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TILLMAN WINS
IN HIS DEBATES ON THE PROHIBI
TION QUESTION.
Tho Jury Dcohluri JClovon to Hight III ll lu
Favor-. Prohibition Int H Aolmowlotfgo Ho
Wa? Too Much for- 8t. John.
Tho jury appointed to decide tho
morita of tho debato which Senator
Bon Tilintan and Prof. Samuol Diekio,
nntional Chairman of tho Prohibition
party, hold on Thursday night at Pro
hibition Park, Ii. I., endorsed tho
opinion of tho audience, whieh favor
ed tho Southern Senator throughout.
Thero wore soven Probibitionists on
tho jury and fourteen auti-Prohibi
tionists, and they deoided elovon to
eight.in Senator Tillman's favor, two
not voting.
Ile carried tho audience with Iii ttl
lost night as thoroughly ns bo did on
tho preceding ovoning. Ho was in tho
midst of tho prohibition stronghold,
. contending against their theories, but
tho nudionco applauded hitit as though
he wore struggling in their behalf.
Most of tho audience were Probibi
tionists, but their delight when Till
man mado a point against his oppo
nent was enthusiastic. He is a speak
er of considerable magnitude free
from most of tho platform tricks, and
natural in manner.
The methods of ox-Gov. St. John, of
Kansas, who was his opponent, bo
long to tho old school. So tho audi
onco listened to Tillman with delight,
and applauded him in snob a way that
their favor must havo boon hitonded
not so much for what ho said as tho
Way in which he said it. But, ho
made a great impression on his hear
ora, and their delight was unbounded
when thoy learned that tho jury was
with thom in giving him tho honors
pf tho debate on Thursday.
Tho question last night was, "Is
Prohibition tho Best Motliod of Tem
perance Reform?" Tho dobalo was
slow Itt starting, mid after tho audi
ence had sung a hymn, "Como Thou
Almighty; King," Mr. H. II. Carr,
who was introduced as tho foti Alor of
the woinon's Republican clubs of Now
York, sang ' 'Rowing Homo with Mol
ly." Then tho superintendent of tho
building announced that no interrup
tions would bo allowed from tho audi
ence On Thursday tho interruptions
took up too much time and interfered
with tue speakers. So it was an
nounced that tho audience would havo
no share in tho debate.
Dr. Leonard, who is tho secretary
of tho Methodist Episcopal Mission,
was mado chairman, ano ho was told
to keep his eyo on his watch, and seo
that tho speakers did not go over their
'lime. Tho suppression of tho audi
onco doprived tho debato of somo of its
liveliness, but thero was nothing to
prevent them from applauding, and
they did this when Senator Tillman
gavo thom a chance.
Ex-Gov. St. John opened tho dis
cussion. He said:
"I don't know when Ihavo enjoyed
?^.morfiHjiflftUingou prohlbi?ontlian be
foro you good people hore1, Wrn'aiJuor
those circumstances. Thirty years ago
Sonator Tillman and I roprosontcd ex
tremes of political opinion, and I am
proud to have tho honor of meeting
hore one of this country's most distin
guished citizens, who is known to ev
erybody that makes any attempt to
keon un with tho political questions
of tho day. Tho question thal parted
us thirty years ago is sottled now, and
settled forever. Wo aro not boro to
night as politicians in any sense of
the word, but as citizens of our com
mon country to discuss a comparative
ly new question that has forced itself
to tho front during tho past twonty
flve years. I claim for Senator Till
man that ho is as sincere and consci
entious in what he is doing os what I
claim for myself. Wo aro lioth doing
what wo can iii an hum bio way for
our follow men. I om glad that tho
other sido of this dobnto is upheld by
fluch a courageous man as Senator Till
man. Wo know that ho has courage,
as well as a great deal of cray mat
tor in addition, and I would rather
bo whipped by him than vanquish a
little Western scrub liko ni y sol t,
"I stand hero tonight for prohibi
tion first, last and all tho ti ino, bo
causo my oxperionce of tho last twen
ty-iivo years has taught mo that it is
. not only tho best way to promote tem
por?neo reform, but becauso my con
soionco tolls mo that in tho sight of
God and man it is right. I know that
all the States of tho Union arc with
mo, and I know that prohibition is
the rule of tho Bible. It says always,
'Thou shalt not,' and there is not a
word in it in favor of licensing any
wrong, nor will my friend tina Ibero
a word about dispensaries. Tho law
is prohibitory all through tho statutes
of tho States, and tho United States
Supreme Court has said that tho rights
and liberties of nobody aro interfered
with when tho permission to sell liquor
is denied.
^ "Tho Constitution says that the fun
damental object of tho government is
to promote tho wei fare of tho peoplo.
Last night Senator Tillman read tho
statement ofj Gov. Larrabco of Iowa,
in which ho denounced tho saloon and
tho liquor traille as tho brooder of pau
perism, crime and degradation. Tho
Legislature of Iowa endorsed that, and
so do I, and I claim that anything
which breeds crime, pauperism amt
degradation should bo prohibited, not
licensed or dickered with, I found
today that the statutes of South-Caro
lina are in perfect harmony with my
opinion. Tho whole criminal codo is
prohibitory, and a man can't kick his
dog without violating tho law, and ho
cannot get a license to do it, nor deal
with it according to tho dispensary
system. South Carolina laws strictly
prohibit tho adulteration of food, and
do not allow tho terrapin to bo talton
under a eortain sizo. You cannot got
a 1 icon se to taite them.
"No living pictures nor impuro lit
erature aro allowed, and you can't got
a license for a living picturo, or treat
ono of thom in accordance with tho
dispensary law. Every ono of these
?.prohibitory. You cannot dis
seminate infootious disease, and you
wouldn't bo allowed to glvo a man
soven yoavs' itch, oven if you had a li
cense)
"Tho dispensary system would al
low you to givo a man ns much sovon
years itch as ho wanted af tor ho was
21 years old. Sonator Tillman, you
know, regulates such matters j ho docs
not prohibit thom. But his statute
laws in South Carolina deal oven with
tho salo of liquor, and this is prohibit
ed within eortain distance of a college
Evoryono of theso prohibitions is posi
tive, and tho only ovil not prohibited
is tho liquor traffic.
"Tho State stops out boro and says
that after a mun is 21 years old ho
"Do THOU UHBAT LIHEHIY INBI'IHB OUB b'oui.B AN? MAKB OUR LIVFB IN THY Po&ifesioN HAPI'Y. OH OUB DHATHB ?T.omnitR w 'ruy Jtjw* DEFENSE.
VOLUME XX. . BENNE??SVILLE, &., 0., WEDNESDAY, AUGUS1 21, 1895. NO. 34.
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can got as much liquor from tho State
as ho wants. But I havo no doubt
that within tho noxt ton yours tho
Son utor will bo as much a Prohibition
ist as I am, and God bloss tho day
when it comos. But I want him now
to answer theso questions:
"ls prohibition morally right or
wrong?"
"Why, in his own Stale, do they
apply prohibition to ovorything ex
cepting tho liquor traillo?
"Can 'ho liquor traille, under tho
United States Constitution, bo recog
nized and regulated?
"Have not tho people under tho
United States Constitution tho right to
prohibit liquor traille?
"I want him to answer theso ques
tions," Governor St. John concluded,
"and I wonder how a man can como
boro and plead boforo God and man
for giving this damnable business tho
recognition of a Slate"
There was apnlauso for tho Gover
nor as ho ceased, but it soon lost itself
in tho enthusiasm which greeted Son
at?r Tillman as ho walked toward tho
front of tho stage, Tho spectators
shouted and applauded, and for sov
ornl minutes tho Senator was unable
to begin his speech.
"1 am glad to bo here," ho said,
"particularly as I have been slandered
and lied on moro than any man south
of Ibo Mason and Dixon's lino. From
what you havo heard and read of mo,
1 suppose you conceive mo to bo some
thing between an anarchist and an
idot. 1 want you lo take a look at mo
and seo if I nm as black a do vii as I
have been painted.
"Gov. St. John and I aro hereto
discuss in a friendly way an abstract
question of government. I endorso
every word that Gov. Larrab.ee wrote
about tho liquor traille. It causas
more crime, pauperism and vico than
anything olso in tho world."
Senator Tiilmau hero road an ex
tract from Gov. Larrabcb'a speech. As
ho took his glasses from his pocket ho
said :
"I hayo lo wear these things, you
seo, because I havo got only ono oyo,
and I havo to carry tho other old
thing around without seeing anything
through it.
"But Gov. St. John makes a mis
lako," ho continued, "when ho con
founds tho saloon with tho dispensary.
They aro not at all tho samo. I do
not lind in anything that ho has s Kid
moro than mero assortions in proof of
prohibition. The question is, is pro
hibition tho best method of promoting
tempor?neo reform?
"What is temperance? It is moder
ation in tho uso of tho pleasures of
lifo. What is reform? O, the sins
that havo been committed in tho name
of that word. To tho crank it is his
specialism, but it is generally accepted
to mean a making over for tho botter.
Tho question is, how can wo teach
men to uso intoxicants temperately?
"Gov. St. John is horrified at tho
results of intoxication, but ho forgots
that wo aro a self-governing people,
and must havo tho permission of fifty
l>er cont, of tho people boforo it oan
be decided that mon havo not tho
right to drink whiskey when they
in tho Biblo.
"I fail to find a singlo instance in
which drinking is prohi rited there.
Certainly it is not prohibited in Mosaic
law. Mon for thousands of years havo
indulged in tho uso of Intoxicants.
Ever since they learned that alcohol
could be produced by fermentation,
they feel that thoy havo a right to
drink, and you cannot convinco thom
otherwise.
"Until you get mon to holiovo that
thoy aro heller as hypocrites and liars
than in their own iniquity you can
never persuade them that thoy have
not a right to drink. If this prohibi
tion had beon as groat and wiso a
thing as its followers claim, lt would
havo boon tho law of tho whole land
instead of tho exception."
Senator Tillman bilked somo moro
about his dispensary, and tho chair
man reminded him that his twonty
minutes was drawing to an ond.
"As a proof that tho law has failed
\vhorovcr it was tried," ho concluded,
"you can seo that it was nccossary,
oven when sincere and conscientious
mon were trying to enforce tho law,
for tho Slates to go back to licensing.
Iowa puts a clause in its Constitution
forbidding tho salo of liquor oxcopt
for medicinal, pharmaceutical, and
mechanical purposes.
"What a stretch was given to tho
meaning of those words. I know from
my own cxporience in enforcing tho
law how impossible it was to provont
tho invasion of theso laws. My exp?ri
ence hos taught mo that tho law must
depend on tho governed for its en
forcement.
"If you have not got a public opin
ion with you tho law can novor bo en
forced. Where can you got tho jurors,
tho prosecutors and tho witnesses
whon tho feeling of tho public is so
against them? It is only when tho
feeling that tho saloons'must go is
strong enough to support that they
will be accepted ns substitutes.
"Tho United States Government de
mands a tax from tho people who sell
whiskey, and who oan dony that there
is a license to soil it. How can tho
idea of prohibition bo obtained when
thoro is no means of enforcing it? This
is a self-governing country.
"Unless a law rests in tho will of
tho people thoro is no power to on force
it. Tho Supremo Court says tho power
does not lio with any citizen to sell li
quor contrary to Ino pol ico power of
tho Stato, but this rotates to tho selling
and not to tho drinking."
Gov. St. John now read somo statis
tics showing how Kansas had increas
ed in wealth sinco prohibition beenmo
a law there, and how much tho gov
ernors and other Sbifo ofllcors, who
were once opposed to it, had to say
in favor of tho conditions that oxist
now.
"Why, in tho town I live in," ho
said, "there aro 4,000 peoplo, and wo
have only ono policoman. Formerly
wo bad 2,000 peoplo with two police
men boforo tho prohibition carno in.
"Wo havon't had a fight on tho
street in Hf leon years, and everybody
attonds to his own business On last
Grand Army tiny in Kansas thoro
woro 10,000 mon gathored togothor.
Not ono was drunk. That couldn't
havo happened In any Stato oxcopt
Kansas."
When Gov. St. John waa told lils
ton minutes had oxpircd ho took a lit
Ho moro timo to show how much rich
er Kansas was with prohibition than
South Carolina with its dispensary.
More in sorrow than angor Gov Till
man said ho rogrotted vory much that
his antagonist had alluded to tho fact
that South Carolina was not as rich
as Kansas. Ho said ho did not holiovo
that Gov. St. John intended to wound
his fcolings.
[CONTINUED ON PAUK KOUK.]
FOR FREE COINAGE.
UNDER THE STAMP OF THE OLD DEM
OCRATIC PARTY.
OrgnnlKiUloii of tho Convention of SUvoi'
Democrats In Washington-Tho l'nrfy'n
llcooi'd on tho Froo Coinngo Question.
An A<1(U'6BS to tho 1'eonlo.
WA8HiNaitON,Aug. 14.- Tho con Cor
on co .of'Dem?crata favorable to tho
freo coinngo of silver bogan at noon
today at tho Metropolitan Hotel, tho
session being secret, Tho object is to
eiFect reorganization within tho party
strong onough to domin?lo at tho noxt
National Democratic convention and
to commit tho party to freo coinngo in
tho next national platform.
"Freo coinngo oC silver," said a
prominent Democrat this morning,
''has always been advocated by tho
Democrats; it is a doctrino oidor than
tho party itself and I' cannot see why
wo should not obtain tho ond wo
seek."
Two hours boforo tho meeting of tho
congress, tho lobby and parlors of tho
hotel were filled willi weXUkiio.wji.pub
lio mon, known ns advocates- of the
extended uso of .silver ns a money
motal.
Tho conCorcnco was called to prdor
promptly at 12 o'clock. Senator jones
of Arl cansos, was mad o chairman, and ?
Mr. Hinrichson of Illinois, secretary.
Senator Jonos, in oponing, said that
tho conference had mot in accordance
witli tho call, which explained its pur
pose. Ho wanted to seo a silver mili
tia organized to cope with tho gold
Corees.
A roll call oC Stales showed tho Col
lowing delegates to bo presont:
Alabama-James F. Johnson, Jos.
Hodgson, John W. Tomlinson. IT. N.
Wilson, S. W. John.
Ohio-S. S. Yoder.
Georgia-Patrick Walsh, L. F. Liv
ingston.
Indiana-Allon W. Clark.
Dolawaro-J. F. Saulsbury.
Maryland-W. M. Colomnn, W. E.
Mannakco, Charles ll. Darby.
Kentucky-Urey Woodson.
Mississippi-W. S. Stockdale.
North Dakota-.Willis4t. Bierly.
Missouri-Gov. W. J. Stone, Lon
V. Stephens, Harry M. Hill, M. W.
Ruby, Gow Allen, Jos. K. Rickey,
Louis Houck, Scott Miller, lt. W. Bo
dino, George E. Simmons, Thomas O.
Towles, Judge Leo Woodsldes, E. J.
Bean.
West Virginia-John J. Cornwell.
Tennessee- Senator Ishnm G. Har
ris, Col. Caaoy Young, Gon. N. N.
Cox, Col. E. W. Cormack.
Arkansas-Senator James K, Jones,
Robort Neill, W. P. Stono.
North Carolina-Ex-Senator Thos.
J. Jarvis, ltoprosontative Lockhardt.
Mr. Josephus Daniels.
Florida-Senator Call, Frank E.
Harria, John S. Board, J. E. Alexan
der, E. It. MoKean.
Texas-Judge Silas Hare.
Virginia-Senator Daniel, Wm. A.
Jones, P. J. O toy, L. Q. Washington,
.js-^UwJ)?fflOi Jj ?Bi Wiiwilnlrl, Eflgfl.
McCarty, J. B. McCabe?DTRandolp,
Meade, T. N. Conrad, Jr., Frons;
Hume, P. R. Nuckolls,J. D. Ponny
boker, Hon. John W. Daniel, John A.
Jones, T. C. Ramsdoll, R. E. Ixe,
Marshall McCormick, John F. Sow
ors. .
Illinois-W. H. Hinrichson, Geo.
W. Fithinn; O. P. Thompson, W. E.
Nolson, M. F. Dunlap, Geo. M. Lo
crono, Goo. B. Parsons, Goo. E. Doy
ing, Goo, E. Bronnan, T. W. McNeo
ly, A. M. Rose, John H. Barnes, John
W. Yantis, C. R. Tuttle.
South Carolina-Col. John P. Treu
len.
Colorado-M. B. Gerry, S. D. Trim
ble, Olnoy Newoll.
Tho conCorenco reassembles at -1
o'clock. Senator Daniel, in accord
ance with the ngrcomenl readied by
tho committee on programmo, report
ed pTggrogs,-nud asked-that tho con
ference adjourn until 10 o'clock to
morrow morning, at which timo they
expected to bo ablo to report resolu
tions and an address to tho party.
Tho request of Senator Daniel met
prompt compliance, and tho confer
ence adjourned until 10 o'clock tomor
row morning.
Sonator Daniols of Virginia, offered
tho follow resolutions, which was
agreed to without discussion :
Resolved, That a committee bo ap
?iointcd by tho chairman oC tho con
eronco, of such numbor as ho may
seo fit, to preparo a programmo of
proceedings and resolutions, and ro
port tho samo to tho conference at an
adjourned mooting to bo hold at 1
o'clock today. Tho chairman' oC tho
conference shall boox-olllcio momber
of this committee.
After tho adoption oC tho resolution,
a recess Cor thirty minutes was taken
to allow tho chairman, Senator Jones,
to proparo tho committee Ho decided
to appoint a committco oC ono momber
Crom each State roproscntcd.
ACtor tho recess Chairman Jouas an
nounced tho following committco:
Missouri, Governor Stone and H. M.
Hill ; North Carolina, Sonator Jarvis ;
Illinois, W. H. Hinrichson; Indiana,
A. W. Clark; Goorgin, ox-Sontitor
Walsh; Alabama, Judge Johnson;
Tennessoe, E. W. Cormack ; Virginia,
Sonator Daniels; Kentucky, W\ W.
WoodsOn ; Colorado, A. Nowell ;North
Dakota, W. R. Bierby; Ohio, P.S.
Yondor; Dela war ), J. F. Saulsbury;
Maryland, M. M. Pullman; Mississip
pi ; W. S. Stockdale ; South Carolina,
J. F. Troutlon ; West Virginia, J. J.
Cromwell ; Toxoo, E. P. lloro ; Arkan
sas, Sonator Jonos; Florida, J. S.
Board.
Tho following is tho roport oC tho
committco as adopted by tho confer
onco :
At a conCeronco between a numbor
of Domoorats from tho dilloront States
who attondedtho non-partisan con voli
tion reoontly announced at Memphis,
Tonn., forillo purposo of promoting
tho cause of freo silver ooinago (which
conforonco woa held oftortho adjourn
ment of tho convention) a committco
consisting of Senators Jones, of Arkan
sas, Turple, of Indiana and Harris, of
Tonuesaoe, waa appointed and author
ised to invite representativo Democrats
from tho Bovoral States to meet them
at Washington for consultation with
tho viow of Booming co-operation and
concert of action among thoso Domo
orats throughout tho Union who bo
lievein adhering to tho cardinal Dom
ocratlo policy of bimetallism, and who
aro opposed to committing tho party
to tho Republican doctrino of gold
monometallism. Tho presont confor
onco is tho result of action thon taken.
Thia is purely a voluntary assomblogo
and therefore, does not assumo to
sneak with party authority and dis
claiming all right to bind any porson
by our utterances; but profoundly
conscious that tho Democratic party
today confronts a crisis the most mo
mentous in its history and fraught
with far reaching peril to tho people
and tho country, wo aro assembled as
individual Democrats to take counsel
togethor, aud for tho undisguised pur
pose of inaugurating and promoting a
thorough and systematic organization
of tho Domooratio mass?s, so that thoy
may go forward as ono man with a
resoluto purpose lo resouo tho old par
ty founded by Thomas JoHorson from
plutocratic domination. <?4&?f*
Therefore, with this ob?u>\?m viow,
this convention of ?meriti^ti Demo
crats, composed of representatives
from twenty-two of tho leading States
of tho Union, make tho following de
claration on tho monotory quostion,
which has been forced into the leading
place among tho issues of today ?
Tho Federal Constitution names sil
vor and gold togother as tho money
motels of tho United States. Tho ilrst
coinago law passed by Congress under
tho Constitution mado tho sil vor dollar
tho unit of value and admitted gold to
freo, coinago at a ratio measured by
tho silver dollar unit.
From tho beginning of tho govern
ment, following a policy formulated
by Thomas Joucrson and firmly es
tablished by Jackson, tho Democratic
party hos boon . tho party of bimetal
lism, favoring tho freo coinago of both
silver and gold at tho national mints,
and opposed to a farming out to bank
corporations tho government's sovor
oign power of issuing and controlling
the money pf Ibo peoplo.
Tho act of 1873 demonetizing silvor
was surreptitiously passed without tho
approval or knowledge of Ibo Ameri
can peoplo, and from Ibo timo when
tho effect of this act in fastening upon'
this country tho singlo gold standard
was understood, tho Democratic party
has consistently and persistently urged
that the grievous wrong bo righted.
Failure to accomplish this object
hos resulted in tho steady apprecia
tion of gold and a conspicuous fall in
tho price of commodities produced by
tho people; a heavy increase in tho
burdon of all debts, public and pri
vate: tho enrichment of tho monoy
lendmg class; paralysis of industry,
and tho impoverishment of the peoplo
and unexampled distress in all gold
standard countries. Experience has
shown that while, under Ibo singlo
gold standard, there may bo an occa
sional revival of business, activoly ac
companied by enhanced prices of a
limited number of commodities, such
rovival is duo to artificial and tem
porary causes and cannot permanent
ly alleviate tho sufferings duo to tho
falling of prices brought about by tho
appreciation of gold and tho inade
quate supply of primary or redemption,
monoy.
Tho rights of tho American peoplo.
tho interests of American labor, and
tho prosperity of American industry
have a higher claim to the considera
tion of tho people's law-makers th?.n
tho greed of foreign creditors, or 'Ibo'
avaricious demands made by "idlo
holders of idle capital." Tho right to
regulate its own monetary system iii
the interests of its own peoplo is a
right which no free government can
barter, sell or surrender" Tf??s" re
sorved right is a part of every bond,
of ovory contract and of ovory obliga
tion. No creditor or claimant can sot
up a right that can take precedence
over a nation's obligations to promote'
tho welfare of tho masses of its peo
ple. This is a dobt higher and m?ro
binding than all other dobts, and ono
that it is not only dishonest, but trea
sonable to ignore.
Tho land and its products aro tho
basis of all developments aud pros
perity. Tho productivo capacity of
a country must bo tho basis ol its
credit. In opposing, tho policy of con
traction, which must inevitably de
preciate tho value of land and its pro
ducts wo aro the supporter of property
rights and sound credit, and stand bc
tweon thc homes and estates of the
peoplo and thc red J lag of tho auction
eer. Tho policy of gold monometal
lism has been characterized by ropcat
ed and disastrous financial panics.
Tho farmers have found their prosper
ity and indopendonco constant ly wah
ring under its blighting influence.
Manufacturers aro interested too, for
they find tho prices of salo falling
bolow tho cost of tho production. Mer
chants should opposo it, for with fall
ing prices thoy aro often compelled to
soil for less than they paid for manu
factured goods. Neither manufactur
er nor merchant can prosper unless
tho mass of consumers real i/o such
prices for their products and labor as
to supply themselves liberally willi
tho necessities and luxuries of lifo,
norean tho wage-earner prosper, for
under depressed conditions there is
less and less competition for Iiis labor.
Tho Domooratio party is thc tradition
al friend and champion of bimetal
lism. Its strength and power and
popularity have been largely built
upon its steadfast opposition to the
demonetization of silver money and
its record of unwearied effort lo re
store it to ifs historic placo asa full
monoy molal equal with gold. Thc
offbrt at this lalo day to mako it par
excellence tho champion of gold mono
metallism, the enemy of tho policy if
has uphold and defender O?' tho crime
it has donounced, is au effort'to dis
honor its record, its promises, and its
principles. The moment tho Domo
eratic party is forced into this posi
tion, it heaps obloquy on its own pasl
and crowns its groat adversary with
glory and honor.
Duty to the peoplo requires that thc
party of tho peoplo continuo tho bat
tie for bimetallism until its offortf
aro crowned with success; thcroforo.
bo it,
Resolved, That tho Democratic part)
in national convention assomblcd
should domand tho freo and unlimitet
coinago of silver and gold into primar j
or redemption money, at tho ratio o
lt) to jj without waiting for tho actioi
or approval of any other nation.
.Resolved, That it should declaro it,
irrevocable opposition to tin
substitution for a metallic mbnoji
of a panic-brooding, corporation-crcdi
curroncy. baso 1 on a singlo motal, tin
supply or which is so limited that i
can bo cornorcd at any time by a fov
banking institutions in Europe am
Amorica. r
Resolved, That it should declare it
opposition to tho policy and practic
of surrendering to tho holders of th'
obligations of tho United States th
option rosorved by tho law to tho gov
ornmont of rcdooming such obligatio!
in oithor silvor coin or gold coin.
Resolved. That it should declare it
opposition to tho issuing of interest
boaring bonds of tho United States ii
timoor pcaoo, and especially toplacinj
tho Treasury of tho government undo
tho control of bankers and tho issu
ance of bonds to bo sold by thom at ai
onormous profit, for tho purposo o
supplyiu?tho Federal troasury with
gold tojpmintain tho policy of gold
mouo??ifr&lferh.
With a vioW to scouring tho ?dho
reiico iewi vo-atl option of tho Domo*
oralie'fi?iAn?ial policy above set forth
by tho luimocratio national convention
to bo asjomblod iu 1890, and of tho
nomination of a'cendidato for tho presi
dency, Yell known:to bo in hearty
sympathy therewith, wo hereby pledge
our i?T^ut??,'^)oporation, urgently re
commending to D?meoratio brothorn
in all states to act; to begin vigorous
ly and systematically to prosecute tho
work of ft thorough organisation ; and
to this end tho Adoption of tho plan of
organization of hero with submitted is
recommpnded.
Tho plan of organization recom
mended by tho committco was thon
outlined to tho conference as follows:
i Believing Hutt a largo majority of
Ihc.Der?^Stic voters of tho United
Stnl<Mg}yt harmony with tho sonti
monts^HLescd' iu tho foregoing ad
dress, ha^cnTnving that a full atid
freo oxpfession of their views eau? on
ly bo osier tair.cd and mado eiVcctive
IhrougU proper organized efforts', ..we
rccoiru?i tho following as a plan of
organ i'A?U?. :;. T ^ .
FirstJndoro shall bo a national cohit
millee^XDemoorats who aro in favor
of botlf gold and silvor as tho money
of tho Constitution, which shall bo
composed of ono Democrat from each
Stulo ij;id tho executive committco
hereinafter .provided for.
Second; That until othorwiso or
dorcdAiiy the national committco, Son
alors Harms, of Tonnesseo; Jones, of
Arkansas; Turpio, of Indiana, and
Hons. W. J. Stone, of Missouri, and
W. II. Ilinrichsoii, of Illinois, bo and
aro heroby constituted tho executive
committco, and shall have full power
and authority and it shall be their duty
at as carly a day as possibly, to ap
point tho members of the national
committee herein provided for, and to
lill vacancies in tho.same.
Third. That said national commit
tco shall havo full control
and M direction of tho patrio
tic efforts of the, bimetallic Do
mocrals of tho nation lo secure in tho
next Democratic convention tho main
tonanflo of time-honored principales
and pqUtics of tho Democratic party,
and whor the national committee
shall havo tho authority and discharge
all tho duties hereby conferred upon
the national committee.
Fourth. It shall be the duty of tho
member of tho national committee
men from each Stale immediatoloy
after his appoinimont lo take such
stops as ho may d?em best to organize
tho bimetallic forces of his State, and
it is earnestly recommended that in
each county and olection precinct of
eachStato bimetallic Democratic clubs
bo orginized, and for tho purpose
ho may appoint such committees and
canvassers as he may deem best.
Fifth. That fully realizing tho fact
that either this nor any othor plan of
^./mization can bo successful without
i?$?)iy cooperation of tho voters thom
s?ltas, wo urgo upon evey voter in
ov*yy State in the Union, who is in
sympathy with this movement, and
-^dpjyishes to restore porinanent pros
poriTy to.his homo and country^ "t Vf*. I
fectoig til is organization, and that each
of ?''flem shall enroll himself in such
',' By uuanious volo approval was
given to tho plan prosed, and tho con
ference then, at 12:45, on motion of
Sonator Harris, adjourned sino dio.
After adjournment of thoconforoncc
tho excculivo committee provided for
in tho plan of organization hold a two
hours'session, at which means of ob
taining an ctlieient National commit
tco were fully decided lo divdo tho
count ry into sections and to give every
mombcr of the executive committee a
section in which to correspond with
a view of gottlihg tho host men lo ad
vance the cause outlined by tho con
vention. It was found necessary lo
take this step, as all the States were
not represented at tho confereneo and
the delegates Of many of thoso repre
sented did not wish lo name mon for
the National convention bofor consult
ing their frionds at homo,
The executive committee, before sep
arating, named following members of
tho National committco: F.x-Sonotor
Walsh, of Augusta,Ga., J. II. Dennis
of Reno, Nevada, O. S., Thomas, of
Colorado, G. Ainslee, of Idaho, J.
II. Head, of Nashville, Tennessee and
?. Armstrong, of Arkansas.
The committee adjourned to meet
again at tho call of its chairman, Son
ator i larris, of Tonnesseo.
Uulo oftho Mob.
KU.KNUUHU, Wash., Aug M.-Alan
early hour this morning Charles Vin
cent, who shot Mike IC.olohopp in a
drunken brawl, Sunday, was lynched.
A largo mob gathered at midnight and
attacked the .jail about 1 o'clock. Tho
sherill' mado resistance, but had a
small force of mon and was overpow
ered. Vincent was hanged to a rail
road bridge and his body shot full of
hole?. His hearing was to havo tak
en placo today. Last night John
Burglin, who was stabbed by Vincent's
father in tho samo row, died from his
wounds. Young Vincent had served
time iii tho Oregon penitentiary for
burglary. Within an hour after tho
younger Vincent was hanged his fath
er was also takon from tho jail and
hanged beside him. Shoriff Stinson
ninde a strong elf ort to save tho mon,
but thej mob was too strong for him.
Tho jail is a weak altair, and thoro
was no trouble in gaining access to it.
but tho mon woro confined in stool
cages, whieh gavo tho mob a good deal
of troublo in oponing. Tho v i neon ts
mado no light, hoing apparently ovor
como with foar. Somo of tho most
prominont citizens in town participat
ed in tho lynching. A few were
?m.Tjkcd,- but tiio majority mado no at
tompt to disguiso tliomsolves. Thoro
has hoon a good deal of lawlessness in
tho neighborhood for tho past year,
and it was tho general boliof that a
sharp losson was needed by tho evil
disposed characters who had takon up
tholr quarters in town. Tho civil au
thorities have not yet taken any ac
tion with, rogard to the lynching.
Foll Cf ii on Musaolmnna.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug.. 13.-Tho
vallo of Adrianoplo has telegraphed
to the Porto that a strong Bulgarian
band attacked Janakli, a town in tho
Khdjali distriot, inhabited by Mussol
mans. Tho Bulgarians burned OOO
houses and killed many of tho villag
ers. Tho valio adds that tho nows em
anates from tho vlllagors .and may be
oxaggoratod.
Tho valio of Sal?nica confirms tho
foregoing report and says that tho
ov?nt occurred on August 8th ; that
thc) band numboved 1,000 mon and
that 200 houses wore burned. Ho
pliwos tho number of tho killed at
twj mty-Avo.
!
Mb MANAGEMENT
CLEMSON COLLEGE NOT THE SUC
CESS IT 8HOULD BE.
?tudont?, rrofcsdors niul l'roBlilont Out of
Jolut-'l'OO Much Molloy Siiont-Antici
pated munno Not ir o rt n Coming.
.OliKMSON COLLICOK, Aug. 10.-It ?S
said that in tho meeting of tho Board
of Trustees, of Glenison Collogo, which
was hold boro last night and. this
morning, Senator Tillman declared
that cortain departments of tho insti
tution woro "a humbug and a farce"
President ll. W. Simpson', of tho
Board, is said to have supplemented
this with tho statement that to con
tinuo to run tho collogo as it has heon
run "was to run it in tho ground."
And so lt goes.
To tho casual obsorvcr matters at
donison aro running smoothly
enough, and in roply to his question
as to how thoy aro coming on, both
professors and students will answer,
"first doss, thst class." But if ho will
ihquiro a little moro oaroftilly, and
place'himself in a position so that
ci thor students or professors will halie
freely ho will soon Icarii that troubles
aro browing, which, sooner or later,
will work important changes in tho
management of tho institution, and
that, in tho words of ono of tho Trus
tees, "while ibero has been a great
deal of success thoro has been a great
doal of failure.''
To visit Clemson Collogo is a reve
lation to tho average South Carolinian
who has novor seen it boforo. A mag
nificent main building, of modern do
sign, with a graceful tower reaching
high into tho heavens, crowns thc
most important hill. Grouped about
it aro tho barracks for tho cadols and
soveral collogo buildings containing
class rooms. Handsome homes for tho
professors, with well-kept yards, aro
placed boro and thoro at points of van
tage, a woll appointed hotel occupies
an attractive spot, and nestled about
in tho beautiful grove of oaks aro tho
smaller buildings of tho college, each
ono designed to givo tho most artistic
effect. Truly it is a pleasant sight.
Aud should-ho-visit-the farm ho will
find as well cared for crops os can bo
found auywhoro, showing intelligent
cultivation, and plenty of it. Should
ho bo fortunato enough to gota ride in
ono of tho collogo wagons ho will bo
drawn by as fat and sleek mules as his
eyes over rested on, and bo will won
der if they ever do anything but cat
corn. All this is very nico, but there
is a harmony among tho buildings,
woods and fields and mules, that he
does not find in tho management of
tho college, for the faculty is not har
monious.
Thoro is no polities in it either, lt
is understood that thoro are members
of tho faculty, who at thc time of ,tW;r
olection were classed as "T>namtes, n
and "Anti-Tiilmahitca," but in con
versation with these gentlemen now,
polities seem lo be forgotten, and the
gocul^ofd
careful to converso with mon sup
posed formerly to belong to tho fac
tions named, but ho found them agree
ing in sentiment concerning tho insti
tution, and as far as his observation
wont, not lo mince words further,
that President Craighcad is not tho
man for bis place,thai the mechanical
department is a "humbug and a farce"
ann that almost as much can bo said
Of tllC? agricultural department.
To tho visitor, President Craighcad
is all that could bc expected ot tho
president of a college. Tie is pleasing
ni lils address and courteous in his
manners, but Ibero aro students and
professors connected with tho college
who say thal ho is not cllicicnt, and
that he is not at all qualified for tho
presidency of an agricultural and me
chanical college. It will bo remem
bered that a number of students peti
tioned tho board of trustcoss to romovo
President Craighcad about cighteon
months ago. lt is said now that tho
matter was washed over.but tho issues
involved were not sottlcd. Whother
tho matter will be rovived again or
not cannot bo stated, but if thoro over
woro any reasons why tho President
should have been removed thoso rea
sons romain.
Tho mechanical dpartmont is said to
bo under tho management of the most
incompetent instructors of any depart
ment of tho collogo, and tho opinion
seems to bo that a boy wastes his time
when ho puts it in that department.
Ono person wont so far as to say that
there was not a student in tho highest
class who could cut threads f?r a
sorow. and it was doubtful whether
all or thom knew tho diff?rence be
tween a bolt aud a nut.
Tho agricultural department is said
to need sadly tho presonce of a worthy
succossor to Professor Newman. As
sociate Professor McGeo is said to bo a
vory fino man, and ono of general in
formation, and jhis management of
tho farm is said to bo admirable, but
thoro is no ono to take tho place of
Professor Newman, who his friends
claim was sacrificed for President
Croighoad.
A joko is told on ono of tho studonts
of tho agricultural department that
when asked which was tho best for
tili'/.or, kainil, or silo (a bolo in tho
ground) he replied that ho did not
now. Tho boys in both of these de
partments aro said to bo gonorally
very much dissatisfied with thoir pro
gress, but aro poworless to help thorti
solvcs.
On. vory good authority it is stated
that tho board of trustees recognise
tho shortcomings of tho institution,
but are disposod to shoulder a large
fart of tho bl an io them sci ve?. It is
understood that tho mooting of tho
board was a stormy ono, and that it
was said by somo member that tho
trusteos always loft matters in such a
muddled condition that tho president
could not be blamed for not conduct
ing tho institution as it should bo.
Tilings got so hot that tho board of
control of tho oxperimont station, con
sisting of Trustoes D. IC. Norris, M.
L. Donaldson and J. K. Bradley, re
signed, and so did Messrs. Bowon,
Bradley and Simpson, of tho execu
tive committee Thoro was a fight
against ?ho acceptance of those resig
nations, hut they woro accoptod. and
a disposition was shown to abolish tho
two committees, and put tho responsi
bility of management upon the wholo
board. Thfp was opposed, and it was
urged that' if a small body of mon
oould not attend properly to thoir du
ties, the board of trustees as a wholo
would hot do so. There is said to havo
bcon considerable fooling shown, and
tho board of trustees is said not to be
any moro harmonious than tho facul
ty and studonts.
G rf'
? . t ? . -.1
Tho attendance lin? fallon oil' com
siderably from what it wa? at first.
Just before tho main building was
burned thoro wore nearly six hundred
boys in attondanco, Tao command
ant's books now show only 297. In
this cohneotion if might bo s*icl that
Commandant Fuller speaks vory high
ly of tho boys, saying that they aro a
well behaved and gentlemanly sot of
follows. Captain Fidler speaks very
highly of tho class of work dono hy
his predecessor, Lieut. Donaldson,
who, he- sav?, worked marvels with
what must liavo beon raw material.
Captain Fuller says that ho hopes that
tho board of trustees will seo their
way clear to mako ?om? heeded im
pvovomonls in tho m<m hnll-now
furniture, table cloths and napkins,
hoing very badly needed. Tko smaller
attendance is not looked upon as a
disadvantage,but rather au advantago,
as tho boys can bo moro carefully
trained, and aro not so cramped for
quartern as formorly, -,
It cannot bo denied that a great deal
of mouoy has boon spent on tho" insti
tution, first and Inst, but thoro is a
great deal to show for it. What the
total is, tho writer cannot state now,
but tho treasurer's books show tho fol
lowing amounts to havobeon received
during the pastsoholalic year :
Frofn tho Morell fund.$10,500
From tho Hatch fluid. 15,000
Privuto tax fund. 30,000
Special appropriation. 35,000
Clomson bequest. 3,500
Land script. 5,700
Total.$00,700
These figures may not bb absolutely
correct as thoy wore given from mem
ory by tho secretary, out within a few
dollars, thoy oro correct.
Ton thousand dollars or moro of tho
special appropriation was used in re
building tho main building. Tho exact
amount cannot bo slated, but tho
board of visitors congratulated itself
that tho estimate it mado last year
that would bo needed to rebuild tho
main building in addition to the insur
ance money, was approximately cor
rect, and ten thousand dollars was the
estimate made by thom. A tuition fee
of $10 is provided for but nono was paid
during the last year. Receipts from
this source do not show in tho above
statement.
- It hos hoon found that tho plan of
working tho students?on tho farm was
not satisfactory, and thirty convicts
aro now employed to do this work.
These convicts aro kept constantly em
ployed, and the goon condition of thc
crops shows their ellioioncy. Another
reason givon for not employing thc
boys this year was that thoro was no
money to pay them. A trustee is au
thority for this statement, buL jK ?
hard losco whero so miich^";,?. y jttfk
gone. ^aJ^fsSr^
There bas bo^v^oTno^ complaint
about th/; '; .nlity of food tho boys got.
? >.y" "liTiiUeo from the trustees investi
gated this, and reported that thoro was
no . ^J?fib for complaint, but tho boy.?
1 1 j&at tho trustees were fed on
(mickey w)iic|i ?hoy Were not allowee
i rr 'c at< '-"-'ho faro is said to bo much
bGlu:r than it was, but thoro is stil
EjP?$&< for improvement. ?)
.Jrno following is tho rop?vli of tin
boanuof visitors mndo to tho board oi
trustees- :
To Tho Honorablo Board of Tursteoi
of Clemson College.
Tho board of visitors met for ih
second examination of tho collego or
tho ovoning August 13. Presidont;
D. F. Bradley; T. L. Brice, R. B. Wat
son and Theo. D. Jorvoy. Owing tc
tho absence of tho chairman of thc
board, D. F. Bradley was olected hj
tho members present to submit tin
second and final report.
Wo find that by tho very full roper
submitted by us last year, it will bc
necessary to say littlo this year, inas
much as wo presumo that those of our
suggestions which has been fou nc
practicable havo been adopted, and i
is in any ovont usolcss to multiply
words.
Wo havo again visited tho farm an?
gardons and find thom in excellen
condition, even bolter than last yoav
and in this connection we would s?j
that tho board of trustees, if they dc
siro to obtain for tho p?ople of th
State tho full educational benefit o
this great work, should arrango som
plan by which excursions from th
various parts of tho State can bo rm
to Clomson for tho day. Thoso wh
aro interested in agriculture and stoc
raising should havo presented to thor
tho opportunity of seeing for thom
solves what is shown tho board, aa
without any regard to tho apparon
difficulties m tho way, tho board c
trustees should consider the ways an
means of oll'ecting this. In tho moai
time, tire bulletins should bo mor
widely circulated and tho cducationn
work of tho collogo and all of its dc
partmonts brought fully to bear upo
our people. In this way tho wor
clone at tho dairy could bo brought int
notico by sending occasionally som
of tho excellent chcoso mado thoro t
tho various county gatherings. W
woro pleased lo find that our estimai
made lost year as lo tho probable co:
of ropairs lins beon vorificd, and w
understand that tho preparatory d
partmont is woi'kiitg well.
Tho reduction in tho oxponso (
is not as groat as wo had been lcd
hopo it might bo, but wo aro pleasi
that a reduction has beon effected. "W
presumo that the oxponso attendant c
tho carrying out of our suggestions t
to tho ventilation of tho clormitorh
may havo interfered with tho adoptic
of tho suggestion of cutting cross se
tions. Wo can only ropoat the suggc
tiens. Tho supply of oxcollont drin
ing water in tho dormitories is
chango for tho hotter. This water
supplied from a spring; complete]
protected from any dramago, and
porfectly swcot, puro and wholcsom
Tho number of students at tho cc
logo is romarkablo whon wo consid
tho tightness of times; and thohoal
of those present, wo understand, iso
collont.
Wo mako no oxtended montion
work in class rooms or other dopai
monta, ns wo seo no rooson to alt
tho opinions oxprossod by ut; at cn
first mooting.
Wo feel that tho intitutlon is pa.?
ing from tho condition of an oxpoi
mont into that of a groat eduction
iniluonco, and in conclusion, wo oi
only urgoupon the trustees tho impc
tonco of bringing this iniluonco
hoar upon tho people of thc State
evory posslbloway,
All of which is respectfully subm
ted D. F. BRADLEY,
Chairman Pro Tom.
Tinco. D. JKRVKY, Secretary.
A supplemental report v/as mado1
Messrs. Bradloy. Brico and Watso
recommending tho olootloh of *t, re
done chaplain, if thoro woro fun
available for this p?rposo.
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ADVEU TI?I3MISJNTS INSERTED
AT tOW HATES.
1 ..-1-.... .UM...
ALI) KINOS OF JOB FBINTINCr
DONE PKOMi'TEY.
BlUEF WOBK IS MADE A
SPECIALTY.
~-'-;-..-~ -
ENTSEND IN YOUR OEDEKS.
AN INTERESTING .LJ?TOMf
WHICH KEVEAL8 THE STATUS OF
THE REGISTRATION UAW FIGHT.'
Tho Commuitlocllon 1? from Ob'Otir
?)otiKltiaa toG?o'vgoW. rihlrtyy, tho Dhiok
lix - ?oiigroaBiuan~-TJi? Lim y o J M Want
Moro Money,
COLUMBIA. S. C.. Aug. Kl.- Tho .fol
lowing.: lotter'was yesterday made pub
lic by ox-Congressman Geo. Washing
ton Murray, tho black representativo
of the black district of South Carolina
in tho last Congress. Tho lotter is
from tho attorneys who have been
prosecuting tho registration law test
cases in tho United Slates Courts on
bohalf of thonogrocs of tho Stale, and
it now gives vory fully and compre
hensively tho present status of the lo
gal light. It tolls the exact condition
of all airs in regard to tho cases, and
oxplains tho courso that tho attorneys
intend to pursue. Hore is tho lotter
however, io speak for itself:
Washington, D. C., Aug. 7, J89??.
Hon. Gh \y, Murray, Rombort, S. C. ;
Dear Sir : Our Mr. Obear returned
yesterday afternoon from Richmond,
where ho had been to orguo tho Gow
iVj case. Judge Golf limited tho argu
ment to tho question as to tho mate
riality of Ibo di D?cences between tho
two cases; and after bearing full ar
gument (lieu tho opinion, which I pro
sumo you ba vc, ero this, scon in tho
papors. lio found that tho Gowdy
caso has tho same scope and effect
as tho Mills caso, and is governed by
the decision of tho Circuit Court of
Appeals in tho latter cause. It is man
ifest, that it will bo impossible tobring
any suit in the Fcdoral courts touch
ing tho registration laws which would
not havo tue "same scope and elTcot"
as thc Mills caso: and tho proper stops
now aro to bond our onorgies toward
getting, as speedily as possiblo, a de
cision upon tho questions involved
from tho Supremo Court of tho United
Slates ; and wo aro in a better position
to accomplish that ond in tho prcsont
condition of things than wo would
have been if Judge Goff had deoided
in our favor. Had ho done so the /
Slato would, probably, havo adopted
ono of two courses: oithor havo dis
obeyed tho injunction, or havo in
duced Mr. Chief Justice Fuller to call
a special term of tho Circuit .Court of
Appeals, appeal tho case to that court, ?
and have tho injunction dissolved. y?\"
before. If thoy had di??b?y^t?l^'^^i^S
junction wo would h#vVA * <^>>>
visor arrested, .,??moritics
would kn$c .nf&p v'V?^habeas corpus,
j .fat'-, ?.b?b tho Circuit Court of
'rfj?;"*n"s? induced tho Chief Justice
to sit again, and havo had that court
turn tho suporvisor loose. Had thin
contingency happened wo would have
bconatlho "ond of our row," because
Ibero lies no appeal to tho Supreme
Court from tho Circuit Court of Ap
peals in habeas corpus, proceedings.
Had tho Stato authorities taken tho
other courso we would have had to
talco our appeal from the Circuit Court
of Appeals to tho Supremo Court, and,
at best, tho appeal from tho Circuit
Court of Appeals is hampered hy many 4
technical diiHouUios, which wo need
not go into now-but which exist. But
as mailors now stand, wo will our
selves appeal tho Gowdy decision di
rectly to tho Supremo Court of tho
United States, and so got tho wholo
case before thom. The tiling to do is
to got the Appeal ready at once. The
oxponso of getting it up will bo com
paratively vory small. It will take
about $50 to print tho record-not our
argument-that wo can attend to
later, and thon $25 more, feo of tho
clerk of tho Supreme Court, for docket
ing. Have this much money raised
for this purposo and sond to us at once.
Wo horewith ondoso you a blank ap
peal bond. Havo it oxcculcd by Mr.
Gowdy and sureties as was dono in tho
Mills caso, and sond us as soon as
signed. Wo ourselves oxpect to got to
work today upon the ' 'assignments of
"orrors," and if you will push at your
end wo will havo this appeal perfected
and docketed boforo this month has
passed,
Wo have received no money on ac
count of tho balance of our feo aud
tho exponsos wo havo horetoforo in
curred . Fuom what you said in your
last lotter, wo fully oxpectod that hy
this timo wo would havo had a remit
tance from Beaufort, and are disap
pointed at neither rccoiving a remit
tance or hearing from you as to the
cause of tho doloy. We nope you will
now givo this, and tho other equally
important matters mentioned in this
lotter, your speedy attention. Having
embarked upon this sea of registra
tion litigation, let us not rest until wo
reach tho haven of a full decision by
tho Supremo Court of tho United
States. Yours Truly,
OwcAit & DOUGLASS.
Cheap linton for tho li'alr.
OiiAKLiiSTON, Aug.'13.-A largely
I attended and representative meeting
of ofllcials of tho Southern Passenger
Association was hold this afternoon in
tho Charleston hotol. Tho meeting
was in session for almost two hours,
without any spectators. Much rou
tine business, it was ascertained, was
considered, though tho groator part of
it was of no local concern. Tho chief
matters of local import considered
wore rates botweon Columbia aAd
Charleston, Columbia and Savannah,
and Charleston and Savannah. The
politl?n of tho Stato fair committco re?.
quosting special ratos over various
lines recoived carof ul and considerate
attention. Af tor a little? discussion it
was decided to grant tho rates asked
for by tho committee, which, it was
understood, aro about two cent? a
milo for tho round trip for a radius of
250 miles. An ofilcial statement of
rales will bo published later.--Stato.
AKIHOJ) forVhroo Month?,
MONTflOMKHY, Aug. 15.--A spocial
to the Advertiser from Guntcrsvillo.
Ala., says: Mrs. James Rutherford
of this county, wos brought to town
today. About six months ago, this
woman foll into .a deep sleep, from
which sho awoke at long intervals,
but it has been three months now $ince
sho was awake, Twico a day food is
put in hor mouth, whioh she swallows
ravenously, hut tho action is puroly
meohanical. Tho doctors aro puzzled
ovor tho caso and do not know what
to say.
KllloU hy Lightning.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13,-A special
from Rici imond, Va., says : Four per-,
sons woro killed by lightning in
Prince Kdwavd county, soveral mile?
from this city, yesterday ovening. Tho
rosidonco of Henry Redd was struck
by lightning and Redd and his wi to
land daughter were instantly killed,

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