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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBOIRO, S. 0., JUNE 25, 1895.ESALHD184 GOLDBUGS ARE FEW. They Cut Precious Little Fgure in South Carolina. A dispatch from Columbia says: One who travels through South Carolina cannot fail to come to the conclusion that the state is in the hands of an overwhelming majority of free silver ites. The goldbugs still keep up the fight, however, and they claim that "the craze" will soon die out- soon enough to prevent its having any se rious effect on the future politics of the state. At the present time one does not have to go far to learn that the financial policy of the national ad ministration is received with cordial disapproval, and that President Cleve -land could not muster a corporal's guard of support in South Carolina in a race for a third term. In this connection it is interesting to hear what a leading politician of the state, and ore in good position to know the sentiment of the people, has to say on the subject. Said the gentleman: "South Carolina is undoub'edly an overwhelming free silver state, and if the other Southern States are as solid for the white metal as South Carolina, there can be but little hope for the single standard advocates, as it is, I believe, admitted that the west is solid and the only hope of the goldbugs is the South. "Both - the United States senators and six out of seven congressmen are strong advocates of free silver. The seventh congressman is from a district having an overwhelming republican majority. The city of Charleston is situated in that district and as that city is probably in favor of the gold standard, it controlled the selection of the democratic nominee, and therefore sent a monometallist, Colonel William Elliott. This almost solid delegation is conclusive proof of the sentiment of the people. Probably in no other state in the union have the free silver ideas been more sedulously and sys tematically taught to the people than in South Carolina. "The reform party which controls this state overwhelmingly is absolutely a' unit for the white metal. There are parties, factions and schisms in the re form party that differ on every public question except in their unswerving advocacy of silver. "Every reformer is an enthusiastic advocate offree silver,while the oppo sition to the reform party is by no means a unit for gold. In fact, if the vote were left to the conservative fac .tion alone to decide whether South Carolina should send a bimetallic or single 'standard delegate to the next national democratic convention, the friends of silver claim that the free silver delegates would receive a decided majority. There is no doubt but that there is a growing sentiment among the conservative facton in favor of silver. This is due to two causes : First, to the depressed arid distressing state of affairs existing among all classes; second, to the energy, enthu siasm and organization of the free sil ver advocates. "The free silverites are thoroughly organized in every county in the state, * while the goldbugs are utterly unor ganized except that organization which results from a unity of interest, which, -of course, does not mean a unity of ac tion. They seem to either rest con tented on resolutions passed by boards of trade and the arguments of some newspapers,, 'shich, however able, are valueless as they simply circulate among those already enlisted in the same cause. "On the other hand the bimetallists haive thoroughly educated the people to their ideas. Low down on the bot tom of the Peedee and the Edisto and far up in the mountains of Greenville and Oconee, you find the commonest and simplest people studying the fin ancial problem. At every rural pic nic, political meeting, church gather ing or log rolling, you will find groups of men and boys discussing politics with the money question as the leading and foremost topic. Such books as 'Coin's Financial School' and 'Shy lock' are read' to the group by some man, usually a township alliance lec turer, and the books are passed from neighbor to neighbor until the book is literally worn out. "The knowledge of some of these people on the financial situation is tru ly astonishing and the intelligent and conclusive manner in which they dis cuss and argue financial problems * with educated and well-read men of the towns and' cities is noticed by every observer. "That South Carolina will send a free silver delegation t'o the next na tional democratic convention is almost beyond question, and it seems to be pretty well understood that unless that convention places a plank in its plat form advocating free silver in terms clear cut and unequivocal, the delega --tion from South Carolina will not con S sider itself bound by the action of the convention, for they will undoubtedly withdraw from the convention." How Great New York Right Have Been. deater Niw York, acccxdirg to the experts, will easily take rank above Paris for population. The police census, just finished, shows thas the city proper has 1,849,866 while Brooklyn and adjoining towns in Kings County have 995,276. The entire population of the new city which includes, besides Kings Coun ty. Queens, Richmond, East Chester, Wvest Chester and Pelham-is estimat ed at 3, 051, 838. Paris, according to the latest figures, had 2,447,957 peo pie and London 4,231,431. Chicago will have to wake up ard annex more farms if she hopes to distance her great Eastern rival.-San Francisco Chronicle. A committee of the British House of Com THE REGISTRATION CASE BE FORE JUDGE SIMONTON. The 3Iotion to Amend Refused, the Injunction Dissolved and the Bill Dismissed. The case of Frederick Pratt and Samu: 1 Price vs.John Gary Evans,Gov ernor of the State of South Carolina, and P. Butler McCoy, a commissioner of election for Richland county, and Ar thur E. P. Bedenbaugh, supervisor of registration for Newberry County, South Carolina, came up in the United < States Circuit Court Wednesday of last week, Judge Simonton presiding. Argument was made by Dr. Saip son Pope for the bill, and by Gen.Me Crady, the Attorney General and Mr. 4 Mower against. The Court then rendered the follow ing decision: The United States of America,District of South Carolina--In the Circuit ( Court--Fourth circuit--In equity. ( Frederick Pratt and Samuel Price. complainants, vs. John Gary Evans, ( Governor of the State of South Car olina, and P. Butler McCoy, a com- 2 missioner of election for Richland c County, in said State, and Arthur E. t P. Bedenbaugh, supervisor of regis- i tration for Newberry County, South s Carolina, defendants. C The bill in this case originally was t brought against John Gary Evans, Gov- c ernor of South Carolina, and P.Butler c McCoy, a commissioner of election, t and the prayer of the bill was for an r injunction in these words: "That your Honor, will be pleased x to grant them, in their own behalf and a in behalf of other citizens of African s descent in the said State of South Car- i olina similarly injured and threatened, the writ of injpetion restraining the r said John Gary Evans, as Governor t aforesaid, from appointing commis- f sioners of election for the election of delegates to such said Constitutional V Conventior, and also restraining the 1: the defendant, Butler McCoy, from r acting as such a commissioner in that v regard, and restraining the said John Gary Evans, as Governor aforesaid, d from issuing any writ or writs, or other a rders or proclamations, or other directions looking to the election of delegates to such a Convention, and also restraining any and all persons from holding elections or assembling fI together as such Convention-" And c also for general relief. t The bill coming on to be heard before Goff, J., after full argu- s ment, the prayer was denied, and the injunction asked for was refused. 1 An amendment was then allowed t whereby Arthur E. P. Bedenbaugh, a supervisor of registration for Newber- d ry County, in said State was made a I party defendant, and the prayer of I the bill was amended in these words: a "That an order of injunction of this I honorable Court may issue, directed to a Arthur E. P. Bedenbaugh, supervisor . f registratior for Newberry County, t: in said State, enjoining and restraining o him from exercising in any manned f the duties of his office in registering i: voters until the further order of this p Court." t After this amendment a rule was c ranted, directed to Bedenbaugh, di- a recting him to show cause ,whby an in- c unction should not be issued againstu him as prayed for in the said amend-v ment. Cause was shown, and after ij argument a temporary injunction waso granted, signed by both the Circuitc udges, following the case of Mills vs. il 3reen, recently decided in this Court. c The case now comes up on a motion a by the Attorney General to dissolve o the injunction and dismiss the bill. t It will be observed that the sole I uestion is as to the supervieor of s registration. The decision of the Circuit Court of z Appeals of the 4th circuit, in the cause f Mills vs. Green, leaves no alterative. 1 It controls this Court, and decides the s precise question at issue. A super- r visor of registration cannot be cou- c trolled in the exercise of his offieial 1 duties by an injunction issuing out of s this Court as a Court of Equity.a Obeying the authority of that case, 1: let an order be entered dissolving thea injunction heretofore entered against f Arthur E. P. Bedenbaugh, supervisor I of registration for Newberry County.t As the other prayer in the original 1 bill has heretofore been refused the bill I will now be dismissed.. Charles H. Simonton, Circuit Judge. ' June 19, 1895. Dr. Sampson- Pope said that thea case would be taken to the SupremeJ Court of the United States on appeal.c Where Londlon Gets Apples. Tasmanian apples are arriving in very good condition this year, and a portion of the cargo of the steamship Cuzco, which brought 12, 000 cases, was sold at auction yesterday in the Floral Hall, Covent Garden Market, by Messrs. W. F. White & Co., realiz ing prices which are said to be remu nerative to the colonial fruit growers, whilst they are decidedly satisfactory to the London consumers. The ex cellent quality of the Tasmanian Rib ston, Cox's Orange, New York, Sturm- 4 er and Kings Pippins, and of the Scar-r let Pearmains, Aifreston and Prince 1 Alfred apples is widely recognized. I1 They fetch from $2.25 to $.3 per case, coming into competion with the lasti of the Nova Scotian and Canadian ap-c ples, which are selling at $1 to $3.I Were it not for the introduction of ap-i pies from the antipodes, we would i have difficulty in replenishing the des-j sert dishes this year, as thero are no English-grown apples to be had, last< season having proved disastrous. Thej Cape fruit, which was obtainable for about a month, has almost ceased to arrive. Tasmanian apples practically have sole command of the market. - i London Telegraoh. The St. Louis United Elevator Company find that its eleva:ors are short 200.000 bushels of wheat, and nobody ca.n account CHANGE OF VENUE RANTIED. THE CASES REMOVED ro Orangeburg--An Appeal WIl be 31ade at Once to the Supreme Court. In the Court of General Sessions at Jharleston on Thursday last, Judge 3uchanan presiding, the chief matter >f interest was a motion made by As istant Attorney General Townbend to eniove the venue of the six cases fur iolations against the dispensary law, %hich were ignored by the grand jury, >n Tuesday. The motion was made inder section 45 of the dispensary law wbich provides: "That when any bill t if indictment shall have been given mut by the solicitor, or by the Attorney xeneral, or an Assistant Attorney leneral, to any grand jury in any ountv of this State at any term of the ourt of General Sessions therein, harging any person or persons with ny violations of any of the provisions f the Statutes of this State relating o spirituous, alcoholic, malt or intox eating liquors, and such grand. jury hall, in the opinion of such prose uting officer, from prejudice, caprice, LudIle influence or other improper ause, refuse to find a true bill there n, it shall be then and there compe ent for such prosecuting officer to ( aove for, and for the presiding Judge i: o grant, at his discretion, a change of c -enue and place of hearing and trial r .t such stage of the proceedings when i uch Judge is satisfied with the show- E ng of such prosecuting officer, to be f anude on the minutes of the Court or t tpon affidavit that a fair and iimpar- t ial consideration cannot be had be- r ore such grand jury." 8 Messrs. Murphy, Farrow & Legare, v vho represented one of the defendants v n the cases named, through Mr. Far- d o.%I, resisted the motion for change of ! -enue. Mr. Farrow first made the t ioint that the State could not intro- s uce affidavits of witnesses as to facts a leged to have occurred before the a rand jury, as the proceedings of the rar.d jury were secret and inviolate. r Judge Buchanan held that the affi- a avits of what the witnesses had testi- I ied to before the grand jurors by way 1: If question or otherwise could be in- e roduced. Assistant Attorney General Town- ( end then made a number of affidavits 1: rom the witnesses who had appeared c >efore the grand jury, stating what f hey had testified to in each case. The a ssistant Attorney General also intro- s luced an affidavit of his own in which Le stated that in his opinion the testi- I ony submitted to the grand jury was v mple to warrant the finding of true s ils in each of the six cases selected r nd submitted to them. r Mr. Farrcw resisted the motion on e he ground that a motion for change a f venue could not be made by the i1 tate until issue was joined. That the b nquisition of the grand jury was no 1 art of the trial of a citizen, and that he Constitution provided for a change ] f venue only where it was made to I ppear that a fair trial could not be t btained. He said that he had been b nable to find a singl,e case eithar i here a State or the Cr6wvn had come t sto Court and impeached the action f its own grand jury, except in one 1 se in the dark days of Radical rule b a South Carolina, tyhen such a pro- r eeding was had before Judge Moses, f nd even then the motion was refused e n the ground that it was repugnant l1 o the letter and spirit of the Consti- a ution. The grand jury had ever i tood as a bulwark between the subject il d the Crown and between the citi- t: en and the State.h Judge Buchanan, in ruling upon the i: egal points made, expressed great atisfaction that there was a Court of t eview before whom all such questions c ould be taken on appeal, and he ex- a ressed the hope that in a question of g o much importance as the present one o n appeal would be taken and a decision c y the Supreme court obtained as soon a practicable. This would be better r or the State and better for the citizen. j Ie therefore overruled the motion a o declare an Act unconstitutional and roceeded to hear the argument andc he facts. After hearing argument from Mr. t :ownsend in support of the motion for a hange of venue on the facts presented i d from Mr. Farrow in reply, the udge granted the motion for change t f venue of the six cases named and an i rder was taken transferring them to 1: )rangburg county. 1 In anticipation of an appeal JudgeI luehanan filed the following reportc f the proceedings with the clerk of he Court, to be sent up with the re-t ord: ;outh Carolina, Charleston county Report to Supreme Court-State vs Henmme, Mollenhauer, Stencke. Lovatt, Bowen and Clark.--Indict me nts under Dispensary Act-Motion to transfer under Section 45. t This motion came on before me at harleston, June 19, on affidavits, the E ecords id minutes of the Court. I Jpon the argument of these matters Mr. ~arrow, of Messrs, Murphy, Farrow &C iegare, appeared for the defendants n the case of the State vs Clark, and 1 otended that so much of the Act as rovided for a change of venue before nditmn t was found or after the in lietment was ignored by the grand urv, was unconstitutional, and null nd void, and moved to exclude all ividence that was before the grand ury when the cases were before them. Tfhe court held that there should be i speedy decision of the Supreme ourt upon the matter, and that upon its presentation to the Circuit Court, aless the authority was overwhelming ad clear against it, its constitution ality should be maintained, and rather so i~n view of the practice of the Courts f '+he Staea heretofore when such inestions arose. If this section is u-n unstitutional a decision to that effec )y the Supreme Court would set a vst all doubt. If it is constitutiona t should also be known at as early g lay as an appeal could be carried up. 3elieving that such section should b< ipheld until, and unless the Suprem< iourt, on a proper case brought befort t for that purpose, should make i eclaration upon the subject to the ontrary, I refused to declare tho ection unconstitutional. Upon the objection raised agains he admission of evidence before th< rand jury I decided that so much o: he affidavits as stated anything. sai ither by query or answer by an: aember of the grand jury should b( xcluded, but that the witnesses wh< estified before the grand jury couk ive their statement made there, anc ut them in the shape of affidavits ani ead them before the Court on thii aotion. The requisites of Section 45 havina wen complied with the order of trans er was made to Orangeburg. Oswald W. Buchanan, 'Presiding Judge. LOOMS OF LEXINGTON. ireat Cotton Mills Are Springing U: Despite "Hard Times." A special from Lexington to the ,olumbia State .says: Notwithstand ag the cry of hard times this section f Legington county is determined tot to be behind in the race of cottox ianufacture. The main building o: axe-Gotha mills, which is the new actory that is being constructed ov he site of the old Red Bank mills, wo miles from Lexington depot, iE apidly approaching completion. Thi tructure is 325 feet long by 96 feel ride, one story high, tin roofed, the ralls pierced by numerous large win ows, are built of excellent nativ ranite taken from quarries opened ox he spot in the adjacent hills, and o andstone found in great abundancE nd of superior quality only a mil( nd a half from the mill. This work is under the immediate upervision of Capt. Robert Hilton, n experienced mill man,-and W. P. oof, the president of the new com any, who is also the energetic and fficient president of the Lexington lanufacturing Company. The Saxe otha mills will bc filled with the est and most improved modern ma hiery for cotton manufacture, and urnished throughout with all moderm ppliances for lighting, ventilation, afety from fire, etc. The capacity of this new mill will e 5,000 spindles and 225 looms, and ill manufacture 40-inch sheeting and birting of high grade, and fine yarns, anging from iumbers 28 to 40. The rincipal part of masonry is aboui ompleted; a large force of carpenters re now at work'on the building, and ts enterprising projectors hope t ave it ready for machinery by th< 5th of next month. Since the burning of the old Re sank mills the mill of the Lexingtoi lanufacturing Company, here nea: he village, on Twelve Mill Creek, hai een running day and night, making ts 104 looms and 3,000 spindles equal o a capacity of 208 looms and 6,004 pindles. This mill is over 200 feel >g and about 75 feet wide,two storicE igh, built also of native granite,quar ed at the site, covered with tin and irnishedl throughout with all the mod rn improvements for lightning, venti stion and safety from fire. It hai .ew and improved machinery, and anufactures a superior quality of tick ng and drilling. The management ol his enterprise is excellent and has beer ighly successful, and it is growing ii aterest and importance to this place. If it is true that the man that causei wo blades of grass to grow where bui ne grew before should be looked upoz s a public benefactor, how muel reter public benefactors are thos ho by their enterprise, energy anc apital develop the industrial resources f the country--build cotton mills, oper ock quarries and start up other enter rises which give steady and remuner tive employment to hundreds of hand: nd heads that would otherwise bi omparatively idle. These cotton milli urnish a good and handy market foi he farmers within a radius of eigh nd ten miles around them, not onl' or their cotton but for all the pro tucts of their farms-their wood ani imber, as well as fruit, vegetables, oltry and fresh meats, thus stimu. iting andl enlarging every branch 0; roductive industry in the community, et us have more and a greater variety f these object lessons of practica: risdom, and less fruitless political agi ation and discussion, and party poli ies in South Carolina. Curious Deep-Sea Fishes. There are many curious forms mmong the fishes known to inhabit he very deepest portions of the deep e, but 'there are few such unique pecimens as that recently reported to e Berlin Institute from the coast of dIorocco. It was brought up from a lepth of one and one-half miles and vas a wonder to behold. The crea re was only~ about twenty-nine ches long, but fully four-fifths of ts entire length was head and mouth. twas estimated that if the body had yeen severed just behind the hinges of :he jaw ten such "bocdies" could have >een stowed away in its great pouch ike stomach.--San Francisco Exam Submarine TUorpedAo Boats. The United States Navy has signed 4 contract for the construction of the Eolland submarine torpedo boat. Mr. Eolland says he can sink it fifty feet CHILDREN'S COLUI3. ( THE INVESTIGATING BOY. I know a little laddie of a very prying minda To make investigations he is wondrously 1h A clined. He must reach the topmost branches of th6 T very highest tree; Bach passing gay procession he is right ca hand to see. The deepest inner tangle of the thickest swamp he knows; . d Each pebble of the brook has felt the pres- o' sure of his toes. S He rummages through all the house In spite of locks and doors : al The farthest, blackest cavern he most daunt. U lessly explores. cl He mounts up on the housetop, and once he S . even fell (The result of peering over) to the bottom of a L the well! C But woe is me! the teachers of this prying g Jaddic say That when he comes to books his passion h works another way; p For when he cons his text-books, in spite oi b scold and frowu, e To get to the bottom of them he turns them g upside down! I -ANos R. WELLS, in the Outlook. b b C - A FAITHFUL SENTRY. e: The foundation of military disci. P pjine is unquestioning obedience, and 3 punishment can be lawfully visitei C on a soldier, for obeying any order, ao.wever absurd. In one of these in- a stitutions the superintendent is a zeal- b E &us disciplinarian, and that is how he' r got into trouble. One day one of the g pupils was doing guard duty at the P outer gate when the superintendent d entered. The sentry saluted and let t( h him pass. Instantly the superinten' b dent turned on him and demanded to d know why he was not challenged. C' "No matter," said the man, severely, "you must challenge everybody-it is your duty." "Very well," said the . sturdy pupil, lowering his musket $, and bringing it to a charge, e "I challenge you. Give the p countersign, sir !" Then it flashed w on the zealous superintendent that he it didn't know the password and he tried ti to explain the matter; but the senti- n nel would listen to no excuse. "Stand there," ordered the sentry, sternly. o Just then the porter made his appear. I ance. "Young man," said h'e in amazement "don't you know the sup erintendent?" Instantly the sentry turned on him, and cried, "Give the h countersign!" Of course the porter 01 didn't know so he had to stand up C with the superintendent, and there T they both stood, looking and feeling b very'foolish, until the young officer of y the.day saw their predicament and re- o Yieved them. The sentry should have been promoted but quite likely was e nut even thanked.-Atlanta Constitin. L "ion. THE MONKEY AND THE SUGAR. A tame monkey in India recently E~ was given a lump of apgar inside a 0 corked bottle. The monkey was of an F inquiring mind and it nearly killed o him. Sometimes in an impulse of dis-a gust, he would throw the bottle away I out of his own reach and then be dis' 0 tracted until it was given back to him. b At other times he would sit with a L countenance of the most intense de- l jection, contemplating the bottled sugar, and then, as if pulling himself o together for another effort at solution, y would sternly. take up the problem iv afresh and gaze into the bottle. He ~ Iwould tilt it up one way, and try-to drink the sugar out of the neck, and ~ then, suddenly reversing it, try to catch the sugar as it fell out at the si bottom. Under the impression U A that he could capture the sugar by surprise, he kept rasping a his teeth against the glass in futilee bites, and, warming to the pursuit of c the revolving lump, used to tie himself E Iinto regular knots round the bottle. a Fits of the most ludicrous melancholy d would alternate with spasms of delight b as a new idea seemed to suggest itself,g followed by a fresh series of experi. ii Iments. Nothing availed, however, un- s til one day a light was shed upon the b problem by a jar containing banana F falling from the table with a crash, and the fruit rolling about in all di- ir .rections. His monkeyship contem plated the catastrophe, and reasoned ti upon it with the intelligence of a il Humboldt. Lifting tbe bottle high in u his claws he brought it down upon the k floor with a tremendous noise, smash ing the glass into fragments, after j., which he calmly transferred the sugar n to his mouth and munched it with much satisfaction.-Christian Advo- si cate. "Blue Beard."~ The nursery tale which has charmed f generations of children and their s elders, known as "Blue Beard," was F written by a French author. The ori- a ginal of the character of Blue Beard i was a marshal of France who lived in u Brittany and who was charged with e murdering several wives and over one hundred children. Being convicted of ti sorcery, he was burned, -Piladelphiu Times.T ERMAN SHIP CANAL MERICAN WARSHIPS AD311RED he Biggest Crowd Ever Assembled in that Part of the Country. A dispatch to the Charlotte Observer, ted Thursday, thus describes the ?ening of the wonderful German hip canal at Kiel, Germany: With imperial pomp and ceremoney id amid the plaudits of thousinds pon thousands of people, ten great inal connecting the Baltic and North eas was opened to commence today. be weather was perfect, and the in aguration ceremony was highly suc ?ssful, save in one particular, the roundingin the canal of the North erman Lloyd steamer, Kaiser Wil elm II., one of the vessels that took irt in the naval parade. She took Atom near Lovensau, near the east rn extremity of the canal, but she A off without damage. A+ 3 o'clock hursday morning the dispatch )at Grille, entered the lock at BruaS ttel, the western extremity of the Lnal, and went through as a scout, aming the banks and locks and 1king soundings in order to prevent, if ssible, the occurrence of an fccident hen the great parade navigated the inal to Kiel. Long before t be hour set for the start ig of the parade, every available space ong the river front was pre-empted y eager crowds, all anxious to see the mperor, German Princes, and other >yal personages, than which a larger thering has never been seen in this rt of the empire. The scene, as the mperor and four of his eldest sons rove along the river front last evening i embark on the imperial yacht, Ho ezollern, was one tu be long remem red. Everything capable of being .corated bore masses of flags and var lored bunting, and the crowd, filled ith holiday fervor, cheered incessant as the Emperor and Princes passed. The Hohenzollern passed into the estern water gate at 3:45 o'clock this rning. As she passed into the canal, ie entrance to which was crowded at ,ery point, a salute was fired by a irk of artillery stationed a little dis .nce from the entrance to the lock, bile the soldiery, composed of cavalry, fantry and pioneers, lining both inks, presented arms. At the same me a military baud played the German itional anthem. The apnroaches were crowded with ilitary students, visitors and residents the vicinity, who cheered loudly. he Emperor was on deck, and he bow in response to the ovation he receiv I, exhibiting much emotion. !Vhe, Hohenzollern at4 o'clock cut the read'vhich had been stretched across ie-6blrance to the c?.naf, and" began er-passage through to Kiel, the bands i siore playijg iational airs and the -ods'cbeering. The other vessels in te procession folowed in this order: he yacht Kaiser Adler, having on >ard Prince Luitpold, Regentof Bava a, the King of Saxony, the King of Turtemburg and Grand Duke Aiexis Russia. Thin-trIEhNorth-Ger an Lloyd-steamer Kaiser Wilhelm 11 ith the German Princes and the for gn ambassadors and ministers; the ensahn, with the Duke of Oldenburg; te British royal yacht Osborne, with te Duke of York, representing Queen ictoria; the Italian ro al yacht Savoa, ith the Duke of Genoa. representing ing Humbert; the Austrian torpedo itcher, rabant, with Archduke hares Stephen, representing Empercr rancis Joseph; the Hamburg-Ameri in Line steamer Augusta Victoria, ith the members of the Bundesrath 2d of the, diplomatic corps; the same ne's steamer Ctolumbia. with members the Restag; the North German loyd steamer Strave. also with mem ers of the Reichstag, and the Prussian andtag, anid the Hlamburg-Americatn ne steamer Rhaetia with members of te Reichstag and Lan dtag. The warships steamed through in this 'der: Grille, Arethus, Surfer, Grosiastchy, argues de Ensenaide. Edda, Viking, :arblehead, Mircea, liecla, Alkanmar. he rear of the procession was brougit p by the Turkish yacht Fevaid. At 10:30 o'clock at night everyone ho wvas expected. to go through the ial on the American cruiser, Marble sad, was on board that vessel, though e did not leave her berth until this orning. A mong those on board were dmiral Kirkland and staff, Captain vans, Captain Shepa&rd, the lieuten' 3ts, ensigns and nmarine oflicers from ch ship of the American squadron, te Rev. Mr. Tripp, chaplain of the uiser Sant Francisco; Mrs. Louis H. oore. representing the United Pr,.'s, d the fleet surgeon and fleet pay' aster. The Marblehead sailed slowly wn the Elbe and anchored at Bruns ttel at 6 o'cleck, awaiting her turn to into the canal. . The Marblehead is very popular, ow' ig to the fact that her cflicers have town every possible courtesy to visit s, and she was cheered last evening the occupants of hundreds of steam d electric launches and thousands of ople on shore At l1:3J0 p. m. the Hohenzollern was sight of the Houltenau locks at the st end of the canal. The immense rowd of people who had assembled on te Holtenau festplatz, to witness the ectacle, set up a mighty cheer as the nperial yacht was sighted. Five mi tes later she had steamed up to the eks,which she entered at 12:35. The operor stood up on tne high bridge, hind the a:iln mast. attired in the ill uniform of' ant adrmirail of the Ger tan navy. segsing the well-known ict~ure, *'liin fil~ ste'am ahead." The inds of.the re'zn! ir :and veteran troops hich the Kaiser acknowledged by a At 12:40 al or the ships in the bay red an imperial salute. It was a grand ect'acle. On each side of the lock 'as drawn tup a company of the First oot Guards of' Potsdami, with a band, ad a company of the Kaiser Flensburg egiment wcre lined on the north shore, front of the harbor oflicers, with the aine band. The admirals and gen als stood upon the centre rampart hich divides the sections of the lock. The immense crowds kept up con nuous cheerings as the Hlonenzollern issed through and went to her an iorage. followed by the Kaiser Alder. he arhaus wac teemine with plrasure boats of every description which swarmed about the warships, the Ameri can vessels receiving their full sbare of attention As the Kaiser Wilhelm was passing a point near Lavensau she ran aground, compelling all the vessels behind her to stop. She got afloat later and arrived at Kiel at 5 o'clock, followed at short in tervals by other vessels taking part in the procession. A large number of British and Ger man sailors were given shore leave this evening and are enjoying themselves hugely in the fashion of tailormen. DESCR!PTION OF THE CANAL One of the Moet Stupendous Works of Modern Engioeern:-l. Nearly eight years have now passed since, on June 3, 18S7. Emperor William I. laid the foundation stone of the Roltenau lock of. this canal, near Kiel. The President of the Rteichstag handed the Emperor a trowel and hammer, and the Emperor. tapping the stone, pronounced the work to be one of peace, honor, defence and progress. Then various Piinces, Ministers, members of the Bundesrath and other functionaries each struck the stone three times.. The practical task was pushed forword vigorously, and it is said that nearly 8000 officials and men were kept at work upon it continuously. The canal is about sixty-four miles long. Its course fromn Holtenau is through the route of the old Eider Canal and thence by a course as direct as possible, and yet with not a few detidedswervings froma straight line, It reaches the. Elbe a little east of Brunsbut tel. The Eider Canal, which was, of course, a Danish enterprise. had existed over a cen tury, the advantage of avoiding the long de tour around Cape Skagen having been ob vious for generations. Germany. In tain up the new project of a ship canal, had large ly in view its strategic uses, but it also had" its advantages on the commercial side. and these, to a greater or less extent, the whole world can share. In order that the canal .may be constantly employed and earning money, it will be lighted at night by elee tricity. The level is fixed for that of the Baltie; and in order to protect it from cur rents so strong as to impede progress, huge - locks have been built. The width of the canal at the top is sixty metres and twenty-two at the bottom. and, as is obvious, large mer chant ships can. meet and -pass each other, while, with a view to the demand of the very largest warships or other vessels. there are half a dozen side stations in which to accommodate one of the passers. Very higi tides are to be feared only rarely, and the heavy locks provided offset this source of trouble. As a compensation for the cur rents in the eanal, there is less danger of iceI forming, although, of course, it is expected that in excessively cold weather it will be entirely frozen over. The canal Is 200 feet broad between the tops of the embank ments. At its bottom it Is seventy-five feet broad. The average depth is thirty feet. The walls are constructed partly of sand, un out stones and masor.y, New Southern Enterprises. The past we'ek has been one of the most notable in the history - of the South on account of the n umber of new enterprises of . magni- - tude which have been made public. The Manufacturers' Recordhasreceived official con6rmation of the report that the Southern Railway Company will make its point tide-water terminus at Norfolk and has secured control of over two miles of witr frot on which to ere4t warehouses, wharves, an elevator and other buildings. . The Delta Con struction Company will build 30 miles of rai'road near New Orleans; also a 50, 000 busbel grain elevator, two 3,000 ton compresses, and establish a new ship ping point .on the Mississippi. river, making an investment of over $1,500, 000. New York parties. 'are interested in it. Other projects reported to the Mann facturers' Record during the week in lude a $100,000, a $5.000 spindle, and a $250,000 mill in North. Carolina, all for cotton manufacturing; purposes; in South Carolina, a 6,000 spindle mill, also one of 40,000 spindles will be built, besides several- additions' to plants in both Stales. THlE OUTLOOK FOR RiCE. Prospccts Promising for the Marketin~g of' the New Crop. Dan Talmage's Sons have issued the fol lowing ries crop bulletin: North Carolina-Acreage reduced;- tide water scarcely two thirds; upland one-hall average and crop generally late. South Carolina--Early plantings on Coop. er, Comibahee and Pon-Pon rivers well ad vaced and in fine condition : acreage slightly more than -last season. Weather during the past two weeks favorable for late planting. Georgetown district backen ed by high water: seeding completed, but not in satisfacetory manner, ground too wet and soft. Acreage hardly equai to last year, but with improved seed a saperior crop ex peeted. Georgia-Encouraging results derived - from 1ast year have permitted andstimulated the cultu r. Crop in healty condition. In some sections rain needed, particularly on the late planitin.-. but as yet no complaints of any set-backs to the plant. If the season proves favorable outcome will .be much heavier than last season. Louisiana-The crop as an entirety In river parishes suffering greatly from low (Missiippi) river, an i some~ crops already aandoned. In the southwest (Cadessien district) every prospect most encouraging, giving. promise to splendid outcome in quantity and quality. Under favoring con ditions product should be quite equal, If not in excens, of the banner year. 1892. As a rule the season is declared the best in six years. Fertilizers are being used to a'- con siderable ex'tent by large farmers. Wherever tried good results are reported, growth quickened, yield increased. Practically no rough carried over, hence that depressing feature will be absent whenthe marketopens. Texas, Florida, Alabama and Misisippi Reports'from all are meagre and disappoint ini, except Texas, in which there has been marked extension of culture and outcome. will probably equal that of Georgia. DISGUSTS THE GOVEENOR. The State WVIIl- Move for a Change of Venue. A dispatch from Columbia., S. C., says: The. administration is-disgusted with the action of the grand jury of Charleston in refusing to find true bills against any of the persons charged with violating the dispensary law. The governor announel today that the stae will move tomorrow for a change of venue from Charleston. to Oraugeburg im-all other such caises. This will be the first time~ the state has availed itself of this right. Once a Cannibal GO. . r~. J oseph 1Roberts, a sailor', wh ie Irecently at Santa Cruz, Cal.; was a "fair god" in the cannibal islands for nearlvy a year some forty years ago. Ee was wrecked on the island, and the natives, insteadver.:4king him for - their meat, took hiii'~fd'. their god, and he had a hard timeo.ma~ing isi e-s.a~e~W Orleans Picayune,