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VO._31MAMG S. C. IV]DNE SDAY, FEIIIR 11) 1811N.8
CONGRESSIONAL MATTER.
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL PASSED
BY THE SENATE.
The Bill the Samne as dopted loy the
House-Efloots to Increase the Number
Voted Down-Kelly Flaunts the Bloody
Shirt Which is Resented by Several
Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-In the "en
ate at the close of the morning hour the
Senate proceeded to the consideration
of the apportionment bill as "-unfinished
business," and Edmunds addressed the
Senate, calling its attention to the fact
that the bill took no cognizance what
ever of the provisions of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution, that in
case the right of suffrage be denied
or abridged in any State, the representa
tion of that State should be diminished
accordingly.
The Senate then proceeded to vote on
the amendments proposed by the mi
nority, the first being to increase the
representation of Arkansas from 6 to 7.
The amendment was rejected -yeas, 32;
nays, 33. All the Democratic Senators
voted for the amendraent and were re
inforced by five Republicans-Senators
Davis, McMillan, Paddock. Stewart
and Washburn.
The next amendment was to increase
the representation of Minnesota from 7
to 8-also rejected; yeas 31, nays 32.
On this vote Casey voted with the Dem
ocrats, of whom two less voted than on
the precedina vote.
The next amendment was to increase
the representaton of Missouri from 15
to16. Rejected; yeas 30, nays 3S. The
only Republicans voting aye on this
amendment were Davis, Paddock and
Washburn. Casey, McMillan and Stew
art voLed no.
The next amendment was to increase
the representation of New York from 34
to 35. Rejected; yeas 30, nays 38.
Davis and Paddock being the only Re
t
publicans voting in the affirmative.
Davis then withdrew the amendment,
fixing the total number of representa
tives at 360.
Berry offered an amendment fixing
the total number at 359 and giving an
additional member to Arkansas. Minne
sota and New York, and desired to have
it voted on as one amendment.
A division of it, however, was In
sisted on by Hale.
Hale then moved to lay the amend- t
ment on the table, and that motion was
agreed to-yeas 38 ; nays 29. The only
Republicans who voted in the negative e
were Davis and Washburn.
Vest stated why he could not vote for
the bill. It was because alarge amount
of the population in Missouri. Minnesota.
Arkansas and New York was left en
tirely without represenation.
Gorman also opposed the bill because,
as it has been reported, it showed that
an error had been made in the city of n
New York, were there was a deficit of 0
some 200,000 in the census returns, as c
taken,. axid - because he believes that t
ttiStie S nd the States of Arkansas,
Minnesota and Missouri should each
have an additional representative. He
thought that in fairness to all the appor
tionment should have been left to be 3
made in the next session. a
Jones of ArIansas declared his belief %
that for his State the census returns it
were very defective, and that if the cl
truth were known Arkansas had popu- y
lation enough to entitle her to seven fc
Representatives. b!
Morgan spoke of the necessitiy ctf a h:
specific declaration in the bill that tihe rr
number of Presidential electors in 1892 tr
shall correspond with the number of os
Representatives fixed in the bill. The gi
country had had enough of trials and la
troubles and difficulties in connection hi
with Presidential elections to admonish b:
Conaress to exercise the most extreme s.
care in the matter and to make the law n<
perfectly clear and definite.
The bill was then passed exactly as it ce
came from the House-yeas 37, nays 24; ce
a strict party vote. n<
There was quite a row in the House b4
to-day. Matters ran very smoothly for
awhile, until the murder of Matthews, hi
the postmaster at Carrolton, Miss., was tb
brought up by Kelly in a speech in which ot
lhe certified some formal remarks made ju
by Lewis, of Mississippi. He denied Si
(as stated by Lewis) that the murder of Mj
Matthews was attributable to other than
pohitical causes. He had the authority
to say that Matthews had been killed be
cause lhe was a Republican. The gen- to
tieman fro~a Mississippi premised his ty
remarks with a quotation to the effect a
that nothing but good should be said ofa
the dead and had heaped slanders upon h(
the dead man which lhe would not have in
heaped had the man been living. H~e be
(Kelly) denied the statements made by ar
the gentleman in reg-.rd to the character in
of Matthews. 1y
Flo wer said that he had heard the ea
gentleman from Kansas make speeches a:
pitching into the distinguished aentle
man fi-om Arkansas (Breckinidge) fe
That gentleman had been returned to 1t0
Congress while the constituents of the
gentleman from Kansas had turned him at
down. The more of such~speeches the hi
gentleman from Kansas made. the better H
it would be for the Democratic party. 10
Lewis, in reply, said that while the
people of the whole country were enjoy-:f
ing the privileaes of constitutional hi
liberty, the stentorian and stricken voice
of the gentleman from Kansas was TI
heard, crying, "Murder ! murder !"s
"Call the police !" ejaculated Spinola,.
in a voice of Modoc terror, and the con
trast between the earnest voice of Lewis
and the timorous voice of Spinola was i
so apparent that for some moments ar<
Lewis was unable to proceed on account w
of the laughter. on
Lewis, continuing, said that in the 'e
self-confidence and swift witness in
every killing that had occdrred in Missis
sippi and Arkansas the gentleman from i
Kansas had sought to create the impres- in
sion that the people of these States were we
in rebellion against the Constitution and tri
laws of the United States. t
Kellv-"He has proved it." no
LewIs-" I want to say to him that he. do
is in rebellhon against the mandate of gr<
the people as pronounced at the last qu
November election. I want to say that n
he is in rebellion against his own con
stituents, who have relegated him to the
shades of private lhfe. I want to say :
that he is in rebellion aganist the people D:
of Kansas, who have just spoken and kn
whose voice has filled the cathedral of m
this hemisphere.s but which has faillen H<
unheeded on his deaf ear-.w
Kelly said that he was not here to set
traduce the character of any man. lie oil
was defending the character of the Re- his
publicans of the South who had been 11C
killed because they were Republicans. Istr
He was sorry that Mississippi could not ou
turnish a man on this floor with enough pa:
of justice in him to save him (Kelly) the 1o8
Hooker said that he was getting :
little tired of the broad cast accusation:
made against the people of Mississipp
before a tribunal which had not tih
power to try them. He protested agains
the raising of sectional animosity.
Cannon attempted to put an end t(
the political discussion by callIng atten
tion to the absolute necessity of th:
speedy passage of the appropriatior
bills, but his remarks had little effect
the controversy being transferred fronr
Mississippi to Tennessee, Williams o!
Ohio criticising and Richardson defend=
ing the conduct of Senator Harris.
After a rather stormy scene betweer
the chairman (McComas) and Breckin.
ridge of Arkansas pertaining to the
question of recognition, the committee
rose and reported the bill to the House,
No quorum appearing the House with
out disposition of the bill adjourned.
HACKED TO PIECES.
Terrible and Brutal Massacre of Christ
ians by Low Chi2ese.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-There is
i recurrence of the old fanatical hatred of
Christians in China, more particularly in
;zechuen, where a massacre of Christ
ians occurred, of which we have only
just got particulars, though the scene is
.nly a short distance from Chungking,
xhich is now a treaty port.
The converts of the Franciscans and
Lazarists are very numerous in Szechuen,
tnd we frequently hear of trouble be
ween them and the followers of the
=opular religions-Confucianism, Bud
Ihinm and Taouism-but it is seldom
iowadays that the fanaticism of the per
ecutors proceeds as far as killing its un
rtunate objects, as was the case with
he small Christian community of
Loongti-hsn, in the TaChu prefecture.
In the middle of the night an attack
vas L.ade by several thousand of the
vorEt dregs of the populace, infuriated
)y !anaticism and eged on by the hopes
f a rich booty. They raided the houses
f fifty or sixty Christian families, set
he buildings on fire, and carried oft
verything portable.
The mission premises were surrounded
.nd burned, amidst the howls of infuri
ted villains who threw a number of
hristians into the burning bulldings,
rhere they perished in the most horrible
gony, which proceedings were watched
ith devilish pleasure by their erstwhile
eighbors.
The murderers seized upwards of
wenty reoe victims in the neighborhood,
nd butchered them in cold blood, and
iti all the revolting refinements of cru
ty which the placid looking Chinese un
erstand so well. Most of the bodies of
au murdered people were cut or hacked
pieces and thrown into the river.
During all this time the officials were
visible, and the inpression in well in
rmed quarters is that they kept out of
ae way on purpose. The magistrate at
'a Chu kept himself locked up in hIs ya
en, though he knew what N as going
n outside, for the European priest in
harge of the mission fled to the magis
ate's residence for safety.
Hard on His Lawyers.
NEW YoRK, Jan. 29.-Harris -A.
mler was convicted in June of killing
(aggie Dramey, in a house on Seventh
venue, near Twenty-sixth street, to
hich she had fled to escape his brutal
y. His conviction was affirmed by the
urt of appeals. He was arraigned
sterday in the court of general sessions
ir resentence to death. Smiler was a
gamist as well as a murderer, and both
swife and Maggie Drainey, the wo
an he had tdgamously married, were
oublingr him for support. He set out
ie night to kill them both, killed Mag
e Drainey and was arrested three hours
er as he was en 3ering the house where
swife lived. When Smiler was asked
SChief Clerk Sparks what he had to
y as to why judgment of death should
a be pronounced against him, he said :
"1 didn't have a lair trial. I was de
ved in my counsel. My counsel de
ived me all along. My counsel was
t fit to defend anybody. I could make
~tter counsel out o'a handful of mud."
Judge Fitzgerald told Smiler that he
d had a fair and thorough trial and
at the jury could have arrived at no
her verdict upon the evidence. The
dge sentenced Smiler to die at Sing
n~ within the week beginning Monday,
A Battle to the Death.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 29.-A battle
the death took place in Mercer Coun
between a valuable saddle stallion
:d a jackass belonging to William
omas, a stock raiser. A few days ago
mad dog bit Thomas's little boy and
rse. The horse went mad and kick
g down the door of the jackass' stable
gan biting him. The jack retaliated,
i for fifteen minutes they fought, us-1
their teeth, heels and forefeet. Final.
the jack tore loose the stallion's left
rwith his teeth and the horse then bit
iece from the jackass' neck.
his seemed to make the jack more1
ocious than ever and, grabbing the
er part of the horse's neck in his
~th, he tore out the windpipe, but the
h-mettled stallion did not give up
before falling he kicked the jack's
d leg, breaking it just below the hock.
ethen fell dead. The jack uttered a
g loud bray and went into his stable.
Swas covered with blood and so fear
ily wounded that his master killed
n to putt him out of his misery.
ihe boy was treated with a madstone.
e stone stuck three times and lhe
sws no sign of rabies. It is believed
t he will recover.
Indians Eaten by Wolves.
WiNNu-EG. Jan. 30.- Rev. J. Sette,
ssionary among the Indian tribes
und Latke Winnipeg and Manitoba,
ites that camps of tndians hunting
the East side of Lake Winnipeg, not
v far from Rlood Vein River near
g Head, were visited by a band of
lves about one~ hundred in number.
~cy attacked the camps and killed
ny Indians and devoured them. One
ian cudgeled and killed twenty
Iyes, another Indian climbed up a
e with his gun and shot down
nty. One got on astage~which was
very high and the wolves got him
vn and devoured him. There is a
~at panic among the Indians in that
rter. The Indians say there aret
deer. consequer.thy the wolves are
d with hunger.
Horrible Death.
LORENCE, S. C., Janl. 29.-Capt. t
ve Morecocx, of thlis place, was i:
cked ol of the freight train a few r
es below Florence tis morning. 1:
was not missed until the next station r
*s reached, and having gone back in r
rh of him, he was ibund suspended
of the bridge over Lynch's creek,
shoes having caught on an iron pin. y
is supposed not to have known what
ck him, as his brain was knocked ia
. lHe leaves a .yound wife here and a
ents in North Carolina to mouen his r
5. The Knights of Pythias will take r
THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT.
Activity Among Leaders Caused By Sen
ator Ingalls' Defeat.
NEW YoRK. Jan. 31.-A short time
ago there was news that the action of
the third party boomers throughout the
country would be governed, in a large
measure, by the result of the great
struggle over Ingalls in Kansas. If the
Farmers' Alliance could not control the
politics of a state in which it had a
heavy majority oi the voters, it would
have no prospect of success in a national
movemet; :but if, on the other hand. it
should win in its first serious campagm
in a northwestern state. the fact would
be proof that the time had arrived for
the organization of a new party in the
United States.
Kansas was the pivotal state, and
there the signal was to be hoisted. The
Alliance had shown itself to be all pow
erful in several southern states; but
there was an imperative necessity that
it should win a triumph in the north.
Its succees at Topeka this week is, there
fore, an incident of first-class importance
to the third party boomers.P
Even President McGrath, of the Kan
sas Alliance, who was last year opposed
to the formation of a new party, has
changed his mind. The Alliance man
agers in Nebraska and Minnesota are
ready to follow the leadership of Kansas,
and several of the Alliance leaders in
the south are dssirous of co-operating
with their northern brethren in a nation
al political movement. It is believed
that the four states of Kansas, Nebraska,
Minnesota and South Dakota are suffi
cient to form a nucleus around which
other states will yet rally.
The Alliance boomers are to take up
the business of preparing for the Nation
al Union conference which is to be
held in Cincinnati upon a date that has
not vet been fixed. The call for this
conference, which was- issued in Decem
ber last, bore the signatures of Ailiance
officials in seventeen northern and I
southern states, and all industrial or
ganizations were invited to take part in
it. The Knights of Labor, will send
delegates to it, and half a dozen agricul
tural associations, inciuding the Color
ed Farmers' Alliance, will be represent
ed at it. The greatest of all the trade
union bodies in this country, the Ameri
can Federation ot Labor, has given no
tice that it cannot take any part in the
conference or in the formation of a new a
political party.
The experiment of bringing together I
the workers in the cities and the tillers
of the fields in order to gain political
ends was made in Washington last week
at a conference held by the so-called In
:dustrial Confederation, but the result of
the experiment was not encouraging to
those concerned in it.
So far as can be learned by the re
ports from various states. the platform t
and the measures of the Kansas Farm- r
eas' Alliance are likely to find favor at t
the Cincinnati conference, for Kansas
carries the flag.
Poisoned at a Boarding School.
NEW YoRK, Feb. 1.-Miss Helen I
Potts, daughter of George II. Potts, a 1
wealthy railroad and mine owner, who
V
lives at Asbury Park, and has an office c
at 40 Wall street, died suddenly this r
morning in the boardinE school of Miss 9
Lydia Day. No 32, W 40th street from
morphine poison. d
Miss Potts, who was a beautiful and 1
accomplished girl, 20 years old, had g
een an inmate of Miss Day's school a
for about a year, finishing her educa- t
ion. She had been troubled with ner- r;
ousness and insomnia for some time, y
nd had received a prescription fromg
arlyle W. Harris, a medical student, a
und a warm personal friend of herself ci
nd her family. This prescription el
alled for 25 grains of quinine and one ,o
~rain of morphine, to be made into six ci
~apstles, one of which was to De taken
~ightly. n
The prescription was put up at McIn
~yre's drug store, 992 6th avenue, Hiar- T~
is kept two capsules, and gave the y
thers to Miss Potts, telling her to fol- si
ow directions. That day Harris left e
>wn for Old Point Comfort, and while u
~here, he received a letter from Miss at
Lotts, saying that the medicine had ,
iven her a severe headache-.t
On Thursday last Harris returned to m
:e city, and calling on Miss Potts told d
er to continue taking the capsules. c
ast evening the young lady took an- ir
ther capsule, and at 11 o'clock her at
>om mates were awakened by her er
eavy breathing and they found her al- w
ost unconscious. Medical aid was at di
nce summoned and the doctors pro
ounced the patient suffering from
arcotic noisoning. They worked with
igor and restored her by 6 o'clock in g
e morning, leaving her at that time b'
ut of danger. At 4 o'clock they were er
gain summoned to find her at the p,
oint of death, all their efforts were er
navailing and she died at 11 o'clock to
is morning. Mb
The idea of suicide in the case is out ao
rf the question, and there are several tE
eories as to the cause of death-.a
The prescription may have been put at
ip by an unexperienced dIruggist, who w
bstitutedl morphine for quinine ; the
hole grain of morphine might have th
een put into one capsule, or the girl in
ay have had the prescription rene wed al
Ld died of the cumulative action of a
rge number of capsules. The coroner o'
ill make a thorough investigation. g
Bonto Atoms.
CAnRMEL, N. Y.. dJan. 29.-At about j
50 in the morning, an explosion oc- ro
rred at the works of the reservoi r li
Lm in course of construction near ht
~raft's station, on the New York and
~orthern railroad. A considerable ,
antity of giant powder was stored in t
tool box, and the foreman, Conrad o
nnelly, undertook to pry open the lid, Ce
~hich had been frozen (down, with a
owbar. Just exactly how it happened ii
0 one knows, but Connelly was liter
ly blown to atoms, all that could be nI
und not filling a box a foot square. er
nnelly leaves a wife and two chil
en. The concussion shook buildings to
ree miles distant. ___di
An Appeal F'romi the Poor. C
IhAMBURG, Jan. 31.-Four thousand re
employed workmen of thus city held b
meeting Sunday to consider measures i
~oking to an amelioration oi their con
tion. It was resolved to send a peti
n to the Senate asking that landlords bc
prohibited on the next quarter day wi
~om evicting tenants unable to pay their bY
nts also asking that loans of 50 marks
advanced to destiute workmen from s
ie state funds andl that poor children I '
p lublic schools be suppliedl with hot ca
eals (dally. The committee formed to
lp relieve the distress of the unemi- gry
oved distribute over ten thousand free ari
eals daily. ___
Picked a Pimple and Died.
L ANCA.<rER, Pa., Jan. 29.-Frank .J.
err, a prominent farmer, died here l
o blood poisoning. Three weeks ago a
noticed a small pimp~le on his hand
d picked it open. .lIe took cold, blood $
isoning followed and death was the aln
~sult. A wife and twvelve children sur- age
lye h17
A GHASTLY SIGHT.
THE DEAD BODY OF ALLICE MCLEOD
FOUND IN THE CONGAREE.
The Detectives Follow Strong Clues
Which Result in Finding That a Mur
der Had Really Been Committed-The
Links of Evidence.
CoLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 29.-Alice Mc
Leod's dead body has been found! And
it shows that a dastardly murder has
been committed. It was stripped of
its clothing, and with hands and feet
bound together she was lowered to a
watery grave. with a massive weight of
rocks around the middle of her body.
Last night Detective J. W. H1olloway
asked that Officer Donald Harrison be
detailed to go with him to the willows
on the bank of the river to grapple for
the body of Alice NleLeod. The Chief I
gave the permission, and Mr. Holloway
had two strong grab-hooks made. Arm
ed with them the two men went to the
river this morning.
Hired a boat, managed by a negro
boatman, and they glided out a short
distance from the shore right from the
spot where the footprints mentioned
elsewhere were found. This place is
just below the Pearce quarry. They
started to grapple in the open space
just in front of this place. As the boat
swung around Detective I1olloway's
grapple struck something and caught.
This was in less than five minutes af
ter they had commenced fishing for the
body. The obstruction in which the
grab caught was less than six feet from
the shore.
The detective pulled hard and a heavy
weight moved. They then realized
that they had the body, and with a pow
erful pull that almost overturned the
boat the almost nude body was raised
to the surface of the water. Officer
Harrison leaned over the edge of the
boat and tied a rope around the dead
woman's neck. Then the boat was slow
ly turned towards the shore and the
iody was dragged out of the water
mnd laid on the bank.
The body was almost nude, no cloth
ng appearing on it except a chemise.
vhich was slightly torn. The woman's
iands were tied together with a stout
?i.ee of rope, and even her feet were
rossed and bound together in the same
aanner. Around the woman's bod3
oas tied a sack full of large rocks,
which made a heavy weight. This bag
vas tied with heavy ropes.
No sign of her being killed before
>eing thrown in the water appeared
n her body. There was no stab
vounds visible, but, of course a close
xamination of the body could not be
nade until the Coroner arrived. The
voman's throat was, however, much
wollen and of a dlark black color,
ho wing she had been choked to death,
>robably before being thrown in the
vater. After laying the body out on
he bank the olicers deputized the boat
nan to guard it, and hastened up street
o inform the Sheriff, Coroner and the
,hief of Police of their ghistly find.
A telephonic message at 3 o'clock,
owever, had preceded them, and the
Zecord man sped away to the scene.
n the meantime the news had spread C
ke wildfire in the lower section of
he city, and men, women and children
;ere all much wrought up by the dis
overy. Many at once went to the
iver and viewed the body in all its t
hastliness.
Even while the woman was being t
ragged from the river an old negro
as found by the detectives who can
ive the only absolute testimony
gainst the negro in the jhil. H-e says
aat lie met Waites Martin on the rail-e
:ad track dragging Alice McLeod to
ards the river. On arriving at the '
heriff's office the detectives immedi
tely notified the Coroner, and he ac
>mpanied by the oflicers and many
irious persons, left ior the scene at
nce. At this hour 4:30 p. in., the ex
tement is running high.
Waites Martin, ere this, had been re
toyed from the station house and con-t
ed in the most secure cell in the jail. t
here has already been talk of a lynch-t
ig, but Sheriff Rowan will see that all ~
ich attempts shall be properly dealt
ith. The condition of the body shows
at the murder was most diabolical 4
id premeditated and that the woman ti
as undoubtedly killed before she was e
trown in the water. What makes it be
ore heinous is the fact that the mnur- hi
~rer must have spent hours iWith the is
~rpse arranging the plans for dispos- sy
g of it. Officers Harrison and Hall se
id Detective Iholloway deserve much A
edit for their perseverance, even bi
hen the Sheriff and Chief of Police j
scredited the mi rder theory.-Record cl
Cleveland and Hill Meet. a
NEW YOR~K, Jan. 31.-At a dinner ~
yen to-night at the Manhattan Clu"
Senator ~Wm L. Brown to the Gov- e
nors of the club and six others, Ex- c
~esident Grover Cleveland and Gov
nor David B. Ilill met each other face
face. The centennial banquet, at thie sr
etropolitan Opera Ihouse two years
o, was the last occasion upon which i
ev met. Since then they have been
strangers, and many thiingsi written
dsaid of the two men only tended to
den the breach. v
To this conuiition of affair was due
e great interest taken ini their meet- r
g at thme dinner to-night, although the S
rair was a strictly pirivate one.
Ex-P'resident Cleveland arrived at 7r
:lock andl moved about among the bc
tests shaking hands and conversing t
a most pleasant manner. At a quar
r to 8 o'clock the banqueters, thirty
*o in number, entered the library te
om, where the table was set. The ta- T
a a in the form of an oval. At the
ad sat Senatar Brown with Lieuten- t
t G;overnor .]ones on his left, and a t
tt for Governior 11111. who had niot at
at timearri ved, on his right. At the
posite end of the table was Fred R1.
ndert, president of the club. Ex
sident Cleveland occupied a seat on s
s right and Ben .J. Wood on his left. c.1
At e o'clock Governor Ilill was an- t
unced. As he entered the room mn
erv one arose and applauded. The ar
>vernior advanced to his seat, bowed ha
Senator Brown, and then, looking thi
rectly at Cleveland, smiled aind bowed. on
velind as pleasantly returred the ac
ognition. The Governor then
wed to theC other gentlemen and took dir
s seat.
A Mob Kill Two Negroes.
l~iiuMxO lor, Ala., Jan. 31.-At Car
nl Ili, Walker county, a mob of qu
ite men surrounded a cabin occupiedl as
mine negroes and lired lifty shots. no
illiam Denman and John William
i, were gilled, and seven others
onuded, two fatally. The mob es
ped unhurt. The supposed caus- L
is the work of the mine strikers, C(
lose places had b een taken by the ne wl
Des. More trouble is feared and
as and ammunition sent for. d(l
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Hot springs Cooled Ofr. ab
AJAnT. .Fcbruary 2.-A tornado kil
ssd over Ihot springs about umideiah~t ho
t night. Cone store was comletely ser
eked, with a loss of stock c f about liv
500. Tf be Baptist chiurchl was flooded, k
i several residences were slightly dam- ced
d. Much alarmn was caused, but no wi
IT LOO M uLv.
Serious Diiculty of the Aiiiauce Store
at Spartanburg.
SPARTANBUo;, Feb. 3.-Unless all
signs fail we will soon have the biggest
sensation Spartanburg has witnessed for
some years. In a former letter I gave
some of the rumors which were atloat
concernin; the trouble the "Alliance
Store" was in. Developments have "fol
lowed fast and followed faster" in the
last two days, and it is now settled be
yond peradventure that the concern has
smashed to flinders. During Sunday
everything was of course quiet, but there
was an undercurrent of expectant ex
citement which steadily increased all
day Monday. Everyb->dy knew that
there were near S10.000 in claims held
for varions merchants by several law
firms in this city. The legal fraternity
was on the qui rice during the w iole day,
and one or more of them were at the
Ailiance store all the time. Nicholls &
Moore, Carlisle & Ilydrick, Bomar &
Simpson and Johnson & Thomas all held
claims and were exceedingly desirious
of conferring with Mr. McZiminerman,
the Alliance agent. The houses that
these gentlemen represent are scatter
ed fro-i Baltimore to Atlanta, in which
latter city one house is involved to the
exeat of 7.000. Late yesterday even
ing Johnson & Thonmason and Nicholls
& Moore issued an injunction against
the house and attempted.to take posses
sion. Sheriff .Nicholls and his deputies
went down to the Alliance store with
that object, but failed to make an en
trance, the house being closed, and they
not considering their papers warranted
them in breaking in. Mr. McZimmer
man was ia the place all the while and
would extinguish the lights whenever
they applied for admission. Finally the
Sheriff stationed a guard about the house
who were to watch them until a late hour
at night. This they did, but after they
left the place, notwithstanding the fact
that it was a horrible night, McZimmer
man moved a large quantity of goods
to the Air Line depot, where they were
iiscovered this moruing. It is now un
:lerstood that he had sold out to a firm
in Charlotte. The goods were attached
'his morning and papers were served
ipon McZimmerman whilst he was yet
in bed, by the Sheriff, and now every
.ody is expecting some startlir.g devel
>pements every hour.
The executive committee of the AUi
mee held a meeting here yesterday and
inally determined that they did not
iold themselves liable for McZimmer
nan's debts. They said that he had no
ttithority from them to conduct the
)usiness as he had been conducting it,
Lud that consequently his creditors
nust look to him for payment. The
:reditors claim of course that the Alli
tnce is liable, but in view of the doubt
>n the subject a pretty lively seuflle for
that is in sight is in progress.
Your correspondent saw yesterday a
,entlemari who had been in charge of
he branch store which McZimmerman
ias been running at Clifton. He said
te could not imagine how it was possi
le for so many debts to have been con
racted, for he knew personally that
he goods were bought on thirty and
ixty days' time and sold for cash, con
equently there should always have
een plenty of funds to liquidate all
laims. The same man said that the
tore at Clifton had a stock of $4,000.
'his morning it was learned that Mc
immerman sold it Saturday for $4,000
a cash. The fishy appearance of this
ransaction is creating much comment,
s is likewise the fact that it is known 1
bhat as far back as last Fridav he was
elling out large qr.antities of the Clifton
tock at a price -far below cost. The
npression prevails that the develop
ients from now on will have a decid
diy crooked tendency.
Some persons, who claim to know
rhat they are talking about, say that
iere will be $30,C00 to be paid by the1
siliance or somebody else. Others put
from $10,000 to S153,000.I
SPARtTANBUJRG, Feb. 3.-This after
oon counsel for MlcZimmermnan ap
ealed for time on the injunction,i
hichf was to have been heard this af
~rnoon, and the case was postponedt
11 Thursday afternoon. To-morrow
iey will apply to set aside the attach-t
Lent on the goods.-Greenville News.
IRev. Sam Jones has a FIaht.
PA LEsTINE, Tex., Feb. 3.-At a series
meetings held here in November last s
te Rev. Sam Jones, of Carterville, Ga.,
ccited much comment and enthusiam,
>th for the large number of conversions e
effected for various religious denom-.5
ations and for the vigorous manner in a
hich he assailed sinners in general and,
veral individuals in particular..
mong the latter who were sharply re
iked by the Evangelist was Mayor J. I
Ward, to whose oilicial and private
aracter he alluded to in the severest a
id most pointed terms. T~he mayor ~
as absent from the city at the time and
e announcement that the well-known v,
'angelist would be here again to deliver tl
s lecture, "Get there," caused much ex
tement and there was a rush for seats. n
nes arrived on Receiver Bonner's n
ecial car at 8 last night and the lect- r;
e was delivered before a large audience t
the Opera Ilouise.
At the station this morning, just be
re the evangeist took the trin for the
ast,Mayor Ward was seen approaching. a
tering a few words the mayor then P
;;orously attacked JTones with a cane.
ie cane changed hands and the mayor
::eived several blows. Before the by
muders could part the angry combat
.ts heav'y bruises were inflicted and 0
th bled profusely. In a few minutesa
e train pulled out of the station with
mn Jones on board. C
Mayor Ward was subsequently arrest- E
and placed under bonds for aggrava- g
.1 assault and for carrying a pistol. I
ie mayor avows his right to carry t
~apons and declears he had no inten
n of carrying his resentment furthert
an caning .Jones.
The Alliance llank.
CoLMmuA. JIan. 2.-The trustee 3I
>ckholers of the State Allhance Fx- ~
aug~e have been in session almost con
nously today since 10 o'clock this of
>rning~ until after idnight, tryingr to
'auire for a State alliance bank. The si
ok has been organized, hioweer, lbut :b
members absolutely retused1 to giv'e be
e word for publication, keeping their
tion a stricet secre'.. pl
l'he stockholders elected the following U
eetors andl adjourned: JT. A. Shiih, i
.HI. Timmerman. JT. F. Tindall, J. V.1 I
>kes, J. T. and D. P. Duncan.s
The board of directors held a subse-- 12
ent meeting, b~ut did not elect otlicers,
far as can be ascertained. They will
t say' when they will meet again. e
Dead Drunk on the Track. E
ASHiEVILLE, February 2.-Daniel
e andl Andrew Caldwell. 01' Madion Iis
unty, while under the iniluence o fli
iskey, lay down on the track yester
y mornmng and was run over by a
ivy freight train which left Marshall
>ut 5 o'clock. Lee was instan tly 1el
led, his body being cut in two anda
crible mangled. Caldwell wais so C
ieusly injured that he can hardlyv
e. One leg was cut oll' below the ti
cc. and the other was badly crush- et
A jug ot liquor, which they had cr
:h themi was not injured. Both men th
re marem anal loev rnmilic n
MARTIN CONFESSES.
THE MURDER:R BREAKS DOWN ANI
TELLS ALL ABOUT HIS CRIME.
The Horriblie Story itelated to the Sherli
-Kissed His Victim Good-bye Aftei
Choking Her to death and Threw tho
Body In the River.
CoLUMBIA. S. C., Feb 2.-Waite
Martin has confessed that he kille(
Alice McLeod. Yesterday mornine
Sherifl' Rowan went into MNartin's cage
%vhere he was chained down to the floor
and sat down upon a box near him. II(
asked him whether he had an accomlnict
or not and what connection anybody elsE
had with the murder. Ife told Martin h
did not wish him to implicate himself, bul
he wanted him to tell the truth as therc
was already enough evidence againsi
him to hang him. The question was
such that it could not be answered witl
ease and the negro after mature delibera
tion decided that it was best to make
voluntary confession. After awhile he
said:
"I will tell you the truth." and stat.
ed that lie would relate the whole mat
ter. The Sheriff told him if he did not
tell the truth he would stop him. Mar
tin said "all right" and he told his story
cubstantially as follows :
Ile said that on Fiday evening, some
time before dark, %e was standing on
Schultz's corner, one square from the
shanty car, waiting for Alice to come
and go up street with him, when a man
whom he had never seen before came up
to him and asked if that woman over by
the car was not the woman who had
staid at Lena Hammonds' durin Fair
week. Martin told him "yes," and the
fellow said, "Well she owes me some
money whicn I must have." Martin told
him that was none of his business, and
the man went away.
Martin says he then went to the car
and asked Alice to go home. She re
fused and he pushed her out into the
darkness. She arain refused and he
caught her by the throat and choked her.
Ile turned her loose and she still refus
ed; lie then pulled her on, and when
they were near the oil mill feice he
caught her by the throat and choked
her again. When he turned her loose he
noticed she did not rise, and then it
tlashed across his mind that he had mur
dered her.
Martin says after that discouerv lie
was so scared that he did not know what
he was doing, but if he had it to do over
again he would come straight to the jail
and surrender himself.
The Sheriff asked him. "Well. what
next?"
Martin continued his story, and said
bie then put the (lead body on his back
md carried it as far as he could down
the railroad track towards the quarry.
rhe body was so heavy that he had to
put it down and rest twice. Where the
path leads from the railroad to the quarry
ie again laid the body down.
here lie conceived the idea of
stripplng it. le sal s he did not
%now why he did it. At any rate
ie lay the body down and stripped it of
ts clothing just as it was found. le
lhrew the clothes in a bundle to one
ide and left them. He then took the
>ody on his back and carried it to the
iver bank and laid it down. He then
-ame back to the quarry and secured
he stone. le said lie did not get it
rom his yard. Ile then came up the
rack to the compress platform, where
ie got a sack and then went back. Pick
ng up the rock on the way lhe went back
.o the body. Ie said the sack he is said
o0 have gotten from the closet in his
iouse was taken on Friday morning and
ie had brought potatoes in it. Those
vere the potatoes that Alice was sell
After going back to the body, he took
lie bag and prepared to conceal it.
Ie fixed it just as it was found, and
hen he says lie drew it to a point in the
iver just above where it was found. I~e
avs he kissed the dead woman's cheeks
nad threw her into the water. In doing
o lie slid her down gently into the
rater.
When the prisner told of kissing the
orps he broke completely down and
lep like a child. His subsequent
2ovements lie seemed unable to des
ribe, but says that when he went home
e (lid not go in the window, but went in
ic door. Hie positively asserted that
e had never seen Washington until he
mw him on the car, arid that lie had
othing whatever to do with the murder.
3Martin told his tale in a straightfor
ard manner. Some still hold the
1eory that the woman was kille d in bed.
Sheritf~ Rowan yesterday afternoon
made a hunt for the clothes, hut could
ot find them, and lie thinks some igno
tnt field hand has found them and taken
iem away
Martin says lie knowvs lie must (die,
ad says he wants to have his trial over
id sentence passed on him as sooni as
ssible.--Record.
The Ghost of the War.
Fort SIITr, Ark., Feb. 6.-Bishop
ohn P. Newman (the great war Meieth
list) of the 31. E. Church has just
osed the session of the one hundredth
inual Arkansas Conference in this
ty. In an interview to-day lie ex
ressed the following sentiments in re- 1
ird to the force bilh:
"I saw poor Windom a month ago.
was in his oflice in Washington. I
hIl himu that he could think of force
-omn now until the end of time andC
LOat tfley would accomplish nothing.C
ublic conscience is the energy of law.
'e must secure an intellectual and
oral elevation to the masses through
I these Southern States. Then thei
rue b~ills would b~e unniecessary.
'I am opposedl to invoking the ghostt
the wvar. There are some of our old
nited States Senators who are alwayst
tting at banquet with the spirits of I
spartedh heroes around them-it is the,
mn(uet of the dead.
"Everybody knows thdt I am a R~e
iblican, having been Chaplain of the
nited States Senate under the admin- ~
tration of Grant and IHaves, and that ~
am loyal to the last degree. At the
me time my future as a Republican ~
before me, though her party manag
s ait as if the future of the party C
as behind them. Religion andl edlu
.tion are the great remedies for these t
>litical evils. Our national legisla- 1.
an is carried on as if we were two d
ople, whien it ought to be as if we f
ere one. If a force bill is needed, it t
needed as much in the North as it is 1I
the South." t
S. Demaocrats Vitros
T.LoUIs, Feb. 5.-Special dispat- t
os from Oklahoma City say :"Later e
id oflicial returns of Wednesday'sf
)lnty elections show that the D~emo
ats and Alliance tickets have been
etorious. Guthrie and Logan Coun
as elect a straight Democratic tick- I
,Payse County half and half Demo- Is
stic and Alliance. King fisher and 1.
ree Counties ot the South are solidly t
- THE APPORTIONMENT.
The i'.istice Done to New York and
Other States.
BinOOLYN, .Feb. 1.-The Brooklyn
Eagle has compiled the following table
on the new apportionment, which is of
r special interest. That paper says:
While the apportionment bill is gen
erally regarded as a compromise, there
can be no doubt that it does injustice
to several States, including New York.
Under its provisions the total mem
bership of the House of Representa
tives after March 4, 1891, will be 35G, an
incz ease of twenty-four over the pres
ent number. No State losses a repre
sentative. One member each is gAined
by thirteen States, two each by four
States, and three by one State.
This table illustrates the gain by
States:
Present New
States. number. number. Gain.
Alabama..............s
Arkansas ....... .....5
California............. ...
Colorado..................1 2
Georgia .......... ...11 1
Illinois.........20 22 2
Kansas................ .. .
Massachusetts.......... 12
'Michigan......... . 12 1
Minnesota . .2
Missouri .......14 15 1
Nebraska .........:
New Jerey..........7..
Oregon ...... ...............1 2 1
Pennsylvania...........28 : 2
Texas..................11 1
Washington ...............1 2 1
Wisconsin ....... ..9 10 1
Of the twenty-four new members,
fourteen go to the west. Nebraska's
quota of three is doubled. Minnesota
and Illinois gain two each. One each
is added to Calitforiiia, Colorado,"Michi
gan, Oregon, Washington and Wiscon
sin. The South profits by the increase
but nut so much as the wvest. If Mis
souri be counted a southern State, that
section gains a total of six seats. Four
of these go to Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia andi Missouri, and the remain
ig two to Texas. In the middle States,
Pennsylvania gains two and New Jer
sey one. Massachusetts, with an. addi
tion of one, is ithe only New Englandf
State 'hat shows a change.
These changes will exert an impor
tant, though nvt a decisive, bearing on
the electoral vote. Under the existingt
apportionment that vote is 401. Under I
the new bill there will be 444 membersc
in the electoral colle-.,, requiring 223 1
to elect. The gain in vectors by StatesI
is as follows:c
Present -New a
Alb ma......... . 0 1 1 i
States, number, number. Gain.I
Arkansas............ . 1
California.......... 1t
Colorado .. .......... - 4 1 b
Connecticut .......... i
Delawvare .......... :; 3
Florida............... 4 4 -
Georgia..........12 13 1
Illinois ..........2 .. 2 24 2 D
Indiana ..........15 15 -
Iowa ............13 13 -
Idaho................3 -
Kansasi.................9 10 1
Kentucky t y........-u ne13 13m
Lor~siana ......... .... 8 h
Maine got.hete............bra; s
Maryland ....... ..
M1assachusetts ......14 15 1
Mlichigan ..........13 14 1 r
Minnesota the.... d
Mississippi g t wo e 9 eac
Missouri l counte at 17 t1
Montana a total 3 -
Nebraska ... 3 e.
Nevada . o to -
Newrgampshie d 4 4 -rm i
New Jersey - 10 1 f
New York ... ... 1 363 - h
North Carolina ssahustts 11 11 - c
Sorth Dakota ows a.chan. 3
Ohio ..............23 23 t(
OregoYn.................41
P ensehan ges wilexr 2nipr
tan ho ugh not. a eliebern n
Soth elecoalot. 4 Une-heitn
apportioeettat. vte12 412 Une I
Texas..fo ..lo 13s:2 c
Alabmnt.........4.10
Airkansa.............
W estlif rnia..........
Wconsin..............3
Cosn tnecict.........
Dware..............:
Flotia...........4......4
Kians a........... .......
haK ent y ...............1r3he t
bee mae i buldng.'fhn reober a
d41
plce le ees imel t 1ruhyh
posedonevryhig 1ha isdn aotl
Lhe orks an dircts nd uperise
Matni i nh.........c..v......para
3e1arecantly.. urn.. over...the.c.8
tasachusfets..........14 reneain a
3Iichigan.... .. trd..sys..at..1:a
Mailusessippi... isl.. ur.to...e.the
Missury approprition.las..essio
Monl rtara the....d.ng...........y3t
LcNevadati for... est....t....h
ntiewTork...............3bythe
orthgCarustee..h...n...letin1b
utth biius o otrctr did Co
~o pov stifatoyan 1l h co-a
rattrshae ee dsmssd 1a,
Threar nwon hnde covc
tt or Lll Teyar -vl uree y
Nor th Dakonea.r.... man...ld.g.t
Oregion......................u e in t
.e Pr~wennsn a...........3hans0h
llht ode said............. re nede
outhe Caolina........
Tennessee................1chai-2re
T lexas....... rge.,..he.ex......b
verymopptunityto..e...n....e.is..
West paVrlfrgini..........Gr amut nu
$W77cprnsin............s forc wib e
Wash ncac i ntot..............:si- 1 t5
cTSodeas ................f0ve boy th
Ive alrady1nte thei should vo ta
te Stegs and desreitoiente the co888,
the aspuoonaso ld Twhaed25 elctfs
orse os are fro teots countrb
lican mortoe saG. thttos h
As toenoter othe Columbiear shudregis-e yh
very robaly iited Fot threforlte lt
prpmore appleints thata prges has m
bedemde ibuligThreoter
Pridnt~ Strode, wh is receivn headbe
oth frollgi the pba rit manfo he
posteda for evorting tagais done aoeti1
-ierythin Caenti.PoSrd has juttenr-e-i<
thiosixd yearks moe heing shd ari
.rttn hot nt shp,:jrcieth aa
THE PENSION GRAB.
NEARLY $400,000,0CO APPROPRIATED
FOR PENSIONS.
Ingalls Explains His Position on the
Force Dill and Closure Rule-He Op
poses Both Measures Because They
Were revolutionary and Unconstitu
tional.
WAsIIN(T0N, Feb. 5.-In the Senate
this morning, Ingalls, rising to a per
sonal statement, said that he had been
absent from the Senate during the past
two weeks, in which interval action
had been taken on the closure rule and
on the election bill. His attitude on
both of these questions had been the
subject of comment, of course, and of
animadversion.
On the day of his departure, after
consultation with Allison, on whom he
had been accustomed to lean in every
hour of need, he had left with Casey
(who had charge of the pairs of the ab
sentees) a note saying : "I should vote
against the proposed change of rules.
and should vote for the motion to pro
ceed to the consideration of any other
than the election bill, and am paired ac
cordingly with Senator Allison, who is
at liberty to vote to make a quorum.
He had been opposed, he said, unal
terably opposed, to the adoption of
closure for many reasons, srfficient and
satisfactory to himself. There were
those prasent who know that many
months ago, while occupying the chatr
in the absence of the Vice-President, he
resisted many rrgent impertunitiesand
many strenuous solicitations to co-opei
r:.te in that direction by methods by
Thich he then believed and now be -
ieved were revolutionary and'subver
ive of the fundamental princiDles of
lonstitutional government. He had,
lot since any occasion to change or
nodify his convicti-ins.
He was now ard always had been in
avor of a just and impartial election
aw, directed alike against force-and .
raud, non-partisan and applicable-,r
qually to all parts of the nation. The *
neasure under consideration, however - -
lid not in many of its details receive-5
he sanction of his judgement. It ap
>eared to him to be cumbrous, comp
ated and obscure in many of its
>rovisions an:i difficult of application.
t subordinated the judiciary to politi 2
al control and opened the treasury to
n indefinite expenditure without the
equisite supervision, and in violation
a his judgment, of the spirit if not the
tter of the provisions of the Constitu
ion that declared that no money shall
e drawn out of the treasury except in
onsequence of appropriations made by
1w.
In order to guard against the enact
2ent of such a measure into law in his
bsence and without the amendments
,hich he regarded as essential to pre
ent dangers not less distinct than
,ose which it was intended to obviate,
e had reserved the right to vote (in
is absence) with those Republicans
rho favored the consideration of other
nportant measures, unless those mod
ications were made. He had no ar
angement, agreement, or understand
ag express or implied, direct
ect, remote or contingent, to ha
ote counted against the passage of the
lection bil, and in that statement he
ras convinced that he would be:con
rmed and corroborated by the Senator
-om Iowa. He was as ready now as
e had always been to proceed with its
ansideration and (with modifications
'hich he had always believed essential)
support it to the end.
Allison deemed it due to himself to
ty that, on every occasion when he
ad the opportunity, he had Stated dis
netly that he had no pair with
galls on votes respecting the election
dll.
The pension appropriation bilk was
iken up. It appropriates for pension
r the year, $133,173,085; for fees and
cpenses of examining surgeons, $1L
)0,000; for salaries of eighteen pension
rents.8$72,000, and for clerk hire $300,
). The latter item is increased by an
nendment of the committee on appro
riations to-400,000. Another amend-'
ent re-ported from the committee
rikes out the proviso limiting to $2
Sthe compensation of pension attor
sy, and inserts in lieu of it a proviso
ailting such compensation to 85. -
The latter amendment gave rise to a
try long discussion. In the course of
te discussion, McPherson inquired of
llison whether the amount appropri
ed in the bill would be sufficient for
.e year.
Allison believed that it would be,
g- admitted that there might be a de
~iency oZ five, six, eight or ten millions
>llars. On the other band there might
a surplus; but he thought it more
tely that the :e would be a deficiency.
McPhe'son asked how many applica
>ns had been made under the last Act
last year.
Allison gave the number up to Jann
y 10 as 529,000, of which only eight or
ne thous md had been yet allowed.
Quay moved to add to the provision
to fees the proviso that it shall not
ply to any case now pending where
ere is an existing lawful contract;
d Cockrell moved to add to Quay's
1endment the wot is: In writing on
in the departe ent.
C'ockrell's amendment was disagreed
and Quay's was agreed to.
ockrell offered an amendment pro
ling that hereafter no pension shall
allowed or paid to any officer, non
mmissioned officer, or private in the.
rny, navy or marine corps, either on
Live or retired list. Agreed to with
t division.
AlJl thbe committee amendments hay
i been agreed to, the bill was passed,
nvart not oifering the amendment
which he had given notice-to in
t the free coinage bill as a part of
Spension appropriation bill.
l'he Senate then on motion of Blair
yk up the Ihouse bill to provide for
adjustment of the accounts of Ia
rers, wo kmnen and mechanics arising
der the eight hour law.
ilair explained the circumstances
ieh for ned the b~asis of the bill and
d it had been estimated that it would
inire $1,200,000 to pay these claims,
his own opinion was that it would -
tuire a larger amount.
)awes gave notice of an amendment
the way of a substitute, requiring
payment for overtime notwith
nding any agreement to the con
ry.
The bill was then laid aside and a
inber of others taken from the cal
lar and passed, among them the Sen
bill to establish a marine board for
advauceme'lt of the interests of
merchant marine. After a short
cutive session the Senate adjourned.
Went Home Drunk.
)SroN, Jan. 28.-John F. Kelley
>t his father, Michael Kelley, aged 70
rs. indlicting a probably fatal wound.
is alleged that Kelley came home in
icatedl at about 11 o'clock,~ and en
edI a room on the 11rst floor in which
s a woman at the point of death.
lley quarreled with poople in the
m,. creating a disturbance and in a
te wenit up to his owna
fatther remonstrt