The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, June 03, 1896, Image 1
VOL. Xl. MANNING S.(;.,WEDNESDAY JUNEF 3.O.5
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED AND
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED.
St. Louis the Victim of the Most Destruct
ive Cyclone on Record-Several Steamers
Sunk and Fire Adds Horror to the Scene.
ST. Loris, Mo., May 27.-Death and
destruction reigns supreme in St.
Louis and vicinity tonight as a resul
of the most terrible storm that ever
visited this section of the country. So
widespread is the destruction in both
St. Louis and East St. Louis that it is
impossible to even estimate the
amount of damage and loss of life.
Buildings of every description are in
ruins and as a result hundreds of peo
Dle are reported dead and injured, but
until daylight comes and order is re
stored, it will be impossible to make a
definite statement. A report is in cir
culation that seven steamers lying at
wharf boats on the East St. Louis side
of the river have been sunk with all
on board. The city is nearly in dark
ness as the electric lights and trolley
wires are down. With one or two ex
ceptions, all the street car lines in the
city are at a standstill and thousands
of people are compelled to remain
down town or walk home.
The storm broke about 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, after a most oppressive
1y hot day. and the rain began to fall.
It soon developed into a fierce thun
derstorm, with the wind from the
East. A little later the wind had
gained a velocity of eiglhy miles an
hour, driving the rain before it and
tearing loose signs, cornices, chin
neys and everything in its way. Magy
buildings of every kind were demol
ished and others set on fire by light
ning and crossed wires. The fire
department responded to fourteen
alarms. The streets were full of peo
ple going'home from work and a pan
ac ensued as soon as the storm broke;
men were picked up and hurled
against the buildings; horses and car
rmes were sent flying here and there
and falling wires full of the deadly
fluid added to the horror of the scene.
Suddenly the wind veered around
to the West and completed the des
truction. It is asserted by some of
those who have traversed the down
town part of the city that there are
few buildings in St. Louis that have
not. suffered in some way from the
stdem. Tonight the streets are in com
plete darkness and travel in every di
rection is dangerous because of fallen
live wires- and debris lying every
where. The wagon way of the Eads
bridge on the East St. Louis side, is a
crumbling mass of mortar and stone,
- and parts of the tower and pier No. 1
were also torn away. Thousands of
dollars will not cover the wreckage.
An outbound accommodation train
on the Chicago and Alton was wreck
ed by a broken rail, but fortunately
nobody among fifty passengers was
hurt. A trolley car loaded with pas
sengers bound for the West side is
said to have fallen through the rail
road track below, but with what re
sult is not known. The roof of the
Republican hail was blown off and a
20 foot section of the Western hall of
"the city jail clear down, exposing the
interior. It was during exercise hours
and two hundred prisoners exercising
in the building were panic stricken.
The tara of the Waters& Pierce Oil
Company on Gratiot street blew up,
spreading destruction on every hand.
Three stories of the Coe Manufactu
ring Company building, Ninh and
Gratiot, and nearly half of the Wain
wright Brewery were blown down.
The summer high school, Eleven and
Spruice;McDermott's saloon, Eleventh
and Chester; the livery stable; Elev
enth and Walnut, were unroofed.
The engineer of the .Etna Works,
Twenty-first and Pappin streets, was
almost instantly killed. The walls
blew in and he was scalded to death
by steam. The Consolidated Wire
Works, Twenty-first and Pappin
streets, was almost totally wrecked.
Sevenpe are known to hav.e beein
injre seriously by this wreck, and
many more are said to have been hurt
by failing walls.
The two story building of the C. H.
Sawyer Manufacturing company, 1819
Choteau avenue, was demolished.
John Sawyer, a member of the firm.
and Emma Chaney and Isabella Hall
'den, typewriters,were crushed to death
under the walls. H. H. Sawyer, a
member of the firm, was injured fatal
ly. -The St. Louis Refrigerator and1
Vvoodenware company factory, Sec
ond and Park avenue, was completely
destroyedby fire,caused by lightning.
The loss is estimated at $300),000. A
rumor was widely circulated that the
gstank near the Consolidated .Wire
voks at the South end of the T wen
ty-first street viaduct had been blown
over and crushed in the wire works
buildings, killing four men to a cer
taintv and possibly more
Temporary hospitals atbound in ev
..r.4part of the city. The armory at
sventw..and Pine streets has been
tiened for th~e care of the wounded
and many injured have been taken
into private houses. The city author
ities at midnight were sending mount
t d policemen through the city to as
certain if possible what lcss of life and
the number of injured really is. So
far as absolute facts are concerned,
nothing definite can be learned before
tomorrow.
To add to the dismal situation, the
rain which fell sthortly after the tor
ndo passed, began again about 7:30
o'clock and is now coming down in
torrents. It is impossible to get re
ports from the police stations, where
many of the dead and injured have
been taken, and consequently all
statements in regard to the dead and
wounded up to the present time are
the merest conjectures, but there is noc
doubt that the loss of life is gre ater
than anything the country has kno wn
since the disaster at Johnstown, Pa.
Three fire alarms were sent in to
night from a poor house which had
1,200 inmates. The roof of that struc
ture was- blown off and it is feard
that the number of fatalities there is
great. The loss of Jife on the river
vos great. Itis reported that the mag
i cent steamer Girand Republic was
sunk with all on board. The steamer
D). H. Pike, with thirty passengers on
board, bound up the river for Peoria,
was blown bottomside up. The steam
er Conger was blown nearly across
the river and sank at a point opposite
Carondelet, -texi miles below. Tr-e
steamer Dauphin, a pleasure boat,
containing 20 women passengers and
.a crew of 6 men, was blown against
the middle pier of the Eads bridge
and broken in two. The steamer Lib
bie Conger of the Diamond Jo Line,
with Captain Zaman, his wife and the
re w of six men, was sunk.
here and on the East side of the river,
the number drowned in the Mississip
pi will aggregate hundreds.
A HEART RENDING DEATH LIST.
ST. Loris, Mo., May 2S.-The aw
ful sweep of last night's tornado is
marked to-day by a devastated dis
trict in the Southwestern portion of
the city, a half mile wide and four
miles long, with wrecked buildings,
tottering walls, debris, choked streets
and rescuing parties to tell the story
of havoc and death.
St. Louis is dazed by the extent of
the calamity and it -will be days be
fore the total loss of life and the
amount of property destroyed will be
known.
The estimates of the number killed
vary from 200 to 500, with the belief
general that the latter figure is the
nearer correct.
Coroner Waite says the death list in
St. Louis proper would easily reach
200, and in East St. Louis it would be
perhaps as large.
At police headquarters the dead in
St. Louis are estimated at 300 and in
East St. Louis at 200. Extra editions
of the local papers place the total loss
of life at 500 or more.
The storm left its path littered with
dead and dying, and patrol wagons,
ambulances and undertakers' cars
were busy all day long carrying the
identified dead to their homes and the
homes of relatives and friends, or
leaving the unidentified with the city
morgue authorities.
The property loss is terrific, esti
mates ranging from $10,00,000 to
$30,000,000.
The storm which wrought the havoc.
was a most peculiar one and scarcely
two people in all the city agree as to
just how the damage was done. The
wind seemed to take the form of a
tornado rather than that of a cyclone,
the wrecked buldings showing none of
the twisted irons and girders which
usually mark the trail of a rotary
wind storm. The general trend was
from Southwest to Northeast, through
the centre of the business district
district of the city to about a mile
North of the city.
The first heavy damage was in the
vicinity of Lower Grove and LaFay
ette Parks, where handsome residences
were wrecked and many persons in
jured. The tornado swept frotn the
Northeast as far as the river, when,
with a sudden turn to the North, it
cleared the Mississippi and tore its
way into the heart of East St. Louis.
One of the remarkable features was
the destruction of a wing of the city
hospital, carrying 200 patients and
nurses down in the wreck, and kill
ing but one person.
It will be several days before defi
nite information can be obtained as to
the loss of life and injury. In addi
tion to the killed and injured in St.
Louis and East St. Louis, the cyclone
moved down many people in other
places. Dispatches received by the As
sociated Press give accounts of serious
loss of life and maimings in quite a
number of places. Appended is a ta
ble showing thie latest careful estimate
of killed and injured, based on the
dispatches:
Killed. Injured.
St. Louis.............200 300
East St. Louis.....250 300
Neaf Centralia, l1.... 42 35
Breckinridge,11...... 2 --
Near Mt. Vernon, Ill.. 5 20
Near Vendalia, 111.... 13 35
Near Mexico, Mo... 15 34
Totals..........527 724
The number of killed may not be
far from 500 and the injured about
70 0.The steamer Pittsburg of theDia
mond Joe Line, City of Vicksburg
and the City of Province of the Co
lumbian Excursion Company, the city
of Monroe of the Anchor Line and all
sorts of small crafts were pitched and
tossed about until a final blast rent
them from their moorings. They were
swept across the river and struck the
Illinois bank, within a few blocks of
each other. The loss of life on these
boats is thought to be slight, as every
body was cautioned not to jump and
they would be brought safely to land.
The city of Vicksburg is almost a total
wreck. Ehe city of Province was
blown upon the Illinois side. Her
rudder is gone and her cabin and
smoke stack-s were blown away before
she parted from her wharf.
The St. Louis and St. Paul Packet
Company's steamer St. Paul had
started for Keokuk when the tornado
struck the city. She has not been
heard of. She had a full cabin.
The Belle of Calhoun, the Madill
and the Lubecie Conger, which were
-moored near Cheteatu avenue, were
almost totally broken up. Their cab
ins and smoke stacks were blown
away. The Ellen G. Smith, the har
bor boat, was blcwn down the river
and was wrecked near Arsenal Stand.
It is thought a number of lives were
lost on this boat.
The steamer Harvester of the Mis
sissippi Valley Transportation Coin
pany was also torn from its dock and
carried down the river.
The'loss to river property can only
be estimated. A river man said $1,500,
u00 would not repair and replace the
boats alone that figured the storm.
A serious Matter.
COLD3IBIA, May 27.-There is a se
rious question now as to whether the
magistrates in the State have any
power at all to commiit a person to
jail. It is raised by L. T. Izlar, Esq,
of B'ranchville wno arrrived in tne
city yesterday. A negro, Thomas
Brown, was arrested a few days ago
and committed to jail by Magistrate
Woodward for breach of the peace.
Taking this case as the basis, Mr. Izlar
comes to the State supreme court and
asks for a writ of habeus corpus. Terse
ly stated the case is this: The recent
constitutional convention created the
office of magistrate, abolishing the
office of trial justice ini tis State.
It cf t it to the legislature to pass an
act defining the duties and powers of
the magistrates, and fixing their sala
ries. :fThe legislature passed the act
defining the powers and duties of the
magistrates as required by the new
constitution. The act did not give
the governor the right of removal,
however, and he therefore vetoed all
of the act except that portion fixing
the salaries of the magistrates. The
result is that there are no duties and
powers defined for the magistrates,
and Mr. Izlar's contention is that they
have no right to take action in any
criminal or civil case. If Mr-. Izlar's
position is sustained by the supreme
court the far-reaching results can be
easily seen.-State.
Suicidie at a Chiurch.
NEWv ORtLEANS, May 27.-Mrs. Ada
K-ron, a young woman aged 21 years,
committed suicide at the Jesuits
church, about 4 o'clock this afternoon
by tak-ing arbolic acid.
IF THERE BE A BOLT.
SURPRISING RESULTS IN THE ELEC
TORAL COLLEGE WOULD FOLLOW.
Silver Combination Would Carry Mana
States-Southern Democrats and West
ern Republicans Would Get Together
A Good Chance for Silver Winning.
It will be a straddle or a bolt at St
Louis.
It will be a straddle or a bolt al
Chicago.
More likely than not it will be a bolt
at St. Louis of the free silver Republi
cans, says the New York Herald, be
cause the gold standard men already
count 550 of the 919 delegates.
Whether it be a bolt at Chicago of the
sound money Democrats or of the free
silver Democrats, or whether the par
ty compromises on a meaningless plat
form, the indications are overwhelm
ing that the free silver element of both
parties will be shouting for a third
ticket, pledged to the free and unlim
ited coinage of silver in the coming
campaign.
What would be the result of the
third ticket on the vote in the Electo
ral College? The situation is full of
surprising possibilities. The Third
Party moveme'nt is already being
planned. The Populists and other al
lied organizations are waiting with
open arms for Teller, of Colorado, to
lead the bolt from the St. Louis con
vention. They are preparing to burn
tar barrels should Bland, of Missouri,
and his followers either win or bolt at
Chicago. Should silver dominate the
Democratic party they are willing to
ind:rse the Democratic ticket and let
the gold standard men do the bolting
and the nominating of a third ticket.
HOW THE STATES VOTED.
To get at the likelihood of party
lines tlying to pieces first glance at the
electoral vote of 1892, when Cleveland
led the Democrats, Harrison the Re
ublcans and Weaver the Populists.
This is the way the States voted that
year.
No. of
State. Electors. Rep. Dem. Pop.
Alabama .......... 1111
Arkansas........... S
California .............. 9 1 8
Colorado ............... 4
Connecticut............ 6 ..
Oelaware............... 3
Florida................. 4 13
Georgia.........13 ...13 1
Idaho................... 3
Illinois ................. 24 24
Indiana ................ 15 ...
Iowa .................... 13 13
Eansas ................. 10 10
Eentucky .............. 13 13
Louisiana.............. 8
Maine................... 6 6
Maryland .............. S
Massachusetts........ 15 15
Michigan............... 14 9 5
linnesota.............. 9 9
Mississippi............ 9
1lissouri ......... ..... 17 17
Montana............... ....
evada.................. 3
Nebraska .............. S 8
few Hampshire...... 4 4
ew Jersey............ 10 1
ew York............ 36 .
orth Carolina........ 11 11
orth Dakota......... 3 1 1 1
hio..................... 23 22 1
)regon.................. 4 1 1
Peansylvania......... 32 32
Rhode Island......... 4 4
South Carolina....... 9 9
Bouth Dakota~.4.... 4
ennessee.........11
Jexas............15 1
Uah...... .......$ 3 .
ermont ...........4 4
Virginia........1..12
ashington.4.. 4
est Virginia...... ..
isconsin.........11
Wyoming.....11..3.
Totls.....44 .14 2.. 22
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wold unouastel vot folr thet
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lians dgust a sounard mony plt
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crtioicwas arrd falno levelande
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sntding yearml fo ond amuon ofe
epublin Saepbias whic votefr
Cleveland four years ago might rea
sonably be expected to vote for the
Republican nominee.
THE RESULT OF A BOLT.
This table may be regarded as a fair
ly accurate forecast of how the states
will vote if both parties favor sound
money and the Western and Southern
silver men name a ticket of their own:
Reps. Dems. Fus. D'ful
Alabama ............... ... .... 11 ---
Arkansas .............. ... ... S
California ........... ...
Colorado ............... ... ... 4
Connecticut............ t ... ...
Delaware............. .
Florida.................. ... 4
Georgia ................ .. 13
Idaho.................... ............
Illinois ............... 24 ... ... ...
Indiana............... 15 ... ... ..
Iowa .................. 13 ... ...
Kansas ................. 10 ... --- ---
Kentucky........... 13 ... ...
Louisiana............... ... .
MIaine.................. ... --- --
Maryland ............. ... ... ... t
Massachusetts......... 15 ... .. ..
.Michigan............. 14 ... ... ---
Minnesota.............. 9
Mississippi.............
Missouri ............... ..17 --
Montana............... ... ..
Nebraska............... S . - -
Nevada............. ...
New Ilampshire...... 4 ....
New Jersey................ .... .... 10
New York............. ... ... ..36
North Carolina....... ... .... 11
North Dakota......... 3 ... ... .
Obio................. 23 ... ... --
Oregon ................... .... .... 4
Pennsylvania......... 3. .... .... ---
Rhode Island......... 4 ... ... ---
South Carolina........ ... ...
South Dakota......... 4 ....
Tennessee............. ... ... I: ---
Texas.................... .... 15 .... ....
Utah................... ..... 3 ..
Vermont .............. 4
Virginia ................... 12 --. --
Washington ....... 4 .... .- -
West Virginia.......... ... .. ...
Wisconsin............ 12 .... .... ---.
Wyoming .............. .... ... 4 .
Totals...............210 55 118 64
With 447 votes in the Electoral Col
lege, the Republicans, according to
these figures, would have 210 votes, or
fourteen less than the 224 necessary
to an election. Should they carry
New Jersey they would still be four
votes short of the necessary number.
A victory in Oregon would give them
the exact vote required. Outside of
New York they would have to carry
two of the States classed as doubtful to
win the election and prevent a contest
in the House of Representatives.
WHAT A STRADDLE MIGHT CAUSE.
Result would be materially changed
should the conventions in St. Louis
and Chicago dodge or "straddle" .the
silver question. Old party lines would
again be drawn, and the Populists,
would be swallowed up by a bolting
fusion party, would have a ticket of
their own. The advantage might still
be with the Republicans, who could
count with reasonable safety upon
nearly 200 votes in the Electoral Col
lege, but there would be more States
in the doubtful column. The Popu
lists might carry enough States to
make it necessary for the House of
Representatives to elect the President.
This would be the situation should
the Democrats and Republicans dodge
or "straddle" the silver question:
Doubt
ful or
State. Reps. Dems. Pop.
Alabama .................... . 11
Arkansas......0 ..
California.............-..
Colorado-................. ..
Connecticut.........6.
Delaware ........... .
Florida................... -..
Georgia................... -.
Idaho.....................-..
Illinois-................ 24
Indiana................... ..
Iowa-................- 1
Kansas-................10
Kentucky................ -...
Louisiana..............-..
Maine................
Maryland-...............-...
Massachusetts.....15
Michigan............... 14
Minnesota...........
Mississippi-..............
M issouri................. - 1.
Montana--..................-...
Nebraska..............
Nevada.................... -...
New Hampshire......4
New Jersey....................
New York..........6.
North Carolina..........-1.
North Dakota.......
Ohio................... 23
Oregon-................ 4
Pennsylvania..........32
Rhode island..........4
South Carolina........ .....
South Dakota..........4
Tennessee................. ---
Texas..................... -..
Utah-.................. 3
Vermont-.............. 4 --
Virginia.................. -..
Washington-...........4
West Virginia............ ... -
Wisconsin.............. 12 ..
Wyoming-e--.-Pop.
Totals -. 16 13 ...
Necesary o a13oi....4
IF TE GOD 8N BOTED
But supos th sive elmet ..m
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andyominateda.t..k.t..n.t..g...
Ttad.................19 what thnhS
reciesay t hieyne clultin
fre susete silver patyleme, nun wdm
sallow the Chuistso Condveiound
tesdmoney Democrats biltedo
migtdb alotominated fetonth gold
cot.In suhaa event the NaioalDeocac
would unduedybeenrawed byte
thelo heblilisdt. andrte silved
Deocray. In hian event ithes liey
that the Republicans would carry the
States of Connecticut, Delaware, Illi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Marylan d,
Massach~usetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nebraska, New Hampshire,Ne w York,
New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvani, Ver
mont and Wisconsin, and have 236
votes in the Electoral CJollege, but they
must carry all the doubtful States on
the list to win.
THE VOTE IN THlE HOUSE.
With the possibility that the election
may be thrown into the House of Rep
resentatives the political complexion
of that body becomes a question of
deep interest. The constitution pro
vides that "in chloosing the President
the votes shall be taken by States, the
representation from each State having
one vote."
Since they control the votes of 32
States-just two-thirds of the whole
number-the Republicans could, if
the question turns on strict party lines,
elect a President, even if the represen
tatives from all other States failed to
attend or vote.
WOULD BEAT THE SILVER MEN.
But an interesting situation might
arise shonur1 the bolt of the silver men
result in no election by the Electoral
College. The bolt might be extended
to the House of Representatives and
party lines might be broken there,
as well as in the general election.
This is the way the vote would stand
the vote by States being determined
by the financial views of a majority
of each delegation.
Gold Silver
State. Can' date Can'date
Alabama ................................ I
Arkansas............................. ... .1
California ............................ .. . I
Colorado ................................ .I
Connecticut...........................
Delaware............................. 1
*Florida...............................
Georgia.................................. .1
Idaho.................................. ... .1
Illinois ................................1
Indiana ...............................
Iowa .................................. I
Kansas ............................... ... .1
Kentucky .............................
Louisiana............................. 1
M aine................................. 1
Maryland ............................ 1
Massachusetts........................
Michigan ............................ 1
M innesota............................. 1
Mis-issippi.............................. 1
M issouri .............................. I
Montana ............................. ... .1
Nebraska..............................
Nevada................................ ... .1
New Hampshire.....................
New Jersey........................... I
New York............................
North Carolina...................... 1
North Dakota........................
Ohio................................... I
Orer on ................................ 1
Pennsylvania ........................ 1
Rhode Island........................
South Carolina..........................
South Dakota................
Texas...................................... .I
Tennessee.............................
Verm ont ..............................
Virginia ............................... ... 1
Washiogcua ......... 1
West Virginia........................
Wisconsin............................ 1
Wyoming ................... 1
Totals . ................25 1
*Deiegation evenly divided and no vote
being cast.
WALL STREET THREATENS PANIC.
Henry Clewi Declares that it Can Nullify
the Will of the People.
NEW YORK, May 24 .-Henry Clews,
in his weekly financial review, says:
"Wall street continues to lack any
fixed basis of confidence for transient
Dperations. Material conditions are
satisfactory, such as the prospects of
the crops, the earnings of the railroads
and the movement in the larger de
partments of merchandise, and the ex
ports of gold are viewed as but a natu
ral movement. Virtually the sole ob.
stacle it the way of an active and ris
ing market is the condition of politics.
"With such an issue as now pro
foundly agitates the country from end
to end, an unsettled and waiting feel
ing in speculative circles is perhaps
all that may be expected. Wall streetI
is the point at which the greatest sen
sitiveness of the silver agitation cen-,
ters. The mere fact that a large por
tion ::f our people should be intent
upon forcing the acceptance of a de
based and fluctuating metal as standard
money is a discouraging symptom, for
it shows to what dangerous ends an ig
norant free suffrage may be prostitut
!d. That alone is enough to produce
a deep unsettlement of feeling among
responsible property-owning citizens;
forth sae ncpactyfo jugn
apo cmpexmoeyquston ma.
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STILL IN THE RING.
SAMPS POPE WILL RUN FOR GOVER
NOR ON A REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Denounces His Former Associates and
Apologizes for his Past "Reform" Pro
clivities and is "Agin" Everything the
Reformers Have Done.
To the Republicans of South Caro
lina, and all other persons who desire
an honest government as the result of
an honest ballot and a fair count:
We have reached a crisis in the af
fairs of State, anarchy, brutality and
fraud reigns, where formerly the op
posite condition of affairs prevailed.
Believing in 1890 a change was
needed, and not deeming that behind
the promises of leaders, other things
were intended, I assisted in the over
throw of the then Government. As1
soon as the clovenfoot was shown-the
true intent; the satisfaction of an in
dividual ambition, coupled with hate
and revenge, I left the gang. For the
part that I took in this crusade against
decency, I beg pardon of the people
of this State and promise in the future
to do everything honorable in my
power to undo what has been done.
Senator Tillman announced as one
of his reasons for desiring a Constitu
tional Convention, the desire to make
it possible for two white parties to ex
ist among the white people in this
State. In order that it might not ap- t
pear hereafter that the convention was[
called and the constitution made by
Reformers alone, he invited certain
white men of the Conservatives to be
come "particeps criminis." Poor, un
suspecting creatures, they swallowed
the bait and assisted him in disfran
chising one hundred and twenty-fire
thousand colored voters and possibly
ten thousand whites. He fooled them
simply to prevent the regroes from
assisting the Conservatives to throw
off his yoke. Now that he has accom
plished his purpose, he throws off his
mask and is trying to destroy the
National Democratic party, but says
it must be preserved in State affairs.
"Consistency thou art a jewel." And
to preserve his power in the State, he
talks loudly about "people gcing to
the negroes." This is adding insult to
injury. He has disfranchised the ne
gro to gratify his own mean ambition
and he knows it, and yet talks as if he
thought that the negroes had not been
disfranchised. I wonder if he tells his
large audiences, that he says he has
had in other States, of his fraudulent
counting in of the call for a conven
tion in this State in 1894?
I had hoped that those men who
were delegates to the late Democratic
convention, who were true Democrats,
would bolt it when a resolution to 1
abide the action of the national con- 3
vention was voted down, come out,
cal] a new convention and fight Till- I
manism, which is Populism and anar- .
chy, but the one wno could have done
so, did not possess the moral courage
to do it. He could speak of "poor old
Pope," who needs none of his s ympa
thy, and who, thank God, has the
moral courage to do anything that he t
thinks is right, whether it be popular
or unpopular. Ah, he feels the thrust 1
of the knife of the man for whom he
instructed his henchmen to stab.
"The mills of the gods grind slowly,.
but surely." -
But for 'all this and other things of3
bygone days I forgive him and could
I hel p him to overcome his puny ad
versary I would cheerfully do so. 3
Buti am digressing. There is work I
to be done. The opposition forces of
this State must come together and act
as one man. The Reformers are no
longer a unit, although the henchmen
howl as loud as ever in convention,
the rank and file are disconcerted.
Promises of reform have not been
kent;, offices have increased-kinsmen
of the powers that be have been given
the fattest of them. Taxes have in
creased, although the debt has been
changed from a 6 per cent. to a 4j per
cent. The dispensary has been foisted
upon the people, when by a vote of
1,000 majority the sale of liquor was I
to be stopped. Spies have been put t,
over the people, protected, too. from 1
suit for injury to person or property. I
The -:>eople of Charleston have been I
selected as victims to have the metro- a
politan police put over them, thus de- i
stroying the great privilege of local i
self-government. These are a part of
the iniquities that have been heaped I
uporn a free people. Will you fold d
your arms and submit to it without a z
trial to overcome it at the polls? Re- e
member that 10,000 votes of the Re-t
formers added to the Conservative i:
strength will overcome them, and re- t
member, too, that there are 15,000 f
white Republicans who have not here- c
tofore voted, and 10,000 negroes not ia
disfranchised, who will vote for good c
men for the legislature and other of- i
tices if they will consent to run. To b
save the civilization of the State it is s
your duty to respond to the call. .
The Reformers say that the State is b
prospering; that during their admin
istratson the cotton spindles of the b
State have been mo;-e than doubled. t<
Yes, but not with their money, not e
one dollar in one hundred has been a
subscribed by them. The auspicious 1j
time had come and the mills could j
not wait. The flood tide was on in ti
Georgia, North Carolina and South r
Carcolina. It was not due to Tillman-s
isin. When South Carolina is repre
sented at the Exposition in Chicago, o
the Reformers will do the shouting o
and the Conservatives will put up the
money necessary to represent this d
State.p
I shall be a candidate for Governor s
in November. I will stand upon tbe t
Republican platform, which shall be
put forth by the St. Louis Convention. b
In State matters I shall fight for hon- v
est elections. I shall fight the dispen- s
sary, the metropolitan police bill, for p
lower taxes, for fewer otlices and for r
justice before the law for every citi- 3
zen. I shall call for a full investiga- I
tion of the Port Royal Railroad mat- h
ter, what committee visited Columbia a
from Augusta; whether or not that e
committee was interested in Port Roy- ti
al lands and everything connected a
with it. I shall ecnU for light upon o
the funding of the state debt, includ- a
ing the law case on the constitution
ality of the funding act, the lawyers ri
engaged, who paid them, the employ- h
ment of Mr. Rhind and what was paid t<
im and others, and who the others . b
were, both in Augusta and Columbia. a
"Public office is a public trust.''"
Respectfully, -e:
S.Gss POPE. C
Newbrrh.- C., May 20, 1896. u
A WARM REPLY.
in Atlanta Attorney Refuses to Join a
"Sound Money" Club.
Mr. Edgar Latham, a rising young
tttorney of Atlanta, wrote the follow
ng hot reply to an invitation to join
;he "Sound Money" Club of that city:
"Atlanta, Ga., May 25,1896.-Hon.
AJex. P. Hull, Secretary Young Men's
Sound Currency Club, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: Your letter of the 23d in
stant, addressed to me has been duly
-eceived. You state in that letterthat
you write to me personally to request
ne to enroll my name as a member
)f the Young men's Sound Currency
J1ub. You also say that the object of
;hat organization is to elect a sound
noney delegation to the State conven
;ion at Macon from Fulton County,
und thereby uphold Atlanta's business
and commercial integrity.
"You also enclose a manifesto and
i pos'al card with the request that I
sign the card and mail it to you that
ny name may be enrolled upon the
nembership list.
"You further requert, if I am al
ready a member, that I get some other
sound money' man of my acquaint
nce to join.
"In reply I desire to say that I hope
o see the business and commercial in
terest of Atlanta upheld ; and believe
.t will be upheld; but I refuse to join
tn organization which in my judg
nent has for its purpose the promotion
)f Republican doctrine in a Southern
Democratic city and State. I have
tiways been a Democrat, am one now,
and remain so, I prefer to cling to the
rue traditions and time-honored doc
rines of my own party, rather than
o join such an organization as I be
ieve yours to be. I cannot ask an
cquaintaLce of mine to join a thing
which I myself would not join.
"I favor the free coinage of silver at
he ratio of 16 to 1, and oppose the
ingle gold standard.
"The people of Georgia will vote for
ilver and your club had as well under
ake to stop the flow of the Chatta
ioochee as to check this tidal wave.
"I do not believe that your club
ill be productive of the result for
or which you hope, but I think it
will result in driving many gccd men
rom the Democratic party.
"I make this statement in view of
wo statements which I heard you
nake recently in the presence of sev
;ral gentlemen.
"The first statement was, that you
ad said on another occasion that 'all
>f the silver leaders should be in the
>enitentiary and their in their fol
owers in the asylum.'
"The second statement was, that
the country people knew nothing
Lbout the silver question, and the in
elligence and the refinement of this
ountry were in the cities.'
"If such utterances as -the above
Le not enough to infract party har
nony and organization. I would like
o know what is. It seems to me that
rou ought to at least accord to your
>pponents the same sincerity of pur
>ose and the same degree of intelli
rence which you claim for yourself.
airness requires this.
"If the national Democratic con
rention adopts a free coinage platform
nd puts out a Presidential candidate
>n that platform you will be in a posi
ion to stultify yourself by voting for
felon and with lunatics, or else bolt
he nomination.
"The gold standard organ, the At.
anta Journal, seems to have consider
ble antipathy for a bolter, and it is
'easonable therefore to presume that
'ou will vote for a felon and with the
ools, should silver win at Chicago.
"I think before your club winds up
ou will find yourself even in a worse
osition than you are now in.
"Allow me to say in conclusion
hat I believe that you and your co
orkers are conscientious in your
ork, but you are woefully lonesome
n Georgia.
I am, very respectfully,
"EDGAR LATHA3I."
MURDERED SIX.
Emled His Wife, Her Father and Mother
and Three Other Persons.
SAN JOSE. Cal., May 27.-Colonel
t. P. McGlincy and wife, their daugh
er, Mrs. James Dunham. James
Vells, a son of Mrs. McGlincy, a
ired woman, Minnie Schiesler, and a
ired man, James Briscoe, were killed
t Campbell by James Dunham, a son
-law of Colonel McGlincy, who
rade his escape.
About midnight a neighbor named
age heard the report of shots in the
irection of the McGlincy home. Al
iost immediately thereafter there
ame the sound of galloping hoofs on
he country road. Hurriedly dress.
rg, Page proceeded to the home of
he McGlincys, and was horrified to
Lnd the body of McGlincy lying in an
uthouse in a pocl of blood. Enter.
ag the house he found the bodies
f James Wells, who had been shot.
Irs. McGli-ncy, and daughter, who
ad been stabbed to death by the assas
in, and the hired man and girl, who
ad been hacked to death with a
atchet.
The interior of the rooms where the
odies of the victims lay were bespat
red with blood, and there was every
vidence to show that the dead had
ade a desperate struggle for their
ives. Page finding that all were be
'ond help, notitied the authorities in
his city. One of the officers who
eturned to the city from the scene
aid.
"The scene at the McGlincy home is
ne fearful almost beyond the powver
f description. In the reception room
~as found the body of Wells. Evi
ently a terrible struggle had te.ken
lace between Wells and the -assas
in. Wells was shot two or three
nies.
"~In the diningroomn adjoining, no
odies were found, but the furniture
ras literally smashed into fragments,
howing that a fearful fight had taken
lace there. Adjoining the dining
nom was the apartment occupied by
irs. McGlincy. There she was founad
~terally slashed to pieces with a
atchet. Blood was every'.vhere, and
s in the room of Wells, there was
vidence of a terrible struggle having
iken place between the poor woman
nd her fiendish son-in-law. The
ther victims were found in other
partments.
The last seen of Dunham he was
iding rapidly toward San Jose on
orseback. Famiiy troubles are said
>have caused the murders. The only
eing in the house escaped alive was
baby, one month old, thne child of
rs. Dunham and the alleged murder
e. Colonel McGlincy was one of
alifornias commissioners to the
DONE WITH THE DROUGHT.
THE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
AND THE CROPS.
The Encouraging Weekly Buletin Issued
by State Observer Bauer Wednesday.
General Improvement Caused by the
Rains.
The following weekly bulletin of
the condition of the weather and crops
of the State will be read with more
than usual interest in view of the
heavy rains during the past week:
This bulletin covers the weather' and
crop conditions for the week ending
Saturday, May 23 and in its prepara
tion were used reports from one or
more correspondents in each county
of the State.
WEATHER.
The average mean temperature of 40,
places for the week was 79 degrees,
the same az for the previous week, and
was due to somewhat lower day tem
peratures, but warmer nights. The
means ranged from 74at Hagood to 83
at Gillisonville. The o-mal for the
week is approximatel- '2. The maxi.
mum temperature was 100 at Black
ville on the 27th, Gillisonville on the
18th, and Cheraw on the 21st; the
minimum was 60 at Batesburg on the
21st, Greenwoo .>n the 22d and 23d.
There were nutnerous showers dur
ing the last three days of the week
over the greater portion of the State,
but in lower B irnweil, Colleton,
Hampton, Charle;ton and Beaufort
counties the rairfall was either very
light or entirely absent, and there the
drought was intensified to the detri
ment of the crops generally.
There are other limited areas where
but little or no rain fell, as follows: In
the vicinity of Hawthorne, Windsor
and Oakwood, Aiken county; Spring
field, Orangeburg county; Jordan,
Clarendon county; Winnsboro, west
ward to Broad river, Fairfield county;
Anderson, Anderson county; portions
of Pickens and Greenville counties;
Waterloo. Laurens county; Poverty
Hill and Trenton, Edgefield county;
Santuc, Union county; Little Moun
tain, Newberry county, and Leesville,
Lexington county. Heavy rains,
damaging crops and washing lands,
occurred in lower Richland, Green
ville, Pickens, Andersons, and
Fairfield counties. Hail fell in
various western and central counties
on the 21st and 23d, damaging the
stands of cotton to some extent.
The following heavy rains were re
ported: Columbia 1.20, Greenville
2.07, Florence 1.94, Effingham 2.53,
Camden 1.69. Elloree 1.50, Liberty
1.50, Central 1.30, Pinopolis 3.24, Dart.
ington 1.15, Clio 2.35, Society Hill
1.55, Statesburg 1.51, Clemson College
1.25, Six other places reported amounts
from 0.50 to 1.00 inch; and 22 places
amounts under 0.50 of an inch, the
average of 42 reports being 0.80 and
the normal fer the State is approximate
ly 0.88
The sunshine range between 70 and
90 per cent. of the possible, except in
Berkeley and Wiliamburg counties,
where it ranged between 30 and 60.
CROPS.
The general condition of crops is de
cidedly better than it was on the previ
ous week, the exceptions being con
fined to those sections where there was
little or no rain, as already noted, and
elsewhere to such crops that were too
far advanced towards maturity or
were nearly ruined by the previous
drought to be benefited by the late
r ains. Corn has made satisfactory ad
vance in growth and has been general
ly well cultivated, is clean, healthy
and of good color. In places it wilted
badly during the day. Earliest plant
ing is about ready to "lay by." Bud
worms did some damage on bottoms in
Edgefield county, but generally wcrms
have given very little trouble. Late
corn coming up and some being plant
ed. With the exception of small and
comparatively unimportant areas
where the stands were damnaged by
hail, and also where it is just coming
up, or came up irregularly, cotton is in
fine condition. It is of fair growth
and improving; is of good, healthy
color, well cultivated, and only a few
sections are threatened with grass. It
is free from insects and disease gener
ally. The drought did cotton no ap
parent injury, and the abnormal heat
since planting favored its development
Squares are forming plentifully on
April cotton.
Tobacco growing well, and trans
planting is again being pushed. Plants
continue scarce, and some in the beds
are too-large to transplant, so that
lands intended for tobacco are being
put to corn.
Wheat in the western counties prom
ises a fair yeld, but elsewhere is poor.
Oats are generally poor, and spring
oats will amount to nothing. Wheat
and oats harvest quite general.
Melons generally in blossom and
looking promising. Have been at
tacked and are dying from a inngous
disease in lower Richiand county.
Sweet patato draws being trans
planted and are doing well. In New
berry and Unio~n counties are being
watered. Irish potatoes are not pro
mising, and are of inferior quality and
small size generally.
Gardens are somewhat revived, but
vegetables are very scarce and of poor
quality. In places, gardens are entire
ly ruined.
Fruit prospects are noor. Peaches
continue to drop, and'apples to rot on
the trees. It is ;he opinion of corres
pcondents that the extreme heat was
unfavorable for fruit. Fine black
berry crop in Pickens county, and
generally over the whole State.
The souths Revival.
BALTIOons, May 28.-Special re
ports to the Manufacturer's Record,
covering the business interests of the
south for the week, show a considera
biv iarger niumber of imr~ortant mat
ters than for- thiepreced.ing week. The
Watts Iron and $teel plant, built sev
erai years aigo at a cost of about $2,
000.':J to roll ingots into slabs and
bilits. This company has had one
of its furnaces in operation for five or
six month making pig iron, and the
startinag up of this large steel plant
promises to have a very material ef
fect upon the question of steel making
in the south.
Some contracts are being let fce. th~e
equipment of the steel plant, to be
built at Birmingham by the Birming
ham Rolling Mill Company.
Cotton mill enterprises include a
$100,000 company at Hiekory Grove,
S. C., a $10,000 spindle mill at Clin
ton; the increase of capital stock of
$75,000O at mTester for the purpose of
iidin 11.000 spindles; and a subscrip
tion of $50, 00 for building.a mill at
Blacksburg, S. C.
Pennsylvania people have purchas
ed 28,000 acres ot timber land in Ala
haria fr immediate development.