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7 r'V-i v •..•vi*.’- A \ fcb eekly Ledger. VOL. I, NO. l(i. (iAFFNKY CFI’Y, S. ( ., 4FNK I, 181)4. 81.50 A YEA 1L TO CHECK MR. CARLISLE. A WOMAN DROWNED. an UNUSUAL PROCEEDING. A THRONG IN ANOTHER BOND ISSUE WILL MEET RESISTANCE. A Joint Resolution Prepared—Mr. Bai ley Is Also Ready to Spring His Former Resolution Of the Secretary’s Authority. Washington, May 31.—The freo sil- T«r Democrats and the Populists are getting ready for a vigorous protest when Secretary Carlisle offers more bonds for sale, as he will have to do in A few weeks. Mr. Tttll*ert has prepared • joint resolution which reads: “The secretary of the treasury is here by enjoined from a further issue of bonds, and all laws and parts ot laws whatsoever on the statute boo'ts or in appropriation hills giving him authority to do so, either directly, hy implication, inference or otherwise, are hereby re pealed." Coupled with this is the following mandate: “The secretary of the treasury is here by directed, in order to meet th • pres ent pressing need of the treasury for money, to at once coin the silver seign iorage in the treasury and turn it into available treasury cash.” Representative Bailey, of Texas, will also again bring forward his resolution questioning Secretary Carlisle's author ity to issue bonds to meet current ex penses in case another bond Issue is de termined on. The Bailey resolut.ou ex cited much comment when the recent issue of $.>0,000,000 bonds was made, but failed to have any effect in check ing the issue, as the bonds were on the market before Mr. Bailey w is aide to pilot his resolution through the judici ary committee and get it before the bouse. Now, however, Mr. Bailey is pre paring to move before another bond is sue is undertaken. His resolution is on the calendar* and he says he w 11 en deavor to call it up on the first in’itna- tion that official action is being taken on another sale of bonds. There have been rej>orts that the rapid disappearance of E dd would necessitate another loud sue at an early date, but Mr. Bailey will not move on these unofficial re ports. He says the resolution may be changed and s:reugtheiiud by being made a joint resolution, and he expresses confidence that Isitli the senate and house will pass it if it can bo brought to a vote. IN CONVENTION. OenraU Siiinh.y School Workers Co... Velie.l in Athuitik. Atlanta. May 31. — The Georgia State Sunday School association. 200 •tron?, compoio 1 of earnest, co serrated Mid faithful workers, is now in s vssion jn this city at the First M. tho list ffhurch. t>l>eiiiiig meeting w is an interest- ig prelude to the work ot the. ouveii- ipn. A large aniont of cnihus .i>ui was manifested, and the delegat -s seemed fo be thoroughly interested in the scope ped purjMises ot the convention. The meeting was call«-d to order by the president of the as-ociation, Mr. John M. Green. Mr. Green is o:i> of the most active Holiday school wor.cers in the country, and much of h.s time has lieen devoted to this employment, although a pro lineut and active bust- ness man wit rgo commercial inter ests in the c t . Dr. E. H. Garnett, the pastor of the First Presbyterian church, m a f'erveir and earnest prayer invoked tho bl •ss.ng of God to r st upon the convention t.. rung bout its entire session, an I to Make it a strong influence tor good in the community. BY HIS OWN CLUB, Warlag Itu-sell In KiOfirniN'il »r the Chariff of I'olltiritl €'orrii|ition. Savannah, May 31.—The T-purt of the committee appointed by President W. W. Osborne, of the Citiz •ns' club, to investigate the charges against .Mr. Waring Russell that he had attempted to barter the nomination of tic* club for the senatorship from this district to Mr. R. D. Gncrard for $ r >,<KXl, was read to the dub and was nnaniinonsly adopte 1. Itexonerat s Russell of the charge made, and also vindicates him from all charges of improper conduct. In refer ence to tfie convi rs itiou with .Mr. Giie- rani in which $5,000 was mentioned, the finding was that .Mr. Russell simply mentioned it as the probable amount that would be required to pay tln^ex- penses of Mr. Guerard’s nomination and election. The report also exonerates Mr Gue- rard from charges of any improper con duct. The report was made within the sanctum of the club. No outsiders were allowed to attend. MURDERED BY BRIGANDS. A Man anil HU t-'aiuily Mur l.-r.il Whll., CroMliiK tlte Mituutnln*. Victoria, Mexico, May 31. The au thorities of this city have received word by courier of the murder by a band of brigands of Benito Hernandez ami wife »nd three children. Hernandez is a tailor, and lived for several years at Brownsville, Texas. He and his faTmlv left Mutaiuoros a few days ago to make an overland trip to Monterey on a visit to relatives. They were crossing a low range o' mountains in the vicinity of the village of Lolchust.wlieii the brigands surprised them, and aftei killing all of the family robbed them of their effects. A few Tears ago a Mrs Rita Memliacoa and Oer two daughters were murdered at toe same sjs>t. The bandits have their rendezvous in the mountains, but their capture is almost certain. A 4 \ * Ioiiss lii Kj«ii*fi* ( *• a* Hiaa, ..u«4y 34 -gv cyclone suul to bt 200 feet wide passed over the north ern portion of the county during the night, destroying the country church and overturning th; monuments in ,e,1 “*i;:rv. so far as heard from Erthealt 18 TU ° c > , lo,1,J traveled JliHliop Duncan. <,f Spartanluug, who lias long livcil in South Cnrulinn, will preside this year over the Ken- fiieky, Louisville. Tennessee, North AluL^^iad Florida L'oiifereuccs. She Wnn Arn-Nt.ol ns a NiliilUt amt .luinpeil in tin- Itlver. London, May 31.—A Berlin dispatch reports that .V) boxes of dynamite and numerous bombs have been found in a steamer’s coal bunkers at N:. Peters burg. The residence of the Baroness Markoff was searched an 1 a list o aris tocratic woman nihili.-'s was found. A woman medical Mu lent, a siiqie t. was dragge 1 from be 1 by t ie police and taken towards tli" i>olice -t it.<>n. .^im escaped on tbe way. jmejied into the Neva and was drowm-1. All the die s at th • in:;i-rial • ourt have been disniisst-d. for a-.r tacy W'.'ii 1 poison the loud. A man n mi • i Kra- jsitkine, a relative of !\; qi.c, a well known nihilist wr.t r, has Lecii arrested. A FATAL Vv RECK. Kit'lit I Vtaoii- Et»>t 1 l»i*ir !In . \* r < «i ill V. <r ill. Miiavai km:, May 31. A M irsldi d I, Wis., dispat'di says an accident r-suit ing in the loss of eight Eves and tae in jury of 15 to ■.'<» persons, mor • or less seriously, occurred then* at 3:i5 a. in. A train on the Wi- ous n (' n r 1 r il- way went thiMUgli an oj- a switch .>u 1 was completely wr<*cki* 1. The cars af'erwar i look tin* and w r * consumed. Four persca w r • t .ik**:i from tho wreck deaii a . i Du uti: rs are missing and .snp|i*>s i to I v*- !a*.'ii caught in the mascot bio'i>ii tun <ti and consumed. Among tn - :<-il r* the engineer, fir man. irukuu.a and one one of the T\v sdy Lro'iiers. Aii 1’nKnown i Lf.xington, Ky.. .M ay 31. -Mrs. Bush Watkins was a s nibed hy a mn ro i:i one of the most prominent tlior u:*;ii- fares in the city, ua l : 11 if m.t • n for the tim *lv air v.il < s- - n s'i • would have b-eu s- vi-r. ly iiijiiie'! by tho brute. About i ]>. m. sin w is on In-r way lioiin*. an ! w !* n tur i.n ' tbe cor ner of Race .*111*1 ('ll -ana str ••t*-, w :. seized by the tar > it ii\ a m* n* m i. She scream *1. ml was thr w in tli • street by her llei at tracted th • p iii:*. i ’ii* a • i i ran. He was pur-ii- I. 1 on •••••: iii * o li- cers, andes .p*l i .n .Mrs. Watkins says-ii ■ can *. nle.itify tho man. Tld- IS'i.v i: •; us Km ly. JIo.NTGo.MKitV, .vl l., M ;V 31. i’ ary Curuiichael, a lb y ir o!d buy, Im< i e-n convicted in tiic I’m i Staa-s tout here of raising a a u v ur. r. He Ismglif an or i r fur ! > ,-nt- at Syla- cnaga a few u.i.nth a. < ■■ o: • >a, hi front of th • Kt i- • s ail * , nted it for payment :.t. t • '. iw,, cr of.i-c. The jMis'ma't *r iii -r -cu p re 1 ih • o:- di-r with lb ms i t o 1 ink. an 1. de tecting th* iorgi-i r. i an. o i i be boy's ar rest. Htt was seni : to tho Baliii iio:v ii»* * •;; • * mi. Mairitol 'Miroiijrii in *.:!.* :.i »»t. Pkim kton. Ky., I iy 3!. - .1. c. Boggs and M ss I 1 a 1 -vs ii.,v j'isf been marric l at Almu. i ii ■ marnagi* was brought a s> it tliron ;b an a Iver- tiseiueiit on tin* pa t o. ill ■ gruom for a corri spomic it ov- r a year a to. It was answered li M • K J) * is a n-si- d* id of D ee 1 ar , tin r ba I > Oil til ... the mair a e. .. . - K ys :s a dau-yir r of C. B. Key*, p.qim -r ca il.dite for hiih'iilt* < ! i»v U—itnu Pacific hotel. Ma, 51. -M. Il M, • oiiun, ; in 1 r >:;t of ;ii ■ S on h*rn !. co*. . \a ; ■ g w ;:i a man, fa an i l r .t ii.* T11 it> it. He giviu : h.s b.ogr 1; iy. He n.st. and l ives ., Wld'.W 1 ir ii at I. t I,* it.c dc. H1 1 r of ih*: United \V uric un.-n out of employment Tin- Soiit'i 1 arulin i liilitiii-y, Coi.i'MiUA, May 31. d'ho mili tary inquiry into tin- cun :et uf tin* Co- lunibia conipair- s dum g ihedisu nsary riots contiuu s. Tin- ndi- Hons are that t'apia.n Al>ton’> cump.i v, the Richinoud N'uiuut * r-. w.! 1 b* : ten**! in the service and that 'll- < i iv niur's Guards aud t’oluui ia Zouaves will bo dismiss id. < oiiiiiiUsiiincr < uiiv <;ti-<|, BiHMtNGH VM. Al l . M t y Rui.ort CharlK*n, who. for two >• r-. was fed- eral eommiss’on* r at Att iil.i, A’.a has been convietel in tin* Unit*-1 .States court of pres, nting fai ac o mt - to ttio govern tiieiif, an I sent • .ce ! ooi* ye.r'.s imprisonment. H* has appi-.d* I to the L uited State-, court and gave : «j.i 1 for $1,000, IliKitrttroiM l looiU ALroid. CaI-<TTTa, May 31. Disas'roiis lloods have caused considerable damage in the province of K ulu. The Ptinjaub river became dammed at CiiarkkupriH by a landslide, forming an immense like. Hie dam coilnp.-i-d li o ling th** country below. It is estimated that goo persons lost their liv*.-s. Arliaiisi* (lot (i«‘ii!lural SorI«»tv. Van Bi rkn, May 31. Th.* State Horticultural society convened here with a goo 1 attendance, (inly routine business was transacted. Sn (nr this season lb s i< rawfor li co inty has slop. p.*d loo cars of sin ill fruits, i.i rri.-s and vegetables. TELEGRAPH BREVITIES. The Ctneinn iti .South ru railroad has laid off r.O simp employe* m (fhaftanoo- K a * Throe htiudri-1 stri iiug ininers at Rathburn, Jcnu., hav; returned to work. Crackim iis robl»o 1 the s ifo at the Three <"s depot in Yorkville, S. ('., of 4kM v “V Holman Hin Is sfiot and killul John Montgomery in Rockwood, Tenn., over an old dispute over land. Both were prominent citiz ns. A movement is on foot to e-tablish homos at Griffin and Waycross for the old, disabled colored people of (Georgia. A board of trustees has been organized and contributions are being received. • »» • Judge l/b-r will move to ('linrles- (on. as bus lieen aiinoUj.ceil, lull >*il| make the contest for re-ideetion (o Congress from tliv .Seventh District. 1 A Wiimnn Wild Failed in Iter Divorce Salt Sim* ♦ for lit >tor« tl Fon,jiij;itl Itelntlon*. London, May 31.—The case of tho Countess Russell, who is suing her hus- ban 1 for the re-toratiou of heT conjugal rights, came up in the divorce division of the high court of justice. Since the unsuccessful suit for divorce brought hy the countess m IK'.H the couple have been living apirt. but for some reason, although it was shown in the course of the trial that the earl had outrageously maltreated her, she desires to return to him. Her application is strenuously opposed hy the earl, whose counsel contended that as the countess in petitioning for a divorce from her husband had falsely charged him with physical cruelty and offences again t decency, it would be impossible now for them to live togeth er. Therefore, he believed that the ap plication ought to lie dismissed without a hearing. The judge decided that tho action must proceed, us h** could not give judgment without knowing tho facts. FARMERS USE DYNAMITE. A Dam That Tiirii«*<l a I'looil on TliHr < rops Was Dlown I p. Mi dina, X. Y.. May 31—In order to protect their work tie* contractors on tho Toiiawundn swamp drainage im- proven nt built a large dam across Oak Orchard ere k an 1 diverted the stream through a narrow artificial channel for quite a distance. Tin* In avy rains of the past two Weeks hive tiio led the swamp and every stream Iris b icke l up all along tho cours • of th • creek. The fanners laid it tot no dam aud demanded that the contractors remove it. This could not be done without great loss, but the contractors promised to do some thing to help m lit -rs. La’er, 25 or 3o promin *ut farmers went in i body to the dam. and in spite of the protests fro n tin sn;» •rint**ii lent, proceeded to destroy the false work of the contra-tors. About -5U sticks of dy- nam te wer * placed under the dam, aud at a signal tin button was pressed and the dynamite *l:d the rest. Surne of the crowd narrowly eseipc l injury from the flying tiui 1 ts and m isoury. A SAD MISTAKE. A Negio’* I .ila! I’rank vrilli a 1'istul—Vow Hi 's <'ra%*-<l u it Ii Grief. Gi:kknvii,u:, S. ('., May 31.—Asad shooting affair took place six miles above this city, in which Mar on Lock, a 1<» year-ol l boy, received his death wound. About ii o’clock m the morn ing Mr. Lock s'-nt a negro man, Milton Join.sou, upstairs to wake his son to get ready lor breakfast, i’he n *g:'o man wok the boy. S • ;mg a revolver on the mantel, in spirit of play: illness, he took it and pointed it at the hoy’s head. Unfortmi.it ly tho revolv.-r was s-df- cocking and the negro, being nuau- quaiuted wnli tin we.i[M>u. pulled the trigger an i tie* bullet crashed into tho boy's head. S.-v> ral physicians have examined the victim and proiiuiinuo tho Case hopeles-. lie negro i- almost wild on account of the deed, as h • was very much at tached lo tlie toy. I’he parents exon erate Johnson from any intent to hurt their son. I'hsrgeil uilh a llorrililn MurUi-r. Baris. May 31.- Tin.* I'n iich steamer Paraguay, fioin Buenos Ayr -s for Havre has arrived at Duuk rk, when* the police w«*nt on boar 1 an 1 arrested oae of tho p i> enge:-.-. a man name l Teremplac-r, o i tic- cli irge of hivin; inur<l**re 1 a woman in Buenos Ay ns. Tin; bo*ly of tin* woman was found cut into pieces ami salted 'Iowa in a barrel. Tin* head was tin-only ;*irt missing, and this, it is reported. Id n-mplaer took with him. Tli- prisoner will be taken back to Bue nos Ayres. I’im- ItlufTs lli^ Show. Fink Bi.i kk, Ark . May 31.—Tho Jef ferson county expos.tion building has been opened to the public, and is con stantly thronged by visitors from home and abroad. It is' an attractive brick structure, lo -ated in the court house park, and is tilb 1 with numerous stie -i- mcii- of trim, vegetables, cotton, grain, W oil 1 s Fair curiosities, s-bool books, stuff’ d native birds, and almost every thing of interest to visitors. IInj in irlo t ItioN-r with h Cltisen. Lineag May 31.—Mic'ia -1 Schwab, who was pardoned in July, 181*3. by Governor AltgcM while s«;rving a 15 year si-ntenoe for complicity in the an- arcliist ri'its of 1 vsc,. has taken out his final ji ipers as a citiz-n. He came to < iucago in is,«j aiid took out his first papers in l‘s>3. Oinalia M itnufnrI urrr>i Seared. Omaha, May 31. Sevi-ral Omaha manufacturers have recently received letters from suppose 1 anarchists declar ing that their plants would be blown np shortly. d tie chief of police instructed all patroliiu . to lie on the alert for something of the kind. ( li:tri;i'd w th Ih-frituAJni; HD Church. Si.dai.ia, Mo., May 31.—It is alleged that Cashier Thompson, the fugitive defaulter of tho First National bank, placed a note for $1,000, signed by the Calvary Episcopal church, of which he was a vestryman, in the bank and pocketed the money. I on ml I- urged Tickets. Fisiikii.i,, X. Y., May 31.—Forged New York Central and Hudson River railroad passenger tickets have been in circulation some time, and the company has caused the arrest hero of James M. Davis on a charge of committing the forgeries. Down in u Coal Mine. Joi’i.iN, Mo., May 51.—A. M. Grant has been made prisoner 100 feet from the surface by the caving in of the mine ».v Li in Mfwl Ttn*#»L f \ is little hojie of rescue. He may have Ikien killed outright. < lilne-t- .Ma*on« KUahllah it I^id|;e. Cure ago, May 3!.—Chicago China men are < sfablishing a Masonic lodge. In four mouths the pm aphernalia will be in working order. Ye Chow is grand master. • • The I’lVsidioit lias sent to the Sen- al f i be in on ilia I ion of A. Mel*. I laiiiby, Jr., In be Collector of (TistouiH for the District of Georgetown, S. C. THE MONUMENT TO CONFEDER ATE PRIVATES UNVEILED. The Blue and Gray Honored—Freder icksburg Scatters Flowres Over The Graves of the Blue And the Gray. FuKDKnirKsniuo, May 31.—Decora tion day was celebrated here hy confer- ing honors upon lioth tho blue and tho gray. A 11rgo party arrived from Washing- t ton at 1) a. m., and was met at the train by the mayor and a comm.ttcc of prom inent citizens an 1 escorted to the Con federate cemetery, where the monument and Confederate gr iv -s were decorated with (lowers, wreaths and set pieces. The procession then reformed and proceeded to the Federal cemetery where the graves of the Union dead were strewn with (lowers. The orator of the day was Lieutenant Lueien Young, of the United States navy, who is the first naval officer ever invited to deliver a Decoration day ora tion in the south Lieutenant Young’s oration was very interesting an 1 re ceived with a goo 1 deal of enthusiasm. Tlie oration was concluded with au original poem by the lieutenant. lii'IDiii witli it Ita-n ii ion. Richmond, May 31.—This city has just witnesse 1 another great gathering of people. The unveiling exercises of tlie Con federate private soldiers' monument be gan with a cavalry reun on. Fitz Hugh Lee, Wa le Hampton. Governor O'Fer- rall. Rev. J. William Jones an 1 General Rosser made speeches. The latter was bitter in his arraignment of the United States pension system. There was the largest crowd in the city that has been s en s nee the unveil ing of the Le* monument. The vast procession began to move diortly alter 3 o'clock. A marked feature was the parade of tin* children's divis on. Man}* hundred were in Lue each decked with hunting and sashes and carrying flags. It was a unique s.'In: hundreds of little ones from 5 years old up and not a grown person allowed in the ranks. Tin* Day In Wimliinzton. Washington, May 31.—Decoration day was ob-erved in Washington in the usual manner. Tho chief ex rc.s s took place at Arlington but appropriate ex ercises were held at the soldier’s home and the various cemeteries. Tlie dis trict militia headed th** proeesdon of Grand Army men and other veiernn associations which marched to Arling ton. Interest in the celebration increased by personal participat on of President Cleveland, who loft th* Wnit* Ho is* at ppon ami drove directly to Arlington. ENGINEERS THREATENED. If Tli.-y llurn ••m-hIi" Ciial They Will Ho Dj'iiniiiitel. Birmingham. Ala., May 31.—In con sequence of a partial refusal on the part of locomotive engineers to cease burn ing and pulling “scab" coal several en gineers have received letters of a bloody nature, threatening tho destructiou of their engines with dynamite if they do not comply with the request. There is a movement ou foot by sev eral hundred idle mechanics to march to the Pratt mines .Ind to camp there, so that in case there is a conflict be tween the miners and militia they can aid the strikers. These reports, when known to contain the essence of truth, made the situation look more gloomy. The strikers are not at all put out hy the presence of the militia, and are straining every effort in order to make the strike more effective, realizing that the cutting off of the supply will do more in this line than anything el-e. They are trying to prevent the importation of negro labor, aud it is fearo l that this will bring about a race r.ot. Df'iiutH** Giiiiril tlie Nctfro Miners. Macon, Mo., May 31.—The situation at the Kansas and Texas Coal company near here is serious. During the night a gang of strikers assembled near the mine and threatened to drive out the negroes at work. A large force of deputy sheriffs surrounded the shaft and prevented an attack. The strikers are ugly and it is feared that they will set fire to the buildings The feeling of the villagers is in sympathy With tho strikers, and the sheriff ti l ls difficulty in securing deputies to assist him iu preserving order. to tin* <anv<»riior. C<>M\Mlies, <).. May 31.—Sh-riff Riley of Athens county, has appeale 1 to Gov ernor McKinley for troops. Strikers are preventing the moving of coal trains on tne Toledo and Ohio < 'eiitral railway at Glousier. The governor is at Cin cinnati. to which place the request has been telegraphed. THE AUGUSTA MEETING. I’runiiiicnt soiillii-r>H*r<* It* I niivi niton n, Mil* lllti-rrnt of llllllligiittloii. At'orsTA, Ga., May 31.—The South ern Interstate Immigration association has organized its third animal congress in Augusta at noon, President M. T. Bryan, of Nashville, presiding. Speeches of welcome were made 1 y Mayor J. II. Alexander and Presi ent Joseph R. L miar, of the Your * M ns' Business league of Augusta. Governor . \\. J. Xorth *n, of Georgia, and United States S enator Pa rick Walsh, president of the Commercial club of Augusta. Responses were made by Governor McCorkle, of West Virginia; Ltovernor Tillman, of South Carolina, and Governor Carr, of Xorth Carolina. President Bryan fnllowc i with an a 1- dress giving a history of the organiza tion and its objects. The convention is compose 1 of repre sentative men from all over the south, and tho outlook is for a success:ul aud useful session. The roll of di 1 gates showing the states represented has not yet been made. The convention will last until Friday. Making CiiiinG-rfelt Mmiry. Montoomkry, Ala., May 31.—James B. Clagg, au intelligent young white man of Chambers county, plead guilty in the l mted States court here to pass ing counterfeit money. He had 13 spurious silver dollars in his pos-ession when arrested. A gang of counter feiters has long inhabited the wills of Chambers county. The illicit mint is at work somewhere far up in the mountains and the bad dollars are put into circulation through henchmen who travel about through the country. Clagg is believed to lie a shover tor the gang. tiiinclit lli-tween C»r» hidI Killeil. Roamikk, Va. May 31.—W. K. Hughes, a fireman on the Norfolk an 1 Western railroad, was caught between the cars while changing a switch at Houehin's Siding, near Christiausburg, and so badly injured that ho diel h.-re at 6 o’clock a. in. He was 22 years old and resided at Christiausburg. I)»*«t111 of Another l>i‘*f>oii>l«*itt. Savannah. May 81.—W. A. Greer committed suicide by taking two ounces of laudanum He came here from Au- gusta four mouths ago aud was employ ed as a detective by the street railway. Recently he lost his jiosition and grew despondent. He leaves a wife in desti tute circumstances. A sliort Orange Crn|i. San Francisco. May 31.—Owing to the late frost the orange crop of Cali fornia will be far below tho average for this ’’•••son Tho total output from sout j California will reach about 40.0 o carloads, of which over 8,oo<) wil^ i east. This is 20 p -r cent, below las treason's crop. 1 liri-ali-neil liy n Moll. Lexington, Neb., May 31.—This town is practically in tho hands of a mob of several hundred who threaten to lynch William Thompson and Bon Hilton, two wealthy farmers, who are accused of assaulting a 16 year-old girl. Prominent citzensof Lancaster hate I published a card warn ing all persons wh>> persist in selling whiskey that they will la* prosecuted to the fullest j extent of the law for every violation. ' COXEYITES HAD TO MOVE. Sanilerii' Men KccriliG-il liy l ifly Ollier!*. 1 liey Were Male to f.eave. Leavenworth, Kan., May 31.—ien- eral Bennett, w tli 50 (’ox**yites Irom Denver, arrive ! in Leavenworth on a Missouri Pacific train to join Sanders’ army, held as prisoners ou the Fort Leavenworth reservation. On alight ing from tin* train they marched to tho prisoners'camps. Unite l St it s Mar- slial Neeley soon appeared and ordered them out of the Sanders camp, when they went to a lull close by and struck camp for themselv.-s Colom l Towns.-n i.in command of the fort, learning of th ir presence on th ) reservation, g ive them until 12 o'clock to get off. They hail noi moved by 10 o'clock, when lour troops of cavalry suddenly came up hi-hind them and <>111- i cers told ih on to go. <>n r *aching town an obi woman stopped them in their flight an I offered tin-in camping ground on ln*r vacant lots, which they accepted. During the evening tli-*y were given bre.t 1 and in *ut hy some citizens. 4’oxey in I* IIN llor**'* lloni**, Massmj.ox, <)., May 31. —(,'oxuy has evidently given up his project of fur ther spectacular parades, as six of the horses that went from Massillon to Washington have been returned by freight. Inoy w<*r • m charge of one Biynd, a < autou moulder, who marched to Washington. The animals shipped home includ" Courier, th<* Pereeheron mount of <' irl Browne; Ouvaleer. the horse that Jesse L'oxey rob*, an 1 (.’on- tender II, the haekuey stallion ridden by the Unknown. I < loxi-y's Army lt<-iuli>rc<*d. Washington, May 31. — Coxey’s ragged army of tramps have been rein forced by 15o men under “General” Galvin, who have arrived at Coxey's camp. They march**.! into town, deco rated the p ace monument on Pennsyl vania avenue at tin* western end of the capitol grounds with < vergreenn and wild flowers ami mar died back to camp, Hu I gar in** M iiii>t<-rl.il Cliavijgp, Sofia, May 31.—The resignation of M. Stambulotf's ministry is due entirely to personal friction between several of the members. M. Grekoff has declined to undertake a reconstruction of the cabinet, and has advised Prince Ferdi nand to summon some representative of the opiKJsition for that purpose. The change in tin* ministry will not affect the foreign .’elations of the country. Tin* W**»li*y;tu Ki-uiitle Ciilli'Kn Macon, May 31.—Dr. I. S. Hopkins, of tho Georgia School of Technology, having declined the presidency of tho \\ esleyan Female college of this city, Dr E. H. Rowe, of Bowling Green, \ irgima, has l>e*n elected and has ac cepted the jiosition. A N>gro in Svw tfernoy, Bridgeton. May 31.—Samuel Mur ray, a colorwl exhorter, shot and jiroha-. bly fatally wounded Ida Wifile at Springtown. Four bullets took effect in tho woman’s t>o<ly. Jealousy was tho cause, Murray escaji d. DAILY MARKET REPORTS. I’roilio-M i*imI i'oivlftioii*. New 5 oiik. May !ti —I’ei-k, !.l**ii*ly hidI In better flemnml; new 111. -.S, «;):| .vi. Middles, nnnilnal: slmrl clear —-. . ant, eiiiei; western M. am. •■* 2<a ke)l; city nteuin! (•>—') 0|iti)iii-. nmiiln it ( iiicamo. May :t*l. Cash uuotathlus are I..WS- M.ss pork. r**|Mirl**)l as ..it--. iM>rK. ro.*) 1 ^ \ fit im. I.ard. ••i.)*}4q.?i|si. si,e rt ribs, Io„m- ?<l Ct.'bj ' «*:.i'i. tli y salt -li mld rs. iHixed. ?> 7.i »?.i.i> i. Short clear siiles, boxed. $« $<i k7!4 Cim in.' ATI. M ty .*>1 —The f*>llo\vlni; are the nuntations: fork, me-,. $12..Vi. I,ar.t, meam leaf. $,.2>i; kettle drie-l, jii.iiCUj Uai-on, rhotilderr, $!)..*■». Short rib aides, $<1.»7U. Short clear. $«.2o. r ..5. Savannah May •'D. -Spirits of turiH‘ntine 0|ieiied Brin at gs for Mftilars: reeeipts, 1,1 lit easks. sal< s HHiminled lo 711 casks. Kosin imlet hut linn: ni-eliiis. t,:,!:i liarrels; no sales; A, It. (.'and ll, $l.e5; K. M III K $1 85; (», $1 In: ||, f| 7.1; |. k. f.'.Z.i; m! *- t 1 '! N. 5-’.7o, windowgla,., $’.*.a’,; water- white, ?:i.ju. VV u.uinot n. May Ri.—Rosin, firm; strain- '•••JD* siraiiieil, Si, Tiir|M-ntino, steaily at^.' .y. iur, firm at $1.25 Crude turpentine, firm; hard, *1.0); soft, $1.7i); virg'-u $2.15. • -*•*■ ♦ Dr. E. S. Joy lies is get (ing up a 1 pamphlet which will give 11 full ac- ; (•omit of the Xormnl nmi Industrial I t. oliege up tu date. Etta Jane Notes. [('orrespomleiice of The Ledger.] Etta Jane. May *2S.—A one-horse caravan “lay over” at the “Howell Place” yesterday and rested. Fjjon making inquiry as to who it was and what was up I was told that it was an annex of Coxey's army on its way to join the chief at Washington, I). ('. If that is true I don’t care h >w soon it gets there to teach some peo ple a lesson on Sabbath observance. Showers of rain are passing about every day, hut we are in a “dry streak.” In many plaees the ground hasn't been wet since t he snow which fell in February last. Wheat is gelt ing ripe and some of it will be cut this week, no doubt. In ninny ylaccs it will not be worth the cutting, the rust having mined it. In others tbe straw is too short and scattering to save it. I had the pleasure of attending ■‘Children's Day” at Mesopotamia church yesterday, and listening to some good recitations, singing and speaking. Tlie children acted their parts very well and everybody seemed in enjoy themselves. A basket din ner was spread to which all did ample justice. Several enndidates were out looking after the “dear people. The public roads in this section are a poor advert isement for us. In many places tin*}- have not been worked and the gully bridges are dangerous. Some few farmers have grass to contend with, but it is not very com mon. Hcv. ('. E. Robertson will preach at Salem next Sabbat h. .I line 3. The Sunday school will meet at I0:o(i;i. in. that day. (Mir gardens are not very flourish ing. The cold weather, followed hy the dry weather, has lieen a great draw hack In them. The cut worms have about quit their work on (In* plants. Mr. .Marion Proctor killed a spotted adder snake yesterday. It was the largest one of tin kind seen in this country in a long ttme. if ever before. We are -till baling cool nights and the little cotton seems to have a rust or mold. Tlie Salem Sunday school -mt $1 to the coast sufferers last Sabbaih. The North Pacolct Sunday School Convention will meet at Paeolct No. i on J tine 2 it Ii. .1. !.. s. • -««•- • Algood News Notes. [<'orrespondenee of The I tdi.tic.] Ai.good. S. ('., May 2'J.—George Hammett preached at Macedonia last Sunday. Sabbat Ii School was organize,I at Midway last Sunday afternoon. Mr. ('barley Campbell wase!eele,| Super- 1 intend,-nt. Tbe teacher being sick Yesterday t hen* was no school. .1. W. Byars w ho was ,-iek last week is able again, we see. to be at work. E. G. Byars of Gaffney visile,1 bis parents. Mr. and Mrs. P. II. Byars, last Sunday. Misses Bertha Ti ndall and Nannie Clary, Messrs George Dye and John Whitaker, all of Spartanburg wen at P. II. Byars last Saturday. They came down to attend tbe afternoon picnic at tbe Mineral Spring. There was quite a number of peo- ' pie with plcnt} to eat and t lie arrange ments wen- made on tlie picnic grounds, and those ot the young peo ple who enjoy and participate in such amusements enjoyed tbemselves for a while in the “round dance." The same crowd went from the pic nic tu.lim More s, w here t hey enjoyed the same amusement for aw hile Sat urday night. A. M. Davis, who peddles iu jew elry. cutlery etc., was in our commu nity last week. Mrs. A. Harris purchased some la- Ide cutlery from him. Eddie ilarris and ( barley Harris swapped their cheap watches to him for good ones. They want *0 be sure to biive ■‘I be.f I jiAa-laxd ' time. Amos Clary is boarding llii- month at P. 11. Byars. P. il. Byars ba> planted the same variety of corn for more than fort} five years. Ami il hasn't run out yet. He. of course, always pick- hi- best corn for seed, Cotton and corn are not looking so well since tbe recent cool snap. Both show that there was plenty oi frost. There is a great deal of complaint that the wheat has the rust. Oats is sorry. a. <. — - - Dehorning Cattle, A number of farmers in I his count} an* practicing dehorning cattle, and say it is hcnclicial. In fact you can remove tin- horns from grown cattle . without injuring them in the slight est. It will take all the fight out of tin* vigorous hull, ami prevent danger of injury to yourself or other stock. ; But it is tlie best to begin on calves. A writer says; A stick of caustic potash is the I>esl apparatus with which to dehorn cattle. The job can he done in a minute, causing only a slight wound to tin* skin, and a .*> ecnl stick wiii dehorn a dozen calves. Moreover, t his eaust ie can he procured at almost any country drug store. It should he done when tlie calf is from two to four days old—tin* earlier the better. The embryo horn apjiears then like a little fleshy war, about as huge as a split jiea. I tak** the calf s head between the legs, moisten the spot bv applying to it a finger slight ly dip ped in water, and then' rub well the HItIe cxer**sccnee am! tin* skin close aroui d its base, touching a sj ot not larger than a lOcent piece with tin* stick of potash for a few seconds, holding tin* calf's head still against m. thigh imunwliilchy grasping its nose with the other hand. Tlie job is done for all time. This method lias never failed, nor have I had to repeat application a second time. I am much jileased with the results wheit I see, us 1 constantly do, threq four hornless 2-year-olds drii peaceably from the same water THE ARMOR PLATE FRAUDS AMOS CUMMINGS PROBING THE PLATE FRAUD PRACTICES. Sampson A Valuable Witness—Lawyer Wallace and His Clients Hi /e Made a Strong Case Against the Carnegie Company. Washington, May 31. If there have been doubts iu tho minds of tho house armor jffato investigating committee that the official disclosures regarding thechargea of ex-Burgess McLuckie and his associates, would prove as imjioriant as the findings of tho first investigation they have been comjiletely dispelled. Cajitaln Samjison, the chief of the bu reau of ordnance, occujn 1 tho stand for more than two hours, and, although in general terms he sjioke of tlie last in vestigation as “covering much tho same groumi as had already been exjdored,” under tlie skillful cross examination of Chairman Cummings, he disclosed the fact that the evidence of the workmen, Koontz and Buck, given before the na val board, jirovcd conclusively that the physical test up on which the govern ment lias relie I for all its knowledge of tho churact'-r of tiio Carnegie armor plates now on the ships has been a farce from tho beginning of the contracts up to January las:, and probably till April. Tlie far reaching imjiortanco of these disclosures cannot b* overestimated. The government depen Is upon the j>hy- sical test made of each plate for its knowledge of tlie group from which tiio poorest plate is subsequently chosen for ballistic test It lias lieen jirow 1 that tho plates chosen for ballistic test have been re-treated, and th • evidence of Koontz and Buck shows that the re cords of tin* physical t* -gs winch deter mine which jilate is of the lowest.grade have been falsified as a common j>rac- tice hy the <'arnegio w i kiiien, acting under instruction's Irom tii*-ir immedi ate sujieriofs. Tii** government, there fore, ban no reliable data whatever as to the jihysieal qualities or ballistic en durance of any of the armor jilate man ufactured by lue (' irti 'gie comjiiny. This fact was not shown mit:l Attorney Wallace’s clients ii ii given their testi- nioiiy, and tin- great importance of their evidence is at once apjiarent. The ease with which th * government Was detrauded by the m imp.nation of tin* testing niachin s us 1 to d"t* rmino the tensile str ng; h. 1 i-ti-.-ity and elon gation of tlie specim ns tak *n fr mi ar mor jilat' S was brought out byChair- I man Cummings. After having de- Veloj>ed the details of the lu -titol of inspecting the work of th" testing ma chines. Mr. Cummings asked: “Then it is a fact tint th) govern ment has r lied ex -iu-ively uj>ou a Carnegie testing machine manipulated by < 'arnegio w >rkm m for tho accuracy oi these tests':'’ “Yes. sir.” reluctantly replied Cap tain Sainjison. “The Monterey’s armor.” said C’aj*- tain Sampson, “w i’ m i le in a great hurry at a time wii 11 the department was apprehensiv" r* girling our rela tions with Chili. It wa- not as good as the armor now be.ng turned out, and there are numerous plates on the Mon terey that probably would not lie ac cepted today. Tli*- flaws in the jilates are jirobablv due to ’pijfing’ rather than blow holes.” Tho member., of th" committee w.*re much imjiri ss. fl with this dc 1 iration, and it is a for gi me conclusion that some of tlie Monterey’s plan s will be taken off and submitted to bulk tn- t -t. i Though inclined to b. little the testi mony given by tin* workman Brown re lating to the aocejitamv by government insjx ctors of inferior bolts and appurte nances, Cajitain Nam jeon's statements indicate clearly that li - will prove a val uable witness before tlie congressional committee. A GRAVE SIGNAL. IVrson* Huri,-<1 in :*. < .it.<t< pti<- smj,. A| a y Ht* >itwtl from >uftorjition. Pittsiu’kg, May :.!. -Hub.-rc D, van, I a French Cain ban, has patented an in vention which ie- ,*alis a grave signal, an<l ho is now in Pittsburg to get it manufactur*-1. The ,1,-vice consists of a jdece of ordinary g--> ppm six feet long, with a glass glo •• ai ut tii • size of an ineandcseciit lainji on on*) end. The i>ip) is arrange ! to pa-s throiiirii a brass Jilate at the li -ad of tlie coffin, leaving the low rend wi:!iin a fraction of an inch ot the fori-iu 1 1 of the corjise. Through tin* center of tii" i>ij," runs a jilain, smooth sf k. on, end of which re.s*s on tlie f**r in a i *>f tiio body in the coffin, tiio other end is in a gln-s giol>e with a red doth attach, fl; -iioui i the person come to life in the coffin and stir, the stick will 1>- forte 1 through the pijie and the red doth tiio signal—will i>e displayed. At tin* s un ■ time a number of small ajvrtures will ••j> -n at tho base of the globe and lr*-sh air will be forced down tiio pipe into tin nostrils. I lie Inventor claims that in catalepsy a person may be .apparently <lea 1 for a period of eight days, but never for a longer time, and 'luring that jienod the pravo could be Wat bed. Tlie Iditf nt K< ported Strike* Fort Way\ , May iii.—Tiio Fort Wayne police ar on a --trike. Tha change iu administration May 1 jdaced the Republicans in jxnver, on a platform to make tiio jiolice <ii j> irimeut non-j>ar- tisan. A numb* r of ic-w j> ilice officers have been eh-cte !, ami tin* board of pub lic safety autln.r.z* 1 the jiublicMtion of a list of 12 oil jiatrolmen who would be dismissed from tiio force Friday. These officers refused to serve, and nouio of them are on tiio streets in uniform and refuse to do jx'lice duty. Eight men are doing the work that was generally jier- forwed by 20. Measure* to 1’revent Kaciug at Sea, London, May 31.-The attention of tho board of trade has been called to the alleged racing across the Atlantic be tween the White Star Lino steamship Majestic and tin* American liner Paris. In consequence Mr. James Bryce, life new president of tlie board, will be in vited to adopt mea^M^to jirevent any lurtUor untie Mt m : n 1 : ’ * :t2 ams 1