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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1893 CA*Dg? "UXCTOg UD j, camoeh E??KS59 t g?.i| UfS^RAN^ ??"?">?. 'or Effla*. ^XD> P*y*bie t k Y+Tm, Ca^i! Sr AhL* Morion ^^iefeogj T*' /aiiread, Jrg*1* work Nation j -~t* : plo6iJe bj , ^ Guff 0f j s?ifea The tt*^ore of M J* crm Gru And thence island S>ria p i>ei It to d ** docks. 1 * r/J'i/ioflSL hat; Ku r pis D<1 ;tee [and ia!l, rows, frual, I con teolu Jttiers shot an<i ; rar to ircum- j ihoritv j id that | the ad- j t^eping j a dii*- j niiM4- 1 >ne of | locating j ire no [military , soldiers j (own in- j HJted to ! Clerk U> t i?e|>ortfl, t dulcet He said re would sing with !th leave to to make to kxcepysuch 'eder&f elec words fell r smilingly h artjee and k aston uld be com i with the call t effect The e, nays 173, of the House. U >, yeasUTO, was ordtfe^. presence lof a to disgbnse thereunder, was declared 54.^Burrows vote by tel ? again broke ws dematded he demand was nt nnmber and ie call of the roll. >unced, yeas 163, Dockery an had it; that the with further pro call of the House Burrows who had ive, moved a re e vote. This led nay vote. On the ion to lay Bur reconsider on the yeas 163, nays 0. ther unexpectedly, the House adjourn, without discussion k the-Hoyae was de until tomorrow. Be could leave the hall a call for a f^emo assemble injmediate icana greeted the call ?and applause as they was called, it was ^ * instance of Speaker excessively annoyed to secure attendance Democratic members, ill, the Democratic (ported the presence of ic Representatives in It 173, five less than a the most that could he hall at any one time, ation over the failure to I was not confined to the j i one of the Derruxratic j has been present though n. I think the Republi rely right in this matter. to enact purely partisan it is but right that we vide the votes to carry it i I am glad they are mak Dg in our members. The m neighlx>ring States can me, aad the consequence e abaent half the time, while have to travel twenty-four more to reach home must XI Democratic member said j id that, if the fate of oar ! institutions depended on a | House, there would always >w members who could not be down on the floor from the to preserve them. The call caucus was a great surprise for mocratic . members. Even V said while the last roll was in fes, "Well, keep this op at least yar longer." ? Senate. the routine of the moraing in ?, Squire, (Rep.) of Washing notice of a substitute which ?nded to ofier for the bill to re the silver purchase Act, and it [read in fa]]. ItfFprovides that the jrs of silver bullion may deposit it jy mint tc be turned into $?a?4 Isilrercfthe present weight sad | ti!i*?!ie>s for bis benefit. He is it* to ! be paid, " however, only such a number of iiiver dollars as may equal the j ; commercial value of silver bullion, j I The difference between the nominal j * ami coined silver of the silver bullion j i3 to be retained by the government < as seigniorage. The coinage of silver , i dollars is not to exceed $4,000,000 a . month and the total not to exceed $200,000,000. The* are to be full | legal tender?, and no silver certificates j are to be iasued. ! A resolution to pay Beck w ith ?2,0^0 for his expenses in prosecuting his claim for a seat in the Senate under appointment from the Governor of Wyoming, was taken from the calen dar and agreed to. Also like reso lutions 1 jo pay Mantle from Montana and to Allen of the State of Washington $2,500 each. At 12:'>0 the bill to repeal the silver purchase Act was taken up, and ^'oorhees made a, statement to the Senate. He said that in the discharge of the duties entrusted to him. he had to beg the in dulgence of the Senate while he made a few remarks. He thought that it would not l^e time misspent, to instruct the public mind somewhat' in refer ence to the organ izaHon of the Senate and how it was governed, and the re sponsibilities that surrounded it what could and could not be done. In doing so, he addressed himself to the great body of intelligent public opinion as well as (in certain quar ters) to a dense and opaque degree of ignorance, in some respects innocent and in others malicious. On the 4th of March, 1789, the Senate of the United States had con vened, or endeavored to convene, (for i there were but eight members present) in the city of New York. There was j no quorum until the 16th of April. ShortljQafterwards a system of rules had been reported by a committee and adopted by the Senate. As a matter of curiosity, as well of enlight enment, he would read the eighth rule adopted on the 19th of April: "When a question is before the Senate no motions shall be received j except for an amendment, for the pre- 1 vious question, for postponing the main question, or to adjourn."' had rwx. doubt that that rule 1 would, bejfc surprise to men inside of I the chamber as well as to meii outside of it. The ninth rule was, "the pre vious question having been moved] and seconded, the question from the j chair shall be, shall the main question I now be put, etc." . Those two pro visions had governed the Senate for J seventeen yearB. So that there had I been a preyif)U8 question in the Sen ate for seventeen -years ? aa there was j now in the House of Kepresentatives. | It had been borrowing the old Ed- j glish system of closing debate. It had been tried fully and entirely; and I in 1806, while Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States, it had | been ' deliberately abandoned and j never used in the Senate tojilese de bate from that hour to the "present A substitute for it was adopted in 1800, that when a question is before the Senate no motion shall be received j except for amendment, for postponing or for a motion to adjourn, etc., there by dropping the previous question and alt relations to it. If there was any motion by which a debate could be forced to a conclu sion in the Senate, it was not written down in the law or rules. He had been arraigned by public opinion for not terminating a debate on the repeal bill. As well might he be arraigned for not terminating the tides of the ocean or the blowing of Northwest winds. < He wished to emphasize the fact that cloture rule once prevailed in the Senate and had been deliberately abandoned, and that in abandoning it the Senate had placed its government on the sense of propriety, the patriot ism and the regard for the public in terest of every Senator and the Sen ate itself, with the certainty that no Senator would be found to abuse the patience of the Senate or to outrage the public btsqiness or public duty. For eighty-sevea years that condition of things had existed, f^om 18CH3 to the present time the Senate had pro ceeded under rules-^ari^ht he say of self respect, of high propriety, - not to speak of Senatorial courtesy or Sena torial dignity but 01 American man hood, of a sense of fairness to the pub I lie, a sense of decency to itself, enjoying also the rights guaranteed to it by the Constitution ? freedom of liberty of discussion without the abuse of free dom of debate or of liberty of discussion. Yoorhees then, alluding to the re- 1 sistance which Democratic Senators I (under the leadership of Gorman) had j made to the force bill, asked whe ther it was claifiaad that tEat bill had been debated^ death? It had not l>een, he-?ai<f. It had been amply debated i from December 2, 1890, to Joly; 22, ! : 1891 ? a period of fifty days, during thirty-one of which it had been tender discussion. And what, he ask&, be came of that bill? A vote had been taken on displacing it by taking up the apportionment bill and the force bill joe displaced, unhorsed, and de feat^ by a majority vote, under the law of the majority ? under the great majestic law which governs all liberty loving people. The force bill had thus died. It had not been taxied to death. It had been voted to death. That was all that he asked for the I pending measure. If there w& pow ? 1 er in the present opposition to vot.t | down the repeal bill, he asked thfct, that power should be 'exercised. He was ready to embrace its fate what ever it might be and his own with it Every lattitude of debate ha3 been given and will be given consistent with & fair regard for the public in terert. Instantly Dubois (Rep.) of Idaho was on hia feet, He said the Senator from Indiana had been trying to ex plain to somebody out of the chamber why he had not been attempting to do something contrary to the dignity of the Senate. But had not told Sena tors anything which they did not al ready know. The Senator from In diana had tried to illustrate by the force bill the position that a vote could not be prevented. The Senator surely did not mean that seriously. There never had been a vote taken on the force bill. Other business had been pressing and that bill had beendis placed. He spoke of the opposition to tbe repeal bill being in a minority. How did he j^now that? This was the third 1 time the Senator from Indiana had asked unanimous consent to fix a time for voting on the repeal bill. The reasons which he had given this morn ing were substantially the same as he had given before. Speaking for thost opposed to the repeal bill, Dubois stated that many Senators had already given notice of their intention Id speak, and that it was well known that many others wished to be heard. Voorhees again took the floor and gavf. notice that from and aftir to morrow, and beginning with to-mor row, he should ask that the session be extended ? he would not say perma nently, but that? the Senate should sit longer so that all might have a chance to debate the bill. Hoar thought that a rule could be drawn that would preserve the free dom of speech and of offering amend ments and at the same time nreserve the right of the Senate to pa;s laws. The Senate ha^ confirmed tho Domi nations of Henry M. Smith of Graham, Ya., to be Minister Resident an 1 Con sul General of the United States to Hfcyti, and the following postmasters: South Carolina ? Robert W. Harris, Union; Josiah Doar at Georgetown; Thomas B. Crews at Laurens. AMQNG THE SEA ISLANDS. The Work of the Revenue Cutter Root well. Sav>xnah News of Wednesday: The revenue cutter Boutwell arri^d yesterday from Beaufort and the . 8ia islands, where Lieut. Oushing we4t, under orders from the Secretory of the l>asury, to aid in the leiiefofj the stricken people. Lieut. Oushirig acted with the relief committee and Surgeon Magruder in distributing supplies and rendering such aid as it was possible to the suffering sea iil landers The condition of the islands and the people, Lieut. Cushing says, is greatly improved. From the most rehable sources it is now estimated that th^tfnabe* of people killed will not exceed 500. The greatest number of fatalities wajron St. Helena island. The number killed there is pat at 12.?, All the dead on the islands have bee a reburied. The bodies of animals have been covered and the worst places disinfected. A number of destitute people were taken from the islands to Beaufort and Port Royal. Twelve were taken from Pinkney and Jenkins islands. The condition of those who are still on the islands, Lieut. Cushicg says, is in many instances that of severest wart. In one place on St. Helena thirty-eight people were found living and sleeping in three small rooms. A -ing vith the relief - committee about 5,000 rations were distributed from the cutter. An inspection was made of the various islands where the greatest damage was done and where the people are most in need. Lieut Cushing says that all that is possible to do is being done for the relief of the destitute. Coosaw, the center of the phosphate mining industry, is practically desert ed. Belore the storm a vessel had to pick its way up the Coosaw river among the dredges, barges and tow boats. Now the only vessels to be seen are wrecks. The mines have been abandoned, the miners have left aid there is nothing but a broad ex cuse of water, which a month ago ffas the scene of a great industry. The dredges are lying on their sides, Kit-torn up and almost every way, u'gh and dry, and loaded vessels are standing half a mile from the shore in the marshes. The hundreds of de molished houses, broken fences and ruined crops, the mudeovered fields and the destitute people tell the story of the great storm in pitiful language. Lieut Cushing forwarded his re port to Washington last night, in which he gave in detail the work ac complished by the cutter from Sep tember 6, the date he was ordered to the stricken district until his depar ture. Every possible aid was render ed the comm ittee in the distribution of relict and the Governor in. his in spection of islands. In fact the cutter was for the time turned into a freight ship, carrying supplies from the Port Royal ware house to the various islands, landing them in small boats and the otficere and crew aiding the committee in their distribution. Lieut Cashing says the sanitary condition of the islands, while not good, is being improved, and with the burial of the dead bodies and the work of disinfection that is being car ried on, he does not apprehend any thing like a serious epidemic of dis ease. Lverything is being done to c&re for the sick wherever they are I found. Lieut Cushing and the offi cers of the cutter were tendered a re solution of thanks for their aid in car rying on the work q? relief. h f \ v J. v .. RAILROADS AND PEOPLE. . ? ? - .1 A STRONG OFFICIAL LETTER TO RE CEIVER D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. . i Railroads are Public Highway* Chartered \ for the Public ;intc rest?' Transfers Must Be Mad? at Camdea Junction Mr. Thomas Lays Down the Law. The Camden Junction matter is still hanging fire. Mr. H. R. Thomas was the only Railroad Commissioner here yesterday. He came to attend a meeting of the iward to consider this matter and fincling neither of the ethers present he wrote a letter to D. H. Catnberlain, receiver of the South CaroKna Railway, in which he inti mates pretty plainly that the r^tfet I asked for must be granted. I The law and the facts are stated by Mr Thomas as follows: /; j Office op. Railroad Com., Columbia, S. C., Sept 20. 1893. Hon. D, H. Chamberlain, Receiver of South Ca/olina Railway, Char leston, S. C. * Dear Sir: This day was set for a meeting of the Board of Lailroaxl Commissioners. I am the only one present ? I was in Sumter a, few days ago and the people there are urging this board to act promptly in the matter of es tablishing a depot at Comden Junction j and the trasfer of all freights at ^hat | point 1 find in the record a letter trom Chairman Duncan of September 16, 1 which says; "The board are impress ed with the belief that if you can con sistly make some traffic arrangement I at Camden Junction with the Atlantic | Coast Line it will in the end be to the best interests ot your lines." The tone of this letter I am sure does not suit the spirit of the people. Last year a few firms in Sumter pe- 1 titioned this board to establish a de pot at Camden Junction. The ice I I factory claims that iit was an imposi tion on them to be forced to shi J ice by way i of Pregnalls to Camden Junction, a distance of- 130 miles, j when they could have reached Cam- 1 den Junction by the Atlantic Coast Line, a distance of twelve miles, thus entailing great loss on them, and has finally shut them out from the terri tory aWg the Camden branch and the Tfiree Cs Railroad. Again, Messrs Rembert and Mar- 1 shall, doing a large mercantile busi Hess at Hagood on the Camden branch, I also at Sumter on the Atlantic Coast Line, desired to ship 600 bales of cotr from Hagood to Sumter, a dis tance by the South Carolina Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line of twen Ity-five miles. The South Carolina Railway refused to transfer the cotton at the junction, and they were shut out from the markets of Sumter and Wilmington, and were forced to ship their cotton to Charleston where they did not want it to go. They were forced to ship their cotton at a loss to themselves and to a market where they did not want it to go solely for the" benefit of the South Carolina Railway. This board wrote to you, referriug you to Sections 1455, 1456 and 1457 of the General Statutes, and giving as our opinion that it is reasonable and expedient in order to promote the convenience and accommodation of the public that there should be an in terchange of freight traffic at Camden Junction. The Commission also re ferred you to an Act approved De cember 24, 1887, to prevent monopo plies in the transportation of freights and to secure free competition in the same and for other purposes. You re fused to grant the accommodations and the matter was placed in the hands of the Attorney General, In your letter of March 23 you said: "If the matter in question ? freight interchanges at Camden Juuction with the Atlantic Coast Line ? were a mat ter which was not of grave pecuniary importance to the South Carolina Railway, I should not hesitate to com ply readily wrth the wish of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. The matter involves the opening up of a large territory to the competition of the Atlantic Coast Line which must be highly prejudicial to the in terests of the South Carolina Railway. It is very easy to see why the At lantic Coast Line is willing and much more than willing to accede to the wishes of the Railroad Commission," etc., etc. You deny that the law requires you to transfer other than carload lots. This you have agreed to do and no more. "The Attorney General has been instructed not to proceed until he could find Otit whether the conces i * Je by you are satisfactory or from Sumter, Camden and Darling ton showing that the people are not satisfied and asking this Commission to have a depot established at Cam den Junction for the transfer of less than carload lots for the accommoda tion of tobacco planters and cotton farmers. At Camden Junction you already have a joint building, a connecting switch, and you keep a man there, so that the expense of establishing a joint depot would be insignificant. The Atlantic Coast Line is, as you say, more than willing, because this inter change of freight will unquestionably open up a large territory of country on the Atlantic Coast Line, which ter ritory is absolutely controlled by the South Carolina Railway. So we have one railroad willing and the other un willing, both consulting their own indi vidual interests. have before us petitions In this we have no concern other than that the people Bhall.be accom modated, and that trade shall flow in its natural channel irrespective of the private interests of either toad, both of which were chartered for the con venience and accommodation of the people, and not in the interest* of any corporation. While we sympathize with yon in giving up the( monopoly Of the territory which yot have bo long enjoyed* we recognizeU^ the people are sovereign, and weNtfmsider it to be our first and bound en duty to guard the people and not allow their interestB to Buffer for the private gain of their corporte creatures. You agreed to transfer carload lots but refused to establish a depot to transfer small quantities. In other words you agreed to provide for the accommodation of the large shipper but refused a like accommodation to the small shipper.' This is a discrimj^ nation diametrically opposed to the spirit of the law. You refused to establish a depot and open up free competition because, as you say, '*It will be highly prejudicial to the in terests of the South Carolina Rail way." The people petition for depot facilities because it is to their inter ests. | In Chief Justice Rad field's book on the law of railways he says: "Rail ways are improved highways of such public use as to justify the rights of eminent domain by thesovereign." The railroads are pubtki Jiighways and the companies operating them are common carriers wKr ^re granted special privileges by the State for the convenience and ac commodation of the people to pro- j mote the people's welfare. The State cannot give the right of eminent do main and other special privileges to a corporation for their private gam. The State can only grant these rights to a railroad corporation as agents for the State for the benefit and acom modation of the public. The people claim the right to have their frieghts transferred from one I road to another as thejr see fit They claim the right to -? ship their produce 1 over the railroads of this State in what- 1 ever direction and to whatever mar- 1 ket they choose. The Supreme Court has time and again distinctly declared I that all efforts to prevent competition and artificially divert trade out of its natural channel is against the public 1 interests and is an attack upon public rights. ; Some years ago the merchants of Wedgefield, situated on the Atlantic Coast Line, two miles from Camden Junction, shipped every bale of cotton to Charleston. Now the great bulk of cotton shipped at this point is sent to Sumter and Wilmington. The mer chants claim a saving of a dollar and a half a bal* .This change in the direction of trade is proof that Sumter and Wilmington offer some superior advantages because the Atlantic Coast Line runs also directly to Charleston. Messrs. Rembert and Marshall claim that they sustained great lefesyiwt year by the arbitrary conduct oftft South Carolina Railway, in reffl^Rg to transfer their cotton to the Atlantic Coast Line at Camden junction, and the change which has taken pflace at I Wedgefield is proof that their claim is just, The South Carolina Railway virtu ally says to the people: ^ ou cannot J ship your produce to Sumter or Wil mington, but must send it to Charles ton for our gain whether you want it to go there or not. The State could only grant the right of eminent do main for the benefit of the public and not for private gain. It seems to us that you cannot therefore close your I eyes to the intersts of the people in this matters We have sent you all the petitions pertaining to the matter. We trust that you will at once make arrangements for the transfer of all freights at the Camden Junction. Pleas let us hear from you as early as practicable. \ ours truly, H. R. Thomas, Railroad Commisioner. | Another Bold but Unsuccessful Railroad Hold lip. Centbalia, Ills., Sept 21. ? The New Orleans limited train on the Illi nois Central railroad was held up shorty^Bifter 11 o'clock last night, just ouraide the city, and In the battle which followed between the robbers and train hands one of the robbers was mortally wounded and three of the crew badly hurt Tbe thieves got nothing in the way of booty, and all the grown inhabitants of the place are ?on the hunt for the daring thieves who got away. Those who were hurt in the shooting incident to the attack were: Engineer -Youngv Conductor Oduni, Fireman McDowel,and one rob ber. j Two robbers boarded the engine and shot the engineer and fireman and stopped the train soon after leav ing CentraK*. Two others went to the express car and cut their way into it. The conductor and baggage men were prepared and a royal battle fofc lowed. Passengers being arroused came to tbe rescue and one of the rob bers named Jones was mortally wound ed. v The others tnen fled. The report of the robbery was carried back to the city, and the whole town was arroused. They scoured tbe county and succeed ed in capturing all f(5Sif\ Tbey were all ex-railroad men but had developed into criminals. The engineer will die bat the other trainmen will recover. : ' ' j ? ? ? ? ; 1 $tr : . j ? ? ?. ? SEIZED IN THE DISPENSARY EIGHT BARRELS OF ILUCIT LIQUOR FOUND THERE. It was MorCb Carolina Corn ami H??l Twiee Used \ Stamps on It? The V. - S. ' * Keren ue Raklers C?ptnred It. It seems that Governor Tillman and his dispensary law cannot ke4p clear of the Uaited States authorities. It seems that yesterday several of the re venue ^raiders who have been in the city for some days on the lookout for illicit liquor being shipped to this point, went down to the dispensary during the morning and went through the building, looking over the estab lishment They came across eight barrels of coft) liquor, which had ar rived not long ago, and quietly made a note of the queer stamps thereon. They took the numbers of the stamps, etc., and went on their way. It did not take them long to find out that the stamps had not been placed on the barrels by the shippers, that they had been used before, and were therefore as illegal as if there had been no stamps at all upon the liquor. Everything went along smoothly until about sundown when the raiders returned, made themselves knowu and seized the illicit liqucn* ? the eight bar rels. The liquor isi still at the dis pensary, it being imppesible" to remove it at that late hour. It will doubtless be sold along with the rest of the illicit stuff seized here. It was impossible last night to ascertain ihe name of the North Caro lina distillers who shipped the stuff to the dispensary. Commissioner Trax ler said he could not give the name of the firm till he could look over his books this morning. The Seizure does not have any legal effect upon the dis pensary or the commissioner, as the only parties who have violated the United States revenue laws are the shippers. Much Liquor Solzed. The following liquors have been seized up to date by Collector Web ster's men: Three kega corn whiskey, containing gallons each, shipped to J. W. George, W. R. Pope and W. D. Blanton, ML Tabor, N. C.; lb keg brandy, containing 4^ gallons, ship ped to W. W. Johnson, Mt Tabor, N. C.; 1 box, containing 3 kegs corn whiskey, 44 gallons each, marked "J," Darl^ton, S. C; 1 keg corn whiskey, containing 4^ gallons, mark ed "F," Pendleton, S. C.; 1 box, con taining 1 keg com whiskey,. 4| gal lons, marked E. H. Holliday, Pine wood, 8. C.; 1 box, containing 4 kegs corn whiskey, 4? gallons each, mark ed W. Robereon; 1 barrel, containing 10 gallons corn whiskey, in jugs, marked R. F. Clark; 1 barrel, contain ing 10 gallons corn whiskey, m jugs, marked James Martin; 1 barrel, con taining 10 gallons corn whiskey, in jugs, marked John Stuart, all at Columbia. Collector Webster has advertised these liquors for sale in thirty day's time under sections 3,449 and 3,450 of the United States Revenue law. Deputy Collector Ensor is in the city to look after the blockade whiskey. He went through the Richmond and Danville depot and\ freight trains yesterday but could find/ no further shipmeuts. ? Columbia State. NO MONEY RECOVERED. The IJIk F.xpres* Jtot>*ry not Vet Unravelcil. Hancock, Mich.. Sept. ^O? The lat est developments ii^'the Mineral Range train robbery indicate that the Pinkerton detectives have been spread ing the story of the recovery of the stolen money in the hope of getting a confession as to it's hiding place from some of the men under arrest This scheme has evidently failed them. All the men arrested deny emphatical ly that they have made any confes sion. t Of the fifteen persons arrested for complicity in the robbery, only five are now in custody. Winters, Clem son^md John MichaelShea, Logtin and and Shoup were discharged from jail at Marquette last night and, this morning, on order of the Pinkerton detectives, Jack Chellew and his wife, AJS. Cannon and Camp Kehoe were re leased from jail here. This leaves Jack Butler, Jack King and Ed Hogan in jail We, while express mesenger Ho gan and L. A. Liberty are in jail at Houghton. When asked the reason for releasing the prisoners, the sheriff replied: "They have been released because wellon't want them, Their arrest was a mistake." The Pinkerton detectives acknowl edged before leaving the Marquette fcthat they had exhausted all clues at that place, and were completely at sea as to the hiding place of the money. They have transferred their operations to Negaunee, and profess to have in formation that will lead to an impor tant clue. Express Messenger Hogan was not on his first trip as reported, but has been on the road for some time. Just how far the Hogans are concern ed in L. A, Liberty's confession no one but the Pinkerton's know. It is reported that King is ready to "squeal but the officers claim to have evidence to convict him and aay they don't { want his information. ? ^ GOVERNOR TILLMAN. KKUcuIoum Position in Which He ffu Placed In a Hotel. ^ y . > i . Charleston, Sept20.VGovernor Tillman, during bis recent visit to this city, pkyed the delightful role of a whiskey spy. The incident has just leaked out, having evidently been overlooked by the local pren. The Governor was boarding1 at th? Charleston hotel, and sat down at dinner at a table near a gentleman from New York, who was dining with* a Charleston friend. During the din ner the guest called for a wine card, but was told by the waiter that the house only furnished cider. Cider was accordingly ordered, and served, and it was served soda Champagne, in Champagne bowls. It was also bot tled like Champagne. The Gover nor saw what he supposed was a di rect violation of the dispensary law, and as soon as his dinner was finished, he ordered the empty bottle , to be . brought to him. The proprietor of the hotel directed that his order be ' obeyed, and he examined the empty cider bottle, and went off crest-fallen. The incident since^htfri; leaked out, and has excited- "some comment, the gist of which i^ that a South Carolina Governor in the role of a whiskey spy at a first-class hotel is something new, even for the n*w dispensation, TIIE PEPPER SAUCE SITUATION. Nothing was done in the Clyde steamship whiskey seizure today. The twelve barrels of alleged pepper sauce are still stored in the Clyde warehouse, and will be delivered to the consignees, but as yet no one has applied for the goods. In the mean, time, the whiskey constabulary have applied to the State Circuit Conrt .for a warrant of seizure under the dispen sary law. Matte re are complicated > somewhat by the fact ihat Swan, one of the spies, who was active, in the arrest of Agent Edgerton of the Clyde line, is now constructively in puson for contempt of court in a simi lar proceeeding. He was sentenced to three months in jail for the offence, but was released pending an appeal to tta^Supreme Court of the United Slates, with instructions to report daily to the United States marshal. ? c The State. BABY ESTHER'S HOROSCOPE. Future of the Little White House Lady Read ? in the Star*. j During the Middle Ages it was " customary to cast the horoscope of prominent members of society. The possibility of reading one's future in the stars was so devotedly believed in that the prophecy frequently brought about its own fulfillment. v Baby Cleveland is of enough impor tance to make her horc?cope interest ing, whether one is inclined to believe * it or not. So it has been cast by an astrologer, who considers it an unusuaL and remarkable one. Esther was born at noon Saturday, at which time the third degree of Sagittarious was rising and Jupiter became the ruiling planet. She will, therefore, be tall, well formed, rather slender and very prepossessing in ap pearance. She will have dark brown or black hair, oval |ace, fine features and dark, ruddy complexion. She will be dignified, refined, agreeable and of a cheerful disposition. Alercury, the planet influencing the mind, is located in his own sign Virgo, in exact conjunction with the moon,' and applying to the sun and Mars. These indicate abilities of the highest order. She -will be active, witty, in genious, studious, fond of literature and music, and somewhat resetted, just, kind, merciful and disposed i(K. acts of benevolence, fond ot amuse- " ments and pleasures. She will not be without temper, as is shown by the near proximity of Mercury to the war like Mars, but will be of a very for giving nature. The directions for marriage are not altogether good, as the jun is in near ly an exact conjunction with Mars and nearly the same parallel of decli-' nation as are Mars and Venus; Venus also being within orbs of a conjunc tion (evil) with Saturn. These all predispose to disappoint ments and unhappineas, but the pres ence of the benevolent Jupiter so near the cusp of the seventh house (that of marriage) tends to modify to a con siderable degree the evil influence of the planet before mentioned. She wul marry between twenty one and twenty two The husband will be tall, slender, dark complexioned, and of a ? kind and generous disposition. Her^ . constitution will not be a very strong one. She is born under a new moon, . | which falls in Virgo and is afflicted by the conjunction of Mars. Virgo ; rules the stomach, consequently she will >Jbe liable to accidents and will suffer principally with complaints ot an inflammatory nature; but, accord ing to the ruling of the ancient, Mare with the sun always gives strength ami stamina, consequently she will readily recover from sickdee^The little girl will recover, but her health r 1 will not be very good until after the ? . 1894, and particularly In the spring of 1894, when the Soon . i reaches the body of Mam-Chicago , 1 ! ' ' _ > ?' *1 J The Bobbers Identified. s. OswEfK),^ Kan., Qept 13. ? The sus^ I pected train robbers now in jail in .o j this city have in part been ident$*d '] by the engineer, fireman, conductor and brakeman of the pillaged train 4 who came in today and immediately -J proceeded to the jail for that purpose*.