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VOL. VII. MA NN-iNG, S. C., WED-NESDAY, MAY 6 81 O 0 DR. GRIFFLYS REPLY TO THE CHARGES OF THE INVESTI GATING COMMITTEE. Unjustly Condeunfl d Upon an ex-parte in yestigation-Re Has Seen but Lttle of the Testimony, and Makes a General Reply to General Charges. COLV1BIA, S. C., April 30.-The re ply of Dr. Griffin to the committee of inquiry has been submitted to the board of regents of the Lunatic Asylum and a copy was sent to The News and Con. rier Bureau this evening. Dr. Griffin begins by stating the con ditions under which the testimony con cerning him was taken, as follows: The committee sat with closed doors in the rooms of the board at the Asy lum. Of their proceedings I had no knowledge at that time. except from the fact that most, if not all, of the of ficers and attendants, some of the pa tients and a few formeremployees were exa'nined on oath. During the exam ination I was (alled before the commit tee. No statement of any matter of complaint was made to me, and my ex planations were directed to matters as to wnich the committee chose to inter rogate me. From these questions I was authorized to infer that charges were contemplated against my adnii istration, and I then protested that if any charges are to be made I would like tobave specifications. To this the Gov ernor replied in these words, quoted from the stenogrpher's report: "The comm- ttee would say here that as soon as the testimony has been taken you can cross-examine witnesses on any points you desire. We do not care to have any feeling displayed in the in vestigation. We are simply to inquire into the condition of the institution, and we shall give you or anyone else an opportunity to show that witnesses have or have not been telling the truth To this most satisfactory assurance I answered: "I could not possibly ask for anything more." The investigation was concluded without notice to me and without op portunity to cross-examine witnesses or to show by countervailing testimony wherein the witnesses had or had not been telling the truth. The testimony taken during the ex amination was not submitted to me. Nor was any information given me of any matter of censure developed during the investigation. Instead of this on a purely ex-parte inquisition I am ar raigned by the committee in their re port to theGovernor upon most serious charges of negligence, misfeasance and incapacity in the conduct of my office affecting me personally as well as pro fessionally and officially. These charges bear the date of the day when the ex amination of witnesses was concluded. The board do not need to beinformed that a copy of the testimony taken be fore the committee has not been given to me, but that I have from the board, through their courtesy, access to some eighty pages of manuscript containing portions of the testimony of some of those witnesses such as the legislative committee chose to select, while, as I am informed, the larger pnrtion of the testimony taken dtuing the iLvestiga tion has not beien furnished t- the board, including whatever eviumce may have been given by any of the wit nesses tending t exculpate me from these charges. TLis meagre amount of information was not available to me till Tuesday last, the 21st iIst. This statement is submuitted without comment. I have :ault to find, and wish to express through the board to the committee of investigation and to the Governor all due deference, but I have the inherent right to say that justice has been denied me. I am con demned without the opportunity ot plea and defence and without sem blance of trial, without knowledge of charges and speciiications preferred against me, without place for conf rent ing the accusing witnesses, and with out right of testimony in my behalf. Under such singular and untoward conditions I can have no adequate an swer to submit to '.he board save that of a general denial, and my demand for a fair and impartial investigation of the charges according to the approved forms or trial. Dr. Griffin st ates that in the manage ment of the institution he followed the modern doctrine of non-restraint, and he quotes Dr. Hlammond's treatise on insanity, in which are described the methods of Pinel and Connelly, giving the theory and practice of non-re straint, anid also the practice in the more important institutions in this country and Europe. The principle on which Dr. Griffin Jays stress is this, from Dr. IHammond: "Restraint is neier necessary to se cure the lives or the comfort of others, and when used it should be with all the. safeguards against abuse which sound policy and humanity dictate." The next part of the paper deals with the system of caring for the patients, the number of attendants, duties of the physicians, etc. Replying to specific points Dr. Griffin says: The killing of Dr. Kershaw by ari othing patient named Denaro was de plorable. Denaro was permitted by an attendant, contrary to orders. to wan der from his ward to another, -and while the attendant of the other wardl was in the presence andi within touch oi D~r. Kershaw Denaro suddenly struck his victim. Perhaps the utmost vigilance of Dr, Kershaw's attendant could not have averted the tragedy. Certainly the superintendent could not provide against it unless the rules and regula tions prescribed by the board had been abrogated and the method of treatorment changed to that of elose and mechani cal custoday of all patients liable to fitful. dangerous moods. 'speaking of Milne he says: In this instance my desire t o reduce discipline to the minimum of restraint rmay have cause me to err. In relation to every patient this discretion must be exercised, and 1 submit that it is cause of congratulation that in a population of about nine hundred persons so f ew errors of this kind occurred. I repeat that I was not informed of Milne's having this key until after the assault on the attendant and when infor m( d 1 caused it to be taken fronm him. To my great regret I have djeemed it my~ duty to subject the patient to a close custody, which renders his c-ase almost hopeless of cure. Dr. Griffin says he visited the wa:rds and made inspections at intervals andl at times to the best of his judgement. Hie also says, speaking of the culinary department. that an inspection was made in 1889~ by a committee of which Senotor Hemphill was chairman. and that the committee exonerate d that de partment from adverse charges. Speaking of keeping patients at the Asylum who should not be there, Dr. Gritfin says: To this abuse of the public charity superintendent and the board of re gents have regularly asked 1 he atten tion of the Legislature. L nder the laws the evil is beyond our powt r to remedy. This gross abuse of a most munificent charity is not referretd to by the legislative committee, alt hough, evidently under the impression that he aulnt is with the officers of the Asy luta, the tter:dants who were examin ed before the committee made frequent reference to it. The statement of I)r. Corbett is very brief, touching only on the subject of ill-treatment of patients. le states that whenever there have been mn stances of crueltv the attendants were discharged. Dr. Thompson makes the reply for the recent case of suicide. IHe says: As far as I can judge the only com plaint which might rellect on me is that the attendants were not instruct ed at the time she was admitted of the suicidal tendency of the mind of the patient who recently killed herself. She was admitted on the 21th of Janu arv, 181, and was then too feeble to at teimipt to commit suicide. Hence we did not instruct the attendants as to the matter. She was immediately put onitreatiment, and in the course of three or four weeks had improved a great deal, both physically and mentally. About this time she expressed a wish to be changed, as she wanted to go in a ward were the patients took their meals in their own wards, as going to the general mess hall made her nervous and shA would rather avoid a crowd, especially as they were noisy and bois terous at times. She was removed to the old building and put in a quiet ward, as she was when in the new buildinz. She remained here until she committee suicide. Dr. 0. Thompson says that he did not know that 1ilne had a key to the female department until after the row with 'McDowell. The following is a letter of transmit tal to Governor Tillman: To his Excellency B. I. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina: In giving the defence or Dr. Griflin and his as sistants to the world we feel it due to them, to ourselves and to the State at larze, whose servants we are, to say tuat in a constant oilicial intercourse with him of ten years we have always found him a polished and refined gen tleman, an accomplished and skillful physician, a kind, humane and atten tive superintendent, and an officer at all times ready and apparently anxious to do his entire duty as conceived I)y him, Accidents may have occurred, but as to the general management of this institution by him we conlidently challenge a comparlson with the re cords of any insane asylum in any State of the Union. By order of the board. B. W. TAYLOn, President. The Horrors of War in Chile. NE::w Yonx, April 25.-The Herald has Callao, Peru, advices this morning dated March 31 ,giving the latest news from Chile. It contains the detail of the slaughter of defenseless workmen by government troops at Pazo Ali monte. The workmen were engaged on the nitrate beds, near which both armies were concentrating. Pro visions were running short, and the workmen, on the morning of the 4th, sent a committee to the works at Ne gregros to collect the men there. A train full of government troops ap peared and halted beside the place where the men were gathered. Then, without the slightest warning, these troops opened fire on the 900 defenceless workmen, women and children. Short ly afterwards the forces marched for ward and killed all the men. On the 7th instant a terrible battle was fought between government t roops and the revolutionists at Pazo Ali monte, in which the former were de leated and completely routed. Five thousand men were engaged, and the losses were very heavy, it being esti mated that 5u0 of the government forces and 800 of the rebels were killed and wounded. The government forces, in retiring on Camina, shot all the prisoners they had and destroyed all the nitrate establishments they passed. The revolutionary squadron has left Iquique for Valparaiso. The object is to attack that place. Twenty-two war ships and transpor ts compose the fleet. They Fight and Kill for Pay. p EwA RK, April 27.-A special to the World from Sheffield, Ala., says: Bishop Atticus G. Haygood, of the Southern Methodist Church, denounces the em ployment of Pinkerton's men in Penn sylvania and elsewhere. Hie says: "What right have these killing Pinkertons, mere Hessians, fighting anywhere and anybody for pay-to hold mobs in check -to put down rioters-to evict strikers? Thank God, these hired runfians have not yet been called in to help any city or corporation in the 'barbarous South,' If any plutocrats downt here should so far forget the spirit of our institutions as to send for them, it is to be hoped that self respecting state government will order out the militia to put down and imprison these Pinkertons. What do the N orth ern people mean by tolerating it? W~hat sort of a nation of republican government have these Northern Gov ernors and people ? Hampton in Auausta. Arousl'TA, Ga., April 28.-The Con federate Survivors' Association of Au gusta gave an ovation to-day to General WadellHampton and the Survivors of his old brigade after a separation of Tr wenty six years. Th le first North Carolina, the South Carolina Cavalry, Phillip's Georgia Legion, Jeff Davis's Legion, and Cobb's Legion composed the brig ade. Survivors from each regiment par ticipated in the reunion, and memorial services wvere held and addresses were delivered by Generals Ihampton, Wheeler. Butler, Young, Capers, Majo Barker and 31ajor iHutler, Commander of the United Mtates arsenal. The Memorial address was delivered by Pleasant A. Stavall, editor of the Au gusta Chronicle. A conspicuous picture in the line of march was a drum corps conmposed of thle survivors of the brig ade. Business was suspended and the day was observed as a holiday. Hie Killed Three Wives. SAVANNaH, GA , April 2~>.-It now appears that the negro in jail here for wife murder, Albert Grant, alias .'dorea. alias Kitchen, has put three wives in their graves insten~i of two. In addi tion to the two whose throats he cut here, he pounded on~e over the head with an iron kettle in a house, also in this city. early in 1889l, anid injured her so badly that she died in a couple of days. ie was then going under his own name, Albert Graut, As there is conclusive evidence azainst him in each case there is little 1fear that he will escape ianginig. If the negroes badl their way he would be deal already, as there is an intensely bitter feeling~ against the man who will go on re -r as oJ.e of the zmost cool-blooded villians Georgia has ever known.-Augusta Chronicle. An Opetra House Horror. MON'ronnYrx, Ala., April 29.-A special to t he Adverti-er states that the opera house in Troy. Ala , fell in this evening while a party of young people were rehearsing an amateur perform tnce, Albaut t wenty persons w~ere buried in the ruins. Tfhe dead areMiss Annie Foster, of E-astman, Ga, and Miss Fannie Lou Starke, the only child of -Judge B. starke of Try Thr c r1 ':::,6 injured are Miss 2laggie Bur net, lately of Bainbridge. Ga., and Miss Eula D~ewning. Others were hurt but not seriously. The accident resulted fulty in cnstruction. A MYSTERIOUS LIFE. A VERY RICH MAN DIES AND LEAVES AN ENIGMA. What Caused Phillip Louis Moon to Give Do,. Levi Wilson Three Hundred Thou sand Dollars is a Mystery That Will Never Ito Solved. AUGUSTA, GA., April 30.-The announcement comes from Wor cester of the death of Philip Louis Moen, president of :the Washburn and Moen 3Man ufacturing company, which controls valuable barbed wire pat ents, and is the biggest wiremaking es tablishments in this country, in that city on the 2&1 inist. The readers of The Chronicle will probably remember that this wealthy gentleman, in company with his wife and daughter, spent a short while out at the Bon-Air about two months ago. In conversation he related to a Chron icle reporter a curious coincidence which had just occurred. While his son was studying in Stock holm, about ten years ago, he was met by an American gentleman one day who was in considerable embarrass ment from his inability to speak the language of the country. Young -Moen spoke Swedish very well and was able to render the gentle man some valuable assistance. When Mr.31oen and family arrived at the Bon-Air this same gentleman, who was also stopping theie, recog nized the name, and upon inquiry found Mr. Moen to be the father of his !Stockholm friend indeed, and the daughter who accompanied hiiii as the same who was with her brother in Sweden. It was a pleasant and peculiar meet ing. MIr. P. L. Mloon's life was an interest ing one, and the mill which he owned employs 3,500 men. Over Mr. Moen's. private life there was the shadow of a great mystery, because of his relations with the noto rious "Doc" Levi Wilson, which nine years ago was the topic of discussion in the newspapers of the country. The two men differed widely in their per sonal habits and tastes. Mr. Moen was aristocratic in taste, kindly in manner, noted for philan thropy, apparently a consistent Chris ! ian and a business man ef great wealth. Wilson was illiterate, profane and vul gar. Yet for no known cause Mr. Moen paid over to this man between $300,000 and $400,000, in the space of five or six years, without consideration. Even 1r. Moen's most intimate friends never knew the secret of his re lations with Wilson. Wilson used to make frequent trips to Worcester, and Mr. Moen always obeyed his summons. At times he showed bank books with sums to his credit ranging from 840. 000 to $60,000. le spent money like a prince. Ile kept a line stable, bought such horses as pleased him, and if they did not suit gave them away. Wilson's private life was a succession of scandals. Four young womiien are known to have sued him fur breach of promise. Speculation exhausted itself many years ago as to the secret of the rt-la tions between Moen and thi spend thrift, and it was hinted that the case was one of blackmail, but Nir. 'Moen denied this as empha'ically as Wilson. A favorite theory was that the pay ments had something to do with the way in which the Washburn and Moen company obtained the barbed wire patents, but this was emphatically de nied by Mr. Moen and his associates in the corporation. The latter denies that any money had ever had been paid to Wilson from the funds of the company. The advances were Mr. Moen's own. In 1885 Wilson entered suit against Mr. Mloen for $150,000 in an action of of contract. The result was a disagree ment, ten jurymen favoring 31r. Moen and two holding out for Wilson. In this trial Wilson claimed that Mr. Moen promised to settle all his scrapes, but that he received no money after 1882. After the trial Wilson declared that he was Mr. MIoen's illegitimate son, and that the latter had paid him to keep the secret. This story was accep ted by many as the explanation of the mysterious bold he exercised over Mr. Moen, but others, who pretended to know the story of Wilson's oirth, said there was no truth in the statement. Augusta Chronicle. The Alliance Exchange. CotrDIBTA, S. C., April 30.-The Di rectors of the Alliance Exchange re mained in session at the Hotel Jerome during the greater part of the day yes terday. The principal matter under discussion was in regard to making ar rangements for a supply of bagging for the growing crop. The Alliance makes no war on jute bagging and would as soon use that kind as any other when the prices are as low as that of any other kind, but its efforts are beir.g di rected now, as in the past, to the pre vention of any combination of any' sort to force up prices. The alliance now has under consideration the adoption of the King fire proof bagging. which is a net work of wire over a wrapper of incomoustible paper. It is claimed that this covering can be had cheaper than any other, viz., for about G5 cents per bale, and that it can stand any test applied to it. Experiments on this line are to be made and bales of cottlon covered with this material will be pass ed through all of the processes of hand ling from the gin press to the compress from there to shipboard, and from t here to European markets. No action was taken by the directors in regard to the establishment of a bank, and that matter was postponed oy them until the next quarterly meet iug in July. Messrs. Sligh, Cain, Riley and D~on aldson were appointed as a committee to prepare a fertilizer formula for the adoption of the exchange. The Aiance Plan of Campaign. NEW YORK, April 29.-President Folk, of the Farmers' Alliance, has just issued a proclainntion to the order. in which he sets forth the plan of camn paign which the National Executive B'oard has adopted, and counsels the sub-alliances to cease internal bi.:ker ings and to get ridl of disloyal mem bers. The plan of campaign consists of lec tures, by which an army of 35,000 lec turers will plead for the cause. It is also stated in the proclamation that ar rangements are being made for the holding of two or more grand Alliance mass mneetings in each of the Alliance States during the year, or as many more as the brotherhood may desire. Ruined by Ambition. SIRNG FIELD. 0., April 29.-The Whitely reaper works, the largest reap er~works in existence. and the factory next in size in the world to Kru pp's gun works in Germany, has been ap praised under the direction of a recei v ei, andl will be sold in thirty days. The thirty days. The works, with the ma chinery, cost over $1,000,000. Whitely, who built the works, had an aumbition to own the largest agricultural imple ment works in the world. They are far larger than his business required, and led to his failure. PENSIONS FOR CONFEDERATES. Provisions Made by the Southern States for Their Ex-Soldiers. Alabama pays pensions to the amount of $125,000 yearly; no home. Arkansas has a soldiers' home near Little Btock, established by private subscription. State aid has been given by an Act passed by the recent Legis lature. Florida has been paying pensions for I several years. The pension Act passed in 1887 provides that all indigent and disabled Confederate soldiers who have made Florida their place of resi dence fifteen years prior to the passage of the Act shall come under its provis ions. There is no home. but the ex penditure on account of pensions amounts to about 830,000 yearly. Georgia has a home near Atlanta. which cost $35,000, and pays pensions ranging from &2 to $25 per month, ac cording to the disability. Mississippi has urovided liberally for her disabled indigent soldiers, and in order to make the aid sure has incorp - rated it in her new constitution. The State pays peasions, but no home has yet beau established. Missouri pays no pension, but a move ment is on foot to establish a home, no aid from the State being asked. It is proposed to raise $100,000 and endow the home, and already about $30,000 has been collected. Maryland has a home near Baltimore. which cost, exclusive of the ground, which was donated by the State, 8410, 000, and the State give $10,000 yearly for its support. Louisiana has a home near New Or leans that coststhe State *10,000 a year. North Carolina pays pensions and has recently appropriated 541,0001 for a hom1ie. South Carolina pays about 50,000 yearly in pensions. but has no home. Texas has a home established by sub scription, which costs $3,500 a year, but State aid is expected at an early day. Tennessee has established a home at the old home of Andrew Jackson, the Hermitage, the State donating 475 acres of land and giving $10,000 for improve ments in 1889. The Legislature which recently adjourned appropriated $25, 000 for a building and 85,000 a year for its support, and in addition $00,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for expenditure annually in pensions, whizh range from $2.50 to $25 per month. It is thought that 825,000 per year will cover the pension list. Virginia was the first to establish a home, which is located at Richmond, and for the support of which the State expends $10,000 a year, In addition the State pays out over 885,000 yearly in pensions, and when the financial con dition of the "Old Diminion" is taken into consideration it will be seen that Virginia is far ahead of any other Southern State in caring for unfortu nate t x-Confederates. Charleston Politics. CHARLESToN, April 27.-The publi cation to-day of an interview with Chairman Irby, of the State Democrat ic Executive Committee, in which Mr. Irby gives oilicial recognition of the Executive Committee of the municipal Democratic party, acted like a bomb shell in the ranks of the reformers. Chairman 1rby's oflicial utterances have caused a change in the political system here. Democrats of both wings of the party are utterly at sea, and no man can tell what the harvest will be. The situation is perplexing. The t Municipal Democratic Executive Com mittee, whose official existence Chair- 1 man Irby recognizes, has called a con vention of the Democracy of Charles ton to meet on the 30th instant. Under this call the Democratic books of regis tration were opened to-day for revis-] ion. The registration was much larger than usual. The reform party have called a convention to meet on May 4th and have advised their adherents not to take part in the convention on April 30th. Both sides claim to have a ma jority of the registered vote of the city. It is understood that the ring sters, who have Democratic clubs or ganized in most of the wards, will take part in the May convention by sending delegates. The probability is that there will be a big family row. Driven from Russia. ODESSA, April 28.-Eight hundred Jewish famnilies have been ordered tot quit Keiff forthwith. The well-to-doi have already jgone, but the poorer classes are in the greatest straits. Many are arriving on the Austrian frontier in a destitute condition, but the Austrian officials refuse domicile to paupers.3 The Keiff police accept no excuse, raid ing the city with the utmost severity unless bribed to delay action. The daily expulsions from Moscow numberi from 100 to 150. On Sunday an excep tional raid was made when 690 weret expelled. The rigor of the authorities frightens away many entitled to per-i manent residence. The effect is felt I even in this city, which is a great cen tre for Jews with permits to engage iu business. Trhe emigration of Jews5 from this city has quadrupled. Permits guaranteed by the Mlinister of Foreign1 Affairs, Mlinister of Finance and Mmi ister of the Interior, any one of whom has power to quash their tenure, arei considered o1 precarious value, and thei principals of large .Jewish firms are placing their business in the hands of Russian agents and are themselves de parting._ A sad Fate. KNOXx1LLE, Tenn., April 28.-Owen I 3Meredith. the young man who commit ted suicide yesterday by blowing his I brains out, was to have been married next Wednesday night to Mliss Mlary Iludiburg, daughter of the postmaster here. A sealed note was left by M1ere- I dith for M1iss Iludiburg, but its con-! tents cannot be learned. It was ru-1 moured last night that the deceased wa financially behind with his company. I Mliss Iludiburg is almost crazed with grief. Four years ago Ashley Peck, a' young business man of Newport. 0.. who was engaged to her, kitled himself.J Frinds ot M1eredith says his mind was affectedl in c-onsequenice of injuries which he receiveu from a fall from a I traiu a few days ago, Robbed by Its Prestdont. NEW~ Yoix, April 28.-TIhe Ninth National ilank has lost~ about $40.000 through the defalcation ot President 111ll who died Mlarch 1st last of' con suimptiozn. It was only a fe w days a go' that the directors suspected somethiing ( wrong and began the examination of1 accounts revealing his loss which a a further examination by Bank Examni-( ner IHepburn and a clearing house comn mittee to-night confirmed. Bank Ex aminer Ihepburn to-night made this statement. While the loss is serious, it does not impair the bank'~s solvency nor its ability to take care of its cus tomers. _________ Shot Dead i.s ' Court House. LOUIsv IL LE, Ky., Aprii 27.--: Win. Showers walKed into the court house at 1 Elizebethtown this morning he was shot1 and killedl by Charles Mloore. Showers's wife was found dead some time ago and1 M1oore, a brother of the woman charged him of murdering her. Showers was tried and acquitted, but the dead wo man's brother did not agree with the] verdhict. THIREE HANGINGS. Waties Martin at Colunbia for the Mur der of a Woman. C'oLnn. S. C., April 2.-The exe cution of Waties Martin for the mur der of Alice McLeod took place in the jail yard. The most interesting part of the ceremony was decidedly on the out side. Inside all things were done with mechanical precision, which was due to the perfection of the arrangements made by Sheriff Rowan. There was nothing at all sensational in the gruesome ordeal through which Martinleaped into eternity. There were about fifteen hundred colored people outside the jail walls, most of whom were women, and from them the gener al expression was that it was a righteous sentence and a just execution. Martin was led out to execution by Sheriff Row an, with him being Deputies Joe Joy and Samuel Green. Spiritual consola tion was administered by the Rev. Mr. Johnson. On the scaffold, when Martin was ask ed if he had anything to say he spoke as follows: "Ientlemen, I feel this morning trust ing in the Lord. I went to Him ana got relief of my sins. I hope that none of you will feel in your hearts that it was my intention when I left the house to hurt woman. I hope you all will not feel that when I put my cruel hands on her it was my intention to damage her in the way I committed the crime. I did wrong in stalling the body as I did. I did wrong in trying to dodge. I did wrong in trying to deny it. I hope you all will not think that it was my inten tion, [This sentence wasnot finished.] I feel welcome to go this morning. I feel that I lie at Jesus' feet. I feel this morning satisfied. I hope you all feel the same sympathy for me. I hope every young man and all of you will not take the path I have taken-will never lay yourself liable to get in the condi tion I am in. I hope you will not be governed by passion. I am so glad to teel that Mr. Mc Master did all he could in behalf of my life. I was not looking to be cleared at all, for I felt I had done wrong, and I felt that my punishment would come against me. 1 am so glad that the sistern and brethern have sym pahized with me; that my brethern have preached and prayed with me. I am so glad that they had sympathy in their aearts for me and persuaded me to come :o Jesus. They asked me if there was inything I wanted, anything I lacked. [ told them no; nothing I lacked, but :hey encouraged me anyhow, and I feel 2ope: I feel relief in Jesus. The Sheriff :ook good attention of me so far as the aw allowed him, and I thank him. He lad a sympathy for me and gave me inything I wanted; anything he could lo for me he did. Mr. Coleman, the jail r, has been mighty kind to me so far as ;he law would let him go." In about ten minutes afterwards Wa ies Martin was dead, .nd had been )uried. A PIROUETTE AT PICKENS. PICKENS, S. C., April 24.-Bill Miles, ,olored, was hanged here to-day for the .turder of Jake Griflin, also colored. heriff Richey did the job decently and n order. Crowds of people gathered iround the jail yard and waited till it vas all over. Miles was perfectly calm and moun ed the gallows without a sign of weak iess. le made a brief talk from the rallows and said whiskey had brought 1.im to his awful fate and warned every :.ody to let whiskey alone. He said he ,vas going to Heaven. The drop fell at .2 o'clock. and in seventeen minutes Dr. G. W. Earle pronounced him dead orm strangulation. The~ body was ut downed and turned over to the amily for burial. The crime for which Miles was exe uted was an awful one. He shot down Fake Griflin last November on Sunday >ver a dispute about a game of dice Ie paid the penalty for his act to-day -News and Courier. A 3MURDERtER IIANGED AT 3MANNING. MANNING, S. C., April 24.-Ed mund Iolliday, collored, was hanged in the jounty jail yard to-day for the mur 1er of John W. Dubose, at about half >ast 10 o'clock. The Sheriff, the deputies, he doctors, two colored preachers and he representatives of the press went to he prisoner's cell. H~e was asked if he tad anything to say, to which he repli d: '"Nothing, except that I did not est well last night, and in consequence iave eaten no breakfast this morning." Ie complained that his wife had for aken him and bad not come about him i nce he was sentenced to be hanged. He aid he was ready to die, and was strong n the spirit of the Lord. Religious ser ices were held, in which he participa ed. The march to the gallows was then aken up. When he reached the place te mounted to the platform with a firm tep and without the slightest percep ible emotion. Other religous services w-ere held, conducted by the colored >reachiers. IHe joined heartily in sing ng the hymn "Jesus my all to heaven s gone." lIe then stated that he had nade his peace with God and was go ng straight to heaven. After a touch ng prayer by one of the preachers lie >ade alt good by. Trhe rope, which was'the same used in sumter two weeks ago, to hang one if the Maxcy murderers, was then ad usted, the black cap drawn ov-r his ace and the death warrant read. As he last word of the death warrant was >ronounced the trap was sprung by i.cting Sheriff J. II. Lesesne. Ihis neck vas broken and he died without a truggle. The trap was sprung at five ninutes past 11. In nine and a half ninutes he was pronounced dead and: n thirty .minutes more his body was1 ut down. None of his friends wotddcl eceive his body. It was buried in the otters field. About thirty persons in .11 witnessed the execution. After he was pronounced dead the gates of the all yard were opened and a crowd of (JO persons rushed in to satisfy their norbid curiosity of seeing a dead man uinging by his nectK. This is the first anging in Clarendon during the past wenty-five years. A Mysterious Death. DExvI-R, C2ol., April 25.-So-ne nonths ago Mrs. Josephus Barnaby, vidow of J. 13. Barnaby, the millionaire acrchant of Providence, R. I., took to ;alifornia for her health Mrs. G. S. K'arrell. The wife of a prominent Den -er real estate dealer accompanied her. )n their return. April 9, Mrs. Barnaby (ound a package postmarked Boston, vhichi had arrived during her absence. .t contained a small 11ask of whiskey, vith this inscription: "~With best wishes Lecep~t this line old1 whiskey fr-om your :'iends im the woods." A few days later, when fatigued. both [rank some of the liquid from the bottle tid from that time the ladies suffered erible auzomes. Mrs. Barnaby is slow y sinking under the etreets of a teri-ible >urning. Two days ago Mrs. Barnaby lied anti Mrs. Warrel! was rtot expected o live. The body of the dead woman ras shipped to Providence in charge of )r. Graves of that city who was here at lie time nt her dath. THE NEW YORK ALLIANCE. THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOVEMENT. Steady Accession--Representative Farm ers-Substantial Increase-Political Ef feet Talked About-The President of the New York Alliance. IIOMELLSVILLE, N. Y., April 27. The state convention of the Farmer's Alliance in New York has created a great stir here among the politicians. While the body was in process of or ganization, a friendly delegation from the Knights of Labor was received. President Polk, of the National Farm ers' Alliance, was present and addressed the convention, advising the farmers to give the politicians among them a back seat. It is said that ). G. Allen. the state organizer, can have the state presi dency if he wants it. The political significance of the Farm ers' Alliance movement is beginning to be appreciated. A striking feature of the gathering is the earnestness of the men taking part in it. They talk of nothing else and think of nothing else, but in a cold, con servative way, devoid of claptrap or en thusiasm, and they are real farmers, too, and not professionals. Mayor Day, of this city, was asked what he thought of the movement. "It is going to run things in this end of the state," he said. "It is composed of the very best rien of the farming com munity, the sjld old farmers who work their own soil, pay their debts and don't make any more until they have calculated all the chances." President Arnold is generally con ceded to be the best man in the conven tion for the position to which he was elected. Ile is about 65 years old, tail and slender, with a full gray beard and rather sandy gray hair. iHe was born in Wyoming county, where his father came in 1812 from New England, bring ing family and his belongings in an ox cart. Mr. Arnold now lives on the homestead, near Arcade, which his father pre-empted, and is regarded as one of the most solia, substantial farm eri in the neighborhood. In politics he was an old line whig andlater a Repub lican as he says, however, of late years be has been rather independent in local affairs. The only office he has ever held has been that of supervisor. He was one of the first men to join the Alliance in his county, the first sub Alliance being organized there Janu ary 27. Before he was elected he was closely cross-questioned as to his opinions on the Ocala platform. Ile was found to be all right, but when asked how he stood on the silver question he an swered: "I favor the free and unlimi ted coinage of silver, as I understand it." Ile was asked how he understood it later. He said: "I believe in the free coinage of silver dollars with a dollar's worth of silver in them." He is rather favorably inclined toward the sub treasurv scheme and the other planks in the Ocala platform. He was also asked his opinion of the third party movement. "It is too early to talk of that now," he said. Our en ergies for a while will be devoted to the work of organization and educa tion." National Lecturer Willetts says that New Jersey is organizing rapidly, and he expects to organize the State Alli ance in a week or two. It is said that there is a scheme on foot to send out all over the country pledges similar to those used in tbe Henry George cam paign of 1886, binding the signers to support a third party candidate on the Ocila platform. If a million signatures are obtained a convention will be called and nominations for president and vice president will be made. The Louisiana Lotter;, NEw ORLEANs, April 27.-At the last session of the Legislature 3 ohn A. Morris and his associates made appli cation for a renewal of the Louisiana State Le tery charter for twenty-five years, 'ifering to pay the State more than $1,000,000 per annum for the privilege. A bill embodying the re quisite amendment to the constitution, known as the lottery amendment, was adopted by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature, and by courtesy a copy of the Act was sent to Governor Nicholls who vetoed it, although the friends of the measure argued that he had no right to do so under the constitution. T1he Secretary of State having refus ed to promulgate the Act, Morris and his company applied for a mandamus compelling him to promulgate the pio posed constitutional amendment to be voted on by the people at tbe next gen eral election. The District Court to day rendered a decision in favor of the lottery company, Justice Watkins read ing the opinion as the organ of the court, Chief Justice Bermnudez and As sociate Justice McEnery concurring. Each read opinions, while Associate Justices Penner and Breaux read dis sentitig opinions. ___ Crashed Together on a Curve. WasuINGTON, April 28.-The Cin einnati express. which left Washington at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, ran int -a freight train about 4 p. in., in a ::ut at Warrings, about twenty five miles west of Washington, on the Metropolitan brance of tile Baltimore and Ohio Rail road. Engineers Elliott and Grati, Fire man Murphy, o1f the freight. and Postal Clerk IBurdett were killed. Postal Clerk teacock and Fireman Miller. of the ex press. were seriously hurt. None of the passengers were seriously injured. The scene of the accident was at a short ,urve, where the express, which was running at the rate of about forty miles on hour, iound the freIght train on de main track, taking water. Engineer Elliott reversed his eugine and applied thie air brakes, but he could not break Lhe speed of his train before the crash :ame. The forward cars of both trains left tihe track, but none of the coache s were derailed. The postal and baggage :are and one coach of tihe express and two freigzht cars took tire from the furn ices of the engine and were burned up. All of the killed and injured lived in Baltimore. All through trains for the West were sent from Baltimore and Washington over the main stem via the Relay house and Washington junction, so that there was little or no interrup tion to through travel. Outrages in Chili. Lisisox, A pril 27.-Telegrams from Santiago, Chili, say that nobody except te supports of the dictator arc safe lrom insult and imprisonment; that Ih. Lies of the highest families are thrown into foul prisons and treated like the vilcst of the vile; that du:ing the ee ion soldiers indlulged in robberies and outragzes upon voters supposed to favor the parliamentary party; that only Balnmaceda's nominees were elected: ;hat Vricini, his nominee for the presi ency, received 294 out of 296 votes >f the convention, and that all letters md telegrams nre submitted to rigorous unenrslbin DON'T WANT BLAIR. Too Much "Takee, Talkee," on the Chi nese Question in Conaress. WASHINGTON, April 29.-A represen tative of the Associated 'ress this morn ing called at the Chinese legation here and had an interview with Minister Yen in regard to the disinclination of his Gov ernment to receive Senator Blair as the accredited representative of the United States. MIr. Yen said, through an interpreter, that he had received a cablegram from the Chinese foreign office, which he was instructed to lay before Secretary Blaine without delay, expressing the unwill ness of the Emperor to receive Blair. Other than this M1r. Yen had received no insrructions, written or otherwise, from his Government on the subject. The exact language of the cablegram, or whether the reasons for this action were given, .Mr. Yen declines to state. Personally he. had a very high opinion of Senator Blair; he had met him sev eral times and had always found him to be a very courteous gentleman. At the time Senator Blair was nominated min ister to China Mr. Yen was in Peru, to which Government he is also the repre sentative of China, and did not return to the United States until early in the present month. He had never had oc casion to ascertain what had been Sen ator Blair's attitude toward China or or the Chinese residents in this country, and not until his return had the Senators' utterances on the Chinese question as reported in the Congressional Record been brought to his attention. The minister conveyed the impression that he had simply stated the facts to his Government. and aside from that had not sought to influence its decision either favorably to the Senator or un favorably. This action of the Chinese authorities has not created the least ex citement here, as it had been anticipated by many from the first. The proceed ings is not a very unusual one and can not be construed as indicating unfriend ly feeling toward this Government. Among the departmental officials there is a general indisposition to dis cuss the subject of Blair's rejection. Still it is evident that there is no zener al desire to magnify the incident into the proportions of a diplomatic rupture. It is the long established rule of diplo macy that a nation is not obliged to ac cept a minister who is not persona grata, and that rejection on that ac count is not to be constued into an in tended affront to the dignity of the na tion which sends the minister. The United States hesitated for a long time to fully endorse this rule and showed some resentment when the Austrian Government during the last Adminis tration asked that Minister Kelly be not sent to Austria as United States minister. But about the time of the Sackville -West episode the United States became an enthusiastic adherant of the polley that a nation is not bound to receive or retain a foreign minister who is not acceptable to its people. Then, too, there was a lingering recol lection of the fact that the United States had about the time of the French revo lution sent home a representative of the French Republic because he had made himself obnoxious to the people of the United States. In these cases the demand for the minister's recall was rather peremptory, and we did not show the consideration manifested by the Chinese Government in refraining from an absolute rejection of Minister Blair, and simply stating that his coming to China in the capaci ty of United States minister would not be entirely agreeable to the Government of that coantry. Altogether the opin ion in official circles is general that the United States is by its own conduct stopped from resenting Minister Blair's rejection, and that after waiting for a length of time sufficient to maintain the national dignity anew minister will be appointed by President Harrison. The Farmers in Virginia. RIerMOND, VA, April 30.--The leg islative campaign in Virgmnia this year promises to be unusually interesting. It is not probable that the Republicans will make any fight. The contest will be chiefly confined to the Farmers' Alliance. That element demands important legis lation at the hands of the General As sembly', whose members are to be chosen this year. Foremost among these demands is that for a law creating a railway com mission, with authority to regulate -charges and prevent discrimination in rates. The farmers. too, believe that the salaries of State officials might be reduced, crimiual charges cut down, more liberal appropriations made for the State department of agriculture, and num'erous other benefits bestowed upon that class. Thes3 issues will be form ulated by the Alliance State Conven tion, which meets here in August. The leaders say that these are to be so clear ly and sharply dehned that candidates for the Legislature cannot evade them. The Democrats will not call a Conven tion. The State committe of that party will meet soon to discuss the campaign, but no Convention, it is understood, will be called. The Alliances claim a mem bership 01 something like 40,000 in this State, and, if anything like unanimous, can easily control legislation. The idea of the leaders is not to have any third party, but to make their demands with in the ranks of the Democrats. If they do this they can, they think, easily e!. fect their purposes. The Republican League of the State will meet here April 20 to elect delegates to the National Convention of Leagues, which is to be held in Cmncinnati. This organization has not ilourished in this State. John S. Wise was among those who started in with it, but his ardor soon cooled off, and bu.t little interest has been taken in it since. Some little life seems to be infused into the League now, be cause its leaders think it may be a factor in controlling the delegates from this State to thie National Republican Con vention. As Mahone does not hold a membership in the body it is difficult to see ho0w this can be achieved. It is not given out who Mahone prefers for the Presidential nominee, but as he is press ing candidates upon Harrison it is sup posed that lie wiill favor that candidate's nomination. Schooners Capsize. NORFOLK, Va., April 27.-The schooner Ilazel Dell, from Atlantic City. N. J., was capisized in Chesapeake Bay Saturday during a severe squall. The cook, a colored man, was drowned and the rest of the crew were brough' here by the steamer Carolina of the Bal timnore~Line. Tihe schooner Lizzie D. Parker of Welltleet, Mass., Irom James River to New York, with oyesters, was capsized Saturday during a squall be tween Hog Island and Smith's Island. All of tihe crew, except tihe cook, colored, who (lied from cold and exposure, were brought here by the schooner Horatio this morning. Foul Water Kills Five Men. BruINTON, IOWA, April 22.-The laborers at Gilbert Hloge & Co's lumber yard drankc freely of water from an old well in the vicinity. As a result of poi soning from the sewerage five of them are dead an:1 several are not expected to live.I A BOSTON SENSATION. GENERAL BEAST BUTLER PUT OUT OF COURT. The Hero of New Orleans Forcibly Re moved by Judge Carpenter of the Uni ted Statcs Cou:-t, which Bring Tears to the Old Spoon Thief',; Eyes. BOSTON, MAsz., April 27.-Gen. Ben jamin F. Butler was forcibly ejected from the United States district court room Tuesday by order of Judge Car penter. General Butler is counsel for Mrs. Clarietta Johnson, of Lowell, who has been convicted in the United States district court for perjury, and who was brought up for sentence before Judge Carpenter that morning. On Tuesday last the general again appeared in court to argue a motion in arrest ot judgment, but on rising to address his honor he was peremptorily ordered not to address the court "now or at any other time." At 1 o'clock when the court was about to adjourn, General Butler came in and took his seat by the side of Dis trict Attorney Allen. Mr. Allen asked for sentence, making a strong plea for mercy, when the following colloquy took place General Butler (to Mr. Allen)-"You ask to have the motion for the arrest of judgment overruled ?" Mr. Allen-"Yes." The Court.-"I understand you to say that the prisoner does not want to be heard on this ?" Mr. Allen.-"I understand your hon or, that the prisoner is ready to have the matter decided to-day." The Court.-"I think it would be bet ter if 1 could look over it and see if there could be anything that by any possibility could be argued, and if so, counsel will be assigned." General Butler.-"[ am ready your honor." The Court.-"Mr. Marshal, Mr. But ler is disorderly; will you kindly re move him from the room?" The Marshall and two of hiss,assis tants advanced to General Bitler's side, and took him by the arms to carry out the court's order. General Butler again endeavored to'. address the court, when the court called out; 'Mr. Marshal." Marshall Doherty to General Butler. -"You heard the order of the judge, General Butler?" General Butler.-"I am ready to" The Court.-"Remove him, Mr. Mar shal. Don't allow him to create any further disorder." General Butler.--"1 am here" Before he could finish the sentence he was taken hold of by the marshal and his assistants and was escorted from the room. General Butler's voice was very much affected and his eyes full of tears as.he exclaimed: "I yield to force." When he had been removed outside the court room the general turning to Marshal Doherty, inquired: "Do you intend to hold me a prisoner, now that I am outside?" Marshal Doherty replied in the nega tive. "All right," said General Butler, and he immediately pushed his way again into the court room. The judge had just left the bench, however, and the general, having looked around exclaimed: "Well the room smells a little better now than it did a few minutes ago." The general says he intends to take legal steps, though what they shall be he has not yet determined, Judge Carpenter is the man whom General Butler has characterized as an,. "inferior judge of an inferior court of' the inferior State of Rhode Island,"." Mrs. Johnson was brought into court later in the afternoon and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and to serve six months in jail.. The general said this evening; "I was never removed from a court be fore in my life, and I have practiced before all the courts in the country for the past fifty-six years. Nor have I ever seen any lawyer removed from court for attempting to address it on behalf of his client." General Butler will be seventy-three years old in November. Blown to Pieces. OSWEGo, N. Y., April 29.-A freight locomotiv3 of the Rome, Watertown Ogdensburg Railroad exploded while shifting a caboose in the yard here to day. James Cummings, the engineer, was instantly killed, his body being blown two hundred yards over a house and falling in a horribly mangled mass in a garden. O~ie of his legs was found a hundre:1 feet furthcr away: A fire man who wqs on the tender at the time was blown on the top of the ca boose and terribly scalded, but will re cover. The locomotive was complete ly wrecked. The cause of the explos ion is a mystery. Tell it to the Marines! POUGIIKEEPSIE,N. Y., April 28.-The News-Press publishes the following this morning: "Stephen B. Elkins is authority for a statement, made to a representative of the News-Press, to the effect that James G. Blaine would shortly announce his decision not, un der any circumstances, to allow his name to be used at the next Republi can National Convention as a candidate for President. It is said that Mr. Blaine's letter, or announcement, will be so positive as to admit of but one construction, and that is, that he will never again be a candidate for the Presidency. The New Broom. CIIICAGO, April 30.-Mayor Wash burn's first otfical act on entering upon his duties was to issue an order to the police department to close up every gambling house in Chicago. In an in terview the mayor said tuat in case the men detailed to do the work should miss any place in which gaming is carried on, and which shall be afterwards found out by newspaper men or anybody else, he should have those m n discharged. T his afternoon the pi oprietors of all the pool rooms in the city were notified that they also would have to close up their places of business at once.. A Horrible Story. LOxOoN, A pril 28.-Among the Jews who recently emigrated by way of Russia, is one Isaac Rosebalt, whose case has aroused considerable atten tion. le bears on his leg an iron, over which the skin has partly grown, and which was fastened on him five years ago in a Russian prison at Kieff, from which Rlosebalt attempted to escape after being arrested on a charge of proselyting for Judaism. It is feared that the removal ot the iron now might have a serious result. Jack the Ripper, Again. BERLIN, April 27.-A murdersimilar to those committcd by Jack the Ripper in London Is reported from Beuthen, on the Polish irontier. The body of a wo man was lound this morning behind the military hospital in that town muti. lated in the asual manner. An army sungann s suspected in this coae.