YAWNS AND SWALLOW!
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
Ten Thotstand Lives Thottgbt too be Los
at the Erption of Gitoag Arto.-Thq
Topography of (rv)t. Sanugir ImIani
Wholly Chinged.
NE-w YORK, Aul-. 4,-Di.stlchei
from Victoria, B. C.. to the World, sap
the steamer Empries, tl Ilndii. just, at
rived trom Japan, hrni.- addi6ional de
tails o1 tbe disastrous volctllc eruptiol
on Great Saugic Islan.l. Without atn
warning sigatal. ws ithout any sIgn what
ever of impondiniist diurbance, the Gu
nong Aroo volcano blazed torth on Jun
u, and Wtithin twCl-tour h114,us th
whole of the prospercue surroundinj
country was devastated. Tbe locatioi
of the crater is latitiud! 3 dev 39 mii
north, lont- 125 dc- 29 miin east,. T'
Western coast of' Great Sniir Islant
is washed by the Cele es Sea, with tl
Molucca passae (in the t,uthieast
The island is oie ol a chain of isdand
near the Philipp;n-s.
The first report oi the erusion wa
heard about 0 o'I. lock in !. irnii(iiiia!
and for four hlouti thew e was o( conill .a.
val stream of ire itii ashe4 helchinc
fol.th. After a slight, elraxauion a tli.t
of ire aLain 0a, com1inuing two da3 s
heavy rumbliigs being hea-d ia the
mountains. Tle town (of Toanlla, oi
the southern side ol th,. is'and. -ulferet
then. Dwellings and otlir '.ructure1
crurubled tuder their heavy load of dus
and ashes, the itihabantis fleeing fo
satty, while niany per shd in .he ruins
Tie cocoanut p!mtaions. Which cov
ered the whole imouitain ,ide, wei
completely dostrope. Te counti
west of Toroana was covered %, ith thiel,
ilud aid ashes. Ter le thiuidQr storm
had followed each oirtquiatke. Ilo
streams of muid a.il 1w.a RuniZ doWI
the mountain side I iert. d tiavellini
unsafe, and those whi) were evertakel
in their light perlshtd. epirts Iror
all over the island indicate the most da
astrous consequences. Wholi: vilaige
are submerged at..l cocoa att butiv
pllantations cyc ry ,vherE ae rn:ned. li
the northern )acL t the island lavt
streams were iunting with tetri ic force
Among other Villages completely oblit
orated was diai of 'Tilkhkam. :aCmit d to
its beauty and wealth.
The loss ol lie is sotr et.hil 5riglitful
but, no accurate estimate o: it can )e
be made. Some vlace it as li41i as 10,
000. The captain of a ship whtich too
assistauce to the tulerers s-os that 10
000 Is not tot) high a fiure az an est
mate of the nlumber to dead. A thout
and bodies have been picked up on th
abore and many werc found tatig ii
the sea. The replortL Of the vvrious ex
plosions, were so v iolent that they wer
heard at Ternate, Gorentalo :tid Men
dauno. The alatri reached Ternate
itud the Netherlans war ship Zeemtruv
w 1mmnodiately disp.atched. M hile fror
Mondanao the B3ritish tvanev Ilectib
was also scut to render assis:iance an
carry sipplies.
Tehe whole islhnd is comlipleli ly devas
tated, and althoufh thc violen eruptioi
has ceased volums of smuoke tre ribit)
accompanied by steam and ashes. Thi
lower lands and valleys ar( covere
with lava, which 's still pouriig down
while cracks in the mount:ain hav,
opened, empt. ing vclleys ol steam
stono and mud. Further outbreak
were feared, ant is fast as steamers an
vessels could be obtained tte inhab
lants still alive were fleeing.
l'roperty worth mlliolis uponl mil
lions is destroyedI forever. F"or man
years the inhabitante ot San.ru Islan
living within the shadows ot a dorman
crater had tilled the soil and prospere<d
their chief industi y being the growing c
nutmegs, cocoanut s andl grapes, 1,h
product being regularly ship ped abroad1
Their life was a romantic cii-, tavore
by Providence with a climate qualling
If niot surlpassinrz, that of Ital y, anad
soil needIng little cuiltivationi l. make
profitable. With no political nationi
d iisturbances the sam+ilavaue native
were gradually b< comuing civil.zed'c. Th
villages and towns were well built, an
had Ehools and churches.
The awful dleva-'aitiona beganti at,
* o'clock on the muorniing of June 7. TIhen
was a terrible rumble, a column of t udd
laine shiot up from thle crater is highi
the havens its the eye could ;nacha, ant
immttediately aftei wat ds hot ashes wei
falling like snow thakes over the~ whiol
country. Diust wats flying ini all dhireR
tions, and fronm the timte of Il;. liest eN
- posiona until 9 o'clock thatt ivenin
fierce volumes of thiame and1 imoke an
ahtowers of large stones wae blebt
forth, followed by3 raini, w hib ill in to
rents, bringing <down ui ich it rthe clout
of ashes that, were Iiyo ng thr'uch ti
air. This continued all night andt ti
whole of the incxt day.
ECarthiquakes begant June 9. Villas
after village was enuutlted, li:nidreds
people dropping into the gieat cracks
the earth. Thei whole country is uniil
a hlayer of mud, ashe's anit stonies. A
vegetattiua is either bu1 e upl):t by hi.1
atwful heat, ol the vo lenii li:es or hr
been dlestro)yed iy denhise show ts 5
ashes andt dust,. Tlhe colt; y aroun
? Gunong Aroo and the sides o! lhe hill
were still steiamtin ail smokin.g on Jur
25, numerous v'olenic jets t.hioim'VIr a
columns of mud and stones which fell
4 showers over the district, for:ning iil
hot streamns which, ini their downwi
course, carrietd cvrything beforte theni
Thle district on the north i ide of ti
island is utterly dtestr'oyed, inu meg at
cocoa plantations hbeing liaid int rins, i
m i many cases comletely buiedl und
the ashes, mlud and larva trom the crat,e
Among others who saw the island att
the outbreak was Cap)t. J. Gray, of ti
steamship Norway, which had been~ sei
wIth a cargo ot rice frtom Mendanaao
relieve the sufferers. lie Siuys the who
island, viewed fromi theo westward;, pr
Rented a mtost fo ltortn appen.uee.
Tihere was no sign 01 Lie anywher
Vo''imes of smoke could be scen Issuti
from the volcano accomtpanied1 by fit
tiashies, which spretad likO a cloudt ov
thie island and hell t.htckl y eyur3 wher'
Small jet,s of' steuam, smroke atat n
where p)ouring Ont trotm the mouita
sides, completely coverhur tie low
valleys and lancis. TIhe entre to~p
r raphy of t,he island was chman,ged.
SOn the nwhit on ie outbnrenk t wo Mr
[ wegian barks, the Primera and the Fash
l ion, were in Toroana Bay, but got to
sea without damage. in a pretty har
bor on the northeast %ide of the island
the Dutch ships Terbekla and Grippa
were loadmg nutmegs. They, too, sus
t tainied little injury. lorunately, because
there was no tidal wave. - The report
4-1 the first explosion was heard at
Ternate, Goroitalo and Maadanao,
which are respectively 210, 240 and 216
s miles distaut. The lava streams were
i confined to the northern slopes of the
- mountain. In the Toboekan district
-not a siingl' village remains, while
I thousands of the it.habitants were killed
in I he overflow.
The village of Lorena, on the sout,h
i40 of tile mountain, protected by a I
ridle (f hill, somt- ot them 1,800 feet
high, is covere( with ashes. Many of
thW houses were crushed by the accu
mnulated weiglt, of' ashes, dust and
1 stones. C-ocoanut plantatious on both
sides oL' Lorea Bay are destroyed, but
im tho town itself there was compara
tively ittle loss ot life. To the west
ward Ot t,be tnwn, after passing the foot,
ol t1leiridge. the scene is one of complete
dfesolat,ion and devastation. The aut
lering among those who escaped with
iheir lives has been most acute.
A Man-8aaer 81ain.
Joi'LIN, io., August 7.- George
Iludson, a notorious robber, and the
murderer of Granby, was shot and killed
last night, in his saloon at that place
while resisting arrest.
The autlhorities of Colorado had ob
tained a requisition for Hudson to re
move him to that State for trial on the
charge (of having murdered and robbed
an old mian at uranite Pass. William
Rubelew, a special messenger from Col
orado, was sent to arrest Hudson. Ile,
i together with Carlstow, sheriff of this
L place, went to Granhy last night and
i attempted to make the arrest.
t Hudson was unarmed but, grappled
i with Stout and the latter was injured
i severely. During the scuflie liabelew
- shot and kilkt d Iudson. Hudson was
i one of the most noted desperadoes of
; the State. Ile began his career of crime
i when a mere boy in his native State,
M Mississippi, where lie killed a negro. Ile
came direct to Granby, where lie killed
a German shoemaker and then tied to
Granite Pass, Colora,lo, where he mur
dered and robbed an old man of *1.700.
,Ieturning to G raniby he shot and killed
L a deal mute, and afterwards killed N.
- 0. Taylor and J. F. Good)kouniz while
c resisting arrest. Later he killed Dr. G.
- L. I1oward for some reason unknown.
- It has never been possible to secure
- conviction in any of his trials. Hudson
a had intimidated the residents of Granby
i and surrounding country.
Cholera lu Rusaia.
S. PETERSPURO, August S.-The
ollicial list ci' the deaths from cholera
were published today. The number of
victims up to August 1 is given as 23.
919.. AYpalling reports have been re
ceived of the ravages of cholera in the
- government ot'Saratofl'and Samara. It
i is officially reported that the (leatls
number not less than 300 daily. The
ignorant multitude in many pllaces re
j sist all sanitary precautions and attack
the doctors and others engaged in at
C tempting to alleviate the disease. The
latest advices from Moscow state that
a the panic there is on the increase. The
cholera is becoming more virulent at
. Novorgod, and people there blame
Baranotf, tile governor, for not taking
- better measures of prevention. Baran
v oli, in reply to popiular criticism, has in
I creasedl the severity with which lie pun
i, ishes his crit,ics. Two respectable citi
,zens, by orders of t,he governor, were
f pubblicly punished with 100 lashes of the
a kuout, for havingt spoken unfavoraby re
.garding the sanitary arrangements made
i by Batranoil'.
"F?als iand Li belone."
WAsUIN(ITON, Aug. 5.--iepresenta
iv oatner of Louisiana today sub
s mnitted to the llouse the report of the
e committee which made an inivestiga
il tion into the charges madle l{opresenta
tive Watson, in effect that dIrunken
8 members reeledl awd staiggered t hrough
e the aisles of the llouse, aind drunken
y speakers had debated grave quest ions
ia and wvere heard to remark,"Mr. Speaker,
d where am I at?y Tile report of the com-.
e, mittee says it has no hesitation in de
e claring that the charges conltaineld im
.the sensBe In which they are made are
false and libmelous under the strictest
-legal dielinition of those terms; that the
Scharge involving Itopresentative Cobb
d was strongly contradicted by witnesses,
(1 arnd there was nothing in the evidence
:to justify thy imputation made against
s hilim. The facts are the report says,
ethat thiee, ad possibly fomir, nmemnbers
o appearedl on the floor under .the Iin u
ence of lhquor, but none in the condi
e tion dtescri bed, The committee will re
~fport a resolution which will say~ that
the chuarges made In M r. Watson s boo0k
rare not-true, ah~d constitute ain un war.
1ranlted assault uphonl the l louse, aind it
has the unqualified disapproval of that
e body. The report was agreed to by t.he
a three D)emocratic miembiers of the comi
)l mittee. Itepresentative Groutwill sub
d mit an independent report, which hll
s substance is that if itepresentative
c WVatson does~ not withdraw his charges
, lie wIll agree with the commlaittee on1
a, the ati(ton oIf thle resolutioni.
H11n lieard Frtona.
dlNEwl IIAVEN, August 7.--n an in
e terview ilt hi a News rep)orter Senator
d D). Ii. 1111, wvho arrived to-day, said:
d "I 'nfort.unately our party iiissed Mr.
3r (jIleeln. Wh ill we wvere- In Buzzard's
r.Blay lie was in the city. We have not
er ee a sngle politiciani of p)rominenice
oin our trip." When asnked as to the
tprobable enances for CIleveland's sue
Ocess this fall he. said: 'l think the
ochances are in tnvor of the D)emocratic
eparty, but there are a great miany con
3- siderations to be t,aken ito account."
When a.skedg If lie would take the
3. stump himmself, he said: "I have not yet
ig decided, but shall probably he heard
ie from later."
.A Ie. Fe.ud.
sNEW OnILEANs, August 6.-Great
ilbtte'rness has been aroused at Kennier
-r vil:e, just above New Orleans, by the
,r shoting of Jud(ge llenry Long from
Sambush a few nights ago. The whole
trouible is attributed to Politicai enmity,
i- and has rulteal In a ace fe.. *
A SAVAGE MURDER.
THE HORRORS OF PARIS DUPLICATED
IN NEW ENGLAND.
t Wealti-y Mill Owner amd la wits
Chopped to Death-A Daugh,ter of ithe
Murdered CoualeSus,o cted of Comapilee
13 In the Crime.
kALL RIVEn, MAss, Aug. 5.--An
Irew J. Borden, a wealthy real estate
iwner and mill man, and his wife were
ound dead at their home, No. 92 2d
itreet, about noon yesterday. Both had
)een mutilated about the head and face
ith an axe, cleaver or razor. Bor
len lay on a sofa in a room on the top
loor of the house. ils head had been
ut and gashes from four to six inches
ong were found on his face and neek.
dra Borden was in her own chamber
n the upper floor and the (ondition of
ter face and head was the same as that
of her husband. She lay face downard
in the bed,which was a veritable pool
)f blood. After a imost thorough and
persistent, search no trace has beeti
ound of the murderer. Four police
nen are on guard at the house and
iave been patrolling the neighborhood
inDce the atfiir was made public.
This morning State I)etective Seaver
Ld City Marshal ililliard held a long
-onsultation, and later on visited and
nterrugated Miss Lizzie, daughter of
MlIr. and Mrs Borden, at the house. The
result of their investigation will not be
cnown until an arrest or some kind
hias been made. The strict watch that
hias been kept over John W. Morse,
brother-in-law of Mr. horden by his
irst marriage, was even more strictly
kept to-day than ever. It appearsto be
the desire of the police to make no ar
rests until after the funeral, unless it
becomes known that the murderers ac
tually entered the house and escaped
within an hour, an idea that is scouted
by the police at the present time.
The following advertisement ap
peared in to-night's local papers: "Five
thousand dollars reward. Above re
ward will be paid to anyone who may
,ecure the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons who occasionett the
:leath of Andrew .1. Borden and his
wife. Emma .1. liorden, Lizzie J. Bor
len."
Late this afternoon it was reported
it the police station that, a young man,
isaid to be a nephew of Borden, was be
ing suspected of the murders. It arose
rrom the fact that some time ago Mr.
,md Mrs Borden were overheard in an
gry talk with a young nman over the
ivision of some properto'. As the
young man wasg partng frim them at
the front door he was heard to say:
"lly God, yon have cheated me and I
will make you suffer."
The report was sifted, and it. was
fA11-A "at such conversation had oc
curred, but it happened ten months ago,
and the young man had not been seen
since. The polic left the this clue
readily and again turned their atten
tion to the house. The antecedents of
John V. Morse and his connections are
being closely hunted and the girl Liz
nie is again being subjected to risrorous
examination. Morse is 55 years of age,
and came here from Iastings, Iowa,
two years ago. Ile became very inti
mate with Borden and Lizzie Borden,
3pendinT a great deal of his time with
them. IIe came from New Bedford at
noon on the day before the murder and
ipent the night in the Borden house.
lIe left there at9 e'clock on the day of
the crime and was next seen twenty
minutes after the bodies were discover
d.
The police believe that there was
either a previous attempt at killing by
poison, or that poison was administered
is a preparatory step for the crime. On
the morning of their death both Mr. and
Mirs Borden arose from sleep feeling
i. They hand drank milk before going
to bed and it is believed that if a drug
were administered it was clone then.
It is here that suspicion of conspilracy
soincides with the presence of the
brother-in-law in the house.
After Medical Examiner D)olanm, as
sisted by other physicians, had com
pleted the autopsy on the bodies the
itomachs of both were lahced in alcohol
md sent to lBostoni with the view of dei
termining iif poisoning had been at
tempted. The poison theory is borne
nut b)y the fact that the condition of
thme rooms in which the two bodies were
found showed no signs of struggle, not
a pie0ce of furniture being out ot its
place, while there wvas very littlo blood
scattered about, although ib0 den s
tained no less than twelve cuts on the
face and skull, verying in length from
four to eight inches, and a fracture of
the skull two by tour inches and three
inches deep. Mrs Biorden's wuounds
were nott o1 so whotlesale a nature.
That the mnurdler could have been
committed by am stranger who escaped
ih very doubtful, as there were manmy
persons about who would have sot a
him leaving the place after the deed.
Another suspicious circu msttance is
that the comission of the dleed should
have been timed for the exact period
when the servaunt girl, JBridlget Suul
livan, was busy cleaning outside of the
windows and so out of the way. This
girl heard no commotion or groan,
while Miss Bordeni says that she heard
a noise while she wvas in thme barn, and
hurried in to find the bodies of her tdead
parents. The remnarkale thing is that
Miss Borden. alt.hou gh, according to
the servant's story, she supposed that
her mother was out, did not give the
alarm when she found her father's body,
hut went to her mother's room, and it
was her shriek from that place which
attracted the servant and( a neighbor
to the scene.
it is believed by somec that lIorden
and his wife were suffering from drow
siness produced by (frugs or other wise,
were asleep when the assassin attacked
them, and that sudden and swift bale 's
quickly ended the bloody business.
The Evening Globe Ba s this evening
that a most importaat clue is in posses
sion of the police. Fronm Clerk Eli
15ence at D). 1U. Smith's dlrug store they
lear ned last night that Miss Borden
had been In the store within three h.ours
past and inquired for a certain polson.
The clerk was asked to accompany
the oflicers, who closely questioned him
as to facts relative to the time, the
girl's condition mentally, the amount
and qjuality of poison she had bought
or called for-. 'The officers then took the
drug clerk to the residence in 2dt striet,
wvhere liiss Lizzie was mtopping for the
time being. The young man was not
well acquainted with the young wo
man, but he had told thmeiz that he
could identify her at sight. ie did
identify her and in the presence of
others Informed then that she was in
his place of business, and made in
quiries for a bottle of poison. Miss
Borden's reply to this accUsation, as
well as the exact language which used
at the time, is known only to the police
men and herself.
THE CAMPAIGN IS ON.
'retildent Clevelani lItcawt) tv laqurien
About io,: Adtatulist ratitbn.
Foivr Doi)oir, la., Atig. 4.-John T.
Duncoibe who nominated Gov. Boies
at Chicago wrote to Cleveland in iela
tion to his veto of what was known as
the Des Moines river land settlers bill
and has received te following reply:
GRAY GALES, 11UZZA'Is BAY,
MASS., July 26.
Ilon1. John '1'. Duncombe:
i' DMAR- Sin: Your letter of .J uly
13 is at hand and I thank you for the
friendly sentiments which it contains.
I remember very well the perplixities
involved in lily action upon the Des
Moines river laud grant. My inemory
is entirely clear upon two points which
largely entered into my consideration.
After reading the UCcisions of the
sourts upon the questions involved in
the bill which was before me for my
action, it was entirely clear that the
only result of legislat ion would be to
further involve the inforttinate settlers
in litigation, and further load them
with expeise to no puipose. Subse
quent events seeined to have approved
that I was right in this. Another
thought which was liriuly inii mind,
which was distinctlv and eimphatically
declared In my veto w as to the eflect
tat if any settler had been induced to
go upon latid and expend money on imi
provenients on facts of' some ruling of
the land department such settler should
be fairly and justly remitnerated for his
outlay. I should nave been glal at any
time to have relieved such settlers if it
had been poseible for ine to do so, and no
one can accuse me of acting in a man
ner in any other spirit than that of ex
treme kindness and tenderness toward
those who had been injured by vacilla
tIon of the government oficials. This
matter can be made so plain by refer
eice to the laws and to my veto,and to
judicial decisions bearing )pon the
point, that I do not see how it is possi
ble for any persons to misrepresent or
misunderstand the true condition.
Very truly yours,
GRtOVE.R CLEYVELANJ).
ANOTH1ER 1'O1 NT SETI LED.
BRocHTON, Mass., Aug. 3.-C. L.
Chapin of this city wrote to ex-l'resi
dent Cleveland regarding a disputed
point, a claim having been made that
the taking off tari if oil A ustralian wool
wOuld enable manufacturers to produce
line wool dress goods in this country.
The reply is as follows:
GIAY GABI-:s, BiZZAnDS 1AY,
MAss., July 22.
C.]L. Chapin, Esq.
My DEAlt Sit-1 ailt glad to receive
your letter of .1 nly St. I am glad that
you are enlisted in the cause which is
so near to the interests of the people as
honest tariff reform. The plan which
you suggest is a very good one, so far
as it is intended to instruct the people
concerning the question.
It seems to me that a man who un
derstands the matier as practically as
you do would he very useful in the
field. 1 am inclined to think that those
who have a desire to instruct on this
subject are often hampered in their
usefulness by their failure to be plain
and simple in their stat.ements. I am
convinced that you have it in your
power to avoid this danger.
Very truly yours,
GOitovE, CLEVEI.AND.
A CoisWirayev UnwarthecI.
CHi ICA(Oo, .Au:. 3.-The liiht. tf
George Bartels, paying teller of the
Central Trust and Savings bank, with
the comptarative ly lnsigniiicant sum of
$3,000 of the bank's cash, hats unecarthed1
what seems to have been an extensivc
conspiracy to dlefraudh live Chicat,vo
banks. The scemle was partly succ-ess
ful, and over $50,000u was secured from
Biartels' f ormner emptiloyers, but hmas sin1ce
beein mamde good. Another ban1k Is said
to have lost $2(0,00(0, which aimountt was
also mlade igood. Th'lree men, formerly
conniectedl with the C'hiica.ro Banik Note
comptany have beent arrested char-ged
w,h conspiracy to dlefraiud~ and issue
notes oif lzraudulenit paper. Th'ese aIre
William A. F"orb)es, N. W. iBur-nqide
andl Chiarles M:tteni. lirtels wats the
fourth man51 waittedi. Charles Nichols.
go-bet,ween, has made aflidavit whlih
pulrptorts to) expos th0 le whole $-he~cmte,
A bill in chiane.try asknoz for the a p
pom tmutent of ai rece'iverC1 for l thank
note comipal'y has beeni liled.
A FatalO Sen.ay 8jpre'.
Pa'utsy D)owd, of D untkiirk, was5 ot<h ink
inig with a coupole (oi disireputabl 1d wo
men(0. They~ had1( some w,jnt arol l)owd
hiit one o)t the IwomenI lI the m'ut h,
drawvinhg blood0. Tlhtey dhrove to a: hotel0
and all g:ot an utd eniteied. Ge o. II ass
anid sonic coimanions were therec. anid
as one' of the women hIad h!oodl on1 hcr
Iaee liass asked hIer whait ,vams it mat
ter. She told1 him I owd hadt h:tt r in
the face. D)owd anid thue wote thenm
crntredh the pallor and closedI the dloor.s.
I [ass andi his compions Olsai~id they
would lix D owd, so they bulrst open the(
door1. D)owd dre0w a revoilver' and lias
andl his comlpanions thirew hiottles at
him. lIe ib-e a(mnd Islass hell (deadl with
at Pullet, in is heart. Dlri thIen left
the hot.el andl the policet were scnt for.
D owdh ret,uried ini a hew mlinuites, tiirned
his revolver t.o hi-s heart andi fired tour
ishots i ho h.is bodyi'p. iIe dhied Il a short,
t,ime.
lVickegt WVamsaan.
CumAti', Auigust 4l.-An aittemipt
was mtade, last ilghit to blow upi the
residence 0f C. I). Irvin, a wealthy
board Of trani& ope'ratoir of tis citv, arid
the police a-e searchinig high andl low
for the wi oild-be It': uini, who is a
woman. Thew attomIpt was ml.ade a few
minutes on 9* o'clock, and would prioba-.
btly have been successful had not per
sons passin;t by frIghtened the womian,
who left a large cant half hilledh with a
high explosive and ran to the lake.
The can was discovered a few minutes
later, but the tindlers wvere atrald to
take It, and called Mr. Irwin. lie
picked up t he can, and on exainar!ilti
discovered that it was more than half
illed with giant explosive. T1hie amount
was suflicient, If exploded, to blow the
building to atomts mand set lire t o the
debris.
A FALLEN IDOL.
'i14 hes lcd .>wn of the 'I h oirti Party Leiti
o'r tj nm Onorgla.
WAslNu(oT0, Aug. 4.-,Nr. Watson
is in a hole, and the worst part of it is
Mr. Watson i this hole and thenl fell
into it. lie iatle the charge ill his
book that ienibi of i the lloie of
iepresentatives went reeling through
the aisles, and that one, in a maudlin
state of initoxical ion, lii hNin heard to
address the Cluir thut.-"Mr. Speaker,
where am I at,"
The special comniittee onl "jigs" lhas
finished its investigation. It nilet to.
Lay for the last Iiine, aid after exam.
fining a nminher (if witiesses adjourned.
The result of the investigation can be
briefly sitntied ip by saying that Mr.
Watson and a handful of Alliance and
prohibition ienibers swore that Mr.
Cohb, of Ailatiama, was maudlin drunk
when he imade his spetech ont the N o es
liockwell conte-sted election case. For
iy or iii v other inem hers who listened
to Ir. Vol) throughout, not a few of
whon sa' quite near him, swear that
Mr. Coibb was not oily not. inaudlin
drunk, but was, st rict ly and accuriatcly
speaking. sober, as becaie a gent lnian
and a Iepresentative n Congress.
The event of tle day was the till be
tween NIr. Boatnor, the cliairinan of t le
special iivesLigatinlg coniittue, and
ir. Watuin. At, one titie it looked as
though these inemnbers would coine to
bloi %s. Ihey were certainly ott the rag
leld edge oh a personal encotinter. At
ter _Nr. Cobh, t:e accused Itepresenta
ti vev, had inade a sta' ement in regard
to the liatter, Mi. Watsoni took the
stand. ''he young 'I hird part y inm
ber is ordin trity qite garitous, bitt
today !w surpasect himself. Froinl the
tiit be took the stand until the co
inittee adjourned he talked, to us a
Yamkteism, !ke an express train on a
down grade.
Mr. Watson was qu t itu ild and
placid when he took ti stantid, but lie
very quickly w%orked hinself into a
state bordering on hysTeria. lie was
laboring under tWe :il'tcination. evi
d-itly, 1 hat. ie and not tile Hlousi vas
the aggiLicvtd party. At any rate he
imte a very fec ble attempt to persuade
the coiiitte(i that such was the fact.
"This paragraph in niy book, which
hi;i caulsed so ibtivi discission," said
he, "lcannot he uiderstood thoroughly
miless thte whol chapttr is takeni into
consideration. So far as Mr. (!bb is
concerntedh, there is t iii in t. he ouse
that I reseit-ct lion-, and it was certain
ly not lily intentlioit when I wrote this
particular iaragraph to bring hiii un intc
thte diflicult y, nor did I aiin at hii imi i
dividually w hen I spoke of 'ranIliing
and indalii drliunkardsl on the idoor.
I wrote tlhis hook sob ly for cainpaigi
and political purpies, and i never in
tended that it should apply to the linei
bers of the llouse."
This backdowA on thie. part of Mr
Watson was a great suirprise. It ha:
beei clear to every observ\er of the in
vestigationl that theolit ouaole 111.1st, nec
essarily Ie a viedication of the floust
and a censure it lir. Watson for hi
unwarranted utterances. But, it was
expected that \ir. Watson would go
down lighting for his callse, bait though
it nmay be, to the end. Little sym pathy
has bee n expressedi with the erratic
young *1 hird party representative from
Georgia. Bit as long as lie showed a
brave f ront and stood by his writings
and titterances on the floor he com
manded a certa'n amouint, of adinira
tioft. With thie dclhration of today,
however, NI r. Wiatson is a fallen idol.
How th M11ont-y .oet.
ment prepared by Chairman Allison of
the appropriat ion comm ait tee of the
Sentate shiows the followinig conipari
son1 of the acppropritations2 miade by thle
first session of the Fifty-second Con..
gres-s withI those niaade at I he irst, ses
s-ion of laust Congress:
The agricuilture bill of thte first ses
s-ion of the last, Con!)gross appropriated
81 ,799t, I0t0; thcis session th li Il aI;ppropri
AXrmy bill---L,ast scst-ioni *.21,20i,47 I
th is Sessiin, f2,3(J6, i99.
Di1plornatic and' coinstchr -La~ist sces
icni, 81,7Id1,815; this sessioni, 81I,lO0I,t1f,
i strict. of Coluia hitLast sesslion
85,79,5 i;this session, 85,3?3,4 14.
IForti Iicat. 0oni. -LI ast. SeSSioni. 81,332,
93;th is sessi(on. 832,731 ,27c;.
Initc ai---I aist. Sessilo'i, .'7,2i;2,16 i h iiis
sionucii, 87,(ci 1 17.
Lecgisla t. iv(-2 ,030t,7;)2 I ast i'essin;
$21 ,899I,252 this sessiona.
Mili tary A endciny- 61I35,2!li; last ses
sion ; 84i,hI7 thi is si'esioni.
N avy--824,13:,03:5; last session 823.
5-13,385. This ineiieis si,u0oo, , api
poin1tel b y ai joit r e~olui tin fo1cr ick le
orie er nin-klc itt.c-r Io ni.iaval puri -
pom5 s.
I 'ension s SI 23:,i779,21iN last iesston;
i1-l,il I,82 thItis .ds.,ioni. The Ioriinir
app)tropriationi ich iues 825,321I,907 pen.
sion decficienciej' for thle v'ear 1 8t2.
$80,331,87e; t h is .-,es imnt.
llivers anid l:arboris--25, i3-;,295 bst
(essioni ; 8321, i5~13,61 I bhis scessin.
Sund i Iry civil - $2878,3-2 hicst se-ssin ;ii
82I,s37,228 thi is HSsionr.
D eficienci.s -$13;i,295,5 II Iaht sesitSon;
88,211 ,21 Ithis session.- Thie forne r apI
propriait in is cexcluisivye of penslin dtt.
ficiena ci' s, wItich arce inchlinied uni der pcen
Stiins. Th I is amounti r L inch us 83,325,000~
f or the Elevenmtn ('nsus,~ 81,7 h0,000 for
the postal ver'. icc- andl 81,11 7,995 for
boutie is, Ik p:.i ay, etc. The appropri
attionis inichludedh in thiiis year's hilil are
oel usivie of pensi on delhicientcies, whiich
are Iincl uided underi petnsinst.
Misce,llanieous 87,00,0;3,5,0
TIhe total ini the. reguir appiropri-a
tioin bills for- thi s sesslion are $35,-.87,
500, arid f or thet first sessio[n oh the Fit
ty lirst (Congres.s 8301,770,r,7, andi the
redutct ion oi I hit Iirst session oif the last
Congress ficiim this r.essionc is $17,170,
ationis f or this 50ession werec 8122,783,.
580; for the corc urespiound inig session oh
last Ccongress 8 liii,f28,4~>3, cor an in.
crease of $20,c 00,i27.
'T'ie grand total appropiations of tis
sessionj were 8507,701i,380, arid of last
sessiton $If3,37t'^,51u0, (or an inrcreasci ol
54i, 132,870 over fthirst session of the
last Congrnes:s.
lie,.i hina thu, Put.
LONIoN, Aug!. 5.-Six mlineirs los
their Itviii this im''ruirg ini a pit ncea
h. necbA~ y, Co unt.y af York, througl
the pit in w hicht they were at work he
coinitig fi>lded by wafer which force
i ts way rom n.adljacenit i't which ha
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
Retrenovichalient anti Reform Ita Icen tli
AImk of the I'arty.
VASIIU0TON, Aug. I l.-Nr. Ilol
miati hafts primted a speech in the Con
gressional Record dealing with the ap
propriationB ade at the late session o
Conugres from a Democratic standpoint
Ile says: "Appropiationu made a
this session of Congress, including per
tunnent appropriations, show a reduc
tion of $33,511J,291 under tihe aipropria
tions miade at the last sesion of the Ias
Congress, or a reducti mi equivalent ti
$100.000 to (ach Congressional distric
in the U Illted Slates, but for purposeE
(f comparismi the ammtint of the rive
and harbor bill, 21,153,618, should b
deducted fron the appu1ro priations of IIE
session, for the reawi, that noi rivtl
and hiar-bor bill was passed it tile las
bession of Coligr(se, againit the appro
priations f which t .ose Ilade it 1hi:
sesisionl shohild be Io.ieiilly contraste(
without 0.hv river anld har11bor bill uppro.
il-at-onl-4, tn:0e at Ilie secoil seiilon o
(lhe Fifty-0i1r-t cotivrets."
The thta! appropria t;s of the1 -':Ly
tirst conZ tvs% were $1,035. ;sd,91.TN
averIIge apsiropitionis by the Filty
first Cfnorrs h< each of its two ses
sion.-A were i517.1,1 . The total a1
prop Iria6llm nido at this %e-i'Mt
amount to 457712,includih-, ti
I' tL'e a ll biarbor Oi.ll,bzt 6 , .', 9
less tha thse n11de at: the last esit6i
ot Congress, tud dedil.tiig the rive
id harbor h:ll the rediN'onll is 51,682
I09, titl Iml co:tr-t with avera"e .111
oropriata ' oir tie Lw) sesion,401s of Lit
list 1nve the redwtitoit Is $10.112,
(1,q).
Hli. llolim.m states tha 7'.527,,0
of tile appropr;,ti )ts matit at Lthe ses
sion just unded%l were t1Irstiatit to lawy
(4ul its sugar -opts, n eiol1, et'
eiiaeted bV the precedlitv- Congress.
Ile sa-: lit other % o-ds, hut 1i Liot
laws nDacted dl'rml-l the lIst lngresS
the appropria ti at thim session wotil
be $79,527,602 ks than they are, an
they wculd iniount ti mily i128,173,
777, or ki 113.056,39 I l llulthan the ai
propriations4 oI the lh.i. session. an
t66,2 .2,470 less than th. appropriation
of the first ession ot the list, Contress
lr. Holian says that the F.ity
Secolld Co grc3s has auIlthriAed the cot
striuctiin ti l n1 ne we uidiU,s; that it
appropriauous were 2 per cent. les
tha the -vera!_,e (t the Filty-first Cot
.;rebt; iht tu vore oliicc: wero aboimlishe
thi weve creiatel nid more salaries ri,
dt;led. lie add6:
"I adiit, that the reht,1 (t' taf.e pre
(tit ut_.ssion ( Ci mti-i will not. 'till
1i t, the eX)-t'et0ti')l1s oti t I )CIn.cra
-1 party but liie are Iats that Li
coutity vill conider ti c. i)parI. 11
appropriations of' t.ho present ,essl;i
With thoe ' the lst (ngress."
lie ctanres (ormolu'i activitv oil tl
part o 1111vverfl lolbbie, the union (
the adniiIsttiln an114 the Senla
agaim-t tile liouse in its efforts at
trunclhmeit, 1111d asserts that the Holls
in these cirt ulmstanlfcvs has done fitrl-I
well, although the 4!over1m11ent woul
be tduimistered as eliiently and mot
11011esiy it the IWvjljction d 1111(b lec'11 thrit
ib .,cat a1k; it las.
Ai Englih Outriage.
LoNDON, August 5.--Lflss Wood
daughttr of tho 'icar of Bickley-Ket
and a neice of th,l II on. George J. (Go.
chen, Chincullor of the Exchequer, an
t heref c rt a1 relati ve by imarriage (it AIr
Btirke IoOhe of New, York, was a
tacked by a man itear Chiselhurst laq
evening, and was severely, perhaps mot
t ailly injuredC(.
MIiss Woods wen'1t ot, walkling ear11
ini the e venling with Miss lCdltth l.'hi
of an1 i tnienit bai~rrister in the Chiise
huiirst uneighborhood. O.n a lonely pat
(of the roatd two roughly dressed me
r3ame& up1 bethind t.he yountg wote an
called to I hemo. I oth mnca rried gun;
Tihie men(1 (lialtt p beside1 thieilm ani asl
6( 1d81 th ilhre thley' were g(inrg. Albi
wa(s the vicair's daughter. Tlhet 11na
n1earest. Miss Woods catughit her by th
arm11 ani began d1ra1wing her t.o theA sid
of the read, while h.t companlioni al
teml p'l (d tol I ake hl of l is l'hiljbrick:
Thie younig gi rain screaniuni g (10wnr ti,
road . On tce the C 11a11 cautght her, an2
gax e her a teav blo iiw otver the side
ier1 hted with the stoiti o hiI s gunil. SIh
1(l1, and( hie t3aughlt hir, ht tIeA strutt
gled a way fiotu hittm. I'hte manit ga v
til the 64ba1M.
Nlss l'hlilrick rat:n inte village, wit
biloodl streaiting1 (tli d 1w te .-ide of Ihe
1h1ad6, an.i tol her story. 'The polic
starited atl onice fotr the sfot.. Tlhie
found %! iss Woods5 aloneI anid tuicons~e
6)u1 b)y theI ide of l t,he roadi. 11er clo0tj
ing was1 torn1 and8 inliSplace(d and( bloo1(
IIloing i~r itrmsho(t, wtu'ais inikc her broa
and 1,a 3Ce. TJie u'pro ted graas ain
b)uisheas trarn'i I.'r ga&ve6 eice oIf
deispetra6te 1it.r ule. .she wals ca1rrie'
hinet, whlile the cons'allV wen't inl pIlu
sultit o) the men611V.1( who h1r1 aihttaked he
She is very 16ow, hut will recover.
NIliss l'h ilbfricks it mi at sius 5condi
tioti, and1( ft iti fearedi t hat her skutll 1
lraturedh. 1la11 a1 mile from the spc
whiere 11h6 a11tark wats nll3ii the conIstI
blesi foundl( 31 1inan with a1 gunJ, croulche
in the bush~les. Ite wats t akeni befor
Aliss W\ood>, after sht had regainie
conlsciousness( .util was id entifIied as t h
man52 wh a2 t 1 tack ud her. l1e gives hi
i1ameit as lrkle. 11is ctomipanlionl ha
niot beeun caught , a6 . i1larkle6 rein6sf'
to Iiay atny thti:g at. ..t I hu crime,.
-I.xpress! t(obiersi.
1ighit wvhetn th Wt ~ est-bound t.rain (3
thle Georgial, ('.linait anid Northeli
lIa3ilroad1 wais withIn about four m11ih
of this city, express inessenger Suwta
w as miissed from his car, and, althoug
thie tratin was: tiearc'hed, not tr~ace of. hil
waus foundl. 'Te traini was31 thereto:
: backedIi, and1( very sooni Mr. S;tewvart wi
toundi lying beside the tratck uinconst
ouIs andt very badly hurt. lie will prob
bly die. llis ear was3 evidenttly at1ta(
edI by robbers, antd lie was thrown fro
the muovinig traitn. T1hie ex press car a
pear4ts to have been'l the scene of ai (dei
ly encounter. it. is imp)ossible to asci
l.ain the amount obtained by the mit
dherouls robbers. No arresta have be
made, butt if the guilty parties
cauight, lynching willI prouably ensnec
1Ueauitut of a n)og~ nIte.
i''irIURO, Paf., August 8.- JC
- Ales, bItten fifteen )ears ago by 1a1n
i dog, haa had yearly spa18Ys, which
i eurredi today, anid twelve strong n
wern rennred to hmo,i i.
MAJOR MURRAY MOBBED.
AND NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK IN HIS
OWN COUNTY.
A Scene that Shonld Not Occur Among
Whito People In South Carolina--- roo
Much Intolleranoe and Violence---Two
Accounts of the Afralir.
CoLUm3A, S. C., Aug 9.-The State
of tod>y publishes the following, which
that paper publishes as a special dispatch
from Greenville under (late of Aug. 8:
A meetivg arranged by the executive
committee of Anderson county, which
committee is all Tillmamte, was held at
Cedar Grove today. Maj. Murray is one
of the S'ieppard and Orr electors for
Anderson count.y, and accompanied by
Mr. Ja. 1. Gossett lie drove there in a
boggy, his intention being to speak with
I the other candidates. They halted near
the stand, wille Secretary of State
Tindal was t peaking, witLhout,;the faintest
idea that danger brooded over them.
-Vien he got, out of his buggy, Maj.
- Murray was set upon by several score
- of men, headed by B. F. Dacus of Wil
lianiston and Wi. Acker ofTony Creek.
The crowd made threatening gestures
and abusive cries. Maj. Murray at
temipted to treat the mat,ter lightly, and
started towards Lim stand. lie was met
- by I solid wall of nen.
W. A. Neal shouted that Murray had
a ritht to be present, and Dr. Cheshire,
one lot' the committee of arrangements,
tried t. lead hii to the stand; but the
infuriated Tillmanites forced him back
- towaro, his buggy, and began to strike
at him, one fellow hitting 111111 with an
unbrella. lie resisted as well as ha
coul, but soI)In realised that he was
powerless, and that lie vas at the mercy
of a mob iIn his own county. lie was
I rushed back to his huggy, and in the
I meaitiine ii nmiluber of men in the crowd
- were en1deavoring to dflend him.
-Ile crowd left the stand and flocked
11 around Nlaj. lurray and Mr. Gossett. It
s was a tvene of terrible confusion. Some
men made desperate efforts to reach
Murra\, while sonic more fair-minded
ones strove to prevent such actiou.
H The niob was fast getting beyond control,
s when James ScotL. ofGreenville county,
1and several others seized Murray, lifted
d him into the buggy and told him to whip
out wh:e there was time. Gossett had
the reins, and tr1l to drive oil, but, sone
of the Tillmatil. seemed bent 91u hiy
Y ing Mrray's blood, and they held on to
t- the wh,.wls, aud were dragged somo dIs
et ance. Maj. Murray was struck by oth
I ers on the back and shoulders ats lie was
n drivimg off. As the horses dashed away.
stones were hurled at the retreating
10 mietn. Marks were left on the buggy,
)f atl) sever)l missiles struck the oc'C
C panlts. 'hey drove to Willianiston,
where the Conservalve meeting was in
c progress, and universal indignation was
V expresed at the news of the disgracelul
d alfair.
e The correspondent of the Columbia
e liegister at, Williamston gives the fol
lowing version of the affair:
The regular county meeting was ap
pointed to-day for Cedar Grove, where
t the county candidates were to address
.. the voters of Anderson County. The
it Conservatives advertised the meeting
4. at Williamston, three miles from Cedar
SGrove Church, and it was liberally
t whoop-d up. Excursion trains were
run an'l every effort was made to get
,out a Hig crowdl, but whlen several Con
servative canidlates arriycd here the
rcrowd was like P'addyh's f'lca-efsewhiere.
rOnly a few people, mostly women
t~ and small boys, were out to hear the
a mni who wish to rescue the State from
(I one of t.he best, governments it has had.
i. At, Cedar G rove there were 2,500Ovot
Sers, and most of' them, in fact nearly all
s oh theni. favored Tifiman atnd Iteformn.
e When the Conservatives advertisedl
a I heir m'eeting at, a point so near where
e3 the reguilar' meeting was to be held on
e the saime day, seyeral lieform leaders
.asked hir initatiouns for their candidates,
so fbat thse meeting could be a joint af
Shair, hut wazs pecremptorily refused, the
other s hie either fearing the eec the
a sp)eeches of the I tefoim candlidates would
-fauve in ex posmng the fallacies andl sophiis
e tries of their speaikers, or else they
wishied to draw the crowd away from
bi Cedari G rove and the arguments oif the
r counity lI eform leaders.
e IfU the latter was their purpose5 they
Y siginaliy failed, for the crowdV( wenit to
Cedar Grove just the same, and hieardl
miag niicen t ltef'orm speeches, while thie
C'onservative candidates, sheppard, Orr
et al.. had very few to talk to at the
miee tin whde hi their "d(og in the man
Sger'' coinduct had p)reventedl the Rleform
.orators from attending.
.Miijor' E. I. Murray, of Anderson,
one of the leading lights of the opposi
-tioni to T1illmuan, wvent to Cedar Grove.
a lie wiis met by a large numbier of men
t wilo wer'e angiry on account of the ao
tion of 11e managers of' the Williamston
mem,and told himn that neither his
preseince nor his speech were (desired at
Cedlar Grove.
lie persisted in approachmng the stand,
b ut the farmers were determined that
d lie should not speak there, and they
pickedi hiimi upf and carried him from the
staiid io his buggy, in which they placed
him, after which they turned the horse's
Yhead aid stat tell him off.
n omie turbulent spirits did not act as
awell as they should have; and abused
.0 Murray, and somue even struck him. A
li few rocks were thrown after his huggy,
n~ injuring it somewhat. It is said Mur
e iray recei ved sorse bruises.
i. A Wcoan:'e (Utrse.
., (.)A irA, Neb., Aug. 5.--Two hun
~. dired 'neti are dredgtng Hioneycook
mn (Iowa) lake, endeavoring to find the
p- b)ody At .Judge Clarkson, supposed to
d-. have h7:een drowiled last Friday. Clark
~r- son pr':sided at the trial of Ed Neil for
ir the murder of Alleni andl Dorothy Jones,
nand pronouncedl the death sentence. Jo
re Clark, the abandoned women who on
dceavored t,o clear Neil, pronounced a
curse on all who participated in the
hn prosecution. A lhvery man who was
iad the state's princlial witness, Prose'nu
re- tor Shea, Judge Clarkson and two jury
ten men have since died. The trial was
held less than tw yarm ao