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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,