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THE ALL11ACE'S STAND. PRES!DENT STOKES TALKS OF THE 11NEW PEOPLE'S PARIY. The Aiilance Will Not Endorse It: bnt Denocratic Leaders Must Paz More At tention to Alliance Demands--The Mat ter of Candidates Must be Conidered. ORANGEBURG, S. C., June 26. Ever since the thir.1 party was promul gated there has been a certain amouut of curiosity thoughout the state and elsewhere as to how Dr. J. W. Stokes, president of the South Carolina State Alliance, stood on the matter. This curiosity has amounted to anx iets and every once and a while some one of the state's weekly journals comes out with the great question of the hour: "How does the president of the Alliance stand on the third party question?' To satisfy these papers and the public generally, your correspondent visited President Stokes at his office yesterday and asked his views concerning the third, or people's party. Dr. Stokes seemed perfectly willing for a chat, and what he had to say I give as follows: "It does seem that our newspaper friends will get Lervous every once in a w bile, aind then they try to make others nervous and clamor for somebody's viewsn on this or that question. I have fre-Wently expressed my views upon cog.nate questions, ard I have quite re -eiu.y been in print upon the specific qjr-1 n of Alliance relation to the new p'tLy, so tl.at our inquistors are respon sible for the repetition. "First, then, as to the 'action of the Cincinnati conference.' As we under stand the pr.ceedings of that body, it did not elect itself into a separate party. Indeed, one plank in its declaration of rg;rposes explicitly seta forth a refusal to erect a party until the results of cer tan other conferences to meet in '92 are scertained.. "Still, its avowed purpose is to as sume distmet party existence, unless satisfactory concessions are made before the campaign of '92 opens. "Its platform hugs the lines of Alli atice demands very close; and hence ed Alliance men must regard it as a ood platform to fight on if a separate .,ht is determined upon next year, whether they elect to fight on it or not. "2. As to the attitude of the Southern Alliance towards the new party,-if it become a party. It is assumed that the question has exclusive reference to na tional issues; for why should any new party be recognized in local and state politics as the South? Surely the farmer has the remedy for local abuses here, if any exist, in his own hands. He knows this, and he is reasonably content with his local affairs; his principal complaints relate to a national legislation, and his demands are addressed to national par ties. "Once again, then, let us repeat that the Alliance will never assume any at titude toward the new party, any more than it has or will toward the old par ties. Its constitution does not admit o its assuming an attitude toward any par ty whatever; and it would be bad policy if the constitution allowed. Its function is purely educational. It seeks to ar rive at and promulgate economic truth; and then leave the conscience (political as well as religious) of the membership free to express itself in its own way. *"As a matter of course, since the platform of the proposed new party con curs so closely with the conclusions al 'rady reached by the Alliance, its claims upon the individual conscience of Alhi ance men must needs challenge careful ee~nsideraUto. if the old parties turn ~-..-bck n~ the demands 'of this long suffering e ass-ofpeople, if only in coldness, the case will assume great -gravity. If, however, as now seems de plorably prevalent, the Democratic press and leaders, not only turn in cold ness-but, refusing to listen with pa tience, intolerantly attempt to rend out of the party all who are slow to accept their dogma as to men and measures, thesituation will assume the proportions of political tragedy. -"This is no mere alarmist utterance. T An opinion of existing conditions is "asked; and a frank, honest judgment, if *any, should be given. And our deliber ate judgment is that if the current intol erant expressions of Democratic leaders and papers fairly represent the spirit that will dominate the party, the party must *calculate upon losing a goodly number of its hitherto sturdy adherents-bear in mind the national party is referred to. "The Albance masses honestly think thet the Alliance demands are more democratic than the' Domocratic party management is at present; but they are willing to submit their case to the arbi trament of reason before the masses of th~e party, if met in a spirit of fairness dnd tolerance. And wby should Allh ance men not strive to control party as 'much as anti-silver democrats? They fmnd in the Altiance demands every sub stantial reform that the Democracy has contended for since its organization. Besides these, they find certain demands aumed at conditions that have arisen since the organization of the party which conditions are equally obnoxious to true democratic principles. In short, they find in these demands more of the spirit and principles of genuine democra cy, than appears in the practice of the party wich bears the name. "Take for instance the tariff and tinansial issues of the Alhance for which it has been most abused. The Demo cratic press and leaders have denounced the Alliance most bitterly because it will not make the tariff the single issue next year; and yet seeking to look at the question broadly as patriots, it is appar cut that the difference between the Democratic tariff tax upon the people as proposed in the Mills bill, and that of the Republicans, as expressed in the MIcIinley bill, is not proportionate to the radical diff'erence between the Re publican 'protective' policy and the Democratic 'revenue only' policy. It seems uinreasonable that so radical a differu: :e should be expressed by 15 per cent. 'T> ey observe further, that the finan' cial policy of the government has passec :Dom a IRepublIcan administration to Democratic, and again from a Demo. cratie back to a Republican adnministra tion. uenangted, untouched. eLney suspect, not without reason, I stupexnious tiaiancial wrong has beer perpemrited upon the producing classes: and tnat its p erptrators have w rough1 this wrona by deliberate legislatioc, knowi'y. for their own advantage. When ene full enormity of tmis wrong, wherenv the wholesale robbery of thesi classe ns been made possible, tilters throu: their minds, and well-groundcc suspxvxn becomes conviction, it ma' iciulic all the conservatism of all classe: to gumtse popular indignation along saft lines. ihese people may he wrong it some a' these speci. anons; but b'ehing sure m~ the genera' charges, dIenun'ia. tion wai neither quell nor quiet them. "z mamifestly then the duty of al who iretend to lea'ersh> 'specially and t. all alike, to weciih ca~mly, di passie-ately the coneitions: and le intoeance and arrogance be put lirml' "it cannot escape attention, that whil the tr-. AIIhance man is imbued wit] the stza of true democracy, all ot then are nw. wise and prudent. It is conspic uous' v .rue also that many most vocif erous Avemocrats are advocates of pluto cracy nd monopoly; that most of thi are Stxi* tO 1SL U11see w ! ion L. s Imen who flout Irot only Ailianice ttneZS, but some teuts 0 the Democracv 'aa out of mind-tenets that were renerated with t enjendous cmphasis by the Demo cratei( masses last fal. -The efort to force such lQoacers to the fore-men who are not onl1 omI of b-ar- i rone, with the masses of the demora cy on tinaneial question:,, but are avowedly in favor of polie:ez that will perpetuate the wrong done- sill strain the party allegiance of some non-Alli ance democrats even, to the danger ten sion. Is it any wonder thou. .LAlliance men who are seeking genutine reform rather than a mere rotation of oilce holders, .%ill consider a't parties, but endorse noue? -These conditions or uruest are un questionably the resur, of Alliance teachiniz, which has concentrated upon the economic problem- r, the day the inten sified attention of tillions panting under intolerable lardenz. We adniit this: and as a Democra. hold that such teaching can neve- Ajure genuine Democraev. On the zontrary, it can but budd to the same wfty ideal which true Democray has btito with unfalter ing tith, thongh with halting progress through the ages."--!narleston World. AFTER GIAV'S SCALP. rhiladelphia Repunbucans Demand the Retirement uf the Ross. PHILADELPIIIA, 'une 29.-An ad dress to the citizens of Pennsylvania was issued today, s'ned by 150 of Phila delphia's most innuential business and professional men, ail of whom are Re publi,ans, to poi. out the cause of the degradation of pueric affairs in the State and the necessa'j steps towards im fprovement. Senator Quay's manage ment of the Reubncan machine is said to be corrupt and i- sirong contrast to the rank and tile ol .Lhe party. His leader ship is charac1rized as unscrupulous in its methods and aisastrous in its results. Quay is held responsible for the over whelming disaeter the party met with last fall. His neutenants m the legisla ture are chazged with committing a stupid political blunder by their hestility to the ballot reform bill, and with having violated the express pledges of the party ana openly thitied the will of the over whelming matority of their constituents. These thing uave found a fitting culmi nation in tne robbery of the city and State treasMies. As the party will soon be calleJ upon to nominate a State and'city treasurer and an auditor general, the nomila'onis must be given to honest men, or the party will meet with another defeat. In the presence of these facts, Pennsylvania Republicans must not hesitate as to their duty or be in doubt as to thE": course. It is a crisis, and it can only be met by the retirement of Mr. Qua',. More competent and worthy leadershii is nezessary and an unflinch ing demand must be made for the retire ment of nese men fr:m the places which they have disgraced. All nersons throughout the State in sympathy with this movement are re questeo Lo address lock box No. 782, Philadelpnia postoflice. The appeal is signed by John H. Con verse, George B'irnham, John T. Bailey & Co.. R ev. Joseph May, Rev. Altred J. P. McClure, and other prominent peo ple. Minnesota Democrats. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July I.-The State Democratic conference gathered here to-day with 150 leading politicians in attendance. The ostensible object of the gatbering is to organize a club movement of the State and discuss campaign plans. it has been persist ently asserted in many quarters, how ever, that the conference has the ulte rior object of ending the dominance of H.P. Kelly and Michael Doran in Dem ocratic councils and of discussing fusion with the Alliance party on the electoral ticket in 1892. Some color is lent to the first of these theories by the absence of Kelly and Doran, and tbe presence of many of their avowed ene-. mies and the latter th vory by presence of some Alliance leaders. it has even been hmntedi that the gathering would be anti-Cleveland and pro-Hill in senti ment. Organization was eftected with Mayor 2E. W. Durant of Stiliwater as chairman and C. A. Moody of Sauk Rapids as Secretary. Mayor Winston of this city having welcomed the dele gates the usual committees were ap pointed and an ad journment until 2 p. m. was taken. A Human Monstrositv. NEw YORK, .June 29.-The medical and surgical staff at B3ellevue Hospital are perplexed over tbe case of George Lippert, the man who has three perfect legs. At the examination it was found that Lippert's heart was fully six times the normal sixe. The doctors say they cannot under stand how it is possible for a human be ing to exist with such an unnaturally large heart. if his heart extended all through his breast, where could his lungs and other organs be? It was agreedl that no satisfactory explanation could b-e arrived at. Lippert is as healthy a:s any one, except that he has the rhen mnatism. in Lippert's case all the lim bs are good, and it is impossible to pick out what might beknown as the extra one. Lippert at the age of twen ty-one had the use of all three limbs. Just as an animal takes alternate steps with its four legs so did Lippert walk with his three. "Biggest Lie of the Season." CorrMBA, S. C.. June 27.-The full expose of the Charleston World of the recent secret meeting in this city of the administration magnates, giving the letter of the Governor has been menioned. Yesterday, the Governor having returned to the city was asked what he had to say about it. "I have only one comment to make," said he: "it has only enough truth in it to make it the biggest lie of the season." lie acknowledged writing the letter pub lished but is at a complete loss to un derstand how it got out. IHe could see no way for it to have reached the press fairly. As to the World's account, .he said: 'It is choek full of inacuracies and misstatements-The State. hiddled with Shot. PEORiTA, Ill., June 29.-Some time ago Royal Frisby received a notice sign ed "Society of Justice" and bearing a skull and cross-bones, giving him warn ing that he was to be killed. Yesterday mornmng his dead body was found on his farm, riddled with shot. The notice is not believed to have been sent by "White Caps," but by friends of his di vorced wife. Frisby married a Mrs. Carver, of Marshall county. It is charg ed that he dissipated her fortune. After she secured a divorce lie married her daughter. This gave rise to a bitter feelinir which is believed to have cul minated in his death. Drowned Her Children. IIcoDsoN, Wis.. June 26.-Mrs. .iohn Larson, living in the town of Troy near this city dropped her three little chii den in lake St. Croix during a fit of in sanity last evening. IHer husband on tnding her absent from the house be gan a search and louncd her at the lake floor wading and t wo of the children ly ng on the floor dead. The third could not be found. Mrs. LArson imagines that devils pursue her. She was taken Ito an asylnmn tnis morning. Mexican Celebration. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 29.-The celebration of St. John's day by the Mexicans in this vicinity has already resulted in the killing of five men. The latest murder reported is that of Au gustine .Hernandez, at Jesus Vasquez, -during a anarrel. Vasquez has disap -peared anci it is thought he has been Skilled by some of the murdered man's j1 OUf BY 14UU). HUNDREDS OF HOUSES WASHED 'AWAY OR RUINED. 1vple 'piCamping iOuti: the Fields-Streeta Six Fee:t Urnder Watcr--Railroad Briduc. Cuiverts and Miies of Track Gone. Sioux CITY Iowa. June 26.-Rain con cinued to fall all last night, and is still :oming down at noon today. The work )f repairing railroads and telegraph wires is much dela3 ed in consequence. The _reatest destruction by the floods was contined to an area of fifty miles in xtent, directly east of this place. Most )f the reports sent out thus far have been pure conjecture, as the roads are impas able and the tele-raph wires have been useless. Communication with Cherokee has just been opened by the Western Union, which has one wire workingz lowly to Sioux Falls, S D. Cherokee was the centre of the storm and the place where most of the damage was done. The first authentic news from that place was received at 3 o'clock this afternoon. No lives were lost at that place. Fifty houses were washed away, however, and a great many were shifted from their foundations, while every bridge and culvert in the county is wasied out. Several miles of the Illi nois Central tracks are gone, and thc road will be unable to resume operations for three or four days. Advices from Correctionville say that the place is yet under water. At Aure ha the water stood six feet deep in the streets yesterday, but is slowly going down today. The valley of a small creek running into the Little Sioux at Cherokee was the only outlet for the water during the storm. and every house -nearly one houndred in number-was swei-t away. ihe town of Maville was nearly wiped out by the flood. Out of about fifty houses only one is left standing. The people are encamping out in the fields. WATERLOO, Ia., June 26.-Conduc tor Dengy, of the Fort Dodge relief train, jut arrived tonight from the flooded districts, says from Storm Lake to Cherokee the country resembles a vast lake. Bodies of horses, cattle and other animals are visible in every direc tion. floating on the water. One farm er lost 200 head of cattle from his pas ture. Renorts that four persons were drowned are not correct. The damage to Illinois Central is now estimated at $200,000. For hundred families are now homeless and little aid can reach them before Sunday. OMA HA, June 2.-The very heavens seemed to have opened and a perfect de luze of water has been falling since 8 o'lock this morning. The newly grad ed streets are washed out, and thous ands o. dollars have been lost by the cloudburst. Not a train has arrived mn the city since morning, and none of the Union Pacific and Elkhorn since yester day. Telegraph wires have gone down and the lightning has played havoc with the electric lights. Owing to the bad condition o; the wires but little can be heard from the interior of the State. A tornado and water-spout at Palmer, while it did little damage in the town, entirely demolished crops in the sur rounding country. At Dodge the river rose seven feet in an hour and drowned a large amount of stock in the stock yards there. OMAH A. June 26.-Rain fell continu ously from i o'clock this mornmng until G o'clock this evening. Considerable damage was done in the northern and eastern pat ts of the city. In the vicini Lv of the old North Omaha creek the s'treets are flooded to a depth of from two to five feet and the water is up to the windows of the first iloors of hun dreds ot residences. Street car traffic in that section of the city is abandoned. East Omaha is almost all under water, but the overflowed section is not thick ly populated, and comparatively little damage was done. A eloud-burst oc urred this afternoon at Millard, twenty miles from Omaha, on the UnIon Faci c, and inundated the track for half a mile. The washouts on the Elkhorn Railroad, which had been repaired, were washed cut again today. The heaviest rain for 3 ears fell at Nebraska City to day. The streets and cellars were flocod ed and great damage done. SioUx CITY. Iowa, June 2.-Re ports were received today at the Chicago and Northwestern offices from the flood ed districts on the Maple River branch of the road. The town of Maville is al most wiped out. The water reached the second story of the houses, and every building in the lower part of the town was swept away. Three miles of rail road track between Maville and Kings ley are gone. The bridge over the Sioux and most of the small bridges were car ried away. Another storm set in this afternoon in the same district, and is still raging. The storm extends south to the main ine~ot the Northwestern. Trains on the main line of the Northwestern are still running, but the Milwaukee and St. Paul cannot get to Sioux City. DEVER, Col.. June 2.-Reports just received show that the storm of Wednesday and Thursday was nusual ly severe. Wednesday a cloud burst oc urred near Box Elder, doing great dam age and ruining crops. Thursday a cy clone wrecked several houses and cauis el injury to several persons. Cantwvell is still su pervisor. CHALEsTON, S, C., July 2.-Judge Wallace rendered his decision in the Cantweil case this afternoon, speaking briely but emphatically on the points of law. ie reviewed the case as made out against Cantwell, and als2 the au thority of the governor to remove. It was in the power of the governor to ap pont, vwith the approval and consent of the Semite, and it was also in his power to remove. with exactly the same con ditions. They most be contemporanoe ous. There was a special act by which trial justices, auditors and treasurers could be suspended, pending a meeting of the Senate, but no general lawv. On the letter of the governor about the two offices, the judge said that thie law had been decided unconstitutional in the Supreme Court relating to appointive offices; that the discharge of the duties of clerk of the county commissioners did not at all coniiict with those of su pervisor; that they were not incompati ble; and that he must grant the prayer of Mr. Bryan in favor of Mr. Cantwell. -State. An Honor Declined. COLUMIA, S. C.. July 2.-P~revious to the appointment of Dr. Babcock as Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum, an account of which appears elsewhere, the position was tendered to Dr. W. II. .Nardin of Anderson, who declined the honor in the following letter: Ion. B. R. Tillmian, Governor, Co lubia, S. C. DEAlR SIR: Your esteemed favor of the 27th inst to hand. Please accept my thanks for the honor conferred up on me by your selection for the high and responsible position tendered, and it is with regret that I am forced to dle eine the honor, lirst from a sense of my unitness for the position, and second the unwillingness to raise my growmng family thos surrounded. With highest esteem and hoping you may nnd one more worthy. I am with respect yours truly, W. H. NA RDIN. Ms MADELINE V. IBRECKINRIDG E POLLOCK, ot Nentucky, is said to be the cerk in the pension office who, it is alleged when she heard of the death of Gien. Sherman, exclaimed: "Well, Pmn glad; the devil's got his due at last.', urrh for Mrs Pollock! INFLUENCE OF LOVr. Itl Makes Ilom1e Brizliter and the World Better and Happier. There is no possible "might have been" of life's history so sad as the op portunity, lost forever, of being kind to somceho'y wbo is dead. There is no sorrow th-. can uatch the sorrow of a heart which recognized too late that it might have been more kind and loving to one whom God hath taken. There is no tear among the many which mortal eves might shed which can blister an I corrode like the tears that fall when remembering harsh wulds spoken or tender caresses withheld. It is so small a thing to say a pleasant word instead of a cross one, or to give a smile in place of a frown, and yet how strangely reti cent we are in such ma!tters. "Oh, she knows I love her; I can't be bothering to say so all the tuine!" says the husband, and meantime the heart of his wife craves the word that is never spoken until its echo comes like a ghost to haunt the memory when death has forever re moved love's opportunity. It is so little we can really (o for one another in the march of life. We are all under march ing or:iers, and have burdens to carry. There is no halt tor noonday dreams no. uwillight rest. It is step, step, step -right onward through dust and com nionplace, without music or banners or pcesent glory, and yet to each soldier n-as been given a canteen full of never failing water. a cup of which we may proffer with no fear of a diminished store all the way through to the end of the long march to the sea. Is our com rade discouraged? Do his feet fail and his hands grow heavy? A cheering word, a loving service, a friendly sug gestion, born of the desire to help and encourge, will revive him like spark ling water in the desert heat. Such things cost nothing, but not all the gold and diamonds you could pack into your bundle would match them for solace on the long and dusty march that stretches for each one of us between the cradle and the grave. There is one loss that, although you live a thousand years to mourn it, you can never replace. If you lose your for tune pluck and industry will help re lieve it; if you lose your home you may rebuild it; if you lose child, sister or wife time may send another dear one in their place to teach you to forget; but oh, my dear, If you love your mother only heaven can ever restore her to your arms. There is no duplicate love to fill the place left vacant by mother loss. See to it then, children, that you sur round her with loving care while yet you have her with you. So doing you shall assure to yourself peace and com fort rather than long regret and una vailing sorrow in the near future when she shall be gone from out the dear old home forever. When her presence shall have vanished from the familiar rooms an: in some grave out yonder sleeps all that is mortal of the tired body that enshrined a heart that loved you so un selfishly and so fondly you will be glad to remember that you were a dutil ul and loving child always and never grew to be too old and too big to be ashamed of the tender expression of your love. I am always pained. cays a writer in the Chicago H'erald, when I visit fani lies wherein demonstration and spon taneity are ridiculed and discouraged. Well-ordered households where tears and petting are not allowed! Strong minded parents who are opposed to lu! laby songs at bedtime, and pack their baies off by themselves to suck their dear little'scrabs of thumls for com pany, and fall asleep by clockwork rule and regulation! Such training is all wrong. It may make Spartans of the children, but this world is more, in need of lovers. Cast-iron discipline is all very well for prison and barracks, but give us love at home. Let the children fly to mother with their bumped heads and not go off to choke down their tears in a corner. By e~nd by, when the storm of years is thick upon them, they will re member the bosom on which they wept their childish hurts away and be braver men for the mernory. Let there be out. ward demonstration of love, then, even to excess. I tell you the fruit will be none the worse for the prodigal blos soms. The apples in the bin are good, but who would forego the splendor of those orchard days when every idle wind shook downI a petal, and every breath we drew was perfume laden? By and by. when the children are all flown away; when some thired bits of feet have been lifted off the ground and car ried into heaven; when some have wan dered far in strange lands, and some are lost amid the shadows; when of the old home there remains nothing but the memory, like the perfume that clings to a shattered vase,we will find lost comi fort in the remembrance of our fond and "foolish" love for one another, The baby that mother rocked to sleep will never grow to be a very bad man; the lips that mother kissed so often will never be entirely sin-defiled; the boy whom father made a comrade of will never walk quite out of sight in forbid den paths; the girl whom little brothers and sisters adored will never fall so low that the plummet line of tender mem ory cannot reach and save her. Finally, my dear, and I wish 1 could write what I have to say in a nlame of gold across the sky, or ring it forth in the notes of a silver bugle--it is love that saves the world and keeps it like a star. Swinging in the orbit of God's re membrance. It is love that revives the wounded heart and uplifts the fainting courage. It is love that makes home like heaven and even drudgery blessed. It is love that shines like a star in the. deepest night and beckons like an angel hand from every sorrow. it is love that will save your boy when discipline and commands are forgotten. It is love that will keep your girl like Una among the lions. It is love that will sweeten the cup which mystic sorrow holds to your quivering lips. it is love that shall make memory yield roses rather than thorns, It is love that, like a strong wind, shall sweep all at last into heav en. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Fell Into the Glowing Crater. lRO31E, July 2.-Vesuvi us has rene wed its volcanic activity, and the torrent of lava rushing down the mountain side is rapidly increasing in volume. Yester day two Brazilian tourists ascended the mountain, and had just reached the sum mit and were standinz on the verge of the crater when they were suddenly en veloped in a danse cloud of smoke which rushed out upon them from the volcanic depths. When the outburst had sub sided it was found that one of the gen tleen had become asphyxiated and had fallen into the mouth of the crater. Ihis companion was only saved by the presence of mind of the guide who had accompanied them. As the sulphurous smoke puffed out from .the crater's mouth he rushed ifor ward and aragged one of his patrons out of danger, but was unable to save the other. The vic tim of the accident was Dr. Silva Jar din, of Rio Janeiro, Brazil, a journalist. He fell a sheer distance of 170 feet into tie glowing lava of the crater. Daisies Bedeck the Battlefields. RIcr MOND, Va., June 27.-Before the war there was no such Ilower as the daisy in Virginia. The hardy flower was a curiosity. Now the lields just around Richmond are white with thema. This is especially so of the late battle fields about the Chickahominy River and wherever the Federals had encamp ments. An investigation shows that the seeds of the prolilic daisy were brought here in the bales of hay brought by the Unimon soldiers to Virginia when they were encamped near the city. An old battery west of. Richmond is the spot from which the daisy began to spread. ______ ___ Kicked to Death. CHARLESTON, S. C.. June 29.-David Vanderhorst was kicked in the abdo men on Venning's wharf by Richard Ancrum last Saturday night during a carusal. Ancrum is under arrest and the coroner's jury has found him re sponsible for Vanderhorst's death, which occurred this morning. DEAD IN A WELL. AN AGED WOMAN THOUGHT TO HAVE SUICIDED. Tho Wife of a Weil Known Atl.Anta Citi zen in a Demtented C.andition Gets Up :d Night and Steps Into a Well. ATLANTA, June 27.-There was a tragic death out on Nlaznoia strret in this city. Mrs. %1. 1I. Kltn-r, wife of the wt-ll known shoeniaker. breathed out her life at the bottom of the well on the premises. A little over a year ao NIrs. Keltner nad a severe fall in which she disloca ted her hip, aid sincti then she has never seen a well (lay. Her protracted illness had somewhat affected her mind, and for the last two days it was necos sary to watch her very closely. Her friends have been helping her husband watch the atflicted lady, but at night she seecied so quiet that it was thought unnecessary to sit up with ier. At 12 o'clock she was sleeping quietly, and her husband, worn out for the want of rest, threw himself on the bed and tried to sleep also, but the night was so warm that he could not, and arter about two hours' of restiessness went into the garden and walked about to get cool. When he returned to the house he instinctively cast his eyes in the direction of his wife's bed, but to his amazement she was not there. Ile called her, but she did not answer. Ile searched the house and garden but could not find her, and becoming fright ened he called in the neighuors. After an hours' diligent search she was stil not found. One of the neighbors then thought of the well in the back yard they all rushed there and when they pulled the rope they felt a dead weight at the other end, and at once guessed the. cause. Two men went down and brought up the body of the unfortunate woman and carried it into the house. The sides of the well are entirely too high for Mrs. Keltner to have walked in unconsciously; but she may have gone to get some water, as she was very feverish, and in leaning over the well, have fallen in. It is thought by some that she committed suicide. Mrs. Keltner was about 60 years old, She was the fourth wife of Mr. Keltner, and had been married twice herself. She had no children of her own, but had six living step-children. Her maiden name was Ansley. but when she was married to Mr. Keltner she was a Mrs. Bower. She was beloved by all who knew her, as she was a devout Christian woman. A NEW HEAD FOR THE ASYLUM. Dr. Babcock, of Chester, M1ade Superin tendent. COLUIBIA, S. C., July 1.- rhe vacan cy in the superintendency ef the Asy lum was filled to-day by the appoint ment to that position of Dr. James W. Babcock, of Chester. The appointee will assume charge of the o:.ice on the 1st day of August. The po:sition, it is understood, was offered to Dr. N. S. Iardin, of Anderson, from whom Gov ernor Tillman received a letter of de clination with appreciative a-knowl edgment of the tender of the honor. Dr. Hardin modestly in his letter states that he felt conscious of his inability to till the place, and gives the further reason for declining that he did not care to have his family near the Asy luin. It will, of course, be interesting to know something about Superintendent Babcock. He is a South Carolinian and is about 35 years of age. He began the study of medicine mn 1874. lie studied for four years at Exeter Acad emy, from which he entered iarvard College and was there graduated in 1882. lie took a medical course at Harvard arid studied practically at the Tewkesbury Alms Ihouse during the vacations o f 1883 and 1884. In 1885 he took a position at the Mc Lean Asylum. which he tilled untIl the present time. In 1888 lie went to Europe and made a critical examina tion of the methods of practice and treatment of some of the more promi nent institutions in the old country. He is also familiar with the working of the larger asylums of the country, hav ing visited them from time to time. Dr. Babeock's highest testimonials are from Dr. Cowles, the director of the McLean Asylum at Somerville, Mass., where Dr. Babcock holds the position of assistant superintendent. Dr. Bab cock did not apply for the place to which he has been appointed, and from all the "external evidence" it is a case of the place seeking the man, and es pecially as Governor Tillman had of fered the place to another physician. The testimonials on behalf of Dr. Babcock are furnished by friends de siring his appointment. It is worthy of mention that at Iharvard Dr. Bab cock was awarded the Story scholar ship, which is given only to men of the highest moral character and intellec tual attainments. 1t is learned that Dr. Babcock will spend a month or so making investiga tions as to executive details and man agement at the asylums in North Caro lina, Alabama and Pennsylvania. Dividing the Bank Surplus. CHARLEsTON, S. C., June 80-The People's National Bank of this city has determined to fight the Comptroller General's increased a:;sessment in a novel way. At a meeting of the stock holders held to-day it was decided to di vide the surplus, and as a commence ment, have declared a diviaend of 30 per cent, S per cent payable on Monday,, July 6th, and 25 per cent on October 2t. This process will doubtless be, followed by the other banks whose' capital is assessed by the Comptroller General at what lie calls the market value of the stock. Resigned. COLUMBIA, S. C., July 2.-Mr. J1. P. ean, P'rivate Secretary to Governor Tilman, handed in his resignation about a week ago to take effect July 1th, and Mr. D. H. Tompkins of Edge leld, wvhose postollice address is Nine ty-Six, S. C., has been appointed to th.e position. Mr. Bean's private interests rendered it necessary for him to resign, as on account of recent deaths in his family lie must take charge of the plantine: operations of t he estates. Mr. Beau has made many friends since en tering upon his duties at the Capitol, and was a most courteous and capable oicial.-Register. A Freak of the Missouri. A TCrTISO, KAN., June 29.-The Mis souri River has cut through Djoniphan Point and converted several Missouri farms into a vast island. The newly found channel is getting wider every hour, and it is feared that the entire current will change in less than forty eight hours. This will leave a lake eight miles in length in the old bed. The river has been rising rapidly for twenty-four hours and an overilow is looked for in the bottom land affected by the cut. A Hundred Horses Perish. PIIILADELPII IA, June 25.-Fire broke out in the large three-story brick stable attached to the city gas works at T wenty-fourth and Chestnut streets at :1 o'clock this morning. Over 100 hor.;ts were in the building, and those are all believed to have been burned to death. The Baltimore and Ohio rail road station, opposite, was threatened at one time. At 2 o'clock the lireilen gainedl control of the tlamues and con lined them to the stables. Two Ladles Kiiied by a Train. LINcoLn, Neb., June 2t.-Mrs. G. F. i~aney and Mrs. A. N. Tabro at tempted to cross the railroad tra::k at Graton this afternoon in front, of. an approaching train. They were struck by the engine and both instantly killed, +he boies being hbadly mntilated FIFE, --HE EV NGLIST, ASSAULTED. An Excdngly Disgraceful Afrar at Gmnsb,r', N. C. GREENsno::o, N. C., June 27. Greensboro never saw nor heard of such a Oay (f excitemnt as reigned here to dyt. Busiress was almost sus prodred for a while, and the whole city is highly indignatnt. Several nights ago Judge David 5:ehenck, late of the Supe rior Court hench, a historian of note and Presiirnt o; the Guilford Battle G rrounds Association, gave a moonlight party at the Guilord battle ground, in which Fife, the renowned drummer evangelist. claims a riotous german laste" all night. Mr. Fife in his meet in. here, denounced it as a disgrace to the soldiers who (lied on the field, and as a desecr:Lion of sacred soil. He also reflected on the name ot Judge Schenek anld family, and declared that no true Christian would engage in sueh. Yesteruay afternoon Judge Schenck and his three sons called at the room of Mr. Fife in the McAdoo House and de manded an apology. Mr. Flfe replied; 'Look here, you have struck the wrong fellow." They then left, without vio lence, but were present at the night meeting, when the matter was casually referred to by Mr. Fife. At the close ot the meeting it was whispered that Mr. Fire would be at tacked. whereupon Mr. Fife said: "Friends, hold on a minute; I under stand that I will be attacked." Many voices replied: "Ihey will have to at tack us, too." and Mr. Billhorn added, "And Jesus. too." A hundred men es corted Mr. Fife to nis room, and as soon as they left him the three young Schencks came up and attacked Mr. Fife, in the presence of his wife, and threatened to kill him. Mrs. Fife ex claimed: "You are not going to as sault a man of God in the presence of ladies?" They replied: ".No. not in the presence of ladies," and retired. Mr. Fife followed them into the s-reet. and, approaching the buggy in which Judge Schenck was sitting, offered him his hand, to which the judge responded: "I won't shake hands with any such a damned scoundrel." Mr. Fife was then struck by Dr. Schenck with a loaded cane and staggered. Dr. Schenck then tired a pistol, the bullet whistling un comfortably close to the evangelist's head. Mr. Fife was taken to a drug store for treatment, and, on returning, on the arm of Mr. McAdoo, exclaimed: "All for Jesus, bless God." Several thous and indignant citizens assembled at the court house this morning, and after making several speeches, a committee, consisting of Judge John A. Gilmer and others reported resolutions strong ly condemning Judge Schenck. Sever al hundred la.ies met in the gospel tent and declared their intention to stand by the evangelist. Judge Schenck and sons have been arrested. Intense excitement prevails, and there is fear of further trouble. SOUTH CAROLINA'S P.ROGRESS. Twenty Towns of Over Two Thousan Inhabitanta. CHAI:LESTON, S. C., July 2 -The News and Courier published Wednes day an elaborate revew of the indus trial progress of South Carolina for the past six months. The review will show that the farm productions of the State have increased n volume and variety. Unusual at tention has been paid to stock raising, manufacturing establishments have sprung up in almost every part of the State, railroad construction has been carried on without intermission, phos phate and gold mining have steadily grown in importance and towns have developed. The amount of money expended, in vested and proposed to be invested in the last six months on account of'indus trial establishments and of newly com pleted railway mileage is $11,597,900. Over 100 miles of new railway lines have been opened for traffic, while the amount actually invested in manufac turing establishments alone in the same period is given at 56,175.000, or at the rte of over $1,000,000 a month. The railroad lines opened since Jan. 1 make the total for the State 2,500 miles, but more than forty new lines are reported as under construction, pro jected and proposed, a number of which will be ecoleted within a fewv years. Industrial~ activity, it is said, is con fined to no particular locality or sec tion, but pervades every part of the State. The investment of $2,065,000 In cot ton manufactories in six months was distributed among tuirty different places, while the investment of $45,000 in the canning business, which is scarcely more than a year old, was dis tributed among fifteen different places in almost as many counties. In 1880 only nine towns in the State had a population of over 2,000. Now there are twenty towns of this class, and they scattered over the whole State, showing that industrial growth has been general. The Fife-Schenck Case Settled. CHARLOTTE, N. C., June 30.-The Fife-Schenck affair at Greensboro has been amicably adjusted. At the trial this morning Mr. Fife, in his statement. said that he did not intend to cast any reflections on either Judge Schenck or his family, and if he did he begged par don. Judge Sahenck admitted that he did wrong and asked forgiveness. All parties interested shook hands and bu ried the hatchet, and a nol. pros. was en tered in each case against Judge Schenek and his .,>ns. As the crowd were getting readiy to dIsperse, some one in the court room commenced sing ing the long metre doxology. The crowd joined in. andl a minister being present, the coui-t adjourned with the enedi ation. A Mufeddesome Postmaster. BAL TniOnE, June 26. -Christian Seit linger, postmaster at Della, Md., was arraigned before Cornmissioner Rogers, charged with annioying Miss Florence E. Keith. of Plainlield, N. J., with anonymous letters. Miss Keith was on hand to testify against Seitlinger,& she said she did not know, hut th~ that I e had secured her name and - -* dress from a letter which she misdi rected to his postotice. Seitlinger de nied opening the letter, but admitted reading its contents, and said the letter came to his oflice opened, and that he read it to secure the proper address. H~e was held in $1,000 bail for trial. Five Persons Drowned. CNcINNATI, .June 26.-Five citizens of Riverside, a suburb of this city, were drowned in the Ohio river last night by an accident while boating. They had beeni up the river and just passed a eamer gomng up streamn, and were loating down on its waves, when they met the tow boat Frank Elmore com ing up stream with a large tow of empty bar~res. They st eared clear of the steamer, but wvere run; down by its barges. Fatal Bugay RIde. Locisv1LI.E. Ky., J uly 2.--John Smith and Miss Mary Damson, who were to miarry mn a few days. went out drivingvyesterday, near Franklin. Their horse took fright and ran aw.y. Both were thrown out of the buggy, and Smniths neck was broken, while the young lady was fatally injured. Five Men Killed. ASH LAND, PEN~N., June 26.-The Pat terson Coal Company's breaker near here was blown over at 4 o'clock this afternoon and five mien were killed. CoNo.alEss3AN SHELL has recanted, and says he is riow in favor of the sub treasury bill. Make way for him on IVETBURORN & FISCnR,I -M4.'FCTURPER9 ')F SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC, 7, 9. 11, and 13 Smith Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Write for prices and estimates. CHARLESTON Mattress Mf'g Col, MANUFACTURERS OF High grade Moss, Hair, & Wool Mattresses, Office & salesroom, 552and 554 King st., CHARLESTON, S.C. Reduced price list, for fall trade, 1890. Mattresses,-assorted stripe ticking: No. 1, Straw and Cotton, $2; No. 2, $2.50; No. 3, $2.75. No. 1, Excelsior and Cotton, $3.50; No. 2, $3; No. 3, $3.50. No. 1, Husk and Cotton, $3; No. 2, $3.50; No. 3, $4. No. 1. Cotton Mattress, 40 lbs., $5; No. 2, $7;No. 3. $8. Prices quoted on Wool Mattresses if desired. No. 1, Moss Mattresses, $5; No. 2, $6; No. 3, $7. No. 1, Hair Mattress, $10;No. 2, $15; No.3, $20. Bed Spreads, $1.50 to$3. Comforts, 95c. to $4.50. Blankets, 90 cents to $5. Feathers in best ticking at 75 cents per pound, plain or fancy stripe made up. Lounges in imitation walnut, oak, and ma hogany. In raw silk, $4; carpet, $5;moquett plush, $6.50. Upholstered cots, $2 to $3. Spring beds, $1.50 to $5. Buy direct from the factory. Send cash by express or postal note to T. H. McCALL, Genl Sup't. The Bailey-Lebby COMPANY. 213 Meeting St., Opposite Charleston Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C. Manufacturers' Agents. Machinery, supplies, Oils. Attention mill men! We are now offer ing the best and latest improved SA NJLL f1111S AID 3uILkz, -AND Grist il11 g3. Iron, Steel, Pipe, Nails, Pitting, Belt Lacing, and a full line of Phosphate and Mill Supplies. State agents for THE SCIENTIFIC GRINDING MLU.S. paSend for our new illustrated catalogue and lowest prices. Agents wanted in every county. FERTILiZERS! PIEMONT GUANO CO., CHARLESTON, S. C. IM[PoBTEBS, MA.NUFACTUREEs, & DEALEUS IN Safest, High Grade, and Guaranteed Kainit, Blood Acids, Dissolved Bone, Solubles, and Ammoni ated Manipulated. Handled by Mr. M. Levi, Manning, S. C. Get prices before buying. WM. BURMESTER & 00. Hay and Grain, AD MANUTACTUll OT ilf KIALl Opp. Kerr's Wharf, and 23 Queen St., CHARLESTON, S. C. BOLLMANN BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, CH ARLESTON, S. C. JoxN F. WEENF.R. L. H. QulnoLr. JOHN F. WERNER & CO., Wholesale Grocers --AND 0rovisio Dealers, 164 & 166 East Bay and 29 & 3! Vendue Range, OHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1836. arrington, Thomas & C0., -DEALERS IN JEWELRY, SIL.VERWARE AND FANCY GOODS, No. 251 King Street, CHARLESTON. S. C. S. THOMAS, Ja. J. M. THOMAS. Stephen Thomas, Jr. & Bro. WA.TOTTESr EWELRY, SILVER & PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods. .z~~rWatches and Jewelry repaired by ioinpetent workmen. 257 KING STREET, CH A RTSTON, S. C. H. A. HOYT, [Successor to C. I. Hoyt & Bro.] Largest and Oldest .1ewacrj Store in SUMTER, S. C. 0 A very large stock or Britannia waie, the very best silver plated goods made. 550 Gold Rings on hand. Fine line of Clocks. Wedding Presents, Gold Pens, and Specta cles. A big lot of solid coin silver just re ceived, at lowest prices. My repairing de partment has no superior in the State. Try around first and get prices, then come to me. You will certainly buy from me. L. W. FOLSOM, Successor to F. H. Folsom & Bro. SUMTER, S. C. 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