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I | Published Every Thursday, by H JFRB bHRAliD PUB CO., Conway, S, O. A TERRIFIC STORM. CITY OF Sl'MTEK SW1CFT IIY A CYCLONIC. One Life Lost and Property ltadl\ Damaged. Sumteii. March 2il.- At .'h'10 this afternoon a cyclone a<'coinpanied by rain and hail, struck this town, killing one and injuring several persons, and causing a considerable loss lv? property. onoruy alter ! o clock the wind freshened from the southwest, and soon angry clouds came swooping down upon the city shrouding everything in semi-darkness. A calm, however, followed the first burst of the storm, and just when the danger seemed past the wind began to whistle and whirl for the second time. To the initiated these signs were understood, and the town soon received such a cyclone as this section has not known in many years. Every house was shaken to its foundation; roofs were carried whirling away; fences were demol ished, trees uprooted and the streets swept clear of signs. And all this in a minute, amid a din that was awf ?1. lnda Richardson, colored, killed by a falling house, and two men (names as yet unknown) injured at 1 lie Hutnwville depot by a falling t roe. TilK 8TOKM I X COM* M IUA. Com m iiia, March 22.- The gale that prevailed here all day grow more furious this evening, when rain he gun to fall in torrents. There was every prospect of a violent storm, but in two hours the fury of the elements was spent. Some damage was done throughout the city. Telegraph poles near the Episcopal church were blown down, falling on the electric light wires and cutting off the circuit. To-night all streets souin ol Waril 2, except Main, are wrapjHid in darkness. The most serious damage so far reported is tiie wreck of the ventilating roof 011 the new stone building at the penitentiary. This roof, an immense cupola-like structure, 155 by 10 feet, was hurled to the ground and splintered. The damage is about $500. The plate glass window at McKay's grocery was shattered by the wind. Douglass McKay attempted to dislodge a large fragment that had caught in a curtain, when it fell, striking his left hand, and severing the arteries of lie thumb, which bled profusely. The wound was an ugly gash, that will disable the hand foi some time, and was so painful that McKay was carried home. a railroad i.riduk flox k. Peak, Lexington Co., March ?2. ?A severe storm passed a few miles above here, this evening. The railroad bridge across Broad river at Nhelton, on the Spartanburg railroad, is blown away. The down freight 011 that road was caught in the storm at Dawkens and the car 1111 roofed. The wires are down and particulars can't he ascertained j. i>. o'e iiuildings wrecked at fisi1inc creek. Lancaster, March 22.?Then was a severe cloud hurst in Chestei county to-day, near the Fishing ('reek factory. One store near the factory and two at Kdgemoore are complete wrecks. Not a house has been left standing em Sidney Robinson's place. On Crexskctts place several houses were blown down, and one person's leg was broken. i>. a. g. e>. Blackstock, March 22.- A severe storm struck this town this evening at 3 o'clock, and lasted about fifteen minutes. 'The academy was completely demolished and several housci unroofed. Some negro houses were blown, and one woman was seriously hurt and several children sustaiuee injuries. Torn and twisted treel mark tho path of the storm, anel h is feared great damage has be?cn elom in the country, which is unheare from. r. k. n. TAKING wires from the track Kinosvillk, March 22?A severe storm has passed over here to day. The wires are all down he tween here and Camden. The Cam den train was delayed this aftemooi 1?V llftvinn Oi oO... 1 ..j ,.n. .ii^ iv nvj) phtl jll iiiiics sdk take the wires off tin* track. Th< reports from the surrounding conn try are indefinite, but it. is bclieve< that u great deal of damage has beci done by the storm. >i. jr. a. manning oct off. Manning, March 22.?A seven storm is raging above lie re. Th< wires from Sumter have fallen am 110 communication can be had fron points above, The storm lias no i>cen severe around this place, l>u an ugly wind has been blowing al day. m. ii. .1. l FlorBNCk, Murch 22.?There has been a severe storm raging above this place. No definite reports can be received, since the telegraphic communication above here is cnt off. W e have felt the ragged edge of the of the storm, but not severely. .1. 11. w. tiik storm at i'ort mo it i'.. oranokiiri <{, March 2 1. It irej>orted that a cyclone storm pa sod over Fort Motto this evening. S \ oral houses are reported to have been unroofed, but there was no lo.-? of life. Itailroad men say that the storm was general from Columbia here, but that no damage nas done elsewhere from the wind, although very heavy rains fell, which made people all along the line anticipate disaster. SKKIOt'S l>AM AUK AT SIIKI.TON. 1 MoN. March 22. The train that passes In ion, going south, about. 2 l>. m. came hack about 1 and re ported (hat the bridge ncgrois 11 road river was completely demolished by a tornado. The bridge crosses at , Shelton. The tornado struck She.lton and collapsed the store of Cros by <$; Co., and did great damage besides. It is also reported than a man was caught on the bridge when the tornado struck it, and was seriously injured. The storm also passed over Cnion 'and did damage. t. m'v. IT STUICK KHNJTIVKA Al.su. Sai.yksa, K v., March TT A tor ritic storm here today destroyed two churches and a number of otlu r buildings. Ni:\V YOKK IJKTTKIC. (Itcgulur <torrespondenee. ( New York, March Tl, 1st to. The Legislature has voted down (he proposition for ;i new Must Itiver bridge, and now comes a project of a great tunnel. This is to roach from 42nd street on the west side, cross the cit\ to the east side, and then pass under the. Mast liiver to Lon<; Island City, which is the up per part of Brooklyn. The tunnel will connect the New York Centra! with the Long Island Kailrdad. It will pass along 12nd street, 100 feet below the surface and will have i openings at Ninth, Sixth and Soci ond avenues and at the tirand Central Depot. It will he bored through 1 solid rock the entire distance, and he lined with a brick wall. A double track railroad will be laid in tin tunnel and cars with electric motors 'will boused. It will be lighted l>\ electricity, and steam fans will In I used for ventilating. Mreight traim i drawn by oidinary locomotives will run tiirougli tlu* tunnel between I midnight and 5 a. in. It will hi live miles long and built entireU a' private expense. The Chamber ol Commerce and other bodies have c i dorsed the seln'me and are a rein. I the Hoard of Aldermen to favoral ? aci ion. I N VKSTKiATlOX A SKA CM'TAIA.. The proceedings the past week o! , the Court of Inquiry at the Brook : lyn Navy yard concerning the con duct, of Commander McCalla, i I ; corvette Enterprise, have uncart hei a large number of acts which go t< ' show that life on hoard a man-of I war is not as delightful as it migh be. The main charge against tin ; Commander is that he struck one o the sailors with his sword w hile tin sailor was in irons; hut the inquir s has become more general and sever j al other complaints have been niadi ^ and several other ollicers implicated The use of lists, swords and oath i against the men seems to have beei i <piite common, one of the results he ing that more than seventy deserted 1 Men were often jml in irons ant abused for the slightest offense ant ! for no offense at all,and in fact, Me i 1 Calla is shown up as the veriest try i ant. The report of the Court's pro , J ceedings will be submitted to th . Secretary of the Navy, and it is pro P bable that MeCalla will be dismiss cd , 81.INO TIIK KI.KVATI'I) KAIl.HoADS Comptroller Myers, on behalf o the city, is about to begin sui ( against the elevated railroads for tin , | paid taxes, lie has been investiga "t ting the matter and claims that lie ' companies owe the city $200,000 , According to law, they arc compel' r ed to pay the city *> percent of tlui j net income, fort lie useof the streets It seems, however, that the Nev i i York Elevated Railway Co., whicl , | owns the Third and Ninth avenm . lines and ieases them to the Miinhat i ; mil v.o., jwiys oniv ;> per cent of tin J amount received as rent, which is i ^ | per eenl of the capital stock. Ai , | the stockholders in both eonipauie j are the same persons, it follows tha by this little trick they have savoi j $40,000 a year during the past tiv< years. The Comptroller says tha 1 if their view is correct they couh - just as well rent the two roads foi - *1.00 per year and pay the only I'm - cents, lie claims that the cfearh > provides that the city shall receive i 1 ' per cent of the net income from pas & I scngcr traflic, and if the companie; - refuse to pay lie will sua immediate 1 l.v. WASHINGTON LKTTKli. 0 (I tegular Correspondence.) e March 2 4, 1890. 1; The members of the majority o |, the Ways and Means committee an 1 leading a bard life since the prema ] lure puhlieation of their report t< 1 the House of the tariff bill. Kver 4 has Its lobbying friends cither in Washington or on route to protest. The committee room is besieged by emphatic pleaders, w ho announce that if this or the other think isn't, undone the b'epnblican party will be. The biggest how I come* frotli the New Kngland shore nn n who tin-eaten to present an enorneni petition against taking hides from the free lit. The hide men arc tptile as loud in their appeals that th y ipust be protected against foreign- competi* tion. As between the divided iiiterU?st of the men on the western far in who will be relieved of an extra tax on ready made shoes while he trudges to market with a calf's hide that will hftve to eonie into competition with the pauper hides of Kuropc, and the clashing interest of the hide men ami the shoe manufacturer, there seem- to be a chance for line ('ongiv.-ssional deliberation.' 'I'll.- pension appropriation bill, involving the expenditure of s98,f>00. 000, passed the House on Pridav. TlKTe was no ' attempt at opposition further than a few remarks ahont tlie ervinir need of reform in the Pension Pureau and a few words from \fr. Allen, mildly protesting against the growth of I lie pension system Put thero were'more political stuni|> speeches than the Mouse has heard for many a (lay. The entire <ranmI of pen-ion legislation was sounded. (Jeneral (Jrosvenor, who can' be alwnys trusted for'extremely for partisan speeches, led Oft for the I.Vpub lieans. while ("eiieral Spindla look upon himself" the (ask of' shou^mjf that the Democratic pari\ was the only and oriufinal. simon-piire. all wool friend of tin* "Soldier. I hen .u. .i.J . i i . < i ik' ur 'im1' n ? ii u 1111 < > : I 1I'c.'C. in which i combatants were Im.IIv <li !''J'IH,i (i ('! m'I'i'.l Npinnla .lost his temper, ami woiiml up In lvwlinp" a lei I er from KansiVS to the etlVt'fc t li.ii prohibit >n : ml t In- liepublican administration wei" I'.iil| uros in (hut State. W hat hearing tin.' in is -i vo Inul upon tin* pension bill ho diil not suv and i In* fpteslion is still unsolved. 'I'lir I In oe commit tee t lift itleholic lirpior traflic will favorably report :i bill pOovidin<. I'or then|p : J pointmont of live bonimi.-sioher.- by' tin' I'resident. whosbitil hohl olViec ' not loupcr than two yen'.. The bill I is rather hu/.y as In tin e\:te| ilulies ! of this commissioner, iile from in? <ptir\ into the ipaunil character of iu.t'Mnperanee. In a general way it is ashed to ascertain till, whether L or in 1 ii.'ci11pi'i'itDei i- .iii evil in (*(*ui11(.1*v," mid, . t*1 iil, how il can I''-: ' restrained. The inquiry on lv- lirst point belongs pro] rl !o i 111 ; bureau, iI' jinywl:-1 v. The second i npilrv init\' bo of some bono ; ui. | Senators Stanford and Sherman ) jostled each other in the debate on " public buildings Saturday. Sonri* a tot' Slu* rtnnu objected to giving S;iii j- Diego S:>O(>,0oo f??r a puldip build0 ing, while Davton. < >bio. onlv ashed i' for ?S 1 OO,'O0(). Sena I or Slim lord admitted i hat' I lie .building in San I)iv go won Id contain, besides (lie posts o(llro, the custom houses, internal 1 re von ac oflice and land oilier. The - Ohio Senator was. not exaetly satisj tied lait the bill \\eti| through all j the same. After occupying a large part of the lime of the Senate ever ?inee " December, the Blairtallica!ional hill 1 has been finally' buried by u vote that makes ii resurrection di'triug the present session inip6ssilde. The . Blair hill lias been a gigantic rnonu' inent to buncombe for the last eight I years. Apart from" " Senator Blair, who is a fond paWMi't to every child L? of his legclat ivo fancy, the Oil I lias had very iVw ' riemlsamong the Itepublican leaders. 11 duiihtful eon* 1 stitillioHiititv and it's unwieldy and visionary provision* long since eoni denined it. Still - o .long as there was a Democratic lion-. ;; id homo cratio President, the Senate cheer[> j fully and readily passed it. Now k that the entire administration is lie s publican the l'epublicaii Senate dis' covers a change of heart, the hill is 1 i .. i i i - ! i.i iii> >11uuIini inI*i iii mm in rigni roat secutive days spceoli, Senator Blair I i himself alone add with the i" empty bag to hold. This res! of the boys ran avVay and luft luni. The ^1 windy hill that was a good enough . measure with which to trv to charm s the neutral voters of the pooerdls" trii-ts of the South was not good to he made a law, when the time Came that the united action of the Uepiihlit an party could have made it such. Probably up one will ever take f the trouble to ascertain what the [ Blair bill Ires cost the government. - The months of more or less clofjnent :> harangues, the waste of thousands v and thousands of pages of printing', . .. taut legislation to make war for the consideration of a bill that no olio but an insane man could hare dreamed would pass, the thousand and ?nc .expenses even- days session incurs, may never be known It is the bisters of eight years of bombast Tin-: canvass coit ooykkNOIt. A Postal Ciml Itallot for till* Chief Kxenitive. Some weeks ago the News and Courier hud one thousand postal 'cards distributed throughout the State, asking for an expression of the rhiee from the people as to their next (!o\ernor. These cards wore divided among the counties in proportion to their population, and great earo was taken in their distribution to see that all shv.des of political opinion were given free expression: An effort was made to have all the cards disfributcd among representative farmers, and special care was taken to see that they were not all kept at the eonnly seats. Kvcrything \\as clone to make the result a rea' expression of the elioiec of the peoI hese cards asked for a first choice and second choice. In many instances only a first choice was given, and in a large number of cases the same name was given for both choices. In such cases the answer has printed as given. The answers are arranged by conn in.-) it 11 < I (Million DC low . I no lollowing Kiiinnian ivill jjive tlu< rosull of t ho l?allotin<r: Tlio Vole. First Soconil Choioi'. Choice, I. ('. Slicppiial 00 08 It. It. Tillman lit *27 fohii-.on Htoo>oil 58 Ct Jolm Itintton.. 80 '>7 .1. a. I ho i 85 '21 J. II. italic 21 17 I. h. OlT 10 0 .1. I). Kennedy 15 8 It. \V. I'M wards 11 15 W\ C. (Joker 11 15 \Y. A..('onrtonay II 15 .1. I\ 1 ichanhon 10 <1 W. II. Perry 10 18 Iv I.. ttt nek house 7 7 .1. < '. Celt 8 ' 0 it.*.!'. F'siltorson. i 0 5 leel sovc'rAl scirttelilV^ votes. AN i:vi:ii-riri08i:NT dan(ii<tit , if ' - Chuiruinn lloyt Warns llu1 l>cnioernts of South Carolina. 1 !<?(?.ms oi- S;ra ri: Kxk< ttiyk Com. | Cot,rMhi\, S. ('. March 14, 1800. | -(pun I he reorganization of the r.Necutive ('oniniit lee, in consequence of the resignation of its chairman, the lion, .lames K. I/.lar, it is deemed proper to issue a brief address to the Democracy of South Carolina, i n the eye' of an active and important campaign, in which questions (>!' \ilal concern to the State will I presented to the people, and in view of the stubborn fact that we are <lill confronted and menaced by the enemy from whose control the nunc \v;is redeemed 1 n 1S7'>. 'The existence of (his enemy is none the less n mutter of fact, al though as an organized and active foe to good government it is not so clearly seen as in former days. Hut the dominant party in the Federal (lovernnient, Hushed vrith its restoration to executive and legislative power, is just as determined to day as ever to wrest from our hands the control of this State, and as it loses ground in other sections of the country the necessity becomes more imperative to regain a foothold in the Southern States, where theidenticamass of ignorant voters, so long used to our disadvantage, are ready to respond to the call of their Uepuhlican loaders whenever an opportunity is given for their resuscitation as a political power. The threatened interference with the conduct of elections in sovereign States, which is being so adroitly and persistently urged at this time in the Congress of the I'nited States, makes it highly important that we shall not close our eyes to the dani it t 4J1 t % * 4 ?<?? ? *v?? "'-"t ~ I r> wi llir r'lillilllilll, III H'M NIIJUIIClv upon tho victories of the past. The numerical majority exists in South Carolina to day which made possible the oppression and misrule of the carpet bag governments, and it is only waiting a suitable opportunity to be wielded against tho intcllig< nee and the virtue of the State. Hence, it is incumbent upon us to remain watchful and vigilant, never losing sight for a moment of the overmastering necessity we are under to preserve tho unity and integrity of the Democratic party In this i Male, because its overthrow meant 1 disaster anil ruin to the highest in. terests of all the people. The Kxccutive Committee, rcoogi nizing tho fact that there are differences of opinion and to a certain e\< s to the administration of the government in this State, and believing it is conducive to a healthy public sentiment that these differences shall be freely discussed, yet, in view of the momentous issues at stake, we would appeal to all that thev shall settle such mutters strictly within the lines of our party organization, for it is vitally important to have the active exertion of every true and unselfish Democrat in preserving | that solidity wkich is essential to good government in South Carolina. I n voking the co-operation and support of every man who claims to he a Democrat in the maintenance of rightful measures for the preservation intact of our organization, the r-.M-'uuuve committee would respect* fully urge that the responsibility rests upon all to bear their share in this patriotic work, as the benefits accruing from honest jind upright government are equally shared by all. The readiness and heartiness of all classes heretofore to render faithful service in this respect is a guarantee that future exigencies and* emergencies will awaken a similar response from every true and worthy son of South ( urolina. By order of the Executive Com. \Y 11.1.11: .Ionks, .I amks A. IIoyt, Secretary. ('hairman. TIIK Sl tJA^rI't /Z/bK. The Solution Proposed by the Majority of the Ways ami Menus < 'inn 111 i 11 ee. Washington Star. The Republican member# of the ways ami means committee have ti. nallv reached an agreement upon the ' sugar schedule. They have agreed (to make raw sugar from lb Dutch standard down dutiable tit 35 per cent, ad valorem and refined sugar! above 1 ft Dutch standard dutiable tit in per cent ad valorem. This is equivalent to 50 per cent reduction on many grades of sugar and to more than 50 percent on others. The reduction will average a cut of above I 50 per cent and will reduce the revenue from $?5,000,000 to $?8,000,000. There is no provision made t for the payment of any bounty what- 1 ever. The cut in the sugar duty I which will thus he made is more than two and a half times that pro- I posed by the Mills bill, and the duty will be collected upon the value and not upon the pound as heretofore. The duty given to the refiners is only 5 per cent more than that given the raw sugar men and the classifying of raw sugar as lb or below will admit two grades of merchantable sugar lit for domestic uses. It is] hoped and believed that, this will takeaway from the refiners the power to raise the price of sugar to the consumer at will. The Republicans regard this heavy reduction of the sugar dut ies as a most generous eoncession to Western sentiment. The rate lived is lower than the rate fixed by the Senate trriff bill, and is, moreover, free from the objection raised against the Senate bill, viz: the bounty clause. The Senate hill made a reduction of 50 percent, and gave a bounty of 1 cent a pound. The action of the Republican members of the Ways and Means commit be makes a cut of oven more t ban 50 per cent and eliminates the experiment of paying a bonus to one. class of producers directly from the treasu ry. The .Medical laikc. Mod (ml Journal. At nn hour's journey from Spokane Kails is Medical Lake, in the city of Middlclmugh. Within a very short time a considerable settlement has been established on t lie borders of this lake. The town has wide streets, 1 excellent shops ami many neat dwel-, lings. The alleged curative propertics of the waters of the lake have been the incentive to this remarkable giowth. The lake cover an extent of over a thousand acres and is encircled by low wooded hills. The waters are said to hold in solution salts of sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, ningne-iuin, iron, aluminum, also sulphur and borax. A great variet\ of ailments have been reported cured bv bathing in the A V O lake, chief among them being rheumatism and certain diseases of the skim One of the properties of the water is that it forms a lather whenever it is agitated violently or rubbed quickly on the hands or the sur1 face of the body. No lish or other ".living thing can bo found within 11 those waters, and the lake itself is j # rather repulsive and muddy in appearnuce. 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