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VO0L. -X1 lii. S. ,ANNIN(_'------,------ I R, S. Cq WXEDNESDAY, " EI3RU ARY_2L S8___ ____N .i THE 3MAINE BLOWN UP. A TERRIELE D!SASTER IN THE HAS I BOR OF HAVANA. Ore of the Finest Tesseis in tee United States Navy Destroyed, and Many of Her Ofmeers and Men Killed and Wounded. TheUnitei Sta'es battleshio Maine was blovn up and totally de stroyed in the harbor of Havana cn Tuesday night a week ago. The ex plosion occurred ur d-r the men's quarters in the forward part of the ship, and the death list is two hun dred and sixty out of a crew of about three hundred and fifty. Most of the men were asleep when the explosion took place, which accounts in some measure for the fearful loss cf life. An hour after the explcsion the how of the once great tattleship was under water and only a ra't of her stern could be seen. The explosion which shook the city of Havana from one end to the other, created the wildest excitement. All the electric lights were put out by the shcck. Fire en gines rushed madly from one direction to another, and no one knew for cer tain from which direction the explo sion came. The cause of the disaster is unknown, but is now being investi gated by a board of naval officers. Consul General Lee, who was at the Hotel Inglaterra, received a telepnone messsage from General Blanco telling him that the Maine had been blown up. General Lee hastened to the pal ace, where the cabinet quickly assem bled and orders were given the offi cers and crew of the Spanish battleship Alphonso XIII, to aid in the rescue of the Maine's crew. All the officers were saved except Jenkins and Meritt, who are missing. One officer, whose name could not be learned said of the explosion: "I was in my bunk. When I got on deck fire had started forward. There was a good strong breeze. The call for all hands on deck was prompt ly obeyed and the men and officers were perfectly cool. All possible ef forts were made to check the fire, but without avaiL The flames spread fast and several explcsions occured. Mag azines were bust open and explosives were thrown ovorboard. In half an hour it was aparentthat nothing could save the ship." A Spanish naval cfficer said that Captain Sigsbee was the last man to abandon the sinking ship and that he remained alongside the wreck as long as it was possible to do anythingin the work of rescue. The disaster is remarkable, in that only two officers lost their lives and these were of junior grades. They were Lieutenant Friend W. Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Oarwin R. Merritt. The former was unmarried, but leaves a mother and sister. The latter, it is thought, also was unmar ried, but the department was unaa vised concerning his family. James Rowe, the ship's cook, was t'e least injured of any that were rescued. When asked how it happened, he said: "I dont know. I turned in my hammock at 8 o'clock, and heard three bells strike. I don't remember anything more till I felt myself turn ing overand over, and falling heavily upon the deck through a mass of smoke. I got on my feet and worked my way on deck. When I got. there the superstructure deck was dipping under water, and I jumped overboard to keep from being drawn into the suction. I was picked up by a boat from the Spanish man-of-var. Four more were picked up by the same boat. They were Daniel Cronin, a landsman; Charles Berryman, boat swain; Albert John, seaman, and Bloomer, a landsman." The following cable dispatch was received from Consul General Lee by the State Department at Washington Wednesday night: "Havana, Feb. 16.-Profound sor row expressed by government and municipal authorities, consuls of for -eign nations, organized bodies of all sorts and citizens generally. "Flags at naif mast azn governor general's palace, on shipping in har - bor and in city . "Business suspended and theatres closed. "Dead number about 260. Officers' ~quarters beng in the rear and sea men's for ward, wh'ere explosion took place, accounts for greater prportion al loss of sailors. "Funerel tomorrow at 3 u. m. Offi cera Merritt and Jenkins still msising. "Suppose youa ask that naval court of in quiry be held to ascertain cause of explosion. --Rope our people will repress ex citement and calmly await decision. (Signed) LEE." THE ILL FATED SHIP. The Maine was looked upon as a warship that would give a good ac count of herself in any situation. She was built at the New York navy yard and since entering into active service, on September 17, 1895, has been con tinuously at work. She was also a steel armored battleship and was equipped with two 10-inch barbetts turrets. She was 315 feet long by 58 feet beam and had a displacement of 6,682 tons. Her draet was 2]. feet 6 inches, which allowed her to enter Havana har bor without trouble. She was equipped with t win screw verticaJ triple expansion eneines, whicb drove her at the rate of 17:45 knots an hour, and she was tus able to ma~ke the distance between Key West and Ha vana in four hours. She had a maxi mum coal capacity of 854 tons. Her sides were protected by 12 inch, her turrets by 8 inch and her bar betts by 12 and 10 inch armor. She was arm ed with four 10 inch guns in tuirrets, six 6 inch breech loading rifles, seven 6-pounders, eight 1-pounders and four Gatlings. Tne Maine ccst $3,(00,000 in round 6gures. The following is a list of the officers of the Maine, witn tneir addresses as far as obtainable at the navy depart ment: Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, Wash inaton. Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Wasair gton. Lieutenant G. F. Holman, Califor Lieutenant John Hood, F~Xorence, .&a. Lieutenant C.'rl W. Jungen, New York city. Lieutenants (junior grade) G. P. 'Blow. Lasalle, Li.; John J. Biannizr, Greenwood, Md.; F. W. Jenkins, Allegheny City, Pa. Naval cadets-W. T. Cluverius, Jr., Louisiana; Amion Bronson, Nebraska; D~ F. Boyd, Jr., Alabama. Surgeon L. G. Henneberger. Harri, sonburg, Va.; Pay master, C. M. Ra~y Wasihinaton. Chief Engineer C. . Mowel. Go shen, N. Y ; Past Assistar t Engineer F. C. Bowers. Brookiyn. N. Y. Assistant Ergineers J. R. Mo-ris, Oregon, Mo.; Darwin R. Merrit, Red 1 Oak, Is. Engineer cadets, Pope Washington, Ncrth Carohua; Arthur Crenshaw, Alabama. Chaplain, J. P. Chadwick, New York, N. Y.; First Lieutenant Marines Albert W. Catlin, Minnesota. BLAMES THE SPANIARDS. Naval Omcers Tbium They B:-w Lp the 'Mine. The Wasbingtcn correspondent of the News and Courier says: Spanish treachery appears to be the cause of I the destruction of the battle ship! Maine in the harbor of Hava'a. That is the opinlon of the best efficers of the navy, including Chief N'tval Con structor Hichborn. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt and a maj-rity of the mem bers of Congress, who are familliar with the circumstances surrounding the terrible event. Although the re ports received from Capt. Sizsbee and Consul General Lee are lacking in de tail, and the responsibility for the dis aster is not fixed, the prevallinE semi c ment here is that the explosion was caused by the use of tornedoes guided by an unfriendly hand. The greatest excitement prevailed throughout the t city Wednesday and from early I morning to the hour of closing the Executive mansion and the navy de partment have been crowded with C earnest seekers for the latest informa tion fron4 Havana relative to the Maine disaster. President McKinley is disposed to attribute the terrible calamity to the Maine to some unaccountable accident, but he does not have many supporters r in that theory. The practical men of the navy are willing to stake their reputation upon the assertion that the circumstances do not admit of the ac cident theory. Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn, a regarded as one of the best and most a fearless men in the navy, went all c over the plars and drawings of the ill fated shin with your corresnondent, and decided beyond reasonable doubt "the impossibility" of such an accident occurring. He exploded the theory put out by Blanco in his dispatch to the Spanish legation here, indicating that the accident was due to the explo- e sion of the donkey engine, which runs the dynamo immediately over the for ward magazine. According to the plan of the ship the donkey engine is em ployed in- running the dynamo It is run one of the regular C boilers, of which there are eight, which performs all of c the auxiliary functions aboard the a ship. Commodore Hicaborn says the t theory of spontaneous combustion 9 will not hold water, for the character r of the powder and ammunition, and e the precaution taken to pro.ect them, t all combine to render such an occur r r nce out of the question. He is con vinced that when the divers come to s take a look at the bottom of the ship t it will be found that the indentations will turn inward, showing that the t concussion came from the et-rior in- S stead of the interior of the vessel. c Nearly all of the experienced officers f of the navy agree with Commodore F Hichborn that the destruction of the t Maine was accomplished by the use of C torpedoes. I is known that thu feel i: in of resentment against the U:ited S States by Spanish residents of Havana r is intense, and there are a number of Spanish Guiteaus at large in that city S who would glory in dynamiting an F Am'rican war ship or io assassinating Z an American eitizen. Under the cir I cmstances it ts almost imipcssible to C locate the responsibility <r hold the t Spanish Government accoun table for. te fi-ndish act committed in the nar t br of Havana under the cover of dark d ness.a Assistant Secretary EKyosevelt says he is convinced that tt'e desirsiction t of the Maine was not ar accident . He says further that it is impossible f or I Capt. Sigsbee to furn~sh the world I with a detai-e.l accounL t.f the terrible happening and the cause of the same. I Cap:. Sigsbee was in his cabin at the '] time of the explosion, and hae barely I escaped half clad. He received reports r from his subordinate officers at eight b bells, 8 o'clock, an nounciaug that every- e thing was "well" in the varicus de partments of the ship. According to t te regulation the magaszines were care [ fully inspected at 8 a clock, and the 1: engineer must have reported every C thing all right in the engineering de ~ parment. C The most reasonable theory ad vanced in naval circles is to the effect t that 'torpedoes were employed. Tue t question arises whether they were ub marine, operated fcom sacre, or r whether they were used, as i-s frequent ly the practice, by the drifting pro ~ css; that is, to attach two torpedoes d L a cable a certain distance apart and 0 let them drift with tne tide toward the bowof the ship to be attacted. Tne fin t of the current would cause them to L come in contact with the sides of the t: ship, prad acing-a concussion, followed by instant explosionl. je The steamsnip Odvette arrived at - Key West Wednesday night with a are Lumnber of the wounded ann many otner survivors of tne Maine' asaster. Tne cfiizers were, as a rule, recent, and foilo wed in line with their cnie!, S:gsoee, in saying inat toe cause of the explosion could only be ? ascrtned by divers, but man-; of the K sailors were outspoken in their decia. d ration of belief tnat tne exp~OSion was , a deep laid plot of the Sp>.niards. D They are greatly incensed against the r Havana peop:C, who have shownb tem smnaiicourtesy, wholoos-ed upon ter presence as a national atfront, and who have puolisne d anonyimo.Is cuclars capuo..ed "Dowvn wnth Ame- I ricans " Tnev Oriteve that tne autnior of such expreised and cowardly hat- 1 red would not stop at an act at suca teridel vengeance as tce blowiog up I of the Maine. Tnese sailors, aquain ted with the drilis, dhec-piine and en semble of a man of war, puoh-poonh the idea of an ex plosian as the :-ast thing to be thout of. -c Death to Amizc ane. Frank Jangen, of Minneapolir, re ceived a letter a few days ago iroai t hs brotner, Farst Lieutunaat C. W. Jungen, who was oine of those saved frcai the Maine, in wuich the latter i aidA there was a very bitter feeiing izn Havna against the Maine and ner dirs. Whenever they went on s2tte great e xcitemient andi evidences p o antagoam wer-e visiole. He en coed a tra'ns!a:I. ut a bandbill jb neaded '-Deah to~ xneican," weiien 0 had been circ-ulated ia Llaaa. In! the opinion of ie witer. tonire was K an element in d~avana thiat wou :d quickly make trouble if opportunityo ot'eren TilE SENATE AP1U BSI ME LAST DAYS OF THE SESSiQN OF THE EODY. he . Im Crow Car Bvi Passed by a Large Mj o ity-C:her B1 Passed--President %c' veeney Ccmplemented by the bera to:. In the Senate Monday a house reso nion came up providing for a ommittee of one senator ar.d wo representatives to inves'igate what isposition should be made of liquor smoles received by the state bard of ontrol, and on motion of Mr. May eid was indefinately postpored. Mr. lay tisld said it was too late for such rsatigation at this session. When Mr Moses' bill came up pro iding for the creation of Loe county. fr. Hay moved to indefinitely prst ore the bill. This motion was lost nd the bill forming Lee county was assed. The Pee Dee county matter then ame up and after some discussion as referred baca to the people ;,r nother vote. The separate coach bill was then ken up and passed its second read g by the following vote: Yeas-Alexander. Archer. Brown, ,onncr, Dean, Gaines. Grillith. Hen erson, Love, McAlhany. McCa'la, fcDaniel, Moses, Mower, O'Dell, Pet grew, Ragsdale, Suddath and Wal ae-19. Nays- Buit. Dennis. Douglass. Du ase, Hay, Jefefries, Lesesne, Maul in, Mac field, Millar, Norris, Scarbor ugh, Sloan, Stackhouse, Talbird, 'urner, Waller and Williams-13. Immediately after the Senate open d on Tuesday Mr. Dean moved to re onsider the vote whereby the' house esolution of Monday providing for a inquiry into the disposition of li uor samples by the State board of ontrol was indefinitely postponed. lfter some discussion the motion was dopted by the following vote: Ayes-Alexander, Archer. Brown, Zuist, Connor, Dean, Dennis, Dou ass, DuBose, Hay, Henderson, Jeffe ies, Love, Mayfield, Meilhany. Mil er, Mcses, Mower. Norris, O'Deil, ettigrew, Ragsdale. Scarborough, loan, Talbiri, Turner, Waller--27. Nays-Gaines, Lesesne, Mc:alla, [Daniei, Stackhouse, Suddath, Wal The chair appointed Mr. Ragsdale n this committee. Mr. Gaines offered a concurrent res lution calling for the appointment of commission consisting of one sena >r and two representatives to investi ate road improvement, tte said com ission to receive the sum of $50 ach and permissien to accept free ansortation from railroads and the ight or the investigation to be reprt , bill or otherwise at the nex, ssion of the legislature. The resolu ion was then adopted. The house bill to provide for the xation of telegraph, telephone, pal cc car, skepin. car, drawing room ar, dining car, express and fast reight, joint stock associations, comn anies, copartnerships and corpora ;ons transacting business in the State f South Carolina, and to repeal acts a conflict, created much debate. The enate-committee, to which was refer :d the bill, offered an amendment hichl provide-t the taxation of the ove named concerns by a d.Ifcrerat an. The speeches pro and coa were umerous and when the vote was fi ally taken it resulted in the rejection the amendments and the passage of e bill by 21 ayes and 11 nais. A concurrent resolution forbidding e granting of hotel privileges by the spnsary was the occasion of an1 musing debate. The vote on rejection of the resolu on resulted: Yeas- -Buist, Dennis, Gaines, Hay, enderson, Mal1din, Miller, Moses, oan, T'albird, Wallace-li. Nays-Alexander, Archer, Connor, )u!, Djuglass, DuBse, Griffih, fferies, Lesesne, Love, Ma- firld, ~cAlaney, WecDanieJ. Mower, Nor is, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Rairsdale, Sear rugh, Staca house, Saddath, Turn , Waller, Williams-24. When the Jim Crow car bill was en up for its fiaal reading last igt Mr. Moses amended by provid g that railroads must have one sec d-class coach to every train in ~hich all persons paying a second lass fare can ride. Mr. Henderson amended by making e law go into effect tae 1st of Ssp mber. Mr. Miller had all narrow gauge ads exempted. Mr. Scaroarough amended by pro iding that the provisiors of the bill not apply to roads under 40 miles length. Mr. Buist amended that nothing in e act shall for:>id railroads from at ~ching passenge: coaches to freight ~as. Mr. Sloan moved t strike out the ating words. By the following ote the senate refused to do so: Yeas-Buist, Der-ais, Douglass. Hay, ~ssne, Maulcain, M ler, N orris, loan, Sttck house, Talbird, Turner, N ays--Arenuer, Bro wnConno'r. Dean, uBne, Gaines, Hcnderson.J fferie-s, ateld McAihany, McUalia, Mc a iel, 'oses, Mower, O'Dell, Petti rw, Riusdl.e, Szarborougn, Sud Ater some f urtiter amendments had een offered and voted do .vn Mr. Nor .s moved to indefinitely postpone the There were several speechcs maode r and against. Mr. Henderson rought out the point that as the rail as nad of their oan vlition estan sd separate waiting rooms at de >s tat itwas rid: the~y shoulid pro ide separate acammodations on ~am s. Somse one of the speakers thought aat theraces should be kept separa'ed r were they not the day might com: rhen there would be itermarriages. Mr. Slomn got the ithor andu in t-e use of is speech tcouted hiea st the races would ever intermarry. Mr. Archer cailJd the s-maker' a - ntion to the fact inat he had. seen iu e ne vspapera of last week~ ha a l was pendin~g in the Maryla-ad gislaure legal.zi::e .tuu nmar-riages.I Mr. Sloan: --Doses my; friend from~ partaburg ma to say- that he :>e eves ever; thing e e in the news apers !" Mr. Archer (drly\ "No, I dcn't elieve aji I see i tse newspapas r all esir, eithr. Te hit was palpable.. and there was ughter. A number of new amendmenjs were ferd and with sy stematic regaa-ij r. IDos e moed that they be ta bled. The result was that the bill fi rally passed its third reading with no changes than those mentioned above. The vote was practically the same as on Mr. Sloan's motion to strike out the enscting words. Wednesday the closing day of the senate was a continuous session breaker with frequentshort recesses to await reports of conference commit tees. The report of the printing commit tees awarding the public printing to R L Bryan & Co., was received dur irg the at:ernoon and the choice con firmed. The closing scenes of the present Ee-sion were enacted when Mr. Mower moved, at 12:40 o'clock, that the sen ate go into committee cf the whole, with Mr. henderson in the chair. Mr. Mower said that the session had been provided with cou-te;v and good feeling between the members sel dom excelled. They had been ac tuated by a desire to do the best for the State, and this had been largely promoted by the services of a good presiding officer in Lieut. Gov. Mc Sweeney, who had r xhibited in the chair a wide knowledge of parliamen tary law, and of the rules of the sen ate. At all times he had been curte ous, imoartial and eiiicient. It be came not merely his forma duty, but his pleasure to testify alike to the faithful and able services of the presi dent pro. tem., and of the capable cffi cers and attaches of the bcdy. He then offered the following resolutions. Be it resolved, That the thanks of the senate sr! due, and are hereby tender-d, the Hon. M. B McSweeney for his courteous, impartial and efli cient discharge of the duties dev-lv ing upon him as the presiding officer of this bcdy. That the same are due. and are her! by, tendered to the president pro. tem., o' the senate. That the senate commends the clerk, sergeant at-arms, assistant clerk and the other cfuicers and empl.oyees of the senate for thei: faithful discharge of the duties of their respective poi tions. Mr. Mayfield seconded the resolu tions and Mr. Sloan expressed like sentiments for the president and other officers. Sweet and pleasant recolli c tions, he said, would always associate with the amible, kind hearted and learned president. His courtesy and that of the clerks and assistants would be long remembered. Lieut. Gov. McSweeney had been well known in Columbia as a boy struggling for a foothold in life, and it was especially gratifying to them to know how ably he has filled the exalted station to which he was called. The foll)ing resolutions, offered by Mr. Ma) fied, were then read and adopted by a uraaimous vote: Resolved. That the thanks of the senate are due, and are hereby ten derel t> the represeatatives of the prf s; on the floor of the senate during t:e present session for their fair and impartial reports of the prce:edings of this body. Mr. May field arose ard expressed his appreciation not only of the cap able work of the officers, clerks ar.d assis-a its, but of the effi:ient crops of newspaper correspor dents who had served so well in the t idious and labo ritus wort of reporting the session The committee of tne whole was then discharged and President Mc Swteney again assumed the chair. Mr. Henderon presented to him the resolutiot s that had been adopted, as the unanimous sentiment of tne b-dy. "You possess," he said, "all tae ele meats of a presiding officer. Courte ous, careful, impartial, yet firm in your ce::isions, youi have guided our deliberations with signal abilit y. for which wre are under lis'i.ig obliga tions. Our thanks are dud collective ly and individually, to the officers of the senate for their assistance to us in discharging our duty." Mr. Henderson said that in a long experience in legislative bodies. he had never known a senate more faith ful to the public interest, and that they had set a good example to those who will succeed them in ad journing witnia 40 days, whea they were per mitted to go oeyoand the constituItio ial limit. They had worked faithfully and laboriously for the good of the State. In conclusion Mr. Henderson moved that the resolution be pubhshed in the journal. Mr. McS~weeney, in replying to the flattering testimonial of his efficiency and faithfulness in the chair said taai he would attesipt no speech, bart w u~d sincerely thank then f or their kind words of commendation, for himisel' and for the clerks and attches He desired to say that bi s offi~ials had at' be2 faithful arnd e flicientsana that he. had never seen more devotei service. ney had doae not only their duty, but whatever would advance the busi ness of the senate. He had done nhing more then h-s dity. When ne took the oath of office he ~stated that he knew nothing of parliamentary law, but he had with him represenita tive men of South Carolina, upon vaom be could dep-nd for ad vice and asssta~c . He coi~d say with candor nd sincerity that he had kuon n no faction in the discharge of nis dut., and had never recoyized setators as Rormers or Consereatives, but loked to all as patriotic douth Care liians. Hehad never asked, la tra - i an appointment, whether thie mez o named wvere withi him ir a::aias'. him but haid looked sulejy to the r aoility todisclarge the duty imposed upoa them. He believen he had done h:s duty and since-ely thanked the ody for tte flAtteriog resolutions o prase accorded hian and trait:d that ia theie return ncnme to lived ones e7 would be found in good heaith a d that in years t >come they wouud al stand togetter for the- graperityv advantage and progress of taici gran~d od State. Tne house cam~e over soon after hese ex pressions of est eem and ratified tne fe e ieaiaining acts. At 1:40 a. mn the president gravelv rappd his gavel and declar'-d the se a te ad journed sine die. Fareweils were said, the 'ihs put out and the chaalberut.rtc . A dispatec to T::e o.ate ':0a Es iaive ma~tAI .:ea mOte.g 9 te 0-n ofl c '(.1 n o , .. "0u r of liC .1, and ot2er dem-arY O us of y,. .d espeu'iay eue~ ' -.ow s ee made- a co.ua \y set I9 :sa *ih as rich lnd :o suppcrt t. as ar~e -. oe found anyvwaere . a. Sate. It aown aetse aunna m row m a THE FRIENDS OF SILVER. IN THE DEMOCRATIC, REFUBLICAN AND POPULISTS PARTIES. Askt d to Unite in Futue on the Financial Issue as of Paramount Importance-Ap peals t3 E tch of the Parties to Coneoti date. The addresses on behalf of the Dem ocratic, Populist and Silver Recubli can parties which are the result of the conferences which have been in pro gress among the leaders of these par ties at the capitol for the past few weeks, were issued Wednesday. They seek to unite the members of the three parties in future elections upon the financial issue as the question of para mount importance and are separate appeals to each of the parties to con solidate all along the lines for this purpose. The address to Diinocrats is signed by Senator James K Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Demo cratic national committee, and is en dorsed by the Democratic congress ional committee; tbat to the Populists by Senrtor Marion Butler, chairmar of the Populist national committee, and the 25 other Populist members of the senate and house, and that of the silver Republicans by Chairman Chas. A. Towne and the Silver R-publicans in the senate and the house, and also by ex Senator DuBois. The Denccratic address is as fol lows: To the People: The surrender of the Republican party to the advocates of the gold standard and monopoly is at last complete. The present adminis tration, called to power under the sol emn pledge of the Republican nation al convention at St. Louis to promote binetallism, has formulated and sent to congress a bill, the leading purpose of which, the honoraole secretary of the treasury avows, is to commit the country more thoroughly to the gold standard. The country has already, for 24 years, been so thoroughly committed to this standard, partly by law and partly by the usurpations of the exe cutive branch of the government, that its effects are seen and felt on every hand; wages are reduced; work is harder to get; the weight of debt is doubled; the value of land and other oroperty is reduced one-nalf or more, until the lives of the people are "made bitter with hard bondage." It is cer tainly not in the interest of humanity to have this condition of things more thoroughly estaolished. The contin ued rise in the value of gold, or, .vidch is the same thing, the contia ued fall of prices, must ipevitably transfer the property of all those en gaged in active business, the actual .reators,of wealth, whetner oy hand, brain or capital, to those who, avoia ing the risk and effort of active busi ness, only draw interest. ?he increase of 145 per cent. in the value of money. caused by is increas ing scarcity, from 1Su9 to 1549, as ad ai.ted by leading nascates of the gold standard, found expression at tnat time in extremely 1o v prices and conditions of unparalled distress. 'ne discovery of gold and siiver in extra odinary quantities, aud tne great in Brea:e in one volume of metaluc mon ey resulting therefrom, severed this dibtrets and brought in its stead Won derfut prosperity. Prices rose, bus - ueis flourished, produacers prospered, all were ?happy.- Suostantiaily this onditiou would have conuinued it notn tne precious rietals had been al towed to remain in use as money, be :au->e they were being found in near ly aufficient quantiuies to increase tne volunse of money in propos tion to tne evelopments of bainess. A .wicked onsoiracy deprived one of them of the money function. This was aone with the deliberate purpose of raising the value of mne other by rendering the supply of metallic money relative ly scarcer as compared wiah the de manci. From tue nlour of the consuin nation of this crime mankind nas utfered commercial disaster and so ial distress in almost constantly in reasing measure. Just in proportion o the gruvvtn of arts and civilzation and the expanston of comnmerce, Pus. ness and industry, the inadequacy of he volume of goia is felt, its scarcity s emupnasiz:d its value increased. Tne repression of life and nappiness which is inaeparable from a long :ourse of declining prices, nas now :nected developLienta, and it contlin ed will uhiinaLely sulfb civilization. AE emine.. t American, President au irews of Bro .n university, some , ears ago said: - "Our natioial debt on September 1, S65, was $3,750u,O00; it could then ase been pai0 u~fi with 18,000,000 oales of cotton or 25.000,000 tons oXt ar iron. Wnen it nad ceen reduced o $1,250,000,000, 30000,00 vales of :oen ur 32,00,000 tons o? iron would ave oeen ieq'aired to pay it. In otner vords, wmile a nominni shrinkage 01 baout 55 per cent. nad taken piace in ne deos, it mad. as measurea. in en.her f taese tWo world ataptes, actually een enlarged by some 50 per cent." A.th augh more than halt the piia cpal 01 tuis enormous debt and every en t a'ccumuiated interest nadi en a.. tv the lanor of thle United States, he nolders of the bonds s.1i1 hold a lail for more of tae laor of the >oie taan they held be.ore these eeorm~aus payments had been even >euu. This cruel contiscation of the ves and liberty of tue laboring mil ions of tbis country is the mes; stu. adous crime toat has been comlmit ed in Lne annals 0f civi.izastion. U - ess a government "o! the people, by nec people and for the peoplec" nas per shed f rom the earth, surely the pres :t boliy avo ved sen-me, no: ouiy to :atiL~ue, bu-. to increase these evils, il nut o: permaitte d Ia addition to h:s purpose of more thorou-;nly estan isLing the gold standard, toe plan of ne admxistr.ation is to retire the apr money of tne government to iue goid bonds and to increase the >oser, privileges and prouts of nat unal~ bank~s. .Len retcremenut of government pa .er mnorey muast reduce the volumle of i:caUonl and wnile the secretary of e Lieasury adaitus that the contrac to:s of tne currency would be mure I uious in two years than ist :rat on like amounit of oonds for 4J y ears vouid be, ne catlmly informis us ta ne natioinai banas wilt pro'ably se are a s.tlicient amuoaut o1r money to revent this enormous sulferiug. Tne national banus are nut to be, r1q iired to redeeiniaeirnotes mn gold, asi it is arranged tmat tne L aited ~aes govern Uent small do so on de and; aad ater having done S2, the. overnment mu~st be content to nlave ne 1:atuonal b .aSs reimbanIsC it in -s- kird of iegl tender menev atj the option of the bankm." We are frankly told that lawful mo'ney will be made "relatively scarc-r than it is now," and that it is intended that un der the operation of the bill it will be "easier to get gold than lawful money." Practically all the money in the hands of the people now, as tl-e secretary distinctly admits, ii silver, chiefl; in the form of siiver certifi cates. The avowed purpcse of the bill is to make it hereafter more difficult to get these than gold. In view of the great principles in volved and of the danger so close at hand, we urge the people everywhere to arouse themselves and at once to take ,t-ps to save themselves and their children from the fetters now being openly forged to bind them. In re cent years there have been a number of instances of congressional districts where the advocates of gold and monopoly were largely outnumbered by tneir opponents, and where, never toeless, by a failure to unite and act together, friends of the gold standarl have been successive. Thus, as the result of a personal or partisan wran gle the cause of truth and justice has been overshado ed, the interest of hu inanity ignored and the greatest good to the government suborainated to an ignoble strife. We appeal to you to let this not be the case again. Our only danger is in division. If we are in earnest we must have harmony amongst ourselves. If t aere should be those who would divide us, let them be summarily and emphatically re buked by the people, wno have none but h:gh and patriotic motives. After the bold declaration of the of the administration in favor of the gold standard no sincere bimetallist can ever again, by his vote or influ ence, give aid or encouragement to the Republican party. The issue is joined; we cannot avoid i if we woutd. E.tn.r the friends of bimetallism or the advocates of the old standard, trusts and monopolies, must succeed Wno is not for us is against us. We ask no man to acan don nis party or change his politics; we ask no one to yield any principle; but in this great contest we do appeal to all good men to stand solidiy to gether for liberty and humanity and strike do n forever this conspiracy of gold and monopoly. James K Jones, Chairman DemccraLle Natoal Com. The Populist address covers the well known position of the party on this question, and says: "Dne conspiracy of gold and mo nopoly is nearing its culmination. Eliery advance it has made during the last twenty-five years has been by adroit ana stealtay process. ?hese would aave been inp-sfioie if it had not nad its agents and confe.inrates holding positions of public trust in the legislative, execuive and judicial branees of the g-v.Ifnlent. i.Neier the oeneticiarica wur tae tools ut thiss onspiracy have any paricular poll ies. la the name oce last addliani tration was Deuiocr.tic. Tad present sdinitrauiou is calied Repuolicau, out it nas ingiori.uaiy practiced and 2eieuded Lae periiduus or its prede :easor. We do not arraign any political party on parussau ground. We ar raign a systemi and deaounce a con :ouspiracy We co. demn inuividuals tad organizations taat support tis istetf and aid the conspiracy. A party that is one mouapiece and aent of tms conspr.cy ju7 t as langerous under one namie as under notnier.*** Tne line of battle is clearly drawn. He cannot avoid the conti .f wve wold. Tneref ore, let us appeal to all :zens aaaQ to all organizatou?s and pares taat oppose this conspiracy nat oppose a gaierunment of the rusLs; iLnaL oppOo andc Ni1 not suo nit to tae desptstaL of sordid wealtn -to come to Lane rescue. Patriociam mad maaood ace no, cead. ntis was signed czy a1arion Budler tad 25 ssnators and representatives of The paper of Lae Silver Republicans S a 0iJo es: Lane cuaning plans of the beneficia es of tne gold standard and tae ad rucaeso01 monopoly are fast nearing :op etton. Tuey need but to win )n m ,re victory to becone supreme mad hO oe aoie to defy tne soveietgncy t the people for generations. Tne olic~y of the Repuou~cani adm.inistra ,ion is a plainl canie.ion tnlat Lsn se :ret. authors of tne S.. Liouis platrorma >t 189,3 are in aosolute control of tat arty. Power '-nus secute1 Dy false retences is to Lie i uueassy used Lu arry out tne desigaa of thle conspira ors. Tnte slo wv processes ul 25 a ears are -apidly advancing LO taeir goal; ie near approaca to wnica LLow ems Lo warrant Lispenting with the -aution and deceit taat have hitnertu ~en the necessary preilminaries of acess. But this openness of purposes is the pportuaniy of paioustn- aMoest ne shouild hesitaie no longer ip osed to tne estanltinenti of tne go~d tanard in ail us rigor, it opposed ,o thes retiremient of government car -ency, if Opposed to Lfne erection oX a ;reat associaaiOn oX bat.ks of issue as e all-dominating por er in tne na ion, if opposed to ever- kind of trust md monopoly, the oj~srmug a .d ad ulct of the mioney I wer. ** Patriots and CaIz- ats: We call up-i you to uune in t.ts greait comatuon~ ervi:e of ciuzensai) and pr~triotisn > man need surren~der his party coL-j cictins. N~o ex-saag organ zito teed b:: abandoned. While striviug .overthrowr a conmmon enemy no od purpose is ser ved by empnariz as points on whic a w e diffir. Badt intil this finbl assault cf trie enemay ipon the last ramparts of 'oar indus rial and social independ-nce :ne::ed,4 intl the c >ntrol 0! ttae money systeax f the country is useuefromn th iands of tf-: sac at teres s . aLdl Lsured to tue wh~Ae p pe tat- m~n ers of the greati a-Lu:e; of p i.1 erormi 1n -very par. ot the L nited States shculd act in :uta: jlsace and iarmoioaes Co -peraua or m~tfe pa :ral welfare. To t::s otj c:, aasf rged upon caur friends e:very vhere, se nereny pledge. jnoiuLy and ==ver dly, our tames. e~Laut eniutavor. signed by Onar:s A. ?ogne, etisir nn nationadi coumiue of the Sib;er lepublicau party, et; bt Silver R pa:: ias:uator: and representauives and nUed ?. D claise. T ag 15'ac .tuut. A tug boat said to De the Frankie :aos~zd and sam in tue 10 ser &w G ra oay. It is said tha. at kces-. !i nan were lost. iae f-rry ixoat, Uo eCtn, oi tue Statea Liaid lnue, was >n hr way to New York sacae tue ig b.>ar was hear d whistJimg f6: uew. Lane lerry boat went to us a.d out tae u. sank gaiciy. T wo meun were AR-I P.OADWAR. The Way They Do hing Over in North Caroi.na. It seems that the Scuihcrn Rsiiway barb c atterrn pirg to run ovr t he little N-rro' Gaae at Hickory, N. C. We gO.t1he fa-ts from the Char iotte Observer cf Thursday. It seems that the Southern desired to l.y side tracks into the plants of the Catawba Lumber company and the Hickory Manufacturir g company, and to reach these points, it was necessary ti twice cross the Carolina and North-Western rdiiroad. Without previous intima tion, a construcion 1rain, loaded with hand3 and material, rolled into Hick ory at 2 o'clock M nday morning over the Southern, and at daylighti bath croisings had tc::n put in; bat not qsite completed. Upon being ad vised of the situation, the Carolina and North Weste-n authorities sent a train to the scene, placed two cars across one crossing and an engine across the other. The Southern peo pie ccntinue d work on either side of of the two crossines; but were unable to cr ntinue operations on the c -ossing them elves on account of the car and engiae obstructions. Things remained in the shape described until abcut 10 o'cleck Tuesday morniug, when the Southern men havir g retired, the Cart lira and North-Western peopl. appeared on the scene and commenced tearing up what had been done. Tne Southern gang was called out, and be ing the stronger, soon succeeded in overpowering the Carolina and North Western people and made them quit work. The Carolina and N -rth West ern men retired; but on Wednesday morning reappeared cn the scene wita instructis'L not to allow the Suthern fc lts to drive another spike. Tne Southern frlks made further efforts to drive spikes, and pretty soon there were several 6gats in progress. It became necessary for the mayor of Hickory to take a hand, and summon ing 50 men to the assistance of the po lice, he took possession of botn c-oss ings in the name of the law. B.th railroads and the city authorities now began to increase their respective forces until ea~h nad something like 150 men, and the situation b gin to look decidedly squally. But finally the municipal furce succeeded in getting in between the two railroad mobs, and had no further trouble in keep.ng them apart. Next the Southern started out on a ne # traci. Placing an en giL e across one crossing, it had tne rails of the Caroliua and North We tern tora up at th ; otter. mne city authorities protested against this ar raigement; bit the Sjutnera claimed that its engiue . as oa its o va right of way and refused to move. Wn-:a the passenger traia came along, pas~e agers, mid and oaggage nad to be .rau.frrea. At 3 o'clock Wednesday afteraoon, Saperinteudent Dodsun, of the Siath era, arrived on the scene, and after iavest'gatlug the situatia ordered tae Southecn gang to remove oostruc-ions and alio tne Carolna anu N ,rta Western trains to pass. the symnpa thies of the E~ckirs people aressroag ly with tie Carolina and Norta western road; but at last accounts the trouble was not settled. The Agrica1.ural HanU Matter. The slate ooard of control, the at torney general, th-e staking fund commission-rs and W. H. Lyies, at toraey for i. B. Wesley, tn: new ownerorthe hall, have nad several coLuferetlces recent'ly and nlave pracui cily reached an agreemeat. Mr Lyies, on o-ansif o' hi3 clten. first de ianded $15 000 for bacic rent ana :amages, ou. Attorney General B xr er exuressed tne opaon mnar. $7 500 was annut as mucn as Wesley could oilect on those accounts by suits against tne superceaeas bond. Alter cnsderable argu.ntnt, $10,000 was suggested as a compromis - figure and ttis nas beea practically agreedt upon. For some reasnias, the agricultural all is pecuiarly adapted to tne state :ispensary's requirements and it may remain there. L iter it was learaea :at the claim ot E. B. W-esley had c'.ually beea settled for $10,000 and papers signed ending that matter. attorney Lyles said the state dispen sary would rematin in its present uarter s paying $175 a month rent. Jalumoia Recora. No Descrimmnacioa. Toe Atlaata Uonstitution tells of an ge? Q.:orgia Nergro, Nathan oy name, who is employed oy a gentleman very r sminerst in state palieis. That Na nan also nas an eye to politecal fav rs is sao va by-the folioni Ag cmaver attn, .vhica r--cently took plaoe by ween nim aind his employer. "alarse Jun,' said Nathan, "is you wine in dis yere rac: er governor I" "Haven't thought about it." "Weil, ef yer does run, an' gits dlctd. willy ou give we a jiab?" * Certainly, I would rememnber you, athan. Wnat would you liae?" "Well, suh, I'd des like to black >oots rtuua' de capitol" 'And wnat would you expect for hat ser vice?" "Well, sir," he repiie:1, "I should ay $4 a day would be reasonable Dats what de y uther legislaturs get." Thanks For the Foaud ation. An old i :neraat c 1,red preacher, whie comduziog serv-ces at a pro rac ei mee.iris, was ia e-rupted by a m sse ger, who rusaed ini and cx :Lai" e , exci:ecsy: '-Par on. de sightnir& struck yo' os-, enc oa-ned it mer d groua! The coagegtioa expieced t> se: .ep .rso:u e >ilas uader this informna in a b h -d d1.a. '1Baru' d d, ho::s do vn, did it r' "We 1, dd it hurt de land what de 2u-e wu::on?" "N,, s ! " hi ke Lord fsr dat'"exclaim :d t1e otrson '"LUnank d- L rd d ar's 1if' En 1.ow we'.1 s.g oU an usomxeoo-o rher fe- "i n-." Th s a d - e itsas R-r Ad ni 'i B a. '"t. rs:es :at -se - as s again cecided in i is ! i Uea: womlaa Sa' eg E s:seLIu-tt eaalarge sue !a e~n to ulauon, and e . ')am : dremlyv bani.g ie- e 'y to..e to reit as ong andas a -ss po sible the t dii w~ave of tae t e'r femt.ty. w:ith tae unreasetig LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS. WHAT WAS DONE DURING THE LAST DAYS. The Pnblic Printing Awarded the Bryan Priuinog 0opany-oompl1mentary Ras olntiona Adopted to Speaker Gary. In the House on Monday Mr. Ver ner introduced a concurrent resolution which raised a whirlwind for a little while. His resolution was to the ef fect that a committee of investigation be appointed by the general assem bly to investigate certain rumors that the sample room at the state dispensary was covinually be ing drawn upon for whisuy to pre seat to members of the legislature. After some discussion the resolution was adopted. On Tuesday Mr. Kennedy, offered the following concurrent reolution, saying that it has been rumored large ly that blind tigers nere had been pat ronized by certain members and he desired to have them vindicated. R-soived, That a commiitee be ap pointed to investigate and find out what members, attaches and clerks of this general assembly have patronized blind tigers in the purchase of alco holic liquors during their connection with said general assembly. The voting on the resolution was. very light. Nobody obj cted, and the speaker declared the resolution agreed to. The Hous3 on Wednesday rushed through the business before it and was ready for adj )urnment at the ap oointed time. 'ne following report of the joint committee on printing was presented: Tue joint committee on printing of the senate and house have carefully considered the bids for the public printing; and we hereoy award the contract to the Bryan Printing com pany, they being the lowest responsi ole oidder. J. H MoDANEL, Chairman senate. J. D. KmEDn, Chairman house. The following report was made by the special committee of investigation of the liquor sample matter: "The committee appointed pursuant to a concurrent resolution to investi gate and report to this general assem bly what disposition h.s been made ofd the liquor samples of the dispensary beg leave respectfully is rport: .That they have made such investi gation as the very limited time at the disposalof the committee would per ,nit. The committee not having been appointed until the last hours of the session of the general assembly, have round it impossible under the pressure of legislative duties to examine fully such witnesses as would enable the c .mmittee to make as adequate inves ugation of the matters which come within the scope of the resolution. But the committee are deeply impressed with the gravity of certain abuses in the management of the dispensary tiqu-r samples which are not denied oy tae dispeasary official. The com mittee view with great apprehension tae practice which has grown up of distributing gratis among members of tae general assembly samples of liquor left in the dispensary. Such a prac tice your committee feels assured will oe fruit ul of the most pernicious re sults. The members of the board of control who were examined by tne committee declined to dieclose the names of the members of the general assembly wno have received these samaples and while the committee think that the names of members of the general assembly who have receiv ed taese donations of whiskey should be puolisaed, the resolution does not empower the committee to compel Nitnesses to attend and answer and the limited time at the disnosal of the committee will not admit of further in g iiry to that end The committee respectfully recommend the enast mfent of a law making all liquors rratuitously presented to the dispent sary or to thle boari of control the property of the Sriate to be disposed of La all rxspects as other liquors pur :aased for the dispeosary. - the report was recived as informa' don. ~ter the transaction of some other ousiness, which wound up the work of the session the House resolved it self into thle c immittee of tne whole, sad :ur. Jno. P Thomas, Jr., was :alled to thle chiair. Mse. Etied off ered the following: Resolved, first That upon the con :lusioa of the duties of this house, its nhanks are dus and are hereby ten iered to the Haon. Frank B. Gary fot ~ne a ale, impartial and energetic man aer in whicn he has discnarged the L-esponsible duties of speaker since its organization. iSecond. That while we have, and :laim no power or right to dictate er weve suggest to our successors a pre aiding officer, yet we would be derelict .o our appreciation of the efficiency of ne who has shown himself worthy in all particulars, did we not comi mend tim to those wno may succeed LIS. Third. That these resolutions be entered uoon the journal of the souse, and a copy thereof properly en gross~d, be presented to the honorable wedzer. ~ine resolutions were adopted. Tne clera of the senate arrived and statt d tnat the upper house had com okLted its bnsiaess. Msr. B .cot, was about to move to ad jurai sine die, when Msr. W. S. Smith aioved that a message be sent to the s.aate that the house was ready to ad iDu-asine die. Tis was done. Mr. Wdliing got in the motion for : rntnent sine die, there tbeing .eaed or this honor, andat i. 55 a mn . Lnursday morning theses z!aL of 1838 e n to an eund. Eige~ssv n tjrownaed. T'se Campune General trans-At ic ste.amer Fiiacflat, bound from zrlme for Caloa, was totally rckea on Aaaa Point, Conway ac, at 1 o'etck Tcu.-sday morning. c ptain, s-econd officer. elevea of er crew and one passenger were a*vrd. Tht' S---isht of tile crew and 9 passengprs we-r- lost Tue Flachat nvs a vessel of 2,715 tons gross regis Will ojonir H ,un.d' deat. Mas or Rbrt E KeKesan. of Co ~:ucus. Oaio, oas meeiid to the clerk 2trae sen.ae at Washington a formal tis f his inrieztno to coutest tile tof $en aour Hanna to his seat. \as necessary taat this be done o or the whuole matter drooped, be aLie the lae requires :hat such no ice must be dired wiihia thiy days .f ie t he election.