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VO._XI PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY,) APRIL 6, 183MO 9
AT THE LAST MOMENT.
WADE HAINES RESPITED IN THE FACE
OF DEATH.
He and Everyb7dy Else Expected That
l5e Would Die-Hlalf Hour 3efore the
Time the Governor Acts f.r SuflIcient
Reasons.
COLUMBIA, March 24.-What an aw
ful strain Wade Ilayne3 went through
to-day no one can ever conceive. As
the minutes went by he and those near
and dear to him had every reason to
believe that an awful death was fast
approaching. There in a little prison
cell sat the condemned murderer, with
out a ray of hope, yet brave and reso
lute, tc meet death like an innocent
man. Around him were friend. and,
what is fat more, a mother writhing In
the agonies ot distress. That alone
moved him, and it was only when he
looked at his suffering mother that. he
wept. Little did he dream that an
electric message would save his life for
a month, if not longer. Sheriff Cath
cart had given up hope. Ilaynes had
long abandoned it, and the ministers
were in the midst of the death prayer
when a telegram arrives, no one can
say from where. A message is con
veyed by telephone to the jail to stay
the execution. A respite is received at
11 o'clock and a life is spa-ed. The ex
ecution was to have taken place at that
hour, and, so far as can be seen, noth
ing short of this mysterious telegram
saved the boy's life. It was indeed a
to.uching scene. Neither mother nor
son could say anything for joy, and
there in the prison cell, under the very
shadow of death, the two stood in each
other's arms, crying for pure joy. True
there seemed to be something like a
sensational effect in the way in which
the respite came, but I honestly be
lieve that Governor Tillman had no
such intentions, and. further, that he
is trying, as he believes, to do his duty
in doing the boy justice. It is in(leed
a curious case and one that has excited
very general interest, but whatever the
opinion is no one will or can censure
Governor Tillman for his action, and
the only hope is that the boy will be
ultimately pardoned.
Haynes had been sent to the Peniten
tiary a long time ago for safe-keeping,
and this morning Sheriff Cathcart,
Constable Hartin and Jailer Coleman
went to get the prisoner for execution.
No one then had a right to hope that
there would be no execution. The
boy, for he is only 16, had nothing to
say before leaving the Penitentiary.
le told Ais friends that he was inno
cent. Those who have been watching
him say that he was perfectly calm
during the night. At times he would
offer up a prayer. Ie ate nothing. To
those who questioned him he said that
he was prepared to die.
At the jail the party from the 'enl
tentiary, who came in a landau, was
met by several hundred curious peo
ple, mostly AeArw1&-4*io w-rc anxious
to see wh j e--io be seen. Ile was
met insido of tJa jail by a number of
colored frs1, ,A and ministers, among
them being e Revs. Johnson, Wilson,
Baylor, Carter, Daniels and Deacons
Carrol and Black. There was no time
lost, Pnd the ministers under the direc
tion of the Rev. Mr. Johnson devoted
themselves to prayer and song. Sad
indeed were the hymns of that small
party -f colored divines. Perhaps
never Uefore have they been more af
fected. There were old and przcticcd
ministers singing praise unto God with
tears trickling down their cheeks.
But the saddest sight of all was that
of Haynes's mother. She insisted upon
being with "her boy" until the lait.
Most of the time she sat on a narrow
bench in silent prayer and agony,
wringing her hands, Then all of a sud
den she would try and reach WVade, and
on one occasion she fell prostrate upon
the bare floor, and cried and sobbed for
"My innocent boy that they are going
to kill." She had a little son with her
and he, too, shed bitter tears. But
what of llaynes ? If to show indiffer
ence is to mamifest bravery, then he
did so. It was not until the breaking
down of his mother that he showed
much emotion, but when she fell to the
grFound t he tears began to trickle do wn
hscheeks, and from that time on to
the annour,rcemnent of respite he shed
tears. IIis nervousness he showed by
twirling and twisting a handkerchief
which one of the ministers had given
bim.
It was only a few minutes before 11
o'clock when Sheriff Cathcart received
news of the respite. Constable IIar
4 tin was sent af ter it, and in the mean
while the Rev. Mr. Johnson was ad
vised that he might go on withi t,he ser
vices as long as he chose, It seemewd
that these little whisperings told those
around that something had occurred,
and from that time on there was a
kind of damper over the whole ,'re
ceedings. Soon after the sacramnont
had been administe ed, Sherif Cath
tart went into the ce-ll anrd asked
Hlaynes tostand up. What a momient
of suspense! 'The Governor has sent a
respite for you until the 21st of A pril,"
said Sheriff CJatiicart.
"Yes, sir," was IIaynes's only an
swer.
"Thank God!" saidi his mother.
Mother and son were allowed to em
brace. They cried for joy. In a few
rnomergts handcuffs were put, on the
boy, he was reconveyed to the landau
and hurried back to lisa prison cell in
the Penitentiary.
Every preparation had been madte for
S the execution. Tlhie gallo':.s was ini
readiness for use. T'he collin wvas ont
the grounds to take away a corpse, and
wel-nigh 90 per cent ol those present
expectedi the execution would take
place. An outburst of applause went
up as the carriage went to the l'eniten
tiary. This ends another ana excit ing
chapter in a most remarkable crime
one in which an ininocent boy is
thought to be suffering.
S Petitions have been presenit"d to
- Governor Tillmnan to commute t.he sen
tence, and nine of the jury men who
-convicted th'e boy have joine'. in the
petition. Other and fruitless efforts
have been inade to save the boy.
Governor Till man's only statement
regarding the respite was t,hat he
g'ranted it "for good and suflictent rea
sons."-News and Courier.
Somethina of a Druggst.
* JlAcj,SON, Mich., March 27.-It. Irv
ing 14ner, the famous matricide, has
escaf Irom the StaLe prison. - e gave
a pow erful drug to the night keeper and
the. g keeper and got possesloa or
the k and wall:ed out,
ON JOINING THE CHURCH.
Wh%at Dwight, L. Moody Says on the Sub
ject.
I have no sympathy whatever for
these men outside of the Churoh that
are too good to unite with some
Church.
I believe the beat people in this world
and the best people during the last six
thousand years have always identified
themselves with God and God's people,
and taken their stand. The men that
stand outside and throw stones at the
Church are not much help to the cause
of Christ. What we want is to build
up, and if the Church is not what it
ought to be let us try and purify it
[o what we can to make it better. 1
think it just as much a command, if
we believe, to take our stand among
D'hrist's disciples and bear the heat and
)urden of tht day, as it is for us to be
ieve. The first step is to believe. The
iext step is to confess and come out
roin the world. I think it is just as
iatural for a true disciple to go among
Iod's people as it is for water to ru't
lown hill. I do not understand how
t is that a man truly born of God
hould not have a desire to identify
Aimself with the Church of God. It is
lot only a duty, but a glorious privil
ige to be in the bosom of some Church.
gow, I have found a great many peo
)le that find fault with the Church
,hat the Church don't look after the
ck and those in trouble and all that.
never found it to fail that those who
:omplain are those who have left the
'hurch. They were members, they
.vould go Sunday mornings, but they
vere not known as active members of
he Church. I never knew a real active
nember of the Church go to the poor
louse. I never knew of real active
hurch Christians, doing what they
,ould to build up the cause that the
Ahurci did not turn out in a mass and'
vait upon them. These people that
Lre finding fault with the Church may
e members, but that is all they are.
L'hey never have lifted a hand to help
he Church; and then the Church don't
c.ow them in time of trouble and
ickness. It is a glorious thing to be
ong to the church of God. I expect
o be a member of the church so long
Is I an on the earth, unless they turn
me out. I have no desire to be outside
f the church. I believe it is the best
nstitutiou inder Heaven. It is the
)nly institution I want to belong to.
'[ie purchased it with Ills own blood."
It is the dearest thing lie has got on
Barth. Every one that loves the Lord
Jesus Cliist ought to be in some
church doing what be can to build it
up, and not be outside throwing stones
at it. Of course mistakes are made in
the church. I have to speak of them to
wake people up-show them their mis
takes. If I have said anything that
the enemies of Christ have taken up
abd that has given the impression that
I am not a member of a church I
want them to understand that I am an
olicer in the church, and I shall remain
an oflicer in that church until my time
?xpires, and I shall remain a member,
iuless they turn me out, as long as I
ive, of some cburch.
Another thinir, I find it is a very
3ommon thing for people to move with
)ut taking a letter from their church.
I met a case of that kind but yester
lay. A man said to me, "I expect to
eave here in about a year." "Well," I
iaid, "why didn't you bring a letter ?"
'I am oily going to remain here a
lear."
"You can bring a letter easier than
(ou can your trunk." Bring your let
,er along if you can't remain over a
rear and go into some church, and
dentify yourself with some church,
md give all the influence you have to
wvards building up that church. If
roui stay here a year you may do a good
leal toward winning souls to Christ.
lf you go to another place, and don't
mxpect to stay but three months, ask
lor your letter and identify yourselves
wvherever you are with the church of
Aod.
Will Oppose Gonneies.
WASING TON, March 29.-It is gen
3rally understood here today that Mr.
N4. G. Gonzales' nomination to be Con
nul General at Rio de Janeiro will be
ihortly sent to the Senate. Senater
[rby has just been interviewed with
'efeience to this appointment, and, as
isual, spoke fratnkly and to the point.
'I am very much surprised," said he,
'at this nomination. I neither protest
d against it, nor was I consulted with
'eference to it. As the representative
)f the organized D)emocracy of South
Jarolina, I would be derelIct in my du
y ff I didl not oppose his nomination,
ecause tile oflice does not fit him, and
t is an insult to the Democracy of my
state. I would suffer my throat cut
before I wvould vote for him for an of
lice of that sort, for His appeal to the
negro and his opposition to the regular
nominlees of the Democratic party in
1890O. lis criticisms of' me would not
necessarily influence liy vote, but, as
chair mian of the party, I cannot and
will niot st andi such nominations.Il
dlid not object to the confirmation of
Glen. IIampton, because both factions,
for certain reasons, were not opposed
to giving thim an omlce. iut, I want it
understood that I am not going to
swallow any of Mr. Clevelana's rotten
enggs. I will oppose this confirmation,
even if I lose all the patronage in South
Carolina, even to the small privilege of
naming my own p)ostmaster."-Col um-n
bia State.
Hie WVas Dead.
BIIUIIlAMf, March 24.-In Sumter
county the other night at a negro pray
er meeting an old mian named Arthur
Croom was called upon to pray. iIe
knelt down with the congregation but
la aled to resp)ond to thle invitation and
Emother brother was called oii. After
prayer all arose but Arthur Croomn.
le was (dead.
A Mossbacki Ieme. ed.
WVASJiI NGTON, March 'll.-Dr. I".
0. St,. Clir, the head of the Consular
lBureau in the State Department, has
been removed. IIis lesignation was to.
nay requcated by Secretary Gresham
Elis successor has not yet been appoIn ted.
D)r. St. Clair has been in service since
November, 1805, over twenty-seven
years.
'H ehaeadedci.
W ASHINGTON, March 29.-W. B. Cole
a freigh t conductor on the James River
livision of the Cheseapeake and Ohio
IRailroad, was killed this morning near
Scottevilie. lie fell from the platform
of a caboose and w as run over, his head
being out off. He was a resident of
Rinhmand.
ANOTHER CYCLONE.
WILD WORK OF THE WIND IN MISSI
SIPPI AND TENNESSEE.
A Great Deal of Property Destroyed ai
Many Persons Killed and Injurec
Some of the Freaks and Full PartIc
Jars of the Storm.
MEMPius, March 24.-A severe stor
swevt across the Mississippi Delta ye
terday morning, doing considera>
damage to early crops, and creat4
much excitement. News from varioi
points indicated that, while the stor
was cyclonic, early rumors of damal
done were exaggerated.' One man
said to have been killed at Kelly's, at
another injured by falling building
The damage elsewhere was to troper
only. Reports that Water Valley hi
been wiped out and the inhabitar
killed cannot be authenticated, and
considered a canard. No sDecial tral
have gone out from Memphis.
The path of the cyclone, which e
tered Tennessee yesterday afternoon
a southwesterly direction from Missi
sippi, appears to have been about twe
ty miles in width, although serio,
damage was confined to a much sm t
er area. The wires are down in all (
rections. There is no telegraphic cor
munication with Nashville and intE
vening points, and little news is o
tainable from the places visited by ti
cyclone. This city barely escaped.
heavy rain fell and a high wind blew
the time the cyclone raged and it >
came as dark as night for thirthy mi
utes. Heavy damage was done to trei
and small outbuildings. The train fro
Birmingham, Ala., which arrived la
last night, reports much damage b
tween here and Byhalia, twenty mil
east.
At 2.30 o'clock this morning the wi
at Kelly, Miss., was tapped and detat
telegraphed show that the early repor
were not axaggerated. Not a hou
escaped the storm's fury, and only
few are left standing, and they a
badly damaged. The house of Rolai
Cox was lifted bodily and blown aw
not a piece of timber being left. TI
house of Robert Stevens was levelli
to a heap of ruins. The residence
D. N. Harris, a wealthy planter, w
wrecked, and the houses of four of I
tenants were blown away. Tlt
houses belonging to S. Hudnell w(
blown down. The wind indulged ir
queer freak with the dwelling hom,
of W. C. Boggs, which formerly tac
the north. It still stands in a damag
condition, but it now faces the south
TIIE STORM AT NASHVILLE.
NASIVILLE, Tenn., March 24.-A |
vere wind and rain storm swept 0
Nashville last night, doing much da
age in the northern part of the city.
South Nashville a store filled with p
pie was blown (own and a number w
injured,. One bo 1 was killed and anot
will die.
Half of the big State peniltentii
was torn to pieces, entailing an en
mous loss. Tne convicts, flive litindr
in number, had just moved out of t
mess hall when the building collaps(
A two-story brick building in Nor
Nashville was blown down, killii
Alex and Eugene Drumright 'outrig:
and horribly mashing A. T. Bradfoi
who was fatally hurt. W. R. Wrigl
his wife and two children, who were
the building, were buried in the debi
and were more or less wounded.
At Derdem, a suburban town, the e
tire place was obliterated by storm ai
fire. The damage to Nashville prop
ty alone is over $100,000. The cyclo:
ploughed its way down the Cumnb
land yalley and destroyed property at
life, but the wires are down and not
Ing definite can be earned.
WV. F. Bradford was also injured
the building in which the Drumrlggh
were killed. Three tenements near I
were unroofed, andl Miss Luella Oliv
was knocked senseless by falling bric
Munn & Ziegenthaler's grocery w
completely wrecked. The heavy pla
glass in the Nicholson IIouse was bi
ken by the wind. The Episcof:
church in Newtown was smashed
kindling wood, and the New Ileti
Baptist church, a brick building, in ti
nineteenth district, was blown down,
All over this section houses ai
barns were unroofed, but no other
talities have been reported. Th le1
port that the penitentiary was bad
damaged was exaggerated. One smn
building was unroofed, causing only
trifling less.
wORsE TIIAN WAs EXPEUTED.
KELLY, Miss , March 24.-T'his mor
ing a more thorough inivestigatic
was made regarding the dlamage (o:
by the cyclone yesterdlay, which show,
that matters were worse than was e
pected. Reports were numerous. E
ery countrman who caime in addedl hc
rors to the situation. Kelly, itself,
only a small place of about thir
houses, of which twelve or f ifte
w"re entirely swept away andl the
rt ains nothing to show that the
was ever a residence there except
mass of dlebris which is scattered in
directions. As far ats can be learne(
there was not a house left standit
within the scope of the cyclone, whia
ranged from a quarter to half a i
In width, southwest of Kelly. Tre
were mnowedl andl blown up by thi(
roots as though a cythie had clipp
them. The latest casualties knov
embrace thirteen negroes injured al
one killed. One white child was fat,
ly injured. AlIl sorts of singular frea
of the storm are reported..
DEVASTATION IN INDi)ANA.
INIANAiPOLis, March 21--A stor
which assumed the proportions of a
clone before it depar ted, visit,ed India
about 9i o'clock last niight and left, J
vastition and suffering ini its traci
kt Indlianapolis filty houses wt
wrecked in one neighbiorhood in t
northwestern portion. Many faimil
were rernderedl temporarily hiomeht
The magnitude of the storm was
known until (lay dawned. At T1uxei
a suburb, maniy houses were wvreck4
andl several cA the smaller ones5 wi
carried away piecemteal. Many of t
residents passed the night ini their c
lars.
Advices from all parts of the Sti
indicate much property damaged a
some persons malimed. At lEvansvi
the southeast wing of the South
Indiana Insane Asylum was damiag
and the suburban railway depot v
blown down. At Alexandria, on I
Lake Erie and Wastern Railroad,
partially wrecked the mammoth lar
facoryofthe Lippincot Compai
killing William Angel and his son, aa
THE GIRL'S COLLEGE.
3PARTANBURG, CHESTER AND ROCI
HILL BID FOR IT.
rhe Board Will Not Como to a Ioclool
Until the D;fferent Mlties Offered ar<
Inapected.
CoLubfrilA, S. C., March 29.-Th
4overnor's Mansion to-night was thi
icene of a generous and close rivalry be
;ween three cities for the location of lth
Women's Industrial College. Spartan
)urg. Rock Hill and Chester were thc
)utries, and it was just as lively a con
eat as 'if it had been a horse race. Al
>ne time, when the contestants ha<
Iassed the quarter stretch, there was i
Ireat deal of excitement and things
ooked somewliat squally. The Ches tet
md Rock Hill delegationi di ' not seen
o be altogether satisfied and werc
renerous enough to call it a inisunder.
tanding. The delegation.s caue pre.
)ared for financial war and brought heii
noneyed and most influential men.
Spartanburg brought Stinyarne Vil
ion, J. B. Cleveland, D. E. Conv-,rse
rames Walker, D. B. Duncan, T. P
anders, L. P. Sanders, L,. P. Walker
F. D. LeonaLd, J. L. Howell, Johr
Vofford, L. E. Farley, David Whitman
arry Gantt, S. B. Jones.
Rock Hill brought W. B. Wilson, Jr.
'ol. J. J. Walters, R. T. Fewell, A.
t. Bauks. W. II. Stewart. W. II. Wylie.
V. L. Roddey. W. J. Roddey, J. J.
full, D. E. Finleylredell Jones, T. A.
,ra-vferd, Dr. Frank Strait.
Chester brought J. II. Rice, J. L,
Tlenn, Geo. W. Cage, Senator Mc.
)aniel, S. W. Jones. A. G. .Brice, T. J,
"onningham, P. L. Iardin, Paul Iletup.
ill, the Rev. McLaughlin, 11. 11. lIar.
in, E. C. Stahn, Col. Berry.
There was a decided disposition on the
art of the trustees of the College tc
et as much as they could for the in.
titution.
Governor Tillman announced that h
oard had decided to got as large a bk
,s possible and that the bids would it
,ccordance be kept open until to-mor
ow, so as to prize the bids up.
Chester and Rock 11111, havng t1hel
nds ready, entered a protest, an,l thi
)oard then deci-ted to close the bids to
light.
Then the difterent dclegations retire
.o repair and bolster up their bids. Th
Dhester and Rock Hill people allege
Lbat they would have easily :beate
Spartanburg, but that when the new tur
was taken, and bids were not handed j
promptly at 8 o'clock, that evervboO
had to go down into his pockets. S,artal
burg's moneyed men made up their tin
bid.
Chester held a conference and decid
It would make no supplemental offe
It claimed it had no right, to raise its b
after the hour for closing bids as oflicia
ly announced. Rock Iill's delegati(
met and the members volunteered an a,
ditional subscription of twenty-five hui
]red dollars. Spartanburg kept its ow
,ounsel. After the delegations ha
'heir meetings and the time limit ha
Ixpired Governor Tillman called for a
)ios and with them retirLd with the truQ
les.
The Chester delegation was calle
irst. Behind closed doors Chestei
>resented its claims. In the meantim
tock Hill and Spartanburg speculate
L5 to what was being done on the inside
L'he members bet money among them
elves as to what would be the resul
und who would win the prize. Everybod
vas talking about t,he peculiar ciiarm!
if the climat.e and location of his owt
own. Chester spent, about, half at
our before the commit,tee. Its claim:
vere presented by Mr. George W. GaFe
Lhe bid was for $50,000 bonds andl a sit,
~alued at $15,000.
The Rock Hill dlelegation had the see
nd hearing belore the committee. Thi
ajrious committeemen presented L,h
laim. They explained the bond ques
ion, which, it, seems, had occasione<
omne talk. It, was held that, t,he towi
ould not legally issue t,he $60,000 wor ti
>r bonds, as It had already a corporatiot
ndebtedness of $26,000 and a mnaio;
>ortion of the $60,000' of the indebt.ed
less of Cat,awba TownshIp. The objec
,ors to lLock lill claim that, the tota
ralue of the propert,y of the townu
13.000,000. This est,imate is allege<
o have b)een received from the Comn
troller's oflice, and and is saidl to b)'
enerous. Anyway, the committee as
erts in the most emphatic manner thia
lie bonds are "gilt-edge." 110ck 11111'
nen said that if t,he mo'ney was waneIc
iext week it, could be had. They wei
taked if time wouldl not, be need, d L
ngrave the bonds. T1hiey saidl noi an<
hat the money was ready at any ime~
rhe qluestion of the validity of the 0ond
vould be referred to t,he Attornecy (ken
ral, and upon his <.'nision wouldi de
>end much of the force of Rock 'Lill'
nd.
Spartanburg's del eontion weu t bef or,
he trustees a i1 30 P. M., and remnaine:
here t,ill atter 12 o'clock. Mr. Rtuvene
and Prof. Craighead spoke for Spairtn
urg. Whlen the dlelegationis had al
inished It, was of course suppIosedI tha
he bids would be giv~en to the press
oveinor Tillman, wat,ed them pub
ished, but McL4aurin and Dr. .Jo)ytc
>bjected, and nothing olicial was giver
xcept this sta',ement. Chiester give
'0.000 in bonds andl a site, Spartan
urg gives $60,000 and thirty acres, an
lock 11i11 gives $62,000 cash and
ite.
The board (lid not,conslider itself read
o come to a fInal decision, and will, be
r>re doing so, examine flue sit.es a
ipartanburg andl Rock Hibt, and if Ches
er want,s it, they will, meanwhile, in
uIre into the legalityv of the Rock ii
onds and $30,000 Oi those offered b)
upartanburg.
Anticipating just such a collapse o
lie news balloon as )xcarredl I secure<
he Iollowmng statemeL'ts i rom the rc
pe ',tive delegations, and what,ev e
lavor Is given them is b,y the commit
eemen: Cheater's bid-b,onds voted b'
ity $50,000, sIte estimated at $15,000
partanburg's bid-bornds voted $40,900
ity council votedl $7,500, county vote<
15,500, private subscrIptions secured b
iote *5,000, site thirty acres, estimate!
alue $15,000, total $73,000. Roc
Till's bid-bonds. thirty years, vot
$60,000, cash $700, brickyard and pl
for manulacture of brick already m
and to be delivered $3.000, site two
C acres valued at $15,000 total $81,'
brick delivered at $4,75 and a low i
for lumber.
Rock Iill wants to figure Its b:d
$74.000. The other cities object.
'That's how the bids stand in the e
mation of the delegations, and the tr
tees are not expreasing opinions
publication just yoL,
% Iad Columbia presented a respc
able bid the chances would have bo
altoiether in l(r favor. The Ches
and Rck Hill d,le-atlons left the c
at uidniit, leavin- Spartanburg al(
on the field. E'erybody went a
i the best lumtiior, and s9tislied that
board did th bettt it could to get as la
an ofl*r as it could for the Womi n's
L dustrial College.-News an(d Courier
COL. SHEPARD'S SAD DEATH.
01cial Stati-m3t of the Att nii,l i'Z i
"If-Iarp an to its callso.
Ninv Yom,:. Narc-h 29.--At the a
cial re<liest of (launcev N. Depew I
tie illamily 01 the late EI lot 1' . Siepal
Drs. MM Iurney and Ml liane rave c
the followin i statement for publicatic
"In iontsequentcn. of the many in
statenients that have been made in t
public press in re-'ard to the C Ise ot t
late Elliot F. Shepa rd. the undersign
at the re<iest ot ins titni,ly al mat
friends, have consetetd to make the f<
lowin, Stiatement:
On Friday afterwnou, MII ircli 2 1,
met at Col. sievalrd' house to"r the pt
pose of makin i thorou'i exploratio
under ether, at his blalivr, and we pi
10osd, it practic(able, t. reiovo t
stone which it conta;ned. Tho presei
of the stone had h1en lldtermineid at t
careftil examintioni, iade Febrvu
24 and Mareh 1). These were conduci
without an anesthetic, and urave the 1
tient sonie pain. Iecti February
and] March 24 several examinations
the urine were made, but, no evidence
any organic diieise of the kidney %
found. IHis heart and lungs uroved
be healthy, and after a careful examui
tion the existence of any disease N
r excluded, such as might interfere \i
the proper perlormntice of' the propo
operation, which was postponed,
Col. Siepard's own request, until M
21. Ve especially instructed him to
C very lightly it au early hour on the
of the )roposed operatiou, and to t
U no [-od atterwar<s.
"At 12-:0 o'clock, wht-n we fV
Shim in Is stu v, lie was apparentl
Y good spirits, but remarked that he h
wlittle levous aol)t, the operation.
went at once to his bedroo,n
moved his clothes, wrapped hinise
his dressi- -,own, looked about a
seeninlyv elairate preparations w
id had been made for the operation,
expressed surprise at their detail.
was Cold they relate, chletly to sur-i
cleanliness, and were no greater thi
would find in a goodl hostipal, and
n he desire,l .a, a as careful treatn1
as a hospital patlenL. IIe pre ferret
take tile other on the operating t,
rather than on the (bed.
. About 12:15 the adminiitration
ether cominienced. It was explainc(
h hum that, by taking 1ull inspirations,
not ollerin-, re-41stan1lce, hie Would cc
more rapidly under the iniltienc. of
anesthetic, and lor a few moments ie
haled the ether commonly well,
breathing bein, full and free. IIs c(
now clhnnged somewhat, and it was i
parent thiat lhe was nauseated. In
'other mona:w' he vomited. Alter ti
his color w:a better, but as his respi
Lions were not satisfitctory nor his pu
strnig tie fur Lte administration of
anesthetic was dlisconitinuied. An
not eniough etheret hadt been given to
mit proceedlin . with the p)ropoised op
attion. All ot 011kr etforts were now
rete C toI secuirinig proper respiratory
Lion. As is usual ini atll cases where r
1)piation is not, periectl y siatisfact.ory,i
1)reathini con tinuing very labored,
(.exatination wias madt(e of the larynx,
dliscover whether possibl.y some Part,
ot food had lodged in it, but, such~pros
not, to b)e the eiye.
"Th pi atienlt's c:mdi L,ion was now
atlarini as to caill for extreme me
tires, and ini the hiope thiat thi syin
toiis miight tbe due to the presence
the windip i e of voniited materIal at
dei,alty inhaled, the oneration oif t
cliarotomy, or a the p'eint . of the wit
pipew, wasi p"i rrm l. No toreign n
terial o1 anv k mid wits 10un,1- and
eveni passedt at rubbter Ltbe town I
wini(Ipte atl jint) theh bror.chialt tub'
miakiner use (ot a powerful aspirati
5vrmi!.gt. withouitt distoveringi. thi pi
enice at any~ thin bu.~1)1t bioendly muictis.
"'in thie me tantime, seve ral care
exam inat'ins were madt(e of the Ilun
an ttit >u)tids were hieard such its imi)d
been pirev tiosly snt for, and t under
itnlutenice the patient sIlihtly reviv'
A ridtIciat res piration s iantd every ot,
meanItisW which inigh t po ssi biy give re
weret resortedl 1o. F'romi Liihis time onl
breatlhinIi! bieiam e vei n more emb1
biecamne steaid;ly mi 'ic feebde. iIe 51
rapt:hly itoL unlcoinse:ouisntess, andt~
sPiLte of ahl (1frits, dlied it en inn
Spast 4 o' clock,
"'in outr opinion, CSol . Shie)ardd
of atedein:mi'an congestion ofL Ithlu:
lowinig the admiinistrattion of ethi
btit 111in11irily dtie t,) so.ns cituge I
kii;wn to uts.
"dAi ts W McL~ANi:e, M . .
31 n well', l,ittlie Axe,
W^SiI iaToN, March 27.-F"ou
Assistant l'ostmnaster General Maxv
I todaty appointed 100 fourth class pi
mas',ers, and of this number sixt,y-se
were to till vacancies caused b)y the
f moval at the incumb,ents. Tihie larg
I number of changes were madle ini
State of Wisconsin, where there w
r twenty-two appoinitmen's, tourteer
the incumbents being remnoved1. In
kansas, there were three appointml
.and four removals; in Kansas, nine
) pointments and live removals; T1eui
.1 see, seventeen atppointments, ten
y movals; Virginia, nine apposetme
1 eighit removals; Georgia, thirteen
k| pointments, the Incumbent in each
I being rnred
ant ABOUT COTTON SEED.
ado
nty
00, SOME CONSOLATION FOR T H E
ate .SOUTHERN COTTONTOTS.
at
How tile Industry has Increased the Wor
sti- tilixor Trade-That: Lintless Cotton
Us- Again-tndialtabber from ottonfla"
for
a Possibility
'ct- CiARLESTON, S. C., March 25
ien From time to time attention has boen
ter called by The News and Courier to the
ItY growing importtnce 01 the cotton seed
industry, an industry whioh has sprung
ay n the last few years from compara'.ively
Ahe nothing to an enterprise controlled bv
go great corporations and in which mkd.
In' lions of dollars are iuvc3ted. Tie aver
age cotton viald per acre list year was
.44 bales. or 1 bale to about 2.25 acres.
This means about 1,500 pounds of seed
cotton, ot which 1,000 pounds are seed.
:- [n 1,000 poun(I- ofseed there are about
33 bithels, calculating 30 pounads to
the bushels, which at the average price
of- 01 seeds nets 20 cents, or $6.60 to 2*
ind acres, which, -dded to the rece'pts for a
'd, bale of coLL m, brings the profit up
'Ilt considerably.
n1 BIG MONEY.
is. The figures are not available in this
he city, where the lack of staustical infor
to mation outside that published in the
d, A.-nual Iteview of The News and Ceu.
ty r;er is notorious, but a prot"inent cot
A- toa firm in Savannah has furnished some
figures which are interesting. bearing,
Ve as they do, upo:,1 the subject. The firm
ir- collected during the past season *11,506
n, .18 for two of' its customers-Georgia
o- farmers. near Savannah--for seed sold
,i to oil mills. Thii auoinG represen s
cc over 525 tons of cotto seed, and Is
vo merely one instanco ou: of nutuerous
xv others like it.
.ed The Industry of raising the seed is
>a- growing rapidly and about four fifths of
24 the seed produced last year was mark
of eted, where very little or it was sold
of two years ago. The yIeld from the seed
,as counter balances to a great extent the
to depression to tie farmer as a resnit of
aa- low prices lor the lint cotton, and, in
ras stead of being dumped back on the field
ith for fertilizers, it is now alnost all sold
Red to the mills, and comiiLrcial fertilizers
at are used to enrich the lands.
rch A USEP,'I i>toDUCT
cat There is a prospect, too, ltat cotton
day seed will bring far better prices as the
ake products derived from it are increased.
There has been discovered a means tar
und iaking India rubber from the oil of the
y in seed, and experiments are now being
ilL a conducted In the vicinity of this city
le % ith a view to making the process
re- cheap enough to be profitable. In ^ace,
If in a good deat of the product has been
Ithe successfully put on the market. The
hich India rubber is pronounced the genuine
and article, and is said to be as good as that
iie whict comes from the juice of the orl
ical ental rubber tree. The seed which will
in he produce an oil which is one of the most
that excellent and wholesome foods yet dis
icnt coicred, meal which is a perfect stock
I to food, a hull which can hardly be excelled
ible as a fbrtilizer, and besides all these an
oil which promises to yeild rubber shoes,
of coats, hose and the various other arti
I to c!es made from the Indian gum, promiL
mi d es one day to yield an industry which
me will rival in importance the cotton in
the dustry itself.
in- No certain limit can be set to Its de
his veloument, and there is no predicting
ulor whnt other products may be extracted
ki)- from it. There are few people who
Ein are aware that the source of most of
lis, their fruit flavoring extracts is the black
ra- miad sluggish coal tar, yet such is the
Is case, and chemists are now wo -king to
neo draw 'luinine from that sen ie source.
~et IThlere is a possibility that some day the
adl cotton seed industry may be the prime
3r- yieldl of the cotton plant.
dli- The report that the large sale of the
ac- conmmerciail ferbilizers this year means
es- an increased cotton acreage, and conse
lie qluently a reduced price, is a good argu
an ment on its face, but the fact is that
to most of the seed formally used as-a fer.
cdo tilizer on the cotton fields have been
ed marketed during thc past season, and
there was nothing to (10 but supply
so their pulace with the commercial article.
as- A nOUT FERtTILIZERs.
f)- Tihie p)rofit in the seed has been so
in great even at the price it now brings
:ei- that the fairmers make a great deal by
ra- sellung it and usim ( commercial fertiliz
1(d- ers, which answer almost as well in
la- their steid. Thuns the cotton seed in
we dustr y hias calle I forth an increase in
he the fertilizer business, and( in that way
N, :ndriectl y built1 upI another industry.
'1TIiiE LNINTLSS COTTON PLANT.
es- Sonme years aco The News and Couri
er called attention to the discovery of a
lul lintless cotton lant which was raised in
es, Spartanb,ur. County and of whIch a
ite spiecuinen was sent to Charleston. The
un( ilt which produces the seed is simi
its l ar to the ordinary cotton plant, but can
edI. stalnd a greater degree of drought. Tbe
her seed1, which grow in pods or boIls, are
lici smaller than the seed of the ordInary
the citt'n plant, and have not quite so
ari- large a kernel, but the large in.crease In
ras the yield compensates for the small si.
ise The plant, it is claimed, producua from
Luk 200 to 400 bushels ot seed alone to each
im aLcre. At any rate t.le culture of the
Les intless cotton would pay far better than
.the ordinary cotton crop. Since then
iwd this plant has been cultivated in Texas
is, and elsewhere, and, in view of the re
er, cent growth of the cotton seed industry,
in it may be0 well worth looking into.
TiI IS YEAR'i P'ROSPEOTS.
During the coming season the pros
. ects are favorable for a somewhat In
creased cotton1 acreage over last year,
rIh bat the total yield will hardly be as
roll large as it was in 1891. The pr ce of
>st- 0(1d has advanced with the Increased
)stn demand for it, and the' probability !s
re-n that almost the entire seed crop wIll,be
es marketed during the coming season.
:ctNews and Courier.
ore Dlin's Wans It,
of COLUM1BIA, .8. C., March 28.-The
Ar. city council tonight effectnily squelched
sall efforts fcr Columbia to get the
ap- State Nor mal and Industrial College
e-for women. There will be a mad com
re-' muaity when Columbia wakes up to
r-morrow and reads this timorous and- -
n ts, niggar fly action on the part of the alder
ap- muen, A motion to appropriate 850,000
ase and a site as a bid 'was rojected by 6
ten years, who were crushed by falling
timbers.
DAMAGE AT BOWLING GREEN.
- BOWLING GREEN, Ky., March 24.-A
terrible cyclone passed over this city
last night at 7.45 o'clock. Great damage
was done. The Louisville and Nash
m ville round-house was totally wrecked.
About fifteen engines of the Louisville
and Nashville company were badly
u- damaged. No lives are thought to have
been lost. William Ford's new build
ing, one of the handsomest buildings
m in the city, was unroofed, as were many
8. others.
le A FRESI CYCLONE IN MISSi8IPPI.
bd MOBILE, Ala., March 24.-Early this
is morning a cyclone passed one mile
north of Shubuta, Miss., going south
I west. At Aristo Jonson's place, a ten
ce ement house, containing ten negroes
is was levelled. Two negroes were killed
id and three iLijured. A mile east of this
two houses were blown down. Ten
miles further east, three tenement
d houses were destroyed. No one was
%d hurt in these houses. Much timber
is was felled.
[la A Factional War.
FoRT SK[Tir, Ark., March 28.-A
n- fight took plae today at Antiers, Choc
8- taw Nation, between the Choct-Lw mili
i- tia and the Jackson faction in which
1 twenty men are reported killed and
1 twenty-two wounded. The 1ight is re
a ported still in progress at 6 o'clock.
r- Antiers is 125 miles south of here. The
b- trouble is the outgrowth of the election
e last August for Chief. In September
A before the council met four Jones men
At were assassinated by Jackson men.
e- When the council met the militia were
n- there to preserve order. Jones was de
3s clared ciiet.
In Twenty-two men wete arrested
te charged with the murders in September
e- and are now in custody. Dick Lotke,
a prominent merchant of Aritiers. was
re charged with inciting these murders,
ls but was nil, arrested. The militia was
ts sent out to arrest him and others when
se their friends rallied to their support and
a the result was the battle of today. A
re late dispatch says the malitia have been
id arrested by United States authorities
y, and Governer Jones has been tele
le a-raphed to go to Paris at once.
,d Later telegrams just received say the
of militia attacked Locke's party at his
as private residence, which was riddled
e wiJi bullets. Every window was shot
re oat. Three of Locke's !uen were badly
a wounded, fifteen of the militia wounded
es and five reported dead. Nineteen of the
ed militia were arrested by United States
ed officers and taken to Paris, Texas.
Locke had no objections to being tried
but feared to allow himseli to be ar
30- rested by the Jones militi 1, and hence
rer resisted. IIe stands high and has many
In- friends. Three hundred men took part
In in the battle, each side, having about
eo- one hundred and fifty supporters.
re The latest advices say ten men were
ier killed and fifteen wounded. One side
ry represents the Choctaw government
3r- termed the national militia, and the
ed others are followers of V. M. Locke,
a e who resists arrest, fearing that he will
d. be killed instead of being given a trial
th by law. The United States oflicers ar
ig rested nnete(n of the leaders of the mi
'it litia at 7 p. m. and took them to Paris.
d, All is quiet at present. At the Choctaw
It, elections last summer there were charg
in es of fraud and four men were assassi
nated. This led to a factional war which
n- was suppressed by the United States
id foices. The present trouble is the out
come of late elections when Jones defeat
ae ed Jackson.
Extra Session of Congress.
S WASIFINGTON, March 29.-To the
few Congressmen who have talked with
n him on the subject, the President has
ts intimatedl that lhe will call an extra
'Y session of Congress to dispose of the
er tariff question. No definate time was
as set, but the session will begin either in
to September or October. Beyond the de
o- cision to call an extra session, no de
al taIls for the consideration of' Congress
to have been artauged, and the subject has
el progressed no furt,ber than the determi
ie nation to have Congress meet in one or
other ol the months named Mr. Cleve
id land, it is saidl, was led to call the ses
a- sion by the Republhcan defeat of 1890
'e following so close on the enactment of
lthe McKilytaiflaw. ie believes
athat a fair tes8t of t,he new tariff law can
not he had In a few months, and there
fore has (loomed it wise to have Congress
n- assemble two or three months earlier
>n than usual.
rie Mr. Springer of Illinois, chairman o1
ad the committee on ways andl means,
x- which Is charged with preparation of
v- tariff bills, was quest,ioned today rela
r- tive to the time it would f.ake to enact,
1s the new tarill'hbill, iIe said it, would be
b'y impossible i.or Congress to enact any
Mi measure of the kind wanted earlier than
re May, if the subject were considlered at
re the. regular' session, beginning in De~cem
erAnExtra session would, of course,
l,bring the matter to a settlement much
Squicker, and would give the people a
.h~ lair op>portumty to judlge of the merits
Ie 0- dlemerIts of the measure adop)ted be
es fore the general elections in Ngyember.
M~llcKI(niey for President.
n CANTioNi, 0., March 29.--Representa
id tive lRepublicans from many sections I
d- of O:lio participatedl tonight in a pro- I
ks tect,ive tariff bainqiiet. with the Repub
licani Club of Canton as the hosts of the<
occasion, and which, sending greetings
ni, to the liepublicans of the nation, inci
y- dlentally declared that, the protectiveI
cia talrifif miust, he kept wvell In front as one
le- of the cardinal principles of the party.
(s. Governio: McKinle.y was i he orator of
re the evening. The significaint feature
he of thme event, was the references made
es iby almost every one of the speakers to ~
ss. Mc Kmiley as thme one and( only Republi
ot cani inoninee for the l'residency in
lo, li;. l'ostmnaster Fawcett voiced this C
edl sentiment in introducIng the Governor 1
tre andl it brought t,he aud(ience t.o its feet
hie with a t,orrenit of applause that was
el- not quelled for several moments.
F"awcett sauid: "'1.he names of our Ite
Lte3 publican l'residemits will live forever
ad( amnd will pass int.o history as a syno
lie nym of loyalty, patriotism, charity of
rn heart anid true greatness. Yet 'treat,
ed good andl patriotic as these men have
ras been, the ltepiublcan party of the State
he of' Ohio and the city or Canton in the
ft Inoar future expects to furnish the par
np Ity and nation a President whose great- I
1y, Jness, goodness and patriotism Will out
ed't live and ontahina ftb,im all."

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