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GORMAN'S FUTILE FIGHT. TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF TREAS URY CERTIFICATES. The Senate Indisposed to Prevent tlie Is Hue of Itonds in that ATay?Tiie Silve Qneation Will Not Dawn?Some Interest lug Figures. Washington, Feb. 27.?The Senati spent five hours today in debate 01 the amendment to the suudry civi appropriation bill, reported from tin committee on appropriations, jyovid ing for an issue of ?100,000,000 certifi cates of indebtedness, bearing 3 pe: cent, interest, to meet the deficiencie: in the treasury, and also requiring future issues of bonds to be ofl'ered t< the public for at least twenty days. Senator Gorman, Democrat,of Mary land, who was recognized as the re sponsible author of the amendment spoke for over an hour in advocacy o it, showing the probable reeds of th< treasurv during the fiscai ^car, anc -v ^ ? t* il declaring that the secretary or im Treasury was entirely mistaken in hi: estimates. The antagonists of th< amendment were all found on the De mocratic side of the chamber, in th< persons of Senators Hill, Mills, Voor nees and Vilas, which was, perhaps the cause of Senator Gorman's subse quent allusion to "sudden conversion: ?such as were read of in Scripture.' The supporters of the amendmen were on the Republican side, and in eluded Senators Sherman and Allison Finally,as it was clear to Gorman anc all other Senators that the amendmen ?if held to be in order?would be de bated till the 4th of March next. Sena tor Gorman withdrew the amendment ' and the appropriation bill was ther offered and agreed to. Unanimoui consent was given to have a final vote taken on the bill at 3 P. M. tomorrow, A night session was thereby avoided, and the Senate at 6.30 adjourned unti. tomorrow at 11 A. M. Senator Gorman said that if reliej was to be given to the treasury, if au thority was to be given to issue certif icates of indebtedness in order tc maintain the credit of the Govern ment, the only possible way in which it could be given was on an appropria tion bill. He regretted exceeding]s that it had become the duty of anj Senator to inaugurate such a proposition. He regretted exceedingly thai it had not reached the Senate from the House as a separate measure early in the session when it could have been deliberately entered npon and properly discussed. Two years ago this identical question of order had been before the Senate and then it was held by a vote of 28 to 18 that the amendment was perfectly legitimate and perfectly proper. Senator Gorman had no desire, be said, to detain the Senate if a vote could be come to at once, but the committee on appropriations had requested him to state frankly, without reflecting on anybody, what the necessities of the case were. This was the question before the Senate. The question was, "Is the treasury in such a condition that it can meet the wants of the Government under present law ? Are the revenues of the Government up to this hour (under our revenue laws) sufficient to meet the annual appropriations made by Congress and the permanent appropriations? If it shall appear from the official reports of the treasury that we have appropriated more money than the receipts, then I will submit to the Senate that we cannot afford to adjourn until provision shall be made to meet that deA "* J ? * - ncrency unless congress uesires me issue of 4 per cent, bonds running thirty years or 5 per cent, bonds running ten years, to be sold to meet it." Senator Gorman said that the answer made by the Secretary of the Treasury to the resolution of the Senate (as to the condition of the treasury) was on its face misleading. It had been gol up by clerks and bookkeepers, and had not had the close inspection of the Secretary. From that answer, Senator Gorman said one might draw the conclusion that there was a sufficient amount provided to meet the demands of the treasury. He would, however, give to the Senate the exact condition of the treasury. There was in the treasury, he said, on the 1st of July, 1890, $89,993,104. Between that time and the 31st of December, 1894, the treasury receipts (except from bonds) were $1,590,480,305. The expenditures during the same period (that is, the novmimft raif rwf tVin +rpncnrv'\ lmH t?JUIVIlW VMW VL . HIV een $1,737,290,500, showing that the expenditures had been i?40,000,00c more'than the receipts. "How -was the deficiency made up?" a Senator asked. "From the proceeds of the sale of bonds," Senator Gorman answered. "Now the question arises whether that condition of affairs will continue from now on during the next year. The Secretary of the Treasury," Senator Gorman continued, "in his answer to the Senate has said that during this calendar year 1895 he will have revenue enough to meet the expenditures of the Government. That is misleading. I shall demonstaate, I think, that the Secretary of the Treasury is entirely mistaken in that statement, and with all the revenues he will gel this year he will have a deficiency of over $30,000,000 for the calendar year and a deficiency of $00,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895. It is not wise for Congress to adjourn leaving the treasury department with tli open declaration made by the Presi(dent of the United States that in an emergencv he will continue to sel! bonds, 'fhat is too expensive. It is piling up a public debt in a form that is distasteful to the people of this coun try. I do not criticise the Presideu for his action in the past. If Congress refuses or fails to provide sullicieni money otherwise then, under the con struction of the law given by the treas ury department, and the President, (which construction, I think, is noi warranted,) the responsibility will b( upon us. I want to have that polic} changed. I want to make provisiot for certificates of indebtedness run ning only two years and redeemable at tne option of the Government, s( that there can be no excuse liereaftei for the departineni 10 sen ten yeai bonds or thirty-year bonds." Senator Piatt," of Connecticut, asket Senator Gorman to state the amoun of surplus in the treasury arising fron the money borrowed. Senator Gorman: "On the 1st o January, 1895, we had only $07,000, 000 in the treasury to meet the ap propriations of Congress, exclusive o the gold to redeem greenbacks. Tin Secretary estimates that his receipt from now on will be sufficient to mee the ordinary disbursements, provide< he can use the balance in the treasury in the shape of greenbacks for whi he lias paid gold. In that I think is mistaken. I do not believe that - permitted to use every dollar of ceipts. lie will have enough money meet the current expenses of the G( eminent by $60,000,000, without 11 ing into account the amount due ? former appropriations. Senatar Gorman gave $274,170,( as the amount of appropriations mr by the House at this session, whi 5 was $1(>.000,000 more than the Sec tarv's estimate of expenditures. 1 had no doubt, however, that with 1 1 additions made by the Senate the 3 tal appropriations of the session woi - be at least $400,000,000,and that woi - show a deficit of $42,000,000. "I i r peal to Senators," Senator Gorm s continued, "whether it is wise or ] ' * ' * * ' -'i r* . ; | triotic ior us 10 permit congress iu ; ) journ without making some provisi to meet this deficiency, and wlietl - it would not be impolitic and unw - to allow any executive officer to s , ten or thirty year bonds to meet it?' f Senator George: "What is the < J jection to having the silver seign 1 rage in the treasury coined to mi J the deficiency ?" s Senator Gorman: "I trust we w i be able to settle this question in a p1 - per way, and I appeal to Senators 3 abandon, for the time being, all t - theories and ideas as to currency a: , simply to provide certificates of - debtedness, redeemable within t' 5 years at the option of the Governme being the only thing that we can t in* the expiring hours of Congress - as to prevent the sale of long bonds. Senator George: ' 'It seems bad ect I omy to borrow money when we ha t it in the treasury if we will only cc - it." Senator Gorman declined to go ir that question. He asserted if th< had been a surplus in the treasu within the last twenty-rive months i 5 the gold needed could have been pi cured by the sale of greenbacks treasury notes withouf any issue 1 bonds. Senator Gorman gave a graf . ic description of the way in whic : in the beginning of Mr. Clevelani first Administration. Mr. iuannin the then Secretary of the Treasury, h * got the upper hand of the bank< who were making a corner in gold. 1 "Why not lead them in the sar way now?" Senator George asked. ' "Oh, Mr. President," Senator Gc man remarked, "the Senator shou ' not put such a question to me. I a ' dealing with the condition as it stan ! now. You have no money in t 1 treasury now as you had then. S( retary Carlisle came into the depa ment stripped of the power which JH Manning had. lie tried to do it, b 1 when he came to look at his colFe ' he found that he had no balance Say his current debts. lie was in t andsof the money ring. He w helpless. I want to relieve him, ai 1 I apneal to Senators to give this a 1 thority to issue $100,000,000 of curre cy so that he can say to these bankei 'You cannot embarrass the Gover ment. Our credit is perfect. We ha the money which the people will tat 1 I am master of the situation.' T Government of the United Stat should not be at the mercy of t' 1 mnncT kincs." Senator Voorhees, Democrat, of I ' diana, chairman of the finance coi 1 mittee, recalled Mr Carlisle's stateme that he thought the Secretary of tl Treasury should have authority ; issue Government certificates in ca ; of deficinecy, but that he would n exercise that power now if given him, because it was not necessar ' Senator Voorhees also referred to t President's statements as to there beii ' a "comfortable balance in the treasui ; and said that the President was n "hankering"' after the proposed le islation. Senator Gorman argued that Co . press ought to say to the President th , having given him authority to iss certificates of indebtedness, lie shou : not sell long bonds, aud that if he d the people of the country wou | not sustain him. But if Congrc [ failed to give the President th authority he had said that t would continue the same course, ai . Congress could not complain or t President here after if there was a fa ure on its part here and now. "Sen? , ors," he continued, "who are on nio intimate terms with the President tin , I am may have some intimation th [ this proposition is distasteful to hir but that would notcontrolme, becau . my view is that I must represent t] | interest of the people of the count : as I understand it. I would not desi ( to force on a co-ordinate branch l' the Government any power which did not want, unless in my judgeme i that power was absolutely necessa to protect the taxpayers. I cann wiiii iu^' views permit inia acaaivsu close without making an effort to gi , the Presidents such power as will avc , a repetition of the sale of long bone There is no reflection on the Preside in any proposition which I mat , There is no reflection on the Secretar . of the Treasury, whom I admire. B ' if this proposition is to be defeat . and if we are to run the risk of si ' pending works of public enterpris that responsibility must be accepted . Senator Mills said that there cou be no question of a treasury deficien . when there was $55,000,000 of silv ; in the treasury belonging to the Go . eminent with authority to the Secr< , ary of the Treasury to coin it and p; . it out in his disbursements. He co . denied the issue of bonds as a revers s of the policy of the Government. I 1 said that if it were not stopped the L would be a mammoth debt piled < I the shoulders of the American peopl Senator Mills said that he proposi ; to oiler an amerdment to repeal i . laws that authorized the Secretary ^ the Treasury to sell United btai . bonds for any purpose whatever. ^ Senator Allison, a member of t . committee on appropriotions, said tli . he knew how the hours of this Co gress were lleeing, and that the b I must be completed to-day, and t ; remainining appropeiation bills coi r pleted within the next two days. I t nelieved it to be the first duty of Se . ators to see to it, as beat they coul > that thosn appropriation bills were d > posed of at the present session. ] r would vote that the amendment of t [. committeeon apropriations, in accoi alien with Senate nrccedents. was I order. t Senator Yoorhees, Democrct, of ] II (liana, cliairmon of tlie finance comni t<>e, said hetheld now, as lie did wh I the repeal bill was under discussio - that the Secretary of the Treasu - ought to have authority by a genei f law to issue bonds or other public s< e urities with the proceeds of which s meet current expenses in the event t a failure of suilicient revenue frc i other sources. j After further discussion Senal ich Gorman, the author of the amendment, he rose to withdraw it and said: ' 'The , if members of the committee on approre priations were aware of the fact that to attempts made in both brandies to dis>v pose of this financial question have all ik- resulted in no legislation whatever. 011 Having l>een compelled to ascertain as best we could the exact condition of )00 the treasury, and having taken into ide account the appropriations of this sesich sion, Ave believe it to be our highest re- dutv to crive the Senate the opportunity lie to determine whether additional pow;he ers should be given to the Secretary of to- the Treasury to meet the deficiency, ild It is evident from the course of the lid debate to day and from the remarks ip- that have been made by Senators on an this side of the chamber, and who, I pa- take it, spoke after consultation elsead where, that is not desired. ?Ve on are confronted with the statement ler made by the distinguished chairman ise of the finance committee, (Senator ell Voorhees,) whose judgment is that ad' ditional provision for the treasury is 3b- not necessary. Statements have been io- made by other Senators that they will eet persist in discussing the entire financial programme, which discussion 'ill might not end before the 4th of March. po- With the sudden conversion which to appear to have taken place, as sudden ,he as those we read of in sacred his tor}' nd and whichi amaze some of lis on this in- side of the chamber, we have lost the wo active support of these gentlemen and :nt are left to deal with the question do alone. All this makes it necessary so that look the facts plainly in the face. " Beyond this bill stand the legislative >n- appropriation bill, the naval appropria ve tion bill, the general deficiency bill. ?in In view of the determination of Senators on both sides and with a view to ito facilitate the business of the session I ;re am instructed by the committee on apry propriations. not changing our views as to the necescity of the amendment P0. to withdraw it." or Senator Allison said that he concurof red in the action of the Senator from ,]1. Maryland. The Gorman amendment .}! was thereupon withdrawn, i's Senator Mills, Democrat, of Texas, <r offered an amendment repealing all ad laws that authorize the Secretary of ;rs the Treasury to sell United States bonds for any purpose whatever. ne A point of order was made by Senator Aldrich, Republican of Rhode Is)r. land, and was sustained by the Vice ]j President. So Senator Mills'samendm ment was excluded. js Senator Mills admitted that the rull,e ing of the Ch:tir was correct; but the ;c- time would come, he said, and come before long, when the question would [r< be ]>resented in such a way that it ut would not go out on a point of order. !rs to THE CHAMPION COTTON CROPhe Twenty-one Italvs of Cotton on Twelve id Acres of Lnn<1. n" To the Editor of The News and Con's: rier: As many inquiries have been n" made to me concerning my crop of ve cotton made last year, and as I am al:e ways glad that others may profit by 'ie my success or failure, I have decided es to put a statement of the same in the he columns of your valuable paper for the benefit of all who are interested. n" The twelve acres of land from which I gathered the twenty-one bales of cotnt ton, averaging four hundred and fiftyhe one pounds, last year, is a part of a to tract of land formerly consisting of lSe thirty-two acres. When I commenced ?t farming on it several years ago I supto pose it would grow not more than six y hundred pounds of seed cotton per acre, be I divided it into tracts of sixteen acres iff each, and at once I commenced a roy' tationof crops, viz, first cotton, fol?t lowed by oats, then peas, then cotton S~ ajrain, always and only manuring the cotton crop with a compost consisting in- of stable manure, cotton seed, acid and at kainit, until I had worked it up to ue producing very easily with ordinary Id seasons a bale of cotton per acre. Of id this land I only had the twelve acres Id cultivated in cotton. :ss I commenced in the montli of Febat ruary by ploughing out the stalks of he the year beforo with a one-horse id straight shovel plough, going twice in he each row, forward and back again; il- into this furrow I put my stable matt nure, three two-horse loads per acre, re no other fertilizer being used, except m one acre on which I used a sack of solat uble guano, the stable manure supply n: being exhausted. I used manure se from my own stable as far as it would lie go, then bought from livery stables. I ry listed upon this as soon as possible. It re was about the lath of March. I finof ished the entire preparatioh of the it land about the middle of April and nt commenced planting about the 20th of ry the month. Seed used was what I had ot been improving for several years, now to known as "White's improved." ve The rows averaged inree ana a nair id feet, the cotton being more or less of Is. the cluster variety; wider rows was nt not necessary. Early maturity and :e. fruiting from top to bottom is a cliary, acteristic feature of the seed used, ut I had a pretty fair stand on all of it ed except one acre which had some skips, is- We had very little rain from the time ie, of planting until the 1st of July, but 1." enough for the cotton to come up and Id grow slowly, consequently had very cy little trouble with grass. Only one er hoeing was necessary, except chopping iv- out bunches of grass after laying by et- the crop with the plough. The rains ay began in earnest about the 1st of July n- and were seasonable until in Septennial ber. Commenced picking 011 the 1st Ie of September and finished on the lath :re of December. In ploughing the crop mi I used a side harrow lirst, the other Ie. ploughings with a straight shovel with id a bow, two furrows to the row, ploughill ing out the row at the last ploughing, of EXPENSES AS FOLLOWS: " ;cs Manuring $ 50 00 Preparation 15 00 'ie Planting 2 00 ^ Seed fi 00 }}' Iloemg 7 00 Ploughing 00 'ie Picking 35 00 Ginning 20 00 *e Bagging and ties 8 00 Id, Total $199 00 ieie crop. ]ie 525 ales, 475 pounds each, 4.80.$-154 CO j. 21 bbushels cotton seed, 50c per jn bushel 202 50 [n. $717 10 Deductingexpenses 199 00 en >n, Balance ..,$518 10 ry I am not a jarge iarmer, out uy tu al be a large producer. 1 am a firm be2C liever in the intensive system of farmto ing, which means making larger crops of every year and leaving the land in >m better condition than before the crop was made. A. H. White. x>r Kock Hill, S. C., Feb. 22, 1895. SILVER IS COMING. THE BRITISH BIMETTALISTS GAIN UNEXPECTED SUCCESS. A Motion, CoiHiurrlng With German and 1 French Bimetallic Viewn, Pannes Commons?An International Monetary Conference Assured. London, Feb. 27.?In the House of Commons vesterday, Robert L. Everett, Liberal member for Wood bridge Division of Suffolk, introduced the following motion: That the House regards with increasing apprehension, ! the constant fluctuation and growing: divergence of values of gold and sil- j "a* linnvifilir nnnmitio in flin I vci auu ncai uij i/uuvuio iu iuv jivvvuu expressions of opinion 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 Harcourt to give heed to the real position of the question,put aside theorizing and open his eyes to the enormous revolution of the values which has not been brought about by natural causes, but by legislation. He expressed the hope that the government would co-operate with the other powers in an 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 continue unless something was done to check it. ? . tt tt rvi i:_ ttlgni non. riearv i^uupuu ^uaawvative) in seconding the motion, said that the government had aimed blow after blow at silver; and closed the mints of India, depriving silver of its last great market and aftei wards had imposed a duty upon the silver imports of India. The constant fluctuations of the metal, he declared, were directly traceable to the monetary' laws of England. He charged Sir "W illiam Harcourtwith having misjudged the views of France and Germany on the j question and predicted that although the opposition to bimettalism was now j bitter, that system would at no distant date be victorious because it had upon its side experience, justice and scientific truth. Sir William Harcourt said he had never denied the existence of evil in consequence of the growing divergence of the values of gold and silver. When other countries had desired a monetary conference, the government had not refused to join. The last conference at Brussels had shown that a : majority of the European countries declared in favor of a monometallic < currency. He did not think that Ger- j many had changed her opinion. When : a proposal from Germany or any other ' country reached the government, it would be time enough to consider the question of England's joining in another conference. A misconception, he said, existed in regard to ihe cause of the failure of 1 the Brasses conference. The govern- i ment of the United States, in propos- i ing that international conference, expressed a wish that it be held with a view to establishing the ratio of val- ' ues of gold and silver by the leading nations by means of the free coinage : of silver in their respective mints. : England, he said, coulu not accept an invitation couched in such terms, and i could not enter into a matter which < impeached the first principles of Eng- ! land's currency. ("Hear, near!") The ; United States government thereupon 1 txiai tuu wuiviujuvu wumiuva j what measures, if any, could be taken 1 to increase the use of silver in the cur- i rency system of the nations. When i the conference met, a representative < of the United States proposed a gen- 1 eral resolution that in the opionion of 1 th? conference it was desirable that a method should be found which would ] increase the use of silver. This reso- < lution was supported by the British i delegates. It had been alleged that 1 the failure of the conference was due ] to a premature declaration on the part : of Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, a Brit- 1 ish delegate, against bimettalism. This j statement was absolutely unfounded. ] It was a German delegate who made 1 the first declaration of the kind, say- ! ing that Germany was satisfied with ; her present monetary system, and did not intend to alter it. ("Hear, hear!") ' He also said that Germanv recog- ] nized the fact that the continual oscil- . lutions of silver values were regreta- j ble from an economical standpoint, j and it was therefore desirable that the question should be considered. The representatives of France and the other powers were not so directly op- < Sosed to the question; but were rather 1 isposed to criticize than to co-operate, 1 so the United States delegate's resolu- < tion had to be abandoned. After this, 1 Mr. Alfred Rotschild, a British dele- < gate, had made a practical proposal 1 for the enlargement of the use of sil- i ver, and this was defeated by the ac- i tion of Russian delegates and the Lat- : in Union. < It was clear therefore that as far as ; the objects of the United States were : not concerned, no blame could be at- < tached to the British delegates for the negative results reached. Recurring I to the possible action of Germany in < promoting another conference, liar- ! court said the government had received no official communication on the subject but he had no hesitation in ] saying that as far as he himself was i responsible such a communication would be met in the same manner as the proposal of the United States was i received. (' Hear, hear!") To concur in proposals to confer < upon subjects of common interest was < what belonged to international cour- i tesy. He would suggest that if another 1 conference were held it should be un- i derstood that it was not for mere acad- < emic discussion, but that the delegates i ought to be empowered to make defi- ! nite proposals embodying their views. The respective ministers fully recog- : nized the magnitude of the problems. The interest of the country as the ! greatest trading and monetary centre < of the world were bound up in the soundness of her currency and it : ought to be borne in mind that Eng- 1 land conducted her trade upon rela- i tively the smallest basis of any coun- < try. She did so because she had the < ' ? t i m largest creuil. (/ near, near. ) i Leaving the international consider- 1 ation for the national aspect of the 1 question, he contended that there ] ought to be continuity of the currency ] policy which the nations had attain- < ed. Though hoping little from an in- < ternational monetary conference, in- i asmuch as a motion had been brought < fnrward on common grounds declar- < ing that evils existed which the gov- ] eminent admitted, and as he had only been invited to co-operate with the powers 011 the subject, he had decided not to oppose the resolution. (Cheers.) The parliamentary bimetalist committee, immediately after Sir "William Harcourt had announced his acceptance of Mr. Everett's motion, telegraphed to the Berlin Bimetalist League, asking it to urge upon Prince Holienlohe, the German Chancellor, the expediency of opening negotiations for a-monetary conference at Berlin. The league responded with a telegram congratulating the English bimetalists upon the success of Mr. Everett's motion. The opinion pre-' vails in the lobby that an international conference on the subject is assured. The Daily News says that it greatly regrets the decision of the government to accept Mr. Everett's proposal in regard to the monetary question. Believing that bimettalism would be in jurious, if not fatal, to British commercial supremacy, it cannot help fearing that the acquiescense of the ministers means a renewal of negoiiations from which no useful result can be expected, and which may stimulate and encourage a fallacious and pernicious movement. Nevertheless, the News rejoices that Sir William Harcourt made it plain that the cabinet adheres to the settled financial policy of the United Kingdom. The Standard says: We are absolutely bound not to swerve from the gold standard, nor can we afford to give the smallest color to the supposition that we are likely to relax the wholesome rigidity of this rule. But as far as can be accomplished without the impairment of this principle, it is urgently to our interest to promote steadiness in the comparative value of the two metals. Sir William Harcourt, therefore, wisely spoke in sympathy with the projected conference. Nothing is likely to result from it, but it would have bee* ungracious and impolitic to exclude any suggestion offering the faintest glimmer of hope. Terrible Mine Disaster. 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-1 dent occurred this morning in the { Tf I IXJXIJ.CO WX tilV Udutu X' C VULUJ7UII1J , AV was caused by an explosion. At that hour, the employes at the entrance to the mine heard a terrific roar, followed by the ground trembling1. A dense volume of smoke poured from the enrtance, 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. Judging from his fatc'there is little hope for any in "the mine. Over half of the men 1 employed in the mine have families ! ana they are gathered around the mouth of the mine in dire distress. 1 The first intimation of the disaster was : a muffled roar and clouds of smoke 1 and dust rolling from the mouth of the mine. Nearly 200 mei. se employed in the mine, but only fifty were at work when the explosion occurred. > Only eleven of them escaped alive and some of them may die yet. Twentyeight dead bodies have been taken from i the mines and it is doubtful if those : remaining are alive. Ralavs of men ] have been working heroically all day j to reach those who are still imprisoned ' in the mine, but little progress can be made on account of the gas, which ,< permeates every shaft and overpowers < the workers in a short time. Up to 4 o'clock those on the inside could be i heard trying to work their way out from the cave-in, but as nothing has : been heard since then, the imprisoned men in all probability have succumbed to the deaaly gas. The scene at the shaft after the explosion was heartrending. Men cursed, while women ! :ried and prayed for their fathers, hus bands and brothers, who were entom- i bed alive or brought up dead. One < woman, supposing her husband to have been killed, tried to commit sui- ( jide by throwing herself in front of a . moving train. Her husband was af- < terwara rescued alive and the reaction 1 f- ^ .1-1.^I ironi insane grid tu ucunuua juj yvao , nearly fatal. The mine was known to be badly ventilated and full of bad j lir and gas, and a catastrophe of this ; kind has been frequently predicted. A bill was introduced in the New Mexico Legilature this afternoon Id appropri- 1 ite $5,000 for the relief of the widows i md orphans. It will probably pass. ] Hie cause of the explosion is not yet ] known and the facts are hard to get. All the efforts of men in the vicinity < ire being put forth to liberate those ! imprisoned in the mine. ! A Religious lllot. Savannah, Feb. 26.?Sannah es- j :aped a riot tonight through the in- , tervention of the millitary. The . trouble was precipitated by ex-Priest j J03. Slattery's lecture,on the Roman \ Catholic Priesthood. For several days . efforts lmvp bftftn made bv members of , Lhe Aiicident Order of Hibernians to revoke the ex-priest's permit to deliver ] the lecture, but the mayor, upon legal advice, replied that it could not be done. Tliereats were openly made ( agast the lecture and the chief of police . and a detail of officers were ordered ' on dutv at the hall when the lecture ( was to be delivered. The lecture contained no elfensive language, but the crowd which had gathered on the out- ] side began to hurl stones through the windows and among the audience. The police ordered the crowd to dis- j perse. It refused to do so and kept shouting and jeering. The mayor ; was notifyed, and after aconsultationwith the chief of police, decidee to order out the military. The riot alarm , was sent in, and in 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 arrived, and most of j the audience had left the hall. A detail of mounted police stood guard at the entrance. The crowd numbered J 2,000 by this time, largely stectators. A porifon of it kept yelling and hurling bricks at the windows of the hall j where there ex-priest was. A few shots were tired in the air by the riot J ers, but no one was hurt. The electric r lights around the hall were broken by j missiles, and for a time the neighbor- ' Ilood was in darkness. After the military arirved on the scene there was | comparative quiet. The streets were ( cleared for a block in every direction mid the troops remained on guard imLil the disturbance had subsided, when the lecturer was brought out of the 1 ball and escorted by a squad of twenty police, surrounded by two battalions t of soldiers, walked to his hotel. The crowd followed and jeered along the ? streets, but there was no attempt at an .t open attack. Half an hour after, the f ex-priest's wife was escorted from the } ball to the hotel by a squad of police, t y JHE STATE CAPITAL, THE RECENT COURSE OF EVENTS, POLITICALLY AND OTHERWISE. How Different People View the Different "ScliemcK"?Unusual Intercut iu the Various Movements?Local News of General Interest. Columbia, March 2.?Special: This has been a -week of discussion among those who take an interest in matters . political. Last week was fairly crowded with things about which people had exercised themselves?that is, people who take an interest in politics. The statement of Senator Tillman about the plan of an equal division in the Constitutional Convention was received with genuine surprise. Its proposition and its counsels, coming from the Ex-G-overnor, have been taken as a decided change in his temper and policy. There are those who think that the Senator might well have omitted some of his statements. There are others who think it would have been better if the recent "conferees" had united in a statement to the Democrats in South Carolina?such ioint statement, it is thought, would nave had more the appearance of uni- 1 ted effort from the start, rather than a distinct recognition of the factions as 1 such. The appeal of the Conservative committee, neaded by Mr. Thomas M. Raysor of Orangeburg, is especially commended for its calmness and clearness, and it has smoothed away some 1 of the irritation left by some of Senator Tillman's statements. The selection of Mr. Raysor as the spokesman of the Conservative participants in the conference was peculiarly a good one. Mr. Raysor commands, in a very high degree, the confidence of the Conservatives of whatever shade of opinion. The address is itself stamped with the : calmness of statement, coupled with coolness of judgment, which contributed, in the past, to make Mr. Raysor , one of the most respected and most influential members of the House. The letter of Chairman Irby is uni versally regarded an emanation of the . 11 A - P J. 1 / in-temper or an aspirant wiiu iueia that he has been ignored when he should have been recognized and consulted. Opinions greatly differ as to the extent to which Chairman Irby's views will be adopted by the Reformers. On this point, everybody is awaiting results. The declaration-of the "Forty" of their purpose to carry out their programme as originally framed, does not seem to be regarded a positive faction in the situation. Among the 4 'Forty" are some Reformers whose course has commanded the positive approval of the Conservatives, and who are believed to be actuated by the desire to bring peace to the people. It < is thought that, whatever the details ] of the plan which shall be adopted, | the "Forty" will assist in a reconcilia- < tion. Their convention on the 19th < is anticipated with much interest. We ] shall see what we shall see. < COEDUCATION OF THE SEXES. 1 Dr. Wm. K.Atkinson, the president ' of -the South Carolina College for Women, thinks that the advocates of the ' higher education for young women are < greatly indebted to Governor Evans tor securing to the young women of 1 the State the advantagee of education at the South Carolina College, hitherto enjoyed exclusively by young men. < When Senator Governor Evans intro- i duced and championed a bill, two i years ago, to open the College to young ; women upon the same terms as to young men. Opponents of the measure so far defeated it as to open only i the Junior and Senior classes to those 1 young women who could pass the or- 1 deal of the matriculation examina- ' tions. Senator Evans contended earnestly against such limitations, and ; sought to have the South Carolina College at once put fully abreast of some of the first colleges in Europe and AmomVa Rv t'hp list Tjporislafnrfi ev sry such restriction was removed, and the unsurpassed advantages of the ' South Carolina College, at a time when it has attained its highest standard of excellence, are open alike to 1 young women and youDg men. < There are already a number of young ladies attending the lectures of one of 1 the professors, and their presence in ' the recitation room with young gentlemen excites no more comment or < makes no more of a sensation than 1 their coattendance at an opera, or a J concert, or a popular lecture. Our summer institutes throughout the 1 State, especially at the South Carolina College, during the past summer, have prepared the way for the change, and the results of these brief experiments * of coeducation make one wonder why 1 any objection was ever raised against it. The president and professors of , the College approve of the Innovation, ; and are willing to do all they can to ! encourage the attendance of such young women as are in earnest in seek- * ing the higher education. THE COLLEGE SOCIETIES. ] At a joint assembly of the Euphra- j iian and Claricsophic literary societies j it the South Carolina College on Sat- , urday night, Mr. H. L Spahr, of ] Orangeburg, was elected editor-in-chief | af the College Journal. The assistant ( editors elected were as follows: From j iheEuphradian Society, Messrs. H. A. ? Moses, of Sumter; E. W. Wilson, of j Richland, and S. F. Parrott. of Darl- j ington. From the Clariosophic, I. J. McSwain, of Laurens, and James Verner and F. N. Edmunds, of Richland. The college is to hold an oratorical j contest for the purpose of selecting a ' man to send on to the University of < Virginia to represent this State in the s Southern oratorical contest. These ' ivh\> will participate in the contest wore 1 selected on Saturday evening, as fol- 1 lows: ' Ciariosophics?II. L. SpaharandL. 1 M. Haselden. _ < Vnnhi??i<li:ins?W. Racrsdale and J. 1 B. Game. | Wlieu tlie contest comes off, Mr. G. 1 hL Lauey, of Chesterfield, will be the 1 presiding ollicer, and Mr. I. H. Lor- ^ euze, of Aiken, the chief marshal. ' The assistant marshals will be S. F. 1 Parrott, of Darlington, and 11. E. Tur- 1 tipseed, of Richland, from the Euphra- j lian Society, and 0. G. Sayrcand W. ' !:!. Sherard, both of Anderson, from lie Clariosophic Society. IMPORTANT TO SOLDIERS. ] The adjutant and inspector general a las issued the following order: i 4'On account of the recent bad wea- 1 her, the Adjutant and Inspector Gen- \ iral revoked general order No. .'1 and 1 jave the various commands more time! r ocomplete then enlistment. But now, j " eeling that all commands have hadil >lenty of time to decide what course, s hey intend to pursue, it is hereby or- j a dered that all commands desiring to . J enlist in obedience to the terms of the act to "revise and amend the militia , laws of the State" must send in. their enlistment rolls on or befor the 10th day of March, proximo, or they no longer be coDsidered a part of the^ jg militia of the State and will be dis-~^ "The Adjutant and Inspector Gen- vJjS eral, in accordance with the request of- -js the varoius cavalry commands in lower portion of the State, which h?8||i y'M already enlisted desires their inspeo^S tion at an early date; so as not to inter^j ^ fere with their farming operations. :] The general order for inspection can:; V,, not be issued until all the eniisment rolls have been sent in, and feeling that it is an injustice to those who have.#? ^ enlisted so promptly to keep themi,i waiting on those who hsve been either negligent or indifferent, the above order will be strictly enforced." INTERESTING TO VETERANS. The following general order will be M found of interest to the Confederate ,/|jj ; veterans throughout the State: \ -LvJl j tj?i rat quarters uuutu vaiminft JL/ayjumu ?jC* United Confederate Veterans, Greenville, S. C.. Feb. 26, 1895. - i General orders, No. 10. j In compliance with orders from Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee, commanding department east of the | ' Mississippi, U. C. V., Commandants of camps throughout this division will J ] immediately report to these headqnarters the names and numbers of their Irrespective camps together with ih? y names of their commandants adju- -;3[ tan ts and the number of veterans up-'V^ on their rolls. By order of S. S. Crittenden, j Major General South Carolina Division ffjMI United Confederate Veterans. ! Jas. G. Hawthorne, _ ^.ujuuiub vxcucnu. ^ GENERAL NEWS NOTES. J It is announced that.ExHCfcjmmiK^S J sioner Traxler has been appointed bolicitingagent of tho Darlington Ehoaphate Company. Mr. Traxleftwill be- *1 gin work just as soon as be finches 'i :;|j up in Columbia. Mr. W. W. Scruggs, who h&ffi at work on the system of bookJw^iaj^^^ that is to be used by the diHp^sa^^-^M was at work this week gettiM^m^^H books in shape in order thai^to^i /M might be sent out. The books hamUflBl been received and are in very ct>od.7^IB shape. The board of control think^gK that everything can now be kept in * 1 much better shape. 3 Crand Chancellor Bacon of the Knights of Pythias, writes that he has | just granted dispensations for the in- SjM.1 stitution of three more lodges of his V* , order in the State, at Chester, EUoree,.-'? j ind Lake City. This will send the ' , i number of lodges in South Carolingfip v ( to about eighty with a memberaJgp^'afiM The many friends in ColunM^of ' >?. j 3X-Secretary of State J. E. Tind^JJwSk v|| 1 [earn with regret of the burniajf 4? ^ A that gentleman's residence in Clareil- ?| 1 Ion county, which occurred at about 1 3'clock Sunday morning last. Thc^B i tire is supposed to nave Deen 01 mcen- "!^B| liary origin. A portion of the furni- ? ] ture was saved. The house was par- j tially covered by insurance. .] The opera house, Monday night, 1 was crowded with a fashionable audi-, snce gathered to see Mile. Rhea in - J "The Parisians." The star fully suatained her reputation. Everybody V-.'sM was delighted. j The entertainment of the local ama- teurs in the opera house on Tuesday '"jlB night was a grcat success. The fund 7? realized, for the poor of the city, was' quite up to expectations, the net profit being over $75. J The Electric Railway Company has gotten permission from the City Coun- ' ^pH cil to complete its proposed belt-line? v'-ffiH to encircle the city through Elm wood avenue on the north, Gervais street on Js j the south, the extreme city limit on . the east and the river on the west, President Marshall will push the work with his accustomed energy?assuring its completion by the first week in Ap- -'|| j Capt. Lawson D. Melton contradicts_ the statement that he has abandoned Jm bis contest for the seat of Mr. Stanyarne Wilson. of Spartanburg, the .33 Congressman-elect from the fourth 1 Tlie coming of L?nt, which com* j menced on the 27th, (Ash Wednesday) -' gg will quiet things in the social world. . Active steps have already beentak- ./'*? 3n by the olhcials of Allen University ' j|| [for colored students) to rebuild the j houses recently destroyed by fire. We have had genuine Columbia j weather this week?almost springlike. i Uprising in Cuba. Jacksonville, Fla., March 1.?A '/I * -1 a- -'-'i? rri^Aft TT*?i/%r* PavI: ^5? jpeciai iu iuu xiuira-umuu uviu^w, Tarn pa, Fla., savs: "The steamship Masotte arrived nere Yesterday from! Havana bringing Cuban advices up to J Thursday. The press reports of an nsurrectionary movement on the island are confirmed. Tlie daily papers 1 if Havana are devoting small space to . J ;he ii prising and seem to consider it of 10 importance, but these papersarefor ;he most part under government con- > ,rol. From these papers, it appears ' ;hat tliere have been uprisings in the province of Matanzas and Sandiego De Ml Juba, and conflicts have occurred be- ;^j ween the g-<>vernmentforcesand bands '.338 insurgents in which one or two men j lave been killed and several wounded. Hie insurgents seem to move about in small bands, composed of fifty to 10d %BB A Physician Shot. Raleigii, N. C., Feb. 28.?A special :o the News and Observer from Lex- -|i no-ton. N. C.. savs: Dx. R. L. Payne, O 7 - T V _ _ >ne of the oldest and best known physicians of Lexington, was shot and I silled at! :3G Monday by Baxter Shem- [M tvell, a young- buisness man of that y\ alace. The killing was the result of J jad feeling existing between the par- * % ;ies named. Shemwell is now in jail. md his wife,, who is almost crazed ivith grief. Dr. Payne was a very f prominent physician and much lovea 3 lere. The whole town and county * ^ ire much shocked by the sad affair. *3 Feeling runs high, and there is some ;y .alk of summary punishment, and ,vere it not for Shemwell's family and >| prominent folk, Lexington might '-^1 lave been the scene of another lynch- rigi nS- -vw A Devoted Woman. Atlanta, Feb. 28.?Miss Laura C. tforffaii and Prof. F. B. White, an in? alia, were married last Sunday after10011 in the Professor's sick chamber, le was so ill that he could barely i-hisper the responses. The two have 1 ong been engaged, and were to mary next summer, but the Professor ;ot desperately ill. His fiancee be> ieved that she could save his life if he could be with him constantly and t her suggestion they were married, -1 I