The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 29, 1897, Image 6
I THE COUNTY RECORD
KLNGSTREE, S. C.
fcOUIS J. BBISTOW, Kd. & Frop'r.
POWDERLY CETS AN OFFICE. "
fanner Labor Leader Nominated Fo*
Commissioner General of Immigration.
Resident McKinley sent to the Senate
the nomination of Terence V. Powaerly,
formerly General Master Workman of the
Knights of Labor, to be Commissioner Gen1
oral of Immigration. He will succeed Herman
Stump, who has resigned. Secretary
of the Treasury Gage, has issued an order
rof reducing the salary of the Commissioner of
Immigration at New York from $6000 to
#4500 a year, and the salary Assistant Oom?
mtesioner from $4000 to $3000. Mr. Pow
derly's salary will be $4500. J
Terence Vincent Fowderly was born In
Carbondale, Penn,. In January. 1S49, of
Irish parents. When thirteen years of age
he became a switchman of the Delaware
, and Hudson Canal Company, and later was
t employed in the company's "machine shops.
In 1870 he joined the Knights of Labor. In
f,/ 1878 he was elected Mayor of Scranton,
Penn., and was re-elected several times.
He was elected General Master Workman of
the Knights of Labor in 1879. He has been
Eft.-.... practicing law recently.
COLD FROM ALASKA.
Treasure Ships Arrive From the Frozen
Klondyke Flacers.
Gold dust from the Klondyke River district
coming to this country is measured
not by ounces nor pounds, but by tons. On
the steamer Excelsior that arrived in San
Prtaclseo, Cal., on Wednesday was a ton of
gold. Thesteamer. Portland" that arrived
Saturday at Seattle, Wash., from 8t.
Michael's Alaska. brought a ton and half of
gold, owned by sixty-eight miners, who had
dog It outrof the ground. Klondyke is now
described as the richest gold location
ever discovered. It is situated on the
IJUonayge mver, not iar ifoUi .ilH I UU.U1J, lh
j British territory, about forty miles eastward
from the Alaskan boundary line. The
' stories told by the miners, amply confirmed
' by their heavy sacks of gold, have provoked
a great "mining excitement."
' Throngs of people are preparing to leave
for the remote gold fields of the Yukon to
fa seek to repeat the fortune that has comes
to others. The miners estimate that the
; Klondyke 'placers contain ?70,000,000 in
eight." .
MARYLAND PEACH CROP DAMAGED.
AarafN of the Curcullo Reduce the Yield
to a Quarter of Laat Year's.
Boston and New York draw largely on
the Delaware and Maryland Peninsula for
their supply of peaches. From one hunirod
thousand to two hundred thousand
, baskets are shipped to these cities every ?
season from the tidewater counties of Maryland.
Agents of the Pennsylvania Road
have just oompleted their estimates of the
crop, and report that the yield will not be
more than one-fourth of that of last sumjfcer.
The June crop In the orchards was
UusoallT heavy, but the failure is largely
ranted by the ravages of the curculio, an
!#' < uwm nm i?w uoanj oioij vivmuu
(his great peach-growing country. The
r*- ?me insect has done considerably'damage
for (B the Delaware and New Jersey orchards.
l thousands OF EMPTY FREIGHT CARS
Heady to Carry the Big Wheat Crop of
jfc\ the Middle West.
Long trains of empty freight cars hare
K rolled oat of Kansas City, Mo., for two
ft; \ weeks and dropped off in two9, threes and
flees on aide tracks along the lines of the
% railroads in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas,
" Nebraska and Oklahoma. These cars, of
whioh there are thousands, will be filled
With new wheat within four or five
weeks. tremendous grain rush is expected,
and the best of management by
?. railroad officials will be needed to prevent
* huge grain blockade or a grain-ear
fhwine. Conservative estimates of crop
statisticians place the yield of wheat for
S? this rear in Kansas alone at (jO,000,000
bushels.
if f , % a 'fatal heart blow.
i" t~ A Friendly fioiint Match Ends in the
Death Oae of the Principals,
f \At Ootaxnbia. La., Carey Townsend and
I*. match for the amusement of their friends.
Whlrtington, who Is the smaller of the two,
dealt Townsend a heavy blow over the
region of the heart and he dropped to the
ground dead. The Coroner made an examination
and decided that death was dne to
jMualysls of the heart, produced by the
r 'mow received. Whitttngton Is now in Jail
'awaiting the action of the Grand Jury.
,V Boy Saves Three Lives,
y ( Grafton Coffin, the sixteen-year-old son
y ft Graham B. Colin, rescued three children
> who were on the point of drowning In
Brown's Lake, Wisconsin. Some women and
children were bathing, and the children
i were amusing themselves by playing on an
<oM raft. Three of the children slipped off,
and began to flounder in deep water, un*dlb
either to swim or to touch bottom.
Young Coffin jumped Into the water and
succeeded In bringing all the little ones
safely Jo land.
Wheelman Killed in the Dark.
Stephen H. Bartlett, a fireman, of Melrose,
Mass., was killed by a fall from his
blcyole while riding on the Xahant Boad.
Bartlett was going at a good pace along a
dark stretch In the road, when ne ran into a
woman who also was riding a bicycle, He
was thrown heavily to the ground, and he
died in the ambulance. The woman escaped
without a scratch.
The Vastest American Vessel.
JLCO UCW CAUIC7U OVObCD fcVrj/OUVUUOW A/Upoat,
built by the Herreshoffs, started from
Bristol, B. I., on her official speed trial, but
through an aocldent the trial was called off.
The boat, however, on a six-mile run developed
the remarkable estimated speed of
S1.7 knots?the fastest made by any craft
in American waters.
Bash Murderer Batler Hanged.
, Frank Butler, the Australian bush murderer,
was hanged, a Sydney (New South
Wales) despatch reports. He confessed to
having committed four murders. This is
the man who escaped to America, but was
arrested at San Francisco after a pursuit j
half way around the world.
Insect's Bite Was Fatal.
Christian Kutz, of Lower Mount Bethel,
Penn., died in the Easton Hospital from the
effects of an insect's bite. Ilutz, who was a
wealthy farmer, was stung on one of his
hands several weeks ago. He paid no attention
to the bite until a few days since,
when he went to the hospital, suffering
from blood ooisonipf,
"Be your own judge, Chumfey, but
-can you show me one thing about Miss
Richly that makes her attractive?"
"No, It's in the bank."-Detroit Free
> Press.
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mm mm seven.
Disaster in the Winchester Arms Factory,
New Haven, Conn.
CHILD-BRIDE AMONG THE DEAD.
The Accident Occurred In the Loading
Room While In Fnll Operation?The
Building Wrecked?Powder In Oiie of
the Automatic Machines Exploded
From Unknown Cause? Awful Scenes.
New Hat**, Conn. (Special).?The most
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| serious explosion in ine long ui?n>tjr vi mo
Winchester Arms Company occurred at
twenty minutes to ten o'clook Wednesday
morning in the loading department of the
cartridge faotory. Four women and three
men were killed almost instantly.
The list of the dead Is: Edward Bardoff,
twenty-one years old, left hip blown off
and side badly mangled, died In hospital;
Mrs. Nellie Bauermelster, sixteen 1
J ears old, Hamden, killed instantly;
ulius Borman. Jr., seventeen years ola,
powder boy, killed instantly; Josephine
Brennan, orphan, eighteen years old, killed
Instantly; Mrs. Ida Brown, thirty years old,
head blown off; Theresa Connelly, sixteen
years old, left arm blown off, head burned
and thigh crushed, died on the way to the
hospital; Walter Hill, twenty years old,
powder boy. spine broken and right
shoulder crushed.
Those most seriously injured are: George
J. Bardoff.twenty-three vearsold, brother of
Edward, right eye turn out, forearm broken
in two places and bruised and'cut; in hospital
and may recover. Miss Glass, left arm
almost torn out. Edward Lehr, badly
burned; arms filled with shot.
The cause of the explosion is not known.
The cartridge factory is about 100 feet long,
twenty feet high and thirty feet wide. It is
constructed of light timbers. The roof was
rtanvna th? entire construction was
made so as to lessen the danger from falling
debris in the event of an explo: 'on.
About 150 persons are employed a the
shop, two-thirds of whom are girls, whose
ages average from sixteen to twenty
years. When the explosion occurred the
shop was in full operation. The cartridge
machines were filled with paper cartridges
in which black powder is used. The loading
machines are complicated structures
and very heavy. The powder is poured
into thehoppers from the roof.
A single grain of powder getting out of
its place ana being crushed in the machinery
is likely to cause a spark that may result
in an explosion, but a small quantity
of the powder is poured into the hopper
at a time and the machinery is arranged
so that in oase of an explosion it would
probably be blown through the roof.
Such accidents have happened without
loss of life.
This explosion, however, did not follow
this rule. Instead of the force of the powder
going upward, It spent itself in all directions
through the factory. The explosion
came without any warning.
Dozens of employes were knocked senseless
at their benches seventy-five feet from
the loading machine where the exp'oslon
ffhon tSor nnt fn lrhArfltns tlm.
VVWUilUU. ff UVU (>v* aw ?w w .
bers of the building had fallen in, the room
was blaok with smoke. Girls went screaming
through the shattered walls, and never
stopped in their flight until they were safe
in their horn*0, blocks away. Some fainted
as they reached i he open air and lay hall
lifeless.
The explosion set off charges,of shot and
shell right and left, which, together with
the burning powder, were embedded in the
arms, bodies and faces of the workmen whc
chanced to be nearest the death dealing
machine. Many of these men rushed back
to the building as soon as the dense smoke
cleared away, and, with blood streaming
from their wounds, were the first to rescue
the living and carry out the dead.
The wrecked building took Are, and had
it not been for the prompt work of the engines
the dead would have been burned..
Alarms from the factory brought ambu- {
lances and a half dozen physicians, and
everything possible was done for the relief
of those who still suffered.
Gray-haired men and women, mothers
Slth babies in their arms and little chllren,
struggled, begged and became hysterical
for news of their friends. As name*
of the dead was sent through the polio*
lines, women fainted in the street, and
men, benumbed by the awfulness of the accident,
walked away and forgot to rendet
assistance. From every department of th<
great factory employes rushed pell mell u
soon as the gates were Opened. Terroi
seized every 6ne and the entire factory wal
shut down for the day.
Those who had been at work in other departments
joined the terror-stricken crowd
in the street and added to the pathetic
side of the scene. Several times the halfmaddened
crowd tried desperately to break
the police line. One pale-faced woman,
with clinched fists, rushed up to a sergeant
and screamed: "My Ood, man, my child Is
there! I tell yon I will go int"
With a wild rush the crowd started to
force the gate and the police had to call the
firemen to their assistance. As the ambulances
came through the gates with their
loads of dead the crowd fought for a
glimpse of the bodies. As each one of the
dead was identified heartrending scenes
were enacted in the street.
Nearly all the bodies were terribly man*
gled. When the firemen reached Theresa
Connelly the flames had burned her clothing
off. Fire Chief Hubbard stripped off the
clothing and helped to carry her to the
street, where she died. The others, with
the exception of Edward Bardoff,were dead
when taken from the debris.
Nellie Bauermeister, sixteen years old,
was married to Fitch Bauermeister only a
month ago. Her husband Is a mere boy.
He was at work on the machine next to
that at which his wife was killed. He wai
knocked down and rendered unconscious
by the explosion. As soon as he got to hit
feet he found his young wife lying dead
beside him. His grief was terrible. Mrs.
Bauermeister was the daughter of William
Martindale, of Brooklyn. 8he had been
working in the Winchester shop only a few
days. She had gone to work there in ordei
to earn enough money to buy a bicycle. II
is estimated that a dozen persons were injured
by shot. The damage to the factory
is estimated at $10,000.
The Saltan Gives In.
The Sultan of Turkey has issued an lrad?
sanctioning the settlement of the Greek
frontier question In accordance with the
wishes of the Powers.
Revolutionary Widow Dead.
There are now only six surviving widows |
of the soldiers who fought in the War ol |
1776. The seventh, Mrs. Levey Aldrich, j
died in San Diego, Cal., on Monday night.
Against Department Stores.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, signed the
anti-department store ordinances recently
passed by the Council. They prohibit the
sale of meats, groceries, or liquors in the
same establishment where dry goods are
sold without a special license. After they
have been published ten days the ordinances
will become effective.
Killed to Save Ills Father.
Polk Burris, a candidate for sheriff at the
Jast election, was killed on one of the main
streets of Paris, Texas, by Luther Guthrie,
who shot him while he was engaged in an i
assault upon Guthrie's father. .
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Washington Items.
*ln the House a resolution was adopted,
requesting the President to investigate
restrictions placed by foreign countries
1 npon the importation of tobacoo from the
United States,
The resolution empowering the President;
to obtain the release of the Competitor
prisoners in Cuba passed the Senate by a
unanimous vote.
Domestic,
acooao or the lb&oci clubs.
Per frt
Clnh?. Won. Lo.t. ot. Club*. Won. T/>?t et.
Boston....51 21 .708 Pittsburg.S3 37 .471
01ncinuati46 24 .657 Louisville 38 41 .446
Baltimore.45 24 ,652|Broolclvn.31 41 .431
New York43 28 .606 Chicago ..32 43 .427
Cleveland 40 31 .563 VTshing'n27 44 .380
Phlladel. .36 40 .474 St. LouU.15 68 .205 I
The Cleveland (Ohio) Rolling Mill Company
shut down for want of fuel. The company
refused to pay the advanced price.
Over 1200 men were thrown out of employment.
E. V. Debs, the labor agitator, left West
Virginia, his efforts to induce the coal
miners to strike having failed.
D. W. Caldwell, President of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, is
dead.
A conference of colored peopliwas held
in Hampton, Ya.. to consider questions
pertaining to the elevation of their race.
At Morgantown, W. Va., William Jennings
und his wife, of Cheat Neck, traded
one of their eight children to a neighbor
for a cow and left the 8tate to escape arrest.
The absconding parents left five
children in the care of the poor authorities.
The child that was traded is ten years old.
At Moundsville, W. Va., two sons of Mardot
ha Edwards, aged ten and Ave years,
were attacked by an unknown man in the
absence of their mother. Stanley, the
elder, was killed, and Willie, the younger,
was fatally hurt. A bloody grub hoe was
found near the bodies. In addition to
other horriblo wounds, tho throats of both
boys were cut.
Herman Paul Schultz, of New York, was
sentenceAat Milford. Penn., to be hanged
for the murder of his wife.
The celebration of the Mormon settlement
of Utah, fifty years ago, was begun, 650
survivors of the 2000 pioneers participating.
W. J. Bryan was in attendance.
Ellas P. Ford and Arthur C. Qault ran
into each other while riding bicycles at
Holyoke, Mass. Mr. Ford died soon afterwards.
Mr. Gault was badly hurt.
At Alientown, Penn., William H. Laabacli,
aged sixty years, a prominent coal
dealer of Catasauqua, tried to cross tho
tracks ahead of a moving freight train. He
was instantly killed.
Chicago's chronio bears on wheat wore
badly punished by New York bulls, who got
early news on Europe's shortage and used
it to push wheat prices up.
A succession of terrible electrical storms,
with heavy rainfall, passed over Marlon,
Ohio, and its vicinity. George Stout, while
driving a mower, was killed by lightning.
Charles Seiter and William Sontag, mechanics,
returning home from work, were struck
Ar\**vy\ at* fHo ofraaf Wrvny m<vn boor Pari.
nor, Ohio, were killed.
A severe snowstorm Is reported from all
the higher portions in the mountain districts
of Colorado. Three inohes of snow
is reported at Cripple Creek, Aspen and
other points, and one inch at Leadville.
The weather is uncomfortably cool even in
^Denver.
The boiler at Brewster Brothers' sawmill,
on Dry Fork, W. Va., exploded, killing H.
8. White, a sawyer, of Weston, W. Ya., and
8mith Hicks, engineer, of Petenivllle.
Mouse, the Papute murderer, has been
killed at Muddy Cjeek, in Lincoln County,
Nev., by a party of pursuers. Mouse
killed Sterns and Davis on the Colorado
River last winter, near White Hills.
Strikers, headed by a brass ban d, marched
to mines near Canonsburg, Penn., and induced
the miners to leave work. Similar
missionaries marched through Illinois.
Edward Pullen, a farm hand employed
by Captain Edward Mount, of Trenton, N.
J., committed suicide by blowing off his
head with a shotgun. Pullen was sunstruck
recently and had been acting qieerly ever
since.
District-Attorneys Olcott aid Youngs
agreed to have the oases of Mr;. Nack and
Martin Thorn, charged with the murder of
William Guldensuppe, tried in Queen's
County instead of in New York '3ity.
Brooklyn firemen, while extinguishing a
small blaze at 2S3 Snedeker avenue, discovered
an illfolt still. The family occupying
the house was arrested.
Lieutenant Peary and his parsv sailed on
the Hope from Boston for Greenland.
E. V. Debs induced manv miners in the
Fairmont region of West Virginia to
strike, but the number of strikers diminished
greatly along the Norfolk and Western
Railroad.
William A. Bellwood, a Frenchman, fortythree
years old, is a prisoner in New York
City on a charge of having swindled Marcus
A Co., jewelers, out of jewelry valued
at $25,000, which he secured on memorandum.
He lost the money on the races.
Dr. Richmond Cornwall, of Kansas City,
Mo., who, while defending his father, killed
his brother, Herbert Cornwall, was acquitted.
The prosecution attempted to show
that the killing was premeditated, but
failed. No further action will t e taken.
Frederick C. Billings, a bicycle rider, was
run down and almost Instantly killed on
Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111., by H. C.
Wagner, a member of Troop A, Illinois National
Guard. The fault was entirely that
of Wagner, who, according to witnesses,
rode his horse directly upon Billings. The
latter was trampled by the horse and his
skull was crushed.
Foreign.
The EightyHon^A. J. Mundel a, formerly
meinuer 01 ine rsruisn uaoine., Qiea irom
paralysis.
Various sections of England were visited
by terrible thunderstorms. In the northeastern
part of London floods occurred,
stopping railway traffic, and much damage
has Seen done. Two boys were killed by
lightning at Ipswich. A boy was killed by
lightning at Bhymney, In Monmouthshire.
Sir. Julian Paunoefate has talked over
anoeher arbitration treaty with Lord Salisbury,
having previously oon erred with
Secretary 8herman.
Two thousand German carrier pigeons
were released at Dover, Er.gland, and
reached Dusseldorf, Germany. The matter
may become an international inoldent.
Count Olcuna, the Japanese Foreign Minister,
says Japan will oppose the annexation
of Hawaii to the utmost. "Annexation
must not be recognized," t.e said.
A special dispatch from Berlin says that
the fact that Emperor William of Germany
is returning to Kiel for an examination of
the eye, recently injured, confirms the lears I
that the accident is more serious than has 1
been admitted. The danger is growing out ,
f the general low health of the Kaiser ,
Under-Secretary Curzon said in the British
House of Commons that tho request <
of the United States for a conference to consider
more adequate measures for protec- (
tingthe seals had been declined as premature.
Sir Edmund Monson, the British Ambassador
at Paris, his wife, and their whole
household were seriously poisoned by
eating shellfish, and only the most drastic
measures saved some of their lives.
The negotiations between the American
Bimetallic Commission and the representatives
of France and Great Britain have now
reached a stage which renders t extremely
probable that Great Britain will agree to
participate in a conference to be held in
Washington next fall.
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KLONDIKE mcm!
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Country Fabulously Rich With the
Yellow Metal.
THE '49 EXCITEMENT OUTDONE.
Commander Tnttle, of the Ur Ited States
Be venue Cutter Bear, Telle of the
Scones at St. Michael'*?Deckhand Had
150,000?Made It All in Seven Months
?Gold Enough to Tarn One's Mind. J
Seattle, Wash. (Special).?The population
of Alaska and the northwestern section
of the Northwestern Territories will be 1
multipled tenfold insidj of the next six ,
months. The exodus of e::oited gold (
hunters from all over the Paclllo coast has
begun, and trains, arriving twlc 3 daily from
the south, bring hundreds of eager and 1
anxious men, who would gladly pay the j
transportation companies double for berths
on the three outgoing steamers
One of the most significant u iterances in j
corroboration of the stories of immense
gold finds in the Northwest 'Territory is J
found in a letter received from Captain
Francis Tuttle, commander of the United j
States revenue cutter Bear, who was at the 1
time of writing at St. Michad's on the 1
Yukon River. Captain Tuttle cannot, by i
those who know him, be accused of being a ]
dreamer. It is the first communication svit (
down from the far north by a United States
officer relative to the gold cxcil ement. The '
letter was mail 3d July 1, and if graphic in *
its description.
Captain Tuttle says: "The days of '49 in 1
California are a mere side show compared 1
with the excitement in the Yukon country. <
Imagine my astonishment on r< aching here j
yesterday to ran across a man who, last j
September, was discharged as l deck hand
from a steamer on Puget Sonne. The fel- *
1/\t? mo do hia vrnv into Alaska, worked '
seven months on the Klondyke and has t
now reached Sc. Michael's with $150,000 in <
gold. I coul.l hardly bclievf my senses, j
but there was his gold, sure enough. t
"As I write St. Ili.-'haers is full of miners t
awaiting an opportunity to jet down to
Puget Sound and to California. Nearly s
every other man of them has 510,000 worth
of dust, and there is not a man hero with ; t
less than 815,000. The latter nre referred e
to as 'poor fellows' who have bjon hard hit i
with bad Juck, and it seems to be real sym- j
pathy that the more fortunate ones show .
for these $15,000 fellows.
"The deck-hand, with his $150,000, had 1
the largest amount of gold of any one in *
the crowd. The whole business is almost t
incredible, yet one must believe what he c
sees. . g
"It is enough to turn the mind of any r
person, and particularly when one learns i +
with what comparative ease i his gold is j
mined."
Captain Tuttle adds that ho cannot af- ! 1
ford to lay long in St. Michael's or his t
whole crew will become daft, and he con- t
tinues: , t
"I almost feel as If I would like to go up
the river myself, and I certainly would do ^
so were I twenty years younge:*."
The thermometer at St. Michael's regis- ?
tered eighty-seven degrees at t le time Cap- ?
tain Tuttle penned his letter. I e
At St. Michael's Captain Tuttle received t
instructions from tbe Government to assist i g
in the transportation of reindeer from Si- v
beria into the Yukon country. , I c
F. G. H. Bowker, one of tie returned
Yukoners, who brings back nearly $40,000 ?
in gold dust, the result of six months' *
work, Is authority for the stf.tement that Q
on the American side of the international g
boundary placer fields have been found t
which even put those on the KJondyke Into ?
the shade. TENNESSEE'S
NEW SENATOR c
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Thomas B. Ttirley Appointed to Succeed n
the Late Isham G. Harris. p
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, has ap- o
pointed Thomas B. Turley, of Memphis, *
United States Senator to succeed the late *
Senator Harris.
In the fall of 1896 Bourke Cockran went
to Memphis and made a powerful speech
In behalf of the gold st indard to an audi- p
ence of 7000 people. T. B. Turley replied e
to him, and his reply made his reputation, xi
Mr. Turley was born in Memphis In 1845.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army at the n
age of sixteen and fought through the war a
as a private in the 154th Tennessee. He b
has never held an office. He is a lawyer. (]
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SHOT BY A POSSE. 0
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Daniels Attempted to Aisanlt His Employ- j|
er'i Wife and Was Pu rsued For a Week. g
"Jim" Daniels, a colored farm laborer, tl
entered tbe room of M -s. John Baker, the
wife of his employer, near Goodwater, Ala., .
a week ago and attempted to assault her. ^
The woman's screams brought her husband r(
from an adjoining room ana ine miscrtxtut
fled. Baker organized a posse whosearched
with dogs for Daniels, chasing him forty ?
miles. He was pursujd so close by the p
dog3 that he was forced to olimb a tree, o;
When the posse arrived he prayed from the p
top of the tree for me:.-cy, but in response rj
got twenty bullets from as many guns and f
fell to the ground dead.
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Mystery of a <Joverness. . P
Beima Larsen, a young Swedish gover- ^
ness employed at 8taateburg, N. Y., started Ir
for New York City to vbiit a married sister. ' S
Miss Larsen was apparently in the best of 11
health and spirits. En route she lost her
reason, and at Flshkill nhe was taken from a
the train to a hospital. Her reason re- ai
turned, but an Illness, the cause of which is y,
not publicly known, s sized her, and she Bl
died within twenty-fou:r hours. I
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Killed by Llghti.lnf In Her Own Home, j
Mrs. Horace Noble, a prominent woman
of Erie, Penn., was instantly killed at Gills B
Park, near Erie, by lightning. She was sit- n>
ting in the parlor with some companions
when the home was struck, killing her al- p
most instantly. None it the others were
hurt. g,
Mica Deposits In New Jersey. ^
What are said fo be rioh mica deposits
have been discovered in New Jersey, and
preparations have been made for mining ..
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tno mineral ou a mx^c
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Minor Mention. J?
Queen VIc.oria la said to have twenty-five *r
state carriages. "
A pet cat bit the finger of a little boy in ei
Jasper County, Missouri, and he died ten 8fl
days later of blood poisoning.
In Bombay, India, the plague is carrying
off over 500 persons a week still.
Jerusalem's Garden, of Olives, has eight ai
trees known to be 1000 year old. n<
TheMa: Im gun has only one barrel, yet cc
it can discharge 600 shots in one minute. m
A tragic elopement occurred near Monclova,
Mexico. Macedonia Fransta, aged P'
seventeen, before eloping with his sweetheart,
Anita Moras, shot dead two of her Ja
brothers and two other men. w
In her castle Patti has a phonographic S'
apparatus, and into this she frequently re
warbles. S. ' occasionally lends the cylinders
to h?r i- >nds at s distance who have
phonogn.ohs, : hat they may listen to her '
melqdio:stra. :s.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Report of the Proceedings from Day
* to Day.
SENATE.
July 10th.?The opening session of
the Senate was brief and uneventful.
The Harris resolution relating to the
Union Pacific railroad was discussed.
At 1:30 the Senate went' into executive
session, remaining behind closed doors
until 6 o'clock, ana then adjourned until
the 17th.
July 17th.?Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
occupied most of the time in the
Senate in support of the Harris resolution
relating to the Union Pacific
Railroad. He severely arraigned the
executive officials connected with the
sale of the government interest in the
road. Final action on the resolution
was not reached. The Senate soon after
meeting went into executive session.
July 19th.?The day in the Senate
was principally dovoted to a discussion
Df Harris' resolution relating to the
Union Pacific Railroad. Morgan, of
Alabama, concluded his remarks in
favor of the resolution, and Stewart
spoke in opposition to it. Thurston, of
Nebraska, was speaking in opposition
when, at 5 o'clock, the Senate went
into executive session, and shortly
thereafter adjourned.
July 20th.?The indications when
the Senate adjourned today, were that
i vote would be reached upon the conference
report on the tariff bill some
time doring the week. There may be .
i change in the condition, which will
postpone a vote, but it is difficult to
j^ee what could cause it. The opponents
to the bill realize that there is
10 possibility of preventing the adopiion
of the report, and their present
purpose is only to secure what advan- j
:age they can t>y exhibiting what they :
jlaim are the inconsistencies of the l
measure. Senators Tillman, Jones, ,
Butler and Bacon made a protest ]
igainst restoring cotton bagging and (
lies to ine autiaoie list, inuring tne
lay, Tillman, Democrat, of South Car>lina,
openly threatened a filibuster
intil next December, if cotton bagging
ind cotton ties were not restored to the
ree list, but the threat was regarded as
lomewhat facetious.
July 21st.?The Senate concluded
he formal reading of the tariff confer>nce
report The debate was spiritless
n the main. Allen, of Nebraska, durng
the debate referred to the present
;oal strike, contrasting it with the
iromises of prosperity. The strike
rould be arbitrated, he said, and arbirated
in but one way?namely, in favor j
>f the coal baron and against the miner,
ind if the miner protested he would be
net with the baton of the policeman oiv ]
he bayonet of the tin soldier.
Jci/r 22nd.? In the Senate, Allison, (
n charge of tjie tariff bill, endeavored ]
o have a time fixed for the final vote, 1
tut failed. During the discussion of ,
he agricultural schedule, Tillman was ,
Lriuwn into a vehement argument on '
he benefit of an export bounty on agri- j
ultural products. This the Senator 1
ieclared with emphasis, was the most
ffective means of destroying the in- (
ire protective system, for if the farmer .
:ot one drop of blood in his mouth he (
rould want to swallow the whole car- ^
ass, and it would end in a scramble, 1
verturning the whole system. The ,
louse joint resolution was passed re- }
uesting the President to make investi- j
at ion as to the exclusion of American
obacco from foreign countries under j
he Regie contract system. Tillman's |
esolutioc for an investigation into the ^
hnnges of senatorial speculation in (
ugar stock was rejected by the com- i
littee or contingent expense.. The j
eport was couched in decidedly vigor- (
us language. Thomas B. Turley, who (
ucceeaed ihe late Senator Harris, of
'ennessee, was administered the oath
f office. I
HOUSE.
. J'clt 16th. ?The House agreed to the ]
artial conference report on the gen- 1
rt.l deficiency appropriation bill, and j
hen concurred in the Senate amend- 1
lent, fixing the limit to the cost of ?
rmor plate for three battleships, now '
uilding, at $300 per ton. Davis ;
Dem.), of Florida,'made a strong ap- :
eal to the House to concur in the $50,- J
00 appropriation for Cumberland
ound, Fla., but Mr. Cannon resisted !
;. The House finally concurred in the 1
mendment,and at 6:35 adjourned until 1
he 19th. (
.TTttt.v IQtit?Tho onnfflronro ronort on *
i? tariff bill was adopted by the House ' J
hortly after midnight by a vote of 185 *
> 118. This eclipses* all previous
jcorda. The result was accomplished
Iter 12 hours of continuous debate. J
!nt two speeches were made by the Re- *
ublioans, one by Governor Dingley in ?
pening the debate, and one by Mr. c
ayne, of New York, in closing it. 1
be Democrats were thus forced to pnt 1
>rth speaker after speaker, but f
ieir bombardment of the Reublican
position was unanswered.
a all 10 Democrats and one Popnlist y
i6.de speeches. The sugar schedule [
as the main point of attack. Every ?
:?publican in the House who was pres- c
ot voted for the report The . Demo- ?
rats, with five exceptions, voted \
gainst the report. The exceptions ^
ere Messrs. Slay den, of Texas; Brous- c
ird, Meyer and Davey, of
louisiana, and Klemser, of Texas,
he Populist and silverites I
id not vote solidly. Messrs. Shafroth,
f Colorado; Newlands, of Nevado, and "
'artman, of Montana, a sil verite, did 0
o t vote. The Pc pulists who voted' ?
gainst the report were Messrs. Baker, *
arlow, Botkin Fowler, Jett, Lewis, ?
[arshall, Martin, Peters, Simpson, 11
trowd. An analysis of the vote shows 0
tat 184 Republicans and 5 Democrats *
)ted for the report, and 106 Democrats
id 12 Populists against it
Jflt 21rt.?In the Honse Evans,
iep., Ky.) from the committee on e
ays and means, reported a join reso- v
ifcinn. which was adoDted. reauestinar I1
le President to make such investige- J3
ons as will elicit all the facts in refdfice
to the restrictions put upon 'the r
ile of American tobacco in foreign r
t
mntries, nnd6r what is known as the
Begie" or government edict. It also
ithorizes the President to enter into .
Bgotiations with governments of those
mntries with a view of obtaining a ^
edification or removal of these re- *
rictions. Clardy (Dem., Ky.) ex- ?
ained the necessity of it, saying that a 1
reat surplus of tobacco was raised in
Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia,
hich must find a foreign market
wanson, of Virginia, supported the
isolution. i
July 23nd.? In theHo\ise a bill was 1
issed from the committee on W ays <
id Means to authorize the President ?
' ^r --4__ ' __ .. . x ^ ,
to suspend, in part or in whole, the die* tl
criminating duties imposed on the Tee*
sels of foreign countries which impoeee A
similar duties on our vessels. A bill
was also passed creating a civil govern* *8
ment in Alaska.
_ m ;?
Will DEFY FEDERAL JUDGES, 1
* > ;j
Judge Watts' Attitude as to the
Original Package Business.
SOUTH CAROLINA HAPPENINGS. |
' ?
Gold Mines of Carollna--Low Rates
to the Encampment--Woman Ac- '*
cused of Murder.
A an?rikl frnm GrA?r>vill? tn tlia a
ister ot the 19th, says: The court of
sessions opened this morning, Judge 'i
R. C. Watts presiding. The judge, in
his charge to the grand jury, took <
strong States rights grounds when dis- rj
cussing the dispensary entanglement He
called attention to two erroneous
views concerning the dispensary sitaetion:
first, it was thought that any one |
had the right to retail liquor in the . '['
State; second, that State courts were .7J
bound by tLe decisions of federal conrt.
judges.
After stating the points of the decision
of Judge Simonton on the original .?
package contention, he said: "1 am not m
bound by the decision of any federal
circuit judge, no more than tbey are ft
bound by my decision. I am governed
alone by the State and federal consti- . S
tutions, and after that the State an- *\$
preme court decisions and United States
supreme court on all questions apper- . 1 *
taining or arising under the constita- . $
tion of the United States. Now the
man who ships the liquor may hare it &
protected from seizure by injunction, '1
but that will not save the seller from
the clutches of the State courts, and I . w|
intend to attach for contempt every one V&
who violates my injunction or that of any
other State judge. I don't apprehend
any conflict of State and federal anthorities,
but if it comes I suppose the
State will be able to take care of
itself."
Mr. M. V. Richards, the wide-awake
land and industrial agent of the South- ' 2
ern Railway, has taken advantage of
the revival of interest in gold mining
by the discoveries of the Alaskan fields - J
to get up a most valuable little work de- I |
voted to (told mining in the Southern
States?North and South Carolina, Yir- v?|
ijinia, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama JO
md Maryland. The article contained J]
therein on the industry in the Caro- .
iinas is by Messrs. Holmes and Nitze,
Df the North Carolina geological stir- ;'J
vey. The records show that South Car- JH
phna has mined more gold since 1890
than any other Southern State. In 1695 ^Jf
the output of her mines was $198,408, 2
while Georgia's output was only $100 y
more. The total amount of gold mined 4
in the Southern States since 1779 is
placed at $45,565,48a Of this South Vfjj
Carolina mined $3,709,566, and takes Jlj
:hird place among the States, North
Carolina coming first and Georgia sec- . 1
)nd. The bulk of both Georgia and e|
STorth Carolina's output was mined,
lowever, prior to 1879, while nearly all - ?
>f South Carolina's mining has bees' , < i
lone since.
Considerable interest is being mani- . *
'ested in the coming trial of Solicitor
rhurmond upon the charge of muraar |
f? at. - t-.-iii? tit ri
or rue kiuuig or n. u. nwno. xub ,
xial is to commence the first week in i
August at Edgefield. It will be a legal \ i
jattle from start to finish. Mr. Thar- %
nond will be represented by the lead- ng
members of *the, Edgefield bar, .M
Messrs. Sheppard A Sheppard, Croft k 1
Tillman and others. General Butler wl
jas been engaged by the relatives of 1|
he deceased to assist in the prosecu- 'ja
ion. Attorney General Barber will be
n charge of the prosecution and will J
ippear in person. He is now at work
>n the case. The trial promises to' ba 'Gfl
>ne full of public interest, in view of
he fact that one of the State's prosecn- '/I
ing officers is on trial for his life.
A few weeks ago an infant's body
vas found in Pacolet river, near Clifon,
sewed up in two sacks. Investi- .9
jation developed that it was a male .*3
.'hild about two years old. The head- .9
vas horribly bruised, presumably by
larties before the body was cast into the jjj
iver. Since then, however, snspioion t fl
IAS been directed toward Lillie Black, 9
, white woman about 25 years of age, ' fl
rho recently worked in the Clifton --9
nil Is. She feft the mills shortly after a
he discovery. So strong did the facto J|
?f the case point to her that she was sr
ested at Henrietta. N. C., and lodged tU
n the oounty jail at Spartanbnrg. She/
>he will have to answer for the infanticide
at the November term of court
Dr. E. S. Jovnes has been invitedto - ^
larticipate in the induction of Hon. W. -V-i
j. Wilson as president of Washington ..
nd Lee University at Lexington, Va.t
in September 13. Presidents Oilman
if John Hopkins and Patton of Prinoe-; fca
on with other distinguished educators
rill take part, and an imposing program 'j
ias been prepared, ut. j oyaes ?h .,
nee professor at Washington and Lee, ?
,nd is warmly remembered there. ?The , |
Itate.
Adjutant General Watts has saooeed(1
in securing excellent rates for those
ishing to attend the military encamp <
.nt at Orangeburg. Tho tickets will
e on sale from all points from the 33th
o the 30th. The remarkably cheap
ate of 1 1-3 cents per mile for the ijgfl
onnd trip has been allowed for,the
ailitia and a rate of one full fire for 'S
ho round trip has been given for civiians
who wish to attend.
The Columbia Phosphate Company .'' ^
ias just begun the erection of addi- 3
ional buildings by which the capacity
f their plant will bo doubled befort ^
he fall season opens.
English Papers lu Asia. . ^._4yS
Seventeen daily and weekly papen
ire published in the English language
n Japan, and over 100 on the Asiatic '1
ontiuent. In the whole of Asia there
s but one paper printed In German. ?