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ESTABLISHED IN 18' A RIGHTEOUS VERDICT. THE CHICAGO ANARCHIST ADJUDGED GUILTY OF MURDER. rple*, Pantoiut, Schwab, Flelilen, r'ischer, England anil Linns: to be Hangei!? Neebe to Serve Flftoon Years in the Penitentiary?Wholesale Arrests of An archist Henceforth the Order. Chicago. August 20.?There were a number of rumors afloat this morning about the jury in the anarchists' case, but there were uo meaus of accurately determining any of these rumors, and tmtil the verdict was given at 10 o'clock no absolute credence could be giveu to any of them. The twelve jurymen re mained in their rooms at the Revere House, just across the street from the criminal court room. About this build ing "were a large number of police to prevent any attempt to break in upon the privacy of the jury. In front of ihe ? main entrance of the Court House were thirty police, and three lines of police aud court bail ill's had to be encountered before auy one could approach the court room. At 9 o'clock there were twenty police in uniform in the court room and several press representatives. The court officials decided that rela tives of the prisoners should be allowed in the court room, and at 9:25 o'clock a sister of Spies, with another young wo mau, made her appearance. She moved as though she would proceed to the close proximi ty of the chairs heretofore occu pied by the prisoners, but was motioned to seats on the opposite side of the court room, iu the rear of the line of police officers, thus indicating that the prisoners were not to bo surrounded by their advisers. Shortly afterward the mother of Spies, accompanied by a younger son. also entered the court room, and look seats on the back benches. The jury left their hotel at 9:1G o'clock, and under the guidance of ten bailiffs took their way to the court house und were conducted to another room immediately adjoining the main court room. At 9:20 Mrs. Parsons entered the court room, with her reticule, accom panied by the woman who has attended her throughout the trial. She was given a scat between two policemen and with two policemen immediately in her rear. Whether this precaution was to guard against any extraordinary exploit m the court room or not of course it is not known, and the seat accorded the female anarchist was deemed significant. By 9:30 the crowd in the court room numbered about one hundred, but was still composed, with the exception of the persons named, of the police, court bail - iff and press representatives. Mrs. Black,'rt-ife of the "chief coiu.'sel forjme prisoners, who has been in court daily, proceeded to take her former seat near the prisoners, but was requested to take a seat on the opposite side of the court room. Mrs. Black remarked to a news paper reporter, us she laid down her package of newspapers: "Well, they say it has all gone against our men. They take it very well, though; they seem to expect it." The Sheriff refused to allow any oue to see the prisoners, aud no one has been permitted to enter the jail since the case was given to the jury. The tremendous interest taken in the outcome of the trial aud the finding of the jury was illustrated by the crowd which gathered in front ot the court house to await the announcement. "Nearly two thousand people gathered on Washington street, in front of the main entrance to the buliding, gazing up at the windows. Judge Gary arrived at 9:47. Almost at the same moment Captain Black and Mr. Zciler. completing the quartette of the defendents' counsel, arrived. Captain Black remarked to his wife, when he entered : "I have just had a talk with the prisoners. They have seen the papers and know what the prob able outcome is." "They will laugh at death," said the attorney, with a half tragic air. He declared they would show no excitement. Quite a number of attorneys were allowed to come within the railing, which served to give the room a somewhat more crowed appearance. The prisoners were brought into the court room at 9:52 o'clock and were seated at the Northeast corner of the court room on some side benches. The court was called to order at 9:54. The prisoners were observable to the eyes of but very few in the court room. They presented about their usual appear ance, though Spies and Fischer looked deathly pale. The jury arrived at 9:55. There was an impressive silence as they tiled in. When the jury appeared Judge ! Gary enjoined absolute silence. There ; was a whispered consultation between the Judge and the Clerk, when the ver dict was read as follows: "We, the jury, lind the defendents, I August Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel i Fieldeu, Albert K. Parsons. Adolph Fischer, George England and Louis1 Liugg, guilty of murder as charged in the indictment, and tlx the penalty at death. We find thedefendent Oscar. W. Neebe guilty of murder in the mauuer and form as charged in the indictment and fix the penalty at imprisonment in : the penitentiary for fifteen years." Captain Black asked that the jury be polled. The jury answered with firm ; voices. Captain Black said he would desue to ; make a motion for a new trial. State's Attorney Grinnell said it would be impossible to dispose of the motion during the present lerni, but by agree inent the motion could be argued at the September term. This was agreed to by the defense. Tlie court let the motion be entered and continued to the next term, and the de fendants were taken back to jail. Hardly bad the jury left the room when a pierccing shriek was heard, followed fje ffii j-_C0] m Glover JaQ 1. 'SC | go. OB by the heavy failing of the wife of Schwab to the floor, to whom the result of the wife of Schwab to the lloor. to whom the result of the verdict had been inter preted. She is also a sister ofSchrnubelt. the alleged bomb-thrower. She was carried out to the air by the police and : soon revived. Mrs. Parsons looked daggered as she j started to leave the court room, but niainlamcd a moderate degree of com posure. ! The crowd remained outside for an ' hour after the reading of the verdict, j It is understood that the authorities I now contemplate the immediate arrest i of all persons even indirectly connected I with the Haymarket tragedy for con spricy. and that in this knowledge many j of the active leaders, hearing of the out i come, of the verdict, are preparing to leave the city. All the relations and personal friends ol the condemned anarchists immediately left the court room shortly alter the swooning of Mrs. Schwab. Mrs. Par sons and her female companion, after leaving the court room, returned and seated themselves by Gen. W. II. Par ' sous of Texas, a brother of one of the condemned. The trio discussed the out ! come among themselves. The prisoners were conveyed through ; the covered Iron way which leads from ; the court room to the jail, and were at ^once placed in the "cage," a small com partment near the entrance to the jail, [ which is heavily barred and very com ? pletely covered with a thick wire net ting. They were joined there shortly j by their attorneys, who extended to (them what encouragement was in their ; power of relief by an appeal. Spies had divested himself of his coat, and i seemed to be the most thoroughly com j posed of the eight. He declined to con j verse with anyone but bis attorneys, but i it is stated that he had a premonition ' that his fate was sealed. England, who has maintained a very 1 quiet air throughout the trial, appeared j to be the most throughly depressed one ? of the lot. He sat on a bench, with Ins hands clenched in front of him, looking afar. He did not even look up to* re spond to a remark from one of Ins com panions. Lingg, the young bomb-maker, walked about the cage somewhat nervouly, and would not respond to a salutation by a newspaper representative, lie has lost his smile, and be displayed the effect of the excitement of the ordeal of the morn ing by a complete loss of color. Parsons, who bad given himself uj? for trial, looked disconcerted and broken ilowu, but joined at intervals in ques tions directed at the attorneys. Fischer, who had looked" very badly during the trial, haying an almost nbso lutelyscplorles3 face, had in a measure recovered himself,-ifcnd"smoked a cigar i as he listened to the interchange of views between counsel and Spies. I Fielden. the Englishman, sat on a box j at the side of England and offered very j little comment during the. talk. Schwab stood near Spies, taking in the conversation, but offered no remark. Xeebe, who was given fifteeu years in the penitentiary, was throughly coin posed, as though he was gratified thai he had escaped the death penalty. The excitement of the crowd in front of the court house was something intense while the verdict was being awarded. There was none of the joking and laugh ing that is heard on the only other occa sion that brings a mob to stand without these dreary walls?the execution of a convicted criminal. Each man seemed to be holding his breath, and such con versations as were held were iu a low tone and related solely to'the one topic ?the probable conviction of the eight j prisoners who were waiting for the hour I whieliwas to mean life or death to them. ; There* was n'cordon of police stretched j along the sidewalk iu front of the outer stairs of the building. A dozen blue coats mingled with the crowds, and more stood guard over the little gate in the alley that leads to the jail yard. Detec tives and policemen iu citizens' clothes were evrywhere to be seen. There was also a regular guard at the street en trance to the building, aud a deputy sheriff and two officer were stationed on the iron stairway leading to the court room A young man. hatless and with his coat! j buttoned up tight around him, stood at j the door of the Court House. He had 1 j no sooner beard the verdict than lie J pushed himself down the clanging iron stairs, and rushing up to one of the olli-i , cers at the door, breathlessly yelled:' ' "They hung seven!" Those in the front : ranks of the crowd beard the words and ; they gave a cheer, and the rest of the \ waiters took up the hurrah when the I news was communicated to them, and repeated it many times over. It sound-1 ed like a knell" to the prisoners, but it was an assurance to the tired jurors of! what they must have almost known all' along?that the interest of Chicago in j the trial bad not abated since the morn-1 ing of May ?. At 2 o'clock tins afternoon it large force of police was gathered at the Chi- , cago avenue police station, under the I command of Captain Schaack, and a lit-j tie later Chief Ebersold arrived. It is a current rumor around town that the police have a list containing the names of nearly 30U persons who were engaged in the anarchist conspiracy, and that wholesale arrests will henceforth be I the order. \ Smita Anna** Son Commits Sulchle. Havana, August 14.?Seldom have there been so inauy suicides in this city in seven days a* there have been during j the past week. The greater number of I the suicides belonged to the upper j classes. The most remarkable case is ; that of Don Jose Lopez Santa Anna, a : wealthy Mexican, who shot himself j through the bead. He was Co years of ! age and was a son of the well-known i General Santa Anna, who was President I of Mexico. AXGEI5UKG, S. C, THTT A FLOATING OHIO HORROR. Experience ?f Two Fever-Stricken Kanil 11 es in :i Hont. An Evausville, Indiana, special of Sunday, ihc 15th inst, tells the following sad story: Township Trustee Spreget was notilied.that his services were wan-, ted at the river. He was directed to a small family boat lying near the water-' works. The craft was a nondescript vessel and bore evidences of hard usage, j Its bow was staved in and nearly the en tire roof was blown oil'. The cabin of. j the boat was about ten feet long and : I twelve leet wide, and in this miserable, j cooped up box were twelve persons.: ' whose every appearance was an evidence j j of pinching and gaunt poverty. Hol- j j lowed eyed, emaciated, aud with scarcely ? I a rag ol covering, they lay upon the j bare, dark floor of the boat, huddled to i gelber, and all contending with malarial j fever In the midst ol them lay the I dead body of a woman, partially de j composed. O vor this a piece of rag carpet had been thrown, the living occupants" being too ill to move the body. The trustee at once sent for patrol wagons and removed the sufferers to the hospital, \ and then an inquest was held, a verdict j of death from malarial fever being ren jdcred. George Bush, one of the oecu ? {Mints ol the boat, was seen at the hospital : to-night. lie was very ill, but able to ' give a clear narrative of the terrible and sickening experience to which they had ' been subjected. The story was as : follows: Until three weeks ago George and ' John Bush, brothers, were farmers in j Mcado County, Ky.. about twelve miles j from the mouth of the Salt river. Their land was poor, and it was with much difficulty that they obtained sufficient food to keep the wolf from the door. They finally determined to try to better their condition further West. To this end they constructed a small boat, and on Sunday, July 25, both families, con sisting of the brothers, their wives and nine children?thirteen in all?with their few belongings, embarked in the boat and started down the river. They reach ed the mouth of Salt river late Sunday night, and by Monday morning were in the Ohio. Two weeks ago to-day Xaucy Bush, aged fifty-seven, George's wife, was taken ill with malaria, aud not being able to procure necessary medicine, it soon developed into typhoid malaria. The other members were stricken down one by one, until finally all were helpless. lu this condition thev were overtaken on Thursday night by a heavy storm which tossed their craft about like an" eggshell, throwing them from one end of the boat to the other. Their possessions were all swept away by the waves and the roof taken oil".. During this fearful night Mrs. Bush suddenly grew worse*: and began pleading feebly for water,' which no one could give her, and just as dawn broke she died iu iuteuse suffering aud agony. All day long they drifted with the current., the hot sun beating down upon the little group of sufferers. The approach of darkness gave them some relief, but the overpowering thirst and hunger nearly deprived them of reason. This morning they had drifted nearly opposite the city, when some fish ermen saw the apparently teuantlcss boat aud boarded it, discovering the condi tion of its occupants. They secured their hues and ran the boat ashore, after which the authorities were notified. All the sick people arc being teuderly cared for to-mght* but hopes are only enter tained for six of them, the fatal aud fetid atmosphere, tainted with the corpse having had its effect upon the remainder.' Mrs. Bush has been buried and the boat burned. lilulnc Preparing to Wage "War. A New York World Washington special says: "Within the last two wee KS there have been sent from this city to the home of Mr.. Blaiuc a barrel of executive documents and ollicial communications from the president to congress, and such other matter as may I enable Mr. Blaine to inform himself of the action of congress and the gen eral workings of the administration. The meaning of this is that the Kenne* bee statesmen proposes to inaugurate au aggressive campaign against the ad ministration. Every pension veto and appropriation bill has long siuce been in the bands of Mr. Blaine. In writing for the documentary evidence he was partic ? ular to emphasize bis need of communi cations bearing upon the river and har bor appropriation bill, the surplus reso lution, the coinage, larifl'and oleomar garine cases, and tins Mexican and fishery troubles. To a friend, from whom he asked to have sent the literature. Mr. j Blaiuc wrote at some length relative to j the action of Secretary Bayard on the | imprisonment of Editor Cutting. Upon this subject, it is understood, Mr. Blaine will devote most of his attention, and' he will arraign the foreign policy of Mr. Cleveland's administration." Christian Unity. Rev. Dr. Lalhrop. pastor of the Bap tist Church at Stamford. Conn., having 1 offered his resignation, the pastors of the Episcopal. Congregational, Metho dist, L'niversalist and Roman Catholic Churches have requested him to recall it. \ This is one of the most remarkable in- i ! stances of Chirstian unity and sympathy on record. Flit her anil Son Hanged. Chicago. August 'j.?On Saturday j 1 evening. July 31st. at Bird's Eye, Indi ana, a man named Foultz was killed in-! ? stantly, and another, named Waller, was : ' so badly shot that he died last Saturday j night. They had been waylaid and shot by a man named Hodge and his sou, j who had a grudge against Waller. ; Foultz was killed merely because he was ! in Waller's company. On Saturday last ' after Waller's death, citizens of the I neighborhood hunted Hodge, father and I son. out of their hiding place in the I woods and hanged them. RSDAY, AUGUST 20, Ii I THE GALE OX THE GULF. A PEN PICTURE OF GALVESTON AFTER THE STORM. The Destruction Along the Bench?Dis trtNffit:the shelterless Poor? Appalling Lok* of Lifo :it Various Point?Many [ Millions or Dollars "Worth or Property Destroyed. Gal-vkstox, Texas, August -2.? As the wind freshened on Friday evening there were apprehensions that the night would be a repetition ol the night before. | but these wore away as the night ad-' vanced. By 10 o'clock the rain bad i ceasecj a?d the clouds bad broken away. J Families who bad been driven from their gomes by the rapid inroad of the ! Gulf's: waters the night before returned I to their water-logged bouses and began the work of repair, while hundreds of j othera, whose homes with all their i possessions had been swept away, sought1 much needed rest alter the" terrors ! through which they bad passed. The j morning broke clear and beautilul. The f waters, which had inundated one-half of the Eastern and Southern portions of the city to the depth of from one to seven, feetyhad subsided except in low places. | The beach and adjacent portions of the city for several blocks back from the shore presented a deplorable scene of havoc and desolation as far as the eye could see. The ruins ol hundreds of! houses, large and small, had been hurled and twisted into every shape, while brick ^pillars and wooden piling in every direction contiguous to the beach and exposed to the lull force of the gale indicated where happy homes bad sLood the flight before, but which were swal lowed up and destroyed in the maelstrom that then prevailed. All the pleasure resorts along the Gulf shore arc cither swept away or ruined. The plaza in j front of the Beach Hotel was lurrowed | by.$be force of the waves and piled with | debris, .while all the false work protee-j ting the foundation ol the hotel with the I fresh water tanks aud outbuildings was swept away aud deep furrows were cut under .the building itself. The menage rie, consisting of a long row of cages on Beachlawn, containing birds and animals was washed over aud broken, and many of the birds and animals were drowned or killed, while others made their escape. Among the animals that escaped were two Mexican lions, which were on the point of making things lively when they were shot by'the night watchman, who received a dangerous wound by a shot Of;lds assistant, accidentally, passing iurpjgh bis arm. The heaviest damage rorproperty occurred iu the vicinity of the Beach Hotel. The wide area devas tated by the water makes an approxinia' ^^?stininto of the amount of damage do?e somewhat difficult, but it is now estimated by close calculation that it will not-fall below 8500,000 and may exceed that. The street railways arc being repaired and travel resumed over some lines, but many mouths will elapse before all traces of the storm are effaced. The majority of the sufferers from the flood are of the poorer class of people. Mauy of them lost all they bad aud arc destitute and discouraged, being depen dent upon friends for temporary shelter and relief. Private charity has been active in providing for the relief of the sufferers. Much apprehension existed all day Friday as to the safety of the Sisters Orphange, five miles dowu the island ou the Gulf side, but it was reached yesterday and found to be in tact, the only damage being the wash ing away of the steps of the building. The body of Willie Brown, 11 years old. residing in the Western portion of the-city, who was drowned on Friday at the foot of Thirty-second street, was re covered at the foot of Forty-ninth street yesterday morning and was buried. This makes the tenth victim ol the storm. Messages by the buudred have been pouring into the city all day from rela tives and friends ol* the inhabitants ten dering aid aud sympathy. A special to the Xews from Corpus Christi says: u0n Friday morning one of the heaviest rain storms for years struck this city. The wind bad com menced blowing very bard from the Southeast the evening before and chang ed to Northwest between 5 and G o'clock in the morning. It blew with terrific j force for two hours, its velocity being j estimated at seventy-live miles an hour. | A large number cf bouses were moved from their foundations. A colored; church and the ollice of the Arkansas j Pass Hallway Company were complete-1 ly destroyed. Barge trees were uprooted j and fences aud outbuildings were swept away. It blew very bard yesterday from the Southeast. The steamer J. C. j Harris arrived yesterday noon, two days ! overdue, aud reports a terrible storm ! at Bockdorl and Harbor Island. AU i the improvements and grading at Har bor Island were washed away, several I boats were capsized aud one large vessel! was beached. At Bockport six houses j were blown oil' their foundation. About one buudred employees of the | Arkansas Pass I tail way Company were ; obliged to leave Harbor Island and.' seek refuge at Bockport, as the water j was six feet deep on the island Seven j men are missing and it is supposed they j were drowned during the storm. The amount of damage has not been estima- 1 ted, but the loss is heavy. A Seguin, Texas, special says: Thej damage" by the storm here is variously estimated at from $8,000 to $15,000. The Kecortl office was destroyed. The j new tower of the Episcopal Church was ' blown down and a large number of pub lic and private buildings were either de stroyed or badly damaged. Robert Jef ferson, a son of Colonel John L. Jeffer son, was killed at Sutherland Springs, and Garland Smith and Richard Burgess son of the Hon. \V. II. Burgess, were badly wounded. They were camping at the Springs antN^re injured by falling trees. A pauper living with John Fug S8(>. pric: land, across the river, died of fright during the storm. The cotton plant lias been whipped into shreds, but many persons believe thai it will take on u new growth and develop a top crop. The damage lias not vet been estimated. I but will be very heavy. j A lading. Texas, special says : On I Friday morning about daylight a terrific rain storm set in. which continued until 7 P. M.. causing great damage. Houses were blown from their foundations, trees were uprooted, fences blown down and cotton was stripped from the stalk and blown over the fields. No casualties are reported. A ilempsted, Texas, dispatch says that the storm did great damage to the I cotton grop. In the uplands the loss to the crop from the ravages of the wind and rain of Friday will be fuliy 15 per cent, A special from San Antonio says : The damage to tins city bv the terrific cyclone of Friday Is estimated at $2. 500,000. No loss of life has been re ported, and the work of reparation is already in progress. From the surroun ding country come reports that the cotton crop was seriously injured. The plant was blown down and the staple beaten out by the rain and wind. Passengers on the Arkansas Pass! railroad from Bccvilleand Florcsvillcj report great damage by the storm at both points. At Becvillc many houses j in course of construction were demolish-; cd and old ones were unrjofed or other wise injured. Two churches at Flores- j ville were completely runined. while sev- I eral stores and dwellings were damaged seriously. An aged couple, in attempt ing to cross a swollen stream in a wagon, j a quarter of a mile from Florcsvillc, ? were swept down the stream and the j woman was drowned. From Indianola comes the saddest news yet reported about the storm, i During the height of the storm the | Signal Office was blown down, carrying j with it Capt. I. A. Heed, the Signal Officer, and Dr. H. 14. Roscucrans, both of whom were lost. Fire broke out amoug the rums which extended for blocks on both sides of the street destroy ing thirteen houses, among which was Dr. Lewis's extensive drug establish ment. Dr. Lewis was in this building at the time it took fire. lie escaped being burned to death, but was subse quently drowned, his body being found yesterday. So far as can be learned the following is a complete list of white people iost: Captain I. A. Reed. Signal Officer: Dr. Crooker, Dr. II. Uosencrans, of Elgin, Illinois, formerly a resident of Indianola; Mrs. llodgc and two children of Dr. Hodge's family of Cuero; Mrs. Crooker of Austin, visi ting at Indinola with the Dodges; Mrs. Henry Sheppard; two childreu of Mrs. Luther of Corpus Christi; Dr. Davis Lewis, and an unknown German. Be sides the above, the bodies often color ed persons have been fonud. About five miles of track is washed away, rendering it impossible for trains to ap proach Indianola. There is much destitu tion among the poorer classes, who have lost everything they possessed. The depth of the water is reported as great as it was during the great storm of 1875, when Indianola lost nearly two hundred of her citizens, swept away. On Friday the Hood of water over the doomed town was so rapid that within two hours after the first apprehension were leit every street was submerged many feet. At San Antonio the loss to property is $500,000. At Florcsvillc the loss is $100,000. Never before was the lower Texas coast visited by so terrible and destructive a storm. It extended for two hundred miles inland, destroying thousand of houses and involving a pecuniary loss of many millions. Among the poorer alasses great desolation must ! prevail, as few were able to save any , considerable portion of their small pos f sessions from the general wreck. The [ entire crop of the present year is practi cally gone, and a vast deal of suflerlug [ must ensue, especially among the ne groes, most of whom are without means of any kind. It is feared that many! more people were drowned at Indianola. I The lower end of the peninsula is com- j pletly washed away. Many people arc I missing, and nothing definite can be learned until the angry waters recede. The storm came in the shape of a hurri- j cane. The waters of the Gulf rose, and in three hours the whole peninsula on I which Indianola is situated was under! ten feet of water. The total losses as j far as known, to Texas, from the Gulf ; storm areas follows: Human lives lost, I ."IS; loss (o crops, $1.000,000; loss to j city and town properly. Inn.Ouii; loss ( to shipping and harbor improvements.' $000,000. A Double Elopement. concord, X. II., August 14.?A double elopement, which occurred Th?rs- j day, is causing excitement here. The j parlies were George L. Maxain, George I W. Blake, conductor on the Concord I Railroad, Mrs. A. M. Dickcrman and J Mrs. iL T. Dickcrman. The four met I at Pcuaeokc and took the night train. | Maxani is married and has a son fifteen! years old. Blake is also married. Both! men took all the money they had leaving their families destitute. Killed for Call inj; a Man a Scoundrel. Tuskkukk, Ala., August 15.?I Sheriff A. S. Armstrong, brother of the j American Consul to Brazil, was shot, in front ol tlie postofT.ee in this city, by Ben ('. Thompson and died ten minutes later. When his body was | carried home his wife fainted aud has been in a condition bordering on insani- j ty every since. The murder is the re-1 suit of political excitement. Armstrong, j on meeting Thompson, called him a j scoundrel, whereupon the latter drew a revolver and tired two fatal shots. Mr. Morrison says he is confident that the next House will be Demoora* tic. E $1.50 PEE ANNUM. DROWNED IN THE SURF. AN AWFUL TRAGEDY AT JMEW BRIGH TON BEACH. Tin- Drowning of Two Estimable Voting Men on* Sullivan's Island Bench? De tails of the Sad ami Hear! rending Af fair?The I'atal Undertow. AVe clip the following from the Augusta Chronicle ol the 25th instant: Just one year ago to-day the Chronicle told the story of a terrible storm, when the lair lace of New Brighton bore the brunt of the elements. The whole of Sullivan's Island was submerged. The storm was efpial to the tidal wave of I?81 or the storm of 1854. During the storm, in which millions ot dollars of property was destroyed, it was of remarkable note that, through Divine Providence, not a death was recorded. Yet. yesterday, when all was calm and/ no danger dreamed of, Mr. Louis Lude kens, as was bis custom, went into the surf to enjoy the benefits of the invigo rating salt water. No particulars have reached us further than that, while in bathing. Mr. Ludekens was drowned in sight of the New Brighton Hotel, and that his remains bad not been recovered. Mr. Ludekens was well known in Augusta and in Aikcn?where he has lived for a number of years. He was associated with Mr. Brown as chief cicrk of the Planters and Globe Hotels and last season us clerk ot the New Brighton. Mr. Ludekcns atttcuded lec tures of the Medical College and was preparing to embark in the medical pro fession. His courteous and accommodat ing uaturc made hosts of friends for him. information from Charleston states that .Mr. E. T. Shaw, of Charleston, was also drowned with Mr. Ludekcns. THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT. The Executive-Committee?An Appeal for Organized and Aggressive Work. To the Editor of The News und Courier: A meeting of members of the execu tive committee appointed by the Far mers' Convention, and of a large num ber of representative farmers from all over the Slate, took place in the Grand Central Hotel the night of August 5, for consultation and transaction of busi ness. Upon motion it was : Resolced. That the chairman- ol this committee be authorized to fill vacan cies in those counties where any exist, and to appoint assistant organizers wherever needed. Under this resolution the following have been appointed: I a Aiken, Tbos. Whatley, vice Mr. Lamar; in Berkeley, Mr. Porcber to assist Mr. J. B. Morri son; in Anderson, Mr. 1). K. Norris to assist Mr. It. P. Clinkscalcs: in Edge field, Dr. \V. H. Timmerman to assist Capt. B. It. Tillman. The counties of Horry, Georgetown, Beaufort and Barn well are not represented on the com mittee, and it is hoped the fanners in these counties will take the necessary steps to organize and suggest suitable persons to do the work, so that they can be represented iu the next Farmers' Convention, to meet in November. The bugaboo of a threatened disrup tion of the Democratic party has been shown to have no existence save in the imagination of our enemies. While the preliminary skirmish in nominating a State ticket has resulted in only a par tial victory, owing to our organization not being completed and to lack of dis cipliue in our forces, these is uo cause for discouragement. We elected three avowed sympathizers on that ticket, and its head is a farmer who will think twice before antagonizing the organized farmers of the State, even if so inclined. The Legislature is the real fortress, and wc can carry it by a large majority if the farmers will exert their proper influence. Vote for "measures and not for men;" demand ot all candidates to know how they stand; trust nobody without making them define their posi tion. Farmers have been in the ma jority in our Legislature, but they have been the tools and puppets to a large extent of those who thought little and cared less for the agricultural interests of South Carolina. These interests are in a deplorable condition. Lack of statesmanship is much to blame for it. Dependence niton others to cure a disease of which the}' are ignorant is neither wise uor manly. Dependence upon others to guard our rights and look after our interests can only result, as heretofore, in disappointment and continued in creasing poverty. Let "us lake charge of our own affairs awhile, and see if good results do not follow. By order of the executive committee. B. K. Tu,i.man, Chairman. W. D. Evans, Secretary. Kaets About the Nominees. Col, Richardson, the nominee for governor, is an Episcopalian, as Is. also Comptroller General Stoney and Adjut ant and Inspector General Manigault. Secretary ol* State Lettner and Treasur er Bamberg arc active members of the Methodist church. Attorney General Karle and Lieutenant GovernorMauldin arc Baptists, and Superintendent of Education Bice is an elder in the Pres byterian church. The Lutherans and Associate Reformed Presbyterians arc not represented. Col. Richardson and Col. Leittier were educated at the South Carolina college, Messrs. Mauldin. Karle am? Bice at Furmati University, Greenville, S. C, Messrs. Stoney and Manigault at the citadel academy and Mr. I. S. Bamberg, at the private schools in Barnwcll coun ty. S. C??a self made man. " Col. Richardson, Mr. Mauldiu. Mr. j Stoney,. arc farmer?; Mr. Bamberg, Imotchantand banker; Mr. Earle. Mr. [.Leittier. Lawyers; Mr. Mauigault, j planter.?Xcws and Herald. I Chew Dark Horse Tobacco, to be had j at Van Tiisseiys.,