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VOL. IX. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1894. NO. 40. CONFEDERATE REUNION. WINNIE DAVIS'S W:GWAM CRCWDED WITH VETERANS The Fourth Amunal Rear-Ion Formially Opened-Governor Jane&, Addrers of Welcome-Over.500 Caw ps Represented ti the Roll Ca31. BraxnuxGnAM, Ala., April 25.-The fourth annual reunion of Confederate Veterans was formally opened this morning by Gen. Fred S. Ferguson of this the first Alabama brigade in Win nie Davis wigwam at 9 o'clock. There were fully 10,000 in the building and many who could not gain access to the immense hall. Governor. T. G. Jones of Alabama made a brief but eloquent welcoming address in behalf of the State and was followed by Hon. David J. Fox, mayor, on behalf of Birmingham. -Gen. John B. Gordon, commanac.-n -chief, on behalf of the United Confed erate Veterans responded in an able and -eloquent manner. Tomorrow, decoration day, will be ob served in a gorgeously appropriate man ner. The corner-stone of a Confederate mdnumentto be erected by Camp Clay ton Sons of Veterans will be laid and Gen. Stephen D. Lee of MississIppi will make the address. The graves will then be decorated in Oak 1ill Cemetery. Assistant Chaplain, Gen. J. Wilson Jones. in the absence of the Chaplain General in calling blessings upon the fourth annual reunion of United Con federate Veterans and upon -h -m are left, said in a fervent manner: '-Heav ealy Father we ask that Thy blessings be upon us today as we are gathered to gether In this reunion. We thank Thee that Thy blessings were over us in bat te, and we thank Thee that Thy bles sings are over as here today. We thank I Thee that while many have fallen out of our ranks, so many of us remain to 1 bless Thy name today. We thank Thee 1 that in the days that tried men's souls, i we had men or courage to tight for our . cause. We thank Thee that there still i remains the principles of justice and i truth that we fought for. We thank i Thee that those principles have been i preserved and that the sons of veterans . today maintain the principles of their i fathers. Hear us and answer us,and i be withusin our reunion and grant that . the God of Abrkham and Isaac and of I Jacob and the God of Jackson and 4 Johnson and of Lee be with us in the i davs that are to come. We ask this all I in Jesus name. Amen. [ Afterprayer General Ferguson intro- i duced to the vast audience his excel- 1 lency, Gen. Tnomas G. Jones, who for 4 Alabama extended the visiting Confed erate Veterans a eordial welcome to the confines of Alabama ard assurel them that during their stay they would < be met with hospitality characteristic of-ttue Soldiers. He said: Gentlemen, citizens and countrymen: 2 -The proud honor bas fallen to my lot 1 in behalf of Alabama to welcome you ] to- her sol, but what is the power of J .wordscomparedto the deep feeling that swells up in our hearts as we contem- I ,plate the grandeur and significanlce of I this meetMg? There'never wasa time J 'whenthesoll of Alabama did not throb I 'when the feet of a soldier pressc d It < God bless the soldier in hisold age. i Some asked If it would not have been i better if these veterans who enrvived i had fallen in the paths of bravery while I Iitf~ing for justice and right and avoid- < d the temptations and trials of a later < time; but if the career of the, Confeder ate soldiers was grand in war it has not i surpassed his career in times of peace. i .But the soldier in peace has been equal I to the soldier in war. We have not I 'met here today in a spirit of apology or 1 -in a spirit of condemnation. Every ~man who went Into battle with a clean hand and came out with a clean hand -'went in as a brave man and came out < as a brave man is our countryman. It seems but a dream those thirty years when the shadow of Appommatox rell like apail upon this land. We look in- I to the eyes today of men who followed every great commander who fell in Shiloh. We look into the eyes of men who beard the Immortal words: "See .Jackson standing like a stone wall;' and as countrymen we mcet here today In memory of a last cause. Your exer -cises are to be crowded and I will not -detain you longer. I know I endorse the true sentiment of every man in Birmingman and in Alabama when I say welcome, thrice welcome, God bless the Confederate Veterans." - - Mayor Fox was then introduced by 'General Ferguson to extend to the vis iting people a hearts cordial and warm welcome to Birmingnam, a city now, but unknown uen the old soldiers who .are now assembled here were flihting for-what they thought to be right. Inresponse to these welcomes which had been tendered visiting Confederates and their wives and children, Gen John B3. Gordon thanked in behalf of the U~nited Confederate Veterans the speak era and asserted that, coming as they <did they were true and simple welcomes -of cherished persons who fought for a cherished cause. His response was elo quent, terse and received commenda tion: iEe said: MNg Confederate Brothers and Sisters: It Is my pleasure to respond to the hearty welcome just given us by this granai old State. I wish to :--..re the Governor of Alabama that 'e e follow era of those immortal men to whom he has referred are ready to meet with bim in his cordial memory of those im mor tal dead. Yes, here are the men who 1, Ilowed Lee and Jackson and John :son and ali the leaders who have made the pages of American history what they are. In one sense, my brethren, I amnot the man to respond to a wel -come from Alabama, for in that seens' .1 am am an Alabamalan myself and feel that it, would be more proper for 'me to stand with ',er Governor and ex tend to the brave men of other States ker weome rather than to receive it. and on the other hand I am perhaps of all living men the proper one to make this response, tbecause no living man is more indeb~ted to her than I am. It was among the mountains of Alabama that I first beard the voices that called us to battle. It was an Alabama regiment which I led, or rather which led me, in to that bloody fray and made principles when it swept over the frowning breast works and left death upon the filds. We all have a right to feel thankful and be proud of alAlabama today. We can lay our tributes at her feet fer ber welcome. Alabama's name is enough to endear her to your hearts. In the irst place she is composed of seven let ters which Is a lucky number, three of the letters are first letters of the alpha bet. You may look at her from the front or behind and she stili stands at the head of the list, and if Alabama should have any trouble in selecting a Governor, we will furnish her all the candidates she wants. (Laughter.) The iron of her mountains, the ric'a soil of her black belt, and the timber of her sunny coast places her in the Iront ranks of our Southland. Since our last meetin ,many of our comrades have fallen iom the ranks into that sleep of rest. Kirby Smith has gone and that sturdy Roman Early has followed him. Vance and Colquit, soldiers and states men, have joined the Confederate rank beyond the grave. In conclusion I wish to return the thanks of all these brave men and of this great State wrhose he pitality is as limitless as the air aroun US. There were over.500 camps represeni ed at the roll call. A subscription tc wards the Chicago Confeaerate monu ment was then taken up and .1,5W0 wa handed in in a very few minutes. Rot tine business then followed. The loca military gave an exhibition battalio drill in the afternoon, witnessed b thousands. SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. BitMINGTAM, Ala., April 26-Jue as yesterday, the wigwam was crowdei long before the convention began There was the same eager interes marked on every face. Chaplain Joh: W. Jones led in praser. Gen. John C. Underwood announce, that $1,827 had been raised for the Cor federate cemetery at Cbicago by yes terday's contributions, for which _h tnanked the old soldiers. The readin alerk read out the liet of contribation made yesterday. Additional contribu tions were handed in. Rosters of th lead at Johnson's Islands and Chicag were distributed by Gen. Underwooc A. one-legged Confederate stated tha lis life had been saved on the battle ield by a Federal solider, and aske ,hat that soldier be escorted to th tand. It was so done by a committe )f two. The Federal soldier was Ma: gilsted. Gen. William Cabel submitted his re ort as chairman of the Jefferson Da vis monument fund, stating that $12, 33 had been received. This monu nent is to be erected at Richmond, a xen. Cabel made a brilliant and force ul. talk in the interest of the monu ent. Maj. C. Milsted of the Fifth Wes Virginia, who saved the one-leggei Donfederate on the field at Lynchburg as introduced, and made a few re naks, with ringing cheers to gree Im. Gen. W. R. Jackson of Tennesse ;ook the stand at this moment, and in roduced Gen. Miller of the Federa irmy, commander of the Alabama G 1. R. Gen. Miller made a shot speec :omplimentary to Gen John B. Gor Ion for his chivalry in saving the lif, )f Gen. Francis C. Barlow of the Fed ral *army, July 1863. at Gettysburg le presented to Gen. Goraon a cane :ut on Barlow's Hill, at Gettysburg is a memento of his kndness to Gen 3arlow. Gen. Miller's sneech was mos ellcitous.. He characterized Gen. Gor ton as the typical American soldier d ringing cheers shook the air. Gen lordon responded with the eloquenc d the taste marking everything hi toes. He dwelt particularly upon tb e-nnited Confederate and Fedeial so! tiers. "As a former foe, now friend. I tand before you, Gen. Miller, anc >ledge to you as noble and partriotic 2 eople in the South as the sun shine. a. I bid you a hearty welcome. Cheers.) By motion of Gan. Underwood a ris ng vote of thanks and the rebel yel was accorded Maj. Milsted for his gal. antry In bearing a Confederate soldlei rom the battlefield at Lynchburg. After further discussion a resolution .o send a committee of three to beai treetings to the Grand Army of the lepublic and to urge it to accept At a ta's invitation to bcld the grand en :ampment there in 1895, v as unani. nously adopted. The kindest senti. nents were expressed on this resolution ad the Confederates promised to givE he.Grand Army veterans a hearty wel :ome and a good time if they camE town to the old battlefields again. A fitting ending to the fourth reun on of the United Confederate Veterans mad by far the greatest feature was thE arade and review, followed by the lay ng of the corner stone of a monument :o the memory of the dead of the. Cor ~ederacy, to be erected in Capitol Park it the head of T wentieth street. A t 4 o'clock the column was formnec m Avenue E. and T wenty-first streel md headed by a band of music f-ronr Mobile marched steadily up Twenty irst street and across the beautifu >ridge to Park Avenue, where it passec n review before General John B. Gor ion, Commander-in-chief, United Con ~ederate Veterans. There were camps from all the.South rn States in line and all the surveyi nerals with their staffs together witi die three local military companies vis .ting from other towns, the A. and M .ollege cadets frotn Auburn, Unlversi: ;y of Alabama (Tuskaloosa) cadets anc Eloward College (East Lake) cadets md a tair estimate of the numtber o1 nen inA the ranks, places It at 74,00C rhere were innumerable carriages anm :he procession was viewed by fully 35, )00 people. The column was a mill Long, the veterans and sons of veteran: marching in fours. Enthusiastic out bursts greeted the old battle-scarret veterans and the many flags relics o: the "Lost Cause," were recipient of lov ing tributes. The bands played martia sirs, the rebel yell was heard, flags an< bandkerchiefs were waved and it wa: ltogether a sight never to be forgottes &t Paris Avenue, the column passet between two long rows of beautifu chool girls, dressed in white each with basket of flowers, which were hande< to the battle-scarred veterans and son: f the Confederacy. Passing in fron f the reviewing stand, whereupon wa: G-en. John B. Gordon, the Governors o the States, the representative stars an the sponsor of Catmp Hardee togethe with their maids, they greeted then with cheer after cheer, which togethe: with the booming of cannon, playin] of the bands and cheers of the multi tude made the welkin ring. It wazs grand and inspiring spectacle. After the review, the ceremonies at endant upon the laying of the corne stone was gone through with in an im posina manzner. Gen. Stephen D. Le o Mississippi delivered the aidd est which was a master-piece of oratory Di her distinguished speakers were pres et and tne corner stotne was placed ir posi ion in an appropriately solieml maer by the Grand Master of Masob Lion. Frank L Pettus. Thius ended tb' greatest reunmou of ex-Confejerate cver known. The Confederate Veteran, publishe< t Nasivi:ie by S. A. CannoigflaP,wa mace the official organ of the Umitei Vererans. The Indust.141 Armen, NEW YoRK April 23.-A &pcisi O pa'ch from Unicaao says: From all cve he West comes the news that the eru 5ade ot the industrial armses is spreec og. Oyer a dczen armies are now is the field. In all large towns com panie are rapdly being formed. Armies, de tachrnems and divisions are now in :L lia:ld in the WVest. Th'ere are: Genera Kelley 1,000 men, Nela, Iws; Geu. sral Frye, 1000 men, Terre Haute, Iud. teneral 'rye's second division, 80O men, McLeansboro, ILls.; Genera! Grav 100 men, Piattsville, Cob.; General Ga] vin, 2 me~n, L'jvelandi, Ohio; So.jesn endal!, 500 men, Crucago; 100 mei at Little Fils, Minn.; 300 meun at Butte Mon.; 100 men at Monmouth, 111 ; 10' nien at 0;tum wa, Iowe:: Capt. Sulligan 1,000 men, Chicage; 150 men tit Andier son, Ind.; and General Aubrey, 70 men, Indianapolis, Ind. Besides Phes armies large numbers cf recruits ar pushing fcr ward to various lines of marc A PENITENT! \RY F!RE. A T. tAl Lcss of Neatly $e3,OOO-The State a Heavy L3er. COLUMBIA, :. C, April 26.-The hosi s ery mill within the walls of the State - Penitentiary was destroyed by fire yes I terday afternoon between 6 and 7 i o'clock. Nothing was saved but a lot 7 of hose. The fire was too fierce and spread too quickly to permit anything to be done and very little to be saved. t It was the hottest and most stubborn fire which Columbia firemen have been called on to battle witii in years. The mill is woiktd by convicts with the exception of probably twenty free labortrs, mostly women. All woik is stopped each aftemoon at 6 o'clock. The convicts are given their supper in tin pails. ana are then put into their cells. When the .macbinery was shut down yesterday afterhoon at the usual hour there was no fire in any depart a ment. The only person who remained in the building longer than 6 o'clock were Foreman Bald win, ir. Roe and a white life term convict named Short. It was the business of the the convict to t lock the doors and see that everything was all right. Twenty minutes after 6 o'clock, while Bookkeeper Burris was in the prison yard, he saw smoke issuing from the upper windows of the building, which was a three- story brick structure. form ing a portion of the Western wall of the prison. The building is well known to every person who has visited the Peni tentitary. Mr. Burris quickly gave the alarm, notifying Captain Allen, who was in the convict barber shop. Captain Allen rushed to the building and was fol lowed by several of the convicts who are allowed the privileges of the yard. The door leading to the second and third stories was knocked down and Cpt-ain Allen and the convicts rushed up the steps. They were forced to return at once as the building was full of smoke. It was ascertained, however, that the fire had been started in the toilet room in the second story of the mill. There was nothing inflammable in the room, but it could have been saturated with oil. After it started and began to spread there was plenty to fetd the flames. The fact that the building was burn ing was telepuoned to the city, but the alarm was late in being given. The firemen answered promptly, however, the Columbia Company being the first on the ground, followed by the Inde pendents. Long lines of hose were quickly stretched, being attached to bydrants in the prison yard. It was nearly 7 o'clock before streams were gotten on the fl-tmes. It was then too late and the water had uo eff-ct. The fire was sD hot that streams had to be turned on the hospital building, over a hundred yards away, to keep it from catching dre. The firemen worked hard and faithfully, but theie was no possi ble chance of saving the building. The walls fell in with a crash, mak ing the work dangerous for the firemen. Some of the convicts worked shoulder to shoulder with the firemen, lending assistance in holding the nozzles and pulling the hose from point to point. Only afew convicts were at liberty, however, the majority having been locked up in the big prison building at the Eastern side of the yard. This betilig was n-ver in duer. .. con vict is suspected of having set fire to the mill. There is not mucn ground for the suspicion except that he was the last person in the building. It is not known how the fire could have origi nated in an accidental manner. The building was owned by the State and was worth not less than $10,000. NearlS $2.000 had re-ently been expend ed on it in repairs. A new roof was put on and much monvy spent in im urovemenits on the inside. There was nlot a cent of insurance on the building. In addition to this the State loses at $2500 in machinery. A ten-horse power an'd a twenty -horse power engine b.e longing to the State were destroyed, besides t wo electrict dynamos and a lot of shafting, belting, etc. The State merely furnmshed the motive power for the mill. The State, therefore, sustains a clear loss of fully $12,500. A bout ten days ago an electric dynamo, valued at $900, was put i the mill.. A year ago a third story was added to the struc ture. The hosiery mill wasestablished years ago. It was run with varied success until Captain J. M. Graham bought the macbinery and began to operate It. He leased the convicts to run it from the State and did a large business throughout the South. All the machin ery belonged to him. He had a heavy stock of goods on hand and the loss on the stock was great. The total loss sus tained by Mr. Graham is estimated at S12.000, $9,000 being on machinery and $3,000 on the stock. Mr. Grahtam had a -total of $9,000 insurance -Register. The Reporter Wins. CHERAw, April 25.--The libel case of C. R. Finch against A. G. Kollock, editor of the Cheraw Reporter, for $100 damag~es, came dl in Crial Justice J. I', Hurst's court at Chesterfieled on the I14th. Mr. Finch was represented by W. P. Pollock, and Mr. Kllock by E iward Mclver and W. F. -.tevenson. Finch evidently did not thinK he had tbeen damnaged; at any rate he left the county before the dlay ol tri.-l. His at - toney, therefore, ha:d to act b-sta as witness and lawyer in the case. Messrs. Mclver snd Stevenson argued f>r a non - eui;, and c:>mipletely routed Mr. Poll~ck who did not seem to have any case, aded to wnake bu. a very poor showing. The iridl justicsg an ted a noneuit on the ground ibat thne atitorney for the plaint:ft iaihed to prove any stoeelal damages. The attorneys fr the defense made other points for a nco.-mt, but the justic'- con sidered the one mentioned as sufficienm to eran. the nem'uit. The cau-e o)f the action was the pub icatiou in the Repor 'er of an ar 1c'e i which Mr. FLach was called a spy. A & expienation, was made in a subuquenut istue which should have been 'seoficient toi drop the suit . ITiile is the fisc Cfne (of the kisd, so far as I know, ever b-.uaht in tnis coum.'1 Mus-d.-re!d by W1acpe ATHENs, GA., A~ril 23.-lienry Woo Iey, a Murray couty Iurmier, w a-hot - dead in his fild yesterday by whi:.e r cips. Wooley was plougning at the -iume. No one saw his essassins, but .the-re is no doubt that tney were mem bers of the Murray county whit--*ap gag Wooley was formnerl~y a mem Der of the band, most of whose leasug memubers aire moonshiuers. Tney sus pect him 'oi treache ry and last we k took imout and strung tirn up. Oae of the y ang slipped back, gave him a knife and Wooley cut himnself io wn. )le was fired on as he rain away. It w as thought he had left the country. -But he did not leave and declared that tle was coming to~ Atlanta to give Gov ernor Northern the names ot 100 mem bers of the gang. Before W oole-y could carry out his tnreat he was murdered. There are 100J members in this league. divide a into clans and sub-clans. T heir princmjal object is to protect their illic it sulis, which abound in the mo'.n tains. Several whipping outrages have been reported recently. Six dep':ty 1 marshals lett here tonIght to arrest and -bring back the ringleaders of the gang. iThe band will ertainly be broken up. BATTLE WITIl COXEYITES. THE I RAIN STEALERS HAVE A FIGHT WITH DEPUTY MARSHALS. Bloodshed la Montana Between Some of the ldustrisl Army Followers and Dep uty Marshals-The Marshals Overpower ed-Uaited States .Troops OrderedtOnt. BILLINGS, MONT., April 2.-The first bloodshed resulting from the clashes of the law and the industrial army move ment, which is now sweeping over the country in a wave of monster propor tions was witnessed here today. About 11 o'clock this morning this little city was thrown into wild excitement by the announcement that the train-steal ing contingent of the Corey army was rushing into the city on a Noithern Pacific train from the West at a high rate of speed closely followed by a train load of United States deputy marshals. The truth of the statemens was veri fled a few minutes before noon when the train of box cars ran into town. The Coxeyltes were overtaken by the special train of the marshals just as they entered the limits of the city. After their arrival it was learned that the marshal's train overtook the Hogan contingent just as they were pulling away from Columbus, and at tempted to arrest the progress of the train bearing the 500 unemployed who are in possession of the train. The leaders would not yield to the demands of the marshals to give up the train and instructed their men to go ahead, which was dnne. The two trains came on during the forenoon hours until this city was reached, when a stop was or dered, the conflict between the two bodies resulting. As near as can be learned Marshal McDermott ordered the leaders of the captured train to surrender, and when they refused to do so a few of the mar shals, before receiving a command to do so, fired upon the crowd of men on the cars. The shots were quickly re turned by the industrials. A number of shots were exchanged between the parties before Marshal McDermott could regain control of his men. Dar ing the firing one of tLe deputies was seriously wounded and one of the men on the rear platform car was shot in the groin. McDermott decided that his men were not equal to the odds against them and ordered his men to desist firing, which they did. The cap tured train soon after pulled out from the depot and McDermott notified the authorities that his force was inade quate to capture the 500 men who were aetermined to retain possession of the rain. At the latest advices of the train the captured train is pursuing its way to Miles City, where it is expect ed the national troops will arrest them and recover the train. WASHINGT6N, April 25.-In addition to the request of the Judge of the Uuited States Court, the United States District Attorney and the United States Marshal for the District of Mon tana for Federal aid in arresting the Hogan contingent of the army of the anemployed for seizing a train at Butte, Montana, against the mandate Af the United States Court, President leveland has received the following rom the Governor of Montana which was given to the press tonight: 'To the President of the United States: ILformation reaches me 'by wire that a band of Coxeyites fleeing te State with stolen train were over aken at Billings by United States dep ty marshals who were trying to serve i writ emanating from the United States Court. A fight ensued. One leputy marshal was wounded and a .eader of the Coxeyites wounded. The eputy marshals were overpowered ad driven off with revolvers and other weapons. The mob then surrounded :he deputies and now hold them pris mers. The train of Coxeyltes is within m ew hours run of Fort Keoh. It is impossible for the State militia to over take them. As Governor of Montana I dereby request you to have the Federal roops at F ort Keog intercept, take in to custody, arrest and hold these Cox ytes subject to the orders of the Uni tedl States Court issuing the writ re ferred to. If the Coxeyltest pass Fort Keog before orders can emanate from you for their apprehension, I request that Federal troops be ordered to over take them. Promptness required. "(Signed) G. E. RICKARTS, Governor of Montana." . Schofield, commanding the army, last ight sent a telegram to General Mer rett, commanding the~ Department of Dakota, instructing him by direction of the President, to have a sufficient force sent to arrest all persons engaged in the unlawful seizure of the North ern Pacific train at Butte, and to hold the train and all on board until they can be delivered to the United States Marshal for iiontana subject to the or er of the United States District ourt. Already one or two trains have been seized and constant threats are being made of seizing others. Attorney General Omey today telegraphed the United States marshal of Washington to use every means in his power to maintain the peace and the security of property. The United States marshals in Montana, North Dakota and Minne iota had previously been instructed to the same effect and all of them are di rected to promptly notify the D.epart ment of Justice the moment they are unable to control the populace. The order of the President for the troops to intercept the Northern Pa cific train and arrest the runaway Ho gan contingent was issued solely to command respect for the mandate of the Uvited States Court and wvas not in any sense a national interference in lo c- affairs. It is expl-ainea at the White Hous- that the Butte miners bad ap plied to the Northern Pacific officials (t hat road beinig in the hands of gov ernment receivers) for free transporta tion to Washington, and when this was reused the -trikers broke into tbe r lund house, seized a locomotive, cL pied cars to form a train and when the United States Court granted an in junction aginist this action and Issued an order for the arrest of the marau drs and the United States marshals at tempted to execute the orders of the court with as strong a possee as he was abie to summon to his aio, his forces were overprwered and the stolen train escaped. When these facts we-re re ported to the Department of Justice hey were brought to the attentitin of the President, with the recommenda non of the Attorney General that the Fderal authorities be supported by troops, that being the sole aiternative left to the government. The President at once called the Gen eral Commanding of the Armiy into consultation, and after fully consider ing the matter, General Schofield was directed to call upon the commander of the department of Dakota (in which miitary department the affair took place) to send a sufficient force of troops to arrest all persons engaged in the unlawful seizure of the Northern Pacific train at Butte, Mont., and to old the train and persons until they could be delivered to tne United States marshal for Montana subject to the order of the United States District Court. last night to Col. P. T. Swaine. who i: commander of the Department of Da kota, with headquarters at St. Paul. Colonel Swaine's orders were sent I Lieutenant Colonel John II. Page,com manding Fort Keogh, near Miles City Montana, informing him of the Presi dent's orders and directing him to maki the arrests and under no circumstance; to permit the train to pass Miles City This afternoon, when it was learne( that the tram might be some time iI reaching Miles City, Calonel Page wa: ordered to make the arrests ith a! little delay as possible and it is not un likely that he may put troops on a traii and make the effort to capture the mi ners train tonight. There is some ap prehension that Colonel .Page ma: meet with resistan:e when he carrie: his orders into effect as the men it possession of the train are undoubted ly all armed and have already showi a disposition to lawlessness. Every confidence is felt, however, it Colonel Page being equal to whateve emergency arises. Reports have beet received at Police headquarters fron authorities of other places, showing th, strength of the various contingent! now moving on Washington to b 7,000. ST. PAUL, MINN., April 2G.-2. a. m -The Coxevites were arrested at 12.3( by Colonel Page's troops at Forsythe Mon., forty-six miles west of Forl Keoh. I IA Flend's W ork. MONTGdiMERY, Ala., April 23.-A special from Tusicegee says that El Pbilpot has been arrested and that ht has confessed to the murdering of tb two little colored girls found murdered on Friday last at a point about five miles North of Tuskegee. Philpot is E young negro of about 20. His arrest grew out of the discovery of the tracks made by a pair of old shoes given the murderer by George Sinclair, the fathei of the murdered children. The mur derer is a brother of the mother of the children. When arrested he told a calm story of the crime; how he persuaded the children in the -absence of theii mother to leave the house with him how he carried the younger one in his arms; how he -split their heads with at axe and after killing them, carried them some fifty yards and placed them to getber under a tree, because, he said he did not think tney onght to be seper ated. He said he bad been offered three dollars by other negroes to kill the children, but that he did not take the money becanse he did not think i1 right to kill them for money. Addition al to giving an account of the horrible murders he also confessed to having set fire to a number of buildings, the burnings of which had heretofore been a mystery. He said that others were mplicated In the burning of tha build ings and that he had each time been delegated to apply tne torch. This D ind is composed of both men and women and several of them have been arrest ed. An Agitator Killed. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., April 26.-Pat rick O'Brien, who came here with othei agitators from Ohio and Pennsylvania to try to induce the 25,000 miners of the Flat Top region if West Virginia tc join the great coal miners' strike, was killed at Turkey Ridge. O'Brien hac 5nished an address to the mine work ars, composed mostly of negroes and foreigners, in which he urged them tc throw down their picks and demanc better treatmeut and pay from the mine own'ers. A foreigner of the namf of Hanseni sprang upon a box and ad Iressed his countrymen. "This man,' e said, "would deprive your families of bread when there is nothing to be gained by striking." Hanseni's re marks were interpreted to O'Bien in Thomas McBride's saloon. OIrien re monstrated with Hanseni for opposing the strike order, and Hanseni retorted with "Your are here for the purpose oi loing my people harm." The lie wai passed, and Hanseni backed by an ex ited crowd of his countrymen drew a long bladed knife and plunged it intc 'Brien's body repeatedly, killing hin smost instantly. The, murderer therj fed to the mountains. The proprietoi of tho saloon attempted to defend O'Brien, and was severely handled by the crowd. The other strike agitators lisappeared since the O'Brien incident. More trouble is feared, as the miners are steadfast in their purpose not tc strike. ________ Gunarding the Goid. WVASIHINGTON, April 24.-Treasury officials while disclaimg any fears of trouble on account of the prescence -of the crowds incident to the coming o1 Coxey's army, have taken the precau tion of adding fifty-five carbines and twenty revolvers to the Treasui y's supply af arms. The normal strength of the watch force of the Treasu.sy is seventy men, devided into t wo reliefs and in addition to t wo or three dozen revolvers, there has always been thirty five carbines in the racks in the office of the captain of the watch,. sulcient to supply one to each watchman on duty. It has been thought best, how ever, to increase the supply in view 01 the crowds of hangers-on of tile Coxey army that are expected to arrive in the city during the coming week. The captain of the treasury Guard, a local rilitary organization, composed en tirely of clerks in the t'reasury D.epart ment, tod&y informed the captain of the watch force that in case of trouble at any hour of the day or night, hi coId have every man in his com m:ved at the Treasury building inside of fort.3 minutes. He stated that his men were well drilled In the use of arms and hence could do much more offectivi work than civilians. lIe asked to au notified If there was at any time any apprehension of troule. Columbia Cor' ton Mii1. CoLUMBI, S. C., April 25.--The tura ing of a small wheel nere today bI Aretas Bloud, of Massachusetts, set ir motion the machinery of the !argest mill under one roof in thes Unn~ed states, and marked the beginnius of arger grovth for Coluiabia. Toe mi!l though less tha~n half comple-ed, is ready for work. It is five si ories~ higri and one-fifteenth of a mile long, ac.d will be devoted to the manmufacture oj cotton duck. In addition to its neing the forerunner of numerous enterprises for Columbia, and bearing the dis'inc ton of being larger than the farmuw King-Patillip mill, of Lowell, Mass. tere is a feature about it that will re volutionize mill construction. Tis ih the application of eleocirrity to cott manufacturing, the powver being deve oped by power from the caual, aud transmitted over wires to fifteenr el-c tric dynamos in the miil. Toe mill wiul have, in all, 18,000 spiudles, which are equal to 180,000 spindles of ordirmary construction. A C 'irious Ca&se. RALEIGII, April 24.-A. curious ca-e came up in the superior court here. W. H. Worthington sues t he 10leigh and Augusta railway for $5,000) damages He was walking by the side of the track when a train which was appro aching struck a cow which h-ad -ttenmpt d to cross the track. The caw was thrown in the air and struck Worth Lagton and knocked him into a pool of water. When the engineer ran back he found Worthington had crawled out of the water and was lying on a log. The issue hinges upon the question of negli IS IT A SWINDLEr Some Frominent Barnw*li County Mer. Have a Narrow Escspe. AL-OLs-nT, GA., April 25.-A case that resembis the gold brick fake per petratEd on several prominent citizens of Barnwell county, S. C., has been de veloped and one of the men in the game who got the money was arrested in Augusta at miduight last night by Detectives Howard and Murray. Late yesterday evening the police received a telegram from Allendale, S. C, order ing.the arrest of B. C. Dillman, a stranger, who was said to be stopping at the restaurant opposite the Union Depot. Closely following the telegram Mr. George P. Allen, cashier of the Al lende.le Bank, of Allendale, arrived in the city on toe Port Royal and Augus: ta train. He immediately went to the police barracks where he was delight ed to find the man there in custody lie was after. Mr. Allen said he and a party of his friends had been fleeced out of $1.400 by Dillman and his part ner, F. W. Fischer, who had been ar rested in Allendale, and he charged them with cheating and swindling. Mr. Allen said Dillman and Fischer who claim to be from Kansas City, went to BarnweUl a few days ago with a gas generator (whic'i Lieut. Cartlege called a money taker) f )r stove cook- I iog, and they were offering to sell the State rights, cldiming the generator to be their patent. They exhibited papers I in substantiation of their claim. The 1 generator was so simple in make and .such a valuable improvement that Mr. i J. 0. Patterson became interested in f the machine and entered in negotia tions for the purchase of the rights. He put up a 5200 bonus to make the deal good after agreeing upon a trade and on Monday went over to Allendale to get some of his friends interested t with him in the scheme. Dillman and i Fischer went to Allendale with ir. Pattersoo, who induced Mr. George Bryan, Mr Allen and several- others to go in with him to buy the rights, lie I thinking it was a great money making 2 machine. Monday the trade was finally closed I and the gentlemen paid Dillman and Fischer $1,400 in cash for the' State rights. Dillman left at once and came i to Augusta. Fischer remained .id Al lendale to sign up the papers. Mr. Patterson returned to his home in Barnwell and upon his arrival there found out that the same rights that t had been sold to him and his friends had b-r:n sold to Col. Mike Brown of Barnwell. Mr. Patterson at once tele graphed his discovery to Mr. Allen in I Allendale, telling him he had seen the i deed given to Col. Brown. Mr. Allen t received Mr. Patterson's telegram just i as the train was about to leave on E which Fischer was escaping. f Fischer was arrested and on his per- t on was found $300 in cash and a $300 1 draft on the Ne w York National Park I sank. Throughi Fis':her it was found i out that his pal, Dillman, was in Au ? gusta and Mr. Allen's telegram was re- f ceivt-d just in time to arrelst him be- c fore his departure for Chicago on the t Georgia train. At the barracks Dill- E man % as searched and he had $688 65 in money. Eighty dollars of it was in i $20 gold pieces, $575 was in five, ten: i arid twenty dollar bills and the other Z A3.65 was in silver coins. He had a magmticent cluster diamond pin which he wore in his shirt. In his pccket he i carried an exquisite solid gold watch i with a Knights of Pythias charm at tached to his ,hain. Di:lman is a tali, stout fellow, well dressed and a smooth talker. He said if Fischer has sold Col. Brown the pat ent rights then he is in the "soup" but he claims his part of the transaction was straight. Dillman volunteers tot go back to Allendale without a requisi-1 tion and will return there this morning< with Detective Howard and Mr. Allen. Mr. Allen is delighted that $1,288.63 of his and 'his friends $1,400 has been re covered by the finding of $600. on Fischer andi $68805 on Diliman.. The mrnchine the men had, Mr. Allen says, is all rignt and a good thing, butt he thioks now that tne strangers have, no parent right upon it. Lient. Cart lege thinks the men are swindlers who have worked a skin game on the Al lendale crowd. It' is not known for what Dillman and Fischer caught Col. Brown, but it is hardly possible that he h .s escaped without loss, .for he has the deed to the patent right which he3 holds. This is the second time in the last few years that the people of Barn-3 well have been caught by such tricks as this. The last time the gold brick game was worked upon them, and then like tnow, the Augusta police caught the swindlers b r taem.-Chronicle. A WVtmen Crazed. ATLANTA, April 24.-An exceedingly sensational story comes from Calhoun, in Gordon county. Deputy United1 States Marshal Turner, of Calhoun, who was in Atlanta awaiting the pre-t liminary trial of a party of White Caps, whom he had successfully run to earth, received a telegram calling him home. It appears from the details as they can be had that frien s of the White Caps, whose v:ctim. Robertt Hlooker, is no-w in Atlanta, went to1 D?puty Turner's h.>use the night afteri tie lett with his prisoners for Atlantat and ma'dle all manner of bloodcurdling rhreats against his wile. The poor wo mmsr was trightened almost to death. Sne was too .rrified to remain at the I house, and, taking her baby, with a pmstol to defend herself from any at tack, wandered aimlrssly into the w cQs. Whe-h her disappearance was discovered searchling parties scoured the county for ner, but withou, avail. Toe frantic husband and father re news-d the search when he arrived at hi., desoldte home, and found his wite: wandering in the woods, a raving ma niac. She stil! held her baby ia her ar as and had the pistol ready to shoot. The threars of the Wnite Caps '-ifeered an awful rev-nge on the fattr~nl de puty miarslral. i'he nte;vs Ii i be-n re ceived h'-re Dy triends of Mr. Turner rthat his wife is oetter and hopes are entertained of her ul'.inmate reeovery. A 5ou:hern, Int'non CHATTANOOGA. A:eril 24.-A Chat ta o* c~ogr i. ajus complhee d and bvd p "etd a c-n "eurus ausomate roll tra'nI f-> conver 'u" steel billet~s 101 ros a a.d hoops , :st they euam will r. vouanz in poto of the steel maut~ua iu-~i'a h- iness. Tihe bilets of s teel when or ce placed la 'he rolls can, wo-u en a 't han 11ed, be brought Sut io 3.a dimen.Jin rr shiape want ed. It ri climed im !Ir -b save fully $1 50 on evc ry t : of steel handled. The pr tao. railer wais bult by &an:ey U. Ham a so the patentee and e buid ofth listcontiuu ;us rolls ever i trade; aed whrich are nlow used in nearly i every large steel mill in the United it Si~ates. A comcpauv has also been t fomr in thia3 ciy to put thre p itent roto e immediaite use and is noV puin thLree I of the rolls in theze and wirll w'tin the ~ sext thiriy days b~gi the man?ufacure of cotton ties on a 1nree scal. W i!.i the new nachine, the billet of .sel i c nut into the rolls and when next se'u is a cotton tie ready for br~'dling an.| a bipping. The machine will roduce the It cost of manufacturing cotton ties by ' WEEKLY WEATHER REPDRT. The Bciel1n Issuc d by thei Wea.zhr Un rean-Good ?or Creps. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 2.-The fol owing is the weekly weather crop re port of the deparLment of agriculture or this State. . The cold. dry and generally unfavor ible weather that characterized the week previous to the one just- passed, ,ave way, in rapid transition, to warm md in every way good growing weath. r, which is -reflected by the tone of bheerfulness and encouragement. that >ervades the reports of all correspond ants, covering the past week, except from those in the coast regions where he improvement was not marked, on iccount ot the lack of much needed ain. TL temperature was slightly tabove he normal in all sections of.the State. eing proportionally greater in the cen ral and western parts, until the latter ,art of the week when the nights be ame quite cool, but from no place ;vas frost ieported. The war nth in ;be early week, caused an immediate mprovement in the appearance of veg tatiun of all kinds, more especially in rardens, grains. grasses and foilage, md many trees present the peculiar ef ect of withered and dried, as well as )udding and tender green leaves on-the ame branches. There was showers on Thursday and riday, with considerable hail in laces. The latter, however, did little ir no damage. The rains were, in alt stances. needed and were very bene telal and very timely for the newly >lanted crops; also for grains and food >roducts in general. In tbe southeast rn part of the State and along the oast the showers were very light, or Itogether absent. In those stctions he effect of the drought is to give cot on a very poor stand, where up.; to ause oa's to turn yellow with little r no growth; to give the natural ene nies of young corn, sunh as worms. rds, etc., a chance to do much dam ige; and to retard gardens and field rops in general, in short to use the ex >ensive phase of a correspondent "ev rything going from bad to worse." 'he following excessive amounts of ainfall for the week were reported: "eraw 4.36; Society Rill 2.61 Time of sunshines was generally ove- the average except for limited reas. High winds did some dam'.ge o cotton in a few localities. Cotton anting was generally over the entire tate during the we -k and in the low ounties is fast nearing completion, kely to be finished. this prespnt week f the weather remiins favorable. In he central counties, farmers are also ell advanced with this crop, with the xpectatioa of finishing planting be ore the first of May. In both sections he early planting is coming up nicely nhere there is sufiCient moisture, and romises a good even stand. The far aers are not as well advanced in the uD counties" although they have been avored with more rain, and conse uently the gtrminating period of heir planting will be shorter. A gen ralization of all reports on cotton, in icates that at this period it 'is equal, a every respect to the average cf for aer years. Corn planting continues. ome up and ready for first working. )ats doing better, it is estimated to romise half a crop. Wheat improv ng, but no crop estimate can yet be nade. Melons are coming up poorly rom first planting, but those from sec nd planting promise better. The first rospects are - not improving to any reat extent. Rice, sorghum and food products in eneral are being planted in greater nantities than usual in many loc 3li jes The weather has favored farm vork which is well up with the needs f all crops.W.B ER Director S. C., S. W. S. ThJrty Y oung Doctors. CorsmaurA, S. C., April 25.-Tie tate Board of Medical Examiners held heir first meeting yesrterday in th-e enate Cniamber of the House of Rep esentatives. All of the members were resent, as follo ws: A. E. Williams of Cottageville, First )istrct. C. F. McGahan of Aiken, Second )istrict. W. H. Nardia. of . Anderson, Third )lstrict. A. L. Gaubert of Columbia, .Fourth )strict. W. D. K. Wylie of Rossville, Fifth )istrict. L. W. Nettles of Manning, Sixth~ )is'rict. W. Rt. Lowman of Orangeburng Sev nth DIstrict. Dr. WV. IL. Nardin of Anderson was lected chairman and Dr. C. F. Mc. ~ahan of Aiken secretary and treas irer. The bill creating the board provided hat four of the members should serve or twao years and three for one year ch. Drs. Nettles, Wylie and Low an drew the one year terms aend the thers the two year terms. Thirty applicants for licenses to prac ice appeared before the board and ere examined, the examinations last ng until late in the night. Three ot he applicants wer e colored men. Tue rmations were conducted orally. The followipg applicants passed suc 'esful examinations and were granted ienses to practice medic~ne: F. G. Antaml, Ridge Spring, S. C, J. W. Bell, Anderson, S. C. E .S. Boo0th, Sumter, S. C. J. E. Boyd, Darlmngton, S. C. I. Brown, Cbarlestoo, S. C. 1.} H.(arlton, Elberton, Ga. S. 51 Etrod, Guy too, S. C P. G Ellisor, Newberry, . C. W. M. Brcckman, Greenville, S. C. B G. Gregg. Fioren..e, 8. C. WV. G. (Gamole, Gourdis, S. C. T. E. Howle, Derimog.io,'S. C. C. WV. H~arris, Cypress, S. C. F. G. Jimes, O'N-i, S. C. L. H. tuy. Hivihme, S. C. .. W. .Johnsov, Saag. S. C J. A. Liudsav, Highland's..s. C. .J. R. L-vy, FYortnce, S. C. 1B U C. M'le, Brunson, S. C. Daiel Mo'orer, Orangeourg, S. C. R. S. McK wn, Mercer, S. C. D E. MlrE chero, Marion,S. C. T. M. McCutchen, Fowler, S. C. L. A.E Bre, Anairsoni,S C. W. A. Fripp, Brushy Cree, S. C. A. Wtire. H~uureville, S. C. 1. M. Woodham, Sirkes's Bridg~e. B J Witherspone, Lancaster, S. C. D) 1). S illey, Orange.uurg, S. C. J.P. Young, Ninety-six, S.('. A Bottnmle-a Lae LAPORtTE, Ind., April 25.-The Chi ago arid West Michlgaa Rsilroad com - any have encountered 'a suipernatural orce which threatens to enguilf one or be longent bridges on the line in a bt omless abyss. To a reporter the cfliti ngineer statled that 21 car l.oads of lne logs had leen pla~ced unider the ridge, the only Ifeet oes&g to nold up he ir:dge Cor a f--w hours, when it gain disr:ppare. The bridge spins Aily Like m the northern limits of the : y and the fact tfiat no trouble has eretofore been experienced, has added ysterv to the forces which indicate be existence of a bottomless lake. I TS FREE LIQUOR NOW: GOVERNOR TILLMAN GIVES HISVIEWS ON TH E DECIS!ON. Ha ava He 1i Paralyzed: His Hands are TIed-P.-r-roomq Can IHe Put Up at Every Street Cornei and Crose Roads in the State. COLUMBrA, S. C., April 24.-No move was made in any direction yester day In tbe whisl'-v-Dspensarylawnud. die. It was hop. that something would be done to relieve the uncertainty. The iongvr the problem zoes without solu tion tue worse jumbled becomes the ideas of the public. Men now change opinoion as often as the wind. Each change br.uns no relief. The- puzzle grows more perplexing. Lawyers are "not in it" at this juneture. Tbey are as badly rattled as the man who never saw a law book. The Supreme Court has made worse than a "fifteen puzzle" fcir this S4te and the disagreeable part is that nobody can work the puizle. The Supreme Court decision amounts t0 one of two things-prohibition pure and simpls or free whiskey. The latter means that there is. no law against the sale of whiskey, that any man can start 4a the tusiness at any place and any time, and that there is no restramint on debauchery and the full sway of the li - quor king. Many pepole now',believe'that the ma jority of the court saw- what would be the result of this fearful state of affairs and inserted in the decision the few lines which have put everybody to guessing, and wbich has ohecked the whiskey ele ment this far. The court was far-sieht ed enough to see the effect of these lines. The employees still in the . service of the State Dispensary were engaged yes - terday in taking stock at that inatitu tion.. The quarterly report must be made the last of this month and the amount of goods on hand must be given. A car load of whiskeys billed just before the decision to County Dispensaries and taken to depots were returned to the btate Dispensary yesterday. The ship. ments were stopped when the decision was rendered. Governor Tillman yesterday publicly expressed an opinion on th' decision for the first time since it was rendered. He was in a particularly good humor when the small regiment of reporters struck him and began -t) ply him with a variety of quesuons. Tne Governor was asked how long be fore the uncertainty about the decision would be removed and . the :mystery an to its meaning solved. He said: "I have already solved my part of it. It is now for. the judges to let the people know .vbat they have dccided. I doa't snow whether the decision means prohi bition or 'free liquor or what it means. Who can tell what they mean? I don't see what obj 'ct they could have had in leaving the matter in doubt at all." "Well, Governor, what about that ex-. L-a sessiou?" "Who nas 'eard anything of an ex tra session? All I've heard ot it is some talk n the newspapers and of course the papers are always in. the wrong." "It is claimed by some that the deci eioa leaves the law a prohibition law and that the police regulation feature of the law stands. How about thai?" Governor Tillman replied: "All I have to cay is that the Legislature gave me authority to enforce the Lispensary law. When the court declares the Dis pensary law dead wby of course my au thority to enfore it dies with it. I don'L see what right I have to attempt to maintain the constabulary to enforce a prohibition law if it i3such." "N&overnor, whose business is it to find out what the court meas?" "I don't know. It's not mine." Then Isughingly the Governor said. "What is that Eyron srnid about Wordsworth? Oh,,yes, *I wish e'd explain his explansa tion.'" The Governor was sked what he in tendecd to do about having the stocks of the various County Dispensaries ship ped back heie and stored; ithe rents and insurance would not amount to more than the expense of doing this. He said be bad no authority whatever to go into the expense of moving the stock and things wou d go on just as they are. Continuing, ha said: '-You see I am paral 'zed. I can't do a thing. It seems to me that the gourt in so many words' expreisly declares that 'the Dispensary law is not a prohtbitiory law.' The Court denies emphatically that the municipali t.es have the rikht to issue liceneses. Now if it is not a prohibitory lawvand the right to issue licenses does not stand and there is nio other law applying to the liquor trafflc it looks to me like free liquor. It looks like anybody and everybody can co out anywhere in the ccuntry, at every cross-roads and eyerywhere else, and start up barrooms and sell liquor. All Ac s applying~ to the~ liquor traffic incon sistent w:ith the Dispensary Act have been repealed and there are none on the statute books." Govsrnor Tdliman then made the 1ol lowing important statement: "The whole situation as I sei It now is that I can only maintain the statue quo, shut up shop close up business, do absolutely nothinr, and obey the law. The State is forbidden to sell whiskey. As to who else can or may I can't and won't pre tend to say. It is coniusico worse con Terra bl.- E 4rt'Iquakes . ATHIENS, April 22.-Many reDorts from the towns which have suffered most sev.erely from the earthquakes of the last two dasys were received tbis af terno >n and eve-ning. Tne loss of life and property is mueni greater than was at tirst supposed. In the Locris district 129 perso:ns are known to have been killed by falling walls, and many others are uising. A paris church in Proski no aallapsed durdng vespers and thirty men anid women were killed ontright, while several who were dug out alive~ *roma the ruins are likely to die. Ninety nersonis were buried in the ruins of Malesina and sixty of them were killed. The others may recover. In many towns whole h~useholds have disap peared without leavinmg an inkling of their fate. In Martino, tciirty-nine persons were killed b.y falling timbers. Mes: of them died within the walls of a church whose roof fdl in during ser vice. Altuough there 'has been small loss of human :ife in Athens and its environs, tne damage to property ha? b~en uiormnous. Going to Congress. C HicAO; April 24.--At a meeting of fie tuudred uuion moulders yester day i. was announced that tire three umlofls of Chicago would send five hun dred men to Washington to present ge levat-ces to Congress. They wIll move by train and delemations from a dozen tnwns in ILin >us- Indiana and 13sconsin are expected to jo~n them. A recrmcrg paper says that a strike of mor thousand emploves of the Pullman Compacy will be declared on May