The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 24, 1894, Image 1
VOL. IX. K MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1894- NO. 26.
TO FIGHT IN THE WOODS
THE LAST RESORT OF THE SPORTS
IN FLORiDA.
Final Manifesto c the Duval Athletic
Club-Coibatt ard M1itcheii to Meet
Under a Ttnt-Authoritics on the
Alerto
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 17.-The
'fight will not take place in Duval
county unless the ccurts restrain the
sheriff. Sheriff Brownard declares
that he will obey the Governor. There
has been a good deal of guessing as to
what the sheriff would do among those
who did not know aim. Some say that
he would see his lawyers and do what
they told him to do; others said that he
would not interfcre, because his law
yers had already told him that he
Lionld lay his bondsmen liable to a suit
for damages and that he would diso
bey the Governor to protect them.
The sheriff does not believe that there
Is any danger of a suit for damages in
case he interferes, and that if time
does-develop a case that it will prac
tically amount to only a farce, because
the club will be compelled to prove
specific damages to make a case-a
thing which can't be done if the fight
Is prevented. In an interview this
morning on the subject, the sheriff
said:
"I have been ordered by the Go vern
or tostop this fight, and I propose to
obey orders. He -told me he would
Dlace at nay dispesal all the force at
Ius command, if necessary, to prevent
it. His instructions I am going to car
ry out in all sincerity, whether they are
unpleasant or not. I shall do my duty,'
said the shenff, emphatically, "as it is
laid down to me by the Governor."
"Will you ask the Governor to de
clare martial law ?'
"l will not unless I see indications of
such stubborn resistance as will make
me unable to cope with the difficulty.
I am satisfied that if the plan for the
fight is persisted in, unless some inter
vention is secured there will be trou
ble. The people here should, in my
jadgment, look squarely at the true
situation, and make every effort to
prefht the forcing of an unpleasant
issue. I have already made my plans
to prevent this meeting, and I know
that- they-witl not miscarry, unless
their execution be restrained by action
of the courts,"
President Bowden, of the Athletic
Club, notwithstanding -the declaration
of the.Governor and the sberiff,offers
to bet $20,000 tht the fight will come
off at the appointed time andplace.
TE CLB'S FINAL MANIFEsTO.
Tonight the club furnished the
Southern Associated Press correspond
ent the following:
Jacksonvide, Fla., January 17, 1894.
The Duval Athletic Club make this
their final and most positive announce
ment that the Corbett-Mitchell contest
will take place on January 25th, 1894.
Beports have been ent out that Gov
ernor H. L Mitchell has orderedtroops
to Jacksorville for the sole purpose of
suppressng the contest. Notwith
standing these reports, the club reiter
ates its past assertions, and for the
past weex .has been arranging for an
emeigency of. this kind. Should the
troops be sent here, while the club does
not believe that any violence would be
participated inr-by them yet we willo
subject our patrons to the slightest
danger of any kind. So thorough and
complete are our arrangements, that
should any emergency of any kind
arise on the morning of the 25tb, we
are prepared to kandle 6,000 people
with the greatest convenience. This
will be no Richburg affair, where the
people were subjected to a long, tedi
ous and hot-ride, but it will be done
quickly and conveniently as though it
occurred in the arena, now ready for the
contest. Once more we say to a'l
friends and lovers of boxing: If you
are in Jacksonville on t.he 24th, of Jan
uary, 1894, and care to se e' C. rrts
and Mitchell contest. . a i-u M. o al
ter arranging for the neceai ticlkets.
DUVAL ATHLETIC CLUB.
A CAED PROMI CORBETT.
The followin-t statement fiom Cor
bett has also been given out:
May port. Fla., Jan. 17.
I take this opportunity of informing
any friends throughout the country that
1 have received assurances from the
Duval Athletic Club tcday whichi war
rart me in saying that the contest be
tween Charles Mitchell and myself
-will positively take place in Jackson
-ille, or in that city's immediate vicin
fty, on January 25, provided both of
the principals appear in the ring.
TOFGTJnra J. CORBETT.
TOFGTI THE WOODS.
The above statement by the club
mneans that the fight will be fought in
the woods.
Ever-ythiug now depends on the abil
fty-of the promoters of the fight to
~keep the place selteted a secret from
the authoritees, for if it becomes
.known, Governor Mlitchell will un
doabiedly have troops on the scene. It
is understood that the club people
have purchased a huge circue tent,
-capable of holding 6,000 people, and
will brmng the men togetner under the
canvas. As to the probable location
-of the contest, no point wi2 be given
by the club officials. They know that
if the fight is to occur, even in the
woods, without interference from the
-Governor, everything must be as se
cret as the grave.
- It was thought that the fight might
occur in St. John's county, where St.
Augustine is located, but dheriff Perry
of that county, is as determined as
~Sheriff Brownard of this (Duval) coun
ty. Today Sheriff Perry said: "I de
~sre to say that the Corbett and Mitch
elI fight, will not take place in St.
John's county, if the Governor orders.
I will do my duty according to oath as
sheriff of this county, if I have to call
upon the State troops.' When Charlie
Mitchell asked me aout the matter, i
told him that I would have to stop the
fight In this county, if crdered, and
that I would pull cne man or the other
-out of the ring. It takes two to make
afight. I wish to emphasize my posi
tion in thia3 matter publicly, that there
can be no misunderstanding with re
gard to my official attitude toward the
affair."
AUTHORITIES ON THE ALERT.
The probabilhties are, therefore, that
some point in Duval county will be se
lected for the mill, as under the
amended articles of agreement, the
men must either meet in St. John's or
Duval county. It goes without saying,
however, that the State authorities are
on the alert, and will use every effort
to prevent even a secret fight. Gov
ernor Mitchell is said to be thoroughly
aroused, and it is asserted that he will
manage to keep himself informed of
the plans of the club and try to sur
round whatever spot may be selected
for the fight With State troops.
"Snapper" Garrison, the famous
jockey, who has been selected as time.
keeper by the D)uval Athietic Club
wlrmeancn herein the morning.
AN OLD FASHIONED MOTHER.
3Mrs. Arp Starchiog for SometbiD-Taik
ing About Old TImes.
The old trunk was open. Away down
in mysterious recesses Mrs. Arp was
searching for something, and as I sat
in the other corner with my little table
and pen, I watched her as she laid the
ancient rlics on a chair and unfolded
first one and then another, and looked
at them so earnestly, and then folded
them up again. "What are you hunt
ing for, my dear?" said I. "Oh, noth
ing much," said she; "I was just look
ing over these little dresses to see if
there was anying that would do for th-i
little grandchildren. Here is a pretty
dress. This dress cost me many a care
ful stitch. All these plaits were made
by my band, my own hand. There is
very little such work done now, for we
had no sewing machines then, and it
took a long, long time. This embro
diery was beautiful then, and it is pret
ty yet. Do you remember when the
first daguerrean came to our town to
take pictures? Well, Hattie wore this
dress when her picture was taken. I
thought she was the sweetest little
thing in the world, and so did you, and
so she was. Since then we have had
ambrotypes, and photographs, and por
celain pictures, and I don't know what
all; but that little daguerreotype gave
me more pleasure than anything since,
and it is pretty now. Let me see-that
was twenty-five years ago, and now I
think this same dress will look right
pretty on Hattie's child. And here is
one that our first boy was christened
in, and there is no machine work about
it either. That was more than thirty
years ago, and now there are four
g'andchildren- at his house, and three
more at another one's house, and I
don't know what will become of the
poor little things, but I reckon the
Lord will provide for them. And here
is a little garment that Jennie made.
Poor Jennie-she had a troubled life,but
ste is in heaven now, and I'll save this
for Pet. She will prize it because her
mother made it. And here is a piece
of my wedding dress-do you remem
ber it ? I Know you said then that I
looked like an angel in it, but my wings
have dropped off long ago, and-now I'm
only a poor old woman, a faded flower,
an overworked mother, ten living chil
dren, and three more up yonder, and I
will be there, too, I hop'e, before long,
for i'm getting tired, very tired, and it
seems to me I would like to be nursed,
nursed by my mother, and petted like
she used to pat me in the long, long
ago. And here is a pair of little baby
hoes, and the little darling who wore
them is in the grave, but he is better
off now, and I wouldn't call him back
if I could. Sometimes I want to feel
sad, and I rummage over these old
things. There is not much here now,
for every little while I have to get at
something to mend with or patch or
make over again. I wish you would
go and see what Carl and Jessie are
doing; down at the brancn I reckon,
and feet all wet, and they have both
got dreadful colds;.. I can't keep them
away from that branch."
. "Didn't you play in the branch, my
dear, when you were a child?" said I.
"Yes," she said mournfdUlly, "out
notbing couldn't 'hurt me then; we
were not raised so delicate in those
days. You know, I used to ride to the
plantation, twelve miles, and back
again in a day, and bring a bag of fruit
on the horn of the saddle; but the girl's
couldn't do it now. They can go to a
party in a buggy and dance half the
night, but that is all the excitement,
and they are not uit for anything the
next day. We didn't have any dances
-hardly ever-we went to the country
weddings sometimes. You remember
we went to James Dunlap's wedding,
when he married Rebecca Sammons.
That was a Dig frolic--an old-fashion
ed frolic. Everybody was there from
all the neighborhood, and there were
turkeys, and roast pig, and cake, than
I ever saw, and we played everything
we could tnink of. Rebecca was pret
ty then; but poor woman-she hashad
a thousand ichildren, too, just like my
self, and I reckon she is faded, too, and
tired."
-"But Jim Dunlap hasn't faded," said
I. "I see him when I go to town, and
he is big, and fat, and merry-looks
a little like old David Davis."
"Og yes, of course he does,"said Mrs.
Arp. "The men don't know anything
about care, and anxiety, and sleepless
nights. It is a wonder to me they die
at all."
"But I have helped you all I could
my dear," said I, "and you see it's tell
ing on me Look at these silver hairs,
and these wrinkles, ad crowsfeet, and
my back hurts ever and anon, and this
rainy, bad weather, gives me rheuma
tism,-bat you haven't a gray hair, and
hardly a seam on your alabaster fore
head.
"Why, you will outlive me, too, and
naybe.there will be a rich widower
stepping around here in my shoes and
y ou will have a fine carriage and a pair
of beautiful bay horses, and-"
"William, I told you to go after Carl
and Jessie."
"If Vauderbilt's. wife should die and
he could accidentally see you," said-I,
"after I'm gone, there's no telling-"
"Welt, go along now and it tne
children, and when you come back I'll
listen toi your foolishness; I am not go
ing to let you die if I can help it, for I
don't kno-W what would become of us
all. Yes, you have helped me.I know,
and have been a great comfort, and did
the best you could--most of tue time;
yes, most of the time-and I might
nave done worse, and you must pet me,
for I am getting childish."
"End you must pet me, too," said I.
"Oh, of co'urse I will," said she; "am
I not always petting you? Now. go
-lng alter the children before we both
get to crying and have a scene; and I
wish y >u would see if the buff cochin
heru has hatched in the hen house."
"Ste bas been setting about fourteen
weeke'," said-I, "bat she is getting old,
and these old mothers are slow, mighty
slow."
I went after the children, and sure
enougb they wore fishing in the spring
branch, and their shoes were wet and
muddy. and they w're bareheaded, and
I marchcd them up tenderly, and Mrs.
Arp sent them down by the fire and
dried their shoes and got them some
more stockings, and they opened their
little morning school. Hlow patiently
these old-fashioned mothers work and
worry over the little things of domest
ic lite. Day after day. and night af ter
night, they labor and watch and wait,
while the f athers are contriving some
big thing to keep up the family sup
ples. Parents are very much like
chickens. The old hen will set and
starve, and when the brood comes will
go to scratchihg for worms and bugs
as hard as sue can and be always cluck
ing and looking out for hawas, but the
old rooster will strut around and no
tice the little cnickens with a paternal
pride, and when he scratches up a bug
makes a big fuss over it and calls them
with a flourish, and eats it himself just
before they eat there. BILLT Ann.
A CARELESS ENGINEER.
A FREIGHT TRAIN DASHES INTO A
VESTIBULE TRAIN.
Serions Accilert at Chester, S.C -Six Pas
sengers Irjured In the Wreck-Mlracn
Ious Escipe from Death.
COLU3B A, S. C., Jan. 18.--The dis
obedience of instructions and the infringe
ment of the State law by a railroad engi
neer yesterday morniug at 12:38 o'c.ock
caused a railroad wreck that was only
by some miraculous intervention pre
vented from crushimg the lives out of
many passengers. The engineer jumped
before the result of his deed was known
to him, for he knew that under the cir
cumstances a car load of people must
be crushed to death, and the last seen
of him be was making his way across a
corn field and leaving for parts unknown.
.1L was just at the hour named that
the south bound Washinuton vestibule
limited train from Charlotte to Coluta
bia, running forty minutes behind her
schedule, while crossing the Seaboard
Air Lin track at the Chester crossing,
iust north of the Chester depot, was
struck at right angles by a treight train
on the Seaboard road running at right
angles to her, and the tail end Pullnian
sleeping car, containing thirteen sleep
ing people, was wrecked.
The news of the acciden t was tele
graphed to Columbia and Charlotte las
soon as possible, and reliet trains were
sent out from this point. The number
of wounded and injured were exagger
ated at first, but eien when, later in
the day, the facts became known, it
was found that six persons bad sus
tained painful injuries. Fortunately,
the accident occurred right at Chester,
and tie Richmond and D.invlle Rail
road Company's physician, Dr. Davaga,
was soon on the scene, taking care of
the wounded.
All the passengers on the vestibule
train who were awake say that the train
stopped at the crossina before reaching
it, as is required by law. The two roads
cross in deep cuts. When the passen-,
ger engineer, A. E. Williamson, started
off again, to proceed across the other
track, he opened his engine up and
started off at a rapid rate. As his loco
motive came to the cross cut, he saw the
headlight of another locomotive bearing
directly down uon his tran, the train
evidently moving at thirty miles an hour.
In order to try and save the lives of the
passengers on his train, he jerked his
throttle wide open and endeavored, to
clear the coming train. He was literal
ly flying, but he could not - clear the
other track, as his train was long. The
last sleeping car just had its foward
rucks upon the ' cross track
;ben the freight hit it. The
car was moving so fast and
was so solid that the freight engine did
not crash through, but was turned round
ind ran up the ~ Wchmond and Danville
track in the direction the vestibule was
going for some distance. The PAUllman
car was broken loose from the rest of
the train and knocked way up on the
eqbankment., .where it rested on its
sides badly crushed and smashed. Hid
the coach been an ordinary light day
coach; the. treight engine would have
gone through it, and the loss of life
woul'thave been terrible.
All the glass in the Pllman car was
smashed, and the tumbled inmates'of
tne car, all of whom were asleep when
the crash came, awoke in all kinds of
positions and among broken glass and
splinters. The vesutbule train wasin
charge of Conductor T. W. Pritchard.
Mr. Thomas Cothran oi Greenville,
was one of the passengers. His escape
from instant death was miraculous.
He was sleeping in the berth which
wss located just where the freight en
gine strucd the car. He awoke in a
shower of splinters and glass..
The list of the injured, as obtained
officially is as folto ws:
Mrs. F. H. Speers, Pittsburg, Pa.,
slight scalp wound.
J. H. Hooff man, New York, wrist
burned.
Mrs. M. .E. McCarty,Washington, D.
C., elbows burned.
G. D. 'McLarty, Washington, D. C,,
slightly burned
J. T. Wilson, 1'ittsburg, Pa., back
hurt.
Pullman Car Condnetyr Davis head
slightly bruised..
The injured passengers are being
cared for at Chester by the i-. & D.
railroad.
The track was cleared by 3 o'clock
yesterday attetnoon, and the running
of trains on regular schedule time has
been resumed.
Some of the employes of the Sea
board .Air Line freight a iy that their
engineer, when he saw the passener
train crossing the track ahead, reversed
his enanie and did all he could to stop.
Then ~he jumped, as did the condutor.
From all that can be ascertained, the
reight mnade no effort to stop at the
crossing, -as- it is -required to do. .The
facts seem to be that the engineer was
running behind time. Hs~ had exactly
two minutes and a half to make his meet
ing point at the next station, over a mile
away, get into a isidetrack and let the
fast passenger of thie Seaboard Air Line
pass. He knew the schedule of the
vestibule, and knew that she ought t->
have passed the crossing forty minutes
before. Ratber than stop and lose his
position by sending out a flagman to
wave down the Seaboard Air Line train,
he took the chances, and began to run
for the meeting point without paying any
attention to the requiirements in regard
to stopping at crossings. Nine hundred
and ninets -nine times out of a thousand
he would have gotten through all right.
This seems to be the o:dy expianation
oft the cause of thle accident. It is the
theory, based on what facts they can
get, of all the railroad men at this point,
and the flight of ELnlueer Gray seems
to sustain it.-State.
A Westesrn Horror..
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 16.--Au ava
lanche of snow came down the moun
tans at Millan, Idaho, carrying every.
ting before it. Savetal miners' cabins
were crushed and buried, and Cornelius
McGrevv and John Bollen were killed.
-It is feared that others perished, but un
til spring comes it will not be known
how many. The mining town of Mullan
narrowly escaped. T bere were a num
ber of cabins, and the slide cczurred at
a time when many miners were going to
and from work. All the occupants of
the little cottages below rushed out, and
the women ran with their children in
their arms. Ooe woman ran a>ng the
side of the maountain, warning everybody
to fly for their lives, after all others ha
gone, and it is feared that she is among
the victims. Nearly a dozed persons
Iare unaccounted for. The danger is not
yet over, as a huge mass of snow still
remains hanging about Mullan. Most
of the inhabitants in the valley have
New Bonds.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-The follow
ing is the text of the circular which
Socretary Carlisle lias just Issued: By
virtue of the authority contained in
the act entitled "An act to provide fer
the redemption of specie payments,"
approved January 14, 1875, the Secreta
ry of the Taeasury hereby offers for
public subseription an issue of bonds
of the United States to the amount of
6W0.000.000, in either registered or cou
pon form, in denominations of $50 and
upwards, redeemable in coin at the
pleasure of the government after ten
years from the date their issue, and
Dea-.ng interest, payable quarterly in
coin, at the rate of 5 per cent. per an
num.
Proposals for the whole or any part
of these bonds will be received at the
Treasury Department, office of the
Secretary, until 12 o'clock, noon of the
first day of February, 1834. Prqposals
should state the amount of bonds. de
sired, whether registered or coupon,
and the premium which the subscriber
proposes to pay, the place where it is
desired that the bonds shall be deliver
ed, and the office, ,whether that of the
Treasurer of the United States or an
assistant treasurer of the United States
where it will be most convenient for
the subscriber to deposit the amount
of his subscription. Failure to specify
the above particulars may cause the
proposal to be rejected.
As soon as practicable after the first
day of February, 1894, the allotment of
bonds will be made to the highest bid
ders therefore, but no proposals will be
considered at a lower price than 117,223
which is the equivalent of a 3 per cent.
bond at par, and the right to reject any
and all proposals is hereby expressly
reserved.
In case the bids entitled to allotment
exceed the bonds to be issued, they will
be alloted pro rata. Notices of the date
of delivery of the bonds will be sent to
th6 subscribers to whom allotments are
made as soon as practicable, and with
in ten days from the date of such no
tice subscriptions must be paid, in
United States gold coin, to the Treas
urer or such assistant treasurer of the
United States as the subscriber has
designated; and if not so paid, the pro
posal may be rejected. '
The bonds will be dated February 1,
1894, and when payment is made there
after, as above, accrued interest on
both principal and premium, from
February 1,1894, to date of payment,
at the rate of interest realized to the
subscriber - on his investment, will be
added. All proposals snould be ad
dressed to the Secretary of the Treasu
ry, Washington, D. C., and should be
distinctly marked "Proposals for sub
scriptions to five per cent. bonds."
. J. G. CARLISLE, Secretary.
Irby on the Anxious Bench.
WASHINGTON, January 1.-There
was a mysterious meeting this after
noon in Senator Irby's committee room
at the Capitol. Early in the day Sena
tor Irby informed your correspondent
that he was preparing a letter which he
proposed to send to all of the leading
South Carolina papers for publication.
He said it related to the political situa
tion in the State, and he was anxious
that it should be sent by telegraph.
Later he took luncheon with John
Gary E,ans, who does not appear to be
in a hurry to consult the Baltimore
specialists about his "throat trouble,"
because he still lingers in Washington,
and afterward the Senator and Mr. Ev
ans went over to the House of Repre.
sentatives to see Messrs. Strait, Lati
mer and Talbert. When next seen the
Senator. and his friends were heading
for the Senator's committee room,
which is in the basement of the Senate
wing. It is understood that the Sena
tor is somewhat worried by the stories
in circulation concerning him at home,
and he fears some of his political asso
ciates are disposed to misrepresent him,
and he feels that he must be up and
doing or his "political picture may be
turned toward the wall." The confer
ence this afternoon was probably to'
agree upon the terms to be employed
in the Senator's proclamation and
probably he feels that he needs the
sanction of some of his Congressional
associates in theundertaking. Repre
sentative Shell was not invited to the
conference, and it is not known wheth
er Representative McLaurin was pres
ent . -The latter has recently shown a
disposition to act independently of
Senator Ir by' so far as national and
Stats matters are concerned, and he ap
pears to be making. as mueh, if not
more, progress than those members
who are inclined to look to the junior
Senator for advice and guidance on all
public questions. Recently Represen
tative Latimer has gained considerable,
independence from the encouraging
letters he has received from influential
constituents and he shows an inclina
tion to follow his own ideas rather
than accept suggestions from those
who claim the privilege of exercising
pohtical authority over the "Reforrm
ers" in the State. Mr. L atimner says he
is confident that he can obtain a' re-el
ection from his own people providing
ne steers clear of "boss" or "ring" rule,
and, therefore, he proposes to listen to
the voices of his people rather -than
heea. the dictates of the so-called lead
ers.-News and Courier.
Turned Into a Fort .
SCnANTON7, Jan. 16.-Martin Joyce,
who for t'1ie past several years has been
employed as principal of' the public
school of Lackrawanna township has
turned the school into a fort, which he
holds with two large revolvers. Fre
quent complaints have been made
against Principal Joyce to the school
directors. It is alleged that he gave
great offense to the female portion of
his school. The directors 'decided to
close the school Thursday, and after
that day Joyce was not to be an em
ploye of the township. When iDirector
Morgan went to the school atter the
keys, he was met at the door by Mr.
Joyce, wno pointed the revolver at
him and ordered him away. Joyc3 re
mained in the building alt night and
Friday morning opened for school at
the regular hour. A few pupils came
and through them Joyce got provisions
and oil for his lamp. The revolvers
lay on the table in sight of the pupils
all day. Friday evening the school
board decided to serve Mr. Joyce with
a written notice by the hand of Secre
tary Robert Beria-.gh to vacate. Joyce
refused to go then a constable was
sent. Joyce still held his fort. It is
customary to hold Sunday School in
public school house, but no servIces
were held Sunday, aa Joyce refused to
allow any one to enter. The school
directors will appeal to Sheriff Fabey
For L ove.
RicnIxox1>, January 16.-Miss Liz
zie Newhouse, a highly cultured young
laly of t wenty-two, committed suicide
at her home in Culpeper, Va., last night
by blowing hpr brains out with a pis
toL She left a note explaining the
cause of her rash act. She had, she
said, been engaged to Mr. A. P. Hill,
of that county, a nephew of the dis
tinguished Gen. A. P. Hill, of Confed
erate fame. The engagement, how
ever, was broken off at the lady's'own
request. Her lover moved WVest, ac
quired a competency and married. The
act that she had destroyed her own
happiness brooded upon t'.e mind of
Miss Newhouse and caused her to take
:- life.- e and Couir.,
SENATOR IRBY ANGRY.
HE CLAIMS THAT A RING EXISTS IN
THE STATE HOUSE,
And Hurls Deti ance at it-says they Shall
Not Depose Him from the Chairman
ship of the State: Dem!icratlc Commit
tee.
COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 15.-The fol
lowing letter was published in the daily
papers yesterday:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-As much as
I dislike to appear in print in South
Carolina I feel constrained at this time
in justice to myself and the Alliance
men of Laurens, to speak out.
I have been hounded, persecuted and
misrepresented by Kohn, a representa
tive of the News and Courier in Colum
bia, until forbearance has ceased to be
a virtae. I have had thrown into my
teeth my position as chairman of the
Democratic party by this man, and my
failure to harmonize the faction I rep
resent, until it is necessary that the
people of the State shall xnow the truth.
He, with a lot of enemies of mine-so
called Reformers-in the State House,
undertook to manufacture a sentiment
against me in the Campaign of 1892 by
constantly publishing in his correspon
dence, the fact that the Reformers
were anxious to be rid of me as their
leader, untilJudge Emnest Gary, a mem
ber of the committee, introduced a res
olution endorsing me unanimously by
the executive committee.
He has started the same thing again
knowingly and maliciously saying that
I am to be deposed as Chairman, waen
he knows that I was elected in Septem
ber, 1892, to hold until September, 1891.
I do not propose to surrender the Chair
manship of the Democratic party until
my term of office is out, for reasons
which are to the interest of the Demo
cratic party; and I hope that this will
be thoroughly understood by all the
parties interested.
In the second place, I notice both
anti-Reformers and Reformers in Co
lumbishave been misrepresenting the
objects and intentions of the Alliance
of Laurens, in its meeting on last Fri
day. a week ago. To begin. with, I
endorse every word and sentiment of
the resolution introduced by Mr. J.
Andy Jones as to the lines of policy to
be pursued by the Reform movement
in South Carolina. The county Alli
ance is composed of the best men in
our county. They represent the Re
form sentiment of our county. They do
not intend-and it is very well for some
gentlemen of the State House to take
notice right now-to have a lot of men
foisted upon them without their con
sent, Reform movement or no Reform
movment,
There Uan be no objection, except by
men'who propose to take advantage of
the people nf South Carolina, to the
postponment of the calling of the con
vention, or to. the other purposes of
these resolutions. I know it did not
suit the convenience of the clique of
the Reform m~v-mnat that met on
Friday night in Columbia to name a
candidate-a farmer, bat not an Ali
ancemen, and opposed to the .Oala
demands, who undertook to increase.
the taxes of the farmers-and that this,
convention be postponed, for. he is not!
in -dympaLy- with-the- people and the
people willnot have him for governor
with a fair and square dbal.
The Alliance g rAurens passed these
resolutions wihout inteadTng-'-i -help
orinjure anyone. They thought it 'Was
for the best interests of the IJReform
movement, and that the Reform fa6
tion should, at least, be allowed to
choose its nominees, without ,interfer
ence ol' dictation from any man, high
or low. -1am sorry to see 'that these
men of Laurns are to be mistreated by
insinuations find innuendoes from per
sons whose-political conduct heretofore
has been such as to bring in question,
at least, their loyalty to the Reform
movement.
Mr. Editor, I want you and others in
South Carolina to underetand that
every effort of mine has been and will
be In the Interest and for the perpetu
ation of this movement. I am going
to stand fearles~ly by the principles or
the Alliance and every plank of th e
lirst March convention; Pnd if corrup
tion andtreachery shall dominate this
movement, then I suppose, honest men
will have to take a back seat.
What the people of south Carolina
want is honest men, nominated in an
honest way~by delegates selected in an
honest mnanner.
.Very reepectfully,
. J. L. M. TIn"Y.
- . Dr..Fope a Candidate.
NEWBE1BRY, S. C., Jan. 1.-I met
Dr. Sampson Pope today and 'when I
said, "a representative of The State,
Doctor," the- organiz-ar of the "three
for~a-quarter" caucus and later Till
man's co-adjutor, gave me room to pass,
saying "I n'ever read The State." .
But when it was found that a subscrip
tion was ncg wanted, buh~ merely an in
tervie s, th'e brother of the a-isociate jus
tice smiled again, and to my question
whether he would be a candidte for
Governor to succeed Governor Tillman,
he readily replied:~- "I am a
candidate for the office of Governor,
subject to the action of the Reform con
vention, which is to be held some time
during the spring or aummer. l?ermit
me to say that the other gentlemen,
whose names have been mentioned for
Governor, are all strong personal friends
of mine, and in the coieduct of the can
vass nothing will be said or done by me
to interiere with that friendship. The
success of the Reform movement, is, in
my judgment, paramount to the success
of any individual; and the success ol the
movement is what we are all striving for.
There is too much peace and unity
among the Reformers to allow the har
mony or success ol the movennient to
be disturbed by quarreling over any par
ticular man- and the mnan-.suggesteted
by the Reform conventiou will receive
the mndividnal support of all Ref ormaers."
, na Tangle .
CHICAO, Jan. 1.-Georg e M. Bogue,
one of the most prominent bus mness
men of Chicago, has been accuse-d of
the misappropriation of about .375,000
of the funds of the Presbyterian hospi
tal, of which institution he was presi
dent. Mr. Bogue admits that there is
some entanglement with the hospital.
Dut says any discrepancies will be
made up~ immediately. Last sum mer
he made an assignment and withdrew
from the big real estate firm of .Lsague
& Co., and it Is said tnat the misplae
ing of the hospital funds was the re
sult of his financial embarrassments.
Herrible.
EscALoN, Mex., Jan. 16.-Advices
have been received here from the Sierra
Mojada mining camps situated in this
district, of a terrible hoiccaust. In the
lower part of the town were a number
of huts, located very close together.
'Shese were set on fire by a band of un
known incendiaries, and before the oc
cnpantsa could escape, eleven men and
several women and children were burned
to death. Ten others were burned so
BLUFFING TO BEGGING.
Governor Mitchell IRemains Uzmoved
Public Fight Impossible,
JACKSONVILLE, Jan I.-The D1
val Athletic Club has played its la;
card in the contest it has been wagir
with Governor Mitchell and has los
That card consisted of a personal appei
by Manager Bowden to the Governo;
begging him to cease his opoosition an,
allow the Club to pull oil' the Corbetl
Michell mill publicly in Jacksonvill(
But the Governor was obdurate, an
told Bowden that the tilht should nc
take place in Jacksonville or In Florida
if he could prevent it.
The interview between Bowden an
Governor Mitchell took place in th
!atter's office at Tallahassee, the Stat
capital: whither Bowden went las
night. Attorney General Lamar ;wa
present at the interview. It is under
stood that Bowden'-; attitude toward
the Governor was very much that c
the suppliant. He almost implored th
Governor to let up, but the executive i
far from being moved by Bowden's hu
iility and roundly denounced the clu
people for their insolent :attitude, espe
cially in the matter of issuing state
tnents to the public in which the Gov
ernor's conduct toward the club wa
characterized as "contemptible and ty
ranical."
When asked for a statement for tb
Southern -Associated Press, Bowder
replied:
"You may say that the situation i
unchanged. My interview with thi
Governor has resulted in nothing. Th(
fight, however, will take place. I ad
vise all those who desire to witness it t
assemble in Jacksonville on or befori
January 21.
When Governor Mitchell was asket
fora statement, he said: "As far as ]
am concernid, the situation remains un
changed. I will not desist in my deter
mination or my efforts to stip the 5,ht.1
Nothing is left the clu3 now but t<
make a-rangements for bringing Mitc'i
ell and Corbett together in the woods
As was stated in these dispatches lon
ago, a secret fiht has been the only .re
source left the club ever since Governo:
Mitchell announced his opposition
Manager Bowden's advice - for "al
those who desire to-witness the fight ti
assemble in Jacksonville on or befor
January 21" is regarded here as an in
dication that the club peop".e hav
thrown up the sponge, so far as a pub
lic tight in Jacksonville is concerned
and will now perfect plans by whic!
Corbett and Mitchell can meet in secre
and without danger of interfereaze from
the State authorities.
At a largely attended mass mestini
here tonght, in whreh some of -th(
most pr6minent business men in the citt
took part, the following resolutions
were adopteC:
Whereas, it l3 currently reported o;
the streets of the city of Jacksonvilli
that Hon. H. L. Mitchell, Governor
has instructed a number of militar
companies throughout the S;a te to re!
port in the city of Jacksonville on thi
24th instant for the purpose of main
taning and preserving the peace; an
vii.reas, there are no indications of ani
breach of the peace with which the cin
authorities of the city and coanty are
not fully able to deal,- and whereas, wi
deem the massing oi troopa in this city
nnder4he~ circumstances unwarranted
by law and -a serious reflection upot
the character of our citizens and the se
rious detrimdnt to the business interest:
of the city.
Therefore, the citizens of Jacksonvilli
and Duval couut-y, in mass~meetin.as
sembled, pursuantdto a call of a larg
number of our mostN-minent busines
men, do resolve as follg*ie
First. That we .earnestly, protes
agamnst'the massing of troops a ou
city, we having ample confidence in ilk
civil local authorities and their abilit:
to fully preserve the peacsi and main.
tain the dignity oi the city and county,
Second. That we individually an<
collectively, pledge ourselves to aid th4
the sheriff in all lawfal efforts to dis
charge his duties and to maintain an<
preserve the peace anid to fully enforc
the law.- -
Tihird. That wie earnestly protes
against such rumored action on the par
of the Governor and must respectiull,
request that he deslst therefcom an<
leave the conduct and guidance therec
to the civil local authorities.
Fourth, That a copy of these reso
lutions be forwirded to-the Governor.
A Marriage Fraud.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 16.--Franl
Williamson, an elderly and well-tod
farmer, living near Pittston, decide<
not long ago to marry. Annie Waldoi
was a dashing brunette and Emme
iRichards was a quiet little blonde. Fo:
a time Williamson paid attention t(
Miss Walden, and it was geherally un
derstood that they were engaged, bu1
he finally transferred his attentions t(
Miss Richards. saying to his friend:
thathe Walden girl was too giddy fo:
him. Soon thereafter it was announcet
that he and Miss Rich irds were en
gaged, and the wedding day was set
When Miss Walden and her friend,
heard of this they were indignant
claiming that Williamson had prom
ised to marry her before he began pay
ing attention to Miss Richards. Shi
swore she would become his bride it
one, way or another. The day bef ort
the wedding, Wihiamson says, he wen
to Pittston .and there met some of Mis:
Walden's friends, who took him arount
to several saloons apd got him in'.oxi
cated, and then took him to some placi
where somebody married them. I
says that when he got sober he fount
Miss Walden instaled in his house as
his wile, and that he was possessed of
marriage certificate in proper lega
form. Williamson has begun suit foi
divorce.
Say they are starving.
DENVER, Jan. 16.-A committee o
Santa Fe railway employes from L
Junta, Col., has informed Governo
Waite that the engineers, conductors
brakemen, switchmen and tracknien o
alt grades on the. western division havy
received no salary since last Octee
and many of the ,ien aad their familie:
ale on the verge of starvation. .Salarie:
have been promised, they say, at differ
ent times. The last date was Jan. 10
The d ty passe d and no pay car appeared
As the railway company has stoppe<
supplmg~ coal to its employes, man2
familnes are suffering from cold as wel
as hunger.
Convict to be Hung.
JACKSONi, Miss., Jan. 17.-2Horace
Smith, a life convict, was today con
vcted in the circuit court ,of murder it
the first degree. He cut open the heat
of Isidore Sundley, another convict
with an axe, inside the walls a few
months ago. This makes two life con
victs who have been convicted ot mnur
der within the last two days, the othei
beag Henry Singleton' who was con
victed yesterday. Judge Chrisman wil:
:entenen both tO hang in a few days.
Wealth not well Dvlde,
George K. Holmes, special census
a agent on mortgage statistics, approach s
the concentration of wealth in the cur
rent number of the Political Science
i- Quarterly. Instead of attempting to
5t compute the peoperty hld4ings of the
g rich he strives to ascertain how much of
L. the national wealth the rnasse3 of the
il people possess. The census bureau
, took from every family in tvcntv-two
I States and Territories answers to the
questions whether it owned or hired the
farm or home occupied, and the extent
d of the incumbrance on owned 1arms an
,t homes, if any, with the valu3 of the
property.
The results are believed by the Spring
a feld Republ:can to be fairly representa
e tive of the whole country. Assuming
e this to b. so, 32 per cent of the farm
t families ani 63 per cent of th home
s families in Lbe country are tenants.
- Among farmownog families 30 per cent
s cavry mortgage debts averaging $',130
,t on farms whose average value is $3,190;
e amouZ home-owning families 29 per cent
s carry incumbrances averaging $1,139 on
- homes valued on the average at $3.254.
The census will show the number of
- farms to be about 4.500,000, leaving 8,
196,152 families occupying homes that
- are not farms. Mr. Holmes confines his
wealth e-timates here to properties
valued at less than. $5,000. Saco farma
encumbered constitute 80 per cent ii
number and 52 per cent in value of all
i encumbered farms, and such encumbered
homes constitute 82 per cent in number
i and 46 per cent in value of all encum
bered homes. The census did not take
the values of unencumbered farms and
homes, and the percentages In the o!.her
case are adopted here as probably the
truth.
Accor7 izh to :. 'dites tabulated
I by Mr. H in 9: 3 -- -at cf the tami
lies of the couau a . i m.e than
about 29 per cent a. . .Q'iA V Ad
Mr. Holmes believes his cstim &s do
not overstate the case agaiest the poor.
i These conclusions are about as du -i')us
as any which have ever been reaciied in
the study or .his question. Proceeding
to dtvide the richer 9 per cent rf the
families as between the rich and moder
ately well off. Mr. Hol nes takes the
New York Tribune'a list of rillionaires
1 (4,047) and gives them 4n average of
about $3,000,000-tis estimate being
also partly basea upon the resuits of
- Thmas G. Shearman's claims in the
same line.
. This gives to the 4,047 very rich lam
,ies, or three-hundredths of 1 per cent
of all the families., about $12,00,000,000
or 20 per cent of the nation's wealth;
and leaves the remaining property of
the nation (51 per cent) to 9 per cant
of the faaulies, including. the compara
tively few millionaires. The result
seems incredible to Mr. Holmes. That
4,047 famuies should possess neatly as
much wealth-3even-tenths as much at
least-as 11,593,887 families is, indeed
rather startling. But it is probable. he
contends, that the statdeniet is approx
imately- correet, Excluding the million
aires, the wealth of the 1,002,218 faml -
lies lying between them and the grea
-dass of peopfe 4ding property val
I ued af less $5,000 becomes an-aver
age of $28,000.a family, which seems
large for so many but whic, Mr.
Holmes goes on to demonstrate.- must
5. be about the case.
Excitement In Italy..
lRoXE, Jan. 16.-There is considera
ble excitement today at Cararra and
Svicinity. The discovery Saturday night
of an anarchist plopt to loot and burn the
City of Cararra led the police and milli
. tary authorities to take extraordmnary
Spr~.cautiouns to prevent any atteinpt to
Scarry .oul the plans of the conspirators.
Early today a number of anarchists from
tlth adjoining districts, sought to enter
Sthe city, but were prevented by the mil
litary. A number of shots were ex
~changed by the rioters and troops, but
sa. far as known, nobody was hurt.
Finding that it was impossible for theta
to get into-Ab~e city, where there is no
doubt they inteidd4o join the anarch
.ist residents in the city in riotintr the
imob scattered in different directions.
SThey are now scouring the cDtintry, car-:
rying terror to the quiet peoples .livinig
t there. They go to every house and de
emand - of the occupants to surrender
,whatever lire arms they may havet
iAbout five thousand workingmen have
f struck in Massa and Cararra.
Both towns are occupied by
.troops. All the shops arc closed.
The 'inhabitants arc frightened
and many families are provisioning their
house as if for a seige. Bands of revolt
ers parade the roads, making requisi
tions on the people for arms and toad.
At 3 o'cloak'this afternoon, the people
of Massa were t'trown into a state of
consternation by ghearing a fussilade in
the bills near by. A squadron of caval
ry; had encountered a mob of 500 men
at the Fassola Bridge, two kil~ometres
from Masga. Atter a stubborn fight,
the mob was dispersed. Many was
wounded and several were k:.led. Troop;
I guard the railway at all points to prevent
the'tearing up of the rails. Somne soldi
ers are in active pursuit of~bands in the
mountains. The cabinet council has
given Prernier Crispi a free hand as to
the time when he shall declare the prov
ince of Massa he Carrara in a .state of
seige. The proclamation will probably
be issued tomorrow tinless the situation
improves in the meantime.
ThelDynamite Bomb.
FA~MIrsTox, Minn., Jan. 17.-Early
yesterday morning some person placed
a dynamite cartridge inside the store
door of the Exchange Bank at this
place. The exposition blew out the
Lfront of the bank building besides do
ting considerable damage inside. As
the ban k had gone out of business and
there were no funds were in the vault
and no attempt was made to the safe,
robbery was evidently not the motive.
fLancaster, Pa., Jan. 17.-A great sen
sation was caused here this mornling by
the discovery of a dynamate bomb
which had been placed against a four
story building on Grant street, adjoin -
ing the police station. The bomb con
tained half a pound of dynamite encased
in lead pipe carefully closed,with nitro
had, been lighened, but for some reason
-had failed to burn. There is no clue to
-the dynamiters, whose object in trying
,to blow up the building is unknown.
i The building is unoccupied, but was
being prepared for manufacturing pur
poses.
salem, Ohio, Jan. 17.-When John
Evans, one of the leading coal men of
this section, came to his emze in this.
city yesterday morning, he found a
bomb lying in the cilice. A piece n~i
lead pipe fully t wo iches ini dianete~r
and teni inchesilong, with a chairred1 fuse
running through a screw plug, wa~s
loaded with ~dynamnite and blasting
powder. Evans with other operators,
has been having ti'ouble with the
miners over the question of wages and
the only explanation of the-bomb busi
ness is that some miner thought by
wrecking his hnuilding to intimidate
WARM WORDS BY WIRE.
SENATO. IRSY "SNUFF3 TREASON
IN THE TAINTED GXLE
Dfqa'C WAnt to See HiWs If "Assawss
natCd la ths Dirk"--No Papalst Need
Aprly-Plala L inguige From. the Jan
or S anator.
WAS11NGTON, Jan. 1.-The follow.
ing reply has been made 'Ly Sen-r
Irby to a Communication received by
him today from the Hon. W. T. C.
Bates, Treasurer of South Carolina:
United States Senate.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 16, 1894.
Hon. W. T. C . Bates, Columbia, S.. C.
My dear sir: I have yqur letter of
the 14th inst., in which yout make In:
quiry as to what I think should be
done in reference to holding a'factlon
al convention of the Reform party of
South Carolina, to which I answer has
tily, but frankly.
I regret, as deeply as you, to see di
visions in the Reform movement of
our State. The purposes for wbch.it
began have not been accomplished, and
cannot be, without the exercise of har
mony, jstice, common sense and fair
dealing. . have bad but one purpose
from the ver;' beginning, and that was
to do my duty by-it to the very bestof
my ability. Notwithstanding tbW I
have been prosecuted by men, supposed
to be prominent in the Reform move
ment, from the very beginning, until I -
nade up my mind- that I would not
submit to it any longer, and appealed.
to the true men among us to -protect
me against such political'assassination:
It is not my fault that we have these
evidences of division in our State. I
furnished no excuse for every Reformer
who goes into Columbia from the rural
districts to the State House to be taken
to one side and groomed and preja
dibced against "Irby's management of
the party," when even the Antis them
selves ack ao wledge that my conduct as
:hairman. has been perfectly fair. I
im unwiding that a Third party leader
shall take charge of the Reform move
ment in Sjuth Carolitra. and thus dic
'ate the nominees of the Democratic
party. I am satisded that the people
Af the &ate will not submit to it, and
the sooner he, and others who expect
.o reap office under him, find this out,
the better for him and the movement.
I answer you frankly as to what I
think ought to be done, so far as I can
see. There are six or seven other can
lidates for gubernatorial honors.
rhese men have been true and loyal,
mnd are all able men. They are enti
tled, at least, to a fair contest and the
protection of the principles of the first
Afarch convention, the most prominent
f which was the right of the people
to name their candidates, instead of a
ring in the State House. It will be
necessary, befo~re the campaign that is
to be led by me as Democratic chair
man, that these contests shall b' set
tled within the lines of our faction, and
,hat, after the people have had time to
weigh and measure them and conclude
as to their choice, the successful one
shall be given the colais of our faction
to meet the Conservative factioa in
debate on the stamp before thegeneral -
primary election. Thiscannot be done
with an early convention had and snap
judgment taken, before the people have
seen or hearl the various candidates
who seek the endorsement of the Re
form party. It savers too much of old
ring ;ule and Haskelijte methcds, and
the people will not countenance it.
This is perfectly f4ir and all parties
will be satisfied; but the people, who
believe in the theory 'and system of
primary elections, will not stand for
two or three men-one a leader of the
Third party and the self-constituted
spokesman of the Third -party, the
other a traitor to.the Reform party,
who seeks, as an em!ssary from the
enem~y, to ruin the Reform party, and
other men who desire office-to fix up
a slate now~, have it endorsed by a con
vention as early as March, and rammed
down their throats, I say this, because
if ttheir scheme is allowed to go through
under the whip and spur of the Regis
ter, the movement cannot stand. Self
respecting men in it would rather go
to thle wall than to serve under a trai
tor to his movement and to see th -
selves assassinated in the dark ' en
who have claimed to be tb . friends,
and the people robbed 9f the benefits
of the vital prin Lfiofithe first March
platfornl
This has been written to yon just as
I thins: it and believe It. I have tried
to bs true to every man in the State
Rouse and subjected myself to abuse
and criticisms in 1892 for leaving my -
beat in the Senate to go to South Caro
lina to work for them and their re-elec
lion. I do not intend no w to be abused
by them.
As you suggest, I, being the State
abairman, have no right to call a fac
;ional convention.
I have never assunmed or contem
plated any such action, nor could such
a conclusion be drawn from anything
hat I have said or written. The or
;anization last presided over by the
Eion. G. W. Shell is defunct, because
wvhen the crisis came in'92, we failed
:o have seen or heard of any action
trom him in behalf of the Reform~
mnovement, and, besides its mission
was fulfilled as a political organization
as soon as its object was accomplished,
to wit: the capturing of the whole
State government by tue people. It,
being a temporary organization, could,
not exist longer than after the inaugu
ration of the State officers. He, there- -
fore, cannot t and control a cauc~e
or convention and the only way Yor
to be done regularly within our party
lines is, as suggested by the Laurens
Alliance resolutions, -to wit: That
Governor Tillman call around him the
Wadiers, draft rules and call a conven
tion if they see it:
In conclusion, allow me to say that I
will do more and- go further to heal
breaches and unite our forces than per
b'aps any man who has been treated as
Lihave mn the house of my friends; but
I will not submit to the dictation of
T'hird party lealiers and traitors to our
rnovexrent, les the consequences be
what they may. J. L. Mf. IRBY.
Rided th, Sports,
CotrmBUS, Ga,, Jan. 16.-Chief of
Police Williams, with nyve of his assist
mnts, unceremoniously interrupted a
restive game of poker here, which re
suited in the capture of four of the.
:ountry sports, togethier with 35 stacks
>f chips, six decks of cards, gaming ta
oles, etc., and about 535 in money
The house raided is located in the rear
f thle Centennial bar, and was most,
elegantly equipped for gambling pur
ooses, thiere' betug nothing whatever
rom an outside view to create suspi
:ol. The raid was one of the most
auccessful ever made.
S :raihtened Up.
SoITrr BEND, Ind., Jan. 1.-Myron
T. Campbell has made good the $15,000
nysteriously stoien from the South
Bend National bauik Dec. 7. Camp
>c11 says the robbery was due to his
:arslessness, and he has turned over
37,000 in property apd given notes for
:he remainder on condition that he be
lept in his position - one year. This
:ondition bars prosecution, and was
wgrto by h the directors.