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VOL X. MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, THE SIIER BALL ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS START IT ROLLING. Proceeding% of the Great Free Silver Con vention in Springfield--A Row Narrowly Averted--Will Democracy Unfurl the Banner. SPRIN;FILD, ILLS., June 5.-Had it not been for the timely action of Secre tary of State W. H. Hinrichsen. who issued the call for the Illinois Demo cratic silver convention, the event vould have ended in a row. It all camne about because of a plank in the resolution endorsing Goverior Altgeld It had been expressly agreed before the convention was called to order that there was to be no action taken outside of that for which the call provided the placing of the seal of approval on free coinage and the election of dele gates to a national convention to be held some time in the near future. The trouble began in the committee room, where the platform was being prepared. Ten members voted for the Altgeld plank and none against the insertion. The plank was put in. The platform had been read by ex-Con gressman Fithian, chairman of the resolutions committee, a firm friend of the Altgeld plank. A storm of protests had arisen all over the hall and it looked as if the peacemaking silver convention of the West would end in a row, which would be fatal to the fu ture of silver. At this juncture, Rin richsen arose and waved his hand and instantly the uproar was hushed. "Gentlemen," he said "I have -a per sonal request to make of you. I do not believe there is anybody in this hall who has any more right to make such a request than I have. It is this: That the part of the resolutions endors ing Governor Altgeld be stricken out and for ti s I ask unanimous consent. The mesaber of the State administra tion did noi expect to be endorsed by this convention, either as individuals or as a whole. If such endorsements were made, the object of this conven tion would be nullified." Judge Samuel H. McConnel, the per manent chairman of the convention, joined his request to that of Mr. Hen richsen, and Chairman Fithian without even waiting for the convention to rat ify the request, read the resolutions over again, this time leavino- out the objectionable paragraph. Then the delegates adopted them with a yell. There was a full representation and abundant enthusiasm. Ex-Congress man Bryan's speech was the feature of the day and he with difficulty con tinued on account of the applause. The platform follows: "Whereas, silverand gold have been the principal money metals of the world for thousands of years, and sil ver -money recognized and used as honest money, between nations not vithstanding the varying ratios be tween silver and gold, and, whereas the demonetization of silver has de prived the people of the free use and benefits of an invaluable and orio-inat money metal and has increased debts and added to the burdens of the peo ple by lowering the value of labor, products, ansd, whereas, the constitu tion of the United States prohibits the use of anything but gold and silver coin as legal tender for the payments of debts, thereby recognizing that coin composed of silver and god is honest money and for it to be used as legal tender, therefore, by the Democracy of lilnois, in convention assembled, be it. Resolved, That we are in favor of the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the United States and demand the free and unlimited 'oi-age of both metals at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the action of any other nation and that such coins shall be a legal tender for all debts both public and private, and that all contracts hereafter calling for pay ment of money whether in gold, silver or coin, may be discharged by any money which is by law a legal tender. We hereby endorse the action of the Democrstid State committee calling this convention and we instruct the -committee to carry out the will of the convention as expressed in its platform by inaugrating and cafryng on a cam paign of education in this State and to thoroug-hly organize the Democracy of the State on the lines laid down in -the platform of the convention. Resolved. That we request the Dem ocratic national convention to call a Democratic convention to consider the money question not later than August. If the national committee refuses to call such a convention then invite the Democratic State committees of other States to concur in action with the -Democratic convention of Illinois. Resolved, That the Democratic mem bers of Congress and members of the ___Senate from this State be and are here by instructed to use, every honorable 'means to carry out the principle above enunciated." This morning's trains visibly aug - mented the number of delegates to - the Democratic silver convention and *the prospects of its beinga success were correspondingly increased. Secretary of'State Hin:-ichsen by virtue of his office, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, called the meeting to order. When Chairman Crawford had finished his speech, a delegate from one of the country towns of the State made a movement to stop all abuse of Cleve -land or praise of Al eld out of the convention by intr ucing a resolu tion that all resolutions of a political nature offered to the convention be re ceived and be referred to a committee on resolutions without being read. Thomas Merritt, of Marion, was on his feet in an instant and strenuously ob jected to having what he called the o-ag law applied to the convention. ~Ie wanted any resolutions introduced to be duly readi. It was eveident there was going to be a hot fight by the ene miies of the administration to get in their attacks. Theoriainal introducer of the motion withidr~w it. and the point remained unsettled. The con vention then adjourned until 2 o'clock to allow the various committees to prep are their reports. The makeup of the committee on re solutions shows an overwhelming pre ponderance of free silver and anti Cleveland men. Not content with the regular selections of this committee a motion was offered to add ex-Congress man Hunter to the committee. This was carried by acclamation. Hunter is a violent anti-Cleveland man, and denounced the President as being a traitor to his party. Despite the assur ances given out by the leaders last night that the convention would not undertake to condemn the national ad minstation some of the friends of President Cleveiand seemed apprehen sive of coming trouble. The delegates from the various Con gressional districts met at 10 o'clock to select delegates to the proposed na tional convention on the currency ques tion. In some of these caucuses the subject of denouncing Clevelend and Palmer were talked over in an inform al way, but the sentiment appeared to be against that which was not conser vative. In the case of the 17th Con gressional district, General Palmer's home, a resolution was offered in structing the chairman of the delega tion and the district member of com mittee on resolutions to vote against any proposition either condemn the national administration or endorse the State administration. Several speeches were made on the subject, and the general impression, while strongly against Mr. Cleveland, was that it would be bad policy for the conven tion to take any action which would widen the breach between the two fac tion of the Democracy. Timothy Beech voiced this sentiment in a pep pery speech in which he spoke bitterly of Cleveland, as a traitor to the De mocracy, but he said :he did not think it the business of a monetary conven tion to denounce him. The conven tion reassembled at 2 o'clock. The committee on permanent organizations then made its report. Samuel P. Mc Connell was conducted to the chair. and spoke as follows: "This convention has a most pecul iar and most important significance. Heretofore, managers of political par ties have so arranoed that party poli cies should be declared only at the time candidates were chosenand only a short time before the gathering of the franchises of the people. The re sult has often been that your conven tions have put forth a mere assertion of general principles, or on live issue expressed themselves in meaningless compromises. Candidates have been put in who were unsympathetic with the real pur pose of the party. This convention makes a departure and is intended not only to allow a free discussion before the next political engagement, but to define our party position with distinct ness so that no voter shall fail to un derstand us, and no candidate, if chos en to office, have a chance of excuse to defeat our command. Judge McConnell recently became widely known by his resignation from the presidency of the Iroquois Club of Chicago, because of his leaning to sil ver. His audience gave him an ova tion and then loudly cried for Con gressman W. J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan was ready. In the course of his speech he said: In 1896. the people of the United States will be called upon to decide whether the influence of this nation shall be cast on the side of bi metallism or in favor of a universal gold standard. All admit that the question is the greatest economic ques tion which has been before the people of the United States during the pres ent generation, if not the present cen tury. This question cannot be settled by the flat of bank presidents or mon ey loaners of Federal officials. It will not be finally settled upon until the mat common people of the United States sit in judgment upon it and ap ply to it their principles of justice by which alone public questions can be measured. If, as all admit, the money question is now the question of su preme importance, it must follow that the people will trust that party with its settlement which fearlessly espous es the truth. The Democratic party must take its position upon this ques tion and by the correctness of that position will rise or fall. No coward, whether an individual or a party, can long retain the confidence of the neo ple. Not only i- i. necessary that the iemocratic party to take a position, but the sooner it defines its position, the greater will be its opportunities in 1896. "There can be no compromise upon this question; there can be no political fellowship between the advocates of a single gold standard and the friends of bimetallism. "It is to be regretted that the first Democratic President since the war should become the trusted instrument in the hands of concentrated wealth, the official head of the commission of pelf. When he was found he was as modest as Saul and as conspicuous among his fellows for his good con duct, but since he has soughit counsel of the familiar spirits of Wall Street e has tried to take the political life of every David whom the people trusted. rover Cleveland is not the Demo ratic party-Democracy is greater than any man. It will exalt him who rightly interprets its truths but it will ast him down who seeks to wear its livery and yet serve its plutocracy. "The reason why bimetallism has been difficult in the past was because of different ratios existing in different countries. If we should attempt free coinage at 16 to 1, we: would invite the silver of other countries to come here in exchange for gold but we offer free coinage at 16 to 1 our gold will not leave because it cannot find a more favorable ratio where there is any quantity of silver to exchange. If a change in the ratio is desirablewe cannot intelligently choose a new ra tio unless we have put gold and silver upon an equal footing. It is absurd to measure silver by gold when we open the mints to gold and close them to silver. This country must act alone because it cannot afford to submit the interest of American citizens to the government control of foreign nations and because other nations are not sim ilarly situated and therefore cannot be relied upon to co-operate with us. We did not ask the consent of other na tions when we demonetized silver and we should not ask their consent when we restore it. "Illinois is the imperial State of the West,and the Democracy of this State, by meeting in this convention, earned te right to lead the fight of 1896. The platform ado pted by th?is convention will be in substance the Democratic platform of 1896. If we are right, as we believe we are, they that are with us are all right. Truth is right and will prevail." It is now apparent the convention determined to hear Gov .'Atgeld, de spite his protest that he would, under no circumstances, speak. The Gover nor was on the .Iloor below in his of fice and a committee was sent on to conduct him in. His appearance was the noisest demonstration of the day. Men stood on chairs and yelled like cow boys of a reservation and spun their silk hats on the end of their sticks. Women clnpped their hands, having no canes, swung their bonnets by the strings and howled as if it were a university foot ball game. It was fully five minutes before a semblance of order could be patched up. The "I am told Cleveland is the friend of the workingman. He has written some beautiful letters and in them he has told the workingman his dollar would go farther than it used to, but neither he or any other man has told the working man where he is going to get that dollar. You've got to have a market that will pay a fair price for the workingman's product. There are Democrats who say, 'Don't disturb things; do not split' the Democratic party. No. leave it alone and when the next national convention is called, elect men as you did before, who will straddle everything under the sun, and not even know that there is c.,untry of allegiance. There is only one way to head the gold men off and that is to get back of them. Call a convention for this fall and let Democrats send deleoates to it. "Rave you seen a single man in the honest money party who comes home at night with the sweat of honest toil on his clothes? This in itself is not necessarily greatly against him but this is no reason why he should inter fere with the masses and not allow that they speak their minds on the great questions of the day. Let these men know that it is not a mere ques tion of getting offices; that it is more than this, a question of principle. Stand shoulder to shoulder and you will find there is no power in Ameri ca that can withstand your onward tread." Richard Michaelis,editor of the Free Press, Chicago, then addressed for the first time in his life a Democratic con vention. Ex-Congressman Fithian then read the resolutions-the row was on at once. One delegate wanted Attorney General Moloney endorsed for his war on the trusts; another wished to praise Hinrichsen and a dozen others were trying to gain recognition in order to introiuce amendments. Finally, the tumult was stilled lon- enough to al low Hampton Bell of IcOupim coun ty, to shout, "I move that so much of the resolutions as relates to Governor Atgeld be stricken out." There were loud cries of "No," "No," and "Put him out." Mr. Bell continued and Babel reigned again until the secretary made his pacific personal plea with the result that an adjournment was taken after the adoption of the reso lutions with everybody in a good humor. Seventy-six delegates to the nation al convention were selected at the caucuses in the meeting. The dele gates at large are ex-Mayor John P. Hopkins, Chicago; Secretary of State Hinrichsen, Jacksonville; ex-Con gressman Geo. W. Fithian, Newton, and Lewis B. Parsons, Florida. Arrested for Conspiracy. COLUMBIA, S. C, June 5.--This morning another interesting legal move was made in the matter of the dispensary law. State Commissioner Mixson and Liquor Constable Beach were arrested. The proceedings are made under the special conspiracy act of Congress which was referred to in the Debs case. They were arrested upon a warrant sworn out by two leading citizens, Messrs. Muller and Beck, before United States Commis sioner Reid, of Newberry. They are charged with conspiracy to violate the special inter-State commerce act of 1890 in seizing some beer belonging to the complainants. The commissioner also issued a warrant for the search and seizure of the confiscated liquor. The prisoners were taken up for a pre liminary hearing. Dr. Pope appear ed for the complainants and asked that the prisoners be bound over for conspiracy. The assistant attorney general told the deputy marshal tpo consider the seized property in his pssession for the pusposes of this case. The State maintains that the defend ants cannot be held criminally liable, under this act of Congress. The hear ing will be continued at 3:30 o'clock. This is an entirely new proceeding. The hearing was concluded at the af ternoon session, both Dr. Pope and Judge Townsend both making lengthy speezhes, the former arguing that the commissioner had jurisdiction and the latter denying it. Dr. Pope's speech was a spicy one. The commissioner decided that the defendants were in contempt of Judge Simonton's order of injunction which he said was now the law and bound Mixson over to ap pear for trial at the November term of the United States district court here in the sum of $1,000, making the con stable's bond only half that amount. Delaware Republicans Split. WILMINGTON, DEL., June 1.-The noted fight in the last Legrislature over the election of a United States Senator was reflected here to-dayv in the city election. As in the General Assembly1 contest the Higgins and Addicks Re publican forces were pitted against each other, and as a result the D~emo ratic ticket, headed by Charles R. Jefferies for mayor, came out ahead. The Republican mayoralty nominee, Jacob H. Lewis, was allied with the Higgins faction, the Addicks candi date, Samuel H. Bayard, having been defeated at the primaries for mayor. The Democrats also elected seven of the twelve councilmen exclusive of the President. Two years ago at a previous city election the Republicans secured seven of the twelve council men. At the general election in No vember Wilmington gave Marvil, the Republican Gubernatorial candidate, a majority of 92G. scorching Heat in Newv York. NEW YORK. June 1.-All records for heat on the 1st day of June are smashed by to-day's temperature. Never in the history of the weather bureau has the mercury climbed to such a height on June 1 as it reached today. Added to this the humidity is 2 per cent greater than yesterday, so that the slightly cooler weather is just as opnressive to-day as it was on the recor-breaking May 31. The highest point reached by the thermometer to day was at 4 p. in., when it registered 94. Shortly after that hour a thunder shower of a few minutes' duration sent down the mercury 10 degrees in a few minutes. The highest tempera ture on record for a previous June 1 was 89 in 1879. The highest for any June day is 96 degrees, June 28, 1888. and June 20, 1893. Twenty-three cases of prostration by the heat were reported at police headquarters. A Crazy Craft. TAMPA, Fla.. June 5.--The steamer Electron arrived at Por-t Tam pa tonight loaded with vegetables from the Manatee county. The crew began unloading on one side and thie steamer tipped over and went to the bottom. A o one was drowned and they expect to raise the vessel at once. Only the top of the pilot house can be A TALE OF HORROR. SURVIVORS OF THE COLIMA TELL HOW THE SHIP WAS LOST. In a hurricane For Twenty-Six Hours. Sunk in Ten Miinutes Time--Pas sengers Drowned Like Rats in a Cage. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. June 6.-The steamer San Juan arrived this after noon from Panama and way ports with the survivors of the wrecked Pacific mail steamship Colima. As soon asthe marine observer reported- the ship two miles out, the water front became a scene of excitement. The Pacific mail dock was beseiged by a curious crowd that blocked the street. As the reve nue cutter bearing the customs officers and newspaper men neared the ship, some of the Colima's rescued passen gers with bandaged heads were seen leaning on the bow rail. Just prior to the arrival of the reporters, however, the Pacific 'Mail Company's tug. Milan Gritlith, came alongside the San Juan and took third mate Hansen of the lost ship. who more than any one else could throw light on the cause of the wreck. There was general disinclination among the surviving passengers to give information. the only reason giv en for their refusal to be interviewed being that under the circumstances they did not feel disposed to talk. Geo. D. Ross. formerly boatswain's mate on the cruiser Olympia. who was on his way to his home in New York. gave the U'ited Press representative the foliowir g graphic a -count of the wreek: "We left Mazatlan Sunday, May 26. at 4 o'clock p. im., with a fair breeze blowing. Toward 9 o'clock in the even ing the .vind increased a little and con tinued blowing pretty fresh all night. Next morning at G o'clock the wind moderated considerably until 9 o'clock, when it again began to blow and stead ilv continned to gain in violence until it acquired the proportions of a hurri cane. The wind blew in great gusts, causing the ship to list badly to star board. The Colima labored heavily and it was evident that we were in a very precarious predicament. The greatest excitement prevailed on board and the faces of passengers plainly showed that they were keenly alive to their perilous position. Unfortunately, just at the last mo ment a fatal blunder was committed by the third officer, who cut the lash ings of a deck load consisting of 32,000 feet of lumber. Some of this was washed into the sea, and what remain ed on deck was driven about, knock ing down and maiming those whom it struck. A particularly heavy sea struck the ship, tumbling the fore mast and smokestack. Shortly before this, however, a succession of huge waves had punched a hole in our star board bow, through which the sea poured. Women screamed, and rushed up the common way imploring the men to save them. The ship gave a couple of heavy reels and an enor mous sea climbed on us. smashing the hurricane deck, and with one mighty lurch the ship went down. As she was making her last lurch I dived into the sea, and when I came up she was out of sight. People were floating around clinging to all sorts of wreckage, and some sinking under our very eyes. Some who had managed to grasp hold f boxes or planks were knocked senseless anld drowned. The force and ffect of this floating mass of lumber annot be described. It caused the eath of many who might otherwise ave been saved. "*It is a ditlicult matter to say to w~hat ause of tile wreck of the ship Colima s attributable. She must certainly ave shifted her cargo, as her strong list to port showed. I firmly believe hat but for the shifting of the cargo he ship would have road out of the aaleI had been in the wfiter some itte time clinging to one object or aother, when finally I managed to et hold of a good-sized piece of hurri ane deck, upon which I climbed. I rifted about for some time, when I bserved a rather effeminate looking fellow on another piece of wreckage lose to me. He seemed about done up. so I seized his raft and hauled him n'to mine. We madethe rest of the trip towards the shore together. He turned out to be Thornton. We were the closest in shore of any of the sur ivors, and were picked up by the first officers boat of the San Juan after be ing twenty-three hours in tile water." Ross was severely cut about the head by floating wreckage, and had numer ous other cuts about tile body. T. J. Oriel, an electrician on his way to Mexico, gave about the same version of the commencement of the storm. He said the Colima during the height of the storm listed so badly after each succeeding rush of waves that she did not recover. " About 9 o'clock 0on tile morning of the wreck," he said. "I went below to the steerage quarters and noticed water cominlg into the starboard scuppers. Shortlyv after ward a quartermlaster cameI down, say ing tile captain wanted to see the en gieer. The latter went ou deck, but returned to the engine room in three or four minutes looking like a dead manl. His face was ashy pale. That was the last seen of him." While Oriel was telling this part of the story a relative of tile engineer who had boarded the steamer with the re porters, broke into tears and shokk convulsively. "By this tinme," Oriel went on. "the steerage passengers had all gone below when theseven men-of war men froml the Anmerican cruisers Olympia and Philadelphia, tried to console those around thlem. One of these finally told us we wvere doomed. We shook hands, said good-bye, and he knelt on a sack of flour and said prayers. I then started to no on deck but~ the ship listed so badly I could scarcely make my way upstairs. At this time the third officer cut the lash ing that bound the lumber deck load. Tie smokestack had toppled over. I made for a boat intending to cut it loose from its fastenings, but was un able to do so. The ship was on her beam ends and the decks bulged out and were finally renlt. "I then jumped into the water, seiz ed a box and was washed about from one float to another like many others. The heaviest squall came following' tle disappearance of the ship. While it prevailed many who were struggling in the waves were mlangled and drowncd by floating lumlber. F'ive oif us, Tom Fitch, Jack Carpenter. two Mexicans and myself, got on1 a r'aft and wvere picked up by a boatt in com mand of Capt. Long, formerly captain of the Colimna. A MIexican named Serabia went crazy from driinking salt water." C. H. Cushing, Jr., was ill bed the time to be hurled into the sea with a cabin roof. He told his story as fol lows: "I found myself in the water wish out knowing just how I got there. By some means or another, just when I had abandoned all hope of being saved I found myself floating near a portion of the cabin roof with the others. Shortly after we got on the raft a keg of claret floated near and we captured it. It was a long time before we got the keg open, and I am sorry it was ever opened. My two friends drank until they became worse than intoxi cated. One of them laid down and went to sleep, but the other insisted upon quarrelling and finally attacked me. To save my life I had to knock him overboard. The other man sobered him and I pulled him aboard again. He began drinking harder than ever. and finally fell overboard and was drowned. ~After his com panion awoke he behaved himself, and finally we were picked up. "As to the cause of the wreck I can say but little. I really cannot say as to the list of the ship. I had not gone to breakfast, and was only up long enough to notice that it was a terrific hurricane and that the waves were mountain high." MIr. Cushing had a brother 18 .years old on the Colima. Nothing has been heard of him. The surviving brother was terribly cut on the head by float ing lumber, besides being bruised about the body. George Rowan, another passenger bound for New York, agrees in the main with the statements of the storm and added: "There was absolutely no discipline, no organization of any kind. Everything was a panic. The captain stood on the bridge. Women screamed and the children cried clinging in des peration to their parents and even to strangers. As soon as I became con vinced that the ship was doomed I hastily pulled down some life preserv ers. When seen by the steward he or dered me peremptorily to discontinue what I was doing. Without paying any attention to him I kept on pulling down life belts and passing them out. As I am unable to swim I tied one of these belts around me and jumped into the sea. Three times I sank and had just reached for a piece of wreckage when I was again knocked under by something, presumably a plank, a large gash was cut in my head and I am cut and bruised all over. After floating about for twenty-four hours on a large piece of wood I was picked up.. Sailor A. L. Capenter was one of the party ori the raft. He says that at tempts were made to lower the boats, but ;failed. .All the women were in their staterooins, fornone of them ex pecte. that the disaster was upon them. "I think that something shifted be low," added Carpenter .'The vessel ran into a gale from 9 o'clock Monday night until 11 o'clock the .following evening: She steere4 badly, and when about 0. miles below Manzanillo she lost seerage way,' swung her head around a few points and in less time than it takes to tell it she careened over on her beam ends. Scardely ten minutes elapsed before she went down. Captain Taylor died at his post. I was thrown into the water, and when I came up I seized a stick of lumber and floated about until picked up by the people on the raft. Such a hurricane I never before experienced in all my sea-farino life. Lumber. broken deck ing and dead bodies drifted by us, and the horrors of the situation was alone enough to render us helpless." The following is the list of the sur vivors landed today: Third Mate Han sen: R. Avilles, a carpenter; A. Rich ardson and Thomas F ish, members of crew: H. A. Sutherland, C. H. Gush ing, J. M. Thornton, H. P. Boyd, George Rowan, Bruno Cenda, J os. Manuel, G. D. Riss, J. Sanalenes. T. J. O'Riel and Juan A. Ramos. The following survivors were landed at Mazatlan: Thos. Seralia, D. Olivas, A. Guttierez and Carlos Luitz. The Cotton Prospect. N:EW YoRK, June 6.-The Chronicle has issued its annual statement of cot ton acreage, stand and condition. The estimated decrease in acreage by States is as follows: North Carolina, 20 per cent,; South Carolina 10 per cent. Georgia. 13 per cent. Florida, 5 per cent.; Alabama, 11 per cent.; Mississippi, 10 per cent.; Louisiana, 14 per cent.; Texas, 11 per cent.; Arkansas, 12 per cent.: Tennes see, 9 per cent.; other States and Ter ritories. 12 1-2 percent. The average decrease is 11.6 per cent. The acreage is 17,767,66:3 against 20,410,247 acres last year. The small decrease in Flo:-ida is due to larger planting of sea island cotton. The crop is unques tionably late. The weather up to May 2 was not favorable. It is not certain whcther permanent injury has result ed or not. Probably serious harm has resulted in only limited arcas. Culti vation has not been as through as it was a year ago. There has been very heavy dlecrease in the taking of com mercial fertilizers, but of home made fertilizer a slightly greater use is re ported. The condition of the plant was less satisfactory at the close of the month than-at the 'same date last year. The States of less promise are the Car olinas and Georgia, but the plant is late almost every where and so is farm wor'k. The condition is not necessarily unpromising, but more depends upon future development than has been the use in other productive years. -*Wurdered for a Living. BIR311xorcer, Ala., June 7.-At 12:06 o'clock p. m. today, in the Jefferson county jail yard, in this city, in the presence of an inmense crowd, Lee Harr'is and A be MIitchell paid the pen alty for the horrible murder of which they had been tried, convicted and sentenced. They died g'ame and death resulted from strangulation. In the latter part of February one night these two negroes hatched up a devilish plan to lay in wait in Capitol Park, on one of the principal streets of this city. and kill the first person who came along and rob him. No single person showed up and they thereupon went into the northern part of the city and killed, in cold blood, a negro mer chant named MIeriwether, and robbed his till. They- were arrested through the persistent efforts of Captain Donel son of the p~olice force, and confessed their crime. They not only confessed having killed 3er'iwether, but nearly a score of others. among which was the cold-blooded assassination of a man namied Thornton near the fair grounds three miles from this city and an as sault upon an old farmer near East Lake, six miles from herec, whom they shot down because he refused to give them money and food. The string of crimes which they commijtted would fill twenty pages in a closely printed THE REGISTRATION LAW. THE ARGUMENT TO DISSOLVE JUDGE GOFF'S INJUNCTION. South Carolina's Registration Laws Dis cussed Before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond--The Speeches on Each Side. RICHMOND, Va., June 7.-The South Carolina registration case came up here today in the United States Court of Appeals before Chief Justice Fuller, and District Judges Hughes and Seymour. From questions asked counsel on both sides by Chief Justice Fuller during the argument it is thought that the decision of the Court will be in favor of South Carolina and that Judge Golf's injunction will be dissolved. Attorney General Barber, of South Carolina, opened the aruument for that State. He began by asking the Court to suspend the rule by which its decision would not be rendered until the following term. The Court said that it would take its own course in that matter. Mr. Barber then handed a copy of the election laws of South Carolina to the Judges and commenced his argu ment. "We are here," said he, "to ask this honorable Court to vacate this temporay order of injunction which operates to arrest the execution of the State law. It was an order made in chambers. If that order is allowed to stand it will have all the force and effect of a perpetual injunction grant ed upou a final hearing of the case. This proceeding is clearly directed against the State of South Carolina." He contended that the Federal Courts did not have jurisdiction in the case in which this injunction was granted. "The several States," said he, "have some rights which the United States as a whole must respect. and which the Federal Courts should protect rather than invade. We are seeking at the hands of this Court what we conceive to be the sovereign rights of a State." Here the Attorney General cited cases which held that the judiciary could not interpose in matters political and that it was not within the power of the United States Courts to decide questions as to the rights of voters. Mr. Barber continuing, said: "With the voters of Richland County practi cally disfranchised a very grave ques tion arises as to the validity of any election held for delegates to the Con stitutional Convention. It cannot be denied that this is an attempt to stop an election. The Attorney General contended that this suit is in effect one against the State of South Carolina, and as such is in violation of the Constitution of the United States. . Commenting .upon the decree of Judge Goff, Mr. Barber said: "It will be'observed that the registi'ation law of Soiith Cardoina has been declared uncnstitutionaI because it impedes the right of' suffrage by the colored voter and-. not because 'of his race or color. What hasa Federal Court to do with it if there is no discrimination on account of his race, class or color? His Honor canno, hold that the law discriminates, for it expressly states that there shall be no discrimination and all shall register in the same man ner." Concludin Mr. Barber declared that the whole proceedings were in tended to stop the election of delegates to a Constitutional Convention, "and I respectfully submit to this Court," said he, "that it is a soverign right of the people to amend their constitution al government by such principles of public policy as they may deem ex pedient, and I askc this honorable Court to vacate the temporary order >f injunction and thus protect that sovereign right of a sovereign State." Mr. C. A. Douglass, of Washington, followed Mr. Barber for the complain amt. He contended that the registra tion law of South Carolina was un onstitutional, and that it was so cum bersome that it hinders registration and that this was the intention of'the A ct. "The scheme of the Act," said he "is to suppress the suffrage at every turn and point, to abridge and impair it and render burdensome the duty o' registering and the right to vote. BEe claimed that the Act of 1882 was unconstitutional as was also the Act : 1894. "We submit," said he, -'that that section which requires the trans fer certificates when a voter moves from one house to another in the same precinct cannot have been intended for any other purpose but to make it burdensome for him to vote." Chief Justice Fuller asked Mr. Doug las if all this did not apply to the white voter as well as the colored to which the lawyer replied that it did on its face. Mr. Douglas said that the Act of '9)4 in udertaking to cure the defects in the one of '82 only made the law more bnoxious. "If "we were required," snid he. "to show that this Act dis riminates against race or color we v.ould sit here until the end of time, ~ecause no Legislature would be so foolish as to frame such an Act, but the very purpose of this law was in tended to disfranchise. It is written vpon every line and between every line. There is existing now a large class of one race that it is desired to keep from voting." Mr. Douglas held that if the opera tion of the law tended to disfranchise the negro the Courthad jurisdiction to declare it unconstitutional. "We are honestly of the opinion," said he in conclusion, "that these laws are oh noxious from every conceivable stand point." Mr. Obear, of Washington, followed Mr. Douglas for the complainant. He held that Green, the registr-ator, was not an officer until this Court pro aounced the registration law valid. H1e contended that the right to vote vas actionable, that it was in a certain sense a political right, but that it was aso a property right to be protected or the Courts. "The right to cast the .alot," said he, "is a right that is re cognized and protected by the Courts. 'he right as to who lie shall cast his hallot for is a political right which is aot under the jurisdiction of a Court." Hie said that it was before this Court s a p:coperty right. "We are not be ore the Court," said Mr. Obear, "to restrain South Carolina from holding lectioins, but to tear down the bar ciers which prevent a citizen from exercising his right of franchise." Mr. Edward McCrady, of Charles ton, closed the argument for- the State. His remarks were very brief, lHe cited a number of cases in which United States Judges had held that Courts of Equity could not interfere with matter's political, "and this case," said lhe, "is a political case pure and simple." At the conclnc-ion of then argu1merit the Court set next Tuesday as the day upon which briefs in the case should be filed. The Court then adjourned, six hours being consumed in the hearing of the argument.-News and Courier. A POLL OF CONGRESS. rue Outlook Is For a Good Deal of Tariff Legislation. NEW YoRa, June 4.-A few days ago The World sent to each senator and representative whose address could be ascertained a telegraphic request for answers to the following questions: Do you favor single gold standard or free coinage Do you favor further tariff changes? Do you favor principle of income tax? In a general way it may be said that of 116 members, who gave unequiv ocal answers to the silver question, 55 are ui qualifiedly in favor of free coin age. 44 favor bimetallism, generally with the proviso of an international agreement. Only 17 can fairly be classed as favoring a single gold stand ard, and the attitude of some of these, even, is not definite. The southern and far western states are almost unanimous for free coinage the central states lean towards silver with international bimetallic qualifications, and it is only in New York, New England and adjac ent eastern states that there are any avowedly gold standard men. An unexpected and unpleasant possi bility of renewed tariff agitation is ap parent in the replies to the question as to further changes in the tariff. Only 28 members are against any change, while 35 favor moderate changes and 38 are pronounced for radical changes. Most of the latter are Republicans who hanker for the McKinley law. A few are free traders. The moderates are chiefly those who think ' changes will be neeessary in order to increase revenues. The income tax question brought out many sharp and piquant answers and proved that even in the minds of congressman a supreme court decision goes not always decide. Forty-nine congressman say that they favor the principle of the tax. Forty seven oppose it, A great many evaded the question or failed to answer it. A few details by states will be inter esting. Alabama, Arkansas, Califor nia, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Missis sippi, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, .South, Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming are solid so far as heard from. The '>imetallists are chiefly in Dela ware, -eorgia, Illinois. Indiana, Iowa Kansas, Lousiniana, Michigan, Min nesota, Missouri. Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva nia, Rode Island, Massachusetts and ermont have the gold advocates. Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, the Car olinias, Georgia, Louisiana and most of the other southern states are solid for the income tax. New York and the east generally oppose it. Else where the division is nearly even. Owing to the fact that the exact ad dresses of new congressmen are fre quently indefinite, it has been impossi ble to reach a large number of them on such short notice. In addition to this, nearly 100 senators and represent atives were found to' be away from bome on trips abroad or in other dist nt parts. Next session being a long one, this is the only chance for vacation the on gressmen will have, and they avail of it largely. Drowned Himself. PORT TowNSEND, Wash., June 6. Prof. T. Nash, chief of the British Ed acational Burean of India, last Mon lay afternoon committed suicide by jumping over board from the steamer ity of Topeka, near Queen Charlotte ound. Alaska. The deed was commit :ed inl tihe pressece of his wife, who is . daughter of a Hindo-prince, and is anmensely wealthy. Mrs. Nash, who .s finely educated and very pretty, was intensely jealous of her husband's actions. In consequence they engaged n many, petty quarrels. When aear Queen Charltote Sound, bout 4 o'clock on Monday af ernoon, she called Prof. N ash from :he smoking room and going on deck began to scold him for some unknown ause. In the hearing of other pas iengers he told her that if she presisted te would jump overboard. She re :ored she would report him to the cap :ain who would place him in irons. As :he wvif turned half round her hus and leaped deftly over the railing into :he sea. A general alarm was sound ad and a life bouy thrown hun, but he made no effort to reach it. The steam er was stopped and boats lowered and a most diligent search instituted with >ut avail. Prof. Nash belonged to a wealthy family in England, and after ifteen years residence in India was re :urning home. When he sprang into the sea he carried on his person jewels valued at several thousand dollars. To the Convention. CoLmuIA, S. C., June 6.-South Carolina. it seems, is to be represented it the big convention to be held in Memphis on the 12th and 1th-the bimetallic convention mentioned very Fully yesterday morning. Gov. Evans was requested to appoint ten delegates from this State and this he has done, yesterday announcing the following appointments: State-at-large-Senators T'illman and [rby and W. 0D. Evans. First Congressional District -Thos. Talbird. Second District-W. J. Talbert. Third District-A. C. Latimer. Fourth District-Stanvarne Wilson. Fifth District-T. J. Strait. Sixth District-John L. MIcLaurin. Seventh District-J. Win. Stokes. As will be noted, of all South Caro lina's representatives in Congress, only Col. Elliott is omitted from the dele ration. It is very easy to understand why this is thus. Free Silver ini Iowa. DEsMOI1NEs, Ia., June t.-S3tate con Ference of free silver Democrats which >pened here at 2 o'clock, was called by ex-Lieutenant Governor S. L. Bestow and others "for the purposeC of decid ing upon a plan of action." It is a practical continuation of the Democr i end of the non-partisan conference bed yesterday. with all augmented ist of pariticpanits. The conference Vestrda it resoivred to support none but iree silver' candidates. It is now the >bject of thle mnagers of the present :onference to shape matters so that the :oineg D~emocraLtic State convention vill niaune only free silver men. ienerai Weaver has promisen~ so much >f Populist support as hte can control or a suitable Democratic ticket and somec assurances of free silver Repub THE OUTLOOK IS BETTER, THE CROP SITUATION IN THE STATE AS REPORTED. Director Bauer's Weekly Bulletin of the Condition of the Weather and the Crops. The Peculiar Climate Changes. CoLDMBI A, June 5.-The following weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and the crops during the past week was issued by State Observer Bauer yesterday: There was a quick transition from tne cold conditions that ended with the beginning of this crop week, to an ex treme of heat, with the highest re corded temperatures for the last de cade of May or the first decade in June in forty years in Charleston, where the maximum reached 97 on June 1st and 2d. In various other localities where less extended records are kept available for comparison, they show that it was the hottest week ever known at this season and rarely ever surpassed by the warmest periods in July or Au gust. Many reports indicate tempera tures of 100 or over on the 1st, 2< and 3d. There was practically no cloudiness during the entire week with the ex ception of a few foggy mornings over the southe en portion of the State. The continuou isunshineand excessive heat dried the ground rapidly and in a few places rain is needed and it would be highly beneficial over the entire State, more especially on light soils that be come dry quickly, although crops are not suffering for the want of it. This hot, dry weather has tended to equalize the previous abnormal condi tions by supplying some of the heat lost daring April and May, and to re duce the pr"evious excessive rainfall to nearly a seasonable amount. Its ef fects on all crops has been very favor able. It was the indicated need of corn and cotton, and perhaps more particularly for peaches, plums and berries, which are beginning-to ripen. The mean daily temperaturrngeld above the normal on each' dayof the' week, except on May 28th (Tuesday), with departures of from 3 to 12 de grees-per day, the latter generally on the 2nd and 3rd (Sunday and Monday). On May 22, therdeparture was 16 de greesbelow the normal, making a rlae - of 28 degrees in ten days. The average daily temperature was about 14 <e grees higher this week than last - The "highest temperature rep6rted was 105 on the 2nd (Snnday), from Ella, Lexington county. The lowest reported was 50 on the 28th of May, from Greenville, Liberty, Looper s and Spartanburg, making the weekly range in the State 55 degrees. The mean temperature for the week for the State was 82.5. and the normal for the same period is approximately 75.5. There was no rain in any portion of the State during the entire week. The normal rainfall for the same period is approximately 1.06 inches. The winds were very light during the entire week, from the west and north durino the early portion and latterly southerly. Cotton made rapid improvement in growth, color and possibly stand, al though some correspondents say that "patching" or replantingis still neces sary and that some of the late plant ing is slow in germinating. "Bak leg" or "sore shank" was bad in places and makes recovery slow. A few state that it is still dying on sandy land but this is not common now. Also that some fields planted in cotton have been plowed up and planted in some other crop. Cotton is small for the season. Fields are being cleaned from grass very fast, and chopping to a stand is nearly finished. Corn has been much improved by the hot weather and has reaied a healthy color. It is generly small for the season with an uneven stand. Bottom lands nearly all planted. Bud worms and cut worms less active than heretofora, ..My t]hy have already damao-ed the stand very much on bot tom Ylands. Fields generally well worked and free from grass. Peas are being sown mn with corn at this time as well as alone. In some sections idle lands are being sown to peas. October oats are ripening and gener ally promise a full crop. The general condition of spring oats has improved very much, but its condition continues to vary with locality, from very good to poor. Rain will soon be neeedfor it, as it is just in the milk A number of reports state that rust has appeared in wheat, and is serious in a few places, Wheat has headed well, generally, and will soon be ready for harvesting. The rice crop continues to grow well and looks very promising at this time. The hot weather has died the boggy lands so that plows could be put on and preparations for planting June rice are well under way. It stated that the stand of sugarcane and sorghum is very poor. Melons have improved greatly, but insects continue to eat the plant at places, and others say that the hot sun wilts the vines. Potatoes along the coast are yield ing a large crop, but they are not doing as well in the interior. Sweet potatoes are not growing well, hav ing apparently not fully recovered from the setback by the cold weather of the previous week. Peaches have ceased to drp and a full crop is now beyond peradventure of a doubt. Plums are said to be ripenino. prematurely, and are not good. 'Varieties of wild berries are very plentiful. Sunshine has been very beneficial to fruit and berries. Tobacco has shared in the general improvements, noted for crops, due to the hot weather. Gardens wilted during the daytime, under the influence of the heat, and must soon have rain or else will de teriorate. Vegetables abundant. Truck shipment to Northern markets con tinue heavy from the coast counties, where the i'ndustry is centered. All correspondents agree that the crop prospects improved wonderfully during the past week, but that rain is the present indicated need. Terrors~ of shipwreck. SANs FRANCISCO, June 7.-A special from Victoria gives an account of the wreck of the schooner Kodiak on Ko diak Island; also the loss of the schoon er C. G. White of San Francisco, near the same plare. Ten of the crew of the C. G. White were lost. Many were frozen to death while lashed to the rigging and others were drowned. The survivors crossed the mountains through the deep snow to Okyak, where medical attention was given them. Harry Harmson, A. Sweeney A. O'Brien R. Johnson, F. Rogers anAi E. W. Ball all had their feet amputat