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THE PARK PLACE HORROR. DREADFUL SIGHTS AT THE SCENE OF THE CATASTROPHE. J Crowds of Distracted Mourners-A Numn ber of Dcn'as Bodies Foundti Under One Press--A Group of Girls and a Boy Dis covered In Another Place. NiW Yomi, Aug. 22.--it now seens possible that one of the worst fatal ac cidents which has ever happened in this city occurred just after noon today. From all that eni be learned, fully as many if not more than Iifty people have lost their lives. The accident caine so sudden that it was impossible for the occupants of the two big buildings at 70 and 72 I'ark Place to escape from the buildings before the collapse was com plete. .1'here was but one eyewitness to the accident, A. A. Johnson, janitor in the building at 81 Park Place, across the street from where the accident occurr ed. Ile said that he was standing on the steps to 81 when he heard the sound of an explosion. It came from across the street. It was not loud. Almost in mediately the front wall of the two buildings collapsed and the entire build ing caved in with a deafening crash. It came so suddenly that it was impossible for a living soul to escape from the buildings. On the ground floor of one of the numbers was a restaurant. that was crowded with people. The other floors were occupied by a metal plate factory; the Southern l'ublishing com pany; S. Loutel & Co., art designers; Ellis & McI)onald, bookbinders, and other establishments. Michael Carroll, who vas employed iii the metal leaf factory, had been out to lunch and had just reached the door of 72 when lie heard the explosion, which dazed him for a moment. Ie jumped tip and ran for life. As he got away the front walls of 70 and 72 toppled ov er with a loud crash. As the walls fell Carroll saw many peole passing the place were covered undfthe brick and stones. It is not known how many girls were at work in the metal plate factory, but there were a large number. In t he rest aurant on the gi ound floor of No 72, which was kept by .1. 'eterson, a crowd of peopie were at linch the inmbr being estimated at between I wenty-five anti thirty. Then there was teni or twelve girls in the wash room In the basement. Tripp & Co., druggists, in the building also had a large iiiniuer of employees. h'lhree children of Frank I laggerty, janitor or u .1 'ark I'lace, were playing in front of 72 'ark I'lace. They were killed. 'heir father s ood across I he street at t lie tiie. UIoundsian Tay lor was on his way to dinner, passing along Park I'lace, when ho heard the ex plosion. lie ran to the scene and realiz ing that soMiet Itnig must be done, ian to a hardware store on Vosey street, sectir' e( a dozen axes and distributed them to the firemen who had already arrived. The firemein and bystanders soon cut a hole in the side wall of 7 1, out of which seventeen persons (rawlei, all of w horn bore bruises. The testimony of all tle people who were inl the it( 'ghborhood at the time is that they were first startled by a deep runibling sound of an explo sion, which was directly followed by the collapse of the building, the wall of which fell outward with a frightful crash. Three alarns of fire were fol lowed by the arrival of the ambulances from1 all the hospitals. The reserves were called out from ieiarly all statioln houses, but the greatest difliculty was experienced in keeping the thousands of people back beyond the fire lines when it became known that there had been a fearful loss of li fe. NEJW Yoim, Auhg. 2 1.--The work of looking for the dead in the ruins of I 'ark 1Place continuted un interruiipted through the ntight except. at timies when rain pouiredl dowin in suc(h torrent as to render labor beneath it im11possi bl'. E x ceplt att thieS( timies also thle lire lines at (either end of the block were lined with waiting friends or r'elat ives of thle miss niig. Wheni they were dinveni from the streets by the rain they sought shelfter in dloorways or wvherever protection might be found, but. as soon as~ it ceased their weary and mou rn fulh vigil was r sumned. At .55V O'clock there was a bustle of citemJent among the work mnen that lu st antly comm iinicate-d itself to the eager watchers at the lire lines. A nother body had been found. I1, was that of a numa that lay beside a tanlgle of presses ait No 70. It was taken out and placed iln one of the pine collins on the sidewalk. it was terribly burned andl unrecogni zitble unless identity may be disclosed by the tattered fragment of clothing that but partially covered it. 'The work again went on unmarked by any accident until 4 o'clock this inorning, w-hen a second body was found, also that of a man, near thie spot wher'e the first was dhiscoveredl. Five minutes later the third body13, also of' a iman, was fouiitd in nearly the samle pilace. Bloth were taken out and placed in collins on the sidewalk besides that containing the body formd1( at 3.553 o'clock. Hardly had~ this been done wvhen the body of anothier man was found, but It lay beneath a heavy press andI it will be impossible to move it uin til a dlerrick is obtained to hoist the press from the ruins. There was al most sinmultaneous dliscovery of a fifth body, making twenty-one in all, made ainong brick andl paper at 74 It was fliat of a large man, hut although the itace w-as visib~le, like the otheis exhuim ed, it was unrecogniza ble. At 9i o'clock Italian laborers wvere still at work re moving the bricks that buried the body and hindered its removal. From daylight on the crowdl of spec tators at the fire lines gradually increas ed, and at ii o'clock a dlensely packed th rong filled every spot t hat comnmand ed the slightest view of the blackened /ruims. At the oflice of the boiler inspec tor at police headquarters to-dlay it was 8tated that according to the records there the T1aylor building had no steam boilers of any kind, nor had there beenm a ny there for several years past. Tihe steam Ipower used in it was supplied from outside sources. During the morning one of the Ital inns working In the ruins stoopied over the body of one of the victims and took a silver watch from his pocket. Ie was arrested and taken to the station, fol lowed by a mob, many of whom shout ed, "Lynch him!" "Lynch him!" Upt on the official account of the nume of bodies taken from the ruins as kept by the police is twventy-three. At that hour there were two 101 bo5e vis ible, but they had not yet been dug out. These would bring the number of bodiesi actually found up to twenty-live. Between 8 and 4 o'clock six bodles were found close together. Five were gis, aged from 18 to 25, and three of hbem were recognizedl as press feediers -tor Liebler & Moss. Another worked for Rosenfeld, bronze )eaf manufactur er. The fifth body was that of a boy. -They all bore the appearence of having died by suffocation. The odor of decomposing and burned lehthat arises from the ruins is be coming horrible and the dilsinfectants hitherto used seem to produce little of O ct. General alarm has been sent out for LoMs Rosenfeld, proprietor of a paint storn N4o 70 Park 1 lace, hfs brother ti that since the dIsaster lhe has ~- een 1biogr. It is supposed that his nind was aflected by the terrible scenes 1e wItnessed when the crash came, if ke is not actually in the ruins. District Attorney .N ichol is already onsidering the question of indicting he~ persons responsible for the Park 1lace disaster. After Iong cons ltation vith his chief assistant, Ex-.J tidge Gun iings Belford, he will place the case in he hands of Assistant District Attor ley Townsend. Up to 7 o'clock to-night thirtylive )odies had been recovered from the mins. Twenty of the bodies recovered iave been identified. Eighty-eight )eopl) are reported by friends to be a: ss ing. GORDON DOOGED THE ISSUE. ,ii a Word Had 11i to Say to the ii - mlanids of the Alliance. A ,A NTA, Aug. 21.-Senator Gordon has dodged. the Alliance convyen tion and now becomes the central figure of their agitation. The resolution calling upon him to declare himself upon the Ocala platform was very pointedly worded, that it should be drie hefore this convention adjourns. It was given out early this morin ing that Senator Gordon woutld elect ritv the convention during its morning ses tion. Instead of that a motion wa-s in troduced to reconsider the resolitton int rodiced yesterday, asking ( viI. ( or idon to give his views oil the Ocala III t form, but after consilerable discission faiiled. The couvention was of the otimion that, since Senator (ordon was ligtring as ain oppoient of Alliance principles, that Ie shouild at once put himself in accord with them. As the convention was to adjourn with the afternoon session, great iriter est centered therein for all the alliance ien wanted to hear what 1-:eitor Gordon had to say. It was never evii ireamed that he would suil t he state hody by refising to honor tiei r re tiest. Thei adjourrllient caime l withouit tle appearance of (Cordon, not evein a suig gestlor is to what, he int ended to do. The feeling am11ong the mnembers. wasI strong, an1d foundt vivid e.xprussion iI Sich exclailations ars "I)rn it, whenI he wani ltet Iil urvotes we c'oulId n't l sak him iii ofT." I t was alsc.'ertaiied dIiring the iven ing that ( ordon was at the (l-overnor's resid ence where a phin of enmpaigni was being arranged. When the con ftrerice wis over Senator (;orlon gave outi for publication a short letter to the Alliance at large, saying titt, his pisi tLion oil public matter 1t: heenu fuilly set. fort h ill speecles, and le was surprise~ that any firther stateinent shotii he necessarv. IlIe intende to address the people ishortly antI hoped to prove to theiml that he was thei r friend. The let ter is extremely non-comnital on the very point upon which the State Alli an(,e wished to cross ttiestion him. 'he state 'Alliance adjouriled this af teriioon after a brief Iwssion. h'liere wi no business of general initerest. transaeted, save a re-alfirmation of the ()eala platform and a re est that th legislature foritnally ildorse it. 'I'lie committee appointed to prepare anll11icil statement of what occlmrred the first day inl the trouble hetweeni Nortiven and Livingston reported the fats as given by newspanpers. 'THie i port stiintsil LI IvingstoIi.--('halIston World. Vellow iever. N W Yonii, Aug l' I.-The World Line inissentger ste-amer, City of W.ih igton, arrived here this moringt 11rom Mexican ports antd Ilavaiut, and, as al lby Lthe liea]lth otlicer at the ijiaran0 t it', Thelu steamer will not lhe alliowved to co'me upi to the i t nil tomlorrowll. T1he~ C:ity of Washing ton left Vera~ Cru i ea~rl y in A iZut1, ata1l yelh uw fe ver wa'~s prevailentu to an arlarnunrg extnt bin~i that city. T1hec hiospitatls was tilled, antd thoughi~h the lhea lh aulthI oit.s w ere . ariv ing to check thle spreadi of the disease, the ir tilorts were apparen(11ltl nllirr~ljg. Tiheir first atitemnpts wvere to imlt the patLien ts as soon as Lhe malyt~ imade its iappearance, but the diisea1se spi eald so rail Iy Lthat it waOs imi)poss)ible to cope with it. M any dleathis have occurred <tltring thec Iast six wveeks ati it was a c'~iommo sighit, the oflicers ot the ve-sse say, to) see a striniy of funerals half1 a ile long, stretchintg tiruom the gates ot the city to tile cemetery, each iuneraul party wiI lmg patiently for a1 chinice toi bury its dead. Among the ila;.es't victiais ofi the maiilady Is 12. JI. Sniowblll, welli knowni commlissioni merchant of No. 70 Wiall street, who lhas beeni in Mexico sinc e Aug. 2. Ailew dlays ago The E venlinl g PostM~ prinlted a reporto te prevalenc~e ot vel low fev~er ini Vera ('ruzw, seni heicre by Snowhall. lie wasl 011 his waly to) Cor~dobal, to wvhichl place lie wats goimng to claim a tortrune of 135 ,001 amid -t100i acres of grolltid. Silowball renilmil onlly out' dany in Vera Crruz. anid was strickeni withu the disease. A Great Caiitry. froin liotzen, iiear the scene of the Tu'iesday last, hiar tilly (dest roved I lie village ofl Kolliinm, seem toI show t hat the dlamaige (tone anti thei ninnb er of1 lives lost aire gre'ater thaon wa at lirst suplposedi. Th'le cloud~-buirst, over the' mieot aiins floodedl the lowvhmdlis andt convlertsd at motunrtaini st reamn iiito ai torrent, whichl swept through thle vil lage of Koluinan, (harrying awa~ly peole anld cattle and dli test royt ng thalf the houses in the pla1ce. l-'orty people wert' idetiJt, wh.'lichl also delst royedI Ithe ratilI roadi for many miles. It now appears that, the tall of water~ from the clouds aulso Iloodted the other side: of the mountains, and the hamlets situat ed on thle hilltops liav'~e been1 iso hated by the 11lood. Alany corpses have been seen in the v'alley Oil thle other side of the mnountatns. They were being L'arriedI downi the torrenits, and it is feared that furthier and0 great tdamage to property hans resulted fromn1-lie clamti ity and that the loss of life is very mutch greater thatii anniounneed ini the lirst reports. Sonme timet nullSt ineces sarily elapse before the fell dhetarils of the affair are known. It, Wast All a"ak. WV AshiN(OTON, Aug. 19.-A ri'port er me't Mlr. Polk In Washington City just before ho left for tile Virginia Alliance convention. Mr. .i'olk said that the in terview purporting to have taken place with him, publlished In the Cincinnarti Enfinirer andl the New York Iherald never took place; that the reporters called upon hlim, but he wvas busy and passed not more than a half dozen words with themi, and that lie was lit terly astonished when lie sawv thet publ lication in the papers mentioned. TIIE Ueorgia L egislatnre h~as passedl a bill inltendhed to eqiualize taxa tion in that State. The hill1 provides~ that the county boards of appraisers shall consist of live mnemberq, all1 to be freehoiders. Their com-.pensation Is fixed at $3 per day and thirty (lays is at lnwed for tho conmnletinn of their,.om.. A TALK WITH PRESIDENT POLK. 4ome1 of Ilia Views on Finance aind PolitL cal1 Queatioim. 1iciIO1mm4 VA., August 18.. -Col L. L. Polk, president ol tile Farmers' National Alliance, who was here to-day attending a meetit of the State Con ventlio of th1) Order, was interviewed on importait questions connected with the political contest of 1892. What fol lows are the authorized utterances oif the preidntof heNaioal llaneThe colorcd people hziae an entirely separate Alliance lrm the whites. They numn her, so Col Polk hasi hecn( told by Mr. llumphreya, 01 Tcxas, their president, about 1,250,000. Thle colored Alliance. as a rule, has white organizers. They are working in perleet harmony with the whites. "What e11e6t wilt the AllIance move ment, have Iupon fhe State electionI iu Vin6iiiia leXt ldly" asked the newspa pers man, comiti down to politics. inhat I vannoit. tell;" replied Col 'olk. "I have not talked politiCS with any mienberm of the Order in this State. It is solmetlln. I have nothing tfo Io with. h'le National Allianev takes n1o part in State' allaiirs. In the canvass ill my State ( North Carolina) last 1il 1 reflised t taIke any part whatever in the conltest."1 "Woubl you iial saying how the Al liance people ill Vir"inhia look 11pon a seCOILtl t1111 for Seiitor' DaI*ioIy"1 A I have iust remarked. I know nothinig vhatever ot politics in) Virginia, at. ( oF collse I don't, know what course the menhrs 4l 1the Order will pursuc with regiard to the matter of ixlaniel's re-eIectioil.'' "Co 'olk, will the' next, (oiress pSs a frce coigi ot silver bill:''" ".1 do niot, believe it will. If t.hev do so At will be hmeauso that body beV!lVes that1, sti-h a measure will be deleat1[ed in the Sellaitc; or evel ip ilasse by thalt b rantCl will b-e vetod by the I 'res II t ." 'Ill the 1event that ConIess ils tio pasi a silver' hill how will it allect Mr. (leve'lanld's svllIility as a I'res ien tial "It w(ul ii->t icrease it certainly." "II AMt. Cleveland is nominated hy the I)elnocra! s, and, taaim; into cols id eration his revord on the oinn e ques tioi, will lie receIve t.e s111upport o the FaIllners' AlliIllce aId other aricultu rists?" "No, I do not helieve tit any se0 re'spectinmg Allialice 11mn woul su'ppor 1l1m in view of ils 0positioll onl that subt iert."1 "Whal~t will bie the attittlde, Colonl,~ ol the I'1-arn(rs' Alliance in the national i-,tn paji-_n (it ne(-xLya? As al ol'!anization it iti lake n part ill it, util its me1iimers as ciLizens will halve perlect freedoml. I wiill sa'-y that the sentiment in itavol (Il a Third larty is I rining st'trenth every daytv lln the masses. --Who is prointlemly fake'i 1 : ts the caidibiite of the l'eoplie's party ir I'Iesidenity" 'No oli is l11w promililentlv spokeni ol ill that. conltletioil. MY Vinie hits been menitionel For a place onl ilhe tick et, btl I ilmlve no desire to hold miiv po litical ollice ind have s,, declare'd IIme allid aumll.) 111-06111 11ll.01 I 'resim k'nt ml'i l'~k 1 se mp t ell 'oni iden t, thal~t ('inveimnd wvill be thi 'I)emn oera tic thinuks, is that therm' wilt be no0 reIsult at t ivt-'. \t. h'.~lee ln'wil be elec'ted- " "No. jle surem thalt yottl dio id pti me donml i. s I min IIO I doe1 n'Co thin aing~ tha't your ( )rder have determinerd to1 maike a (11:an sweep) 4)f your opp~o 1nn11 11in the UIlted Sta.tes Sen ate. I s "T.hait interview was5111 naufactured. I ne ver gav'e ut1teranc1(e to any1 Such senl Speait~iii of the0 gro'witig ppulari ty of' t lie Order a1nd the l'eCoplei's parlt.y, Pres ulenlit F ol k Silid thait its triends are not cli ned( toli l agiul turists. Jisinless 11nen. mierchlants, saal be h, laboIlrer's anld th~e wvorkmlg peopl ie areIoiningL its ranks. Th le piityv coiltd in a con test, lhe though~t, coulnlt withI somei unIlanlimity upot(11 the suipport ot the~ great labor organlizi/ationls, thle l'armer's' ANltiual lieeit, A ssocia 11011, tlul sliilar' bodies ini theCli LIutr. Thie latter orgLanization, Col Jl'olk sai'd, is veriy simiiar ill its principles aini aimis to the All11 iCe. The thh IIUik tiheirs have the better' organlizatimon, an~d we are, iln reily to a quiestion ('ol, l'mlk saidl Calls at WashllI~inln had been sendlim circlarlls to the colored Alliance 1men1 iI this State andi Noirthi Carohlna not to jo'in secret, LordersI. "We have never mad~ue anyl appealII s to) thle colredIC peo( 1)1e," coiltinuied the1 ('1lone.t "to leave* teind tom dot so. 'That1 i a1 malitter' with 'm ti115y in 'm i-Occt~ ias. N i:w Von m, Auar. 21 .- -The stealm ship (Obtdanm, (Capt. I akker,. sailed fr'omI hetr ie~r inll Iboihkeni, .illy I8, for liot (erthunll. Twovl days after leaIvinlg Newm tyV-lie msleti iln~ii al'l eused Lt obey the or'ders ot thle (Illikers . Th'Iey h ad no11. r~ievaiee , b lit ii I110t I roplose Lto w~ork, Their' thuroats 11(id mu~ttinlols co~t nut so scmared I1 the II aIsseniger's that many ol t hem reitiri to' their111 stalteroolnS and1( locked thle doors, while othlers, too frighitenic to move, remamned on dleck, hillat a al' d~~(istance fromi tile 1men. After thirealtening~ to taike p~ossessio n of' thle ship. the men01 retiredl to thir iluarllters' lorwazrd arlth hld a counl~li of C:apt,. IBaik ker ha~d s4everlal IlImes d; mandedJ~m that, the men01 retuirn to) wor'k, but the 'omintmns wvere unheede'lld and on his last visit to) their liualrters, hie was dhriven ouit onI dec0k, the 1men1 fol lowing. The riigileder of the~ rioters wais a I o0 llander, Iinmed l'eter' Duze~n. lIIc 1led thle alttack on1 the captamel, whio prlomlpt ly senlt a bullet thiroulgh his bodiy. Th'Ie shiootin~g ocur'red at 8 o'clock at. night, and D uzen (died two hours later. Meanlwhile the slip was fa'llinig into a sorry plight. 11cr tires were going out, and the steam in her boilers war dyuig awvay. Th'e ship's spleed had been re dutced 1mor1 t!.ani one-hailf, andl she wvas becoming un~~lmnageable. Oll' to thei ealstwar~l st~orm clouds hiad formed, and were 5weepingm toward the ship. After thme (leatih of their leader the nmutineers returned -to work, and whmen the stormi broke the Obdamn was prcpar etd to eet it,. On arrival at Rlott~erdamn the rlotcrrs were turned over to the po01 SOME COUNTY OFFICERS SHARPLY CRITICISED BY COMPTHOL LER GENERAL ELLERBEE. WJIllaus M'GUIwan, 34.j-SchooACom01 . loner of Union. Ceuttty, in Trouble Uovornor Tillanau std Coiptroller Generat Ellerbee 1lave Some Interest Ing Correspondence About It. COLUIMIIA, S. C., Aug 21.-The Register. of this morniug, says the Coun ty otlicers ad over the State hav e hadt(( their settlemntis with Con ptrol-lr ( ni eral Ellerbce, nd'the resilt is tlhat many of themii Wish they held other oiflices or none at all. Thc reasons for this wish are, many, but the principal one is that veverai of these County officers have been keepiuL their books and handling State funds io such a careless niannie1' that they do not knoiv exactly how they stand with the State. In one case this amounted to abso lute theit uId in several others thc care lessness was so great as to become il iost cruninal. Governor Tillman has lieard of the Irregularities that exist and he and Coniptroller General -'llerbec have had siOmnie interesting cor'reslpondene(' in re galrd to theill. 3' a.wA N (.U'l . William M,(;owan was School Com missioner fwrni Llon( County previous to and during I-Ii1)90, and during his term obtRined several hundred dollars from the ( 'ounty Treasurer for school pur poses5 whichi Ic applied to !i% own Iluse. McGowan has paid the money back an( the State will suffer no loss on account of' his peculations, but the fact that Ie stole the money remains, and lie has been reported to the Court of General sn:ons of L-nion County by the Conip troller General. The corres1ondenlce is initeresting re:1inL and will doubtless h be an eye oplenlir to inlaniy. It is as follows: (4oy.:nNOII T11.I,31A N'S LE'"r.:R. Co'1 mI A, S. ( '., August 1.), 189 1. I len. W. 11. Fllerbee, Coiptroller Gen (1nl, Columbia, S. C. I: ,Iuformiation lias 1eached me1 tIt inl tllahing' tit' annutilial settleiits With the ( Countv 'oflicers you Lave dis kovered a shortage in One or more Coun ties anid various irregularities. As this is a Imatler of importance, I ask of you to report fra mue inl Writing what progress you have made in making tbes settle ients, and what, if anIy, wrong doing or illeval acts you have found. Very respectfully (SignedD l. I. T 1.1.IA X. Thle C ' 'oiptroller General's reply is clear and covers the ground fully. It shiows' that ai state (t aflfairs exists ini South CairollLia whichm certainlv lie'is atttentiol and correction. 'T It i: ,'TTi-: IN 1 1. ,. Cin11 ~, k S. C., Akugust 20, 189 1. Ilis Excellenicy I%. K. Tilmnan, (Gover nor ,othd Carolina. D i-:A I I ii : Your communication of the ''thi Instant, rctiuesfting a statement ill referctnce to reported irre-.ularities and shortage of accouits in oie or more Coulities :ts developed by annual settle menits with ounty ollicials beintr con <lucted by the Comptroller Generai, wV'as handed moe last eveniii. In rply t') this oflicial 1equest 11 youi paIt I beg to state that while so far I have found several instances of grss car'elessniess ini the handin!Ig of Ipubl lic limdiis anid Iindlifferenit miethiods of ijsliaingii pl!le duties5 impj)iSol by laY detected wvheri there was ain absolute f'unds to pri-.'0te use. Williamn Mc( owan, School Conimis Sinnier of t uon Couty v for I1890, and in ev ious, ofbtaiinedI fr'om the Counity Trieasuirer se veral hundred (doll ars of the schiool fund of t hat ('ounty for thle fiscail yeari IMUSt-t 0 and fappli1 ed the same to his pilvate use. Thlis nmoniey, t am11 pleaisedl to state, has all been paid back in to the Conty tr'easuryv. While imphleasant, my duty to the piu(-. he an~d oath of oflice uindeLr the law force meW, not only to report such transactions to you, chief executive oflicer of' the State, but also to the Court of' General Sessions for tUnion County. The mat teLr has ac'cordogl~y already beenI report ed1 to the court as r'eqluired by Section 8 of' an Act of' the Genieral Assembly, ap lprovedl December :.hl, l S', r'egulating these annul~al settlements wi'thm County oflicials. Orders made oni school fund aire usuall, oni formis dei nmiinated 'original'' anid "'dulicate"' anid signed by the trustees of' schooi district, counl t.ersigned1 by tile Schlool Commisioner. Mir. McGowani's method was in some1 instances to appr'ove these claims, or-igi nal and dupdieute both miade on the foi'm "'original,"' ho hiimselfI collecting the money for the one proplerly on file' mI ius ofiie, and apply inig such monley to his own use, whIle thie same amoiunlft was paid to Proper party. In otherL ini Stanlces duplientes were changed Into originals in ink, and presentedl to Coumi ty Treasurer, who paid them. It Is not possible for me to examine critically all the vouc'her's upon01 which money is pai, but1 l cannliot i'efr-ain from calig atteiition to 0one particuilar chtiss which I must regard as 11 wqpful waste of' public funds. As mnuch 11s $?7 beinig paid by 0one chiool (district for maps, charts, e lobes, etc'. School Commi~iisshiers inl som) in) stanices have failed to certify appfortion. mnt, of school funds for the sc'hool oils tiricts to) ( ounty Treasurers, and some i'i'eguhiritiues toillowedl in thle payment of' eachi scho~ol district its legalI qota101. I find~ a car'el'ss muethod of issuing checks upon01 County Trei'asureirs bv sonme lI oard of County' 'ommnissioners in that they siign check in bilanmk, lnmes and~ amoIunts being omitted, and leave with their clerks, and( in allowing~ vouchers, ulponi wVh(eh checks are issued, to be mis placed~o or carelessly scattered. This and other irre.enlarities ?'riow from a wamnt of systematic methodis of handing publ)1ic lIppers and1 inI the (his ebargo of pumblic dulties nudher the lawv. Sometimes the carelessiiess of ollicials almnost reaches the point of' crimiinality in caring for the public imterests. Some cases have developed whiei'e County oflicis appeared 1not to know ,jumst w~haut amunlOutt of' toutnds were on hand belong ing to theo State, but, protmpt in the settle me~nt of any balance showin against thbem in these settlements. Froni errors of this character' several thousand dollar's have been tiuned into the State tr'eastury; cash accounts kept and tallied dalily wouild have avoidled the p)ossibility of thiese er'rors. In sonme cases Sheriffs, in their settlement of' executions with Treasurera, were aillowed 5 per (cnt, on State's money when law reqiuires de linquent taxpayers to paiy this cost. Trhere is no evidence that such commis slons Were paid by dehmnqutent taxpayers, therefore regardled a a simple error. With the hope that I am otfliciently clear and~ expficit, I am, respectfully, [Signed J W. HI. EYLlaRRuE, CoLntroller Generat. Encottraglug Oi,tlook. 'The weekly weather and crop bulle in of the Sopth Carolina weather ser tice, i co-operation with the United states Signal Service, for the pat week .vas issued Saturday afternoon and it is s follows, giving much intormation ;o the fariters in the various sections A the State: During the week the rainfall has been oelow the normal and badly distributed; Lemperature and sunshine have been tbout the average. The weather con ditions were conducive to the maturity of the cotton crop. The plant has a considerable quantity of fruit. and the lields are white with blooms. The prob abilities are that with ordinary seasons they will mature. No damage is re ported froin caterpillars; soine from rust on lands, but the injury is contined to a few localities. Great distruction is reported of crops in one section ot a courfty by storm and hail. The pros pect for an average cotton crop is imuch miore encouraging than any previous week. The corn crop was never better, the early corn has fully matured, and large (Iuantities of blades have been stripped and saved in fline condition. The late corn is making rapid growth and pron ises to be a large one. The tobacco crop is large in quantity, very superior in quality and the large proportion has been cut and cured. The present outlook for the rice creo is proniising both in quantity and qual ity, and the first field of rice was cut on the 18th instant. The general harvrst will commence next week. Livingston Ite-elected Prealdent.: ATLANTA. August 20.-The State Alliance this morning elected Livims ston, Congressman from the Fifth Georgia District, President. The con vention reulsed to investigate the chargei which some of the members wished to prefer against Livingston. Other oflicers chosen were W. A. Wilson, Vice Presi dent; A. V. Ivey, Secretary; W. A. Broutgiton, Treasurer; W. S. Copeland, State Lecturer. A speCch was made at tlie open session by National President Polk, in which lie stated that the Ocala platform was being unaninously eni dorsed b.; Suite Alliances throughi the country. A resolution was a(dopted( denouniciiigi President Iall of the Mis sour! Alliance. The committee on cot ton acreage recommended that a conven Lion of' cotton growers be called, looking to a reduction of cotton acreage. The A Iliance reahlirined its endorsement of tile Ocala olatform. I'lanos andi Organm. N. W. TitUMr, 134 Main Street Co lu1mbia, S. C. sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' cowu nilssions. The- celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness' of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & lamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up right Pianos, from $225 up. Mason & 1) amlin Organs surpassed by none. Ster ling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days trial, expenses both ways, if not satii factory. Sold ou' Instalments. Rheumatism is cured by Pl. P. P Pains and aches in the back, shoulders, knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all attacked and cohquered by P. 1. P, This qreat niedicine, by its blood elvansing properties, builds ip and strengthens the whole body The importance or pmrifying the blood einnot be over-estimated, for without pure blood you cannot enjoy good hecaih. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, P oke Rtoot and Pottassium i) Is at mirac itlouis blood purilier, perforing mlore eures~ ini six months than all the sarsa parhhis andi~ so-called blood( puiiers pmt together. Jflhoumatisin.--James Paxton, of Sat van nah, G a., says he had Riheurnat ism so, had that he( could~ not move from the bed or diress wvithout help, anid that lie tried' many. remledhies, but receivedi no relief until he.began the use of P. P. I'. (P'rickly. Ash, P'oku Root andl Potas sium11), aini two) bottles restored( him to hnealthi. DO YOU WISH TO ' SE UIo%% 01 Vo1;It 0IWN fIl-EN iu THlE TH'IOMAS STEAM - 1ES$; ANID SEND) .UOTTOTN EVATORL. It is tihe luost berfect system in uise', un-1 Io'adinlg cotton from wagons, cleanIng and dlelivering it tuto gins or stalls. Cotton tloes not pas Itough fain and1 preCss re rluires no pulley nor belt'. It- saves timne [Id luoney. . TAJLBOTT & SONS' IhNQINES. A NDJ B)ILEliS, STIATION ARY'AND.PORTABLE. OLDl DO TA LIIOTT1S SAW -M10LS, IM PROVED FR10CTION AND) ROPE FEkI) LU M M tS A NI) V AN W I NK LE COT. TON (GINS ANI) COTTON PRtESSES. We offer Saw Mill Men and (Oinners thie most comuplerte outfits that can be bouglht and1( at bottom pices. V. C. BADHAM, GENERlAL AGENT, ,.COLUMnIA, S. CI. 'TllE TlAl~IOTT ENGINE .IS FilE BIESTi ADVICE TO 'WOMEN If you would protect yourself from Painful, Profuse, Scanty, Suppressed or Irregular Men struation youl must use IBR AIbfm L D' REGULATOR} CA:'Truaavrrau, April 26, 1886. This will cort.Ity t.hat tivo membors of my immediate.famix)lyafter having auffered for ror frm *nIe~a Irreg miarity, being treated without len'iat byiuci pe, wore at le ngth coiplot-4y bonie boV le of Bradleld's UmsleO ogulhdor. Its effect is truly wonderful. J. W. STRAumo3. Bok to'"wOM A N"uma'.d Ert~ whuh N' atali BRADFIELD P4EGULATOR Co., ATL.ArtTA -GA. E'*n n4X rDY n I2Ar, Drrannen. Pakett Pays- the Fieight. A GituAAT OElJEIt THAT MAY NOT AGAlI BE REPIEA'raD, 80 DO NOT DIAY, "STIKIC W H11, THE ItON IS 110T." .i Write for Catalogue now, and say whai i paper you saw this advertisement in. J Remember that I sell everything that oes to furulshing a home-inanut actur ng some things and buying others in the largest possible lots, which enables mie to wipe out all competition. HERE ARE A FEW OF MY START LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces of ware, delivered at your own det)Ot, Wl1 freight charges paid to) ni, Iw." only Twelve Dollars. Again, I will sell you a 5 lh1 Loultit. Range 13x13 inuth oven, 18X2 uli top, 11, ted with 21 pieces of ware, 0 'orTilR 'EEN DOLtAtRS, and pay the t reighlt to your depot. DO NOT PAY rWO PRICES F -h YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, J walnut frame, either in colnbinatioli ur banded, the most stylish colors for 33.60, to your .iailroad station, freight paiO. I will also sell you a nice BudronOs unL consisting of Bureau Witt glasS, 1 liig h head Bedstead, I Vaslistaid, 1 'Geil'tro able, 4 cane seat chiurs, I cane seat antt back rocker all tor 11j.30, ainti P -Y tiI to your depot. Or I will send you an elegant I'tttroon duit witji large glass, 11111 1113il tt t.I, 1 i 030, '.lliu pay itelglit. N iCe witlliow sllatte oil sprillg 'OiCL -0 00. ltegait, large wAillut b (lay cloie. '-1I Walnut lounge, 7.VU Lace curtains per windtow, 1.00 Icannot describe everytting in a sinai: advertiseinent, but have an intuunse stole: oitaining 22,60C teet oi 11eer roomt, withi ware houses ant factory buililiga IIottlhel parits of Augusta, making ilt ail the bar gust business of tins kin tunitet Otne mnan ageluett lit the boutierntbte:. Tlmm: stortuaiiti warehouses 6lre Ctro tCd With tue clielce3 ptodtiluellotsOf til est, facto rieb. My Catalogue Coln tal ii tIg ilitstratiol: 01 gOtts Will UC 111Miawt It yoU Will kin il) sa) Whre you aav, this adtvertse01. i pit) t1ight. L. F. PADOETT, Li110-I111. bti~ .ttibue,, .A.ti "M.i A , * -IL t10 W MAN.S purfyr'a vtalayour ..... --................iv..yur... - . I l. I'. .l' I oi i i e, fo lOu fee1li b n tile spring nd Su -f -or, (1ak(1 S P. P. ' yeair dI.tjve orgs~ ianed tonIng up, Pu P P I i mf r wIh e: ladthi, Iidigcestion, deiy a *t ekness, tak 1 P.P. P. I If yu1 iutTr wilth,!r.i~Io ral~,~ Inervesa unstrong n.an nra .Ldw -ofthe anystem, take, P. P. P. . F or I I .!' i i. IRheumialIam,' Nero?. ul, II oe Malaria, ('bronic'. F'emale , C nplits, tako0 P ..P. Prickly Ash, Poke Rootj and Potassium. Te h'st blo,! ''urlifer In the world. ilTMAN lIIII'8, Wholesale Druggsts, -! I' ropri'tor, rLl-MX'n ll eh, Savannah, Ga. ~HY NOT U8~E OUJRS MURRAY'S IFUN *rIXllIURE 18 A is a I lil 1'i Puifiet at (I Spinlg ledlicine! We aile thle Mlaniu fnetiuts anid Sole Pro. priletors of hnthi. 'This is the tIim~e (i' the year the system reiluires a toiric and the blootd a lpurifier. Our stock oif D rugs. Aledicines1 Clhem -- cals aind Druiigglsts Sundlries is coin plet. Our faellities for llling your elders can not be excelled, W' soiliiIt .your b i pa tmge, The Murray Drug Co., COLUMlBIAS. C. First Class Work. V ery Low Prices. Buggles, Cat rlages, Romd Carts Wagon ete., Warranted Secondi to nom. Infinire of nearest dealer in the~se goods, oir sendl for Catalogue-.Mentlioin~g tii paper. HOLLER[& ANDERSON~ BUGtY CO'('., 1RO0K II 1g Before assurimli .mir life, or Investing yom 11m0i. ey, exatuhte the Twenty. Year rontinvo l'oIte of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASURANCE SOCIETY OF TILE United 8tates, ['olicies maturin g In 1891 realize cash roturns* to tho owners, of anounts varying firom 120 to 171; per cent, of the Initony paid in, besides the advantages of the Assurance during the . whole period ef twenty years. The following is ono . of the many actual cases - maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. 64,925. Issued In 1871, at ago 27. Amount, $5.000. Prentiun, *239.90. Total Premiums Paid, $4,798. 13 E 6 U 1, 'S at end of 'I online 'Period in 1891: CASIL SUlItENDER VALUtE, $i8,449.45, ' (Equal to $ 176- 10 for each $100 paid in pren1thun1111s, . which is equiivalhnt to a i e turn of all prelniunis paid, with interest at. 7 per eilt. per annmt.) Or, In Iliet 10, vash, A PA I D-UP LIFE, E'()lICY FO)f 19,470. ( Eiual to 40. ,80 for each i $100 paiul in preninius. ) Ot, A IIFE ANNUITY of $I33.55 Om. fact Is worth a thousand theorios Treic is no Asmurnmie extant in any coI panly whiiel e.llpares with this. The Equitablo is the strongest cumpany in the world and transack t tie largest business. For f urthier infornation address or apply to the nearest agent of the Society, or write (irect to W. J. RODDEY, . GENEEIL AARENT, A pril 8-3m IOCK 1iL,, S. C. TIlE LA(,ES'T S' (UCK. MOST SEIIIEl) WVOUKMEN, LO)WESTI PRIC1KS F. H. HY ATT, Is the best place iln South Carolina or Southern. States to secure satisfaction In A niericani andi Italian M arble Work. All kinmos of Cemetery Work, a sp)eciality. *TAULIETIS, 'HI EAI )STON ES, - MON UMEN TS, &c. Send for l.n ices awl full information. _ Ar~l8W F. H. HYATTJ Apri81-VCOILUMUB1A. S. C. T hie Car-Loadsl of PSAi'.(A1'I TTf ( ('"I gLNN.XlB~~ t ~WN ANi WIlNSillP OINS, * 1N('NES, IU)IblNO, Alo mhamul in Chmarlotte, N. C. , a large 4ock- of * Nl';W El:IA HOILiiS. Place your1 ordlers beforo thle rumshi; bottom prices gumaran tee~t. Fi rst. cilass g.oodls. .W.I1. OlUUIES, ,Ja., & CO., COMunA, s. U. College for Women. (CILUMlIA, S C. . (0001)il 5(lOhlst ic yearI beins 1 Sepltelmber :in 1891. .Full (corps of Priofessors anid 'lehersint Acadeim ic, Collegiate,1 tuisic A it and i eal Departments. * Youngl' lad F's i endiniig to prepare for the Med Ica' Profession will find it to their interest t4 take the onet y-ear's P rel iimnary Course I6 Mledicine at tis col lego. Most beautifm - groundiis and1( colnIfortable bline In the 1t P. om i1 u' and cattaloguie, ap~ply IK. WM. i. ATKINSON, D). D). A ug 2-2mu. LIPPEAN BROS., WhoesalesDrzuta., Moe Prftrsk.Linnmfhn.maO.k. S....a. .