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NieLE. VOUME IX. CAMDEN, S. CM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25. NO. 4(i. ?MMMWMM Spaiii Asked to Cede the Entire Philippine Archipelago, AN INDEMNITY OF $20,000,000. The Ultimatum Also Treats of Religious freedom of the Caroline Islands, the Tak ( hrjf (it Cable. Telegraphic and Naval Sta. tioas and the Renewal of Treaties. | " Vahis (Hy C'ablo). ? Tho Spanish and American peace commissions mot iu joint suasion at % o'clock Monday. Tho Americans declared that the Unitod States must have tho outire Philippine arohipolago, .grid for a treaty ooaaiou of the islands tho Americans toudored to Bpaiu ?20,000,000; It is further 'de clared that it ia the pnrpoue of the United Stntos to maintain the Philip pine Islands nn "an open (toov to the world's oommorce. " On tho terms named, tho United States proposo a .mutual relinquishment of all claims for indemnity, national or personal, sub sequent to tho outbreak of the last Cu ban insurrection. November 28th is Used as the date on which the United States commisdion dosirea a defiuito reaponso to the propositions and all other subjects. in issue here. It is alno declared tlifkt the United States desires to treat on the religious freedom of tho Caroline Island, as agreed botweon tho United and Spain iu and also of tho acquisition of ouq of the Caroline Islands for an Amoricau naval station and c^blo-land ^ ing rights at ?ther places in Spanish 'jurisdiction, and the reviva^of certain " "tJliaOllSh American treaties aB heretofore in force. Tba Americans also refuse to arbitrate artiolo#, of theprotoool, bear ing upon the nature of the disposition and control of tfye^Philippine Islands. Indictments Against Quay. Pmi/APEtiPltA (Special).? The grand jury hf.s prosented to the-. county oourt true bills of indictment against United States Senator M. S. Quay; his son, Hichard R. Quay, and Beujamin J. Haywood, ex -State Trakeurer. The bills charge the defendants With con spiracy with John 8. -Hopkins; late cashier of the Poople's Bank, for the iiulawful use of the moneys oT the bank in tho purchase of Btook and con spiracy with Ilot>kins in the misuse of State funds ou deposit in' the People's Bank. Hopkins committed suicide by ehootiug, iu March last. The true bills returnod by the grand jury are five in : number. Queen Lil Arrives ? Her Mission. On board tho steomcr Coptic, whioh arrived in Ban Fraucisco from the Orient,' Via Honolulu, was ex-Queen Ijlluoknliani, of Hawaii. Tho ex O*(oen is very rotioent regarding her inifsion to this country, but from the . .pAMougei's on the Coptio it was learned that the goneral impression is that she has Come to make formal application for the restoration - of tho Hawaiiau crown lands, valuod, it is said, at 80, 000,000. It is claimed that the crown lands aro private property and are not subject to confiscation. Gen. Lon/jstrect's Report. General James Longstrcot, the ooin misfiioner of railroads, in his an nual report, calls attention to the gen eral prosperity iu railroad affairs aud reooniiuonds tbe government con structton and operation of a first olass double-track railroad from Kansas City, Mo., to San Diego, Cal., by air line route. He eays that the physical condition or our railroads generally is better than ever bofore. Many roads which in 1893 were forced to out salarios 20 per cent , have voluntarily restored tbe old basis of wages. A Walk-out ef Operatives. Att<iusta,Ga, (Special). ?After threat ening for some days, the local mill trouble bas culminated in an individual walk-out. Over 8,000 employes are idle, three of tbo largest mills and two smaller mills being included in the trouble. They are; Kiog Mills 60,000 spindles, 1,085 hands; Sibloy, with 000 bands and 40, 256 spindles; Enterprise, 83,000 spindles, 000 hands; Isaetta, 8,658 spindles, 105 hands. The affair is styled an "individual walk-out," while it it in reality a strike. Advised to Change the Name. Tbe committee in charge of the At* Ian ta peace jubilee, for which JDeoem bor 14th and 15th have been set," has received a telegram from the President requesting them to ohange the name of tbe celebration from peaoe jubilee to "a demonstration over onr victo rious "inns." The telegram gives as the reason tbe "uncertain outcome of the Paris conference aad the oxigea oiea which may arise. " Shelled by Spanish Gas Boats. Paasengers who have arrived is Manila by the steamer Adelante, report that two Spaaiah gun boarte recently visited Sorsogon and fired three shells iato the town, claiming thai the insur geata there refused to lower their flag when ordered to 'do so. Oa theHear Kta showing fights it is aaid, the gaa' ta left harriedly. The shells aid little daamga. ? ? ^ . wey Weabrtofahe ft. AH. Pi WW., of Norwich Unt nipfei a rtrnml letter' itEBB&BSsS** ** " SBpi Sim LOSE THEIR LIVES. *1 ' " ? ?#? ? V Terrible Railroad Acciilents in New York and Illinois, MOWED DOWN LIKE;' GRASS, Pana, III., in Terror of Negroes Numerous Encounters Between t lie Negroes and Miners?To Kaise J of Dewey's Snips. Nbw York (Bpooial).? While a gang of VO truck bauds were at work upon the Pennsylvania Railroad's lino over tho llackonsack, near J or hey City, they wore run down by a local psssen ger traiu. Eleven' of tho workmen were killed outright and 1'iyo were feet iounl y injured. Only three escaped unhurt. The doad men nil lived in Jersey City. Win. Quirk, tho fore mau of the gang of workmen, mndo this statement: "Tho niuoke and fog are to blame. My men wore in a cloud of smoke when the calamity came upon ua. I had Michael Lawless stationed about ? SO yards ahead of tho gang, to give us warning. Lawless was struck first atid cut to pioces. My men were mowed down like yrass. " .Kuginoor Van Noafraud said: "I felt suro that tho track was olear and had 110 idea that in that cloud of smoke and fog, just ahead of mo, wero twenty laborors who did not know of my on coming. I got within 100 yards when my locomotive struck tho outpost, Michael Lawless. I i.ut on tho brakos at once, but in anotuor second 1 was upon the main gang, and my locomo tivo cut them down before I could stop tho train." _ .Other Accidents in the Tog. 1 Wilton, III. (Speoial). ? Twenty two men wore more or loss seriously injured in two railroad wrecks' nonr here during a heavy foff. Iu a head end freight oollison on tho Hock Island at Moboow, brakemau John Donahue was fatally hurt aud brakemau Mills had a leg broken Three other traiu meu wero seriously injured. Donahue did not.loug survive. Just after the ao eldeut a construction train, which -loft hero to oloar the track, was struok by the fast mail. The view of tho mail traiu failed to boo the signal displayed at Wilton to stop. Tho construction traiu had ou board about 20 men, in cluding section meu and citizous of Wilton, going to the scone of the Mos cow wreck. Of this number 17 wero more or less serioQslv injured butnono killed. ... /\ Pana Terror of Negroes. Pana, 111. (Special). ? Dosultory fir ing in eve/y section of tho city contin ued throdgh Friday night, Tho tor rorize^oitizens were huddlod in groups wbiclj were guarded by heads of fam ilien hoftviiy^ruiod. C^uito a number of families left the city and spent the night in the country. O. 11. Heath, an ex-railroad man, whose home is in Flathain, a negro district, was fired upon by the blacks, aud himself aud family were driven to shelter in tho oountry. Tho blocks olnimed shots were fired at their homos from lieAth's yard, a statement which he denies. Members of Troop B wore kopt on the alert all night, but accomplished little. A colored union minor reported to tho police that a whito man had been killed in tho Flathain district. Offi cers Smith and Loo, accompanied by the negro, started, for tho scene, lut they were mot by Captain But lor, tho militia oomuiandor, who told tbo offi cers it was unsafe for them to outer tho Flathacu district. Captain Butlor re fused to eend a gnard to accompany the officers. In tho Spriugside, Ed Jones, a white non-union miner, is re ported to have been shot in the back and dangerously wounded, A report reachod here that 75 negroes with Win chesters had lined up iu Springfield to cleau out the whites in that section. Captain Butler at ouoe sent troops to the scene. To Raise Three of Dewey's Sh'ps. The United States navy will soon possess more than a sprinkling of foreign built warships. Admiral Dewey has informed the Navy Department that he has contracted with a Hong Kong firm of wreokers to raiso threo of the Spanish war vessels, sunk in tho battle of Manila last Mav day. The cost of raising the ships and putting thom in through repair will be $500,000. 0a a Comprehensive Scale. The national quarantine convention at Memphis adopted a resolution for* the establishment on a broad aud com prehensive scale of a natioaal bureau end public health in the department of J the Treasury of the United States, and that the administration of all the public health fnnotions now exeroised by au thority of the United States be plaoed in the charge of this bureau. Dreyfus Heard of It. The Governor of French Quiana baa. eenta dispatch to the Colonial office in Paris, saying that Alfred. Dreyfus, the former Frenoh officer undergoing im prisonment for life on Devil's Island, has been informed of fhe revision pro ceedings in J&is ease. The Keetjr Meter Mas Dead. Jobs W. Keeley, in venter of the Keeley motor,, died st. hu home in Philadelphia, rw^nonln Mr. ladv vuM jamof age and leave a wslow. th? Hm.~ erw sus in meat . Merceaes can os ijMk ^ tie SPAIN'S HE [KAMI. Wants an Arbitrator to Interpret Some Parts of the Protocol. THREE CHILDREN CREMATED. It Was the Work of Fiends ?A tVrslmmon Tree Falls Victim ?'o Negro Soldiers Yen gcnancc-'Anti- Annexationists Meet. Washington (Speoial). ? Tho last paragraphs of the long translation of tho Spauish note, which was presented to tho Aiuorioan poace commissioners, woi'Q deciphered at the State Depart ment Saturday evening. It appeared that iu addition to tho long argument which was intondod to show that tho woid "disposition," used iu relatiun to tho Philippiuos, meant somothing elae, tho Spanish note did iuoludo a prop osition to submit the Philippine clause of tho protocol to tho iuterprotatiuu of of au arbitrator. There aro several mattera of roal importance, though not rankiug with the Philippine question, to bo treated by the commissionora, but t/ho instructions to tho Americans aro hot to call up those at present, or until tho main pending issue relativo to the Philippines has been settled, iu ordor to avoid complicating the pro ceedings. One of these subjeots con corns the restoration of trade relations betwoeu tho United StatoB aud Bpain. At the beginning of tho war, Spain ter minated all of her treaties with tho United States, atd if the two countries are to get along amioably, even after the declaration of peaod, there must be working arrangements in treaty form for the protection of trade in terests, equalization of tariff charges, the regulation of extradition and such subjeots as aro usually included in treatiea of trade and commerce and,, amity. 0 With a view to bringing matters to a spoedy conclusion our commissioners, by dirootion of the President, will lay before the Spaniards the final and irre vocable demands of this coun try, allowing a specified time in which our conditions may be eithor no- J copied or rejected. This ultimatum, it is uudersttfi/d, involves all that has thus fax; been contended for, iucluding tho surrendor to tho Unitod States of the ontiro Philippine group, and also namos the amount of cash which this government will pay Spain in consider ation of her expenditures on account of pnoiflo improvements aud betterments in tho island of Luzon. Tho amount of cash payment is not kuown, but thero is a basis for the belief that it is ap proximately 840,000,000. Rioting in Macon. Macon, Ga. , bad an incipient, riot caused by negro soldiers. Homo one pointed out to the negroes a pernim inon tree on which a negro was nangod nine years ago, and this excited the negroes to snch a state that they lired a thousand shots into - the tree, and theu cut it down. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Dave Riley, the own ner of the land on which the tree stood, camo along and the negroes started at him, yelling: "Burn him!" Mr. Riloy was in a buggy and got away. The negroos theu went to Crump's Park, a suburban resort-, for the purpose of de stroying it. Henry lierkner, the watchman, attempted to drive them away, but bo was assaulted and his pistol takon away from him. At riignt a negro sentinel shot and fatally wounded another nogro. A Change of Dynasty. A curious report in rogard to Spain's future government is current in dip loin a tic circles in London, which from its souroe, is entitled to weight, that thero will bo change of dynasty, but a peaceful change. The Queen liegopt is said to be convinced ot the hoi>elefls ness pf her son over reigning and has, upon the advice of tho Emperor of Austria, deoided, soonfTitter the peace treaty ia signed in paris, to quit Spain with her family, and Don Carloti will be proolaitned King. Everything is reported to be rSady, and the army and clergy are alleged to be eager for tho change. Aocording to the programme, Don Carloa, as soon as things are running smoothly, will abdioate in favor of hia son, Don Jaime. A Shocking Crime. A epeoial from River Junction, Fla. , saj*s: Three unknown white men went to the house of Andra Sbackleford, m farmer living about five miles above here, in Deoatar county, Georgia, and demanded fold from his wife. She was alobo with her three little chiltiron, and offered bread, saying it was all alio had. With an oath they demanded meat. She became frightened and fled to the woods. The tramps caught the three little children and set fire to the house roasting the little pnea to death. A Fig lit ia Manila. A A apecial from Manila saya three Filipino nativee hired a carriage '"and afterward became engaged in a dispute with the driver Regarding the/ fare.' Some members ef |m American mili tary police attempted to arreatlrne na tivee, Im^the latter restated and Ser geant Pricket tho Minnesota regiment, waa a tabbed antt IfTTed, and three other Americas soldiers, Maher, Mont gomery and Hoyt were wonnded. Maher shot one native dead. The 6th ? era irtfro arrastsd. T task Offers far Vessels at (he Navy Ysrd. Bsak orders for tfca several war vee mm gtttfij WPMPi ^ all !1!IHS III I! IN II. The SharkeyCorbett Fl^ht Ended in a Disgraceful Fiasco, DEWEY'S PROMOTION COMING. President Vxlcsias ArrUetl in Nov* York Hoav> Robber> ? \ Sihonncr Seiicd in New Orleans. Kzw Yohk (Hpcciwl). Tho Sharkey-* Corhett fight, which \\ as witnessed by tho largost and most roprosontativo gathering of sporting men that ever conglobated to t*eo u nut: coutoat, end ed in a most disgraceful fiasco, at tlio. Lenox Atlilotio (Hub, Oorbett had all tho worst of the encounter, whoa one of his seconds, "Connie" MoVoy, jumped into tho rinjj, appealing to tho referees, thus violating: the rules, and the roforeo, "Honest John" Kelly, had no alternative but to disqualify Cor hett ami award the bout to Sharkey. MoVey'a iuterforeuoe was absolutory inexcusable and the referee, believing that thoro was a "job" in MoVoy's ac tion, took it upon himself to declare all bets olT. Dewey's Promotion Coming. .Hear Adinial John Millor, recently dotached from tho command of tho Pact tie station has boon placod on the retired list on accouut of ayo. Tho vacancy \hus croulod in tho highoM grado of tho navy will bo filled by tho promotion of Commodore II. L. Ilowi zon, now commanding the ltoston uavy }'ard. Tho naval ordors contain an announcement of tho rolirowont of Hear Admiral Franoia M. llunco, on tho 25th. Admiral Bunco is couimand ?tft of tlio New York navy yard, gvn orally roirardod as tho most important shore command in the navy, Itear Ad miral Ueorgo Dewey will bo tho rank ing admiral in the navy, upon tho ro tiroment of Admiral Bunco, noxt month. It is understood that tho President will recoHimeud to (tangi-oss tho re-creation of tho oflice of admiral or vice admiral for the epecial benefit of Admiral Dowoy, and there is not muoli doubt that Congress will onact the nooossary logielatioti. President Yglcsias Arrived. Nkw YoHK(Special). ? llafeal Yglosias, president of Costa Hica, ban arrived hero on board thq Atlas linor Altai, from Port liimon oud Kingntou. With President Yglesius woro Rioardo Yglo sias, hiR brothor; Col. Leonzo, Konila an uidede c?mp;])r. Antonio Bustinna and Gen. John ft. Casemen, of the Coatu Hican Railroad. The party stopped at the Waldorf for a few days beforo pro ceeding to Washington. Shortly uflor the Altai left quarantine for her dook, nho was boarded by Colonel Wni. Carter, of the War Dopartmont, rep resenting President McKinloy, to wolcome Presidont Yglosias. President Yglesiaa said that an ho is traveling practically incognito and not on uational business he was opposed to dis play. He had simply come here for pleas ure aud for the benefit ofhis health, and expects to take a trip to England and Frauce. On his way home he will spend several months in the Uoited States. The Santiago Campaign. Complete returns have been roceived of the casualties of the Bantiago cam paign. The Adjutant General's office has divided the campaign into different dates and periods. The statement ihows: La Guisima, June 24.? Killed, 1 officer and lfi men; wounded, fi ofTicors and 44 men. 8un Juep, July 1st, to 3d. ?"Killed, 87 officers and 1.34 men; Kouudea, 09 officers and 038 men. El Caney, July 1st. ? Killed, 4 officers and 34 men; wounded, 24 officers ' and JW2 men. Aguadores, July 1 and 2d. -- Wounded, 2 officers and 10 men. Aroaid Santiago, Junly 10th and 12th. Killed, 1 officer and 1 man; wounded, I officer and 12 men. Heavy Postoffice Robbery. One of the boldest robbor ies com mitted in Cleveland in years was por petrated when the postoftico was rob bed of 11 packages containing $100 or $1,100 in all. Tho money was iu a piegeon-hoie at a stamp window presid &d over by Miss Mary JJerry. She left the -window for a few seconds and dur ing that brief period the money was taken. Four Women were aeon acting iu a suspicious manner in the corridor of tho postoffice just bofore the robbery and the police beliere one of t)iem to be tKe thief. No arrests have beon made as ykt. Inquiry Into the Loss of the Teresa. The court of inquiry appointed by the Secretary of the Nary to ascertain why the Bpaaish oruieer Maria Teresa was abandoned and to fix the respon sibility, bas begun its labors in Nor folk, Va. Several of the crew of tugs of the Merritt Wrecking Compauy and the Leonidae were htyrd, but mem bers of the court were mum, and would not give out anything for pnblioation. Dr. Hoft is Now a Mason. In Riohmond, Va., members of Dove Lodge, A. F. it A. M., visited Uie bed. room of Rev. Dr. M. D. Hoge, where be is oonfined aa the reault of a severe accident, and the famona Presbyterian divine waetnade a Maaoa by the grand I master of Masons- of Virginia, Colon#! B. T. W. Doha. This inoident ia said tO|bs wlthoot precedent in this Masonic ExaertaMot la Dafceta. 'K BoaUt Duets ia the Aral State ia the ' tfca ay eS#m ef diraei Abbovillo ? Tho Abbeville cotton ' mills were visited by a party of oapi 1 talists, aoiuo of whom were atookhold eis and directors. Tho party ooubisted of l\rr, S. M. Milhkeii, of Deoritig, Milliken A Co., of Now Vork; J. Nv. Panielsou, of Look wood mi I In, Water villo, Mo. ; Col. Frederick Mason, president and Mr. William II. Pent, treasurer, of Maaon Muchiue works, Taunton, Ma**.; Mr. Albert NV. Oroen, retired merchant, Oraugo, N. J. ; Pios idout Johu 11. Montgomery and two sons of the Pacolot and Spartan mills: President John H. i loveland, of t)\e Whitney mills, President Josne Clevo land, of the lmoufxiu mills; President William K. f,ucas of the Laurens mills; Dr. Ligon ?ud Lev. Or. Herri caux, of Spartanburg. President It. P. Hailuy of tho Abbeville ootton mills accompanied tho party fvom Spur t a n burg to Abbovillo. As the Abbovillo mill is one of tho best equipped mills in tho Stmo, tho party was naturally pleased. I'residont ifailey wan com plimented upon bia showing. Coltimbiu ? Hright sunshine and al most an entire absence of wind favored tho tlrst day's racing. It was a tritlo oil illy towards evening. but not un comfortably so, and the raoiilp was of such a naturo thut it koi>t tho blood of the crowd, If the small attendance can bo so designated, at u fever heat, es* pociall.v during the third and fourth races, whin Hoy, owned by M. 8. Law-ton, of Hampton county, made his bow to a ( 'olumbia atidienoe and reward ed tho faith of those who had picked him for a good thiug by lauding a win ner in both race*. 11 in performance was remarkable, not so luuoh for fast tiiiio as the uuimual feat of winning two running races in succession, ami boUrTff tli em in mighty fapt company. I Tho many admirers of Oen. Wade Hampton wore pleased to see liim en joy tho races from tho judgos' stand, (governor lOllerbe watched tho races from the quarter stretch, and, like nil lovers of fine homos, took keen pleas ure iil lktt.eport. 'Columbia ? Tho State Agricultural and Mechanical Hocioty hold its annual session in the president's oOioo of tho Carolina National bank. Tho discus ? j sion which took placo showed that tho mouibera woro koonly alivo to tho fact that uule&s tiouiothing wero not dono j and done quickly the society would die n natural donth. .President Cunning linm said be had no rornnrks to make to tho society. He had intonded to make some recommendations in rognrd to chungoH in preminni lists and also in the prouuds and buildings, but tho bad weather had cut ofT tho receipts of tho socioty to such an extent that ho did not fool warranted in suggesting anything that would incur auy addi t ion a I exponse. Ho was gratified, how over, to bo able to announce that de spite the bad weather tho fair would be able to pay all exponses. Ho thon an nounced that the receipts for the pres ent fair amounted to $.'1,500. Marion ? The oase of 'J'. A. Laiul> has excited a greater share of interest thau any other that has boon triod at the present Heaniou of our oonrt. The de fendant, whose oouneotionn are highly reputable and who is himself a rnau of more 'thau ordinary intelligence, is charged with attempting to compass the death of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Campbell, by putting poison in hor Homo features of the evidence bcaTiu^ upon the motive and the com mission of the imputed onme have a decidedly Beusational flavor. Charleston? The fifth aunual meeting of Camp Moultrie, United Houb of Confederate Veterans, was held at the hall of the South Carolina Hooiety, Meeting atreet, and was one of the most interesting in the history of tho organ ization. The camp, which was one of tho first formed, is in a flourishing con dition and numbers on its roll about two hundred and twenty-five members. ^fckenB ? The farmers are making ex tensive preparations for auother big wheat orop. Three new roller mills in tho county, or something else, has aoted as a stimulus to this crop. Many of the farmers aro already hauling fer tilizers to put uuder thejr wheat. The Easley roller mill has reooived an order for shipment to Charleston. It certainly makes a fino quality of flour, only one grade and that the best. ?? Charleston? The annual meeting of the R^ing Men's Business League was held thither night.' There waa a full attendance and many matters of im portance were considered. President j Welch submitted his annual report, which was adopted and reports from other officers were received. The union depot project was discussed and a special committee was appointed to urge upou tho railroads the importanoe of its ereotiou. Orangeburg? Mr, Warren V. Culler* a farmer of tho Limestone section, whioh is several miles above Oraago burg, has made obout sixty bnshels of rice on two acres, whioh is no extraor dinary yield. . The cost of the rice patch is v?nr light, 4 and this goes to pTovC thai there are other orope than cottoi^XpOm whioh our farmera may realise a profit to a greater or less ex tent ' Georgetown-? Mr, Tho?. E. Richard eon, ef the Murphy's Island Qua Club, is busy making preparations for the reoeption of a prominent party from the North, who will be the gneste of the olub for two weeks. . Among the party will be Ejt-President Cleveland, Commodore m C. Benedict, Capt. BobUy D. 'Evans and Mr. L B. Hunt ington, Sr. Florefceo? Jamee Abraham, Harry Oopelaad, Samuel Cate, William Kea nedy and Jamee Beat, five of the ne Keee whe, it ia alleged, west to. the nee of Bam Howard, an old aogro ?ai, called him oak mmd ehot hlm to dcatn, ha>e bcofl arrcelod aad brought Coloasbia ? The dJreotore of the Pal metto 10# eempaay koto decided to ia " etock offho oempoay ooaolo dertol 1 Columbia>~Th? exhibits in all part* j of tlio fairgrounds ar? oompleted mid nttiUiiH very oreditablo showing. Thero | are inoro advertising a.td industrial cxhilyts than in provlous voarl?. Hn porintcndont l.aMotte, talking ftboiu the exhibits of Hue arts and neodlo work, huvh that the liner grades of work show a mailed improvement Ho lifts never, in h in mauy yoarH of ex perience with Htnto Fairs, seen a finer grade of work o?' exhHutiou. 'l'he lloral exhibits are very good, espaMally in tlio chrysanthemum department Miss Kirk, ofCokesburvj Mr#. Meetzo, of Columbia; Mrs, Willis, of Ooluiu* bin; Mrs. Horloy, of Lexington, ftiul Mihs Howie, of Columbia, aJI have numbors of Hue chrysanthemums on exhibition' There is not a very large d splay in the Hue art department, hut .Homo of the work i? except ioxuLlly Jin" Tito poultry display ik very creditable. There are a great many largo exhibit oi'H. Tlio exhibit of cattle, like that in the other live tdook departments, is smaller than usual. Kxperts who have noted judges for several yearn past at the Stnto l air say that, though Iohn caillo is ehown than formerly, it is unquestionably of a much higher class. The swino department in said by its head to bo up to the usual standard of oxiell?iioy. Every brood of liogH is rep resuujj^lf' and tho specimens iu all do note tTioir high breodiug. Thero is a gratifying number of entries of SquLb Carolina raised mu'es. It goes to show that when tho otVort is made thin State can raise successfully anything which ih needed for heme u bo. No less ?n authority than Probideut T. J. Cun ningham, of the Fair Association, ex pressed the opinion that the horse ex hibit in regard to blooded animals sur passed any roon Uere in yonr*. On tho sooond lloor of the muin building there are several line exhibit*, generally ad vertisements of Homo ware. The New Homo Hawing Machine Company has a very large nnd coBtiy display of em broidered work done ou that machine. Home oluborato wofk is shown tlmt has boon dono on curtains and lambrequins. The "iowry bale" in attracting a groat deal of attention at tho Fair. There nro two things thai, tend to make this exhibit remurkably attractive. First, the noat, attractive presentation of the hrtle, h n d then the maimer in which Hnndfo.rd Cohen prOsontH it to tho gin ners. Churloston County Superintendent Cant well appeared before Judgo lionet in tlie court of Honsious to nhow cuuh# wliy ourtuiu recommendations of the grand jury hud not boon curried out by the Huporribor uiid hoanl of county coinmiHMouerH. Mr. Cunrwoll wan rop roHonted by tho county Attorney, Mr. \Y. M. Fitch, who said that tli t* county was not in funds to carry out the rocom luendfttionfl wJiioh wore in tho naturo of luxuriea which could be dispensed with. .) udge lionet declared iu effect that it wan lot the grand jury and uot tho supervisor or county board to judge a* to the necessity for thou recommendations; that tho grand jury wae tho hiyho*t boUy in tho county and nhould bo recognized aud rowpected ac cordingly. It wan a (act thaC roeom inendations of the body had boen pipoonholed for yearn pant aud neg lected. It was the duty of tho county commissioners to mako provision for tho jury's recommendations and to Her that they were oari ied out. An order discharging the rule against the super visor wan then issuod. Colombia? A mooting of the oxocutiva committee appointed to arrango a plan for tho entertatnmontof the Confederate veterans at the rounion in Charleston iu May, was held in tho chamber of the city council and was presided over by the chairman, Major T. G. Barker, of Charleston. The meet ing waa a most interesting and enthu siastic one and wtiat it lagked in num bers waa made up in the quality that wits present. Tho members of the oom in it too are sanguine over the outlook for a great reunion of the Confederate voterana and are delighted to talk of tho pleaaant ocoaaions. Greenville? Tho traveling blind ti gers are preparing to do a heavy bus ineaa. The dispensary conatabloa ar rested a negro selling whiakey around the Seoond brigade camp on Sunday night. He had abont one gallon of the stuff left. It ia probable that Consta ble LaFar will aak for more conatablea to be sent here in order to keep up with the tigera who are becoming quite numerous, at*} the military authoritiea will be aaked to aid in the suppression and prevention of tho trafllo in whis key. Columbia- -Two fakers, both white men, became involved in a quarrel in front of the main enterauce to the fair ground* and the result was a lively sorap between the two parties. One of the men gave his name as Fred Htevens while the other refuted hie. The un-< known man used a knife, on Stevens, sererely outting him on the arm and leg. The main artery in the arm was terered and from the efleot of the wonnds the man tk^ed profusely. GreenvMe? Brig. Oen. O. W. Davis, in oommand of the Second division, Second army corps, has arrived with the following staff offioers: Mai. Sands, Msj. Mulliktn, Lieut. Van Deieroan, Lieut. Simons, and Mai. Stringfellow. Gen. J. It. Lincoln, in command of tbe Second brigade is also hare and all of these offioers are ?topping at the Mansion house. Gaffnay ? Hon. A. A. Barrett, prominent citizen of this city,, died suddenly at his home on Limestone etreet Mr. Barrett twice repreeeated Union eonntjr in the hone* of rervre eentatiresand was ovaeamembar of the board of directore of the Stole paaiten- ( tiary. He waa a man of more than or dinary intellect, and had large farming | :_i i? /UMgtf : :..rr .r: j iQlOrOi ?? in WBTB vv ?? ? v ' Camden? Wiley Bradley and Tom Hammond, two young bm ?f lkl? eouty, re neatly ef the First Seat* Carolina rayimaat beesme faxiwdrjh II ?Ills III win Some Startling Details of the Trag* ody at Greer's. McLAURIN AS A PEACE MAKFR. ? - ? ? ? Tobacco in Orrfiigchur# County In the HmikIs of a Receiver ^The Assessments of Hanks of the State. The killing of George Hughes by hi? wife, Mattio Hughes, atUreer's, prom ises to bo ono of the uioit aousational of Greenville's homicides. Tho ooro nor'a iiiquost developed fuots Iiejetoforo unpublished. Tho oook aud iKheiw Uulitled that Mr*. Hughes toldil^r husband sho would give hirn two rain utOH to tight her fair, but his reply waa Hint, bo would not hurt her for auy tbiug. Ho attomptod to leave the house, but with drawn pistol sho or dorod him iuto tho parlor and finally shot him as ho aturtod to grasp the pis tol. Their only ohild, Loo, a boy of 5^ w 11 h the ouly witness to the shooting" ll.o made a statement which agreoa with alt other testimony. lie said: 'M'a asked mamma, if sho had any thing to say. Mamma thou couimonoed earning papa, Haying, G ? d? u you, if you (TO out, I'll k i lT you. Papa wont l>aol\ Mamma followod with pistol pointod at papa aud said sho would kill him aud would give him two minute^ to tight but he refused. Papa got up and mamma shot him." ^ Several witnesses tostitled that a few nights beforo, Mrs. Hughes was heard to tell her husband that if he aoonsed hor again sho would kill him, atfd cursed him terribly. The woman, now in jail, is a bold, liandsome oreature. ?Several years auo sho was involved in n local soaudal and shooting scrape. Sho and hor husband ooooupied sepa rate rooms, the boy staying with his fathor. Mr. Hughes was Buooessfai buHinoss, being assisted by his wife A few weeks ago she deposited in a dreenvillo bank a large sum of money in hor owu numo, instead of her hus band's, an usual. Just before hie death, Hughes made a will leaving everything to tho son. He stated that tho shooting was not aooidental, and when his wife kissed him exolaiined it was tho first time in years, .* ^4**. hi the Hands of a Receiver. Tho Charleston cotton mill, at Char leston, the first milt in the tyttuth to substituto negro for white labor, has boon placed in the hands of a reoeiver in tho United States cirouit oourt. Tho bill for the receivership was brought by W. T. Walters A Co. and Newcomer A Co., of lialtimore. The oomplainauts have notes against th# mill for 8a0,000, which thoy^iay cannot bo collected. It is alleged in the bill that the oompanv owes #120,000. G. O. Wittio, president of the mill, wa rt made I receiver. The Charleston, mill has been working negro labor at a much lowor expense than was had with the whito help and the trouble now ie not due to the negro operative*. The mill has had a bad streak qf' luck sinoe it* organization. t ? ? Tobacco in Orangeburf. An effort is being made to get the people of Orangebng-g county interest ed in the+oultivetion of tobaooo. The plan is to get enough well-to-do far mers to obligate themselves to plant a certain aoreace in tob?ooo during the ooming yearns an experiment to jus tify the employment of a practical' tobacco expert to oom^ito Orangeburg to render aaaiatanoe Imth in the onlti vation, the ourlng/fndNtfie marketing of the orop. Somi of thWertrfera who are Reading the movement ?ro willing to i*?t np a tobaooo warehouse, so that the <mua-ihMm?y be made in the ooun ty can be cmlf>OBed of right there. Palmetto Cotton Mill*. The Palmetto Cotton mill of Colum bia, secured a charter with tho capital ?took of 9100,000. Allen Jones. preei* dent and treasurer; W. P. Roof, saore tary, and Ira R. Hajroa, constitute ilia board of direotors. The ground haa boen broken for thi*jmill and tha work will be pushed to completion. Tha location is near the oroietag of tha South Carolina and Georgia and tha Atlanta. Coast Line railroade on the Harper place. Tfie Assessment of tanks. Comptroller General Darbam ie get ting up data from all of the eoantj auditors of the Stete relative to the assessment of banks. He haa not vat received replies from many of tha county auditors, bnt thinks than is food in the replies in t^and for Legia* I at ire aotion. He will at least bring the matter to the attention of ibe Gen eral Assombly for snob aotujs^if any b? deemed advisable, as lawmakers may think proper. * McLaarin as Peace>Maker. Senator McLaarin had * long con ference with Postmaster General Smith in Washington with reference to the. Greenwood affair. The reanlt of Ml conference is that, aa there appsara to be no danger of an j farther there, the Government of Statea will not int< matter to be dealt anthoritiea.