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BULER AT DARLINGUON. THE SENATOR'SSTATEMENT OF THE LATE DISTURBANCE Be Crilicel'.a G v.rtior Ti luinn'.. Ac'ions ifs R view of Ie CIrcumstanicce %nd cona~t&as. Censider d2e atenticn has been drawn to tLe stu et made by Ser a tor Bailer alux: tie late trcubles in Dar~uneu u. It is as follows: FLoRENCE, Apr 3.-Senato)r Butler prsed t.r. u.h Flortcce ten:A-:t bn his way from Darbiogioa t. Wm.siticn rnd Iasked him to 2Iveme his EStimateO' te situation In thnis -:nsurrccticnary7" district. "I have come down 1rom Darlirgton" -he eaid, "where I have been the past, twenty-four hcuirs. A3 far as I cculd learn everyting is perfectly quiet and the civil authorites prepared t) dis charge their duty. It seems tfiat a number of the State constables or spies, as they are called, had been to Darling ton for the purpose cf acertaining if there was any contraband whiskev. In the search they made, they were sup ported by the mayor and civil suthori ties (f Darlington, as there was not the slightest resistarce to this enforcement of the isjpensarv !aw; on te contrary the people cf Daii~$on co-operated with the enforceert. This wns pricr to Thursday, March 29. It appears the force of constables or smes was Increas ed on that day, by a reinforcement of about egbteen men, armed with Win chester rides and pistols. Why this re inforcement of -armed men ehould be sent into a peaceable, law abiding com munity where there had been no resist Rnce to law, I cannot understand, and I think the authorities wil! have difficulty in explaining it. It alao appears tbt this armed band were abcut to re tire from that commumty where they had not been molpeted or disturbed, when a nersonal -fficulty arose between two young men at the railroad station where these spies were. Tiiis difficulty. from what I egn learn, was an entirely personal matter between the parties en sagd and in no way connected with the execution of or resistance to the dis pensary law. "One of these armed constables, Mo Loudon bv nrme, intermered in tths pri vate difficul'y. A cit:zen, Mr Norment at the apot on business, made some re mark, and there was an inteichange ot epithetA between him and this constable. whereupen 'be constable opened fire upon Mr. Norment with the rema-k 'G-d d-n it, bot, let her roll.' The firing then became general between the armed constables amdtbe few persons who appear to have been at the station by accident or on business. The result of this firm was that two un' ffezioing citiz-es were slain, one constable killed and this wan McLendon badly wounded and aeveral otner cidlzrns, among them the chiet of police. who was try:ng to preserve order, vl ere several times wounded. "The people of Darlington, naturally indianant at the cxtraoroinars and vio lent meas-tres adopted d v the authorities of the State were cutraged. and upon the informiatn ol th:s eaut-eat the sta tion they set cu- an pursued the men who they ris bli) thounat had commii'ted a wanten and unprovoked murder upcn two of their test citizens. They pur -sued these m n, I take it, as long as - there was a prospect of arresting them, -and, we musit assume, brinaina them to =ustice for.what they 'considered an un provoked homicide. As a proot of the-r consertatism, the wcunded w'an, Mc Lendon, who had shot Mr. Norment, -was taken to the jail and there protect -ed from further injury, althougth the peo of that town were greatly iuriated at -his conduct. "I think it may be safely asserted -that there is not a more law abidine, in telligent commualty any where in the United States than the two counties of Darlmaton and Florence. Now. it does seem to me that if I had been Governor of the State of South Carolina I would have felt it to be my duty, upon being intormed-of the uccurrences at Darling ton,'to have gone promptly to the scene of the disturbance and assured the peo pio of that hitherto-law abiding commit . nityi that they should have fair play. I thirk if Governor Tiliman had done this matters gonid have been composed in 24 hours, and whoever should have been proven to he in fault would have been made amenable to the law, Instead of that he issued a proclamation denouc mg the good people cf these two coun ties as mnsurgents and insurrectionists and ordered the military of the State to camp upon them. During my stay at Darlington I was deeply impressed with the anxiety of *both the citizens and tbe military to keep within the limits of the law. I ad. 'vised as far as I had the right to advise, that under our form of government the military be subordinate to the civil pow er, and use of the militsry arm was only justifiable when the civil authority was -proved to be powerless and paralyzed, and, I think, if Governor Tillman had or could recognize this Constitutuonal re lation of the two powers of our govern inent, he would avoid many of the blunders which he has made. There are two wais to execute any law. The one by wisdom and conservatism and fairness and the other by -harshness, violence and an overbearing disregard cf the cit zens. I Deed not now express any opinion in regard to the dispensary law, but I may say that, in my judgment, the Governoir is attempting to enforce it in a harsh, violent and ill advised manner. He ought to know that the Anglo Saxon race. particularl3 in our da., and gene ration, will not submit, beyond a certain point, to be harried and repressed and Dursued. The Constitution or the United States and of the State guarantees the citizen agamnst unreasonable searches, and there is not'iing in the dispensary law that I know of, which justifies an invasion of this sacred right. Governor Tillman must not imagne tPorn the pa triotic and submission ot the ptople in the city of Charleston, where he seems to have practiced unchailebged sway in the harsh execution of this law, that the pecpie cutside of that city, less accustome d to the restraints ( f municipal gdvern~ment, will quietly submit to his invas.ion of their rights, and it would be p: nent on his part to go slow in the ziunt enlercemient of a -very unpopular lawi. -1 shotlid nft beunderstood as en ccuragemng, in the slightest degr ee. law lesoes or resistance in ant' f -rm to lawfui authority.- The people of Doar lington and Florence, as a rule, have not resisted ti e laa tul authority.. There may be excep~ional insuarices, as there are mn ever', ccomunity, but they d(, not justify the whceea 'r denunciation wlhich he Eeems to have p.t upov' them. Fiom what I observe in both these .ounties there has not been toe least excuse or -justification fur ordering the mu itary to these pointo. H. bas done so at an enormous expecte to tt:e taxpayers C: the State, ane, of course, he w~il Lave te loc k cut for that.. "While in Dar~ngtcn I adyssed, as far a I bad thb- rit to adve, that the fritT~r5 of the deceased who were killed mn the em. ite at .be railroad station. grj before the trial justice, tmake aflidavir -charging the secused parties of the of THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. The Walls cf tme Gir's College are Tw-> St-rIs Rlkh. RocE HILL, April 24 --The busiest place in Rck 1ill on w is the site of the Winthrop Nor ' aud lndusria! College. For a t 4ie after it was st tied that the college was to be locaLed at Rock Hill not much attention was attracted tnere, as the work consisted solely in excavation preparatory to lay ing the toundation. Then, too, when the work of building was begun, the progress seemed very slow, as it con sisted entirely of work with granite. but about a month since the walls of the basement story were completed. Since then the work seems to have beeu in a rush. Now the wails are completed to the top of the second story. All the walls of the basement, inner atd outer, are of granite. The ceiling in the rooms is twelve feet bign. This carries the granite work about eight feet above the level of the ground ou the front. In the rear the basement floor will be aove the level of the ground; this, with the fine arrangement of the build ing will allow ample light from the sun. Just above the granite, in the right hand corner of the tower, will be placed the corner-stone. This is a block of gray sandstone, the larger base beiae il by 37 1 2 inches, the smaller 20 by 30 and 3 feet thick. Two faces of this will be exposed. On one of these will be the following inscription: Winthrop Normal and Industrial Col lege . . 1894. Bruce & Morgan, Architects. Thompson & Dec ker Constsuction Com pany. Builders. A. D 1894. On the other face this will appear: S. P. Dendy, G. M. Board of Trustees: B. R. Tiliman, Governor, Chairman. E. S. Joynes, V. D. Mayfield, .H. B. Buist, T. A Crawford, W. J Roddey, R. R. H-mhill, W. N Etder, D. W. McLnurin, A. C. Fuler, A. H. Patterson, F. B. Gary, J. E Breaz-ale. W. R. Dunlap. secretary anti treasurer. W. H. Stewart. Sunerin'endent. The granite work is finished off with a strip of sandstone six inches wide and extending all around the building. Four feet above is another strip of the same stone, which forms a pleasing ,ontrast with the dark red color of the brick work, and which serves as a basis for all window frames. All expo-ed portions of the wall are fished with smoozh pressed brick of a deep red color. The front entrance will be by a flight of at least eight stone steps twenty-one feet long. These lead directly into an enelosed portico having two large arch openings, e-ch arch bing strengthened by a ver. large keystoue or sandstoLe three feet in length an- two feet i thickness, both being handsomely arved. The main building will b threestories above the basementthe tower being 188 feet from the founda ion. This will secnre a commanding view of the city and of the mountaics. Most of the winduas on the front side will be placed above elegant carvings in Randstone of the Corinthian order. Many of these are six feet in lengtb. The main building will have a front )f 200 feet and an extension in the rear yt 198 feet, the whole heing in the shape of a "T." The dormitories will e on each side of ihe roain building id connected .vith it by covered ways 40 feet long. E-ch dormitory will be >f the "L" shape three stories high and l26 feet each way. The entire building wifl present a ~ront or about 800 feet and furnish an ~nlosd courtyard in the rear 700 feet' ong. The floors of the basement :ooms will be cemented; all rooms will e finished in plast;-r. The heating and ventilating appara :us will be of the most perfect kind Ihe contract for the work has just been iwarded to Messrs. Hlunnicut & Bel Lengrath of Atl--'-. The building will be furnished tnroughout with wa ter works. There are at g~esent one hundred :onvits at work on the grounds. The urier yard under the management or Hressrs. Mills & Holler, is turning out ibout thirty thousand brick daily. During the next week they will begin with another machine and the output f the yard will be doubled. As to the cost of the building the us 11 story is'to be told. After specific lirections to the aichitect and. assur mees on his part as to price, it can now 3 seen that the cost of the main build ig will not be far from $85.000. It ippears, however, to be worth every :ent of this and will be an ornament of which South Carolina may well be praud. Rock Hill has good reason to be con :ent with the great effort put forth to rain this prize and to be justly proud f her success.-Register. " Be i Three Bore 4. COLUMIA, S. C., April 27.-At the Fair grounds yesterday afternoon Jack Prince, the professional bicyclist, won stwenty mile race against three fast iorses. The race was announced to take place at 4:30 o'clock. but for some reason did not begin until 5:10. Short y before the hour stated Prince ap peared and at once went to the dressing room. He returned in.a few minutes md announced that he was read for the ontest. He was dressed in a blue shirt, lark blue trunk, biack hose and slip pers. At 5:10 o'clock the gong sounded ad the race began. The track is slight ty over three quarters of a :nile and 27 aps had to be made. The time-keepers fot Prince were Eugene Roach and Mr. lesch, C. J. Beck and George Keenan rept time for W. C. Haight, owner of the horses. The horses in the race were: xorge W., Kitty and Nellie. The pro gramme was for one horse to run three ap and take a rest. I'he next horses would run three 1pas, ect. The twenty - six laps were run with cheers for Prince >ccaionally, but the greatest lute-rest gas felt in the last lap, which was thie ust exciting. In the commwe::ctzeer f the last lap George W. was Prince'a :pponent. The horse was driven by Mir. Haight. Prin ce was a little behind when it was started, but displayed mergy in showing the crowd wnat he was made of. He rapidly gained and was ahead when the race horse stabtes were reached. Prince kept his speed up and came out tbe successful winner amid great cheers. Tne race war ru.. l exactly one hour, one minute :.: orty-two seconrds. Esich mile wa run in the following~ ti me: First, 3.02; second, 3:01;' tnird, 3:05; fourth, 3:01; [ittb, 3:02; sixth, 3:00; seve-nth, 3:01; ei~igth, 3:04; ninth, 3:10; tenth, 3:1:2; elevenmh. 3:05; twelth, 3-03;; th-irrec-i,' eleventh, 3:05; twelftt:, 3:03; thirte-enth, sixteenth, 3:04; seventeenth, 3:06; eighteezth, 3:10; nineteentb, 3:07; twentieth, 3:00. ?he last quarter we run in 38 secon'ds. P'rince rode a Nsa gara bicycle which weighs about t we-n ry-one pounds. A purse ot 5200 auu. 75 per cent. of the gate receipts will go to Prince. It is understood that an other race will take place next Thurs day afternoon. The enduratsce dis played by Prince was wonderful. AI ter having raced nearly tweuty miles he made the last quarter in 38 seconds. Rgister. R-.bbe:1 AIEN, S. C., April 23.-Special: The Dispensary at this place was closed on Saturday in obedience to an order from D. H. Traxler. This morning Dispenser George discovered that the establishment had been broken into. When asked about the- matter Mr. George said that the door had beenl carefully locked ou Saturday, and he supposed the estrance was made- by~ picking the loca on the front dor, :-s he bad fotund that door openi thu morning. The Dispenser is now e gaged in taking stock in order to as certain the extent of the supposed rob bery. There is no clue as to who the' rglars are. ty of, demand the issuance of a warrant, let the same be placed in the hands of a "ulv Eu.9( r;zed constable or citizen, or, wherp the sceused bas ild the jurisdic in of a warrant, that it, be sent to 'he sheriff of the county where they Wire Icund, endorsed and served by .m. so th-at the pcrtier might be ar rested scoordirg to law, re quired to ap pear, given bond and answer to the charges m the eue course of judi-ial ad ministrautn. It resistance should be cnade to the constable of the trial jastice, and be should fail to make the arrest, he sl'cu'd be required to endorse surb !a'lute on the warrant, and ten, -nd then only, the civil authorities sh:uld call on the military to act as posse for the arrest of be accused. "I see by the papers that Governor Tillman, in a note to Capt. McCaugh rm of the military company, has stated that ;.he du'y of the soldiers, and tt;e militia are soldiers, when called into ser vice is :.lind obedience to orders from his superior, and not to question them in any way.' T, my mind this proposition is simulv monstrous, and is not true. No cfficer is bound to obey the orders of is superier when the order issued is ille gal. NoLhing is better settled in milt tary law than that. Suppose the Gover nor had ordered Capt. McCaugbrn to !re into a church filled with women and childrer; suppose he had ordered him to set fire to the to vn of Columbia; sup pose be ha. ordered him to throw a rail road train, fall cf innocent passengers, from the track. According to his theory be would tave had to obey, and 3e, if be had obe3 ed, Capt. McCaughrin and his company could have been arrested tried and doubtless convicted, of murder r arson, or iocendiarism, and the order f the superior cfficer, the Governor, wculd not have protected him. This shows how wild and untenable and ab urb his proposition is. I repeat, no Lfficer can be compelled to carry out an unlaw fu'. order ot his supetior c fl3iers. and if 'ie declines to obey it, the only penalty be incurs Is trial by a court mar tial. "1 would not advise any officer or olaier in the military service of his State r elsew ,ere to acts of insubordination r disobedience cf orders, but they are s amenable, to law as other citizens, and should never torget that they are sobordinate to the cilvil p;wer of the overnment. We baye had a recent ex imple oi how sensitive the officers and olaters of the regular army are. At Denver, Col., where Gen. McCook of Lne regular army relnsed to interfere at Lhe inetance of Goveroor of Waite, saving e :-as present with his troops as preserv rc of the peace, and could only interfere when the civil poweru are paratized. Tnis, I thick, would be a safe rule for the military of this and all other States. -Governor Tillman has ru hlessl and wantQnly iusulted this gallant soun Lder of Newberry. There is, and cen be, no justification for crueltv. Capt. McCauahrio is a gentleman, and exer :nsed the riett which every soldier bas, if tendering his resignatlon rather than -erve under a braggart. bully, or an in omp-etenL superior . fficer He has a -ght to exercise this privilege at any ara il times, at d the exercise -i the right ces not iustify or Excuse this wanton .urulL Irom his superior i ficer. -I cannot comprehend w'tal Governor riltman means by his wild and reckless :onduct. The .hintit! people of this Z.ate, of all tactions, are tired of dissen cis, wrangling and confusion, o f his ire alarm pi rotechnic etyle oif govern nent. I; is having a bad effect upon :he material and sociai mnterests of the Sae. It is making us an object of ridi :ule and a by-word wita all enhightened. telligent people. We want re rose, qniet, pea-ce, order; and .t will not do for him to say hat these disturbances are brought about by an oligarchy or an aristocracy or :Ig He has had undisenutable control t every deps:tment of the government or nearly tour years and it is very strange that all these disturbances and Jissenions, and all of this wrangling and bk-odshed should spring from his .wn administration. Does it not argue rbat tnere is somethmng wrong, radically wrong, in his administration? '"The people of this State are not fel 2na or outlaws; as a rule they are con 'ervative and law-abiding of all factions. [n 1878 .they arose in their power and iurled from the administration of the State government men who-had brought isaster and sorrow upon the people. hey are long suffering and patient and ie ought to stop aad think. He ought to call around him in council the most rudent and conservative men of all fac ions. Nobody wants to thwart him in my honorable effort he may make for he general welfare of the whole people. He ought to know that he cannot run ough-shod over the people; or any part >fithe people of this State. He says he represents a majority. Does he mean to have it inferred from this that he may trample on the rights of the minority and ignore them? Is he prepared to admit that two, three or a dozen newspapers an prevent his doing justice to all the people? Will he say that the newspa pers can drive him into extreme and resentful measures? I should be very sorry to see the Governor of this State In that position. Wthy does he continue in his efforts to array class against class country against town? -Wny will he appeal to the prejudices and resent ments of the people rather than to heir reason and wisdom and forbear ance one for the other? We are one g eople with a common interest and a common fate, and it behoves him, as it behoves all the good and patriotic men of this State, to keep cool, to obey the law and to respect honest dfferences of oinion, one for the other. "There is no occasion for the disturb ances now going on in the State. There is ~no occasion to call in the military. Let him send them home and adminis ter the laws in mercy and justice and, my word for it all will be well." The Senater said further, I see by this evening's Columbia Journal, that Governor Tillman proposes to issue a proclamation taing charge of the en tire police force of the State. How he can have the effrontery to do this when the last Legislature, representatives of the people, refused to give him that power in terms, I cannot understand. Why he should desire to destroy home rule and local self government, the very foundation stone of our popular institutions, is e-qually surpi-ising. Governor Tillmian bad better leave to each community the right to govern itself according- to its own exigencies, subordinate, of conrse, to the par amount power and authority of the Sate. li he does this, if tie does take charge of the police, he will add fuel to the fiame, and might precipitate tloody collisions, and it~fhet endless harm and injury upon the whole State. Let him attend to his own Constitu tional duties and leave the people to govrn themselves. Hie is not wiser tan all the people, nor more patriotic than the majoirity." A. E. GONZALES. TILL3IAN ON BUTLERI. Governor jiliman no w praticts that be is going to de-feat Gen. Butler in the race for the United States Senator ship in the coming primary election in this State. But here is the way he expressed it yesterday when a newspaper represen ative asked him wbat he had to say about the Senator's recent interview: "All I rave to say is that I am Gov ernor and he is senator. I have been at may post of duty, while he has been away from his post of duty and gallop ing around he country letting off polit ial electioneering screeds. Tne contro vrry between us will be settled before the people and by the peo'ply next No vember and I predict that they will give him a furlough to go home and re main three-an Indrefinite tur1ogk a It is certain that the extraordinary trend of human lite from th- cAuntry to the city will soon stop by thf n ;tural law of supply and den':nd if it is not ot'erwise checked. The cities are al reaty overcrowddt- to st:rvation, while i in all tie oider sl,;tes farmhouse after i farmhouse !,i foued empty and ahan doned to bats and owls People of ex tr?.oriinarv cattes are wanted ev er. were who, wherever tnoy alight, c-, makhe a p)ace for themselves. But the prblem is for just the good, well meaning, ordwary pteop-let to find afoot hold in the st ruggle for li;e. Much almost ever) ttiLg, in Lruth-uepends on their own will pwtr. A man-can never be finallv d'wd in life's battle unltss lie. first give; down in his own mind. But 'e ,v: rag-e nim! oc woman has no suei wil pv er. though any body can cul'v it. 16i plain that somethi-w on 1 o) be don" to 1-s~e the tide o.f humlao life r anaeesyiowst from couitcv ' o ci Y It can be d oue by meukin farm lite m ire attractive and remuntera! Ive' to Wong people. The person who canoot earn a 1iving in the country :s sure tii to be able to do so in th~e city. Wa s can be end must be devised t mnke iarmi'ng pay better and make farm Jlfe more socidl and attrac tive. Rfev. E. P. Powell bel-: ves the problem can be solvec ty changiri the course of study in farm ciildren's i schools. It now teuds too mnen to- I ward the old scriolastic ideas of educa- t tion. Mr. Powell belt-ves tnat a knowi- I edge of geologv is one of the first 1 branches the farm child should be taught. A knowledge of the composi tion of the grauEd which his father plows and of the rogcKs about which he plays will attach htm to the soil with a living iuverest. Caemic-il, zooloeical and geological laboratorics should be connectet with every. country school house. The kuowledge of zclog.. wil t mate the farm child eagerly seek the i acquaintance of the birds, teasts and insects all around him. He will look I on them with nevr, 1vwint eyes. A knowledge of the use of mechanical r tools, a thorough course in manual training. will unlock treasures for him of waich under the old style of school idiz he had little conception. His whole brain will be brightened up, ard the result wili be that it will come to him it. time how to make, tne farm pay. He DeterdeM'Lendon. r COLUMBIA, S. C, April 23.-Govern or lilli-in received a letter toda3 from a member 31 tce uilitary eourt ef inquiry which he sat in conjunction with the coroner's larv in the inquest into the Darlingt !n killng. The :or oher's jury simply tound that M -Leni t on killd NormeL.t and that Caum kili-d R-am ,nd, nut the military court went further and charged rcoat in each case toe killirg was telnious murder. The letter is as follows: Having sat on t,-- j ary at Darliogton i in the- case of i'Qary concerning .the,. ia-ar o Fra-iK E. N:irment and others, I wisn to inI orn %ou I did not . udersteud the verdict as reported by the foremau. Mr. J. A. Mooney. I understood him to read those men came to the death at the hands of Mr. McL-ndon andi Mr. Cate, but not whether it was in ezlf defeate-, or wil fn!, or felocious; no: a thtog was said t about that. Ir I had utderstood it the way be has repor:ed it I would not have signed it for my opinion is, that it Was in selfdeference. I rewember he said wben lie isged I remember be said there w-re a few words he wouldt wet off, a:.d he went to weriting again. He stid he wanatd to fix it up rigut. I don'.. kuo ; what be wro-e. i remem- i br he said when we went in the jury room, nes tid wvhat we did would have o weight at all i the court. I want to taIl Seu I was never on a jury before and I did not kno w what I was there to do and I had no instructions in the curt room nor :anvevhere else. Fratern- 1 P. S. I am a backwouds farmer, and k ow nothie g abou: jury rooms or law, f.r we are tryong to obey the laws of our couuary. I am a Tilmanite t 2 toe core, but I wand ev'ery man to have jstice." Itis reported that a similar letter - will be published soon by another iember of the military court. C -op n Cenutrad eted. 1iREENVILLE, April 27.-Capt- J. A. Mooney, cha~rme. of the military ourt of inquiry which sat in connection with the coroner's jury at Darlington and made a report accusing the State onstables vmuh murder, has published a statment in the Greenville Ne ws in reply to a letter of .J. C. C:;oper of Sally I S. C. Cooper was a membst of the I ourt. In his letter published Sunday I ie insinuates tiat he did not under stanlo what he was doing when he sign. ed the report and that he was misle.:. or I ovrpersuaded by Capt. Mooney to 1 sign the document. Capt. Mooney shows that the court was appointed by the regular military channels5, the non- - commisioned oflicers -and privates be og chosen by the captains to their re spective companies without any pre arrangement. The names of the mem bers of the court were telegraphed im mediately to Gove-rnor Tilimnan and were presumably acceptable t> him, as hemade no objection. Instructions I were sent to the court by Gen. Rich bourg and read anad explained in the presence of all and specifically author ized each member to file, if he wished, a seperate report giving his views of the eviuence. Caps Mooney has a fac simile .'ater press copy of the report, showing that nothing was added to or taken from :t after it w'as signed. IIe 1 states that it was thorughly discussed by the miembers of the court before be- 1 ing writwui and after it was writtenI was read over to them t wice at least, and repetitioas, errors in namies, &-., c.rrected vitn assistance of Capt.t Harve-y of the Gordon Light Dragoous and other members. Capt. Mooney was made chairman of the court, from the fact that he held the senior com sh', Wiit d H m.* Every body iS in'erested in a love af fair but inat of Miss Martin Morris arnd Mr. Jack Simouson, of O0 wriin, Kan.,is a new sieo in th.- ev.olution of law. Morrs vs. mnionor rises to the digni y of a precedent taat will doubtless be bouaa mn c e and go down giner : tlOs as --108 Kansas," or under some kityred cla sl~o.Miss Morris and Mr. Simonse-1 wer'e erigaged, when Mr. S:mnornson m-,ved to Oberlin. There he mect Mtssm 1~oren, Ga a senhol eeer, a s mg'- to marry her. Meawhi le h 'en'er to ss Morris grewa colder aud fii' ily ca-sed. Mr. Si mison :he-n soupt~ to *iave conveyed :o Miss ',1eriis i'rough his siste that he co lonzer 1veJ bet edi was going to marry Mrss Gt-t. Mi-s Morr;s im meiately paed I er trunk and, goinig to () erlin, pr'.ce-- to zet out an in -a arm I.: G-.r. This oldl t;;on *ig, M ri p.ar' has half par rizd hbrot am 'It e. Nbody ' ss Morr-/s law' s vinly trird to e herto brog~ a breach .of promise tt Tht th-y ceud han~dle, there b-ng numb-rlcess pree:d'en-8. Mis Morris u- cId not he p-rsuageC. What Santed was not diam:tc , hu:. her tou: g men. N';t i,.viu:,Z uad jIezac, sasais that it Mir. Si~Tuormon enn he' saueri fro'o martpaig Miss Gile'tt 7-or a reasonable time, Sne can wiU him back agzain. The lawt ers of all sorts rgard the caSe as a legal nut, and seem to incliune to the opi: iotn thatt the aci- is ground . ini thte comon law, ad tha is' I-~'. ris v1 il g te TALLU'LAII L.'. Ap ' 2I 1.-Ir. Bace, rns e - B'a E rert hsa-e, -n te iuu n .I s believtd f-at in. ie asasi n.Fteenof item hnve been 'rrts:.d, rnd Ohe HIarris Wil Jtiams wa-s Sh~o und.''e while aniempt FOR A TRIVIAL CAUSE. SYoung Lawyer Eilled and a Doctor Mortally Wounded. 'MCNTCOMERY, Ala., April 22.-A leplorable traedy here today, resulted n the death of one young man and probablv the fital wcunding cianother. Walter L. Brag, son of the late inter itate commerce commissioner and Dr. Jsse Naitel, had a misunderstanding iatu-day night at the theatre, where Senater Morgan spoke. They did not cnow each other, but had seats close. to ,ether. Naf:el spoke to Bragg fo- the )oiton :m which the latter placed aim elf, claiming that he was obstruting iis view of the stare and speaker. He Tnally said to Braeg, "a eentlemen roulH cot act that way." Brag th-n ave his name and apked Naf.el's in re urn, with the statment that the ma er cotuld be settled afterwards, It was !ared uy a few who knew of the distur .ance and of the determined character >1 the men that they would have a dfi uity durlng the night. This morning about 9:15 o'clock raza weint into the drug store where Aftel'sc ffize is kept. He asked Naftel side and they weUL to the rear, where partition separa'.ed the store into two arts. Those in front, only two or three eard no conversation and first knew cf ie diffiLulty by the rapid firing. WEo ired first or what was said is not known. Phen they reached Braz- he was found o be fatally shot in the abdomen and ed in an hour. Naftel was wounded a two or three 'places, but none is re arded as serious except one, where a >istol ball struck him square between he eyes on top of the bridge of the nose. [he ball has not been found and as yet he surgeons are unable to form an opin on. Naftel was taken to his home, where te is resting quietly, and it may be a lay or so before anything definite as to eult is ascertained. Bragg was an ttorney of decided ability and bid fair o make a renutation. He was about 7 years of age and unmarried. Bis re nains were taken to the residence oi his other In-law, Mr. Paul W. Smith, here the funeral will occur tomorrow. aftel is about 30 years old. He has tcenily moved to this city from the ountry to practice medicine. His auding in medical circles is flue. 1 as a wit and two children. The af air was the tovpic of conversation of the ay and is gleady deplored. Both pa ies stand high and nave w:de circles o1 riends. Ha a Goid Plan. WASHINGTON. April 23.-Represent tive Hines, Democrat, of Pennsyl ania, has evolved a plan that he be eves will speedily dispose of Coxey's xmy after their arrival in Washingron le proposes introducing a bill appro. riting $10,000 to be expended in im >roving some of the country roads in he District of Columbia. '1 will veture the prediction," said be congressman, "that less than 8;00 >f the appropriation will b3 expended. 'he army will get out of town so fast at all the rest of the money will be overed back into the treasury. In act if such a resolution nad been >ased a week ago it would have result d before this in the disbandment not inly of Coxey's forces, but of all the ollteral branches as well. As Mr. Hines represents a district mbracing a large labor consitituency, e was askied if such utterances migra Lot hurt him with the working people t home. "Wel. hardly," was the indifferent eply. "My constiruenis are working wopk. in the best sense of the word. Vhen they are out of employment hey are anxious to be employed again. 'hey are not looking for work and pray ng to heaven they may never find it." Geiting Scared. WAsmse-ros, D). C. April 23.-The somisioners of the District of O uma will issue a proclamationl or tatement concerning the coming f Coxey and his army. It is under tod that this action will De taken at he suggestion of President Cleveland. ears that the arrival of Coxey viil mark the concentration in Vashingtion of elements bent in disturbing law and order ave been impressed on the comn issioners by many prominent men, ad the President also has been told >y some of hIs advisers that It wo'ild y well to take measures to show in ending evil acers that the'authorities vill bcook no interference with the naintanance of peace and order in he District. The JPresident was loath o take action in the matter in the tame of the Federal government, but elieving that some positive tep.was necessary he suggested that he District Commissioners as repres ntatives of -local authority, issue some ort of statement to the effect that the mored intentions of extremist are to nke the arrival of Coxey the opportui air y for a demonstration that might de relop into serious riot would. not be >ermitted to be carried out. Stsie a Tr,. n ST. PAUL, Minn., April 25.-Shortly fter midnight 500 men at Butte, com isiog the Butte contingent of the Joxey army, entered the engi!ae house f the. Northern Pacific railroad, ap 1ropriated and prepared for service an ngiA, and proceeded to make up a rain composed of five coal cars anu e box car. This action occurred af er ast uzrgle of four days between the ocal authorities and the mob, which resterday assumed such proportions as o overawe the officers of the law and e departure from Batte was without my opposition upon their part. The ran was manned by members of the nob. -It crossed the main range of~ the ocky Mountains early this mornn, mt d reached the main line at Logan, 70 nles from Butte, at about 4 o'clock. Cuey breaktasted at Bozeman and flcw atwrd at the rate of 55 mIles a'. icur, coming to a sudden stop at Tim erline at 8 o'clock on account of a ~ave-n. Attorneys for the Northeru ?acific have wired the sheriff at Liv ngston to place the mob under arrest or the larceny of a train. Governor elson has been assked to call out the alta to prevent thc Coxeyites from ~ntering Minnesota. Later, the moIt hoveled itseif out, and p'tssed throngrn ivingstou east tard at 5 30. Free L quor Indeed. Conm~IIA, S. ';., April 25.-Governor tilinian's statements, as published in ?ne State of yesterday in regard to the gaor situation, had the effect of ausing many liquor dealors here to :4row off all restraint, snd several sloons resumed operations just as be. ore the dispensary act was paSSed. It .oked very strar~ge to see men walk no a saloon and Sa beer on tap, get :octails, mint jule ps and all kin~ds of ixed arinks without the slightest :rouble. Noc city cr State licenses at e >eing paid, and tthings :are runnmng slong as if nothing had happenea. But :ruis does tot auply ouly to Columbia ed Ch:a~rlestou. Travelers cay the ime thnig was witnessed yesterday in nany small towns all over the State. 'sterday an ex-dealer, who has been oserving the dispensary law to thle etter, received a carload shipment of peer, and it is said that he will at once start his delivery wagons to work igain. The railroads are hauling large amounts of liquors into the State on avery train. R-'pe Wanted. JAcEsoNVILLE, Fla., April 23.--A spt cial to the Times-Union from Way ereuss, Gia., says: Lst night at Jamaica, in this county, Mils T. Howe, a beauti ul young lady was outraged by George wiite, a negro. Miss Howe will die from the effects of the outrage. White has been captured and identitied by hIs victim. It is said he will be lynched tonight Soldiei at spirartnrg, SPARTANBURTG, S. C., April 25.-Pre parations are well under way for the national encampment which will be held here under the auspi.s of the Hampton Guarde, beginning July 2 -nrd closing July12. Veterans, singly and in organiza tions, from Main to Texas. will be in the city during the encamnment. Five ex-Confederate gaceris, General Wade Hampton, General James Louzstreet, General Fitz-liuah Let. General John B. Gordon and General M. C. But lcr have been invited to be the guest of the Hampton Guards on tiat occssion. During the &acamprent tbere w.vill be daily comba*s between baseballists and tennis players uf national repitation, in;rwSd with foutball and other sports;and the evenings will be enliv ened by operas. dtncog aund two grand military balls. Numeous bra::s bands and drum corpi a.-il be present, and the evening ent'-z ai.nmeats will be enliveatd ty 'he aveet strains of Be ard-a's B.i d. Freq ent excursions will be ruu from tLs city to the ears of the mounrains, thus allowi:g these who have never had the pleasure of such a trip to secure the same at a nominal cost. Cash priz:-s aggregating from $000 to $1,000 will be awarced to the success ful competiters in prize drils, into which all visitng companips are invit ed to enter. Gold meaals will be award ed to the best individual drilled member of any company present, and also one to the best shot. 1bree United States army officers wil. act as judges, tbus insurmng utmost fairness to all parties. Cxopnies from both No-G and South nave al ready signifled their intention of being here at that time, and your attendanet is desired to increase the eojoyment of all present. - A DastArdly OtrAgre. WILLIAMSTox. April 23.-On yester terday afternoon a young man (name not known to your corresoondent) nired a horse and buggv and 'ok a young la dy-Miss Emeron-to ride. Another young man-Wili McAdams-had neen paying the youte- lady some attenti'n, saw them ride off. He at once procure1 a horse and buggy and, armin2 himself. pursued them. Atter driving some tnree miles. he came up with the par ties, anti dra wxng a pistol. commanded the young lady to get out of the buggy of the yuung man, Will McAdams, who nad and get. in his ouggy, or he would kil them both and tneu kill himsd-lf. The young lady flading him obdurate yielded. He forced her to get in his buggy and drove off. They did not go far before meeting two young men in a buggy to whom the young lady appeal ed most piteously f'or help, the young man holding her to keep Lhr from jumping out of the buggy. The two young men did not give her the aid that she pleaded for. In pdssiDg through one of the back streets of Williamston, they met our town marshal, Aud tho-uth she was weeping and being held by the young man ;he dia not. appeal to nim for help. He tried to force her to marry him un der threat of being shot. He drove off and when he re;.urned to Peizer the girl was insensible, and was still so at last accounts. Whether from fright or something s.jrse cannot he told as let. McAdamis is now under arrest. awaiting tr.e recovery of the young la dy, before Dreliminary examiuation. As she was kept out until after night, taken with her mental condition, leads us to suspect the worst. Later-An dttemnp to force marriage under threat of shooting is now be lieved to be the extent of the crime. The girl is in her right mind, but is still in a very nervous condition. All the parties *oncerned are from Peizer. State.______ A Chance for T.'achers. It is virt:ially settled that sinca the dates of the South Carolina Teachers Association and of the Nat~ional Asso clarion condict the furmer will be moved up a week. This wil make -he former asoc-ation me at S~tny on the 1st of July instead of the 8 h. It is very probsole that a special partry of teachers wi go fre m there to As berry Park to attend the National. The following tact will prove interesting to any teachers contemplating this 1rp. The National Ediucation A-tsocation ot U S. A. with Hon. A. G. Lane, Super Intendent, Public Schools, Chicago, President; Hon'. J. M. Greenwood, Sup erintendent Public Schools, Kansas City. Treasurer; lHon. Irwin 8:m-pard, President State Normail School, Winona Minn., Secretary; and Hon. N. A. Cal kins, Assistant duperintendent Pubili Schools, Ne w York, Chairman of Board of Turet ees; will hold its 1894 mueeng at, Asbury PatrkN. J., July 6:h to 13th, 1894. Asbury Park is one of the most bea.utif ui sea-side resort on the Atlant o Coast about 40 miles from New York City and two hours ride from Philadel phia. It has most spacious and mag nificent hotel accomodation, and all members cf the association will be granted half rates at hotels on p-esenta tion of their membership certiLlcates, during the meeting. Rates will be from $1 00 per day up. All railway as sociations have granted a half rate plus 2.00, N. E. A. Membership Fee, froma all points in the territory of the associa tIon. (except from points within one hundred miles from Asbury Pairk, where a cheap summer excursion rate is available.) the tickets will be good to return unt'il September 1st if de posited with tne railway joint egent~ at Asbury Park .durmng the meeting. A Mk derer Hung. CHARLEsTON, S. C., April 23.-A special to the News and Curier from Bennettsvilie. Maribiro County, says: Alexander Edwards, colcred, aged 33 years, was hanged tn Marlboro County jail at noon today Lor the wurder of James Burnett, cciored. The con demned man was tr ied last February in the court of General SesioOs .e sentenced by Judge Aldrich. The mur der a most brutal one, was committed on December 23 last near Clio in this county. Ed darus, who had been em tMoveai duringz the days on a farm near Boigh im unuertook to pilot Burnert to MlcColl. They traveled nearly all night by foot and stopped to res- in a d-nse docd near Clio. Tney kindhd a fire and urnett was sitting near it warmnai when Edwards suipped up hehiud nimn and struck him two heavy blows or the head with an axe, and thinnimg in 4t he~ had kill his man he robd him, secur - ing a pistol and ive d' is itt money for his bloody crie. B3urnett, boter was not dead. Rimo~i~ig couikous ress, he crawled if1 ito the v. ('A2 :ad when found s.veral dsys iar livedi lor g enough to -accuse Ed wtards of the muider. Ewads bad protesti-d bia inocenice all th'ce::sh the trial and imprsoizmenit, but last Monday he made ful.l contescion of his gumit, pror fessed reuigion andi sad he was ready to d ie. E wards anmiflis victim "'ere both from Nortti Carolia. O,zad by Jeaso i-n Crscim'rr~T, Ohio, April :3.-Mairy Gilmartina epretty c:lerk eu't'jed by the Pulv'-rmacher Galvanic B3eli Com pany wasfsnot ard instan'Iy killed inis morning while on ther way to w;ork. The man w.ho c. numi d tne mni.ar was arrested -ea vave 'ms- na'me as Geor:e R-'ed -e-d 30, but etters in his pockers identiri lim as a Cathulic priest named Fatiher Daimen1' 4J'rady. Insane jealous~y of thea girl an~d ner desire to get rid of his un welcome~ a tetions c-aused thei tragedy. At the station house O-rady~ attmpted to cmmitsuicide by takinw poisonl but the prompt use ot a stoma~che pump saved his life. MdUci riticulu ha~s been mad~e of Waite, the Colorado governor. It will now be wide:V nsmed that tne~ supreme court of 2olorato ias sus'aineo him and granteli a wrnt 01 eus~-r ugainist Martin and Orr, the rebellious Ds nyer police of11-:lais. Waite is engaged in a crusade against the gambling der a e Denver, and with Martin and Orr oc: ot the way, lie can secuire a police force in sympnathy with him. A New FDaUcAia Scbewe. A man by the name of James M. Gale, who hails from Yorkvill, Illinois, is on deck with a brand new financial scheme. tecently be has sent to the members of Congress "a text for a toonetary system and banking for the United States of America." The au thor is evidently a thrifty man, as he provides liberally for himself in the bill. The bill establishes a banking system under the control of the govern rent, and makes gold siver, nickle and - per money metals, and provides for t w paper interchangeable for coin. The capital of the proposed bank is to ne. until otherwise- ordered, $900,OQO, 000, S600,000,000 of paper and $300,000, 000 o coLn, hhlf gold and half silver. The capital of the banks may be any sum trom 815,000 to $1,000,000, until all places neediaiz bank service shall have one National banks are given the privi !eige of surriandering their charters and b. -ning businss under the new sys tein. Two commissions are established to assist in the location of the banas. Th.e first is to consist of the Senators and members of the Ffty-third and Fif ty lourth Congresq. The second Is to ctnsist of the Vice President, the Comptroller of the Currency, the caoi net offileers. the Supreme Court judges and Mrs. Cleveland. Their business is to look after the judicial interests-of the country. Mrs. Cleveland is to be president, vice-president and, secretary of this commission, and for this extra service the board of bank managers is to set apart 5 cents on the dallar out of the first authorized issue of the new paper money, which is to be divided into 500 equal p -.ris; the pay of the per sons comprising the commission isto be one part, except Mrs. Cleveland wbo is to receive two shares. Two shares ?re also to be paid to the childre,- of Mrs. Cleveland, to be loaned by het fo their beneft until they are of age. In this section of the bill the author provides himself in payment for his suggestion, as follows: "And it is far ther provided tat Jdmes M. Gale, the criginator iand proposer of this-system, sballreceive as his reward and shallhave paid to him quarterly, one mill on the dollar all money issued by the govern meut from the passage of this act. He shall have -resorved for him the first bank charter issued under this act for a bank in his town and shall have deeded to him the Small Islands, that is the re Smant of an island in the Fox river that separates t le cities Yorkville and Bris toi one of wnich is the most central and only appropriate location for the bank and post ffict for the two cities." He is to receive $200,000 for Improving the island >i:d building a bank and postof ice. If any of the appropriation re mains after the completion of the office it :s to oe donated to Mr. Gale. Should the bill become a law Mr. Gale would be "nxed" for life. .St ol-s a Traiu. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 25. That coutingeut of Coxey's army under commind of Gen. Louis C. Frye forcib ly -took possession of an Eastbound freight train leaving here at 3 o'clock I tnis afteenoon. The officers of the army claim to have paid the railroad company for the transoortation as far as Brazil, twenty miles East of Terre Haute, but after the loading of horses wagons. cooking utensils and blankets the train pulled oat leaving the indu strials In this city. Tney spent last rigiht near here, useiug the railroad company's fences abd ties for fuel. One train was side-tracked to prevent rhe, commonwealera seiging it. When trains were start-I this afternoon the three hundred soldiers made a rush for the freight and captured it. .The en gneer was told that the industrials had railroad men in their ranks and that if he refused to start the train he would be put off and one of their own men would take the throttle. The train men were unable to prevent them riding as the industrials were deter mined, and any resis~nce would have rsult-ed in bloodshed. Brazil beIng in th? heart of the Indiana Coal district, ard has hundreds of miners are now out on strike, there may be Serious trou ble~ as the mineis will, on account of be ing residents, claim the harity of the city in preference ti the industrials. The members of the army say they will c'tuinue to burn the railroads cam I :i'ds fences and ties until their blank ets ~and cooking outfits are brought back to them. Tnie army was desperate last night anid a detail of police sur rounded the camp. General Frye is noct with the army, having gone on ahead yesterd'y. 'Nutll In The Ring." COLUMBAr, S. C., April 21.-Every dgnsary in the State is closed today. Goernor Tillman was ina jocular mood wen seen by a reporter this morning, but was very caretal as to how he ex pessed himself. "Well, Governor, what about the dis pensry?" asked the reporter. "There is no dispensary," he an s wered with emphasis on the verb. "What are vou going to do with the liunor oui hand?" ~--Ob! W;ell,'' said the Governor, "that is a mnatier for the Legislature to say." "Ti~cr' Sou are going to call an extra session at the lagislature?" "Exzuse me, please,"-his Excoellency relied. "I won't say anything about wat I am going to do. but I will tell yo.u what I have already done. I dis ebared the constables, ordered all the disensaries to close and qmit baisness as s'.ale barkeeper. The State bar has caned operations and gone into summer qurters for repairs." "Then Governor, you won't commit ycurself a'. lo the future," persisted the re or er. -'N), I won't, but I don't mind say inr this: I'm still in the ring," and with his signiaat observation, the conver eaion closed. No l'censes to sell whiskey have been applied for or granted here, but the "blind tigers" are doing a big business and railroads are hauling liquors into the Stato at their own sweet will. Confederate Reunlon. BIRMINGIIAM, Ala., April 22.-All reparaions for the fourth annual uauuoal re1nin of the United'Confed ertmt Veerans, which occurs here on Wdneday anid Thursday. are com plete. In'd:csitions now point to an at :ndance of ..bouit 25000 veterans. Al red the advance gaara of the Texas dwegation is here and have opened heaquarters, announcing their inten nion to captr trhe next reunion for Houston. The Govenors of nesrly all the southern Sr ates and all surviving 'Con federate generals will be In attend ance. The fact that a rate war has betn precipitated by the railroa45 will caue :ie attendance to be considerably ier than~ it ott*erwise might nave I ;;.n. Thi- Queen and Crescent recent iv wadie a rua trip rate of $7 from Now Orleas. The Louisville arid NashniJX today announced a round tj~p rate of 85 from New Orleans, and co spndra reductions have been ruad from trans $1ississippi points. This ciy is alreaay gaily bedecked in il e .nd .unitirg. Many Confederate iig ar *'p~layed, but the national c .rs pred mmace. Tne entire week will be one of festivities in Blirming ham. -_______ .Not Dead, Cotru:intA. S. C., April 25.-State Li qi'd Commiissionler Traxler today sat.e t hat tlie dispensary knock out s oly temnporary, and that within' nrt time something would devel'p that would enable him to open the 'ng Istate barroom again, Hie said that the sock of ligaors at the various county a ISe aries would have been caled inl r. fr th reason. It was thought ht 0o recognize the decision of the i rme Court until the matter could b seted further, in just what man nr Mr. Traixler would not indicate. 'is is a surprising piece of informa n, as Governo: Trilirnan had declared tt he was "paraljzed" and could do nthing' E!G H T NEGROES LYNCHE. 1o-dy Scenes of Vengeauc 3 in a Louis iana Parih. 2IEW ORLEANS, April 27.--Nine men have met violent deaths ip Madi son Parish in the last week, and eight of these have been lsnehed by infuriated citiz ans. The last faur were hanged last night. The news has just reached this city. Yesterday, the Bayce assassins were hunted down by bloodhounds and finally located in the Buckhorn Woods. Sheriff McClelland sent for volunteers to increase his posse and a force of two hundred men fiaally treed the assasis in a negro cabin. The lugitives were jast preparing to cross over the Missis sippi line, where they would have been comparatively safe. The posse sur rounded the house and called to the owner to make his appearanci, but he refused. The posse then firel into the building which brought the negro owner to the door. Hie denied that the fugitives were in his place, but the posse made a close survey of the premises and finally fcuad the four darkies huddled up in the loft ot a small crib in the rear of the cabin. The four were Pomptly Clayton, the leader of the assassins, Shell Clai ton.- Scott Harvev and Tory McCoy. They were promptly placed uaderarrest and Sheriff McClelland detailed a party of twelve to take them to Tallulah, while the sheriff and the rest of the posse started out to try to capture Tom Grif fin, who had separated from the others. As the depu'ies with the four fugitives got near Millikin's Bend, they were met "y a mob who made an ffirt to iake the prisoners fro-n them. The gnard re sisted and succeeded in holding on to the prisoners. The~ guard pressed on with the lagitives, unatil thev reached the Shelby Place, two miles fcom Tallulab. Here they were met by a crowd of two hundred men who overpowered the guard and captured the tour.prisoners. The prisoners were escorted to the Cresqent place, where their fiendlsh murder had been committed, and there strung up to the limbs-of several trees. Their bod ies were found this morning. If Griffhi is caught, he will also be lync'led. There are seventeen negroes in jail. all of whom will be given a regular trial and most of whom it is thought will be convicted. What it Means. The New York World says: "It is useless to deny or belittle the fLct that there is a widespread reaction among the voters of the country against the D-mocratic party. The town elections in Ohio, Illinois and Michigan tell ae same story as those of Ne w York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the State election in Rhode Island shows the same causes at work in a more imp or tant field. And the reaction is not on ly sharp, but it is persistent. It is even more manifest in thespring elections than it was in those of last falL There can be no dispute as to the fact that thepolitical tide is running strongly aganst the Democrats. As to Ils meaaing, there is room for a wide dif ference of opinion. The Protectionists in both parties profess to see in it a re versal of the verdict against McKtn leism that was rendared so over whelmingly in 1890 and 1892. The an ti-Administration Democrats insist that it is due to Mr. -Cleveland's defi ciencies as a party leader. The Cleve land Democrats and the revenue re formers regard - it as the result of the 'hard times' through which the coun try has passed during the last year. There is an element of truth in all these. but the real cause of the reaction is popular disgust with a party which can do nothing apparently except wrangle and dodge. The Democrats in the BHouse and especially those in the Senate, have presented a spectacle of impotence ad cowardiee from which. any party in the best of times would sufrer grievously. Th'Ze elections of the last five years have shown that there is no stable majority in tbe country for either party. Tlhe voters are obviously seeking for somieparty that will carry. out bravely and honestly whed in pow er the promises it made when In oppo sition. -They have not yet found one, and there will -be no political stability until they do. Reactions are sure to follow victories that simply subtitate one set of greedy, dishonest and eva sive partisans for another." Negro Lynched. P'ITaSURG, Kan., April 25.-The bit ter feeling engendered last-summer by the importation of negro miners from Alabama was' rearoused when it was made known that three of them had broken into the house of a white, man named Alfred Haman, 'murdered him in cold blood and stole .880. Early In the morning armed men were scouring the country for the assassins, and one, named Jeff Tuggle, was captured about 9 o'clock, at Weir City. The officers started with him to the county fail at Columbus, Dut were overtaken at Cher okee by an angry mob of white miuers, headed by the wife of the murdered man;, and after she bad Identified the negro the crowd overpowered the offi cers, using Constable Malcomb very roughly, took the culprit half a mite e north of the town and hanged him to a tree. Greatly augmented in numbers, the angry miners then took up the hunt for the other two. It is reported that another has been captured and spirited. away to a place of safety, and the new comes that another is surrounded about three miles south of Pittsburg, and will be lynched as soon as captured. The whole affair has assumed an ugly aSpect, as the miners are already excit ed over the strike situation. Pass Rim Around. FLORENCE, S. C., April 26.-A slick rascal worked the "library" racket on some of our innocent citizens last week His plan was to represent himself as agent for the publishing companies which are issuing cloth bound classical works at 25 cents a volume. A library of these books was to be bought, num bering not less ;han 200 volumes, the numner of sub:;cribers to be not less than fifty at the outset, subscripti on fee being $1 per annum. On Saturday last he presented himself to each subscriber, tendering a ticket of membership, good for one year from April 23rd, 1894, ad receiving the dollar In return. The books were to be kept at a certain well known store here. The proprietors, however, had taken special pains to give warning privately that they were not to be heid rysponsinle in any case, should the scheme fall through for any cause. On Saturday evening the gentle mon took a train for Columbia, saying he was going to Rimini. He registered here as WV. Walters, New York city. He is about five feet ten inc'ies high, sender build, weighs about 150 pounds. has sandy -hair and red whiskers. Wears a light suit of clothes. His vic tims in Florence would be glad to learn his whereabouts.-State. BRECIINGRIDGE has the gall of the animal that carried Balaam down to Jericho. He announces ttiat he Is still n the congressional lace and that he wilt contest the matter to the bitter end. The people of one of the districts in Kentucky will have somethmng to say about It later on. T H E Southern Interstate Immi-cra Jicn and Industrial Association and the convention of Southern Governers will meet in Augusta, May 30, to dis- - cuss practicable plans to induce capital and immigration, to advertise and to correct many erroneous opinions about the South among Northern people. Forty Children. JACKsONVILLE, April 26.-Mr. A bram Corrant, who lived In Charlton county, Georgia, just over the line from Florida died today at the age of 94. He was a veteran of the Mexican and Indian wars and was the father of forty chil drn.