The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 03, 1890, Image 1

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Atl 4iAQi j ~ Leaj VO1. 1890. VOL X. MN I NG C. (lV EDNESDAY,_OCTOBERN. 2 SO1E PLAIN TALK. UNCLE GEORGETILLMAN TEARS UP THE SUB-TREASURY. His spech Accepting the Nominntlon for (ongress-A Trap for Southern Farxcrs --About "Our Brethren of the West Handling Macune Without Gove%. AtorsTA, Ga., Sept: 25.-Th"Aie follo - ing is George D. Tillnian's speech : fore the nominatinPg convennon aT Aiken 'Friday as reported n the Ar gusta Chroicle: Mr. Chairman, gentlemen of the Con vention and Fellow-Citizens :--For the eighth time in succession heav'.' I hal the proud gratiCication to reczive t!: nomination of the people of this dis trict for Congress. To say that I am grateful and proud of it would be- to tell the simple truth. To be chosen so often as representative from this his torical county,, to serye longer thai any other congressman in this State, a dis trict once represented by Calhoun and his distinguished successors, says a great deal either for me or for the peo ple of this district, or for both. I em not vain enough to take this display of regard as evidence of any ability in me. but because you have faith in me. You know that I will serve you to tle best of my ability, and under no cir cumstances betray your trust. What adds to this gratification is that I have been chosen during most trying tim-s. We have just come out of a war. We have been plundered ever since.we were conquered. but all con quered people must suffer. Unfortu nat ely we have an unfortunate race In our midst, whom our enemies have sougrht to raise to our standard, or rather level us to theirs. I am sorry to say you are a conquered people. and your enemies are trying to see how far negroes can be made into whiter men, how far a people can be taxed and pay tribute to the conquerer and survive. The harder the agricultural class works, the more self denial they prac 4ice, the poorer they get. The reason of it is the higher taxes you must pay to ao out in pensions. High taxes don't Impoverish a people provided they are spent among the people who pay them, but when they are paid out to another people the one who receives grows richer. So as Ireland is impov erisbed to enrich England you are being improverished to enrich the North. but the taxes they pay they get back in appropriations and pensions. You pay between forty and fifty mil lions a year taxes simply because you were oi the wrong side. Your chil dren must continue to pay these taxes and your grand children. Neither the sub-treasury nor any other devrice can stop it. There is too much taxation ana too little money in circulation to meet the taxes. You ought to do all you can to have an income tax to the rich men of the North. The East owns the West and South. They own all the rail roads. There arc 34 char tered roads in South Carolina and the citizens of the State do not own a ma jority of the stock in any and the tracks all go one way. By I he time you meet the interest on your debts and pay your taxes and fixed charges there is not enough money left to bring fair prices on your products. You want an income tax, and you want to abolish the tax on whiskey and tobacco. I do not mean to have free whiskey and tobacco. (I see one friend shake his head over there) but to get rlid of the horde of official vermin who go aroundl and smell your bottles and nose around your tobacco and who as much as say, h1elp yourself, it you dare. Let the State and the counties and cities gvt the benetit of the whiskey and tobacco I am sorry I can not go into a long speech on the sub-treasury and give you something better than that bill. You ought to issue more mioney. If you do not the North will own y'ou body and soul. They own the West too, but the West is more bitter against the South than the North is. They put a tax on Southern cotton seed oil so that it will be fit for nothIng but ma nure. Where were your Western sub treasury friends when Congicss taxed your cotton seed oil; when it addedo 300) per ce-nt. on your cotton tie-s; wvhen that infamous force lill wvas pass&, an'i when the West refused to vote for free silver. It is sickening to see the South talk about forming a political alliance with the West. It Is not worth tvhile to go into details about the su-treasury. (Cries of go on; tell us all about it.) Well. I will tell you about it. Mr. Tiliman then recited the pro visions of the bill. Continuing ue saidl: It Is paternalism and protctioni run mad. It is a proposition to iet the gv ernent take care of your crop and after a while tell youi howv to run it. Harmpton ~am Colleton would nOt 7et a ware h.mse. A Yoire'-fin does not the bill p'o vidle that inn or thr-' o;ties moay combline and set ~a ware hou~se y Mr. Tillman--Yes, hut It stipubites that you must carry your produce to the nearest ware house. McCune is the originator of that bill. H~e is a reformedi Republican, who fall at dentistry in Indiana. ila-ted about Califorinia for a while, arnd naally went dlown] to Texas. where he mnipulated Albance money. Is there any jiustice in axirg othier indimstres to build warehouse for the products of the farmers. The lliance professes equal justice to all and spei':al favors to none. If that aint special favor what Is It ? Two Republicans framed that bill. There is no Democracy in it. It is a bridge to carry the Democratic party over, horse, foot and dragoon, to the Republican party. It provides for the election of warehouse managers. but the constutution says federal oflic'crs must be appointed and not elec'ted, and vont know whom the Ilepubilerns will appoint. It says there shall be an elec two to decide where the warehouses shall be built. it will be a federal eb-c tion. not a State ekection. The negroes~ would vote, and whites would divide. Would not that be a nice stae of afinirs? Then there would be lots of stealmug and embezzling; cottoni would disappear', and there' womah be litig tion. Somec of vou mght fke a ipi too) miuch whinPev and .::t into 0.M ycu would be on 'Eeea row.A1 wvoul i have to be triedi i th" Un -t'd zi' m~ore cha"nc:e for 'a i I thani there is to pas a blit' :1 tower to the mo. wiho were avowe d suprtr :- the sub- zrtasury tut. Thy 'ither &a pe'rs Is law~yers a:ua d, but -h an?ce thought they were too esic tie, and' ued tot '''aankp ttnu r0 another terml. TIhe most ?tuipid thing to meL i.s the whole bil is th-a nc er cent. advamiced 011 producs in the early part of the year -ndi atthe latter el of the year the money is urnIed. What you need is tore, money. all the time to keep primes up and keep them steady. The bill was gotten up by a com it"' tee, of three-a dreamer, a specula tor and a scurvy politician-who want ed to provide a popular scheme for brk-en down politicians. Senator Vance introduced it into the Senate by reques". H~e was silent about it for foir montis. and at the end of which tinw he denounced it. In the mean aino though the Alliance papers and tr. upi orators cried it aloud that Sena Sance endorscd it. and what Sena t-i Vrce endorses is right. Mr. Hem7i'phill has whipped it out in li's dis riet. In Georgia all the strong politicians went back in spite of it. TU-o of theNm did not seek another term. 'ajor Barnes was not defeated n ao of it, but on account of the pjudice rf country arainst the city. se:kto protect the Al iance. to keep pt.hica fron prostititting it. Stand *l: the Allice arnd vote for Alliane men and -measures, but- not as, a secret body. It is time I should close, though I have rot said one-tenth part that could 1c aga inst this preposterous hum tthe 1 est is being robbed by the East they will come to us. At the No verber 'lections we will see whether the -We*t' is inclined to unite with u. Don't lt in too great a hurry. We were in a hurry in -60, but we have been repenting it ever since. Wait and see if the WesL will came to us. Pt an income tax on the wealth of th- East. There are four reasons why I have no use for the su-treasury bill it is a crude, impracticable, Iepublican. unconstitutional measure. Livingsto nO, Polk, M -Cune and two or three others were put upon the leg islative committee at the St. Louis meeting to suggest the outline of the measure, but 'lcCune and Waddill drafted It. The five cents you send up there will go. They must pretend to be doing something to earn those big salaries they are getting. Mr. Thomas Whit tle, In the audience, objrcted to Mr. Tillman's attacks On .cILCune et al. He said he was going to vote for him, but lie (lid not think it fair to run those men down. !r. Tillinan-I admire your pluck. SMr. Whittle-I admire yours. Mr. Tillm an- Then it is mutual ad miration. Mr. Tillman continued his discussion of ;he sub-treasurv. Distillers he said furnished their own warehouses, the government furnished the watchmen and the guagersonly. Mir. Whittle thought the farmers should havo the same advantages. I Mr. Tillman-Can two wrongs make a right ? Mr. Whittle-Then remedy that. Mr. Tililan-That's what I've been trying to do. A LITTLE EXCITEMENT. At this juncture there was a little excitement created. Captain Markert arose to ask Mr. 'Tillrnan to explain how the Federal oflicers would handle the farmers' cotton and jokingly re marked about Mr. Whittle's interrup tions. Mr. Whittle took offence and said that he was a native born South Caro linian and Captain Markert was not. Mr. Alex White, who knew Captain Markert's war record to be as good as that of any native born South Carol! nian and better than even some of the State's own sons retorted that Captain Markert had heard the whistle of more bulets around him than did Mr. WhIt tie. I'he latter resented the remark and there was considerable confusi on for a few minutes, but quiet sooni was restored and Mr. Tillman concluded his speeCh. The great. just Good, he said, is temz pering the wind to the shorn lamb. The production of cotton is not keep ing pace with Its manufacture. The South raised fine provision. crop last, year and a few; more will bring the West to its knees. It will have to burn corn for fuel again andt it will be a drug on the mariet, bringing no price. Then the West will conic to the South and seek an alliance to raise the moneyed oppression of the East.1 .\r. Tillman closed with a strong a p peal never to submit to negro domin a ton.____ - omance of a Curl. Cmucwo, Sept. 24.-About thirty years ago C aptain .James H. Miller, of th. Unirted States Volunteers, sat be hind .Jennie .James, a pretty miss oft eighteen, at a camp meeting. .Jennie haid bew~itchingly long curls which the Captain could nott refrain from pulling. From the shock of that pull his feelings never recovered. The two became in tiLmatelv acq(uainted. and whnen the Cap tain was ordered to Tirg~inia w~ith his regimenlt lie tootk away the hecart and a rmg oi .Jennrie's. Since theni Jannie, ti* o'fW watig. aasifmarried threettimies. The Catan has also ma rried, but the irtationt of the curls always remain- i ed with h;im, and the other day, when he I icd helft Jennie .%3,000. Jennie was fon to-day in squalid rooms with a sgain aby. She was overjoyed~ wneni th n ews was broken to her. ReakbeMind Ecading. -Usept. Shl-Vaul Alexander. .Tension the minid reade~lr, opened-~ a d !i eult~ bintation safe-in the presence of nmuy well-kniowni peole at a hotel hetre recndy1 mledr remarkable circumi srances. 11k was blindfolded. his ears and t ostrils were packed with cottonr. ha hJmd coveredl with thick kid gloves, an'd in~ h imouthi he hel~d a cigar, so even th es of taste was temp~orarily deCs troyed.i Thr propit ors ad book-keep ero te hotel Stood behind him and, thought otf the combination. With out inucing either of themi .1 ohnston turn-i ed correctly to the numizbers ad swung the dooir open1. .1 ohnist on says thist proveS that nmn has more than live Wna~t nug iJtticeWill Do. MACO. (Ga.. Sept. 24.-While Oflicer F.ilisotn waus ou his beat~at about 2 o'clock n the morning. near the Brown house, he was approached by uegroes, who told him that a whute mn was lying across the r:irtadi track. necar theu old Reck mil. Th~e policman went to) the scene, anzd found the felow's head resting on one rail and his legs acros the other. Ho was dea~d drunk. A whisky bottle was near by. lie remhoved the manl from tihe track antd carr~ed him t-> the city bar racks. In iteen minutes mnore he 'would have been cround to death. as a train a methudere aongin that timie. Nan r u '-:,~ 'p.4-Satuday justj - Va~ \ i Wm. Cathers, a wenuiihy r-nwa drin to his homte at olw:ia ubarbl of Nashville. au-. *- : -~ i*d by a youn c~Ir(oloredi boy, wy~ wer.:- :t k-ui anid '*erribly beten Caru'ther- wa-s r bbed hy four uni-' now men.I 'Ol(arutheitrs. ditd to-dayx of hsiju:-l . The boy lit still alive, bit : a a uecai-sus cond iti on. Nonie ofi tU .,brs have beenVf seen sintce thle .ea ais luiteri:gr abou' th.- l 1r.rosd aiid with detective.s adl police any scouring the country for the rarigiivs RIIG DOWN ILE l GIT. VENABLE AND ELLIOTT UNSEATED WITHOUT RHYME OR REASON. The Republicau Secure a Quornm, std. withiout Mor^ Adt. %ent the Negr" Con tetants from Virginia and SRoath Carolina. WAsniXOToX, Sept. 23.-Six minutes aiter the Pmpblicans in the ilotise voted to seat Langston they turned out Col. WIm. Elliott and gave his place to Toni Miller. The haste in disposinz of the South Carolina contest was as hr'i tal as it was unprecedentel. It was after I o'clock to-day before enougi I e publieans put in an appearance to ma-ke' up a quorum. The Democrats remnuned out of the hall and consequently there was no ont to demand a roll-call but Mr. O'Ferrall. and his request had no avail with 166 hot-headed partisans. As soon as the presence of a quorum was aunounced Langston was voted 4n by a viva voce vote. The greatest confusion prevailed in the meantime, as the galleries were crowded with neroes enthusiastic-for Langston. The Republican members were equally wild and uncontrolable I, and the yelling and stamping of feet was terric when Speaker Reed delar ed Langston entitled to a seat as Re presentative from the 4th Virginia district. Amid shouts and applause Langston was sworn in. The Republicans then shouted wildly to the committee on elections to call up the next case, which was the Miller-Elliott contest. There was no debate and the reading omit committee resolutions was even omit ted, so desperate was the majority aid so eager were they for Dermnocratic scalps. Mr. O'Ferrall and several IR-pa cans protested against suh summunry proceedings. but Speaker Re-d heeded them not, an without permitting a (11 vision declarod Toni Miller a Repre sentative of the 7th Congressional dis trict of South Carolina, vice Elliott. The followimng is the delails of the proceeding by which Congress-men; enable and Elliott, were robbed of their seats : Mr. O'Ferrall was the only lenocrau, in the chamber this morning during the delivery of the prayer. The elerk imnnediately began the call of the roll on the approval of Friday's Journal. The clerk having called the roll. an nounced the pairs and recnpitulated the1 list of those voting. The Speaker hesitated before he an nounced the result, there being but two lacking of aquorum. 'Mr. O'Ferrall demanded that the re ult be announced. In order to delay the announcement, Republican after liepublican rose and requested to know how he was record Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, inquired how the gentleman from Virginia (O'Fer rall) had voted. Mr. O'Ferrall replied that he had never voted to perpetrate larceny, and he did not propose to do -o in this case Mr. Allen, of Michigan : "The gentle men doth protest too much. The gentle-I men has evidently stolen the whole of the other side." .J. D. Taylor : "Mlay 1 ask the gentle man a question ?" M1r. O'Ferrall.: "That is a dlilatory uestion." [Laughter.] Mr. Taylor inquired whether the entleman from Virginia (O'Ferr all) when he was seated by the DemocratIc Iouse, considered it larceny. M1r. O'Ferrall retortal that keeping hi out of his seat had been larceny and that the Democratic Congress had vindicated him. Mr. Taylor : "The only evidence that you had the right to the seat was that you were seated by a majority vote." Mr.0O'Ferrall : "It would be well to , remember the course of the IRepresen tatives of the last Congress when for :las and weeks they refrained from voting in the contested ease of Sullivan vs. Felton." Mr:. Allen, of Michigan : "W hy dlid you not count us?' The vote was then anmnonneced to be yeas 155, nays 1-no nuorum, and a call f the IHouse was ordered. Jiust as the clerk hmegan to call the roll, MIr. Sweeny. of Iowa, one of the absentees, entered and wvas reeived by his colleagues with applause. Shortly] afterward, Mr. Mudd, of Maryland, made his appearance and received a re eeption of ny~ngked applause and hi:.cs. During th4 roll-call the earmera wnas again brought into requisition~ and photographers again reproduced the ar ray of emlpty Democratic seats. One hundred and sixty-four members responded to the call and without any anomncemenmt of the result, further proceedings were dispensed with, and the vote again recurred on approvmg~ Friday's .JournaL While this roll-call was in progress appimme and hisses were given when Mr. Milliken entered1 the hall. For r 'ino, Mr. t'head.ln'. of Indiana. who is oppsed to Langston's clims, joined. the ab'sentees. ie located himself on a lounge in the lobby, dcclining~ to enter the chambher, Buit the requests and supmlicatimns of his party. asso-1 iates ooed too strong, ami upon this' vote hae recorded his name ini the ailirm ative. The~ vote reaulted-yeas l(V. nays noth' ig-the clerk noting a :otwthstanmding the protests ef Mr. Oerrahll, the Speaker directedt thme m ing of Saturday's .Journah. Mr. O'Ferrali deman~nded a division on its approval, and while thle llepubi cans were being counted he retIred to the cloak room amid victorious shouts [ro the liepublicans and expressionse1 of regret at his deser.!ion. As soon as Mr. O'Ferrnll was out of the hail, Mr. H augen Casked unai nulous consent to dispenset wtth a division, and there being no Diemocrtat preent to object., it was so orde.red, ami i lancgh ter and applause. Then Mr. O'FerrallI returned, but the J!ournal had been ap proved. Monday's .Journal was approved withl out objection. The question then recurred on the iirst of the majority resolutions to un set Mr. Venable. It was agreed to yeas 17,1. .nays 1, (Cheadle,; the clerk noting a qIurum. Mesrs. Ti. Md. jrownie, of Judiana, lijt er wrthi, Connel!, E wart, Finley,llanis rough, Pecter-, and WVilsoni. f' Kena of Virgi n, Cooper, of' Ohio, D)ehaven. Frank. Mec Boi,Mienmna, stoczkbridge. W'addeli, WVade, W\right, Yardh-my and the Speaker. Then camie the queistion on the sent ig of Lang.-ton, and it was carried on di vi:ion, O'Ferratb and Ch('eadle alo ne voting in the~ negative. Mr. Hlaugen the~n escorted Lan;mgonm to thne b~ar of the llou:se, while thme- 1k publicana side and the galleries broke ot min lnod appnaus and cheers, whc were re(oul)led as the Speaer administered tihe oath. 'ThJ..n came a chorus from the Re publican side : "Call up another case." And In response to the chorus Mr. Rownll, of IllinoIs, called up the South Carolina ease of Miller against Elliott. Mr. O'Ferrall raised a question of consideration, and on a viva voce vote the Speaker stated that the Iouse had determined to consider the election case. Mr. O'Fcrrall made a point that there was no (uorui present. The Speaker declined to entertain the point, stating that the last vote had shown a gnorum, and that since then several Democrats had entered the hall. The previous question was ordered, and despite the protest from Mr. Kerr, of Iowa. that, some reason for its adop tion should he given, the resolutions unseating Elliott and seating Miller were agreed to witho:it division. COTTON MERCHANTS EXCITED. A Mt-enint which Threatens Seriouns Consequences. N-L. YoK. Sep'.. 24.-The Commer eiv.: Aulletin of this city says advices from <.rmingiam. Ala., state that the farmer's' Alliance in Alabama are hold ing :nectmgs and binding members, by resolutions and written agreements, not to oel their cotton crop until the price has been forced up to a price satis actory to the lliance. The members readily enter into thesc agreemeuts. believing ther can hold the bulk of the cotton cropi until the pr:'- can be forced up to 12cents or higher. If this arrange men; is carried out it means ruin to thousands of merchants ad many bankers in the :Shouth. Ninety per cent. of the cotton crop Is sold when it is planted. and the crop is grown on credit. The "armer owes the merchant, the merchant owes the banker and bank er in many cases owes his Eastern cor respondent. The merchant's notes to the banker fail due from October 15 to November 1. and the banker's paper in New York is due a litle later. If the. farmer does not sell his cotton he can not nay his merchant and the latter can not pay the hanker. it has just been announced. as com zn:: from high Alliance. authority. that %.!eints of the Order have made arrange meats whih European capitalists to ad vance the hilrmers $32 per baie on all :,otton stored in the ware house. This would enable the farmers to pay the bulk A the money lie owes his mechant and revent anythig like a panic, but it is !oubtiful if any such arrangement has een made. But even if he fhils to make m arrangement to borrow money on his Vare house recepts. the farmers. at least he Alliance farmer, proposes to hold Is cotton anyway and let the merchant md banker squirm. The farmer says hat when he was the helpless worm the merchant and banker combined to rush him without mercy, and now he as the power lie will not grieve over heir sufferings. Merchauts and bankers in all the owns aud cities ot the cotton State 'rankly admit that the situation looks crious, but they still hope for the best. Where the merchant holds a mortgage on Ihe crops he will attempt to force the de ivery of the cotton at the time specefied i his mcrtgage, but the farmer has sever il cards in his sleeve lie can play if neces ary, and delay delivery several weeks. Ie can harvest his crop late, his gin niay break down, or other accidents appen that will prevent his getting his :otton to market until late in Novem ser. LOODY CONFLICT WITH ITALIANS. L. Terrile Fight Between a Posso and ItaiHan Laborers. CATTLESEURG., Ky., Sept. 20.-Rleport ~omes from Louisa, Ky.,that on T welve Pole Creek, near Wayne Court Ilouse,1 Va., Friday, a terrible fight occurred etween the Sheriff's posse and a ganigJ f Italian railroad laborers, in whichi everal Italians were killed and a num ,er wounded. Some weeks ago a contractor on the orfolk and Western Rlailroadl named Ieogh went sway leaving numerous ~reditors, among the number being a mmiher of It alians. Several d ays ago a iew contractor took possession of the ~bandoned works and put a number of aborers to work in a cut formerlyv vorked by Italians. The Italians re Lused to allow any one to work until hey had received their pay for work lone under Keogh and proceeded to mst the new laborers. Three times the new laborers were 1 utn out of the cut by Italians, who used 1 tones, clubs, knives and pistols. The ~ontractor t hen applied to the court for rotectiont and was furnished a posse of boiut a dozen men headed by the Sherif f Wayne Court IIeuse. On Friday the ~heriT mad1(e an attempt to arrest the talians. who liercely resisted. and a' ~omrbat resulted with forty or more I anus on one sidr- with stones, knives mid revelvers, and the Sheriff's men on he other. The Italians foug'rt from behind ~rees. stonzes and whiatever would shield mtan's bo;dy. Firing became general ma' Ilaste'd somre miinutr-s. When the miake of battle cleared aiway. sevei alj taihans wvere found ina the last throes f death an d severnl more were wound ~d. The sherili-'s mn escaped with a ew severe bruises. About twenty talians wxere arrested and taken to the all at Wayne Court Ihouse. '[le re inamider escap~ed in tie woods. The enO of the light is forty or lifty miles rom; here and remote from railroad ocd telegraph comminunication. Dlied in Iis Pulpit. A !.me0 x, N. Y., Sept. 2.-Thie Rev. ;eorg' 1-'. (;in, pastor of the First Pres >terian Church, and one of the most opular preacehers in this C'ounty, met eath at a singular time Sunday morn ng. Ie appeatred in his pulpit appear nty enjoying histusual good health and o the .ermion with accustomed fervor. lIe took as the subjec~t for his morning's licours e the story' of N aamian the Sy -i. who was liea'led of leprosy by faith ni t ie (directlins give'n him1 by Elisha to lmh le in the waters of the JTordan1-. TIhe inister elaborated on this story, ap pealing eloquentliy to his hearers to put al their faith in tile Lord, and was dis oursing On thei power of the Almighty{ to save thiose who trusted Ihim, not only romi the troubies of life but from allt pnishmenit after death, when lie rought his uplifted hand suddenly owni to his heart and without uttering a word fell on the platform and died be fre any of the congregation could Naisny I~~ I'n.Set. 24.-Ak special fromz Bowling (Green, Ky., say s taut President S. B. Orwmi, of the Fam rs' Alliance of Kentucky, and editor of1 the odlicial organ. tihe Kentucky State U.mon. ptublished there. has come out boldly against tile sub-treasury schieme ad has created much comment by so doing. TheIi Democratic Wheelers of ttecuiou are uphiolding hin. and it has made im more popular than ever. Ie had previously been quoted as faveor ing it. THR " ILIN G~~ STORY. AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE IN THE WILDS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. An Indinn Eaten Alive by an Army of Tarantnna--Thuowends of the Wioked Reptiles, Some as Large as Turtles, Creep Out or the Grass. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.-In a re cent number of the Examiner of this city Dr. J. S. Davis, an extensive ex ploregsays he has just returned from an expedition into the interior of Yu catan and Compeache, during which he met with an awful and unusual ad venture. The story in the Doctor's own words is as follows: In the latter part of May last I went to Central Armerica from San Francisco at the request of the Munich Society for Prehistorical Research, of which I am a member, to !nvestigate the an cient ruins which cover that country, with a view of obtaining, if possible, some clue to the period to which they belong. I got the clue I sought for from sene hieroglyphics among the Conqnestador ruins, which. occording to my th-ory, are about 8,000 years old, but, of course, absolute proof is not avallable. I had as a guide a most intelligent half-breed, Manmiel Besero. and he informed me that, according to the traditions of his Indian prcgenitors, thera were some1 ruins of still greater antiquitr 110 miles to the Northward, near the Rio eca. Indeed, he said, that this dry basin was once the bed of a river that had been turned from its course by the inhabitants of these same ruins. Thinking that I might possibiy find some corroboration for my theory among thesr- earlier relics of the lost raCe, I started to find them, accom p.iniel by my faithf-al guide. It was very hard traveling through thejungles and we made hardly fi fteen riles a day. The diflculties were multipled by the mormous number of snakes and poison tis insects that infest this section. We ost one of our pack mules through a Alte or a sting of some sort on the third lay. On the afternoon of the fourth day ve camped in a little opening, clear ex -ept for grass. This was soon burned ft )ff. We had just finished suprer, and I vas sitting at the base of a tree smok- I .ng my pipe when an enormous taran :ula came out of the grass into the -leared circle. He was positively the argest specim'n I had ever seen, and I is the slanting rays of the sun caught im, I noticed a curious, dull, indefinite eddish line down his back. I regretted 'hat I had not the means to preserve it, jut Manuel settled my regrets by ,rushing it with a billet of wood. It S bad hardly ceased moving when an >ther and equally large one appeared it the other end of the burned patch. [ did not fear them much, as I wore I ieavy leather leggings, reaching to my lups. "We have made a bad camp, Manuel." [ said, "there seems to be many taran- I aulas." "One place is aheamt as another," he miswerel in Spanish. "They usually o by twos." Ie appeared more troubled, however, I han his careless answer seemed to in licate, and wvhile I killed the second un ivelcome visitor he began to poke I iround in the grass with a long branch Hie uncovered more of the great spi lers and killed them. When he turned iround there were fully half a dozen f them in the cleared space. They 2 ~astened on the dead ones and seemed I o suck their blood. "We must get out of thIs," screamed ~he Indian. At this moment our remaining mule >eganl to struggle and kick. Hie soon I roke his picket rope and disappeared. ?hen I became aware of a steady rust ing in the grass. More tarantulas same out. "I have beard of it from the Indians," gtied my guide. "It is the devil's army. l'hey say that the people who lived in ~he dead cities were killed by them, and hbat no one can live there. They come :y thousands, like red ants, and leave lothing alive where they pass. I nought it was a squaw story. We nust fliht them with fire." He seized a tlainlg brand from the t anmp-fire, and yelled to mue to do like wise. IIe tried to fire the gra~ss on all ice's of us. but where thle trees grew it e ~as too rank and wvet, andl the tires we ~trrted wvould not go. Meanwhile the spiteful spiders be :amel more and more numerous. I a 'rushed at least one of them every step e took. Mlany of them bit at my leg rings, and hung there by their fangs. t We turnled our fire-brands to ernshing .he tarant ulas. but they seemed to comet .hieker than we could drive theum off. "i nm bitten," 1 heard the Indian ioreamn. I passedhim my flask. I eould 1o nothin.z more for him. and, dropping t ny stick. ~Istartedl to run. Eve'ry stept nto the grass seemed to bring me into a veorse quarters. I tried every direction, jut they seemed every where. I noticed ~ hat they were in the bushes and on the y rrass, so high that my leggings wvouldae iot protect me1, and presently I found ~myself back at the camp. There, at s east, they could not reach me without ~limbing up. The ground was perfcct y black with them. I'oor Manuel was jown on his knees and tile great insects i nvere all over him. Ie seemed crazy. md I have no doubt his nund was near ly gone with terror an J the pain of the 1 could barely keel) the tarantulas rromi getting abjove my leggings. Sud rienly it occurred to mec that I might find safety in one of the trees. I knew that I would soon be exhausted if I remained among the black beasts, and 1 thlat would end it. In a moment 1 had' my arms about a small tree. I crushed 't th'e insects that cluno to my legs against the bark ns I dragged and< scrambled up. A dozen feet from the] ground there was a branch from which 1 wve had hung some small game I had shot. I pulled myself up on to thisi branch and got the first moment's resti I had had since the tarantulas first ap peared. I had had no timne to think be-1 tore this, but now 1 began to realize what had happened. it seemed more like a nightmare than anything real. 1 looked anld almost fell off my b rauch at the horrid sight below. M1y Indian was now tairly on the ground. I could not see him for the poisonous things that covered him, but the irregular black mass wriggled and squirmned like a wounded snake, and '1 knew hef was not vet out of his agony. On every side were more tarantulas hiungri ly se'arching~ for more victims. TheIr crushed fellowvs were almost torn to pileces so tierce were they in their hun ger. They were all enormous; some of* them were as big as turtles, and .when the sun struck them I could see the red~ ine that distingnished them from the non-gregarious speces that are familiar in other places. They crawled over one 1 another in their desire to find some thing into which to sink their fangs. Poor Manuers writhing body was the objective point of most of them. They fought fiercely for a spot of flesh where they could strike, and every movement of the still living man seemed to make them yet more fierce. It did not take me as long to notice all this as it does to describe It, and I soon saw that I was not yet safe from the horrible fate that had overtaken my guide. The insects began to craw' up the trees, thougl not in any considerable numbers at first. 'I brushed them down with a small branch. and those that were hurt at all were immediately set upon by their fellows. My recital of these things may seem i tame, but I have no pen to describe the awful horror of it all. There were I about two hours 0: daylight left me. I I knew this and I wondered what I could : do in the dark. Then I remembered I reading that snakes or c-nti-pedes would< not cross a hair rope, and I thought that perhaps the same rule might ap- I ply to tarantulas. - The fame was swinging from the branch >y a horsehair riata and it took i me a very few minutes to cut the rab bits loose and wind the rope about the trunk just below me. Pretty soon more of the big spiders came up. Man- ( uel was quiet now at la:-t. and they wantcd anothervic-tim. t .ly hair rope did some good. They cotil not swarm over it in such num- t bers that I could not sween them back r with my branch. How 16ng L stayed i there fighting the insects back I do not Zn ow. Yat the light was fading when I no- t ticed a commotion among the tarantu- r irs. At the same time I observed a I number of blue-black wasps darting 7 about. I recognized them as belong- I ing to the hymenoptera family, and s realIzed that they were the tarantula t hawks of which I had read. In ten d minutes the four or live wasDs had - some hnndreds, and five minutes later :hrre'was not a tarantula to be seen, t -xcept th: numerous dead ones at zhe t lont of the tree. r Mannel's body, swollen and dscold' ,d y the venon of the spilers. stared. c 1at me. I waited an huur and then It .ame 1lown. It took me eight days to reach Neva ]a and on the way I did not see a sin- r ,le tarantula. t HIS NECK BROKEN. 3Y Jumping From a Train While in Mo- t: tion-Instantly Eilled. Jt ArUSTA, Ga., Sept. 24.-A sad acci lent indeed was that which happened a o a young man named Daniels at Ber- IS ella on the Georgia railroad Su:d?y aorning. Ile was returning home co pend the Sabbath with his father and aother, and instead of the anticipated ileasure of loved ones' greeting, he met A , cruel fate. The young man's full name 5 A. A. Daniels. He was 17 years old, nd his home was Berzelia. s The young man has been employed for f ome time as a section hand on the leorgia railroad, with headquartere at ni arr's on the 3Kacon branch. During k ast week he secured a pass to go home t o spend Sunday with his family. lIe " ame from Carr's on Saturday night on p train as far as Camak, at which place a e got on the night express coming to- 0 yard Augusta. t1 When the train approached Berzelia ary Sunday morning, young Daniels aw his father in his buggy waiting to eceive him. As Berzelia is only a flagh tation at which the train does not stoph inless flagged down or unless there is ad lassenger who wishes to get off, the ex-d iress hardly slacks its speed. Young ~ )aniels had a pass, but did not give itt ip to the conductor or say anything .bout desiring to leave the train at the tation. lie thought it unnecessary 'robably, having determined to jump rom thle rapidly moving cars. He made the jump, but unfortunately he poor fellow miscalculated the dis C4 ance or speed of the train, and in place e, if landing on his feet struck, just the C~ everse, on his head. His head struck I( ,crosstie on a side track, death result-0 rig almost instantly.b The sad accident ~occurred before his s ather's eyes, who rushed to his son'sh ssistance. but the lad was already be- j ond human aid. The father returnedf ome not with his son's joyous voice ounding in his ears as he expecte d. but ith his lifeless body.-Augusta Chron- It ~le. .eed Outdone. WAImNTON. Sept. 20.--In the I-ouseh c-day O'Ferrall'objected to the approv- fm 1 of 'the journal. I The Speaker countedi only thirty-sov- P n Decmocrats, rnot enough to order the eas and nays on the question present T;he yeas and navys were demanded nid the Speaker then counted forty ight Democrats. Breckenridge-"'You only coumted irty-seven before." The -opeakers--T~his Is not the :Prst I ime the gentlemen on that silo have 8 ppeatredI and diisapp)eared." n Breckenridge-"and this is not the s rst time the eo:.nt of tale Ch;:ir ha urne-d out to he incorrect. The Sp'eaker-- --T'he Chair 'esires to ay that yesterday the count by tellers howed two less th'an the count by the :hair. and that was b)ecause of two S aembers dlisappearing after the Speak- a. r's count." I C'risp-"There was a difference of a: ix? 2. The Speaker--"The gentlemen is mis- s Breckenridge--T'lhe country will si :now the facts." C The yeas and nays having been order d, there was a IDemnocratic exodus and. n a moment the Democratic seats werelc dgh deserted. The vote resulted-a -eas 15, nays none, no quorum, and t-he Iouse, at 1 o'clock, adjourned. td W. W. Ruisseil in the Soup. GR:EIAWoOD, Sept. 23.-John ii. To]-|(q >ert has at last received recognitionh romn his fellow Republicans and is lI heir nominee for Congress from the lhird District. The conventio'n whichj id this work convened here to-day at .2 o'clock and was in sessIon several 4 iours. The organization was easy. HI. .1. 0Owens was elected chairmnan with 10 opposition andi R. R. Tolbert, secre- jy ary. A committee on credentials wasu ippointed andi the contesting d:elega ons from Oconee was considered. rhe Bryce faction was seated anid Rus-~ ell at the head of the Tlaomas faction eft the hall. Th ere was a great kick[8 :)y the faction rejected and great disor-It ier characterized the meeting during 1 ;his business. When things wer to il somre extent calmed the order of busi- s ness was the nonmination of a candidate I and Toibert received the nomination without an opposing vote. B~ryce p~ub licly went over to Tolber t, anid if Fin-t fey'receIved any votes nobody knew it. WXhien Russell saw his chances slim hie elt the hail and declared that he would Rlpeal to the people. Th'.e convention was composed of 243 members. With Russell the Anderson and two of the P'ickens dele-gates left the hall.-Green DISGRACEFUL SCENES At the Annual Gnthering of the San dy Springs Camp Meeting. ANDERSON, S. C., Sept. 22.-Sandy Springs camp meeting has been for Fears a popular gathering for all kinds >f people. Religious services are con lucted morning, noon and night for .our days, but there are a great many who go there that never bear a word hey go there for the social feature only, md it has always been very pleasant. Everybody went-the vOy best people )f the town and C:unty, and at times ome disturbing elements were found here also. This year the meeting was musually largely attended, and it be ran under the most favorable auspices; )ut to-day there is a cloud as black as he darkness of Egypt over the place, md there is no more fun there. This ias been caused by a long lst of trage lies. all of which occurredl in less than wenty-four hours and turned the fes ,ive scene into one of gloom and sorrow md withered the gay garlands of plea ure. Two of these may result in nurder and one is a fatal accident. The Firstof this bloody list is the acci lent which has probably even now re ulted in the death of Mr. John J. Jooley of Williamston. M. Cooley rove ever to Sandy Springs to attend he meeting yesterday. Bnefore he eached the camp grounds his horse ook fright and Mr. Cooley lost control f the reins, and in the runaway which ollowed he was thrown out of the bug y ani his head dashed against a stone ] .nd the skull fractured. lie was taken p and carried to a gentleman's house ear by and medical aId summoned. t was thought then that he would die. 'he latest reports receiv ed were up to ast nIght, there being only an occa- 1 IonaI chance of getting newvs from here. le wasthenr still alive. but the octor thought he would be dead by this aarnilng. William Simpson and Bob Frasier wo emplovecs of the Pendit-on fac nry, became invoilved In a row which lav end fatally to both. Simpson told is sistcr not to go with Frasier be- 1 anse he was drunk. Frasie1r heard 1 bis from the girl and zough'. Simpson I):: him out. In the row which fol >wed, Frasier shot Simpson b'lo w the ight eye, the ball coming out at the :mple. Simpson crushed Frasier's skull ith a rock. Frasier died in the after oon Simpson is still alive. The bul t went below the eyeball without cut .ng it. So far the sight is not believed > be impaired If the wound does not rove fatal. It is probable that after this series of midents the annual camp meeting at andy Springs will be dIscontinued. It as a decided relief to every body when le meeting was over.-Columbia Reg ter. A BARON'S DEATH. Enropean Nobleman Meets an Ignoble Death. SAN FRANcisco, Sept. 21.-The eamer Walla Walla, which has arrived I om Victoria and Puget Sound ports, rings news of th e discovery by hunters t i the remains of an Austrian noble- t an in the Moran mountains. He was t nownaslBaronVonStrauss. Twohun rs, named Gentle and Ilartenberg, ere the discoverers. They were on a heasant shooting expedition, and were I tracted to the bottom of a dark can a by a fierce fight in a pack of coyotes. The brutes fled on the approach of 1 ie hunters, and the latter discovered iat the cause of the battle was the t angled and half-devoured body of a umian being. One leg was gone 3d both arms were torn off. Both 1 unters had seen the unfortunate man'd aring his wanderings about the moan-( tinis.r He left his home in Buda Pesth, Aus-r la, two years ago to make a tour of theo orld. His father's estate was in pro.. ass of settlement and his start wasv lade with the first installment of his theritance. His first stop was in Newd 'ork, and from there he went to Chii- I go, where lie lost a good deal of mon- I Sin real estate speculations. H~et mine to San Francisco last spring and 1 st more money. When near the end ihis purse, he wrote home for funds, I at his appeal to his relatives only re. ilted in the discovery that his brother 11 ad misappropriated and sold the famni-a -estate and had iled to India. The baron worked his way to Spokane alls and then~ gave himself up to the fe of a tramp. HeI made several efforts a obtain and hold employment, but he as unfitted for work of any sort and ally became a de~ided vagabond, .s ving on the charity of farmers and t mnters. He was well supplied with shionable and expensive clothing, y uch of which he used to reward pe> e who fed and housed him'. 31et After Thirty Years. t PlQAn. 0., Sept. 24.-Two sistersi parated for thirty ears met here yes rday by accmient. Thirty y'ears ago arv Wyatt o Ironton.0 ., married a an namied Blevins. 'ho soon afterward et to California. A dozcn years later trah Wyatt married tho Recv. John ivder andi we"' to Michigan. In the eantime all raec of the sister in Cali- % rna had been lost. Tihe Snyders af- ~ r spendin:: 've or six years in~ Mic'hi- I mu were sent to embhish a mission y~ nong 1, i3 Eackfeek lndiae's. Sevena :as'later thr~y went to Oklahomaon a lI miler mission, Last dune Mr. Snyder ~ Sthree chidren died. With the three l maining children. a horsA andl buggy'. id a little money. Mrs. Synder started drcive to Michmtgaa. At Marion, Ind., ckness canie andi her mnonny gave out. .cidentaliv~ Mrs. Snydera learned heru ster had some yecars ago livedl at Lima,.i .After many hardships and being re iced to beggary Mrs. Snyder reachied 'nma only to nnd her sister zonc to Cim nnati. At this place Mrs. Snyder i ;ain zave out and a Mrs. Weaver tooks ecm ini and kept them a week. Ycster ;y as~ Mr~s nyder and her children ere ambout to leav'e, a remark led to aetonmng w~hIch resulted mn proving [r Weoaver and Mrs. Snyder were thet ng-sepa)rateid sisters. 1 A P'rincely Offt. CHICAGO. Sept. 22.--A Pledge of 1,000.000 to the University of Chicago as conveyed to tihe trustees of that in-1 itution to-day in a letter from John D- t ockfellcr, who has already given to the niversity 8000U00. The magnificent roff'er was promptly accepted by the oard and a committee appointed to rrange for filling the conditions of the ift. Rockfeller stipulates that $800, 00 of the amount shall be used for nion rofessional graduate instruction and ~lIowships; $100.000) for thmeological in tructioni in the divinity school anid 10.000 for thc construction of the ivinity builiings. Except the last .amed $100.h00. 41.0t00000 principal is o renain intact, the income alone to be xpended. T he present Baptist The logic'l Semviarv is to be part of the ii;ersit. and tfme Seminary buildings a, 4tor'gan IPark are to be utilized as an caiv Thle new university begins its areer eith~t endowments making 1,800,-1 nOol awhc ar ia had or pledged. MENAGERIE LET 100 S, WILD BEASTS AT LARGE IN A SOUTH AFRICAN TOWN. A Flend Opens the Doors of Cages Confin ing Wild Animals and. Set Them Free. Terrible Scenes Follow-on and Wo men Torn to Fieoes. LONDON, Sept. 19.-Mail advices from Kimberly. South Africa, tell of an awful occurrence there at midnight on the 1st of June last. Some person, evidently one bearing ill-feeling toward the pro prietor of Fillis's menagerie, opened the doors of the cages confining the wild animals and set them all free. The most terrible scenes followed this liberation. Four attendants sleeping on the premises were mangled beyond recognition, being torn actually limb from limb, bitten and gashed in the most sickening manner, while the en tire population within a radius of a mile was aroused by the roaring of the lions, the trumpeting of the elephants, the growls and shrieks of the leopards, chetahs, jackals and frightened horses. Four enormous mail lions-Pasha, Abdul, Caliph and Mustapha-sprang from their cages and made for the stables, where Pasaa leaped upon the back of Mu rat, the great jumping stal lion, and buried his teeth in the ani mal's neck. The screams of the horse arousel the attendants, a Scotehman named Patterson and three Kaffir boys, who, armed with stable forks, rushed to the relief of Murat. From the dying words of one Kaffir, who was the only one able to speak when aid came, it was learned that they rushed to unspeakable torture and met x fearf rl death. He and his mates en leavored to be:' Pasha back, when they were attacke'i a the rear by three other lions and one, netab. They were thrown vo the ground, their arms and legs bit ten and dragged off, their bodies man ,led and torn open, their bones smashed into bits.and. with the excepton of the single Kaflir, their heads crushed into a pulp. The one mnan\ who lived just long enough to tell the'story. was with >ut either arms or legs, and his body was a mass of lacerations. Having tasted blood, the lions, che ;ahs, wolves and leopards regained all their natural ferocity and sprung at n7erything that came in their way. Four performing Hungarian horses, of .,hich the equine beauty, Black Bess, wras one of the number, were killed al m ost instantly, and a number of ponies ,-ere devoured. An enormous elephant, known as Blood, burst through the heavy iron rate in his fright and rushed into Carry treet, followed by nearly every animal hat was in the menagerie. A cabman named .elson, sitting on n1s carriage before the building, was ap )alled by the uproar within, but did not uppose the beast could escape beyond he walls. Suddenly, as he describes it, ie saw the animals come forth first he elephant loudly trumpeting, closely ollowed by a tumbling writhing,snarl ng mass of lions, hyenas, jackals, >aboons and every other quality of >rute. Nelson sprung for a post that sup >orts an awning around Glover's athlet c bar and climbed into safety, while Lis horses dashed madly down the Du oitspan road, snorting with fear, clo ely pursued by two lions and four volves. The remamnder of the wild an. maas distribut. d themselves in every lirection. A little child of James erindley, happening to be in a- rear oom opening on a garden, was pounced ipon by a chetah and dragged intoi the pen air, where its agonized mother aw it torn to pieces and devoured rithout any power to help it. Other and equally harrowing inci ents are reported, among which is the filing of flve-women, who were fear ully mangled. When the mails left here were at large four lions, two onesses, two tigers, three bears, two 'olves, one hyena, two chetals, one lephant, one camel and seventeen aboons. The police were organized ato hunting parties and the town was imost in a condition of siege. An Incendiary Speech. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Speclah' ohn M. Langston, whom Speaker Reed nd the Republican party forced into the louse, was serenaded here last night by is colored followers, and daring his peech in response gave utterance to be following sentiment: "Eight million cople lock on to-night, proud of this ictory of the colored race. Sixty mil .on! men thank God that they belong to Republican nation. The p arty of vie ory rejoices to-night that the class that emancipated has advnnced to take the eight of Government off its broad hioulders. It is a great thing to come rom the Old Domimion, that gave us Vashington and Jefferson and Madison nd Monroe and Patrick Henry. Pat ick IHenry said to the world: "Give le liberty, or give me death!" We have ot the libertv. and now the slave class as advancedl'to liberry we must save le negro. I say the negro must save imseif, for no one can save you but ourself. As God has given you hands nId arms, and feet and eyes, and intel act. and genius and power, you shall ave yourselves, and no other shall save on. We enter on our duty bravely and aliantly. This is our Government to id and our fellows to save. If it is urpose that is wanted we will give it; it is courage that is wanted we ,ill give it by the hogsheads, even :til the blood shall run in streams, Snecessary, till by the commingling of .hite mn'~s blood and black men's blood, ur country shall be the grandest and our iovernmaent the greatest and most last rig the world has ever seen or ever will ee'"-News and Courier. Conniet in a synagogue. TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 17.-During ervices in the Polish Hebrew syna ogue here to-day a fight occurred over he attempt of ex-Rabbi Max Rodden nd some of his followers to take a part n the prayers,after they had been warn ~d to keep away. During the struggle ~odden and Harris Adolphus, it is lanimed, were roughly handled, and LIarris's coat collar was torn off. The wo men went before Justice Mills and iad warrants issued for the arrest of Nioses Skomwitsohki, the new rabbi, md several officers of the Synagogue ms their assailants. A Free Fight. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 24.-Near B~rundiger, Pike County, a desperate light took place on Sunday between two white men, named John and Wil liam Faulk, and fifteen negroes. The negroes belonged to a bridge gang on the Alabama Midland railroad. One white man was seriously wounded and one negro killed and several badly hurt. The exact cause of the trouble has not been learned, but it is supposed that it grew out of a drunken row. Monthly Irregularities are relieved and curedI and much suffering saved to womian by use of Bradfield's Female Regulator.