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VOL XXII. - PICKENS, S. C., TIIURSDAY, SEPTEMElR 28, 1893 PAYING UP OLD SCORES. REPUBLICANS MADE TO TAKE THEIR OWN MEDICINE. Speaker Orlep and the Di ,crat+ Hiding Rouah-sbod Over Reed and 11(v Min lons-The Election Law Will be Rep.al ed at all Jil zards. NIVASIINGTON, Sept. 20.-There did not appear to be a larger attendance in the House today when it met at noon than there had been for some days past. The leaders of the opposing forces were however, on hand bright and early. Mr. Loud (Rep.) of California asked unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of a resolution calling on the secretary of the Treasury for infor mation as to the number of otncs of silver bullion purchased under the Sher man act during the months of J uly and August; and further what the reason was that the Sherman act was not exe cited during those mouths. Mr. Tucker objected. The Speaker directed the clerk to call the committees for report. Mr. Burrows moved to dispense with the call. 1'ending this motion Mr. Catchings presented a report from the committee on rules. Before it was read Mr. B3ur rows made the point of order that the report was not in order. 1i is point was that the committee had not the right to originate an order of business. 'The Speaker overrulled the point of ordei, holding that on the question of determining the order of business the committee on rules had a right to act. Mr. Burrows apoealed from the decis ion, and Mr. Fitch moved to lity the ap peal on tbc table. Pending which Mr. Burrows moved that the House take a recess for one hour. Mr. Catchings made the point of or der that pending a report from the com mittee on rules this motion was not in order. The Speaker said he would hear the gentleman from Michigan on the ques tion. Mr. Blrrows was surprised that he should be asked eveu to speak on this question. Ils motion was obviously in order. There was no report from the committee on rules before the Ilouse. The gentleman from Mississippi had tendered a report, and he (Burrows) had objected to its reception aad had raised a point of order against it. It was idle to say that there was a report before the Hlouse. 'T'he report was not in posses sion of the House until .it, was 3-rad to the House. In order to obviate this objection, the Speaker directed the clerk to read the report. Despite the angry protests of Reed and Burrows, (which the Speaker declined to notice), the clerk read the re solution. It provides that immediate ly after the adoption of tnis order, the Speaker shall call the committees for reports, and the reports shall be referr ed to the appropriate calendars; and no motions shall be entertained until this order is executed. Mr. Reed said that it was a recognized custom in this House, and all other par liamentary bodies, that whenever any body had a right to object, the physical fact of reading a measure would not ob viate that objection. This was very sim ple and plain parliamentary law, aboit which there could be no objection. Tne gentleman from M-sissippl had pro posed to present a certain document to the House to be actea upon. 'rior to its acceptance, the gentleman from Michigan had made the point of order to the Speaker that it was not receiva ble, without any reference to the con tents. The question before the llouse was whet her the report should b)e read. The Speaker had recognized that that. was the question by his rulling upon it. TIhat was the quest ion be fore the I louse. That ruling was one of the most, stir prising that had ever been made. This sally, coming from tihe source It did, amused the Ilouse, and it was greetedi with prolong-d laughter. Continuing, Mr. Ileed (addressing S himself to the D)e'nocratic side) said that if the nuijori y otf the I louse were ready to (10 this thIng they must take the consequences. "We are readiy," came ini chorus from the D)emocratte side. TIhe Speaker had decided, countinued fReed, contrary to all parliamentary rules, and had decided that a comILlittee had a righlt to originate leglslation. That was a new departure. The ques tion was upon the reception of the re 4 Dort of t.he committee 011 rules. T1he Speaker was undertaking to have it re. ceivedi prior to actioii of the Ilouse per mitting its reception. It made no dif lerence whether the Speaker directedi the clerk to call thei roll or not. TI'he llouse had( to decide; and until thme hlouse had decided, tihe resolutions was not before the hlouse, lie was aware that the majority could override the p lain principles of parliamentary law, but If it intended to do so lie wvantal3 to know It. It IIeroed was to be-out IIeriided, llerod wanted to witness the transaction. [ Loud and( conitinuted laught"r and appiance.) TJhe Speamker rulled that the report wits be fore the Ilouse luntil other wise determined by the liouse, and being before the IIouse a motion for a recess was not in order. [Alpplante.] Mir. Fitch's motion to lay thse appeal on the table was egreed to--yeas 172 nays 56. Several other dilatory motions were swept away anid then Mr. Catchlings (demanded the previoue questio,n on the report of comxmitte on1 rulles. Alr. Payne raised ti.e question of considerat ion. The Speaktr-The chair will not en tertain the mrotion. Mr. Payne-I appeal for thm.s dcl sion. .The Speaker-And chair declInes to entertain the appeal.| Applause oii the D)emocratlc stde.J Thie 11ouse had de cid ed this guestion for itself. "When'quirred lReed. "Last Cong mess," replied the Speak er. "Last Congress," ej acul1ted Rteed, with emupahals on trne "last," The Speaker then rose from'his chair and withi great earnestness and with a ring in his voice, which showed that he meant every word he said, annountlc, d that hie woulid entertaIn 1no mll ml1 as against the report of the commleitee on rules, nor w ould he entert.aln any ap peal from his die cision on any motion wh ich was covered by t he res(,hition presented bmy the committ.ee on rules. A fte r this declaratison the speaker was the recipient of a wave of applause from his )enocratie c9ll?gues. Mr. Burrows moved to lay the repor on the table. The Speaker declined to entertain th tilOtlon. Burrows appealod, and the Spoake declined to entertain the appeal. The question was then put 'n th demand for the previous ques(ion, ani on a division no quorum voted. Bin, rows called for tellers, and Fitch de manded the yets and nays,. Ever Demnocrat rose to second the demaind and, (as it requires biit one-fifth of tt< members voting to order a roll call the Speaker, without counting them announced that asulliAent riumb)er ha( ri3en. "The other side," demanded Paynt "There is no other side," respo.de( the Speaker. "Oh," replied Payne, "I thought then was" The Speaker said that he did no mean his remark in any offensive sens IIe merely intended to say there was suflicient number rising to order th yeas and nays, no matter how man mignht rise on the other side. Payne was glad to hear that ther was another side. Ile then proceedei Ina pleasant manner, to address th House; but the House was not in i mood to listen to him, and lie was oi dered by the Speaker to resume hi seat. The vote on the motion to ordei the previous question resulted: Yea! 171, nays 3-one less than a quortiri and Fitch demanded a call of the Ilouj and the yeas and nays were ordere topon it. The Democrats, believinj that their giorum had ret iurned, vote< against the im.tion, which was mad by Fitch in orderta give absentees al opportunity to return. and the motto1 was lost-yeas 23, nays 161. The vote then recurred on orderint the previous <question. Before the voti was announced, Burrows arose an, asked to be recorded. The Speaker pu the sterotyped question as to whethei the gentleman had been present duriii the roll call and had failed to hear hi name. Burrows replied in the aflirinative. Richardson kDem.) of Tennesse showed some Symptoms of questioniri1 the accuracy of the respo'ise; but thi Speaker said that the gentleman fro! Michigan understood the rules, and h (the Speaker) must accept his st at emen [hereupon. Burrows voted in the aflirm ative; and as soon as the result wai announced-yeas 180, nays 3 -moved reconsideration. Fitch moved to lay the motion on th table. This was carried-yeas 180, nay 1-and the previous question was o dered. Mr. Reed said that he could not eque the liery denunciations of the genth man from Indiana(Byninm) against th rules of the Fifty-i.st Congress; nc could lie eq.ial the choice epithets use, four years ago by the gentleman fron Kentucky (Breckinridge) Ile (lhe1 was suffering irom the fact that 11 was not ba,k.d up by such a chorus a had made the air vocal four years aic The members on the tepubiican si(1 of the House were too well educat.e( to indulge in mare noise. [liatughter. The Republican party in the Fifty-firs Congres4 tad made certain rule: First impression were the most power fil. The Riepublicaps today occupie( an unusal position. They stood to wir in any event. [ILiughter.] The De mocrat ic party h.d either Lo resort t ever5thing they had denounced or t4 be bea-Len. [Laughter.] The De nocrat had their cuoIce between humiliatioi and defeat, and they had chosen hu miliation. [Laughter.) Mr. Catchings said tiat it was hardl worth while to say anything in vindi cation of the parlianentary ruling made by the Speaker todt%. 1. t, w cruel (s trcastically) of the gen lemjja from Nl tine to adv'se the )emrnortt that they were ini a state of humilin tion. lIe (C:atchings) hal not dliscover edI it himself. Uie thought that tH l)emnocrats were getting along prett wvell. [Laung'iter.] T1he trouble wit, the gentleman fr MAaine was thai he ha~d dliscovered thiat there wver other methods than these inv'ented b himi and his associates in thle Fift first Congress b)y wh ich the flons could (10 business. [Applause ] lik sidcs, the m,ahods now pro pose(f wer emninenitly fair. [ Applause.] T 1he get tlemnan had had a little taste of' th po)wer of the I Louse, andi it was natuiri that he shouod chafe to find oiut tha the flouse could (10 businiess wit.houi resorting to the rules of the Fifty-fire Congress. This llouse stooti ready t do0 business whenever It chose, wit.hou the consent of the gentlemn-m from t h other side. [ A ppi-iuse.] Mr. IIendlerson said that the resolu tion which it was proposed to adlopI und(er circumstanices that were withi out parellel, was ai med at the ballo box. In the namew of the~ great corn moniwealthi whlichm he renresentedi which respected the laws, wiliIch loved libert y and whfichl hionore,l the ballo1 box, he eniteredt his protest against measure which woul des'troy tie onl. safet,y valve of the lI epublic, the ballo box. I lt.'piblican appbltmse. Mr. I 'ayne of New York said (Con gress was asked to lace New Yorl a long withl the Solid South. Let th genitlemten have a care. There was: tme be fore the war whten Souithirr slavery was oppoied by philanithropri inern in 'he North, hut th feeling wa niot general. TIhenm thle slavery adva cates wvanted to deprive K amsas of' It legal State governmtient., and then thm liepublIcan party arose. The I )'mc crats miight deprive the negroes In th South of their votes, but when they at tempt to dleprive the white meon of th' North of their rights, the (lay of Ne mesis would come. [ Applause'. Mr. Ilatch Sarlcastically andl vigot ously alluded to iReed as the man wh< In the Fifty first Congress, had rule tihe Ilouse with a hand of' iron, ani who now came in and protested againsx at majority of the represenltatives C the American people controlling it aictIin. T he action today was not th aetison of a dlespotic Speaker; It was th action of the h ouse. & pplause.j I was not the action of a mnan who cou te d meon in the cloak room or men wi were a thousand miles from Washing ton; it Wvts the atct.ion of a majority oi dfetermininig that it would come to Vote on a certain measure. [ Applause, The gentleman I romn Maine had s.itt (refert ing t.o a remark of Rleed's) tha beyond th~is was the ballot; and hi (hlarch)thanked God for it. [Appbause lI eferrinig to a remark made by iIen derson, to the effect thmat if this bil were ,patssedl in the great cities, th pollsIwoul be surrou sde I by a rabble Mr.IIachdeclatred vehemently tha~ today the hteadl andl front of the rabbI< was .John I. Dveanort, nd his rdnnlo ration was loudly cheered by the De t mocrat.. Mr. Fellows made a brief and hit 0 morous speeoh in which he referred to the calm and sauve mani er in which r yesterday and thu day before, Mr. Bar rows had suggested to the Speaker B that of course there could be no objec I tion to this or that. lie contrasted - that nanner with the manner in - whil the gentleman had addressed the House today. The report of the committe on rules was then agreedl to--yeas 17, nays 9 and the Speaker proceeded to call the committees for reports. Mr. Tucker reported the Federal election law repeal bill and it was placed u pon the louse calendar, and the louse at 5.15 adjourned. Aftor ithe Storm im Over. The following is the weekly bulletin t of the State Weather Bureau iss,ed by e Director Harmon: H-uns, which were continued from e last week, have been excessive and eon tinuos over all sections except portions ot the middle belt. Some localities L have had as muany as five days of rain I out of the past seven, and some report 3 almost con II inuous rains from the I; to the lIith. The temperature, while ahov the normal, has not been accompanied by sullicient. sunshine. IIEDNIONTRE(; 10N. The heat of last week ha3 opened cot. ton in some sections too rapidly and B premattirely and accompanied by the I rains Iis proven very destructive. But little picking has been done. The rot I ting in the boll still continue although somewhat checked by past few days of sunshine. There is still comphiints of a lust and that the plant is going too much to weed. Corn own (own has leen daimiaged by the contintied rain and lies rot ting I on the ground; that on tottoims is com t pletely ruined by fre<quvta freshet.i. - Fodder is nearly all lost. l'1tatoes ( and peas are good a:though som- sec tions report thei as rott,ing in the lids. Sorghuim has been da:uaged about one. third of the crop. Crops will iot l.e mu11ich, if any bet ter than last year. MIDDLE nELT. Cotton cont riies to open rapidly, hi t shows much rust. There will not he t much of the hate crop; it is not linting - well. Cotton is still rotting on the stalk, and picking is progressing slow ly. The lint sticks in the burr, and is hard to pick . The' crop will Ie consid. E erably reduced from last year, arid of a s lower grade. In sonie sections cottou picking has been entirely stopped by rains. It is rotting on L)ttom lands ,1 and opening prematurely on higher ground. rhat along the Great Pee )ee e is utterly ruined. Some few localities r report the crop doing well and picking I general. I Corn is being gathoro1 in some coi ) lies along the Savannah river but it ii t generally rotting in t he fild and can s not be gathered owing to 'he miry con dition of the ground. G itdens are get. ting too much rain. Turnips poo I stand and much dying our,. Newberry reports sorghum making in full blast. Pea vine hay is being harvust.ed; a fine crop of grass has grown in the fields which many farmers are turning into hay. Fodder will not be gathereil though the to;s will be cut. ('I )AsT iie 11.it N. > The rains have prevented rie - har vest.ing. June rice ia-i r ecovere(I some tron uhe ellects of the g.de, hiit the large freshets now c.ming down - the rivers threatened to de:t roy wh:t rice is left. Some esti mates give the loss to rice crop at ' . Mood0<y ina1111411M. s Su' M;-:ivir.i-:. Ga., Sept. 17.-Yes. i terd.rv mi 'rin'i trre n m - supvel a s he ,vbiite, hel uip andr hvateei a nlor' bound freiM trai 0 o tie G 1i1a Cmi ral at iy1n. When the train arriv. at- Iht'ioni MiIls tihe mnen got ott a1tn V ran1 thro uSZh the~ woodls. Th le coni 'i1 r .eleg.raphred l>r~ M .mtsbaI t'om Murphs wao s tairted in piiault with an armi es posase of live hun lre i meon. Whienr n,.n ~'Lyon the meni were overtakenr and stir roundecl. ,Just, asi the tlosse came ii . sight, Lihe meni shot,andl killed ani ol mi:i - on thes edg~e (f the sw'imi p. Whein tiu posse vurrouni ted the men01 an exJhanrge 1 of shots took pl iee, duri':g whichr Masi t, Arringtoni receive I ir bullet w.>unld in the t side, of the face. Marshall Murphiiy wa' t shot t,hrouighil t,he, but, no:, se-iouisl s ) wounidedl. Th'le posset hadt the mie.1 a I b ay all <tay. No advance wvill he imaidi until mroring. Further blooldsher -- is anit,icip)atedl. Sherit' Moo)re left, f>)r tire scene last niht on a seal train wit,hi an anrred posse. Sc. tlded I o ilcuth . A NNA PIs' 1, ld. , Sept.- 20.-- -The Nteame1r MNontgomiery, t- win ship oif the Un iitedl St:ittes s tmer I )'troitI, niow be ing bilIt at thle Colt'ula I ron Wo rk<s, H alt,imtore, on her fthird pivate ltriai trptdy, when off ThIomnas's l'oitt Chesapeake I ay, huirst, a st eam prIp learlingi t o the blower' engine aird Clien' - iigineter ZAcheury S. Mewshtaw of tin ('11if C lumaut'oir ks and( ilt coal heaver -.j ohnt I )oylec were scalde<'l to dleathI. TPh accidenTI occur red beL tire 12 arid I o'clock. I )oylIt diedt h iiis aft 'rnoo ic0ion lihe sh ipJ amt i g neer Mle wsha rw ii his (sl vning int fte Naval A cartemiiy I ospuit al herte, witere lhe r-- elveil attIeni iore s from the academy hostl r. TIhte Mont Sgomery was m iak inrg 1 8% knrots an h :u r 11cr requizremtet Is only 1714. Slit ws.. ~testinig new coal. A Ie ik tecgarn in thit pipe arnd Engineer Mewshtaw wen t be low to stop it, wheni the pipe bu'rst Hoyle was cauight in a coal htitkr Ith mnern rushl ed out of' thle room11 antd fell onl it' Iloor. TIhe'y sitffered iin t'nst'. ' v.. TIne .\Iontgorniery returnedu to r;:r. Stimforte tonight. t N.-aroe Atuoct wthgen. F.wma ()nbi.\ Ns, '-ept. 20. ---Tlhe Tli mies 5- I)"mocra', ihrimitnhatn, Alai., special B says: The nuiegro es, fri einds of N .i 5 Giily, who wais lyn-i-hedct a ft' w dliys ago t ntear l'inr'apple, in l).dlas C umuty foer -crimlially arssautltirg. a white wintait ) living t,hcre', inae at at.t-rek t ol bry upon0 -the whites. F"routm t' h 't iinwi t I received there was a re-oa Itr b itle'. t Two negrmts were kiie"d a i-l- 'veral I badly wotuntde1. As far as canr bie I learned none of iii' whit. 's w're' t serIously huiirt. it, is t',tre'd ihart t'ere 5 wIll be~ a general otbrt'ak anri rac war. Threnc'groes are piroci r ig all the - ams heycanandeverything is on thtt 1 outlook. T'here are bit a lew whtites SIn that section, threefouirrt of the~ Spoputlationn beling neg ro)es. Tn re're is no0 telegraph communiication with I'it' apple and informnationr so far is mear. A SERIOUS CilAlE. MALE AGAINST SENATOR IRBY BY A POLICEMAN. "Drnnk mnd Diordorht" atid Ctarrying a "concelaId JVeapOnm" l-itored A;g4inAt Ilt at Pol'ea Ileitdquarterr, to IVhitch lie V II .ve to Anower. CoLUM11A, S. C., Sept. 20.-Senator Ir* y ctim,, to Columbia via the Atlantic Coast Une from Washington, arriving here at 7 o'clec< yes Lerday inrning. lie was assistcd by the Pullmnan porter, get Lt,m out of the car late. lie cime through the ladies waitin- room, and at the outside door pulled out his pistol and made the only two hackmen there at the time flee. Then the Senator went in one (i' these carrialas--deepin o most, of the way, according to the driver-to the Govnor's mansio. The Gtover nor hrougtL him lown' town, and atter ward took him to the de-pot. accom-. panied by his porter William I use, and sent him home 01. the II o'clock train. Tihe Sentor had i brace of pistiols, ac cordin,r to one of the fright, uene back len, which he did not, 11nwid disp!aying to the gaze of the public. It happened to be the tie when the police olicers were "-clieving"l each oter, or the junior Senator woul I have been arrested. Th:,-. is shown by the fact that, on the police court rod this mloni1g by the chief of police's santtion, the charige of "drnk and (dis. orderly" and anotier of carrvin- ca. cealed weap:mis'" will h:- eniered lp) an.rainst Senat,or Irby. The two hack men who were at the station, and all othier who sawC Senator Irby, spokc very freely about it. Mr. A. C. Mlnck ton was in the station tlk1n: to a gen leman at the time. Mr. M nckton says he noticed that a drunken man was he in(g ass' sted oil the train by the Pullman car porter, and tulrlied hits back, not wish iv- to bother with any such people Shortly aftcrWards the gentleman to whom he was talking uld lium that the mai was ahost to shoot sonic one out there. Ile lool:e.!, and then saw that it was Senator Irby. lie says he dti not see the pistol, becas5 Senator [rb'.s b.ck was turnedI to him, he SuppIoses. T1he Senator was very in h thished, an seemed to be considerably iu oxic,teil. Mr. Monckton says he talked to a gentleni Irom Sumter who was on the train with the Senator. This gentleman ItIt Vshingtonl ou the samel train with Senator Irby. lie hal n'-ver met Sena tor Irhy and did not ktow him, but soon struck ilp a travvl;ng ac(llaintance. ite did not know that Col. Ituy was drink in1g at, the tiue hilt soon dic'vered it, 13efore ed t1 ile Ie Lound that le was COLsideral)ly uider tlh, influence o li(ior. IIe then asked the Senator to excuse him and went to bed Ile thought the eifect of t,ie I;quor would Welar ofl'd urlm the night. In the morn i o, however, he found the Senator in a worse con-lition than before, it possible. The- l'allman porter had disregarded this geitle u,man's ordvr to wAke him Ior Sun ter iand he wa:t; broui-ht on here. Ile itltimated t'it the port r % ati pe.-haps inlebriat'ed too. Iie said ie Ired it) get tle condmutor to keep the S ,n tor on Ll.h- trainl, anlifintiln1 hii willofru L,t. ) so, Wits surlrsed to see 1111 get (il. One ol the Irickmen, S!hd t eSs, the ian who took Snatr 'iiry to the eX(ctlivo miansion, whel m-oln. aul thi it ke ld Iolll H1 chard.,101, anlother. h :.ck. wa111ith roSm in tti oh h l ir 41k11 wih n the Senator i camne througiih lie m0an p or'ter. lIe t ried~ to gel someu nonevt'\ OUt ofi is poicket. [ichaird-cn asked him if lie wintedl aL im:, to take him up. The next th!nn lie knew the Sen:ar hiad a pistol tIl >rishit d he:t 'e I chardnt's' bii, andl lookedt as ii heui 1gbIts ha,: iartmdiii by the eaingi ltense kitchenc t,>get. out os the wa% y. After awhile lie came ha.uk an,l .nul that Ji,chardenii h-d lphictid thel ena:tor ini his (l"urgess') h:ek. Senator lri-i thl hiimi hie was nt.t goin g to hurt himi. ain,l to carry him (. t Go;ivernorl's maiiiion. (On ti,e way to the iimashin lie toik out the pistol once or tw.c 3, but slepat mmait of th:e way. WhIen hie got ',erel he plledIIc out his itistol Ifirst., so he ccui e is pocketbook, but paidlu hi l fart-, cenlts, andlihe drove off' hearing th ii ci ator say he was ini a butf fix. The othier haickmn says lie dlid no't see the Mcenator get off the car hact .na w~ hiii wheii hei got to' tLe door of the walltmig room opeiniig into theo stat!in. lie was staggermng and t,he PallIman por ter was supporting himii. The p)orter led hIm tip to thet outside door. IIe IlillIed his laitket, book out of his leig ii poiket. Th'fe backan saw a p)isto0 im thfat pocke't as the Seinator took that boo0k tilm. lie let tie Pocketbook drop on UL i i tWe. 'liteii be wven l in to some othier 10icki-t1 antd iave the l)orter somlie chanige,. 1f as ked the Seniator if h~e wan teid a caiurage anti hie at, once pul Iled a ptistol (out of ius righit fill ptocket and stuck it in his blue, il s a ya "I was scared anit roi hefhindi liy carrniuge. Shed run arioiiud behaind ithe station. iIe toldl me hue wa'lit goui to hurt iimiian I came out. iIe hail his pistoi p> ilited at, mty hotrse . I told hlimi no t in) shoot, my hiorsie. lie then aiskedl me which earri alife was min1e. 1 didtn't. wtiil him ill my carriage atnd I toldt him Stied 'H carriag~e was mine. lie theni got in Stied's car raiibe andu Shied hadlt to comel( ouit and take him 11u p. lie got tfie carriage fioiding hisi piustot l i his hiandt an: the last I saw of him hie hail Itill his tiand yet. Ile fook{et prett*y shabb'y anrd his ('yes looked red,* it was aifter train time, atlt the're was niohboiy aroundii but us, Mr. Monck ton anld a few raiilroadl nm.' Mr. WN. II. G rtliau, the yardmaster of the South Carolbioa I ilIway, wats tust, ablove on the piaizz t Ot the station, when hei~ beal the 11iss and1 looked over the ft.iustra.ie. lie 51aw an: intoxicat,ed man dowi~n therewt itli i ad butp dver y little att.ent.ion to t,hie dis . tirb't.inet. One or two otber rethable white mten were wit nesses to the aiffair, biut, t,he lil i/C covers thieir stor y 01 tile evenuts. 0t1ctlu'st is is not kntow~u what tranisp.redi at the executve ma-nsuton, as that i' entirely a pirIVate matter. 1t suifT..es to 5ukv that tveno.. Ti -a TWO FALLACIES EXPLODED. The E.Arthquake Subsidence andi the Hurricano. "y CHAULESTON, S. C., Sept. 20.-Judge Wm. M. Thomas has sent to the News and Courier the following correspond ence and memoranda, which explain themselves, and which will be read o with great interest both in Charleston and elsewhere: r- WASHIINTON, D. C., September 16, ,Y 1893. My dear Judge: Enclosed please B- find reply received to your memoran rs dur, which was forwarded to the hy. )s drographic ollice. [Perhaps it would be s j, well to oiler this to the News and Cou :0 rier, as no doubt it would prove inter- C eating to many of our citizens, Yours t i sincerely, Wm. 1I. BILAWLEY. it >r lioN. WM. M. TitOMAS, Charleston, 1 S.CU. --n WASHIINtTON, September 15, 1893. P Sir: 'T'he receipt of your letter of 1 September 13, enclosing a memoran- j e dum to this bureau, signed "W. M. T.," j d and relating to the recent cy-lone on i the Southern coast, is hereby aicknowl d edged. 3 'There was nothing peculiar about a ,e the storm referred to, except that it was very severe and took rather an un- r( !0 usual course. Cyclones coming from U . the West Indies generally follow the u course of the Gulf Stream. They move d In general north westerly direction b from the West Inaies, and on reaching o ithe (ulf Stream to the Southward of a H latteras commonly curve to the b Northward, and then to the North- h1 - ward and Eastward up toward the a Grand Banks of Newfoundland and on across the Atlantic or disappear in ; high latitudes. h'lhe general shape of the curve taken P ) by the cyclone in question was the us- r fi ual one, except that it proceeded far [' n inland before recurving. Since in a jr cyclone the baromet ric pressure, or inl re other words, the presslire of the at- LP mosphere. decreases toward the centre, si there Is an eleviation of the sea toward di and in the centre. This difference of p elevation oftentimes causes great dam- w age on the coast. It is frequently mis- i named tidal wave. In India hundreds c ' of thousands of lives have been lost by i le a similar elevation of the water. E It is doubted by this ollice that there has been any subsidence of the land on c- the coast of Soulth UJ1rolina, but of C ig course this Ollice is not ili a positionl to L I). state positively. Ce Many storms of as great severity as at it the recent one pass along our coast, al- r id though the centres of few actually L c- reach or may be expected to reach the - A coast. of South Carolina. e- All storms are cyclor-es, cyclone sim1- t is ply meaning blowing in a circle. Iy tj p- this it is ineant that in all storns the . ts movement of the wind is rot ary, amid in it. direction, i this hemisphere, the rc in verse of the movement of the hands of -a a clock. '' phoon is the naine givenL ty to storms in the China and I idlan seas he and a hurricane is a severe storm of 1 e- the West Indies. All are cyclones and v- vary chiefly in intensity. In general C Df characteristics they are very much i1 q- alike. is I have referred yoir letter to the a ,e United States coast and geodetic fur- s - vey, which takes note of physical hy- W >f drogaphy relating to otir own coast aid d is in a position to make any inveitiga- 9 4, tions thought neces3ary by your cor e respondent. The hydrographic ollice a takes cognizance of' all foreign surveys i d and charts pertaining to the sante, and f ,r of marine ineteoroloLy everywhere. at if Very respectftilly, . C. 1). SmIs 1: - w o Commander, United States Navy, fly 1. drographer. Rt The lion. Wim. II. Birawley, Mt. C., Lit i Iotuse of' Iepresentatives,Vasinglon, i e l).C. n ii l'he <f iestioni was: \V hetiher the ele 4, vatio)n o,f the sea water in the storm be s was the effecot of a temporary typhoon gi hi or f romn a sitbsi dence of the land, occa- h di slonedl by thee recent earthqutake agita- s tion ? ni i\vy ipressioin was the former. 1 o1 a thinik the G ove,rn ment inquiry shouldi u heo encouraged; for If' the earthquake a' L subsiedenmce is correct the islands would e I - no l onger be hiabtitLable. L c Camn you give the history of iEngineer e s hi ir bot 's "bench mark" on the Custom s v I ioue steps ? When and by whom,1) e amnd f or wheat was it put there ? D)Id it 5 repesenmit a hiigh tide at any storm at whene it was so placed V Iit cannot hie a e-nere arbit rary munark. It mu est. re'prt -o,f e sent, somiethinmg. 'lThis in form itioni is ii ntecessary fer it,s usefulnmess to the hy- to elrographeic butreaui. ti TIhe "betncho mnark'' mnay, its''ll, h ave il r subsid;e ed in t lhe earl h<apiak e or other- in] e wise. The t est,i m k midght be thiei d:I- ti >f. I forenc 'in g radie of thle S me th eCarolinTIa ol r- Itail way f rotn A ikeni to the sea, if any w k such exists. MIr. I )cCar'a<t ee ti tmy be Is able to tell if it, has varied sinitce the g earthgel'take. v' The wn'tie Elng teau it. ii i, igIht, ptracticalliy allI the mneni whof( haud h I., antyt I, ing to do wit, thiLbe robbery ofC lehe i I b~N Aineral Ilunge express lh-t Friday of i >-$7 Si,( m~ are In jil or undieer espi on age, Cit d andC up to dlate Sel ,i)i of the booty fhas itu b e'en re'covere'd. Tiodaty G eorge lit bert, w~ d a former fireman onu the I )eeIuth, South .Shore anid A thanitic road, was arresteel d heee bty the Itolice on a teh'graph ic or ii de'r of t.he sheriffi of IIloutoni county, er -ande made a clearm breast of the whole BL .affir. Th'Ie other finen uneder arrest thi r. are A. S.C( annoen of II ancock, a young b man ef good family, whose trunk was t e uise'd te) carry away the money; ,J olhn ,Kmtg, an athlete; Chiellew, a saloon 01 keeper, of' Ne'gaunee; Michael and ,John i Shea, saloonists here; 'Tomr Winters, m f baggage muan; ID. W. slogan, the mes- mU seniger onc the robbed car; Eld. I logan, at L' saloonists; WV. S. lloupe, flack driver; at - anid 0. uLnler, an habitue 01' Chellew's rc phice. Mat ciCuesh for iiomes~t. G tiln +:. 0. T', Sept. 16.--Thle scenes di that were enacted here to-day beggar x all description. People fought like nr wild animals to get aboard the trains to Bget into the Chernkee strip, and huin dres er ijuied smefaaly.Men forgt ther mnhod, wmen osttheir self-respect in the wild struggle for ad vantage.____ 1 Fata inel. - BIR M INOII AM, Ala., Sept. 20.-A spe-C cial to the Age-He@rald from ECvergreen . Ala., says: A pistol contest here today i between RLay Fountain and Juliad Duan 110i,- both prominent cit izens of Belle :I ville, resulted in D)unl in being shot in ai the arm and Fountain mortally shot throagh the boy e hot n sa were'....d brought the Senator down in his carrial and put -hitn on the train bound f Laurenq. Before leaving the Senator se to Mr. Cartlege's dispensary and got pit bottle of oflicial "booz3." Police Olicer Jones .ent on du soot) after the eventi recirded tran pired. The alair occurred just, as Of cer Jones was relieving 01i::er Slop lour bleks away, and consequently r oiieer was at the station. Oflicer Jon says I-hat the only reason he did not a rest Senator 1rby before he left the ci was that lie could not secure the witnes es in time to intercept him. lie sa) lie will arrest hii as so0n as he com( to Columbia again. Mr. Jones reques that tie following be pu)lbsled in justic to him: '"Tihe statemeint has been iade that was on duty at the dlepot when Senate Irby arrived, and create(t a disturbati of the peace, annd that 1. did not arre him. This statement is false. I was n,( on du11ty it the depot until 11 o'clock, 1 which time Senator Irby caine to tak the train for home. At this time I di not know of the early morning action Senlator Irby, otherwise the caie wou have been ivestigated, the witnesse been rea(y, and the arrest would hav beeni made. E. J. JONES.' With the sauction of Chief of Popc Radeliffe, Olli%er Joues will put, the fi lowing charues upon the peolice court r< cord book this morninv: "J. L. M. Irby; offense. drunk at: diRorderly conduct; ofler, E. J. JoncE witnesses, .10no. IVchlardson, -hed pu -res, A. C. Monekton, Warren Itcart son.2 ".J. L. M. Irby; offeic,, carrying cot cealed weaponll; olieer, E. .1. 'Jonef saelic witnesses antd W. II. Gvriflin.ll It will be noted that there are tw cases a:aint the S.maLor. One tteim, last, wIll undoubtedly be sent it to a trial.inistice'. REAR EN.) CO:.LISION. I)etakIl <1t Iote Aectduont--S..verai Pbrsot KANKAK-:n, 1 11.i , S-pt. ).-At, 9i.2 o'clock last night one-fourth of a mi South of the little village of Manteo eightt miles North of this city, the se onl section of No. 45, which is the H Four express leaving Chicago at 8.1) in., crashel into the rear end of' ti first section with awful results. Eig persons,it is kinowin positively are de with a probability of three more I 1inis still utinder the wreckage. score of others are more or less sever ly injare'd, a number of them it thought fatally. The first section sto ped at a water tank and here accout die 11r as to the cau.se of the accide1 One is that no flagman went back fro the first section. Another is thail liagnan went back and did his d,. properly, but, that the engineer of t second section was a,leep and the lir man feeding his furnace. Both, ho ever, discovered the train in front theti in time to jump at(l escape wit out serious injury. The track straight for three miles at the pa where the accident occuirred. The ila tan h;t4 disappaared. The rear cars the first section were t!he Ohio ai Mlississippi sleeper and two chair car all fairly filled with passengers. T' collision reduced the rear car to shapeless mass of sp] i titered tubers an twisted iron. The wreck of the rea car was thrown high in the air, falli, bac-k on the ei ginie, The terrible im pact forn-el ti ie forward sleeper int the rear f the day coicth jist ahea This c.ach was filled with sleeping pa: senlgers and tihte scenti which elstle, was (;ne. of atlmtost initiuitea horror. Tlli enilit piloughedo its dre,adlfutl way lite alily th trough the hod ies of' sleepint mhent and womitet. lIlood be'stmteared th~ iron and wooli of the Hhatttared cat' and it the darkniesi the a w fitl scret ofI the intj it red ati Oyin g mtintgled wit the Itiss of steamn ft on the torn an twiste'd hoiler. 'T'he p)assenlgers In the rear trai e5e apei wth ttoth itng more thtan severe shaking tip. Alany of thet ifrmessedl tttl itnirried forward to0 assis ii te work of rescuiing the unforti itnti ts who were still peinlined in th wrte'ek. The1 crasht of the coIllision w; plinly hetard itt Manteon, and ini a Ie uailu -s the residetits of that villag~ were mlim Tt the scene in force. II oust nte'ar lie sl> were htastily thrown op' tilnd til eahubeamtlt ant improvised hosp tal.Local su rgeonts friome th is cit y wet fhasttily sitttmottedt and' several of them togae'the tr w it,h tthtr restidetts ofi Kat l.ak e'e' hasened to .\ atnteon. Theii ariivals were ittel y anid tthe i lots~ muI)itch appeem tt'd by thte tl e'rror-strickett passetige'rs, tian y< whlomo, other wise intjucired, wet-e stulfec lut i.rom1)1 the su id'nneliss of thie shoti atnd gocing about wringingi the'ir hat atnd (cryinlg historically. 'Te folllowir is theo list of' killed' Emil Kim me, 1)tyton, O hio, .1. W. P'owell, Ne Vilenna, O hio. L. T. S weet, L ouitisv ill Mmtnie l)uvers, Laower A lbany, it. MIss 0 . Eel wards, Chicago, .J ac( ~Stimiler and Johti (Cirratt, both of C li nnhits, Ohio. Sonto of* theo wo undo will ,untdoubtedly die. It is not belie vedl mtany of the lrinjur nlow in the flospita;l will dlie. I i'spot si billity of' the dIisast,er cannoll t, bit yhitc( on any one or set of inilvidutals ut the coroner's i nq test hias si Itid mta ters. Allf the train met iexce'pt thet e't tgm eer wer'e emiiptoye'd by t,he lI ig l"ou .-,hotld the blame he placed ont the ei gi tteen, the Ill iois Ceinta will I. blamned ; if upotnI) Dncanm the t lagmuta the .ltig 'ourn will lbe re'sponistible. T'he coroner this afternoonu at atnkt kee began itnq i est over t he nrtumis u t,he victtms of t.he wreck. Only thire witnesses were examti nedl before th iinest, was adjocirned, bult etnouigh Lie ti mnoty was heardnu to develop the fac that thiere will be a hitter fight be'twee thue liig F"otur amid lltinois Cenltral Rioad to avoid t,te respotnsibiility for the din aster. A 'AI t"Fgt. of a bloody tragedly wichl was enacte< at, Blacks Springs, an Isolated vtlfagt Ia bAw days ago htasjttst reached the ait3 .J. L. Mflhamn anid, 1 I. Cochran becam in vol ved in a (liarrel over a horse whte a desperat,e li'enit wit,h knives ensued Mtlhamn was stabbed several times b' C>chiratn and died almost inntantly Cochran was arresto I and while il custody of a dep'it,y snoriifY was assault oil by a son of Milh in, who attempte to shoot him but was preventrd fror doing so. A LYNCHING gBE9. THREE BROTHERS LYNCHED IN LOUISIANA BY A MOB. rhe Vicm11118 ,r ths Mob's Vongiance Shielted a Iourtha Brother, who Mar dered a .udg, lu the court Roomrul Partfcnlar, of the Attiir. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 17.-There was triple lynching alnost within the hadow of the city last night, but it wai onducted sa quietly that the account of he horrible affair published this morn. ig was a surprise to the community. 'he victims of the veugeance of the i0h were three negro brothers named uliano, and the crime which they ex. iated in so summary a manner was the lieldiig of a fburth brother. llselius uliano, who on Friday atternoou shot ud,_e Victor Eistopinal to deat.h while ie latter was tryIng him tor a trivial tiense, seriously wounded the 'juIe's >n, and then made good his escape. The shooting occurred in the court )om, and the murderer continued firing atil the Judge, who followed to close in pon him, fell mortally wounded imime tately outside and to the left of the iilding. The brutal negro then stood ier the prostrate from of his victim id fired it shot, which is supposed to 3 the one that passed through the 3art. The negro then made a dash .ross the grounds for his cabin. Just at this time, August Estopinal, a in of the murdered official, who is em oyed as a conductor on the Carrollton iad, was coming in from his work, and 3 gave cliase to tl man whom he had *st seen murder his father. The negro ached his cabin, and coming out, fired ro shots at the young man, who sought fetv in a house adjoining the resi mce of Mrs. Charles Flory. The nogro -ovided himself well with ammunition hitle in the cabin, for during his short ay he grabbed up a valise and a Win Iester rille. It was from this rifle that lired the two shots by which young itopinal was wounded. The negro iade for the swamps in the rear of the ty, and being Iertectly lamihar with IeU was soon m1 sale hiding. A posse was iinediaLtely organizAd, lid all night and all Saturday the sur .unding country was scoured, but ic search was fruitless, so far as the al criminal was concerned. The iother, two brothers and two sisters, of be negro Roseli!xs were arrested yester ay atternoon at. the Black Rlidge, in the ar of the city, by city police, and were ien taken to the little jail. Another rother was arrested later in the day in iv same neiglitiorhood andl taken to the ama jail. All were charge with assit.. Iw the fugitive. About, II o'clock. a body consisting 7 ibout, 25 men, some armed with rill is Id shotguns, caMe up to t,h3 j Ail and t a lantern. They unlocked tihe door, ad then lield a conference among them .lves as to what they should do. Some ero in favor of hanging the whole flve bile others raised objections, and in ,ted that only two of the brothers, the tort one anl the tall one, "Valsin" id "Bakile," should be taken out and rung up. This was finally agreed to, id severa! of the men went into the .il, and coming out afterwards brought Ith them the two doomed negroes. They were hurried across to a pasture )0 yards distant, and there asked to ke their last chance of saving their res ini making a confession. The groes made no reply. They were then Id to kneel down and pray. One did , the ot,her remained standmig, but >th prayed1 fervently. The taller ne 'o was then hoisted up. ic remained mLinlg fully five minutes before the cond one was hanged. The shorter gro stoodl gazing at the horrible death his brother without flinching. TIhe mob remainied at the p)lace for >out, halt an hour, when some one sug sat,ed that, t,hey go hack and hang }he are others. This was op)posed by sev al, and :t was finally decided that they mild go back and take thme remaining olier out to Camp P'arapet and hang mn there. The other two were taken it and 11gged, with an ordler get out thre parish in less thain halt an hour. TIhe mob then start,ed back to the jail put, their threats int.o execution. The ird brother, P?aul, was taken out to e camp, which is about a mile distant t,ie interior, and1( th ere he was hanged a tree, his body hranging in full view a monr'>d er'mv during the (lay "as a aringi to t,he negroes that they can >t go) aboult, killing white people," as iC ofI the umembers of t,he mob put it. Dur:ingm tire searah for Julian on Sat dayi. onc1 branch of the posse visited c housn~e of a negro family in the neigh rhood of Camp Parapet,, and tailing to d the object of their search tried to luce ,John Willis a young negro to dis >se the whereabouts of Jullan. Hie re uedl to (10 so, or could not do so, and is kicked to death by the crowd. Torriaic Fires. G UT H itni , 0. T., Sept. 18.-A coal just in Irom the Paiwnee reservation ites t.hat a terrific prairIe lire is raging ere, andl hundreds of set,tlers have en compelled to abandon wagons, uits and out(its andl flee for their lives their horseir. Several dead bodies .ve been found and it is feared that any more will perish. The boomers e returning to-dlay by the hundreds d there is a line several hundred rong at the barber shops and bath oms waiting their turn to get cleaned. Heware of the Trap Gun. SAN ANTNIO, Tex., Sept. 20.-A sp)atch was received here to-day from okum, Tex., stating that John New an, a prominent merchant of that ace, was killed this morning by a trap an, which he set for a burglar. Mr. [ew man had forgotten about the deadly ifair, and was opening up the store, rhen lie came in contact with the string rhich pulled the trigger of the gun, the barge passing through his body. D)eath in the Mine. LONDON, Sept. 20.--Part of the shafp >f D)olootth Mine In Cornwall feil to lay entombing thirty miners. T wenty sere gotten out alive, but eIght are itill In the mine and are believe3i to e dead.