The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, November 14, 1893, Image 1

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A REPUBLICAN AVALANCHE. ?U UPRISING RESULTS IN THE NORTHERN STATES. Crushing Defeat of the New York Democracy?Both House* of the legislature Captured by the lie* publicans. New York, Nov. 8.?The tidal wave which swept over this State was larger than even the RepubMcans dreamed. As the returns have come in, the vote has inoreased, until now it shown a Republican victory of 34,(180 lor John. Palmer for Secretary of State, aud Bartlott has defeated Maynard for tho Court of Appeals by the over whelming plurality of 89,669. The Ro gubllcnns elect their entire State ticket y good maiorities. Corrected returns indicate that the Republicans will have good working majorities In both houses of the Leg islature. Tho Senate will probably stand as follows: Ropublioans 18, Democrats 13, Independent Democrats 1. Tho Assombly Republicans 75, Domoerats 53.) In the constitutional convention thore will bo 105 Republicans to 70 Demo crats. In tho city of New York Tammany carried through its eutire State and county ticket. Maynard has a plu rality of only 30,000; tho rest oi the ticket getting an average of 60,000. Tue present assembly delegation Is solidly Democratic, but throe Republi cans woro elected yosterday?Sheffield in tho eleventh, Lawson in the twenty third and Robertson in the twenty sevonth. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 8.?Correct ed returns of the vote in Brooklyn as announced at poliee headquarters thiB morning show that Schieren (Rop. and Ind.) rocolvod 88,001 votes and Boody (Dem.) 59,414; Schteren's plu rality 28,647. Of 679 oleotlon districts in King's county 60-1 had returned their votes for Associate Judge of tho Court of Appoals. Bartlott's(Rop.) plurality is 19,238 over Maynard. Buffalo, Nov. 8.?Late returns show that tho Republicans have car rlod this eounty, the homo of Lieuten ant Govornor Sheohan, by about 13,000 majority. Tho Republicans elected both Senators and 11 vo of tho six as semblymen. They claim to havo a fighting chance for tho sixth assembly man, charging fraud at tho polls. m'kinley's plurality the largest in the history of ohio. Columbus, O., Nov. 8.?At Demo cratic Stato headquarters to-day they concoded tho result such as to give them no cause for looking after the re turns. Chairman Dick, of the Repub lican State headquarters, has recoivod unofficial returns indicating McKin ley's plurality between 70,000 and 80, 000?the largost in tho history of tho Stato, oxcept in 1863. At that tlmo Brough had over 100,000, his opponent being Vullandingham, who was tuen an exile in Canada. New York, Nov. 8.?Tho Mall and Express publishes the following dis Satch from William McKinley, Jr., ated Columbus, Ohio: "Revised re turns up to noon indicate that my plu rality will be 80,000. The Legislature stands : House?Republicans 84, Dem ocrats 23; Senato?Republicans 23, Democrats 8. This is tho largest ma jority in the Legislature ovor had with in tho history of the Republican party." Columbus, Nov. 8.?Chairman Dick, of tho Republican State committee, gives out tho following: " The Re publican victory Is complete and un precedented. McKinleys plurality will probably reach 90,000, tho greatest ovor Slvon any Governor, except John rough. Tho Republicans havo elect ed 25 or 26 of the 31 Senators and from 85 to 90 of 107 Representatives. Also, throo-fourths of the county officials of the Stato chosen and most of the dis trict officials. All of tho Congressional districts but two appear to havo gono Republican." a large decrease, but a signal democratic victory. Richmond, Va., Nov. 8.?The result of the election in this State yesterday contained some surprises. Tno victory was a most signal one, yet there ap poars to have been a largo docreaso in the voto. Again, it was bedeved that in many sections tho nogrocs would vote solidly with the Populists, but the result proves tho contrary. Indeed, In many counties negroes In small num bers supported tho Democratic ticket. Tho following summary of tho voto has been made up at the Democratic head quarters : Fifty counties Blv& a Democratic majority of 23,704, and seventeen eitles Democratic majority of 17,081. There are fifty counties and tho city of Bristol to be hoard from. Indications are that tho Democratic majority will reach 50,000. Tho follow ing aro believed to be tho only counties ln'tho State that havo gono for tho Populists : New Kont, Campbell, Caro line, Prince George, Groonsvillo, Pow hattan, Princo Edward, Sussex, Taze woll and Floyd. laboe republican gains through out the state of maryland. Baltimore, Nov. 8.?The Republi cans made gains throughout Maryland yesterday. Tho only Stato officer voted for was comptroller. Marlon DuKalb Smith (Dem.) was ro-eleetod by about 10,000 plurality ; two years ago he had a plurality of ovor 20,000. The Republicans swept tho Western Maryland counties?Fredorlck, Wash ington, Allogheny and Garrett?and also elected their entlro ticket In Soinorsot county. Charles county oleets a Ropub.ican Senator. ox-Con gressman M mid and two members of tno Legislature. Tho noxt Legislature probably havo six Republican Senators and twenty-throo ropresenta^ tives?a gain of eigntoen. Tno Demo crats elected, all of tholr judioial can didates. In Baltimore city, Judges Ritchie and Wioks defeatod Wright and Bond for tho supreme bench ; Boyd defeatod Richmond in tho fourth district for the Court of Appeals ; Pago and Lloyd won over Hudson and Waddoll In tho flrst district, while Roberts and Revel* had no opposition in the flfth dlutrlct. Mayor I^atrobo was elected in Balti more over Malster (Rep.pand Schutz (Ind.). Latrobo has boon mayor six times, but nover l>eforo succeeded him self. Tho Republicans gained five seats in the city council, but it is still ovorwhelraingly Domocratio. CHICAGO REPUBLICANS ELECT THEIR ENTIRE JUDIOIAL TICKET. chicago, Uov, 8/?The revision to day of the election returns shows that the Republicans olected their entiro judicial tickot, with the possible ex ception of Craft, with Judge Gary in tho lead. Craft is identldod to some extent with the socialists hore. The Republicans showed general gains throughout thp flifry and county over the Presidential voto last. SrOftiy and in addition, Gary, who presided at th Haymavkct uuarohtsU' u;iul, an<| wjj u/u? opposed by Governor Alteold A REPUBLICAN AVALANCHE. ?U UPRISING RESULTS IN THE NORTHERN STATES. Crushing Defeat of the New York Democracy?Both House* of the legislature Captured by the lie* publicans. New York, Nov. 8.?The tidal wave which swept over this State was larger than even the RepubMcans dreamed. As the returns have come in, the vote has inoreased, until now it shown a Republican victory of 34,(180 lor John. Palmer for Secretary of State, aud Bartlott has defeated Maynard for tho Court of Appeals by the over whelming plurality of 89,669. The Ro gubllcnns elect their entire State ticket y good maiorities. Corrected returns indicate that the Republicans will have good working majorities In both houses of the Leg islature. Tho Senate will probably stand as follows: Ropublioans 18, Democrats 13, Independent Democrats 1. Tho Assombly Republicans 75, Domoerats 53.) In the constitutional convention thore will bo 105 Republicans to 70 Demo crats. In tho city of New York Tammany carried through its eutire State and county ticket. Maynard has a plu rality of only 30,000; tho rest oi the ticket getting an average of 60,000. Tue present assembly delegation Is solidly Democratic, but throe Republi cans woro elected yosterday?Sheffield in tho eleventh, Lawson in the twenty third and Robertson in the twenty sevonth. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 8.?Correct ed returns of the vote in Brooklyn as announced at poliee headquarters thiB morning show that Schieren (Rop. and Ind.) rocolvod 88,001 votes and Boody (Dem.) 59,414; Schteren's plu rality 28,647. Of 679 oleotlon districts in King's county 60-1 had returned their votes for Associate Judge of tho Court of Appoals. Bartlott's(Rop.) plurality is 19,238 over Maynard. Buffalo, Nov. 8.?Late returns show that tho Republicans have car rlod this eounty, the homo of Lieuten ant Govornor Sheohan, by about 13,000 majority. Tho Republicans elected both Senators and 11 vo of tho six as semblymen. They claim to havo a fighting chance for tho sixth assembly man, charging fraud at tho polls. m'kinley's plurality the largest in the history of ohio. Columbus, O., Nov. 8.?At Demo cratic Stato headquarters to-day they concoded tho result such as to give them no cause for looking after the re turns. Chairman Dick, of the Repub lican State headquarters, has recoivod unofficial returns indicating McKin ley's plurality between 70,000 and 80, 000?the largost in tho history of tho Stato, oxcept in 1863. At that tlmo Brough had over 100,000, his opponent being Vullandingham, who was tuen an exile in Canada. New York, Nov. 8.?Tho Mall and Express publishes the following dis Satch from William McKinley, Jr., ated Columbus, Ohio: "Revised re turns up to noon indicate that my plu rality will be 80,000. The Legislature stands : House?Republicans 84, Dem ocrats 23; Senato?Republicans 23, Democrats 8. This is tho largest ma jority in the Legislature ovor had with in tho history of the Republican party." Columbus, Nov. 8.?Chairman Dick, of tho Republican State committee, gives out tho following: " The Re publican victory Is complete and un precedented. McKinleys plurality will probably reach 90,000, tho greatest ovor Slvon any Governor, except John rough. Tho Republicans havo elect ed 25 or 26 of the 31 Senators and from 85 to 90 of 107 Representatives. Also, throo-fourths of the county officials of the Stato chosen and most of the dis trict officials. All of tho Congressional districts but two appear to havo gono Republican." a large decrease, but a signal democratic victory. Richmond, Va., Nov. 8.?The result of the election in this State yesterday contained some surprises. Tno victory was a most signal one, yet there ap poars to have been a largo docreaso in the voto. Again, it was bedeved that in many sections tho nogrocs would vote solidly with the Populists, but the result proves tho contrary. Indeed, In many counties negroes In small num bers supported tho Democratic ticket. Tho following summary of tho voto has been made up at the Democratic head quarters : Fifty counties Blv& a Democratic majority of 23,704, and seventeen eitles Democratic majority of 17,081. There are fifty counties and tho city of Bristol to be hoard from. Indications are that tho Democratic majority will reach 50,000. Tho follow ing aro believed to be tho only counties ln'tho State that havo gono for tho Populists : New Kont, Campbell, Caro line, Prince George, Groonsvillo, Pow hattan, Princo Edward, Sussex, Taze woll and Floyd. laboe republican gains through out the state of maryland. Baltimore, Nov. 8.?The Republi cans made gains throughout Maryland yesterday. Tho only Stato officer voted for was comptroller. Marlon DuKalb Smith (Dem.) was ro-eleetod by about 10,000 plurality ; two years ago he had a plurality of ovor 20,000. The Republicans swept tho Western Maryland counties?Fredorlck, Wash ington, Allogheny and Garrett?and also elected their entlro ticket In Soinorsot county. Charles county oleets a Ropub.ican Senator. ox-Con gressman M mid and two members of tno Legislature. Tho noxt Legislature probably havo six Republican Senators and twenty-throo ropresenta^ tives?a gain of eigntoen. Tno Demo crats elected, all of tholr judioial can didates. In Baltimore city, Judges Ritchie and Wioks defeatod Wright and Bond for tho supreme bench ; Boyd defeatod Richmond in tho fourth district for the Court of Appeals ; Pago and Lloyd won over Hudson and Waddoll In tho flrst district, while Roberts and Revel* had no opposition in the flfth dlutrlct. Mayor I^atrobo was elected in Balti more over Malster (Rep.pand Schutz (Ind.). Latrobo has boon mayor six times, but nover l>eforo succeeded him self. Tho Republicans gained five seats in the city council, but it is still ovorwhelraingly Domocratio. CHICAGO REPUBLICANS ELECT THEIR ENTIRE JUDIOIAL TICKET. chicago, Uov, 8/?The revision to day of the election returns shows that the Republicans olected their entiro judicial tickot, with the possible ex ception of Craft, with Judge Gary in tho lead. Craft is identldod to some extent with the socialists hore. The Republicans showed general gains throughout thp flifry and county over the Presidential voto last. SrOftiy and in addition, Gary, who presided at th Haymavkct uuarohtsU' u;iul, an<| wjj u/u? opposed by Governor Alteold influence, received many Democratic votes, putting-him considerably ahead of his ticket. In the result for county commis sioners the result is somewhat in doubt, and it may require the official court to decide which party is in the lead. It Is apparent, however, t but tho board of commissioners will be a mixed ono, as mon on both tickets seem to. have boon elected. Gary's plurality is estimated at 8,000, although enthusiastic Republicans place It as high as 16.000, with the re mainder of the Republloan ticket prob ably from 2,000 to 4.000 behind Gary's lead. the republican candidate swept massachusetts. ' Boston, Nov. 8.?The Republicans swept the State yesterday as olean as they used tu do twenty years ago, before anything like a formidable op position had arisen to dispute their political supremacy. Threo hundrod and forty-seven of the 361 oltles aud tywns of Massachusetts, including all tho eitles, glvo, for Governor: Green halge, (Rep.) 191,296 ; Russell, (Dem.) 150,508; Banks, (Pro.) 8,053; Greon halge's plurality, 34,728. " Tho same towns in 1891 gave Allen (Rep.) 150,775, I Russell (Dem.) 156,802; Russell's plurality 0,287. Tho not Republloan I gain this vear over 1891 is 40,640. a populist victory in nebraska. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 8.?Returns from the State are coming in slowly and seom to indicate tho elootlon of Hoi comb (Pop.) forsupreme judge by 5,000 ovor Harrison (Rep.). Frank Irvine (Dem.) ran well here, but seems to havo boon cut badly by free silver Democrats, who voted for Holoomb, as did many anti-monopoly Republicans. Tho Republicans have carried this city by a largo plurality. the democratic disaster in iowa. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 8.?Frank D. Jackson, Republican candidato for Govornor, is elected by a plurality of about 30,000. The balance of the Re publican ticket is olocted by a large majority. The Legislature will be Re publican. Out of twenty-four Sena tors to be elected tho Republicans have olectod sovontoon; out of 100 members of the Houso, tho Republi cans havo about sixty-five. populists defeated in kansas. Topeka, Kans., Nov. 8.?Complete returns show that the Republicans have carrlod 80 out of 101 counties and sevon judicial districts out of thirteen, in which elections wore held. Fusion between tho Domocrats and Populists has been unsuccessful nearly every where. Whoro the Republicans were beaten it was by the straight Pop ulists. detpoit goes republican again. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 8.?Corrected returns show that Mayor Plngreoswopt tho city by ovor 5,000 majority, and has carried the ontire Republcan ticket through with him. Pingreo ran far ahead of his ticket. In the first Con gressional district Griffin (Dem.) is oleeted by between 1,000 and 1,500 ma jority. the pennsylvania republican ma jority. Philadelphia, Nov. 8.?Estimatod majorItos by counties on tho voto for Stato Treasurer show a majority of 107,922 for Jackson Republican. what governor flowers says. Albany, N. Y., Nov.8?When ask edWor an opinion about tho election Govornor Flowers said: "Tho Ro Sublicans seem to havo elected tho t?te ticket. The Legislature is in doubt. Tho Republicans havo, no doubt, secured a majority in tho con stitutional convention. . Tho result goncrally throughout tho country can bo attributed only to tho depression and that thousands of men are out of work." colorado adopts woman suffrage. Denver, Col., Nov. 8.?Returns from tho Interior show a steady increase in tho majority secured for woman suf frage. Tho total majority, as far as heard from, is about 2,500. This will probably be increased. The principal opposition was from tho southwest ern counties. judge maynard a disastrous candi date for the democracy. New York, Nov. 9.?Additional re turns from theolectlon districts in this city show how disastrous a candidate Maynard has been to tho Democrats. Ho ran 34,000 behind its tickot in Now York county. Ti.o plurality of Meyer, Democratic candidato for Secretary of Stato, was 64,975, while that of May nard was only 30,817. The Republicans gained threo assemblymen in this city, carrying tho eighteenth, twenty-second and twonty-seventh districts. Tho re sult in this last namod district was a great surprise, as Crokor's pot candi date, Wobstcr, was running thero. Returns show that not oven in Tam many strongholds woro tho bosses able to koej) Maynard up with tho tiokot. Correctod returns from all ovor the State mako no change in tho list of Senators from that sent out oloetion night. There will bo 19 Republicans and 13 Domocrats. Daniel Bradley, oleeted in tho fifth district, is an in dependent Domoerat, elected by Re publican votes, in opposition to a re- J gular Democrat, and is classed among tho Republicans. Tho Assembly stands 74 Republicans and 54 Domocrats. Tho Republicans will havo a majority of 26 J on joint ballot. I CRISP 1'AIiKS AT liOMB. He Sees Nothing Disheartening in the Elections. Atlanta,"Nov. 9.?Speaker Crisp Is in tne city, and spent sovoral hours among tho legislators at tho eapltol. He gavo his vlows to tho newsnapor mon upon the recent results of the elections. "I think," said Mr. Crisp, " thore is nothing to dishearten us in tho rosult. Thero is no indication to my mind of weakness In our party from that election. It was no slap at tho administration, and proceeded from a series of very natural causes. " In tho first plaoo, tho financial do prosslon caused much discontent, whioh will disappear with the soon and cortain return of better times. Then it is an off year, which but carried with tho fuififltnont of the old preeo dent, that tho party In powop losos. " But tho most saliont feature of the late elections is the fact that in many of the Statos tho issues woro local and not national, New York being the only notable example of this state of af fairs." Judgo Crisp outlined the probable course of Congress at its next conven ing as follows: " Wo shall got* to work at 99.00 on tho tariff, and u hi}) w}ll bo presented embodying tho reductions reaommopd ed in tho Deraooratio platform. Thore will be a substantial reduction of the tarilT. Ay attempt will bo mado also to repeal tho 10 per cent, tax on Stato DEFIED TUR AUTHORITIES. A Dispensary Sensation at the Fair Orounds?Governor Ttllmau Insult ed and Defied by a Hloe Beer Dealer. The Columbia Register gives the following account of. the exoitlng inci dent at the State Fair on last Thurs day, which.has attracted so much at tention throughout the State. W. B. Meetze is the man who killed Clark a year or two ago on the streets of Co lumbia, and is a reckless, defiant char acter : Notwithstanding the fact that the rice beer whioh was being sold at the Fair grounds bad been analysed and pronounced to contain more alcohol than was allowed, and the parties sell ing it had been arrested and gave bond to appear at the hearing, they contin ued to sell it yesterday morning. When Gov. Tillman arrived on the grounds about 11 o'olock and learned the fact ho wa? very much wrought up at the defiance of the State's authority. He said ho intonded to stop it if he had to call out the military to do it. He descended from tho high.dignity of his office, which was a mistake he made, for he placed himself in a posi tion to be insulted and was insulted. He, in company with two of the Peni tentiary guards, went to soo Mr. W. B. Meetze in person and ordered him to stop selling tho beer. Mr. Meetzo re fused to do so, and told tho Governor that he had given him permission to sell tho beer and ho proposed to do it and was very insulting in his language He said the Governor had gone back on his word to him. The Governor then told him he would have the Peni tentiary guards to arrest him. He re fused to be arrested without a warrant, and said ho would kill tho first man who made the attempt. Governor Tillman then retired ana sought Trial Justice Clarkson, fo whom bo gave in structions to issue warrants. Ho said he would have tho parties arrested and sent to"Mr. Clarkson and ho could then issue tho warrants. In the meantime ho ordorod tho con stables to mako tho arrosts and in Mr. Meotze's absence they arrested Mr. Haiford, Jacobs and othors. When M?*. Meetze returned and found that his men had boon arrested he was very indignant. A constable soon came up with Capt. Allen and a guard from the Penitentiary to mako tho arrest, but Mr. Meetzo bade them defianco without a warrant, and would kill any man who tried It. Capt. Al len told Mr. Meotzo that bo did not want any trouble, but he was there as a posse for the constable and If tho con stablo gave tho order he would arrest him If It cost him his lifo. Tho con stable would not give tho order and of course Capt. Allen could do no more. Quito a crowd gathered around and as Mr. Meotze was breathing out his defiance and abuse of Governor Till man some of tho crowd cheered him and indulged in loud cursing. There wore present also men who wore deter mined and ready to assist In the enforce ment of the law. Thore was consider able oxcitement and trouble was mo mentarily expoeted. Mr. Meotzo told the Governor and the crowd afterwards that ho would submit to arrest by a child or evea the blackest negro In the country without resistance provided he had a warrant, but ho would not be run ovor or bul dozod by anybody. Ho accused Gover nor Tillman of unfairness, for ho said nlno Other men" In Columbia wero allowed to sell rice beer and they wero not troubled. A constable then came off down town to got a warrant for Mr. Meotze's arrest. In a short whilo Mr. R. A. Lovo, president of the Fair society, in com pany with Mr. Childs paid Mr. Meetze a visit. Mr. Meetze was told that no boor privileges has boen sold and ho had violated tho contract he bad made with tho society. Mr. Meetze denied that ho had violated any contract In that Col. Holloway told him bo did not sell beer privileges, and if he did so be must take the chances, and Colonel Holloway had taken bis money after ho knew ho was selling rlco boor. Mr. Lovo then asked Mr. Meetzo if he would stop selling the beer inside of five minutes. Ho said he would not, when Mr. Lovo said, " Well, wo'll bring our policemen and have It stopped.'* Instead of aonding tho policemen to stop it, Colonel Holloway and Mr. E. L. Roche came and had a talk^witb Meetze. Thoy also told him ho had violated bis contract and ho contended that ho bad not and ho proposed to s.and on bis rights. Ho said he had told Mayor Fisher that if ho said for him to stop it he would do it, and told Cob Holloway that If bo ordered him to stop he would do so. Colonel Hollo way and Mr. Rocho turned away to hunt tho policemen, but soon stoppod to consult with other members of tho executlvo committee, and that was the end of that. It was a big game of bluff and back-down by tho committoo, and Mr. Meotzo was lot alone. The committoo did not havo tho baekbono to stick to their first position. Mr. Mootze, however, said that ho only had a few more bottles of rice beer loft and as soon as ho sold that he would stop, but would not bo bull dozed Into stopping by anybody, The fow bottles wero sold, when Mr. Meotzo announced that It was all gono and ho would sell no more. Matters then soon became quiet. During the afternoon a warrant was issued by Trial Justice Clarkson and Mr. Meetze was arrested without trouble and gavo bond for bis appear ance at tho preliminary hearing to bo i held to-day. Tho hoarlng in the other cases will also be heard to-day. Later in tho afternoon a commltto of the Fair society consisting of Col. T. J. Moore and Moasrs. J. B. Humbert and T. J. Cunningham waltod on Govorn nor Tillman and stated that thoy had revoked tho privileges of soiling liquors at tho Fair and askod him to eject Mr. Meotzo. Governor Tillman advised the committee to go "to Judge Hudson and got an Injunction, and If they could not do so that ho woidd havo him ejected this morning if it took the military to do it. Some of-Mr, Meetzo's friends wero vory defiant yesterday and proposed to stand by him, and Mr. Meetzo himsolf said ho had two hundred frionds at his back. Tho affair was the suVjjeot of general comment on tho grounds, and tho Gov ernor was generally criticised for put ting himself in the humiliating posi tion of tryihg to stop tho sale of tho beer in person when there were othor officials whoso duty it was to do it, eBpeolally if ho could notepforco his authority without a warrant, but Gov ernor Tillman said he tbought if ho wont iu person to Mr. Meetzo and ordered him to stop, soiling beer he would do so and tnoro would he. no further trouble about It. Tho Govor nor is determined though, and will en force his authority at whatever oost. The following items felating to this affair are taken from the Columbia Journal: For resisting arrest is tho charge brought against W. R. Mootze Jthis morniui? by M, Q. ^jm^fe tsun and upon wurrut for his arrest was sworn out and placed iu the hands of Sheriff Catheart. Mr. Meetzo will probably bo arrested to-morrow morning. He Is still In Columbia with no desire to avoid the Issue now Joined with Till man and his law, andthero will be no trouble in finding him when wanted, say his friends. Governor Tillman stated today that the morning papers were wrong In saying that Mr. Meetze had cursed or abused him. Mr. Meetze, he said, was very gentlemanly in what ho said. The Governor says ho did not go uear Mr. Meetze's place of busluess and does not know whore it is located. Hssays ho mot Mr. Meetze near the main en trance and told him what ho had to say there. THE STRICKEN SEA ISLANDS. Miss Clara Barton Tells of the Work of the Red Crom Among tho Suffer ing People and Appeals for Further Aid. Washington, Nov. 6.?Miss Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross Society, addressed an au dience in tho parlors of tho society on the condition of the unfortunate people inhabiting the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina, who wore recently rendered homeless by a dostructlvb hurricane. She gave a detailed and Interesting history of these people, to gether with a description of tho local ity and its surroundings. Miss Barton has just returned from tho scene of tho disaster, and having been there during and since tho war, is familiar with the country. She Bald there were at least seventy islands in what Is generally known as tho sea-is lands, and that 30,000 of the natives were homeless, without tho baro neces saries of lifo, and with no hope of sub stantial relief until the next crops. She said that 0,000 houses were either washed out to sea or rendered unfit for habitation. When called-upon by tho stricken people for tho aid of tho Red Cross Association, she realized that the disaster was of such magnitude, that, being unassisted by the govern ment, her Offorts would be Inadequate to afford tho necessary amount of ro llef. In response to urgent and re peated calls for aid, however, sho, In company with Senator Butlor, left for tho stricken country, and investigated the situation with the Governor of South Carolina. The desolation and Buffering was something that sho was unable to de pict. Tho poor people, said Miss Bar ton, thought that tho food and clothing which churitubh- people had sent them just after tho hurricane wero gifts of tho government, and astonished to learn that the government had given them no relief whatovor. When told that tho donations came from people in lit tle bottor circumstances than them solves, their gratitude was affecting. On behalf of tho Red Cross Socioty, she contracted for 500,000 feet of Southern pine lumber, and through tho gonerosity of tho railway officials and tho owners of tho lumber, it was de livered at a remarkably low rate. Sho described the difficulty which was then encountered in tho lack of tools. " Nails, hatchets and saws," Bald Miss Barton, 11 has since, then boon a con tinual refrain to mo." It was principally for this reason that tho memorial was presented to Congress by Senator Hoar, asking for an appropriation of $50,000. It was also intended to pay those people 75 cents a day to build placos of shelter, so that they might bo able to harvest tho next crop. Sho was not disap pointed in tne action of Congross, but, she said, "nobody could say that they were not told of the condition of these people." Since Congress has failed to aid them, she appealed to her hearers and tho country to contribute any amount, however small, for tho roliof of the sufTorors. WANTED TO LYNCH HIM. Tho Story Told the Governor hv a l)ls pensary Constable. Ono of Governor Tlllraan's dispen sary constables came noar being lynch od in Gaffney City, Spartanburg conn ty, on Saturday afternoon last. Ills name was Jordan. Ho raado a seiz ure during tho day and a perfect wave of indignation followed his action. He got his keg of whiskey and managed to got away from tho town. Ho came straight to the Governor and was pretty scared man. Ho told tho Gov ernor that the peoplo of tho town, after ho had made his seizure, abused him fearfully and threatened to kill him. Things began to look very seri ous' indeod. Tho town got too hot for him by far, and soveral citizens, sym pathizers of thoGovornor, advised him to get out of the town beforo darknoss foil. He managed to catch a passing train and stood not upon tho order of his going. The Governor roundly abused him for permitting bis cowardlco to make him, a State officer, knowing ho had tho State bohind him. abandon his ground and lleo for his lifo. Ho told him ho should have romaincd there and dared any ono to put their hands on him. killing tho first that did. Ho told him further that no ono would havo dared to bodily harm him. The Governor sent him back to Spartan burg county with instructions to lodge a complaint against tho men who threatened him with Trial Justice Sur i*att and tho sheriff. Tho Governor says that ovory man who took part in the affair will be prosocutod to tho full extent of the law upon the chargo of interfering with an otlicor of the law in the discharge of his duty.?Columbia Journal. Tell the Tkuth.?Tho Atlanta Journal observeH that a fow reckless newspapors who are soro over tho do feat of tho free B?vor' movemont are declaring that gold Is now tho only full logo! tender money in this country. Anybody ought to know liotter than that. Wo believe that most of thoso who elroulato this falsehood do know bettor. Wo havo $150,000,000 of logal tondor notes, about $35,000,000 of logal tendor greenbacks and soinp $400,000, 000 of silver dollars which aro full legal tondor. Silvers has had full legal tender valuo over slnco tho passage of the Bland.Allison act 1878. The re peal of the purchasing olauso of the Sherman act does not affect In any dogrco whatever tho dobtpaylng pow or of a Blnglo silver dollar. Tho offort to create tho impression that It doo6 show how hard up tho oppononts of repeal aro for argument. -It Is related of ox-Uovornor .Joseph E. Brown, that onoo, while he was judge of tho superior court, ho had occasion to tine<a man who, years be fore, was a noighbor to the judge in tho days of his strugglo with poverty. The irate farmer came out of the courtroom swearing like a trooper, and the first opportunity he had. said to the judgo ! " 3edge, I don/t think you ortey lined me, l know?d yc in v^o days whenyotfiiad to plow a little bull for a llvin'." " Yoh," roplted the IS jodge," " but I always mado it ^Iness to koep the llttio bull in CAROLINA. AT THE CAPITAL. C>o?alp About the South Carolinn Dele gai ion How They Are Divided on the Subject of Putronafce. Special to-Tbo News uud Courier. Washington, Nov. 3.?The first chapter iu the history of the political events'in South Carolina, so far us they are affected by what has been done or ie doing in Washington, onds with the close of the extra session, and we can form sotno opinion now as to the drift of events, it has been known for some time that one of tho most important factors in the next political contest in that State would be the campaign be* tween Govornor TlUinan and Senator Butlor for -the United Statos Senate, and much that hau been going on here has had more or less bearing upon that contest. Senator Butler at the beglnulng of this Administration from his long ser vice here and personal popularity had a very potential influence in securing offices for his friends, and theso ap pointments were made apparently without regard to any Influence upon South Carolina's politics. Senator Irby does not soom to havo succeeded iu making any favorable impression, aud his late courso in practically ally ing himself with the most bitter oppo nents of tho Administration has. of courso, destroyed any possibility of his doing anything in tho direction of get ting oMeos for friends or partisans. Since Senator Butlor ha* east in his fortunes with tho onomics of tho Ad ministration on the silver quostion ho bus naturally weakened tho claim which otherwise ho would havo had upon it. and it is' doubtful now whether ho will secure tho appointments to olfieo of those whoso principal claim lies in tho fact that they are partisans of his and that their appointment would promote his re-election ; and as that soomed to bo the principal ground upon which it was expected he would secure tho ap pointment of Mr. Perry as collector of internal revenue tho chances of Mr. Perry's appointment seem to havo very much diminished. , I think that in all appointments of this nature it will bo tho policy of tho Administration to put-in office mon whoso fidelity to Democratic principles as interpreted by tho Democratic Ad ministration loavos no room for quos tion. In ail such appointments it seems likely that tho opinion of Con gressman Brawley will be most poten tial, as his views on public questions aro in thorough accord with thoso of tho Administration. Tho attitude of the different mem bers of Congress from South Carolina towards the Administration is somo wnat complicated. It will bo remem bered tliat oarly in tho spring thero were several interviews between moiu bers of tho delegation and tho Postmas ter General on tho subject of tho post otlico appointments. AH of tho mem bers of Congross from South Carolina participated in theso interviews, oxcoptMr. Brawley and Mr. McLaurin, who woro not presont thereat. Tho most determined fight seemed to bo against Mr. Latimcr. who, as tho author of the May resolutions, scorned to be a good target. It was found that a number of tho men whom he hud rocommonded to office woro charged with being Populists, but it scorns that tho question us to his right to control theso appointments was never filially settled against him until with in tho last few weeks, when tho publi cation of his letter in tho Columbia Register seems to havo given him a coup do grace. Mr. Strait seems to bo practically in tho same boat, as both Mr. Latimer and himself soom to have taken oc casion more than once while in South Carolina to proclaim their hostility to tho Administration. Mr. Shell seems to have no diffi culty practically in securing the ap pointments of such postmasters in bis district as bo has rocommonded. Ho has adopted tho policy generally of recommending parties who aro ac ceptable to tho communities to bo sorvod, and in all such eases his recom mendations have gone through with out quostion, and tho samo is true to a largo oxtent with respect to Mr. Talbert; and lately it appears that Mr. McLaurin is in tho same boat with the two last named CongroBsmon. To sum up the whole situation among tho "Reform" Congressmen as it appears hero, it would scorn that Messrs. Lntimor and Strait are for Governor Tillman, that Messrs. Shell and Talbert aro against him, and that Mr. MeLaurin's attitude is somewhat doubtful, and if Waddill's appoint ment has tho significance generally attributed to it it may be expected that thoso porsons whom ho roeom monds lor office will be Butler mon. Sonator Butler has endorsed all tho recommendations of Messrs. Shell, Talbert and McLaurin. Tho appointment of Mr Waddill as postmaster of Darlington has caused a great deal of comment hero as it seems to indicate some sort of an allianco be tween Sonator Butler and Mr. Mc Laurin, but it may bo that it has not ^tho significance which has been given 'to it. It is said that Waddill is now a Butler lnnrnthough originally a Till manlte. As it appears to an outsider, however, it would seem that in so far as tho postoffico appointments are con cerned there aro some grounds for the belief that thore is some understanding of a friendly naturo between Senator Butler and Messrs. Shell, Talbert and McLaurin. Timo will show what this amounts to,. It is no longor a socrot to any ono that Congressman Shell is an activo friend of Sonator Butler's and will, in all probability, bo on his sido in tho ponding cojitest. Mr. McLaurin ha? heretofore boon considered a strong friond of Governor Tillman, and It Is generally thought that Congressman Talbert lias no particular lovo for tho present Govor nor. Whether tho friendly relations herb of these throo Congressmen with tho senior Sonator will result in a similar alliance in Stato politics re mains to be seen, but there is no doubt whatovor that Messrs Irby, Latimcr and Strait aro adherents of Governor Tillman. ' Congrossman Brawley, bo far ns ap "pears, has not joined either combina tion.' Taking tho ground, early in the Administration, that nopo but?.*i)omo crats of unquestioned fidelity to the oarty should bo appointed to any pub lic office in South Carolinn, he has not sworvod from that position, but he Iiiih not boen disposed to interfere with any of tho Congressmen in tho patronage of thoir districts except In so far as ho has been p.omnollud >o protest against certain appointments op the. ground that tho persons named wore rnoro in sympathy with tho populist party than with tho Demoeratio party, and in all such cases he has presontod to tho departments such objections as the peoplo affected desired to present. Inasmuch as this position of inde pendence between the two rival candi dates has given rise to reports that Congressman Brawley has'srir^o inten tion of becoming a Uwudato for the United States Sonate I havo askod him whether or not ho had any such intentions. lie assures mo that ho has not; tt|at ho did not contemplate being a oandidfVte uWer any eiremnv.^. es. Ho thinks that his attitude ou the financial question Is not popular at this time in South Carolina, and is not like ly to be so, and a8 he has no intention of changing for the purpose of obtain ing office, he does not intend to become involved In tho contest. He says further that In ease any sound Demo crat will stand for election In his dis trict he will retire at the end of his term. Thore are no Indications as to the result of the contest for the vacant Judgeship of the United States Circuit Court, but It may be rogarded as tolor ably certain that the appointment will not bo made before the 1st of Decom ber. GEN. FORREST'S SPURS CONE. They Woe Stolen and the Thieves Melted Them to Dulllnn. Memphis Commercial. ' The silver spurs which Gen. N. B. Forrest wore through tho civil war havo been stolon and melted into bul lion. These spurs wore given Gen. For rest by ladies of Mississippi. They bore ttio following inscription : " Made of thimbles donated by the ladles of Mississippi and presented to Gen. N. B. Forrest." A number of other valuablo relics of tho great cavalry leader have also been lost. Gon. Forrest was tho re cipient of honors and compliments from every source during tho struggle. Many presents, valuable intrinsically, and priceless by his possessing them, wore left to his son, Capt. William Forrost. The spurs woio especially beautiful. They wore largo, of solid silver, every grain of which had on cased some deft lady's finger, and handsomely ongraved. Tho spurs wore lost In transit to St. Louis. The American Express Company dolivered thorn to tho wrong party. Tho family will, it is stated, bring suit for $10,000 damages. About a month ago Capt. William Forrest, or bis son-in-law, T. J. Brad ley, shipped a box containing a large amount ol the family plate, including the spurs and othor gifts to Gen. For rest, to St. Louis. The address was T. J. Bradley himself. Mr. Bradley left Immediately for St. Louis. Ho and Capt. Forrest were removing to that city. Calling at tho olllco of the Ameri can Express Company, Mr. Bradley was informed that the box had already boon delivered. It was thou apparent that some mistake had been made. The goods had been delivered to Thos. J. Bradley, a barber, on North Sixth street, St. Louis. A receipt from him was shown tho rightful con signee. A message was sont after tho bar ber. Tho latter was absent. The police arrested him a few hours later. The barber secured his release by pro ducing a receipt showing that tho box had been roturnod to Memphis. The police were satislied and Brauloy, tho barker, was released. In a few days the box was sent to 1820 Konnott place, the homo of T. J. Bradley, late of Memphis. On ex amination all the valuables, amount ing to about $500, were missing. Tho police again sought the barber. Ho was again absent. Detectives Me Graht and O'Connell of St. Louis failed to find him out, but arrested Pierce D?lau, a barber, and Gambetta Aehord, son of tho secretary of the American Jewelry Company, at 415 North Fourth street. They were held for trial under $l,0l?U bond each. Dolan, Aehord and Bradley opened the box in Dolan's room, on Pino street, molted tho silver and sold tho bullion to Achord's father. Mr. Bradloy employed Harry Hill, formerly of Memphis, and a brother of Napoleon Hill, to attend to the matter. Tho.express company wanted him to prosecute tho St. Louis Bradley criminally and civilly. This tho at torney declined to do. The family proposes*to hold the express company liable for the irreparable loss, it is stated that suit has been brought in tho United States Court at St. Louis by Capt. William Forrest for $10,000 damages. Tho suit, if not already brought, is contemplated. Tho spurs arc well remembered by members of Gon. Forrest's stall hove. IN RE HAWAII. The United State? Has Taken Posses* sion of Two Island*. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.?An interes ting fact has been developed bearing upon tho Hawaiian annexation ques tion in the records of the Navy Depart ment. A glance at a good chart of tho Hawaiian Islands will show a long string of very small islands oxtending northwest of the northern, most in habited islands Nihau and Kauai, of tho Hawaiian group. Most of theBe belong to tho Hawaiian government and are considered a part of the Ha waiian group. Two of them, Brooks or Midway Islands, were omAugust 28, 1807, formally taken possession of by Captain Win. Reynolds commanding tho United States cruiser Lackawanna on behalf of the United States. Those island had previously been discovered July 5, 1850, by Captain N. C. Brooks of the Hawaiian bark Cambria, who formally took possession of them in tho n?.me of the Hawaiian government. Tho United States government was actuated by a report to the Secretary of tho Navy, Gideon Wells, by Allen Mc Lano, Anon president of the Pacific Mall Company, who desired to use tho islands as a coaling station. Secretary Wells, thereupon, issued orders to Roar Admiral Thatchor, command ing the Northern Pacific squadron, to tako formal possession of the islands. Capt. Reynolds In roporting tho cere mony on taking possession to Rear Admiral Thatcher says ; " It is ex ceedingly gratifying to havo been con cerned in taking possession of the first islands ever added to the dominion of tho United States beyond her own shores, and I sincerely hope that this instance will bo by no means the last of our insular possessions," The 1 in ml.': or Midway islands are located in latitude 28 degress north, longitude 177 degrees 11 west. Their distance from San Franuisim in 2,800 nautical miles and oast of Japan 2,200 miles, and from Honolulu 12 miles. Tho largost of those islands is J miles long by 4 miles broad and contains a harbor facing to the west and safelv sheltered by a coral reef. Tho harbor is said to bo roomior aud deeper than thaf of {{onolulu.' Thorp \h ateo a plentiful supply of fre?h? water on the islands. ' ^',. In viow of much that has boon wild and written on the lack of precedent for an assumption by the Unitod States of dominion over dotached islands such as tho Hawaiian group this re cord of tho Navy Dep?rtmont boars' on tho question with Interest. ?Mdas R^ay Frank, a young student of Oakland, Oal., is to he ordaiuod soon as rabbi o( tho Jewish ohuroh and will bo, It Is said, tho llrst of her sex to All snob, a place. Her studios in the state univorsity and later at tho Hebrew Union ooHogo at Clnolnnatl hav*o been directed to.th'lg p'^d, THE COINAGE OJ? fliLVKR. Secretary Carlisle Corrects an Er runeoui Statement tu Regard to the Mint?. A reporter- of tho New York Evening Post Interviewed Hon. j. O. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury, on his re cent visit to that city. Mr. Carlisle declined to say anything in relation to the financial nnd business situation, or express- any opinion as to the outlook. As to the condition of the treasury, he did not consider It wise or proper to transact tho business of the govern ment through tho newspapers. , Through the misunderstanding of a treasury ordoi\ or an erroneous dis patch from Washington, tho impres sion has become general that Secre tary Carlisle has Qrdered the mints to coin the selgnorageof the silver bullion now in the treasury, that is, the pro Kortlon of any given quantity of sliver ullion that would become seigniorage If tho total of that quantity woro coin ed. In reply to a quostion, Mr. Car Hslo said that he had not issued any order directing the mints to coin tho silver bullion now in tho treasury nor any part of It. What I havo dono Is just this, suid Mr. Carlisle, wo could use a fow more silver dollars now and I havo therefore directed tho mints to got ready to coin soaie of tho bullion If it should bo deemed advisable to do so ?that is, have ordored them to pro pare tho ingots and stamps. It is necessary, you know, before the bullion eun bo coined to make ingots of a cer tain length and of tho same thickness as tho dollar. To do that and make the stamps would take somo weeks, so you see wo could not begin coining at once, even if wo wanted to do so. It would take moro than livo years to coin all the silver bullion now in tho treasury. If wo should begin to coin it, tho seignorate would not In round figures amount to moro thun $1,000,000 a month, or If tho mints wee all kept steadily going, about $12,000,000 a year. With cortainty that tho purchases of silver bullion aro stopped wo could pro bably uso that much with advantage. I should bo sorry, however, to see any law passed, as was recently suggested, that would set aside tho proportion of silver bullion that would become seigniorago (the proportion that will become seigniorage can be calculated, of course, to a dot,) to compel us to coin it alone, at once, pud put it into tho treasury as available cash. If wo did that I think the coin would come back to us in a way that wo should not care to see. Something should bo left to the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. Tho law at present invests hiin with tho authority to coin so much of the bul lion on hand as may be necessary for the redemption of the treasury notes. If wo should proceed to coin some of the bullion now on hand, it would give us about $1,000,000 a month in soignior agc, and that, as I have said, in the present condition of tho treasury we could uso to advantage. I do not know how tho misapprehensions or misun derstanding of my order to tho mints arose. An authoritative statement on the subject was issued from the treas ury. THE "HIGHER LAW" AGAIN. Judge Lynch Holds Court at GalTney. Charleston, S. C, Nov. 8.?A Spartanburg special to tho News and Courier says : Speedy and terrible punishment was meted out to a negro named Bob Kennedy, about twenty years old, at Gaff ney last night. About dusk, a married white woman and Jnr little girl were hurrying homo from the business portion of the city, and when in a narrow lr.no near the house, a negro suddenly grabbed the woman, throw her down and began to choke her. Her screams aroused a little boy not far otf. He ran out and saw the negro, who ran awav as soon as he saw the white boy. Ho ran off without completing the assault. The white boy followed him, and saw him enter ? house not far away. Ho then called in some neighbors, who went to the house and found Kennedy sitting by the iiro with his shoes olf and put out of tho way. Ono negro in tho house said Kennedy had been thero for threo hours: another one stated that he had just come in. He was ordered to get his shoes, which showed that they had just, been in the the mud. He was carried out and his tracks cor responded exactly with the ones where tho woman was assaulted. Tho white boy identified him as the man lie saw run away and enter the house. Ho was kept under arrest until about midnight, when he was carried out to tho slaughter pen nnd hangod. Tho peoplo were tho moro incensed, because a week or two ago, while threo little girls were going to tho Cooper Limestone Institute, from Gaff ney, a negro unknown to them came out from tho woods, seized one and bogan to drug her back into the woods. Tho other two ran. und screamOd, and the dummy came along just then, and tho negro became alarmed and released the girl, who escaped, frightened nearly to death. They believe that Kennedy made the attack on tho little hild. He confessed to tho assault on the white woman. <. Doing Evil that Good May Come Juries sometimes manifest a eon tempt for law and an indifference to the obligation of tho oath which each juror has to take that is very re prehensible. Such conduct is calculat ed to create iu tho minds of men a fooling that tho difference between right and wrong is a mere matter of sentiment: nnd that feeling, if allowed full away, would overthrow all the guarantees which civilised aoclety bus thrown around tho persons and prop* orty of its members. Only last wook, a jury that were en gaged in trying an assault case id Pat terson. N. J., endeavored to make an agreement with the judge that if they found the defendant guilty ho would not bo sent to State prison. The as tonished judge severely rebuked tho jury and they promptly acquitted the prisoner. Tho proposition made by Iho jury In this ease seems to indicate that they believed the man guilty but wore not willing that the law should take Its course. If thoy did lu-lievo him guilty every man o,( thorn uttered a' falsehood In deolaring that the prisoner Was not guilty. Tho jury had nothing whatever to do with \\\g sentence to i>o pronounood; their only duty in the matter was to bring in a verdiot according to the facts, In attempting to transform thomsolvos into a legislative body and then refusing to ronder an honest verdict, as appears to have l>oon tho caso, those, jurors violated tholr oaths. ThiH is strong language, yet it is not prompted by any harsh feeling toward any of the jurors in the caso in question, but only as a warning to others. The writer knows nothing of tho details of tho Patteraou oase, and it is quite pos sible that if ho had been on the jury he would havo wished to do as the other iurors did ; but however strong that wish might be, It could U?t justify a deliberate v<ola^ion of an oath. The REPORT ON IM MIGRATION. Ltaw and Cholera Combine to Check, the Tide. Washington, Nov. 9.?-Superintend ent of Immigration Stump, in his an nual report, gay? that for the fiscal year euded Juue 30, 1893. 410,793 im migrants arrived in this country. Of these. 439,730 were landed and 1,003 Were debarred. Five hundred and seventy-seven persons were returned to the countries whence they oame, having become,'public charged within one year after arriving in the United States. Of the number who came to this couutry during the yoar, 57,897 could not read, 59,580 could not write and 51,308 could neither read nor write. The number of immigrants was 141,034 loss than the number arrived during the preeedingo fiscal .year. The great est decrease was from the. following countries : Russia, 40,701 ; Hungary, 12,732; Poland, 24,102; Bohemlu, 2, 428. making a total of 80,113, while Italy shows an increase of only 10,514. Tho decrease of immigration, says tho report, is attributable, in great part, to cholora. During March and April, 1893, largo numbers came over, and in tho first part of May as many as 20,000 immigrants were reported to bo upon the ocean at one time, dostinod to tho United States, thoir object bolng to arrive before the restrictive meas ures embodied in the act passed March 3, 1893, wont Into effect. Tho volume of immigration would have exceeded previous years bad tho law not boon In force. Great numbers of tho most un desirable classes abandoned their pur pose to emigrate or wore refused trans portatlon. " An addition might bo made ..o our immigration laws," says tho report, giving power to courts having crimi nal jurisdiction to deport all aliens who, within a period of two years from tho date of landing, are convicted of any crime or misdemeanor which In tho opinion of tho court, renders th?.m undesirable citizens or convinces It that they tiro not attached to tho principles of the constitution of our government and to the good order aud well being of society in general. This would rid us of alien anarchists, crimi nals and turbulent spirits who ait. opposed to the laws of God and man." The expenditures of the bureau dur ing the yoar amounted to $301,242.30, and tho service now promises to bo selfsustaining. M STANDARD TIME.' Valuable Informal ion as to the Di vision?* ol'Time in this Country. Standard time is tho name given to a system of time keeping adopted in 1883, by which the United States are divided into four divisions, tho time In each place in any ono of which is the same as that of all ot her places there in. Before 1883 there were seventy live different time standards in use by American railroads; a traveler from Boston to Washington would have to sot his watch live, times to keep correct time on his tri]). In Hartford, Conn., some trains were run by New York time, others by Boston timo and the people thomsclvos used local time. Finally the railroad ' managers decided that they would divido the country into sections, each of which should have its own time, and so arranged that the standard time of any section should be one hour ahead of that of the next western section, and one hour slower than tho next eastern section. Tho four sections are respectively : The eastern, taking in the Atlantic coast down to Charleston, S. O, the line running from Charleston Irreg ularly to a line running north and south from Detroit: the central, all territory between this line and a Uno running from Bismarck, N. ?., to the mouth of the Rio Grande : tho moun tain section takes in from this line to tho western borders of Idaho, Utah and Arizona; west of this line lies tho Pacillc section. The eastern section takes its timo from Philadelphia, which has 75 de grees of west longitude : the central from St. Louis, 90 degrees west, of Greenwich ; the mountain section from Lcadvillc, 105 degrees west, and tho Pacific section from Virginia City, Nov.. 120 degrees west. The sections are about 15 degrees of longitude in width. Provision is made for an in tercolonial section, the time of whioh will be standard time in Newfound land, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Non-standard time is the time shown by the sun; it is "local time."?St. Louis Globe Democrat. ?- mm ? - THIRTEEN NEW CASES. Erost is Quite a I.ohk Time Comiiijf. Brunswick, Ga., November 8.? The weather is still cool, with the same unlucky number, 13, new cases, tho same as reported yesterday. Kxperts say that the decrease of eases is due to the fact that the food for the fever is alnmt exhausted and that those who have remained in tho city and breathed the contaminated air have become to some extent immured. The, danger to be appre hended is tho return of refugees. In several oases where, people have returned they have had the fever, should a great number return now, or before frost, the new cases will increase in proportion. Surgeon Murray will use all precau tions, and advises people not to come back until Officially advised with. The slowness of tho approaching frost ami the days that must elapse before the epidemic ends, coupled with the fact that many returning refugees will need support, cause some to Fear that the supplies will run short. The Now York World, basing its action on the committee's withdrawal of the appeal for aid, has withdrawn part of its supplies. The now cases are : White. Dndorlc Nelson, 1002 Bay street: Richards Rakall, 7(Mi Bay street: T. Mullins, 512 ('arpentor street : colored, ten : a total of 13. ?mm? * ? " -mmmm? -Harper's Bazar has a story of a little hoy who. if he follows his natural l>ont, will perhaps Im? hoard from by and-by as an expert witness in forgery oasos. Ho is the son of an aut hor who writes a very illegible and very inky hand. The other day ally fell Into his ink woll. Tho boy discovered the unhappy insect, rescued it and dropped it on a sheet of paper, where presently it re covered sufficiently to drag itself about. The Ixry watched its motions for awhile and then called to his mother. ?'Oh, mamma," ho said, "come here! Hero's a oicroatcd My. ETo writes just like papa!" ?At a late session of the grand jury In Baxter county, Arkansas, about ' sixty indictment.-- were returned against parties for swearing, there be ing a law In that state against pro? faulty. It has become a dead letter, but the grand jury resurrected it la good shape, and now there is soiue? i silent cussing -among tho parties in dieted.