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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April,. 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Eeiabiiehed Jane, 1266 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1895. %\i T???wm at? Published Every Wednesday, -BT 3XT. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. A DY KBTISBMEST: One Square first insertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will becharged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Bearding the Gilded Lion. British Bimetallists Gain Un? expected Success. LONDON, Feb 26.-In the House of Commons to-day, Robert L. Everett, Liberal member for Woodbridge Di? vision of Suftblk, introduced the fol? lowing motion : That the House re? gards with increasing apprehension, the constant fluctuation and growing divergence of values of gold and silver and heartily concurs in the rece expressions of the governments of France and Germany in regard to the serious evils arising therefrom. Speaking to the motion, Mr. Everett appealed to Sir William Har? court to give heed to the real posi? tion of the question, put aside theo . rizing and open his eyes to the enor? mous revolution of the values which has not been brought about by natural causes, but by legislation. He ex? pressed the hope that the government would co-operate with the other powers in au effort to bring back a happier state of things which existed when the two metals stood upon a common ratio. England, Mr. Everett said, was rich, but that was no reason why she should unjustly increase the burden of other states. Surely, he said, she was not interested in the bankruptcy of other nations which were owing her money ; but that was exactly what was going on and what would con? tinue unless something was done to check it. Right Hon. Henry Chaplin (Con? servative) in seconding the motion, said that the government had aimed blow after blow at 6?!ver ; and closed the mints of India, depriving silver of its last great market, and afterwards had imposed a duty upon the silver imports of India. The constant fluc? tuations of the metal, he declared, were directly traceable to the mone? tary laws of Englaud. He chaiged Sir William Harcourt with having misjudged the views of France and Germany on the question and pre? dicted that although the opposition to bimetallism was now bitter, that system would at no distant date be victorious because it had upon its side expedience, justice and scientific truth. Sir William Harcourt said he had never denied the existence of evil in consequence of the growing diver? gence of the values of gold and silver. Wheu other countries had desired a monetary conference, the government bad not refused to join. The last conference at Br?ssel had shown that a majority of the Europ? ean countries declared in favor of a monometallic currency He did not think that Germauy had changed her opinion. When a proposal from Ger? many orauy other couutry reached the government, it would be time enough to consider the question o? England's joining in another confer? ence. To concur in proposals to confer upon subjects of commou interest was what belonged to international courtesy. He would suggest that if another conference were held it should be understood that it was not for mere academic discussion, bul that the delegates ought to be em? powered to make definite proposals embodying their views. The re6-, pective ministers fully recognized the magnitude of the problems. The interests of the country as the greatest trading and monetary cen? tre of the world were bound up in the soundness of her currency and it ought to be borne in mind that England couducted her trade upon relatively the smallest basis of any country. She did so because she had the largest credit. "(Hear, hear.") Leaving the international con? sideration for the national aspect of the question, he contended that there ought to be continuity of the cur? rency policy which the nations had attained. Though hoping little from an international monetary conference, inasmuch as a motion had been brought forward on common grounds, declaring that evil* existed which the government admitted, and as he had only been invited to co-operate with the powers on the sucject, lie had decided no to oppose the resoln 'tion. (Cheers) The parliamentary bimetallist com? mittee, immediately after Sir William Harcourt had announced his accept? ance of Mr. Everett's motion, tele? graphed to the Berlin Bimetallist League, asking it to urge upon Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, the expediency of opening negotia? tions for a monetary conference at Berlin. The league responded with a telegram congratulating the English bimetailist8 upon the success of Mr. Everett's motion. The opinion pre? vails in the lobby that an interna? tional conference on the subject is assured. - na- -. -? - TI - No Cotton Option. The Arrangement Made by The Alliance Exchange. The State Feb. 23. All the railroad freight magnates were here yesterday and appeared be? fore the State railroad commission, in regard to the matter of the proposed re? duction in the fertilizer raies Among tho?e present were .Messrs. So). Haas, J. D. Drake and Culp of the Southern system ; T. M. Emerson, of the Atlan? tic Coast Line : E.P. McSweeney, of the ?harleston and Savannah; L. A. Emerson, of the South Carolina and Georgia ; W. J Criag, of the Port Royal and Western Carolina, and H. C Beattie. There was a long aod exhaustive dis? cussion of the whys and wherefores, the railroad men showing most conclusive? ly the injustice of any reduction at this time. Most of the railroad men pre? sented written arguments and state? ments of great force. Inasmuch as it seemed to bo the desire of the railroad men and the commissioners to exclude the representative of the press so much so that they were excluded-The ?State though knowing all that was said on both sides, does not care to give the arguments. It is only necessary to say that the showing made was well-nigh unanswerable. The commission bas taken no action. It ??ill remain in ses? sion several days. In this connection it might be mentioned that the "cotton op? tion'' demand made by the farmers on the fertilizer manu? facturers does Dot seem to be heeded. All remember the terms of the demands made by the recent convention. It will be interesting to compare those terms with the following arrangement made by the Alliance exchange with nearly all the Charleston companies, which has just been announced. It will be] easily seen that the two are most ma? terially dig?rent. Here is the announce? ment of the exchange : We quote fertilizers, per toD, in car load lots, f. o. b. Charleston, S. C., to be paid for on or by October 15, 1895, j in middling lint cotton, as follows: Dissolved bone, per ton 185 lbs Acid phos. 1 to 2 per cent, potash 195 ' ' Kainit , 200 '' Guano (2 to 2J per cent. 325 " Guano (2i to 3 per cent. . 335 " The company will prepay and carry freight at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, charging the number of pounds of cotton as 5 will go into the freight and interest. To illustrate : If the freight is $3 and the interest say 15 cents, the total will be $3.75. and 5 into this will go 75 times, or 75 more pounds of cotton to be added to the above prices to pay the freight and interest. The cotton is to be middling lint and to be delivered on or before October 15, in good marketable condi? tion at the station where the fertilizers were received, unless otherwise agreed upon. It is to be middling, according to the Charleston exchange classifica? tion, and upon actual weight by sworn weighers at the time of delivery. All grades below middling will have to be made good and none below good ordi? nary will be received except by special agreemeut. This is not a "cotton option,'' but a cotton trade, and if you buy for cotton you must pay in cotton and nothing else. FERTILIZERS-CAR LOTS. Mav Nov. 1 '95*. 1, '95. Dissolved bone per ton $ 9 50 ? 9 90 Acid phosphate, 1 to 2 per cent. t itash, per ton 9 75 10 15 Kainit, per ton 10 15 10 56 Guano, 2 to 2* per cent 16 25 16 90 Guano, 2J to 3 per cent 16 75 17 40 Freight from Charleston, S. C., to your stati a to be added to the above prices In lots of fifty tons to be ship? ped to one shipping point we have a re? duction of 5 cents per ton on carload prices, except on kainit. Let the sub Alliances and dubs send in their orders so as to aggregate fifty tons and we can get the reduction in price. On less than ten tODs there will be $1 per too drayage and freight will be 20 per cent, higher than carload*. The Princess Callatro de Colonna, the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mr John W. Mackay, is now in Paris with her children and will make her resi? dence there. A compromise has been effected with her husband, and she will not press her divorce suit, for the time being, at least. A Religious Riot Checked by the Military in Savannah. SAVANNAH, Feb. 26.-Savannah es? caped a riot to-night through the in? tervention of the military. The trouble was precipitated by ex-Priest Jos. Slattery's lecture on the Roman Catholic Priesthood. For several days efforts have been made by members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians to re? voke the ex-priest's permit to deliver the lecture, but the mayor, upon legal advice, replied that it could not be done. Threats were openly made against the lecturer and the chief of pelica aud a detail of officers were ordered ou duty at the hall where the lecture was to be delivered. The lec? ture contained no offensive language, but the crowd which had gathered on the outside began to buri stones through the windows aud among the audience. The police ordered 'the crowd to disperse. It refused to do so aud kept shouting aud jeering. The mayor was notified, and after a consultation with the chief of police, decided to order out the military. The riot alarm was sent in, and io half an hour eight companies of infantry and a troop of cavalry, dismounted, were on the scene. The lecture was over by the time the military arri'.ed, and most of the audience had left the hall. A detail of mounted police stood guard at the outrance. The crowd numbered 2,000 by this time, largely spectators. A portion of it kept yelling and hurl? ing bricks at the windows of the hall where the ex-priest was. A few shots were fired in the air by the riot? ers, but no one was hurt. The electric lights around the hall were broken by missiles, and for a time the neighborhood was in darkness. After the military arrived on the scene there was comparative quiet. The streets were cleared for a block in every direction and the troops re? mained on guard until the disturbance had subsided, when the lecturer was brought out of the ball and escorted by a squad of tweoty police, surrounded by two battalions ot soldiers, walked to his hotel. The crowd followed aud jeered along the streets, but there was no attempt at an opeo attack. Half an hour after, the ex-priest's wife was escorted from the hall to the hotel by a squad of police. Quiet in Savannah. The Ex-Priest Will Lecture Again To-day-Protection Guaranteed. SAVANNAH, Feb. 27.-Everything has been quiet in Savannah tc-day. The disturbance last night precipitated by Ex-Priest Jos. Slattery's lecture has subsided and no further trouble is anticipated. The police remained on duty all night io the vicinity of the hotel where Slattery and his wife were stopping. A de.tail of military was kept in readiness in case of a renewal of the disturbance or an attempt should be made to attack the ex-priest. This morning both the police and military were dismissed. Slattery and his wife were on the streets during the day. Mrs. Slattery was to have lec trred at Masonic Hail this afternoon, but the Hebrew Association, which has the hall under lease, cancelled its con? tract with Slattery and the lecture and his own lecture, which he was an? nounced to deliver to-night, were post? poned. Five hundred ladies assembled to hear the ex-priest's wife and finding the bail closed, went to ber hotel. Failing to secure a renewal of his contract for Masonic Hall, arrange? ments were made for Odd Fellows Hall, and his lectures will be delivered there to-morrow. Slattery asked Mayor Myers for protection to-day and was assured that every protection will be afforded bim. Rumors have been in circulation of attempts to fire Masonic Hall, but no such attempt bas been made. The outbreak, which is the result of the effort oo tne part of the members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians to prohibit Slattery's lecture, is depre? cated by prominent Catholics. Vicar General Cafferty, of the Roman Catho? lic Diocese of Savannah, has advised all Catholics to refrain from violeoce and has used his influence to prevent any further trouble. Slattery has re? ceived assurance from the authorities that he will be protected from molesta? tion. He will be furnished a police guard during his lectures and at bis hotel if there is any danger of a de? monstration. The United States Consul at Haida. Austria, writes that immense quanti? ties of cutlery and ceramic ware are exported from that region to tho ?Joited States, aud that handsome ex? hibits are likely to be made at the i Cotton States and International Expo- j sition. The late minister to Mexico. Isaac i'ii> ey '?ray. like many other politicians ol the Quaker stock, began his career as a know-nothing. One of his ancestors came over with Peon and was a mem? ber of the Pennsylvania provisional , government. Thirty-Nine Dead. Terrible Mine Disaster in New Mexico. CERRILLOS, N. M., Feb. 27.-A disastrous mining accident was reported from White Ash, three miles from here, this afternoon. At 4 p. m. eleven bodies had been taken out. The acci? dent occurred this morning in the mines of the Santa Fe Company. It was caused by an explosion. At that hour, the employees at the entrance to the mine heard a terrific roar, followed by the ground trembling. A dente volume of smoke poured from the entrance, making it impossible to enter until it had partially cleared. The first body recovered was that of a driver, who was near the mouth when the explosion took place. Judg? ing from his fate,'there is little hope for any io the mine. Over half of the men employed io the mine have fami? lies and they are gathered around the mouth of the mine in dire distress. The fir*t intimation of the disaster was a muffled roar and clouds of smoke and dust rolling from the mouth of the mjne. Nearly 300 men are employed tn the mine, but only fifty were at work when thc explosion occurred. Only eleven of them escaped alive and some of them may die' yet. Twenty-eight dead bodies have been takon from the mines and it is doubt? ful if those remaining are alive. Keiays of men have been working he? roically all day to reach those who are still imprisoned io tbe mice, but little progress can be made on account of the gas, which permeates every shaft and overpowers trie workers in a short time. Up to 4 o'clock those on the inside could be heard trying to work their way out from the caved-in, but as noth? ing has been beard since thin, the im? prisoned men in all probability have succumbed to the deadly gas. Tho scene at the mouth of the shaft after the explosion was heart-rending. Men cursed, while womeo cried and prayed for their fathers, husbands and brothers, who were entombed alive or brought up dead. One woman, sup? posing her husband to have been killed, tried to commit suicide by throwing herself in front of a moving train. Herbusband was afterward rescued alive and the reaction from insane grief to delirious joy was nearly fatal. The mine was known to be badly ventilated and full of bad air and gas, and a catas? trophe of this kind has beeu frequently predicted. A bill was introduced in the New Mexico Legislature this afternoon to appropriate ?5,000 for the relief of the widows aud orphans. It will probably pass. The cause of the explosion is not yet known and the facts are hard to get. All the efforts of men in the vicinity are being put forth to liberate those imprisoned in the mine. i- i * The Sugar Bounty. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Senator Blackburn to-day, by direction of the majority of the committee on appro? priations offered an amendment to the sundry civil bill, which provides for the payment of the sugar bounty claimed to be due by the domestic sugar growers. It provides that there shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to those producers and manufacturers of sugar in the United States from maple sap, beets, or sorghum, or sugar cane grown in the United States who complied with the provisions of the bounty law as contained in schedule E of the tariff act of 1890, a bounty of 2 cents a pound on all sugars testing not less than 90 degrees by the polariscope, and 13-4 cents per pound on all sugars testing less than 90 and not less than 80 degrees, manufactured and prodiiced by "them previous to August 28, 1894, and upon which no bounty has previously been paid; and for this purpose the sum of $238 289 is appropriated. That there shall be paid to those producers who complied with the McKinley bounty law by filing appli? cation for license and the bond re quired, prior to July 1, 1894, who would have been entitled to receive a licencse, bounty of eight-tenths of a cent a pound on the sugars actual? ly manufactured and produced in the United States testing not less than 80 degrees, during the period of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, comprised in the period commencing August 28, 1894, and ending June 3D, 1895, and for this purpose $5, 000,000 is appropriated. The usual precautions are taken to prelect the government, and the bounty is to be | ? paid only upon proof satisfactory to ! tho commissioner. After providing }'<?r the details in connection with thc payment ?jj tho bounty, tho amend? ment concludes with a provision that j ?uti prison not entitled to tlu; bounty I wini shall, with intent to defraud. ap ply for or receive the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, be lined not exceeding ?5,000 or imprisoned not eqceeding live years, or both. The Forty Still Active. Tbey Intend to go Right Ahead and do Something. Columbia State, Feb. 27. It now begins to look as if the "Forty'-' had awakened from the shock they sustained by the scheme of Messrs. Tillman, Evans, Ilemp hill, Barnwell and others to forestall them in their efforts to bring the white people together and take the credit of the movement which ori? ginated entirely with them. When their committee was here the other night and its members heard of the conference and agreement readied, they seem to have suffered from partial paralysis and the indications were that they would giv? up and let the schemers go ahead. But now things seem to have changed, and it looks as if the ''Forty'' will stick to their guns and have a conference on the matter in which somebody-the people-will be represented, to dis? cuss the outlook and reach some agreement that will be acceptable to the rank and file of all political fac? tions. The following was issued last night and it shows that the "Fort}7" are still alive and may yet cause the beautiful plan already presented to drop into the back-ground, and one much more satisfactory to take its place : "The committee of the Forty have resolved to proceed with their plan before the people without asking anybody's permission, while grati? fied at having already accomplished so much. "THOMAS J. KIRKLAND, "Secretary." It looks as if the Forty regard the action of Ex-.Governor Tillman and Governor Evans in coming down to an agreement as a consequence of its efforts. They do not seem to be willing to have small coteries repre? senting nobody but those composing them dictate terras. Their original plan was to let the rank and file select men to a conference in which all factions could be represented Messrs. Hemphill, Barnwell, Tillman, Evans, Gantt, Irby, Bowden and all the others recognized as leaders of factions. In this way they pro? posed to let the people come together and after joint discussion agree among themselves upon some basis that would satisfy everybody. Per? haps they are all the more deter? mined now to go ahead with their work of their reconciliation because of what Ex-Governor Tillman had to say in talking of the scheme agreed upon at the small conference the other day. Tom Watson Wants Har? mony. AUGUSTA, Feb. 28-Hon Thomas E. Watson, Populist candidate for Con? gress in the Tenth district, and a man who claims to have been elected to the seat which Congressman J. C. C. Black holds, addresses a large audience in the opera house to-night. He made a plea for harmony and for more friendly criticism of himself by the people. His speech was principally devoted to the financial question and of course advocated the retention of gold, silver and green? backs. His speech was well received and will have a good influence in healing dissensions in the district. It was the most conservative speech Mr. Watson has ever made. The color of the sea is usually des? cribed as blue, but it is by no means uniform. lu the fopics it is some? times an indigo blue, at others a deep green. Brazil grows a diminutive corn (be ears of which are as large as a man's j little fiuger, and the grains are the size of mustard seed. The stride of an ostrich is sometimes as much as twelve feet, and, when frightened, he can travel at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. The Gould CVr Coupler Co., of Chi? cago, bas secured .large space for an exibit at the Cotton States and Inter? national Exposition, and it goes with? out saying that this important enter? prise will be well represented. It is not a great while before every freight car in America will have to be sup? plied with an automatic coupler, and the magnitude cf this business is ? hardly realized It is expected that ? the Gould Company's exhibit will be a j revelation to the public. I Bisseil Resigns. The Postmaster [General Sur? renders His Portfolio. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Postrnaster Geoeral Bissell set at rest all doubt as to bis purpose of remaining in the Cabioet, by tendering bis resignation to President Cleveland this afternoon, j Tbis action was not taken hastily. As I far back as early autumn, Mr. Bissell j felt that his law practice a'; Buffalo ; required bis personal attention and a; i that time he notified the President that ! sooner or later he would be compelled I ro retire to private life. Nettling fur ! ther pased between the two gentlemen j with reference to the matter until ; ten days ago, when Mr. Bissell again ! assured the President that be must '? .-oon resign bis portfolio. The Post ! master General's resignation was not. j known until a late hour this evening to j his private secretary; nor w ll it be \ known in all probability to any of his subordinates at the Department until : its publication in the morning papers. The letter of registration is said to j have been brief and to have been I couched in tbe usual formal terms. It I recites the fact that he deems it advis j able to retire from the Cabinet and j that he wili do so upon tbe appoint I ment abd qualification of his tuccessor. ! The letter was written by the Pos--eur.s i the General at the cloie of office hours ; to-day and was by him personally ! handed to bis chief a little after 5 o'clock. Hon. W. L. Wilson, cf West Vir? ginia, will probably succeed Mr. Bissell. Mr. Wilson's friends announced last I night that the position bad been ten I dered him. Wm. L. Wilson. Nominated as Postmaster General. WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 -The Presi? dent this afternoon sent to the Senate the name of Wm. L. Wilson of West Virginia, as Postmaster General in place of Mr. Bissell, who yesterday re I signed The nomination of Mr. Wil? son was compelled to take tbe ordinary j course io the Senate and went over un I der objection until to-morrow. It was ! thought that confirmation wou.d imme ; diateiy follow, especially as Mr. Vilas, ; chairman of the postefnee committee had : meanwhile seen ali the members of the , committee and bad bren directed to i make a favorable repoit. Accordingly when the doors wert* ch .-ed. Mr. Faulk? ner (Dem.) of West Virginia, made an appeal to the Senate for the case to be taken up and acted upon by unanimous conseut, but this was denied him. Mr. I Wilson's nomination will, however, be ! confirmed at to-morrow's SCSS?DO. When a prince of the Austrian royal . family dies, his horse follows tbe funer i al covered with black cloth, and ; lame in one hoof. The lameness is j produced by driving a nail through the i horseshoe. This is the sign of the ! deepest possible mourning. Tbe gypsy moth which is taking I possession of New England ie an im j migrant from France. It reached New I England in 1870, and has sin.;e multi? plied in an alarming way Its cater? pillars are very destructive, and New England would like to have a Federal appropriation of $200,000 to use io i preventing it from interfering with io i terstate commerce. Great interest in the Cottcn States and International Exposition las been aroused by an elaborate article in the Textile Mercury an organ of trade in the Manchester region. The editor of ! that journal devote? severa! pages to ! the subject, and urges the English ! manufacturers of cotton machinery to ! be well represented at Atlanta. Hinton Sr. George, the Somersetshire estate of Earl Paulet, is offered for sale. The earl is the lineal representative of Sir Amias Paulet, the jailor of Mary Queen of Scots, and is father to Vis? count. Hinton, who grinds the ^rgan in the London streets. The entire com? prises over ten tbousaud acres; the old castellated manor house lies in a park of 1,300 acres. It contains a picture gallery with 320 paintings, some by Reubens. Correggio Murrilla, Rem? brandt and Vandyke. Evervhing on the estate is in perfect order, and for it all. pictures, furniture and heirlooms included, ?3.000,000 are asked. - - -->^M?- !? - Mrs. Emily Thorm\ who resides at Toledo. Washington, says srv ha? never been able to procure HU y medicine for rheumatism that relieves the pain so quickly and t-tT-ctuaily HS Chamberlain's Pain Hal ni, and th*! she has ??so used i; for lame back with treat success. r\ir sale t>y Dr. A J China. THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, ,i s 5o. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's'' THE TRUE SO?TSROK, Established jaae. 136(5 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1895. New .Series-Yoi. XIV. Xo. 29.