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Straps and |acts. ? Washington, June 1: That Reed Smoot is not entitled to his seat in the United States Senate as senator from Utah was the decision of the senate committee on privileges and elections, declared today by a vote of seven to five. A resolution in favor of ousting Senator Smoot from his seat by a majority vote of the senate was defeated by the committee and J ...il 1 tfte voie on a resoiuuon tiuupit-u ? be to place squarely before the senate the question as to whether Senator Smoot shall continue his seat and leave to that body the decision as to the method of procedure. The members of the committee expressed themselves in favor of a vote in the senate at the present session. ? Madrid, June 2: The royal bull fight this afternoon was the climax of the spectacular magnificence attendant upon the marriage of King Alfonso, and, for the time being, Madrid forgot the horrors of the past week. It was feared the event would give another opportunity for outrage, but everything passed auspiciously, the king and his bride being continuously the center of ovation. Extraordinary precautions were taken to prevent the possibility of a repetition of Thursday's tragedy. Wheji Alfonso and Queen Victoria entered the royal box at 4 o'clock, the vast amphitheatre was crowded with sixty thousand persons. who rose in a shouting welcome 10 the royal pair. The bull fight Itself was a disappointment to the Spanish, as all the blood curdling features were omitted, probably as a concession to the young queen, yet she viewed the gory scene without the least outward evidence of emotion. One horse was torn to pieces by a maddened bull directly under the royal box, from w-hich Victoria looked down without shrinking. Eight bulls were dispatched, four by cavaliers on horseback, chosen from the first families of Spain. The British delegation remained away on account of the English prejudice against this sport of Spain. ? Rev. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, now of Richmond, Va., formerly of Atlanta, Is visiting in the last named city and on being asked by the Atlanta Journal a few days ago what he thought of the negro disfranchisement, among other things said: "God made the negro an inferior race, and, while I am the negro's friend, I want him to realize his place and keep it? and that is being effectively done by disfranchisement. The negro must know tlut the white man will always rule, and the best way I know to teach him this is to take the ballot out of his hand unless he is qualified to use it properly. Disfranchisement has saved the honor of the state of Virginia. The ballot in the hand of the negro has always been a menace to white supremacy. Disfranchisement is the remedy. I believe every state in the union should disfranchise the negro. I do not confine the states to the south, but include the north, east and west. It should be universal. The people of the New England states, forty years after the ballot In noooA'o hanrl Kv was ytavcu iit mc ucgiu o uauu *~>j their forefathers, now realize it the greatest mistake of history. I bid God-speed to every state where the movement has been begun to cariy disfranchisement into effect, for I know what it means to the future of both races." ? Representative Robert Adams, of the second Pennsylvania district, committed suicide in Washington last Friday. He was discovered in a dying condition in his room i.i the Metropolitan clvb at about 8 o'clock in the morning. There was a bullet wound in ills mouth and the pistol with which the shooting had been done was lying near. There was a letter that gave the reason for the rash deed. It was addressed to Speaker Cannon and it said that the suicide had financial obligations that he was unable to meet. It went on to say that the writer had no objection to being buried at the expense of the house, he did not want to have a committee appointed and he did not want any memorial services. Speaker Cannon read the letter and the house adjourned as a mark of respect. It is well understood about Washington that Mr. Adams has been an extensive stock speculator for a number of years past. He has been successful at times and at other times unsuccessful. Of late luck has been running against him and his death is the result. Mr. Adams was a Republican. He went into politics a good many years ago, and has been in congress about twelve years. It was Mr. Adams who drew up and introduced the resolution that carried a declaration of war with Spain. He also acnnlrpH pnn?IH?r?hl(> nntnriclv rpoentlv on account of the introduction of a bill providing the whipping post for wife beaters in the District of Columbia and other territory over which the United States has sovereign jurisdiction. ? The scandal of the Chicago packing houses has been brought to the fore again, this time with more tremendous force and effect even than was the outcome of the embalmed beef sensation at the close of the Spanish war. Upton Sinclair, the author of a recently published novel called "The Jungle,'' is the starter of the bail this time. Sinclair tells of the horrors of the packinghouses in a way to make the hair stand on end and to make the stomach sick. The appearance of the novel was an eyeopener to an extent seldom realized, and as the result of it President Roosevelt not long ago appointed a commission consisting of Prof. Charles P. Neill, commissioner of labor, and James B. Reynolds of New York, to investigate the matter thoroughly.) The commission has about completed its report and the same will be made public tomorrow. In the meantime Sinclair has given a number of authentic letters from former packinghouse employes dealing with the situation. These letters set forth the manner in which the government inspection laws are a faree. The laws only provide for the inspection of meats intended for export, and all stuff that is unfit for export is sold for home consumption. The letters tell how If a carcass shows signs of disease, tuberculous sores, bruises, etc., these are merely trimmed off and the balance is used. They tell how cattle that died of disease or of smothering or by accident, ate used for beef the MUiir as others it is asserted that ail hucds of diseased and unfit cuttle 44* u4*1 for canning purposes, unci hoe bams that full of maggot* a^te ina1'V aitb uliUiiicais SO as to <ic -fit)'/ 144a eauiisive smoil and ate- sold j jfftt Jfjjff* ^Instance, have been 1 known where workmen have fallen Into the boiling vats and such parts of their bodies as could not be recovered were allowed to go on into cans. Sometimes workmen lose their fingers, hands and arms in the sausage machinery and these parts are allowed to go on all the same into tlie cans. It Is said that workmen prefer to spit on the heaps of meat rather than on the floor, and hundreds of other facts are cited to show the filthy and diseased character of the meats that * * wiofbAt ht' t ho na r? W - are pui UII me- mainci , . Ing houses. Senator Beveridge recently Introduced a bill providing for a rigid inspection of all meats intended for inter-state commerce, and the whole matter is to be threshed out in congress in a manner the like of which has never before been known. IThrilorlu'iUc tfuquim. YORKVILLE, S. C.: TUESDAY, JUNE 5, I90?. After a man has paid thousands of dollars for the "$400" job of dispensary director, he seems to think that his self-denying patrotism entitles him to the keys of the state. It would be interesting to know who is the butt of those jokes Mr. Childs is unwilling to repeat, whether the state of South Carolina, or only the poor devils who support the dispensary by their patronage. The federal government does not pay any attention to the southern Memorial Day and we don't see any reason why it should Interfere with the regular delivery of our mails on the northern Decoration Day. We are sorry to say it; but it is ""it" ovMen? thnt the manifest cor ruption of the dispensary system Is of but little concern to Senator Tillman. The senator only seems to be annoyed at the stench caused by the present stirring and would rather see a restoration of quiet. His attitude to the investigating committee is very much the same, as it was toward the people who a few years ago unearthed the statistics which showed up such a tremendous increase in murder and other crimes, following the embarkation of the state in the liquor business. Mr. C. C. Featherstone has written a friend in Columbia that he will not be a candidate for governor. The only reason lie gives is that he cannot afford to run. By this he probably means that the time and expense involved in a county to county campaign are rather more than he cares to incur. There are those who would be glad to see Mr. Featherstone in the race. That he is a high type of a man and would make a creditable governor there is no doubt. As to whether he could be elected or not can only be a matter of speculation. He came very near being elected once and had it not been for the stupid egotism of one of the newspapers in whom the people who thought as Mr. Featherstone thought, had a great deal of confidence, lie would have probably landed. Kut all that has gone. Mr. Featherstone knows what it means to make a canvass of South Carolina, and has a right to consider that he has discharged his full duty along this line. It is regrettable that conditions are such as to warrant the reasons he gives for unwillingness to run; but there can be no word of Just censure on account of the position he has seen proper to take. RECENT SLUMP IN COTTON. What Caused It and How to Prevent a Repetition. President E. D. Smith, of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' association, has given out the following interestit?cr with r^^.irci to thf* re cent slump in the price of cotton: Necessity of Organization. The recent drop in the price of cotton emphasizes the absolute necessity for thorough organization on the part of the south for the protection of this, her main article of commerce and from which she derives the capital upon which her entire commercial structure depends. It is a matter of surprise that business men of the south look upon this movement to control the price of cotton us being one in which their sympathies, perhaps, are enlisted, but in which they have no personal interest. South's Dependence on Cotton. I write this article in the hope that I may put a new light upon it and will show to some at least how the price of cotton is of vital interest to every one engaged in business in the south, and how it is absolutely impossible for the farmer alone to control the price. No one will deny that cotton is the essential, the currency of the south. The amount of business in the south is dependent upon the volume of money she receives from Iter cotton crop. Now, what are the factors under the present system of things which determine the amount of money we are to receive from a given crop? The banker, the merchant, the teacher, the preacher, all seem to look upon this fight as being one in which the farmer alone is vitally interested. An Illustration. Now, to illustrate the actual condition of affairs there is enacted on the streets every day during the cotton season a scene which brings out accurately the explanation of the south's condition, and the forces which determine the price. The farmer drives up 'on the street with a bale of cotton on his wagon; that bale of cotton represents a part of the currency of the south, a part of that which is to determine the amount of money that shall be put into circulation. Who samples, grades, weighs and fixes the price of tliis cotton'.' Tne representative 01 me organized brain and capital of the world. Our Opponents Organize. The European spinner is thoroughly organized, the northern spinner is organized. the southern spinner Is organized. therefore, the one who samples. weighs and prices this cotton is the representative of one of these organizations. one who knows the intrinsic value of the cotton, and, from the very nature of the case it is to his interest to get it as low as possible; because the difference between what he buys it at and the price at which he sells the manufactured article is the margin of his profits. As said before, he is a representative of organized brain and capital, he has an unlimited credit, he represents that element which seeks to get the cotton as cheaply as possible, and which really, under the present system of things, fixes the price of it. Who is on the Farmer's Side. Now, who is on the Mouth's side, the side whh-h is to determine how much money ahull he put into circulation through 'he tool lit in cotton crop? The representative of southern poverty and disorganization, the producer who has j neither capital nor credit and without any organization to back him. On the one side a representative of the organiztd brain and capital of the world, and on the other side the representative of the south's poverty and disorganization, and between the two is the desti.ty of the south. The banker, the merchant and the business men of the south from different places of business see this unequal struggle going on from day to day, seeing the price of cotton put down, say four per cent per pound, twenty dollars on the bale, $20 less to be deposited in our banks, $20 less to move the goods from the shelves of our stores, $20 less to be put into the brain and character of the children of the south, $200,000,000 Itssona ten million bale crop, to develop the resources of the south; because the resourcts of the south; because poverty and disorganization cannot cope with wealth and organization. Is it not manifestly the duty of the merchant and banker and financier of the south to join with the producers of this, the south's monopoly, to so fix the price of the cotton crop that they shall give to the world what the world needs at a price fixed by those who produce it Business Men Must Help the Farmers. It is idle to speak of the farmer alone being able to solve the economic problem of the south. Let the southern merchant, banker and financier provide the ware houses in co-operation with the farmer, help him to borrow sufficient money to meet his present obligations, put the cotton in this ware house, organize this ware house into holding companies throughout the south, have the farmers to give to this holding company the power of attorney to sell this cotton, let the price be fixed below which it is not to be sold. Let samples be taken and placed where the buyers of the world can have access to them, and where these buyers may be able to place their orders, and thus be able to dictate prices at which we will supply the world. Should there be a ~l.,o frnm oi'orv Hnainoaa StftndDOint the south should own and carry this surplus, because the moment that it passes into the hands of the consumer it becomes a means by which he can withdraw from the market, and be enabled to bear the prices of the next crop. Hence we carrying the surplus can at all times have a uniform pfice on all that we do sell. The Southern Cotton association Is bending every effort now to have ware houses built, and then to have these ware houses merged into one general company, and this general company, with the state company to be chartered under the laws of the different states, and thereby become the medium through which all the cotton owned by the members of the Southern Cotton association shall be sold. There is no other plan by which the south can possibly hope to convert her cotton crop into a just and adequate return of money. We make 85 per cent of all the cotton produced in the world. And if the business men of the south will but join forces with the producers of cotton and organize a ware house committee and financier, and through a selling committee in every state market * i r-? thn fllflirP YVP ner uwuuii tiup, men ... ...v ?_ ? can calculate upon each and every cotton crop bringing to the south an adequate return for this, her great monopoly. Besides this, every American should feel it his duty to see that the highest possible price for the American raw cotton should be obtained. The American mills consume only about one-third of the American cotton crop; two-thirds of it is marketed abroad. Say there is a 12,000,000-bale crop made, and the price is 12 cents per pound, the amount of foreign capital brought into America would be $480,000,000. At 10 cents per pound it would be $400,000,000, or a loss of $80,000,000, equivalent to $1 per capita fcfr every man woman and child in America. Should it bring 8 cents per pound the amount brought in would be only $320,000,000, or a loss to America of $160,00.000, $2 per capita for every man, woman and child In America, which would mean a loss in American trade of from $80,000,000 to I160.000.uuu a year on export cottdn alone, while it would not in anywise injure the manufacturing interests of America. From every economic standard in view of the fact that America has a practical monopoly of the cotton production of the world, it should appeal to the business men, not of the south alone, but of the entire couittry to see to it that means should be devised by which the cotton might be financed and marketed so as to insure to the south and to America the maximum price possible. Mr. Dale of Boston, Mass., took this ground before the meeting of the spinners and growers at Washington and rtad a most excellent article along this same line. Surely the business men of the south, feeling and enjoying the last two years of prosperity, the result of high price ... _.!?u o nrl alrl couon, win juui wiiii us nun us in reducing this proposition to a simple practical business basis where we can set the price and determine the fluctuations in values. Let 110 man be discouraged 011 account of this slump in the speculative world. We cannot afford to give up the fight. We are learning our weak points and are doing all within our power to strengthen them. We must have ware houses that are chartered organizations in each state. We must have a means by which the cotton can be concentrated, financed and sold only at the price fixed. This is the problem before us. and it is one in which every southern man is interested. We must solve it. E. D. Smith. EDITORIAL VIEWPOINTS. Tillmanite Childs, has a Tillmanite bank, a Tillmanite railroad and a Tillmanite vocabulary.?Spartanburg Her aid. We suppose a variation of "Whose bread I eat. his song I sing" may be rendered, "Whose gun I shoot his horn I blow."?Columbia State. If we abolish the state dispensary we can get rid of the investigating committee. This, we hope, will have some weight with the Columbia Record.?Anderson Daily Mail. A Charleston boy ran off from home and went to Richmond and was given a bath as soon as he struck the town. The news of the bath may keep any more Charleston boys from running off from home.?Anderson Daily Mail. In a card Issued to voters a candidate for a state office speaks of a certain officer as "the present incumbent." There can't be any other kind. "The incumbent" covers the ground comflKcorvor piriri,> .?uvi i j vmuv. .v., In order to keep the record straight and forestall our "smart Aleck" brethren of the press, we remark that little John Thompson, whose arrival in Richmond was announced in the News and Courier yesterday, might have gotten a bath here, without going to Richmond. ?News and Courier. A citizen of a neighboring county writing to the Observer, says: "it is a pity that politics cannot rise to a higher plane than the liquor question. How much more elevating it would be to pitch the campaign on the subject of compulsory education, or more money for the common schools, or on good roads." Yes, it is a pity that the good old state of South Carolina should have as its only Issue in politics whether the state shall sell its own citizens liquor. Rut we hope this issue will be decided so positively in tlie negative in the approaching campaign that it will never again dare to raise its head. Then we can take, up something of a higher and more elevating character.?Newberry observer. Maj. John Black of the state board of dispensary directors, has threatened to shoot Mr. Lyon or any witness who testifies in a damaging way as to his character. Hub Evans made the same sort of a threat some time ago. Saturday and Monday people in Columbia were expecting something to happen. We believe that bullies threatening to go round and shoot folks rarely do the work. Hut the saddest consideration is that Black or Evans could shoot Lyon, Christenseu, or any other witness (hat should testify that these men had been guilty of K SySU'lll (II grill l, ill id (lieu 11 iu i would he a farce. There would he able lawyers that would rally to them and change the venue to a county easily worked. They could do their shooting on the streets when the other party was unarmed and there would be no danger of conviction. These men who are making the threats are well uware of that.?Carolina Spartan. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. B. Williams?Is announced as a candidate for appointment to the office of auditor of York county. Foushee C&sh Store?Offers bargains in iace curtains. Carroll Bros.?Set forth the merits of the Columbus buggy, for which there is a growing and steady demand. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Announces a special bargain sale of dress goods for Friday and Saturday next. Seven pounds roasted coffee for $1.00. \ orKvilie Hardware uo.?Has me Johnston line of mowers and rakes and wants every farmer contemplating such purchases to see it before buying. Thomson Co.?Direct attention to various seasonable fabrics that are now offered at special prices. Ladies* crushed leather and black silk bells. First National Bank?Gives Bon Franklin's outline of the roiid to wealth as "Be honest, work hard, save some." Withers Adickes, Mgr.?Offers some distinct bargains in hardware. Advises you to use Wilbur's cattle, hog and poultry powders. Yorkville Buggy Co.?Tells farmers that it has Deering cultivators in stock. They are labor savers and do excellent work. J. J. Keller & Co.?Say that their made-to-measure fly screens will keep out 90 per cent of the flies. York Drug Store?Calls the attention of mothers to the beneficial effects of using first-class talcum powders. York Supply Co.?Has iron roofflng, pine shingles, and a full supply of heavy groceries. J. C. Wilburn?Offers several more additional York county farms for sale. From the resolution passed by the executive committee of the York County Southern Cotton association, it would appear that Mr. Stewart's canvass of the county in the interest of that organization was not "even a circumstance." The dispensary caucus yesterday, and the announcement that there is to be an open conference, seems to confirm the correctness of the programme published in the Columbia Record some weeks back. The Record's programme it will be remembered gave Messrs. Stewart and Haile as the leaders of the movement. Mr. Stewart was to be chairman of the Democratic party of York county; but that did not come to pass. The next number on the programme was a conference to nominate dispensary candidates for the general assembly. The caucus looking to that conference was held yesterday. It is rumored that the proposed candidates have already been selected; but the announcement of their names will proba bly be left for the conrerence. MR. FINLEY IS SATISFIED. A correspondent of the Gaflfney Ledger recently nominated Hon. D. E. Finley as candidate for the United States senate to succeed Senator Tillman with whom the correspondent expressed great dissatisfaction. Mr. Finley has sent the editor of the Ledger the following reply, which appears in the Ledger of this morning: Dear Sir?In the last issue of your paper, received today by me, I find an article from one of your correspondents undertaking to show why Senator Tillman should not be returned to the senate, and suggesting my name. I regret the publication of the article. I am entirely satisfied with my present position; the work is agreeable. I have reached a position in the matter of committee assignment where I am able to do efficient work for the people I represent. I regret the publication, of the article for the reason that I know that Senator Tillman has made the state of South Carolina a faithful and efficient representative in the senate. During the present session he has had charge of the railway rate bill, and in this difficult and arduous worn ne nas acquitted himself with signal ability. In a material way he has secured more for the state of South Carolina in appropriation than has been secured by any one. The people of the state have a right to be satisfied with the high position he has attained in the United States senate, and I have no doubt that he will succeed himself without opposition. I am a candidate for re-election to the house of representatives, and have not at any time had a thought of being a candidate for the senate. Yours truly, D. E. PINUB Y. POLITICAL CAUCUS. There was a political caucus in one of the upper rooms of the Allison building yesterday that caused no little interest among the curiously inclined. Among those present were Messrs. D. M. Hall. D. C. Clark. J. C. Blair, W. H. Stewart, J. R. Halle, H. E. Nell. W. H. Wlndle, C. P. Blankenship, and perhaps a dozen others. Inquiries as to the details of the meeting failed to de velop any satisfactory information but late in the afternoon one of the participants handed The Enquirer the following: "Something Doing. " Quite a large number of the friends and admirers of Senator B. R. Tillman were in Yorkvllle on salesday and some steps looking to the calling of a conference in the near future; to follow the example of the celebrated "March Convention of 1890," and suggest four good strong men for the house i.: the coming primary, 011 the Tillman platform. Some committees were appointed to canvass the situation, and report to an open conference to be held in the court house. The following preamble and resolution was adopted: Whereas, we are aware that the approaching primary is to be held in August to elect county and state officers, and whereas, the Hon. B. R. Tillman has always been a faithful public servant of the people for the past sixteen years and in that time he has proven himself a man of distinguished ability, therefore Whatever he advocates or brings before the people in this election we propose to endorse. We will vote for men in the coming primary advocating Tillman and his platlorm, believing this to be for the gocd of our country. THE KILOWATT HOUR. The coming of electricity into this section makes timely almost any information obtainable as to this most useful commodity, and as consumers of electricity will have to do with kilowatts, it will be of especial interest to them to know what the kilowatt hour is. The following from the Inland Printer is authentic and conpreh? nsive: The kilowatt is the unit by which the quantity of electricity consumed is reckoned and upon this measurement the price of electricity is fixed. The kilowatt hour is the rate of consumption per hour. Kleetricity is not obtained from hantl to hand in the market like Deer or potatoes. It is not loaded in cars and transported like coal. It is not measured by the pound, gallon or foot. The method of its measurement comes nearest to that of human labor, which brings in the element of time. The price of electricity is estimated by time and by the additional factor of intensity. it is these two combined which make up the kilowatt hour. In not a few respects electricity is like water. If we pump water to a certain height, we do work. When the water falls from this height it, in turn, performs other work?turns a wheel. If the water descends fiom a height of 10 feet and discharges lno gallons a second, then 10x100 equals 1,000 gives us the water power, and when water power is sold, this s the way it is measured. Now, there are 3.600 seconds in an hour, and if the water falls on a turbine for five hours a day there will be 5x3,600 equals 18,000 seconds. This multiplied by 1,000 (water power) gives 18 000,000 as the quantity of water power consumed in five hours. In precisely the same way the quantity of electric power?which determines the price?is estimated. The steam engine supplies the energy to the dynamo (pumps It in); the dynamo delivers the electric energy, and the pressure under which the electricity is moved corresponds to the height of the falling water. The intensity, that is, the pressure under which the electricity moves, is called the volt, from Volta. a distinguished Italian electrician. The strength of the current is measured by amperes, so named from a distinguished physicist. The product of the pressure and the current per second gives us the ampere-volt, the work performed by the current In one second. Thus, if the volt is 100 and the ampere 10, then 100x10 equals 1,000 ampere-volts. Now the product of one volt and one ampere Is one watt and 1,000 watts (ampere x volts) Is a kilowatt, from the fact that In the metric system kilo means 1,000. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The salesday crowd yesterday was unusually small. ? The rain fall of Saturday afternoon, according to the records kept by Mr. J. R. Schorb, aggregated eight-tenths of an inch. ? The only auction sale before the court house door yesterday was that advertised by the clerk, who sold for partition, the Miss Elala James property at the Intersection of Cleveland avenue and California, street. The property was bought by Mr. W. T. Moore for $1 000. ? It would seem that Dr. J. B. Bowen of the York Drug Store is having unusually bad luck in the installation of the handsome mirror that belongs to his splendid new soda fountain. The first mirror, the one that came with the fountain originally, was smashed all to pieces at the depot. Then another mirror was ordered. It came last week and to the great regret of the doctor It also was found to have been broken "in transit. These mirrors are understood to be worth about $250 each. ? The fire department made the first test of the new electric pump last Friday afternoon. It works to perfection and seems to develop at least one hundred per cent more efficiency than the old pump. To fill the standplpe with the old pump required about five hours. The new pump will do the trick In about two hours. With four nozzles playing at one time last Friday It seemjed that all had as much force as if only one were playing and the pump being at work during the practice there was a continual overflow of the standpipe. It requires about 75-horsepower to start the pump and about 50-horsepower to keep it going. BOGUS PENSION AGENT. In the police court this morning a negro indicted under the name of John Hogan, or Dogan, with half a dozen other aliases, plead guilty of the charge of carrying a concealed pistol in violation of an ordinance of the town of Yorkvllle, and was sentenced by Mayor Hart to pay a fine of $40 or to go to the chaingang for thirty days. The negro was before the court on three different charges, viz: petit larceny, carrying concealed pistol and resisting an officer. He was actually guilty in all three cases; but only the concealed weapon charge could be sustained legally, and the other charges were dropped. The negro's trouble grew out of an attempt to work the slave pension fraud on some ex-slaves in Yorkvllle and the facts are atyout as follows: During last night a wellknown local negro woman named Malinda Witherspoon came to Chief of Police Sanders with a story to the effect that during the afternoon a negro man representing himself as an agent of the erovernment had called at her house ana advised her thai the government owed her husband $ 1.500 and herself $700 back pension Dy reason of their having been so many years in slavery, and he was there to fix up the papers so they could get their money. His fee was $15; but he agreed to take $6, all the money she had, as payment In full, and assured her that another agent would be along next week to pay over the money, make arrangements for a year's rations, build a fence around the house and confer other benefits. He also told Malinda not to tell the white people as they were opposed to the negroes getting pensions. She gave up her money but afterward began to make inquiries of other exslaves and finding they were not in the same kind of luck, grew uneasy and went to the policeman to make further investigation. Chief Sanders proceeded at once to the depot where he understood the negro was to take the Southern train for Rock Hili, and asked for an explanation for the trouble between himself and Malinda. Hugan was not disposed to talk; but tried to move off. Chief Sanders grabbed him by the coat, and Hogan reached for his pistol. The chief had his own revolver at Hogan's head in an instant, and Mr. Ottman Rose grabbed the negro's arm. A search of Hogan's pocket disclosed an ivory handled revolver, loaded all around and a box of cartridges. Before the trial this morning, Hogan secured the services of Thos. F. MeDow, Esq.. and he managed to quash ' * i-? a I /I !nt t o a a I HVO COUUIS ui me Iiiuituiiciii uo ?. ready stated, the resisting an officer count on the ground that the officer had no warrant, and the petit larceny count on the ground that actual offence, admitting the facts as charged to be true did not come within the statutory definition of larceny. The concealed weapons charge was proven so thoroughly as to leave no room for contradiction. The alleged fraud committed by the negro in representing himself as an agent of the government in the matter of securing pensions for ex-slaves is not within the jurisdiction of the town; but a matter for a new proceeding before a United States commissioner. ABOUT PEOPLE. Master William Drakeford is visiting relatives in Fort Mill. Mrs. W. B. Cauthen and children of Piedmont, are visiting Mrs. Janie Parish. Miss Janie Atkinson of Lowryvllle, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ferguson. Miss Denle Jenkins of Charleston, Is visiting the family or her uncle, Mr. Geo. \V. S. Hart. Mr. Barron I). Kennedy returned last week from Rome, S. C., where he has been teaching school. Miss Amelia Kennedy of Yorkville, has been elected to a position as teacher in the Laurens city schools. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen left last Saturday for Anderson, where they will spend sometime with relatives. Miss Agalice McCaw returned home last week from Randolph-Macon college in Virginia, for the summer vacation. # 1 Messrs. R. B. Lowry and Neff Louthian have taken positions with the Yorkville office of the Southern Express company. J Misses Louise and Harrie Hopkins of Lincolnton, N. C., spent last night s with Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen on their way to Camden. Judge J. H. Hudson of Bennettsville, came over from Rock Hill Saturday afternoon and spent the night with Mr. and G. H. O'Leary. Cadets Ernest Stroup and W. G. White, Jr., have returned to their homes from the C. M. A. at Rock Hill, , for the summer vacation. Mr. L. R. Williams, and Misses Bessie Williams and Nannie Grist are attending the commencement exercises at Winthrop this week. Messrs. Geo. L. Riddle and M. L. Carroll left yesterday morning on a visit to Mr. Riddle's sister, Mrs. M. J. Clark, at Dandridge, Tenn. Miss Jennie McClain, formerly of Yorkvllle was a member of the graduating class of the Camden Graded school, which graduated last Thursday. Mr. Arthur Wlnget who has been with the Thomson Co., since its organization, left Monday to take a position with the John F. Love company of Gastonla. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Witherspoon of Cross Hill, Laurens county, are in Yorkvllle visiting friends and relatives, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon. Senator and Mrs. J. S. Brlce have a very sick child, and the senator has been close at its bedside during the past few days. He was not up town yesterday. Postmaster J. D. Gwln of Clover, was in Yorkvllle yesterday, having come down as he put it "to make ob servations." It was ttie tirst time tnai Mr. Gwin had been to Yorkville In Ave years, and he noted numerous improvements. He said that there had been no rain at Clover for quite a while and it was very dry when he left, but the local prophets had promised rain during the afternoon and he supposed it would be all right. In the personal mention that appeared in this column last Friday of Mr. W. M. Jones of Uvalde county, Texas it was stated that Mrs. Jones had been dead for some years. This, It appears, was a mistake, arising out of the misunderstanding of a question. Mrs. Jones is still living with her family and Is enjoying very good health. Sparftanburg Journal: Mrs. R. H. Reid of Reldvllle, died at her home Sunday. Mrs. Reid was well known in Spartanburg city and county. She was the wife of Rev. R. H. Reid and a noble Christian woman. She was the mother of Whltner Reid, Rev. Palmer Reid and Mrs. Ella Smith. The funeral services were conducted at Nazareth church Monday afternoon. Her age was seventy-five. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st ---- "A 13D t i or 91.4 V. Mail for "No. 97." Washington special df Thursday to the News and Courier: Through the efforts of Representative Finley the postoffice department has ordered the establishment of railway mall service on the Carolina and North-Western from Chester to Lenoir, and on the Southern railway from Rock Hill to Klngville. Under this arrangement an additional car and a postal clerk will be placed on each road and in consequence mall facilities will be materially expedited. Death of Mrs. N. M. Simpson. Mr. S. B. Lathan of Chester, passed through Yorkvllle iast Saturday on his way home from Sharon where he had been attending the funeral of his sister, Mrs. N. M. Simpson, who died at the home of Mrs. M. A. Garvin, another sister, on Friday. Mrs. Simpson was about seventy-five years o' age. and was a sister of the late R v. Dr. Robert Lathan. Her surviving brothers and sisters are Mr. S. B. Lathan of Chester; Mr. W. J. Lathan of Blackstock; Mr. D. W. Lathan of Troy, Tenn.; Mrs. M. A. Garvin of Sharon, and Mrs. M. E. Wylie of Gastonia. Dump Car Accident. Mr. George H. Smith, sectlonmaster on the C. & N.-W. railroad between McConnellsville and Lowryville, was badly hurt last Friday afternoon as the result of a rear end collision between two dump cars. Exact particulars have not been obtainable; but It appears that Mr. Smith had been ordered down to do some work In the vicinity of Chester and was returning home.' , Another dump car going In the same direction ran into his car and he was thrown cut. He was badly bruised about the head and body, so badly in fact that for a time it was thought that he had been killed. Dr. W. M. Love gave him such attention as he seemed to require at the time and he was afterward taken to the hospital ( in Chester for further attention. Dr. Lathan's Library Burned. The splendid library of the late Rev. Dr. Robert Lathan, long known as Including one of the finest private collections of books to be found In the south, is no more. It was destroyed by flre on May 17th. The facts were recited by Rev. W. C. Ewart last Sunday morning In connection with a request for assistance for Rev. T. B. Stewart in whose possession the library was. Rev. Mr. Stewart married Dr. Lathan's eldest daughter, Miss Annie I., who died about three years ago. The library was a part of Mrs. Stewart's possessions. Mr. Stewart is pastor of Back Creek church In Mecklenburg county. The parsonage which his family was occupying and which contained the library, caught tire on the 17th and was burned with its contents. Practically nothing was saved. In this collection there were numerous rare volumes, some of the books being each one of a half dozen or less of some particular edition known to exist. One particularly rare volume was Tarleton's Memoirs; but this was only one among many equally valuable. There were also scores of old unpublished manuscripts that the doctor had collected while searching for historical and other material, and also a number . nt hlv! ' own. Among these later manuscripts was a continuation of the history of South Carolina from the war of the Revolution up to the civil war. Though the library was not for sale and would not have been sold at any price, it was worth thousands of dollars in cash. ? Mr. John Ferguson of Greenville counts, was gored to death last Thursday by an infuriated Guernsey bull, of which he was the owner. Mr. Ferguson was about sixty-five years of age. He was formerly in the mercantile business in Greenville and sold large quantities of goods. He retired from the mercantile business a few years ago and has since devoted much attention to the raising of blooded stock. ? Sumter June 1: John Purdy, a young son of Judge R. O. Purdy. was bitten by a rattlesnake this morning while playing in the woods near town. 1 At the time he was looking up Into a r tree, when he heard the rattle of a t snake and in a moment the fangs of I the reptile were fastened in his leg. i He hastened to the nearest house where a whisky was given and a physician a summoned. The doctor regarded him a as out of danger late this afternoon. . The many friends of the family were 'I greatly disturbed until assured that I the bite was not fatal. 11 ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. I ' I Winthrop Commencement?Rock Hill [ Railway Company?Other Notes. j Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Knqutrer. < Rock Hill. Jiwk 4.?The tenth 1 commencement of Wlnthrop college Is now in progress. A large number of visitors from all parts of the state are in attendance, many of them being former students in the institution. The exercises were begun Sunday morning at 11 o'clock when Rev. D. G. Phillips of Atlanta, Ga., a gifted young minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, preached the annual sermon before the Young Women's Christian association. His text was from II Timothy, 1:6, ' a*i.. ..r, ?ha orift nf rind that Is within thee." and his sermon was a gem. The Baccalaureate In the evening preached by Rev. Geo. B. Eager of Louisville, Ky., was also a magnificent one. His subject was "Finding and Finishing one Work," and his text was from John 1:34. Monday the different departments were open for inspection and were thronged the whole day. The exhibits in the industrial department were very interesting to the visitors. Tuesday evening with appropriate exercises the Carnegie Library was dedicated. Tuesday the Alumnae Reunion will be held and In the afternoon the Daisy Chain procession will be given. In the evening the address to the graduating class will be made by Dr. David M. Ramsey of Charleston, and sixtyone young ladles will receive their diplomas. There have In the last three months been a number of rumors, more or less authentic, anent the coming of a connecting link between Rock Hill and the Seaboard R. R. A number of business men of the city got together today, discussed the situation thoroughly and decided that the way to get the road surely is to plank down the cash and build it. The result of this is the subscription on the spot of 365,000, part of it paid in already, toward the building of the Rock Hill railway whose capital will be 3125,000. The projected road will connect with the Seaboard at a point known as Spencers between Catawba Junction and Harmony station. Mjv W. S. Lee, Jr. of the Southern Power company was present at the meeting and made a subscription of (10,000. The following gentlemen subscribed 15.000 each: John G. Anderson, T. L. Johnston, W. J. Roddey, J. M. Cherry, C. W. F. Spencer, W. L. Roddey. R. T. Fewell, J. R. Earron, Jno. T. Roddey, Ira B. Dunlap and J. B. Johnson. There are others who will do their duty in the matter, it Is well understood that the farmers living on the projected route will be reasonable In the matter of right of way. Capt. W. L. Roddey who was chairman of the meeting was appointed to take deeds in the matter of these rights oi way. Mr. C. W. F. Spencer was '("'.d secretary and Mr. Ira B. Dunlap treasurer. The Catawba Male Academy of wh'ch Rev. D. J. Brlmm, D. D.. is the head master, held its closing exercises today at the school and in Frledheim's hall. The military exercises began this afternoon and there was quite a good crowd of visitors from the city and around, at the parade ground. The pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city was doubly honored by his Alma Mater, Davidson college, at the commencement last week. He Is now Rev. Doctor Waiter t. T.lnelp and is Dresldent of the board of trustees of the college. He Is perhaps the youngest man who has ever had the latter honor conferred upon him. Dr. Llngle was to have preached the Baccalaureate at the College for Women at Columbia Sunday evening but was prevented by the critical condition of his mother who is expected to pass away at any moment. Dr. Llngle Is at her home near Salisbury, N. C. AS THE GOVERNOR SEES IT. Chief Executive Thinks Black Should Be Removed. After a thorough investigation of the circumstances connected with the Black-Lyon incident, Governor Heyward made up his mind that Mr. Black should be removed from office, the only question being whether or not removal came within the jurisdiction of the governor. Before taking action, therefore, his excellency on last Friday addressed to the attorney general the following letter: "Dear Sir: It has been reported to me as governor of the state that on Friday, May 25th, Mr. John Black, a director of the state dispensary, made a threatening attack upon Mr. J. Fraaer Lyon, a member of the investigating committee of the dispensary. A communication from this committee, addressed to me, was received at my office Saturday morning, the 26th Inst., containing a transcript of the testimony given by Mr. Lyon, detailing the circumstances of the affair. With this formal action of the committee before him, my secretary, Mr. Norment, referred the correspondence to your office during my absence. "The first knowledge I received of this incident was through the newspapers while at Walterboro, and almost immediately afterwards the Hon. W. B. Gruber, one of the attorneys for Mr. Black, requested me to take no decisive action in the matter until an opportunity was given for Mr. Black's side of the case to be heard. "This formal request was made on the ground that the conduct of Mr. Black concerned private and personal affairs not in any way connected with the official duties of his office, and that the governor therefore had no power to remove him?even granting that he would have the power to do so in a proper case. "In order tnat no injustice migni dc done, and for the further reason that I as governor of the state believed it to be my duty to act within the law, assurance was given that I would not condemn a man without giving him the privilege of appearing In his own defense. Mr. Black's attorneys appeared before me today. "From Mr. Lyon's statement submitted to the committee, it appears that a grave offense was committed against the peace and dignity of the state, in that the life of a member of the inves- ; tigating committee was threatened, i while in the discharge of his duties, by i ane of the highest officials of the state dispensary, the affairs of which institution he was then investigating In ac- i cordance with an act of the general assembly of South Carolina. "My impulse is to follow the suggestion of the committee and remove Mr. I Black from his office as a rebuke for I such behavior on the part of one hold- I i lg so important an office. "I herewith hand you ail of the pa- 1 pers in this case. In addition to the I I a pers from the committee which you ilready have in your possession, you 1 will find also the points made in argu- < ment by Mr. Black's attorneys, in which it is urged, among other things, i that the facts and circumstances do I iot show sufficient cause for removal. "To the end that I may act within I the law, and in order that the commit- I tee may be fully protected, I request ' that you give me your opinion as to my 1 luthorit.v as governor in the premises. : For these reasons permit me to direct rotir careful attention to the followng inquiries, to each of which I beg 1 :hat you give me categorical replies: < "First: What offense or offenses are ' 'harged or implied by the facts and < drcumstances disclosed. "Second: Are any of the offenses charged such as. if sustained, will ( egally authorize the governor to ex- | >rcl?e the power of removal? . "You will understand the necessity i >f prompt action, and I trust that you | vill kindly file your opinion as soon as , possible in order that I may act. . "Respectfully yours, D. C. Hetward, j "Governor." { . i MERE-MENTION. Six men entered the office of the t Deering Harvester Machine company ( it Riga. Russia, last Friday, shot the t ashler and rifled the safe..,.The peo- l ice of Portland. Oregon, report infor- i nation of a large band of Russian an- t irchists at that place and allege the f inarchists are perfecting plans for the I issassination of President Roosevelt, s Representative Longworth and s iride, Miss Alice Roosevelt, sailed for $ Curope last Saturday Lieutenant i Ferdinand Williams of the United t States army was killed at Annapolis last Friday by the accidental discharge of a revolver In the hands of the first sergeant of his company who was engaged In target practice An agent i>f the Atlantic Coast Line is under Indictment at Oaln< svllle, Fla., for bribing grand jurors by giving them whisky The Dem jcrats of Tennesst-e have nominated Malcolm R. Patterson, at present in congress, as their candidate for governor As the result of a race riot at Cananea, Mexico, last Friday some thirty or forty Mexicans and five or six Americans were killed. The place is Just across the line from Arizona and American no utortoH fnr tho anonu hilt thPV were Rtopped by orders from Washington Fourteen men have been arrested on account of the recent Wadesboro lynching arid the understanding is that a special term of the court will be held in an adjoining county to try them... .Senator Arthur P. Gorman died at his home in Washington yesterday The government crop report issued yesterday put the general average condition at 84.# and <. tlie total acreage at 28,686,000 acres, or 6.2 per cent tocrease as compared with the total estimated acreage last year. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Greenville News: Because, as her complaint fully recites, Greenville county left on one of its public roads "heaps of earth, the same being about two feet high and about four feet long, and being about as large as a cow lying down," Miss Florence Babb, by her guardian ad litem H. T. Babb. is suing the county for damages In the sum of 81,000, alleging that the mule drawing a wagon In which she was riding to church took fright at one of these "cow-like" mounds and ran away, throwing her out and causing permanent Injury to her arm from a compound fracture. Her complaint was filed yesterday in the common pleas court by Attorney B. M. Shuman The grounds of the action are rather unusual and the case was the general topic of conversation among courthouse officials yesterday. ?^411~ ** 1. U.i/laAn ? urccmfiuc uuiic a. jur ia uuova and^Avlfe were burned to death at WHTnalla, in the extreme northwestern comer of the state, at 3 o'clock this morning. They were hving with Louis ? Oantrell In West Union, a suburb of the town, and occupied a room on the second floor of the large dwelling. It was impossible to reach Hudson and his wife and the only chance was to arouse them from without Stones were hurled against the windows of the room, but neither of the young people appeared at the window, all other escape having been cut off by that time. Hours later their charred remains were found In the ruins. Hudson was employed at the Oconee Ktiltting mill. The origin of the Are Is not known, and further particulars could not be learned here this after- , noon. An inquest was held, but It threw no additional light on the terrible tragedy. ? Spartanburg June 1: The death of J. H. Zimmerman, which occurred at his home at Cedar Springs this morning, Is proving a puzzle to physicians and is worthy of the attention of those who hold belief in the influence that mind exerts over physical man. Mr. Zimmerman's death was due to the sting of a bee, received yesterday morning. When the bee alighted on Mr. Zimmerman's ear and left his ha oallaH mit In nnln and his wife hastened to him. He walked about ten feet and fell in an unconscious condition from which he never rallied, though everything known to the attending physicians was done tp sustain life. Mr. Zimmerman, it appears, lived in mortal dread of bees and on several occasions when stung, took to his bed and remained several weeks. The fear of bees seemed to prevail at all times and when he was stung yesterday he seemed gt ondfe to abandon hope of recovery. * ? Marlon, May 30: MV. M. Manheim, former dispenser at Marlon,' was before United State Commistfoner J. 8. Moore of Bennettsville, this morning on the charge of violating the United States revenue law against selling liquor without a license, and bound over to the United States court in Charleston next week. Since the dispensary closed Mr. Manheim has, It Is said, been conducting a regular business of soliciting orders for a North Carolina house for liquor and receiving the pay for the same, at the time of taking the orders, but has not been delivering the liquor. In all cases the liquor has been shipped direct to the parties giving the orders. Since the opinion was rendera/1 hv ?ho a t tnrnpv nvn^rnl U)Vf>ml weeks ago to the effect that taking orders for liquor and receiving the money therefor at the time, was a violation of the state law against the sale of intoxicants, there has been considerable talk of tne town authorities prosecuting parties 'thus engaged, but so far they have taken no step in this direction. The action of the United States authorities in taking np the matter was a surprise. The warrant for Mr. Manheim was issued upon an affidavit made by Major J. D. McLucas, who was acting as a member of the executive committee of the Marion Law and Order League. This is the first visible fruit of the work of the League, which was organised here several weeks ago. The hearing was held in the court house this morning, and jS'"' the witnesses used were men of the highest type of citizenship. They all testified to having given orders for whisky to the accused and paying him for the same. Mr. Manheim admitted willingly the truth of the testimony. He claims that he has the legal right, under the United States Inter-state commerce law to take orders as he has been doing for whisky, to be shipped In from another state; that others have always done the same thing openly, even during the time while the dispensary was in operation here. So far as Is known there has not been a case tried in this state before similar to this, and the outcome will be watched with considerable Interest. The Prohlbltlnnloia /*1q im that fho Hrlnlrinff tvf whisky could be greatly curtailed If the practice of soliciting orders for liquor can be prevented. "Uneasy Rests the Head.?The American envoy to the royal wedding. Frederick W. Whltridge, and his suite had an opportunity for a brief conversation with King Alfonso during the reception at the palace Saturday night. When the conversation naturally turned to the attempt on the king and queen, King Alfonso shrugged his shoulders and calmly said* "Yes. fortunately it was unsuccessful. but it will come again. It may be any time, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps within a month, perhaps within & year, but it will come." As King Alfonso and Queen Victoria hurried within the castle after the attempt was made to assassinate them, the former's nerves were completely unstrung, and. turning to Queen Victoria, her dress spattered with blood, he exclaimed: "Why did I bring you to this country? It was wrong: you never should come here." Then the queen's mother and one of the Infantas calmed the overwrought nerves of the king. A gala performance was given tonight at the opera after a remarkable interruption. It was discovered Saturday night that one ticket for the performance was missing. The entire issue was cancelled and new tickets of i different color were given out. The change was considered imperative to guard against the possibility of' I he missing ticket giving access to the jpera house of a person who might throw a bomb. Trifd to Kna Kino Aljvmcso.?It developed that twenty-four men, women and children were killed as the re suit of the bomb outrage In Madrid the other day, and one of the principal perpetrators of the outrage is lead by his own hand. The suicide is i Catalonian named Manuel Morales, rhe bomb was thrown from the balco. ny of a hotel and after that fact was iscertalned the proprietor told of a nan who had rented a room some days jefore and gave a minute description )f him. Saturday night a watchman )f the town of Torrejon de Ardos, some iistance out of Madrid, began to make iome inquiries of a suspicious characer who had entered the station. The nan had a bruised finger and a conusion of the forehead. He was disguised as a worklngman but did not ook the part. On his refusal to aniwer questions, the watchman lnitructed a guard to arrest him. The juard did so. and the stranger drew a jlstol and shot the guard dead. Then he villagers collected in a body and