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tORRVILLE ENQUIRER. 4 ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEBK?W^NESDAT AND FRIDAY. i. m. prist ? sons, Publishers, } % 4amttg jfowspaper: 4or ^ promotion of tltg politiqal, fffoiat, glflriqalfaiial and Cjiommftirial gntmsts of the $outh. j *wGfk?coW,l wci^mCE' VOLUME 42. YOBKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1896. NUMBEB 17. BY RODRIGUES ' Author of "A Conflict of Evh Copyright, 1885, by G. P. Putnam's Sons. CHAPTER X. All BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES. After reading the foregoiDg Mr. Barnes carefully locked his diary in bis cabinet and immediately after left the house on his way to New York. Reaching there, he proceeded up town, finally ringing the doorbell of the Van RawlRtrm mansion. He reauested to see the master of the house upon urgent business, and that gentleman soon presented himself. "Mr. Van Rawlston," said Mr. Barnes, "I am a detective. May I have a few moments of strictly private conversation with you?" , j * . "Certainly," was the reply. "Step into my study. We will be entirely safe from prying ears there." A moment later the two men were seated in comfortable lather chairs faoingeach other. "Mr. Van Rawlston," began the detective, "to explain my purpose at once I have only to say that I desire your permission to attend the masquerade which will be held here tonight. I am i aware that this must seem an odd re quest, bnt I make it entirely in your own interests." i "If yon will explain more fully, sir, I may be quite willing to grant yoor re- i quest," said the other. "Yon should know that a masquerade is a dangerous kind of entertainment At such affairs large robberies have often < been committed?the thieves operating boldly and escaping through the aid of their disguises. I have good reason for : believing that such a crime is contemplated tonight" "My dear sir, impossible! Why, no one will be admitted save those with whom we are well acquainted. Tickets i have been issued by the society which gives the festival, and every one must unmask before being allowed to enter. Therefore, while I am grateful to you for your warning, I hardly think that I ' need your services." < '*Mr. Van Rawlston, I regret to*say that you are mistaken. In the first place your close scrutiny of all tyho enter will i probably be relaxed as the night wears on. Again, there are ways of getting in 1 unperceived, and once within the thief : would be unsuspected. But this is no i onescwork on mv nartL I do not think. I know, that unless I am here to prevent i it a robbery will be committed. Indeed i I may even fail to prevent it.". ] "Why, sir, yon speak as thongh yon : know the person who is to play the criminal." I "I da For several weeks my men i have been watching certain suspicions : parties. From data furnished by my i > spies I am sure that plans have been < perfected by which one or more of your i guests will be robbed during the prog- i ress of the entertainment." 1 "Still it seems incredible. As I have said, no one will be able to enter with*, i out our knowledge." ] '' Of course I cannot intrude upon yon, Mr. Van Rawlston, but if you are ] obliged to appeal to the police tomorrow XUi. LUO ACV/VWCljr Ul DbUiUU piupc&lfj JWU alone will be to blame if the thief shall ' have had several hours the start of us. I ' have warned you. That is the best I can. 1 da I wish you good moruiug." Mr. i Barnes rose to go, but Mr. Van Rawl- ' stou stopped him. 1 "One moment," said he. "If you are i so sure that there is a scheme of robbery i afoot, of course I must not be so rash as 1 to refuse your aid. What do you advise? 1 We could postpone the festival." "By no means. The course to pursue 1 is to keep what I have told you strictly 1 secret?in fact, if possible, dismiss it ( entirely from your mind, so that by i your behavior the thief may not know 1 that suspicions have been aroused. Do < as I requested at first, and as I know ( my man I will be able to keep an eyo nnnn him chnnlH ha ha nracpnfc fp I "I suppose it must be as you say. But ? you uiust be in costume. 1 have it! The < committee have ordered some costumes 1 which they will give to those who come 1 unprovided. You may have one of t , those." "What costume shall I ask for?" 1 "Oh, they are all alike 1 They are the f Forty Thieves." * "The Forty Thieves?" Mr. Barnes was surprised. "Is not that an odd cos- * tume?" t "Oh, no! It was Mr. Mitchel's idea. 1 He is the chairman of the committee. 1 He argued that rather than provide a J lot of meaningless domiuos the strag i glers, who will be chiefly invited guests 1 *x,hn ore nnt. momhprs nf thp Knpiptv 1 T***v ***v "v" * v*" wv* *" kMV ***'*'" " , may be thus garbed and still fall into 1 the scheme of the evening, which J is that every one shall play the pari f of some character of the 'Arabian t Nights.' " 1 "Very well. Mr. Van Rawlston, foi 1 once the detective will don the garb of a thief. After all, you know the adage. 'It takes a thief to catch a thief.' " "Very good, Mr. Barnes?I believe that is the name on our card? Yes. Well, come tonight early, and you shall be fitted out. Later, if you should wish to speak to me, I shall be dressed as the sultan, a character about as foreign to my true self as yours will be to you. " Mr. Barnes left the house thoroughly satisfied with the result of his visit. In 1 the first place he had learned something i Mr. Mitchel had decided upon the cos- 1 turning of the quests. He had arranged 1 Ml CRiti?< OTTOLENGUI. lence," "A Modern "Wizard.1 that at least 40 of them snould oe dress ed alike. Could there have been any Be cret design in this? If so, Mr. Barnei was glad to be one of the 40. Again this wonld be better than to use tin A larlrlin nnsfnTno fnp tho rnnann thnf. Ill had come to connt Mr. Mitchel as s< clever that It would not have astonisher the detective at all if it were known t< him that this Aladdin costume had beei ordered. In that case the absence of end a costume among the guests would con fuse the conspirators. Mr. Barnes bar fully decided that more than one pereoi was interested in the approaohing even ing. As early as 9 o'clock the maskers be gan to arrive at the home of the Var Raw Is tons. The host appeared for the time in evening dress and received anc welcomed his guests, all of whom won wraps that covered their oostumes, thuf hiding the disguises whioh they mean! to use later on. Mr. Barnes was on hanc early and loitered about the hall in bit thief's garb, scanning the faces of all at they passed in. After a very brief period of waiting he saw the Remsen party alight from tbeir carriage, escorted by Mr. Kanaoipn. boou aner Mr. maurei entered. He banded a note to Mr. Vau Eawlston, who upon reading it at once Bbook him cordially by the band. Then almost as snddenly an expression of buspicion passed across his face, and be looked toward Mr. Barnes, who, however, turned away, , refusing to notice bis glance of inquiry. Evidently the host, not knowing Mr. Thauret and remembering the deteotive's words, had begun to suspect that perhaps the note which he had just read was fraudulent Mr. Barnes was fearful that he would make some remark which would ruin everything, when to his intense relief Miss Remsen came into the hall with her wraps still on and went directly np to Mr. Thauret "How are you this evening, Mr. Thauret? I am glad you decided to Dome. Mr. Van Rawlston, Mr. Thauret is a friend of Mr. Mitchel's." That sufficed, and Mr. Van Rawlston seemed much relieved. Mr. Tbauret wan uot in costume, but be bad brought with bim a satchel, and dow asked where be might find a place to dress. He was turned over to one ol the liveried boys, who showed him to one of the rooms 6et aside for the gentlemen. Mr. Barnes did not enter, for had he done so without removing his mask it might have aroused suspicion. He, however, kept watch near the door, and soon saw a man come out dressed as Ali Baba. This was easily learned, for the committee had prepared handsome badges, upon each of which was engraved the name of the character as Burned. These were of burnished silver, the lettering being done in blue enamel. They were worn on. the left breast and were intended to serve as souvenirs of the evening. Mr. Barnes smiled behind his mask as he looked down at his, which, to his mind, reminded him of a policeman's shield. The rooms were gorgeously decorated in oriental splendor. The larger one was designated the sultan's palace and was truly regal in its arrangement rhere were no chairs, tynt soft divans, and many hued alluring cushions were to be found everywhere around the walls. The floors were covered with rugs four deep. The walls were draped with satin, drawn apart to reveal mirrors which multiplied the beauty of everything. The ceiling was hung with garlands, in which were twined roses of all kinds, which made the atmosphere redolent with perfume. Prom among these garlands hundreds of gilded cages held singing birde, and electric lights made the rooms so brilliant that many times luring the evening they warbled in shorus, thinking it morning. The smaller room represented Aladlin's cave. Stalactites, resplendent with teeming jewels, hung pendent from the soiling. The walls were made to reseinjle rough 6tone, and every few inches a large precious stone was made fiery by ;he tiny electrio lamp hidden behind it. rhe floor alone was unlike a cave, being ivaxed for dancing. In a grotto, up ten !eet above the floor, the musicians played soft, sensuous music. The festival opened informally?that s, while awaiting the arrival of others, hose already present amused themselves valtzing, chatting or chaffing one anothsr. Mr. Barnes sauntered about, keeping \li Baba in sight. Scheherezade came n on the arm of the sultan. These he i.^ 1_~ HM1 T> J XT mew iu uo juibb xveiuseii uuu iui. vuu Itawlston. Ali Baba joined them almost mmediately, and a few minutes later ed Scheherezade into Aladdin's cave 'or a dance. Mr. Barnes stood observing hem, when some one touched him ou the arm, ant} turning he saw a man costumed as himself. "We must be careful or Ali Baba may discover our password, 'Sesame,' as be did in the real story." "I do not understand you," replied Mr. Barnes. The other man looked at him intently a moment through his mask, and without a word moved away. Mr. Barnes was mystified. He regretted that he had not replied in some less candid fashion that he might have heard the voice again. But taken by surprise as he was, he had lost bis self possession tor a moment. If he were not mistaken, the voice was one which he had heard before. He racked bis memory lor s minutes, and suddenly started as thought entered his mind: "Were he not sick in Philadelpl * 6hould say that was Mitchel." He lowed across the room after the per but he eaw him go out into the hall, by the time that he himself reac there, there were at least a dozen sixz * costumes in a group. He looked tl ? 1 1m Viot kflwu nroa UVtJr umoiuiijt uuu iuoio ttho uvmiUj which he could pick out the special] tot whom he was searching. He v up to one at haphazard and whisp< to him: ' "Sesame." "Sesa?what I" came the reply ? strange tone. i "Don't you know our passwor } asked the detective. ' "Password? Rats! We are not > thieves." And with a laugh he tui 1 away. Mr. Barnes felt himself poi 1 lees, and besides recalled the fact i while he followed this will-o'-the*\ 1 he was not keeping an eye upon 1 Baba. Hurrying back into the ballro he soon found him, though he had p ed from Scheberezade. About 11 o'clock a blare upon a < net attracted the attention of the f icking throng. A man dressed a genius announced that the time had rived for the entertainment hum ately every one went into the Aladd cave room except Scheherezade and sultan, and a heavy pair of satin < tains were dropped, so that they hid cave from the sultan's palace. The sultan lay down upon a di near the curtains, and Scheherezade beside him upon a satin cushion on floor. Behind the curtains the comt tee busied themselves forming a table those nut needed being bidden fi view behind still another pair of < tains, which were of a gloriouely be tiful blue and served as a rich be ground. Many of the guests, know that their tableau would not be reac for some time, passed around and st crowding about the doorways of hall, to get a view of the first pictu Soft music was begun, when, a signal, the electric lights in the pal room were extinguished, and the fi pair of yellow satin curtains w drawn aside, showing a tableau of Si bad the Sailor. Mr. Barnes, peep from behind the red curtain, noti that as Scheberezade sat on her 1 cushion in the now darkened pal 1 room the rays of an electric light the cave just touched a gorgeous r which she wore in her hair. This knew at once was the same which 1 ?i-i? Jut miuuitu uuu KJJUWU IU uim, wu wu Lucette told him bad been presents his fiancee. | Scheberezade began to recite the st of Sindbad, a monologue for the even 1 having been prepared which told ii few words enough to explain the quence of the tableaus. Her voice 1 ! musical and her reading admirable, that very soon there was a silence ai death, save as it was broken by words. As she reached various parti her tale she would clap her hands, i at once others entered the scene, gro ing themselves to form new pictu: Thus Sindbad was followed along various travels, till at the end the c tains were dropped for a moment, to parted again, showing all who had ta] a character. Then followed a pretty ceremon: Sindbad passed out of the cave rc ' and approached the sultan and Scheh( zade. Reaching them he stopped, m a salaam, bowing low with his arms raised in front of him, and then pass on, taking a place in the room anc KrtArtrM inn 11 rvC f Un nn/ltAti/iA 4r\ ? UCvvLU 11JU poll \JL IUU UUUlCUtD 1U1 sncceediug pictures. Each of the char 1 ters followed his example, until all 1 passed out, when the next set of table; was at once quickly arranged. Ag Scheherezade renewed her recitation. Thus fable after fable was told t acted, the audience in the palace ro growfng larger after each, so that s< the well managed pictures received g erons applause. At last the committee announced tl the fable of "Ali Baba and the Fo Thieves" would be the next on the p gramme. The parts to be acted by ej were quickly explained, and all v ready. A6 the Forty Thieves were pr tically like supernumeraries in a sp tacular play, Mr. Barnes thought tl he would take any position which should choose, and so stood through the scenes as near to Ali Baba as pos ble. At last the recitation was end< and the signal given for them to fori line to do obeisance to the sultan. 1 Barnes attempted to stand immediat behind Ali Baba, and was surprised find two other men try for the sa place coincidently. There was a mom< of confusion, and then Mr. Barnes foe himself in line just between the t other aspirants for second place behi the leader. That what next occurred may be th oughly understood it will be well call accurate attention to the position the various actors. The palace room v practically dark, though light fnm I cave room lessened the gloom so mt that the figures could be distinguish euough to know whether a man or a v man word ornaointr f.Ka flnnr ******* f? V*V ViVOOlU^ VUV UWUAt The sultan, Mr. Van Rawlston, lay a divan, not far from the cave room a facing it. Scheherezade?Miss Em Remsen?sat on a cushion beside hi Both of them faced the tableaus, and will be seen at once that from gazi toward the light if either turned tows the darkness blindness would result: a few moments. Ali Baba, heading t line of Forty Thieves, came toward 1 divan. Here he stopped, made a salaa bowing low, bringing his arms up abc the head outstretched in front of hi then parting them with a swayi movement backward he rose erect aga This done, he passed on into the darl ome pahfeof the room. Next came the first oi this thmporty Thieves, Mr. Barnes followiu#close behind him. This man made lia I hilsalaam, be wing low. As he did sc f?l* tlifie vas a slight noise. ?This attracted son, MA-'Barnes' attention for a moment, and aniL his eye wandered in the direction bed of jPle Kinnd. For the merest part of s lilar sej|fed, however, did his gaze leave the hem mCbefore him, and when it retnruec g by bwistiuctly saw the figure do this: Ir man mjfcjng his salaam,' when outstretching rent hiEarms, he allowed his band to past ^ed jufe <rver the head of Miss Bemseu, wht Vr'u looking down, perhaps to become relieved from the glare of the otbei in a ? ar- F Taking the ruby pin. rcBtn. Mr. Baruea saw him deli beratelj in' aA slowly take hold of her rnby pin, the gflftly withdrawing it from her hair. :nr* then a clock began to chime the the nftnight honr. Instantaneously a tjfibght flashed through the detective's van 2rSnd. At the first note of the chimes fiat t? time had passed within which Mr. the jStchel bod wagered to osmpuit his ait- r&bery. He bad thought that the man :au, bad spoken to him bacj the voice oi rom Aft MitcheL He had also come to this Jar- pice expecting that this very jewel ,au* be stolen. Ho had supposed that Tmnret would play the part of aocomiD8 pme and thief, while the principal, bed Afltchel, was manufacturing an alibi d??n in Philadelphia. It was evident the so he thought, that Mitcbel had re& eswaped his spies, returned to New 't a yfck, assumed one of the disguises laoe wlich he himself had placed within ont paly reach, and now, on the very stroke rere 0fjthe last btur of his time, had com od- m tted hie robbery?a robbery, too, 'tag w iich would make a commotion, and ced y( > for which be could not be imprisonlow ec if detected, since his fiancee, at hie lace i? itigation, would say that she had in si nply aided the scheme to further the oby w ger, as perhaps she had, since she did I16 ni i stir when the gem was being taken. ^r- , '&11 this flashed through Mr. Banies' dch i*hn iii a half liy ^rtre 1time the thief before bim had secured the ruby and was standing erect he had OTy decided upon his course of action. This iQ8 was to seize' the man at once and proa a claim him a thief. Of course Mr. Mitchel ee~ would be able to explain his act, but at was the same time, he would have lost his . so wager. i 3 of The man in front turned to oass on. her and Mr. Barnes darted forward to seize J of him, when, to hie astonishment, he was wid himself held as in a vise by the man benP* hind him. He straggled tofree.himres. self; bnt, taken by emprise, he discoverhis ed that he was powerless. What angered !ur* him more was that the thief was fast 1 he disappearing in the gloom. Determined ken not to be outwitted, he shouted: "Turn up the lights 1 A robbery has iaL been committed 1" torn "Instantly all was confusion. People *re" crowded forward, and Mr. Barnes felt ude himself hurled violently toward the ad OP" vaucing tbroDg. Toppling against some *D8 one, both fell to the gronnd, and several 1 so others tumbled over them. Pandemonithe nru reigned supreme, yet it was some ,flC" time before any one thought of turning up the lights. Mr. Van Rawlston, unaus derstanding the situation better than any aiu other, was the first to recover his presence of mind, and himself turned on the electricity. The sudden rush of light at om first only made things worse, for it 30n blinded everybody. Thus, to the detectm*" ive's chagrin, several valuable minutes were lost before he could extricate himhat self from the pile of people who had rty. tumbled over him and find a chance to ir0* 6ay alond: ich "Miss Remsen has been robbed. Let vaa no one leave the house. Masks off I" ac- Mr. Van Rawlston rushed to the door ec- to see that no one departed, and people iat crowded around Miss Remsen to condole he with her upon her loss. Mr. Barnes ttjl searched for Ali Baba and was amazed when he found him to discover that it 0d? was not Mr. Thauret. Q a "Who are you?" he asked roughly, dr. "My name is Adrian Fisher," was 0ly the reply. This astonished the detective, t0 but it pleased him, too, for it seemed to mD connrm uie suspicion mat una uiitu waa 3nt an ac^pmplice. He decided quickly to say no more to him at that time, and wo hastened toward Miss Remsen to observe nd her behavior. If she knew anything in advance, she certainly was acting ador* mirably, for she had grown excited, and to was talking vehemently to those about her, declaring against the disgraceful fas management?so she termed it?which the had enabled a thief to enter the rooms, ich While Mr. Barnes was thinking what ied to do he saw Mr. Van Rawlston apfo proaching him, accompanied by Mr. Thauret, who was now in evening dress, oo "Mr. Barnes, how was this thing uu aoner wny aia yon not prevent, ii; ily "I tried to do bo, bat could not. Yoa m- must understand, Mr. Van Rawlston, it that I am not omniscient. I suspected that this robbery would occur, but could ird not know how it would be accomplishfor ed. Nevertheless I saw the act." ;he "Then why did you not seize the Ike tkief?" m> "I attempted to do so, and was we thrown down from behind by his accomm i plice.'' "Can you identify the person by his iu- dress?" Iter ! "That is mi fortunately impossible. All that I know is that be was one of i the Forty Thieves and evidently played ) his part well." I "This iB Mr. Barnes?" Baid Mr. Thau* , ret inquiringly, continuing at once: i "Yes, of course it is. We have met i twioe, I think. You 6ay your thief was ? dressed as one of the Forty Thieves. I That interests me, for I wore one of i those dresses. Why not ask all who did I to allow themselves to be searched?" i "I will not hear of such an indignity ) to my guests," at once ejaculated Mr. 3 Van Rawlston. "Search people in my ? ntnti hnnoo ! Mn oi* T tPlll roilllTialr UTTii uviuau ? dm* a If ??* " pay for the loet gem rather than do so." "You are quite right," said the detective, keenly eying Mr. Thauret* "I am sure that it would be useless." "As you please," said Mr. Thauret, and with a satirical smile he bowed and joined the group around Miss Remsen. Mr. Barnes told Mr. Van Rawlston that it would be useless for him to remain longer and that he would depart Be did not do so, however, until he had assured himself that Mr. Mitcbel was not in the house. He went to the door and found that the boy who had been told to guard it had been absent looking at the tableaus when the confusion occurred, so that he did not know whether r any one had left the house or not He therefore departed in disgust "That fellow Mitchel," thought he > as he walked rapidly down the avenue i ?"that fellow is an artist To think of i the audacity of waiting till the very ?v*nmonf tr V?on V*va vr?a dot tr An 1A Via 1 r>ct i uivuivuv ttucu mo tt uuiu uu ivov) and then committing the robbery in such a mam er that 100 people will be able to testify that it occurred within the limited period. Meanwhile there is an excellent alibi for him. Sick in a hotel in Philadelphia! Baht Isn't there one man that I can depend upon?" At Forty-second street he took the elevated road, and in ISO minutes he was at his office. Here he fonnd the spy who had followed Mr. Mitchel to Philadelphia. "Well," said he angrily, "what are you doing here?" "I am sure that Mitchel has returned to New York. I came on hoping to catch up with him, and at least to warn you." "Your warning comes too late. The misohief is done. Didn't you have brains enough to telegraph?" i "Idid just before I started." The 1 dispatch was on Mr. Barnes' desk uni opened. It had arrived after he had > started far the festival "Well, well,"said the detective tes' tily, "I supppse yon have done your r "bear Tfi'ffi fellow Hat'Ois dettrs luck i What made you think that he had come I to New York? Wasn't he sick?" i "I thought that might be a game or an alibi. To find out I registered; ask1 ing for a room near my friend, Mr. : Mitcbel. They gave me the one next to i his. I picked the lock of the door between the rooms and peeped in. SeeiDg no one, I went in. The place waa empi ty. The bird had skipped." i "Take the next train back to Philadelphia end do the best yon can to find out when Mitchel reaches there. He has gone back sure and will be sick in bed in the morning, or my name is not Barnes. Bring me proof of his trip to and from New York and I will give yon 160. SkiD." TO BE CONTINUED. grading. THB CHICAGO EXPOSITION. South Carolina's Delegation Malce& a Report to the Governor. At a meeting of the South Carolina delegation to the Southern'States exposition, held in Chicago last Friday, the following report was adopted : To His Excellency, the Hon. John Gary Evans, governor ofSoutb Carolina : In accordance .With the suggestions made by the manufacturers of Augusta, Ga., that the Southern States hold an exposition in the city of Chicago, at which the products and resources of the Southern States might be brought prominently to the attention of the people of the United States and the people of the world, which suggestion was acted upon by Mayor Swift, ol Chicago, and in acordance therewith an invitation was issued by him to the governors of the various Southern : States and the mayors of important citieM of the South to appoint dele- j gates to a convention to be held in the | city of Chicago to consider the advisa- , hility of such a scheme. About 200 delegates thus appointed and representing 12 States of the South assem- 1 bled in the Palmer House, in the city of Chicago, on Wednesday, the 19th instant. The following delegates representing the State of South Carolina were present: E. L. Roche, of Charleston, and J. C. Wilborn, of York, appointed by your excellency to represent the State at large; from the city of Charleston, E. L. Roche, J. C. Hemphill and H. A. Maloney ; from the city of Spartanburg, A. B. Calvert, Colonel Joseph Walker, A. IP. Twichell, W. A. Law, J. T. Calvert and A. E. Burnett ; from the city of Greenville, J. F. Richardson, A: H. Dean, Joseph A. McCullough and L. M. McBee. ** At a conference held by the South Carolina delegation J. C. Hemphill was selected its chairman. The convention jjruuecueu iu ui gainer uy tuc eitrutiuu i of proper officers, the Hon. Patrick i Walsh, of Augusta, Ga, being made 1 president. The following resolutions \ were unanimously adopted : 1 "It is the sense of this meeting that it is feasible and desirable to hold a Southern States exhibition in Chicago ] in 1896. s '.'The Dame of the organization shall be known as the Southern States Exposition of Chicago. "The Southern States pledge themselves to provide exhibits from their respective States, and to deliver them free of cost at the exposition building to be provided by Chicago, and to install the same in said building under direction of the Chicago organzation, and they will remove said exhibits from, building within 15 days after the close of tbe {exposition, and said Southern States shall do all the work necessary of promotion and advertising in tb? Southern States; that Chicago shall r. 2-1 L..2U2 -..-L iuruiau a buuauie. uuuuiug wii/u auuu space as may be deemed necessary up to 100,000 square feet of surface, and. as much more as may be feasible, and pay the expenses of maintaining the exhibitions, including police and fire protection, for not more than three months, but shall not be responsible for the after loss by fira And it is understood that the administration and financial management of the exposition shall be under the control of tbe Chicago organization." Upon motion of Mr. J. C. Hemphill, of Charleston, tbe following resolution was also adopted : "Resolved, That an advisory committee composed of one representative from each State, to be named to this convention by the delegates from the respective States sitting in this convention, be appointed for the purpose of conferring as an advisory board with the Chicago board of management, the purpose of this 'advisory , committee being to place each State in close touch with the other in all matters pertaining to the interests of the exposition." In accordance therewith, each State represented selected its representative on said committee, Mr. Roche, of Charleston, being selected by the South Carolina delegation to represent this State. The delegation from South Carolina was impressed, as were all the representatives from the South, with the supreme importance and the vast opportunity this exposition will afford the people of the South in exhibiting her products and resources to the people of the world. We would respectftilly ask that your excellency take such immediate steps in furtherance of the subject as you may be advised, and would forth^ ask that you request the legislatureirf South Carolina to make such applanation therefor as will insure ourWate being represented at said exposition as becotpee her station and as her resources demand. z?i - - . mmA The report was signed by all* the delegates present, and will be trans* mitted to the governor by Mr. J; C. Wilborn, one of the delegates from the State at large. J.C.Hemphill. W3T A correspondent of the New York Sun contends that the government's estimate that there is $300,000,000 of gold coin in circulation is too high. He states that this estimate makes no allowance for the millions of gold coin known to have been taken out of the country every year by foreign workmen, and then be goes on to say : "According to ah estimate by The Herald some years ago, immigrants returning to Europe take away about. $25,000,000 yearly. Besides these, we have fully 300,000 Chinese and Canadian laborers who must absorb fully $75,000,000 more every year. The money which these people send away in the form of drafts and postal orders ran onailv h?* trappd hilt t.hV>r? ifl no *v ? ? ?- ? ? ? way to fiud out bow much tbey take away on their persons. The "Chinese take more silver, while the white aliens prefer gold. "At least 50,000 of the Canadian workmen cross the border every day, and when tbey get paid they take every cent of their earnings back home with them. They have been doing this for the last 25 years; and if we add to the vast amount they must have absorbed in this way the millions that other alien workmen have carried off on their persons, it is quite evident that there cannot possibly be anything like $300,000,000 in circulation at ' present. "Another leakage that the government's estimate ignores is the gold paid for smuggled goods. How much goes in this way it is bard to determine; but there can be no doubt that since 1872 we have lost a great many millions that do not appear in the custom house reports." Tillman Wants to Investigate.? 'In the South, when the charge is made against an official or any other man that be has done anything that is corrupt, he himself always demands an nvestigation. When he declines to lemand an investigation it is usually considered that be is guilty." The speaker was Senator Ben Tillman, of South Carolina. The above tvas stated in response to my inquiry is to what would be done with the esolution to investigate the recent cond issues. "You see," he continued, "I tried to it:11 A o Jiu lllil uuvvu vrucu uc laiacu uuui ? j'clock to prevent a vote on this reso- ' ution of investigation, which will be . jailed up again in a day or two by a najority vote of the senate, and I think ve can pass it. I do not know whether iny stealing has been going on, but be country certainly ought to know vby it was that a large number of $onds were sold for 104J when they vere selling on the open market for L16." A cable railway to the top of Popocatepelt, 18,000 feet above the iea level, has been surveyed.