The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 03, 1895, Image 1
S.-x-KKiia C. WFDNESDAY~ MARfoi 27, 1895. NO._______35.___
SILVER AN IDEAL MONEY.
IT IS THE BEST CONTINUOUS MEAS
URE OF VALUES.
Gold Shown to Be Four Times as Subject
to Fluctuation-What Silver Has Done
for Mexico-The Metals Compared on
Their Merits--Goldbng Delusions.
Does justice require that silver be
remonetized on the old ratio of 16 to
1? Let us bring this issue to a plain
test of facts right at the start, and to
that end I beg leave to take a case in
which I am personally interested and
which is but a type of many thous
ands. My home is in a town of some
2,000 people in the Wabash valley, in
a region singularly blest by nature in
climate, timber. coal, rock and water,
and with a soil fruitful in all the pro
ducts of the middle temperate zone.
There I own a little real estate, and
every fact herein given is within my
gersonal knowledge and can be veri
by the records. Several years ago
the county bonded itself heavily to
build a jail and courthouse and for
other purposes, and some of the bonds
are still due, and I as a real estate
owner must pay taxes thereon.
When this debt was contracted, a
$1,000 bond would have bought in
that town 952 bushels of wheat. It
will today buy 2,326 bushels. It would
thei have bought 1,700 bushels of
corn. It will today buy 3,000 bushels.
It would then have bought eight good
average farm houses. It w~ today
buv 20. It would then have bought
10 acres of first class land within easy
sound of the courthouse bell. It will
today buy 20. And so I might go
around the list, for of all farm staples
pork is the only one sold at near the
old price, and that, as everybody
knows,is a purely accidental ana tem
porary matter.
Now,I respectfully submit the ques
tion to any honest man as yet untaint
ed by goldbug sophistry. Is not the
practical tesudt just the same as if the
government had sent the army there
compelled those farmers and owners
of town property to pay $2 where they
hadagreed topay $1 And if this be,
as we believe, the result of leo-islation,
wherein it is morally one whit better
than highway robbery? Nor is this
an extreme case. We have the official
facts in the federalcensus and the au
thorized statistics of the nation and
states.
G LDBUG SOPHISTRIES.
.I anticipate the answers. We are all
familiar with them. The first is that
invention has greatly cheapened pro
duction. This is a self evident false
hood. There is not an implement now
in use on the farms of Indiana that
was not then, save possibly the twine
binder, then invented, but not in gen
eral use. The labor cost of farm pro
duce has not decreased by so much as
2 per cent. But suppose it were true.
Should the creditor have all the gain
of an advancing civilization? Is not
the farmer entitled to at least one-half
of it? The goldbug argument on this
point is self destructive. They assert
that invention and the consequently
increased production have cheapened
commodities 50 per cent. They next
assert that the enormous outpour of
the mines has cheapened silver 50 per
cent. Therefore, they say, silver is
not "honest money." If the premises
had smallo, the conclusion would
never catch it-so far are they a part.
We know it to be true that products
have cheapened 50 per cent. in terms
of gold;i' it be also true that advanc
ing has cheapened silver in the same
ratio, is it not conclusive that silver is
the best possible continuous measure
of values? Is it not, our enemies
themselves. being judges, the ideal
money for which economists have
sighed so long-the money which will
through all the changes of years, buy
most nearly the same amount of com
modities? Is it not indeed the only
money which works exact justice, en
abling the creditor to buy as much as
did the money he lent and compelling
-the debtor to pay no more?
I maintain, however, that their con
tention as to silver is false. I insist
that of all products of human labor
silver is the most consistent in value
that is, it bears in purchasing power
the least variable relation to other
commodities-and that gold is, by nat
ural law, as shown by geology and
metallurgy, at least four times as sub
ject to fluctuations in value as silver.
Of this I will treat later. Much is
said of overproduction, especially in
wheat, but it has repeatedly been
proved that the world does not yet
produce all the wheat it wants. Our
agricultural department shows that
consumption of the grain has de
creased inthis country, cheaper stuffs
being substituted, and in Europe there
are still 100,000,000 people who can
not afford wheaten bread, but use rye,
oats and potatoes. Are we to suppose
th hvdo that for fun? No, the
od'~creditors have their grip on
on the throats of the world's produc
ers, and the law is on their side. That
claim of theirs we sadly admit.
STRONG POINTS FOR SILVER.
We hear much also of the comueti
tion of Argentine and other lands4 but
the fact is skillfully evaded that it is
the war on silver which has stimulat
ed the export from these countries.
The Argentine minister, Dr. Zeballos,
tells me that if the world's present
policy be continued his country will
shut out all American grain from the
Europeon mar-kets -uthin ten years,
and Senor Romero. Mexican minister.
in a written reply to my questions.
says: "While it is true that the Mex
ican coin when converted into foreign
exchange has no other value than that
of the silver bullion contained in it. it
is also a fact that the difference has
greatly encouraged and increased the
export other products, and has also
greatly favored manufacturing, in or
der to avoid the buying of exchange
to pay for imports from countries hav
ing a gold standard. The purchasing
power of the Mexican silver dollar has
not been changed in Mexico. so ther-e
is more stability in prices and wages.
which is also a gr-eat advantag-e. Our
economic conditions ar-e now better
than those prevailing in gold coun
tries. We have fewer failures, and
the increase of trailic has prevented
our railroads from going into the
hands of receivers." Will some one
kindly mention a gold basis nation
where the general conditioni is im
proving. exports inecr(2sinlg and nio
no railroads going into the hands of
receivers:
GQLI> APPR~EUIATION.
Is it poss.ible to dislocate silver from
its traditionary connlction with gold,
to divest the mind of misleading im
pressions due to the long habit of
quoting silver in termis of gold, and
eta nfair view of the metal on its mer
its: On this point I first present a bit
of history. In 1871 silver was as now
a commoidity, and gold was the same,
for 1both were denionetized by the
greenback. Near the close of that
year a ten ounce silver bar (no fiat, no
buying it up by government credit)
sold in New York city for --13.10 in
gold. Gold was at a lower premium
than some vears after, so the bar of
silver was worth almost exactly $15 in
greenbacks. This would then buy in
New York city 9. bushels of wheat,
26 of oats, 15 of rye or 18 of corn, and
likewise 80 pounds of cotton or 30 of
wool or 361 of bar iron. Today that
ten ounce bar of silver would sell, I
believe, 6.3O, which would buy in
in New York city 11 bushels of wheat,
or 112 pounds of cotton, nearly twice
as much bar iron as in 1871, somewhat
less of rye, oats and pork, and some
what more of other things. On the
general average of 100 commodities
the purchasing power of uncoined sil
ver has declined, as near as I can esti
mate it, 10 per cent. Now it is clear to
my mind that 10 per cent. is equal to
the cheapening caused by increased
invention in mining ana reduction
and by the general demonetization. It
would take columns of figures to
prove it, but I also believe it to be true
that the smaller cost of producing
commodities, due to inventions since
1871, would with a stable money have
been balanced, or nearly so, by in
creased consumption, and that as
measured by an ideally perfect or ab
solutely invariable standard commodi
ties have really cheapened but the
merest trifle since 1871. All the rest
which appears in the nominal quota
tions is due to the 40 per cent increase
in the prerchasing power of gold.
BLINDED DY sELF INTEREST.
The cold bard truth is that on this
particular point the goldbugs are af
flicted with a delu-sion like that which
possesses a child or a green landsman
voyaging down a very crooked river.
Now the sun is on his right and now
on his left, at one time in the north
and again in the southeast. while
woods and hills mos e around him in a
regular devil's dance, but to his eye the
boat goes straight on. The landsman
knows better, and the child can be
taught better, and both will admit the
truth because they gain nothing by
self deception, but the goldbug's inter
est blinds him, and though convinced
by unanswerable figures he would
still deny the truth.
Our creditors have assumed, as if it
were a primary truth, that while all
other articles on earth are perpetually
changing in value gold alone is gifted
.vith the great attribute of God-imi
mutability. They have asserted this
so loud and long that they have come
to believe it themselves, and this radi
cal error has debauched all their po
litical thinking. In vain do we point
out to them that a bar of uncoined sil
ver widl exchange for nearly as much
as 30 years ago, while uncoined gold
will exchange for 40 per cent more.
In vain do we prove the steady decline
of all commodities in equal measure
with silver, and that regardless of new
inventions or relative production.
SILVER THE MOST -CONSTANT VALUE.
1 would not rashly rush in where
magels fear to tread and contradict sci
entific men who have made an ex
austive study of the subject, but cer
tainly all the evidence in my posses
ion goes to prove that silver is the
most constant in value of all the pre
,ious metals, and that gold is extieme
lvariable. I present a few reasons.
Nearly all the silver is produced from
deep lbodes-great fissures extendino
o unknown depths in the earth, causea
by primal convulsions and filled prob
ably by mineral rising in a sublimat
ed state. A true fissare vein once
well opened is a permanent property
and the supply therefrom is, as a rule,
tolerably regular. Such mining is in
every sense a legitimate business, an d
even if there is an immense yield for
a few yet'rs it makes but a triflino dif
erence because of the vast stoc - al
ready in the world.
Gold, on the other hand, is larg-ely
he product of placer, gulch and bar,
of washing in gravel beds and pickingr
nuggets from apparently accidental
ieposits. In such mining there is no
:ertainty, and hence a gold famine
ike that in the early part of this cen
ury is followed by a gold glut like
that of 1850-60, and that in turn by a
gold famine. It is true that there are
permanent a-ad reliable lode mines of
rold, but enough of the others to pro
luce great variations. Let gold be
quoted in terms of silver, and all men
would soon recognize that it is the
eore variable in value.
And if any reader thinks that the
gold basis will broaden to fit the needs
>f commerce let him consider these
facts, given by the eminent staistician
ulhal: "Ini 1800 the interntional
:ommerce of the world aggregated but
3,510,000,000, less than the exports
nd imports of the United States last
ear. In 1840 it was but $82,865, 000,
)00, when all the world had but 4,515
eles of railway and ocean shipping of
but 1482,000 tonnag-e. Today the
world has 384,000 mil~es of railway,
>ver 4t.000,j00 tounage of ocean ship
ping, 14 intercontinental ocean enbles
nd an international commerce a lit
tle in excess of $18,000,000,000. But
redit currency sup plies the deficien
:y." Unfortunately true. Credit
has expanded far beyond the sustain
ing power of the gold basis. And
that's what's the matter with the coun
try. J. HI. BROwNING.
PiU'lp St. Gorge Cooke.
RiemioNcD, VA., MIarch 20.--News
has just been received here of the
eath in Detr-oit of Gen. Philip St.
eorge Cooke, the father of the late
Gen. John R. Cooke, of this city. and
Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart, of Staunton, the
widow of the famous Cavalry chief.
Gen. Cooke was borni near Leesburg.
in this State, June 1:3, 1809. H~e gradi
uated from West Point ini 1829. Dur
in tile civil war Geni. Cooke wa in
the Fedral armyv. and was op~posedl
by his own son anid Gen. Stuart, his
s>n-in-]aw, both of whmom were on the
Confederate side. This division be
tweeni father and son caused an es
trangement.- which was not heard un
til just before the latter's death about
four yeau-s a go. About that time Gen.
Philip St. George Cooke camne on here
andl a perfect reconciliation took place.
Thme son entered the Confederate army
as an Otlicer- in a North Carolina regi
ment. H~e wa a brave and fer-less
soldier, and at Gettysburg received
a wound in the head, which c-alme near
povng fatal. Thme elder Cooke en
tered the Federal arnuy as a lieutenant
ini the 6Oh infanltry. Hie wa- in the
Black Hawk and 31exican wars. D~ur
ing the Kanmsas troubles of 1l.30--57 heC
headed the cavalry expedition into
Utah. lie commanded thme regular
Feder-al caralry of the Army of the
Potomac during thme late wvar. GenI.
Cooke is understood to have beenm
THE ENLISTED MIALITIA.
THE NAMES OF THE NEW COMPANIES
THAT HAVE ENLISTED.
Sixty-eight Companies Out of One Hun
dred and Ten Have Enlisted and are
Nowv Ready for Service.
COLUMBIA, March 21.-There can be
no question that the new military law.
with the enlistment feature, has had
the effect of weeding the service down
to a stand. The losses have been even
greater than was expected, but the
Adjutant General's oflice is satisfied
that those that have re-enlisted will go
into service with renewed vigor and
that it will be the basis for one of the
very best organizations in the coun
try.
The last annual report of the Adju
tant General indicates that there were
two hundred and seven companies
in the military service. This included
the eighteen companies of the Nation
al Guards and one hundred and ten
companies that were organized on the
spur of the moment during the Dar
lington dispensary trouble. At the
time it was thought that a very small
percentage of the companies that were
organized during the excitement would
stick and the prophecy has been car
ried out. Of the one hundred and ten
companies that were organized within
the space of two or three months after
the "rebellion" only twenty-two have
seen fit to keep up their military or
ganization sufficiently to enlist as re
quired. Some additional companies
of both the old and new ones will be
-iven a little time in which to send in
their enlistment blanks, as ther have
shown the department some valid rea
son why the returns have not yet been
forwarded. Altogether there will not
be a hundred companies that will com
pl with the new requirements. and
with such a force Adjt. Watts thinks
he has the making of a splendid corps.
The followin- are the companies
that have alread v sent in their enlist
ment reports and will secure places in
the reoroanized force:
Allentale Guards, Allendale.
Anderson Rifles, Starr.
Bamberg Guards, Bamberg.
Troy Rifles,. Troy.
Hampton Imperial Guards. George
ton.
"B. R. T."Guards, Lamar.
Fairfield Rifle Guards, Winnsboro.
Liberty Hill Riles, Liberty Hill,
Kershaw.
Pomaria Rifles, Pomaria, Newberry.
Governor's Volunteers, Blackville.
Tillman Volunteers, Orangeburg.
Edisto Rifles, Orangeburg.
York County Volunteers, Old Point,
York,
Green Brier Rifles, Rockton, Fair
field.
Hazlewood Rifles, Chester. t
Ridgeway Rifles, Ridgeway, Fair- i
field. C
Pea Ridge Rifles, Kelton, Union. C
Gary Evans Volunteers, Springfield,
Orangeburg. t
Tillman Rifles, Cross Anchor. Spar- i
tanburg.. t
Pickens Rifles, PickeAs. t
Eem Guards, Lvra, Florence.
Calhoun Light 'Infantry, St. Mat- t
thews, Orangeburg. a
Farley Light Infantry, Ridge a
Spring, Edgefield.
Troop A, Brunson, Hampton.
Troop B, Varnville, Hampton. 1
Troop E, Brunson, Hampton.
Troop G, Stafford.
Troop I, Peeples.
Troop L, Okrtee.t
Troop K, Gillisonville, Hampton.
Combahee Mounted Riflemen,
Whitehall.t
Simpson Rangers, -c
Chicora Rifles. Mount Pleasant, r
Berkeley
German Artilery. Charleston. a
Lafayette Artillery, Charleston. t
German Fusiliers, Charleston.
Sumter Guards, Charleston. a
Carolina Rifles, Charleston.
Irish Volunteers, Charleston.
Moultrie Guards, Charleston.
Montgomer; Guards, Charleston.
Washing-ton Light Infantry, Coin
pany B, Chiarleston. .
Beaufort Volunteer Artilery, Beau- c
fort-.
Marion's Men of Winyah, Geor~ge- s,
town.
Lake City Light Dragoons. Lake ~
City, Williamsburg. a
13arlington Guards, Darlington.
Dibble4Light Dragoons, Orangeburg.
Edgefield Rifles, Edoefield.t
Edisto Mounted Rifiemen, Edisto
Island. r
Edgefield Light Dragoons, Edge- is
field.
Edgefield Hussars, Edgefield. q
Georgetown Rifle Guards, George- t
town. 't
Chesterfield Rililes, Chesterfield.
Richland Volunteers, Columbia.
Hampton Light Di-agoons. Panola. j
Connor Mounted Riflemen, Panola. c
Santee Rifles, Elloree, Orangeburg. 1
Peak Guar-ds, Peak's, Lexington. 4
Hask-ell Mounted Riflemen. James r
Island Island.
Lee Light Infantry, Chester. r
Montgomery Guards, Spartcanburg- 0
Johnson Rifles, Union.
Manning Guards, Manning.
Mauldin Guards, Greenville.
Palmetto Rifles, Aiken. c
Sally Rifles, Sally.
Santee Cavalry, St. Stephen's.
Wassamassaw Cavalry, Jedburg.
Sweetwater Light Dragoons. 1Ham- r
burg.
Richardson Guards. Montimrenci.
The last r-epor-t of the Adjuntant g
Gener'al showed the~ following recapit- i
ulation.
Companies. t
Cav-alry............3~>5
Artillery.......... ......... 1 j
Infantr-y.................. 49 l
Toal------- --- a
Naval Militia..............
National Guar-d.............19 e
Reserves .(ne-w)............110 t
-- c
Grand total............207
It is a significant fact, and one that
ought to be thought of, that every one
of the eighteen companies of coloredi
men has enlisted, and, what is more,. (
that they are all anxious to get posi- t
tions in the ser-vice.
The enlistment cyclone st ruck the 2d ~
regiment with more force than any
other in the State. Out of the eight oild e
companies that were in this regiment
only three remain. the Richland VoI- (
unt'eers,the Lee Light 1: dantr-y anid thet
For-t Motte Guard.wbie b will enlist in
a few days. Ainmn ti.: older comp~a
nies that go out of servitie with the
many reser-ves that were organiize-d af- 1
ter the " rebellion" arec thiese,or at least I
it isso thought.- t
The Gordon Volunteers, Blackville.
The Edgelek Guards, Johnston.
The Gordon Light Infantry, Win-t
Catawba Riules, Rock Hill.
Governor's Guards, Columbia.
Columbia Zouaves, Columbia.
Clinton Rifles, Clinton.
Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter.
Orr Rifles, Piedmont.
Charleston Light Dragoons. Charles
Lon.
Sumter Light Dragoons. Summer
ville.
Manigault Light Dragoons, George
town.
Cheraw Guards, Cheraw.
Capes, Light Infantry, Parksville.
The Adjutant General is now arrang
ng for the firt series of inspections.
COTTON GOES A BOOMING.
[t Is Nearly a Cent Higher Than It Was a
Week Ago.
NEW YORK. March 20.-The Sun
ays: Cotton advanced 13 to 14 points.
,losing firm, with a net rise for the
lay of 11 to 12 points, with sales of
'34,000 bales. Liverpool advance 3
)oints on futures, but reacted and
.losed weak with a net advance for the
lav of 1 to 1; points: spot sales 25,000
)ales atan advance of 3-32d. New Or
eans advanced 7 to 9 ponts. New
fork ware house stock is slowly in
,reasing. It is now 175,000 bales.
Lgainst 243.000 a year ago, 276,000 in
893 and 387,000 in 1892. Silver con
inued strong and advanced -d in Lon
[on and ; cent here. Print cloths
vere firmer. Brown goods are
trono-er than they have been in many
nonth~s.
The semi-weekly interior receipts. as
eported by New Orleans, were :32.000
)ales, agains. 12.000 last year and 15,
00 in 1892 Shipments 32.000 bales
gainst 18.0o0 last year and 24,000 in
892. In Manchester yarns and cloths
vere dearer than last reported, but
>uyers refused to go on. Port receipts
odav17,4012 bales against 23.929 this
tavs last week and 7,384 last year: thus
ar this week 74.047 bales, against 92,
146 thus far last week. Spot cotton
[ere was quiet at an advance of I
ent: 300 bales delivered on contract.
louston received today 2,216 bales,
.gainst 4,659 this day last week and 771
ast year: St. Louis 1,215 bales, against
51 and 207; Memphis 872 bales. agains
,156 and 131: Augusta 284 bales.
,gainst 4S2 and 83. The Southern
pot markets were general firm Wilm
ngton advanced + cent. Mobile Sav
.nnah, Norfolk and Augusta + cent.
onp New Orleans and Memphis 1-16
ents. New Orleans sold 5,000 bales
.nd Memphis 4,725. New Orleans re
eiots 'tomorrow are estimated at 6,000
o 9,000 bales, against 2,093~last week
nd 1,449 last year. Prices are now
5 to "88 points h'gher than a few
reeks ago.
To-days features: It almost seemed
s if everybody in town was buyino
otton to-day, and the bears seemea
o crawl into a hole and pull the hole
a after them. Wall street and other
utside people were buying. The
outh, Liverpool and the Continent
iought heavily. -On the advance
here was some realizing as usual; but
a spite of this the closing figures were
he best of the day. As for specula
ion it exceeded anything seen here
a a number of years. Everybody is
[inking of the future of the next crop
nd a possible decrease in the acreage
s well as a certain decrease in the
se of fertilizers. Outside of that there
the increasing activity of general
usiness in this country. The great
trength of the British cotton mar
:ets, the steady rise of silver, the ad
'ancintg spot quotations in this coun
ry, the better outlook for the dry
oods trade, the broader stock market,
he larger investments in bonds, be
>kening returning confidence among
apitalists, the stronger rates for
ioney, in a word, the no- cheerful
spect of things in the domain of comn
1erce and finance. Fixing their at
mntion on these -things the cotton
ulls find their courage increasing
nd the speculation has a breadth not
een for many a month past
Other Spanish Outrages.
TAMPA, Fla., March 20.-Passengers
n the steamer which arrived from
[avana bring news of reports in cir
ulation there of further depredations
y Spanish cruisers on American yes
ils along the Cuban coast. The latest
sport is to the effect that the Spanish
unboat "Arcedo" fired into and sank
n American schooner off Puerto
tare. It is reported that the crew of
1e vessel, numbering sixteen persons,
erished with it. It is not known
thether the schooner had arms or car
ied an expedition for the Cubans. It
;reported in Havana that the schoo
er had sailed from Key West. In
uiries, however, fail to "show that any
oat is missing or u~nreported, except
'iose engaged in legitimate trade.
lany sailed recently for West India
orts with fruit cargoes. Puerto del
adre is a harbor on the northeastern
oast of Cuba. in latitude 21 degrees
7 minutes N., longitude 76 degrees
2 minutes W. It has a long and nar
ow entrance and atfords excellent
nchiorage. It is not far from the
lace where the Spanish gunboat fired
n the "Allianea." The Spanish crui
er "Infanta Isabella."~ Captain Due
as. has sailed for Havana. It is be
teed she has withdrawn on account
f the "Allianca"~ affair.
Found Gold in a River.
NEW YXC)1, March 20.-There ar
i-ed last night a young man who,
:iee Wednesday morning last, has
een llving towards this city at the
1stest'possible rate, with a piece of
.ighly interesting news. His niame is
'homas Gordon and he is a member of
Lie cooperative community of Liberal
[ormons, Bhutr. San .Juan county,
itah. He is a school teacher, and took
is pup~ils on a geological expeditioii
iong the San Juan river. They dug
p a number of nuggets and some
a e gold. All pursuits were suspend
d and the entire community went to
aic river on noon Monday and at the
lose of daylight on Tuestday there had
een taken from the river bed bythe
se of the most primitive methods.
old in :iakes and tiny nuggets equal
o 2.300o. A meeting of the elders de
ided to dispatch the school teacher
a New York with letters to influen
ial friends. Gordon left Bluff last
Vednesday and with a single change
f horses, reached IDurango. Colo.,
ighty-two m iles, the nearest railroad
Oit, ini time to catch the fast train
ni Thursday. lie declines to discuss
le details of h1is nlission.
Thiirty-five Killed.
VIEmAMarchI 20.-A dispatch from
'roppau thiat thirty-live bodies have
eenl taken from the mine ow-ned by
be Archd~uke Albrecht. The Arch
uxke Frederick has ordered that ani
unual pension of 10(1 llorins be paid
hie widow of every victim, the first
nymnent~ ~~ to 1Zpi t ne
FIFTY WIDOWS WEEP.
FIVE TIMES FIFTY ORPHAN CHIL
DREN CRY.
The Light of Sixty Lives Blown Out by One
Terrific BIast In Rock Mountain Mine.
Wyo - Searching For the Dead.
EVANSTON, Wyo., 3arch 21.-An
explosion occurred at 6 p. m.. yester
day in the Rocky Mountain Coal and
Iron Company mines. No. 5. at Red
Canton. Up .o noon today fifty-nine
deaths were known to have resulted.
Those killed on the outside by flying
timbers were:
James B. Bruce, foreman: 0. Malt
by, superintendent of motive power:
W. E. Cox, head carpenter: Wm. Sell
ers. Jr., James W. Clark, all married,
and Jerry Crawford, single.
The following have been brought
out: Willard. James Lamb,
Fred ."Morgan. married, and S. Clay
and W. H. Grieves, single.
The large force of men is now at
work. to recover the bodies of the fol
lowing men. all married, known to
have been in the mine at the time of
the explosion: Wi. Morris, John T.
Clark Jas. Clark, Wim. Langden Sr.,
David Lloyd, John T. Martin, George
Critchler, Jhon Thebey, John Lester,
Wm..'Wagstaff, Chas. S. Clark, Jas.
Hayden, Ratt Silta, Walter Miller,
Samuel Hutchinson, John Dexter,
Henry Buarton, Samuel Halsey, Tho
mas Booth, Ben Coles, Samuel Bates,
Thos. Hutchinson, Isaac Johnson,
John Lamar, Angel Dermodv. Bap
tiste Julion, John Ferne, John 'Harley,
Matt Johnson. II. A. Sybon, Wim.
Pope, Johin Wilkes. Chas. Kasola,
Gus Kasola. Aaron Butt, Wur. Wee
dop. Jas. Hutchinson. Wm. Sellers,
Sr., Hugh Sloan, Henry Sathren. and
the following unmarried men: Albert
Cark, Wm. Graham, Marshal Lang
den, John Morris. David W. Lowey,
Geo. Hydes, John G. Locke.
There are fifty widows and fully 250
orphan children in the camp today as
the result of the disaster. There is
no fire in the mine and the work of
recovering the dead bodies is proceed
ing as rapidly as possible and will
probi'ly not be completed today. The
interior of the mine is badly wrecked.
caved in many places and full of foul
air. CAll the'buildings at the mouth
of the mine were wrecked. The en
trance to the mine is by vertical pas
sage into the side of a hill, not a per
pendicular shaft and the workings are
very extensive. No explanation of
the disaster hasas yet been discovered.
The work of recoving the bodies
goes steadily on, night and day, rushed
forward by volunteer squads of min
ers and other citizens who relieve each
other from time to time. The work is
attended with grave peril and the first
group of miners wno ventured to
brave the gas, fire damp and crumb
ling wall's were overcome and had to
be rescued by others. The terrific
force of the explosion in finding vent
at the mouth of the slope, blew the
heavily timbered shed over the mouth
of the slope and over the passageway
leading out to the tipple. clear into
space, mowing down the tops of the
power house. tipple shed and other
buildings at the mouth of the slope,
more effectually than chain shot could
have done.
A little boy who had come to the
mine with a horse and buggy to take
his grandfather. Henry Burton, home
at the close of the day's work was driv
ing over the slope near it mouth on
the public highway at the moment of
the explosion. He and the horse and
bun'ny were thrown almost perpendi
culia'rl in the air, fully twenty-five
feet anid all fell in a heap into the
mouth of the slope, where the buggy
was demolished. The boy was picked
up unhurt and the horse, an hour la
ter, was rescued not much hurt appar
ently, although badly signed and stun
ned. The shock of the explosion was
felt for miles around and was distinct
ly heard at Evanston, seven milest
'The Rocky Mountain camp, general-<
ly designated as the Central Pacific<
mines, has two mines, Nos. 5 and 6, t
with one mine face, making t wo sep
Irate mines with 150 feet pillars separat
ing them. This leaves No. 6 unharmed,
but deprives the company of one half
of its capacity. This is the third dis
istrous explo~ion in this vicinity. In
1881 No. 2 mine. Rocky Mountain, ex
ploded, killing thirty -six Chinese and
four white men. In the spring of
186, in Union Pacific mine, No. 4,
thirty-six men were killed.
Newell Beeman, the manager. ar
rived from Salt Lake tonight and has
tened to the mine.
The scene about the mine last nigh t
and today was heart-sickening. The
air is filled with the agonizing.ereamns
otfifty widows and 230 orrhants as
they "gathered about and saw the dii
torted features and mangled remains
of father or husband, son or brother.
or realized at last that there was no
hope to see their loved ones rescued
live from the mine's cruel dlepths.
Help and succor have been tendered
from all sources. The mules that1
were in the mine were killed as were 1
the men. evidenmtly by the force of the'
concussion, and a're removed as fast as
they can be reached.
The explosion blew out or loosened
all the timbering and supports, and
racked and shattered the walls and
roof of the interior- of the mine, so I
that the search for the (dead is attend- I
ed with great peril. The work of re
covering the dead becomes more ditli
cult as the working parties advance
toward the seventh level, where it is
thought the thirty-eight men who have
not been found were gathered to await
the coiming of the last man trip of the
day which was to take thenm to the
surface.
A few lives were saved because of
the time of explosion. The miners
quit work at 6 o'clock and it is custo
marv for them to be near the entrance
anid'come out juist as the whistle blows.
A number hiad come- out and some had
just left thle:etrance to the mine slope,
away fiom the working tunnel. whlen
the explosion occurred, thus escaping1
ueath.
Sixty men per'ished in the disaster,
theirty-eight of whom are still in the
mie. About theirty of the dead be
Iongned to the A. 0. C. W., and were
Lnsured for $2.000) each.
ADouble Murder.
IULUTH LI. INN., March JA.-A hor'
ible dule murder ocurrd yeste'r
Ia a t \lciegor,. a smeallI place seven
timie fro~mm Duluth ini Aike'n couu
' .1 The settlenmenit is inhabited most- t
ly b I ittlins and two fammilies got
iito ai quarrel ovei' the cutting of someis
timber w hich each claimed as h is own. .
This morning A. Cristti and his broth
er Nichmolas. took rities and deliberate-s
v shiot Benjenno aiid his wife. Thes
nan's head was almost severed from 1
his bodi. Te murderers ha lied.
A DIPLOMATIC SENSATION.
A Cabinet Meeting in Washington to Con
sider the Situation. -
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The pros
pect of serious complications which
threaten the United States through
probable European encroachment on
Venezuela and Nicaraguahasassumed a
phase of such danger to the principle
laid down in the fonroe docirine that
a special cabinet conference was held
at the White House this afternoon to
consider the subject. There is no
doubt whatever that these subjects are
considered by the President and Sec
retary Gresham as of much greater im
importance to this country than the
Allianca incident or the recall of Min
ister Thurston, and must be handled
with unusual delicacy and with the
knowledge that a misstep may plunge
the Government into embarrassing
complications with not one but sever
al of the principal European nations.
The Conference was attended by
the President. Secretary Gresham,
Secretary Carlisle, Attorney General
Olney and Secretary Lamont. It last
ed several hours, but Mr. Lamont
withdrew after a brief attendance.
Mr. Gresham took with him to the
White House the official copies of
much of the recent correspondence on
both the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan
ituations, and he remained with Mr.
leveland sometime after his col
leagues had left. It cannot be learned
whether any additional information in
the matter reached the State depart
nent today, but it is said that Mr. Bay
ird has failed to arrange the Mosquito
,roubles with the British Gove -nment
n a matter satisfactory to the United
states.
Great Britain's ultimatum to Nica
'agua demanding an indemnity forthe
xpulsion of Mr. Hateh, the British
onsular agent, from Bluefields, and
:hc report tnat a British warship is on
aer way to enforce the demand, is the
lates, known serious phase. of the diffi
:ulties growing out of the Bluefields
iffair, and as action by this Govern
nent may involve a new construction
)f the Monroe doctrine, it can be seen
iow slowly and carefully the Presi
lent and 'his advisers are obliged to
eel their way to prevent any possibil
ty of blunder, or to neglect anf ad
rantage that might weaken the politi
al censorship which the United States
3rovernment holds over the South
Limerican and Central American Re
publics.
In the Venezuelan affair the United
states Government finds itself opposed
:o such strong adversaries as Great
Britain, France and Germany, with
Beloum as an incidental factor. The
ettlement of the claim of Great Britain
:o certain Venezuelan territory is the
main cause for alarm, and to this is
idded the prospect that Germany will
;end warships to collect a large amount
>f money guaranteed German con
actors for the construction of the
'entral Venezuela Railroad. France
mud Belgium have a common ground
or action disturbing to tn j ace of
:he little South American Republic,
aamely: The expulsion of the French
ind Belgian ministers from that coun
try. Both Governments have protest
,d against the exnulsion, and France
will send a naval vessel to take their
mnvoys home.
The Monroe doctrine and its ramifi
:ations contain ample authority, it is
-aid for the United States to display
mn active interest in the threatening
tttitude of Great Britain and Germany
mud while the probable action of
F'rance and Belgium does not seeming
.y come within the scope of the doc
rine, it is understood to be the belief
>f the Government that all four of the
Powers involved will join issue in op
>osition to the United States to-secure
heir several ends, and such amnalga
nation is likely to beg-et a desire on
he part of all to extend their domin
onls.
The conference at the White House
oday was necessarily of a strictly se
:ret character, but it is learned tonight
rn good authority that no definite ac
ion was agreed on.
Three Daya Fighting in Lima.
NEW YORK, March 20.-The Herald's
3arraco, Peru, cable says: The rebels
uwd the Government troops have been
~ngaged in battle in Lima for three
Lays. The attack by the rebels under
Thief Piercia, -assisted by D.urand,
)re and others, began about 4 o'clock
3unday morning. All communmca
ion with Lima has been cut off and it
s impossible to learn the strength of
ither force. All reports are based on
umors and speculation. It is known.
iowever, that there was heavy cannon
mnd musketry fire Sunday aind Mon
lay. This continued almost without
essation until sundown of Monday.
['wo distinct explosions were heard on
~Ionday, but the place wher'e they oc
urred is not known. There was a re
iewal of firing at 5 o'clock Tuesday
nornii: g and it continued for six
iours. It is reported that the firing
hen ceased, so as to permit the con
ending forces to care for the dead and
vounded. The reports from Lima are
>f necessity meagre. From one source
t is reported that President Caceres
iolds the p~alace, thme principal plaza.
ort Staeattlima - nd Exposition
quar'e. It is also reported that lie has
losed all avenues ci approach to the
ity with armied forces. There is an
>ther repor't that a detachment of re
>cls entered the city but are hiemmed
n by Government troops. It is also
-eported that the rebels are awaiting
einforcemnents which are expected
o reachi the subur'bs of Lima to-uight.
[lie rebels, it is said, have posted
500 men this side of Lima and will
uttempit to break through the ranks of
lie Government troops at once. So
ar as known the houses and buildings
ni the city are uninjured except a few
ligh buildings, which are riddled with
>ullets. All trains have stopped run
ing since Saturday. Foreigners liv
ng in this village are endeavoring to
irganize an urban guard to protect
roperty from looters who attempted
commnit depre-dations on Monday
'ight.
A Marchn Bhizard.
S-r. LorTs. March 20.-The snow
tormi in this v'icinity has been general
;urinig the past twenty-four hours.
tepr~ots from Southern Missouri and
Jlin is show that the storm has beeni
evere in these sectionis. At Colum
>us, Ind.. since this morning a heavy
now storm has prevailed. Street iar
ravel has been stopped and railway
ravel greatly impeded. The stormu is
till raging and is the most severe in
-ears. The snow is six inche's deep~
.nd is dlrifting. At Perey. Illinois. a
teady nor'thwest gale, with blinding
now and minute particles of ice. is
>lowinig at the rate of forty-two miiles~
BIG FISH IN THEIR NET.
Many High Police Olicials Dragged
Into Court.
NEW YORK, March 20.-The indict
ments handed in by the Oyer and Ter
miner grand jury yesterdaynumbered
ten. Six were against present police
olicials and four against former mem
bers of the department. Eight of the
bench warrants were executed by Sup
erintendent Byrnes this afternoon.
The indicted officials are: Inspector
William W. McLaughlin of the detec
tive bureau. Captain Jacob Seibert of
the Union Market Stree:; station. Cap- I
tain Murphy of the West One Hun
dredth Street station. Captain James 4
K. Price of the McDougal Street sta
tion, Captain John J. 1onohue of the
West Twentieth Street station, Patrol
man Henry Schill of the Leonard
Street station. ex-Captain William S.
Devery, ex-Wardman Edward Glen
non, ex-Wardman James Burns and
another member of the department.
whose name for the present is with
held. Burns is a fugitive.
Superintendent Byrnes gave out the
names of the indicted olicials at l0:20
this evening. With the exception of
ex-Wardman Burns and the ex-police
men not yet in custody. all the men
mentioned surrendered themselves at
police headquarters between 9 and 10J
o'clc.ck. Inspector McLaughlin was
the first to put in an appearance. He <
was followed in short order by Cap- i
tains Seibert. Price. 'Murphy and Do
nohue and Patrohnan Schill. Ex-Cap
tai Devery and ex-Wardmanai Glen
non came a little later. Superinten
dent Byrnes personally served bench
warrants and turned the prisoners
over into the custody of Ispectors S
Williams and McAvoy.
At 10:30 the superintendent directed
the two inspectors to take their prisou
ers to the district attorney's of flee. in
spector Williams took inspector Mc
Laughlin, ex-Captain Devery. Captain
Seibert and ex-Wardnian tlennon.
Inspector McAvoy took Captain Dono- I
hue, Captain Murphy. Captain Price
and Patrolman Schill. The party left
headquarters by the 'Mott street en
trance. The court of Oyer and Ter'
miner met at 11 o'clock today. The
district attorney read out the names of
the police officials indicated. They
are: Inspector William C. McLaugh
lin, ex-Captain William S. Devery,
Captain John J. Donohue, Captain S1. I
J. Murphy, Captain Jacob, Siebert ex
Captain John T. Stephenson, Captain
Edward Carpenter (retired), Captain
James J. Price. Wardman Henry W.
Schill. ex-Wardman Edward J. Glen
non and Jas. Burns.
Judge Ingraham fixed Inspector
McLaughlin's bail at $20,000, C:,ptain i
Murphy's at $10,000, Captain Siebert's t
at $10,000, Devery's at $10,000. Dono- t
hue $2,500, Price $2,500, Ex-Wardman f
Schill's was fixed at $11,000-for brib
ery $5,000, forgery $5.000 and for ex
tortion $1,000, making $11.000 in all. t
Glennon, the ex-Wardman s, bail was t
flexed at $10,000. Ex-Captain Steven
son and ex-Captain Carpenter were
not on hand up to noon but they were I
expected at any moment. After bail
had been fixed in each case, District
Attorney Fellows stated that he would
on the first Monday 'In April move the
cases for trial, and asked the court to
set a day for pleading. Judge Ingra- i
ham then fixed Thursday next for the
indicated men to plead. t
Judge Ingraham, before adjourning
court, recommended the speedy dis-r
posal of the charg'es ag-ainst the mem-(
bers of the policeedepartiment. "Theret
is no reason for delay," he said.t
"-These cases should be tried at once.t
They should be taken up before thec
summer vacations."
The police board today suspended
Inspector McLaug'hlin, Captains Sie-(
bert, Donohue, Mfurphy and Price anda
Patrolman Sc-hill from duty and
directed the superintendent to assign
other officers to the command of thet
precincts which the suspended captains
were in charge ~of, and also to the de-e
tective bureau.
Says It Will Help Silver.
WASHIsGTON, D. C.. March 20.- I
Senator Teller does not regard very se
riously the possible effect of Japan's 1
de manding-a large war indemnity from
China in gold, and is of the opinion s
that instead of injuring the cause ofi
silver it will aid it.
"I have no fear," he said today. I
"thiat in any event Japan will go to a I
gold basis. The people there have b
been accustomed to the use of sil'.er
and the country is too pr1osperous and c
progressive with n atters as they are c
for them to desire a ebai ige. Natural- c
ly, however, and not wihtanidinig the'v
popularity of silver for' local p)ur- i
poses. they will ask that indenity be
paid in gold because oi its greater pur
chasing power in Eur-ope and America
with which continents Japan has large
dealing and also because she will have e
probably contracted a large wvar debt.
Still if Japan should conciude to go to
a gold basis that fact woulId only in a
crease the scramble for gold and wea
would only increase the scr-amble for 1
gold and we would have antothier cir'- a
cumstance to show thje inadequacy ofb
thle gold supply. Leavinug out 01 consi
deration what .Jaanay :ieldcae 1o d(1.
with reference to a monetaryx uasi.
the demarnd upon China for sa'y k20t,
(000,00 in gold would 1eessitate a e
gr'eat scurrying about for the mal. a
China does unot colleet to ev'ceed -15. I
000,000 in gold annuallyx on her im a
port duties, and that is the only way
thle gov-ernmnent has for- ettin gold t
in the or'dinary~ course of business. It
wxill therefore be necessary thatshb
wouldl go linto the mar'ket with her I
bonds at-d r-aise the gold in Amnerica
and Europe. In that ev-ent fully two -
thirds of the anmount would be taken t
from this country and any one mary
easily see wvhat a drain it woul~d als'o
becoine a great object lesson and would
I believe, strengthen the silver cause.
A Dastardly Crime.
BLacKBUJRO, S, C., Marchl 2:0.---This I
morningabout 2 o'clock Will &e warit.
age about 20, night teiy;rap. operiator
at Blackbur'g, was lying on a ta ble ais-a
leen in his oflice with the 'dor unl0or i
ed xvhen some p~arties etune ini ami nd'ob
bed his poks Wheni he w.k .c ': 9
knocked hinm n' the hea m-mm
ing' two veryv a-Ixy wou 'ihi
cut h is thr oat. h-at n. fr I. K.
utesaf ter' thIex eut noa. tii o w'ent
upl to the hotel netu d w'n.be up lie s
is eriusl bart bu t int dagero0us- 1]
r'0obbers gt a bou)t 81'.2 friom the tine- 11
ket drawer.i Tey went to Parkr's
store and cut a gliass out of the winuowa
anid went in and stole .sev-eral things ti
and prized the safe open. Conitets I
not known. They p our'ed keroaine v
oil in the stno and cookedmm o- egs.4
rTISTED BY A TORNADO.
A FRIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR
SISTER CITY AUGUSTA.
Fortuiately Nob~ody was Killed-Twenty
H ouses Utterly Destroyed and Twenty
Others Badly Damaged-Total Loss
Thirty Thousand Dollan
AuGUSTA, Ga., March 20.-At 9
)clock this morning Augusta was
.-isited by the most destructive wind
;torm, or cyclone, since 1878. The
:yclone came from the southwest with
>ut little warning, and in less than a
t minute had passed over the city into
south Carolina. In its track there
av destruction and houses were utter
y wiped from their foundations and
;ent in all dirctions. over housetops
hat were not touched by the bounding
:ircular wind. Strange to say there
vere no fatalities, though in many
nastances roofs were carried away
rhile the occupants were left unhurt.
Che majority of the houses ruinedwere
nall one story ones, as the
iection of the city over which the tor
iado passed is the city over which the
ornado passed is that for the most
,art inhabited by the poorer class of
vhites and negroes.
The path of the tornado is a mile in
ength from the first place it struck to
hat where it finally rose and passed
>ver. The path was in the shape of
Ln S. and the tornado struck about
very quarter of a mile, making
our descents and rebounds,but the se
ond one was perhaps the worst. This
vas 1;n Ginnett street,between 8th and
Ki streets. The first two house blown
town were two small ones on the out
kirts of.the city. The tornado then
,ose and came down aoain on Gwinett
treet. The house of Willie Sims, the
7reat colored jockey, whichis a rather
>retentious one, was the first to suffer.
:t was twisted about and the chimneys
arried away, doors blow from their
iinges ant window sashes forced in.
Across the street five small houses
vere so completely demolished that
here was no trace of them except a
ew bricks from the chimneys and
oundation posts.
A square further, at the corner of
summer and 8 streets a small house
.ad the entire end taken out, leaving
he interior expose like a scene m a
heatre. Persons were in the house at
lie time eating breakfast, but they es
:aped unhurt. Outhouses in the yards
,vere lifted and carried off several
;quares.
Three hundred yards further on is
;ituated the large flour mill of Miller
k Co. It is an immense four story
)uilding, covered enteirely with sheet
ron. While the mill was not hurt by
he wind itself it proved a target for
he flying dricks, shingles and rafters,
rom the ruined houses. A small out
iouse from a yard a quarter of a mile
way came sailing through the side of
he mill. The force of the missile shat
ered the iron, and the side of thelarge
me. Scantlings and boards also
)ierced the iron sides of the mill till it
iad the appearance of a frontier fort
tfter an attack by Indians. In front of
ffiller & Co's mill an electric light
>ole was blown down and the wires
vere crossed with telephone wires,
vhich grounded and struck a mule,
nstantly killino him.
Several huncred vards further to
he northeast the wind caIne down
Lgain and demolished one-half of the
-ound house of the Central Railroad.
)ne of the locomotives in the shop at
he time was badly damaged, and the
in roof of the remaining prtion of
he building was stripped l'i-e apeeled
>range. The roof of the Perkins
.lanufacturing Company was also
arried away. The paint shop of the
jentral Railroad car shops was sprung
nd thrown badly out of plumb, one
ide of its foundation being blown
way. Across Calhoun street from
his twc small houses were demolished.
On Fenwick street, near the South
rn Railway yard, a house in which
tre people were was blown away,
eaving nothing but the flooring, and
-et no one was hurt. In all about
orty houses were badly damaged and
wenty utterly destroyed. The loss is
-ariously estimated, but it is conserva
ively placed at $30,000.
Augtusta seems to be the only place
trueh by the wind. Persons who saw
t. say th'at it looked like a whirlwind,
.uid ~that it rose and fell like a rubber
all. The noise was like that of many
reight trains running over a long
ridge. The width of the path was
Ot over fifty yards. The great cyclone
f 1878 pr.ssed over part of the territory
overed by this, but did far greater
*amage. Perhaps seventy-five people
'ere rendered homeless by this morn
ag s wind.
A Scandal in Washington.
WASmrIoToN, March 21.-Secretary
l orton's next annual report, it is stat
d, will set out in detail, with names
nd accompanying particulars, the
acts in a transactions which will
2ake interesting reading. Some weeks
go Mr. Morton wrote to the purchas
rig agent of the seed division of the
epartment. informing him that mem
ers of Conorress had been charged
:ith disposiiig of their seeds in a way
ther ltan w-as conltemaplated by law,
nd( iniStr~uctiig him to either verify
r disprove these charges in the most
ubstantial way. In less than a week
Ie agen:',,rou'ght to the Secretary the
:ritten order of a member of the
iosse of Rlepresentatives for his entire
uota of seed which he proposed to"s'ell
> the .iepartmnent's agent for the sum
f $75 The purchase was directed to
e mrade and instead of cash the agent
'ave his check, which was properly
udor~ ed by the vender and the money
;as wn~hdrawn from the bank. So it
appetls that Secretary Morton now
Las the seeds issued to this member,
urne over on his written order, and
Nso the check through which the
nou1er was naid and bearing the sig
iature of tihemem~fber wihosold the
eThe dparunetiicials decline
>) ienti'oh the nlame of the Congress
een im: or' to locate him, but thle as
ur '.-iien that the whole trans
-on. name andc all. will appear in
he re sa strikinigexample of the
\il l whi:hthe Secretary has so fre
hlntly cailed thne attention of Con
s.'The full quota of seeds fur
ished a member of Congress by the
epartmencit consists on an average of
4,0 packages of flower seeds, 15.000
f vegetable and 82 quarts of field
reds. orasses. etc. Tile total cost of
qlsqota to the department is be
wveen 98225 and 8245. The department
this tra 1saction got the whole lot
ac for 97.The Secretary is making
n el fort i bolish the free distribu
on1 of se'nas entirelv, for the reason
dat it has grlowninto an evil that
a's never' coutemplated when the