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' . / PORT ROY&L'S FUTURE. WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL TOWNSEND SAYS OF IT. ao iluviira mo uguo*?* ADvru*w.j .? Guard Aptlut Pitfall*, and IU*k? That Port's Future Secure, Columbia, S. CVNov. 16.?The annual report of Attorney Ueneral Town send will be issued by the State printer tomorrow. The entire report deals with the extensive litigation in which the State is engaged or has been engaged during the past year, ana every page is of interest, the exact status of I each case being given. There is aotning In the report, howm* ever, of more widespread interest than the Attorney General's synopsis of the cases by which the nnbottling of Port , . Royal has been temporarily accomplished and bis suggestions to the Gen eral Assembly as to the manner ot making the unbottling permanent. Alter devoting several pages of interest to all bearing upon the action of the Legfolature looking towards this matter. Maj. Townsend gives inde tall the many moves in the manage ment of the case and then proceeds: "The defendants then interposed a demurrer to the complaint, on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction over the subject of the action, that the plaintiff (the State) had no legal capacity to sue, and that the com" plaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. These demurrers were also overruled by Judge Aldricb.and thirty days allowed , ' the defendant to answer or appeal. Thereupon the defendants gave notice of an appeal on a number of points fr?m such order. "It belDg then absolutely necessary that some administrative orders should be passed Instructing the receiver as to the management of the road pending the appeal, they were proposed by his counsel to Judge Aldrlchand signed. Forthwith the defendants entered appeals to the Supreme Court from all these orders. * "This makes three separate appeals in each of the cases, and there being two cases, it makes six appeals in all taken by the defendants and now pending hpfnrfi thft Snnreme Court of the State. "These appeals will probably be heard at the approaching term of the Supreme Court, but in the orderly coarse of events the decision will not be rendered until some time in the spring. If the Supreme Court should sustain Judge Aldrich in holding that the case had not been removed to the United States Court, it is more than Srobable that an immediate appeal will b taken by the -defendants to the Supreme Court of the United States, where the case will be locked up for years. And at any rate none of the appeals are on the final merits of the case, but are merely on interlocutory orders, so that the cases will have to come back for trial anyhow. It will be readily (seen from this that whilst so far the State has been successful in the position she has taken, and the courts have recognized her right to institute these proceedings and have a receiver appointed, that the litigation promises to he Interminable. So far from the Central Railroad availing itself of the locus penitentiae allowed by the General Assembly, they have interposed every possible technical objection have strenuously refused to recognize the jurisdiction of the State courts, and have in every way possible delayed and impeded the progress of the cause. "The outgoing receiver, who still is . president of the Central railroad, has tailed to oeliver to Mr. Averill as receiver all the property and assets in his bands, belonging to him, and has shown no disposition whatever to facilitate the purposes of the State. "The action of the State is more than justified by the results already attained through the new management of the road. The terrible cyclone which vis ited portions of our coa it In the last of August wrought great . tavoc with the Port Royal and Augusts, Railway Company. A large portion or Its wharves were destroyed, its warehouses unroofed, tresiles and bridges washed down, and Its track from Pure Royal to Yemasste torn up and damaged so that it was entirely imnassa ble. With great and commendable energy and zeal the receiver, Mr. Averill, personally superintended the restoration of his road, and in a wonderfully short period of time had it open for transportation. "Bat despite this senoas obstacle to successful operations, he has not only bandied the usual business on the road but has commudication with Europe through Port Royal by a dirfct Jiue of steamers leaving Port Royal bimonthly. This is the piooeer line. Circumstances all tend to show that as soon as it is satisfactorily demomtiaua tnat \ Fort Royal is open, and will remain , open vessels will crowd into its ample harbor and the great object originally contemplated by the State in grantiog this charter will be accomplished. "Another proof of the correctness of the State's position is shown by the cotton movement at Augusta. Without cutting rates at all tne amount of cottoif carried by the Fort Royal railroad out of Augusta has been five or six times as large in proportion as it was during the past season. In fact the cotton moved by the Fort Royal road exceeds the amount of cotton moved by all other roads out of Augusta put together. "The great drawback to permanent success is the uncertainty as to the result of litigation. A receiver, however able be may be, is always handicapped by the necessary uncertainty of bis tenure. His receivership may last for , years, but may terminate at any time. No contract that he can make is binding beyond the teim of bis receivership. "This is felt particularly in negotia * - t- - uons lor me upruiug ui iuh xwytu and the conduct of tbe railroad. Tne uncertainty as to the re?ult of the litigation, and whether or not the domination of the Central railroad will be c restored ;and tbe bottling up process of Fort Royal again put into effect renders persons unwilling to enter into . , contracts involving any leogtb of time or any expenditure of money. If it was today an established fact that the railroad would be free of the Central railroad and the port would be kept open an Independent and competitive point, 1 am satisfied that arrangements could be made in addition to those alInto Tnhir?h trnnlH n1am> 1COUJ VU bVlVU 1WW TT M4VU tf V-MV* r.v.vu the success of tbe enterprise beyond any possible peradventure. "ltcan be readily seen from the facts already stated tbat in the ordinary CwUrse there is before us a long tedious and expensive litigation. It is manifest that the Central railroad intends in every possible way to resist tbe demand of tbe State, and if possible to prevent it; tbat every legal resource will be exhausted to delay, tire out and dually defeat it. "The question for tbe coBsideration of tbe Qeneral Assembly is whether the State is willing to subject itself to a process of this character from a cor? poiation of its own creation, but now dominated and its policy controlled en* tirely by a foreiga corporation or whether It will exercise the powers rt served for such occasions as this am require that this corporation shall b reorganized in accordance with the su preme spirit and policy of its laws, carry out tne purpose* for which It wa originally created. It seems tba tbis is a case in which the State shouli insist on its being done. 4 "I would, therefore, respectfully re nnmmend the nassage by tbe Genera Assembly of an act repealing the char ter of the Port Royal and August* Railroad Company, and providing li a proper way for tbe winding up or It corporate existence, and for distribu tioD of Its assets by a sale, among th creditors and others legal'y entitle! thereto, according to their several pri oiities. In this bill care should b taken to provide that In the organiza tlon of any new corporation ther should be such supervision and scru tiny as to prevent the new corporatloi being organized as a mere represents Hvfl r?f t,h? (Central railroad of tfeorgie or other competitive corporation. "1 think such a coarse is due do only to the proper dignity of the Stat itself, but also to carry out the purpose tor which this corporation was ere attd and farther, for the benefit o those citizens of the State living alonj its line who have been so long denies the privileges which they now eDjo; and which were originally intended t< be confered upon them." Attorney General Townsend, In con eluding his report says: "In conclusioi I will say that the litigation of thi present year has been great, and far ii excess .of any year perhaps in the his tory of the State, and probably even o many years together. This is to be re gretted in one sense, but in a bold an< vigorous execution of the laws, som of which were entirely new, litlgatioi was to be expected, and indeed coul< ha airniHaH nrlfh Qftfofu fat t.hn In terests of the State. "The expenses, too, as you will s? from this report, have gone far beyon( the appropriation made by the Legiala tare at its last session. This coula no be avoided. 1 was fortunate in male ing arrangements to meet all these ex penses,ana I trust that your honorabli body will make such provision in re gard thereto as shown by this repor to be necessary." No wonder the Attorney General ha been nearly worked to deaih and I forced to say that the litigation hai been great. A glance through thi thirty odd pages of the report showi that there nave been fifty-eight casei brought as an outcome of the dlspen sary law and all since the lav went into effect in July last. Thee* cases, too, are only those with whlcl the Attorney General had to do. Aftei giving a carefully prepared, yet T>rie resume of each State the Attorney Gen eral gives the present status. First comes the trade mark case it which the case woa? Major Townsen* a *. ?- 41 .111 At says ne uoaerstauus mere win uo tu appeal to the United States Supremi Courts Then there were the two casei brought by the Richmond and Dan yille road against the Railroad C?m mission in regard to the whiskey rate In regard to these cases the reporl says: "Judge Simonton has render* his decision In favor of the State or the Constitutional points, and has re tarred it to R. W. Shand, Esq., ef Co lumbla,SrC., special master, to tak< testimony and report as to the rea sonableness or unreasonableness o) said rates. No testimony has yet beet taken, owing to the great pressure o; business in my 'office, but I expect yer] soon to move before said master foi that purpose." Then there are the two mandamui cases brought in the State &uprem< Court by Major Hamilton on the mat ter of liquor licenses which the Stab won. # The cuses of Ward and Langford the railroad agents, involving the righ to deliver whiskey,is treated of. Majoi Townsend savs he is now waiting foi his appeal from Judge Simonton^ da cision in these cases to be heard by th< Uoited States Supreme Court In regard to the case of the State vc James in Darliogtoa county, whlct was an action Id the State courts t( test tbe constitutionality of the die peusary act, the report says it was re moved to tbe Uoited States Circuii Court, is now on the docket and th< Attorney General will intervene on be ti-ilf of tbe State to protect the State'! rights. Tbe argument will hardly comi up before December. The tbree cases brought to preven the opening of the dispensaries at Mt Pieasant, Walterboro and Columbh are treated of. All were decided ii favor of tbe State, but Id the Richlam case an appeal was taken which will be heard at th? atmroaehina term of th< State Supreme Court. Several pages are devoted to the c?le brated Swan case. The history of thi case is Riven and Major Townsend con eludes: ''Judge Simonton decided It lavor of the railway authorities. A writ of habeas corpus was sued oui from Mr. Justice Field,of the Suprami Court of the United States, and th< case is to be beard on the Oth day oi November. The State will content that there was no Federal question in volved and Judge Simonton was .with out jurisdiction In the matter." The case of McCulIough vs the Board of Control for Darlington county which was to enjoin the opening of th< dispensary in that county, Is very full] discussed. This is the case heard be fore Justice Pope,in which he has been so long getting up a decision, and li familiar to all. He asks the Legislature to make an appropriation cover lng the expense of Messrs. Boyd ant Dvnnm oiolotanf nr\nnool ?jiu rw u9 cuoiotaav uuuuoui, Prosecutions have been commenced in the criminal courts againat th? fol lowing parties for violations of ttu dispensary law; Vincent Chico. (2) F. Koopman (2), Fred Mollenhauer, G W. Auspach, J. F. McKay, J. J. Con way.C.F. Helns, Leo Bull winkle, J D. Kanne4juW. Heakin, H. Hem me (2 H. Hemme.^n., Z. Notte, Joe Jenkins W. D. Hacfceman, L. F. Murphy Bagby & Spear, W. J. Bowen, C. J. C Becker, Charles Passarelll, A. Ruby James E. Edgerton, agent Clyde Steam ship Line (4,) L. G. Pincknev, ageni Southern Express Company (3), D. H Cbamberlaln, receiver, all of Charles ton; and H. W. Bellinger, B. D. Selllnj George Lohbor, J. G. Llnsteddt and G M. Pitcher, of Berkeley. Criminal and civil prosecutions hav< been entered against John O'Donnell of Anderson, and David Morris, of Sum tor. for violations of tbe dlspensar; law. Ltstly comes the rice beer case from tbli city against J. C. H. Troegei W. E. Bird (2J, Ben David, Jerom Fagan, Thomas Fagan, J. M. Iverj Heinz Jacobs. In Speaking of the tes case inithese cases the Attorney Genera says: "This was a prosecution at Octobe term for violation of the dlspensar act In selling Intoxicating liquors by tb drink In the city of Columbia. Tb defendant had sold tbe liquors at hi place which bad been run as a bar an< saloon before the 1st day of July. Mc tlonsfora nolle pros, and demurre were interspersed by the defendan upon the ground of the alleged uncon stltutlonallty of the act under whlc the prosecutions were brought and th defective drawing of the lndlcl )- ment. J udge Hudson, after argument, a for and against the motions, decided i e against the constitutionality of the law and rendered an opinion in favor 0 of the defendant, ad appeal was s promptly taken from his decision and t the case is now in the Supreme 1 Court." No dispensary cases developing i- since October are included in this re1 port?The State. j Vlinrlnf on finance*. ! Wjjhinoton, Nov. 15.?One of the s subjects to eDgage the attention of Cong rets when it convenes in regular e session at the beginning of December, 1 will be a new banking currency sys tem. The monetary necessities of the e country has reached such an acute couditlon that radical legislation on this e subject has bacome an immediate prob ability. i In tho past two weeks Congressman Springer, of Illinois, chairman of the House committee on banks and currency, Senator Voorhee*, of Indiana, t chairman of the Senate Committee on e finance, Congressman Dewitt Warner, 9 of New York, and others who will be i- prominent In legislation on this subf ject this winter, have been engaged in r fref uent consultations with the Presii dent, Secretary of the Treasury, Compf troiler of the Currency and other finana cial officers of the administration with a view to legislation which will pro ride a larger and more convertible a circulating medium, without involving s financial or political embarrassment 1 that would grow out of a revival of i- flat money days. Chairman Springer, f of the House committee on banking - and currency, just left the elty this aril tarnoon after a number of conferences e with members of the administration. i Chairman Toorhees, of the Senate fi1 nanoo committee, and the financial of fleers of the Treasury Department, it Is expected, will, In connection with b his committee, submit to the House l imnArtant legislation on this subject . immediately after the reconvening of t Congress. Congreeamen Warner, Sperry and leading Republican members of the ? House oommlttee on banking and cur* i- rency are understood to be Springer's t active colaborers. It is quite generally conceded that any legislation which b may beoome a law can only be the res suit of harmonious action between the i two political parties. b Mr. Springer said: "We have been s engaged several months in the prepari ation of a bill which, at the proper time, we will introduce into the House, and r have referred to the committee on i banking and currency, of which I am i chairman. Our object is to respond as r far as poarible to the reasonable def mands of the country for a better sjs tern of currency, and to provide a plan by which currency can be plaoed upon i a better basis. Any effort, in my judgl ment, to return to a system of State i banks, which prevailed before the war, b would be futile. Bvem if the 10 per cent, tax on State banks should be re i moved it wonld furnish little or no . relief to the country. What 1b required . And demanded by the country is a na. tional currency which shall at all times t be convertible into coin on demand, 1 elastic in character, and sufficient in i volume to be distributed over the conn. try s? as to respond to the wants of . trade and prevent congestion." i An Explanation. I Columbia, S. 0., Nov. 15.?The i grand jury of Georgetown County in a r recent presentment jumped on State j Dispenser D. H. Traxler for selling 11r quors that were short measure. Mr. Traxler was asked about the matter i yesterday. He said that when the 5 glass factories, with whom the State . had contracts for the Dispensary bot* ? ties shut down in July and no regular Dispensary bottles could be obtained, the State was compelled to buy a few ! bottles somewhere else to fill in with. ! After a lot of these were put np and shipped out Mr. Traxler discovered that they were shoit measure, but it was too late to remedy the nutter then, lie determined, however, to remedy the matter as far as possible and sent out the following circular to all the Dispensers in the State which will explain the matter and set Mr. Traxler right. The circular Is as follows: I Dispenser: I wish to call your at5 teatlou to the fact that your orders for pints and half pints are not tilled for " the reason we have no flasks. The , glass factories all closed down on July 1 and did not resume until September t 1, since wbich time we have not been able to receive new goods, but we will i be getting them in now and your ord. era will receive the prompt attention . they deserve. You will discover that , we have put some pints and hall pints , in green, flat flasks without the palmetto t ee blown tnerein. Some of them do not exactly hold full measure and j you will so inform your people that . they will not be disappointed. We were forced to this in order to, as nearly as possible, meet the demand in this emergency and our inability to procure others. In buying in flasks, you will only buy those with tbe design blown into them and see that they are well cleaned of the wax. In remitting, If you send exchange, let it be on Columbia, Charleston or New York, as your banks charge us25 cents. Return nil Kava? onW rrrronnora nrnmntllT onH i ait uuac# auu niap^vio muu in good order. Respectfully, J D. H. Trailer .State Com. t The Aagaitk Exposition. Augusta Ga., Nov. 14.?For the 1 third time in the history of Augusta 3 have the people of this city been ' joined by representatives of over half : of the States or the Union In the for* 1 mal opening1 of the Aufusta Exposition. Oo this oocasion however there 1 is joined with this enterprise the Geor' gia State Fair, under the management 5 of the Georgia State Agricultural Soci> ety, the two combined forming an ex position that will equal In Its scope and magnitude any similar enterprise ever attempted In the history of the ) South. Today titty thousand people '> turned out to witness the grand pro? ceealon of mllitarv, civic bodies and the firemen of the city that paraded the '? principle streets and wound up at the Exposition building which was packed i. >*>UW a knatllfim Knailiniv ara?t*H nf. aaatI - mui a uuouuig uuduiujj uunu ui )|uuu natured humanity. In the procession r there was Governor Northen of Georl gia, ex-Governor McDaniel and Gen. ^ Clement A. Evans, the most probable future Governor now before the people e In the building is the finest agrlcultu? ral display of Southern products ever * seen, fifteen counties of Georgia and f South Carolina and the collective exhibit of the State of South Carolina 8 participating. In the industrial, me' chanical and electrical departments 6 nearly all of the States and eight nations are represented, while among the \ other attractions are many of the best " features from the Midway Plaisance at the World's Fair. President Patr rick Walsb, of the Augusta Exposition y Company, delivered the opening ad6 drew, after prayer by Rev. Lansing e Burrows. Mayor Alexander and Govs ernor Nor then also made addresses. 1 The divine benediction was asked by >- B?v. J. T. Plunket, and then amid the r wildest enthusiasm awakened by the it stirring notes of "Dixie" from the cori net of Miss Alice R-tymons, of VVashb ington, D. C., the Augusta Exposition ie and Georgia State Fair was formally ep?ied. , / THE COMING TARIFF BILL. SCHEDULES AGREED UPON BY MR. WILSON'S COMMITTEE. free Raw Materials and Redaotd Rates on Manufactured Goods?Republican! Will Not Delay the F^iiaxe of the Measure. Washington. Nov. 15.?An air of frofound mystery surrounds that portion of the House of Representatives where the ways and means committee room is located. The members of the committee have been pledged to the strictest aecrecy regarding the proposed changes of duty, and this pledge has been as faithfully respected by them as is consistent with human frailty. Newspaper men are carefully avoided. One of the members, who was cornered by a reporter this morning, hastily jumped inside the elevator, drew the door to with nervous haste, and grasping the rope, helped the conductor to propel it basementwards, and thus made his escape. Notwithstanding these precautions, some of the details of the committee's work are gradually becoming pnblic. There is apparently no doubt that wool coal and iron ore will be placed on the free list. Upon these points there is now nractical unanimity, although un til recently, it was a mooted question whether it would not be advisable to retain a fair duty on the two articles last named. It is understood that a material reduction will be made on steel rails. When the McKinley bill was before the Senate, three years ago, one of the largest manufacturers of steel rails in Pennsylvania appeared before the finance committee and assured Senator Sherman that a duty of #8 a ton would be an ample protection to the manufacturers. Notwithstanding this assurauce, the duty was placed at 91344 a ton, and this rate is still in force. Remembering this, some of the Democratic members of the ways and means committee have argued that the rate be lowered to 98. It is expected, however, that the duty which will finally nnnn nrill ho ho a onmnrnmloA OglCUU upv/u TT All WW WW v between the present figure and $8. The duty on tin plate will probably be reduced from two and two-tenths cents to one cent. The schedules of texible fabrics have been substantially agreed upon, in accordance with the Democratic theory of free raw materials and reduced duties on manufactured goods. The woolen duties will be similar to those in the Springer bill?not above 40 per cent, advalorem, and at 25 per cent, on only a few items. The rate on manufacturers of cotton will be about 40 per cent., including cotton hosiery as well as fabrics. The duties on linen goods and laces will suffer a considerable reduction, in view of the fact that flax and the other raw materials of the industry are going upon the free list The representatives of the linen man ufactures have been bringing strong pressure to bear upon the committee to maintain the existing duties, but the compound duties are likely to be abolished in every case, and some of the advalorem duties reduced. A meeting of all the Democratic members of the committee will be held tomorrow, at which time the sub-committee having In charge the various schedules will submit their reports. The work of adjusting and liarmonlz- j ing the reduction will then be continued until the bill shall have been com-! pleted. It is expected that this result will be reached the last.of next week, or not later than the I Monday following. The bill will then be reported to , the full committee and made public the same day. Chairman Wilson believes that the bill will be taken up in the House and generally, debated for about ten days preceeding the holiday recess. Mr. Wilson will make the opening speech in support of the measure, and it is understood that Burrows of Michigan one of the leading Republican members of the committee, will speak first for bis side. An effort will be made to close general debate as quickly as pos?thi? in nrriflr that the House mav proceed to consider the measure under the five mihutes rule. There is no intention on the part of Republican members of the House to filibuster against tne bill or unnecessarily delay its passage. They recognize the futility of filibustering, inasmuch as the committee on rules may at any time report an order fixing a date wiien a vote sball be taken, thus cutting off further debate. Aside from this fact,the Republican minority have no desire to prevent the majority from passing the bill. While they regard any modifications in the existing tariff law as hurttul to the business interests of the country, they are philosophical enough to agree that the Democratic party was placed in pcwer on a plat rorm wmcn aeciarea la iavor 01 utriu i reduction, and that they, and not the Republicans are responsible for the consequences, whatever they may be. KICKING AGAINST THE TREE LIST. Tbe iron and coal men of Alabama will not be accorded a formal hearing by the ways and means committee. For a weak or two past, Congressman Wheeler, Senator Pugb and others have been interviewing members of the ways and means committee, with a view of having a hearing accorded to tbe representatives of the Commercial Club of Birmingham, who desired to protest against the proposition now pending in the committee to place iron ore and coal on the free list. At a recent meeting of the Commercial Club of Birmingham, which is composed of capitalists and manufacturers of - * ' -I-.? I-1-! J mat city, reaoiutiwia wure ttuu^tcu calling upon the Alabama Senators and Representatives in Congress to vote against any bill reported by the ways and means committee to place iron ore and coal on the free list. As Birmingham is the great manufacturing city of the "New South", the stand taken by these manufacturers Is having considerable weight upon the Alabama members in Congress. Congressman Wheeler has had several conferences with Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee, and Senator Fugh has been telegraphed by the Commercial Club to request that a delegation from that body be accorded a hearing Derore toe ways ana means committee the 21st inst. But the Alabamans will be dlsapEoited,for after consultation with other emocratic members of the oommittee Cnairman Wilson has declined to accord any formal hearings to the Birmingham manufacturers, stating that t.hp p.ommlttfift hag lonar aoro closed its public bearings, and that now to make an exception tor the Commercial Club of Birmingham would be to open the way tor numerous other (gentlemen and delegations, which are demanding to be heard in apprehension of legislation that may effect their interests. A telegram to this effect has been sent by Senator F ugh s representative of the Commercial Blub of Birmingham. If the delegation still persists in coming to Washington, they will have to content themselves with informal Interviews with the various members of the \ ?*? V \* /-*3 L'i ommittee, instead of receiving publli hearing. {Jangressman Magner of New Yorl is protesting vigorously against th< placing of cotton bagging on the fre< list and has announced to Demooratic members of the ways and means com mittee that he will vote against theii bill if it contains this provision. Congressman Bland of Missouri hai also come to the front lately in the roll of one of those dissatisfied with thi proposed tariff bill, and is reported as threatening to vote against the bill am fight it on the floor of the House if i places wool on the free list. A B >14 Bobbery. Chicago, I1L, Nov. 15.?John A Drake, treasurer of the Indiana, 111! nois and Iowa Railroad Company, wa sandbagged and robbed of $20,000 ii the office of the company on the nintl floor of the Booker? building at ' o'clock to-day. Drake had tfae monej In a little band satchel and was prepar Ing to go oat on the road to pay th< employees. He had first placed the cast In the valise and was about to leay< the office, when two men stole up be hind him and felled him to the floor b] several hard blows on the head. Tb< treasurer was knocked nearly In ensible and ere be could move a finger it defense, he claims the thieves tore the satchel from his hand and rushed oul of tt e office, slamming the door as the] went. They rode down in an elevatoi very unconcernedly and made theli escape. Drake notified the central station at soon as possible and by 8 o'clock ever detective that Inspector Shes oould spare was put to works on the case, it was the most daring sensa tlonal robbery that has occured 1e Chicago in many years. Occurring af it did In one of the' best known office buildings in the city, right in the very hooi.fr a?frho Knotnooo fr.ho wimp caused the greatest excitement. The early hoar selected by the thieves is all that prevented their Immediate captore. It has been the custom of the treasurer to pay the employees of the road in checks. Had the custom beer continued, the startling robbery would not have been attempted in all probability, but within the past week, the officials of the company decided tc pay the men in currency. From the story told by Treasurer Drake, it appears evident that the rob bers knew of this change. In some way they learned that Drake intended to call at the office, get the money and toko an earlv train. Thev must have followed him Into the building, around the North corridor of the nihth flooi and waited until he had secured the money from the vault. They then sprang on him, struck swift blows on the head with a weapon presumably a sandbag, and when he sank to the flooi lnsensible^eized the hand-bag and successfully escaped into the street Where they went then detectives are trying to finflout. Eyery effort was mad to keep the robbery a secret Mr. Whitehead, General Agent of the road was found at the office in the Rookery at 12 o'clock, and refused at first to give any of the details of the robbery, but finally said that the amount of money stolen was about 20,000. Drake has been with the In* diana. Illinois and Iowa Railroad ever since it was organized. He and his father, the President, are part owners U1 WUO piuput/t V She Vh s Heroine. Nunda, N. Y., Nov. 10.?The villas schoolbouse a*. Coopersville, two miles north of here, was an old frame structure. In it were 19 scholars, in charge of the village teacher Miss May Porter Besides the scholars there was little Wlllard Johnson, son of Conrad Johnson. He was too young to go to school and his father bad left him in Miss Porter's care for the day. Outside the door was an ashplle and near that a woodshed. Just after the noon recess Miss Porter noticed smoke at the door, and told one or the boys to see what caused it. The woodshed had caught Are from the ashpile, and when the boy opened the door* a mass of flames struck him in the face. The scholars took one loofc at the door and then ran shrieking to Miss Porter's desk. She ran to the door, but saw escape by it was impossible. The Anlo man fn aava tho ohtlHron ronn ftn drop them oat of the window. Two of the largest boys leaped out of the window, and to them Miss Porter began handing out the children. As she lifted them up one by one the flaqpiea came nearer, and the room grew blacK with smoke, whlcb almost stifled her. She could easily have abandoned her pupils and saved her own life, but she stayed. At last all were saved but little Willara Johnson. He did not know what to do, and ran hither and thither chased by the tongues of fire. Miss Porter started to catch him but he ran directly into the most flery part of the room breathed the flames and dropped. Miss Porter ran to him, but the Are, which was already going through the window from which she had passed 19 children caught her clothing and she fell by the side of the child. Melvin Chambers climbed upon the window sill to help his teacher, but was driven back. He climbed up again and saw Miss Porter rise, with the child in her arms, an1 take a step forward. A great whirl of fire swept around her and she fell. Then she made one more effort, and as the flames drove the boy back he saw her fall again with the Jonnson boy in her arms. The 19 children stood there and saw the schoolhouse reduced to ashes. The district is sparsely settled and it was some time before aid arll/k/m 44- rfil/i rrraa nnfhtnff 11V CUl TT UCU If UIU VUQiO TTIWI uvvuiug left bat the smouldering ruins. In a few hoars the bodies of Miss Porter and Wiilard Johnson were found in a yard of where the window was. Both were burned beyond recognition, but the larger neld in its twisted and blackened arms the smaller body. Will T*ke a B tad. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 10.?The Clyde Steamship Company, which has heretofore offered no resistance to the State constables in the search for liquors transported by its vessels, today declared open war against the dispensary law and will fight it in the courts to the bitter end. On the 19th of September the constabularly seized twelve barrels of beer in the Clyde warehouse and the agent, J. E. Edgerton, was arrested ana gave bond. Since that time the constabularly have made numerous seizures. Today Agent Edgerton was surrendered by his bondsmen and at once went into the United States 1 ? ?- - * mu? uourt on oaoeas corpus, xue ycunuu alleges that Edgerton's arrest and Imprisonment are illegal because the Dispensary law is unconstitutional. . The hearing of the case was Qxed for November 20. A Death Trap. ** m \Tmm 10 /"I TT JHJ&M.JF?1J.?, icuu,, 1.1UV. to. \j. l?. Van, an advertising solicitor, and bis wile retired last night in a folding bed. The bed by Borne movement began to close up. Mrs. Van started to leap out but was caught and Van was crushed so badly that he will be a cripple lor life. His spinal cord was strained and he is paralysed In tbe lower extremities. It La th:ught be will die. The wife is also badly bruised. i ... ?? jmt^r 5 THE LUNATIC A8YLUM. I Yen's Beoelpts and Expenditure*?Ix 3 port*nt Becommandatlonfi. ? Columbia, S. C., Hoy. 15?The a ; nual report of the regents of the Sta ? lunatic asylum has been put in tt bands of the printer, having been pr< , pared by Superintendent Babcoc Several recommendations are mat to the Legislature, one being that tt , name of the institution be changed 1 . "the State Hospital for the Insane ? Superintendent Babcock has this t say on an important subject: "The plea of insanity as a defene or palliation for crime has bee brought forward in several cases < * alleged mental disease sent here da 3 iog the past year. In foar . of tfiei ! cases it was obvioasly the purpose c ! the accased to escape just punishmei 1 for their misdeeds. The detection < maugeriug i? oiteu ulluwucu witu ai. ficulty, and usually requires close ol servation for some length of time t< gether with a careful analysis of tt history of the case." The superintendent says that tl asylum is not a secure place for thet suddenly developed insane criminal Their idea of getting to the asylum to escape. He recommends that the be placed in the hospital in the pen teutlary yard until observation can d< termine their condition. The follow lng figures relating to the asylum wi be fpundof Interest: Total acreage of grounds and buildings 22 Estimated value of real estate including buildings. $600 (X Acres of farm land under cultivation 1' Daily average number under treatment 7( Receipts during year: Pf<A?n fifofo Trooanvo fnr f JL IViU JL ivUOUi^ i>VA , malntainance $100,000 C , From pay patients 8,397 5 From all other sources 610 ( I Total '...$109,008 ( i Disbursements: , Supplies $64,090' Salaries and wages 38,7621 i Minor expenses 1,631 ? Construction 990 f 1 Total $105.475' Balance on hand end of year. $ 3,532 E . Weekly per capita cost on i current expenditures inI elusive of clothing, etc... 22 Percentage of daily popula, tion engaged in some , kind of useful occupation 4 T?afJmofa^ vol no nf farm anH XMVUUOVOU Y IHVIV V* AIM1U , garden products during = year 8.000C t Average maximum salaries paid attendants $18 to & . Average minimum salaries paid attendants 810 to $1 The report also shows that since 182 6875 patients have been admitted t the asylum. The number of admit slons lor the last four years has bee as follows: I860,322; 1891,311; 1892,31* 1893, 315. It is shown, too, that the percentag , of Insanity has been about the sam , each year for the past four years. I , order to get at figures showing wheti erornot insanity Is on an Increase c a decrease the number of those a< , mitted each classed as "first attack , patients" must be taken alone. Tfi llgures showing this for the past foe years as follows: 1890,229; 1891-, 21! 1892,212; 1893,210. , The number of patients admitted t , the asylum during the past four year . showing the comparison by races, is a , follows: WHITES. ; Male. Female Tota ' 1890 70 85 155 I 1891 92 85 153 1 1892 90 76 166 I 1893 83 77 160 OOLOBED. Male. Female Tots 1890 85 80 166 ! 1891 80 76 151 ' 1892 88 63 151 1 1893 85 70 155 As compared with the figures of foe years ago, the asylum has now undc treatment 21 more white and 16 moi colored patients. The per capita cob of maintenance the past year was C | cents per head year more than lai year. Caught at Lut Columbia S. C., Nov. 15.?Williai i Carpenter, one of the most noted youn i white criminals this State has evs known, who escaped with the halte almost arouod his neck, from behln bars, a troop of military and wbat nc i some years ago, has been trailed dow at last.and Is now la jail at Macon, Ga awaiting the arrival of Sooth Carol! n officers to bring him back hen Whether he will be executed or whett 1 er he will be sent to the penitentiar to join young Whitfield Morrellwh was convicted along with him of th murder of Preston Yoncein Edgeflelc remains to be seen. A few days ag the murdered man's father and Sherii Outz of Edgefield arrived here and toil the Governor that they had been notl i fied of the man's arrest. The Governc i yesterday issued a requisition upon th Governor of Georgia and deputized J W. Hardee to bring Carpenter back t the scene of his crime. Carpenter' crimsis familiar to the public, al though it was committed several ye*i ago. He and Whitfield Murrell mm dered Preston Yonoe, a promlnen young man of Edgefield county. The; were convicted of the murder at th November term of the Court of Genei - ? - " t ai sessions or tnai county. m jjwxui ber, 1889, just a short time before the were to have been hanged, they escape* , from jail. Their escape created tall all over the State. Murrell was re-ar rested not long after and his senteno was commuted to ten years in the pen Itentiary. He Is now serving his sec tence. Carpenter's disappearance wa as complete as if he had been swaJ lowed. Nothing was heard of him no til a few days ago when the sheriff o Edgefield was notified of his arrest L Macon. The man who arrested hie will get a nice sum. There is a tots reward of 3350 for him?#150 offerei by the Governor and 8100 offered b; the sheriff of Edgefield.?State. Blown to Atoma. Bardstown, Ky? Nov. 12.?Th fury of at least a part of the mob tha would have hanged Phil Evans has a la ?t vented Itself in an awful manner At 12 o'clock last night the house c Evans two miles in the woods back c Samuels station was blown up witl dynamite and a fusilade of shots fired The fragments ot the dwelling borne until nothing but the bricks are lefl The aged mother of Evans and his wif and dauebter though known to have re tired last night are nowhere to ba fonnd There is every reasan to believe tha they were blown to atoms. Exterminate the Family. Toronto, Kan., Nov. 13.?E. P Barnard,, eighty years old, last nigb ; shot and killed his wife, aged sixty i three, bis daughter, aged thirty-six an then himself. He left a letter saying h i had outlived his uselulness. It is sup ; posed he uad been contemplating thi i crime some time. He recently bougfa a lot in the cemetery. WW. ' TO BE RESTORED. B" THE QUEEN OF HAWAII TO BE REq. 8TORED-TO HER THRONE. ^ As 8be ffil Deposed by the Unf led State*, >3" She will be Belaatated by Oar Goverc[g meat aad then She Hut Paddle Hot l? OwaOnaoe. :: ? Washington, Nov. 11.?Inquiry at "0 the Department of State warrants the . statement that the President has given ie his approval to the Secretary's findings, ' in in the Hawaiian matter based as they >f are npon searching inquiries conducted itm v- by his special commlsalo^er, Mr. Blount. ? and while it has not been regarded ar >f expedient at this moment to ma^e pub lie the instruction given to Mr. Blount's ic successor?Minister Willis?or the or" ders issued to Admiral Irwin, who has ' by this time assumed command of the ie United State* naval forces at Hawaila it is intimated that In each case the offlie cers have gone to Hawaiia charged to :$ ie do all that is necessary to restore the ' ^3 9. state ol affairs before the war. < > :T V.,., ,^pf? is There is still a question as to what - ^ iy maybe necessary to secure the result, ^ 1- but it is generally believed that it the 9- representations made by Minister, Willis r- npon the occasion of presentation of his credentials, to the effect that the Ifresl- ?| dent desire? that the Queen be rfe-enthroned, should not be sufficient to mduce the provisional government to give , ' X) effect to that desire, then Admiral Irwin will be called npon to exercise his fane75 tionsand once more the naval forces now aboard the United States flagship &S 15 Philadelphia anil the Adams wifi be landed And will march through the 0% 6treeta of Honolulu dragging their gat* JO lings to the government house. Itis ? felt to be highly improbable, however, that the provisional government will by ~ obstinate resistance to the expressed a wish of the United States necessitate a 12 resort to military demonstrations. m Bet, taking into consideration Secrejg tary Gresham't declaration that this 56 government should reorganize the abso_ late independence ot the Qtteen, it Is be- *y, 18 lieved that When Liliuokalani Is again 5 placed apoa the throne from which, ac* cording to the findin-js ot Commissioner Bloont she was displaced by the action kssi *? of the United States naval forces the govornment of the United State* Willie- tyjpjm gard Its daty as fnllj^accomplished. In this respect the secretary of this government will endeavor to repair, bnt not to iq maintain, and once instiled, the queen mast defend her throne aitd the govern!1 ment unaided by the United States. This position is believed to be iaac15 cord with the doctrine of neutrality and 18 fair dealing to which the government of \' o the United States is pledged and also in v- conformity with the Republican princl- kg p pie of the right of a msjorlty of the peonieof a nation to prescribe their o?rn form ofgovernsuatt r Ooe novel aad totally unexpected re- ' > ?:3?H ? suit--or rather position, In the instating... x. of the qaeen by the actionfof the United (r btates government was suggested today. . ^ It was In sunstance that this action . would be an absolute acknowledgement te that the queen was depoaaeaaed by tbe it United State* and therefore that the poI; teatate woa'id have a sound claim against the United States for compeoaa>? tion for the pecuniary losa she baa ausa, tained by her temporary expolakm 18 from the reinaofher functions and her ; ^ emoluments. i A statement of the actual stiyngth of v - < ' i'-Mi ' the United States forces at Hamui'a perturbed capital la interesting. ' ** All told the force of American blue . jackets and marines with combatant and non-combatant officers, commissioned 1 and war rank, numbers 568 men. The. ^ Philadelphia haa 68 officers, 810 men ami 40 marines; the Adama baa 13 officers and 139 men. For active land op eratloni It is understood that not more . than 300 officers and men vrouid be available bat this number with acces5 sions from the royalist ranks would cer15 tainly be more than ample to cope with ,t the present small force of the provisional government. A mail steamer from Honolaln is doe in San Francisco tomorrow and Bear n Admiral Skerrett who was recently reg ileved from command of our naval force r at Honolulu is believed to be on board* v r The reports that have been circulatd ed in Washington concerning the caase ?t for Admiral Skerrett's transfer to the n Astatic station have been numerous. ., The statement that Admiral Skerrett a and his family had Identified themselves a. prominently through social ftmctkms i* with the leaders of the provisional gov y eminent does not find support in state0 meats made in letters received from f Admiral and Mrs. Skerrett by relatives and friends in this city. j A recent letter, from Mrs. Skerrett a written before he knew be was to bs 1. transferred lo China and in fact before ir he was aware that sucn action was cone templated speaks in the highest terms [. of the reception given her by the ex o qneen and makes no mention of kinds ness extended by persons not partisan I* to the monarchy or the proyisional govs ernment. However it is pretty generally accepted that Admiral Skerrett'* trans^ fer was based on a belief that be had g identified himself too closely in a social wav with the foreign or aotl royalist . element aad also for the additional reay son that his successor, Admiral Irwin is 1 very popular in Honolulu aud has great k Influence there with royalist and for* - eigner alike. ' Q ? _ Can thu Be Trae t : The Piedmont Headlight, In a recent I 3 Issue, says the oil mills have conspired |. to rob the farmer of .one-third the value *? of his cotton seed, and says it learns f from the Macon Telegraph that the oil a mills in Georgia and South Carolina a have entered into an agreement by j which they pledge themselves not to 3 pay exceeding fifteen cents per bushel v for seed, and each mill, great and small, * * ? ? fnrtait that will rflTflrfc to I1H3 pUW Up H1V44V*. ?WW the syndicate in tne event that one dares to violate the agreement. In the e neighboring States of Alabama and t Tennessee cotton seed are worth 24 V cents, and hundreds of Georgia farmers , are shipping their supply to other i States. This is just wnat should be * done In South Carolina, where the trust n is in full force. Here our farmers are 1 required to sell their seed at nine cents I. per bushel less than their market value, d in order ihat a few individuals may i. reap largo gains. And this combine e does not stop at cotton seed, but the i. Georgia papers tell us that tne fertilizer I. factories, after getting the farmer's t seed at a reduced value, have pledged themselves to greatly advance the ? price of fertilizers next spring, and will demand from $26 to 828 per ton. > In fact, tn^se companies now refuse to ? quote pricua on large lots of fertilizers, ,m as they are not ready as yet for their ^ little game -.o be exposed. This trust Q is a conspncy against the farmer and 8 laborers, ami far more oppressive and '* iniquitous ia its designs than was coat ? jute baggiug trust: It is a trust that t oppresses the producer and deprives him of a fair price for his property. a, . Jiiiii 1 A,,,