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DEFEATED BY FRAUD.
tC SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS
tLPCT CONGRESSMEN HON. GEO.
,. MURRAY'S CONTEST.
Mr. Thomas H. Wheeler, attorney
4tT Hon. Geo. W. Murray, of South
f ,- hn.i, who is a contestant for a seat
r. f( iress against Hon. Wm. Elliott,
h-- i repared a very able brief in tile
ry oi Mr. Murray, which shows how
jv (j-mocrats of South Carolina elect
n-rr' t r- of Congress by voting dead
tv ..nd Chineese.
Om of the most remarkable cases
rd in Mr. Wheeler's brief is that of
f s t Ms Cunningham, against whom
3 at!.dait had been prepared and
sV -i to two days before the election,
; re vent him from voting, by one J.
p I) ;tt,e, and when he was placed on
i st :id and cross-examined by Law-
f-r Wheeler, he was made to forget he
fi had a memory. It was the finest
-;trp ff cross-examination that one
A, ) want to read.
Mr Wheeler makes the man say, at
? ' 'inning of his cross examination,
y. lit swore to the affidavit, and be
,v h oncludes Duffie says, relative
1 u same affidavit as to whether he
r . n, he, among other things, said,
I cannot recollect."
i f.K r rases of fraud against Con-;-cw;an
Murray is shown where dead
-VI .ae been voted, men who had
Kee'i ile.id for two years or more, ac-
c n!:ns to the evidence which Mr.
'A'!; e!t-r presents in his brief.
The first congressional district of
tb Carolina is composed of six
r.tif s , the white voting population
,::sist of 11,451 and the colored 32,87s.
Notwithstanding the great colored
h ruhdion in the first congressional
Strut, Mr. Elliott claims to have
Ibet-n tkrted.
Tc democratic election officers had
CU i; Calling Chang, a Chinaman, to
v-:st( r and vote in one county when he
I' J :n another (Charleston). The
toman admitted himself that he
hur oted in the county in which the
hnocratb have had him registered
J ottjd.
C nrt'ssman Murray claims that he
Tutst.erted by 2,704 majority over El-
There is no doubt that fraud of the
j.!Vst kind has been perpetrated
tu nst Congressman Mumry, and the
-v Hi.use should by all means seat
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DISTRICT REPUBLICANS.
OUTLOOK FOR DELEGATES CARSON'S
DEFEAT WILL COME TWO CONVEN
TIONSHIS CLAIMS TO THE NATION
AL CONVENTION WILL BE IGNORED.
The opposition to the member of the
national committee who represents the
District of Columbia is almost unani
mous in the twenty-two election dis
tricts. Mr. Carson, reports the know
ing ones, is playing a great bluff game,
and that there is no earthly show for
Carson's election. In the event he is
defeated, he has already said that he
will carry a contest to the national con
vention, and that Messrs. Quay, Clark
son and others will admit him. If this
is all Mr. Carson has to base his hopes
of admission on, the Bee is of the
opinion that he will not be admitted to
the nxt national convention.
Mr. Carson has no idea of winning ;
he knows that it is just as impossible
for him to overcome the great opposi
tion to him as it was to retain his posi
tion under this democratic administra
tion. Col. M. M. Parker and Col.
Truesdale are working in conjunction
with Carson. The moment that the
politicians found out that Col. Trues
dale had a hand in the pie the opposi
tion became more intense. Mr. Robert
H. Key is building up a strong opposi
tion to Carson in South Washington.
Mr. Key is very popular in that section
of the city. If Mr. Key is defeated it
will be by false friends.
There are men in whom Carson has
the most implicit confidence who ; '1
at the proper time throw him over
board. Carson is in the second district, and
from present outlook there will be a
triple set of delegates from that dis
trict. Andrew Gleason is very strong
in that, the second. Mr. Otlet has
made some very bad breaks recently
by appointing one of Carson's chief
lieutenants on the works. The friends
of Mr. Key look upon such an appoint
ment with suspicion.
The Bee will not be surprised to see
two sets of delegates from every dis
trict in the city.
At any rate the claims of Carson's
with a contest will be ignored.
From the Washington Times.
GEORGE PRYOR IS WHITE.
CYCLE CORPS OF THE NATION
AL GUARD SO DECIDES.
RETAINED AS A MEMBER.
The cycle corps of the National Guard
at its meeting at the L street armory
last night determined that its treasurer,
Geore H. Pryor, is a white man so far
as has been learned, and that he be re
tained as a much-abused member of
the corps.
The question was raised upon the
grounds that Mr. Pryor's mother is em
ployed in one of the departments, and
is put down upon the pay-roll as col
ored. Capt. Samuel H. Wiggin presided at
the meeting, and after the routine mat
ters had been disposed of, Mr. Pryor
retired from the room.
Lieut. Libbey made a brief statement
of the facts in the case. He said sev
eral members of the corps had visited
Mr. Pryor's home and his mother and
sisters are as white as anybody. Mr.
Prvor had shown himself in everv wav
j a gentleman and worthy of the confi
dence and respect of his comrades.
YY hen the question was raised he had
come forward at once and offered to
resign rather than in any way interfere
with the success of the company.
WANTS TO KEEP HIM ANY WAY.
For one, said Lieut. Libbey, he was
in favor of retaining Mr. Prior in the
company, even if it could be proved
that there was some far off tinge of col
ored blood in him ; but if any one felt
otherwise now was the time to speak.
The matter was now up once for all,
and anv who wanted to obiect to the
member's color must make known his
objection or forever hold his peace.
Sergt. Gibson said he had called at
Pryor's home, and seen his mother and
sisters, and so far as he could see they
were white. Mr. Pryor was white, as
they all knew, and a clever gentleman.
He'was a good deal whiter in his be
haviour than some men who had been
j in the company. He was in favor of re
taining mm in the meniDersmp. utner
members indicated their approval.
The only suggestion of dissent heard
was when a member asked if the reten
tion of Mr. Pryor might not tend to pre
vent men from joining the corps. It
was answered that probably very few
persons not directly interested in the
company had read the article further
than to glance at the headlines. It was
not probable that any likely to prove
useful would be hindered from joining
for such a cause.
NO BLEMISH ON HIS REPUTATION.
Capt. Wiggin said Mr. Pryor had
ioined the cycle corps nearly three
years ago under Capt. Crouch, and so
far as he knew the question-of his color
had never been raised before. There
was at the time he joined a recruiting
committee, whose business it was to
investigate the eligibility of gentlemen
who were being considered for mem
bership. There was every reason to
believe that these men had done their
duty faithfully and had found Mr. Pryor
in every respect a proper person to be
come associated with the members of
the corps.
Mr. Pryor has always behaved so as
to deserve the respect of his compan
ions, and he was in favor of dropping
all investigation as to his color. If any
one felt differently, a motion for the ap
pointment of an investigating commit
tee was now in order. Otherwise no
one must ever raise the question again.
After a short pause Lieut. Libbey
made a motion that the question be
dropped, and that Mr. Pryor be invited
to return to the room and informed of
their action. This was unanimously
carried, and Sergt. Gibson was request
ed to call Mr. Pryor.
When he came in Capt. Wigginsaid:
"We have decided, Comrade Pryor,
that you are so valuable to the corps
and we want you with us so much that
we will drop the investigation entirely
and invite you to retain your member
ship." With this he extended his hand, which
was cordially grasped by the returning
member, while he expressed his thanks
Then the other members crowded
around and shook hands, while Mr.
Pryor thanked them for their good will.
The meeting closed after sundry rou
tine heads had been disposed of.
Capt. Wiggin is the eldest son of our
poet Samuel Adams Wiggin, and a
graduate of the Washington High
School and late member of the George
town College of Law, who has attained
his present rank as captain of the mili
tary cyclists of the National Guard by
his perseverance and pluck, serving as
first sergeant during the entire period
the company has been in the service
over four years.
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HON. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
RECOGNIZING THE
MAN.
COLORED
From The Boston Daily Globe.
The directors of the Atlanta exposi
tion have clone the right thing at the
right time. They have invited that
able representative of "the colored
south," Booker T. Washington of the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Insti
tute, to deliver one of the special ad
dresses on the occasion of the opening
of the great fair.
In the development of the resources
of the South, the negro is destined to
take no small or unimportant part. He
is in America to stay, and the more
encouragement he receives from the
white man in his efforts to advance
the better it will be for both races and
for the whole South.
The wide action of the Atlanta di
rectors ought to be a potent factor in
allaying race suspicions and jealousies
throughout the south, and thus bring
ing about an era of good feeling be
tween white and black throughout
Dixie land.
CULTIVATE YOUR
TEACHER.
CHILD'S
INVITE HER TO YOUR HOME STUDY THE
ATMOSPHERE OF THE SCHOOLROOM.
The first thing to do is to visit the
school which your children attend.
Make a point of this, even if it means a
sacrifice of something else, writes Ed
ward W. Bok in an article on "Our
Schools and Our Teachers," in the Sep
tember Ladies' Home Journal. Few
things can be more important than to
see for yourself the surroundings of
vour child during school hours. Ob- i
serve quietly yet keenly, but remember
that observations or comments you
have to make, the teacher of the class in
which your child happens to be is not
the proper person to whom to make
them. -The principal of the school or
the superintendent is the proper func
tionary for such purposes. The teacher
is helpless ; she must accept conditions
as she finds them. She is an employee,
pure aiid simple. But seek her out and
win her acquaintance and confidence.
Show her that you mean to co-operate
with her. She knows that the best re
sults can only be obtained when teacher
and parent co-operate. Invite her to
your home not in a general way, but
at a definite time. Make her feel that
you want her to be something more
than the teacher of your child, rake
a friend of her if you can ; at least give
her the opportunity to show that she
has another side to her nature than that
which she shows in the classroom. The
teacher's burden is a heavy one rather
l than a light one.
GEN". BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Ex-President Harrison is to-day one !
of the most distinguished personages
in the American republic. He is looked !
upon more and feared more by the
politicians of the country than any man
who has been thus far mentioned as a
candidate for the presidential honors.
If fortune should strike Genl. Harrison
for a renomination he will no doubt
pursue a more liberal policy toward
his party than he did before he was
succeeded by Mr. Cleveland. Who
ever is elected president on the repub
lican ticket, it is not likely that he will
allow Mr. Cleveland's civil service
rules to remain in force. General Harri
son is a very positive man and no doubt
hard for the politicians to manage.
Mr. Harrison entered the Senate at
the beginning of the Forty-seventh
Congress in 1S81, and sat till March 4,
1SS7. April 27, 1SS2, a discussion was
had in the Senate on House Bill 5S04,
a bill to execute certain treaty stipula
tions with the Chinese. He made two
speeches, which can he found in the
Congressional Record, at pages 3359
and 3360. He contended as the treaty
used the word "laborer," it was not
in the power of Congress to enlarge
the meaning of that same word ; it
would be held to have the same mean
ing in any law that Congress might
pass.
Ex-County Clerk M. G. McLain, a
J$)'
one-armed soldier, who followed Gen
eral Harrison's lead in a good many
hard places during the war, is a greal
admirer of his old commander's sol
dierly qualities. No man, he ' says,
was dearer to the boys in the line than
General Harrison, and it rose from one
single element in the man's character
his determination to take the leading
part in whatever he asked .his men to
do. He, too, recalls the bloody charge
at Resaca, where his own right arm
was shot away , and fhe sight of Gen
eral Harrison waiving his sword aloft,
and shouting in that shrill voice for
which he was noted: "Come on, boys."
Continuing, he said : "One scene has
always lived in my memory. Our old
chaplain, Allen, a man who was be
loved by all the boys and for whom al
most every man in the regiment would
have given his life, conducted service
on Sunday with Colonel Harrison, as
it was tl -211, and Lieut.-Col. Sam. Mer
rill assisting. I have often heard Gen
eral Harrison offer up the prayer for
the boys' welfare and protection down
there on those Southern fields, so far
away from home, and many times have
heard him address the boys in place of
the chaplain. Never to my knowledge,
in all the trying times of the war, did I
ever see one thing from him unbecom
ing a Christian. I think the battlefield
and the camp bring out what there is
in a man about as well as anything can,
and I have seen General Harrison
tested in every way. As a soldier,
courageous, sympathetic and enduring,
the army had no better."
There is no doubt but that the friends
of General Harrison will present his
name before the next Republican Na
tional Convention.
The convention of colored Baptist
ministers at Mt. Zion Church, north
east, was a great success, and great
credit is due Rev. Wilbanks for the
very interesting and complete program
provided. A large amount of impor
tant business was transacted and a
number of very interesting and in
structive addresses were delivered.
Rev. Wilbanks is doing a great work,
and it is hoped that he may continue
to increase the measure of his useful
ness. Subscribe to the Bee.
1 s KP
MISSIONS DRAW IMPOSTORS.
CHINESE! NHWSPAFER GIVES A CAUSE
OF TflK RECENT OUTRAGES.
It Says Motives of Robbery Were One of
the Causes of the Attack Also That the
Missionaries Are Surrounded by Crim
inals and Social Outcasts Who Often Kid
nap Children and Take Them to ths
MiSRlon Testimony That No Really Sin
cere Conrerts Are Ever Made in China.
Chicago, Aug. 26. Sam Mtoye, a
prominent merchant of this city, has
received a copy of a Chinese newspaper
published at Foo Chow which gives
four columns of space to an account of
the attack upon the English and Ameri
can missionaries in June. The article
shows that the attack on the mission
houses arose first frona motives of rob
bery, caused by the building of houses
with basements, and, second, by the
revelation of the corrupt practices of
some of the hangers-on of the mission
stations.
Houses with basements are something
unusual in China.
There lis a large camp of bandits near
Ku-Oheng, composed of the wild tribes
and fugitives from the civilzed parts
of Poo Kien. These bandits heard of
the peculiarities of the construction of
the missionary houses, and conceiving
that the basements were intended to
store treasures, the bandits planned and
executed the firat ifeid for the purpose
of the robbery.
Accordinsr to the China newspaper
it was found thait the basements of the
missionary houses were closely guarded
by the disreputable Chinese hangers-on
of the missions. The missionaries can
not talk the language and hire inter
preters. The Chinese ln the interior
who have a smattering of any foreign
language, are almost always young
men who have run away to avoid pun
ishment for petty crimes or to shirk
the support of their families, going to
some treaty port until their offenses are
forgotten. They are regarded as social
outcasts. The advent of the mission
ary opens a new field for the unscrupu
lous.
The outcast is ready to act as an in
terpreter, and also to become a convert
anything for an easy living. He be
comes a member of the missionary
staff and the household. The mission
ary wants converts, the hangers
on want some luxuries. There are, the
paper sys, only two ways to get con
verts in?'dhina. ,One is toJiire them;
the "other Is by 'kidnapping children and
keeping and teaching them. Good
missionaries don't allow any kidnap
ping, but most of the missionaries,
while good people themselves, do not
know how bad their native staff is. An
interpreter sees a child, a girl ten or
twelve years old, and finds out that her
parents are poor or careless people, not
likely to make much of a fuss at her
disappearance.
He coaxes the child to visit the mis
sion, and often force has to be used.
The missionary is tolt that the child
wishes to become a Christian; hat she
wants to live in the mission a. d be in
structed, or some other Invention which
peems plairsible to the ignorance and
ceal of the missionary, and something
lis added to show the importance of
Iguarding the new candidate from re
capture by the heathen relatives, who,
the missionary Is aeured, would do so
to prevent the perversion of the child's
faith.
As the missionary cannot talk te th
child, he trusts his interpreter. The
latter practically gets the girl. She is
his slave for the time being, and he in
duces the missionary to keep her safely
and out of sight until he can se- her
and get the money for her.
The burning of the mlsstEi, freed
some of the girls, who told th? stories
of their kidnapping, confinement and
the indignities to which they were sub
jected. The stories spread and aroused
the ferocity of the Chinese. This start
ed the riot and the mob attacked the
missionaries and interpreters indiscrim
inately. The Governor of Fo-Kien sent 1,000
soldiers up to Min River to quell the
riot and restore order, but the bandits
joined with the rabble and whipped the
soldiers. The soldiers lost half their
number and had to retreat. At the time
the paper was printed it was said the
whole section was In the control of the
mob.
THIRTY ANARCHISTS ARRESTED.
French Police Believe Them Responsible
for the Rothschild Bomb.
Paris, Aug. 26. The efforts of the police
to discover the authors of the attempt
upon the life of Baron Alphonse de Roths
child, on Saturday afternoon, last, by sending-
him an infernal machine, disguised as
a mail package, which exploded when
opened by the banker's confidential clerk,
M. Jodkowitz, seriously injuring the lat
ter's right eye, and blowing off some oi
his fingers, have proved unavailing up tc
the present. The police authorities, how
ever, are confident tfaat it was the work
of Anarchists, and thirty suspected An
archists have been arrested, examined and
obliged to give the police specimens oi
their handwork. They were subsequently
discharged. M. Jodowitz continues to Im
prove. London, Aug. 26. A special dispatch re
ceived here from Paris says that an An
archist has been arrested at vie-Sur-Cere,
Department of Cantal, upon the informa
tion of the postmistress of that place, who
declares that the man taken into custody
posted a letter similar to the one received
at the Rothschilds banking house on Sa
turday. Paris, Aug. 26. M. Jacobsky, the confi
dential clerk of Baron Alphonse de Roths
child, who was badly injured Saturday by
the explosion of an Infernal machine thai
had been sent to the Barpn by post, is pro
gressing as well as could be expected.
The doctors aUending him performed an
operation last evening, and hope to be able
to save his sight. The Prefect of Police,
who was absent from Paris on a holiday,
returned to the city as soon as he heard
of the outrage. He is fi'recting the in
quiries that are being mad into the casa.
LABORER INHERITS $750,000.
Matthew McGisnls, of Indianapolis, STalls
Heir to a large Estate in Toledo.
Indianapolis, Ang. 26. -Matthew Mc
Ginnis, a laborer, living at No. 249 West
Maryland street, has just discovered
that he Is the herr of his brother, Dan
iel McGinn-is, who died ir Toledo, ln
l&9Q, leaving an estate valued at $750,000.
The two brc .ers separated in Ireland
when boys, and Daniel spent years try
irg to find his lost brother, who emi
grated to the far "West and came here
seven years ago. Had Matthew not
oeen found the estate would have gone
-x the Roman Catholic church under the
will.
ERIE IS TO BE SOLIDIFIED.
ITS REORGANIZATION PLAK ISSUES
BY MORGAN & OO., THE BANKERS.
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Property
to be Operated With the New York,
ILalee Erie and Western and Chicago
and Erie, Making One Compact
System Between New York and Chi
cago Syndicate of 825,000,000 to
Subscribe for S15.000.000 of 'the Prior
Lien Bonds of the New Company,
New York, Aug. 26. The Erie reor
ganization plan has been Issued by
Messrs. J. P. Morgan and Co., of New
York, and J. S. Morgan & Co., of Lon
don, who accompany it with an explan
atory circular. The reorganization
committee consists of C. H. Coster,
Louis Fitzgerald and Anthony J.
Thomas.
The plan says that the Erie system Is
made up of the lines known as the New
York, Lake Erie and Western, the New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, amd Chi
cago and Erie roads. These two latter
are operated by or for the Erie.
An arrangement has been made with
the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
railroad voting trustees, whereby, sub
ject to ratification by their beneficiaries,
they undertake to foreclose and deliver
the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
property, .subject only to the prior lien,
equipment and leased line securities, for
which reservation is made.
It is understood that Messrs Morgan
& Co. have also practically secured the
Chicago and Erie, so that the Erie sys
tem will be consolidated into one com
pact organization from New York to
Chicago.
New securities are to be created on
the entire line, from Chicago with all
branches, coal roads as follows:
(1) $175,000,000, first consolidated mort
gages, 100-year gold bonds, secured by
mortgages and pledge of all property
acquired under the plan of reorganiza
tion by the new company. Of these
bonds $45,000,000 will be four per cent
prior lien bonds and $140,000,000 will be
three to four per cent general Hen
bonds.
(2) $30,000,000 first preferred, four
per cent noncumulative stock.
(3) $16,000,000 second preferred four
pecent non-cumulative stock.
(4) $109,000,000 common stock.
The mileage of the new company will
be 1,937 miles. Of the prior lien bonds
$18,000,000 are reserved for enlargement
and Improvement of terminal facilities,
including elevation of tracks, and addi
tional wharf facilities at New York,
reducing grades, constructing double
tracks and purchasing additional equip
ment, to be used only with the consent
of the voting trustees.
Of the general Hen bonds ?92.G63,000
are reserved for the ultlmat accjuioltion
of all bonds and guaranteed stocks now
left undistributed on various parts of
the system, and $17,000,000 for new
construction, betterments addition, etc.,
after 1897, not over $1,000,000 to be used
in any one year.
The reorganization converts into new
securities everything on the Erie sub
sequent to the first consols, everything
on the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio except $8,000,000 4 per cent, bonds
and everything on the Chicago and Erie
subsequent to first mortgage.
The present Erie second consols get
75 per cent, in new general Iten bonds
and 55 per cent, in new preferred stock.
The funded coupon bonds of lbtt get
100 per cent, in new general lien bonds.
10 per cent in new first preferred stock
and 10 per eent in new second preferred
stock. Erie incomes get 40 per cent, in
new general lien bonds and 60 per cent,
in new first preferred stock. The pres
1 nt preferred stock, on paying astfss
;tent, gets luO per cent, in new second
rs-f erred, and the present common
:ck. on paying assepmnt. gets 100
'pr cr-nt. in new common stock. Noth
ing additional is given for the asess
I'.ent in either case. Chicago and Erie
..ncomes get 100 per cent, in new second
prf'f-rrcd stock.
Th new general lien bonds are to
bear interest from July 1. 1S96. at 3 per
rent per annum for two years, and 4
pp:' cent thereafter.
In addition to its lien on all the rail
roads now belonging to the "Erie, tlie
nav mortgage will further be secured
by Hen on the New Yor'c, Pennsylvania ,
and Ohio, and the Chicago and Erie,
together with various other properties.
All the stock will be put in a voting
trust. The Erie reorganization first
Ken and collateral trust bonds will be
paid off. The assessment on the stock
deposited by September 20 is $12 per
share on common, and SS per share on
preferred, payable ln four Installments,
When called for, at least thirty days
apart.
A syndicate of $25,000,000 in money has
been formed to subscribe for $15,000,000
of the prior Hen bonds of the new com
pany and to take the place and succeed
to all the rights of holders of preferred
and common stock of the New York
Lake Erie and Western Company, who
shall not deposit their stock and pay
the assessment thereon. The net earn
ing this year will not differ materially
from last year.
POURING TROOPS INTO CUBA.
Spain is Preparing to Send Out 50,000
I TVTnra Snltl tvr(t.
Madrid, Aug. 28. Eight thousand cav
alry, forming the first body or a total oi
30,000, will be landed In Cuba before Sep
tember 20. Though Captain-General Cam
pos declared that 30,000 wc fid b sufficient,
the Go'ernment will prepare 25.009 more,
who will embark at the end of October, Ii
their services should be nocesy. The
cost of the war in Cuba up to 1 present
time has been about 520.000,000. Since Feb
ruary the transport service alone ,as cost
gl.COO.000.
Official advices received from Havana arc
t- -r tr ' --at n several recent encoun
ters the Government troops have been suc
cessful. On August 22 fifty-nine soldiers
repulsed 350 men led by Maceo, who had
made an attack on the Union Sugai
kir--
Insane Mother Drowns Her Child.
Portland Ore., Aug. 2G.-The wife o
James Tethrow, a farmer living near the
Lackiamite river, arose before the other
of the family were awake and wrapp:ns
her six-year-old boy In a quilt, took hiif
to Ahe!?ver SLild held his had unSer wati
-:nt" Ife was gone. She then threw her.
self into the river, but was rescued
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