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Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. New Series?Vol. XV. No. 2. Ptbliahed Swry Wednesday. JNT. G*-. Osteen, S?MTER, S. C. terms : Two Dollars per ancata? advance. advertisement: One Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insert ion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All commuoicatioos which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Another Point Attacked. Change of Venue Section of the Dispensary Law. The .attorneys representing the Charleston liquor men whose cases have been transferee] to Orangeburg county for trial by Judge Buchanan under the change of venue section of the dispensary law, after the Charles ton grand jury had returned "no bills," are going to fight the consti tutionality of the proceeding. They have appealed to the State Supreme Court in each of the six cases pending, from Judge Buchan an's action. All of the cases will doubtless be merged into one to avoid multiplicity of suits. AH are familiar with the proceedings, when the change of venue was' granted by Judge Buchanan, under section 4oOf the dispensary law. The appeals are taken by Messrs. Murphy, Farrow and Legare and Mr. Bissell. The grounds of appeal in all of the six cases are the same, and in the case of M. L. Clark, tbey are stated as follows : First?That his honor erred in hold ing that section-45 of the dispensary law was constitutional. Second?That his honor erred in not holding that in a criminal cause, the place of trial cannot be changed . on motion of the State. Third?Id that hie honor erred in not holding that until a true bill has been found by the grand jury, a per son charged with a criminal offense cannot be carried to another county from that in which the offense is committed to answer a bill of indict ment to be preferred in such other county. Fourth?In that his honor erred in not holding that until true bill has been found by the grand jury, no case is pending, and no change of venue can be granted either on mo tion of the State or of the accused Fifth?In that his honor erred in not boldig that section 45 of the dis pensary law is in violation of section 11, 13, 19, of article 1, of the Con stitution of South Carolina, and that section 2, of article 5 of the Con stitution of South Carolina, and, therefore, void ; and in ordering that the "case" against M L Clark be transferred from Charleston to Orange burg county. Sixth?In that his honor erred in admitting in evidence the affidavits of witnesses as to what said wit nesses swore before the grand jury. Seventh?In that Iiis honor erred in holding that what witnesses swore before the grand jury was admiosible, but what was said by a member of the grand jury te a witness was in admissible Eighth?That until true hill was found by the grand jury, his honor was with out jurisdiction to transfer the above cause to Orangeburg county. Ninth?That no notice of said mo tion was served on M. L. Clarke or his attorneys Assistant Attorney General Town send, after a ten days' vacation, spent in North Carolina's mountains, returned to the city yesterday, only to be confronted with the papers in these cases in consequence of which he went on to Charierton in the eve ning ? 27te State. Principles for Pelf. Louisiana to Go Republican if the Sugar Bounty Is Kot Paid. Washington, July 31,?Senator Caffery, Representare Meyer and Judge Semmes, the latter counsel for ? tbo sugar bounty claimants of Louis iana, had an audience ^o-day with Comp troller Bowler, of the Treasury De partment. regarding the unpaid sugar bouuty for the nVcel year or' 1394. The three gentlemen repeated the argu ments they had previously made, but the Comptroller insiste': rha* be saw no reason to change the position r? r ^ i >us iy taken by him. it i-- said tha? Comp troller Bowie;- may, it be ;h io?e, kreverse bis ultimate decision one v -.r. but it is not believed he wi?i do so. } Itis th-?ug at thai his decision niter the formal bearing next, week will be rendered as speedily as is consistent wirb the i oj portan ce of the case. Shonld it remain unchanged, Congress will be asked to amend the law under which he was appointed, so that bis duties shall be of a purely ministerial character. Secretary Carlisle has been informed by these Louisiana gentlemen that the continued withholding of the money will result in a defeat for the Demo cratic party in Louisiana and that nothing can prevent this State from swinging into the Republican column nest year unless the money shall be paid within a reasonable period. Jt is feared by the Louisiana peo ple if the money be not paid before the meeting of Congress next winter, a bill will be introduced to repeal the law under which the bounty is to be paid. Secretary Carlisle has changed the plans for his trip through the great lakes. Accompanied by Mrs. Carlisle, he will leave Washington Friday, and go direct to Chicago, where they will be joined by ?. VV. K. Carlisle and children. The party will board the lighthouse tender Amaranth, probably Saturday, and make a tour of the lakes to Buffalo. The time consumed will be about thirty days. The Defender Victorious. Once Again She Scores a Triumph Over tne Vigilant. New Fort., R. I., July 31.?Once again the Defender has scored a victory over the Vigilant, and while the latter was somewhat handicapped by a six-foot rent in her main bail, that would not atone for the twelve minutes beating which the latest Ilerreshoff creation gave to the cup defender of 1895 in the forty mile run from New London here. The new boat made ample amends for her failure to wiu yesterday aud even the croakers, wbo say that she is not doing as well as she should, ceased their croaking and apprehension in regard to the American cup, was put at reel for the day, at least. The Regatta committee talked with Mr. Iselin to-night about having the Defender officially measured and giving out the results to-morrow. They aleo considered the protest of the Vigil?nt in the race of July 22., and will announce their decision to morrow. After finishing, ail yachts anchored inside the harbor except Defender, whose deep draghi made it safer for her outside Goat Island. There has seldom been a thicker forest of masts in the harbor than was the case this afternoon aud the spectacle wheu ali were lighted up this evening, was one that will be long remembered here. The fleet will remain at anchor to morrow aud there will be much entertaining ashore and sociability afloat. On Friday, one of the greatest races of the year?that for the Goelet Cup?will be sailed. Jubilee, Vol unteer, Vigilant and Defender will then come together. No Divorce in Oklahoma. GuruRiic, Okla., July 31.?Follow ing the decisions that probate judges have bad oo right to grant divorces in Oklahoma since August 13, 1893, the Supreme Court to-day decided that even before tbat time, their jurisdiction was confined to persons who bad been residents of the territory - two years or more, and that all divorces granted by them to persons oo ninety days, residence are null and void, and subse quent marriages bigamous. As out siders coming here for divorces took advantage of the ninety days residence clause, this decision invalidates be tween three and four hundred divorces graoted to Eastern people, in addition to the seven or eight, hundred rendered invalid by the decision of last Satur day. Expensive Sport. Chicago. July 30.?H. Clay Mer ritt was tried yesterday before Justice Pyle at Keoawee, II!., on a charge of violation of the game laws. The prose cution, which is in charge of the State warden, was instituted by the Sports men's Association. The defendant admits having in his possession 27,050 game birds If the illegality of this is proved the minimum fine is ?135,300, and the maximum is ?676,500. Many sportsmen were present, as well as several storage dealers, who have establishments similar to Mer rill's in Chicago and elsewhere. Tbe d?cision was reserved until to-day Ir was rendered this morning, Boding the defendant guilty o? the iiiegal sale of wild game In his remarks the cour? stated fh:?r the law c?cariy ju-ri!i 'i the decision. Mcrrirt immediately ?'>:<l notice >>;' appesi, and bis bond was fixed at ?10,000 The fines assessed against Merrill aggregate oOO (lame Warder: Blow announced that he would '\ \< week institute two more suifs again** Merritt and ii they prove successful, Merrirr will have linei to pay aggregat ing ?110,000. New Hope for Cuba. Safe Landing of Large and Well Equipped Expedition. Jacksonville, Jaly 31.?A cable pram from Key West to the Timts Union says : Private telegrams received here coo firm the story of the safe landing of the largest and best equipped expedition that has ever landed in Cuba. As was stated, the expedition was commanded by Geu. Roloff, Sanchez and Rodriguez. They carried 280 men, 28,000 rounds of ammunition, 450 rifles, 4,700 pounds of dynamite, one Gatliog gun, one cao noo and 500 ounces of Dr. Esqui naldo's infallible balm for wounds Dr. Valdez Dom?nguez went as colonel of the sanitary crops. Part of this expedition left b3re early in June in the tug Childs, but after several attempts to land on the east coast of Cuba, returned aod camped on Harbor Key, about thirty miles west of Key West. Shortly after landing, Roloff left them aod it is rumored, went North, going by way of Biscayne bay, to secure another vessel. He re turned a week ago last Wednesday on an ocean tug uame unknown ?he was covered from stem to stern with can vass and took on the men and ammuni tion last Thursday week aod started for the Bahama Islands. He took on Gen. Rodriguez with fifty-six men, 80,000 rounds of ammunition and 150 rifles. It is reported that HeDry Brooks was with the expedition, he having made several visits to Pine Key, coming and going by way of Biscayne bay. He was knewn here as Mr.Grant. Prominent Cubans here etate that the safe landing of the expedition has put new life into the Cuban cause and its failure* to land would have been its death below. The expedition was so well planned and ex ecuted that few even of tbe Cubans, knew aoythiog about it. inscrgent8 REPULSED. Havana. July 31.?A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba says that a band of insurgents made an attack upon Fort Mijial between Songo and Poncipe last, evening and were repulsed. A large band of insurgents made an attack this morning upon a small detachment of Spanish troops on the estate of Isabel, in the Guantaoamo district. A desper ate fight ensued with tbe result that tbe rebele were driven back with heavy loss. General Lugne reports from Santa Clara that the Spanish column under Col onel Venedia, met a band of insurgents under the rebel leader. Rodiguez, on the Venedia estate in the Sagua district yesterday and dispersed them, killing Rodiguez aod capturing a quantity of arms, ammunition, etc. Socorro, New Mexico, Nearly Washed Away. A Wave of W?ter Twenty Feet High?Loss of Life and Property. Albuqerque, N. M., July 31.?A special to tbe Citizen to-night from Socorro says ? "Late yesterday after noon a heavy ram from tbe east met a cloud from tbe west near Snaut Ranch, eight miles from Socorro. The wave was twenty feet high and came down in tbe arroya and submerged Chihuahua and Cuba, two small suburbs, washing down houses aod rushiog through others. Tbe arroya also broke at Spring street and in the north part of the town aided the torrents. Women aod children were struggling in tbe water. Several bodies have been recov ered. One man and six children were rescued and several more are missing. There were many narrow escapes Mrs. A. Mayer and her mother were washed away but rescued. Forty houses were destroyed, a hundred more will fall and others are badly damaged. Water is three feet deep aod all the principal streets are strewn with furni ture and large bowlders. Little damage was done to the stores, except to cellars and foundations. Crops and gardens were washed away by the river and from Poivadera to Lemita the low lands are flooded four feet deep. About a mile of track is damaged on the main line of the Sapta Fe road and eight miles on the Magdalena branch with the road bed and several bridges wash ed away. The water main of the Socorro Water Company was badly damaged aod no drinking water is to be bad. Hundreds of people are in distress. Relief meas ures nave been started. Damage to the town is estimated at $700,000. St. Louis, Aug. 1.?A special from ?oc:>rr<?. . M , says that the flood of yesterday was tlie greatest in the his tory o? New Mexico. Sixteen persons are known to 'nave lost their lives in the raging wnters. The storm began vvi:h s dowupn.ur o? rain at li p. r:i and after rw ) !: -ur- of torri ii.: raj fa i! a cloudburst struck the mountain :b'?!it five mile's ubovo the town, a'iVri Iii i-css fnaif an hour arter dark gigantic waves, bringing bricks, mud aii'? debris, vak their devastating course through the street?. The bridges, and at least a mile of grading of the Magdalena branch of the Santa Fe railroad was washed away, and some damage bad resulted to the main lines south of the city Of several houses which stood near the channel of the Arryos, not a vestige is left ; m?.ny adobe houses in different por tions of the city have fallen, and oth ers are giving away. Water entered the Catholic church, and the convent of Sacred Heart is expected to fall. It is impossible to save the adobe houses when once the water has soaked through th: foundations. Noue of the business portion of the city is in jured, but not a dwelling house es caped some damage. latest from the flooded town Socorro, . M., Aug. 1.?The ex citement attendant upon the flood i? over. The list of dead is eight, six of who'n are the Duran family and the other two children that were rescued from the flood and died yesterday. Fifty buildings in the city have been washed away and contents destroyed About one hundred buildings are more or less damaged and a large portion of the contents damaged aod destroy ed. To these losses must be added the total destruction of gardens and vine yards, and these losses fall upon the poorer classes of people. The Magda lena branch of the Santa Fe railroad was washed away for about five miles, and the loss will run into the thou sands. The water washed away the main track just below the depot yards and covered the track in the yards about four inches deep. The lower part of Maozaneras avenue is a total wreck, bridges and sidewalks being washed away. The water covered the whole valley from the vicinity of Windsor Hotel to the depot and for several miles above aod below the city. The Arroya that did the damage comes into the city at the southwest corner from the moun tain on the road to Magdalena. Just as it strikes the city, it divides into two channels, one going down Spring street to the river bottom aod the other to the west, emptying to the north of tbe city and sailing around passed to the east of the city mingling its waters with tbe one coming down Spring street. The flood came in two big waves, one filling the Arroya over bank full and the other pouring out over every street in the city. Had this storm came at night, hundreds would have perished Back Prom Liberia. The Rough Experiences of Some Negroes From Arkansas. Philadelppia, July 30.?At the Wayfarers' Lodge, Lombard street, homesick and destitute, are three negroes of Arkansas, who have just returned from Liberia, whither they went as colonists some months ago. Of nearly a hundred companions in the expedition, some are said to have died of starvation, and others are eking out a wretched existence in Africa Tbe three men are Jefferson county farrrers ?Frank Sbelton has a wife and four children there ; J R. Tucker has a family ; and Ebenezer Russell, un married. , They say the International Migra tion Society, of Birmingham, Ala., offered twenty-five acres of land to every colonist, and used as endorse ment, the name of Bishop Turner, of Atlanta, Ga. The subscribers were required to pay $41 in advance iostal meots and their passage to Savannah. In return they were to get their passage, with food, aod the land on their arri val. Tbe ship failed for Monrovia, with ninety-seven colonists who were in tbe care of tbe society secretary. The men declare they were simply dumped ashore and allowed to shift for themselves. A score of their comrades died of climate fever, and some, it was reported, peri>hed of starvation. Work could oot be secured and the flesh of dead aoimals aud snakes was seized upon with avidity for food, Shelton and his two neighbors saw no hope for tbem in the colony, and succeeded io obtaining passage to Liverpool and thence to Philadelphia. They expect help from Arkansas which will enable them to return to their homes. Living Churcb, April 6. Bishop Blyth of Jerusalem was consecrated seven 3'ears ago. lie has recently appealed for aid espe cially in carrying on missions to the Jews. He speaks of himself as "the one Anglican bishop in Christ's com mission to the Jews " Few persons realize the extent of the Jewish im migration to Palestine ol late years. Fully 100,000 have entered the Holy Land in the last twenty years, and as the tendency in that direction is constantly on th-' increase, it really looks i! tin1 Hebrew race were m * a l.i'.i way to re-occupy the kind 61 their lathers ,?i !;?t? :,ea: future, ine ' Bishop speaks hopeful i ? his work, ! and says thai the J 'wish nussi> ns a;o : most cncouryo'in? t<5 hini Lie claims the helpSof Churchmen ?*<?:? Christ's service for the unprecedented open ings in the land oi i I is own personal mission, and in Egypt." Big Insurance Frauds. A Sensational Trial of Prominent People at Morehead City, N. C V/ilmixgton", July 31.?A special to the Messenger from Morehead City, N. C., says : The third day of the sensational trial for conspiracy in life insurace was devoted to proving the physical and financial condition of Charles Arthur, one of the alleged victims. If the evidence of the prosecution is not rebutted Arthur is proved to have been a pauper and almost a living skeleton. Fraud is proved by the evidence as it stands, but as yet there is no proof of conspiracy. W. L. Arendell was put on the stand again this morning. He testi fied that Charles Arthur was a walk ing skeleton and the nearest to a dead man he ever saw alive Tbe Justice said this did not show con spiracy and further evidence was ruled oui. It is a matter of record that Arthur was a pauper and received $2 a month from the county fund, and that he was an object of charity for the citizens of Morehead City and Beaufort. D>\ L. W. Perkins, the last man ar rested, is mayor of Newport and ex town constable of Moiehead City. At the beginning of this season Per kins was in charge of the police department of the Atlantic Hotel. Here and in Beaufort people are dis cussing the sensational arrests, but seem to withhold their opinions until all the evidence has been brought out. They say prominent citizens should not be condemned as guilty of these dark crimes unti! strong proof has been offered The prosecution claims to have this proof. The at torneys for the defence say there has been no evidence to prove conspi racy and as yet no case has been made out. Morehead City, N. C , Aug. 1 ? The trial of the sensational cases of con spiracy to defraud insurance companies was continued to-day The evidence brought out was in line with that of the day before, but much more explicit and conclusive. Fraud was proved conclusively in one case after aootber. The following shows first the actual ages, second, the age named in policy, and, third, tbe real physical condition of tbe parties named below, who were all iosured for good amounts: Hattie A. Davis. 70, 45, infirm. Sarah M. Gabriel, very old, 47. iu firm. Sheppard Davis, 70, 56, infirm. Emma J. Casy, 70, 56, infirm, i Melissa Guthrie, 70, OU, infirm. John Boyd, physical wreck. Wm. J. Rice, said to be good risk, lunatic. Mary A Longhurst, G5, 55, poor j health. ! William H. Jones, good risk, cou ! sumption. j Sarah A Lewis, over 60, 49. Rosanoa Washington, 60, 35, laid up with rheumatism. Samuel Windsor, 85, 58, infirm Thomas, Davis, ?, ?, consump tive Florence Chadwick, very bad health. The prosecution attempted to prove that tbe money received on the bene fit paid at the death of Wigfall was di vided between four relatives of the dead man aod that these four relatives iosured a man in tbe last stages of con sumption eleven days before bis death, swearing that he was a good risk ; that the io6uraoce agent in Bufort certi fied that Wigfall was a "good risk." Most of the day wi.s taken up by wrangles between counsel as to the admission of testimony. A large num ber of letters, affidavits, applications for insurance policies, etc., were admit ted to-day aod several hundred witnesses were examined orally. The court room was filled with interested listeners. Print Your Own Ticket In response to an inquiry made of him yesterday by Secretary Tompkins, State Chairman Irby announced that the State committee would not print tickets for use in the general election in tbe several counties with the names of the several candidates nominated in the recent primary upon them. He says tbfit each county will have ro attend to this matter itself; that each eounty committee must provide the tickets.?The State. i^m~ ? ti-*. Blair? ?.en aod pencil ??ii>'?f?. stationery ct h? kuni?, mk, pen?, pencils, blank books, typewriter suppl?*?, - ., : il. <?. O?teeo ?Go'3., Liberty Strfet, nex? to Watchman and Scu?m cf?iV. Highest cf ail in Leavening Pot Two Plain Questions. Tests That Should be Applied to Candidates to the Convention. Greenville News. The primary election held tbe other day was not a Democratic primary. It was called without the authority of party law, it was throwD open to ail white voters regardless of party. Its results caonot bind any Democrat. It was not a white man's primary because two-thirds of the white men of the State, of both factions, did not vote in it or have anything to do with it. In Greenville county if 20? Con servatives voted 1,600 Reformers did not vote. A ticket of delegates com posed of good, strong, safe men repre senting all parts of the county, all the interests in it and the people, could j beat tbe ticket nominated here Tuesday if only Reformers were allowed to vote and not a Conservative or a Republican went to the polls at the g?nerai elec tion. Fifteen hundred Reformers who ; voted may feel bound to support the present ticket. Sixteen hundred of ,; them who did not vote are free to choose for themselves. We suppose it is the same way in otber counties. The so-called primary doe6 not lind white men or Democrats and was net a I vote of tbe people. It was a trick, I trap, of tbe machinery with which a ! few pclitieians hope to make this State I their own personal property to be left and handed down to their political heire i as the throne, crown, and sceptre of Russia are. It is now time for the people to make a last effort to escape. The machine which was to make the new Constitu tion has worked well so far. Tbe next I movement of it will be the establish j ment of a caucus in the convention by which fifty men, controlled by half a dozen, will rule the entire body acd govern all its action. We have all seen that thing done before in the Legislatures. We have seen honest, well meaniog, trued-hearted men who in tended to be independent, coaxed or driven into caucus aod there tied acd gagged and forced by tbe plea of party law and personal honor to yield their opinions aud go against their conscien ces. The people may yet beat the machine aod defeat the purposes of the Ring. Let every man who has been nom inated be asked these two questions : "Will you refuse to go ioto or be bound by any caucus of any faction or party ?" "Will you vote your confidence in the people of South Carolina by promising to do all you can to have the new Constitution submitted to the peo ple? When a man answers "nov to both of these let some man who will answer "yes7' be put up against htm and voted for in the general election. Those are two issues to make. They are issues oo which Reformers aod Conservatives can vote acd work: together. if those two questions are pressed nd if care is taken that nobody shall ago to the convention without a hard fight who fails to answer them, the peo ple will beat tbe bosses and we will have a free convention and a Constitution built in daylight by free men, fit for a: free people. 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