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VOL. VII. VOL. VII. LAtlRENS, S. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1891. NO. 10. TUE SAVIOUR IS WITH US. VTi. talmagl phe4ches on the continued mission of christ. Tin? S?-HI?> III llll< < i > \ i li i \ ?- I lit' < > :l i ?? - Ilm, Inj; HI 1 lit. DuoloM lu ihu 1 <inl.li ? ?i lie Tempt allen?, ii.iimihi. Cruel ft Zt Oil und MIhhIo.iuI ?'w-iIhi. BhooKIjYN. Sept. 27.?This is Sacra uicut Kunda. at iho Brooklyn Taberna cle. The scrvlct a i?k usual <?n these oc casion** were very solemn and impres sive. The uioruiug service opened with the long in; Ire (loxology. The grand Oifertoiro b> Olrleou was exquisitely ren dered by Professor Henry Evrw Brown, ami the set vieo closed with the ninjeslic coronation hymn. Dr. Talmaao's ills* course was on '"The march of Christ through the csuturns," aud his text Uevelation xix; 12. * On hin head were many crowim." May your cars be alert und your thoughts concentrated, ami all the pow ers of your h< mi I aroused, while L speak to you of tin "inarch of Christ through the centuries." Yousav, ''give us then a (good stau in rooms of verinilllon and on iloor of n owile und amid corridors of porphyry ami uadci cauopies dyed lu all the splciidoraol the setting sun." You t un have no such h tuning place. At the llino our (.'i; oil; ti was born, there were castus on tin bench ol Gnhlcc, and paliu oh at Ji iusulctn, and Imperial bath room-. :>t .1? : icho, and obelisks at Cairo and lIn- Panthenol) at Home, with Its coriuthiau portico and sixteen granite columns; and Diu Parthenon at Athens with its gi.stcir.ug coronet of temples, aud tneru worn mountains of line archi lecture lu m tn> parts of -he world. But none of Ihe.iu were to he tho starling place oi the Ctiicfliati I celebrate. A cow's .-tall, n winter month, an at mosplicro in which are. tho moan of cairn is and i.hu baaing of sheep and the barking ol ?1 ?gsand the rough banter of hoslhiies. lie takes his lirst jouruey bet?re be could walk. Aimed deeper* ndocs with bawls of blood were ready to snatch him down into butchery. Itev. William 11. Thompson, tho veteran and beloved missionary whom I saw last month in Denver, in his 80th year, has described, hi hin volume entitled "The Land and the Book," lictlilcliem as he saw it. Winter bet?re last I walked up and down I lie \ ray hills of .Iura lime stone on which the villuge now rests. The lact that King David had been born there, had not ilurin-j: ages elevated the village into any special attention. The other fuel that it was the birthplace of <\n- Chieftain did not keep the place in alter years Iroiu special dishonor, for Hadrian built liiere the grovo of Adonis and lor ISO veins the religion thoie ob served w as tho most abhorient debauch ery the world In s ever seen. Our Chief tain was considered dangerous from the start. The world had put suspicious eyes upon l.itu because at the time of his birth, tho astrologers had seen stel lar commotions, a world out of its placo and shooting down toward a caravan sary. Slardivliialion was a science. As late us the eighteenth century it had its votaries. AI the Court ol Catharino ilo Medici n wiu honored. Kepler, one ol the wlacBt philosophers that the world ever saw, declared it was a true science. As late as the reign of Charles II, Lilly, an astrologer wild called before the house of commons in Kngland to give his opin ion as to hiture events. For ages tho bright nppcnrauco of Mars meant war; ol Jupiter, meant power, of tho Pleiades, meant storms sea. And as history moves In circles, I do not know b.iuhut niter a while It may be found that as the moon lifts the tide ol the sea and the sun affects the growth or blasting of crops, olhci worlds besides those two worlds may have something to do with the destiny of individuals and nations in this world, 1 do not woodor that tin commotions in ihe heavens excited die wise men on (he night our (.hicltaln was born. As he came Irvn another world and after thirty -three years was again to exchange worlds, it does not seera slrauge to me that astronomy should have felt the ef lcct of His coming. And instead of be lug unbelicvinuabout the one star that stooped, i wonder that all the. worlds in the heavens a t not that Christinas nielli, mako some special tlcruonsiru lion. Wli, si til<i they leave to one world or ni< lew tin bearing <>i the news of Ihe humnniz.it ion of Christ? Wher* was Mais i ini ttlghi that it did not indi cate the mi. htv wui'S that were Ui conn; between i lihleuusnesH ami iniquity}1 WI i re was- Jupiter that night that it did not e? lehn lo omnipotence iuearnatedr Where w?ro Hie Pleiades that night, ihnt they d.d nut iiumaiuce the storms I ol [lersectit ion dial would assail our t:) do until? in watching ibis march of Christ through tin eeu urica wo iiiuu not walk before hi n or beside him, lor that would not lie n veieniiftl i?r worshiplul, So we walk behind him. We lollow him while not. ye t in his tuns, up n Jerusalem ter? nice, ton building 000 teet long and 000 loci wide, and under the hovering splen dor of gateway N and by a pillar crown- d with enpltal chiseled into tno shape ol llowers ain! leiives, and nloog by walls of bevelled masonry aud uear a marble Micen until a group of white-hatred phllosopcers ami ineolouians gather around bun, ainlllu n the boy bewilders, ami confotiueis, and overwhelms these scholai iy si plUAgensrlans with tiuestions i bey cuunot answer, and under his quick whys and w IvyforS, and hows and wbens, they i nil their white beards with cm baviiissnient, end rub their wrinkled for Ileads in coulusiou, and putting their stall bard down on the marble Iloor as they arise to go, ihey must leel like chiding '.he boldness that allows twelve years of age to nsk seventy-live years of ago such puzzles. Out of this building wo lollow him into the Qnarfllitania, the mountain ol temptation, its Hide to this day bl&< k with robbers'dens. Look! Up the side of this mountain, cotne nil the forces ol perdition to efleet our Clue'iatn's cap ture. Hut although weakened by forty ('ays and forty (lights of abstinence, he burls all i'Midcinimium down the rocks, suggestive oi bow he can hurl into help lessness all our temptations. And now we climb right altar him, up the tough sides of the "Mount of Beatitudes," and on the highest nil;,it of rocks, iho Val ley ol llatii beloro him. the lake of (inl ilep to the right of him; the Mediterra nean Sea to u.u led of him, aud he preaches a seinen that yet will trans form the world with its applied senti ment. No v we follow eair Chieftain on Lake Galilee, Wo must keep to the beach, for our hot are not shod with the supcrnaturul. and wo remember what poor work Petoi mado ol it when he tried to walk the water. Christ our leader is on the ton ol the tossing waves, and It is about ;l,3t) in tho morning, and It is the darkest tiruo just before day light. Hut by the Hashes of lightning we nee him pulliug bis feet on the crest ui' ibu waves, stepping I;??mi crest to crest, walkiug the White surf, solid tut though it wero dozen snow. Tiie sail ors think a ghost Is striding the tempest, but he cheer* them into placidity, show ing bimse!! to be a great Christ for sail ors. Ami lie walks the Atlantic ami Pacific and Mediterraucau and Adriatic now. and it exhausted and afrighled voyagers will listen lor his voice at hall' pust 3 o'clock in the morning on auy sea, indeed at any hour, thoy will hear his voice of compassion aud encourage ment. Wo continue to follow our Chieflaiu und here is a blind man by the wayside. It is not Irom cataract of the eve or from. ow*3lhalmiu, the eye-extinguisher of the East; but he was horu blind. "He opened!' he cries, and lirst there is a smarting ot the eye-lids, aud thou atwil light, and thcu a mid-uoou, und theu a shout. "I see!" Tell it to all the blind, aud they ut least, cau appreciate it. Aud here is the widow's duud son. and here is the expired dnmsol, and here Is La*a rous! ''Live!' our Chieftain cries, aud they live. Tell it through all the bereft households; tell it among tho graves. And here arouud him gather the deaf and the dumb aud tho sick, and at his word tbcv turn on their couches, and blush from awlul pnllor ot helpless illness lo rubicund heulth, aud lite ?wollen loot ot the dropsical sufferer becomes tlcct as a roe on the mouutaius. The music of the grovo and household wc ikons the deuf ear, aud lunatic and maniac return into bricht Intelligence* aud the leer's breath becomes as sweet as tho breath of a child, aud the llcsli as roseate. Tell it lo all the sick, through all the homes, though all the hospitals. Tell it at 12 o'clock at night; tell It at 2 oclock in the moruiug; tell it at 3.30, aud in the last watch of the night, that Jesus walks the tempest. Still we follow our Chieftain until the government that gave him no protection, insists that he pay tax aud too poor to raiso the requisite $2.75, ho orders Peter to catch a tish that hns iu its mouth a Hornau stater, which is a bright coin (and you kirn v that tish naturally bite at any thing bright), but it was a miracle that Peter should have caught it at the lirst haul. Now we follow our Chieftain until for the paltry sum oi $15, Judas sells Ilim to 11 is pursuers. Tell it to all the betrayed! If for $10,000, or for $500, or for $100 your interests were sold out, eonsider|for how much cheaper a sum the Lord| of earth and henven was surrendered to humiliation and deatii. Hut hero while follow in? him on a spring night between 11 aud 12 o'clock, we seo the Hash ol torches und lanterns, and wc hear the cry of a mob ot Nihilists. They are breaking iu on the quietudo of Geth semane with clubs?like a mob with sticks chasing a mad dog. It is a herd of Jerusalem "roughs" led on by Judas to arrest Christ aud punish him for beiua the lovelist aud best being that ever lived. Hut rioters are liable t.> assail the wroug man. How w*re they to be sure which one was Jesus? "1 will kiss hiru," says Judas, "und by that signal you will know ou whom to lay your hands of ar rest." So the kiss which throughtout the human race and for all time God in tended as the most sacred demousti~tiou of nllectiou, for Paul writes to the Ho rnaus and the Corinthiaus and the Thes-' salonians concerning the ''holy kiss," aud Peter celebrates the kiss ot charity, and Willi that conjunction of lips L?bau met Jacob, and Joseph met Iiis brethren, and Aaron met Moses and Samuel met Saul aud Jonathan met David aud Ornah parted from Naomi and Paul separated from his friends at Epheeus ami the father iu tho parable greeted the returning prodigal, and when the millennium shall (Ihme wo are told righteousness and peace will kiss each other, and all the world is invited to greet Christ as in spiration erics out "Kies the Sou, lest He be angry nnd ye perish Irom the way"-that most sacred demonstra tion of reunion aud allectiou was dese crated as the filthy lips of Judas touched the pure check ot Christ, and the hor rid s uiick of that kiss has its echo in the treachery aud debasement and hyocrlsy ol all agos. As in December, 1880, I walked ou ?he way irom Heliumy, and at the foot of Mount Olivet, a half-mile from the wall ol Jerusalem, through the Guidon ot Gethsemane, -ml under the eight venerable olive tries now standing, their pomologieal ancestors having been witnesses ot the occurrence spoken of, the .scene of horror and of crime came buck to me, until I shuddered with the historical reminiscence. In further lollowhw our great Chief tain's march through the centuries, 1 lind inj soll' in a crowd iu front ot Herod's palace hi Jerusa'em, and on a movabie platform placed upon a terse luted pavement, Pontius Pilate sits. And as once a yoar a condemned crim inal is pardoned. Pilate lets the people choose whether it .-dm11 be an assassain or our C lieftain, and lluy all cav out for ihe liberation ot the assasaiu, thus declaring they prefer a murderer to the salvation of the world. Pilate took a ba sin of water iu front of these people and tried to wash otl'thc blood of this mur der from bis bands, but he could uot. They are siill lifted and 1 see them looming up through nli the ages, eight tinker* and two thumbs standing out red with the carnage. Mill ltd low uu' own Chieftain, I ascand the hi.l which General Gordon, tho great English explorer aud arbiter first made a clay model of. it Is hard climbing for our Chieftalu, for he lias not only two heavy limbers to carry on his buck, the up-right aud horizontal pieces ot the cross, but he is suffering from exhaustion cuused by lack ot food, mountain chill", desert heata, whippiugs wild ehu-wood rods, und years ot mal treatment. It took our party iu 1880 only fifteen minutes to ell nb to the top of the lull and reach that lime-stone rock in yonder wall, which I rolled down from tho apex ol Mount Calvary. Hut I think our Clueltain must have taken a long lime lor the ascent, .or he had all earth and heaven, and all hell on his back, as he climbed fro n base to summit, and there endured what William Cowper, and John Milton, and Charles Wesley, and Isaac Watts and Jumes Montgomery, and all the other sacred poets have at tempted to nut in verse; aud Augello, and Haploid, and Titian, and Leonardo da Vinci, and ail the great Italian, aud Gormau, and Spanish, and French ar tists have attempted to paint; aud Hos suet, uud Massillon, and George White Held, and Thomas Chalmers have at tempted to preach, something of its overwhelming awiulness you may esti mate from the fact that the sun which shines in tho heavens could not endure it; the sun which unllinchluicly looked ! upon the deluge thatidrowued the world, which without blinking looked upon the ruins of earthquakes which swal lowed Lisbon and Caracca?, aud has looked unbiuuclie.,' on the hattle-llelds of Trbela. Blenheim, Mogiddo, and all the scenes of carnage that have e?er scalded and drenched the earth with hu muu goro?that sun could not look upon the scene. The sun dropped over its face a veil of cloud. It withdrew. It hid itself. It suid to the midnight, "I resign to thee this ?jicctacle npon which I htwe no strenght to gave; thou art blind. Oh, Miduight! and lor that reason I commit to thee this tragecyl" Thcu the niKhluawk aud the bat (lew by, the jackal howled in tho ravines. Now we follow our Chieftain as they carry his limp and lacerated form amid the llowcrs and trees of a garden, the gladiohun s, the oleanders, the lillios, the geraniums, the mandrakes, down live or six steps to an aisle of grauitc when* he sleeps. But ouly a liltlo while he sleeps there, for there is an earthquake in ull that regiou, h aving the rocks to this day iu their aslautand ruptured state doelar alive of ihe lactthtt something extraor dinary tline happened. And we see our Chiettuiu arouae from ins brio! slumber and wrestle down the i utl'un Death who would keep him imprisoned In th it Caveru and put both heels ou the mons ter, aud coming lorlh with a cry that will not lo.isu Id be echoed until on the grout resu.rectiou day tho door of the last sepulchre shall he. unhinged aud dung clanging into llic debris of dcmol U?h< d cemeteries. Now wo follow our Chieftain to t ie shoulder of Mount Olivet , aud witho ut wings I e rises, the disciples clutching for his robes loo lato to reach them, and across tho great gulfs of space with one bouud he gums thut world which for thirtv-tbroe yeais had been denied his companionship, and all heaven hi led a shout of welcome, as ho entered, and of coroatiou as up the mediatorial throne he mounted. It was the greatest day heaven had ever seen. They had him back again from tears, trom wounds, 'Vom ills, from a world that ncTcr appre ciated him, to a world in which ho was the chief delight. In all tho libretto oi celestial music, it was hard to lind an an them enough conjubilant to celebrate the joy saintly, seraphic, arch-augelic, deiiio. But still we follow our Chicttiau in his march through the centuries, for invisibly he still walks the earth, and by the eye of faith we still follow him. You can tell whore he walks by the churches, and hospitals, and reforma tory iustttutions, and houses of mercy that spring up along the way. I hear his tread in the sick room, and in the abodes ol berearement. Ho marches on and the nations are gathering around him. The islands of the sea are hearing his voice. Tho continents uro feeling his power Amcricu will be his! Europe will be bis! Asia will bo his! Atrica will be his! Australia will be his! Now Zealand will oe his! All the earth will be his! Do you realize that until now it was impossible for the world t > be converted? Not until very recently has the world been fouud. The. Bible talks about "the ends of tho earth" and the "uttermost parts of the world" as be ing saved, but not until now h tve "the ends of the earth" been discovered, aud not until now have the "uttermost parts of the world" beeu revealed. The im vi gat or did his work, the explorer d d his work, the scientist did his work, and uow for the first time since the world has been created has the world been known, measured off, and geographlzcd, the last hidden, aud unknown tract has beeu mapped out and now the work ol evangelization Will be begun with an earnestness and velocity as yet uu imagined. The steamships are ready; the lightning express trains ure ready; the printing-press are ready; too lole gruphpuid telephone are ready; millions of Christians are ready and now see Cht ist muri hing on Ihn ugh the cen turies. Marching ou! Marching on!! One by one governments will tall into line and constitutions aud literatures will adore his name. More honored aud wor shipped is ho iu this your of 1801 than at any time since tho year one, and tho day hastens when all nations will join ono procession "following tho Lamb whither soever he goeth." Marching on, march Ins on!! This dear old world whoso back has been scourged, whose eyes have been blinded, whose heart has been wrung, will yet rival heaven. This planet's torn robe ol pa'.n and crime and demen tia will come oil'and the white and spot less aud glittering robe of holiness and happiness will come on. The last wound will have strung tor the last lime; the lasi grid v> ill have wiped its last tear; the last criminal will have, repented of his last crime aud our world thai has been a Straggler among worlds, a lost star, a wayward planet, u rebellious globe, a miscreant sated lite, will hear the voice that uttered childish plaint in Bethlehem, and agonizid prayer iu (ielhscmauc aud dying groan on Golgo tha, aud us this VOiCO cries "Come,*' our world will return from its wander ing never again to stray. Marching on, marching on!! Then this world's joy will bo so great that other world's beside heaven may be glad lo rejoice with us. By the aid of powerful telescopes, vcar by year be coming more powerful, mountains in other stars havo been discovered and chasms and volcanosaud canals, aud the .-tyle ol atmosphere, aud ibis will goon, and mightier and mightier telescopes will bo invented until I shou'.U not won der it we will not bo able lo exchange siguala with other planets. Aud as I havo no doubt other worlds are inhabi ted, lor God would not have built such magnificent world-houses to have them stand without tenants or occupants, in the liuul joy of eailh's redemption all astronomy I think will t ike. part, we signalling other worlds and they iu turn signalling their stellar neighbors. Oh what a day iu heaven that will bo when this march of Christ is finished! I know i hat. on the cross Christ said, "It is fin ished," but he meant his sacrificial work was finished. All earth and all heaven knows that evangelization is not finished, but there will come a day in heaven most rapturous. It may be af ter our world which is thought lo have about 1,500,000,000 people shall have on i s decks twice its preseut popula tion, namely 3,000,000,000,000 aud all redeemed, and it will be after this world {shall be so damaged by conflagration that no human fool can tread its surface and no human being cm, In cat he its air, but most certainly the day will como when heaven will be (hushed and Un lust of tho twolve gates ol the eternal city ahull have clanged shut, never to open excopt for the admission except of some celestial embassage returning from s .me. other world, and Christ may strike his scarred but healed hand in emphasis ou tho aim of the amelhysliue throne and say in substance: "All my ransomed ouos are gathered; the work is done; 1 have finished my march through the centuries." When in 1813, aller the battle oi Loipsic, which decided the fate of the nineteenth century, in somo respects the most 11 inc.duus butllo cor fought, the bridge down, the river Incarnadined, the street choked w'th tho wounded, the fields for miles arouud strewn with n dead soldiery from whom all traces of humanity hud been dashed out, there met iu the public square of that ch-y uf l.eipsic the allied conquerors, and kings who had gained the victory?the King of 1'iussia, the Emperor ot Russia, the Crown Prince of Swedeu?followed by the chiefs of their armies. With drawu swords these uionarchs saluted ouch other and cheered tor the continental victory they hud together gained, His tory lias made the sccuc memorable. Greater ami more thrilling will bo the spectacle when tho world is all conquer* cd for the liuih and in front ol the palace of heaven the kiugs and euuqucrors of all the allied powers of Christian useful ness shall salute each other, aud recount the btrugglwa by which they gamed the triumph, aud then hand over their swords to him who is the Chief of the conquerors, crying: ?'Thine, oh Christ, is the Kingdom; take the crowu of vic tory; the crown of dominion; the crown of grace; the crowu of glor\." "On his bead were many crowns." SHARP EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST. 8;. I.oitU and other Gltlv* Savorvlv Shakon. St. Louis, Sept. 2d.?At 10:45 p. in. throe almost continous vibrations of an earthquake, oscillating from East to West, were distinctly felt here. Build ings facing tho North ami South were visibly affected by the shock. Watch men In seveial of the tall buildings say thoy became alarmed and made all basic to reach the ground. At the Star Say ings the compositors, who occupy the ilfth lloor, left their cases, and rushed panic-stricken down the stairways and Into the streets. At the opera house the audience rose as If to rush from the house, hut only a few left. Throughout the whole city the police report that the people rushed from their homes lu great alarm, in scant attire. No damage to buildings has, us yet, been reported. TKRRE IIAUTK, Ind., Sept. 20.?A dis tinct shock of earthquake was felt here about 10:50 tonight, lasting six seconds. Windows rattled, chandeliers swayed and many persons wore nauseated by the undulations. The movement ap peared to bo from north to at uth. ViNCENNiis, Ind., Sept% 20.?A very fierceptible shock ol earthquake was felt lere at 11 o'olook tonight, lasting near ly thirty seconds and arousing people from their slumber. The shock was also felt at Olney, Washington and various other places in this vicinity. St. Lou is, Sept. 20.?A special from Nokomis, 111. says an earthquake shock was felt there at 10:51, and was of forty seconds duration. Another dispatch irom Masooutalnlls states that three shocks were tilt there ut 10:58 p. m. Mt. VkrsON, 111., Sept, 20.? An earth quake Bhock was felt here at 10:50 p. nr lasting ten seconds. Many chimneys were shaken down aud thrown on the roofs of residences. The ceiling and side of the Methodistchurch were badly damaged. CHICAGO, Sept. 20.?Dispatches from Jacksonville, Springtieki, Du Quoin, Grceuville and Selbyville, III, state that the shock of earthquake was felt there to-night. It lasted about thirty seconds. No damage was done to pro perty. Tli? Ohio Cainpatgu. Columbus, Ohio, September 22.? Representative Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, addressed about live thousand Columbus voters tonight. There was quite a number of republicans in the audience, and the closest attention was given to the speaker during the entire two hours of his address. Tho Thurman and Jackson clubs es corted Mr. Mills from the Governor's residence and made a line appearance. The speaker was introduced by (lov ernor Campbell, who was at his best, and was warmly greeted by all present. Since the opening of the democratic campaign last week there has been a wundertul bracing up of tin? people, and Governor Campbell is now re garded quits as favorably in the pools as the "Little Major," who was a prime favorite at odds ten days ago The democrats aro now bringing souio of their strongest aud ablest speakers into the state, and from now until the close of the contest the republicans will be forced to tight every inch of ground for the right of way. Chairman Ncal, together with the rest of the stale campaign committee, is giving the closest attention to all the minor details of tho work. am', it is the small matters ami the quiet vote that will figure largely iu the .mimining up of the result oil the night of the elect ion Commencing October 0, Congress man Springer, of Illinois, will devote nearly all of his timo to the Ohio cam paign until tho election. OonifreitH of Kitriiiura. Columbia, S. C, Sept. 24.? The gov ernor has received a communication from H. P. Clayton, secretary of tho Na tional Farmers' congress of tho United States, stating that the eleventh annual session will convene utSedalia, Missou ri. Nov. 10next. It is composed of two delegates and alternates at large irom each state and one delegate and alter nate from each congressional district. The governor is asked to appoint dele gates lor two yars and to name one or more good men to be placed on the programme. The governor has made the following appointments:' .state at largo? 10. T. St.ukhouse, Marion; Jos. L Keitt, Sondley's; Alter nates, D. K. Norns, Hickory Flat; W. I). 10vans, Marlboro. First District?E. It. Waltor, Orange burg; IL J. Seibles, Sandy Run. Second District?F. M. Hamberg, Hamberg; Harry Hammond, J leech Island. Third District -John R Hlake, Abbe ville; D. II. Russell, Anderson. Fourt District?II. H. Hurst, Or. en ville; T. C. Duncan. Union. Filth District?W. N. Elder, Guth rievillo; Hayne McMeekin, Winnsboro. Sixth District?J. P. Durham, Pow ellsville; Lucas Mclutosh, Darlington. Seventh District -John J. Darg.ui, Sumtert J., H. Detvens, Georgetown. Horror? of ICallroail Wrack. London, September 25.- A dispatch to the Standard from San Sebastian says that It Is reported that Seymour Lucas and Maurice Long, tho latter Hritisli vice consul ut Malaga, were killed in the railroad collision between burgos and San Sebastian. Several en tire families perished, including tho Judge of Victoria witli his wife and daughter. Some English tourists wore also killed. Most og> the passengers were asleep at the time of the collision. Twentv were killed and twenty-three injured, four of whom have since died, wero extricated from the debris. Many children were killed. When the Queen received the news of tho disaster she stopped the fetes In honor of her daughter's birthday and requested tlio minister of justice to send her all the details. FAMISHING MILLIONS Pi-IASAN fS RISE UP IN DESPAIR AND DESPOIL THE GRANARIES. TrooiM of I'ou?hiiIs Or vine nod lluwiius for It i <:i(l? ?Ii i hi i .'ii Submit! <kI lot .?11 IukIoiih IMhchm? to NhV" llieui from Oeutlt by Huuger. St PKTBIISBURO, Sept. 30.?Ex tremely unfavorable reports arc received here rcgardlug crop prospects through out tho Empire. Six provinces reports a probable failure ol crops, while iu sev eral others they will bo much below the u\erage. Moscow advices say that a destructive worm hus made its appear ance ?n that province. Uuless these accounts arc exaggerated there is every urobahiliiv of a return ol famine next year. Uur SI Petersburg correspondent writes: While the horizon of the Em pire is black w ith war clouds, a more sii'dle und persistent foe hai entered the Czar's kingdom and is making sad huvoc w Lb Iii? I people. Tho failure, of ihe crops is every day iuoroasing the distress ol the poorer classes; and many arc the harassing tales which are told ol the miser v they are forced to endure. The ftemstyos (local legislatures) ol more thau twenty provinces have ap p< aled to the relief hind ol the Empire, hut the answer has not been one lo in si ire hops, Theirdemauds were placed at the lowest possible amount, bat not in one simile instance were they com plied with. In some eases but a tenth of the sum asked was given, though In others the dlsbursers of the fuud were a little more generous. Still tho sums ?ranted are so utterly at variance with the requrements the destress people the Zeinstvos liuds it a ditlloult mat ter to discriminate as to the most needy. The peasants in the stricken districts are grouped so closely that it is impossi ble to relieve the wants of all on tho limited supply ol money allowed. The relief fund Is already exhausted aud tho Government refuses to render further assistance. The ukiisc which came .uto force on August 27, and which was promulgated to prevent the export of rye, instead of bettering ihe condition of the peasantry only tended to increase their misery. The priceofryo has since that date risen rapidly. In a fort-night the price rose from 00 to 140 kopecks per pood. Tho Russian people com plain that in issuing the edict sulllcient timo was permitted to elapse to enable the speculators to lullil their contracts, and that when August 27 dawned ull the rye which had been on tho market had | been exported. This was a cruel injust ice, aud it has been lollowed by the most serious consequences, OU'IIIHKAKM OV THE PEASANTRY, Numerous outbreaks have occurred in several of the provinces. In the town of Shavh, which is the corn mart ol the province of KOVUO, tho maddened popu lace took possession of the railway sta tion, while others lormcd themselves into bauds ami went out ou tho high ways to intercept ml carts containing com. The police attempted lo arrest the ringleaders, but the crowd interfered and rescued their * companions. The chief of police then culled upon the mili tary to assist him in restoring order. Through tho ellorts of the hitter tho riot was suppressed, but we have not been informed If violence was resorted to. Nearly all of the provienccs have passed through a similar experience. Ou the 18th of August a town in the province of Vilna was the scene ol a wild outburst ol fury on the part of the populace. A crowd, headed by a num ber of .lows, took possession oi'aquaili t^ of corn stored at the station ready for export and emptied it Into a Hold ahm * line of railway. The crowd watched over the precious commodity until night closed about the scene. In Ibis latter riot the women wore the most active participants. Alter the arrival of the police the railroad officials attempted to start a train, but the peo ple prostrated themselves on the rails, shouting: "We would rather die is Siberia ilinii starve here!" The people in the provinces of Groat Russia bear their Butlern g with greater fortitude than those of the western part of the Empire, but when riots do occur they assume more serious proportions. The people are of a more, phlegm itic temperament, but when once, aroused they are more violent. In several places the grain depositories were raided and deprived of their coveted store. In each case the peasantry not only overpowered the police, but also the military in their mud struggle for the life-sustaining gram, in the KuhilU Province the olllciab or dered the cattle lo be destroyed, uilog ing as an excuse that they were dis eased. This the people denied, saying that the animals, like, themselves, Were slowly starving. The military voro called out lo enforce the order, but the peasants attacked them ami many of the rioters were killed. DHKADKUI. S0ENE8 CHRONICIjBI). In some of the famine-stricken dis tricts the scenes witnessed are beyond description. Troops O' peasants wan der from village to village, bcggmif yileously and crying, "(Jive us bread! Bread for Chrits's sake." The appeal is always a vaia one, for the cond'tiou < f one peasant is no better than that oi his fellow, and the applicant turns away multcrinu, "It is always the same?no bread." In some ol the villages a small quail lily of Dour is doled out to ouch family. 11 is of the poorest quality, aud the la ead made from it is scarcely fit lo eat. In many ol the homes no food has been cooked since Easter, the people subsist ing ou the small p illion of bread which has been supplied to them though char ity. In some Instances mothers, crazed by starvation, have subjected their children to contagious diseases, hoping thereby to hasten the end, believing thai death by thai means would be preferable to ths linegtlng one of starvation. TliOSO of the peasants who are able to make I heir way lo ll.e large cities do so iu Ihe hope oi* earning a tew rubles to scud lo their sull'eriug ones. In one of the villages a low years ago a peasant family of twelve persons aus in|fairly good circumstances, owning several horses and a number of cows lu addition to a large dock of sheep. Now they havo hut one cow, all the rest ot the stock having been sold lo enable the once prosperous family lo obtain BU01? Clont food upon which to subsist. When they are at last forced to part with their only cow tho subject of existence will then become a serious matter to them, especially as some of the members of tho household are both old aud feeble and milk is their only diet. mritSTiNO OPEN THE OR AN ARIE*. In tho Konstnntinova district the peas ants, driven to desperation, hurst open the granary douis, ami the leaders of the raid dealt the com out to the starv ing people, nohand poor receiving shore nnd sbiuo alike. The spring corn, which proved euch a disastrous failure, has been sown a sccoud time; but, as before, mother earth refuses to yield up her trails, and, as a consequence, despair has Hpred over all the land. The rye crop has fallen far below the average, and the wheat which lias been raised is of tho most inferior quality. The sun's ravs beat down pitilessly on the starving people, scorching tho mead ows and drying up tho fodder lor the cattle, which aro dying in great num bers. No rain has fallen In months. The rivers aro running dry, while the brooks have loug since dried up, aud the sceuc presented is wretched beyond description. In the Caucasus matters aro even worse, and it is no longer safe for a stranger to travel its byways aud high ways, for the pcasauts in their despair attack those who pass that way in hope Of securing money with which to buy food. Many villages are the scene of the wildcat excitement, aud the Czar's officials arc said to have become so tor rorized as to have lost entire control of the people. Curses, great aud small, are being hurled ut the "White Czar," whom they hold responsible as the au thor of their misery. It is feared iu some quarters that the famine and tho callousness ol the Gov ernment to the existing conditions will precipitate a revolution. It is believed that the starving people will stop at nothing lo secure some recognition of their rights. The Holy Synod proposes, as a means of preventing an outbreak, to contribute money and precious stones from u number of the rich monasteries to relieve the needs ot the most serious cases. Many of the villages are more than half depopulated through this dread'ul scourge, but where it will end and what the result will be uo one cau tell. the CAUSES ok the distress. The. present condition of the Russian Empire is not attributable alone to the failure ol the crops. Various causes have conspired to produce existiug re sults. Since the emancipation of the serfs iu 1801 the agrarian question has been a matter ol great import to the peo ple. It is a vexed question und one very difficult ot solution. To a studcut of the evolution of the empire the present dif liculty is not altogether a surprise. No other result could be expected from the system ol land tenure which to-day ob tains in Russia. The liberation of the serls was eUcetcd not so much from a humanit?r) tu feeling as from economic considerations. That emancipation has utterly tailed to realize the expectatious of both par ties to the transaction, uo one cau deny. The so-called liberation of the peasant has not brought him either prosperity or happiness, for at present, he is vir tually under as great a bondage as he was iu the time of Nicholas. In 1802, wheu a division of the laud took place, but a small portion was allotted to each peasant?scarcely sutli cieut for his needs ut the time; but uo provision was made lor the probable in crease of population. As time passed the peasant Sound himself with a large family ou his hands, but with uo extra land to till whereby they could be main tained. As a consequence, the surplus population drifted to the large cities,aud in lime formed an immense proletariat which represented nearly all of the vices and but few ol the virtues of the nation. It is this e'ementof the Czar's domain which causes the Government the great est uneasiness, but as yet no remedy has been devised lor its prevention. People must live, and if the land will not yield them adequate, support?or, rather, if insuili.icnt land is given llictn on which to maintain au existence?the only alternative left them is to seek the more busy haunts of men and cast their lot with the struggling crowd. Since their liberatiou the great bulk ot the peasantry have been iu a condition not many removes from actual starva tion. Even the official press is forced lo acknowledge the fact that the people arc lu a far worse condition than they were he lore their emancipation. the evek-inckkakinc? MISERY. The terrible and ever-increasing mis ery of the millions ot the Russian peas antry is a blot on the escutcheon of tho Government which time can never wipe out, aud which, to a great extent, justi fies the discontent a: d rebellious nature of tho people. Then, again, when a crisis like tho present arises and no ade quate provision is made for the emer gency the people would be little less than human did they not take, the law into their own hands, as many of the poor creatures whom 1 have just de scribed have done. The burden of taxation is also very great, and to meet it the poor peasant is compelled to uive two-thirds ol his lime to labor outside of his own litilo plot of laud. This he is obliged to do, as his portion of the soil does not yield sutlic.ent lo enable him to exist aud at the same time meet the demands of the Czar's ollnials. Instead of serving one master, as lormerly, they have now be come the prey of those tyrants. It not infrequently happens that this H\htem of taxation is carried to such an extent that the poor peasant, unable lo meet the demands ot these human vul tuies, sees the bumble home which his put lent toil has reared gradually slip irom his grasp* First his horse, if he owns one, will be seized (or payment of taxes, then one by one. bis household goods will disappear until finally the home itself is taken. These tchonovniks (olllcials) having no fear of punishment, systematically carry **n their work of spoliation. As 1 have said elsewhere: "Each Governor is an autocrat iu his province; each chief of police is au autocrat in his district; each police is an autocrat in Iiis canton, and each CoSSSCK lieutenant is au autocrat in his village." The poor peasant lives, sutlers and dies under this terrible regime, and the world never learns of bis misery. It is only when such conditions as at present obtain in Russia, and when the secret can uo lon ger be kept, that the oilier nations learn into what .icpth of human suffering and sorrow tho peasant is at all times plunged. Judge, then, ol his lot in tho present slate ol affairs!? NSW York Re corder. _ The Kentucky Alliance Divided. Louisville. Ky.,Sept. 25.?The Par mors' Home Journal, for nearly a year tho oltlcial organ of the Farmers' Alli ance in this State, has given up its con nection with that organization. Tho reason assigned is that the Alliance wishes to go into politics. There are two factions in the Alliance in Ken tucky upon this question of joining the People's Party, and at the Slate meeting at Ehz'ibethtown on November 10 there will bo a sharp contest between the two for tho election of State ofllcers who are opposed to political action by the Alliance. SERIOUS BUSINESS f"OR CHILE. A Military ?inr.nl I'Ihci ?I Aromitl tho United States Legation, New York, Sept, 28.-Tim Herald's Valparaiso special this morning says news of serious import reached here from Santiago yesterday. It is to the effect that the leaders of ( he Juuta have for the last few days adopted a course which has had the result of harassing Minister Kotau. The Junta has 09CU trying for sonio time to induce Mr. Egan to give up all thosu who have sought refuge in the United Slates legation. Tho Junta has gone even further than this. It has put forth the claim that it has the right to arrest any one, no matter of what nationality, who may be found on the street or any where else outside ot the walls of the legation. In keeping with its claim, a number of foreigners have been placed under arrest. Among them are three A hum ic ins. The matter went so far that every person having occasion to visit tho legation was ordered to obtain permits winch allowed them to go to the place. To enforce this rule a force of police was put on guard outside the legation. This lasted uutil laxt Friday, wheu Minister Egan entered a must vigorous protest to the whole proceed ing. His manner was so earnest that tho police were withdrawn. It is said tliac he referred ihe whole matter to the authorities at Washington. A HASTILY OALLEl) CABINET COUNCIL. Washington, Sept. 28.?Diplomatic complications have arisen between the United States and Chile -how serious cannot now be Stated, but siilliciently grave localise a hurriedly called consul tation at the executive mansion Ibis morning between the President and his chief advisers in the State and Navy Departments. The consultation lasted until after 12 o'clock, Secretary Tracy remaining with the President until l o'clock. Acting Secretary What ton also had official papers. He said, in answer to a question as to whether matters had assumed a set ions phase in Chile, that he could not say anything on the subject. In ollicial circles the news from Chile that a cordon of soldiers had been placed around the house of the American min ister, that entrance could only be ob tained to it by passport furnished by the Junta, and that American citizens were being arrested on the streets of Valparaiso, was cousidered serious bus incss, and whilo no official conlirmation of the uews can be obtained, it is gen erally credited. It is known that as far back as last Friday a long cipher cablegram was received at the Navy Department from Capt. Sen ley, in com mand of the United States steamer Hal timore, in Chilean waters. A copy of this was sent to the State Department. Since then cablegrams between the State and Navy Departments have been passing with increased rapidity, but the contents of nono of these communica tions have been furnished the public. Oeu. lloultoiuer CoimiiltH Sulcldo. UUUSSBLS, Sept. 30.?C?en. Houlangor committed suicide to-day by the grave of Madame Do Honnemain, who died recently iu this city. Madame Do Hon nemain has been known as the mistress of the dead general. She accompanied him to England alter his llight, from France. The general had been gloomy and nervous recently, but the tragedy was wholly unexpected. This morning ho drove, as usual, to the cemetery with his niece and secretary. Heaving them outside, he entered and after standing some timo at the tomb ho shot himself. Some workmen who heard the shot summoned the keeper, who recognized the corpse, and informed the general's niece, who was so overcome that she fainted. Tho body was taken In the carriage to police headquatters and then to the residence of tho general. The French minister was notified and tolephoned the news to Paris. A large crowd quickly surrounded tho house where the body lay. One of the men working in the cemotery says the gen eral was palo and sail as he entered, but his manner did not attract attention. The men were hidden from the general's view where he stood. After about three quarters of an hour they heard a pistol shot and rushed to the spot whore they found the general dead with the revolver in his hand. Tiviilve Klr<-iiien Crunlied. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 25.- At 2:30this aftern oon lire broke out iu the live-story frame building of M oore oi Co.'s machine shops, located on Tenth avenue, South and Third streets und iu a few minutes the building was envel oped in (lames. Half an hour later a terrific explosion took place, and the (lames shot high above the top story. Twenty employes In the third story had a very narrow escape, barely reaching tho stair in time to descend to the ground. The flames were communica ted to the elevator, and the immense structure seemed to burn like tinder. At 3:20 p. in. the walls of tho elevator fell with a tremendous crash. Twelve firemen were on ladders against the wall, and all were precipitated Into the debris. All were rescued alive, but nine were scriousiy and three fatally hurt. Inciuidlnrv Miller. Chicago, Sept. 22.?Emancipation day was celebrated today by the colored people with a mass meeting and picnic at Osgood grove. Thomas K. Miller, of Heaulort county, Sout h Carolina, was the orator of the day. lie eulogized Abraham Lincoln, and speaking of the South said: " The new South is a fact. The child, is however, Ill-formed. It's blood is tainted; It is strong, but lacks endurance. It is as much your duty to day to assist tho nation iu training and developing this partly spoiled youth, as it was your duty late in the lit ties to educate through your patron saint, the nation up to the paint of the emanci pation of the slave and the preserva tion of the Union. Omit P, and (be work will have to bo done over again in t he same ?i ay as it was blushed at Appomattox." Werkly Col ton Niatlftilc?. Liverpool,Sept. 21 - -The following are the weekly statistics: f?tal sales of the week 17,000 bale*, American 30, OUO. Trade takings, including forward ed from shipside 511.000; actual export 5,000; tofal import 20,000,American li. (XX). Total stock 711,000. American 51(1, 000. Total afloat OO.OOO, American 80, 000. Speculators 4,000; exporters took 2.&00. Cannibalism in ItOMla, London. Sept. 20.?The horrible story of Cannibalism among the Rus sian peasantry is more than continued, for in some ol the alllicted provinces it is said that starving humlies, giving up all hope of rescue, arc prolonging life by devouring their helpless Infants. rut KlKhU on th? floor. CLEVELAND, Sept. 26,?The Repub lican couuty convention 1.0-day was one {oi the most turbulent in the history of the party iu this county. Tho delegates quarreled onlhotloor, and two flst tights added excitement to the proceedings. COTTON PAST REDEMPTION REPORT OF THE WEATHER BUREAU FOR LAST WEEK. Nearly All tit?? Cotton Will ???< Ifurveatetl i>? November l*?Intere>>tlna Kt'|ti>ri?i from I Ii? Viirluux Count le*.. Columbia, S. 0., Sept. 88.?'Follow* ing Is tho weather crop bulletin of the I South Carolina Weather Bureau for the week ending Saturday: The total amount of rainfall during the week WHS apparently below the nor mal and badly distributed;temperature and sunshine above the avert*ge, and very favorable for the opening and pick ing of cotton, and harvesting of hay and pea vines. The following are extracts from a number of crop correspondents, most of whom fully corroborate my last report as to my statement that the condition Of the cotton crop was 20 per cent, below that of an average: Clarendon County- "I have seen this week several farmers from as many va rious sections and it is estimated that the t orn crop is unusually line. Cotton crops have generally succumbed to the effects of the excessive rains, and it is believed thttt fully 33 per cent, has been destroyed. It Is almost safe to say that nearly all the cotton will bo harvested before Novomber." York County?-"So far as we can tell the cotton crop is about 25 per cent, short of last year." Kershaw County?"The excess of moisture uniformly throughout the crop season (grow lh)caused a luxuriant weed. The high temperature during the past week, with continuous sunshine, has caused 'scalding'- the leaves turn yel low und bolls opt n pormaturely." Edgclicid County?"Cotton on low grounds have been bonefltted by the dry weather. Uplands h ive been injured a good deal, and the cotton has lost from shedding and the rorcud opening of im mature bolls. Late cotton will make a poor yield. Crop lost since last report 20 per cent." Fair Held County?'The wann, dry weather has been beneficial tocottou, which is opening in line condition." Fairtleld County-?"Tho condition of the cotton crop is very unfavorable. 1 usually make twelve bales to the plow. 1 shall not make over eight, aud my crop is better than many of my neigh bors." Chester County?"The last seven days have been favorable in every way to all crops, especially cotton."! Union County "I he past week has been an unusual week for the tanners, allowing them to save much line forage. Cotton crop will not be what many had supposed, below Ihe average." Union County?"Havehad an oppor tunity of seeing many crops. Collen seriously injure,I, and will bo at least 25per cent, below an average." Alken County? "Excessive warm weather has opened the bolls of youug cotton beton? they were tally matured, and caused the plant to shed its leaves badly." Barn well County "The cotton is past redemption. The stalk is universally dead, and no (op crop at all. Seventy live per cent, is open, nicking is pro gressing rapidly, ami is being marketed as fast as ginned. With good weather, crop will be gathered by 1st November." YVillinmsburg County "No top on cotton, and il is tit least ~2T> per cent. Short0)1 the average, Corn has not beeu injured, pease good, potatoes good. The past ten days has been very favorable lor gathering cotton, and good progress has been made." Hampton County "Corn 25 per cent. Increase over 1800, cotton IK) per cent, decrease, potatoes HO per cent, and pease 10 per cent." Orangeburg County?"Tho cotton crop on clay lands is short at least 30 per cent, and on sandy lands 50 per cent., from continuous and excessive rams during August and the first part of this month." Lancaster County "The cotton erop has beeu injured by too much ram (lur ing August and 1st September, also by cool weather. There cannot be more than U0 percent, of an average crop. There is no 'top cotton,' and the bolls are few and wide apart on body Of Stalk, Corn good." Marlboro County- "The heavy rains in August and eight days iu September showed eight and one-half inches of rain, which put a llnale on eol t^a on sanuy lands. The favorable weather of September or an early frost will make but little difference, as there are no young cotton bolls to make." Darlington County "Weather for past week has been, except a local shower Wednesday alter noon, all that could be desired. The rain on Wednes day only slightly damaged the color of open cotton, but benefited turnips and did no! affect other crops." Darlington County "Tho hot, dry weather of the past ten days has caused cotton to open rapidly, and increased the purl receipts abnormally. In many fields Ihe cotton is nearly all open. Tho Staple per cent, short Of last year. Corn is as good as ti.e land will produce." New berry County- "The corn crop dot snot need ram. Our cotton crops are much poorer than has been report* ed. All the top crop wu8 shedded off altei the rains iu August and the first week in September, and l do not think it possible lor tiiis county to make over 7."> per cent, of a lull crop." Berkeley County "We have had too much rain for all crops. It has been dry for a week, favoring cotton Open ing Slid picking, drying out provision*! and favorable to hay making." Kichland County "the cotton crop is badly injured. The young cotton has little or no fruit on it. With the most favorable season and late frost it will not be over 00 per cent, ol an aver age crop." llichlund County -It is dlfllcultto say how much the cotton crop has bei u damaged. 1 made last year 70S bales of cotton. 1 am almost sure that my erop will not yield over 300 bales. My com crop is line." A. I'. liUTM-SIt, Observer Weather Bureau. Announce** in Convention. B KU I. IN, Sapt. 23, Professor Win* schied, of Lelpsic, who belongs to one or the most noted Catholic families of that city, has announced his conversion to Protestantism, coupled with the state nent that the professor attributes the change in his religious views to his disbellel III the authenticity of the gar ment known as the Holy Co.it, which is now on exhibition in the cathedral at Troves, and bis conscientious scru ples against, supporting a church that would lend Its sanol Ion to such an ex ? hlbltion, Pour American*. Murdered. Panama, Sept. '-'">. Advices from Peru report the murder of four Ameir can explorers on the river Munition. They wereCalifornians prospecting lor gold. Tho party consisted of live, but one, owing tp illness, had to return. The others were murdered In cold blood by the natives, who mistook them for ecclesiastical emissaries and spies, ..*.