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VOL. III. _____ _ _MANING., S. C., WEI)NESDAY~JL79 , ,1 , o CHARLEY ROSS' FATHER. ENDiNG OF THE SADDENED LIFE OF AN UNFCRTUNATE MAN. His Life Darkened ard a For'une Lrrt In the Di)sappearance of and Search for His Son-Story of the Ab.ction and the Fruitless Search. Christian K. Ross. who bss for -rears held the ofice of ?aster Wa-den of the Board of Port Wardens o Ger mantown, Pa , and who was knot-n all over the world as the father of Charley Rcss. the 4 ,-r old b1.y, whose mysterious abductin from his father's residence J ly 1. 1b74, caused such a profound sen'a-ion, died re cently at his home in Germantown. Mr. Ross was brrn Noremher 6. 4823, in Middletown, Pa. His fatber. J3oseph Ross, kept a small grocery store there. His mother, who was Miss Katharine Kunkle, of Harrisburg died in Germantown, only a few months ago at the age of 96 years. Christian was 14 years old when he left the parental roof and carne to Philadelphia to strike out for himself. He was employed in a sm-ll capacity by the firm of Jackson & Co., who were at the time engaged in the dry goods commission business. His ear nest aplication and marked ability secured him steady promotion, and before he became of age he was taken into the irm. Sbortly after this Mr. Jackson died and Mr. Ross succeeded hun, the firm reorganiz'ng under the nane of Rss, Schott & Co. The quarters of the new company were at 3C4 Market str( e'. Mr. Rloss amassed a consderable for tune, almost all of which he lost dur ing the panic of 1875 and in toe vain search for his stolen boy. On July 24, 1562, be marred Sarah Ann Lewis, of Brookfield. Mass. Six children were born to them-three girls and three boys. He was appoint ed Master Warden by Governor Hart ranft in June of 1S78, and has been reappointed by all the succeeding governors. His reappointment from Governor Hastings was received only last week. He was the first mester warden that ever held office under both Republican and Democratic ad ministrations. He was the sole pro prietor of the Pennsylvania Crucible Works, at Sixth and Master streets. During his mary years of service in the Board of Port Wardens his strict integrity, his genial disposition and his Christian character, saddened but beautified by the weight of his great sorrow, endeared him to the hearts of all his associates, and the news of his death was received with genuine sor row and regret. A meeting of the board has been called for 2:30 'cleck this afternoon, when resolutions will be adopted. Mr. Ross was a Methodist by faith, and previous to taking up his resi dence in Germantown he was an act ive member of the Trinity Cburch when it was located at Eighth and Vine streets, and was for years super intendent of the Sunday school there. After his removal to Germantown he became identified with the First Meth odist Church, 43 Haines Street, and was a prominent member there until his death. One of the most sensational crimes ever committed in this country was the abduction of Charley Ross, on July 1, 1874. The story of the crime has been told and retold in every par tion of the civilized world and it lives today as one of the celebrated roman ces of criminal history. Charley was 4(sears old. He was a, beautiful child, idol zed by his parents and relatives. He was playing with his elder brother, Walter, on East Washington lane, near his home in1 Germantown, when two men drove up in a light wagon. The same men had passed along on three or four days precdiog and given Charley candy. On the day of the abduction the little fellow had asked them for a ride, and he and his brother ese ely followed them to the top of the I i'l to gain a fulalhlment of a promise of the desired ride and more candy, and some firewo-ks. At the top of the hili Charley and Walter were taken into the vehicle and plied with candy while the-two men drove rapidly to ward Kenasington. At Palmer and Richmond stree's Walter was given a quarter and direc ted to get fireworks in a cigar store. The boy obey ed, and returned to find the wagon, the men and his curly haired brother gone. His tears brought a crowd and in this crowd was H. C. -Peacock, a friend of the family, who took the bcy to his parents. The re covered child told an accurate and co herent story of the abduction, and gave a full description of the abduct ors. The story was corroborated, re port was made to Sergeant Buchanan, of the Central Statio'i, and a general alarm wae sent out to the police. A reward of $300 was offered for the re turn of the boy, and advertisemnents were sent to all newspapers in this part of the country. Mrs. R xss was ill at Atlantic City, and the ne ws of heriloss was kept from her for somec days. On July 4 the first clue to the mys tery surrcunding the child's disap pearance carr e in the form of a badly written, misspelled letter to Mr. Ross, stating that te little fellow would not be returned without the pay mnent of a large ransom and that he wcuid be killed if any prcdings should be taken tending to te arrest of the kid nanpers. Two day s later aro'Lte- let ter was rec:-ivcd demnrding i2QumA as ihe price of the boy's return. Tb;s money was promptly raised by rea tives and friends of the stricken fart i ly, bat the police ste pped in ando pre vailed upon Mr. Ross to allow themi to take charge of the case, promising to find the boy and bring his ab~dact ors to justice. May or Stoklev offered a reward of $20,c00 for tue recovery of the cetd and the arrest of the men who had stolen him, and the large amount of the reward attracted world wide attention and set thcussands o-f of detectives, professional and sea tuer, to working on all ssrts of sup posed, ano some of them absurd, clues. On August 2 Captain Hedden,-nf the New York police, received informva tion whic-a ap~ arently implicatecd Wil liam Mosher and Joseph Douglass, two well known burglars, who had frequently mad3 their headquarters in~ this city, in the crime. The info-ra tion came from "Gill" Mosner, V il hiam's brother, wr o stated that his brother had once approached him with a scheme for abducting one of the Vanderbilt children, but he had refused to have anything to do with it Then followed a lng and erhaus ti e sev '-p'w M:r and :)mgl s, whie aed fcir sri a half n'uths 1 ring which ti:e Mr. R ;ss recived sixteen ietters p.irporti:it to came to tie a"h:ctors. but all so creful 1, wor ed .at 1o clue could be fC.a ud t) ice w its. Meanwhile the citizrns of Piladel pr'i and u;any peo2le ~i cthr pars oft te country had been worked up to a ver heat excitement \olun teers stood guard over almost every letter box in the city, but with no re suit. Men of b'sicess abau :-ed :heir ,ur-uits and became arratcur dettet vrs. Books :ere vritten on the al a-s r:ti suhj.c sol-ne of vhich ad .atd he most wildly i:noesible hr' and were niar,ifcstly the emaatinus of crag ks L- cfurers were deverC. . whosf theme was the "Cari- Ross Kidnapping," and it is even said that a number of men who t: ok up the search became insane be cause f their inability to solve the Ye t myster . The late Demc ire John Sharkey acd his partner, Cnarley F Miller, who still survives, were convinced that the Mosher Douglass clue was the correct one, and confirmation of it came through William Westervelt, a brother in-law of Mosher. who, it was conclusively shown, had acted as a gc-bet'.:een in-the attempted negoti :atns between ar. Ross and the ,yid rna'rs. O)uce during these rigotiI tiLpis Mr Ross actually took O.t$t,0 to New York to pay cvir to the urc tars.but the police were in te scheim ard the abductors evidently found it out, for they failed to put in an ar pearance at the place where they were to meet the stolen boy's father Westerveit was evidently willing to sacrifice Douglass, but be was anxious to orotect his brother in law. He gave sutlicieat information to indicate that he knew of Charley's whereabouts. and was Promised an appointment on' the New York police force if he would reveal all he knew. This he refused to do until the appointa.ent was made out. This wss never done and he maintained his silence. In the mean time the search for M usher and Doug lass was being prosecuted with vigor. and the two men were unexptctedly found on the right of Deceabtr 14. when according to the ,deas of the police, the whole mystery was cleared up. On that December night the resi dence of Judge Van Brunt. at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, was brokea into by robbers. It was unoccupied, but was connected by a burglar alarm with the house of the Judge's son on the other side of the street. The son aroused his son and two men servants, and the whole party armed themselves and surrounded the Judge's house. The burglars finaily came out and were called upon to halt. They re p'ied with pistol shot;, and the quar :ette oponed fire on them. The scene that followed was dramatic. One robber was dead, with his emp ty revolver under his head. The other lived about two hours. The neighbors came rushing to the place. -- Who are you, and where did you come-from?" several aske: of the dy ing man. "Men, I won't lie to you," was the reply. "My name is Joseph Douglass. and that man over there is William Mosher. Mosher lives in New York cty. I have no home. 1 am a single man and have no relatives except a brother and sister whiom I hare not seen for twelve or lifteen years. Mosh-I er is a rnarried man has five children I have $40 in try pocket. I wish t be buried with it. ILS no use lying now. Mosher and I stole Cbarlie Ross from Germantown." "Why did you steal him?" "To make money." "Who has the child now ?' "Mosher knows all about the child. Ask him." "Mosher is dead. Can you tell us where the chitd is?" "God kno'rs I tellthe truth," he re plied. "I don't k-now where he is. Miosher kne w." Walter Ross was taken to Brooklyn and in the Morgue identified the1 odies of the burglars as those of the1 men who had taken Charley and bi in the wagon on that ffateful 1st o: July. Former associates of Mcsher aod Douglass were arrested all cover the country, but they could or would not throw any light on the mystery. Weservelt was broughnt to this city. tried an d convicted of complicity in the conspirscy to abduct the boy, and was sentenced to seveu years in the Eastern Penitentiary. In the presence of Detective Miller the wife of the con victed man begged him to tell what he knew of th~e crime, but he main trined a stolid silence. He served his sentence and is supposed to have re turned to New York. Once, when his wife was urging himn to reveal his knowledge ot the cse, Westervel t said in a tone tu.e carried with it conv-iction of the truth of b:s statement: "They will never get the boy." "Wny C' bis wife asked. "Bdcause he is byond reach," he! reieid sailculy. "*What do you mean?" demanded Detective Miller. "Because he is beyornd life," said Westervelt. 'yhe theory at last accepted by th poice and nearly all o uers who :s lowed the case was tot Moshe - a; Dudaiss had :.rown the boy i.:to t Nrth River, whe:e he was dro--vned But thousaeds of proolie decli::ed t. tae tris view, and even to-day tthere re manyv who beleve that Charley 1 *as is still ali-re. His fa'2tur had been celed to all Larts of the country to invesiga.te the Tyst erious stoies of boys wno had been s'olen and he awaSys went wherev,-r they appeared his lost son or thrcvy any additional liont unon the mystery J his disap aMr. Ross was a prosperous mt-rehaut athe time of the little boy's abd aetion, but he snent his entire fortune in his fruitless search. As lcng ago asD cember I8S0, he said in speak tn of the ekbrated case: "The onl?y tidings I have ever re ceived of Cnarlev since he was stolen was the demend 'or a ransom of $20), 000 If I had paid that I would nave had h-im low before this. As it is, I L r spent $d0,(00, and have not g ot him.' I s'! have detectives employed an~d hoce in time to find nirn. I have eiedmore than three hundred ls- ch: dren in the search, i-ome of wao ha' been stolen, but u aneof them was Charler." IIn conversatic~a with friends sad pesons interestedi in the oase Mr-. osa has~ frequently stated his beliet that had he dealt~ d:rectiy with the c.f the' poice for their untec~;o! and arres', his ti trs 10 reco :r thef b-.V would in all prob;bility have nroved successful. He wrote a bock s-.me years ago givin a detailed historv of the abduction and the seare, for toe inst boy --Philadel phi-t Times. Tie $ou h catrolina Co1rge. The c rminrmen't exerc:ses of ibe Saupc Crolia Colae sock place sI.t week, and 7ere of a orst inter sir' character. Pre dent \Woodward pre ser'u diploma1:s to the following: Baenielor,- of Arts-W ilrd Laadan Prooker, L-xinton : John Gordon tug ets. F1,_,icd: Georae v;ai Ji r, C lrman; C harles Hencrd CYaurin, \rlboro; Johr. Jacken ri M cSA:i, Liurns Simorn F,'ank Par .it, l) .ringt^. ; G eorge L,;111a Ta : Ftr.Re:an;Jn lsrT-u , ili eb 1an:?; Jame Spuentcer V er!ner, R em.lnd B:hi lor . eir.oe-Joseph Le C'-te D.:,.is, fil:land. iPce ors of Li rs-John Bford rso . B. FuraJn. Chester; Thendore itillard Croft. Aiken; Vic t-r Eugene DeI'ass, Kersbaw; George Preutirs L gan, Wiiliatnsburg ; Ashby ) .vis McFadden, Ciarendon; Walter Fore Stackhouse, A 1., Wofford, iar ion ; George Myers Stuckey grad use S C. M. A Sumnter. President Wood ward said after pre senting the diromas that b3e ished the graduales success There would hace !o e a ;ast word to the'n, but tiat "cord shni'd be spoken by tha i president, Dr. Woodro.v. Whn Dr. Voodrv csme fcrsvard tuultuous applause greeted hin Aain for some stcads be had to wait tor it to ,u side. Then in a brit sprech tae nod the class fare .eil. TIs clo.ed the exereses fbr t e day and the mea of '7 paused into the hitory of the col The Fever at Cimson. It appeats from wnat can be learned that the committee of the State boiard of health that visited Clemsoa Coiiere to inquire into the cause of the recent sickness will not report that it w.; "malarial fever," as the College au thorities reported, but that it was an outbreak Of t; ,huid f-var. At the in slance of UGwenor Eilerba the Sta:e ooard of health took the matter up and made a special and daient in quiry into the affairs at Clemson and Tnursday afterno )n returned from Clemson. The members of the board will prepare their report at once and submit it to Govarnor Ellerbe in time for the board of trustees to act on the suggestions at the meeting of the board, which has been called or the 7th of July. The members of the board did not care to give out any of their views until they have prepared their report. It is understood, however, that the committee will report that the typhoid fever was brought about by the bad sanitary condition at the College; that the sewerage syste-r at the Cohege is bad, and toat a spring o: the College property, from which water has been obtained. is contami nated, and should not have been used. A Righteous Verdict. Wm., C. Campbell, who killed L. L. Pettigrew in Spartanburg last Jan uary, was recently convicted of man slaughter. Campbell was a police man at the time, and Pettigrew, a stranger tramp from Tennessee, made his escape from the guard house, when Campbell shot him in the back as he was runrning away . The case excited considerable comment at the time, and Mtr. Calvert, the mayor, was sverely criticised, and no't merely for restoring Campbell to his position as pol iceman pending so grave a chargo against him, for employing lavwyers to defend him, and pay them out of the public fands. Campbell, how'ever, was proven to have brustally clubbed a man while he had on handcuffs and was in the custody of himself and an other policeman since the killing of Pttgrav, which so arouse:d the in dignauosn of the citizens that he was faced to resign, and hence was not a policeman at the time of his trial. Big strike Ordered. A teneral striae rof miners of the Uuittd Mine WVorkers of Ameiia i as ben ordered for Jaly 4 by tae Na uocal E tctive B..aro, whose head Qarters are in Columbus, O., anid Ilso by the district president, as the result of a meeting held there June 24th, 25th and 2th. Tne officers say 375.000 mcen are involved es proposed strikers. So far as anything can be 1earned from cilicials, the call for the Pittsburg meeting of miners on Satur day is to decide how the strike is to be conducted in that district. They have to consider plans to take care of the women and children during the strike. President Ratchford says the best tiina to settle the question of wges is duringz the summer, whe-n hi meni can make use of their littli g arden plots in obtaining subsistence. Dke needs of clothing are not to great as in vinter. A Trrible Exp imon. A dyzamie exploon~- early vWe-d r.sday mjorning' m13 rotuh CSanon, Pbe up tne busnes u-ck, of Leon 0.ehof ?i, a do ible dw-ehirg bock owned by hm andu a de tached ho;se owvned by Mi;cha-'l 0'da-a. Tne b:sinvss bkek,~ a tw,. story baiidin'g, wa. or 'o pieces. T srery other acse had *lnte windows blown -ad ulasar torn frn t e wails. Le shock w. s felt all over t-hs ci~y U ofor was sei oud-y iuepr-n ini aving 's wI;, and0 is rtco)ver i~ )rowned in io it 1 eond. The Columbia S:ate sys Mr. Jakie PdZet', wKiie >athiLO i-i his mil prord tine raills i cm the- city onl the G>.rners Fer:y ioad. vwss droWned Monday evening. Mr. Padget hac gn1e in swimiogi and wsi ae eyond his depn -when s"i-d 'ith cramp. He q zickly saokW wnie sev eral men who watched ira from the bank were unable to help rm H1 wife and children were nea by anu sothe tr gc deat;h. T e bd of thi rovned man v-ns s-v- aftrwarl& recovered. Tne far eral vas r eld yes erday e-ven?ig. Mir. Padgett ws aboet 43J years oid. No 11Agn: cg. The Columbia Reis:er sys grand jiry retouned a "no biuY aainst Seah W. Scruges, ind~ctd !f tiial miscand'uct and nouse besiai I ad larceny. When this find ing ibac becme generally known aroundi to cty considerable surprise wvas express d. While the grand jary is rot per mtted to talk, yet it has come to be the accepted opinion that the members from the country were responsible fo ~te "no bilL " N T (ASTE) T L fl ,L'. A STEAMS-iP LCST OFF THE EAST ERN COAST OF AFRI A. A Tcrr:@e Story of Priv.t alr and CtGR' r U ; w th- Snrvivor Wero R:txsc ! I.,roic Women Kefuscd to Leav'1 Their !Husbands on the Ooomed Ship. A dispatch fromo Aden, Arbid, says the ILdian government's steamer Mayo set out in serch of the niissin:: st:arer Aden, w'r!ch sailed from Yo kohaina on April 28. via Colom.bo snd Anni~ for Londrn. and which was I last eard of when lavinz Colombo o: Jane I for Aden, has returned and reor-rts that the Aden was totally lost 'if the island of S co'ra, at the east em extremity cf Afric t. on the morn ins of June 9. The Aden carried 34 passeners rom China and Japan. The captaia of the wrecked steamer, soe^ o her chicers and crew and seven -hbite passengers were stveptoverboard and drowned very soon after she ran ashore. Eight lady passengers, nine children, two otilcers and a few of the Aden's crew succeeded in getting aray from the wreck in a boat, but they have not been heard of since, and but little hope, owing to the bad weather whc!h has since prevai!d is .entertaincd c f their safety. T;e Ma-o ved! nine of the Adea's rassengers and hree of tbe whit- and 33 of th natives of the steamer's crew. A'l of th-se nersons were rescu d just as se A die" wa oreaking up T ip urvi vors of the wrecked steaoer were cirried to Aden by the MaIyo and ar b in carea for by the loca uo !its. Io all, the drownd atrA -risiu iP cade 25 passenger , 2, Eurmpean oti iers and 33 nat:ves of the Aien's Sea'. The account says that two days after leavin Colomb> the Aden was struck by a s-vere monsoon, with squrlis violent snd incess:nt. Day by day the weather grew thicker and the pas se :rs became more alarmhd. A. 3 o' cicc on the nrning of Jine 9 the ve:s I struck upon the Rasradres recf. off the ea:tern coast of the island of Scctr. The engine room was ii scantly fi eded and utter darkness e= sued. Wild with panic, the pas "ngers rushed from their cabins and 11"d terror stricken to the unper deck ie tte scantiest clothing. The women and children screamed in fripht ant confusion, but the men retained their self possession and courageously assist ed the officers and crew to do their best to lave the vessel and to inspire calmness. But it was soon seen that the steamer could not survive the shoek and that the only chance for safety lay in the boats. Life bouys were dirtributed, distress signias given and the boats on the lee side prepared for launching. Those on the weather side had already been washed away. In the meantime, seeing that some bours were likely to elapse before it would be possible to launch the boats, the passengers accepted the assistance of the crew to obtain more clothing. The storm continued to increase in violence. Great seas washed the yes sel with terrific force. Daylight brought no relief and only served to reveal still further the awful situata tion. Misfortune foilor ed misfortune. A lifeboat was lowered, only to be swept away immediately with three lascars and the first officer, Mr. Carden. The gig was dispatched to the rescue, with Mr. Miller, the second officer, but, to the despair of all, both boats were rapidly swept away. The only rersaining lifeboat was then lowered, amid a scene of in. tense emotion. A cry of anguih broke from the lips even of the men when this half capsiz xi throwing the sailors and the stores into the sea.' After great efforts the boat was right ed and the women and children were lo were-i into it, wijth the exception of Madames Gillett, Pearce and Strain, I ho heroicaly decided to share the fate of their husbands, arnd Misses~ LoroP and Welle:, who remained on board. The boat, manned by a E aro-I uean crew, left in a tremendous sea auct drifte~d rapdly out of sight. As the waves still swept the wreck, dash-. ihg the people about and leaving them, aimost prostrated on the deck, one by one. men, women and children, grown too wealt to withstand the re peted buffetings, were washed over board in sight oi' thiose who were mo mentarily expecting the same fate. Amcng the first thus engulfed were Mr. and Mrs.Strain and their two chil dren, Muases L'oyd. and Weller, the Mssioarist Ms. Pearce's baby, with a Chinese nurse, and then Cap tain lill, whose leg w'as boroken, bt '.no had borne hil calmly ard b!~svely. Hie was wtashed coverboard' with se veral of th~e native eretw. All day the victims were picked off oe by one until 5 o'oleck in the after n' on, when those who still survivd etreated~ below. Many were badlyv urt and pasd th'e nient in susrCLme anid badh;y p. e' ii n- Ki in the sr-al cai which: t i. 'ered would b uLLir tombo. L~,.e < tue s trvior who-n I have seen car s to ta:k of thi1 erible nigot. Tne siurm abated -,ightly on2 the moruing~ of the 10) 4!d tnose who were able to cuore ryga the searci for food -nurgr nilthu. havi!'g fAied to assert it eit o'er mo e accAteprivations; Thi ,roved a task of the rreatesL. dang, s big~ scas wee still sw-~ep' th ca-l Thi* e foarth engir.r, v~il r:ie to proccur : ate-r tnear t."e prp. was struck rs -;ess acd ahnes. was donr boavt id~n:-culd be drag ed to a i : f safety. Ar iic -l rap ato ad similar exuedieu's aee orted to. buit it was tire o'u-s before he -was r>-stored tic nsciousn-s Mr. Feat-ce -as only saved fro'm be. p - abdO oerb by the- prmtd in of his dautes wie The searchi Tor food r suted iu hir getting very littl of it and this was shared out equay iv very smal oortions. Ali the iim deort e as sighted- until h 1.h, an d - yea On the 17th. and ..i .n th 20'.t, other vessels - were ue- rt tne z-nals either were not see or were -nred. These unnap->y episodes em:-~:d painful and a' rszv cee - ~ nctssa, to e-t:.l the - The w'ather amii moderated m~ henmorning, bu. sidas 'ocreased i ganya sea thrty~ feet high would .wep the dec'k from stem to stern and ca-ty away portioasoi the vessel. Opi wcrst and the: h ed npoly w alnost exhaisted, Messrs White, Kelt Cave and Val y bravely vertured across the deckt to the storeroom and get a fr sib supply. That evening two stean ers were sighted. Oae proc-:cded wit'out payivg any attention to tbe 'strrss signal. The others anchored u'der .he lee of the island. As soon :is she w?_ sighted a ias.r re:ounLed the rigzing and signailed h-r. In re plcandles barned a. i.er port-hole:s, an a: dal break on the 2 t a s pense of seventeen days was relieved by the spectacle of t steamer round itn the noiit and heading towards the wreek ~She anchor'd about a mi:e away. A very h'a'vsea still u1i re but the wind rad n:oderawd s l. W',ith hear 7-lt jo.y, mi: ciedc r.h t--ars of the m-en :r~d hysterca sbig of the wor-:r, tre s~ the lifuo_.1lo ered. I: to'k her thre a-arters nf an hur to reach te .reck. Eery one rushed t) the rok'n site of the shi. It was the life boat r.f tie I isana gvrm ":ePt st~':'Er Ma.o ant in chnee Lie uten se Db.in and C-d:-nith. They k1h ul1v avoided the tremendous wash an'd rescued all of the survivors In two tries. Every attention was paid to .hei en board the Mayo. BEFORE J JDGn. SIMONTON. Argament Before Him nn to ht is ar. Oliginal Packas:. The Piabussobr or in:a' ptcka e; case came up bCfcr: J :.2e :iinot-,n in the U-eit: cI Saes C:r t Court at Chari-ston cu Tu".e:I.v. 2 inltint. It will be reme:!.w; ed ta.t Jdge "incoon ersat- (% atemro'ra ry i nja ac Lin. en Jute 19 h, re -tr-i.i the t: c 'nstables frr-a inter!.r-:: wit the Egq ior o ' W. G. Mor . hie in tranit or in thu store or F. " Pinbus sothn. T'he cAse Cne u o as to whether or not the tempoorv injunction stould be rade perpetual against the i S c as'ables. Tie state was *e resented by Attornev General Bs b r ini the n;ner b _-ss. J. N. Nat.ar.s aud J. N. Nathans, Jr. 'r. Nathas mad, the first speech. HQarcument was in tbe line that an origina oaCkage put UP y the imipor-j ter, and the rig ht of importstion irn plies the right :o store and sell, and therfore the right to ship liquors into; Ibe State for storage aid sale. That as tasales in the nt time, in the ab sce'ce of any act of the legislature prohibiting siurs is the nipght tine, tie clause of the Conshtution does n:t prohibit such sales, but only prohibits the Legislature frorm grr.nting i cense. The Attorney General spoke next. and argued that th~e minute those pack sges were delivered into the hands of tie consignce and offered for sale, they cone under the n:licy p:er of the State and could be regulated byI the State's j irisdiction. The Attorney General propounded three questions to the court: 1. " What is anoriginal package?" 2 "Wha: limitations are placed on the right of sale?" 3. "Does the right to sell imply the right to store and offer for sale at a regular place of business?' He then announced the following prepositions. 1. Any package containing five gal lons or more when imported by a manufacturer or rectifier and whole sale dealer to be an original package within the meaning of the law must bear the stamps and brand required by the revenue laws of the United States. 2 Any package coetaining less1 than five gallons, put up by a manu fac~urer or rectifier and wholesale dealer, is an original package, with out stamps and brands, so long as it is in exactly the c~ndition in which it is imported. 3 When liquors are put up in hot ties, and a number of bottles are p-acked in a case, the box or case is the crninial pazkaze.I If bottles are sbirped in cars packed in straw cr oth-rise, each bottle cau noi: be considered an original package and sold as such.I The Attorney General cited the case of Brown vs. Houston, and drew from that case the foiowing appiciCion: I:a clear that the Lq-uors storu d and etl'.red for 5ai Kxy tuIC retitionersi agent, at 2019 King strert, are uo.ain c-jrcorated into the bulk of the pro perty- of this Sta.te and are subyct to the taxing power of the State. They nave then ceased to be articles ef com-a~ mnerce and are subject to the police power andC the taximg powe~r are in1 many respects identirs!, and they are in ali respec t su bject alike to the limit a interstate commer-ce.I The a'igumfents consumed several hours, and a gre-at many. autho ris! were cited on both sides. A' h coni clusion of thte argu-nts,' Judg' --tfimaItou~ annuourced that he wo-uld t-ko the cas~e uo'der advi1semen'~t : 'Tbe State board uf cenrol- held a gellmeet'a:- Fr iday- toC cns'ider te nouds of the em-my: ds--ins.:r The-e ai- som- tt0 of t' -e s bond tat do no' coniform~' 'to the sta, a'?ry re g airemenits >id' - crdogii3 to an o' n ~i of th storae- gen;era!, are'- xorte 5'ss The bondst are ~iurety :ompa a s andc ihe form il h.'ve no' b ch.anged to meet t:1e r q 5iremetst o: the li. Thi h euaarns : ordered' Sbe don. 'ie naard learne yt -er tA in O.r on i- i- ,50 shnort. The .'-i-d to t~e co aoaiar y to close him acdond Rels' ied, Tha~t the fart that 'C at - .icia. re.ordsof the St:t eo Pute Ps1 aLe are uulawf ally i the pe. -s "a 0f ex Comnmisibr' r oiu Dvin -'co-me to thekhacsvitu L t~i ' rd, the chairan is bm ''n..rai -s to thelmanner of pr acri 1-0t recover ih sam an I a do-L be5 taien at o-ce -or the re-'- A r u: Life same.1 To Kill Wh-i'as by E."cc-ric ty. A Canaduian sea caput.a has ie - cit aa app-ratuOs wit' whcahe w~~~~~~..al. ..cn .e ...e ..bydetr I A. harpoon is t-ed at ~ i- .n a~ wa.n serves) inT-4 ulace o t-eu ropi T'roug 'no--ce ai La ctric eurret of o~couvolt it- b isit menof ax''x" r-.m . crie lU :.: Thae boat. 1 : Th inJei g *ciee to' at no wshiu would be am to~'S nu Ga., expl~dced. killing the en'1 stantly and fuelly wo.-ds'ng Iiar o'.hers, wile another ma ad his ine. heoren, iaecsi oiting amoui ation. WEATHER AMD CROPS. THE COND!, ION OF THE STATES'S FAFMING INTEREETS. "e Gen, ral Out!cok--Weekly IBlletin of the Weather Bureau Iasued Last Weck by Director Bauer. The following is .he wet kly crop and weather bulletin issued by Obser ver Bauer: The mean we-kly temnorature aver aged 30, whihi is one degree above the normal. The first of the wcek was comparative'y c;L. followed by exces ;ice heat wich in xim: um tern eratures on ie 2Lh, 25th and 20.h ranging fron 1t.' to JG over the autheastern :s. The loxce for the week ?.as ,S tn the 23rd at Spartanburg. RAINFALL. The weather washovery. b'it hard ly enough rain fell generally for the needs of cro: s, in many places none, and in a few too much. Thirty-one weekly meisuremects amounted to !es tian 1 inch; 13 from 1 to 2 inches and 3 over 2 inches, with 2 70 as the largest amount, at Trial. The aver age of 49 reports was 0.78 and the ao-:roximtate ner a for tyre week is 131. In Clarepon, Spr'an'.urn and Ed eaeld filds were hashed by heavy Sever- Icl srms. of wind, rai ar d h. cing more or less irjury to corn, cttion and tobacco. in a -ew in st:.nces ruining enltire tields, cccurr-dl in Carendo n. Sorta-burz. Areder son, Aen, E l filt Darlington, Rihlard, Ban:erz, K rshar. Sutn ter. Berk ley. O:anpecurg and Char lestoa. The extremje nort.bestero and nort' western cou-ties were free from local storms. r e sunshine varied :reativ in dif ferent por'ions of the State but the average of al: reports i- dicatc about a (rmai per centage of the possible du ratnon. cators. Tae weuh on the whole wss favora ble for the dveoument of crps. which made satisfactory advance ex cept where injured by wind, hail and w:t Lil. Much mention by corres ;:ondents is made of gracs is fi-ids. but qualified generally by the state ment that the weather favored killing grass. Corn is being rapidly lhid by in good condition except that stands are irregular and that over conesiderable rreas throud'.out the entire State rain is needed. It is more promiisiug than at any time this season. Somne fields were irjured by bigh wind breaking down the larder stalks, arnd by exces sive heat curling the leaves during the na. Zotton has begun to blossom freely over the eastera counties and :qu:-res are plentiful everywbere. altnough the plant is small for the season. In portions of Berkeley, Kershaw, Ches terfield and Chester the ground is too wet for cotton and the pant deterio rated. Many fields are becomiog foul with grass, but not enough so to mate rially injure cotton. The stand is very even and growth during the week was good. Commenced laying by in sec tions. Sea Island variety above an average condition for the season. Is blooming and fruiting well. Tobacco has improved genterally. Is bu toning low and shows "frog's eye" in places. Has deteriorated and con dito-: poor in Kershaw. Is ripening prematurely and some cured during the week. - Rice is doing well. Peas were ex tensively sowvn and coming up to good stands. Sweet-pOtato slips grow ing well. Sugar cane excellent. Veg etables abund ant. Melons wi be shipoed fromn B~trawell this week; thisI crop imnproving slowly and is gener ally late. Special, full and fiaal reports on wheat, oats and fruit were received& and can be briefly summarized as fl Wh'eat-The bulk of this crop is1 raised ia the northwe'stern counties, or- the territory bruadted by Jines~ daawn due wes: and northa from Co lumbiaO. Within this area less than tne usual amount was sown. Its con-; diies oromises an average crop,c cn airmed by the lTht!e thresting that has been done. Fate' per een t of the re ports indicate a fu!P averge yield. It was barvestedl and gathered in good' condition generally. In a few coun-I ties the yiekd n-as reduced by rust. O~:s-Early sown cats were besi, and in mainy sections very good;' 70 per centL of the repor-ts indicate e xceil ;enr, the remainder fair yields. Oss sowvn duriig thet wi*ter andc spring were sceneralliy p ':r and the iatrsnl sgrmg cats were sowt. ame oa'-" ':ere damaged~ sliotiy by rain while helir harves fui. PescL es-The r ports on thisfri r-:,.ge from "full cop~" to "nonte." Fuy p r cent. of! the reports indienate hat tVees bore some pe?Jches or f nin f-rir quy and mzany rotting as they r'..aea 23 per cen;. rersort a full erop but no t of very good qu.11it.The~ erp as a whole v.as a poor one. Seed ings of no ccomerciali importance, are quite plentiful every -vhere. Lu:e varieties are better than the e .ri va Arpyes-Teapeco inpaces th- bes for yer If per cent. of tne reports indicate*~ a' fu cwo; -'5 oearly so, ad on.ly ti.-' ' -aiu e M ~ of )this frii is. 1 '* a eof feio 'aly h:r*su la; sn- ,s nu xe. s\m nu-.s&er 's.a: s n-t .~ e -ljy r-ice.- '7 ra 's Pea -av Or.:ee - ut2 -e5---'-- m~d re.6:m-'-d by gjin is ta e r~ie- rat1 r tha th e Ei a e-y rma 'I g. Umges-~~~-The 3iae eyhevi * ded e- y at hri-u a edne bcs arec '' r~~n bad y Dz1res-t'ri9. vees ~~Uh w - ab I and andes ot eC: q~.dy.W ascibedsoy cr re;:ndens were - yer.ngA.i;ad:h rseo A Itf ,:E'LCC; N wN!r ;r. !r It andI abu In em era ; ei j'redeun a"'J rea :d e' :i'!:u hn % a ? 1:45 Thursday t rr':iat "t Chiago, thirty iles r,ai on the Galera di'ision. Tn- d are: Mrs. R m , Ap o. .Vi., Mrs. Join Getdie , App.e : Wis , unknown iMme wno ws ric.:, on the front end of .e m car. The vict'ims of the c.ii w Christian Eordme ci e'ates, wYo left Chicnro WV diesdsy nig. en rrute for the treat c;nventiol ILL .$an Francisc'. T e cori .-.res - sectio Nos. 4 and 5 Of a C jsn Ende avar s v uGnt r ' u Tie sec. tions. bei Lc igr:n 0:3 a mii. Se tin o. 5 4rnsin ciu N ect'hic lf ' ChicagJo liftee P.' u riten ?1dd o' it.1 Actioc' No. 4 carried the Wartcon2sin d~e gaioln, nearly 500 stron , and ini the rear sleoi:er were people fro-r Fon Du Lac, Green Bayv, Appleton pad other Wiscansin citizes. Section No. 4 h ccme to. stop just out of "West Chic-go, where the Freeport diverges from the main line. No. 5 came up behind at great speed. and the shock of the colhsion was terrific. T: . aisengers in the :-n rear sinec: er- cf sec.i: _;). 4 cre all i.. their bir:!. They received nwr ad "-hse niot kind ost- aw? t 1: dtr'selves ji smmd in the ., r:c' a: e. Pa.ssengers on botLtrins '_' !en ea to t be spo and b:egan1 the- work o:re s e". Oane of te rt oth, injued :.s E.ainter Charles Cou rtae, .fetio N) 5. Hie had stuck to tni, sil1 kea ii-roand is so Seeious:y inj:treki ?. he cap'not live. An 1"immeia'te cu l v'as made f' r yip on ever 3 t ~ iV in r'eaching d s ance. C, :c1 o was ijotided and ask- -d to s-rd pniscians at once. an d medical %elp r q es-: -d from G.ntva, Viea:.oi aa :eu Tne engine of section N . 5 struck tho rear sitecer of secti.n No. 4 we terride ftrce. .he engine was totau'iy 3:recke1. Srt.ae to sly, the rear sleeperca:tn N>. 4 was rto the cne 'o .;er most. It wascriven r terariL., f . 'e upon the second sleeper, and such was its imoetus that scrna - ed thirouzrh it as thoigh it had be ' a cardbo-rd b-x and reduced it to a mass of wrcckage. The -ssn zers in ,he second sleeper were ther:fore the ones to suffer ulost. aid it was in that most of the victims were hurt. Mrs. hi pman and Mrs. John Gooding ware b:>th in this sleeper Men ard women could be seea strug ;ling to extricate taemselves from the wreckage. Others, pinned down by some crushing weight, were crying fgr hcip. Here and there was an arm or a iez protrouding from the debris. A pathectic scene was the res:ue of the to daughters of Mrs. Saipma, of Appleton. The rescurers we- at tracted to triem by their cries. Trey vere unable to extricate theorn:e:ves, and thouga hurt refused assistance, begging that their mother be first helved. Mrs. John Gooding, of Aopeton, was probably instaatly kil'ed. The; force of the collision creshed together the nsrtitions of her berth. aid she had no possibie chan.e of escape. Prof. Leo A. Williams, of Fon Da L te. was found buried under a pile of dearis, and though he was unable to extricate hiaself and it se-emed as if rae m.ust be seriously injured he es caoed with a broken arm and a cat wr~st. The Chicago and NErihwesilern cifi eIs did everythig ia thieir pooer to' reiv h ufferer. The two hotels: in We~.st Chcago w.ere i'.ened iato hos pitals ard able physicians were promptly~ in attendance. The se 'ous~ fotvowin the'se which met dis aste, sx, seven, eig ht and uine, carr ing 2,500 p-ople, were dcelayed up ward of three hoars F inavy as northbound track was cleared anid they wvere e:nabled to proceel. A G.>od selectiou. The Columa-ia R'-ester says the B ard~ of Trustees of toe ~South C~A oia Ca ~ollege were in ses'on u.mt~ia;:id udjourn~ed Prof. F. 0. Wood ward was the tresi.."n t o& the instisu'.in to suc ced' Dr. Wodtov All the irieude~ of the coli>: wil: auo~aud the c'ood wor done last nightj as it ni<aces .t thev head of this old andi ionored in;sti'u'ion a gentlemian of the mest decided ablihty andm one wa~o en j:'ys the- reputa-)on of statnding inth front raank of Southe~rn edumcatcors. Pr esident W odwar is in the urime of le. being45years offae. He 's "orn in P.rince G- 'rae County \i ginims and was gradure fran R -. -vion Macon College in IR ch .d. .40la t he cha of Enls in the iu Carolna Wlege The ne po i jen is p4':u'a? 'm~h the students &is- a genu u h'te-il in '- s manne-r, is alfable in the ies da gre and ca-;iv appiroached. Under &i dminstratin~ te c'i" il 'dou-ish a"i will goo ith the.. a wor which i h::s- ben ccom piis--ing 'vas nomir.ted or te preside vcy by De. 'Dates of O-a.fug - bu-an arl se.ccde by Liet. C~. Al- :a 4 'z.,~ t.1 0.,rd-s n. e a:-: e ai.:nhd jan.: er ->.:, *i i : 'ei ' . Dr' WOodre*' nT* thu tit to e"Ce som.. M-re P tr to a no . worea co a:: e:i. tis w-k' byr.u na ~ bor agig1io.:s i7j re Ae ,.. - S614E SOLID TRUTHS. SCO..ORED BISHOP GIVES GOOD AD V-CE TO HIS PEOPLE. H i n a ar.Idin Sympathy for Daat amy Or-rg and Advocates Soeedy :ial ard Promp: i'unlibment for the Guy. T>'Mc fllowin recently appeared in 1' atlanta Co)nstitution: E iito- Constituo n-I leave early s e for Uaiifornia and will be one for ne.arlv three months. Oar hunh i wir.gon the Pacidc slope, art a- raiop of that district, it is my tv to l-ok af er her interests in that fa- o~f section of our country. There are more negroes in the west than mary o of le suppose and we have y i , ring churcbes there. Be fore . -.eave I would like to say a few thing throaoh the columns of your val -:ble and widely circulated paner wit. reference to the question of lyncif iw. which, since the late lynching Oaio, is a matter in which tae who' - .ountry is interested, and not the sc ; rern section alone. While I am no apologist for mob law un:r any circumstanoes, I am free to aJmit that there are two sides to the qasaxon, and there is danger of f r etune tae enormity of the crime in the s:,- s and emnoaasis we put on the obser , te of saw. Because c';red people have been so pronounc;. -i their denunciation of hla - n ny have reached the e Jnchesio .at they are in sympathy ita rapi s and o:.ber fi grant crimi - s whao are generally the victims of s1c la'. his i. a great mistake. The better c!Was of c:ored neople all over the south are unanimous in their condem i:tlion of the wretches who are guilty ofe unmentionable crimes. They reconize the fact that the whole race is sufferiog in the eyes of the world t& roul- b the conduct of the vile scoun drels who perpetrate these crimes. A:d in ma-y places the white people regard a n ero with detestation and s ,spicion, believing him to be capable of a.'y criminal act where he is left unr-train?ed. From experience and observation I kruw this to be true. I for one am not willing to be thought in sympathy with crime or criminals, and especial ly with those n^ the character I am no consd ering. if the colored peo ple as a race exe-t to gain the conft dence and respect of their white neighb rs, and to elevate themselves in tae scale of civilized life,they must emphasize in no uncertain way their detematon of the more brutal of their raice who commit the horrible offences of rape, arson ana the like. There must be no maudlin sympathy for such characters who disgrace their own race and bring the negro into shame anri contemot. While I say these things, I would not be understood as favoring lynch law. Could the real criminal suffer it would not be so bad, but when inno ciat men are frequently the victims of excited and infuriated mobs who take the law into their own hands the uecessity for legal conviction is appa rent. Lynch law, too, no matter how justly administered, is bad in its ten deucy, working a disregard for all law, and educating the people in the very lawlessness it is intended to pre vent. LAt the legislature provide for spee dy trials in7 cases of this sort and let the people understand that the guilty must suffer. I am sure that the better class of my people are in sympathy with every legal method to stop this awful criose of rape. It is to their interest to be so. They cannot afford to be in the attitude of pailiating er e using or apologizing for this blot upnterpeople and upon their civ The white people of the south are rnot alonme in tneir lawlessness in deal ing wtith this class of criminals. The r-ectut lyuehing in Onio shows that .estircent egerywbre in tnis country :si avor of dealing out speedy and m-b pniishnent to the despoiler s wom n. A stop must be put to the cime o rape, and he who commits it, be he- white or colored, must be made to know that terrible retribution will All our people ask is that justice be done-tilat be fore the law thle same e ridence ee requiired to convict a ne gro that is req ured to convict a white man, au! t it i same punishment be me-ted ou: to the one as to the other. Whiererer the prof is conclusive, speaking for my people, let the guilty sutfer taough the heavens fall. Lynchizg, as another has said, is not a ri ce q sestion, but a national gu~ on, aau it is proven by the fact aof 141 persons lynched in 1896, til!y- o'ur we:'e white men. I ave no e- in the printer's hands a book for ;u~,ication entitled "The N -ero and tae Wuite Man," in which I d-c se this and many other vital q stions touching tie relations of the : e rce I hope, Mr. Edlitor, in that boto help forward a better feeling m2 s en a t two races in this section of ca c~xantry. I recognize the fact - .a. i:1 the order of Providence we must live together, and I would like Scontribute my part toward incul cr i:z ia my people those great prin evle. of righteousness, truth and re si actfo lawr wzaien are the founda ioxs upon which alone they can build -pa el respecting manhood. W. J. GAINES. Bihp.M. E. Ctnurch. Atlana,~ G., Jane 27, 1897. The ox: ssu of the National Re wcw. con.ia a aricle annouac -ad'- eine United States o.o consisting of U0. Wcot, former SAusai ose.venson and es Jekson Paine, - enre here in a few days. on~f, according to the R ;ie v, will present to the n~ uitiia government a joint ron .France and the United s -.g their desire to termin e iatrous exceriments inau c din 1e73. and claiming our di i active concurrence. The R mie ec"dds: "We are able ussthat Eagland's reply wil - ya grn ment is willing to L.I.dian maiuts, to make a - ustantial contribution to Ca ion of silver by extend b Ejgand. by increasing - .mierof silver, making sil ve toi~si of rnotes, empowering K M .: :iand to use the silver tem d :.hat material assistane an.' s g:oral oort will be givex