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V'OUJMIO VIII. ? . . . ' ? ~ ? ? Comptroller-General Says the Sup* plomontal Tax Won't Be Levied, SENATOR 111 LIVjAN IMPROVING, (Joes,! Iio Prion of (/'oul? The Liquor I'robioin ? A Valuable HHi?-Farm .>1 til oal Insurance. _ jjtfwidr Tillman jteTapidty approach^ - ing recovery ftom bit recent illness. ' He has lost about twonty pounds in ? 7 avdirtl t* b&fcTbff t he-looks comparatively WHI.' -The Register. - r " ~ pTT" - ~tz. i-r-r- ? 4**- ? ~ ^ Konr ort?it?aI paokege dealers in Greenville hare paid the paekage tax rccsatly imrojed upon them by the : ? eify otronem WW the others will fight villa** artesian; well, aftt f ? o# constant tyring, baa Wen Ud ?t last *nd now good water l ast weok at. Torturous at interesting caso occupied tho court. Something liko 1 1 1 o Chester Mutual Farmers' Fire A?3oyiv*vliou was chartered tjovoraljycaw ago, a Mutual I.nurons Fanners' Firo Association was organized in this county, with by-laws, a:ul procoodod to is?U0 policies, A man, who hint a pol icy for $1,000, suffered a Ions, and pro ceeded to aue t ho ('hector association, ondcavoving to show that tho Laurons association! was part and parcel of tho Chester Association, Tho lato officers of the l aurons Soeioty were served. Tho case was most' elaborately arguod and hardly fought, as it scorns? many guiii.hu; claims are dependent upqn like conditio'iH, Tho Judge held that tho allegata mid tho probata wore iheon sis tent, and iho plaintiffs'. attornoy& finally went tho way of tho tlesh and fcu limit ted to a non-suit. Govorn.or Kllerbo is still receiving replies to his ministerial circular on the l.iQUQ.r question. lie sa.ys he ox poets ? to reooivo upwards of a thousand ho fore Ihby are all in. Clerk Harris has beg'uu tho preparation of a table, show-<> ing in eOnoroto form tho opinions of the; Christian people of tho Stato. lie is taking iquch pains with tho propara tion of tins table and the character of ^ ? the work makes it appear as if the table will find a place in the Governor's annual message, . in his inossago, $ GoVeriior Kllevbe said, ho proposed to deal at length with tho liquor problom. Ho thinks that it will bo the iillabsorb ing puzzlctffor the. General Assembly', and ho proposes to oxpress his views in detail, lie declines to indicate wha* *his poaitiou will bo. -Tho Slate. ? - . Mr. N. K. Perry. of Columbia, has ?in liisjiossosfiion an old piece of papor money which is doubtless very valua ble. Inscribed upon tho faco of tho - bill, is tho following: ".South Caro lina?this bill outitles the bearer to one , lmudrod dollars' or 102 / pouuds ton shillings current money of thjs State, pursuaut to on ordinance ott!l$GifnoraI Assembly, passod on tho 8th day of February, 1771)/" It is signed by G carles Atkins, P. Weston and John Smyth. Mr. Perry has another interestingrolie. It is a brass* check in tho sliapo of a coin and states that it is good for one {{lass of soda water at tho store of It. lj. Baker, Charleston. S. C. Tho date At Anderson A. Wj-tho, Esq. , of Cfrecmville, attorney for certain origi nal package mon, moved boforo Judge Jiuchanan for un injunction against tho '? cjity of Creonvillo imposing a tax or li <Vnso ordinanco. Tho judgo refused tho motion on the ground that tho - liquors of tho original package men were con fiscatod to tho.Stato and that they had 110 interest in tho same that could bo protected by tho State court. He, however, intimated that the ordi nance, under the constitution is void. The Newberry correspondent to the News and Courier savs: Gno'Nowberry ' farmer, John T. MoKittrick, bus do eided not to soil anotlior balo of cbtton - -for less than soven . cents, and ho wauts to know how man v farniorn in tho South will join him jn this dotorm'ination. if - tlft in-ice is fixed in Liverpool, and there ? is a combination, why cannot all tho farmers, or enough of them, broak tho Combination,, as tlioy did tho Bagging Trust? . , ? -*??> ? ?- ? Tho dam at I'ortnmn shoals, on tho / fiouoca, ton milos from Anderson, haB beon completed, and the Anderson Wa ter, Light and Power Company are busy placing tho ponderous electrical ma chinery in position, but it will be some j ? four Tcnkrr "boforo they~Wlll be ready to start up tho big cotton mill at Anderson by tho transmission of power. Tho dam, 700' foot long and 27 feot high, was ^ eighteen hours in filling. Tho News and Courier says tho bad offects of tho ntrikenmoug tho coal min ers in tho Northwest have already reached Charleston. Local dealers re port that the prices has advanced from to ton for hard coal, and it is likoly to JuTftp higher. Tho com panies horo now havo to pay fifty cents moro on every ton they buy, * . A special to tho Itogistor from Gall lioy, cays tho original packago has done deadly work there recently.- Burton McCraw bought a pint of the stuff, drank fthlf of it and died shortly after .wards. I Moses Petty bought half a pint ontlio Homo sort of \b?ozoi drank pari of it, and within twenty-four hours ho was a eorpso. " ^ The much talked of supplomontal school tax which Rested so mnoh de bato at tho {ast scssion of the general assembly is not going ,to be levied, so says Comptroller -General Norton. TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH, Tho Soul h. At Wilmington, N. C. , (loo. Jackson bivi boon Bentouc.ed l?> death for riip^. Flat Crook, Tonn., a thriving eom mereial town, has boon demolished by tiro. Tho minora' strike in Hell County, Ky. , is over ami tho men lms icturned to work. Ovor *J00 persons have signed l\\au K'olist Lee's uuti-?aloon pledge at Char lotto, N. C. S. W. Venaldo. of' tho Vonablo To bacco Co. .died in Petersburg, Ya , a trod 78 years. Sam Bird, eololVd, wanted for murder in Union, S. C. / was avtostod at ( las Ionia, N. C. Tho Statu of Virginia will receive j 8100,000 as collateral inhoritnneo tax on tho (1 inter estate. Sevoral eau-ea of smallpox have de veloped in Atlanta, (>a. Compulsory vaccination has boon begun. Jn North Carolina two railroads aro rontomplatrd from l.atirnngo, one to Snow 11 ill and one to Seven Springs. The'rUehmood <\'a ) Standard Spiko JWilla havo started up. It has been idle for moro than a year. It employs about 1 00 hands. The will of tho into Towis (iinteohas been probated at lliohmond, Vn Tho estato is valued nt bctwwen $7,000,000 and $S,001>,001>. Tho postollleo at Ikmton, (}?,, was blown open and ono hundred dollars in j cash was taken ; stamps and other post oflice matter was not disturbed. Kev. Sam P. .tones, tho noted evan gelist, eolobrntod his f.Oth birthday at liia homo at C'artorsviMo, (la., on tho K'.th. Fifty prominent gnosis woro piosent. About elovon loilo.s from Durham, "N. C. , WiJIinni Jirogilen, a fnrme was killod by a pair of inulea running away. His head was broken open and his right arm torn OtV. ! ^ At Charleston, S. (5., ( ;. CI. Pinekney, Jr., who has boon ono of tho wealthiest, most prominent mill and mining opera tors in tho South, has suspended pay mont. liis liabilities nro estimated at ovor two huudred thousand dollars. j The North. County Treasurer lfoldon,of (Joshon, I ml. , is Haiti to bo short ?10,000 in hi< accounts. In Arkansas a band of negro white caps lynched ancfjro charged with kill ing one of their rjice. Troublo is being experienced at Al ton, 111., in onforcing tbo color lino in the public schools. Couvicts in tbo HivorsipO, poniton tiary, at Pittsburg, l'a,. , have been counterfeiting OO-cent. pieces. Tho Boston (Mass.) registration ahowa <05,824 qualified volers, or 882 less than that of the registration for 1800. A hejvvy bhow storm has swept over Houtl^astem Idaho. It will do luucli damage, a3 much grain and lucerno is Bt ill out. " ?? The lovn of Windsor, N. 8., 1ms boon devastated by fire. Thousands are home less, and the loss is roughly estimated at 38,000,000.-^ . 1 Bccauso, as alleged, llarvV'irod^Ron, of DaHas.^Twu,. betrayed l+hd daughter of ex -Pol. iceman John Willis, the latter i shot ami killed Hodgson. Forefet firos at Nelson Run, near Aus tin, Pa , destroyed twenty million feet of hemlock and 26,000 cords of bark, resulting in a loss of .#300,' 000; Mrs. Mary Doving and othors, of Al ton, 111., havo suod tho State, claiming $25,000 for tho lifo of Mrs. Dovino'sson, whowashanged for initi 'cr twelve years ago. At Wilmot, Ark , a loafing whito man, named Colo, was lynched for ,shootinjf Conslnblo Jos. Jones, because he was arrostod for kouio slight mis denieanor. J Tho Mcnohnites- aro to found a colony noar Houston, Tex., purchasing uu im mense farm, to bo colonized by all the Mononnites now scattered throughout tho West. Tho Doxtorpark pavillion in Chicago, in which were 000 hoYses, and a largo number of <t?ther buildings 1ms been burned; one man and many of tho liorsos burnod to death. At Houston, Texas, tho City Dank of Hberirtau has failed to open its doors. Tho bank has assots of 1 to 1 of tho liabilities, -its indebtodnoss being ?<50, 000 and assets 8200,000. At Cleveland, Ohio, .T. J. Shi.phord has been arrested on a chargo of cm - boz/.ling nearly $200,000 from F. 1>. Bobinson and a receiver has been asked for his firm, which is alleged to bo in solvent and owing S?,000,<)00. > * At tho Pullman Car Stockholders meeting'in Chicago 82-1,000,000 of tho capital stock was represented, and tile usual quartorly dividond of S2 por nharo was declared. Tlio company took in nearly nino million dollars dn the pasl yoar. Firo, supposed to havo boen started by tramps, destroyed the sjocMbarn of Burgess Brothers, at Tvinonn, 111. | -Thirty horses, many of which ha I takon. premiums at tttate fairs, at Hprmaneld, were destroyed. Tho loss iii#30,OOO, with iuBrirancq. on tho haru ?lone,' Miscellaneous. RT'C. Lee, a mail earner of Char lottesville, Vs. , has been presented with a check for $lVfUOQ toy a wealthy student of the Uuivereityof Virginia as a token of friendship. The Southern Textile Association ae ?*pta invitaUon to rueet tho Now Fng laikd cotton manufacturers. heroea of the Bueoa Vista ***? -wh*-r* 6.??0~A'?'ri^n t?'- , jchci mi c*nnrj iiliuf i Mexicans under Santa luring A Question to Bo Tostcil in t ho Su premo Court. MANY KNOTTY POINTS IN IT, I'lio A h Has Moon Ho^un mul f 1 ? * ? l'oluts to 1 1 o Soltlcd Wilt He of ( i it*.* I Interest In the State. I la* Nows and Couvior nays it is learned that nil action quo waiT.uiio !;hs boon commenced by tho Slate of South Carolina and Mr. o. ('. Sires, a tax payor of ttnmmci villo, as plaintitV, auaiust .Mr, Tj. l<), I'arler, claiming to bo county treasurer of iHuchoster connty. Au action of this chaiaetor is intended to ti\\ I ln> titlo to on o.Oico of one uxor cis.ng its powers and dutioa. Jn tliis particular case tho question whether M j'. Curler is county tieasuror or not includes, it is claimed, an issue of fur greater magnitude, iniuu'ly, whether Corehestor ih a count.N or not, and all tlietsueh an issue involves. It will bo rem em bored that a part of I'eikelo.V and a part of Colleton were taken to form Uorohester. Do these parts still belong to Uorkoloy and ( \>l loton respectively? All t ho innehiiiory for a county government has boon ar ranged for Dorchofdot'. Arrangenien's havo been inado to oreot public build ings. Bonds to the amount of $ I .*>, UuO havo been or arc about to bo issued. Is tho machinery legal? Aro tho bonds valid? What will he tho olVect of the decrees of courts held in Dorchester? What about tho payment of taxes? these and similar questions present themselves for consideration. By an Act passed at its last s ession tho .Legislature established Dorohoskjr eounty, and tho constitiitionality of tho Act is denied, I'ho Constitution of I8U.*>." provides how no A counties may bo cre ated, and certain taxpayers, unw iliiug to boar what they consider tho oheroua and unnecessary expenses of establish ing a lifw.count.v, and behoving that tho requirement* of the Constitution have not been complied with, havo set about this proceeding, in which tho {State concur*, to test tho question, and this action has accordingly been com menced by Messrs. LoVd ,V Burke, tho lawyers for plaintiff. Tho suit has been brought in the .Su premo Court of this .State, as one ol tho class ol cases within tho original juris diction of that Court. . A ud tho com plaint takes tho position that before tho Legislature has powor to create a now county tho qualified electors in the area proposed for said i;ow county must voto upofi three quostiods, viz: I. \\ bother they shall bo a county or not. 2. Tho name of tho county. Jf. Tho location of tho county scat. 'That tho yoto uptfn all three questions must betaken at t he^t^no election, and' that 'here must be a t wo-thii ds majority upon each question before the legisla ture can establish the county. In the case of Dorchoster thoro has been three elections. At the lirst elec tion, ordored by tho Governor, tho requisite twcniirds majority docidod that there should bo a county, and that its name should bo Dorchester. .St. Goorgc's, Hmnmorville and itidgevillo each received votos as tho placo lor tho county seal, but tho one having the Inghost voto did not receive a two thirds majority. Then tho Governor ordered a second election as to loca tion, with a similar result. Thou the Legislatuao tqpk tho matter up, direct ed tho (.Governor to order elections to fix the locality nnd provid od that a simple majority should Boloct. After this, on V?-J t h March last, another election was hold and .St. George's ro coivod a simplo majority. No placo at f any olcolion has received a two-thirds majority. Tho constitutional provision is as fol lows: AllTICLU VII ? COUNTIES AND~C'Ot.'NTY OOV RUNMHNT. .Section 1. Tho Goneral Assembly may establish now coiintios in the fob lowing "manner: Whenever Hie-. bird of tho qualified olectora within the area of each potion of an old county pro posed to" bo cut oir to form a new coun ty shall petition tho Govei'nor for tho creation of a new county, sotting forth the boundaries and showing compliance with tho rcquiemonts of this article, tho Governor shall order .an election within a reasonable time thereafter, by the qualified voters within tho proposed area, jn which election thoy shall vytt? I "yes" or "no" upon Ibo qtiodion' of{ creating iai<l new county, nnd atotho same election the question of a name and a county peat for such county shall bo nubuiittod to tho electors. .Section y. If two-thirds of. tho quali fied doctors voting at such election shall voto.' 'yes" upon such questions thou tho General Assembly at the next session shall establish such now county. 'J ho lawyers for plaintiffs contond that not only. must, thoro bo n two-thirds for tho location of a county seat, but there must be such a majority before Jin Act to establish ft county can bo passed, and not only that, but that such majority must bo had'at tho very first election. It is said tlialacaeoofthis kind comes np for trial in, duo cottrso nt tho first term ufloi twonty dftye allowed defend ant to t u.su or. Van Wyck tn the fjcart. Tho Now York World has completed its poll of tho mayoralty preferences of Greater Now York votdra, having ob tained 17D.4iS8 ballots. ..Of .th?o? V?n Wyck, Tfcmmany, bao 59,686; Seth Low; CiUzon*' :y nion. 40,QJLZ;Honry j Goorgo, JeflOTBonia* Democrat, 84,087; I General "Tracy, Republican, 27,780.' I Patrick Gleaaon. Independent, 9,044. K-~ ? - fw?nty.FWt Birthday; Af? Eighty Fc -tcMlngHfild, Suffolk, * Eng*J . boaau amou^f . ? boll ringer lir the kingdom. Ho l? I Edmund Chandler, and la 180b ho celebrated . his t wenty- first birthday, beta# at thai tlmo eighty-four year* ottfc ?u birthday occurs onFebruary ? Kill 1 OK 1>\N a f>K.M>, |>a?' (if A mm?i Ion's Hi l^hlc st .lournul* . !>liv (iocs Oul I'orovoi*. I (MiaUou A. I hum ill hi* homo oil i;>l,ujil, X. V. , on (ho 1 ? t li. Tho oaiuoof\!r Ihtwt's iloalh was oinhof? iis of iho liver, OiiihitioU ho wan ut rilA.lU.KH A. PAN A. his oHico, apparently strong and healthy. Tho next day ho wan taken ill and ho novel- afterward visited Now York. Ho was 18 yours old. Charles Anderson Daua, a scholar of faro attainments, wfl.s horn in Hinsdale, N, II., N, I S 10. Ilo studied at. Harvard, was oho of tlso editors of Tho Harbinger, from 1^17 to lHtU was eon liactcd with tho Now Vork Tribuno, won insist a nt secretary of war from 1KU:$ to oditod tho Chicago Ixopuhlioan for two yours and bccanio Iho editor of Tho Sun in Is;;m, whL-li position ho held at tho time of his douth. WANT TO ANMCX CI HA. Autonomy Can Never lie Successful-" Anuc.vat (on (o C. 8. the ttetnedy. Matanzas, Cuba, via Key West, Flu. ? Tho business element in Havana, and olsowhoro, soems to havo arrived at tho conclusion that tho Madrid urov ornn\ont cannot oud the1 war on tho hasiw, of autonomy to Cuba, as thoro arohot ouough loyalists among tho Au tonomists to hold public oftlcos. At least that is the claim Conservative Spaniards inrtko. In addition, tho latter ox press I tin! belief thai tho Autonomists, even ii' they woro at present in power, would not bo able to preserve peace uud pro ject I ifo and properly from tho law- i less elemen t. Jn viow of this condition of alia lis, numbers of prominent mor Jhuntd and sugar planters -of .Spanish origin, in conjunction with sovorat'Cu btmsof prominence, havo been holding secret mcetingft and eoi responding with people in various parts of tho island, with the dl/ject of ascertaining tho views of tho Commercial and planting community in Pinar del ltio, Havana, Malatizns and Santa Clara provinces, as to tho future for Culm most likely to further their interests and those of tho inland in general. It is expected that tho majority of ilio replies will Ijo fnvorablo to tho nn ncxalion of Culm to tho United Stntos, as tho Washington government- alone, apparently, is able to guarantee peace in Cuba and tho protection of lifo and property. . THE COMMISSION A FAIL UK IS. Hi-Itlctnlllsls'iu F.nropo Hellevo Fng lnn<l lias I>ca)t a Death HIotv. A cablegram from London sa3's the Lnited States monetary commissioners havo roeoived no oflicial information regarding tho uelioA talym by tho British cabinet. Pri?ato advicos, how oyer, conyiuco them tji a fc tho commis %r ion ors will shortly bo- informed that Hor Majesty's government rogrets be ing unable toaccodo to their proposals but is willing to listen to auy other plan they may suggest. Hut bo'th par ties to tho conforonco know that no' other pralical Rchemo can bo ad van cod. In tho event of tho expected reply being lcceivcd, the U"iled Statos com missioners will letuln .to tho United States.' Tho commissioners believe their fail ure) means that no further effort iu bohalf of bi metallism Mill bo made for many yearn to como. They attrib ute their failure to tho opposition of rV0 !,ftn'JorK ?f the London Times, until these forces wero aroused all Higus pointed to tho co-overntion of tho British government. Tho Armor Plate Hoard, The mouibcrs of tho Armor Plato Board visited the Birmingham iron aud steol mills and among tho import ant facts they loarnod wero that tho boat coking coal was being dolivorod in Birmingham at 00 conts a ton; that in this district tho average prico of coke does not exceed $1. 7/5 a ton freo on board at furnaces; that deal homn tito at furnaces costs only (Jfl to 7/5 cents; dolomito for steely furnaces >10 to <15 cents, as against. in Pittsburg, and that steel is today being made in Bir mingham for $11 to 811,25 ? ton of billets. Product of 811 vor. The mint director's report shows that iht avorage rate for tho fiscal year of tho commercial ratio botwoen gold and silver was Pto 31.1/4. Tho product of gold and nil vor in tho United States for* ii; ^2 ^V.ftr *)rftr 18P\ silvor -(coining valuo), ?70,009,^0. The world's product of faoi * 9 Xer.'* ? r calendar year, 1890, waa: Gold. $204; 89ft, flOO; filv?r (commercial value) x f 109,40fl,800\ Ho lite deolioo to tho great in crease in production. - ... Anarchy In South China. unee, mi bMB captured by rebels 1 inhabitants killed and - . -Mr?Uy ??. - M adaqnate means of' ?9Pl**ff*i??3t!?j lion, ? TO lTf?^W?Tfil, ,ts come to ___ .. ^ ^ ? ?****?. i'i-:*'.- ' A . - ? . W ^ ? \ . , ; -. ? - 1 ?Ill II coil MP. ( v ? It is Not Going to Bo so Laree Says Brudstrcct. NO, OF BUSINESS FAILURES. Holt or, Potatoes. Wliout, Com, Ouls, Klonr, CoDVo anil Cotton All Low, Hradatrc ol'tf Commercial Koviow fur t ho past week, in part, says: Mho no tivity in slaplo linos of merchandise is U'.h.j pronounced t him a month ago, duo , to interior merehania havinj; supplied their demuuds for tho time; u gradual deerooso of tho territory included by tho yollow fever quarantine; tho low price of cotlon ; a tendoney in tho Mis souri rivor valley and spring wheat St at oft to hold whoat for higher prices, and to farmers being busy with full planting. I" treasonable weather litis boeii nu unfavorable influence on tho distribution of merchandise through out tho Central West ami lit Chicago l\nd St. I.ouin tho mlos have fallen oil". A woll-int'ormod correspondent of Brads ti eel's, after extended personal in vestigation, given reason for nnticipiit* iug u much smaller yield of eottoti than tnulo estimates indieato. He looks for a Texas crop of not to exceed 2,000,000 bales, or less than last year, while the Mississippi Valley will, lio thinks, pro duce less than an average crop, and Ar knnB')H be in a le^s favorable situation than last year. Tho long and severe drought, facilitating picking and mark eting has, ho declares, destroyed all the top crop and will materially cut short the later yield. Tho position of tho cotton goods in dustry is no more favorable, but woolen goods miuuifiu'tnros aro brisk, Aprices steady and unwillingness by iiiiiBI'h to accept now orders at present (nicta tions. Willi tho slackening oil' in tho vide of distribution of merchandise the up ward movement of prices is eorrospoml ingly checked, and this, tho third week in succession, tho number of staples for which ipiotations aro lower in great er than thoso which aro higher, or un changed. There uro nominal advances for lard and men's shoos, but prices for pork, sugar, other forms of iron and steel than those named, for copper, lumber, ooal, hidoa and wool aro un changed. Quotations aro lowor for butter, potatoes, wheat, corn, oats, boef, co (loo, cotton, print cloths and load. Wheat oxports have again expanded, the total for tho present week boing among the largest on record. Corn ox-/j ports wero 2.225, 000 bushels this week, against 2, 107,000 last week. There wero*. 100 business failures re ported throughout tho United Stales compared with ;.'37 lust week. There aro -It business failures reported throughout tho Dominion of Canada, compared with <15 last week. ? ' I ) I K K K It 10 N T I A I j II AT1CS," S. A. It. (ilves It m'MHons for tlio Cut S* In Pnsfenjicr Kates. Tho general passenger department of (ho Scubtard Air Lino lias just issued n circular announcing a sweeping reduc tion of pasuonger rates on all its lines. Explaining this action tho ofllcial circu lar aays: "During the, ?, past threo or four years, tho Seaboard Air Lino has mndc many and frequent ofl'orts to securo for itsolf, aud tho pnblio tho Kinno thfough-Blooping-car sor vice on joyed by its competitors (to say nothing of their solid train Borvieo. ) bet woe n New York andr Atlanta, On. , ami Now York and Now Orleans, La., but request for such equal facilities, between thoso points hns^ in every in stance, been met with a declination by conncctiouH, who havo givon as a causo for such refusal, first ono reason, and thou another, a majority of which haw been, to uu extent unsatisfactory, " Tho position in which this refusal of connections placos tho Soaboard is aliowii in tho statement of tho differ ence in distance, tiuio. oto. , botweon New York aud Now Orleans, which iH by tho Seaboard blip, milos, by tho Southern 1,271 mile*; time, Soaboard 45 hours, 4") minutos; Southern 45 hours, 10 minutos; botweon New York and Atlanta, distance: Soaboard 1)45 miles, Southern 870 milos; lime Sea board 28 hours, 55 miuutos, Southern 24 hours, 25 minutos. "Tho Soaboard Air Lino, thoroforo, and in view of Bueh continuoil discrimination against its interosts, and tho interests of its patrons, has determined, fcr tho pur poso of equalizing, to an extent, tho disadvantages under which it operate.! its fast mail and express t*Ains, to adopt similar action to that taken by trunk linos botwoon - Now York and Chicago, St, Louis, Cincinnati and other oitios; which action is recognized by tho Tri\nk Lino Association as bo ing proper and right, whoro disadvan tages oxist; will, thoroforo, establish on Ootobor 25th tho rates named in its dlf forontial rate tariffs," snya tho circu lar. i'orlwips 200 Drowned. Havana, Cuba --(By C'abJUd. -7.Tho coasting steamer Triton, from Havana to JJahift Hondv I>roviuco ot 1,iaar dcl Itio, has boon wrockod botween Dom inica and jVIariel. The purser and ono passenger have arrived nt Marie!. II j i* fearodjlhat Die ?aptain, crew and two , huV?ic a *>a*ecngorB have beeik Jost. The^aB>&\bad $81.00fr inHilverJ aboard, to pay Offth.oSpaoJsh 8olc\ictfl. A I*lg Caleb of Mackerel. Thero baa bco^fflfrlpped from More head, by rail, eays the Newborn, (N, C ) Journal, 145 boxes or mora thar. nine tona of flab, mostly maokarel. I They were caught off Boanfort and wa?] one of the bigf eat catches erer made here. ." '7"'" I fjuaengar Hatii Adop ? r, IA4 VMf M||. :'vAv ' - ^ ? - - . ' I. *?& uu "v " ;?r: - -r-f -j- 5-- . - ' ? II AM? A MILLION MlitC At Durham 7 Wooden IVtze Howies | nud M cottages Huined. A special from Durham to tho Clwr tolto (N. (\) Observer, of tho Hth, says: Durham had nearly a half million ilol lar tho today. It destroyed ooyon prise rooms and eight dwellings, hi eluding about 11,000, 000' or 4,000,000 pounds of loaf tobacco. At 1 1 :*V> tho idnftuig engine gavo tho alarm of tiro, and tho alarm waa re echoed by whistlea, holla and citi/ons. Tho Jlro Waa found tu bo I'flgitur at Ik ?l. Mass & Co. 'a pri'/.o room, on Morgan street. Tho tiro companion roapondod promptly and begun operations, but with littlo elVect. Kvory thing was bo dry it burned like powder. From lta&s Co. 'a tho llamon wont to the storage of W. T. Carrington, and thou to tho Iioubos occupied by tho American Tobacco Compnny, thou to tho houao occupied by tho Hlaokwoll Durham Tobncoo ('ompany, and those dwellings began to burn, ono after an other until eight four amUfivo-room dwellings wero burned. Tho loss is estimated at about $'100, ? 000, while tho insurance oovora only 'about #'.'00,000. Several iiromon became ovorhoaled and had to bo carried away. About 5J'?0 or H00 hogsheads of tobacco ami nearly all of tho household furniture yroro saved, The loss falla \ ory heavily on most of tho fain ili ok who wero burned out, uh (hoy had no insurance. An engine and hose 'wagon from ltal oigh, arrived hero by upeival train about I o'clock, but their services worn not needed, aa t lio lire waa thou undor i control. ' Tho principal loaorn wero: Tho Amer ican Tobacco Com pan v, II. ?J. Mass & Co. , W. Duke, 1$. Ij. Duko, (loo. \V. Walts, W. T. Carrington, 1 tlnok - well Tobacoi Company, Manning ft Morgan; the Newton ostato, and Ij. W. Wdfo. Tho Durham Daily Sun nays: At this time, daring tlio excitement, we j can givo only a partial list of the in- j suranco, Tlio following wero insured wjtli \V. II. iMoCabo for tho amounts stated: American Tobacco Company, $10,500; 15. Ij. Duke, $i),l)8l; doorgo W. Watts, &'U)00; W. Duko, cottago, $1,000; II. ,1; Bass ,V Co., $i.VI0(C Tho total insurance on somo of tho losses with tiio firm of ?). Soutligato <S> Son amounts to $55,000. Airtohl, the losses on buildings and tobacco will not miss $<100,000, and may possibly reach half a million. liOYAIj AHOH MASONS. Tlio oniccm F.lcet.ert?WIll Moot In Cincinnati lit 1J>()(). Tho grand clmptot of Koyal Arch Masons in uokbiou a^f Baltimore elected }tho following officers: Cionoral grand high priost , Itoubcn O. Lommon, of Toledo; dopulj' grand high plies!, Jas, W.Taylor, of Ijuthcrsvillo, (5a. ;gon oral grand Icing, Arthur (1. Pollard, of Lowell, Mush. ; general grand scribo, Jos. JCycs, of I 'aria, 111. ; general grand treasurer, Daniel Striker, of Hast* lugs, I\j icli. ; general grand cap tain of tlio host, William C. S. Dain. of Milwaukee; general grand principal -sojourner, Nathan KingHley, of Austin, Minn.; gonoral grand royal arch captain, Bernard (J. Wilt, of Henderson, Ky. ; general grand master of tho third veil, Geo. Ji?. Cor ?oi?, of Washington, 1.), (I.; general grand master of tho Becoml voil, Fred - crick W. O. Saig, of \)en iMoinos, la. Tho next triennial meeting of tho. general grand chapter will he held at Cincinnati, in September, 1900, - Justice Flold'* Retirement. A Washington - ppccial BayH it 1ms boon announced at t^o Supremo Court that Justico Stephen J. Field, of Cali fornia, had notified; Prosidont MeKitf^ ley of hiH intontiun to retire as a mom- ' ber of tho court," 'and had informed his eollcaguos of tho fact. Jt is expected thatJiiB successor will bo noininat/cl by tho 1'rosidont- immediately aftfyr tlio convening of CohgreBs, anil ytliat At torney Uoneral .Melxenna, affio of Cali fornia, will bo namod for tlio odico. Jerry Simpson Sees n INuilc Ahead, A Nowton, Kan. , dispatch r>ays: Con gressman Jerry Simpson dec.'aros t/at insido of a year this country will ya in tho throes of a panic, tho liko of which was novor droamod of. According to Mr. Simpson, England is paying for Amoricau exports in American Bocuri ties, ami tho banks are boistoring up tho Bocurities by borrowing. Ho pre dicts that tho banks will bo obliged to unload in tho near future, and that this will cause tho crash. Receivers for tlio Called Hank, Jmlgo Norwood, at Chambers in Clay county, North Carolina, conflrmod tho appointment by Judgo Kwart of Coo. II. Snfathors, of Waynqsvillo, and 1j. MeLoud and John A. Nichols, of Asho vlllo, asreceivcrn of tho Western Caroj j lina Bank. Mr. Nichols, however, de clinod. , A Differential Tariff. v Tho Seaboard Air Lino has published a I differential paonongor tariff, which BUpersodes their presont tariff and makes a dccidcdrcduotion from. tho old rates. Thisliue is tho first road In tho country to adopt n method of diffcron- | tial for tho purposo of equalizing rates, i Tho rates go in effect oii tho SWtli. Spain7!! Army in (Jiibn, ReinfoTcomentfl of Spanish troops fa r Cnbaar? boing hurried forward by the military authorities^ ,c"3lboiitfi, 000 addi tional soldiers will le&vo Spain for (hat island boforo tho end of the present tMBill, : ^ - v---^ 1M tl?y Pointer*, K. H. Dudley. Democrat, has beett elected mayor of NaahviHo, Tenn. , .by 1,216 majority, - Ifr. Wn?. A. Johnson has been *j> tssnswd twyeJiBflr tkeBontbern R?^wajComi*ttU)r. EttftM V. Debs' followers fa Hut-. XT. OStZSLZ XZbuZ!'"' " ."diiw Jfafaw iwl Cbmilee tvil t#*iatt&bbero, were ?en:en<^1 te - - . - - ?- ? -IvL: Johnson vs. Stokos ? The Contest from the 7th Congress District SENATOR TILLMAN'S CONDITION Ijexliixioti i 'tin ii( \ Knlr-^ireouvlMo's Tax oii "(), 1\" SI ores ??Vwiico It* Confident --To Como Sotitlu n.a i-m* "you no/Ww; .KitfjS A h p o c* i u I to tho Register. from Wash ington nays the l>viofn of both tho con testant ami coutostco have boon (lied in to contested elect ion Oil so of JohnRton vs. Stokoa front tho seventh congres sional district of South Carolina, whicl^X i^'eom posed of tho whole of tho coun ties of l.oxington, Mutator and Orange burg and u part only of tho eountios of Herkoloy, llichland and Colleton, Tho attorneys who ropro'iont. T. H. Johnston, tho contestant, aro \V. F. Alvors, a no gro who lives in Colleton, .1. M. Ford nam, a negro from Orangeburg, .1, ('. Whitlakor, a negro from Snnitor, John II. Ostondorf, a white Republican of ( 'harlostdn, and .1, I *, Mitchell, whoao initccodouts and color aro not attainable at this (snd of tho line. Tho retncua allow that of tho ballots deposited in tho various boxes Stokes received H,0'>;i and Johnston only I , !tl v, giving tho former a major ity of (i, or about aix to ono! Hut Johnston's contention is that logal voters went to the polls and desired to vote for him, whose ballots were reject* oil, and henco bo claims that bo would thus lmve bad moro than Stokes. There in a now turn in the original packagb busmosa in (Ireonville. Imst week a apocinl mooting of city council was hold and the ordinance passod a few days ago was adopted. The pro | visiona of the new ordinance require | sM'jti to be paid in advance and a gradu i atod scale is adopted from #<3,000 up to ; $13,660. Tho limit ia 8500 on any I amount of liquor Hold. .7. I?J. . IViyno, i F. M. Simmons and M. Flatan, tho j largest dealers, will comply with tho i ordinance and make the advance pa.v | fnont as required. Tho payment, will I be made under protowt. A nunibor of ! the smaller dealers hnvo employed Wythe ?fir Hlytho as attorney a and pro pone to contest the l'ight of tho city to impose the tax. Tho city authorities are determined to tost the mat(oi*,-nnd will proceed to exeouto the ordinanco. 'A At Anderson in tho ease of Tj. 1 1. Vanghan, representing Hlumenthal & Jbekart, original package men, was continued. No irroguhirity it>. ehnr^od in this instance. It is a eqnnPd" issuo wliothor or not liquor can bo Bold in original packages. Judge Huchaniin is understood to hold that il is nonsonso to say that a non-rosidenl can do what a citi/.en cannot do; that under tho first clause of tho dispensary act tho ealo of liquor is prohibited, except as pro vulod in that act. That tho exception is the provision for sale by dispensers. If tho sale by disjicnsors is unconstitu tional then wo hnvo prohibition. Tho Stato of tho 1Mb says: Mr. Ij. A* Witlkowaky and sovoral other ftctitlo* men ciuuo over from Camdon to present to the governor strong petitions aakiog ... him to commute the death sontencoofu , negro in that county who is to bolmngoil on tho SWnd iust. ; having beon convicted of rape. Tho victini wau a lG-yoar.-old colored girl, and sho signs tho petition asking that tho death sontonco bo com muted to life imnrisonmontin the Htato penitentiary. -J'horo appears to bo con siderablo doubt- as to the man's guilt, (lov. Ellorbohas taken tho potitions under advisement. ? r Colonel Vance, dispensary commis sioner, pays ' tho ^^ipments now aro ? voryjrfrgo and aro "athiost up to tho, usjfal amount. Ho thinkV4horo is no dofibt ubout liis ability to continue to turn monoy into thoJi*?as?m', and if ho does ho has no doul\? alJGut tho por manoncy of tho institution, Ho doesn't beliovo tho TiOgiMatnro 1 lion of abolishing Hegifitoiv tho yas any in ten - k'stom. Olivor Bruhibcls, white, wotf killed noar Oalavan, Clarion county, by United Statos Marshal Hubbard. Jhuinblos was a dosperato character and said ho would not bo arrested alivo and when Hubbard wont to mako tho arrest he was llrod on, tho ball losing through his hat. JIubbard roturnod, tho ili'd with fatj^l result. At Killiann, Jtichland county, John Drain of lato has beon too attentive jto " lFonry Willford's wife, nndon roturning homo' ho found (iraiu in his houso and lio emptied the coutento of his. double.- . ? bai-rol shot gun athim, one load taking e/Toct in tho log, tho other in his side, Tho sido wound is fatal. Will ford ^scaped. ' , T HonAtor-Tillman i?atill confined to.^is J room at tho lesidonco of i\Ir. J. W, Hunch in Columbia. It is stated that his condition is about tho samoaswhon ho arrived in .tho city. Ho iff being glvon thoroucjh troatmont by bio phy." siciaus. Mis. Tillman iB with tho Hen" ator. ? Tho State. , . ? ?? . p ; Tho Loxisagton county /air asdooifttion has beon permanently organized and-? TarioiiB committedfT flPT>oiured,~andT>f- ? JioorH nod copim ittco s have pono actively to vrork malcin'g propnrntfons to hold - tho firBt annnal connly. fnir <m ihf 87tfa-'x and 2Stb of ihis liiOatlr. i Hauimn A large party of Nev England cotton mill men are to visit Columbia the lat ter pert of this mouth to insist JtUe . waterjvower oi tho Colombia > Company Trith a riew ef ?o?HHir4j?e*>