ESTABLISHED IX 1S(
A RIGHTEOUS VERDICT.
THE CHICAGO ANARCHIST ADJUDGED
GUILTY OF MURDER.
B>l>ic>. l'arsonx, Schwillt. Fleltlen, Flacher,
hL Kurland ami I.I mix tu Im- Hanged?
V Xeehe to Serve Fifteen Yean* in the
9 renitent iary?Wholesale Arrests ol An
arch Ik t Henceforth the Order.
Chicago, August 20.?There were a
number of rumors allo.it this morning,
about the jury in the anarchists' case,
but there were no means of accurately
determining any of these rumors, and
until 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
ingwere a large number of police to
prevent any attempt to break in upon
the privacy of the jury. In front of the
main entrance of the Court House were
thirty police, and three lines of police
and 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 0:25 o'clock a
sister of Spies, with another young wo
man, made her appearance. She moved
as though she would proceed to the close
proximity of the chairs heretofore occu
pied by the prisoners, but was motioned
to seals on tilt opposite side of the
court room, in the rear of the line of
police officer*, thus indicating that the
prisoners were not to be surrounded by
their advisers. Shortly afterward the
mother of Spies, accompanied by a
younger son. also entered the court
room, and took scats on the back
benches.
The jury left their hotel at 9:1C
o'clock, and under the guidance of ten
bailili's took their way to the court house
?and were conducted to another room
immediately adjoining the mam 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 seat 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 j
known, and the seat accorded the female
anarchist was deemed significant.
By 'J:'-)V 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, of the "chief com Esel for the
prisoners, who has been in court daily,
proceeded to take her former seat near
the prisoners, but was requested to take
a scat on the opposite side of the court
room. Mrs. Black remarked to a news
paper reporter, as she laid down her
package of newspapers : "Well, they
say it has all gone against our men. j
They take it very well, though; they j
seem to expect it."
The Sheriff refused to allow any one.
to sec the prisoners, and no one has been
permitted to enter the jail since the i
case was given to the jury.
The tremendous interest taken in the 1
outcome of the trial and the finding of
the jury was illustrated by tiie 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 building, gazing up at
the windows.
Judge (iary 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 hail 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.
(Juitc 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 9:02 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:"> 1.
The prisoners were observable to the
eves 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
filed in. When the jury appeared Judge
(Jarv enjoined absolute silence. There
was a whispered consultation between
the Judge and the Clerk, when the ver
dict was read fullows :
??\Vo. the jury. Mud the defendents,
August Spies. Michael Schwab, Samuel
Fluiden. Albert |{. Parsons. Adolph
Fischer, George Kuglnud and Louis
Liugg, guilty of murder as charged in
the "indictment, and lix the penalty at I
death. We lind the defendcul Oscar. W.
Neobc guilty of murder iu 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 linn
voices.
Captain Black said he would desire to
make a motion for a new trial.
State's Attorney Grnincll said it would
be impossible to dispose of the motion
during the present term, but by agree
ment the motion could bo argued at the
Septeml?er term.
This was agreed l'> by the defense.
The 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 pierceing shriek was heard, followed
-('ol M Glover Jan 1, 'SO [
;o. OK
h) 11 iv heavy railing of the wife Ol Schwab j
to tin: lloor. to whom the result of the
will- of Schwab to tin: lloor. to whom
the result of the verdict had been inter
preted, she is also a sister of Schraubelt.
the alleged bomb-thrower. She was
carried out to the air by the poliee and
soon revived.
Mrs. Parsons looked daggered as she
started to leave the court room, but
maintahicd a moderate degree <>i' com
posure.
The crowd remained outside for an
hour alter the reading of the verdict.
It is understood that the authorities
now con tern i date the immediate arrest
of al! persons even indirectly connected
with llie Ilnymnrket tragedy for con
spricy. and that in this knowledge many
of the active leader1;, bearing of the out
come of the verdict, are preparing to
leave the city.
All the relations and personal friends
ot the condemned anarchists immediately
left the court room shortly alter the
swooning of Mrs. Schwab. Mrs. Par
sons atul her female companion, after
leaving the court room, returned ami
scatetfthcmselves by Gen. W. II. Par
sons 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 liet
titur. They were joined there shortly
by their attorneys, who extended to
them what encouragement was in their
power of relief by an appeal. Spies
bail divested himself of his coat, and
seemed to be the most thoroughly com
posed of the eight. He declined to con
verse with anyone but bis attorneys, but
it is staled that be had a premonition
that his fate was sealed.
Engiaud, who lias maintained a very
quiet air throughout the trial, appeared
to be tin; most throughly depressed one
of the lot. He sat on a bench, with his
bands clenched in front of him. looking
afar. lie did not even look upto*rc
spond tu a remark from one of Ins com
panions.
Lingg, the young bomb-maker, walked
about the cage somewhat nervoulv, 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 b?\ a complete loss of color.
Parsons, who bad given himself uj*
for trial, looked disconcerted and broken
down, but joined at intervals in rpies
Uons directed at the attorneys.
Fischer, who had looked very badly
during the trial, haying an almost abso
Jutcly~cplorless face, had in a measure
recovered himself.ltoitl 'smoked a cigar
as he listened to the interchange of
views between counsel and Spies.
Fielden. the Englishman, sat on a box
at the side of Engiaud and offered very
little comment during the. talk.
Schwab stood near Spies, taking in
the conversation, but olfcrcd no remark.
Xeebe, who was given h'ftecu years in
the penitentiary, was throughly com
posed, as though he was gratified thai he
had escaped the death penalty.
The excitement of the crowd in lront
of the court bouse 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
U 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
prisoners who were waiting for the hour
wlnclMvas lo mean life or death to them.
There was ajjeordon of police stretched
along the sidewalk in 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 in citizens' clothes
were evrywhere to be seen. There was
also a regular guard al the street en
trance to the building, and a deputy
sheriff and two officer were stationed on
the iron stairway leading to the court
room
A young mail, batless and with bis coat
buttoned up lighl around him, stood at
the door of the Court House. He bad
no sooner heard the verdict than be
pushed himself down the clanging iron
stairs, ami rushing up to one of the offi
cers at the door, breathlessly yelled:
"They hung seven!" Those in the froul
ranks of the crowd heard the words and
they gave a cheer, ami the rest of the
waiters took up the hurrah when the
news was communicated to them, and
repeated it many times over. It sound
ed like a kncli 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
the trial bad not abated since the morn
ing of May 5.
At 2 o'clock tins afternoon a large
force of police was gathered at the Chi
cago avenue police station, under the
command of Captain Schnack, and a lit
tle later Chief Kbcrsold arrived.
It is a current rumor around town that
the poliee have a list containing the
names of nearly 301) persons who were
engaged in the anarchist conspiracy, and
that wholesale arrests will henceforth be
the order.
Sunt a Aiimi's Sou I'oiiiniHs Snieltle.
Havana, August 14.?Seldom have
there been so many suicides in this city
in seven days as there have been during
the past week. The greater number of
the suicides belonged to the upper
classes. The most remarkable case is
that of Don Jo.-e Lopez Santa Anna, a
wealthy Mexican, who shot himself
through the head. lie was G"> years of
a^e and was a son of the well-known
General Santa Anna, who was President
i of Mexico.
YXGEBURG, S. C, TIIIT
A FLOATING OHIO HORROR.
ISxnerienre of Two 1Y\er-Striclten Fami
lies in a Unat.
An Evansville, Indiana, special ul
Sunday, ilie l?lhinsl. tells the following
sad story: Township Trustee Spreget
was notified .that his services were wan
ted at the river. He was directed t" a
small family boat lying near the water
works. The craft was a nondescript
vessel and liorccvideuc.es of hard usage.
Its how was staved in and nearly the en
tire roof was blown oil". The cabin of
the boat was about leu feel long and
twelve leet wide, and in this miserable,
cooped up box were twelve persons,
whose every appearance was an evidence
of pinching and gaunt poverty. Hol
lowed eyed, emaciated.and with scarcely
a rag ol coveriust, they lay upon the
bare, dark floor'of the boat, huddled to
gether, and all contending with malarial
fever In the midst ol them lay the
dead body of a woman, partially de
composed. Over 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 I
and removed the Ruderers to the hospital,
and then an inquest was held, a verdict
of death from malarial fever being ren
dered. George Bush, one of the occu
pants ol the boat, was seen at the hospital
To-night. He was very ill, but able, to '
give a clear narrative of the terrible and j
sickening experience to which they had '
been subjected. The story was as
follows:
L'ntil three weeks ago George and
John flush, brothers, were larmcrs in :
Meade County, Ky.. about twelve miles
from the mouth of the Still fiver. Their
laud was poor, and it was with much
difficulty that they obtained sufficient
food to keel) the wolf from the door..
They finally determined to try to better
jtheir condition further West". To this j
"cud they constructed a small boat, and i
on Sunday. July L'?, both families, con-1
sistiug of the. brothers, their wives and j
nine children?thirteen in all?with their
few belongings, embarked in the boat
and started down (he 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 Nancy
Bush, aged fifty-seven, George's wife,
was taken ill with malaria, and not being
able to procure necessary medicine, it
soon developed into typhoid malaria. The |
other members were stricken down one j
[ by one, until liually all were helpless, i
In this condition they were overtaken
! on Thursday night by a heavy storm
which tossed their craft about like an
eggshell, throwing them from one end of
tiie boat to the other. Their possessions
I were all swept away by the waves and
j 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 Justus
dawn broke she died in intense suffering
and 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
sonic 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 teuantless boat
and boarded it, discovering the condi
tion of its occupants. They secured
their lines and ran the boat ashore, after
which the authorities were notified. All
the sick people are being tenderly cared
! for to-night, but hopes are only enter
tained for six of them, the fatal and
fetid atmosphere, tainted with the corpse
having had its effect upon the remainder.'
, Mrs. Bush has been buried and the boat
i burned.
itlaine Preparing to Wage War.
' A New York World Washington
special says: "Within the last two
< wecKs there have been sent from this
?. city to the home of Mr. Blaine a barrel
of executive documents und ollicial
' communications from the president to
i congress, and such other mattet' as may
enable Mr. Ulaine to inform himself of
! the action of congress and the gen
eral workings of the administration,
j The meaning of this is that tlio Kenne
1 bee statesmen proposes to inaugurate
! an aggressive campaign against the ad
1 ministration. Every pension veto and
appropriation bill has long since 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 Ihc river and har
bor appropriation bill, the surplus reso
lution, the coinage, lanlf and oleomar
garine cases, and the Mexican and fishery
troubles. To a friend, from whom he
asked to have sen) ibe literal tire. Mr.
Ulaine wrote at some length relative to
the action of Secretary Bayard on the
imprisonment of Editor Cutting. Upon
this subject, il is understood. Mr. Blaine
will devote most of his attention, and
he will arraign the foreign polio of Mr.
('leveland'f administration."
Row l>r. Lathrup. pastor of the Bap
tist Chinch at Stamford. Conn., having
olfercd hi> resignation, the pastors of
the Episcopal. Congregational, Metho
dist. I'liiversalist and Uoniuu Catholic
Churches have requested him to recall il.
This is one of the m<?t remarkable iu
stances of Chirstian u ml sympathy
nn record.
l-'alher mid Sou Illing?*,!.
ClIH'ACO. Augu-t -Un Saturday
evening. July .'list, at Bird's Eye, Indi
ana, a man named K?nitz was killed in
stantly, and another, named Waller, was
so badly shot that he died last Saturday
night. They bad been waylaid and shot
by a man named Hodge and his son,
who had a grudge against Waller.
Foullz was killed merely because he was
in Waller's company. On Saturday last
after Waller's death, citizens of the
neighborhood hunted Hodge, father and
son. out of their hiding {dace in the
woods and banged them.
Chrisl ian l aity.
RSPAV, AUGUST 2<>, 1
THE GALE ON THE GULF.
A PEN PICTURE OF GALVESTON
AFTER THE STORM.
The Destmetion Along the ISeueli?uis
tress pt th<! .shelterless Poor?Appalling
Loss <?T Life :it Various I'nlnt?Many
Million.-, wf Dollar?. Worth or Property
Destroyed.
GAliVESTox, Tkxas. August '2-1.?
As Lite wind frcslicticd on Friday evening
there were apprehensions that (lie night
would be a repetition ol the night before,
bill these wore away as the night ad
vanced. By ]i) o'clock the rain had
ceased aud the clouds bad broken away.
Families who had been driven from
their homes by the rapid inroad of the
Gulfs, waters the night before returned
to their water-logged bouses aud began
the work of repair, while hundreds of
others, whose homes with all their
possessions had been swept away, sought
much needed rest alter the terrors
through which they bad passed. The
morning broke clear anil beautitul. The
waters, which bad inundated one-halt'of
the Eastern aud Southern portions of the '
city to the depth of from one to seven
feet, bad subsided except in low places.
The beach and adjacent portions ol the
city for several blocks back from the ,
shore presented a deplorable scene of
havoc and desolation as far as the eye
could sec. 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 aud
exposed to the lull force of the gale,
indicated where happy homes had stood
the night before, but which were swal-.
lowed up aud destroyed in the maelstrom
that then prevailed. All the pleasure ?
resets along the Gulf shore arc either;
swept away or ruined. The plaza in
front of the Beach Hotel was furrowed:
by the force of the waves and piled with
debris, while till the false work protec
ting the foundation ol the hotel with the |
fresh water tanks and outbuildings was ?
swept away aud deep furrows were cut!
under .the building itself. The menage
rie, consisting of n long row of cages on
Bcachlawn, coutaimug birds and animals
wa3 washed over and 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 his assistant, accidentally, passing
(through his arm. The heaviest damage
to property occurred in the vicinity oil
the Beach Hotel. The wide area devas
tated by the water makes an npproxinnv
^^.?stimatc of the amount of damage
doii'c somewhat difficult^ but it is now
estimated by close calculation that it
will not tall below 8500,000 and may
exceed that. The street railways are
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
Hood are of the poorer class of people.
Many of them lost all they bad and are i
destitute and discouraged, being delicti- j
dent upon friends for temporary shelter
and relief. Private, charity has been
active in providing for the relief of the
sufferers. Much apprehension existed j
all day Friday as to the safety of the j
Sisters Orphangc, live miles down flic j
island on the Gulf side, but it was j
reached yesterday and found to be in-1
tact, the only damage being the wash
ing away of the steps of the building, j
Tiie body ol* Willie Brown, 11 years J
old, residing in the Western portion of j
tlie city, who was drowned on Friday at I
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 of the storm.!
Messages by the hundred have been j
pouring into the city all day from rein- j
fives aud friends of the inhabitants ten-!
dcringaid and sympathy.
A special to the News from Corpus
Christi says: ?,On Friday morning one
of the heaviest rain storms for years
struck this city. The wind had com-j
menced blowing very hard from the!
Southeast the evening before and chnng- j
ed to Northwest between 5 uudti o'clock '
in the morning. It blew with terrific!
force for two hours, its velocity being,'
estimated at seventy-live miles an hour.
A large number cf houses were moved
from their foundations. A colored
church and the office of the Arkansas
Pass Railway Company were complete-,
ly destroyed. Barge trees were uprooted
and fences and outbuildings were swept
away, it blew very hard yesterday1
from the Southeast. The. steamer .J. C.
Harris arrived yesterday noon, two days
overdue, and reports a terrible storm
at llockdort and Harbor Island. All
the improvements and grading at Har
bor Island were washed away, several
boats were capsized and one large vessel
; was beached. At lloekport six houses
were. blown off their foundation,
j About one hundred employees of the
Arkansas Pass Railway Company were
! obilged to leave Harbor Island and
seek refuge at Rockport, as the water
was six feel deep on the island Seven
men are missing and it is supposed they
\v< re drowned during the storm. The
amount of damage has not been estima
ted, but the loss is heavy.
A Scguin, Texas, special says : The
damage" by the storm here is variously
j estimated at from giUHK' to 61?.UUU.
The Record office was dcstioycd. The
new tower of the Episcopal Church was
blow n down and a large number of pub
: lie and private buildings were either de
. stroyed or badly damaged. Robert Jcf
I fcrson, a son of Colonel .lohn 1.. Jeiler
:son. was killed at Sutherland Springs.
! aud Garland Smith and Richard Rurgess
:son of the Hon. W. II. Burgess, were
; badly wounded. They were camping at
j the Springs andere injured by tailing
I trees. A pauper living with John Fug
PKICJ
land. across the river, died of fright
during tlie storm. The cotton plant
has been whipped into shreds, but many
persons believe that it will take on a
new growth and develop atop crop.
The damage has not yet been estimated.:
Kill will be very heavy. >
A hiding. Texas, special say.- : On
Friday morning about daylight a terrific
rain storm set in. which continued until
7 I'. 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 Holds. 'X'o casualties
are reported.
A Jlcinpslcd, Texas, dispatch says
that the storm did great damage to the
cotton grop. In the uplands the loss to
the crop from the ravages of I he wind
and rain of Friday will be fully 15 per
cent.
A special from San Antonio says ;
Thu damage to Ibis city bv the terrific
cyclone of Friday is estimated at $2.
500.?00. Xo loss of life has been re
ported, and the work of reparation is
already in progress. From the surroim- i
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 Bccvillc and Florcsvillc
report great damage by the storm at
both points. At Becvillc many houses
in course of construction were demolish
ed and old ones were unr:>ofcd or other
wise injured. Two churches at Flores- j
villc were completely runined. while sev
eral stores and dwellings were damaged
seriously. An aged couple, in attempt
ing to cross a swollen stream in a wagon,
a quarter of a mile from Florcsvillc,
were swept down the stream and the
woman was drowned.
From [tidianola comes the saddest I
news yet reported about the storm. ?
During the height of the storm the!
Signal Office was blown down, carrying
with it (.'apt. 1. A. Heed, the Signal
Officer, and Dr. II. It. Rosencrans, both
of whom were lost. Fire broke out ;
atnoug the rums which extended for
blocks on both sides of the street destroy
ing thirteen bouses, among which was
Dr. Lewis's extensive drug establish
ment. Dr. Lewis was in this building
at the time it took lire. He escaped
being burned to death, but was subse
quently drowned, his body being found 1
yesterday. So far as can be learned
the following is a complete list of white
people lost: Captain I. A. Reed.
Signal Officer: Dr. Crooker, Dr. II.
Roscneruns. of Klgin, Illinois, formerly
a resident of Indiauola: Mrs. llodgc
and two children of Dr. Hodge's family
ofCuero; Mrs. Crooker of Austin, visi
ting at [ndinola with the Hodges: Mrs.
Henry Sheppard ; two children of Mrs.
Luther of Corpus Christi; Dr. Davis
Lewis, and an unknown German, De
sides the above, the bodies often color
ed persons have been Ibnud. About i
live miles of track is washed away,
rendering it impossible for trains to up
proach Indinnoln. 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|
1ST"), when Indiauola lost nearly twoi
hundred of her citizens, swept away.
On Friday the Hood of water over the I
doomed town was so rapid that within j
two hours alter the first apprehension
were tell every street was submerged
many feet.
At San Antonio the loss to property
is $500,000. At Florcsvillc the loss is
$100,000. Never belore was the lower
Texas coast visited by so terrible and
destructive a storm. It extended for
two hundred miles inland, destroying
thousand ot houses and involving a I
pecuniary loss of many millions. Among
the poorer classes great desolation must'
prevail, as few were able to save any
considerable portion of their small pos
sessions from the general wreck. The
entire crop of the present year is practi
cally gone, and a vast deal of sullcrlng
must ensue, especially among the nc
groc?. most of whom are without means
of any kind. It is feared thai many
more people were drowned at Indiauola.
The lower end of the peninsula is com
plelly washed away. Many people are
missing, and nothing definite can be.
learned until the angry waters recede.
Thestor.n came in the shape of a hurri
cane. The waters ot the Gulf rose, and
in three hours the whole peninsula on
which Indiauola is situated was under
(en feet of water. The total losses as
far as known, to Texas, from the Gulf
storm areas follows: Human lives lost.
38; loss to crops, sI.onn.ooo; Joss to
city and (own properly . ?.'?. IM0,I.: loss
to -hipping and harbor improvement*.
s'.KMl.OOO.
\ Don Ith- Klo|H-iiiciit.
CoNcoitit. X. II.. August I L?A
double elopement, which occurred Tlrir.
day, is causing excitement here. The
parlies were George L. Maxam. George
YV. Blake, conductor or, the Concord
Railroad. Mrs. A.M. Dickennan and
Mis. II. T. Dickennan. The four met
at I'eiiacoke and look the night train.
Maxam i.- married and has a son fifteen
years old, Blake is also married. Both
men look all the money they had leaving
their families destitute.
Killed for ('ailing a Man 11 Seolllldrcl.
Tl'.SKKlSKK. A I.A.. August 15.?
Sheriff A. S. Armstrong, brother of the
American Consul to Brazil, was shot,
in front ol the posloffice in this city,
by Ben c. Thompson and died fen
minutes later. When his body was
carried home his wife fainted and has
been in a condition bordering <>n insani
ty every since. The murder is the re
sult of political excitement. Armstrong,
on meeting Thompson, called him a
scoundrel, whereupon the latter drew a
revolver and tired two fatal shots.
Mr. Morrison says he is confident
that the next House will be Democ-ra.
tie.
it
E $1.50 PEB ANKUM.
DUOWXEj) IN THE SUHrT
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY AT frEW BRIGH
TON BEACH.
Tin- Drowning of Two Kstlmahle Voting
Mi'ii utf sullivan'-. Island Hearli?De
tails lit' the Sail anil Heartrending Af
fair?The ratal I'ndertnw.
We clip ll?c following from the
Augusta Chronicle oi Hip :20th instant:
Just one year ago Unlay the Chronicle
told the story of a terrible storm, when
the lair lace of New Brighton bor? the
brunt of the elements. The whole oi
Sullivan's Island was submerged. The
storm was equal to the tidal wave of
1881 or the storm of 1X?4. During the
storm, in which millions ot dollars of
property was destroyed, it was of
remarkable note thai, through Divine
Providence, not a death was recorded.
Vet. yesterday, when all was calm and
no danger dreamed of, Mr. Louis Lude
kens, us was bis custom, went into the
surt to enjoy the benefits of the invigo
rating salt water. No particulars have
reached us further than that, while ill
bathing. Mr. Lndekens was. drowned in
sigbL of the New Brighton Hotel, and
that his remains had not been recovered.
Mr. Ludekens was well known in
Aususlu and in Aikcn?where he has
lived for a number of years. He was
associated with Mr. Brown as chief
cierk of the Planters and Globe Hotels
and last season as clerk ol the New
Brighton. Mr. Ludckcns atttended lec
tures of the Medical College and was
preparing to embark in the medical pro
fession. His courteous and accommodat
ing nature made hosts of friends for him.
Information from Charleston states that
.Mr. B. T. Shaw, ol Charleston, was
also drowned with Mr. Ludekens.
THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT.
The lixerut i ve. Commit Irr?An Appeal for
Organized and Aggressive Work.
To ///<.' Editor nf The New* 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 3.
for consultation and transaction of busi
ness. Upon motion it was :
lieaolced. That the chairman- ol this
committee be authorized to lill vacan
cies in those counties where any exist,
and to appoint assistant organizers
wherever needed.
Under this resolution the following
have been appointed : In Aiken, Thos.
What ley, vice Mr. Lainar; in Berkeley,
Mr. l'orchcr to assist Mr. J. B. Morri
son; in Anderson, Mr. U.K. Xorris to
assist Mr. B. P. CTuikscales: in Edge
Held, Dr. W. II. Timmcrman to assist
(.'apt. B. Ii. Tillman. The counties of
Ilorry, Georgetown, Beaufort and Barn
well are not represented on the com
mittee, and it is hoped the farmers iu
these counties will lake the necessary
steps to organize and suggest suitable
persons to do the work, so that they
can be represented in 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
cipline in our forces, these is no cause
for discouragement. We elected three
avowed sympathizers on that ticket,
and its bead is a farmer who will think
twice before antagonizing the organized
! farmers of the State, even if so inclined.
I The Legislature is the real fortress,
I and we can carry it by a large majority
! if the farmers will exert their proper
! inllucncc. Vote for "measures and
j not for men;" demand ot all candidates
, to know how they stand; trust nobody
without making them define their posl
' lion. Fanners have been in the ma
jority in our Legislature, but they have
been the tools and puppets to u large
extent of those who thought little and
eared le.-s for the agricultural interests
of South Carolina.
These interests are in a deplorable
condition. Lack of statesmanship is
much to blame For it. Dependence
Upon others to cure a disease of which
they arc ignorant is neither wise uor
manly. Dependence upon others to
guard our rights and look aller our
interests can only result, as heretofore,
in disappointment am! continued in
creasing poverty. Let "us take charge
of our own all'airs awhile, and see if
j good results do not follow. By order of
the executive committee.
I!. II. Tit.i.man. Chairman.
W. D. Kvaxs, Secretary.
r'aets About the Nominees.
Col. Richardson, tin; nominee for
j governor, is an Kpiscopulian. as l.s also
Comptroller IJcueral Money and Adjut
ant and Inspector d'eiicral Manigaull.
Secretary of state Lettner and Treasur
er Bamberg an-active members of the
Methodist church. Attorney Geucrnl
Farle and Lieutenant (iovcruorMauldin
are Baptists, and Superintendent ol
Kdiicatioii Bice is an elder iu tin: Pres
byterian church. The Lutherans and
Associate Iiclbrmed tiTsbyterians toe
not represented.
('ol. Richardson and Col. Leitnei were
educated at the Si-nth Carolina college,
Messrs. Mauldir.. Farle am! Rice at
Purmau University, ('reenville, S. (.'.,
Messrs. Sloiicv and Malligauit at tin:
j citadel academy aud Mr. I. S. Hamberg,
at the private schools in Barnwcll coun
ty, s. C??a ?elf made num.
" Col. Richardson, Mr. Mauldin. Mr,
j Money., arc farmer.-: Mr. Bamberg.
[ mo'vhant and banker; Mr. Karle. Mr.
Lettner. Lawyers: Mr. Manigault,
plauter.?>"cws and Herald.
Chew Dai k Horse Tobacco, to be had
i at Van Tiissell's,