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PICKENS, S. I. 11URSDAY,1E3UR 2,1t1 TAXING BANK SroCK. SHALL THE STATE BANKS BE TAXED OUT OF EXISTENCE? The Conatruction of tMe Liw foveraing * the Blatler-A Statenost froon the Comnptroller felen oral'Is 0111co Re-grdinag the Connor Letter. COLUMBIA, S. C., February 17. Some Interest has been created in banking circles in regard to the construe tion of the law governing the taxing of bank stock and the manner of returv. to be made by banks. Some days ago Mr. W. M. Connor, President of the American Savings Bank of Charleston, wrote to the Comptroller General a let ter of inquiry in regard to this matter, and was replied to by Chief Clerk Nor ton under the instruction of the Comp troller General. The Sunday News of the 15th n%t. publishes an intervlew withi Mr Connor, in which Ie makes the ollowing state ments concerning his letter and the re ply received by hun from the Comptrol ler General's office: "My letter has not been answered. I wrote upon an entirely different matter. By way of illustration let ie show you about what I wanted to find out. Sup pose on the 31st of I)ecember any bank shows thFit it has made $12,000. On the 1st of January the bank pays $1,500 in dividends to its stockholders and its ex penses have been $G,000 for interest and running expenses. I wanted to know whether taxes are to be pail by the bank on the $12,000 or on the net surplus and undivided profits of the bank on the 1st of January. I have not been answered on that question. "In one paragraph of the letter Mr. Norton says 'Suppose the shares of your bank to be worth on the markets in Charleston $200 per share, the par value being $100, your return then would be 150 shares at *200, or $30,000 ;' and then he says: "It is the duty oi the Au ditors to ascertain the real money value of all bank stock and where not correct ly returned onl the tax books at tile real market value.' "What is to be understood from such statements ? In one place lie wants the real value of stock taken as a basis for returns, and then lie says returrs are to be made on the basis of the market val tie of stock. Two quite difVerent things. Some time ago our stock was selling at $165. Mr. Marshall called on me, and I told him thiat the books would not alhow the stock to be worth over $145. Does lie want to tax us on the $20, which is merely a fictitious value ?' "'It shows confidence in a bank, alld is this confidence to be taxed ? Yet, Mr. Norton says the returns should be made for what the shares are worth on the markets. A bank cannot be responsible for the market value of its stock. "I have no intention of answering the letter, as 1. have received no answer to mine. The stock of* an old bank, when Its stock runs up to $300 or $400, is dif ficult to sell for more than its true value, because tanks seldom payv over 10 or 12 per cent. interest, which means only 3 or 4 percent. to those who buy the stock at $300 or $400 when the par value of the stock is only $100." Yesterday The Register reporter in terviewed Mr. Norton on the subject of Mr. Connor's statements, andl Mi. Nor ton said, that the letter referred to by Mr. Connor was to all intents and put poses the Comptroller General's letter, as lie simply acted in his clerical capaci ty, siging it, "W. II. Ellerbe, C'omptrol-. ler General, per Norton.'' IIe then a<kld "As Mr. Conner says the Comptroller General did not answer his letter, we give them to the public." CHrARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 12, 1891. Hfon. W.r 11. E llerbe, Comp. (Gen. ITEAR SiR: W ishing to comply withI the requirements of the law. I write you for informationi. As I und(erstand(, we, thie banks, are to return and pay taxes * on the capital stock and oil the net sur plus we have left on .Jamury 1st, alter we have paid the Iiterest (due to the depositors to that (late anid expenses of business deducted froml what we have madle ; then tho niet surplus and capital stock. T1his is the way I construe. A m I not correct ? P?lease write me at once. See on back of banik statement I enclose. Yours truily, W. M. CoNNOR. surplus andi undiivided profits 6l2,h46i 94. Expenses and( interest pid( dlepositors.... .... .... .... 5,8961 4 $ 0,250 48 January dividend, paid stock holders.-..-. -.. .. .. .. .. .. . . . 1,0 00 Surlus, 1st January, 189I1.. ..$4,750 48 Capital.---. -. .. . ... .. .. .. . ...15000 The above is true. T. M. Mdrv1ii~us, Cashier. "The Comptroller' General tootk it that Mr. Connor sought information and took p)ains im replying to him. The Comptroller hadi the constructioni of the law by the Attoirney Geeral, andl simply gave, as lie thought tinder the law, the information desired. That is, that t.he bank must return to the Aud.tor all the shares of said bank, with the names of the owners of such sl.ares, assessedl at their 'true value in money.' if' Mr. Conlnor hi ad taken p)ainis to readl Sections 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204 andl 205 of the General Statutes, lie never would hiave said1 that the Comptroller General * had not answered his letter. "The law is p1lahi that the banks of this State pay taxes on only their shares assessed at their true money value. .1'iheir furmiture, roam estate and1( surpflus are not taxable-the real estate being deducted fr'om thle amount of shares at. 'their true money~ value,' while ail suir plus or extra moneys, capital and every species of personial prioperty of vatlue owneot or in the possessionl of' ally such bank are included in, and( help to make. 'true value in money.' "For instance, Mr. Connor's baink has $15,000.00 capital and a surplus or $4,750.48. This surplus ie equal to 313 per ceint of its capital and( woufld make the shares of' the bank worth 131j. Bunt we mlust remember besides this, Mr. Connor's bank has some furniture and possibly r'eal estate also. Suppose In these items lie has *5,000, which we timk r ot blgh. "Would not these itenms, which under the law are not taxed, make in round numbers 65 per cent. ol the capital stock, or make the shares nf that bank at their true value in money be $165, just.what Mr. Connor says his stock has been quoted at? "It bank Presidents do not know their own buisness sufilciently well to give, under oath, the value of the shares of these banks, undier the law Auditors must make the value for them, and, when they simply answer 'don't kno.v' or not at all under Section 205 they are liable to a fline of not exceeding $1,000. It might ce added that while bank Presidents and Cashiers are to return and value the sheares of the bank, it is the duty of the Auditor, under Section 202, to apportion the taxes assessed against the bank among the shareholders in proportion to the number of shares held by each one, the bank being held responsile under Section 204 for the uayiment of said taxes.' '-Register. BUILDING A PLOT. How Gibson's Friends a re LaVing the Scheme of Hii1 Defence. CIII ROAGo, Feb. 14.-It has been de cided to lay the case of George A Gib son, ihe alleged dynamiter secretary of the Whiskey trust, before the state, rather than the Federal grand jury, as under the state law it is possible to in Iliet more severe penalties than under the Federal law. A consultation between President Greenhut, of the Whisky trust; Director Woolier, of Peoria; Director MeNulty an(l other oflicials was held here today. Greenhnt announced at the outset that Gibson had resigned pending an investi gation. Tle preliminary plan of defence was outhined during the conference. It was proposed to show that DeWart, who charges that Gibson tried to hire him to blow up Shufleld's distillery, is a prac tical machinist, and could have made the infernal machine which lie alleges Gibson gave him. It was to be admit ted that Gibson was in communication with DeWar for the purpose of obtain ing reliable information as to the output of' Shufeldt's, and that, in case DeVar failed to send information, Gibson may have written to him on the subject; that DoWar had an opportunity, and four hours' time, in which te tamper with Gibson's valise after his arrest bef'ore it was put imto the vault, and that be might have substituted the bottle of in flammable stufi' found in it later, in place of a perlectly innocent liquid; that DeNWar had such liquid in his posses sion and-displyed it to the government oflicials several weeks before the ex posure; that nosuch bottle as that con taining the liquid was in Gibson's valise when lie was arrested; in short, that Gib soi may be the victim of a' conspiracy of' which the government ofl1cials are the dupes. As to the shares of whiskey trust stock, it is to be shown that they are the properity of Gibson's wife, and that he was merely taking them to be desposited in a sate. (I1sON GONE '0 EUROPE. PEORIA, ILL., Feb. 14.-It is the general belieihere tonight that George 1. Gibson, secretary of the Whiskey Trust, is well on his way to Europe and, aided by plenty of money, will escape. The only trust man found who would talk, said Gibson has been gone since Thursday night and would not return, adding that the bail bond o $20,000 was a bagatella and considered very cheap. It was thought best toget away before any further charges were made and( the bonds increased by the action of the state authorities. It was found today that Gibson eight months ago purchased fift,y poundhs of dynamite. About a month ago he bought a quantity of bi-sulphide of car bon and carbon and phosphorous at a druig st.ore. Ile had learned the secret of the comn pound( from a chemist whom he frequent 13' inivitedl to dline wit,h him. At the National IIotel meals are sent up to Gibson's room, but it, is not known who eats them. Those in a position to know say it, is not Gibson. Diisaippoints hoth Factions. Cmi AniI,EST1ON, S. C., Feb. 1 3.-The ap1)pointmenit of' B. O'Neill, George W. Williams andl Jacob Smalls, all bank presideCnts, as5 commissioners of' .registria tion for Charleston, has stirred un the politicians here and the political pot is once mor'e boiling. Both factions of' the De)mocracy ring sters and reformers p)rofess to be sattis (led, although it is know that both sides had sent other names to the governor. The otber three commissioner's, D). A ..J. Sullivan, .John B. Reeves and Henry Schachte, sent in by the count.y Decmo ciratic executive comi i ttee andh endlorsed1 by the Charleston dlegatmon in the Leg islature, has b)een endlor'sed by Senator Irby, chairman of t,he Djemocrat,ic state conmuittee and by Congressman Shell, the ,,fatheir of the fiurmers' movement, and it is said that, this was in accordanuce wit,h the deal made between the regulars her'e and1 the Tilnianites during t,he r'e cent canapaign. Governor Tillmau, how ever, refuses to (deliver the goods. The ireform, or' the T1illman faction. had also sent in their names, two oif them being the nrmes of' notorious poli cal cranks. These were also throwni over by the governor. None of the new appointees wer'e conl suilted, and1( their apphointment was as great, a 5lurplrise to t,benm as it was to the puic. It, is probable that all three will consent to serve, as everybody seems satisfiedl to have it so. 'lhe work Is to straighten out the en tanlglemenlt in the registration books, causedl by the confusion in the number of pollhng preemncts; these being dlit rerenit for state andu municipal electioiis. T hey have, nothIng to (10 with the ap pointmenit of' managers of elect,ions. Partiali Justic. IIAUr OR , Feb.16O.--Nicholas8Stauib Democratic canildate for Comptroller' took posesslin of his oflice to-day. Chfef Clerk Moore turried it over' to him on demand of a certificate that he took the oat)i of office or1 Jahuary 13. ThIs fs the oath taken In the Senate before the Mouse deaain.m COLORED CLERGY ANGRY. iaptist and Methodist Preachern c harg ed With Immorality an(d Ignorance. COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 16.- -Thecol oref - preachers of' Columbia and a good part of South Carolina are in a ferment over certain charges recently made aflcet. ing the intelligence and morals of the colorder Methodist aiid Baptist clergy of the South. They might, in one scnse, be said to be at "white heat" and their feel imgs have found vent in an indignation meeting held at the Cappel-Allen uni versity, this city. The caupe of the commotion is the publication of' certain letters of' Booker T. Washington president of the Normal school, and the endorsement thereof by Bishop Daniel A. Payne, of Wilberforce, OhIo. bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church, who has at various Limes had charges in all parts of the Washington charges that over 70 per *ent, of tl.e colored Southlern ministers tire totay unfit by reason of' their Want of intielligence and morality to be leaders A the people. This 1imiop Payne en :lorsed in the follow!wm% words: "I bay nphatically in tle presence of the Great [lead of the church that not more than Dne-third of' the ministers, Baptist and Methodist, in the South are imorally and intellectually qualified. I will stand by this statement and] can demonstrate its Lrutlh fully b.y shiameflul and painful hcts with regard to niames, times and plaes.' It is charged this is the beginning of a move by the Northern wing of' the Afri an church toward disgustinlg tle colored congrerations South with their pastors in order to create a dlemand for Northern educated ministers, graduates cf colleges there. and'to destroy the present power and influence of' leading lights in the church at the South. The indignation meeting hield here is Lo be followed by similar meetings all )ver the Souihern States. It was held pursuant to a call of the Rlev. Wi. ). Uhapel, presiding elder of the Mannin listrict Columbia annual conference, anl was a convention of the colored preach .rs of this entire district. They gave vent to their indignation at Bishop Payne's charges by adopting a preamble ind resolutions which would fill a column in The News. The opening paragraphs give a good idea of the tone of the resolutions and their red hot char acter. They are as follows : "Whereas, we believe Bishop I)aniel A. Payne has intentionally and mali ciously, with an aim to injure and de. fame Southern ministers an(] their fimi. lies, assisted in circulating a slander'ous letter throughout the public prints to the effect that Southern lminsters are immorial and ignorant, too much so to fill the pulpit. "Whereas, no man is more guilty of immoral acts than Bishop Payne be cause he took our money from us, car ried it North and did with the hard earn ing of our people educate Northern preachers and transferred South such scoundrels who could not live North, be cause of' their dirt and immoirality and who, in anything about immorality, have taught us. In closina they say: "We condemn the article of' Bishop Payne and hurl back the charge to him as a base false hood instigated by tle devil, and we be lieve until he retracts, the entire South should look upon him as a personal ene my of the South, and there'fore hold him as we would a poisonous adder.1 They also remind the bishop of an allegect debt of' gr'atitude lhe owes thme South Carolina brethrmen who, it is claimned, at the last gener'al conf'erence at Inidianapolis, saved him froim censuire 11md probably impeachment for mnalad minstration. An accompanyin g incident which gives r'ise to a sp)lit mi the chur'ch in this State Is the alleged attempt of' Pr'esiding Eldeir S. II -., efl'ersoii, of' Sum teir, to so Lee fronm the convention with the A. M. 1E. church with the whole district, iIe is chiarged with bas ing himself' madfe b)ishmop. of' the "ist"' A.- M. 1 . chmur'ch imd1( seekinig to cairry his people with filo.-Grieenville News. Wamr to the. Knit.. AtuANY, N. Y., Feb. I(;.-War' is declared. Thefm Ifill br'aves have irecover' edh from the ir'st, shioek of' the Watterson Hlurpr'ise andI nrc rallying for revenge. It will he many moons beforie their wounds have healed anmd thieir camp is quiiet again. No qfuar'ter will lbe shiowni Watterson. Th'le p)lan oh' attack was at first to ieny that lie wrote the letter. It was said: "T'1he letter must,hie either ackno'wledged ort deinied. If a :know ledged it will prme. cipitate one ofi the fiercest, fights on record. if' den icd it will furnishm the IIlli chalmp)ions with unlimited ammuni tionl ini the coming 2ampaign.'' Gov'ernor 11 ill huinsell, af'ter' sleepinie over it, felt no better, lie is imad cleai through. ie still iirofecsses to believc that Watterson w~oumld inot do suih i thing, but lhe has hiastenied to New York, jiust the satme, to stairt out his scouts foi the skir'mish. llefor'e lie went lie sain t,hat lie should not retiract, anything he had said a:>out. the letter'. "'I will give Mr'. Watterson tlie bemiefi'. of' the dloubt, '' lie added, "but if hie ae knowledges ifs authoshiip I shall atill rail Iit an im pertinmenit aiid insulting epis ' lhe (otton: .'tupply. Nn-w Yont, FebI. If. Th'le tot al visi Ile suippily of cot toni foir thle worl(l is 3, 4f95,4912 bales, oif whiichi 2,8904 ,20( l ales are A merican againist 2,93,9t72 an d 2, 475,272 bales respectively last year. lle Peip)ts' at all interioir towns e;8,:318. I W ceipts from plaintat ions 123,4 11. Crops 7,06'7,776t t>ales. Terrible Etrect of Hie,norse. ('iArrYAsos.A, F"eb. 16. Ilemnorse has caused thle probably fatal illniess of City Attoriney Warner, who killed hii sonm-in-faw, S. M. Fungette, a iioiithi ago. P hmysicianis say lhe will die bef'ore mnorni inig, or' if lie re(covers, will be hopelessly isane. I)enithl or (Gen. Shermnan, NEW YOlm m, Feb. 1f. Gen'i. Sherman died at 1.50) p. im. Geii. I Ienry W. SIl cum has been selected t o t ake ('harge of the funeral arrangements. Tlheo burial will take place at St. Louis. Th is st ate menlt nomes from neral Viele. VICTIMS OF BUNCO M1EN. t THE STORY AS IT IS TOLD IN THE FOUN TAIN CITY. One of the VIutil En cutite for Atlanta C to CAtCh tihe Vakirt4 if he Cain and it in 1l101)0d lie Will Suiccceel. The Ruscal S Wall Catlglt. Av- TA, Feb. 13. -Mr.J. lk. Easter. 3 ling, of Williston, S. C., who, with Messrs 11 Klenniedy and Weathersbee, of the same town, was swildled out of live thouisand t dollars by being persuad(d to buy a bar f of gilded copper for pure gold from a fakir, is ill town to-night on his way to Atlanta, where lie goes ill hopes of iden tifying a miall naled Mace, who was arrested in Atlan1ta this morliig, ac cording to the description furnished of the party who was an accomlplice in the gold bug gaile. The man in At lanl a was arrested in a F Richmond and I)iiville train by Chief I Connelly, and if lie is the right mani the ollicers will get live liundred dollars re ward fo- the arrest. The Chronicle this 1orin.11 gives the following details of the mianner in which the swindle was worked: t A fev days, possibly a week ago, a mysterious personage, giving his ianie as Bill I 'arker, or more formerily speak img, Mr. William 'arker, madelhimself . known to Mr. W. I I. Kennedy, Mr. It. A. Weathersbee and Mr. .1. It. Easterling a of W illiston, S. C. !le spoke in a mysterious way of a big thing which he had if lie only had the money to work it. 1Ie got these gentle men Interested, and disclosed to them i that lie had somewhere in the mining regions of the West a most valuable i gold mine. It had been discovered by the Indians or some half-bred huinters ' and there was millions in it. Indeed' lie had along with hin a mythical Ildian, who never showed u p, but was supposed n to be hovering around somewhere in the I bushes on the outskirts of the town and e available for consultation with Mr. I Par- tl ker when necessary. 0 'The best evidence, however, that thert a was gold in the mine was to produce tihe ri gold itself, and this Mr. Parker did in a 0 secret interview. And what a glittering prize it was! A solid bar two feet long and as big as a bar of railroad iron. But if these clever gentlemen had attended the recent Shakespearean Symposium i in Augusta they would have learned 4 that "All is not gold that glitters." liut L' they knew that anyhow, and even sug- - gested as much to Mr. Bill Parker. lie F was not surprised nor embarrassed by I this implied distrust, but courted inves- q tigation. Taking a gimlet he bored in to the heavy yellow bar, and smiled conulidently oil tle shining (dust Which , came from the hole. "Take this gold dust now and send it to any jeweller or chemist and ascertain to your own sat isfaction whether or not it is t lie pure st uff" -' This was fair enough, and the pre cious dust was either sent to Cnarleston I or summitted to a Williston expert., the( reporter's informant was not certain which. .1)tnt t lie test was entirely sat is factory, and the answer came back that it was 22-carat. gold. Air. Bill Parker was vindicated, and now nothing re. mained but to weigh the bar and iMake the calculation. 'I'he weight was not known to the gentleman who gave the reporter the story, but the bar was worth $ 6000 or 87,000. ,Yust exactly why they were riven such a bargain is not made clear, bit for 85,)0 each Mr. Parker and his imagi nary Indian partner were willing to turn over t lie glittering bar of gold to AIr. Kennedy and Mr. Weathiersbee, the twvo gentleman with Iwhvom lhe was tradin. . ''hme prize, was too glittering; thme p)roli t too certain and( easy to let slip. All that was necessary would be to send it to the Government mint to be coinmed and a clean profit of one or two thious and brand new gol dollars wold be realizedI. Who wouild not have bought ' it? ( AMr. W. II. Kenniedy, who is a man of' Imieans, dr iew at dra ft On his fact or ini Chiarlestoni for 85,004. and i. IDaln IIlen derson, of A ikenm, took it and gave hum a check omn thle I ank (of Aikeni for thle mnoney. A rmedI with the $5,000 in cold cash, MIr. Kenniedy sought Mir. liil IlI'ar- ' ker and( thle tradle was conisuimmiatedl. Thley got. the precious bullion and Mr. Il'arkeir got the cash. II avinug got ton the lnminey Mir. I 'a rker had no fiirt her buisi ness ini Willistoni or A iken,, or even ini ('arolinma, andi his umyvthiical Inidian chief van ishied from the l'ah netto State. Th'le owners of thle gold bar ('it her grewv suispiciouis or else wanited to ireas sumre thlemselves of thiir sple'ndid prize, for t hey hiad'manothier aumtlysis mamde, anidt theyv were h orri lied to lind( t hat t lie see ondl analysis showed that their prize was not gold at all. It is ulnderstood that .\lr.Schiweigert's t analysis of it showed it to be a very fair ' grade of copper, but even after the ire 1p01ter Ihad gott eni ie st orylMir. Schiweig- 1 ('rt pers'ist('lt ly roefuised to have an yt. hing I to say excep)t t hat, it was a pri vate' 1 matter which lie was not at liberty toi talk abmout. Well, tIe-re is little imore to tell. Thelr interviews with ('hief Ilood1 were, of ('oulrse, for tihe pu1rpose of capturin 1g N!ir. liil III'ark er, and It is understood that M!r., .1. EIasterli ng wais busy yes. terd(ay sending "ff telegrams in every (ifrection. with a description of I 'arker, and an offer of $5(O) for his arrest. ('A ('(111T IN ATI,ANTIA. A l'a s'iTA, Gia., l"eb. 14.-llil1 ! 'arker, I lie liianIco mantl who dlefraud(edl MIessrs ,1. 11. Easterlinig andt hi. A. \Weathiersbee, 1 of Willistonm, S. C., out of $5,000) by sell. ing thiem a bar (If gilded copper for p)ure'1 gold hinas been arrested. lIe is tie lman who was arrested in Atlanta ye'sterdaly.I TIhie news comes (direct from A tlanta, froim Messrs E'aste'linlg ando We'athers bmee, who wenit to A t lanita last n ighit to see if' t hey could( identify the man who was arr'este'd oIn t lie II ich mnd and I )ainvi lIe train. TIhey wired Chief Ilood1, of the a A ugulsta pol11ice force, early this morn ing: "We haavegot lI ill IParIker."' IParker, whem arrested in Atilaint', y(esterday was y sear'chied, and lie only had $50) and a tI Snmithi & We5sson pistol on him. iIe was'it first arrestedl on t lie A iir inle train bly t lie a condCuctor', and w~hien the traini reached ( the suburbs of A tlanta lhe mnade an at temipt to jumi P off. It is not known he(re itf Messrs. Easterling andl Weathmersbee had got their $5,000j back yet, and what I them(y propose to (10 with the b)unhco mant. Y A reward of $500 was offered by the ill' V niocenit genitlememi of' Williston, who al- p lowved thme fakir to play the 01(1 gold bug e game ofT on them, for thme arrest of the e right man o ti., rewarid, the coniietor hlio made lie arrest on the traii, or the Atlanta >olice who arrested thle m1an uponl the trrival of the train in Atanta? Messrs It. A. Weathersbee aid .1. It. 'astesling, of' Williston,S. C., arrived to ight from Atlanta with Sergt. ghtrim, Ki f the Atlanta police 'force, who fhad in a 1 hiarge Hill l'arker. fle was identifed in s the right man on first sight, bit lie of totitly denied his identity tintil ie got wv n1 tie train this a fItern1ooin1. A fter IeaV- pi ig Atlanta ie uade I clean sweep to ,j Ir. ,asterling. IIe admitted having iC erpetratet, the fake galle with the aid "iv f four confederates, and expressed his gret at having coiniected hiuself with ie imnposition. .le says at Aikel, be )re the ioiney was paid him he liesita- oil d whet her to carry the fake out or kin' ot, and tossed hIeads atid tails to isee hich lie should do. and the eagle bird Ci Al, which decided that Ie should carry n tit his fake game. I Ie told Mr. Easter- es ng that if he was allowed to telegrai po: is collederates le wou have tle I ioney brought. back by one of his pals. tht. hat. opportu nity . has not been givel s arker yet. I Iv was coinit ted to jail re to-night. aml will reimain there nl 1 M onday, or later.uit il Sergt. (I ghurn paid his .5oo reward. 'l'in le will Ii e carried I - I Barinwell. whire iv will he rosecuted. Tie Williston gentlemen . lel greatly relieved. They are satislied We t they will get their ioney back. 'arker is a mai abotit six feet Iheavy wi uilt With cury hair, full sanIdy I ieard to Ild wears a new sloiuch hat. i e looks ke a simple farIer, unsusiecting in hil pp.earance, bit he is a o isinnailte it ] illiani, sharp as a briar, a;til ai old I uid to L the game.-- News and i'orier. Rtiot and Bloodshedt. NEWARIC, N. .., Febl. 15.-Itiottad iit loodilsied occurred at Clrk's thiread tilh tills at Kearney at 64 o'clock this even- (p ig. When the new -olpintiers quit work " icy were carried over the river from the il 'ewark si(le in a launch, and when tiheyv aided oil the Kerney side they wie 'l ICL by a throng of:2.(000 persin. Super- "t itendelit WalisleY led the line, llard- a [1 on each side by s leial oficlers. V liv.n (u ic spitnners got outside the gate, a I oy li" it the (lock threw a stone over the lence V lid the special oflicers attemipled to s ish out on the crowd. Chief T'lui-nbill th i the Keaniey police ordered the lne# pceials back. Immediately after a wo Ian inl the crowd thrm a stone, smash- ai; ),- the mill otlive wimdow. Thereupon Oi IC specials rusheid out on the crowd, it hooting in the air. The crowd surged W( ack, but flung a shower ofistones which rashied through the mill windows. Tile D len inside ot' the mill played a line oi sli tose oil the crowd. 'le descending, w tream ()I water inatie 1het anry crowd lor.e angry andI window smashing went ti In. Several girls werc cruslied ill the P tampede aid one girl was chlbbed. A i bree-year-ohl boy was shot through the II Ooit by a spectator who shot downward. C( Iltense excitement Irevall*. It is Ii lougtlit there is a likehmh f a worse S iot to-inorrow niiht amnd1i the probabili- i: ies arc that the iilitia wvill be called >ut. lit Tit C ernor.ta'. ki COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. l.--The 1 ll owing order was issied yesterday by he Adjiitant and inspector (General ,unoinncing the i military staff of tile ;overnor: wI , XEctiVi.: )I-:AiTr.ME.:NT, W. Aimi"TANT (,I -:N1-n L' \ s 0l 1. . sh Cmn-11'Ann. S. C., Feb. 13th, It.o 'icnta (>re hr Ao. 1. hIi 'he following general staff' oflicers re( rid aides-d-eamp to his Excellency at he Governor have bee n duly appointed 1, nd commissionied, and will be respoc ild aind robeyeio rdngv -iz. - i Quarteriniaster ( enieral, W... I). Staru- . ng, Col iinnIa, S. ( .; Conmmuniissairy (in Oil ngi neer in ChiiefI, Geco. I-:. LadIshaw, gr partanburg, S. C.; Surgeoni enteral wt~ V. ('. iMc'Creight, Chlerawv, S. C.; l'ay laster General, W. A. N eal, Anderson, da . C.; .1 edge Advoenti11e G enera], ,1lih ii ui ary Evans, Aikeni, S. . ; Chief of (ir-i inance, ,1 liii L. lLauirini, Ilinnetts. . il le, S. (C. ..\l withi the rank oif (ol nel]. AlIso the fo llowI inig ides-de-ealiiupli ih ran k of' L ieiutetnat C1 olonel, viz. I). Gail lard I) wight , W i insboro,. .Charles .1. 1 'utrell, N ew berry, S.C. .I). .NI. Shiaw, l4airens, . C. (. 31. C Iixzon, lIlacikvill e, S. (.; Andolrew I ates h Vatsoni, lI atesbiurg, S. (.; TI. .\T. lI errv, 'st er', S. C.; C . S. I issellI, (Cha rI('ston, w lIy) orde'rof the Cintiander ini C'hief,hbi At djutaint :iiif inspector' Gemieral. in Anomthier Ii laarteir ati. .1 Emhn,.tiown,a l 'ITi!UnLti, l'. feb. 1f.-\ spei LI from . lhnstown saiy~s :At S ii'cloctk i' bis eveinug aill thei lowver ]malrt of te ini iy is coveredu a iiil thle waiter is risinig at tlidly (iwinig to thie steadiiy riun. On()1 lie Soutth side aiml in Camriai-: hiudredl, te' f houses aire Iloodid and ( thme ieople arel( th ettinig away in bioats, as all flhe bridl'es o ut li have beeni swept awa.iy, L,ate hi ist nighit,it is meporii thaclLIot Sliady ('reek 1 iom, itiyllii .1,14) .(H) feeOt ot logs, isa u dainter of burllstillg andi the leople ai'i .yinig to hiigher groundii. 'lhere i~ in l iuimiutili'titi n whateveri ic tweeifiithe liflerent, parts oif the tiwii. hllpots in romi )iOimls bietwe'eli ,luhbii .w'ii atidh 11 'it tsbumrg indientLe ver y h igh w ater ~ wit Li < ev~eral mi bhges atiil hou01ses waiitchid away Ici ,s far down us .Janietf. 'Thfere willihe pi 4( sleep ini .hnistiwni to-inighit ias all iii te oiwel'r toil liises ire dehtsei'teIl and thle ( m(Opile arie hiihled ini dw~ellinigs iin lihih i'iitil. TJhe' siowv is inehltile raphiidl y, uft at minigi,hit ihe river is stattioniary. 'M lIipo'tm f'ioin i h'aderm i ( )li ill ma \\est. ( I 'irginia imiliente ai suddeni rise ini the lbe ramichies, w'i th lil y bralmges idestriioedi goe mid houses floodheid, thou~gh no lives have eni ecui ost tus liii. ohm lIi O.i.umu fo r i ,imn sim, ''. Tlo i ':x -', K A N., l"eb. 14. -Tli'hei Iolse to 'ohay without ani oppifosing voLe passedu w~ bill remov'i ng the pio)lit ical dIisablity p P'orn all pei: .ions who volumnt euredl thei r f i-r'llees aginist the goverra menit in the d i~ 'ar of the refeio'hi n. Thei Conistitu tion ebiars v'oltan iteer Co'n fe' l'matei sold iers r'om the r'ight to vote or hioilhl oflice, 1ii! tis bii lis ex per(Ltd to r'eiov these 11m onst,ititional lbars. Fuomino ini ii i'onml.th .ATI.A NTiA, Ga., Feb. 17.- I'hoe body of ain ev. HieIoy Ilill, at colored preacier, l' 'ho has been miissoing sinco F"rlay, ed 'as foumnd to-daiy in Tlumggle's mill sil onud. H e was tinmiist akably muirder- TI' I, anod whilei cer'tain men~f areo sspect- m :1 of ti-t crimei no arrests have been It uade. d SUMARY JUSTICE. vo Dem1werntlelf Who Hiad Terrorized at Couinty L.ynclti. SA I N:s i,.-:, Fla., Felb. I S.--Mike 'INy, a1 White man11, aldTomn Champion, e-ro, fron1 Arrendova, were lyncied this city last ni"Ilt at 10.30 by a Crowd outra.'.eI and masked citizens, who lit to the .inil where Kelly and C1111111 II Were conflued, an<d, havinig over wVered the aried guar1 of live white n11 stationed there, hrced thle jailer to c uip his keys. Inlvinlg received the keys, the vigi ts opened Kel v's cell aud called him ,lIe Came foward quickly, bit lie nw his fite was sealvd. I'l'e viaihits next Sect!red the lle-fro, alnlinio, who set vp terrible yellin luled'altelY. Thl. two men-t were then 'ored(l fri1 thle Jail tfo a Ili- oak lIp 4te ,Jud-(- A1,hby's residencev. - Acue a ie,w ininites' respite was given 'in, NI-ll re inin luivt vhIilv. tho -rP1undinl-s wvert. llade hlidemus hY thle r-Iic yells (it the nwenro. rope was (iuickly ihrwi over a aiha ld -it a1 !iven1 .1igl-0, up1 wcIII th lics (I Kellyv and hi hMack pal. I'he crowd then lIlt 1or their respe.ct hkOmelit'g, .11 eIOplV tik m1rn1inlg (";tmel( urowds to vIew the lifeless o4retnins, ich inIL", thre until past in o'clock dav. It Is 1o kiown who tie I vlchers were, t public Ilpillioln sitdes with them. anti s doubtFul il any steps will be takei nyvesti-ate. Tn111-: STOaY oF: TII-: Cnr RI:E. ulne"tville ha:is beelill i State (itt ex innt sinc- Sulday niiht, owillg to tact that La gal- ol desperadoes were ratli inl tIt, Vit-inity-. liring guns, )bilg andl hi gil-! louss, aill terror wi people. -illdav night vitizeiis filiit! near the iat were awalke-d hv tilt report ai un, andit, wilIe trig to lotate il. ther relort flloved. ( 'itize:, ral L (I their iomses till the porl .w, :nl toll- thilil .1 ii;;4 [1-tl, the postmaster. hile standiing (ItIre le hiard several s ill <t ck 1111su,1vession adll Sa ,v sbs about. l'hillip Miller's corner, xt door to the positiflice. TI'linking that soiv one was attempt to b,low open the mate inl the post ice, he hastily dressed and14 w%ent, ouit, t befie le did three more discharges Are heard. These proved to uav Ibeen fired at, r. Phillips, who, after. the( first two orts, Weti' mit oil li1s piazza to seu lat it, was. I earnil sev'ral nlien cillill., tow irid e hloulsw, hie stelp-d 1roml bechitld a lar ot* the pliltz/a to ilivre what the i1ub11ie was, w ii he1 iv saw thr-e or m1iore eli in iont of the house. l"(t41ire Ie )Ild speak a gul was fired directly it il, the allioller, aiui just as the per lls Lissed a :8-calibre rile wav fired he was retating. A policemaln 0on t(e squarr says the 'St two shorts weru fired afIl him by til owIlle lCl, who ordtrti hill to get olit, the way. which le did without firing shIot. Iit ;igatiq In shlows tIh pillars oif Dr. lijllipIS' hous )tSph14IaIltere'd an<1i rbiled ill No 8 Ss111. Thev second charge is lir-4 ddirectly ilito the open doorway, ittering soveral articles upin a w hiat t iln the hiall and leaving huilureds of Ies inl tle paplir oll the wall. The di -limn of the shot slims deliberate aiii tIte doctor, who f,l0 his lace scorched the lirst two shots, Mtlndam iy 1 StOI-kIe Ia IlI l'. It. Ph1leirsoni, w-ho towned ai stiore t wo es~ frin G:athnesvil le, waii~si shot, by Ke andiu hius ganlg~. Theii affair creatd at exciteninnt , :ud 's'carebin parties te (rit itli.ed.I Kelly was n lit utredl at I lochtelle yete~ir y motilrnn, lie *iwas suifeiniig fromt Li ishiot woundl in:tt h back, receiveid in fracas wvith ic ers the tday lieflore. uer ini the dtay Kelly wvas ibrought toi utiesvilie, Lilidj;iiletiIonig ithl ('ham.. >ni, antherit' of the r.anlg. 'lht news of ~, lud thireaits tof l'liinitig were- freely llessed, thill w-i'i hieadts eintidletd tcriiwd ait first iELte yesterda:y ittliitnoti,, whittu it iI oun wolliitts gtvtl by Nelly v ntI andiit, eNmcellilt allul iliigai:tiolii broke iii thet twot, as abo'vt statedi. A I .i'vel iiern.iiel vieiw, t.he lfi o llig strong antdtl f n ist ak le' hLYingg in referencte to thie vetlauttl letter: ".\ir. ( ileveflanls let dotes mind iought to take himl (lit of tutiel as the i'inoce anidal~t,e l'ttsident11. Mo tre hiariii resuIts~ Li) ' 'iouith andti Weust fromi thie lintanclial liey of theii govetrint thiant fromi othler' taust-eeoinhinued, andI untttl we ve at larger mirc-ulating iieditumi, sedt til a hii-ital.iestanldaird, thei pro-| wing classi's tif tie counitrj wvill findl tiniselve be,uttwteen the~ upptr antd Slier iniflstontes. Thie Alliance can t ma ll I not in ily jmdudgment sup1 it A r. ('Ii-vih|ali tr matly ot,be'r mian Las rig as his finiantial policy is in symi thy with Wa'mll st reet, andh in tIe ini rest, ofr Wes'ter[ tcapital ists r.,ad :no tin t ragei l'iin Out rzrge. tens and al .itewishi physiciani namied aissanoi(vi tch, liviing in ( rodno, haive LIn arreAsted andiii exiled ftor senidiing then vern int, iln behLIf ofn the Jlewvishi mmntiaiity, Li peittition temadinIlg re 'ss for anl tiut rage committed by La iss~ itn (( doto who branided tIle word iie'f" ini tiee different languages ill the forehadt (if a Jeowish boy, whio is antcusedt of hainutg stolen ai smaLll alit it y of fruit. The petition sets -th t hat thle tcase wui(ild excite) the ini ~iaition of the (ivilie wyorld. iTT'Slilt i, 1keb. 1i1. As Lii ii('C(. >diatioint traini on thie 1l'an l lanidle road .s eniteringf this city thiis moring a mne weighimg 150 poinds rolled diowin 3 htillsidle, south of Monongahela river, I d crashed into a car. Aliss (Clara' Ilminig,of Washington, 1l'a., was criush Mo death in her seat, and a youung hma Lung beside hier had a narrow escape.~ tE aicciilent, caused the wvildest exeite mnt on thie trahli. A t the poinit wvhere occur-ed it i 1 300 feot, almost perpenl 3u1ar, i rom thin hill tnn to tha tenale. "JACK THE RIPPER . ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE WHITE CHAPEL MURDERER. The 311 rdfre-.1 womian Saicd to 11e1ong to That U'nfortiti:ate Clams Agasit Vhich the i4,1d Ifius Sworn Venageaice-Thjo -St ory of tho Terrim>e Dt)e,l. LONON, Ieb. p..-Further partiCu lars i T'garid to the W0om1an Vho was 11(1d dead inl the Whitechapel district this llorining, and Who is slpposei( to have been murdered by the tiend known is ".ack the Ripper,'' show that she is ibout 25 years of' age and quite good looking for a Woianl of her class. Slc kva4 found lying on her back with her bwal iearly severed from her body. I'here was also a severe wound on the back ot her head, caused, it is thought. bv the seve:,e 41l she ex perieneel when r :ssaihant knocked her qlowi. ''he scene 4tf this. possibly the latest, It 'sevi-ral o ak the Lkiip's'' crimes, s a hir. 1narTow arcIway knloWnl as .wallIGws' Garden" andi leading from Littl. Mint street t Ca(libers street. The arinhway ref0,6r-ol to is dhuring busy hutrs a well-freu entel sthorou'h faire, and par-tally*N tvvd b1Y ailhvav employees and stableinen in passinl! to and i*roin their rllce, m ln al it that packed liigllbor-hood to their ..ork oil tite 111mm erols lines ol railroaki 4'r in the many stables swItteredl about that s'tioi of the eitly. At all timles of the night there Are people awake in the houses jn41 pedestrains passiug about and through: '"Swallowv Garde, but no bojy senis to have heard any crying of at ahlarmlingt nittre during the early hours tis morning whetn thto crime was 'Phe mlurderedl wonlmn, jtiduin- froin her appeiiarce, helon-ed to the aban Ifonled class olTeuiales and was fhirly well iressed, though her hair was uitidy. licr clothmn-- had not been disarranged. ''lte police theory is thiat file woman was mIlurde-reI whilile it a stalldin!, Iosition - that the critile as rbblyde w-ork of' ",lack the ltippe-v," and that tle mur derer was frighteied away by the ap IWRaII ('some pedestrala before he had timt. to nutilat. the body in the manner already desct ,bod in previous critmes at tjributed to '.lack the Ripper." On the other hand, it is known that the resi dents of' Whitechapel in particular, and o London in geneial, tire prone to give Credlit to ",lack the lipper" for any murder or attempt at murder in White chaiel witre a womani is concerned. Thie bd 11ly, atter the usiual formalities were take-n, with ithe olbject ofestablish. in-i the wvomilzan's idetitity and of finding a clue to the m11u'4trer. had been goie throuhi wIth in the usual manner, was taken to the Whiterhapel mortuary. 'I'lTe blood was still wari whetn the body was Iottttnd. When the blood stains had been cleared away the police placed a rough cross of wood%work over tite spot in mSuallows' Gartdn" wle the lu finrtunlate woman11 waS foMund, iti order t.o mark (lie spot whcre the crimie was per petrated. Large crowds f lpeople, nat utarally, gathered around "'Swallows' a(ltrdln" this iortuiig. In spite of' the s4t'otng eflorts of' scores ofdetectives and of uniforiled and plait-clothes people of (te division, there seelis to ie, as inl so many other and sinilar cases, no defi nite clite to the niuterer. No arrests have been Iaide. A railroad emp1111l1yev, it is true, says hte saw the murde(lred womatn talking to . ttiatt taparently a foreigni seamian, intst pr1ev ius to the time the mutrder is iliisupose t(o have b eeni commtitted, and thte po'licei areC tnow enga~ged htt searching all vessels lyitng it thte T1htames, on the tininy <docks :jtil abiiut the piort ot Lon ThI ol'di'etm:jn w~ho Iiound the miur dlered womant mt tit h ave renched the~ spIt wh'Iile 'lie mitt'ire t'j wats ontly a few 'ariks away'. Theli victin's lips were still t wi tchting~ nertvotsly aind hter eyes still roIllintg wheni thte olliieer hiett Over her', :u1i a muomnit later hie sountded his whtisfle ill call fhr assist,anice, whtichi tiltist havie lilaicel every hiolliemati itt the tneigh i'' borho ti thet~ alert, <'.'AciT' AT LAsT. I,'Imx IN ['h. 1,;. 'The latest discov ery' itade by the Aletr'opolitani l'olice itn oneciIil(tiont with Ithle Whtitecltmpel mnur let' oif I' riday mio I;rn last, by whIch the. wottutt knu(Io as "(Cart'otty Nell" lost her life, htids ~air to) cotnnect the ntIII Sadoler, to inW cttstody, with this ".Ia('k fthe Iliipt''' cr'imte. fTe Metro olitjlm l'olice unow have itn their posses siont a sharp'l attd dangerous lookitng k ni fe, stain ued w ithi blood and sho'wing traicesof' having recenttly been wvashied. ThIe blootl st aints were exatmined mnicro scoicai(illy by I)r'. I 'h illips, police surgeon, at t achedf to the I .entan Street Police St at ion. l)r. hlhillips has no dloubt that te st ;ins ate thtose of' hutman blood. Thbis f'ormitdable knife has been traced i thte o)wnershIip of Sa1dlfrw'in; M al read(y stated, was a fireman on boar&d ' steamer which recently arrived from 'I'urkey. 'i'ho p)olie have no doubt that Riywas the miurderer' of "(Carrotty N elI." A )enaocrtic Altiancjem,~j li i:at:, S. 1)., Feb. 15.-Ilt came to light tornight that an undI(erstanldinig has virtutally beent reached between the I )etmoct ats andl( indepetidents, whereby thley expekct to unite and elect State Sentator' Kvle as aJ tdge Moody's sutccess or in the I 'nitedI States Neijate not later probably thlan Wedntesda'y. ' Tripp has released thte Demiocr'atic caitcus, and1( some of his stronitge'st woriket-R svoted for K yle to-day. lKyle, t hough ilt In-. dlependEetnt, is undest't oodf toi be ini accord with thte 1)emocratic paty, on thie tariff and oth r atonal hiues. (t Sullhivan ended('l a dIramtatic play' in this city last ntight. While break fasting at the hotel this morning lie became rest less and begaun swearitng at a negro wait er' namedl( \l illet'. Mliller told h in that lie mutsftnot sweat' int the ladies' dining room)n. Stillivan then made a break for Mliller. Tfhte ntegro had a coffee pot in hlis hand and hutrled it at Sullian's head. Sullivan dIodgfed the pot and juminped to his feet. AMiller grabbed at a chair and was about to throwv it at Sullhvan, but suddl(enly concluded that discretion was thte better part of valor and made ahur ried exIt and hid himself.