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VLVI.MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1891. NO.___25.
TILLMAN INERVIEWED.
HIS IDEAS ABOUT THE DEMANDS OF
THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
A Crying Necd for money-Opposing
Cleveland for His Free Silver Views
He Is Opposed to the Sub-Treasury, But
Will Follow His Party.
ORANGEBURG, S. C., May 30.-The
Cotton Plant of last rhursday can
tained the following account of an in
terview with Governor Tillman:
"I found him quietly sitting in his of
fice looking over his mail. He greeted
me quite cordially, and, farmer like, in
quired about the crops, rains. etc.
"He was neatly attired, in theconven
tional alpaca coat. He appeared some
what stouter than last summer.
"He remarked that he had gained
four pounds since he 1 ad oeen here, but
that his clean shaven face gave him a
stouter appearance.
"Farmer Ben then proceeded to give
his ideas about the purposes, demands
and ideas of the Farmers' Alliance, of
which he is a leading member.
"It was founded upon the broad prin
ciple ithat were expressed and contain
ed In the motto of the ordor: "Equal
rights to all, and special privileges to
none.
"He believed the Alliance was a great
and good organization and that it will
benefit the agricultural classes very
much. He had long thought of the
farmers' disorganized condition and
wondered that they got along as well
as they did under the circumstances. for
the manufacturers and the capitalists
presented an organized front to them.
"The great and cryng need of the
day was more money, for there was an
absolute dearth of money in the agri
cultural sections, and the circulation
should be increased as speedily as pos
sible until it reached $40 or SW per
capita.
-One of the means of increasing it
was the free coinage of silver; this he
believed would be passed by the next
Congress and if Harrison votoed it that
would make it so much the stronger for
a campaign issue in 1892.
"He strongly opDosed Mr. Cleveland,
because of that gentleman's opposition
to the free coinage of silver and also
because his sympathy was with Wall
street and its money.
"A great danger to the Democracy
was that the nominating convention mn
1892 might name Mr. Cleveland as its
standard bearer for the next campaign.
"He thought that our farmers, not
only in this State, but all o,7er the coun
try should go to work and see that a
delegation was sent from each State op
posed to Mr. Cleveland or any man or
his ideas about money.
"He believed the farmers could con
trol the Democratic party or influence
its actions and thus press forward their
demands for reform.
"As to the sub-Treasury bill, he says
he is opposed to it personally in its de
tails and will tight it on the stump if
Deed be. He does not think that after
ir is properly preserited to the people
they will support it, but if a majority
of the party in South Carolina still con
tinue to support it, he is Democrat
enough to fall in line with the majority.
He does not set himself up against the
majoffty, nor essay to dictate to them.
He believes that the government should
issue Treasury notes until the volume
is sufficient to do the business of the
country on a cash basis.
"le also favors the abolition of na
tional banks and the adoption of a
sound land loan system. In other
words he said that we wanted more
money, and we didn't care so much how
we got it, just so we did get it.
"eobjected to currency being based
upon coin altogether.
"Hits idea of a flexible currencyv was
that it must be one so large that the
monopolists and speculators cannot
control it; shutting it down when they
wished and expanding when profitable
to do so.
"He thought that white supremacy in
the South should keep the white people
together and within the ranks of the
Democratic party.
-'He thought the farmers of this State
should go to work,nDot pressing the sub
Treasury plan now or quarrelling over
it but depending upon free silver and a
sound land loan system for increasing
the currency. presenting a unitt d front
so that delegates in sympathy with
them, as to the reforms demanded,
could be senit to the nominating con
vention in 1892.
"He did not see the need for a third
party-the Democratic party properly
controlled is the party ot the people.
"He favored the other Alliance de
mands and wanted it distinctly under
stood that he stood squarely with the
majority after they had become
thoroughly informed.
"Some reporters that interviewed him
recently had garbled his language
somewhat and he asked the wniter to
state particularly that what he said
about the 'leaders using the order for
selfish ends,' was intended to have a
general meaning.
"That he did wish to call attention to
the extremists of the West, who wanted
a third party, so that they could get on
the ticket and he warned the order to
watch them. His statements had no
reference whatever to the leaders of
the order in this State, for in the first
place he had the utmost confidence in
them and did not think for a moment
they would do such a thing. And in
the second, his relations with them are
of the pleasantest nature. Hie wanted
the people to keep their eyes open and
to tpink-that was the object of the
* lliance-to educate.
WM. C. WOLFE."
-Challenge Accepted.
ABBz1~VLLE, S. C., June 3.-Col. Te-r
rell and Governor Tillman spoke here
to-day. Th former advocated : he sub
treasury plan, and Governor Tillman
replied to him in opposition to the
measure in .otrong and forcible lan
guage. He challenge Col. Terrtll to
meet him at the State Alliance to dis
cuss it with him. Col. Terrell accepted
the challenge. The sub-treasurer was
given a rather black eye bere by the
Governor's strong opposition to it.
There is no mistaking his stand in re
gard to this matter. Hie also spoke
against the third party movement, and
told the people that thtir only safety
was in the Democratic party which ali
ready saved them. He also contended
that Alliancemen had the right to dis
cuss the sub treasury o .tsideof Alli
ance meetings, and that public discus
sion was the only way to arrive at the
truth. ________
Go Tell I hat to the Marines!
NEw YORiK, May 30.-A special to the
Sun from Chicago says: Benjamin Hiar
rison ta ill not be a candidate for the
Presidency of the United States in 1892.
So said his son Russell in conversation
here on Thursday. Mr. HIarrison said
his father would not be a candidate for
re-election, unless the party demand it.
"Should the Republican leaders insist
upon it," continued Russell, "then he
will allow his name to go before the con
vention, but under n~o other circumn
stances. Hie certainly would not be a
candicate if he consulted 'iis family.
Personally he had rather retire to pri
vate life, but as an ardent party man
he is willing to observe the. wishes of
THE DECADENCE OF ITALY.
A Gloomy Account of King Humbert's
Domain.
LONDoN, May 28.-The Times to-day
publishes a long dispatch from its corre
spondent in Rome, during the course
of which the correspondent reviews, in
a detailed and elaborate manner, both
the financial and political situation of the
Italian Kingdom. After presenting a
mass of facts, the writer referred to comes
to the conclusion that Italy is becoming
gradually reduced to a degraded state,
and that the Italian provinces and com
munes are preying upon the State and
slowly driving it into bankruptcy. The
sentiments of patriotic constancy and
devotion which, from 1820 to 1870, won
the admiration of liberal Europe is, says
the Times correspondent, giving way to
an iml.ulse of miserable ambittion and to
indifference to national vitality. The
Government, he continues, has lost alt
control of the Chamber of Deputies, and
its members support or do not support
the Government's measures as fancy
takes them.
The Deputies interpellate the Govern
ment without regard to the position of
the ministry, which has been unable for
some time past to gather a quorum to
gether even on a question possible in
volving the fate of the ministry. If a
crisis was to result in a dissolution of
the Chamber with the party of the Rig'it
in power tne Roman Catholic vote would
most probably be relieved of the "non
expedient" order, (or virtual prohibiticn
from voting for members of the Cham
ber,) and this would increase the strength
of the ministry. What the strength of
this unknown elemont in Italian politics
may be Is a problem of the highest im
portance to Italy. Its exercise of the
franchise, it is thought, will imply cer
tain concessions to the Vatican.
The correspondent also says that Ital
ian editorial comments of education, law
and order, Italian enterprise, main wants
of Italy, international complications,
growing out of the New Orleans affair,
the Mala Vita trials, the flood of Italian
emigia.tica setung toward North and
South America from lands scantily peo
pled, although among the most fertile on
the globe, the scantiness of woods, the
ravages of floods, malaria, and the paltry
political intrigues by which Cabinets
are made and unmade, all testify to the
blots which exist on the national stand
ard and which require speedy efface
ment.
Thev Burned Hie to Death.
NEW ORLEANS, June 3.--Not until
toaay did Governor Nicholls receive the
facts as to the lynching of the negro
named Hampton, in Claiborn parish.
Last year Hampton was suspected by
his white neighbors of complicity in a
hog stealing case, and they went in a
body one night to his house to chastise
him. He warned them off, and when
they persisted in the attac: he shot and
killed one of the members of the party.
This dispersed the crowd for the
night' The next day Hampton was ar
rested for the killing. An attempt was
made to enter the jail and lynch him,
but the plans of the mob were thwarted
by the prompt action of the Sheriff.
Hampton got a change of venue and
stood trial for the killing and was ac
quitted. He was immediately rearrest
ed for hog stealing, and fearing that he
would be lynched if he remained in jail
pending trial, he pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to one year in the penitenti
ary, and the lynchers again were pre
vnented from doing violence to him. . .
They were determined to avenge the
killing of their friend, and waited un
til Hampton had served out his sen
tence. 'They had him arrested on an
afiidavit sworn out before a justice of
the peace on the day of his discharge.
Upon his arrival in Claiborn he was met
by an armed mob, who took him from
the constable and burned him to death.
The next day nothing could be found
of Hampton except a heap of ashes and
a pair of handcuffs.
Here's aSad Warning.
BRUN~SWICK, GA., May 29.-Rumors
of the horrible end of a young girl well
connected in Brunswick has been
brought to light by the recent conven
tion of the funeral directors. Reared
by indulgent parents; given the benefits
or a good educational course, this girl
soon developed into womanhood, and
was early allowed the privilege of re
ceiving callers. Prominent among her
visitors was a young mant handsome in
features, but devoid of all moral sense
of right or wrong. Influenced by his
persuasive tones, promises of marriage
arid her intense and growing love for the
man, the girl soon lost her virtue. She
endeavored uselessly to compel this
man to make her his wife, and Satur
day last, unable to longer hide L-er
shame, she lIed from a loving home and
sought the companionship of fallen
creatures. In their house she died
Wednesday, it is rumored, from the et
fcts of a horrible deb'tuchery Saturday
night, the details of which are too
sickening for publication. Her body, it
is said, was procured as a subject for
demonstrating the new process of
embalming before the und'ertakers' con
vention Thursday morning and there
recognized by persons who had known
her in better cdays. The cause of her
death has created volumes of talk, and
rur.ors aii investigation by the grand
jury are dying thick.-Augusta Chron
icle. ________ __
A Bioody day in Kentucky.
LorISVILLE, Ky., May 29.-There
were a number of violent deaths in this
State yesterday. Fram Middlesboro
comes news of the assassination of
Jam's Turner by Michael Dinen, labor
er and railroad brakeman, respectively,
who we re sleeping off a drunken de
bauch in a tent at Curmberland Gap.
In (Garward County, Deputy Sheriff
Parks, of Aladison County, was shot and
killed by Cannon Roberts, whom he was
attmpting to arrest. In Johnson
county, the people don't know whether
31rs. Albert Evans, a popular young
woman, who was found dead in a
ravine, was nmurdered or commnittedsui
cide. Near Ashland two men were
kifed and two others were mangh d in
a mill boiler explosion.
A Fatal Carousal.
CHICAGo, June, 3.-With a loud
crash, the frame building at No. 101
West Jackson street toppled off its foun
dations this afternoon, burying in the
ruins five young meu who were carous
ing under the first floor of the rickety
structure. Three of them were instant
ly killed and the other two badly injur
ed. The dead men were William
Schwartz, George Schwartz and John
Cahill. The injured are George Shine
and Gus Schwartz.
Recovered a Viniage.
RALEIGH,. N. C., May 29.-Judgment
has been rendered in court in favor of
James A. Bryan, plaintiff, for the re
covery of James City, a village of one
thousand negroes, across Trent river
from Newberne. 'Negroes were settled
on Isryan's land by Federal authority
in 1862, and have held possession ever
since. The suit has been pending ten
years. It is said Bryan will offer terms
of amicable settlement and let the
present population continue their oc
cuatin_
A DUEL WITH SW ORDS.
A SUPPOSED ATLANTA MAN AND AN
AUSTRIAN NOBLEMAN.
A Pretty Actress Is the Cause of Trouble
Between Two Disconsolate Rivals, Both
Having Been Rejected, and Chicago Is
the Scene of Their Bloody Encounter.
CHICAGO, May 29.-Chicago was the
scene of a denouement of genuine ro
mance, with the essential features last
Monday. A wealthy nobleman, a dis
inherited son, a beautiful woman a
duel and a mystery. Baron Rudolf Kal
noky de Korospatak, a nephew of
Count Kalnoky, of Vienna, made his
first visit to Chicago about a month
ago, registering at Richelieu merely as
-'Rudolp Kalnoky, of New York.
He was handsome and distinguished,
appeared to be possessed of unlimited
means, and while evidently suffering
from habitual melancholy, soon became
a favorite with a few to whom he gave
his friendship. The object of his stay
in Chicago was a mystery to all except
Manager Carlson, of the hotel, to whom
he partially told his story. Kalnoky,
according to his own confession, was
at one time a staunch defender and a
passionate admirer of the erratic Na
talie. of Servia, during her sometimes
embarrassing visits to the Austrian
capital.
He had also been a chosen compan
ion in the revels of the gay young
crown prince, whose suicide shocked
all Europe. That event only drove
Kalnoky to wilder dissipations. Seek
ing a change in America, he accident
ally met Miss Mattie Atherton, a mem
ber of Duff opera company, during its
last Chicago engagement. She led the
baron a dolesul life both here and in
other cites to which he followed her.
She constantly kept before him the fact
that she could never become his wife,
as her heart was already given to one
for whose sake she would shortly end
her stage life.
Kalnoky finally became convinced of
the truth of this, and remained behind
when the company left Chicago. Ten
days ago he weakened and made a fly
ing trip to Louisville in one last effort
to conquer the pretty actress. While
there he seems to have met one of his
numaerous rivals, though not the suc
cessful one. Last Friday morning he
returned to the Richelieu having given
up his original idea of following Miss
Asherton from Louisville to Pittsburg.
The same night the man whom he had
encountered in the South, dined with
him at the Richelieu restaurant, the
two seeming to take a morbid interest
in together drowning their mutual sor
rows.
A too free indulgence in wine, how
ever, quickly ended the friendly char
acter of the meeting. In a parlor a few
minutes after dinner a cry of rage was
heard and then a heavy fall. Kalnoky
bad knocked his companion down for
speaking disrespectfully of the woman
he loved. An hour afterwards a friend
of the Southerner appeared with a re
spectful note, demanding a meeting;
Kalnoky at once accepted in a note
which he sent to a friend then stopping
at the Richelieu, and to whom the
Sotherner's second was referred.
The meeting took place Monday
morning in Jackson park. At 9:10
o'clock the adversaries were facing each
other, sword in hand and bared to their
shirts. A moment later the word was
given, and like a flash the Southerner
commenced. After some sharp fight
ing the Southerner succeeded in inflict
ing a slight wound in the right leg of
the baron. A little later the baron
made a clever lunge, which pricked the
skin on thke right shoulder of his ad
versary. The latter, however, parried
it admirably, and at this moment, to
the horror of the seconds, the baron
appeared to slip and literally to fall on
the point of his adversary's sword,
which entered his neck.
A stream of blood gushed from the
wound. The seconds at once stopped
the combat. Baron Kalnoky was as
sisted to an adjoining knoll and his
wound was hastily dressed. After as
certaining that the result would not
necessarily be fatal, the Southerner and
his friends left the field. Every effort
to identify this man has failed. With
the exception of Kalnoky he appears
to have been unknown to all concerned.
His appearance, however, leads to the
belief that he is a son of a prommnent
citizen of Atlanta, Ga., who is famous
in the South as authority on the code
duello, and who, though quite young,
has taken an active part in several af
fairs of honor.
lie is known to have boarded a Cin
cinnati train on the "Big Four,'' which
left Hyde Park station at 9:45 o'clock,
two hours after the termination of the
combat. Baron Kalnoky's exact where
abouts is kept a secret, but. unless .he
was able to go east to-night, he is still
at the residence of his attending physi
cian, or of friends in Hyde P'ark. The
manager of the Richelieu, while deeply
regretting the affair and the annoyance
that it should hav.e become known, is
assured that the young Austrian has
been well cared for, and that his life is
not in any immediate danger.
From conversations with hian, how
ever, he fears that the baron's misplay
was not a mere accident, t~ur that, lund
ing himself facing one his equal in
swordsmanship, he took that means of
honorably ending his life. If this was
the case, Mr. Carison fears that Kalnoky
may follow the failure of this morning
by a successful attempt upon his o wn
life.
A Black Eye f(or the State.
CHARILEsTON, S. C., May 28.-The
State received a black eye in the now
famous Coosaw case to-day at Beaufort.
Judge Norton decided tnat the case
which Judge Aldrich had decided the
State could bring in the State Court had
been removed to the United States
Court. This was the suit in which Capt.
U. R~. Brooks was appointed receiver by
Judge Aldrich. Chief Justice Fuller
and Judge Bond will be here next week
and the case will then be argued before
a full bench. The Coosaw people are
rejoicing over their victory.
Too Big a Lip.
N Ew YORK, June 3.-Willis P'. Cand a,
aged 13, residing in Brooklyn, died at
his horde while under the influence of
chloroform during the performance or
an operation. His upp 3r lip had grown
to an abnormal size tnrough his habit
of continually sncking it. An operation
was performed by physicians to remove
some of the excess growth. Chloroform
was adminmstered, and while in an un
concious state the,boy showed signs of
heart failure, The doctors made every
effort to save his life, but he gradually
grew weaker and in an hour he was
dead.
Fell Dead in the Assemably.
DETROIT, May 28.-Judge Breckin
dge, of St. Louis. Mo., of the commit
tee on theological seminaries. while in
the midst of a speech in the discussion
of the Briggs case thIs afternoon, fell
dead with heart disease, and the assem
bly at once suspended further action, as
wll as a banquet tonight.
A HOLD FOR LIFE.
An Insecure Grasp Saves a Man from
Atoms.
ST. Louis, June 2.-Two men had a
most exciting ride across the bridge into
St. Louis. While Engineer Martiu, of
the Jacksonville and Southeastern, was
pulling his line across the bridge, going
west, he heard some one shout: "Help,
help, for God's sake, help!" but think
ing it came from the shore, he paid no
attention. The train dashed on into the
tunnel, and the sa'ne thrilling cries for
help pursued the excited conductor in
the trip through that mile and a half of
underground passageway. At the Clark
avenue exit the train was stopped. A
haggard looking man, with hair nearly
white, lay across the track just in front.
of the train. He had been on the cow
catcher and had lost his hold. managing
to retain his position by clinging to, a
coupling rod with a strength born of de
spair. All across the bridge and through
the tunnel he was saved from being
ground to atoms by his insecure grasp
of that bit of iroc. Just then came
another surprise. From under the front
of the engine, right before the drive
wheels, crawled out another man. He
had been crouched in the cow catcher,
and limped from his long ride. The two
strangers were hustled on the engine
and the train moved into the depot.
There thev told a strange tale to Pas
senger Agent H. A. Suttle and others.
They had boarded the engine at Decatur.
They had examined it a few mornings
before and found that there was an ap
ertune to the space within the cow catch
er large enough for a man to creep
through. As the train pulled into De
c itur one of the men climbed under the
ennine and into the catcher. The other
took his place upon it. The train only
makes one stop between Decatur and
St. Louis, and that is Edwardsville. The
man on the engine gave hiA name as Ed
ward Brooks, and the one in the catcher
as William McGee. They said they came
from Chicago.
Tissue Ballots in Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., June 2.-In an
election in Lincoln yesterday for town
officers and councilmen, the Republi
cans charge the Democrats with cheat
ing with tissue ballots. The Republi
cans were ahead on the count, but be
fore the enumeration of ballots was com
pleted a pile ot them was discovered
that had not been counted.
The pile contained 108 straight Dem
ocratic ballots, printed on tissue paper.
They were rolled together in piles, con
taining about ten each, and looked as if
they had been deposited together. The
town clerk and the town solicitor insist
ed upon having the 108 ballots counted.
The moderator complied with the re
quest which materially changed the com
plexion of the election.
The moderator sealed the ballots up
and requested the town clerk to take
them. The town clerk refused to do
this, saying the Republicans had charged
the Democrats with cheating last year
while the ballots were in his custody.
The moderator took the ballots home
with him, and this afternoon each party
appeared before the council, when a
long and tedious wrangle ensued over
the recount. The town council counted
all the ballots, tissue ones and all, there
by counting in the entire Democratic
ticket. The Republicans will carry the
matter to Court.
Drowned Herself in the Pee Dee.
GEORGETOWN, S. C., May 29,-Mrs.
Staples the wife of Capt. George W.
Staples, drowned herself at Smith's Mill,
in the Pee Dee. on last Saturday-at
least this is the only legitimate conclu
sion to be drawn from her disappearance
an'd the circumstances attending it.
She left her house about 10 a. mn.. Sat
uraay. The servant, who saw her leave.
says she was weeping, and remarked that
she was "going for a short walk." Be
tween 11 and 12 a little negro saw her in
the graveyard, where she was still cry
ing. This was the last seen of her.
A bout 1 o'clock her husband became
alarmed and instituted a search, in
which he was generally assisted by a
number of friends and acquaintances.
A note to him was found, bidding him
good-bye and asserting an intention to
commit suicide. On the river bank be
low the mills her hat, shoes and hand
kerchief were found, henging on a small
bush. Footprints were observed lead
ing down into the water and under the
water. These prints showed more plain
ly as the water receeded.
No other cause for the rash act can
be assigned than that of tempo~ery ab
eration of mind, growing out of conttin
ued illness and a brooding desponden
cy. She left no children.- 'The State.
Butchered by Red Men.
Los ANGELES, CAL.. May 29.-Infor
mation has been received at army head
quarters from military sources at Fort
Bayard, N. M., to the effect that rumors
of Indian hostilities are again current
in that quarter. It is reported that a
man named Whitton was killed on Blue
Rtiver. Before that a family was killed
on Eagle Creek. These murders are
said to have been committed between
the 1st and 5th of May. Two officers
and twenty men have been sent by the
commanding officer at Fort Bayard to
scout northward from that post to near
Chloride, and other detachments will
be sent out. Men who helped bring in
some of the dead state that the trail of
the Indians leads toward the reserva
tion.
Glen Mecoook has given orders for
troops from Ports JBayard, Apache,
Bowie and San Carlos to make diligent
search in the viciniiy of their posts for
any signs of outlaws and pursue them.
Troops from these posts, with thirty
days' supplies, lett on Weanesday to
make the search.
Clearing the Town.
Cncico, May 28.-A dispatch from
Crawfordviile, Inti., says: Waveland
is in a ferment, and a time of greater
excitement was never known there.
Yesterday morning a committee of
:wo of the strikers called upon Pay
master Parkhurst and informed him
that he must leave town at once, lHe
was escorted to the suburbs by the
committee and the last seen of him he
wms ploding along the road toward
Ladog. Soon after the master mechanic
of Midland and three comrades were
told that they had live minutes in
which to leave, and were likewise es
corted to the edge of- the town by a
crowd of strikers and started down the
Vandalia road. Sheriff McCluskey Is
conferring with the strikers.
H ad Got a .Divorce.
WICuITA, Kan., June 3.-Some
months ago F. M. Blruny, a contractor
of Wichita, Kan., went to D~enver and
established himself in business
there. To-day he returned to Wi
chita to move his family to Denver and
was horrified to learn that during his
absence his wife had quietly secured a
divorce and gone to Kansas City and
married J. E. Lethorn of Topeka.
Bruny says he received no notice of
any divorce proceedings, but on the
contrary his wife wrote to him regular
ly nder the name of Mrs. Brnny.
TIlE NATIONAL BANKS.
SOMETHING WRONG IN THE ADMIN
ISTRATION OF THE LAW.
Developments in the Philadelphia Scan
dal that Indicate Criminal Negligence
on the Part of Comptroller Lacey and
his Subordinates.
PIILADELrIIIA, June 2.-At the close
of to-day's session of the examination
into the failure of the Kevstone Bank
by the committee of city council Coun
cilman Etting, who has taken an active
part in the investigation, offered a res
olution that the mayor be requested to
write to President Harrison asking
him to order an investigation ot the
conduct of the treasury department in
connection with the Keystone Bank
affair, to order the production of all
accounts of the bank and to order the
Comptroller of the Currency, Lacey, to
appear before the committee. Etting
made a most vigorous speecL in defence
of the motion. He said:
"I am sure if we are to have the
national banking law. construed and
acted upon as it has been in the Key
stone case there is very little protection
offered to any depositor. By the con
fession of Marsh, in Januarr, and
through no skill or energy on the part
of United States officials, the treasury
department became aware of the Key
stone rottenness, yet for ninety days
thereafter the bank was allowed to re
main open and the city and citizens of
Philadelphia were invited to deposit
their money. It matters not whether
the assets now are more or less. Some
people who had every opportunity to
know the story of the rotten bank had
every chance to 'get out,' while other
people who could not know the story
had every chance to 'get in.' It is the
most extraordinary action on the part
of the General Government that i ever
heard of. Even if our city treasurer
had teen honest he might, for all that
was done by the United States authori
ties, have continued to deposit, for no
notice, no inquiry, no warning came to
put him on guard, or any other city
official on guard. The salary of Marsh
was even continued at the bank and
every appearance was held out that the
M--xnk was sound during all this time
that the General Government knew by
confession of its rottenness.
"It is time we should make a move
to right the city's wrongs and impress
upon the authorities at Washington
that there must be some very active as
surance of a remedy for these abuses
of power on the part of the General
Government"
Smithers and Hicks, of the commit
tee, advocated delay and further inqui
ry before taking such an important
step. Hicks said:
-1 am not prepared to put myself in
the position of saying that Comptroller
Lacy's action is suspicious or question
able. It may be, but we are not quite
ready to declare it so. Let us go a little
furtier and fix the responsibility first.
Let us get experts on the books of the
Keystone Bank. I am quite sure, in
spite of all of Bardsley's deceptions, he
would not have jeopardized $945,000
and more if he had not been consider
ably deceived himself."
Etting battled for quick action and
replied:
"The Chief Magistrate should be in
formed of this inniction upon the peo
ple of Philadelphia of the violation of
the banking law. I am not going to
say whether Examiner Drew or Comp
troller Lacey was responsible, but be
tween the bank was kept open after
fraud was known officially. such ac
tion by the Government, if continued.
will be detrimental to the banks of the
city. Here were confessed falsifications
by a former president and the present
president of the bank amounting to
hundreds of thousands. If the law
was properly acted upon no man's
money is safe in any bank. If such a
letter was to go to the President,
backed by the committee of councils
and citizens, I am certain that there
would be an instantaneous production
of the books of the Keystone Bank."
Smithers said that the opinion of the
city solicitor was that the books were
subject to subpena.
"Every obstacle I can fancy," re
joined Etting,"'has been thrown in our
way. We can look at the treasurer's
accounts," he went on with a tinge of
sarcasm, and then exclaimed with a
tremendous bang of his fist on the ta
ble, "we want to look at other accounts
and find out what other men were do,
ing in those ninety days after the
frauds were known, and while the city
of Philadelphia was handing her mil
lions into that bank."
One other member of the comnmitteee
voted with Etting and four against
him, so the matter was dropped for the
present. The general impression, how
ever, is that it will be reviewed shortly.
Paying Teller WV. H. Thomas, of the
Keystone Bank, testified to his knowl
edge of S925,000 in due bills given by'
President Marsh to Treasurer BardsleyI
in exchange for State funds. He said
another employee and himself were
kept pretty busy running between the
Keystone and Spring Garden banks
with cash in order to prepare for
the visit of the bank examiner and
show a proper cash balance. An im
portant point in Thomas's testimony
was that during his six years' connec
tion with the Keystone Bank, Bank
Examiner Drew "dropped in" about
twice a week.
A Tornado.
WATERTOWN, S. D., June 3.-A small,
funnel shaped cloud suddenly appeared
in the south at nalf-past 3 o'clock this
morning and soon developed inmo a tor
nadc. F ortuinately it struck the city on
the extreme eastern limit, where the
buildings were shattered, and the whole
city is thankful to-night that it came
no closer. Everything that came in its
way was demolished. Three people
were kilied at Hazel, sixteen miles
southwest of here, and the storm is said
to have been very severe in the vicinity.
No other fatalities have been yet heard
of it. Heavy rain and hail followed the
storm.
They Give It Up as A Bad Job.
TIMONSVILLE, FLORENCE CoUN
TY, June 1.-Au unsuccessful attempt
to rob the Bank of Timmonsville was
made last night. The door was opened
with a railroad crowbar, but after look
ing at the safe the burglar concluded to
postpone the job for a season. No
damage was done except to the door of
the bank, and nothing was taken, as all
the valuableM were in the safe, which is
bt lar prool. ana is securely looked
witin an iron fireproof vault.
Tragedy of 1brink.
W11EELING, W. Va., June 3.-The
home of Henry Phillips at Taylorstown
this morning was burned. Phillips his
wife and a three-year-old-child were
burned to death, and a fifteen-year-old
boy was burned so badly that he died in
a few hours.
Phillips had been drinking during the
night, and itis believed that a lamp was
upset, causing the conflageration. The
remains of a beer keg were found be
tweer the charred bodies of Phillips
and his wife.
CROPS HAVE IMPROVED.
Cotton In siome Sections Plowed Up and
Planted Over.
WASHINGTON, May 30.--The signal
bureau's weather crop bulletin says: The
week has been cool, except m the Gulf
States, in the upper Missouri Valley and
on the North Pacific coast, in which re
gions the temperature has averaged
about normal for the week or slightly
above. Over the central v.illeys, on the
Atlantic coast, and in the lake rogion
the daily temperature for the week has
ranged from three to ten degrees below
normal, the greatest departures occur
ring in the upper Ohio Valley and tlie
So:'Ithern portions of the lake regions.
Excessive rains occurred on the At
lantic coast from New York Southward
to Florida, a large portion of this area
having received over two incaes of rain,
the only exception being a small area
in Eastern North Carolina where the
rainfall was less than normal. These
rains occurred in the Eastern portion of
the cotton region, including North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia and the
greater portion of Alabama, where crops
were greatly in need of rain. Exces
sive rains were also reported from Ten
nessee, Colorado, the South and West
portions of Kansas, Northern California
and the Southern region. From one
fourth to three-fourths of an inch of rain
occurred in the interior of the West Gulf
States, although the drought continues
in Southern Louisiana and Southeast
Texas. Generous showers occurred in
Missouri and the Ohio valleys, while in
the upper lake region and the upper
Mississippi Valley the rainfall was very
light, the total amount rare'y exceeding
one-tenth of an inch.
Showers in the spring wheat region of
Minnesota and the Dakotas during the
past week have been light and not well
distributed, and in some localities some
injury has resulted from drought and
frosts, but crops are doing fairly well
and will be greatly benefited by general
rains in that section to-day and to-mor
row.
In the States of the Missouri Valley
the weather was generally favorable for
small grains, but it was too cold for
corn. The drought in Northeast Ne
brasxa has been relieved by generous
rains. In Kansas all crops were im
proved, especially wheat, which is well
headed. Prospects are reported as gen
erally good in Iowa and Missouri; frost
did little damage; in some sections corn
is being replanted owing to damage by
cut worms, and in small areas wheat
was plowed under on account of injury
by the Hessian fly. Missouri reports
wheat on an average; meadows never
better, and fruits, except apples, contin
e excellent.
In Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and
Illinois rain was very light and badly
distributed, and cool weather retarded
growth. The effect of the week was
generally injurious; many farmers in Illi
nois are replanting corn on account of
its injury from insects; grasses and grain
are dyiin~ii Wisconsin ( n account of
drought, and some fruit is injured by
frosts in Michigan. Indiana and Illinois,
however, report wheat in good condition,
and indications are that the pending
drought will be succeeded by general
rains within forty-eight hours.
Crops were greatly improved by re
eent rains in Ohio, although frosts injur
d fruit in the Northern sections. Cool
weather has retarded all growth in
Kentucky, where the outlook is not
promising, and wheat has been injured
by rust.
Local showers have given temporary
relief in Tennessee, Arkansas and the
N~orthern portions Louisiana, but in
ocalities not so favored cotton has been
injured, and in some sections plowed
up and corn planted instead. In Texas,
where hail iniured the crops, cotton has
been replanted, and reports stats that
corn, cotton and wheat are in good con
dition.
Drought continues over the greater
portion of Louisiana, and all crops are
more or less injuried. In the Eastern
portion of the cotton region prospects
are much more favorable, owing to re
ent rains, but cool, cloudy weather was
unfavorable, although South Carolina
report crop in good condition. Exces
sive rains in central North Caroilna, at
tended by cold weather, retarded growth,
while the drough, continues in the vicin
ity of Wilmington. Some damare also
resulted from heavy rains in Virginia,
where tobacco and wheat on the low
lands were flooded.
The w eather was generally unfavora
le in New Englaud and the middle At
lantic Siate-s owing to continued low
temperature and drought, although in
Pennsylvania crops are much improved.
Cloudy and cool weather prevented
rapid growthr. Killing frosts in hew
York injured the fruit; berries and grapes
are damaged by drought. Grass is in
poor condition in New York and New
England. Tobacco planting is well ad.
vanced in Pennsylvania and in progress
i New England.
White Caps at Cheraw.
CHERAW, S. C., May 30.-On last
Wednesday a -.vhilte man by the name of
Taylor, hailing from Kansas, arrived in
Cheraw accompanied by a young colore d
woman, whose name or home cannot be
learned. The couple secured board at a
negro rest~aurant.
ILast night bet ween 12 and 1 o'clock
a band ot White Caps broke into their
room, took them both out and in a most
unnmercifcul manner applied the cowhide
to their bare bazks. Taylor plead that
the women was his wife and benged for
mercy, but the WhIte Caps continued
their whipping as long as they thought
the pair could stand it.
Taylor :.hreatened to brmug suit against
the town this morning, but he has since
lied to parts unknown. The woman has
also left town. Taylor is a fine look
ing man ad a trestle buil-ler by trade.
t is thought that the White Caps came
rom Marlboro, as Taylor and his alleged
wife came from B3ennet tsville to Cheraw.
-News and Courier.
Another U. S. WVarship Lost.
SAN FRAcisco, May 29.-The steam
er Oceanic arrived this evening bring
ing Hong Kong advices to May 6, and
Yokohama anvices, to May 15. China
mails say that the United States man
of-war Vermont has been sunk in a col
lision with an unknown steamer. No
particulars are given. At Kirin, China,
April 21, forty ships were burned and
eleven persons lost their lives. As Jap
anese women continue to go abroad for
immoral purposes, the government has
decided not to grant any more passports
to people of the lower classes.
A Democratic Victory.
NEw H AVEN, CONN., June 3.-The
Supreme Court this morning de.:ided
the "for"' ballot case in favor of Morris,
the Democratic candidate for Govern
or. This decision favors the Demo
rats, and is a point gained by them in
t-he contst oer the Governorship.
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Made Against the South Caroilna Peniten
tiary Autherities.
SUMTER, S. C., June 3.-The sensibili
ties of the citizens of Sumter have sel
dom experienced a greater shock than
they have to-day upon witnessing the
condition presented by a squad of sixty
seven convicts which have been lying
over at the Coast Line depot here, en
route for Columbia. In the whole
batch there is not a single decent suit
of clothes. Jackets, shirts and panta
loons are in tatters, and nearly all are
bare-footed. Fortunately it is warm
enough for the prisoners to escape ac
tual suffering on this account.
The squad arrived here from Dar
lington about 11 o'.clock this morning.
by way of the C., S. & N. R. R. and will
have to remain till they can be trans
ported further by the Coast Line.
These convicts have been working
down on the Pee Dee in the construc
tion of the C., S. & N. road. Their work
being finished for the present, Capt. C.
E. Wheeler, who has had charge of
them, broke up the stockade at 1 p. m. t
yesterday and came over to Darlington.
The sick prisoners were brought ia I
wagon; the others walked. I
Mr. R. U. Baker, bookkeeper for t
Louis McLane, who has charge of the
construction of the road, came along
with the guards, and informed The
State correspondent to-day that one of
the prisoners. William Gray, died on
the road to Darlington. of typhoid fev- I
er, with which he had been sick for i
some time. He was wrapped in a blank- I
et and buried on the roadside. I
The State correspondent learns that i
the prisoners were fed just before leav- I
ing the Pee Dee, and after their arrival
in Darlington in the evening, but since
then have been given no food by the t
State authorities. They left Darling- i
ton at 7 this morning without having 4
eaten since the night before, and have
had nothing here either for dinner or
supper except what was given in chari
ty by the citizens of the place, who had
learned of their condition.
The convicts, it is stated, usually get I
meal and bacon furnished them, and I
sometimes beef. The food is cooked by I
the prisoners, the pots, Etc., being kept E
in the stockade, and meals are dished
out in pans three times a day. . These
things have not been forwarded yet,
and there will be nothing for the men
to eat as long as they stay here, except
what is given in charity. t
Mr. Baker and Mr. Weeks each gave E
one of the convicts 50 cents and sent i
him up town to buy a dollar's worth of
bread. This made the midday meal for 5
sixty-seven negro men. I
This evening some negroes in the t
neighborhood of the depot cooked some I
victuals and sent them over. f
The people here are horrified at 3uch I
a state of things. Nothing of this kind 2
was ever heard of a year ago, when the
superintendency of the penitentiary
was in other hands, though the same t
squad lay over here for some time. t
The people in Sumter believe in econo- c
my, but not in starvation. I
One of the men is a paralytic, and has t
been for months, yet he has been kept
at work on the road; two others have <
dropsy, and one has a severe wound on
.the knee.-The State.
Almost a Riot.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., June 3.-An ex
traordinarv scene of wild confusion
and excitemert was witnessed in the
lower house of the General Assembly
this afternoon when the World's Fair
bill, which as passed by the Senate ap- i
propriated one million dollars for the c
Illinois exhibit, was acted upon. Ef- I
forts to reduce the appropriation to t
$500,000 or $600,000 were successively I
defeated, but on the motion fixing the
amount at $750,000 it was apparent that]
the vote would nearly be a tie. Then
Speaker Crafts (Democrat) voted for<
the amendment, and ignoring a Repub
lican member who wished to change
and vote in favor of the bill hurriedly
announced that the vote had been <
closed. Then the House became a bed-t
lam of shrieking, blaspheming and hur
rahing men, while C rafts coolly de- I
clared that the $750,000 amendment 4
had been adopted, 76 yeas to 73 nays. t
In the face of a terrific storm of pro- t
test the Speaker would listen only to a
motion to adjourn and calmly declared
the motion carried. Members were
now yelling and running about like so
many Comanches. Half a dozen made
a rush for the speaker to drag the
"Czar." as they called him from the
chair; but were forcibly held by his
friends. More than one legislator 4
reached for his revolver and a riott
seemed inevitable. Mclnery, of Chica-<
go, Democrat, at this moment jumped ]
to the Speaker's stand and shouting:
"We'll reconsider it to-morrow," finally]
succeeded in bringing about a truce.
It is expected that another outbreak
will take place to-morrow.]
They Die Together.
GALENA, Ill., June 3.-For some
time a strong attachment had existedt
between Miss Ada P. Townsend, ahand-t
some young girl of~ wealthy parents, and
Elmer Foster, a farm hand, both of
whoin reside in Rush township. Like
the course of all true love, this one did
not run smooth, but had in it many
rocks and bowiders, the largest of which
was the objection of the girl's parents to
their marriage. Clandestine meetings
were the only consolation left the young
lovers.1
The opposition to their marrisge gre w1
stronger as the attachment between the
two seemed to increase, and the hopei
of a happy union grew sadly !ainter in
the youthful breasts as the days went
on. They talked the matter over be
tween them, and finally disappoint
nment gave way to despair, and they
determined to end their misery with their
lives.
Last night Elmer engaged a carriage
and took Miss Townsend out for a ride.
This was their last pleasure trip to
gether. They talked the situation over,
and after discussing the slight prospects
of their marriage ever being consum-<
mated concluded to die together.
They returned from their drive at a
late hour. The rest of the family had
retired, the parents with the impressioni
that their daughter was in her room up <
stairs. At the usual hour in the morn
ing the girl's mother went to her room
door to call her to breakfast, and not
receiving an answer the door was broken
in.
A horrible spectacle met her gaze.
Lying stretched upon the bed was the
corpse of young Foster, while on thet
floor, where she had fallen in her agony,
was that of her young daughter. Their
death had been caused by strychnine,t
which they had p~rocured for that pur
pose.
Youthful Train Wr-eckers.
WATERBURY, CONN., June 3.-Early
this morning the police arrested Charles
Donnelly, aged 11, and Michael Mc
Laughlin, aged 10, on the charge of at
tempting to wreck the noon express on
the New York and New England Rail
road yesterday. The boys confessed,
saying they only did it for fun. In the t
Police Court this morning both were
sent to the reform school until they are
21 yme of age.1
CHARLESTON'S MUDDLE.
3EPUTY SUPERVISOR WILLIAMS PRO
CEEDS WITH HIS WORK.
;upervisor Cantwell Also Opens His Of
fice and Registers Names--He WiU
Fight for His Rights to the Bitter Ensd
Where Will It End.
CHARLESTON, S. C., June 1.-The ap
)ointment by Governor Tillman of Mr.
X. W. Willlams as deputy supevisor of
egistration, to succeed Mr. Cantwell,
which appointment Mr. Williams re
:eived through the hands of Mr. M. F.
righe, of the News and Courier, at 1
>'clock this morning, created much com
nent in the city to-day.
Mr. Williams was the last man wh'
would have been expected to receive
he appointment, and the supposition is
,eneral that the Governor appointed
Lim because of the fact that the regis
ration books were already in his pos
ession.
Early this morning a small-sized
rowd gathered around the office of the
upervisor in the fireproof building,
)ut the doors were not open. A short
vhile after 9 o'clock Mr. Cantwell ap
>eared, but went directly to his desk
n the county commissioners' office. He
-efused to answer questions put to hita
)y those in waiting.
Soon af ter a notice was posted on the
loor of the Registration office, stating
hat the books would be opened at the
narket hall. Thither the waiting crowd
[rifted, and found Mr. Williams seated
it a table with the registration books
ying before him. In a short time he
was surrounded by a large number of
roters.
Mr. Wiiliams stated to a rsporter that
ie has been considerably surprised by
is appointment. "I received a dis
)atch," he said, "during last evening,
tating that a special messenger would
eave by the evening train, but I did not
mow that I had been selected by the
iovernor as deputy supervisor until the
nessenger arrived, early this morning.
Che order of the Governor delivering
he books to me was positive, as you
ee, and there was no trouble in open
ng the office here."
Mr. Cantwell later opened the office of
upervisor of Registratioa in the fire
>roof building, and when a reporter en
ered he was engaged in taki.g down
tames of persons who applied for certi
icates. Not having the necessary docu
nents he promised to forward them as
oonas received.
Mr. Cantwell stated he was acting by
advice of counsel, and intended to light
he mstter to the bitter end. He said
hat he had qualified about 100 appli
ants, and that he wouldgo right ahead
egistering applicants who were entitled
o certificates.
Opinion is divided as to the stability
>f Mr. Cantwell's position. His bold
nove is the most fruitful topic of con
rersation around town. During the day
fr. Williams issued 241 certificates.
-State.
Measures Rather Than Men
WASHINGTON, May 31.-Senator Col
luitt, of Georgia, who has been in New
Cork for three weeks, is at the Metro
>olitan, on his way home. He has been
n conference with New York politi
:ians regarding the approaching cam
aign in that State, and has counselled
hem to discuss measures rather than
nen.
"You see," said the Senator, "If the
)emocrats in New York make the cam
aign a Hill and Cleveland fight, it will
anse factional differences and dissen
ions, and may make New York a doubt
ul State. It may even defeat us there,
und thas put both Hill and Cleveland
iut of the race. My advice would be to
he party to stand together next fall,
~nd then after we have carried the State K
et Governor Hill and Mr. Cleveland ,'
ach endeavor to secure the delegates toN/
he nominating convention. T.Lo turn
he election next fall into a personal
,truggle would be hazaradous."
"Is this plan to be adopted?"
"I think it will."
"What names are suggested in the
south for nomination ?"
"The sentiment of the people has
tardly reached the point of discussing
lames. We want a good, clean candi
late and a platform that will advocate
he relief of the people from the burdens
>f heavy taxation. I think that the
)emocrats can easily adopt such a plat
orm, while it will be difficult for the
~lepublicans to agree to such broad
>rinciples."
"Will the Third party figure in-the
?residential campaign ?"
"It will not in the South. The Third
arty men there are Domocrats, and if
he Democratic platform is framed in
he interests of the people, as it ought
o be, we wil-1 not lose a vote."
Poitics and Passwords.
TOPEKA, Kan., May 28.-The Grand
4odge of the Knights of Reciprocity of
he United States will convene here
iext Tuesday. Steps will then be taken
~or extending the Order with a view
o making it a power in the campaign
f 1892. The Order nuow has two hun
l-ed lodges in Kansas andit is proposed
~o organize in all other States where
he People's party has strength.
Only Republicans whose fidelity to
~he party cannot be questioned will be
ntrusted with the work of extending
~he Order. The success of political
vork by secret societies has aroused
~he Republicans here to the necessity
>f taking some steps to offset tihe work
)f the Alliance. The party, however,
s divided on the advisability of con
lucting a campaign by secret societies.
L'he People's party has been denounced
us Un-American because of its secret
wvork and some of the leaders declare
hat the Republicans cannot be con
zistent and work through the Knights
>f Reciprocity, who have signs and
trips and passwords.
He Lost His Hold.
ALGLs-rA, GA., June 3.-Iverson Lo
ran, a negro telephone lineman, while
)n the top of a thirty-foot pole, spring
ng wire on the corner of Reynolds and
rackson streets, let the wire come in
ontact with the electric light wire.
rhe strong current shocked him so sud
len and severe that he lost his hold and
-eli. The force of the fall was brokea
y striking a small tree beneath the
>ole. Mr. Joe Crane was sitting under
he tree, and the negro fell upon him
Lnd the spur of Logan's climbers pierced
dr. Crane in the left side, just above
he heart, nearly an inch deep, inilicting
painful and serious injury. It is a
niracle Mr. Crane was not killed. Ln
~an was more scared than hurt, i~e
iroke no bones.
The itata's Whiereabonts.
AcAr'rLco, Mexico, May 29.-It is re
erted that the itata, after transferring
zer arms and ammunition to the Esmer
ida on the night of M'y 15, sailed for
Lustralian waters to avoid capture by
he Charleston. The story is said to
tave been traced to one of the Esmer
Llda's officers. The Esmeralda wiP
rnhahly stop at Pananma for more cor