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THE MORNING NEWS. i
' Established 1850. - - Incorporated 18SS >
I J. H. ESTILL, President. j
FLORENCE WILD WITH FEAR.
the city shaken by severe
SHOCKS OF EARTHHI AKE.
.Audiences Rush From the Theaters
in n Panic and People Flee Front
Their Houses Into the Streets—A
Number of Houses Destroyed and
Four Persons Killed in the Suhnrbs
A I.oaded Omnibus Overturned at
Grassina.
Florence, May 19.—The population of this
tity was thrown Into a state of panic last
ssittht by a series of earthquakes that did
much damage here and In other places.
People who were In thetr houses when the
i,rst shock came ran terror stricken into'
the streets. The shocks were so violent
that houses swayed like ships In a seaway
and in a number of cases roofs fell In, in
juring many persons who had not sought
safety In flight.
The wildest scenes were at the theaters,
where performances were going on as us
ual. The flrst shock caused those in the
audiences to look wonderingly at each
other. Then the earth swayed again, and
amid shouts of "earthquake,” the crowds
made wild rushes for the exits. Mad with
terror, no respect was shown for the
women, weak, or aged, and in the crush
many were badly hurt. Upon reaching
tin t-trts the crowds from the theatres
met those w ho had fled from their dwell
ings, and the excitement that ensued made
confusion worse confounded.
At Brassing, a suburb of Florence, the
shocks were very violent. The extent of
the earthquake may be judged from the
fact that a loaded omnibus was overturn
ed. Twelve residents of Grassina were
hurt.
A number of persons refused to re-enter
their houses during the night. They re
mained on the streets until after daylight
this morning. Many of them took shelter
In vehicles. After tho flrst severe shocks
there were repeated lighter ones.
Ttie seismic disturbances were felt at
Lucca, l’ontedera and generally through
out Tuscany. Tho center of the movement
was at Florence, where for very many
years nothing similar has occurred.
Around Florence a number of houses
■were destroyed, and four persons were
killed.
The Prince of Naples, the crown prince,
who Is residing in tho royal palace here,
visited several points during the night,
inspecting the damage that had been done.
At 1 o'clock this morning he started for
Grassina.
At Lapaggi, a village near Grassina,
forty houses were completely wrecked. A
sad feature of the disaster at this place
was the finding of the body of a young
mother, with her Infant clasped to her
heart, crushed to death beneath the falling
w alls of her home.
Great damage was done in Florence. To
day an Investigation was made by the
municipal authorities, who estimate that
3.UU9 houses were damaged. The cathe- i
dral, an Imposing example of Italian-
Gothic architecture, and probably the
m ct remarkable building of Its kind in
Europe, was somewhat damaged.
The director of the observatory, of whom
many anxious inquiries were made to-day,
does not venture to prophesy as to a re
* irrence of the disturbance, but further
shocks are feared.
The seismic manifestation of last night
was the most violent that Florence has
known since 1445, the earthquake of 1730,
which is historical in the annals of the
city, having been slighter.
Tne population of the city are awed by
the disaster. Crowds wander about the
streets, their only topic of conversation
being the shocks. Everybody is anxious
ly awaiting the coming of the night, the
fear being general that the shocks will
■then again occur. Many persons have
entirely abandoned their homes and Intend
to pass the night in places where there
will be no danger of buildings falling upon
them.
A dispatch received this evening from
Naples, the scene of so many disastrous
earthquakes, says there has been no dis
turbance in that district.
So far as known now the disaster was
worse at Grassina.
Shocks were felt at Siena, Pisa, Pla
centia and Bologna concurrent with those
in this city. The Prince of Naples remain,
ed all day at Grassina.
LOST OFF LOWESTOFT.
A Hark (Hies Down Near tlie Scene of
•he Elbe Disaster.
Lowestoft, May 19.—The fishing smack j
1 anduara, of this port, reports that on |
Thursday last, when 50 miles east south- i
' ist of Lowestoft, she sighted a* large
bark in a sinking condition. Her pumps :
' "e choked and she was showing signals
of distress. A gale was blowing at the
time, but the mate of the Vanduara and
one of her crew went to the bark in a
tniall boat. The Vanduara sailed around
In the vicinity all night, but saw no lights.
*be morning the bark and the small
boat had vanished without making a sign
or sound.
Shortly after the arrival of the Vandu
the smacks Renovation and Flora Bell
time into port, bringing with them the
■mduara’s small boat, which had been
and the bodies of four men, in
:!‘ding that of the Vanduara’s mate.
, "te was a large gash in the mate’s forc-
O n one of the bodies was found a
inkle-duster. It is conjectured that the
; ; na “ boat took off some of the crew of
> • bark, and that they became panic
■ > tcken and struggled and fought with
tiioir would-be rescuers.
Nothing is known of the other men who
, ,p on the bark, and it is supposed that
i,ley were lost.
I-ondftn, May 19.-The crew of the
■ looner Dierkrone were landed at Hull
They report that their vessel
toiindered during the late storm.
' any smacks have arrived at Yarmouth
S 1 Lowestoft with their decks swept.
’•meof them report that members of their
l ' ws were swept overboard and drowned.
1 dispatch from Carthagenia, Spain, says
\ " steamer Conrad, from Batavia,
for Amsterdam, has put into that
' Wlth her port bow stove and her
j .repeak full of water. She was in col
'°n yesterday morning with the British
vrin mer , 8 " lly from Swansea for Mar
ches The Sully was so badly damaged
oat she sank and her captain and a boy
re drowned. The Conrad saved the rest
the crew.
i X\)t iUofning
BLEW OFF HIS HEAD.
A Discarded Negro Hnsliand of Rome
Kills His Rival.
Rome, Ga.. May 19—The third killing
within a week occurred here this morning
about 2 o’clock. In each case, all the par
ties concerned were negroes. The flrst
■was killed with a billiard ball, the sec
ond by being cut with a knife, and in the
last case an old army musket was poked
Into the man's face and his head was
blown almost from his shoulders.' Ben
■
the shooting, and he is now at large.
It seems that some four years ago he
separated from his wife and has recently
been living just across the street from her
In East Rome. Nelson Cunningham, an
other negro is said to have been a regu
lar visitor of tho woman, and this morn
ing about 2 o'clock started to enter the
yard. Nichols must have been waiting for
him, for rising up from a ditch, he con
fronted Cunningham and shoved the muz
zle of a musket within a few feet of his
face. Without a word he pulled the trigger
and Cunningham fell. Nichols made off
and stopping at the home of a friend told
him of the occurrence. He then left and
has not been heard of since. Cunning
ham lived until this afternoon. The offi
cers arc now on Nichols' track.
It is reported that still another negro
w*as killed a few miles cast of here in the
woods this morning. Report says that
they were gambling and one cut the other.
As yet this rejmrt has not been confirmed.
There was a cutting scrape between two
negroes at the lower end of Broad street
last night, but neither was seriously hurt.
Another report that a negro had killed
his wife turns out to have been greatly
exaggerated. He merely ruined a chair, as
the blows fell upon her head.
SHOT IN THE STOMACH.
A Itow at a Stand at Aiihumlu May
End in a Death.
Augusta, Ga., May 19.—Nick Cotter is
In a very critical condition at the city
hospital. He was shot through the stom
ach last night after midnight by Will
Goodwin, and when the surgeons made a
careful examination of the wound to-day,
they found the ball had entered the cav
ity and cut his bowels in six places. Good
win and Cotter were friends and when ar
rested the former said that Cotter had
been making considerable fuss around the
stand which he was attending for Edgar
Johnson and he asked him to keep quiet
several times. Cotter made more noise
and he again requested him to keep quiet
or leave the place. At this juncture Cot
ter struck him over the eye with some
thing, 'he did not know what, but he
•thought it was either an ax handle or a
whisky flask. Goodwin then pulled his
pistol and. as Cotter was coming at him
a second time, shot. It was 2 o’clock this
morning when the doctors probed in vain
for the ball and were unable to say how
serious the wound was. But later to-day
in the hospital they found It to be very
dangerous.
A BRUTAL MUIUiHH AT YORKVILLE.
A .Vi'Bro'i Skull Crushed in and His
Throat Cut From Ear to Ear.
Yorkville, S. C., May 19.—One of the most
brutal murders that ever occurred in this
section was committed about a mile north
east of town some time during last night.
The victim was a young negro named
Robert Feemster. The murderer or mur
derers are supposed to have enticed him
to the spot where he was killed, a point
about 10Q. yards from the public road.
What is known as a blacksmith's hammer
and an ordinary Harlow knife Mere the
weapons used. The victim’s skull was
crushed in several places by blows from
the hammer and his throat was cut from
ear to ear and to the bone, entirely sever
ing the jugular vein. The body was dis
i covered at about 9 o'clock this morning
and since that hour large crow'ds of peo
ple have visited the scene of the murder
and considerable excitement prevails
among the negroes. No satisfactory clue
has yet been found as to who committed
the deed or the motive that prompted It.
The case is now being investigated by a
coroner's jury.
TWO MEN SHOT DEAD.
Tire Tragedy n Sequel to an Elope
ment In Kentucky.
Middlesboro, Ky., May 19.—A few days
ago Henry Cooley of this place eloped
with Sallie Dains, the two crossing over
into West Virginia, where they were
married. Miss Dains’ brothers had long
opposed the suit of Cooley, and when
they learned of the elopement they de
clared their intention of killing their sis
ter’s husband. Marshall Cooley, a brother
of Henry, intercepted the newly married
couple at Pound Gap, five miles from
here, and warned them of the fate in store
for them. While they were deliberating
as to the best course to pursue, the Dains
brothers came up and a light instantly
ensued. Marshal 1 Cooley and. George
Dains were killed outright. Henry and
his bride escaped injury.
A NEGRO SHOT.
Tlie Ilall Enter* the Abdomen and
Will Cauxr Dentil.
Hampton, S. C., May 19.—About 4 o’clock
this afternoon a negro by the name of
Copes shot another negro by the name of
Williams near Crocketville, in this coun
ty, with a 38-caliber pistol, the bullet tak
ing effect U 1 the pit of the abdomen.
Copes was lodged in jail. It is thought
Williams will be dead by midnight. The
cause of the shooting was an old feud.
DAUGHTER OF THE CONFEDERACY.
Ml** Winnie Dnvl* Start* for the Re
union at HonMton.
Washington. May 19.—Miss Winnie Da
vis of New York, Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson
and Judge George I. Christian of Rich
mond, Va., left Washington to-night in
a special car over the Southern railway
for the Houston (Tex.) reunion of con
federate veterans. Memcrs of I.ee Camp
Confederate Veterans will join the party
at Danville to-morrow morning.
Kulmsh Win* the I’rlx tie Din lie.
Paris, May 19.—The race for the I’rlx
de Diane was run at Chantilly to-day and
was won by M. H. DeLamarr’s bay tiliy
Kabash. M. Edward Blanch's Ally An
dree was second and M. Desplanque's
bay fdly Mme. de Dimeron third. The
post odds were 1 to 1 against the winner.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, MAY 20. 1803.
A SKIRMISH OVER A SUGAR BILL
THE FATE OF THE GERMAN MEAS
-1 RE TO BE DECIDED TO-DAV.
Count Gnlarhunsbi'ti Selection for
Prime Minister of Austria n Sur
prise au<l a Shock to Government
Circles in Berlin—Tlie llatnlinraer
Naehrichten Points tint the Impos
sibility of Reeoneillat ion Willi
France—The Duke of EdinharKh's
Allowance.
Berlin, May 19.—The sugar bill, over
which tho Reichstag wrangled for two
days, although slightly favoring the ag
rarians, had not any party inspiration
arid tho government wore therefore jus
tified in their expectation that the meas
ure would pass without any trouble. The
bill simply- aimed to relievo the present
great depression in the sugar trade hy
maintaining high export bounties until
some International agreement could be
obtained with Austria and France regu
lating the export premiums, or abolishing
them altogether. Among other consider
ations pointing toward an international
agreement the government were of the
opinion that It would lead to the estab
lishment of an entente with the govern
ment at Washington and prevent differen
tial treatment of German sugar. Neith
er the Freisinnige party, nor the social
ists had any genuine reason for oppos
ing the bill, yet party rancor incited them
to the tactics designed to block the prog
ress of the measure.
Herr von KardorlT, the free conservative
leader, caused a count out on Tuesday,
while the Fresinnlge motion, in regard to
secrecy at election, was being debated, and
the consequence was that when the sugar
bill was under discussion Thursday, Herr
Singer, on behalf of the socialists, caught
the government napping and retaliated
with a vengeance.
Discovering that there was only 169
members present, while it was necessary
that 199 should be in the chamber in or
der to constitute a quorum, Herr Singer
took advantage of the situation and caused
the sitting to come to a close. The same
tactics were repeated on Friday, with the
same degree of success. Count Posadow
skl, the imperial minister of the treasury’,
appealed to the members of the left not to
demand a count, but hts appeal was un
availing and the debate was adjourned
until Monday, May 20, when, if there is no
quorum present, the bill will be dropped
and the session closed.
The nomination of Count Goluchowskl
as Imperial prime minister of Austria to
succeed Count Kalnoky, was both a sur
prise and a shock In official circles In
Berlin. Count Goluchowskl is a Pole who
has definite and well known national sym
pathies. He is the son of a man who,
while holding the office of governor of
Austrian-Gaiacla. did not make any ef
fort to conceal his strong antipathy to
ward Germany. He has strong clerical
convictions, and was for some time closely
associated with the French imperialists.
From a German official point of view his
appointment seems to be the very worst
selection that Emperor Francis Joseph
could have made. He certainly possesses
no diplomatic repute whatever. Ability
in that field he may have, although he has
had some diplomatic experience
in limited capacities. His flrst
appointment was in 1872, when he
was made an attache of the Austrian em
bassy here. From this pest he was trans
ferred to Paris, where he served as coun
sellor of the Austrian embassy at the
French capital. Count Goluchowki mar
ried a daughter of Prince Juacaqulm Mu
rat and through her became very wealthy.
From Paris he was transferred to the Aus
trian legation at Bucharest. This change
was made for the reason that Count Golu
chowski had been black balled by the
Paris Jockey Club, upon the ground that
his promotion to the ranks of the nobility
was of too recent date. Not very much
later he was recalled from Bucharest and
sent into retirement, because the govern
ment at Buda-Pesth had made charges
against him as having shown a woeful
went of energy in dealing with the Rou
manian irredentists. Diplomats here In
terpret the mystery of the appointment of
such a man as the successor of Count
Kalnoky as due to the desire of Count
Kalnoky to keep his ablest rival, Count de
Kallay, out of the post. It was upon the
advice of Count Kalnoky that Count Go
luchowskl was made prime minister, and
it is regarded as perfectly plain in diplo
matic circles here that Count Kalnoky
made the recommendation because he re
lied upon Count GOluchowski's Inevitable
blunders to bring about his Kalnoky's)
recall to the post. As Count Goluchowskl
is an unknown quantity in the exaited
position he holds, however, there is a pos
sibility and not a very remote one either,
that Count Kalnoky may have over
reached himself.
The Hamburger Nachrichten In the early
part of last week originated a report that
the entente entered Into by France and
Germany and Russia in regard to the
Chlno-Japanese treaty of peace extended
so far as to embrace the Anglo-Egyptian
question, this, of course, at the behest of
France. The majority of the press of
Germany, however, highly approve the
idea that closer relations with France can
he obtained through common action
against Great Britain's territorial greed,
but the Hamburger Nachrichten, which
is tacitly regarded as expressing the views
of Prince Bismarck upon all political sub
jects of importance and all matters of in
ternational concern, recurring to the sub
ject, warns Germans against taking a too
optimistic view of the results to be ob
tained from a concerted action with
France.
"France,” the Nachrichten says, “is en
durable, but a reconciliation with France
is Impossible. Not even would the resti
tution of Reiehstand and the return of the
milliards of francs of indemnity which
France paid would be sufficient to satisfy
•the French. Only a successful war and
reconquered prestige Leur Gloire, would
content them. At the same time,” Prince
Bismarck’s organ continues, “we urge
the necessity of Joint action to curb Brit
ish expansion.”
The Coburg newspapers are taking a
lively interest in the debates in the Brit
ish parliament in regard to the English
allowances to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg
as the Duke of Edinburgh. If his royal
highness were to heed the public and
private comments, the papers agree, he
would either give up his English pension
or vacate the Coburg throne. The Ber
lin Tagleich Rundschau in an article re
ferring to the local irritation In the duchy
of Saxe-Coburg in regard to the duke cx
tends its criticism to the duchess, com
plaining of her use of the French lang
auge at the court, and In her intercourse
with the officials at the palace, hut every
one knows that Coburg is not a German
court.
Emperor William Is enjoying a season
of deer stalking upon the Silesian es
tates of Count von Hoohberg. His ma
jesty rose at - dawn yesterday and fol
lowed his quarry through the woods for
hours. Before 11 o'clock In the morning
he had shot six roc bucks. After this
he took bis breakfast In the woods and
resumed the chase In the afternoon, kill
ing live more ilgr. The kaiser's suite
declare ihut tluie accompanying.' him
And the work productive of profuse per
spiration.
The emperor and empress paid a visit
to the barracks In the Tempeihofer field,
last Thursday, when the Frauen V rein
gave a piacttca! demonstration of their
flcld ambulance work The emperor af
terwards handed diplomas to the ladles
who were qualified to act as volunteers
to nurse the sick and wounded in time of
war.
According to the Reichsanzcigcr the
Princess Waldemar of Denmark, formerly
Princess Marie of Orleans, whose eccen
tricities have long harassed her hus
band, has been placed in a private asy
lum near Vienna. Her father, the Due do
Chartres, who l now on a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Cumberland at
Gmunden, says his daughter's physical
health is good, but private reports say
she is suffering from nervous attacks
which are pronounced incurable.
It Is learned that the fugitive anarchist
leader, William Werner, who has for
some time been a refugee in London, has
recently made a secret visit to Berlin en
deavoring to collect funds with which to
establish an anarchist order. He was
not successful In raising the money, and
the police soon learned of his presence
In the city. They were unwilling to ar
rest him, however, but warned hint that
If he did not leave at once, he would bo
made a prisoner. Acting upon this hint,
Warner left and has presumably gone
back to London.
Matt Dwyer, the turfman, has bought
In America the horses Bonnie Bell and
Yantar, of Lexington-Woodburn farm
fame, and intends to start them in the
trotting races In Berlin, and also the races
at the coming meetings in Munich, under
the patronage of Prince Arnulph of Ba
varia. The good sport and largo atten
dance at the trotting races here attest tho
development of trotting In Germany and
surprise is expressed that there Mre no
crack American horses here to take part
in the contests.
llaron Schilling, a Russian breeder of
horse*, is here by the order of Czar Nich
olas, for the purpose of finding and pur
chasing six perfectly snow white horses,
to draw the imperial carriage upon the oc
casion of the coronation of the Russian
emperor at Moscow next month.
ST. ALBANS BADLY SCORCHED.
Five Hundred Person, Homeless and
the Money I,ns, $730,060.
St. Albans, Vt., May 19.—The most disas
trous fire which has ever occurred here, or
that has ever visited Vermont, tills after
noon laid waste a great portion of the busi
ness section of this town.
The Are started at 3 o’clock, In the lum
ber yard of \Y. B. Fonda, and a high south
wind caused the flames to enter the very
heart of the town. In five minutes the lire
was raging In a dozen different places, and
the tire companies were powerless. The
loss is estimated at $750,000. Fully 500 peo
ple are to-night without shelter. Forty
business places were destroyed, together
with at least 100 tenements, to say noth
ing of other places.
At about 5:30 o'clock help arrived from
Burlington and Swanton. By this time,
however, the fire was about under con
trol, although it extended Its lines here
and there. The flames jumped from the
lumber yard to the center of the tow n, in
an instant passing over a territory fully
SUU yards In extent, without doing any
damage. From the center of the town
the fire passed northward, destroying is
Its progress the new government build
ing ,the extensive plant of the St. Albans
Dally Messenger and Job print, and streets
of business houses and tenements. The
flames are now under control, but are
being steadily watched to prevent a sec
ond outbreak.
O’BRIEN KEFt'SE.N TO PAY.
A Declaration of Hl* Bankruptcy
Seems Probable.
London, May 19. —William ’OBrlen. M.
P., has asked his friends not to collect the
subscription left to them by Viscount
Wolmer for the purpose of paying the
claim of Patrick A. Chance., M. P., which,
if not paid, will result In Mr. O’Brien being
declared a bankrupt and his consequent
retirement from the House of Commons.
Mr. Chance acted as Mr. O’Brien's solic
itor in the action for libel brought against
him by Lord Salisbury, and Mr. O'Brien
contends that Mr. Chance was to bo paid
out of the Irish parliamentary fund. Mr.
Chance did not take this view of the mat
ter, and upon Mr. O'Brien’s refusal to set
tle with him, brought an action and se
cured Judgment against him. Mr. O'Brien
refuses to satisfy the Judgment, and the
only apparent result will be his being
declared a bankrupt. In which event, ac
cording to the rules of the House, his
seat becomes vacant.
A HOT FIRE ON A WHARF.
Tile Freight Shell, Coaling Pier mid
NO Ileml of Cuttle Hnrned.
Halifax, N. S., May 19.—Fire this morn
ing destroyed the long wharf, freight shed
and coaling pier at Richmond. On each
side of the sheds were tracks on which
were large numbers of cars, several of
which were burned before they could be
moved. The fire spread very rapidly, and
soon the sheds were'iioorael. In them
were sixty head of cattle, fifty of which
were burned to doath.
The cause of the conflagration points to
incendiarism. The total loss is nearly $250,-
000, and being government property, there
was no insurance.
A NEW R ACE TRACK.
Hacker* of Him lliornc Park Tnrn to
Indiana.
Laporte, Ind., May 19.—A syndicate of
Chicago capitalists is negotiating for the
purchase of 500 acres of land in Westches
ter township. Porter county, the ultimate
puriwse being to establish a race course.
Tlie belief Is current that backers of the
Harlem track are behind the project, and
the opening fit the Indiana course. It is
said, will be followed by similar action on
the part of the Hawthorne management.
INMAN ON THE SILVER CRAZE.
CLEVELAND'S ROND ISSI’ES ALL
THAT STAYED OFF 111 IN.
Assured Tlml the President Intended
to Keep the Country on n Gold
Basis t'oofidenee Revised anil
Prlees Ailtnneed—Bat for This Res
toration of Contlileuee Cotton
Would Still He Selling at 5 Cents.
New York, May 19.—The sound money
sub-committee of the New York Chamber
of Commerce has received the following
communication from John H. Inman:
“During tho past year wo have hud
many inquiries from the south asking why
the general depression lasted so long af
ter the repeal of the Sherman sliver law,
when it was promised that we would have
better times after its repeal. The answer
is that there was constant fear, even af
ter the repeal, in leading Anancial centers
that, owing to the uncertainty of con
gress, this country would go onto a silver
basis, and those who took this view were
pretty nearly right, as all who are familiar
with finance know that Wo were on the
verge of this very thing only three months
ago: that Is to say, early in last Febru
ary, when the situation was gloomiest,
with qottnn and other products at tnelr
lowest, we were on the verge of a silver
basis. With the Immense crops maturing
all over the south last fall we would have
had recovery then, but for the dread In
the money centers of the east that we
would go on a silver currency. What wc
were afraid of was that when Mr. Cleve
land sold the two lots of $50,000,000 bonds
he would suy that lie had
done his duty and would leave
the balance 'to congress. But
when he got Into the month of February
and ho sold the $02,000,000 to the syndicate,
and assured tho gentlemen who went to
Washington that he would sell
as many more bonds as was neces
sary to keep the country on a sound basis,
we were assured that the finances of the
nation were settled for at oast two years,
or at least during his administration, and
believing that we could elect a hard money
candidate in 1X96, felt that tho country
was permanently on a sound money busiß.
"Take cotton us an example. A party
of men, who were quirk to see future re
sults, looked over the situation at once,
and feeling that the money question was
settled for a long time, made up their
minds to go heavily into cotton at 5*A
to 5% cents In the New York harket. But
for that $62,000,000 bond transaction, how
ever, the same set of men would not have
touched cotton or any other commodity,
but simply kept their heads tinder cover.
In this I tun speaking from personal
knowleuge, and may say, that in my opin
ion, unless the bond sale had occurred, or
some such action been taken by the gov
ernment there would exist to-day through
out the country a worse condition of
uffalrs than we have had at any time,
and that rotton, instead of selling as it
now is at about 7 cents in the New York
market, with prospects of a considerable
higher price before January, would still
be selling in the nighborhood of 5 cents.
"As to the cause of the silver heresy, it
Is one of those things which come periodi
cally with depressions. In 1873-74-75, during
years of hard tinieH, the greenback craze
eame into play and even went
so far In 1876 as to run
a presidential candidate purely on
tliar issue. We drifted about until 1877 and
1878, when things began to look better, and
in 1879 the resumption of gold payments
placed tills country on a widely prosperous
plane, which existed for Several years,
and the greenback fever died out. It is
in a measure so with silver. The past few
years of depression hits led many people
to want a chunge of some character, ami
they seem to think silver the cure of all
evil. It Is my strong conviction that we
are now entering upon a long pe.riod of
prosperity, and this silver craze will die
just as the greenback heresy did.
"It has been asked, who are the chief
advocates of free coinage? There are
many people who have blit little knowl
edge of what serious results would fol
low It;' us the man In Alabama who had
never accumulated much of this world's
goods, but who said he had heard that the
free coinage of silver would In a short
time give this country SSO per capita, and
as he had a wife and four children, that
would give him S3OO.
"Seriously, however, aside from the
mine-owners in the west, who wish to
profit by the increased price of their
product, It Is a light between the politi
cians of the south and west and the soli l
business men of those sections and the
east. In the south we find a large pro
portion of the conservative business men
in favor of sound currently, and my in
formation ts that there are a great num
ber of intelligent farmers who take the
same stand, and many others who have
not made up their minds on this question,
and will not do so until they have suffi
cient Information to analyze It fully, and
when they do, I am of the conviction that
they will vote on the side of sound money.
It being clearly to their interest to do so.
"As to the final outcome, I think there is j
no question about it. Sound finanre will
win tho fight. The politician who hopes
(to either retain or ride Ipto office on free
sliver will eventually lie snowed under and
the sound-thinking American people will
win.
"Let us see who would be the gainers
by the free coinage of silver. There would
he practically none,except the silver min
ers in a half dozen Rocky Mountain states
and the silver produeers of Mexico. These
few Rocky Mountain states mined in 1892
and 1893 a yearly average of silver bull
ion worth $40,00b,W0 In the markets of the
world. If they could get free coinage
they would receive each year about SBO,-
000,000 for this same product; therefor-,
the miners of these few states would lie
benefited something like $40,000,000 per an
num. Mexico in the same two
years mined $24,000,000 each
year. two-thtrds of which was
sent into the United States, and for which
two-thirds they got about $18,000,000 annu
ally, whereas, under free coinage, they
would get 32,000,000 silver dollars per an
num for this same product, so that the
two sections wonld receive annually $58,-
000,000 more for their silver than they do at
present. I do not believe the south and
central west will, when properly Informed,
wish to contribute by a free silver law
$58,000,000 to these miners, and we shall
find in the end that they will not do It.
“To the Inquiry, should anything be
done? I will say, first, the increased pro
duction of gold throughout the globe is
growing so rapidly from year to year that
within h .short tlmo will more
than ample gold to do the hutdneas of the
world. S*i v ondly. we ehould have state
hanks. Conjirewi. In my opinion, ought
to pass a law removing th** tax on circu
lation and permit every state to have Its
own hanking laws, allowing state bajiks
to Issue circulation, thus affording an elas
tic currency.
**ln the outlook for the future I see
nothing ahead hut prosperity for the coun
try for the next or <5 years. There Is the
one thing which causes a great many
capitalists to hesitate and to hold hack,
and that Is the fear of a free coinage
law. Of course, the enactment of any
such law would quickly lead to worso
conditions than Wc have had at any time
yet. Hut I am a firm believer that the
American people will not permit such a
law to lie enacted, and therefore base my
faith upon a period of increasing pros
perity.
•‘1 may again call the special attention
of tho farming class to me thing, which,
perhaps, some of them have overlooked;
that Is, that the silver In a dollar coined
at the ratio of 16 to 1, as Is now being ad
vocated, can ho bought In the market for
f>2 cents. The silver minor. Instead of sell
ing it at its market value, would, under a
coinage law, take It to the mint, and
the government would be obliged to pay
him $1 for that which Is now only worth
52 cents. Therefore, as stated above, tho
parties to be benefit tod by any such law*,
and those who are spending a large
amount of money to secure Its enactment,
nro the silver miners In a few Kooky moun
tain states and Mexico, who would pocket
about sT*6,(*H),tiiiO per annum l>y It, while It
wouW cost the balance ot the country
hundreds of millions of lo*h**h In the de
predation of value's. John 11. Inman.”
A IILUK AT BKWK'mt ILLK.
Seven of the I*rlnefpnl lliintne**
IMfieeM Itorncd Out.
Kenncttsville, 8. <\, May ID.—The smoul
dering ruins of seven of Benettsvtlle’s
principal places of business, all of them
handsome brick structures, Is all that re
mains of the largest fire In the history of
the town.
About 1:30 o'clock this morning the fire
alarm was given, and in less than three
hours sf>o,ooo worth of property was In
ashes.
The fire commenced In the second r.tory
of H. W. Carroll’s handsome Jewelry
store on Darlington street, and In a short
while the whole block was In a bluxe.
It became evident that the only hope
of saving much property in the west end
of the town was, if possible, to slop the
tire at J. M. Jackson's store. This store
Is divided from the others by an ally about
fifteen feet wide. The building won soon
covered with men ready to tight the Hcry
demon, and by thetr heroic efforts at
least $50,000 worth of property was saved.
Too much cannot be said in praise of the
men who thus bravely fought the flames,
especially when It Is remembered that
the town has no water works facilities,
no tire engine, not even a hand engine.
For one hour they worked with an en
ergy that was astounding, and at lust
succeeded In stopping the flames.
The losses are as follows:
Simon Strauss, building and stock, $lO,-
000; Insurance, S3,GUO.
H, \V. Carroll, building and stock, $8,000;
Insurance, $2,500.
A. J. Rowe, building and stock, $11,000;
Insurance, $7,000.
Peter T. Sllth, building, $3,000; no Insur
ance.
It. L. Kirkwood, stock, $6,000; Insurance,
$2,000.
P. A. McKellar, stock damaged by mov
ing; Insurance, SI,OOO.
J. At. Jackson, stock damaged by mov
ing; loss fully covered by insurance.
Estate John 1). Muenehlson, three build
ings, $5,10)0; loss fully covered by Insur
ance.
H. C. Rowe, part of stock. $100; no in
surance.
B. I>. Townsend, stork, $1,200; Insurance,
SBOO.
J. G. W. Cobb, Postal telegraph and
telephone office and fixtures, $700; insur
ance, $l2O.
J. P. Gibson, Bennettsville Review, out
fit, $1,000; no insurance.
Townsend A Laurins, laws library; total
loss.
H. Easterling, medieal library and of
fice furniture; total loss.
H. H. Covington, law office: entire loss.
There Is no doubt in the minds of a
majority of the people that the (Ire was in
cendiary. It is the loonl opinion that Mr.
Carroll's store was broken Into and rob
bed. At the rear end of his store is a
one-story brick store and from this a
person could easily effect an entrance
through tho second-story windows. The
belief is that the store w r as thus entered
and robbed and then the vlllalu set the
building on lire.
FIRE COSTS A LIKE.
Haifa llnr.cn Stores, Hon riling Houses
ami Residences Burned.
Birmingham, Ala., May 19.—1n a fire at
Gate City, a euburb of Birmingham, at
3 o’clock this morning, an unknown man,
presumably a laborer, was burned to
death In a boarding house. Only the
charred trunk was recovered. The loss
by the fire, which destroyed half a dozen
stores, boarding houses and residences,
is estimated at SBO,OOO, with very little In
surance.
AN UPRISING IN CHIHUAHUA.
Twenty Member* of n Surveying
Party anil NO Soldier* Slain.
El Paso, Tex., May 19.—Information wa
received here last night of a bloody local
revolt which broke out In a settlement
between the towns of Quadaloupe Calvo
and Varvagama, In the state of Chihua
hua, Mexico, a few days ago. The trou
ble began when the natives living in the
district, attacked a surveying party un
der C. P. Morrison, an American, and
killed twenty of the party. The affair
was reported to the commander of the
Mexican troops at I’arral, who Imme
diately started a detatchment of 100 men
to the scene. Last Wednesday the troops
were assaulted by the natives and re
treated, leavetng half of their
number dead. The appointment
of the American, Morrison, to
survey government land, which is now oc
cupied by native farmers, caused the trou
ble. Morrison was to receive a certain
portion of the land for his work. The
natives number about 2,000 men. Troops
have been ordered from Chihuahua to
quell the revolt. Morrison escaped.
4 DAILY. $lO A YEAH. 1
5 CENTS A COPY. >
I WEEKLY 2-TIMKB-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR f
GOV. EVANS A HUMAN VOLCANO.
MARION HITLER SANA HE’S IN A
STATE OF CHRONIC EKI’FTIOX.
The ex-Sennl<r Dni-.n't Look Ijtoz
111. Ebullition* no Hnniccrotts, llim.
fV.r-Hp Bn>. the People of the
Xinlr Are H.lpnppiil—Doesn't Bf
llpvp the Tllluianltes Will Attempt
to llolil the 4 "lialllolli'nal Cos
.cation In Defiance of llic Courts
If .lodge Goff', Killing I, Sustained,
Washington, May 19. Kx-Scngtor M.
Butler of South Carolina Is in the city
on private business, hut will doubtless
take an opportunity to drop Into the su
preme court of the United States to-mor
row as a spectator of tho effort of At
torney tlcncral Barbour to Induce the
court to take up the habeas corpus case
Involving the fate of the dispensary law
'ln that state. Asked to-day if there waa
much exettement In South Carolina over
Mh' decisions of the Fntted States Judges
Goff and Hlnionton In the registration ami
dispensary laws, tx-Benator "Butler re
plied: "No, not that 1 know of. When I
left the people generally were in a quies
cent state. I discovered no signs of rev
olution or war, except with Gov. Evans
and a few of his coterie. He seems to ba
In a chronic state of eruption.”
"What b* the oauso of his outburst of
excitement?” was asked.
"1 cannot understand It. He seems to
regard a United States court as a foreign
corporation, ami a United Staten circuit
court Judge ii public enemy. Judge Gelt
decided a case brought before him In duo
form, and 1 think decided it correctly, ami
of course conscientiously. He passed upon
a question, the constitutionality of the
registration and the election laws, which
was raised In a proper ease before tho
stale pupreme court last December, and
which that court haa failed to deckle up
to this time. Dr. Sampson I‘ope, the mov
er In that cause, falling to get a decision
in the state court, sought redress in tho
United States court before Judge Golf.
That’s all there Is In It.”
"Is it concealed that Judge Goff had Jur
isdiction?" r
"That is a disputed question. In my
opinion he had. If Judge Goff Is In error
he will be corrected by the United States
supreme court. If he Is right he will
be sustained."
"Will the state authorities appeal in
that case?”
"Ah, us to thut I do not know. If ths
state authorities are wise they will let
the matter rest where it is and go ahead
and hold the constitutional convention
under Judge Goff’s decision.”
"But will they undertake to hold It In
defiance of that opinion?” was asked of
Mr. Butler.
’’l do not believe they will," he replied.
"South Carolina has made two attempts
to ‘go It alone’—onee In 1832 and again in
ISI -(>. 1 took part in the laat attempt, and
judging from what I know of those who
were with me In that experience, Soutll
Carolina has had enough along that line."
in respect of the suggestion that tha
legislature and state officials in their con
struction of the registration laws had in
view the permanent disenfranchisement of
the negroes In order to prevent “negro su
premacy,” Senator Butler said there was
no danger whatever of that condition aris
ing. “The negroes," he added, "do not
want to control affairs. They are satis
fied from their experience in the recon
struction period that they are not yet
prepared to take charge of the govern,
ment. But they do want the opportunity
of voting for white men In whom they
have confidence, and those men are among
the conservatives. It is not negro suprem
acy that worries these gentlemen half so
much as it is the possible downfall of ‘ring
supremacy.' *’
VIRGINIA TROOPS 1 Mil:lt FIRE.
Operation* to Re Resumed In Four ni
the Mine* To-morrow.
Blueflelds, W. Va., May 19.—1 t has beet*
definitely settled that operations will bs
resumed In four of the largest West Vir
ginia mines on Tuesday. These are th*
Hougton, Upland, Crozier and Pulaski.
They are In the heart of the Elkhorn dis
trict. Militia are tn readiness, but Gov.
MeCorkle will not let them move until
strikers actually attack the works. If
these operations go along successfully,
the strike cannot succeed.
There was considerable firing at the
Virginia soldiers stationed at Pocahontas
last night. The shooting was from the
West Virginia side. In one case a bul
let struck the door of a house at the
works; In another a ball struck the earth
within a few feet of a soldier. The mis
creants keep themselves safely hidden In
the brush and Umber.
A PAPER MILL Bl RN’ED.
The I.ohm anil 100 Employes
Made Idle.
Stephens Point, Wls., May 19.—Last
night at 11:30 o’clock Are started In tho
establishment of the Wisconsin River Pa
per and Pulp Company, located one and
one-half miles south of Stevens Point,
on the Wisconsin river. The fire started
In the basement. The paper mill was In
a sheet of flame in a few minute* and
the building, which was about 300 feet
long and 50 feel wide, was consumed, with
the exception of the outside walls. Tba
pulp mills were saved. Five railroad cars
were destroyed. The loss will amount to
about JIW.OOO, which Is only partly In
sured. One hundred men and girls wera
employed in the mill.
VEH FOl M)LAND’S FINANCES.
A Scheme That Points to the Accept
ance of a Royal Commission.
St. Johns, N. F., May 19.— The Whiteway
party decided last night to present to tho
legislature on Tuesday next a retrench
ment scheme involving reductions amount
ing to $400,W0 yearly. It is regarded as Im
possible to retrench to that extent, and
the supposition Is that the Introduction of
the scheme is merely a preliminary to the
acceptance of a royal commission.
The Hon. Moses Monroe, for many years
a member of the legislative council, died
to-day. His death is regarded as the
greatest lose to the country since th*
financial disaster.