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I ; vol. BARNWELL, S. G.,. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1895. fiORMAFSTFUTILE FJGIfr. HORIZ£ THE l3SUE!bF,TREAS URY CERTIFICATES. * ^5 for certificates of indebtedness run- inns' only two years and redeemable at the option of the Government, so that there edn be.no excuse ^hetjeul'ter 1 /or the denartuient sell ten year bonds or thirty-year bonds." h* fetowatw- inatwpoHrd t<r Orrvpnt tlrfe-l*- . -t^CnaU/i .l lAtt, of CnUUe< ticUt.. Aakcd benalor Gorinun tu state the amount of surplus in the t^easurjrtirising from tile money borrowed. “ ■ Senator Gorman: “On the 1st of January, 3895, we liad only $r>7,tX'M), ■OOU in the treasury to meet the ap prbj)riatinnst>f*f5ijigress, exclusive of the pold to redeem greenbacks. The »u« of lionil* iii that tTu.v—Tim Silver tjueation Will Not Dhuii—Soiik- luterest- . G ^- • s- ■■■ ‘ _lus Figure*. \VAs»rctrro^, Feh. 27. The Senate spent five hours today in debate on the amendment to the suudry civil appropriation bill, reported from the committee'on appropriations, provid- ing'for an issue of #HK>,000,000 certifi- •eates of-indebtedness, bearing 3 per cent, interest, to meet the deficiencies in the treasury, and also requiring future issues of bonds to be offered to the public for at least twenty days. Senator Gorman, Democrat,of Mary- laiidt.who was recognized as the re- spoiistble author of tlie amendment, spoke for over an hour in advocacy of it, shmving thu pmbable needs of the treasury during the fiscal year, and declaring that the Secretary of the Treasury was entirely mistaken in liis estimates. - The antagonists of ihe amendment were all found on the De mocratic sideiif the ehahfber, in the persons of Senators Hill, Mills, Voor- liees and Vilas, which was, perhaps, the cause of Senator Gorman's subse quent allusion to “sudden conversions --such as were read of in Scripture," The supporters of the amendment were on the Republican side, and in cluded Senators Sherman and Allison. .Kiually.tts it was cleay to Gorman and all other Senators that the amendment* Secretary .estimates that his receipts from now on will he spjfieient io meet the ordinhry disbursements, provided he can use the balancd in the treasury in the shape of greenbacks for which he has.paid gold. In that I think he is mistaken. 1 do notlje]ieve that, if permitted to use every dollar of re ceipts, he will have enough money to meet the current expenses'of the Gov ilrt be rfr tf Tie Id to bein Wder—wnrnr bated till the 4th of March next. Sena-' tor Gorman withdrew the amendment, a fid the appropriation hilt was then , oifi-reil and agreed to. rnanimoas eonsent was given to have a linal vote taken on the bill at 3 1*. M. tomorrow. A night session was thereby avoided, and tlie Senate at (i.30 adjourned until tomorrow at 11 A. M. Senatot* Gorman said that if relief was to la' given to the treasury, if au thority was tobe given to issue rertif- ieafes of indebtedness ’ in order to maintain'the credit of the Govern ment. the only jxwsible way in which it could l>e given was on an appropria tion hill. He regretted exceedingly tharit had become the. duty of any Senator to inaugurate such a proposi tion. He regretted exceedingly that it had not reached the Senate from the —Hotise as a' sejairate measuiv early in l he session when it could have been deliberately euteixxl ujion and projKT- iy disciisseil. Two years ago this.iden tical question of order had been Indore ihe Senate and then it was held by g . vote of'28 to IS that the amendment '• was perfecHy legitimate and- perfeetTy t proper.— ——:— — — J Senator (ionhali bad no desir^, lie * sai<l. to detain the Senate if a vote cotpmitteeou appropiaotions, said that he knew how'the hours-of this Coii- tmtsury to meet the ap-.. gress were lleemg, and that the bill must lx- completed to-day, -and the remainiiung appropeiation bills tami pleted within the next twodayST He ing into aormiiit'Vie amount due on gave #274,170.000 Senatar Gorman as the by the.House at this session, which w as $10,000,000 more than the Secre tary’s* estimate of expenditures. He had no doubt, however, thatwith the additions made by the Senate the to tal appropriations <>f the session would lx* at least #100,000,000,and that would show a deficit of $42,000,000. “I'ap peal to Senators." Senator Gorman continued, “whether it is wise or pa triotie for us to permit Congress to ad journ Without making some provision to meet this deficiency, and whMher it wot Id not lx* impolitic and unwise to allow any executive ofitetM’ to sell ten or thirty year bonds to met t it.'" atur thuirgr ’ 1 Wdart—rwHi of the policy of the Government. He said that if it were not stopped there would be a mammoth debt piled on the shouhlers'of the American people. Senator Mills said that h^prop* wed to oiler an amerdment to repeal all laws th,at authorized tlie Secretary of tlp> .Treasury to sell United States bonds for any purpose whatever. Senator Aflwon. a member of the SILVER IS COMING. ett, ^ilx'mf me lielieved it to lx- the first duty of Sen- Allowing motion ■ •a 1 iz.1 . ...1.1 ... FS. ~ a iii ^ “ atorp to see to it, as lx«t they could. that those appropriation bills were.dis loosed of at tbe*present session/ H< would vote that ttpe ainendiig'nt of t In ■conimittcedn appropriations, in accord anee wmi Senate precedents, was in order. . . - Senator Vixirhees, Hemocrnt, of In ernment by $G(i,00(l,tl(M), withopt tak- , 'diana, ebairmon of the finance commit t*x*, said hetheld now, as he did when -the*repeatbtltAvax -under discussion, tlait the Secretary of the Treasury ought to have-authority by a genera] law to issue bonds or other public sec urities with the proceeds of which to meet current exjwfises in -the event of a failure of sufficient revenue from other sources. - * • - oiman. the author of the tynendmeul. >se to'will id raw it and said i ‘.The ATler fiirtTier disibisSurii Ken;ifbr Gorman rose members of the committee on appro priations were aware of the fact that attempts made in both branches to dis pose of this financial question have all resulted in no legislation whatever. Having been compelled to ascertain as ‘■eM we could tire exact condition of the treasury., and having Liken into THE BRITISH BIMETTALISTS GAIN UNEXPECTED SUCCESS. NO. 26. A Motion, foiMtliring Willi (Irrinan un«i Krt-nrli .iliniatiillio View*. I'omhCh Com- inun*—An International Monetary Con- greatest trading and monetaty centre of the world were bound up in the soundness of her. currency and it ought to lie borne in mind that Kng- ’ nd conducted her tnule ujxm rela- ely the smallest- basis of any coun try. She did so because she bad the idit (“1 tear, hear,Zl THE STATE CAPITAL. ferenrr AiwUred. * Iainuon. Feb.:27r lu the Hou«e trf ^oliov^wh^m^ifttioiui had MUid Commons vesterdaTr Hobiwt L. Ever f - plough Jiopmg little fronuan m xt. tiir ap Wt uc»‘d the _ _ the House re gards 'with im’feasiugGftpprehcrtsion, the constant lliictuution and growi;ig diverge lice of values-of gold ^md sil ver and heartily concurs' iu the recent expressionsWfopinion of the •go^ern- .ments of France'md Germany in re gaixl to the serious evils arising there from.” ' J - .Speaking to tlie motion, Mr.,; Ever ett appeale<l to Sir William Harcourt to gTvo hcpd to the i-eal position of the question,put aside theorizing and ojx'n li-is eyes-to the enornious revolution of Ihe values which lias not been brought about by natural causes, but by legis lation. -He expressed the hope that the.government would co-operate.with the other powers in mi effort to brinif hack a happier state of things which existed when the two metals suxid upon a eiimmori ratio. '* rbiglnnd, Mr. Everett said, was rich, hut tluil was i io reason why she should unjustly increase the burden of other statis. Surely, lie said she was not interested in the bankruptcy of other nations w bicli were owing her money but that was exactly what was going >n and what would continue unless arnatibimf fuOnetarv nonference, in- to elii'x'k it. argent cm leaving the international consider ation for the national aspect of the question, he contended that there ought to be continuity of the currency • a^ vra * • V a v » vj ^ aaa asmuch.as a motion had been brought forward on common grounds declar ing that evils existed which the gov ernment admitted, and as he had only been invited t>o co-Ofx‘rate with the powers on the subject, ho bad decided not to oppose the resolution. (Cheers.! 'Flie parliamentary bimetalist com mittee, immediately after Sir William Harcourt bad announced his accept ance of Mr. Everett’s motion, tele graphed to the Heflin Bimetal ist Holienlohe, the German Chancellor, ie exixxlicncy of opening negotia tions for a monetary conference at Berlin. The league responded with a telegram congratulating the Eiiglisb bimetalists ujxm the success of Mr. Everett’s motion. The opinion pre- vails'in tlie Tdbby TTmf aiTiiTleniattmv al conference oil the siihjix-t THE RECENT COURSE OF EVENTS, POLITICALLY AND OTHERWISE. How OlflVrent IVoplr tl»#' Dlliferfiii The assistant marshals will be S. F. Parrott, of Darlington, and R. E. Tur- nipseixl, of Richland, from the Eunhra- ilian S<x;iety, and C. G. Sayre ana W. 1. Shonird, Ixith of Anderson, from the ('lariowqihic Society. ' rMifirrrATr to holmibs. Ht* \ i rlou* Xlm cmanli—-IWa^ Naw» «f O.-nrr- al liilrrvut. erat revoked geoeptl order No. Sand C’nt.rMmx, March f: Special: This tRiVe the vaHbusixmmiands more time has been a week of. discussion among those who take an interest in matters political. Hist week was fairly crowd ed with thingMalxmt which |x‘opIe had exercised themselvea—that is, jxxipie who take an interest in jxilities. The statement of Senator Tillman lilxiut the plan of an equal division- in the jypflHtituiipual Gonvcntlonj- was ny c**ive«l with genuine surprise. . Its proposition and its counsels, coming from the Ex Governor, have Ixxm taken as a decided change in his te.m* per and pottov. There are those who tlimh TmiP the Senator might well have'omitted some of his statements. There are others who think it would" lower portion ofTheElate, which, have is suml. T The Daily News says that it great 1 y regrets the decision of the government to accept Mr. Everett's pnqiositl in re, gard to the monetary' question. Hc- lieving that liimettalism would lie in jurious, if not fatal, to British com mereial supremacy, it cannot help fearing that the acquiescensi* of the renewal of t* have been better if the rerent “confer ees” hud united in a stateinent to tlie Democrats in Biiuth Carolina- such joint statement, it is thought, would ware-had more the ‘a]>peamnce of~uni- Uxl effort front the start, rather thanqi distinct roCogiiitiou of the factions as such. . . The npjx'.alof the (’onsiTyatiye com mittee, beaded by Mr. Tl.omas M. ItaysorofOraugebuTg. is especially <*ornmended for its calmnessand clear ness. and it lias snuxitlied away some of tbe irritation left by some of Hena tor Tillman’s statements. The sells' ^ general ia* issued the following order: "On account of the recent bad wea ther, the Adjutant and Insjiector Gen- ked i to complete thru en hutment. But now, feeling that all commands have had iduuty of time to decide what course they intend to pursue, it is hereby or dered that anil commands desiring to enlist in obedience to the temui of tbe act to “revise and amend the militia laws of the State” must send in their enlistment rolls on ofbeforthe 10th day of Maivli, proximo, or they will no longer lie considered a part of tlie militia of -the State and wilkbe dis banded. “Tlie Adjutant and Inspector Gen- inu Inspect eraT, in accordance with the request of the vafoius cavalry commands in the already enlisted desires their inspec tion at an early ilate, so ax not to inter- ferv with their farming operation*. The general order for inspection can not lie issued until all the enusmenl rolls have lxx-n syit in, and feeling that it is an injustice to those who have enlisted'so promptly to keep them wailing on those who hxve been either negligent or indifferent, the above or der will be strictly enforced.” INTRUEsTINO TO VETERANS. The following general order will be found of interest to the Confederate *cteraus throughout the State: J 1 I I ■ h ft« t / , »»L1 l l 1 4 1, > M - . 1 « irft f V Midquart^in N>uTtrCiiro 1 Hia Division jection to having the silver seignio rage in the treasury coined to meet the deficiency .senabir Gorman: “l trust we will be able to settle thiaqueaUoii in .a pro-. ]ier way, and 1 a]>pcal to Senators to abandon, for tiie tim«i being. '..1! the tlieork-s and ideas as to currency and simply to provide certificates of m debtedness, mleetnable within two years at the option of the Government being the only thing that we can do in tlie .expiring hours of Congress so ■ * I rt * * - O as to prevent t!ie sale of long bonds.'’ Senator George: “It seems bad econ omv to borrow money wlieu we have it in the treasury if w i *vill only coin it." : • Seuutor Gouiiisn 'declined to go into that question. He assorted if there, had been a surplus in the treasury within the last twenty-live months all the gold needed could have be^i jiro cun*d by the sale of greenbacks or treasury notes vvilliauf. any issue of. bonds. Senator < lorman gavfe a grapli- ic description of the Way in which, in the beginning -of Miv- Cleveland’s first"Xdnunistnillon. »Mr. Manning, the- Uten SecreUry otibe Treai-ur y ,1 ut4 could lx^ come to atonce, but the com* mittee on.appropriations had request ed him to state frankly, without re fin-ting on anylxxly, what the neces sities of the case were. This was the question before the Senate. Tlie ques tion was, "Is the- treasury in such a condition that it can meet the wants uf the Government under present law: ■\ re tlm-remniues «»f the Gov*h»hment up to this hour (under our revenue laws, sullieieut to meet tlie annual ap» prqu tations made by Congress and the permanent approprihtimfs?' If it sliull appear from the official reports o/ the ys-asury that we have appro,- l>riated :uon'money than tlie receipts, then 1 will .submit to the Senate that we cannot afford to adjourn until pro Vision shall be made to meet that de ficiem y unless Congress desires the issue of l jx-r cent, bonds running thirty years or 5 per cent. Ixmds run ning ten years, to he sold to meet it." Senator (tornian said that the answer made by the Secretary of the Treasury to U w- resoln tum fff^t be-Senate tas to the coiulition of the treasu^i was on iLs face misleading. It had lieen got »-opJ>y clerks and bookkeejH'rs. and had not liad the close inspection of the Secretary. From that answerr Senator Gorrrran said one might draw the eon- clusion tliat tpere was a sutlieient nmounf provided to meet the demands of tic* treasury. He would, however, give t>i the Senate the exact condition of the treasury. There was in the treasury, he said, on the 1st of July, 1890, *,89.9113,101. Between that time and the 31st of December, 1894' the treasury receipts (except from bond si were $J .590,480,1565. The exjxuulitures during the same period (that is. the jiayments out of the treasury) bad lieen 1,737,290,51)0. showing that the expenditures hail lx?cn $4(5,000,000 more than tbe receipts. “Ho'w was the deficiency made up :" a Senator asked. v- * ■— "From tbe proceeds of the sale of bonds." Senator Gorman answered. “Now the question arises whether thht condition of affairs will continue from now on during the next year. The Secretary of the Treasury," Sena tor Gorman continued, “in his answer to the Senate has said tliat during this calendar year 1895 be will have reve- p-ue'enough to meet tin* expenditures jof the Government. That is mislead ing. 1 shall dempnstaate, 1 think. that the Secretary of the Treasury is entirely mistaken in tliat statement and with all the revenues’lie will get this year he will have a deficiency of over $30,000,000 for the calendar Year and »’deficiency of $(!0,-000,000 for the fiscal \ear ending June 30, 1895. It is not wise for Congress to adjourn leav ing the treasury department with the open declaration made by the Presi- deiitof Hie United States Unit in an emergency he will continue to- sell bonds. "That is too expensive. It is got Tlie upjier hand of the bankers who were making a corner in gold. “Why'nof lead them in the same way now:" Senator George asked. “< >h, Mr. President." Senator Gor man remarked, “the Senator should not put such ii question to me. 1 am dealing withfthe condition as it stands now. You have no money in the treasury now as you, had then. Sec retary Carlisle catne into tli#<lepart- ment stxippeil of theqxiwei 1 wbieli Ms*- swim, we Believe it to lx* our highest duty to give theSo>iatoth<* opportunity to d< ti rmiiie whetlier additional jiotv •yssjiould lie given tothe Secretary of (he Treasury to meet the deficiency, l! is evident from the course 'of tlie debate to day and from the remarks that have been made by Senators on this side t»f the chamber, and Who, 1 take it, $poke after consultation else-, where, flint is not desired. »Ve are confronted with the* statement made by tbe distinguished chairman of the finance committee, (Senator Vixirhees,) whose judgment is that ad ditional proviskm.'for the treasury is not necessary. StatenVnts have been made by other Senators that they will ]x*rsist in discussing tlie entire tinan cial programme, which discussion might not end before the 4thof March. With the sudden conversion . which appear to have taken place, as sudden as those we read of in sacred history ami which amaze some of tis on this- side of the chamlier, we have lost tin miettnug w av uone to cl Right Hon. Henry Chaplin (Consef vativei in seconding tlie motion, said that tie* gOvermrient had aimed blow after blow nt silver: and closed the mints of India, (h'jiriving silver of its last great market and aTtet wards had imposed a duly ujxm the silver im ports of India. Tie* coustunt Ituctua tions of the metal, ho'declared, wen s active support are left to deal iilniie.—All—this if these gentlemen and with the makes it question- necessary (hat look the facts plainly in tlie lace* Beyond this bill stand the IcgislrttiTP appmuttalion hill, the naval appro]iria- the general deficiency tion IniT. the general deficiency bill In view of the detertfiination of Sena tors on both sides and with a view t<> facilitate tlie business of the session I am instructed by (heeommittee on ap propriations. not changing our views as to the neceseitv of the amendment to'withdraw it.’ Senator Allison said that he concur rial, in Ihe action of the—Scnap.ui..f.roiu Manning bad. He tried to do H, but when he came to look at his coffers he found that he had no balance t<> iniy bis euYji'iit debts. 1 le was in tbe hands of tin* nuVney ring, lb* was In-lpb'ss. 1 want to relieve him. . and l apiicuilo Senators to give tliis an thority to issue $1(K),U(MM^)0 of curren cy so that he can say totlwse hankers: ‘ S’6u cannot ernbarnuss tlie Govern ment. Ougeredit is perfect. We liave ihe money wliieh the people will take.. I am master of the situation.’ Tlie Government of the United States should not be at tbe mercy of the money kings." - — — - Senator Yoorhees, Democrat, of In diana, chairman of the finance com anittee. recalled Mr Carlisle's statement tliat lie thought the Secretary of^the Treasury should have authority to issue Government certificates in case of deticinecy, hut that he would not exercise that power now if given to him, because it was not necessary. Senator Yoorhees also referred to the President’s statements as to there being a “comfortable balance in the treasury’ and said that the President was not “hankering" after the proposed leg islation.. J. _ Sehatpr Gorman argued that Con gress ought to say to the President that having given him authority to issue certificates of indebtedness, he should not sell long Ixmds. and that if he did the people of the country would not sustain him But if Congress failed h> give the President that -authority lib* liad said tliat the “would continue the same course, and Congress eoul,d not complain of the rif President here afterif there was a fail ure on its part here and pcVw. "S$enat- ors.fhi* continued, “who are on i rib re intimate terms \vith the President than I am may have some intimation -that this proposition is distasteful to him : but that would not control me, because my view is tliai I must represent the interest of the people of the country as I understand it. I would not desire . piling up a public debt in a form that is kdistasteful to to the people of this eoun try. I do not criticise the President for his action in the pasL If Congress refuses or fails to provide sufficient money otherwise then, .under the con struction of the law given by the treas ury department and the President, (which construction, I Brink, is not warranted,) the responsibility will be upon us. *1 want to have that policy changed. I want to make provision to force ori'a co-ordinate branch of the Government any jifiwer. which it did not want, unless in my judgement that power was* absolutely .necessary to protect the taxpayers. 1 cannot with my views'permit this session to close without making an effort to give the Presidents such power as will avoid a repetition of the sale of long Ixmds. There is no reflection on the President iii any ^imposition which I make. Them is no reflection on the Secretary, of the Theusury, whom I admire. But 'if this proposition is-to be defeated and if we-are to run th? risk of sus pending works of public? enterprise, tliat responsibility must be accepted, " Senator Mills said that there could be no question of a treasury deficiency when there was $55,000,000 of silver in the treasury belonging to the Gov- emmentwith authority tothe Secret ary of the Treasury to coin it and pay it out in his disbursements. He con- domed the issue of bonds as a reversal Maryland.- The Gorman amendment was thereupon withdrawn. Senator Mills, Democrat, of Texas; offered an amendment repealing all la\vs fhat authorize thu Secretary of the Treasury to -seli United Stab's londs for any purpose whatever. A point of order was made by Si\na tor Aldrich. Republican of Kinxh* Is land, and was sustained by the Vice President. So Senator MillsY.amf nd- ment was excluded. Senator Mills admitted that the rul ing of the Chair was correct: hut the time would come, he said, and come beflimbing, when the-qtrestion would lx* presented in such a way that it would not go out on a point of order. A Religion* Riot. Savannah, Feb. 2*5.—Sannull es caped a riot tonight through the in tervention of the millitary. The trouble was precipitated bv ex-Priest Jos. Slattery’s lecture.on tbe Roman Catholic Priesthood. For several days efforts have been made by members of the Ancideut < )rder of Hibernians to revoke the ex-priest's permit to deliver the lecture, but the mayor, ujxm legal advice, replied that it uopld not lx* ren l done. • Tliereats' Were openly made agast tbe lecture and the chief of police, and a detail of officers were ordered on duty at the hull when the lecture was to be delivered. The lecture con tained noetfensive language, but the crowd which had gathered on the out side began to hurl stones through tin windows and among the audience. The police ordered the crowd to dis perse. It refused to do so aiul kept shouting anti jeering. The mayor was notifyed* and aftyr a consultation with the chief of police, decider to of der iut the military. The riot alarm was sent in, and in half an hour eight companies of infantry and a troop- of cavalry, dismounted, were on the scene. The lecture was over by the time the military arrived, and most of the' audience had left the hall. A detail of mounted police stood guard at the entrance. The crowd pumliered 2,BOO by tliis time, largely stectators. A poriion of it kept yelling and hurl ing bricks at the windows of the hall where there ex-priest was. A fe%V shots were fired in the air by the rioY but no one was hurt. The electric directly traceable to the monetary llfw of England. He charged Sir William Harcourt with having misjudged the views of France and Germany on the question and predicted that although tlie opposition to bimettalism was now bitter, that systenf would at no distant date be victorious because it had upon its side experience, justice and seten titie truth. Sir William Harcourt said he had never denied the existence of evil in consequence of* the growing diver genre of the values of gold and silver. When other countries hail desired monetary coufercnca, tha government had iqot refused to join. The last con 5* re nee at Brussels had shown that a majority of the European countries declared in favor of a monomrtullie eurrv-ncy .- -Hr-riid not think tl^at G many hadcliangod her iipIriTon. When tions from which mi useful result can lx* ex|x*cted, and Which tnay stimulate and encourage a fallacious and perni cious . movement. Nevertheless, the News rejoices that Sir William liar court made it plain that the cabinet adheres to tlie settled financial |xiliey of the United Kingdom. The. Standard says: We are* absolute ly bound not to swerve from the gold standard, nor can we afford to give the smallest color to the supposition that we are likely to relax the wlmle- some rigidity of this rule. But as far as can lx: accomplished without the impairment of this principle, it is ur gently to our interest to promote steadiness in the comparative value of the two metals. Sir William Har court, therefore, wisely spoke in sym nathy with the projected conference. Nothing is likely to result from it,, hut it would have been ungracious and impolitic to exclude any suggestion ofieriiig tbe faintest glimmer of hope. Terrilile .Hina lllHuntrr. — CKRWUjtiH, N. M., Feb. 27.—A di ustrous luiimig accident was ngxirted from Wtiite Ash, three miles from Imre,This afternoon. At 4 p. in., eleven of tlie Conservative participants in tin conference was peculiarly a g<*od one. Mr. Jiavsor commands, in a ■‘very high degree, the confidence of tlie Conrerv ativesof whatever kIumIo -of opinion The address is itself stamped with the calmness of statement, coupled with •(xiluess of judgment, w hich eontribu- ted, in the past, to make Mr. Ruysor mo of the most respected and most in fluential members of the House. The letter of Chairman Irby is um- vensally regarded an emanation of the ill U*m|x>r of an aspirant who frelk that he has been ignored when he should have been recognized and eon suited. Opinions greatly differ as to he extent to which Chairman Irby's views arill be a * _ by the Reform ers. On -this point,' everybody is awaiting results. The declannLjyn of the “Forty" of their pur|xiseTo carry out their pro gramme as originally framed, does not seem to Is* regaeded a jxisitive faction in the situation. Among the ‘Forty" are some Reformers whose course has commanded the positive ipprnval nf llu*. -Ciinservalivea,ami a proposal from (termany or any other country reaehetT the government, it, would lx* time enough to consider the question of England's joining in another conference, „ A misconception, he snid, existed in regard to the cause of the failure o:' the Brussels conference. "The 'govern ment of the United States, in propos ing that international conference, ex prrxrerf-n widr that-it-bc held- view To establishing-tRFrafio oT vaF Ixxlies had lx*en taken out. Tlieaeei dent occurred this morning in the mines of the Santa Fe Company. It was caused by an explosion. At that hour, the employes at the entrance to the mine heard a terrific roar, followed by the ground trembling. A dense volume of 1 '- smoke poured from the eurtance, making it impossible to en ter until it had partially cleared. The first Ixaly recovered was that of a dri ver, who wasYtear the riioutK ues of gold and silver by the leading ( liitlL ' * L I 11 ICl M \ rKltmtlvl.* WIUI ■ present monetary system, and did i intend to after it. (“Hear, hear!’’) ers, lights around the hall were broken by missiles, and for a time the neighbor- las xl was in darkness. After the mil itary arirved oii the scene there was comparative quiet. The streets were cleared for a block in every direction and the troops remained on guard un til tbe disturbance had subsided, when the lecturer was brought out of the hall and escorted by a squad of twenty police, surrounded by-two battalions of soldiers, walked to his hotel. The crowd followed and jeered along the streets, but there was no attempt at an open attack. Half an hour after, the ex-priest’s wife was escorted from the hall to the hotel by a squad of police. nations by means of the. free coinage of slUer in their respective mints. England, he said, could not accept an iuvnation couched in such terms, am could not enter into a matter whir) impeached the first principles of Eng hind's currency: ('“Hear, near!") The United States government thereujion proposed tlntelhe conference consider what measures; 1^ any, could be taken to increase the use of silver in the cur rency system of the nations. When the conference met, a representative of the United States proposed a gen eral resolution.that in the opionion of the conference it was desirablfc that a method should lie found which would increase the use of silver. This reso lution was supported by the British delegates It had been alleged that the failure of the conference was due to a premature declaration on the part of Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, a Brit ish delegate, against bimeUalism. This statement was absolutely unfounded, ft was a German delegat* who' made the first declaration "of tlie kind, say ing that Germany tvas satisfied with her not He also said that Germany recog nized the fact that the continual oar il lations of silver values were regreta- ble from an economical standpoint and it was therefore desirable that the question should be considered. The representatives of France and the other powers were not so directly op posed to tbe question; but were rather disposed to criticize than to co operate, so tho United States delegate's resolu tion had to Ixi abandoned. After this, Mr. Alfrd Rotsrhild; a British dele gate, bad made a practical proposal for the enlargement of the use of sil ver, and this was defeated by the ac tion of Russian delegates and the Lat in Union. It was clear therefore that as far as the objects of the United States we He npt concerned, n<> blame could be at tached to the British delegates for tjie negative results reached. Recurring to the possible action of Germany in promoting another conference. Har court said the government had receiv ed no official communication on the subject but he had no hesitation in saying that as far as he—dt-mistHf was responsible such a communication would be met in tlje same the proposal of'the United States was received. (“Hear, hear!”) To concur in proposals to copfer upon subjects of common interest was what belonged to international cour tesy. He would suggest that if another conference were held it should be un derstood that it was not for mere acad emic discussion, but that the delegates ought to lie empowered to make defi nite proposals embodying their views. The respective ministers fully recog nized the magnitude of the problems. The interest of the country as the the explosion tixik place. Judging* f, from his fate’there is little hope for an v l... 1 f a l, „ * in ^the mine. Over half of the men employed in the mine have families and they are gathered around the mouth of the fiiine hi dire distress. The first intimation of thedisaster was ■ miifiled roar and clouds of smoke i dust-rolling from the mouth of the Nearly 200 men are employed mine. in the mine, 'but- only fifty were at work when the explosion occurred. Only eleven of them escaped alive and some of them may die ye*r Twenty- eight dead Ixxlies have been taken from the mines and it is doubtful if those remaining are alive. Ralavs of men have been working heroically all day to reach those whoarestUI imprisoned in the mine, hut little progress can lie made on account of the gas, which fx*rmeates every shaft and overpowers the workers iu n short time. Up to 4 o'clock those on the inside could lie heard frying to"work their way out from the cave-in, but as nothing has lx‘en heard since then, the imprisoiud men iu alLprohahilitv have succumbed to the deadly ga-s. Tlie scene at the shaft after the explosion was heart rending. Men cursed, while women cried and prayed for their fathers, bus hands and brothers, jyho were entom bed alive or brought up dead. Ota woman, supposing her husband to have been killed, tried to commit sui cid'e by Throwing herself in frorit of n moving train. Her husband was af terward rescued alive and the reaction from insane grief to delirious joy was nearly fatal. The mine was known to be badly ventilated and full of bat ai.-and gas, and a catastrophe of tins kind bus been frequently predicted. A bill was introduced in the New Mexico Ijegvlature this aftermxm to appntpri ate $5,000 for the relief of the widows anil- orphans. It will probably pass. The cause of the explosion is not ye kndwn and the facts are hard Pi get All the efforts of men in the vicinity are being put forth to liberate those imprisoned in the mine. United Confederate Veterans, Green ville. S. C.. Feb. 2(5, 1895. General orders. No. 10. . In compliance,, vyith orders from Uieutenant General Stephen D. Lee, commanding department east of the Mississippi, U. (\ V., Commandants of.camps throughout this division will inunediately.report to these headqnar- ' ters the names and ■ numbers of their respective camps together with the names of their commandants adju- ' tants and the number of veterans up- — on their rolls. T" Bv order of S. 8. Crittenden, Major General South Carolina Di vision l nited Confederate Veterans. . Jas. €h Hawthorne,--—•— ■ Adjiltant General. who are believed to be actuated by the at work on. desire to bring ixiaec. to Iheqxiophi, It 1 GENERAL NEWS NOTES. It is announced that Ex-Commis- stoner Tra.xler has been appointed so- iciting agent of the Darlington Phos- ihate Company. Mr. Trailer will be gin work just as soon a* he finishes ip in Columbia. -Mf: W. W. Bcniggs, who has been- is thought that, whatever the details of the plan which shall lx; adopted, the “Forty” will assist in a reconcilia tion. Their convention on the 19th is anticipated with much interest. We glial 1 geo What we shall.see. COEDUCATION OK THE HKXKS. Dr, Wm. K. Atkinson, the president of the South Carolina College for Wo men, thinks that the advocates of the lugluj £dueaiiuuJi*i;yi >nng women are. reeat ly indebted To Governor Evans or securing to the young women of was at Work this week gettifig looks in shape in order that they might he sent out. The books have all aeen received and are in very good sliape. The Ixmrd of control think that everything can now be kept in much better shape. Crand Chancellor Bacon of the vnights of Pythias, writes that he has just granted dispensations for the in- aLUitiou uf three mom lodges of his * rj>ri»iiiK in Culm. Jacksonville, Fla., March 1. —A special to the Times-U/iion from Port Tampa, Fla., says: —‘The steamship Miisotte arrived bore Yesterday from Havana bringing CuIk.h advices up to - Thursday. The„preRs n*ix>rts of an insurm'tionary‘'movement on the is manner as land arelainfirmed. Tlie daily |).:|s rs of Havana are devoting small space to the uprising and seem to consider it of no import^mee, but these papersarefor the most part under government con trol. From these pa|x;rs. it appears that there have been*uprisiugs in*' the- province of Matanzas and Sandiego De Cuba, and conflicts have <xx*umxl be tween the government fbreesand bunds of insurgents in which one or two men have been killed and several wounded. The insurgents seem to move about in small bands, comported of fifty to 100 men. the State the advahtagec of education it the South Cai'olinaCoIteges hitherto ■njoyed exclusively by voting men. When Senator Governor k\ans-intro- luced and champioueil a bttl,' two years ago, too|M-u the College- to young women u|>on the same tennis as to young men. t)p|x*nent.s pf the meas ure so far defeated it as to o|x*n only the Junior and Senior classes to those young women who could pass Ihe or deal of tlie'matriculation examina tions. Senator Evans con tended earn estly against such limitations, and sought to have the South Carolina CoT lege At once put fully ^breast of some of the first colleges-qn Eurofx*. and America. By the last l^egisluture ev cry such restriction was removed, and the unsurpassid advalttaga > of the South Carolina College, at a’timi when it has attained its highest stand aid of excellence, am open alike to young women and young men. * Then-are already a numlxre of young ladies attending the lecturea-of one of the professors, and fheir presence in the recitation room with young gentle men excites no more comment or makes no more of a sensation than their coatteudanee at an opera, ‘or a concert, or u |xqiular lecture. Our smymer institutes throughout the State, especially at the South Carolina College, during the past summer, hav prepared the way for the chalnge, and »he results of these hrief experiments of coeducation nuike one wonder why any objection was ever raised against it. The presiden( and professors o ' the Collegi- approve of the Innovation, and are* willing to do all they can to encourage the attendance of such young wqmen as && in earnest in six:k ing the higher education. * THE COLLEGE SOCIETIES. At a joint assembly of the Kuplira dian and Clariosophicliterary,societies at the South Carolina College on Sat urday night, Mr. H. L. Spahr, oi' (>rangeburg, was elected editor-in-chief of the College Journal. The assistant editors elected were as follows: From the EuphradTan Society. Messrs. II. A Moses, of Sumter; E. W. ^Wilson, O:’ Richland, and S. F. Parrott, rif Dari ingtori. From the Clariosophic, I. J MeSwain, of Eiurens, and James Ver ner and F. N. Edmunds, of Richland The college is to hold an oratoricB contest Tor tin- purpose of selecting a man to send on'to t^e University o:' Virginia to represent this State in the 'Southern oratorical contest. These who Will participate in the contest wore selected on Saturday evening, as fol lows: Chiriosophics—II. L. Spahar ami L M. Haselden.— j’ ■ *>. Euphradians—W. Ragsdale and J B. Game. w When the contest comes off. Mr. G K. Laney, of Chesterfield, will be the pre-siding oflicer, and^ Mr. 1. 11. Lor re-nze, of Aiken, the chief marshal the system of bookkeeping that is to be used by the dispensary, retting the irder in the State, at Chester, Elloree, and Isike City. This will send the was par- number of lodgesin South Carolina up to about eighty with a membership of about 5,000. ” ~ * The many friends in Columbia of ex-Seeretary of State J. K. Tindak/will ‘earn with r»-greet of the burning of tint gentleman’s residence in Churn- don county, which occurred at about 1 o’clock Sunday morning last. The fire is supjxised to have been of incen diary origin. A portion of the furni ture was saved. The house tially covered by insurance. The opera house, Monday night, was crowded with a fashionable audi ence gathered to see Mile. Rhea in The Parisians.” The star fully sus tained her reputation. Everybody was delighted. The entertainment of the local ama-‘ teurs in the opera house on Tuesday night was a great success. The fund realized, for the poor of the city, was piite up to expectations, the net profit being-over $75. • The Electric Railway Company has ""I A gotten permission from theCitV cil to complete its proposed belt Company 1 he CitV Coun t-line— 5 to encircle the city through Elmwood avenue on the north, Gervais street on the south, the extreme city limit on the east and the river on the west. ’ President Marshall will push the work with his accustomed energy—assuring its Completion by the first week in Ap ril. Capt. Lawson D. Melton contradicts the statement that he has abandoned Ids contest for tlie seat of Mr. Stan- yarne Wilson of S|>artanburg, the Congressman-elect from tlie fourth district. Tlie coming of Lent, which com- mended on the 27th, (Ash Wednesday) will quiet things in tho stxrial world. Active steps have already been tak en by the officials of Allen UniversUa (for ceflrired students) to rebuild me houses recently destroyed by tire. We have liad genuine Columbia weather this week—almost springlike. A 4# / - - - — — % rhyntelan Shut. Raleigh, N. C.. Feb. 28.—A special to the News and Observer from Lex ington, N. C., says: Dr. R. L Payne, one of the oldest and best known phy sicians of Lexington, was shot and killed at 1:3(5 Monday by Baxter Shem- well, a young, buisness man of that place. The bijling was the result of had feeling existing between the par ties named. Shemwell is now in jail, rind his- wife, who ia almost crazed v with grief. Dr. Payne was a very E romiuent physician and much loved ere. The whole town and county are much shocked by the s*d affair. Feeling runs high, and there is some talk of summary punishment, and were it not for Shemwell's family and prominent folk, Lexington might nave been the scene of another lynch- bg.