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THE UMON TIMES, s: VOL XXV, NO. 48. "TN'ON. SOOTH OAROIJNA^RMU^I^UMBERIJO, 1894. $5? A YEAR. * ?JLi_UJa_LI _L ? II 1? I BUSINESS DIRECTORY. D. E. HYDRICK, J. A. SAWYER, SBtRTAKBURG, S. C. ORION. S. C. HYDRICK & SAWYER, Attorneys at Law, JUDGE TOWNSEND'S OLD OFFICE. MTTNRO <3e MUNRO, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, NO. 2 LAW RANOB. ?S. S. STOKES, Attorney at Law ?: AND :? TRIAL JUSTICE. . OFFICE REAR OF COURT HOUSE. j7c WALLACE, ?| Attoi'iiO)- At Latv./k. Kn a I.ftw Ranire. SCHUMPERT 6c BUTLER, Attorneys at Law. No. 3 12 Law Range. McKISSICK & COTHRAN, ? Attorneys at Law ? Corner Main nn<i Judgment Streets. DENTISTRY* DR. H. K. SMITH'S DENTAL ROOMS ?OVER? A. H. FOSTER & CO S STORE COCAINE USED IN EXTRACTING TEETH Jan. 6-1-ly. FTm. FARE. GEO. MUNRO, PIIKSIDEKT. i CAJIIIBK. MERCHANT'S AND PLANTERS NATIONAL HANK. OF "U2STX02ST. Capitai. Stock, SOO.OOO. Si un.fy. S*?0,(K)0. Stockiioi.ukhs Liauii.itiks. $t>t),(K)0. TOT AI $170,000 -II OFFICKItS : F. M. Farr, IWl. a. II. Kostkii, Vice I'res't. Gko. Munr'?, Cnaliicr. J. D. Arthur, Ass'i. Caaliier. DLHECTOUS: W. II. Wallace, A. G. Nice. Win. Jefferies, T. C. Duucuii, J. A. Flint, J. T. -? - Dou|lt*ii4)f McKiwiok, A. II. F'oatcr. tmr we solicit vorit business. --&q Wm. A. Nicholson & Son, -S^BaXK ERS/Ar No. 99 Main Street See advei li.-einenl in another c liinui. UNION HOTEL, NOS. 80 AND 81 MAIN STREET. >V M (UIIUS. Proprietor. Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, No. 31 Bacholor Street Garrett & Co. iJJsmvafrMiki' JOSIAH CRUDUP. Editor. UNION MARBLE ?and Gr 3rt_A.INr ITE WOEEZS. QH011GK (iKDDES. CITY '^1 OYSTER f SALOON^ I am now running a first class Oyster Saloon. I have a handsome Ladies l'arlor divived from gentlemen's Parlor. Everything is clean, and Oysters fresh from Norfolk are served in all styles every day. Ladies are invited to come and inspect our parlor and cooking arrangements. A stew can he prepared in ? minutes. Families furnished by the ijuart twice a week if wanted. Also have a full line of the finest FRENCH CANDIES, * also plain and mixed candies. Fruits of a!I kinds, Fancy an<l Family Groceries iif all kiwis. I am headquarters for the finest cakes ami crackers, also for Tohaeeo awl Cigars. Try tlie "SEABOARD." Will kccji loaf liroad ami will give vou regular customers prices. JNO. R. MATHIS. 1 noon nr.i.ow mn.ri'a rm>mrnr. Htonr. Mov. 'J 4G tf. 1 BISSELL'S REPORT Th? Postmastor General Make? Hie Statement. HE SHOWS THE WORK FOR EACH DAY. TIm llaport li a Clear One?The Pout matter Onnrral AVanta L?(ltlnat? Publications Neut Postage Free. The Amount of Hitalneae. Washingtox, Noveral>cr '20.?It Is soldom that much human interest is found In the paffes of the formal annual report of n gtwernment ofHeer, but Postmaster (ienernl Itissell has micceeaaa in proving tne exception to tne rule In his account of the operations of I the postofhee department during the past twelve months, which he has just wubmitted to the president. It contains a number of novel, almost unique, surtfeations and recommendations. The policy which Mr. Hissell has outlined may be briefly tfiven in bis own words: "In general." he says. "I \v ouM recommend that the mat nmimon import mm* n> ur u..n.Is to rt-vise the low as to second-class mall matter, so as to place the postofflre department immediately tipon a self-sustaining basis: second, avoid expensive experiments. like the postal telegraph, rural free delivery, etc.; third, develop the postal service on existing lines of administration, viz.: Kxtend free dcUrery In towns that enjoy It. accord it to towns that are entitled to It under the law and quicken railroad transportation.", lie also recommends that ull legitimate publications now carried through tho mails as second class matter be transported free. To show the magnitude of the postal service he incorporates the following table in the report. It is for one day and shows: Number of miles of post route run 1.100.000: number of stamps manufactured 8.300.000: number of envelopes manufactured I.800.0UO: number of postal cards manufactured 1.500.000: number of pieces mailed 15 TOO 000 number of letters mailed 7.400.000; number of pieces of iqall matter distributed and. rc-dtatributed by railway postal clerks ?7 3?X>.noO; number of pieces handled In dead letter office 23.000: daily transactions in money order business $1,100,000; dally expenses ?131.100. The detlciency In postal revenues for the fiscal year, ended June 30,1804, was 9.243.033. The total revenue derived was $74,080.49". and the expenditures $84,324,414 For the current fiscal year Mr. Hissed estimates that the expenditures will amount to $90,399,483, leaving leaving an estimated deficiency of $5 971.730, and his estimate for the fiscal yenr ending Juno 30.1890. places expenditures at $vl.to9,283. aad the deficiency at. only $4,151.87(1. Mr. Illssell makes a strong argument for civil service reform in the postoftlee department. He contends that it should be extended wherever practiceable, that unprecedented efticiency has been attained through its workings, and that it is a stimulus to the best work, llepreconts facts and tigurea to prove these assertions, as h mnro radical extension. Mr. Ilissell suggests that the lower grade?the fourth class?of postmasters might l>e included within the benefits of the civil service law. TOO MUCH FLOUR. The Mills of St. I.oiiIk Have Cluifil for an I niluflliiiite Period. Sr. Lot-is. November -4. PI very Hour mill in this city has closed down for an Indefiinate period. The reason given by the millers is that the market is glutted with tlour and suffering from over production. A different view of the situation is taken by local dealers who point to the fact that the mills are suddenly closed at a time when the question of elicit per bread is being vigorously agitated by the newspapers. So much fraud in the sale of bread has been discovered thnfr the city council if considering a measure to compel deal ers to sell bread by weight. A .... o( .Suvrooii'H Wahiuxoton, November ?4.?Pension Commissioner Lot-liven yesterday explained his estimates to the house appropriations suh-eommittee having charge of the pension appropriation bill, and it was virtually deeided t< frame the bill according to the estimates heretofore made public by the pension commissioner except that the item of surgeon's fees will be reduced , from $1,000,000 to $900,000. Mr. Lochren yesterday modi (ted his previous estimate on this item. The pension bill for the next fiscal year, as it will be framed, will carry SI4I,:js|,i;to. THE COTTON SITUATION. tindsurr, the New Orleans Kxpnrt <?Iv?m Ills Opinion of the Crop. Nltw York, November vJ.'t.?The cotton situation is exciting particular interost this week and the ttuetations in the price of the staple have been very wide, with indications of a final rally from the lower range. Among the expert opinions on the outlook that, were considered yesterday was that of A. J. Landauer. of New Orleans, who said that he Raw no reason to believe that anything over ft,000,000 bales, if that myoh, will be market ami count for the 1W4-9.1 crop. HIS~ WEDDINQ DAY. Tha Marriage of the < *i?r Will Orry lln|>piiiotN to Mmiij. St. Pf.tkhsiu ho. November :jt>. -On his wedding day the czar will issue manifestos remitting arrears of taxes and some sentences and record other acts of clemency. When he received the ministers Saturday he welcomed M tie (iiers. of the foreign office, with special courtesy and cordiality, saying tflitit he hoped they would work together for a long time. faxlnto Coining to America. Bio Jaxeiho. November W4. ?The f'nlted States will noon be visited by J6m-President Paixoto. Tlte ex-pre.sid*nt t? Hi bad health, the result of overwork, incident to the revolution in his country, and upon udvlsa of his physielnna he couteinplnte* a tour. * Merchants shoal I let the j? <.j>le kao what they have. The la-st wny to do it 18 through lut t'sioN lint*. COLUMBUS IMPROVEMENTS. Htroet ('?r l.lno* to llnve the Kleotrlrnl Kqut|im?nts. COM'Mmm, tla., November 23.?An important railroad deal lias been completed here which results in the consolidation of the North Highlands Electric railroad company and the Columbus Street railway company. The latter company has recently effected arrangements with n wealthy northern syndicate for a thorough equipment of the horse car line and the dummy line to Wild wood, with electricity, and it was deemed best by the officials to have a consolidation with the North Highlands electric line. Tt is believed that the consolidation will he a great benefit to the citj\ and infinitely better for the. stockholders. The lines of both ?? r tie.* two m.?i _ lutnbus will have the largest and best equipped electric railroad of any city of its size in the country. REPUBLICAN WITHDRAWS. | He Sny? He lit In Doubt and Kefuiiea to Contest. Lincoln, Neb., November 26.? The proceedings begun by the republican state committee 011 behalf of Lieutenant (iovernor Majors against .fudge Holcombe, governor-elect, were dropped today, and there will Vie 110 contest. Tomorrow was the limit of time for filing the notice and today after a conference it was decided to abandon all proceedings in that direction. A letter from Mr. Majors himself was presented to the republican managers, in which lie deprecated what lie terms an "unseemly scramble for an office, the right to which is in doubt." Acting on this, the committee declares the proceedings closed, and the contest a thing of the past. TO PROTECT SILVER. New York Want* to Control tho American Output and I'.nr London. Nf.w Yoi.k, November 28. ? Daniel Guggenlieimer. who is president of the Geggenheimer Siiver Smelting and Refining company, states that no syndicate is contemplated to buy mines or control the product. He hopes that through Rales at one point and establishment of a central market speculation In silver, which is largely controlled liy London brokers, may be done away with and the price of silver kept staple. Supply and demand could be kept track of, and lie believes American producer* could sell their silver direct to India, China and .lapan instead of through London. New York would tliua control over two-thirds of the world's outpat of silver. OEN. HASTINGS FOR PRESIDENT P?nas>-lvanla itepuhllcitnn Think the Oor riior-Klect Would he ? Strong Candidate. Philadelphia, Pa., November :J4.? Politicians are devoting some attention to tho rumor that Governor elect Hastings will be a candidate for the presidential nomination in 1 six;. The announcement of Ids selection of cabinet officers shows that his administration will be popular with the whole party in Pnnnsylvnnia. It is therefore believed that Senator Quay will support General Hastings for president. If lie does, it in not improbable that he will secure the assistance of Thomas C. Piatt, in New York: Joseph <\ Mauley, in Maine, and Kx-Senator Sewnll, in New Jersey. ' MINERS MAY WITHDRAW. Were Denied Admission to the Knight* of l.nhor Convention. GoLi miii s, <>., November "ill.?John MeRride, who is the head of the miners ' division of the Knights of Labor, is preparing a circular to the local organization. setting forth the fact that at 1.1,1 C jut (tonal convention of the Knights P ' " - - .'I ... ,, they were denied representation, sihd nsking them to send delegates to their ' convention here in February next, instructed to take action in the matter. No doubt the minors will withdraw from tho Knights of Labor. There are 1 about 7,000 of them. FRAUD IS CLAIMED. The (li)T?rniir Will rroHccute Klcrtlon Swindle* at (liicv. Kansas I'iti , Mo . November 20.? Yesterday morning it was authoritatively annonneed that Coventor Stone would at once remove Charles S. Owsley, recorder of voters for Kansas City, on account of the frauds perpetrated in his olliee. II. Clay Arnold, a druggist, and chairman of the democratic county 1 committee, will be appointed to succeed him. Itisnlso stated that the governor will appoint an assistant attorney general for this county to prosecute election frauds, the present ollicer being accused of dereliction of duty. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND BETTER The N|irnltie(l Ankle Yielding to Treatment mid lie I'nHHodii llellor Night. Washington, November 24. - Yesterday's otlieial bulletin, throught Private Secretary Thurber. in regard to the president is that he is better. Mr. ] Thurber now acknowledges that the president sprained his ankle. The truth is that Mr. Cleveland passed a better night nnil the sprain is yielding to treatment, but it is hardly thought lie will be nble to move about comfortably for some time yet. DECLINED TO JOIN THEM. Governor I'Tchliurk Wilt Not Heroine n Silver I'arty .Man. Liriii lloi k. Ark., November 2!(.? Coventor I'isiibaek. in answer to an invitation to join the silver party to he organized next week at St. T.ouis, i nriili' a lot for v?ml m?l? A 1 iter, chairman of the bimetallic league, in which he sai?l : "1 will not follow miv sot of impructictiblt > Into u now party. The ilomorratir party is ilto oflly one through which wc ran hot secure free and unlimited colnngo of silver " Notlitoa i.oft lint A?Iim. Ciiari.ehton. < . November '<.'t>.? Marion N. was reduced to ashes yesterday. Loss not known. NEWS OFTHESOUTH Dill Apr&lnst all Railroad Combinations in Georgia. THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR CONVENTION. Severe Wind Storm In MlmilMl|>pl-ilndf? Allison's Slayer Dead?Itlshop Howe of Booth Carolina, Dead, Other Soathern News. Savaxxaii November 24.?The Savnnnah board of trade is making an effort to break the combination of different railroad.lines now known as the Southern railroad company. It is also makCentral railroad. The titfht took shape yesierany in in? nonsc 01 rcprcseni.iltiv?6 when a bill was introduced prohibiting the leasing of railroads by competing lines. This bill was Introduced at the instance of I). G. Purse, president of the Savannah board of trade. The board saya that an effort will be make to reorganize tho Oentrul and to place it under the control of the Southern railroad company. Mr. Purse claims that if this done that Savannah will be discriminated against, which will mean a loss of over 8100,000 a month to the busines men of that city. The bill will be fought by the railroads, for it will, if passed, cause the dissolution of one of the strongest combinations in the country. The measure has proven the sensation of the session. KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Th? Annual Convention lias Completed It* I.abori and Adjourilnd. Kkw Oklkans, November 24.?The knights cf labor convention has adjourned. At the meeting yesterday morning a resolution was adopted protesting against the issue of new government bonds by the secretary of the treasury, and characterizing the issue as a fraud and an outrage upon the manses, inttagrant violation of existing laws, and intended solely in the interest of the money powers and the bondholding aristocracy. The next convention will be held in Washington in November of next year. Previous to final adjournment, General Master Workman Sovereign called Kenney. of the executive hoard to the chair and took the floor. Mr. Sovereign then moved that the salary of the general master workman he reduced from &t.">00 to S'2.500 per annum. Motion was carried. A SEVERN WIND STORM. Meridian lladly Dinmrnl by i* lll*h Wind and miiii. -< Mkuiihan, Miss., November '24.?A severe wind and rain storm visiteil tliis city yesterday afternoon doing considerable damage to stores and goods. The largo store of Harris llros., .fas. Bantu Son, A. Peek and the Meridian machine ami foundry sustained damage to buildings and contents. Window shutters, signs and awnings were swept away ami the towers of the Central school building were demolished. Trees were uprooted, fences demolished and n negro church wrecked. Many residences were more or less damaged. ALLISON'S SLAYER DEAD. (irn. Whitwnrtli I'ujh tlx. I'maty of Ills Uifii Kh*Ii Art. Nashvii.i.k, Tenn., Xovenuer till.? (leorge K. Whitworth is dual. He lived eight days after the trigedy in which ho played so important a part. He suit two pistol halls thrfugh his ? ?'.?i.a ]>u,l assassin a f'd t'hnneellor Allison, and the wound3 were so severe that it was thought death would ensue almost immediately, hut he proved remarkably tenacious of life. He sank into a stupor at 4 o'clock yesterday nfternoon, but became conscious again a short while before death. BISHOP HOWE DEAD. He Wan Striken With Paralysis Nearly Two Yearn Ago. Ciiaiu.kmton, S. ('., November 26.? Bishop W. It. W. Howe, of the diocese of South Carolina, died at his home in this cisy at 5 o'elock yesterday nfternoon. Jtishop Howe was disabled by paralysis about two years ago, and at the diocesan convention in the spring of 1H9I1, the Rev. I'd I ison Capers was elected us assistant hiOu>n i. -... ? Isince been the nctin^ bishop and by Bishop Howe's death becomes the bishop of the diocese. T H EFIR S T CATHOLIC - . j One Klectert Jiiilgo of a Court in North Carolina. Kai.kioii, N. November 24.?For the first time in tlie history of North Carolina a Koinan Catholic lias been elected a judge of the state superior | court, in the person of \V. S. <>. if. Rob- j inson, t lie repuldicnn-populist noinineo for the Raleigh district. It is said, too, | that Mr. Robinson will be tbo first Roman Catholic to hold a state otlice of any kind in North Carolina. A HEAVY DAMAGE SUIT. finnan A Company Kny a Knllrciot Has Injured Them. HorsTo.N, Tex., November'Vi. In tho district court, yesterday, Ininab ?< Co., the great cotton buyers Hied suit against the St. I.ouisand Southwestern railway compsny for "muiou actual damages and penalty footing up . Ssj,- i 000. Ininnn Co., allege that thJ> lie. I fendant road has been guilty o,t diserlininat inp apainst t in*-1 rt?fh jr\Te shipment of cotton. I The Trade ('<?i|;r(sii./ Nnv Ohi.kans, Xovcinhei4 JH.- The trade congress took an excursion on the river and viewed the terininal and ! harbor facilities yesterday. jTlie delegates attended the opera andj an infor- j mal reception at the f'ominijrcial elub at night. The business sessiion bepan this raornine 1 ORE WILL ADVANCE IN PRICE. Prediction That the Xcil Year's Figures Will Groat ly Increase. Ci.kvki.ani>, ()., November 23.?Tlio Iron Trade Review says: The probability, amounting almost to a certainty, that higher prices will be paid in lst>5 for coke and for llessemer ores: the fact that tip to November 1st, stocks of gig iron had been increasing slightly in the face of steadily decreasing output that dcnclied a yearly rate of nearly 8,500,000 tons on that date; the further fact that apy noticeable increase of Iteasemer pig iron consumption will call into activity furnaces which must have a higher poice for their iron than that ruling today?these are the prime elements in anjr forecast of the iron ami steel situation that reaches into the one?the country's copshmfK tion of steel in the past few months has been at a rate never equaled in it* history with the railroads. VOUCHERS MISSING. Til a Trial of Captain lloirgate Furnltheii a Decided Sensation. Washington, November 24. ? The trial of ex-Captnln llowgate is threatened with serious complications by the discoverv vesterdav that vouchers signed by Howgnte ami supposed to lie fraudulent, are missing from the otlice of the second auditor of the treasury, where they had been held for use by the goverinent in prosecuting the ease against Howgnte. Their disappearance was, it is supposed caused by persons who would suffer no little embarrassment during the course of a trial of 1 lowgnte by the presentation of these vouchers, nud the impression in some quarters is that a consideration of some nature and somebody familiar with the second auditor's otlice. has much to do with the loss of these important papers. The amount of money involved is ?1110,000. KANSAS CITY FIRE. Many Elegant Jtetldenrea Mmlo Fuel for flie Flame*. Kansas Citv., Mo., November flO.? Fifteen residences occupying the square between Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth streets and Garfield and Kuclid avenues were completely destroyed by a tirt which broke out at noon yesterduy Most of the houses destroyed were cost ly structures and were located in tin most aristocratic portion of the city Some of the occupants of the burning dwellings tried to save their furnilun by carrying it out. to the street, but tin Haines were so fierce that the furnitun caught nre aim nothing was saved The loss will aggregate about SvSi.OOi with 840,000 insurance. AN EARTHQUAKE. P*rk?riburK, Vs.. Shaken t'ntll Window Kattled mid < lock* Stopped. 1'aRKFKsni'im. \V. Va., November 24 ?Yesterday morning about 4 o'clock ai earthquake shock was sensibly felt ii this city. It lasted only a few seconds and was followed by vibrations nm deep rumblings. Windows rattled am a number of clocks were stopped. A police headquarters the police wen shaken up and ran out believing tlx shock was caused by safe blowers blow ing open a safe in town. The effects o the shock were distinctly marked u the weather bureau. BRIGHTER TIMES AHEAD. Urmhlrret Snjr? n Slight Advance In Cot ton iw Kncouraglng. Kf.w Yonii. November 24.?In the rc lew of the week lirudstreets' cominer cial agency says that the outlook fo the south is much more encouraging "This," it says, "Is due to a favorabl influence iu a moderate advance in tlx price of cotton, due to the greater favo with which lower estimates of tho 6i?< of the cotton crop are being received and to prevalence of the opinion ttta tho price of cotton is too low. TO CONTROL THE ROAD. A Syndicate Said to ho After the Sontheri Railway. Nf.w York, November 24.?It wni currently reported in Wall street yes tcrday afternoon that a foreign syndi eate had purchased round amounts o the securities of tho Southern railway company, partly with n view of having thorn listed on the London stock ex change. Droxel, Morgan A. Co. stater that such a syndicate hud been formed but would not give the amount of seen rities tnlren PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. The Alklmmi SchaIoii Well Attended bj Mlnlnlrm nnd Kldrrtt. Montoomkiiv, Ala., Novcmlier 23.? The session of the Alaltama I'resbyte rian synod lins been largely attended, there being forty-live ministers, and thirty-one ruling elders present. The three l'resbyteries of the state were all well represented. The synod will ad journ tonight, the last serviee being or the subject of foreign missions. AN EX-CONGRESSMAN DEAD. 11 r. Wmn A??*ulfp(l l?y a II igliu nymnn Mint Died. WashixO'IoN, November 2U. -E. S. Hamlin, founder of the Cleveland Lend er nnd n member of congress from Ohic before the war. died here yesterday, aged eighty-six years. Mis death was due indirectly to an assault two month? ago by a negro who attempted to rol him. lie was one of the lirst free soil editors in the United States. BRICE MAY RETIRE. D? Thinks of Devoting III* Kutlr* Tlmo tc ltnllroad HiihIiiohh. Ni.w Yoisk. November 24.?It is said that Senator Calvin S. Jlriee will go out of polities and will soon devote his whole time to railroad business, ox tending the Lake Eric and West urn tc St. Louis and other important points. . ? ? All flen(r(*lata auapanttiA Ilr Mll^u* Pi!* I Tills tostuu llonduclio. "Ono coni u Uose." | TO CONTROL^ TRADE An Immense Syndicate of Amer ^ loan Cotton Planters. A MILLION DOLLARS AT THE START. One Itate In Kvcrjr I'lve to lie Reserved to K??p t lie I'rlie t'i> ?A New York llroker Originated the Krlmmo. Ati.anta. November ?An important meeting- of cotton growers, representing several states, occurred in Atlanta today. ** ? * >1* ^ r*- " **'' [ - ? \ plan recently snggcsteft-- by WdfcHp??- h dry. n cotton broker of New York, for i curtailing the price of cotton. ; The meeing was presided over by i Hector I). Lane, commissioner of urri- i culture of Alabama. 1 After some discussion the plan aa an- i nounced by Mr. Koddey was, on molion, recommended. Chairman Lane and one or two others dissenting. A committee was appointed consisting of J. T. Koddey, II. S. Lipscomb of South Carolina, and .1, E. Nunnally of ;(<corgin, to call county and state conventions for the election of delegates ' to an interstate convention, to be held ait a time and place agreed upon by the committee. j Mr. Koddcy's plan, as explained by him, is to form a combination of the cotton growers with a capital of 000.000 or $100,000,000. Lacli cotton grower is to contribute one bale out of every five to the trust. Estimating the crop at eight million bales, this plan would stock the trust with 1,000,000 bales, tlia vithdravesl of which from the market, it is urged, will appreciate the price twenty-five per cent. One general olllce is proposed with branch offices and warehouses at all cotton receiving points. The gins in every county are to be listed, and if possible controlled, so as ( to know tl*f exi.ct production and to regulate the supply of cotton. > Tn regard to the management of the head office. say in Ntnv York or Nfcw Orleans, with two general directors , from each cotton growing state; hare one office in each state, with on? dlrec, tor from each county in that state, and , have stib-offlcea in all the principal cities and towns in the different states f to control the local cotton. ALABAMA SYNOD. J The Colored Prssby Aik for lUtap nit Ion and KtceltE It* \ Mostoomkry, Ala.,. is'ovembef* ? At the Alabama Presbyterian synod yesterday resolutions were passed expressing regret at the failure of the i general assembly at its session at Nashi ville to appoint a committee to meet n like committee frwm the northern gen1 eral assembly In session at Saratoga to 1 confer about sucli matters as seem to t be in the way of closer relations l>e tween the two churches. Resolutions u were also adopted receiving the colored l'scsbyteries of Alabama under the f care of the synod, this being done at t their request. A WALKOVER FOR ELKINS. Apparently No Opposition to Ulna for ITsil Virginia's Krnstiinhlp. WiiF.Ki.ivo, W. Va., November 24.?A canvass yesterday of the republicans elected to the legislature practically r removes all doubt of Hie election of Elkins to the senate. ICvery nteniher e from the second and fourth congresp sional districts has declared for him, r as also lias over half of the members in p the tlrst and third districts. It is now believed that the other candidates will t withdrawn- and that there will be no oontest in the cnucu*. THEY WANT TOM REED. t nryiiniM'iini nay lit* will l>? (h* Np?*k?r of the Next limine. Washington, November 23. ? It is generally conceded liy republicans here that 'foin Heed will be the next speaker ^ of the house. For cleric, the following names have been suggested: Thomas A. McKee. Congressman McDowell, of r Pennsylvania, and Congressman lienI derxon, < ?f Illinois. Representative Uouk, of Tennessee, is mentioned for ' doorkeeper. benjamin Durfee is a strong candidate for secretary of the senate. BUSINESS REVIVING. Inrreaaeri Order* for I'ohIiikm Stamp* Indlrnl# Metier Time*. Washington, November 24. ? Mr. Kcr| Craig, the third assistant postmaster general, who has charge of matters pcrtaing to postage, said yesterday thatgreatly increased orders for stamps from all parts of the country showed thnt business was reviving rapidly. WHAT CHINA MAY PAY JAPAN. Alleged Pnrpo?? to Offer AI>out On* Hundred Million Dollar* Indemnity. London, November 24.?A dispatch from Hiroshima xnvs that advleeo fr>,n. China intimate that the Chinese government will offer an inueinnity of 8100,000,000 taels, and also to defray the expenses of the war as conditions of peace. An Inrrcaie of t'orn. Hai.timoiik. M. !>.. November 28.? Advance reports of ihe I'nlted States agriculture department giving the production of corn in each of the southern 1 states, shows an aggregate increase in the south in 1*04 over lv0:', of 4*.000.000 ! bushels, making n total production in the south of nearly jsoo.ooo.OOO bushels. I ( llllt** W .tiling l'|), London, November 27.?The^Times publishes a dispatch from Shanghai stating that the Viceroy of Nankin, P Chang Chio Tung, has been ordered to 1'cUing for the purpose of reorganising thu army after the European mOtlcl, THE WALTERS FUNERAL. rh? Notftl I.ovcr of Art ltcrlcd :ii Ibittlmort, Dat.timohk, November *?G.?The f v lernl of the famous art collector, Wiiam T. Walters took place at tire*';' nont cemetery yesterday. The pro'' >le fate of the magnificent art gallci >f Mr. Walters, the finest private eel ection in the country, is a matter i leep interest to nearly every person in :his ami to very many in other eitio Many rumors have spread concern in ihe collection ami its fate, among the. me to the effect that the treasures \\ i ?o to the Metropolitan Museum of An. n New York, or to the Cosmopolite n Museum there. President Henry Marpiund, of the former, stated last niglu oewtail JteowUre.il no notification of u ______ of-hkrr.iilm>dkt'VoHeetloti. irndfas to the late Mr. Walters during the later years of his life say that no one knows what disposion he ha , made of his gallery, and no one will know until his will is read. Until sin i Information is gained nil reports an rumors must be speculative and Ian on no accurate knowledge. Mr. Wa ters was u most self-contained and rct:cent man concerning his own affair . and, in all probability, never spoke < < nnv one of his intentions coneerni: the disposition of his art treasure? after his death. TENNESSEE'S NEXT GOVERNOR. Democrat*are Slow About Admitting 'I In.' Kvans linn llrou Klccted. Nasiivim.k. Tenn.. November 24.?I", to this time it is not known oflieiall whether Peter Turney, democrat, t<r J!. Clay Kvans, republican, has bee*- *. cTed governor of Ten*eS.<ro. Accord into footings mode at party headtjuiirte and in newspaper otliees the official v turns show Kvnns to have carried t i. state by about two thousand. It 1*. been understood that the returns fro' . every county have been in the hands > the Secretary of State Morgan S". several days. Yesterday there wa > consultation of Secretary Morgan. .A . torney General Pickle and other o!, cinls, and it was decided that the :. turns should not be made public uir the poll books had been sent in fro. : every county. This delay in annout: ing the returns following upon the 1. cent announcement of Judge Mct'o.v that the election of Evans would ne\. be conceded until the election friiu : charged against the republicans h:t-i been thoroughly Investigated, has t ,\ cited the republicans. BANKS WANT THE BONDS. A Syndicate That Will Pour (told Into Ujo Treatury. Nv.w VonK, November 24. ? It was re- ? ? TM^TaSr;'?.t .flor'Tilrot'rSftV conference a syndicate has been made up to take one-half of the SoO.OOO.OOJ government loan. President Stew:* : : of the United 6tates Trust eompKi ui.d his friends subscribed for 1 other half. The new syndicate is to comprise the Chemical, l'nrk, I porters and Traders, the Chase. Fourth National ami the Hank of ('. merce. These banks are among i largest holders of gold and if they t: f hit loo 1 w? 4 it<?r? .... ? !! 1 1 ' ?..v luuu, 1111; \ Will 1IC il gainer of tho yellow metal. The ng. of this city of the b.uik of .Montreal v receive 8000,000 in gold from Can . this week and ?400.000 next week. i is understood that this gold is to ] : for subscriptions to the govern inc. I oan. 1J AN ACCIDENTAL BLOW. The Coroner'* Jury 1 >l?t Not tilume l'i nlmmoiiM For Killing lilordnn. I Sykaccsk. X. V.. November 2:?.?' inquest touching the death of < I Ttiordan, who was killed in spnrr. j with Robert Fit/.simmons, in the II. | Jacobs opera house last Friday. \v held last nlglit before Coroner Kobe; and a jury. The jury brought in I. following verdict: "We And that Cornelius Kiodan ramc to j .death on the evening of Friday. Novetntiei from an acrldentul blow delivered h.v lto! Fitrsimmnns. while engaged in a sparring htbitlon on the stage of the n. ){. .laeobs i?i house. We exonerate lfohcrl Fiuslniu front all iiluntc." Strong testimony against Fit/.- . molts was given by Pr. P. M. Tot ma who attended lliordan. He testiln that the blow delivered by Fit/.sr tnons alone caused death. A LUMBER POOL. Mlnnaaota Tlnibcrmeii Will Inlte for Tl>. . Own Advantage, MlXXF.Aroi.is, November 24.?T lumbermen of Minneapolis who cuttiug on the Fpper Mississippi it its tributaries have decided to form big log pool and a committee is nworking out the details. The lit : will subscribe stock in the pool to 1 amount of the logs they want to ; out of the cut. The pool will then I all log s by sals at the bank and . tend to driving ami sorting them. soiling them to the mill* us wanted cutting. The plan will do away w branding the logs and sorting them is now necesnnrj', and in other u.; will aave the linnherinen much expi i The pool will cut a totnl of Slfi.OOU.' feet. Kxc' .rtect From tlic Ma'l*. Washington, November 2:1.?A ^ tant Attorney (leneral Thomas, of postottiee department, has been infoi ed that the United States Court in lanta, La., has sustained the po.stm ter general in excluding fron tbe in: matter of the Equitable Loan and ourity company. It is held that t - company is operannp a tottery. Mr*. Maybrick Wants Itclcur.*. London, November if. Mrs. >i, brick, tlio American woman who i . viiiff a life sentence in Work'njf pi i. for the murder of iter Imsliami, has titioned the queen for a release. p,i intf that she fs innoecnt. Altera::: she asks the queen to order a public i animation of the evidence adduced ? >, the trial and collected since.