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BARNWELL*-S. jO.,' THURSDAY;. I- HBIU ARY 2I„
SAFETY OF A STEAMER.
the other t\s’a v . which used indepen
dently. This nwessilated the tn*king
out of the injured piston, a delay of
seventeen hours The euttintr olit of
this cylinder reduced the power from
horse to l,r»Oo, bringing .the
speed down to one-hAtf. LaCi‘i v the
crank siiaft pot heated, and tlie bear-
i.nst -Th^, Nt-w« KrcelveJ i«t iiie omccn] tops had to la-changed. The break
, „ „ ’ ... , was not caused bv anv strain from l ad
* weather, but simply to the Haw which
eitement. ^ l existed in the new machinery. The
fcuginea it e of the quadruple ex
NEWS THAT BROUGHT TEARS OF JOY
TO THE EYES OF MAMY
The I.oiik MIkkIiik; St<am^lil|> Arriven ul
Ntcw 'YofiK, FebS '15.—When the
-a >. i , m j i sion tviie. There are si>^ cylinuers, i-ne<joreijrn synutcaie wmeu
imbrhim^tKat^th^T **>»**» in Uv ‘* Uc ^ ^rchasv. the new
nan
iters.
INTERROGATING ^ARL.SLE
The Serrrtwry Before. th<‘ tom m It tec of
\Vt».v» simI Means. ,
WAgpiNOToy, Feb. For iftree
lours today the ways ami means coni
mittee of the House was ill session.
For two hours of this time, Secreta
Carlisle was liefore it. He furnished
the eommittee a copy of the contract
made between the administration and
thetforeipn syndicate' which recently
an
diameter eacluoue intermediate cylin-
.. u , .derof seventy-nine inches diameter ;
this, city over three weeks ago, and ooe hjgh pr e^ ure cy i iu( l er of forty-
two inches-diameter, and two inter
mediate cylinders of forty two inches
diameter. She has twelve boilers'of
x
length and frftoen ft-td in
morbingtliat tileGh&eogne, alar
ocean steamer with some four hundred
passengers aboardv* which left Havre
ioe this, cit^
which was given up by many as lost,
was sighted off the bar, there was the
greatest excitement around the com
pany's office, which was crowded 'yith I wucli V,iim‘feet si.
anxiom inquire^, who had relatjye* hffehes-iiriengtfi- and fifteen feet in
and friends, oiwioard tlie steauiship. I
They had been standing around with Befol . ( , tho Hrsl bre . lk doW n the aver-
pale faces, expecting at an) moment | e j^voJofiojjg m a minute were sii-
U> hear tlie worst,. tv two When Ttwirs had l^ 11
When the word came that the shipf^.XuM notdo bettcr tl an thirty-
was safe for a moment stillness reign- five J an( j aftor meeting the storm it he
ed which \\as almost painful 111,its im ( . am ^ necessary t‘o reduce it Ui thirty
tensity. Agent borget for a moment The }h .; t down occurred 1.230
was rendered speechless which evi- kuots out at sea . i t w;l . s t h e piston of
denced how anxious l.e had been for the intermediate cylinder that cracked,
the safety of La Gasc
regained himself and
sm;. The contract was very short,but
hilf^oiis. He shouted, ran here a
There, grasping the" lian'd of tliis on
and that one, and fairly jumped up
and down over the floor in the excite
ment of the moment. Then he put on
his coat and started for the French
Line pier, where a tug had t>ecn in
- r,eadine*s for several davs to take-him
to moot Li Gascogne should she In-
sighted. Several of the anxious ones
waiting for news started from the of
target.
Ma‘ny wet eyes could 1m- s**en in the
FiS-nch Line office when the good
news was ascertained and the tears
were not from the- x-yes- of women
alone. Strong men wept as little chil
dren. The strain of days of worry had
bei'n too much for them. One man. a
,—y . , 1 Knots out at sea. 11 was me pision
lie had been for ( | ie jute,'mediate cy linder that erackt
ogne. I lien he rpj ie ^Qpd misliap was the oecasi
became \m1q1) 0 f most delay. It was on the fifth
-FebiHiaev that it-nccui'red..
tsion
of
The isnhit
>g of tlie injured cylinder afi'ected
the control of the steam,, which passed
directly from the high pressure to the
quadruple expansion cylinders. The
after cylinder became so heated that
the centre become disabled. It was
necessary to wait for it to cool before
anything could be done. After the
second reparis. Iji Gascogne got along
without further trouble to her engines.
-ThTrrre the renatT* woye madf
second time,
passi-ngers h
terrors of the
La Gascogne s
repair* wore m
however
arned something of tin
sea. The strom whie
e the ^
at the Secretary's request, a resolution
was adopted by the conimitfee that
none tif the proceedings connected
with this document should lie made
public. The Secretary wtuTsubjected
to aj'unning tire of qusstions from the
naevnbers present. Mr. Gpsvenor, yd
Ohio, wanted to know why these
bonds are to lie sold to the syndicate
at a price six per cent, lielow the quo
tations of the fours. The Secretary
replied that the- administration had
made the best terms with the syndi
cate it could.
Being asked if an attempt had been
made to secure the sense of. the coun
try upon it, the Secretary replied in
the negative. This precipitated a dis
cussion in which the attitude of the
administration was severely criticised
(ml V 3>v tw hut }) y (
tain of the Democratic \jnembers as
well. Before Icavifig Secretary Car
lisle suggested that a proposition be
reported from the committee to re
lieve the Treasury from redeeming
national bank currency and compel!
ing the banks to establish an ageing'
for the redemption of their own cur
rency. The elfeet of Uiis projiosition
would 1h* practically lo restore thc j.i'.v
CARLISLE'S. XONTHAi-T
AS MADE WITH THE EUROPEAN SYN
DICATE FOR GOLD.
1 -
ThrmiKli Cimlrnmn W41»oii of (in' Wi*j*
»rf<l Mt-MUK C'ommlUVt', It i« I'rvm'iited
to th«t Hou«r—On <>ur Kttf-c* to tin - Mau-
Ij-jCongreHt';
AVAsiiiNyToN. Feb, 1L Mr AVilsmi,
the chj^wn.n/the ways and means
{T> 1 >T5mfIfwetn 1 ay afternoon report-
) lilt* J AVTtt- lllvl... L * I l * t I'' » 1 -x j
ed upon in conirnittee aiViftori/drig' »Pded ; tn';'OTrlriL , pt^-~ewUj_bonas to be
ssuanee of a thirtv-year 3-per cent, aceopte.l by tin* purtirs.of the -^id
est bearinggold buid. part at par. That is at flWLOt!.* per
ed to the Housi* the jojnt it-siilution
agree ’
the issu
interest boaringg
The report accompanying the I'esiy
hition includes a copy of the I’rt'si-'
<,t dent’s recent message to Cotign-ss
■sSTbearing ufath tlitt. Mlbject and also a
copy of lire contract made by the
Treasury Department with the Euro
pean syndicate for the purchase, of the
new bonds, ('ontinuing. the report
*ays:
“The comiiiittee have had the bene
lit of a conference w ith the Se'eretary
of the Treasury; who exhibited hr
Treasurv desire to otfer or sell any
bonds of the United Stab's on or !*<■
fore < Ij'tolier 1. 1K«. be shall'tlrst of
fer the same to the parties of the
second jiart. but thereafter he shall In*
free from every such obligation Ur the
parties of the second jiart.
“ThlriT—Tlie SecnWiTFy'Trf TTeasury
lierehv M'scrves the right, within ten
Huy* fi-oin tlie ilatc In tvof. in cafe he
shall receive authority from Cotlgress
therefor toftufisptute any Ixmds of the
-l.uiU'ilSuites iH'ariug 3 iKTCent. inU*r
est of wlticji the principal and interest
shall I*' specifically payjiblein Lnited
States giikLcuiu of tlle^pi>m nt,weight
arid fineness for tTic iKWdsTfrreni alT
New Oi;i,K.vNS,Feb. 14.—Peter Oaks,
dnia Otas, who was arresttsl on the
rviv at Southport-and is charged with
laving, with the assistance of two or
mon* confederates or conspirators, jin-
<ijow n. cut open the ends of DYoTaih'S
of cotton ready U> lie storisl on tlie stea
mer Floridian, and secreting therein
a quantity ofcihiilmstible material for
the purp<5SiM>f Mow ing up.the vesael
,ptoa4dicfc-iWiact Utat no legislation af-.
ra 1 ngTTeoMfomUo 111 imHuruerWright Teairig (he financial situation is to be
llieni the original ciTutractt entered in
ti > by hinisidf-^m the Kth day of h’eh,
ruary, and explained its details U>
them. A full and complete copy of
said contract, is here added. Front a
reudliig of llus paper It Will
hr
serrr
that the arrangeiiient of .the Seoretary-
with the parties to thiscontrOiT efi’ects
the purchase of a. VlO.oon ounces-of
sUftulard gold coi n of the United States
(amounting to $tK»,Wtb2e5j at least
one-ha If of which shall tw
in and shipped from Europe. I -
gold coin he has contracted to
to the parti"s furnishing it. under an
exts'ii
Jjiggohl from EurojH
am
fith I
Mr. Bicho, broke down compleb'ly and
sobbed as if his heart would break.
Mr. Riche had three uaughters on
lioartl I^i < laseogne. two fit them of
very Unider years. He had abandoned
all hope when the joyful tidings came.
The delay of the steamer was due to
a broken piston rod and to the terrific
gales which have swept tlie Noitb At-
lant c for the jmst wtek or more and
brought disaster to many a staunch
craft. L’apt. Baudelqu and ollicers
ami eaew of J ji Gascogne brought the
ship and passengers through the gales
ami made jsirt without help. From
the time they left Havre ou January
20, -until Monday, they spoke no trails
Atlantic steamer amLsaw only a four
masted schooner, tlie-" one Jrbkdr re
ported at St. Pierre, Miquelon, N. S.,
:es having w-en a large sU aun r oti the
banks apparently in distr**ss last Kat-
, urday. . *• '
: -1JUE .1 AL'aE OF HIELLiELW. _
Tlie steamer left Havre January
On tlaJirst day out -140 miles were
^Togged,ion the si'Cond day 4U7 miles;
on the third day, after traveling
miks, the piston rod broke and eigh
teen hours were spent m'nudiillg ,v
pairs. WJien they weWJ eompVted
thttkShip steamed at nine miles an hour
makingin all sixty six miles on the
. 29th. < >n the 3oih. 31st and Fehruarv
1, 215, 215 and 230 miles a day were
—made rciqioctivrly. On l.hrnary ^
tin-piston ivk! bnrk-* iti-'wn t'giiin Tim
break was more serious this time. Sea
'anchors Wereput out and for forty tHm
hours the ship was hove to. making
repairs. On the 4th the first seven
weather Was experienced, anil tire ship
was blown If)*'- nuh's out oTliTir eoiu-M
On the 5th the repairs having been
completed 103 miles wen' made. Tin
ship was then clear to the northward
Tif the track of the.tnu*s-Atlantic line,
and was therefore not H'en by the
manv steamers wliicb pass'd over tin
regular track On February tith
the ste.t.ia'r ran in on FehruAry
was doubtless resiwtnsltiTe" for the see
ond a-cideiP, ticeanse' of the-strain ,t
put ou the lessined power facilities
which had Wen strengthened by some
new work. This new work readily
heated from friction. Steerage 1 way
was lost and the steanK-r rolled into
the trough of. the sea.
The passengers all remained lielow.
It was 10 a. m. of the fourth that the
cyclone started. That night and the
following one were sleepless ones.
Many who retired on the second night
got up after the acricient. The rolling
of the vessel was frighful. Huge seas
dashed against the i*ort lights, and
one heavy wave reached its bulk up
nearly to tlie bridge. It damaged one
boatand carried away twenty fret of
rail on the main deck. The broken
I iiston nnl weighed seven tons. Chief
Cngine* r Mm tin says that it will lake
alsnu five days to ye pair the damage
done, and will cost about $5,900. I41
Gascogne wiH lie started out on Wed
nesday next. KighTy men, the full
^ 4iHnnple n4mt of thaimgiiiaiirs statf, are
21*. r^ngaged in disconiieeting the broken
rod. ^ ~'
Mr. Tarsney, of Missouri, offered a
resolution that power he given, to the
administration to issue a 3 per cent,
r-dd bond whenever Snch action be*
thurity
of SlX'Clt
if the act for Vi.*' resuinjitioi
“pifymci'ls, appi'mc I .la luary
per cent, .thirty-year coin
as fTir as lies in their powtif. will exert
financial influence and will hiake pit
Irgitiumie idforts to pretect the tr<'a>
i( ^ 1 ury-of the Unitteil States against tla
obtained* -willulrawals of gohl, pending lit: com
irtbis plctepreformaiH'e <'f this contraet.
iss,,,-! “In w itness liereto. the parties here
' L* have liereunto set tln-ir hands in
livt* parts liisMli day ofFchruary. IH‘.I5
— -—.L-t-L-t-kvm.taUw—
came, necessary to protect the gold re
serve in the Treasury. It also pro
vided tliat none of this money should
lie used for the current expenses of the
government.
The resolution offered by Mr. Wil
son, of West Virginia, the chairman
of the committee, yesterday, looking
i <0 the issuance of $f!2, WO.OOO of bonds
payable in gold also came up for con-,
siueration.and it drew from Itepreseil
lative Bourke Cockruii, of New York,
an empliaticdeclaration that he woujy
oppose this proposition and any other
which looked to the endorsement <>f
the contract with the furetgn syndi
cate. ,
Messrs. Reed and Hopkins, between
them, questioned Secretary Carlisle at
considerable length regarding the nec
essity. for an issue of gold bonds. Did
he think that such an issue of bonds
would stop the drain of gold and
would not some of the money be used
to meet current expenditures; They
also asked about the estimate receipts
t*f-thcgovernineatTor-thc remainder
A Tlunler^l* fSjJetl.
Uou mbia. S. C., Feb. 15.—Tlie fol
lowing interesting story wuspublished
in tbe Evenfng News of Tuesday-:
'The negro, doe Averick. who has
many aliases, as Sam Roberts. Abe
Small. Mack Lee and Sam Grant, is in
the grip of the law. He is clutrged
-will 1 imiriler and vario'is criiiies, less
Uninous in their nature. His story as
given .it the trial is a most interesting
enapter of crime He first 4lwd with
Mr Christian Riser at \shton Stytion,
Colleton county. Averiei; then wept
to (rforgia where he killed n negro.
After this he" assumed tin- name' of
Sam Roberts and went t^> liyb with
Mr. Li'vy-llarvey, of Scieven county,
(4a. Hu kill'd a white man named
Howard whije tin re, becoming en
raged with Mr. Howard at the result
of a transaction about sonic cotton.
_R>d 1 He escap'd, took the naimy of Abe
miles were made. On the Tin tb" ina- Small and began operations in Savau-
cbinery broke down for tbe third time. nab- Eor some depredation committed
’Die heavy cyclone struck her on that Oj,,'re the jiolice attcmpi'd his arrest,
day and the shiii lay hove to with sea | when he killed Lieutenant Navey, of
anchors out all day. No headway was the police department. Averick again
made and owing to the motion of the | elmii'd justice and tied to the Rocataligo
of the calendar year, aniL if the Sec
retary really bejieved there would Ije.
a surplus within tlie next eight or ten
months. The Secretary answered these
questions frankly, and coming hack
again to the question- of contracting
for the sale of the bonds, lie insisted
that no favoritism had been shown ;
that tlie administration had consulted
with the leading Eastern bankers up
on the subject; bad made the best
-tmiwsMit con Id a,ml—would .iinvc done
4, 1395, 4
bonds of the United Stales at a price
which realizes them interest at the
rate of 3 : ; |K'r cent. But the Seert'tary
of the Treasury has reserved the right,
f authority is given him by Congress,
to substitute at par any lionds of the
United States lx*aring 3 jier cent, in
terest, of which the principal and in
terest shall be specially payable in
United States gohl coin of the,present
weight-and fineness, said substitution,
however to be made^fithin ten Hays
from the date of the contract.
“It is the object of the joint resolu
tion herewith reported to give Ui the
Secretary of the Treasury a’lthority to
substitute such bonds to the amount of
the contract.
“The saving to 1m* »tfeeb-d to tin
government, as set forth in the 1’resi
dent's message, will be $539,159 |M-r
year for every year tbe 3 per cent
hoi ids run, and of tbe amount of
174.770 should they run thirty years.
As it is not believed by that commit
tee that the issileof bonds special iy pay
able in gold will impose any addition
al burden or llahility upon the govern
ment than if they tu'c made payable
■n'd'i" o*' ‘pb‘<lge~ 'niri1~piTtiT'y yn
llu^l H rill>-
Attrni|il •
Authorlxlnx the Inane of SO Ymt
II Per CrAt. (iold Honda, and Advocated
b> the .^dmlnUt ret ion, filled by 41 Mo-
Jorlty.
WasHimitox, Feb. 15.—Another
day’s debate in the House upon the fi-
oanciaWmestion has but served to em-
yesterday morning and entered a plea
pf pot guiltv to the charges preferred.
whit’h daks is behl to
lation of “section 5364
Statutes of the United
States. The prisoner' was in cortac
pience placctl under appearance bond
pi noi guniv to u
Tlie Tact for wl
answer is in viol
<'Uthe Revised St
ounce of standard gold
“Fourth No boiids hall lie del liver
cd to the parties of the seooiid part, or
either of Uioni, exeeptin iNiymeiit foT hjuene<- ]>lae<(l under api
coin from timcTo tune rectUveil ITk - sum of $5,000; TYhefi the Jmtgr
uii(leF;whereujk)U tbe Secretary'of tbe
Treasurv of the United States shall
and will deliver the bo mis as herein
provided at sitrlt plaees as .'-hall l«» de
signated by the partied of the' second
part. Any expense of delivey out of
United States shall lie assumed and
paid by the partiesof the sceonu jiart.
• Eiflli -In eolisidoration of the |inr-
eli*>e of such coin, the parties of* the
second part, and their associates hi re
under, uswiurd and will hear all th* 1
b* lugs of hriiiff
licrepii'lei
prepositions pending
he referred to a suh-ct
ship, repairs were difficult. (hi the j
next day the chief engineer wlib had
been atliis jiost day and nigbt, com-
jileted the repairs and the ship proceed
ed 131 miles. On* the 9th, for the I
fourth time, the machinery broke
down and only seventy-four miles
were made, and to the great rejoic.ing |
of all on board, Fire Island was sighted
and the ship crept up toher anchorage
oti’ tlie bar.
region, where he took the—name of
Sam Grunt'land commenced living
with a woman form Fairfield county,
claiming her as his wife. Shortly af
terwards he went up to Fairfield and
got work from Mr. Dargau Brown. He
made frequent trips from there' to CoL
leton, his former home. Detectives
have been oiGhis trail for months.
He* was some weeks since located in
Columbia, and from here traced to
The United Press tug was received I Fairfield. After much - trouble he was
with a cheer by the anxious passen- arrested on the line between Ripklund
gers. They crowded to the rail, yelled and Fairfield by a posse confposed of
and clapped their hands with all tile R. Q. Williams, Durham Brown, Par
enthusiasm of the French- race. The gun Brown and l.Vink-Brown. x He was
ollicers refused to allow anyone on j brought to .tbi3*city early this morn-
board, and would not Come to the rail jug ami committed to jail by Trial
to talk. The passengers were more I Justice Troy to await requisition pa
obliging.. Julius Matrigriii, a repre
sentative of tlie glove firm of Perrin
Frefers & Co.,pfl > aris and New York,
was interviewed over the side of the
pers from Georgia. Mr. Howard was
murdered in October, 1893 : $500 re
ward is Ofi'ered for tbe murderer.
Lieutenant Navev was killed in Febru
ship. He said: “We broke down on ar y isii-*, $700reward is otl’yed in this
.1 4 1 ..... 1 ^1.. .. ^-v « « 4 \ \ ^. .1 . , I 4 I / 4 ' A I . * 1 1 1*
case, ao there* is a total revvrrd of
$1,200 for Joe Averick. It is a case
where justice traveled with a leaden
i he third day out. We did not become
alarmed, as we did not know very
much about what was the n*dtcr. The
' captain said it was all right, and we I Reel, may she strike the guilty with an
4 .had confidence in him. Our first ex- iron hand.”
periencewith gales was on February
4th.. We had a terrible blow then, and ‘ An t xiy <•««*
one of the boats was badly damaged. "| Calhoi’N, 8. C., beb. R5.—An ugly
lietter. ~
After the Secretary's withdrawal
from the committee roontr the various
were ordered to
coimniUee, to lx-
d sir ted to the full committee later in
the afternoon. The Democratic mem
hers of the sub-committee are Wilson,
Turner and Mryan, Payne and -Hop
kins were added on the part of the Re
publicans, but it was subsequently
agreed that tlie Republican members
of the committee sliould select their
own representatives. After the com
mittee adjourned the Republicans met
informally and selected Reed and
Hopkins.
Later in the afternoon fuller details
of what occurred between Secretary
Carlisle and the committee , became
public. Secretary Carlisle explained
his reason for asking that an injunc
tion of secrecy be observed regarding
tlie terms of the contract on-the ground
that if the manner and time of paying
for the bonds were made known,bank
ers and others might corner the gold
which the syndicate must procure to
pay for tlie bonds, and thus greatly
embarrass them. As a matter bT con:
sideratipn for the syndicate, therefore,
he preferred that nothing should be
said outside of tlie committee room re
garding the contract, although he ad
ded that so far as the government is
Tonccrned; there is nothing to Con
ceal.
At one point in the hearing Mr.Reed
referred to the drain of gold from the
Treasury and repeated tlie argument
that has frequently been made that if
tlie greenbacks were retired, the gold
reserve would not need further re
plenishing. Mr.-Carlisle then inform
ed the-committee that, under the law
of 1874, NationatBank notes may be
offered at the Treasury department
and redeemed in greenbacks.
It wa.s for tins reason that lie subse
quently.suggested that an HT endment
be made to tlie law which will relieve
preserve the parity of the coins in the
two metaT:*i. the saving of this large
amount become* a matter <>f .substan
tial momei , and adviyitage to thi gov
ernment. And as the parties to take
the bonds are nadVrcontraet to funlish
gold for them, it seems no hardship
on the government toeontract to pay
tin m back in the same coin that they
furnish to it.
Following is the text of theyontract
beivTcpn the anil ll:r syndi-
cate;
“Secretary of the Treasury
“August IVlmont Aert’o.. in is-half
of N. M. • Rothschilds A; Sons." o
London, and themselves...
.1. P. Morgan &Co., in behalf o
Mcssf . Morgan \ t'o.. of lauaton.
and themsel vo.
Attest: \V. V,. (‘urtis.
■ Francis Lynde Stel;a u.
A DiHjuMDser
CoLEMTU A. Fe,h. 15. The lir-t of ihe
disjM'nsei's to come to grief on account
of 'shortage’s is Mr. tb O. I'.vatis, the
dispensf'r at St. Matthews, in Orange
burg Countv. ' Governor Evans is
very much iqterestetl in t^e matter
and will see it through to the end He
says that tin re is but one thing for him
totlo and that is to have the dispen
scrtfumsled and pr.i-ieeufed on the
charge of fraudulent, breech of trust
and larceny. How the shortage oe
.ourred is no concern of the Suite, and
it will los)' nothing by tlie shortage, as
tin- Ix'iul lias already heeuturuedovei;
to lawyers to sue and collect for the
amountofthe shortage, which is re
jMirted to te from $2,2IIU to $2,300. Tin
bondsmen are F. d. Buyck and Philip
Rit-li aud llu'v an* more than able To
bond ft* mightTh<—ro
mis
pay as lar;
quirt'd. Governor Evans says that he
cannot possibly understand how the
shortage could have goRt-n^ to lx* a*f
large as rt‘i>ort©d. If th- county Ixiai d
had checked up the ncebuiita and in
sislt*d bn settleiin-nts He doe* tmt see
.how the amount could have gone up
to *2,000. ’I'tie dispensary only «arries
a stock of $3,IKK), and the shortage
charged iqi must have been the result
of a series of months. The wlyilo
niatter Governor Evans s. ys.'w ill lie
enrefi lly investigated and dealt with
as it.ought to be. Mr, Serugg. one o r
tin- inspectors, went to St. Mattlievis
at (be order of Governor Evans and
elieeked ii' I he business and sbx:k and
has llie .Si.s r< adv to turn over to thi
Was anvthing carried awavi” I ease of poisoning has been brought to-! the Treasury from redeeming the na-
'• " \Vehad hghWn thi^ neighborhood, by which lUAnpl bank notes and eonyielling tjie
“No, the ship stood it well,
plenty of provisions, and fared first-
rate' We were blown away oil’ our
course and spoke no steamers until
yesterday when we saw an American
'liner bofuid for Philadelphia. '
thetcngineer’s story.
From Chief Engineer Adolph Mar
lib was obtained a more detailed des-
Gqodloe Davis lias lost his life. The
facts as far as ascertained are that
Polly Davis.the wife of the dead man.
| Janie Sharp, a girl. Jasper Oliver, all
negroes, conspired to poison Goodloe
h>avis. Janie Sharp was sent to buy 3ipon wtr
some rat ]X)ison, which Oliver put in
to whiskey, which Davis drank. After
getting sick from the efi’ects of the
"ii ---* I fretting sicK irom me etrecis oi me
ei iption of the nature of the break in firaugnt he told some one tliftl he was
the Gascogne’s machineyr. The break | ^isoned’andlived oiily a few hours.
oeirred in one pf the piston rods]
about'half way between the traveler
ami the piston. It was due to a flaw.
Though there were facilities aboard
for making repairs, the location of the
break was such that an attempt to re
pair it would have required the mov
ing of machinery and would have been
attended with even more delay and
dfficulty. Therefore it was decided to
disconnect the affected cylinder from
hanks to establish an agency for the
redemption of their currency. No in
considerable part of Secretary Car
lisle's remarks^, had reference to this
provision of the national bank law
’ icb threwembers seemed to
desire the fullest information ana
which be gave them in-detail.
A Sai-rHliginu* Thl«*f.
.TXai RENs.Feb. 15.-rFrank A. Perry
a young white man, was arrested last
week charged with entering New
Prospect Church and robbing it. He
sold the church bible and a carpet in
this city, claiming that he bought
them from a negro, but he cannot
name _or identify the negro. The
young man claims to come from
“This agreement, entered into this
Sth day of February, 1395, betwcei; me
Secretary of the Treasury-of the Uni
ted States of the first part, and Messrs.
Belmont Co., of New Ynrkonbt*-
ialf of Messrs. N. M. Rothschilds A’:
Son of London. England, and them
selves and Messrs. J. P. Morgan A: Co.
if’New York, bn behalf J Messrs. J.
S. Morgan A: Co. of London and them
selves, parties ou the second part —
“Witnesseth ; Whereas, it is provid
ed by the Revised Statutes of the Uni
ted States (section 3790) that the Secre
tary of the Treasury may purchase
coin with any of the bonds or notes of
the United States authorized by'law at
such rates and ujxin such terms as hi*
may deem most advantageous to the
public interests; and the Secretary of
the'Treasury hpw deems that an emer
gency exists in which the public inter
ests require that hereinafter provided,
coin shall'be purchased with the bonds
of the United States of the description
hereafter mentioned, Authorized to be
issued under the act entitled, ‘An act
to provide for the resumption of sjieeie
payments,’ approved January 14. 1875,
being bonds of the United States des
cribed in an act of Congress, approved
July 14, 1879, entitled, ’An act to au
thorize the refunding of the national
debt; now, therefore the said partie
if the second part hereby agree to sell
and deliver to the Untied States three
million five hundred ounces of stand
ard gold coin of the United States, at
the rate of $}7.804.41 per ounce, paya
hie in United States 4 per cent, thirty
year coupon or registered bonds, said
bonds to lx? dated February 1. 1895.
payable at the pleasure of the United
States after thirty years from date, is
sued under the acts of Congress of
July 14, 1870, January 20. 187,1. and
January 14, 1875, bearing interest 'at
the rate of 4 percent, per annum, pay
able quarterly.
‘‘First—Such purchase-and sale of
gold coin Ix'ing made on Ihe following
conditions: (1.) At least one half Of
delivered
p’roiioiinci-d the size bfTxiiid that would
lie rtquin-tTf’tjiA -uoeudetl stated that it
was unnect- vsary to make the Ijond so
heavy, ax lie was a stranger in town
and fi bond of llOO would serve a*
well. .Commissioner Wright replied
that it was. not bis business to know
what ainbunt of bond the jx-rson was
able to supply,, therefore the Ixmd
would remafir Wfirst fixisl.
< Inks has the appeahifioe of a hard'
looking customer with a fats- on him
11iat probably will not Drove of great
Ix-nriit in bis Vu'lialf wlien he is eiill'-fi
to l(M)k a jury in tbejfaCe. JI* evident
ly is a man beyond th> hiithIumi of life
and sayd be bits not bc'-n in th'‘ city
mor- than two mouths and came ben
from Savannntt. Ga. H*-olaims that
h" is not a member of any of the. vari
oils lalxir organiztiona. Rut admits that
he knows something uliout load-jug
cotton on lionrtl -of hhi|«. Th*' sticks
-txln-n fmtte-4lH^-4wo imles of
\\ rapped up in wet cloth and w tiieii
won- first ’ generally thought to lx*
dynamite, pmvisl tixlay to have Ixvti
eonqxiM-d of phosphorus and it was
therefore probably the intention of
the jxtjx trutor not.Urhlow up the ship
or injure any of the wx rkmen emplov-
ed in loading thi ship, but evidently
t>*destroy the l ottbn iri the vrasel by
lire. Tlie eomlustibh* material was
carefully laid up op the back of one
f tin large record books in the mar
shal's office last night with
cowing it. so that no one won
come endangen d hv interferenec with
it. This morning it was found that
the stuff roner-ilrd in the wraps liud
caught tire during the night inn there
was nothing left but the charred re
mains.
For s une tjmr past steamship burn
ing lias l>ecu a-frequent occurrence at
Savannah, and tbe various .stoamsliip
fi'inpan-H's doing buxines* at that port
have expend**! large sums in attempt-
tttg t-.ferret **utRui4fuiiAy jiarlit.'S, bu.t
it seems that the conspiracy was so
thoiseighlv ocganiml tluit until now
it has pwiven impossible to even appre
bend, any bf the burners. Detectives
{viiiii Sjivannali. it is said, have only
such
expected from ihe -Fifty-third Con
gress. A- week ago the Ilouae refused,
by a vote of 162 to‘135, to adopt the
last Springer banking and currency ’ v
bill, winch contained a provision au-
thoriziug the issue of long-time, low* ,
inU*rest^iond9, and yestewlay by the v
still, nijjj|fu'*leci*ive vote of 167 to 120,
it decjSied to authorize the issue of
$tfr>.(M900 3 |H>r cent gold bonds
with which to replace tlie 3$ per cent.
Ixmds negotiated with the Morgan^
Belmont syndicate in payment fo^the ,
purchase of 3.500.000 ounces of gold
cein. The consideration of the joint
resolution for this purpose reported
yesterday from the committee on
ways ami means by Cliairmaii WU-
son. nccu'nied all of the session of six
and a halt bounty and the discussion *
atlraeUsl. an attention of spectators
ic galleries
I V,
K ffl.ass
onla Ix -
reeenil) Huited New <*rl
an errand
<yite or«
It i^ 1
•a ns on
hut as usual could not lo-
ffi-et a capture. ’ ,
herefroo tlie general supposf-
tion iliut the man who is now under
am st. here and who g<x s by the naini'
iifOaks and states fliat he came from
Savannah, jielongs to the conspiraty
which has so long madetliiit ixirt quite
risky for vtssels to receive cargoes
•from. However, the prixifat present.
lues iu>t sustain Mich P theory. Tlie
which overflowed the public gall
and eniToadied upon that reserved
for the diplomatic corps and other dis-
tinguiihed visitors. The debate fol*
lowed in a general way the lines of
the dehah' bn the Springer bill last
week. Inn the Q|>position today was
much more aggn'ssive than on that
occasion.
Mr. Wilson waa aided in advocacy
bv Mr, Reed (RcpuLof
'Maine, 1’uiue, (licp.) of New York,
Turner (Dem.) of Ge*>rgia, and By
num i r)«'m. i of Indiana, all members
of the committee on ways and means,
who urged that the joint resolution
w as a business matter merely, disasso
ciated from politics or anything of
that kind, tlie passage of which would
result in a saving of $16,000,000 to tlie
people. Their efforts were seconded
bv Daniels (Rep.I of New York. Stone
(flop ) of Pennsylvania, Coomb# and
Hendrix (Dem.) of New York, Sprin
ger (Item.) of Illinois, and Cooper
(Dem.) of Florida.
The op|x»ition to the passage of the
joint resolution was led by Mr. Hop
kins (Ren.) of Illinois, and Bryan
(Dem.)of Nebraska,•members of the
committee on ways and means, and it
developed some startling points. Mr.
Hopkins asserted that the .President
was not anipated by patriotic motives
in sending his latest message to Con-
gres, hut a desire to unload upon that
ixxly the responsibility for a tranaac-
tion negotiated by Ins former taw part
ner that would nbt tbe syndicate rep
resented by him $25,909,990. ‘Mr.
Bryan declared the scheme propoaed
in Uu; joint reao 1 ution to be but another
.step in the accomplishmentof ihe oon*
spiracy to strangle silver, and solemn
ly assunxi the House that so serious
did he consider it to he that were there
any probability of its nassage, and the
forfeiture of his life would prevent it,
he would gladly lay down his life in
that beluilf.
Mr. Cannon (Rep.) of Illinois hinted
at'ifnpcachment, and Mr Hepburn
< Rep. unf Iowa said that Republicans
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t-b.-tLAbcre have Ixcn a nu
■s on xlnp board here, and that gen
pq . ....
The two women have been put in jail.
Oliver made his escape, but has been
since captured. It is said that the
woman wanted to get ruf uf her hus
band so that she could marry Oliver,
' I'rozrn to iVrutTu
Bf.aufort, Feb. 1(5.—Tie weather
has been bitterly cold for the last Greenville and to have gixid family
week, and so far as reported there has connections. The bible has been re
been three negroes frozen to death. [covered.^—Advertiser.
all coin delivered hereimrnder shall
be obtained and shipped from Europe,
but the shipments shall not be rfe-
quired’^.to exceed 390,(XX) ounces jx-r
month, unless the parties of the sec
ond part shall consent thereto.
(2.) All deliveries shall l#- made at
any of the sub treasuries or al any
other k'gftl depositai'y-'-of tUc -Uhited
States.
“<3.) All goM coiife delivered shall
l>4 received on the basis of 25 8-10
success >i' of Mr. Evans who will be
put in immediate charge. It is the iji-
tejitiou oi Governor Evaiis to have the
lisijensary reopened at once, and with
that view the Ixiard for Orangeburg
County has been ordered to elect Mr.
Evan’s successor immdiately. The
State will not lose a sou. Governor
Evans says, and so far as he.can un
derstand the settlements that are be-
lind are with the county and town
inthorities, and ought hot to have
lieeir allowed to run as long they have.-
(loveruor Evans says that he will lose
nb time or opportunity in prosecuting
any of the dispensers whose accounts
are short and that the inspectors have
instructions to visit all of the di.S|x'n
saries just as sixju as possible. The
bonds are to he scrutinized us well as
the accounts of each and every one of
the dispensers.—News and Courier.-
ThriM* Stories.
Atlanta. Feb. 15.—YDr. J. D. Jar
rared, of -Mossy .Creek, has a young
Jersey calf which difi’ers from calves
in common, in that its front feet are
exactly like .tliose of young mules,
said Col. J<x; Underwood, of Cleve
land, the other day.
“That's nothing,.’’ replied liev. Sim
inonsp.who.was in the group of listen
ers. “I saw a whole, drove of hogs
on the road between Fayetteville anc
Fairburn, and tlie feet of tlie whole
lot of them were round lik a young
colt's, and not. a cloven foot anion
.. y _ ..
Reeves, and he prnliably
sion of the breed today.
“Talkimg alxiut strange critters,"
said a tall mountaineer, d.essed in tlie
conventionalb^own jeans, “you h'llei’s
don’t know nothin.’ 1 w is standing
for a d^-r my dogs runnin''long
last sununer—but don L sav anything
led
fact
lirx
('rail
been
nection with t.rhiy’s discovery, wou
seem to he.-ir out the theory that a ship
huiTiing gang oaii be at workl
22^1!* who favored the measure, proposed*
unJx i.of ncw « repudiation of all the
y vessel. after leaving here have
discovered ou fire, ♦•tken'jn con
ild
declarations of ihe party in the Mfl
and the institution of 4 new policy
that culled for a new following.
()ther speeches against the joint res
olution were made by Messrs. McMil-
lin of Tennessee, Wheeler of Alabama
and Grosvenor (Rep.) of Ohio, mem
bers of the committee on ways and
means. Livingston (Dem.) of Georgia,
Northway and HulickiReps.) of Ohio, •-
Bland and Hatch (Dems.) of Missouri,
Kern (Pop.) of Nebraska, Simpson
(Pop.) of Kansas and Van Voorhia
(Rep,) of-New York. The vote was,
taken at 5 o’clock ujion the question,
“shall the joint resolution be engrossed
and read a third time?” the result be-
ing as stated—Yeas 120; nays 167.
“The bill is dead,” officially declared
the Speaker, and at 5 :30 o clock the
House adjourned until tomorrow at
11 o'clock. • *
All the South Carolina members,
except Murray, voted against the bilL
Clenifton Colle^e Refltt®d #
Calhouic, S. C., Feb. 16.—The
work of furnishing and refitting the
interior of Clemson College is oeing.
rapidly advanced and everything will
be in order for the r*-oping on the 21st
instant. Messrs Huimicutt and Bel-
lingrath, of Atlanta, have the contract
for putting in the heat:
An Inaaiif Mother.
PlTTSBCRO.Pa., Feb. IS’:'—Mr* Am
ia Sellxirt. Tarr; ing Tier son, William
Selberi, nine months old, aiid drag-
ing along her daughter. Marie Eliza-
etb, five years old, plunged to death
in the Ohio river near her home at
Corapolis, alxiut mxin Monday. The
woman wa.s the wife of William Sei
bert, a contractor jjmd coal dealer of
Corapolis. She was thirty-four years
old and bud but the two children she
took with her to her watery grave.
Mrs. Seibert is supixised to have been
insane. She was a mild-mannered,
motherly woman of nervous tempera
ment. She was devoted to her bus
band and children. Last Friday the
home of Mrs. Seibert's brother in-law
was destroyed by fire. She bnxxled
over this and today had her brother
in-law and his family conic Jo her
house to live. Shortly before noon
unlay Mrs. Seibert abandoned her
work and started towards the river
with her children before any of the
inmates knew what was up. Janies ^ ^
Nohawas-on Hie -opposite, side of the ^ waTrecently made by Trustees
Wver bank and saw the woman burr}’ Donaldson and Bradley to see if
along the stream to the open place, thing was in working order and with
where she plunged in. lie saw the t ) ie exception of one or two minor
matters, the radiators
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them. They belonged to aman named
ed
is in posses-
about that part of it -when I puLh'd
down on tin; darndest thing you ever
saw. It draped when I slrot, uiid when
I went to cut its throat l noticed one
foot was like a bear’s, one legs had
Wool on it like a wildcat's, sharpcTaws
and jjtH. aiid.Wamedif the oilier warn’t
like a game booster's!*’—Coi^titution.
— A K4g Kirr; . • ~
- Columbia, S. C., Feb. 15.—Ex^om-
missioner Traxler; who arrived in this
little girl pull away from the water
and endeavor to escape, but iu vain.
A search for the Ixxlies was instituted
and the mother was found with her
baby in her arms, while with her left
hand she held the right hand of her
little girl. Suicide while insane, was
the verdict of the coroner's jury.
‘ ]>l»afttrou» Storm*.
HaUFaH, N. S., Feb. 15.—Tele
graph advises received from South
Hay, Cajic Breton, state that the place
i __ were found to
work successfully. Tlie exterior paint
ing of the College and chapel has been
delayed by the excessive cold preyail-
ingof late. Tlie Colllege people think
that the action of the board at their
last meeting, when it was decided not
to pay for student labor, will have the
effect of keeping away a great many
boys. President Craighead is receiv
ing many letters from parents who
want toiend their sons, but who say
do-
Rouses, wharves, boafex, stores au( l|j r - year the number went at
fishermen s dwellings. No lives were . n m- •)
lost, but several families living oh the
beach were reacured with great dilli-
culty, and saved nothing but the
clothes Uiey wore. Greencqve rejxjrts
ing.
one time to 580.
aS3! ^ '-t — ' - bis; css&lhis
contract are to lie delivered free of ac ! of ten Stores situated almost iu the- . Wh*t*Uo«**
t-rut-d jn)t-f*'Mt. wJiii')i is u> lie assumed heart of the town, was completely des- . \N ai-.]|ai->> al, Jeb, 15. ^ General
and paid by the parties of the second troyeff by'TTre. All the buildings were Tai, of the Japanese army has com*- Uhnnoe arid want to Au-
^ of wood and were s< kui in ashes. The mitUsl suicide in a moment of anger on the corse in a hoiu« and went tO AA^
or no account of the dest'rtion. of --A number gusU to buy a cothn for her cmlxL—
” [of hiiSubordinates. News,
News and Courier.
A Sad Story.
Columbia, S. C.. Feb. 15.—A sad
— ... . — —. story comes from Edgefield County.
that the storm was the most disastrous ^ colored woman had a son, about 17,
ever, knoVn <10 that coai»t. lioats and xv j 10 w: , s affiicted with a peculiar mal-
th’e. fish houses weVe nearly all swept fcljT gj ic was advised to carry him
Out to aea or wrecked on the beyh. ^ Augusta, and on Monday she start-
No mail has been received since Feb. e ,| ^ fl ja t place with the boy in a wa-
roduce to sell
ie on the
way snow began falling' and the boy
was frozen to death in his mother ■
com^-anns. The grief stricken mother left
part at the time of their delivery
them.
Second—Should the Secretary of
loss is about'$15,00<>, with little
insurance. ■
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