Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOL. LI. WINNSBORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4, 1897. NO. 52. T33 STATE EXCHANGE, j | | ANNUAL REPORT OF MANAGER DUN-] * CAN, CP THE EXCHANGEThe Farmers' Ablates Excises? Has Don? j Good BssIa<ss?Facts of Interest to! AUJ&uccnen? The Past Year's Sn^larss in Fall. Massger D. P. Duncan, of tee State Alliance Exchange, has submitted the . following report: 1^^ I be? ieave to submit this irv anlllllll^u&i report as manager of" the FarmAlliarce Exchsrrqe for the year eadizsg July 2it'a, 1S97: The past year's business of your excharge will compare very favorably with that of preeccua^ years. The bureau -work as w? iray ttrm it, i has increased until now it is one cf the leading features of the exchange business. To sive you sc-i^e idea cf the ~ay| in which the eschsu^e is used as a bureau of information, we received during the past jear 3,530 letters, ail of which were on fcusisess matters. The members of the organization use the information furnished them to c brirg about competition in tfceir local \ markets, arc! are nruch benefitted la j > this way. V7e received 295 orders for j |& goods, which vre llur-k were Slkd in] r a satisfactory rnasner to the members. We sent out weekly price current,' through The Cotton Piant, which c.<n- s tains the wholesale] prices of all aril : cles cozcmonJy used on our fartrs. ? Just one year f>go T e were confrcat- s ^ rYiiU bUU? IUVWMW4V V4 v?v.v lion of cotton ties had passed under oontrcl of one coaa bir< alios, and extortionate prices were demanded for them. In my report to the State Alliance ]&jt year I recommended that ~e use wire or some other substitute. The State Alliance took such action, and ycur exchange ?as instructed to see what could be dene in the way of a substitute. A^ier considerable correspondence A Vaw VA?1T tra a JUU.l YiSXt* i.<J -ten .uv/i/N^ nu arranged with Washburn & Jloen Manufacturicg company oI Worcester, Mass , for 10,000 bund >s c-f vrire ties. The Cincinnati Wire Fence com pany made quite a let of wire tics, which were used in this state and in { the southwest, about 15,GOO hurdles; were used during the last coticn sea- j son. The combination on cotton ties was \ so well managed that we were not! aware of it until it was so late in the j season that we wereat^reat disadvant-! age in the fight made'against the izn- j position. From our correspondence with the | Alliance in North Carolina, Georgia I and Texas, much interest was mani-i fested, and the reason more active j steps were not taken in those states I was for- want o? business orgarsizaj, tio EL We were assured, however, that if I the tie trust kept up, tbey would most} asfurediy join us another season. In November, 1SS6, the Illinois Steel J, company ssnt cne cr tce:r agents ic:. Columbia to see us ana to know if I, gg&_ they would make flat hccp ties (they j ||phad never made any), at the old j !|||pr prices, if we would use tnem. They, afj. the same time, stated that they were j' not in the Cotton Tie trust, and had} refused to be a party to it when invited j j to do so. ~ j In. March we s^gnsdupa contract}, for 5,CCO bundles of lies, Columbia de- j, livery, for 70 c^nts per bundle. I < This was for the same tie the trust \ < demanded ?1.35 per bundle for'jastj, one vear a?c. " j i An average crop cf cotton for South j Carolina 5s 750.000 bales, a bundle of ( ties will pack five bales. It, therefore, takes 150,000 bundles of ties to pack up an average crop. Thus we sea with a demand of 65 cents per bundle, this 1 combination proposed to tax cotton ; planters of the State to the amount of - < $S7,5C0, when they considered that?'; they had us at their mercy. M I do not want to make claim for \ more than is due the action of tne Ai- j i liance organization in our State, but I ' the facts are before yru. \ * One cf the largest iron manufac'.urers ia the United Swithout any j < solicitations on cur pari, sends their j< representatives to ste us to make ar , rangercsnts for cotton ties for the pre sent jears crop at figures as low cr low^r than ties have ever been delivered in the interior. I firm] j believe this vras cue to the existence of the organization "ve have. I have reported the matter somewhat in detail as an ilJustration cf the ?reat advantage there is in having your business organization in proper shape, v^hen any emergency arises. I believe I can s&y vitbc-ut iea- of i contra*"!icticn, that after the aciionofj vnur Siiitft Alliance ?J] sfcor.d fcand and pieced ties,together with the! c wire lies, our farmers could get, were {T used in our last crop, sr-d l?ss b*ac:e.? *7 of new tits were used i.c pjr-sortica in; * South Career* than any orLcr Cvltoa I State. Your Alliance organiration did | * | it Sk I desire to call your attention to a; light weight lie that :s c"atred on ihes ] y market this season. Widie I rmnctii r prepared to say that it is & fraud, be-* t cause it is offered on the mar>et at i T^T,?f -Tr C? v,^ ~-nr.A < .' : ju3!; ra-ciL i< :u ?*i- ? 10VT himself o'eceived bj iz. IL is a liej that weighs 30 pounds to tbe bundle); of thirtv ties, as sgtilnst the 45 pounds j 1 to bundle. __ _ \J. k Where the p? ice of the 45 pound tie j is Used si 7b etr.ls, the Jig lit weight ij; tie is so:d at 62* cents per bundle. {"J We all know thai we have to account I; 'or the 6 per cert, tare, snd it stands! to *.:hsr. if *K?<i *<? rsr.t (V.Tisnmfd ?* I in some full weight covering1, thai the} ^ fsrrcer'wiii loie it in actual colics. J * To illustrate, a bundle of 4" pound) lies at 75 c;nt>, jou sell your cottcn j at 7 cen ?, and there is 45 pounds of , ties at a cost of 75 cents, you sell it for * 7 times 45 or ?3 15 less the 75 cems, 1 cr net, $2.40. _ i The 30 pound ties at 62* cents sola at 7 cents, gives $2 10 less the 82-* cent?, cost or net ?l.i-7j cents, ana you have loci S2; cen*s on every bun ] die of light ties ycu use. This is what t I suppcse might be termed fair and t legitimate robbery, as ycu are inform- t ed beforehand. s A 500 sound bale of cotton on its c arrival in Liverpool, the market that c Sxes the price of cotton for ..he world, 3 is assessed 6 per cent, for tire, which i pimply means 30 pounds to the bale, t ^erefore ycu should put on a cheap j c fP))gering as near this 3U pounds as; j Washburn 6c Moen Manufrcturicg company of Worcester, Mass.. for their action in siding us in our iisht on the cotton tie trust, asd we earnestly urge our members to make use of the products of their msnufscfures whenever they meet them in tbe mar ket. In conclusion, ?ri!I report vhat v:e Jsave urged upon the rcernbsrs of the organization, in season and out of season, that in this age of combinatiors that yen should stand by your cri'axij'zatiCE. VV C JLi&Ve UsJ ?C Uii trace, profession, or business interest, simply to look after your own affairs; try to :mpcse en no one and don't a!-; low yourself robbed. Consolidate your orders for T?ur fe"?ilizers, machinery, your agncultur&l implements througn your exchange and ceal directly for these things tbrrugh it with the manufacturers. T.v.e cast, business done for the nast year amounted to $$3.SSU-.4t. Tliis was done at an erpense of less thin 5 per cent. for alJ current expenses. Ail of which is rcsnectfulij' submitted D, P. Duncan, Manager. CiViL SERVICE REFORM. Important Amendments to Eulcs Prcmcl ?2.t0(l. President McKinley ha5 promulgated the following important arsendEDcr-t to civil service rule 2: "No removal shall be rcede from any postion subject to com petite examination ezcer.'t for icst cause and up^n written charges filed with the bea- o? the department ?r other j?p-: OV1A r, f TT>!" T/*V? * r-.c* i-rUijuA kifeg "UiLlV/Ci, Vi v accused shall have full notice and an op^rtunitv to make defease." He also amended rule 3 so as to incTixao within the classified service the employes of all custom house ctSccr?, with no regard to number of employes Hitherto the classification embraced custom cfiiccrs wbere iha r umber of employes T7?s five or more. This order brings ictothe classified service six'7- five hitherto unclassified customs cf&eers The president has also amended rale 5 miJring exceptions to examinations, j so as to read as follows: 4'Customhouse service?One cascisr i in each. customs district, one chief or j princinsl deputy or assistant collector! ir- each customs district, cne principal! deputy collector at each sub pest or \ slai"! j ' Internal revenue service?Onsctn- j ploye in each internal revenue disj t-ict, who shall act as csshier, orj chief, deputy, or assistant collector, as i may be determined by the treasury; department; one deputy collector in I each internal revenue district; where i the number of employes in the oillce j of the collector exceeds four; one j denutv collector in each stamp (or ? bra neb) cfi:e. \ "Appointment to the positions \ named in this rule in the customhouse I service and internal revenue ;service | shall be subj ct to an examination, to j be pascribed by the secretary of the} treasury, nor disapproved by the cor?. j mission, equal to ths examination held ! by the commission for positions of like \ ^rade. Such, examinations' shall be conducted by the commission in accordance 'with, its regulations " The plan of the extension -which wss formulated by Secretary Gage and Assistant Secretary Yanderlip has tue unqualified and hearty endorsement of the the civil service commission* who earnestly recommend to the president its approval. In speaking; sf the amendment, President Proctor * :>f the commission said that frieads of j ;ivil service reform everywhere con- \ ^ratulate themselves on this advance \ >f the cause. The commission in its ? last annual report had said that gov-; irnment oScers should have the po<v-1 :r of removal for the proper reasons. \ Typical Texas Trrg^dv. la the stcci brokerage office of C. \ 3 Trice & Oo., of K&cj, Tex?.?, Yved-j afsdav. B. F. Kivett and W. W. Xiv- \ jit were shot and killed by ?v. L~m-I hv, a member of the firm. Bid feel-j rg has existed between the Kivett j brothers asu Lima en for some time, $ growing out of charges me.de by the relatives of Lamden aid a sitter cf ;Le Ivivetts. The shooting bct^e?n the 3rc;hers ard Laradeu occurred duria? :h* busiest part of the day, when the j >?ke 77cs crowded, aud it caused in- \ ime excitement. Two more of the? ?wo more cf the Kivett brothers arm- j jcetie of the shooting, threatening to I iiii Larnden, but ibev vers ret ailovr-; to ent-.r. The killing is universally 2 .ooked upon as .iustiSab-e. About a < ror.th ago the Ivivetts attempted, to! jil.i Larnden, icfUcucg a knife vround j >n bim, and they had frequently j h?eatened to kill him since then. * rhis morning they appeared in the j iocrvray of Trice & Co. s cfece. L~m- \ en was informed of their coming. > is ;hc-y appeared :n the door they \ 'rew their pistols, but Lrin.;den fired ? tfiih a shotgua before ih:-y ronmenc-: id to shoot, killing B. jB\ iCiveti in-5 .sr-tiy. VvT. W. Kiveit rushed on? linden "with, his revolver and then f grabbed it. The men. wrestled over* ,t?. weapon, which Klvett succreisd; 0 iliunif several times wilhout rtsuh. | LiiCaden finally succeeded in drasria^ .-is revo've? pea sfcoo'.isg Kivett three ? i-res. Lamden was uninjuredXho Ua-csUfd G^a. A shocking tragedy occurred on Mr. ? B. Cotes' p]sce five miles south of? Columbia Stxsday. Whiie Sam Wil-j .urr.s, a colored tenant, and bis family \ ^ - r*i rr~? ? no:- ?v??v irvLii ; ire, his little stepson, nine years old. '201 and mortally wounded Williams' igirl, Jcsie, who was jast three . errs old. The children were alone s. the hcus3, when Thomas, seeing a | ;bc-tgun on the shelf, took it do?n. j )h>erving that there wi re not caps on 5 he uhes, pointed it at his iittie step ^ ;is'.er and cried "L^ck cut." Instant j v there vras a loud report and the in | accent little girl fell backward, her[ orehead perforated with shot, which : >enetrated the brain and caused death ; Jter six hours of suffering;. T?liolC3aI>; Grccsrj Trade, The "Wholesale Grcc:r published I ;r crtOTrc >'~Kr>vc oil ' he country to questions regarding rade. Replies vrtre from jobbers in wenty seven states, and fifty percest. ;ho?rs an increase in the volume of justness for the first half of 1S3T ?s iompared with the sains period las: rear, thirty percent, report the vol-j one about the same and twenty psr j rent, note a decrease. 7.he qu-saon I >f definite improvement was aus~ered j kc-ionaliy, sixty-four pc-r cent. of the jobb-is in the southern stales, sixiyive in the eastern, seventy from tie 77?stern and ninety-five per cen*. from .he central states said "j es'' to the improvement question. j HOW HE HAPPENED TO SAY!-. j | | i Historic Observation of Gcveraar of >'.0. i to Governor of S. V. I Every mat; in the United Scutes is ; supposed to knovr vrhac the '"Gcver [ ror of .sorts Carolina sai'l to the; i Governor of South. Carolina," but per | haps some do r-ot know -when and imi r*-,' \-rh-yf. riibfi famous re njprk was made. Nearly a century e*o a man prominent in political aii'iirs in North Carolina moved across the border and setlied in South Carolina- lie had been j there only a short time when he com ircitted ssrce smaii crime, lor vrir:c&. j he was indicted. To escape arrest he ; returned to his old home in North ; Carolina. Irx cue course of time the j governor of South Carolina issued It's [requisition on the governor of North. Carolina for the fugitive criminal. Tie fugitive had rich and influential friends in his native State, and 'bey interceded vrilh the governor unlii Jhe refused to grant the requsi'jon. A Icrje: official correspondence fol-j f loured. Prominent men m South Car-1 I jina told the governor ihat he had not \ been treated with proper official eour| ieay by the governor of North Carol!! na. The result ^?as thai^the South [ Carolina governor, iiccorncanied by & ] ! lar^c party of friends and sdvis?rs, j ! journeyed by sta.ee to RaJei^h, for a i ! conference wiih the governor of North ( [ Carolina with a isrge party of distin-j ; (raised friends rz3 t the governor c-f: I Bouih Carolina and his party several! miles- from tow a and escorted them to I j the ^overnoi-'i rcsnsion with all the I I reremcr;, due such, distinguished vis i ; iters Be'ors *be object of his visit j ? was stated the entire assemblage sat; | down to tin elaborate dinner. After j | dinner wine was strvsd P.rd after wise j i CRsae brandy?the applejack for vrhich : I the old North Stateh famous. | After rriany roun.de c" drir.irs the ds; | : center? and glasses v;ere leasoved and ; | the ?o-erncr of Sc-uh Ctoroiisa staled j : the. object of his visit. He demanded I ! ihe sim-ecdsr of th- fugitive criminal. I i The governor of North Carolina re- j | fused. Thou followed a long and! : hesi'd discussion, in which ihe | attorneys general of ihe t?io States | took anaeiive part. Finally the gar; crnor of South Cs.iolina grevr angry, ; acd rising to his feet said: | ' "Sir ycu have refused, my just demr nd i and offended the dignity of my office >nd my State. Unless you at once surrender the prisoner, I will return to my capital, call out the militia of Rrat/> A-nrl retnrnincr rrith rr.v : army, I vrill take the fugitive by force : of arms. Governor, what do ycu i saj V Ail eyes vrere turned on tli2 gover-j ncr of North Carolina, and his answer I was awaited. Tvilh breathless interest, j The covernor rose slowly to his feet: and beckoned to a servant who stood I some distance away. His beckoning was firm and digsifit'l. became his position. lis was slov.' about answer ior, and again the governor of South Carolina demanded: ' What do von si? r 'i say, governor, that it's a long time bst?een cricks.'-' . The reply restored gcod -humor. Decanters and glasses were brought out again, and 7rhiie the visitors regained if ny one attempted to refer to ihs diplomatic object of the visit, he was cu: short by me remark tha t it ?ras a losg time between drinks. W hen f>.p v:ciHr>e- <sr.-vrprr.nv was r^ar] r to rft J turn home he s?as escorted to the State lice dv the governor of North. Carolina, and taty parted the best of friends. I Tie fugitive vras ncrer surrenderee!. LATEST IN CUBA. Wjlcr T5"ill Agats Tsia tto iFJeld A??ilnst . tha Inearsents. > Captain General Wcyler, it is an- j nounced, wili take the field in a few ( days to personally direct military op-; , eraticns in the Havana province j < several bands of insurgents* \< from 50 to 200 strocgr. This step is due I < to an attempt on the pari of these j ( bands to reunite. I Orders have been issued from j; Justo 0,j;:a. and tbe perfect of tus I ranch El Portugese shall be shot for!( trying to prevent the surrender of j ikSj. juan vjaiangas, me msurgen i?( chief, and a number of cavalrymen, < who recently gave themselves up to ? the authorities. It is reported that j Mai. Ciilangas, af'.er his surrender, \ too"k the ?e:d wiLh his forces and surprised an insurgent camp, macheting several members of the force stationed < there. ? Two respectable ladies, the Misses Nindepon, have been arrested at Gunabacoa. charged with hiding arnmu- ; nition. . ' Emiiio Saboarin, a Frenchmen,who was serving a sentence of twelve years , at Cent a ?or having been implicated ' jr. a tiieft of ammunition. from tJas ; government ponder m&g2z;.ne here, ^ dird recoctJy. * Tit'; audiior in ths American schoo v ser Competitor case, Domingo de Mi -; guel bas b&cn suspended from clOc? j' for a monto. for failing to carry out an crdc-r o' the supreme court of j as- J ticft at Madrid. ' It is uo derstood I hat i n cosFcquer c? .. of a claim mace by lh:: British conrui * the supreme ourt in Madrid has is ^ sued orders tha: American ard British - subjects scatl be tried by lbs samel,; eov.ri. This order iz due to a capture I j made under the American } Admiral Navarro, ii is announced {" ~iil return to Soaiu on Ncvambcr 2?\ L on which ds?e his term of service v?iii j' expire. A litter received by Rufac-i i, Redrigmz from his brother Jcse, one i * of the local iasurgeuts headers in the j Remedies district, expresses a gloomy ;, view of the situation and speaks c: {< the sufferings of the revolutionists,!' who, be declares are without clothing \ or shoes and have a very short sup \ ply o.' meat. Xz G:ci yi&Ti 5iurdorcc?. * Thcmss Jor.cs. an eld ar>d rsspsctsa J citizen of Mobile, Ab., iivine on Pal- i rc.etto stve:t, was murdered "Wedxsesdsy night by a ne~ro natsed Josiah Dd~is. Davis v. as arrested and lodged in arisen, where a jrrea: crowd galii- ' ercd. Apprshendieg lh attempt at ! Ivcchisc-." tiie local militia were cr- s d2red under arms, caecomtjssy beiajr stationed rear at hscd. Davis a year aso assaulted and b.'sdiy iigsred aa : old man caxed Froijnan. i GuJiiy o2 SI ardor The trial of Cantaia ByJ.cbeS, at < rv.: : J- -J- ~ ~ ..^l, i I i ^ t V uiLC L J* w\iu- v," L a x ^ Vw Fcr inurd of Bal-rc.ria &i?d prefect of i police Novelios, vritii V/shii-'ef?, n ger.darj;?. on the charge of murdering A-.ii?. Szixo-*, a beauirul spacer of B-^;>p:-s: and iberris'.rssscf 3oi:caeiF, which on Ju^y 21?:. ~as con- ; c-uded Thursd?.-. The court found i Boiteaef? and Noveilos guilty of mur- ; derand vvahilicli of being ?.cce?sc?y < to the crime. < T"E AIT.MNCEMFN ! i THE ANNUAL MEETING IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. ? "hi PrcsId^E-: Jumps the Editor of Iho ; Cotton PI".r-t Kjin Say." iba Alliance Or- j gan Has iJ:<n Prestliuted Into a PsrU- J j saa I The- ctito s^'iancs nK't "Wednesday | ni^ht in Cclnnibia, in lbs seriate; chamber ar-d immediately got cic-wn! ^ * Ti . J . * ! to d'j&mefs. jljeyona mo organization, the annua? acdif-ss of the president and reports of oincc-rs, ] it tie el>.3 ?r3s dcce. Tee feature of the presi cent's cdd)*!-vs ^a;; the vray in. ~liich be scored Editor Crews 1'or his partizir< conduct of the Cotton Plant. V~edE?sriK7 nifbMhe officers present were: Joseph L Keitt, president; J. C. Wilhcrr, vico president and lecturer; J. V7. B?id. cccretary and | treasurer; W. N. Elder, member of! eis'Caive uu:;. a:; .;w. J. L. Smith -was appointed chaplain; W. N. E!dar, steward; doorkeeper, H. D. Met calf; assistant doorkeeper. W. H. Stewart; sergeant-at arms. S. P. whitman. The president read his annual address, which was referred to a com milLee consisting r.f Kessir. M. L. Donaldson, W. T. O'Dell, J. S. Graves. Ti>- publishing committee on Gotten X'iaat made its report, vrhicn was refr'-rrd to a committee consisting of M. L Donaldson, W. T. O'Dcll, J. S. ( Graves, W. E Like, L. S- Parler. ^ ^ I i ne executive commi'-iee repuncu f tbey had examined the books of | the secretary and treasurer and found { them correct snd the finances of the [ crtlsr ia cocci condition. The n.rf-ss ccnmiltee consists of W. \ N. Eidar. 0. P. Goodwin aa.i O. B \ P.ilcy, whose duty is to eivj for pub-j iicsuon what the aliiaacs wan;s made: pablic. A com mi it 0 on constitutional amendments was appointed as fol ;o^s: J. 3?. G-'esn, H. H. Cram, J. d. bmitn. i A cbsrtsr was ?-raile3 to the Dor-' ch?ster C Dusty alliar-c?. The folcTrisg clBeers were elected i for the next year: J. C. Wilbcrn, { president; J. H. Blake, Jr., Abbeville. | vice president and state lecturer; J. W. j Raid, Spartanburg, secretary and j treasurer; Joseph L. Keitt, member of] executive committee for the three; r<y>r fftrm : national alliance delegate, i W.~N.~ Elder. These c. Ulcers were installed, and) with some other business a recess was | taken until 9 a. m. Thursday. The delegates prcent were: Abbeville, J. S. Graves. Aiken, P. H. Timmernaan. Anderson, J. P. Glenn. BirnwelJ, H. H. Oum. Colleton, L. E. Parler. FiorsiiCc, W.-B Gvase. Greenville, M. L. Donaldson. Horry, James A.. Lewis. Kershaw, Win. Jaalley. Lancaster, J. B. Kaighfc. Liuren?. A. 3. Goodwin. Lexington, J. W. Eargle. Newberry, W. E Lake. Occnee, j.L Smith. Orasgebur^, 0. B. Riley. Pickens, W. T. O'Dell. 8 Richland. E. P. Whitman. Spartanburg. K. D. Metcalf. fialuda, W. E. Bodia. Uoion, J. F. Bailey. York, W. H. Stewart. j, Nothing of great importance was j' done, though, of course, the part not j j ?iven, possibly, has much bearing i. upon the prosperity of the members J ( ?.nd the order. The Cotton Plant j seems to have been pretty thoroughly j ': liiscussed. and about the 1st of Sep-1 [ tf rv^ 'x^v. "Vi-v- C* "QTPC TT*T?1 l->ClTrCk i C-fOTl J n LvUl^l iUit VIV f? O ?Tiii *. _/ .jvv-jM t ! iownand cut of the editorship. A?] member of the Alliance, ia speaking \ i :-f the matter Thursday, said that the jondemnaiion of the editor in his i jourss did act mean that the Alliance 1 indorsed the candidates he might be {' ighting, bui cn the contrary, it was j ; icne t.o emphasize the remark of the i? dresident that tee Alliance vas to be j; inducted on a nonpartisan basis. At the meeting Thursday morning j Congressman Stolr-.s, 2 H. Oruoi and ; 3. P. Goodwin were appointed a com- I nittee to confer with their exchange in j " eference to certain features of the | j visir-ess . The eomraitie to rvhom ^asreferred j; be President's address, reported ihe 5 i resolution, which wss adcrst- ] .a. ' ! .C Hesolred, That we srsdorse the stand j j aker. by President Keilt against par- j j k?.n political action, both in the Alii- j; ;r:ce and la the Alkar.cs organ. ^ ; < This was adopted with practical ] I luanimity. The sablishing committee \ t ~as endorsed and was continued for | mother veer. A vote of thanks was ?c dso tendered them ;or their eSciectjn \.vd faithful services. \ Th? following rise ration was usan- t c m^usly adopted. _ J HrSoi?fc, That the proposition of \ j be rahroa^s to inc reiss the freight p ate on cotton s:ed would b3 detri- : f nentai to the i uteres Is of the farmers, ; j ti.a s.a additional tax upon cu? m-jt j;:-siry; last vre us:: me ng; r&nrosa t ;c2iraisncn do not grautihe request of ,ba railroads; and, further, mat wt indorse the action o'. ihz railroad jomtnisiion. in reducing the rata on r ' :-rliliz?j s and. other rorumcci'.ie-s. 1 A resolution was introduced and i tioptnd, hesriily endorsing Congress- J san Steves' measure :n Oonsrre-s in * reference to the reduction of salaries if Uaited States clScials. t Mr. C. Fi-.zShr.mous v~as granted 5 he privileges of the floor and spoke t :or half ar>. hour on the oil industry 1 irA fertilizers. Ho mado sorae propo c men :n reierer.es toexeats;ids; msax : ?nd iertiiis rs for cotton seed. t The usual vote of thsnks ttss pass- <. v"t for courtesies received., ar.d the Al- : ,ia?:ce adjourned to mest in Columbia ; c igsin next year. t i Xh-s .President11 Vacation. ; President ilcKinley l&:z Washing- ? on "Wednesday for a vacation that { say keep hirn a?vay from the city for : rixVeeks- He Teas accompanied by > 55rs. Mollis) ey, Secretary and ZSIr3.lt I'irer, iir. Prcctor, Assistant Private ?? Secretary Pruden and Executive clerk j Uortelyon. The White House ste?v-5< ird and a msid servant a'.&o ?ere in j > ;he party. Mrs Porter, wich her j; :-n:iuren wiii join mem &i jersey ui:y. ( rbr-y will go dine: iron Washington j .0 L .k-2 0h am pbn. c ? i DsinfiuG i'jr Go;<? lias: i2dss. A local firm cf Middleto^n, N. Y , j -fco (.re enz&gei in raanufaciurin^: ro)u dust b:igs from sheepskin fcr va^-.w-u;^iou:v >viiu . iouble force on account cf telegraphic j c 3rdsro received siiice the Kioaayke I ; iiscovery. '} FILED A PROTEST. Tlio First R'staecr-'s iiscsni Election fjr Co: oaol. The- matter of the election of a c<~.io-1 nc-1 of the First raiment is exciting! consiir.:rao;e puo;:c jnieress la view j of G-^r). W^U's fiction in disbaBcise {be Eilg^fi^-ld Ki ies. Gen. "Watt's! ssid Wednesday tiiat be had told Ma i jor Kswnb.?.m ths.', the; company had L-een disbesded kid rot to seud an j electicu o^rier to it. He said further | that he had rsct notified toe company | - mi z-aa osen cisoancea. uiajor New*ham rsts that so far as t':e declaration of the ekcticn upon a plurality vote is concerted he asked the assistant attorney genera1 for aa opinion i on lb at and vrus advised ti~.at simply a j plurality voce wao'neeesesry. The fol J losing protest was Wednesday sent j General Richbour^ by cilicers and ; members cf th* firs'; regiment: Brig. C-en. B. N. Bichbourg, care Ad- i jjtant Charles Newriham, Colum-i oia, S. 0. We hereby give r.ctice of protest in j election cf colonel Fh st regiment of; infantry, held en the 23a inst.,on! these grounds: First. Thai by unlawful assumption I cf authority Adjutant General Watts! threw out the vote of the Edgefield I Rilles, which should have been count- i - .1 r - - r?v11 eu lor xiiiman. Second. That the vote of the Saluda, j niiles -ras not counted for Tillman, j although thej had nassed inspection! :-:nd properly belonged and were ver i tally assicnsd to tas First regiment, j Third. That the ^oie of 35 as return-! ed by the R:cbardson Guards fori Clsify were not in fact cast, but to thej contrary seven. r:.e:~ were [.-resent ??nd the fuU pany roil was voted y.n* j cer miss" prcher.sio?: by stiic company. i Tea*'- tt3?5 5cnr.:o.-eot "of the saxe is! over whelming! v for Ti'iriif.n. u. n'/\"tT' \TA'?iO I jl.- wa- waj . v: ? Ws-v ^. <iv/a j i)7 The TiiJmau Volunteers and trie! Eiisto P.:lies for Ci&fr'y were not in ] fact c-ist. Fifth. That thro:? in.? oul all allseed ; illegal votes cast for Tillman, Cliffy i never received a majority of the so ] called le^al voles of the regiment, al-i though, ho h?s been commissioned as ] colonel. In all military elections here- j toforeheld a majority vote has been; rf o'lireo to eiect and we respeclialiy ciis the election of Col. Hail, the for-i mer colonel of the First regiment, j who did not receive a majority in the j first race and a second election was' ordered. Sixth. That Adjutant and Inspector j General Watts, in participating m the 1 -ace in the manner he did w?s guilty \ of conduct unbecoming an cfhcer oi j his rank. j.rus vtps s]gneu dj a, vjcis t>&i;y. i rnsjor First regiment; H&velock Eav*s,captain of the Bamberg Guards; the Edgefield Rifles, the Capers Light! lafarstry. B. R. Carroll, captain Gov-j ernci'i Volunteers; by all of the: Richardson Guards except four; by sis officers and nine privates out of 171 in the camp of the Palmetto Rifles, 2 and S E. Brndie, orderly sergeant of; Gary Evans Yolu.L'.ee;*s. - | sr.oo.ooo irirs. Fire at Yonkcrs, N. Y., Tuesday af-1 ternoon destroyed two factory build- j ings occupied by W. A. Reed &~Co, hat J manufacturers, Rculand Bros., hat j manufacturers, Pass Brothers, silk J manufacturers, and the \onker?| Silk company. The less will s probably reach half a million dollars ] a^d S00 psople are thrown out of em- s ployment. There were no casualties, j though the buildings were crowded j with employes wien tae fire was dis- { sovered. The fire originated in the bjowiug room of the hat factory of William Seed & Co., on the lower | [1 cor of the Sheihard building. Twoj large gas meiers exploded immediate-1 i. - /i 4i. . n i. ' a. r 1i_ s ^ i 3 ij auer ine uatd.ss ours; icrt,a, ana iae ?scapin? fras helped to feed the flimes. Wilhia a few minutes the fire was Sreaiisc: through the windows of the irst and sscond stories. There were (300 raea and 3iris in the j r>uildin<r, the third, fourth and fifth | loors of which were occupied by the; dik factories. Intense excitement j Di-'vailed while the employes left the I Daildiugs by the fire e-capes, the girls] }eiag taken out Urst, sli losing tneir j i'reer, clothes, so littie Lime was given. j Che fire coon ate cut the heart of the | wilding and the a portions of the walls | 'ed tfith the wind, carried the flames j o the building occupied by Kowland ] Bros, hat factory, and the interior of j his structure was destroyed. Jast across the strcst from the build- \ eg in which the fire started are the j jig works of Alexander wraith & Sons, .he largest carpet manufacturers inj he [Jaiied States. For sometime it] coked. as taougn tnese wouic ?0. ttto ; ,bo-:sand persons were at work in. the J sarpei factories when the lire broke; >ui. They were dismissed and the j ?rorks closed. The lowest estimate of he Joists is $400,000, 2nd others run ! is ki^h 2.2 ?550,000. Reed & Co., | )ls.c3 their loss roughj7 at $50,000 .lowland Bros., Bros, and the] tocKers oixa coropscy arose:. oowa j 'or $50,000 e?.ch. Tae Joss cn the t^o j iuiiuicjs totally destroyed i; estimai j :d at $2-10,000, The insurance will | jrcb&biy nearly cor&r the loss. A SezaaUoaal story. A sptckito the Si. Louis Globs-Dar.ccm fromLos Asgftles, Cu.i., sivs: 1 iotter vrriiten by a Japanese official r> Japan. to a former Japanese officer i7iu? in ibis city conveys the infer- i nation that the Japanese government j -ill forward to Honolulu, in the 1st-jj er par: of July, 1.500 Japanese irnmi- s rrants. These individuals are no^v in! he garrison ai Xeesra\ being soldiers j a the Japares9 service, aud -^illgoj >n shore in Honolulu as simple citizens 1 jut drilled and ready for military duty! it once. The stealers ^vhieh are to j tenvey the men have been chartered \ >y the Japanese government, and will ? :arry, in addition lo the 1,500 psssen- S ;srs, arms, ammunition and military ( tores of sufficient quantity to make I t interesting for any party trying to ] i. 1 T ^ ?3 J; 4 * t 3reveai. taeu* isuu;ng. xu suuinou, s ,hr?9 isrgc raeo of-^ar ara already! prepared to ]cave Yokohama, to ar-1 ire at Honolulu at about the sa:ce: isr.s as the landing of the so-called i.n-1 nic-rrtnts vTil! take place. The correspondent, who has been educated in the Urn led States, used he expression, no doubt acquired ;vhea here: "We wi]i got ther-., arid loa'r. jcu forget it," and remarked 'urt.be?: "I canrot write this in my j " ra Jan?U3.ce, but ^ou understand' Predictions conveyed in previous; .etters 'rom this olHeiai were veriSed. ] "Americans will form their 07711] jpinion as to why the senate backed j lOTTii 03iore ine ureters aau asaitj Irmly' with, the brokers," says the: Boston Transcript. * i CUT IN TWO. i ! j BARKENT1NE FLORENCE RUN DOWN 3Y A STEAMSHIP. ! [ Five Lives LosN One ot the Lmlortunates i Being the Captain's "PPlJo?She Sank In l | Ilirt-e Sllnutes-^l! Happened During a | D^naeFcg. i j The Allen Line steamer Scasainai vian gr iv d at Boston Wednesday afjieraoou froca Glasgow and brought | with b^r 1 he four survivors of the crew ! of the British barkentice Florence, | Captain Henry Olser which was sunk I ia a couisicn wita ti^e ^Scandinavian last Siturday while ia a dense fog 20 j miles south of Cape Raca. Four raemi bers of the crew were drowned, to | pethf-r with, the wife of Captain Olsen. j The Florence was bound from Sydney, 8. B , to St. Johns, N. F., with a cargo ! of coal. The men wl;o lost their lives are: Noab. Myers, cook, a^ed 51 i years; William Yabsley, aged 25 years, j nephew of the captain's wife; James j Norman, seaman, aged 32 years, j j William Fry, seaman, aged 33 years j i nf Poole. V,nc_ Tho fnrrrifvr thrao j ?fere from St. Johns, X. F. Captain Oisen said: "We left port [on Tuesday, the 20ih inst, for St. ! Johns N. F., Thinking we were ap[ proaching land, the vessel put about i on the starboard tack. At 12:28 p. m. a shrill blast of a steamer's whistle was heard right abeam and before the sound died a>cay, there loomed up, making directly for us, the huge hull I of an. ccsse sitamer. ; "I was beiovr when the first intima: lien case of the steamer's approach | and was hurriedly called 011 deck by [the lookcut. Oa the way out of the ! c^bia I called to my wife and she in i turn aroused First Mate Edward Brodj nick, who bad come elf watch at noon I and was in. his bunk. Hardly had he I reached the deck when the steamer, | which proved to be the Scandinavian, j eras upon us. She struck us on the | pert side between the main and miz |zm rigging, and before her headway i was stopped, she went naif way i through us. While the vessels were | locked together, we were in no immedi ate danger pxnftnt from, fallinc soars. 3 ! which were dropping all about us on j j the decks. The order to reverse* the steamer's engines, which had been I given when we were first sighted, ' scon had the eifect of breaking her ; away from us and in about three min: utes after she pulled her sharp bow ! out of the gaping wound in the side of our vessel, the Florence went down stern first in 90 fathoms of water. Of the vessel's crew, Norris, the cook, ' Yabsley and Norman were never seen ; after the vessel struck us. They were j orcbablv asleep in the forecastle. 4'When theimp3ct came Oie Olsen, the boatswain, and Seaman Robert Essens jumped into the main rigging and were soon followed by MateBrodnick and all three men swung themselves onto the steamer's deck by means of the lower guard, being assisted in doing so by the carpenter of the steamer. Poor Fry appeared at the side of the vessel just before him j by his shipmates on board the steamer j asd was pulled half way up the steam j er's side when he relaxed his hold, fell? into the water and was never seen | again." The captain was too much overcome j to tell of the drowning of his wife and Mate Brodnick took up the thread of the captain's narrative. After telling of his being summoned from his bunk by the captain's wife and jumping on deck clad^only in his shirt, he said: ''Immediately after reaching the deck of the Scandinavian I got a coil of rope acid threw it to Capt. Olsen, who by this time was standing near the galley of the bankentiae with his armsj around His w:ie. Mrs. Uisen was crying and I heard the captain say that if need be they would die together. The captain secured the end of the rope and attempted to make it fast about his wife, but the rope was'' not long enough and the steamer, just then backing away fromtbe wreck, pulled the line from his hands. I called to these on the steamer to lower the life boat and Oisen, Sensin and myself assisted the crew in getting the boat out of the davits. Ia the ex eilement and confusion no one seemed to know just what to do. No ?pife could be found to cut the lashings of the life boat and finally the carpenter was obliged to sever the grips with a hatchetr All this was valuable time lest and before the life boat had been gotten into the water the vessel went : down. When the vessel took her last plunge, the captain became separated frnm life trrifo Rni-'n wpta r\ wwn intri the vortex caused by the sinking craft j and ilrs. Olsen never reappeared! above the water. The captain soon j' came to the surface and swam to a life . buoy thrown from the steamer, and j ( this, -with the life belt which he after- , ^ ards leceived and adjusted, kept ! him afloat until the life boat manned : by the second officer of the steamer, three ofjher crew and myself reached him. tie was completely exhausted, j When it was found that there was no j hone for the remainder of the crew, the steamer was headed -west and she continued on her way to Boston." The Florence registered 199 tons net, and her dimensions were: Lso^th, 1U.8 feet; breadth, 2i 5 feet; depth c? held. 13 feet. She was built at Brixhaii, England is 1S73. Bloody Daeda in Alabama. Jgck Knight, the regro who shot and killed Jack Danlzler Wednesday ni^ht near Mobile, Ala., and shot and probably fatally wounded Policeman; .Tncpnh Tuolrpr in fitternntino'In ^<?por*p J1 v - ~j was captured at Hurrican Bayou, oar the Louisville railroad, by the section 1 foreman, and was brought to the city by two deputy sheriffs and lodged in jail Thursday afternoon. There was no demonstration. Trro murders and ; possibly three, were committed there j \Vodnesday nisrht, but no Ijnchings are probable. Tbe victims were Thomas Jones, a Confederate veteran, Jack 1 S. D^ntzler, colored, and Policeman ; Tucker. t , World's Record Srclrar. la the free for all pace at the Driv- i \nz pari at 0:tawa, Iii., Thursday, : three world's records were broken, beirg the fastest three, four and five . beats ever paced on a half mile track. Pearl C., by Roy Wilkes, took the t*ro first, and Coleridge, by C. F. G]a^, the three last heals. Time?2:1Q ?, 1 2:10, 2:09 i, 2:09 *, 2:10 A. Shot His Wife and Hsr Paramour. Near Clarendon, Ark., Thursday, Houston Wiiscn, on reluming home found John Gaivin with his wife. Houston find a load of buckshot into ni.5 wi-e s side,mulcting latai wounds, j and then shot Galvin, !niDia? hirnin-j, 3iAntly. Houston was arrested. ?\ NEGROES HEARD By Governor Ellerbs on the Safcject cl Lynching. Governor Ellerbe took occasion to j very plainly state his position in regard tri mfih Ahr,nt ~ ^ * ? " - ? noon the cosansitlee of ne^rces ap- ] pointed by the mass meeting: held the | evening befoie to wait on him called j at his ciSee. They presented to him j the paper they had reen instructed to j lay ceiore him. The governor listened j attentively to the reading of the docu-; ment The committee consisted of the i Rev B. W. Baylor, C. F. Holmes, H. j E Lindsay ard E. B. Thompson. Tie j paper was read to the governor by i Lindsay as fo.-ioTrs: To His Excellency, the Governor of j South Carolina: As chief executive of our government we realize most forcibly jcu are j in a position to render much relief to I a much abused portion of our citizen-1 [ship, asd in consequence cf the con- j itinual relgr. of moc- violence we are j I forced to call upon you to exercise all j I law within your power to suppress j tms growing evil. That the colored citizens are chiefly j the victims of these outrsgeous prac-1 tice3, cannot be denied: the habit of j lynching negroes for the usual crime has led to the taking of life by mobs j for small offences, such as petty lar- j cenv, fighting, shooting or insulting, etc/ We would not have you believe that J we do not discountenance all crime, for there are among us thousands who are just as sincere in support of law! ! and order as any citizens." We forever | S condemn mobs in a civilized country with established courts and laws. We look upon the matter as did jour pre-! decessor, the Hon. B. R. Tillman, ^ho j said in his inaugural address in 18901 that he did not see the use of mobs when the judges are white, jurors white, sheriffs white and jailers white, there was eo earthly chance for a ne- ] gro who was guilty to escape. We felt much pleased at the efforLs | put forth by the members of the Con- j stitutional convention in passing the j anti-iynch laws; we thought the ei?<jcts 1 would have been to prevent the recur- j rences of such acts, but to our sad surprise we have witnessed a reckless disregard of these laws by mobs. We feel that you are in a position] +/-? r>y*r> crr-n ttaii* TxrifV* I LU UVMii J U U1 YY AfcJJ. j lasting impressions and we appeal tc i you in the came of humanity, justice, j the sacrel laws of our State and in \ the name of the six or seven hundred J thousand colored citizens of our State \ to uphold the law* and suppress the \ lawless acts of the mobs. We commend your act in making j an effort to remove the victim, Gray, \ from Laurens to the State penicentia- j r.v, and legret very much that your j hope you will make some strong ef- j forts to overtake tha lynchers and! vindicate the law. We also hope thatj if the negro Chris Harris is'overtaken s you will afford sufficient protection to \ secure him from violence. We feel | that this appeal is but a legitimate and j lawful way of bringis? to your atten- j tion the distressed condition cf tiie* negro citizens of the State, with the; hope that the evils may be checked 1 and tne disastrous consequences ci tne ? continuance of such practices averted. 3 Trusting that you will do all in your \ power to correct these existing evils, \ we will ever pray, etc. When the paper had been read,G-ov-[ eraor Ellerbe proceeded to state to the | committee that when it was thought I that Harris had been captured at Ben- \ nettsville he had promptlv taken such ; steps as would have prevented the] possibility of a lynching. Governor j Eilerbe then stated to tne c^mmittes s mat he was very much opposed to | lynching and said further: "And as! long as I am governor I am ?omg to \ do all i can to suppress it. I am. goia% 5 to do everything possible to put a stop < to lynching." As the governor concluded, Baylor ] rose, and after thanking the governor j for the courteous hearing given the j committee, said they would have ihe 3 governor to understaad that they were jj as much opposed to the usual crime? for which lynching was resorted to as . any race of people upon the face of < the earth. ''But," said he, "we have} a law, and by that law the men who 5 are guilty of such crimes should die. j We. as law-abiding citizens and lead- ers have advised our people not to re- $ sort to any other means than those of-j fered by the law, and to appeal to the \ governors of the several slates to see \ that those laws are carried out.'1 This ended the hearing. Fetaalo Gold Hunter. Pauline Kellogg, the daughter j of Judge Kellogg, an old miner 'of] Colorado, who now lives in Chicago, f is about to start for the Klondike toengage in mining on her own account, j She was born at Breckinridge, Col.. j and lived all during her youth in an ) atmosphere of mining speculation.] Although young and delicate, she is j determined to brave the hardships of 3 oary-ir* lifo r.?i fl-to VnVon ftnr? ic onliri ii.V V/JU. HilV/ MUU Vii*J ( waiting till she can start in the com- j panyofsome friends. She says: "lj am not going to look on there. I { shall take up a claim, hire help, and S superintend the work myself- Of] course, I know it is a life of hardship, jj I can rememember some of the things 5 we used to go through in the cabin at I Breckinridge when the country was i new. There is an element of danger} in it, but I feel able to take care of j myseif. I have known of women in] Colorado, who did jus!; tnistning, and grew rich. My expectations are mod-1 erate, but I do not see why I could not do the same." Consul Ccrcmita Saicidc. | United States Minister Baker has ca- \ bled the state department that United J States Consul Otto Munchmejer atj San Salvador committed suicide there j Tuesday night Mr. Baker says that'' be will apooint a vice consul to take | charge of the office. Munch mever was! appointed from West Virginia in |. 1895? first to the vie a consulate aii Acaiular and later in the same year ], to SanSalvador to nil the vacancy | caused by the dcaih of his father. A j, few days ago Mr, Jenkins of Nebraska: was nominated for the place held by ] Munchineyer. , Gladstones Wedding Asstversarj. J Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Monday j celebrated the 53th anniversary of 1 Hifiip warf/'in'r. Mflrv visitors ininsd 1 in the family rejoicing at Harare-en, |1 and scores of the towns-peopie saluted < the venerable couple while en their] way to church. Be th are in excellent j health. Mr. Gladstone walking oci with as much vigor as at any time in \ the last ten years, shaking hands ener- J gaticaiiy and conversing with great? animation. -. | TO THE GOLD FIELDS. NEW YORK JOURNAL'S EXPEDITION SAILS FROM SEATTLE. ! A Hsz irdoTia Koute to be Pursued?Some j ol the ?arty--A Fine O a?flt--YFiIl Buah | Through the Sara in sr. The Nfivr York Journal expedition ! to the grola fields of the Klondyke, via j Dyea as a the Chilcoot Pass sailed on ! the steamship City of Mexico at noon I Tuesday, from Seattle, Wash. The expedition consists of Joaquin jMiller, the "Poet of the Sierras, E. J. Liverrash and C. L Kreling, the | latter being the photograDhar of the party. The party is equipped with. ! sucnlies such as the miners carry, and j will proceed in the same fashion and i over the same route taken by those I who proceed via Jeneau or Dyea, the j latter point being 100 miles further --- ^ | north. j The object of the expedition, which | is in charge of E_ J. Livernaih, is to i make observations of the weather oon| ditions, the nature of the ob?tacles to I be overcome, the state of the trail leading oyer the mountains dp the chain of lakes connecting with the rivers running into the Yokon, the various modes of transportation by land and water, and the cost of the same, and the requirements per man for making I this trip in the way of food, tools and ! clot-un'g. In fact, to obtain complete ! information, which will be given to the people through The Journal. I This trip which the expedition un i dertakes is the most hazardous route to i the mines, though it is the shortest, j The longest and safest route to Dawjson Oitj, the centre of theKlondvke | country, is by way of the North. Pai cific ccsan and the Ynkon river. The latter route, it is said, will close in August, but The Journal's second expedition. consisting of Charles G-. Yale. statistician of me mint at S*n Fraa[ ciseo and the best mining authority in j ihe west, E. H. Hamilton, an accomplished newspaper writer, and Helen ?>are, a well known woman writer, i will make the trip before the Yukon closes completely, even though the river may b* partly frozen before they reacn Dawson City. The second ex- ?pedition will also get other data that will be invaluable. Joaquin Millar, who accompanies the first expedition. Trill write on mining caiaps'as he sees tuezn. He was one of the argonauts of '49, and was a miner in California in those days. Thousands of persons witnessed the departure of the steamship and cheered The Journal party. Among the freight were 60 horses for the mining coun.-. try, which may be used to haul supr^fpSSS^^2*?^ plies, or, failing in that capacity, wiitT furnish food, which prcmisea.io^e scarce in that country thi$8$2?Cer. The people of the citjjgf&s the day a general holiday, a^Hrom all quar ters poured down;KJ tiie doc? oiuia Pacific Ooast Sieamsnip company, where the Mexico was docked- Some were thsra as early as 5 o'clock in the morning and waited around while busy laborers completed the work of loading the ship. The Mexico carried about 400 passengers, 80 horses, 1,200 tons of freight and a number of dogs. With a few exceptions, the passengers are bound for Dawson City, and they hope to reach there before many weeks go by. Men of every walk of 1 i fe r a a m nn cr t.h A nassftn^ers. There were more people present to see the Mexico leave than have witnessed the departure of any other steamer since the news came down of the great finds in the Klondyke country* Judge 3ond sent two of his sons on the steamer to represent him. They had fine, outfits. Judge Bond is well known in New York, as he spends most of his time there. He is a great club man and a personal friend of Thomas 0. Piatt, Tobacco Men 3Zad. Toe "n'ricrrAtr laar 1-ifl.c <*a?isa<3 a Tianifi among importers of tobacco, who de clare that one short paragraph, in the ne?7 law means a loss to them of thousands of dollars every year. The paragraph is a part of section 33 of the act, which compels importers to pay duty on tobacco at the weight it goes into the bonded warehouse. This t&kss from the tobacco men a privilege that has for many years been accorded to them by the tariff laws. Under the Wilson act and previous iaws, importers have had their tobac co reweighed at the time of its withdrawal from bond warehouses and cse weight's duties were collected. The weights of tobacco is greatly reduced during the bonded period by evaporation. When tobacco arrived from a long voyage it is frequently insufficiently cured and has absorbed a large percentage of moisture. This moisture evaporates in the warehouse. Experts estimate that the importers - * An- i - A.rt _ 1. - -i CI 3 save 540 10 a oaie vn ouiuaira,?iLu. sometimes as high as $70 a bale on Havana leaf by paying on the driedout tobacco. Importers will now gain nothing by delay, but must pay duties at $1.85 per pound of the weight on tobacco at the time of its arrival. They estimate that the loss to importers in New York alone will be $500.000 a year. A Koonsblnor SuicidesNews of a remarkable case of suicide reached Columbia, Tuesday. Franklin Lynch, a noted moonshiner, living ten miles above Pickens C. H., in the mountains, took his life Sunday morning at 6 o'clock by shooting himself through the head with a Colt's revol ver. Ljnca's still had been raided by revenue officers and destroyed. For a week be had been drunfc, and on the watch for revenue raiders. It is stated that he had determined to kill any revenue officer 011 sight. It is also reported thai he bad family troubles. It is supposed that bis disappointment in not being able to get ver>genacce on the revenue officers, added to his family troubles, led to the suicide. His wife claims that the shooting was accidental. His little daughter was the oaly withness to the shociing. He lived six hours after the shoe, but never recovered consci ousness. Hasgec in Philadelphia* Pasquelle Dadrio was hanged in the county jail at Philadelphia Wednesday nscrning;. The drop fell at 10:08 i o'cicck. The physicians stated thai Dadrio's neck vras broken in the fall The execution was successful in every detail al<1 wholly devoid of unusual incidents. The crime for which Dadrio forfeited his life was a particularly brutal one. On January 23, 1897, he committed assault upon 3 year old Monastic o Moll'o and then strangled }:im. All the parties involved were Italians.