The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 14, 1895, Image 1
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE.
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. VOLUME VII. CAflDEN S., C., FRIDAY JUNE 14. " 1805 '
r ? NO. 6.
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A t>AU HTATK OF DICSTlTtTIOtt IN
OKiAHOMA .
KHMKK AUkKTS HA VIC UKACHWU
KANSAS CITY .
Another Aiiyenl Sent lu From n Dif
ferent Qunrtor.
liy Southern Assoc-lntod Pre?8
Kansas City, Mo., June V. ? ltev. I*.
Shane and Judge T. I*. Nash, of Grant
county, Oklahoma, are iu tlio city ask
ing aid for the people of l'rarle towu
- jjhip, ami in fact 'for the entire popula
- tlon of Grant county, who aro ac
tually starving. lie ports of the atate
of want and destitution have reached
the public from time lo -time, but very
IHtlo credence , was giveu them. Tlie
two gentlemen who arrived in the city
yesterday to aak for bread. to lill hun
gry months and0 clothes to cover suf
fering bodies, '\yi?fo appointed at a
meeting h?H a few weeks ago In Grnut
couuty for that purpose. At that meet
ing ^ho sufferers drew up a statement
of the condition of (affairs there. Tho
neotloh of territory tlwt is the scene of
auoh deprivation and want was opened
-In September, 18U8. Hie settler* came
in Hie rush for claims with little money
? and Ichu household good*. Tortny not a
petny of their buy lugs Is left and every
homrttold is a' mm. of destitution, The
uufortunato^ieople have noti the where
? withal to htive the country 'nod ho they
remain V> suffer, ami if help does not
/cOrne jjjron, to die. >
TW Rev. Mr. Shane says: "For the
last three months four families have
beeu existing on my pension money. It
would do, in ordinary circumstances,
for -the bare wants of my 'Immediate
family, but with four families you can
imagine What it mount*. Last Monday
1 payed the gro rvry -i>ill which had
cumulated di ring th.? quarter, and the.i
~ had $1.75 left. ,lu:<t before leading
-'to* this trip I asked fop credit for a
sack of flour, but was refused it. V\ aen
we had to face immediate^ want it liad
been * customary for merchants to
credit those who had pensions, so they
were sure of Retting their money. But
w|th credit denied tlie last resource Was
cut off. My son-in-law and wife started
away in tholr wagon Tuesday >vithout
a cent and without provision*. -*?hoy
said they -might aa well starve on the
road as to stay there and starve. I
have not herd from tfbem since."
Thef Kansas City .lAvei Stoiek Ex
change has .appropriated $f>0 and a
"movement has been started to send iv
llef to the destitute.
Another Appeal.
'By Southern Associated Press.
Wichita, Kansas, Juny 0. ? An appeal
for aid has been received here from
Medford, Okiohoma. The citizprfR are
iu a wretehed condition so far /as food
and clothes are concerned, and Xrn-V f?r
relief immediately. The appeals closes
n? follows: '
"In the name of suffering humanity
we appeal to you for puch food and other
things as you can spare to h<vjp the
destitute, and that as soon as you |H>si
sihly <1111 to ^ppenHe the hunger of cry
ing children
?
GOLD EXPORTS FKAKlsb.
The Drexel-Morffnn Contract Will |
Expire Very Soon.
By Southern Associated Press.
Washington, June !>. ? -The high point
reached last week for sterling exchange,
the highest for muuy weeks, causes
Treasury officials to fear that gold ex
porta may be shortly resumed. At the
preteut rate of exchange, $4 8Jhi4 1M>,
many millions of gold were exported last
sprhtg. The Drexel-Morgan syndicate
has so far bc*>n able to prevent gold ex
ports, but their contract to protect the
Treasury gold reserve is now ncaring
au end and an unuaual scarcity of com
mercial bills is rci>orted in New York.
The Treasury gold reserve is now SIMV
IJOO.OOO with $8,000,000 in gold fltm due
ffom the syn^icite.
J. K. Emmet t Hfaoota Kli Wife.
lly Southern Associated Press* '
Wan Francisco, June 0. ? J. K. Kmmctt,
the actor, hint night shot, and it is he
jieved fatally wounded, his wife, 10 111 i I y
Litton. The shooting was the result of
a ipiarrel. lCu.rnctr; who was Intoxi
cated, was locked up.
? Mrs. Rmett is tonight cmtlrely out of
danger. The operation disclosed the fact
that ho bullet had not entered the head.
The hospital' physicians stick to the
theory that the wound was made by a
bullet. Hmett's knowledge of the entire
afTalr Is a blank to him. He was released
on $2,000 bond. He Immediately took the
pledge and says he will never drink an
other drop. There was an affecting scene
hot ween Rmm'ett and his wife.
Hanged for Attempe?l Itnpe.
By Southern Associated Press.
Jacksonville. Fia., Jtinn^O.? A special
from Live Oak, vFla., 14J The- Times
Union says: It ' ia reported here that
on laat Sunday night Bill Collins, col
ored, attempted to rape Mi*? Jennctle
Allen, near -Mayor. l>ayfnyetfe county,
but was frightened away l>efore com
mitting his dasjanlly deed. >Ho .was
captured the same night, but before he
could be fully 1<lentlficd he made his es
cape and was not recapKired until Fri
day night, 'When he Was taken to the
swamps, hanged and perforated ~ with
bullets.
... 9*tTf <5i?l?Bt?t? Retnrn.
By Southern Associated l'rcsx.
Philadelphia, June 9. -/several nearo
famlHes who sailed froiW Savannah on
thS afenmnhlp Horsa for IJberta aa part
of the cQlQntsta-ao that couhtry, returned
today oa th* #t5nmfhlj> Kpnolngton from
Liberia they
said ta unaulted to unaoclt mated persona
and that death Vrom feWr probably wtjt
be the lot of mlnr oMhe colonials.
' <2r*nd Iceretsry laiiiifi Deal.
By Southern Aaaociated Pirn
Richmond, June 9. ? William B. Isaacs.
' Oram! Weerrtary of the Orand I x>dge
Chapter of Maaooa of Virginia, grand
iiiwtiff. of the Virginia cn2^Ue6tt^
maiaBy ilMl pind ^
pwmmA Kflifhtfl TfOphf Of J
At Ualtad State*, die
?JbmlWt ponilt.
THE BIG LOAN
TO' CHINA.
IT II AM I'llOVKK A IMNA<l((HHAIf|,IO
M It I'll INK .
A N( AM)AI. IX A M'.NATK' ASYMM.
It M V ? I.T1 N Q OH I Kl.T V .
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A Minute Account r>1 the Itccent
NtoriUM In /eruiauy.
By -So lit horn AHSocintod Press.
I Berlin, Juno 0. ? Tho dcwh of the
Vranco-dtuMsinn loan of $80, (>00, 000 to
China has proved to bo a disagreeable
surprise 'both to the Government and
to tho leaders In fuuuvclal circles who
had been relying upon oflicinl action, to
aocure u largo share of the Ghineso
loan for Germany. Immediately upon
receipt of tho nowa of tdio Russian coup
the members of the Gorman syndicate,
of which tho ltoyal Schandlutid,' the
head, communicated witih tho financial
department of the ? Government upon
the prospects Germany's securing tho
main Indemnity loan which will amount
to *150,000,000 or $200,000,000 and ne
gotiations were lilso resumed by the
syndicate with the Iiondon Itothschilds
on the - question of the co-operation of
KngllWh bankers in t?he scheme. Tlie
syndicate has received prompt assur
a nee Mint tlie Government will inter
vene to obtain for Germany a ah are in
suoh furth#?f financial arrangements as
China may require, as tho $80,000, 000
now guaranteed by llutmln covens only
tho indemaiity to Jo|ian for the surron
dor of tho Iiio Tung peniuMula. Gor
inau tiivan/ial houses are confi
tliat oChiua must. huvo > recou rs
to them to float,, tiho ia rger lonuns which
Russia could not guarantee nor French
financiers supply without outsido as
sistance. The Germain syndicate with
the approval of the Government will
thtuvfore wok an tientcfuto* with 'the
English financial ihoiupes i?i tlie matter
of tho larscr loan. In tiho meantime
the political importance of the Fjranco
Uussian arrangement is keenly felt and
it is probable tliat loan will not be ad
mitted V Suto HI*j Gfermoai-J^iifsMsh alr
riuigoments. This at loast is tho feel
ing of the syndicate, which includes in
Its membership tiho Blekfliroders, the
National Bank of Germany, Bohren. &
Sons, of Hamburg, Von Derhehlt &
Co., the Dresden bank, the Schaaft
liauson bank, of Verehi, and other lend
ing financial institutions.
Baton Von Saurmn-Jedtscli, former
ly German Ambassador at Washing
.to)i, and now representing the Empire
In Gonsui id inoplo lias lately been in
Berlin, and received -ordters lo mnter
upon his new duties without -delay.
f Chancellor Von Hohenlohe is k<x>piiig
in touch with the Government nt
Vienna in obedience to Mie Iihnperor's
instructions, which jioiut toward a cau
tious. but tindpenjdOnt policy, with a
i tendency rather hostile to English in
tervention in Tukey. Tho cliancellor
lias 'been approached by Russia upon"
tho subject of 'a conference of ambas
sadors in regard to the Turkish situa
tion, but has iiot yet given any reply.
Tho North German Gazette whose ar
ticles on the subject are in strong con
trast to those of most* of the other pa
pers ai^li denounced, the Porto, con
a iKUU <Mtea.ce"of. tho Sultan to
demamds made upon Turkey by
thi^ie paper*. Tho Zeitung says the
to be doing all it can to
abaft; or contra vent the religions ha
are disturbing the Turkish
empire and the Chritttinji iKjwerw ought
certainly to give the Sultan credit
for desiring peace within his realm and
not make <lcmands with which he is
unable to comply. Tlie language of
The Zeitung gives strength to the re
port tliut the Sultan is taring supported
by the German ami Austrian influences.
The PosHier Lloyd whose editor Dr.
?Max Falk, ha? a leading oflicial posi
tion upon the foreign commission of
Hirtguria'ik delegation* denounces- tin?
mad )K>licy of the English Liberal cabi
net revolving the traditional friendship
of England towards Turkey to the ad
vantage of ltiissin. Dr. Falk is now in
Vienna* willi^ the Hungarian delegation
awl has the best possible rhancc of,
knowing the views of the imperial
Government, which his article un
doubtedly expresses. Tho Petri her
JL/loyd ill its Issue of Friday calls upon
[ Count Goluohowski to explicitly end
| oinplwiticnHy declare hi* policy, in or
; dor to prevent an outbreak of war by
announcing that the Triple Alliance,
| dcsirliiK to keep ponce in the lialkau
peninsula, will intervene to restore the
noruuil relations between the Porte
ami the powers. The Vossiche Zeitung
exprosscH the opinion that the situa
tion was never at any time so critical
as it is now since t'he Kussinn armiiw
were before Constantinople.
The Aachen court ?nt all hint week
in the trial of an action for libel
brought Against a journalist named
itttx Schane" and two othcra for. dc-.
faming the characters of the monks of
Mariberg in accusing them of maltreat
ing lunatics <>onfined in their institu
tion. The defendants succeeded '|ri~
proving that the accuse/? monk* were
mostly illiterate wor4m?gmen and thai
they hail resorted to the old methods of
controlling their patients by torture,
couliuing tliein. in chains, beating theui
and even exposlnK some of the inmutiw
fu a semi-nuile wtate to the heat of in
tense fires. The entire scandal arose
from the case of a Hcotiih priest uami?i
Forbes who 'went to the monks asylum ]
to be. cured of j intemperance. Forlies
miccceded in getting away from the
place and immediately disclosed the
practices by the nmnks and thfcir at- j
teudanta. The ease was closed on Sat
urday by the acquittal of Hcburre and
his associates. The National Zeituug,
I of Miibidi, and 'I Tie Allgemeine Zrt
ytung and other papers are dauioring
Sfor the prosecntion of the monks, and
^he pnblie feeling ?ff?in#t tfeem la so
, strong ?the? ,h? JKlif* ar* obliged to
protect tbcnJ frbm*o?oT? viol ciicik
Besides Baron Von tttubenrwucb.
' there are several other candidates for
the vacant post of chfef ef Berlin
lice. rronSatmt among those men
ttosrt is- Hsu Von Ksssier, prelect of
iEH?MiBebflrv police.- Ksesfer Ts Ike
' ^ a e . ?? ? . *
(K||yinRM~Of tri* t vtw nQpiKp. Jti UflRSxT
?ipHjft of ike iMwtor, wke ii sctlve
ly pushing his claims, and Jt is certain
that if I Km. Von lvoeller succeeds in
obtaniug tho appointment of a man h>
bin liking ?it the hecad of tho Berlin
police tho city will ho put under tho
most severe regulations permitted by
tlio laws.
Tho Wur torn burg Slants A usteigor,
of Stuttg-irt, prints a minutely de
tailed account, of tho storms which re
e??*Uy tfwept through Alsace, Baden
\Vurteml>org, Houtiiern Bavaria and the
territory along the "Dana bo and Khino
valleys. Thw lfcail which accompanied
the storms entirely destroyed the vinos
ami crops and the lAwmorto district is
mybmerged presenting llio appearance
?>f a vast inland h?vj. Tho bodies of
?thousands of tvnAnials, Ihorses, * cows,
pigs, sheep, deer, etc.," are strewn in
every direction or are th?i<ting shout on
the surface of tho water. It is yet im*
possible to estimate the extent of lie
damage done, but it is enormous.
The King of Wprtmnbertr has gone
to Balingen, whereas the result of tho
overflowing of tho river TCyaeli 112
iwrsoiw arc known to have lost I heir
lives. A large number of houses woro
destroyed ami thousands of ]>cople
nro homeless. It is probable that a
public fund will be opeiied for the re
lief of the sufferers.
The colonial societies presided over
by Johan Alhroeht held a meeting at
Oaasel yesterday and. sent a memorial
to CBwneollor Von llohenloho, declar
ing that tho interests of Germany re
quire that the Government should
earnestly and cordially respond to tho
friendly declarations of the people of
the Transvaal and that measures ought
to be taken at one? by Germany to
pronioto friendly relations with tin*
Boers ami strengthen their inde]?end
ence. -The speakers of the meeting
wore unanimous in denouncing the land
greed of lOngland and in dilating upon
the necessity of givin# t he Transvaal
to the state.
The newspaper reports announeing
that tFreiherr Von llcrlc|tseh, Prussian
minister of commerce has resigned, are
untrue. There has not been at any
time the slightest foundation for such
a report.
Tho action of the Gnund Duke of
"SftxShWelmar in appointing the Pianist
i)'All?ort as conductor of tho grand
opera over the hoa*l of t'lie composer
and conductor, Stavenhagen, was re
sented by the latter, in tendering his
resignation. The Grand Duko is now
trying to hoal the fued by making the
positions of tho two conductors equal.
Till HSTON. HKCAI/I,EI>.
Anotlirr Mlntotrr Will Ileprexemt
Ilntvnll. 1
By Southern Associated Press. v
San Francisco, June 8, Honolulu,
May 31 .?(Correspondence of tii^
United Press, per steamer Monoway.)
? The Government expert* very soon
to appoint W minister to replate L.
A. Thurston at Washlngtotj. It will
not he Mr. Hatch. Ills servlfcagare
considered more necessary In his pi's*-.,
ent position. He has never thought
of going to Washington. The follow.
Ing reply addressed to Minister Willis
was made by this Government to Mr.
Gresham'H request for tho recall of
Minister Thurston:
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Honolulu, May 2, 1895.
Sir: ? Referring to our Interview of
the 30th ult., in which you Intimated
that the President of the United States
would be pleased if the Hawaiian
mlnlHter to Washington should be re
called on personal reasons, and on
which occasion you read to me a dis
patch from the State to yourself on
the subject, dated Feb. 21, but which
had been sent to Japan -by mistake.
I have the honor to Inform you that
Mr. Thurston Is now In Hawaii and
will not return to the post of Ha
waiian minister.
I regret exceedingly that the pres
ence In Washington of the late min
ister is no longer agreeable to Mr.
Cleveland and the Secretary of State,
and should be considered of sufficient
gravity to ask his recall.
FRANCIS M. HATCH,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
I jjL
HICIM?Y TO TIIDHMAN.
?IiiiIki' Smnllej- U?M Kvcn With n
Mttlc Ridicule.
Soul hern Associated-; ^ress,
Columbus,.. O., Juno 8 .'?Judge Smal
lc chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, has written a re
lily to the attack made upon him In
Allen W. TIluAnan't tree silver procla
mation. In it he ridicules Thurman's
conduct of the State campaign which
ended in a majority ofl^OOO against
the party. He nay? WrhaH received
only a half dozen letters on the sub
Joct of an early calling of the con
vention. One of these was from
Thurman and one from Secretary W.
A. Taylor. He had called on Thur
map at his request and consulted him
aibout committee matters. He had
also consulted with ex-Governor
Campbell. SenAtor 1^. A. Neal and
other party leadera an well. Hr ad
vises Mr. Thurman to save his wind
to fight the common enemy and closes
with the statement that the committee
will soon be called together to con
sider currept matters.
TIM': tABIMIOT BIAtTINO.
' Fifteen TlinaiNnil Fim|>1o>?-n ' JttHmt
. Work An llonr l<on*er.
Hy Southern Associated Press.
Waahingtori. June Fifteen thousand
government employes are disgusted with
the action of the cabinet* In a matter that
(greatly, affects their oomfort and con
venience. For years It hgfl 1>oen tne cus
tom Jo close the departments in this city
at '3 o'clock on Satiuylay afternoons dur
ing the summer months, the hour gtf clos
ing on others days being 4 o'clock. When
the question came up this year or Issuing
the usual orders by the heads of the de
partments, Secretary Morton, of the Ag
ricultural Department refused on the
ground' that the taw required the cm
ployea to remain at ^ojfc stivnli fcoura
every day In the week. The matter -waa
refei ned- to - Attorney ileneesl ulMiy i>4
he sustained his colleague In the vlnr
ho had taken of the law. Thereupon It
was decided by the cabinet, duly assem
bled. that all the departments should be
^osed at 4 o'clock Saturdays, ihe same aa
w other days. There yaan -exception
4n-<h? Interior ntwrtaMBjaa class d
this afternoon at a o'clock m the absence
oT Bertafare Bant*. who was not-t n-?tto
dtf to ea force the Cabinet's dectstpa.
A BIG FIRE IHI !
mumW.
MAW l'OOIl I'KAIH.tO AltK Hi:\
l)KI(HI> HOMKI.IOSS
TI1M OAMAOK Wil l. AMdl M TO
AIKU T
A .Million Keel of l<uiu(n>r l)e*lr?>?etl
X '
lu Ont> Mill,
By Southern Assoeiated Press.
Baltimore, .) tine* II,- One of tin* most
disastrous Sunday eontlngrations that
?ver visited this city occurred ou Kant
Monument street today, One hundred
persons wore rendered homcsless and
jpil&.tM) went up in smoke. The lire
wan discovered a little before 11 o'clock
in the plauing mttl of A. Storck & Co.,
nt 557 and 501) East Monument Rtreot.
The tlames spread to <ho !upil>cr yard
adjoining and tlien to several dwellings.
'IVn houses adjacent on East Monument
street and residence on North Front
street, in the rear, were gutted, tho
burned area covering over UM*Hi squaro
feet. The planing mill with its valuable
machinery, thousands of dollars worth
of material aud over feet of
lumber were destroyed.
The scenes about the tire Were of.- a
soul sad<h>ning character, l'iles of the
J good^'atyl chattels and household ef
rw*r? of thy hrtbilde people whose homes
had beeiY laid "Avast e by the ruthless
fund, lined the streets nearby, while
men and women passed about, wringing
their hands and speechless In their dis
tress. Thousands thronged the streets
in the vieinity ami, viewed with sympa
thetic eyes the seeues of desolation and
distress. There was but little insurance
on the houses or their eonteuts. Storek
A: Co. were insured for Jf-WMHX).
TO 1NV1TK TtllO FR1&MIDUNT
To \M?-ml fl??* OfM'HlnH of (lie At
Atlanta Exposition .
Hy Southern AsHoclateji^Pre8s.
Washington, I>. C., /fino l>. ? A party
of ten gentlemen from Atlanta, repre
senting the Cotton States and Inter
mit ional Exposition Company, reached
Washington this morning over tho
Southern Itailroad. They are J. G.
Oglesby, Stpwart Woodson, F. F. Kice,
H. T. "Wilson, C?<h>. W. Harrison, A.
,T. West, H; (). Woodson, Porter King,
Mil j. "Walter/ Howard and II. H. Ca
bnniya. Tfa'olr errand is to invite Presi
dent C lee vela nd and momlxjrs of his
cabinet to attend the of the
^Exposition on <lie Ktfa of September
ilt?xt. T-liey had expected to present the
Invitation to l*re?j<dent Cleveland to
morrow, but iiummuch as he will not be
in the ej t y ^ hating previously Arranged,
?tut mem I Kirs of the visiting delegation
say, for a ehangv, they will not be able
to see him until -Tuesday . Mr. Oabin
i*? expresses the. utmost confidence that
the invitation will l>o accepted and ttiat
tho Exposition owning 'will be attended
by the chief magistrate.
The delegation will be accompanied
to the White House Tuesday by Secre
tary Hoke Smith, who will return to/
morrow from a short visit to hi# faifi
lly at Athens.
?.
FIRE IN KALAMAZOO .
The Iiwnm Will (teach Nearly a Quar
ter of k Million.
By Southern Associated Press.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Juno IK ? -Fire thin
afternoon destroyed the lumber yard
and sash, door aud Idiud factory o( Do
wing & Sons and several frame and brick
blocks. Dewing & Co.'s loss 1h over
with f7f>,<)00 insurance. The
total loss is $200,000. The tire broke
out in the lumber next t^? the large
box factory ami in an Incredibly "short
time the whole factory was in Annies.
When the walls fell in the blare ap
|M*ared over the roofs of the buildings
on the east Hide of tho building, on
Kurdick street lietwecn Kalamazoo ave
nue and the Michigan Central tracks.
All those buildings, except a two story
brick, were practically destroyed. The
burned buildings include Edward Mur
phy's brick block, owiiiil by him and
occupied as a saloon and residence;
t'olumbus Kesitere's saloon and resi
dence; brick bitttdiugs, occupied by own
ers John Jtomiiicrscheiiii and Frank
Wagner As saloon and residences; the
Johnstbir hotel, three story brick buihl*
ing, owned by Mrs. John I>. JohiiHon;
brick building occupied by National <Ji
gar company and !?'. L. Oshaughnessy
and I?\ E. MctJIeuimu. Rouimerscheim
has JffrfUM) insurance and the Johnson
hotel JfiiThOOO. The contents of nearly
all the buildings were saved. Every
thing was saved from the oflice of De
wing & Sons'.
Til H CLINTftK CONNRNCIMMiNT.
The l*re*hy terlan Collefcf ??' Month
Cm rollna.
Olinton. H. (J., June W. ? fS|H?ci?l,)~
Tho commencement <ex?"ncises of tlie
Presbyterian College of South Carolina
began today. Rev. J. N. U. Samne'e,
D. I), of Anderson, preached the bac
calaureate sermon boforc the graduat
ing das* ami an attentive audience at
11 o'clock this moring'in the Presby
terian church. He preached an inter
filing- ?nd efoquent w-rmon on uncon
scious influences, taking t?? hf:? text, Acts
5, 15. Monday, Juno 10th, is field dny,
tlie most Important feature of Ahloh
Wlll.be a ball game between tTMrVollege
and Prosperity teams. A*- 5#T.Monday
night the annual d?ba.toxfM?t*cen tlie
Eukostmnn and Pbomathean ?u?eietie*
for a g<?ld medal takes pla.ee: Euakos
misn, R. P. Walker, A. W. Simpson,
affirmative, ri>WHW<fcfr?nt K. ?McOas
kill, J. Heott, negative. Query: Ite
nilvml that there should In* another
national party. /J
* ? ? ? ? - 1
Cleaeral (ImrHnm'm M arrfMor. *
5
B^ Hon t hern Associate! Proas.
Atlanta, June !?.? As to General (tor
don's withdrawal there Is nothing ex
cept goaaip. Thtre have bewn no ?le fi
nite unnoqnivnHiit* of candidacy for
,the Senate aa the plt'rtlon of a legisla
ture doea not come off nntU next year.
The pralmMs caadfclat? mtn n to ba Con*
Tamer, Kwrrrtarr Ikaltli, ex*
gpwlwr Crimp, extteaa tor WaMi and
Hop. Pleipinf d? Bifnoo, of UtTUBib.
TUN IIIMUTMI.K im?0\M
llriiinrka on I lie Subject ??> (ho Htm.
I't??cy S. Wituou.
To the Kditor or The N'. V. Sun Sir: Am
I have givon in lit- It more study to tin- nil
ver question i tin 1 1 Senator Hill i\nd the
Hon. William i\ Whllticy, I a.-Ot space
to point out their error in xupitosiiiM an
International agreement for fun* coinage
at a common ratio for the Western na
tions, a practicable thing
A ratio In the coinage of a country Is
tailed the mint ratio; this mint ratio is
supposed to he the expression of the mar
ket ratio, ascertained liy the average of
price of bullion over a Ioiik period. So,
when people assume a ratio, at the start,
assume It arbitrarily, they simply get
iholr cart before their homo. An Inter
national agreement to adopt free coinage
on an arbitrary ratio is an impracticable
as an International agreement for every
body In ll>e world to erf "l>oo" at once,
in order that It miKbt l>e heard on the
moon, as Is set forth In the child's story
book. I think, however, that Senator
1 till and Mr. Whitney conscientiously be
lieve It possible to bring on International
free cotnaKe.
Now, one difficulty with which these
men have not reckoned is that the nations
in the case entmol deal for Individuals,
but as many Individual wills. Interests,
fears, hopes and suspicions will bear 011
the question as the^e are individual wills
and circumstances to influence them,
tiresham's law Is as well established as
Newton's, and men will, each for himself,
push off the overrated metal under all
circumstance#, even as men under our
legal tender paper system, pushed off
their torn and dirty money ami held to
the newer, or as they now push out the
pluKged and abraded coin and hold back
the sound coin.
Wn see this principle at work in the
countries comprising the l<atln Union,
and the Individuals, viewing the case
from the Individual's InteroHt and acting
on It, in spite of the International agree
ment .
This state of affairs would not lie
(?hanged by widening tin- circle to Include
all the nations whose people "wear brocks
Npn their hinders ends and ha' purses In
'their pouches." as Hallb} Jarvio express,
ed It. . Kor an ounce of allver in any
shape Ik but an ounce of silver, notwith
standing the assvveratlonH that delegates
may make that It Is sOmethliiK else, pro
vided we will hut think so or will call It
bjfVanother ttaniei 'the faet Is that these
solemn sayliiKH of conventions defeat
their own aim; they are the formal record
and' declaration of the nation's distrust.
Sixteen ounces of silver are not every
where and always equal; hence It be
comes necessary to declare that sixteen
ounces of silver are equal to one ounce
of gold.
l>o thoBo gentlemen know that this
policy was tried and failed nearly .two
hundred yearn before the l<atin Union
was thought of? In H!75 an English writ
er said of contracting with foreign Am
bassadors to keep to a certain standard
In their moneys: "No more specious re
medy than this has been offered, nor fre
quent In ' mentl<#n." He shows tne pre.
Judloe each country would suffer, and
says: "Hut when people by custom and
by general use have raised the momy be
forehand boyond the public declaration,
and the State Is forced to follow the
poopie. -whom In this case they do not.
master, to what end Is It 10 contract with
those nations for that which It Is not
In their' power to observe?"
Even the rear of Hnssla has failed In
other times to make his subjects take
metals at mqre than their value: for his
dominion sto?s at his shores, and as gold,
as 1 Horace says, Is "more powerful thsn
the- htroke of thunder," It delles any hu
man will.
Turning to the tables printed by the
Koynl fltatlstlcal Society, showing the
mutation of the metals from tho time
of the Conqueror, we see that the isola
tion of gold to slU'or, like man himself,
"never contlnueth In one Btuy," but varies
from 12 54-100 to 1 In the time of Kdward
T. to 10 1-2 to 1 within a century; and on
to 7 to 1 In tho time of itenry VIII., and
5 to 1 In the tmme reign, and, ugaln, up
to 11 to 1 In Klizabeth's time. What
power shall Htay these moods', or guide
Arcturus and bind tho Influences of tho
Pleiades?
I take It that no man whoso masoning
powers have been trained sd far as the
fundamental rules of arithmetic will dls-.
interestedly .contend for the possibility of
two standards as the sa?ie basis ' of re
ference. If so, let him buy horses, say, of
14 hands standard height. Then let him
say, "I will also use 12 hands as a stand
ard." He will soon And that he has
horses of has than his original standard,
and that he has departed from it.- Bo If
he shall use a standard pound of 12 ounces
and another of six, In buying, gold or nil.
ver. The double-standard, -Tolk talk of
doing a 'thing logically Jrnd Inherently
Impossible, alike to gods lind men when
they talk of a double stVndard, double
unit, a two that 16 one, and the same
each part In each and to each. Aristotle
says, "It Is necessary that all things
?should bo measured by some one. thing."
Ix>cke, who favored a single standard
of silver, still admitted tho futility &f
trying to make a ratio between silver
and gold outside ^he natural; "(hero be
ing,' he says, "no Iwo things in nature
whose proportion and use does not vary,
It Is Irppossihlo to set a standing regular
prleo between thorn." And again; "Two
metals cannot be the measure of com
merce both In one country." I will not
venture to quote other master minds on
this point, but must content myself with
the well-known apotnegm of the arth
metlc; "a unit Is one."
At best, any negotiations to overrate
one or the otb ft metal would fall of use.
ful purpose if they did not Include India
and China.
The nature and habits,, of the Asiatics
are such that If the Western nations
should solemnly declare that they would
a Hrt-e to underrate gold It would with
certainty fly away to "the Wide Prospect
ami the Asiatic fen/'
I think that Prof. L?eone I*-vl of the
University of London demonstrated this
many years ago.
8o thvse gontb men. who think Interna
tional bimetallism new, because It Is new
to them, will find, as the*? go deeper Into
the case, that "the longer a man lives
the more he finds, by gracious, out."
They will find that the question must lie
considered with reference to the "Asiatic
ren." Kven then thejr will -likely And
themselves In the situation of those
who. In the great International agree
ment to -cry "Boo," kept quiet, thinking
that In the great noise their voices would
not be missed. Hut everybody. It chanced
had thought the same way. 8o, nobody
''hallooed," the grave chronicler tells us,
"save a deaf man In the^island of Bor
neo." And so the deaf man of Borneo be.
got the- wild man of Borneo, and the
wild man of Borneo begot the original
free coinage by International agreement
man . , k
PfHUKV 8. WILttON.
New York. May it.
\ _ i
\j> 1 ufpj? ^
M rmi Jllckaoi'* Death.
Mrs. Kitty Jackson died at her home
in B*>r*eliav-*?*J?nlay inorniug from
heart dlw*iw.
H*h- -74* y*+ru old aud UnureM tw?
grown child ri'ii, Iteterljr W. Jacknoo
and Mi mm Georgia Jackson.
'The funeral will occur this morning
at o'clock from the cemetery chapel.
ou?ui?m umm
tiwidw^-4?i?->. -Mr. (JMHwt kw
wterwl ? wHgfct wUym, U U? #?
In* oqt tnrrte?e rxtnifr yriwHiily.
WHITNEY NOT
A candidate!
\N II VT II 10 THINKS OK Till; "niUJC
SII.VP.II rilAHK."
1110 < 0.\KK?MKS Til i'l' IT AMH|f\ir.S
rl
(iltlCAT ritOIMMI TION .
Ho Tli I uk >4 the Mciiipltln ConveuHuu
lllil (loud Wiirk.
lty Soiitluirn AKsoi'iatpil I'ross,
Huston . June W.~-Kx-4Seeretnry of
Navy. Wmt . O, Whitney was Interview
I'd at the homo of ilia mother In Brook
lyn tonight. Ilo e.iid: "I mil not and
will not Ih> n presidential candidate. 11
the silver men aliouht carry the next
Democratic eon volition It would alplt
i lio party i-ik lit in two. The Democrats
nuiHt stand for sound money. There
are a good ninny Hound luonoy men In
the West and South and the Memphis
convention, 1 think, has helped the cause
along. Carlisle's speech at that eon
vention was an excellent one and do
serves to he widely read. It has .un
doubtedly much iniluenee in the South,
t think the iveople will eventually treat
the question the same they did the
greenback question. They want good
money jnst as much as they did then."
Mr. Whitney thought, however, the
free silver question waa liable to as
sume the same proportions, or oven a
greater one, than the greenback question,
lie intimated that an organised educa
tional movement was what w?h needed
to counteract the spread of the free sil
ver doctrine.
"I don't ihink the Kopuhlloans will
care to rc-nncii the tariff question again.
They say they would gain nothing by
that. The money question will dominate
everything in the next campaign unless
there is a radical change in sentiment
within the next year."
Mr. Whitney does not think that any
of the Kastern States will follow the
Illinois Democrats ? In the matter of
calling State conventions to consider the
financial question.
It was suggested tlmt there would
prohahty hard work for him to do in the
next convention and Mr. Whitney ninth d
its he said: "Well, I shall he in the
slrngfilc If thore ta an Intellectual one
for sound money you may tie nssurid."
Mr. Whitney will prolwUtly spend a few
days ,1a Boston and It 1s probable that
some I in | tor taut political topics will he
dlHcuKsnd among the loaders In this State
during his f?tuy. If some have not already
been discussed.
\ Trtn,rt RKIfflt CAHINRT.
"n l?l I'nuhn Dtoomei (he Urnnil
Vlsler.
By Southern AHs*oeia;ted Press.
OoiiMtantiimplc, .June 1>. ? Tnrkhan
Pa*ha pmddent of t'he commission re
cently inquiring into the condition of the
province, has lasen made minister of
Foreign Affair*, rice Said Pasha, who,
ujmui the resignation of the ministry
of Djevad Pallia, was made Grand Vi
zier. Said Pasha was iiiKtalled jn hia
new otfieo Saturday with all customary
??eremony. The cabinet is now constl
tuted u* follows, there being only two
changcM hi it:
Grand Vixier, Said I'aaba; Shlek-UI
I xla in Djemallediu Fffendi; ml ulster of
the Interior, Heifaat Pawha; minister of
ivar, Gen. Ri?a Pasha; Foreign minister,
Tun-k'haa IP-awlia r mfnUden of finance,
N'etxif Pasha; the imiieriul 1 radio appoint
lug Said Pasha dwells upoo hie fidelity
to the Sultan and expresses the belief
that he will carry out the Multan'a ar
dent tjesire to nee all of hi#* subjects en
joy happiness and prosperity.
ltiixtcui Pasha, tie Turkish ymlwissa
dor to Gredt. Brit inn, has t?4egra|>hod
the Porte Lbat the Britiah cabinet * ill
meet Monday and .All consider Turkey's
answer to the dmnamlrt made by (Srf?Lt
Britian, France and Russia for a re
form in thw administration of Armenia.
The French and Ituasiau cabinets will
also consider the reply which practical
!y refused to tun'ode to the proposal made
by the three powcrw:
Til K KIOHTING IK KORMOKA.
The Van Guard of (he Japanese
Armjr Aiivnncmf .
Uy Southern Associated Press.
L>ondon, June 9. ? A dlHpatch to tl?o
Central New* from Toklo says that
Admiral Vlncount Kambayama, gov
crnor of Forniona, reports under date'
.of June & that the Imperial Guards
arranged to attack Keelung on June 3.
They met with resistance on the route.
The weather and roads were abomi
nable. The field pieces were carried
by_ tho men. The enemy wore re
pulHed at Zuchow with a Iohh of fif
teen killed, The Japanese loss was
elKhteen killed and wounded. On the
3rd the Japanese advanced on Kce>
luirg, where nil the fortn were occu
pied by tho enemy. At 2 o'clock In
the aflernon the Japanese strongly at
tacked tho aouth and west forts, but
were met by a concentrated and ob
stinate resistance, At G o'clock, how
ever, the enemy were forced to wlth?
draw and they alowly retreated t>n
Tal-I'e-Hu. Great quantities of grms,
ammunition and ratlonx were taken.
All the forts are now In the possession
of the Japanese,. Prisoners report thai
6,000 troops under Gen. Chang; who
wah wounded, have fled to Tal-Pe-fiu.
The Japanese van guard Is advancing.
C'hiillnaoAff* Winn.
New Orleans, June H. ? New Orleans
gave I In- customary to Hriiuu ami lost
the trniiie *.o < 'battanooga today by a
Kcnro of li to 1. lira tin pitched a mag
nificent mime ami had he had anything
like Rood Hiip|Ktrt would have won his
game easily. The batting of both tea ma
wax exceedingly light, everything single
hits with but one excepfion, when Flood,
for the risitors, secured a two bagger.
The New Orleans errors were costly ,
ones. Scon*:
Chattanooga 1 O 1 1 12 0 x? 41.
New Orleans 0 O 0 t> O 1 O O?l
HUm? Chattanooga 8, New Orleans ?;
errors? Chattanooga 4, 'Now Orleans 5..
Batteries? K<-enun and Fisher, Braun
ami Nifr'. FmptVe J. J. Nichols.
Krelsfct Trala Wreek**.
Atlanta Ga.. June A freight train
on the Marteta and North Georgia
railroad was wrecked at KltJay, Ga.,
thia morning . thf jfirman, Uw Din.
key, waa caught under the overturned
hxwmo(lv? and profcajklj^ fatally
scalded. Train
spike on the tra a*
tin trf&r.
a t;inso\ vitnoHY.
I II ii t There M'ito Siiiiip Very I<lv?-ly
OlltiouUleN.
Ity Southern Associated 1'reM,
l.'iuf 11 .Iiiii ^ It. ? United Sates Senator
t\ II tiihsou scored mi nl(K<>liito victory
ii? ihe I hniiocralio primary *doo
lions in Tallnkt county yivdcrday . Tho
county convention on Tuesday will nomi
nate three mon who arc unalterably in
favor of hi.-. re -elect ion . Tito tight w?*
a particularly hitter one all along* the
line and in the Hay Hundred district,
two conflict,# ot'Cuml that may Uiad to
further trouble. A young *na<iv ws&
challenged at Whitman, hut he wan final
ly allowed to vote. This so titrated
Ira K. Caulk, tht* anti-4 iihson 1*'0 ?lv*r of
tlic district, that he ??unh>hcd the ballot
box from the judge* and etamptsl it un
der foot. He then picked up a number
of the scattered ballots ami tore them
no. A general tight began. and a mi mite r
of | ic r. so ns were knocked dchvu. Another
row oecurod at Tiltf bourn's Island. It i?
stated that 110 repeater* were Imported
from Anne. Arundel county and Voted.
This act preelpatetl a lively ?et-to which
only emits! when the cry of murder rang
out on t lit* air . Mr. <Heymour, a <Jlb
son man. waa cut lit the breast, |mt not
seiiously injured.
All) FOR TIIB AllMiONIAlVA.
Tlterr Ave Many Canes off AktMt
Destitution.
py Southern AsNoclated Press.
l.ontlon, June 9.? The Hngtlsh commit,
tee of the Armenian relief /fund have
decided to remit MX> poumlH .'towards re
lieving the Immediate necessities of the
refugees at MoiihIi and lioulemk. The
Karl of Kimberley, Secretary ot State for
b\mlgn Affaire, has written tL letter to
the treasurers of the committee Haying
that dispatches from Mr. Shipley, the
British delegato on the ArnAenl^n com
mittee, states thut-lio had observed mauy
"cases t>f adtjoet rteatltutlon. /Tho fugitive*
'rom SuHsoMn especially require need* and
Implements wherewith to ^tlll tlio itelds.
A Sfl.VBR CONVRl?TIO!?,
? . .
The Test of Ki?al?llncc t'otinly'i Reso
lution Mnktnti the Call.
My Southern Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ua., June 9.? The Hpahlhtfr
County Hlmclalllc hPttgue has railed a
Shale convention of silver men. The call
Is embodied In these rewlUtlOMK
Resolved, That a Htuto convention of
the file tide of free colnago of silver In
Georgia he called to lie held In Urlfftn
oil tho l#th of .Inly, 1 Kl?r>, for the purpose
of consultation and for effoctlng sueh
organization as may l>e necessary and to
taae such other ateps as may ho deemed
expedient In the Interest of freo coinage.
Resolved, That the president of this ,
lenK'ic Ik* authorised and iiiHtructed to
prepare and puhllsh a formal call In ao<
cordanco with the ahovo resolution*.
The president Is Judge Hunt, wh^ Is 1
tfhe law partner of Assistant Attorney
| General John Hall. fl
FIR 10 IN JACKSONVnXE,
( A Negro wom?? (Ka 3e; Kske Bsrss.
ed to bcHth. V
Uy Southern Associated press.
Jacksonville, Fla./June *A fatal Are
occurred this morning W the heart of
this city by which twelves were loat.
Tho alarm was sdunde# at 8 o'clock anil
by the tlmo the firemen reached the
Hct-ne tho building Which is used as a
stable on the tlrst,# floor -was partially
burned. Tho flrtv^vas soon subdued and
In tho upper room was found the bodies
of a colored woman named JoseptaUif
Williams and her 7 year old nteoe, Bailie
Jones. Roth hftd been horribly burned.
The husband of the woman mad# his ea
cftpo through tho window" without at
tempting to rescue his family.
Investigation lsi?t.
l/oiidon, June 9.? Tho Daily News will?.
tortWrow publish a dispatch from Ar-~^
nutria. dated June 3, and sont via Karrd,
liussla, June ?. The dispatch saya that
tho Armenian commission that waa^at
Moosh closet! May 31. tho delegatea tall,
lug TurkMh members that they could ?
have nothing more to do wHh tbem.
The final cause of the rupture waa the
refusal of tho commissioners to examine
Important witnesses, basing their refusal
on party facial ground. The Newa, com
menting on tho dispatch will.*ay that the
attitude of the others has been.. variable
In theso cases. Great Britain has ap
pointed a vice consul for the Vilayet of
Bltlls. He will reside at lfooah. ? , ? ^- 7.
TURKIC HOYS DROWN BO.
Two In AHeattlaff (? U*Te Their
OoKfMtoa.
My Southern Asnociatcd Prese.
Cleveland, <)., .Ituio 0. ? Three boy*
wore <Ii'owimm1 in l^ike Krie this after
noon near th? life earing station, Mao
of t li< mii in h ii att<?w>t to aave
companion. Tlw>y wore Micfeaet Sh?H
dan, 11 )'<'??; Patrick Morrie, 12 yeattf;
KniwutL Snxt'iiey. 11 XfiMft. Iter. ?ff?
l>n t lii ii k in Hix feet of water, all being'
,(00'1 nfflmmrr.H . Morris was taken' with .
cramps >ind Sheridan went 4o Ma aa
mmIuiko, Wiit hia strength cave "out.
H\v?eiiey thou uttumpted to rwoue him,
hill nil three lux-am** locked in a help* *
Ichs n ml frenzied Krip awl were drouth
ZIMMV'H CIIALUMQK TOr, JOflVIOS.
The "Hkfrler" Will Mae* ttfr ?Ov?
?n?t" Any DlaUace far flyMt,
Philadelphia. /une 7.? Arthur A. Sim.
merman hua l?Hue?l a challenge to John
ft. Johnson of ftflnneapolla pk race
for $.000 a side, I the distance to be from
a quarter of a nrilla to 60 mllea, at the ep?
Hon of Johnson. Johnson via given two
week's time to answer the challenge. If
accepted, the race will take place at
Asliury Park durlngil?el?lg meet there,
which logins July t. Zimmerman haa
placed a uepoalt In the handa of jr. D.
Reexle of the Aabury Park WhaalHu.
Zimmerman, Tom Bck and Beagle were
In the city today end called ''Oft *?ftala?
man Gideon of the L. A. W. to aecerUftn
If auoh a match would be eanetloned. Mr.
Oldcon said ho saw no objection to
such a race. ...
rrae Silver Deleastc*.
By Southern Aeioclated" Pre4e.
Birmingham. Ala... June 8.? A meeting
of the free allver Democrat e met here to.
night to select delegate* to the Mwaphla
bimetal Uc convention which meeta Wed
nesday next. Mfty-threo people wer#-__
present And a delegation of aver one
hundred waa a*U o*edr.,y At Lliaaatuaa,
Ala, twenty-Sve -delegates to MeaapMa
were appointed and the aaaae number at
a meeting at Oadaden. ' - % '
Ptew* SMI. .
Kit Wood, a oagro Sitt. fM*M ?M>
dropped dead yeetaraay maraiag mt M
o'rtockal hie baanaWo.4 TtUalr mill.
a a"